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Saturday, June 18, 2011
Weekly Address: Celebrating Fathers
Friday, June 17, 2011
In Memoriam.....Marine Corps Sergeant Mark A. Bradley
Sgt. Bradley died while conducting combat operations in Helmand province. He was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment of the 2nd Marine Division of the II Marine Expeditionary Force based at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.
"On behalf of the people of New York, I want to express my sympathy to the family, friends, and fellow Marines of Sergeant Bradley," Governor Cuomo said.
From The G-Man would like to take this opportunity to honor Sergeant Mark A. Bradley, his love of country and his service with the following video tribute. May he rest in peace.
Thursday, June 16, 2011
President Obama Announces "How to Make Change" Series for Young Americans
White House Briefs
Public Safety Broadband Meeting
President Obama Addresses Council on Jobs and Competitiveness
White House Congressional Picnic
Cuomo: 'The Senate's Failure to Act Last Night Was Unacceptable'
'We Are on the Verge of a Pinnacle Moment for This State'
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
White House Briefs
New York Rent Regulations Set to Expire!
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
President Obama Arrives in Puerto Rico
Cuomo: 'Marriage Equality is a Matter of Fairness and Legal Security for Thousands in This State'
The Marriage Equality Act bill memo is available here. The bill text is available here.
"Lenny's: The Ultimate Settlement"
'It's a Win-Win for Small Business Owners and Investors'
In addition, a certified capital company under CAPCO-6 would be required to return 15 percent of its net profits on qualified investments to the Department of Financial Services. This legislation also adds to the reporting requirements already present in previous CAPCO programs to ensure compliance with the requirements set forth above.
New York State last renewed its CAPCO program in 2005. The NY CAPCO was created by the Assembly over a decade ago to utilize a premium tax credit incentive to increase investment in venture capital funds focused exclusively on New York businesses.
New York insurance companies can earn tax credits by making investments in small companies that have difficulty accessing traditional funding sources. Since 1998, five CAPCO programs have been certified. Through these five programs, $400 million of private capital has been raised, and the investment from these funds has created or retained over 2,000 jobs and will generate $412 million in tax revenue by 2016.
"It's a win-win for both small business owners and investors. Our current economic climate makes getting risk capital for small businesses extremely challenging. As elected officials, we must make every effort to help our small businesses," said Addabbo.
The bill has been sent for review to the Senate's Committee on Investigations and Government Operations. After passage and signature by the Governor, the bill would take effect immediately.Image courtesy of http://www.pdclipart.org
St. Pancras Students Awarded for Creativity
(Back row L-R): Glendale's St. Pancras School Principal Philip Ciani with Senator Joe Addabbo; (Front row L-R): Students showing their posters and citations are Jade Sibug; Hailey Cruz; Molly Fleming.
The senate held the contest to honor and celebrate Earth Day for children in Grades K-6, using the theme, "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle." Students were encouraged not only to be creative in their projects, but also to convey a real commitment to making the environment a better place.
By educating them about the importance of recycling, students will learn to be creative in solving the problem of solid waste. Participating students' posters will be displayed on Senator Addabbo's website. All the participating schools were limited to submit three entries per school.
Addabbo also dropped off senate citations to students at St. Margaret's and Our Lady of Hope in Middle Village; St. Mary Gate of Heaven in Ozone Park; P.S. 97 in Woodhaven; P.S. 58 in Maspeth; and P.S. 64 in Ozone Park.
Monday, June 13, 2011
Politics in Action: H.R. 2112
H.R. 2112 — Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012
(Rep. Rogers, R-KY)
From the Executive Office of the President
(Office of Management & Budget)
The Administration has serious concerns about the content of H.R. 2112, making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2012, and for other purposes.
The Administration is committed to ensuring the Nation lives within its means and reducing the deficit so that the Nation can compete in the global economy and win the future. That is why the President put forth a comprehensive fiscal framework that reduces the deficit by $4 trillion, supports economic growth and long-term job creation, protects critical investments, and meets the commitments made to provide dignity and security to Americans no matter their circumstances.
While overall funding limits and subsequent allocations remain unclear pending the outcome of ongoing bipartisan, bicameral discussions between the Administration and congressional leadership on the Nation's long-term fiscal picture, the bill provides insufficient funding for a number of programs in a way that undermines core government functions and investments key to economic growth and job creation. Programs adversely affected by the bill include:
Food and Nutrition Service (FNS). The Administration strongly objects to the level of funding provided for nutrition programs that are critical to the health of nutritionally at-risk women, infants, children, and elderly adults. The proposed funding levels would lead to hundreds of thousands of participants being cut from the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) and the Commodity Supplemental Food Program, and reduce Federal support for food banks. These cuts would undermine efforts to prevent hunger and support sound nutrition for some of the most vulnerable members of our society.
Food Safety. The Administration is concerned with the funding provided in the bill for the Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) which will significantly hamper USDA's ability to inspect food processing plants and prevent food borne illnesses and disease such as E. coli and Salmonella from contaminating America's food supply. The Committee's recommendation may require the agency to furlough employees including frontline inspectors which make up over 80 percent of FSIS staff. By reducing FSIS inspections, food processing plants may be forced to reduce line speeds, which could lead to decreasing product output and profits, as well as plant closures.
Healthy Food Financing Initiative (HFFI). The Administration is concerned that the bill does not support HFFI, which is a key initiative to combat childhood obesity. HFFI will expand USDA's activities to bring healthy foods to low-income Americans and increase the availability of affordable, healthy foods in underserved urban and rural communities by bringing grocery stores and other fresh food retailers to "food desert" communities where there is little or no access to healthy food.
Research. The bill provides insufficient funds for USDA research programs, which are needed to help solve food production, safety, quality, energy and environmental problems. By reducing funding for the Agricultural Research Service to its lowest level since 2004 as well as inadequately funding the Nation's competitive grant program, the bill will hinder the Department's ability to develop solutions to address current as well as impending critical national and international challenges.
Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The Administration is concerned that the funding level in the bill and resulting staff reductions will severely limit the FDA's ability to protect the public's health, assure the American consumer that food and medical products are safe, and improve Americans' access to safe and less costly generic drugs and biologics.
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). The Administration strongly objects to the funding level for CFTC, as it would cause a cut in staffing levels and seriously undermine CFTC's ability to protect investors and consumers by effectively policing the futures and swaps marketplace through its current market oversight and enforcement functions. Moreover, the funding level would significantly curtail the timely, effective implementation of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, including new CFTC responsibilities to regulate the $300 trillion swaps derivatives market.
International Food Aid. The Administration opposes the level of funding provided for the Food for Peace Title II international food aid program as it would severely limit the United States' ability to provide food assistance in response to emergencies and disasters around the world. Given a statutory floor on non-emergency development food aid, a reduction would be borne entirely by the emergency component of the program, and would prevent distribution of emergency food aid to over 1.1 million beneficiaries.
