PPP Reviewers Getting Sloppy?
By ZAM | October 7, 2008
Anyway, being a believer of the feedback system
Now the recent blunder a reviewer made so irked me because I made the revision (as specified) only to be sent another review remark (second) telling me it is disapproved (again) and that I will not be able to resubmit this particular post because it violates their Terms of Service in regards to Frequency of Posts. Isn't that great? Naturally, I contacted Love again.
And here's the reply I got:
Hi Zenaida,Thanks for reaching out to us. I apologize for the frustration with this. If it helps at all, this subject was the very one that was communicated to all the reviewers this morning. You are absolutely correct that ALL review issues should be listed in a rejection notice so that more than one notice is not necessary.
Hopefully, your specific example will help to d(r)ive this point home and you('ll) not be inconvenienced in this way in the future.
All the Best,
Carri
Note: In italics- corrections made by me
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Seeking for New life
By Z'riz | October 7, 2008
This is amelia belocura from the philippines seeking help and prayers for my dads recovery. He is in the state of coma coz he is confined on the hosptital right now he experienced stroke last sunday and cannot open his eyes and cannot even say a single word. I know its hard for you to believe and it sounds strange. I may sound like a spammer and doing fraud but you know what am willing to do anything just for my father. I don't want to loose him his really important to us. I am here now not as a stranger I am here to request for financial needs in order for us to sustain his day to day medicines. I know you are wondering and I really sound crazy. We dont have anything like properties and houses to sell. I have approached some of my friends already. I know its crisis but hope anyone of you whose willing to help us on this moment. I cannot think of anything but only this. I know its not easy to give away money for a stranger like me. A new life is what our family is reaching from your hands. Please please help us. And I dont have anything to pay you back in return. All I know is that GOD will give the goodness that you show. I am begging to anyone who has a kind heart.
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Our Daily Bread
By Momong | October 7, 2008
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Questions of the Week #34
By MY | October 7, 2008
Here are this weeks questions!
If you’re joining;
+ try to leave some love to the others! Specially to the one up above you !
+ A link back to this post or to this blog would be appreciated.
+ If you have sets of questions that you like to ask, email it to me. And we will post it next week!
1. If someone expects you to do something you aren’t obligated to do, does that make you want to do it less?
2. Are there any activities, commitments, obligations in your life that instantly put you in a bad mood?
3. What do other people do that irritate you that you recognize as a weakness in yourself?
4. Do you surround yourself with the friends who like you best?
5. When you are angry or nervous, how do you calm yourself down?
6. Do you take compliments well?
7. Do you think you would have been a different person if you had different parents?
8. Do you change your mind frequently or do you make up your mind about something and stay firm with that position?
9. Describe the person that would be the exact opposite of you.
10. Are you generally capable of seeing both sides of an argument at the same time?
Have fun and enjoy! Don’t forget to comment to the person above you or to other participants.
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A Catholic Defined
By Amadeo | October 7, 2008
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latest cell phone models
By texas_sweetie | October 7, 2008
Available brands are Sony Ericsson, Nokia, HTC, Samsung, Eten, Palm, Apple, O2, LG, Motorola, Blackberry and many more. You can shop by either by brand or look at their bestseller units. Either way should work out fine for you. If you want to get bold, buy Blackberry Bold now available at grakomindo.com. You will find huge selection of mobile phones in that website, promise I guarantee you that.
I am on a cell phone hunting right now for I am going to my home town early next year and that I need something that I can use while on flight so that I can still keep in touch with my dear husband who is left at home. Or as a gift for our anniversary. Nice idea huh!
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Uncertain times
By Bambit | October 7, 2008
In these days of sudden rain when outdoor furniture covers don’t seem to be a very good idea; when you can wake up to a sunny day but be doused by the time you have your morning coffee; when you read in the papers that world commodities prices have gone down but you see that everyday commodities prices at the talipapa are still going up; when what used to be a P20 bus fare to the office is now P22; when you try to eke out just a few more pesos out of a few sidelines to augment the grocery budget and here comes someone who accuses you of being dishonest—this is time when I give in to my combative nature.
