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State of the Nation - a UK Perspective on Covid-19

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

There were major exercises on pandemics in 2005, 2007 and 2016. Plans were made in the UK in 2006, 2008, 2011 and 2014. Civil protection, when it works, is a form of participatory democracy, in which the citizen has an active stake in his or her own safety and security. The Guardian , 5 May 2020. Murray 2020.

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Improving the food system related host/ess gifts for Thanksgiving

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Previous year's entries discussed issues like "Native Americans and the Pilgrims," takings of land, etc. (" Happy Thanksgiving: Stay Home! ") and food security (" Happy Thanksgiving "). Pandemic: Cooking at home. The pandemic shifted how we eat at least for a time. The specific coffee we buy is up 60%.

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The GSE Public-Private Hybrid Model Flunks Again: This Time It’s the Federal Home Loan Bank System (Part 1)

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

The F&F core business of securitizing and guaranteeing loans essentially takes the below-market cost of the funds raised by issuing mortgage-backed securities (MBS), which reflects the implied guarantee, and passes that subsidized cost through to primary market lenders. Growing profits by exploiting the implied guarantee. 81 trillion.

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Gaps in Parks Master Planning, Part Six | Art(s) in the Park(s) as a comprehensive program

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Music in the American Wild ( webpage , Eastman School of Music) was a program where new music compositions were commissioned to play in 12 National Parks, in honor of the 100th anniversary of the park system in 2016. Nina Berman , Homeland Security Advisory Billboard, Country Club Hills, IL, 2008, from the Homeland series.