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[headfullofpresley]

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐅𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐞 | 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟏

Pairing: Elvis Presley x reader

Word count: 3,8K

Series summary: Elvis has worked hard to become the successful adult movie director that he is today and all that hard work is paying off by how well the public reacts to his work and how much money is coming into his bank account, despite the fact that porn is still very much illegal. Working in the adult industry is not something you saw yourself doing despite coming from a place where it always has been out in the open, but you soon find yourself swept up and away by a certain American director and right into the heart of the porn industry. The only question that remains is... will you sink, or will you swim?

Chapter summary: Working on his newest and what he believes his biggest project yet, Elvis flies to Amsterdam to shoot most of it. Everything is going well until he's forced to fire his leading actress on the spot and there's a stop being put to his work. But as he wanders into a cafe for a much needed drink in the bustling city, faith seems to be on his side.

Warnings: porn director!Elvis, European!reader, set in the year 1970 (so some details may be a little off?), obvious mentions of sex/porn etc, mentions of prostitution, Elvis giving reader a lowkey foot rub in public (honestly, he's going to be into feet in this series bc i'm feral), mentions of soft drugs, alcohol consumption.

A/N: hi! this idea was born from an ai but mostly from The Deuce (definitely watch it!), where i took most inspiration from. i'm super excited about this series, and honestly it's giving me a lot of inspiration to write in general again! this is going to be a short series- i'm thinking around 5 parts, but we shall see, hm? no smut in this part, but obvi there will be in future parts, as well as some darker topics. hope y'all enjoy! ❤

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Who ever said Hollywood was a jungle has obviously never set foot in New York City.

They’ve obviously never experienced what a real concrete jungle is like and they definitely don’t know that the Golden Age of Hollywood has seen its best days. Directors were feeling pressures from the outside – from the public that wanted something different, something more than those cringy movie kisses. The smaller movie theaters were starting to ID their customers because their movies weren’t so family friendly anymore. Establishments that specialized in peep shows were popping out of the ground like weeds. Burlesque clubs were turning into proper stripclubs and people would rather spend their money on naked girls dancing in their faces than on overpriced cocktails at supper clubs.

They didn’t know that the world was changing.

They didn’t know that even though adult entertainment was far from legal, it was one of the most produced and exported and imported products in the country.

They didn’t know. But Elvis Presley did.

Having made his start as a director ten years ago when he was in his early twenties and was nothing but a naive Southern boy from Memphis, he crawled and clawed his way through shitty jobs in New York. From parking cars, to serving drinks in sketchy bars to being a bodyguard at a massage parlor and driving around hookers to their appointments… He’s seen it all, and he’s done it all.

He worked hard to get where he currently was – being one of the most famous porn directors in New York. Everyone knew who he was and everyone respected him. Times Square was home to countless of peep shows, stripclubs and whatnot and you’ll bump into a prostitute every five steps. Elvis never used their services but he was friendly with them, greeting them as if he had known them forever. Which in some girls’ cases, was true.

Most of those girls were looking for a way out, wanting to get off the streets and into the safety of a movie studio, but Elvis has learned from a previous mistake where he hired a girl who had a pimp and the leech tried to get him to pay them more than the other actors. Since then, Elvis stuck to actors and actors only.

The director was doing good for himself, owning his own studio and brand under the name of “Presley Productions”, and living in a spacious apartment in the city, yet he still wanted more.

He wanted to make a movie so good, it would get international attention. He wanted it to be so good that theaters wouldn’t stop showing it and he wanted it to be so damn good that it would get him a shiny, gold award on his shelf.

And whenever Elvis had his mind set on something, he made sure to accomplish whatever it was that he wanted to accomplish.

It would only be a matter of time before Hollywood would get whiff of his work, and who he was, and for him to open up a second studio there. Elvis didn’t believe in “Hollywood first, the world later” though – he was going to knock everyone off their feet, from the housewives in California to the business men in Hong Kong, all at the same time.

 

The script he had written for his newest movie had been done for months now and all there was left to do was the casting. The process went fairly simple and easy – his main actress was Annette Haven and she was a gorgeous brown eyed brunette, but for some reason he couldn’t get used to her.

Granted, he wasn’t the one playing in the movie and her co-star seemed to have no issues with her, so perhaps he figured he was just being too picky because he was so passionate about this project. Annette was friendly during the first few weeks of filming but as they got to Amsterdam, the sex capital of the world, to shoot most of the movie, her behavior started to change.

She was cranky on set, pranced around like she was the Queen and was late for filming almost every single day. To put it mildly, she was getting on Elvis’s nerves and when she showed up high as a kite one afternoon, the director was done with this girl.

He never was a tiran on set and always made sure everyone was doing okay, but right now it was like a bomb exploded and everyone watched and were awkwardly rooted to their places as Elvis had a go at the main actress and fired her on the spot.

“Take the rest of the day off. We’ll figure things out tomorrow,” he announced to the other actors and the crew. He gave them a bitter smile before he turned around and walked out of the studio they rented, angry and annoyed at the fact he lost a full day of filming, his leading actress and money.

He needed a goddamn drink.

 

Amsterdam was a crowded, bustling city and in some ways, it was much like New York but it was different in so many ways too. People were a little more laid back here (and he figured the many coffee shops where one definitely was not drinking coffee but getting high at instead had something to do with that) and instead of running into a lady of the night on a street corner, they were placed behind windows in certain areas. The Red Light District, for example. It was crowded with tourists and while there was a long canal outstretched in the middle of the district, there were shops, bars, coffee shops and sexual tinted business lined up on the sides, drawing people’s attention left and right. The infamous windows were located in the alley ways, the red lights that were on indicating a girl was working at the time. While he was definitely no stranger to sex workers and what the normal citizen would call “wildness of it all”, it was like he had stepped into a different world, yet it felt a little bit like home too.

Spotting a typical Dutch brown cafe on a corner, he stepped inside and was welcomed by the loud rumbles of laughter of men shooting pool and sitting at the tables and the bar and the smell of cigarette smoke and beer. Nobody aside from the waitress even spared him a glance as he sat at a table near the window and the second he looked at the girl that came up to him to take his order, a smirk spread across his face. In the middle of August, it was only natural for the girl to be wearing a pair of shorts and he was glad this place didn’t set any strict dress codes for their employees, because Good Lord, those legs looked like they went on for days. He noticed the red heeled sandals she wore on her feet and her fresh pedicure on her toes, drawing him in even more. The way that black little apron was tied around her waist did things to him and as his eyes shamelessly moved further up and noticed the size of her breasts that were filling up the tight top she was wearing, he could only think two things – first, he needed to get his hands on those things. And second, she would be perfect for the movie he was shooting out here.

Annette Haven who?

“Hallo?!” You spoke again, waving your hand in front of the dark haired man that just sat down by the window when he didn’t respond to you the first time. Instead, he was shamelessly checking you out from head to toe and working in a bar in the Red Light District, you were used to it but it still got you a little annoyed at times. At least some men tried to hide it and most men actually spoke, with actual words. As he excused himself in English and scanned the crowd for a second, you realised he wasn’t Dutch and decided to cut him some slack.

Perhaps he really was a creep, but your boss wouldn’t be too happy if a customer walked out without being served.

Happened before, because while other waitresses accepted the bold and creepy men that came to drink almost every single day, your mother had always taught you to stand up for yourself and to not take any shit from anyone.

Besides, this was 1970. What did men expect? For you to drape yourself over their laps and beg them to take you? Absolutely not.

“A beer’s just fine, honey,”

You bit your tongue to ignore the pet name and flashed the American a smile, looking him in the eye. “Anything else? Something to eat maybe?”

Elvis grinned and shook his head, watching you walk away to get his drink. You were a very pretty girl with a very pretty body and he realised he was going to amp up his charm if he wanted to see what was underneath.

And he definitely wanted to see what was underneath.

 

“There you go,” you said as you came back over to his table and put his beer down in front of him. Before you could make your escape once more, Elvis spoke up.

“You know, your English is pretty good,”

At this, you almost scoffed as you stood up straight and looked at him with a hand on your hip. These Americans were always so full of themselves.

“Thanks. It’s only a language spoken in countries all over the world,” you smiled sarcastically and Elvis grinned in amusement as he leaned his arms on the edge of the table, quirking an eyebrow.

Feisty. He was intrigued.