In addition, the bill includes the following problematic policy and language issues:
Restrictions on Finalizing USDA Regulations. The Administration opposes the inclusion of section 721 of the bill, which effectively prevents USDA's Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration from finalizing a rule on conduct that would violate the Packers and Stockyards Act of 1921. The final rule has not yet been published and any concerns about the rule are better addressed through the standard rulemaking process than through an appropriations rider.
Restrictions on FDA Regulations and Guidance. The Administration strongly opposes section 740 of the bill, which would undermine or nullify FDA statutory standards that have been in place for decades and that are essential to protect the health of Americans. The provision would unduly limit the factors that FDA considers in determining the best ways to protect the public from unsafe foods; protect the safety of the blood supply from HIV, West Nile Virus, and other infections; ensure the safety of infant formula; protect patients from drugs and medical devices that have not been shown to be safe and effective; assure that food labeling and health claims on foods are accurate; and reduce youth use of tobacco products and otherwise reduce illness and death caused by tobacco use.
WTO Trade Dispute. The Administration is concerned by a provision in section 743 that would eliminate payments that are being made as part of the mutually agreed settlement of a World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute regarding U.S. domestic cotton supports and the export credit guarantee program. The framework serves as a basis to avoid trade-related countermeasures by Brazil that are authorized by the WTO until the enactment of successor legislation to the current Farm Bill. Under the agreement, the United States is committed to fund technical assistance and capacity-building support for Brazil's cotton sector. The bill's provision preempts the resolution process and would open the door to retaliation negatively affecting U.S. exports and interests.
The Administration strongly opposes inclusion of ideological and political provisions that are beyond the scope of funding legislation.
The Administration looks forward to working with the Congress as the fiscal year 2012 appropriations process moves forward to ensure the Administration can support enactment of the legislation.


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Shaheed Reza elected chairman of Mercantile Bank
News Report Eminent business man and Industrialist A K M Shaheed Reza has been elected as chairman of Mercantile Bank Limited. The decision has been taken in the 306th board meeting of the bank held recently. Shahed Reza is the chairman of Reza Group, a renowned export oriented textile and apparel industry. Besides these, he is involved in insurance, financial services, newspapers, electronic media and many other business and industries in the country. A.K.M. Shaheed Reza is the president of Feni Chamber of Commerce & Industry, director of FBCCI and CIP also. Besides business entity, he is well recognised for his benevolent contribution to the society through different social welfare activities, education, health and social development movements.
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Mea Culpa: Why I Was Wrong on Interest Rates
In December 2007, I wrote an article titled "The Impending Destruction of the U.S. Economy." It was one of the more popular articles I've written for The Motley Fool. Readers cheered along with its message. It received almost no pushback or rebuttals -- a rarity. I still get the occasional laudatory email to this day.
And it was almost entirely wrong.
The article was straightforward: The economy was buried in debt, and the chicken was coming home to roost. That part was right, and late 2007 indeed marked the beginning of a debt-fueled recession that lingers today.
But here's what I anticipated would ignite the mayhem:
How do we keep our foreign investors happy? With a rapidly depreciating currency, there is but one way to keep them enticed: higher interest rates. You heard it: higher interest rates. With the housing and credit markets swimming in turmoil, the idea of higher interest rates sends shivers down the backs of homeowners facing foreclosure.
Bah. The day I wrote the article, a 30-year mortgage cost 6.4%. Today, the same loan runs at around 4%. Short-term interest rates were 4.5% back then. Today, they're 0.07%. Far from rapidly depreciating, the U.S. Dollar Index went on to surge to multiyear highs, and is roughly unchanged four years later.
It was a good example of how you can be right for the wrong reason. Or wrong, in other words.
What happened? Looking back, a few points stick out.
Few saw the recession coming. Even fewer predicted what would happen.
As obvious as the bust of 2008 is in hindsight, very few people saw it coming before, say, 2007. Of those who did, almost none foresaw exactly what would cause the devastation.
Take Peter Schiff. Schiff is widely recognized as one of the few who saw the recession coming before anyone else, bearish before it was fashionable. There's a great video on YouTube of Schiff making the rounds on cable news circa 2006 being mocked as a Chicken Little as he warns of impending trouble. "This is going to be an enormous credit crunch. The party is over for the United States. We cannot continue borrowing to live beyond our means," Schiff warned to audible giggles from other guests in the background. "I don't believe any of it whatsoever," economist Art Laffer responds, laughing.
Schiff got it right. He deserves credit. But was he right for the right reason? That's harder to say. Consider his more detailed predictions, like this one in 2002:
As the dollar falls, you're going to have significant flows out of U.S. financial assets from all around the world. And that is going to send interest rates through the roof. And when that happens, this whole consumer-led, borrow-and-spend economy is going to come tumbling down.
My prediction for the Nasdaq is that it's going to fall to around 500. Right now, it's about 1,700. It's got a long way to go down. The Dow Jones is still above 10,000. It's probably going to fall to between 2,000 and 4,000. But it might go below 2,000.
And in 2007, from TheNew York Times:
Given the state of the U.S. economy, Schiff said, the dollar could continue to fall in the coming years against the euro to $2.50 or even $3. [By 2010, it rallied to $1.19.]
And 2008:
We could see ... $150 to $200 [per barrel of oil] next year ... At a minimum, the dollar will lose another forty to fifty percent of its value. I'm confident by next year we'll see more aggressive movements to abandon the dollar by the Gulf region and by the Asian bloc. [Oil fell to $33 a barrel a few months later, and the dollar rallied to a multiyear high.]
Schiff knew things would end badly. He knew this before most. But he, like myself, misread what would actually push the economy over the ledge. It wasn't hyperinflation and higher interest rates. It was deflation followed by record-low interest rates that would define the recession.
If there's one lesson I took away from this, it's that the more precise a forecast is, the greater the odds are that it will be wrong. Predicting that a debt-fueled economy will end badly is one thing. Claiming to know exactly what's going to happen next is another -- and one that far too many fall for.
The U.S. really is the world's sanctuary
In the early days of the crisis, people looked at how bad America's problems were and assumed they'd be safer somewhere else. The dollar looks bad, so buy the euro, they said. Load up on Chinese stocks. Consider emerging-market bonds. Anything but America and its doomed dollar.
What many (including me) underestimated was that every major nation, not just the U.S., had big problems. Yes, the U.S. runs big budget deficits, but have you seen how the Europeans treat their public finances? Sure, the U.S. has a dysfunctional and inefficient political system, but have you read about China? "If the U.S.'s political situation looks bleak, consider [the] alternative," Ian Bremmer recently wrote. "Our stable government is why foreign investors continue to flood into the dollar." Strength is relative, not absolute, in a global economy, and the U.S. is relatively strong. We are the skinniest kid at fat camp, so to speak.
