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26 May 2011
Azkals - Final 23-man list for World Cup qualifier ?
Azkals team in Cebu :
Aly Borromeo
Paolo Pascual
Chieffy Caligdong
Ian Araneta
Roel Gener
Yanti Barsales
William Espinosa (Fil-German)
Yannick Tuason
Ricardo Becite
Edward Sacapano
Christopher Camcam
Nestorio Margarse
James Rocklitz (Fil-Am)
Nathan Burkey (Fil-Am)
Anton Del Rosario
Neil Etheridge (Fil-English)
Jason Sabio (Fil-Am)
Simon Greatwich (Fil-English)
Phil Younghusband (Fil-English)
James Younghusband (Fil-English)
Leigh Gunn (Fil-Australian)
Misagh Bahadoran
Possible players joining team in Germany
Rob Gier (Fil-English)
Jerry Lucena (Fil-Danish)
Stephan Schröck (Fil-German)
Angel Guirado (Fil-Spanish)
Dennis Cagara (Fil-Danish)
Ray Jonsson (Fil-Icelandic)
Patrick Reichelt (Fil-German)
Kevin Ingreso (Fil-German)
Olivier Pötsche (Fil-German)
Manuell Ott (Fil-German)
Jason de Jong (Fil-Netherlands) ?
My list got 33 men. I am not sure if they will add any new local players now ? Could be 1 or 2 new fil-foreigners joining in Germany ?
Will they be going with 23 men from Philippines and add fil-foreigners based in Europe or will the final 23 men list for Sri Lanka be released now ?
Who do you want added to this list , who do you want to be dropped ?
Discuss !
33 comments:
Seems like no new local players from PFF U23 and PFF Smart qualifiers will join Azkals ?ReplyDelete
- Boy Palaboy26 May 2011 at 13:21
sana i-add si beloya dolino tacusalme unabia and gustilo...ReplyDelete
- Anonymous26 May 2011 at 13:31
Anong local marami pang nanghihintay na fil-fors sa US.hindi na eto RP team kundi UNITED NATIONS TEAM.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous26 May 2011 at 13:55
Only a 23-25 players will be brought to Germany for training camp. And it was said before that the final 23-man squad for the two legs against Sri Lanka will be named two days prior to first game.ReplyDelete
Probably those 23-25 players will already count the players who haven't joined the squad yet, such as Etheridge, Gier, etc.
Rob Gier ? Wife`s pregnant , could be doubtfulReplyDelete
Ray Jonsson ? League matches in Iceland in June/July , will his club release him ?
Dennis Cagara ? Dont know what he is thinking
Jerry Lucena ? Injured now , but he wants to play.
- Anonymous26 May 2011 at 14:38
Chad Gould even with vampire bite still wants to playReplyDelete
I think he has given up that idea. He just tweeted that he wanted to go to Davao for beach football tournament June 12 (Kicksand)ReplyDelete
- Anonymous26 May 2011 at 14:53
The PFF U23 stand-outs will most likely play in the SEA games and not the World Cup Qualifier. If it's in the official FIFA Calendar, then most likely all our professional players will be granted or else the team may be penalized by FIFA, IMO. I hope Schrock and Cagara will finally suit up the Azkals jersey.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous26 May 2011 at 14:55
Suck shit if you dont like the squad.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous26 May 2011 at 16:37
"The PFF U23 stand-outs will most likely play in the SEA games and not the World Cup Qualifier."ReplyDelete
Ya no shit!! LOL! That's why it's an U23 tournament. It was meant to find talent for the national U23 team!
Anyway, perhaps some of the younger players, the likes of Rochlitz and Ingreso won't be part of the senior team right away. De Jong will definitely not be part of the world cup qualifiers. And I don't think they'll bring 4 GK's. That's just too much.
- Anonymous26 May 2011 at 17:21
where's misagh?.. I think they are high on himReplyDelete
- Anonymous26 May 2011 at 18:41
just hope Angel Guirado and Stefan Schröck (finally) will join the squad. Also would be nice to see Lucena again and also Cagara..........we need the players with highest level to make good results. I would definately drop Jason De Jong from the list.......ReplyDelete
- cjeagle26 May 2011 at 18:45
Yeah I think jonny forgot to include Misagh Bahadoran on that list. He is still a candidate.ReplyDelete
- ANDREW26 May 2011 at 19:28
To whoever wrote the list, STOP using Fil-Am,Fil-English,Fil-Australian terms. Do you really have to label player with this? whats the point of doing so? Its really annoying reading this labels, I dont know, just put their heights instead.ReplyDelete
BTW while your at it, why didnt you label Chieffy as Ceb-Ilong? his dad is Ilonggo and the Mom is Cebuano.
GOSH stop it.
Possible Azkals add on players : http://cebufa.org/forum/index.php?topic=45.msg6163#msg6163ReplyDelete
@cjeagle : You are right , Misagh may still be a candidate , even though he is not in Cebu . It could be personal reasons? He is on UFL list of candidates for All-star UFL team against Azkals on 5. June. That could indicate he has been dropped from Azkals team ?ReplyDelete
- cjeagle26 May 2011 at 21:25
I just saw pictures of him in iloilo and maybe in cebu partying with the other guys. Well not everyone can play for the Azkals in the all star game. They will probably allow some of the national player to play for the UFL team.
Thanks , I was using the list that Cebu Daily News published , they must have missed him. I will add him on the list. Other players in Cebu now that is not on my list ?ReplyDelete
- cjeagle26 May 2011 at 22:27
It is not the first time local newspapers publish incomplete or even inaccurate lists. You have to be used to that by now. (-:ReplyDelete
If you check misagh's facebook account, he said he was on his way to Cebu yesterday.
You also did not include 17 y/o OJ Porteria. I think he has been rehabbing his knee which he injured on the first day of training, in Manila all this time. Probably out of the running for WC qualifiers but a candidate for the U-23.
- Anonymous27 May 2011 at 00:33
who is misagh bahadoran? who is OJ porteria? where did they come from? sorry for my ignoranceReplyDelete
misagh played vs cpu koreans here at iloilo, he was one of the few azkals who played well.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous27 May 2011 at 02:05
At jhonny, cjeagle and others:ReplyDelete
Roll down to the article publish by a certain Michelle P. So. "The Azkals in Cebu" there is a very interesting comment by a certain Anonymous. I am quite sure you can also write something about this comment.
@ANDREW - I COMPLETELY AGREE!! PLEASE STOP with labeling already!! It's UTTERLY RIDICULOUS!!ReplyDelete
In case you haven't noticed, NOBODY cares that some of our players are mixed. All we really care about is that they are the best footballers playing for our national team.
Can someone list their age, height, position and caps?ReplyDelete
Thank you in advance.
- Anonymous27 May 2011 at 05:42
...also please list the clubs that they play for instead of the nationality. They're all Pinoys for all we care.ReplyDelete
- cjeagle27 May 2011 at 07:12
Acc. to PFSA "Michael Falkesgaard ( Broendby IF ) will join the team for sure on June 19 in Duren Germany".ReplyDelete
Even if he does, he won't have time to process his papers(Fifa switch and passport) for the Sri Lanka game so he will most likely be considered for the U-23 team in July if it is not cancelled or the 2nd rd WC qualifying game against Kuwait as a backup to Etheridge.
- Anonymous27 May 2011 at 08:25
Man! Stop this labelling. This has nothing to do with the game. Take note - "THEY ARE ALL FILIPINOS!!!" - irregardless of where they were born. That's why they will play for the Philippine Football Team, STOOPID!!!ReplyDelete
uhm, i think about Beloya etc, they can be sutable for the U23 but not yet for the WC qualifiers, there are more experienced players. About de Jong, he is not part of the azkals anymore but he will try out for the U23 team and accordingly be here on June 5ReplyDelete
anyways, about the 23-man list,
aly borromeo
anton del rosario
neil etheridge
yanti barsales
rob gier
chieffy caligdong
roel gener
ian araneta
edward sacapano
Paolo Pascual
Yannick Tuason
Ricardo Becite
Nathan Burkey
Jason Sabio
Simon Greatwich
Phil Younghusband
James Younghusband
Leigh Gunn
Misagh Bahadoran
Jerry Lucena
Stephan Schröck
Angel Guirado
Ray Jonsson
as for camcam: he had training earlier this month..
- Anonymous27 May 2011 at 16:30
@berlyn if beloya is not good as you think....then take out yannickReplyDelete
tuason....because he dont play evenly with the tournament....he play poorly
even in the under 23....dolino, beloya and gustilo is much more better than
people...sorry but the filipino base abroad are can not be categorized as
filipino citizen maybe dual citizen so can call them dual fil-am, fil-brit
etc because that is there stature.......though we can call them filipino in
ethnic origin....ethnic origin and citizenship is very different......
what the hellbasta may dugong pinoy ayos...
- cjeagle27 May 2011 at 19:17
There is a new potential addition to that list who is European based who could potentially be one of the best players on the team. There is a question when and if he can get a passport but if he does, he is an automatic addition to the team because of his credentials. Let us await further developments.ReplyDelete
- cjeagle27 May 2011 at 19:32
The person I am referring to is Paul Mulders from Holland, who just recently signed with Dutch Eredivisie(Premier division) side Ado Den Haag as an attacking midfielder. He has announced on his facebook account that he will be joining the Azkals next week in Manila.ReplyDelete
To Anonymous MAY 27, 2011 4:30 PMReplyDelete
You evidently don't get it. No one really cares that some of our players hold dual citizenship. NOBODY!!
The labeling is completely absurd and totally ridiculous. Subconsciously, labeling some players creates a division instead of complete unity in our team. Honestly, I find it mind-boggling why there's an obsession with labeling in our country. It must end!
How did we find Paul Mulders to be part Filipino or did he approach our team?


