In The Vancouver Sun – Making Money on Twitter | John Chow dot Com

In The Vancouver Sun – Making Money on Twitter | John Chow dot Com


Seems I sure know how to pick um! Now John Chow is featured on the cover of BBC Vancouver newpaper!
He is singing the praises of Tweeting! It all sounds so easy, and if your JOHN CHOW, I suppose it is. He also is a computer whiz, a professional Blogger and now, money making Tweeter. I suppose once you really get in the swing of things, it sort of self generates its own momentum. John Chow also build computers, knows the complete in's and out's of sponsored ads, networking, and seems to had the edge on most social media.
When Yaro came out with his latest offer of paid memberships, John was one of the first to jump on the bandwagon and joint venture with Yaro, by creating his own offer. Almost, not to be outdone it seems! But, hey, if John has the foresight to do this, and its ethical in the internet world, why not. I just chalk it up to creative marketing. A bit like piggybacking someone elses idea, however it is disquised with clever sales tactics. I dont mention this to undermine John Chow. I actually do respect him as far as business on the internet goes. He also seems to be a very caring dad. So, all in all more power to him, and Congratulations John Chow!
Keep making us envious, oops, I mean proud!

Bandita

Alpha Chi Induction UNC Pembroke

                                       October 25th 2009 
                   UNC Pembroke  ALPHA CHI induction ceremony.

"These students are the Creme of the Creme" stated the Chancellor of UNC Pembroke today.   He praised the gathered students of UNC Pembroke for acheiving a very high standard of excellance, according to University standards.
The Chancellor made us all aware of the fact that these particular students were the top 5% of all University students by the continual high Grade point average they had to maintain to become 'Alpha Chi members.

Of course I was very proud of Julieanna today.  She continues to excel at just about anything she puts her mind to.  It was quite an honor to watch her go to the front of the room as her name was called, and receive her certificate and shake hands with the Chancellor.....  what a moment in time.... a well deserved moment for a very hard working young lady.

The following pictures I captured tell the story of today with out much narration, other than the escort Julie chose was none other than her brother Matthew!
The event was held on the campus of UNC Pembroke, and as we sat amoungst the other student recipients of the award, we got to know some Chinese Exchange students... apparently they are very bright also!

It was a great day, and we enjoyed a nice little luncheon afterwards.... and I got to 'Pin Julies gold pin on her sweater.


Again; though I have said it before;  "Congratulations Julieanna...keep up the hard work, Chin up....keep the faith!"   
Love You!
Mom

Julieanna arriving on campus

Brother Matthew is her 'chosen escort today! (Mom tagged along too!)

Finding and putting on her name badge......

Now, to find our table...and get seated.

Busily reading the brochure.....

Sitting amongst the Chinese Exchange students....

A close up photo of the brochure they handed out to us at the entrance.....
Interesting Alpha Chi Motto: "Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free..."   (Where have I heard that before?) Interesting that they used that scripture for their motto!

The banner, the candles (each color had a meaning ) and the induction registry.

    Julieanna coming up to the front to sign her name in the registry......

Her name is on there....

Receiving her Certificate of Membership directly from the Chancellor... and a warm congratulations for becoming one of the top 5% of the University!

Julieanna waiting on the platform for all the students names to be called up front......

    

 

Still patiently waiting until all the student came up to the platform.....

Then, after all the students had been brought forward, handed their certificates, and brought up on the platform, they all took the oath together!  

Julieanna posing with the University Chancellor after taking her oath and becoming inducted in the Alpha Chi Honor society.

Julieanna's Alpha Chi PIN!  I got to 'Pin her!

 Julieanna with fellow Chinese exchange student.

Certificate.....

Well, this is Ju's....

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Facebook Inspiration for mass marketing!

Inspiration is a funny thing.  It can hit a person anywhere and at anytime.  Today, I realized that I have been passing by the opportunity of a lifetime.   While browsing my facebook account, wondering at this new 'social media outlet, I found a very famous Washington personality abiding on there. It was Mr. JS himself!
I was amazed to see that he is sporting the now famous 'Facebook Goggle's that are in a very high demand worldwide and just about impossible to obtain.  Most sport stores that did carry them a short time ago have completely sold out and are backordered until after Christmas, which doesnt help when a person wants to buy one right now!


I was lucky enough to contact this celebrity through his Facebook account, and was able to obtain his permission to 'mass market the Facebook Goggles on the internet, via his fan club!

So, all interested parties, just send in your $9.99 to me, and I will in turn send  you your very own pair of JS Facebook Goggles. 

