tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44762154687890933342024-03-13T07:25:29.533+00:00Yobunny BlogYobunny is the cyberhome of two small rural businesses in Cumbria: Astarte Web Design, Burton Tech Support plus various community and hobby projects: BurtonWeb, Canalia Hand-Painted Canalware, The Crochety Rabbit and Yobunny Enterprises.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4476215468789093334.post-54670807746341528892018-08-17T16:35:00.000+01:002018-08-17T16:35:06.656+01:00How Brexit will affect your EU domain ownership<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The UK is to leave the EU in March 2019, so this means that <a href="https://eurid.eu/en/" target="_blank">EURid </a>(European Registry for Internet Domains) has been instructed by the <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/" target="_blank">European Commission </a>that non-EU residents will no longer be able to register .eu domains, or renew any existing .eu domains, unless they also have an EU address. once the UK leaves the EU.</div>
<br />There are two relevant dates determined so far and EURid will therefore be terminating all .eu domain names registered to UK addresses on one of two dates:<br /><br />° 30 March 2019 if the UK exits the EU with no deal<br />° 1 January 2021 if the UK exits the EU with a deal<br /><br />There is, as mentioned, one exception to the blanket loss of all .eu domain names:<br /><br /><b>How to keep your .eu domain name</b><br />If you have a legitimate EU postal address, you can use it as your domain's admin contact. If this is the case we would need to change the admin contact details on the domain file to an address within the EU. <u>Note that this must be a valid address connected with the business.</u><br /><br /><b>What if I don't have an EU postal address?</b><br />Unfortunately, this means that you will lose your EU domain on one of the two dates above.<br /><br /><b>Further reading:</b><br />EURid (European domain registry) notice:<br /><a href="https://eurid.eu/en/register-a-eu-domain/brexit-notice/">https://eurid.eu/en/register-a-eu-domain/brexit-notice/</a><br />Europa (European Commission) notice:<br /><a href="https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/news/notice-stakeholders-withdrawal-united-kingdom-and-eu-rules-eu-domain-names">https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/news/notice-stakeholders-withdrawal-united-kingdom-and-eu-rules-eu-domain-names</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4476215468789093334.post-57128624577402148192015-10-23T16:07:00.003+01:002015-10-23T16:07:42.797+01:00Breaking news of major cyber-attack on TalkTalkHeads Up for TalkTalk customers... breaking news of major cyber-attack on TalkTalk, "The phone and broadband provider, which has over four million UK customers, said banking details and personal information could have been accessed." <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-34611857">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-34611857</a><span style="color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
Follow up to this story about what to do, or more importantly what not to do if you think you may be affected by the data loss / hacking issue... <a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/talktalk-cyber-attack-what-not-to-do-if-you-think-you-might-affected-and-how-to-stay-safe-a6706301.html">http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/talktalk-cyber-attack-what-not-to-do-if-you-think-you-might-affected-and-how-to-stay-safe-a6706301.html</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4476215468789093334.post-44418327994181439102013-03-03T01:07:00.000+00:002013-03-03T01:07:52.243+00:00HTML5 loophole<span class="userContent">Lots of web developers are saying how
wonderful html5 is, but perhaps everyone with a website should read this
story about a major loophole in html5 which allows a malformed or
malicious website to fill up your hard drive space! Yes really! Newest
isn't always best! <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21628622" rel="nofollow nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21628622</a></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4476215468789093334.post-11799003123465819992013-03-03T01:01:00.000+00:002013-03-03T01:01:08.000+00:00BJ Morgan [author] new websiteWe are thrilled to be able to announce the launch of the new website for BJ Morgan [author]. Here you will be able to contact BJ Morgan via the message tab, read reviews of his books, and keep up with the latest news about new titles. Please do pop over and check it out: <a href="http://bjmorgan-author.yobunny.co.uk/">http://bjmorgan-author.yobunny.co.uk/</a><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4476215468789093334.post-2117951306537581442013-03-01T18:40:00.000+00:002013-03-01T18:40:51.350+00:00Have your say - YouGov paid surveysThere are so many scams around at the moment, it's hard to know what to trust and what not to, so we thought we'd bring you something we know is legitimate. How do we know? Because we've been members of the YouGov survey panels for a number of years. They ask us to complete surveys, and they do pay as they say they will. OK, so it's not a lot (between 25p - £1 per survey) but it adds up, and the surveys are interesting.<br />
