The successful marketing of a home, like that of any good or service, is a multi-faceted process that requires proper planning and execution to be successful. Marketing a property for sale is more than just yard signs and MLS listings. In fact, marketing also includes: home preparation, pricing, presentation, and even negotiation, as well as strategic advertising and networking. All these activities are undertaken with one aim: to maximize your home's market exposure, and with it, produce showings and offers that will result in the sale of your property.
We've got the knowledge, expertise, and resources to implement a plan that will ultimately get your home SOLD for top dollar. We've broken down the types of advertising we use to get your home sold into two categories: advanced marketing and traditional marketing. Keep in mind, these are only some of the marketing strategies used to get your home sold, but they should give you an idea of the lengths we go to promote your property. The strategies covered on this page, as well as many others, are truly what it takes to successfully sell your home in today's competitive, and technologically advanced, real estate market.
Internet exposure is key in today's real estate market. With so many buyers now conducting their home search online, casting a wide net ensures your property gets in front of the buyers that need to see it. Sure, any company can put your home on the MLS and other real estate websites, but do they actively advertise your home on those sites to help it stand out?
Our advanced internet marketing techniques ensure your home gets more hits, has better placement, and looks better than the competition. We've got upgraded accounts on the top real estate search websites, which gives your home prominent placement above the competition. Your home also gets promoted through multiple social networking channels, putting your property in front of thousands of additional buyers.
Photos could be the single most important marketing tool your home will have while it's on the market. Your listing photos will likely determine whether or not buyers will even consider visiting your home. This is why we invest so much time, energy, and money into making sure your home looks great in each and every photo. We take the time to precisely compose each shot, maximize it for color, contrast, and clarity, and then upload it to the MLS.
We also display your photos in a custom designed, responsive photo gallery. Because MLS photos are resized and compressed after being uploaded, the quality can be diminished greatly. Our HD slideshow tours ensure your home will look its best on any device.
We've had listings that received thousands of views on YouTube, giving them tons of additional exposure you won't find elsewhere. Video tours also provide a professional way to give buyers a full tour of your home, from the convenience of theirs. A custom video tour with photo transitions and background music is created for each of our listings and is posted to the number two search engine in the world, YouTube.
The MetroAtlantaHome YouTube channel is one of the most popular real estate related YouTube channels in the Atlanta area, and has received more than 85,000 views. Your home tour will receive additional exposure on this channel and will be shared with thousands of our contacts on other social media channels, as well.
Not just social anymore, many of these sites are very powerful tools for business, especially for real estate. We use the most popular social networks to further increase the exposure of your home by posting upcoming open house dates, video tours and listing information to social media websites like Facebook, Linkedin, YouTube, Twitter, and Google Plus.
By marketing your property to multiple networks of targeted consumers, your home will instantly be exposed to thousands of local people who may be in the market for a home like yours... or know somebody who is. If you haven't joined us online, take a moment to connect with us and become a part of Atlanta's top real estate network.
For each listing, we create a dedicated property website with an easy to remember domain name (ex: www.1234YourHomeAddress.com). This gives potential buyers an easy way to find your home online and increases direct buyer traffic to your listing. In addition, your home's custom website is also included on all your marketing collateral, so your home's listing information and photos can easily be found.
Whether they're on a computer or a mobile device, potential buyers will get access your listing information, photos, maps, virtual tours, and can schedule a showing or request more information. Everything's on one site, and all inquiries come directly to our team. Your listing is also optimized for mobile traffic using the latest responsive design and enhanced search engine targeting.
It seems as though agents have been listing homes on the MLS since the beginning of time. The MLS is typically where most real estate listings start, then things go from there. Atlanta is unique in that we have two major MLS providers (FMLS & GAMLS) serving the metro area. Because the costs associated with being a member can be high, many agents only post their listings on one MLS or the other, to cut costs. Not us. We're a member of FMLS & GAMLS, and we post our listings on both services to maximize exposure.
There are also many challenges when trying to integrate listings from both MLS services on one website. Two data feeds can cause inaccuracies and listing duplication, a common problem when searching third party listing syndication portals. Either way, we highly recommend placing listings on both MLS services to reach the largest pool of potential buyers.
Yard signs and directional signs are still a major source of traffic from buyers, and can be much more than just a static source of information. Our signs feature multiple points of contact for potential buyers, so they've always got a way to get more information on your home. Most importantly, they can easily reach us by phone to schedule a showing.
Yard signs also feature a rider with your home's custom website address (ex: www.1234YourSt.com), plus a QR Code sign or traditional flyer box for additional listing information. Since our name and contact number is featured prominently on the sign, buyers will contact us directly to see the property, not go through a mess of office extensions and voicemails, like you'll typically find.
High quality postcards are a great way to announce a property is for sale to neighbors, as well as those renting in your area. We like to use them to announce a new listing and invite neighbors over to an open house. You never know when a neighbor has a friend, family member or coworker they know looking for a nice home in the area. They may be able to sell that person on the neighborhood before they even see your home!
Our postcards are custom designed for each listing and mail merged with property records in the neighborhood. Typically, we do about 300-500 postcards to households in the surrounding area. We'll also include apartment complexes in my mailing, if they're nearby.
Professionally designed, these listing flyers highlight the top features of your home with beautiful photos and full property details. Flyers are still a great way to reach drive-by buyers, and provide visitors with something to take with them after seeing your home. We provide enough flyers to keep a handful inside and plenty outside (in your flyer box) for potential drive-by buyers.
Our two-sided, full color flyers, are printed on thick glossy paper and highlight all the best features of your home. They're locally printed using only the highest quality printers for a truly professional look and feel. Although these flyers aren't cheap, they're definitely worth the investment.
You never know who you're going to meet at an open house. Whoever follows the trail of directional signs and spots the balloons may turn up at the door! While the open house is a traditional way to get buyers in the door, Metro Atlanta Home Group open houses aren't your garden variety open house. We put on one of the biggest open house promotions in the city, and advertise our open house "events" in conjunction with the Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Metro Brokers Super Sunday open house.
With more buyers turning to the internet to begin their search, many stumble across open house advertisements while browsing homes in a location of interest. Our open houses are always at the top of buyers' lists, especially when they know they can also register for a $1,000 giveaway.
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Is there a more prolific genre of music in terms of cross-pollination and the creation of musical collaborations away from musicians' main creative outlets than that of progressive rock? It is almost as inexorable as the tide, of night into day and the turning of the seasons that we are presented with yet another album that is the work of a new blend of talent and creativity. I for one am not complaining and hope that the trend continues for the foreseeable future, especially if the outcome is as good as the one that I am faced with here.
This project, or band, depending on how you view it, goes by the moniker of The Sea Within and even by the lofty standards of progressive rock, this is a mouth-watering prospect of huge potential. On paper, the assembled artists are a veritable who's who of some of the best that the genre has to offer in the modern age. When the list of bands with which the individuals have been involved includes the likes of The Flower Kings, Steven Wilson, Karmakanic, Joe Satriani, Yes, Transatlantic and The Aristocrats, you can't help but sit up and take notice.
The Sea Within was conceived around 2016 by Roine Stolt, who professed to the boss of InsideOut, Thomas Waber, a desire to put together a new band, something fresh and exciting. In no time at all, bassist Jonas Reingold was recruited, followed by keyboardist Tom Brislin (Yes, Camel), drummer Marco Minneman (The Aristocrats, Steven Wilson) and vocalist Daniel Gildenlöw of Pain Of salvation fame. Add to the mix a further vocalist and live guitarist Casey McPherson (Flying Colors) and you can begin to understand the excitement around The Sea Within.
