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Editor's note: Jason Breckenridge, owner of Twenty LLC, presented a dealer training session titled "Phone — Friend of Foe: Making the phone an effective sales tool" during the 2013 Powersports Business Institute @ AIMExpo in Orlando. Nearly 90 percent of the dealer attendees in the session ranked Breckenridge a "5" on a scale of 1 to 5 in four different presentation categories. This is his first appearance in print. He can be reached at 855/7-TWENTY or email@example.com.
Every once in a while I get bombarded with the same question and feel the need to share my answer. How, who, when, where, why do I hire?
When you simplify your job, all you really do is manage the Three P's — people, processes and property (both assets and inventory). Each "P" is imperative, and you can make the argument for one's importance over another, but it's people, because it's the only one that comes with a personality.
After all, you can't have the operations manager rewrite a person like a policy or the sales manager trade for a different model or have the accountant write them down like depreciation. People call in sick, have bad days, are rude to customers and the list could go on and on. So if you want the process to be done effectively and product to be sold, HIRE THE RIGHT PEOPLE!
Here a three rules to follow, every time! I will list them in the order of importance and then explain in reverse order.
1. FIT within your organization
2. WILLINGNESS to perform the duties of the position.
3. ABILITY to perform the duties of the position.
As you see, ability is not the most important criteria when choosing a new employee. Now I'm not saying go out and hire someone who has no experience, but a good organization is constantly training and therefore should be promoting from within. Your A Technician should have been a B Technician at your shop, your Bs from C and Cs should be porters who where trained at an accredited school and are now apprenticing at your dealerships.
Any frontline employee should come with a salesperson's skill set. Knowledge about parts, gear and vehicles can be taught as long as they have a real interest. It is a lot easier to teach a salesperson about motorcycles, parts or helmets than an industry enthusiast how to sell. I can't count the number of second career sales representatives who will explain anything and everything about a unit but can't ask for the sale, let alone negotiate the deal.
Employees must be willing to ask for the sale, willing to negotiate, willing to clean, willing to stock, willing to push units … do you get my drift? And here is a great litmus test for your current employees — if you can't get them to do the simple things, i.e. park in the right location, smoke in the right location, show up on time, keep their area clean, then how do you expect them to do the hard things?
For a new hire, ask them to sell you a pen. It's not about how well they sell you the pen but whether they try and try with enthusiasm. I know a general manager who asks interviewees to sing the "Happy Birthday" song. He says we sing "Happy Birthday" at least 12 times a year. It's a job requirement because we sing it once each month at company-wide meetings for all those born that month. More importantly it shows me an employee, who, when confronted with a difficult situation, will give forth the effort to try.
It's last, and most important. Ever heard the saying, "You are only as strong as your weakest link?" Well, if you don't believe in discounting, and your manager doesn't believe in discounting, but the employee at the counter does … guess what? Your dealership believes in discounting. Your front line staff represents the beliefs of the company to your customers. And it is a lot easier to hire employees with your beliefs then to change them. I don't care how much training your provide, you WILL NOT CHANGE THEIR BELIEFS!
Disney doesn't have the best "cast members" because of their training; they have them because they hire the best of the best and then train them. No one comes to Disney with ABILITY to be Mickey Mouse, but with the WILLINGNESS and beliefs (FIT) of the Disney Corporation. Disney will then teach and train you to be Mickey Mouse.
Lastly, hiring is not difficult but it does take time and effort. The more applicants you have, the more interviews you can conduct and thus a greater pool of potential candidates. Remember, look first for that person who has your business beliefs. Second, do they have the willingness to do every facet of the job? Lastly, what industry skills do they have to offer?

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Gynecomastia with other procedures
The male hormonal pattern can manifest itself with so called "love handles". This represents excess adipose tissue (fat) in the tummy, waist and lower back areas. Often it is hereditary, occurring not only in overweight people, but in body builders and fitness instructors who may also have gynecomastia. This kind of patient is obviously lean and fit, but can not get rid of the excess fat in the "love handles" area.
The gynecomastia condition can be true gynecomastia, which involves removal of the glandular tissue of the chest with or without liposuction, or it can be what is known as pseudogynecomastia. This condition looks much like real gynecomastia, but has no medical reason for being there except for the patient being overweight. As with true gynecomastia, there are various reasons for its occurrence. Both cases can range from side effects from prescription medication, to the use of recreational drugs, and onset of puberty, or an underlying medical condition.
Every case is different, and each person will require a different amount of tissue removal. A board certified plastic surgeon with specific experience in male breast surgery can determine if the patient is a suitable candidate for male breast reduction by liposuction alone, glandular excision, or a combination of both. Men who suffer from large areolas may notice that after breast surgery, the skin of the chest muscles will tighten, causing the areolas to tighten and diminish in size. This is a result of the removal of glandular and/or adipose tissue.
Surgical correction of enlarged male breasts can be done simultaneously with liposuction of other areas such as the abdomen, waist and back. Liposuction, also known as Liposculpture surgery, is performed to remove unwanted localized fat deposits. This surgical technique helps to improve body contours by removing excess fat (adipose) tissue from deposits located between the skin and muscle.
A stainless steel suction tube, called a cannula, is inserted through a tiny incision. The cannula removes fat by means of a powerful suction pump. It is inserted into the fat through small incisions in the skin. When possible, the incision is made in one of the body's natural skin creases thereby minimizing the appearance of the resulting scar. The fat tissue is suctioned out creating tiny tunnels through the fatty layers. After surgery, these tiny tunnels collapse and thus altering the body contour. The amount of time for liposuction surgery with gynecomastia surgery will depend on the extent of tissue needing to be removed in addition to where the removal of tissue needs to take place. If only a small amount is required for removal, it can take approximately an hour, but if larger amounts and more areas are required, surgery can last four or more hours.
Examples of glandular tissue excision combined with liposuction of the back and waist can be seen in the attached pictures. The "before and after" gynecomastia liposuction photos are a sampling of Dr. Blau's surgical results.
As with all cosmetic surgery, results will be rewarding if expectations are realistic. As with any surgery, there are some risks which your doctor will discuss with you.


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Section Editor: Armando Alvarez
With the wrestling season right around the corner we take a look at a lesser known Wolverine.
Scott Thompson is much more than meets the eye although he is of light weight his years of experience manage to allow him to keep up with people several weight classes above him.
The aforementioned years of experience don't come without any merit, Scott is a State Champion for all 3 most common disciplines of wrestling: folkstyle, Greco-Roman, and freestyle.
"Ok. So I would train almost every single day. I would go to regular practice and always wrestle heavier guys. I would also get extra practice twice a week. I had a super strict diet. I could only eat trail mix bars for breakfast or oatmeal. Lunch, I had a half can of tuna, and dinner was usually an attempt to be healthy and light, but it was always cheap. In retrospect, my diet was aimed at losing weight not staying healthy at the same time though. I would do have to do a 'baby workout' every single day. This consisted of 100 pushups, 100 situps, curls, shrugs, flys, wall squats, and tricep extensions. Then on top of that I would do a serious workout with the pulley systems and squat rack and bench press etc. This regiment was dominated by the CLABS routines. Chest day, then leg day, then arm day, then back day, then shoulder day. Then start over. Core was intertwined in there."
These grueling experiences lead to even harder training for when State Qualifiers were coming up.
"I would have to start really cutting weight. Like 6 pounds a week… wearing plastic bags under my clothes at practice and on the treadmill…"
All of this intense training paid off and its what makes Scott one of Woodstock Wrestling's "studs."