“I been to Germany back in the day and believe me, they definitely didn’t sound as pretty as you,”

You raised your eyebrows a little at the odd compliment. Didn’t sound as pretty? That was the first time you ever heard something like that. This guy looked exactly what you imagined a pimp to look like – gold rings adorning his fingers, dressed up nicely in a velvet crushed jacket despite the heat outside – yet he used the word “pretty”, instead of something vulgar like most customers did when they’d try to flirt with you.

You knew you had probably judged him too quickly and although you were intrigued by him the same way he was by you, you weren’t going to make it easy on him.

“Let me tell you a secret,” you whispered as you leaned down and closer to him a little, looking straight into his eyes, which you noticed were very blue and very pretty. “You’re not in Germany anymore, sir,”

Elvis let out a laugh as you gave his shoulder a playful pat and raised his glass, a sly smirk settling on his features.

“You got that right, honey,”

As you walked away, he didn’t fail to notice the playful smile you threw his way as you looked over your shoulder.

 

Elvis wasn’t planning on spending half the day in this particular cafe, but for some reason, he was already on his third beer and he just couldn’t leave.

He could say it was because he needed to clear his mind and think of a solution to fix the problem about not having a lead actress anymore, but the little voice in his head told him he was looking right at that exact solution.

You.

He knew it would be risky – you were just a waitress and you probably had never set foot on a movie set in your entire life, let alone an adult movie set, but he couldn’t stop imagining you in front of the camera, in all kinds of positions.

As he watched you move around the place, serving customers, it was almost like he was watching a movie right now. The way you moved so effortlessly on those little heels, the way you avoided customers that were a little too handsy and the way you were laughing with local customers who you’d probably served many times before.

The sound of your laugh was like music to his ears and he wondered how you’d sound while you were being fucked with those gorgeous long legs dangling in the air. Just imagining you moaning in pleasure had a shiver run down his spine.

And while you had pretended you didn’t like Elvis at all and he was just another annoying American tourist, you couldn’t help yourself from glancing into his direction every so often and making your way to his table to ask if he needed anything else.

When you did just that after talking to some locals at the bar, he looked at you and smiled.

“Sit down,” he told you as he nodded to the empty seat across from him as he leaned back in his seat. “Doesn’t the old man give you a break?”

You chuckled softly as he nodded to an older looking, grumpy man in the corner behind the bar. Your boss. He barely did any of the work and just sipped on his beer, watching his waitresses work their asses off.

For a shitty pay, too.

“Hardly,” you admitted honestly with a soft chuckle, noticing that your boss wasn’t paying any attention to you so you sat down opposite the dark haired man that had his eye on you the entire time. “So, what brought you to Amsterdam?”

Elvis was pleasantly surprised as you asked him that. Not only would it give him the chance to keep you at his table longer, but now was also the moment where he would have to tell you what he did. And find out your reaction to it.

So, he just came clean right away. In one way, it was a good test to see how open-minded the Europeans really were.

And if you were a full blown, crazed feminist.

God… please don’t be a fullblown crazed feminist, he prayed mentally.

“I’m here to make a porno.”

A silence lingered between you two, but it only lasted for about three seconds. You nodded your head and chuckled in an amused but friendly manner.

“Are you an actor?”

Thank God.

“No,” he laughed, shaking his head a little as he took a sip of his beer, licking his lips. “I’m the director of the movie,”

You leaned your arms on the table and sat on the edge of your seat, crossing your legs under the table as you swung your foot back and forth a little. Elvis looked at the way your breasts were pressed against your arms for a second before looking back at your face, an excited twinkle in his eyes.

“And why are you not directing your movie right now?” You wondered aloud, tilting your head a little.

“Well,” he let out a laugh as he tapped one of his rings against his glass for a second, looking at you. “My leading actress wasn’t as fit for the role as I thought.”

“Or maybe you aren’t as good as a director as you think you are,” you teased with a grin on your face.

At that, Elvis just looked at you with a raised eyebrow. He could tell you were pulling his tail, but perhaps far in the back of his mind… he wondered if that could be the truth. He decided not to let his insecurities get to him though, not right now, and when he felt your swaying foot hit his leg under the table, he reached a hand down and grabbed your ankle. You widened your eyes a little and stared at him as he gave you a cocky grin and removed your shoe, dropping the red heel to the floor before he put your foot in his lap.

You looked around nervously to see if your boss caught onto you slacking yet, but he was still busy with the locals at the bar. Elvis ran his hand down from your ankle to your foot and pressed his thumb against your sole, making you turn back to him and bite your tongue to hold back a small gasp.

While you certainly never let customers touch you, right now you weren’t trying to get away. Nor could you muster up a smart remark to throw at his head. You’d been on your feet all day, wearing those heels, and the little massage he suddenly decided to give you wasn’t entirely unwelcomed.

“I am a great director, sweetheart, trust me..” he grinned as he looked you in the eye, a kind but mischievous gleam in his blue orbs. This man definitely was bold and for the first time in your waitressing “career”, you were enjoying the attention of a customer. And a tourist, at that. “Some people just can’t resist the many coffee shops in the city,”

You chuckled, nodding your head as you tried to focus on the conversation and not his large hand rubbing your foot under the table.

“Ha! Bet she was A-American,” you mentally slapped yourself for the stutter (and the lame reply) but if he noticed it, he didn’t mention it. Instead he just grinned and caressed his short nails across the arch of your foot a little.

“Who said she was American?”

“Well, if she was Dutch, she could’ve.. resisted the tempting clouds of weed,” you countered back with a small, playful grin on your face.

He laughed as he cocked his eyebrow, his eyes staring intently into yours as he found your pressure point and pushed his thumb into it, making you nearly moan out loud right there in the middle of your work place.

You managed to save yourself with a small groan.

“Think you can do better?”

At this point, your face was flushed and he realised he was slowly breaking through that sarcastic façade of yours. Then again, he wasn’t exactly playing fair with the way he was shamelessly giving you a foot rub and while you had genuinely peaked his interest, he was a little desperate too.

He wanted to finish his movie and make sure it was good. It had to be perfect. And he didn’t want to get a professional actress now that he had laid eyes on you.

Porn wasn’t a strange concept to you despite never having been in a porno yourself. You lived in a city where sex was out in the open for everyone to see and consume and while porn was illegal here as much as it was in the States, it was tolerated. Perhaps it wasn’t such a strange idea for you to dip your toes into the world of adult entertainment.

“I know I can do better,” you said confidently, looking over at your boss who looked your way and you quickly pulled your foot out of Elvis’ grip, slipping it back into your heel. “Just tell me when and where,”

Elvis let out a hearty laugh as he widened his eyes at you a little. This had been easier than he expected – you were offering yourself for the job and while that was certainly surprising, he wasn’t complaining at all. You were perfect for this movie and the fact that you were inexperienced in the industry might even be better for the storyline.

After all, the lead girl was supposed to be a little naive and a whole lot of innocent.

You quickly urged him for a phone number and address when you noticed the sour face of your boss staring at you from behind the bar and Elvis quickly scribbled his contact information down on the back of a paper coaster as he realised he didn’t have any business cards on him at the moment. You grasped it from the table and shoved it in your pocket, getting up from your seat.

“Hold up,” he said after he paid for his drinks and you were about to walk off to the bar to get back to work. You felt him grabbing your wrist and you turned around, looking at him as your heartbeat sped up a little. “I didn’t get your name..”

“It’s Y/N,” You told him, gently pulling your arm out of his grip. You wouldn’t mind holding onto him a little longer but you felt your boss’ eyes burning in the back of your head.

“I’m Elvis. Elvis Presley.”

You nodded and flashed him a smile, tapping the back pocket of your shorts where you had put the coaster in. He grinned and nodded, slowly leaving the cafe, hoping you’d call him and go through with this.

A pretty girl like you shouldn’t have to work in a shitty place like this.

 

You watched him go and the entire time your boss was giving you an earful about work ethics as you stood behind the bar, you barely heard the words coming out of his mouth. Quite frankly, you just weren’t paid enough to deal with this. You liked your co-workers but that’s all they were – co-workers. They didn’t pay your bills and neither did your shitty monthly pay that your boss gave you.

You wanted a change. No, you needed a change.

And maybe it was a naive and stupid thing to do, but for some reason, you had trusted that stupid American tourist.

Maybe he wasn’t even a director at all, but the longer your boss went on and on about your behavior, you decided it was worth the risk.

“You know what,” you interrupted him loudly, pulling your apron off and throwing it at his face. “I quit!”

