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      XPost: nyc.general, alt.california, soc.men       XPost: sac.general       From: ampersand.the.great@gmail.com               fake flooding from drug dealer scum posting junk messages to hide       behind traffic they steal your credit card numbers too its from peter j       ross greg hall and alt usenet kooks report identity thieves and pirates       to fbi . i win                            On 03/14/2017 07:37 AM, Issue Every Democrat Fem A Gag wrote:       > NEW YORK (AP) — A bronze of a little girl defiantly facing Wall       > Street's "Charging Bull" didn't appear suddenly or spontaneously in       > the middle of the night in Manhattan's financial district.       >       > It took months of intricate planning by two corporate giants to       > install "Fearless Girl" under the veil of darkness in time for       > Wednesday's International Women's Day. Within hours, she became the       > talk of the town and the world, a sculpted celebrity drawing crowds       > as a symbol of a woman's right to move into power positions.       >       > Behind the scenes, State Street Global Advisors, a $2.5 trillion       > asset managing firm, created the "Fearless Girl" project with McCann       > New York, one of the world's top ad agencies whose client is State       > Street. The financial giant wanted to spread a serious message: that       > more women should be appointed to the boards of the Russell 3000, a       > broad index of U.S. companies.       >       > Only 16 percent of board seats in Russell 3000 companies are held by       > women, according to ISS Analytics, a business research firm. Also on       > State Street's radar are about 500 other firms in Great Britain and       > Australia.       >       > The aim of the "Fearless Girl" was to build what ad experts call a       > "brand experience" of a product or message, using some kind of       > creative, unique vehicle — in this case, a sculpture, created by       > artist Kristen Visbal.       >       > "This thing went viral, and it spread globally, all over," McCann       > spokesman Jeremy Miller said. "I'm watching my Twitter feed and it's       > still a constant flow, filled with images of the 'Fearless Girl.'"       >       > "In my 20 years in advertising, I personally have not seen anything       > like this," he added.       >       > On Thursday, streams of gleeful fans posed for pictures with the       > 250-pound "Fearless Girl" statue as she stared down the 7,000- pound       > "Charging Bull."       >       > McCann obtained a one-week permit from the city before starting the       > installation in Bowling Green Park at 4 a.m. Tuesday, completing it       > as the sun rose on another New York business day.       >       > The ad agency wasn't trying to be secretive.       >       > "We just didn't want to disrupt business in the area," Miller said.       >       > And they wanted to mirror the 1989 arrival of the girl's bronze       > counterpart.       >       > The "Charging Bull" was dropped into place in the middle of a       > Manhattan night by artist Arturo Di Modica and his team, who had no       > permit. The powerful piece was a symbol of Americans' can-do energy       > following the 1987 stock market crash, and it proved so popular that       > the city allowed the bull to stay.       >       > At the end of International Women's Day on Wednesday, New York Mayor       > Bill de Blasio tweeted that "Fearless Girl" could remain in Lower       > Manhattan through April 2. Popular support for the piece to be kept       > permanently is growing, with petitions being signed.       >       > "Our future rests in the hands of fearless girls," the Democratic       > mayor tweeted.       >       > http://www.sfgate.com/news/us/article/Behind-NYC-s-Fearless-Girl-       > statue-are-2-10990402.php       >       > Bill de Blasio is a piece of shit.       >       >                     --              i am & the great . i win              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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