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Realtor.com of course has it issues, most of them IMO seem to be their relations and pricing to place properties on the site for Agents....
But it is what it is...Listings from Agents and FSBO's listed thru Flat-fee services. If a Consumer goes to Realtor.com chances are the property they are looking at is actually for sale and because Agents wish to sell the the info, pictures, prices ect.. are most likely updated and accurate.
It is a site Consumers can use with a certain amount of confidence and they know it's a Realtor oriented site from the name..(I know who actually owns Realtor.com so let's avoid that debate). My point is they can ignore the Pro-Buy stuff because they are there to find properties.
In my opinion as long as Realtor.com works on it's relationship (Pricing ect.) it is here to stay and because it provides the most accurate listings of home actually for sale deserves to be #1 in that category...
Part 2 comment below
Can't we just let the answers, comments, whatever, speak for themselves? Do consumers really give a darn about all this?
I think I need an another glass of wine.
Maybe then all this will become clearer.
While agree that in an arena such as this one many comments may be inappropriate, I have bonded and enjoy bonding with members here on trulia -and offline- and it provides a camaraderie fo all involved.
It would allow for conversation and sport between members from all walks of life and, imho, it would be a great asset to your site.
The fact is that some of these conversations have created "real life" contacts for myself.
Though I generally delete comments that are "off topic" because I don't want them in my Q&A's in my profile to be judged by them by a potential client or by a Realtor who may refer business to me, I feel that at the time the comments were made they were appropriate and called for.
If there would be a forum format where we could all unwind a bit I think it would be beneficial to all.
I agree with Dunes that anything that encourages empty repetitive postings/blogs is counterintuitive to maintaining a quality website. I find it ironic that you take issue with people repeating the same answers over and over (one of my stated pet peeves, by the way) yet your VIP system encourages that very thing.
If there is someway of rewarding quality answers and discouraging That Which Has Been Said Many Many Times Before, then I say go for it.
The way it is set up now isn't it.
I respectfully say, go back to the drawing board and keep trying.
Maybe I'll give it try since Thumbs up ect.. are meaningless (get as many points for posting an 1 sentence answer like I agree with as you get for a TU which many hardly ever get).
It's all about post post post
Maybe that's why when you google Trulia VIP you see a lot of "Become a Trulia Voices VIP! Here's how: Contribute Often It only takes 5 contributions per week to become a VIP! Strive for Quality ..." http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&
Really sounds like striving for Quality lol
I applied my new Ranking system for my comments..You know 4 points for rude, 2 points for grumpy, 20 points for coherent, 1,000,000 points for creating a Profile, -20 points for commenting on Blogs and divided it by how many TU's Alan has and compared it to the 2008 Home sales stats....
I discovered that sometimes I may have been rude 2.16%, Tumultuous 47.9%, Too Anal litical 97.2% and correct 184%...All % are rounded to the nearest % and may not add up to exactly to 100%
So to the Mayors I apologize (Still have reservationssssss) but you were civil and took time to respond so thanks also...
To you Non-Mayors I apologize if I was grumpy and sarcastic and I admit sometimes unfair......
@ Joan..Please check my Profile ;)
The VIP Rankings...I'm still Right despite my Tremulousness (I really like that word)
#1 Grumpy Guy
Civil is just a word
Thanks for your question.
Patrick - glad you made it to 110.....but I thought only 1 credit was given per answer - multiple answers on the same thread don't count - am I right or wrong?
Oh I won't be wasting time posting to the same question anymore. I'm going to get a nice repertoire of responses and then going to town on the questions. Seems like it works for some.
I'm going for the badges, buttons, ribbons, tiaras, crowns and cowboy hats. No................better yet.........I want that pointed hat the Pope wears. Yeah that's nice. Stands a little higher than a crown, tiara or cowboy hat.
Oh yeah, I just wanted to add one pet peeve to the list.
There------as in a place "It's over there"
Their-------as in belonging to "That is theirs"
They're----as is "They are...."
Tomorrows lesson..............Your and You're (Yore doesn't count for those playing at home)
Just had to get that in.
Then I realized I get a few points for posting drivel so I reconsidered it again.
Maybe I can catch up to a VIP level 3 this way.
I bet your NJ snow makes it to Maine. Please keep it all down there. I hate plowing and shoveling.
Debbie said "PS............ for the record - I'd be here doing this even without any badges, ribbons or bows...even without a total count showing how many responses I gave.................I am here because I enjoy adding my 2 cents, trying to be helpful..........learning a little bit along the way......and....... and schmoozing (sp?) with my trulia pals!"
That is basically the same reason I am on here. The only difference is I do not have an office for someone to contact me at. I bet almost all of those who post useful information would say the same thing Debbie did.
(I never got a tiara)
(I would prefer a cowboy hat)
The purpose of this site is to provide information and interaction – to build a meaningful online community. So far it's worked just about like any large family gathering – there are the responsible adults, the bratty kids and then a few whacked out cousins who showed up cause they're in the family and we couldn't figure out a way to keep them away …
Anyone with any amount of sense can tell the difference between those who are simply answering 'cause they can and those who put some thought and knowledge into their answers.
Alan, from our discussions you know that we didn't ask for these badges (or even go looking for them), we didn't suggest to anyone that we be Mayors (who knew), and haven't been writing our comments to get kudos, a fancy badge or some cosmic blessing from somewhere – we do it because it helps people who need answers and it helps our clients. My blog is written to answer real questions my clients have, and if anyone else reads them, that's OK too.
And, gosh darn it, it makes us better people at the end of the day as well …
It appears the question you asked has caused quite a fury among readers. If your question was rephrased, "Is this site going to stay in business?" then I think you would have gotten a resounding YES from nearly all respondents. Comparing this to Realtor.com is like comparing apples to oranges... they're both good, they both serve the public (internet users) and they both have a lot of content for everyone to enjoy. Still, YOUR question caused too many to compare and then far too many more to start analyzing the content on Trulia and judging the staff here at Trulia for their system of ranking contributors. I believe their system needs amending over time but you must remember that all input (contributions) are written... judging their value or worth is purely subjective. Who can say my answer has any more value than some other answer? Who can say long answers have more value than short answers? A less than good writer will say blah blah blah with 3 times the number of words than a skilled writer can say with just blah. Additionally, some are very gifted writers; others aren't. All in all, the Q&A and Blogs on Trulia give this real estate search site some true value in a world seeking the greatest consumer value... indefinitely. Trulia will make changes over time to increase its value and we will help make those changes happen with our input and contributions.
[@Dan] "I think all of the above ignores the real question. WHY does the list exist? How can it really help consumers? Does it reflect other real estate agents opinions of other realtors outside of their area?"
Find a Pro is intended to be a tool for consumers to find real estate professionals in their area. There are a lot of professionals who use Trulia -- Find a Pro is how we let someone see which of those work in the areas they care about. As noted, I think the current "best match" search results "need work" (good thing I work here, I guess) -- ideally, we'll be able to help anyone using the tool by adding those who contribute the highest quality content in their region to the top. There are also lots of members who don't participate on Voices -- Find a Pro is really the only way to read what they say on their profiles to see if it's someone you'd want to work with. As to whether "it reflect[s] other real estate agents' opinions of other realtors outside of their area," I suppose it does, in that many of thumbs-up votes on the site are made by professionals, who could be from another area. There's certainly a lot more we could be doing on Voices to ensure local contributions (answers, members, etc.) get more focus -- I hope that any work we do to that effect will make its way into how we sort results in the directory.
