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Advertisers like to see reports in Analytics which are fresh – reflecting their up-to-the-minute AdWords settings – and consistent with the AdWords reporting. Today, Google Analytics is excited to announce that it is rolling out a new AdWords integration infrastructure for our advertisers to realize these benefits. More importantly, the new integration is laying a foundation for adding new AdWords dimensions quickly – such as Ads – and paving the path for a rich set of reports such as enhanced campaign bid adjustments and Google Display Network targeting settings. Highlighted below are a few ways in which the new platform will start impacting AdWords reports in Google Analytics.
With the new infrastructure, reports will reflect the most recent AdWords settings such as campaign or ad_group names keeping them fresh and consistent with AdWords. In the example below, a user has renamed their campaign thrice from "Big Deal" "Big Deals" "Big Deal – Car Accessories". In the current reports, visits are attributed to the three different campaign names while clicks are attributed to the newest campaign name. After this change, both visits and clicks metrics would be associated with the most recent campaign name: "Big Deal – Car Accessories", thus collapsing multiple rows into a single row.
The new integration is laying the foundation for adding new AdWords dimensions quickly and for creating new reports with speed. Very soon, advertisers would be able to access reports based on their Enhanced Campaigns' targeting settings; reports containing rich information to help fine tune ads targeting settings and bid adjustments for improved ROI (Return On Investment).
The new integration allows users to show or hide data for auto-tagged AdWords accounts by linking or unlinking the account to a profile. If a user un-links an Adwords account from a profile, all historical data pertaining to the account would be hidden by rolling them up into (not set).
Over the next few weeks, the new AdWords integration platform will be rolled out to GA accounts gradually.Posted by Narendra Singhal, Google Analytics Team
AKQA's Rei Inamoto argues that the thing we call advertising is over and offers four guidelines for moving into the next era, when 365-day connection, people-focused stories and business invention are key.
"How are we supposed to judge a creative idea versus a product idea?"
This was a question that surfaced during one of the many long judging sessions last week in the South of France where I got to preside over the Mobile category, one of the sixteen categories at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity .
It caused quite a stir in the jury room. Some strongly argued that creative ideas and product ideas should not be in the same category while others countered that real users don't necessarily differentiate the two. Whether it's a campaign or a product, brands are vying for people's time. Another juror posed a slightly more existential question: Why would we assume "campaign" ideas are "creative" and "product" ideas are not?
Facebook today formally announced a long-rumored deal to acquire Microsoft's Atlas Solutions division today and that its interest in the technology stack boils down to measurement.
Ad Age previously reported that Facebook had agreed to buy the ad-serving business, which Microsoft had busily been seeking a buyer for over the past six months. Microsoft has acknowledged that it's looking to focus on developing the ad business for its owned and operated products like xBox and Windows 8, not on its ad tech.
The deal price was not disclosed, and the parties would only say that a "commercial agreement" will be put in place whereby Microsoft will continue to buy its own ads through Atlas. The price had been expected to be less than $100 million, based on prior bids for Atlas, which were in the $30 to $50 million range.
Parts of this post are excerpted from our brand new ebook, 7 Things a Marketing Agency From the Future Would Never Say. If you'd like to learn more about the changing landscape of digital marketing and how marketing agencies should be prepared to adapt, download your free copy now!
It's not the easiest time to be a marketing agency. While some agencies have survived the slashing of marketing budgets that forced many agencies to close their doors over the past several years, many are still struggling to stay afloat amidst a transformational shift taking place in the marketing industry.
According to a 2012 study conducted by the Chief Marketing Office Council, only 9% of surveyed senior marketers "believe traditional ad agencies are doing a good job of evolving and extending their service capabilities in the digital age," whereas 22% believe their agencies are struggling to transition their business models and service offerings. 51% of the 250+ senior marketers surveyed think their agencies are "playing catch-up" — bolting on different aspects of digital marketing without taking an integrated approach.
The good news is there is a new wave of agencies emerging to meet client demands for measurable marketing. The bad news is there are still plenty that are terrified of throwing away everything that worked for them for decades, in exchange for what works today — and what today's clients are demanding. So this post will dive into 9 of those things that agencies are getting away with now … if they're lucky … that aren't going to cut it pretty darn soon. Keep reading to see if there's anything your agency could be a bit more up to date on.
Brands want to work with agencies that practice what they preach. Lacking a fantastic social media presence, a blog, and some irresistible content to fuel a solid story about how your agency attracts new business through inbound channels is one surefire way to look and feel like a real doofus in an upcoming pitch. Furthermore, prospective clients are getting smarter. They Google. They check out your website. They're looking to see if you walk the walk, not just talk the talk.
Any agency that says they just don't have time to do marketing for themselves is effectively telling their prospects and clients that the services the offers … well, the just aren't that important. I mean, you get along just fine without doing it, right? Agencies, be your own best case study. You'll see your sales cycle shorten, and clients become ardent evangelists of the work you're doing.
If you need help marketing your agency, download this free, comprehensive ebook, The Ultimate Guide to Marketing Your Agency.
But the client's editorial calendar is already set for this month …
So what? Agencies that want to retain clients must constantly reinforce their value, beyond fulfilling the basic scope of work requirements. One way to do that is showing you're capitalizing on great opportunities to drive results as they come up, and real-time marketing is one of those opportunities in this fast-moving digital world of ours. It's critical future agencies are listening to what's happening on the web for their clients, and getting proactive about finding ways to quickly capitalize on it. Agencies that aren't equipped to do this should get used to hearing a lot of, "Why didn't we newsjack this?" phone calls really, really soon.
Agencies have to have the power to turn away business that's not the right fit. They also have to learn to be the General, not the order taker. It's to everyone's benefit — client and agency alike — that there's a solid qualification process in place before anyone signs on the line that is dotted. Poor client-agency fits result in wasted time and money for both parties, and sometimes even a subsequent reputation management issue when a client leaves unhappy.
The right client fit is so crucial because the burden of success is not entirely on the agency. The client must be invested in the relationship, too. Clients who view an agency as an "outsourced" vendor don't get it, and aren't going to be available to provide agencies with the resources and information they need to do great work on their behalf. Clients who view an agency as a true partner, providing the agency a 360-degree view of their marketing plans … they get it.
Agencies of the future will be onboarding clients invested in true collaboration. That means both parties are available, have clear and (relevantly) frequent communication, and take action and have trust in the agency's recommendations.
There may always be a market for creative shops that only sell one breadcrumb of the entire branding pie, like a website redesign or a logo revamp. But marketers who hire firms to change the world's perception of their brand are signing up for a whole lot more. Actual data that proves that the desired shift took place is required. That broadens the branding discipline to encompass how consumers perceive a company's brand promise, both online and off.
Online, a brand is defined by three things:
Avant-garde marketing agencies understand that their creative ideas are only as good as how far they spread and what impact they make, so all the pretty things they make must be promoted through digital distribution and measured with closed-loop analytics. That way, you won't just have pretty pictures to point to as a support for all your hard branding work.
For more help defining and managing a brand — and yes, even putting numbers behind your branding work! — download this free ebook, The Ultimate Guide to Branding in the Inbound Age.
Let's get this straight: there are two parts of SEO. First, there's the practice of ensuring a website is technically sound so search engines can actually index all of a website's various pages to later display them in search engine results pages (on-site optimization). Second, there's the practice of ensuring on-page content is so freakin' fantastic and up-to-date that search engines want to rank them higher than all other pages containing similar, but less helpful information (off-site optimization). Off-site optimization is heavily influenced by blogging (more authoritative pages to index and link to) and social sharing (the more an article is shared, the more authoritative it may be considered).
Although a whole boatload of inbound links may help a site rank higher in search engines, the inbound traffic resulting from that visibility won't do much good if the website's architecture isn't optimized to convert visitors into customers. Marketing agencies have to address both sides of the SEO coin not only to make the biggest impact for the client, but also to ensure that if ranking algorithms undergo some uber significant change, past optimization efforts won't all be for naught. If your agency isn't equipped to offer technical SEO services, that's okay. Just be honest with your clients, and let them know it's wise for them to invest in some contract work — and have some good referrals for them to get started with.
When your agency rocks at marketing itself through inbound channels, something amazing happens: your personality, your thought leadership, your client stories, and your past work do much of the selling for you, without having to waste your best talent on an expensive and time-consuming RFP processes that may not actually win new retainer business.
In order to stabilize cash flows, agencies must rely less on crossing their fingers after giving away some of their best ideas in an ultra-competitive pitch, and instead put their best ideas to the test on their own agency marketing. Next gen agencies let the vast majority of potential clients knock on their door, and enjoy the benefit of getting to turn away clients that really aren't the right fit, rather than adding them to the roster just because they've gotta make payroll.
Here's the thing about marketing nowadays: it moves fast. As marketers, our ability to reach consumers and achieve results relies on our speed and agility. Managing your files and ideas in the cloud is one way to ensure your team can get their work done no matter where they are, without having to triple-check that they emailed themselves the latest version of the social media monitoring report they didn't finish at work that day.
Not using cloud technologies like file sharing, note-taking, and collaboration tools to manage client work slows down production and the client ends up paying for those inefficiencies in the form of added billed hours. And if a client ever wants to see this kind of documentation, it shouldn't require hours of manual labor for your team to pull together.
Buyer personas have to be the logic behind every campaign. Every marketing effort will (or should, at least) align with the wants and needs of your buyer personas. What sometimes happens when new clients come on board, though, is an over-eagerness to get started with all the fun stuff in your scope of work. (Agencies and clients are both guilty of this.) The agencies that retain clients, however, are the ones that recognize the necessity of creating well-developed buyer personas for their clients. Because these personas will be the basis of your ability to create effective marketing campaigns and collateral going forward. If you need help developing buyer personas, check out this free template that will help you get started.
There's a tendency among many marketing agencies to keep their methodology hush-hush for fear of revealing any secret sauce that could make them dispensable to clients. There's a common belief that if agencies were to educate clients on, say, how to interact with customers via social media, or how to write a compelling blog post, that they'll take their marketing in-house. In reality, lack of transparency with clients doesn't entangle you further; it simply results in a lack of trust, and clients that are further away from understanding the value of the work you do.
Showcase how smart you are. It helps clients justify paying the monthly retainer cost to keep you around. The more clients understand the importance of the inbound marketing methods you sell, the more they'll be able to appreciate the marketing services you offer. They'll still need you, because not only is the work you do for them amazing, but because you're a trustworthy subject matter expert. There's always something new in the digital marketing landscape, and you're the one figuring it out for them, and keeping them up to date on it. The more you educate, the more your client can trust you — that leads to more business and more control, not less.
What else do you think marketing agencies should be preparing for — or are already behind in?


