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4.4 Using Wildcard Characters in File Names =========================================== A single file name can specify many files using "wildcard characters". The wildcard characters in `make' are `*', `?' and `[...]', the same as in the Bourne shell. For example, `*.c' specifies a list of all the files (in the working directory) whose names end in `.c'. The character `~' at the beginning of a file name also has special significance. If alone, or followed by a slash, it represents your home directory. For example `~/bin' expands to `/home/you/bin'. If the `~' is followed by a word, the string represents the home directory of the user named by that word. For example `~john/bin' expands to `/home/john/bin'. On systems which don't have a home directory for each user (such as MS-DOS or MS-Windows), this functionality can be simulated by setting the environment variable HOME. Wildcard expansion is performed by `make' automatically in targets and in prerequisites. In commands the shell is responsible for wildcard expansion. In other contexts, wildcard expansion happens only if you request it explicitly with the `wildcard' function. The special significance of a wildcard character can be turned off by preceding it with a backslash. Thus, `foo\*bar' would refer to a specific file whose name consists of `foo', an asterisk, and `bar'.
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During the recent earthquake in Haiti, HCJB Global sent an emergency medical response team from Ecuador. Working in partnership with Samaritan's Purse, the team spent 10 days in Haiti and returned to Quito on January 26. Based at the 100-bed Baptist Haiti Mission hospital in Port-au-Prince, they brought medical aid and clean water to the injured. The team worked alongside local chaplains and pastors and other volunteers who comforted the grieving and shared the news that God is love, even in times of trial.
Water engineer Martin Harrison wrote of his experience there: "Many [Haitian] staff have lost family members and close friends. Yet they have not downed tools since the first day, as they seek to help others live. The surgeons, doctors, nurses, water engineers and caretakers each play their own vital part, tirelessly working from dawn until late into the night, improvising with whatever comes to hand as certain medical supplies run low…. I was able to go to a Haitian church. It was wonderful to see the church so full…. I was truly struck by the strength which God has given this congregation to carry on despite loss of family and property. One of the pastors had lost four of his children and another his eldest son, yet they stood up to lead the service and to preach the Word of God."
"The sermon was on the theme of suffering and how we should respond to it, based on passages from the book of Job. The pastor brought up several interesting points: Suffering is part of the Christian life. Those that say Christians don't or shouldn't suffer have a poor theology. Don't be accused of being lacking in faith or of having offended God, that this disaster has come upon us. God is bigger than us and we do not have to ask the questions of why. It is part of his grand plan even if we in our human capacity cannot fathom it. God can and is bringing good out of this."
"That a pastor can stand up and preach this after losing some of his children is faith put into practice indeed," Martin concluded.
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ARLINGTON, VA (September 8, 2021) – Today, early childhood nutrition leader Gerber is announcing a partnership with global superstar and new mom Meghan Trainor to celebrate milestone first taste moments for babies across the countryby offeringa giveaway of free baby food for a year to one lucky winner. The contest – which parents can enter by posting a picture or video of their baby on Instagram and using #GerberMy1st, #sweepstakes and tagging @Gerber–helps parents celebrate that wonderful moment when theirlittle ones experience their first tastes.
The new 2020 - 2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans recognize that ages six to 24 months is a key time to build healthy eating patterns with a variety of foods such as vegetables, fruits and whole grains, and starting solid foods is the first step. However, beginning this journey can often bring parents additional stress as they question what and how much is right to feed baby. That is why Gerber and Meghan Trainor are inviting parents to celebrate and share on Instagram all the messy, imperfect, and joyful moments that come with baby's first tastes.
"Since our founding over 90 years ago, Gerber has been committed to feeding generations of little onesthe highest quality baby food. But we also want to offer parents resources and opportunities to make their feeding moments joyful and filled with celebration," said Mohini Joshi, vice president of marketing at Gerber. "From our recent Photo Search program to our Climate Forward Nutrition ambition, we are constantly looking for ways to ensure that we're doing everything we can to support parents and help all Gerber babies thrive."
Continuing to lead the industry in experience andinnovation, Gerber'sdedicated teamof agriculture experts partner directly with growers, many of which have been with the brand for generations,to grow the fruits and vegetables that go into the brand's purees.Every fruit and vegetable in Gerber purees is traceable back to the farms and fields where they were grown. But not only that – Gerber purees, which pass over 100 quality checks from farm to highchair, offer babies the nourishment and quality nutrition they need while giving parents the ease and reassurance they crave.
"When Daryl and I started to get ready to feed Riley solid foods, we didn't know where to start and we were super nervous," said Trainor. "But the first taste milestone for Riley was so much more fun than we imagined, and now we get excited to feed him every day. Gerber makes it easy for us to offer Riley a bunch of different fruits and veggies and they have helped to make this journey so much less stressful."
To help parents and babies enjoy these first taste moments, Gerber also has a suite of services and tools for nutritional guidance and support backed by a team of experts (registered dietitians, feeding experts, lactation and sleep consultants, and more). From MyGerber Baby Experts, your 24/7 personal baby expert who's there at every step to answer parents' questions, to Subscription boxes filled with organic nutritious product curated for baby's developmental stage, to all the food and educational resources offered from the brand, Gerberworks to ensure babies get the nutritious options they need.
To learn more about how to enter to receive free baby food for a year or Gerber's resources on introducing solids, visit gerber.com/firsttastes
Gerber Products Company was founded in 1928 in Fremont, Mich. Gerber joined the Nestlé family on September 1, 2007. Gerber is a leader in early childhood nutrition. At Gerber, research informs everything we do – from the products we make, the nutrition education we deliver and the services we offer. Gerber provides resources from the Feeding Infants and Toddlers Study (FITS) for health care professionals at Medical.Gerber.com/FITS and for parents at Gerber.com.
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I was impressed with the welcome I received at the Northumbria Open Day, the staff and students were welcoming and passionate about where they worked and studied. I originally studied a design course but found my strengths lied somewhere between between creative thinking and strategising which led me to change to Advertising for my final two years. Newcastle as a city is vibrant with plenty to do, but is not as overcrowded as other cities I considered studying in.
Newcastle is not too far from my home town so I get to embrace the city and suburb life which is great for when I want to go to a last-minute gig or comedy night in Newcastle, or if I fancy being in the countryside for a weekend I don;t have to look far. As a self-professed foodie, the cuisine is the highlight of the city for me - a nice restaurant on Grey Street never goes amiss or something lighter with a few craft beers is always an option like Dat Bar.
Newcastle is in such a great location - the city centre offers plenty of shops, bars and restaurants, whilst also being pretty close to beaches which are great for summer BBQ's after deadlines are over. Northumberland is only a stones throw away as well, which offers all the fresh air and stunning scenery a person could need.
The change from small town to city was great, Newcastle is a perfect bridge for those looking to get the city experience but don't want to spend their entire loan on rent and tube fares. Northumbria has a great team of supporting staff who feel genuinely interested in what I am doing and want to help me achieve my goals.
The change from small town to city was great, Newcastle is a perfect bridge for those looking to get the city experience but don't want to spend their entire loan on rent and tube fares. Northumbria has a great team of supporting staff who feel genuinely interested in what I am doing and want to help me achieve my goals.
Having founded the Northumbria University Entrepreneurial Society - NUOVO, in 2014, I have received phenomenal help from staff in Research and Business Services. They have invited me to multiple events where I have made connections with business owners and alumni which will prove invaluable going forward when I plan on starting my own business.
For me, this would have to be the staff in the Research and Business Services department - they have helped get NUOVO Society off the ground and invited society members to some amazing workshops and events where we have been fortunate enough to meet Northumbria graduate and Head Designer at Apple; Sir Jonathan Ive, and recently a talk with Richard Branson about getting started in the business world.
As odd as it sounds, City Campus Library has become my favourite place as that's where I get most of my work done and feel inspired listening to everyone around me working hard.
