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|Professor Todd Zywicki
School of Law
George Mason University
Arlington, VA 22201
(703) 993-8091
|Professor Peter Boettke
Department of Economics
George Mason University
Fairfax, VA 22030
(703) 993-1149
Monday 7:20-10:00pm
Arlington Campus
The purpose of this course is to explore first how the Western conception of the rule of law emerged and became established, and then to explore how Western prosperity through the industrial revolution and open international trade became established. Our intent is then to explore the connection between these two core concepts in the Western tradition of political and economic liberty and finally to examine the "exportability" of these ideas to non-Western countries and the former Soviet-type economies.
August 30
Week 1: WHY THE RULE OF LAW?
Boettke and Zywicki - introduction to the course
Ronald Coase, The Firm, the Market, and the Law. Chicago, 1988, 1-31.
Barry Weingast, "The Political Foundations of Democracy and the Rule of Law," American Political Science Review, 91 (2) 1997: 245-263.
Nicholas Mercuro and Steven Medema, Economics and the Law. Princeton, 1997, 130-156.
September 6 NO CLASS - LABOR DAY
September 13
Week 2: POLYCENTRISIM AND THE CUSTOMARY FOUNDATIONS OF LAW
Harold Berman, Law and Revolution: The Formation of the Western Legal Tradition. Harvard University Press, 1983, 520-558.
Bruce Benson, The Enterprise of Law. Pacific Research Institute for Public Policy, 1990, 11-83.
Barnett, The Structure of Liberty: Justice and the Rule of Law. Oxford, 1998, 1-26; 41-83; 301-328.
Hayek, Law, Legislation and Liberty. Chicago, 1973, 1-54; 94-144.
September 20
Week 3: Guest Lecture - The Rise of the West
David S. Landes, Harvard University (invitation)
David Landes, The Wealth and Poverty of Nations. Norton, 1998.
Douglass C. North and Robert Paul Thomas, The Rise of the Western World: A New Economic History. Cambridge, 1973.
Douglass C. North and Barry Weingast, "Constitutions and Commitment: The Evolution of Institutions Governing Public Choice in Seventeenth-Century England," Journal of Economic History, 49 (4) December 1989, 803-832.
September 27
Week 4: MAX WEBER AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Nathan Rosenberg and L. E. Birdzell, How the West Grew Rich: The Economic Transformation of the Industrial World. Basic Books, 1986, 3-36; 113-143.
Weber, General Economic History. Transaction, 1995[1927], 352-369.
Weber, The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism. Charles Scribners, 1958 [1904-05], 13-31; 47-78.
Max Swedberg, Max Weber and the Idea of Economic Sociology. Princeton, 1998, 7-21; 54-107.
October 4
Week 5: CULTURAL AND INSTITUTIONAL PRE-CONDITIONS FOR PROSPERITY
Joel Mokyr, Levers of Riches. Oxford, 1990, 151-192.
David Landes, The Wealth and Poverty of Nations. Norton, 1998, 3-44; 512-524.
Jared Diamond, Guns, Germs and Steel. Norton, 1997, 13-32; 405-425.
October 13 (Monday classes meet on Wednesday this week)
Week 6: Guest Lecture - Politics, Law, Entrepreneurship and Economic Development
Joel Mokyr, Northwestern (invited)
Joel Mokyr, The Levers of Riches. Oxford, 1990.
October 18
Week 7: CIVIL SOCIETY AND DEMOCRACY
Robert Puttnam, Making Democracy Work. Princeton, 1993, 3-16; 163-185.
Ernest Gellner, The Conditions of Liberty. Penguin, 1994.
Frances Fukuyama, Trust: The Social Virtues and the Creation of Prosperity, Free Press, 1995, 3-57.
October 25
Week 8: CIVIL SOCIETY AND THE MARKET
Daniel Klein, ed., Reputation. University of Michigan, 1997, 1-14; 29-46.
Matt Ridley, The Origins of Virtue.Penguin, 1996, 37-66; 127-147; 249-265.
Robert Axelrod, The Evolution of Cooperation. Basic Books, 1984, 3-24; 145-191.
Paul Milgrom, Douglass North, and Barry Weingast, "The Role of Institutions in the Revival of Trade: The Law Merchant, Private Judges and the Champagne Fairs," Economics & Politics, 2 (March 1990): 1-23.
November 1
Week 9: Guest Lecture - Social Capital, Civil Society and the Moral Order
Michael Novak, AEI (confirmed).
Michael Novak, The Spirit of Democratic Capitalism
November 8
Week 10: CONSTITUTIONALISM AND THE REASON OF RULES
F. A. Hayek, The Constitution of Liberty. Chicago, 1960, 133-249.
James Buchanan and Geoffrey Brennan, The Reason of Rules, Cambridge, 1985,
James Buchanan and Roger Congelton, Politics by Principle, Not Interest. Cambridge, 1998, 3-41; 147-153.
Richard Epstein, Simple Rules for a Complex World. Harvard, 1995, 1-49.
Barry Weingast, "The Economic Role of Political Institutions: Market-Preserving Federalism and Economic Development," Journal of Law, Economics and Organization (April 1995): 1-31.
November 15
Week 11: CONSTITUTIONAL CONSTRAINTS AND ECONOMIC REGULATION
George Stigler, ed., Chicago Studies in Political Economy. Chicago, 1988, 3-84; 209-233.