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Sorry for yet another fit on absence. Finals are upon me, which means I don't have much time to meaninglessly bloviate these days (at least, on a blog).
So, as you may have noticed by now, Hillary won Pennsylvania by a 10-point margin of victory. Of course, this came on the tail of weeks of needless speculation about, of all things, bowling, orange juice, and "bitterness."
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It's about discovering new and creative ways to do the same thing.
It's about providing and receiving feedback so as to inspire refinement.
The supple bosom that is the Internet – a source of creative nectar – has not only enabled myself to branch out in ways I never imagined – and still don't – but users of the Internet in general. So, the world.
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Our budget is finally about to pack on some serious muscle in this war we've waged on our debt!
The Lord is aligning a number of things at JUST the right time as far as our finances are concerned. My wife just got a DREAM of a part-time job. (Ka-ching $$) My job just assigned me to a large overtime project. (KA-ching $$$) And largest of all in the next few days we'll be paying off a major loan that will push an extra 5 'bills' ($500) straight to our debt snowball! (KA-CHINGY ching chang $$$$!!) LOL
Now usually our budget meetings have become pretty fluid and pain-free, but last night took it to a whole new level. We were actually GIDDY talking about out finances! We were joking around and giving each other funny lil nicknames. For instance, because I'm the one that actually plots out our budget spreadsheet, and withdraws the cash ect. I made a joke that she should call me the "Comptroller". And since she's so great at filing our budgets, papers, and bills as well as keeping track of the decisions we make, as well as the follow-up involved so that we can ACT once we have the money in hand, I said I'm gonna call her the "Administrator" lol. Well to make a long story short we settled on the fact that she's the "Commissioner", and I am the "Mayor" lol! (right honey?)
So anyway, as you can see this new turn of events has us STOKED! And we are both certain in the fact that the Lord is blessing our efforts in ways we could only dream of! For the longest time both of us have been 'worried' about our Gazelle Intensity, because certain circumstances prevented us from generating any extra income. We 'wanted' to get to a point where it could be realistic, but even a recently as last month it just didn't seem possible.
We knew the loan would be paid off in November and that had us amped enough, but we didn't know where else we could squeeze out more income. For the time being that no longer appears to be an issue and I truly and openly praise God for making a way. We're so undeserving of how well He's protecting and accelerating our efforts! WOW!
Which brings me to my point for today: It's really true that He will make ways for you, when you start moving His way! (Oooh I LIKE that one, did that really just come from ME?! lol)
Mmm, I think I can stop right there for now, that'll preach all by itself!
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Lord, I cant wait for that day. But thank you in the meantime for what you are allowing us to do with each day you give us between now and the day we pay off that last bill! And Lord you know this isn't just about the money for us. I love you for what you are teaching me as a steward and a husband. I love that what we are learning can be just as easily applied to how we steward our TIME, or set our PRIORITIES, or how we manage all of the other resources you've given us. My marriage is stronger for us having gone through this. I am stronger in my trust that you will provide in EVERY circumstance what is needed for me to rely totally on you. If I wasn't going through this process, I don't know how else you would have shown me all that you are teaching me. But I'm thankful that you chose to call us to bear witness to this message. Thank you for your ways and your mercy towards me and my family. We do this to honor YOU… because you really do own it all!
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I wish I could be as carefree as them. They are always happy. Always ready to love. Forever trusting and forever grateful. Even on days when I am out all day long, or even worse, when I am in and out all day. (this seems worse as I think they decide I am teasing them) They always love me just the same. They greet me in the morning as I stumble out of bed at 6:30am to make coffee and muffins (the add a cup of milk and mix and bake kind people, I am no susie homemaker!) They wait patiently at my side for the inevitable crust to get cut off the lunch sanwiches. They wait for the last few bites of muffin that does not get eaten when mommy begins with "Hurry! You have still have to brush your teeth!" They even will allow me to go drop the kids off at school if I run out of time to let them out. Because they know that at 8am, coffee in hand I am outside with them just a-throwin that stick 10 million times, or letting them run into the woods and explore. Then sometimes they really show me how much I need them. Like yesterday.
Yesterday it was gorgeous. Amazing. Spectacular. And I was in a foul mood. Mostly hormones I am sure, because the day before the weather had me grinning from ear to ear. I am not normally a rapoid mood swong kinda girl. 'Cept once a month if ya know what I mean. I didn't want to work. I didn't want to dream. I didnt' want to be cheered up. I sat on the couch and grimaced at life in general. Then Miss Lucy, my love, the sweetest, most polite dog on the planet nudged her nose under my elbow. I looked into those deep brown eyes and said, "Too bad dog! I ain't going out!! So deal with them apples!" Hey, I'm no saint. But then Rufus got in on the act. They whined. They wimpered. They began playing chase in an apartment not meant for two 90 lb dogs. "Fine! I finally shouted. "You win! Let's go!" I walked outside, down the stairs and sat my grumpy old self down on the cement steps. My dogs, however were in heaven. They leaped, they pranced, they tackled each other until they were, well, dog tired. By now I had leaned back and was laying on my back, my face to the sun and much to my disgust ENJOYING the sunshine. Then they both came over to me and each put a sloppy face in my lap. I am sure it was a site. They both were looking up at me like, "COME ON lady, this has GOT to make you smile!" And it did. We layed like that for about 20 minutes. The three of us enjoying the beautiful day. And I was reminded that animals are so vital to us because we humans can be pretty stupid and stubborn sometimes. We should all be more canine.


