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			close: function (event, ui) {
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Spotify is trying to embrace, extend, and extinguish open podcasting
1 Comment on Spotify is trying to embrace, extend, and extinguish open podcasting
I really love podcasts. Not only do they provide great entertainment value as an alternative to audiobooks, but they are also one of the last open ecosystems on the web. Anyone can start a podcast by publishing an RSS feed on their website without having to rely on a central platform (thus nobody can "ban" your podcast). Once published listeners can consume their favorite podcasts from any RSS reader, including many specially made for podcasts like PocketCasts and Overcast.
This arrangement is beneficial to creators because it gives them full freedom of expression without having to worry about the censors on platforms like YouTube, and it gives them complete freedom of choice on how to monetize their work. It is equally beneficial to consumers who get to choose among hundreds of independently developed podcast apps to find the one with the best features for them. If a consumer wants to switch podcast players they can also do so while taking their subscriptions with them.
However, over the last few years Spotify has been making moves that could threaten this open ecosystem.
In 2015, Spotify started embracing podcasts by enabling users to discover and subscribe shows right in the Spotify app. The feature works just like any other podcast client and scrapes RSS feeds found on the web.
Later in 2019, Spotify acquired the podcast networks Gimlet Media, Anchor FM, and Parcast. However, they did not limit access to podcasts produced on those networks so users could still listen using their client of choice.
In May 2020, Spotify announced that it acquired an exclusive license to The Joe Rogan Experience (a popular comedy podcast) for $100 million dollars. Starting in September 2020, Joe's podcast will be removed from all 3rd party podcasting apps and made available only in Spotify's own podcasts section.
If the Joe Rogan license is a commercial success then it seems likely that the shows from the other podcast networks that Spotify owns will also be made exclusive to their own apps.
Extinguish
If Spotify chooses to continue on their current path of exclusive content it will break interoperability with other podcast apps and force listeners of those shows to use the Spotify podcast client. I suspect that many listeners will also transfer their existing subscriptions into Spotify to avoid needing two separate podcast clients.
If Spotify gains enough market share then it will effectively become the de facto gatekeeper of podcasts (similar to how Google Play is the de facto gatekeeper of Android apps despite side loading and alternative app stores). Once that happens many of the benefits of podcasts will be destroyed. Creators will no longer have full creative freedom as they risk annoying the Spotify censors and having a large portion of their audience taken away from them. Consumers will no longer have choice in podcast clients if they want to listen to shows that are exclusive to Spotify.
I really hope that Spotify's attempt to centralize the podcasting ecosystem around their apps is a colossal failure, however, the Embrace, Extend, and Extinguish strategy is quite effective and thus I fear they may succeed.
As a small and feeble attempt to protest this direction that Spotify is moving I have decided to cancel my Spotify Premium subscription.
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One reply on "Spotify is trying to embrace, extend, and extinguish open podcasting"
Jeffsays:
When Joe Rogan announced that he was bought by Spotify, Jason DeFillippo made an interesting distinction (it was on twitter which auto-deletes so I can't find it exactly), but it was essentially, "if it doesn't have an RSS feed, its NOT a podcast".
I agree fully. The great thing about podcasts is that they are distributed. I'm guessing this was a necessity back in the day because of bandwidth and storage limitations (CDNs weren't as evolved as they are today) but that doesn't mean that a audio show that is centralized on a single platform should be referred to a "podcast".
I cancelled Spotify last week because of their continued support of Rogan, I should have done it sooner.

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***Please note that all meetings are held at the Weidenmier House located at 15823 West Akron-Canfield Road, Berlin Center, Ohio 44401 unless otherwise noted below.
March 12, 2019 — 7:00 pm — Berlin Center beekeeper Bruce Zimmer to speak.
April 9, 2019 — 7:00 pm — Richard and Debbie Shrader will speak on the history of the Shrader's store.


The Page of Wands card suggests that my power today lies in experimentation. I enthusiastically initiate new, extreme or novel opportunities for adventure, fads, connections or enterprise and am an active and image conscious player in the game of life. I am empowered by signs of approval for my performance and I transform through arousal and charisma.
General: In general, this card indicates that things that you started some time ago are starting to come to fruition. It can also show a need for new things - new adventures, new approaches, and new ideas. The Page brings us positive energy. We must supply the follow-through, however.
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Anti-Gun Sculpture Backfires
August 11, 2016 By Conn Williamson
"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder."
This powerfully wise statement in articulating the construct of the concept of subjectivity is certainly embraced by the artistic community?
Artist and gun control advocate Michael Murphy sculpted the consummate adult mobile in attempt to critique society's apparent insatiable appetite for violence and nostalgia towards the chaotic anarchy of the wild west. Murphy's hanging visual marvel composed of layers of guns that collectively portrays a map of the continental US which magically dissolves into a singular handgun from a different angle, was on exhibit in Philadelphia during the invasion of attendees for the Democratic National Convention. An entire gallery of supposed anti-gun art was on display thanks to the hectoring fanaticism and activism of the polarizing Rock the Vote organization.
While Murphy's original intention and motivation bordered on the cliche of raising the awareness of gun control, he obviously failed to realize the potential dichotomy representing the entire spectrum of perceptions. A responsible gun owner could facilitate a strong argument that the gradual segue from a nation of guns into a singular firearm represents a population unified by the ideals of privileges afforded with the reality of the Second Amendment.
Again, the separate and tangible concepts of subjective and objective are convoluted by ambiguous societal definitions and ominous efforts of indoctrination. Whether or not the Democratic Presidential nominee was able to make a substantial intellectual critique of Murphy's alleged cry for transformation will forever be lost within the mendacious and unctuous bureaucratic tides of the forthcoming election.
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Kennedy doubles down on Trump impeachment,…
Kennedy doubles down on Trump impeachment, meets with Sun editors
Lowell Sun editors Chris Scott, left, and Tom Shattuck, right, speak to Congressman Joe Kennedy during a 23-minute podcast Tuesday evening at the Lowell Sun office.
By Luke O'Roark | loroark@lowellsun.com | Lowell Sun
LOWELL — Congressman Joe Kennedy III joined Sun editors Tom Shattuck and Chris Scott during a 23-minute podcast Tuesday evening, doubling down on his call for the impeachment of President Donald Trump and attempting to differ from incumbent Sen. Ed Markey.
Kennedy, who announced his campaign for Markey's senate seat during the weekend and visited Dracut and Fitchburg Saturday for his campaign kickoff, told the Sun editors he has confidence in U.S. senators to impeach Trump after the president allegedly tried to get Ukraine officials to investigate 2020 U.S. Presidential candidate Joe Biden.
President Trump reportedly ordered his staff to freeze millions of dollars in aid to Ukraine a few days before calling and pressuring the nation's newly-elected leader, Volodymyr Zelensky, to investigate Joe Biden's family business inside the country, according to national media reports.
"There is a (movement) for impeachment and that is growing," said Kennedy, who said colleagues "on both sides of the isle" are invested in impeachment hearings.
He said members of congress took an oath of office and have an obligation to defend the U.S. Constitution, though he did add that the situation is "evolving rapidly" and some members of Congress are awaiting transcripts and details between Trump and Ukrainian officials.
"This is, at it's core, another attempt to have foreign influence over our elections," Kennedy told The Sun, adding later that he hopes Republican congressman take Trump's actions seriously. "It's once again about the president seeking assistance from a foreign government with a political opponent."