@Dunes: "Were my 15-20 invalid post which I reported and ask for assistance with considered Blocked posts?"
Nope. That was some sort of bug. I don't remember if we tracked it down. Our "bad word" list has some oddities, for sure, and that's often the problem. (Aside @Dan: "scr-w" is indeed on our "bad words" list. We'll probably remove it from the list the next time we update the site.) If it happens again, feel free to send it to me, too -- I can usually track down what's happening and fix any problem.
To be clear, we distinguish "blocked" and "deleted" posts, with "Delete this answer" being a "deleted" post. Only moderators can block a post. (If you asked a moderator to remove one of your own posts, we'd probably mark it as "deleted." Only "blocked" posts get you those prized -30 VIP points.
"I had 23 answers and 71 TU's for the week...Then Trulia has a glitch and I see I've gone from 30-40 TU's more than the next person to 15 TU's for the week..So I posted this question to Trulia."
So, what happened there was we call "an issue between the chair and the keyboard." (-; I removed the code which counted everyone's daily, weekly, and monthly contributions a day too early, literally forgetting that it was in use on the live site. (a.k.a., Louis B., Idiot at Trulia.) So, those counts were unreliable for the remainder of the day.
At the same time, while doing final prep on the VIP system, we discovered a bug where we were still counting thumbs-up votes by users who'd been blocked in certain cases. I don't believe this affected your total thumbs-up (I can check if you like), but I know it affected a number of other members, some quite dramatically. As the votes shouldn't have been counted, in the first place (and wouldn't have added up if you went through all the answers you've made and counted the thumbs-up), we didn't really mention it publicly, and have handled specific questions one-by-one.
"Why is this Thread Monitored? Monitor this Thread but Spam by Agents floods the Forum unmonitored...Go figure"
See above -- this was really just poor diction on my part. "We're monitoring this thread" = "I'm reading all the responses on this thread because I'm curious what you all think, want to answer your questions, and will share the best responses with the rest of the Voices team." Another person has moderating the rest of Voices in her "spare time" -- no small feat, even on a "quiet" week like this one. (@Dan, I'm looking into the post you mentioned that was removed.) Should I be reading all of the posts on Voices? Sure, but that means I won't have time to fix Find a Pro. (-:
For good measure, I'll repeat the party line here: please help us remove the bad stuff by reporting any posts you see which are spam/abusive/etc. There are a lot of contributions on Voices every day -- flagging helps bring the bad ones to our attention more quickly.
What is wrong with that? In case you did not notice it before (here goes my 30 points) the people who have been posting in this particular thread LIKE each other. They respect each other, Most would even recommend each other to someone who asked.
This is set up as a COMMUNITY. Not just a ask annoying questions, get tons of duplicate answers site.
When the people who participate and contribute get to be friendly, joke, and are at ease with each other you are seeing the results of something great. People from all over the country (maybe even from canada) who are working together trying to be helpful. And somehow in the process found others they enjoy being around. I would far rather see a site where people joke and kid each other in a good natured way instead of attacking others (which I have also seen here to others <and had happen to me> more than once). I basically ignored that. Some get upset by it. Some even leave <to soon to say short or long term> because of being attacked. To say that joking around should not happen is plain wrong. (yup, down 30 points for sure)
I have had some people say I am anti-realtor. I am not. I am anti wasting money on overpriced assets. I have even recommended a few realtors on here.
I made a well thought out careful response in the link below. I got 2 thumbs up for it. I had 2 realtors reference my reply as being good. Yet somehow it mysteriously disappeared. I have seen a few other answers also go <poof> Why?
I have been here for just about 3 months. I have posted many very long answers trying to help. An occasional one liner gets through. Should I be a vip member? I do not know. I try to look at things from <gasp> a consumers point of view. I try to think what does it mean if you do... Sometimes my response is nothing more than to ask a question. In a few case a pro came along and answered the question I posed so I believe that helped the original poster to get a quality reply. I try to show people parts and pieces they may have missed. Unlike most of here who post I do not make a profit from anything I do here. I will not find an investment property. I will not sell a property. If I am very lucky I may have my saved searches from other sites find a house I would like to buy and stay in forever.
I know one thing for sure. I am not what Trulia had in mind when they set up the site. Perhaps they should have. Perhaps the ability to see things from a very different perspective (as dunes, rockin and others) is as important as what the agents show. The greater the angle of view we are exposed to the better our ability to make a wise choice becomes.
I just don't think you (Trulia) really considered anything beyond rolling out this post a lot program and getting as many agents to post as possible in return for ribbons and placement on the Find a Pro page (competing with post a lot to get there)
Tell me the difference between this ranking system and "Top Contributors" beyond removing the ability of Consumers to see the people ranked high post a lot to be placed there...You just added more places they could post to be a "Top Contributor" (comment on Blogs, ask questions ,write a Spam blog,ect. and try to make it appear legitimate with a silly point system)
Answer a question is worth the same amount of points as a Thumbs up? Duh!
You have not once addressed the issue of the inability of Consumers viewing the Find a Pro page or the rankings to know why people are Level3 or ranked.....Deceptive IMO and intentionally so since no on wishes to explain that little detail...
"but the thread has taken several turns into mere joking. " I've been here a while, again give me one example of where people joking in threads at Trulia has ever been declared an issue by Trulia or comments have been threatened to be deleted.....
Your deleting post comment comes across to me as nothing more than a veiled threat that Trulia frowns on those who disagree with your VIP program and will take action by deleting their comments...Again give me one example of Trulia doing this on any other thread for anything except insults...
It's about the VIP Program and people stating it's not Good for this Forum in their opinion...That's why you are monitoring this thread in the first place and why now you're threatening to delete comments...
" We spent a lot of time trying to mitigate gaming while keeping it simple;"
Now that's a joke and should be deleted....
Why is there any need to monitor this thread? Why aren't you monitoring Spam or post a lots instead?
I don't think Trulia will put Realtor.com out of business. Trulia has become Politics (mayors, stars, and maybe some other titles I haven't seen yet) , PRO s (I guess they mean professionals--or maybe just people who pay a subscription), and vip ribbons for posting a bunch of junk. It used to be interesting and somewhat informative.
No vip for me??? I better get busy, "Wait another year to buy", "Wait another year to buy", "Wait another year to buy". That is the correct answer to every question...and probably the best advice...wait another year to buy, prices are still declining. Good Luck.
I will continue "not blowing smoke" because that would, as you say, deter business.
I regret not finding this site earlier. Besides for the financial gain i get when a potential buyer or a Realtor calls (I have already closed Trulia deals), there are times that I post an answer and within an hour a Realtor might call from Chicago or a mortgage broker from Wisconson with questions. I never bonded like this with people from all over the country.
Of course nothing beats threads like these and the regulars who post useful-sometimes very comical- information all around Trulia. I thought I knew a lot about real estate before I found this site, but I learn new things every day here.
Having said that, I apologize if I was being too mushy. It's totally not like me. I guess I don't know how to handle a compliment :)
About the points thing-don't sweat it-I'll just have to start tu-ing your good answers a little more often. That should resolve your issue---------
First, yes I agree that thumbs down would be a bad idea. Clearly, this is in my own best interest. Speaking of which, I'd like a few TUs ...
