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Environment & Ecology: Auto Emissions Can Turn Good Cholesterol Bad, Engaging Community in Brownfield Redevelopment

May 16, 2013
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ENVIRONMENT & ECOLOGY Auto Emissions Can Turn Good Cholesterol Bad  Science Daily   Academic researchers have found that breathing motor vehicle emissions triggers a change in high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, altering its cardiovascular protective qualities so that it actually contributes to clogged arteries.
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Urban Issues: Template For New LA, Food Desert Mobile Oasis, Seattle Affordable Housing Failure, Reversing Atlanta Job Sprawl

May 13, 2013
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URBAN ISSUES Hollywood as a Template for a New Los Angeles  Los Angeles Times   Over 12 years as the area's councilman, he has championed high-density 'smart growth' that's been business-friendly. But community activists worry about rising rents and traffic-choked streets.
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Urban Issues: City Data Projects, State & Local Outlook Bleak, Income & Transpo Routes, Health Care & Urbanization

May 10, 2013
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URBAN ISSUES Cities Ramp Up Data Projects, Innovation  Governing   Dubuque, Iowa, has a population of just under 60,000, but it's doing something few other cities of its size have ever tried. It's embedding technology in utility meters to collect and analyze water, gas and electricity use
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Urban Issues: FBI Building Competition, New German Rental Regulations, Cleveland Cycle Of Abandonment, Selling Fed Property

April 22, 2013
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URBAN ISSUES Bid for FBI Building Sets off Healthy Competition  San Jose Mercury News   The FBI's announcement that it needs a new home has touched off a virtual real estate beauty contest, with communities around the region jockeying for the opportunity to attract the law enforcement agency-and attendant economic benefits-to their neighborhoods.
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Urban Issues: Deadly Sedentary Lifestyle, Wages & Ohio Housing, Austin Perfect For Google Fiber, Glaeser On Detroit

April 10, 2013
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URBAN ISSUES Sedentary Living Kills More Than Smoking  The City Fix   Some actions, such as hopping in your car to go to the bakery, may be putting your life at risk.
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Transport: Google Transit Vs. Real Maps, Chicago Elevated Bike Lanes, Indianapolis Outer Highway Loop, Traffic Jams Cause Mental Illness

April 9, 2013
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TRANSPORT Docklands Light Rail Breaks Ridership Record  Rail.co   The Docklands Light Railway (DLR) has carried one-hundred-million passengers in the past year, breaking all previous records for passenger numbers on the system.
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Urban Issues: Open Data & Big Issues, Healthy Food & Prices, Ridiculous Housing Market, CityScan Enforcement, Separate & Unequal In DC

April 9, 2013
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URBAN ISSUES Open Data Shifts from Apps to Big Issues  Politico, via: @urbandata   The term open data brings to mind images of next bus apps and geeks poring over data sets about potholes, but advocates say the next phase…
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Environment & Ecology: Geography of Tokyo Pollen, Megacity Environmental Policies Matter, Off Grid Sustainability

April 5, 2013
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ENVIRONMENT & ECOLOGY The Geography of Tokyo Pollen  New Geography   The weather here is turning warmer, the cherry trees are blossoming and the waiting rooms in clinics that specialize in nose and eye problems are filling up with people suffering from runny noses, sneezing and bloodshot eyes.
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Environment & Ecology: Farmscrapers In China, Preserving Calif. Farmland, Air Pollution Linked To Deaths, Essential Elements Of Green Cities, Ways To Green Schools

April 4, 2013
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ENVIRONMENT & ECOLOGY Could Farmscrapers Turn Cities Green?  Salon   A France and Belgium-based architecture firm is adding farms to urban skyscrapers to help China's polluted cities
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Environment & Ecology: A Calming Walk, Open Space-Development Balance, Urban Agriculture Benefits, Harnessing City Road Heat

March 27, 2013
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ENVIRONMENT & ECOLOGY A Walk in the Park Can Calm Brain Fatigue  New York Times   Scientists have known for some time that the human brain's ability to stay calm and focused is limited and can be overwhelmed by the constant noise and hectic, jangling demands of city living, sometimes resulting in a condition informally known as brain fatigue.
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