That implications of that are huge. When hedge funds want safety, they seek dollars. When banks want safety, they seek dollars. Central banks, whether they like it or not, need dollars. Whether you think that's good or not doesn't make it less true. At the peak of every bout of panic over the past three years has been an insatiable, almost manic demand for dollars. That's kept our interest rates at historic lows.
Perhaps counterintuitively, it might continue until there's less, not more, global instability. We really are the world's sanctuary.
Everyone believes it; most will be wrong
I mentioned that my call for higher interest rates received almost no rebuttals or pushback. In hindsight, that should have been a giveaway that I was wrong.
It was so easy in 2007 to say, "the dollar is doomed, interest rates will surge, the rest of the world is going to abandon us." Virtually every talking head on TV was making the same call. It seemed so obvious; so guaranteed to happen. That alone should have given me pause. It was the classic safety-in-numbers, follow-the-lemmings analysis that is almost always wrong.
Phil Tetlock, a U.C. Berkeley professor who has spent his career studying how and why people make bad forecasts, has some advice I try to remember now: "Listen to yourself talk to yourself," he says. "If you're being swept away with enthusiasm for some particular course of action, take a deep breath and ask: Can I see anything wrong with this? And if you can't, start worrying; you are about to go over a cliff."
Which is what I did with my prediction -- went over a cliff. I'm sorry. I've learned from my mistake. Hopefully you can, too.
If you haven't already, check out my latest book, Everyone Believes It; Most Will Be Wrong for your Kindle or iPad. It's one of the best-selling investment books on Amazon's Kindle bookstore, and it can be yours for less than a buck.
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Pakistani national Zia-ur-Rehman alias Waqas, who was arrested by the Delhi Police Special Cell in March this year for his alleged role in terror attacks by the Indian Mujahideen between 2011 and 2013, was trained in camps run by the Tehreek-e-Taliban in Pakistan, investigations are learnt to have revealed.
The Pakistani Taliban carried out the audacious nightlong attack on Karachi airport earlier this month, in which 38 people, including the attackers, were killed. The attack triggered the Pakistani military's ongoing airstrikes against militant strongholds along the country's western border.
Waqas, 24, was shown as having been arrested in Ajmer on March 23, 2013, and accused of involvement in the bombings in Mumbai, Pune and Hyderabad.
The Delhi Police had stated Waqas was trained in terrorist activities "at a training camp situated in the Waziristan Federally Administered Tribal Area", and had learnt to prepare improvised explosive devices "based upon Hydrogen Peroxide (liquid form), Potassium Chloride and Ammonium Nitrate".
Investigations and the questioning of Waqas by various agencies have now revealed Waqas was trained by the Pak Taliban before being sent to India, where he was expected to pass off as Indian on account of his family's pre-Partition roots in Phagwara, Punjab.
Waqas was allegedly instrumental in building the IEDs used in the July 13, 2011 serial blasts in Mumbai that killed 27, and in the February 21, 2013 twin blasts in Hyderabad that killed 17, sources said. These sources said he also had a hand in the failed serial bombings in Pune on August 1, 2012.
Waqas has told investigators he stockpiled 50 digital timers for bombs in an apartment in Mangalore, which was used as an IM base to prepare for the Hyderabad attack. Raids on the third-floor rented apartment at Zephyr Heights in Attavar region of Mangalore last September following the arrest of alleged IM operative Asadullah Akhtar alias Haddi alias Tabrez, 26, who allegedly shared the flat with Waqas, had led to the discovery of a bomb laboratory.
Fifty digital watches, several of which were connected to wires that transformed them into bomb timers, five cell phones with wiring to enable use as timers in bombs, three electrical detonators, about 125 g of ammonium nitrate gel, fuel oil, and a pocket book on bomb circuitry were found in the flat.
Waqas has told investigators that he had created the stockpile after security agencies clamped down on sales of electronic circuit boards of the kind he used in the Mumbai bombs. Sources said Waqas bought large numbers of cheap digital watches after the Mangalore base was set up towards the end of 2012.
The sources said Waqas was originally picked up by security agencies at an airport in Bangladesh while he was attempting to leave for Pakistan on a fake passport, and was subsequently handed over to Indian authorities. "This dreaded terrorist, exported by Pakistan based ISI and its protégé called Indian Mujahidin, is wanted in a series of bombings carried out all over India," the Delhi Police Special Cell said.
Waqas was initially drafted into terror by the Lashkar front Jamat-ud-Dawah, and underwent preliminary training at the Lashkar's Naushera camp, before he was handed over to the Pak Taliban for advanced training, the police said in March.
"After receiving the training, Waqas was asked by Abdur Rehman of the Jaish-e-Mohammed to go to Karachi to meet Riyaz Bhatkal, the absconding chief of the IM. In Karachi, Waqas met Riyaz and Iqbal Bhatkal, who asked to proceed to Kathmandu, Nepal with the direction to join other members of IM in carrying out terrorist strikes in India," the police said.
According to police records, Waqas joined forces with the IM in India around September 2010.
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A special event at the First Ever Queen City Art and Craft Show: Engraving demonstrations and workshops with Mascoma Valley Regional High School Art Teacher Christopher Morse and students, with prints — on display and for sale — celebrating the beauty of the White Mountain National Forest and the New Hampshire Appalachian Trail. "This past summer, I immersed myself in the outdoors deeper than I ever have, spending several weeks continuously in the woods doing sections of the 160+ miles of the New Hampshire Appalachian Trail (NH AT)," Morse explains. "I took hundreds of photographs and with these, I encourage students to learn the art of engraving while celebrating the beauty of our White Mountain National Forest and the NH AT."
Engraving workshops with Morse and students will be held at 12pm and 2pm on Saturday, October 31 and Sunday, November 1 at the Queen City Art and Craft Show. Workshops will explore creating space with a variety of tones and values, linear contouring, and other techniques of drypoint engraving. Participants will receive a handpulled proof of their engraving, done by Morse, and a second copy will become part of the display.
In addition to the engraving project, Mascoma Valley Regional High School worked all last year on a mural celebrating our National Parks. The mural's world premier debut was at the NH Samboree, North Haverhill Fairgrounds, in North Haverhill, NH. It is on display at the first ever Queen City Art and Craft Show and will then be displayed at the Mary Hitchcock Hospital in Lebanon, NH while the renovations are being completed at the High School.


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Simple Summer PhotoTips
I'm gonna lay this baby out like a good sermon – 3 points, ya'll! Organization (ish), Preparedness (which is really the first cousin of organization), and Creativity … all for the purpose of getting us out there and capturing the goodness of summer!
Simple Summer Photo Tips
1) Get Organized!
I'm a mom.
Due to above condition, I have more often than not, found myself unorganized and unprepared for awesome photo ops.
So, what is a an unorganized mom who loves to take pictures supposed to do???
Employ a simple, achievable plan to combat said unpreparedness!
My organizational strategy?