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We've all heard the saying before – "change is as good as a holiday". After a change of scenery this weekend, getting away from the computer and into a different setting, the Art-Work team is in agreeance about the meaning of this adage.
After a particularly busy start to May, it's safe to say we were staring to feel a little burnt out. Despite this, we took on another venture – painting at First Coat festival. In the week leading up to the event there were many late night conversations and frantic trips to the printer (and Bunnings!) organising all the details that go into painting a mural successfully and smoothly.
PS: You can read about our First Coat Toowoomba advenutre and check out our finished mural:
So despite feeling pretty run down and creatively drained, we approached the weekend with a positive attitude, looking forward to the change of scenery – hoping we would return feeling energised, excited for the weeks ahead and bursting with creative inspiration. And boy, did it do the trick! It's safe to say that a change is in fact as good as a holiday and a great strategy to use when trying to overcome creative block.
Next time you're feeling stuck, consider that getting ideas flowing could be as simple as putting yourself into a new setting. Hopefully you'll come out the other side feeling as inspired as we are right now.

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(Above) Michio Kaku reiterates the Kardashev scale
-Earth, Star System
By Nathan Human
Occasionally we get so wound up in the mundane world of human affairs that we forget our context, even the most philosophically occupied among us still succomb to the fabrications of the sensory.
A few points of significance
Right NOW we are on what we call a "rock" that is but one in a series of rocks spinning around other rocks which themselves are traversing through what appears to be unending abyss of "blackness" at speeds that cannot be comprehended by our ground bound organic mass. I personally have no idea as to what is going on here, quite frankly "I" dont know enough about the "I" to trust in its curiosity, much less its findings...
I am a collection of cells that would appear to be typing words on a screen that will eventually be read by the two other sacks of cells known as my "readers".
The fact that this isnt on the news, and that we have become so accustomed and exhausted of musing over our own existence is WHY the world is plagued by so many inequities. You really have to think about this picture, and not in a religous or spiritual way (as the notion of spirit is equally subjective). Actually dont think about it, visualize it. Visualize your place in that which you refer to be the universe. Dont just think about it as you and the stars, and all that hollywood nonsense that we have been conditioned to associate the contemplation of our existence with, really think about abrasive reality of what is really fucking happening RIGHT NOW. There is no stars, there is balls of fuel and raging infernos. There is no "you" there is the conversation between organ systems in a language you necessarily dont understand while allowing you to make your own. If everyone were to truly visualize their place in the cosmos, the world would be a more harmonious place. A persons understanding of the world, its complexity and sophistication is commensurate to their ability to percieve the context of their existence, their awareness of injustice and how easily they can be controlled.
It is a thought that can and should be evoked in our darkest, and more importantly our brightest hours. No matter how high a podium a human being stands on, that podium is indefinitely pegged into the foundation of the earth. So why then do we fight? Why then do we bother resisting corrupt governments and corporations? What is it in us that motivates us to challenge hegemony? It isnt a desire to be free, rather it is our inclination to homeostasis, balance, and justice.
Kakus unified civilization cannot arise using fear to coax people into buying into it, people have to first comprehend its importance, and not be tricked into the state of 'technopoly' in which we simply passively accept technology without considering the corrupt context from which it emerged. How can we ensure the integrity of this upcoming global society which will dictate our destiny as a species hereafter if we cannot even minimize corruption on a regional scale.
Can we at the same time have our motives for unification be ridden with fear while attempting to transcend the "problem> fear > solution" level of consiousness so pervasively used in nation building? If fear is what knitted the fabric of regional tyranny that blankets the sleeping world, what should we expect from a global patchwork utilizing the same seamstress? Its like the "green economy" movement and trying to mandate higher conscious behaviours (awareness of ones environment) using the lowest level of consciousness as a motivator (i.e. greed, money).
Freedom in the truest sense of the word entails universal bastardization. It entails a functionless excess, an unpredictable, chaotic, and subatomically boun disorder. In fact nothing is free, everything is sandwiched between something else. Freedom is an illusion. Freedom in its realist form is a nightmare, and is physically impossible.
The fact is freedom is unattainable, whereas Justice and balance are. Therefore I am changing the "freedumb movement" to the "justice movement". To the avail of no one, but these zeros and ones and zeros and ones....
Kaku uses fear to warrant the NWO, the same tactic practiced by the terrorists he claims "hate our tolerance". Like most scientists woven into the academic complex he is a pragmatic genius who is fundamentally and philosophically wrong.


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**PURCHASE DEADLINE: Sunday, May 17 @ 11:59pm**
*Tickets will be emailed from the Red Sox on Tuesday, May 19*
What's gayer than a baseball team named after crimson hosiery? TWC's annual Red Sox Takeover. And this year, we knocked it out of the park and snagged more than 500 bleacher seats for our members on Thursday, May 21. Watch the Sox take on the Texas Rangers as we take Fenway Park by storm. Your kick-off to summer, TWC style.
Here's the game plan: meet at Who's on First, the only bar inside the turnstiles, for a pre-party tailgate at 6pm. Special drinks and swag for anyone who's with our crew. We'll find our seats in the stands by the 7:10pm start time. Last year the Red Sox told us we were the largest group to ever enter the park together, so there's that. Join us for the gayest night the Sox have ever seen!
Did we mention it's bobblehead night, too? #TWsCore
Involved in a community, sports, or employee resource group who'd like to join us? Drop Ashley a line.
Ticketing details:
- Tickets will be emailed to you directly from the Red Sox the week of the game. Sometimes those emails can land in your spam filter, so we'll be sure to check in with you after they're sent out.
- If you're rollin' solo and want to sit with other TWC members coming stag, just join the "TWC Corps and Friends" group, and you'll be mixed up with other TWCers like a tasty box of Cracker Jacks.
- If you're coming with friends but want to buy all of the tickets at once, just hit "Participate as an individual" and select the number of tickets you want. Just remember, you'll be the person receiving the email with all of the tickets for your friends and will need to distribute them.
- If you're coming with a group that wants to sit together, but you don't want to buy all of the tickets yourself, hit "Create a group." Your friends will be able to join your group, and you'll all be seated together. Just make sure your friends get their tickets before we sell out!
- The week of the game we'll send you information confirming pre-party and game details.