The best thing about this album however, is that it really does live up to the hype, the expectation and the excitement that surrounded it from the moment that the announcements were first made. Up until now, I had fully expected their label mates Spock's Beard to run away with the accolades of 'best progressive rock' album of the first half of 2018 at least. However, 'The Sea Within' has done its best to make me rethink this assumption. And, along the way, it has provided a huge amount of enjoyment in the process.
I think that, having spent plenty of time with this record, its magic lies in the way in which the music sounds varied and technical, whilst delivering a warmth and sense of melody that is impossible to ignore. It encompasses the old and the new almost effortlessly too, which is no mean feat.
Some of the compositions may stray into strange and unexpected realms but they are always underpinned by something memorable and, in many cases, catchy. And the more I listen, the more I hear and the more I connect with the music. As the press release states, this album benefits from a myriad of different influences, from all-out jazz noodling, to pop, to harder, more aggressive rock/metal via the more classic progressive rock sounds and textures.
By the same token, I cannot shake the feeling that there is a darker, slightly more sombre feel to much of the material too. Sometimes, progressive rock can suffer from being too jolly and a little too twee, all sweetness and light. That isn't the case with The Sea Within, certainly within the first few songs in particular.
There are no better songs to illustrate my point than the opening duo of 'Ashes Of Dawn' and 'They Know My Name'. The former starts the album off with a strong, uncompromising core dominated by authoritative drumming and an angry, forceful riff that raised an eyebrow when I first heard it. Daniel Gildenlöw is at his melodic best, albeit with a subtle, sinister edge. The flow between light and shade is smooth and intelligent but I like the way that the extra power is never far away. If truth be told, I've yet to warm to the full-on jazz unruliness towards the end of the track that boasts a guest appearance from Rob Townsend (Steve Hackett). However, I know that's just me and my own personal prejudices and even so, the drumming that sits underneath is rather delicious. Otherwise, the track does not put a foot wrong and it's a big statement of intent to kick things off.
The latter of the opening duo is introduced via a sombre piano melody quickly overlaid by Gildenlöw's plaintive approach. It has a subdued, almost sad vibe that eventually gives way to an interesting chorus melody that sounds more upbeat whilst simultaneously maintaining the downcast, melancholy sheen. The emotional textures throughout this song are marvellous, culminating in a stirring lead guitar solo alongside flamboyant rhythmic work and sumptuous synths to close this gorgeous composition. This is definitely a personal favourite.
To continue the theme, 'The Void' is another slow-burner, full of depth and emotion as it gently leads you through its myriad delights from a bold synth solo paying homage to a prog rock past, to yet more exuberant lead guitar work, to passages of minimalist introspection brought to life by a magnetic performance from Gildenlöw.
By contrast, 'An Eye For An Eye For An Eye' is a bright and breezy up-tempo number for the most part that is infectious. However, there's still room for things to turn introspective and moody. The soulful guitar solo that slowly segues into full-on piano-led smooth jazz territory demonstrates perfectly the adeptness of the song writing as well as the collective ambition, not to mention the talent of the band.
The funky, groovy 'Goodbye' is the first of two tracks led by the voice of Casey McPherson, and he undeniably brings a new dimension to what has gone before, emphasised via one of the more straightforward and immediate choruses on this record.
At over 14 minutes, 'Broken Cord' is the most expansive composition on the record. It is also one of the more ear-catching tracks insofar as it dives headlong into brazen pop territory at times, before then veering off into more intense minimalist soundscapes. Given its length, you'll perhaps be unsurprised to learn that there is plenty of room for some extended instrumental passages, but these maintain the listeners interest with some great performances, including some forceful double-pedal drumming from Minneman, that appeals to my more extreme tastes. I absolutely adore the last few minutes in particular however, that flits between quiet, understated material and something altogether more anthemic and rousing.
Rounding out this debut is 'The Hiding Of Truth', the second McPherson song which again makes the full use of his mellifluous voice. The piano tinkles and ripples, the acoustic guitar is rich and inviting and the bass of Reingold is as flamboyant as ever, joyously refusing to hide in the shadows. And the melodies? Well, they are as compelling as ever and it's a wonderful conclusion to an equally wonderful record.
If you go for the limited edition of this album, you're also treated to a bonus disc of a further half-hour of music that easily maintains the quality of the main disc. Within the four tracks is 'Where Are You Going' that will steal most of the headlines as it features the iconic voice of Yes' Jon Anderson, albeit in a supporting role.
I just hope that 'The Sea Within' is not a one-off, an experiment that is never again to be repeated. The results are too good for The Sea Within to be a one album wonder; the genre of progressive rock needs more of this kind of quality and it'd be a travesty were this not to be followed-up in the fullness of time. For now though, I am content to just lie back, relax and listen to 'The Sea Within', enjoying the fact that we have it in our lives at all. The race for the best progressive rock album of 2018 just got very interesting indeed.


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Fuller, Andrew perhaps the most eminent and influential of Baptist theologians, was born February 6, 1754, at Wicken, Cambridgeshire, England. His opportunities for education were scanty, and his subsequent attainments as a theologian resulted from the activity of a mind naturally vigorous working earnestly on no very ample materials. He was baptized in 1770, began preaching in 1774, and in 1775 became pastor of a church in Soham. His doctrinal system at this time was unsettled. The prevailing type of opinion then prevalent among the Baptists was an exorbitant Calvinism, verging to an Antinomian and fatalistic extreme. It was deemed necessary to a consistent orthodoxy for a preacher to avoid offering freely to all men the invitation of the Gospel. Dr. Gill (q.v.) was the standard of doctrinal soundness. Fuller states that Gill and Bunyan were authors to whom he was much indebted. He gradually found that they did not agree, and still more was he impressed with the practical difference between the accepted teaching and the New Testament. In 1776 he became acquainted with Messrs. Ryland and Sutcliffe, names to be afterwards honorably associated with his in the foreign missionary work. The works of the New England theologians, particularly Edwards and Bellamy, confirmed him in the views to which his ftind had been tending. The change in the spirit of his preaching awakened violent opposition. His congregation, however, increased, and the effects of his doctrine confirmed his faith in it. In 1782 he removed to Kettering, which was the scene of his labors to the close of life. Here, in 1784, he gave deliberate expression to his views in the treatise, The Gospel worthy of all Acceptation. In the same year he concerted with his friend Sutcliffe a meeting for united prayer for the revival of religion and the conversion of the world — the origin of the "Monthly Concert." Out of these counsels grew the missionary movement under the leadership of Carey (q.v.), in which, as secretary of the Baptist Missionary Society, Mr. Fuller bore a laborious and responsible part. In 1793 appeared his celebrated treatise, The Calvinistic and Socinian Systems compared. Princeton College in 1795, and Yale in 1805, conferred upon him the degree of D.D., which he modestly declined. He died May 7, 1815. His other works are, 3. The Gospel its own Witness (1800): — 4. Dialogues, Essays, and Letters: — 5. Exposition of Genesis: — 6. The Great Question answered (1806): — 7. Strictures on Sandemanianism (1809): — 8. Sermons on various Subjects: — 9. Exposition of the Revelation: — 10. Letters on Communion (1815). His writings are marked by solid force of reasoning, plainness and simplicity of statement, and an ingenuous candor. In reference to his unaffected style, he has been called "the Franklin of theology." Without the opportunity to become a critical student of the Scriptures, he is a better Biblical theologian than many whose scholarship he could not aspire to. For his theological position, see the article CALVINISM SEE CALVINISM. — Works, with Life prefixed, 5 volumes, London, 1831; also 1853 imp. 8vo; more complete edition, edited by Belcher, 3 volumes, Philadel. (L.E.S.)