1) Two camera batteries for my DSLR. I always have a charged battery on hand, and my charger is always plugged in and ready to receive the powerless battery. This has cured a great deal of "OMG, THE BATTERY IS DEAD" grief.
2) Transfer pictures from camera to computer daily. For me, it's kind of like making one's bed every day. Except I don't make my bed everyday (shhh, don't tell my mom … ). I like knowing if anything happens with the camera, I am covered. One time something DID happen. User error caused my card to reformat. But because I transfer daily, I only lost one day of pictures. I was still bummed, but it could have been worse.
3) Keep camera gear in one place. Some exceptions apply (see "mom" above). I keep gear in a big drawer in my office … cords, the manual, and all the bits and pieces. This sounds obvious, but I didn't live that way for a long time. Just give it all a home so when you run out the door for a last-minute afternoon at the park, you will BE THE BOSS.
Now that we are organized … we are 99% prepared, right?
2) Be Prepared!
This is how I stay prepared so I can capture summer fun at ANY moment (except the moments I am called to lick dripping ice cream off a cone or tie a shoe …)
Speak softly and Carry a big purse. There are some fancy/spendy photo bags (I COVET), but I have not been able to justify the purchase of a legit camera bag-purse … SO … I carry big purses. Big camera … big purse.
2) Be sure your bag has a DESIGNATED camera pocket. Goldfish crumbs in my purse do not bother me unless they make their way into my CAMERA.
I do not usually carry all my camera gear … just the camera and a pretty charged-up battery. That's prepared enough for me.
3) DO NOT underestimate the power of the camera phone! Overall, I prefer my DSL. However, if the Big Kahuna can't make the trip, the camera on most smart phones are TOTALLY LEGIT. Don't get hung-up on what gear you may or may not have. There's a book by Chase Jarvis, the title sums it up perfectly: The Best Camera is the One That's With You! And if you want some REALLY great iPhone photo taking tipes, check out this post by Jaimie of Grumbles and Grunts.
If you have your phone with you, THEN YOU ARE PREPARED! I mean look … I took this one with my phone:
*EXTRA SPECIAL SUMMER TIP FOR BEACH GOERS: Plastic. Baggie. Y'all!!! We frequent a local beach … Which means SAND … which means DANGER! In an effort to keep the sand where it belongs (not in my phone) I slip my phone in a plastic baggie to help protect my Precious. SAND IS OUR ENEMY!
See? Ain't no sand gonna take me (or my camera phone) down!
3) Get Creative!
There are a TON of inspirational tips all over the web when it comes to photography. I want to share two of my personal faves.
One shapes my philosophy and approach, the other has given me some fun pictures with unique perspectives.
1) You have to MISS a great shot to GET a great shot. Me Ra Koh (Oh I adore that woman!) said that. Let me tell ya, TRUTH! I am learning photography is not just about how I handle the camera, but how I approach the subject. It's about the joy of capturing the life we are in … not regretting the great moment I didn't catch on camera.
2) Shoot from the hip. Or on the ground … or overhead … or … Some of my favorite pictures are ones I shoot with my eye NOT anywhere near the viewfinder.
From my hip:
Set on the counter:
Set on the ground:
IT IS SO FUN! Like a really good grab bag from the county fair!
I'll be honest, probably 94.8% of those shots go straight to the trash, but the other 5.2% are just so stinkin' COOL! And one more tip, sometimes I put a finger or two under the lens when I go for the surface-level shot, especially when tall grass in involved.
And sand. Maybe don't set your camera in the sand.
*Originally published May 2012
10 Responses to "Simple Summer PhotoTips"
What a wonderful informational tutorial! Just in time for summer, I like. And I learned. Thanks.
Great tips chickie! And oh how I LOVE me some MeRa Koh! Her sessions at BlissDom were a game changer for me and that particular quote you used has stuck with me from the moment she spoke it.
The one tip that I'd add …. you ready for this??? Check out an Eye-Fi card. I just got one and it allows me to be even lazier than ever before;) It uses a wi-fi network to transfer my images to my computer (or even my iPad) directly from my camera. No kidding! Oh, and if I'm out and about snapping away, no problem. As soon as I get home all I have to do is flip the camera back on and voila … the images auto upload to my computer. Sorry for hijacking your comment section, just had to share.
Happy Summer!!!
there's that red purse I adore 🙂 LOVE IT ! love you 🙂 Let's do summer fun sometime chica 🙂 xoxo
You have some beautiful pictures! The ice cream cone is my favorite. I forgot how much I used to love just walking around with my camera. Thanks for the reminder, I must fit that into my schedule soon. 🙂
I so want the camera Lu has(Samsung Galaxy)! With the Wi-Fi I can just upload from camera to computer with the push of a button! And it takes great video, too! I really love taking photos and I really need to put more on my blog. I have been super busy the last few weeks cause we have had camps in but we have a week off now, so maybe I will get some on there this next week. I'm just taking them with my Galaxy SII phone right now and I am loving it!! Maybe some day I'll get a nice camera…take care. xo
Oh, forgot…. I love the tennis shoe pic!!!! ♡ 🙂
hi and thanks for the helpful hints on this post! I find humor and learning experiences in all of your posts! This is definitely a helpful learning experience one! I follow u on Instagram: barbie62
Thanks for reposting for those of us who just discovered you & don't have time to dig thru archives!
Wonderful post, my friend. Reminds me to capture those moments, as they go by so quickly.
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I can launch mplayer via a website, so I can control it with e.g. my Android or via my portable. Using a mouse direct in MPlayer works much faster and nicer.
However now I also run XBMC and when I am a bit away, I do not want to walk two steps back to my desk or try to aim on small icons, so I have placed large icons here as well.
The opacity for leave is 0 and enter is 100, so normally I do not see it when I am looking at movies. Perhaps you wonder why I did not add the audio here from screen 1. The reason is that by aiming it in the top-left corner of screen 1, I can not miss it. If I would do the same on screen 3, I have the chance of landing on screen 4, as that is on top of screen 3. Makes it a bit harder.
All that is available is a Workspace Switcher, Launching of XBMC, a terminal and logfiles.
For screen 4, there are basically the same things, but instead of the logfiles, an Audio Mixer is available.
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Now, earlier than you put one single thing in your case or backpack, check out what you have laid out and pick some items you can wear on the journey. This method will avoid the most typical travel mistake—packing all the things you'll need, then carrying one thing else as a going away" outfit. That outfit likely won't be worn once more till you come home, and it is just dead weight! Sure, the climate the place you are going could also be very totally different to where you begin, but that doesn't should be an issue should you assume laterally.
Business vacationers normally are rushing to make sure they do not miss their flights, so after they're already at the airport will not be the time for them to discover that one in all their luggage weighs a pound or two greater than the airline provider's most weight restrict (50 lbs. in the US). And utilizing a toilet scale to weigh baggage is cumbersome and unreliable. And since most travelers end up bringing dwelling a bit extra of their baggage than they brought with them originally, it's necessary for them to have the ability to weigh their baggage previous to their return journey (for which the luggage weight restrictions may be totally different than the ones for his or her outbound flight).