It came to me in the form of an email from Strawberrygurl, about this UP Professor who also happens to be an “abang periodista” (humble journalist) who has taken a stand against paid blogging. After having read the journalist’s blog about his beef with paid blogging and the ill effects it may have on readers on the Internet, I then wrote a quick comment which I regretted immediately after I had submitted it. I regretted it because I realized that this journalist just needed a sounding board, and I was bored.
So off I went to my other blog to write a lengthy reply. I have always been a believer of “to each his own.” But every now and then I let PMS get the better of me.
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If you like to expose your 5-year-old to photography, give him more than a 5megapixel
By Soy | October 7, 2008
After discussing landscape photography and droning on about medium format cameras, 6x7s, 6x6s, macros, digital, etc, the boys started to fidget. Ten minutes into the 'lecture', my 5-year-old Zak started 'interacting' with K.
K: 'This is the original shot... as you can see in the conversion...'
Zak: 'Rubbish!'
K: 'By changing the depth of field and by adjusting the angle...'
Zak: 'Borrrringgg!'
K: 'This example of documentary photography shows not only the 'feel' of the scene...'
Zak: 'Pure rubbish!'
Patiently, K kept on while I listened attentively. He didn't succumb to Zak's rude distractions because he was concentrating on the timing of each slide. At the end of each segment, he would pretend to ask us if we have questions. Expectedly, Zak would raise his hand, not to ask, mind, but to comment. 'Daddy, I have something very, very important to tell you.' K, aware that it's another senseless ruse, said, 'Tell me later, ok?'
And then K kept on showing us all the photos and after an excruciating 90 minutes, he said to us, 'That was it. Hmmm. One hour and a half! I'll show you the travel ones...'
But Zak had had enough. He moaned and muttered under his breath, 'stupid photography!'
Visitors ‘can’t return for at least a month after exiting’
By sharon | October 7, 2008
Abu Dhabi: No visitor to the UAE will be allowed to return for at least one month after they exit the country, a senior official has confirmed.
Speaking to Gulf News, following media reports about hundreds of people stranded in neighbouring countries after attempting visa runs, Brigadier Nasser Al Awadi Al Minhali, Acting Director-General of the Federal Naturalisation and Residency Department, said: “Those who enter the country on a visit visa cannot get new visas unless the person exits the country and stays out for at least a month.”
“However, this does not mean that a new visit visa is guaranteed to those who exit the country. Each application is studied on a case-by-case basis and then the decision to issue a visa or reject the application will be made,” he said.
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“The rule is very clear,” he said, adding that it is applicable to anyone entering the UAE on any of the 16 types of visit visas. This rule applies to all visitors irrespective of the duration of the visit visa, he said.
Meanwhile, the fate of those stranded is still uncertain.
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PC and Macs, on the roll
By Aldrin | October 7, 2008
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Police Hold 2 Men Implicated In Failed Bombing In South RP
By The Mindanao Examiner | October 7, 2008
Provincial police chief Julasirim Kasim said the two – Hadnan Aluk and Nassal Hajibudin - are facing criminal charges over the failed attack Friday on the island.
He said two planted the bomb near the house of Antil Ulangutan, but it exploded prematurely and wounding them. “The two men are now in police custody, but they are still recuperating from their wounds,” Kasim told the Mindanao Examiner.
He said the failed attack was connected to a family feud. Sporadic clashes, he said, were also reported last week between the protagonists.
Kasim said the two men were also implicated in previous bombing in Pandami that wounded several people. “The feud is connected to politics,” he said without elaborating further. (Mindanao Examiner)
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Long gone the days of Urban to these day’s Rap, Hip-hop, RnB tripe
By Kim | October 7, 2008
The movie The Wackness starring Josh Peck and Ben Kingsley was so nostalgic. It might be a classic Sundance bleeding heart movie, but you could easily forgive the theme when you listen to the music featured on the film. It was the music of 1994 - such a great year for music, championing in that time are greats like A tribe called Quest and even The Smashing Pumpkins who really shook the scene with the release of Siamese Dream, which was in my opinion the best album they released.
