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Issue date: Wednesday, April 5, 1916
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Valley Sentinel, The (Newspaper) - April 5, 1916, Portsmouth, Ohio THE VALLEY SENTINEL VOLUME 54. (Associated Press Leased Wire) PORTSMOUTH, OHIO, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5, 1916. (Associated Press Leased Wire) NUMBER 53. IGHTING IN MEXICO IS REPORTED RESULT OF CLASH WAS NOT LEARNED; TROOPS ON HEELS OF BANDIT LEADER 1 CAMP OF GENEBAL J. !J. PERSHXNG, AT THE FRONT, APRIL AEROPLANE TO COLONIA DUBLAN, AND BY RADIO TO COLUMBUS, N. M., APRIL caval- rymen encountered a fleeing force of Villa men early today and sounds of firing nave been heard from that direc- tion, but no report has been made to headquarters as to the results. The mountains of Gurrero are being combed thoroughly for Villa by the American forces, but nothing has been learned as to his whereabouts other than that captured bandits said he was be- iig carried further into the mountains in his jolting coach. General Pershing announced today that troops of the infan- try are to be used for mountain cliinbing, co-operating with the cavalrymen who have borne the brunt the five days' pursuit of Villa. Tho infantry men have been going through hardening preparation, in hill climbing marches for about two weeks and their officers say they are in excellent physical trim. The troops were closely behind Villa yesterday entering the village of shortly after he had fled from it. It was sus- pected that he might be hidden in one of its huts and every pre- caution was taken to effect the capture. Two squadrons of cav- airy entered the village from both sides simultaneously. There have been a number of minor skirmishes in the vieiinty of the village, two scouts reporting today that they encountered Villa men on its outskirts. They fought for five minutes ivithotit casualties. American air scouts are now flying over the entire Villa territory and carrying dispatches from the front to the field base and.field headquarters. Motor trucks also have been able to penetrate the mountain waste almost as far terri- tory occupied by the cavalry under Colonel George A. Dodd. IS SUNK Berlin, April 3. (By Wireless to ton Bussian transport with troops and war materials aboard, was sunk by a Turkish submarine March 30 the Turkish war office announced to- day. El Paso, Tex., April ports from Mexican sources in the interior received here today as- sorted Francisco Villa was head- ed towards Chihuahua City and that his emissaries Were attempt- ing to influence the garrison of the touTi to break from their alli- to the defacto'government. Xothing was said in the reports of Villa's alleged injuries, an omission which helped to confirm tie opinion already freely ex- pressed on the border that the bandit's wounds were an inven- tion of his own, reported with the intention of deceiving his pur- suers. i'lu-re is something of a mystery attached to the movement of Mex- it'an troops at points close to the border. It is known that large bodies of Cnrranza soldiers have been moved from eamps-in the in- terim to various places within 20 miles of the international line, but no explanation has been given of >e maneuvers beyond a general intimation that the defaeto gov- ernment is anticipating an attack by Hie followers of Diaz, who is ww considered the head of the feniricio party. 'hnnbiis, X. M., April initiiorities here today were to believe Colonel George L American cavalrymen (Continued On Page Eight) RUSSIANS HAVE DESIGN OF U, S. GUNS HE CLAIMS Washington, April tary Daniels before the house na- val -committee opposed any amendment to the armor plate jlant bill now before the commit- ;ee and opposed a plan to have the 'ederal trade commission deter- nine the cost of armor manufac- ure and with that figure as a jasis have the secretary fix the >rice of armor for ten years. If he private manufacturers failed to enter into a contract within thirty days after the price was ;ixed the government plant would SUBS ABE ACTIVE London, April in the list of steamers sunk Sunday are three British Teasels. The Ashbnrton, Goldmouth, and Achilles are the victims. The Ashburton, 4446 tons, was sunk by shrapnel shell, fired by a Ger- man submarine. Five members of the crew have been taken to a hospital. The crew of the Ooldmouth, tons, was saved, but two were injured. The captain and 62 others of the crew were saved when the liner Achilles went down. Four are musing. The Norwegian steamship Peter Mamre, tons, was sunk Sat- urday night while at anchor. One man, the sole survivor of the crew of fifteen, has been landed, ed. The British steamship Perth has been sunk. Several members of the crew were lost and eight were landed. The Perth was un- armed. The Norwegian steamer Ino, of 702 tons gross, has been sunk. There were no casualties. RAILROADS PROSPEROUS Washington, April perity of railroads throughout the country continues without abate- ment, reports the Interstate Com- merce Commission. Returns from 96 large roads show their net revenue increased from 300 in Feb., 3915, to for February, 1916, more than fifty percent. The greatest in- crease was in the eastern district and amounted to nearly 90 per- cent. ZEPPELINS VISIT GREAT BRITAIN GASOLINE PRICES TO SCOTLAND SUFFERS HEAVILY GO REFORECONGRESS Washington, April :ouches today were being put on ;ha preliminary report of the Fed- eral government's inquiry into the rise in the price of gasoline. It vill be placed before congress his week. The federal trade commission is had every available field agent at work on the investigation and the department of justice has OTwarded to the commission all iomplaints received by it. The [essential facts gathered, have been given to the department which will consider the evidence with a view to determining wheth- er prosecutions are warranted un- der the anti-trust law. be built. Representative Butler, republi- can, asked if it were not import- ant that navy secrets he kept con- fidential. "Of said Mr. Daniels. "Don't you know that the de- sign of our gnus lias been turned over to the Russian government during your de- manded Mr. Butler. I never heard of said the secretary. 1 think I can give you the his- tory of said Mr. Butler, but dropped the subject for the time. Later he asked the secretary to ask Admiral Strauz, chief of the bureau of ordnance, for a letter rilten by the admiral two years igo to the Krnpp factory in Gcr- mmy with regard to the navy 14- nch guns. Mr. Daniels agreed o do so. PLANNED TO KILL WIFE New York, April Ar- thur Waite, held in the Peck mtir- ler case, has revealed almost ev- ery detail of how he planned to nurder his father-in-law and his ejoung lady across I he her Irionds baby to ,lis nttor. someone on the hc intended also to kill wife, In remove the last ob- aelc between him and the I'eck I fortune. nuuu.'ullu Ull Llle IIIJI-I and she said, 0 no, '..is H llIS a c low up British vessels. THROW MILK TO HOGS IN CLEVELAND SURPRISE ATTACK DEFEATS BRITISH Berlin, April surprise at- tack on British troops in Arabia caused them to retreat after they had suffered heavy losses, the war office announces. Toledo, 0., April city of Toledo at noon today applied for the appointment of a receiver for the Toledo Railway and Light Co. The application was filed fol- lowing a futile conference this morning of traction officials and representatives of the.Car Men's Union in an effort to settle the street car situation.. No street cars will be in operation until the court acts. This Cleveland, 0-, April land today faced a rnilk shortage while producers are fighting for higher prices. Producers are throwing great quantities of milk to the hogs rather than ship it to Cleveland at a loss. A demand for a price increase from 12 and 13 cents a gallon to 15 cents has been made. There will be an absolute em- bargo on shipments of milk to Cleveland unless