Regardless of the paperwork, we survived a 33h long journey from Croatia to my hometown in Philippines, since the local airline corporations does not permit pets on the cabin we drove for eight hours. We flew with Turkish Airways they usually have been very nice and wasn't very strict on the subject of cuddling and sleeping with the cat out of its bag.
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Born 1792; died 1852. Byelorussian student of ancient texts, antiquarian, and historian. Graduated from a theological academy (1819) and was the rector of schools in Gomel' and Vitebsk. In 1837 he became a member of the Archaeographic Committee.
Grigorovich compiled the first Byelorussian collection of ancient texts, Byelorussian Archives of Old Documents (part 1, 1824; part 2, in manuscript, was discovered in 1958 in the Krasnoiarsk Archives). He published a number of other collections of documents, the most important of which, Acta of Western Russia (vols. 1–5. 1846–53), contain source materials on the history of Byelorussia, the Ukraine, and Lithuania from the 14th to 17th centuries.
REFERENCESSudnik, M. "Zbiral'nik belaruskai starazhytnastsi." Belarus'. 1945. nos. 11–12.
Ikonnikov. V. S. Opyt russkoi istoriografii, vols. 1–2. Kiev, 1891–1908.


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The committee contributes to the dissemination of the work of the Society amongst its members and the general public.
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In this final post I'll talk a little bit about what it means to resolve an issue.
Steps 1 and 2 can be found here.
Step 3 – Resolve the issue
Supposing you spent the time to identify the problem that your users are facing, you isolated the cause using logic, experience, and knowledge. Now it's time to resolve the issue. The resolution of an IT issue has many facets these are the most important pieces that should be included every time an issue is resolved.
The issue and resolution should be
- Documented
- Repeatable
- Maintainable
- Complete
Documentation can come in many forms. Often times simply writing a good summary of how an incident or problem was resolved in the closing comments of a trouble ticket is all that is needed. More complex issues may require more time and thought to adequately document. That said your documentation should not reside in text files in your own personal storage share, they should be easily searchable, and shared with everyone in your organization who has a need to know. Nothing is more annoying and tedious than searching through endless volumes of text documents looking for the one bit of information that I might need to resolve an issue. Having a wealth of documentation is worthless if your people cannot use if efficiently to find the information they need. A good ticketing system will have a search function that can be used to find archived incidents, as well as keep an index of a general knowledge base that your technicians can contribute to and consult with for help on similar future problems.
Your resolution needs to be repeatable. This falls back to documentation, if 6 months down the road you have a junior administrator facing a similar or identical issue she will need to 1) be able to find your documentation and 2) be able to understand the directions you left. If your resolution was not documented it is likely only repeatable by you, and only for as long as you remember it. Repeatability also speaks to the complexity of your resolution. While I fully understand that much of what we do in IT is complicated and at times difficult to understand, please do not use this as an excuse to muddy the waters for your fellow administrators. Give clear precise instructions, if you used help from the web or a vendor leave a link, or a phone number and contact name.
Maintainability means that your resolution will not inhibit future upgrades, system refreshes, or routine maintenance like operating system or application updates. In other words no workarounds. A workaround is not a fix it is a hack to get someone up and running temporarily. I despise workarounds and as a general rule I never use them, it is too easy to put a bandaid on the problem and then forget about it. If you use workarounds in your day to day work at some point those workarounds will become a permanent guest in your infrastructure. Don't be a hack, leave the windows registry alone (some people disagree but in my opinion 99% of the time a registry hack… is just that a hack, not a solution) as in war use it as a last resort. Pay to have a network drop installed instead of running a cable across the floor. Do not use windows xp mode as a long (or short) term solution – upgrade your program or buy a new one. In short don't be a hack.
Don't be a hack
Your resolution should be complete. Go back through the issue and ensure that you have followed the steps and that your customer is made aware that his problem has been resolved. A complete solution is one that is well documented and easy to find, one that is repeatable and will not become a hindrance in the future.
In my experience the best troubleshoots stick to the general guidelines that I've laid out in these last three posts. As you begin using these techniques you will find that you are solving more issues, more quickly, and with fewer follow up requests for on-going issues.


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[Sailing] When a toothless character reeking of dead fish demands liquor from you and there's nothing around but miles of ocean, what's a good Christian to do?
If you're the Rev. John Potter '68, you give the man your liquor.
At Reunion 2013, Potter, minister of the First Congregational Church in Wiscasset, Maine, gave a talk about the year he spent in the Caribbean aboard his 39-foot Allied Mistress ketch, the Renaissance.
The pirates Potter encountered weren't the lovable Johnny Depp sort, but thankfully, they weren't very swashbuckling—or ambitious—either.
In July 2001, Potter set out to sea from Camden, Maine. "There might have been a part of me that just wanted to do something challenging," he says, "something to say, 'I did it.'"
His wife, Marcia, was keener on being a grandmother than an explorer. She stayed back.
This was hardly the voyage of the Kon-Tiki, and Joshua Slocum's spot in history as a solo navigator remains unchallenged. Potter started the Caribbean leg by putting the Renaissance aboard a yacht transport from Fort Lauderdale, Fla., to St. Thomas. Most nights, he anchored at an island. He flew home for Thanksgiving, and the family joined him in St. Thomas for Christmas. Marcia visited every two months.
There were rough patches, though. He endured two hurricanes (Michelle and Gabrielle), though not on the open sea. And, he reports, he must have been the last U.S. citizen to find out about 9/11.
And there were pirates. With 20 miles to go from the Dominican Republic to the Turks and Caicos, Potter anchored for the night at an out-of-the-way atoll. "All of a sudden, there was this small speck on the horizon. Sure enough, it's a little boat coming closer and closer, and it turns out to be an about-17-foot aluminum boat, with three pretty rough-looking guys. They pull up alongside my boat—their boat was stinking of fish—and I thought, 'Oh boy, I'm dead.'
"I said, 'What you want?' They said, 'We want whiskey.'"
As it turns out, the whiskey sour has long been the cocktail of choice in Potter's family, at least on Christmas and Easter, and he happened to have an unopened bottle of Jim Beam in the hold, purchased the previous yuletide.
"I pulled out the bottle and said, 'Will this do?' They gave me these toothless grins, so I tossed them the bottle. They said, 'Would you like some fish heads?' I said, 'No, but I appreciate the offer.'"
As a practice, Potter did not mention his line of work to those he met on the journey. "One of two things usually happens: they either get really weird on you—everyone starts hiding their rum—or they are really nice to you. A good way to kill the conversation is to tell them you are a minister."
Twelve years later, the voyage has had a lasting impact. "If there are any learning experiences from this trip, one is that life is about relationships. There were times when I was very lonely, just wishing that I was with my friends and family, when I felt, 'Oh my God, I wish Marcia could see this.'"
