#and also their outfits are based on real estate agent <3

[gulliesforever]

AMIR FOLLOWS HIM AND PUTS HIS MINECRAFT BED WHEREVER JAKE PUTS HIS <3

[aestheticsimschallenge]

The Sims 4 Aesthetically Challenge

This is a 10-generation family challenge with every generation having a different aesthetic and color! I have worked hard on this challenge and I hope that you enjoy it!

Overall Rules:

No cheats besides a start-of-game free real estate cheat.

If you wish to age a sim up before their birthday they must be either an A student or level 3 on all skills for toddlers, infants must have all movement milestones to age up early.

You must complete all challenges to consider the generation done, if you do not - you have failed that generation. Feel free to start it over again with their kid to continue gameplay!

Only have the base game but still want to play? No worries! Anywhere you see BGO is a label indicating the switch of a trait or other aspect that is in a pack being switched out for something in the base game. You can ignore any likes/dislikes you do not have, they are just a bonus for fun! If I missed any of these moments, please let me know!

I recommend looking at the next generation when they are born, some requirements will need to be completed during childhood.

Please have fun and share any pictures or videos with #aestheticallysims

Generation 1

Growing up you always strived to be perfect and now as an adult, you feel like you finally can be. Or at least your version of perfect, except your kid, does not exactly live up to your expectations, or just life in general.

Aesthetic: Polished with the color red thrown throughout

Traits: Proper, Perfectionist, Materialistic BGO: good

Likes:

red

Japanese folk music

cerebral sims

hard-working sims

deep thoughts

Dislikes:

jokes

electronica

rascals

funny sims

pranks

Aspiration: Fabulously Wealthy

Career: Doctor BGO: tech-guru in the entrepreneur branch

Challenges:

live in Mt. Komorebi/ no shoes in the house BGO: Ignore

master the logic skill

can only have one kid, must be a strict parent with a strict relationship

must marry early in young adult years

complete both the aspiration and career

Generation 2

Living in the home of a strict parent who never thought good was good enough was tough, now you just want to let loose and have a good time. Knowing your parent does not approve of your career or aspiration choices is hard but your dedication to the things you love makes it easier, plus the support of your best friend and partner.

Aesthetic: Sporty and orange

Traits: Active, Socially awkward, and adventurous. Infant: wiggly toddler: wild BGO: outgoing and your choice

Likes:

orange

fitness

skiing

snowboarding

high energy sims

outdoorsy outfits

Dislikes:

kids radio

homebody sims

deep thoughts

Aspiration: Body Builder

Career: Athlete

Challenges:

must go skiing once a week BGO: go to the gym

must master cheer or football team in high school

A student for your entire childhood

must marry your childhood best friend/sweetheart who is good and family oriented

must have three kids

must complete career and aspirations

Generation 3

You were very close to your grandparents growing up and wanted to be just like them. You always believed that while your parents had good intentions they did not quite understand the legacy left by your grandparents and how it should be upheld. You intend to add to that legacy and strive for success.

Aesthetic: Your choice and the color yellow

Traits: genius (can also use ambitious once the sim is old enough), overachiever, snob. BGO: evil. Infant: calm. Toddler: Independent

Likes:

yellow

focus music

hard-working sims

egotistical sims

arguments

gossip

Dislikes:

mischief

ambitionless sims

potty humor

silly behavior

Aspiration: Renaissance Sim. Child: Mind + Body. Teen: Goal Oriented

Career: Law. BGO: secret agent, diamond agent

Challenges:

must move to a new home/remodel drastically

master wellness skill

strict parent

must have more than one kid

master a club in high school

must master career and aspirations

Generation 4

After growing up in such a strict and goal-oriented family, you feel that is what you have to be. So you set out on your way in the business career trying to "make something of yourself" just like your parents always wanted. Eventually, the hustle culture of it all catches up to you - you are burned out and miserable. So upon your birthday into being an adult you give it all up for the quiet and fulfilling life in the countryside.

Aesthetic: Cottage Core and green

Traits: loves the outdoors, animal enthusiast, maker. BGO: foodie and self-assured. Infant: sensitive. Toddler: angelic

Likes:

Green

gardening

cooking

french country

pet enthusiasts

country fashion

discussing hobbies

Dislikes:

modern

spirited sims

deception

Aspiration: Master Maker. Child: playtime captain. Teen: Admired Icon. BGO: freelance botanist

Career: Business

Challenges:

Level 6 of career before aging up to an adult

Quit your job and move to the countryside on your birthday (Cottage living world if you have it or the horse ranch world)

must have a flourishing garden, chickens, and one other barn animal of your choice. BGO: only the garden

must be gay and married to someone right before or right after becoming an adult

master in gardening and cooking skills as well as your aspiration

supportive family dynamic for all kids BGO: ignore

Generation 5

If there was a better childhood or parents to have, you can't imagine it. Seeing how loving and supportive your parents were inspired how you move through the world. You strive to be the best parent and partner you can be.

Aesthetic: Suburban soccer mom and blue

Traits: family-oriented, goofball, clumsy. Infant: sunny. Toddler: silly

Likes:

blue

family-motivated sims

nature enthusiasts

affection

jokes

Dislikes:

argumentative sims

malicious interactions

Aspiration: Super Parent. Child: social. Teen: drama llama BGO: big happy family

Career: entertainer - comedy branch

Challenges:

must master parenting, comedy, and cooking skills

must have at least 6 kids

must build a tree house

complete aspirations and career

must have a close family dynamic with at least 3 kids

Generation 6

Growing up was smooth sailing, your parents had so many other kids they did not have time to instill a lot of structure or responsibility into you. You ended up being really good at going with the flow and focusing all of your energy on your favorite thing - the arts.

Aesthetic: Artsy/Bohemian and Purple

Traits: Creative, art-lover, lactose intolerant. Infant: wiggly. Toddler: charmer. BGO: Glutton

Likes:

purple

idealist sims

emotional decision-makers

compliments

boho fashion

Dislikes:

egotistical sims

argumentative sims

polished sims

small talk

Aspiration: Painter Extraordinaire. Child: creative. Teen: admired icon

Career: Painter: real arts branch

Challenges:

master aspirations and career

master painting skill

must go out on a first date to an art museum for every first date

must paint the streets of san myshuno (BGO: ignore)

must live in san myshuno arts district (BGO: ignore)

Generation 7

Your love of the arts comes from your parents, though you prefer music or writing to painting. But one thing you love just as much if not more is being social with other sims, you love to feel like you belong. As well as thriving off of academic achievement, of course, being the star student is not easy but someone has to do it. After a high school heartbreak that drove home to you the importance of the truth, you will do anything to find it and spend all of your time searching for it.

Aesthetic: Light Academia

Traits: music lover, vegetarian, insider. Infant: cautious. Toddler: angelic. BGO: childish

Likes:

pink

optimistic sims

stories

deep thoughts

Dislikes:

high energy sims

rocker fashion

gossip

Aspiration: Nerd Brain. Child: creative. Teen: goal-oriented

Career: writer - journalist branch

Challenges:

complete career and aspiration

master handiness and writing skills

be cheated on by your partner in high school

must start a writers club (BGO: ignore)

must write in a cafe and use it as a meet-cute for whoever you marry

have two cats (BGO: ignore)

Generation 8

From the first moment you can remember, you were different than the rest of your family. You strive for the finer things in life and live off of gossip. Your goal is to be Regina George (Pre bus incident of course). This is however the polar opposite of your parents and no matter how much they love you, there is always tension because of it.

Aesthetic: Glitz + Glam and deep purple

Traits: kleptomaniac, self-absorbed, party animal. Infant: intense. Toddler: fussy. BGO: erratic

Likes:

purple and white

egotistical sims

spirited sims

romance enthusiasts

gossip

affection

flirtation

compliments

Dislikes:

homebody sims

deep thoughts

small talk

Aspiration: villainous Valentine. Child: slumber party animal. Teen: live fast

Career: Actress/Actor BGO: entertainer - music

Challenges:

must complete aspirations and career

must master drama club as a child and teen (BGO: ignore club)

must have multiple children with multiple Sims

must reach the top level of fame and live in a celebrity house

you have to try to have a music career as well as your main career and master singing skill

master acting skill

distant family relationship with kids (BGO: ignore)

Generation 9

Growing up was not easy, your parents were either MIA or distant so you turned to your grandparents and siblings for emotional support. Being the child of one of the most famous sims ever did not make it any easier, never knowing who was talking to you for the right reasons or not. You just can not help wishing you could live a simple life and go back in time before all of this fame stuff. You spend your whole life trying to run away from your childhood and remove all of the nasty articles those pesky journalists wrote about you over the years. Striving to be anonymous is not as easy as it seems.

Aesthetic: Vintage maximalist and dark green

Traits: neat, paranoid, gloomy. Infant: cautious. Toddler: clingy. BGO: jealous

Likes:

green and brown

pessimistic sims

homebody sims

complaints

streetwear fashion

Dislikes:

optimistic sims

spirited sims

compliments

Aspiration: Archeology Scholar. Child: mind and body. Teen: your choice. BGO: computer wiz

Career: Freelance: paranormal investigator BGO: criminal

Challenges:

complete aspirations and career

live in a haunted house (BGO: ignore)

close to grandparents and siblings

master hacking skill

join computer club in high school (BGO: ignore)

must take at least one vacation every season (BGO: spend an entire week of each season not going back to your base lot)

Generation 10

Your parents were always afraid of everything, never wanting to move on and live their life. Who cares what any dumb paparazzi think? The only real places you could go as a kid were school or the library so you threw yourself into your academic career and books. Not to mention at least not everything was haunted in the stories. Despite your frustration at being limited you empathize with and are extremely protective and loyal to your parents, just because you can critique them does not mean anyone else can.

