In celebration of the ten years since the debut of the dynamic Kuroko’s Basketball, the cast ad crew have reunited for a special music video. The TV anime adaptation of Kuroko's Basketballis already 10 years old. Wrapping up in 2015, the basketball anime won the hearts of many and became a must-watch. Now in 2022, Production I.G. has set out to celebrate the anime's run. To celebrate this ten-year anniversary, a brand-new music video for the song "Zero Step" was released, performed by the rock band GRANRODEO. The group made themes for Baki, Duel Love, and Black God. RELATED: Kuroko's Basketball: The Cutest Aspects of Tetsuya and Satsuki's Relationship The band is particularly special to the Kuroko's Basketball universe, as they performed seven of the anime and movie's theme songs. To make things even more special, Kensho Ono, who voices Kuroko, has featured vocals on the song. Kensho Ono's work includes Yuri Briar from Spy x Family, Giorno Giovanna from Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, and Yuya Sakaki frm Yu-Gi-Oh!. Crunchyroll describes the series as: An up-and-coming power player, Taiga Kagami, is just back from America. When he comes to Seirin High School, he meets the super-ordinary boy, Tetsuya Kuroko. Kagami is shocked to find that Kuroko isn't good at basketball, in fact, he's bad! And he's so plain that he's impossible to see. But Kuroko's plainness lets him pass the ball around without the other team noticing him, and he's none other than the sixth member of the Miracle Generation. The artistic team at Production I.G have also reunited to work on one more Kuroko's Basketballproject. They have created hits such as Haikyuu!!, Ghost in a Shell and Eden of the East. Not only did the studio produce the new music video, but the original storyboard artist and director for the anime, Shunsuke Tada, spearheaded the project. The music video shows the original cast of the anime training, walking, and doing other mundane activities. Kuroko, Kagami, and the Generation of Miracles are all featured in the video. The Seirin team have their own segment to open the video, even Tetsuya 2 made an adorable cameo. The other teammates of the Generation of Miracles respective teams also star in the video. Source: Crunchyroll MORE: Kuroko's Basketball: Seijūrō Akashi's Split Personality, Explained.
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Los Angeles City Council President Nury Martinez addresses a press conference held at Dodger Stadium on Jan. 15, 2021, in Los Angeles. The president of the Los Angeles City Council resigned from the council on Wednesday after she was heard making racist comments and other coarse remarks in a leaked recording of a conversation with other Latino leaders. / AP LOS ANGELES — An anonymously leaked recording of crude, racist remarks and political scheming that led to the resignation of the Los Angeles City Council president and a powerful labor leader left behind a mystery: Who made the tape, and why? The posting of the year-old recording on the website Reddit in the run-up to November’s midterm elections raised obvious suspicions of political motive. Much of the hourlong, private conversation among several councilmembers and the head of Los Angeles County Federation of Labor – all Latino Democrats – centered on fortifying their clout in the realignment of Council districts. It’s now prompted a state investigation. The recording was made in a meeting room inside the headquarters of the politically influential labor group — known locally as “the Fed” — but it’s not known how the recording was made during a small gathering of friends, or even who was in the room. “It’s blatantly obvious it was an insider job,” said Mark Gonzalez, who heads the Los Angeles County Democratic Party and believes the most likely target of the unknown person who recorded the meeting was federation president Ron Herrera. Herrera has since resigned. “It had to be somebody who had the access, and who knew his calendar, who was aware of that,” Gonzalez said. “Everybody is coming up with their own speculation.” Former Council President Nury Martinez, the first Latina to hold the post, resigned Wednesday after President Joe Biden joined a chorus of officials calling on those involved to step down. Martinez was recorded in the conversation as saying that white Councilmember Mike Bonin handled his young Black son as if he were an “accessory” and used derogatory terms in describing both of them, the Los Angeles Times reported Sunday. At another point on the hourlong recording she called indigenous immigrants from the Mexican state of Oaxaca “tan feos,” or “so ugly.” The conversation also included crass and bigoted comments about Jews, Armenians and other groups. The source of the tape “is a parlor game going on all over town,” said former Los Angeles County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky. “It may never be solved.” Two other Council members who attended the meeting remained out of public view on Friday, Gil Cedillo and Kevin de Leon, holding their seats despite mounting pressure to resign. No one at the meeting has spoken publicly about the possible source of the recording. The discussion centered on protecting Latino political power during the redrawing of council district boundaries, known as redistricting. The once-a-decade process can pit one group against another to gain political advantage in future elections. The California Legislative Black Caucus said the recording “reveals an appalling effort to decentralize Black voices during the critical redistricting process.” The labor federation did not respond to a series of questions, including detailing who attended the meeting. It issued a one-sentence statement which did not specifically say the meeting with the Council members was not recorded by the organization. “It is not nor has it ever been the policy of the Fed to record meetings,” interim President Thom Davis said in a statement. In today’s tech-saturated society, it’s simple to furtively record a private conversation with widely available devices. Mobile phones have highly sensitive microphones and easily can be concealed in a briefcase, purse or backpack. The recording reveals possible clues: Clicks that could be briefcases opening, and noises that sound like papers shuffling that might suggest a microphone somewhere on or near the tabletop. The language was appalling, Yaroslavsky said, and he could not recall any incident in which a private meeting among elected officials was privately taped. “I’ve never seen anything like this,” he said. The Los Angeles Times reported that the recording was posted on Reddit by a now-suspended user. It is unclear who recorded the audio or who uploaded it to the website. The disclosure of the secret recording unsettled the Los Angeles political community, especially those who have worked at the labor group’s headquarters. Gonzalez, the Democratic leader, said people were feeling “unsafe.” Longtime Los Angeles-based Democratic consultant Michael Trujillo said whoever made the tape might never want to be identified. The person could be seen as a hero in some quarters for exposing racism within the highest ranks of City Hall, but it could also expose the person or persons to legal action for recording a conversation without consent, which is illegal in California. State law requires a person making a recording of someone else to obtain consent. “The problem is that same hero is going to be facing criminal and civil court cases,” he said. Copyright 2022 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. The leaked LA City Council recording underscores long-simmering racial tensions. But the city also has a history of Black-Latino partnership, which activists hope to build on in the wake of scandal. 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On Friday, the Hong Kong Patent Office granted Apple four design patents relating to the iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max. In addition, Apple filed for Apple Music's "Puro Pop" and "Swift Charts" which was introduced at WWDC22.
