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A Student Expresses the Value of an Evolutionary Education
By David Sloan WilsonApril 25, 2016 No Comments
EvoS (pronounced as one word) is a campus-wide evolutionary studies program that I helped to start at Binghamton University in 2003. It attempts to solve a problem that pervades higher education worldwide—the restriction of evolutionary training to the biological sciences. EvoS teaches evolution as a theory that applies to all aspects of humanity in addition to the rest of life from day one.
EvoS is built from parts that exist at most colleges and universities: A quorum of faculty across departments who have already adopted an evolutionary perspective; a menu of courses taught by these faculty, plus a few key new courses; a certificate that can be earned by any student in parallel with their major; and a seminar series that brings in a flow of outside speakers—in our case, about ten every semester.
The seminar series is valuable for EvoS faculty and graduate students but it also performs a vital function for EvoS undergraduate students through a 2-credit seminar course titled "Current Topics in Evolutionary Studies", which must be taken twice to earn the EvoS certificate. For every EvoS seminar speaker, students read one or more assigned articles from the primary literature, write a commentary on the article, attend the seminar, and attend an extended discussion following the seminar. Twenty of these experiences over the course of two semesters, on topics that span the length and breadth of the biological sciences, human-related sciences, and humanities, provide a vivid illustration of what a fully rounded evolutionary education is all about. In addition, the Current Topics course, along with other elements of the EvoS program, exposes undergraduate students to graduate-style education. Many students rank it as their best intellectual experience in college and many EvoS seminar speakers express amazement at the degree of interest and sophistication that the undergraduate students have attained.
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Recently, an EvoS undergraduate student named Benjamin Seitz wrote a commentary on what his EvoS education meant for him. Coming from a student, it is more eloquent than anything I could write. I therefore asked permission to share his commentary, which he graciously provided.
The EvoS program here on campus has by far been the most influential factor of my college experience. I came to Binghamton with a strong interest in evolution and biology, and a moderately strong goal of becoming an academic. Naturally, I started out in the Biology program pursuing a BS in Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior. Throughout my first semester, I took various chemistry courses and began dreading the amount of non-evolution related classes I would need to take in order to fulfill my degree, which was supposed to specialize in evolution, ecology and behavior. I wanted to learn about how and why animals act the way they do towards each other, not physics and organic chemistry. Towards the beginning of my second semester, I learned about the EvoS program and was soon encouraged to create my own major in EvoS through Harpur College's individualized major program. The encouragement came from then Director Hadassah Head, who provided immense opportunities for students like myself to get involved with the EvoS program. I then met David, who only increased my interest in studying evolution, by showing me just how dynamic and useful an evolutionary perspective can be when asking 'big picture' questions. Through this relationship and my newly increased self-interest, I spent the summer after my freshmen year learning all that I could about evolution, and had also been elected president of the Evolutionary Studies Student Association.
From here, I met David's graduate student Ian, who provided me with the same encouragement as David, treating me as an equal scholar and not the naïve undergraduate that I very much was. This lead to the collaboration of multiple research projects, and these projects provided me with the experience and confidence in the academic community to land me a position in one of the top cognitive psychology labs on campus.
Ultimately, what the EvoS program does here is provide undergraduates with the opportunity to function as graduate students. Every week, we are exposed to researchers from around the world, who share a similar passion for evolutionary studies. Not only do these speakers broaden our exposure to current research in the field, but they provide phenomenal networking opportunities for those of us wishing to pursue careers in academia. On top of this, the EvoS program encourages self-learning and the pursuit of knowledge for the sake of pursuing knowledge. The evolutionary toolkit, which is so feverishly promoted by the EvoS program, is a phenomenal catalyst for stimulating intellectual discussion. It is a tool and a perspective that once turned on, is seemingly impossible to turn off.
Lastly, the EvoS program provides a community on campus. When I was in high school and looking at colleges, I was torn between the intimacy of small liberal arts colleges and the vast possibilities offered at large research intuitions. I knew I wanted to get involved in research but I figured the best way to do so would be to go to tiny college where I could get to build strong relationships with my professors, and perhaps have a beer with them if I was lucky. Fortunately, I ended up at a large research institution, and the intimacy that I was seeking from a small college I found immediately from the EvoS program. It's a rather simple formula really: bright and welcoming people, who share a common interest and understanding of the world, who are highly encouraging and respectful to all those interested in getting involved. That's how I see the EvoS Program here at Binghamton, and this program will by far be what I cherish most about my four years here.
EvoS has thrived for 13 years at Binghamton and inspired a consortium of programs at other colleges and universities with its own online journal. That's gratifying, but evolutionary training is still largely restricted to the biological sciences at most institutes of higher education worldwide. Ben's commentary highlights the need for an EvoS-style education to become the norm.
David Sloan Wilson
David Sloan Wilson is SUNY Distinguished Professor of Biology and Anthropology at Binghamton University. He applies evolutionary theory to all aspects of humanity in addition to the rest of life, both in his own research and as director of EvoS, a unique campus-wide evolutionary studies program that recently received NSF funding to expand into a nationwide consortium. His books include Darwin's Cathedral: Evolution, Religion, and the Nature of Society, Evolution for Everyone: How Darwin's Theory Can Change the Way We Think About Our Lives, and The Neighborhood Project: Using Evolution to Improve My City, One Block at a Time and Does Altruism Exist? Culture, Genes, and the Welfare of Others. .
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Victory for Holly in her first appearance at a GB International
Last weekend Holly Mills, a Year 11 student at The Clere School, gained her first GB International vest as she was selected to represent GB&NI Juniors at the Loughborough International held at Loughborough University. This annual fixture is the traditional season opener for many GB international athletes who use the event to try and achieve an early qualifying standard for the major events over the summer months. The event is an International match with teams from England, Scotland, Wales, British Universities and Loughborough University competing against the GB juniors team. Many of the athletes competing were U23 and U20 athletes but senior athletes were also competing, looking to achieve the all important qualifying standards.
It was a fantastic achievement for Holly to be selected for the GB Team as the Juniors team consists of U20 athletes and only in exceptional circumstances do U17 athletes get selected for the team. Holly was selected for her favourite event, the Long Jump and was looking to achieve the qualifying standard for the European Youth Championships being held in Tbilisi in July. Having already jumped the 6m qualifying mark indoors over the winter and twice already in her first two outdoor meetings of the season she was looking to add to these with a good performance at this prestigious event that in the past has seen event winners go on to be Olympic Champions.
Competition was strong as several athletes were looking to achieve the qualifying mark for the World Junior Championships in July and one other athlete was looking to achieve the same standard as Holly for the European Youth Championships. Holly started with a solid jump of 5.84m in the first round and then went into the lead with a 6.21m jump in round two. With three other athletes jumping over 6m with the 2nd placed athlete on 6.18m the margin of Holly's lead was small. However, this was a lead that Holly never relinquished as further jumps of 5.99m, 6.11m and 6.21m was followed by her best jump of the day and best of the season so far of 6.24m in the final round to seal victory in her first appearance at a GB International.
This was a good competition to test Holly against several of the top female Long Jump athletes in the UK and she wasn't fazed by the occasion or the other competitors, all of whom were at least two years older than her. This result will now hopefully give Holly a good chance of being selected for the Great Britain Team for the European Youth Championships in Tbilisi in July.
Richard Peters, Curriculum Leader PE says "This is a fantastic achievement and just reward for all the hard work Holly puts in to her athletics."
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Q: Putting Digital Signature on PDF in Ubuntu 20.04 Adobe Acrobat DC on windows support this feature.
While snap package adobe acrobat is partially functional on linux, as it logs incompatibility message.
So actually I am looking for signing my offer letter pdf for joining
I want to do it on ubuntu 20.04. Is there any software (long term supported) for that?***
Requirement:

