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If a street tree falls... what does it take to make sound policy?
Aug 11, 2008 |
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There's little debate that, when a tree falls near a city street, it makes a sound. But other questions are more difficult to answer: Who is affected by the falling tree and how? Who is liable for the damage? And who is responsible ...
Tree-lined streets mean lower rates of childhood asthma
May 01, 2008 |
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Children who live in tree lined streets have lower rates of asthma, suggests research published ahead of print in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.
Indianapolis trees provide $5.7M in benefits
May 15, 2008 |
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U.S. Forest Service scientists with the Center for Urban Forest Research have completed a study that found planting and nurturing Indianapolis street trees brought a 500 percent return in benefits from storm water reduction, ...
Swiss watchdog demands shutdown of Google Street View
Aug 21, 2009 |
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Switzerland's data protection watchdog on Friday demanded that Google immediately withdraw the "Street View" facility it has started offering on its map of Switzerland.
Google pledges more blurring in Switzerland
Sep 02, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Google Inc. said Wednesday its Street View service will blur some pictures from Switzerland even more after a Swiss official said the images were violating the country's strict privacy laws.
Wall Street Journal to charge for mobile access from Oct 24
Sep 17, 2009 |
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The Wall Street Journal announced on Thursday that it will begin charging for access to the newspaper on mobile devices such as the Blackberry or Apple iPhone from October 24.
Swiss watchdog threatens to sue Google over Street View
Sep 14, 2009 |
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Switzerland's data protection watchdog on Monday threatened to sue Google over its "Street View" facility, saying that measures taken by the American Internet giant to address privacy concerns were inadequate. ...
Walking hazard: Cell-phone use -- but not music -- reduces pedestrian safety
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Nov 16, 2009 |
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Two new studies of pedestrian safety found that using a cell phone while hoofing it can endanger one's health. Older pedestrians, in particular, are impaired when crossing a busy (simulated) street while speaking ...
Swiss privacy watchdog to sue Google Street View
Nov 13, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Google Inc.'s unstoppable drive to map and photograph the world has run into an immovable object - Switzerland's strict tradition of personal privacy.
10 tornadoes confirmed in Ga., including one with winds topping 160 mph
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Feb 22, 2009 |
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Ten tornadoes, one packing winds of more than 160 mph, touched down in parts of Georgia on Wednesday, the National Weather Service said Friday.
Swiss official tells Google to erase street views
Aug 24, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A Swiss government official is demanding that Google Inc. immediately take off the Internet any "Street View" images of Switzerland, and the company said Monday it would work to resolve problems with the privacy ...
'Build parks to climate proof our cities'
May 14, 2007 |
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Scientists looking at the effect global warming will have on our major cities say a modest increase in the number of urban parks and street trees could offset decades of predicted temperature rises.
News Corp tests charge-for-content policy at Sunday Times: report
Aug 08, 2009 |
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Britain's Sunday Times newspaper will be the testing ground for News Corporation's new policy of charging for Internet content, a report said Friday citing industry sources.
Research gives new meaning to 'green' cross code
Oct 05, 2009 |
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Pedestrians could reduce the amount of traffic pollution they breathe in simply by crossing the street, according to the latest research from the University of Leeds.
Beaver-like robots face off in annual MIT contest
May 12, 2008 |
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Robots designed to toss pool-noodle trees into a river of ping-pong balls ruled over competitors focused on rescuing fuzzy toy beavers in this year's 2.007 contest, "Da (yes) MIT, or Save the Baby Beavers," ...
