Word: methods
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...Emery's Featherfiber Corp., which licensed the feather-separating technique from ARS five years ago, it's continuing to tweak the production method at its headquarters in Nixa, Mo., while seeking investment for a full-scale factory. Emery has already demonstrated several applications for the fiber, and the math should work in his favor: a pound of raw feathers is worth about 2˘, but could fetch roughly $1 as processed fiber. "I strongly believe," Emery says, "that in a very short period of time, processed poultry feathers will be worth more per pound than poultry meat." Then again, the technology...
Lansing says her method for green-lighting projects is simple: absorb all the data you can, but trust your gut instinct. "I read all the market research and use it as a tool," she says. "But movies are an art form. You have to look into the eyes of a filmmaker and an executive and see their passion...
This season will put her method to the test. In addition to a fantasy starring Jim Carrey (Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events), a kiddie cartoon featuring cable TV's SpongeBob SquarePants and a remake of Alfie with Jude Law, one of Paramount's most anticipated releases is Team America: World Police, a raunchy, red-hot political satire from the South Park crew, using goofy marionettes...
Despite the importance of Greenspan's task, he is cagey about his methods. He routinely declines press interviews and will describe his decision-making processes only via circumlocutions that even some veteran Fed watchers find confusing. He relies, of course, on factory reports, unemployment stats and other economic data. But he has also developed his own method to help evaluate the likelihood of various scenarios, assigning a probability to each outcome. His priority, he told the Senate banking committee in June, is understanding "the many sources of risk ... quantifying [them] ... and assessing the costs associated with each...
...shortage of uncomfortable and terrifying ways of traveling between his palatial single and the rest of campus. For example, there’s the horribly crowded 9:50 am shuttle, the 9:51 walk through the rain, or the 9:59 bike ride down Massachusetts Avenue. But the worst method, by far, is the nighttime bike ride. If dodging potholes, vibrating over brick sidewalks, and weaving between Boston drivers isn’t fun enough during the day, it’s a terrorizing experience at night. So the first time Dartboard got stranded at the river after dark, bike...