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Charlotte Film Festival a Gas, but Charlotte was Running on Empty 2008-09-29 20:03:50 We have just returned from the Charlotte
Film Festival
. It was a great time. We were really impressed by the film selection there. It’s always a wonderful experience to spend time with other filmmakers. It gets the creative juices flowing. Sprawling From Grace was very well received. Our Q& A’s were really lively. We heard [...] Read more:Empty
Oil Price Prediction 2008-09-23 17:23:46 Crude oil prices rose dramatically on Monday making the largest one day jump in history. The price went up as much as $25.45 a barrel at one point before settling at $120 a barrel by the end of the day.
Prices swung lower Tuesday, falling below $107 a barrel. It was crude’s first down session in [...] Read more:Prediction
Energy Independence? Watch this ad.How Misleading 2008-09-19 16:18:22 Is it just me or are there a slew of new ads trying to convince Americans that we can achieve energy independence( EI). They all seem to be drinking T “Boone” Pickens Koolaide and jumping on the the natural-gas band wagon. This particular ad delivers a soothing message touting the fact that the US has [...] Read more:Energy
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World Economic Crisis Leads to Crash in Oil Prices 2008-09-17 10:23:05 Oil prices continue to plummet in response to the crisis on Wall Street. Prices
dropped more than a $10 a barrel in a dramatic crash as the continuing calamity in the stock market stoked fears of an economic disaster and signal another drop in U.S. energy demand.
Only two months ago crude was at $145 a [...] Read more:World
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Reconnecting America 2008-09-11 17:28:15 Check out Reconnecting America
’s web site www.reconnectingamerica.org, the site states:
Reconnecting America is a national non-profit organization that is working to integrate transportation systems and the communities they serve, with the goal of generating lasting public and private returns, improving economic and environmental efficiency, and giving consumers more housing and mobility choices
Corporate Partnership for Green Research and Lobbying 2008-09-09 13:56:18 Google and General Electric are collaborating on technology and policy initiatives to promote the development of additional capacity in the electricity grid and of “smart grid” technologies, cleaner power generation and greener transportation. They will begin by working on enhanced geothermal and plug-in vehicles, specifically electric vehicle-enabling technologies. They will also lobby Washin Read more:Green
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Money Saving Hybrids 2008-09-05 10:54:32 The money you save in the first year of ownership of some hybrids will make up for the premium you pay to purchase them. According to “Which hybrids save you money” a report in the October issue of Consumer Reports, six out of the twelve hybrids the watch group looked at — the Toyota Prius [...] Read more:Money
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Gas goes up driving goes down 2008-09-03 17:03:42 Yeah! Americans are changing the way they get from place to place!! We have curtailed our driving at a historic rate this year.
The Department of Transportation said figures from March 2008 show the steepest decrease in driving ever recorded.
Compared with March last year, Americans drove an estimated 4.3 percent less — that’s 11 billion fewer miles. [...]
Sprawling From Grace at the Democratic National Convention 2008-08-28 23:38:52 “Sprawling From Grace
” played at the Starz Green Room at the DNC August 23rd-25th! It was exciting to be a part of the national discourse. We met a lot of interesting and influential people from the worlds of politics, media and film. Hopefully we were able to bring some attention to the increasingly important issue [...] Read more:Democratic
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Suburban McMansions: the slums of the Future? 2008-08-22 18:10:50 Imagine the first scene of a movie. It is an aerial shot of a gated community filled with huge 4,000 plus square foot homes on cul-de-sacs. The camera pans down to the gate and instead of seeing the uniformed guard you expected to see at the gate; gang bangers stand sentinel. Huge piles of trash [...] Read more:Suburban
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Suburban Sprawl finally meets its match in California 2008-10-01 13:13:20 Suburban sprawlhas met its match as California
Governor Arnold Schwartzenegger weighed in on the side of the environment by signing California Senate Bill 375, by Democratic Sen. Darrell Steinberg of Sacramento. This is a ground breaking development, and a hopeful shift toward building our cities in a more sensible fashion. Governor Schwartzenegger is now in [...] Read more:Suburban
Gas Prices! Get On Board the Petroleum Roller Coaster 2008-10-30 13:00:07 By David M. Edwards
Starting in September of 2007 Americans boarded the petroleum roller coaster that the rest of the developed and undeveloped world has been riding for years. Oil prices went from around $60/barrel to a high that almost reached $150/barrel. Gas prices at the pump doubled in price and Americans felt the pinch in [...] Read more:Prices
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London Mayor Cuts Cycling Funds 2008-11-30 05:00:13 Planetizen - Urban Planning, Design and Development Network
London mayor Boris Johnson is facing backlash for withdrawing money from bike route funds to rephase traffic lights, among other things. The move is less than effective for making London a “true cycling city,” say critics.
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Why Infrastructure Spending isn’t Always the Answer 2008-11-30 05:00:12 Planetizen - Urban Planning, Design and Development Network
China’s stimulus plan is aimed at funding more of what the country already has enough of: infrastructure. What’s needed is social spending and for citizens to have more of a stake in the economy, argues Zhiwu Chen.
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An Almost Insignificant Observation… Bus Quality? 2008-11-30 01:07:43 Transit Sleuth
I’ve read, heard, and seen complaints of various sorts about old buses that are still used in Transit Authorities around the country. In general I’ve seen a lot of these beat up old buses and am mixed in thought. On one hand I’m super happy that they use these things and get their monies [...] Read more:Almost
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How to Empower the World’s Poor 2008-11-29 11:00:00 Planetizen - Urban Planning, Design and Development Network
The key to solving global poverty is possessing secure land and property tenure, according to this opinion piece. Having such security enables poor communities, even those here at home, to make demands from their governments.
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From a Zombie Economy to a New Economy 2008-11-29 09:00:00 Planetizen - Urban Planning, Design and Development Network
The stream of Washington bailouts is a doomed attempt to revive a ‘zombie economy’, argues James Howard Kunstler. He believes we need to start organizing new, local economies built around growing food, making things and transporting them by rail.
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Expatriates Find Competition in Mumbai 2008-11-29 07:00:00 Planetizen - Urban Planning, Design and Development Network
Floods of British expatriates moving to Mumbai
are finding the city practically as competitive and sometimes even more expensive than home.
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Xmas Gift for the Transit Nut 2008-11-29 05:00:15 Planetizen - Urban Planning, Design and Development Network
Lionel is offering its first ever model subway set, recreating the New York subway system complete with station announcements and subway sounds.
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Beauty Queen’s Day-Job is Town Planner 2008-11-29 05:00:14 Planetizen - Urban Planning, Design and Development Network
A town planner from Brisbane, Australia, has been crowned the beauty-queen face of an annual open-air motor racing event.
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Need A Job? Try Appalachia! 2008-11-28 11:00:00 Planetizen - Urban Planning, Design and Development Network
Appalachia, long known as one of the poorest parts of the U.S. with chronically high unemployment, finds itself in the enviable position of enjoying remarkably low unemployment due to unwavering demand for its main natural resource – coal.
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Holidays Bring No Savior As Retail Centers Empty 2008-11-28 09:00:00 Planetizen - Urban Planning, Design and Development Network
Not even the Christmas season is expected to turn things around for struggling retailers, which are dropping like leaves and littering vacancies in shopping centers across the country.
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