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2013, Volume 29, Issue 6
- 1183-1183 Editor's Note
by Pablo T. Spiller
- 1184-1216 How the Senate and the President Affect the Timing of Power-sharing Rule Changes in the US House
by Gisela Sin & Arthur Lupia
- 1217-1252 Institutions and Organizational Structure: The Case of State-Owned Corporate Pyramids
by Joseph P. H. Fan & T. J. Wong & Tianyu Zhang
- 1253-1278 How Tort Reform Affects Insurance Markets
by Martin F. Grace & J. Tyler Leverty
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by Stephen E. Hansen
- 1317-1343 Do Freedom of Information Laws Decrease Corruption?
by Samia Costa
- 1344-1383 Investor Protection and the Value of Shares: Evidence from Statutory Rules Governing Variations of Shareholders' Class Rights in an Emerging Market
by Alexander Muravyev
- 1384-1420 Time for Blood: The Effect of Paid Leave Legislation on Altruistic Behavior
by Nicola Lacetera & Mario Macis
2013, Volume 29, Issue 5
- 957-991 Voting in the Bicameral Congress: Large Majorities as a Signal of Quality
by Matias Iaryczower & Gabriel Katz & Sebastian Saiegh
- 992-1022 Evidence from Two Large Field Experiments that Peer Comparison Feedback Can Reduce Residential Energy Usage
by Ian Ayres & Sophie Raseman & Alice Shih
- 1023-1055 Hold Up Under Costly Litigation and Imperfect Courts of Law
by Manuel Willington
- 1056-1084 Corporate Governance, Enforcement, and Firm Value: Evidence from India
by Dhammika Dharmapala & Vikramaditya Khanna
- 1085-1113 Signaling, Learning, and Screening Prior to Trial: Informational Implications of Preliminary Injunctions
by Thomas D. Jeitschko & Byung-Cheol Kim
- 1114-1144 The Deterrence Effects of US Merger Policy Instruments
by Joseph A. Clougherty & Jo Seldeslachts
- 1145-1181 International Trade and Institutional Change
by Andrei A. Levchenko
2013, Volume 29, Issue 4
- 735-764 Judicial Institutions and Firms' External Finance: Evidence from Russia
by Julia Shvets
- 765-798 The Effect of Regulatory Uncertainty on Investment: Evidence from Renewable Energy Generation
by Kira R. Fabrizio
- 799-834 Contract Adaptation under Legal Constraints
by Giorgio Zanarone
- 835-870 Contract Enforcement: A Political Economy Model of Legal Development
by Fali Huang
- 871-897 Access, Veto, and Ownership in the Theory of the Firm
by Roland Bel
- 898-929 Litigating Toward Settlement
by Christina L. Boyd & David A. Hoffman
- 930-955 Legal Liability when Individuals Have Moral Concerns
by Bruno Deffains & Claude Fluet
2013, Volume 29, Issue 3
- 485-512 Vertical Relationships, Hostages, and Supplier Performance: Evidence from the Japanese Automotive Industry
by Christina L. Ahmadjian & Joanne E. Oxley
- 513-534 Judging under Political Pressure: An Empirical Analysis of Constitutional Review Voting in the Spanish Constitutional Court
by Nuno Garoupa & Fernando Gomez-Pomar & Veronica Grembi
- 535-568 Corporate Securities Fraud: Insights from a New Empirical Framework
by Tracy Yue Wang
- 569-607 Organizational Design and Environmental Volatility
by Heikki Rantakari
- 608-637 Self-Policing Statutes: Do They Reduce Pollution and Save Regulatory Costs?
by Santiago Guerrero & Robert Innes
- 638-680 Left, Right, and Center: Strategic Information Acquisition and Diversity in Judicial Panels
by Matthew Spitzer & Eric Talley
- 681-710 The Interplay of Formal and Relational Contracts: Evidence from Movies
by Ricard Gil
- 711-733 Occasionally Libertarian: Experimental Evidence of Self-Serving Omission Bias
by Andrew T. Hayashi
2013, Volume 29, Issue 2
- 239-277 Self-Enforcing Agreements and Relational Contracting: Evidence from California Highway Procurement
by Ricard Gil & Justin Marion
- 278-302 Self-Enforcing Constitutions: With an Application to Democratic Stability In America's First Century
by Sonia Mittal & Barry R. Weingast
- 303-331 Judicial Review as a Constraint on Tyranny of the Majority
by Robert K. Fleck & F. Andrew Hanssen
- 332-354 Sheltering Corporate Assets from Political Extraction
by Lorenzo Caprio & Mara Faccio & John J. McConnell
- 355-384 Can Celebrity Endorsements Affect Political Outcomes? Evidence from the 2008 US Democratic Presidential Primary
by Craig Garthwaite & Timothy J. Moore
- 385-413 Contract Form and Technology Adoption in a Network Industry
by Silke J. Forbes & Mara Lederman
- 414-460 Confirmation Bias in the United States Supreme Court Judicial Database
by Anna Harvey & Michael J. Woodruff
- 461-483 Value Destruction in the New Era of Chapter 11
by Barry E. Adler & Vedran Capkun & Lawrence A. Weiss
2013, Volume 29, Issue 1
- 2-34 A Model of Operational Slack: The Short-Run, Medium-Run, and Long-Run Consequences of Limited Attention Capacity
by Peter Iliev & Ivo Welch
- 35-59 Subjective Performance Evaluations, Collusion, and Organizational Design
by Veikko Thiele
- 60-77 Contract Enforceability and the Evolution of Social Capital
by Ken Jackson
- 78-114 Social Interactions and the Content of Legal Opinions
by Jordi Blanes i Vidal & Clare Leaver
- 115-144 Why Are Criminals Less Educated than Non-Criminals? Evidence from a Cohort of Young Australian Twins
by Dinand Webbink & Pierre Koning & Sunčica Vujić & Nicholas G. Martin
- 145-177 Issue-Specific Political Uncertainty and Policy Insulation in US Federal Agencies
by Stéphane Lavertu
- 178-209 Elections, Ideology, or Opposition? Assessing Competing Explanations of Judicial Spending in the Mexican States
by Matthew C. Ingram
- 210-238 Party Activists, Campaign Funding, and the Quality of Government
by John Maloney & Andrew C. Pickering
2012, Volume 28, Issue 4
- 617-656 The Ecological and Civil Mainsprings of Property: An Experimental Economic History of Whalers' Rules of Capture
by Bart J. Wilson & Taylor Jaworski & Karl E. Schurter & Andrew Smyth
- 657-686 The Impact of Tort Reform on Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance Premiums
by Ronen Avraham & Leemore S. Dafny & Max M. Schanzenbach
- 687-716 Errors in Judicial Decisions: Experimental Results
by Joep Sonnemans & Frans van Dijk
- 717-733 Breach Remedies, Performance Excuses, and Investment Incentives
by Urs Schweizer
- 734-753 Divorce Property Division Laws and the Decision to Marry or Cohabit
by Hayley Fisher
- 754-782 Star Wars: Exclusive Talent and Collusive Outcomes in Labor Markets
by Arijit Mukherjee & Luís Vasconcelos
- 783-817 Federal Institutions and the Democratic Transition: Learning from South Africa
by Robert P. Inman & Daniel L. Rubinfeld
- 818-849 Negative Vote Buying and the Secret Ballot
by John Morgan & Felix Várdy
- 850-881 The Supreme Court's Impact on Securities Class Actions: An Empirical Assessment of Tellabs
by Stephen J. Choi & A. C. Pritchard
2012, Volume 28, Issue 3
- 381-406 Opportunistic Termination
by Alexander Stremitzer
- 407-446 Allies and Adversaries: Appointees and Policymaking Under Separation of Powers
by Patrick L. Warren
- 447-459 An Experimental Test of the Deterrence Hypothesis
by Hannah Schildberg-Hörisch & Christina Strassmair
- 460-485 Does Court Speed Shape Economic Activity? Evidence from a Court Reform in India
by Matthieu Chemin
- 486-517 On the Optimality of Multi-tier Hierarchies: Coordination versus Motivation
by Chongwoo Choe & Shingo Ishiguro
- 518-549 What Do Federal District Judges Want? An Analysis of Publications, Citations, and Reversals
by Stephen J. Choi & Mitu Gulati & Eric A. Posner
- 550-568 The Interaction of Implicit and Explicit Contracts in Construction and Procurement Contracting
by Kenneth S. Corts
