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Heddy Lamar A Beauty and a Brain

Heddy Lamar A Beauty and a Brain

Heddy Lamar holds a Patent for LTE Technology

How a Hollywood Star, an LTE Patent, a dinner with Hitler make your life easier

This lovely Hollywood icon may just be the reason you can read this today.

Heddy Lamar a Beauty and a Brain.  She was a Beauty.  That is unmistakable.  But she was also a Brain of monumental importance.  She holds the patent for LTE technology which she conceived while playing “stupid” at dinner parties with Hitler and her first husband.

LTE Technology is the reason that you can work using wifi, it is part of the next evolution of mobile and when you use your cell phone or, over the next few years, as you experience super-fast wireless Internet access, you’ll be using an extension of the technology a 20- year-old actress first conceived while sitting at dinner with Hitler. Read the rest of this entry

The Times They are Changin’

The Times They are Changin’

“The Times They Are A Changin'”

Come gather ’round people Wherever you roam
And admit that the waters Around you have grown
And accept it that soon You’ll be drenched to the bone
If your time to you Is worth savin’ Then you better start swimmin’Times they are Changin
Or you’ll sink like a stone For the times they are a-changin’.

Come writers and critics Who prophesize with your pen
And keep your eyes wide The chance won’t come again
And don’t speak too soon For the wheel’s still in spin
And there’s no tellin’ who That it’s namin’
For the loser now Will be later to win
For the times they are a-changin’.

Come senators, congressmen Please heed the call
Don’t stand in the doorway Don’t block up the hall
For he that gets hurt Will be he who has stalled
There’s a battle outside And it is ragin’
It’ll soon shake your windows And rattle your walls
For the times they are a-changin’.

Come mothers and fathers Throughout the land
And don’t criticize What you can’t understand
Your sons and your daughters Are beyond your command
Your old road is Rapidly agin’
Please get out of the new one If you can’t lend your hand
For the times they are a-changin’.

The line it is drawn The curse it is cast
The slow one now Will later be fast
As the present now Will later be past
The order is Rapidly fadin’
And the first one now Will later be last
For the times they are a-changin’.

 Bob Dylan’s Album released January 1964

What goes around comes around – Read the Lyrics!


Bob Dylan The Times They are Changing

Does She Talk Too Much?

Does She Talk Too Much?

She May Talk Too Much but She is Funny

Does she talk too much?  Some people say that women talk too much.  This little one does seem to fit that profile.  But does she talk too much?  As a talker from a early age and she certainly implies she has something to say!  This video is so funny!  We know that some babies have a language of their own and sometimes twins can understand each other but I have never heard this much come forth at once!  Wonder what in the world she is talking about and what she needs to be satisfied?

Does she talk too Much?

Do women talk more than men? Proverbs and sayings in many languages express the view that women are always talking:

Women’s tongues are like lambs’ tails – they are never still. –English

The North Sea will sooner be found wanting in water than a woman at a loss for words. –Jutlandic

The woman with active hands and feet, marry her, but the woman with overactive mouth, leave well alone. –Maori

Some suggest that while women talk, men are silent patient listeners.

When both husband and wife wear pants it is not difficult to tell them apart – he is the one who is listening. –AmericanNothing is so unnatural as a talkative man or a quiet woman. –Scottish

Others indicate that women’s talk is not valued but is rather considered noisy, irritating prattle:

Where there are women and geese, there’s noise. –Japanese.

What do you think?  Does she talk too much?

Best use of Facebook for B2B

Best use of Facebook for B2B

The Best use of Facebook for B2B Marketers

The Best use of Facebook for B2B Marketers is not the same as a personal facebook page.  Many B2B marketers approach Facebook and all social media with the knowledge of how to maintain a personal profile.  But getting results from a business Page for their B2B company is often a lot more difficult. There are two basic things you need to know about managing a Facebook Page for a B2B company.

1)  You must post compelling content that your audience (people who like the Page) will engage with. Facebook  only shows popular content in the newsfeed.