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Agenda: The Park District is requesting to subdivide land for a family recreation area and change the zoning for a day use park and golf course in west Minot.The commission will consider other subdivision requests and a zone change from multiple residential to commercial for business development in the 600 block of North Broadway, extending west to Third Street. The commission will hold a public hearing on a zoning ordinance change related to display of inventory on outdoor lots.
How to make your opinion known: Meetings are open to the public. Commission members are Jon Hanson, Todd Wegenast, Wallace Berning, Jody Bullinger, Todd Koop, Timothy Keller, Bob Wetzler, Randy Bartsch, Charles DeMakis, Jynette Larshus, Justin Hochhalter, Boyd Sivertson and Dustin Offerdahl.


A "Guardians of the Galaxy" roller coaster is coming soon.
Disney's touting its new "Guardians of the Galaxy" roller coaster as a unique storytelling experience that's one of the largest in the world.
The immersive roller coaster will reportedly orientate riders through an up-close adventure featuring beloved "Guardians" characters.
There's still no scheduled opening date for this ride.
Disney World is turning your idea of a roller coaster on its side — somewhat literally.
Details revealed at IAAPA Attractions Expo 2018 confirm Disney's new Guardians of the Galaxy coaster won't just set Walt Disney World records for its size, but break innovative boundaries for all rides.
Touted as a one-of-a-kind experience, the forthcoming Marvel adventure at Walt Disney World will be a "storytelling coaster." That means it isn't a thrill ride like Space Mountain or a dark ride like Frozen Ever After, but a hybrid of both.
Disney's preliminary plans for the new "Guardians" coaster.
Each four-seat ride vehicle will be programmed to orientate riders towards different things happening throughout the experience, all while dipping, tilting and whooshing past on its track. Disney rides are known for telling "stories", like Expedition Everest or Pirates of the Caribbean, but this appears to go one step further, all but ensuring guests get up close with Star-Lord, Gamora, Rocket and the gang in an immersive world packed with thrills.
This new Marvel experience is shaping up to be most similar to Crush's Coaster, a fan favorite at Disneyland Paris' Walt Disney Studios Park, but with a technological edge and storytelling capability far beyond any other Disney coaster vehicle.
Disney's new Marvel coaster currently has no specific opening date, but will welcome its first guests in 2021 as part of Walt Disney World's 50th Anniversary celebrations.
Florida's new Guardians of the Galaxy ride is only one of the many Marvel experiences opening around the world in the coming years. Disney California Adventure, Disneyland Paris and Hong Kong Disneyland will all be opening new experiences themed to Ant Man, Spider-Man, The Avengers, Iron Man and more, bringing the famed blockbuster movies to your vacation in more ways than ever before.


collusion in online poker - who'd have thought of that??
It's amazing that some people are naive enough to bet or play poker without thinking somebody else has more information than them. For sports betting, it's a fact of life - unless you should actually be banned from betting because of access to insider info, then there will always be somebody who knows more than you, usually because they have done more homework, or have access to wider sources of news.
In poker, you are betting against blank faces online. Who knows what they are up to? And, as proven in every form of life where prizes are involved, there will be crooked people out there trying to get ahead by cheating. It's easy enough to track IP addresses, money trails etc, but it will be nigh on impossible to catch players colluding over instant messenger, if they aren't stupid enough to do it again and again.
Can the world of online poker chase out the cheats?
The problem for the authorities and the gaming companies is that it is virtually impossible to prevent collusion like this, because players can share information about their hands via the phone or internet messenger without being detected.
Cheating is usually only discovered by the poker companies retrospectively when security experts establish regular patterns of behaviour involving the same players, although software is also used to flag up suspicious plays.
While most online poker games are safe, the scope for fraud is considerable, and the rapid growth of the online poker industry has left some companies struggling to keep on top of security issues.
The moral of the story - always keep your eyes and ears open, and if you suspect something is wrong, vote with your feet - go elsewhere for your gambling pleasure. (And complain if you believe you have a valid case).


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Ericsson's Kallay to Chair USCIB Competition Committee
Dina Kallay
New York, N.Y, February 15, 2018 – A telecommunications industry executive has been tapped to spearhead a top U.S. business group's work on global antitrust policy. The United States Council for International Business (USCIB) has announced that Dina Kallay, head of antitrust (IPR, Americas & Asia-Pacific) at Ericsson, a leading global supplier of telecommunications equipment and services, will chair its Competition Committee.
USCIB, whose member include hundreds of America's most competitive global companies, represents private-sector views to governments and policy makers worldwide. It does so via its affiliations with global business groups to focus especially on the work of the International Competition Network (ICN) and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
"We are delighted that Dina Kallay will lend her expertise and industry leadership to our work on global competition and antitrust policy," said USCIB President and CEO Peter M. Robinson. "As the U.S. continues to look to the ICN and OECD to foster international convergence and cooperation on competition law, including the coordination of cartel enforcement, we intend to serve as an even stronger voice for business in these forums."
Prior to joining Ericsson in 2013, Kallay served as counsel at the U.S. Federal Trade Commission's Office of International Affairs, where she focused on Asian and multilateral competition matters as well as on worldwide antitrust intellectual property matters. She previously worked at the European Commission's antitrust agency (DG COMP), and practiced antitrust and intellectual property law at a number of law firms, most recently at Howrey LLP. Kallay is vice chair of the American Bar Association's Section of Antitrust Law I.P. Committee and a non-governmental advisor to the International Competition Network. She also serves as an adjunct professor at Georgetown Law School.
The USCIB Competition Committee promotes international legal policies that favor an open and competitive environment for U.S. business. The committee monitors global competition developments and contributes industry's perspective through USCIB's global network.
About USCIB:
USCIB promotes open markets, competitiveness and innovation, sustainable development and corporate responsibility, supported by international engagement and regulatory coherence. Its members include U.S.-based global companies and professional services firms from every sector of our economy, with operations in every region of the world. With a unique global network encompassing the International Chamber of Commerce, the International Organization of Employers and Business at OECD, USCIB provides business views to policy makers and regulatory authorities worldwide, and works to facilitate international trade and investment. More information is available at www.uscib.org.
Jonathan Huneke, USCIB
+1 917 420 0039, jhuneke@uscib.org
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Do you have the fiber and total carb count? 6 net seems a little high for a keto plan of 20 carbs a day.
Does this have an eggy consistency?
Sounds great! Can you explain what to do with the cream cheese mixture? It says pour over blueberries, but in the photo the blueberries are in the cake. Are you saying to make a topping for after the cake is baked or is it inside? I may have missed that in the recipe. THANKS!
The blueberries sink down into the cake as it cooks, I'm guessing.
I made this and it was delicious! It wasn't "eggy" at all. Yes, I poured it over the blueberries. The first layer is thick and the berries sit on top of it. Somehow, they blend in well when it's done. I did think it was a little time consuming with all the ingredients and all the layers. However, it totally satisfied my carb craving! 6 grams seems like a lot but a 3"x3" piece is very big! I didn't have a 9×9 pan so I used an 8×8 and I had to cook it about 5 minutes longer. I will definitely make this again! Thanks!
Did you use granular or confectioners Swerve?
This recipe was delicious! Thank you so much. Love having something new in my keto arsenal to satisfy those cravings.


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Resources for Service providers
Service providers, such as consultants, assist governments and the private sector to design their programmes or projects in ways that respect international standards.
