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...corporate boardroom. Levithan runs a weekly "idea group" at Scholastic - "basically, about a dozen editors get together every week, and we just brainstorm ideas," he explains. Amy and Dan were one of those brainstorms. (Originally the series was called The 79 Clues before Levithan and co. decided to scale it back, probably wisely.) The 39 Clues is overseen by a team of a dozen Scholastic employees, including four editors. Each book in the series will be written by a different author, who will be retained on a contract basis...
...said Freshmen Dean’s Office administrator Gretchen Gringo, pointing to the work of a new Opening Days Committee that helped shoulder the work of processing student feedback from past first-year offerings and producing this year’s program. After receiving a favorable response to small-scale evening social events last year, this year the FDO is offering cooking classes and television viewings in small venues. Yesterday evening, freshmen had the opportunity to attend programmed options that included a screening of the popular TV show “Lost” in the common room of Grays...
...Small-scale wind turbines, which are installed on top of approximately 3,000 American homes, are generally not economically feasible, according to a recent report by the American Wind and Energy Association. Electricity generated by such turbines can cost as much as $1.50 per kilowatt hour, compared to between 10 and 50 cents for normal wind power...
...addition, small-scale turbines installed in cities have lower productivity due to interference and intermittent wind, according to a recent report released by the Carbon Trust, a British-funded group that helps companies reduce their carbon emissions...
While small-scale wind turbines are the first step, Schrag said that much work remains if Harvard is to actually use renewable energy to cover a significant share of its energy needs...