Later when talking to the Sun, Kennedy attempted to differ from Markey — a fellow progressive who was voted into office in 2013 and has been established in Massachusetts' politics since the 1970s — by saying he wanting to abolish the electoral college; decline corporate PAC donations and introducing term limits for U.S. Supreme Court justices. Other topics Kennedy differs from Markey on, he said, include federal legalization of marijuana and eliminating student loans.
Kennedy did say him and Markey do "overlap" on some topics, including healthcare and climate.
"There are important differences in process and substance," said Kennedy, who will attempt to be the first candidate to defeat an incumbent U.S. senator in Massachusetts in a primary election since the direct election of senators began in the 1910s.
"There's areas of overlap. There's areas of difference between the two of us and I look forward to putting that out there," Kennedy said.
Kennedy, a four-term congressman, also admitted that his name does give him a political boost against Markey, who is 73 and began his political career before Kennedy was born.
Kennedy previously told The Sun that he is challenging Markey because Massachusetts needs a senator who is "fully engaged" nationally and locally on issues like housing, infrastructure and opioid use.
"Respectfully, I have heard that critique about everything I have ever done in my life," Kennedy, 39, said. "That's gonna come with who I am. That's fine, I understand. I've been dealing with this my entire life. Without question … without question it helps in Massachusetts. I don't deny that at all.
"I do think out system is a democracy," Kennedy added. "I am the one on the ballot. Not my dad, not my grandfather, not either of my brothers. Nobody else. And so I'm gonna go out there and run."
Other details of the podcast with The Sun, which can be listened to in its entirety below, includes:
Kennedy's reaction to freshman Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) endorsing Markey.
His age, and how his age affects the current national political landscape.
Kennedy asks for a "full on change" to early childhood care.
Kennedy says he will debate Markey before next year's election.
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The memorial service for Fred Churchill will be held here tomorrow, Saturday, October 7 at 2:00 p.m. Our healing thoughts and sympathy are with Sandy Churchill and her family.
This morning's worship will be centered on stories from the book Ordinary Extraordinary African American Women: The Elders, and how telling our life stories can be an act of tremendous courage.
Join us in the Meeting Room this Sunday after the second service for a reading from Stephana I. Colbert's Ordinary Extraordinary African American Women: the Elders, which tells the story of 11 African-American women who are extraordinary in the way they lived their everyday lives. UU member Gladys DeVane is one of the women featured. A reception and panel discussion will follow the short reading.
Children of all ages will attend Vacation Religious Education upstairs in the Library, where Olivia and Peter Dorfman will share about the International Outreach Task Force's trip to Kenya. We will also explore similarities and differences between children's experiences of life in Kenya and life in Southern Indiana. During second service, our 6th-8th graders will meet for fellowship and Harry Potter games. High School Youth are gathering at 12:30 p.m. for pizza. They will provide technology help to anyone in the church community who needs it between 1:00 and 2:30 p.m. in Room 210.
Come to Room 210 between 1 and 2:30pm. Bring your troublesome or mysterious device along. Our youth are happy to help you with your technological puzzles.
This Sunday--Travel in Time Via a UU History Class!
Please join us as we travel through time and meet our historical UU leaders. We will discuss the questions and challenges they faced in bringing us to where we are today. Everyone is welcome. Sunday, October 8 , 2:00 - 4:00 pm . Stuart Yoak, a member of our congregation, will be the instructor.
We are postponing the Adult Religious Education class "Owning Your Religious Past" that was to have started on October 11. We will let you know when it is rescheduled.
Youth traveled last weekend to learn and celebrate with UU youth from around the region. Our Middle Schoolers enjoyed a camp in Kentucky and High Schoolers attended a Youth Revival in the Chicago area.
The Just Peace Task Force asks you to attend our major event, a talk on "Nuclear Dangers" by Geoff Wilson of the Ploughshares Fund in Washington, DC. It is on Wednesday, October 11th at 7 p.m. in the Meeting Room at UUCB. A strong turnout will increase the impact of the event. Please bring a friend. If you have any questions, please contact David Keppel keppel@sbcglobal.net.
Join Spencer Pride is celebrating LGBT History Month with a screening of The Rocky Horror Picture Show on Wednesday, October 11 at 7:00 p.m. at the Tivoli Theatre in Spencer.
Enjoy an afternoon of love songs by Grammy winner Sylvia McNair. UUs Ray Fellman and Scott Hogsed will also perform! Tickets are $30 for adults and $20 for children and students and will be available between services in the Commons on October 8th and 15th and at the Sunrise Box Office downtown. Proceeds support the Shalom Community Center.


Infusing garage and 2-step with house and gritty grooves, '4 To The Floor London' member, Jay Carder, will release the soul to the snow and engage the spirit to the slopes! Her broken beats and tribal electronica have soaked the walls of London's Printworks and Fabric, flowed through festivals from Lost Village to Bestival, and been heard amongst the likes of Artwork and Ben Pearce. With a fortnightly slot on Soho Radio focussing on downtempo trip-hop and instrumental ambience, this eclectic set is an SB highlight!


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Joseph H. Nivin, Jamaica, N.Y., for appellant.
In a proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 6 for the appointment of Gardeep S. as guardian of the child Kamaljit S., Kamaljit S. appeals from an order of the Family Court, Queens County (Pach, J.H.O), dated March 12, 2013, which, upon the granting of the guardian petition in an order dated February 5, 2013, and after a hearing, denied his motion for the issuance of an order making special findings so as to enable him to petition the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services for special immigrant juvenile status pursuant to 8 USC § 1101 (a) (27) (J).
Ordered that the order is reversed, on the facts, without costs or disbursements, the motion is granted, it is declared that Kamaljit S. is dependent on the Family Court, and it is found that he is unmarried and under 21 years of age, that reunification with one or both of his parents is not viable due to parental neglect, and that it would not be in the best interests of Kamaljit S. to return to India, his previous country of nationality and last habitual residence.
In this proceeding in which Gardeep S. was appointed the guardian of Kamaljit S., Kamaljit moved for the issuance of an order making specific findings that would allow him to apply to the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services for special immigrant juvenile status (hereinafter SIJS). After a hearing, the Family Court determined that Kamaljit was under 21 years of age, unmarried, and dependent on the Family Court. However, the court denied Kamaljit's motion on the ground that Kamaljit failed to show that reunification with one or both of his parents was not viable and that it was not in his best interests to return to his country of origin, India.
Pursuant to 8 USC § 1101 (a) (27) (J) (as amended by the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008, Pub L 110-457, 122 US Stat 5044) and 8 CFR 204.11, a "special immigrant" is a resident alien who is, inter alia, under 21 years of age, unmarried, and "declared dependent on a juvenile court located in the United States or whom such a court has legally committed to, or placed under the custody of, an agency or department of a State, or an individual or entity appointed by a State or juvenile court located in the United States" (8 USC § 1101 [a] [27] [J] [i]). For the juvenile to qualify for SIJS status, it must also be determined that reunification with "1 or both" of the juvenile's parents is not viable due to parental abuse, neglect, abandonment, or a similar basis found under State law (id.), and that it would not be in the juvenile's best interest to be returned to his or her native country or country of last habitual residence (see 8 USC § 1101 [a] [27] [J] [ii]). [*2]
This Court's power to review the evidence is as broad as that of the hearing court, and where, as here, the record is sufficiently complete to make our own factual determinations, we may do so (see Matter of Jisun L. v Young Sun P., 75 AD3d 510, 511-512 [2010]; Matter of Trudy-Ann W. v Joan W., 73 AD3d 793, 795 [2010]). Based upon our independent factual review, we find that the record supports Kamaljit's contentions that reunification with his mother was not viable due to parental neglect, and that it would not be in Kamaljit's best interests to be returned to India (see Matter of Marcelina M.-G. v Israel S., 112 AD3d 100, 115 [2013]; Matter of Mohamed B., 83 AD3d 829, 832 [2011]). Accordingly, the Family Court should have granted Kamaljit's motion. Mastro, J.P., Chambers, Lott and Miller, JJ., concur.