the price is met, by the wholesalers, says a promi- nent producer. mm SIMS several days. may. require The dity's application is based on the ground that the company is not giving service; that the cit- izens arc handicapped and busi- ness seriously affected. General organizer Edward Mc- Jlorrow, of the Amalgamated As- sociation of Street Car .Employes said today that he was having dif- ficulty in keeping intcrurban car nen from striking in sympathy with Toledo car men. "I had n big delegation of in- :erurban car men to sec me }fes- Chicago, April Wheat prices made an unusually steep advance today and the market showed broad activity as a result of esti- mates that the crop of winter wheat in the United States this year would be bushels less than the yield harvested in 1915. Profit taking was heavy during; the advance but all the of- ferings were readily absorbed, with foreigners taking part in the buying. delivery showed tho jreatest upturn, touching 1 he said. "The men are jetting .restless. In Cincinnati Cleveland, Detroit nnd otherlto Vd, a jump of about five cents :ities they arc being hooted and a bushel above Saturday's finish. leered because they are carrying The close today was at' virtually jasseugcrs here, they told me." the topmost figure of the session. Paris, April new phase of the battle of Verdun haa begun and the belief prevails that tho violence if the hitest attacks foreshadows another attempt by the Germans to rush the fortress with vast forces, batteries of large calibre have i moved up closer to the French >ont and the German infantry has ccn rested and recognized. Yesterday's fighting on the whole as not unfavorable to the French, it is authoritatively stated. The ob- ject of the Germans was to clear the approach to Fort Douaumont and men were thrown forward on the mile and a half between Douau-; mont fort and the village of Yaux The attaching forces succeeded ii crossing a little ravine and in enter- the Caillette wood. Further east they dislodged the French from tho last ruined houses of the village oj Vnu-x, but the French positions were so placed as to make it impossibli (Continued On Page Eight) FROM SUNDAY NIGHT AIR RAID U. S. MARINES GO ASHORE Peking, April of the United States gunboat "Wil- mington went ashore today at Swatow, where the Chinese troops have declared their independence of the Central government. Amoy, April officials at Amoy have sent a request to the American consul asking that an American warship be sent to this port. Cincinnati, 0., April the request of the Kcv. Dr. J. Denver darling, of Columbus, resigned as secretary of the Ohio State Sunday School As- sociation, an investigation has been begun by a special commit- tee of ministers appointed by the Rev. Dr. C. E. Schenk, superin- tendent of the Cincinnati District Methodist Episcopal church, of rumors referring to the rcsigna- ion of Dr. Darling. Dr. Darling admitted that five letters were sent him apparently by young vonien. He said he has no idea vho were the authors. The let- ers, it was said, were found torn n the waste paper basket at Dr. darling's desk. "I have been waiting ever inee these facts became aid Dr. Schenk, today, "for ome one to make charges. Dur- that time 1 have received a arge number of anonymous com- nunications. 1 have received oth- inferentiai information, but here have been no formal barges. The investigation is akcn up now at the request of Jr. Darling himself." Of BIG PIOJ Washington, April quan- ;ity of correspondence belonging ;o Herr Von Der Goltz, the al- cgejl German spy, who has stud ic was tho directing head of the >lan to blow up the "Welland lanal, has been seized by Scotland rard detectives and will be made mblic shortly by the British for igii office. It is understood that the corres londence contains details of plans to blew up the Welland canal ant TOHEET of invasion ol United States. Canada from the ADOPT SIMPLIFIED WORDS Philadelphia, April pliiied spelling of twelve words recommended 'by the National Educational Asso- ciation was adopted today by the Philadelphia North Amer- ican. The words arc: Tho, altho, thru, thruout, thoro, thoroly, thorofare, program, prolog, catalog, pcdagog, and decalog. 25 HURT IN AN EXPLOSION Buffalo, N. Y., April Twenty-five men were injured, five probably fatally, 'in an explosion at the plant of the Otis Elevator company here today. The accident was at- tributed to the explosion of a gas tank in the foundry. MAY LAND PLUM Columbus, April Sil- laugh, republican, will be ap- >ointed. deputy superintendent of milding and loan associations, it s reported. Silbaugh, it is understood, will succeed James A. Devine, Demo- of Chillicothe, when his term as superintendent of the bureau expires. POLICE IN CLASH Washington, April clash ictwecn Ilaitiens and police in Northeast Haiti was reported to he navy department today by Capcrton. United States orces were not involved. LAKE EEIE OPEN Toledo, April on jfikc Erie between Toledo and Octroi! opened yesterday when he steamer Waukctn cleared port with a load of aatsssbilcs. 3. Presi- dent Wilson arid Majority Leader Kitchin of the house agreed general terms of anti "dumping" aud unfair' legislation to meet conditions after the war. The ways and means committee will 3iit them in the revenue bill which Mr. Kitchin toll the presi- dent would be ready for the house about April 20. The anti-dumping legislation will be along the general lines of eliminated from the present ariff law. On foreign goods to >e sold in the United States at ess than the market price in the country from which they are shipped, the new provision will impose an adidtional tariff to bring the selling price in the United States, up to what it would be if the goods were sold at the market price in the foreign coun- try. The unfair competition legis- lation would be along the same lines as the unfair competition sections of the law applying to un- fair competition in the United States. The President and Kitchin discussed protecting Mr. the newly grown dye stuff industry in the United States from compe- tition from abroad, but no con- clusion was reached. Mr. Kitchin said he expected an additional tariff on dye stuffs would be im- posed in the revenue bill but tho details had not been worked out. TO EXPOSE METHODS OF HIRING MURDERERS New York, April to methods of hiring murderers will be presented at tin; trials of the alleged slayers of Uiirnct Baff, a wholesale poultry denier, who bad irred the hostility of some of his tness rivals and was shot nnd tilled ase he left his store on the ight of Xor. 24, 1914. The authorities assort they can prove that was collected to iay for Buff's murder, and men wero selected for their ability to kill juickly mid efficiently. TO BE REPRIMANDED Snn Antonio, Tex., April nnnt .John K. Mort, was tried court-innrtinl on (.