Most worrying, perhaps, is the way these two new strands are coming together in Washington.
As the rush is consumed in the plait, new strands are invisibly interwoven, yielding a continuous strip.
Customer feedback led Cutler to train in new areas and add new strands to Making Lemonade, including motivational speaking, coaching and self-employment workshops.
Since the early 1970s two new strands of theory and empirical research have arisen, one in the United States and one in western Europe.
The new strands are copied by the same principle of hydrogen-bond pairing between bases that exists in the double helix.
His right hand plied a stick that raised and lowered the threads, and the fingers of his left hand deftly guided new strands through the fabric in a motion that resembled the plucking of a harp.
Using custom-designed software and a MIDI keyboard Mr. Tignor samples and manipulates sounds played by Slow Six, his electro-acoustic ensemble, adding new strands within the diaphanous webs he composed for it while cutting loose its acoustic moorings.
All gave him models for original compositions or arrangements, or for works that were neither entirely new nor entirely old, works in which threads of the old could be combined with new strands.
"City Council Meeting" bears a resemblance to several vital new strands in contemporary theater: works based on documentary sources, and "social practice art," which aims to blur the boundaries between creator and audience and encourage political engagement.
Richard Klein, the BBC4 controller, said: "Arts, music and culture have always served as the backbone of BBC4 but this year we're increasing our commitment to topical arts, introducing a number of new strands that will enable us to shine a light on contemporary arts, theatre, literature and film.
"It is a sign of how the market is coalescing around the bigger brands and bestsellers that along with sequels, prequels, re-imaginations and continuations, there is now a new strands of re-writes," commented Philip Jones, editor of trade magazine the Bookseller.