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One of the great comebacks - Smith
South African captain Graeme Smith ended a period of personal torment and hailed "one of the great comebacks in Test cricket history" after South Africa sealed an eight-wicket win by lunch on the third day of the first Test against Australia at Newlands on Friday.
South African captain Graeme Smith ended a period of personal torment and hailed "one of the great comebacks in Test cricket history" after South Africa sealed an eight-wicket win by lunch on the third day of the first Test against Australia at Newlands on Friday.
Smith and Amla hit centuries as South Africa cruised to victory less than 24 hours after they conceded a 188-run first innings deficit in one of the most topsy-turvy Tests in history.
The South African captain praised the resilience of his team, who bowled Australia out for 47 in the second innings, leaving the home side with a target of 236.
Smith said the talk at the end of the first innings, in which South Africa were bowled out for 96, was less about motivation than specifics.
"It was about what we wanted to achieve. We never expected 21 for nine (which Australia were before a 26-run last-wicket stand), although there were a few jokes about 60 or 70 but I don't think anyone believed it. It was about a bit of direction and the bowlers knew they needed to do a job for us.
"That shows the character of the team. We didn't just back off. Obviously there was something in the wicket for us but to bowl with that intensity was a good sign."
Both Smith and man-of-the-match Vernon Philander said they took inspiration from Australia's Shane Watson, who took five for 17 to shoot South Africa out.
"Watson got the ball to talk and we learned something from that," said Smith. "He was very tight on off stump.
"There was enough movement each way to create chances. We really focused on that coming out to bowl. I thought our execution and the way the bowlers bowled was terrific."
Philander, who topped Watson's effort by taking five for 15 to record match figures of eight for 78 in his debut Test, said: "I looked at what Watson did and thought, this is my game. All I did was bowl a bit fullish on about off stump."
South Africa's victory was effectively sealed by a second wicket partnership of 195 between Smith and Amla, with Amla scoring a sparkling 112 off 134 balls before he was out when only 14 runs were needed.
Smith reached his century with a single to level the scores and then hit the winning run to finish with 101 not out off 140 balls.
It was the fourth time Smith had scored a century in a winning fourth innings run chase - more than anyone else. He also became the first man to score 1000 runs in winning chases, with an average of 85.83.
Smith said he took great personal satisfaction after what he described as "a really tough period" during which he was criticised after South Africa's failure in the World Cup, which was followed by knee surgery which kept him out of action until shortly before the Australians arrived.
He said some of the criticism had hurt. "Hopefully one or two people will know that it means a hell of a lot to me to play for South Africa. One or two things hurt a lot and were personal and maybe crossed the line.
"But it's the nature of the game. It's been a big battle to get the confidence and the self esteem back. At the end of the day I just want to talk with my skills and perform with the bat."
Australian captain Michael Clarke bemoaned his side's poor batting performance in the second innings. "Without doubt we let ourselves down with the bat. Full credit to South Africa, for how they bowled and the way they played today."
Clarke said: "Every single one of us needs to be disappointed. When you lose like that you don't just let yourselves down, you let the people who support you down.
"We need to find a way to get back up. Good teams do. That's how you learn, in my career I've learnt more from the not so good days than the good days."
The teams meet in the second and final Test in Johannesburg starting on Thursday.
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I assumed, that if I ever had any symptoms, they were mild and would have affected my digestive system. For the time that I have had no or very little wheat and gluten in my diet, I have been feeling much lighter, less bloated after the meal. After a meal that included gluten I felt that my body was somehow much more preoccupied with digesting the food. Something that I wasn't actually aware of while gluten was still part of what I ate on a daily basis. Little discomforts that have been with me for years/decades, to an extent that they became part of normality. But now that it's gone, it feels great.
My good old granola in the morning is now an oat-free version, consisting of roasted buckwheat (kasha), millet and quinoa and a selection of nuts and seeds. I must warn you, it turns out very crunchy, and you probably don't sprinkle as much as an oat-based granola over your breakfast bowl. But the roasted kasha gives it a deep flavor, with a hint of vanilla, that I cannot get enough of.
I got a few comments on other posts in this blog, where readers mention that they don't like millet. I actually think that buckwheat is pretty more a matter of taste, more so than millet. The buckwheat that I use in this recipe is kasha, the brown roasted groats. It is widely used in Eastern European cuisine for all sorts of sweet and savory porridge. The idea of having kasha in my granola came from a store-bought roasted seed mix containing kasha, that I usually have over my salads. Give it a try. I just love it.
Preheat oven to 160C/360F. Line large baking sheet with parchment paper.
In a large bowl, combine kasha, millet, quinoa almonds, sesame and sunflower seeds. Set aside.
In a small pot, gently heat all wet ingredients. Take off the heat and let the flavors merge for a few minutes. Pour wet over dry ingredients and stir until well coated. Transfer mixture onto baking sheet and spread out in single layer. Bake for 20-30 minutes or until millet and quinoa seeds have turned golden. Let cool completely before storing in airtight container.
If the granola still feels a little wet, let cool. Then bake in the oven at lowest temperature for another 5-10 minutes.


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BALTIMORE — Wei-Yin Chen allowed four hits over seven innings, Chris Davis homered and the Baltimore Orioles beat the struggling Boston Red Sox 6-0 Wednesday night at soggy Camden Yards.
Nick Hundley had two hits and an RBI for the Orioles, who yielded only one run in winning 2 of 3 from the defending World Series champions.
Chen (7-2) did not return after rain delayed the game for 1 hour, 38 minutes in the middle of the seventh. The Taiwanese left-hander had a season-high seven strikeouts, walked none and was aided by three double plays.
Rubby De La Rosa (1-2) needed only 15 pitches to dig himself and the Red Sox in a 3-0 hole. Steve Pearce walked and scored on a double by Adam Jones before Davis went deep into the right-field seats.
After play resumed in the seventh after a rain delay with Baltimore ahead 4-0, the few fans remaining watched Darren O'Day and Zach Britton each pitch an inning to complete the four-hitter.
Dustin Pedroia had two singles for the Red Sox, who have lost 7 of 9. Boston (29-36) has been blanked six times this season, twice in this series.
It was the 10th home run of the season for Davis, the defending major league home run champion. The slugger took extra batting practice before the game in an effort to break out of a 3-for-19 skid.
Chen retired the first 11 batters, six by strikeout, before Pedroia lined a single into the right-field corner with two outs in the fourth. He was thrown out by Nick Markakis trying to stretch it into a double.
After Baltimore went up 4-0 in the fourth on a two-out RBI single by Hundley, a replay wiped out the inning's second run. Hundley was called safe at second base on a fielder's choice as Jonathan Schoop scored, but Boston Manager John Farrell asked for a replay and Hundley was subsequently ruled out.
In the eighth, Red Sox reliever Chris Capuano walked Schoop and Markakis with the bases loaded.
NOTES: The Orioles' 10-game homestand continues Thursday with the opener of a four-game series against AL East-leading Toronto. Mark Buehrle (10-2) starts for the Jays against Kevin Gausman (1-1). … Boston sends Jon Lester (6-7) to the mound Thursday night in the opener of a four-game series against Cleveland. … Red Sox RHP Clay Buchholz (knee) is scheduled to go five innings Friday night for Triple-A Pawtucket in a rehab start against Charlotte. … Pedroia went 2 for 3 against Chen and is 14 for 27 lifetime against the lefty. … Orioles 3B Manny Machado, who's appealing a suspension that was supposed to start Tuesday, went 0 for 3 and is hitless in his last 18 at-bats. … On the day he turned 26, Boston's Brock Holt had his 10-game hitting streak end and failed to reach base for only the second time in 20 starts as Boston's leadoff hitter.
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During an eight-year run from 1994 to 2002, shares of health-care conglomerate Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) surged 500%. During that time, the company, which owns some of the most iconic brands in the industry, became a force to be reckoned with.
Since then, however, shares have only averaged 4% growth per year. With such tepid movement, is it even worth owning shares of this giant?
Every spring, I review all of my stock holdings to see whether or not they still warrant space in my portfolio. Currently, Johnson & Johnson accounts for 5% of my overall holdings.
Because I'm loathe to sell stocks, I consider the most salient -- though general -- arguments that bears put forth and see how I feel about them.
When it comes to Johnson & Johnson, there's one primary drawback that investors point to, but it's a big one. Here's what it is and how I feel about it.
The company is simply too big to beat the market. Heck, it kind of IS the market.
Currently, Johnson & Johnson is valued at $285 billion. Because an S&P 500 exchange-traded fund like SPDR S&P 500 ETF (NYSEMKT:SPY) is weighted to give more influence to larger companies, Johnson & Johnson's stock accounts for 1.7% of the ETF. That's the fifth-largest allocation, and by far the highest for a health care company.
Obviously, when a company gets that big, it becomes much harder to outperform the broader market. Revenue growth has plodded along at a 6% rate last year, while earnings ticked up 8%. Those are certainly respectable numbers for a company the size of Johnson & Johnson, but surely, there are better places for your money, especially considering the stock now trades hands for a pricey 18 times earnings.
My take: Don't forget the power of dividends in boosting your returns.
It's true, I have no illusions of Johnson & Johnson producing multibagger returns for my portfolio. But I, like many Foolish investors, have a part of my portfolio that's dedicated to growth stocks like that.
Johnson & Johnson, on the other hand, occupies a part of the portfolio that's dedicated to businesses that have significant moats around them and pay out hefty dividends that add up over time.
On the moat front, Johnson & Johnson has three different divisions. The consumer division -- which is the most well known for brands like Band-Aids and Neutrogena -- accounts for 21% of revenue. These products are well entrenched with customers and provide reliable, if slow, cash flow increases.
The other two divisions -- pharmaceuticals and medical devices -- may be less well known to the average investor. Because the company has deep pockets, it can buy up companies or patents that present powerful future earnings potential. Though these two, especially pharmaceuticals, can be hit or miss, they provide a modicum of growth potential for investors -- particularly pharmaceuticals, which delivered almost 11% revenue growth last quarter.
When it comes to the dividend, there's a lot to like. Remember when I said Johnson & Johnson had only returned 4% per year since 2002? The blue line below represents that figure. But when we add in the effect of the company's dividend, the story -- represented by the orange line -- changes quite a bit.
With this new figure, the stock and its dividend delivered average annual returns of almost 7%, a much more respectable return for such a solid investment.
Even more important moving forward, the company has raised its dividend for 51 consecutive years. Currently, it uses a little over half of its free cash flow to pay out its 2.7% yield. That means there's tons of room for growth in the dividend for years to come.
Sure, Johnson & Johnson might not be the most exciting stock to buy and hold, but it may be one of the safest, most profitable ones.


