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The versatile New York-based electronic producer on early encounters with Miami bass, Black Dice, and why he dislikes being pegged as "outsider house."
By Gabriel Szatan , October 24, 2013
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When it comes to 23-year-old Anthony Naples, the word to keep in mind is "versatility"—few artists manage to convincingly produce both rough-hewn techno and sweetly melodic slow-burners, let alone successfully intertwine those distant aesthetics into nearly every track. The New York-based producer channels the distribution wing of his burgeoning label Proibito through Rubadub, the enormously influential record store at the nexus of Glasgow's riotous dance scene, and helmed the inaugural 12" from the shop's own imprint. It's not a bad start for someone whose first ever track dropped just 18 months ago; released to instant acclaim, "Mad Disrespect" has been lighting up dancefloors ever since—not that Naples would ever admit it.
Unerringly courteous and good-humored, he is also intensely modest, almost to a fault. Following a commanding set in support of Four Tet at London superclub Fabric—which sees the cavernous room fill up within a half hour—I received a text apologizing for any nerves and assuring me that I needn't run the feature if I don't want to. He is, of course, kidding, not that you'd immediately know it.
That performance is the first on the fifth and longest European jaunt he has embarked on yet; before last spring, he had never left the States. Meeting away from any crowds for bagels on a drizzly morning before the show, Anthony speaks about his time working at Captured Tracks, bristles with excitement about his return to Berlin's infamous techno mecca Berghain, and explains the transatlantic difference in cream cheese.
Two days after our chat, he popped up as a special guest on Four Tet's eight-hour radio show alongside the likes of Floating Points, Pearson Sound and Caribou—artists he required a fake ID to watch at New York's Mister Saturday Night parties only a couple of years prior.
Pitchfork: What was your musical intake when you were younger?
Anthony Naples: Well, my mom was really into the electro that was going on in south Florida in the 1990s: stuff like Egyptian Lover and 69 Boyz was always on the radio. "My Boo" was a big one for her. At 15, my friend put me onto Aphex Twin, Ceephax Acid Cru, and Black Dice's Beaches and Canyons—just a few guys hanging in a basement, trading DATA-CDs.
Pitchfork: Was the interest at that point because it was so out there? I used to listen a lot of Venetian Snares when I was 15 purely because the noise was so exciting.
AN: Yeah, exactly, that's what it is. Most people in the States grow up listening to guitar music, but a lot of my friends were into weirdo shit, so we got into this purposefully—like, "If we can't get into a club for another six years, let's check out this hardcore show!" Circumstantially downloading illegal music was not an option by any means when growing up, so I was buying CDs right from the get go, and picking up records pretty young too. I don't have 100,000 songs on my hard drive. I think it's good because I can't go neck to neck with everybody who has the entire Dance Mania catalogue on their iPod.
Pitchfork: What's your setup like at the moment?
AN: Various pieces of hardware—it's mostly sample-based. Every record I've tried to find something new to add to what I have, and what I do. I'm just trying to step it up, both in terms of quality of recording and to make something that withstands these genre tags. I want to break the "outsider house" mold, if only to prove to myself that I can.
Pitchfork: Are you cautious about being put into a box?
AN: Yeah, I'm weary about it. The way people are represented, they sometimes not only embody a genre, but become a genre themselves. Then what do they have to bring to the table, other than a reiteration of this sound that 50 kids in their bedrooms emulated and made 50 times more "fresh," y'know? Especially with dance music, every release is highly scrutinized but you only have 10 or 12 minutes to say your part. It's tricky. But then Joy Orbison or Blawan, for example, have completely ridden themselves of that tag they were given from one or two records. There's no coincidence in that, they've taken control of their situation and do it on their own terms.
Pitchfork: What is it about "outsider house," then?
AN: It doesn't describe anything. The term is garbage. There's nothing outsider about the people making it—is a big square-wave bass going to make it normal again? It's always been funny to me to be lumped in with Huerco S. or something, because we make completely different styles of music. I don't think at least I'm blowing people's minds with experimental ideas—it's not an overtly conceptualized art thing. I know what makes for functional club music, but I can't do it yet. Hopefully soon! [Laughs]
Pitchfork: Do you get uncomfortable under the spotlight?