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*I will be putting my name in the signature in text or image form.

*The whole thing will get digitally signed by some encryption algorithm.

Mostly what I am getting is merely signing and securing the document but not a visible signature. Any wayout?

A: Not recommended (options 1): use deb installation commercial Foxit https://www.foxit.com/pdf-editor/ or online solution.
Not recommended (options 2): long way to install w$ on VirtualBox and use the latest Abode Reader DC or try to use deb installation Adobe Reader 9.
Recommended (options 3): In Ubuntu install apt-get install xournal add annotate picture as sign and sign all document by yours pgp key.
Sign:
gpg --clearsign --output=sign_file.pdf file.pdf

Verify:
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gpg: Signature made czw, 3 lut 2022, 12:45:58 CET
gpg:                using RSA key 14644CCD80A59C3A15E226568C199B37E09FA079
gpg: Good signature from "xxxxx" [ultimate]
gpg:                 aka "xxxxxx" [ultimate]

You can add this command to filemanager-actions
Credit: How do I digitally sign a PDF with a S/MIME certificate?
pdf xournal pgp signature

A: I think you can do something like that on Gimp, potentially with a picture of your signature that you scan

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They Told You That Microwaves Are Harmful, But They Didn't Tell You This!
Nowadays, the technology is more and more developed and we get in contact with many electrical appliances that are actually very harmful for our overall health. For instance, many people all over the world use microwaves in order to save time.
It has been estimated that even 80% of the population uses microwaves, but few of them know that they are one of the most harmful electrical appliances that come into contact with the food we consume.
The reason why they are very dangerous is because they use electromagnetic radiation to wave the molecules. As a result of this agitation, vibrations are provoked that change in order to generate heat. Besides warming the meal, this friction also causes 'structural isomerism', in other words, a structural damage of the food molecules.
Some researchers in Sweden conducted a study where they showed the effects of the food in the microwave during a period of eight weeks. They conducted the study on eight people who were living in a controlled ambience and were given raw food that was cooked in a conventional method. Doctors took a blood sample after every meal that they had consumes and each of them showed significant changes in the chemistry of the blood.
At the beginning of 1991, the first death was registered for using microwave ovens when a patient died after receiving a blood sample that was previously warmed up in a microwave. Due to their negative effects on our overall health, microwaves were prohibited in 1976 in Russia.
REASONS TO GET RID OF YOUR MICROWAVE
The consumption of food previously warmed in microwaves can lead to a permanent damage in the brain and its cells.
Eating meals heated in a microwave for a long period of time can provoke a risk of cancer.
Diverse tumors and malignant growths in the intestines and the stomach occur due to the molecules of the microwaves.
Warming up meals in microwaves eliminates all the vitamins and minerals contained in the food.
The consumption of meals cooked in microwaves on a regular basis increases the cancerous cells in the human blood.
A constant use of microwaves can provoke a decrease of the complete immune system. Moreover, it will make the job of certain glands in the body very difficult.
Meals warmed in microwave lead to absence in concentration, emotional instability, limited intelligence.
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Monitoring Hemp for THC Levels: A Constant Struggle
Last November, Hemp Benchmarks published the results of our survey regarding the 2020 hemp harvest. The survey received several hundred responses from across the United States. Over 90% of producers who responded to the survey said their hemp crops came in under the maximum 0.3% THC threshold allowed by law.
That statistic was largely in line with reports from state agriculture officials. Although, as we have documented in our monthly Hemp Spot Price Index Reports in the wake of last year's harvest, the percentage of crops testing above the legal THC limit ranged higher in some states, including in Indiana where 20% of the state's crop reportedly tested "hot." Many hemp cultivators, as well as those working at laboratories that test hemp for THC, say efforts to keep hemp crops from going hot – that is, exceeding the 0.3% THC limit – is a constant struggle.
Veteran farmers in America's agricultural belt who have tried their hands at growing hemp for the first time in recent years have discovered that the plant can quickly increase both its THC and cannabidiol (CBD) levels as it matures ahead of harvest. In Nebraska, Rory Cruise, owner and CEO of the Sweetwater Hemp Company, comes from a multi-generational farming family. He was shocked in 2020 when all 900 of the hybrid hemp plants grown in his family's greenhouse tested hot at harvest time. Cruise told the Kearney Hub this past March: "The experience of having a crop go hot and how fast it changed, that was an eye-opener for me. And discovering how each (hybrid's) genetics are different."
Labs Still Trying to Figure out Standards
Laboratories that test THC levels in hemp are the lynchpin when it comes to ensuring that crops remain compliant. The cannabis industry's recent boom and a lack of uniform regulations, however, have created discrepancies in the test results produced by labs; results that cannabis companies increasingly depend on when it comes to determining a product's cleanliness, potency, and legality.
"It's not really at all like any other industry I've worked in, in that they're still trying to work out proficiency and certification standards," Frank Conrad, an analytical chemist who now runs Colorado Green Lab, a consultancy for the cannabis industry, told The Scientist in March 2020. The website also noted that there have been "many accounts of labs producing starkly different potency measurements for the same products." Experts blame the discrepancies on a lack of standardized methods for determining cannabis potency.
"Lab protocols can differ in the specific solvents or reagents used during extraction and analysis," the article cited above notes. "Then there are the instruments themselves, which may come from different manufacturers and have different calibration standards, potentially contributing additional variation."
The Complexities of Testing Hemp
Rachel Merritt, Chromatography Manager at Columbia Labs in Oregon, advises hemp growers to use laboratories certified by reputable accreditation bodies. "Whether a client is in the hemp or marijuana industry, it is important that laboratories provide accurate THC levels to their clients," she told Hemp Benchmarks. "Without a reliable, accredited lab, a client could be getting a result higher or lower than the actual THC value." Merritt said her company has had clients who have shared test results from other companies that show a wide variety of THC levels for the same product.
Merritt also suggests that cultivators partner with a lab that has experience with hemp, and that is ready and able to answer their questions. "Depending on the stage of a client's hemp product," she said, "we will suggest some or all of the following tests: potency, pesticides, microbiology, heavy metals, terpenes, mycotoxins, and/or residual solvents"
She also has a request for the hemp industry: that they are patient with the laboratories. "Remember hemp and marijuana testing is a new field of interest," she added. "We are learning through experience just like the clients." Hemp, she noted, is a "complex material to test for," with unique qualities. "It takes laboratory years to fine-tune their methods and ensure what they are reporting is accurate," she continued. "We see challenges on the extraction site and instrumentation side, we need to make the material as clean as possible but keep the compound of interest still in the sample…. It's a difficult task."
Consistent, High-Quality Genetics Are Key to a Successful Season
