One cannot understand the concept of tribulation in the Bible without seeing it in the context of Jerusalem. Nor can one understand the fulfillment of prophecy without seeing that there are two Jerusalems: the old Jerusalem and the New Jerusalem. This distinction makes it possible to understand the seeming contradiction between biblical statements of blessings and curses upon Jerusalem.
In Isaiah 62 we read a prime example of "Jerusalem" in a favorable light.
1 For Zion's sake I will not keep silent, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not keep quiet, until her righteousness goes forth like brightness, and her salvation like a torch that is burning. 2 And the nations will see your righteousness, and all kings your glory; and you will be called by a new name, which the mouth of the LORD will designate.
This establishes that "Zion" and "Jerusalem" are to be made glorious and righteous. It seems to give hope to the physical city of Jerusalem until the prophet tells us that God Himself will give her "a new name." As Revelation 3:12 says, this new name is New Jerusalem.
4 It will no longer be said to you, "Forsaken," nor to your land will it any longer be said, "Desolate"; but you will be called, "My delight is in her," and your land, "Married"; for the LORD delights in you, and to Him your land will be married. 5 For as a young man marries a virgin, so your sons will marry you; and as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride, so your God will rejoice over you.
We see the fulfillment of this prophecy in Revelation 21, where we read that the holy city God marries is not the old Jerusalem. The Bride is the New Jerusalem.
A few verses later, an angel again identifies the Bride as the Jerusalem that descends from heaven, as opposed to the Jerusalem that originated in the earth.
9 And one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues, came and spoke with me, saying, "Come here, I shall show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb." 10 And he carried me away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me the holy city, Jeru-salem, coming down out of heaven from God.
The same passage in Revelation describes the "walls" and "gates" of this city in physical terms, but it is quite obvious that these are symbolic things. The wall is said to be 144 cubits high (21:17). It also is said to have 12 gates with the names of the 12 tribes of Israel written on them. In verses 22-27 we are told that the city had no need of the sun or the moon to give it light. Verse 27 tells us that only the righteous will inhabit this city.
18 Violence will not be heard again in your land, nor devastation or destruction within your borders; but you will call your walls salvation, and your gates praise. 19 No longer will you have the sun for light by day, nor for brightness will the moon give you light; but you will have the LORD for an everlasting light, and your God for your glory. 20 Your sun will set no more, neither will your moon wane; for you will have the LORD for an everlasting light, and the days of your mourning will be finished. 21 Then all your people will be righteous; they will possess the land forever, the branch of My planting, the work of My hands, that I may be glorified.
A simple comparison of Isaiah 60:18-21 with Rev. 21 makes it clear that this is not the old Jerusalem restored and made glorious. Both speak of the light of the sun and moon as being replaced by light from a divine source. Both speak of sinners being excluded from the city.
This is the New Jerusalem whose origin is in heaven, not on the earth. It must also be noted that at no time does the Bible state that the New Jerusalem will come down and overlay itself upon the piece of ground that presently is called Jerusalem. I am often amused by the way men depict the New Jerusalem coming down with a system of cranes and pulleys as if it were a physical city weighing millions of tons.
Christians need to learn that the New Jerusalem is simply the territory of God's creation that has been redeemed and reclaimed for the glory of His Kingdom. This includes people, because we are made of the dust of the ground that God created at the beginning.
Walls of a city are for its protection and act as a boundary to keep out those who are not authorized to enter the city. In that the walls are called "Salvation," it indicates that only the saved may enter this city. In that Zechariah 2:5 describes the walls as "a wall of fire," it also shows that it is the boundary of the "fiery law" given at Sinai (Deut. 33:2). A law is a moral boundary, which, if transgressed, is a "transgression," or sin.
We read that all those who enter this city are righteous. One cannot be lawless and enter this city. Nor do the saved transgress the law when they enter.