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Chapter 4
The Widow at Zarephath
Understanding a Man's Deepest Thirst
What happened to the widow so long ago continues to happen in many marriages today. Elijah's miraculous provision for this woman became commonplace. What once seemed like an extraordinary occurrence – flour and oil that never ran out – soon became a common blessing, so expected that it ceased to be noticed, much less appreciated. After a week or so, it was just the way things were. (49)
James 3:2
For we all stumble in many ways ...
Only one perfect man ever walked this earth, and he never married. Since every wife is married to an imperfect man, every wife will have legitimate disappointments in her marriage. Are you going to define you husband by these disappointments, or will you pray that God will open your eyes to the common blessings that your husband provides and to which you often become blinded? (53)
Don't resent your husband for being less than perfect; he can't be anything else. (54)
Because we so deeply value affirmation, whenever we don't get it, it feels like living with one long, loud, psychic scream. And we tend to react like this: "If I can't please her by trying my hardest, then why should I try at all?" I'm not saying we should react this way; I'm just saying that's how we usually do react. (54)
Without feeling appreciated, admired, and genuinely respected, your husband probably will never change. If you notice a lot of tension in your home; if you notice a high level of frustration and anger in your husband's life; if you sense a discouragement leading to passivity (where he underachieves); if you notice an "escapist" mentality, where he spends his free time playing computer games or watching sports, escaping the home with excessive recreation – then, more times than not, you're looking at a man who doesn't feel loved, appreciated, and respected. (55-56)
Your first step – the primary one – is to love, accept, and even honor your imperfect husband. (56)


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- 2oz goat cheese
- Heat 1tb oil in a 12in skillet and brown chicken for 6 minutes per side. Set aside.
- Meanwhile, toss potatoes with 1tb oil and microwave in a covered bowl for 7 minutes, stirring occasionally. Drain and brown cut-side down for 3 minutes.
- Add 4-6 and 2tb lemon juice for 1 minute. Add spinach for 1 minute. Set aside with chicken and top with goat cheese and remaining lemon juice and olive oil.


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Celergen Improves My Skin Complexion
When I first started on Celergen, my objective was to reduce stress on the hectic lifestyle and improve my immune system. After 3 months of use, I'm impressed with the improvement to my skin complexion. Even my hubby also said that his skin complexion looks much better now. Recently, I accidentally scalded my hand while baking over the oven and to my surprise, the recovery was very fast. I feel that my skin cells are back to when I was 20 years old again. Cheers to Celergen! ~Shirlene Soon, Singapore
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Hello and thank you for visiting my new blog 🙂
I am planning to write an 'about me' page but for here's a little introduction for now;
I am a twenty-something born and bred in Manchester, England. My boyfriend and I have been in a relationship for three and a half years – we met at university where we were both acting students! After completing my degree I trained to be a primary school teacher and will begin teaching my first class in September. I am currently learning to drive (which I hate!) and plan to spend the next few weeks relaxing after my stressful PGCE, reading as many books as I can get my hands on, working part time and planning lessons for next year!
I have to admit that I have started several other blogs and have always given up. My dedication so far hasn't been great but I'm hoping that this time, I will be able to stay motivated and continue to write regularly 🙂 I have decided to stay anonymous because as a teacher it is really important to be careful what you reveal about your personal life. I want to be able to express myself freely and without the worry of students (or their parents!) reading about the more personal aspects of my life. I will probably talk about incidents that have happened in my classroom but will always protect the identity of the children I teach by changing their names and avoiding specific details. I hope that my readers can respect these decisions.
So that's my little hello! I intend for this blog to be a little collection of memories; from my home life, relationship and career. Hopefully, it will prove to be an interesting read as well!!


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- Posted on February 19, 2013 9:50 pm
Today's Diary Entry is sponsored by Pet Webinars
Well today started with Diseases of Bee's which has a excellent lecturer, we moved to a new larger classroom today and were greeted by a beehive (minus the bee's!). The modern beehive is generally a wooden box with a loose lid and loose base which can be easily stack-able. Inside this box there are frames held vertically with a honeycomb lining made from wax like this…
Worker bee's produce two products, honey, and beeswax (which is what the honeycomb framework is made from). The honey is stored within the cells in the wax honeycomb with the bee's sealing the entrance to the cell with a layer of wax as in the picture below.
The honeycomb is also important for the production of new bee's as the queen bee will lay her eggs in the cells (one egg to one cell). To understand this I should probably explain how the colony is organised. There are 3 types of bee's within a colony:
- Queen – Each colony only has a single queen that usually lives 3 – 5 years and is responsible for laying egg's, and in addition to ensuring that no other queen females reach adulthood. The queen is diploid.
- Worker Bee's – These are the females in the colony and perform the function of harvesting pollen, building the honeycomb and creating the honey These are also diploid in terms of genetics.
- Drone Bee's – These are the males in the colony and are responsible for the general housekeeping, fertilising the eggs and looking after the young. These are haploid in terms of genetics and are actually kicked out of the colony at winter!
So the queen bee uses the wax honeycomb to lay eggs which are then sealed with wax by the drone bee's. The worker bee's after collecting pollen turn it into honey and fill the cells of the honeycomb with it sealing it in. The production (or reproduction) of bee's is something I will look at more next time I write about bee's as I must get onto some fish now!
This was followed by Diseases of Fish, this week we continued working our way through the massive taxonomy list of fish species. As I did not introduce this last week I'll look at some general background. Fish are cold-blooded (the technical term for this is poikilotherms) typically with backbones, gills and fins. Fish make up around 57% of all living animals with around 27,977 species with the smallest being Paedocypris progenetica measuring 7.9mm long, and the largest being the whale shark Rhincodon typus which measures 12m long and weighs 12 tonnes!
Now fish can live in temperatures from -2 degrees Celsius in Antarctic waters through to 40 degrees Celsius in hot springs. They live in areas from 5km above sea level, and as discovered in 2007 through to 25,000 feet deep water (the snailfish).They range from pretty coloured through to the pretty intimidating looking.
In terms of the taxonomy. Fish belong to the domain Eukaryota, the kingdom Animalia, subkingdom Eumetazoa, superphylum Deuterostomia, phylum Chordata. Within this there are several different subphylums, superclasses, classes and species which I've got to learn for my exam in just 6 weeks time! With that I will leave you until tomorrow!Posted in categories: Vet School Diary


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"Comprehensive" "Wellness" "Safety" "Best Practice" "Medically Accurate" "Evidence-Based" "Balanced/Non-Judgmental"Be sure to ask that these words be clearly defined and explained. We find that the Oregon Department of Education often hides behind these vague terms. You deserve to know exactly what they are endorsing! ASK LOTS OF QUESTIONS. EXPECT SUBSTANTIVE ANSWERS.
"Comprehensive sex education" is a sham and a joke. It's also more than just a little creepy. If an adult in ANY OTHER CONTEXT came up to your child and tried to strike up a conversation about "self-pleasure" or "oral sex," you'd likely have … uh… "words"… with him, and then words with the police. ~Matt WalshA perspective we think worthy of sharing with you! www.themattwalshblog.com/2014/01/16/hey-public-schools-its-time-for-a-separation-of-sex-and-state
The Oregon Department of Education (ODE) touts that its K-12 comprehensive sexuality standards employ "best practices". Parents' Rights in Education encourages you to view some of our various posts and links and ask yourself if the organizations that ODE partners with, the curriculum that they promote and the events that they advocate can really be deemed "best practice". ODE's recent history and current affiliations reveal a much different standard of practice.
1. How and when can I see all the district's K-12 sexuality education curriculum materials? 2. What is the school's policy re notifying me of sexuality education, potentially objectionable reading assignments and other sensitive curriculum matters? How will I be informed/contacted? 3. What is the policy or process for me to "opt out" my child from a class or assignment? 4. How can I get a copy of the district's K-12 Sexuality Education policies? 5. Will there be any non-school personnel teaching certain sexuality education material? How were their qualifications verified? If these personnel are permitted to do instruction, can other non-school personnel with different viewpoints also be approved for instruction? What policies govern these decisions? 6. May I observe classroom instruction? If not, why not? If so, what if any procedure must be followed? What policies govern these decisions?