James Buchanan, Gordon Tullock and Robert Tollison, ed., Toward a Theory of the Rent-Seeking Society. Texas A&M University Press, 1980, 39-50; 211-221.
Richard Epstein, Takings. Harvard University Press, 1985, 3-31; 93-104; 263-282.
Barry Weingast, "Constitutions as Governance Structures: The Political Foundations of Secure Markets," Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics 149 (1) 1993, 286-311.
November 22
Week 12: WHY SOCIALISM AND UNCONSTRAINED DEMOCRACY VIOLATE THE RULE OF LAW
Boettke & Zywicki
F. A. Hayek, The Road to Serfdom. Chicago, 1944, 56-100; 134-152..
James Buchanan, The Limits of Liberty. Chicago, 1975.
Ludwig von Mises, "Economic Calculation in the Socialist Common-wealth." In F. A. Hayek, ed., Collectivist Economic Planning. Routledge, 1935[1920], 87-130.
November 29
Week 13: Guest Lecture -The Structure of Liberty
Randy Barnett, Boston University (confirmed).
Randy Barnett, The Structure of Liberty. Oxford, 1999.
December 6
Week 14: WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED FROM THE EMERGING MARKET ECONOMIES?
Peter Boettke, "Credibility, Commitment and Soviet Economic Reform," in Edward Lazear, ed., Economic Transition in Eastern Europe and Russia:Realities of Reform (Stanford, CA: Hoover Institution Press, 1995): 247-275.
Peter Boettke, "Promises Made and Promises Broken in the Russian Transition," Constitutional Political Economy, 9, no. 2 (1998): 127-136.
Peter Boettke, "The Russian Crisis: Perils and Prospects for Post-Soviet Transition," American Journal of Economics & Sociology (July 1999)
Robert Cooter, "The Rule of State Law and the Rule-of-Law State: Economic Analysis of the Legal Foundations of Development," Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics (1996): 191-217.
Ugo Mattei, Comparative Law and Economics. University of Michigan Press, 1997, 201-222.
Paul Rubin, Promises, Promises: Contracts in Russia and Other Post-Communist Economies. Aldershot: Edward Elgar Publishing, 1997.
Andrei Shleifer, "Government in Transition," European Economic Review 41 (1997): 385-410.
December 13 (No in-class final)
Week 15: Guest Lecture - Russia and the problem of Growing a Rule of Law
Richard Pipes, Harvard University (invited).
Richard Pipes, Property and Freedom. Knopf, 1999.
Students are expected to have read the recommended reading before class and to have familiarized themselves with the basic thesis of the works listed in association with the guest lectures so as to maximize the benefits from the visit of these distinguished scholars. A set of readings and the books of the guest lecturers will be available at both the Law School library in Arlington, and Fenwick Library at the main campus in Fairfax.
During regular class meetings either Professor Boettke or Professor Zywicki will give the primary lecture, with the other professor commenting on the lecture or topic in general. The normal class procedure will be for the lecture to go 50 minutes to 1 hour, short break, comment from the other professor for 10 to 20 minutes, and then open discussion on the topic and readings for the remaining time of the class.
The format for the guest lectures will be a 1 hour public lecture from our guest speaker, followed by an open question and answer period of up to a half hour. This will be followed by a short informal reception for the speaker and members of our class so that you will have the opportunity to speak more directly with our guests.
1. This course is cross-listed in economics as: ECON 676 - COMPARATIVE ECONOMIC SYSTEMS: Exploring the relationship between the rule of law and economic prosperity. Graduate students in disciplines other than law and economics are also welcomed to take the course for credit. Guest lectures will be public lectures open to the university community.


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Boxer David Haye took on today's bush-tucker trial, in I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here – despite Helen Flanagan offering her trial services.
Cruelty Towers was the name of the game and avid watchers of I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here will know that Helen faced this challenge earlier in the series.
But obviously the producers were upset that the trial didn't get full airtime. Ant and Dec said they were doing the trial for three reasons: "Helen didn't get past reception, it is a completely unique trial" and "there is a recession on and they didn't want to waste the money."
When the camp were selecting who was to do the trial, Helen said she knew what the trial was and was willing to give it another go. However Charlie Brooks chipped in and said that they had to think about dinner and if she couldn't do it before, would she be able to do it now? Valid point, Charlie.
Finally the camp decided on David and he seemed happy to have a go. As he approached the trial area, it became apparent to him that this was the same trial Helen had already faced – which meant only one thing. The return of the ostrich.
David faced the ostrich with ease, grabbing the first star from the light and locating the second star without using his torch. He then made his way through snakes, crocodiles and flies to locate 6 out of 7 stars. The boxer missed the last star, unable to locate it amongst rotting offal and flies.
David said he could understand why Helen didn't complete the task, saying she was "a little squeamish." On the way home he said he regarded the task as a "big, juicy loss," because he believed there was nothing in the jungle he couldn't achieve - and he hadn't achieved.
Well we think you did well David – better than Helen or we could do!
After David announced he got 6 out of 7 stars, Charlie said that Helen wanted to do another trial. Eric replied with "not on our watch."
What do you think of this year's trials?
Who has the best bikini body ever from I'm A Celebrity?

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Yes, pedestrians and drivers must sometimes cross over each others domains. Pedestrians must cross the road to get to the other side, and drivers must cross a pavement to get from the road to a driveway. But pass through each others territory quickly and carefully. Don't dawdle. And don't bloomin' well park there!