Aesthetic: Dark academia

Traits: bookworm, genius, loyal. Infant: calm. Toddler: Independent

Likes:

black and purple

argumentative sims

hard-working sims

cerebral sims

discussing interests

Dislikes:

rascal sims

malicious interactions

pranks

Aspiration: Academic. Child: mental. Teen: goal-oriented

Career: Education, professor track BGO: astronaut

Challenges:

you must get two university degrees and join the secret society (BGO: read at least 15 books)

must complete career and aspiration

must get the responsible trait (BGO: ignore)

be in the chess club in high school and master the logic skill (BGO: only have to master the logic skill)

master 5 skills of your choosing

must move lots (tired of being haunted much?)

[howieharrigan]

The Best Real Estate Photographers in Austin

If you remain in the marketplace genuine estate digital photography in Austin, Texas, you've come to the ideal location. Kies Photography focuses on property and also commercial real estate digital photography. Their digital photographers are outfitted with premium tools and also can additionally handle 3D scenic tours with Matterport, Google Road View, and also drone digital photography. One more fantastic Austin property digital photography solution is PhotoShelter, which offers digital photographers a free site and also image editing devices. With adjustable design templates and over 100 photography devices, this service helps professional photographers optimize their workflow.

Ricky Bailey is an Austin-based digital photographer. He studied graphic layout at the Art Institute of Houston and also began his profession shooting for Texas newsrooms. He at some point took place to work as a picture editor and paginator for magazines and papers. Along with realty digital photography, he likewise focuses on aerial video clip footage. His solutions additionally consist of custom building listings and also 360-degree virtual tours.

At Austin Commercial Real Estate Photography you get professionals with greater than 3 years of experience. They focus on industrial, residential, as well as event area photography, and also can also aid you produce digital scenic tours. Holp Digital photography is an additional excellent Austin realty photography solution. They provide aerial digital photography solutions, as well as the proprietor Mike Holp has actually been included in numerous media magazines.

Virtuance Photography is among the best Austin real estate photographers. They focus on aerial pictures, online excursions, and also 360-degree panoramic scenic tours. Their solutions can raise your listing by highlighting the most intriguing attributes of your residence. They can likewise produce twilight or night digital photography tours for real estate listings. Along with high-end images, Virtuance additionally supplies premium Matterport 3D excursions.

Austin is an incredible place to live, and it's poised to end up being the following technology hub. This implies that brokerage firms in the city need to be ready to cater to the increase of possible property buyers. A specialist real estate digital photographer can aid agents offer their listings more quickly and also for a greater price. By highlighting vital functions and enhancing the look of their listings, realty photographers can drastically boost their possibilities of offering them.

Spin Tours is an additional local business that supplies digital photography services and also various other solutions. Their solutions consist of 3D designs, 2D layout, as well as costs single home sites, aerial video clip+digital photography, and also a lot more. Their client service is excellent and also they take excellent satisfaction in the work they do. They are likewise approximately date with the current technology and also advertising fads.

Austin 360 Digital photography is a leader in property digital photography. They concentrate on high-resolution HDR pictures, maximized for client internet sites. Their group also provides aerial photos, Digital Staging, as well as Matterprort 3D house scenic tours. They have 22 years of experience in the Austin location as well as are accredited Zillow digital photographers.

When selecting a professional photographer for your residence, it is necessary to have a look at online profiles as well as referrals. Make sure the professional photographer recognizes the expectations of property buyers and occupants. They have the ideal equipment as well as modifying abilities to do a terrific task and also make your residential property look sensational. An expert digital photographer can improve your profile and also draw in new clients. A house photographer understands what buyers as well as renters desire and also will be able to provide that.

[notebooknebula]

Finding Luxury Home Owners That Are Motivated Sellers | Casey Ames & Jay Conner

https://www.jayconner.com/finding-luxury-home-owners-that-are-motivated-sellers-casey-ames-jay-conner/

Casey Ames shares his strategies in finding luxury home deals.

Casey Ames is a Luxury Homebuilder, multi-family Developer, SFH developer. He runs a large wholesale outfit averaging over 100 per year. A mentor and has been in the Real Estate business for 5 years.

Taylor Jene Homes builds high-quality homes and renovated older homes with care and a spirit of revival. No matter if starting from bare land or existing structure, President and founder Casey Ames ponders possibilities, develops and embraces a vision, and delivers excellence with quality and creative design.

Constantly improving on processes along with the use of technology and systems, Taylor Jene Homes empowers its crews to execute plans with clarity. Add in the singular focus of subcontractors and trades, city and county officials, professional engineers, and others to do what they do best within the project plan, a well-orchestrated collaboration results in remarkable home and new development creations.

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Real Estate Investing With Jay Conner

Jay Conner:

You mentioned that somewhere around 70% of those luxury homeowners have thought about selling or they’d been talking about it, but they haven’t listed it. What’s some of your favorite ways to find those possibly motivated sellers that are owners of the luxury homes?

Casey Ames:

Well, I think the recognition is what has helped me. And I say that humbly, but we put out a really good product and typically the hungry luxury agents, there’s the same 10 are bringing that those clients into these house. Well, only one of them gets it and you’re going to see those same agents shuffle lying around. So I just made sure I have good relationships with all them and they send me a deal. I give them their commission on it so they might make 30 grand on the purchase of acquisition. And then I’ll say, “Hey, you can list it too.” And now they’re going to make, now it’s over a million dollar. Let’s say that’s like eight, $900,000 deal. And then I listed at 1.5, 1.6, somewhere around there, and they’re making some good money.

So they get their 3% on the buy-side. And then when I go to sell I do it for a percent and a half. I usually won’t let them list unless it’s a percent and a half, and then they get that percent and a half. So they stand to make a lot of money on me. And they also know that I put out a good product, that buyers are going to circle. So talking, networking with people, letting them know that you’re there putting out quality and respect on your company and your name. I treat people really fair. I don’t beat people up. It’s either the deal for us, or it’s not the deal for us. And I’ll decide based on the room. The other one that I think I mentioned this on a podcast the other day.

The other one that I think a lot of people don’t use is the photographers. So if you’re missing out on the photographers that are going and taking pictures of the houses that are going to go on the MLS, and you don’t have a referral fees into them saying, ‘Hey, if you send me a house before it goes to the market or off market property, I’ll give you a thousand bucks or 15,000 bucks or 1500 bucks.” You’re missing out because those guys go to every single house that’s listed, right? So you find the big brokers. You find out who their camera guys are, the companies that are snapping the picks, and then you offer referrals. Because once again, you’re in that same situation, like, yes, they want to list, but cash is king. So if they can avoid all that stuff and avoid the other 3% that’s to be had from the buyer’s side and save some money off their net, they’re going to go with your cash offer. And then you don’t have to deal with the competition. So we like that one. We use that quite a bit.

[giomagnetism]

wips that went nowhere 4/? in which this in its entirety is mostly out of date and almost certainly will be entirely obsolete by Splatoon 3, but i still like it so, perish!

Agent Three lives in a penthouse.

This is a fact known only to Agent Four, who comes over to use the tv for video games, and Cuttlegear’s Agency, who bribed—er, rather lent it to them as a means of moving them closer to Headquarters.

It is also known to an inexplicable number of Octolings.

It isn’t a remarkable building, all things considered: modest and situated a fifteen minutes’ monorail ride from the heart of downtown, considered prime real estate by the rest of its residents who pay half their salary for a living room the size of a cubicle. Perhaps the most interesting thing about it is the number of plants crawling over its exterior, the product of an early and deeply misunderstood attempt at green-tech overhaul, and its age; it sits squat and square among taller, sleeker skyscrapers, as old-fashioned and stubborn as its crowning resident.

Most of this design philosophy is carried through to the penthouse proper. Its space is respectable but horrendously utilized, featuring overly-tall windows; impractically high ceilings, rendering something less like a second floor and more like a series of mezzanines; a maze of a floor plan; and a bright white paint job. But all this is typical of the average penthouse, and what is really conspicuous about it is the one assemblage of windows which have been blanketed entirely and perpetually with heavy layered curtains, obscuring one long stretch of the second floor from view.

It is behind these curtains that Agent Three is currently drowsing over a half-sanitized, totally unconscious Octoling.

Their name is Soda, and they are a five-foot-eight bluff of a person, built and tempered both in the vein of your favorite wrestling heel. Despite the circumstances, they are dressed in a black turtleneck and the loudest pair of floral bell bottoms this side of the 1970s. They are the least weird thing about this room.

If the rest of this building prided itself on being ordinary, its oddities and curiosities only visible when looked at sidelong, this room never got the memo. It spread the length of the curtained wall unbroken and lined with a series of tables and desks, twice the width of a hallway and walled on the opposing side with repurposed wood boards. Rusted metal bracings slanted up to meet the curtain rods at regular intervals, illuminated sparsely by exposed fluorescent tubes and vintage lamps jammed wherever one would fit, all wound back to a hulking terrarium at the end of the room where seven miniature Zapfish sulked.

All this was to say nothing of the décor, if it could be called that: nearest the entrance was also the most normal, barring the thick metal sliding door: an office chair sprawled abandoned before the main base of operations, an old oak table strewn with papers and framed with conventional office amenities. At the far end, a generator was crammed beneath the Zapfishes’ terrarium, but there the expectation ground to a forcible halt.

The bulk of the room was occupied by sets of equipment which would not look out of place in a mad scientist’s lab. Spindly machines and a haphazard arrangement of monitors sprawled alongside a jungle of wires against the wood; below them squatted a deep cabinet covered in—among other devices—an arrangement of needles and vials full of a greenish phosphorescent goop. Another longer, narrower table opposes them, the resting place of a hastily-discarded dark blue CQ-80 and pocket notebook. Here, in a cheap padded chair, is where Soda dozes.

Just beyond was the infirmary bed where the Octoling lay: a little scuffed but competently outfitted, the heart-monitor reporting a stable, if slow, pulse; its head jammed up against the myriad of other devices.

[thebibliomancer]

Essential Avengers: West Coast Avengers #3: Taking Care of BUSINESS!

