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by Alex Billington September 2, 2021Source: Vimeo "The only home I find, is deep within my lonely bones, deep with my mind…" This is magnificent, what a wonderful artistic creation. The Elephant's Song is a marvelous hand-crafted animated short film created by American filmmaker Lynn Tomlinson (she also animated the music video "Ten Degrees of Strange" for Johnny Flynn & Robert Macfarlane). It was made frame by frame using both clay-on-glass and oil pastel animation. Along with some paper craft to add historical context to this story. An old farm dog recounts the true tale of Old Bet, the elephant at the start of the American circus. Featuring a song with lyrics by Sam Saper, singing about the elephant's old lonely bones, as she is forced to work for her human master. This is just magical, not only visually awe-inspiring, but the song they sing makes this an enchanting experience. It is precisely the kind of unforgettable animation that I love stumbling upon and featuring here. Watch below. Thanks to Vimeo Staff Picks for the tip on this. Description from Vimeo: "This is the story of Old Bet, the first circus elephant in America, set to a tune sung by…

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Fucci charged with first-degree murder in death of Tristyn Bailey, 13Faces of Aiden Fucci: A look at the teen murder suspect’s emotions since his arrestJACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Four different videos obtained by News4Jax show 14-year-old Aiden Fucci’s range of emotions since his arrest in connection to Tristyn Bailey’s murder.Snapchat videos show Fucci and someone else in the back of a patrol car.Aiden Fucci in back of a police car.“What’s up guys? Tristyn if you f***** walk out the damn...” Fucci is heard muttering.The videos were taken during the search for 13-year-old Tristyn Bailey, hours before she was found stabbed to death on Mother’s Day.Fucci also snapped a photo with the caption, “Hey guys, Inbody seen Tristyn lately?”Aiden Fucci Snapchat photo“It was very shocking,” said Lori Osachy, a licensed clinical social worker. “It was not matching the situation for sure, but sometimes that can be a sign of mental illness when someone doesn’t react in a normal way or the opposite way we would expect.”Two days later, Fucci appeared in court. The first appearance video shows a quieter version of Fucci, as he learns he is charged in connection to Bailey’s murder.AdFucci runs his hands through his hair, blinks his eyes,…

MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Marcus Moreno, of LaVilla, Texas, has admitted to sending inappropriate pictures to a minor, Acting U.S. Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced. Moreno, 27, pleaded guilty today to one count of “Transfer of Obscenity to Minor.” Moreno began communicating with a minor located in Berkeley County, West Virginia, via social media applications such as Snapchat, KIK, WhatsApp, and the minor’s school email accounts. The victim’s parents turned over her phone to investigators. Forensics revealed thousands of text messages, chats, and video communications between the victim and Moreno, dating from October 2018 to January 2019, when the victim was 15 years old. The investigation further revealed thousands of images of child pornography of the victim and obscene pornographic images of Moreno. In May 2019, during execution of a search warrant Moreno gave a voluntary statement to agents saying he met the victim online in a chat room when she had just turned 14. Three weeks after that first conversation, they began online dating. Though never meeting in person, he told investigators he planned to marry the victim when she turned 18. He admitted to sending obscene images of himself to the victim. During the search of his home,…

LinkedIn usage is soaring, with the platform seeing ‘record levels of engagement’ for the last five quarters, and as economic activity begins to ramp up once again, in the gradual recovery from the pandemic, those usage rates are only going to increase, as professionals seek new opportunities, and brands look to connect with new talent to cater to demand. But LinkedIn can also be a powerful platform for selling too, with many key decision-makers highly active in the app. If you’re a B2B business, in particular, LinkedIn offers strong potential in this respect – but it can also pose challenges in approaching users the right way, and pitching your products and services to the right people in the app. LinkedIn offers solutions like its Sales Navigator platform to assist with this, but it does cost money, and it can be difficult to know whether it’s worth the investment for your business, and what sort of value salespeople can glean from the platform in this respect. So how should salespeople be using LinkedIn, and should you be signing up to a Sales Navigator subscription to optimize your approach? We recently put these questions to Mitali Pattnaik, the Director of Product Management…