I also like the idea of a TUBA oriented system but based on total posts (as opposed to total answers), divided by TU and BA (treated at x2 or better value). Also deleted answers are not removed from total answers, so those inclined to try and "game" the system are punk'd from the start.
The system can just calculate the score once a day, off-peak. Computers do that really well, so we shouldn't worry about a few extra computing cycles. Technically, they only really need to calculate the last day against the previous baseline, should they do it that way.
Well we're at 240 answers and rising all the time. But if we took Dunes out of the thread, we'd only have 31 answers :-)
We are, indeed, paying attention to this thread, as we are to the revived discussion about TUBA. We've taken customer feedback into account with how we display popular questions and posts, "best match" results in Find a Pro, and will do so for VIPs on Voices.
I'll be the first to admit that none of those are perfect, by any means. We're constantly making tweaks to how all of those work, though, and feedback from you, our customers, helps us prioritize what to address
Louis B.
Engineer at Trulia
Thanks for your kind words but the truth is as far as knowledge Rockinblu, Jefferson, Dan, Dp2, Barbara and many other non-realtors have more than I (I've never claimed expertise after all it's just a word ;)...
Sometimes I have accidentally said something relevant often I just share my opinions and observations that stem from my obviously disturbed and tumultuous personality...
If I'm going to be ranked or Badged then I want it to be because I possibly contributed something of substance not because I can find my keyboard....
You have summed up my contention and I believe your observations to be relevant and accurate...If everyone thinks about it you have always been known for being fair, looking at both sides and not expressing an opinion without something to base it on...I thank you for sharing...
You make a valid point and it has been discussed but the discussion now is Why should consumers have to wade through the "post a lots" comments because a Ranking system is created to encourage "post a lots"
Does this help Consumers? Does this help the Professionals? ....... Who does it help?
Al says he profits from providing quality responses to the Consumer and my contention is the Consumer also Profits....
That's what should be rewarded, the Consumer Profits so someone tell me how the Consumer profits from this Ranking system.....They do not because it is not about the Consumer, it's about giving Badges and certificates to as many Agents as possible in exchange for posting 20/40/60/80 times a month.....and Trulia gets Site Traffic and more Agents to pitch PRO at....and Google is watching ;)....
Exspurts Galore Inc.
So what does a Mayor do to justify a Badge? Given for past accomplishments? Current Accomplishments?
Wasn't there a rumor of representing Agents, a voice for the Community? I remember the part about doing PR for Trulia.......
What input or voice did you have in this new VIP Program? Has there been any official Mayor input with Trulia about anything and if so what? Is it a secret?
Why does one where (that was for Patrick I know it's wear ;) a Mayor Badge what's it's significance....
The Badge stands out what have the Mayors done since getting them that Stands out?
I know you are all honored to have one and you did not ask for the honor but now that you have it does it mean anything beyond having it?
I can help you with that.
I don't know anything about what you are talking about but I'm going to answer anyway
Call me even though I'm 7 state away and I'll run right over and show you those houses
No you can't
Yes you can
I charge this much
Did I miss anything? That's seven answers I could get credit for LOL.
Didn't really have anything to add here, just wanted to make the number of answers go to 110. Do you get points for that?
I have not reviewed a list of the Trulia VIPs (and I am not one.) If I did read the list, I would probably find many great posters with a a handful of gamers interwoven. Then, I could go through the answers of each, and, with little effort quickly recognize quality from fluff. Many people can do the same with very little industry insight.
Contrast this to my review of an industry list of the "The Top 100 Influential People in Real Estate" or "Top "x"" I have seen a few of those lists contain people who were very fluffy.
Fluffmeisters will, can, and do invade all lists. Yet, publishers, paper and print, regularly allocate time and energy on "Top whoever" lists...because readers and participants are drawn to look and read.
Trulia is not a real estate company, but rather an online media company....that happens to publishes in and on the real estate industry. Trulia is not doing anything differently than every other online and offline publisher does. Publishers do this, because consumers want it.
While Trulia's rating system is flawed, as is EVERY rating system, it surpasses others. The invasion of the fluffmeisters is far more pervasive on other lists versus Trulia's. With other lists, the only way to identify the fluffmeisters is by having intimate knowledge. On Trulia, just spend a short time reading and the truth surfaces.
Thank you to my friend, Maya, who recently taught me the word fluffmeister.
There have been a couple of examples used here that clearly are just blah, blah, blahers and it's obvious that that is exactly what they are doing. Unfortunately it's those blahers that make the rest of us look bad. For those of us who actually are here to help, keep doing what you are doing. Your answers and help will stand out on it's own merit.
I agree, that the system that allows Lynn911 to be a top contributor with her pablum responses is mightily flawed. Also, am I the only one that thinks the badges are backward? Shouldn't the #1 ribbon be the highest, and the #3 ribbon be the lowest??
We used to have Thumbs up and Thumbs down... and that system was gamed by many.
I'd much prefer to see a system that relied more on TU's and BA's... kinda like Barbara Q was talking about...
Total number of answers, divided by TU's, + BA's... = 95%... and that, at least, would be some small indication of quality over quantity.
I do like, however, the concept that Trulia is beginning to recognize that it's not only Realtors who are making a contribution to Trulia voices, and the badges are open to consumers... Dunes and Rockin' truly deserve badges that indicate they are MVP's, but because of the structure they've followed to hand them out... Dunes feels they are totally of "no value", and based on the formula they're using...
... yes, even as a Mayor... I'd have to agree.
Your views and comments are just as important here as anyone else who contributes. Your non-professional point of view is very important to those of us that are in the profession. Sometimes the so called professionals loose track of what the public feels or has to say, and I can always count on you to bring it back around and give cause for thought. (You know how I hate it when you do that, it makes my head hurt).
You may not like your new badge, but your presence here is important and quite helpful and I continue to look forward to your comments.
Check out Lynn she's a VIP3 a Top VIP.....Absolute crud!
Evidently NOTSOMUCH!
1,014 Answers 62 Helpful = 6% Helpful
895 Answers 853 Helpful = 95% Helpful (Rockin's stats)
I believe that you are above 75% Helpful. (That's not too shabby!)
So although the numbers may be bloated...when you look beneath the surface... the numbers don't lie.
I am sure that the staff at Trulia is thrilled to hear your comment! And, there are many of us who are Realtors and other real estate pros who appreciate hearing that our efforts through the Trulia site bring value to people. Thank you for taking the time to post your thoughts.
Deborah Madey - Broker
Peninsula Realty Group - NJ
732 530-6350 Direct
732 530 7755 Front Office
@Mack: We don't pay anyone to make up postings here. (Some of our employees -- myself included -- post here, but only to answer questions. We try to identify ourselves, either with our "STAFF" badge or in the comment, itself.) Regarding your point, I'm occasionally horrified by the grammar and spelling of some folks on Voices.
Re: VIPs: clearly, the VIP system rewards those who post a lot on Voices. It also posts those who post less frequently but receive thumbs-up for their responses. Consider it an incentive to give a thumbs-up to posts you like. The system is not perfect. Trulia doesn't need to make a decision here -- we already did. It may change, it may not.
Re: engagement: look around -- most of the people on this thread are great, active members of Voices, and are VIPs. Not all VIPs are exemplary contributors. Many exemplary contributors are VIPs.
Re: the thumbs-up bug, one member had >600 thumbs-up from a single user. We'd traced that user to the same IP as most of that member's answers. That person lost >50% of the thumbs-up votes for her contributions.