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Mobile marketing is quickly becoming the best, fastest and easiest way to reach your customers. Many people are attached to their cell phones and reaching them this way is very convenient. This article will give you ideas on how you can use mobile marketing strategies to reach out to your customers.
Personalize your messages. Use the subscriber's name and make sure the platform you use can inset the person's inputted information into the message. Having personalized messages helps improve your relationship with your customers. You have only 160 characters and the person's name is included, no matter the length. Try keeping your messages short when you personalize them.
Allow your subscribers the option to opt-out of receiving your texts. The format of your messages should automatically include an "opt-out" set of instructions or sentence. You need to use words that get the message across that they can get out of your messages. This includes words like "UNSUBSCRIBE" and "STOP."
Track your QR codes. There are several free sites online that allow you to keep track of the amount of traffic your QR codes produce. Use this to help you determine which marketing tactics are working best for you and eliminate those that are not quite as effective in attracting new customers.
Know your hours. You do not want to be messaging customers while they are sleeping or having dinner. Try to avoid bothering them on holidays or Sundays, unless it is important. Your customer does not always want to be dealing with your texts, so make sure you are only texting at good times.
Never send a message that has not been requested. These unsolicited texts are known as spam, and they can cause a lot of problems for you. Spamming is illegal in most cases, and if you text someone without their explicit permission, you can face hefty fines and other major issues.
QR codes can be a great way to reach out to your technology-friendly clients. This makes it easy for smart phone users to access your site and use your coupons. Put them on every printed marketing item, including business cards, catalogs, brochures and anything else. Customers can use the QR codes to gain quick and convenient information about your brand and products.
You will have a tough choice in mobile marketing dealing with whether to go with mobile apps or mobile sites. You need to let the actual message choose its medium here. In other words, you should go with the flow with whatever works better with one method than the other. Don't try to force it to go well the other way.
Optimizing your website for mobile marketing purposes is as easy as investing money into it. Giving a website a mobile device design can involve sophisticated skills. If you would like this to go smoothly, consider outsourcing the project to someone qualified.
Do not use text abbreviations in your mobile marketing message. While it is acceptable for person to person communication, it looks unprofessional coming from a business. Also avoid using all caps in your message. Your consumers will feel like they are being yelled at. However, it is acceptable to use all caps in your call to action.
Avoid sending texts to consumers in the early morning or late evening. Your customers may enjoy what you produce, but your awkward timing will likely not be well received.
Be very aware of the market conditions around you when involved in mobile marketing. If anything changes that you're not absolutely prepared for, you can easily be left behind and lose a lot of business. The internet is constantly changing, especially the still-evolving mobile leg of it. Always stay prepared for change.
Getting a webcam and setting up a Skype account to have a face-to-face with your customers is a great way to handle mobile marketing if this fits your business. Not every person out there wants to be that personable in business, but if you have affiliates working for you or some seriously loyal customers, this is a good move to stay in contact with them, in a personal way.
As you can see, there are many easy things you can do to make your mobile marketing campaign a success. Follow the tips that this article offers and you will be well on your way to reaching your customers and growing your clientele, through the use of successful mobile marketing.


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Yesterday I posted my review of Ruz's brand new collection of short stories. Today we follow up with an interview with the man himself!
Here is a bit about Chris, in case you haven't checked out his website. Blatantly stolen from his 'about' page':
I've been writing for the past six years and studying industrial design for the past four, graduating in 2010 from RMIT with a BA Design (Industrial Design) (Hons). I'm now developing my design portfolio while also working on a number of fiction projects, both largeand small. If you're interested in publishing anything you see here, please drop me a line.
I've had short stories previously published by fiction blogs such as Weaponizer and Labyrinth Inhabitant's Magazine. I also have shorts to be published in upcoming issues of Birdville Magazine and Vehicle Magazine. My short story Long Way Home won the first Ergofiction Search Term Challenge. I've also been rejected by lots of very famous people, which must count for something.
Now, on with the questions!
What made you decide to put together and publish a collection of short stories yourself?
The problem with writing shorts is that there are fewer and fewer outlets willing to take a punt on unpublished authors these days. Short fiction mags rely on stories by big names to pull in sales, and the web-zines are inundated with so many email submissions that it can take up to and above 9 months for a reply. As a result, my short stories were languishing. I put them up on my blog for free and got great responses but absolutely nothing in the way of commercial interest, and the Kindle store seemed like a fantastic way to reach out to a wider audience. I would have made the book free on Amazon, but I wanted to experiment with how the site works as a sales platform, because I have plans to release a few novels on there in the future. Thus, the idea of the 99c collection was born.
I've had the pleasure of reading several of your short stories online, at various venues. How did you go about deciding which stories to include in this particular collection?
I would have made the collection far larger, but a few folk I was chatting to on reddit.com recommended I keep the wordcount for the collection under 30,000, so the book could be considered for inclusion in the Kindle Singles program. So, I started with my two fan-favourite stories, They Trade in Eyes and The Ant Tower, and then looked through my collection for others to fill the gaps. Two of my personal favourite stories, Black Rain and What You Bring Back, were too similar in tone, so I tossed a coin and chose Black Rain. The rest were chosen to roughly balance out the ratios of fantasy to scifi to paranormal weirdness.
From the reviews you've had so far, it would seem like a clear favourite of readers is 'They Trade In Eyes' (I think it would be my favourite as well!)—do you have a favourite?
I love all the stories in Past the Borders – the stories I don't adore or that don't resonate with readers, I throw in the bin. But my absolute fave is The Ant Tower, for a number of reasons: the first is the central image of the tower itself, which came to me in a dream one night and never let go. Second is the dynamic between Parkin and the Magician, which evolved through a series of accidents – I never originally intended for the two to fall in love. At one point in the story I wrote, "Parkin felt a burning in his gut, in his groin," or something to that effect. It was just supposed to be indicative of his fear at the time, but when I re-read that part later I realised, damn, Parkin loves this guy. And that flipped the entire story on its head. Third, is that there was so much history and conflict implied around the edges of the story that I couldn't get it out of my head, even after the fifth re-write. It sat and mouldered for two years, until finally I realised what the aftermath of The Ant Tower would be, and how grand and sweeping a story it would provide. Hence my current project, the Century of Sand trilogy.
Having done this once, is it an experience you'd be keen to repeat? Or do you think you'll be focusing more on your longer works now?
I'll definitely be repeating the process soon. I almost have a second collection of great shorts compiled, which will go up in the coming months, as well as a scifi novel of mine called Alpha Slip that aaaaalmost made it into publishers hands. All will be priced at 99c. There'll be more collections to follow, in time. Short stories are in my blood.
I really enjoyed the novella 'The Ant Hill', I believe that's a story that comes into play in your novel 'Century of Sand' –are you looking to self-publish that title as well? If so, when do you think we'll be able to get our grubby little hands on it?
Century of Sand is, I think, the first novel of mine that has a solid chance of print publication. So I'll be shopping it around to publishers for at least six to nine months when its done – if they don't want it, up on the Kindle store it goes! I'll have the entire trilogy drafted by about September, and the first book edited into final-draft shape by the end of 2011.
Finally, if you had to choose a friend based solely on five movies, what would those movies be? (Yes, I know it's not writing related, but I'm always interested to know which movies people think best represent the traits/similarities they would appreciate in a friend).
Tough question. Most of the movies I love don't make for good friends. For example, be wary of anyone that loves Fight Club or Requiem for a Dream. Monty Python and the Holy Grail would have to be #1. Second… maybe Children of Men. It implies imagination, patience and empathy. Memento is third, I think it takes a keen, analytical mind to appreciate that one. And finally… Born to Fight and Terminator 2. Because I need friends who appreciate the fine art of things being blown up and people being kicked in the face.
Thank you SO much for joining us here today, Chris, and for answering my questions. Best of luck with your current short story collection, and all future works. I for one am looking forward to reading your novels when they are released, whatever the format.