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you love the canals, or have been on a canal camp or work weekend with
wrg (waterway recovery group) or any of the myriad of canal societies
throughout the country, or if just like reading about cooking, our
latest title is for you. <br />
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Written by Anne Nichols, who spent most
of the 1990s feeding a team of volunteers as they worked on some of the
most interesting and arduous canal restoration projects. From
Chichester to Lancaster, Droitwich to Barnsley, Anne criss-crossed the
country in the back of a Transit van to feed anything from six to a
thousand hungry navvies. <br />
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This is her story of life as a navvies'
cook, where the emphasis is on good food and lots of it. At the end of
each chapter is one of Anne's recipes for you to try out at home. <br />
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a dirty weekend?</b> will give you the flavour of what the canal
restoration movement is all about, and you will meet some of its most
endearing and amusing people.<br />
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Anne's Blog: <a href="http://anne-nichols-author.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">http://anne-nichols-author.blogspot.co.uk/ </a><br />
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A must for any waterways enthusiast! <br />
Buy now on Amazon: <a data-mce-href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00AR154RQ" href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00AR154RQ" target="_blank" title="fancy a dirty weekend? by anne nichols">http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00AR154RQ</a><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4476215468789093334.post-32794971909824931072012-04-25T17:54:00.001+01:002012-04-25T17:56:33.886+01:00<a href="http://www.findmadeleine.com/" target="_blank"><img alt="Missing British girl Madeleine McCann" src="http://www.findmadeleine.com/images/april2012/madeleine_splash_image.png" width="350" /></a>
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The Metropolitan Police have issued a new age-progression image of missing British child Madeleine McCann who disappeared as a 3 year old in Portugal on Thursday 3 May 2007. Madeleine would now be 9 years old and the image produced is how it is anticipated she may look. If you have any information about Madeleine's whereabouts please ring Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 or click the image to go to the Find Madeleine website.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4476215468789093334.post-26675567333185402512012-04-08T17:40:00.000+01:002012-04-08T17:40:12.889+01:00Hear Moonbeams online now!Listen to excerpts from Moonbeams on Audioboo now: <a href="http://audioboo.fm/BJMorgan">http://audioboo.fm/BJMorgan</a><br />
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The price is $1.50 and the link to find Moonbeams on is <a href="http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/149729">http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/149729</a>. <br />
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<i>The Cartmel and Lower Holker Almanac 1917</i> contains a wealth of information about the villages, with details of places of worship, lists of magistrates, county council officers, urban district and parish councillors, guardians of the poor, the Cartmel lighting committee, details of schools and educational establishments, the Cartmel Hunt, the agricultural and horticultural societies, the cricket club, the sports committee, local fire brigades, the orchestra and choral societies, a list of literary and philanthropic societies' committee members, sick clubs and benefit societies.<br />
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The almanac also includes a raft of information about the year 1917: moon phases, planting and gardening info, foods in season, and notes on the weather and other unusual events, with a review of the period Nov 1915 - Dec 1916, by Titiotorris. Data includes the number of deaths in the parishes, the tonnage of seafood landed, prices of hay and straw, agricultural returns and stock.<br />
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Articles included cover Wm. Penn, the Furness and South Cumberland Permanent Benefit Building Society, War and Food Prices, War Economy & Drink, Thomas Wright (stained glass artist), German Agriculture, Peace & War, and more.<br />
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Humorous and informative snippets abound, including a tale of King Alfonso (of Spain) and his candy, the Duke of Norfolk being paid tuppence to help push a cart uphill, the wonders of the body, trees which grow on the tops of trees, uses for waste materials, and the discovery of glycerine.<br />
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Black and white photos of the following are appended:<br />
James Clarkson, Esq., Barrow<br />
