A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Title insurance is a required element of almost all real estate purchases and is not an insignificant cost for consumers. However, consumers generally do not have the knowledge needed to "shop around" for title insurance and usually rely on professionals involved in real estate--such as lenders, real estate agents, and attorneys--for advice in selecting a title insurer. Recent state and federal investigations into title insurance sales have identified practices that may have benefited these professionals and title insurance providers at the expense of consumers. At your request, GAO currently has work under way studying the title insurance industry, including pricing, competition, the size of the market, the roles of the various participants in the market, and how they are regulated. You asked GAO to identify and report on preliminary issues for further study. In so doing, this report focuses on: (1) the reasonableness of cost structures and agent practices common to the title insurance market that are not typical of other insurance markets; (2) the implications of activities identified in recent state and federal investigations that may have benefited real estate professionals rather than consumers; and …

One way to reduce the effects of anthropogenic greenhousegases on climate is to inject carbon dioxide (CO2) from industrialsources into deep geological formations such as brine formations ordepleted oil or gas reservoirs. Research has and is being conducted toimprove understanding of factors affecting particular aspects ofgeological CO2 storage, such as performance, capacity, and health, safetyand environmental (HSE) issues, as well as to lower the cost of CO2capture and related processes. However, there has been less emphasis todate on system-level analyses of geological CO2 storage that considergeological, economic, and environmental issues by linking detailedrepresentations of engineering components and associated economic models.The objective of this study is to develop a system-level model forgeological CO2 storage, including CO2 capture and separation,compression, pipeline transportation to the storage site, and CO2injection. Within our system model we are incorporating detailedreservoir simulations of CO2 injection and potential leakage withassociated HSE effects. The platform of the system-level modelingisGoldSim [GoldSim, 2006]. The application of the system model is focusedon evaluating the feasibility of carbon sequestration with enhanced gasrecovery (CSEGR) in the Rio Vista region of California. The reservoirsimulations are performed using a special module of the TOUGH2 simulator,EOS7C, for multicomponent gas mixtures of methane and CO2 or methane andnitrogen. …

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The 118-C-3:3 french drains received condensate from the steam heating system in the 105-C Reactor Building. The 118-C-3:3 french drain meets the remedial action objectives specified in the Remaining Sites ROD. The results demonstrate that residual contaminant concentrations do not preclude any future uses and allow for unrestricted use of shallow zone soils. The results also demonstrate that residual contaminant concentrations are protective of groundwater and the Columbia River.

The 100-B-1 waste site was a dumping site that was divided into two areas. One area was used as a laydown area for construction materials, and the other area was used as a chemical dumping area. The 100-B-1 Surface Chemical and Solid Waste Dumping Area site meets the remedial action objectives specified in the Remaining Sites ROD. The results demonstrate that residual contaminant concentrations support future unrestricted land uses that can be represented by a rural-residential scenario. The results also demonstrate that residual contaminant concentrations are protective of groundwater and the Columbia River.

Photograph taken at a performance of Cinderella at the Bruton Theatre in Dallas, Texas.

Photograph taken at a performance of Cinderella at the Bruton Theatre in Dallas, Texas.

Photograph taken at a performance of Cinderella at the Bruton Theatre in Dallas, Texas.

Photograph taken at a performance of Cinderella at the Bruton Theatre in Dallas, Texas.

Photograph taken at a performance of Cinderella at the Bruton Theatre in Dallas, Texas.

Photograph taken at a performance of Cinderella at the Bruton Theatre in Dallas, Texas.

Photograph taken at a performance of Cinderella at the Bruton Theatre in Dallas, Texas.

Photograph taken at a performance of Cinderella at the Bruton Theatre in Dallas, Texas.

Photograph taken at a performance of Cinderella at the Bruton Theatre in Dallas, Texas.

Photograph taken at a performance of Cinderella at the Bruton Theatre in Dallas, Texas.

Linage report from March 2006 that details ad revenue from Texas Daily Newspaper Association members.

Linage report from March 2006 that details ad revenue from Texas Daily Newspaper Association members.

Photograph taken at a performance of Cinderella at the Bruton Theatre in Dallas, Texas.

Photograph taken at a performance of Cinderella at the Bruton Theatre in Dallas, Texas.

Photograph taken at a performance of Cinderella at the Bruton Theatre in Dallas, Texas.

Photograph taken at a performance of Cinderella at the Bruton Theatre in Dallas, Texas.

Photograph taken at a performance of Cinderella at the Bruton Theatre in Dallas, Texas.

Photograph taken at a performance of Cinderella at the Bruton Theatre in Dallas, Texas.

Photograph taken at a performance of Cinderella at the Bruton Theatre in Dallas, Texas.