1 Then I lifted up my eyes and looked, and behold, there was a man with a measuring line in his hand. 2 So I said, "Where are you going?" And he said to me, "To measure Jerusalem, to see how wide it is and how long it is." 3 And behold, the angel who was speaking with me was going out, and another angel was coming out to meet him, 4 and said to him, "Run, speak to that young man, saying, 'Jerusalem will be inhabited without walls, because of the multitude of men and cattle within it. 5 'For I,' declares the LORD, 'will be a wall of fire around her, and I will be the glory in her midst'. "
There are three levels of Salvation: Justification, Sanctification, and Glorification. We obtain these through the experiences of Passover, Pentecost, and Tabernacles. Because Pentecost celebrates the giving of the law under Moses, the "wall of fire" indicates that people must have the law written on their hearts to be allowed into the city. Hence, the wall called "Salvation" in Isaiah 60:18 presumes the citizens have been fully saved and have also learned obedience through the Sanctification of Pentecost.
One cannot measure these walls, as Zechariah was told, because of the "multitude" of men and cattle in it. The description is interesting. Not only does it speak of men, but also of cattle. Thus, it appears to describe a physical, earthly setting, yet not limited to any a small geographic location such a Jerusalem. The cattle may possibly be symbolic of God's servants, and if so, the New Jerusalem may be seen as purely "in heaven." However, these cattle are mentioned along with men, so it seems more likely that it is describing an earthly setting with its men and animals.
My conclusion is that the New Jerusalem is a multitude of people in whom God has written His Name (Rev. 3:12). These people are located on the earth, because the whole purpose of creation was to manifest the glory of God in the earth. The glory of God has always been manifested in heaven (spiritual realm), but He created the earth to manifest His glory in a new dimension. He will not rest until His purpose and plan has been fulfilled.
The New Jerusalem has been coming down out of heaven for a long time. On a personal level, it comes down upon individuals to make them citizens of this new City when they become believers. But on a historic level, the first coming of the New Jerusalem was at Mount Sinai, when the Lord descended in the cloud with the sound of the loud trumpet, or voice like a trumpet. In this coming, the Spirit was given on its first level—the Passover level—to begin the first stage of God's Kingdom (Israel).
The second historic occasion of New Jerusalem's descent was when the Holy Spirit descended upon the disciples at Pentecost in Acts 2. This initiated the second stage of the New Jerusalem, or the Kingdom of God upon the earth. It was characterized by a Pentecostal anointing.
We now live in the historic time when the first body of believers will come experientially into the fullness of the knowledge of His glory and righteousness. This is the experience of the Feast of Tabernacles. But this is only a new beginning, because at first, only the overcomers will experience His glory. Once God has brought the overcomers into the heights of godly experience, then the Kingdom will begin to widen until it covers the whole earth. It will take a long time.
We have shown thus far that the favorable prophecies of "Jerusalem" in Isaiah 60 are essentially the same as those of the "New Jerusalem" found in Revelation 21. It is plain from this comparison that the New Testament interprets the "Jerusalem" of Isaiah 60 to mean the New Jerusalem, rather than the old Jerusalem.
So many Christians assume that when the Bible speaks favorably of "Jerusalem" that it must of necessity mean the old city. This is foundational to much prophecy teaching in the Church today. But the fact is, when the Bible speaks of "Jerusalem," one cannot assume it means the old city. Jews, of course, who do not agree with the New Testament will dispute John's revelation. But as Christians, we believe that John's revelation is divinely inspired, so we conclude that God is building a new city unlike the old.
This teaching has direct implications upon one's view of tribulation. In short, tribulation is soon coming upon the city in the middle east known as Jerusalem, even as it did in 586 B.C. and again in 70 A.D. The purpose of this tribulation is to abolish the old Jerusalem and establish the New Jerusalem. The Apostle Paul calls the old Jerusalem "Hagar" in Gal. 4:25, for it cannot and will not inherit the promise to bring righteousness to the earth.
22 But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of angels, 23 to the general assembly and church of the first-born who are enrolled in heaven, and to God, the Judge of all, and to the spirits of righteous men made perfect, 24 and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant.
The book of Hebrews makes it clear that our hope is in a greater High Priest (Jesus Christ), who ministers in a greater temple (our hearts) in a heavenly Jerusalem and its greater "Mount Zion" by means of a better covenant. In other words, there is a new Mount Zion just as there is a New Jerusalem. The New Zion has all the characteristics of the New Jerusalem, but it is the place of Jesus' rule, for He is the Son of David.
