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Photo by Charlie Neely entral Educational Center students were nominated for Southeast Student Production Awards for the 13th consecutive year. They were recognized by the Coweta County Board of Education at its Sept. 9 meeting. Students from the Central Educational Center have become one of the most-awarded schools at the Student Production Awards in the past 13 years.At the Sept. 9 meeting of the Coweta County Board of Education, CEC production students and staff were recognized for their nominations in this year’s Student Emmys, hosted by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, Southeast Chapter Foundation. Awards were held…

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Posted on: September 27, 2022, 07:03h.  Last updated on: September 27, 2022, 07:42h. Australia’s federal government is about to ramp up controls on gambling advertising, according to a “secret” report viewed by The Australian newspaper. The government will notify operators of its plans on Friday and give them six months to comply. Bet365 banners dominate the advertising hoardings at an Australian cricket match. Soon, such placements will be forced to bear standardized messages designed to make bettors think twice before parting with their money. (Image: NiceBetting) The new regulations will introduce pre-written taglines, such as, “Chances are, you’re about to…

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A drag performer in Idaho is suing the blogger he says falsely accused him of exposing his genitals at the Pride in the Park event in Coeur d’Alene. Eric Posey, whose drag name is Mona Liza Million, performed June 11 at Pride in the Park. Right-wing Idaho blogger Summer Bushnell posted altered video of his appearance, blurring his groin “to make it appear as if he exposed himself,” says a press release from Stoel Rives, the law firm representing Posey. The edited video attracted 20,000 views on social media. People who’d seen it — none of whom had been at…

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Based in Pendleton, Oregon, TeamCME provides medical professionals the tools to become and remain certified as a Department of Transportation (DOT) physical provider. TeamCME is a one-stop shop for certified medical examiners, offering training, medical supplies, and referrals. Increasing their page rank and organic traffic with the help of the skilled team at SEO National will help connect individuals needing a DOT physical with medical providers offering that service. The DOT physicals offered by members of the TeamCME network are in high demand nationwide. They are not only required for large semi-truck drivers. Many individuals, such as school bus drivers…

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click to enlarge Courtesy of Tenfold Engineering A rendering of one of Tenfold’s units when it’s fully extended. David Jaacks, a Springfield entrepreneur with a degree in architecture, hopes to transform the way the world lives with an expandable steel-frame cabin that can set itself up on legs in a variety of locations. The patented home is designed to leave the factory the size of a 20-foot-long shipping container. At its destination, the legs come down automatically and…

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U.S. COMMERCE SECRETARY and former R.I. Gov. Gina Raimondo announced Tuesday that The U.S. Economic Developmemt Administration awarded a $4 million grant to Skills for Rhode Island’s Future to establish the Rhode Island Small Business Development Hub. / JACQUELYN MARTIN / ASSOCIATED PRESS PROVIDENCE – Nonprofit Skills for Rhode Island’s Future received $4 million in CARES Act funding Tuesday help create the Rhode Island Small Business Development Hub. The business hub will provide services to small businesses across the state, including human resources, legal services, finance and accounting and marketing, and support business operations in Bristol, Kent, Newport, Providence and…

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In this interview with Andrey Norkin we covered a range of topics, including the future of Libaom-AV1 in the face of the Alliance for Open Media’s seeming focus on SVT-AV1. By way of background, Norkin’s day job is as a senior research scientist for Netflix, where he contributes to Netflix’s video encoding pipeline, particularly relating to high dynamic range (HDR) and low-bitrate mobile encodes. However, we spoke with him in his role as Co-Chair of the Video Codec Working Group for the Alliance for Open Media.Jumping right in, regarding the future of libaom-AV1, Andrey explained that though both Libaom-AV1, the…

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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — The backers of a planned pork processing plant in Sioux Falls launched an advertising campaign in recent days aimed at defeating a November ballot initiative.Sioux Falls Open for Business placed ads on radio and television asking residents to vote against the initiative, which would ban any future slaughterhouses in the city.Christine Erickson, chairperson of the Open for Business campaign committee, said more than 100 individuals and organizations have donated to the effort. The group also launched a website — siouxfallsopenforbusiness.com — to detail their position and solicit contributions. Christine Erickson is the chairperson of Sioux Falls…

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Digital performance marketing agency Tug has opened an office in New York.The agency plans to help U.S. clients with their marketing requirements overseas and has employed three staffers in New York, in addition to its 20-strong Toronto office.Tug handles the global business for legal software provider Leap and works with Intuit, the software producer behind QuickBooks, Air Miles, WWF and Mary Brown’s Chicken.The independent performance agency has offices in London, Sydney, Berlin, Singapore and Toronto, and offers display, social, pay-per-click, search engine optimization and data and analytics across markets.“We are coming to N.Y. with a different offering to other London…

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