Today was my 2nd fishing trip with my daughter Tabitha, after last weekends maiden trip both Tabitha and I were looking forward to a great days fishing. The day started with a quick trip to our local tackle shop (Darlington Angling Centre) were we purchased a fresh tub of mixed maggots. Tabitha’s plan was to fishing a single maggot, which I still had to put on the hook, over a small bed of hemp seed. Tabitha used a 3 meter speed-whip with a size 20 hook. Due to her lack of experience we shared a single swim Peg 1 on Parklands Lake. Tabitha fished the edge of the lilly pads on the right hand side of the peg.
Whilst setting up we saw several big splashes within the swim, Tabitha put out a nice bed of hemp and within minutes the first small roach was caught. Tabitha’s lack of experience meant several fish were lost in the lilly pad. However, she continued to fish and before long she had caught her first ever Gudgeon. Only two fishing trips in and she has now managed to catch more species than I did in my entire childhood. This possible has something to do with someone is taking the time to teaching her, as a child I was just given a rod, some bait & tackle and sent fishing.
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Jayson Gurney – MBCS
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On a recent survey we identified over 100 unsecure wireless networks. As a business owner you have an obligation under the Data Protection Act to ensure the safety of any data held on your computer(s). An unsecure wireless network is an easy target for cyber-criminals.
Protect your data by changing any default settings on your wireless router:
- Login name
- password
- used a non-dictionary password
- implement wireless security
- create a unrelated SSID / network name
Here at SOHO IT Solutions we appreciate the importance of data security and are offering a free no obligation consultations to help secure wireless network and protect valuable business data.
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Jayson Gurney – MBCS
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Are you using an external USB hard drive for your data backups? Warning – what’s happens if you are unfortunate enough to be broken into and they steal all your computer equipment. The answer is you LOSE ALL YOUR DATA!
Now ask yourself the following questions would your business survive if you lose all this data, would you know who still owes me money, would you be able to complete your VAT return or file your annual accounts?
Don’t take chances with your business data – consider implementing a professional, secure and affordable online data backup solution. If you would like a free no obligation consultation regarding your corporate data backup please feel free to message me or call.
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Jayson Gurney – MBCS
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Have you got a spammer constantly showing up in your server logs? Do you want to block them from accessing your website?
Banning an IP address using a .htaccess.
order allow,deny deny from 154.162.12.198 allow from all
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Jayson Gurney – MBCS
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Following the excellent feedback from my Darlington and Bishop Auckland Social Media Cafes, it is with great pleasure that I announce the official launch date of the Hartlepool Social Media Cafe.
Our opening meeting will be taking place on Tuesday 19th July 2011 at The King Johns Tavern in Hartlepool. The meetings are designed so that busy business owners, retailers, manager or anyone intrested in Social Media can attend during their lunch breaks.
What is Hartlepool Social Media Cafe?
The Hartlepool Social Media Cafe is a place for people interested in social media to come together, get acquainted, share ideas, thoughts and lessons learnt. The aim of the group is to help local business owners, retailors, manager flourish with the use of all the latest social media tools, applications and platforms.
So if you’re interested in the social media, be it Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Blogging, Podcasts or any of the others, why not come along. It’s totally free to attend, the group meet on the 3rd Tuesday of each month at the King Johns Tavern, Hartlepool.
The group is an informal and open group, and everyone is welcome regardless of their social media knowledge.
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A local martial arts club is hosting the 6th Annual Matayoshi Kobudo Gasshuku this year here in Darlington, County Durham. The seminar is open to all martial arts students with an interest in Kobudo – weapon arts.
Sanguinetti Sensei is one of the highest ranked instructors in the Matayoshi Kobudo Kodokan Organisation. He is the instructor responsible for Kobudo in the Shorei Shobu Kan organization and is a representative of the Matayoshi Family around the western world.
Sanguinetti Sensei, a practitioner of the martial arts for over 38 years, holds the ranking of Nana Dan (7th Degree) in Karate, Roku Dan (6th Degree) in Kobudo and Sho Dan (1st Degree) in Iai-Do. He is dedicated to the preservation of these traditional arts as they were passed on to him.
Sanguinetti Sensei, through the MKKI, continues with the promise that he made to Matayoshi Shinpo Sensei to preserve and promote the art that his father Matayoshi Shinko created. His work is directed to promote not only the practice of the curriculum material itself, but also to motivate the unity among the members of the MKKI and to open the doors to budokas (practitioners of the martial arts) interested in the benefits from joining the Organization.
Dates:
23rd to 25th September 2011
Venue:
Longfield School, Longfield Road, Darlington, County Durham, DL3 0HT
Timings:
6.30 pm to 9.30 pm Friday 23rd September – for Matayoshi Kobudo Instructors.