During my first year at Northumbria I helped organize a charity Swop Shop in the Students Union which helped me meet new people and work for a good cause. I then went on to become a Sports Volunteer and found work in schools all around the North East thanks to the skills and qualifications I was able to pickup working in the department. This role as a volunteer led to me being taken on as a paid intern in the Sports Marketing Department during my final year. I recently completed the Mad March Mare with Northumbria Sport Foundation - for anyone who doesn't mind getting a bit muddy and wading through swamps, this is a great opportunity to meet new people and push your physical fitness while raising money for a good cause.
Advertising offers the perfect balance between creative thinking and strategy. The modules cover global marketing and account management which help build invaluable business skills, whilst producing creative campaigns for new and existing brands allows me to flex my inner designer. I have worked on rebranding projects for Douwe Egberts and had placements with top marketing firms as well as interning for Hearst Publications in London.
My time as a student has helped me to grow far beyond I could have ever imagined when starting university back in 2011. I have learned how to balance my goals with what I can realistically achieve in both academic study and my career aspirations. At one point I had three part-time jobs, two placements, I was studying full-time and also trying to look for graduate jobs and post-graduate courses. Whilst this offered me a wealth of experience I realised I was not becoming great at anything, only average at a number of things. I made a choice to quit a couple of jobs and focus my energy on one placement to ensure I achieved the most out of my work. The extra sleep was amazing and I now have a more clear idea of what I want in my mind.
Setting up NUOVO (Northumbria University's Entrepreneurial Society) has inspired me to want to start my own business, which I plan on doing alongside working full or part-time once I graduate. The society combined with my course has taught me about problems I can expect to face when starting up a business, but also how to market my ideas effectively. I have developed skills in research and new idea development as well as creating realistic and achievable expectations. The confidence and ongoing support I have built and received from being part of NUOVO and my Advertising course will prove invaluable for my future.
I worked as a writer for a men's lifestyle magazine in my first year of university which led to me being hired as an intern for Esquire during the summer of 2012, where I got to work on a number of projects including Graphic Design and Photography. Volunteering for Northumbria Sport also created opportunities for me as a teacher and coach in the UK and around the world. I spent summer 2013 teaching Sport and English at summer camps in Italy then went on to do Camp America and Italy again in 2014. Thanks to my course and being part of NUOVO Society I have secured placements with marketing firms in Newcastle and worked on a rebranding project for Douwe Egberts in my final year.
Be completely open to new experiences and try as much as you can so when it comes to your final year you'll have a clearer picture and a lot of useful skills to help you with your future plans.
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|Phileas Fogg (Robert Portal) and co. Photo credit: Simon Annand.
From the first steam-train whistle of a boiling kettle onwards, the pace never lets up as a dextrous company of eight actors tumble their way across the globe in this skilful adaptation of Jules Verne's breathless adventure story. Director Lucy Bailey and designer Anna Fleischle have clearly taken their inspiration from the relentless countdown that drives the action along. Their set, resembling an antique theatre with its internal mechanics clearly visible, is framed by a scattering of cogs and wheels, reflecting the way that the precise Phileas Fogg's clockwork life is utterly derailed by the characters and obstacles he meets on his journey around the world.
On a bare stage, successive scenes are conjured with the inventive use of a few basic bits of furniture, leaving plenty of space for some very clever sound and lighting design, and for magic, illusion and puppetry. The fateful card game at White's club involves some very accomplished sleight of hand. A table, parasol, air-conditioning pipe and pair of pillow cases transform into an instant elephant. Trapdoors facilitate stage effects and serve as extensions of the set. Django Bates' deft and witty music transports the characters seamlessly from country to country, weaving-in a ticking motif which keeps the crazy wager to the forefront of the audience's minds throughout.
|The cast. Photo credit: Simon Annand.
As the imperturbable Phileas Fogg, Robert Portal is the steady rock at the heart of the whirling action. Fogg's lack of emotion makes him hard for an audience to warm to, but Portal manages to make him very likeable without losing his essential quality of cool detachment. It's a treat to watch him slowly thaw out over the course of the evening. Simon Gregor's Passepartout works a bit too hard to charm the audience into submission, but soon wins them over. The rest of the ensemble play key characters such as the dogged Detective Fix (Tony Gardner) and the charming princess Aouda (Shanaga Rafaat), plus a multitude of brief cameos as elegant English aristocrats, crumbling foreign consuls, vociferous market traders, gun-toting American bandits, etc.
The non-stop action is seamless and the story barrels along. One slight reservation is the opium den scene, which makes for a rather confusing end to Act 1 for the younger children in the audience who were baffled as to why Passepartout was in peril and what was happening in there. On the whole, however, they were as captivated as the rest of the appreciative audience – except for the moment where (spoiler!) Fogg finally gets to kiss his princess, which drew protesting "Eewww"s from several seats in the house amid a general chorus of soppy, satisfied "Aaawww"s!
This is a cracking adaptation of a classic story, fizzing with energy and invention, performed by a impressive ensemble, and underpinned by Django Bates' economic and atmospheric score. An accomplished production, in every department, and a welcome alternative to the usual sparkly Christmas fare. Highly recommended.
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The Meeting ended with presentations from two FIRE Africa Grants and Award winnner, who had attended the AFRINIC-23 Meeting's FIRE Africa Workshop earlier in the week.
Ian Mutamiri from the University of Zimbabwe, secured a FIRE Africa Grant in 2013 to develop a text-to-Speech (TTS) E-learning application for a low cost Android tablet to enable children in rural Zimbabwe to learn to read using their own languages. He gave the session a great update on the Shona E-Reader/MyNatiV app, how much progress he and his team have made in the last two years, how the FIRE Africa Grant has helped and their plans for the future.
Bernard Adongo, Nikohapa Ventures, won a FIRE Africa Award in 2013 for the Nikopha Customer Engagement Platform, which enables customers to have one-on-one conversations with their favorite business through their mobile phone. He explained how Fire Africa has helped the team's progress and gave an overview of imrovements and what's in store for the future.
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Chair of Information Systems and Supply Chain Management
Today´s supply chains are exposed to constantly growing uncertainties and challenges, e.g., volatile customer demand, increased need for digitalization, and natural or man-made threats as experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic. Tackling these issues is the major objective of the Chair for Information Systems (IS) and Supply Chain Management, directed by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Bernd Hellingrath. In particular, the chair provides research contributions in the areas of supply chain as well as operations management and investigates how IS can support decision makers in these domains. A focus lies in the evolution of traditional modeling and planning methods by integrating innovative approaches, investigating the digital supply chain under different perspectives. In this context, research is fostered by a culture of internationalization, illustrated by the growing number of international research partners and projects conducted.
The group´s research activities can be divided into three main research areas:
- Digitalization is ubiquitous, and thus supply chains are thoroughly disrupted by its emerging phenomena, such as Industrie 4.0 and Big Data. Within the research area of Supply Chain Digitalization, the chair addresses the challenges of digitalizing supply chains and investigates how organizations can exploit arising opportunities. To achieve this, the chair conducts research on emerging trends such as data analytics-driven supply chain performance measurement, production planning under Industrie 4.0 and predictive maintenance. In addition, we research how supply chain digitalization can be facilitated through the means of computational intelligence and supply chain analytics.
- The research area of Supply Chain Integration focuses on the cross-functional integration within a company and along the company´s supply chain. Supply chain integration is deemed as inevitable for business success and achieving a sustainable competitive advantage. Hence, the group investigates and extends state-of-the-art solutions like Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) and develops concepts to facilitate their efficient industrial applications. This includes the application of methods from enterprise architecture management and the usage of business analytics, among others.
- The third research area Supply Chain Security and Crisis Management addresses challenges in uncertain and unsteady environments exposed to disruptive events. Our research activities are dedicated to understanding the use of IS in order to ensure a rigor and relevant solution design and evaluation. The goal is to provide reference models and procedures to assess current and future scenarios by means of modelling, visualisation, analysis, and simulation.
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Striving to at least out a smile on someone's face, Connor Tennies is a caring, dependable person. He is a math geek with the passion to play tennis. No matter the challenge, Connor will do what he can to achieve success. He was once a shy boy, now is a shy MAN. He hopes that this will be a fantastic year in journalism.
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When we began to design The Art of Healing Exposition (AoH) it was vital that we ask Nashville-area artists, writers, sculptors, filmmakers, poets and other creatives to join us. We believe everyone has some degree of creativity which can be harnessed in support of improved mental and physical well-being.