For Andy Rodosevich, selecting hemp cultivars with high-quality genetics is "first and foremost" when it comes to ensuring a THC-compliant crop and a successful growing season. Rodosevich is CEO of Colorado-based Hemp Depot, which began operations in 2015. The vertically-integrated company is growing 1,300 acres of cannabinoid hemp this season. It also has an extraction facility that processes over one million pounds of biomass annually, creating crude oil, distillates, isolates, and specialty products.
"Some genetics out there are advertised to have really high levels of CBD," he told Hemp Benchmarks, "but unfortunately they are really easy to go hot at the same time." Another big issue for hemp farmers, Rodosevich noted, is that some hemp cultivars do not have consistent phenotypic expression in regard to cannabinoid levels. Without that uniformity, he said, a grower can have a situation where, out of 1,000 plants, one third might have almost no THC, another third are THC-compliant, and the rest might end up hot.
Finding the Right Seeds
"Buying from a reputable seed provider is step one," Rodosevich said, "not just [from] any guy that's selling hemp seed. The next thing is doing research on the strain. There are some very popular strains out there that, at this point, have a lot of information on the web as far as what to expect out of that seed."
Rodosevich suggests farmers new to hemp start out with test plots, using a variety of hemp cultivars, rather than putting "a thousand acres in the ground" on year one. He also advised new hemp farmers to learn how to properly grow hemp, while taking into account the realities of where they are growing their crop.
"Make sure that you understand how the seeds are going to perform," he said, "how the seeds are going to perform in your climate and your geographical location as well. There are certain strains that will finish sooner than other strains. If you're way up north where you have an early winter, picking a strain that's going to finish a little bit earlier is going to be a lot better for you, so you can go and hit those higher CBD concentrations before your first snowstorm."
Constant Testing Leading Up to Harvest
Rodosevich emphasized the need to constantly test hemp crops in the weeks leading up to harvest. "Starting September 15 we will take a sample every five days," he said. "At this point, we know that we're pretty much going to start harvesting on October 1 and will finish harvesting on October 10. After five years of doing this, we know our genetics and we know that's pretty much what's going to happen. But that does not change our testing protocols. Because if we have a hot or dry summer … we still have all of those data points that we're going to track and watch internally. It's still really important that we track all that."
He pointed out that in the days leading up to harvest, the hemp plant's total cannabinoid concentration is constantly increasing. "The THC is going up, and the CBD is going up," he said.
"For us, we have ten days to harvest our crop, which is something else that we have to take into account. We can't wait until the plants are 0.29% and then start harvesting, because, with a field the size of ours, it's going to take us 10 days to cut all of that down."
Because of the time, it takes to harvest the amount of acreage grown by Hemp Depot, "In our fields, once we see THC levels hitting about 0.2%, we will begin harvesting," Rodosevich noted. "And typically, by the time the ten days has passed and we're harvesting the ends of our fields, our fields are [at] about 0.26% [THC]."
"It's a little bit of a game," he explained, "because we want to get the absolute maximum amount of CBD content out of these plants that we can, which means we want to push these plants as close to 0.3% [THC] without going over. There's never a point that the CBD increases without the THC. It's kind of a fixed ratio between those two cannabinoids. Each little tenth of a percent is a very real increase in the concentration of our CBD content. And that's part of the test plots too, to kind of figure out how that works."
New Testing Requirements
Colorado has been a pioneer when it comes to how states regulate their cannabis industries. Starting on July 1, 2021, Colorado implemented new testing requirements for hemp, which require that hemp crops not only conform to THC levels specified in state and federal law, but also that they be tested for the presence of dozens of different pesticides. There are also signs that other, major hemp-producing states are preparing to impose similar testing regulations on hemp.
For his part, Rodosevich considers the new emphasis on testing an encouraging sign that the hemp sector is maturing into a mainstream agricultural commodity. In Colorado, he said, "the state is great at working with farmers; they understand. They just want everyone to be honest about what's going on. And so if you have a crop that goes slightly hot, for example, and if your intent was to grow hemp, you can let the state know exactly what happened, how you plan to destroy the crop and they'll work with you."
Article Sourced From: https://www.hempbenchmarks.com/hemp-market-insider/monitoring-hemp-for-thc-levels
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Wholesale European cheeses based in Moravia.
Our company operates on the Czech market as veloobchod food since 1991. Throughout our business is our main advantage of the reliability and quality of service and personal approach to all our business partners. Over time, our company specialized in the import of European cheeses. Always has been and will be the main emphasis on the quality of products sold.
from November 20, 2014, our company is expanding its offer of luxury goods company Heindl from Austria. Company History Walter Heindl starts founding in 1953 in Vienna. Since the beginning of the production focused on the production of chocolate liqueur pralines world's highest quality. The family company has undergone more than 60 years of existence huge development, but its focus on tradition and quality is preserved to this day. As a distributor of other quality and unique products in the Czech Republic, we are really pleased that just assortment of Heindl we can now offer our business partners.
We gained the title "butchers' sausage-shop of the year 2012" competition, organized by the Czech Association of Meat Processors.
Currently, we are the exclusive importers and distributors of the Czech and Slovak market for a Lithuanian company Rokiskio.
Centre cheese Rokiškio is a small town, in a picturesque Aukštaitija region. This region is famous for its traditions dairy industry with the highest milk yield for centuries.
These are undoubtedly the most important enterprise in the region. Rokiškio is an excellent example of how tradition can go hand in hand with modern production process. For many years, the production managed in accordance with European standards ISO 9001 and ISO 14001.
Rokiškio Company history dates back to 1925, when the Earl of local farm based on the production of dairy butter. Time delivery of products directed primarily to the east. Over time, their products have become well known in the markets for traditional domestic cheese production - such as Italy.
Since 2009, a cheese factory opened its representation in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
family company Josef Libis, that are working for more than 20 years, is a manufacturer of traditional fried potato chips, crackers and a side dish filled dumplings and dumplings. All products are made with a large amount of manual work and responsibility to the owner's name, and that is why jijich quality throughout the still high level.
We are very proud of the fact that we can represent company of Kasemacher in the Czech market.
Company Kasemacher one of the prestigious Austrian manufacturer of products made from cow's, sheep's and goat's milk. About hight quality of their products is also evidenced by the fact that its products supplied to countries like Japan, USA, Australia, Russia, Dubai and many others. Top quality and perfect craftsmanship will be appreciated not only by visitors to luxury hotels and restaurants, but all the people who prefer quality products.