Your boss threw a string of profanities to your head as you opened the cash register and grasped the amount of money he still owed you. He was too slow, and too fat, to stop you and before he could get to you, you were already halfway out the door. Though ofcourse, you didn’t leave without theatrically flipping him off.

 

You ran down the street, squirming your way through the crowd, and into a phone booth. Closing the door behind you, you fished the coaster out of your pocket and rang the number. You were connected to Elvis’ hotel and then put through to his room after several minutes. As soon as you heard his voice on the other side of the line, you inhaled a sharp breath of air and clenched the phone against your ear.

How bad could the porn industry really be?

The fact that you were a virgin didn’t strike you as a problem. Nobody had to know, did they? You were sure you’d be able to mask it.

Even from the director.

You stared at the people walking by the phone booth and leaned against the glass wall, your next words rolling off your tongue determinedly.

“When do I start?”

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[hooked-on-elvis]

ELVIS & FRIENDS · ARMY YEARS

Eddie Fadal's daughter, Janice, talks about how her father met Elvis while he was a disc jockey in the 50s, and how gradually they became acquainted to the point Eddie's whole family would befriend the King too.

Janice mentions in another video that Elvis used to sit to listen to records in the Fadal's household and, sometimes, he played the same record over and over again, until people almost couldn't handle it anymore. One of those songs was "Happy, Happy Birthday, Baby," which fortunately we have the home recording.

Album: "Off Duty with Private Presley" (2010). This album was released by Memphis Recording Service (MRS) as part of a set (Book/CD) to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Elvis Presley’s discharge from the army in 1960. Curiously, the album itself reinforces Janice's accounts about Elvis. He really overplayed "Happy, Happy Birthday, Baby." Here's the tracklist:

@ januarypresley shared a short clip of Janice sharing the story of her father's friendship with the King of Rock and Roll on the Instagram page, and that's the reason why I looked for more videos and found those ones above and the additional info. Here is the footage on Instagram, in case you want to watch it too.

[justforbooks]

Stanley Booth

American music journalist who chronicled ‘the mystery of the Rolling Stones’ in their pomp

As a group of Hells Angels beat and stabbed a Black teenager to death a few feet away from where the Rolling Stones were playing on warm evening in California in 1969, the writer Stanley Booth watched the mayhem from a vantage point next to his friend Keith Richards’s guitar amplifiers.

The murder of 18-year-old Meredith Hunter by thugs hired to act as security men for the Stones’ free concert at Altamont Speedway marked an end to the peace-and-love idyll of the 1960s. It also gave Booth a dramatic climax to the book he would write about the Stones and their rise from London’s clubs to worldwide success and notoriety.

The Stones embraced Booth, who has died aged 82, not least because he represented an authentic connection to the blues music from which they had taken their inspiration. He had been brought up in Memphis, Tennessee, one of the music’s centres, and knew many of the musicians whose work they admired and imitated.

Long-haired, silk-scarved and thoroughly familiar with mood-altering substances, he was perfectly in sync with the social currents they embodied. He met them when, having established himself as a contributor to major American magazines, he travelled to London in 1968 to cover the trial of their founder, Brian Jones, who had been charged with possession of cannabis. “I wrote a story,” he recalled many years later, “but I had only glimpsed – in Brian’s eyes as he glanced up from the dock – the mystery of the Rolling Stones.”

That mystery was the subject of the book he planned to write when he joined the Stones on tour in the US the following year. He slipped so easily into their inner circle that soon they were inviting him to share not just their confidences – Anita Pallenberg told him that Jones had missed shows and recording sessions because he had broken his hand while hitting her – but their drugs. When a fan handed Charlie Watts a yellow-green LSD tab, Booth wrote that “Charlie asked, ‘D’you want it?’ ‘I ain’t too sure about this street acid,’ I said. ‘Maybe Keith will want it.’”

Published in 1974 as Dance With the Devil, and republished in the UK in 1985 as The True Adventures of the Rolling Stones, his book brought to bear an observant eye and literary skills that elegantly stripped the varnish off the story, leaving posterity with a faithful eye-witness account of the group’s activities and their social milieu during their prime years.

Booth was born in Waycross, Georgia, near the Okefenokee swamp, a vast wetland straddling the border with Florida. His father, Irving, was the vice-president of an insurance company, while his mother, Ruby (nee McClellan), was a schoolteacher. He studied English at Memphis State University and remembered being thrown out of a Ray Charles show for sharing a table with some Black fellow students. He began postgraduate studies at Tulane University in New Orleans before breaking off in 1964 to return to Memphis, where he began his career as a journalist.

His background, his love of music and his social circle gave him access to local subjects that interested the editors of national magazines. In 1968 Esquire published his description of Elvis Presley’s life among his courtiers: “When he puts the cigar between his teeth a wall of flame erupts before him. Momentarily startled, he peers into the blaze of matches and lighters offered by willing hands. With a nod, he designates one of the crowd, who steps forward, shaking, and then, his moment of glory, of service to the King, at an end, he retires into anonymity. ‘Thank ya very much,’ says Elvis.”

Typically, the real interest comes when Booth aims slightly away from the target. The source of the best Elvis anecdotes is Dewey Phillips, the first radio DJ to play Presley’s records, found by the author working in a furniture store 20 years after his heyday. One of those tales, involving the actress Natalie Wood, was too ripe for the Esquire piece but is included in Rythm Oil, a collection of Booth’s magazine pieces published in 1994.

The book’s UK edition opened with a mood-setting series of colour photographs taken by William Eggleston, Booth’s friend and fellow Memphian: freight trains, cotton fields, diners and lonesome highways. The pieces included portraits of other local musicians, including the bluesman Furry Lewis, who had spent decades sweeping the city’s streets, and the ill-starred jazz pianist Phineas Newborn.

For all his warm empathy with most of the musicians he encountered, there was also evidence of the essential splinter of ice in the writer’s heart. About his piece for Rolling Stone on Janis Joplin’s poorly received visit to Memphis in 1969, he later reflected: “She died, so I hear, bearing me ill will. Can’t please everyone.”

With a reputation, according to the Memphis Commercial Appeal newspaper, as “a libertine and a wild man”, in 1971 he was fined for growing his own marijuana and broke his back a few years later after falling down a waterfall in Georgia while high on LSD. A second collection of pieces, Red Hot and Blue, was published in 2019 and he leaves an unfinished memoir and unpublished biographies of the songwriter Johnny Mercer and the singer Gram Parsons, a friend who was also from Waycross.

Booth was married three times. After the death in 2014 of his third wife, the poet Diann Blakely, with whom he had lived in Georgia and Florida, he returned to Memphis. He is survived by a daughter, Ruby Booth, from another relationship.

🔔 Stanley Booth (Irvin Stanley Booth Jr), writer, born 5 January 1942; died 19 December 2024

Daily inspiration. Discover more photos at Just for Books…?

[ausetkmt]

On July 30, 1866, during the turbulent Reconstruction era after the Civil War, white resistance to African American citizenship turns violent in New Orleans when a white mob kills dozens of African Americans gathering to support a political meeting.

The New Orleans Massacre, also called the New Orleans Riot, happened at the New Orleans Mechanics Institute, where 25 state delegates were reconvening the 1864 Louisiana Constitutional Convention. The state’s new constitution already had abolished slavery, but the state legislature passed laws limiting the rights of people freed from slavery. The Radical Republicans wanted to redo the constitution so that freedmen would gain voting rights. Another aim was to eliminate the Black Codes and disenfranchise former Confederates.

Two of New Orleans’ main leaders—Mayor John T. Monroe, a Confederate sympathizer, and Sheriff Harry T. Hays, a former Confederate general—strongly opposed the new constitutional convention. After a political rally on July 27, Hays gathered a posse of white officers, mostly ex-Confederates, to disrupt the convention, which began at noon on July 30.

As the delegates filed into the building, a crowd of protesters gathered outside the Mechanics Institute. Meanwhile, about 200 unarmed Black people, mostly Union veterans, approached the building in a parade form to show support. As they approached the building, bystanders harassed the marchers and isolated scuffles broke out.

When Hays and his men arrived on the scene, things turned deadly. Officers fired into the crowd, and while some marchers fled into the Mechanics Institute, many others were massacred there on the street. Accounts of casualties vary, but a National Park Service article reports that 34 African Americans were killed and 119 were wounded; three of the white delegates were killed and 17 were wounded.