Kait and Renata decided that this podcast didn't have enough musical theater references, so they invited their Jellicle friends Ashley and Stacey to read Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber's memoir Unmasked. Join us to learn more than we ever wanted to know about Andrew Lloyd Webber's child bride, and not as much as Duarte wanted to know about Andrew Lloyd Webber's cats. We apologize in advance for all the earworms.
Special note: Our 100th episode is coming up! Please vote on what we should read for the occasion.
Candy pairing: Ashley says Trolli Sour Brite Blasts, Kait says a themed Broadway cocktail in a souvenir sippy cup, Stacey says Riesens, Renata says sherbet lemons.
Coming up next: A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas.


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Niceville PD searching for suspects in kidnapping case
Dec 18, 2017 at 12:01 AM Dec 18, 2017 at 7:11 AM
The abduction of Symone McKnight occurred Friday night on W. John Sims Parkway. She was found unharmed early Sunday morning.
NICEVILLE — Authorities reported early Sunday morning that a kidnapped woman was found safe, but the search for the suspects in her abduction continues.
According to a Niceville Police Department press release, 24-year-old Symone Latee McKnight was located unharmed in Valparaiso. However, investigators were requesting the public's help in locating four suspects involved in the abduction.
Niceville officers responded to a kidnapping call at 148 W. John Sims Parkway just before 9 p.m. Friday. Upon arriving on scene, they found a white male with a head wound.
It was at that point officers learned McKnight had been taken against her will. Suspects in the case were described as being Hispanic or black, and police are reporting that four were involved. The suspects were wearing dark-colored hoodies pulled tightly over their heads.
According to witnesses, the suspects were armed. After reviewing security video, Niceville PD believes two vehicles were involved in the kidnapping — a red or maroon GMC utility vehicle and a white Chevrolet Silverado with an extended cab. The Silverado is believed to have aftermarket blue tint headlights.
The male injured in the kidnapping was McKnight's boyfriend, according to Niceville PD investigators.
Anyone with information on the abduction case is asked to contact Detective John Lee at the Niceville Police Department by calling 850-729-4030 or Emerald Coast Crime Stoppers at 850-863-TIPS.


With 20+ years of experience serving the events industry, Nick Borelli has earned the coveted role as trusted advisor to many event organizers and for good reason. His command of digital marketing strategies is impressive.
In any given week, you'll also find Nick sharing insights at industry events, in webinars, or in his Facebook Live Stream broadcasts. What I appreciate most about Nick is his extra-mile, go-giver style, coupled with his smart probing. He's particularly good at helping event organizers to lock in on goals first – so they can zero in on the marketing strategy best poised to deliver the results they need to achieve.
I had the chance to catch up with Nick and pick his brain on all things event marketing in the digital world.
Q1: Humanize – that's been a recurring theme in many of your talks, as you encourage event marketers to consider the individuals within their event community. Why is this important?
Nick Borelli: Everyone has access to the same marketing technologies, but some use these like traditional media. The result is often bland content with no chance to resonate because marketers are trying to reach the broadest and largest audience they can with the same messaging.
No one would talk to another person like this face to face. If you took steps to engage with people in more human ways, regardless of the medium, you'd find that your words would be stickier because they'd have a unique voice.
Before you communicate anything on behalf of your brand (event brand or otherwise), you need to know your audiences. The communities that would benefit from what you do often already know they are part of a specific community (think associations, clubs, tribes). Their behaviors also might line up with ones you've seen before (personas).
Personas are 'template' people you create based on listening to those you serve and engaging with them in ways they appreciate. For events, creating communications and programming dedicated to serving personas differently allows your messaging to be less generic and more analogous to a conversation with friends. That's more along the lines of human marketing.
Q2: Can you walk us through the steps we might take to build attendee personas?
Nick Borelli: Creating personas for your event is easier when you've already produced an event, because you'll have access to previous attendee data, which serves as a guide for attendee groupings. For a first-year event, you're going to have more guess work, which means more testing and measuring to determine if your hypotheses were correct.
If you have access to previous attendee data, include as much demographic information (such as age, gender, industry, geography, etc.) as you can to identify patterns. The more information you can gather without polling the better…but there will also be polling. If you can connect demographic information to where they spent time at your event (sessions attended, booths visited, traffic patterns, etc.), you can then augment that data with sample polling to determine things like why they bought a ticket or even predict what they'll want for their next event experience.
Once you have behaviors paired with profile data, you should go deeper with psychographics. Truly developed persona building can only happen when you see your attendees as human beings. Creating a name and avatar, and layering in items such as values, core beliefs, and preferences will enable you to segment all marketing to those audiences in the most human of ways. Through social listening, polling, and paying attention to behaviors, you'll be able to connect with them on a much deeper level.
Q3: Attendance and revenue growth is a priority for many event organizers, but how can we be sure the growth goals we're setting are attainable?
Nick Borelli: While there are no hard-and-fast benchmarks for growth, if your event value proposition is solid, a 4-5% growth goal each year is reasonable. Keep in mind, your best benchmark data is your own. If last year's attendance was flat, a 2-3% growth goal might be more in line.
A more telling statistic that often gets overlooked is retention. If the majority of attendees aren't returning the following year, you'll need to focus more attention on experience design. Again, personas will be helpful to identify the experiences each target community appreciates. It's also smart to monitor the buyer's journey (see Marketing Transitions to Sales timeline below) to better understand at which point attendees might be engaged or dropping off.
Q4: You're a big advocate for influencer marketing. Can you share a few best practices to embrace and a few dangerous detours to avoid?
Nick Borelli: Influencer marketing's effects are increasing for many industries and at a rate faster than most understand. Even the FCC is having a hard time regulating this form of advertising where an individual uses their personal platforms to advocate on behalf of a brand in exchange for compensation.
What we do know is that it works.
Trust is the bedrock of sales which means recommendations from credible authorities can be powerful, especially those with a dedicated following. In marketing circles, influencers have often been described as those with over 100,000 followers online and micro-influencers as those with between 10,000 and 100,000.
Micro-influencers have a stronger and faster conversion rate, but smaller audiences, although these do grow over time with assistance from companies like upleap.com. Incentivizing micro-influencers can be very effective, because they've already done the work of establishing authority that can only be gained from taking people from awareness to trust on the buyer's journey.
Again, identifying the right influencers for your event requires a deep understanding of your attendees and who they listen to. You can use software, such as BuzzSumo and Linqia as an initial gauge, but you should follow that up with research on LinkedIn and checking engagement levels on all social media platforms.
