Make Someone Feel Better Via Text Message (2)

Making Your Crush Feel Better

1   Don't exploit the opportunity. You can use this time to show someone you care about his or her feelings, and you genuinely want what's best. However, don't take it as an opportunity to ask someone out at a vulnerable moment when his or her judgment might be compromised. Try to act with the best intentions and seek to comfort this person above all else.

2    Be as supportive as you would be for a good friend. Listen carefully, take his or her side, and don't say things like "I told you so" or "Well, it's kind of your own fault." Keep the golden rule in mind - how would you want someone to treat you in this situation?

3Lift the mood with a subtle compliment. A nice compliment will make most people smile at least a little bit. Consider these tips:

   Time it right. Don't awkwardly jam a compliment into the conversation when your crush is in the middle of explaining why he or she is upset. Instead, wait until the issue has died down a bit, or your crush seems tired of discussing it. This is the right moment to turn the conversation around and try to make it uplifting.

    Don't be too obvious or crude. Now is probably not the time to focus a compliment on how great your crush's body is, or how much you want to date him or her. Instead, compliment something you admire about your crush's personality or skills. You'll be communicating that you care about the person, not just the physical traits. Something like "I really admire how you've handled this situation. You're an incredibly strong person" or "I can't understand how anyone would turn down someone as kind and beautiful as you" would be appropriate.

    Plan to end the exchange shortly after the compliment. You don't want the conversation to stall or go downhill after your compliment, or the effect won't be as meaningful. Know when to bow out. After he or she responds to the compliment, start exiting.

4   Offer to continue providing support. Before you end the conversation, saying something like "Text me again if you still need to talk" or "Can I check up on you tomorrow?" sets you up to continue the interaction later. It also shows him or her that you're willing to follow-up and make sure the situation is resolved.

5   End with a cute send-off (optional). Instead of just saying "bye" at the end of the conversation, you can say something a little cuter. Try "I hope your dreams are sweeter than your day was!" or "Have an awesome afternoon. I can't wait to talk to you again later," or something along those lines, for a more creative sign-off that might make the other person smile a bit.

Make Someone Feel Better Via Text Message (1)

You may have noticed that cheering up your friend is a slightly harder task when you're not there to give your friend a hug or a pat on the back. However, there are still ways you can show that you care when you're not having a face-to-face conversation. Here's how to do it for a close friend, as well as someone you're interested in dating.

Steps

Making a Friend Feel Better

1  Ask the other person what's wrong, just as you would in person. When a friend goes to the effort to clarify that something is wrong in their text message, it usually means they want to talk. As such, showing concern lets your friend know that you care and that you're willing to engage in a morale boosting text session. That's always a start to cheering someone up.

2   Let your friend explain the dilemma, and be a good listener. Even with phone screens separating you, there are still ways to show that you're genuinely "listening" and receptive. While your friend tells the story, you can text little comments like, 'That's awful', or, 'I'm so sorry about that'. However, overdoing it can have the exact opposite effect, so make sure your words sound (and truly are) genuine. Space them out so that you're not crowding the text conversation.

3   Say the things that you know will be most comforting. All friends have slightly different reactions to words of commiseration or support, so make sure to phrase your responses with the particular person's known reactions in mind. Definitely avoid saying anything that smacks of "I warned you" or "I told you so".

Remember that miscommunication is especially easy when you can't hear the person's tone of voice.

Avoid trash talking another person if they are the reason your friend is upset, especially if the third party is another mutual friend. Fights can be resolved, but you can never take back words you say in the heat of the moment.

4   Let them know you wish you could be there in person to cheer them up, especially if your friend is someone you are interested in. Say things like "I wish I could be there to give you a hug" or simply, "I wish I could be with you right now."

5   Give your friend some suggested advice about the problem. Friends help each other out, and so, your willingness to aid will show your friend that you do care and want to help try and make things better. The great thing about text is that any advice given needs to be short and to-the-point, usually the best kind of advice!

Sometimes no advice is best. Sometimes just agreeing to listen and being there for your friend is the best answer. Don't give advice if it's not wanted or if you don't have all the facts before you.

6   Try to help your friend to look on the bright side. Taking a friend's mind off the negatives is helpful to making him or her feel better. You might like to do this with a short and obviously funny joke, a quick anecdote about something amusing, or even a funny photo or video you have to share. You might even make your own funny face, photograph it, and send that to cheer up your friend!