CC Sabathia poked fun at Coco Gauff for an old Instagram post. Getty Images CC Sabathia’s got jokes. The former Yankees pitcher attended the U.S. Open at Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York on Wednesday and couldn’t help but think of the time when tennis star Coco Gauff mistook a fan for him at the same event in 2019. Sabathia took to Instagram yesterday to share a screen grab of a photo that featured a then-15-year-old Gauff with a fan whom she believed was the MLB legend at the U.S. Open in 2019 The old photo’s caption read, “Thanks for coming to my match @cc_sabathia.” While Sabathia did attend the tournament in 2019 — where Gauff lost a blockbuster matchup with tennis great Naomi Osaka — the man in the photo was not him. So, when he attended this year’s Open with his kids, Sabathia decided to share the throwback snap — all in fun, of course. “On the way at to see @cocogauff again??,” he captioned his post, adding a few crying-laughing emojis. A number of athletes, including NBA players Rudy Gay (Jazz) and Jeff Green (Nuggets), had a good laugh in the comments. As for Gauff, she has yet to respond…

Nearly 15 years ago, Alphabet Inc.'s (GOOGL, GOOG) Google purchased YouTube for the hefty sum of $1.65 billion. The actual date the news hit was Oct. 9, 2006. That may seem like a small sum for the behemoth that YouTube is today. But back then, the video site had been around for less than two years—even if it was growing like a weed. Key Takeaways Google purchased YouTube for $1.65 billion nearly 15 years ago. It has been a tremendous success for parent company Alphabet, now contributing nearly 11% to overall revenue. Big Money keeps plowing into Alphabet shares. This is back when there wasn't any major video sites on the net. However, when YouTube came on the scene, it made big waves with users … and that growth hasn't stopped. According to Britannica, the number of videos available passed 25 million in March 2006. That's after the site went live in December 2005. Fast forward to today, and some estimate that there are tens of billions of videos on the platform! That's insane growth. But there's even more to the story because reports are now saying that YouTube's music service has recently passed 50 million paying subscribers. So, all of…

+ more The cut throat world of social media, is always looking for the next feature that will catch fire with their demographic. Each platform has tried to replicate the success of short stories the element that made snapchat and instagram so popular. Twitter tried fleets which failed, and LinkedIn tried stories which failed. The failure of the latest feature on LinkedIn poses an interesting question, is the B2B world willing to embrace quick short form content to engage their audience or are they scared to have anyhting other than a polished sales brochure? We tossed the question to Craig Civale, the senior content manager at DFW Airport. Follow us on social media for the latest updates in B2B! Twitter – @MarketScale Facebook – facebook.com/marketscale LinkedIn – linkedin.com/company/marketscale

Taking to Instagram on Thursday, Jake Paul said farewell to his hometown of Cleveland, Ohio. CLEVELAND — Editor's note: the video in the player above is from a previous story. After having spent the better part of the past two weeks in Northeast Ohio, Jake Paul is leaving his hometown. Taking to Instagram on Thursday -- four days after he beat former UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley via split decision in a boxing match at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse -- the YouTube star and Westlake native said farewell to Cleveland with a series of pictures of himself and his friends on the shore of Lake Erie. *warning: some inappropriate language and photos in post* "Goodbye Cleveland.. I don’t know if I’ll ever be able to comprehend how crazy this past week was, but thank you to everyone single person who came out to support.. from my neighbors, old coaches, and best friends," Paul wrote. "Y’all are f------ amazing and this is one of the greatest places in the world… I grew up here never thinking I could accomplish anything to coming back home and selling out one of the craziest fights that has ever happened… wow.. Don’t let anyone tell you…

Tumblr and Civilized Worldwide Inc. have gone live with the cannabis.tumblr.com blog, positioned as the new home of cannabis, hemp and CBD on Tumblr. In addition, Tumblr will welcome legal category advertisers, bringing U.S. consumers and brands together via engaging, educational and beautiful content. Benzinga’s articles can also be found on the Tumblr blog.             “This is a fast-paced, ever-changing, often-complicated industry that remains rife with stigma, misunderstanding and mixed messages. The current social media environment of restricted avenues to share smart, informative content perpetuates this,” said Terri MacDonald Riedle, CEO and co-founder of Civilized. “I can’t think of another industry more in need of avenues to share and engage with curious consumers. We are so excited about our partnership with Tumblr and the trust they’ve placed in us at Civilized as their exclusive cannabis content partner; but mostly, I’m so proud to be aligned with an organization willing to demonstrate this type of industry-first leadership.” Tricia Vanderslice, president and chief commercial officer of Civilized also pointed out how online communities are critical cornerstones in any strategic marketer’s arsenal. “Yet, this amazing plant-based industry has been virtually denied access to leveraging social media best practices despite being an over twenty billion dollar global,”…