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Ninth Annual Jim Mora Celebrity Golf Classic A Meaningful Success
May 17 and 18, 2015
Funds Raised Support Count On Me Programs & Directly Impact Children in Need
The NinthThe Ninth Annual Jim Mora Celebrity Golf Classic was held for the third year in a row at the iconic Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades, California. The sold out tournament was an action-packed day of golf, contests, prizes and tasty treats. More than thirty sponsored foursomes were paired with celebrity golfers all vying for the golf classic championship trophy.
The night before the Golf Classic, many celebrity guests and tournament sponsors attended the annual VIP Party presented by TVG Executive Search and hosted by the W Hotel Los Angeles Westwood. The party occupied the newly renovated WET deck and guests enjoyed bites and beverages poolside while giving Jim and Shannon Mora an opportunity to welcome everyone and set the tone for a fun and worthwhile event.
On course activities included multiple Hole In One contests and many opportunities for each "fivesome" to win prizes and collect "swag". Food and beverage vendors sprinkled the course and ensured that no one would go hungry.
The Riviera Clubhouse as abuzz after the tournament with the BackSwing Bash & Happy Hour. While Petros & Money from Fox Sports AM 570 broadcasted live from the clubhouse terrace, golfers, celebrities and their guests enjoyed a lively silent auction and mingled with the UCLA Spirit Squad and Los Angeles Laker Girls.
The day ended with a beautiful sit-down dinner with auctioneer John Curley leading the audience through a fast-paced live auction filled with one of a kind experiences. To cap off the dinner, two very special guest-speakers, Brian Juarez from the Watts/Willowbrook Boys & Girls Club and Caley Versfelt from Special Olympics Southern California, shared their personal stories and inspired a record-breaking "Raise The Paddle" live campaign.
This important Count On Me event raised over $550,000 through sponsorships, donations and auction proceeds and will go towards supporting the Foundation's annual grant cycle as well as Count On Me community outreach programs. "Our organization has grown by leaps and bounds since moving to Los Angeles. We have great grant and charity partners who help keep us connected to the needs of the youth in our communities and it has allowed us to create and build some of our own programs to support those children in need," said Shannon Mora, VP and founder of Count On Me, "Our annual golf event provides an anchor in our annual fundraising efforts because we are determined to continue to make an impact – to nurture, inspire and empower every child we help."
A special thank you to Brigadeiro & Co., Kendra Scott, and Trina Turk for the special treats you provided at our VIP Party presented by TVG Executive Search!
Thank you to this year's Celebrity Guests and Golfers! You made a fun and memorable event!
Our deepest gratitude to the multitudes of volunteers! Over 100 volunteers support our annual golf classic and it would be impossible to succeed without you!
Special thanks to our media partners for covering our event!
Fox Sports AM 570 - The Petros & Money Show - click here to hear Jim Mora co-host some of the show!
If you are interested in a sponsorship or in-kind opportunity for the Tenth Annual Jim Mora Celebrity Golf Classic, please contact us.
We'd love to hear from you!


