Keep up with Facebook Updates by Phone

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Keep in touch with Facebook statuses instantly through your Mobile phone. Reply or comment with text messaging. Keep in mind, longer status updates may be limited depending on how much yours or their's is and your mobile service providers limit on viewable text length. You may only see portions and not the full message. You may need to log on to Facebook to see the full post. And always be weary of hacked accounts. When in doubt, don’t reply or click on unfamiliar links or posts.

For easier readibility and following along of steps, I suggest you also check out my blog post: Side By Side by Side Windows Instructions. Words in capital lettering may not appear in capital lettering on Internet pages, it is used for emphasis and quick reference.



 1. First make sure you're mobile phone is linked to your Facebook account, if it is, skip this step.

• Log in to your Facebook account.
• Upper right corner, to the right of HOME click the arrow button to the right.
• Drop down menu appears: choose ACCOUNT SETTINGS.
• Next page: Left upper corner- Choose MOBILE.
• Click Add a phone.
• Choose Country and Carrier.
• Follow steps listed to receive a confirmation code by Cell Phone.
• Wait for a code by text messaging.
• Enter the code.
• Select the other personal preferences underneath the enter code section.
• Hit enter/okay or save.
• An Ad will appear.
• Lower left corner Click: EDIT MOBILE SETTINGS.

2. Mobile Settings

• Middle section, Right of NOTIFICATIONS click EDIT link.
• Choose ON circle button. (Choosing off will turn it off)
• Choose a few preferences further down.
• Under the middle section box "...following friends..." type in their name inside the box.
• Facebook will try to match their name in a pop up window- choose their name.
• Click Save Changes.

To the Right of other options listed, click the EDIT button to choose your preference of those options.

3.  To remove your phone

• Go into the mobile settings.
• Re-review the steps above.
• At the top center to the right of your listed phone number click REMOVE.

Once you get updates by text, you can reply text back and it will be viewed as a comment to their status update. Try to keep it short, longer texts may appear as two different comments. You may also be texted strings of comments after yours, which means you may get text messages of those that commented after you, not before you.

Remember, some longer comments or updates may be cut off depending on your mobile service provider. Not all comments may be seen depending on the Facebook user's privacy settings too. To view more of the string of comments you may have to log in to Facebook by your computer or phone app. There are several ways to do this.


Viewing more comments

·        Log in to your Facebook account

·        If others have commented after yours, click on NOTIFICATIONS.

(Upper left world earth symbol)

·        A drop down window appears.

·        Click on a square that has a reference to your comment.

 Or      

·        Go to your friend’s page to see their wall with the comment.

·        While logged in to Facebook, At the top middle in the search box.

·        Type your friend’s name.

·        A drop down window appears trying to match your friend.

·        Choose your friend.

·        It will go to their profile and wall posts.

Note these are instructions as of March 2012.

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Side by Side windows instructions

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Its easier to follow step by step instructions if you can see the steps side by side and apply them at the same time. Internet windows can be customized to do that, rather than toggling back and forth re-opening windows in full view screen taking more time to re-read, access another window, re-read or review to be sure steps are done properly. Follow these steps to help see steps and apply at the same time. Capital letters are used for emphasis and may not appear as such on the screen.

                                            

Short cut to open two browser windows at the same time

• Open one Internet Browser window.
  (Either the Big blue lower case E or however you have your settings to open up the Internet)
• Ctrl button and N at the same time. CTRL + N
  (Duplicates and opens another window)
• In the new page’s Internet address bar at the top, Copy and paste or type in a new website address.
• Upper right corner Middle button, left of x, click the SQUARE(s)
   The window gets smaller.
• On the other window click the same Square icon picture.
• Both windows are smaller.

Moving Windows

• Position your mouse over the top bar of one window.
• Hold the left mouse key, or the only mouse button, down and move the mouse at the same time. 
• Move your windows so they can be viewed side by side.

Changing the size of the window

• Hover the mouse over the top corner or sides of a window to watch it change from an arrow to a line with two arrows at the end.
• While the cursor has changed to the line with two arrows at the end, hold the left mouse key button, or only mouse button, down and Drag your mouse different directions to see how it changes the size.

Change the view inside the window

• On the Internet window, the lower right corner may show a magnify glass with a percent number.
• To the right of that, click the arrow.
•  A drop down/up window appears and you can select or customize the view.

Or at the top of the window there may be buttons that say:

• VIEW.
• Drop down window opens.
• choose: ZOOM.
• Click on your choice or customize a percent of the view.

If windows overlaps.
Depending on how you change the size of the window, the windows may overlap. Whichever is the current window you’re working on, it will be the one in front. Readjust the window size and refer back to the above steps: “Changing the size of the Window.”


