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fred Astaire and rita Hayworth
" The shorty George "
from the film" You were never lovelier " 1942
" The shorty George "
from the film" You were never lovelier " 1942
Sunday, November 05, 2017
Facial Recognition Techology: Exciting + Dangerous| The Economist
Published on Nov 1, 2017
Views: 29,486
Facial recognition technology will transform the way we live in 2018. Machines that can read and recognise our faces will go mainstream, opening up exciting possibilities and posing new dangers
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In 2018 machines that can read your face will go mainstream, changing the way we live. Your face will become your password, unlocking smartphones and bank accounts, but the technology will also have the power to covertly track your movements.
It will even be able to guess your sexuality through facial features alone. In 2018 we'll be forced to face the future.
The human face has an astonishing variety of features which not only help us recognize others, but read and understand them through a constant flow of intentional and unintentional signals. It's one of the unique functions that separates man from machine, until now.
Pioneering facial recognition technology hasn't yet hit the mainstream. In 2018 it will be in our pockets. But using your face to unlock your phone is just the beginning.
In the suburbs of Israel's financial center, Tel Aviv, a team of engineers is at the forefront of a technological revolution. They're teaching machines to read faces.
The software has the power to identify one face from millions in under one second and it's this precision that makes the technology an effective new tool for surveillance.
Retail stores are using this technology to generate data on customers; tracking their shopping habits and targeting in-store adverts. Churches are even using facial recognition to monitor attendance, and one school in the UK wants to use it to keep tabs on teachers.
There's one country that's ahead of the game, China. Companies have access to a government image database of 700 million people, half its population. But there's the potential for more sinister applications. Researchers have shown that your face can point to your sexuality.
This new ability to record, store, and analyze images of faces on a vast scale will fundamentally change notions of privacy, fairness, and trust.
But tech companies are forging ahead with their plans to make facial recognition an everyday part of our lives.
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In 2018 machines that can read your face will go mainstream, changing the way we live. Your face will become your password, unlocking smartphones and bank accounts, but the technology will also have the power to covertly track your movements.
It will even be able to guess your sexuality through facial features alone. In 2018 we'll be forced to face the future.
The human face has an astonishing variety of features which not only help us recognize others, but read and understand them through a constant flow of intentional and unintentional signals. It's one of the unique functions that separates man from machine, until now.
Pioneering facial recognition technology hasn't yet hit the mainstream. In 2018 it will be in our pockets. But using your face to unlock your phone is just the beginning.
In the suburbs of Israel's financial center, Tel Aviv, a team of engineers is at the forefront of a technological revolution. They're teaching machines to read faces.
The software has the power to identify one face from millions in under one second and it's this precision that makes the technology an effective new tool for surveillance.
Retail stores are using this technology to generate data on customers; tracking their shopping habits and targeting in-store adverts. Churches are even using facial recognition to monitor attendance, and one school in the UK wants to use it to keep tabs on teachers.
There's one country that's ahead of the game, China. Companies have access to a government image database of 700 million people, half its population. But there's the potential for more sinister applications. Researchers have shown that your face can point to your sexuality.
This new ability to record, store, and analyze images of faces on a vast scale will fundamentally change notions of privacy, fairness, and trust.
But tech companies are forging ahead with their plans to make facial recognition an everyday part of our lives.
Daily Watch: mind-stretching short films throughout the working week.
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Friday, November 03, 2017
Get Here > 2 Simultaneous Events Here In The New Urban DT Mesa
The New Mesa Festival of The Arts has been working hard to be inclusive of all "the arts", thanks to Karen and Mark Svoboda ...engaging all of your senses free event for the public featuring unique artist creations, music and fun for the whole family.
The 2017-2018 season events will be held on the first and third (1st & 3rd) Saturdays of each month,
October through April (14 total during 7 months). Event hours will remain 10:00 am to 4:00 pm,
set-up time starting at 7:00 am and take-down beginning at 4:00 pm,
Link > http://dtmesafest.com/index.html
You are invited to Mesa United Way’s 3rd annual Community Celebration thanking our donors and the community for all of your support. Mesa United Way hosts a free, family-friendly street festival in Downtown Mesa on Pepper Street (between Robson and MacDonald). Come join us for carnival games, bouncy houses, food trucks, and live entertainment. Bring a toy for foster children or a book for kids K-3rd in Title 1 schools.
The Community Celebration is on Saturday, November 4th from 10a-2p and is a family-friendly street festival with games, candy, bouncy houses, food trucks, and live entertainment.
The event takes place in downtown Mesa on Pepper Place (between MacDonald and Robson).
Entertainment includes:
Desert Sounds’ young mariachi group,
games, bounce houses
dance contests
and professional magician Chris Rose.
The Magical Mr. Rose will host an hour magic show filled with tons of audience participation, crazy comedy, and artful magic that will have kids spellbound. He was even able to stump Penn & Teller. Come see if he can stump you, too!
Mesa United Way owes everything we do to great donors and strong community support. This is our chance to give back and say thank you. So bring out your family, friends, coworkers, and neighbors for a free day of fun.
For more information, contact Jessie at jessie.young@mesaunitedway.org.
. . . see you there!
Cluster-Fuck> Everything Old Is New Again > Another Urban Crisis?
The New Urban Crisis
Gentrification, Housing Bubbles, Growing Inequality, and What We Can Do About It
Cities are both the engines of innovation and the seedbeds of inequality - how can we keep what's good and break free of the bad?
HUH?
The answer to that question - and resolving the inherent conflicts in the binary choices posed by the publisher and author Richard Florida are manifold > it's all about networks and distributed networks . . .
More about that later in another post ...