@Dan: "Trulia needs to have a check box to NOT INCLUDE listings from certain listing sites or agents when doing a search."
For what it's worth, you can exclude all RealtyTrac listings -- just uncheck the boxes for foreclosures on any search results page. Currently, all of the foreclosure listings Trulia displays are provided by RealtyTrac. The idea of more ways to exclude certain providers is a good one -- I'll mention it to the folks here who tend to listings.
In case I don't chime in here again before Friday, Happy New Year to all!
Speaking of great ideas from this conversation, having a forum area, like Dan suggests, would be really great for things like this. My thumbs-up vote has been duly placed on that one. (-:
Replies to some of the questions below, from oldest to newest -- this is post 1 of 2 due to our post length constraint):
@Dan: "Does the [VIP/Mayor] badge have any real meaning? How does the [Find a Pro] sorting work? Why are people chosen [to be in the top of results]? ... Will lack of badges take people from the first page? Will only those who have VIP 3 be allowed on page one? Will people be listed according to VIP level, best answers, most posts, best answers or what? ... Will VIP badges still be irrelevant? I think all of the above ignores the real question. WHY does the list exist? How can it really help consumers? Does it reflect other real estate agents opinions of other realtors outside of their area?"
All great questions, many of which I'll try to post specific answers for when we push the new ranking system live. (I won't go into too many specifics right now, though, because I assume at least a few specifics will change.) In the mean time, here's a first stab at each question:
"Does the [VIP/Mayor] badge have any real meaning?"
Clearly, a badge differentiates one poster from another, particularly on posts where only one "top contributor" replies. Does it mean anything? Obviously, it means that whoever has the badge met the criteria necessary to earn it. Mayor badges are certainly more exclusive than VIP badges, which makes them more meaningful to some. As Dunes correctly notes, this isn't as clear as it should be for someone unfamiliar with Voices. (As noted, the VIP system certainly has its share of flaws.)
"How does the [Find a Pro] sorting work? Why are people chosen [to be in the top of results]?"
The current system is based on a composite index of volume (Q&A only), quality (best answers/thumbs-up), and recency (activity in the last week). (It's been pretty much unchanged since its days as "Member Search" in late 2007.) A few flaws of the index include [a] its lack of integration of blog content (posts and comments), [b] it favors new members with lots of recent activity a bit too heavily, and [c] it doesn't handle "stale" accounts very well (e.g., Halley S.). People at the top of the results are simply ranked highly by the index. (Often, too highly.) As it's going to change Any Day Nowâ"¢, I'll refrain from going into a more in-depth discussion of the current algorithm. As I said, I'll try to post something when the newer ranking system is in place.
"Will lack of badges take people from the first page? Will only those who have VIP 3 be allowed on page one?"
I assume that the top members in Find a Pro results (professionals or otherwise) will be some sort of VIP -- VIPs tend to be the most engaged/helpful members of the community. However, "best match" results won't simply show the VIPs from Voices. If I have my druthers, the list will promote those members who have consistently provided well-regarded contributions on the site (read: quality over quantity) -- many of those will be VIPs, of all levels. My assumption is that some VIPs won't show up on the first few pages of "all locations" results -- especially those with low quality (e.g., TUBA) scores.
"Will people be listed according to VIP level, best answers, most posts, best answers or what?"
For "best match," we'll continue to use a composite index of quality, quantity, and recency, and will probably throw in a bit of secret sauce for good measure. We recently added the ability to sort results in Find a Pro by most helpful answers (i.e., total thumbs-up), best answers, and VIP status, so that information is available if someone wants to slice and dice results differently. (If there are other sorts you'd find useful, I'm monitoring, I mean... listening.)
I have looked at RealtyTrac's listings. They were either bogus, phony, outdated, or not available. When I look at a real estate website like trulia (is supposed to be) I expect to find <GASP> actual listings with real prices, real addresses, and real details in the listings. RealtyTrac does NONE of the above.
Trulia once explained how RealtyTrac's listings were not bogus. Only their results were because of how things work. Wrong answer. Delete the problem, do not explain it. (did I lose 30 points yet?)
Now if I see a listing saying "RealtyTrac" on it I ignore it completely. There are some agents who always have outdated unavailable listings also.
Realtor.com has the advantage of not having RealtyTrac on it. It has the disadvantage of having a flash based system. It hangs up my computer so I asked for daily updates and ignore the site completely now.
Trulia, I use for a different reason. I keep looking at the Q&A section. I am both trying to help and researching here. In the past I have found, liked, enjoyed, and become a part of different sites. Those same sites had some problems, would not address them, and I left. I have no long term allegiance to any web site. If one gives me something I like and or need I will stick to it. If instead it gives problems it is easily replaced. There are far to many options online to stick with anything that is not working well. I would look at realtor.com more now if it did not make my computer freeze up.
Trulia has to ask themselves one question. Do they want those who can and are willing to help, or do they want those who will pay to spam-a-lot? I have given some very good ideas to both consumers and to Trulia about some things that could be improved.
Is Trulia willing to listen, or are they going to monitor this thread and delete my replies? I enjoy trouble shooting problems. I think most of the genuine posters here do. Trulia through its employees now has to make the decision. DO they want to troubleshoot the problems here that matter, or do they want to remove those who try to help because their ideas are not in synch with some in the RE world think.
I once said that a certain group of people was arrogant and egotistical. They had to be to survive in the environment they lived in. I am a member of that group. I was told that exact same thing by someone who was talking to a group of us in a class trying to help us with some issues we had in common. My ego is in check. I am not the best one on here. I am arrogant enough to say if I am insulted or pushed I will reply to that as has been shown here. I am also kind enough to post 3 messages to one person because I could not put all the information they needed in one chat window. I also go back and look hoping (usually in vain) to see that the person said they appreciated the help or things went well for them.
Trulia, realtor, zillow, united country, many other sites could be listed here. Each has plusses and minuses. Who wins ultimately will be the one that makes it easiest on the consumer and helps them find what they need: property or information the easiest. When it comes to being able to ask questions the forum is only as good as those who reply.
If the non-realtors are pushed away and the good realtors get insulted and leave who will fill the void?
Trulia has created an image of being a site for Consumers..Hey we got listings, info, statistics and you can ask questions....It's all about you Consumer...
Yet a large number of it's listings are bogus..Foreclosures from RealtyTrac lol, Homes that are not even for sale but place in the mix anyway, and many outdated listings...They just throw it all together with the legit listings and call it good...If you're shopping for a property I personally do not consider Trulia very high up on the list to consider and have said so often. Not when you can use the internet to look at local MLS's, FSBO sites ect..
Then their info/statistics when compared with reliable sources seem to not be comparable for whatever reason..The data provider they never name who knows why that is so, but the fact it is so is enough to not be high up on the list for Consumers to consider IMO...
Blogs..They speak for themselves, just look and a consumer see's what they see..I have never seen the Blog area full of Consumers because I think they agree with me it's mostly just SPAM...
The Q&A..The one thing that makes Trulia different for Consumers was it claim of actual assistance/info...Instead they find Spam, best time to buy, hire me, FSBO's are stupid don'tl ook at them and we deserve more money..
I always felt Trulia would see that when Agents like the many fine Agents we are aware of here at Trulia gave quality answers, actual assistance, discussed options and how Consumers reacted to that they would see that type of interaction benefits Consumers, Agents and Trulia...They apparently have not...