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Making History in Historical Locations
Lucinda May will be holding her 'Things I love in Bethnal Green: Part 1′ exhibition here at Oxford House from the 6th to the 12th of March. May is a conceptual artist with a rich history in art; she studied an MA in Fine Art at Edinburgh University and is currently one of the artists at Husk in Limehouse. Oxford House is very excited to the opportunity to work with her and help deliver this exciting and community based project about Bethnal Green, which holds a special place in our hearts for obvious reasons.
The exhibition at Oxford House is part of a multi-location exhibition that will show May dancing in 40 locations around Bethnal Green. These 40 locations were chosen because they are currently churches within Bethnal Green or places where they used to be a church. The exact locations were charted by May using old maps and talking to local people in the area. The reason behind choosing locations of past and present churches is to make more history in already historical locations, and give them a new lease of life. May also wanted to provide people in the community with hope and possibility and bridge the gap between the art world and the local community and what better way to achieve all of this than through the art of dance.
The exhibition at Oxford House will feature 10 1-minute videos playing in a loop on the screen in the lower gallery. As well as the videos, in each of the 4 locations the exhibition will take place there will be information about the show; images of old maps, dances and history or even essays.
It is perfectly fitting that this exhibition will lead Oxford House into Spring as it celebrates new life and hope. This exhibition is accessible to everyone and should be celebrated by all those who live in the community, and even people who live outside of it and appreciate art, and local history.
Tickets: Free
Private View: 9th March, 6-9pm
Gallery Opening Times
Monday to Friday: 9am to 10pm
Weekend: 10am to 2pm


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MHTI 20th Anniversary Book
Book design published as an archival commemoration by a heritage trust
The Mining Heritage Trust of Ireland approached A worthy Cause design on the eve of celebrating their 20th anniversary. A record of their activities was to be produced, something to read, kept and valued.
The trust is a group of experienced mining professionals and academics across geology surveying and other specialisations, who have by sheer determination made an impact across Ireland. MHTI have preserved the island's mining, both past and present, in archival form and with site conservations. We have MHTI's volunteers to thanks for engine houses and towers enriching our landscape, pits made safe and much more. They bring groups on tours, illuminating this oft-forgotten part of our country's history.
Adobe's Creative Cloud suite was used to compile the book. Toshi Omagari's Neue Haas Unica (design for Monotype) was paired with Harbor Type's Garibaldi and M-B Creative's MB Empire fonts for the text. Neue Haas was tasked with notes & detailing, while Garibaldi did the heavy lifting of making the text easily readable (its soft angles and joins really make it bounce). MB Empire's stunning geometry lifted headlines.
Client: Mining Heritage Trust of Ireland


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There is a large variety of activities to choose from, both in and around Gibraltar. Your DMC will be happy to advise and tailor make your activity based on the nature, size and age of your group.
Food & Drink
Sea Based
Thanks to Gibraltar's strategic location, you will also be able to take day trips to surrounding area including two countries and another continent.
Your chosen DMC will be able to provide you with sample incentive programmes to match your stay and requirements
Gail Francis-Tiron, Tourist Information Manager
Gibraltar Tourist Board
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Blogging at work and the corporate attention economy
Sarita Yardi1, Scott A. Golder2, and Michael J. Brzozowski31 School of Interactive Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology
2 Department of Sociology, Cornell University
3 Social Computing Lab, HP Labs
The attention economy motivates participation in peer-produced sites on the Web like YouTube and Wikipedia. However, this economy appears to break down at work. We studied a large internal corporate blogging community using log files and interviews and found that employees expected to receive attention when they contributed to blogs, but these expectations often went unmet. Like in the external blogosphere, a few people received most of the attention, and many people received little or none. Employees expressed frustration if they invested time and received little or no perceived return on investment. While many corporations are looking to adopt Web-based communication tools like blogs, wikis, and forums, these efforts will fail unless employees are motivated to participate and contribute content. We identify where the attention economy breaks down in a corporate blog community and suggest mechanisms for improvement.
To appear at CHI 2009, April 4-9, 2009.
Cite as
Yardi, S., Golder, S.A., and Brzozowski, M.J. 2009. Blogging at work and the corporate attention economy. In Proc. of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing. April 4-9, 2009, Boston, MA, USA. ACM Press.