When we issued the AoH Call for Art we asked for work which demonstrated how creativity was utilized to cope with our changed world since March 2020. We wanted to see art which was made in response to the immense physical, mental, and emotional tolls of the last year. Most importantly, we were looking for work which demonstrated unique perspectives, thoughts and dreams of our community members.
We were thrilled to received over 423 pieces of art ranging from paintings to sculptures to writing and film from 162 artists across middle Tennessee. Our esteemed judges selected ~210 'Best Of' pieces, which will be hung across Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Vanderbilt University, and select sites in the community.
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The viral video below shows one of the closest calls that any of us have seen. This little girl in Ukraine barely avoid being killed by a collapsing segment of a building.
This is a nightmare of a place to be a kid.
The Donbass Arena was shelled earlier during fighting in Donetsk between pro-Russians and Ukrainian forces. The city is only 50 miles from the Russian border and has become a stronghold for the pro-Russian forces.
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DAVENPORT, Iowa--- A comedy legend is taking the big screen one more time, a documentary called Love, Gilda premiered Friday, September 21.
The film highlights life of Gilda Radner, one of the original cast members of Saturday Night Live.
Radner died from ovarian cancer in 1989.
Her husband, Gene Wilder and family opened the first Gilda's Club in her honor a few years later.
"People question as they get a tour of our clubhouse, well who is Gilda? Especially for the younger generations and when you hear her story, you want to learn more," says Kelly Hendershot, program director at Gilda's Club in Davenport.
Gilda's Club member Holly Oppelt says it was Radner's battle with cancer that hits home.
"It would be interesting to see what she went through compared to what I went through or other friends that have gone through cancer," says Oppelt, a five year cancer survivor.
Love, Gilda is only being shown in a few theaters across the country.
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Homes with private basketball courts are a rare breed in New York City (just look at how small some apartments are!), but for those rich people who have just boatloads of space, they are an amenity too over-the-top to pass up. So with March Madness and the NCAA Tournament coming to a close this weekend with the Final Four, here's a look at seven Manhattan homes made for hoops lovers. From courts with retractable glass walls to rooftop courts with domed ceilings, these places are not your average home gym.
↑ On East 38th Street, there's a fully renovated townhouse with a pretty baller (get it?) basketball court on the top floor. The brokerbabble elaborates: "The top floor dazzles with a half-court basketball gym equipped with electric hoop/backboard height adjuster, and is also utilized as a spectacular open space for entertaining. A windowed glass wall opens to the back roof terrace and a large front roof terrace adds to the openness." It's on the market for $8.35 million (down from $9 million in 2011).
↑ The insane six-story loft mansion at 144 Duane Street sold in 2013 for a whopping $43 million, and we can only hope that the indoor basketball court was the selling point. The 23,500-square-foot space first hit the market in 2011 for $50 million, and its other luxuries include one of the best floating staircases and a landscaped rooftop deck.
↑ This basketball court probably has the best/cutest location: a carriage house behind the townhouse at 340 West 12th Street. Current owner/seller Christopher Burch gutted the townhouse, but it looks like the basketball court was spared destruction, as it's still included in a listing photo. Burch bought the house for $11 million in 2012, and has been trying to sell it since 2013, when he listed it for $19 million. It's now asking $16 million. The interior photos above are pre-gut.
↑ The most recently listed house on this list is an 8,000-square-foot townhouse on the Upper East Side. In addition having "one of the largest private gardens in New York City," the $29.5 million house also has a 360-square-foot gym that currently holds a basketball court with glass ceiling.
↑ The Novogratz, a husband-and-wife design team, love to hoop it up, and two of their Manhattan projects hold basketball courts. The court in the townhouse at 400 West Street is located in the basement level, but there's a skylight to let in natural light. The house, which was recently listed for rent at $70,000/month (but that listing is now gone), has been looking for a new owner since 2009, when it first listed for an ambitious $25 million. It's currently not on the market (did it sell??), but the last asking price was $17.95 million.
↑ And here's the second basketball court-equipped Novogratz offering: the townhouse at 5 Centre Market Place in Little Italy, which has a domed-in space to shoot hoops on the roof. It sold for $12 million in 2010 to Gregory Soros, son of George, and for two years now, Soros has been trying to get rid of it. He first listed it for $12 million, and it's been a bit of a price roller coaster since then, though it was chopped in January to $10.5 million.
↑ Sure, this doesn't count as "court," but bonus points to these Soho loft owners for the basketball dedication. The loft, located in the iconic Singer Building, hit the market in April 2010 with the basketball hoop getting a prime spot in the listing photos, but by the second pricechop, the basketball hoop was eliminated. But they made up for it in the third chop by sticking their dog in the listing photos and highlighting their basketball love with two framed jerseys in a bedroom. It sold for $5.25 million in 2013.
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· Hoop It Up in Soho's Little Singer Building for $6.495M [Curbed]
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national development and reform commission will promote a new round of power reform and focus on direct power purchasing.
source: chinese radio network, people.com.cn, financial report of the 21st century, cnstock.com
date: 2013.9.30
according to world business of china business radio, some media report that national development and reform commission will promote a new round of power reform, aiming at breaking the pattern of the high-degree concentrated grid industrial chain. according to the report, china will push direct power purchasing, and finally promote the transformation of grid companies into the utility-service-oriented enterprises, through reforming on the trading right of power grid. therefore, whether the power reform guided by such idea can promote the marketization of grid chain? let鈥檚 listen to the comment of jing chunmei, expert with china international center for economic and technical exchanges.
host: jing chunmei is the doctor in economics of the graduate school of chinese academy of social sciences. she is the deputy researcher of china international center for economic and technical exchanges and energy expert in china. her research fields include energy economy and macro economy.
host: good morning, mrs. jing. according to the media report, the new round of power reform will revolute the trading right of power grid, promote direct power purchasing and separate the power selling link from the power grid. will this method be able to change the pattern of high-degree concentrated power grid?
jing chunmei: the structure of power industry chain currently is consisted of power generation, power transmission, power distribution and power selling. the power reform launched in 2002 has separated power plants and power generation from power grid. currently, power transmission, distribution and selling are integrated together, and the power grid is responsible for power distribution and selling. therefore, from the perspective of industrial organization and structure, the power industry is highly centralized, the defect is that enterprises and users can鈥檛 meet with each other face to face; instead, they have to communicate mutually by the grid; just as when we are buying things, we can鈥檛 bargain directly with the seller but through an intermediary, the grid, which earn the purchase and sale price differentials; in the future, the grid shall become a professional company specialized in power transmission, just like the toll station on the highway, which shall collect the toll according to the power it transmits instead of power trading. it shall be the power generation enterprises and power users who are talking about the transaction of power. therefore, if the next-step reform can be able to change the transaction way of power, then the power market will be formed.
host: what influences will this reform bring about to the power industry and consumers?
jing chunmei: according to this reform idea, enterprises of power grid will be changed into utility enterprises, with their original profit model changed. without power transaction, the grid enterprises will better focus on power transmission, and become more professional power distribution companies; consequently, power users and power enterprises will have bigger right of choice, and this will be to the benefit of power industry to promote its operation efficiency, and to the benefit of the promotion and application of new energy as well as energy saving and emission reduction.
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Even while fires are raging all over California, and the smoke from some impacts Edwards Air Force Base, it may seem that the base is insulated from extreme fire danger due to the surrounding desert.
For one employee here, that was certainly not the case.
Len Paris, a heavy equipment operator with the 412th Civil Engineer Group, lives in Phelan, Calif., where his home and family were recently threatened by the Blue Cut fire.
He was at work when he first got word of the fire. "By the following day it looked like we were going to be just fine, but all of a sudden it took off again," he said. "The winds changed, and that thing just started going at it once again."
But rather than leave his home to the fate of the wind and fire, Paris opted to stay and help protect his and his neighbors' homes.
"It wasn't that far from my house," he said. "We had the mandatory evacuations, but I chose to stay. I was on a tractor clearing shrubs, trying to knock down any excess vegetation around the houses."