7    Use emoticons. Many phones come with emoticon menus that let you pick the one that is most appropriate for the moment. Generally, the standard emoticons are 'happy', 'very happy', 'angry', 'sad', 'excited', 'laughing', etc. If your phone doesn't have emoticons, you can use smilies. The standard smile is ':)', but, like emoticons, smilies cover a broad range of emotions. Using them in text messages is cute, fun, and helps to better convey your feelings, which can sometimes be difficult in a texting medium.

8    Use symbols like '<3'. This particular symbol depicts a sideways heart and all heart symbols are cute, clever, and very useful in showing your affection and support. Another good one is 'XOXO'. And don't forget the value of simply saying "hugs". That can convey more than many other words could ever do.

9    Know when to end the texting. If your friend seems incredibly upset, end the texting. Either arrange to catch up face-to-face with your friend as soon as possible or suggest that you talk on the phone or Skype rather than text. Alternatively, you may sense that your friend is getting distracted and wants some time out from thinking about their problems, and this could be a good time to stop texting. And if all you get back from your friend are lots of smiles and hugs, you've done your job of cheering them up and you can tell them you'll catch them later.

to be continued...

Motorola DROID RAZR MAXX HD 4G Android Phone (Verizon Wireless)

Product Description

The DROID RAZR MAXX HD by Motorola offers all the capabilities and features you’ve come to expect from the DROID RAZR plus maximum battery power. It boasts 4G LTE connectivity and the Android 4.0 OS (Ice Cream Sandwich), upgradeable to Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean).

Unique Design

This sleek smartphone is less than half an inch thick. With Corning Gorilla glass, DuPont KEVLAR fiber, and water-repellent nanocoating, the RAZR MAXX HD looks and feels elegant, yet durable.

Use the vivid 4.7-inch touchscreen display to blaze the web with Chrome, watch videos, and snap high-resolution images. The RAZR MAXX HD features a 1.3 MP front-facing camera with 720p HD video, as well as an 8 MP rear-facing camera with LED flash, panoramic mode, 1080p HD video, and HDR high dynamic range. You can also customize your RAZR MAXX HD with different colors and accessories.

Connect with Speed

The RAZR MAXX HD's dual-core 1.5 GHz processor and integrated Google services and apps make it stunningly fast and user-friendly. Upload your photos and videos fast with USB connectivity, Over-the-Air Sync, Wi-Fi, or Verizon’s 4G LTE network. Other features include low-energy Bluetooth connectivity for media sharing and hands-free chatting, and 1 GB RAM so you can multitask with ease.

Battery Life You Will Love

The RAZR MAXX HD features up to 32 hours of high-performance battery life to keep up with all your multimedia usage, all on a single charge. That’s enough battery power to get you through a full Hollywood trilogy with 13 hours of straight video playback, rock out to 27 hours of your favorite streaming music, or spend the entire eight-hour workday browsing the Internet with 4G LTE speeds.

Plus, the RAZR MAXX HD charges up in as little as four hours, so you can stop searching for an outlet and start having more fun.

Additional Features

GPS Navigation: Enjoy up to eight hours of voice-guided GPS Navigation with Google Maps.

Global Reach: The RAZR MAXX HD comes Global Ready. Call and text from more than 205 countries around the world. Plus, get access to e-mail and the web.

Tutorials: The RAZR MAXX HD comes pre-loaded with interactive, swipe-by-swipe tutorials for tons of features and easy access to a most commonly used quick settings page, as part of Motorola’s exclusive Help app.

SMARTACTIONS: The RAZR MAXX HD already has a long-life battery — and when you set up the SMARTACTIONS battery-saving rules, your phone settings will automatically adjust to squeeze even more from every charge. Set up the SMARTACTIONS driving rule, and when you’re behind the wheel, you see only what you need — like access to turn-by-turn directions and your favorite music. Always kill the ringer at work? Or tweak your Bluetooth settings at home to save battery? The SMARTACTIONS app can help, extending battery life and exterminating mundane tasks to save you precious time.

Mobile Hotspot: The RAZR MAXX HD doubles as a 4G mobile hotspot, letting you share its 4G LTE connection with up to eight wireless devices.