-barges of lead- ng a detachment of soldiers into Mexico, to recover two American loldicrs detained by has jcen found guilty and sentenced to je reprimanded. FOUR CANDIDATES Helena, Mont., April vill be but four names of cnndi- late-s on the Montana presidential irimary ticket, April 21. ,ime of filing expired today. The The i.indidatcs are President Wilson, )cmocrat; Senator A. B. Cum- ins of Town, and Edward R. Wood, of Philadelphia, Hcptibli- ians, and A. L. Benson of New fork, Socialist. London, April per- sons were killed and eleven injur- ed in Scotland in Sunday night's Zeppelin raid, it was officially an- nounced this afternoon. There were no'casualties in England. The Zeppelins which visited the east coast of Scotland Sunday night hung over the district for 45 minutes during which time twenty bombs were dropped. A Zeppelin which appeared over northern county in England, yesterday remained about an hour and a half, dropping 20 bombs over a considerable area, largely agricultural. With the exception of the big air raid of January 31, when the casualties were 67 persons and 117 njnred, the Zeppelin raids of Fri- day and Saturday nights caused greater loss of life than any pre- vious aerial attack this year. The total casualties of the two nights, according to an offiical report, were 59 persons killed, and. 166 wounded. .3. (Wireless to official German Berlin, April account of Saturday night's Zep pelin raid over England follows: "During the night of April 1-2, naval airships renewed the attack on the east eoast of England. For a period of one aud one half hours explosive .and incendiary bombs were thrown on blast large iron works and industrial (Continued On Page Eight- Speakin' oj th' high cost o' gas- cne; I'm wonderin' what has be- come o' that eminent young doe- :or somebody from our own dear Ohio, who accordin', t' th' news- >apers and magazines. a few months ago, bad discovered a process o' m'akin" gasolene so cheaply that it could- sell for .a cent or so a gallon? If I thought John D. has gone and bought up ;hat discovery and suppressed it I'd have him arrested. But then L reckon ther'd be no nanago t' git out of it some way. Here's for tomorrow: in north portion and probably-rain in south por- tion tonight and Tuesday. in west por- tion, probably rain in east portion tonight. Tuesday fair. 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Event: Living history or re-enactment, Lecture, talk or reading, Concert HMS Caroline - OpeningMuch of HMS Caroline is undergoing extensive restoration to her 1916 appearance at the Battle of Jutland. From June 2016, visitors will discover a range of historic spaces including the Captain's Cabin, Royal Marines...Alexandra Dock | Belfast | 31 May — 1 June 2016
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It's No Facebook, but P-to-P System Fuels Online Social Interaction
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As more consumers try out Fiserv Inc.'s person-to-person payment service, Popmoney, the tool is evolving to become as much a social tool as a payments one.
When users send or request funds, Fiserv presents them with a message field that allows far more flexibility than the short memo line of a check. Some consumers type a simple "Happy Birthday," whereas others provide detailed, itemized breakdowns to account for every penny being transmitted. It's no replacement for Facebook and Twitter, but it shows that users expect recipients to read and respond to their comments as though they were regular emails.
"The payment itself is the least important part of it," says Sanjeev Dheer, president of Fiserv's Popmoney division and the former CEO of CashEdge, which Fiserv bought last year. "Much more important is that the application facilitates that social interaction" illustrated in users' exchanges.
To be clear, Fiserv typically does not read these messages except as required by regulation, such as when other factors trigger a fraud or anti-money laundering alert that necessitates further scrutiny, Dheer says. Fiserv also used a short list of anonymized messages in a presentation to demonstrate Popmoney's use cases, though Dheer stressed this was a "one-time exercise."
Instead, as Fiserv fine-tunes its service it scrutinizes the more impersonal one-word categorizations users have the option to provide as they send or request funds. The categories include rent, childcare, entertainment and others. Fiserv also allows users to add new categories for their own use.
As more users send money to cover rent, for example, Fiserv can consider updating its payment system to make it easier to use for this purpose. For example, Fiserv could add an itemization feature to help a roommate collecting rent money to also request funds for other household expenses.
"We're adapting the application based on how we see people using it," he says. "As we advance the product, we may create specific variations of it that are adapted for those high-frequency uses."
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Leading Forex provider Vantage FX has announced that the new Advanced WebTrader Platform is ready for live trading.
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Following leading Forex provider Vantage FX's successful beta-test of their new Vantage FX WebTrader Platform, the team has announced the platform is ready for live trading. Vantage FX clients will now be able to trade live on the new WebTrader Platform from any web browser, on any computer.
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The live release of Vantage FX's WebTrader Platform coincides with the launch of the company's recently redesigned website. Both the refreshed website and new WebTrader Platform rounds out the company's scheduled expanded product mix for the year. The two service offerings complement and support the brand's redeveloped 2012 version of the Vantage FX MetaTrader 4, along with the fresh product offering of Binary Options.
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Pleasant Event Scheduling (PES) can now be done on your personal smartphone with a mobile app called Positive Activity Jackpot (PAJ). PES is a term that psychologists use for "brainstorming for healthy activities" – a behavioral health exercise for depression that's traditionally done with pen and paper. And unless you're privy to all the clinical research to know that it's a solid and clinically valid tool for depression, it's an exercise that on the surface could seem almost trivial.
As many of you may know, September is National Suicide Prevention Month. Coincidentally, about two weeks ago I came across a recently published article that reviewed iOS and Android mobile apps developed specifically for the prevention of suicide. The authors of this review make some very important points that I think should be shared regarding future development of mobile apps for this very timely topic.
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In addition to constant review to make sure the content is fresh and accurate, we've also made some major additions and improvements over the last five years, including:
The other day I was sitting in my physician's waiting room, when I noticed a young lady taking pictures of herself ("selfies"). My doctor's waiting room is for the entire clinic, including the behavioral health services. Since the topic of stigma is so often broached in the psychological field, I got to thinking about how I would feel if I were a patient here to see a therapist, instead of my general doctor. What if I didn't want anyone to know that I was here? What if I accidentally ended up in the selfies she posts on Facebook or Twitter? What if someone recognized me?
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Several clean-air advocacy groups joined forces Tuesday in their continuing push to keep the proposed White Stallion coal plant from getting a permit.
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According to a new report released Tuesday in Houston by the No Coal Coalition, Sierra Club, Public Citizen and Air Alliance Houston, the proposed coal-fired power plant in Matagorda County could cause more than 600 deaths and more than $5.4 billion worth of damage to public health over the course of the plant's operating lifetime, estimated at 60 years. Another 1,070 people could have a heart attack linked to the plant's emissions and pollution, the study states.
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Time, attention, and the content creation curve
Mar 7th
By Srinivas Rao, Contributing {grow} Columnist
If you've read any of my previous posts here on {grow}, you know that I view attention as a form of currency on the social web. In fact it's the most valuable form of currency because it's the start of every single relationship. However as the supply of attention decreases, the demand increases, and the mass attention myth becomes more prevalent, we need to give some thought to how we're going to get people to spend their attention with us.
