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Nov 20
"How can I improve my work?"
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In general, you will get nowhere arguing with your instructor about the grammaticality of your writing, or whether your instructor gave you incorrect guidance ("you told me so").
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This Week's Finds in Planning
Nov 20
Plus ca change...plus la meme chose--
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I am told that today's students do not respect authority, they feel that since they pay tuition they should be able to negotiate their grades, etc...
I suspect that nothing much has changed over the
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This Week's Finds in Planning
Nov 20
More Port Authority news
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Members of the Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority board revealed today that they are reconsidering plans to relocate to new facilities north of East 55th Street and efforts to attract container
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Cuyahoga County Planning Commission Weblog
Nov 20
Environmental justice study
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A study published in the American Journal of Public Health found that African Americans are more likely to live in proximity to a polluting industrial facility than white Americans.
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Cuyahoga County Planning Commission Weblog
Nov 20
Green Neighborhoods Initiative
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The City of South Euclid intends to renovate five to seven houses through its $800,000 Green Neighborhoods Initiative, and will apply green building and universal design techniques.
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Cuyahoga County Planning Commission Weblog
Nov 20
EfficientGovNow survey
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Kent State University surveyed participants in the EfficientGovNow process.
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Cuyahoga County Planning Commission Weblog
Nov 20
Chagrin River restoration plans
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The Village of Kirtland Hills is finalizing its plans for the restoration of the altered 8,700-foot stretch of the Chagrin River.
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Cuyahoga County Planning Commission Weblog
Nov 20
MMPI controversy continues
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Frank Jackson responded to MMPI's assertion that it is infeasible to incorporate Public Auditorium into the planned Medical Mart, and questioned the company's commitment to the project.
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Cuyahoga County Planning Commission Weblog
Nov 20
How Free is Your Parking?
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Here is a great video I found via our friends over at Streetsblog.org. It was produced in Australia, but the effects of minimum parking requirements on urban areas are truly global in scope.
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The City Fix
Nov 20
Euclid Tech Center
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The Euclid Tech Center is a proposed 98,000-square-foot office/research & development building at Euclid Avenue and East 69th Street in Cleveland.
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Cuyahoga County Planning Commission Weblog
Nov 20
Cleveland Cold Storage building controversy
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The Plain Dealer and Channel 3 have more details about the dispute between the Ohio Department of Transportation and Fred Finley, owner of the Cleveland Cold Storage building.
Update: a judge
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Cuyahoga County Planning Commission Weblog
Nov 20
The "Learning Through Recovery" listening tour
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Members of the new White House Office of Urban Affairs recently visited Cleveland to gather feedback about the federal stimulus program.
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Cuyahoga County Planning Commission Weblog
Nov 20
Stimulus tracking
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WCPN looked at how the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District and the Ohio EPA have invested their federal stimulus dollars.
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Cuyahoga County Planning Commission Weblog
Nov 20
The Weekly Carnage
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The Weekly Carnage is a Friday round-up of motor vehicle mayhem
across the metro region.
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Streetsblog
Nov 20
Oregon's Wolves on YouTube
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In early 2008, state wildlife officials confirmed the presence of a younger female wolf in northeastern Oregon near the Eagle Cap Wilderness.
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Sightline - The Daily Score blog
Nov 20
Keeping PACE with Energy Efficiencies
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Someone recently said “energy efficiencies aren’t low hanging fruit, they are the fruit lying on the ground.” Then why don’t people retrofit their homes?
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Sightline - The Daily Score blog
Nov 20
Divisions Emerge Over SB 375's Reach
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As the full weight of SB 375 starts to become evident, members divisions on the state board charged with implementing the legislation are emerging.
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California Planning & Development Report
Nov 20
Divisions Emerge Over SB 375's Reach
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As the full weight of SB 375 starts to become evident, members divisions on the state board charged with implementing the legislation are emerging.
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California Planning & Development Report Blogs
Nov 20
A Federal Govt Program You Have to Like
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The Census Bureau abandoned its long-form questionnaire from the decennial census, but switched to annual (American Community Survey) surveys that cover the same ground (and more).
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Peter Gordon's Blog
Nov 20
Shedding light
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Speaking of cool data, everyone has seen the famous satellite shot of lights for North v South Korea.
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Peter Gordon's Blog
Nov 20
A Social Philosophy of Buttresses
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[Image: The front and back covers of Support Structures].The last book launch I want to mention today—it seems like the only things going on these days are book launches!—is for an amazing-look
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BLDGBLOG
Nov 20
Landscapes of Energy
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Tonight in Cambridge, Massachusetts, New Geographies will be kicking off its second issue, "Landscapes of Energy," with a launch party and panel discussion.
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BLDGBLOG
Nov 20
New Geoengineering Idea: Turning Deserts into Forests
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Leonard Ornstein, a cell biologist at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York, and Igor Aleinov and David Rind, two climate modellers at NASA, argue that foresting the Saharan Desert would “sol
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ASLA.org - The Dirt
Nov 20
Landscapes of Energy
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Tonight in Cambridge, Massachusetts, New Geographies will be kicking off its second issue, "Landscapes of Energy," with a launch party and panel discussion.
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Bldgblog
Nov 20
A Social Philosophy of Buttresses
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[Image: The front and back covers of Support Structures].The last book launch I want to mention today—it seems like the only things going on these days are book launches!—is for an amazing-look
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Bldgblog
Nov 20
The CRU hack
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As many of you will be aware, a large number of emails from the University of East Anglia webmail server were hacked recently (Despite some confusion generated by Anthony Watts, this has absolutely no
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RealClimate
Nov 20
To Thrive, Suburbs Might Become More Urban
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A very interesting article in USA Today on the future viability of suburbs came up in our Twitter feed this morning, via Community Research Partners of Columbus, Ohio.
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Streetsblog
Nov 20
Today’s Headlines
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The U.S.-China Electric Car Pact Won't Do a Thing to Improve Energy-Efficient City Living (Dot Earth)
Chicago Alderman: We Shoulda Raised Meter Rates Ourselves and Kept the Cash (NYT/CNC)
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Streetsblog
Nov 20
Coming Soon: @FakeAlbany
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Here's a fun time-waster. Since Monday, @FakeMTA has been posting faux transit updates on Twitter. Examples: "Sneak peak at completed Second Ave.
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Streetsblog
Nov 20
A problem of multiplicity
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One thing a scientist doesn’t want to mess up is the problem of multiplicity (also known as ‘field significance‘).
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RealClimate
Nov 19
Five steps to save the Obama presidency
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I usually try to avoid politics on this blog, but this Forbes op-ed from Joel Kotkin on saving the Obama presidency not only resonated with me, but also touches on some of the subjects I coverhere.
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Houston Strategies
Nov 19
Contrived Sustainability
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The draft reauthorization of the federal surface transportation program (highway and transit) in the House of Representatives is filled with initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, often by se
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Newgeography.com
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