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A report prepared with a team of five other students as part of the Stage 1 assignment for ENVS467 Spatial Planning in Action. It details the content in the original Mersey Estuary Management Plan that addressed climate change, the current policy context, findings from a stakeholder engagement, lessons from elsewhere, and presents findings from a … Continue reading
An essay for ENVS427 Making Plans. It critiques Calgary, Alberta’s Municipal Development Plan according to 10 criteria. The essay received an 80, a high distinction. Written in March 2017. 1. Introduction In September 2009, Calgary—a city in the Canadian province of Alberta, adopted a Municipal Development Plan (MDP) to establish 30—60-year development goals and comply … Continue reading
An essay for ENVS459 Implementing and Managing Change. It discusses the main features of the planning system in Massachusetts. The essay received an 86, a high distinction. Written in June 2017. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts’ planning system reflects a balance between a legacy of local control and more recent state efforts to guide development in … Continue reading
A term paper for ENVS411 Spatial Planning Challenges. It discusses Arlington County’s strategy for concentrating dense development along the Rosslyn to Ballston Metro corridor, and the effect on transport choices by residents. This report received a 72, distinction. Written in December 2016. Continue reading
I submitted this letter to the FCC on June 5, 2014 in response to 14-28 Protecting and Promoting the Open Internet. The Federal Communciations Commission (FCC) should not finalize this proposed rule. Despite the admirable name, this rule neither protects nor promotes an open internet. Rather, the rule grants internet service providers additional undue advantage … Continue reading
This story was written for Organizing for Action’s “Share Your Immigration Story” 7 February 2013. Photos of the Pope and JFK adorn the walls of my aunts and uncles in Ludlow, MA—the former because of a devout Catholic upbringing, and the latter because without JFK, my family could never have left Portugal. My great grandparents … Continue reading
On October 12, the United States squeaked by miniscule Antigua and Barbuda to keep U.S. World Cup qualifying on track. Despite American fans disappointment in the U.S. performance to-date, head coach Jürgen Klinsmann has said, “it is not easy qualifying” in CONCACAF, which begs the question: which confederation has the easiest route to qualifying for … Continue reading
A research paper for HNRS 302-001 Legal Issues in Globalization. It addresses the history of international intellectual property rights protection, the extension of that protection to pharmaceutical products, and the justifiable compulsory license issued by India for Nexavar® in March 2012. Written 17 April 2012. I. Introduction On March 9, 2012 the Indian Controller of … Continue reading
This article was originally published in the spring 2012 issue of the Sigma Phi Epsilon Journal. One chapter was challenged by a striking statistic: more than one half of American University undergraduate students choose to study abroad. The constant outflow of older brothers to distant schools and continents could have destabilized the brotherhood. New members would … Continue reading
This is the final entry in “It’s the Economy, Stupid” a 15-part series analyzing the local economic news in five swing states. For more than 100 days this series presented and analyzed the economic news of five swing states from the five regions of the country. Excluding this final post, just fewer than 17,600 words … Continue reading
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