But let’s talk about the state of Hip-hop now. The truth is, I’m a snob when it comes to mainstream Top 40 Rap, Hip-hop and RnB, if you could call it that. It all began when these Hip-hop artists wanted to sound more like SoSoDef. Suddenly, Hip-hop wasn’t soul music anymore, or talked about the harsh realities of racism and ghetto violence. It wasn’t the music that we used to call in the 90’s as Urban. The tripe you hear from Hip-hop these days are about grinding, girls on the side, car upgrades and partying. Not that these wouldn’t count for realities, but where’s the depth?
I knew that the death of Tupac changed the face of hip-hop. Kanye West is trying to revive part of the glory that belonged to that great era of Urban, but he doesn’t have the exquisite rhyme of old school artists nor enough humility to really overcome the insipidness of the mainstream that riddles his exposure. We can’t identify deep issues from the likes of new hip-hop artists like Eminem or Nelly or T-Pain.
The groups who managed to resist the trend of materialism that is evident in most Hip-hop music have disappeared in the background of the multimedia spectacularism, simply because they choose not to. If you’re attentive enough, you realise that music pundits harp about them, appealing to everyone’s music sensibility. But strangely, there’s just not enough promotion: most of the MTV generation just doesn’t buy in to that kind of music anymore. The mainstream music entices its lot with people’s vanity and hype not their intelligence.
The Roots are one of those artists who have stood their ground. In 2002, they released an album entitled Phrenology. Phrenology is the pseudo science of assessing the figure of someone’s head to determine their intelligence - an idea which used to justify racism.
Peace out.
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Could There Be A Catholic Vote
By Amadeo | October 7, 2008
Cal Thomas ponders on this same issue in his article at Real Clear Politics, entitled Catholics & Abortion (Again).
As much as 23% declare themselves as Catholics, out of a total US population of 300 million. This translates to about 70 million Roman Catholics, owing loyalty and obeisance to the Pope and the Papacy seated in the State of the Vatican.In a couple of states Catholics are the huge majorities like New Mexico (84%) and Rhode Island 63%). Massachusetts sits at 47% and the populous state of New York at 38%. But California with its over 35 million inhabitants, 34% declare themselves as Catholics. In numbers that would be about 12 million people. And other states like New Jersey, Vermont, etc., also boast of large considerable segments of Catholics.
With this huge bloc of devoted followers to a religion steeped in traditional practices and doctrines, can we say that there could be a Catholic voting bloc, given that many of the defining political issues partake of a religious or moral nature like abortion, just wages, stem cell research, and even lately the moral ramifications of the continued stay of illegal immigrants in the country?
Traditionally, the religious convictions of certain candidates for political office rightly or wrongly had always been given sufficient notice and evaluation by the pundits and the electorate, with certain religions, or the lack of it, being adjudged more politically viable than others. The less openly religious the candidate generally the better before the discerning eyes of the electorate. And in this slanted climate, the very traditional and at times archaic practices of Roman Catholicism had been more a disadvantage than anything else.But the late JFK broke that stubborn religious ceiling by having himself elected as President while openly declaring that his allegiance to and practice of his religion would not in any way influence his governance of the country. He stands as still the one and only Catholic to become a US President. John Kerry came close, but no cigar. Currently many Catholics populate the congress and other appointive/elective offices, both federal and state. The SCOTUS has 5 members who are Catholic, out of a total of 9, thus constituting a majority.
In the current milieu, VP candidate Joe Biden is a Catholic. Sarah Palin was baptized Catholic as an infant, but changed religion as a teen in Alaska. The honorable Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi is an avowed Catholic, I suppose in the grand Italian tradition.
In the past, Church authorities had been somewhat ambivalent in shepherding their faithful, most especially those in very visible public office, to the strict observance of their tight-fisted dogmas and doctrines. Thus, many Catholic politicians even on the national level could publicly contravene doctrine without much repercussion. Some may even say, could resist Catholic doctrine with impunity. Of particular contention has been the issue of abortion, which according to strict Catholic doctrine is legalized killing of human life.
But of late, certain interesting developments may bring out this issue more contentiously in the current campaign and may even draw deep and distinct, though under the surface, political lines, depending on how Catholics at present view their religion and its practice.
