Common Roots offers a fascinating model of environmental justice.
According to Common Roots founder Julie Wilson, “We need to create a regenerative economy, and that can only happen if the economy is rooted in people and specific places.”
Common Roots, in Meadville Pennsylvania, started as an Allegheny College student project. The project: buy and revitalize one big old home and make it livable for people with low income, to give them a path to ownership. That was in 2018. Continue reading
Baseball fans tuning into spring training games may have noticed another new wrinkle in a sport that’s experienced a host of changes in recent years.
Batters, pitchers and catchers can challenge a home plate umpire’s ball or strike call. Powered by Hawk-Eye ball-tracking technology, the automated ball-strike system replays the pitch trajectory to determine whether the umpire’s call was correct. Continue reading
My career, primarily in the electric utility industry, has focused on renewable energy and energy conservation. I would like to respond to recent advocacy for nuclear power and skepticism relating to renewable resources. Here is my overview of the attributes of renewals. Continue reading
Becoming a better man isn’t about achieving perfection—it’s about progress. It’s about choosing, every single day, to strive for integrity, strength, and humility. Through my years as an elite athlete, frontline police officer, coach, mentor, leadership instructor, and author, I’ve learned that the journey to becoming a better man is forged through discipline, service, and resilience. Continue reading
Understanding the inner workings of your Industrial Artificial Intelligence (IAI) system is crucial if you want it to add measurable value to your manufacturing operations. In this blog, we will dig into one important aspect of every AI — the inputs, a.k.a. your data. Including the right type and the right amount of data is key to success when it comes to AI. Continue reading