The book of Hebrews was written after the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 A.D. in order to explain why God would allow the old city and its temple to be destroyed. Many early Christians (especially those of Judean descent) were devastated at that event, because they still did not understand that God had cast out that "bondwoman" with her son (the Levitical priesthood and Judaism itself).
Ezekiel 40-48 speaks of a "rebuilt" temple. It is common for prophecy teachers to take these chapters in a literal sense, even to the point where they believe God will revert back to animal sacrifices. This is based upon Ezekiel 43:18-27 and other passages. Of course, we must admit that if God intended to build a physical temple in the old Jerusalem and re-consecrate the Levitical priesthood, then we would have to believe that Judaism is to become to true religion once again, and animal sacrifices must be made to God in the days ahead.
But let it be known that I myself do not believe this. As a Christian, I have come to know better things. As I see it, such adherence or reversion to Judaism is precisely what the Apostle Paul was refuting in the book of Galatians.
How many times does Paul have to tell us that we are the temple of God before we actually believe this?
19 So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints, and are of God's household, 20 having been built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus Himself being the corner stone, 21 in whom the whole building, being fitted together is growing into a holy temple in the Lord; 22 in whom you also are being built together into a dwelling of God in the Spirit.
The work never totally ceased, of course, for there were genuine Christians in every generation, both in and outside of the established religious order. The Protestant Reformation in the 1500's began to spark a renewal of interest in building this spiritual temple. In the early 1900's the Spirit of Pentecost again began to be poured out. Fifty years ago the Latter Rain movement extended this outpouring of the Spirit into new heights.
Even so, the prophetic time of the final "building" of the New Temple insofar as Haggai's prophecies are concerned, really began in the year 2001 A.D. and will extend until 2006-2007 A.D. This is my belief.
16 And by common confession great is the mystery of godliness: He who was revealed in the flesh, was vindicated in the Spirit, beheld by angels, proclaimed among the nations, believed on in the world, taken up in glory.
In verse 3 Paul connects the "man of sin" and "the son of perdiction" with the mystery of lawlessness. We know from John 17:12 that Jesus called Judas "the son of perdition" in his betrayal. Judas had helped the priests of the day to crucify Jesus. The priests, in crucifying Jesus, the Son of David, acted the part of Absalom when he usurped the throne of David for a time (2 Samuel 15). Judas acted the part of Ahithophel, David's counselor and friend who betrayed him and later committed suicide.
In other words, the priests in Jesus' day usurped the throne that rightfully belonged to Jesus Christ, even as Absalom had done with King David. God allowed it, but it was only temporary. Even so, God allowed the Jewish priests to usurp the throne of Jesus Christ for a time. This is the mystery of lawlessness.
Hence, in verse 4 Paul tells us that the man of sin . . .
4 . . . opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, displaying himself as being God.
Paul speaks in the present tense, because the temple in Jerusalem was yet standing at that time. The priesthood in Jerusalem had unlawfully usurped the throne-right of David and had thus proclaimed itself as God. And today those same people desire to continue this usurpation by restoring the destroyed temple in Jerusalem.
Unfortunately, many Christians today have betrayed Jesus Christ again, playing the part of Judas, by supporting this lawless effort. If Christians today were not true disciples and friends of Jesus Christ, they would not fit the part of Judas. Only a friend can betray. Yet even as Judas later saw what he had done (Matt. 27:4), so also will those believers see what they have done.
It is important to know these things, so that we do not end up betraying Jesus Christ in His second coming, even as Judas did in His first coming.


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3.4.1 Antifreeze Sprinkler System
A wet pipe system using automatic sprinklers that contains a liquid solution to prevent freezing of the system, intended to discharge the solution upon sprinkler operation, followed immediately by water from a water supply.
3.4.1.1 Premixed Antifreeze Solution
A mixture of an antifreeze material with water that is prepared and factory-mixed by the manufacturer with a quality control procedure in place that ensures that the antifreeze solution remains homogeneous and that the concentration is as specified.