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Alarming Tablet
Picasse delivers an user-friendly web application to alert Certified Rescue Workers. In many cases though it is preferable to a have an alarming system which still functions in case the local power supply and internet connection is failing. Picasse has developed the alarming tablet which is operated through the special made alarming application. The alarmin tablet provide a wa
Picasse has extensive experience in developing a custommade tablet with a visual clear and user-friendly user interface. Within seconds you can notify an appropriate targetgroup in three steps. This is done by pressing a "what-where-who" button interface on the tablet. The construction of the screens is fully adjustable. Steps can be skipped and buttons can be added or removed.
The tablet works in sync with the web application and is often used for receptions and in places with changing crew. Because of the simple operation and logical steps, this alertingtablet is suitable for use in various environments. The Picasse alerting tablet also features an integrated GSM modem. This means when the local Internet is not working anymore and the electricitypower is out, it is still possible to alert via the public network. The tablet comes with a metal box and keys to protect the alerting tablet from theft.
Alerting from the sendertablet has a number of advantages over the web application:
- The tablet is not solely dependent on a local Internet connection via WiFi. The shipping tablet is provided with an integrated GSM / 4G modem and is therefore able to make a connection to the central system by means of the GSM / 3G network;
- The tablet is able to function for more than 8 hours without power thanks to the integrated Li-ion battery;
- The shipping tablet is easy to use and speeds up the alerting process. Through 2 to 4 clicks, the user can alert the appropriate group where the kind of calamity and location is automatically placed in the message announcement.
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Did you know that you could start a blog and have it up and running in 20 minutes or less? And even more surprisingly, without any help?
I know this might sound impossible, as it did to me at first, especially if you're not a techie. However, starting a blog has never been easier.
In fact, the developments have been so remarkable such that all you may ever have to do to create a blog is merge a number of pre-made blogging tools.
I've put this post together to help you through the whole process - from picking a domain name to publishing your first blog post. And as I've mentioned, no technical skills are required.
But, before we get to the nitty-gritty, have you thought about why you need a blog? What do you hope to achieve with it?
If you are a freelance writer like me, you want your blog to be the platform you use to showcase your writing skills and attract freelance writing clients.
As a prospective blogger, your aim is to use your blog to express yourself to a larger audience on a subject you are both knowledgeable and passionate about and hope that by doing that, you'll be able to make money online.
And if you run a business, a blog is the tool you use to market your products and services to online buyers.
Your domain name is your unique identifier on the web that sets your site apart from other sites in cyberspace.
It's what makes it possible for search engines and online visitors to find your blog online, the same way your first-time home visitors need your home address to find your house in your neighborhood.
Having said that, there is more to a domain name than just being an identifier. It's crucial to the success of your blog and a lot of thought should go into choosing one.
So, how do you arrive at the best domain name for your blog? Here are a few tips.
Firstly, Use keywords in your domain name because they are both user-friendly and search engine-friendly.
For instance, my domain name is www.writingdoozy.com. From the word "writing" a search engine or an online searcher will immediately tell that my blog has something to do with just that—writing.
Secondly, stand out by making your domain name unique and catchy, hence brandable. It's not easy to be unique, especially with so many domain names already taken. Research all domain names in your niche so that you can be in a position to angle yours differently.
Thirdly, make it short. A short domain name is more memorable.
Fourthly, don't use hyphens. Hyphenated domains are suspect because they have been associated with spam and phishing scams in the past.
Finally, stick with .com as your domain extensions. The newer extensions like .tech, .fashion or .review are not as credible.
To find a domain name, there are various registrars that sell them for a small fee of between $9 and $24. I recommend Bluehost for domain names.
As part of a special thank you to my readers, however, you get a domain name for FREE! Read on to find out how in step 2.
Check below to see if the domain name you want is available.
Once a domain name is in place, you need to find a reliable web hosting service.
In a nutshell, web hosting is what makes your site accessible over the internet. A web hosting provider uses a server to host your site's files so that they can appear online when people search for them.
I bolded the word "reliable" to underscore how much you need to get web hosting right.
The brute fact is that not all web hosting companies offer reliable services. Choosing the wrong hosting company can cost you in the following 4 ways:
I've personally tried several web hosting companies but the one that stood out for me has been Bluehost. They offer excellent service and their customer support is unparalleled.
WordPress too recommends Bluehost. To get Bluehost hosting, follow the steps below.
Step 1: Visit www.bluehost.com and click on the "Get Started Now" button.
Step 2: Select the "basic" hosting plan on the new page. I believe the basic plan is okay when you're just getting started (unless you already have a ton of traffic).
Step 3: In the "sign up now" window, key in your domain name under "new domain" to get it for free and then click "Next". I assume that at this point you have a domain name in mind.
If you already have a domain name, key it in under the "I have a domain name" and click next.
Step 4: On the next page, provide your account information
Step 5: Provide your package information. I recommend that you go for the 36 months option because it is the best value.
Step 6: Add your billing information. Read the terms of service in the fine print before you confirm and submit your details.
Step 7: Finally, once the transaction has been completed, you'll be required to create a password.
With a domain name and a hosting plan in the bag, it's time to select a blogging platform.
Blogging platforms are the core blogging software that builds and power sites and can be grouped into 3 categories.
I'll briefly describe each and then explain why WordPress is the best fit for you.
In this option, both the platform and the domain name are totally free. However, that is as far as the positives go.
You have little control over a free site, customization is limited, and blog monetization options are highly reduced.
Unless you want to be a hobby blogger, this is not the right platform for you.
Here, you start paying a monthly subscription fee for using the platform after your trial period expires. The company host your site and gives you a domain name (you may use your registered domain name).
Although a freemium platform has more and better features than a free platform, you still don't get the control, flexibility and functionality that you would want in a blog.
It's also not the best platform for building a brand.
As the name suggests, you download the blogging platform and host it yourself.
Whereas you'll need to register a domain name and pay for hosting, you have total control of your site and you can tailor it to your taste.
WordPress.org is by far the most used self-hosted platform and from experience, I can't think of a better platform that I'd recommend.
WordPress.org is not only free and user-friendly, but also flexible and friendly to search engines.
There are thousands of WordPress themes and plugins (both free and paid) that you can use to design and expand the functionalities of your WordPress site.
You can create a WordPress platform from your Bluehost account.
Assuming that you've created your password in Step 3 above when you finish signing up for a Bluehost account, a "Congratulation!" page will appear with a "log in" tab at the bottom.
When you log in with your new password, Bluehost will display a number of themes on the new page. Pick one to install WordPress.
After installation, a "Start Building" tab will appear. When you click on it, you'll be redirected to your WordPress site.
Check your email account for your WordPress site login information.
I mentioned that you could choose a theme later. This may be the right time to do it - after you've log into your WordPress dashboard.
WordPress has an impressive collection of both free and paid themes, and that's one of the reasons why it's so popular.
To choose a free theme, sign into your WordPress account to access your blog dashboard and then hover over the "Appearance" tab and choose "Themes". A number of themes will appear including the one you chose when you were installing WordPress.
Peruse them and click on activate when you find something you like.
Having said that, free themes are too basic. They lack the aura of a professional and sophisticated theme. I would advise you to go for a premium WordPress theme. I personally have used and like the Genesis Framework.
You should only use free themes when you're on a tight budget.
All in all, a good WordPress theme should have the following features.
To determine whether your theme is responsive, access your website using different devices and see how it looks.
After your theme is active, it's now time to add important plugins to your WordPress website.
Without plugins, your site will lack important features and functionalities. If your site was a smartphone, the plugins will be your apps.
WordPress has thousands of these plugins in its directory and several third-party sites also create and sell WordPress plugins. What plugins you need depends on the specific features and functions you wish to add to your site.
You can access WordPress plugins from the "Plugins" tab on your WordPress dashboard.
I could recommend lots of plugins. However, I'm only going to recommend a few that are most important to help you get started.
Your visitors won't find out much about you or your products by just visiting a blank website. That is why you need to create separate web pages. Here are important pages that you should seek to create:
To create these pages on WordPress, click on the "Pages" tab on your admin dashboard.
Since a "Contact" page is different, you'll need a plugin like contact form 7 from the WordPress directory to create one.
At this point, you should be ready to find blogging ideas, start writing and publishing posts!
And don't forget that your first post is your most important post. You never get a second bite of the cherry with many online visitors. Therefore, make it so good that they'll keep coming back.
I've written a detailed article on how to write blog posts that I'm sure you'll find useful.
How easy was that?
As I said, you can create your blog in 20 minutes or less. I hope that this guide will help to finally actualize your dream of starting a blog. If you have any question, please contact me or comment below.
I am too impressed to make a coherent comment right now.
However, as that cliche goes, I will be back.
A rare gem you are. Thanks a lot Mercy Mmbone for what you are doing for the sake of newbies and those already in the industry. Am truly impressed.
Looking forward to learn more


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Taking you back to Maldives! As you remember, I've been to beautiful beach like Bali, Phuket and Taiwan Kenting, but nothing can compare to the clarity of Maldives water. I loved my time on the amazing white beaches of the Maldives, I definitely forgot the hustle and bustle of the city, the island take me heart and drown it deep down the Indian Ocean. Big thanks to Air Asia and W Retreat & Spa Maldives for helping me cross one off my bucket list. If you guys are interested to Maldives, Air Asia currently is the only airline that directly to Male and they fly 3 times a week. Find out more on www.airasia.com. We landed into Male airport at night. Due to the weather, it was difficult to take the speedboat to W Maldives, so we were advised to stay at Sheraton Maldives Full Moon Resort & Spa for one night which was only 20 mins away from the airport.
How pretty is our room? Loved it! Just a few steps away there was this little dock that caught my eyes, it stood out against the clear, bright blue water. It was so good to stay at Sheraton Maldives, too bad we just staying for one night.
The next morning we headed to W Maldives to enjoy four nights on the beautiful island. I was escorted to my little private villa that had my own pool and charming balcony that overlooked the beach, too good! Seriously, I fell madly in love with W Maldives and what it has offer, the feeling of privacy was something I'd never known I cherish in hotels.
The weather has been perfect, and so the little private villa I stay at. We spent our days swimming by the villa's infinity pool, snorkeling around the house reef and sunrise yoga session facing infinite India Ocean view. We definitely enjoyed W Maldives a lot more. Its much more cool, hip and young.
The bars and restaurants are beyond. The yummy breakfast at the award winning restaurant, KITCHEN was always worth waking up to.
Having a fabulous cocktails at SIP, the sunset bar.
Night activity at the 15Below, the only underground nightclub in Maldives featuring 90 varieties of vodka and glowing cocktails.
After yoga session going to a spa is always the best. AWAY Spa is where you can turn off the world and emerge rejuvenated, revitalized and back in the game.
Enjoy these beachy pictures and hope it inspires you to book a flight ticket somewhere.
Bluest sea and whitest sand, beats trip ever. I'm already missing it! I would definitely recommend the Maldives for any couple looking to unwind together.


