After the death of his wife Margot, Jean Daquin, the patriarch of a proud Louisiana Creole family, finds himself crushed by despair. As a widower, Jean is barely able to take care of his daughter Mimi, but he marries Mary Robertson, the industrious daughter of a Chicago businessman. Mary takes charge of the family’s affairs and convinces Jean to move the family to Atlanta in order to pursue more lucrative business opportunities. As Mimi comes of age in Atlanta, she becomes increasingly conscious of her racial identity as a woman of color, and of the stifling cultural conformity that is demanded of Atlanta’s African-American bourgeoisie. Flight follows Mimi’s struggle to assert her independence and live according to her principles in the face of racial and gender inequality, which takes her from Atlanta to Philadelphia and ultimately New York City.

Bandcamp has added publishing rights fields to its track and album upload and editor pages. Artists and labels can now enter songwriter or composer names, publisher names, and ISWC identifiers to clarify attribution and royalty management. Updated resources are available to support users in utilizing these new fields.

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YouTube is rolling out enhancements to its search filters designed to make finding content more efficient and user-friendly. Following feedback from users, the platform has focused on providing advanced search tools that better match how viewers look for videos.

A significant update is the introduction of a dedicated Shorts filter. This new filter lets users decide whether search results should show Shorts, long-form videos, or both, putting more control in the hands of viewers who want to focus on their preferred format. This change has drawn positive reactions on social platforms, with some users expressing relief that a long-requested feature is finally here.

Building on these improvements, YouTube has changed the names of some sorting tools. The previous Sort By menu is now called Prioritize, and the View count sort option has been replaced by Popularity. The new Popularity measure takes into account both view counts and additional relevance factors, such as watch time, to surface videos that best match a search query.

In response to complaints about underused or ineffective filters, YouTube has also removed the Upload Date - Last Hour and Sort by Rating options. However, users can still find recent or highly-viewed content using the updated set of filters.

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