He said he also worked to help load and move his neighbors' horses, and people's valuables, photos and other things that can't be replaced.
While he was busy defending his home and neighbors, his unit was back at Edwards offering their support to him.
"Mr. Herbert (Timothy Herbert, Paris' supervisor) was good to go about it," he said. "I have only been working here for about four months, so I didn't know how these things work." Paris said this is his first experience with government service. In the civilian sector, not coming to work for any reason will likely get you fired, he said.
He talked to Herbert about not having any leave yet, and was reassured that everything would be fine. Paris told his boss that he didn't have any leave, but he reassured him that everything would be OK.
"He said don't worry about that side of it, just handle your family, take care of your place, and do what you can out there," Paris said. "It put my mind at ease in that department. I was thinking for sure I was going to be up a creek without a paddle."
He said that he didn't do anything unusual, and that many of the areas' residents were helping out.
"It was a really touchy situation for a while. I never saw a fire that bad since I've lived up there, but it was a neat feeling to see everyone come together and help everybody else out. I saw cavalries of trucks showing up to take horses to a safer place," he said. "You could see just caravans of vehicles coming up to help evacuate people and their belongings."


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LA DOTD is reporting a ruptured gas line near Ridge Road and Crip Lane.
Ridge Rd. west of Crip to the intersection of Fieldspan will be closed until 10 or 11 tonight, according to Bill Oliver, DOTD.
A DOTD crew was doing routine ditch cleaning and the crew hit the line. Oliver said the gas line wasn't marked.
Before the crew began digging the gas company was called to mark the line.
There are no evacuations at this time.
Gas line break closes Ridge Road in Lafayette https://t.co/W80Aa8xBoE pic.twitter.com/pgGSp88c1p
— Chris Welty (@Chris_R_Welty) January 29, 2019
The rupture is near the construction of the new roundabout, according to The Lafayette Fire Department.
KATC will have updates as they become available.
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2020 Blizzard Cochise With Marker Duke PT Freeride Bindings
These skis were used for one year before pandemic. In 2021, added Marker Duke PT free ride binding for backcountry. This is a great set up and basically new. The item "2020 Blizzard Cochise With Marker Duke PT Freeride Bindings" is in sale since Sunday, November 14, 2021. This item is in the category "Sporting Goods\Winter Sports\Skiing, Snowboarding & Snowshoeing\Skis".
The seller is "jsgriswold" and is located in Concord, Massachusetts. This item can be shipped to United States.
- Brand: Blizzard
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- Release Year: 2020
- Color: Orange
- Model: Cochise
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Pitney Bowes Management Services, Inc. (PBMS), a wholly owned subsidiary of Pitney Bowes Inc. (NYSE:PBI), announced its intent to work together with Microsoft Corp. on exploring the business opportunity for making Pitney Bowes ' dMail ™ digital mail service available in Azure ™ Services Platform.
The Pitney Bowes ' dMail ™ offering is a solution based on Microsoft technology for digitizing inbound business correspondence and inter-office mail. With the Azure Services Platform, the dMail ™ solution will be easier to deploy because the cloud platform provides a virtual, secure and scalable infrastructure to host it.
" Pitney Bowes Management Services is another example of how Pitney Bowes is delivering innovative business solutions on the Microsoft platform, " said Eddie Amos, general manager, Worldwide Partner Evangelism, Microsoft. " This expanded strategic alliance will meet the unique needs of our mutual customers. "
" Today ' s business and economic environments are demanding more creative solutions to address real estate, transportation and general business costs as well as employee mobility and sustainability concerns. As a global leader in mailing communications products and services, Pitney Bowes ' dMail ™ solution for converting and delivering mail digitally has established market success, and we expect our efforts to extend this service to the Azure Services Platform will benefit a broader range of common customers, " stated Maxim Lesur, managing director, Worldwide Postal Industry, Microsoft.
Pitney Bowes dMail ™ solution provides a number of benefits to the Fortune 1000, including enterprise cost savings, bringing business correspondence mail under corporate records policies and regulatory compliance, and environmental sustainability benefits. It supports workplace flexibility and real estate consolidation, among other areas.
" Although PBMS has thus far provided the dMail ™ solution as an on-premise, behind-the-firewall solution, an increasing number of clients have expressed interest in an off-site, hosted approach, " explained Vincent De Palma, executive vice president and president, PBMS. " We see this as an opportunity to address these needs by creating a dMail ™ solution that exists in a hosted, cloud infrastructure and also leverages our other assets, such as regional customer service centers, operational expertise, and our ability to execute solutions, enabling us to deliver a new model of service to our customers. We look forward to working with Microsoft, a leader in cloud platform technology, in exploring this opportunity. "
Pitney Bowes Management Services provides on-site and off-site outsourced mail, print and document management solutions to the Fortune 1000, AmLaw 200 and Federal Government agencies. Pitney Bowes Inc. is a mailstream technology company that helps organizations manage the flow of information, mail, documents and packages. Our 36,000 employees deliver technology, service and innovation to more than two million customers worldwide. The company was founded in 1920 and annual revenues now total $6.3 billion. More information is available at www.pb.com .


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Practicing outdoors adds a different dimension to one's yoga practice. Yoga means "union" and when practiced outside, you can experience union with nature, humanity and the universe. Being outside deepens the yoga experience in many ways and helps focus awareness, breathe deeply and practice stillness.
Please join us for these free classes at the Amphitheater at Philip S. Miller Park on Sunday mornings to find a deeper meaning to your yoga workout.
Enjoy warmer temperatures and seasonal goods at The Farmers Market at Festival Park. The market opens on Mother's Day, Sunday May 8. The Farmers Market at Festival Park, hosted by the Local Colorado, will run from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. every Sunday through September.
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Freddie and Matt both have NBA League Pass, a streaming service where you can watch all out-of-market games in the NBA. Every month, Freddie and Matt assign each other a team to watch at least one game, and they can't be playing the Raptors!
They'll take turns giving their takes on everything from the broadcast, the arena vibes, the play of the team, and lots of other fun tidbits. This week Matt got the Chicago Bulls and Freddie got the L.A. Clippers. Enjoy this bonus ep and have a happy and safe holiday!


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The Poo Corner Project: Waxing Philosophical
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This morning yours truly swung by Poo Corner to see how things were developing. Much to my surprise (and despite a stuffed leopard keeping watch), our poopetrator has resumed "bombing" India Street. The two above specimens were particularly— how shall we say— fragrant.
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You know what…I think it's time for a sting operation. Seriously. I'm about this close to just sitting in my car all night long and getting a picture of this asshole and then following him home with a bag of his dog's shit.
Our local vet suggested running a DNA test on these turds. I for one think this is a good idea.
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Bataan Park is a grade 2 [?] trail with one loop for a total of 0.33 miles (697 steps).
Nearby intersection
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This is a cute little trail located near the University in the Nob Hill area. People are always around giving it a lively feel. Great park to walk a dog.
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When They See Us cast: Who played Raymond in When They See Us?
When They See Us dropped on Netflix at the beginning of June and the five-part miniseries has become one of the most-watched show on the platform in June. When They See Us tells the story of the Central Park Five – Korey Wise, Raymond Santana, Yusef Salaam, Kevin Richardson and Antron McCray – who were wrongfully convicted of a crime they did not commit in 1989. They were exonerated and their convictions were overturned in 2002 and the miniseries dramatises their story. The real Central Park Five also appear in the series alongside the actors who portray them but who played Raymond Santana in the series?
Who played Raymond Santana in When They See Us?
Young Raymond
Raymond Santana was just 14-years-old when he was arrested by police in April 1989.
Young Raymond in When They See Us is played by Marquis Rodriguez.
Rodriguez has previously starred in Netflix's Iron Fist and Luke Cage as Darryl.
He also starred in the film Definitely Maybe alongside Ryan Reynolds and Rachel Weisz.
Rodriguez has also been cast in the Game of Thrones prequel, but nothing has been revealed about who he will be playing.
Older Raymond
In episode three of When They See Us, viewers get to meet the older Raymond upon his release.
He is portrayed by 24-year-old Freddy Miyares, who is best known for playing Javi in Elementary.