Unlike "patent applications" that provide the public with an abstract, summary and details of an invention, design patents published around the world are limited to only providing the public with design patent figures. No additional specifics of the design are made available.
iPhone 14 Pro & Pro Max Design Patents
Apple was granted four design patents on Friday relating to the iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max. Both iPhones were granted two design patents each. One that is the full design and one that only illustrates a partial element design, such as the front Display Panel.
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Below is Apple's granted design patent 2220357.6M002 from the Hong Kong Patent Office. It's one of two full design patents.
Below is one of the Hong Kong Patent Office's granted patent forms in-part representing granted patent 2220357.6M004. Apple filed for the design patents under Locarno Classification 14 – 03 covering Telecommunications equipment, wireless remote controls and radio.
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Puro Pop – Apple Music Pop Latino
Apple filed for the 'Puro Pop' trademark in Hong Kong earlier this week that covers Apple Music Pop Latino. Apple filed for their trademark under International Class 041 covering: "Entertainment services, namely production and distribution of sound recordings in the field of music; entertainment services, namely providing ongoing podcasts in the fields of entertainment and music; provision of information relating to music; entertainment services, namely curating songs for music playlists; entertainment services, namely compiling and publishing music playlists; providing non-downloadable customized music playlists via the internet and other communications networks; selecting non-downloadable music recordings to create musical playlists for others and publishing those musical playlists; providing a website portal featuring links to musical sound recordings; provision of live entertainment, namely, musical performances."
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Only the stylized text Puro Pop in black is covered in the trademark filing as illustrated in the application in-part below.
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Apple also filed for this trademark in the U.S. under serial number 97668430.
Swift Charts
Apple has filed for the 'Swift Charts' Trademark in the U.S. as noted in the application in-part below. Swift Charts is a new flexible framework that helps developers create charts entirely in SwiftUI that look and feel right at home on all Apple platforms. You could view the entire WWDC22 presentation video here.
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Apple filed for their trademark under International Class 009 covering: "Downloadable computer software for application development; downloadable computer software development tools; none of the foregoing relating to financial communications or the facilitation of financial transactions."
Apple Specimen
The U.S. Patent Office defines a specimen as being an example of how a company is actually using their trademark in the marketplace with the goods or services in their application. It's what consumers see when they are considering whether to purchase. Below is the Specimen relating to 'Swift Charts'
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Minimal Audio Morph EQ · Source: Minimal Audio Minimal Audio has released Morph EQ. The “Expressive EQ Designer” plug-in lets you go wild with drawable morph paths, macro controls, and extensive stereo effects. If you’re into creative equalization and filtering with plenty of movement, Morph EQ could be right up your alley. Minimal Audio first introduced itself with the fantastic Rift Multi-FX plug-in, which blew our minds with an abundance of modulation, movement, and good ideas. And the developer’s latest release Morph EQ looks no less innovative and creative. At its core, Morph EQ is an equalizer plug-in with a choice of seven different filter types, which you can mix and match as you see fit. Each individual filter can operate in mono, stereo, or mid-side modes, which opens up the door to many creative stereo effects. You can also arrange the filters in serial and parallel configurations. Like most modern EQ plug-ins, Morph EQ also offers a built-in spectrum analyzer that shows you what’s going on. Custom morph paths However, the real fun begins when you dive into Morph EQ’s extensive morphing and real-time control features. The Morph feature allows you to draw your own custom morphing paths, which you can then navigate with a single knob. Moreover, the plug-in offers built-in macro control over all parameters, including morphing, filter cutoff, and stereo movement. Along with an Adaptive Q mode for analog-inspired resonances, this lets you create real-time effects that go well beyond basic equalization. If you’re like me, you’ve probably already got more EQs than you can keep track of. However, Minimal Audio Morph EQ looks like a plug-in you don’t want to miss if you’re into creative equalization and filtering. It comes with more than 100 presets, which you can use as a starting point for your own experiments. Morph EQ Minimal Audio Morph EQ is now available for USD 49. The plug-in runs on macOS 10.9 or higher and Windows 10 or higher. It’s available in AU, VST, VST3, and AAX formats (64 bit). By loading the video, you agree to YouTube’s privacy policy. Learn more Load video
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Get the best experience and stay connected to your community with our Spectrum News app. Learn More Continue in Browser Get hyperlocal forecasts, radar and weather alerts. Please enter a valid zipcode. Save LOS ANGELES — Although music is often their solace, a recent study commissioned by the University of Westminster showed that people working in the music industry may be up to three times more likely to experience depression, compared to the public. While prioritizing mental health and wellness can be challenging, Meta is using its platform to promote mental health with pioneers in the music industry. As head of the nonprofit organization called Girls Make Beats, Tiffany Miranda knows what it’s like to be the only girl in the room. She fell in love with singing at 11 years old and quickly realized that the music industry was dominated by men. “A lot of the creative control was coming from men in the room telling me who I should be, what I should wear, what a young girl should be in society and there was just always a huge disconnect for me,” she explained. It inspired her to learn the ins and outs of music production, never expecting to fall completely in love with audio engineering. Her journey to this point has been a continual battle with isolating moments of self doubt and uncertainty, but Miranda said she found creativity and empowerment behind the boards. “I went through so many challenges as a young girl navigating these spaces, but eventually have been able to work with a lot of heavy hip hop hitters like DJ Khaled and Lil Uzi Vert and French Montana and a lot of time, their response was that they had never worked with a woman before,” she said. It’s why she launched Girls Make Beats, a nonprofit organization teaching the next generation of female music producers, DJs and audio engineers. Tiffany says she wants to be the guidance she didn’t have, not just in the music space, but also in dealing with mental health. “We’ve had testimonials from the girls and parents themselves that they are struggling with depression or with suicidal thoughts and music has been an outlet for them,” she added. It’s a safe space for expression that social media conglomerate Meta says it also shares with music, so Meta recently launched an event series with a focus on health and wellness and a panel featuring Tiffany and other women in the music industry. The woman behind this initiative, Tolu Ayeni says they designed Meta Women in Music to build community in person and on their platforms and bring women and femme identifying artists closer together. “We can’t show up for the people for the people we love, we can’t show up for the communities if we don’t take care of ourselves,” Ayeni explained. “I always think about when you’re on the plane and they always say put your mask on first before you help others.” Whether it’s setting boundaries, working out, or journaling, she said. For Tiffany, it was becoming a mom that helped her discover what self care looked like through her lens. “Stepping into motherhood really made me take a look at myself and say I need to be good so I can be a better mother,” she said. Now, a better mentor too, paving the way for the many girls who will follow in her footsteps. Some reasons for declining mental health reported in the study include poor working conditions, the lack of recognition for the hard work that goes into their craft and for women respondents, the difficulties of navigating motherhood and a career.