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Cheapest Super Smash Bros. Brawl CharactersJammer196 True hardcore Brawl fans know who's cheap and who's good. Who's the cheapest? Let's find out.
The Top Ten
Do we even have to debate this? - Fat_Turtle_Gamez
Cheaper than 1 cent. - Qryzx
Actually meta knights rather expensive :3. I just wanted to make that joke... - Trans-species
To be honest (even though I love Meta Knight) I think he's very unbalanced being WAY too powerful.22 Comments
Pikachu is so ' annoying. All you do is hear him spam thunder and use discharge to knock you around. Some say that for some reason, you need skill to use Pikachu. All you have to do is play a few matches with him and then you can easily play against anyone as this guy. Even without Discharge and Thunder, he can just spam smash attacks to knock you off the screen. It feels totally unfair against Pikachu. He's fast and powerful- and you complain about Sonic, who may be fast, but he's not powerful. Pikachu needs to be nerfed or I will give up on balance throughout the smash bros character roster.
He's #1 for a reason. He is incredibly cheap and yes I definitely have seen people play really well with him, like legit, but a complete noob still manages to pose a threat to me because Pikachu is ridiculously easy to massacre a whole group with. Stupid lightning bolt move. "Pika pika pika pika! " I just wanna scream SHUT UP YOU LITTLE RAT!
Pit isn't actually cheap when you try playing him- it does actually take time to get used to him. Sonic is cheap, but is a very weak hitter. Meta Knight and Ike could be worse... But I hate Pikachu so much! It takes no skill to use him- just spam specials and smash attacks and your opponent is out. It's no fun to play as or against Pikachu. If they don't nerf him next time, then I will totally lose it.
Thunder right next to him is just devastatingly powerful in knock back. Plus, if you're in the middle of an attack or in stunned animation in the air, there is no chance of evasion! And it is really cheap at edge guarding the slower horizontal air movement characters.19 Comments
Your too slow! Your too slow! But to more seriousness, how is Pikachu the
Cheapest when all you have to do with Sonic is keep running left and right with a hit and run. And to top it all off, after all your hard work of landing punches for an hour and listening to "Your too slow! " He gets to a lot of percentage, and you knock him off to see him use his trampoline, possibly the best life saver in the game, and after taunting 20 times back at him, he starts kickin' butt and takin' names. There you go.
Sonic is not cheap, he's just fast and y'all just suck. I beat sonic sometimes and when I'm using him, I disable the smash ball and I still win against my friends. His normal attacks are weak, does only about 1 or 2% damage. So his final smash is powerful so it could be balanced. Talking about too powerful, Zelda's arrow can KO whoever it is at 0% damage. There's Zelda's arrow, Marth's final smash, Ganondorf's Final smash and y'all just choose to blame Sonic. His normal attacks are weak. The others attacks are powerful and their final smashes are even more powerful, like Ganondorf and Meta Knight. Sonic's final smash can be avoided 'cause I have a hard time hitting my friends with it. He is a very skilled player, So yeah Y'all just suck. Sonic's final smash can be avoided if you guys were pros, just like my friends. Y'ALL SUCK. STOP BLAMING SONIC.
If I could like this a hundred times I would. And hundred more for every hundred. - Coopetro
My brother got so cheap with Sonic, we actually BANNED him from our matches.
Sonic is NOT number 1? He can just run away from every attack!16 Comments
Ike is a well-balanced character. What makes a character cheap is that it may move fast, spam, and have an overpowered Final Smash. Ike only has one of those characteristics. He can be powerful, but also slow, as one other person said.
You don't have to be good in the game to use Ike, and get the most kills. When you are playing in a more competitive level, he is a fair character, although he is one of the most op
Ike is the cheapest and that is a good thing because that tells he is the best.
Maybe Ike is balanced, but he is extremely brainless and easy to play.7 Comments
I'm hit hit hit hit hit hit, get away, shoot, deflected, stunned, and repeat.
Pitt is more cheap than the school lunch. He spam spam spam spam spam spam spam. 0 skill. When you loose to him, he says: "TOO EASY! " as if he was the one who used all his strength and energy to win during his victory theme.
People talk about characters having cheap recoveries such as Kirby, but come on now. His arrow is easy to spam and use effectively, his HEYEYEYEYA! Is just annoying as hell and also easy to spam. I don't even get how he isn't in the top 3.
Pit is a ridiculously cheap character. He's strong, fast, and he can fly! Not only that, but his annoying "HAYAYA! " and the arrows are just stupid. He's a beginner's character. He should be in the top three, not the sixth.7 Comments
HOW IS KIRBY NOT NUMBER 1. Kirby's swallow attack is so cheap especially when he is Ganondorf Kirby. He has the punch the speed and the flying ability. CHEAP.
According to everyone who plays against me, yes. His recovery is insane, I usually survive to at least 175% with him. Not that I'm complaining.
Kirby is the greatest thing that ever happened to Super Smash Bros. Just kidding, he's the cheapest. But I am still a proud user.
Gun gun gun gun gun everywhere just give us a chance, snake! - Captaincrunch2015
If he had a cardboard box in Brawl, I would laugh to death when he tries to defend himself.
Friends jealous of side smash.
His smash move is retardedly difficult to avoid. If they took that out, he wouldn't even be on this list.1 Comment
Falco's really cheap, my brother always uses his quick dodge and I can't hit him, it's so annoying that it pisses me off them I just turn the game system off
Chain grabs suck to be in. That's all I can say about this move of his.
He is cheap but if you are a skill player like me its fine!
He's not cheap.5 Comments
All Peach does is stand there, and anyone can beat me. Toad is not playable, but he is unlucky, Peach is an ass for trying to complain about not being killed to let Toad be killed.
Peach relies on her Toad, and if I remember, Peach's final smash is PUTTING ENEMIES TO SLEEP. I mean, why can't she just use a really powerful attack? At least she attacks unlike Rosalina who relies on her Luma to do all the attacking.
The most useless character in the game. I mean who uses a frying pan in a fighting game?
Who uses singing in a fighting game that doesn't actually do damage in their origin games? - Qryzx
Princess Peach in vain!5 Comments
People always think that he sucks. Once you get used to him, he is very overpowered. He is strong against Pikachu, Marth, Kirby, Fox and Snake, and he is only weak to Meta Knight and Diddy Kong.
Pluck, throw, jump, reflect, pikmin dies, pluck, throw, hit, jump, repeat. Too cheap. - Captaincrunch2015
He is ugly
The Contenders
It took them 1 dollar to program the sprite in. So CHEAP OF THEM!
It isn't even fair. His C moves that are as deadly as a power players and he is still quick. If you know what your doing, he is the cheapest player in the game - bigbrotherfan
He's my main but I will admit that he is somewhat cheap. Not as cheap as Meta Knight, Pikachu, and Pitt. Especially Pitt.
I use him all the time, so I would know that he's cheap. Still fun to play as though.7 Comments
My cousin is so cheap with Zelda I've never beaten him while he is playing her. I honestly say Zelda is the number one cheapest character on brawl
Spammable Smash attacks that hit multiple times... Not to mention a very quick up smash that is otherwise very difficult to defend on reaction plus a down tilt that can characters that doesn't have a first frame attack in a lock forever.
Side B fireball lets you attack from the opposite edge of some maps and stay out of the mosh pit going for the smash ball. You don't even have to move essentially.
I have this friend in my dorm that always uses her side b and just does all the cheap moves so you can't even get close most of the time1 Comment
He is best wobble for dayz
This little pain in the ass just jumps up, puts his sword down and BOOM, invincible for those few seconds. Does nothing else. And he has BOMBS!
He has an arrow, a shield, bombs, and a dang boomerang. He can use projectiles but can't get hit with projectiles because of his shield.
How is Toon Link not in the top ten? Every Toon Link I see always spams his Dair and Utilt. It pisses me off.
All every Tink does ever is spam his dair and his usmash and utilt. This 'strategy' is extremely cheap and he should be higher on the list. Remember, this is coming from a former Tink main.
I do agree that Marth can be a very spam-able character, but it could also be seen as a very B button(Wii+nun-chuck controls) based character. My friends disagree that Marth is fair, but that is just my skill level at characters with swords - they can't beat Toon Link either. Marth can be seen as both skill and cheap, but PLEASE just get good at one character at a time - you will win that way!
Oh my god, I tried so hard to not add him. But why did I add him? His side special is very spammy in each game. His counter could also be spammy. And I found out that probably is all I would be doing.
I love Ness shut up
Players can just spam 'PK Fire'! It's so stupid. I did it and I felt like I had no skill! A player with REAL skills would not use PK Fire a lot. I combo with him but my cousin only use PK Fire, and that baseball bat. This is what I think. SMMMASSSHH! This should be in to 3. :P I wish they removed him from Super Smash Bros WiiU/3DS and replaced him with Lucas. Like they would do in Melee, but the delay of Mother 3/Earthbound 64
PK FIRE PK THUNDER PK THUNDER PK FIRE PK THUNDER PK FIRE PK FIRE repeat, spam, repeat, spam. - Captaincrunch2015
SO ANNOYING! I can't DO ANYTHING WITH HIM
1. I play for the first time.
2. I select Mario because I don't want to be cheap.
3. My sister picks Bowser.
4. My sister does anything with Bowser.
5. I pick Bowser.
6. I can't do anything with Bowser!
Playing as Bowser is cheap because me and my brother pick him and we do nothing. But when my sister picks him, we can't KO anyone unless if I am Meta Knight. But Bowser always wins - ON EVERY GAME HE'S A CHEATER!
When he uses his side special on edge, he kills his opponent and himself at the same time.
My friend said it is called skills
Laugh out loud Bowser's one of the worst characters in the game4 Comments
Cheap defitnition buying something at a low price lucas yeah ness sucks but lucas I am always feeling like like I am overpowerd one of his attacks can kill you so lucas isn't good he's cheap -
WRONG! Lucas isn't cheap! First, no spam move... that up smash is powerful though... and down smash... but other than that Lucas isn't cheap! Ness is!
Lucas has no spams unlike Meta Knight but he does have a overpowered move in "P.K. Thunder" but as a big user of Lucas I believe he is top 15 or so but not in the top 10!
WHAT THE HECK?!? WHAT HE'S POWERFUL?!? HE'S NOT EVEN HAVING A SMASH MOVE that's AS MUCH AS IKE! I MEAN LITTERALY! CHARGE THE B/SPECIAL MOVE AND BOOM 50%! Accept the fact he's overpowered in Project M. Brawl Hack.
All he says is "PK Fire! PK Fire! " SO CHEAP! More than like PK sucks like a butt.
Hella fast and strong, he's the most I think
Take him off of this list. Luigi is cool!
He is a rainbow vision character and his court is too mansioned. He can move any other character in his own image! How is that not cheap? - spongebobsv1998890
Captain Falco is the cheapest in this game just a worthless character at least he's not going to be in the new one.
Captain Falcon should be in the top ten he's just cheapest characters in the game. I'm so glad he's not going to be in the next game.
Too fast of a character for the power he has as well, and it's not hard to spam juggle with him either!
Captian falcon will be in the next one1 Comment
Wolf is not cheap, He's slow but his attacks are powerful.
How is wolf cheap when he's slow and heavy
Ike is cool so I agree
I play with Ike and get beaten up by my brother with the FRICK CHEAPO OP SIDE SMASH.
I don't like Ganondorf. His attacks are WAY too powerful, and his final smash is probably the most OP in the entire game. People don't think about it like that, but it actually is true. They just blame sonic who is one of the best characters.
A character worthy of the title "King of Darkness". - Fat_Turtle_Gamez
Now PLEASE here me out. We have a friend named Derek. Big LoZ fan. He is insanely good with him! He will constantly do what he has dubbed the "thunderstomp" (Which, by the way, can send you flying through the lava in Brinstar) and yell Thunderstomp while doing so.
If you're playing against her as a heavy, you might as well just sd. - Fat_Turtle_Gamez
He's not in Brawl! - Jasmine21064
His final smash is too damn powerful.
Who put this on the list? She's not in brawl! - HaddonJordan
No she's not, top tenner!
Is Cheap as hell
very cheap
Just spam egg roll and ground pound... Unstoppable
He is not cheap.
Sucking characters in and jumping off the edge for points
My friend said he can suck anything with his big mouth
I love King Dedede, whoever said that
Who likes King Dedede? His horrible.
His flare blitz attack in smash 4 can ko you at verylow percentage,is uncounterable, and does a lot of damage in general. People can just spam it over and over again. The only thing that helps is that he recieves recoil damage.
She's not even in Brawl! - Jasmine21064
He's so powerful. He can beat pikachu.
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When bubby stays in his own room we plan to get him regular furniture instead. So we won't have to upgrade his room when he gets older. He needs a big bed anyway because of the way he sleeps and I think that is safer than the usual toddler bed. We have to scour different furniture stores for this purpose though when the time is right. We will find him nice furniture at hopefully affordable price. We don't need much since I believe in being minimalistic so as not to crowd his room with nonsense stuff. It is time to start saving up to be able to buy his own stuff. He may have to stay in his own room next year. He is a big boy and I know he will like it.
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A few months ago, a reader emailed me to ask how I came to be at peace with my food choices. She noted how balanced my approach to eating seemed to be, and that I ate and cooked with a whole host of foods, never purposefully eliminating certain categories. Eating based on how foods make me feel and thrive versus eating based on a diet or following specific rules is something I've come to be very passionate about. I often discuss it on my Instagram account, encouraging readers to throw out preconceived notions about "good" foods and "bad" foods and just eat real foods. It can be a baffling idea at first, since we are bombarded daily with the media and diet industry telling us to count calories, instructing us on what to eat, and aggressively telling us what not to eat. Just today a friend shared Bob Harper's 20 "Skinny Rules" on Facebook, and it's estimated that 108 million Americans diet each year, spending over $20 billion annually on diet and weight-loss products.
The idea of eating a diet that includes all the food groups and doesn't, in essence, eliminate anything that nature made has come to be an almost foreign concept, especially if we want to lose some amount of weight. In fact when I originally posted a photo comparison of my slow and gradual weight loss after the birth of my third child, some readers couldn't believe I had managed to trim down while still eating red meat, dairy products, and carbohydrates. I had one reader in particular who was so shocked, she almost seemed to think I was fibbing. I promise I'm not.
To be completely honest, in the beginning of my clean eating journey, I did go through brief periods where I cut out gluten and dairy. But what I soon came to find out was that my body is not affected negatively or positively by the consumption of gluten. So I continue to eat my whole-wheat toast because it tastes better than the bricks they try to pass off as gluten-free bread. My body does, in fact, react negatively to the cheap processed American cheese I had been making grilled cheese sandwiches with for years. And that huge glass of cow's milk does give me a rocking stomachache. So now I limit the occasional consumption of cheese to good blocks of Parmesan and the occasional mozzarella I pick up at a local cheese shop, and I mainly drink almond milk, although nothing beats a cold class of milk with chocolate chip cookies. So this is how I've eaten consistently for the last year: red meat, seafood, poultry, baguettes, some cheese (but not a lot), every single veggie that the farmer's market has to offer, and a whole assortment of legumes and grains. I eat it all and eat it with delight, eyeing my portions, but not counting my calories.
Diet plans like Whole 30, Atkins, Paleo, and so on have undoubtedly helped many people. Those who suffer from obesity, autoimmune disorders, Celiac disease, and so on can all greatly benefit from reducing or eliminating certain food groups or food triggers, and I wholeheartedly support whatever food and wellness path that gets a person to optimal health. But for the average person, like me, who just wants to lose the baby weight or feel better, eating well doesn't have to be all that complex, and it certainly can allow us to eat a whole range of foods with a certain sense of peace — maybe even enjoyment!
That I'm even able to discuss a subject such as escaping a fear of food and finding peace in eating is both humbling and overwhelming. While I've never battled a severe eating disorder, I dealt with the typical fear of foods and body image issues that the average American woman deals with, and I'd never been so fearful of food and unhappy with myself as when I was a size 2. At the time, my biggest fear was that any morsel I put in my mouth would quickly push me out of the size 2 category, a fear I now realize was completely irrational, unhealthy, and detrimental to my well-being.
So what did I tell that reader who wrote me, asking for advice in achieving some sort of peaceful balance with food? In a nutshell, here are the 6 tips I shared:
1. Stop categorizing real foods as "good" or "bad"
Real food, that is, foods found in nature or that are very minimally processed, is neither inherently "good" or "bad." While some foods have higher nutritional value than others, each category of foods can serve us in a beneficial way. The key here is, of course, variety and moderation. Subsisting off pasta alone is never a good idea, but there is no credible reason why the average person should completely eliminate carbohydrates from their diet. After all, us humans need them to exist, and at minimum, 45 percent of our calories per day should come from carbohydrates.
2. Eliminate words like "cheat" and "splurge" from your food vocabulary
The notion of cheating in anything is wrapped up in all sorts of negativity, and when we apply it to food, it can just lead to unnecessary feelings of guilt and remorse when we cheat or indulge in "off limit" foods. I like the way Nia Shanks, the author of Safe and Sane Nutrition, phrases it: "Having a 'splurge meal' reinforces the idea that food is a 'reward.' We're not dogs. We don't get rewarded with treats."
3. Break free from rules
The food world is filled with all sorts of rules. Sure, some make a lot of sense, like "Drink Plenty of Water," but others are completely obscure, such as "No Eating After 7 PM." With just a bit of research and some common sense, you can decide for yourself which diet "rules" are just general guidelines that work for you and which ones are meaningless for your lifestyle and personal health. If your gut seems to be unaffected by legumes, do you need to follow a strict Paleo diet? And if I get home from a grueling 8 PM hot yoga class, absolutely starving, you bet your bottom dollar I'm going to eat a filling and nutritious snack.
4. Trust yourself, and don't beat yourself up
Part of any healthy relationship is a level of trust. Many of us have some trust issues with food, which is why we don't allow ourselves to be around certain trigger foods, like candy or cakes, or why we resort to strange behaviors, like throwing salt on desserts to stop ourselves from eating them. This can leave us jonesing so bad for a piece of cake, that by the time we finally dig in, we don't just "splurge," but we make ourselves sick. The best thing I've done for myself in this category is instead of limiting any exposure to sweets or savory foods, I just find healthier alternatives to these foods I love most. To fill a sugar craving, instead of polishing off a sleeve of Oreos, I eat some dark chocolate or raw, plant-based macaroons. Or instead of Doritos, I eat some simple olive oil and sea salt popcorn. We're humans after all; we're genetically predisposed to crave certain foods that are comforting and produce the feel-good hormone serotonin, so it almost goes against our human makeup to commit to an eternal sugar-free lifestyle. But by allowing your cravings to manifest themselves in more healthy ways, you'll probably find that you'll eventually come to crave the "healthy" version of your favorite junk food instead.
5. Learn about food, and what makes you feel best
As I raise my own three children, seemingly made up of an assortment of the same genes, I'm continually amazed by how completely unique we all are. This is why I continue to be confused by the notion of "one diet fits all." While some statements about eating better are universally true, including cutting out processed and fast food, ditching soda, and cutting back on sugar intake, many other dietary rules that involve elimination of certain foods and drastic reduction of calories cannot and do not work for every individual. After I took some time to read labels and understand the important role that each nutrient plays in my health and did a little bit of trial and error, I finally found a way of healthy, balanced eating that works for me, and me alone. I strongly encourage every individual to do their own research and spend some time experimenting before deciding that a certain diet is right for them. You just may find out that the best type of diet is no real diet at all.
6. Embrace your body
This is the one that has admittedly been the hardest for me to overcome, and during the last couple of summer months, I have found myself, on occasion, swirling with negative thoughts about my "problem areas." So I get it: Accepting and loving your body is sadly one of the most challenging things many women deal with. One thought I try to reinforce to help me get out of a negative mental loop is reminding myself that I'm doing the best I can for my health. I eat as wholesome and nutritiously as I can and I exercise consistently, therefore I'm really doing my best. The body I'm left with after all that precious self-care is decidedly the body I'm left with, and I am good with that. Looking at genetics has helped me, too. I look at my dad, and even now at my daughter, and I see how eerily close our builds resemble each other. From our backside to our legs and almost everything in between, we are almost clones of each other. So while good eating habits and consistent exercise may help keep me trim and sane, there's a strong case of genetics at play here, and perhaps abs of steel just aren't in the cards for me, no matter how hard I try.
The end result in all of this has been that I've finally found a way, for the most part, to stop obsessing about my food choices and just start enjoying them. After all, life is too short, and it's certainly too short to feel guilty about food.More On


