Monday, October 14, 2013
Thursday, October 3, 2013
Facebook and Project "Robin Hood"
Facebook and Project "Robin Hood"
Hey guys Bryan here.Click this link to join and start sharing for FREE.
http://projectrh.com/E2Aehe3nu
By following category specific pages made by Project "Robin Hood" you can get the latest and most likely to be viewed videos delivered right to your Facebook news feed for you. When you see a video you like, do not share or like the post. Instead, follow the link and go to the video, than share it as you normally would.
I have been doing this with their Sports page for awhile, views have gone up, and time spent finding videos to share has gone down. I am beyond ecstatic about them now having pages for every category, especially Animals...
What is Project "Robin Hood"?
http://projectrh.com/4UfZHwbtC
Making my first video because I just logged into Project "Robin Hood" and I noticed they are promoting a whole bunch of new Facebook category pages.
This excites me because if you use these pages effectively and efficiently, we can make a lot more money, for not just ourselves, but everyone else using and part of the Project "Robin Hood" community.
I am going to walk you through, it's only a couple of minutes.
All you have to do is like/follow some of their pages/new pages. Animals, sports (football is coming up).
So what you're going to do is follow/like these pages and your news feed, Facebook news feed, will constantly be updated with some of the latest, and most featured, or most liked videos; by Project "Robin Hood".
Some of them update every half-hour, sometimes it's ever few hours, depends on the category you pick and how many videos they have it would seem.
But either way, you follow these pages, you like them. What's going to be a little Project "Robin Hood" twist here, is you're not going to like and share their posts. What you're going to do with their posts, when you see one that will probably do good on your social networks, just follow the link. It will bring you right to Project "Robin Hood" and share the video by clicking all the buttons underneath (like your normally would). And how this is going to make you more money, is you don't have to go searching through Project "Robin Hood". You're not going to have to go to YouTube first and find a link and cut and paste that. You don't have to put any of that time in anymore.
Just follow the sports page, if you're people, your fans like sports. Follow their sports page. You're going to see all kinds of new sports videos. You're going to see all kinds of good sports videos. You don't have to do anything! You're already in Facebook. Just click the link, follow it, click the Facebook button again at the bottom, you're back in Facebook. You've shared it; way-to-go! Now you're getting views.
I hope that everyone really takes this seriously, cause, I am been making a decent amount of money with Project "Robin Hood". I notice a couple people joined recently, it's starting to take off, numbers are getting better. This is my first video, I hope to make more, because, I am excited about Project "Robin Hood". I am not sure what they have planned next, but whatever it is, it's big. And I felt like sharing it.
So remember, follow their pages. Don't share or like the posts on it, just go to the videos you think are going to do good and share them like you normally would. That allows you to get the views, and the money.
Thanks a ton Project "Robin Hood" and everyone who watches this video.
Click the link below and if your not apart of Project "Robin Hood", get on my team. I am going to be making videos like this all the time. Can't tell you how excited I am. Talk to you guys later.
Wednesday, October 2, 2013
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Downhill Mountain Bikers Forget To Check The Trail First, Pay The Ultimate Price!
Downhill Mountain Bikers Forget To Check The Trail First, Pay The Ultimate Price!
Four amigos from Argentina get it wrong in Chatel -- this is the kind of bail you're happy to more or less walk away from. Shout out to Wigi Wigi for the submission.
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Thursday, September 26, 2013
My Fun LIfe - Review and Compensation Plan Overview
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Tuesday, September 24, 2013
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. - Trailer 1 (Official)
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. - Trailer 1 (Official)
Get an even better look at "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.," coming to ABC Tuesdays at 8:00 p.m. ET this fall!
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Clark Gregg reprises his role of Agent Phil Coulson from Marvel's feature films as he assembles a small, highly select group of Agents from the worldwide law-enforcement organization known as S.H.I.E.L.D. Together they investigate the new, the strange, and the unknown across the globe, protecting the ordinary from the extraordinary. Coulson's team consists of Agent Grant Ward (Brett Dalton), highly trained in combat and espionage, Agent Melinda May (Ming-Na Wen) expert pilot and martial artist, Agent Leo Fitz (Iain De Caestecker); brilliant engineer and Agent Jemma Simmons (Elizabeth Henstridge) genius bio-chemist. Joining them on their journey into mystery is new recruit and computer hacker Skye (Chloe Bennet).
From Executive Producers Joss Whedon ("Marvel's The Avengers," "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"); Jed Whedon & Maurissa Tancharoen, "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." pilot co-writers ("Dollhouse," "Dr.Horrible's Sing-Along Blog"); Jeffrey Bell ("Angel," "Alias"); and Jeph Loeb ("Smallville," "Lost," "Heroes") comes Marvel's first TV series. "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." is produced by ABC Studios and Marvel Television.