Ice Theatre of New York (ITNY) presents Winter 2022-23 City Skate Concert Series, starting with a City Skate Concert on November 15, 2022 at 11:50am at the Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park. The series will continue on January 10 & February 21, 2023 and the events are free and open to the public. For more information, visit icetheatre.org/2022-pop-up-fall/winter-performances.html. The program will feature ITNY Youth Apprentice performer, Ella Bauer skating to “All I Want for Christmas” choreographed by Olympic Ice Dancer Kaitlyn Weaver, to kick off the holiday season. British Ice Dancers Phebe Bekker and James Hernandez will also perform; they are just back from winning a silver medal on the Junior Grand Prix Circuit. This marks their first appearance with the Ice Theatre of New York. ITNY repertory works will include:
Of Water and Ice
Performed by Sarah France and Valerie Levine In the polar regions, a constant interplay takes place between H2O in its liquid and solid forms. Set to a DJ Spooky score, generated itself by the geometry of ice crystals and the math of climate change data, the dance explores what happens when this fragile balance of water and ice spins out of control. Choreography commissioned by Ice Theatre of New York with the generous support of the New York State Council on the Arts. Performed by Liz Yoshiko Schmidt Choreography by Lorna Brown Music by Arvo Part – “Spiegel im Spiegel” Costume by Lorna Brown When Atoms Embrace, an acclaimed solo choreographed and costumed by original John Curry Theatre of Skating member, Lorna Brown. Lorna is an artist with a deep interest and knowledge in science. The piece is set to Music by Arvo Pärt’s “Spiegel im Spiegel” and was inspired by a poem Lorna wrote herself: She comes to us in blue and lavender light which shines on us all to give mankind energy and love and to help and heal our planet. Lay me in a field of wild flowers, let the scent perfume the hours. When The Atoms embrace and time changes pace, I find my magical powers.
Take Five
Performed by Danil Berdnikov Choreography by Eliot Halverson Music by saxophonist Paul Desmond, arr. Dave Brubeck, and performed by The Dave Brubeck Quartet Performed by Sarah France and Aaron Singletary Choreography by Douglas Webster This season, ITNY will also perform at The Rink at Rockefeller Center, Wollman Rink, Brookfield Place, Riverbank State Park, Lefrak Center at Lakeside in Prospect Park, City Ice Pavilion in Long Island City, and World Ice Arena in Flushing.
About the ITNY Performers
Danil Berdnikov is from the city of Samara in Russia. Danil was a part of junior national team and competed within Russia until he completed high school. Danil then decided to move to Moscow to continue his education and to join Stage Entertainment Russia for an opportunity to begin performing as an ice skater. Performing for an audience, Danil fell in love with skating in a new way, so he has continued to skate professionally for the past eight years. Over the course of his professional skating career Danil had a privilege of working for Willy Bietak Productions and Wheeler Productions in the US, Stageworks Worldwide Production in the UK, Holiday on Ice Productions and Dynamic Shows Entertainment in the EU, Stage Entertainment Russia. Ice skating has brought Danil many different opportunities, including the chance to travel the world and do what he truly loves. He is very grateful to his parents, coaches, choreographers, and fellow skaters who have supported him along the way, and he is very excited to fulfill another incredible dream of performing for Ice Theatre of New York, Inc. Sarah France joined the Ice Theatre of New York in 2018, bringing her passion for ice dancing and broad knowledge of skating skills and disciplines to the company. France has translated her skills to many different areas as an ensemble performer with ITNY, in addition to being a choreographer, edge class instructor, aerialist, inline skater, dancer and off ice instructor. Her dedication to skating and desire to share her love of the ice with others has made her a sought-after instructor and performer. She believes strongly in the ability of skating to transcend barriers, teach life lessons and give opportunities to all who wish to make their home on the ice. In addition to her work with ITNY, France’s skills have been highly valued in training developmental through internationally competitive skaters, working as a coach, choreographer and program director. She is a faculty member for Shattuck-St. Mary’s International Figure Skating Center of Excellence training camps and a welcomed guest coach in skating programs around the world. France has worked with competitive athletes representing over 40 different countries and facilitated the transition to professional careers for many young skaters. She takes particular interest in developing strong foundational skating skills, mentoring coaches, as well as teaching those who wish to further refine their mastery of skating technique. Her well-rounded education on the ice has allowed her to flexibly work in all disciplines of skating, as well as successfully lead instructional programs as a skating director. She is honored to be the Director of Outreach Programming for ITNY and looks forward to sharing the joy of dancing on ice with students around the greater NYC area through these efforts. Valerie Levine has been dancing tap, jazz and ballet since she was 4 years of age and started roller-skating at that time. After begging her parents for figure skating lessons, she started training at 11. She auditioned for Disney On Ice during high school and was accepted but decided to get her bachelor’s degree in college first. She went on to get her Senior Ladies Moves and Pre-golds in ice dance by 19 and skated as an ice girl for the NHL teams the New York Rangers and the New York Islanders during those years. She furthered her dance knowledge while in college getting her