Instead they promote this area to Agents as a Lead generator and attract Agents by implementing misleading reward programs, ribbons and placement on Find a Pro. misleading the Consumer while doing so....The Q&A is far more about providing a large number of Agents a place to spam and fish for clients...The Best Contributors IMO are pushed to the side (Agent and non-Agent) for this to happen....
TU's were not easy to get and many agents seldom got very many compared to a large number of non-realtors..As far as many agents were concerned this was bad for business...This is their Forum and they are the experts....I've been here one year and I'm 5th all time in TU's, many Agents do not like that..I had more TU's every month and pretty much every week I was here than anyone...Not good.
.Rockinblu, Dp2 and other non realtors always ranked high when the TU rankings were used. The first ten places were pretty much half Agents and half non-agents..IMO that's why they did away with it and moved to ranking post a lots...Look at their TU's...mostly nil when compared to many others...Those who contributed quality did not post as much simple as that.
Look at the Forum now...Subtract the old questions dug up by Agents, the questions asked by Agents or Trulia staff and how many consumers are actually using the Q&A? Yes some but many? ...No the Forum is not overall a Consumer friendly place now and has been headed that direction since "Top Contributors" was introduced IMO and it actual value to the Consumer has decreased dramatically..
It's not about awards it's about is this site a useful tool for consumers to use. The answer because of the above stated opinions is Not as much as it was 6 months ago and less today than yesterday....
If it's not a good tool for Consumers why should they use it? There are a lot of Quality Agents here who contribute but they become buried in the post a lot tsunami and yes answers can be judged for their content but what Consumer is going to dig through the muck to do that?
This is about is the Consumer going to matter not awards or points or did an agent post 70 times this month.
Trulia has no chance of competing with Realtor.com for #1 at this time because in my opinion they have nothing to compete with.
"WHY Was this post removed? What is wrong with a simple reply?" Then posting what I said. Will it cost me a vip badge? Who cares. If trulia and its reps remove a posting for cause they should be forced (by trulia policy) to first copy the post and then email it to the offending poster explaining WHY it was removed. That way there is accountability for all involved. And if I (or anyone else) did something wrong I can learn from it and not make the same simple ( unintended ) mistake again.
Dunes, the banned word list here is strange. Below I posted and had accepted " I just saw the <screwiest> thing in the VIP lineup. " Yet if you type out the word without " iest " on the end it says it is pron (misspelled) and can not be accepted.
I want a vip 2 badge. After all, I have been on here posting replies since oct 2nd 2009. I deserve it. Nah, I want a vip 4 badge, why settle for what everyone else can get?
On second thought, make me a mayor, No, there are 5 of them. Maybe becoming a governor would show how spishael I am.
Until about a week or so before I got my vip badge I never saw a mayor badge. I was surprised to see one. I was not surprised to see a couple of the ones who got it. I think it is safe to say those who posted being helpful never considered receiving a reward from trulia. I spent several years trying to help a lot of people ( and doing so successfully) in chat rooms. It had nothing to do with RE. I never expected to be noticed or receive recognition there, I did not expect anything here.
Sorry if I didn't answer your questions directly enough.
We could be doing a better job explaining badges on the site (VIPs, mayors, staff, etc.), as well as how we determine "best match" for results in Find a Pro. So, we're going to come up with a cleaner way to do that going forward.
Until then, a consumer can click on a badge to see what it means. It's not perfect, but at least it's pretty transparent.
We are not content with the order of results in Find a Pro. So, we've basically rewritten the engine that sorts results in its entirety, and will be rolling it out once we've had a chance to verify its quality internally. (Things move slowly around the end-of-year because many staff are on vacation.)
Ideally, the top results in Find a Pro results will be the best according to whatever Trulia knows about them. It's not trivial to have this "just work" for hundreds of thousands of users, clearly.
The VIP system is not perfect. We spent a lot of time trying to mitigate gaming while keeping it simple; perhaps we could have spent another few weeks refining its criteria, but I'm pretty sure that there would be passionate discussions about who should or should not be a VIP. At the end of the day, some people answer more questions than they should; some of those end up qualifying as VIPs, despite their lack of thumbs-up / best answer / etc. We'll still make iterative improvements going forward, just as we do for everything on Trulia.
Lastly, re: moderation, "we've been pretty lenient" as in: many posts are technically off-topic, some are basically duplicate posts. I think it's important to talk about these topics (be feedback positive or negative), but the thread has taken several turns into mere joking.
To reiterate: if you have specific questions [or comments] about the VIP system or Find a Pro results on Trulia, feel free to ask [or share them] here, but please take the time to read the existing 300+ answers to see if we've already covered it.
Halley "games" the system, by asking 367 questions... (all the generic questions, that Trulia suggests to potential question-askers)... never comes back to any of her questions... (cause she just doesn't care whether they're answered or not)... luring in lots of agents who respond to her questions.
... all in the name of trying to get over the system... and it WORKS!!!
This is exactly why the current system just doesn't work. It rewards volume.
Halley S. home buyer is 2nd on page 2. She asked 365 questions. She has 3 helpful answers and 2 answers. ( Contributions:Â 2 Answers365 Questions )
She did get best answer. But how can someone who has only 3 helpful answers be on page 2 of the best ones on Trulia?
I am sure Halley is a nice person. But does asking a bunch of questions and having people reply trying to help make you a top contributor here? It appears at least in her case it does.
Alan May is 3 steps below her (now) and his contributions follow.
Contributions:Â 1,241 Answers11 Questions18 Blog posts61 Comments
I saved the webpage if anyone else has a hard time seeing the same thing I could email it to you.
I have seen several of your posts on here recently. Based on those I expect some from here will call you. You seem to have a good grasp on what you are talking about. I do not see any blowing of smoke. And best of all, you give no spam. That is the kind of reply I would respond well to if you were in my area offering a service I could use. I am sure many others will soon realize the same thing.
I saw you posted a reply to a question with my name in it. You gave good ideas of comparing buying to renting. I always appreciate seeing people given thoughtful considerate replies giving things to look at before making a decision.
Regarding the VIP badges, I wonder how many more useful or useless posts I have to make to get to level 2. There is nothing I found saying I have 3,845 points and I need to get 6,000 points to be level 2 so I need to post to 1,155 more questions to arrive.
I wonder if that is to slow down the useless posting, or an oversight.
(post 325 in the thread) Are we on the "popular question" yet?
Dunes, I scored the real points by sending holiday cards to all my Realtors and clients. In the cards, I used a new line that I learned here on Trulia..........
Take the author of this post. His point total is about 15 (14 views plus one point for posting the question).
Had he posted this as a blog ( 5 points per blog comment recieved plus 2 points per blog view ) he would probably own the company in short time.
See, if you ask a question and get 1000 comments, you get one point. Post the same question as a blog and you have 5000 point plus 2 points for each view. VIP 3 status earned fair and square.
Do you understand now Dunes? It all makes perfect sense when you put effort into understanding it.
Could you show me that formula again?
I think what you are saying is that the ranking system (or whatever it is) is purposely convoluted in order to lead the consumer to think that it is an accurate measure of a contributor's value to this website?
A person's postings speak for themselves, much louder than the ranking which might lead someone to investigate a contributor further.
As it is virtually impossible to come up with a perfect ranking system, I think it is okay to tell Trulia: keep trying because this isn't working.
I don't think there is some plan (plot?) by Trulia to purposely keep people in the dark. I really see no purpose to that.