- 569-587 Combining Top-Down and Bottom-Up Accountability: Evidence from a Bribery Experiment
by Danila Serra
- 588-616 Who Sits at the Table in the House of Labor? Rank-and-File Citizenship and the Unraveling of Confederal Organizations
by John S. Ahlquist
2012, Volume 28, Issue 2
- 185-185 Editor's Note
by Pablo T. Spiller
- 186-210 Rehabilitated or Not: An Informational Theory of Parole Decisions
by Dan Bernhardt & Steeve Mongrain & Joanne Roberts
- 211-234 Judicial Independence and Retention Elections
by Brandice Canes-Wrone & Tom S. Clark & Jee-Kwang Park
- 235-264 Firm Dynamics and Labor Market Consequences
by Hodaka Morita
- 265-285 Self-Assessment of Takings Compensation: An Empirical Study
by Yun-chien Chang
- 286-312 US Supreme Court Agenda Setting and the Role of Litigant Status
by Ryan C. Black & Christina L. Boyd
- 313-336 Stare Decisis: Rhetoric and Substance
by Patricio A. Fernandez & Giacomo A. M. Ponzetto
- 337-359 Standard Breach Remedies, Quality Thresholds, and Cooperative Investments
by Alexander Stremitzer
- 360-379 Mandatory Versus Voluntary Disclosure of Product Risks
by A. Mitchell Polinsky & Steven Shavell
2012, Volume 28, Issue 1
- 1-31 Juvenile Delinquency and Conformism
by Eleonora Patacchini & Yves Zenou
- 32-44 Privatization and Leverage
by Christian At & Pierre-Henri Morand
- 45-76 Exclusivity, Contingent Control Rights, and the Design of Internet Portal Alliances
by Daniel W. Elfenbein & Josh Lerner
- 77-102 Private Information and the Option to Not Sue: A Reevaluation of Contract Remedies
by Ronen Avraham & Zhiyong Liu
- 103-126 The Signaling Power of Sanctions in Social Dilemmas
by Joel van der Weele
- 127-162 Information Asymmetries and Regulatory Decision Costs: An Analysis of U.S. Electric Utility Rate Changes 1980--2000
by Adam R. Fremeth & Guy L. F. Holburn
- 163-182 Information Acquisition and the Exclusion of Evidence in Trials
by Benjamin Lester & Nicola Persico & Ludo Visschers
2011, Volume 27, Issue 3
- 453-484 Dynamic Contract Breach
by Fan Zhang
- 485-514 Financing Direct Democracy: Revisiting the Research on Campaign Spending and Citizen Initiatives
by John M. de Figueiredo & Chang Ho Ji & Thad Kousser
- 515-539 Product Safety, Buybacks, and the Post-Sale Duty to Warn
by Kathryn E. Spier
- 540-567 The Evolution of Criminal Law and Police during the Pre-modern Era
by Douglas W. Allen & Yoram Barzel
- 568-603 The Economics of Scientific Misconduct
by Nicola Lacetera & Lorenzo Zirulia
- 604-654 Public Utility Ownership in 19th-Century America: The "Aberrant" Case of Water
by Scott E. Masten
- 655-688 Aligning Ambition and Incentives
by Alexander K. Koch & Eloïc Peyrache
2011, Volume 27, Issue 2
- 219-244 Airing Your Dirty Laundry: Vertical Integration, Reputational Capital, and Social Networks
by Ricard Gil & Wesley R. Hartmann
- 245-271 Organizational Capacity
by Michael M. Ting
- 272-300 Is the World Flat? Country- and Firm-Level Determinants of Law Compliance
by Alberto Chong & Mark Gradstein
- 301-323 Determinants of Nationalization in the Oil Sector: A Theory and Evidence from Panel Data
by Sergei Guriev & Anton Kolotilin & Konstantin Sonin
- 324-349 Even if it is not Bribery: The Case for Campaign Finance Reform
by Brendan Daley & Erik Snowberg
- 350-375 Screening in Courts: On the Joint Use of Negligence and Causation Standards
by Eberhard Feess & Gerd Muehlheusser & Ansgar Wohlschlegel
- 376-425 Ties that Truly Bind: Noncompetition Agreements, Executive Compensation, and Firm Investment
by Mark J. Garmaise
- 426-452 Legislative Pivots, Presidential Powers, and Policy Stability
by Brian F. Crisp & Scott W. Desposato & Kristin Kanthak
2011, Volume 27, Issue 1
- 2-31 Organized Business, Political Competition, and Property Rights: Evidence from the Russian Federation
by William Pyle
- 32-78 A Theory of "Crying Wolf" : The Economics of Money Laundering Enforcement
by Előd Takáts
- 79-112 The Incorporation Choices of Privately Held Corporations
by Jens Dammann & Matthias Schündeln
- 113-136 Product Recall and Liability
by Xinyu Hua
- 137-158 An Economic Analysis of Trade-Secret Protection in Buyer-Seller Relationships
by Stefan Bechtold & Felix Höffler
- 159-179 Promotions, Dismissals, and Employee Selection: Theory and Evidence
by Anders Frederiksen & Előd Takáts
- 180-218 Vertical Integration and Information Technology Investment in the Insurance Industry
by Chris Forman & Anne Gron
2010, Volume 26, Issue 3
- 427-459 Disobedience and Authority
by Ján Zábojník
- 460-492 Population-Based Liability Determination, Mass Torts, and the Incentives for Suit, Settlement, and Trial
by Jennifer F. Reinganum
- 493-514 What Do We Talk About When We Talk About Corruption?
by Facundo Sep�lveda
- 515-545 Early Entrant Protection in Approval Regulation: Theory and Evidence from FDA Drug Review
by Evan James Zucker
- 546-568 Gaming the Liver Transplant Market
by Jason Snyder
- 569-591 Noneconomic Damage Caps and Medical Malpractice Claim Frequency: A Policy Endogeneity Approach
by Christine Piette Durrance
- 592-608 Optimal Standards of Negligence When One Party Is Uninformed of the Standards
by Henrik Lando
2010, Volume 26, Issue 2
- 183-211 Putting the "Con" into Constitutions: The Economics of Prison Gangs
by David Skarbek
- 212-242 Party Organization and Electoral Competition
by Nicolas Sahuguet
- 243-264 An Institutional Explanation for the Stickiness of Federal Grants
by Justin H. Phillips
- 265-289 The Social Desirability of Punishment Avoidance
by Avraham D. Tabbach
- 290-336 Professionals or Politicians: The Uncertain Empirical Case for an Elected Rather than Appointed Judiciary
by Eric A. Posner
- 337-364 Double-Sided Moral Hazard, Efficiency Wages, and Litigation
by Matthias Kräkel
- 365-384 Carrots, Sticks, and the Multiplication Effect
by Gerrit De Geest
- 385-426 Disagreement and the Allocation of Control
by Eric Van den Steen
2010, Volume 26, Issue 1
- 1-29 Growing Pains: The School Consolidation Movement and Student Outcomes
by Martin R. West
- 30-53 Should Firms be Allowed to Indemnify Their Employees for Sanctions?
by Christopher M. Snyder
- 54-91 Competition, Monopoly, and Aftermarkets
by Michael Waldman
- 92-114 A Right to Silence for Civil Defendants?
by Abraham L. Wickelgren
- 115-143 Incentive Contracts with Enforcement Costs
by Katherine Doornik
- 144-157 Chilling, Settlement, and the Accuracy of the Legal Process
by Ezra Friedman & Abraham L. Wickelgren
- 158-181 Opportunism in Organizations
by Kouroche Vafaï
- NP-NP Announcement
by Rhodri Jackson
2009, Volume 25, Issue 2
- 285-285 Editor's Note
by Ian Ayres
- 286-310 Coming to the Nuisance: Revisiting Spur in a Model of Location Choice
by Robert Innes
- 311-338 Chinatown Revisited: Owens Valley and Los Angeles--Bargaining Costs and Fairness Perceptions of the First Major Water Rights Exchange
by Gary D. Libecap
- 339-371 Specialization, Firms, and Markets: The Division of Labor within and between Law Firms
by Thomas N. Hubbard
- 372-399 Auctions Versus Negotiations in Procurement: An Empirical Analysis
by Steven Tadelis
- 400-441 Uncertainty, Pay for Performance, and Asymmetric Information
by Felipe Balmaceda
- 442-471 Corruption, Extortion, and the Boundaries of the Law
by Nicolas Melissas
- 472-498 Political Compromise and Bureaucratic Structure: The Political Origins of the Federal Reserve System
by Andrew C. Sobel
- 499-517 The Distributional Consequences of Diversity-Enhancing University Admissions Rules
by Erik Eyster
- 518-534 Why Have Robberies Become Less Frequent but More Violent?