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Tina Fey | Tina Fey Nip Slip | Emmys 2013
Tina Fey | Tina Fey Nip Slip | Emmys 2013
Tina, nip slips happen to the best of us. There’s no need to be embarrassed about your wardrobe malfunction at the 2013 Emmy Awards — and here’s why.
Tina Fey, it’s totally fine that you suffered a nip slip at the Emmy Awards on Sept. 22. There are more celebs who have suffered from embarrassing moments at important award shows — you’re not alone. Remember Jennifer Lawrence falling at the Oscars? Just consider this a badge of honor.
Tina Fey: Don’t Be Embarrassed About Your Nip Slip — It Happens
The Emmy Awards are full of comical moments — it’s about TV, after all — but sometimes things happen that weren’t exactly planned. Case in point: Tina’s nip slip.

After her writing partner Tracey Wigfield gave a speech for accepting the Best Comedy Writing award, Tina went on stage to also say thanks, too. But unfortunately, her loose dress failed her by exposing her breast and nipple as she reached for the Emmy Award.
My hope is she’s laughing about it now — she has a great sense of humor after all — but I’m sure deep down she’s at least slightly embarrassed. I definitely would be if millions of people saw my nipple. But the thing is, Tina isn’t the first person this has happened to — she’s in good and glamorous company! There’s a long history of nip slips in Hollywood.
Nip Slips: A Look Back At Hollywood’s Most Memorable Wardrobe Malfunctions
Jennifer Lopez had a nip slip in the 2012 Oscars ceremony while she was on stage presenting with Cameron Diaz in a beautiful Zuhair Murad gown at the Oscars.
Nip Slip Jennifer Lopez The Oscars -> http://projectrh.com/BBESF5BMu


Mariah Carey has also been a victim of the terrible breast-baring malfunction. In February 2013, at the So So Def 20th Anniversary Party, Mariah’s dress went a little too low and exposed her nipple.
Mariah Carey surprises the So So Def Concert audience - @AXSTV -> http://projectrh.com/BBFgeO34y
And even at the Emmy’s this year, Lena Headey, 39, walked the red carpet in a sheer, black lace dress designed by Alessandra Rich exposing her nipples. Not an accidental nip slip at all!
-> http://projectrh.com/BBHGtCsQC
See, Tina? Nip slips are just part of life these days. It’s not really a show without one happening! Now that it’s happened to you, it’s unlikely it will happen again, so just be glad it’s over.
What do you think, HollywoodLifers? Should Tina be embarrassed about her nip slip? Drop us a comment and vote below.
Tina Fey, it’s totally fine that you suffered a nip slip at the Emmy Awards on Sept. 22. There are more celebs who have suffered from embarrassing moments at important award shows — you’re not alone. Remember Jennifer Lawrence falling at the Oscars? Just consider this a badge of honor.
Tina Fey: Don’t Be Embarrassed About Your Nip Slip — It Happens
The Emmy Awards are full of comical moments — it’s about TV, after all — but sometimes things happen that weren’t exactly planned. Case in point: Tina’s nip slip.
After her writing partner Tracey Wigfield gave a speech for accepting the Best Comedy Writing award, Tina went on stage to also say thanks, too. But unfortunately, her loose dress failed her by exposing her breast and nipple as she reached for the Emmy Award.
My hope is she’s laughing about it now — she has a great sense of humor after all — but I’m sure deep down she’s at least slightly embarrassed. I definitely would be if millions of people saw my nipple. But the thing is, Tina isn’t the first person this has happened to — she’s in good and glamorous company! There’s a long history of nip slips in Hollywood.
Nip Slips: A Look Back At Hollywood’s Most Memorable Wardrobe Malfunctions
Jennifer Lopez had a nip slip in the 2012 Oscars ceremony while she was on stage presenting with Cameron Diaz in a beautiful Zuhair Murad gown at the Oscars.
Nip Slip Jennifer Lopez The Oscars -> http://projectrh.com/BBESF5BMu
Mariah Carey has also been a victim of the terrible breast-baring malfunction. In February 2013, at the So So Def 20th Anniversary Party, Mariah’s dress went a little too low and exposed her nipple.
Mariah Carey surprises the So So Def Concert audience - @AXSTV -> http://projectrh.com/BBFgeO34y
And even at the Emmy’s this year, Lena Headey, 39, walked the red carpet in a sheer, black lace dress designed by Alessandra Rich exposing her nipples. Not an accidental nip slip at all!
-> http://projectrh.com/BBHGtCsQC
See, Tina? Nip slips are just part of life these days. It’s not really a show without one happening! Now that it’s happened to you, it’s unlikely it will happen again, so just be glad it’s over.