There are lots of ways you can empower influencers to advocate on your behalf. Solutions such as snöball, for example, gives influencers associated with your event personalized tools to help sell tickets. What works best is giving influencers tools, but also some freedom, because they know how to activate their followers best.
Once empowered, influencers should be fairly compensated, but it's also important to spell out expectations and measure impact to determine the evolution of the partnership. Truly 'next level' influencers become ambassadors for your event and should have a role in designing and implementing your experience. Programs like that are transparent and understand that taste makers represent the voice of the personas who identify with them.
Q5: At EnVision, you're leading a session titled "Being Your Authentic Self," where you explore personal branding. How does this come into play?
Nick Borelli: Being your authentic self is less about being a maverick that beats to a drum only you can hear. Instead, it's about sharing your passion in a way that attracts others.
With personal mission, vision and values established for yourself, you can then apply this to your own history and tastes to appeal to those with similar attributes. Being true to your authentic self means that you recognize your message won't land with some people. For those it does reach, it will be truer and deeper.
When you know who you are, you can then shout to the world in everything you do. Others will remember you as the _____ authority, not because you know all there is to know about that subject, but because they believe you are personally invested in this specialty. Long-term personal branding isn't based on manipulative trickery – it's focused on hard-earned expertise. Authority articulated and shared with your own true voice will ensure you are memorable, valuable to others, and content.
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Thanks Donna for sharing such a great strategies for event marketing. If anyone is seeking for event marketing websites then go with https://www.eventry.com/en. It's an completely unique and free for promoting an event.
All the strategies given here are very useful. I think reselling can work better. By reselling your product, you can make your customers happier by offering more services to them and in return increase revenue and profits. This will help your business appear larger and more trustworthy. Rest all the questions have been answered very clearly and will help a lot for a better marketplace.
Well said, Marcus. Thank you for adding to the conversation.


Park like, peaceful setting at the up and coming Apple Greene! This mid century stunner is receiving a facelift and the completed work is gorgeous! Let this huge 1 bedroom and den (easily converted into 2nd bedroom) welcome you home! Indoor and Outdoor pools to enjoy, "Core Club House", billiards table, library, sauna and guest suite for visitors! Walking distance to Seafair Shopping Center, Boyd park, schools and West Richmond Community Center. Public transit at your door! Come see for yourself. Open House Saturday, March 16 from 2-4pm.


We often speak about the challenges of interior decorating, hoping that your home will break out of the rank and file that succumb to machine-made, mass-produced furnishings. Don't try to turn your space into a hotel or a catalog showroom. Add some hand-painted touches to add personality to a wall or piece of furniture.
Nicki Coddington was born and raised in the English countryside–a main influence for her work today. She attended art school in London, studying display and exhibition design and painting. After launching her career in London as a display designer, graphic artist and painter, Nicki emigrated to New York in the early 1990s. There, she established her own bespoke painting business, producing unique pieces and interiors for corporate, retail, and private clients on both sides of the Atlantic. Nicki currently lives on Manhattan's Upper West Side.
Stand apart from the crowd with hand-painted, bespoke-design walls, furniture, and room accessories. Nicki will custom design a concept for your home, office, or business. Here are a few creations from several of the collections featured in the Bespoke Hand Painting online boutique.
Arboretum - White Birch Blanket Box (top photo) - Starkly elegant columns of wintertime birch trees are transformed into a minimal yet beautiful depiction of nature using layers of acrylic washes and glazes which create texture and depth.
Arboretum - Red Birch Desk Set (Magazine holder, file tray, desk organizer) - Nikki's elegant, minimal washes and glazes are applied here to transform a desk into a natural, elegant work space.
Gossamer Mirror - Fanciful fairies dance through wild flowers of the countryside, celebrating nature in all its glory.
Posy Rocking Chair - Ever-so-pretty miniature roses and bold stripes collaborate beautifully with squiggles, swirls, pointillist dots, and distressed brushstrokes.
Bagheera Coat Rack - Sleek leopard print combined with bronze and rich red accents, roars with sophistication and modern glamour.
Flutter Toy Chest - Whimsical ladybugs, butterflies, and bumblebees buzz around the sky while below, caterpillars, crickets and beetles scurry in the spring sunshine.
Hothouse - Circular Tray (Bronze) - Utterly sophisticated orchids combine with waves of ribbon and polka dots in metallic hues for sleek styling and ultra-sharp design.


THE MARTINI CHRONICLES: Sleep Your Way to the Top...Read On!
Sleep Your Way to the Top...Read On!
"And we women are going to lead the way in this new revolution, this new feminist issue. We are literally going to sleep our way to the top, literally."
"...I urge you to shut your eyes and discover the great ideas that lie inside us, to shut your engines and discover the power of sleep."
I am sleep-deprived...I'm sure many of you are! After a long day at the office (which pays the bills), I come home to my beautiful Mini-Me and start my next shift (which is the best job ever!). My day usually starts around 5:30 a.m., and I usually fall asleep around 1:00 a.m. All in all, I typically get around four and a half hours of sleep each night; more on the weekends. I know that I should clock in a few more hours, and my body knows it, too.
So imagine my surprise when I came across Arianna Huffington's TED Talk, which essentially promotes the power of sleep to recharge one's mental batteries, and be better in our respective workplaces. One of the things Arianna mentioned is how one's lack of sleep has become a thing of pride. And she's right! I can easily recall some of my good friends and colleagues bragging that they work so hard, and that they can sleep when they're dead. And when you tell them that you too are involuntarily sleep-deprived, they give you the side eye. When did sleep become the enemy!
While I appreciate the concepts of hard work and dedication, I know that I am personally more productive, sharp, and efficient when I've gotten a good night's rest. I work faster, focus better, and I am definitely less cranky. I am almost positive that I am a better professional on 6 hours of sleep than I am on 4 hours of sleep. So why should I feel bad about getting that extra hour...or two?
But this is just my opinion! Check out Arianna's TED Talk below (it's really short), and let me know what you think! Have a great week!


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NHL Picks: May 26
By Michael Spiegel
Two exciting games to look forward to tonight as the Rangers visit the Canes and the Oilers visit the Flames.
The Calgary Flames return to the Saddledome facing the brink of elimination after dropping both games in Edmonton. The Oilers are looking to win their fourth straight, after dropping game one.
Jacob Markstrom has not been sharp between the pipes for the Flames in this series. Markstrom wasn't perfect in the first round of the playoffs, but he was good enough to help the Flames get to the second round. While he posted above a .900 save percentage in each of the seven games of the first round, he has yet to do so in any of the four games against the Oilers. Markstrom has simply not been good enough for the Flames in the first four games of this series. He has been below a SV% .890 in each of the four games, including two games below .850. Markstrom had a fantastic regular season for the Flames, where he sported a solid %.922 in 63 games. However, he has slid off in these playoffs, only amounting a %.906, below his career playoff save percentage of .914. Markstrom has had his fair share of problems with McDavid and the Oilers this season. Markstrom allowed 14 goals in 4 games against the Oilers this year, and since he began his tenure in Calgary, has posted below a .900 save percentage in 7 of 13 games when facing Edmonton. History may not be on Markstrom's side, but he was a Vezina nominee this year for a reason. He definitely has the potential to turn this series on its head, and Calgary will need him to step up if they are going to have any chance tonight.
