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Social way to mark content as old/obsolete
We all struggle with obsolete content in our deployments. Employees get upset when they spend time reading content that is out of date or no longer relevant.
I'd love to see something like the 'Like' feature but that can be used to socially flag content as old or obsolete. Then ideally space admins could easily locate this content and deal with it. See the "Bulk operations" Idea for more thoughts on that too.
I am adding some details below from an idea that Ryan Rutan logged so that we can combine the two ideas:
Marking content as old/obsolete, "Needs Attention" or "Out of Date"
- Would notify the Author(s) letting them know that someone feels the content may be out of date.
- Marks can be accrued and displayed in the UI ... this helps build a "How much should I trust this document score?" - Similar to Liking
- These can also be used to influence relevancy
If the content is updated (i.e. new verson)....all marks for "out of date" are cleared
In a way, this could play a stronger more succinct role than relying on users to comment and fully engage the Author or content, mainly because it restricts the feedback to the specific version of the content and allows for a "reset" when the content is updated. This is unlike adding tags, comments, and ratings which tend to stick around long after a new revision has been added.
In an ideal world, users would update the content to make it accurate; however, in many cases....readers are not educated on the internals of a given piece of documentation, so they may not be empowered to resolve inaccuracies even if they had the inclination to do so.
The "Outdated" Structured Outcomes delivers this and offers the opportunity to point to replacement content.


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The Hubble Ultra-Deep Field (HUDF) is an image of a small region of space in the constellation Fornax, composited from Hubble Space Telescope data accumulated over a period from September 24, 2003, through to January 16, 2004. Looking back approximately 13 billion years (between 400 and 800 million years after the Big ...
Photo taken by Chip Reif, the photo sequence was initiated at T-12 seconds so that the camera would be pointed at launch pad 39-A to capture the last launch of the Space Shuttle Discovery.
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A sight to behold. An experience to be treasured. The last full day of summer begins with a nearly full moon and a field of sunflowers that would make the hills of Tuscany take notice. A composite of twenty images totaling ten minutes of exposure in brightest lunar glow created this image.
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Fight to make Arizona Cardinals' roster enters its final round
TEMPE, Ariz. -- The proverbial bubble will burst for 22 Arizona Cardinals by the end of the week.
Teams must reduce rosters to a league-mandated 53 players by 3:00 p.m. MST Saturday, giving many one final audition to showcase their skills.
"I approach it like any other game," wide receiver Jaron Brown said of the Cardinals' preseason finale at Denver Thursday. "I'm just trying to go out there and be the best receiver I can be, a complete receiver and just have a complete game."
Receiver, tight end, cornerback, safety as well as the offensive line were the positions head coach Bruce Arians identified as having yet to be solidified.
"There's about four or five spots that are up for grabs still," he said Tuesday.
Now while this one last game likely won't be the determining factor in a player's fate, it will be added to what Arians has often referred to as a player's r�sum�: How well they play, how well they practice, how well they study in meetings.
"I don't necessarily feel like I am fighting (for a roster spot)," cornerback Bryan McCann said. "I understand what's at stake, but I can't go out there and try and be some player that I'm not. I got to do what I can do. If it's good enough to be here, then I will be; and if not, then I won't."
And even if a player does survive Saturday, that may not mean they have survived the weekend. Once those final cuts are made, teams will begin to scan the waiver wire.
"That's the other thing that we can't put into account because you don't know who's going to be on it," Arians said. "That's always a tough decision to grab somebody that hasn't been with you over somebody who has been. There will be two or three guys and I'll say, �Look, you're here. It could be a practice squad spot by Thursday.'"
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I will try to describe the steps I took to make the algorithm work in practice.
When you want to classify data in two categories, few algorithms are better than SVM.
It usually divides data in two different sets by finding a "line" that better separates the points. It is capable to classify data linearly (put a straight line to differentiate sets) or do a nonlinear classification (differentiate sets with a curve). This "separator" is called a hyperplane.
Picture 1 - Linear hyperplane separator
Before you even start running the algorithm, the first thing needed is to normalize features. SVM uses features to classify data, and these should be obtained by analyzing the dataset and seeing what better represents it (like what is done with SIFT and SURF for images). When parameters are not normalized, the ones with greater absolute value have greater effect on the hyperplane margin. This means that some parameters are going to influence more your algorithms than others. If that is not what you want, make sure all data features have the same range.
Another important point to check is the parameters from the SVM algorithm itself. A parameter that has to be tuned in practice to better fit the hyperplane to the data. This parameter is γ (gama) and it is responsible for the linearity degree of the hyperplane. The smaller γ is, the more the hyperplane is going to look like a straight line. If γ is too great, the hyperplane will be more curvy and might delineate the data too well and lead to overfitting.
Picture 2 - great value of γ
Another parameter to be tuned to help improve accuracy is C. It is responsible for the size of the "soft margin" of SVM. The soft margin is a "gray" area around the hyperplane. This means that points inside this soft margin are not classified as any of the two categories. The smaller the value of C, the greater the soft margin.