by Rajiv Sethi
- 535-578 Where Is Credit Due? Legal Institutions, Connections, and the Efficiency of Bank Lending in Vietnam
by Markus Taussig
- 579-610 Revenue Sharing Distortions and Vertical Integration in the Movie Industry
by Ricard Gil
2009, Volume 25, Issue 1
- 1-1 Editor's Note
by Ian Ayres
- 2-30 Matching Bankruptcy Laws to Legal Environments
by Hayong Yun
- 31-54 Sustaining Cooperation with Joint Ventures
by Thomas W. Ross
- 55-79 A Principal-Agent Theory of En Banc Review
by Tom S. Clark
- 80-106 Why Divorce Laws Matter: Incentives for Noncontractible Marital Investments under Unilateral and Consent Divorce
by Abraham L. Wickelgren
- 107-133 Going-Private Decisions and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002: A Cross-Country Analysis
by Eric Talley
- 134-156 Accuracy Versus Falsification Costs: The Optimal Amount of Evidence under Different Procedures
by Claude Fluet
- 157-182 An Economic Model of Whistle-Blower Policy
by Sandeep Kapur
- 183-210 Has Devolution Injured American Workers? State and Federal Enforcement of Construction Safety
by Alison D. Morantz
- 211-234 Optimal Vertical Arrangements When Resale Is Possible
by Mariano Selvaggi
- 235-261 Least-Cost Avoidance: The Tragedy of Common Safety
by Nuno Garoupa
- 262-284 Judicial Independence Under a Divided Polity: A Study of the Rulings of the French Constitutional Court, 1959--2006
by Rapha�l Franck
2008, Volume 24, Issue 2
- 247-272 Corporate Boards of Directors: In Principle and in Practice
by Oliver E. Williamson
- 273-306 Incentives in Markets, Firms, and Governments
by Atif Mian
- 307-318 Urban Extremism
by Amihai Glazer
- 319-355 An Economic Analysis of Color-Blind Affirmative Action
by Tolga Yuret
- 356-370 Infectious Ethics: How Upright Employees Can Ease Concerns of Tacit Collusion
by Brian Mittendorf
- 371-406 Democracy, Credibility, and Clientelism
by Razvan Vlaicu
- 407-433 Trust in Transition: Cross-Country and Firm Evidence
by Utku Teksoz
- 434-457 Environmental Liability in Transboundary Harms: Law and Forum Choice
by Henry van Egteren
- 458-475 Cashing by the Hour: Why Large Law Firms Prefer Hourly Fees over Contingent Fees
by Fernando Gomez-Pomar
- 476-488 Bureaucratic Rents and Life Satisfaction
by Alois Stutzer
2008, Volume 24, Issue 1
- 1-1 Editor's Note
by Ian Ayres
- 2-21 Abortion Access and Risky Sex Among Teens: Parental Involvement Laws and Sexually Transmitted Diseases
by Thomas Stratmann
- 22-44 The Effects of the Fourth Amendment: An Economic Analysis
by Sue H. Mialon
- 45-71 Coerced Confessions: Self-Policing in the Shadow of the Regulator
by Michael W. Toffel
- 72-94 Evidentiary Arbitrage: The Fabrication of Evidence and the Verifiability of Contract Performance
by George Triantis
- 95-119 Ministerial Weights and Government Formation: Estimation Using a Bargaining Model
by Yasutora Watanabe
- 120-137 Optimal Contracts When a Worker Envies His Boss
by Amihai Glazer
- 138-162 Relational Contracts, Multitasking, and Job Design
by Anja Schöttner
- 163-183 A Theory of Brinkmanship, Conflicts, and Commitments
by Konstantin Sonin
- 184-214 Commitment, Exchange Autonomy, and the Boundary of the Hierarchical Firm
by Nadav Levy
- 215-246 Competition, Contractibility, and the Market for Donors to Nonprofits
by Jeremy Thornton
2007, Volume 23, Issue 3
- 519-546 Fee-Shifting Rules in Litigation with Contingency Fees
by Jue-Shyan Wang
- 547-579 Bargaining over an Uncertain Value: Arbitration Mechanisms Compared
by Amy Farmer
- 580-597 The Effect on Divorce of Legislated Net-Wealth Transfers
by Douglas W. Allen
- 598-626 Do the Merits Matter Less After the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act?
by Stephen J. Choi
- 627-652 Do the Merits Matter More? The Impact of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
by AC Pritchard
- 653-661 A Damage-Revelation Rationale for Coupon Remedies
by Daniel L. Rubinfeld
- 662-684 Courts of Law and Unforeseen Contingencies
by Andrew Postlewaite
- 685-709 Agency Structure and Firm Culture: OSHA, EPA, and the Steel Industry
by Wayne B. Gray
- 710-730 Sale-Backs in Bankruptcy
by Rajdeep Singh
- 731-742 Motivating Through Delegating Tasks or Giving Attention
by Bauke Visser
- 743-771 Cultural Inertia and Uniformity in Organizations
by Denis Gromb
2007, Volume 23, Issue 2
- 276-302 Bargaining and Opinion Assignment on the US Supreme Court
by Charles M. Cameron
- 303-325 The Judicial Common Space 1
by Chad Westerland
- 326-345 Legal Doctrine and Political Control
by Emerson H. Tiller
- 346-364 Presidents, Justices, and Deference to Administrative Action
by Joseph L. Smith
- 365-385 Assessing Preference Change on the US Supreme Court
by Kevin M. Quinn
- 386-420 Directing Retribution: On the Political Control of Lower Court Judges
by Sanford C. Gordon
- 421-441 Panel Composition and Judicial Compliance on the US Courts of Appeals
by Jonathan P. Kastellec
- 442-468 Resurrecting Lochner: A Defense of Unprincipled Judicial Activism
by Georg Vanberg
- 469-498 Bureaucratic Decision Costs and Endogenous Agency Expertise
by Matthew C. Stephenson
- 499-518 Estimating the Effect of Redistricting on Minority Substantive Representation
by David Park
2007, Volume 23, Issue 1
- 1-23 Partisan Roll Rates in a Nonpartisan Legislature
by Keith Krehbiel
- 24-56 Strategic Judging Under the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines: Positive Political Theory and Evidence
by Max M. Schanzenbach & Emerson H. Tiller
- 57-97 Deterrence, Lawsuits, and Litigation Outcomes Under Court Errors
by Claudia M. Landeo & Maxim Nikitin & Scott Baker
- 98-126 Litigation with Symmetric Bargaining and Two-Sided Incomplete Information
by Daniel Friedman & Donald Wittman
- 127-140 The Limitations of Buyer-Option Contracts in Solving the Holdup Problem
by Abraham L. Wickelgren
- 141-160 Common and Exclusive Agencies and Partial Delegation
by Kevin Siqueira
- 161-185 Bankruptcy and Entrepreneurship: The Value of a Fresh Start
by Kenneth Ayotte
- 186-207 Finding "Lost" Profits: An Equilibrium Analysis of Patent Infringement Damages
by James J. Anton & Dennis A. Yao
- 208-241 A Human Capital-Based Theory of Postmarital Residence Rules
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Your article on geothermal energy in the US brings into focus this country's lack of a thought-through energy policy (27 January, p 4). The Salton Sea geothermal field in California could satisfy all of California's electricity needs for at least a millennium. With geothermal, solar, wind and other clean energy sources we certainly could switch from an oil-based economy and end our growing reliance on overseas oil.
What is becoming painfully obvious is our lack of political leadership in making that transition. Our existing energy policy consists of junior executives in oil companies bidding against each other for oil in tankers on the high seas. Meanwhile, we continue to drive gas guzzlers.
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CHIPLEY - Spurred by the success of the recent Dixie Pre-Majors tournament, the Washington County Tourism Development Council is considering the launch of a softball tournament.
The event, proposed for 2016, would take place on the Chipley High School and Roulhac Middle School fields and generate local revenue from an estimated 12 to 16 visiting teams.
The board also voted to revise its previous requirement to have an officer nominating committee and instead take nominations from the floor when they meet again in regular session September 22. Two seats have been vacant on the board since the beginning of the year. The board is hopeful those will soon be filled but asks anyone interested in serving contact Director Heather Lopez at 638-6013.
In other action, the board:
- Approved to advertise three local events: Seacrest Wolf Preserve's Howl-O-Ween event, set to take place from Oct. 24 to Oct. 26 at the preserve; the Survival Preparedness and Homesteading Expo, schedduled for 9 a.m. Oct. 25 and 26 at the Possum Palace in Wausau and the North Bay Veterans Pow Wow, hosted Nov. 14 through 16 by the North Bay Clan of the Lower Creek Muscogee Tribe at 1560 Lonnie Road in Chipley.