John Coward, Esq., Ulverston<br />
The late William Gradwell, Esq.<br />
The late William Park, Esq., Barrow<br />
The late Benjamin Townson, Esq.<br />
Mr Henry Percy Poole<br />
Miss Ethel Mary Horne<br />
Miss Margaret Elizabeth Levens<br />
The late John Poole, Esq.<br />
F.W. Poole, Esq.<br />
Henry Inglis Orr<br />
W.R. Nash, J.P.<br />
Private Wm. Hutton<br />
Mrs G. Teasdale<br />
The late William Nash<br />
Miss P. Nash<br />
Miss Dora Horne<br />
The late Miss Eliza R. Nash<br />
W.R. Nash, 50 years ago<br />
The late Mrs M.J. Nash<br />
Private Francis Carter Hodgson<br />
Private Henry R. Atkinson<br />
Private John Pearson<br />
Private James Townson<br />
Private Christopher Young<br />
Private William McGuire<br />
Private Frank Webster<br />
Private John Langstreth<br />
Gunner Clement Mossop<br />
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<i>The Cartmel and Lower Holker Almanac 1917</i> is a fascinating book, produced in the middle of the first world war, and gives an insight into life on the Cartmel peninsula during 1916 - 1917. The black and white photos illustrate business men and their families, and some soldiers in uniform. The data section includes a large number of names, places and activities, so if your ancestor came from the Cartmel area you will surely find this of interest, as will local historians and genealogists wanting to get a feel for life in the rural north during World War I.<br />
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The book has been scanned locally from an original copy and the CDs are produced in Cumbria. CD will be shipped in a protective padded envelope. The original book has staple holes and tatty edges to the pages, and the wartime paper has discoloured in places, so all this shows up on the scanned images, but the text is completely readable.<br />
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Some scans from the CD may be seen in the gallery here: <a href="http://www.yobunny.co.uk/almanac1917/">GALLERY</a> <br />
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<i>The Cartmel and Lower Holker Almanac 1917</i> is now available on eBay, price £5 plus £2.50 UK postage: <a href="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/130671778647">http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/130671778647</a>.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4476215468789093334.post-85181335182159966782012-03-17T19:12:00.000+00:002013-02-10T18:11:36.768+00:00<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="263" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/0AW4MT_NALs" width="350"></iframe><br />
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BJ (Barry) Morgan talking to Sally Moon on BBC Radio Cumbria recently about his new book, Moonbeams.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4476215468789093334.post-87200454405405000612012-01-08T18:34:00.005+00:002012-02-06T14:26:53.320+00:00Barry in print: Moonbeams, by B.J. Morgan<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhobJjGP8IGWJDOrv_A5DPwWFH7g4TSqd4wy1B0KHkdQqKWyJKT8dLtUSNlPxYpVdXwLP-bMm1OozJsTbAmYFdGNoIoH5AxskldPSnn9PFFZogo4D6vLQVJvHiCV_SG1INMGoE0EKA538DI/s1600/Moonbeams_cover_small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear:left; float:left;margin-right:1em; margin-bottom:1em"><img border="0" height="320" width="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhobJjGP8IGWJDOrv_A5DPwWFH7g4TSqd4wy1B0KHkdQqKWyJKT8dLtUSNlPxYpVdXwLP-bMm1OozJsTbAmYFdGNoIoH5AxskldPSnn9PFFZogo4D6vLQVJvHiCV_SG1INMGoE0EKA538DI/s320/Moonbeams_cover_small.jpg" /></a></div><br />
<i>"A glimmer on the horizon attracted his attention. Earth's Moon was rising, as it had done for millennia and would do so for millennia to come. As he watched it climb, Paul remembered the fear that this sight had struck into the hearts of mankind..."</i><br />
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One galaxy, two budding Galactic Empires, a recipe for disaster? Follow the struggles of Jan Oremus, Demil Verne, Paul Trevell, Admiral Stern, and others as they make their first tentative moves towards escaping from the planet of their birth.<br />
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Barry says... <br />
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<b>Moonbeams</b> came to me in a flash (is that a pun?) some 30 years ago and has fought to see the light of day ever since. Often on the 'back burner' of life but the flame never went out. Now published on Amazon through Kindle Direct Publishing, an option for new authors that the digital revolution has made possible.<br />
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I was an industrial chemist for the greater part of my working life, and now am a self-employed computer repair technician (always had an interest in electronic things - fixing TV's when only a schoolboy.) Quite a change of direction, but after 33 years playing with smelly chemicals I thought enough was enough, and being made redundant proved to be the catalyst (once a chemist, always a chemist!)<br />
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<b>Moonbeams</b> by B.J. Morgan is available from Amazon: <br />
