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Early voting for the Watkinsville special election continues today and tomorrow from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Voting on election day Tuesday will run from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at City Hall.Mayor-elect Brain Brodrick will appear on the ballot alongside Peter Steckel, who dropped out of the race. He provided the Oconee Elections Office with the paperwork last week.Council Post 1, which was vacated by Brodrick so he could run for mayor, is still contested. That race is between Chuck Garrett and Carolyn Maultsby. Garrett is a native of Oconee County and the asphalt sales manager for Pittman Construction. Maultsby is a 23-year resident of Watkinsville who has served as a customer accounts officer, an executive administrative assistant and an office manager. In addition to The Oconee Enterprise’s coverage of a candidate forum last month, retired journalism professor Lee Becker has posted a video of the forum at vimeo.com/leebecker.For more on this story, see the June 10 edition of The Oconee Enterprise, on sale now at convenience stores and grocery stores and newspaper boxes throughout Oconee County. To subscribe, call (706) 769-5175 or visit the tab on our website. 

With Fast & Furious 9 coming out on June 25th, Facebook and Universal Pictures are releasing a new second-screen experience called Movie Mate to give both longtime fans and newcomers a new way to experience the series.As you stream the previous eight films in the franchise, the Facebook Messenger chatbot will chime in to share images and clips, as well as facts about their production. As you can see in one of the screenshots, it can go into a lot of detail, especially when cars are involved. You can access the chatbot by visiting the Fast & Furious Facebook page and tapping the Messenger icon. When you first launch the chatbot, it will ask you about your familiarity with the franchise to tailor the experience. Citing Nielsen's Annual Internet Trend Report, Facebook and Universal say they're releasing Movie Mate because most Americans already use a second device while at the TV to look up information on the show or movie they're watching. Of course, second-screen experiences aren't anything new.  » Read More

Facebook is doubling down on its flexible-work policies and announced to employees Wednesday that beginning June 15, workers at all levels across the company can request to work remotely full-time after the pandemic.Previously, only employees at certain levels of seniority were eligible to request a remote arrangement, and the policy varied between departments, a spokesperson tells CNBC Make It.Employees who convert to a permanently remote role and end up moving to a different location can expect a pay adjustment based on market rates, in line with CEO Mark Zuckerberg's announcement on remote work last summer.For employees whose work requires them to be in an office, the company is recommending they be onsite at least half of the time and they will be allowed to work on a hybrid schedule for the foreseeable future. The company plans to open its U.S. offices at 50% capacity by September, with a full return for those who wish to do so tentatively scheduled for October.The company also announced that for the remainder of 2021,  » Read More

by Alex Billington June 9, 2021Source: Vimeo "A few years ago, none of us had ever tasted wine before." Protagonist Pictures has unveiled the first trailer for Blind Ambition, a doc film premiering at the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival coming up this month. It's the long-awaited follow-up by co-directors Warwick Ross & Robert Coe, the team behind the Russell Crowe-narrated doc Red Obsession. And following its documentary film debut, Blind Ambition is being developed as a scripted series as well. Intro from Tribeca: "Joseph, Tinashe, Marlvin, & Pardon are part of a wave of Zimbabweans who left their economically-hit homeland for a better life elsewhere. After their perilous journeys they arrive in South Africa, eventually get jobs in restaurants, gain interest in the intricacies of wine, become sommeliers, meet and bond with one another, and are encouraged to form the first-ever Zimbabwe team to compete in The World Wine Blind Tasting Championships—the Olympics of the wine world. Blind Ambition follows their ambitious path to their unlikely spot in this annual competition held in France." This sounds and looks like a really heartwarming and inspiring story of ambition. I need to see this. Here's the first festival trailer for Robert Coe…

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A former Carmel Clay Schools bus driver was arrested June 1 and charged with child exploitation and possession of child pornography. Police arrested Terrence Richards, 40, on June 1 after an 11-month investigation by the Hamilton County Metro Child Exploitation Task Force. Richards worked as a bus driver for CCS for two years before resigning on Jan. 21 after police alerted CCS officials of the investigation. Emily Bauer, CCS director of community relations, said Richards has not been on school property or performed any duties for the district since school officials became aware of the investigation. She said police confirmed that no CCS students were involved in the case. The investigation began with a CyberTipline Report from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children to the task force. The social media site Tumblr had informed the agency that a user had uploaded 12 images of child pornography, mostly of prepubescent girls in either compromised positions or performing sexual acts. Information about the user, including an email address, username and IP address, was sent to Hamilton County detectives. Search warrants led to emails connecting Richards to the Tumblr account. The task force confiscated Richards’ phone on Jan. 21, the same…

