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Funny how little most people know about the devices they use every day. Unless, according to Dilbert, "...you have the knack." As an engineer, I've always loved to take things apart and a hard drive is a pretty amazing electro-mechanical devise.
I think this hard drive came from my first computer and it's been sitting around just waiting for it's day. I tried to disassemble it to remove the armature which spins the drive platter but the assembly process is pretty much a one way street. I didn't have the right tools so I tried to drill and cut my way in but finally resorted to a bigger hammer. I didn't get to the armature but was able to extract the arm that contains the pick-ups that read and write the data to the drive. I was intrigued by the look of the pick-up heads and when the Macro Mondays group had "Damaged" for it's theme, I knew I had to give the device a try.
Meyer Optik 50mm f/1.8 Gorlitz Oreston shot at f/5.6.
Reading through this article about the benefits of Machine Learning,
www.datacamp.com/blog/what-is-machine-learning
I've learned that Machine Learning (ML) is a branch of artificial intelligence (AI) enabling AI to imitate the way that humans learn, gradually improving it's accuracy.
The following statement particularly caught my attention in the article:
'In the 21st century, data is the new oil, and machine learning is the engine that powers this data-driven world. It is a critical technology in today's digital age, and its importance cannot be overstated.'
I have also learned throughout the article the many ways machine learning is beneficial for me personally: it helps me to see what I'd like to see, shows me what I'd like to buy, listens to me, tracks my behaviour and feeds my mind it's daily dose of information.
And from there I can see the benefits of me being in a perfectly round digital world with all my favourite things and thoughts circulating around me, I just need make sure that no one will ever come close to me with their strange worlds and disturbing opinions, unless they want to see my existential fear being properly activated...
To be fair with the article, it does mention one actual benefit to humanity; it states that machine learning is used widely in health care. Google's DeepMind Health for example is working with doctors to build machine learning models to detect diseases earlier and improve patient care. And I would like to think that there are many other areas as well where the application of ML is implemented by goodwill and in faith of a better future for us, not driven by greed, power or any other sinister agendas.
I believe regardless of what is the original intent of creating a tool/machine/algorithm, once created, you will have the moral choice to use it and aim towards what's right, or to use it and aim towards what's wrong, or don't even care at all, just use the tool and see what happens, in any ways, there is always a price to pay.
We've yet to see what is the ultimate price to pay for releasing and so desperately trying to finalize an 'all knowing' machine god above us, and I can only hope that while we are still in control, human goodwill will always outweigh human greed, and we can still remain to be compassionate individual human beings seeing each other in the warm light of the sun, and not turning into some cold numbers on a blue screen as part of a soulless database.
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I do understand the importance of science and economics, but I don't want to live in a 'data-driven' world...
I want to live in a love-driven world.
If only machines could 'deep learn' love, and mass generate it into the world... that I could call Progress.
Image taken at Bikás Park Underground Station, Budapest, Hungary.
“The term (political correctness) first appeared in Marxist-Leninist vocabulary following the Russian Revolution of 1917. At that time it was used to describe adherence to the policies and principles of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (that is, the party line).” – Encyclopedia Britannica
The communists killed millions and millions of their people in order to create a utopian society based on equality. In communism, one must be “politically correct.” If you say something wrong you might disappear in the night, never to be seen again. Of course, self-censorship and voluntary compliance are preferred by the regime. Indoctrination keeps an individual within the proper ideological bounds of the state.
“Restriction of free thought and free speech is the most dangerous of all subversions. It is the one un-American act that could most easily defeat us.” – William Douglas
Many cannot recognize the threat of censorship, because they are ignorant of the crimes of communism. The public is more aware of the atrocities of the Nazis, as opposed to the atrocities of the communists. This is what happens when universities are bastions of Marxism, and professors are fond of Karl Marx. (Karl Marx and Frederick Engels wrote The Communist Manifesto). My grandpa, who went through the Great Depression, used to say, “People go to university to become socialists.” So this stuff is nothing new! This is what leftists call the “long march through the institutions.” The plan was to infiltrate the institutions of the West in order to transform them from the inside out. The Long March of the 1960s sowed the doctrines of critical theory (neo-Marxism). (Critical theory came out of the Frankfurt School). These seeds produced various kinds of critical theory: critical race theory, queer theory, postcolonial/decolonial theory, feminist theory, critical environmental theory, and critical pedagogy. Our children are being taught these subversive ideologies, even though they are rooted in evil. The fruits of these ideologies have produced mass death and misery. They gave us Stalin’s Great Purges and Mao’s Great Leap Forward. Indeed, the communists regulated speech, and millions died.
“Censorship reflects a society’s lack of confidence in itself. It is a hallmark of an authoritarian regime.” – Potter Stewart
Regulating hate speech is undemocratic; it is rooted in totalitarianism. Regulating hate speech is a way of enforcing the politically correct doctrine of the day. It suppresses free speech, and it suppresses open dialogue. It suppresses critical thinking, and it suppresses creativity. And it will eventually lead to the criminalization of ideological opposition.
“Misinformation, disinformation, hate speech and other risks to the information ecosystem are fueling conflict, threatening democracy and human rights, and undermining public health and climate action.” – United Nations
The West is losing its freedom of speech. People in England are being arrested for social media posts. In Germany, they are trying to ban a political party. We saw Western governments colluding with big tech to censor dissenting views during COVID-19. Various politicians want to fight misinformation and disinformation. The European Union also wants to crackdown on what it deems as misinformation and disinformation. What they are doing, however, is fighting against freedom of speech—against freedom.
“The proliferation of misinformation and disinformation threatens to erode the credibility of public institutions and limit their capacity to implement policies that enhance public well-being.” – World Bank
When central bank digital currencies and social credit scores are implemented, you better watch what you say or do. If you say or do the wrong thing, you will have your money frozen. You will be like the Canadian truckers, who had their bank accounts frozen during COVID-19. With quantum computing, cloud computing, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and data-driven technologies, a surveillance apparatus is being built. This Beast system will be an authoritarian dystopia like the world has never known.
“In this case wisdom is needed: Let the person who has understanding calculate the total number of the beast, because it is a human total number, and the sum of the number is 666.” – Revelation 13:18
www.vividsydney.com/event/light/space-folding
Using zoom blur for the shot. long exposure meant that the myriads of people around it (and in it) blurred out as well
Space Folding is a towering cylinder that morphs into multi-coloured patterns of light and sound in response to real-time flight data from Sydney airspace. The installation maps the progress of planes leaving and coming into Sydney, and audiences follow their progress through the rhythmic movements of colour and data that race around the structure.
Every take-off, landing and plane passing overhead simultaneously augments the sequence of light and sound, building a never-repeating pattern. The experience prompts questions and discussions about place, transformation and the interconnected nature of our world.
Headsets allow the audience to hear the data driven generated soundtrack while being simultaneously transported by the lights.
Oh dear. Real-time data-driven flight control with beating halteres and thousands of individually wired receptors for single image, motion sensitive sight, fully five times faster than ours. Self replicating, self cleaning, fully non-polluting (biodegradable), with world-wide distribution. Perhaps the most successful life form on the Planet. All done with a microprocessor the size of a pinhead. When compared to these things air liners are vast clumsy contraptions that can't keep themselves in the sky.