He missed the parish, too. "The ministry is a job where no two days are ever anything alike. I can go from a sick bed in a hospital where someone is dying to a family that is going to do a baptism." He came back refreshed. "And that's something," he says, "that kind of surprised me."
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Going bananas at the flea market with lamp shades!
We have to admit it: We really do have a serious fixation with lamp shades! 🙂 There are more than plenty of old lamp shades available at flea markets nearly free of charge and the temptation is too much. We have not been able to bear the thought about how good they would look if we would just upholster them with some nice fabrics and ribbons. As a result, we have been buying many and have now several ones to choose from! There is one for every mood and feast you might think of 🙂
This is a simple DIY work and you can really save some cash, which is always nice. You can spend it on something else instead! 🙂 Follow these four steps to a heavenly success. We especially like the fourth step 😉
1. Find a hideous looking lamp shade from a flea market or if you are lucky, you might even have one at home.
2. At this stage, you have two options: 1) remove the old fabric or 2) cover the old one with a new one without removing the old. This depends on the condition of the old fabric and its color as well as if you are using a see-through fabric. Lamp shades made out of cardboard can be easily covered with new fabric but if there are for example some pleats, it is wise to remove the old fabric before placing the new one.
3. Cut a suitable piece of fabric and start attaching it to the shade frame with a hot glue gun. Sketch the area to be cut first with a pencil. You may also want to use some clothespins to place the fabric nicely on the lamp frame before any gluing. Fold the edges inside the lamp shade and glue them fast. Finally decorate with some nice ribbons.
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How To Get Your 3 Year Old To Clean Their Room
With my 6 year old, it's pretty easy to get him to clean his room. I just have to say, "Time to clean your room." And then I have to listen to a bunch of whining, and pleads, and reasons why now is not a good time for him to clean his room. Once I combat all of those, it's pretty easy. Then, I just have to listen to a few more minutes of "FINE!" or "but you said…" or more pleads to not clean his room. Once I combat those with, "What did I just tell you to do?" it's ridiculously easy. I only have to go to his room and ask him why he didn't really clean it, and why he put everything in the wrong spot or created a large tower of "stuff" in the closet. Once I instruct him on where everything goes, it's smooth sailing!
But I've got a 3 year old to deal with as well…
Most of the time when I ask Alistair to do, well, anything, he completely ignores me and carries on with whatever crazy 3 year old "thing" he's doing. Then, when I get his attention and he imitates his older brother by angrily responding, "Fine" I usually can see him walk toward what needs to be done. Halfway there, like a dog seeing a squirrel, he becomes completely distracted and chases after his new "shiny thing."
When it comes to cleaning his room, it's no different. The second he sets foot in his room to clean, he's immediately distracted and begins playing around. It gets really frustrating having to say over and over and over again, "Alistair, it's time to clean your room." But I have found the solution! And I will share this wisdom with you now.
It was birthed out of the idea that I do not wish to clean their room for them. I clean every other damn thing in this house, and the tornado aftermath of a room they normally have going on is not only overwhelming to me, but I get really angry at the thought of having to clean it. I shouldn't have to! Can I get an Amen?! I also needed a solution for the constant reminding that he needs to stay focussed on cleaning.
So here's what I do. I first establish that he has to clean his room and I get him INTO his room. Then I lay on his bed like a lazy king, and I instruct: "Alistair, put the legos in the lego bin and then ask me what you can do next." It gives him ONE thing to do. If he needs more specifics, I say, "Alistair, go grab that lego by the dresser and put it in the lego bin. Then ask me what you can do next." He will do the one simple thing and then come back to me and ask his question. Then I tell him, "Put all the dirty clothes in the laundry basket and then ask me what you can do next." This goes on and on until the room is clean. I have not had to lift a finger, and I have snuck in some relaxing time in my otherwise busy Stay At Homer lifestyle.
On top of that, Alistair has gotten practice putting things away and will have no excuses when he's 6 years old like Noble. He will have 3 years of experience putting things away where they belong.
When Noble is with us, I make it a competition. Whoever puts the most stuff away wins. And, of course, Noble will always win the 6 year old category, and Alistair will win the 3 year old category. And I will win the parenting category for getting stuff done by not doing anything! Woo Hoo! And then I can go back to folding that god awful laundry while they destroy another room in the house, or start doing this….


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How to write a Tweet that gets shared
Are you posting Tweets and wondering why they aren't getting liked or shared?
Here's the reason...
Quality content is ... essential
So what is quality?
And although it is not an unbreakable rule there is one common theme in each of these points.
So, when you're planning your content strategy put visuals on your must have list.
What's the anatomy of a well structured post?
Now put in a link to your website/facebook page/instagram account...where ever you want people to go to see more of your work/business etc
You now have the option of pinning a key Tweet to the top of your feed.
Here's how:
And finally. If you don't share then why would anyone else share your stuff?
BE GENEROUS and RT (retweet) stuff that fits with your content strategy.
©Lynn Keddie
How to use Twitter to grow your business
So you've signed up to Twitter, or maybe you've been using it for a while.
You have a handful of followers and you follow a bunch of people
How can you really make it work for you?
First up:
Why are you using Twitter?
Because you want to find potential clients?
Lets suppose you are an engineer and want to find more architects to work with, here's how you go about it...this works on the desktop site as it has more functionality, not the mobile site which is simplified.
Click on the search bar and type in #architects.
You then have an option to look at
So click on
More options on the far right...
...a drop down menu has various options, you want near you. This opens another screen where you can type in your location and a whole lot of other stuff to narrow your search. Start with location and see what you get.
Scroll through the results, pick on someone you like the look of and
You see, Twitter is a soft way of getting yourself noticed.
The key to the success of this strategy is what you post, your voice.
So what do you post?
How often?
REGULARLY...not once a week or month when you have something interesting to say.
Several times a day.
Not all at once, set yourself a shedule.
A tool like Buffer is great for this.
That way you aren't chained to Twitter.
You take a little time to work things out then leave the software to work in the background for you.
Now, watch your business grow.
©Lynn Keddie
Now visuals are even more important to gain interest and a following on social media it's vital to post the best images possible on Twitter, Instagram, Google+, Facebook, Pinterest and the like.
You must stand out and posting great, relevant images has been proven to work over and over again.
Size is important
Post the correct size for each platform. You can read about it here or use Canva to create one post and it magically converts the image to every different size.
It's not just about size, you need to pick the best orientation for each social platform too so using the right image is important too otherwise a great image may be cropped or not have the best effect.
Here are some guidelines on orientation for some of the main social platforms.
Square or landscape both work.
Post landscape shots unless you want most of the image cropped in the feed.
If that happens there is no incentive for your followers to click on the image unless they are very, very curious.
Have introduced landscape as well as square, although they are cropped to square in your feed. You need to click on the image to get the full shot.
