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Have show an uptick in gun ownership. although we dont yet know if that is a statistical blip or the beginning of a reversal in the trip. this map, which we made with data from the new england journal of medicine, compares a number of suicides by gun ownership rates. its four times as high in states with a lot of firearms. even when you factor in suicide by other means, any means at all, states with a high rate of gun ownership still experience twice as many suicide. gun ownership and suicide ar...

Although we dont yet know if that is a statistical blip or the beginning of a reversal in the trip. this map, which we made with data from the new england journal of medicine, compares a number of suicides by gun ownership rates. its four times as high in states with a lot of firearms. even when you factor in suicide by other means, any means at all, states with a high rate of gun ownership still experience twice as many suicide. gun ownership and suicide are in the evidence links. and so are gu...

That is on cities to change. going forward, the kind of modernization of cities, again, as a kind of paradigm that is efficient. in other words, if you see a city like new york, a centralized city as an efficient model of the carbon footprint and everything else kind of pushing towards deeper urbanization, what does it mean forward as it meant in the 60s when displacement meant something different. michelle? >> ill talk mostly about washington, d.c., which an area im more familiar with. if you l...

Sums of money but not getting a sophisticated product. its not its not a nice product or something people love but it could be much better in energy and everything else. >> are you envisioning a -- urbanization of america the next 20, 30 years? at its peak, houses got big and physical footprints the houses were sitting on got very big. >> increased density? >> density is all five projects on the show deal with density and deal with trying to find housing that is probably more financially and siz...

economy. now is the time for action. so i want to send a clear message for congress. do not slow down the recovery that were on. dont muck it up. keep it moving in the right direction. >> steven moore is an editorial writer with the "wall street journal." steven, the presidents message dont muck it up. your message is to the voters and youre saying the worst thing they could do for the economy is four more years of president obama. why do you see president obama as a particular threat ...

behind me which is the most fortified entrance into dale farm is still currently at an impasse. we understand its because some residents have chained themselves on the inside of that gate. last time when there was threat of an eviction, there had been concern that some of the residents had chained themselves by the neck to the gate, which is one of the reaps that police are trying to move very slowly here, monita. council said they wanted this eviction to be as safe and dignified as po...

Tianjin are the ultimate future cities. those that are already built will have to expand. those that are being built from scratch have the opportunity to set the standard and become models for urban planners. in fact, everyone is watching to see how china handles urbanization on a scale never seen before. china needs this urbanization because people living in cities will help bring china the economic growth it seeks. the problem is, where to put them. the answer, places like this. ecocity, part ...

By 2030, a billion chinese people will be living in cities. that means more than 300,000 people moving into places like tianjin. the urban landscape will change. it will move out and up. the challenges facing urban centers like tianjin are enormous. its traffic. population. pollution. >> every developing country has gone through a process of urbanization. urbanization is important for economic development and pore poverty reduction. china is crossing 509% urbanization rate. more people need to m...

Flappers, jazz, jitterbug, and the urbanization of america. the square dance was quickly becoming obsolete. and but for one man, it just might have faded away for good. industrialist henry ford, founder of the ford motor company made it his mission to save what had been reduced to a fad. ford set out to reintroduce square dancing to the country by sponsoring community dances, programs in public schools and colleges nationwide, and in nationally syndicated radio show, featuring legendary dance ca...

A thousand people. 800 usually is the norm. >> some square dance supporters will tell you the popularity of the art is at a crossroads. a place its been before. its origins have been traced back to colonial new england and the american pioneer. when the settlers gathered for food and fun on saturday nights after a week of building cabins and toiling the land, this he would dance. but the beats were different for the scotts, irish, french and others. so a new common dance was created with steps f...