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Sex is the core of many celebrities' personal brands. These popsugar people make a living being hot. They play out their lives with others who are just as hot. Megan, Brian, Scarlett, Ryan, Brad, Angelina, Gisele, Tom and the phalanx of usual suspects dance among their own kind. Their brand
images are not just the output of stylists and press agents. Sex is the brand born out by these celebs' behavior. It works because, like the core elements of all successful personal brands, sex isn't just aped by these lookers. Sex is embedded in their characters, it's authentically embodied and it's relentlessly, consistently and clearly communicated, with well chosen co-branding partners.
Sex isn't the same as "sex appeal," which was a quaint notion that some people have a kind of "X" factor. Paul Newman projected that intense, undeniable magnetism. At the same time, he was a devoted married man for 50 years. Newman and his wife, the very elegant Joanne Woodward, enjoyed a very un-Hollywood life in Connecticut. In a then timely but now quaint simile, Newman told a too-inquiring member of the press that he didn't need to eat hamburger out of town because he had steak at home.
Sex still sells
By contrast, today's celebrity X-factor pretty much means X-rated, with proof of concept. We watch Kendra Wilkinson jump off The Girls Next Door to move on down the aisle with her baby bump to wed pro athlete Hank Baskett. If you haven't seen enough Kardashians, more's on the way as Kourtney sports a bump as the result of off-again, on-again relations with Scott Disick, or so says People magazine.
Good for them? Yes. As marketers and civilians alike know: sex sells. That's why sex is such a powerful personal brand element. It sells movies, magazines, music and more.
Sex goes wrong
So how can a great personal branding technique as old as sex go horribly wrong?
This week another married man from Connecticut came forward to tell us he's a victim of his sexiness. That unlikely man is David Letterman. Apparently, untold numbers of young assistants throughout the years find sex with him consensually impossible to resist.
Apparently, he regularly hires small armies of young women assistants, and in his public words has "creepy" sex with some of them. Letterman's utter lack of contrition and just plain conscience about the lives he tainted, evoked the mindset of a plantation owner. The master knew whomever he choose to serve the family in the plantation house got a better job than most, and it was a job worth doing what it took to keep. Kind of like serving a production company owner and talk show star, and occasionally looking after his son.
When the story broke, I watched a clip featuring Letterman and one of his "favored" assistants. They were playing Letterman's signature bit "know your cuts of meat." It was a rude simile, given the situation.
In the bit, Letterman's assistant, lucky to get that camera time, was cast in the role of trying to guess the piece of meat, as she looked at pictures of meat flashed on the screen. She played the ditz, got it wrong and everyone laughed. He asked her if she wanted to play again. Playing the patsy, she did. She never did get one right.
Some things are just really hard to watch.
This isn't the dance of equals, like Brad and Angelina meeting on the set of Mr. and Mrs. Smith and leaving Jennifer to be America's aging sweetheart. This isn't watching Julia Roberts get serially engaged to one leading man after another until she finds settles on Danny for her happily ever after. This isn't Tom making babies with Bridget and Gisele.
This isn't even a reality show where people sign up to exploit their bodies and bad habits.
It took a celebrity to prove that sex can't sell everything. Maybe even another season of the Late Show with David Letterman.
Nance Rosen is the author of Speak Up! & Succeed. She speaks to business audiences around the world and is a resource for press, including print, broadcast and online journalists and bloggers covering social media and careers.
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Tags: Brand, creepy, David Letterman, Late Show, Pul Newman, Sex, sexuality


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How Things Change
Most of us would like to see the future and see how things change for us. If there was a way of changing your life when you knew how things change, wouldn't it be great. If only we could change our lives as we went. Obviously this just doesn't happen. Maybe as an alternative we could learn from the experience of others. Here's an experience you may relate to.
It's a "long" summary of me and How Things Change in my life.
Sorry it's so long, but I am OLD in years but young at heart.
When I was a young teenager, about half a century ago, I was not sure what I wanted to do with my life?
When I spoke to my parents, and their friends and others I respected, I believed I would get some direction and good advice. Mostly they advised me to get a government job, keep my nose clean and retire at age 65. Then I could live happily ever after.
You will probably have had a similar conversation if you were brought up in the 60's and early 70's. Back then I was 17 and just out of school, I could actually imagine getting that wonderful job I would enjoy all of my working life.
So this was the way my thinking was colored as I moved through my teenage years into early adulthood.
When I started looking for that perfect JOB, they were relatively easy to find. My dream job was to become an Air Traffic Controller. I even got a Private Pilots License to give me a better chance of success. Went through a rigorous selection process, several interviews, psychological tests, and a medical. Passed everything until I got to the color blindness test.
Never knew I was red-green color blind until that day. This was the end of my dreams of becoming an Air Traffic Controller. As a consellation prize the recruiters offered me a job in the Department Of Civil Aviation.
There really should be an "Oh, how things change!" in here.
Not having any back-up plan, I ended up by default in the Australian Commonwealth Government in a pretty cushy position of Contracts Officer. It paid well, so I thought, as I had nothing to compare it with apart from a couple of part-time jobs working in my dad's garages.
how things change
I got married. We had two incomes, so we now had more money.
However, there were also more demands on that money, I had 2 mouths to feed, rent to pay on an apartment, we needed a second car and we had to save to buy a house. Very quickly we found we needed more money,
I started another part-time job. That was three incomes.
With the thinking I had instilled into me, I was supposed to accept our situation and just keep working hard and eventually everything would turn out okay.
Well it didn't work out okay. The house we could afford was not in the area we wanted, but in an area our incomes could afford. The schools weren't what we wanted, the only positive here was we wouldn't have high school fees. It wasn't close to our parents or our friends. This exercise of getting the wrong house took 3 years.
how things change
Soon we had three mouths to feed, then 4, then 5 and finally 6.
We decided to put a stop to the family expansion.
Well the "job" in fact any job, just wasn't going to be the forever income for our growing family. I still had a second job but we needed to do something different.
Our real search for an income and the lifestyle we dreamed of, had now begun.
Firstly it was MLM, and that lasted for many years. It gave us a respectable income, but we needed more. So I went out and got another JOB, selling on commission only. I went from one sales job to another looking for the "right" job, thinking it would be like the ideal government job. It became clear, I needed to work for myself to create a future for my family. It had to be a business of our own, where the income would eventually come from residual sales.
There were lots of positions offering the possibility of a residual income. I sold insurance, personal development programs, investment programs, real estate investment programs; you name it, I probably sold it. Not bad for a Contracts Officer.
This did give us a better lifestyle. We travelled overseas many times, had nice cars, moved house to an upscale suburb on the opposite side of town, sent the kids to a private college. This was over a period of about 20 years. It was a lot of hard work and we could never seem to relax. Lots of weekend work and many nights not at home. So maybe calling it a good lifestyle was not exactly true.
how things change
Then the internet was born, but it was very new. I liked the concept and bought one of the very first Apple Computers thinking this was the way of the future.
I even tried building a computer, not even understanding it needed special "software" to run the thing. We were still looking for the business that would put us on easy street. I was always trying something new that might work.
We now had two businesses rather than two jobs. All that meant was we worked a lot harder, and a lot longer.
Eventually it put a strain on our marriage which caused more financial problems and that finally led to divorce.
how things change
Our MLM business was still going and that did help with the finances. It also occurred to me that even after a few years with very little effort it still produced an income. With the divorce so went the MLM business.
I wanted to find a way to get an income that would go on forever, because some day I would have to stop working.. That day was getting closer and closer.
The computer seemed to be the answer. Not understanding how to make money online, one day while playing around, I met a lady online. Her name was Michelle and she only lived 10,098 miles away.
We typed conversations (no video back then) for about 6 months and eventually I went to meet her. Did I mention I was an Australian and Michelle lived in Florida?
In just a week Michelle and I decided we would come back and live together in Australia.
how things change
I still had my job as a sales manager for a Real Estate Investment company and had quite a respectable income. It was commission only.
We got married, bought a beautiful Great Dane Puppy who we called Abbey, and life was good for a few years. Then one day we got a call from Michelle's mum. She had some serious challenges and needed us to come home to Pennsylvania to look after her. We sold up most of what we had accumulated including a Mercedes that I really loved, packed up everything else and shipped it to America. When we got to California, Abbey had such a bad trip on the plane; instead of flying to Pennsylvania, we hired a car in Los Angeles and drove the rest of the way to Meadville, Pennsylvania.
how are things going to change for you?
Can you see any pattern in my story?
Can you see how I needed to change my life.
Lots of plans, lots of dreams, that don't go the way you expect.
How much control do we actually have over our lives.
If you look at your life, have you had similar things happen to you?
Things that take you away from your dreams and aspirations.
As a Contracts Officer, did I ever for one moment think I would eventually be living in America, with a wife that came from Florida? Talk about changing my life!
how things change
Where we live in Pennsylvania, there is no Investment Real Estate opportunities to make money.
Michelle and her Mum had always wanted a thrift store.
So Everybody's Store was born.
Michelle & I built this store from scratch. We ran the business for 9 years and never bought any stock. We gave back to the community and in turn they supported us with their purchases and donations.
how things change
Four years after we arrived in America, we lost Michelle's mum. This resulted in a 2 year Court Case. A very traumatic time in our lives.
There were a couple of other jobs with relatively good income, and it was at this point I started to look at the computer again.
I found affiliate marketing, but didn't have a clue on how to even get started. The idea of running a computer business died.
how things change
I was born with a bicuspid heart valve and In 2013, I needed a heart valve replacement, a new aortic valve, a new ascending aorta and three bypasses to put it all together. After that I had 2 strokes which thankfully had no lasting effects and then 2 years ago I was diagnosed with Cancer. I'll post about this cancer at a later time as it has been life changing for us. I have not had Chemo, Surgery or Radiation, all the treatment has been done with diet. This is a message I do want to pass on as it can help save countless lives.
how things change
Between 2013 and 2015 we got involved with a number of affiliate marketing groups that cost us several thousand dollars for the experience. The only one that didn't cost anything was Wealthy Affiliates. But we knew anything that is free wouldn't be any good. So we disregarded it.
Back to searching for a job. Tried several but couldn't find anything with a residual income,
only jobs that paid just enough to keep the wolf from the door.
Now it is August 2018, and back to the computer, we came across Wealthy Affiliates. We thought we'd better sign up and give it a try since it was free.
To our surprise we were ALREADY members, and had been since June 2015.
We're here today to tell you how great this business is.
WA waited for us to catch up.
To see why we are so passionate about Wealthy Affiliates follow this link, become a free member and take a look at what you get for free. Changing my life, made all the difference.
Your personal journey will be incredible. How things change for you will determine your grit and will probably change your life.
Rob & Michelle