I admit that many streets in the UK aren't designed for easy parking. Many are far too narrow, the streets having been built before cars were invented. The houses there often don't have driveways and the house owners have no option but to park on the street. If the pavement is very wide and the road is very narrow there might just about be an excuse for parking half way up onto the pavement, but far too often I see cars parked up on the pavement when the road is easily wide enough for them. I can only guess that the drivers are trying to avoid having their wing mirrors clipped by passing traffic, but frankly they then deserve to have them bumped by passing pedestrians! And leaving just enough room for a person to squeeze through isn't good enough – what about parents with prams or pushchairs, and elderly or disabled in wheelchairs? They have just as much right to get past.
In France they have a solution – where the pavement is clearly more than wide enough the authorities often allow parking part way up onto the pavement and paint narrow parking bay markings on the pavement to indicate that. Cars can partially mount the pavement and park there as long as they keep within the white lines of the bays and those are designed to leave adequate room for pedestrians. At least with that solution both drivers and pedestrians know where they stand (or park!).
Maybe we should consider adopting that solution in the UK?
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North Americans might be a bit confused here – we call the streets and roads pavement. Pedestrians walk on sidewalks here. But most of our cities and towns were built after cars were invented. One of my pet peeves is that many of our towns and cities were not designed with pedestrians or kids on bikes or roller blades in mind. We live on a street with no sidewalks, and heavy traffic. My girls were quite excited when we moved into town – finally pavement for their skateboards, roller blades, and bikes – plus our own driveway is paved and steep. They were sad to hear that they would not be allowed to coast down our driveway, they would have to take the back alley to the nearest pedestrian walkway.


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Just a quick post to let everyone know I've decided to close End2End Trail Supply.I wanted to post it here first because this is where it all began. I want to thank Ryan for his support and believing in me when the Gram Weenie first came out. I also want to thank everyone who supported E2E over the past 5 1/2 years. It's been fun, but it's time to move on. After the last of my inventory is gone I will be giving away some items as my final thank you. I'll post here when it's time for the give aways. George
Sorry to hear that George. Your gram weenie pro has been my go-to stove for years. Best of luck with your future plans.
Best of luck, George!Your contributions to LW backpacking are much appreciated.Todd
Just an FYI, I've settled on a hard closing date of March 14. After that I will be donating all unsold inventory to a deserving outdoor program or group. Also, I have decided on the giveaway contests, so stay posted as I will announce that here at BPL after March 14.
Sorry to her this, George. Was a pleasure doing business with you, and like Ike, my Gram Weenie is still loved and used on every 3 season trip.
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Digitizing 45 RPM vinyl at 33-1/3 and then resampling, Caveats?
Digitizing 45 RPM vinyl at 33-1/3 and then resampling, Caveats?
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So I've finally come across an album where there is an actual visible - and audible! - difference in dynamics between the CD and vinyl versions: Radiohead's "King of Limbs."
The CD is heavily brickwalled (the worst I've seen on a Radiohead album by a pretty good margin), while the double 10" (clear!) vinyl has some actual life to it, so I'd like to digitize the vinyl as accurately as possible and use that as my main copy of the album.
The thing is, the vinyl is 45 RPM, and while my eBay-special Pioneer PL-4 is rock-solid at 33 RPM, its speed varies quite a bit at 45.
So, I was thinking about digitizing the vinyl at 33 RPM, changing the playback sample rate by the appropriate percentage in Cool Edit 2000 to speed it back up, and then resampling to 44.1 kHz to make my FLACs (and MP3s).
I haven't tried it yet, it's just a thought at this point, so before I headed down that road, I wanted to ask our esteemed community if there are any caveats/gotchas/pitfalls to this method.
"Not sure what the question is, but the answer is probably no."
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Doctors: Season 8, Episode 182
Private Dancers (10 Apr. 2007)
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November 28, 2015
Jai Lucas announced at his press conference that he will join coach Billy Donovan and the Florida Gators next season.
Heavily-recruited high school point guard Jai Lucas announced Monday that he has chosen to attend Florida over Kentucky and Oklahoma State. The 5-10, 170 pounder from Houston, Texas, was one of the last big-name recruits to commit before the May 16 signing deadline.
McDonald's All-American is the son of former N-B-A player and coach John Lucas says he picked the national champion Gators over Kentucky and Oklahoma State.
Jai Lucas says with point guard Taurean Green gone, he feels he
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Lucas averaged 25 points and six assists as a senior at his high
school near Houston. The five-foot-ten guard also shot 51 percent
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Math conversations gather data and reveal questions
November 10, 2009
By Chantelle Lusebrink
Issaquah School District officials have hosted two high school mathematics meetings and there's one more where you can voice your opinion.District officials met at Issaquah High School Oct. 27, Liberty High School Nov. 3 and will meet at Skyline High School Nov. 16.
The meetings are part of a yearlong process to ensure the right materials are chosen for the next high school math curriculum, as College Prep Mathematics no longer meets many of the new state requirements.
The process started more than a year ago, and in May, High School Math Adoption Committee members unanimously voted to adopt Key Curriculum Press' Discovering Mathematics.
However, after community input and a lack of clarity from state officials about their math curriculum recommendation, Superintendent Steve Rasmussen in June decided to put the adoption on hold for another year.