For those who like 3D and can crossview there is a cha-cha version of the live image here ... www.flickr.com/photos/jacobs_ian/33841065508/in/dateposte...
ActiveTO is about making sure people have space to get around while respecting physical distancing. ActiveTO is a measured and data driven approach to support essential trips, front-line workers, and vulnerable road users. Locations are being planned by evaluating several factors including population density, equity, access to greenspace, and traffic volumes.
www.toronto.ca/home/covid-19/covid-19-protect-yourself-ot...
This is my "lucky" Charm. The other side says, "The Hell with it!". It is about the size of a half dollar.
Interestingly, when I am faced with a "decisive moment" I will pull this out, flip it, and "as a result of many flips" it does better than my investment picks when I don't use it.
Who knows - does it have some magic talent??
I know it should be 50/50 BUT it usually beats my data driven choices.
Old Nikkor 105mm Macro
Midtown Manhattan as seen from New Jersey's Liberty Harbor across the Hudson.
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Austin, TX / March 2011
I can’t believe it’s been a decade since the “Persona” project at SXSW. I partnered with CNN back in 2011 to create a crowdsourced data-driven adaptation of my “Persona” series. We created something on a larger scale than I had ever attempted. It was an experiment in both photography and anthropology. I focused on taking photos at the CNN grill, while more than 700 festival attendees made their way through the “Persona” trade show booth.
See more HERE
It's like the movie, "Groundhog Day" for me, but every day seems to bring another very horizontal bizportrait for the local Economic Development Authority. Having fun with these, tho.
This one was the CEO of Merkle, a very data-driven high-tech ad agency in Columbia. We shot him very fast. Checked the metadata in camera after and was surprised that it was 86 secs, soup to nuts.
The Rt Hon Elizabeth Truss MP, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, discussed the Defra modernisation programme which she said will turn Defra into “.. a highly responsive, open and data-driven department that will be a trailblazer for contemporary government, driving environmental improvement and economic growth, especially in the countryside, and providing better protection from natural threats”.
Liz Truss was in conversation with Peter Riddell, Director at the Institute for Government.
This event was chaired by Daniel Thornton.
@ifgevents #Truss
Photo's by Candice McKenzie
On the 4th & 5th October 2016, leading international thinkers in the areas of Data, Predictive Models, Technology and Decision making gathered at the RDS, Dublin, for Predict 2016. The speakers, many of whom I managed to photograph, discussed the latest progress in Predictive Modelling and its future – from Data to Software and Hardware technology, plus Predictive Modelling methods and the best examples of Data-driven Decision-making.
The organisers kindly invited me to the Predict event at the RDS but as I arrived a bit early I took few backstage or behind the scenes shots. In case your are interested I used a Sony A7RM2 coupled with a Sony 29-135 full frame lens. The lens does attract a lot of attention which does allow me to to have interesting people … volunteers, students from Brazil, photographers etc. Of course my lens did not attract as mush attention as the two cars [especially the DeLorean DMC-12. DMC-12s were primarily intended for the American market. All production models were therefore left-hand drive. Evidence survives from as early as April 1981, however, which indicates that the DeLorean Motor Company was aware of the need to produce a right-hand drive version to supply to world markets such as the United Kingdom, Ireland, India, Thailand, Australia, New Zealand and Japan. My contacts in Belfast claim that 16 right-hand drive factory-authorised DeLoreans were produced.
Fortune Brainstorm Health
Wednesday, November 2, 2016
San Diego, CA
3:05 PM DATA-DRIVEN MEDICINE: APRES LE DELUGE
With trillions of terabytes of health data created every day, healthcare is adapting to the world of big data. The question is how new companies and old institutions can extract value from patient and medical data to help take healthcare to a new level. Big data is already helping to personalize medicine, predict epidemics, streamline treatments and even prevent deaths, but what’s next? What are some of the new, data-driven technologies technologies that can radically change medicine? And when it comes to using all of this data in making medical decisions, where are the limits?
Dr. Amy P. Abernethy, Chief Medical Officer, Chief Scientific Officer, and Senior Vice President, Oncology, Flatiron Health
Dr. Kyu Rhee, Chief Health Officer and Vice President, IBM
Dr. B. Vindell Washington, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Moderator: Michal Lev-Ram, Fortune
Photograph by Stuart Isett for Fortune Brainstorm Health
As mayor of Baltimore and later as Maryland’s chief executive, Governor Martin O'Malley pioneered data-driven decision-making in government. Through programs like CitiStat in Baltimore and StateStat in Maryland, O'Malley implemented a new approach toward governing: using data to drive policy decisions, set goals, measure performance, and increase government transparency.
On March 11, the Center for Effective Public Management at Brookings hosted a discussion with Governor Martin O’Malley to explore how data-driven decision-making, open data, and performance measurement can positively impact government policy and effectiveness. This forum centered on ways in which these tools could improve the performance of the federal government–and perhaps begin the process of restoring public trust in the federal government.©Paul Morigi Photography
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
"The Beacon" was designed by ESI design to interact with the public.
This light sculpture is a clock, an indicator of climate conditions on each floor of the building, and decorative addition to the lobby of the buiding.
The middle photo shows that the individual cells look like small translucent plastic sheets when not lit, but The Beacon creates numerous color changes and offers messages. It occasionally shows the time (upper left, it was 6:40 am and lower right 6:57) which rotates around the Beacon so the time can be read from any angle. Occasionally it shows the temperature or "Welcome to The Tower at PNC Plaza."
Information from www.slate.com/blogs/the_eye/2015/10/13/esi_design_s_the_b...: (See videos and more information at that website.)
The Tower at PNC Plaza, the corporate headquarters for PNC Bank, might look like just another bank tower from the outside, but it was designed to exceed LEED Platinum certification—the U.S. Green Building Council’s highest certification rating—with such features as a double-skin façade and a solar chimney that the company projects will allow the tower to consume 50 percent less energy and 77 percent less water than a typical office building. At times it uses less energy than a single-family home (which I assume might happen on weekends when few employees are there.)
ESI Design—which has breathed new life into dated buildings with light, video, and graphics, and designed a high-tech replica of the U.S. Senate chamber for the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the U.S. Senate—described the Beacon in a project description as “a new model for how green buildings can engage with the public—inspiring visitors and tenants to learn more about how buildings work and how their daily activities impact a building’s performance.”
The red lines seen in a few of the images are from the reflections in this building's windows of light strips on a building across the street. PNC does not allow visitors to take photos inside the building, so all of my photos were taken through windows from the street or sidewalk, which resulted in some reflections.
I live far enough away from the city that I rarely go there, but when I go to take photos, I go early in the morning so I can catch some night scenes before sunrise. This is a new building. The last time I was in the city, it was still under construction and I had never seen "The Beacon" before. It's fascinating to watch.