U.S. General Absalom Baird, whose role was maintaining order and suppressing violence in the region during Reconstruction, wired Secretary of War Edwin Stanton that afternoon with this report: “Immediately after this riot assumed a serious character, the police, aided by the citizens, became the assailants, and from the evidence I am forced to believe, exercised great brutality in making their arrests. Finally, they attacked Convention Hall and a protracted struggle ensued. The people inside the hall gave up some who surrendered, and were attacked afterward and brutally treated.”

General Philip Sheridan, reporting to the War Department, said that delegates and peaceful supporters got hit “with fire-arms, guns and knives, in a manner so unnecessary and atrocious as to compel me to say that it was murder.”

“It was no riot,” Sheridan said. “It was an absolute massacre by the police … without the shadow of a necessity.”

The tragedy in New Orleans and previously in Memphis—where a similar deadly riot happened in early May of 1866—led to major changes in the country’s Reconstruction policy. The Radical Republicans earned a majority in both the House of Representatives and the Senate in the mid-term election of 1866. This helped to pass the 14th and 15th Amendments, which guaranteed citizenship to all people born or naturalized in the U.S.—including those freed from slavery—and gave African American men the right to vote.

[beardedmrbean]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC/Gray News) - A mother has been criminally charged after posting a photo to social media allegedly showing her 5-year-old daughter waxing older women, according to the Memphis Police Department.

Jasmine Moss is charged with child neglect.

WMC spoke with Melanie Saulsbury, the owner of the Memphis Skin Academy in Bartlett, for her input as a licensed esthetician.

“Myself, being a mother, I probably would not have my child as young as 5 doing a service such as that,” said Saulsbury.

On Wednesday, officers received a series of complaints regarding social media posts showing disturbing images involving a young girl.

The reported images were uploaded to Moss’ Instagram account, which she used to promote her hair removal service. Police say three images posted by Moss show the young girl applying hot wax to the nude pubic area of adults.

“In Tennessee, you have to be at least 16 years old to actually get hours to obtain a license to become an esthetician,” said Saulsbury.

To become a licensed esthetician in the state of Tennessee, you must also complete 750 hours of training and pass written and physical examinations.

Moss identified the young child as her daughter in the Instagram post, which also boasts that the child waxed 24 clients for more than eight hours, according to the affidavit.

Saulsbury said waxing is too dangerous for a child.

“Even as an adult professional, you can get burned,” said Saulsbury.

Allegedly, Moss also operates her business out of her home. Saulsbury said although it’s not illegal to have an esthetician business in your home, there are laws and regulations.

“As long as it’s inspected by the Tennessee State Board of Cosmetology, they come through and inspect the premises and other things surrounding your local code enforcement,” said Saulsbury, “For the safety of the public, I always tell my students to work in a professional setting.”

Moss will face a judge Tuesday morning.

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ADT Inc., formerly The ADT Corporation, is an American security company that provides residential and small business electronic security, fire protection, and other related alarm monitoring services throughout the United States. The corporate head office is located in Boca Raton, Florida. In February 2016, the company was acquired by Apollo Global Management for $6.9 billion in a leveraged buyout. In January 2018, the company went public on the New York Stock Exchange.

History

In 1863, Edward A. Calahan invented a stock ticker and formed the Gold and Stock Telegraph Company in 1867 to exploit the technology. Gold and Stock also developed a messenger system that sent instructions to and from the stock exchange floor. Three years later, the president of Gold and Stock Telegraph Company woke up to a burglar in his home, which inspired him to create a telegraph-based alert system. This system eventually connected 50 of his neighbors to a central station, where all the alert boxes were monitored. There were many small telegraph delivery companies in the United States in the 19th century.

In 1874, 57 district telegraph delivery companies affiliated and became American District Telegraph (ADT). With the increase in telephone usage in the late 19th century, ADT's messenger business slowly declined in popularity. ADT tried branching out and developing their signaling business while still maintaining their telegraph business as their primary income source.

ADT incorporated into Western Union in 1901 and separated its messenger business from its main signaling business at that time. In 1909, Western Union and ADT came under the control of American Telephone & Telegraph Company (AT&T). ADT began to expand into new areas, such as fire alarms and security alarms, between 1910 and 1930, but was kept separate from AT&T's Holmes alarm business. ADT became a publicly traded company in the 1960s.

In 1964, ADT was found to be a monopoly in restraint of trade. It was shown to provide almost 80% of the central station alarm service in the United States. In some cities, such as New York City and Memphis, Tennessee, they were the sole provider. They were also found to have forced competitors out of business by lowering prices below cost. They would charge national accounts very low prices in cities with competitors and much higher prices where no competition was available. ADT was forced to adopt a national price list, which could not be varied, to help establish central station competitors in cities without competition and to pay fines and triple damages to the federal government, customers, and local competitors.

In early 1987, the firm Hawley Goodall, owned by Michael Ashcroft, bought the Indianapolis-based Crime Control Inc., the fourth-largest company in the U.S. security market, for $50 million. Later in the year, it bought ADT and moved to Bermuda. This purchase transformed Hawley into the leading security services business in the United States and resulted in the majority of its revenues coming from the North American market. As a result of the acquisition, Hawley changed its name to ADT Limited and decided to refocus its business around security services. At the end of 1987, the company sold its North American-based facility services business to Denmark's ISS A/S.

In 1997, ADT was purchased by Tyco International in a reverse takeover.

Broadview acquisition

Yard sign indicating the presence of an ADT system at a home

In January 2010, Tyco acquired Broadview Security (formerly Brink's Home Security), then ADT's largest competitor, for $2 billion. When the acquisition closed later that year, the Broadview name was discontinued, and Broadview's operations were integrated into ADT.

Separation from Tyco and Apollo ownership

ADT Service vehicle in Quebec, 2010

In September 2011, Tyco announced that it would split into three companies, ADT being one of the three.[15] On October 1, 2012, ADT debuted as an independent public company and began trading on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: ADT). In 2014, it acquired the Canadian company Reliance Protectron Security Services from Reliance Home Comfort[16] for a total of Can$555 million.

In February 2016, Apollo Global Management acquired ADT for nearly $7 billion and merged it with another home security firm, Protection 1. The purchase price represented a premium of approximately 56 percent over ADT's closing share price on February 12, 2016, and when combined with Protection 1, represented an aggregate transaction value of approximately $15 billion. The company went public again in January 2018 and again on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol ADT. As of 2023, Apollo still retains a majority share in ADT.

In April 2018, ADT acquired Aronson Security Group Inc. and Acme Security Systems as part of its commercial expansion plans.

In October 2019, Telus Corporation purchased all of ADT's Canadian assets for $700 million. By September 2020, Telus had renamed ADT's Canadian operations to Telus SmartHome Security.

In August 2020, Google announced that it would invest $450 million in ADT in exchange for a 6.6% equity stake. The partnership will leverage ADT's network of installers to sell and install Nest devices, and aim to integrate Google's AI and Nest smart home devices into ADT's services.

In November 2021, ADT announced an agreement to acquire Sunpro Solar, a residential rooftop solar power contractor, for $160 million in cash plus approximately 77.8 million shares of ADT common stock, implying a total enterprise value of approximately $825 million. The company was rebranded as "ADT Solar" and operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of ADT. In January 24, 2024 ADT announced that due to financial difficulties they will be closing their solar division.

In September 2022, State Farm announced that it would invest $1.2 billion in ADT in exchange for a 15% equity stake, and that it would commit up to $300 million to an "opportunity fund" to support ADT's marketing, technology, and innovation. At the same time, Google separately announced it would commit a further $150 million into a "success fund" for ADT.

ADT completed divesting its commercial security, fire and life safety business unit to private equity firm GTCR for $1.6 billion in October 2023.

Operations

As of March 2019, ADT had nine monitoring centers and a network of more than 17,000 professionals, serving 6 million customers in over 200 locations throughout the United States.[non-primary source needed]

Controversies

On July 10, 2023, ADT disclosed that errors were identified in regards to their non-cash goodwill impairment losses associated with their Solar reporting unit and related tax impacts. These errors were identified during the third quarter of 2022 and the first quarter of 2023. As a result, the company announced that their financial results for the third and fourth quarter of 2022 and the first quarter of 2023 would be restated. Consequently, investors were negatively impacted as ADT's stock price decreased during trading, the following day.

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How to Budget for an Apartment Rental Without Overspending

Renting an apartment can be an exciting step toward independence or a fresh start in a new city. However, when searching for Memphis TN apartments, it’s essential to have a solid financial plan to avoid stretching your budget too thin. Without proper planning, unexpected expenses can pile up, leading to financial stress. This guide will show you how to budget for an apartment rental without overspending, ensuring you enjoy your new home without breaking the bank.

