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Community & Member News
THE TREASURE HUNT GAME!
by Marilyn Ali
WE HAVE A WINNER!!! Yes, we have a winner for the current Treasure Hunt game!
Our winner is BARB DOYLE!!!
YIPPEEE!!
Barb has just won many FREE advertising credits which have been donated by our
CEO Mr Bogdan Fiedur!
CONGRATULATIONS BARB for being the first person to send in
all of the correct answers to the scavenger hunt!
Here are the correct answers to the Treasure Hunt;
1. Julie Ryan 2. Rick Martin 3. Kenneth Sword 4. Marion Tucker 5. Anita Kosik-Roden
6. Chris Van Staden 7. Marilyn Ali 8. Ashley Elias 9. Georgia, Originally from Germany
10. Bizzy Blogz 11. Australia 12. California
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR!
Hello All Community Members! This is Marilyn L. Ali, Editor here for the Community Newsletter!
As you may have read I started this section of the Newsletter for anyone wishing to contact
me with comments, questions, concerns, suggestions or complaints.
So, get writing and let me know you're out there!!!
While I have your attention, I would like you all to welcome a new member to the team,
Rick Martin. On behalf of all the team and AdlandPro members, congratulations Rick and
welcome aboard.
Marilyn L. Ali EDITOR
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DO YOU
WANT TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE COMMUNITY NEWSLETTER?
Do you know
of any community happenings or events that are going on?
Do you know of an interesting member in the community that you would like
to write about, and have your article in the next issue of the Newsletter?
How about a New Member in the community that you would like to Introduce
to the rest of the Community?
Or, how about a great forum going on that
you would like others to know about?
If anyone has something that they
would like to share with the rest of the Community, write an article and
send it to us! If we like what you have written, it will be published in
the very next Newsletter!!
Wouldn't it be fun and exciting to contribute
to our Community Newsletter that goes out to over 30,000 members? I think
so!!!
Just remember, it can be about anything as long as it is related to
the AdlandPro Community.
When you finish writing your articles please submit them to one of the
following emails:
Venerina
Conti
Marilyn Ali
Or, you
may use our personal message box here at AdlandPro:
Venerina
Conti
Marilyn
Ali
The team is
looking forward to hear what you have to write
about...so start writing!!
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COMPETITION AREA
**WIN**WIN**WIN**
IT'S TIME AGAIN FOR ANOTHER TREASURE HUNT GAME!
Want a chance to win some valuable advertising credits?
Play the Treasure Hunt Game, which is our version of a scavenger hunt.
Read the questions and find the correct answers which
are located throughout the Newsletter. All you have to do is read and you will find all of
the answers; you may have to do a little searching but they are not hard to find. Then be the
first person to send in the correct answers and you WIN!!
Here are the questions for this
issue of the Newsletter!
1) Who is the POTW featured in this issue?
2) Who is behind Mystery Link # 10?
3) Who won the last Treasure Hunt Game?
4) Who is the New Member featured in this issue?
5) Our Featured Power Member has another Title at AdlandPro, what is it?
6) Who is the Interesting Member featured in this issue?
7) Name one person that has a Birthday on October 23rd.
8) Our Interesting Person featured does what for a living?
9) The Featured Forum was started by what member of AdlandPro?
10) The New Member featured is from where?
11) What Newsletter Team member has a birthday on the Birthday list in this issue?
by: Marilyn Ali
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Famous Quotes
(Venerina Conti)
"Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or
the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.
John Quincy Adams
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"Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be
counted."
Albert Einstein
AdlandPro's Intellectual Forum
by Georgios Paraskevopoulos
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�Should you find yourself in a chronically leaking boat, energy devoted to
changing vessels is likely to be more productive than energy devoted to patching leaks.�
Warren Buffet, investor
Visit Bogdan Fiedur's:
"Quote of the day" Forum
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I'm slowly becoming a convert to the principle that you can't motivate people to do
things, you can only de-motivate them. The primary job of the manager is not to empower
but to remove obstacles.
Scott Adams
"People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid."
Soren Aabye Kierkegaard
"A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on."
Sir Winston Churchill
"Set your expectations high; find men and women whose integrity and values you respect;
get their agreement on a course of action; and give them your ultimate trust."