Creating a system to record tenure rights and first registration
This guide addresses the recording of tenure rights with the particular focus on creating a new system to record rights and recording rights in a system for the first time. It addresses the cases where the most appropriate approach is to create a new system to record those rights, and it provides practical advice on how rights can be recorded for the first time. This guide is accompanied by another guide that focuses on a different aspect of recording tenure rights: improving existing ways to record rights (Improving ways to record tenure rights).
Environmental Monitoring System - Training Manual
This training manual is designed to give those responsible for undertaking environmental impact assessments the skills and knowledge to conduct environmental monitoring for large-scale commercial farming. It proposes a variety of tools such as exercises and proactive learning, as well as presents key elements of Environmental Monitoring.
Guide to due diligence of agribusiness projects that affect land and property rights
This guide aims to help all stakeholders and companies who have a link with investments that affect land and property rights apply due diligence in their operations. It will provide them with guidance to better monitor compliance with the recently adopted Voluntary Guidelines, but also with other relevant instruments such as the Principles for Responsible Investment in Agriculture and Food Systems, and thereby address concerns among rural communities and civil society groups that investments in partner countries are sustainable, that the added value they generate is shared equitably between the farmers and enterprises involved, and local land and property rights are respected.
Improving ways to record tenure rights
This guide is about making the recording or registration of tenure rights more relevant to people who hold those tenure rights, and particularly to people who are currently poorly served by systems to record or register tenure rights. It provides practical advice on ways to improve the recording of tenure rights, including by addressing barriers that prevent people from using recording systems
Integrating human rights into environmental, social and health impact assessments - A practical guide for the oil and gas industry
This Guide describes how human rights should be integrated into environmental, social and health impact assessments (ESHIAs). It provides an introduction to human rights and their relevance to the activities of the oil and gas industry, and briefly describes why it is important for the oil and gas industry to consider the impact that its projects and activities have on human rights.


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Security Failure? BP Gas Station Shooting in Baltimore, MD Fatally Injures One Man.
BP Gas Station Shooting in Baltimore, MD Fatally Injures One Man. (WMAR2news.com)
Did negligent security contribute to this shooting and are justice and compensation available to the victim's family? Read Our Legal Take below to find out what legal options are available.
Gunfire erupted Wednesday evening, June 22, 2022 at a Baltimore, MD gas station leaving one man dead.
As reported by FoxBaltimore.com, "[o]fficers were called around 7:30 p.m. Wednesday to the BP Gas Station in the 1900 block of Belair Road after a report of a shooting. There, officers found the 29-year-old victim who had been shot multiple times."
WMAR2news.com is reporting, "[t]he man was taken to Johns Hopkins Hospital where he was pronounced dead."
The shooting investigation is ongoing.
Gas Station and convenience store patrons have a right to feel safe and secure while on the premises they are visiting. The level of security provided at the property is of significance, and is a relevant consideration when analyzing whether this shooting may have been prevented. The following questions are also important in assessing whether this incident may have been avoided:
Have there been prior incidents of violence on or near the property?
What security measures, such as monitored surveillance cameras, clear windows, and visible security personnel, were in place to deter crime and protect the victim at the time of the shooting?
Was there any suspicious people or activity on the property prior to the shooting?
Property owners are generally required to protect against foreseeable harm to anyone and everyone legally on the premises. Should the investigation into this incident reveal facts that establish that the property owner or management lacked adequate security to protect its visitors, the family of the deceased victim may seek justice and elect to pursue legal claims and substantial compensation for their loss.
The Murray Law Firm has extensive and successful experience in handling security negligence claims on behalf of victims and their families, and suggests that an immediate, unbiased inspection of the property will need to be performed so as to limit evidence from being altered, damaged or destroyed. The complexities of pursuing a negligent security case are well understood by the legal team at The Murray Law Firm, and it is imperative that the family of the deceased victim retain a capable law firm who will work without delay to protect their interests.
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Security Negligence? BP Gas Station Shooting in St. Louis, MO Leaves One Woman Injured.
BP Gas Station Shooting in St. Louis, MO Leaves One Woman Injured. (Fox2Now.com)
Did negligent security contribute to this shooting and are justice and compensation available to the victim? Read Our Legal Take below to find out what legal options are available.
Gunfire erupted early Thursday morning, April 1, 2021 at a St. Louis, Missouri gas station leaving one woman injured.
As reported by Fox2Now.com, "[a] woman was shot at a BP gas station off of South Florissant Road in the Cool Valley neighborhood at about 5:30 a.m. Thursday."
According to the report, "[t]he woman was taken to an area hospital."
Property owners are generally required to protect against foreseeable harm to anyone and everyone legally on the premises. Should the investigation into this incident reveal facts that establish that the property owner or management lacked adequate security to protect its visitors, the victim may seek justice and elect to pursue legal claims and substantial compensation for her injuries.
The Murray Law Firm has extensive and successful experience in handling security negligence claims on behalf of victims and their families, and suggests that an immediate, unbiased inspection of the property will need to be performed so as to limit evidence from being altered, damaged or destroyed. The complexities of pursuing a negligent security case are well understood by the legal team at The Murray Law Firm, and it is imperative that the victim retain a capable law firm who will work without delay to protect her interests.
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Waldorf Hilton
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Cartwright Hall
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Whitechapel Gallery
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The Ritz London Hotel
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Royal Insurance Building, Liverpool
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Blythe House
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In this post, I want to demonstrate how to visualize a network with scores. I'm using Cytoscape 2.8 on Ubuntu 12.
First, the network will be read from a SIF file which is default format of Cytoscape for networks. But, to have scores of edges in the network, this SIF file will be different. This SIF file has 4 columns: parent node, relation, child node and score. These columns will be named not to confuse us during visualization. Below, you can find an example.
Then, we click on "Import".
To have a better look of imported network, we can use "Force-directed layout" option. To change the visualization, we go to VizMapper tab of Control Panel on the left. From the list, we select mappings we want to change. Every change will be seen on the next side.
In VizMapper, for each mapping, we define the attribute, and mapping type. Attributes are the columns that we provide in SIF file. There are three mapping types: Continuous, passthrough and discrete mapper. Continuous mapper is used for numbers and provides some kind of gradient look for the mapping. For example, in the example below, edge thickness is done using this option and width is determined by its score. Passthrough mapper puts directly what each row has according to the attribute. Examples are edge scores as edge labels and node names as node labels. In discrete mapper, we select different options for different elements. For example, there are only two relation types and I want "inhibition" (-1) relation to have red colored edge with T-shaped end and "activating" (1) relation to have green colored edge with arrow-shaped end.
Also, we change "Defaults" from Control Panel for node color, font size, background color.
Below, you can see the result for this network.
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Connected Fleets
Autonomous Technology
Fleet Management as a Service
What a Connected Fleet Means to Avis (and Car Rental)
Auto Focus • February 14, 2018 • by Chris Brown
Within three model years, automakers such as Ford pledge that 90% of new models will be connected. (Photo via Safercar.gov)
All vehicles will be connected someday — to their owners, each other, and the amorphous, all-powerful "grid." This connectivity will revolutionize transportation, even though we won't yet grasp its full impact until we're well past full connectivity.
For auto rental, a milestone on this journey is Avis Budget Group's announcement to connect 50,000 rental units with telematics technology. To be sure, car rental companies have been using telematics to track fleet vehicles for years, and the technology is inherent in carsharing models, including Avis subsidiary Zipcar. Yet this initiative is noteworthy in its scale — to create a global car rental fleet, says Arthur Orduna, Avis Budget Group's chief innovation officer.