November, 1984

This is a sad day for the fledgling West Coast Avengers. It’s a cool cover for the fledgling West Coast Avengers but a sad day.

Not only are they falling before Graviton but they’re falling perpetually.

Anyway, last time in West Coast Avengers: Hawkeye and Mockingbird were sent by the Vision to create a west coast branch of the Avengers. Since Wonder Man, Tigra, and Rhodey Iron Man were California based, they got the nod to be the West Coast Avengers, despite reluctance from Tigra and Iron Man.

Their first case was mistaking as a supervillain and beating up a friend of Tigra who had followed her to the Avengers Compound to make sure she wasn’t in trouble. So. That’s not great. Next, the West Coast Avengers tried to chase down a bank robber named the Blank. This is really overkill for a guy whose only power is wearing a slippery anonymizing force field but he manages to get away anyway. The charger for his force field also dunks Graviton back into the world.

And as you can see on the cover, this isn’t ideal for our West Coast Avengers.

But before that, there was an event that sort of happened between issues. In Avengers #249, Vision tried to contact the West Coast Avengers but only got their answering machine. And that’s because they were dealing with the local worldwide unseasonable winter.

If Avenging and stunt work doesn’t work out for Wonder Man, he should consider becoming the new Mr. Plow.

Anyway, the forever winter is over, thanks to the Casket of Eternal Winters being reassembled and shut over in the Thor book as part of a multi-pronged plan to take down Surtur.

The West Coast Avengers are still dealing with the remaining snow because its not like snow just evaporates! Without turning into water first! Look, it would take too much time, people have places to drive, or something.

The combination of snow everywhere but normal warm South California weather leads to some people taking advantage by going swimsuit skiing, mostly so Rhodey can wryly think that weird is a way of life for Californians as an excuse to not worry about why Wonder Man has been acting weird lately.

Uh, good rationalizing, Rhodey?

Some people who don’t care for skiing decide to instead rob Radio Shack because NOBODY WILL EVER KNOW!

But Mockingbird shows up and starts beating them up when they make the mistake of believing that they outnumber her. They are mathematically right and wrong in every other way.

Hawkeye also shows up to pin some others to the wall with arrows so one of the Radio Shack robbers runs to the getaway car and tries to get the getaway driver to help him getaway.

But cat’s got their car.

It sort of makes sense why Tigra has decided on this for her winter outfit and yet I’m still baffled.

If it had just been the boots, that’d be one thing.

She’s also the only one who has made a winter weather change to her outfit.

Bafflement.

The blond robber doesn’t even try running, saying “What’s the use? Just take me away. I wanna serve my time and forget this ever happened!”

Bad day when some electronics theft gets an entire superhero team on you.

By midday, the West Coast Avengers meet by the Hollywood sign (so that the audience knows that this is set in LA). At this point all of the snow is gone, as if it’s been whisked away. So I guess I was wrong. Earlier the casket hadn’t been repaired but now it has been.

Hawkeye: “Well, whatever happened to [the snow], you can all be proud of the job you did over the past week! You put in a lot of long hours and saved thousands of lives! I’d say we’ve all earned a little time to unwind! That’s why I propose we hold the first annual Avengers barbeque... commencing tonight at sunset, back at the compound!”

Oh ho, I see that Hawkeye is going to be the fun Avengers chairman. Don’t see Vision organizing a barbeque.

The rest of the team is pretty excited about this... except for Wonder Man, who is distracted, answers without any real enthusiasm, and then takes off.

Hawkeye wonders if he’s still upset about the Blank getting away but c’mon that was weeks ago! Surely no superhero ever obsesses over anything!

When the Avengers disperse, Tigra lies that Iron Man promised her a lift as an excuse to talk to him in private about Wonder Man.

Tigra: “Something’s bothering him, and I thought maybe you could get him to talk about it! After all, you’ve known him longer than the rest of us!”

Iron Man: “Uh... not really, Tigra! I hardly know the man!”

Tigra: “What are you talking about, Tony? You fought alongside him dozens of times!”

Iron Man: “Tony -- ?! Ohhh... you think I’m Tony Stark!”

Womp womp.

This is one of the exact things Rhodey was worried would happen if he joined a team with a bunch of people who knew Tony/Iron Man!

Rhodey isn’t about to just reveal his name to her over a case of mistaken identity but he does prove to a doubtful Tigra that he’s not Tony by showing Tigra the skin on his hand.

Iron Rhodey also suggests that Tigra talk to him for reasons of it’s always flattering when a pretty cat girl pays attention to you?

I mean, sure. Yeah. True.

Tigra is also the only person on the team who actually realized Wonder Man was bummed who didn’t immediately dismiss the idea.

I guess its up to you, Tigra.

Meanwhile, in the Santa Monica Mountains, our coverboy Graviton.

He didn’t sit idle during the big snow, oh no! He took over an estate. And then sat idle!

Dammit, it was cold out!

Graviton: I prefer starting my empire in a warmer climate!

With the snow cleared up though, he can get down to business........ of recapping his recent travails.

So, Graviton.

He comes from Canada because Marvel Canada is just like that. He was a researcher in Research City, working on a teleport beam, and accidentally gave himself gravity powers by increasing the power to see what would happen. People at the lab didn’t like him because he kept throwing stuff at them so he took over.

Then he fought the Avengers. He kicked their asses. But the woman he was trying to force to date him threw herself off his floating city rather than date him (its cool, Jarvis saved her) so Graviton accidentally compressed his floating city into a super dense sphere with him as the nougaty center.

He managed to get out of that sphere, but with AMENSIA, and tried to kidnap that female scientist again but was stopped by the Thing and Black Bolt. So Graviton imploded.

He showed up AGAIN and tried to kidnap an entire Bloomingdale’s and was stopped by Thor, who dunked him into an interdimensional void.

Now here’s where it gets slightly weird.

The Beyonder’s construct passing through the void on its way to Secret Wars woke Graviton up and let him find his way back to Earth by homing in on the energy field of the force field the Blank uses.

I don’t know why that specific energy field. We may never know. The scientist who made it walked into the street without looking both ways and got run over.

Graviton is actually fairly pleased about winding up in “this most hedonistic of world cities!” He’s decided he’s all about creature comforts now.

The Blank returns from delivering message for Graviton.

Graviton gets annoyed that the guy is nervous despite having a cool dude who never fails like Graviton as a new boss and takes REAL exception when the Blank points out that the Avengers have beaten him before.

As well he should! Because technically its not true. If you’ll recall my recap, the Avengers didn’t beat him. He imploded. And then when he reappeared to fight the Thing and Black Bolt and imploded again. Now Thor, solo, managed to beat him where Thor, plus Avengers, couldn’t. Don’t ask why. That’s just a rule of comics. Daredevil beat Ultron once.

Among other ways he shows the Blank what’s what, Graviton demonstrates his force field belt ain’t so slick by switching it off through the field. Which, yes, technically gravity could work that way?

Meanwhile, over on ye private Avengers beach because if you’re going to have a sprawling compound, why not get a beach while you’re at it? Tigra interrupts Wonder Man pacing on the private Avengers beach and offers to tell her DEEP DARK SECRETS if he shares his.

Wonder Man: “There’s not much to tell... mostly, I’ve been wondering if I did the right thing in joining Hawkeye’s New Avengers team. I sometimes wonder if I ever did anything right, where the Avengers are concerned.”

He recaps his ENTIRE LIFE STORY to her, as is the style. Got powers from some Avengers enemies, turned against them, died. Came back to life, uneasy as a superhero, quit to become an actor.

He leaves out the part where he embezzled from his own company and was arrested, the part where he was a competitor to Tony Stark, and retcons in that he’s always loved acting. Rather than seeing one (1) movie and deciding he wants to be an actor now.

Apparently, Hercules’ offer to set Wonder Man up with some sweet Hollywood contacts didn’t pan out.

Then Simon worked as hired muscle for some scientific research groups but decides not to go into that.

There’s no ‘see such and such issue of book’ so I can’t tell whether this is a thing that was published or is a noodle incident.

Then a former agent got Simon that gig on the David Letterman show. Remember that one? David Letterman knocked out the villain with a big door knob? It probably made more sense at the time?

Anyway, although the show got pre-empted for a news report in New York, it did air in Cali-for-ni-a and a director reached out to Simon with stuntman work.

And its not the acting he wanted to do but it is acting and being good at it has done wonders, man, for his confidence. Which is why he jumped at Hawkeye’s offer to join the west coast team.

But then he let the Blank escape and now he’s back to feeling out of place on a cool superhero team.

So now that he shared his not so deep, not so dark, secrets, Tigra shares hers.

She knows what he means when he says he feels like a blunderer. Her stint on the New York Avengers team was a disaster (although she managed to get Molecule Man to go to therapy! By calling him a big loser! That’s something!). And she feels like most of her life is just things happening at her without her ever really feeling in control.

She also demonstrates that she can use that little tiger amulet (a gift from the cat people that turned her into Tigra) to look like her old self but she’s more comfortable as Tigra.

Hm.

That’s two whole characters who can technically transform but prefer to stay ‘powered up’ at all times. Tigra and She-Hulk.

It’s almost a pattern.

Anyway, Wonder Man and Tigra both try to be the insecure one on the team complimenting each other and deprecating themselves but Tigra decides fine. Wonder Man is hung up on losing the Blank? They’re going to track down a goddamn the Blank.

SHE MOONLIT AS A PRIVATE DETECTIVE SHE HAS A TRENCHCOAT SHE CAN DO THIS!

Tigra: “All right, Mr. Wonderful, come on!”

Wonder Man: “Where are we going?”

Tigra: “To see a man about filling in the Blank!”

Damn, good turn of phrase. You really do have this private eye patter down, huh?

She takes Simon to the Cat’s Jazz Club, Shroud’s hangout, to see if he has a lead on the Blank but they find the joint has been busted up.