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This quick guide will help you learn what types of images work best in Facebook, Instagram, and Google remarketing ads. We've put everything you need to know in one place, so you never have to commit it to memory (unless you want to).
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Croatia is made for lovers. Its polished limestone streets are made for slow strolls. Its sun-soaked vineyards are made for soulful conversations and wine-tastings. Its coves are made for digging your feet into the sand, side by side, while you watch the sun set. Who needs Cupid when you've got Croatia?
But Croatia's ROWmantic allure goes beyond the obvious Mediterranean beachside draws (read here: sipping sundowners by the sea and swimming in secret coves off the private yacht). To further inspire you and your love bug to catch the travel bug, we've gathered a list of Croatia's top romantic moments.
Here are the top 10 Romantic Experiences in Croatia:
1. Sharing a Licitar Heart
The way to the heart is through the stomach, right? Licitar Hearts are little gingerbread hearts that have been tried, tested, and never been bested. Not only are they delicious, but they are listed on UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage List. So you're basically consuming Croatian history in its most fundamental form. And expressing "heart"-felt feelings.
2. Find Your Way to Galešnjak
Ah, the lover's island. Small, uninhabited, and shaped like a heart—what more could two lovebirds ask for? It wasn't until Google Earth spotted this uniquely heart-shaped island in 2009 that it gained popularity. This Isle of Love is now the top couples' destination in the world.
3. Strolling along Stradun Street
Stradun Street, sometimes known as Placa Street, is Dubrovnik's primary promenade. A wide polished stone street runs between two town gates and thrums as the city's urban heart. The semi-Parisian feel is intoxicating, and it's easy to fall in love with the gleam of city lights reflecting off Stradun's smooth stones.
4. Island Hopping Croatia's 1,246 Islands
Well, maybe not all 1,246 islands. But some of the best. With so many islands, it's easy to have the Adriatic waterways all to yourself—especially on ROW's private yacht Romanca. You can pretty much choose the island that best floats your love boat.
Looking to make a love connection with dolphins? Check out Cres and Lošinj Islands, a brief boatride away from one another. Hoping to find some distance from the tourist bustle and find a passion of the soul on a higher plane of existence? Šćedro Island's pine woodlands hide the relics of a Roman villa, an Illyrian tumuli and a 15th century Dominican monastery.
5. Stunning Sunsets
There's no arguing with Alfred Hitchcock, who once proclaimed, "Zadar has the most beautiful sunset in the world, more beautiful than the one in Key West, Florida." Zadar's famous sunsets are now even better with the Sun Salutation art installation, a sweeping circle of solar panels that glow as the sun sets. The installation collects energy throughout the day, so you and your honey bunny never catch the same show twice.
6. Visit Dubrovnik and Walk its Walls
Dubrovnik's marble streets, well-preserved Baroque, Gothic and Renaissance architecture and turquoise waters have earned the city the epithet as the "Pearl of the Adriatic." With its impressive UNESCO protected walls towering over the city and Mediterranean flair, it's not surprising that Romantic hotshot Lord Byron lost himself in passion and paradise here. It's also a major film location for The Game of Thrones, though the film's bloody legacy doesn't put a damper on Dubrovnik's romantic ambience.
7. Drinking Croatian Wine…Anywhere
Anthony Bourdain fell in love with Croatian wine. So should you. Great Croatian wine and rows of dusty vineyards can be found sprinkled throughout Croatia, though if you have to choose, Pelješac peninsula is where it's at. Great oyster farms are right there, too: it's a perfect pairing (much like you and your loved one).
8. Get Lost… and Found… in Hvar
Hvar, and its main hub of Hvar Town, are Croatia's Côte d'Azur. The small bay is always bustling with pedestrians, partiers and people lounging on idyllic beaches. It has history, marble streets, a seaside promenade, Gothic palaces, and plenty of coastline to be explored.
9. Cruising on the Romanca
There's nothing better than cruising Croatia's coastlines on a private yacht, and our chartered Romanca has it all. A gleaming deck to watch the sunset from. Elegant rooms to luxuriate in. Delicious, masterful cuisine prepared with a Taste of Croatia just for you. The Romanca lives up to its name, and it's the type of ROWmance that stays with you through the ages.
10. Finding the Odysseus Cave
Odysseus Couldn't Make Himself Leave the Adriatic's Sapphire Waters! Okay—to be fair, Homer's Odysseus couldn't leave Croatia's waters because Calypso wouldn't let him. According to legend, the nymph Calypso held Odysseus captive in a secluded cave on Mljet's southern coast. You can dive into the sea and enter the cave, aptly known as Odysseus Cave, and see where the sun casts a iridescent spectrum of colors into the waves. Odysseus sure didn't have it too bad, but Calypso's love went unrequited.