AN: What I do is really simple: I go to places and I play other people's music off records that I bought in a store, as well as making music for someone else to play or put it on and enjoy. At the end of the day, it's really not about the person who's DJing…well, it is and it isn't. People know to respect the person because of what they've heard, and they're bringing their selection, but it's not about me, and so to be put in the position where it is feels a little weird. But you have to play the game to extent. You need to do different things to keep up the cycle of what people who came before me—who came before all of us—started. Somewhere along the line someone had to put their face into it. I just don't like to get too up in people's faces about it. It's always nice for people to seek you out.
Pitchfork: That being said, how have you processed the increase in attention towards your music?
AN: It's got a little busier, but has developed really organically, and I'm extremely thankful for that. In the long run I'll be much happier things have developed slower—it's been 18 months since "Mad Disrespect" came out, and that's not even a long time. But in the world of electronic music that's a lifetime. It's good to keep a steady pace. As busy as it gets, I always filter out things that don't make sense to the overall goal I have in mind—I have a pretty crystal clear idea of what I'm doing. I've maybe ticked off 5% so far.
Pitchfork: What does that entail long-term?
AN: When you hear about Arthur Russell, no-one's like, "Oh man, he played the sickest. gig. ever." I mean, I'm sure he did, but they talk about his records, and that lasts a long time. DJing has been really rewarding, the travelling especially, but my main concern is to make a certain quality of interesting music. I think a lot of people work in a trajectory where you make some remixes and sell some records with the purpose of getting "up here." I guess I look at it horizontally. It's like a game of racquetball or something—as long as I can do better than the last time I played against myself, to supersede that, then I'm accomplishing the goal.
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How exactly are the Jets "desperate" for DB help ? They have two solid players in Dyson and Barrett (who played all of last season hurt) and two talented young corners in Coleman and Miller. Yeah, I can see adding a guy like Hood. But "desperate" enough to take a chance on a guy who is an absolute cancer ? No way in the world.Originally Posted by gmortner
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An Easter eggstravaganza is being held in Cross Hills on Saturday.
Among the many events there will be an Easter egg hunt, in conjunction with the shops and businesses in Main Street.
And a host of activities – including a bouncy castle, arts and crafts, face painting, raffles and tombolas – will take place at St Peter's Methodist Church, from 10am to 1pm.
The whole event is being organised by the South Craven Together group, which aims to encourage people to shop locally.
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Last week, Tenzin Gyatso, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, addressed a joint session of the Wisconsin State Legislature. He spent four days in Madison visiting Deer Park Buddhist Center and Monastery and participating in the "Change Your Mind, Change The World" conference organized by two research centers at the University of Wisconsin – Madison.
The Dalai Lama's visit to the Wisconsin State Capitol began as a conversation over a year ago between Rep. Jeffrey Stone (R-Greendale) and Sherab Phunkyi who works for the Assembly Sergeant-at-Arms. On January 10, 2012, Phunkyi was driving a van full of members of the Assembly Committee on Jobs 250 miles north of Madison to Hurley, Wis. to attend a hearing on a mining deregulation bill when Rep. Stone casually began asking him questions about the Dalai Lama.
When Phunkyi received news last year that the Dalai Lama planned to visit Madison in May, he remembered their conversations from the road trip and suggested to Rep. Stone, that the Legislature, through its leadership, might extend an invitation to His Holiness to address the body. Last winter Assembly Speaker Robin Vos made the formal request on behalf of the legislature and the Dalai Lama accepted.