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Alternative pipelines to route production around the outage included Energy Transfer Partners LP's Rover, Tallgrass Energy Partners LP's Rockies Express (REX), EQT Midstream Partners LP's Equitrans and Enbridge Inc's Texas Eastern Transmission (Tetco), analysts at S&P Global Platts said in a note.
The blast that shut the pipe did not cause any injuries and was contained Thursday morning, TransCanada said.
Columbia Gas Transmission (TCO), the TransCanada subsidiary that operates the pipe, declared a force majeure on Thursday and said the damaged section of pipe could affect movement of about 1.3 billion cubic feet per day (bcfd). One billion cubic feet a day is enough gas for about 5 million U.S. homes.
Despite the pipeline shutdown, overall output in the Marcellus and Utica shale gas region of Appalachia increased to 27.4 bcfd on Thursday from 27.3 bcfd on Wednesday, according to Thomson Reuters data.
U.S. oil and gas exploration company Range Resources Corp , which uses the Leach pipeline to transport its gas to market, said on Thursday it expects to temporarily lose access to its 0.3 bcfd of capacity on the pipe.
As it reroutes gas to other pipes, Range said it does not anticipate impacts to production volumes and also said it currently expects the impact to second quarter cash flow to be minimal.
S&P Global Platts said several gas producers whose gas normally flows on the Columbia system reported just minor impacts, including Southwestern Energy Co, which like Range said it was utilizing a variety of pipelines in the area to get its production to market.
The Leach shutdown caused Appalachia prices to trade in opposite directions on Thursday, with TCO up about 11 cents, while Dominion South dropped about 39 cents, according to data from SNL, another unit of S&P Global.
The 1.5-bcfd Leach Xpress in West Virginia and Ohio, which entered full service at the start of this year, transports gas from the Marcellus and Utica shale formations in Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia to consumers in the U.S. Midwest and Gulf Coast.
The 19,312-kilometer Columbia pipeline system, which TransCanada acquired in 2016, serves millions of customers from New York to the Gulf of Mexico.