Since the beginning of the school year, district officials have been gathering input from the community about the direction district officials should take regarding algebra and geometry curricula. They've also asked for more information from state organizations.
Nearly 20 parents came to the meeting held at Issaquah High School Oct. 27.
The process "gives us the opportunity to let you hear about the rigorous process we went through to recommend a curriculum," said Patrick Murphy, director of secondary education. "It also gives us the opportunity to talk about math in general. What homework is like, what students learn in school, tutoring and if parents are struggling.
"Depending on the information we gather, that will depend on what we do next," he added. "But we're going to consider all the data we receive during this yearlong plan."
"My grandson is a freshman at PCFC [Pacific Cascade Freshman Campus]. I'm curious to see how they are teaching math versus when I learned math," meeting attendee John Pintar said. "I want to give him every advantage I can. If I understand the way they are teaching math then I can hopefully help."
At the meeting, district officials and members of the mathematics selection committee provided insight about why they recommended Discovering Mathematics.
Specifically, teachers and district officials said Discovering Mathematics aligned the most with the state's new math standards, and had a blend of exploratory and teacher-driven learning, and example formulas and drills for students. It also had a robust outline for teachers to follow, ensuring equal experiences among classes and high schools in the district, teacher Angie Kruzich said.
Parents rotated to four different class sessions during the meeting where information was presented about the process and parents could work with the materials with teachers.
Parents who attended the meeting had plenty of questions and comments, including why the state endorsed Holt Mathematics and not Discovering Mathematics and how the curricula differ.
"I think they could have done a better job for the adoption of new curriculum," parent Ali Heidari, who is an engineer, wrote in an e-mail. "In my opinion, 14 members is not enough to decide about the district math from elementary to high school levels.
"How come parents were not involved or communicated before final decision?" he added. "I think they should put the meeting minutes and adoption process for review by parents. I think this will be great opportunity for the concerned parents with kids in elementary and middle school to review and feedback."
In the weeks leading up to the meetings, another community-driven question came up.
Leslie Nielsen, the district's math curriculum specialist, wrote a book for Key Curriculum Press in 1997 called "Is Democracy Fair?"
The book runs through the mathematics behind voting and appointments and was written while she was living in Denmark, Nielsen said.
It isn't unusual to have district employees write for various publishers, said Sara Niegowski, the district's communications director.
In fact, many of the district's advanced teachers, curriculum specialists and administrative officials have written excerpts or books for various publishing houses, as do many employees with other districts, Niegowski added.
However, the district's curriculum adoption process specifically ensures that conflicts between its adoption committee and publishers are addressed early.
Each person on the curriculum adoption committee must disclose any conflicts of interest to the committee in its first meetings. Committee members must also disclose whether they stand to gain financially from a curriculum adoption, whether they may gain future employment by selecting a curriculum or have bias for a particular publisher.
Nielsen did each of these, as did other committee members.
Because Nielsen's book with Key Curriculum Press has nothing to do with the district's high school math adoption, there was no conflict of interest.
However, Nielsen would have had to excuse herself if the committee decided to debate about College Prep Mathematics published by Prentice Hall, from which she still collects royalties.
Committee members decided the College Prep Mathematics curriculum didn't align with state standards early on, Niegowski said.
Get Involved
7-9 p.m. Nov. 16 at Skyline High School, 1122 228th Ave. S.E.
Go to www.issaquah.wednet.edu/academics. Click on "Instructional Materials Adoption" and then "High school math adoption."
Chantelle Lusebrink: 392-6434, ext. 241, or firstname.lastname@example.com. Comment at www.issaquahpress.com.
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Before you completely turn the page or turn your nose up at this week's recipe -- Snickers salad -- just try it first. If you don't like it, you'll never have to eat it again.Sounds a little something like what your mom would say, doesn't it?
When my mother-in-law told me about this recipe I actually was very interested. We made it and it was pleasantly good.
I'll always remember making this recipe. One reason is because of the pure fact of how different it is and the unusual name. Another reason is because of the memories that were made while whipping this dish up.
Janie decided we would make it Super Bowl Sunday and it just so happened that my sister-in-law, Loni, was visiting from Indiana. So we all helped out to make this sweet treat.
I've said a thousand times that the memories made while in the kitchen are the best part of a recipe -- there's something to be said about all the ladies being in the kitchen cooking together.
I think the best part about the recipe is looking at the faces of people when I tell them the name of it. I had one person ask me if there was lettuce in it. It is quite the conversation starter.
This recipe is sweet and easy to mix together, and most people want it, once they've tasted it.
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Snickers salad
Six frozen, regular size Snickers candy bars, sliced and chopped
Five Granny Smith apples, peeled and chopped
1/2 to 1 cup of chopped pecans or walnuts
8-ounce tub of Lite Cool Whip
Combine Snickers bars, apples pieces and nuts in a bowl.
Fold in Cool Whip and stir thoroughly.
Tip: Be sure to serve this recipe immediately after making it; refrigerate any leftovers.
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BUY PROVERA NO PRESCRIPTION, Blue bottle 'flower' (with boat augers and lamp fixture). Cheap PROVERA, Blue bottle tree in background.
A couple weeks after Nan announced this round of the Garden Bloggers' Design Workshop, PROVERA schedule, PROVERA class, Steve Orr's New York Times Q&A column in The New York Times (Picking Accessories for the Plants) offered good advice on garden ornamentation that applies equally to whimsy. His advice:
- Don't go overboard.