I just think they are simply trying different things and hopefully will consider the input of people such as yourself in tweeking the system.
I was able to steal a copy of the instructions Trulia used to build the VIP program here they are and I hope they help.....
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Dunes, what a grasp of the obvious. The realtors talking about the lenders. The sad thing is, I missed picking up on it until you mentioned it. <smacks head>
For example:
Speak with an attorney
Speak with a lawyer
Seek advice from an attorney
Seek advice from a lawyer
Confer with an attorney/lawyer
Go see a person who is a legal expert and has hopefully passed the bar exam in your state
Discuss this legal matter with a person who attended law school, passed the bar exam and hasn't committed any felonies and by the way, is a real estate attorney, lawyer, barrister, expert in law.
And Dunes, I think I"M the one who owes YOU. At least 3 cents.
Its all I have these days.
Now imagine trying to come up with that ten to twenty times in a day.
Not an easy task.


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Stayed as a family of four in a good sized room with bunk beds. The hotel provides for direct access to the ski slopes at Les Crosets in the Portes du Soleil ski area. Les Crosets is a small hamlet (albeit with a large ski terrain) so there are limited options for say shopping / restaurants etc., that you may find in more established ski resorts. Nonetheless, the ski area around is exceptional and we found it enjoyable for a weekend break to stay here. Hotel is comfortable and in a chalet style with a linked restaurant just across from the hotel and friendly staff.
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Arriving Granada Sunday 0905 via Vueling Air from Barcelona. Not much chance of early check in so...... Any suggestions re: what to do with luggage until check in around 1500?
The apartment has an office in town but of course it is closed on weekends.
Is there a locker in center Granada where we could store our 2 small suitcases for a few hours?
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Arriving Granada Sunday 0905 via Vueling Air from Barcelona. Not much chance of early check in so...... Any suggestions re: what to do with luggage until check in around 1500?
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Have you asked your apartment contact for a suggestion? We have several times been in this position, once they accommodated early and a couple of times we left the luggage with bars nearby who appreciated the situation (in Granada).
Presuming you will take a taxi or the airport bus.
http://ilockergranada.com/ - which is metres from the rail station.
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Thanks so much for your response. Booked through Friendly Rentals and they told us about the office but forgot to mention that the office was closed on the Weekends. Really appreciate the link to the Locker, this looks like a good option - will have to see how far it is from the city center and our Apt, Santa Ines.
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If it helps - ILocker will be about 20 minutes walk each way to the Cathedral and the Royal Chapel which can occupy your time plus lunch. Presuming you mean Palacio Santa Ines or vicinity 25 to 30 minutes.
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Sienna Guillory was definitely a great Jill. Unfortunately, she was turned into a useless sidekick to Alice...just like every RE character was. FFS the last movie even had Chris and Claire needing to rely on Alice to save them. Motherfucking Chris and Claire Redfield!! Two of the most badass characters in the entire RE series, and Paul Anderson turned them into useless muppets for Alice to rescue.
I'd be willing to bet the same will happen to Ada Wong. She'll enter t...
I'd say it's closer to a survival-horror, tbh.
Lol. This 'trick' has been around since CDs first existed.
It works...sort of. But it's a better idea to just get them professionally cleaned at your local DVD rental store. They usually do it for free anyway.
Admittedly, Capcom DID ask for fans' opinions on the game. They asked for feedback and they openeded an official Facebook page for the game. They WANT to know what gamers think of it.
And when gamers responded, they were called whiners. wtf.
Which makes no sense, since Dante was a teen (early 20s?) in Devil May Cry 3. And he already had his Devil Never Cry business and how white hair at that young age. Plus, the Dante in this game looks older than the Dante in DMC3. So surely it couldn't be a prequel to DMC3?
Angel form? What the hell are you doing, Ninja Theory? :/
My first thought was the awesome car-explosion scene: http://www.youtube.com/watc...
Most games would make a scene like that into cutscene, but Uncharted made it playable...it made the player feel like they're inside a movie. It's small things like that which makes the game so memorable.
I hate that there are so many articles that say things like "games should stop doing ....... and should be more like ......." Let developers create the game they want to create. There's nothing wrong with a cinematic game, just like there's nothing wrong with a game that has no cutscenes. They are just two different styles of games.
Also, I never thought I'd see the day when people were complaining that a game's cutscenes are TOO seamless. What does ...
Would Elena and Drake even want to have a baby at a time like this? Elena has a career, Drake is a treasure hunter who travels the world, they both do a lot of life-threatening climbing and stunts, they both probably have a lot of enemies who want them dead, etc.
It doesn't seem like a very good idea for Elena to get pregnant right now.
I could maybe see them settling down and having a kid at the veeeeeery end of the series. But definitely not yet. It wouldn't...
Do the mutations from Parasite Eve count? They were pretty creepy - http://www.youtube.com/watc...
Doesn't mean she isn't cute though :D
Dude, Naughty Dog have made two Uncharted games. How the hell is that "milking the franchise"?
As long as they keep on making awesome Uncharted games, I will always want more!
Why stop when you have something so amazing? :D
Oops, that was meant to say "DMC's gameplay is NOTHING like Legacy of Kain's gameplay."
Um...why not recycle Devil May Cry's combat engine...since y'know...this is a Devil May Cry game!!
Similar to Legacy of Kain? o.O
Not sure where you got that from, since DMC's gameplay is NOTHING like DMC's gameplay. They're barely even in the game genre. If I had to make a comparison, I'd say LoK's gameplay is more similar to Uncharted's (just not as fluid), which makes sense considering Amy Hennig was behind both of them. But yeah, DMC and LoK plays very differently.
It might be a good game.
But it won't be a good Devil May Cry game.
Strangely enough, he had no interest in playing the games. Maybe he just liked looking at the boxes! :D
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Years later, I realized there were only 4 or 5 things in the game I actually had to make notes about (li...
Whatever you think they spoiled is probably waaaaaaaay off. SH2 has some pretty fucked up twists. Even if you know what's going to happen. :D :D


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Players who have completed Mighty No. 9 are claiming that the credits are over four hours long — which means that they're actually a little longer than the game itself.
The Legend of Zelda series producer Eiji Aonuma reveals that a multiplayer Zelda title could be in on the cards after Breath of the Wild ships in 2017.
Kickstarter backers for the Castlevania spiritual successor Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night receive the game's E3 2016 demo build as gratitude from the developers.
Mighty No. 9 attempts to breath fresh life into the 2D platforming genre but it lacks the polish and magic that made Inafune's iconic series such a staple of 90s gaming.
We sat down to chat with Zelda creator Shigeru Miyamoto about the possibility of seeing the iconic green tunic return in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.
Following Nintendo's well-received E3 demo of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, one writer looks at how E3 2016 could mark the start of a resurgence for the big N.
Sonic the Hedgehog dunks on Mighty No. 9 with a savage tweet from his official account following the Keiji Inafune-developed game's less than stellar launch on Tuesday.
Producer Eiji Aonuma explains why the choice to add voice acting to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild was made, also commenting on the game's inclusion of sci-fi.
Despite launching to a series of technical problems and negative review, Mighty No. 9 producer Keiji Inafune says that the current state of the game is 'better than nothing.'
Pokemon fans can keep themselves entertained until the release of Pokemon Sun and Moon with these 3 classic titles coming soon to the Wii U Virtual Console.
