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Toronto report on neighborhood systems, densities, and mobility: Re-released!

#Toronto's #neighborhoods are best understood as systems, and its most efficient ones are thereby quite walkable. Here's what it teaches us about the most ideal ranges of neighborhood densities for #walkability: http://goo.gl/0qmj6e

PRESS RELEASE: IntComps site changes hands

#PRESSRELEASE: International Comparisons changes hands: #IntComps to #Mizzou #QualityOfLife #USPerformance

HAPA ANNOUNCES TRANSFER OF RESEARCH PROJECT TO UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI

Hayward, CA - The Hayward Area Planning Association (HAPA) has transferred the InternationalComparisons.org website to the University of Missouri. Sherman Lewis, Professor Emeritus of Cal State University Hayward and President of HAPA, and Dustyn Bindel, Research Associate, developed the website over a period of…

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#advanced democracies #economy #education #evaluative stats #health #health care #intcomps #oecd #stats #subjective well-being #united states #University of Missouri

Transition season

Transition season: #IntComps moves to University of Missouri

InternationalComparisons.org has served as the most comprehensive and up-to-date international comparisons website on advanced democracies having developed the following features over the past decade of work:

hundreds of quantitative and qualitative statistics on 33 category-pages;

easy to use, consistent interface and format;

statistics in table format and graphs available for every…

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#HAPA #intcomps #international comparisons #quality of life #research #subjective well-being #University of Missouri #wikipedia

#HELPWANTED! Adopt our #IntComps #research site. In great condition. Please continue this worthy #project. Details in link.

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#help wanted #intcomps #international comparisons #research #website

Security cameras vs. the Miami Gardens Police Department

http://wp.me/18Jpt Blog: Protecting against the #police #EarlSampson #MiamiGardens #RacialProfiling #marijuana @ACLU @ACLUFL #SocialJustice

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Ravaged by drug crimes and gang activity, Miami Gardens finally found some statistical relief the last couple of years in overall crime only to be overshadowed by climbing homicide rates.…

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#4th amendment #ACLU #ACLU Florida #Alex Saleh #Earl Samspon #Howard Simon #international comparisons #Marijuana #Miami Gardens #Racial profiling #Racist #searches and seizures #social injustice #stop and frisk #War on Marijuana

new blog: reviewing @JoshuaHol's series on the #HighCostOfLowTaxes #Tax #equity #socialnetting #healthcare #medicare #socialsecurity

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#Citibank/#Citigroup writes bill & history (now set to repeat itself) #wallstreet #whatreform? #congress @maplight #Swaps #DoddFrank #crisis

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#citibank #citigroup #fdic #income distribution #interest groups #maplight #money politics #Swaps Regulatory Improvement Act #wall street

http://wp.me/18Jpt #Happy=#Developed? Comparing #HDI to #WHR and why the #UN's satisfied, but #intcomps is not. PS: Congrats #Denmark!

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http://wp.me/18Jpt #California #reforms #immigration 1 bill @ a time. @JerryBrownGov #KeepItUp! #Germany shift observed too. #TRUSTAct #DACA

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#advanced democracies #california #daca #developed countries #germany #immigration #international comparisons #jerry brown #obama #reform #secured communities #trust act

new blog: http://wp.me/18Jpt The #Crisis of the #Anthropocene Part 1 #population #climate #fossilfuels #biodiversity #water #sustainability

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new blog: http://wp.me/18Jpt "The #Crisis of the #Anthropocene" #population #climate #fossilfuels #biodiversity #water #sustainability

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US joins 90 other Arms Trade Treaty signatories

#ArmsTradeTreaty signed by #US Blog coverage for #IntComps HUGE! victory. @AIUSAmedia @thinkprogress

Making news last week directly affecting research on internationalcomparisons.org, the U.S. became the 91st signatory of the international Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) which regulates illicit arms trade–everything from helicopters and tanks to small and light…

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#2nd ammendment #amnesty international #arms trade #arms trade treaty #ATT #international treaty #John Kerry #obama #U.S.#UN

#AlternativeSolution in #Syria, beyond the #US & #UN #ArabLeague #Turkey #GetItRight #diplomacy #Exceptionalism

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#alawite #alternative solutions #arab league #chemical warfare #diplomacy #eu #FSA #jihad #military strike #Nato #obama #peace talks #Russia #sunni #Syria #turkey #UN #US

Syria vs Obama: duplicity's consequences

New blog: #Syria vs #Obama #drones #ChemicalWeapons #InternationalRelations #USWorldPolice #Duplicity #War #exception

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Simultaneously venerable yet duplicitous. If the US is to use force to respond to the Syrian conflict, the discouragement of chemical weaponsis a worthy ends, yet the means are hardly beyond…

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#change #chemical weapons convention #civilians #clean war #conflict #CWC #democracy #dirty war #drones #ethnocentrism #Hope #hypocrisy #international treaties #obama #Snowden #Syria #US exceptionalism #war #washington consensus

The two-edged sword of universal health care

New blog: The two-edged sword of universal #HealthCare #medicare #obamacare #intcomps @MaineAllCare @nytrosenthal

As Dr. Philip Caper has revealed, there’s more at stake concerning health care than whether the U.S. should have free health care for all.

He evaluates the costs offered for medicare services in the U.S. compared to the prices for the same procedures (be…

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Watch this! http://youtu.be/4sUvCaHOg8Y #JusticeBeginsWithSeeds @VandanaShiva #GMO propagation has always been about #PattensOnLife #BioJustice

#gmo #MarchAgainstMonsanto

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