The club employees are reluctant to talk at first but the Shroud shows up and tells them its cool, the Avengers are his friends. Also: he would like to know himself.

Club employee Mouse says that the Galeno Gang hit the club but they had a message that they were under new managment and that anyone that wanted to do crime business in town had to do it with said management.

So they hit the Cat’s Jazz Club because Shroud is pretending to be a crimelord to infiltrate all the crime.

So far, its working out really well for you, huh?

Anyway, Shroud says it’ll be easy to track down the Galeno Gang and find out who the new boss is but Wonder Man insists that he tag along to help. Call it payback for cracking Shroud’s ribs in issue #1.

Shroud doesn’t want all the crime to think he associates with the Avengers but Wonder Man has a STUPENDOUS IDEA!

So at the former home of Lucky Max Galeno, where some people are getting down and maybe even boogieing, the Shroud’s black fog fills the room and out strolls Shroud and Definitely Not Simon Williams.

He used his extensive acting experience to put on a wig and a jacket, that wily Wonder Man!

(Also Tigra is hanging upside down outside the window so its a good thing that Shroud and NotSimon are drawing all the attention)

Simon hoists one of the Galeno Boys and tells him they want to see the boss so the Blank comes out from the back room.

Its a testament to Simon’s INCREDIBLE ACTING TALENT that “he doesn’t look any more surprised than the rest of the crowd” according to Tigra.

The Blank justifies having the Shroud’s people beaten by saying that he had to establish credentials to consolidate all of the West Coast mobs so Shroud tells Simon to rough him up.

I like Simon’s like BOING here.

‘Sick ‘im!’ BOING, hah.

Also, the Blank has been smoking on and off throughout this whole issue but like. How does the force field work if he can just stick things into it? I mean, obviously, its permeable to air since he can breathe and... oh I think I just explained it. Dammit.

The boing stalls out midair leaving Simon hanging there.

Obviously its Graviton. No surprise to the audience. But very alarming to the characters who must think the Blank suddenly has more powers.

Off-panel Graviton hits Shroud with Wonder Man, knocking off the wig which wasn’t even secured in place. Dammit Simon, I thought you were an actor!

The Blank recognizes him as Wonder Man so the cat out of the bag, Tigra jumps through the window and onto the Blank’s back.

Graviton finally shows himself, exasperated with how much hand-holding the Blank needs to do basic things like fight several surprise superheroes.

Wonder Man: “Tigra! Get back! That’s Graviton! He’s one of the most dangerous men the Avengers ever fought!”

Graviton: “Nice of you to acknowledge that, Wonder Man!”

See, all he wanted was some acknowledgement. And to crush Wonder Man under a localized gravity field.

The Shroud tries to obscure the room under the idea that Graviton can’t fight what he can’t see. But the guy just grabs everything in the room and spins it around.

Then he pins Tigra, Shroud, and the Blank to the wall. The Blank because he managed to get captured off-panel.

Wonder Man KRUNKs up from the floor and tries to grab Graviton, alarming him that Wonder Man is fighting through the effects of so much gravity, having to block him with a “column of gravitic energy.”

The Blank complains about being stuck to the wall when he’s supposed to be Graviton’s partner.

Graviton: “Wrong, Blank! Very wrong! At beast, you were a go-between, a figurehead in my plans to organize California’s criminal element!”

The Blank: “D-did you say... ‘were?’"

And then he yeets Blank, Tigra, and Shroud out the window and into the ocean.

That certainly is a way to deal with some party crashers.

Meanwhile, the barbecue is going on without Tigra and Wonder Man.

Imagine being dunked into the ocean instead of eating Hawkeye’s steaks.

Hmm. I like that apron but I can’t help but feel that a modern comic would have a hilarious apron extremely specific to Hawkeye. Something in the genre of Quentin Quire’s shirts.

I also like Rhodey realizing that he’s not going to be able to eat any of this barbecue through his mask and deliberating revealing his identity to his teammates SPECIFICALLY to eat a steak.

Priorities.

Mockingbird points out that Tigra and Wonder Man are late and she can’t reach them on the radio but Hawkeye dismisses her concerns since they’re both so capable.

Meanwhile, Graviton dunks Wonder Man into the pool and holds him underwater so he can watch him slowly drown.

He’s also acquired some sexy swimsuit ladies from somewhere. This is LA so I guess they just spontaneously generated.

How will our heroes get out of their various water-based predicaments??

I assume swimming will be involved.

Next issue is last issue of the limited series and for the West Coast Avengers for a while.

And since the West Coast Avengers show up in Avengers #250 with the limited series wrapped up, expect me to schedule posting the posts in that way too.

Follow @essential-avengers​ because I know the recipe to Hawkeye’s secret steak recipe and I’ll tell you if you follow. Here’s a hint: take meat, set it on fire for a while. Also like and reblog and I’ll tell you how many potatoes Captain America’s potato salad contains.

[gravity-rainbow]

Robert S. Mueller III, of course, is a prosecutor. His job as special counsel, now complete, was to decide whether to indict. But what if some of the most egregious and corrupt offenses are not illegal? Russian President Vladimir Putin has long insisted that American democracy itself is corrupt. Under his aegis, the Russians have methodically studied various components of the American body politic — campaign finance, our legal system, social media and perhaps especially the real estate industry — and exploited every loophole they could find.

As Oleg Kalugin, a former head of counterintelligence for the KGB, told me in an interview for my book “House of Trump, House of Putin: The Untold Story of Donald Trump and the Russian Mafia,” the Mafia amounts to “one of the branches of the Russian government today.” Where Americans cracked down on the Italian American Mafia, Putin dealt with the Russian mob very differently. He co-opted it. He made it an integral part of his Mafia state. Russian gangsters became, in effect, Putin’s enforcers. They had long and deep relationships. According to a tape recording made by former Russian agent Alexander Litvinenko a year before he was fatally poisoned in London, Putin had close ties to Semion Mogilevich, a top mobster, that dated to the early 1990s.

That criminals with ties to Russia bought Trump condos, partnered with Trump and were based at Trump Tower — his home, his place of work, the crown jewel of his empire — should be deeply concerning. It’s not hard to conclude that, as a result, the president, wittingly or not, has long been compromised by a hostile foreign power, even if Mueller did not conclude that Trump colluded or conspired with the Russians.

Let’s go back to 1984, when David Bogatin, an alleged Russian gangster who arrived in the United States a few years earlier with $3 in his pocket, sat down with Trump and bought not one but five condos, for a total of $6 million — about $15 million in today’s dollars. What was most striking about the transaction was that at the time, according to David Cay Johnston’s “The Making of Donald Trump,” Trump Tower was one of only two major buildings in New York City that sold condos to buyers who used shell companies that allowed them to purchase real estate while concealing their identities. Thus, according to the New York state attorney general’s office, when Trump closed the deal with Bogatin, whether he knew it or not, he had just helped launder money for the Russian Mafia.

And so began a 35-year relationship between Trump and Russian organized crime. Mind you, this was a period during which the disintegration of the Soviet Union had opened a fire-hose-like torrent of hundreds of billions of dollars in flight capital from oligarchs, wealthy apparatchiks and mobsters in Russia and its satellites. And who better to launder so much money for the Russians than Trump — selling them multimillion-dollar condos at top dollar, with little or no apparent scrutiny of who was buying them.

Over the next three decades, dozens of lawyers, accountants, real estate agents, mortgage brokers and other white-collar professionals came together to facilitate such transactions on a massive scale. According to a BuzzFeed investigation, more than 1,300 condos, one-fifth of all Trump-branded condos sold in the United States since the 1980s, were shifted “in secretive, all-cash transactions that enable buyers to avoid legal scrutiny by shielding their finances and identities.”

The Trump Organization has dismissed money laundering charges as unsubstantiated, and because it is so difficult to penetrate the shell companies that purchased these condos, it is almost impossible for reporters — or, for that matter, anyone without subpoena power — to determine how much money laundering by Russians went through Trump-branded properties. But Anders Aslund, a Swedish economist, put it this way to me: “Early on, Trump came to the conclusion that it is better to do business with crooks than with honest people. Crooks have two big advantages. First, they’re prepared to pay more money than honest people. And second, they will always lose if you sue them because they are known to be crooks.”

After Trump World Tower opened in 2001, Trump began looking for buyers in Russia through Sotheby’s International Realty, which teamed up with a Russian real estate outfit. “I had contacts in Moscow looking to invest in the United States,” real estate broker Dolly Lenz told USA Today. “They all wanted to meet Donald.” In the end, she said, she sold 65 units to Russians in Trump World Tower alone.

The condo sales were just a part of it. In 2002, after Trump had racked up $4 billion in debt from his disastrous ventures in Atlantic City, the Russians again came to his rescue, by way of the Bayrock Group. At a time when Trump found it almost impossible to get loans from Western banks, Bayrock offered him enormous fees — 18 to 25 percent of the profits — simply to use his name on its developments.

So how did all this go unchallenged? According to Jonathan Winer, who served as deputy assistant secretary of state for international law enforcement in the Clinton administration, one answer may be lax regulations. “If you are doing a transaction with no mortgage, there is no financial institution that needs to know where the money came from, particularly if it’s a wire transfer from overseas,” Winer told me in an interview for my book. “The customer obligations that are imposed on all kinds of financial institutions are not imposed on people selling real estate. They should have been, but they weren’t.”

And without such regulations, prosecutors’ hands are tied.

All of which made it easier for the Russian Mafia to expand throughout the United States. As it did so, it grew closer to Trump. Even though Mogilevich had no known direct contacts with Trump, several of his associates did. Among them was Bogatin, who took part in a massive gasoline tax scam, and whose brother, Jacob (Yacov) Bogatin, was indicted with Mogilevich in 2003 on 45 felony counts of stock fraud. (Because there is no extradition treaty between the United States and Russia, they were never brought to trial in the United States.)