It was this Pope who as Cardinal finally laid down more unequivocally how Catholic politicians should regard their offices and their religion. It was this Pope who postulated that the public actions and policies of Catholic politicians should be congruent with their private religious beliefs. Should they espouse policies and programs that are incoherent with Church doctrine, the Church rules against them. Which may be interpreted to mean that if a politician cannot change his political choices, then he cannot continue to be a member of good standing in his church?
On the other side of the spectrum, with the weakened state of the Republican party, which traditionally has been pro-life or anti-abortion, the other party the Democratic, which has historically been represented as the vanguard of abortion rights, has of late become more publicly assertive about its stances on abortion, again openly defying those whose faith does not look kindly on those questioned practices. The party has wrested this golden opportunity to rally its people using the feminists’ clarion call of abortion and reproductive rights, or in the more nuanced pro-choice lingo, of women’s right of choice.
I foresee a clash between the two sides, though I cannot tell how it can develop sufficient legs given the very limited time frame between now and the November election.
This much we can deduce that the resurgence of the McCain campaign, who is himself a declared pro-choice candidate, can be attributed to the selection of Sarah Palin, his opposite on the abortion issue. With her in the ticket, the GOP is suddenly competitive. She is strictly anti-abortion, and as we have seen very traditionally so – like allowing the birth of her last son who had been early on diagnosed as suffering from Down syndrome; and allowing the continued pregnancy of his teenaged but still unmarried daughter. Her large family also helps solidify this qualification, a large family that is ever visible in her political sorties.
So we can then surmise that in the quiet of their solitude, whether at home or in the voting booth, earnest Catholics agonizing as they are with the difficult current choices of candidates, will also introduce in their inquiring minds the issue of abortion which clearly is against their Church’s teachings, emphatically brought to the fore by a Pope who has been unequivocal about it.
On the Democratic side you have a non-Catholic Christian Obama who is not only pro-choice but has taken positions considered more extreme compared with the mainstream of those espousing the same cause. Then you have Catholic Joe Biden who favors abortion and even through public pronouncements continues to deny or is unaware of the teaching of his Church on this issue.
On the Republican side, we have a John McCain, forever a maverick in his party taking the opposite stance on this issue. Then you have a Sarah Palin, once a Catholic but now a member of a Protestant denomination(s) but who is staunchly anti-abortion and presents unapologetically and unashamedly her large family as proof positive of her firm stance.
So where will the earnest Catholic vote stand, if indeed they could vote as a bloc?
Acknowledgment: Graphics from One Nation Under God site.
Our Lady of the Rosary
By Momong | October 7, 2008
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Catholic Money: To Community Organizing
By Amadeo | October 7, 2008
The revelations detailed out of a report and discussed in this blog, which appears to be a Catholic site with at least one Jesuit contributing an article or two, is very surprising to say the least.
Its being made public may not do much damage to the campaign of Obama, but as stated in the blog if anything this particular revelation has opened the eyes of the public, especially the unknowing Catholics who unwaveringly contribute with open hearts and minds to their parishes thinking their little “widow’s mite” will in some good way help the poor.
The sunlight shed on this subject of community organizing in Chicago has brought to light the ugly underpinnings of what started or was intended as a laudable and commendable project which the Church openly supported, all with the noblest of Christian virtue.
Innocuous or not, Obama's years as a community organizer were supported, in part, by Catholic money dispersed by the USCCB.Barak Obama - was lead organizer in Chicago for the Developing Communities Project, it received a $40,000 Catholic Campaign for Human Development grant in 1985 and a $33,000 grant in 1986.
While he was in Chicago Obama was trained by the top Alinskyian organizers. One mentor was the ex-Jesuit, Greg Galuzzo, lead organizer for Gamaliel. The Developing Communities Project operated under the Gamaliel Foundation, a network of Alinskyian organizations that receive 4-5% of all Catholic Campaign for Human Development grants each year.
