Discovery in Greek Lands

Disputed lands

In this paper we consider the classical problem of dividing a land among many agents so that everybody is satisfied with the parcel she receives. In the literature, it is usually assumed that all the agents are endowed with cardinally comparable, additive, and monotone utility functions. In many economic and political situations violations of these assumptions may arise. We show how a family of...

Biodiversity in Locally Managed Lands

Decentralizing natural resource management to local people, especially in tropical countries, has become a trend. We review recent evidence for the impacts of decentralization on the biodiversity values of forests and forested landscapes, which encompass most of the biodiversity of the tropics. Few studies document the impact of decentralized management on biodiversity. We conclude that there m...

Prank lands student in jail

Running across Enron Field during the Owls' baseball game on Friday seemed like a ha rmless prank to Jose De La Pena. But it laiided the Baker College senior in jail for the night, and he may face fines of up to $2,500. At the game, a group of about 25 Baker students, including De \ x Pena, along with Baker Master Mickey Quinones were sitting on the third base line. Quinones had purchased ticke...

Dry Lands and Desertification

Rab3 GTPase Lands Bruchpilot

Active zones are the sites of neurotransmitter release, but their assembly mechanisms are poorly understood. In this issue of Neuron, Graf et al. perform a genetic screen in Drosophila and uncover a novel role for the Rab3 GTPase in organizing the active zone at the neuromuscular junction.