John Akers
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Each issue of this newsletter will be featuring a different forum from the community. In
this issue we are featuring
Rose Enderud's
Artshow
please contribute and enjoy.
And what an Art Show it is! ��.Have You Seen It?
I'll admit I was excited when I was asked to do this article. I had enjoyed my visits
to the site when it first started, but I was totally unprepared for the scope of what
I saw when I went back this time.
So far there have been over 5800 visits to the site, almost 300 posts and contributions
by over 20 different artists all from right here at AdlandPro. Displays include paintings,
sketches, beading, crochet, photography, woodcarvings, ceramics, computer graphics and
even the most exquisite roses sculpted from automobile body parts. Many have posted website
urls for further viewing and some have even been posted in the form of slide shows for your
viewing enjoyment.
Rose has done a superb job of organizing this. The very first post has been periodically
edited to contain links to both the posted art works and website urls of the contributors.
This is a big help if you just want to see the art and not have to scroll through all the
comments. I was curious about just how this site evolved, so I asked Rose about it:
1) Rose, I've visited your forum several times in the months since you started it and it
seems to have taken on a life of its own. Could you comment on what you had in mind when you
started it and how it has evolved over time?
When I started the art forum, I was simply trying out the new features of the editor. I
wanted to see if I could display my artwork. I had tried several years ago to get some
visibility and got sidetracked. I soon got questions from other members about how to
display a picture. I then started a thread to answer those questions. I discovered
Anamaria Padurean already had a forum for posting images. There I found the information on a site
that would allow you to produce a slide show. With the help of Anamaria I learned how to get
a slide show posted.
After a few days I decided to invite other artists to post their work. I changed the name
of the forum so it was not all about me. That is the point at which it took on a life of
it's own. I was featured in the Weekly Parade of Stars then the Gazette.
Jenny SJ and I started talking about doing Exhibitions featuring just one artist at a time.
Then she nominated me for POTW and I won. All of this recognition I attribute to remembering that the best way
to help yourself is to help others.
I have searched in AdlandPro for artists and invite everyone I find to come and post
their work. I am constantly keeping my eye out for new talent. I use direct contact to
encourage those that have not been to drop by and to remind those that have to come and see
what is new. We have a wealth of talent here at AdlandPro. Most of the artists just needed
someone to lead the way.
2) How has this forum contributed to your experience here at AdlandPro?
Opening up my forum to help others has allowed people to know me a little better. It has
given me something more to do here than just advertise someone else's program. I still
participate in some programs and advertise them. What brought me to the web and keeps me on
the web is the desire to share my work with others. This forum has allowed me to do that and
to reciprocate by helping others share their work.
3) Is there anything you'd like to add about your forum or your experience here
at AdlandPro?
I would like my forum to continue to be a place for artists and art lovers to come
together. Many of the artists have links to their works that are for sale.
So the forum is also a place for them to advertise their product.
I have learned a lot here at AdlandPro. I have made good friends all over the world. Mostly I
have come back to what I love with the encouragement of my friends, my art.
Written By: Judy Woodson
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GETTING TO KNOW OUR POWER MEMBERS
You may have seen those red letters "Power Member" beneath their pictures in a forum, but
just who are these people? To answer that question we feature one such member each issue.
Each issue of the Newsletter we will write about one member of the community that we find
to be a very Interesting Power Member! In this issue we have chosen to feature
Mr John Sanchez.
Hello John! First, I would like to thank you for taking time out of your very busy
schedule and honoring us with an Interview. We all know what a busy guy you are with your
job and with all your duties at AdlandPro! So, thanks again for obliging us!
1) John our readers would like to know what it means to be a Power Member at AdlandPro
and how you became our Goodwill Ambassador.
To me being a Power Member has nothing to do with having Power over anyone and I don't think
that's what Bogdan was implying either when he gave us that title. I would like to think of
it as having Power to do a lot of good in the community. The Power (or Opportunity) to raise
people's spirits, the Power to help people who need help with what ever, the Power to make a
difference in the world starting here at Adland and hopefully causing a change reaction that
will spread around the World Wide Web. We have the Power to do a lot of good here and that's
what I try to do with my forums.