bachelor’s degree in Product Management Textiles from the Fashion Institute of Technology. She minored in dance and trained at the Broadway Dance Center in many dance styles, which led her to her current career as a professional belly dancer, ballroom dancer, Brazilian samba dancer, fire performer and the like. Valerie has collaborated on ITNY events for the past decade. You can find out more about Valerie Levine on her website: Valerinadance.com Elizabeth (Liz) Yoshiko Schmidt has been skating with ITNY since 2017. Luscious edges, artistic dynamic movement, and traditional ice dancing inform her skating and professional career which began in 2013 at the age of 18, performing internationally in Germany and across the US. A Japanese/German American skater who hails from Chicago, IL, she recently moved from San Francisco, CA to New York City. A U.S. Figure Skating Double Gold medalist in Freestyle and Moves in the Field, and a Silver medalist in Ice Dancing, Liz received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting from the San Francisco Art Institute in 2018, and has exhibited her work across the Bay Area. Aaron Singletary grew up in Pennsylvania skating for the Penguin Figure Skating Club and started his national competitive career training with Craig Maurizi at the Ice House in Hackensack, NJ. Aaron earned gold in Moves in the Field as well as Freestyle. Aaron now coaches primarily at City Ice Pavilion in New York City. Over the years Aaron has had many internationally revered coaches. Each left a prominent mark on his approach to skating and singling one or two would be a disservice to the others. He aims to further his knowledge so that one day he too may be an internationally recognized performer and coach. The 2019 Home Season marked his debut with Ice Theatre of New York . Ice Theatre of New York (ITNY) exists to create and advance ice dance as (an ensemble) performing art form with its professional ice dance company. ITNY is also dedicated to providing education and to presenting public performances to people of all ages. We aim to inspire people to experience the balance, flow and flight of skating and to engage in a lifelong healthy activity. Founded in 1984 by Moira North, Ice Theatre of New York has changed the face of figure skating by creating works that integrate the sensibilities of contemporary dance, music and art challenging the perceptions and conventional definitions of figure skating. Through its performances in both traditional and site-specific venues, ITNY presents ice dance that opens one’s eyes to seeing skating in unexpected ways. ITNY was the first ice dance company to receive dance program funding from the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs. For more information, visit www.icetheatre.org. City Skate Pop-Up Concerts are supported, in part, by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature. ITNY is also supported by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council, and NYC Council Member Mark Levine and by Dance/NYC’S Coronavirus Dance Relief Fund. Additionally, ITNY receives funding from Bloomberg Philanthropies, Lisa McGraw Figure Skating Foundation, the Will Sears Foundation, and its generous private patrons. Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park is popularly known as NYC’s only free admission ice skating rink. Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park is open daily through March 5, 2023, and in addition to The Rink, the annual winter event features fun, outdoor activities including The Holiday Shops by Urbanspace, delicious food and drink offerings at The Lodge, the Curling Café, Cozy Igloos, and Bumper Cars on Ice. For more information, go to WinterVillage.org. Most Popular
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No units designated as affordable, but mayor says project will help housing crunch No units designated as affordable, but mayor says project will help housing crunch The latest breaking updates, delivered straight to your email inbox. No units designated as affordable, but mayor says project will help housing crunch A groundbreaking was held Thursday for a new apartment complex that will bring hundreds of new housing units to Manchester.
The 250-unit complex will replace a group of brick buildings on Canal Street and is slated to open by the summer of 2024. Developers said there will be a mix of studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments, along with retail space and an underground garage. Demolition on the 2.3-acre site began in September. “Certainly, our plan here in Manchester is to be long-term investors, not only in the real estate asset, but in the community, as well,” said Matt Frazier, CEO of developer Jones Street. Manchester Mayor Joyce Craig said the project will help with the city’s housing crunch, even though the apartments will all be at market rate, and there are no units designated as affordable to those with lower incomes. “Which will allow individuals to move into these and potentially open up, but what we know is we need to increase housing across the board,” she said. The demolition is currently about three-fourths of the way complete, and by the end of the month, the existing building will be gone. The apartments will also contain other amenities, including a clubhouse. When it comes to addressing the affordable housing crunch, the mayor said that’s being worked on. “In the city, we have about 2,000 units that are in progress, ranging from single-family homes to apartments to condominiums,” Craig said. “Again, we’re making great progress in the city of Manchester, but definitely more needs to be done.” The mayor said the existing buildings were vacant and underutilized for decades, and the entire block will now have a fresh start. Hearst Television participates in various affiliate marketing programs, which means we may get paid commissions on editorially chosen products purchased through our links to retailer sites.