Picture 3 - Great values of C
Picture 4 - Small values of C
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Fibromyalgia: Physical Mechanisms and Evaluation of Severity Richard Podell, MD Clinical Professor of Family Medicine UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School 105 Morris Ave. Springfield, NJ 07081 53 Kossuth St., Somerset, NJ 08873 973 218 9191; www. DrPodell.org The ACR Criteria For Fibromyalgia Require: 1. History of widespread pain for at least 3 months in 4 quadrants of the body along with axial skeletal pain 2. Pain at 11 or more of 18 specifically designated muscle-tendon sites called "tender points" 3. Appropriate Rule/outs Note: Tender points are sites that are normally more tender i.e. sensitive to pressure Fibromyalgia Examine using thumb with force that just makes thumbnail blanch (4 kg/1.4 cm2) Tender Point Count and Intensity Can vary from day to day The degree of tender points tends to predict functional limitation. But, the correlation is very far from perfect. Individuals with less than 11 of 18 may still have severe functional limitations. (Chronic Pain Syndrome.) The cut-off between "fibromyalgia" and "chronic pain syndrome" is somewhat arbitrary Neural sensitization in fibromyalgia Small stimuli are amplified and distorted by the pain signaling pathways within the CNS In a sense the volume knob for pain is turned up to "very high" This is fibromyalgia's anatomical and functional "end organ" damage FMS is Multi-system—not just muscles Chronic Fatigue Vulvodynia Syndrome Orthostatic Non-restorative Sleep Hypotension Cognitive Problems Postural Orthostatic ("fibro fog") Tachycardia (POTS) Irritable bowel Anxiety Irritable bladder Depression Chronic headache Delayed Post Exertional Flare-Up Fibromyalgia Evidence That Fibromyalgia (FMS) is a Physical Illness Involving Increased Neural Sensitivity: Functional MRI/SPECT Studies "… support the hypothesis that fibromyalgia is characterized by cortical or sub-cortical augmentation of pain processing" (Gracely R, et. al. Functional magnetic resonance imaging evidence of augmented pain processing in fibromyalgia. Arthritis Rheum. 2002;46:1333-43.) Lange's fMRI Results for CFS Individuals with severe CFS were given a cognitive task that required a rapid physical response Functional MRI showed that these individuals recruited many more areas of the brain than did controls, This increased activation was present whether or not standard neurocognitive tests were abnormal. FMS PATIENTS COULD ACCOMPLISH THE TASK BUT HAD TO WORK HARDER TO DO IT Lange's Conclusion "Individuals with CFS appear to have to exert greater effort to process auditory information as effectively as demographically similar health adults. Our findings provide objective evidence for the subjective experience of cognitive difficulties in individuals with CFS." Lange G, Steffner, J , Cook, D et. A l. Objective evidence of cognitive complaints in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A BOLD fMRI study of verbal working memory., NeuroImage 2005; 26: 513-524. Symptoms FMS Patients Report Pain Fatigue Poor Stamina Cognitive Difficulties These symptoms worsen after modest exertion—often with a delay—The Delayed Post-Exertional Flare-Up Phenomenon The Post-Exertional Flare-Up Phenomenon Characteristic of severe FMS/CFS Stamina for several hours of activity might or might not be highly limited. BUT symptoms of illness often flare up later The delay may be several hours or one or more days The effects of over-doing tend to be cumulative. Over- doing for several days causes a greater and longer flare- up than overdoing for just one day Assessing Functional Limitations FMS and CFS patients claim that over-activity causes symptoms to flare, often with a delay. Such worsening accumulates with repeated episodes of "over-doing" i.e. If they push through their "limits" for several days, the flare-up will be more severe and longer than if they "push-through" for only a single day. Therefore, To Have Face Validity, Disability Assessment Methods Must Evaluate for Post- Exertional Flare-up and for the effects of repeated efforts over days or weeks or months. Current FCE Protocols Ask The Wrong Question These might have use for rheumatoid arthritis, lumbar disc, angina, etc., where relevant limitations should show within a few minutes or hours of effort But there is no logical or empirical basis for extrapolating just several hours of FCE results to any judgment about whether a person with FMS/CFS can sustain comparable effort over multiple days, weeks or months. Current FCE Protocols Lack Scientific Basis for FMS/CFS Search of PubMed data-base using keywords: FCE or Functional Capacity Evaluation AND Fibromyalgia or Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Only 1 scientific paper for FCE and FMS and 5 for FCE and CFS. None justified extrapolation from short-term FCE testing to any conclusion about ability to work for 40 hours a week. CONCLUSION FCE protocols cannot be relevant until they are revised and then validated to look specifically at sustained, ongoing function--not just performance over several hours. Physical Exam Findings (Except in a few special situations) no finding on standard physical examination predicts or should be expected to predict the severity of illness or the ability to work. Consider two individuals with FMS/CFS—one who can work and one who cannot. THEIR PHYSICAL EXAM FINDINGS WILL LIKELY BE IDENTICAL Physical Exam If present orthostatic low BP, postural orthostatic tachycardia and neurocognitive test abnormalities suggest severe disease. But their absence does not mean that illness is mild. Muscle strength, joint motion, standard "mental status" exam, x-rays and neuro exams will usually be normal even when FMS/CFS is severe. Lab Testing No standard lab tests adequately measure the severity of illness or degree of limitation In research studies groups of FMS and CFS patients tend to show more lab abnormalities than do groups of controls. But the overlap is too large to apply to individuals. "No objective evidence" on Physical Exam We should not expect any specific "objective" physical exam or lab findings to be present or absent for disabling FMS/CFS. To suggest that the absence of such "objective findings" on PE or Labs rules out disability misunderstands the nature of this illness. What Evidence Can We Use Medical Records—most important Consistency of patients reports with the known clinical patterns of FMS/CFS Opinions of Treating Physicians Opinions of IME Physicians Independent evidence on Credibility-- Does patient actually live in the manner they report? e.g. Surveillance, Diaries, Affidavits Evaluating the Evidence No Method is Perfect. All have potential strengths and weaknesses. Any can be biased. #1 almost always is the Medical Records Richard Podell, M.D. 105 Morris Avenue, Springfield, NJ 07081 53 Kossuth St. Somerset, NJ, 08873 973-218-9191 www.DrPodell.org
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The Audio Engineering Society has published the full schedule of events for its upcoming 131st Convention, to be staged at New York's Javits Center, Oct. 20-23. Highlights include programming tracks dedicated to Broadcast/Streaming, Education, Game Audio, Historical, Live Sound, Master Class, Paper, Platinum, Product Design and Special Events, along with Tech Tours, Tutorials and Workshops. The Preliminary Events Calendar, now available online, details all of the above.