1. Determine Your Rent Budget

The first and most crucial step in renting an apartment is determining how much you can comfortably afford. A common guideline is to allocate no more than 30% of your monthly income toward rent, ensuring that you have sufficient funds for other essential expenses like utilities, groceries, transportation, and savings. In higher-cost areas, it may be necessary to adjust this percentage slightly, but it’s important to keep rent from taking up an excessive portion of your income to maintain financial balance.

2. Account for Utilities and Additional Costs

When searching for an apartment, it's helpful to find options where essential costs are bundled into the rent to simplify your monthly budgeting. Look for apartments that include utilities, internet, cable, renter’s insurance, and parking in the rental price. This can save you the hassle of managing multiple bills and help you better predict your total monthly housing expenses. Ask landlords or property managers about all-inclusive rental packages to avoid unexpected costs after moving in.

3. Budget for Moving Expenses

Moving expenses are often underestimated but can add up quickly, so planning ahead is crucial. Key costs to consider include the security deposit, typically refundable if the apartment is left in good condition, and upfront payments like the first and last month’s rent, which many landlords require. Additionally, moving services or truck rentals, along with necessary supplies, should be factored into your budget. If it’s your first time renting, you’ll also need to account for purchasing essential furniture and appliances to make your new space livable. Proper preparation can help prevent financial strain during the transition.

4. Build an Emergency Fund

Unexpected expenses, such as medical bills or car repairs, can arise at any time and disrupt your financial stability. Building an emergency fund is crucial to ensure these unforeseen costs don’t derail your budget or compromise your ability to cover essential expenses like rent, utilities, and groceries. If accumulating the full amount immediately isn’t possible, begin by regularly setting aside a portion of your income and gradually work toward establishing a solid financial cushion. This proactive approach can provide peace of mind and greater financial flexibility.

5. Plan for Regular Living Expenses

Beyond rent and utilities, it’s essential to factor in ongoing living expenses such as groceries, transportation, and entertainment. These recurring costs can vary significantly depending on personal habits and lifestyle. Allocating a reasonable portion of your budget for dining, social activities, and streaming services ensures that you can enjoy leisure activities without overspending. By planning for these expenses in advance, you’ll maintain better control over your finances and reduce the risk of overspending on non-essential items.

6. Track Your Expenses

Once your budget is established, consistently tracking your expenses is essential to staying within your financial limits. Utilize budgeting tools or spreadsheets to monitor your spending each month and compare it to your initial budget. Regularly reviewing your expenses allows you to identify patterns, make necessary adjustments, and stay in control of your finances. If you notice overspending in certain areas, consider finding ways to reduce costs and reallocate funds to more critical categories.

7. Prioritize Needs Over Wants

When apartment hunting, it’s easy to be drawn to features that may stretch your budget beyond what’s comfortable. To avoid overspending, clearly define your must-have features, such as location, safety, and essential amenities, and distinguish them from optional extras. Staying focused on your priorities will help you make practical decisions and prevent unnecessary expenses on non-essential perks that don’t align with your financial plan.

8. Reassess Your Budget Regularly

Your financial situation can change over time, so it’s important to reassess your budget periodically. If you receive a raise, pay off debt, or take on new expenses, update your budget accordingly. Regularly reviewing your finances helps ensure that you stay in control of your money and avoid overspending.

Final Thoughts

Budgeting for an apartment rental doesn’t have to be overwhelming. By planning ahead, accounting for all potential expenses, and tracking your spending, you can find an apartment that fits your lifestyle without exceeding your financial limits. Whether you’re moving into your first place or relocating to a new city, a well-thought-out budget will help you enjoy your new home stress-free. Ready to find your next apartment? Visit The Urban Loft Co. that match your budget and lifestyle!

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Joanna S. Heckert, BJU Class of 2001.

Joanna Sue Hughes Heckert, 48, of Tuscumbia, Alabama was born in Edinburgh, Scotland on July 25, 1975 and went to accompany the heavenly choir on Sunday, June 9, 2024, in Gadsden, AL.

Joanna was immensely talented in music, and piano became a life-long passion and career. She started playing at age 6, received a BS in Piano Performance from the University of Central Florida and a Masters in Music from Bob Jones University, taught privately and at UAB Florence, and was the church accompanist for First Baptist Killen.

As great as her passion for music was, it was overshadowed by the joy she found in her family, her faith, and life in general. She was married to Matthew Heckert on July 5 2003 and together they had a daughter, Alyssa, who inherited her father’s love of and knack for all things mechanical. Several years later Joanna required a kidney transplant, but she was a fighter and came through even that ordeal with her typical infectious joy and enthusiasm. After 15 wonderful years together, Matthew passed away. The following years were not easy as she learned to navigate the world without Matt by her side, but she earned an Accounting Certificate, went to work as a bookkeeper, and never lost her joy. Eventually she met Robin Duke at First Baptist Killen and once again fell in love. They were married on May 24, 2024. She passed on into glory shortly thereafter, and the world lost a wonderful pianist, beautiful bride, loving mother, and much beloved daughter, sister, niece, and Auntie J.

She is pre-deceased by her first husband, Matthew Heckert, and is survived by her husband Robin Duke, her daughter Alyssa, her parents Jim and MaryRuth Hughes, her brothers James (Laura) and John (Christine), multiple loving aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces, and nephews.

While we as her family are heartbroken at our loss, we rejoice in the knowledge that Joana is at peace and home with our Lord.

Visitation will be Friday, June 14, 2024, 9-10 AM at First Baptist Killen. The funeral service will follow at 10 AM, officiated by Pastor David McKelvey. Burial will be at Forest Hill South Cemetery in Memphis, TN. Elkins East Chapel is assisting the family with details.

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Holidays 9.29

Holidays

Amaranth Day (French Republic)

Babi Bar Massacre Anniversary Day

Battle of Boquerón Anniversary Day (a.k.a. Victory of Boquerón Day; Paraguay)

Broadway Musicals Day

Day of Machine-Building Industry Workers (Russia)

Devil Spits Day (UK)

Diplomatic Service Employees Day (Tajikistan)

Free Web Search Day

Halsey 929 Day

Han’gawi (North Korea)

Happy Goose Day

Hidden Heroes Day (UK)

International Adhesive & Sealant Day

International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waster (UN)

Inventor's Day (Argentina)

Jitiya Parwa (Nepal)

Labor Day (Kazakhstan)

Leif Erickson Day

MAGS (Memphis Archeological and Geological Society) Day

Make a List of the Top 10 Happiest Days in Your Life Day

Maneki Neko Day (Japan)

Manit Day (Culture Day; Marshall Islands)

Mechanical Engineer’s Day

Mid-Autumn Festival (Taiwan)

Mutation Day (TMNT)

National Attend Your Grandchild's Birth Day

National Bot Restock Day

National Brave Day

National Carson Day

National Day of Accountability

National Day of Belongingness

National Oxygen Day

National Police Remembrance Day (Australia)

National Silent Movie Day

929 Day

Otorhinolaryngologist Day (Russia)

Quick Draw McGraw Day

Shakira Day

Sibling Support Day

Urban National Wildlife Refuge Day

VFW Day

World Daddy Lumba Day (Ghana)

World Day of Primary Immune Thrombocytopenia

World Heart Day

World Retina Day

World Tacha Day (Nigeria)

Xenophobe Understanding Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Biscotti Day

Blackberries Day

Budweiser National Happy Hour

Coffee Day (Sweden)

Gnocchi Day (Argentina)

Happy Goose Day

Michaelmas [traditional start of Bavarian lager brewing season]

National Coffee Day (a.k.a. Coffee Lovers Day)

National Dunkin’ Day

National Mocha Day

National Poisoned Blackberries Day (Scotland)

National Starbucks Day

Swedish Fish Day

Independence & Related Days

Constitution Day (Brunei)

Villa Alicia (Declared; 2014) [unrecognized]

5th & Last Sunday in September

Banned Book Week begins [Sunday of Last Week]

Clypping the Church Ceremony (Painswick, Gloucestershire, England) [Last Sunday]

Gold Star Mother's Day [Last Sunday]

International Day of the Deaf [Last Sunday]

National Blood Donor Day (Kyrgyzstan) [Last Sunday]

National Get Outside Day [Last Sunday]

National Hereditary Breast & Ovarian Cancer Day [Last Sunday]

Police & Peace Officers’ National Memorial Day (Canada) [Last Sunday]