He says the goal, however, is not to explode the traditional car rental model tomorrow, but rather guide its evolution into a continually refined user experience.
The changes will happen incrementally, from the low-hanging fruit of applications available today to the big picture of a connected future. "The 'tip of the tip' of the iceberg is self-service and counter bypass," Orduna says. "What we're talking about is a data-driven ecosystem."
How does a connected fleet manifest in the near future?
The Avis connectivity model provides real-time location, odometer readings, and fuel measurement, engine diagnostics, and remote vehicle access. It also provides a way to communicate with the renter.
The technology would allow the digitally authenticated renter to switch or upgrade to a specific car while on the runway, bypass the counter, and then bypass the parking lot checkout kiosk. "This builds on what we provide today to our Avis Preferred customers and (those using) the Avis Now app," Orduna says.
Shortening vehicle pickup and drop-off times and sidestepping long counter lines — a CSI backbreaker — would free up Avis personnel to act more as ambassadors, Orduna says.
Without traditional over-the-counter interaction, some worry that sales of ancillary products and services would slip. While Avis is learning how those sales will translate into the digital realm, the real opportunity is to leverage communication with the renter during the actual rental.
"A connected experience creates new categories of ancillary services that are accessed, transacted, and fulfilled as part of the digital ecosystem," Orduna says.
Obvious opportunities lie in location-based services, such as connecting the renter to tourist attractions or the highest-rated boutique coffee shop based on their "geo-fences."
Rental contract information and location could be mashed with fuel level to notify renters of a discount from a nearby fuel provider, along with turn-by-turn directions. If the renter is about to turn in the car, the reminder could also help avoid a refueling fee.
In a truly connected environment, the vehicle connects not only with retailers but also a city's public services to warn of construction or places to avoid. "We can start mixing all of those together," Orduna says. "That's really powerful."
Internally, a connected, geo-located fleet allows for better fleet management — anticipating fleet needs at a certain location and using the data, in aggregate, to pinpoint services and price accordingly.
Looking out further, many uses aren't yet known. That's okay; the point today is being ready to take advantage. "(The technology) gives us the flexibility to experiment to see how this will evolve, and understand how these digital on-demand services will be consumed," Orduna says.
This constantly evolving path may end up with a large percentage of traditional car rental fleets morphing into a free-floating, carsharing model, such as car2go and Zipcar Flex in London. Yet the immediate goal is to better manage the fleet and improve the user experience. With that, greater loyalty and new revenue opportunities will follow.
"We want the customer to say, 'wow, that was really cool, that was really convenient,'" Orduna says.
Originally posted on Business Fleet
Chris Brown is the executive editor of Business Fleet, Auto Rental News and Fleet Forward. Through these publications and related trade events, Chris covers all aspects of the fleet world, including fleet management, the new mobility ecosystem, manufacturer fleet activities, the fleet leasing industry, vehicle remarketing, and rental industry news.
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How Camilla is paving her own path as Queen Consort
Monterey Park shooter didn't know victims: sheriff
Haiti cannot beat gangs without international force: UN
Just a few months into her husband's reign, Queen Consort Camilla is already putting her own personal stamp on the job, says CTV News royal commentator Richard Berthelsen.
On Nov. 29, the Queen Consort hosted a reception at Buckingham Palace to raise awareness around violence against women and girls. Domestic violence is just one of the "gritty issues" Camilla has spoken about publicly, focusing her advocacy on lending support to victims, Berthelsen said.
"For her to have hosted that particular reception … was quite remarkable and it's not the sort of thing the palace has been doing for a while," Berthelsen told CTVNews.ca in a telephone interview on Monday. "It's a real marked change from the past."
This level of advocacy around complex social justice issues has not typically been exercised by past members of the Royal Family who were in a similar position, Berthelsen said. This includes Queen Elizabeth II's husband, Prince Philip.
"We haven't seen this from someone in that position," Berthelsen said. "For someone … at the top of the royal pyramid, it's very significant to take on those kinds of issues."
Prince Philip had a strong interest in matters of the environment, industry and engineering. He was unlikely to take on social justice issues in the same way Camilla has, with such a hands-on approach, Berthelsen said. While he would engage with organizations focused on these topics, these engagements would often take place outside of royal residences such as Buckingham Palace, he said.
Other members of the Royal Family, such as Diana, Princess of Wales, have also raised awareness around serious topics such as HIV/AIDS and the destigmatization of the condition.
In addition to domestic violence, the Queen Consort has also spoken publicly about health conditions such as osteoporosis, which claimed the lives of her mother and grandmother, as well as children's literacy.
"Her interests are … topical and of relevance to people living right now," Berthelsen said. "And these are things that are important to her."
In addition to paving her own path through the causes she champions, the Queen Consort has also stepped away from royal tradition by deciding not to appoint ladies in waiting. A Queen or Queen Consort's lady in waiting acts as a personal assistant, helping with day-to-day tasks such as responding to letters and greeting guests at official events.
These women are friends of the Queen Consort, and were likely chosen based on their closeness to Camilla and overall willingness to take on the role, Berthelsen said.
Instead, Camilla has appointed six "Queen's companions." The role is meant to be similar to a traditional lady in waiting, but will not be as extensive, Berthelsen said. The "companions" will likely be in attendance less frequently than Queen Elizabeth II's ladies in waiting while still accompanying her on the odd royal engagement, he said.
"She's trying to move in a different direction [by] giving them less onerous responsibilities," Berthelsen said. "It's a much less committed role … and so that expands the number of people that can be a part of it, I think that's what her thinking is."
The acceptance of Queen Consort Camilla by the British public has increased significantly over the years, Berthelsen said. According to royal commentator Afua Hagan, Camilla's public relations team has played a crucial role in helping her build a more favourable public image after facing criticism over they way she and Charles treated Diana.
"In this massive PR push Camilla has come across and charming and fun," writes Hagan in an opinion column for CTVNews.ca. "She's been repackaged as everything from the ultimate grandma, to a glam-ma, to [King] Charles' 'strength and stay.'"
These latest decisions made by the Queen Consort as she continues to settle into her new role are less about modernizing the monarchy and more about leaving her personal mark on the job, Berthelsen said.
"I'm sure it's an adjustment for everyone but I think that people are happy to give her this chance," he said. "She wants to do things in her own way."
Camilla is likely to continue to put her personal touch on future engagements hosted at royal households, Berthelsen said. This includes adding her input on how the palaces should be decorated, and the kind of food and drinks that should be served.
Unlike his father before him, Charles is also expected to play an active role as host now that he is King. This has already begun to take shape, as witnessed at a state banquet at Buckingham Palace on Nov. 22. In welcoming South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, the King used sustainable flowers from the palace garden rather than importing flowers from around the world.
King Charles and Camilla, Queen Consort, are likely to act together as royal host and hostess going forward.
"They'll share that role in a way that [Queen Elizabeth II] did not."
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Afghan Veteran Sets Record Straight
Tue 6:47 am +00:00, 24 Aug 2021
In a recent MSNBC interview, Matt Zeller, a former first lieutenant in the Afghan war, former Afghan Security Forces adviser and cofounder of a veteran's organization called No One Left Behind, also accused President Biden of telling "a bold-faced lie."
According to Zeller, the U.S. military certainly has not planned for every contingency, as Biden claims, and the White House has repeatedly rejected plans for the safe and orderly evacuation of American personnel and wartime allies.