"We have made every effort to develop the most user-friendly format," Committee Chair Jim Anderson said. "Easy to read, drop-down abstracts are imbedded within the color-coded grid. Dates and times are clearly illustrated.
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One of the most eagerly anticipated events at the show is the Platinum Mastering Panel, organized by the legendary Bob Ludwig of Gateway Mastering. This year's event, titled "You Have Questions, We Have Answers," will take place from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 21.
Topics include the latest trends and techniques in mastering; the state of the record industry; the de-evolution of the opportunity for learning through apprenticeship and, most importantly, questions from the audience. As a timely "extra," the event will include a demo and discussion of Apple's new iTunes Producer program. Recently introduced to optimize the sound quality of AAC files for iTunes, this new, higher resolution (96/24 bit) paradigm shift looms as one of the most important innovations on the download horizon.
Platinum Panel participants will include: Adam Ayan, Gateway Mastering Studios (Nirvana, Foo Fighters, Nine Inch Nails); Chris Gehringer, Sterling Sound, NYC (Lady Gaga, Nelly, Cee Lo Green); Scott Hull, Masterdisk, NYC (Sting, Lou Reed, Miles Davis); Darcy Proper, Wisseloord Studios, The Netherlands (Eric Clapton, Steely Dan); and Barak Moffitt, EVP EMI Label Group (Capitol Studios), who will provide the record label perspective on today's mastering process. Bob Ludwig will serve as moderator.
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First recorded by Vaughn Monroe, it became a popular hit, reaching number one on the Billboard music chart the following year. One of the best-selling songs of all time, "Let It Snow!" has been covered countless times. Due to its seasonal lyrics, it is commonly regarded as a Christmas song. Yet despite its cheery, holiday feel, it is a love song that never mentions Christmas.
In 1963, Smokey Robinson & The Miracles recorded the song for Christmas with The Miracles (1963)
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... windmills that traditionally kept the place dry-ish and ensured that the Dutch and Holland were not consumed by the North Sea. The windmills are as beautiful and quaint as you imagine and with the backdrop of a clear blue sky at their best. The road back to Amsterdam was next and the highlight was watching how often the VW reported that we had dropped below sea level - this country has barely a bump, let alone a hill. Speed ...
Looking for Norbert
... s personality.A snapshot judgement is that nobody is trying to win the global race over here,they have all signed up for the local fun run.
Don't be in a rush to get served in a restaurant,don't worry that drivers from hell are going to swarm all over you and in the week since we left Norway we reckon we have seen no more than six police vehicles.Mobile 'phones etc. are much less common than in UK.
We were surprised that in Germany very ...
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Amy, Jen and I met at the airport on Friday. Our 10 pm flight got pushed to midnite. We used every penny of the $10 food voucher they gave us. Flight was good. I slept a little but nothing great. Landed safely on Saturday at 3pm. Jeanne was right there waiting for ...
Arnhem to Xanten
... years ago ). In ad363 Victor of xanten was martyred here and St Victors Cathedral was later built over his burial place started in 982 completed 1263 .the town had lots of old buildings and surrounded by 2lakes South and west lake.they have a foot print route both famous and private people have terracotta foot prints plaques set into the pavements you can follow to the tourist attractions ,found some english bikers they said they ...
Last day in the Netherlandds
... around us. No eavesdropping!!!
What I know about Holland that I didn't before....
The Dutch eat mustard with everything! They dip cheese int it, they dip bread in it, they dip all their appetizers in it!
There is more water and canals than I ever could have imagined. The cities and towns are like Venice, and boats are just as much a part of the transportation as ...


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Arts & Culture
Creating Architectural Memories
Posted on 4/24/15 by Christina Noble » No Comments
DPJ is launching a new Placemaking editorial series in partnership with the Phoenix Metro Chapter of the AIA (American Institute of Architects). Together we will explore the buildings and structures of our city, look closer at what makes them special, and perhaps challenge those who want to contribute to our built environment to approach downtown development in a more thoughtful way.
"Quality architecture to me is when a building manages to move me. What on earth is it that moves me? One word for it is atmosphere." – Peter Zumthor, Atmospheres
How do we create places that are meaningful? How does design impact our everyday lives? How do emotions and architecture intertwine to create memories? I'm curious to think about how architecture and urban design can set the stage for helping us form memories to last a lifetime in my hometown and a city that I love–Phoenix.
What's interesting to me is the intertwining of architecture, urban design and feelings as we look back through our lives. As we sift through our memories, the feelings of a space may remain, while the physical details fade; we may remember loving the warmth of our grandmother's kitchen, or the awesomeness of a cathedral, but not exactly why. However, this doesn't mean that architecture is unimportant or a passive, innocent bystander.