The Cost of Attention
"A link, a funny photo, a famous quote, or even a recipe or coupon are legitimate types of content, but these are not the types of content that will optimize your social media presence and bring you powerful, lasting results." – Mark Schaefer
Interactions on the web occur across multiple channels and the amount of attention that people spend at each channel varies greatly. For the sake of this post, let's use a rating system that assigns an attention cost (i.e. how much of their attention somebody spends with you). let's take a journey together up the content creation curve:
Tweets/Status Updates
Attention Cost: 1
You'll rarely hear anybody say "that status update changed my life." As my friend Charlie Gilkey brilliantly pointed out, tweets and status updates don't change lives, they interrupt them.
At best we might pique somebody's curiosity with a status update. We might gain a new follower or fan. We'll have their attention until the next shiny thing in the clickstream grabs their attention. The world of tweets and status updates is like a virtual flea market. People move from stall to stall spending tiny bits of their attention.
Blog Posts
Attention Cost: 3
A blog post is where your fans may linger but the attention is probably transient. A rule of thumb is that 80 percent of your visitors have never been to your blog and probably will never be there again.
Most people scan blog posts. But consistent blogging does create a valuable body of work that can lead to dedicated fans and a base of content that can establish a voice of authority. And blog posts can create conversations and engagement like no other content form.
Attention Cost: 3
Newsletters cost more of your attention because you made a choice to receive them. You gave somebody your email address. Access to your inbox is a bit like breaking out your wallet at the flea market and saying you'll buy something small. Even Scott Stratten who is a self proclaimed social media "fanboy" once told me that "social is a terrible pull mechanism." Don't underestimate the power of email as a way to get people spending more of their attention with you.
Attention Costs 4
"Every major religion has a text. Your manifesto or free e-book is that for your blog." – Jeff Goins
Marcus Sheridan is quickly becoming a guru of marketing through this form. He doesn't sell ebooks. He gives away a 250 page bible on content marketing. It's resulted in clients, speaking engagements, and much more. In his words "I'd rather land a $10,000 client or speaking gig than sell a ten dollar e-book."
But the more important thing to observe is why this works. It requires a significant investment of somebody's attention to read a 60 page manifesto or 250 page ebook. It gets them invested in your worldview. It also filters out the people who don't resonate with your ideas. Here are a few other ebooks/manifestos that have catapulted people to prominence:
- Chris Guillebeau's World Domination Manifesto has been downloaded over 100,000 times. Since publishing it, he's gone on to publish two wildly successful books.
- AJ Leon wrote The Life and Times of a Remarkable Misfit. It's been downloaded over 87,000 times since he published it just 5 months ago. The result is a fanatical fan base.
Attention Costs 5
95% of communication is non-verbal. When somebody hears your voice or sees your face you go from being words on a screen to being a real person. Consider the average time spent on most blogs. For me it's roughly 2-3 minutes. Contrast that with somebody listening to a podcast for roughly an hour and it's clear that it requires much more of their attention. It's difficult to "scan" a podcast. As attention becomes scarcer and mobile devices become more prevalent, it's no surprise that some of our greatest minds on the web are diversifying their content efforts.
Attention Cost: 6
When we talk about how someone uses words to impact a tribe, what a manifesto or book book does is show that you're serious. It makes a prolonged consistent argument. It demonstrates a point of view. It's a whole river not a drop of water. – Seth Godin
Why are books so special? A book requires much more effort on the part of the creator and of the reader.
When you write a book it causes people to take you seriously. While there are plenty of people declaring the death of the publishing industry, getting a book deal with a mainstream publisher is still a huge credibility builder. There's something about walking into a bookstore and seeing your book on the shelf that gives it a very special quality. Many authors will tell you their books don't' make money, but rather serve as a business card.
A book cements their authority on a subject. C.C. Chapman said when he asked an organization why they called him, they replied "because you wrote the book on the subject."
The Relationship Between Attention and Effort
As you look down this list there is another important correlation. Each step on the attention ladder represents more commitment to attention, but also more effort on the part of the content creator.
- A blog post requires more effort than a status update
- An ebook/manifesto requires more effort than a blog post
- A traditional book requires more effort than both of the above
When I submitted this post to Mark the first time, he sent it back. He holds us to excruciatingly high standards. But it's tough love because his high standards have resulted in some of my best work. That's the trade-off — The more effort you give something, the more attention it gets. In Mark's email to me he said something that could really summarize the entire the point of this post:
"The most important thing is to create something exceptional, even if it takes a little more time."
Now, I'll leave you with a question. Are you creating something that's going to matter over the course of a lifetime? Are you willing to do the work?
Srinivas Rao writes about the things you should have learned in school, but never did and his the host-co founder of BlogcastFM. You can follow him on twitter @skooloflife
Do you have to cheat to be successful on the social web?
Mar 6th
I spent a great part of my career in B2B marketing positions and the part I loved most was traipsing around the factory floor. I loved watching things work and being with people who were actually "making stuff."
There was one manufacturing manager I knew who seemed to be a wizard. The guy always led the pack and found a way to hit his production numbers no matter what was thrown at him. He seemed too good to be true.
That's because he was. He was a cheat.
Turns out, he would invest to improve his plant's productivity and then purposely understate the manufacturing capacity of his equipment. So he was always holding back — in essence, lying and cheating the company so he could "make his numbers" and get that big bonus check. Of course he was fired.
He moved on to another Fortune 100 company, did the same thing, and was fired again.
You see, it's not just about making your numbers. HOW you make the numbers matters too.
It's all about cheating
This has been one of those weeks when I get really disgusted about the questionable games people play in business. For example, there has been a significant debate about the number of well-known authors who allegedly hire specialized companies to buy bulk copies of their books to nudge them on to the New York Times bestseller list.
I understand why people do this. They cheat, bump themselves on to The New York Times list for a day, and then claim that badge of social proof for their career forever. But it's kind of like calling yourself an "award-winning author" for that third-place trophy you received in high school for the Kiwanis Club essay contest. What did you really accomplish?
The publishing companies apparently approve of this because it moves books. Even the New York Times seems to condone cheating. This blows my mind. I mean, it's the New York freaking Times, the most respected newspaper in America. And they're allowing the editorial section of their paper to be gamed? The fact is, it is possible — maybe necessary — to buy your way on to this prestigious list.
An addiction to social proof
I've written extensively about this idea of "social proof." An indicator like "New York Times bestseller" is a short-cut indicator of quality when we are overwhelmed in a decision process. But this is a two-edged sword. It is undoubtedly a powerful indicator of influence, but it is also increasingly meaningless because nearly every "badge" can be faked.
Today, anyone can manufacture their own image of personal power. In Return On Influence, I wrote about a colleague who admitted to me that his entire social media presence had been faked. He bought his massive Twitter audience. He had somebody ghost-writing his blogs. He made up his client list. And people bought into it.