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When I went to the customs in Germany to receive my stamp for tax refund before I go back to China, the officer was puzzled and asked me to open my suitcase. There was nothing wrong with the items themselves, but when he saw a collection of environmental testing chemicals and lab equipment, he felt that he wanted to confirm: "This is really for private use?"
Today was a hazy day and I spent a bit of time sorting out the equipment and played around with it: radioactive exposure is low, tab water in general parameters quite good, air quality disastrous. But then wow: formaldehyde! Where could this come from? Finally I found, that it comes from a few chemical fiber textiles I have bought in China. Formaldehyde is banned also in China, but N-methylol derivatives are used as reactant cross-linking agents to give the fabric shape stability and a "high grade finish". As catalysts for this process dialylated tin derivatives are also used. The first is known as a strong carcinogen, the second causes allergic reactions. Specially Chinese low to mid range lady fashion is entirely made of "plastic". Also many outdoor clothes, as they are supposed to be light, water resistant and fast drying and sports clothes of course too.
If a dress is supposed to set a heart on fire, then be careful, because without organophosphate substances as flame retardant this could be even dangerous. Even I have never witnesses that this kind of spark set clothes on fire, I remember three incidents in which chemical fibers caused severe injury: a cook who spilled boiling water on is legs in the army, a Nylon camping tent which caught fire and a car accident where the vehicle caught fire. In the first case I was providing first aid and wanted to cut open the trousers, but had to find that it had melted into the burned skin. In the two other cases any help came too late. Of course this was not just a result of chemical fiber clothing, but it made it worse. I also remember a comment of a Naval officer, who said that about 30 % of the men they lost in the South Atlanik War in the sinking of the Battleship Belgrano died in the flames because they Uniforms were switched to cheaper material before.
Now this sounds a bit an extreme reason why to avoid "plastic clothes". And also the health effects of many chemicals used are disputed. So, it might not be "too bad". But I just ask myself: why? Plastic clothes look cheap (even they not always are). They do not breathe well and get stingy easily. Sure, you can reduce that by adding biocides as anti-microbal agent to make them stink later. Antimicobic material for lingery, for example. How sexy can it get? How about just taking a shower from time to time and apply normal procedures of personal hygiene?
Sure, it is not easy to make something "pretty" out of chemical fibers, but often they are choosen because they are easy care. But are they really? Just a little bit too high ironing temperature and they are distroyed forever. Repairing is either not possible or not worth it. I understand the advantages of chemical fibers for outdoor clothing quite well, but even the "easy care properties" of cotton, wool, linen and silk are also very good. Just hang them on a tree and let them dry. And even they are a bit ruffled. At least they smell like fresh are and not like an oil rig.


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Shopping around? It's a matter of trust
Whether shopping for jeans, a suitcase or insurance, consumers are spoilt for choice these days. So how do we decide where to spend our money? More than ever, it's a matter of trust.
Building a trustworthy business is vital given consumers seek out reliable brands in response to ongoing economic instability.
But building trust isn't as easy as it sounds. The recent Brand Asset Valuator report found that trust in insurance, retail, utilities and financial services has declined more than 20 per cent in the past couple of years. This has been blamed on constant price hikes, poor customer service and confusing offers.
But there are some simple steps businesses can take when working to build trust. Start by considering what destroys trust for your customers, suggests Andy Pontin, chief executive of Sydney advertising agency Clemenger BBDO.
Pontin says businesses should remember that consumers seek brands being true to their word, don't take them for granted, deliver on their promise and respect their needs.
"Trust can be lost very quickly if a brand doesn't behave the way it promises it will, which can happen to even large brands. You've absolutely got to stick to your promises," he says.
"Consistency is also extremely important when establishing trust. Once people have a strong perception of a brand, they find it very unsettling if the brand changes its approach."
Well-known Australian businesses regularly approach Clemenger BBDO asking for help to reinvent their brand without first making changes to the way they do business.
"A business will admit it hasn't changed anything about the way it operates, but it still wants us to find a way to change negative perceptions so that consumers feel better about their brand," Pontin says.
"But that can be very hard to achieve if the business isn't delivering on its promises."
Ensuring all branding is consistent, responding to messages and emails efficiently, dealing with complaints and perfecting your offering is vital, Pontin says.
Even a poorly-designed website can result in consumers losing faith, he says.
Paris Searson, vice-president of PR firm Fleishman-Hillard Australia, agrees that trust is not about a company name, logo or advertising campaign, but about the way a company behaves.
"Authenticity is vital when building trust. You've got to create a two-way dialogue both with staff and customers and speak the truth," Searson says.
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A considered public-relations campaign can also work wonders in building trust, and can cost a lot less than other forms of marketing, she says.
A tradesman could simply post a thank you letter after completing a job, which can build trust and ultimately increase the chance of repeat business, Searson says.
"PR is about communicating the story of its brand in a way that customers can relate to. Businesses need to avoid spin at all costs and instead, focus on being authentic," she says.
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When it comes to searching content online, there's only one engine you should be using—Google. According to Statista, Google has maintained a whopping 90% market share as of the first quarter of 2016. This is the main reason why businesses choose Google as one of their online advertising platforms.
How does Google Search work? In its support page, the search engine explains three key processes in delivering results: crawling, indexing, and serving. Crawling involves artificial intelligence, Googlebot, in determining which sites to be added to the Google Index. "Google's crawl process begins with a list of web page URLs, generated from previous crawl processes, and augmented with Sitemap data provided by webmasters."
Googlebot processes each page it crawls to be able to index all words, title tag, ALT attributes, etc. This stage is call indexing. Using Google index checker, you'd know how your site is indexed. You can try using Google's special searches, such as info:google.com or opt for free index checker tools. Finally, serving is when Google returns results it believes are most relevant to an entered query.
When you try searching for "funniest cat videos" or "sushi restaurants in Hillsborough New Jersey," Google uses computer programs that will search for webpages with the most helpful information. Google search algorithm utilizes 200+ clues, such as content quality, that make it possible to "guess what you might be really looking for."
For this article, let's concentrate on ways to ensure the relevance of content on your webpages.
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The world's largest search engine offers quality guidelines for you and your webmaster to help it find your pages and avoid getting removed from the Google index. The first rule is to create useful content for actual people. Automatically-generated content is a big no-no.
Have you ever wondered why BuzzFeed videos featuring people trying out exotic foods and foreign alcohol gather millions of views? If you're a Thai, wouldn't you be interested to know how a clueless Caucasian would rate your favorite Mekong whiskey? Whether the BuzzFeed peeps loved your local liquor or not is beside the point. More than four million viewers from all parts of the world now knows about Mekong.
Never use clickbaits or sneaky redirects
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Nobody wants to be fooled. If you need to know about easy weight-loss methods, you'd type the appropriate query on Google (or set an appointment with your doctor) and NOT fall into a clickbait trap.
Clickbait is defined as a "web content that is aimed at generating online advertising revenue, especially at the expense of quality or accuracy, relying on sensationalist headlines to attract click-throughs."This practice is alarmingly widespread even in journalism. Ken Smith, chairman of the Welsh executive council of the National Union of Journalists, noted: "Inevitably, if the criterion for including the story on the website is determined by the number of clicks, then we're going down a very dangerous path."
Google also warns against sneaky redirects or the act of sending your site visitor to another site to display a different content. This practice is a violation of Google's quality guidelines.
Develop a content marketing strategy
Content marketing is a technique where you create and distribute valuable content for two purposes: to acquire a defined audience and to drive profits. The challenge lies on how to come up with quality and relevant materials that will capture your target audience. Not only that, your article or video should be able to encourage your audience to share the content or do whatever you want them to, like buy your product.
Propelrr shares a list of content marketing tips to propel your brand such as creating content that "reflect on how you position your brand, how you communicate your brand message, and how you lay out the brand experience to your target audiences."
Gather your team and decide on what you'd want to evoke in your website. Develop a content marketing strategy, with the help of experts, if you must.
"I've read this before!"
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Google has three words for you: unique, valuable and engaging. Improve your site's ranking by posting "plenty of rich information that includes relevant keywords, used appropriately, that indicate the subject matter of your content."
Scraped content is one that had been extracted from another article or video and adds nothing original. You may have heard of spinning or the practice of lazy "writers" where they get materials from a reputable website and juggle or "spin" words around to produce a new content. Not only is this against Google's guidelines, it's a waste of digital space.
Pull the right emotional chords
Adele sells. Apart from the fact that she's a really talented singer, the UK's well-loved daughter is relatable. Well, at least her lyrics are. Propelrr advises businesses to be real and enchanting at the same time. "Play with varied types of content that evoke humor, pride or anything that stirs emotions that will stick to your readers." Be an Adele.
Improve today's content consumption
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Alexander Macris of Alloy Digital and The Escapist magazine, shared his thoughts on how today's content is getting dumber. In a TEDx symposium, Macris likened our content consumption with eating food. We're reading less cognitively beneficial books, listening to stress-inducing loud and simplistic music, and watching shorter length films. All these are similar to junk foods—they offer no nutritional value to our intelligence.
One of the content marketing tips we can generate from Macris' views is to create materials that help people think critically and encourage them to engage in healthy interactions. Distance yourself from rumours and sensational talks, and provide reliable basis on every information you present. Present these in a creative manner like short films with long shots. This will make your website stand out in the bustling Internet highway.
Be your own grammar police
Checking, and rechecking your content for misspellings, grammar errors, and broken links should be basic. Unfortunately, even websites of large corporations are guilty of occasional oversight. The quality of your articles reflects your reputation and reliability as a business enterprise. You can get a proofreader or use online tools that can help you detect grammar errors.
The world has no use for pages with malicious behavior
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Let's get this straight. If you're out for anything malicious, you don't have any business of creating a website or being in business in the first place. Google strictly prohibits pages that change or manipulate the location of a content, inject new ads or unwanted files, or install viruses on users' computers. These are in violation of Google's Webmaster Guidelines and Unwanted Software policy.
Let Google know that you mean business
Google is the world's most widely-used search engine for a reason. As it proclaims, it doesn't only deliver the most relevant search results, but also ensures that users are safe on the web. Monitor your site for hacking and other malicious behavior and address issues immediately. Be on alert for spammy accounts on free hosts and forum threads, as well as comment spam on blogs.
As a business enterprise in the digital age, it's imperative that you understand how Google Search works for your content and how you can persuade the world's largest search engine that your web pages deserves to be on top.


