While ostentation in an age of $40 million homes in the Hamptons is hard to control, philanthropy efforts are more visible.
Although the branding efforts are more visible today, property owners have long attempted to differentiate their holdings from others, said Mary Ann Tighe, chief executive for the tristate region for CB Richard Ellis.
He distinguishes between organised crime, driven by drug-trafficking and gang rivalry, which involves a long-term national effort, and more visible daily street violence.
The group, which has about 10,000 members across the country, was formed two years ago principally at the urging of Representative Barney Frank, an openly gay Democrat from Massachusetts, to counter the efforts of the more visible Log Cabin Republicans, another gay group.
The arts are very useful for this, and so we are putting a lot of effort into being more visible and confident here.
(Perhaps in an effort to be more visible, the band will also appear on Saturday's season premiere of "Saturday Night Live," and will perform at Roseland Ballroom in Manhattan on Sept. 28 and 29).
"States are making a concerted effort to combat more visible child labour in the formal sector, but they fall short in combating child labour in the agricultural and other informal sectors," said UNICEF South Asia Regional Advisor on Child Protection Guillemette Meunier.
The now-shuttered mall is among the more visible efforts that have been aimed at empowering Afghan women but have failed to fulfill supporters' hopes.
"The financial industry has had a long-established history of recruiting at Princeton and other Ivies, and because firms in this industry generally have larger recruiting budgets at their disposal, their recruitment efforts tend to be more visible to students," she said, stressing that their office strives to maintain relationships with a wide range of employers from all fields.
The next time you see an effort to make women more visible, think about the next practical step needed to help that effort stick.
