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Five years ago, in an article titled "<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20011122182720/linuxpower.org/display.php?id=143">GRASS Is Now Greener</a>" [Linuxpower, Oct 1999] , I had written about the significance of the <a href="http://grass.itc.it/grass51/index.html">GRASS</a> GIS being released under the GPL and the potential of combining the newly "open-sourced" GIS with the open source MySQL database. A reader had commented that the open source <a href="http://www.postgresql.org/">PostgreSQL</a> database was more commonly used with GRASS.

June 17 - Abhijeet Chavan

A new report highlights corporations that incorporate smart growth into their business strategies.

June 17 - Smart Growth America

AlterNet offers a primer on the potentially negative impacts of Wal-Mart, using Chicago as a case study.

June 17 - AlterNet

Ralph R. Reiland argues that the Reagan administration's policies reversed the nation's economic decline, cut unemployment, and reduced poverty.

June 17 - The American Enterprise

If Boston commuter-train passenger searches are truly random, they will avoid the possibility of racial profiling.

June 17 - The Christian Science Monitor

Retiring baby boomers could be a social asset.

June 17 - USA Today

Rather than define what can and cannot be built in a zone, the APA-endorsed bill will set more general limits, allowing for mix-use neighborhoods.

June 17 - North County Times Escondido-Oceanside-Vista

The New York Times Book Review calls Jacob's new book "extremely sloppy" and "haphazard."

June 17 - The New York Times

The housing industry is well positioned for another strong decade according to the latest report from the Harvard Joint Center For Housing Studies.

June 17 - Harvard University

A new law allows for cities to use eminent domain without first proving a neighborhood is 'blighted.'

June 17 - Boston Herald

The public's trust in Corporate America has plunged, but the real estate industry seems to have escaped unscathed.

June 17 - Wharton Business School, University Of Pennsylvania

In Moscow suburbs a new breed of country house is evolving.

June 16 - Moscow Times

In 15 years, all of the famously-suburban county's land will either be preserved open space or developed. The Sierra Club has made the defeat of Rancho Mission Viejo, the last remaining piece, a top priority.

June 16 - The Los Angeles Times

China car market booming, in part because there is no tax on gasoline

June 16 - The Detroit News

Following an outbreak of attacks and an FBI alert, the former Earth Liberation Front leader said, "Today, you build a luxury home, you can . . . expect it to be burned down."

June 16 - The Seattle Times

With the support of supermarket chain, unions, Montgomery County Maryland introduces anti-Supercenter legislation.

June 16 - The Washington Post

The Los Angeles Times reports that one of L.A.'s most popular and historic districts, Olvera Street, has been horribly mismanaged.

June 16 - The Los Angeles Times

Healthy living is the unintended consequence of smart development.

June 16 - The Washington Post

A new report on Southern California land use shows that farming is making a surprising comeback in Los Angeles.County.

June 16 - The Los Angeles Times

Sprawl invades big animal habitats -- mountain lions turn up in Palo Alto yards.

June 16 - USA Today