If Markstrom has been a disappointment for the Flames so far, Mike Smith has been the complete opposite. Only trailing Andrei Vasilevskiy in Goals Saved Above Expected in these playoffs with a 10.1 GSAE, he also has a .931 save percentage, improving upon his .915 from the regular season. After Smith had a very rough start to the series, where he allowed 3 goals on 10 shots, he has been amazing for the Oilers. Even through this, we have seen him slip up a few times during these playoffs. From goals early on in the game to weak shots, Smith hasn't been perfect in these playoffs. He can be the deciding factor for the Oilers for better or for worse.
The Battle of Alberta has been a series for the ages, and I think most hockey fans want to see it go the distance. It will take quite the comeback from the Flames to do so, and that all starts tonight. With the C of Red behind them and the momentum they took from overcoming a 3-0 deficit in game 4, I'm taking the Flames to win tonight and bring this series back to Edmonton.
Pick: Flames ML -147 (Sports Interaction)
Other notable bets:
Rangers @ Hurricanes: Hurricanes ML -149 (BetRegal): Carolina is 6-0 at home these playoffs. On the other hand, they are 0-5 on the road. Carolina needs to win tonight and take a series lead back to New York.
Rangers/Hurricanes under 5.5 -134 (BetRegal): Low scoring and tight defense has been the name of the game for the Hurricanes these playoffs, when they win. With Shesterkin on the other side playing lights out, this should be a low scoring affair.
Oilers/Flames under 6.5 +110 (20 Bet): While this goes against the trend of the first four games of this series, both goalies are going to need to show up tonight to give their teams a chance, especially Markstrom. If the Flames are to force a game 6, Markstrom will need to put up a valiant effort tonight.
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Grandchildren are such a joy! But they grow up way too fast!
I keep a journal writing down the funny things they say and do so I will never forget them. The journal is growing rapidly since the birth of my youngest granddaughter, Zoe.
While playing with me one day at our house, her mother called to see how things were going. I told her, "Your mother wants to know how you are." She, without hesitation, said, "I'm amazing!" Then she smiled at me and said, "You're amazing too!" So there you have it folks – from a little child's mouth – I'm amazing!
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MEDIA CAMPAIGN: Sky One puts Ross Kemp on the front line
April 17, 2008 by Caroline Dickinson
Fresh from winning a Bafta for his Gangs ... series on Sky One, former EastEnders hardman Ross Kemp and his team headed to Afghanistan's deep south to follow British troops.
Afghanistan adventure: Ross Kemp
Campaign: Ross Kemp in Afghanistan
Client: Sky One and Sky One HD
PR Team: Way to Blue
Timescale: January-February 2008
Budget: £10,000
Rejecting normal lightweight field cameras, Kemp's production crew opted to take special high-resolution kit that would provide detailed footage for Sky One's HD channel. The cameras cost over £100,000 each, and were considerably heavier than the non-HD equivalent, but the extra dimension given by the higher quality of the footage meant more could be done with it than simply broadcasting it via TV.
With this in mind, Sky One called in Way to Blue to run an online campaign boosting awareness of Kemp's experiences on Afghanistan's front line.
To complement Sky One's print and broadcast campaigns. To increase exposure of Ross Kemp in Afghanistan, and to encourage people to watch the show.
Strategy and plan
The agency used a two-phase online campaign, firstly to generate word-of-mouth publicity and then to entice viewers to watch each episode.
Social networking sites proved an effective resource, with editors of groups such as Ross Kemp's Appreciation Society on Facebook and EastEnders fan sites drip-fed press releases and editorial.
Military sites such as the MoD were sent press releases, along with photographs of Kemp, and eight features were written for online newsletters such as FHM, Nuts and Zoo.
Two HD teaser clips, which also profiled the first use of HD footage on British TV for a war scenario, ramped up interest levels for each episode.
The first two-minute clip was given to Media Guardian, Times Online, Mirror.co.uk, AOL and Zoo. This gave four days of coverage before transmission of each episode. Another preview clip was sent to Yahoo, Orange, MSN, YouTube and the Radio Times website.
The team also targeted men's magazines such as Maxim and the British Army's Solider. End-cards were used on seven of the teasers to remind the audience of the time, date and channel of the next episode.
Sites that weren't equipped to play the clips were encouraged to redirect viewers to YouTube.
The video was critically well received, with responses such as 'thought- provoking stuff' from Orange and 'stark wake-up call' from Digital Spy. The success was also measured by the amount of coverage and video views, which was then broken down into the number of people who clicked on to view the clip or on to a service site to access the clip.
Footage of an interview with Kemp and the teaser campaign attracted more than 170,000 video views during the campaign. More than 742,000 subscribers read the newsletter features. In total, 44 pieces of coverage were secured across UK entertainment, lifestyle, news, military and TV websites.
The campaign delivered a 10:1 return on investment and reached over 5.8 million people.
The first episode alone reached two million viewers, putting it third behind BBC One and ITV1, but ultimately the Monday 9pm slot was the highest ranking in all of Sky's programming, even beating the BBC for some episodes.
Sarah Locke, chief executive of specialist media sector PR agency Braben
The first thing that struck me about this campaign was the clarity of the brief and the campaign response. A well-known TV personality experiencing war-torn Afghanistan from the front line, in a war zone for the first time, has been shot on HD by a forward-thinking media client with a dedicated digital PR brief.
All the ingredients were there for a tightly focused campaign, which complemented a traditional broadcast PR approach with a strong online presence through-out the transmission of the series.
This campaign followed an important rule by making the most of a broadcaster's programming content. It used a well thought-through strategy and structure, covering the social networks and specialist interest groups.
It also provided high-quality AV material to media hungry for this type of content. By taking the highly visual aspects of the series and packaging these to the key audiences, it allowed the online campaign to provide relevant, high-quality entertainment to the people most interested.
With a bit more budget Way to Blue could have created a dedicated portal, perhaps syndicated opportunities for Kemp interviews live online, and made more of any available behind-the-scenes footage.
In addition, to cover all media platforms, the campaign's creative elements could have been tailored to work as mobile phone-compatible content.
This would have driven awareness and maximised the opportunities on and around transmission.
Overall, this was a great return on the budget available. It clearly demonstrates the results in views and clicks for the client against the investment made. It also reflects the value of having a focused brief and campaign to maximise every media platform.
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Giugliano and the Ducati Superbike Team obtain pole and a new best lap in the final Superpole of the 2014 Superbike season at Losail!
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Lorelei Harris gets Arts position at RTÉ
RTÉ has appointed Radio 1's Editor of Arts, Factual and Drama Lorelei Harris as Head of Arts and Cultural Strategy at RTÉ to work across both radio and television.
Lorelei has worked in RTÉ since 1985, as a researcher and then as a producer on The Gay Byrne Show on RTÉ Radio 1. Lorelei worked in Current Affairs in RTÉ Radio 1 before moving into the Features Department where she produced Sunday Miscellany and many other arts/features series and single documentaries. In 1994, Lorelei became Commissioning Editor of Documentaries for RTÉ Radio 1.
In 2000, Lorelei was appointed as Editor of Arts, Factual and Drama for RTÉ Radio 1.
RTÉ outlined its plans for consolidating and building its arts output across all platforms and this appointment follows that prioritisation of the arts and culture genre as a key area of focus.