The Developing Communities Project, which hired Obama as lead organizer, was an offshoot of Jerry Kellman's Calumet Community Religious Conference. Kellman, another of Obama's mentors, was himself trained by Alinsky. The network of community organizations Alinsky founded, the Industrial Areas Foundation, receives about 16% of all Catholic Campaign for Human Development grants annually.
ACORN itself, very closely identified with Obama, recieves Catholic Campaign funding:After Obama went to Harvard Law School, he returned to Chicago and taught Alinskyian organizing to ACORN staff. Although ACORN has a different structure than other Alinskyian networks, its tactical philosophy and world view are formed by men who were trained by Alinsky, in a sort of diabolical apostolic succession. Obama ran ACORN's 1992 voter-registration drive, Project Vote, and in return received ACORN's endorsement for Illinois senator. ACORN annually receives about 5% of Catholic Campaign for Human Development grants.
The report ends ominously:
After 40 years of funding the bad guys, it's time to stop.
......in a sort of diabolical apostolic succession
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Wordless Wednesday #55: Working girl
By ZJ | October 7, 2008
My entry for the Tuesday-Wednesday edition. Taken in Dhaka, Bangladesh in December, 2002. After getting off a bus, I chanced upon this pretty girl, roaming around with this mat on her head. Through my interpreter, I learned that this girl is one of the many displaced people in Bangladesh. She used to live along the Buriganga river and constant floodings swept away her family's house and livelihood. This drove them to the capital of Dhaka where they have no permanent shelter and no food to eat. She earns money picking garbages and, sometimes, begging, too.
For more wordless, visit Wordless Wednesday.
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Wordless and Ruby Tuesday
By MY | October 7, 2008
I took this last Saturday. Spotted in a garden. Thought it’s perfect for the red Tuesday:)
And one more shot in another angle 
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Basilan Police Alerted Over Escape Of Sayyaf Terrorist
By The Mindanao Examiner | October 7, 2008
Ikram Indama, a notorious militant based in Basilan, was reported missing on Monday from the custody of the Criminal Investigation and detection Group where he is being held in connection with the bombing in November last year that killed Rep. Wahab Akbar and several other employees.
Akbar, a native of Basilan, was the target of the bombing, police said.
Indama, who was captured in his hideout in Manila along with several others who are all native of Basilan, later confessed that a defeated politician from province had masterminded the attack. (Mindanao Examiner)
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Baby, Lets Cruise
By texas_sweetie | October 6, 2008
It's such a great pleasure watching her grow everyday. Different tricks can be shown each passing day as well. I notice that today she started dancing a little bit by using her head while giving me that sweet-naughty look of hers. Hahaaayzz the price of being a mommy.
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porn detection by SurfRecon
By texas_sweetie | October 6, 2008
I know my brothers too well that they likely open porn sites without my knowledge and to think that I have two smaller siblings that could be using the computer too. Internet safety for them is a must and therefore, I need to buy a software that can do both filtering and a pornography detection by SurfRecon. Good thing that I found this helpful tool to ease my worries away.
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New Week!
By MY | October 6, 2008
I did not update anything yesterday because I’m not feeling well. Tired and I just want to relax a bit. So, yesterday the husband did not go to office instead and he’s the one took care with the kids. I was online but logged out before lunch and the husband has been very sweet and told me he’ll spare me the cooking. haha As if I cook. So, we headed out for lunch! After that, I bought a few more jackets for the little peanut because it’s really getting cold. The 2 jackets I bought last month turned out to be small for him now. This baby grows up very fast! 
Guess what? I just finished the whole Season 1 for Gossip Girl! done with Season 2’s, 1st to 6th episodes and I can’t wait for the 7th! Curious to know Chuck Bass in real life, eh?