Seeing more inside windows

• To the right or the bottom of the window, hover your mouse over the vertical bar or horizontal bar in between a track (between two up and down or left to right arrows)
• Hold down the left mouse key, or the only mouse key, (the bar may change colors) at the same time do the following:
•  If you selected the right bar move the mouse up and down.
•  if you select the bottom bar move the mouse left to right.
• Or click on the arrow keys in between the bar.
• Or click on anywhere in between the arrows, outside of the bar in the track.
• Or Select inside the window and use the keyboard keys: up, down, left and right arrow keys.

Closing windows

·        Upper right corner of the window

·        Click on the X.

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5 Saving money methods that may not work.

Impulse buy offers are not just limited to the items in the check out line. These five saving money methods bank on your impulses and may not always work.


1. Free Shipping.
The company may have added the shipping cost to the price. Find out where the item may be found locally or other places online for less. Many well known brands have a store locator button on their website. Keep in mind also, online companies ask for credit card information.

 
2. Free trials and first time customer sales.
It’s like a relationship, they show a good first impression, but over time you find flaws. This is also the obligation guilt tacti: “…look what we gave you, you should give us back something.”, preferably through buying.

Ask questions such as: when does the free trial start? Are they including business days, when you received the offer and do they offer any other satisfaction guarantee policies? 


3. Automatic Withdrawals (ACH) for bills and payments.
Are you sending a certain amount or does the company take any amount? Prices change. If you send a certain amount, you can get a past due notice. If the company takes any amount, errors can happen. The cost of their convenience could turn out to be more in price and time to fix and they have your account information.

If they offer a better rate only if you do it, ask them for that rate anyways, they can say no, but now you know they are able to give that rate and you may choose to go elsewhere for a better deal.


4. Coupons and Clubs
Coupons are designed to make you look at more items to consider buying more. How much time did you spend to find and collect coupons towards your next growing shopping trip? If you have brand loyalty, check to see if their website has an online coupon too.

Clubs send you constant notices on all the items in their latest offer. Minimize the memberships, including the cards that go with it. It’s another card to carry and runs the risk of it being lost or stolen. Instead, ask if your photo ID is all that is needed. Most times, it’s sufficient to do an account look up in person. 

Your information is now in their database and they can sell that list to other marketers, who may solicit more items to you. 

5. Group rates
Unless it’s guaranteed all parties involved are willing to pay and able to follow through, it doesn’t work. Call the company offering the group rate to find out their requirements. See if people can come as a group and pay the company directly. This can minimize loss of giving one person collecting money before or giving your information, including credit card numbers online. Create a sign up sheet, try to get more than the required amount to cover the one or two who may not follow through. And plan more than a month ahead. 

Group rates lure you to buy more. For example: two for one deals and ten and more discount examples. Even the frequent buyer punch cards with a reward at the end, entices you to the ultimate prize, in order to get the discount or prize at the end, you have to buy a lot.


 A lot of these impulse offers aren’t necessarily cost effective unless you pause to re-consider if it will be worth it.

Pictures not to post for online dating.

The Internet is a fast paced medium, so you want to make the best impression as quick as possible to increase your chances of being chosen as someone that is compatible in an intimate relationship. Follow these tips to make a great first impression that can lead to another good look at you.  

Don’t post pictures with kids

• If you have kids but choose you don’t want more means you are not willing to take on others who have kids or you may feel burdened with your own.
• If they’re not your kids, the mother may be upset to find out you used her kids as a mating decoy.
• The mother of your children may not want her kids’ photos published.
• You’re trying to seek approval of how you’re a dedicated family person. Be confident you are, not prove it to a stranger. 
• Women tend not to post pictures of their kids to watch out for pedophiles.

Don’t post pictures with another girl or guy

• Is it an ex you can’t let go of?
• Maybe you’re a couple looking for a three some. 
• Pictures of your mom make us think you live with her. 
• Respect your friends’ privacy.
• Don’t post pictures of strangers in the background.  They didn’t agree to have their image used for your benefit either.

Don’t post pictures in the bathroom

• These create an optical illusion of backwards text on your shirt.
• Unflattering lighting.
• Are you so lonely you don’t have a  good friend to take one for you?
• You aren’t tech savvy to know how to crop the photo.
• Revealing private dirty areas in the bathroom.
• We will wonder what your other hand is really doing.

                       

Don’t post pictures from your webcam

• The lighting is terrible.
• It makes you look isolated, cold, and desperately lonely.
• Depending on the angle it makes you have a double chin or a big forehead.
• Too close to see too many flaws all at once at first glance.

Don’t post pictures of your hobbies or too far away

• A picture too far away is hard to tell exactly how you look.
• Being a hunter says: You may be gone for hours or days.
  Have you seen the movie:  “Brokeback Mountain” ?
• A hunt can say: “Me, Tarzan. You, Jane” and how dirty you can be.
• A flashy car tells us where your money is going. And the old assumption of a sports car and middle age come to mind:  What are they trying to overcompensate for?
• Leave your hobbies to a listed feature in fine print. 