Sherab Phunkyi emigrated to the United States on October 2, 1992 after living in exile in Dharamsala, India since 1959, when he fled Tibet with his father as a six year old child. He was educated in India and served in various posts within the Dalai Lama's administration in exile. Within a few years of coming to Wisconsin, he became President of the Wisconsin Tibetan Association and took a job with the legislature. On the occasion of the Dalai Lama's visit, Phunkyi served as protocol officer, educating legislative members and their staff about etiquette and how to receive a khata, the traditional Tibetan blessing scarf, from His Holiness. While most legislators seemed honored and deeply moved to receive these blessings, a few didn't quite know what to do with the khatas, treating them as a fashion statement by knotting them up around their necks, or in the case of Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald (R-Juneau), wadding it up and stuffing it into his pocket. The Dalai Lama's speech began with a great belly laugh, and an invitation for people to sit down and relax. "According to my own experience, to stand a little bit longer sometimes uncomfortable. So, better to sit and listen!" (For a transcript, more photos and a link to the video, click here.) Referring to himself as "a promoter of democracy since my childhood," the Dalai Lama narrated the trajectory of his political career as one of devotion to shifting the Tibetan political system away from religious control toward elected representative democracy. His political responsibilities formally ended in 2011 when he relinquished his post as head of the state and government-in-exile of the Tibetan people, transferring power to elected leaders. His Holiness described the system in which the Dalai Lama held both political and spiritual leadership, which vested an inordinate amount of power in the hands of the religious hierarchy. "In the 17th century, the 5th Dalai Lama started this system. Now I am the 14th Dalai Lama ending that voluntarily, happily, proudly. So I feel my greatest contribution for democratization. I think I made some sort of significant contribution so I feel proud." He also seemed relieved to not have to conform to the formalities associated with being head of state. After 45 years of having to "stand like a statue" at state occasions, he said, "I'm fed up with this sort of formality. I don't like it." And then he let out another peal of laughter. Once he warmed up the crowd with a couple of laughs and a joke about Prince Phillip being so bound by formality that he couldn't help his wife, Queen Elizabeth, when a gust of wind blew her dress up around her neck while she was giving a speech, the Dalai Lama got down to the more serious business of calling for legislators to make better decisions based on a deeper understanding of the basic equality of all people, and compassion and concern for others.
"I always consider, believe, we are the same as human beings. Whether king or queen or high Lama or high sort of special leader like Dalai Lama and beggar, we are the same. Same human being. My logic is, the way we're born, the way we die – same… These two things are the most important events for our lives." "So 6 billion human beings - basically the same. Mentally, emotionally, physically, we are all the same. More important, everyone wants happy life, successful life. And of course, those chosen people here, I think, very much concerned about successful life, at least for the next election!" At this he broke into a side-splitting guffaw and turned to Assembly Speaker Vos sitting behind him and added, "Isn't it?" Regaining his sense of purpose, His Holiness went on, "Now, when we examine, when we analyze the situation, the ultimate source of successful life is not money not power but here, inner value." The Dalai Lama speaks in a thick accent and most legislators had difficulty understanding all of his words, but they surely received his message, which became more pointed and pronounced. "Because with sense of love, sense of affection, sense of concern for others' wellbeing, then there's no room for cheating other people, telling lies, bullying." Although it's likely that the Dalai Lama was briefed on the general state of Wisconsin politics, where for the past two-plus years the Republican-dominated legislature, executive and judicial branches have rammed through unpopular legislation that undermines the basic rights of citizens and disregards their most pressing needs for adequate healthcare, housing, jobs and even access to enough food to survive, I doubt he realized how poignant his use of the word "bullying" in this context actually was. But His Holiness did not end there. He continued to talk about the source of human values coming from the affection and nurturing one receives as an infant, and described the negative consequences in a person's life when they are deprived of that. "Those very successful politicians or businessmen, or educators, at an early age, if lack of affection from our mother, or sometimes even abuse, then such successful people, deep inside, some kind of sense of insecurity, fear, that automatically develops distrust. Distrust creates in yourself distance from others. As a result, lonely feeling, more anxiety." While most of the legislators were hanging on the Dalai Lama's every word, others were exhibiting that distance and insecurity by fiddling with their cell phones or in one case, actually sleeping. But it wasn't until