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Se considera publicidad exterior aquella que utiliza lugares públicos para desarrollarse y va dirigida a un público determinado. Está formada por carteles, vallas publicitarias, rótulos luminosos, banderolas, mobiliario urbano  y todos aquellos soportes que se instalan en lugares públicos o donde se desarrollan espectáculos, eventos culturales, encuentros deportivos, etc.

La fachada de un establecimiento comercial es parte importante de la publicidad exterior de ese comercio.

Historia
Ya en la época faraónica, los mercaderes realizaban una incipiente promoción de ventas inscribiendo mensajes en piedras que colocaban en los caminos de acceso a la ciudad. Mucho más tarde, se popularizaron los anuncios pintados.

En las ciudades del Imperio romano se reservaban espacios donde colocar murales decorados para este mismo propósito. En las ruinas de Pompeya se han encontrado diversos carteles anunciadores de comercios. Por otra parte, en la antigua Grecia se mostraban anuncios de los juegos olímpicos colocados en las paredes exteriores del estadio.

Los anuncios gozaron de mayor difusión con la popularización del papiro, y posteriormente el papel. A partir de este momento, se podían reproducir y trasladar los mensajes impresos a diferentes entornos. Más tarde la invención de la imprenta en el siglo XV supuso una revolución, casi tanto como la difusión de la litografía en el siglo XVIII. Estas innovaciones dieron paso a la divulgación masiva del cartel publicitario.

Los carteles de los anuncios presentan básicamente imágenes; por una parte, para llegar a la población no sabía leer y por otra, para transmitir un mensaje asociación de ideas al presentar imágenes relativas al negocio o su denominación. La litografía impulsó la actividad publicitaria permitiendo una mayor creatividad en el diseño y otorgando un gran protagonismo al dibujo publicitario al que se acercaron grandes pintores como Toulouse Lautrec.

Actualmente, las nuevas tecnologías permiten una gran variedad de manifestaciones publicitarias: publicidad digital, publicidad exterior prográmatica la cuál es un método que funciona para automatizar el proceso de compra de anuncios, lo que permite a los compradores ofertar y comprar espacio publicitario automáticamente según se cumplan ciertas condiciones, elementos adicionales a la estructura como vídeos o los llamados " props" vallas publicitarias móviles, iluminación interior de vallas, grandes carteles luminosos, juegos de luces, etc.

Ventajas y desventajas de la publicidad exterior
Entre las ventajas de la publicidad exterior se encuentran:
 La publicidad exterior constituye un valioso complemento a las campañas publicitarias lanzadas en otros medios de comunicación: televisión, radio, prensa e internet. En este sentido, la publicidad en el exterior constituye un buen recordatorio de los mensajes lanzados en otros soportes y un importante refuerzo de los mismos. Vallas y carteles se colocan en la calle junto a establecimientos comerciales por lo que se pueden considerar el último impacto que recibe el consumidor antes de realizar el acto de compra.
 Salvo en recintos cerrados, se trata de un medio activo las veinticuatro horas del día los siete días de la semana.
 Colocada en lugares estratégicos consigue que su público objetivo tenga un gran número de impactos; como por ejemplo, la publicidad en estadios de fútbol.
 La publicidad exterior, puede dirigirse a determinados segmentos difíciles de abordar de otro modo: los jóvenes, trabajadores que pasan mucho tiempo fuera de casa que apenas tienen tiempo de ver la televisión ni leer soportes impresos (transportistas, viajantes, etc.)
 Su bajo coste por mil (CPM) la hace asequible para cualquier tipo de campaña.

Algunas de las desventajas de la publicidad exterior pueden ser:
 Es un medio limitado. La publicidad exterior se resume en un impacto visual, no admite largas argumentaciones de ventas ni siquiera una adecuada presentación de producto.
 Escaso nivel de atención por la rapidez del impacto .Muchas veces as personas no se fijan en los carteles y otros impactos visuales, simplemente posan su mirada sobre ellos.
 Es muy difícil de focalizar en un segmento de público en particular , se puede apostar a una afluencia de cierto público siendo inevitable alcanzar a otros.
 Problemas de ubicación. Es complejo elegir las mejores localizaciones que suelen estar copadas por los grandes anunciantes.
 Su impacto en la compra o reconocimiento del producto o marca  requiere de técnicas y estudios especializados,  al igual que otros medios .

Rentabilidad de la publicidad exterior

Uno de los factores que más determinan el valor de un anuncio es la localización que tiene, es decir, la ciudad o región en que se encuentra y la calle o avenida donde se ubica. Una de las demandas más habituales es conseguir colocar el anuncio en las vías más concurridas, generalmente, en los centros históricos o comerciales de las ciudades donde más gente esté expuesta al impacto de su mensaje. Existen ubicaciones míticas donde se congregan gran número de anuncios de grandes dimensiones: Piccadilly Circus en Londres, Times Square en Nueva York, etc.