Priesthood Sunday [Last Sunday]

Russian Tiger Day [Last Sunday]

Seven For Sunday [Every Sunday]

Social Justice Sunday (Australia) [Last Sunday]

Souper Sunday [Last Sunday of Each Month]

Sultry Sunday [Last Sunday of Each Month]

Sundae Sunday [Every Sunday]

Sunday Funday [Every Sunday]

Tap-Up Day (Guilford, UK) [Sunday before Oct. 2]

World Day of Migrants & Refugees [Last Sunday]

World Day of Retinitis Pigmentosa [Last Sunday]

World Deaf Day [Last Sunday]

World Heart Day [Last Sunday]

World Rivers Day [Last Sunday]

Weekly Holidays beginning September 29 (Last Week of September)

National Chimney Safety Week (thru 10.5)

Restaurant Week (Westport-Weston, Connecticut) [thru 10.13]

Shetland Wool Week (thru 10.5)

Festivals Beginning September 29, 2024

Atlantic Antic Street Festival (Brooklyn, New York)

Ballinasloe Horse Fair & Festival (Ballinasloe, Ireland) [thru 10.6]

Fryeburg Fair (Fryeburg, Maine) [thru 10.6]

NBWA Convention & Product Showcase (San Diego, California) [thru 10.2]

Unsound (Krakow, Poland) [thru 10.6]

Vermont Pumpkin Chuckin' Festival (Stowe, Vermont)

Feast Days

All Angels’ Day (Christian)

Antoine Coysevox (Artology)

Arturo Lindsay (Artology)

Caravaggio (Artology)

Carl Giles (Artology)

Colin Dexter (Writerism)

Confucius Day (Confucianism)

The Daily Double (Church of the SubGenius)

Day of Hestia Tamia (Pagan)

Double Entendre Day (Pastafarian)

Feast of the Dedication of the Basilica of St. Michael the Archangel (Roman Catholic)

Festival of Tezcatzonctl (Chief Aztec God of Intoxication)

Fielding (Positivist; Saint)

François Boucher (Artology)

Gwynn ap Nudd’s Fest (Celtic God of the Underworld)

Ian Fairweather (Artology)

Luther D. Bradley (Artology)

Michael, Gabriel, Raphael (Christian; Angels)

Jacopo Robusti Tintoretto (Artology)

Michaelmas [traditional start of Bavarian lager brewing season]

Miguel de Cervantes (Writerism)

Quarter Day (England, Ireland & Wales) [3 of 4]

Rhipsime (Christian; Saint)

Rhipsime, Gaiana and Their Companions (Christian; Martyrs & Virgins)

Riding the Stang (Celtic Book of Days)

Stan Berenstain (Artology)

Tales of Kelp-Kori’s Second Visit Again (Shamanism)

Telly Monster (Muppetism)

Theodota (Christian; Martyr)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Butsumetsu (仏滅 Japan) [Unlucky all day.]

Lucky Day (Philippines) [53 of 71]

Premieres

Alice in Slumberland (Ub Iwerks Disney Cartoon; 1926)

All the World’s a Stage, by Rush (Live Album; 1976)

Baby Wants Spinach (Fleischer/Famous Popeye Cartoon; 1950)

Best in Show (Film; 2000)

The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories, by Isaac Asimov (Short Stories; 1976)

Big Mouth (Animated TV Series; 2017)

Black Coffee in Bed, by Squeeze (Song; 1982)

Clarinet Quintet in A, written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Quintet; 1789)

Core, by Stone Temple Pilots (Album; 1992)

The Creator (Film; 2023)

Death on the Nile (Film; 1978)

Deduce, You Say! (WB LT Cartoon; 1956)

Felicity (TV Series; 1998)

Hamlet (Film; 1948)

The Headless Horseman (ComiColor cartoon; 1934)

Inhumans (TV Series; 2017)

I Yam What I Yam (Fleischer Popeye Cartoon; 1933)

MacGyver (TV Series; 1985)

Masters of Sex (TV Series; 2013)

Mickey Plays Papa (Disney Cartoon; 1934)

Moonlight and Valentino (Film; 1995)

Okie from Muskogee, by Merle Haggard (Song; 1969)

The Old Pioneer (Happy Harmonies MGM Cartoon; 1934)

Open Season (Animated Film; 2006)

Painted from Memory, by Elvis Costello with Burt Bacharach (Album; 1998)

Permanent Wave (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1929)

The Prisoner (UK TV Series; 1967)

Remember the Titans (Film; 2000)

Sackett's Land, by Louis L'Amour (Novel; 1974)

Serenade in C (a.k.a. Ganz Kleine Nachtmusik), by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (String Trio; 2024)

Smells Like Teen Spirit, by Nirvana (Music Video; 1991)

A Spell for Chameleon, by Piers Anthony (Novel 1977) [Xanth #1]

A Star is Born (Musical Film; 1954)

The Stranger, by Billy Joel (Album; 1988)

Superman/Batman: Public Enemies (WB Animated Film; 2009)

Tall in the Saddle (Film; 1944)

To Die For (Film; 1995)

Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater (Video Game; 1999)

Uptown Girl, by Billy Joel (Song; 1983)

Urban Hymns, by The Verve (Album; 1997)

Today’s Name Days

Gabriel, Gabriela, Michael, Michaela, Rafael, Rafaela (Austria)

Gabrijel, Mihael, Rafael (Croatia)

Michal (Czech Republic)

Michael (Denmark)

Mihkel, Miikael, Mikk, Miko, Miku (Estonia)

Miika, Miikka, Mika, Mikael, Mikaela, Mikko, Miko, Miska (Finland)

Gabriel, Michel, Raphaël (France)

Gabriel, Michael, Raphael (Germany)

Kyriakos (Greece)

Mihály (Hungary)

Gabriele, Michele, Nicolò, Raffaele (Italy)

Ivonna, Mihails, Miķelis, Mikus (Latvia)

Gabrielius, Michalina, Mykolas, Mykolė, Rapolas (Lithuania)

Mikael, Mikal, Mikkel (Norway)

Dadźbog, Franciszek, Michalina (Poland)

Chiriac (Romania)

Ludmila (Russia)

Michaela, Michal (Slovakia)

Gabriel, Miguel, Rafael (Spain)

Mikael, Mikaela (Sweden)

Teofan (Ukraine)

Carmichael, Mia, Micaela, Micah, Michael, Michaela, Micheal, Michele, Micheline, Michelle, Mickey, Miguel, Mikaela, Mikala, Mikayla, Mike, Mikel, Mitch, Mitchel, Mitchell (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 273 of 2024; 93 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 7 of Week 39 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Gort (Ivy) [Day 1 of 28]

Chinese: Month 8 (Guy-You), Day 27 (Bing-Shen)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]

Hebrew: 26 Elul 5784

Islamic: 25 Rabi I 1446

J Cal: 3 Orange; Threesday [3 of 30]

Julian: 16 September 2024

Moon: 8%: Waning Crescent

Positivist: 21 Shakespeare (10th Month) [Moliere]

Runic Half Month: Gyfu (Gift) [Day 8 of 15]

Season: Autumn or Fall (Day 8 of 90)

Week: Last Week of September/1st Week of October

Zodiac: Libra (Day 7 of 30)

Calendar Changes

Gort (Ivy) [Celtic Tree Calendar; Month 10 of 13]

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Holidays 9.29

Holidays

Amaranth Day (French Republic)

Babi Bar Massacre Anniversary Day

Battle of Boquerón Anniversary Day (a.k.a. Victory of Boquerón Day; Paraguay)

Broadway Musicals Day

Day of Machine-Building Industry Workers (Russia)

Devil Spits Day (UK)

Diplomatic Service Employees Day (Tajikistan)

Free Web Search Day

Halsey 929 Day

Han’gawi (North Korea)

Happy Goose Day

Hidden Heroes Day (UK)

International Adhesive & Sealant Day

International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waster (UN)

Inventor's Day (Argentina)

Jitiya Parwa (Nepal)

Labor Day (Kazakhstan)

Leif Erickson Day

MAGS (Memphis Archeological and Geological Society) Day

Make a List of the Top 10 Happiest Days in Your Life Day

Maneki Neko Day (Japan)

Manit Day (Culture Day; Marshall Islands)

Mechanical Engineer’s Day

Mid-Autumn Festival (Taiwan)

Mutation Day (TMNT)

National Attend Your Grandchild's Birth Day

National Bot Restock Day

National Brave Day

National Carson Day

National Day of Accountability

National Day of Belongingness

National Oxygen Day

National Police Remembrance Day (Australia)