Boca Raton, FL — Boca West officially opened its new Welcome Sales Center on October 31 in a ribbon cutting ceremony and celebration. The new office is located at 7763 Glades Road, Boca Raton, and will be a central source of information for future homebuyers and Members of Boca West Country Club. The Welcome Sales Center is home to Boca West Realty, the only on-site real estate office at Boca West. With unprecedented demand for homes within the community, Boca West Realty was responsible for 57 percent of the real estate transactions within the gated club community last year. The new real estate office features an oversized site plan display to provide prospective homebuyers with a better understanding of the scale and scope of the community’s 55 distinct villages and an interactive display providing a visual tour of Club amenities. The celebration featured welcomes by, Elaine Wittlin, President of Boca West Master Association, Dr. Philip Edwards, Chairman of Boca West Country Club’s Board of Governors, and Matthew Linderman, Manager of Boca West Community Advisors. Other dignitaries present included Robert Weinroth, the Mayor of Palm Beach County, and Scott Singer, the Mayor of Boca Raton. As noted by Stephann Cotton, Managing Broker of Boca West Realty, “There is such a strong demand for home sales and membership at Boca West, and the new Welcome Sales Center will be an excellent resource for our future residents and Members. The past two years have broken sales records in Boca West, and we fully expect that interest to continue through the season ahead. The demand for golf is greater than ever, and buyers have an appreciation for Boca West’s amenities, the Club’s focus on the Member experience, and the wide variety of home styles available.” About Boca West Located in the heart of Boca Raton, Florida, in Palm Beach County, Boca West is a private, resident-only, country club community. With four championship golf courses, an award-winning USTA tennis facility, a luxurious spa, seven renowned restaurants, and an active social community – all surrounded by 1,400 acres of lush, tropical landscaping – Boca West offers an incomparable lifestyle and impeccable service. Completion of a $45 million Club expansion is anticipated in the coming months, including a seismic 96,000 square foot Aquatics Center with five pools and a new restaurant bar, as well as a full-scale renovation of the two-story Lifestyle Center that will include an expanded Fitness Center featuring a core training studio, spinning studio and aerobics studio. A serene spa relaxation courtyard will be added with an outdoor wet area as well as an outdoor rooftop bar and terrace overlooking the magnificent Palmer I Golf Course. Boca West Country Club has been honored as a Platinum ClubÒ of the World since 2017 currently ranked 4th out of 100 by Club Leaders Forum, has received a 5-Star Private Club ranking by Platinum Clubs of America since 1997, has been recognized since 2013 as an Elite Distinguished World Club by BoardRoom magazine, is a 2013 USTA Outstanding Facility Award winner and was honored with the 2019, 2020, and 2022 AGM Platinum Award by the Association of Golf Merchandisers. Boca West has also been named a 2021 and 2022 Top Workplace USA by Energage and a 2020 South Florida Sun-Sentinel Top Workplace. For more information, visit BocaWest.com. To inquire about real estate, please call Boca West Realty at 561-665-5855. For questions regarding Membership, please call Boca West Country Club at 561-488-6934. Online Staff D –
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Searching for your content… In-Language News Contact Us 888-776-0942 from 8 AM – 10 PM ET News provided by Nov 10, 2022, 18:36 ET Share this article “SOUL TRAIN AWARDS RED CARPET SPECIAL” PRESHOW AIRS AT 7 PM ET/PT WITH HOSTS TANK, LETOYA LUCKETT, AND NOVI BROWN JB SMOOVE, LUCKY DAYE, MARK TALLMAN, MICHELLE MITCHENOR, AND QUEEN NAIJA TAPPED AS PRESENTERS #SOULTRAINAWARDS NEW YORK, Nov. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Today, BET announced the new air date for “Soul Train Awards” 2022, now premieringSaturday, November 26th at 8 pm ET/PT on BET, BET HER, Logo, MTV2, and VH1, hosted by award-winning comedian and actorDeon Cole. J. Valentine joins previously announcedAri Lennox,Chanté Moore, Muni Long, SiR, Tank, and BET Amplified stage artists Coco Jones and Q as performers. BET also announced this year’s presenters to include JB Smoove, Lucky Daye, Mark Tallman & Michelle Mitchenor(BET+ Original Series “First Wives Club”), and Queen Naija. The “Soul Train Awards Red Carpet Special” preshow will air at 7 pm ET/PT with hosts Tank covering the Main Stage, Letoya Lucketton the Correspondent Stage, and Novi Brown(“Tyler Perry’s Sistas”) in the Walmart Lounge. Iconic 80’s funk band Morris Day & The Time will receive the ‘Legend’ award. Legendary multiplatinum-selling R&B supergroup Xscape will receive the ‘Lady of Soul’ honor. Alex Vaughn, Durand Bernarr, Muni Long, and Tasha Cobbs Leonardare set to blend harmonies for this year’s Soul Cypher sponsored by Walmart. Renowned DJ and music producer D-Nice will take command of the turntables, all culminating to make “Soul Train Awards” 2022, the feel good party of the year. “Soul Train Awards”2022presented by BET, will feature an exciting lineup of unforgettable performances including special moments and appearances by some of the brightest stars in Black culture and entertainment. The annual event is committed to showcasing the impact of Soul Train on music and dance from the ’70s to today. Connie Orlando, EVP, Specials, Music Programming & Music Strategy will oversee the annual show and Executive Produce for BET with Jamal Noisette, VP, Specials & Music Programming. Jesse Collins, CEO of Jesse Collins Entertainment, to serve as Executive Producer of “Soul Train Awards” 2022 along with Jesse Collins Entertainment’s Jeannae Rouzan–Clay andDionne Harmon. ABOUT BET BET, a unit of Paramount (NASDAQ: PARAA; PARA; PARAP), is the nation’s leading provider of quality entertainment, music, news and public affairs television programming for the African American audience. The primary BET channel is in 125 million households and can be seen in the United States, Canada, the Caribbean, the United Kingdom, sub-Saharan Africa and France. BET is the dominant African-American consumer brand with a diverse group of business extensions including BET+, the preeminent streaming service for the Black audience; BET.com, a leading Internet destination for Black entertainment, music, culture, and news; BET HER, a 24-hour entertainment network targeting the African-American Woman; BET Music Networks – BET Jams, BET Soul and BET Gospel; BET Home Entertainment; BET Live, a growing BET festival business; BET Mobile, which provides ringtones, games and video content for wireless devices; and BET International, which operates BET around the globe. About Jesse Collins Entertainment Founded in 2012, Jesse Collins Entertainment (JCE) is a full-service production company that has played an integral role in producing many of television’s most memorable moments in music entertainment. The Emmy® winning company has a multi-year overall agreement with ViacomCBS Cable Networks. On the film side, the company also has a first look on JCE’s film projects which could include Viacom’s Paramount Players. JCE’s award-winning and critically acclaimed television includes programming from its three divisions. From the scripted division: scripted