the Dalai Lama mentioned aspects of the female reproductive system that some lawmakers actually cringed and squirmed in their seats. "We are social animals. We come from our mothers' womb and are nurtured by mothers' milk. So therefore we have the same potential for affection. So now we should think how to nurture that experience then extend to others a more compassionate attitude." His Holiness described his three lifelong commitments as educating people about and promoting basic human values and secular ethics; secondly promoting religious harmony; and thirdly preserving Tibetan language, culture and nonviolent tradition throughout the diaspora. He asked audience members to hold him accountable for these commitments and to let him know if he is going astray. "Please watch me whether I sincerely carry these two commitments or not… If on occasion the next time I come here, if you have some sort of doubt or some kind of criticism, then please tell me." Notwithstanding the photo ops and blessings bestowed, the Dalai Lama's speech did not appear to have any effect on the actual decisions made by legislators later in the day. Bills gutting consumer and tenant protections, the power of Circuit Courts, and the power of the elected supervisors in Milwaukee County all moved forward immediately after His Holiness left the Capitol. Governor Scott Walker and his wife Tonette met with His Holiness at the Alliant Energy Center where the Dalai Lama was addressing a crowd of Buddhists on the topic of Dependent Origination. No media was allowed into the meeting between Walker and His Holiness, and Walker reported that he didn't really talk to His Holiness, he just listened. This in stark contrast to his recent 10 day trip to China where he opened a new office for the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation and promoted Harley Davidson motorcycles. During his China trip, Walker's staff blasted social media sites with updates and photos of his every move. Perhaps Walker figured that a photo of him with the Dalai Lama would scare off potential Chinese investors.
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Shane Watson's return to the Australian Test squad for Adelaide has ramped up pressure on David Warner to hold his spot at the top of the order, as the national selectors consider the possibility of pairing Rob Quiney with Ed Cowan.
While Watson is still considered unlikely to return in time for the second Test against South Africa, it is far from certain that Quiney will be the man to drop out of the hosts' XI to make room for the vice-captain and No. 3 batsman. Warner's place in the team may hinge in his display in Adelaide, and another brief stay with the bat would be likely to have Quiney walking out to bat with Cowan in Perth.
The national selector John Inverarity was unable to guarantee Warner's place ahead of the Adelaide Test, in marked contrast to his supportive words for Cowan before the Brisbane Test squad was even announced. "We'll make the decision closer to the time," Inverarity said. "I mean we're here at the WACA. Less than 12 months ago David played a wonderful innings here. We'll just have to wait and see."
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Quiney made only nine in his one innings in Brisbane, but impressed the selectors with his gully fielding, part-time medium pace and an unruffled, mature demeanour that fitted neatly into the Australian dressing room. His upright, powerful batting would make a neat balance with the more obdurate Cowan, while offering a little more restraint than Warner.
Watson's preferred place in the team remains as an allrounder. Inverarity explained that if Watson was not fit to bowl, he would more than likely also not be fit to run swiftly between the wickets or show the required level of agility in the field. This, as much as the team's desire to have him bowling, will influence the selectors in their deliberations, which will likely reach a decision by Wednesday.
"Yes he could [play as a batsman]," Inverarity said. "He'll have to be fit to perform regarding running between the wickets, chasing in the field, diving. It's unlikely - I'm not saying it's not possible - but it's unlikely that he'll be able to build his workloads so that he'll be able to bowl in the Test.
"If you've got the continuum there, there's only a small margin in which he's fit to perform as a batsman but not able to bowl. We're hoping he'll be beyond that, he'll be able to bowl. But he may not be able to. And if he's not able to, there's a fair chance he won't be able to be fit to perform in terms of running between the wickets, chasing in the field, diving in the field. We'll just wait and see."
Mitchell Starc's chances of earning a place in the team for Adelaide have been enhanced by a four-wicket haul for New South Wales against Victoria at the SCG. Ben Hilfenhaus, the man considered most likely to make way for Starc, is working closely with the bowling coach Ali de Winter to try to eradicate the flaws picked up in his bowling action during the Gaba Test.
"I thought the bowlers bowled much better the second day they bowled, and then on the final day I thought they all improved again," Inverarity said. "So they're running into some form and you need to get some bowling under your belt and I thought in particular Ben Hilfenhaus got better as the game went on, so we'll just have to assess how they go and what sort of shape they're in and make a decision a couple of days before the Test."