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Now available as a print-on-demand book from Create Space: <a href="https://www.createspace.com/3774801">https://www.createspace.com/3774801</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4476215468789093334.post-35662681536867559372012-01-07T18:04:00.000+00:002012-01-07T18:04:10.611+00:002012 - another year before us...At the start of the year I like to assess where we are going, set out our aims for the coming year, and put in place the mechanisms to help us achieve them. Over the past couple of months we've been exploring how useful social media is to online businesses - both our own and our clients, to ensure we're making the best use of it to benefit us all. <br />
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As a part of this we've been attending something called Twunch on a monthly basis. A Twunch is a Twitter lunch, at least that's how it began, with a small group of us exploring our knowledge of Twitter and how we can best utilise it. From there Twunch has grown a little to encompass other aspects of social media, and will in time cover Facebook, LinkedIn, Google+, and any others we find. <br />
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Our initial group has been Twunch_SL (for South Lakeland) but we now feel it's time to spread our wings a little and see how much interest there might be in Twunch in the Burton & Holme areas. The idea is to meet for a 2 hour lunch one day per month, say 12 noon - 2pm, at a central location. This could be the memorial hall or the pub, etc. and the host provides soup, bread & cake, Twunch provides technical support, and everyone who goes along pays £5 to cover the costs of lunch etc. The group size needs to be no more than 10 people initially. If anyone's interested in getting involved, please contact Anne via Twitter on @AstarteWebDes or use one of the contacts here: <a href="http://www.yobunny.co.uk/astarte/">http://www.yobunny.co.uk/astarte/</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4476215468789093334.post-14123032897748746012011-07-29T15:16:00.000+01:002011-07-29T15:19:47.059+01:00"Can you make a Freedom of Information request via Twitter?"I spotted an interesting question on another blog today, "Can you make a Freedom of Information request via Twitter?" and my immediate thought was, "No, don't be daft!" but then I read through the said article, you can find it here <a href="http://pigsonthewing.org.uk/freedom-of-information-twitter/">http://pigsonthewing.org.uk/freedom-of-information-twitter/</a> by local government website pioneer, Andy Mabbett, and realised I was wrong!<br />
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So should an FoI request be submitted via Twitter or Facebook or any other form of social media? You might think, as I did, that such channels aren't serious enough to be used for a formal request, but according to Andy's post linked above you'd be wrong too!<br />
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If an organisation has an official channel such as a Twitter account or a Facebook page then, by dint of its being there, it should be properly monitored and replied to by the organisation which owns it. Furthermore, anything on that channel should reflect the organisation's policy and attitude, so it's important to ensure that whoever is responding on behalf of an organisation is both authorised and qualified to do so, or the organisation might find itself in hot water if they get it wrong. So don't leave it to the office junior!!!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4476215468789093334.post-22733100781428429742011-07-24T15:09:00.000+01:002011-07-24T15:09:18.927+01:00A timely warning!I was shocked to read this <a href="http://www.twitlonger.com/show/bt5akp">http://www.twitlonger.com/show/bt5akp</a> long message from a Google user who has had his account terminated for an alleged but unexplained breach of terms and conditions.<br />
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It is claimed that Google hasn't explained or responded in a professional manner to the user concerned, and this should be a heads up to anyone about the danger of relying solely on online services to store their information, whether it be emails, images, documents, videos, or whatever. One word is needed here: BACKUP! <br />
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If you have everything stored in Gmail, Yahoo!, Flickr, Facebook, YouTube or anywhere other service you risk losing it if you do not have a copy of it yourself, offline, in a safe and secure location such as a standalone backup drive like the example here <a href="http://www.ebuyer.com/product/200792">http://www.ebuyer.com/product/200792</a>. Such devices are not expensive*, they are simple to set up (plug into your USB port and use), and you can even get free software which will back everything up for you on a schedule of your choice - an example we have used is here: <a href="http://www.karenware.com/powertools/ptreplicator.asp">http://www.karenware.com/powertools/ptreplicator.asp</a> [Note: * Compared to the cost of losing all your data, the hassle of delays, lost work, lost emails, and all the other inconvenience.] <br />