series—Real Husbands of Hollywood, American Soul and miniseries—The New Edition Story and The Bobby Brown Story. From the unscripted division: unscripted series – Oh Hell No…With Marlon Wayans, Cardi Tries, My Killer Body with K. Michelle, DJ Cassidy’s Pass the Mic and Forward: The Future of Black Music, competition/game shows—Becoming A Popstar, Rhythm + Flow, Sunday Best, Hip Hop Squares and Nashville Squares, talk shows – Yara Shahidi’s Day Off, Face to Face with Becky G and children’s series—Bookmarks: Celebrating Black Voices (Emmy® Award winner). From the specials division: award shows—The American Music Awards, BET Awards, Soul Train Awards, BET Hip Hop Awards, Black Girls Rock!, BET Honors, UNCF’s An Evening of Stars and ABFF Honors, specials—The Super Bowl Halftime Show, CNN’s Juneteenth: A Global Celebration of Freedom, Martin: The Reunion, John Lewis: Celebrating A Hero, Love & Happiness: An Obama Celebration, Change Together: From The March On Washington To Today, A GRAMMY Salute to the Sounds of Change, Stand Up for Heroes, Dear Mama, Amanda Seales: I Be Knowin’, Def Comedy Jam 25, Leslie Jones: Time Machine, The All-Star Nickmas Spectacular and Rip the Runway. Emmy® winner Jesse Collins, Founder and CEO, is the executive producer of all programming. He is also an executive producer for the Grammy Awards. He produced the 2021 Oscars. ABOUT SOUL TRAIN “Soul Train” was created in 1971 by visionary Don Cornelius and predominantly featured performances by R&B, pop, soul, and hip-hop artists, in addition to the occasional funk, jazz, disco, and gospel artists. When the final episode of the show’s historic thirty-five-year run aired in 2006, it was the longest-running first-run, nationally syndicated program in television history. “Soul Train” highlighted a cast of incredible, ethnically diverse dancers who famously introduced the world to a whole new series of dance moves and styles on a weekly basis. Cornelius opened every show welcoming the audience to “the hippest trip in America” and closed each show wishing the audience “love, peace, and soul.” Today, the legacy of “Soul Train” lives on through the legendary Soul Train dance line, which has become a timeless staple on dance floors across America. In 2016, BET, acquired the “Soul Train” brand and remains dedicated to revitalizing the brand while also honoring its heritage. Follow us @BET_PR SOURCE BET More news releases in similar topics Cision Distribution 888-776-0942 from 8 AM – 9 PM ET
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Inside Self-Storage is part of the Informa Markets Division of Informa PLC This site is operated by a business or businesses owned by Informa PLC and all copyright resides with them. Informa PLC’s registered office is 5 Howick Place, London SW1P 1WG. Registered in England and Wales. Number 8860726. See All Resource Center » See All News » See All Topics » See All Directories » See All Subscribe » See All About Us » Mohala Johnson | Nov 12, 2022 If you want to succeed in self-storage marketing today, use video. Billboards, social media posts and even emails all seem to be incorporating video in lieu of plain images or text these days. Assuming the primary objective of your promotional campaigns is to drive traffic to your business and boost sales, moving pictures are the way to go. Feeling overwhelmed by that? You shouldn’t. Adding video to your marketing strategy doesn’t have to be complicated or cause headaches. Let’s first talk about the benefits, then how to create campaigns and track your efforts. While a picture is worth a thousand words, a video tells a story. When you take the time to create a video campaign, you’re upping your self-storage company’s overall visual appeal. You’re showing your audience what you have to offer and where, and how it can benefit them. For example, a video showing someone packing their storage unit helps viewers visualize their own goods at your property. Potential renters have short attention spans, so if you want to educate them about your property amenities or storage best practices, an informative 30- to 90-second video will get higher engagement than an article on the same topic. You can quickly explain something with the bonus of visuals to guide viewers. Video also allows you to create focused, straightforward campaigns. There’s little to no room for confusion. The audience can very clearly see the focus of your message. For example, if you’re offering a special on a certain unit size, you can show the unit and the price on the screen. Your video content becomes a dedicated advocate for your product, service, amenities or anything else you promote. Finally, video travels fast, especially on social media platforms where it’s the primary source of material. As with any marketing campaign, the goal is to cast a wide net toward your target audience. Video makes this possible with the click of a button. Likes, comments and shares help you gain exposure and grow your reach. When you’re getting started with self-storage video marketing, you need to decide what to show and discuss as well as the proper platform on which to deliver your content. It’ll vary depending on the type of video you create. For example, you might produce one of the following: You can also create content that capitalizes on the latest video trends—so long as it’s tasteful. This can be a great way to gain exposure and increase your reach. Don’t be shy, but keep things professional. Once you’ve created your self-storage video, you have several options for posting it. Each has its pros and cons. The most logical place to post is your company website. Depending on how you handle your web hosting, you may have the ability to upload videos directly to the site without the use of a third party. Then you can use links to share your video via email and other digital methods. Don’t forget to send it to current tenants! You can showcase your site amenities or inform them of policy changes. It’s also nice for them to put faces to names. All this messaging is less “painful” to consume via video. Of course, there are dedicated platforms for hosting video, like YouTube, Vimeo and Brightcove. Some are free, others charge a fee. One advantage of using a paid video-hosting site is the ability to quickly embed your content in email campaigns. Additionally, there’s added peace of mind that your content will remain long after the links have been distributed. Perhaps the most notable perk is viewers can watch your content without being forced to consume ads or unrelated posts. Plus, when you pay, you aren’t required to have a minimum number of subscribers. Finally, there are all the social media channels. These are quick to use and easily accessible, plus it’s a breeze to monitor their analytics. Depending on the video you create, you can often share it across multiple platforms without much adjusting. However, you do need to be mindful of aspect ratios and scaling. Think widescreen vs. full screen. Your content is much more likely to be seen if it’s presented in the proper format. If you and your self-storage team don’t feel up to the task of producing your own marketing video in-house, you can always hire an outside company. When deciding, consider your timeline and budget and whether you have the right necessities. Creating your own self-storage video gives you full control. You decide everything including location, camera angles, time of day, background music, special effects and more. You’ll determine who’s going