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  L.A. City Council Turns Fast Food Into a Zoning Issue

  Brian Krier | Fri, Aug 15th, 2008 | Category: Commentary | City: Los Angeles | Tags: los angeles, brian krier, city council, obesity, public health, jan perry, food desert, food zoning, fast food | 3

  In a unanimous vote on July 29, the Los Angeles City Council approved a one-year moratorium on the opening of new fast food establishments in some of the city’s poorest neighborhoods. Was the council acting in its constituents’ best interests or did the city extend itself too far into the lives of its residents?

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  Noisy Vietnam, ousted in India, the elusive dream, Penn’s Island, More…

  Hayley Richardson | Wed, Dec 19th, 2007 | Category: Commentary | Tags: commentary, hayley richardson, headlines, university of pennsylvania, public health, secondlife, noisy vietnam, american dream | 0

  Noise Pollution Plagues Ho Chi Minh City

  Stepping outside most international airports brings you from a world of relative calm into your first direct encounter with a foreign environment. In the developed world, the main difference between the surreal quiet inside the arrivals area and outside on the city’s streets tends to be climatic or architectural. However, leaving Tan Son Nhat Airport, the unseasoned visitor soon learns of one of Ho Chi Minh City’s most inhospitable features –…

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