Another person I know created their own social media award and presented it to themselves so they had something to display on their blog. Nearly every day I get requests from people to vote for them for some crazy, made-up award. What the heck does winning a "Shorty Award" mean? Are you really the "best" of something?
The sad reality is, what you do may be less important than how you appear on the Internet. In a social media world that barks "Authenticity! Authenticity!" … there is precious little of that, in reality.
There was a time I was too concerned with social proof. I didn't cheat, but I spent too much time comparing my "numbers" with other people. It was driving the wrong behavior for me and my business because instead of just doing good work, I was thinking about doing work that increased these meaningless metrics. The social proof on my blog included badges about the awards I had won, Ad Age Power 150, etc. I took them all down about a year ago (which means I am not even following my own advice about the importance of social proof!), but it was the right decision for me because today I am concentrating on business metrics that make a difference.
Leaving success on the table?
I do wonder if the world will pass me by if I don't cheat. Will I ever have a bestseller? Will my publishers even support me any more if I'm not willing to pay a third party to buy my own books? Is it more important to write a great book or have the financial resources to make it look like a great book?
Will my blog readers eventually be more attracted to bloggers who display their awards and badges like a a five-star general?
Will clients hire speakers for conferences and workshops based on the number of Twitter followers or Facebook Likes they manufacture?
Does it matter that I don't make "best of" lists or win social media awards because I don't lobby my friends for votes?
Despite the business realities of social proof, life is too short to compromise myself to make a book list or fake my way to stardom. I feel like I am in a shrinking minority, but I still believe the lesson I learned on the factory floor so many years ago — How you make the numbers is important too. Even if other people can't tell what is real, I know what is real.
Thanks for reading my post today. I would love to hear your thoughts on cheating and social proof in the comment section!
5 reasons you should be in social media, even if the boss says "no"
Mar 5th
Boss driving you crazy? Having a hard time selling the idea that you need to be on the social web?
I know first-hand that there are still many naysayers out there who don't understand why they need to have a social media presence. Here are five reasons that should convince even the last hold-out to get on board …
1. Social impact on search
What percent of your business starts with a search on Google? For many businesses it may be as high as 90 percent. And if any of your business comes through search or your website, then social media is inextricably linked to your future success.
One of the most important and significant changes the search engines have made to deliver meaningful and personal results is to incorporate social media results as part of the validation process for content. Social validation and "authorship" are guiding more search results. To be part of this, you need to be creating and igniting content. Establishing authority on the web through your social media content will dramatically help you improve your organization's search rankings over time. And almost every business can benefit from that.
2. Facebook is the Internet
A common question I receive in my classes and workshops is, "What will be the next Facebook?" A point I try to make is that the emotional switching cost to moving away from Facebook is enormously high. That's where you have all your friends, photos, videos, and family members. It's where you have your Farmville farm for goodness sake!
I've made the argument that it might be easier to change your house than to change your social network.
Research from The Social Habit, a division of Edison Research, reveals that more than 80 percent Americans between the ages of 13 and 24 are on Facebook and more than half are active every day. There is no other brand in the world that boasts that kind of market penetration. To this demographic, who either are, or soon will be, your customers, Facebook IS the Internet.
And the popular social network is rapidly spreading across every demographic and every region of the world. It is the largest media entity in history.
One interesting and significant trend is that the amount of search on Facebook has been rising dramatically, and of course Facebook's new search engine development will further serve this trend. Increasingly, Facebook will be the way people find and connect with goods, service, companies, and brands. It probably makes sense to stake your claim there, right? Who knows where the future will lead us?
3. Social proof
When we don't know the truth, we look for clues from our external environment (like number or "badges" on a website) to help us make decisions.
In our information-dense world of the Internet, we're starved for clues to help us determine leadership and authority and we readily turn to "badges of influence" like number of Twitter followers or even a Klout score as convenient indicators of power.
Perhaps the most prestigious symbol of social proof today is the Facebook "Like." Among many companies, there is a Facebook arms race in progress as competing brands do anything necessary to gain the upper hand on this important metric. I recently wrote a post describing a company who has an internal marketing metric of "cost per like." On the surface, this seems ludicrous but it demonstrates how strategically important this symbol has become.
This might seem a little "icky," but it's real. Don't overlook social proof of authority as a legitimate reason to have an active social media presence.
4. The Trade Show Dilemma
Have you ever had to sit at a booth during a boring industry trade show?
I did, and I hated every minute of it. It was nice to network with people in the industry and maybe even chat with customers, but it was certainly not a very effective use of my time! Despite spending tens of thousands of dollars on this marketing event, we rarely sold anything, learned anything, or created any new value beyond handing out nice pens.
So why did we do it?
Because if we weren't there, people would think something was wrong. We would be ostentatiously absent.
In this day and age, not being on Facebook or Twitter sends the same message. "Ajax Printing isn't on Facebook? I guess they just don't get it." Even if you DO get it, it tells a story that you don't get it. Having those social sharing buttons on your website is the new trade show. You better be there, even if it may not be the best use of your time.
5. Social media is the future of communications
The Net Generation – your next pool of employees, customers, and competitors – prefer to use text messaging and the social web over any other form of communication. It is the natural evolution of communications. You might enjoy reading a paper copy of The Wall Street Journal each morning, or even looking at an online version of your favorite news site. Nearly half of Americans under the age of 21 cites Facebook as their primary source of news.
The social web is where a generation is going to connect, learn, and discover. Ignore this at your peril!
So there you have it. If your CEO is still haggling with you because you can't prove the ROI of social media (don't get me started) show her this article and say, it's not just about ROI … it's about relevance!
I'd love to hear your comments about these observations. Fire away in the comment section!
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Ignite innovation? Lower costs? Turn to the crowds.
Mar 3rd
Buying incremental bits of people's time, talent, and experience through "crowd-sourcing" is an incredibly important trend, yet it's s still flying under the radar for most companies.
To learn more about this development, I attended a crowdsourcing conference and learned from experts from GE, Microsoft, eBay, NASA and other leading companies. The conference was created by {grow} community member David Bratvold and his company Daily Crowdsource. David did an excellent job bringing together cutting-edge thinkers in this space and unearthing the vast opportunities … and controversies … surrounding this trend. Here are a few highlights from the world's crowd-sourcing experts:
Stephen Shapiro, author of Best Practices are Stupid, talked about the echo chamber of innovation facing most companies who don't look outside for ideas. "Expertise is the enemy of innovation," he said. "People return to the same safe grooves in their brain. In a room full of rocket scientists, adding one more rocket scientist is probably not going to make a difference. Breakthroughs come from different domains of expertise, connecting ideas and perspectives that were previously unconnected."
Bryan Saftler of Microsoft covered three possible negatives of crowd-sourcing:
- Ownership rights. How do you know somebody creates something original when it may not be?
- Crowdsourcing is an open process — do you want your competition to see it?