Inverarity indicated that whichever bowler was 12th man in Adelaide would then be a probable inclusion for the third Test in Perth, given that only three days separate the end of the second match with the start of the final one. Australia played four quicks and omitted the spinner Nathan Lyon for the Perth match against India last summer, and that possibility will depend on the preparation of the surface.
"I think it's very difficult to go Brisbane, Adelaide and then a break of just a couple of days and then to Perth for the same bowlers to do all of that," Inverarity said. "It's not unlikely that a different bowler will come in for that Test and you would recall that last time in Perth we played four fast bowlers and we'll just have to wait and see what the wicket is like. The decision last year I think was the right decision and we'll have to wait and see what happens this year."
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Stand up for what you believe in and learn from history's mistakes are two big themes in a new play at College of DuPage.
Theater students present "The Dreams of Antigone" in the Playhouse Theater of the McAninch Arts Center at College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn. Performances are 8 p.m. Thursdays to Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays.
The play is written by Curt Columbus, former associate artistic director of the Steppenwolf Theater Company, and directed by Connie Canaday Howard. It is a contemporary adaption of a Sophocles original piece. It is not set in modern times; it is set in 5th century BC, but the language has been contemporized and there are some parallels to current U.S., Howard said.
A post-show discussion is scheduled for April 18.
"Really, the play is driving home the idea that … both sides are right. It's looking at how to make the best choice in very difficult circumstances," she said. "It's encouraging people to look at other perspectives and not just your own."
The play is a tragedy. There's death and scandal and political power plays. Antigone is the rebel heroine who wants to give her brother a proper burial, against the traditions of the time and King Creon's objections. Creon, the king of Thebes, is the father of Haemon, Antigone's fiancé. He's also Antigone's uncle.
She defies the rules, buries him anyway and pays the ultimate price. Her fiancé follows her to the grave, as does Creon's wife.
"At the end of the play, Ismene, Antigone's sister, is talking to Creon, who has lost a lot," Howard said. "He's lost his son and his wife at that point. She says, 'Here's Antigone, we're going to start the story again.' And he says, 'Let me forget her now.' And she says, 'No you can't, the story has been re-told for thousands of years.' And he says, 'Then why show her to me.'And Ismene says, 'I'm not showing her to you, I'm showing her to them, the people.' And it's showing Antigone to the audience.
"The purpose in looking at old stories, at least in this version's point of view, is not specifically for the short story itself, but it's to look at how it applies to the world today. There's a reason why stories are told and re-told, and it's because the themes are universal."
Deep stuff. Despite that, it's fast-moving and surprisingly accessible, she said.
"We're teaching the script in some of our classes this year and it's one of the scripts that students love the most because it is so accessible," she said. "It's about when do you stand up and speak about something that you think is wrong. When do you really have to stand up, even though you know that you're in the minority, because something's just wrong."
Columbus chose to keep it in 5th century B.C. to show that there is no time period in history we can't learn from.
"There is the possibility of forgiveness in any moment, and then you can allow yourself to look at other perspectives and assure yourself that you are making the best possible choice," she said. "The world isn't black and white and you have to decide where you stand in any moment — in personal relationships and political choices — in what you believe is the most right. I think the play is a call to action … in this society, if we're going to complain about anything, then we have to vote and we have to be active, otherwise you don't have the right to complain. So the piece is really a call to action about being a responsible, informed citizen."
People who enjoy strong dramatic action and debate — both personal and societal — will really enjoy this play, she said.
"Honestly, everyone is going to get something out of this because the internal conflict comes from familial relationships, so it's very personal," she said. "Antigone and Haemon are a love story that really should have been allowed to flourish and got cut short because of temper and inflexibility and misunderstanding."
It's fast moving and has something for everyone, she said, including sword play and lots of movement.
"It is breaking the fourth wall in many ways," she said. "What I think Columbus is really saying, and what this production is really saying, is that we are all in this life together. We can make this life better if we support one another. It's within each of our power to do that.
"It is hopeful because it really is about us moving forward," she said. "I think that's a benefit. We know this isn't happening right now, so we have the ability to not make those same choices and end up in this tragic situation."