This year, Miyares will also star in the CBS series The Code as Sgt Alejandr Ximenez.
What happened to Raymond Santana? Where is he now?
Raymond Santana was taken into custody on the evening of April 19, 1989, alongside 20 other teenagers, including Kevin Richardson.
Raymond and Kevin would later go on to be known as part of the Central Park Five.
The Central Park Five were accused and wrongfully found guilty of the brutal rape and attack of a 28-year-old jogger.
Raymond alongside Kevin, Antron and Korey signed written confessions, which they claimed were coerced.
Yusef did not sign a written confession, but his verbal confession was regarded as enough evidence to charge him with the crime.
The five men – all aged between 14 and 16 – were interviewed without the presence of a parent or guardian, or defence attorney and were reportedly interviewed without little or no breaks.
On August 18, 1990, Santana was tried as a juvenile was sentenced to five to 10 years in prison.
He served five years of his sentence in total before his conviction was overturned in December 2002.
Matias Reyes – a serial rapist and murderer- had confessed to the crime and DNA test and other evidence proved that he was the sole attacker.
In 2002, the five boys, now men, sued the City of New York for malicious prosecution, racial discrimination and emotional distress.
The lawsuit was not settled until June 2014 for $41 million [£32,482,250]
Today, Santana lives in Atlanta, Georgia with his teenager daughter.
He works closely with the Innocence Project and is a member of the New York City Justice League.
Santana has started his own clothing company, Park Madison NYC, named after his home city of New York.
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Autonomous Vehicles – Just How Long?
Many of the major players in the automotive industry are going full throttle towards autonomous vehicles. But when are we likely to see these vehicles upscale and become a mass consumer item? It's a hotly debated question.
There are vast technological, legal and regulatory challenges to overcome before autonomous vehicles can ramp up to become a commercially viable concept that will change the way we transport people and goods.
A couple of weeks ago I attended the annual UK AESIN conference that brings together major players in the UK automotive industry involved in electronics, with speakers from Ford Motor Company, KPMG, Bosch, PA Consulting, Innovate UK and many more.
Autonomous vehicles have the potential to improve our lives by saving time and improving safety, being good for the environment, saving us money and improving mobility for the less able. Let's consider some research findings and facts around parking and safety – immediate benefits that we could all enjoy.
During AESIN, The Autonomous Vehicle Roadmap session from the UK Automotive Council laid out the full picture. What is the true potential for the car of the future? They have carried out research with one element focused on parking, revealing the commercial value of cars of the future around parking.
- People in the UK are willing to pay 42 pence each time they park their car – seems realistic. After a parking incident that saw me scraping the whole side of a colleague's brand new Mercedes in the Zuken office car park, 42p would have been a good investment for me. Back to the market potential, multiply 42p for each car owner = millions of pounds.
The WHO reported that 714 people die from road accidents in China per DAY. They are certainly in a critical situation. For the UK, it amounts to almost five per day according to The Department of Transport, which also estimated in 2015 that the value of preventable road accidents in the UK per year was £15.3 billion. If the parking doesn't convince you, increases in safety should.
What of the social costs?
Save lives, save the earth, cut costs…this is what really matters. But what of the social costs? Some of the presenters highlighted the need to really understand what the market wants, rather than being consumed by the technical abilities and possibilities. Despite savings, changing behaviours is part of the battle that lies ahead. Quite realistically, it was suggested that incentives to make this shift will be crucial to the progress, whether that be vouchers, free parking or encouraging people to change travel times to avoid traffic issues and obtain a parking place.
Technology is not just about the car
Technology has a way to go, but we're not just talking about the technology in the vehicle itself. It's not all about LIDARs (sensors for self-driving cars), and the control and human machine interfaces that can self-learn onboard a vehicle; but also about having the highways enabled. Then there are the communications. As Stephen Green from Cosworth Electronics suggested, we can do a lot with 4G, but we could do so much more with 5G. He raised interesting topics such as "how good is going to be good enough, and how safe is going to be safe enough?" These questions highlight the need to accurately work out risks involved so we can balance technology with the business and human factors.
It was suggested that the autonomous cars of the future will become a productive and entertaining extension of our lives; as dramatic as the mass adoption of mobile smart phones. We may see the concept of mobility change entirely.
95% of cars are idle each day, suggesting that by 2050 50% of people won't want to own a car.
How long?
There was much speculation as to how long it would take before your car could pick you up. Ten years was suggested as a possible figure; but it was recognised that there would be a period of limbo from the point of first adoption to mass market uptake. We mainly talk about how long will it take to make this practically possible, but this is not considering how long it will take society to build up the trust and acceptance to truly embrace the fully autonomous vehicle. To what extent can we realistically expect society to adopt this into their lives?
I'm certainly interested to see how this concept progresses in my lifetime. Will some of the sci-fi books of recent age become outdated by the time I get around to reading them in my retirement? Or will my children be the last generation to learn to drive as we know it?
Further reading
- Corporate: Automotive Engineering Solutions – Managing Complexity in Automotive Engineering
- Global: KPMG – Autonomous Vehicles Reports (Parking, Policy, Spatial Planning)
- North America: Autonomous Vehicle Implementation Predictions
- UK: Autonomous Vehicles: What are the roadblocks?
- Nordic: How long is the road to driverless vehicles?
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Tale of the tape: Darvish vs. Arrieta
Which top free-agent starter would provide most bang for buck?
Gerrit Cole's availability in the trade market was a distraction for several teams that might otherwise have been more thoroughly immersed in free agency, and it remains to be seen if discussions about Chris Archer or other potential trade chips get to as serious a stage.
But Cole's move from Pittsburgh to Houston invites optimism that we'll finally begin to get some clarity in free agency. Though there are a lot of names out there, Yu Darvish and Jacob Arrieta represent the class of this class, and something could come to fruition soon with teams that are open to the idea of springing for a front-line-type starter -- a list that includes but is likely not limited to the Cubs, Yankees, Brewers, Twins, Dodgers and Rangers.
So here's a tale of the tape comparing Darvish and Arrieta, as teams discuss and decide which one to prioritize.
Darvish: Having achieved veritable rock-star status in his native Japan, Darvish came to the United States via the posting system at age 25. And though he's not won a Cy Young Award and he was sidetracked by a right elbow injury at one point, Darvish has largely lived up to the hype.
Arrieta: This intense competitor and disciplined dieter ("I eat plants, I eat lean meats," Arrieta said when people tried to accuse him of taking PEDs amid a late bloom) nearly pitched his way out of the big leagues in Baltimore before a change of scenery and pitch selection helped him achieve superstardom in Chicago
Darvish: 31
Arrieta: 32
Career stats
Darvish: 131 starts, 832 1/3 innings, 3.42 ERA, 3.30 FIP, 1.18 WHIP, 3.33 K/BB ratio, 19.3 bWAR
Arrieta: 197 games, 1,161 innings, 3.57 ERA, 3.64 FIP, 1.17 WHIP, 2.66 K/BB ratio, 20.3 bWAR
2017 stats
Darvish: 31 starts, 186 2/3 innings, 3.86 ERA, 3.83 FIP, 1.16 WHIP, 3.6 K/BB ratio, 3.9 bWAR
Arrieta: 30 starts, 168 1/3 innings, 3.53 ERA, 4.16 FIP, 1.22 WHIP, 2.96 K/BB ratio, 1.9 bWAR
2018 Steamer projection
Darvish: 29 starts, 179 innings, 3.82 ERA, 3.70 FIP, 1.20 WHIP, 3.56 K/BB ratio, 3.6 WAR
Arrieta: 29 starts, 177 innings, 4.20 ERA, 4.11 FIP, 1.32 WHIP, 2.71 K/BB ratio, 2.7 WAR
Darvish: Tommy John surgery cost Darvish all of the 2015 season and part of '16. Since coming to MLB from Japan in '12, he has logged just one 200-inning season (209 2/3 innings in '13). However, Darvish did make 31 starts between the Rangers and Dodgers last year.
Arrieta: Though a right hamstring strain sidelined him late last year, Arrieta has never had a major arm injury, which of course stands in stark contrast to Darvish's situation. Has made at least 30 starts each of the past three seasons.