to be in the video and what they’ll say. You’ll also retain all rights to your content and control over how it’s used. On the other hand, you’ll be limited to staff creativity and their knowledge of producing video, including the use of hardware and software. Plus, production, processing and editing takes time. Here are a few other things to consider: If you instead choose to outsource, you’ll have the advantage of the provider’s expertise and resources, which takes the burden off of your self-storage team. Your partner can make recommendations regarding the many decisions to be made around video creation. However, you’ll have to work around the company’s timeline, which may not always mesh with your needs. Then there’s the cost. Prices tend to scale upward based on video quality and length. To understand the effectiveness of your self-storage video campaigns, you need set goals and track performance so you know if you’re getting an appropriate return on your investment. The right reports should show you whether your content is serving its purpose or needs to be adjusted. Most video-hosting platforms have built-in analytics for views, shares, comments and likes. You can also use custom codes in your videos so you know if they’re the source of new business. Be creative! Tell your audience, “Come in and tell us your favorite [color, food, vacation spot, etc.], and we’ll give you a special discount!” The video-marketing landscape is very fluid and provides opportunities for creativity, engagement and connection. Whether you’re posting a quick facility update for your self-storage tenants or a longer how-to video to help consumers understand our industry, there’s a platform and an audience that’s right for your content. Today’s viewers want more than static copy and images, so it’s time to up your game. Your self-storage business has a story. Why not tell it via video? Just have fun and be professional. Happy filming! Mohala Johnson is the director of web technology for Tellus Development Ltd., a real estate and development firm that operates more than 30 self-storage facilities in the Southeast. With more than 10 years of management and customer-service experience, she handles the company’s marketing. Writing has always been a passion of hers, and she’s excited to share her knowledge with the self-storage industry. Connect with her @MohalaJohnson on Twitter or www.linkedin.com/in/mohalajohnson. More information about text formats Follow us:
Image-generators such as Dall-E 2 can produce pictures on any theme you wish for in seconds. Some creatives are alarmed but others are sceptical of the hype When the concept artist and illustrator RJ Palmer first witnessed the fine-tuned photorealism of compositions produced by the AI image generator Dall-E 2, his feeling was one of unease. The tool, released by the AI research company OpenAI, showed a marked improvement on 2021’s Dall-E, and was quickly followed by rivals such as Stable Diffusion and Midjourney. Type in any surreal prompt, from Kermit the frog in the style of Edvard Munch, to Gollum from The Lord of the Rings feasting on a slice of watermelon, and these tools will return a startlingly accurate depiction moments later. The internet revelled in the meme-making opportunities, with a Twitter account documenting “weird Dall-E generations” racking up more than a million followers. Cosmopolitan trumpeted the world’s first AI-generated magazine cover, and technology investors fell over themselves to wave in the new era of “generative AI”. The image-generation capabilities have already spread to video, with the release of Google’s Imagen Video and Meta’s Make-A-Video. But AI’s new artistic prowess wasn’t received so ecstatically by some creatives. “The main concern for me is what this does to the future of not just my industry, but creative human industries in general,” says Palmer. By ingesting large datasets in order to analyse patterns and build predictive models, AI has long proved itself superior to humans at some tasks. It’s this number-crunching nous that led an AI to trounce the world Go champion back in 2016, rapidly computing the most advantageous game strategy, and unafraid to execute moves that would have elicited scoffs had they come from a person. But until recently, producing original output, especially creative work, was considered a distinctly human pursuit. Recent improvements in AI have shifted the dial. Not only can AI image generators now transpose written phrases into novel pictures, but strides have been made in AI speech-generation too: large language models such as GPT-3 have reached a level of fluency that convinced at least one recently fired Google researcher of machine sentience. Plug in Bach’s oeuvre, and an AI can improvise music in more or less the same style – with the caveat that it would often be impossible for a human orchestra to actually play. This class of technology is known as generative AI, and it works through a process known as diffusion. Essentially, huge datasets are scraped together to train the AI, and through a technical process the AI is able to devise new content that resembles the training data but isn’t identical. Once it has seen millions of pictures of dogs tagged with the word “dog”, it is able to lay down pixels in the shape of an entirely novel pup that resembles the dataset closely enough that we would have no issue labelling it a dog. It’s not perfect – AI image tools still struggle with rendering hands that look human, body proportions can be off, and they have a habit of producing nonsense writing. While internet users have embraced this supercharged creative potential – armed with the correctly refined prompt, even novices can now create arresting digital canvases – some artists have balked at the new technology’s capacity for mimicry. Among the prompts entered into image generators Stable Diffusion and Midjourney, many tag an artist’s name in order to ensure a more aesthetically pleasing style for the resulting image. Something as mundane as a bowl of oranges can become eye-catching if rendered in the style of, say, Picasso. Because the AI has been trained on billions of images, some of which are copyrighted works by living artists, it can generally create a pretty faithful approximation. Some are outraged at what they consider theft of their artistic trademark. Greg Rutkowski, a concept artist and illustrator well known for his golden-light infused epic fantasy scenes, has already been mentioned in hundreds of thousands of prompts used across Midjourney and Stable Diffusion. “It’s been just a month. What about in a year? I probably won’t be able to find my work out there because [the internet] will be flooded with AI art,” Rutkowski told MIT Technology Review. “That’s concerning.” Dall-E 2 is a black box, with OpenAI refusing to release the code or share the data that the tools were trained on. But Stable Diffusion has chosen to open source its code and share details of the database of images used to train its model. Spawning, an artist collective, has built a tool called Have I Been Trained? to help artists discover if their artworks were among the 5.8bn images used to train Stable Diffusion, and to opt in or out of appearing in future training sets. The company behind Stable Diffusion, Stability AI, has said it is open to working with the tool. Of the 1,800 artists that have signed up to use the tool already, Matthew Dryhurst, an academic and member of Spawning says it’s a 60/40 split in