What do you think, HollywoodLifers? Should Tina be embarrassed about her nip slip? Drop us a comment and vote below.
Is BlackBerry going to sell? | Preliminary deal for $4 7 billion
Is BlackBerry going to sell? | Preliminary deal for $4 7 billion
BlackBerry Gets Offer To Go Private For $4.7 Billion
BlackBerry has agreed to a $4.7 billion sale to a group led by its largest shareholder, Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd., after new smartphones failed to turn the company around.
BlackBerry Ltd. said Monday that a letter of intent has been signed and that its shareholders will receive $9 in cash for each share. The deal comes just days after the Canadian company announced plans to lay off 40 percent of its global workforce.
The BlackBerry, pioneered in 1999, was once the dominant smartphone for on-the-go business people and other consumers. It could be so addictive that it was nicknamed "the CrackBerry." President Barack Obama couldn't bear to part with his BlackBerry. Oprah Winfrey declared it one of her "favorite things."
But then came a new generation of competing smartphones, starting with Apple's iPhone in 2007. The BlackBerry, that game-changing breakthrough in personal connectedness, looked ancient suddenly.
Although BlackBerry was once Canada's most valuable company with a market value of $83 billion in June 2008, the stock has plummeted from more than $140 a share to less than $9, giving it a market value of $4.6 billion, just short of Fairfax's offer.

Analysts say that although BlackBerry's hardware business is not worth anything, its service business and patents are still valuable. At the end of the second quarter, the company also had total cash and investments of about $2.6 billion and no debt.
The deal follows a $7.2 billion offer that Microsoft Corp. made this month for the phones and services business of another troubled phone maker, Nokia Corp.
Fairfax head Prem Watsa, who owns 10 percent of BlackBerry, stepped down as a board member because of potential conflicts when BlackBerry announced it was considering a sale last month. The company would no longer be traded publicly once the sale goes through.
"We believe this transaction will open an exciting new private chapter for BlackBerry its customers, carriers and employees," Watsa said in a statement. "We can deliver immediate value to shareholders, while we continue the execution of a long-term strategy in a private company."
Watsa is one of Canada's best-known investors and is founder of Toronto-based Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. BlackBerry founder Mike Lazaridis recruited Watsa to join the company's board when Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie stepped aside as its co-CEOs in January 2012.
BlackBerry shares plunged 17 percent after the company announced Friday a loss of nearly $1 billion and layoffs of 4,500 workers. It gained 9 cents, or 1.1 percent, to $8.82 Monday.
BlackBerry said the general terms of the deal have been approved by its board and a special committee set up to look at options. The company said it will negotiate and execute a definitive transaction agreement with Fairfax by Nov. 4.
During that time, BlackBerry is entitled to continue to find other buyers, but if BlackBerry backs out of the deal, it would owe Fairfax about $157 million.
"The special committee is seeking the best available outcome for the company's constituents, including for shareholders," BlackBerry chairwoman Barbara Stymiest said in a statement.
Watsa is likely to keep current CEO Thorsten Heins in the job. He said in April that he's a big supporter of Heins and has called his promotion the right decision. He also said he's excited about the company's new BlackBerry 10 operating system.
This year's launch of BlackBerry 10 and fancier devices that use it was supposed to rejuvenate the brand and lure customers. But the much-delayed phones have failed to turn the company around. At their peak in the fall of 2009, BlackBerry's smartphones enjoyed global market share of more than 20 percent, says Mike Walkley, an analyst with Canaccord Genuity. That is now just 1.5 percent.
BlackBerry said Friday that it will lay off 4,500 employees as it tries to slash costs by 50 percent and shift its focus back to competing mainly for the business customers. That will bring its global headcount to 7,000. The company cut 5,000 jobs last year.
A week earlier than expected, BlackBerry surprised the market by reporting Friday that it lost nearly $1 billion in the second quarter. The company is booking over $900 million in charges to write down the value of its unsold smartphones.
The company also said Friday it plans to focus on offering only two high-end devices and two entry-level phones going forward, with emphasis on the business market.
The decline of BlackBerry, formerly known as Research In Motion Ltd., is evoking memories of Nortel, another Canadian tech giant, which ended up declaring bankruptcy in 2009.
But BGC analyst Colin Gillis said taking BlackBerry private is the right move and said it's possible that BlackBerry could survive in a much smaller form. He noted that the $9-per-share offer is lower than the $12.32 average price that the stock traded over the past six months.

Anthony Michael Sabino, a professor at St. John's University's business school, said going private removes the burden of pleasing shareholders with short-term results, just as Michael Dell hopes to do with Dell Inc. after winning a bid to take the troubled computer maker private. He said Fairfax is known for patience in its investments, which would give BlackBerry time to regroup.