- Use found objects.
- Use surprise.
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@ 8:51 am
I must have that brandy bottle. I don't know if I'd put it in the garden, but I love it!
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I like to see folks having fun with their gardens. As always, I enjoyed your bottle tree and flowers, and I still remember the bowling ball story!
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Ah, some very good examples of whimsy. I'm not sure I'm on board with the bowling ball. But I will admit to making my own forest of Ents with faces on trees. And I just posted on Examiner about some cool flamingo stuff, so that's all good.
Fun post!
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I never tire of seeing how things can be displayed in the garden. You've made it interesting and fun. I bet it looks just as interesting in Winter. Loved your friend's garden too.
@ 9:44 pm
I had a flamingo like yours many years ago, but painters dropped a ladder on it. I loved it in all its tackiness. Your blue bottle plant is spectacular & just seeing the bowling ball reminded me of your post about it. You've inspired me to try to do more found objects (I have only reused glass chandelier shades), but then I have to consider your advice not to overdo it. There's a thin line between whimsy & cheesy.
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A truly excellent collection of whimsy, Craig. A pink flamingo in your garden? I'm truly shocked – and delighted. And how fun to see that you have wonderfully whimsical friends as well. I apologize for taking so long to visit, but I greatly appreciate you participating in the Design Workshop again this month!
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I like your whimsy. It doesn't appear that you have too much. I really like the bowling ball on the rebar. Does it swing in the wind? That would be a hoot. Your friend has even more things than I do. That says a lot to me.
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Your whimsy post was a lot of fun, Craig – I had to leave a pair of heirloom concrete flamingos with my sister when we moved to TX – they'd already been repaired and that trip might have finished them off. Wish I still had them. When Felder Rushing came to Austin last year he brought his Featherstone flamingo along – you really do need one!
If you want to make your bottle tree sound more classy, Felder gives this genus the botanical name Silica Transparencii 'Gaudi' in his Tough Plants book.
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From April to June of this year, tech companies spent $31.8 billion in 55 deals, which is an average of $578.2 million per deal, the report said. During the same time last year, $26.8 billion was spent in 85 deals, averaging $315 million.
The biggest deals in the second quarter of this year included SAP AG's $4.3 billion takeover of Ariba and Microsoft's $1.2 billion purchase of Yammer.
Merger-and-acquisition teams at tech companies do not appear to be taking a summer vacation, either. At least half a dozen deals worth more than $6.1 billion were announced on a single day last month.


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ROSWELL, N.M. - Austrian adventurer Felix Baumgartner made skydiving history Sunday when he successfully leaped from a helium balloon 24 miles in the sky, hitting 729 miles an hour and possibly breaking the sound barrier in descent.
Baumgartner accomplished the feat 65 years to the day -- Oct. 14, 1947 -- after pilot Chuck Yaeger broke the sound barrier in an aircraft.
In an echo of the late Neil Armstrong's words as he set foot on the moon, Baumgartner paused on the small platform before diving and said, "Sometimes you have to go really high to see how small you are." He then jumped from 128,000 feet above the Earth.
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Next SlideThe mission, dubbed Red Bull Stratos after the Austrian energy drink that sponsored the jump, was five years in the making, and set records for the highest freefall and highest manned balloon flight.
While the aim of the mission was partly to break records, it is significant in that it marks yet another advance in aerospace adventuring on the part of private companies -- which also include Elon Musk's SpaceX and Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic -- as traditional government-sponsored events begin to wane.
Baumgartner's jump was not without drama. He complained of a lack of heat in his helmet visor on the way up, which caused mission engineers to debate whether or not to bring him down in the capsule attached to the balloon. Then, on the descent, the skydiver could be seen spinning wildly, something that could have led to a loss in consciousness.
Baumgartner, 43, got the spin under control and minutes later glided to earth. When he landed, he sunk to his knees.
The effort began earlier Sunday when a 30 million-cubic-foot helium balloon hoisted a 3,000-pound capsule carrying Baumgartner toward an adventure that was postponed last Monday and Tuesday -- and for a few hours Sunday -- due to high winds.
As Baumgartner headed up, the only voice in his ear was that of retired Air Force colonel Joe Kittinger, 84, his mentor on this Red Bull Stratos project and the holder of the record the Austrian was trying to beat.
Baumgartner had been working his way up to this world record jump from the edge of space for the past few years, twice running into speed bumps.
Austrian promoter Daniel Hogan derailed the first mission when he sued sponsor Red Bull Stratos, claiming he'd thought of the idea first. That suit was settled out of court last summer.
The other hiccup was more serious. Unaccustomed to freefalling while confined by a helmet and cumbersome suit, Baumgartner started suffering panic attacks and pulled himself off the project. He overcame his fears with the help of a sports psychologist.
"It was simple stuff," Baumgartner told USA TODAY in August after making his final test jump -- from nearly 100,000 feet -- outside the desert town of Roswell, N.M. "I'd put on a helmet and tell him, from one to 10, how panicked I felt. And in the end, no matter what the number was, he told me my pulse rate never changed. So it was all in my head."
For a quick primer on Baumgartner, head to YouTube. The Austrian daredevil broke through the extreme sports world clutter in 1999, when jumped off the world's tallest building (Kuala Lumpur's Petronas Towers, 1,483 feet) and jumped off Rio de Janeiro's 130-foot Christ the Redeemer statue (the video shows him scurrying directly into a waiting getaway car before police can arrest him).
