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City light shows: architectural lighting events

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Few cities have lighting master plans and even fewer address lighting as an element of special events and programming (" Philips changes name to Signify "). I've written about events like Glow in Georgetown DC, Dlectricity in Detroit, and Chestnut Hill's "Light of Night" in Philadelphia. 19 ," Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ).

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Why another shutdown would be bad for the U.S. military

Partnership for Public Service

25, 2019—shows that when our government closes up shop, both the economy and the ability of agencies to serve the public suffers. During the 2018-2019 shutdown, 42,000 members of the Coast Guard worked without pay —a first for active-duty service members—because the Department of Homeland Security’s appropriation lapsed.

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Smart, safe and sustainable cycling: how AI-powered insights will encourage the next generation

Open Access Government - Technology News

The total value of the UK bicycle market was estimated to be around 47% higher in 2021 than in 2019, and the latest DfT Road Traffic Estimates suggest that cycle traffic in 2021 was 15.7% higher than pre-pandemic levels in 2019. Over the last two years the UK has seen a cycling ‘boom’. Inspiring the next generation.

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Enable strong name-based mapping in government scenarios

Microsoft Public Sector

Starting with the September 10, 2024 Windows security update, you can use strong name-based mapping on Windows Server 2019 and newer. Updates to current event logs The current event logs now include policy OIDs found on the certificate used for authentication. Track these events through Event ID 311.

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Challenge yourself to read banned books

Princeton Public Library

September 22-28, 2019 is Banned Books Week, an annual event celebrating the freedom to read. Its purpose is to draw attention to banned books and the issue of censorship. This year’s theme is “Censorship Leaves Us in the Dark” and we should “Keep the Light On.”

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DC Artomatic is a big arts exhibition: but not oriented to building the arts and culture ecosystem long term

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Despite Artomatic playing host to — and in some cases advancing the careers of — many amazing, well-respected artists, there’s a long history of the event being trashed by the art-reviewing press, often unfairly, because it has no bar to entry. The work is not curated. Is it any good?

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Inspiring the next generation of cloud professionals with Google’s Career Readiness Program

Google Public Sector

To officially kick off the partnership, Google Cloud participated in the University of Louisville’s Taste of Technology roundtable, an event designed to introduce students and faculty members to technology resources and career paths. The first cohort of 50 students includes Woodford R.