- Agreed to advertise the request for qualifications to take bids on the printing of the brochure for the upcoming geocaching trail.
- Approved the 2014-2015 budget


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On the 7PHP.com site today Khayrattee Wassem has posted the latest in his PHP community interview series. This time it's with Josh Lockhart, creator of the Slim framework, talking about his experiences as a developer and in working on the open source project. This time the focus is more on the framework than Josh himself, though.
Last time, I've introduced the Captain America of The PHP Ecosystem to you, aka Josh Lockhart, via a 7PHP 'PHP Interview series to help drive thy PHP aspirations'. This time we go a little bit further with Josh to find out 'as much as we can' about his little masterpiece, I named Slim Framework - the PHP micro framework. Let's get started..
Josh answers questions about:
- How the framework got started and what was the motivation behind it
- What need the project tries to solve
- Why someone might choose Slim over other frameworks
- How many developers are involved in the project
- What's coming in Slim v3
There's lots more too, so be sure to check out the full post for the answers to these and other interesting (and enlightening) questions.


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First Listen: "White Christmas" By Darren Criss' Blaine and Chris Colfer's Kurt in Glee Season 4, Episode 10: "Glee, Actually"
Kurt (Chris Colfer) and Blaine (Darren Criss) are singing another holiday duet. This year, it's the classic "White Christmas," and this song just might be our new favorite part of the entire season. The song appears during an ice skating scene in Glee Season 4, Episode 10: "Glee, Actually," and is also featured on Glee: The Music, The Christmas Album Vol.3 — which drops December 11.
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The UK's Sunday Timespublished a massive, five-page interview (paywall) with Apple SVP of Design Jonathan Ive today that takes a look at the history and future of Apple from the perspective of the man who designed some of the most iconic devices of the past decade.
In the interview, Ive discusses (among other things) his approach to designing new products, which allows a device's function to dictate its form:
Ive starts a new project by imagining what a new kind of product should be and what it should do. Only once he's answered those questions does he work out what it should look like. He seeks advice in unlikely places. He worked with confectionery manufacturers to perfect the translucent jelly-bean shades of his first big hit, the original iMac. He travelled to Niigata in northern Japan to see how metalworkers there beat metal so thin, to help him create the Titanium PowerBook, the first lightweight aluminum laptop in a world of hefty black plastic slabs.
With regard to manufacturers like Samsung "referencing" Apple's design in their products, Ive called the practice "theft" of "thousands of hours of struggle."
A sidebar on the article deals with Ive's responses to a set of rapid-fire questions on a variety of topics, ranging from whether his age (47) gives him any concern in the technology industry to why he so often turns to white as his color of choice when designing both hardware and software. Ive also notes that Apple is currently (obviously) working on a new product that he can't say anything about, possibly hinting at rumors of an Apple wearable device or the iOS 8 software.
The interview has been reprinted by TIME and you can read the entire thing there.
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36 Responses to "Sunday Times interviews Jonathan Ive on everything design, Apple, and much more"
Samsung copying the design of the 3GS among other things is why they are now dominant among vendors of Android phones. Their current position is almost entirely based on that theft. Not only Apple, but also all other Android players including Google, should be enraged about that.
Uhh ….
Can someone throw out a PRINT link so I can Instapaper it?
What an illuminating read, thank you Jonathan for opening up to us. The world is a better place because of you. Hopefully others will eventually learn to think for themselves.
How is the titanium powerbook the first aluminium laptop?
Please tell him don't design software. and bring Scott Forstall.
Ives. Take up your complaints about the Agony and Ecstasy of art with Michelangelo or the Pope. Meanwhile shut up and do the work.
I think Ive was wrong with the UI design on iOS7, he tried to make a JUMP on UI design because..market. "everybody wants something different" the change of the iOS was so different. Maybe he should apply on iOS7 an evolution of the skeuomorphism, something a little more "white" but NOT too WHITE. and focus on the features that people want. "QUICKREPLY"( something that we got and love on the Jailbreak scene), one of my favorite features on iOS7 is the swipe-to-back because is very simple, intuitive and give more space on the screen for information instead a big BACK button on every menu.
iOS7 on the actual iPhones for me, is like seeing OSX Maverick running in old big monitors (Do you remember Alaska PC's?).
I mean the actual design of the hardware is not prepare to match with the UI design of the iOS7 ( of course, it runs). Every time Steve said something like this, "we work so hard to unify the software and hardware to make something that you will love".


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Originally Posted by TRICK1042
Sorry but if HBK didn't do it, no one should!
Amen to that.
No one will beat the Streak. If some of the greatest superstars of all-time like Shawn Michaels, triple H and Kane can't beat the Streak, i'm supposed to believe somone like Rhodes or Sheamus will beat it? No way that would ever happen. When it comes to Lesnar, I don't want him anywhere near the Undertaker at WM.
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Sorry but if HBK didn't do it, no one should!
Originally Posted by Playboy Stevie V
I would prefer if no one ever beats the Undertaker at WM.
But if I had to chose, the ONLY person who deserves to beat the Undertaker IMO is Kane.
They can have Paul Bearer come out afterwards and they can retire and both disappear in cloud of red and purple smoke, lighting and fire. That's the only way I would be cool with the Taker losing at WM.
I will agree with you Stevie, that is another proper ending for The Undertaker, and Kane is certainly one who has probably earned that more than anyone. My list was to push younger stars for the future, but If anyone else was to defeat Taker at WM, Kane certainly would make the most sense.
Originally Posted by justinjackson1983
....and to answer your question undertaker should straight up lose if he where to be beaten, the person would get enough heat just for ending the streak to taint such a legendary feat would be just a horrible horrible idea
That was my personal answer, however I still gave every reader 3 options as to HOW the Undertaker could lose his last match..should he in fact lose at WrestleMania. And only one person stepped up to the plate and gave an option, even in a hypothetical situation. If people didn't like what I had to say in this blog about the Undertaker, then people are really going to be pissed off when I do my follow up, and talk about the man needs to retire.
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Capri's fire amendment goes back for rewording, board asks for management proposals from East Naples and Marco Island
MARCO ISLAND - Capri's Community Center was rich with dignitaries Friday as residents of the Isles of Capri Fire Control District continued discussing their future during a public workshop.
In attendance were Fire Chiefs Mike Murphy, Kingman Schuldt, Alan McLaughlin and Collier County Commissioner Donna Fiala. The chiefs represent Marco Island, East Naples and Ochopee, respectively. McLaughlin also is interim chief for Capri.
Len Price, administrator from Collier County, brought back to the workshop a reworded amendment to the original ordinance that established the district in 1978. Residents had requested County Attorney Jeff Klatzkow draft the amendment at a workshop on Jan. 28.
At that meeting, residents presented Klatzkow with their version of the amendment. They were told it would not be viewed favorably by Collier County's Board of Commissioners, the government body that oversees the district.
Klatzkow agreed to rework their version with one promise: when it was returned it would be legally sufficient. Without new language, he said, there was little hope that it would be approved by commissioners.
Residents wanted an amendment that would give Capri's fire board more clout in directing decisions and would lead to more independent control. Suspicions that county management was not responsive to the fire board's opinions and the downward pressures of lower property assessments drove residents to seek action.
What residents saw did not please them.
"We thought we could go to the fullest extent of the law as a board and fire district," said John Rogers, who had been appointed to work with Klatzkow. "This is a document with no meat in it."
Price disagreed; explaining the board always had the authority to investigate ways to conduct business cheaper, better and faster even without the amendment. But Jeri Neuhaus, a member of the investigative team looking into alternatives, did not agree.
"The same people who tell us we're going broke are telling us we can't change these things," she said. Resistance often came from the layers of management between Capri's fire board and the Board of County Commissioners, she said.
"There's a system from point A to point 'BCC,'" Price responded, "but you have a right to go directly to county commissioners."
Part of the problem, Price explained, came from the fact that the fire district's bylaws were never approved by commissioners. That document, when approved, would better outline policies and procedures.
The current fire board tabled a review of the bylaws at its January and February meetings, waiting until all five members of the board are seated. Appointments in December and January filled the seats, but appointee Matt Crowder asked to delay joining the board until March.
"Let's not wrangle over this anymore," said Kevin Walsh, a past member of the fire advisory board. Residents asked Rogers to get together with Klatzkow and see if revisions could be made to the amendment.
Capri's fire board, having met prior to the workshop and recessed, reconvened to discuss next steps. Members agreed to wait for the revised amendment language before taking further action on it.