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Although these huge online services have apparently good Terms & Conditions, it seems that their implementation is not always carried out in the way which smaller businesses do. These huge businesses have long been abused by spammers and those with less than respectable intentions, and objections to those persons' activities, via an email to the relevant abuse@ address for the service, has normally resulted in reasonably swift termination of problem users' accounts. But times have changed, and rather than simply being a spammers' tool these services have marketed themselves to those users who want to undertake legitimate online activities. By doing so these big services need to change their approach to reports of abuse and not simply press the terminate button, but they need to set up a system of notifications to the account holder advising them of a complaint and allowing the user a reasonable time to investigate and respond to and disprove the allegation. In law, an accused is presumed innocent until proven guilty, online it seems that an accused is guilty, full stop. The only way to improve things is for users to raise this issue with the big services and request an alteration in the way they do business. Otherwise nothing will change.<br />
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We have a huge sympathy for the person who has lost everything, and we understand how frustrating it must be to not be able to get answers to the questions raised about the account. By sharing this here we hope to help prevent others from suffering the same fate.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4476215468789093334.post-75100118798447620852011-07-17T00:49:00.000+01:002011-07-17T00:49:16.993+01:00Spelling matters!I have said so for years, and now I find that both Charles Duncombe, director of the <i>Just Say Please</i> group, and the <i>Confederation of British Industry</i> (CBI) agrees with me: spelling does matter! <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-14130854">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-14130854</a> <br />
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The sloppiness of bad spelling & poor grammar is not for me. Having been a lover of words all my life, I cringe at incorrect spelling and misplaced punctuation. My toes curl at jumbled prose or the use of the wrong version of a word. Everywhere I look I see examples - from sign-writers who cannot spell, to writers of websites whose text frequently not only includes errors, but also makes little sense!<br />
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It would seem that now there is evidence to show that such poor writing, spelling and punctuation does have an adverse effect on online sales, and therefore on a business's image and credibility. <br />
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I recall that, a couple of years ago, I emailed a large national clothing & housewares retailer about the number of errors in their website and how damaging I felt it was to their brand. The response from that company was mildly sarcastic, "We are sorry that spelling errors spoiled your enjoyment of our site..." It did more than spoil my enjoyment, their attitude also resulted in my not buying from them. If a business has so little respect for its customers that it cannot understand that their website had an issue which needed addressing, why should I spend my hard-earned cash with them and support such sloppy practices? <br />
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As a former web developer I know how important websites are as part of a company's image, and this is why I now offer copywriting services to other website builders. I will also proof-read and correct web texts before (or after) they are uploaded, and can create texts for email, marketing or other written word requirements. There is no excuse for poor written standards when services such as mine are available.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4476215468789093334.post-77397492618672173712011-07-16T14:02:00.001+01:002011-07-16T14:02:18.284+01:00Stolen motor bike: Yamaha YBR reg: NK58 DFOPLEA FOR HELP FROM A TWITTER CONTACT OF MINE: Please look out for motorbike Yamaha YBR Reg: NK58 DFO stolen Thursday 14 July from @Dannyboy_37 in Dipton near Consett - please circulate the details to help raise awareness. Contact Police if spotted, thanks!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4476215468789093334.post-64534598674335638932011-07-02T20:07:00.001+01:002011-07-02T20:07:35.801+01:00Thank you to all who voted for Kosy Komfy Kidz!Thanks to all the fabulous support from all over the country, but especially locally, the Memorial Hall was successful in the vote and won £60,000 in the telephone vote. So, a huge thank you to everyone who telephoned in and voted for Kosy Komfy Kidz, we are thrilled that the project won such terrific public support!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4476215468789093334.post-12814098088651400612011-06-27T12:58:00.000+01:002011-06-27T12:58:13.485+01:00Supporting Burton Memorial Hall's project Kosy Komfy Kidz in the Jubilee People's Millions<a href="http://www.peoplesmillions.org.uk/2011-finalists/border/kosy-komfy-kidz">http://www.peoplesmillions.org.uk/2011-finalists/border/kosy-komfy-kidz</a><br />
