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National Library Week, 4/7 - 4/13

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

We are not a disparate collection of books,: Today’s libraries function as vibrant community centers that contribute to the social, cultural, and educational fabric of our neighborhoods, enriching the lives of young and old. Campaigns all across the US, in conservative areas, to ban books. The four biggest issues these days are: 1.

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Wanted: Women’s Golf Clubs In A Gender-Neutral Shade

Public Policy Blog

Sheryl Sandberg recently wrote a book called “Lean In” based on her TEDTalk in 2011 where she pondered why there are so few women at the top. She don’t have TIME to write her own damn book! AROUND THE HOUSE?! I mean, what would I do if I couldn’t get help around THE HOUSE [*sarcasm*]. Thank goodness.

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Will the GSEs Repeat 2007 - 2009’s Large Losses?

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

The housing market has just experienced one of the largest upcycles in history. First, house prices increased by 57 percent 1 over the nearly nine years from their post-financial crisis bottom (2011 Q2) through the last quarter before the pandemic (2020 Q1). This rapid ascent was driven by multiple factors.

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GEJET - Great Eastern Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (and Nuclear Release) - Tenth Anniversary

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

The tsunami museum at Rikusentakata, seen from atop the coastal tsunami barrier across the land that was devastated by the waves in March 2011 Thursday 11 th March 2021 was the tenth anniversary of the Japanese triple disaster: earthquake, tsunami and radiation release. People who lost their homes had to live in transitional houses only 28.5

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National Community Planning Month: Schools as neighborhood anchors

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

I found this bookmark, promoting volunteering in the schools, in a book at a Library book sale. This school is located a couple blocks from our DC house, and for the first few years after it opened, they made a big effort to do outreach to the neighborhood, to invite residents to school events, etc., It dates to the 1980s.

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The Vajont Dam Disaster, Sixty Years On

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

The material cascaded into the lake and produced a water-wave 180 metres high which climbed the opposing slope of the valley and obliterated the hamlet of Erto, as well as damaging a few houses in Casso, located further up the slope. For years, efforts to create a documentation centre and memorial at the site were routinely blocked.

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Current GSE Guarantee Fees Are Too Low to Be Consistent with Regulatory Capital: Does This Mean a Large Increase Is Coming?

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

The average guarantee fee (G-fee) of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, the two government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs), who currently finance about half of the nearly $13 trillion of outstanding first-lien single-family mortgages in the country, 1 is among the most closely-watched numbers by housing finance policymakers and the mortgage lending industry.