Otras acciones publicitarias van dirigidas a segmentos de la población más concretos a los que se puede acceder de forma más focalizada: material deportivo o periódicos en estadios de fútbol, moda juvenil en conciertos para adolescentes, etc. En la actualidad, el diseño de campañas publicitarias se favorece de las ventajas tecnológicas que facilitan información estadística de tráfico y población, de manera que pueden localizar mejor sus anuncios para lograr un mayor impacto en el segmento al que desean comunicar sus mensajes.

La posibilidad que ofrece la publicidad exterior móvil, en vehículos promocionales, de estar en sitios que no son estáticos recortan mucho presupuesto en el lanzamiento de una campaña.

Restricciones a la publicidad exterior

En algunos países, se limita el espacio en que se puede colocar publicidad exterior. Por ejemplo, en España está prohibida situarla en las carreteras y cada ayuntamiento establece normativas específicas sobre el tamaño y ubicación de las vallas, carteles o rótulos luminosos.

Asimismo, en ocasiones existen limitaciones sobre el contenido de los mensajes, generalmente está restringida la publicidad del tabaco y bebidas alcohólicas de alta graduación.

Planificación de la publicidad exterior
Es necesario planificar la publicidad exterior dentro del plan de marketing y la estrategia global de la empresa. Para ello, primero se debe definir el objetivo de dicha publicidad que puede  ser estratégico dentro de la campaña - como es el caso de los anuncios de productos que solo usan este medio o puede  actuar como soporte de otras acciones publicitarias. También es necesario determinar el público objetivo al que va dirigido y conocer sus hábitos para optimizar la ubicación de los mensajes.

Los pasos a dar son:
 Definir el público objetivo de la campaña.
 Establecer el lugar más apropiado para el público escogido.
 Establecer el objetivo cuantitativo de la campaña: aumento de ventas, aumento de la notoriedad de marca, etc.
 Comprobar el éxito de la misma mediante mediciones posteriores.

Tipos de publicidad exterior

Los soportes de publicidad exterior son variados: todos aquellos que se pueden exhibir en lugares públicos abiertos (vía pública) o cerrados (polideportivos, recintos feriales, etc.). Los más comunes son:
 Vallas publicitarias o Anuncios Espectaculares
 Vallas móviles
 Carteles
 Pantallas electrónicas o LED
 Rotulación de vehículos La principal ventaja de la rotulación de vehículos es que ofrece el menor costo por impresión que cualquier otro método de publicidad.

 Rótulo de transporte (serigrafía o lona publicitaria)
 Transporte público
 Mupis
 Parabus
 Bicicletas publicitarias
 Puentes peatonales. Se aprovecha la perfecta visibilidad de un puente peatonal. El anuncio se coloca de manera que siempre es visible a una altura que impide que la información sea ocultada por vehículos o personas.
 Vehículos privados
 Vehículos de carga: camiones y camionetas privados, donde se aprovecha la superficie exterior de los vehículos de carga para colocar anuncios publicitarios.
 Vehículos diseñados sólo para fines publicitarios, como por ejemplo camiones con valla o semi-remolques con una estructura plegable para montar lonas (SkyBoard).
 Baños portátiles (WC)
 Banderolas
 Lonas de fachada o andamio
 Rótulos luminosos
 Ecotambor, mobiliario urbano ecológico, máquina compactadora de latas de bebida.
 DooH | Digital Out of Home. Tipos de DOOH.

Diseño de la publicidad exterior
Se estima que siete segundos es el tiempo máximo en que el consumidor debe verse impactado por el mensaje. Así, un mensaje efectivo debe ser:
 Impactante: que destaque del entorno y capte la mirada del espectador.
 Sencillo, fácil de comprender: se asocie rápidamente con el producto. Aquí es donde el mejor papel lo juegan las imágenes. La historia no debe ser elaborada sino es comprensible de un solo vistazo. Uno de los mayores errores de la publicidad exterior es creer que el público se va a detener a descifrar una historia.
 Texto breve y directo, inteligible y relacionado directamente con la imagen.

Referencias

Bibliografía

 Hans-Jürgen Tast: Immer mit einem Lächeln auf den Lippen! Die bunte Fotoflut im Straßenbild., Kulleraugen Vis.Komm. Nr. 43, Schellerten 2013, ISBN 978-3-88842-043-1

Merchandising
Publicidad

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Q: How to setup ssh public key for another machine without access? This might be a stupid question but I have to ask it anyway:
I already did setup an ssh public key for my client machine A. I copied the public key to the remote server, everything works fine, I can log in from machine A.
Now I also want to access that server from another machine and following best practices, I wanted to generate another key for client machine B, rather than using the key from machine A again. Of course I can generate the key pair but I'm not able to copy that new public key to the server because client machine B has no access to server, only A has.
The only solution I see at the moment seems to be taking the new public key on a USB stick to client machine A and copy it to the server from there, but that seems to be a little tedious and not very practical when n machines are located rather far from each other.
What is the right approuch to do that?
The client and the server are both running Linux.

A: Well, you WILL have to transfer the public key to the remote server somehow.
However since the public key is not confidential (hence the name), feel free to copy it on an USB stick, upload it somewhere, put it in a note, etc...
Just make sure the key you add on the server is indeed the one you uploaded from your client!

A: I usually move ssh keys by copy and paste. but you can also send them via email, http, netcat, etc, they're just text.
If you can get the public key for machine C onto machine B you can then ssh from B to A and install the key for C

A: Not sure there is a right approach, you still need to access the server somehow and since the machine A is only access point for now, you still need to get it physically at least once as well as other n machines. So, why not to collect all pubkeys to the USB stick and move it to machine A to spread to the server's users' home .ssh config dirs?
Without USB stick there are some options also.
Var #1. Temporary enable password login on server from machine A. Generate keypairs and copy pubkeys to server from machines B, C, D, etc. just in normal way. Disable password login to server.
Var #2. If even temporary password login is considered as a security flaw, create a temporary user on server that has access nothing but its home directory, enable password login for this user only. Generate keypairs and copy pubkeys to server from machines B, C, D, etc. to this user's home directory. Pubkey is not a confidential and its potential hidjaking is considered to be a safe situation, however its spoofing is not, so you may consider encrypting or signing it somehow (gpg). Login to server from machine A, spread pubkey to server's users, disable the temporary user used.
Var #3. If the ssh server reboot is not an option, you could make machine A to be a temporary ssh server and use it as a intermediate station to copy ssh pubkeys to the real server.
Var #4. Use another communication channel (another remote server, maybe even public one, e-mail, etc.). Once again, pubkey is not a confidential, but make sure to sign them to protect from spoofing.