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Anti-social overhaul includes £100 on-the-spot fines if your garden is a tip
New powers: Theresa May, the Home Secretary, will announce the new powers today as part of an overhaul of anti-yob legislation
Householders who regularly dump rubbish in their own garden will be guilty of a criminal offence and hit with a hefty fine.
The penalty will also apply to anyone who leaves an old sofa or fridge in their garden, or has mountains of pizza boxes or takeaway cartons lying around.
They will receive an on-the-spot fine of up to £100 or be taken to court – where the maximum fine would be £2,500.
The new Community Protection Notice is a key part of new anti-yob laws unveiled by Theresa May today.
Ministers want to stop irresponsible homeowners or tenants from blighting whole streets or neighbourhoods by turning their front garden into a 'dumping ground'.
The powers will apply to privately owned homes as well as council houses. Officials will target only those guilty of 'persistent, unreasonable behaviour'.
They will be given a warning and told to clear the rubbish away. If they ignore the notice, they will then be guilty of a crime.
Officials do not want to target law-abiding householders who are forced to have rubbish in their gardens at certain times of the week because of the complicated recycling policies introduced by many councils.
And the law will be worded to protect homeowners from over-zealous council officials patrolling the streets looking to make money by issuing on-the-spot fines.
Residents have been given penalty notices for putting their rubbish out on the wrong day or for not shutting their dustbin lid properly under existing 'bin laws'.
But the new rules will apply only to repeat offenders. They will be given a fixed period of time to clean up their garden before any fine is issued.
Today's antisocial behaviour White Paper also sounds the death knell for Labour's flagship Anti-Social Behaviour Order, which is to be scrapped.
There will be a bonfire of Labour's anti-lout legislation – with 19 powers reduced to only six.
Eyesore: Ministers want to stop irresponsible homeowners or tenants from blighting whole streets or neighbourhoods by turning their front garden into a 'dumping ground'
The Community Protection Notice could be issued to an individual or responsible person within a business, such as a takeaway shop.
It will also give police – and not just town halls – the power to deal with noisy neighbours in the middle of the night.
Officials say examples of where it could be used include:
- an individual who regularly allows their dog to foul in a communal garden (this situation is not covered by current notices).
- an individual who regularly dumps rubbish in their front garden.
- a takeaway which persistently allows customers to drop litter on the pavement outside and causes noise nuisance late at night.
Breach of any requirement in the notice, without reasonable excuse, would be a criminal offence, subject to a Fixed Penalty Notice or prosecution.
Ministers are determined to get a grip on low-level thuggish behaviour. The Asbos were routinely breached by thugs, who quickly considered having one of the orders to be a 'badge of honour'.
They were also given out in some bizarre circumstances. A woman who tried to kill herself four times by jumping off bridges was banned from loitering on bridges, going on to railway lines or entering multi-storey car parks unaccompanied. And an 88-year-old man from Merseyside was banned from swearing or making sarcastic remarks.
Asbos will be replaced by Crime Prevention Injunctions, which officials say will be easier and faster to impose.
Unlike the Asbo, the injunction would not require a magistrate to be certain that the defendant had acted in an antisocial manner.
It would instead be secured against a lower burden of proof.
Those who breach the orders would be deemed in contempt of court and face penalties including jail. It would be made available to a broader range of agencies.
When sentenced in court, those found guilty of antisocial behaviour could also be issued with a new Criminal Behaviour Order, which would force prolific offenders to attend courses to change their ways.
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High Street brought back to life by art: Boarded up shops in recession-hit town painted over so they look like they're still in business
- Town of Bushmills has given a dozen vacant shops a creative facelift
- Paintings of an old-fashioned barbershop, bakery and cobbler cover empty windows and doors
- £30,000 has been spent on the 'Brighter Bushmills Project'
- Two of the shops that were used in the project are no longer vacant
From an old-fashioned barbers, quaint bakery and traditional Irish pub - the town of Bushmills is the picture of a thriving community.
But for the recession-hit Northern Irish town, the appearance of prosperity comes from a creative scheme that rejuvenates boarded up windows and doors with colourful paintings.
The Brighter Bushmills Project aims to use graphics and artwork to encourage tourists to visit the town where Bushmills whiskey was distilled for the first time.
Putting on a front: This remarkable painting of a greengrocer with a bounty of produce on show is just one of the scenes that are brightening up Bushmills
Where past meets present: The old-fashioned shop fronts, such as this barbers look striking in the town, which has been badly hit by the recession
Sweet touch: A boarded-up window is made to look like the front of a bakery. The scheme aims to attract more tourists to Bushmills
Window shopping: From strange scene like this headless man (left) to an image of a traditional Irish pub, artists Helene Byrne and Louie Winward have made the town's main street vibrant and interesting
The project has given around a dozen vacant units a facelift. Broken windows and unused doors have been covered with scenes of buzzing businesses.
Hundreds of thousands of visitors pass through the town of Bushmills to reach one of Northern Ireland's biggest attractions- the Giant's Causeway.
Now, the village is becoming recognisable for highly detailed artwork and graphics that brighten up its main street.
Director of environmental services for the local
council, Aidan McPeake said: 'Being a tourist village, there was
quite a lot of emphasis put on trying to bring about an uplift and see
could it be the catalyst for further economic development in the town.
Appealing: Two of the shops that were given a full facelift are now no longer occupied, which is testament to the project's success
View from the top deck: When fake shop fronts can't be erected, portraits of farmers have been put up to look down on the town
Location: Tourists pass through the village to reach one of Northern Ireland's biggest attractions- the Giant's Causeway
Notable: The town, on the Northern Ireland's Causeway Coast is home to Bushmills whiskey
'That seems to be the case now, the village has been very popular this year. It's been very successful.
'Two of the shops brightened up with art over the past year are no longer vacant.
'Obviously locals would much rather see the properties filled and in use all the time but this is definitely the next best option,' McPeake said.
Artists Helene Byrne and Louie Winward have painted
windows and doors on to empty houses, with farmyard animals emerging from the shops.
Spooky: Some of the paintings, such as the scary faces in these windows have a gothic look
Green, green grass of home: The Northern Irish government has spent £2million to tackle dereliction over the past two years. This artwork is fixed to a hoarding around a building site
Points of interest: Farmyard animals (left) are a recurring theme in the town's paintings. Some of the windows have been painted with detailed items (right)
Smarten up: The image of sharp suits in this painting reflects the project's aim to make Bushmills more appealing
Walk on by: A painted pheasant looks out on Bushmill's busy main street
The scheme was set up by locals and supported by the council. The local distillery contributed to the fundraising effort.
£30,000 were raised for the first stage of the project and the second phase was carried out using government funds.
The Northern Ireland government has spent £2 million pounds to tackle dereliction over the past two years and stickers were applied to windows in areas near the luxury golf resort where G8 leaders met to give the impression that business was booming.
Sense of humour: From 'A cut above the rest' to 'Mutton Chops'- the artist responsible for the new barber's shop had fun with the quirky concept
Juxtaposition: A woman carried polystyrene takeaway containers past a mural of a wholesome farmer's market
Thumbs up: These teenagers give the seal of approval to the town's innovative scheme
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Recruitment company Faststream has announced the appointment of a new director. Jason Tay has been promoted to director level in the Group's Singapore base in recognition of his progression and contribution to the business, the company said.