The broadcaster says the appointment will allow RTÉ to maximise the impact of the arts and culture across all of RTÉ's platforms, in addition to maintaining and establishing creative partnerships with arts organisations, independent producers and government bodies.
MD of RTÉ Radio, Jim Jennings, said: "This is a key appointment for RTÉ and this new role supports RTÉ's ongoing commitment to arts programming across all of our platforms. I'm delighted to announce Lorelei as our new Head of Arts and Cultural Strategy and am sure that she will bring the same formidable expertise to this new role as she has to the many innovative and award-winning projects for RTÉ Radio 1 and RTÉ."
Originally from South Africa, Lorelei has lived in Ireland since 1979. Previously she has worked as Commissioning Editor of Documentaries for RTÉ Radio 1 and was also responsible for the setting up of RTÉ's Independent Radio Productions (IRP), tasked with managing RTÉ's relationship with the independent radio sector, and she has worked closely with European Broadcasting Union (EBU) colleagues, serving as Chairperson with responsibility for the organisation of the annual International Features Conference, in a consultative capacity to the EBU Radio Cultural Group, and as a member of the Steering Committee of the Prix Europa.
Lorelei says: "I am very much looking forward to this role which presents a wonderful opportunity to work with colleagues across television, radio, online and mobile. This is an exciting time for arts programming in RTÉ and in my new role I shall be working hard to maximise the breadth of RTÉ's cross-platform arts content, putting it at the forefront of what we do as a public service media organisation."
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'Meet Cute' Review – Kooky But Miscast
Date: December 8, 2022Author: Sneha Jaiswal 0 Comments
"I am from the future" whispers Gary's date, a gorgeous blonde he's met only a few minutes ago. He thinks she is cute, funny, but after spending a few hours together, not so much. Directed by Alex Lehmann, written by Noga Pnueli, the 2022 sci-fi romance-drama "Meet Cute" follows Sheila, who has access to a time machine and chooses to re-live her date with a man over and over, because she thinks he is (almost) perfect for her.
The film starts at a bar, where Sheila (Kaley Cuoco) decides to buy a drink for a stranger called Craig (Pete Davidson) and the two then spend a fun night, but soon she starts to spout stuff that freaks the guy out. She claims she is serious about being from the future and has been living the same night on loop because she is too scared to find out what happens next.
To be able to appreciate the subtle brilliance of this time-travel romance, one must first make peace with the fact that everyone has different ways of dealing with trauma. Sheila meets Craig at the lowest point in her life, so her night with him becomes her safe space, a grain in time she is comfortable being stuck in. It's not relatable, and her decision has its problems, yer you can empathize with her emotions. Kaley Cuoco is great as Sheila, but she can't pull off the more emotional scenes in the story. It's like she is still playing Penny from 'The Big Bang Theory' and her crying would've been funny if this film was a comedy, but it's supposed to be a quirky yet poignant tale about love, loss, fear and insecurities. Pete Davidson is okay as Craig, but just doesn't have the charm for the viewers to believe a girl would go to crazy lengths to get him, one with a 'time machine' that too.
'Meet Cute' has an entertaining first 30 minutes, things get slow and tedious in between, but surprisingly, the pace picks up again. Sheila is always armed with a little twist, which makes her dates interesting. The cinematography is simple, cozy, however, the generic title of the film does its script a lot of disservice. One can imagine a different lead cast being able to elevate this drama to the heights of a 'modern classic' you wouldn't mind watching again and again. But with Kaley Cuoco and Pete Davidson, it's a decent one-time-watch.
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You see, sin doesn't just make you bad. It ropes you in and pulls you down until you're stuck in the mire of your own unrighteousness. At that point, your blinded eyes are unresponsive to the obvious power and love of our God. It is only once He reaches down and begins to wipe the mud from your eyes that you can truly see Him for who He really is. After that, it doesn't take much pondering to determine whether to stay in the mud of your sin or to run, clean, into His outstretched arms.


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Russell Young + Long-Sharp Gallery release the "Obama Legacy Portrait Series": Charities supported by Obamas will benefit
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[PRESSWIRE] Indianapolis, IN – 06 February, 2017 — In 2006, artist Russell Young photographed underdog presidential candidate Barack Obama. Young created screenprints based upon those photographs, screenprints which remained in Young's archives until January 2017 when he was contacted by gallery owner Rhonda Long-Sharp. Together they launch the renamed "Obama Legacy Portrait Series."
"People will debate the importance of Barack Obama's actions as the 44th US President for years, but beyond debate is his legacy as the first person of color to be the leader of the free world." Long-Sharp said.
Long-Sharp, who grew up in a multi-racial neighborhood, was inspired recently when she heard it expressed that there are children who have only known a Black president.
"I can't get that thought out of my mind. It renews daily my faith in this country and its people — no matter the difficulties we face, justice and fairness will prevail so long as we work toward them."
In honor of this legacy, 25% of the purchase price from the "Obama Legacy Portrait Series" will be donated to a charity the Obamas supported.
According to their 2015 tax returns, the Obamas donated to multiple charities of diverse goals, concepts, and missions, including: The Red Cross, Aids United, Habitat for Humanity, St. Jude's Hospital, and Calvary Women's Services.
Honoring the Obama legacy, each collector will select a specific charity from the list to which the donation from their purchase will be made.
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Resistance as French strikers take to the streets
Workers need to heap pressure on the Macron government and build the fightback, says?Charlie Kimber
Published Tue 12 Jun 2018
Striking rail workers and their supporters (Pic: Force Ouvriere/Flickr)
Hundreds of striking rail workers joined an angry demonstration in Paris on Monday as the parliament debated a law attacking their jobs and boosting privatisation.
And to emphasise that whatever MPs decide this week the battle is not finished, a "day of anger" on Tuesday saw large parts of the rail network closed.
This week's strikes will mean that there have been nearly 30 rail strike days since the struggle against President Emmanuel Macron's neoliberal attacks began in April.
Matthieu, a train driver from Paris, told Socialist Worker on Tuesday, "This fight isn't over. There's a very big strike today across all the unions and many train cancellations.
"Of course the fact that it looks like the government's attacks will go through parliament is a new stage. But votes can be overturned if there is enough fightback.
"It's really important that the union leaders don't give up.
"In my depot there are people who have only occasionally been on strike who are now coming out for all the actions.
"We can go on to July and August and beyond, but the really crucial issue is to get others out alongside us, to push for a general strike.
"It's possible—and we have to stop Macron."
A series of rail strikes are scheduled up to 28 June.
But there is no certainty about what will come next. One union federation, the CFDT, seems poised to give up.
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Laurent Berger, the head of the CFDT, told the union's congress last week, "We must show much more clearly that French unions have changed and that there is a reformist stream."
And both the CFDT and the Unsa unions have suggested calling off strike days this month that coincide with school exams.
Ending the struggle without victory would be a disaster.
Macron intends to move on from the rail workers to a more general assault on benefits and pensions.
A day of angry demonstrations was planned by pensioners across France for Thursday of this week.
There is still plenty of resistance taking place. Sections of postal workers and air traffic controllers are striking.
Air France unions have promised a "stormy summer" and called strikes for the end of June after rejecting a pay offer.
On Friday this week there was set to be a large protest outside the court where demonstrators arrested on the 22 May day of action were to face harsh charges.
A major day of protests is planned for 20 June over the rights of refugees and in response to the brutal treatment and new laws against asylum seekers that Macron has masterminded.