Austrian energy drink maker Red Bull, known for sponsoring extreme athletes, promptly signed up Baumgartner, who finally realized he could make a living off doing dangerous things. In 2007, he and Red Bull decided to make an assault on Kittinger's 52-year-old record.
Kittinger, who had made his pre-Mercury program jump from 102,800 feet out of an open gondola and with rudimentary equipment, had long resisted efforts to recruit him to help others break his record. But ego wasn't the issue, he said, it was a lack of capital and seriousness that always caused him to say no.
"This whole deal is very expensive," Kittinger told USA TODAY. "If what I rode into space was a Model T, this is a Ferrari."
A visit this summer to Baumgartner's Red Bull Stratos compound on an airfield outside of Roswell revealed a simple if technologically sophisticated operation consisting of a few trailers and glass and steel structures crammed with computers and other gear to track the sky adventurer's ascent into the darkness of space and return to earth within miles of the lift-off spot.
The risks of Baumgartner's jump all link to the fact that in leaping from 120,000 feet he will likely go supersonic (around 700 miles per hour, depending on a range of atmospheric factors), which Kittinger did not from his lower altitude.
Baumgartner started his ascent to the stratosphere from this desert town better known as the site of a rumored UFO landing in 1947.
Jumping from more than three times the height of the average cruising altitude for jetliners, Baumgartner expected to hit a speed of 690 mph or more before he activated his parachute at 9,500 feet above sea level, or about 5,000 feet above the ground in southeastern New Mexico. The total jump took less than 10 minutes.
Red Bull promoted a live Internet stream of the event from nearly 30 cameras on the capsule, the ground and a helicopter. There was a 20-second delay in their broadcast of footage in case of a tragic accident.
Baumgartner said before the jump that making history wouldn't encourage him to try anything like it again.
"This is the end of my journey," he said. "I've always been trying to find my limit, and this pretty much it. For the second half of my life, I want to be a good helicopter pilot. Fight fires. Rescue people. That would be fun."
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Church HistoryIt was founded in 1936.
St. Richard's chapel-of-ease came into existence and was solemnly opened by Bishop Henshaw on December 20, 1936.
(1947/48) St. Richard's Chapel now became the centre of a new parish, to be called St. Richard's. This was finally decided upon by his Lordship the Bishop, who has appointed Fr. George Catterall, D.D., L.C.L., to take charge of the new parish.
Taken from "Salford Diocese and its Catholic past", a survey by Charles A. Bolton, a Priest of the above Diocese. Published 1950 on the First Centenary for the Diocese of Salford.
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As one of the highest qualified coaches in England, John Peacock's opinions are respected by his colleagues and the players he helps to nurture. As the FA's Head of Coaching, he not only assumes responsibility for the country's U-17 side but also assists in the education of those called to share their knowledge of the game with players from every walk of life.
From the beginning of August, however, Peacock's schedule will be entirely devoted to guiding England to glory at the FIFA U-17 World Cup in Korea Republic. It is a job which he obviously relishes, given his enthusiasm for the game and his obvious pride in the youngsters who helped the Three Lions reach their first-ever FIFA finals at this age range.
The respect between Peacock and his players is more than mutual. Just as they value his guidance, he in turn believes that they have the potential to be just as good as Liverpool's Scott Carson, Manchester United's Kieran Richardson and Tottenham Hotspur's Tom Huddlestone, who not only impressed in the Premiership, but also shone at the recent UEFA U-21 Championship.
"The U-17 squad have developed quite a lot over the past 12 months," said Peacock in an exclusive interview with FIFA.com. "Their footballing intelligence has grown; they've got a better understanding of the state of the game and a better appreciation of how to win matches. They've created a strong spirit within the group - as a unit they are always looking to win games and they hate to get beat.
"I think this is a very good year group for English football and that's the reason why they have done so well this year. I would put them on a par with the age group that have reached the semi-finals of the UEFA U-21 tournament in the Netherlands. There are some talented players with excellent technical ability who have bright futures ahead of them."
Tournament tuition
England's U-17 side enjoyed wonderful results in the 2006/7 season. In the 21 matches they played against some of Europe and the world's eminent footballing nations, they won 14, drew four and lost just three.
Peacock believes that the tournaments in the Algarve, Bosnia and Belgium have been of the utmost importance to his young charges, as they have given the players the opportunity to learn quickly in pressurised situations.
"The tournaments we've played in away from home have been great for the squad and taught us different lessons," he continued. "The Algarve tournament taught us that we needed to improve our level of performance over three games, but the lads took those lessons on board and used them to good effect in the qualifying group.
"Bosnia was very tough for us. We got off to a very good start, stuttered somewhat against Azerbaijan, but still won 1-0 and that meant that we went into our final game with Serbia needing a win. That was never going to be easy. The last minute winner gave us a lot of confidence going into the qualifying tournament, but it was a victory which I felt was fully deserved.
"In Belgium we knew that the standard of opposition was going to be high. If I am being honest, we were probably happier that we were in the group that we were in and avoided France, Spain and Germany. It was always our objective to reach the semi-finals and qualify for Korea - and I am delighted that we were able to achieve that."
Time to adjust
The squad will be arriving in Asia on 7 August, giving them 11 days to acclimatise before their first match against Korea DPR.