11.00 am to 4.00 pm Saturday 24th September – Open to all Martial Artists & Juniors (min age 9 years)
11.00 am to 5.00 pm Sunday 25th September – Matayoshi Kobudo Members.
Gradings will be conducted during the Sunday training for eligible members.
Price:
£45 for Matayoshi Kobudo Members for all 3 Days.
£40 for Matayoshi Members for 2 Days Training.
£35 for 1 Day Training.
£20 for 2 hours Training for Juniors.
Contact:
Fred Bateman Sensei – fred.bateman@matayoshikobudouk.com
Telephone:
07807 827978
For more information please contact Fred Bateman Sensei or alternative checkout the following websites:
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Jayson Gurney – MBCS
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This months meeting is a combined monthly club meeting and our Annual General Meeting All members and guests are formally invited to attend. We have 3 great short presentations that we hope will help / benefit all our club members and guests. This will be an excellent networking event so please register your seat today to avoid disapointment.
Registration is from 18.30 with the main meeting commencing at 19.00. We will have a short introduction from the Chair before the the AGM commences. On conclusion of the AGM all members and guests will provide brief introductions before the main speakers present their respective presentations. A short Q&A will be available after each presentation.
- Speaker #1: Claire Mitchell of 19 Marketing Limited
- Speaker #2: Graeme Rowlatt of Rowlatt Photography
- Speaker #3: Ray Wrigglesworth of Emplaw Solutions
Bite Sized Social Media
Can Social Media really make a difference to your business? Facebook, Twitter, Linked-In and YouTube may have started life as personal networking tools but many businesses are successfully using them to increase brand awareness and sales. Claire Mitchell will give a 15 minute ‘bite sized’ introduction to Social Media for business and show you some tips and tricks to try in your own business.
Image is everything
Do you have your wedding photograph as your profile picture on Linked In? Do you use your personal Facebook Profile for business? Do clients REALLY want to see that photo of you on the stag do in Prague?…Photographer Graeme Rowatt is on a mission to make businesses realise that image is everything. With some serious (and not so serious examples) of photographic faux pas seen on Busines Social Media pages, Graeme will take us through the do’s and don’ts of Social Media Image Etiquette!
Employment Law
Ray Wrigglesworth of Emplaw Solutions has over 20 years’ experience of employment law. His 15 minute overview of the perils, pitfalls and potential issues with employment law will provide food for thought for businesses of all sizes – we guarantee that you will go away with a head full of ideas!
Event Info
- Date: Wednesday, 4 May 2011
- Time: 18:30 – 21:00
- Venue: Morton Park Business Training Centre (in between Morrisons and B&Q), Morton Park, Yarm Road DL1 4PJ
- Cost: FREE
To reserve your FREE seat at the next Darlington Business Club meeting please use thier EventBrite booking page.
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Jayson Gurney – MBCS
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The next Bishop Auckland Social Media Cafe will take place at the Park Head Country Hotel & Restaurant on Monday 23 May 2011 from 12 noon to 13:30.
The aim of the group is to help local business owners flurish with the use of all the latest social media tools, applications and platforms.
So if you’re interested in the social media, be it Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Blogging, Podcasts or any of the others, why not come along. The group is an informal and open group and it’s totally free to attend.
Topics for discussion will include:
- Twitter Chat
- Podcasts
- Using LinkedIn to grow your business
To reserve your FREE seat at the next Bishop Auckland Social Media Cafe please use our EventBrite booking page.
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Jayson Gurney – MBCS
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Just a quick warning of another virus / scam / phishing email message that claims its from Alliance & Leicester.
Fake Alliance & Leicester Bank Email
Keep your system safe – Make sure you have a good reliable Internet Security Suite installed. Examples include: Kaspersky Internet Security, Sophos Small Business & Sophos Computer Security.
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Jayson Gurney – MBCS
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Today we saw more new members attend the Bishop Auckland Social Media Cafe at the Park Head Country Hotel & Restaurant.
Today the group had length discussions regarding the following topics:
- International IP Day – Copyright of corporate logos, website copy and photographs
- TweetDeck vs HootSuite – TweetDeck is the preferred Social Media management client of those who attended. Also discussed scheduling tweets, posting & managing multiple social media accounts plus using the twitter search feeds for monitoring certain key terms.
- Blogging using WordPress – members discuss how/why they were using WordPress, discussions also include whether to use wordpress.com, wordpress.org or private hosting & installation.
- LinkedIn – Events, Polls and Groups
Due to the lengthy discussions we didn’t get time to discuss Podcasts and Twitter Chats, these will almost certainly form part of the discussion at our next meeting in May.
All-in-all another great meeting that has almost certainly been thought prevoking for all those in attendance.
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Jayson Gurney – MBCS
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