But the various struggles have not yet been brought together.
The energy and spirit of resistance that has been seen in France this year must not be allowed to seep away.
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Unilever Consumer Care's stock price shot through the roof. The name change could be why.
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Published at 06:02 pm December 7th, 2020
The company was previously known as GSK Bangladesh
Unilever Consumer Care, a subsidiary of Unilever Bangladesh, has witnessed an unprecedented stock price rally of 47.7 per cent in less than 10 days.
The stock started its gaining streak from November 29 when its name was changed to Unilever Consumer Care from GlaxoSmithKline Bangladesh.
It closed at Tk 3,023.6 per share on Monday, moving up from Tk 2,046.8 during the previous seven trading sessions.
Earlier in June, Unilever acquired about 82 per cent stakes in GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Bangladesh, which has been listed with the bourses since 1976, from Setfirst for Tk 2,020.8 crore, making it the largest transaction by a single company on the Dhaka bourse.
Under the acquisition, Unilever got the ownership of GSK's iconic health food and drinks (HFD) portfolio brands including Horlicks, Boost and Glaxose-D.
The acquisition though came under the scanner of the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission five months later, which raised issues about GSK Bangladesh's name change to Unilever Consumer Care in July, along with other matters.
This name change, it seems, has confused the uninformed retail investors, who jumped to snap up shares of Unilever Consumer Care, sending its price soaring.
The price hike has prompted the Dhaka Stock Exchange to seek an explanation from Unilever Consumer Care.
In response, the company yesterday announced there was no undisclosed price-sensitive information that could have fuelled the recent unusual price hike and the increase in the volume of shares.
Investors are lured to the stock after the name-change took place, said several stock brokers.
Global brands such as Unilever often create sentimental values for small-scale and general investors, said a stockbroker asking not to be named.
In addition to the name-change, the company was previously placed in the "Pharmaceutical and Chemicals" sector category of the bourse but now has been placed under "Food & Allied" sector category with effect from November 26.
Unilever Consumer Care earlier reported a profit of Tk 45.8 crore for the first nine months the year, down 12.3 per cent year-on-year.
The decline resulted from lower sales due to coronavirus pandemic, higher inflation in raw material price, increased custom duty on the DMI from the 2020 fiscal budget and write-off of obsolete ERP system, the company said in a web posting on the Dhaka Stock Exchange website on October 28.
The company was listed with the Dhaka bourse in 1976 and has been consistently paying out cash dividend to its investors, at least in the recent several years.
Currently, sponsors/directors hold 90.5 per cent stake of the company; institutions hold 5.5 per cent stake, foreign investors about 0.4 per cent and general investors the remaining 3.6 per cent.
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An incredible encounter with Bigg's (transient) Killer whales! So playful!
While each encounter we have with any wildlife is special, there are some moments that stick with you. Yesterday was one of those for us. We were so fortunate to have a large group of Bigg's Killer whales work their way down the shoreline of San Juan Island after they had made a successful kill. There was much playing and socializing involved between the T36s, T46s, and T99s. Check out this footage Captain Ivan and Naturalist Traci took! Photos below by Naturalist Katie Jones!
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By Victoria G. Myers , Progressive Farmer Senior Editor
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ILLINOIS, Marion County. Contiguous farmland totaling 705 acres sold at auction in nine tracts for $3,295,000, or $4,674 per acre. Of the acreage, 513 acres were tillable, with most of the balance in timber. One tract included a home and outbuildings, including a shop, grain storage and historic barns. There were multiple buyers of this property. Contact: Kenny Schum, MWA Auction and Real Estate; kenny@mwallc.com; 217-398-6400; www.murraywiseassociates.com.
KANSAS, Ness County. CRP acreage totaling 320 acres sold at auction for $336,000, or $1,050 per acre. Mineral rights were intact on the tract, which sold as one unit. Of the total area, about 310.7 acres were enrolled in the CRP program at the time of sale, with the contract lasting through Sept. 30, 2019. The total annual CRP payment is reported at $12,428. Contact: Neal Mann, Farm and Ranch Realty Inc.; info@frrmail.com; 800-247-7863; www.farmandranchrealty.com.
KENTUCKY, McLean County. Three noncontiguous tracts totaling 166.8 acres sold for $965,030, or an average price of $5,786 per acre. The land included 103 acres of gently rolling to flat cropland, with blacktop frontage and a 46.5-acre flat cropland tract with a 30-foot easement. The remainder of the land was wooded and/or open. All coal, oil, gas and mineral rights were reserved. Area farmers bought the land. Contact: Tyler Edge, Kurtz Auction and Realty Co.; tyler@kurtzauction.com;
800-264-1204; www.kurtzauction.com.
Madison County. Approximately 84 acres of pastureland fenced for grazing with woods and a pond sold for $396,000. The average per-acre price was $4,714. Contact: Cliff-Ed Irvin, Irvin Group Realtors and Auctioneers; ceirvin@aol.com; 859-792-2521; www.irvingroup.com.
MISSOURI, Platte County. Irrigated bottomland totaling 1,100 acres sold for $5.3 million. Average price was $4,818 per acre, or $5,578 per tillable acre. The farm includes seven center-pivot irrigation systems on separate wells. It sold to a local farm family looking to expand operations. Contact: Dirk Talley, Show-Me Real Estate; dirktalleyre@yahoo.com; 816-532-6101; www.talleyauctions.com.
NEBRASKA, Dodge County. Farmland totaling 160 acres sold at auction to a local farmer for $1,296,000, or $8,100 per acre. The property was in the middle of a section and located just east of Uehling. Contact: Ed Olson, Olson Pearson Auction and Realty; ed.olsonpearson@gmail.com;
402-654-3370; www.olsonpearson.com.
NEW YORK, Yates County. A 136-acre organic farm sold for $895,000, or an average of $6,581 per acre. The property included 90 tillable acres, a 68-tie stall barn, a heifer barn, an equipment barn and a new milk house. There were no silos or long-term manure storage. A three-bedroom home was included in the price. Contact: Jere or Ivan Horning, Horning Farm Agency Inc.; hfa@horningfarmagency.com; 610-286-5183; www.horningfarmagency.com.
NORTH DAKOTA, Cass County. Described as exceptional cropland, two tracts totaling 320 acres sold at auction for $1.67 million, or an average per-acre price of $5,219. The first parcel was 161 acres in size, had 139.3 base acres and reported a strong cropping history with suitability for corn, soybeans and sugar beets. The second parcel included one of the highest-yielding corn parcels on the farm, held 138.04 base acres and was approximately 159 acres in size. Contact: Kevin Pifer, Pifer's Land Auctions; kpifer@pifers.com; 701-238-5810; www.pifers.com.
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The town of L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue. The Sunday morning market is one of the biggest in the area and includes a section of "brocante." This is also one of the most important towns in France for antiques.
Relaxing during the Sunday morning market.
The Gorges D'Oppedette, stunning and rugged scenery to the east of Apt.
A colorful field of flowers on the Plateau d'Albion
Simiane-la-Rotonde is a uniquely-situated village east of Apt.
Lavender fields near Sault, on the way to Mont Ventoux.
View from the town of Sault and fields of lavender and Sault. This area is one of the mont important in France for fine lavender.
Approaching the top of Mont Ventoux. This looks like snow, but above the tree-line, it's stone scree... there year-round.