National Silent Movie Day

929 Day

Otorhinolaryngologist Day (Russia)

Quick Draw McGraw Day

Shakira Day

Sibling Support Day

Urban National Wildlife Refuge Day

VFW Day

World Daddy Lumba Day (Ghana)

World Day of Primary Immune Thrombocytopenia

World Heart Day

World Retina Day

World Tacha Day (Nigeria)

Xenophobe Understanding Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Biscotti Day

Blackberries Day

Budweiser National Happy Hour

Coffee Day (Sweden)

Gnocchi Day (Argentina)

Happy Goose Day

Michaelmas [traditional start of Bavarian lager brewing season]

National Coffee Day (a.k.a. Coffee Lovers Day)

National Dunkin’ Day

National Mocha Day

National Poisoned Blackberries Day (Scotland)

National Starbucks Day

Swedish Fish Day

Independence & Related Days

Constitution Day (Brunei)

Villa Alicia (Declared; 2014) [unrecognized]

5th & Last Sunday in September

Banned Book Week begins [Sunday of Last Week]

Clypping the Church Ceremony (Painswick, Gloucestershire, England) [Last Sunday]

Gold Star Mother's Day [Last Sunday]

International Day of the Deaf [Last Sunday]

National Blood Donor Day (Kyrgyzstan) [Last Sunday]

National Get Outside Day [Last Sunday]

National Hereditary Breast & Ovarian Cancer Day [Last Sunday]

Police & Peace Officers’ National Memorial Day (Canada) [Last Sunday]

Priesthood Sunday [Last Sunday]

Russian Tiger Day [Last Sunday]

Seven For Sunday [Every Sunday]

Social Justice Sunday (Australia) [Last Sunday]

Souper Sunday [Last Sunday of Each Month]

Sultry Sunday [Last Sunday of Each Month]

Sundae Sunday [Every Sunday]

Sunday Funday [Every Sunday]

Tap-Up Day (Guilford, UK) [Sunday before Oct. 2]

World Day of Migrants & Refugees [Last Sunday]

World Day of Retinitis Pigmentosa [Last Sunday]

World Deaf Day [Last Sunday]

World Heart Day [Last Sunday]

World Rivers Day [Last Sunday]

Weekly Holidays beginning September 29 (Last Week of September)

National Chimney Safety Week (thru 10.5)

Restaurant Week (Westport-Weston, Connecticut) [thru 10.13]

Shetland Wool Week (thru 10.5)

Festivals Beginning September 29, 2024

Atlantic Antic Street Festival (Brooklyn, New York)

Ballinasloe Horse Fair & Festival (Ballinasloe, Ireland) [thru 10.6]

Fryeburg Fair (Fryeburg, Maine) [thru 10.6]

NBWA Convention & Product Showcase (San Diego, California) [thru 10.2]

Unsound (Krakow, Poland) [thru 10.6]

Vermont Pumpkin Chuckin' Festival (Stowe, Vermont)

Feast Days

All Angels’ Day (Christian)

Antoine Coysevox (Artology)

Arturo Lindsay (Artology)

Caravaggio (Artology)

Carl Giles (Artology)

Colin Dexter (Writerism)

Confucius Day (Confucianism)

The Daily Double (Church of the SubGenius)

Day of Hestia Tamia (Pagan)

Double Entendre Day (Pastafarian)

Feast of the Dedication of the Basilica of St. Michael the Archangel (Roman Catholic)

Festival of Tezcatzonctl (Chief Aztec God of Intoxication)

Fielding (Positivist; Saint)

François Boucher (Artology)

Gwynn ap Nudd’s Fest (Celtic God of the Underworld)

Ian Fairweather (Artology)

Luther D. Bradley (Artology)

Michael, Gabriel, Raphael (Christian; Angels)

Jacopo Robusti Tintoretto (Artology)

Michaelmas [traditional start of Bavarian lager brewing season]

Miguel de Cervantes (Writerism)

Quarter Day (England, Ireland & Wales) [3 of 4]

Rhipsime (Christian; Saint)

Rhipsime, Gaiana and Their Companions (Christian; Martyrs & Virgins)

Riding the Stang (Celtic Book of Days)

Stan Berenstain (Artology)

Tales of Kelp-Kori’s Second Visit Again (Shamanism)

Telly Monster (Muppetism)

Theodota (Christian; Martyr)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Butsumetsu (仏滅 Japan) [Unlucky all day.]

Lucky Day (Philippines) [53 of 71]

Premieres

Alice in Slumberland (Ub Iwerks Disney Cartoon; 1926)

All the World’s a Stage, by Rush (Live Album; 1976)

Baby Wants Spinach (Fleischer/Famous Popeye Cartoon; 1950)

Best in Show (Film; 2000)

The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories, by Isaac Asimov (Short Stories; 1976)

Big Mouth (Animated TV Series; 2017)

Black Coffee in Bed, by Squeeze (Song; 1982)

Clarinet Quintet in A, written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Quintet; 1789)

Core, by Stone Temple Pilots (Album; 1992)

The Creator (Film; 2023)

Death on the Nile (Film; 1978)

Deduce, You Say! (WB LT Cartoon; 1956)

Felicity (TV Series; 1998)

Hamlet (Film; 1948)

The Headless Horseman (ComiColor cartoon; 1934)

Inhumans (TV Series; 2017)

I Yam What I Yam (Fleischer Popeye Cartoon; 1933)

MacGyver (TV Series; 1985)

Masters of Sex (TV Series; 2013)

Mickey Plays Papa (Disney Cartoon; 1934)

Moonlight and Valentino (Film; 1995)

Okie from Muskogee, by Merle Haggard (Song; 1969)

The Old Pioneer (Happy Harmonies MGM Cartoon; 1934)

Open Season (Animated Film; 2006)

Painted from Memory, by Elvis Costello with Burt Bacharach (Album; 1998)

Permanent Wave (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1929)

The Prisoner (UK TV Series; 1967)

Remember the Titans (Film; 2000)

Sackett's Land, by Louis L'Amour (Novel; 1974)

Serenade in C (a.k.a. Ganz Kleine Nachtmusik), by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (String Trio; 2024)

Smells Like Teen Spirit, by Nirvana (Music Video; 1991)

A Spell for Chameleon, by Piers Anthony (Novel 1977) [Xanth #1]

A Star is Born (Musical Film; 1954)

The Stranger, by Billy Joel (Album; 1988)

Superman/Batman: Public Enemies (WB Animated Film; 2009)

Tall in the Saddle (Film; 1944)

To Die For (Film; 1995)

Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater (Video Game; 1999)

Uptown Girl, by Billy Joel (Song; 1983)

Urban Hymns, by The Verve (Album; 1997)

Today’s Name Days

Gabriel, Gabriela, Michael, Michaela, Rafael, Rafaela (Austria)

Gabrijel, Mihael, Rafael (Croatia)

Michal (Czech Republic)

Michael (Denmark)

Mihkel, Miikael, Mikk, Miko, Miku (Estonia)

Miika, Miikka, Mika, Mikael, Mikaela, Mikko, Miko, Miska (Finland)

Gabriel, Michel, Raphaël (France)

Gabriel, Michael, Raphael (Germany)

Kyriakos (Greece)

Mihály (Hungary)

Gabriele, Michele, Nicolò, Raffaele (Italy)

Ivonna, Mihails, Miķelis, Mikus (Latvia)

Gabrielius, Michalina, Mykolas, Mykolė, Rapolas (Lithuania)

Mikael, Mikal, Mikkel (Norway)

Dadźbog, Franciszek, Michalina (Poland)

Chiriac (Romania)

Ludmila (Russia)

Michaela, Michal (Slovakia)

Gabriel, Miguel, Rafael (Spain)

Mikael, Mikaela (Sweden)

Teofan (Ukraine)

Carmichael, Mia, Micaela, Micah, Michael, Michaela, Micheal, Michele, Micheline, Michelle, Mickey, Miguel, Mikaela, Mikala, Mikayla, Mike, Mikel, Mitch, Mitchel, Mitchell (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 273 of 2024; 93 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 7 of Week 39 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Gort (Ivy) [Day 1 of 28]

Chinese: Month 8 (Guy-You), Day 27 (Bing-Shen)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]

Hebrew: 26 Elul 5784

Islamic: 25 Rabi I 1446

J Cal: 3 Orange; Threesday [3 of 30]

Julian: 16 September 2024

Moon: 8%: Waning Crescent

Positivist: 21 Shakespeare (10th Month) [Moliere]

Runic Half Month: Gyfu (Gift) [Day 8 of 15]

Season: Autumn or Fall (Day 8 of 90)

Week: Last Week of September/1st Week of October

Zodiac: Libra (Day 7 of 30)

Calendar Changes

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#would love it if someone could share the full article#I'm a software/ling person so it's hugely relevant to me#but not in higher education so subscribing to The Chronicle of Higher Education doesn't make sense#LetMeIn.gif

@beansprouts this is op, check under the cut

At the California Institute of the Arts, it all started with a videoconference between the registrar’s office and a nonprofit.