Circles Widget: Stay in the loop with a single glance. The Circles Widget keeps handy information like remaining battery, weather forecast, and time right on your home screen. And, if you receive a text, miss a call, or get a voicemail message, the Circles Widget will notify you.

Android Beam: Transfer web pages, maps, and other files between Android devices quickly and easily using the Android Beam. Simply tap the backs of two devices together then touch the screen to transfer. Beam is powered by NFC technology.

How to Become a Home Call Center Agent

Call center work is highly valued in many of today’s major service industries. In financial centers, call center workers help customers handle their financial products and deal with questions about banking policy. In medical groups, they help process insurance claims and inform patients on the status of a claim. Retail call center agents may field calls about a product, handle complaints, or talk to customers about payment.

There is generally no formal education required to become a home call center agent, as most of the skills a call center workers uses are things that he or she learns on the job. An independent contractor working as a call center agent combines these skills with some business knowledge to develop a client base that will provide them with ongoing work.

Steps

1

Set up reliable telecommunication services. As an independent contractor, you will need telephone and Internet service to communicate with potential clients about assignments, conduct telephone interviews and, assuming you build a client base, communicate with your clients’ customers.

Sign up with a telecommunications provider that offers both land line long distance and high speed Internet for package rates that could save you some money.

Make sure your work space is free of distractions. A quiet, professional work space is essential to become a home call center agent.

2

Look for call center work on job search engines. Be sure to focus on looking for contracts that include the word “telecommuting,” “work from home” and “freelance.”

3

Review any contract that a potential client offers you to be sure it spells out all the terms of work, including task description, rate of pay, invoicing procedures, and payment timetable.

4

Complete the necessary paperwork. Paperwork requirements vary from country to country, but, for instance, in the United States, independent contractors must supply clients to whom they contract a completed IRS W-9 Tax ID form. At the end of the tax year, U.S. independent contractors receive an IRS 1099-MISC form that documents the income earned for tax reporting purposes.

5

Manage your client base. Once you’ve developed a client base, pay careful attention to record keeping and time management. Use productivity software and other tools to securely maintain client records, keep track of billable hours or units, fulfill your contractual obligations to your clients, and invoice and track accounts receivables.

How to Use My Call Blocking With Sage Telecom

Using Sage Telecom's call blocking feature, you can block specific numbers to keep annoying callers and telemarketers away. Sage Communications, created in 1998, offers residential and business telephone service in 12 states. You can enable call blocking on your phone by spending two or three minutes programming your service.
Instructions

1

Call Sage Telecom's customer service department at 1-888-449-4940 and ask a customer service representative whether you have the call blocking feature included on your phone plan. If you do not, tell the representative that you want to add call blocking to your phone service; a monthly fee is added to your next phone bill.

2

To block the last incoming phone number from ringing through to your phone, pick up your receiver and hit "#." Wait for three tones to play, then dial "01#" and hang up. Anyone using that blocked phone line to dial your Sage Telecom number will hear a message notifying him that calls from his number are not permitted at this time.

3

Alternatively, pick up your receiver, dial "*60" and listen for the prompts. Press "2" to create a blocked number list, then enter a phone number--including the area code--that you want to block. Press "#" and listen for the prompt to enter the next number that you want to block. Continue this process until you have blocked all the desired numbers, up to a maximum of 10. Listen carefully to the prompts; Sage Telecom's phone blocking method varies from state to state.

Useful introduction of Mobile Broadband

 

Mobile Broadband - Details 

It's your business and it doesn't stop. So stay switched on without having to go back to the office (or home) to keep up to date.

What can it do?
Out of the office, waiting between meetings and want to use your time productively? Check your emails, surf the internet, sort out your accounts, or even update your website. You don’t need to be near a phone line, or a wireless hotspot, just have our mobile coverage. Simply plug in a Mobile Broadband device to your laptop and your office can come to you with Telecom Mobile Broadband.

You can also connect to the Internet and your email on your mobile.

You'll need a T-Stick
Easily access the Internet and important business information while you’re on the move. There are just a few things you’ll need and it’s easy. First, you need a T-Stick that simply plugs into your laptop. 

