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AI Below the Surface

GovLoop

Regular inspections are an absolute necessity to prevent collapses like one that occurred in 2016. The sewer drones, outfitted with LED lights and protective cages, carry high-definition video cameras through large interceptor drains that collect and remove water from the soil.

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Park system ratings for 2023 | Trust for Public Land ParkScoreĀ® rating system

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

But definitely these results provide guidance on making decisions about how to promote a park and its activities, and whether or not to be more proactive in creating and delivering activities, focused on increasing use, and as a result greater physical activity and presumably, individual health benefits.

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November 2016 | The Past as Prologue: A Discussion with PMRA Founder H. George Frederickson, By Rosemary Oā€™Leary*

PMRA (Public Management Research Association)

There is definitely a need for creativity.ā€. Examples include: Debates, tableaus, shuffling papers so that scholars present papers that are not their own, and a conference with only discussants (with the papers first being posted on the internet for all to read). How did we become so formulaic and bureaucratic in designing conferences?ā€

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Claude Cormier, creative landscape architect

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

I'm definitely adding this book to my list to read. Strings of pink plastic balls form a ribbon along a section of Ste-Catherine Street, commonly called the Village, in Montreal, Thursday, June 23, 2016. Cormier's projects aren't average, they have verve. Catherine Street in the summer, when the street is closed to traffic.

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Seeing and Hearing: Underrated Skills?

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

Hence, by definition wisdom is the opposite of superficiality. Rubinstein, Artur, 2016. We who work or study in universities have one great mission: to interpret the human condition and communicate our findings. This is the acquisition of wisdom, which the OED defines, succinctly, as ā€œsoundness of judgementā€. Schumann: Carnaval, Op.

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What Itā€™s Like to Be a Parks and Recreation Director

Let's Talk Parks

I met Sean VanRoenn at the Colorado Parks and Recreation conference in September of 2016 through a networking event where young professionals were paired with a director of parks and rec. Which is why I interviewed Sean. My hope is that this interview series helps you get clear on your dream job.

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BTMFBA: maintaining arts spaces in the face of rising real estate values | Seattle, New York City

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

From the article: Whatā€™s featured here is not definitive, and perhaps not even fully representative of what it looks like to have an artistic space of oneā€™s own in the city. The Times article is more photo essay, but like the Equinox Studios article, has some kernels of wisdom on how properties have been able to remain comparatively low rent.