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A wet pipe sprinkler system having non-fire protection connections to automatic sprinkler systems in a closed-loop piping arrangement for the purpose of utilizing sprinkler piping to conduct water for heating or cooling, where water is not removed or used from the system but only circulated through the piping system.
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3.4.4 Deluge Sprinkler System
A sprinkler system employing open sprinklers or nozzles that are attached to a piping system that is connected to a water supply through a valve that is opened by the operation of a detection system installed in the same areas as the sprinklers or the nozzles. When this valve opens, water flows into the piping system and discharges from all sprinklers or nozzles attached thereto.
3.4.5 Dry Pipe Sprinkler System
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3.4.6* Gridded Sprinkler System
A sprinkler system in which parallel cross mains are connected by multiple branch lines, causing an operating sprinkler to receive water from both ends of its branch line while other branch lines help transfer water between cross mains.
3.4.7* Looped Sprinkler System
A sprinkler system in which multiple cross mains are tied together so as to provide more than one path for water to flow to an operating sprinkler and branch lines are not tied together.
3.4.8 Multicycle System
A type of sprinkler system capable of repeated on-off flow cycles in response to heat.
3.4.9 Pipe Schedule System
A sprinkler system in which the pipe sizing is selected from a schedule that is determined by the occupancy classification and in which a given number of sprinklers are allowed to be supplied from specific sizes of pipe.
3.4.10* Preaction Sprinkler System
A sprinkler system employing automatic sprinklers that are attached to a piping system that contains air that might or might not be under pressure, with a supplemental detection system installed in the same areas as the sprinklers.
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A sprinkler system employing automatic sprinklers attached to a piping system containing water and connected to a water supply so that water discharges immediately from sprinklers opened by heat from a fire.
3.4 Definitions, Sprinkler System Type Definitions
A wet pipe system using automatic sprinklers that contains a liquid solution to prevent freezing of the system, intended to discharge the solution ...
3.4.4 Definitions, Deluge Sprinkler System
A sprinkler system employing open sprinklers or nozzles that are attached to a piping system that is connected to a water supply through a valve ...
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3.4.6* Definitions, Gridded Sprinkler System
A sprinkler system in which parallel cross mains are connected by multiple branch lines, causing an operating sprinkler to receive water from both ...
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Press Release Baker-Polito Administration Awards Job Creation Incentives to 22 Life Science Companies
Massachusetts Life Sciences Center awards $19 million to foster job growth in the life sciences throughout the Commonwealth
Governor Charlie Baker | Lt. Governor Karyn Polito
Kristen Lepore, A&F Secretary
Jay Ash, EOHED Secretary
Travis McCready, Massachusetts Life Science Center President
Media Contact for Baker-Polito Administration Awards Job Creation Incentives to 22 Life Science Companies
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Boston — Today, the Baker-Polito Administration announced more than $19 million in Massachusetts Life Sciences Center tax incentive awards, to 22 life sciences companies from across Massachusetts. The tax incentive awards will create 1,276 new jobs in the Commonwealth in 2017, and support life sciences job growth in 13 Massachusetts cities and towns. Nearly three-quarters of this year's awardees are located outside of Boston and Cambridge. The awards were approved today by the Board of Directors of the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center (MLSC).
"The Commonwealth is rich with talent and the spirit of innovation and I am pleased to announce these awards as an incentive to support more growth in the life sciences sector, said Governor Charlie Baker. "Our administration is focused on creating more jobs and supporting our economic engine to ensure Massachusetts continues to be a national leader in life sciences."
"We are working to ensure every community has the opportunity to welcome the benefits of Massachusetts' nationally-leading innovation economy," said Lieutenant Governor Karyn Polito. "This award round advances that goal, by bringing new jobs to communities in every corner of the state, from Salem's waterfront to the Berkshires."
For the past two years, the MLSC's competitive tax incentive program has focused on increasing regional diversity of the Massachusetts life sciences sector, augmenting the program's manufacturing investments and giving opportunities to small- and medium-sized enterprises. The MLSC has recruited more applicants from companies located outside Boston and Cambridge, and awarded more tax incentives to small and medium companies, to encourage job creation in every region of the state.
