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By HOLLY RAMER and RODRIQUE NGOW I Updated 12:47 PM EDT, April 30, 2025
ROCKPORT, Mass. (AP) — Rockport residents have a history of fighting off invaders, but not this time.
During the War of 1812, townsfolk in the tiny fishing village hurled rocks at British soldiers using their stockings as slings. Now, they’re slinging trash bags and towels over the side mirrors of their cars to protect them from a destructive and determined pileated woodpecker.
Over the last few weeks, the bird has broken more than two dozen mirrors and at least one vehicle’s side window. But residents are taking the violence in stride.
“Everybody’s having a good laugh about it,” said Ben Favaloro. “Nobody wants harm to the bird. He’s always welcome back.”
Today, 50% of U.S. businesses are home-based businesses. That number increases to 60.1% when looking specifically at non-employer firms, or companies that don’t have any employees.
Add the number of employees that work from home and it changes the perception of a home. Buyers are now overwhelmingly looking at how their home can function as a business.
When selling a home, consider how that home will meet the buyer’s needs to operate a business there too.
We bought our property with that in mind and are getting ready to launch our home-based business in our new town Lake Placid, FL.
Our need was to have a property big enough, pretty enough to operate an art studio, hold occasional events, and have amenities already in place for our business.
We found it on Lake Huntley, a 1.2 acre lakefront home with 2 dozen oak trees, dock, and a shed we could convert.
See More [R. Michael Brown – Freelance Writer and Marketing & Communication Consultant]
Deloitte Digital’s new research on Generative Artificial Intelligence (Gen AI) in marketing content production reveals that Gen AI is already reshaping content production giving brands an advantage.
See the research that should compel you to collaborate with a forward leaning Gen AI content marketer.
See More [R. Michael Brown Marketing & Communications Consulting]
The Sebring Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) approved an agreement to participate in a TV show’s makeover of the downtown Circle Park Drive area with the network proposing to spend about $1 million and the CRA pitching in $1.35 million.
Show hosts Erin and Ben Napier of Home Town Takeover has been renewed for season 3, and they will be taking their renovation expertise to Sebring. Their original and still running show is Home Town, which has eight seasons on HGTV, starting in 2016.
“Home Town Takeover” previously stopped in Wetumpka, Ala. in Season 1 and Fort Morgan, Colo. in Season 2.
See All the News & Other Media About Sebring’s Hometown Makeover as it Unfolds [R. Michael Brown]
By R. Michael Brown, Freelance Writer.
Your mobile device reception is getting worse. In an era where smartphones, and Internet of Things (IoT) devices, are extensions of our daily lives, the invisible infrastructure supporting their connectivity—cellphone spectrum—is facing a critical shortage. The exponential growth in wireless devices and our insatiable demand for faster, more reliable connections has led to a scarcity of available spectrum. This shortage has important implications for the future of telecommunications.
To understand why there’s no more cellphone spectrum available, we must examine the complexities of spectrum allocation, usage, and the challenges faced by the telecommunications industry. But first, see the results of a J.D. Power user report completed this year.
On average, between April and June of 2023, U.S. cellphone users reported that out of every 100 times they tried to use data, text, or make a call, they had problems 11 times. That’s up from about nine problems per 100 connections in most of 2020 and 2021.
Reason: Demand Explosion – Finite Spectrum – The Future….
Popular Science, the magazine that popularized many wonky subjects for readers, publishing such authors as Charles Darwin in its 151 years, is no more.
The periodical has stopped publishing its online magazine, its print edition having been halted three years ago.
I was a subscriber and reader throughout my younger years. It spurred my interest in science and technology and encouraged me to become a professional writer that focuses on simple and interesting explanations and how science and technology impacts folks in everyday life. It’s a sad day. A spokesperson said that the market has changed to video. It’s what I’ve been telling organizations for years: If you’re not in the video and broadcasting business, you’ll be left behind. – R. Michael Brown
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