Post flattering pictures of you alone

• Sell yourself like a car ad.
• You want a flattering photo first and all the possible flaws in fine print.
• Study ads for poses and camera angles.  
• Double look at pictures with objects behind you to be sure nothing looks like its coming out of body parts.
• Crop a group photo. Don’t include someone else’s arm you can tell the sex of. Refer back to the point:  “Don’t post pictures with another girl or guy”

We smile naturally when we are doing things we enjoy with people we enjoy.  If you are out on the town with friends in a group shot, crop it down to just you. Your expression will show you are having a good time and people find you fun to be with.  Dating is about being social. Being able to have close relationships of any kind and potentially an intimate one. 

SAC FCU fees inactive accounts linked to paid off auto loans

Call SAC Federal Credit Union to claim your money today!
 (402) 292-8000 – Member Service 1-800-228-0392

Auto Loan customers with SAC Federal Credit Union get a $5 interest earning savings account that will be charged a monthly fee if the loan is paid off and the account has no activity for a year, even when overpayment of the loan rolls over into it. SAC minimizes reminding those account holders of that money, especially by phone.

Withholding
Many companies pressure phone agents to not take “too much talk time”. Managers prefer showing off statistics of a low - call handle time, choosing quick versus quality. This limits providing customers necessary steps that could reduce the time it takes to fix future issues, especially about impressions of poor customer service. Good natured agents may feel their integrity is torn between benefiting the customer or the company.

Irritated company representatives spread the belief that customers should educate themselves. However, the reps are trained with the inside knowledge. Issues can be handled quicker if the company associates are allowed to take the time to check facts and handle issues each time they speak to the customer. This can include getting a correct address or providing beneficial guiding steps that benefit the customer.

Failure to find out if correct addresses are current leads to sending out sensitive information to incorrect addresses. Newsletters showing updates about bank fees are usually mailed with statements. But in our growing green efforts, less is being mailed and customers are encouraged to go to company websites for updates.

Passing the buck back to the Bank
SAC announced in their January 2012’s newsletter, page 2 section:
Important Notice: Change to Inactive/Dormant account Fee Policy–effective March 1st.

They will take fees from dormant accounts with no activity for a year unless you also have another active account such as a loan. These are referring to the savings accounts linked to the loan that may have overpayment money in them once the loan is paid off.

According to the Nebraska State Treasurer’s website,  savings and checking accounts that have no activity for five years are considered dormant accounts and get reported to the State by the bank. This means SAC FCU is taking funds from these accounts in the meantime starting the second year of inactivity.

Consumers are overloaded with information with read and agree requirements, plus told to periodically check for updates with disclaimers “Policies may change anytime”. Frustrating changes will make a customer re-consider doing business with them. Failure to inform the customer they may have money left over, especially while on the phone, leaves a bad final memory, especially from a Credit Union claiming they provide Better Banking.

Call SAC Federal Credit Union to claim your money today!
(402) 292-8000 – Member Service 1-800-228-0392

5 Free Activities in the City this Week

Please contact the businesses prior to attending the event to be sure of any
limitations, qualifications, or reservations. Mostly in the Omaha Metro area

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Week of January 9-16th, 2011
 
Anderson O'Brien's Fine Art Gallery
8724 Pacific Street
Free Admission
11am-8pm Mon-Sat
11am-5pm Sun

Free Tai Chi
Monday and Thursday
Papillion Rec Center
7pm- 8:30pm
1100 W. Lincoln Rd.
Papillion, NE

Wednesday
Free Yoga, Meditation, Breathwork
6:00 pm-7:15 pm
Hindu Temple - Social Hall
13010 Arbor St. 
Omaha, NE 

Thursday January 13th
Kids Club
Shadow Lake Towne Center
10:30-11:30 am.
Free
Meet at Borders for a Puppet Show

Friday the 14th
FREE NO Cover Dance Night
Shark Club
2808 72nd St.
8pm

Picture taken from Google images

Five FREE WEEKLY Finds in the City

Week of December 26th, 2010




1. Free Salsa Lessons Thursday Night

8-10 pm

Club Irie

302 S. 11th



2. FREE Play and Admission for Kids

With a lunch purchase

Monday thru Thursday

10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Skate Daze

3616 S. 132nd Street



3. Free Admission til Dec. 31st

Sarpy County Historical Museum

2402 Clay Street

Bellevue



4. No cover Acoustic Show

Soaring Winds Vineyards

Sundays 2-5pm

17111 S. 138th Street, Springfield



5. Free Theatre Training Troupe classes

(Does not include make up class)

Plattsmouth Library

9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Must Register: 296-4154.