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Release 3.27 introduced an import opportunity for Nassi-Shneiderman diagram files created by means of "Struktogrammeditor", an alternative Java-based editor for structograms, developed by Kevin Krummenauer.
To import diagrams emerging from Struktogrammeditor is quite straightforward: Activate menu item File => Import => Struktogrammeditor (see screenschot above) and select the .strk file you want to import in the file chooser dialog. As a result you will obtain a structurally equivalent Nassi-Shneiderman diagram in Structorizer. The contents of the imported diagram may still require some adaptations to be Executor-compatible.


Apologies in advance, but despite my best efforts to enable HTML in my profile it refused to let me select html as n option and all my careful formatting has turned out in plain text! Very annoying So please find my account of today's encounter between LI and the Tigers.
Against the mighty Leicester Tigers, a quality London Irish side put up a very credible performance only to miss out narrowly at the last gasp. Leicester fielded a very strong side complete with all their international absentees from the last encounter some six weeks ago, which was very much a one-sided affair to the benefit of the Tigers. No so today as London Irish ran them all the way and were very unlucky not to secure a draw at the very worst.
Irish were bereft of quite a few first choice players through injury, most noticeably Nick the ball Kennedy, Riki Flutey, Olivier Magne, Dominic Feau'nati, Paul Franze, Darren Edwards, Robbie Russell, Ben Willis, Richard Skuse and the imperious Mike Catt. Nevertheless, a great opportunity arose for the exciting academy player Topsy Ojo. I felt however we fielded a very strong team capable of giving Leicester a good run. An obvious sign of our strength in depth to be able to do this today!
On a cool and damp day with light intermittent drizzle and a cold front, the pitch in the usual excellent condition (again credit to the ground staff at LI/Reading), the stage was set for an exciting battle between 3rd and 5th placed Guinness Premiership contenders. Circa 11,000 fans (I missed the quick glimpse of the match day attendance on the screen and thought I heard 11,096) turned up to witness a formidable test for the Irish with a Leicester side at full strength.
Leicester began with an Andy Goode special, hanging high for a while and an instant test for the very capable Michael Horak. Horak collected the hanging kick off with style and was unfortunately left in splendid isolation with no immediate support for the catcher, which predictably resulted in a penalty for hanging on. This was right in front of the LI posts about 15 metres out. The Ref Dave Pearson stamped his authority on the game from the first minute. Indeed Pearson was to prove very consistent throughout the game except for a few instances, but he is human after all and gave a very good account of himself in general.
Sadly for Horak this was to be a recurring nightmare for him, whereby he fielded some great testing kicks on numerous occasions only to be left isolated without immediate support and so Irish were turned over many times. In fact it looked like we were turned inside out a few times when simple basic support and protection (legal of course!) would have secured timely ball for us.
Irish were strong in the forwards and gave very little ground to the Leicester pack. Our backs were good in phases but we lacked width and on the few occasions we made it out wide we had a few exciting runs which demonstrated the pace we have on the wings and in the backs in general. One of many runs from Leguizamon prompted a Bath supporter to inquire "Wow who is your number 8?" to which I replied and agreed with his summation of Juan's agility and speed. The forwards demonstrated some great mauling and in one instance had a rolling maul from near our own 22 metre line which then went past the half way line.
Topsy had a great run which took him very close to scoring only to be denied at the last few metres. The best move of the day for me was Paul Gustard's fantastic 40+ metre solo effort from what I believe was a pass from Big Bob, who had a great game and was instrumental in a number of 50/50 balls coming our way.
19th minute and Graham Rowantree was yellow carded for dumping Irish Lock Kieron Roche before he returned to the playing surface from a lineout. Dangerous and deserved a sin-binning.
24th minute and Michael Horak was sin binned for a late tackle on Ben Kay and left ref Dave Pearson with no option but to proffer a yellow card.
Kicking out of hand was poor from both sides at times and I felt we kicked away too much possession with poor misguided kicks that were cleared all too easily by Tigers from within their own 22. We kicked away ball when we should have passed it faster out wide and given our fast boys a chance to shine. Some good box kicking from Hodgson and Healy kept the game flowing but some loose handling and kicking let the standard down a bit at times with some aerial ping pong at times.
Barry made a great effort at the death to try and secure us a draw, but it dipped just below the cross bar. It was a long range effort from close to the touchline and it was a shame it didn't make it as Barry was very reliable and earned his Man of the Match award, although I felt Michael Horak should have had it with his excellent fielding today which was nothing short of heroic at times.
All in all a great contest and we were very unlucky not to get more out of it, but it shows how far we've come to be able to field a team with some ten of our first choice players missing through injury and I believe people are sitting up and looking closely at us now. Long may this continue and hats off to coaching staff and players alike at London Irish for the huge turnaround this club has made this season in such a comparatively short time.
Bring back Oxon Rob for his incredibly detailed and insightful accounts … Hats off to him as well!
It appears we remain 5th whilst Leicester remain 3rd with Gloucester in 4th with Worcester one point behind us.
Whilst Barry Everitt played and kicked well, it was a kicking masterclass from the ever accurate Andy Goode. He kicked 23 of Leicester's points. Barry was very unlucky not to kick a late injury time equaliser which dipped just below the cross bar.
1st minute Tiger Penalty Kick by Andy Goode (0-3).
12th minute LI Drop kick Barry Everitt (3-3).
15th minute Tiger Penalty kicked by Andy Goode (3-6).
19th minute Tiger Yellow Card Graham Rowantree.
20th minute LI Try by Paul Gustard (8-6).
20th minute LI Conversion by Barry Everitt (10-6).
24th minute LI Yellow Card Michael Horak.
27th minute Tiger Try by Sam Vesty (10-14).
27th minute Tiger conversion by Andy Goode (10-16).
31st minute Penalty Kick by Barry Everitt (13-16).
33rd minute Tiger Penalty Kick by Andy Goode (13-19).
39th minute Tiger Substitution Luke Abraham on for Brett Deacon.
40th minute Tiger Substitution Leo Cullen on for Louis Deacon.
43rd minute Tiger Penalty by Andy Goode [16-22].
47th minute LI Penalty by Barry Everitt [19-22].
49th minute Tiger Penalty by Andy Goode [19-25].
50th minute LI Substitution Phil Murphy on for Declan Danaher.
61st minute Tiger Penalty by Andy Goode [19-28].
61st minute Tiger Substitution Harry Ellis on for Austin Healy.
68th minute LI Penalty by Barry Everitt [22-28].
73rd minute LI Penalty by Barry Everitt [25-28].
'twas indeed 11,096 or quite a lot more than Sarries v Gloucester at V Rd and more than Wasps at HW.
Many thanks for the report SwanieBoy. Sorry about the HTML as it is disabled across the board.
No probs Dom_Pedro, I can understand why!
Great report, Dave. Many many thanks for taking it on.