Architecture and design are pushing and pulling us, shaping how our lives play out. If a restaurant is too loud, we may avoid dinner there with our grandparents. If it's a warm, sunny day, we may seek a park shaded by trees on the weekend with the kids. If the only bike route to work involves cars speeding by at 50mph, we'll most likely opt to hop into our own car as well.
These decisions impact what we eat, how we spend quality time with family, and our health. Even though we may not be fully aware–design matters. Physical space mixes and mingles with our emotions in ways we probably don't even realize.
Space Impacts Emotions
In the morning, I take my son, Chase, to school. I leave down a narrow, deeply shaded hall, both of us waving as he sits in a tiny blue chair on the edge of the playground. He's framed by the opening at the end of the hall as the sun hits his hair so that he glows. The look on his face is sometimes sad or concerned about being left, other times eager to run off with his friends. Every morning, I think about how beautiful the moment is. I want to remember.
Architecture mixed with life triggers emotions. I want to hold on to this moment so strongly because I love him. I want to hold on to this moment because I know soon he'll be too embarrassed to be seen with me when I take him to school.
From a more intellectual perspective, what also triggers my desire is the visual image created by our surroundings. I notice the beauty in the moment because of the contrast between light and shadow, the building's and the playground's relationship to the sun, and how Chase is framed by an opening washed in light at the end of a shaded, long hall. What matters are the feelings and the emotion, but what sets it all up for me to notice and to feel that it matters are our surroundings–the architecture.
This is only one small example where architecture and emotion come together to engrain a lasting memory. What's fantastic is that many architects and designers in the Valley are devoting their careers to creating architectural memories. I'm proud to be working alongside them to help make Phoenix beautiful.
Wire | International Jazz Day Takes Place April 30
Posted on 4/23/15 by DPJ Staff » No Comments
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Free outdoor concert is one of 196 global celebrations taking place on April 30
Downtown Phoenix joins more than 196 global "International Jazz Day" celebrations on April 30, the date officially designated by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to celebrate jazz and the role it plays in uniting people in all corners of the world. The FREE outdoor concert at CityScape features world-renowned jazz saxophonist Azar Lawrence, New Orleans jazz vocalist and Phoenix native Nayo Jones, and an all-star lineup of local, national and international jazz artists. This year's concert includes a tribute to the centennial of Billy Strayhorn, a prolific composer and arraigner who is best known for his multi-year collaboration with Duke Ellington on songs like, "Take the ATrain," "Satin Dolls," and "Lush Life."
- Azar Lawrence – world-renowned composer, arranger and saxophonist who has performed as a sideman to Miles Davis, McCoy Tyner, Freddie Hubbard and Woody
Shaw. He will be performing songs from his new CD The Seeker.
- Nayo Jones – Phoenix native and rising jazz vocalist star who has been signed by Universal Records. She performs in the annual New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival and is currently touring the country with Kermit Ruffins and wowing fans with her signature new-soul jazz style.
- Royce Murray – accomplished songwriter whose career includes collaborations with R&B icon Barry White; opening acts for Tony Monaco, Joey DeFrancesco and the legendary Jimmy Smith; and playing organ for ABC, CBS and NBC television soap operas.
- Dowell Davis – known as "D" to his fellow players, he has graced national and international stages with his drumming since 1983. He's an accomplished artist who has played a variety of musical styles, and has an innate understanding of grooving.
- Carlos Rivas – International Latino jazz artist who has performed throughout the world. He is founder and director of Mex-Sal, one of Arizona's most prestigious Latin groups.
- Kerry Campbell – Jazz saxophonist and former member of The Dramatics and famed band War. He has performed with jazz greats Herbie Hancock, George Duke, Joe Sample among others.
- William "Doc" Jones – Jazz saxophonist, keyboard artist, music educator, founder of NextStudent Academy, and proud father of Nayo Jones. His performances include stints with Aretha Franklin and The Temptations.
WHEN / WHERE: Wednesday, April 30, 4:00PM to 9:00PM, CityScape at 1 East Washington Street, Phoenix, AZ 85004
COST / PUBLIC CONTACT: "International Jazz Day" is FREE to the public, however donations are appreciated. VIP event seating is also available at Copper Blues with a $100 donation. Proceeds support the NextStudent Academy, a local 501(c)(3) organization that works with schools to make jazz music education and instruments available and accessible to students from kindergarten through college. For more information or to make a donation, visit www.nextstudentmusic.com or (602) 234-3397.
Wire | Keep Phoenix Beautiful Celebrates Earth Day
Posted on 4/22/15 by DPJ Staff » No Comments
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Come celebrate Earth Day at this family friendly festival in Downtown Phoenix! Free Admission!
Keep Phoenix Beautiful will host the 6th annual Earth Day Festival, presented by Republic Services, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, April 25th, located at PHX Renew, the north east corner of Central Avenue and Indian School Road.
PHX Renews will be filled with local exhibitors that include nonprofits, businesses, and city, state and county departments providing information and relevant giveaways with a core message of sustainability. From solar energy, recycling, to gardening our exhibitors are on site to provide resources and information on how you can live sustainably!
"Keep Phoenix Beautiful looks forward to welcoming the public to our PHX Renews project to see firsthand what is happening at the corner of Central & Indian School Roads." Said Tom Waldeck, President and CEO of Keep Phoenix Beautiful. "Earth Day Phoenix will host many exhibitors and give you the opportunity to interact with our community gardeners as well as our 16 partners on site. Join us as we celebrate Earth Day on April 25th!"