"In all honesty, its fate is still uncertain, but at least now it has a fighting chance," Sabino said.
pulled from - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/23/blackberry-sale_n_3976373.html?utm_hp_ref=technology
BlackBerry has agreed to a $4.7 billion sale to a group led by its largest shareholder, Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd., after new smartphones failed to turn the company around.
BlackBerry Ltd. said Monday that a letter of intent has been signed and that its shareholders will receive $9 in cash for each share. The deal comes just days after the Canadian company announced plans to lay off 40 percent of its global workforce.
The BlackBerry, pioneered in 1999, was once the dominant smartphone for on-the-go business people and other consumers. It could be so addictive that it was nicknamed "the CrackBerry." President Barack Obama couldn't bear to part with his BlackBerry. Oprah Winfrey declared it one of her "favorite things."
But then came a new generation of competing smartphones, starting with Apple's iPhone in 2007. The BlackBerry, that game-changing breakthrough in personal connectedness, looked ancient suddenly.
Although BlackBerry was once Canada's most valuable company with a market value of $83 billion in June 2008, the stock has plummeted from more than $140 a share to less than $9, giving it a market value of $4.6 billion, just short of Fairfax's offer.
Analysts say that although BlackBerry's hardware business is not worth anything, its service business and patents are still valuable. At the end of the second quarter, the company also had total cash and investments of about $2.6 billion and no debt.
The deal follows a $7.2 billion offer that Microsoft Corp. made this month for the phones and services business of another troubled phone maker, Nokia Corp.
Fairfax head Prem Watsa, who owns 10 percent of BlackBerry, stepped down as a board member because of potential conflicts when BlackBerry announced it was considering a sale last month. The company would no longer be traded publicly once the sale goes through.
"We believe this transaction will open an exciting new private chapter for BlackBerry its customers, carriers and employees," Watsa said in a statement. "We can deliver immediate value to shareholders, while we continue the execution of a long-term strategy in a private company."
Watsa is one of Canada's best-known investors and is founder of Toronto-based Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. BlackBerry founder Mike Lazaridis recruited Watsa to join the company's board when Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie stepped aside as its co-CEOs in January 2012.
BlackBerry shares plunged 17 percent after the company announced Friday a loss of nearly $1 billion and layoffs of 4,500 workers. It gained 9 cents, or 1.1 percent, to $8.82 Monday.
BlackBerry said the general terms of the deal have been approved by its board and a special committee set up to look at options. The company said it will negotiate and execute a definitive transaction agreement with Fairfax by Nov. 4.
During that time, BlackBerry is entitled to continue to find other buyers, but if BlackBerry backs out of the deal, it would owe Fairfax about $157 million.
"The special committee is seeking the best available outcome for the company's constituents, including for shareholders," BlackBerry chairwoman Barbara Stymiest said in a statement.
Watsa is likely to keep current CEO Thorsten Heins in the job. He said in April that he's a big supporter of Heins and has called his promotion the right decision. He also said he's excited about the company's new BlackBerry 10 operating system.
BlackBerry said Friday that it will lay off 4,500 employees as it tries to slash costs by 50 percent and shift its focus back to competing mainly for the business customers. That will bring its global headcount to 7,000. The company cut 5,000 jobs last year.
A week earlier than expected, BlackBerry surprised the market by reporting Friday that it lost nearly $1 billion in the second quarter. The company is booking over $900 million in charges to write down the value of its unsold smartphones.
The company also said Friday it plans to focus on offering only two high-end devices and two entry-level phones going forward, with emphasis on the business market.
The decline of BlackBerry, formerly known as Research In Motion Ltd., is evoking memories of Nortel, another Canadian tech giant, which ended up declaring bankruptcy in 2009.
But BGC analyst Colin Gillis said taking BlackBerry private is the right move and said it's possible that BlackBerry could survive in a much smaller form. He noted that the $9-per-share offer is lower than the $12.32 average price that the stock traded over the past six months.
Anthony Michael Sabino, a professor at St. John's University's business school, said going private removes the burden of pleasing shareholders with short-term results, just as Michael Dell hopes to do with Dell Inc. after winning a bid to take the troubled computer maker private. He said Fairfax is known for patience in its investments, which would give BlackBerry time to regroup.
"In all honesty, its fate is still uncertain, but at least now it has a fighting chance," Sabino said.
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Saturday, September 21, 2013
Vine Video. Car Hit. Ambulance.
Thursday, September 19, 2013
Finding A Gas Leak With A Lighter
Finding A Gas Leak With A Lighter
Hey, let's check this vent for a gas leak using this lighter.
Brilliant idea, glad they did it so I could watch this video.
Simply by reading the title of the video, we all know what could happen... but it is amazing what actually does happen.
Was only half expecting that.
Was only half expecting that.
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