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09-01-2019 11:41 AM - last edited on 03-12-2020 09:57 AM by SamsungJace
Is there any way to turn on a receiver (Denon S750H) via a Samsung TV (a Q80R, in this case)? I have HDMI-CDC (Anynet+) set up, so turning off the TV turns off the receiver, and the Samsung remote will adust the receiver's volume. When I turn on the TV, however, the receiver does not turn on. I can get it to turn on if I go to "Sources", select the Denon, click "up", then select AnyNet+, but it's a lot easier to just push a button the Denon remote! It would be nice if there were a simpler way to turn everything on.
09-01-2019 12:55 PM - last edited on 03-12-2020 09:59 AM by SamsungJace
Have you checked the receiver settings to see if there is an option to allow being turned on from standby?
09-01-2019 02:44 PM - last edited on 03-12-2020 10:00 AM by SamsungJace
Yes- the HDMI-CEC settings are all enabled. However, the "on" command has to come from the TV, since I want to stream using the TV's apps. I suspect that this is just an annoying feature of Samsung TVs, but figured I'd checkto see if anybody has come up with a clever solution or workaround.
09-01-2019 02:55 PM - last edited on 03-12-2020 10:00 AM by SamsungJace
Unfortunately we cannot guarantee compatibility with third party devices.
09-02-2019 03:46 PM - last edited on 03-12-2020 10:00 AM by SamsungJace
Understood, but in this case, compatibility doesn't seem to be a problem- the Samsung can control the Denon when it's on. I think this is a bug, or at least a design choice, with the TV- it's not sending the "on" command. At the very least, there should be an icon on the home screen to turn the receiver on.
09-17-2019 08:49 PM - last edited on 03-12-2020 10:00 AM by SamsungJace
Okay, "Gill", First off: CEC is a standard. STAN-DARD. Like, if Samsung followed the STANDARD then maybe this wouldn't be a problem.
If Samsung does not want to conform to the STANDARD, then maybe they should remove "HDMI-CEC" from their marketing materials, as listed on this page: https://www.samsung.com/us/televisions-home-theater/tvs/qled-4k-tvs/65-class-q90r-qled-smart-4k-uhd-...
So are we clear now that Samsung says they conform to the CEC Standard?
I've been dealing with the same issue with a new Q90R. Our decade old Panasonic controlled the power of our receiver just fine.
The internet is full of people trying to get Samsung CEC to work, and some people have luck, other people don't, and nobody can tell why.
How about Samsung support stops trying to deflect problems with its products?
09-17-2019 08:59 PM - last edited on 03-12-2020 10:00 AM by SamsungJace
Sorry for the angry tone, but:
1) unhelpful customer service
2) longstanding industry baloney
= double triggered
09-18-2019 06:10 AM - last edited on 03-12-2020 10:01 AM by SamsungJace
It seems like they are compatible with HDMI-CEC, since once the receiver is on, the Samsung can control the volume and turn the unit off. Control over the Roku is perfectly fine as well. My guess is that there was a deliberate decision by Samsung to not turn on the receiver when you turn on the TV, so that it could better work with Bixby in an "always on" manner- you wouldn't want to wait for the receiver to turn on before getting back a voice search result.
Two problems with this: First, why can't Samsung state this explicitly? Second, why can't Samsung add a simple control to the Home screen which allows the receiver to be turned on?
Seems like an easily fixable oversight, but lack of good customer service support is very annoying.
09-18-2019 01:16 PM - last edited on 03-12-2020 10:01 AM by SamsungJace
Same problem here, my old TV - UE65KS8000 handled my Denon without issued unfortunately it died so I have "upgraded" to QE65Q70. Now while I can control my amp with my TV remote and it goes to sleep when I turn the TV, it does not wake up when TV goes on. All enabled and connected as it just does not work. Good to know I am not the only person having this issue...
10-18-2019 08:01 AM - last edited on 03-12-2020 10:01 AM by SamsungJace
I completely agree with this post. HDMI-CEC is an industry standard protocol but Samsung's software implementation is terrible. I too have the same issue. It's not only denon receivers but yamaha receivers as well. I have a sony TV that I replaced with a Samsung TV and my 1080p Sony works fine. I can turn on the TV and my yamaha receiver will automatically turn on as well. Sometimes the Samsung TV doesn't switch to the correct HDMI port like a blu-ray player when you turn it on, I have to manually go to the receiver and select the input source which practically defeats the purpose of HDMI-CEC. It's just not making sense!! I hope Samsung will issue a software fix to all these issues. I tried all the troubleshooting I can imagine but nothing works. Just wondering if all Samsung TV's are CEC certified maybe not.


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Defending champion Sergio Garcia, runner up in 2013, is aiming to become the first man to retain the Mother of Pearl Trophy
Last year's Qatar Masters came down to a tense play-off. A final day charge by the previous year's runner-up Sergio Garcia, who closed with 65, took him to 16 under and into the clubhouse as leader. But Mikko Ilonen birdied two of the last three holes to force a sudden-death play-off down the par-5 18th. Both got on the green in two, but Ilonen missed his eagle putt from 30ft and Garcia his from 15ft. Second time down the hole, Ilonen missed an eagle from 20ft for victory after Garcia had got up and down from a greenside bunker. Third time down Illonen found the same bunker as Garcia had but, unlike Garcia, could not get up and down from it and so Garcia took the title, his 11th on the European Tour.
Venue: Doha Golf Club, Qatar
Date: January 21-24
Course stats: par 72, 7,400 yards
Purse: €2,500,000 Winner: €353,257
Defending Champion: Sergio Garcia (-16)
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Sergio Garcia – "I just feel very comfortable here. I had come close to winning a few times, so it was nice to get over the line last year. So I have some good memories, and hopefully they can inspire me to have another successful Qatar Masters. "
Justin Rose – "I finished last season playing really well and I want to build on that in Doha. I enjoyed myself at the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters a couple of years ago and felt increasingly comfortable on the course and want to really have another go at it this time."
Mikko Ilonen – "I feel quite good going into this week, as last year in Abu Dhabi I missed the cut, and this year I made it. This time last year I was struggling with a problem in my left leg, and I couldn't really get through the ball. So the course will probably play a little shorter than it did for me last year, when I was only hitting it at about 90 per cent."
Key hole: 18th. It may be 589 yards, but it offers up a surprising number of eagle putts. So it's not over til it's over.


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This robotic musician uses miniature solenoids to tap out melodies on a toy xylophone. The Adafruit Grand Central M4 controls each of the eight solenoids using CircuitPython, one of the fastest growing programming languages, specifically designed to simplify experimenting and learning.
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Adafruit Grand Central M4 Express featuring the SAMD51
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Hook-up Wire Spool Set - 22AWG Solid Core - 6 x 25 ft
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Samsung actually fixed the Note 5's silly stylus problem
Samsung actually listened. After some Note 5s were damaged by people storing their S Pens the wrong way – causing approximately two minutes of internet commotion – the company appears to have gone and redesigned the pen slot to prevent people from damaging their devices.
Previously, if you were fumbling about in the dark or otherwise not paying attention, you could insert the stylus the wrong way and find it stuck inside the phone. If you tried to remove it, you'd damage the mechanism that detects when the pen has been ejected.
That meant losing many of the Note 5's most useful features, including the ability to start writing on the screen as soon as you remove the pen.
While Samsung first simply tried to provide a clearer warning, Phandroid notes that newer shipments of the phone actually include a completely new eject mechanism:
To be clear, the change doesn't stop you from inserting the stylus backwards; it simply lets it slide back out without breaking anything.
It's nice to see Samsung fixed the problem without waiting for the next model. While you probably shouldn't have inserted your pen backwards in the first place, this should provide a little extra peace of mind.
➤ Samsung seems to have quietly fixed the Galaxy Note 5's S-Pen issue
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Dating has changed a lot in the past few decades, for better and for worse. It's great that meeting someone new is so easy now, but the rise of online dating has also opened the door for a peculiar new scam called 'catfishing.'
Catfishing is an online con where someone assumes a new identity in order to seduce a stranger on the internet. Some people do this for companionship, because they feel like their own identity isn't good enough. Others do it in order to trap people into handing over money or services.
Like the "Can you hear me?" phone scam, there are lots of telltale signs that you can use to spot a scammer early on.
These con artists love to operate in shady corners of the internet, but might also approach you on totally trustworthy sites, like online dating platforms or social media.
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I just closed my laptop lid and then opened it again about five times in a row. Honestly? This week at work has been really hard, more challenging than ever, and right now I'm full of butterflies. The minute I'm done writing this I'm going to go sit at the piano and sing my heart out. The temptation is of course, to stop writing and just get straight to it, but if all of the 'top tips for bloggers' sites agree on anything, it's that you have to be consistent. Blogging every Sunday except for when you don't want to, doesn't quite cut it.
You know what? If this week has taught me anything it is that I have some amazing people in my life. Not only have I been reminded that the people in my life will support and love me no matter what, but I've found that many of the new people in my life are just as incredible.
AND you know what? The past week aside, this weekend has been great!
I very nearly backed out of doing anything and opted for a weekend curled up in bed in pyjamas. Instead, I walked 'round the corner to my best friends house. We spent Friday evening, talking everything through, drinking tea and listening to music. By the time I left, she had me convinced I could get on with it and have myself a good weekend.
So on Saturday, I jumped on a train and headed up to Birmingham to visit one of my friends and we went along to the Mostly Jazz, Funk and Soul Festival at Moseley Park. It was pretty awesome. The atmosphere was amazing. The rain held off until midnight. The music was varied and brilliant. The artists were all modest, appreciative and talented and each one of them looked like they were having the time of their life. The biggest names were Craig Charles (who was in attendance despite a leg injury and whizzed around all day on a mobility scooter) and Average White Band (who I didn't think I'd heard of until they started playing hits like 'Let's go round again' and I found somehow, I knew all of the words). Brian Augar was there too and I think he might have been my favourite. For those who don't know, he's a jazz keyboardist and he's super cool. There was such a diverse audience of people too. I hadn't known what to expect in the lead up, but I'll definitely attend a jazz festival again and whether you enjoy jazz, funk or soul, or not, I'd definitely recommend it!
Today I came home to the smell of a very yummy lamb roast lunch, my dad announced that he has booked a summer holiday for us all, to celebrate his 50th birthday, and I've had time to finally sort my room out.
I'm moving forward; onwards and upwards! After all, everything should be that little bit easier to handle with a holiday on the horizon…