The Earth Day Phoenix Festival will also feature bike parking, a green car show, SunUp Brewing Beer Garden, and short educational seminars throughout the day. Reduce your carbon footprint on Earth Day – there will be no parking on site at PHX Renews and alternative modes of transportation such as light rail and biking is highly recommended. Earth Day Phoenix is a Zero-Waste event.
Images courtesy of Keep Phoenix Beautiful.
Wire | Phoenix Urban Design Week Kicks Off
Posted on 4/16/15 by DPJ Staff » No Comments
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Phoenix Urban Design Week 2015
Phoenix Urban Design Week convenes and engages people making the future of Phoenix–from urban planners, designers, landscape architects, and policy makers to entrepreneurs, artists, and placemaking specialists. The design of our rules, our built environment, and our culture are essential ingredients of economic growth, sustainability, and community empowerment. We are collaborating to design and build a city we all want to live in. This year we've added more kid-friendly events so the whole family can participate. Join us!
In this working design/build morning, volunteers will make picnic tables and a set of front porch stoops to encourage future community conversations and gatherings. We will work with our local AIGA chapter of graphic designers to weave a vibrant chain-link typography installation in the parking lot, beautifying Van Buren Street and building the foundation for more maker collaborations to come at The CPLC Pickle House. On Saturday April 25th, the PHXUDW GARDENS + BIKES + BRUNCH will be the first of many hands-on community workshops to be held at this great new location!
This PHXUDW event is brought to you in collaboration with SERVE-A-THON PHX, an annual volunteer service event that mobilizes over a thousand volunteers for "done-in-a-day-projects" supporting nonprofits, schools, municipalities, and grassroots community organizations throughout Greater Phoenix. For more information visit Hands on Greater Phoenix.
If you would like to join our gang of volunteers and be part of building this special community resource, sign-up through Hands on Greater Phoenix.
If you would like to be part of the design team and participate in a creative workshop in the build up to this event sign-up through AIGA.
WHERE: The CPLC Pickle House, 1401 East Van Buren, Phoenix, AZ 85006
LIGHTRAIL: Washington Street & 12th Street
REGISTER: Hands on Greater Phoenix, AIGA
PRICE: FREE for general volunteers, $25/$45 for Design for Good workshop – see AIGA website for details
WHO: Everyone is welcome, must be age 12+ to volunteer
Spend the afternoon with us as we take part in the first GRID Bike Share Scavenger Hunt in downtown Phoenix, coordinated with the Phoenix Spokes People. Explore the city, make new friends and enjoy partaking in this life-size puzzle!
Hop on a bike and explore Phoenix in a whole new way as part of Valley Bike Month! You'll be given clues that will lead you along bike routes to your next destination and some treats along the way. The final destination promises to be pretty special and riders that have collected all of the stamps on their passport and have reached the mystery location will be entered for a chance to win some great prizes.
Riders must be 16 or older, have a Grid Bike Share account and must complete the scavenger hunt using the Grid Bike only (the route will take about 2-1/2 hours). The event is free to enter, but users will be responsible for any charges incurred for the bike rental.
Tickets are limited to 35 riders so get them while you can! Ticketing ends Thursday, April 16th at noon.
To sign up for a Grid Bike Share account visit www.gridbikes.com
WHERE: Meet at the Roosevelt Street & Central Avenue GRID bike station
LIGHTRAIL: Roosevelt Street & Central Avenue
REGISTER: RSVP on Facebook and register for tickets here
PRICE: FREE with GRID membership + GRID bike rental fee
WHO: Everyone is welcome, GRID members and new members, must be age 16+ to ride
9am–2pm (Bike ride at 9am, Film at 12:30pm)
Local storyteller Brandon Ferderer guides us through a morning of activities exploring how we 'write' our city as we traverse the urban landscape. A group of local architects, artists and landscape designers will facilitate conversation on the importance of path-making as a philosophy and practice. Starting with a 'Path Less Taken' bike tour, a way of exploring and navigating our city that is off the beaten path, we will end at FilmBar. Here participants will engage in interactive mapping, documenting how we move through, write, and make our city, before enjoying the film 'Maker', a documentary on the maker movement.
WHERE: FilmBar, 815 North 2nd Street, Phoenix, AZ 85004
LIGHTRAIL: Roosevelt Street & Central Avenue or Central Avenue & Van Buren Street
REGISTER: FilmBar
WHO: Everyone is welcome
5:15–9pm (Meet Me Downtown at 5:15pm, POSTERS + SHORT TALKS at 7pm)
Meet Me Downtown brings people of all ages to downtown Phoenix for a weekly social walk/run.
Check-in at this PHXUDW special Meet Me Downtown between 5:15pm and 6:30pm to walk/run/bike the route of maker-friendly spaces including the DTPHX Engagement Lab, Phoenix Center for the Arts, and the MACH space located inside the Burton Barr Library.
Finish the walk or join us directly at the new co-working community space, Lab, on Central Avenue for a gallery show and short talks by local designers. The gallery of posters is brought to us as the first ASU Graduate Graphic Design show downtown. Starting at 7pm, we'll mingle, look at posters, and talk shop. Beginning at 7.30pm, we'll hear from local urban design entrepreneurs about their innovative infill projects, new business models in residential renovation, and passion for historic preservation. Light refreshments will be provided.
Show off your Meet Me Downtown hand stamp at these local restaurants and receive discounts on dinner, drinks and more once you've enjoyed the evening's festivities.
