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It isn’t vain to LIKE your own facebook posts…..
HOW VAIN! “Did you notice that he LIKED his very own Facebook post?” Actually, while sometimes this IS a form of vanity, often it is just a case of the poster knowing exactly what he is doing.
Facebook is always making modifications to their user interface. And one not too long ago was the addition of the “Ticker” on the right hand side of your screen. Previously, you would see ALL of your friends posts, but now you only see a few that are selected by Facebook. Unless your friends LIKE or comment on your posts often, your posts may stop appearing in their newsfeed. So to compensate for not showing your posts to all your friends, Facebook added the “Ticker.”
However, if you LIKE your own post, that action is NOTED in your friends TICKER, which gives them a chance to see your post EVEN if it does not appear in their newsfeed.
So the next time you see one of your friends “Like” their own post, it might not be just plain vanity. It might simply be giving YOU the opportunity to check out a post that you might not otherwise have ever sway. I am going to begin “Liking” all my own posts. You should too!
Also, if you enjoy MY posts, I recommend you LIKE them often, otherwise, they might just stop appearing in your feeds altogether.
Shelly Berryhill
www.shellyberryhill.net
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Is your GMAIL account filling up?
Find Big Mail is a great app to use if your GMAIL account is filling up. My personal gmail account is 30 gig in size (I purchase extra space), but I am already using over 17 gig or over 50% of my space. In comes FIND BIG MAIL. Running this program told me… “75.8% of my Gmail space is used by 3.3% of my mail.” WOW! It then labeled the biggest offenders right in GMAIL for me to look at and delete what I could. I had 398 emails over 10mb, 451 emails over 5mb, and 2088 emails over 1mb. After running this program, I was able to delete many large files and got my gmail account to only 13 gig or 35% of my available space. Just a quick tip for you gmail users!
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Hawkinsville Water Improvements
The City of Hawkinsville applied for and received a $500,000 CBDG grant (Community Block Development Grant) from the state of Georgia for the purpose of rebuilding the water lines in Orchard Hill Street Subdivision. Orchard Hill Street subdivision is located adjacent to the Hawkinsville City limits but receives (at a higher cost than city residents) city water services. However, the water lines are very very old and very small. They are inadequate to service the neighborhood. This section is one of the primary problem areas for our city crews being called out for repairs. By replacing the lines, we will not only offer cleaner, safer water with better pressure, but we will also be able to install Fire Hydrants in the neighborhood that will increase the safety of the area AND reduce the homeowners’ fire insurance costs. AND reduce our maintenance costs as well.
And after bidding out the work, we realized that we were going to be able to come in way under budget. Rather than send the money back to the state, we asked for a scope enlargement and added the Forest Hill Circle Subdivision to the project. Forest Hill will also receive new lines and fire hydrants.
Local Resident Lance Woods of Ocmulgee Engineering worked with us on designing and engineering these improvements.
There are many many areas in the city that desperately need infrastructure improvements. But without these grants, it would be next to impossible for us to afford. In order to qualify for these CBDC grants, the area has to meet certain qualifications including medium income limitations. Some of the areas that need improvement, do not meet these medium income criteria. Therefore these areas can only be done with local money. Therefore, we have designated 1.5 million dollars from the upcoming SPLOST election budget to fund street, utility, gas, and other infrastructure improvements. That vote will take place on July 20th and will hopefully allow us to make other major improvements over the 6 year life of the SPLOST. (Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax)
Shelly
Shelly Berryhill 