- Crowd-sourcing the wrong thing. R&D should probably be an internal activity if you want a competitive advantage. Should be a discrete problem, not an open-ended problem.
There was quite a bit of debate over this last point, as other participants argued about the benefits of putting R&D problems out to the crowds, including …
Jason Crusan of NASA — NASA is using crowd-sourcing extensively to solve problems ranging from long-term space food packaging to component design for the International Space Station. He said that the key to extracting extreme value from open innovation is tied to generating a vast number of solutions — you can't get to the "long tail" of break-through thinking unless you get a large number of responses. As this field progresses, the challenge is sorting and finding that superior solution. Software is being developed to manage this.
NASA is running many open-ended "competitions" to generate ideas with cash prizes for the best solutions. The key to success is very carefully defining what needs to be solved. 85 percent of the solutions they've found have come from innovators outside the U.S., making NASA a world space agency. NASA has been so successful crowd-sourcing solutions to complex problems that it is now teaching other agencies such as Medicare how to use these strategies.
Max Yankelevich of Crowd Computing Systems — How do you tap into the "cognitive surplus" of the world, and your own employees, beyond mundane micro-tasks? Artificial intelligence promises to take crowd sourcing beyond commodity tasks like photo tagging and sentiment analysis and move into more complex large-scale tasks. "We are heading to a freelance economy," he said. "And this will be enabled by algorithms. With the application of AI to crowdsourcing, eventually there will be no limit to the complexity of the tasks that will be able to be crowd-sourced."
Dori Albert of Lionbridge showed how even highly sensitive projects are opportunities for crowd-sourcing. Technology has progressed so that even secure data — like tax forms — can be processed through crowd-sourced models. Data forms are broken up into snips that are sent out so that no single person can see data from the same form — information is transmitted out of context. Every piece of work is sent out to two different people (dual sourced) to provide over 99.9% accuracy. The work (or "snips") are then re-assembled into the original tax forms and sent back to the state governments in a form that highlights problems and under-payments.
The primary benefit is that state tax entities have cut their tax form processing costs by 50 percent and collected millions of dollars in additional taxes by more thoroughly identifying under-payments.
Dr. Lisa Kennedy, Chief Marketing Officer of General Electric's healthymagination program showed an example of a 15-year-old boy who invented a diagnostic tool for pancreatic cancer. Innovation is happening in the most unlikely ways, in the most unlikely places. "Innovation is being democratized," she said. Very sophisticated tools and datasets are available for anyone to use for their own investigations and experiments. Crowd-sourced healthcare breakthroughs are occurring in bio-engineering, cancer research, treatment, imaging, and diagnostics.
GE has created the healthymagination toolbox to put information in the hands of "garage inventors." MedStartr is a crowdfunding site for life sciences ideas. GE wants to help inventors use big data to solve problems. "Let's face it," she said, "your local pizza parlor is probably doing a better job using data analysis to learn about you than your doctor."
James Rubinstein of eBay talked about the need to do intense research on your customers by asking the right questions. eBay uses crowd-sourced workers to help tag products and refine search terms with search results. The trick is, finding the right workers with the right skills to be effective. He gave examples that showed how search keywords can have wildly different meanings in different parts of the world. Frame of reference is also important — People who love fashion are the best people to match to fashion-related projects. Constantly testing to make sure they have the right workers on the right projects is essential to crowdsource success.
Stephen Paljieg, Senior Market Development Manager for Kimberly Clark said that "Ideas area limited by the people in our company, the experience in our company, and the budget in our company. Yet ideas are abundant! We can liberate the brand promise by opening up our future to our customers."
The company's Huggies brand sponsors crowd-sourced innovations from their "mom" customers. "There are more than 6 million women entrepreneurs in the U.S. yet less that 3 percent of venture capital goes to women-owned businesses. We see this as a huge opportunity." The Huggies brand is experimenting with a mom-funding effort to provide grants to customer-inspired new businesses. "Not only are we driving innovation, we're showing that we are willing to invest in our customers."
The company has created goodwill and PR with the program but has not yet created a product that can be sold through Kimberly-Clark.
I had a chance to catch up with Clint Bonner, VP -Marketing for Top Coder, for an interview. With access to 450,000 resources in 200 countries, Top Coder has become a leading crowd-sourcing resource for many top brands. How do you manage 450,000 resources? What is the opportunity for smaller businesses? Let's find out in the brief video interview:
Click here if you can't view the video interview with Clint Bonner of Top Coder.
Are you using crowd-sourcing? Any opportunities to create competitive advantage for your business?
Disclosure: Daily Crowdsource, the sponsor of Crowdopolis, provided me the opportunity to attend this event for free.
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A Greenville man was hospitalized after getting stabbed last night.
Police tell us Keyonta Powell was at his residence on Pine Street when he says Myra Peterson and Dwayne Young walked by. That's when a verbal argument broke out and Powell says Peterson walked up to him and stabbed him in the neck area, then took off with Young. Peterson has been charged with Assault with a Deadly Weapon Inflicting Serious Injury and is being held in the Pitt County Detention Center under a $13,000.00 secured bond.
Young was also arrested and charged with Assault on a female and Breaking or Entering regarding a previous incident with Keyonta Powell and his girlfriend and is being held at the Pitt County Detention Center under a $3,000.00 secured bond.
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Reading in the Urban Environment
Norma Inabinette
By 2000, we've got to, first, ensure that every child starts school ready to learn; second, raise the high school graduate rate to 90 percent; the third, ensure that each American student leaving the 4th, 8th, and 12th grades can demonstrate competence in the core subjects; fourth, make our students first in the world in math and science achievements; fifth, ensure that every American adult is literate and has the skills necessary to compete in a global economy and exercise the rights and responsibilities of citizenship; and sixth, liberate every American school from drugs and violence so that schools encourage learning.1
Reading is a critical skill necessary not only for success in school but for survival in the world. Reading ability in the twenty-first century will not only determine the quality of life, as it has in the past but will influence the very existence of it. As we move into the communication age, one's ability to process information in written form will determine how well one can carry out the normal daily activities that thus far have not demanded high literacy skills. It is now believed that by the year 2000, the average American must have reading skills at the fourteenth grade level to be a fully functioning citizen.2
While the demands for increased reading ability grow steadily, too many of our school-age children are handicapped because they lack the basic skill of reading.3 This lack of ability to process print is seen most dramatically in the urban school setting, where both the quality of the schools and life in general make learning a challenge. In order to understand the impact a lack of reading skills can have, it is important to understand what reading is and what factors support or hinder growth in reading.
Reading is the process of constructing meaning from print. This process is complicated and complex, requiring the smooth coordination of several inter-


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I have only had my car a year and since that time I have put 4 starters in it. Each time the starter just burns up within 3 to 6 months. I isn't the ignition switch, and we have taken it in to mechanics but are unable to find the problem.