Read more about how "The Beacon" ---a light sculpture and information beacon that communicates environmental conditions of the building. Each row of lights represents one floor of the building. The colors and messages change frequently:
Fortune Brainstorm Health
Wednesday, November 2, 2016
San Diego, CA
3:05 PM DATA-DRIVEN MEDICINE: APRES LE DELUGE
With trillions of terabytes of health data created every day, healthcare is adapting to the world of big data. The question is how new companies and old institutions can extract value from patient and medical data to help take healthcare to a new level. Big data is already helping to personalize medicine, predict epidemics, streamline treatments and even prevent deaths, but what’s next? What are some of the new, data-driven technologies technologies that can radically change medicine? And when it comes to using all of this data in making medical decisions, where are the limits?
Dr. Amy P. Abernethy, Chief Medical Officer, Chief Scientific Officer, and Senior Vice President, Oncology, Flatiron Health
Dr. Kyu Rhee, Chief Health Officer and Vice President, IBM
Dr. B. Vindell Washington, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Moderator: Michal Lev-Ram, Fortune
Photograph by Stuart Isett for Fortune Brainstorm Health
On the 4th & 5th October 2016, leading international thinkers in the areas of Data, Predictive Models, Technology and Decision making gathered at the RDS, Dublin, for Predict 2016. The speakers, many of whom I managed to photograph, discussed the latest progress in Predictive Modelling and its future – from Data to Software and Hardware technology, plus Predictive Modelling methods and the best examples of Data-driven Decision-making.
The organisers kindly invited me to the Predict event at the RDS but as I arrived a bit early I took few backstage or behind the scenes shots. In case your are interested I used a Sony A7RM2 coupled with a Sony 29-135 full frame lens. The lens does attract a lot of attention which does allow me to to have interesting people … volunteers, students from Brazil, photographers etc. Of course my lens did not attract as mush attention as the two cars [especially the DeLorean DMC-12. DMC-12s were primarily intended for the American market. All production models were therefore left-hand drive. Evidence survives from as early as April 1981, however, which indicates that the DeLorean Motor Company was aware of the need to produce a right-hand drive version to supply to world markets such as the United Kingdom, Ireland, India, Thailand, Australia, New Zealand and Japan. My contacts in Belfast claim that 16 right-hand drive factory-authorised DeLoreans were produced.
WFreeform (2016, #parametric #data-driven #3Dprinting bracelet)
Part of data-driven project for @Freeform (formerly ABC Family) brand relaunch, commissioned by Deep Local. WFreeform is my personal execution and constitutes one of 5 parametric designs, the entire project being a collaboration with Madeline Gannon and Deep Local creatives.
Coded in Processing using Modelbuilder, Hemesh and Toxiclibs libraries for scaling to headless cloud-based model generation. Data input consists of users' Twitter feeds, with 5000 total users picked via online sweepstakes.
As mayor of Baltimore and later as Maryland’s chief executive, Governor Martin O'Malley pioneered data-driven decision-making in government. Through programs like CitiStat in Baltimore and StateStat in Maryland, O'Malley implemented a new approach toward governing: using data to drive policy decisions, set goals, measure performance, and increase government transparency.
On March 11, the Center for Effective Public Management at Brookings hosted a discussion with Governor Martin O’Malley to explore how data-driven decision-making, open data, and performance measurement can positively impact government policy and effectiveness. This forum centered on ways in which these tools could improve the performance of the federal government–and perhaps begin the process of restoring public trust in the federal government.©Paul Morigi Photography
On Monday, March 11, former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley, former Indianapolis Mayor Stephen Goldsmith and Robert Shea of Grant Thornton about how data-driven decision making can change the way governments serve people. Learn more at lbj.utexas.edu and find @thelbjschool on social media.
inspired by Alasdair Rae's recent parchment map
I've taken Alasdair's idea and tweaked it by using the texture as a displacement map. If you look closely, you'll see the grid lines and other features are distorted by the texture.
QGIS cartography
Cartography in QGIS, exported as a png from Map Composer (using default settings for A4 landscape)
The coast outlines were created using the Multi Ring Buffer plugin.
Used data-driven labels, with position and angle.
Used Europe Albers Equal Area Conic (EPSG:102013) with a 5 degree grid in EPSG:4326.
GIMP processing
The texture distortion was done using GIMP.
The texture was resized to match the qgis output.
I composited the texture and map output using 'Multiply' mode in the GIMP, and used 'merge down'.
I took the texture into GIMP, desaturated it, increased contrast with curves, used posterise (8 levels) and ran a wide-radius (50 px) Guassian Blur, then saved this as a displacement map.
Then took the composited textured image in GIMP, and used Filter > Map > Displace, using the displacement map in the x and y directions (I settled on 40 pixels in both directions)
you could go further with this technique by layering other more uniform textures...
Credits
texture: www.flickr.com/photos/chrisser/8973204461
font: Pharmount (available from dafont.com), free for non-commercial use
A submission to our #UnfoldTheUniverse art social media campaign by Tim Makepeace.
The artist says, " have been working on a series of paintings about an intriguing area of our galaxy that astronomers hope the JWST can help them image. It is the center of mass of our galaxy.
In this work, I have drawn elliptical shapes that represent the orbital paths of the closest stars orbiting the supermassive black hole that resides at the center of our galaxy 26,000 light years away. These works are based on a 3D mathematical model made from the data collected from several land based telescopes over 10 years and are, in a way, modern maps of the core of our galaxy. Although my works are data-driven, their apparent abstraction is inspired in part by the Constructivist Movement, with its vocabulary of geometry, proportion, and optical play. These are themes that runs through much of my work.
I began a series of work titled Orbital Mechanics, which attempts to explore a fundamental question of mankind: where are we, and in relation to what? Where are we on this earth?; in this solar system?; and now, with the advent of better telescopes, what is at the center of our galaxy and where is our place in this corner of the universe? From ancient astronomers, to Copernicus, to Galileo Galilei, and continuing on, people have contemplated these questions, sometimes at great peril to themselves. This knowledge of place is also fundamental to the paradigm of power in religion and politics. Knowing where one is, in relation to the center of things, can shift one’s perspective and understanding, and can shift one’s sense of place and self. Knowing ones location is a fundamental desire of man, and the JWST becomes another tool to understand this.
Some of the techniques used in these works include the use of carefully controlled small brushes guided with strings to accurately describe each ellipse, and a technique using India ink to paint the lines that trace the orbits in a looser, more energetic way. Because of the colloidal suspension properties of the ink, when the ink is applied in a flooded state, the pigment particles migrate outward, indicating an internal repellent energy within the ink. The result, in the artwork, evokes some of the fundamental energy I am trying to convey, that exists everywhere and, in this particular case, at the center of our galaxy."
Tim is one of our original #JWSTArt Art + Science exhibit artists.
If you create art inspired by what the James Webb Space Telescope might discover, share it with us! For more information, please visit: go.nasa.gov/unfoldtheuniverse
Image credit: Tim Makepeace
map of road accidents using the police Stats19 data and OpenStreetMap.
#EDIT: replaced original monochrome with colour version.
Mapped and rendered in QGIS 2.4 using the Print Composer.
Method: buffered each accident site by 20m, and used "points in polygon" to count how many accidents happened within 20m of each site. Then used data driven properties to scale each accident site using log10("PNTCNT")*3, and Symbol Levels to make sure the blackspots are shown on top.
End result is similar to Heatmap, but looks better when zoomed in IMO. Best viewed Large or Original sizes.