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Tweeting, Tumbling, snapping photos--how can we turn typical teen behaviors in the museum into meaningful learning experiences? At the National Gallery of Art, thousands of middle and high school students visit each year. Most are not pre-registered, do not participate in formal educational programs such as tours, and are set loose on their own to explore the museum. To reach and engage this audience, the Gallery created a printed guide to the permanent collection (called #atNGA) that encourages looking carefully at works of art, making connections between art and life, exploring art as historical and cultural expression, and reflecting on the creative spirit. What makes this guide different is that each work of art is paired with a social media prompt such as: take and share a photo (via Instagram), craft a text response (via Twitter), or ponder a question with a friend. By explicitly inviting and helping to shape teens' social media interactions with the Gallery, we hope to turn what might otherwise be a frivolous encounter into a learning experience. This presentation will share the results of our evaluation research and discuss the broader challenges and opportunities of connecting with teens via social media.
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19 May 2009 at 11:15pm Last edited: 10 July 2009 5:03pm
I'm using new install of Silverstripe 2.3.2beta1, and just (tonight - 20090519) downloaded via. svn the Userforms 0.2, placed in mysite/userforms directory (which I created).
It seems that I've got a similar problem to Rodneyt. When I try to add a text field to a form, I get;
Fatal error: Method name must be a string in /var/sites/<site name remove here>/sapphire/forms/Form.php on line 245
Any ideas how to correct this?
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20 May 2009 at 4:41am Last edited: 10 July 2009 5:03pm
I think that UserForms does not support the new Translatable implemented in 2.3.2b1. See:
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22 May 2009 at 10:56pm Last edited: 10 July 2009 5:03pm
Great work guys, this looks really good! Only had a brief play with it but from what I can see it's a vast improvement on v0.1
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24 May 2009 at 1:19am Last edited: 10 July 2009 5:03pm
Hi Will
Am I missing something, how do you set a field to be required? there is no checkbox like on userforms v0.1.
I also get the same error as Nick on the file upload field (running on my local WAMP).
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26 May 2009 at 5:45pm Last edited: 10 July 2009 5:03pm
Sorry the missing validation was a mistake. I have fixed this in http://open.silverstripe.com/changeset/77853.
I will release a new update to userforms tomorrow as it has contained a few fixes (for future 2.4 support and bugfixs). Thanks to all for the feedback
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1 June 2009 at 8:48pm Last edited: 10 July 2009 5:03pm
I get the same error as rodney
Fatal error: Method name must be a string in /home/mysite/public_html/design/sapphire/forms/Form.php on line 245
Running 2.3.2-rc2
flushed DB front/admin
Attached screenshot to confirm.
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Your cms styling for it seems wack. Make sure you have flushed your cache and are visiting the admin like yoursite.com/admin?flush=1
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2 June 2009 at 3:54am Last edited: 10 July 2009 5:03pm
Ok, so it must have partially been browser cache -- did the flush in another browser and though I do not get an error now when creating a field (any field) it 'saves it' upon clicking, but doesn't create the field.
I can edit the content on the page, the submission message, but do not see any form in the admin -- I do see a submit button and a random field ... attached is a screenshot of the front end, and this is the parsed code below:
<form id="Form_Form" action="/new-userdefinedform/Form" method="post" enctype="application/x-www-form-urlencoded">

<input class="hidden" type="hidden" id="Form_Form_Referrer" name="Referrer" value="http://my.domain.com/contact-us/" />
<input class="hidden" type="hidden" id="Form_Form_SecurityID" name="SecurityID" value="768714866" />

<input class="action" id="Form_Form_action_process" type="submit" name="action_process" value="test" title="test" />
<input class="action nolabel" id="Form_Form_action_clearForm" type="reset" name="action_clearForm" />
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This link between staging and selling isn't surprising considering how buyers find homes for sale, Kelly says. "In today's ever-increasing technology-based shopping, more than 90 percent of buyers look online for homes first," she says. "A properly staged home will always attract more shoppers, which equals more showings, which equals greater potential for offers and a sale."
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