favour of opt-out. But the Concept Art Association (CAA) stresses that the damage has already been done this time around, because the tools have already been trained on artists’ work without their consent. “It’s like someone who already robbed you saying, ‘Do you want to opt out of me robbing you?’” says Karla Ortiz, an illustrator, and board member of CAA. Stability AI’s Emad Mostaque says that although the data used to train Stable Diffusion didn’t offer an opt-out option, it “was very much a test model, heavily unoptimised on a snapshot of images on the internet.” He says new models are typically trained on fresh datasets and this is when the company would take artists’ requests into consideration. It’s not just artworks: analysis of the training database for Stable Diffusion has revealed it also sucked up private medical photography, photos of members of the public (sometimes alongside their full names), and pornography. Ortiz particularly objects to Stability AI commercialising part of its operation – DreamStudio, which offers customers custom models and enhanced ease of use. “These companies have now set a precedent that you use everyone’s copyrighted and private data without anyone even opting in,” she says. “Then they say: ‘We can’t do anything about it, the genie’s out of the bottle!’” What can be done about this beyond relying on the beneficence of the companies behind these tools is still in question. The CAA cites worrying UK legislation that might allow AI companies even greater freedom to suck up copyrighted creative works to train tools that can then be deployed commercially. In the US, the organisation has met government officials to speak about copyright law, and is currently in talks with Washington lobbyists to discuss how to push back on this as an industry. Beyond copycatting, there’s the even bigger issue pinpointed by Palmer: do these tools put an entire class of creatives at risk? In some cases, AI may be used in place of stock images – the image library Shutterstock recently made a deal with OpenAI to integrate Dall-E into its product. But Palmer argues that artwork such as illustration for articles, books or album covers may soon face competition from AI, undermining a thriving area of commercial art. The owners of AI image generators tend to argue that on the contrary, these tools democratise art. “So much of the world is creatively constipated,” the founder of Stability AI, Emad Mostaque, said at a recent event to celebrate a $101m fundraising round, “and we’re going to make it so that they can poop rainbows.” But if everyone can harness AI to create technically masterful images, what does it say about the essence of creativity? Anna Ridler, an artist known for her work with AI, says that despite Dall-E 2 feeling “like magic” the first time you use it, so far she hasn’t felt a spark of inspiration in her experiments with the tool. She prefers working with another kind of AI called generative adversarial networks (GANs). GANs work as an exchange between two networks, one creating new imagery, and the other deciding how well the image meets a specified goal. An artistic GAN might have the goal of creating something that is as different as possible from its training data without leaving the category of what humans would consider visual art. These issues have intensified debate around the extent to which we can credit AI with creativity. According to Marcus du Sautoy, an Oxford University mathematician and author of The Creativity Code: How AI is Learning to Write, Paint and Think, Dall-E and other image generators probably come closest to replicating a kind of “combinational” creativity, because the algorithms are taught to create novel images in the same style as millions of others in the training data. GANs of the kind Ridler works with are closer to “transformational” creativity, he says – creating something in an entirely novel style. Ridler objects to such a formulaic approach to defining creativity. “It flattens it down into thinking of art as interesting wallpaper, rather than something that is trying to express ideas and search for truth,” she says. As a conceptual artist, she is well aware of AI’s shortcomings. “AI can’t handle concepts: collapsing moments in time, memory, thoughts, emotions – all of that is a real human skill, that makes a piece of art rather than something that visually looks pretty.” AI image tools demonstrate some of these deficiencies. While “astronaut riding a horse” will return an accurate rendering, “horse riding an astronaut” will return images that look much the same – indicating that AI doesn’t really grasp the causal relationships between different actors in the world. Dryhurst and Ridler contend the “artist replacement” idea stems from underestimating the artistic process. Dryhurst laments what he sees as the media whipping up alarmist narratives, highlighting a recent New York Times article about an artist who used Midjourney to win the digital category of the Colorado state fair’s annual art competition. Dryhurst points out that a state fair is not exactly a prestigious forum. “They were giving out prizes for canned fruit,” he says. “What annoys me is that there seems to be this kind of thirst to scare artists.” “Art is dead, dude,” said the state fair winner. It is possible that the hype around these tools as disruptive forces outstrips reality. Mostaque says AI image generators are part of what he calls “intelligent media”, which represents a “one trillion dollar” opportunity, citing Disney’s content budget of more than $10bn (£8.7bn), and the entire games industry’s value of more than $170bn. “Every single piece of content from the BBC to Disney will be made interactive by these models,” he says. Emerging applications right now are more prosaic including moodboards for design consulting, storyboards for films, and mock-ups for interior design, and Mark Beccue, an analyst at Omdia’s AI division, is sceptical about the $1tn figure.“What are the killer use cases here?” he says. “It doesn’t make sense. What problem are you solving with this?” An analyst from consulting firm Accenture says the tools could one day be used to create content to train machine learning algorithms, such as in self-driving vehicles, and speed up games creation. Whether it will amount to anything as lucrative as AI image generators and their backers propose remains to be seen.
Lil Jon is more than just crunk’s greatest ambassador. The Atlanta superstar is the man who took the sound to the charts. In the late 1990s, Lil Jon & The Eastside Boyz ramped up the energy and turned up the aggression with a new sound that began in hole-in-the-wall clubs around the A. “Get Crunk (Who U Wit?)” became a regional anthem, but it was just the beginning.
Over the next five years, crunk music would go from local phenomenon to global, chart-topping sound. And Lil Jon’s production style made crunk that was built for stadiums; as his production would grace everything from Ice Cube singles to megahits from Usher. In the process, Jon helped cement ATL as the homebase for hits, and he kickstarted a movement that reinvented the city’s sound. Crunk’s production style would inform later styles like trap and snap music, kickstarting a new wave of Dirty South rap for a new generation.
We singled out some of his best productions to showcase Lil Jon’s signature sound and versatility. FAQ PRIVACY CONTACT US CAREERS – WE’RE HIRING All Rights Reserved Rock The Bells (c) 2022 PRIVACY SWEEPS