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Mar 12 2010
What do you know about Mulled Wine?
Perhaps you have heard about such an interesting sort of tasting wine which is called mulled wine. In this column we will tell you about when and where it is good to taste it and tell you one of the best recipes of it.
When it is cold in the street and you feel so comfortable sitting near your fireplace or wrapped in a warm blanket at home there is nothing more delicious and great than to taste some mulled wine. This type of wine is used by people for centuries to feel themselves warm, it is like a brilliant alternative to such warm drinks as coffee, hot chocolate and tea, also you can apply it if you want to organize a party and haven't obtain any thoughts what drink to serve there. People use this drink like a treatment to prevent catching a cold in such chilly winter weather.
If you want to taste mulled wine then prepare to feel something warm, spicy and sweet. Here we place a mulled wine recipe for you, so you will have an opportunity to try it!
Time for cooking this fabulous kind of wine varies, but for the wine technology we have prepared you will need 25 minutes. For this drink is better to choose red types of wine such as Cabernet Sauvignon, Zinfandel or Merlot, be ready that you need to have 750 mL of them. Then you need to have one orange which was preliminarily peeled, keep the peel of an orange, because lately we will use it to bring some more aroma to our mulled wine. Then you will need such ingredients as: brandy, cloves, honey, sugar, cinnamon sticks, ginger or allspice and serves. All these ingredients you will add to your future mulled wine, now let's us tell about the number of all ingredients we have counted. So you will need approximately ¼ of a brandy cup, then from 8 to 10 cloves everything depends on your taste, if you will use honey then prepare 2/3 of a cup, if you use sugar then listen to your taste; you need 3 stick of cinnamon; as for amount of ginger if you want to take fresh take 1 tsp as for ground type, take 2 tsp and finally serves – remember that you need from 4 to 6 serves.
To make mulled wine you need to mix all elements in a big pot and put this pot on a slow fire. Watch it and avoid it from boiling, because in that case its taste won't be so delicious. But also watch for the moment when sugar or honey will be dissolved. When you see that you wine starts to steam then you should know that this is the moment when you need to serve it. Pour it into cups and enjoy it!
Of course there are other good recipes of cooking mulled wine. You can search for them in the Internet or ask for them your friends, because we are sure they won't tell something bad to you only things they have tried themselves.
As you can see if you want to prepare for yourself one cup of wine you will need for this less then 5 minutes, also it is explained by the fact that boiling temperature for wine is very low. So add some ginger or allspice, cloves, some brandy for aroma, a little honey and a slice of an orange and you will get your cup of mulled wine, enjoy tasting!


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Ryley and I made it safely to NY yesterday! We're visiting my family and my 20 year *ouch* h.s. reunion is in a couple weeks.
I have a funny story from our flight that I'll share next time I write. I brought my hard drive with me, so I'm hoping to catch up on some blogging while I'm here.
Jerry surprised me and came home from Iowa a couple days before we left. He didn't tell me he was on the road. Thank you for all your prayers for his safety and his mom's recovery. She's doing a bit better!!! They were able to put her on water tablets when her kidneys improved, which is helping to reduce her fluid build up. She's still in a lot of pain, but is a fighter, and the prayers are helping.
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Thistle seed in your bird feeders for the gold finches keep those little birds cheerful. Whilst, the black oil sunflower seed attracts most varieties of birds. And lot of birds who are 'seed-crackers' love sunflower seed. To protect the birds from predators, such as Cooper's Hawk which feeds on young and injured birds, Sollock advises planting different shrubs and trees of varying heights.
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Hilarious but very raunchy plot advicePosted: March 20, 2013 Filed under: blog, e-publication, Uncategorized | Tags: adult content, chuck wendig, novel plots, terrible minds blog Leave a comment
I have a terrible time with plots. Characters–I love developing them. In fact, I love my characters so much that I want them to live happily every after in my novels. But novels need conflict and resolution–in other words: plots. So I struggle along with this, creating chaos for the protagonists to resolve.
Then I came across some utterly hilarious plot advice from Chuck Wendig at http://terribleminds.com His blog is definitely categorized as "Adult Content. Caution Advised." Read it and laugh!


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Self-Gravity is a key phenomena in many Astrophysical Simulations, hence the solution of Poisson's equation of the gravitational potential Φ(x) for a given density distribution ρ(x)
is one of the main functions in these simulations. The direct method for evaluating the gravitational potential at position xi of a point mass mi requires the evaluation of all pairwise interactions in the system.
where, mj is the mass of the jth particle and ri and rj are the position vectors of particle i and j. While the direct method with it's O(N2) arithmetic complexity is conceptually simple, it is obviously unsuitable for larger systems. Luckily several heuristic algorithms are available which require fewer operations within acceptable error bounds.
The Barnes & Hut tree algorithm
The Barnes & Hut tree algorithm for three-dimensions works by grouping 'particles' or 'grid-cells' using an octree structure. In FLASH4, the domain decomposition is carried out with the PARAMESH library. Our code implements an own iterative octree building on the GPU device.
For each tree node, the total mass and the center of mass is calculated. The force on a particle in the system is evaluated by "walking" down the tree. At each level, every node is tested against a test particle if it is distant enough for a force evaluation. If the node is too close, it is "opened" and the 8 children are selected for the same procedure. Various criteria exist to test whether a particle is sufficiently distant for a force evaluation. Here, we adopt the opening angle parameter described by Barnes & Hut(1994) with
where δ is the distance between the center of mass of the node and the geometric center. This criterion guarantees that if the center of mass is near the node's edge, only positions removed by an extra distance δ use the data cell for a force evaluation.