Another Mogilevich associate in Trump’s orbit was the late Vyacheslav Ivankov, a ruthless extortionist who became renowned as one of the most brutal killers in the annals of Russian crime. Mogilevich had sent him to New York in 1992 with a mandate to consolidate the Russian Mafia in the United States and to form alliances with the Cosa Nostra and other Mafias. Once he arrived, Ivankov became a regular at the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City, and was widely thought to be based in the Brighton Beach area of Brooklyn, where many Russian mobsters lived. But when the FBI came looking for him, it discovered that the head of the Russian Mafia in New York owned a luxury condo in the glitziest part of Manhattan — at 721 Fifth Avenue, in fact — Trump Tower. There is no evidence of personal interaction between Trump and Ivankov.

Yet another Mogilevich associate with ties to Trump was Alimzhan Tokhtakhounov, better known as Taiwanchik, whose relationship with Mogilevich dates back more than three decades. Indicted in 2002 for bribing Olympic figure skating judges, Tokhtakhounov was awarded the No. 5 position on the FBI’s Most Wanted List, two slots behind Mogilevich. In April 2013, two gambling rings that he allegedly ran were busted by the FBI on the 63rd floor of Trump Tower, resulting in the indictments of 34 members and associates of Russian organized crime. Among them was Tokhtakhounov, who fled the country to avoid prosecution, and appeared later that year at Trump’s 2013 Miss Universe pageant in Moscow.

These were just some of the Russian mobsters who gravitated toward Trump as they laundered money and cultivated politicians. Over time, they learned how to work the system. They paid large sums for the most powerful legal talent in the land — enough, at times, to woo the very men who had once been charged with pursuing them. In 1997, former FBI director William Sessions traveled to Moscow and alerted the world to the horrifying dangers of the brutal Russian Mafia. But 10 years later, he took on as a client the Ukrainian-born Mogilevich. At the time, the U.S. Department of Justice was investigating racketeering charges against Mogilevich over questionable energy deals between Russia and Ukraine. Sessions’s successor as FBI director, Louis Freeh, also later represented Russian clients. All perfectly legal. In Freeh’s case, the client was Denis Katsyv’s Cyprus-based Prevezon Holdings. Freeh helped Prevezon settle a money laundering probe by the U.S. government after the company was accused of laundering more than $200 million in a Russian tax fraud scheme in which an American hedge fund manager and his firm, Hermitage Capital, were said to have been framed by the Russians. The ensuing scandal culminated in the death of Sergei Magnitsky, Hermitage’s accountant, and led to the passage of the Magnitsky Act, which sanctioned high-level Russian officials. Natalia Veselnitskaya, Prevezon’s defense lawyer, attended the much-discussed June 2016 meeting at Trump Tower with Trump’s eldest son, Donald Trump Jr.; Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner; and Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort.

Manafort has been convicted of bank fraud, tax fraud and failure to comply with the Foreign Agents Registration Act by not reporting foreign income.

The special counsel’s report has not yet been released, only Attorney General William P. Barr’s summary with its finding of no collusion. But it’s clear that it was profoundly naive to think that a prosecutor would save the day and cure our diseased democracy of all that ails it. That’s because the problem behind this assault on the nation’s sovereignty far transcends the criminal arena. I’m no fan of Putin’s, but he was right about one thing: Swaths of American society are corrupt. If we want to protect our most precious institutions, we should examine new regulations in a wide range of sectors. The House Intelligence Committee, the House Oversight Committee and the House Judiciary Committee have geared up for hearings and investigations. They had better move fast. We have a president who has a long, tangled history with figures connected to Russian organized crime — all of it, apparently, perfectly legal.

[janephillipsblog]

Barbie Doll Art

I have always loved fashion dolls. In the UK we had Sindy and as a child I had two dolls and a collection of clothing and accessories. As I got older, I abandoned Sindy and got into Barbie, also accumulating a collection of dolls, clothing and accessories. Regrettably, I got rid of my childhood Barbie collection and the dolls I now have, I have collected as an adult. They remain in their boxes being collector dolls.

I have for several years toyed with the idea of creating art out of previously loved dolls found at garage sales and thrift stores. I have admired other artists who have created art using Barbie dolls; from the modified gothic Barbies I saw at the Calgary Horror Convention to stop-motion animation featuring Barbie and friends on YouTube and on “Robot Chicken”.

I have also always been a fan of stop-motion animation since childhood when I enjoyed “Morph” by Aardman Animations, on “Take Hart”, a children’s art show, and other children’s shows such as “Bagpuss”.

I believe that Barbie and friends in stop-animation are a great way of telling stories and comment on society and culture, particularly as Barbie can be anything.

Last summer I bought six dolls and Barbie’s pink Corvette from a thrift store, along with some plastic alligators complete with squeakers. I’d recently seen the movie “Crawl” and thought perhaps something similar could be created with in stop-motion. However, these toys gathered dust as I was busy.

With free time due to staying safe at home during the COVID-19 pandemic, I finally started creating some stop-motion animation on a shoe-string budget using iMotion Pro on my phone.

I took my inspiration from the many people who are creating videos or doing some Facebook Lives to reach out to friends at this time. I thought would be cool to have Barbie do a COVID-19 check in. The doll I picked for my first video was, I believe, originally a fashionista Barbie, however I could not find out for sure. Part of the fun is trying to figure out exactly what kind of Barbies these dolls are and whether the clothing they have on now is the original clothing the doll came in! This doll I had picked originally because she has microbraids.

I made her out to be a gig economy worker – a model and actor who bartends and does brand ambassador work to make ends meet. This Barbie is single, recently ditched by Ken, and lives on her own with a cat. In the video she talks about her thoughts on the current situation. 

Making new clothes for Barbie was a little fiddly but quite quick.

The first thing I did after writing the script was to create a new outfit for her as the slutty sailor dress the doll had on when I got her was not the look I wanted for “Pandemic Barbie”! I made camo pants, a white tee and polar fleece hoodie. I think she looks a lot happier in her new clothes!

Then came the animation. Not possessing a tripod for my iPhone, I created a make-shift one out of a toilet roll tube and used books to adjust the height. I was able to download iMotion Remote to my iPad 2 in order to not have to touch the iPhone to take the shots. I kept the set simple, covering a tissue box with some fabric.

My budget-friendly animation set-up. Not pretty, but it worked!

The animation itself took about 3 – 4 hours to take around 2000 frames which, based on 15 frames per second, would be just over 2 minutes of finished video to fit with the script. Then I recorded the voice-over and uploaded it to YouTube. 

Click Here for the video. 

For the second video, I wanted to create a video of a real estate agent speaking about how she was doing in the pandemic. However, I had some reservations about the initial script because I am also a real estate agent and concerned about how a real estate agent doll would reflect on me professionally. So I sought the assistance of my brokerage, CIR Realty and changed things up. The end result was a real estate agent addressing her clients via video. 

For this video, I picked a My Scene Chelsea doll for my character. I liked the dress that the doll was wearing. It is very short, but for my purposes, the video would only show the top half of the doll anyways. However, as it is chilly April so far, I made her a blazer which makes her more professional looking. 

For the set I sat her on an upturned mushroom container which was not visible in the shot and put a cut out photo of my kitten calendar on the wall behind her. The calendar made this video slightly more challenging as, using the onion skin function in iMotion Pro, I had to line up the current frame with previous frames if I moved the camera. Animating this video I was able to expand on skills and learn more about the app. I found out accidentally that it will insert frames mid-video unless you made sure it was at the end of the sequence. Once again the process took 3 – 4 hours. I also added frames of credits to the end of the video for this one. 

Click Here for the video.

Both videos have been received very well on the internet by friends, colleagues and strangers and I have been very happy with the skills that I have acquired so far as well and am proud of the messages that my dolls are putting out into the world at this time.      

 A not very helpful “assistant”!

[agentdagonet]

Echoes, Ch. 29

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Fic Summary: Feet dangling off the edge of the bed, hands still resting on the earpieces of his glasses, Eggsy opened his eyes.

And promptly shut them again, screwing them shut like a child who had the distinct misfortune of biting into a raw lemon. Breathing harshly in his nose and out his mouth, trying to stave off whatever delusional panic had befallen him, Eggsy reopened his eyes.

‘Harry?’

Or: The Hologram Story Nobody Asked For

          There had been a card left on his desk, with a mug of tea and a still warm scone with no agent in sight. There were plenty of agents who would do this, leave offerings of a kind to the man who’d kept it together in face of the bullshit, as Eggsy would say; but the card narrowed it down to four.

           Percival could have left this. He hadn’t bothered to open the thing yet, but it was a sturdy cardstock with a simple and elegant edgework. That implied a level of class and sophistication that was easily present with Percival, and the personal touch was more in his field due to his being one of a handful of agents who had been with them through the Valentine disaster.

           If Lancelot had done this, then she was looking for an upgrade to some portion of her still new feminine Kingsman collection. Between her requests for more easily concealed weaponry for sleek outfits and her more overt demands for more fashionable eyewear she was in his labs quite often.

           Eggsy would have written something cheeky on the outside of the card, he couldn’t resist defacing anything elegant while in the safety of Kingsman. He didn’t dare to do so to anything in his and Harry’s house, but give him something vaguely disposable and there was sure to be a tag of some kind upon it.

           Harry was the most likely culprit, based on how perfectly the tea was made and the way the scone was buttered, but he also had the least reason. Harry was the arsehole who would ping his glasses to check the time, ask the weather, or simply chat aimlessly because he was bored.

           Giving in to curiosity, half the scone in his mouth, Merlin picked up the card and flicked it open. Apparently he was being summoned to a place he’d had every intention of never setting foot in again. At the base of the card was an unfamiliar signature, and looking down at the plate Merlin could see a bit of napkin, “have fun!” written in Harry’s unruly script only made worse by the material it was written on.

           So, that afternoon Merlin delegated the mission feed to the Lake, took his specs and clipboard home, and found himself standing on Michelle Unwin’s doorstep.