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These special two-piece Gamma Seal Lids transforms most 3.5 to 7 gallon plastic buckets (12" diameter) into a rugged, gasketed, resealable storage container that's both air-tight and water-tight. Just snap the outer ring down onto your bucket. The threaded lid turns easily with molded-in grip bars. These food grade lids are heavy duty for years of safe reliable service. The ring has a polymer gasket where it seats against the lid of your bucket, and the threaded lid has another polymer gasket, giving the container an air-tight, water-tight seal that excludes not only mice and insects, but moisture too.
The Gamma Seal lid transforms an ordinary bucket into the ideal storage vault for an endless list of materials from grain and other foods to laundry products, pet food, tools, documents, lawn and garden products, bait, seeds, oil, disaster supplies... and on and on. They also make lightweight, super-strong, watertight totes for camping gear. And did we mention that they're stackable? Our customers come back for more of these. (Make your life easier by ordering a few more the first time?)
All Gamma Lid plastics are food safe, including "heavy-metal-free" pigment in the colored lids, and all Gamma products are BPA-free. Gamma Seal lids do not include the bucket. If you need buckets (also made with food-safe resins), they're also available separately.
Do you use these handy lids on your food storage pails? They are so easy to get on and off, people often like to replace the snap-on lids that come with most large pails with the cadillac of plastic lids - the Gamma Seal. The Gamma Seal lid spins on and off so effortlessly, even a child can take it off and put it on.
How To Close Your Gamma Seal Lid The Right Way
The tighter the better, right? Nope. Not with Gamma Seal lids. When you close your Gamma lid, you want to spin it until it stops and then tighten it down just a tiny bit more, about a quarter inch. Yes, I know, if you really crank on it, you can easily get the lid to turn two or even three inches more and give yourself a feeling of satisfaction knowing that the contents of your pail are safe and snug. Problem is that you'll eventually ruin the gasket on the lid this way. And the extra torquing is unnecessary, even damaging.
What happens when you twist the lid on so tight is you squeeze the gasket between the lid and the pail much harder than it needs to be squeezed; harder than it was meant to be squeezed. In so doing, you mis-shape the gasket a little bit each time you close the lid too tightly. And eventually, it will weaken the seal.
So save your amazing strength for more productive things like hand grinding your wheat or hoisting your two year old up on the counter to help you knead bread dough. And only tighten the Gamma lid down about a quarter of an inch after it stops spinning closed on its own. This will ensure your Gamma Seal lids retain their excellent air and water tight seals for many years to come.
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Principal's Message
John the Baptist Primary School is a four-stream Catholic Primary School located in Bonnyrigg Heights, in the South Western Sydney region.
John the Baptist serves the growing Catholic community of Bonnyrigg Heights as well as Abbotsbury, Cecil Hills and Green Valley. Our school community includes families from many cultural backgrounds. The present school population is approximately 840 students.
John the Baptist provides a rich learning environment for all children. We strive to meet the needs of the whole child through a broad application of the curriculum.
John the Baptist is a Systemic Catholic Primary School administered by the Southern Region of the Catholic Education Office.


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PRECIOUS CARGO-the birth of an important project/
Just recently I was contacted by Ron Common, asking me to help with an exciting fundraising project, bringing student midwives and midwives from around the world together. Ron told me:
A team of motorcyclists will courier the scroll from hospital to hospital on a daily basis.
Drop off and collection times will be published in advance.
For each delivery, a "lead" rider will hand the scroll to a student midwife on arrival at the hospital for safe-keeping and to facilitate the signing of the scroll during its 24 hour visit.
We are in the process of creating a dedicated website for the project that will included a "scroll tracker", blog pages, space for photos etc.
The UK leg of the tour is being used as a "pilot" for the Rest of the World tour.


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Item #: EDI-3160-S
Brand: Medtronic
Mfg Part #: 31319281
Select Item: 1310P, pair
Kendall Defibrillation Electrodes are functionally equivalent to various brands of multi-funcion electrodes. They connect directly to your defibrillator without the use of adapters.
Shipping Terms:
Orders will be shipped via UPS Standard Ground unless other handling is requested or deemed more economical. Freight will be prepaid and added to the invoice. QuadMed will pay standard ground shipment costs on all orders over $150.00 for any shipment delivered in the U.S. except for Alaska and Hawaii.
Any orders under $150.00 will be charged a $14.95 handling fee for any shipment delivered in the U.S. except for Alaska and Hawaii. Orders going to Alaska or Hawaii actual shipping rates apply. For all resellers, freight will be prepaid and added to the invoice. Shipments will be made to business addresses only.
International Orders:
There is a $1000.00 minimum for orders placed for delivery outside of the United States. International orders must prepay via wire transfer. Receipt of wire transfer is required before any shipments are made on the order. If the products ordered require a Medical Authorization letter, it must be submitted in English.
Returned Goods:
Written authorization must be obtained prior to returning merchandise. All returns should be sent within 30 days in resalable condition. Returns are subject to a 20% restocking charge. Merchandise held longer than 90 days, or custom items, are not returnable. All returned items must be sent prepaid.
All returns must be accompanied by an RMA. If you need to return an item or items, please contact Customer Service at 800-933-7334 or email us at [email protected] to obtain an RMA.


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- Heavyweight
Price charges Booth with resurrecting career
British and Commonwealth heavyweight champion David Price has linked up with David Haye's trainer Adam Booth in a bid to get his career back on track.
Price, who suffered successive defeats to Tony Thompson before leaving long-term trainer Franny Smith, believes Booth can steer him towards a world title shot.
"It's a fresh start," said Price. "I've got the passion back now and am looking forward to getting in shape and putting a few things right.
"To begin with, I contacted a handful of world-class trainers and asked Adam if I could have a chat and perhaps get some advice.
"So, after a brief chat, I brought up the idea of him possibly training me and we decided to have a meeting. I assumed he wanted to see what kind of frame of mind I was in.
"We did a few sessions together, just to see how it would work, and he then agreed to train me. I was made up about that because I know Adam is very selective when it comes to choosing fighters to work with.
"I've got a good feeling about this move, and truly believe Adam is the man to bring out my true potential."
And Booth - who last month parted company with George Groves - is just as excited about working with Price.
"I've always seen massive potential in David and have always been interested in working with him on a full-time basis," said Booth.
"In addition to being a talented fighter, he's also a very nice guy and someone who is good for the gym and good for me. I like his personality and I like what he stands for.
"But he's also much more than a nice guy. He's a big heavyweight, standing at six-foot-eight, and he punches harder than anyone I've ever taken on the pads. David has enough power in his right hand to knock out anybody in the heavyweight division.
"Now we need to add other things to his game to enable him to land his shots and once again feel comfortable in the ring."
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Chief Master Sergeant
Illinois Wing Chief Master Sergeant
CMSgt Michael F. Mitchell
About the Chief:
Chief Master Sergeant Michael F. Mitchell, became the second Illinois Wing Command Chief Master Sergeant. The Chief serves as an advisor to the Wing Commander in promoting the objectives of the United States Air Force Auxillary by impending aerospace education, disaster relief, encampment support, fitness and member mentoring.
Chief Mitchell joined the Civil Air Partol in 2005, serving in the Mattoon Composite Squadron (328) before transfering to the Decatur Composite Squadron (302) in 2012. He holds a senior rating in logistics, as well as being qualified as a Mission Scanner and Mission Observer. He has completed the Basic Officer course, Squadron Leadership School, Corporate Learning Course and Regional Staff College.
Chief Mitchell Served 7 years with the US Army completing 2 tours in Germany. Following a short break in civilian life he enlisted in the Illinois Army National Guard for 23 years with deployments to England and Phillipines. During the National Guard service he worked under Federal Civil Seervice as a Unit Administrator. Duties included, Artillary Crew Chief, Unit Supply Sergeant, Infantry Platoon Sergeant, Dining Facilities Manager (Mess Sergeant), First Sergeant and Command Sergeant Major at Battalion level and Brigade level.
He is a graduate of the 7th US Army NCO Academy, the Army Reserve Senior NCO Course and First Sergeants Course and finally attending the resident course at the US Army Sergeants Major Academy, Ft Bill, Tx.
The Job of the Command Chief Master Sergeant
The position of Command Chief Master Sergeant was renamed in November 1998. Formerly titled Senior Enlisted Advisor, Command Chief Master Sergeants serve as senior advisors to commanders at Wing, Numbered Air Force, Field Operating Agency, and Major Command levels. In a Joint command, when an Air Force Chief Master Sergeant fills a DoD-nominative Command Senior Enlisted Leader position, that individual is also designated as a Command Chief Master Sergeant. Command Chiefs advise the Commander on all enlisted matters, including all issues affecting the command's mission and operations, and the readiness, training, utilization, morale, technical and professional development, and quality of life of all enlisted members in the organization. Command Chiefs are the functional managers for First Sergeants in their entire command/organization.