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What is the image that comes to mind when you think of a researcher at a large University? A lone individual who spends countless hours tucked away in a quiet corner of the library or working tirelessly on an experiment in the lab located in the basement of the Science department? Though the image of the isolated researcher is largely a stereotype, there is unfortunately still some truth to it. With 23 campuses, The City University of New York can be a lonely place for faculty, staff and graduate students working independently on their research projects, detached from the larger university community. Ask any graduate student or faculty member and (s)he would tell you that research is usually a lonely endeavor but it does not always have to be this way, as seen in the example of CUNY. In an effort to foster camaraderie, academic discussion and connect the university's campuses, CUNY recently launched its new Academic Commons site, which is basically a social networking site.
As reported in the Chronicle of Higher Education, users can create and join groups, post messages, share files and collaborate on wikis. Instead of being a colossal waste of time, social networking in this case has helped many scholars connect with others who share similar research interests as well as connect with faculty members and fellow colleagues who they would have otherwise never met. As with any social networking site, groups that are created on Academic Commons are not always purely for academic or professional reasons. These groups range from open-source publishing to educational games and groups around favorite pizza joints and places to hang out. Though the CUNY network targets a decentralized academic audience and serves a different purpose from Facebook or LinkedIn, Academic Commons has definitely made researching at CUNY a lot less lonely.


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Law Enforcement Specialties >> Special Units (K9, SWAT, etc.) >> Starting a K9 Unit
Starting a K9 Unit
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Hey everyone,
I was looking for any resources that people have used for starting a K9 Unit at an agency. I'm looking for resources that show all the costs associated, including startup and the yearly costs after that, as well as information on grants, training, and suggestions on ways to solicit private donations from businesses and citizens in the jurisdiction. Just as a side note, this would be a drug dog, possibly tracking. The officer would not be an additional position to the department.
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I can give you a guideline...
Handler Training---If done in house or by another agency you can usually get it done for free.
Training Aids---We used to get em for free from the Florida Department of Law enforcement. Now we get em from the DEA. Cost is nominal.
Vehicle--For a drug dog you need a K9 heat alarm system ($1,500 bucks I think). Kennel insert for the vehicle (different prices depending on where you go), and bolted in safes for secure transport of your training aids. (can be done by your maintence crew for your agency. Easy to make)
K9 Equipment---Nominal cost for a drug/tracking dog.
K9 Maintenance training--Depending on state, there is an accepted standard on training time per month.
K9 Home Care--Handler compensation (in money, or time off) for care and maintenace of the dog. Something that has to be agreed upon by handler and ageny but has to meet federal law for handler compensation.
The heat alarm and kennel insert is your biggest cost for a drug dog. Not too bad really. Alot can be made up by seizures. Good luck.


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St. Louis has a rich architectural heritage, and its Central Library, built in 1912, is one of its most significant landmarks. But a century of wear and tear had taken its toll on the classic structure.
In 2010, the St. Louis Public Library closed its flagship location for two years to embark on a $70 million renovation to preserve and update the original 185,000 square foot building.
Designed by architect Cass Gilbert, the building was laid out with a central Great Hall and five wings. Four required repurposing and technical upgrades, while the fifth – a steel-framed "building within a building" that functioned as a seven-story book storage tower – posed seismic and fire hazards and needed to be replaced entirely.
It's now a brightly lit, multi-story atrium that serves as a new north side entrance. Among the other improvements, a new 244-seat auditorium was carved out of a former sub-basement space once occupied by a coal bin. In all, 38,450 square feet of public space was gained, and the project won the Architizer A+ award for best library, a com- petition with more than 150,000 public votes worldwide.
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BSI Constructors, the general contractor on the job, hired The Paintsmiths of St. Louis for the coatings planning and application.
"The library project required a team of talented, well-managed, committed and versatile crafts- people, and Paintsmiths was the consummate team player," says Paul Goelz, BSI project manager. "They excelled in all aspects of the execution of the painting, adroitly managing the lengthy and tedious submittal process and color selections/confirmations. They overcame the numerous challenges that arose during the restoration of the original Cass Gilbert-designed finishes, including the restoration of several ornate ceilings and the restoration and refinishing of wood wainscot, shelving, tables and doorframes. Simultaneous to dealing with the challenges of the historic restoration, Paintsmiths met the schedule challenges during the execution of the other areas within the building and provided exceptional quality throughout."
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Prepping some of the 100-year- old surfaces was another test that required the problem-solving skills of an experienced firm like Paintsmiths.
"In one room, we tried chemical strippers and a number of other methods to remove paint from the window trim," says Jamie Callaway, Paintsmiths project manager. "We had to be extremely careful to make sure that the wood underneath was not damaged. At first, nothing was working. Finally we came up with the idea of spraying the area with dry baking soda. It was very time-intensive – we had to do it one square inch at a time."
All the work was handled in-house and showed the capabilities of the employees of a firm that performs commercial, light industrial and residential work.
"We are constantly growing and reaching out to new cleaning methods and new products and new application methods," Callaway says.
"The guys on our staff really stepped up on every aspect of this job. They were excited to have the challenge."
Taking care of color
Color was a challenge of its own. Exact matches were necessary in a number of areas. Many were from the Sherwin-Williams color palette, while others were custom matched to historically accurate shades or mixed on site.
Paintsmiths used ProMar 200 Zero VOC Interior Latex Paint on walls throughout the project, even for dark colors such as Burgundy (SW 6300).
"ProMar 200 Zero VOC in the deep bases and ultra deep performed even better than expected," Callaway says. "Coverage was not an issue."
ProMar 200 Interior Latex Flat was used on ceilings, and crews also made use of specialty products like Acrolon 218 polyurethane, Macropoxy 646 epoxy, and Sher-Cryl HPA where higher performance coatings were needed.
"Sher-Cryl is our go-to metal door finish when we need a high performance acrylic coating that will stand up to everyday abuse," Callaway says.
The library project was also the first time Paintsmiths used the Sherwin-Williams custodian service to track colors.
"At the end of the project Sherwin-Williams was able to print us a complete list of all of the colors we used and their locations," he says. "This, along with a color formula and a dot card, was given to the owner to provide them with a permanent record of the colors and their locations throughout the building so that 100 years from now the next crew will know what to do when they restore this wonderful building again."
In the end, all the hard work over two years was well worth it for the hometown painting company.
"This was a once-in-a-lifetime job in St. Louis," Callaway says. "It won't be painted again in my lifetime, and it was great to be part of it."


text: Bianchi mugged and robbed while out for midnight smoke 7 March, 2014 254 Jules Bianchi Marussia Formula 1 driver Jules Bianchi has been attacked and mugged near the famous Champs-Elysees in Paris. Le Parisien reports that while Bianchi, in Paris for a television appearance, stood outside the luxury Pershing hotel smoking a cigarette before midnight, three assailants attacked him. Bianchi, 24, was reportedly knocked to the ground and held down while his watch was removed. The newspaper said the watch stolen was a model by Richard Mille, the luxury Swiss brand, worth €70,000. Bianchi filed a report with the police. (GMM) Subbed by AJN. Adam Manning So I guess we know know who the mysterious smoking F1 Driver is…. And we all assumed it was Kimi! =El Presidente= I guess now we know that drivers just don't smoke in front of cameras because of propaganda. Even F1-drivers smoke! yeah! Hugo Lafreniere As a top-level athlete, he shouldn't smoke. So maybe now this will give him another reason to quit. And having a 70K£ watch in a team like Marussia? Sell the watch, give the money to team (whi can definitely use it) and get a Timex. karlich So it's not okay for him to smoke, but it is for Wlliams F1 to sport the colours of a major brand of alcohol? In a automotive sports event none the less! Urm… If he isn't a chain smoker, it's no worse than Kimi's boozing binges. A little Huntism won't hurt them or us. And it's okay for Williams F1 to sport the Martini colours… they look awesome! As for the watch – good taste, lasting investment, valued gift or all three? karlich Ah the dangers of banning smoking inside public buildings! Tamburello1994 Are we sure it was Tobacco? Hugo Lafreniere Smoking is pretty bad for your cardio-vascular system and your endurance. Having a glass of Martini vermouth is not. Even if Williams was still sponsored by Rothmans, no one is forcing the team or its fans to smoke. Mercedes is sponsored by Petronas. Doesn't mean I'll buy my fuel there and it certainly doesn't mean I'm gonna inhale fumes from a liter of their fuel either. The title sponsor has no relevance whatsoever as to whether or not it's okay for an athlete to indulge in something that's potentitally detrimental to his health and, therefore his performance. karlich Plenty former F1 champs and non-champs smoked. Some even drank right before races. And then some are said to have even indulged in more. It's his choice 😉 Resultant Asteroid Sad to hear this news, and glad he's ok … but … I thought Bianchi was doing his best to land a top drive, whether in Ferrari or it's rivals, but I guess I thought wrong. And yeah, if we are discussing whether or not smoking is bad for F1 drivers, then by all means we should be discussing legalizing drugs for the average person … F1 will be changing our lives then … literally :-)) ianchesterton I'm a former chain smoker and I agree that smoking is bad for a person. That being said. You are spot on with the comment about former world champs smoking and drinking. If he can still perform then there you go. Also, Hugo, having a sponsor that you yourself would not agree with is very hypocritical. You are right, no one is forcing anyone to drink or smoke. But still. ianchesterton LOL. ianchesterton Many people smoke. Sure it's bad for you. But some still do it. I smoked heavy for many years. Especially when in war and I had no idea if i were going to make it till the next day. Seen quite a few Special Forces guys from many countries militaries smoke also. Yup, it will kill you. What won't these days. This guy does have youth on his side when it comes to his health and performance. =El Presidente= i must admit that it did surprise me, i don't have any problem with it, i just figured it could not be done at that level of sports.., it would give you a disadvantage, on the other hand maybe F1-racing is not as intensive anymore physically these days, and smoking (bianchi), and boozing (kimi) don't really make a diff. =El Presidente= Kudo's for "Huntism" 😀


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We've profiled missing person cases, but this is a first: A missing sheep named Whitey.