Darvish: Darvish has a deep repertoire that includes a four-seamer (94.3 mph average in 2017), slider, sinker, cutter, curve, splitter and changeup. With the Dodgers late last season, he began having success throwing his fastball less frequently and his cutter more. Darvish also lowered his arm slot slightly.
Arrieta: With a deceptive delivery, Arrieta throws a sinker, four-seamer, curve, changeup and slider-cutter. A de-emphasis on the four-seam usage and increase in sinker percentage helped spark his 2015 rise to stardom.
Postseason pedigree
Darvish: Because Darvish lost his only two postseason starts with the Rangers and was lit up by the Astros in the World Series (eight runs on nine hits in 3 1/3 innings), he has a reputation as a pitcher you might not be able to trust on the big stage. But keep in mind he did limit the D-backs and Cubs to a pair of runs over 11 1/3 innings in his first two playoff starts last year, and Sports Illustrated quoted an anonymous Astros hitter as saying Darvish was tipping his pitches in the Fall Classic.
Arrieta: With a masterful performance in the 2015 National League Wild Card Game and a 2.38 ERA in two World Series starts, Arrieta has risen to the October occasion in the recent past. Overall, he is 5-3 with a 3.08 ERA in 52 2/3 innings over nine starts.
Best selling points
Darvish: Beyond the fun you can have with the Yu puns, Darvish's stuff is every bit as sharp as it was pre-surgery, his strikeout rate (11 per nine for his career and 10.1 last season) is elite, and he's coming off a season in which he was worth nearly four Wins Above Replacement, per baseball-reference.com -- a difference-maker at a time when reliable starting arms are difficult to come by.
Arrieta: Because of the up-and-down nature of his early career, there's an argument that Arrieta's arm is "younger" than his age would indicate. He's thrown 458 2/3 fewer professional innings than Darvish has -- more than two full seasons' worth of action. Arrieta appeared on NL Cy Young Award ballots in three of the past four seasons, and his 2015 win featured a historic second half (12-1 record, 0.75 ERA in 15 starts).
Biggest red flags
Darvish: Darvish not only had Tommy John surgery, but he's also looking at 2,172 2/3 professional innings (between Japan and the States) in his rearview mirror -- a lot of wear and tear. And the big-game reputation will, rightly or wrongly, be a storyline wherever he signs.
Arrieta: Forget the obvious assertion that Arrieta won't repeat what he did in 2015, but it's nonetheless notable that he averaged 6.94 innings per start in '15 and 5.99 from 2016-17, all while seeing a 2.5-mph drop in his average fastball velocity in that span. His walks per nine went from 1.9 in '15 to 3.2 over '16-'17. There are strategic reasons why a Cubs team that has gone deep into the playoffs three straight years would want to protect its arms (and the game is evolving toward quicker hooks, anyway), but despite the unmistakable effort Arrieta puts into his diet and his training, you might not be getting quite the workhorse or the sharp command we saw a few years back.
Bottom line
Darvish: Darvish might never have a transcendent, award-winning season like Arrieta once had, but if you want an imposing presence that can elevate the top end of a rotation, Yu got it.
Arrieta: Arrieta is expected to command a lower total contract figure than Darvish, and he therefore might provide more value if -- and only if -- he can sort through his command issues of 2017.
One man's conclusion
Because of the repertoire tweaks first instituted in L.A. that can make his still-elite-level stuff more consistently effective, Darvish has the higher upside of the two moving forward, even with the red flags associated with his medical history. He's the guy you want your favorite team to sign.


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Los Angeles, CA (The Hollywood Times) 11/25/19 – Author Justin Donner's new book is "Ninja Cat: Whiskers of Choice." It is about a cast-away cat with no parents who lives on the mean city streets with his animal friends fights for financial freedom when a notorious loan shark bullies them into a wild heist situation!
Share your upbringing.
Justin Donner: Fatherless. My Stepdad tried, but we didn't have much in common. He worked in Seattle, but we lived in a bay town an hour and a half north so he wasn't around much but he did introduce me to computers and coding programs on MS-DOS at a young age. I appreciated that influence. Tech, nature, and literature fueled my days. The community generally encouraged creativity, education and generally had pretty high expectations for what people could do with their lives. Mom took care of my brother and sister, 8 and 10 years younger, so I was pretty much on my own from 10 on, which gave me time to learn to love writing. Time alone became a cherished part of my upbringing, being so free to live according to my schedule. It was suggested I skip a grade in school, but (foreshadow) as a kid I easily vented frustration via violence, so emotionally I wasn't ready. That lead to countless hours writing and drawing, spending time in the dreary woods of northwest Washington and meandering the beaches near my school, truly blessed to be in a paradise of mindfulness.
What lessons would you like to share?
Justin Donner: Time is finite. Being respectful goes a long way. It's not important that you are right, or make the choice, or decision, but that the best answer is found and implemented. Too much time is wasted worrying about the irrelevant details in life, and the journey becomes obsessive toward the destination. Which, unfortunately, is an American Dream I'm not sure is real anyway.
You studied under a master chef in Sacramento where you learned about operating a successful award-winning restaurant. How did this experience change your life?
Justin Donner: It saved my life. Beyond learning the nuts and bolts, the culinary techniques, nomenclature, and processes involved in kitchen operations, Chef took me under his wing in a father-figure role, more like a mentor and life-coach. Only extremely blunt, profane, demanding and frustrating. I've had plates of food flung into the garbage because the standard wasn't met for service. Humbling stuff. Around 6 months into my apprenticeship I broke up with my girlfriend and left our apartment, choosing homelessness (and drunkenness) over volatile love. I was lurking near the restaurant in the uptown district, in bars and clubs all night, crashing on friend's couches, trying to hook up, whatever to get by. One night I got into a street fight with a Pimp, wound up with a broken nose at 3 AM, wandered the streets until the restaurant opened at 5 AM and greeted Chef with a face-full of blood, clearly at a new rock bottom. He shook his head and brought me in, cooked me breakfast (for the first and only time) and shared his life story with me. He explained his orphan childhood in Germany, culinary education throughout Europe and migration to New York as a teen, fast rise to success, restaurant ventures in Philadelphia and Chicago, where he was executive chef for the Playboy Club, then to Los Angeles where he starred in a cooking program (in the 80s, before that was the thing we know now) until a car crash nearly killed him and left him with perspective that brought him to Sacramento to teach his craft and live easy. His drug and alcohol abuse nearly derailed his life, too, showing up to work in bloody, busted-up conditions like me at one point, strung out, drunk, facing not only career failure but death. His story inspired me to do better, to live for a reason again. Chef also got me off the streets, spoke with a regular to the restaurant who was into the house-flipping game and let me crash at one of his in-progress homes for cheap while I got my act together. The economics and skills required to run a restaurant were learned easily enough, responsibility and managing money, food preparation and culinary prowess, but the relationship I had with Chef changed my life more than anything related to food or business. He taught me how to overcome adversity and take responsibility for my own life, to never accept failure and to hold myself to a standard that makes me proud to be me.
When did you know that you found your freedom in writing?
Justin Donner: When I was in college as a pre-med honors college student. Trying to balance a frat-boy lifestyle with the rigors of organic chemistry and emergency department volunteering while carrying a hectic romantic workload would've led to implosion if not for the freedom found in writing. This outlet allowed me to not only make sense of my life, struggles, fears and ambitions but through writing, I was able to process my energy productively. Research began to take on new meaning, focus, and purpose that I could tackle tough topics and create words to make sense of it all. Thanks to writing, those lessons learned can be read by anyone, anywhere, anytime, and there's great freedom in knowing your work has meaning.
Your best-selling recovery memoir "I Just Woke Up Dead" was written while working on a Master's Degree in Criminology, Law, and Society from the University of California, Irvine. What did that time look like?