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IIM 6200 Series Linux Device Server
Out of the box the IIM 6200 is ready to meet the demanding requirements of application development and rapid product deployment with a reliable load of Linux 2.6 and hardware interfaces to support almost any application. This means that your development efforts can bypass hardware design, manufacturing, supply chain issues, and agency certification to focus on what is critical to your success, your application The IIM 6200's Linux operating system and the available no cost IIM 6200 SDK provides developers with a kick-start to deployment on an advanced stable platform. The IIM 6200 Device Server is shipped as a ready-to-use device, you simply connect, log on, and go to work. Once your application is complete, the software is simply flash-loaded to the Device Server Platform, using FTP (File Transfer Protocol). Enclosed in a durable aluminum casing, the IIM 6200 is equipped with external connectors for dual 10/100 Ethernet, USB Host, USB Device, two RS-232 ports, and a RS-485 connection. Inside the case a micro SD memory slot is also provided.
IIM 6200Z - Embedded Linux Device Server
The IIM 6200Z is an embedded Linux device server based on the Axis ETRAX 100LX processor. Because it offers the same TCP and UDP PAD that IIM uses on the 2000 Series Cell Router line the IIM 6200Z makes the perfect wired bookend for a IIM Cell Router wireless network. The IIM 6200Z provides one each Ethernet, RS232, auxiliary serial interfaces and one each discrete input and discrete output. An IIM supported no cost development environment is available from us, please contact your sales representative at 866-715-2272.
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Our Team
Whether it's in our offices, at a boardroom table, or in our communities, we take our work (and play) to heart. Our team is not only dedicated to achieving success in our investments and partnerships, we are engaged in the neighbourhoods and communities in which we live.
Our local presence in both Western and Eastern Canada allows us to be actively engaged with our investments and provides a broader reach from which to source new opportunities.


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Paper Flowers
All Paper flowers are hand made to order and are available in a variety of colours.
I can make:
Single stem flowers.
Bridesmaid Posy
Brides Bouquet
Oversized flowers
Flower arches
Flowers start at £3.00 a stem and increase in price depending on size and number of layers
Wired flower arches start at £95.00 for a small over door one up to £350+ for a full door.
A selection a photos below, please email me if you wish to commission flowers,


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Lake Superior Project
LSProject: Ballast Water Discharge Permit UpdatesJoe Friedrichs-
Invasive species are arguably one of the biggest—and most expensive—issues facing Lake Superior and the Great Lakes today.
LSProject: A New Generation of Conservationists-
If you tuned into the last edition of the Lake Superior Project, you heard the story of Rick Schubert.
LSProject: Healthy River, Healthy Lake-
The Flute Reed River is located on the North Shore of Lake Superior in Hovland, Minnesota.
LSProject: Great Lakes Restoration Initiative-
When we started the Lake Superior Project at the beginning of 2012, one of the most common subjects to come up besides issues facing the lake was funding for restoration projects.
LSProject: The Great Waste-
By now you might have heard of a thing called "The Great Pacific Garbage Patch." But if you haven't, it's basically a large vortex in the center of the Pacific Ocean where scie
LSProject: The Life Salvelinus-
The Grand Portage Native Fish Hatchery has been producing and rearing coaster brook trout, a native Lake Superior fish, since 2007.
LSProject: A Century of Water-
Huge, endless, large—these are just a few words you might use to describe Lake Superior. At 31,700 square miles, it is the largest freshwater lake by surface area in the world.
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There are a lot of ways climate change stands to affect Lake Superior.
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There are a lot of ways climate change stands to affect Lake Superior.
LSProject: Changing Climate, Changing Forest - Part II, -
There are a lot of ways climate change stands to affect Lake Superior. There's the reduction in ice cover, rising lake temperatures, the increase in storminess and declining water levels.


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Selling and sales management
Thanks to this report, you should understand the key issues of a good sales and selling management. You will know the theory and the application for the optimal management of salespeople for a start-up company in a new market.
We must consider that yesterday's salesperson and today's professional salesperson differ.
Indeed the aim of thesalesperson is to find the good product or service to answer to customer's needs or wants. But customers are more difficult to satisfy and ask for a greater value than before. So a new professionalism and sensitivity are required for salespeople.
Then three main effective salesperson's characteristics are distinguished: attributes, skills and knowledge. The mix of these characteristics isnecessary for salespeople to perform.
Territory is the key to be cost efficient and to reach major part of the market segment in assigning each salesperson on one strategic territory. And matched with key account management it allows to well target your customers.
Finally, the best way to make salesforce be effective is motivation. But remuneration is not always the best solution to lead tomotivation.
INTRODUCTION p 4
I- TRENDS IN PERSONAL SELLING TODAY p 5
II- CHARACTERISTICS OF THE EFFECTIVE SALESPERSON p 7
A- Attributes p 7
B- Skills p 8
C- Knowledge p 9
III- TERRITORY AND KEY ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT p 10
A- Territory p 10
1- Advantages and Disadvantages
2- Stages in Territories Design
B- Key Account Management p 11
1- Definition
2-Advantages and Disadvantages
IV- MOTIVATION AND REMUNERATION p 13
A- Motivation p 13
B- Remuneration p 15
1- Type of Incentives
2- Levels of Pay
3- Methods of Payment
RECOMMANDATION p 17
BIBLIOGRAPHY p18
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Launching some products into a new market for a new start-up company involves chosen and managing salespersons in a good way.
In our case, ourcompany would like to sell Mexican wines new onto the Irish market. It seems to be judicious to understand sales management in order to adopt an effective selling strategy.
After reading this report you should learn information about Trends in Personal Selling today, know the Characteristics of an Effective Salesperson, understand how dealing with Sales Territories and Key Account Management andfinally find some solutions to Motivate and Remunerate your sales force.
We must consider that yesterday's salesperson and today's professional salesperson differ. Indeed methods and objectives have been developed in time so nowadays salesperson requires precise skills and behaviour.
First today's sales are focused on customer's satisfaction. Indeedthe aim of the salesperson is to find the good product or service to answer to customer's needs and wants. To do it better he must develop long-term relationships, partnerships with his customers and select the right products and services for his customer's requirements. This way of selling differs from yesterday's sales which were short-run sales. These types of sales didn't take customer's needsinto account. Whereas, nowadays it's a central part of each sale negotiation.
Moreover personal selling is changing because of developments in telecommunication. In fact, the door-to-door method has disappeared thanks to different forms of direct marketing. This new technology permits to interact with more and more diverse, multicultural and sophisticated customers. So a new professionalism andsensitivity are required for salespeople. Indeed these customers are more difficult to satisfy and ask greater value than before. They ask accurate information, better services and they often change of needs and especially of wants. So the "new" customer needs a good trained salesperson to be satisfied i.e with real skills. They must update their skills and show that they are well educated in...
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