Farms seen from an Iowa highway during U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue's five-state rural tour, featuring Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois, and Indiana. The “Back to Our Roots” Tour, gathers input on the 2018 Farm Bill and increasing rural prosperity. Along the way, Perdue will meet with farmers, ranchers, foresters, producers, students, governors, Members of Congress, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) employees, and other stakeholders. This is the first of two RV tours the secretary will undertake this summer. “The ‘Back to our Roots’ Farm Bill and rural prosperity RV listening tour will allow us to hear directly from people in agriculture across the country, as well as our consumers – they are the ones on the front lines of American agriculture and they know best what the current issues are,” Perdue said. “USDA will be intimately involved as Congress deliberates and formulates the 2018 Farm Bill. We are committed to making the resources and the research available so that Congress can make good facts-based, data-driven decisions. It’s important to look at past practices to see what has worked and what has not worked, so that we create a farm bill for the future that will be embraced by American agriculture in 2018.” For social media purposes, Secretary Perdue’s Twitter account (@SecretarySonny) will be using the hashtag #BackToOurRoots. USDA Photo by Lance Cheung.
NORTH CENTRAL FORMALLY ADOPTS THE TIMBERWOLF AS NEW MASCOT
BY NCMC NEWS | APR 28, 2021
For the first time in 63 years, North Central Michigan College has an official mascot.
During an April 27 meeting, the Board of Trustees voted unanimously in favor of the mascot that students said best represents the college: The North Central Timberwolf.
President David Roland Finley said the Timberwolf captures the spirit of the college and its students.
“Wolves embody many of the characteristics of North Central students, including intelligence, resilience, drive, focus and teamwork,” Finley said. “They are known for working together so that the whole pack succeeds. You’ll find the same attitude among our entire campus community.”
Carol Laenen, vice president of Marketing, said the adoption of the Timberwolf mascot follows a months-long, data-driven process that included two rounds of surveys, extensive sentiment analysis and tests of concept art.
Dozens of potential mascot suggestions were considered and narrowed to a field of eight, which stakeholders further pared to three finalists: the Bobcat, the Ferret, and the Timberwolf. A fourth, “wildcard” option, the Raptor, was also considered.
While the initial eight-mascot survey solicited feedback from students, alumni, community members, board members, faculty and staff, the second survey was open to students only.
“In both surveys, the Timberwolf was the favorite among students, and by an overwhelming majority — 45 percent — in the second survey,” Laenen said.
“I really believe that this college community exemplifies all the best characteristics of a wolf,” one student said in response to the survey. “We are fiercely loyal, we are teamworkers, and we are only stronger together.”
Athletic Director Ashley Antonishen believes the mascot will enhance the North Central experience, uniting current and prospective students, alumni, faculty and staff, and the community.
“Timberwolves are known for their teamwork and being part of a pack, which melds nicely with our goals for the future of intercollegiate athletics at North Central,” Antonishen said.
The “Fighting Ferret,” an unofficial mascot created by two faculty members in the early 1970s for intramural competitions, collected 21 percent of students’ votes.
“North Central will continue to honor the essence and heritage of the ‘Fighting Ferret’ and the special place it holds in many hearts,” Finley said.
The North Central Timberwolf will be introduced to the public in its physical form this summer, with additional details to be announced at a later date.
“We don’t want to show our hand just yet, but we can promise that the public’s introduction to the North Central Timberwolf will be interactive and a lot of fun,” Laenen said.
I have a really bad relationship and associations with food… as part of my weight loss / healthy living journey I am trying to fix that- but I seem to be failing miserably.
I have long floated back and forth with tracking food and exercise. For being a data-driven person you’d think I would love such things, but when I do it makes me face certain truths that I’d rather not face. But now I guess I’m just making myself face them.
On any given day I’ll probably consume between 1600 calories which is on the low end of what you should consume; but I also turn around and burn about 1,200-2,000 calories. I know I am not eating enough in a day, and I know that is not a good thing. I fight the fight all the time and I guess today I just realized that what’s the point of losing all this weight if I end the journey still being unhealthy? I’m going to force myself to eat more- as counter-intuitive as it might be I know it’s the right thing to do.
Theme: Weight For Me
Year Eight Of My 365 Project
On March 9, 2015, Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton, Chelsea Clinton, and Melinda Gates hosted "Not There Yet: A Data Driven Analysis of Gender Equality," where they debuted the No Ceilings: Full Participation Report, a report on the status of women and girls around the world. At "Not There Yet," speakers and panelists — including America Ferrera, Bruce Wilkinson, Dr. Lisa Su, H.E. Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović, Ambassador Melanne Verveer, Malala Yousafzai, and H.E. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf -- shared stories and data on the gains women have made over the past 20 years, and the gaps that still remain. See more data and stories at NoCeilings.org.
On the 4th & 5th October 2016, leading international thinkers in the areas of Data, Predictive Models, Technology and Decision making gathered at the RDS, Dublin, for Predict 2016. The speakers, many of whom I managed to photograph, discussed the latest progress in Predictive Modelling and its future – from Data to Software and Hardware technology, plus Predictive Modelling methods and the best examples of Data-driven Decision-making.
The organisers kindly invited me to the Predict event at the RDS but as I arrived a bit early I took few backstage or behind the scenes shots. In case your are interested I used a Sony A7RM2 coupled with a Sony 29-135 full frame lens. The lens does attract a lot of attention which does allow me to to have interesting people … volunteers, students from Brazil, photographers etc. Of course my lens did not attract as mush attention as the two cars [especially the DeLorean DMC-12. DMC-12s were primarily intended for the American market. All production models were therefore left-hand drive. Evidence survives from as early as April 1981, however, which indicates that the DeLorean Motor Company was aware of the need to produce a right-hand drive version to supply to world markets such as the United Kingdom, Ireland, India, Thailand, Australia, New Zealand and Japan. My contacts in Belfast claim that 16 right-hand drive factory-authorised DeLoreans were produced.
At Google this weekend. On display here is one of the early production servers, with four motherboards jammed on each shelf and cork sheets inserted in between. It overheated quite easily, so they built a wall of fans on the backside.
Here is today’s agenda. I have removed all of the names of the cool people leading these talks since there are Chatham House rules in effect.
So many sessions I want to see... I am in this session now: "What if extinction is not forever?"
It is quickly becoming feasible to reconstitute the genomes of vanished species using genetic material from preserved specimens and archaeological artifacts. Three different techniques are being deployed. Revivals already under way include mammoths, aurochs, and passenger pigeons. Candidate species include the dodo, the Carolina parakeet, the thylacine (Tasmanian tiger), and the Xerces blue butterfly. If we can actually revive an extinct species, should we? If so, why bother? Are some species more desirable, valuable, or ethical to bring back than others? Is it ethical to “improve” a revived species—for example to make a formerly extinct bird resistant to avian malaria? Do revived species have a “right” to be returned to the wild? Should revived species be treated as genetically modified organisms? In this session we can discuss the rapidly evolving science making all this possible and the downstream implications and opportunities.
Here is the lineup… So many great ones overlap. Sadly, right now, I’m missing the trillion-fps camera imaging the movement of light. Decisions, decisions…
10:00am
•What happens if we don't do anything about climate change? and what do we do about it if things go horribly awry?