"With this round of incentives, the Baker-Polito administration reinforces our commitment to job creation across Massachusetts," said Administration and Finance Secretary Kristen Lepore. "These awards will support our innovation economy and help foster growth in the life sciences and the Commonwealth's overall economy."
"Massachusetts produces the highest density of science and technology graduates in the United States, and by accelerating the growth and success of small- and medium-sized businesses, we can more effectively retain this crucial talent," said Housing and Economic Development Secretary Jay Ash. "These incentives are one of the reasons we have been so successful in growing life science companies to scale, and we will continue to make strategic, impactful investments to provide our rich innovation ecosystem with the support it needs."
"More exciting than the new jobs that are anticipated through this round of the program is the fact that so many are being created outside of the traditional areas we associate with innovation," said Travis McCready, President & CEO of the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center. "We are committed to helping life science companies scale up and grow in the Commonwealth, both those born here and those global leaders with a growing footprint in the state."
The 22 life sciences companies that have been authorized to receive tax incentives, the city or town in which they are located, the amount awarded and each company's job creation commitment for 2017 are as follows:
Company Location Incentive Amount Jobs
Abiomed Inc Danvers $750,000 50
Acorda Therapeutics, Inc. Waltham $495,000 33
Alkermes, Inc. Waltham $1,500,000 100
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Cambridge $1,875,000 125
Anika Therapeutics, Inc. Bedford $225,000 15
Astellas Institute for Regenerative Medicine Marlborough $750,000 50
Berkshire Sterile Manufacturing Lee $370,000 25
Blueprint Medicines Corporation Cambridge $525,000 35
Commonwealth Diagnostics International, Inc. Salem $330,000 22
Confer Health Charlestown $150,000 10
EMD Holding Corporation Billerica $1,200,000 80
Fulcrum Therapeutics, Inc. Cambridge $270,000 18
Ginkgo Bioworks, Inc Boston $300,000 20
Insulet Corporation Billerica $1,650,000 110
Kala Pharmaceuticals, Inc Waltham $150,000 10
ProTom International Holding Corporation Wakefield $150,000 10
RADIUS HEALTH INC Waltham $150,000 10
Sage Therapeutics Inc. Cambridge $1,500,000 100
Shire Human Genetic Therapies, Inc. Lexington $3,000,000 200
Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc. East Walpole $2,058,000 84
TESARO, Inc. Waltham $1,800,000 120
WAVE Life Sciences Cambridge $735,000 49
The Life Sciences Tax Incentive Program was established in 2008 as part of Massachusetts $1 billion Life Sciences Initiative. The program authorizes tax incentives each year for growing companies engaged in life sciences research and development, commercialization and manufacturing. The primary goal of the program is to incentivize life sciences companies of all sizes to create new, long-term jobs in Massachusetts.
The Life Sciences Act provides for 10 different incentives, which address the significant capital expenditures associated with the life sciences R&D cycle and the high costs of translating research into commercially viable products. This is the eighth year that incentives have been provided under the program.
The Tax Incentive Program is jointly administered by the MLSC and the Massachusetts Department of Revenue (DOR), which oversees the technical administration of the incentives. Jobs that are created must be maintained for at least five years. The Tax Incentive Program mandates that awarded companies submit reports and respond to inquiries by the MLSC and DOR regarding employment figures. If a company receiving a tax incentive under the program does not meet and maintain their minimum threshold for job creation, the credit can be recovered by DOR, requiring that the company pay back all or a portion of the tax incentives received.
As of June 30, 2016, 122 companies had active or completed tax incentive awards from prior years, totaling more than $113 million. Those prior awardees have created more than 5,400 new jobs after receiving their tax incentives.