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Single and Double Line Spacing in MS Word
A reader recently wrote to me regarding a problem with Line Spacing in MS Word:
"Having trouble with single and double line spacing, especially when starting in double and inserting a heading, and then further text in [single], spacing is not equal between heading and text. Do I swap [to single] line at end of heading?"
My response:
Some heading styles in MS Word employ spacing before and after and this is most likely what you are referring to when you say the spacing is not equal.
If you highlight your heading and then right-click on it and select Paragraph, under Spacing you will see that the paragraph has space before and after settings.
You can modify your heading style by selecting it and clicking on Format | Styles and Formatting and the Styles and the Formatting Pane will then open on the right-hand side of your Word screen. Select the style that you would like to change, and use the drop-down arrow next to it and select Modify. The Modify dialog box will open and you can then click on Paragraph and change the spacing to your liking.
An easier solution would be to create a style of your own to follow the heading style and set the paragraphs in your style to you own liking. Then, you will always have a style to use in your documents and you will never have to worry about setting your spacing again.
I hope this has been helpful to you.
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Posted on Wed., August 26, 2015
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Responsibilities and Expectations: Marketing and School Administrative experience required. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with a high degree of professionalism and competence in dealing with a variety of individuals including different cultures and ethnicities. Responsibilities are equally split between Admissions and Administrative coordination. This is a supervisory position. Admissions 50% Attends community events on week-ends, holidays and/or evenings. Enrolls students on an ongoing basis (target is at least 8 new students per month). Makes contact with prospective clients (primarily from our website or from phone calls) to schedule tours of our school. Meets, greets, and completes tours of our school for any potential client. Continues to follow up with prospects regularly. Administrative Coordination 50% Maintains accreditation and licensing paperwork and administrative requests. Uses a variety of software packages, such as Microsoft Word, Outlook, Powerpoint, Excel, Access, etc. to produce correspondence and documents and maintain presentations, records, spreadsheets and databases. Devises and maintains office systems (google docs, excel, etc). Attends meetings, takes minutes and keeps notes. Oversees Accounts Payable. Works well with staff in other departments, clients and with external. Organizes and stores paperwork, documents and computer-based information in collaboration with School Administration.


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Book your room at Holiday Inn Express and Suites Urbandale
Get an overview of this hotelHotel in Urbandale with indoor pool and fitness center
Situated in Urbandale, this hotel is 2.9 mi (4.6 km) from Pioneer Hi-Bred Headquarters and within 6 mi (10 km) of Pump It Up and Buccaneer Arena. Merle Hay Mall and Sky Zone Indoor Trampoline Park are also within 6 mi (10 km).
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An indoor pool, a fitness center, and a spa tub are available at this hotel. Self parking is free. Additionally, a business center, a meeting room, and dry cleaning are onsite.
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In addition to an indoor pool, Holiday Inn Express and Suites Urbandale provides a spa tub and a fitness center. Business-related amenities consist of a business center and a meeting room. This Urbandale hotel also offers laundry facilities, dry cleaning/laundry services, and a safe deposit box at the front desk. Onsite self parking is complimentary.
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Reported Area KM²7.1
English DesignationMarine Reserve
IUCN CategoryNot Reported
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- Ass. of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Regional Centre for Nature Conservation (ARCBC),The University of the Philippines Marine Science Institute (UP-MSI),Asian Bureau for Conservation (ABC), Dep. of Environment and Nat. Resources - Philippines (DENR)
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"Welcome to SAGRES" Sagres by Leipzig
Sagres Travel Guide: 120 reviews and 382 photos
This small town is close to the most southerly western point of Europe known as Cape St. Vincent. From this point you have a very impressive sight the Atlantic Ocean's waves breaking on the cliffs. Sagres most important sights are the remains of the 17th Century fort and the impressive lighthouse.
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Outstanding place for lovers of nature and sun! Bratwurst? Import from Leipzig? :-))) I didn't see it there.
Lovely new page, Christian - never thought that there were so many cliffs around!
It was so windy when we were at Sagres, you could hardy catch your breath! Lovely area (~_~)
good info about that nice place. Sagres and surrounding areas are very beautiful!
Great cliffs!!Looks nice place to visit!!
Looks beautiful here! Hahaha, I love the Bratwurst stand :-))) I like what you did with your intro picture, looks great!!!
WOW! Great views, of a fantastic looking place.
Very impressive scenery!
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4 Parks near Merritt, British Columbia
Quilchena, British Columbia 13.59 miles NE
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Tulameen, British Columbia 38.65 miles S
333 Gillis Road Merritt, British Columbia V1K 1B8 (map) | (604) 316-4668
Sites: 9 | Latest Rate: $40.00 | 4 Reviews
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Aug 2015 - $40.00
Very cool, rustic campground. Very acommodating host (met us at 9:30pm in the pouring rain and helped us get set up!).
Great for families, lots of animals and the creek running no more than 20m from the campsite. Good electrical and water hook up.
Also really good to see a street hockey / basketball court and a good children's play area!
Loved our stay here, will return for sure! - Pete10K
Jun 2015 - $30.00
This was our second time here. Will preface comments with a warning to all dog owners. Beware of Rusty the feral border collie. This dog and its counterpart chase and kill coyotes around the ranch. For no apparent reason, Rusty attacked our 50 lb. standard schnauzer. He had him by the throat and there is no doubt in my mind his intent was to kill. I was able to separate the dogs, incurring several bites. If it had been a smaller dog, he would have died. It put a pall on the rest of our stay and we left a day early.
This is a beautiful rustic setting for an rv park. There are currently about 6 sites, but plans are for more. Wonderful walking trails and the opportunity to view a working ranch. Dog control will have to improve. - flugelboneman
Sep 2014 - $30.00
Iooking for something different? Black Diamond ranch is unlike your run of the mill RV park. If you like quaint and charming, hoses, pigs, chickens and llamas, you have come to the right place. You will not be expected to keep your dog tethered, but if he harasses the livestock he will be taken to task by the resident border collies. You are greeted by the charming owner. Coldwater creek runs by your window. Numerous trails abound. You are invited to tour the ranch and befriend the residents. Good 30 amp power and water, but come in with empty tanks. We loved it and will be back. Don't be put off by the "rustic" entrance. - flugelboneman
1300 Voght St Merritt, British Columbia V1K 1B8 (map) | (250) 378-6441
Sites: 44 | Latest Rate: $32.00 | 11 Reviews
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Jul 2015 - $32.00
Excellent park with large level sites - gravel driveways and grass. One or two trees per site.
Excellent staff. Washrooms spotless. Laundry svces available but did not see laundry "room".
Only "slight" downside is proximity to lumber mill and its noise. More like white noise than noise that might keep you awake. Sounded likemill was only running 2 shifts so overnight (and weekend) was quiet.