"I'm appalled [Biden] thinks we only need to take [out] 2,000 people," Zeller says. "There are 86,000 people currently left behind in Afghanistan and we've identified all of them for the government."
Are We Being Lied to About COVID Too?
By now you may be wondering where I'm going with this. After all, I'm not known for my political commentary. My point is this: If the U.S. government routinely lies to protect financial war interests, could they be lying about the COVID pandemic and facets thereof as well, and for the same reason?
Just like the military industrial complex misleads the public, the oil, pharmaceutical and banking industries pull strings and lie to the American public and spread propaganda to maintain and augment their wealth, power and control.
Just as the U.S. government has been blatantly wrong about its role in Afghanistan, they are equally, and just as blatantly, wrong about COVID-19 — its dangers, prevalence, prevention and treatment. This is clear for anyone willing to actually look at the science and the data.
Interestingly, in 2011, Wikileaks founder Julian Assange noted: "The goal is to use Afghanistan to wash money out of the tax bases of the U.S. and Europe through Afghanistan and back into the hands of a transnational security elite. The goal is an endless war, not a successful war."11
Likewise, the goal of the pandemic does not appear to be to put an end to it. Rather, biological threats and pandemics are a new form of war meant to continue in perpetuity, where the beneficiaries are both military and corporate.
Truth May Be Slow to Emerge but Usually Prevails
However, just as their lies about Afghanistan are now blowing up in their faces, I suspect their lies about COVID will come back to bite them as well, eventually. For example, we've been repeatedly told that the COVID shots will prevent disease far better than natural infection.12
This flies in the face of everything we know, scientifically,13 and data from around the world are now proving just how incorrect that claim is. In Israel, data show half of all COVID-19 infections are now among the fully vaccinated,14 85% to 90% of COVID-related hospitalizations are among the fully vaccinated and the fully vaccinated also account for 95% of severely ill COVID-19 patients.15
Overall, Israelis who have received the COVID jab are 6.72 times more likely to get infected than people who have recovered from natural infection.16,17,18 Among the 7,700 new COVID cases diagnosed so far during the current wave of infections that began in May 2021, 39% were vaccinated, 1% had recovered from a previous SARS-CoV-2 infection and 60% were neither vaccinated nor previously infected.
In the U.S., where health officials and the White House Administration are now insisting that we're in a "pandemic of the unvaccinated," with 95% of hospitalizations and 99% of deaths occurring among those who have refused the vaccine,19 we find out that this is based on data from January through June 2021.20
January 1, 2021, only 0.5% of the U.S. population had received a COVID shot. By mid-April, an estimated 31% had received one or more shots,21 and as of June 30, 46.9% were "fully vaccinated."22 Using data from a time when a majority of Americans had yet to get the shot is hardly honest and transparent.
What Makes Natural Immunity Superior?
The concept that natural immunity is superior to vaccine-induced immunity is easily understood when you consider the following: Viruses contain several different proteins. The COVID shot induces antibodies against just one of those proteins, the spike protein.
When you're infected with the whole virus, on the other hand, you develop antibodies against all parts of the virus, plus memory T cells. So, rather than having just one small army of narrowly-focused "soldiers" you end up with a very large army with a much wider range of attack capability.
This also explains why natural immunity offers better protection against variants, as it recognizes several parts of the virus. If there are significant alternations to the spike protein, as with the Delta variant, vaccine-induced immunity can be evaded. Not so with natural immunity, as the other proteins are still recognized and attacked.
Not only that, but the COVID jabs actually actively promote the production of variants for which they provide virtually no protection at all, while those with natural immunity do not cause variants and are nearly universally protected against them.
The idea that COVID-19 is a for-profit enterprise is easy to recognize by the fact that we're told vaccination is the only way forward, and that we'll need booster shots on a regular basis from here on.
Combine that with vaccine passports, and it's not hard to see how a never-ending injection treadmill can be generated, where you have to comply with the latest shot recommendations or forfeit your ability to freely go about your business and live your life.
Someone benefits from such a scenario, and it surely isn't the population at large. The beneficiaries are the pandemic industrial complex, which includes Big Pharma, Big Tech, big multinational investment firms and the military industrial complex, all of which are vested in the profitability of these shots.
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The awards season is around the corner, and yet again, we have been shortlisted for four awards, at this year's Transform MENA Awards. Transform MENA Awards honours and recognises the excellence in rebranding, brand development and the journey brands make. At the previous year's Transform MENA awards, we scooped Gold, Silver and Bronze Awards for the work in Brand Strategy, Brand Identity and Rebranding.
As a regional thought-leader, we actively participate in developing and building strategic branding consultancy, to ensure best practises within the MENA region. As JPd continues to grow, we are extremely glad to have been recognised by leading industry awards, for the work done for some of our clients. Being recognised is what keeps us geared up to go beyond the norm and deliver only the best.
The award winners will be announced on 8th May at St. Regis, Dubai and we extend our wishes to the other shortlisted firms.


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Purnimant Months Panchangam, calculated for New Jersey, NJ
April 2009[Purnimant Chaitra-Purnimant Vaishakha]
Phanguni-Chittirai (Mina-Mesha)
Date Vaar Sun
rise Sun
Set Moon
rise Tithi Nakshatra Yoga Karana Sun Moon Rahukala Yamaganda Durmuhurtha Varjyam
Purnimant Chaitra Shukla
01 Wed 06:41:16 19:20:51 10:29:20 Saptami 23:36:04
Mrigashirsha 13:36:43
Saubhagya 11:16:26
Garaja 12:39:09
Vanija 23:36:04
Mithuna from 2:18:09
13:01:03-14:36:00 08:16:13-09:51:09 12:35:44-13:26:22
02 Thu 06:39:37 19:21:54 11:39:11 Ashtami 21:32:12
Aardra 12:15:33
Shobhana 08:26:15
Atiganda 29:38:54+
Vishti 10:33:42
Bava 21:32:12
03 Fri 06:37:59 19:22:57 12:53:19 Navami 19:32:29
Punarvasu 10:58:01
Sukarman 26:55:22+
Balava 08:31:45
Kaulava 19:32:29
Taitila 30:34:33+
Karka from 5:16:59
04 Sat 06:36:21 19:24:00 14:08:03 Dashami 17:38:08
Pushya 09:45:24
Dhriti 24:16:41+
Vanija 28:43:27+
05 Sun 06:34:43 19:25:03 15:21:16 Ekadashi 15:50:47
Aslesha 08:39:09
Shuula 21:44:15
Bava 27:00:28+
Simha from 8:39:09
06 Mon 06:33:06 19:26:06 16:32:31 Dvadashi 14:12:53
Magha 07:41:26
Ganda 19:20:11
Kaulava 25:28:32+
07 Tue 06:31:29 19:27:09 17:42:10 Trayodashi 12:47:56
P.Phalguni 06:55:28
U.Phalguni 30:25:34+