Phoenix Police Sgt. Darren Burch said Whitey was taken from the Backyard Barnyard Foundation near 15th Avenue and Bethany Home Road.
"This happened between July 2 and July 3, 2013 and there was no sign of forced entry," he said.
The foundation's Bonnie Drescher said the sheep was in a fenced area with locked gates.
"We just can't figure it out," she said. "They had to have jumped the fence to get to her and however they were able to separate her from the rest of the group, we don't know. There was no sign of a struggle."
Drescher rescued Whitey and her best pal, Blackie, 12 years ago. Blackie is distraught and vocalizing a lot. The two were inseparable and even slept next to each other in the pasture.
Drescher's heart is broken as well.
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I broke up with my boyfriend purely because it was a boredom and spur of the moment thing, after I had done it, I cried non stop for at least 2 weeks, I couldn't believe I had made the mistake. After this he didn't want me back and I had to deal with it. Its normal to cry and feel regret, it just needs a little bit of time, and everything will sort its self as time goes on. And if you decide you want to give it another go with him, then talk to him, you will only ever regret the things you didn't do! Good luck!
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Record corn crop biggest since 1994Stockpiles of corn in the U.S., the world's top grower, are rising at the fastest pace in 19 years as a record crop overwhelms increased demand for the grain used to make livestock feed and ethanol.
By: Jeff Wilson, Bloomberg News
CHICAGO — Stockpiles of corn in the U.S., the world's top grower, are rising at the fastest pace in 19 years as a record crop overwhelms increased demand for the grain used to make livestock feed and ethanol.
Inventories on Dec. 1, the first tally since the harvest was complete, totaled 10.764 billion bushels (273.4 million metric tons), 34 percent more than a year earlier, according to the average of 24 analyst estimates in a Bloomberg survey. The biggest gain for that date since 1994 signals ample supplies might extend the slump in March futures by 10 percent to $3.75 a bushel, according to Newedge USA's Dan Cekander.
Reserves are recovering after a drought in 2012 sent prices to a record, sparking a surge in output from the U.S. to Brazil and Ukraine. Farmers likely harvested more corn than the government forecast last month, expanding a global glut, separate surveys showed. Corn futures tumbled 40 percent last year, leading to a slump in commodity prices that helped send global food costs down 14 percent from an all-time high in 2011.
"We have moved away from a supply deficit after the 2012 U.S. drought to one of surplus corn supplies," says Bill Tierney, the chief economist for AgResource Co. in Chicago. "It will take two or more years for demand to catch up to more abundant inventories."
Corn futures that reached a record $8.49 in 2012 tumbled last year by the most on record going back to 1960 and more than any of the 23 other commodities tracked by the Standard & Poor's GSCI Spot Index, which slid 2.2 percent. The MSCI All-Country World Index of equities advanced 20 percent in 2013, while the Bloomberg U.S. Treasury index slid 3.4 percent.
Agricultural prices are declining as world production of corn, soybeans and wheat surge to the highest ever. The S&P GSCI Agriculture Index of eight crops tumbled 22 percent last year, the most since 1981. Last month, Deutsche Bank joined JPMorgan Chase and Morgan Stanley in cutting back on commodity trading after investors pulled a record $36.3 billion from funds linked to raw materials in the previous year.
The 2013 U.S. corn crop probably totaled 14.06 billion bushels, a survey of 30 analysts showed, up from a December estimate by the U.S. Department of Agriculture at 13.989 billion and 30 percent more than in 2012. Chris Gadd, an analyst for Macquarie Group in London, says that the total likely reached 14.255 billion, up 32 percent from 2012, mostly because of better yields and a higher percentage of harvested acres.
Low prices may help spur global demand, which is forecast to increase for an 18th straight year to a record 936.73 million tons, up 44 percent from a decade ago, USDA data show. Rising incomes in emerging markets are boosting meat buying and increasing the use of corn to feed cattle, hogs and poultry.
Based on current estimates of U.S. production in 2013 and the Dec. 1 inventories, domestic corn usage in the first quarter would be about 4.13 billion bushels, the most ever. Ethanol demand is forecast to rebound 6.5 percent this year to 4.95 billion bushels, and feed use will surge 20 percent to 5.2 billion bushels, USDA data show.
China, the world's second-largest grower, will more than double imports to a record 7 million tons as it expands stockpiles with cheaper grain, USDA says. As of Dec. 26, China bought 5.18 million tons of U.S. corn for delivery before Aug. 31, more than double a year earlier, government data show.
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Water damage takes on many forms, depending on the extent of the damage and origin of the water. The most severe type is known as Category III water damage, which is also the most dangerous for you and your family. Trilogy Restoration is an Austin TX water damage restoration service that can restore your home in the event of this type of damage.
The type of water in your home determines its category and how dangerous it is. Clean water from a leaking pipe or other clean source is considered category I. Sump pump failure, urine-only toilet backups, and other types of water with minimal bacteria is known as category II or "grey water" damage. Category III damage happens when the water that is in your home is filled with high levels of harmful bacteria. This type of water may also be referred to as "black water". Floods, rising rivers, ocean water, and backed up sewage are all instances of this type of damage. Proper cleaning and sanitizing of the area by a professional ensures that the bacteria from the water does not remain in your carpet or drywall after the water is removed.
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Glee Spoiler! Lea Michele Teases an Upcoming Duet
If you were disappointed that Lea Michele (Rachel) and Dianna Agron (Quinn) didn't have a duet during Glee last week — the opportunity was there in the auditorium! — here's some great news: The two real-life friends will perform together before the season is out.
Yesterday, Lea tweeted, "Just recorded one of my favorite mashups with @alittlelamb [Dianna Agron]! Can't wait for you guys to hear it:)"
We can't wait either. In the meantime, we can speculate: Which songs will they mash up? What are the circumstances of their duet? Could it be yet another girlfight over Finn (Cory Monteith)?
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UFC on Fuel TV 7 Fighter Bonuses: Watson Banks $100,000 | MMAWeekly.com
The Ultimate Fighting Championship handed out $50,000 bonuses for in-Octagon performances following UFC on Fuel TV 7 in London on Saturday. Renan Barao, Tom Watson and Stanislov Nedkov banked the bonus money.
The Fight of the Night bonus money went to Tom Watson and Stanislov Nedkov. The two went to war on the Facebook aired preliminary card. Watson was in trouble early, but withstood Nedkovs barrage. He utilized the clinch to inflict damage. Watson landed a knee to the body that knocked Nedkov down in the second round and finished with punches.
Watson also banked the Knockout of the Night bonus award for the finish of Nedkov, raising his bonus money to $100,000.UFC on Fuel TV 7: Barao vs. McDonald Gate and Attendance | MMAWeekly.comSubmission of the Night honors went to interim bantamweight champion Renan Barao for his fourth round submission of Michael McDonald in the main event.
UFC on Fuel TV 7: Barão vs. McDonald landed at the Wembley Arena not to be confused with its much larger neighbor, Wembley Stadium. British fight fans filled the indoor arena, accounting for an attendance of 10,349, according to UFC president Dana White.
The $1.3 million gate was another solid return for the promotion, setting a record for the Wembley Arena.


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Mr. René Dussault, first president of the OPQ: Success only makes sense if we contribute to society
The Honourable René Dussault, distinguished jurist and humanitarian, received his honorary doctorate (Doctor of Laws) on May 26, 2015 during McGill's School of Continuing Studies' convocation ceremony.
