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Writers and publishers in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula have found a new place to connect with their audience – their own YouTube channel, affectionately known as “UPPAA-tube”. The Upper Peninsula Publishers & Authors Association (UPPAA) launched its YouTube channel on the 1st of September to serve as the digital video platform for authors and publishers of the Upper Peninsula (U.P.). In addition, because the videos are accessible to everyone, they will be a valuable resource for teaching English Composition at the high school or college level. UPPAA YouTube Channel Team The name behind the UPPAA YouTube channel is Brandy Thomas, of Thomas Editing, Marquette (Michigan), a professionally trained audio/video editor. “She first suggested that we might build out our stream of informal YouTube recordings into a branded and polished presence,” says Victor R. Volkman, President of UPPAA and Senior Editor at Modern History Press of Ann Arbor, Michigan. Brandy Thomas provides the editing expertise to turn a raw recording into a watchable and entertaining episode. The show host is Evelyn Gathu, Director of the Crystal Falls District Public Library. It was her initiative that led to the U.P. Notable Books Club, so she played a critical role in launching the UPPAA Channel. Victor…

©Rachel Cruze The ways in which people learn about money have changed considerably thanks to the internet. Gone are the days where your only options are reading personal finance books or working with a financial advisor. In the mid-to-late 2000s, the first personal finance blogs started to appear; with that, the paradigm began to shift. See: 7 Moves Gen Z Should Be Making To Protect Themselves Financially More: Surprising Ways Gen Z and Millennials Are Worlds Apart Financially Fast forward to today and people have an abundance of options, including personal finance blogs and larger financial websites. But more affordable smartphones and faster mobile data speeds have helped fuel the rise of video as the preferred medium of many. After all, watching can be not only easier than reading but also more engaging and even fun. As a result, more and more people are turning to platforms like YouTube and TikTok for recipes, home improvement and, indeed, personal finance. Some money influencers on these platforms have millions of subscribers, each having their own brand and personal touch. Find Out: What Gen Z Can Learn From Millennials’ Money Mistakes Read: The Best Money Experts for Each Generation  We’d like to highlight the top 51 money…

New rulings by the Federal Election Commission protect the flexibility of major social media companies to control political content shared on their platforms.The Federal Election Commission ruled that Twitter did not break the law by blocking a New York Post article on Hunter Biden, above, during the presidential campaign last year. Credit...Kris Connor/WireImage, via Getty ImagesSept. 13, 2021When Twitter decided briefly last fall to block users from posting links to an article about Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s son Hunter, it prompted a conservative outcry that Big Tech was improperly aiding Mr. Biden’s presidential campaign.“So terrible,” President Donald J. Trump said of the move to limit the visibility of a New York Post article. Senator Josh Hawley, Republican of Missouri, said Twitter and Facebook were censoring “core political speech.” The Republican National Committee filed a formal complaint with the Federal Election Commission accusing Twitter of “using its corporate resources” to benefit the Biden campaign.Now the commission, which oversees election laws, has dismissed those allegations, according to a document obtained by The New York Times, ruling in Twitter’s favor in a decision that is likely to set a precedent for future cases involving social media sites and federal campaigns.The election commission determined that…

Are These Shoes Ugly, or Good, or So Ugly They're Good?Courtesy I rarely crowdsource my fashion decisions — usually, I have a very clear idea of what I want to wear and why, and I'm very discerning (and sometimes even a bit harsh) about what I find repulsive and what I find acceptable. Opening the floor to too many opinions ultimately leaves me feeling a bit flustered; like many of my choices in life, it's best if I just go full steam ahead with my instincts and mostly ignore people.Recently, though, I came across a shoe that was so aesthetically confounding, I couldn't decide if I liked it or not. It's the Teva ReEmber Moc Slip-Ons, a quilted slip-on shoe that's made from 100% recycled ripstop, rib knit, and microfiber. Though the ReEmber might sound like your standard indoor-outdoor comfy shoe, she's not like all the other girls: She has a Look with a Capital L, and I was about to learn she's the most controversial sole in town.Teva RE-EMBER MOC SLIPPERCourtesy Shop now: $75, zappos.comI first saw the shoes randomly browsing the Teva website for something comfortable to wear while walking my dogs. I noticed the ReEmber because of…

An article from Should you focus on building your brand on social, or driving direct response? Each element has its place, but according to LinkedIn, it’s branding that will deliver the best results in the long run - so long as you take an intentional, sustained content approach. As per LinkedIn: “Evidence is mounting that loading budget into performance marketing without a brand strategy to support it risks diminishing returns. Research by the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising (IPA) shows the impact of demand marketing declining quickly over time, while an investment in brand keeps on giving. That’s why IPA data suggests that the optimal marketing mix gives 60% of budget to brand, compared to 40% for demand.” In other words, you should be looking to establish relationships with your social media audience over time, through a focused content plan, which reinforces your brand ethos and approach. At the same time, however, you also need to be promoting your latest products. A combined approach, factoring in the importance of each element, will help maximize your results – though it does take time to establish your brand, and that requires foresight, a strategic map to establish clear expectations, and investment, especially early…