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If you have worked in IT for long enough, then you probably remember the relentless marketing push from some of the major public cloud providers a few years ago, in which they tried to get customers to move all of their resources to the public cloud. In spite of these marketing efforts, however, it soon became apparent that some workloads are better suited to running on-premises. An organization might, for instance, have privacy or regulatory concerns regarding a particular application and its data, or it might simply cost less to run the application on-premises.
In spite of the fact that some workloads need to remain on-premises, it is difficult to deny the appeal of the public cloud. Cloud providers such as Amazon® and Microsoft® eliminate the up-front infrastructure acquisition costs that would normally be associated with deploying a new workload. Furthermore, cloud providers offer an unprecedented degree of workload flexibility and scalability.
Needless to say, there was a desire among IT professionals to realize these same benefits for workloads that were running on-premises. This led some organizations to develop private clouds, which are essentially privately owned, scaled-down versions of the public cloud infrastructure (or at least something that loosely resembles it).
Hybrid clouds came about because of the management problems that so often occurred in private cloud environments. Even if an organization ran most of its workloads in a private cloud, it was still likely to have workloads running in the public cloud too. Hybrid clouds sought to provide a consistent management experience for both public and private resources—and to make it easier to establish connectivity between these resources.
If you have ever used a public cloud environment, such as AWS® or Azure®, you know the provider allows subscribers to use a web interface to create virtual machine instances and other resources. Hybrid clouds offer the same capabilities. In doing so, however, corporate IT takes on the role of a cloud provider, and the organization's various workgroups act as tenants. In essence, each section acts as a sort of mini IT department.
Of course, most people do not have the skills of a trained IT professional—the organization's IT department has to put some controls in place to make it easier for tenants to create resources and to do so in a secure manner. Each hybrid cloud solution works a little bit differently, but in most cases, the IT department creates a series of templates and service catalogs.
Templates control the deployment of resources. A virtual machine template, for example, might automate the creation of a virtual machine. The template would control the hardware resources that are allocated to the virtual machine, as well as the virtual machine's OS configuration. The template may also include a preconfigured application.
The service catalog consists of a list of resources the IT department has made available to each tenant. A tenant can choose virtual machines and other resources from the service catalog and deploy those resources with only a few clicks. Because the resources have been generated from a preconfigured template via the organization's IT department, they are guaranteed to be configured in a way that adheres to the organization's various policies.
One thing that makes a hybrid cloud different from a private cloud is that workloads may be placed on-premises or on a public cloud, and if necessary, can be migrated between the two. In fact, it is common for on-premises resources to use public cloud resources for scalability purposes. For instance, an application server might use public cloud resources to temporarily scale to accommodate a demand spike.
In short, a hybrid cloud offers the ultimate in flexibility and scalability. The architecture keeps the IT department firmly in control while giving authorized users the ability to deploy preconfigured resources without requiring IT department intervention.
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How to survive Indian trains
Now I tried to read up on this before I left for India. I used Hippie In Heels blog post as a guide which was really helpful. Really though you'll discover how to navigate the trains once you are actually there and forced to use them.
Booking tickets
To book our tickets we used tour agencies, they take commission but to be honest we'd rather pay them 50-100 rupees than have the hassle of queuing up ourselves. You'll need your passport with you to purchase tickets as they use it as ID. We cannot book tickets online as we are foreigners so you'll either have to use an agent or queue up yourself at the station.
Millions of Indians use the trains everyday in India. We had to book our tickets at least a week ahead as they get booked very quickly. Sometimes you'll be put on the waiting list and given a number, you'll most likely get a seat as they open up seats saved for government officials.
Carriages: 2AC/3AC/Sleeper/Chair
This is something of the old fashioned caste system which doesn't really seem to be so vivid anymore. We've experienced 2AC, 3AC, sleeper and chair. Obviously you pay more higher the class. If you want a fairly good night's sleep go for 3AC up as they give you sheets, pillow and a thick heavy blanket. You may think you won't need a blanket but with air con blasting out even your toes will get cold. Sleeper was not so fun as Fran and I ended up covered in dust on our way to Jaisalmer and being woken up at 3am by the family leaving below.
To be honest my best journey was on chair class on our way from Agra to Delhi. At first I wasn't feeling well and the limited space wasn't great but soon we were talking to people and being entertained by the neighbouring baby. The best part was Lydia and I serenading the carriage with the Les Miserables soundtrack. There was much more of a camaraderie on board compared to the other classes.
Check out my Indian train station rules blog post.
No announcements
It gets confusing. We ran up and down platforms trying to figure out which carriage we were supposed to be on. Sometimes the train is on a board like in Kolkata however, that was the first and last station we found that did that. We asked people and being foreign they wanted to help us. When you're on the train there are no C2C announcements of which station is coming up next. We kept an eye on the time, asked fellow passengers or sometimes just looked out of the window until we saw a sign.
Get comfy – it's a long ride
Now you have to remember India is a large country. To get across the other side of England it'll take about 6 hours…in India times that by 4 or 5. The journeys can go surprisingly quickly if you talk to passengers, read, write in your journal and just enjoy the scenery outside. Be prepared for delays, breakdowns and cancelled trains. On our way from Kerala to Bangalore the engine stopped working and we were stuck for about 3 hours having no idea what to do. Be patient and just go with it, what else are you going to do? We found Indian children liked talking to us so they could practice their English. On our way to Hampi a kind Indian man gave us a book about an American yogi who travelled across Europe to get to India. He wrote a sweet message inside and wished us good travels.
Funny things will happen
In the Indian style toilet I accidentally pulled the flush tap off the wall causing water to rush out and fill the little room. I ran out bumping into a Japanese traveller who burst out laughing at the sight. I searched up and down the carriages (at midnight) for an attendant. Finally I found one playing cards with his friends, I waved my hands up and down trying to explain through our language barrier. Thankfully they managed to fix the problem.
Lydia found the beds too short for her long legs. Her feet hilariously stuck out, propping open the door. Indians are funny about feet and I had people tap me asking me to move her sleeping feet out of their way.
I only spotted one mouse (or was it a rat?) in a carriage and that was 2AC. Fran said she had seen a couple. There are two toilets each side of a carriage: one Indian style (squat) and the other Western style. Try not to touch too much as they aren't the cleanest. Always carry hand sanitizer!
We made the mistake once not bringing food with us on a long train journey. We were starving and to our misfortune no sellers were on the train, usually there are loads! After a couple of hours we finally pulled into a station, Lydia flew out of the carriage and ran across the platform buying up lots of crisps and biscuits. Not the healthiest but much needed.
Help is at hand!
These guys were the best. They carried our super heavy luggage (on their heads?!) along the long Kolkata platform for a worthy 100 rupees.


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