By of Lee & Garasia, LLC posted in Criminal Law & Municipal Court on Monday, September 9, 2013.
By of Lee & Garasia, LLC posted in Criminal Law & Municipal Court on Thursday, June 13, 2013.
At the end of April, the Supreme Court issued a significant decision with far reaching implications for aliens charged with criminal offenses, particularly drug ones. The case is Moncrieffe v. Holder.
On behalf of Lee & Garasia, LLC posted in Criminal Law & Municipal Court on Wednesday, February 27, 2013.
Rosevela Chaidez was a permanent resident of the United States. She was arrested for mail fraud in connection with an insurance scam, and was advised by her lawyer to plead guilty. Her lawyer advised her to plead guilty, and she only received four years of probation. Unfortunately for Ms. Chaidez, her lawyer did not advise her of the immigration repercussions of her guilty plea, and the United States government promptly initiated removal proceedings. Ms. Chaidez brought forward a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel, and while her motion was pending Padilla v. Kentucky was decided. There, the court held that when an attorney fails to advise a client that a guilty plea could result in deportation, then there is ineffective assistance of counsel. While it might seem that this would be great news for Ms. Chaidez, her troubles were not yet over. First, the district court came to the conclusion that Padilla did not constitute a new rule, and thus applied it to Ms. Chaidez's case. However, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit disagreed, reversed the decision and announced that as a new rule, it could not be retroactively applied. This has all culminated in a decision that was decided by the Supreme Court.
Could a Township or Municipal Ordinance in NJ Cause Deportation?
On behalf of Lee & Garasia, LLC posted in Criminal Law & Municipal Court on Thursday, July 26, 2012.
On behalf of Lee & Garasia, LLC posted in Criminal Law & Municipal Court on Sunday, June 10, 2012.
On behalf of Lee & Garasia, LLC posted in Criminal Law & Municipal Court on Tuesday, May 1, 2012.
In an interesting development, the Supreme Court of the United States has decided to hear arguments and issue the final word on whether the decision in Padilla vs. Kentucky applies retroactively. As we have blogged about earlier, Padilla vs. Kentucky is the 2010 landmark case that holds a criminal defense attorney's failure to advise a defendant of the adverse immigration consequences of a guilty plea can be ineffective assistance of counsel. In New Jersey, the Supreme Court of New Jersey ruled that Padilla does not have retroactive effect. The Supreme Court will now hear arguments in the fall in the case of Chaidez v. United States.
On behalf of Lee & Garasia, LLC posted in Criminal Law & Municipal Court on Wednesday, February 29, 2012.
On behalf of Lee & Garasia, LLC posted in Criminal Law & Municipal Court on Tuesday, February 7, 2012.
As a member of AILA (the American Immigration Lawyers Association), I have been hearing some horror stories of undocumented aliens being apprehended by ICE in municipal court after appearing for a DWI case. These incidents are not anecdotal rumors by any means: they are certainly happening, especially in South Jersey and Monmouth County. People potentially affected by this need to be aware that notwithstanding all this talk of "prosecutorial discretion," it is ICE's job to enforce and apprehend. The Office of Chief Counsel will make further determination as to whether that person ought to be in Immigration Court, but for all practical purposes, unless the ICE officer is formally trained in prosecutorial discretion or particularly sensitive to the issues, he or she may just be following orders to pick up individuals that appear to be in violation of our immigration laws. Or they may just be executing directions as part of an Operation determined from above. It would still be naive in this day and age to think that ICE will leave an undocumented alien alone because he/she is not a terrorist or "danger to society." While a DWI may certainly not be tantamount to murder, it is nevertheless perceived, whether rightly or wrongly, as a type of offense that presents a grave and serious danger to the community. People need to recognize this instead of hiding their heads in the sand and not taking any precautions. At the very least, an immigration attorney should be consulted before making an appearance in municipal court for a DWI offense in New Jersey.
On behalf of Lee & Garasia, LLC posted in Criminal Law & Municipal Court on Thursday, January 5, 2012.
There is a new Directive that governs informing municipal court defendants of the immigration consequences of guilty pleas. According to the directive, New Jersey Municipal Court Judges are required to inform defendants in municipal court that immigration consequences may possibly attach to certain offenses and that defendants have the right to consult with immigration counsel regarding those potential consequences. The judges themselves are not supposed to give legal advice to defendants of the actual consequences but rather make defendants aware of the potential for immigration consequences. If defendants express a desire to consult with immigration counsel, judges are instructed to give defendants an opportunity to do so before accepting a guilty plea. This directive in the municipal courts is modeled closely after an earlier directive governing pleas in Superior Court criminal cases. The fact that these warnings must be given now in our municipal courts underscore how conscientious foreign nationals must be of their status when answering criminal and quasi-criminal charges in our local town courts, which is commonly and mistakenly perceived as a venue where traffic tickets and "not so important " criminal cases are handled.
On behalf of Lee & Garasia, LLC posted in Criminal Law & Municipal Court on Friday, December 23, 2011.
One of the most common types of cases that our office routinely encounters is helping clients to assess whether pleading guilty to a criminal charge may endanger their immigration status. While every case is extremely fact sensitive, theft under the appropriate circumstances can be considered a "crime involving moral turpitude" or even in some cases, an aggravated felony. In New Jersey, theft is graded according to the value of the merchandise allegedly taken. If a criminal defendant is charged with a theft offense, whether it be shoplifting, theft by unlawful taking, receipt of stolen property, etc., with a value over $200, that crime becomes one that is potentially a fourth degree offense. A fourth degree crime carries a potential term of incarceration up to eighteen months. If one were therefore convicted of a theft crime that is at least a fourth degree offense, that individual could be targeted by ICE as a deportable alien. Whether the alien is in fact deportable is a whole other issue--and there are some defenses available--but the point is, any foreign national who is accused of stealing must consider his/her exposure to removal proceedings.