And, wait! Thats not all! If you ACT QUICKLY and order today, you will automatically be signed up for the NEW JS Facebook Goggle Fan club, which offers a signed photo of JS and a chance to win a trip for two to the Florida beaches.... you actually get to live with JS for a full month, and he will personally tour you around the great state of Florida..at NO cost to you!

This is a deal you cant afford to miss..... so act NOW...just send $9.99 to me, Right NOW, and I will forward your name and number to JS who will in turn send you your personal JS FACEBOOK GOGGLES... he will even cover the shipping and handling!

HURRY WHILE SUPPLIES LAST!

Banditas Blog
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Anywhere, USA
Money orders accepted      JS will RUSH your order sometime next year!

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Becoming Chivas...

A while back, we bought a sweet cute little Jack Russell puppy.  Almost too cute to be a real animal, and at times I thought of her as a stuffed animal that came to life somehow. 
Her name had already been thought out by my daughter, and as we walked through the front door with puppy in hand, my daughter said; " I know the name!"
"Oh yeah, what?" I asked...
"Her name will be; CHIVAS!"

Sounds good I thought, and we proceeded to carefully and patiently say to the new puppy her name.  Over and over, we pronounced; Chiiiivassss...chivassss, chiiiivvaassssss......drawing the name out, and slowly saying it over and over.  Surely this puppy will soon learn her name, and wont mistake any of our other human words to be connected with her! we thought.

We had illusions of granduer for this puppy, and poured hours and hours into her, making her responses to us almost human.  And, at first she was always referred to as: C H I V A S!  
She learned to come to us by that name, rollover by that name, sit and laydown by that name... she learned what 'NO NO meant, after we called her by name. 
It was very apparent that her name was; Chivas.

I dont know when it happened, but slowly it all started to slide downhill.

No one thought much about it, but, it dawned on me, we hardly called our dog Chivas anymore!
She was now being saluted by such terms as:  Chivie weevie, neeners, Chickie Wee Wee, Chickie su mamma, Girrrrrrrrrrrllll...... and guess what?
She responds with happy leaps in the air, tail a waggin, and sometimes a bark or two!
We still call her Chivas from time to time, mostly when others ask us; 'What is her name>?  We make sure to answer, very distinctly and clearly; 'Chivas... (lest anyone call her anything different than her real name...)

I wonder why the digress?  Why cant we just be satisfied with the name Chivas?
Maybe its just human nature to do the baby talk thing...
as a matter of fact, I can think of a few 'pet names my kids have adopted over the years as well, but that would be for another post!

Technology... changed the world

My daughter and I were discussing the fast advancement of technology the other night, and what repercussions it has had on life as we know it.
With the push of a few buttons, and a hand held 'device, or a cell phone as we call them. you can instantly reach someone, talk to them, send a photo, or just text a message.
Or take the Internet and computer combination.  By typing only a few words, on a blank screen that sits inches from your face, on some desk in your house somewhere, you can instantly reach someone across the entire globe.  I can instantly read or type to someone in England, India, Australia...etc.
I think we take this technology a bit for granted as it is so easily accessible and affordable.  My daughter can turn on her laptop, and after a few clicks of the mouse, a program called SKYPE comes on the screen, and instantly she can see her boyfriend that is deployed to Iraq!
Can you just imagine what a historical figure like Paul Revere could have done with this technology?  Instead of riding pell mell like a mad man shouting..."The Redcoats are coming, The Redcoats are coming..." he could have simply sent out a few dozen emails, or had a webinar conference call, and POOF...everyone would have been informed.

Or... Imagine Christopher Columbus texting back to the Queen, I have "discovered" land... I have found "India..."!  "Send reinforcements at once!
On and on my imagination can take me with this line of thought....

What if.... lets say, that in Jesus's time, there was this type of technology.  Can you imagine with me..  The news of his miracles and travels would have reached around the globe in minutes.  He would have been an "instant" celebrity... and people around the globe would have flocked to tune in to the latest Yahoo news or CNN screen to watch him perform healings, raisings from the dead, and yes, even probably his crucifiction on the cross.
Oh, and how crazy would the world have gotten, if someone had "captured" his resurrection on a cell phone camera, and downloaded it to YOU TUBE?

With the advancement of technology, mankind is headed to a zone of no return.
We will never see the 'good ole days of pre-technological advancement ever again, and all the younger generation as well. They only know a life with technology in it....
Where will this all take us?  No one is ever going to give up their cell phones, their satellite TV's, their Internet and video phones.  There is no going back ...
But, what is going forward?   How many more innovations can we as humankind experience.   What is next?

Just some rainy day thoughts off the cuff..... pondering....

Remembering Gramma...and Grandpa and birthday time.

                                   Happy Birthday....

