LISC Phoenix and Sustainable Communities Collaborative welcome you to an evening with arts and culture leaders on the importance of arts and justice in creating healthy vibrant cities. We hope you can join us for this unique opportunity to listen and learn about the potential and importance of creative place keeping and making in community development here in the valley. Light refreshments will be available and parking is available at the venue. Fri 17 Feb 2017 5:30-7:30 pm New City Church 1300 N Central Avenue/Phx For more information, contact Rachel Webster at rwebster@lisc.org or 602-252-6312.
Slacking off in high school is likely to catch up with you. MarketWatch's Catey Hill and WSJ's Tanya Rivero discuss results of a long-term study that ties high school GPA to career success later in life. Photo: iStock
The British government is facing a landmark in an attempt to stop its weapon sales to Saudi Arabia. The judicial review was instigated by the Campaign Against Arms Trade, an NGO for the abolition of the trade worldwide. Polly Boiko has more.
Published on Feb 7, 2017
The British government is facing a landmark in an attempt to stop its weapon sales to Saudi Arabia. The judicial review was instigated by the Campaign Against Arms Trade, an NGO for the abolition of the trade worldwide. Polly Boiko has more.
Meeting Notice & Agenda Economic Development Advisory Board
City Council Chambers 57 E. 1st Street, Lower Level Tuesday, February 7, 2017 7:30 AM
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1. Chair’s Call to Order 2. Items from Citizens Present 3. Approval of Minutes from January 3, 2016 meeting 4. Welcome to EDAB - Scott Rudy 5. Discussion on Economic Development with Councilmember Jeremy Whittaker 6. EVIT Update 7. Director’s Update 8. Other Business Next EDAB Meeting- March 7th 9. Adjournment
Despite Trump’s attacks and condemnation by fellow journalists, Ben Smith, the editor-in-chief of BuzzFeed News, seemed confident that the decision to publish the dossier in full was the right one: he defended it on cable TV shows, Twitter, and in an op-ed in The New York Times. Speaking with Reliable Sources host Brian Stelter, Smith suggested that the move to publish the dossier wasn’t a one-off decision, but a different, more modern approach to journalism. Unlike traditional organizations that start by asking why they should share documents, Smith said BuzzFeed starts at the inverse position: “Why should we suppress this?"
Smith says that News has plenty of resources and that his group will continue to do the aggressive reporting that’s garnered accolades. BuzzFeed News has hired more than 20 journalists since November, putting its head count above where it began in 2016.
After Trump’s victory in November, BuzzFeed senior staff conferred with their legal team as they considered the risks of publishing hard-hitting stories under a new administration. Peretti thinks the company is buffered by money, good counsel, and the law. He also thinks that writing stories Trump doesn’t like can be a good thing for his business.
“If you actually want to reach young people, you have to have a voice,” he said. Young readers, and the brands that want to market to them, will respond to a publication with some spine. “Having a little swagger, having a point of view, being willing to do things that seem risky, is less risky than being the lapdog of the administration.”
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Big Data is a big buzzword in both the sustainability and tech spaces, especially when it comes to VERGE. Autodesk's Emma Stewart isn't convinced that Big Data will save us from poor design and planning, especially when it comes to cities.
Stewart, Autodesk's head of sustainability solutions, sat down with GreenBiz's Joel Makower at VERGE 2014 in San Francisco to explain why she considers herself a bit of a "contrarian by nature."
As many others at VERGE noted, Stewart said cities will be at the forefront of environmental design and sustainability, as more people make the move from rural to urban.
"I think that what's apparent for city leaders today is that their cities were designed for smaller populations and a more stable environment," she said.
Stewart followed up by saying that the drive for “smart cities” may be conflating the means with the end goal of sustainability and resilience. She gave an example of the humans in the Pixar film "WALL-E," who are whisked from one place to another whilst viewing ads.
“There are some things wrong with being 'smart,'” Stewart said.
“If you really want to stabilize the climate, we have an increasingly shrinking window of time to do so,” she continued. “Those of us in the tech sector have a shiny new hammer called Big Data. I worry that cities are our nail.”
Stewart used an example showing that while General Electric may benefit from having a multitude of sensors in jet engines to predict failures and maintenance tasks, digging up New York City streets to place sensors to measure ice and snow might not be a smart idea. While the costs of sensors have gone down, the cost of crunching those numbers haven't.
“I think we've become sensor-happy,” she said. "[Big Data] definitely isn't free."
One of her colleagues noted that selling Big Data solutions to cities is like "selling yachts to people on welfare." "These are significant IT overhauls we're talking about," she said.
Instead, Stewart said that a focus on design tools, city planning and engineering can create the greatest value for cities who will need to increase sustainability and resiliency in the 21st century.