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I'm making a plea for help! Help Burton Memorial Hall in Burton-in-Kendal, south Cumbria, is 1 of the final 6 projects in the 2011 Jubilee People's Millions contest in the Border TV region. The contest will be determined by public telephone vote on Tuesday 28 June 2011 (a bit like X-Factor for community groups!) and the Hall is going head to head with another project in the north west of Cumbria - and the project with the most telephone votes on the day will win.<br />
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The Hall (which is a registered charity and raises all its own revenue from room rentals and fundraising events) needs a lot of work doing to it: building a new toilet block for very small kids who currently can't reach the adult loos or washbasins, replacing the cracked concrete play surface with some jolly coloured softer surfacing, replacing the heating boiler that is so old (and unreliable) that no-one can remember when it was installed!, and installing better lights so our table tennis teams can compete properly to national competition standards and our drama and music groups can have some stage lighting instead of striplights! The total cost is just shy of £100,000 of work needed for this phase of restoration of our old but much-loved and well-used village hall - we're hoping to win the vote on the night for £60,000 from the Jubilee People's Millions fund (the rest comes from Hall reserves and a legacy of £20,000 left us by one of the Hall's founders.)<br />
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I'm asking for the support for the Hall's entry Kosy Komfy Kidz by voting for us on the day and by spreading the word through your contacts and networks to ask for others to support them too. All it takes is one call any-time between 9am and 12 midnight on Tuesday 28 June at a cost of 11p per call (BT landline rate) to the number which will be published on our JPM web-page: <a href="http://www.peoplesmillions.org.uk/2011-finalists/border/kosy-komfy-kidz">http://www.peoplesmillions.org.uk/2011-finalists/border/kosy-komfy-kidz</a> and in the Daily Mirror on Tuesday 28 June 2011. Every vote for the project will be vital and anyone can vote (up to 10 times from the same number if you'd like to! girl cheer but just one vote would help!!!), you don't need to be local to south Cumbria or even the Border TV area in order to vote. I'll add the number here too as soon as I have it on Tuesday morning.<br />
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The Hall is vital to the village of Burton-in-Kendal, it really is a community hub and is busy every day of the week with activities for all ages and interests, but Burton is only a small community so if you can help us along by voting just once on the day you would be doing us a great service and earn the gratitude of all those involved in the project. Please help us if you can and spread the word to anyone and everyone who might help us also. Thank you! <br />
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<a href="http://www.peoplesmillions.org.uk/2011-finalists/border/kosy-komfy-kidz">http://www.peoplesmillions.org.uk/2011-finalists/border/kosy-komfy-kidz</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4476215468789093334.post-66974748412456981592011-06-10T14:46:00.000+01:002011-06-10T14:47:40.073+01:00Respecting your customersI read a very interesting article today by Michael Schrage on the Harvard Business Review website in part of which he discusses the damage which being disrespectful of dismissive of your customers can be incredibly damaging to your business. <br />
<a href="http://blogs.hbr.org/schrage/2011/06/do-you-think-your-customers-ar.html">http://blogs.hbr.org/schrage/2011/06/do-you-think-your-customers-ar.html</a><br />
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Whilst few now follow the old adage "the customer is always right", it seems the change of attitude in many companies to one of "the customer is just a nuisance or simply thick" is becoming more pervasive in many businesses, which the consequence that many customers no longer feel valued at all by the businesses they deal with. <br />
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Regardless of the size of a business, the customer should be the most important part of it, which is why our ethos right from the start has been "affordable, effective and ethical" web services. We won't sell you a service you don't need just because we can, and we won't treat you as an idiot if you don't understand what we do. After all, if you did understand it like we do you'd not need our services anyhow!<br />
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If we can help you with any aspect of a web service of if you just need some advice in the first instance, please drop us a line or give us a call at Yobunny.<br />