About the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center
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The Tenants 80's pop band
Testament thrash metal band
Thank You Scientist
Them 60s/70s Northern Irish rock band originally feat. Van Morrison
Ian Thomas Canadian singer/songwriter
George Thorogood & The Destroyers feat. Buddy Guy
Billy Thorpe
Billy Thorpe & The Aztecs
Thunder UK hard rock band
Thundermug
Toad the Wet Sprocket US alternative rock band
Tool US progressive metal band
Toto American rock group
Traffic English rock band
The Tragically Hip
Train US pop rock band
Tremonti Band by Mark Tremonti
Triumph Canadian rock band
The Troggs
Trooper Rock band, Canadian
Robin Trower & Jack Bruce
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Santana at House Of Blues - Las Vegas in Las Vegas, NV
Machine Head at House Of Blues - Houston in Houston, TX
Queensryche at Emo's East in Austin, TX
Motionless In White & Beartooth at Webster Hall in New York, NY
Sleeping With Sirens at House Of Blues - Dallas in Dallas, TX
Tool at American Airlines Center in Dallas, TX
Hi How Are You Day: Cage The Elephant, White Denim & Jason Falkner at ACL Live At The Moody Theater in Austin, TX
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Reverend Horton Heat at The Ritz - San Jose in San Jose, CA
Alien Ant Farm at Q-Factory in Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Prong at Markthalle in Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Parkway Drive at Posthalle in Würzburg, Bavaria, Germany
Flogging Molly at Volkshaus in Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland
Elton John & Billy Joel at Fleet Center in Boston, MA, USA


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Generosity sparks healing, hope
by 2krfz | Mar 20, 2019
Once again, the Tri-City area community has demonstrated its generosity and compassion for one of its own.
The devastating fire that claimed the lives of four children in the Whitney-Kelley family, and severely injured both parents and another young child rocked the community to the core. As always, in times of tragedy, area residents came together to help. A variety of local businesses hosted fundraisers in the immediate aftermath, including the Kroger store, and Great Clips located in the Kroger Plaza. A bank account was set up at Lakestone, and a GoFundMe page was created as well. Donations large and small—including a $10,000 donation from the Venture Global Engineering Foundation—began pouring in. Local funeral director Christina Muir-Murphy teamed up with her partners at Muir Brothers Funeral Home in Almont to cover the funeral costs of the four who passed away.
Last weekend, the Imlay City Eagles hosted a fundraiser dinner that drew people from all around the area. The house was packed, and wallets and purses were opened wide. When all was said and done, some $18,000 was raised to help the family as they continue to recover from both their loss and their wounds. Organizers say they were overwhelmed by the outpouring of support for the family, and pleased with the turnout and funds raised to help.
We're not surprised. As always in a time of need, the Tri-City area community comes together to support each other and do what they can to help. We're grateful to be part of such a generous, compassionate community. Our towns may be small, but our hearts are huge. We join in with our neighbors to send best wishes for healing and hope to the Whitney-Kelley family.


It's become de rigeur for marketing teams to be restructured every couple of years, if not more frequently. These restructures can be as simple as a slight re-organization to accommodate the addition of a new capability, or as complicated as a spill that requires everyone to reapply for their job.
There are several factors contributing to this state of flux: the relatively short tenure of many chief marketing officers; the influence that digital transformation at a business level has on marketing teams at the operational level; the changing nature of marketing communications with the evolution of new channels to market; the need to introduce technology to help us all manage our marketing communications; and globalization—to name just a few.
So how are marketing team structures changing, what are the key trends changing the shape of marketing departments, and how can you decide which of them should apply to you?
No one-size-fits-all model has emerged for the modern marketing department. Some companies favor a decentralized approach. Often the marketing function for multi-divisional teams is centralized, with core functions such as data and technology managed centrally.
Hub-and-spoke models are also becoming increasingly common, with core functions remaining centralized, but mirrored at the business unit level, where digital and social marketing team members may pair with brand and product marketers to execute locally.
In recent years, digital teams have moved out of their silos and extended their digital reach across the marketing team at large, sales and marketing have moved closer together and marketing and product have also moved closer together. Now, more than ever, a successful marketing team structure depends on the right technology, communication and governance frameworks to prosper.
Whichever way your marketing team is set up, the winds of change are blowing and are likely to further change and disrupt your organizational structure in the next couple of years. Here are five of the biggest changes we're seeing.
Go back a few years and many marketing teams were not in control of their customer data. Fast-forward to today, and a lot more companies have come to the realization that their marketing needs to be more customer-centric.
To achieve that, data silos are being consolidated into centralized databases often held within marketing, which is charged with being the "insights engine" of the organization.