•Robots (nanotechnological, synthetical biological, intelligent, for control) To Solve The Brain (understanding, fixing)
•Experiments in (informal) education: what can one magazine do?
•The coming war on general purpose computing and the civil war that comes after.
•Impostor Syndrome (and the culture of science)
•Spidersilk using silk worms.
•Smartphones to save lives, prevent disaster
•Open access commoditizing science - what next?
•What is Time
11:00am
•Neuroprediction: Does your brain predict if you will do bad things? p.s. all about psychopaths
•Optogenetics & Neural Imaging & Dynamics of the single cell
•Reversing climate change, land, air, ocean.
•What can new imaging hardware and software solve next? Trillion frames per second. Look around corners
•A fundamental problem in digital systems.
•De-Extinction: Practices and Prospects
•What I learned by doing capitalism and what you need to know
•Future of music
•Funding Science
12:00am
•Will the human race cause its own extinction
•Discovering new materials by computation.
•Data driven societies.
•Grand challenges in neuroscience.
•Long tails and big heads: Big data in science.
•Neurolaw
•Consumer biotechnology ie tissue engineering meat, leather, and other daily needs.
•What can we invent to raise the level of public discourse even slightly? A face to face debate platform on the internet
•Information that lives - digital lives and intelligent agents
•Detecting asteroids before they hit us.
13:00Lunch
14:00
•Starshade show & Tell. Hunting Exo-Earths and aliens
•Can "big data" solve healthcare?
•Art/Science Collaborations. Visualizing biology, conservation, innovative data exploration, and more.
•Internet education for teachers.
•City science.
•Open Science FTW - Oopen access, open data.
•Visual Music Brain Synesthesia;
•Stealth diagnostics Hidden biosignals & communicity health.
•The brain's flaws as a computational device. How they shape our lives.
•Fighting against anti-science and winning - new strategies.
15:00
•Your genome, your health. How long will we just kick the tyres of your car?
•Ocean acidification.
•Do we have free will and why does it matter?
•Big data sets and using them intelligently e.g. climate data,
•Storytelling vs the whole truth and nothing but the truth. Also, comics
•DIY and makers as international policy. Jose Gomez-Marquesz TH Culhane (fuel from garbage electricity , aluminum demo)
•What Microbes are on you your phone.
•a new artificial intelligence Brains Minds Machines
•Revolutionizing Education.
•The reproducibility crisis in biology.
16:30
•Tenure from Tweets? evaluation beyond citations
•African floating communities.
•Large-scale learning on the internet & Talking to the brain in its own language. Making prosthetic devices that work.
•Role of the ocean in carbon and climate.
•Biohacking and citizen synthetic biology How far can we go?
•Visual Tools for Science and Engineering.
•Do or should humans have an off world future?
•Ignorance - can we admit it and keep credibility?
•Demo SharkFinder Citizen Science Kits
17:30
•Emotions in motion. Get acquainted in nonverbal communication
•Post Natural History and the Future of Evolution.
•The technology and politics of spectrum ( the invisible resource you need) Why you need to understand more.
•Science Diplomacy
•Cheap energy, growth, global change.
•Build a puzzle/sculpture. I brought the parts, can you assemble them?
•Nature Porn - pollination, mushrooms etc. How beauty and seduction is nature's tool for survival. Film shorts & brief talks.
•Haploid stem cells and the future of disease genetics
•Smartphone science. Primary v suppport v citizen .
•Grand challenges in biology.
•"Scientific analysis on all the world's satellite images. Earth engine demo.
20:00
•Organizational Manipulation: how to social engineer your company, university, grantor, or colleagues
•fMRI Brain Reaction so what?
•IP & patents in biotech/education/community labs etc. What are the issues? What needs fixing? What's the future?
•Economics Comedy with stand-up economist + open-mic if desired
•Imagining post capitalism: a call for help.
•Of course Mars has life, but does Europa?
•Automating science to Accelerate Discovery with Demo
•The coming age of brain decoding.
•Images & Anecdotes from 17 years of astronomy picture of the day.
•Scaling research up - moving outside the lab with demo of smartphone brain scanner.
•Will the microbiome and inflammation explain all diseases?
In 2018, USAID launched the second-annual Digital Development Awards (the “Digis”) to recognize USAID projects that harness the power of digital tools and data-driven decision making. The WeMUNIZE program was one of five winners chosen out of the 140 applicants. It is implemented by local technology start-up Black Swan Tech Ltd through USAID’s Maternal and Child Survival Program led by Jhpiego.
Faced with limited local record keeping and low levels of literacy and connectivity, the WeMUNIZE program uses a combination of digital record keeping and community engagement to increase early childhood immunizations. For families participating in the WeMUNIZE program, dropout rates have fallen to below 10 percent.
The project recruits primarily women for their team of trained volunteers and supports them with free mobile phones, empowering women to help their communities and overcome social barriers.
Thanks to its coordination with the Government of Nigeria, the project shares the immunization data generated to improve stakeholder coordination and transfers ownership to the state government to build local capacity.
Photos by KC Nwakalor for USAID / Digital Development Communications
In 2018, USAID launched the second-annual Digital Development Awards (the “Digis”) to recognize USAID projects that harness the power of digital tools and data-driven decision making. The WeMUNIZE program was one of five winners chosen out of the 140 applicants. It is implemented by local technology start-up Black Swan Tech Ltd through USAID’s Maternal and Child Survival Program led by Jhpiego.
Faced with limited local record keeping and low levels of literacy and connectivity, the WeMUNIZE program uses a combination of digital record keeping and community engagement to increase early childhood immunizations. For families participating in the WeMUNIZE program, dropout rates have fallen to below 10 percent.
The project recruits primarily women for their team of trained volunteers and supports them with free mobile phones, empowering women to help their communities and overcome social barriers.
Thanks to its coordination with the Government of Nigeria, the project shares the immunization data generated to improve stakeholder coordination and transfers ownership to the state government to build local capacity.
Photos by KC Nwakalor for USAID / Digital Development Communications
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Sonny Perdue saw livestock competitors such as "Jose," at the Georgetown Fair, in Georgetown, IL, on August 7, 2017. A news media interview concludes his visit. U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Perdue is on a five-state RV tour, featuring stops in five states: Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois, and Indiana; titled the “Back to Our Roots” Tour, he is gathering input on the 2018 Farm Bill and increasing rural prosperity, Aug. 3-8, 2017. Along the way, Perdue will meet with farmers, ranchers, foresters, producers, students, governors, Members of Congress, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) employees, and other stakeholders. This is the first of two RV tours the secretary will undertake this summer. “The ‘Back to our Roots’ Farm Bill and rural prosperity RV listening tour will allow us to hear directly from people in agriculture across the country, as well as our consumers – they are the ones on the front lines of American agriculture and they know best what the current issues are,” Perdue said. “USDA will be intimately involved as Congress deliberates and formulates the 2018 Farm Bill. We are committed to making the resources and the research available so that Congress can make good facts-based, data-driven decisions. It’s important to look at past practices to see what has worked and what has not worked, so that we create a farm bill for the future that will be embraced by American agriculture in 2018.” For social media purposes, Secretary Perdue’s Twitter account (@SecretarySonny) will be using the hashtag #BackToOurRoots. USDA Photo by Lance Cheung.