The screenshot of Foundrs feed shows this. Steve Jobs image (3rd down on the right) has been cropped.
When you click on the image you see the whole story, not great and a bit of a fudge to accommodate both landscape and square format images.
Portrait wins hands down, landscape images look tiny and lost.
In the screenshot below, the earrings and Iris pop out, the cake in comparison is tiny.
Blink and you'll miss it!
Both portrait and landscape get an equal share and both look good
Landscape although like Twitter there is a specific size and if your lead image doesn't fit into it it will automatically be cropped.
With a bit of planning and some help from some really great software like Canva you can make the very best of your visual social media posts.
©Lynn Keddie
As a photographer and a social media coach I am often asked what makes a good profile picture for business social media. So here goes this is what I would advise everyone.
Which leads me nicely onto another don't.
This is about YOU, showing YOU in your best light
People want to see what YOU look like NOW,
They want an open, friendly face so...
LOOK STRAIGHT into the camera lens.
That way you are making eye-contact with people looking at your profile shot.
Don't use a grumpy or angry looking shot.
I've seen all these, I kid you not.
And finally,
ask some trusted friends if the one you choose fits the criteria.
Remember trusted. Ask people who will be honest with you. If it's not OK they
will tell you.
Here's a handy infographic, share it with your friends and colleagues (unless you don't like them!)
Visual social media is now a hot topic in marketing.
It's not really surprising visuals: photographs and videos have been selling products for years.
Our brain process images better than text and done well they work.
These days all social media platforms have got their head round this and provided us with great ways of presenting images.
Engagement increases by around 30% with a photo and 20% with video.
That's the great news.
OK there is some bad news...
Done badly it could really damage your business whether that business is you, a service you sell, or your products.
What are your options to get great photos?
How can you stand out from the crowd?
You must differentiate.
Don't have the budget?
There is one more route you can take, no it's not ripping off photos and hoping nobody will notice as copyright infringement comes with a hefty fine.
You can take your own photographs!
Yes YOU
Want to find out more? Read on...
Get into the habit of taking photos all the time.
You may have a story/blog/brochure or quote you want to illustrate already in mind so think around the subject, don't always opt for the obvious.
Photos can illustrate all sorts of things, here are a selection of mine, most of these are shot with a small compact or my smart phone
or be the cover of a brochure about healthcare or,
inspiration for a colour palette
Be creative with your composition. We don't need to see the child in the photo but it still tells a story, (you must have written parental consent for publishing shots of under 18's in the UK)
Leave a little bit to the imagination, and there's plenty of space to overlay text that will read.
Look for evocative images. Everyone likes the sea....Usethe rule of thirds to compost your picture
This image is perfect for a quote which can then be used in Twitter, Pinterest etc
Or it could be used for an invitation, an illustration for a brochure...the list goes on.
I hope I've given you food for thought.
Keeping things tidy...
I used Canva to overlay text. It's a really cool design tool.
In five years time, you will thank me for this advice. Build your own library, it's valuable and it's yours.
©Lynn Keddie
... and how to fix them
Visual images on social media get a lot more engagement than text alone. On every platform; Twitter see's a massive 35% increase in engagement. Facebook too, even the platform for professionals Linkedin is driven by visual imagary.
How do you stand out from the crowd?
By posting GREAT images.
Not everyone is a professional photographer but there are two errors that lots of people make. And bad photos don't get noticed.
I'm going to tell you what they are and show you how easy it is to fix them, so you can look like a pro photographer every time.
Wonky horizons
It drives me nuts every time a see a horizon that is sloping off to the left or right.
Unless it's a deliberate 'artistic' gesture (no I know it isn't) then this is how you fix it.
Go into your picture editing software, if you're on a smart phone then it's right there. Chose rotate image and do just that. Save it, then post. It's that simple.
If you're posting to Instagram you can do this in the app.
Go to the spanner icon and click adjust. It's easy to get it right because you even have a grid to follow.
Twitter's new in app photo tools are still somewhat rudimentary and don't yet offer this but I'm sure they will be soon.
Pinterest lives and dies on great imagery so get this right before you post.
The next one is for all you foodies, food bloggers or restaurant owners.
A yellow cast on pictures of food
Yes, you've seen them, maybe you've even posted them. The food sitting in front of you looks good enough to eat, so you want to share the moment with your followers and friends, and why not?
So you take a snap and before you know it a sickly looking image of your gourmet meal is shared forever with the world and it doesn't look appetising, if you're lucky some kind friends will like your post. And if you're a restaurant owner? Well, you won't have customers beating down your door.
Why does this happen?
It's really simple. The colour temperature in artificial light is different to daylight. Your brain adjusts to this, we're just clever like that. But cameras record things faithfully. The colour of light in restaurants is often warm (more orange to give a cosy feel), in labs and studios it's often colder, more blue.
You need to adjust this. Before you post your photograph you need to adjust the colour temperature. This is so easy.
Look for tone and temperature on your smart phone and adjust it to look more like something you would like to eat, usually introducing a little more blue if it's yellowy and yellow if it looks cold.
Save your image then post it and wait for the applause!
Instagram makes this easy.
Go to the spanner icon and select warmth, adjust the slider to get the desired colour temperature. Then post.
So, no more excuses. It's what pro photographers do all the time, it's not difficult or even time consuming and it makes your images shine above the rest.
©Lynn Keddie
Thanks for reading. If you want any more useful hacks for your social media empire let us have your email and we will remind you what is coming up! No spam.
Twitter hacks to get you noticed
Social media platforms are developing all the time.
Why, because they want their share of the social media apple and in order
to get that they have to stay ahead, or at least (in some cases) keep up!
So here are two Twitter hacks that you may not know about but are really useful.
Pin at tweet to the top of your feed
Pick a great Tweet, one that you want people to look at and not
disappear in the great ramble of Twitter feeds...
In other words, it doesn't get lost.
It could be:
And here's how to do it:
Below is an example of one that I pinned to my Twitter feed. It sits at the top
until I decide to change it.
I got a few engagements even though I forgot to hashtag it!
Yes, I did, so Twitter if you are listening to me, can we have an
edit button next, like Instagram?
That brings me to my next point.
How did I put that Twitter post onto my website?
It's really simple:
You can do it with a video too.
This is Buffy the rat slayer, well, we like to think so!
You can do this with other people's Tweets too.
©Lynn Keddie 2015
Instagram is heating up.
Actually it's been pretty hot for it's loyal band of followers since its inception in 2010.
Maybe Instagram is on full power because Facebook acquired it, or maybe marketeers are waking up to the fact that...
Social media platforms are finding niches to differentiate themselves from each other.
Businesses are seeing the potential of Instagram as the, lets face it, classy platform and they are jumping onto the #Instawagon fast.
Instagram boasts the highest level of engagement but with only a tiny percentage of the social media marketing cake it is still small.
But it's growing and that makes it exciting.
If you were an early adopter and you got it right you really stand out now.