So, what else? I just updated my shopping blog with Etsy Monday Picks! I also posted my Walmart loots. Just a few toys and pj’s for the little pea! I still have to post the 3rd batch of loots. Will do that later:)
Contest Updates! I’m happy to say that it’s really doing great! Keep those entries coming! Still have to do some blog hopping though. But will take care of that hopefully this week. And I want to remind those who joined that you have to subscribe in my FEED via EMAIL. Not bloglines, not Google Reader or whatever other subscriptions it has. I want the email, please. Just as stated in my CONTEST RULE. I saw others did not even confirmed subscriptions. I just hope you’ll confirmed that before this contest ends because I won’t be able to count your entries if you aren’t doing the number 1. And that would be sad 
The contest rules is actually pretty easy to do
So that’s it! Will post pics later;) Have a great day/night whever you are!~
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Gadgets and Tech News
By MY | October 6, 2008
So, how was your weekend? Mine was nice! Saturday was a great day albeit with the stomach ache! But still I took tons of photos:) Anyway, I’ll talk about that later. What I am more interested talking is this new site I found that has really cool information about new gadgets, technology and other techie stuff that sometimes we just tend to forget! Or not! The husband though is very much updated about anything technology, gadgets and what’s new and not! Of course, living in this place, everything is new and high tech! I’m sure he will definitely like to see this online backup services that I read or this network media player. Something new around. I have to say I don’t have much idea about it but why not go ahead and read it? And oh, this universal remote control is the coolest! The buttons can be be customized for a special task! how cool can that be? I’m sure the husband will read more of the product information on this new site Gadget Advisor! Promise, it’s a great read 
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Sore Muscle
By texas_sweetie | October 6, 2008
I know I can't get back to the body I used to have but I can do it slowly in the long run. I really wanted to get rid of this flabby belly you know? If my husband gonna ask me for a walk tonight, I would not say no to him since walking is a fun thing to do especially if I do it with my family. It's the only time we can spend time together as lalabs' is working the whole day everyday.
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unlocked motorola cell phones
By texas_sweetie | October 6, 2008
Going back to the online store that has tons of Unlocked Cell Phones to choose from, I really love looking at their phones because they are what they call is "in" today. They offer a huge selection of the latest and coolest of different brands of mobile phones as well as cell phone accessories. Everything you look for in a cell phone, they have it there. Remember the name of the online store is Vibe Cellular. Whether you are buying for yourself as a business man or for your kid or wife, you can practically buy it from them.
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Reminiscing Technographix V
By Z'riz | October 6, 2008
"95.5 WRocK came up with the highly successful Lite RocK Technographix V, a computer graphics final competition on its 5th year, last August 17, 2004 at SM City Entertainment Plaza. The endeavor was WRocK’s brainchild and its annual involvement to the Kadayawan Sa Dabaw festivities. It aimed to provide a new venue for the depiction of Davao’s Kadayawan Festival (the Kadayawan has been portrayed in film, dramas, plays, paintings and other traditional forms of art. Every year, WRocK aims to drop a unique accent to the festival by coming up with something that is entirely new to the people of Davao); To encourage the city’s young and budding computer artists to excel in their field of specialty in an atmosphere of healthy, motivational competition; and to prove to the rest of the country that Mindanao is at par with the times by being actively involved in the technological advance of the millennium.
57 contestants, 19 entries representing 11 schools, colleges and universities vied for the grand prizes in the revelry of the fusion of roots and modern art; the combination of culture and technography; of ethnicity and computer graphics.
Entry No. 13 from Jayson Albano, Raphael Villejo, James and Michael Wales and Andrew Gabotero of AMA Computer College garnered the 3rd prize. Entry No. 14 from Eric Clark Su of John Paul II College of Davao was proclaimed 2nd place. Entry No. 18 from McRobert Nacario, Felino Diel, Rosenlee Torres, Gemini Ritz Ayupan, Erick Derama and Raymond Sunga of AMA Computer College brought home the Grand prizes which includes a brand new 128 mb Philips Digicam, accommodation at Eden Nature Park and exciting premium items from WRocK. Texters’ choice award was given to Shane Ryan Diaz and Kirth Anthony Anthony of Cor Jesu College, Digos City.
Vocal quintet, D’ COUSINS, and the highly-esteemed Shayloh rendered delightful intermission numbers.
The judges were: Mr. Edwin Maranon, IT Chair of Region XI; Mr. Kenneth Arquiza, Edit Station’s Proprietor; Mr. Ian Garcia, City Tourism Officer, Mr. Patrick Andong, owner of Blinque, and Mr. Lou Raphael Canedo, proprietor of Alchemy of Light and Vision .