Need the fastest Mobile Broadband for your business?
Say goodbye to slow mobile Internet connections – XT has been turbo charged with a technology called HSPA+. This means that with a Turbo T-Stick on XT, you’ll experience mobile broadband speeds that are faster than ever before. On average you’ll experience download speeds of 4Mbps. With it you’ll react to your business needs even quicker, and downloading attachments and videos takes no time at all. Do it all, faster!

And you'll need a plan
Not a cunning plan, just something straightforward and easy to understand. We’ve put together a list of options based on how often you think you’ll need to use Mobile Broadband and how much you’ll use  

So, whatever you use Telecom’s Mobile Broadband for, its there to help your business productivity go through the roof even when you’re not under one.

Illinois Cochlear Implant Chapter

Using a cell phone can be challenging for cochlear implant users. Cell Phones transmit and receive speech and data using radio signals. This transmission combined by the electromagnetic interference of the phone itself, cause varying degrees of interference (buzzing) when we hold the phone up to our processors.


Hearing Aid Compatibility Ratings 

The FCC requires vendors to identify phones in their line up that exhibit less interference to hearing aids and cochlear implant processors. A phone with acceptable interference is labeled M3. If you wish to use your phone normally without a T-Coil, buy a phone rated M3. But if you wish to use your phone with your processor set on T-Coil and neck loop, look for a phone rated T3 or even better T4. You can search for phones here www.phonescoop.com. When you do a search here, you need to select "Show All Options" so the Hearing Aid Compatibility options display.

The FCC does not allow the T rating to exceed the M rating. That means a phone rated M3/T3 might actually be M3/T4, but the manufacturer is not allowed to tell you when this is the case. Always try them out in the store. You'll discover some work better than most. 

Handsfree 

If you want a hands free method for your cell phone, Cell Phone Neckloop is the simplest solution. They call it a cell phone neck loop because it includes a microphone. The neck loop plugs into your phone's headset jack. Most phones have a 3.5mm jack although some have a 2.5mm jack. You may need to use a converter jack. The ClearSounds product comes with that.

You can also get a Bluetooth Cell Phone Neckloop. This neck loop doesn't need to be plugged into the phone as it communicates using Bluethooth. If your phone's headset jack is square, this is your only handsfree option.

You might be tempted to just plug the audio cable that came with your processor into your phone. This is not likely to work. You'll hear your caller, but your caller will not hear you. Why? Because your audio cable doesn't have a microphone. The iPhone4 is an exception.

Depending on how your processor is programmed, you might not hear your voice when you speak. Your audiologist sets how much sound should come from the t-coil and how much from your microphone. 

If you hear buzzing when using a t-coil, lower your sensitivity if you can. You may have to ask your audiologist to make this adjustment for you.

Fluke Networks IntelliTone Pro 100 Toner and Probe Kit

The IntelliTone Pro Toner and Probe Series from Fluke Networks is the first toner and probe to offer digital and analog signaling all in one tool. That means its equipped with the most powerful cable location technologies for any work environment. Use digital mode to trace and locate data cabling safely and effectively on active networks. Use analog mode to isolate individual wire pairs, and trace voice, audio, and video cabling.

The IntelliTone Pro Toner and Probe Series from Fluke Networks gives you superior vision for locating cables hidden in floors, ceilings, walls, and in bundles. Its breakthrough digital technology makes it the first tool to tone and trace safely and effectively on active networks. 

- Finds the cables the others cant
- IntelliTone digital signal processing rejects noise and false signals
- SmartTone analog signal precisely isolates individual wire pairs
- Tones safely and clearly on active networks
- Diagnoses essential cable information with polarity, continuity, and talk battery
- Identifies and diagnoses POTS with Line 1 service and polarity 

• Manufacturer: Fluke Networks
• Manufacturer Part Number: MT-8200-50A
• Manufacturer Website Address: www.flukenetworks.com
• Brand Name: Fluke Networks
• Product Line: IntelliTone
• Product Name: IntelliTone Pro 100 Toner and Probe Kit
• Product Type: Network Testing Device
• Battery Life: 20 Hour
• Battery Chemistry: Alkaline

• Safety:
• EN 61010-1 1st Edition + Amendments 1, 2
EMC:
• EN 61326-1
Shock
• 1 m drop test with and without module
Vibration
• Random, 2 g, 5 Hz-500 Hz
Altitude:
• 3000 m