Cheryl Tweedy has made her return to Instagram, a year after her last post. The singer posted a stunning smiling selfie in a white shirt on June 8 as she appeared to get back to work with her glam squad. She also shared a photo of the gang together as she showed off her new layered hairstyle. Cheryl captioned the upload: "We back **all covid tested." @cherylofficialInstagram She shared the snap after ex, Liam Payne confirmed his split from fiancée Maya Henry earlier this month.Speaking about the split on the Diary of a CEO podcast, Liam said: "I feel like more than anything at this point, I'm more disappointed in myself that I keep on hurting people."That annoys me. I've just not been very good at relationships. And I know what my pattern of things is with relationships at this point."I'm just not very good at them so I just need to work on myself before I put myself on to somebody else." Karwai TangGetty Images Back in April, Liam had spoken candidly about co-parenting their son Bear with the former Girls Aloud singer. "Cheryl is literally the best person to co-parent with. No stress involved," he…

Chrishell Stause just posted a new ab workout video to her Instagram Story. In the posts, her trainer leads her through some pretty intense ab exercises, but Chrishell powers through them. The Dancing With the Stars contestant credits bootcamp classes and a healthy diet filled with lots of protein to help her stay in shape.Triple threat actor-dancer-realtor Chrishell Stause is constantly on the move. Whether she's making massive sales on Selling Sunset or making waves on Days of Our Lives, the 39-year-old actress keeps herself super busy. But somehow, in between all of her current projects, she also finds time to work out. Lately, Chrishell has been sharing snaps of her fitness journey on her Instagram. Now, she's sweating it out on her Instagram Story with a new video of her ab workout courtesy of her trainer, Nyme Manns. "Harder than it looks 💀," she captioned the post. Chrishell Stause / Instagram In the video, Chrishell goes through a tough ab circuit while wearing ankle weights. First, she does donkey kicks with some help from her dog, Gracie. Then, she planks while moving her hands in and out of a hexagon-shaped hoop and does a push-up after each one (nbd).…

Vancouver, BC, June 09, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Associa British Columbia announces an upcoming educational webinar, “CONDO 101 – How do I become the best council member I can be?” to be held on June 15, 2021, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. PT.The virtual educational event is being offered at no charge to council members looking to learn best practices for their position. The course will provide information on duties, obligations, and procedures that all strata members or potential council members should understand. Discussion topics include legal elements of stratas, discerning various responsibilities of stratas, administration, finance, insurance, and procedures of strata meetings. Led by Alex Change of Lesperance Mendes Lawyers, the webinar will also cover the roles of developers, lawyers, warranty companies, engineers, and trades and management companies.An additional viewing of this webinar with a Chinese translation will be provided on June 17, 2021, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. PT.“Associa British Columbia takes pride in our dedication to serving valued clients and potential council members with educational opportunities and access to effective training that provide them with the skills to best lead their communities,” stated Adam Lord, Associa British Columbia president. “Trainings, like this webinar, are an…

Some of you will remember the roaring 90s, when AOL chat rooms were a way to pass time talking to, or flirting with, strangers. Well, two decades later here comes Clubhouse. The difference is that Clubhouse is voice-based (no texting allowed) and on mobile (not available on desktop or tablet). Treading on the toes of many other social media platforms, Clubhouse has made its way into our mobile app galleries as a social audio app that is now trending worldwide. Clubhouse Drop-in Audio Chat, as it is officially known, is a voice-only app that allows users to drop in and out of ‘rooms’ created to explore a specific topic through instant voice chatting, almost like a phone call. The app defines itself as, ‘a new type of social product based on voice  allows people everywhere to talk, tell stories, develop ideas, deepen friendships, and meet interesting new people around the world’. It is a virtual world where conversations are called Rooms and are usually launched by a Club,  » Read More