You'll find contact details for each part of what we do via our portal website <a href="http://www.yobunny.co.uk">http://www.yobunny.co.uk</a>.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4476215468789093334.post-80205319169996925392011-06-05T17:12:00.000+01:002011-06-05T17:12:44.533+01:00Copywriting & proofreading service for websites, blogs, emails etcHave you ever looked at a website and thought, "UGH! What horrible spelling or grammar?" We have that reaction to a lot of websites, even those built by big professional companies. <br />
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Our rates are very reasonable, and we can guarantee you a good accurate service and swift turnaround of work. If you want to know more please drop us a line at awd@yobunny.co.uk or you can order work directly from us via the Copify agency: <a href="http://www.copify.com/copywriters/view/507">http://www.copify.com/copywriters/view/507</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4476215468789093334.post-7920551180284980342011-06-04T02:36:00.001+01:002011-06-04T02:36:46.037+01:00Jubilee People's Millions and Burton Memorial Hall - will you help please?A plea for help! Burton Memorial Hall in Burton-in-Kendal, south Cumbria, is 1 of the final 6 projects in the 2011 Jubilee People's Millions contest in the Border TV region. The contest will be determined by public telephone vote on Tuesday 28 June 2011 - the Hall is going head to head with another project in the north west of Cumbria - and the project with the most telephone votes on the day will win. <br />
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I'm asking for your support for the Hall's entry Kosy Komfy Kidz by voting for us on the day and by spreading the word through your contacts and networks to ask for others to support them too. All it takes is one call any-time between 9am and 12 midnight, to the number which will be published on the JPM web-page here: <a href="http://www.peoplesmillions.org.uk/2011-finalists/border/kosy-komfy-kidz">http://www.peoplesmillions.org.uk/2011-finalists/border/kosy-komfy-kidz</a> and in the Daily Mirror on Tuesday 28 June 2011, at a cost of 11p per call. Every vote for the project will be vital and anyone can vote (up to 10 times from the same number if you'd like to!), you don't need to be local to south Cumbria or even the Border TV area!<br />
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The Hall is vital to the village of Burton-in-Kendal, it really is a community hub and is busy every day of the week with activities for all ages and interests, but Burton is only a small community and we are up against a much larger community on voting day, so we're feeling a bit like David against Goliath. If you can help us by voting just once on the day you would be doing us a great service and earn the gratitude of all those involved in the project. Please help us if you can and spread the word to anyone and everyone who might help us also. Thank you!<br />
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<a href="http://www.peoplesmillions.org.uk/2011-finalists/border/kosy-komfy-kidz">http://www.peoplesmillions.org.uk/2011-finalists/border/kosy-komfy-kidz</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4476215468789093334.post-2544963803053120482011-04-26T14:03:00.000+01:002011-04-26T14:03:40.612+01:00A little bit of internet history being made... twicket!<a href="http://twicket.info/">http://twicket.info/</a> Coverage of the first village cricket matched to be streamed live on the internet was broadcast on Easter Monday 2011 - Wray versus the rest of the world!<br />
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This is a proof of concept. If they can do a cricket match, think what else can be done... live streams from events which wouldn't necessarily attract mainstream media coverage but which have supporters around the world. Communities can promote all sorts of events and activities - from the quirky to the bizarre to the deadly serious.<br />
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The point is that we need stronger broadband infrastructure to handle this sort of live event - and currently there are probably only three villages in the UK which could do this... just three! out of all the online communities in the UK, and Wray came up with the idea to showcase what can be done.<br />
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Over 2700 people tuned in during the match to watch it - none of those could get to watch it in person, but with a live stream could still be a part of them as they happen. It means we don't have to wait for kind people to take pics and upload them, we don't have to wait for someone to process their video footage and upload a film some days later. As wonderful as having those things are, we can aspire to something even better and that is live coverage such as was seen from Wray today.<br />
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It's the first step in the journey to next generation broadband - a campaign which is actually being lead by folks from Wray village itself and it will benefit rural communities especially, as those are often at the back of the queue when it comes to technological progress.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0