Cyclists approach the top of Mont Ventoux. This is often a stage (a very tough one) on the Tour de France.
In the famous wine village of Châteauneuf-du-Pape.
Wine tasting at Châteauneuf-du-Pape.
The Palais des Papes in Avignon
The famous Roman aqueduct, the Pont du Gard, which was built to carry water to the Roman town of Nîmes. It's believed to have been completed in the middle of the 1st century AD. Now a UNESCO World Heritage site.
Roman monuments near St. Remy de Provence
Some of the ruins at Glanum near St. Remy de Provence. This was a Celto-Ligurian settlement beginning in the 6th Century BC, then a Greek town and then a Roman town.
The Carrières de Lumières near Les Baux de Provence. Incredible multimedia art shows in old limestone quarries. The program changes every year. (This was Klimt.)
View from the fortress ruins at Les Baux de Provence. This is a major area for olive oil.
Impressive church in Arles
The Roman Amphitheatre in Arles, built in 90 AD. This ampitheatre once seated 20,000 people.
The port at the fishing town of Cassis
From Cassis you can take boat trips into the Mediterranean and visit inlets in the limestone cliffs called "calanques."
The Route des Crêtes, a nine-mile breath-taking drive along the clifftops between Cassis and La Ciotat.
The Cours Mirabeau, the famous tree-lined street in Aix-en-Provence.
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'Prison gerrymandering' endures in Nevada, despite law
SAM METZ
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Incomplete demographic information that Nevada prison officials provided lawmakers preparing to redraw the state's political maps is prompting questions and frustration two years after the Legislature passed a law to count incarcerated residents in their home communities during the once-in-a-decade redistricting process.
The data gap suggests Nevada's efforts to end so-called "prison gerrymandering" are far from complete as lawmakers prepare to implement a recently passed ban of the practice for the first time later this year.
"Here we are, in 2021, with half of the people that we aren't being able to identify. That's problematic to me because I would like to see everyone counted," state Sen. Roberta Lange, a Las Vegas Democrat, said in a Wednesday hearing.
Most states count inmates as part of the population where their prisons are located. Detractors say the practice, known as "prison gerrymandering," artificially inflates the population and voting power of rural, mostly white prison towns at the expense of minority communities disproportionately incarcerated. In Nevada, where 51% of the population is white, 58% of the prison population is Black, Latino, Native or of Asian descent.
"It's taking people who would otherwise count for representation in their own communities and moving them to areas that aren't just far away from home, but also look very different," said Yurij Rudensky, redistricting counsel at the Brennan Center for Justice. "Certain areas are essentially getting a windfall because they happen to house prison facilities."
The extent to which people in Nevada prisons are reallocated has significant implications on the population and, in turn, voting power communities across the state will have through the next decade.
Roughly 20% of the population in rural Pershing County resides in the Lovelock Correctional Center and a 2019 law requires the prison's 1,345 inmates be counted at their "last known address" when lawmakers redraw the state's political maps.
Prison officials provided addresses for less than half of Lovelock's inmates. Though far from complete, reallocating 644 to their home communities shrunk Pershing County's population by 9.7%.
Republican Pete Goicoechea's state Senate district includes three of Nevada's seven correctional centers. Reallocating about half of the prison population to pre-incarceration addresses removed 3,804 residents, 2.4% of his district's population.
He said the law accounts for many inmates not having addresses and thinks it makes sense for some, for example those serving life sentences, to count prison addresses. He considers inmates' interests when voting on budgets for the prison system, but sees them differently than other constituents.
"Let's be honest, most of them, at the point they're incarcerated, they're felons and don't have the ability to vote. I don't go in to campaign in the prisons. You wouldn't because it really doesn't have an impact on the electorate," Goicoechea said.
The Census Bureau reported in August that 19,575 Nevada residents lived in correctional facilities for adults, which includes people in jails and federal prisons from Nevada and other states. Nevada's inmate reallocation law only applies to state prisons. Officials initially sent 12,214 address records in February.
Redistricting staff worked with the Department of Corrections to use as many of the addresses as possible, but said Wednesday that only about half had the needed information. Only 6,275 people — about 51% of prison officials' initial submission — were reallocated to their "last known residential address" per the 2019 law.
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"There's a significant number of inmates who will remain counted at the prison site either because there's insufficient evidence that they were Nevada residents before incarceration or insufficient evidence of their address in general," legislative attorney Asher Killian said.
Nevada is one of 11 states that reallocates inmates to their pre-prison addresses during redistricting. State law requires prison officials "compile the last known residential address of each offender immediately before the offender was sentenced" and send the information to the state demographer.
Prison officials turned over a complicated and admittedly incomplete dataset that included four categories of inmate addresses noting shelters, family addresses and planned parole addresses that they didn't know how to interpret.
Out of the 12,214, redistricting staff verified 5,592 previous addresses and 683 parole address of confirmed Nevada residents. Department of Corrections spokesperson Teri Vance said race and ethnicity data was provided, but legislative staff say they cannot use it because it was reported differently than census data.
Department of Corrections economist Alejandra Livingston said language barriers, substance abuse, unwillingness to provide addresses and the fact that many people lived in temporary residences before being incarcerated made it difficult to gather addresses.
Prison staff, she said, drew from a database that primarily uses information people self-report during their intake and is used primarily for other purposes, like mail-forwarding or escape investigations. Gaps were present for inmates serving long sentences because the department only recently switched from a decades-old database to one from the Canadian firm Syscon.
Lawmakers asked what prison officials did upon learning about the data gaps. Livingston said staff requested missing information from inmates about their last known addresses, assigned someone to look through hard-copy files and began efforts to train staff in data-entry.
Vance, the department spokesperson, acknowledged problems and prison officials were training staff and reviewing address records to reach full compliance with the law in the future.
"Our Information Technology Division will streamline the number of address types currently available by default; then, training will be provided to staff so that they aware of how to utilize the options and regarding the importance of encouraging inmates to provide as accurate information as possible," she said.
But unlike in California, where the director of the state's redistricting database told NPR she started working on reallocation seven years ago, Nevada's eleventh-hour efforts to gather missing addresses are unlikely to matter by the time lawmakers redraw political maps later this year.
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We have always loved Mabel's Labels for the kids school products. I like to label everything of theirs so they don't get mixed up with other kids stuff.
We were excited to do a review with Mabel's Labels through the Global Influence community.
Each of the girls received their own pack. Samantha got the cute Tween Pack. These beautifully personalized, shaped labels are designed especially for big kids – whatever their ages! Use them wherever you'd use our waterproof Sticky Labels – they're just as durable.
Available in two themes, each featuring a variety of fun designs and fonts.
Sarah received the Ultimate Back-To-School Combo and it's perfect for her. I absolutely love that at the top of each sheet lets you know exactly what each sheet is.
The Ultimate Back-to-School Combo includes all the durable, waterproof labels needed to keep belongings out of the lost and found. Available only until September 28, 2012.
"Write Away!" Labels are available at Walmart Canada locations and on our website under Sticky Labels.
Head on over to www.mabelslabels.com to order your own labels for back to School.
I dig the numerous designs and color combos. There could be so many uses for these as well!
I hadn't realized that Mabel's Labels were dishwasher and microwave safe. I thought they were more of a temporary thing. These would be great for when my daughter starts preschool!