While product descriptions and product reviews are both in the product information genre, they vary significantly. In essence, they both give detailed information about the product. Here are some ways in which they are different though.
Product Description: Detail and structure are key.
First, when you provide a product description writing service (read more here), structure is important. The information on the product must be presented in a certain way. You have to convince a potential customer to buy your device instead of the competitors' even when they are essentially the same.
Research must be done. You have to understand all the key features and nuances of the product and all the benefits of having it. Highlight them and make them stick to the reader's mind. You can check the manufacturer website for details on the product but the best method is to use the product yourself. Your description will have a much more personalized feel this way. The advantage of product reviews over product description is this personalized tone as opposed to the more structured approach but there is no reason you should not be able to take advantage of something that will get you more readers.
Your choice of words and language will determine how users feel about the product. For this reason, keep it short. Use common terms and as little jargon as possible. Keep sentences short and ensure customers easily understand what you are attempting to say to them. Be creative to get them excited but be careful not to exaggerate. Your competition may rely only on the manufacturer's description and you could beat them by employing a more friendly tone and offering additional details.
The people who might buy your product may need to be appealed to in a specific way. Research them. Highlight the benefits of the product that will appeal to your target market. But avoid using technical terms that only a few may understand. Then by all means encourage them to buy the product. Ensure you provide a means to do so as well as a payment method. Make it easy for them and reduce the steps they may need to take to acquire the product.
Your product description writing service needs to employ good SEO strategies and once the hits send them your way, convince users that they need the product.
A lot of product reviews on the Internet are only looked at for a few seconds, easily discovered as sales material instead of honest reviews. What one needs to realize is that users are looking for an honest opinion on the product. So if you want your product description writing service to attract search engines and increase traffic to your site, solidifying your reputation as a thought leader, keep some things in mind.
Choose the product carefully: You have to be interested in the product and ensure it is something you and your readers can use and would like to use. Your readers' interests have to be accounted for, as well as their aim in reading your review.
Eliminate bias: Objectivity in product review writing is paramount. Do not be biased. Keep an open mind and be honest with yourself on the ups and downs of the product. Honesty builds your reputation. One way to ensure an honest opinion is to use the product. This is exactly the advantage of reviews over descriptions. You cannot get away with not using the product.
Your readers will want some questions answered and so should you. What does it do? How is it different or unique? Is it worth price? Is it easy to use? What are its flaws? How does a person acquire the product?
So take notes, avoid the manufacturer's promotional material, use the product for some time your product review writing service will be honest, in-depth, well thought out, unbiased and quite easy to write.


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Gruesome Relic From Biggie Smalls Murder Up for Sale; Could Fetch $150k
Keith Girard March 29, 2021 POP
Biggie Smalls is memorialized in this Brooklyn street mural. (Photo: Mark Hogan )
Biggie Smalls, also know as the Notorious B.I.G, was at the height of his rap career when he was gunned down in a 1997 drive-by shooting. Now a gruesome relic from the event is up for auction.
A hubcap from the GMC Suburban that Notorious B.I.G. , real name Christopher Wallace, was murdered in has gone up for sale and could fetch up to $150,000.
Wallace was shot five times in the Los Angeles drive-by shooting. He was just 24 . He was in LA to promote his second studio album, Life After Death.
Moments in Time, an online auction house of unusual items, are brokering the sale of one of four hubcaps from the Suburban, and it has a proven provenance.
The hubcab still features part of a sticker advertising Biggie's album.
The seller got it from a family friend who owned the rental company which owned the car that Biggie was riding in. He held onto the part for years before deciding to sell, according to gossip site TMZ.
The sticker says, 'THINK B.I.G. MARCH 25 1997', which was the album's release date.
Last summer, a King of NY crown worn by the 'Big Poppa' hitmaker in his final photoshoot sold for a staggering $594,750 at auction, far exceeding the $200,000-$300,000 auction house Sotheby's had expected it to fetch.
The price of the headgear was all the more shocking because the plastic crown cost photographer Barron Claiborne just $6 at the time.
"This crown is a novelty item; I bought it at a place on Broadway called Gordon's," said Claiborne.
"Without Biggie, the crown would not be worth [six figures]. I only paid six bucks for it."
Elsewhere at that sale, 22 letters written by the late Tupac Shakur to his high school sweetheart, Slick Rick's diamond-encrusted eyepatch and Salt-N-Pepa's jackets worn in their 'Push It' music video also went under the hammer.
Some of the money raised was donated to Queens Public Library Hip Hop programmes and non-profit Building Beats.
On March 7, Wallace presented an award to Toni Braxton at the 1997 Soul Train Music Awards in Los Angeles and was booed by some of the audience. At the time, Wallace was embroiled in a feud between East and West Coast rappers.
The following evening, March 8, he attended an after-party hosted by Vibe magazine and Qwest Records at the Petersen Automotive Museum in West Los Angeles.
At around 12:30 a.m., the Fire Department closed the event because of overcrowding. Biggie and his crew got in two GMC Suburbans and headed back to his hotel.
Wallace was sitting in the front passenger seat alongside his associates Damion "D-Roc" Butler, Junior M.A.F.I.A. member Lil' Cease, and driver Gregory "G-Money" Young.
Wallace's SUV stopped at a red light on the corner of Wilshire Boulevard and South Fairfax Avenue just 50 yards from the museum.
A dark-colored 1994-1996 Chevrolet Impala SS pulled up alongside Wallace's SUV. The driver, a black male, rolled down his window, drew a 9 mm blue-steel pistol and fired four shots at the Suburban, according to local press reports at the time.
Biggie was hit all four times but only the last bullet proved fatal. He was rushed to the hospital but died in surgery.
Retired LAPD Officer Greg Kading alleged that Death Row Records head Marion "Suge" Knight orchestrated the murder in revenge for the killing of West Coast rapper Tupac Shakur in a similar drive-by shooting.
Biggie's murder remains unsolved.
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