The answer to that question - and resolving the inherent conflicts in the binary choices posed by the publisher and author Richard Florida are manifold > it's all about networks and distributed networks . . .
More about that later in another post ...
THE BOOK [accompanied with link to buy it]
Our cities drive innovation and growth, but they also propel us into housing crises and give rise to ever-greater inequality, as the super-rich displace the well-off, and the workers who run our essential services are ghettoised and pushed out to the suburbs. There is a New Urban Crisis, and it is undermining the foundations of our society.
In this bracingly original work of research and analysis, leading urbanist Richard Florida demonstrates how our cities are evolving in the twenty-first century, for good and for ill. From the world's superstar metropolises to the urban slums of the developing world, he shows how the crisis touches all of us, and sets out how we can make our cities more inclusive, ensuring prosperity for all.>broader strategy for clustered, urbanised growth,
In this bracingly original work of research and analysis, leading urbanist Richard Florida demonstrates how our cities are evolving in the twenty-first century, for good and for ill. From the world's superstar metropolises to the urban slums of the developing world, he shows how the crisis touches all of us, and sets out how we can make our cities more inclusive, ensuring prosperity for all.>broader strategy for clustered, urbanised growth,
HUH? it is clear, says Florida, that mayors and community leaders in cities around the world need to press for powers that will enable them ??????????? to guide and govern their communities and to address their own problems as they arise
WHAT ABOUT US??????
"""The very same clustering force that generates economic and social progress also increasingly divides us demographically, culturally and politically. . . national leaders are not really grappling with the problem.Especially since all countries rely on cities for the innovation and creativity that spur economic growth.economic anxiety ?????remains a real feature of many people's lives and indeed continues to rise.
"The fact that is now the suburbs rather than inner cities where poverty is most prevalent only underlines the extent to which middle-class dreams of a better life have been dashed in the U.S., the U.K. and elsewhere. Florida suggests that the urban crisis is "a big part of the reason why the economies of the advanced nations have been unable to recover fully from the economic crisis and remain mired in what some call 'secular stagnation'."
a strategy for "a more productive urbanism" built around seven pillars
SEVEN PILLARS????
• Make clustering work for us and not against us
• Invest in the infrastructure for density and growth
• Build more affordable rental housing
• Turn low-wage service jobs into middle-class work
• Tackle poverty by investing in people and places
• Lead a global effort to build prosperous cities
• Empower cities and communities
https://www.forbes.com/sites/rogertrapp/2017/10/31/invest-in-cities-to-narrow-the-inequality-gap/#39257cb737ab
KJZZ Round Table: New Neighbors Don't Always Mix
Roundtable: How Are Residents Impacted When Communities Shift?
Published: Friday, November 3, 2017 - 5:00am
Updated: Friday, November 3, 2017 - 8:26am
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| Terry Benelli |
To close the series, KJZZ’s Carrie Jung has brought together a group of experts and stakeholders for a roundtable discussion of some of these, issues including Deirdre Pfeiffer, associate professor of Urban Planning in ASU’s School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning; Terry Benelli, executive director of the LISC, Local Initiatives Support Corporation; and Eve Reyes-Aguirre, a longtime Garfield neighborhood resident."
Link to the podcast > http://kjzz.org
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The New Neighbors project is a collaboration between KJZZ and the Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting that looks at how the Valley of the Sun has changed since the economic downturn a decade ago. Today, we’re in the middle of a real estate and rental market boom, our cities are centralizing - it’s all changing the face of our communities Valley-wide.
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“Our Future is on the Line:” Building Community through Transportation
By Terry Benelli
The Valley is in the throes of a much-needed change in its growth and development pattern. A focus on the inner core is creating sustainable communities and healthy living choices for everyone, regardless of income, age and abilities. The shift away from sprawling, vehicle-centric development gives hope for improving intractable issues such as traffic congestion, air quality, affordable housing and equal access to work and education centers.
Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) Phoenix’s transit-oriented development initiative (TOD), “Our Future is on the Line,” bolsters sustainable and equitable development created by the Valley Metro light-rail system. TOD reduces transportation costs and encourages healthful lifestyles and healthy community design. . . "
Heritage Academy Charter School Church-State Lawsuit Moves Forward
Judge Dismisses Case Against Arizona Charter Schools Accused Of Teaching Religion
Published: Thursday, November 2, 2017 - 6:00pm
Updated: Friday, November 3, 2017 - 8:32am
A district court judge dismissed a lawsuit against a Mesa-based charter school, but the plaintiff’s attorney said the legal battle isn’t over yet. The lawsuit alleges Heritage Academy used religious lessons in its classes and in doing so, violated the U.S. Constitution... The legal team for the plaintiff appealed the district court’s decision to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and believes a successful appeal will revive the lawsuit.
Until the appeals court rules, the legal future of the case is uncertain.
Link to KLZZ > Heritage Academy Lawsuit
1. https://mesazona.blogspot.com/2016/10/heritage-academy-skousens-scandalous.html
2. https://mesazona.blogspot.com/2016/09/federal-lawsuit-filed-against-heritage.html
3. https://mesazona.blogspot.com/2015/09/heritage-academy-public-charter-school.html
The Arizona Republic reported there were three complaints to the Arizona State Board for Charter Schools preceding the legal case.
Lawsuit rooted in complaints
The complaint alleges religious instruction is “rampant” in Heritage Academy’s American government classes.
The lawsuit cites specific texts used in the class that link religion to governance and teach concepts such as “without religion, the government of a free people cannot be maintained.”
The complaint said this violates the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and that constitutionally, it’s a parent’s responsibility to educate their child about religion.
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