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im_buildlut - build a LUT from a set of x/y points
#include <vips/vips.h> int im_buildlut( DOUBLEMASK *input, IMAGE *output )
im_buildlut(3) constructs a LUT, interpolating a set of x/y points. Interpolation is strictly piecewise linear. For example, if the input is: 0 0 128 20 255 100 we generate the values: index value 0 0 1 0.01 .. etc. linear interpolation 128 20 129 20.5 .. etc. linear interpolation 255 100 (we don't generate the index column, that's just there to show the position in the table) The x/y points don't need to be sorted: we do that. You can have several Ys: each becomes a band in the output LUT. X can start at any integer value, including negatives.
-1 on error, otherwise 0
im_invertlut(3), im_identity(3).
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"My thought is me: that's why I can't stop. I exist because I think… and I can't stop myself from thinking. At this very moment - it's frightful - if I exist, it is because I am horrified at existing. I am the one who pulls myself from the nothingness to which I aspire." ― Jean-Paul Sartre, Nausea
I have nothing else to add. I shall retract back into my thoughts now.
Friday, 29 November 2013
Tuesday, 19 November 2013
Just a dream
It feels like it all finished before it even started. And now... Now what? Back to the real world. Back to daylight, the sounds of the city, your alarm, some sun.
What happens in Berlin stays in Berlin. Because the memories are all a blur.
Let's do it all over again.
Friday, 8 November 2013
A dream
(within a dream)
Sleeping in consciousness
Prolonging the manifestations of the mind
and body; this is where happiness lies
No - no - it should not end
It is far too soon
to be awake -
Too late
(within a dream)
Sleeping in consciousness
Prolonging the manifestations of the mind
and body; this is where happiness lies
No - no - it should not end
It is far too soon
to be awake -
Too late
Thursday, 7 November 2013
Moments of Introspection
Off to Berlin in exactly one week and one day.
Berlin has a special vibe that I haven't felt in any other place in the world. Money is not the main driving force behind the city. A combination of factors have made it what it is today: the people, the history, the music. Everything feels authentic. You don't feel ripped off in everything you do. It feels just right. You can be who you are, or who you want to be, and no one will judge you. There is an ongoing energy that makes you feel very much alive.
My Berlin Pinterest Board has been updated with new places I'd like to
A weekend of getting lost in deep sounds and dark rooms. A weekend of getting lost in the moment (as the Innervisions crowd put it) and at the same time rediscovering yourself. It's one of the funny things about clubbing for hours - you can reach moments of profound clarity, because at the very moment that you close your eyes the magic begins to happen. It's only you, and the music, and the way you perceive it.
In a similar way, daylight saving time has prolonged the night and the hours of darkness every day, forcing us to spend more time in the dark. Ironically enough, sometimes we see things more clearly in the darkness, with our mind's eyes. Surrounded by people, yet experiencing everything alone, in our moments of introspection.
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Has anyone had the experience of making the transition from being a professional office worker to a gentler way of life?
I'd be very interested in the journey of anyone who has made the transition (or tried )
Has anyone had the experience of making the transition from being a professional office worker to a gentler way of life?
I'd be very interested in the journey of anyone who has made the transition (or tried )
Hi and welcome to the forum.
This office wouldn't be a newspaper or magazine office would it?
This journey is different for everyone and depends on a lot of factors like. Do you have a lot of money, do you intend to carry on working in an office or are you willing to earn money in other ways, do you have children, do you have a partner who feels the same, do you have any relevant skills etc?
Anything is possible if you are willing to sacrifice
What idea's do you have,and are they realistic?
I don't have plans as such so have been trying to come up with ideas. I was thinking of a total break so not working anymore. I wondered a bit about buying somwhere - nothing firmed up.
I think it would be a shock to the system to go straight from super corporate to not - but maybe that's the best way to make sure that I did actually change and not get sucked back in.
I think it would be a shock to the system to go straight from super corporate to not - but maybe that's the best way to make sure that I did actually change and not get sucked back in.
Can you start working from home or freelancing doing the role you are currently doing?
Jobshare for a while maybe?
Might give you time to consider how to apply transferable skills elsewhere.
Or just stay super corporate.
Personally I could never step on that ladder but if you are already there and doing ok then why rock your world?
Is it causing you problems?
Its mental health week this week.
Care to share?
No, no problems. I'm perfectly happy - I got to work and it's interesting stuff, I get to travel and see airports, offices and hotels all over the world.
I just thought that maybe the work-promotion-money cycle had served its purpose and it was maybe time to do something else.
If you are perfectly happy why consider change?
Buy a campervan and go on "holidays". The rest will develop naturally if the desire is in you to do it.
Ideas evolve, they don't emerge fully developed very often. You transition
Sounds like your professional work life isnt sufficiently disdainful to motivate much of a change in lifestyle.
Usually in such circumstances only serious change in working environment (making one depressed,hyper stressed,bullied, etc or being made redundant or bankrupt) gives a big enough push to get out and do something new from scratch.
That doesnt appear to be the case.
Daydreaming for a different life is what most people in regular work do.
I think its important to distinguish what youre working for...live to work or work to live.?
You dont need any of the trappings of a well paid professional life to survive in a more basic simple way but if youre happy with how you live and what your job affords you, it will be difficult (but not impossible) to adjust.
There are plenty of people (on instagram for instance) who were, like you, working professionally and have ditched it all for life in a converted school bus, or whatever and living a mobile life making a living freelance in other ways.
As Bernie has already said maybe you could explore the possibilities in your time off or annual leave.
Get yourself a cheap motorhome and travel around UK or Europe,go on some of the more very basic holidays staying in yurts, go trekking well off the beaten track or stay on a few communes that offer experiential breaks or go do some helpx or wwoof things (theyre organisations that list hosts looking for working volunteers in exchange for accommodation for anything from a week to long term, if youve never heard of those orgs).
Somewhere along the exploratory route you might find what it is you really want to do with your life and if you really want to change drastically from what youre doing now.
The job gives you the safety net youre not yet ready to do without.
Unless you go do something different and get out of your comfort zone,challenge your attitude to your lifestyle and dependency on your career job you wont change much.
You may not really want to but its usually better to explore the possibilities if sufficiently motivated and while you have the comfort of a safety net,/luxury of a decent income, than having to adapt mentally and financially through unexpected change in circumstances.
Best of luck on your journey.
Good advice that! I'll give it some thought - maybe I can buy somewhere rustic to spend the holidays. I guess gradual makes more sense than trying to just leave my job and escape.
If it is in you it happens naturally, is it that you are looking at "the grass is greener on the other side" syndrome?
Everybody fantasises about escaping, throwing it all in and becoming a "whatever whatever" that's just a mid life thing.
Or, you can see it as a re-evaluation process starting to kick in, taking stock and sorting though your pre-conceptions. Starting to ditch the baggage.
I would think that is a healthier viewpoint. Somewhere along the line in all of this you have to accept it part of getting older