           ‘You going to stand there for ages or knock like a real person, love?’ Michelle was stood at the cracked window, peering through and grinning through the blinds at him, and Merlin could feel his ears flush. Some things can be trained and some things could not- but he was confused beyond measure and uncertainty put him on edge. He was a planner, not the type of man to fly by the seat of his pants- his plans had plans, and every failsafe had a redundant one beneath it.

           ‘Are you implying that those who do not knock on doors are, somehow, fake people?’ Merlin lifted a brow, and he saw more than heard Michelle’s giggle as she left the window to let him in.

           ‘Or Vampires!’ Little Daisy Unwin popped from behind her mother, and Merlin couldn’t help but be charmed.

           ‘Vampires, you say? It’s definitely too late in the year for Vampires, lass.’ Merlin followed MIchelle to the table, setting down the requested biscuits before turning to crouch to Daisy’s level.

           ‘There’s always Vampires! But they can’t come in ‘less you say so!’ The girl seemed to take this as her exit, bounding out from the room and shutting an unseen door. Merlin chuckled as he stood, knees popping, and turned to find Michelle smiling at him.

           ‘Thanks for comin’ Merlin- know it was unexpected.’ She busied herself with taking a seat, pushing an empty mug in his direction. ‘No requests for tea- you take it an’ like it. I will,’ she acquiesced, ‘allow you to add cream and sugar if you desire- an’ don’t give me that tripe about takin’ tea black like your soul, I’d know you was lying.’

           Merlin had rarely felt this off-kilter in a situation. The last time he’d been in this house he was acting on the requests of a ghost, and had left feeling like he’d drained an infected wound. And today was definitely not a predictable follow up to that interaction. He took the mug and poured out a healthy portion of tea, adding sugar but no cream before lifting it for a sip to the bemusement of Michelle. ‘Dare I ask the occasion?’

           ‘Ain’t no occasion, just figured you was like Harry and didn’t do shit outside your job without an Unwin forcin’ you. So, here’s an Unwin, forcing you out of your comfort zone.’

           ‘I’d like to believe tea is familiar territory for everyone, Mrs. Unwin.’ He hid his confusion behind the mug, eyes closed to further savour the warmth as it sank down his body.

           ‘It’s Michelle, you idiot, and it ain’t about the tea- that was just to get you inside;’ Michelle sat back in her chair, hands still on the table, ‘This is gonna become a regular thing, Merlin- you’re going to come to my house, we are going to chat, and I’m going to drag you into proper personhood if it’s the last thing I do. You spies are so for into your heads that you’re forgettin’ how to live proper, from what Eggsy’s told me. Not in so many words, but I can read between lines just fine, thanks.’

           ‘I hate to disagree with whatever Eggsy’s told you, now that he has begun telling you things-’

           ‘Oh he ain’t actually telling me shit; but between his and Harry’s blinders to what’s in front of ‘em and Roxy’s bein’ unable to make regular conversation with the boys there’s somethin’ wrong with you spy types.’

           ‘Dare I ask what you mean by that?’ Merlin didn’t dare follow a train of thought while confused. He’d end up like those late night Wikipedia binges and end up somewhere entirely unrelated.

           ‘You learn so much abou’ looking for the shit you can’t see that you’re blind to the obvious. You live in this world just like the rest of us, you’re supposedly protectin’ us from the shit we common types can’t handle, but you don’t let yourselves actually be a part of it. You’re here, but you… you lot don’t engage with the world as it is in the day-to-day, just at its worst, and that gets you stuck in a rut you can’t even see, yeah?

           ‘My Eggsy’s a man now, I didn’ see that ‘til he’d gone off and changed without me and came back to save me from my shitty choices, but he still goes to the pub with the boys from the estates. He hasn’ just shut himself up and waited for things to happen- even when he was mourning for Harry he was still out doing shit that wasn’ related to Kingsman. An’ trying to connect his new life with his old one withou’ forcing people to change- bringin’ Roxy to pub nights or invitin’ his mates to his and Harry’s place for a game night. He mighta gotten some new digs, but he didn’ let you lot turn him into one of you.’

           ‘Oh certainly not- the shoes alone cause enough talk, and we can’t get him to lose them unless it’s a matter of life and death.’ Merlin didn’t say that he’d personally ensured that he had the ability to defend himself, no matter how he was dressed, between those winged trainers having extra blades and his snapbacks with garottes in the seams Eggsy was never unarmed. He also didn’t mention how Eggsy’s refusal to bend to the whims of the elder generation had done nothing but endear himself to the support staff.

           ‘Yeah, well, can’ take the estates from the kid no matter how he’s dressed- and you posh types needed a good kick in the arse. The world’s changing, an’ trying to do the same shit to fix a new problem just don’t work. That’s just the way it is- an’ without fresh eyes you can’ see shit. So,’ Michelle lifted a hand and gestured regally to herself and the house around her, ‘here’s your dose of reality courtesy of Unwin. No expiration date, no catch, no choice- you’ll come here an’ get an outside view of somethin’ and you’re gonna like it.’

           ‘This is quite honestly the last thing I’d have expected after our last conversation.’

           ‘Yeah, well, I was gettin’ impatient waiting for you to show back up here- figured I’d have to make the opening move.’

           ‘What made you think I’d come back here at all?’

           ‘You ain’t the type of person to leave a job half done, Merlin, from what Eggsy’s said ‘bout you over the last year ‘n change. You delivered a message but you didn’t see any of the results of that message- and you’re the person who cares about results just as much as actions.’

           ‘Are you certain that Eggsy doesn’t tell you anything about his work?’

           ‘Sure as I am that he’s got no clue Hart’s in love with him.’

           Merlin spat out his tea.

           ‘How are you so sure about that?’

           ‘If you’ve spent half as long as I have talkin’ with him about Eggsy, I don’t have to explain it. You know. He doesn’t- neither of ‘em seem to have any clue about the other, and they’re both idiots, and I’m about sick of waiting for them to figure it out.’

           ‘And you don’t have objections?’

           ‘The fuck place do I have for objections? Am I Eggsy? No. Am I Harry? No. Shit, I’m barely Egggsy’s mum- he practically raised himself, and I have to accept that he grew up withou’ me and is able to make his own choices. B’sides,’ Michelle shrugged a shoulder, ‘with the way you lot go through life, I figure they’re at about the same level- emotionally, at least.’ She tucked a hair behind her ear and lifted her mug to her lips. ‘You, on the other hand, don’t have got a lot of growing to do- just a lot of rememberin’.’

           ‘I’m not a child you have to guide along-’

           ‘You ain’t a kid at all, and I don’t know if you ever were- compared to the rest of ‘em, you’ve got a head on your shoulders. Your problem is, it’s facin’ the wrong way. You’re so focused on what could or has gone wrong that you don’ celebrate the good shit. So, today, we start changin’ that.’ Michelle stood from the table and made her way into the kitchen, voice muffled by the distance but still clear. She came back out a moment later with a bag of jelly babies and a twister board whose wheel had been repurposed- numbers instead of limbs and four emoticons instead of colours- a heart, a set of glasses, a beaker, and a question mark.

           ‘We’re gonna try this today, and if it don’t work it don’t work, but we’re gonna try. You’re gonna spin this, an’ then you’re gonna tell me however many good things that happened to you for each category. You got,’ she gestured to the heart, ‘your personal life,’ the beaker, ‘your hobbies,’ the glasses, ‘your work,’ the question mark, ‘and just general good shit. If you finish the category, you get a prize- and I got it on good authority you like these so don’ play around pretend otherwise.’

           ‘And if I can’t?’ He was intrigued, if incredibly confused, by Michelle as a person- but perhaps she had a point. There were not many moments free for celebrating a job well done, with so much of the world consistently in crisis. Even mourning was pushed aside to make room for more current problem solving, but Kingsman needed to change. Harry’d known it from before he’d proposed Lee as a candidate, he’d held fast to the need for change all through Chester’s tenure as Arthur and even now was pushing against the elder Agents for change. Perhaps he wasn’t as exempt from that collective as he’d thought.

           ‘If you can’t think up enough things, I’ve given Harry some nerf guns and post-its to make your life inconvenient. Won’t put anyone in danger, but he’s been encouraged to be as annoying as possible between us meetin’ if you can’t look on the bright side a bit.’

           ‘And that’s supposed to be encouraging?’ Harry was a shit as it was, having someone else agree with his assessments and make it easier for him to be so did not seem like a positive.

           ‘Ain’t you seen Life of Brian? Always look on the bright side of life, love- an’ if gettin’ barraged with foam bullets gets you to open your bloody eyes and see the  flowers you’re walkin’ past I’m gonna fuckin’ get it done somehow. Get Roxy and Eggsy in on it as well- they don’t know about this now, mind, figured it’s personal like, but Harry’s been your friend longer’n Eggsy’s been alive so he can do what he likes.

           ‘Change starts at the top- especially with people like you who’re built on image and silver spoons. They won’ even think about doin’ something different until they can see it ain’t gonna do any harm; an’ they won’t start actin’ different till it’s made so normal that they’re the weird ones if they don’t change, too. You’re the heart of them, Merlin- you train ‘em and keep ‘em safe and you kept the lot of them in line after Valentine- when you change, they’ll give it a shot, I think.’

           Michelle Unwin had never been the person one could call on to make decisions; she hadn’t ever been the one who knew what was right or wrong in a moment. But she could tell when somethin’ was stuck, she could see (or guess at) the kind of change that needed to happen, and she wasn’t the kind of woman to back down just cos something was tough- not when it came to other people.

           She may have fucked up her own life, may’ve made a stranger of her eldest kid and a father out of a bastard of a man, but she was a new woman now- and she wanted to help. She knew she could be of help. She sat across from the imposing Scotsman, who was staring at the board with the same look Daisy got when she was unsure of something, waiting for something to change. She couldn’t have told you how long they sat there, her watching him and him trying to stare his way through a bit of glossed up cardboard, one of each of their hands curled about a cooling mug of tea.