Alice Gast, President, Imperial College London, United Kingdom speaking during the Session: Data-Driven Decision-Making with Imperial College London at the Annual Meeting 2017 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, January 18, 2017
Copyright by World Economic Forum / Sikarin Thanachaiary
In 2018, USAID launched the second-annual Digital Development Awards (the “Digis”) to recognize USAID projects that harness the power of digital tools and data-driven decision making. The WeMUNIZE program was one of five winners chosen out of the 140 applicants. It is implemented by local technology start-up Black Swan Tech Ltd through USAID’s Maternal and Child Survival Program led by Jhpiego.
Faced with limited local record keeping and low levels of literacy and connectivity, the WeMUNIZE program uses a combination of digital record keeping and community engagement to increase early childhood immunizations. For families participating in the WeMUNIZE program, dropout rates have fallen to below 10 percent.
The project recruits primarily women for their team of trained volunteers and supports them with free mobile phones, empowering women to help their communities and overcome social barriers.
Thanks to its coordination with the Government of Nigeria, the project shares the immunization data generated to improve stakeholder coordination and transfers ownership to the state government to build local capacity.
Photos by KC Nwakalor for USAID / Digital Development Communications
On the 4th & 5th October 2016, leading international thinkers in the areas of Data, Predictive Models, Technology and Decision making gathered at the RDS, Dublin, for Predict 2016. The speakers, many of whom I managed to photograph, discussed the latest progress in Predictive Modelling and its future – from Data to Software and Hardware technology, plus Predictive Modelling methods and the best examples of Data-driven Decision-making.
The organisers kindly invited me to the Predict event at the RDS but as I arrived a bit early I took few backstage or behind the scenes shots. In case your are interested I used a Sony A7RM2 coupled with a Sony 29-135 full frame lens. The lens does attract a lot of attention which does allow me to to have interesting people … volunteers, students from Brazil, photographers etc. Of course my lens did not attract as mush attention as the two cars [especially the DeLorean DMC-12. DMC-12s were primarily intended for the American market. All production models were therefore left-hand drive. Evidence survives from as early as April 1981, however, which indicates that the DeLorean Motor Company was aware of the need to produce a right-hand drive version to supply to world markets such as the United Kingdom, Ireland, India, Thailand, Australia, New Zealand and Japan. My contacts in Belfast claim that 16 right-hand drive factory-authorised DeLoreans were produced.
Participants capture during the Session: Data-Driven Decision-Making with Imperial College London at the Annual Meeting 2017 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, January 18, 2017
Copyright by World Economic Forum / Sikarin Thanachaiary
The event launched the second edition of Performance Tracker, a data-driven analysis of the performance of key public services from the Institute for Government and the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy.
A unique independent analysis, Performance Tracker uses more than 100 data series to shed light on the heated but opaque debate about whether our public services can make further efficiencies, or if they really are at breaking point. This edition examined nine public services iincluding those dominating the pre-Budget headlines: prisons, hospitals, schools, police and UK Visas and Immigration.
Based on this analysis, the report looked at key decisions facing the Chancellor in the upcoming budget.
Dr Emily Andrews, Senior Researcher at the Institute for Government, presented the key findings of the report. This was followed by responses from Nicky Morgan MP, Chair of the Treasury Select Committee and Gillian Fawcett, Head of the Governments Faculty at CIPFA.
This event was chaired by Julian McCrae, Deputy Director of the Institute for Government.
@IfGevents #PT2017
Photos by Candice McKenzie
On the 4th & 5th October 2016, leading international thinkers in the areas of Data, Predictive Models, Technology and Decision making gathered at the RDS, Dublin, for Predict 2016. The speakers, many of whom I managed to photograph, discussed the latest progress in Predictive Modelling and its future – from Data to Software and Hardware technology, plus Predictive Modelling methods and the best examples of Data-driven Decision-making.
The organisers kindly invited me to the Predict event at the RDS but as I arrived a bit early I took few backstage or behind the scenes shots. In case your are interested I used a Sony A7RM2 coupled with a Sony 29-135 full frame lens. The lens does attract a lot of attention which does allow me to to have interesting people … volunteers, students from Brazil, photographers etc. Of course my lens did not attract as mush attention as the two cars [especially the DeLorean DMC-12. DMC-12s were primarily intended for the American market. All production models were therefore left-hand drive. Evidence survives from as early as April 1981, however, which indicates that the DeLorean Motor Company was aware of the need to produce a right-hand drive version to supply to world markets such as the United Kingdom, Ireland, India, Thailand, Australia, New Zealand and Japan. My contacts in Belfast claim that 16 right-hand drive factory-authorised DeLoreans were produced.
The Rt Hon Elizabeth Truss MP, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, discussed the Defra modernisation programme which she said will turn Defra into “.. a highly responsive, open and data-driven department that will be a trailblazer for contemporary government, driving environmental improvement and economic growth, especially in the countryside, and providing better protection from natural threats”.
Liz Truss was in conversation with Peter Riddell, Director at the Institute for Government.
This event was chaired by Daniel Thornton.
@ifgevents #Truss
Photo's by Candice McKenzie
The umpire reads the rules to the teams before the start of the historic style baseball game being played where uniforms of the period are worn and they follow the baseball rules of the time in this 1900 era village at the Iowa Living History Farms in Urbandale, IA, on Aug. 5, 2017.
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Sonny Perdue is visiting this year’s annual Grain Harvest Festival where visitors are able to learn about mid-west rural life and the agricultural science and engineering of the past three centuries.
His stop here is part of a five-state RV tour, featuring stops in five states: Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois, and Indiana; titled the “Back to Our Roots” Tour, he is gathering input on the 2018 Farm Bill and increasing rural prosperity, Aug. 3-8, 2017. Along the way, Perdue will meet with farmers, ranchers, foresters, producers, students, governors, Members of Congress, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) employees, and other stakeholders. This is the first of two RV tours the secretary will undertake this summer. “The ‘Back to our Roots’ Farm Bill and rural prosperity RV listening tour will allow us to hear directly from people in agriculture across the country, as well as our consumers – they are the ones on the front lines of American agriculture and they know best what the current issues are,” Perdue said. “USDA will be intimately involved as Congress deliberates and formulates the 2018 Farm Bill. We are committed to making the resources and the research available so that Congress can make good facts-based, data-driven decisions. It’s important to look at past practices to see what has worked and what has not worked, so that we create a farm bill for the future that will be embraced by American agriculture in 2018.” For social media purposes, Secretary Perdue’s Twitter account (@SecretarySonny) will be using the hashtag #BackToOurRoots. USDA Photo by Lance Cheung.
We couldn’t be more
excited for our 2022 Michigan Municipal League Convention happening this year in beautiful Muskegon.
This year’s Convention marks a reset for our local leaders. Positive change is
happening across the state. Thanks to the hard work of our members, now is the moment
to shape a future that turns this potential into prosperity. Attendees will spend Oct. 19-21 meeting with
transformational thinkers and fellow local leaders to fill up on inspiration, energy,
insight, and new tools at this year’s Convention!
