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Being the canary in the coal mine of urban development isn’t fun. Just ask Jim Walker, an Indianapolis artist and community organizer who is all too familiar with the traditional life cycle of “hip” neighborhoods in big cities. Searching for affordable housing, artists enter an area and begin revitalizing, then attracting attention and development, which inevitably drive up rent and push out both the original residents and newer arrivals.

But Walker and his fellow artists in the Big Car Collaborative think they can break that cycle. A forthcoming housing and community development project the group will finish this fall in the city’s Garfield Park neighborhood seeks to not just restore vacant homes for artists, but create a sustainable, affordable, engaged, and thriving community for everyone. Artists, as Walker says, have a lot of non-traditional skills, such as creative problem solving and approaching things in a out-of-the-box fashion. Doesn’t that make them ideal candidates to crack the code of sustainable urban development?

“The role of artists is more than decorating the community and working in their studio in the neighborhood,” says Walker. “They should apply, or want to apply, what they’re good at in the service of community development and quality-of-life issues.”

Article source: http://www.curbed.com/2016/7/18/12214122/artist-gentrification-indianapolis-big-car-collaborative

A Tesla Model S electric vehicle is shown in San Francisco, California. Photo by Alexandria Sage/Reuters

Tesla Motors says the Autopilot system for its Model S sedan “relieves drivers of the most tedious and potentially dangerous aspects of road travel.” The second part of that promise was put in doubt by the fatal crash of a Model S earlier this year, when its Autopilot system failed to recognize a tractor-trailer turning in front of the vehicle. Tesla says the driver, Joshua Brown, also failed to notice the trailer in time to prevent a collision. The result? In Tesla’s own words, “the brake was not applied”—and the car plowed under the trailer at full speed, killing Brown.

Since news of Brown’s death broke in June, the public has been debating where the fault lies: with the driver, the company or the automation technology itself. But NASA has been studying the psychological effects of automation in cockpits for decades—and this body of research suggests that a combination of all three factors may be responsible.

“If you think about the functionality of a cockpit, that could

Article source: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/time-seem-fly-faster-age/

This year’s Farnborough Airshow was a little light on massive aircraft orders but two Airbus deals in particular give us insight into the future of the market. Norwegian’s parent indicated it would convert 30 of its 100 A320neo orders to the larger, longer-range A321neoLR aircraft while AirAsia is set to take delivery of the first of 100 A321neos starting at the end of the decade. The two airlines have different motivations and ultimately will use the A321neo in different ways, but the message from both is clear: in the “middle-of-market” space, essentially replacing the 757s operating today, Boeing does not have a viable solution for airlines.

Congestion and Capacity

For AirAsia the A321neo order is all about congested airports, with Group CEO Tony Fernandes suggesting that airport infrastructure is not keeping pace with the booming passenger traffic growth in Southeast Asia, leaving his company little choice but to upgauge to larger aircraft as it continues to grow.

The addition of the aircraft type to AirAsia’s fleet presents challenges, such as how to move 236 passengers per flight without sacrificing the carrier’s quick 25-minute turns (Fernandes wants to use three sets of stairs, not the typical two, to help on that front) and how to manage catering and other ancillary revenue sales on board the new planes. But they will also deliver a nice drop in cost per available seat mile (CASM) for AirAsia and the ability to continue growth rates, particularly in the larger Asian markets suffering from gate and slot limitations

Article source: https://www.runwaygirlnetwork.com/2016/07/18/why-airasia-and-norwegian-were-motivated-to-order-the-a321neo/

Being the canary in the coal mine of urban development isn’t fun. Just ask Jim Walker, an Indianapolis artist and community organizer who is all too familiar with the traditional life cycle of “hip” neighborhoods in big cities. Searching for affordable housing, artists enter an area and begin revitalizing, then attracting attention and development, which inevitably drive up rent and push out both the original residents and newer arrivals.

But Walker and his fellow artists in the Big Car Collaborative think they can break that cycle. A forthcoming housing and community development project the group will finish this fall in the city’s Garfield Park neighborhood seeks to not just restore vacant homes for artists, but create a sustainable, affordable, engaged, and thriving community for everyone. Artists, as Walker says, have a lot of non-traditional skills, such as creative problem solving and approaching things in a out-of-the-box fashion. Doesn’t that make them ideal candidates to crack the code of sustainable urban development?

“The role of artists is more than decorating the community and working in their studio in the neighborhood,” says Walker. “They should apply, or want to apply, what they’re good at in the service of community development and quality-of-life issues.”

Article source: http://www.curbed.com/2016/7/18/12214122/artist-gentrification-indianapolis-big-car-collaborative

Rebekah Johansen Bydlak doesn’t really remember a time when she didn’t care about politics.

A native of the Florida Panhandle, one of the most conservative areas of the United States, Bydlak says she “was born with an inherent understanding, from my perspective at least, that government is not my friend.”

At age 10, she stayed up all night watching the returns from the 2000 presidential election trickle in — results that put her home state at the center of a contested and controversial election fight that was ultimately decided by the Supreme Court. She begged her mom to drive her to volunteer shifts during election years. And as a young adult, she went on to work for a group that urges members of Congress to rein in federal spending and tackle the national debt.

Now, at age 25, she’s running for the House of Representatives herself. And she’s driven, in part, by the gridlock and governing fails she’s watched unfold over the past two-plus decades.

“For most of my life, most of the outside political events that I observed were just steeped in dysfunction,” Bydlak, one of eight candidates running in a crowded primary for Florida’s 1st District, said. “It’s very easy to romanticize politics and to romanticize Washington — I think it’s fabulous and would love to represent the district — but I will go there with a very deep understanding of how broken the system is.”

Bydlak also hopes her candidacy demonstrates the power millennial women have to

Article source: http://www.refinery29.com/2016/07/117043/florida-republican-woman-run-for-congress