Justin Donner: That time was crazy. I was 1 year sober, having turned the corner permanently from the spiritual progress found during the journey of "I Just Woke Up Dead." That isn't the end of my story, there were a few more years of relapse before ultimately getting clean. So a year into sobriety my editor encourages me to finish the memoir during the summer before beginning graduate school. I was just getting off probation, getting my undergrad degree, going to lots of Alcoholics Anonymous and Sex Addicts Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous meetings and all kinds of recovery events, just headfirst into getting well. The faith and belief that life can and would get better through sobriety was beginning to prove itself more than and idea. Tangible changes were being made in my life that improved my situation in so many ways, from publishing the book to going to UCI to renewing my relationship with my son (about 4 years old at the time). I felt a lot of peace working on "IJWD" because of the cathartic nature of reflection and the comfort knowing that if I could live through that, I can easily handle the rigors facing me today. And in the future. It was the beginning of what's been a wild ride in recovery.
Tell us about "Ninja Cat." What inspired you to write this? What would you like readers to understand the most?
Justin Donner: I was inspired by parenting. By trying to teach my son abstract concepts that are fundamentally important. Like self-respect. Treating others with respect. Managing emotions. Finance. Cliques. Accountability. Courage under stress. I found that by creating cartoon characters that embodied either the emotion or archetype I wanted him to learn about, I could reference those characters later, in real life. So when he'd be about to throw a tantrum when he couldn't get his shoes tied quickly, I'd reference Molinari and how silly the drawings are of him freaking out about his… shoelace tying! That would lighten the frustration and helped him get over that shoelace thing. Other things, like finance, latch-key kid environments, consequences and the process of making good decisions, these are things kids ought to hear about frequently. I would like readers to understand the most important thing is to talk to kids and give them credit, because nowadays they will be exposed to all subject matter and content, so it's better to stay ahead of the curve and talk about things like urban/rural tension and economic inequality now so they aren't caught of guard when life hits them as young adults and they've still never heard of interest rates.
Are you the "Ninja Cat?"
Justin Donner: Yes, as an ideal, anyway! Ninja Cat is me if I would've known what I know now, then. He's not perfect, but his heart in the right place. I guess in a way I'm Ninja Cat. I think Ninja Cat represents the good in us all, regardless of our situations. We are all the Ninja Cat.
What is a recurring theme in the book?
Justin Donner: Life is tough. Stress is real. Sometimes the best choice isn't easy or obvious. Making decisions based (mostly) on emotion is not a great idea. Seeking help is okay. Talking about your fears and worries and life is healthy. Mental health matters. The things we say and do matter. How we treat each other matters. Judge less, and communicate more.
How important were the illustrations to your story?
Justin Donner: A picture is worth 1,000 words. I believe that. Supplement that with actual words and now you've got a digestible kid story about real topics. Corrigan and I drew the entire final draft without words. I had them on a separate word doc, but I was able to flip through the entire book in one sitting with a 10-year old kid and verbally tell him the gist of the story using the pics to get the job done. This allowed the text to take on a whole new meaning to elaborate on a tale that was already rich enough to exist as pics only. Now the book has layers and opportunities to inquire further, for kids to ask their parents about a subject or teachers can bring up a discussion about standing up to bullying or how accepting gifts can leave you owing someone favors you may not be prepared to honor. The characters express emotion through illustration and that takes the story to a whole new level when the words are concise and precise to make the story pop.
Who would enjoy "Ninja Cat" the most?
Justin Donner: Parents. It's a story full of content kids need to hear about but contains a litany of jokes and references only parents will recognize. There's humor, action, math, social and emotional lessons and plenty to think about. Kid books don't leave a lot to discuss, Captain Underpants leaves a lot out when it comes to in-game analysis, Not many books give me a page-by-page opportunity to elaborate on why something matters or why it's important to treat each other with respect. But Ninja Cat gives a parent lots of opportunities to drive home good values on a basic human level. As told by animals.
If you had to do it all over again, what would you do differently?
Justin Donner: Nothing. Too many forks in the road would've led to such different realities I can't imagine what different would look like. I could've been a surgeon, or a restauranteur or lawyer or criminologist, I could have been an overdose casualty or homicide victim. I think different, for better or worse, would've been really, really different, so I think I'll stay content with the way it worked out. I'm curious, of course, what surgeon Justin would be like or Michelin Star chef Justin would be like, but I'm good with author/finance Justin.
What is next for you?
Justin Donner: Ninja Cat, part 2. Just like the first book had learning intent, I've been told by professionals that trauma stories in kid books are lacking. This is a really important subject to me, I've worked with a lot of people who experienced trauma has a child and never dealt with it or talked about it with anybody. Ever. That doesn't work out very well. Given we all experience trauma uniquely, rather than try to focus on a type of trauma, Skinny City Turkey will provide the character to introduce generic trauma that focuses more on talking about it than what specifically happened. That conversation will be for the kid and parent or teacher or counselor, but providing a story with the characters of Ninja Cat can hopefully find its way into a kid's hands who can feel like maybe it's time to talk about whatever it is that's bothering them, because we all go through stuff and it's ok to feel weird about it. Ninja Cat is going to grow up with my son, so we're moving away from finance and peer pressure. But the story will still be kid edited and approved, chock-full of the same action, humor and fast page-turning flow that made Ninja Cat: Whiskers of Choice so fun.


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Creating a high quality stream show is quite an achievement — but getting people to view your content is even more challenging.
As part of your customer engagement strategy, you need to discover how to compete with the vast amount of live video streaming that's out there. YouTube, for example, has over 2 billion active users with an eye watering 500 hours of content uploaded every minute.
If you want to compete with this insane amount of content you can't just "hit and hope" when it comes to scheduling — you need to do your homework. Streaming live involves having to focus on planning the event and coordinating the production. But, and perhaps just as importantly, you need to identify the best times to host your live event, too.
In this post we'll decide how to determine the best times to post your live stream show on YouTube and other live streaming channels.
First of all you need to understand who will be viewing your live stream.
1. Who are your target viewers? 👩💻
Your target audience will depend on your type of organization and the kind of content you're live streaming. For example, if you provide courses on something like remote learning best practices, you'll need to make sure you post your live streams outside of office hours. If you're a company live streaming to employees, you'll need to post your shows within those hours.
It's essential to align your content with the type of material your audience is interested in. It's equally important to match streaming times with the availability of the viewers. You can assess this availability by creating ideal marketing personas. Developing ideal personas is essential if you are to reach your audience. You can develop them by collecting a list of your current customers or subscribers and finding out as much information about them as possible.
2. Work out when viewers are available to watch your content ⏰
Consider your target audience and their lifestyle. If you sell surfboards, your target audience will be surfers. You'll need to dig deeper into their demographics, though, in order to find out about their other attributes. For example, when do these people have downtime away from their sport? Presumably not on weekends during the daytime? So you wouldn't schedule your live stream at this time.
Try to imagine the daily routines your target viewers may have — and the locations they may be in during the day. This will determine when they could be available to view your content. If we return to the example of course providers, you may predict your target audience will be working from 9 to 5. They may also commute to work in a car or via public transport, have a lunch hour, and be eating an evening meal between 6 and 8pm.
Although these are only approximations this may hold true for a significant number of your intended viewing audience. Using this rough scenario you can try to time your stream accordingly.
3. Consider how engaged you want your target viewer to be 💃
Think about the message you're trying to convey in your live streaming show. How do you wish viewers to engage with the content and what actions do you want them to take? How much attention do you ideally want from your target audience?
Do they have to fully concentrate or can they watch whilst doing other things? Or are you running a live video conference and need viewers to feel fully part of the event?
How long is your stream — will viewers need to spend a few minutes or an hour watching it? Most live streaming is aired in order to increase engagement. Despite people's generally short attention span, live videos are viewed, on average, for far longer than pre-recorded videos. That's because they are more engaging.
If you want viewers to casually watch a short streamed show, aim to air it in a social setting. For example, when people have finished their sales meeting and are socializing with colleagues, say around 5pm to 7pm. Your show could lead to a discussion and help establish brand familiarity.
4. Do you want viewers to take action? 🤝
Requiring viewers to take action either during or after your live show will require extra effort, mentally, physically, and possibly even emotionally. If your content is designed to elicit a response from viewers, work out at which times they are likely to be more receptive.
The types of actions you may want viewers to take include:
- Considering and reflecting on your content in order to register for a course or buy a product — requires more effort.