Even though its been a few years now that my Grandparents 'moved on... or 'passed over to the other side... or how ever you want to phrase it, I still think often of them,especially as fall starts to set in.
I remember Gramma always begining to 'hint right around the start of October, that 'their birthdays were coming up.  Grandpa had his on the 6th of October, and Grandma on the 7th.  It made for easy celebrations.  We just kinda combined them together, which makes complete sense, as those two were always 'together anyway!

Over the years, I wound my way through various Hallmark card isles, always looking for the perfect birthday card that would describe just how much I loved them, and wished them a perfect day!  Sometimes, I would find a really good one that did express what I wanted to say, but often as not, I would have to add some post script with a lot of underlines, just to be sure they got the message!

As my Grandparents aged, it got harder each year to think of a present for them. They already had everything they needed in life, and what ever I would find for them, only seemed extrafluous.....  but, I still tried.

I will never forget one year my husband, Kit (R.I.P.) and I rented a video camera. This was a very long time ago, when you could rent a video camera from 'Blockbusters in the early 80's... and you recorded on those big 8 track things... way before 8mm or digital. Anyway,  I had set up the camera in the living room of their home and taped a "surprise" singer that showed up to serenade my Grandma.  That was nice and all, and she enjoyed holding the rose he gave her.... and Grandpa stood faithfully beside Gramma as she smiled at the nice young man that was singing.... and then, the grand finale'.... A belly dancer (that had been kept secret) showed up. It was Grandpas turn!  Well, needless to say, all the elderly aunties and uncles got an eye full, and poor ole Grandpa was so nervous, all he could do was twist away on a napkin that he was holding in his hands.

That Birthday was one of the memorial ones.
That tape is still somewhere?
Anyway, here's to remembering my beloved Gramma and Grandpa.  Forever they will live on in my memories and heart.
~Happy Birthday Gramma and Grandpa~
Love You and Miss you still~

Val

Remembering Gramma...

Azteca Warrior Golden Eagle

From Tenochtitlan, well over five hundred years ago, a young brown skinned warrior named; Golden Eagle started the ceremony with a beat of the drum.
High atop the stone temple, a conch was blown.   Four long soundings, each to the four directions.

The events were about to begin.

One team pitted to play against the other, a ball game of sorts.  The warriors ran the gauntlet of the field, praying to Quetzalcoatl to make a victory goal.
The winners of the game, become the assassins of the opponents.  You don't want to loose in Ancient Aztecan futbol.

It would be the noble honor of the victors to sacrifice the heads and hearts to their god, Quetzalcoatl... to ensure another year of continued sun and rain and plenty of food for the people.

These events always disturbed Golden Eagle. Deep in his spirit something stirred in him that he did not understand.  A feeling of uneasiness, and restlessness would come upon him just when the crowds leaped in cheers for the victors and started to dance in a frenzy, just as the loosing opponents were being led up the grand stone steps of the ancient pyramids. Everyone was thirsting for the spilling of the Blood ceremony.
Golden Eagle winced and looked away, far away to the setting sun as the obsidian knives plunged into the chest of the living sacrifice's, and the priest pulled out a still beating heart, pumping blood out upon the soon to be dead victim.....
Golden Eagle kept up the beat.  Boom, Boom, boomboomboom,  Boom.  A steady  one, two, threefourfive, beat.  He stared out of dulled eyes, and kept a steady grim face, never belieing the true feelings of disgust and contempt for the never ending sacrifice's to a god that was seeming all the more mythical day after day.

Golden Eagle dreamed of the far off Ocean.  The rumble tumble of the waves, beating upon the golden shore, ever beckoning him to come to her...to swim in her, to surf the waves with the dolphins and scamper about the shore with the fledgling albatross.
Boom, Boom, boomboomboom, Boom....... and to lay back, under the palm watching the sun teasingly play amongst the puffy white clouds... Boom, Boom, boomboomboom, Boom. The beat never changes...it goes on and on and on.
The killings continue until the last of the victims are sacrificed, and the priest nods his head in approval that this years ceremony went well ... and that meant plenty of food, sun, rain... Quetzalcoatl had his bloody meal one more time...and so the people survived.  One myth at a time.