WHERE: Meet Me Downtown starts at The Corner at CityScape, 50 West Jefferson Street, Phoenix, AZ 85003. POSTERS + SHORT TALKS takes place at Lab, 818 N Central Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 85004 just south of Roosevelt Street.
LIGHTRAIL: Washington Street & Central Avenue for Meet Me Downtown, Roosevelt Street/Central Avenue for POSTERS + SHORT TALKS.
REGISTER: Meet Me Downtown
PRICE: Meet Me Downtown is FREE but requires registration. POSTERS + SHORT TALKS is $10, tickets can be purchased via the link above.
WHO: Everyone is welcome
5–9pm (RadiatePHX at 5pm, Dinner at 7pm)
Connect to your Core at RadiatePHX, a monthly networking event series for business and community leaders sponsored by Downtown Phoenix Journal and Downtown Phoenix, Inc.
Meet, mingle and join the people who are making Downtown Phoenix great between 5pm and 7pm while enjoying complimentary drinks and nibbles. In April, the focus will be on Urban Parks and Placemaking as we enjoy greater Hance Park.
Afterwards, continue the PHXUDW conversation by joining us from 7pm at the new location of FEZ.
WHERE: The Japanese Friendship Garden, 1125 North 3rd Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 85003, FEZ 105 West Portland Street, Phoenix, AZ 85003
LIGHTRAIL: Roosevelt Street & Central Avenue or McDowell Road & Central Avenue
REGISTER: On Facebook
WHO: Adults only
Explore the Luhrs City Center as part of the monthly networking event, Building Mornings, which investigates significant and provocative local architecture in partnership with Reinvent Phoenix and, in April, PHXUDW.
WHERE: Historic Luhrs Tower, Luhrs City Center, 11 West Jefferson Street #100, 9th Floor, Phoenix, AZ 85003
LIGHTRAIL: Jefferson Street & 1st Avenue/3rd Street & Jefferson Street or 3rd Street & Washington Street
REGISTER: Constant Contact
WHO: Adults only
As part of The Design Details Lecture Series hosted by The Design School at ASU, Sarah Sandman and Jill Allyn Peterson will present Design Strategies for Participation. In this lecture, Sandman and Peterson eloquently bridge graphic design with public space, and the built environment in creative and fun ways.
Sarah Sandman and Jill Allyn Peterson are co-directors of PDA (Public Displays of Affection). PDA is a design studio and community lab based in Brooklyn, NY. Their philosophy builds social capital with communication design, creating objects and experiences that enhance our sense of interconnectedness. PDA redefines design as a tool for bringing people together in new and unexpected ways. Community and the environment are at the forefront of PDA's process. Sarah was recently selected as one of twenty-one 2015 TED Fellows, presenting PDA's unique collaborative public process at the TED Conference in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Design Details is the 2014/15 interdisciplinary lecture series founded by ASU's Design School. The series invites designers and scholars from Architecture, Industrial Design, Interior Design, Landscape Architecture, Urban Design, and Visual Communication Design to present on the ideas and importance of "the detail" and "detailing" in their discipline. Ranging from the scale of the object to the city, the series looks closely at the relationship between the part and the whole and the particularities in design that are often overlooked.
WHERE: The Design School, Design North, Room 60, 810 South Forest Avenue, Tempe, AZ 85287
LIGHTRAIL: Mill Avenue & 3rd Street
WHO: Everyone is welcome
Join local landscape architects on this walking tour of local projects in downtown Phoenix that make the most of rainwater. You've likely walked by these innovative systems dozens of times, not aware of the magic at work inside of the sustainable inner workings. This tour will be led by landscape architecture experts from TRUEFORM, Roger Socha and Todd Briggs, who will discuss the methods used in designing and building rainwater harvesting projects and illuminate the ways in which collected water is being reused.
WHERE: Maricopa County Superior Court Building, South Court Tower, 175 West Madison Street, Phoenix, AZ 85003
LIGHTRAIL: Jefferson Street & 1st Avenue
TICKETS: Limited Capacity, book now! Get tickets via Eventbrite
PRICE: $10 per person
WHO: Everyone is welcome
The Phoenix chapter of the AIA (American Institute of Architects) and PHXUDW will co-host this investigative conversation about architecture, environmental design and placemaking with the new Dean of the Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture, Aaron Betsky.
A reception with complimentary light refreshments will begin at 5.30pm, the program will commence promptly at 7pm.
WHERE: RO2 Lot, 1005 North 2nd Street, Phoenix, AZ 85004
LIGHTRAIL: Roosevelt Street & Central Avenue
WHO: Everyone is welcome
Experience this one-of-a-kind bus tour of exciting local maker-oriented spaces. If you've heard of a maker space or the maker movement and are curious—this tour will enlighten and demystify! If you love maker spaces and can't seem to find the time to explore the great resources we enjoy in the Valley—get on board! This expedition will refresh and reenergize your love for all things maker-related!
Start your weekend with a special PHXUDW Happy Hour at The CPLC Pickle House and board the bus to begin the magical mystery tour of Phoenix maker spaces. We will journey to a selection of innovative, collaborative and inventive spaces all inspired by the maker movement, meeting the creative leaders putting Phoenix on the national map in the maker community.
A delicious selection of local food and beverages will be served for you to enjoy throughout the evening. Our exploration will end where it began at The CPLC Pickle House, you can discuss and debate the local maker movement upon PHXUDW's community-made street furniture as we round-up our adventure.
Stay tuned to our facebook event page for more details!