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For the third year in a row, McGill is making a commitment to reach out beyond the Roddick Gates by raising funds for breast cancer research, education, and awareness programs.
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By Earl Zukerman
Published May 20, 2015, McGill Athletics
CALGARY, Alta. -- Hockey Canada announced Wednesday that Jamie Kompon (BEd (PE) 1989), a McGill University graduate from Thunder Bay, Ont., is among three head coaches named to lead the three Canadian teams at the 2015 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge in August.
Mechanical Engineering Colloquium: Dr Annie Ruimi
Dr Annie Ruimi from Texas A&M University at Qatar will present a talk entitled Dynamics of filaments for surgical applications.
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Adam Coape-Arnold, a graduate of the McGill School of Continuing Studies' Entrepreneurship program, is building a following with Cult Yogourt.
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General Motors Co. (NYSE: GM) today announced first quarter net income attributable to common stockholders of $0.9 billion, or $0.56 per diluted share. The current quarter included a net loss from special items of $0.5 billion, or $(0.30) per diluted share.
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Shinkansen (新幹線) is high speed train service that is operated by JR. It is one of the fastest train in world and sometimes called "Bullet Train". JR has this high speed train network throughout Japan. You can save lots of your trip time by using this train system.
Most of you use this train system in your trip. I would like to share the basic information about this train system, Shinkansen.
What is the difference between Shinkansen and regular trains?
Shinkansen is completely different railway system from conventional trains that is called Zairaisen (在来線) in Japanese. regular track of JR lines). Shinkansen runs on the different tracks and Shinkansen have fewer stations than conventional lines because this is a long distance intercity train service.
ex) between Shin-Osaka and Kyoto.
No stations on Shinkansen
13 stations on conventional line (JR Kyoto line)
Shinkansen does not share the track with other conventional trains. Because Shinkansen's rail gauge (1435 mm) is much wider than other JR line (1067 mm). So technically Shinkansen cannot run on the conventional railway track.
And Shinkansen has a different fare system. When you transfer from Shinkansen to conventional trains, even though both trains are same JR trains, you have to go through Shinkansen transfer gates.
So you need to change the platform in the station when you transfer among Shinkansen and other JR trains. So please expect to spend at least 10 minutes to transfer and sometimes need more in the mega station, like Tokyo, Shin-Osaka.
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JR has now six Shinkansen lines.
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- Tokaido Shinkansen (東海道新幹線) Train names are Nozomi, Hikari and Kodama.
It runs between Tokyo (東京) and Shin-Osaka (新大阪). It is connected with Sanyo Shinkansen at Shin-Osaka. Nozomi cannot be used by Japan Rail Pass.
- Sanyo Shinkansen (山陽新幹線) Train names are Nozomi, Hikari and Kodama.
It runs between Shin-Osaka (新大阪) and Hakata (博多). Since many trains go through from Tokaido Shinkansen, we call Tokaido-Sanyo Shinkansen. Sanyo Shinkansen is connected with Kyushu Shinkansen at Hakata as well. Many direct train services, Mizuho and Sakura run to Kagoshima-Chuo on Kyushu Shinkansen.
- Kyushu Shinkansen (九州新幹線) Train names are Mizuho, Sakura and Tsubasa.
It runs between Hakata (博多) and Kagoshima-Chuo (鹿児島中央). All Mizuho and most of Sakura are operated between Shin-Osaka (新大阪) and Kumamoto or Kagoshima-Chuo. There is no direct train service from Tokyo (東京) to Kyushu. Mizuho cannot be used by Japan Rail Pass.
- Tohoku Shinkansen (東北新幹線) Train names are Hayabusa, Hayate, Yamabikoo and Nasuno.
It runs between Tokyo (東京) and Shin-Aomori (新青森). This Shinkansen line will be extended to Hakodate by 2016. Tohoku Shinkansen does not connect with Tokaido Shinkansen at Tokyo (東京). You have to transfer the train at Tokyo station.
- Joetsu Shinkansen (上越新幹線) Train names are Toki/Max Toki and Tanigawa/Max Tanigawa.
It runs between Tokyo (東京) and Niigata (新潟). This Shinkansen share the track with Tohoku Shinkansen between Tokyo (東京) and Omiya. The train name that has "Max" is operated by "Max" double decker train.
- Nagano Shinkansen (長野新幹線) Train name is Asama.
It runs between Tokyo (東京) and Nagano (長野). This Shinkansen share the track with Joetsu Shinkansen between Tokyo (東京) and Takasaki. This Shinkansen line is officially called Hokuriku Shinkansen. Because this line will be extended to Kanazawa in Hokuriku area by 2015.
And also there are two more Shinkasen lines. These lines are sometimes called "Mini Shinkansen". Because these lines are upgraded from the exist conventional lines and rail gauge are changed to 1435 mm from 1067 mm. But other rail standards are same as previous conventional line. So these Shinkansen trains share with the local train in upgraded section but cannot run at high speed.
- Yamagata Shinkansen (山形新幹線) Train name is Tsubasa.
It runs between Tokyo (東京) and Shinjo (新庄) via Yamagata (山形). This Shinkansen train are coupled with Yamabiko on Tohoku Shinkansen between Tokyo and Fukushima (福島). And it runs on the upgraded regular track with the local trains from Fukushima to Shinjo.
- Akita Shinkansen (秋田新幹線) Train name is Komachi.
It runs between Tokyo (東京) and Akita (秋田). This Shinkansen trains are coupled with Hayabusa or Hayate on Tohoku Shinkansen between Tokyo and Morioka (盛岡). And it runs on the upgraded regular track with the local trains from Morioka to Akita.
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Barry Considine still has to buy marijuana illegally, as he has since he first asked around a biker bar for it to help treat his post-polio syndrome. Ken Kopper still fears another possession arrest for using it to ease chronic pain resulting from a couple of car accidents.
And Gail Rand still can only watch from afar as a boy in Colorado who has the same form of epilepsy as her 4-year-old son has become seizure-free after regularly ingesting an oil derived from marijuana.
"There's a plant out there that can help my son, and he can't get it," said Rand, whose son Logan has an average of 10 seizures a day. "I'm not willing to give up. Something has to help my child."
Patients hoping to legally use medical marijuana in Maryland had appeared closer than ever last year, when state legislators approved its distribution through medical centers conducting research on the drug. But regulations have not yet been approved for the program and no hospitals have come forth to participate, leaving patients in the same position they were in before the law was passed.
"The reality is: It's not working, it's not going to work," said Del. Dan K. Morhaim, the Baltimore County Democrat who sponsored the medical marijuana bill last year.
Morhaim said that even last year, it was clear medical centers were tepid at best about committing to the program. And after discussing the issue with several institutions over the past year, he sees no sign that they're warming to the idea.
"I was hoping that they would change their minds," he said. "It's clear that they won't."
Johns Hopkins, the University of Maryland and Sinai Hospital say they're still evaluating their positions or waiting to see the state's regulations before making a final decision.
"Johns Hopkins is open to a conversation with the state about how a medical marijuana program could be implemented, but right now, it would be premature to commit to administering or participating in such a program," Kim Hoppe, a Hopkins spokeswoman said.
Another potential participant, MedStar Health, "is not considering participating in the medical marijuana program in Maryland," said spokeswoman Ann C. Nickels. She declined to elaborate.
Some powerful lawmakers suggest in private that the state push public universities to embrace their role in helping the state's sick get medical marijuana. Others plan to marshal support to rewrite the law, expanding access to the drug beyond research centers.
Morhaim, the General Assembly's only physician, expects to introduce a bill this week allowing physicians affiliated with a hospital or university to recommend marijuana to patients — a plan that would bypass academic centers and greatly increase the number of doctors who can beome involved, he said.
Those who support medical marijuana have had an uphill battle in Maryland — in the past, Gov. Martin O'Malley has opposed measures that he said would put the state in violation of federal law. But advocates find hope in something O'Malley said at the Annapolis summit on the opening day of the legislative session — in response to a question from Rand, who had noted the "limitations" of the current law and that her son still had no access to a drug that might ease his epilepsy.
"Our hope is if there's something that's made this too cumbersome to move it forward in the context of medical marijuana, we can fix that this legislative session," O'Malley said. "If we need to fix it … we can take advantage of these next 90 days and do that."
Rand, who lives in Annapolis, is particularly interested in gaining access to a strain of marijuana known as "Charlotte's Web," which is cultivated in Colorado and used by a number of children suffering from epilepsy. It is low in THC, which produces the marijuana high, and some parents and doctors say an oil extracted from it has greatly reduced or even stopped epileptic seizures in children.