We would definitely stay here again.
Nightly rate is in Cdn funds. - DCM/JMB
Jun 2015 - $27.00
Well maintained, spacious sites with good grass and some shade. Friendly and helpful operators. WIFI near the office, didn't work in our site. Nice walking trail and river adjacent to the park. The rate was $32CDN, or about $27US. - Creigh Gordon
Sep 2012 - $32.00
This is a very nice park, lots of grassy areas between sites. Each site is graveled and level. Water pressure is 100 so a reducer is necessary. Washrooms are very clean and large with 2 showers each. Management is very welcoming and friendly. We will definitely stay here again. - leesdogs
N Nicola Lake Rd Merritt, British Columbia V0E 2R0 (map) | (250) 315-0253
Sites: 120 | Latest Rate: $21.00 | 5 Reviews
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Sep 2014 - $21.00
Nice campground a bit outside of Merritt. The paved road to Monck is pretty bumpy on the way in, the way out to Merritt is much better. Well laid out campground with some space between sites. Quite a few sites suitable for bigger rigs. Roads inside the campground are paved, the sites are gravel. Level was good. Very quiet day and night. Dump (5$ fee) inside the campground. One nice loop trail takes you up to some nice viewpoints over Nicola Lake. Washrooms have flush toilets but no showers. Large grassy beach area with lots of picnic tables. I assume it can be busy here during the summer holidays. We'll be back. - TheSchweitzers
Jul 2014 - $21.00
Sites vary in size but the largest ones can easily accommodate the large rigs and boats. The sites are hard packed gravel, fairly level, with excellent quality picnic tables and fire rings. There are no RV facilities at the sites (power, water, sewer) but they do have a number of potable water taps throughout the park and 1 sani station that you can use for $5 (free Sani-station at the Canadian Tire in town about 10 minutes away). There are no shower facilities so for the tenters take note. The washrooms are typical park washrooms. It does get very dusty which gets into everything. The wind really picks up at night so bring those awnings in. All in all, a very good provincial park with spacious RV sites. Easy access to a sandy beach and large playing field. Would come back again if in the area. - bakermancoq
Jul 2008 - $19.00
Park is very beautiful, set on Nicola Lake. Staff was very friendly and helpful, even getting us firewood after the store was closed. Lake was a little cold which made swimming interesting. Wind came up a couple nights, so pulled the awning in just to be safe. Day use area was amazing, with grass and sand on the beach. This park is highly recommended. - JAAndFamily
1145 Neilson St Merritt, British Columbia V1K 1B8 (map) | (250) 315-2267
Sites: 69 | Latest Rate: $40.00 | 3 Reviews
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Jun 2015 - $40.00
This park is not worth the price per night, although the people are very friendly. The park is kind of messy, sites are not leveled and muddy. - henny04
Aug 2013 - $35.00
This place looks much nicer in pictures than in person. Roads aren't great, sites are completely ungroomed and unmaintained. Apparently, they have not heard of a rake, weed eater or lawn mower. Our fire pit was full to the top with old coals. Some sites with junk piled everywhere, very unsightly. Where we camped, the sites were so close together that our sewer hose was pretty much directly underneath the next guy's picnic table. Very friendly lady at the store, but that's about the only positive at this place. Would never return or recommend. - User3203
Jul 2013 - $42.00
This is a diamond in the rough. Its currently being upgraded. Dirt roads, 25 full hookup spots, tenting spots available. Some full timers. Very pet friendly. Could be bad if it rained; they need to improve the roads. Hopefully this upgrading will be ongoing. This is rustic but has good potential. If not raining would stay here again. - rwberg


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2010-11. After all, WPI-guided monetary policy decisions havent really been wrong before. That there might have been monetary policy errors was recently acknowledged by both former Governor D Subbarao and former deputy governor Subir Gokarn.
This is plausible, as developments from 2012 would suggest. As the chart shows, from January 2012, the repo or policy rate adjusts above headline WPI inflation, remaining so throughout 2012. GDP growth also slid to around 5% in 2012. By October 2012, WPI inflation was down to 7.3%, despite 20%-plus exchange rate depreciation from October 2011-August 2012. In April 2013, headline WPI inflation fell to 4.8%. Core-WPI inflation, the demand gauge, almost halved from 5.2% in October 2012 to 2.8% in April 2013, falling further to 1.9% in August before its recent pick-up to 2.1% in September, reflecting exchange rate and diesel prices pass-through. The GDP deflator, the broadest inflation measure, also fell to 5.6% in April-June from 7.4% the previous quarter.
The significant point from this narrative is that with appropriate interest rate adjustments in 2012, the relationship of inflation with other macroeconomic variables like output, income and employment is once again restored. The visible slowdown of industrial production, especially consumer goods, retail sales, etc. buttress this; in 2013, even rural wage growth is reported slowing. This implies that the WPIs links with macroeconomic variables didnt really break down in the high inflation episode, but just that monetary policy wasnt tight enough as the twenty year long monetary history would suggest.
In this light, it would be risky for RBI to base its monetary response upon the new CPI, whose linkages with other macroeconomic variables are not yet understood and when growth was as weak as 4.1% two quarters ago. The vast difference in the two inflation indicators vis-à-vis the wider economic conditions suggest caution at this point. Understandably, the central bank is chary and anxious to restore its inflation fighting credentials; it would rather err on the side of over-tightening than be lax second time round. History suggests that this time it is different.
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January 8th, 2014 (2:45 PM). Edited January 8th, 2014 by FrozenInfernoZX.
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Hey i played the recent beta 2.5. I really like the story line of the game though i think you should improve the wild battle music and the trainer battle music. I really like the DNS especially when the background changes during game play when time changes. I love the mapping which is simply beautiful.The scripts are hilarious especially the youngster joey battle.I suggest you make evee easy to train as it is a real pain to level up.I really am looking forqard to the final version :D
Thanks! Music will be overhauled in the future for Beta 4.xx. I learned so much as a rom hacker from when I first started way back in Beta 1. I want to make some custom music, but never really gotten into it (although, I should), but wanted to get rid of the Fire Red music at all costs to give the game a "new" feeling for the time being.
Originally Posted by
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walk up to the wall where you think there will be an entrance and talk to it
There will be moments in the game where you would
have to put on your "strategy caps."
I wanted to make it a bit more challenging and rewarding in that respect.
And less predictable.
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i just did the event wwhere suicune saved me, now what?
Route 56. Walk there as normal, then a hiker guy will give you the ProGoggles.
Edit 1 - Updated the credit list, adding WesleyFG for some of his public tiles.
Edit 2 - Also, if you would LOVE to join forces with me as a member of this hack, let me know.
Progress will surely ensure quicker completion of this game! Exponentially!
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