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We would like to translate 150 words from English into Thai and Greek. All applicants must be native speakers of the languages. We will be hiring a linguist for each one of the languages mentioned above. In return, we will pay out $10.00 USD and a 5-star feedback for each language. If interested, please respond to this job post and please let us know which language you would be interested in translating.
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Lauren is a 30 something year old Francophile living in Texas. Lover of all things feminine, she has a penchant for all things lacey and delicate. She loves a great bold lip, and is a (not so secret) hoarder of eye shadow palettes. She currently works in corporate finance by day, and is moonlighting as a lifestyle blogger. She lives with her wonderful & loving husband, S, and their 2 adorable dogs – Gatsby & Violet.
Together, Lauren and S are on a DIY adventure, having just bought their first house and learning the ropes of owning and furnishing an older home. Lauren is generally the "Brains" behind these often lofty and ambitious projects, while S (casually nicknamed a "domestic god" by her sisters) usually plays the role of Executer and "Reality Check Giver" (aka "Party Pooper").
They are self-proclaimed foodies and love to try new places and recipes – especially if something sweet is on the menu.
They enjoy having game nights with friends, watching Fixer Upper & The Americans, trying new wines (totally judging a bottle by its label), making fools of themselves on empty dance floors, and arguing about who is the worse driver (notice that I did not say better).
What kind of dogs are Gatsby and Violet?
Both are Aussie mixes that we rescued through a wonderful Houston-based organization, K-9 Angels. Gatsby is a 3-legged Aussie/Collie mix and Violet is an Aussie mixed with some type of Spaniel (likely a Brittany Spaniel)
How did you Lauren and S meet?
Honest answer: Tinder! We always said we'd come up with a better story, but never did. We weren't necessarily an unlikely match, but he had a hard time winning me over (I am stubborn!) until he showed up to my 1920's themed birthday party in full regalia and was a complete trooper with my friends and family, after I'd rejected him only a couple of days prior. It was later in the evening, as we'd paired up to play pool against some of my friends that I'd realized I was being a complete fool. If only he had known it was all a trap…
I've always been into pretty and delicate things. I spent some time working at Anthropologie after graduating college (thanks to the great recession that killed most finance jobs) and the entire aesthetic spoke to me. I was also influenced by mom's tastes and our trips to France growing up (the majority of my extended family lives there). S's style definitely leans more mid-centuy modern, sometimes going as far as "1970's bachelor pad!" We surprisingly agree on most things (though we both have to compromise on my love of knick knacks, which he abhors), and it has been a fun challenge melding our 2 styles together while also incorporating our growing love of all things Rustic and the 1920's influences that have followed us from our Downtown Loft (originally an early 20th century hotel, and a historic landmark).
Any guilty pleasures?
Lauren: Tom Ford makeup & fragrances; 1980's synthpop (love Yaz!) and any and all 90's music from Gin Blossoms to the Spice Girls; Cinnamon coffee; Tintin comics; Funny/cute dog and cat pictures; Convertible weather; Cary Grant movies; Lobster anything!
S: Good Gin; Fast cars (especially Porsches; but ESPECIALLY 1980's Porsches); Man Candles; Chocolate; Edison bulbs; Tuna melts; Successfully making something work; Controlling things with my Smart Phone
Pet Peeves?
Lauren: Poor spelling/grammar; Designer sunglasses (the $400 ones break just as easily as the $4 ones); Bitters ruining a perfectly good cocktail
S: Things that are affixed crookedly or off center; Olives ; What I call "girlfriend's 'emo' music"


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Initial Visit: September 11th, 2016
Rating: 3.75/5
Price: $-$$
Description: Unlike TT's Barbeque in Peoria, IL, this place does not have Fort Knox-levels of Bulletproof glass.
It was my mom's birthday and she was hungry. So another BBQ place with her! I have driven by this place many times, just in my errands-running life that I live. I suggested the place to her and away we go.
We were seated immediately and the server was friendly and brought us drinks asap. The menu was moderately priced and a few things looked appetizing. I don't remember what my mom ordered, but I ordered some chicken drizzled in cheese and bacon. Sounds appetizing, and it was…. but gosh dang, the chicken piece was no bigger than my fist (as seen below). My mom wasn't huge on what she ordered, either. On top of that, the wait for the food took forever, it felt like.
As for the restaurant itself, it was sparsely decorated in music/jazz-themed pictures and posters. It wasn't a lot, but it wasn't bare bones. Others have said this place is great. I think it was ok. I wouldn't really recommend it unless you are in the area and craving authentic BBQ. But then again, your mileage may vary.
3311 N Sterling Ave
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(309) 966-0076
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Say it 'aint so Ben!
My right wing friend Ben Hand is getting back into the political fray it seems. He's one of the nicest wingnuts I've ever been around. Funny! Smart! Decent! But wrong! Papers are reporting that he's going to run against one of the Alabama Supreme Court Justices that voted to remove Roy Moore's 5300 pound Ten Commandments from the rotunda of the Justice Building. This is course after a special ethics court booted his buddy Roy Moore off the Supreme Court's Chief Justice bench for failing to follow the law. Roy Moore and the Radical Right are not good for Alabama and our nation! That Ben, a solid man except for his politics, feels compelled to use this "logic" as his rationale for running disappoints me. And helping out Tom Parker is just "icky" Ben! Imagine if a defendant in Wedowee ignored Judge Hand's order with their own "interpretations" of the Consitution. I expect he'd have them cuffed and stuffed post haste. I'm a card carrying member of the ACLU and intend to do everything I can to keep Ben laboring in the trenches in Lee County and East Alabama. Peace ... or War!


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Northwest Middle School offers a wide variety of clubs and activities for students to participate in. Below is a description of each, along with a short write-up.
Ski Club
|Like to ski or snowboard? The Husky Ski Club will be taking five trips to Ski Liberty in January and February. Night Club Cards can be purchased online through Ski Liberty. More info attached... Ski Club Newsletter
Yearbook Club
The yearbook club is open to students in grades 6, 7 and 8. Anyone with creative experience and free time after school will find this club very rewarding. See Ms. Thomas in the 7th Grade Pod for info!
TV News
Join the TV News Crew. This club is open to 8th grade students ONLY. Try your hand at anchor person or maybe you want a behind the scenes role like producer, technician or camera person. We meet once a month to evaluate our performance. See Ms. Cumberland in the Media Center for details.
Huskies United
Do you want to help promote tolerance, and celebrate diversity of all kinds? Are you interested in learning about other cultures? Would you like to help put an end to bullying? Huskies United is a club that focuses on finding strength through diversity here at Northwest Middle School. We meet for one hour after school on the second Wednesday of each month. A snack is provided. The club is open to all Northwest Middle School students. For more information please contact Mrs. Butler.
Cooking Club
Cooking club is a once a month club where we prepare a different healthy and fun recipe. The recipes can be easily made again at home for students to share with their families. Since space is limited in the club to only 20 students per month, a new permission slip is distributed each month to allow as many students to join in as possible. See Ms. Ryan in the 6th Grade Pod for more information!
Student Government
Students in this club participate in activities that help develop them as student leaders in our school. They meet after school to work on activities and events that help them accomplish this goal. See Mr. Hull in the 7th Grade Pod for more information.
Students Helping Others in Understanding Themselves (SHOUT) is a club sponsored by Drug Free Schools. Students meet to promote and support drug free behaviors. Various activities are organized throughout the year by this club.
Media Aides
Are you interested in earning service learning hours? Are you dependable and self-motivated? If so, the Media Center can use your help. Your job will be to come into the Media Center to help keep everything neat and organized at least 3 times per week. You may also help with activities like creating displays and shelving books. See Ms. Cumberland in the Media Center to apply.
The Queens Gambit
Survival Club
Students will meet with Mr. Bortner to learn the rules of Chess and play after school in the Media Center.
Students will be learning core subjects in outdoor survival that include map & compass reading, protective shelter construction, etc. See Mr. Bortner to sign up.
|Intramural Sports
|Students will participate in an extension of the Physical Education curriculum, including team sports, individual sports and personal fitness activities as an opportunity to promote health and wellness. Activities will be offered during the Fall, Winter and Spring, see Mr. Storey or Mrs. Strosnider for more information.
Heart & Sole
Girls on the run is a combine training for a 3.1 mile running even with self-esteem enhancing, uplifting workouts. The goals of the program are to encourage positive, emotional, social, mental, spiritual and physical development. See Mrs. Toth for more information.