"These kids are not getting high," Rand said. "They aren't smoking a joint."
Logan's seizures can sometimes be violent, causing him to fall and injure himself as he did recently, requiring a trip to the emergency room for stitches, Rand said. Doctors have tried various anti-seizure medications, often powerful and with side effects, but only one has proved even moderately effective, she said.
According to published research, there is anecdotal evidence that marijuana can successfully reduce seizures, but more studies need to be done on the issue.
Given that research facilities in Maryland appear reluctant to participate in the state's medical marijuana program, Rand hopes lawmakers will consider other ways to get the drug to patients. "I'd like to be able to get it from a dispensary," said Rand, referring to the way other states handle medical marijuana.
For now, members of Maryland's Medical Marijuana Commission continue to work on regulations that will determine how the program would be implemented and run. A draft is expected in the coming weeks, but commission members, appointed five months ago by O'Malley, declined to discuss their proposal.


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The Donald and Barbara Kurtz Fund, managed by the Office of Residential Life, supports campus events that encourage learning and discussion outside the classroom and bring faculty, staff and students together. All Kurtz funded programs must directly involve at least one College House as an event sponsor.
In 2013-2014, the Kurtz fund supported events include:
- Burnett House's, Winning The Minds: Travels through the terrorist recruiting grounds of Yemen, Pakistan, and the Somali border with counter-terrorism activist Francsico Martin-Rayo
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'MasterChef': Even after losing 150 pounds, Graham Elliot can still 'taste everything'Add to Favorites | MasterChef
The fifth season of FOX's cooking competition show "MasterChef" features a lot less of judge and chef Graham Elliot. It's not that he's going to be on the show less; it's that there's less of him to be on the show.
On this brisk and breezy February day at a school athletic field in a suburban town north of Los Angeles -- where "MasterChef" is shooting a special episode to air later this year -- Elliot has been tossing around a football with fellow judge Joe Bastianich.
"Joe's holding his coffee," Elliot tells Zap2it, "trying to catch one-handed. That was cute. Gordon (fellow judge Gordon Ramsay) plays the other football. He didn't jump in there much, but I know he'd kick all our a** in soccer."
One reason Elliot has the energy to toss a ball around is the weight loss -- more than 150 pounds -- he's experienced since having bariatric surgery in the summer of 2013. He had a sleeve gastrectomy, a procedure that reduces the stomach to the size of a banana. This helps Elliot stay on a low-calorie, high-protein diet.
He's taken up running and even considered a marathon -- or at least part of one. "That's what everyone's saying," says Elliot. "But my goal is, by October, the Chicago Marathon, to be able to do it. Right now, I can maybe do five miles without passing out, but to do five times that ... I did a 5K. Hopefully, to do a half-marathon would be awesome."
So how does a TV chef who can eat only tiny portions manage to taste contestants' dishes?
Says Elliot, "I can taste everything. I was worried about the show, because you've got to eat 20 portions of everything. It takes a long time to get through those -- small bites, taste, analyze. I still eat everything. I'm just enjoying it more. I can savor it."
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Glee Spoiler Roundup: Guide to Season 4, Episode 17: "Guilty Pleasures"
Shh!!! It's a secret, but we'll never tell. Glee Season 4, Episode 17: "Guilty Pleasures" is going to be about all the things we secretly love, but would never admit to anybody.
From musical guilty pleasures — like ABBA, the Spice Girls, and more — to other surprising hobbies and likes, the glee kid's deepest secrets are about to be put wide in the open.
We've been hard busy searching for as many spoilers and teases as we can find. Here's a look at everything we've been able to uncover so far.
- Synopsis of Glee Season 4, Episode 17: "Guilty Pleasures"
Your basic summary of what to expect.
- Glee Promo, 4:17 — In-Depth Analysis of "Guilty Pleasures"
We're breaking down the promo, second by second, in search of clues. Here's what we've discovered.
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- Glee Music Spoiler: Rachel and Brody Will Sing Radiohead — UPDATE
But which song? And what could it mean for the future of their relationship?
- Speculation: Will Glee Rip Off This Radiohead Cover?
Glee has a history of taking unique arrangements from YouTube and using them on the show. Could this YouTube hit be the next target?
- Lea Michele's "Intense" and "Exhausting" Day on Glee: So Much Crying!
This does not sound good! Did she and Brody break up? Or did something happen with the baby? So many possibilities. (And such sad ones!)
- Santana and Rachel Are Blindfolded: Lea Michele Says "Wanky"!
Luckily, it doesn't seem to be all heartbreak. Rachel and Santana appear to have a bit of fun during this episode, too.
- Lea Michele: Low-Cut Top and No Pants on the Glee Set? (PHOTO)
Interesting choice of wardrobe, Rachel.
- Glee Spoiler: Is Blaine Really Taking Over the Glee Club?!
And if so... what's he up to?
- Glee Spoiler: Blaine's "Guilty Pleasure" Involves Sam — and Bare Legs!
We've got the photo to prove it, too!
- Spoiler: Glee Does The Spice Girls — Who Plays Who?
Are you happy with how it all worked out?
- Glee Music Spoiler: Spice Girls Song Coming — Which Should It Be?
Are you happy with the show's choice?
- Glee Music Spoilers! Song List: Episode 17: "Guilty Pleasures" — Leaked!
- Radiohead's "Creep," performed by Rachel and Brody
- ABBA's "Mamma Mia," performed by Rachel, Kurt (Chris Colfer), Santana (Naya Rivera) and the New Directions
- The Spice Girls' "Wannabe," performed by the New Direction Girls
- Wham!'s "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go," performed by the New Directions
- Phil Collins' "Against All Odds," performed by Blaine (Darren Criss)
- Barry Manilow's "Copacabana," performed by Sam (Chord Overstreet)
- Bobby Brown's "My Prerogative," performed by Jake (Jacob Artist)


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Be sure and vaccinate your outdoor cats for rabies
By Gary Bogue
Monday, December 5th, 2005 at 2:19 pm in Animals, Cats, Pets, Rabies, Wildlife.
If you have an outside cat, even if it only goes outside occasionally, be sure and get it vaccinated for rabies. You can't be too careful on this. Rabies is a fatal disease.
Contra Costa Times staff writer Sandy Kleffman really pointed that out in the Saturday, Dec. 12, Times in her story about 60 people in the San Ramon, Calif., area who are undergoing a series of five precautionary rabies shots after touching a stray kitten that had the deadly disease.
Outdoor cats are more likely to encounter a rabid wild animal and get scratch or bitten than other pets are, so please get your outdoor cats vaccinated!
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Boy Scout Develops YMCA Walking Trail
Henrico Citizen Staff Reports 11/02/10
The YMCA of Greater Richmond recently announced that a walking trail had been established on the Chickahominy Family YMCA property, thanks in part to Boy Scout Jared Appleby. The creation of the trail was the 17-year-old student's Eagle Scout Leadership Service Project and will allow Y members to exercise and enjoy the outdoors.
Before marking the best possible path for the walking trail, Appleby consulted a scoutmaster who works with the Henrico County Department of Recreation and Parks and family members who hiked the Appalachian Trail and researched trail development. In late August, Appleby worked with a team of 24 volunteers with hand tools and a borrowed bush hog to clear land for the trail, which is just shy of one mile in length. Appleby raised all of the funds and donations necessary to complete the trail by meeting with the Varina Ruritan Club and sending letters that secured support from national chains such as Home Depot, Kroger and Martins. Chickahominy Family YMCA officials hope to enhance the trail with exercise stations in the future.
'Proof of Heaven' coming to Glen Allen
Dr. Even Alexander, a New York Times best-selling author who has been featured on Oprah and Dr. Oz, was in town last week to promote his June 27 talk, "Proof of Heaven," at Glen Allen High School.
Alexander (pictured, at right, while Unity of Bon Air church member Harry Simmons interviews him) has written about what he considers to be his journey through the afterlife.
Tickets to this month's event are $25 and will support the new Bon Secours Hospice House being built later this year. > Read more.
Innsbrook Rotary celebrates 25 years
The Innsbrook Rotary Club, which is celebrating its 25th year in 2015, has completed a number of volunteer projects this year and raised thousands of dollars for various organizations through three events.
The club's annual rose sale, benefit for youth live auction and Virginia Fire Games competition, combined with individual and corporate donations, have raised nearly $70,000 – money that the club contributes back to the community.
FeedMore is the beneficiary of the club's 25th anniversary project, which provides refrigerated trailers to be used for the distribution of food throughout Central Virginia. > Read more.
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