2)  The second thing to know is that you need to include calls to action, both on the Page and on any tabs to either get traffic on your company website or get them to take immediate action.

Of course, the list of ‘how to’ is endless and depends on the goals, the industry and the business itself.  It is much more difficult to see the results of social media efforts for B2B over B2C but the statistics support the benefits of implementing these methods.

A Really good resource for B2B Facebook page is Social Media B2B.  I have included a partial list of actions from their post:

Getting Likes for your Page

1. Ask your staff, customers, vendors, and partners — who already know you and like you — to “Like” your Facebook page first. (source)

What to Post or Facebook Content

2. Share lots of photos, and ask your fans to share photos. Facebook’s Photos remain the most viral feature of its platform. (source)

3. Write for the newsfeed, not for your wall. (source)

4. Don’t worry about writing too little. (source)

5. Be strategic and pay attention to signal vs. noise. (source)

6. Write posts that encourage sharing across the network. (source)

7. Boost your comments by asking questions, but stay away from simple Yes/No answers. (source)

8. Mix it up a little between videos, photos, questions and information (source)

9. Use the 80-20 rule to determine how much other people’s content to post versus your own. (source)

10. Use @ tagging strategically. (source)

Analyze and Optimize Content

24. Use Edgerank to find your best & worst days. (source)

25. Monitor which posts attract the most Likes and comments (eyeball), and use Insights – Facebook’s own analytics tool – for data. (source)

26. Track the Performance of Your Posts. (source)

Monetization or Calls to Action

27. Treat your Facebook “Like” button or link to your Facebook Page like any call to action – make it easy to spot. (source)

28. Encourage others to share your calls to action, so they show up in their newsfeed. (source)

National Sleep Day and Jamison Mattress

National Sleep Day and Jamison Mattress

National Sleep Day and Jamison Mattress

A testimony for Jamison Mattress on National Sleep Day.  National Sleep Day is set aside by our lawmakers to remind us that sleep matters.  The bedding industry reinforces this message.  This is not an advertisement for Jamison Mattress but it is an endorsement borne of personal experience.

National Sleep Day is January 3

Who knew that there was a day our nation dedicated to sleep?  Having spent the last 8 days in my bed with the flu, I am anxious to be part of the rest of the world for a while.  But I do LOVE my sleep.

As I age, I realize the importance that sleep habits and patterns play in our overall well being.  In fact, some of the things learned just this year about sleep are:

  1. Too LITTLE Sleep can increase risk of stroke and other cardiovascular illness – even in people without the usual risk factors, like smoking, a lack of physical activity, or high blood pressure.   Possibly because short sleep increases blood pressure and alters hormones.
  2. Too MUCH Sleep can also increase risks for  the heart, according to a study published in March. Researchers found that people who slept eight or more hours a night had a higher risk for cardiovascular problems including stroke, congestive heart failure and heart attack.
  3. Sleep DEPRIVATION leads to immune system issues and poor eating habits.  A study tracked responses to images of unhealthy and healthy foods and found that on the nights participants got just four hours of sleep, they experienced greater activity in the reward and motivation areas of their brains, suggesting increased vulnerability to the unhealthy picks and poor decision making.

My Jamison Mattress is the Best Investment Ever

National Sleep Day seems a fitting time to tell you about the Jamison Mattress I own.  I could not be happier with the quality and exceptional comfort of the mattress.  About 8 years ago after suffering from tossing and turning all night, I invested in a Jamison pillowtop mattress.  I do not know the name of the particular style but I do know that it is the best investment I have ever made.

My friends have actually requested overnights and sent my husband out of town just for the chance of sleeping on my mattress (note: I did not say sleeping in my bed ).  My grandchildren bicker over who gets to sleep with Nana in her bed and they sleep long and sound.  My family all know that the mattress is top of the line and each seek to experience the comfort and actual nurturing that it provides.

photo by: peasap