“Barisàl Guns” and “Mist Pouffers.”

Guns, Privacy, and Crime

We investigate the impact of an information shock – the public exposure of the names and addresses of holders of handgun carry permits – on criminals’ propensity to commit crimes. In December 2008, a Memphis, TN newspaper published a searchable online database of names, zip codes, and ages of Tennessee handgun carry permit holders. Once news of the database publication spread, an intense and ac...

Youth, guns, and violent crime.

Young people are overrepresented as both victims and perpetrators of violence. Indeed, some commentators have suggested that recent cohorts of youth have been composed of "superpredators" who have little regard for human life. The evidence, however, suggests that other factors are responsible for recent increases in youth gun violence. This article analyzes the extent and causes of youth violen...

Policing guns and youth violence.

To combat the epidemic of youth gun violence in the 1980s and 1990s, law enforcement agencies across the United States adopted a variety of innovative strategies. This article presents case studies of eight cities' efforts to police gun crime. Some cities emphasized police-citizen partnerships to address youth violence, whereas others focused on aggressive enforcement against youth suspected of...

Sprinkler and mist irrigation for cooling lettuce:effectiveness and economic cosideration

Night of the Mist

"Night of the Mist" is the moving and deeply expressive statement of a part of the life of a 21 year old Hungarian Jew. From the spring of 1944 when his country was overrun by the Nazis, to the end of the war when he found his way hack to his home town, Mr. Heimler takes us with him through the terrors and pain of Auschwitz, Troeglitz and Buchenwald. And as we read we can catch vivid glimpses o...