           Merlin reached forward, and spun the arrow.

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Yeosang's face when Wooyoung got on top of the table! Lmao I've seen a part of that video in an Ateez crack but never the whole thing. Thanks for looking it up lol and yeah I'll send you numbers! How about 1, 5, 6, 8, 17 and 20? Also my weekend's been fine lol I did nothing all day because luckily I finished all my exams so now I get to relax 👌🏻 . How was your day? - 🐶 anon

hello 🐶 anon!

ikr?? this whole thing is comedy gold and the reason why i rly need to go catch up! dw it wasn’t super difficult to find ♥

no more exams!!! that’s so neat, lucky you! yesterday was a relaxing day for me as well and i enjoyed it, but today i rly need to get back to taking notes for my last paper, i need to get it done by the end of july bc i’m away pretty much all of august and that probably sounds like a long time to finish a paper but i’m rly good at procrastinating, so.

numbers!! let me try to answer these

1. Which 3 members of Ateez would you get on well with the most, and why? 

definitely yunho! according to a quiz he is my soulmate and i can see that, his goofy side would bring out my goofy side too and he would never be weirded out by my own weirdness bc he has some too and he’s so cuddly and soft and cuddles give me life!

yeosang! i think we’re both like...quiet at first but dumb and a lil snarky when we want to be? except he’s like generally far cooler even when quiet i just look weird

hongjoong! no real reason i just feel close to him idk does that count?

5. What is your favorite live stage from Ateez?

that’s gotta be the black/red hala hala one simply because bOY THOSE OUTFITS

6. Do you have any similarities you share with any member?

all i can think of is what i said abt yeosang...also maybe that both wooyoung and i have an obnoxious loud laugh? also hongjoong and i are both the dad friend and jongho and i are both monbebes but that’s all i can think of i‘m having a hard tme comparing myself to a couple skilled lil geniuses xD

8. Which member makes you laugh the most?

probably wooyoung!! that guy is just too much and when HE laughs i’m gone, but also yunho and mingi being the chaotic duo that they are! anyway yes we stan the hyena in this house

17. Which member would you choose to put an outfit together for you?

jongho! i haven’t rly paid attention to what they wear when they’re not being styled tbh but i trust jongho too much anyway and he’s a fancy boy

20. What job do you think would suit each member if they weren’t idols?

these aren’t necessarily based on skill more like my gut feel

seonghwa: a doctor, probably?

hongjoong: i’ll humor him and say music producer bc we know he couldn’t not do anything with music

yunho: a zookeeper maybe, or an acrobat/clown y’know like a fancy circus mix he’s got that presence

yeosang: just vibe wise he could be something artistic like an illustrator or a writer, i asked my atiny counterpart this question and they said bookshop owner and tbh i’m feeling that too!!

san: florist/barista i’m aware i‘m copying what he said but i think it would work

mingi: like a tour guide? (i mean i don’t trust him with directions but i trust him to hype up a group)

wooyoung: kindergarten teacher, model or like, real estate agent for some reason

jongho: uhh like....all i can think of is bodyguard, or like a banker? ceo? comedian would also work tbh he’d just have to pull one of his fake serious faces and everyone would laugh their asses off

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My Splatoon Agent OCs!

I figured before I start drawing these guys, I could make some official profiles! Hopefully, you’ll be seeing these cephalopods more often.👌 If you ever wanna know more about them, feel free to hit me up!

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Most folks characterize Agent 3 as super serious n’ such, but.... Rodney is a huge dork. He’s just a big ol’ goofy, sweethearted jock. Of course, Octo Valley matured him a bit, so he feels compelled to try to be a leader as much as possible, but he also strives to maintain his positive outlook. He’s also really forgiving and strives to make amends if he wrongs someone. He has a tendency to muscle through tough situations, usually sacrificing his own safety for his friends.

After Octo Expansion, he remains really tough on himself for getting brainwashed and attacking Neil, which he constantly tries to make up for when they first meet. Ever since then, he becomes afraid of losing control of himself like that again. Sometimes he has nightmares or panic attacks about it, but a certain Octoling ends up being there for him to console him. ;3c

Of course, he ends up developing a crush on Neil, but is way too nervous to confront him about it even though it’s painfully obvious. After leading him through the ins and outs of Inkopolis, they do end up getting together.

Aki is super outgoing and bold, wanting to make her presence known when she enters a room. I’m thinking this because she was an awkward middle child or something like that, i.e. that one kid of the family who no one thought she would do anything with her life. Maybe she’s on the autism spectrum? Honestly, who knows. She just wants to be remembered and have a good time. And look fresh, of course.

If you end up making friends with her, she’ll treat you like family. She shows her affection through teasing and stealing your food. (She’s always hungry!) If she sees an open chip bag, it’s Free Real Estate to her. If someone talks shit about her pals, she’ll 110% throw down. Though sometimes she gets concerned if her chaotic energy is too much, and her idea of what others think of her is the base of most of her self-loathing.

Pretty much the only reason she got in the Squidbeak Splatoon was because she was being a Useless Lesbian. Her first day in Inkopolis Square, and she sees Marie like “is that cute girl... looking at me? holy shit” and follows her. She tends to charge in recklessly into missions, much to Marie’s dismay. Aki will get easily distracted and will just wanna chat with Marie all the time instead of getting stuff done. Through all the drama, they end up realizing they care way more about each other than they originally thought.

Basically, Neil is just a sappy punk with gigantic soft twink energy. Since he was raised underground as a foot soldier, he’s still a bit hesitant to spread his wings in the hustle and bustle of Inkopolis. However, he finds solace in the tight-nit family he’s made, who encourage him to express himself however he can. He’s an amateur musician inspired by the Inkantation, and often has his head in the clouds writing poems and songs he keeps to himself. At Pearl and Marina’s insistence, he’ll sometimes pop into the recording studio, and he almost lost his mind when the Squid Sisters offered to jam with him!

Considering the harshness of the Kamabo Co. facility, Neil’s very hard on himself when he makes a mistake, even though he’s really talented in combat. He gets used to failure being such a dire consequence that perfection feels like the only option to him. He can end up feeling alienated when he dwells too much on his past life. Not to mention the awkwardness it can spawn.

Since he barely knows the language, anyways, his first impressions of Rodney are kind of blunt, to Rodney’s embarrassment. However, he helps Neil learn to treat himself better while starting his new life, and he catches on the nuances of expressing himself. From then on, he understands that while his past may affect him, it doesn’t entirely shape who he is.

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Finding the Best Deals in Commercial Real Estate

To find success and beneficial in the commercial real estate market, it will rely extraordinarily upon your capacity to observe the best arrangements in the commercial real estate market. You can bring down your heap and boost your net benefits assuming you just put resources into commercial real estate bargains that have a lot of potential. As a financial backer, you actually must track down magnificent arrangements to bring in cash, yet you need to recollect that it takes a work on your part as a financial backer to track down the best arrangements. Coming up next are a few hints that can assist you with tracking down the absolute best arrangements in commercial real estate so you can create a gain and acquire accomplishment as a financial backer.

Tip #1 - Know the Area and the Market - The main thing you want to be aware to observe the best arrangements in commercial real estate is the region and the market. You should be intimately acquainted with the area that you are wanting to put resources into and you likewise should be exceptionally educated available in that particular region. On the off chance that you are inexperienced with the area you anticipate putting resources into, then you ought to make it your commercial to find out about the region and the market patterns. You can't decide if a venture opportunity is an incredible arrangement except if you have a decent handle of the commercial real estate market in that particular region. Set aside some margin to know both the region and the market nearby, and you'll make certain to get the best commercial real estate bargains.

Tip #2 - Make Use of Pocket Listings - Another tip that can assist you with observing the best arrangements in commercial real estate is to utilize pocket postings that you might approach. These postings can help you find and monitor extraordinary speculation valuable open doors. Commonly you can get these postings from an agent to help you in your quest for fantastic land speculation open doors. Pocket postings are commercial real estate open doors that poor person yet hit the market. Along these lines, you basically get a leap on the property before any other person does. If you have any desire to track down an incredible arrangement, remember to utilize your pocket postings.

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Using all of these tips together can help you find great commercial real estate deals. If you want to be on your way to success, great deals are important, and these tips will enable you to find the very best deals in commercial real estate Atlanta today.

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How to Buy and Sell Property in Cyprus

How to Buy and Sell Property in Cyprus

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With respect to the rights of EU citizens, task cost-free privileges have changed considering that Cyprus' accession to the EU, where currently only retirees are eligible. Subsequently, the complete tax obligation burden on alien locals remains in technique commonly just 3%. This contrasts incredibly positively with competing destinations where property owners are subject to high tax direct exposure levels of approximately 60%. Insurance coverage pensions can be paid to retirees in Cyprus on a comparable tax-free basis, as well as are index-linked because of the Reciprocal Arrangement, compared to their "icy" standing in other abroad locations.

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The top exports of Cyprus are Refined Petroleum ($625M), Packaged Medicaments ($342M), Cheese ($216M), Passenger and Cargo Ships ($138M) and Planes, Helicopters, and/or Spacecraft ($107M), using the 1992 revision of the HS (Harmonized System) classification.

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Cypriot–Russian relations refers to bilateral foreign relations between the Republic of Cyprus and the Russian Federation. The USSR established diplomatic relations with the newly independent Republic of Cyprus on 18 August 1960. Cyprus has an embassy in Moscow and Russia has an embassy in Nicosia.

The objective is to guarantee that you obtain the most effective exchange rates which the funds are in the appropriate place when they are needed. When writing your description constantly include how close the property is to significant transportation links such roads, flight terminals as well as stations. In this case think of what the property would provide an investor and holidaymaker. When the sell a property online, this is one of the biggest mistakes proprietors make.

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You will need sufficient proof of funds and a return plane ticket. You may enter the Republic of Cyprus for up to 90 days for tourism or business purposes without a visa. For stays longer than 90 days, you will need a temporary residency visa.