Vriddhi 17:07:22
Taitila 12:47:56
Garaja 24:11:41+
Kanya from 12:46:17
08 Wed 06:29:53 19:28:12 18:50:56 Chaturdashi 11:40:27
Hasta 30:16:58+
Dhruva 15:09:26
09 Thu 06:28:17 19:29:15 19:59:17 Purnima 10:55:48
Chitra full night
Vyaghata 13:30:24
Tula from 18:22:23
Purnimant Vaishakha Krishna
10 Fri 06:26:42 19:30:18 21:07:06 Prathama 10:39:28
Chitra 06:35:09
Harshana 12:14:17
11 Sat 06:25:07 19:31:21 22:13:22 Dvitiiya 10:56:17
Svaati 07:25:01
Vajra 11:24:28
12 Sun 06:23:33 19:32:24 23:16:18 Tritiiya 11:49:17
Vishaakha 08:49:48
Siddhi 11:02:52
Vrishchika from 2:25:15
13 Mon 06:21:59 19:33:27 None Chaturthi 13:18:32
Anuraadha 10:49:48
Vyatipata 11:09:17
Mesha from 15:11:25
14 Tue 06:20:26 19:34:31 00:13:46 Panchami 15:19:56
Jyeshtha 13:21:18
Variyan 11:40:43
Dhanus from 13:21:18
15 Wed 06:18:54 19:35:34 01:04:08 Shashthi 17:44:43
Mula 16:16:00
Parigha 12:31:06
Vishti full night
Dhanus
16 Thu 06:17:22 19:36:37 01:46:58 Saptami 20:19:49
P.shadha 19:21:23
Shiva 13:31:32
17 Fri 06:15:51 19:37:40 02:22:56 Ashtami 22:49:30
U.shada 22:22:15
Siddha 14:31:08
Makara from 2:07:39
18 Sat 06:14:21 19:38:43 02:53:25 Navami 24:57:57+
Shravana 25:03:09+
Sadhya 15:18:28
19 Sun 06:12:52 19:39:47 03:19:54 Dashami 26:31:51+
Dhanishta 27:10:56+
Shubha 15:43:07
Vishti 26:31:51+
Kumbha from 14:11:51
20 Mon 06:11:23 19:40:50 03:43:49 Ekadashi 27:22:20+
Shatabhisha 28:36:45+
Shukla 15:37:02
Balava 27:22:20+
21 Tue 06:09:56 19:41:53 04:06:31 Dvadashi 27:25:47+
P.Bhadrapada 29:16:49+
Brahma 14:55:26
Mina from 23:11:06
22 Wed 06:08:29 19:42:57 04:29:15 Trayodashi 26:43:17+
U.Bhadrapada 29:12:12+
Aindra 13:36:59
23 Thu 06:07:03 19:44:00 04:53:22 Chaturdashi 25:19:45+
Revati 28:27:50+
Vaidhriti 11:43:28
Shakuni 25:19:45+
24 Fri 06:05:38 19:45:03 05:20:28 Amavasya 23:22:33
Ashvini 27:11:16+
Vishkambha 09:19:11
Chatushpad 12:24:50
Nagava 23:22:33
Mesha from 4:27:50
Purnimant Vaishakha Shukla
25 Sat 06:04:14 19:46:06 05:52:32 Prathama 21:00:25
Bharani 25:31:27+
Priti 06:30:06
Aayushman 27:23:08+
Kimstughna 10:14:02
26 Sun 06:02:52 19:47:10 06:31:57 Dvitiiya 18:22:27
Krittika 23:37:44
Saubhagya 24:05:24+
Vrishabha from 7:03:58
27 Mon 06:01:30 19:48:13 07:21:03 Tritiiya 15:37:25
Rohini 21:39:01
28 Tue 06:00:09 19:49:16 08:20:59 Chaturthi 12:53:08
Atiganda 17:24:13
29 Wed 05:58:50 19:50:19 09:30:06 Panchami 10:16:09
Sukarman 14:11:45
30 Thu 05:57:31 19:51:21 10:44:19 Shashthi 07:51:25
Saptami 29:42:18+
Dhriti 11:10:03
Karka from 10:44:59
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Milwaukee World Festival, Inc. Announces Executive Staffing Changes Pancheri elevated to Chief Operating Officer and Littell becomes Vice President
Posted on Dec 11, 2019 by Julie Dieckelman
MILWAUKEE, WI (December 11, 2019) – Don Smiley, President & CEO of Milwaukee World Festival, Inc.(MWF) announced changes in the organization's executive staff, including the promotion of Sarah Pancheri to Chief Operating Officer, Gaye Littell to Vice President - Executive Producer, and Molly Madonia to Associate Counsel. These changes are effective immediately.
Sarah Pancheri has served as Vice President of Sales & Marketing since December 2015, overseeing sponsorship sales, corporate relations, as well as marketing, media partnerships and public relations. In her new role, Pancheri will continue to manage sales and marketing while gaining operational responsibilities, including management of Henry Maier Park and the season-long calendar of events. In 2020, this will include an increased calendar of concerts given the opening of the new American Family Insurance Amphitheater, a $53 million capital project. Pancheri comes to this role with extensive event experience, having served on the MWF staff from 2000 – 2007 before returning in 2015.
In addition, Gaye Littell was elevated to Vice President & Executive Producer. Littell has over 30 years of experience in event planning, production and brand partnerships having served as an in-house event manager for the Harley-Davidson 90th and 95th Anniversary Celebrations as well as co-owner in Open Road Events, a full service event company. In her most recent role with MWF, Littell has led the production of Summerfest and other events taking place at Henry Maier Festival Park. Going forward, Littell will serve on the company's executive team, supporting further excellence in event coordination and production.
Within the organization's Legal Department, Molly Madonia was promoted to become Associate Counsel. A graduate of Marquette University Law School, Molly has been with MWF for four years, and is responsible for managing the company's trademark portfolio; assisting the human resources department; and drafting and negotiating contracts related to sponsorship, exhibitors, and marketplace vendors. In her new role, Madonia will assume additional responsibilities for management and training within the human resources department and expanding the scope of her involvement in contractual matters.
"As we look to an exciting year ahead, I am thrilled to announce the promotion of these capable executives to drive growth of our organization and continue Summerfest's legacy within the community" said Don Smiley, President & CEO of Milwaukee World Festival, Inc. "After working with these individuals for many years, I can attest they have the expertise, passion and commitment to ensure Henry Maier Festival Park remains a world-class destination which helps put Milwaukee on the map."
About Milwaukee World Festival, Inc.
Milwaukee World Festival, Inc. is an independent, private 501(c)(3) corporation founded in 1965 that produces Summerfest, presented by American Family Insurance, an 11-day festival that generates approximately $187 million in economic impact for the community each year. Milwaukee World Festival, Inc. also maintains and improves Henry Maier Festival Park, located on 75 acres on the shores of Lake Michigan in Milwaukee, WI. In addition to Summerfest, Henry Maier Festival Park hosts a variety of ethnic and cultural festivals, concerts, walks, runs, and other special events, attracting nearly 1.3 million people. The mission of the organization is to promote an understanding of different ethnic cultures, the histories and traditions of various nationalities, harmony in the community, civic pride and provide a showcase for performing arts, activities and recreation for the public and employment opportunities for the youth of the community. For more details, visit Summerfest.com, Facebook.com/summerfest, Twitter: @Summerfest or Instagram: @Summerfest.


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Since its founding in 2001 Simrik Air has grown into one of the leading and safest helicopter companies in Nepal.
Safety is Simrik's primary concern, which is why we continuously strive to raise flight safety standards by adhering to the safety policies of CAAN as well as to ICAO's safety initiatives. The goal is to improve safety and efficiency in all areas of air transport.
At Simrik, we are committed to offering our customers a world-class flying experience, to ensuring their safe landing and giving our crew a safe work environment.
Simrik wholeheartedly follows the Safety Management Systems (SMS) and quality standards of the Nepalese helicopter industry and is, therefore, the most preferred helicopter company in Nepal. It is because of its dedication to safety, quality and customer service that this company has received national and international accreditations.