While in this shoreline community, you won’t want to miss this opportunity to
explore. You can catch a stunning sunset over the water, stroll along the beach
and pier at Pere Marquette Park, and discover the downtown revitalization that’s
underway, including the city’s expansive social district.
Of course, the main show is the Convention itself, and we have put together
a fantastic agenda of inspiring speakers and education sessions on multiple
topics. On the main stage, we’re particularly excited to have keynote speaker
Symone D. Sanders-Townsend, host of the MSNBC news show “Symone” and former chief
spokesperson and senior advisor for Vice President Kamala Harris. Plus, there are
sessions on space-hacking, using social media effectively at the local level, the
intersection of law enforcement and mental health services, creating a municipal
climate action plan, and data-driven-decision making. We also will cover ways to
use your state and federal assistance funding to improve community prosperity
and quality of life and get a legislative update from our Lansing advocacy team.
Even with that list, we’ve barely scratched the surface of all the sessions,
workshops, activities, and tours planned. Our general sessions and speakers are:
HOUSING: A LOCAL PERSPECTIVE FOR MICHIGANDERS BY MICHIGANDERS
Speakers: Brenda Harris, Realtor, Fivestar* Real Estate
Moderator: Selma Tucker, Director, Strategic Communications,
Michigan Municipal League
Everyone is talking about the housing market. Let’s go behind the scenes with a
real estate agent to get their take. Chat with Brenda Harris, a well-known realtor
and short-term rental business owner in Muskegon and the region. Brenda will
join the MML’s Selma Tucker for the inside scoop on the issues real people and
their communities care about—attainable and affordable housing, new supply,
funding, and—yes—short-term rentals. You might be surprised by what she has
to say.
PUBLIC SERVICE FROM OMAHA TO THE WHITE HOUSE
Speakers: Symone D. Sanders-Townsend, author, seasoned democratic strategist and host of “SYMONE” on MSNBC and MSNBC on Peacock
Why are you a public servant? It probably has something to do with where you’re from and how that community shaped your future. Symone Sanders-Townsend is creating a legacy of public service at the national level rooted in the values of her hometown of North Omaha, Nebraska. Those values have catapulted Symone to rarified air on that national stage having held senior positions in presidential campaigns, the White House, and now her own show, “Symone” on MSNBC. At 32, Symone speaks from a generation of public servants investing heavily in a future that has more opportunity, equity, and joy.
STRENGTHENING COMMUNITY THROUGH MUSIC
Speakers: John Sinkevics, Editor and Publisher, Local Spins Online Magazine
Michigan has a special relationship with music. Motown was created in Detroit. Bob Seger, Eminem, Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder, The White Stripes, Madonna, Diana Ross, Kid Rock, Smokey Robinson and many other marquee names were born and, in many cases, raised in one of our communities. Add the rich history of concert venues from Idlewild to Houghton and it becomes clear that music is a Michigan asset. How can communities support their local musicians? How can music help bring us together when we feel so far apart? Answers and more at this lively and interactive session.
POLITICAL PUNDITS PONTIFICATE: DISCUSSING THE 2022 ELECTIONS & WHAT IT MEANS FOR YOU
Speakers: Rick Pluta, Senior Capitol Correspondent, Michigan Public Radio John Sellek, Founder and CEO, Harbor Strategic Public Affairs Karmilia K. Landrum, Executive Director of the Detroit Branch of the NAACP Moderator: Zoe Clark, Political Director, Michigan Radio
With the November general election right around the corner, we’re gathering a panel of political experts to talk about the election, give some of their predictions, discuss key races and ballot issues our members care the most about, and debate other hot political topics, including short-term rentals, revenue sharing, pension reform, and more. This is your chance to ask the media and political expert
So, get ready to learn, enjoy, network, and have fun discovering Muskegon and
the ways to make your own communities even better.
Stay connected with all that is going on at Convention and with the League year
round by following the League on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. For the latest
Convention updates, be sure to follow #mmlconv.
One of the key parts of Convention is our Community Excellence Award competition. We’re now down to the final four competing for the top prize and the winner will be selected and announced at the conclusion of our Convention.
This year’s winner will be decided by the entire Convention delegation. Our
four nominees will make presentations on Wednesday, October 19, immediately
following the opening general session.
Voting will take place at the Community Excellence Award voting booth in the
Delta Hotel pre-function space from Wednesday, October 19, from 11:30 am to
5:45 pm and again on Thursday, October 20, from 8:00 am to 3:45 pm. Voting
will also be available via the Convention mobile app on-demand.
Our official auditors, Plante Moran PLLC, will oversee the voting booth and
count the ballots. The Community Excellence Award Cup will be presented on
Friday, October 21, at the closing General Session.
The 2022 finalists are:
Cassopolis – Imagine Cass Project Village of Cassopolis:
Small, Rural, and Exceptional
Farmington Hills – City of Farmington Hills Community Center –
The Hawk
Royal Oak – Centennial Commons: Reimagining a Parking Lot
into a Green Gathering Space
Traverse City – Traverse City Boardman Lake Loop Trail
Thank you to everyone who submitted projects!
We also will be recognizing several award winners during Convention. Those being honored are:
-Robert La Fave, village manager for the Village of L’Anse in the Upper Peninsula. Bob received our Community Builder Award that goes to individuals whose leadership creates positive community change
-Westland Mayor William Wild. Bill received the Michael A. Guido Leadership and Public Service Award for his professionalism and leadership, and his dedication to the residents in his own community and to people throughout our state.
-Our Jim Sinclair Exceptional Service Award celebrates a person dedicated to public service who has shown passion and commitment to the League, enthusiastically supporting its mission, and promoting its purpose. This year, we have three recipients of the Sinclair Award. They are:
- Huntington Woods Commissioner Jeff Jenks
- Deanna Koski, the longest serving councilperson in Sterling Heights
- And Fenton Mayor Pro Tem Pat Lockwood
-And lastly, the highest individual honor we celebrate is the Honorary Life Membership Award. This year we have two worthy recipients of this award. They are:
- Former East Lansing Mayor Nathan Triplett
- Former Dearborn Mayor Jack O’Reilly
Monitoring wildfires from space is crucial for understanding their impact on climate, including the release of greenhouse gases and aerosols that influence Earth’s system.
This data-driven Little Picture uses satellite data to illustrate the annual pattern of burned area for European countries between 2001–2020. The size of each circle represents the burned area for the individual countries of Europe.
Read more about the competition
Credits: ESA
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Sonny Perdue, Indiana Farm Bureau President Randy Kron, Governor Eric J. Holcomb, Lt. Governor Suzanna Crouch meets with the news media after a farm bill listening session with approximately 40 local farmers, in the Normandy Barn, at the Indiana State Fairgrounds, in Indianapolis, IN, on August 8, 2017.