We can't be early adopters but we can get in there before it gets saturated like Facebook.
So what is Instagram. and what makes it #Instaspecial?
Instagram is an experience
'Instagram provides a space for people to showcase their artwork
and get instant exposure'
That is powerful
Instagram has simplicity on it's side. It's well designed and as I said, classy.
Of course everyone wants to break the rules.
But the aesthetic quality you an create with just a phone and some clever software is pretty darn amazing.
Instagram is the key to open the door to the professional world of photography.
There are #Instagrammers out there who make a 6 figure sum. Yep, there are.
Want to get started read this...
Download the app to your phone, it's a mobile tool and has very limited use on a desktop.
Now that you're all set up you can start posting images.
There are two ways to do this:
There's lots to play with:
Caption your image
But wait
If you also want to share your post on Facebook then you have a quandary.
If you don't hashtag on Instagram you will never be noticed
So do this
So you want to save your final photo, the one with the fancy filters, to use somewhere else and
Instagram doesn't offer this option
Here's what to do:
There is also software out there which enables you to download your feed to your desktop.
But images are copyright protected, that means that unless owners say so, or you buy them
it is illegal to use them.
Just because stuff is on the internet it does not mean it's free.
You know how, get started now!
©Lynn Keddie
Next time
How to sell products on Instagram
Pinterest is growing fast. Still think it's just a pin board for cupcakes and crochet patterns? Not any more. Businesses are waking up to it's
Why should you be using Pinterest as part of your marketing profile?
And it's growing...
Can you afford not to be there?
Here's how you get the best out of Pinterest for your business.
Sign up to Pinterest as a business not an individual and fill in all the information asked like:
Create some boards (you can make them private until you're ready to share).
Why not give it a go?
And don't forget to follow me here!
The right social media for your business
I was asked to co-host a live webinar for Enterprise Nation last week.
Those are the guys who champion start-ups and entrepreneurs in the UK. They currently have around 70,000 members and its growing fast!
A couple of weeks ago they asked if I would co-host a live questions and answers sesson about social media.
It was great fun talking to everyone and I took away this...
lots of people are very confused about social media.
This is one question I am asked over and over again...
What social media should I use to promote my business?
Great question!
And here is my answer...
It starts with a few questions you need to answer.
What is my business?
Who are my customers?
What are my business objectives that I want social media can help me with?
If you are new to social media I would say pick one platform, get familiar with it and add others as you get more experienced. Each one offers something a little different. Here is my simple infographic to help you decide which route is best to get you started.
The best bit of advice I can give you is to start!
It gets easier when you get used to it and learn about all the cool tools
to help you along and save you time.
©Lynn Keddie
Watch this space, sign up for tips to help you with your social media here...
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How To Know If Someone's Breadcrumbing You Or Is Just Bad At Showing They're Interested
Keeping someone on the hook isn't a new phenomenon, but it has recently received a name of its own: Breadcrumbing. It can be hard to tell if a person is leading you on, which is why it's important to figure out ways to know if someone is breadcrumbing you or if they're actually interested and just really bad at communication. With ghosting, it's a little more obvious, but someone's failed attempts at expressing themselves could very well come off as attempts to lead someone on.
"Some people might like to keep their options open," says Nikki Goldstein PhD over email. "If things are casual they might not want to close the door completely. Or, they don't know how to breakup with someone and are scared of that awkward conversation or hurting someone feelings."
Breadcrumbing might not be as painful as ghosting, but it's also not as obvious. However, you don't want to hold out hope for someone who has no interest in being with you. So how can you tell whether it's time to let go? Here are 11 questions that can help you tell if someone is breadcrumbing you or if they're actually interested and just really bad at showing it.
1. Is The Situation Progressing?
"If communication is not hitting the mark, and you feel like you are standing still then this might make things clear," says Goldstein. When true feelings are involved, a relationship will progress, even if it's slowly. But when you are being breadcrumbed, nothing changes.
2. How Long Do You Go Without Talking?
Miscommunications are usually when you don't hear back for a short period — not a pattern. "Maybe a project was due and it consumed the weekend, but it can't consume 6 months when you hear back with only erratic messages," says matchmaker Susan Trombetti over email.
3. Are They Dating Other People?
"Have you found them on dating website, or have you heard they are seeing other people?" says Goldstein. "This might be an indicator that they are either not ready to commit to one person or are breadcrumbing you."
4. Are Your Interactions Mostly Negative Or Positive?
If your interactions make you feel good most of the time, that's a good sign. However, if the bad times outweigh the good, then this should be clear. "He is either not into you or the situation is not working," says Goldstein. "Either way, it's time to take a closer look."
5. Do You Get Together For More Than Just Sex?
Take a look at what you do when you hang out — do you just have sex? "Maybe the relationship started out great, you went out together, and had fun, but now you only hang out for late night happy hour and a quickie afterward," says relationship expert April Davis over email. "Don't fool yourself: It isn't a real relationship. They just want to see you once in a while for one reason, and you're not they only one they're doing this to."
6. Do They Stick To Their Plans With You?
Occasional rain checks over a long period of time are understandable, but if you literally never see them, you are not a top priority. "The reason people breadcrumb is because they want to keep their options open," says Davis. "When they feel you pulling away, or can see you moving on through social media, they'll send you a simple text just to plant the idea of them in your head."
7. What Do You Guys Talk About?
"If a person asks really general information about you, rather than specifics, they are breadcrumbing," says relationship expert Suzanne Venker over email. Someone who is interested wants to have more meaningful conversations, even if it takes them a little bit longer to respond.
8. How Is Their Attitude?
"A person who's simply bad at showing their interest will be kind and solicitous, as opposed to flippant and non-committal," says Venker. "They will never be rude or stand-offish — just more shy."
9. Who Initiates Conversation?
"If you're always having to take the initiative, and they respond nicely without cutting you off entirely, the person is breadcrumbing," says Venker. If it feels one-sided, it probably is.
10. How Long Are Their Responses?
Some people are just not big texters, so someone could still be into you without wanting to chat all day. But if someone is sending one word responses and you're engaging much more in conversation, they might just be stringing you along. "If this is a common occurrence, you might want to consider if it's their attitude towards texting or their attitude towards you," says Goldstein.
11. What Does Your Gut Say?
"Sometimes no amount of reading into texts or talk can interpret what is really going on," says Goldstein. "You can't underestimate what a gut feeling can tell. Do you think you are being breadcrumbed?"


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Come and join us for a memorable evening; bring your own beverages. The Most Rev'd Peter Carnley AC was Archbishop of Perth from 1981 to 2005 and Primate of Australia from 2000 to 2005. He is married to Ann and has two children and four grandchildren. He retired in 2005 to 13 acres of land in the forest south of Perth close of the wine producing district of Margaret River in Western Australia. He is teaching systematic theology this year at the General Theological Seminary. This is his fourth visit to NYC and to the Seminary.
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