In concert with this, companies are implementing customer personas and journey mapping and implementing customer-centric marketing programs based on key moments in those journeys, informed by insights generated by marketing.
Two in three marketers now say they are being charged with maintaining the customer experience, as well as marketing to the customer.
This has led to the rise of the chief customer officer, which often takes in the role of marketing.
At some companies, marketing now includes responsibility for customer experience design, which may include the website user experience, call center scripts and processes, form design and numerous other capabilities that may previously have rested with departments such as technology, customer service and product.
No one should doubt the impact of a brilliant creative campaign on a brand or company's health—witness the social media and online sales boost and share price rise that Nike experienced a week after it launched its controversial "Believe in something. Even if it means losing everything" campaign featuring controversial former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick.
Despite that, agencies are a little on the nose as global marketing trend-setters such as Procter & Gamble and Unilever consolidate agency rosters, cut production costs and bring media and digital programmatic buying in house.
Also coming in house are fast-turnaround creative services such as content and social marketing and business-as-usual digital campaigns.
Following on from the in-housing trend—and in some cases, opposing it—is the trend toward offshoring.
It's a brave new world out there and it's no longer uncommon for companies to have digital teams in the Philippines and creative teams in Malaysia—or other labor supply markets.
Particularly when it comes to coding, design and content, the market is global and marketers willing to go the extra mile when it comes to sourcing, briefing and quality control can now buy more bang for their marketing buck.
Some companies are setting up bespoke off-shore divisions to service global marketing teams while others are merely tapping into the many global online freelance marketplaces that have emerged.
Arguably the most disruptive trend affecting marketing team structures is the advent of agile marketing. Often driven by broad-reaching digital transformation programs, agile is becoming popular in the technology and financial services sectors, where the need to work in agile sprints to implement new business systems is upending traditional ways of working.
Marketing team structures in these organizations are being dismantled in favor of nimble, cross-functional teams and a data-driven approach to marketing, which is conducted in short cycles rather than according to a predetermined, long-term plan.
In committed agile marketing teams, it is not only the structure of marketing that changes; the entire cadence of a company's marketing activity may be condensed from quarterly to monthly or fortnightly—if the team is running fortnightly agile "sprints," for example. It not only requires a new mindset—there's a whole new language to pick up as well.
Meanwhile, here are a few key steps for anyone looking to restructure their marketing team.
Understanding the bigger-picture dynamics of change in the market is crucial to developing a flexible, forward-looking structure.
Your current marketing procedures should be mapped to a very granular level. Include interviews with key internal client stakeholders to ensure needs that aren't being met in the current process are accommodated.
Align the process so it delivers on the bigger corporate strategy as well as marketing objectives and pinpoint the areas in which it does not measure up. Remove duplicated processes, confused responsibilities, gaps and bottlenecks.
Design new structures, aligning the new marketing structure to the business strategy. Select the preferred model, being sensitive to cultural fit and the sensitivities of different parts of the business.
Take the current process and future process and map the transition from one to the other.
Communicate why the change is necessary and inspire stakeholders to get on board.
Change is now the one constant in marketing, so making the new structure and the change management process easy to follow and to get behind is critical to the success of your new marketing organizational structure.
Lara Sinclair is head of communications and content for MRM platform Simple and a former journalist for The Australian newspaper, where she covered media, marketing, advertising, technology and startups.


Author takes up Francis Fukuyama's question of whether "feminized" democracies can compete on the global stage.
As Brooks sums up, Fukuyama essentially raised the question: "Will the 'feminized' democracies of the future (call them 'girlie states' in honor of Arnold Schwarzenegger) be any match for states in 'those parts of the world run by young, ambitious, unconstrained men'?" Some don't buy the 'girlie state' paradigm. LAT reader Krystina Barahona wrote, "Not all women are nice. If they make it to high positions in the political system, they have to be fierce. Women can be just as aggressive as men, so I don't think that we'll just be 'girlie states.'" It's a question that isn't exactly new to Broadsheet: Do women lead differently than men? It's an important question to ask, at least philosophically. But more important to this discussion is how women's presence in political or economic spheres affects a society's forward momentum.