Over the years, with the addition of new aircraft, we have grown stronger in high-altitude long-line search, rescue and recovery missions, sling operations, adventure flights, pilgrim flights, among other flights. This is evident in the number of successful high-altitude long-line rescue and recovery missions, external cargo sling operations for developmental projects, Gosaikunda and Pathivara holy flights, and successful Annapurna Base Camp and Everest Base Camp Sightseeing flights.
Simrik Air has also begun to provide aerial firefighting services with the Bambi Bucket, a specialized bucket hanging on a cable carried by a helicopter to provide water for aerial firefighting. Simrik therefore assisted in the extinguishment of fires in the Pathivara, Shivapuri National Park, and Balaju Industrial Areas during the huge fire breakout.
Since late 2019, the COVID-19 pandemic has posed a danger to people's daily lives all across the world. Travelers, as well as those working in tourism, are severely affected, and Nepal cannot stay an exception. Tourism in Nepal has been closed since the pandemic was proclaimed, which is clearly affecting the country's economy as a whole.
The big pause, on the other hand, has undoubtedly provided a chance to think and plan for the future. Life is still difficult, but we hope to rise again soon.
In the midst of the worldwide epidemic, I am delighted to report that Simrik Air has established and begun offering a dedicated air ambulance service for COVID-19 positive patients. The Nepal Government and the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) granted Simrik Air authorization to transport Coronavirus-infected patients in accordance with the Ministry of Health and Population's and WHO's procedures for health and safety. Simrik has thus devoted two of its 05 helicopters specifically to carrying COVID-19 positive patients. The fact that the Coronavirus Pandemic is quickly spreading throughout the country is cause for alarm. In this dire circumstance, CAAN granting Simrik Air permission to fly COVID-19 positive patients from all across Nepal is undoubtedly a relief for the patients in need of immediate medical attention and treatment.
During this trial time, Simrik Air Helicopter is devoted to saving lives and providing you with the safest and most efficient service possible, wherever and whenever you need it. Finally, I'd want to express my deepest gratitude to the Medical team, our Flight crew, and Ground crew for successfully handling and completing each mission of airlifting COVID-19 patients from various regions of Nepal while adhering to all safety precautions and regulations.


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Spiritual Tourism :A Way Forward
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NET Bureau,
The 'Kongmu-Kham' which means the 'Golden Temple' in Tai Khamti language, popularly known as the Golden Pagoda built in the year 2010 with the vision and sole initiative of Deputy Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh, Chowna Mein to promote tourism through Spiritual Tourism has become a major tourist destination in the Eastern part of Arunachal Pradesh.
As per the official reports, there is annual turn over of more than one lakh tourists including both domestic and international tourists, annually visits the Golden Pagoda with an average of seven thousand visitors in weekends during the peak season. Most of the International Tourists which accounts for 40% of the total visitors are from South East Asian Countries mostly from Thailand and Myanmar. They form 80% of International tourists which is mainly due to cultural and religious similarities of the people of these countries with the Tai-Khamti of Namsai District. Most of them are religious pilgrims which come either to participate in cultural or religious activities.
A Thai Research team from Mahidol University, Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia, Thailand has presently visited the Golden Pagoda at Tengapani (Noy-Cheynam) who are in Arunachal Pradesh to study the tribal cultures of Arunachal Pradesh.
In his interaction with them, Deputy Chief Minister, Chowna Mein highlighted the vast tourism potential of Arunachal Pradesh. He said to the visiting tourists that "Ours is a dynamic State with numerous tribes and sub-tribes having their own distinct identities, cultures and dialects living together for ages peacefully. Despite the challenges faced with the advent of modernity, every community is jealously preserving their age-old cultural heritage yet respecting each other's culture, customs and traditions". He said that the State of Arunachal Pradesh symbolizes a unique example of 'unity in diversity' which according to him is 'the beauty of our State'.
He welcomed the visitors from Thailand and other Southeast Asian Countries to visit, enjoy and explore the pristine nature of our State and the vast cultural diversities.
He, while sharing his thoughts to the visitors said, "It is my ardent efforts to promote tourism with the spiritualism."
True to his words, the annual turning over of tourists in the Golden Pagoda proved that the Spiritual Tourism can be a way forward for boosting Tourism Industry in the State along with other tourism like Ecotourism, Adventure Tourism, Cultural Tourism, etc. Similar tourists inflow can be seen in Lohit District during the Parashuram Kund Mela, which is another example of Spiritual Tourism.
Those tourists, who often comes to Namsai as Religious pilgrims also visit Tezu and Roing, the district headquarters of Lohit and Lower Dibang Valley District respectively and travel up to Mayudiah to see and enjoy the snow. The day is not far that with the improvement of the road connectivity upto Anini, the district headquarter of Dibang Valley District, visitors will travel to those places to enjoy the scenic beauty of our pristine nature.
Thus, apart from Cultural Tourism, Spiritual Tourism can be a major catalyst for promoting Tourism in Arunachal Pradesh given the fact that the people of South East Asian Nations like Myanmar,Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Singapore and others shares cultural and religious similarities with the people of Arunachal Pradesh. It can also be the fulcrum for realizing the vision under Act-East Policy.
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Sitting here listening to Against Me!, enjoying them as I always have. Got me thinking… when Tom Gabel (who btw, came up in the exact same southwest FL punk scene as I did– referenced in the song "Lehigh Acres" and several others— before she moved to Gainesville in 1997) came out as transgender and became "Laura Jane Grace" (2012), I think 100% of punks/indie people (literally, 100%) were all about it. Going "yo! Awesome! Against Me!!! Good for you, Laura!"
On the flipside, when Bruce Jenner became "Caitlyn Jenner" (2015), most of the public was like "Screw that wackadoo! What a weirdo! Only the Kardashian daughters/step-daughters and mom are worth a damn, but he's the runt of that litter! You're only worthy when you were running in the late 70s and early 80s and had your photo on a box of Wheaties!"
I mean, I know I'm stating the obvious… but, double standard much?
I hate this stuff and wish it would end. Just shut the fuck up, live your life, and stop complaining about other people, because literally, they have no effect on your life .
Be HAPPY FOR OTHERS and just focus on you and making the world a better, happier place.
Here's a comment I left on the "I Was A Teenage Anarchist" music video:
First… This is an anthem in every sense of the word. We all want to set the world on fire, but what that means is POSITIVE CHANGE…. not literally "burning the world down." It means POSITIVE CHANGE. This video and song still rules.
I remember way, way back in the day when Laura Jane was coming up in the southwest FL music scene (the area referenced in "Lehigh Acres")… she was exactly like this. Active. Conscious. Educated. Passionate. Feeding the homeless through Food Not Bombs, etc. Fort Myers, Florida at the time (1994-1997) had a pretty great punk/indie scene, especially with Offbeat Music relocating from Naples to downtown Fort Myers. Blink 182 even played that store, in late 1995, I think… (before ANYONE cared about Blink 182).
Laura (Tom at the time) was doing her thing… like ALL of us. We made 'zines, we used the internet as best as could (since it was new), spreading good messages. We hoped for change (and still do). There's nothing phony about this song, as many commenters have said. It's not so much about "anarchy" as it is trying to make the world a better place, through education, generosity, and a sense of community and in general, just "doing good things" for humanity and society.
The song's title is in reference to the passion teenagers and any college-age (18-22) feel, about trying to change things for the better, whatever it takes. I live these lyrics every day, still. Years and years later.
Today (June 30th 2018)…. seeing all this horrible shit, which is much worse than 20 years ago, without a doubt… this song could not be more important. Do good. Vote in the mid-terms. Don't forget the general message. Again, it's not about "anarchy" as it is about POSITIVE CHANGE.
-Chris Caulder
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