As well as the North Koreans, England have been pitted with New Zealand and Brazil in what promises to be a closely-fought Group B. Their first two matches will be played in Jeju, a venue for the 2002 FIFA World Cup Korea/Japan™ before a final showdown with Brazil in Goyang.
"It's a very tough group, but it is also an exciting one," smiled Peacock. "It will be great to come up against the North Koreans and New Zealand, as we've never played them before. We've met Brazil a few times, but we don't play them very often. It will be difficult, but I'd like to think we can qualify from the group and make a push for the latter stages.
"Our first two games are in the World Cup stadium, so that will be a great experience for the lads. I was out in Korea two weeks ago to take a look at the hotels, training grounds and the stadiums and they were absolutely fantastic. The players are relishing the prospect of playing in the World Cup and I hope that, together with the surroundings, inspires them.
"From what I have seen, the organisation has been first-class and it is something to really look forward to. I think these types of tournaments are becoming more prominent in the UK and they deserve to be. It's always exciting for football fans to see which players are coming through as in a few years time, some of these players may be at the next World Cup."


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Two highly-touted prospects, forward Derek Stepan and defenseman Ryan McDonagh, are showcasing what they can bring to the table at the New York Rangers' development camp that started Monday and will run through Friday.
McDonagh, 21, was acquired by the Rangers last summer in the deal that sent Scott Gomez to the Montreal Canadiens. The St. Paul, Minn., native was selected in the first round (No. 12) by the Habs at the 2008 Entry Draft. He had 4 goals and 14 assists in 43 games for Wisconsin last season.
"It's been awesome … just an unbelievable experience," McDonagh told NHL.com about the camp. "It's a lot of hard work, but I think it's good for us early in the summer here to get a taste of what it takes day in and day out at this level. It's fun getting to know guys and the system."
McDonagh has known Stepan since the pair became teammates at Wisconsin in the fall of 2008. Stepan, who was drafted by the Rangers that year in the second round (No. 51), is participating in his third development camp.
"I know a lot of the guys," Stepan said. "I've kind of been around the block, so it makes things a lot easier and more comfortable. It's a good situation."
"He knows the ins and outs," McDonagh said of Stepan. "It's great. I've kind of been following him around here and getting my way through the maze of this facility. It's unbelievable."
Stepan appears to be on the verge of completing the biggest year of his life. The Hastings, Minn., native played a major role in the United States winning the gold medal at this year's World Junior Championships and fell just one victory short of a national championship with Wisconsin.
And just a few weeks ago, the New York Post reported that Stepan agreed to leave the university and sign his first professional contract with the Blueshirts. Due to restrictions in the collective bargaining agreement, the deal can't be processed until July 1.
"I'm not really sure yet," Stepan said of what he intends to do. "We'll see what happens towards the end of the week.
"It was a roller-coaster year," he added. "At Wisconsin, we had a great year and I got to go to World Juniors at win a gold medal. We tried to win a national championship (at Wisconsin) and fell a little bit short. It was up and down, but it was a fun year from start to finish."
While Stepan's future appears to be set, McDonagh's is still very much up in the air. Considering how closely the Rangers have followed him over the past year, McDonagh is using these five days to showcase his tremendous character.
"I feel like this is a huge week," McDonagh admitted. "I really didn't want to jump into a decision without coming out here first. It was unfortunate I got traded last summer right during this camp. I didn't get a chance to come out here and I didn't get a feel for the staff and the players. Before I make my decision, I want to experience what it would be like out here and just get a feel for it. The staff members get to see me face to face as opposed to a phone call. There's a lot of value there before you make a big decision in your life.
"I think they've followed me enough on the ice and seen me throughout the seasons, so it's more just getting to know what kind of person I am character-wise before I make a step further here."
Should the Rangers and McDonagh agree that the time is now to begin his pro career, the latter might be giving up an opportunity to captain the Wisconsin squad next season. He admitted it's a major reason why this could end up being a very difficult summer.
"You always think what it would be like to be a leader of a team," McDonagh said. "It can only help you as a person and as a player, taking that next step and having that role in your back pocket. I think it only builds to the value you have as a player."
"It's been awesome … just an unbelievable experience. It's a lot of hard work, but I think it's good for us early in the summer here to get a taste of what it takes day in and day out at this level. It's fun getting to know guys and the system." -- Ryan McDonagh on his experience at Rangers development campDesperately trying to acquire Gomez, the Canadiens were willing to part with McDonagh's value to complete the deal. It can't be easy to be traded when you haven't played your first NHL game yet, but McDonagh took it in stride.
"It was a shock, for sure, just in the fact that you get a call out of nowhere and they tell you you've been traded," McDonagh said. "But it really taught me a great lesson that this game's more of a business than just playing it for fun. Obviously I enjoy playing it a ton, but there's a business side of it and it taught me it right away."
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Every year, school food service providers wrestle with the same problem. They know students are eligible for free or reduced price lunches, but not all parents have submitted the required form. But a new federal program goes into effect this fall that will eliminate the need for the form.
Every year, school food service providers wrestle with the same problem.
They know students are eligible for free or reduced price lunches, but the not all parents have submitted the form required annually to get the discount.
But a new federal program, tested last year, goes into effect this fall that will eliminate the need for the form for children whose families receive public assistance.
The program gives school officials access to the names of students in their district whose parents receive public assistance. Those students are automatically enrolled, saving school lunch officials from pulling out their hair trying to track down a form, or trying to collect on the tabs students rack up after not paying for lunch.
