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Sex, Coffee and Seattle
Evan Miller | Tue, May 27th, 2008 | Category: Commentary | City: Seattle | Tags: news, seattle, evan miller, the new argument, money, police, video, florida, laws, protests, employment, starbucks, coffee, friday, caffeine, oregon | 1
It is an unfortunate truth that sex sells only because we buy it. With the women from the HBO hit series “Sex and the City” knowing this truth all too well, the relationship between sex and cities across the country has caused many to ask where to draw the line. The New Argument’s Evan Miller reports.
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The Daily Report
Federalism and Pollution: Enemies of Los Angeles
Evan Miller | Wed, May 7th, 2008 | Category: Guests | City: Los Angeles | Tags: environment, transportation, california, economy, energy, green, evan miller, the new argument, oil, video, sports, events, congress, average, target, mandate, epa | 2
With the recent White House-sanctioned raise in CAFE standards, the battle of federal fuel economy regulations versus state emissions and pollutants standards will clash once again. A fight that killed General Motor’s electric car in the 90s, Los Angeles and cities like it will not let their states loosen environmental standards at the hand of federalism. The New Argument’s Evan Miller reports.
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The Daily Report
Sparking Creativity - A Recap of Next American City’s New Orleans Symposium
Jeffrey Hill | Mon, Mar 17th, 2008 | Category: Events | Tags: jeffrey hill, suburbs, nac, katrina, video, economics, blake haney, nola yurp, andrea floyd, timolynn sams, janet speyrey | 2
Sparking Creativity was moderated by Nathan Rothstein of NOLA YURP as well as NAC contributing writer and editor Brentin Mock. The panel consisted of Dirty Coast T-Shirt company creative director Blake Haney, Neighborhood Partnership Network director Timolynn Sams, Consciously Rebuilding co-founder Andrea Floyd, and Dr. Janet Speyrer, associate dean for research and economics at the University of New Orleans.
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The Daily Report
Ambivalent Urban Creatures, Coming To a Run-Down Neighborhood Near You
Matt Stroud | Fri, Nov 9th, 2007 | Category: Reviews | Tags: video, hipsters, williamsburg | 1
I could justify this posting by chalking hipsterdom up as “the right-now urban trend to watch...”
....or I could simply say that it’s one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen.
By the time you’ve read this, aluminum will already be the new bronze. Or didn’t you know?
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NAC News
An Urban Affair: Check out the video
John Reinhardt | Fri, Oct 19th, 2007 | Category: Events | City: NAC News | Tags: john reinhardt, video, adam gordon, an urban affair | 0
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