One of the nonprofit’s representatives had enabled an AI note-taking tool from Read AI. At the end of the meeting, it emailed a summary to all attendees, said Allan Chen, the institute’s chief technology officer. They could have a copy of the notes, if they wanted — they just needed to create their own account.

Next thing Chen knew, Read AI’s bot had popped up inabout a dozen of his meetings over a one-week span. It was in one-on-one check-ins. Project meetings. “Everything.”

The spread “was very aggressive,” recalled Chen, who also serves as vice president for institute technology. And it “took us by surprise.”

The scenariounderscores a growing challenge for colleges: Tech adoption and experimentation among students, faculty, and staff — especially as it pertains to AI — are outpacing institutions’ governance of these technologies and may even violate their data-privacy and security policies.

That has been the case with note-taking tools from companies including Read AI, Otter.ai, and Fireflies.ai.They can integrate with platforms like Zoom, Google Meet, and Microsoft Teamsto provide live transcriptions, meeting summaries, audio and video recordings, and other services.

Higher-ed interest in these products isn’t surprising.For those bogged down with virtual rendezvouses, a tool that can ingest long, winding conversations and spit outkey takeaways and action items is alluring. These services can also aid people with disabilities, including those who are deaf.

But the tools can quickly propagate unchecked across a university. They can auto-join any virtual meetings on a user’s calendar — even if that person is not in attendance. And that’s a concern, administrators say, if it means third-party productsthat an institution hasn’t reviewedmay be capturing and analyzing personal information, proprietary material, or confidential communications.

“What keeps me up at night is the ability for individual users to do things that are very powerful, but they don’t realize what they’re doing,” Chen said. “You may not realize you’re opening a can of worms.“

The Chronicle documented both individual and universitywide instances of this trend. At Tidewater Community College, in Virginia, Heather Brown, an instructional designer, unwittingly gave Otter.ai’s tool access to her calendar, and it joined a Faculty Senate meeting she didn’t end up attending. “One of our [associate vice presidents] reached out to inform me,” she wrote in a message. “I was mortified!”

At an Illinois institution, a Read AI bot showed up to a meeting in place of a consulting-firm executive who’d been invited. At Hudson County Community College, in New Jersey, a tool from Fireflies.ai transcribed a Board of Trustees meeting, to the surprise of some attendees. At the University of Memphis, the chief information officer recently sent a universitywide email urging the campus community to deny Read AI access to meetings and ignore prompts to create accounts.

Spokespeople for those companiesemphasizedthattheir tools can join meetings only with a user’s permission, and that users are in full control of what the bots can access and do through their account settings. For example, a user can disable the auto-join function.

A spokesperson for Read AI added that a user needs to “review and confirm” their settings when they create an account. Many sources The Chronicle heard from didn’t recall granting these tools any permissions.

Considering risk

The commercial terms of service and privacy policies for the two most cited vendors, Otter.ai and Read AI, note that when an individual creates an account, they agree to license the “content” they share or upload while using the service. This could include voice and audio recordings, text, and photographs. The companies can then “use” and “reproduce” that content.

That may extend to training AI models.Otter.ai’s privacy policy states that it trains its AI technology on “de-identified” audio recordings and transcripts that “may contain personal information.” (Companies that de-identify data remove information that identifies or relates to an individual; generally speaking, that process would not apply to confidential or proprietary materials that don’t include personal information,such as curricular resources.) A spokesperson added in an email that audio recordings and transcripts “are not manually reviewed by a human” without explicit permission.

Read AI users have to opt in to contribute data “to improve the product,” a spokesperson wrote in an email when asked about how the company trains AI models.

The policies also include language that absolves the vendors from any responsibility for losing or disclosing user content.

These are common provisions for tech companies to add, said Sid Bose, partner and chair of the data-security and privacy team at the law firm Ice Miller. Still, they “warrant further investigation” by subject-matter experts at an institution who can assess risk and determine whether it’s worth the benefits, he said.

Privacy and security aren’t the only considerations, though, said Deirdre Mulligan, a professor of law at the University of California at Berkeley’s School of Information. When every interaction is recorded, she said, there’s a risk of stifling academic discourse — a valued tenet of higher education.

“What does research, teaching, and learning depend upon? It depends upon people feeling free to express themselves, free to explore new ideas, free to take chances, free to make mistakes.”

Regaining control

So what can institutions do to respond?

An institution may be able to work with a videoconferencing provider, like Zoom, to block certain AI assistants. The California Institute of the Arts, for example, did this to block Read AI from its enterprise account.

Sources said the solution isn’t to write off AI assistants altogether, though — especially given colleagues’ interest in the products and the support they can provide to people with disabilities. So they’re exploring their options.

One isto identify alternative tools. The University of San Francisco, for example, has enabled the AI assistant that’s available through its site license with Zoom (a service the faculty, staff, and students can use free of charge). However, administrators have put locks on what the tool can do, said Ken Yoshioka, a senior instructional technologist. The assistant can’t use uploaded files as a data source, for example, or access emails and documents tied to a user’s Microsoft 365 or Google accounts.

“It’s all about transparency” and giving control to people, not the tools, Yoshioka said.

Another option is to develop policies or guidance that set clear guardrails. At Berkeley, the “Appropriate Use of Generative AI Tools” guide prohibits any use of AI tools to submit queries or generate results that are not public information — unless the university has a negotiated agreement with the vendor containing “appropriate contract protections,” Mulligan wrote in a follow-up email. The guidance notes which AI tools the university has agreements with.

Alongside such directives, Brown, at Tidewater Community College, believes it’s essential to educate everyone on campus abouthow these tools work and the privacy considerations involved.

“A well-informed community can better align with institutional policies and safeguard sensitive information,” she wrote.

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At the California Institute of the Arts, it all started with a videoconference between the registrar’s office and a nonprofit.

One of the nonprofit’s representatives had enabled an AI note-taking tool from Read AI. At the end of the meeting, it emailed a summary to all attendees, said Allan Chen, the institute’s chief technology officer. They could have a copy of the notes, if they wanted — they just needed to create their own account.

Next thing Chen knew, Read AI’s bot had popped up inabout a dozen of his meetings over a one-week span. It was in one-on-one check-ins. Project meetings. “Everything.”

The spread “was very aggressive,” recalled Chen, who also serves as vice president for institute technology. And it “took us by surprise.”

The scenariounderscores a growing challenge for colleges: Tech adoption and experimentation among students, faculty, and staff — especially as it pertains to AI — are outpacing institutions’ governance of these technologies and may even violate their data-privacy and security policies.

That has been the case with note-taking tools from companies including Read AI, Otter.ai, and Fireflies.ai.They can integrate with platforms like Zoom, Google Meet, and Microsoft Teamsto provide live transcriptions, meeting summaries, audio and video recordings, and other services.

Higher-ed interest in these products isn’t surprising.For those bogged down with virtual rendezvouses, a tool that can ingest long, winding conversations and spit outkey takeaways and action items is alluring. These services can also aid people with disabilities, including those who are deaf.

But the tools can quickly propagate unchecked across a university. They can auto-join any virtual meetings on a user’s calendar — even if that person is not in attendance. And that’s a concern, administrators say, if it means third-party productsthat an institution hasn’t reviewedmay be capturing and analyzing personal information, proprietary material, or confidential communications.

“What keeps me up at night is the ability for individual users to do things that are very powerful, but they don’t realize what they’re doing,” Chen said. “You may not realize you’re opening a can of worms.“

The Chronicle documented both individual and universitywide instances of this trend. At Tidewater Community College, in Virginia, Heather Brown, an instructional designer, unwittingly gave Otter.ai’s tool access to her calendar, and it joined a Faculty Senate meeting she didn’t end up attending. “One of our [associate vice presidents] reached out to inform me,” she wrote in a message. “I was mortified!”