"The initial pilot went with a fair amount of success. There's certainly some kinks to work out but we expect it to work out better this year," said Tom Pfisterer, school lunch manager for the Oneida-Madison-Herkimer BOCES.
About half of the students in kindergarten through sixth grades in Oneida and Herkimer counties — 11,500 — received free or reduced price lunches in 2010, according to data from the state Education Department.
The new program only applies to families who receive public assistance. While many still could receive a discounted or free lunch because of their household income, they wouldn't show up on the list because they don't receive government help. Still, it cuts out a large chunk of students who are entitled to the meals and can't pay for them.
In the past, families who qualified would receive official notice, and it was the parent's responsibility to turn the form into the school. Not everyone does, and every year it causes issues.
Pfisterer serves roughly 6,000 meals in the 11 school districts he's responsible for. Half of those are sold at the free or reduced price. In a year, at $2 a meal, those unpaid bills could mean a few thousand dollars. For a program that tries to break even every year, that can be a problem.
"We try to collect that money but often we don't," Pfisterer said.
"Unfortunately (the State Education Department) said, you can't go back and claim those meals. You forfeited all those lunch funds. We were the loser in that kind of situation," he added.
In the Utica City School District, the area's largest, 76 percent of students qualify for free or reduced lunch, according to the districts 2010-11 school report card. Kitchens in the district's 13 buildings sell approximately 5,000 lunches and 2,000 breakfasts everyday, and student tabs can add up quickly.
In 2008, following an incident in which food was taken out of the hands of two students who owed the Utica City School district $4, the district adopted a policy that provided a meal to every student who wanted one, regardless of whether they could pay for it that day or not. The unpaid lunch bill quickly shot up to $24,000 and the district has been trying to collect ever since.
Page 2 of 2 - At the end of the 2010-11 school year, that figure was still $10,000, according to Joseph Muller III, Utica's director of operations and safety.
The new program, on top of a new system meant to catch students with debts and provide them a less appealing lunch of peanut butter and jelly or cheese sandwiches, could help tamp down on new debts.
"This is a great opportunity for free and reduced meals," Muller said. "If their parents didn't fill out the forms, off the bat they would be building up a huge debt, and the whole time they qualify."
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Fans showing their newfound suppot for the USs world cup run, an example of the rising support for soccer amongst the sports population in the US. / Jamie McDonald/Getty Images
Now more than ever, soccer is exploding in popularity in the US. Obviously, we can blame the World Cup for this, but there is something else brewing under the surface. Some mixture of national pride and a genuine understanding of soccer is beginning to fester in the minds of casual American fans. There is definitely a generation of Americans who dont care for soccer and probably never will. On the other side there is also a group of young people who genuinely are into the sport.
This phenomenon stems from a couple of things. First, the massive popularity of the FIFA video game series has boosted younger fans awareness, and it allows them to watch gamesinternational games especiallyand get to observe players they have interacted with. This dynamic allows for a general interest in not only the player, but the sport in general.
If you decide to use Galatasaray during exhibition matches with your friends, then when Ivory Coast steps on to the world stage, you will find yourself recognizing that star striker Didier Drogba is on the pitch. This provides a connection between a sport that doesnt have great tradition in the US to allow fans to have someone to recognize or cheer for.
With the MLS making moves for bigger players lately in order to build the legitimacy to the league, they have forced the hands of sports networks like ESPN to not only report these transactions, but air games as well.
When David Beckham signed with the LA Galaxy, there was a tremendous hype surrounding the MLS in what was considered to the rest of the world to be a half rate league, was now acquiring world class talent. Now granted that was an extremely special case with an athlete who was on the final go around for his career but the PR sensation it created for soccer in the US was a major stepping stone in MLS possibly stepping into the spot as the fifth major US sport. This event wont happen overnight but were headed in the right direction for it.
We lost on our 2022 bid to host the World Cup, but the nation at least felt something when it happened. An event that may have meant nothing a couple decades ago sent a pulse, however so faint throughout the nation. We are prime soccer to matter in this country, making a run out of this group to advance to the knockout stage for the first time in recent memory. The teams that the US had to play to advance labeled the Group of Death. Falling at the hands of a vastly less talented US team would ignite that passion we hold for nation, but also for underdogs.
Even here at FSU, we are hosting watch parties for not just US games, but all of them. Im going to make the assumption that FSU would do its due diligence in researching whether or not this would be something that students were in favor of. The level of interest extending beyond national games is a beautiful thing and is the highlight of the interest at the younger generations interest in a sport passed over by most previous generations in this country.
The US is on a soccer kick, and there is no reason we shouldnt be. There is nothing to inspire interest like overachieving in something we are supposed to be less than average at, and doing it on a national level. If you havent gotten the bug, do yourself a favor and check out the US Germany game, root for the Yanks and tell me you dont love 90 minutes of almost commercial free sports on TV. We kick off tomorrow at 12 p.m. on ESPN. Lets go Yanks.


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We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for August 23, 2011
Soldiers from the Company B, 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, train an Iraqi soldier on close-quarters movement during a week of marksmanship training at an Iraqi military post near Contingency Operating Base, Speicher, Iraq, Aug. 18. The Iraqi soldiers learned basic, close-quarters, advanced marksmanship techniques, and how to enter and clear a room in an urban environment. Photo by Spc. Crystal Hudson.
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