WRocK Assistant for Programming and Production, Donn Gonzales was the highly-spirited host of the event, assisted by Glenn Estipona, Jeruel Garado and Ben Ng Suy of 4Faces.
Lite Rock Technographix V is also presented by SM City and Edit Station. Sponsored by Alchemy of Vision and Light, 4Faces Event Masters, Brokenshire College, Philips. WRocK extends its gratitude to Sunburst, CBS Metalcraft Marco Polo Davao Skycable, Chippens, Sony Music, Apo Natural Spring Water, Level Up Games and Mediskin.
Kudos to all the contestants especially the winners! Hope to see everyone again next year in Lite Rock Technographix VI, Kadayawan of 2005"Topics: , avp, technographix | Comments Off
Vinegar Hand
By texas_sweetie | October 6, 2008
I act childish because I'm so bored right here. Long time no hang out with my friends and was able to go out of the house once for a grocery shopping. Now, I am gonna be stuck in the house again for 4 days until the weekend before I can go somewhere. Hhahaayyy we're planning of visiting his father down South which is good so I can escape this house for a while.
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mail forwarding service
By texas_sweetie | October 6, 2008
No worries about shipping for they use inexpensive USPS Priority, Express or FedEx with big discount. Guaranteed affordable and fast shipping.
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The look-a-like
By arlene | October 6, 2008
Here's my son and I on the weekend. Hubby said it was perfectly taken by him. We just looked alike here, lol...well, we decided to head out and drive around yesterday. We end up on the east coast of NS, no where to go really, but just drive until we ran out of gas, basically. It was a really nice day for a drive and we really enjoyed it, stopping just to stretch and get a coffee. It was really awesome. Sometimes, being spontaneous has it's benefits. If we had planned this ahead, most often than not, there would be some hindrance and other things that would obstruct it and I would have get annoyed if it doesn't happen>.<
ALONE
By Z'riz | October 6, 2008
I seldom felt that I am in a lonely existence. A feeling of emptiness and isolation, a feeling of being cut off, disconnected and alienated from other people, a subjective sense of inner emptiness or hollowness, with feelings of separation or isolation from the world. A feeling that am the only one walking on a wide road that is endless. All by myself but thank GOD i saw a light that i think leads me to way that i can be happy.
I am not a loner or a geek or a nerd. The happiness in me has an end maybe this is the time that i can be alone for a long long time of being a happy person. Maybe i just need space for myself far from a noisy, busy and hectic day of pressures and work.
Loneliness is therefore unwilling solitude but do you know that Loneliness is not the same as being alone. As such, feeling alone can be a healthy emotion and, indeed, choosing to be alone for a period of solitude can be enriching and being alone can be experienced as positive, pleasurable, and emotionally refreshing if it is under the individual's control.
There are lots of cases that a person feels that they are inside a box surrounded with walls of loneliness . That's why some of them who cannot control depression , emptiness and pressure usually kill themselves and commit suicide.
Every problem has answers and to have a healthy life is believing in GOD. Think positive always.
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OpenEducation Disc
By valQ | October 6, 2008
I had a chance to introduce alternative software applications to school librarians a couple of days ago. During our session I gave them a copy of the Open Education Disc - which is a collection of very good free (libre) open source software products packaged into a CD. It was a very pleasant experience seeing their reaction with a huge and AHH and OHH. All of them were amazed and in fact shocked (probably because it’s their first time) to see that there’s such a software which is equally useful and more powerful than most proprietary software they are using.
My point is, if in case they will be asked by school administrators on what to do with software licensing issues specially so that most of them are also taking charge of their respective virtual libraries, they have something to suggest and they can give better options in terms of software requirements.
The Open Education Disc is very well packaged that first time users can easily navigate and directly install. The good thing is, most M$ Windoze users will have no headache in installing/using such software because it also runs in Windoze which will give them almost the same click and point experience.
The good thing is they have committed to dissimenate and give it a go in their respective virtual libraries. Wheew!!! Pleasant surprise isn’t it…
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Davao Village Cop Arrested After Poking Gun To Neighbors
By The Mindanao Examiner | October 6, 2008
Jose Cuizon, 37, was arrested over the weekend after victims Leonila Bonghanoy, 50, and her son Darwin, 24, sought the help of the local police. Cuizon denied the charges.