LA Angels. (Photo by Douglas P. DeFelice/Getty Images) The LA Angels have been absolutely ravaged by injuries this season.Our franchise player has been out since Mid-May, expensive Justin Upton got hurt and hasn’t been any good since, Max Stassi has been on the IL for a few different stints, Dexter Fowler got hurt right away, 2021 All-Star Jared Walsh missed time, No. 2 starter Alex Cobb hasn’t played since July 23rd, No. 3 starter Patrick Sandoval is out for the year, and $210 million man Anthony Rendon has hardly played at all this year. No team other than the New York Yankees has had the type of injuries we have this season. Even then, they at least didn’t have the best baseball player of the last decade out almost all year.It appears this is really getting to the Angels however, as it looks like they’ll take anyone nowadays.Are the LA Angels so depleted by injuries that they’re going after used car salesmen these days?If true, the LA Angels have reached an all-time low.In all seriousness, though, it appears that this is what happened:(it would appear that LinkedIn messed up a listing from a company called Angels Auto Mart in Ormond…

Shares of Facebook Inc. Cl A FB, -0.58% sank 0.58% to $376.51 Monday, on what proved to be an all-around mixed trading session for the stock market, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +0.76% rising 0.76% to 34,869.63 and the NASDAQ Composite Index COMP, -0.07% falling 0.07% to 15,105.58. The stock's fall snapped a two-day winning streak. Facebook Inc. Cl A closed $7.82 below its 52-week high ($384.33), which the company achieved on September 1st. The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Monday, as Microsoft Corp. MSFT, +0.43% rose 0.43% to $296.99, Alphabet Inc. Cl A GOOGL, +1.03% rose 1.03% to $2,846.65, and Twitter Inc. TWTR, -3.09% fell 3.09% to $59.66. Trading volume (12.4 M) remained 32,669 below its 50-day average volume of 12.4 M. Editor's Note: This story was auto-generated by Automated Insights, an automation technology provider, using data from Dow Jones and FactSet. See our market data terms of use.  » Read More

Mark Zuckerberg has publicly said Facebook Inc. FB, -0.58%  allows its more than 3 billion users to speak on equal footing with the elites of politics, culture and journalism, and that its standards of behavior apply to everyone, no matter their status or fame. In private, the company has built a system that has exempted high-profile users from some or all of its rules, according to company documents reviewed by The Wall Street Journal. The program, known as “cross check” or “XCheck,” was initially intended as a quality-control measure for actions taken against high-profile accounts, including celebrities, politicians and journalists. Today, it shields millions of VIP users from the company’s normal enforcement process, the documents show. Some users are “whitelisted”—rendered immune from enforcement actions—while others are allowed to post rule-violating material pending Facebook employee reviews that often never come. At times, the documents show, XCheck has protected public figures whose posts contain harassment or incitement to violence, violations that would typically lead to sanctions for regular users. In 2019,  » Read More

Photo: Kicking Studio (Shutterstock)The iPhone 12, 12 mini, 12 Pro, and 12 Pro Max all have their own minor differences, but they share one major feature: Dolby Vision HDR. This format gives the videos you shoot on your iPhone 12 a fantastic dynamic range, and it looks truly great on the right display. Up until now, however, there haven’t been many sources or devices you could share this video to—but hat’s starting to change.What is Dolby Vision HDR?Dolby Vision is Dolby’s branded version of HDR (high-dynamic-range), and is a video format that you can enable for your iPhone 12; that format makes it possible to have a greater dynamic range (lights become brighter, darks become darker). It also provides 10-bit video recording, which gives your video a much wider spectrum of colors than the standard 8-bit video recording on many other devices. Dolby Vision looks great on devices and displays that are compatible with the format—such as your iPhone. The problem comes with devices that aren’t compatible with the format. You see, Dolby Vision’s proprietary HDR format allows them to give instructions to the display scene-by-scene; devices and displays without an ability to read those instructions aren’t able to properly…

Photo: Kicking Studio, Shutterstock The iPhone 12, 12 mini, 12 Pro, and 12 Pro Max all have their own minor differences, but they share one major feature: Dolby Vision HDR. This format gives the videos you shoot on your iPhone 12 a fantastic dynamic range, and it looks truly great on the right display. Up until now, however, there haven’t been many sources or devices you could share this video to — but hat’s starting to change. What is Dolby Vision HDR? Dolby Vision is Dolby’s branded version of HDR (high-dynamic-range), and is a video format that you can enable for your iPhone 12; that format makes it possible to have a greater dynamic range (lights become brighter, darks become darker). It also provides 10-bit video recording, which gives your video a much wider spectrum of colours than the standard 8-bit video recording on many other devices. Dolby Vision looks great on devices and displays that are compatible with the format — such as your iPhone. The problem comes with devices that aren’t compatible with the format. You see, Dolby Vision’s proprietary HDR format allows them to give instructions to the display scene-by-scene; devices and displays without an ability to…