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A news item that has appeared in newspapers recently on the former Chairman and others in the ACC during the emergency has attracted very wide attention. One could not help thinking, while reading the news, how quickly fate of people change in politics where the victor becomes the victim and the victim, the victor. This news item said that the Parliamentary Standing Committee for Public Undertakings has recommended to authorities that Taka 16 crores should be recovered from the former Chairman of the ACC and his colleagues for "unauthorised' expenditure. In the breakdown for the "unauthorised" spending, the Chairman said that the ACC paid Taka 10 crores to lawyers in violation of rules and Taka 6 crores was for "spying."
The former Chairman is none other than General Hassan Mashud, who for a variety of reasons was both respected and criticised for his actions while he held the position of the Chairman of the ACC during the emergency. The Chairman of the Standing Committee is Dr Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir. He is one of the high profile politicians who faced the institutional wrath of the ACC and the personal wrath of the General.
It is true that the allegation has little validity till the General acknowledges it or in case he does not, appropriate authorities take him to court over it and the case is proved there. In view of the personal stake the Chairman of the Standing Committee may have in the case, there is also need to be extra cautious in handling this matter. Nevertheless, the Standing Committee's recommendations merit serious consideration because it is based upon the work of the office of the Comptroller and Auditor General that is the institutional watchdog to oversee such inappropriate acts.
It is indeed an irony that such an allegation has come up against the former ACC chief. During the emergency, he assured the people of Bangladesh that he would change the character of the people to ensure that corruption is banished from the country. As he pursued his almost revolutionary zeal against corruption that everyone agreed with him was the cancer killing the nation, he became an instant hero. People thought he was fearless and fair when he incarcerated high profile politicians, irrespective of their standing. Then somewhere down the line, he lost his way and wasted the respect of people by going overboard with the corruption agenda. He made a number of extremely subjective conclusions and acted on them. He concluded all politicians were corrupt and he went after them. He also concluded that all businessmen were also corrupt and went after them as well that had tremendous adverse impact on the economy for which the ordinary people of the country suffered. He had no doubt that the civil bureaucrats were all thoroughly corrupt and acted upon it to scare the daylight out of the civil bureaucracy.
Against all these, he also concluded that the military bureaucracy was free of the corruption that tainted the rest of the society. His subjectivity in understanding corruption encouraged the ACC to incarcerate people with scant respect for an individual's fundamental rights. At the Commission, he allowed senior officials to hold regular press conferences where charges were read out against individuals, sometimes in dramatic fashion. These conferences were also televised and later shown on TV channels for the people to see at home and our expatriates abroad. In allowing this to happen, it is incredible that he did not consider the simple fact of the law that an individual is innocent till a court of law proves his/her guilt. It is true that allegations made by the ACC against individuals had to be given out to the media. It was nevertheless extremely inappropriate that these allegations were given to the media through press conferences in a manner that humiliated people with standing in society and showed the Commission's scant respect for the law. It was the ACC's handling of the case of an Ambassador that was simply astounding. This career diplomat was posted to a station where the ACC boss himself had been an Ambassador. Charges were brought against him he had changed residence that led the government to lose money. The Ambassador was also charged about visits he made in his area of accreditation that the ACC considered illegal. There were other flimsy charges against him. The point the Commission missed was that no Ambassador can change his house without the permission of the Ministry. Again, an Ambassador does not need permission to undertake visits in his area of accreditation. In fact, the ACC wrongly concluded what were, in the worst case scenario, audit violations, to be criminal offences and filed a case against him. When the Ambassador moved to the High Court and won a stay order, the Commission secured a five year jail conviction for him for which the lower court that sentenced him was issued with a contempt of court order. It was just not the flimsy nature of the case against him that is incredible. The ACC, while pursuing his case, stated before the media that Ambassadors are not above the law and that all Ambassadors that the ACC thought were "corrupt", would be treated accordingly. It is true that Ambassadors are not above the law. But then a government that has taken leave of its senses would think of trying an Ambassador in the media for corruption charges while he is posted abroad.
The civilised way of doing this would have been to re-call the Ambassador through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and then proceed with the case against him out of media focus. When the ACC held press conference to announce its charges against this Ambassador that was carried in the newspapers and TV, it was not the poor Ambassador's poor name that was tarnished; it was Bangladesh's image that suffered more. As a career diplomat, this Ambassador had a hefty amount with the government as pension while the ACC's charges against him required him to pay back only a small portion of what the government held in his account. Common sense, legality, appropriateness and the rest required this matter to be dealt with discreetly. It was not. The astounding part of this sordid affair was the silence of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Chief Adviser's Office who should have forced the ACC not to take leave of common sense. They silently watched the ACC humiliate not the Ambassador but the country to foreign governments! Going by what the ACC did to this Ambassador and hundreds of other politicians, businessmen and bureaucrats, the Standing Committee's charge of Taka 16 crores "unauthorised" expenditure against the former ACC boss and his associates is a very big sum and a very serious allegation. Former Ministers were humiliated and incarcerated for a pittance compared to this amount. This matter should be pursued seriously within the limits of the law. It should also act as a reminder to those who when placed at important places do not lose touch with reality and more important than that, do not lose their sense of humility. During the emergency, the ACC had lost its touch with reality and thought arrogance was a virtue and humility a weakness. As a result, the ACC during the emergency lost for the nation, a rare opportunity to do something really worthwhile on the agenda of corruption. The present government has been withdrawing the cases of corruption filed by the ACC during the emergency because majority of the cases were filed without due regard to procedure and where the Commission, given its ability and resources, had filed far too many cases thus leaving too many loop holes for pursuing these cases in the court.
The former ACC Chief lost his focus on corruption despite all his good intentions because he did not want to spare anyone. He wanted to catch both the "big and small fish." That was arrogance for it did not let him realise that with his resources, he could just not do that. He therefore messed up on everything. The present ACC Chief is a sharp contrast to his predecessor, a picture of humility. In the middle of this pendulum swing, corruption remains unscathed. The country needs a mixture of a little bit of arrogance and humility in its ACC Chief. Perhaps the elected leaders of this government could help the country have such a Chief someday.
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SOOR had a busier Monday morning this week because Oregonian publicized the news article "Special Olympics face another year without state games" on Sunday.
The article reports that while last weekend's regional Special Olympics bowling competition in Portland should be a warm-up for statewide games later, due to the lacking of budget, Special Olympics is facing another year without state game after 2009.
For the second straight year, financial woes have forced the Special Olympics of Oregon to cancel the organization's biggest event, formerly held three times a year in Eugene.
When funding began to dip in 2008, the Special Olympics of Oregon cut four of its 41 athletic events and laid off two employees. Suspending the statewide games allowed organizers to preserve more sports, Hunt (Margret Hunt, CEO of Special Olympics Oregon) said.
Some other states have kept the state games but cut back heavily on the number of sports they offer.
"We didn't want to eliminate sports," Hunt said. "Bringing that back is a much bigger deal than restarting the state games." Hunt said staff at Special Olympics of Oregon also worried that cutting sports would keep some single sport athletes from competing.
This news article may count as a bad publicity for SOOR and people in the office were worrying the reaction of stakeholders and board members. Read this article from another angle, it actually may turns out as a good PR piece for SOOR. One prove is that our office receive a call from a business offering help but requires us to help them as well. We turn it down at last, but at least it's a good sign.
From the comments people made under the news article, I also realized that some people understand the problem here:
"people just don't seem to think of Special Olympics as anything more than a novelty, when it is actually the kind of organization that brings people of all cultures/backgrounds together for positive purposes–the kind of organization everyone can and should support regardless of your politics, religion, etc."
The problem is that since SOOR is cutting budget now, how can SOOR make a budget to educate the public when SOOR can't even run the state games?