Meanwhile, two women were wounded in an attack in Davao City’s Maa district, police said.
It said the attack occurred in the village of San Rafael on Sunday and the victims Mercedez Alviola, 65, and Marilyn Victoriano, 19, were both shot by a lone gunman.
Police said it is still investigating the attacks which were believed connected to land conflict in Panabo City where Alviola owns a property being occupied by squatters, who threatened to harm her if they are evicted from the land. (Romy Bwaga)
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Recap of Last Week
By lei | October 6, 2008
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How to impress yourself, your mother-in-law, and your wallet
By Soy | October 6, 2008
I also used to have my nails pedicured by a lady who does home service. This is one luxury that seems silly to me now. I realise that my lifestyle doesn't revolve around walking the red carpets or twirling in open-toed stilletos. I push a buggy whenever I go out and when I am at work, my feet are not seen anyway, so what's the point of paying good money to clean the nails only for it to be hidden away?
And so, I DIY. Sometimes, I get an unwelcome help from my 2-year-old but it doesn't matter. Even if the paint goes everywhere except the nails, I have pampered myself anyhow - for free, come to think of it!
…back to “school”
By Aldrin | October 6, 2008
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Anti-US groups to picket outside Philippine Senate
By The Mindanao Examiner | October 6, 2008
US soldiers pose with a Muslim girl in Sulu province in the southern Philippines, where American forces are active in humanitarian missions. (Mindanao Examiner Photo)It said US troops have put up small bases inside Philippine military facilities in Zamboanga City and in other parts of central Mindanao where the American forces are said to be participating in combat operations against rebels.
Filipino Senator Rodolfo Biazon and members of the Legislative Oversight Committee on the Visiting Forces Agreement (LOVFA) who had inspected US facilities in Zamboanga City last week said they found no military bases, but administrative buildings used by the US forces in humanitarian missions and joint trainings with local troops in Mindanao and Sulu archipelago.
“The US military base in Zamboanga City poses a clear and present danger to the Constitution and to the lives of people, but it seems that the LOVFA is more interested in covering up for the Americans instead of protecting the constitution and promoting peace in the country,” Mitzi Chan, a spokesperson of the Stop The War Coalition, said in a statement.
Chan’s group has criticized the LOVFA's pronouncement that it found no US bases in Mindanao. “This is clearly a case of feigned ignorance or a deliberate cover-up,” she said, adding, the inspection headed by Biazon was a “sham” considering that it was hosted by those who were supposed to be investigated.
She said the LOVFA failed to interview anyone apart from those who have a stake in maintaining the base.
”How can we expect anything impartial from the so-called inspection when it was organized by VFA proponents, defenders of US military presence in the country, and officials who directly benefit from perpetuating the US base?” asked Chan.
”As a former soldier, Biazon could not know that the US troops in Mindanao are not filing reports, doing bookkeeping, or other boring clerical work.
They are very much at war and their presence is contributing to fanning its deadly flames,” she said. “Senator Biazon could not be unaware that the US military has been transforming the form that US military bases take. They may no longer look like (the US) Subic (naval base) and Clark (air force base), they may not fly American flags – but they are still US bases in essence and purpose regardless of the nomenclature that pro-US politicians prefer.”
Biazon was a former military chief before he became a senator.
“The LOVFA members are either blinded by their ideological preference for US basing or by the Philippine military's dependence on US military aid, genuinely ignorant of the ways by which the forms of US basing have been transformed in recent years, or are deliberately attempting to cover-up the US bases in order to perpetuate their stay,” Chan said.
“The VFA commissioner has an impossible job: On the one hand, he is mandated to go after Americans who commit any wrongdoing in the country. On the other hand, it also appears to be his task to tell the public that the Americans can't possibly do anything wrong,” Chan said.
The Southern Command headquarters, now called Western Mindanao Command, houses the US Joint Special Operations Task Forces-Philippines. (Mindanao Examiner)
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