- Watching and taking an action such as clicking on "like" — requires less effort.
- Asking viewers to take part in virtual team building activities — requires significant effort.
If you're live streaming an announcement or hosting a Q&A session for employees, aim to stream at a time they're likely to be together. For instance, in the lunch hour or in the pub after work. Friday evenings from 5 pm onwards is when colleagues tend to have the largest social presence. That way you can establish a connection with people in a relaxed setting over drinks.
Read later: Ways to ruin your streaming career📍
5. Which device do you want people to watch on? 💻
Lots of people use their smartphones to watch live streaming shows. Even though it's only a few inches wide. New installs of the top five video streaming apps increased over 400% last year.
A recent survey showed that users spend an average of 87 minutes communicating and using social media on phones from Monday to Thursday, but more than 160 minutes from Friday through to Sunday. So maybe a good time to catch viewers with your live stream is at a weekend.
6. Which timezone are viewers in? 🌎
Live streaming limits you to the time zone of your audience. However, so that you don't miss out on a regional audience of untapped viewers while they may be asleep, you could pre-record your live videos. You could then schedule them to stream at another time of day by using a Restream Events.
7. Which platform(s) are you using to stream your live show? ☝
The online hosting solution you select — whether a social media site, a third party destination, or your own website, can help inform you when to stream.
A recent report indicates that the best times to post on social media will depend on your specific industry and the social media site you choose to use.
CoSchedule gathered together 25 studies to identify the best times to post on various social media sites. They concluded that:
- The best times to post on Instagram for B2C companies are 8am, 1pm, and 9pm and if you're hosting a B2B event it's 12 to 1pm, 5 to 6pm, and 8 to 9pm.
- On Facebook the best times to post if you're a B2C business are 9 to 10am, 12 to 1pm, 4 to 5pm. For B2B businesses, consider posting at 9am or between 3 and 4 pm.
8. Are you making use of live viewer reports to inform your broadcast times? 📈
By taking into consideration the points we've covered in this post you're already getting better prepared to stream at the right times.
But when you first get started with live streaming, you should see your first shows as tests. Live stream at different days and different times to gather valuable data that will give you insights into your audience sizes. Then you can optimize to show your event at the times that are attracting bigger audiences.
Other insights you should gather include:
- How many people are attending your live streams.
- Device ownership — whether viewers are watching on desktop or mobile.
- Live vs on demand streaming — whether people are watching your content live or later. If most are watching later you could consider using more on demand content.
- Repeat traffic — are people returning to your live stream events or is it mostly a one-off affair?
- Duration of views — how long are people watching your live stream? Low streaming duration indicates your content might need work or that you're reaching the wrong audience.
- Geographical breakdown — where are people watching your live stream from?
- Engagement — are the audience interacting with your content?
9. Take into account your competition 👀
It might not be the best idea to livestream when you have to compete with more streamers for eyeballs. Identify your biggest competitors and aim for a time when they aren't streaming. Having said that, it doesn't make sense to stream when there's the lowest number of viewers of live channels, such as in the mornings when everyone's at work.
Aim for balance and try to identify the ideal ratio between peak times, demand, and your competition.
10. What's convenient for you? 💪
Your schedule as a live streamer is important, too, so make sure your virtual meetings or live stream events fit into your lifestyle. Not everyone can livestream every day, especially if you have a full time job to fit such activities around.
You can still find plenty of opportunities to stream, so long as you do your homework and optimise the time you have available. Once again, balance is key. Find the best possible time to stream that also works with your personal schedule.
The best time to stream will be down to you and your schedule. There's no "one size fits all", but in this post we hope you have found some food for thought. With live streaming even more important than static video nowadays, it's essential to find a strategy that works for you.
Make sure you follow the general rules we've outlined. And remember to test your strategies out as you go. In that way you'll discover the perfect time to run your livestream — and ensure that your event outshines the competition.


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Attorneys with the Department of Labor, Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) have filed a brief as amicus curiae supporting neither party in the case of Retirement Plans Committee of IBM v. Larry W. Jander in the U.S. Supreme Court.
The U.S. Government concludes in its brief that, because the lower courts did not apply the correct legal standard, the Supreme Court should vacate the judgment and remand the case for further consideration.
IBM asked the Supreme Court to answer "whether Fifth Third's 'more harm than good' pleading standard can be satisfied by generalized allegations that the harm of an inevitable disclosure of an alleged fraud generally increases over time."
According to the brief, the Supreme Court in Fifth Third v. Dudenhoeffer identified three considerations that should inform whether an Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) plaintiff has plausibly stated a duty-of-prudence claim against an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) fiduciary for failing to disclose inside information about the employer's stock. "Although the parties largely focus on the third consideration—whether a prudent fiduciary could not have concluded that disclosure would do more harm than good—the proper analysis should be informed by the requirements and objectives of the securities laws," it says, adding that, "The federal securities laws provide a comprehensive scheme of public disclosure rules designed to protect investors. There is no sound reason to adopt a different set of disclosure rules to protect those investors who are participants in an ESOP."
The original lawsuit alleged that the defendants continued to invest retirement plan assets in IBM common stock despite their being aware of undisclosed troubles relating to IBM's microelectronic business. Referring to new pleading standards set forth in the Supreme Court's decision in Fifth Third, the plaintiffs said, "Once defendants learned that IBM's stock price was artificially inflated, defendants should have either disclosed the truth about microelectronics' value or issued new investment guidelines that would temporarily freeze further investments in IBM stock."
The U.S. Government's brief explains how securities law relates to disclosure and nondisclosure of an artificially inflated price.
Writers of the brief say, "The courts below and the parties appear to expect a fiduciary to make an ad hoc prediction about whether a public disclosure would do more harm than good in a particular case. But ESOPs have multiple participants and beneficiaries who, at any given time, are likely to have competing economic interests. Both the direction and the strength of those interests in a public disclosure would turn on information about the future that, in many cases, neither the participant nor a fiduciary would know with reasonable certainty. An ad hoc cost-benefit analysis is therefore too indeterminate to serve the meaningful filtering role the Court contemplated."
It concludes that the better course is to recognize that Congress and the SEC have already made a judgment about when a public disclosure would do more harm than good, "and prudent fiduciaries should generally not second-guess that judgment."The brief states that "absent extraordinary circumstances, ERISA's duty of prudence requires an ESOP fiduciary to publicly disclose inside information only when the securities laws require such disclosure."


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"Baseball Players Read Books," the popular program pairing Bobcat Baseball players with Hoglan Elementary classrooms, will wrap up its second year at the end of this month.
Every Thursday members of the baseball team spend time reading one-on-one or with small groups in Hoglan classrooms. The project began in 2011-2012 when then senior centerfielder Alex Thompson approached coach Steve Hanson with the idea. (Read more about the program beginnings here.)
After a successful first year, the program started up again in fall 2012 and will conclude for the school year at the end of this month, shortly before the start of baseball season.
"Our guys have a good time interacting with the youngsters at Hoglan," Hanson said.


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Jul 13, 2018 - World
Rick Perry: Trump will tell Putin that Nord Stream II is bad
Energy Secretary Rick Perry, who's in Brussels, discussed U.S. opposition to Russia's proposed Nord Stream II natural gas pipeline into Germany. After meeting with EU energy officials, Perry fielded a press question about whether the project would come up in President Trump's July 16 meeting with Putin.
"The president, he is pretty straightforward about what he believes, and he thinks Nord Stream 2 is not in the European Union's best interest, and my bet is he'll be more than happy to tell President Putin that straight to his face."— Rick Perry
Yes, but: While the U.S. opposes the project, Perry strongly downplayed the prospect of sanctions against European companies working on the long-proposed pipeline.
- "Sanctions are kind of the last place we would like to land. They are always an option," he said.
- However, per Reuters, the State Department reiterated Wednesday that firms investing in the project remain at risk of sanctions.
What's next: Perry's comments are another signal that energy could be among the topics when Trump and Putin meet in Helsinki.
Go deeper:
- Why Trump is mad about the proposed pipeline
- S&P Global Platts explores other energy matters in play here.


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