Established in 1999, Faststream is a recruitment company specializing in services to the oil and gas, shipping and maritime, offshore, mining and built environment sectors. The Group employs 130 in total across its U.K., Perth Australia, Fort Lauderdale, Houston and Singapore offices.
Mr. Tay joined the company in 2008 as a recruitment consultant when the company had three employees working from its Asian base. In this time, the company has evolved to employ over 30 people in Singapore and Mr. Tay has played a key role in this steady growth.
Prior to joining Faststream, Mr. Tay studied at the Singapore Institute of Management University, graduating with a BA Hons degree in Mass Communications, before holding a position with the Singapore Navy. During his time at Faststream he has led both the marine and oil and gas teams and has penetrated business into new regions including Korea, Malaysia, China, Indonesia and Hong Kong.
Commenting on Mr. Tay's promotion, Mark Charman, Group CEO of Faststream Recruitment, said: "Jason Tay has progressed steadily within Faststream. In his new role he will be responsible for driving Faststream's growth by further strengthening the core business, identifying new potential markets and working with the board of directors to draw upon our extensive experience in our overseas offices.
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Scheme for Re 1 per piece sanitary napkins for rural girls
New Delhi: Adolescent girls in rural areas will soon be able to buy sanitary napkins at a low rate under a new government scheme to ensure easy access in villages for promotion of safe and hygienic practices.
The project is expected to benefit 1.5 crore girls in 20 states in the first phase. The napkins are expected to be made available with health workers from the first week of August, a Health Ministry official said.
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has approved the scheme as part of promotion of menstrual hygiene among girls in the age group of 10-19 years in rural areas.
The girls will be provided a pack of six napkins under National Rural Health Mission`s brand `Freedays`, the official said. These will be sold to adolescent girls at a rate of Rs six for a pack of six napkins -- Re one per piece -- in the villages by Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs).
This scheme is aimed at ensuring that adolescent girls in rural areas have adequate knowledge and information about menstrual hygiene and use of sanitary napkins.
In the first phase, the scheme will cover 25 percent of the population -- 1.5 crore girls -- in the age group of 10-19 years in 152 districts of 20 states.
It is expected that with making sanitary napkins available at the village level, their usage will increase, the official said adding, easy access and convenient pricing are the strategies adopted by the Ministry for increasing safe and hygienic practices during menstruation.
The ASHAs will get an incentive of Re one on sale of each pack, besides a free pack of sanitary napkins per month.
Evidence suggests that lack of access to menstrual hygiene (which includes sanitary napkins, toilets in schools, availability of water, privacy and safe disposal) could contribute to local infections including reproductive tract infections (RTI).
Studies have shown that RTIs are closely interrelated with poor menstrual hygiene and pose grave threat to women`s lives, livelihood, and education.
Services for the prevention and treatment of RTI and sexually transmitted infections are integral part of the Reproductive Child Health II Programme (RCH II).
With specific reference to ensuring better menstrual health and hygiene for adolescent girls, government is launching this scheme as part of the Adolescent Reproductive Sexual Health (ARSH) in RCH-II, the official said.
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JUNE 1ST, 2016 BOAT REGISTRATION DEADLINE EXTENDED Homewood, CA— The boat registration deadline for the 2016Lake Tahoe Concours d'Elegance (in association with Tahoe Luxury Properties) has been extended to June 30, 2016. There will be no late fee associated with entries received up to June 30, 2016. This summer a Lake Tahoe boating icon is celebratedwith...
2016 Concours d'Elegance Times
Friday August 12th
Show – 10am – 4:30pm
Awards Ceremony- 6pm
Saturday August 13th
Show- 9am – 4:30pm
Roar-Off 4pm
Show Location
Homewood, Lake Tahoe- California
Obexer's Boat Company
5300 W Lake Blvd, Homewood, CA 96141
2016 Social Event Info
Reservations– $140
Thursday, August 11th- 6pm
Tahoe Maritime Musuem
Only 150 available
Awards Ceremony BBQ
Friday, August 12th – 6pm
Adults – $50
Children (6-12)- $25
Obexer's Boat Company
Ladies Luncheon
Reservations – $60
Sunday, August 14- 11:30 am
Tootie and Mike Beeman's
4820 West Lake Blvd
Casual dress and low-heeled shoes are recommended for your comfort on the sprawling lawn of our hosts' home.
Men's Grill
Reservations – $45
Sunday, August 14- Noon
Turners' "Playtime," Homewood
This summer a Lake Tahoe boating icon is celebratedwith the featured Marque of Chris-Craft Racing Runabouts on their 80th anniversary.
It is only because of the prewar 19-foot Racer's incredible rarity that so few are ever seen today. It wasn't until late in 1947 in Chris-Craft production that the 19-foot Racer was reintroduced, sharing much of its design with it predecessor. It was with this postwar version that its popularity and today's cult following of the model was fully realized. The initial run of the postwar examples was painted boats, known as Red and Whites. The Red and Whites hand-painted canvas-covered plywood decks with cedar planked sides and bottoms over fir frames. The only varnished mahogany on them was the transom and flagpoles. Opinions differ whether this was to make them extra lightweight, or that the quality wood shortage after WWII forced them to be built this way-it was probably a little of both. Only 11 Racers can claim to actually be 1947 models (R-19-001 through R-19-011) as 1948 was the first full production year with 176 examples built that model year. The Red and White Racing Runabout continued through the first quarter of 1949 production until Christ Craft's supply of Philippine mahogany returned. With hull number R-19-206 of mid-1949, the all-varnished mahogany version of the postwar Racing Runabout was born-this being the version most of us are familiar with, as it remained little changed through the end of 1954 production before being replaced by the famous Chris-Craft Cobra. In all, 297 varnished postwar Racers were produced, with a total of 503 including the Red and Whites.
Most of the postwar Racers were sold to the western US, particularly California. Around 100 of the existing examples call California home. Lake Tahoe has always had quite a fleet of racers; they are one of the best 19-foot boats to have when the lake gets rough. Perfect balance of engine placement allows them to get the bow high at low speed to tackle big water. They are also fast, of course, as all but a few came originally with 145hp MB or 158hp MBL power, making an honest 40mph boat, even at Tahoe's elevation.
Presented by Tahoe Yacht Club Foundation, the nationally-acclaimed show will be open to the public for viewing on Friday and Saturday, Aug. 12-13th, at the historic Obexer's Boat Company in Homewood, Calif., on Lake Tahoe's scenic West Shore.
May 27th, 2016 TAHOE LUXURY PROPERTIES RETURNS! As an avid supporter of the Lake Tahoe Concours d'Elegance for several years, Tahoe Luxury Properties is thrilled to again participate as a presenting sponsor of this year's 43rd annual boat show taking place at Obexer's Boat Company, August 12-13. "As one of the most highly acclaimed wooden...
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April 20, 2016 Lake Tahoe Concours d'Elegance Introduces New Volunteer Coordinator The Tahoe Yacht Club Foundation is pleased to announce the appointment of Heidi Bensley as the Volunteer Coordinator for the Tahoe Yacht Club Foundation's 2016 Concours d'Elegance boat show at Obexer's Marina in Homewood, California. Heidi is a California native and UCLA graduate with...
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March 30, 2016 Welcome to the All New Lake Tahoe Concours d'Elegance Website! Homewood, CA – The Tahoe Yacht Club is proud to announce the launch of a new website for the Lake Tahoe Concours d'Elegance. The site allows you to buy tickets for the show, register your boat, reserve your seat at social events...


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