The communal teaching is reminiscent of the Suzuki method, but, says Siman, it is "embedded in the social realities of Venezuela".
Richards emphasizes the uncertainties still in the method but says that with further progress "at some point we can make comparisons with what is already available and then see if these techniques add a useful arrow to the quiver".
She would not go into details of the precise methods, but said the main one was only to take new clients through trusted recommendation.
Foveon is being deliberately vague about its manufacturing methods but says its design greatly reduces the cost of making sensors and could create an opening for American chip makers in the digital-sensing field.
If it does pan out, it is unlikely to completely supplant existing methods, but, says Tim O'Brien of the Jackson Laboratory in Bar Harbor, Maine, "it's good to have options".
GE won't say how much more energy-efficient its method is but says it consumes 75% less floor space.
Mr. Thomas was unwilling to discuss new techology methods in detail, but said he knew of only two cases in which such devices had been used.
Kirill spoke out against the canonisation of Ivan the Terrible "because of his methods of governing" but said "as the founder of the city of Oryol he deserves a monument here", according to the statement.
Pirates General Manager Neal Huntington acknowledged his team's methods must change, but said he hoped that the Pirates had gathered a deeper and more talented group of prospects than their rivals.