Brooks points to two trends: "The first, as Fukuyama suggested, can be seen mainly in the developed West, where women have made great strides toward achieving social, economic and political equality with men." She also points out that "in some historically male sectors, women are outperforming their male peers." The second trend, Brooks says, is found in the developing world: "In some societies, a resurgence of religious extremism is eroding women's gains. And in developing Asian states, where sons have traditionally been valued over daughters, many women are literally being erased from the demographic map." According to Brooks, an overabundance of men means that women will be increasingly pushed into traditional roles, and rates of violence will rise. Ultimately, she says, "disaffected, unattached young males make notoriously good recruiting pools for terrorists and other militant groups."
Her speculation on the future of the developing world might seem almost apocalyptic, but she sees a brighter future for the West. She imagines a future society that -- from this historical perspective -- is certainly hard to envision, one where women rule the roost and men are marginalized. But just as a surplus of men in developing countries spells trouble, so it seems would a surplus of skilled, professional women. As LAT reader Nina Del Rosario wrote, "The world works better when there is a balance of males and females -- yin and yang, not just males." Same would go for the other extreme.


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Government plans death sentence for those blocking Brexit
In a last-minute gambit by Prime Minister Boris Johnson, the government is proposing instituting the death penalty for MP's who vote to block Brexit.
Mr Johnson announced the new measures at a press conference this morning. He told reporters, "I vowed to get Brexit done by 31st October by any means possible, and I meant it.
This is democracy in action. 17.1 million people voted Brexit, so if Brexit means killing a few MP's in the process, then that is the will of the people."
Jacob Rees Mogg, leader of the house, said he supported the death penalty. "There is a parliamentary precedent for this. When I was a boy in the 1820s, we'd send people to the tower for treason if they didn't agree with the PM's policy."
We asked the leaders of all the opposition parties for their thoughts on this. They declined to comment on the grounds it may incriminate them.


Pair of angel wings overlap to form a heart shape. Large width version, 22mm, nearly 1 inch wide. The item "Large Angel Heart Wings Ring with Black, Wings Of Love, 22mm in Sterling Silver" is in sale since Tuesday, May 8, 2018. This item is in the category "Jewelry & Watches\Fashion Jewelry\Rings". The seller is "sziros" and is located in Pompano Beach, Florida. This item can be shipped worldwide.


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Below is a link to three reports for Stubton, made during the judging for the 2018 'Best Kept Village' competition. Stubton was however unsuccessful, but we thought you might like to see the comments and scoring, over 3 separate visits to our village in the Summer/Autumn of 2018.
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The Bastille Day Celebration Luncheon was a great success, with about 40 diners who were waited-on by the Gentlemens' Luncheon Club "Renés", on Saturday 14th July 2018; thanks to all who helped make this such a successful event, with all the monies raised going to charity; and to all those who planned; catered; decorated the outside of the hall, and those who donated prizes for the raffle draw.
Click on René's bicycle picture to see the photos.
to the theme of the Peter Sarstedt song "Where do you go to my lovely?".
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to everyone in our local community.
The Defribrillator is fully operationall; sited in the village phonebox, which has now had a new coat of paint.
and training & maintenance package provided through the Community Heartbeat Trust.
For more information on community defibrillators, click on th link below.
on Saturday 23rd January, with a great evening had by all who attended.
The proceeds, totalling £292 from the event, are to be donated to the Church of St. Martin, Stubton.
The 'improvised gypsy-jazz' group 'maniere des bohemiens' gave a rousing performance at the village hall on Saturday 14th June, enjoyed by a large crowd. Many thanks to Paul and everyone involved in the organising and in bar duty.


Established in 2004, Beirut Waterfront Development S.A.L is responsible for the overall development and management of Zaitunay Bay and Le Yacht Club-Beirut.
Zaitunay Bay is Beirut's top leisure and entertainment destination, with numerous restaurants and coffee shops for you to discover. It transcends the national borders to exceed all visitor's expectations and further polish Lebanon's image.
Le Yacht Club-Beirut is the premier seaside destination for luxury living and recreation in Lebanon, catering exclusively to the region's cultural and social elite.