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue is on a five-state RV tour, featuring stops in five states: Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois, and Indiana; titled the “Back to Our Roots” Tour, he is gathering input on the 2018 Farm Bill and increasing rural prosperity, Aug. 3-8, 2017. Along the way, Perdue will meet with farmers, ranchers, foresters, producers, students, governors, Members of Congress, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) employees, and other stakeholders. This is the first of two RV tours the secretary will undertake this summer. “The ‘Back to our Roots’ Farm Bill and rural prosperity RV listening tour will allow us to hear directly from people in agriculture across the country, as well as our consumers – they are the ones on the front lines of American agriculture and they know best what the current issues are,” Perdue said. “USDA will be intimately involved as Congress deliberates and formulates the 2018 Farm Bill. We are committed to making the resources and the research available so that Congress can make good facts-based, data-driven decisions. It’s important to look at past practices to see what has worked and what has not worked, so that we create a farm bill for the future that will be embraced by American agriculture in 2018.” For social media purposes, Secretary Perdue’s Twitter account (@SecretarySonny) will be using the hashtag #BackToOurRoots. USDA Photo by Lance Cheung.
We couldn’t be more
excited for our 2022 Michigan Municipal League Convention happening this year in beautiful Muskegon.
This year’s Convention marks a reset for our local leaders. Positive change is
happening across the state. Thanks to the hard work of our members, now is the moment
to shape a future that turns this potential into prosperity. Attendees will spend Oct. 19-21 meeting with
transformational thinkers and fellow local leaders to fill up on inspiration, energy,
insight, and new tools at this year’s Convention!
While in this shoreline community, you won’t want to miss this opportunity to
explore. You can catch a stunning sunset over the water, stroll along the beach
and pier at Pere Marquette Park, and discover the downtown revitalization that’s
underway, including the city’s expansive social district.
Of course, the main show is the Convention itself, and we have put together
a fantastic agenda of inspiring speakers and education sessions on multiple
topics. On the main stage, we’re particularly excited to have keynote speaker
Symone D. Sanders-Townsend, host of the MSNBC news show “Symone” and former chief
spokesperson and senior advisor for Vice President Kamala Harris. Plus, there are
sessions on space-hacking, using social media effectively at the local level, the
intersection of law enforcement and mental health services, creating a municipal
climate action plan, and data-driven-decision making. We also will cover ways to
use your state and federal assistance funding to improve community prosperity
and quality of life and get a legislative update from our Lansing advocacy team.
Even with that list, we’ve barely scratched the surface of all the sessions,
workshops, activities, and tours planned. Our general sessions and speakers are:
HOUSING: A LOCAL PERSPECTIVE FOR MICHIGANDERS BY MICHIGANDERS
Speakers: Brenda Harris, Realtor, Fivestar* Real Estate
Moderator: Selma Tucker, Director, Strategic Communications,
Michigan Municipal League
Everyone is talking about the housing market. Let’s go behind the scenes with a
real estate agent to get their take. Chat with Brenda Harris, a well-known realtor
and short-term rental business owner in Muskegon and the region. Brenda will
join the MML’s Selma Tucker for the inside scoop on the issues real people and
their communities care about—attainable and affordable housing, new supply,
funding, and—yes—short-term rentals. You might be surprised by what she has
to say.
PUBLIC SERVICE FROM OMAHA TO THE WHITE HOUSE
Speakers: Symone D. Sanders-Townsend, author, seasoned democratic strategist and host of “SYMONE” on MSNBC and MSNBC on Peacock
Why are you a public servant? It probably has something to do with where you’re from and how that community shaped your future. Symone Sanders-Townsend is creating a legacy of public service at the national level rooted in the values of her hometown of North Omaha, Nebraska. Those values have catapulted Symone to rarified air on that national stage having held senior positions in presidential campaigns, the White House, and now her own show, “Symone” on MSNBC. At 32, Symone speaks from a generation of public servants investing heavily in a future that has more opportunity, equity, and joy.
STRENGTHENING COMMUNITY THROUGH MUSIC
Speakers: John Sinkevics, Editor and Publisher, Local Spins Online Magazine
Michigan has a special relationship with music. Motown was created in Detroit. Bob Seger, Eminem, Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder, The White Stripes, Madonna, Diana Ross, Kid Rock, Smokey Robinson and many other marquee names were born and, in many cases, raised in one of our communities. Add the rich history of concert venues from Idlewild to Houghton and it becomes clear that music is a Michigan asset. How can communities support their local musicians? How can music help bring us together when we feel so far apart? Answers and more at this lively and interactive session.
POLITICAL PUNDITS PONTIFICATE: DISCUSSING THE 2022 ELECTIONS & WHAT IT MEANS FOR YOU
Speakers: Rick Pluta, Senior Capitol Correspondent, Michigan Public Radio John Sellek, Founder and CEO, Harbor Strategic Public Affairs Karmilia K. Landrum, Executive Director of the Detroit Branch of the NAACP Moderator: Zoe Clark, Political Director, Michigan Radio
With the November general election right around the corner, we’re gathering a panel of political experts to talk about the election, give some of their predictions, discuss key races and ballot issues our members care the most about, and debate other hot political topics, including short-term rentals, revenue sharing, pension reform, and more. This is your chance to ask the media and political expert
So, get ready to learn, enjoy, network, and have fun discovering Muskegon and
the ways to make your own communities even better.
Stay connected with all that is going on at Convention and with the League year
round by following the League on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. For the latest
Convention updates, be sure to follow #mmlconv.
One of the key parts of Convention is our Community Excellence Award competition. We’re now down to the final four competing for the top prize and the winner will be selected and announced at the conclusion of our Convention.
This year’s winner will be decided by the entire Convention delegation. Our
four nominees will make presentations on Wednesday, October 19, immediately
following the opening general session.
Voting will take place at the Community Excellence Award voting booth in the
Delta Hotel pre-function space from Wednesday, October 19, from 11:30 am to
5:45 pm and again on Thursday, October 20, from 8:00 am to 3:45 pm. Voting
will also be available via the Convention mobile app on-demand.
Our official auditors, Plante Moran PLLC, will oversee the voting booth and
count the ballots. The Community Excellence Award Cup will be presented on
Friday, October 21, at the closing General Session.
The 2022 finalists are:
Cassopolis – Imagine Cass Project Village of Cassopolis:
Small, Rural, and Exceptional
Farmington Hills – City of Farmington Hills Community Center –
The Hawk
Royal Oak – Centennial Commons: Reimagining a Parking Lot
into a Green Gathering Space
Traverse City – Traverse City Boardman Lake Loop Trail
Thank you to everyone who submitted projects!
We also will be recognizing several award winners during Convention. Those being honored are:
-Robert La Fave, village manager for the Village of L’Anse in the Upper Peninsula. Bob received our Community Builder Award that goes to individuals whose leadership creates positive community change
-Westland Mayor William Wild. Bill received the Michael A. Guido Leadership and Public Service Award for his professionalism and leadership, and his dedication to the residents in his own community and to people throughout our state.
-Our Jim Sinclair Exceptional Service Award celebrates a person dedicated to public service who has shown passion and commitment to the League, enthusiastically supporting its mission, and promoting its purpose. This year, we have three recipients of the Sinclair Award. They are:
- Huntington Woods Commissioner Jeff Jenks
- Deanna Koski, the longest serving councilperson in Sterling Heights
- And Fenton Mayor Pro Tem Pat Lockwood
-And lastly, the highest individual honor we celebrate is the Honorary Life Membership Award. This year we have two worthy recipients of this award. They are:
- Former East Lansing Mayor Nathan Triplett
- Former Dearborn Mayor Jack O’Reilly