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OPINION: As wildfires grow more common and destructive, AI may help protect Nevadans
As deadly wildfires sweep across Los Angeles, we are once again reminded of the destructive power of natural disasters. The fires, expected to be the costliest in U.S. history, with estimated losses very likely to exceed $50 billion, are part of a concerning pattern in the West of hotter and drier weather patterns leading to costly and destructive droughts and wildfires. Certainly, after-action analysis will show much of the scope of the disaster was avoidable.
Five Months Later, ‘National Trust’ Won’t Say Who Funded Takeover of Maine Newspapers
By Steve Robinson Five months after telling its staff and readers that it planned to disclose “the funders” behind the purchase of five Maine daily newspapers, the nonprofit trust now controlling several of Maine’s oldest news brands hasn’t kept the promise. The sale of the Portland Press Herald, Lewiston Sun Journal, Kennebec Journal, and other Maine news brands to the “National Trust for Local News” was completed last summer.
Could daylong themes reverse a drop in listening to news stations?
In his latest “Three Things” newsletter, public media consultant and former station leader Tim Eby drew attention to what he called a “major market meltdown.” Five NPR news stations — KQED, WBEZ, WNYC, KPCC and KCRW — have seen a “dramatic drop” in audience from the first half of 2021 to the first half of this year, Eby wrote, according to his analysis of Nielsen data. When posted on the Public Radio Program Directors Facebook page, the article drew several responses. None mentioned programming.
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In 2021, in the wake of lockdowns and people turning to the internet for teaching, Tony Merida wrote Love Your Church—a book which had a huge impact. He powerfully showed that the local church matters, outlining how ordinary church members can love their church. This series expands on the concepts in Tony’s original book, going much deeper into how to love your church family in the areas of belonging, welcoming, gathering, caring, serving, honoring one another, witnessing, and mission.
How to keep your insurance agency's data secure
Along with cyber insurance, it is essential to consider ransomware recovery as an essential part of your business continuity plan. (Shutterstock) With ransomware attacks grabbing front-page headlines seemingly on a daily basis, today’s highly-valued insurance agents need to advise their insureds on a variety of technological exposures, including some that may not have existed even a decade ago.
How music stations can help local artists and listeners get through the coronavirus crisis
With America now facing a global health crisis, public radio’s national and local news operations are doing an admirable job of providing listeners with as much relevant news and information as they can. I have a few suggestions about how music stations can respond to the crisis. All over the country, concerts of all types — from symphony orchestras and operas to jazz and blues shows at small clubs — are being canceled or, at the very least, curtailed.
Chick-fil-A Success Proves You Can't Fake the Role of Faith in Business Culture
“You can’t sell from an empty wagon.” That statement from Jimmy Collins, Chick-fil-A’s former chief operating officer (and my supervisor), has always stuck with me. Usually, Jimmy directed this observation toward the Chick-fil-A operator family around the realities of being ready for business: having proper inventory, properly trained talent, and an “on-stage” attitude all the time. You can never be successful if your “wagon” is not stocked and ready to go.
My Word: A moral mandate to save our world
I am passionate about public lands, the parts of our planet that belong to all of us. I am grateful to share these places with others, especially our grandchildren. Rep. Jared Huffman and Sen. Kamala Harris also care about public lands and they just introduced legislation in the U.S. House and Senate that proves just that. This is a comprehensive bill that should have widespread support, in my opinion.
Open source technology will have big influence in the future
Open technology is set to have an enormous impact on the future of cloud as companies continue to integrate public and private cloud capabilities. IBM By Steve Robinson, General Manager of Hybrid Cloud, IBM Open source has been changing the world for more than 25 years. Ever since Linux's inception in 1991, the open technology movement it set in motion has been hugely successful and its influence — which goes beyond the world of software and business — is likely to continue for decades to come.
Mark Cascadia earthquake anniversary by taking steps to be prepared
Friday, Jan. 26marks the 318th anniversary of the most recent monster earthquake on the Cascadia Subduction Zone (CSZ). In the past 6,000 years or so, quakes of magnitude 8 or 9 have occurred every 202 years on average. Only once in that period of time has the interval between quakes exceeded 250 years, so the pressure in the CSZ fault has been growing for a long time. We’ve been lucky to have avoided this devastating quake and its accompanying tsunami for so long.
Letter to the editor: Keillor’s punishment is out of proportion to what he did
The sexual predators who have been unmasked in recent months, from Harvey Weinstein to James Levine, deserve to have their careers come to crashing and humiliating ends. They also deserve to have as much evidence that their careers ever existed erased as completely as possible. But does Garrison Keillor fall into this category? I don’t think so.
Golden State’s untamed wilds our greatest gift
I started backpacking in the early 1970s after returning to California from Vietnam. The wilderness was intense, and at first I wasn’t sure why I was drawn to it. As I fended off bugs and blisters amid the wet cold, I often wondered “Why do I do this?” Then back at home I would be drawn to it, and dream about being out in the wilderness once more. The Northern California wilderness is where I go to work things out, to reflect on my life and get a better sense of myself.
Use of the word informed
Ms. Holzinger and a friend informed that they had been driving to the casino on Interstate 74. Is this the correct way to use the word informed?
Farewell to Andrew Patner
It is with a profound sense of sadness, sorrow, and shock that we must announce that our friend and colleague, Andrew Patner, passed away February 3, 2015 after a very brief battle with a bacterial infection. Andrew’s voice, keen intelligence, and great spirit will be sorely missed at WFMT, which was part of his professional life for many years. Our thoughts and prayers go out to Andrew’s family. Rest in peace dear friend.
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