WHERE: The CPLC Pickle House, 1401 East Van Buren, Phoenix, AZ 85006
LIGHTRAIL: Washington Street & 12th Street
TICKETS: Limited Capacity, book now! Get tickets via Eventbrite
PRICE: $55 per person includes tour, transportation, dinner and refreshments. Tickets can be purchased via the link above.
WHO: Adults only
Be part of the first fun hands-on community workshop at The CPLC Pickle House with local Landscape Designer, Beth Johannessen. Learn how to make your own mobile bike garden with Beth's tips and tricks for sprucing up your ride in a way that accentuates the best of your bike.
Discover safe ways to attach to and interchange planting pails on your bike and unearth expert knowledge about the best sustainable native plants. Take your garden for a spin and head to brunch with the PHXUDW team to show off your new improved ride.
We supply the plants and containers, you get to take your traveling garden home and beyond!
Please bring: your bike, bike lock, water bottle
WHERE: The CPLC Pickle House, 1401 East Van Buren, Phoenix, AZ 85006
LIGHTRAIL: Washington Street & 12th Street
TICKETS: Limited capacity, book now! Get tickets via Eventbrite
PRICE: $30 per person includes plants, supplies, tools, brunch and refreshments
WHO: Everyone is welcome
Embrace your inner-child and round-up all your maker friends for The Pinewood Classic – Phoenix's most competitive race on a tiny track. For the second year running spots for the "grown-ups only" racers are sold out, but the fancy hot dogs, drinks, and laughs are aplenty.
Come cheer for the most inventive, best looking, fastest, fun or most imaginative car. As our pals at The Pinewood Classic say, "It's just like when we were kids, only this time your dad can't take all the credit. The competition is fierce, and the excitement is palpable. This is an event where the beer flows like wine and the nostalgia sets in like a flock of Capistrano salmon". Let the games begin!
WHERE: Short Leash, 110 E Roosevelt St, Phoenix, AZ 85004
LIGHTRAIL: Roosevelt Street & Central Avenue
WHO: Adults only
PHXUDW 2015 organized by Design RePublic Studio, Cake Arts Management, and The Whitt
#PHXUDW @designre_public @sophie_may1 @_TheWhitt
A map of all event locations is here: PHXUDW 2015 Google Map
Images courtesy of Design RePublic.
Phoenix Arts and Culture Comes of Age
Posted on 4/15/15 by Jill Bernstein » No Comments
As Phoenix begins a multi-month celebration of the 30 year anniversary of the Arts & Culture Commission, DPJ will share a series of articles that highlight the impact the Commission has had on the look of our city, the growth of our arts organizations, and the evolution of arts learning.
Thirty years ago this month, Phoenix city leaders had the foresight to pass a City ordinance that created the Phoenix Arts Commission (later renamed the Phoenix Arts and Culture Commission). The ordinance, unanimously accepted by then-mayor Terry Goddard and the City Council on April 16, 1985, called for a Commission to "protect, enhance, serve, and advocate excellence in the arts for the people of Phoenix in their City."
On Friday, April 17, the Phoenix Arts and Culture Commission will launch a multi-month celebration of all that the City and the Commission have accomplished in these first three decades. The inaugural event, "Phoenix Arts & Culture @30: A Conversation" will be held from 7-8:30 p.m. at the Phoenix Art Museum and will include Mayor Greg Stanton, former Mayor Terry Goddard, arts leaders James K. Ballinger and Black Theatre Troupe Executive Director David Hemphill. They will be joined by former commissioner F. William Sheppard, first executive director of the Office of Arts and Culture Deborah Whitehurst, first public art director Gretchen Freeman and current public art director Ed Lebow. Arizona Poet Laureate Alberto Álvaro Ríos will moderate.
The Phoenix Arts & Culture Commission is comprised of a minimum of 18 commission members (currently there are 22) who serve in three-year terms. Over the first 30 years, the Commission accomplished a lot, and there's much to celebrate in three overarching areas: public art, arts learning programs, and grants to arts and cultural organizations. Ongoing celebratory activities are being planned for this summer and into the fall, culminating with a day-long festival in October. To coincide with celebration elements as they unfold, DPJ is planning a series of articles to cover it all, beginning with the program that has had the biggest visible impact on the city, Public Art.
The City ordinance establishing the Commission allocated one percent of the overall Phoenix Capital Improvement budget for public art and the funding was backed up by three major bond initiatives (1989, 2001, 2006). The results over the last three decades have transformed Phoenix.
"That first bond (in 1989) enabled us to look at a map of the city and decide where public art would do the most good," says Gail Browne, current Executive Director of the Office of Arts and Culture. "The point of public art is that it is for the public, for everybody. So the idea was to get public art where it would do the most good throughout the city."
Current Public Art Director Ed Lebow says, "It began with the idea that quality design belongs to every neighborhood, and that all residents deserve to have wonderful design as a part of their public spaces." This meant that, as Phoenix was growing and infrastructure was being built, artists were involved in projects from the beginning to insure that the results would be more than simply functional.
At first this program was a little confusing for the public. As Lebow puts it, "We were hiring artists to do things that very few people expected them to do: design streets, freeway overpasses and underpasses, pedestrian bridges, bus shelters, and more."
Browne adds, "In the beginning I don't think there was a full appreciation of what the overall impact would be." But she notes that along the way, the successful proliferation of so many projects began to change people minds.
"Attitudes in City Hall began to change, as well," adds Browne. "Other City departments began to understand how these projects were enhancing the city and making the projects they were responsible for more accessible, more safe and more beautiful."