Long after Golden Eagle had left this earth, not before wedding his sweet maiden from youth... 'Little Flower" and bore his generation of warrior children, that in turn lived, learned, married and bore their next generation of children, and so on for many hundreds of years, until one day, far away deep in the mountains of Tlapa Mexico, a land now conquered from times past by Conquistadors and lying priests, a little lonely shepherd couple wandered the hills in search of green pastures for their little flock of goats.
A strong young Indian man and his sweet wife, diligently watched over the flock as any good shepherd must.  The dangers for the wandering flocks were many... coyotes wandered these hills, and dangerous plants that made the goats sick were ever present, and the pregnant ewes that needed tending when the babies were born.... shepherding, a task for the diligent and gentle soul.
It was in this time that the young Indian woman found herself with child.
She had kept quiet about this for a long time, as she often wondered why her belly was so flat... it had been many months now, and she had felt life, yet her belly did not grow?  Strange she thought.  Perhaps it was the curse of the Bruja's down the mountain.  Those angry people that were always so jealous of their growing flock of goats.
Days would pass into long lonely nights, and the two shepherd's guided the goats among the mountain meadows.
One day, trailing behind, the Indian woman stopped.  As a sharp pain stabbed in her belly, she fell to her knees, crying out for her husband.......
Quickly he came to her, asking what is wrong?  "Oh" moaned his wife, "my belly, the baby, something is wrong."  The husband thought about the woman down the valley.  She was known to help young mothers in birth... and perhaps it would be best to send his wife to her now.  So the young Indian wife agreed to go, and seek the help of the other woman.
As she made her way off the mountain meadow, and down the narrow trail to the small brick hut, she was met by a hunched over grey headed woman.
She explained that she had pain, and something was not right in her belly, where the baby was sleeping.
The old woman knew just what to do.  She would lay her hand on the belly, and turn the baby.  It wasn't positioned right, or surely this womans belly would be much bigger....
Just as she stretched out her hand, and began to lay it on the belly, she felt a jolt of pain shoot up her arm and to her chest.  She couldn't breathe, and for a split second, all went black.  As she regained her eyesight, she recoiled in fear; shouting..."Shaman, chiquito shaman!" and turned and ran back to her house, shutting and locking the door tight.
The poor Indian woman was in a fright herself, but had noticed the pain in her belly had stopped, so she just turned around and left, to find her husband back at the high meadow.  As she walked on the way, she pondered the events that she had just experienced, and wondered what it all meant.
The time eventually came, when the pains of birth came. And, on a calm summers eve, a little tiny baby was born. Remembering the disturbing experience of the woman shouting "Shaman, chiquito shaman", the woman decided the baby would need a very good name, just in case some evil mountain spirit had inhabited her belly from all those long lonely nights spent tending the goats way high on the mountain.   She pondered the name.  It had to be very special, very strong to conquer the evil spirit that had claimed this baby.
When her husband came to her, she decided to tell him about her resolution for a strong, good name.  "Yes," he said; "A good, strong name ..."
We will name him..."Jesus".

And that is the true story of how my husband got his name.
And, conquered the evil spirit that had claimed him from birth.

Valerie Mosso
~Bandita~

Ok...sorry for the Tests....

But, hey, check this out.
I have learned a few things the past month, and this is kinda cool.
With all the talk of Google this, and Google that, I found a way to actually make money with Google!  Check this out!  Just click on the following lightened words...
Click Here!  But, remember, this is a test!

OH, and I am suppose to add this URL also...don't know why, but this is a test!
http://4db72uuetnyqer3awdq-dj2obt.hop.clickbank.net/?tid=2Y3YDGJ6Thanks for your patience..
Valerie

Bye Bye John Chow, (as far as the experiment goes!)

With September behind me, a deadline has been reached.  I researched and experimented with my 'On line idea for about 1 month.  I learned a lot, and learned that I have a lot more to learn.
As for the goal I set...I did reach it!  I did earn at least $1.oo on line...through Google Ad sense.  That brought about a weird sense of excitement that anything is possible.. (and I had not thought it really possible!)
Also, I did what John Chow recommends.   Take ACTION!  I did that also!
I have a domain name..( a few actually) and I learned a bit about having to host your domain name, and create a website or Blog for the name to be attached to.
Creating a professional website, (not just a freebie one) is a bit of a challenge for me, cause I simply don't read or write computer code.  That is a bit out of my learning curve at the moment.

So to re-cap my little on line adventure...
1) I set a goal.  (30 days of learning from John Chows  e book.)
2) I took action.  Obtained a host and domain name, and a blog....
3) I made more than $1.00 on line. (But, have to accumulate $100.00 before I get paid from Google.)
4) I made peace with the statement that John Chow made, that losers hate failing..so they don't even try!

Thanks to John Chow for encouraging and challenging me with that ONE statement.  It certainly impacted me to think about what was holding me back from my ultimate goal... to someday make a decent living 'on line, by possibly Internet marketing (of some sort) all from my laptop, whilst swinging from my hammock, on the beaches of my husbands home town; Acapulco!

Next goal...learn Spanish, before I go to retire on those beaches.!
Thanks for bearing with me....
~Bandita~
!