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It was launched on 20 July 1974, following the Cypriot coup d'état on 15 July 1974. The coup had been ordered by the military Junta in Greece and staged by the Cypriot National Guard in conjunction with EOKA-B. It deposed the Cypriot president Archbishop Makarios III and installed Nikos Sampson.

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Part of learning how to become a broker is finding real estate agents to join your team. Your goal is probably to create a brokerage that’s relevant and strong. To do that, it’s important to know where to find the best new agents and how to convince them that your brokerage will match their goals. We’ve identified three key strategies they’re using to find team members who will be a great match for the future of their business.

1. Offer benefits or help stabilize real estate income. Not earning a salary can be an adjustment for some agents. It can be difficult for agents to plan financially in a commission-based role. When you’re looking at how to become a broker, one of the first decisions you’ll have to make is how to compensate your team members.

A traditional real estate brokerage usually doesn’t offer benefits or salary-style compensation. Then again, our research shows that 83 percent of brokers have trouble attracting new agents. Less than 20 percent of brokers offer benefits like health care or a 401(k) plan but these are benefits that could help new agents greatly.

There are some brokerages that are beginning to adjust to a growing number of agents who are vocal about their desires for more. The brokerages that are offering benefits or salaries believe commission-based compensation ultimately hurts the client and providing some financial stability for the real estate agent makes sure every client receives the same amount of attention.

2. Help agents balance work and family needs. Finding a good work-life balance is important to real estate agents, many of whom were attracted to their careers because of the flexible jobs. The more you can appeal to agents who are trying to balance families and careers, the better luck you’ll have attracting top performers who are looking for a brokerage that has it all.

This tip from Jane Towle, a RE/MAX broker in Maine, stands out as an anecdote to consider: “It’s quite simple really… I have found my best recruiting tool has been to create a children’s playroom in my office building. It gives incentive for stay-at-home moms or dads who are interested in professional development with a real estate career to become licensed and work for my brokerage. The set up offers a safe environment to bring the children, parents can still be nearby and hands-on, and our training/conference room has a view into the playroom, completely outfitted with children’s entertainment. I’ve offered high school students who need volunteer hours to come and play with the children after school in exchange for a reference. The agents stay loyal to me because of this excellent benefit!”

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Since agents are primed to ask you for concrete examples of how you help new agents succeed in their careers when you’re learning how to become a broker it could be helpful to start developing a plan for how you’ll mentor new agents. If you can make your plan concrete and actionable it could give agents more security in choosing your brokerage out of the other options available to them.

Learning How to Become a Broker Means Helping Others Succeed Real estate is already a job that’s about helping others, but as a broker that responsibility is heightened. When you’re an agent your focus is on helping people make strong real estate decisions. As a broker, you’re still focused on that but also need to pay attention to how you’ll help your agents do their best in their careers and reach personal goals. Keep paying attention to how you’ll help those around you succeed and chances are you’ll reach your own goals at the same time.

Real Estate Express is one of the nation’s premier online real estate schools, providing pre- and post-licensing courses, continuing education courses and professional development to hundreds of thousands of real estate agents across the country. Real Estate Express, along with its sister schools McKissock Learning, Superior School of Real Estate, Allied Schools, The Institute for Luxury Home Marketing and Hondros Education Group, helps real estate professionals achieve sustainable success throughout each stage of their real estate career. Learn more at RealEstateExpress.com.

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15 Most Popular Careers in Sales

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Finding the best profession can be complicated, specifically in a location like sales. The market is incredibly huge and the majority of the moment, understanding in a secondary area is called for, like realty, charm and also medicine.

If you’re a natural communicator, are efficient persuading people, and also a great influencer, after that a job path in sales is perfect for you.

Yet do you find yourself unclear of what location to fracture? Or are you wondering what the most effective sales tasks are? Our checklist of one of the most preferred occupations in sales can aim you in the best direction.

1)– Sales-Manager-. – Average-Salary-: $60,592/ ₤ 33,686.

If the solution is ‘yes’, you can intend for a sales manager position. Sales supervisors lead, instruct and also monitor a sales group. As a manager, you will certainly have the responsibility to build a sales strategy, organize rotas and also train novices.

2)– Real-Estate-Agent-. – Average-Salary-: $50,300/ ₤ 19,707.

If you have an eye for residential or commercial properties, a charming individuality and also exceptional marketing abilities, consider becoming a property representative. As a real estate agent, your primary purpose will certainly be to encourage customers to acquire a house, apartment or condo, workplace or parcel. Various other duties can include advertising and marketing duties, such as constructing advertising and marketing plans for listings. Essentially, your major focus will certainly get on closing offers by finding out the market, considering the customer’s needs and wants, and negotiating offers.

3)– Financial-Services-Sales-Agent-. – Average-Salary-: $64,120/ ₤ 23,000. If you have an eager rate of interest in commodities, safeties as well as financial services, you can opt for a placement in the monetary field. As it’s a broad industry, you could be operating in banking, insurance or stock market. As a monetary services sales agent, you will advise product or services such as insurance coverage, bank card, loans and also stocks. Prepare to stay up to date with the marketplaces and also economy so you can sell products that match client circumstances, and anticipate to deal with huge quantities of cash.

4)– Travel-Agent-. – Average-Salary-: $38,700/ ₤ 16,916.

Sales experts have the option of coming to be traveling representatives. This sales occupation likewise entails dealing with problems, networking with tour operators and also remaining up to day with tourist fads.

5)– Advertising-Sales-Agent-. – Average-Salary-: $51,740/ ₤ 21,537.

An advertising and marketing sales agent can be discovered functioning at agencies, in radio, television, as well as Web publishing. Marketing sales representatives will certainly situate customers as well as existing marketing propositions, amongst various other duties such as developing promotional strategies and arranging spending plans.

6) -Manufacturer’s- Representative-. – Average-Salary-: $61,660/ ₤ 25,883.

A producer’s rep will strive to back and also market agricultural and also mechanical devices. This role generally calls for some technical knowledge regarding the products that you’re marketing. Just like any other sales duty, networking abilities and also the capacity to discuss rates come in useful, especially when having to chase customers via business directory sites, exhibition as well as meetings. A producer’s rep’s client-base will typically include organisations and also federal government agencies, so you’ll need to have great public-speaking skills as you’ll typically be required to host presentations.

7) -IT/Software-Sales-Representative-. – Average-Salary-: $53,756/ ₤ 44,962.

If you have a flair for computers and innovation, take into consideration discovering a career in IT sales. You might be dealing with huge IT companies or retail shops and have the responsibility to involve in sales meetings and also item presentations.

8)– Medical-Device-Sales-Agent-. – Average-Salary-: $61,003/ ₤ 34,515.

Healthcare as well as medication are fast-growing, ever-changing industries and also an occupation in either one can be promising. If you select to end up being a medical tool sales agent, recognize that the growth is significant. This is one of the top sales jobs and plainly the highest-paying – according to MedReps, clinical device sales representatives can make a wage of over $165,000. This position involves offering devices like clinical as well as surgical items to public as well as private medical care organizations making use of cold-call methods. It’s, as a result, finest to outfit on your own with excellent client service skills.

9)– Pharmaceutical-Sales-Representative-. – Average-Salary-: $78,224/ ₤ 39,870.

Like medical device sales representatives, pharmaceutical sales agents have the obligation of selling products to healthcare providers. A pharmaceutical sales agent calls for clinical expertise and also product understanding so they can successfully describe a medication’s components, side effects as well as usages.

10)– Foodservice-Sales-Agent-. – Average-Salary-: $49,291/ ₤ 23,097.

As a foodservice sales representative, you will engage in networking among restaurants, institutions, churches and federal government organisations. These individuals primarily work for a food supplier or maker and purpose to sell their food-related things to different facilities. The position needs fantastic resolution, communication and also the capability to absolutely understand the client’s food requirements. It is essential to remember that foodservice sales can be fairly a difficult function in terms of competitors and also burning the midnight oil.

11)– Independent-Sales-Representative-. – Average-Salary-: $49,529/ ₤ 20,748.

With sufficient self-motivation, you can select to go for an independent sales depictive function. These placements are generally commission-based and also entail having to attract new customers, develop partnerships and also inform them about the company’s products and solutions.

12)– Account-Manager-. – Average-Salary-: $53,360/ ₤ 27,108.

An account supervisor serves as a client’s main point of get in touch with in a business. They are accountable for structure and keeping customer partnerships and recognizing their needs. As an account supervisor, you will be responsible for preserving the sales technique, providing customers with the right referrals along with handling and establishing client accounts. You will certainly get in touch with service executives and also stakeholders as well as help them via e-mail, phone, discussions and also in-person conferences.

13)– Sales-Engineer-. – Average-Salary-: $72,388/ ₤ 31,391.

If you have engineering credentials as well as a few sales abilities up your sleeve, why not go for a sales engineer position? Sales engineers will try to market an item by thoroughly explaining its parts and functions and by persuading clients why their device is the go-to product.

14)– Retail-Sales-Representative-. – Average-Salary-: $41,848/ ₤ 17,997. Retail sales representatives are generally located in stores, with the responsibility of selling items and also developing customer commitment. Retail sales reps are also in fee of ensuring shelves are stacked and cleaned; they might also help with aesthetic merchandising and also stock assessment.

15)– National-Sales-Director-. – Average-Salary-: $108,838/ ₤ 67,836.

Last on our list of the finest sales jobs is a national sales director. A nationwide sales director is usually at the top of the sales pyramid in huge national firms.

Sales supervisors lead, advise as well as supervise a sales group. Like medical device sales agents, pharmaceutical sales reps have the responsibility of selling products to medical care companies. If you have engineering certifications as well as a couple of sales skills up your sleeve, why not go for a sales engineer position? Last on our listing of the ideal sales occupations is a national sales supervisor. A national sales director is typically at the top of the sales pyramid in huge nationwide business.

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