Over the years, the impact of these projects was felt far beyond Phoenix. For example, the innovative 27th Ave. Solid Waste Management Facility, which was designed in 1989 and completed in 1993, began garnering national attention and awards, and helped change the way people throughout the country thought about this kind of facility.
To date there have been 170 completed Public Art projects citywide and many others are in development. They've included streetscapes, parks, pedestrian bridges, freeway over and under-passes, canal improvements, and so much more. At Friday's event, the panelists will discuss these projects and share how this internationally respected program has successfully integrated beautiful design into the bones of the city.
"What once was new and novel is now normal," says Lebow.
Recent award-winning projects include the Downtown Civic Space Park sculpture "Her Secret is Patience," which has become an icon, as well as the Phoenix Sky Train terrazzo floors at the 44th Street Light Rail Station, the East Economy Station, the Terminal 3 Station, and the Terminal 4 Station. In April 2013, the National Terrazzo & Mosaic Association awarded "Job of the Year" to these remarkable floors. As Browne says, "Who'd have thought that just creating a walkway for people could be such a symbol for the city and that it could be so welcoming?"
The panel offers the public an historic opportunity to see the impact and hear from the people who've been involved in the Commission over the years. Browne adds, "People will come away from this panel discussion with a real sense of pride in the degree to which we are all invested. They'll see the contrast between a city that had very little investment in arts and culture, and they'll understand that a broad community effort was what drove this success."
If you go:
What: "Phoenix Arts & Culture @30: A Conversation"
When: Friday, April 17, 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Where: Phoenix Art Museum, 1625 North Central Ave.
Cost: FREE


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The Wellington City Council is having to listen to more strong public opposition to its plans for big new buildings on North Kumutoto. On Thursday, councillors will be hearing a second day of public submissions about the revised design brief for the waterfront site. At the first day of hearings last week, there seems to have been surprise at the strength of opposition to new buildings.
Documents released under the Local Government Official Information Act show that after the Environment Court's rejection of Variation 11, council staff intended to have no significant reworking of the design brief, but only "minor tweaks." Emails in September show that staff were expecting there wouldn't be any public consultation.
But contrary to such expectations, when councillors were given the draft brief, they voted for consultation. It began on October 10 and closed last week, 25 days later. The consultation has provided a reminder that it's not only Waterfront Watch which is against the council's stubborn commitment to two new buildings.
The Civic Trust told councillors last week they are not compelled to allow 100 per cent coverage on the two building sites.
"Adopting the Environment Court decision doggedly … does not give proper consideration to the overall environmental effects in the area, and nor does it permit consideration of viable options. The Design Brief … could include alternative uses for Sites 9 and 10 … (or) low-level buildings which are sympathetic to surrounding architecture … There should be no undue haste in redeveloping the North Kumutoto area."
Barrister Con Anastasiou, representing property owner Land Lease, also criticised the new brief:
"The footprint for Site 10 appears to remain unchanged from the footprint for the same site in Variation 11 and does not reflect either the spirit or the intend of the court's decision.
"The massive size of the unbroken and unmodulated footprint is exacerbated by the proposed site coverage of 100 per cent… The prospect of 100 per cent site coverage … will form an unacceptable visual and physical barrier between the CBD and the waterfront and will not relieve the canyon effect between site 10 and the Post Office building…
"In Land Lease's view, if there is to be a building on Site 10 at all, it is critical for the preservation of important viewshafts and vistas from the city to the sea that the southern end of the site be adjusted to align with an axis no further south than a line along the southwest face of the NZ Post Building.
"However the first question that has to be asked is whether there should be a building on site 10 at all. This question is best addressed by a comprehensive space needs assessment and not by a presumption that there will be a building on site 10 which underpins the design brief…
"The proposition that 'buildings can help provide more sheltered, comfortable higher quality public spaces that attract people to the area' overlooks the fact that shelter, comfort and high quality public spaces can be designed in the absence of buildings. There is still too much emphasis in the design brief on built form and active building edges as the defining factors in the design of open spaces.
"There is no reason why open space design should not come first, with built form responding to the design of open spaces… There remains a strong suggestion in the design brief that the architecture of buildings will come first and open space will be designed in the area left over. This was a significant defect in Variation 11 and remains unremedied in the design brief."
The Historic Places Trust was another organisation which told the council it does not support the proposal for 100 per cent coverage for new buildings on site 10. Its general manager Central Region Ann Neill said:
"A building built to the maximum site coverage and height is likely to have adverse effects on the [historic Eastbourne] ferry building particularly in terms of dominance, shading and scale. The Trust therefore seeks that the footprint of Site 10 should be determined in terms of responding to the Ferry Building, particularly in terms of dominance and protecting views to and from the building."
Con Anastasiou referred to the Site 10 footprint as "monolithic and unrelenting…" Then he focused on some of the detail: "The 9 metre setback from the wharf edge is totally inadequate. There is no urban design reason why this setback should not be greater than nine metres."
On this subject, the LGOIMA documents show a surprising exchange between the council and its waterfront company. As the draft design brief was being finalised, a company staff member emailed a council officer on September 24:
"I note you have deftly dodged the Env Court direction for a greater than 9m setback from waters edge by requiring '…a setback of at least 9m.' Cleverly done."
Dodging a direction from the court – the incriminating email starts to shed some light on why there is continuing public dissatisfaction about the latest design brief. "Minor tweaks" to the plan have not been enough.


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