I was bestowed the title of Goodwill Ambassador by Bogdan Fiedur the CEO of AdlandPro for my
work here in the community. It is a title treasure dearly.
2) What brought you to AdlandPro and why?
I came here looking for free advertising and found so much more. I found something of much
more value and that is lasting relationships. I've found friends from around the world who
share of their time and resources freely� ooops I better save this for the next question. Lol
3) What do you think about AdlandPro and the community?
As I was saying� I've met some awesome people from around the world through this community.
I hope to meet in person as many of them as I can some day. I've been fortunate to meet a
couple already and I can't wait to take a trip around the world to meet the rest. That is my
dream� AdlandPro to me is the best community on the Net. I belong to several communities and
none come close to this one. I think a lot of people here at Adland have caught the Spirit of
Goodwill towards our neighbors and it's spreading all over the community. We've had a few out
breaks of discord but the Good is out weighing the Bad by far. We got a good thing going
here.
4) Now that we know more about you as a business man, we'd like to hear more about you on
a personal level...how do you like to spend your time when you are not working.
Well, I love to strut my stuff� Yes, I mean dancing. lol I like to get together with family
and friends on the weekend. My family loves to have all-nighters were we play board games
and Texas Hold-em. I also love to travel and to experience new places, when I arrive at a
new place I like to take in the smells and the ambience of the place. I like to study the
people from that place. I'm a people watcher.
5) Is there anything else you would like to add John?
In closing I would like to thank Bogdan and his staff for creating this wonderful community
and I would like to thank all the awesome people here at Adland who have supported me in my
work here. I love you all! Thanks for everything!
Thank you John for your efforts at AdlandPro as a Power Member of our community. As the
AdlandPro Ambassador you and your team as well as others in your forums are helping new
members each and every day. Following your lead they are a major reason that AdlandPro is
the place to meet and enjoy new friends from all corners of the earth and all ethnicities.
John you are loved by the masses here at AdlandPro and it is a small wonder considering the
countless hours that you have been greeting and helping Adlanders new and old.
Thanks for all that you are and I want you to know that you are becoming what you will be day
by day. Your world is endless in opportunities for the future and we all want to walk that
walk with you. You can visit John's forums by
clicking here
and if John is not on your friends list you may invite him to be your friend at
John Sanchez
Written By: RICK MARTIN
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The New York Times, among other papers, recently published a new
Hubble Space Telescope photograph of distant galaxies colliding.
Of course, astronomers have had pictures of colliding galaxies
for quite some time now, but with the vastly improved resolution
provided by the Hubble Space Telescope, you can actually see the
lawyers rushing to the scene.
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On their 50th wedding anniversary, a couple summed up the reason
for their long and happy marriage.
The husband said, "I have tried never to be selfish. After all,
there is no 'I' in the word `marriage.'"
The wife said, "For my part, I have never corrected my husband's
spelling."
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Lawyer: "Judge, I wish to appeal my client�s case on the basis
of newly discovered evidence."
Judge: "And what is the nature of the new evidence?"
Lawyer: "Judge, I discovered that my client still has $500
left."
Be Inspired
(Venerina Conti)
Watch your thoughts...
... they become words.
Watch your words...
... they become actions.
Watch your actions...
...they become habits.
Watch your habits...
... they become character.
Watch your character...
... it becomes your destiny.
Each morning when I open my eyes I say to myself: I, not events, have the
power to make me happy or unhappy today.
I can choose which it shall be.
Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn't arrived yet.
I have just one day,
today, and I'm going to be happy in it.
(Groucho Marx)
Our Special Prayers go to:
Louis Pominville and his girlfriend Linda who is battling against cancer and, also,
Gene Tinney and his wife.
Our deepest sympathies go to Nan Herring who suffered a loss in the family
Our thoughts and prayers with you all.
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INTRODUCING ONE OF OUR INTERESTING MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY
In each issue of the Community Newsletter we pick out one person from the Community that we
find to be one of our more Interesting members. This issue of the Newsletter we have
chosen one of our published writers,
MS ROSE SMITH
I was very interested in knowing more about Rose so I asked her if she would allow us to
Interview her and she has obliged us to do so. I would like to thank Rose for letting us
get to know more about her and her writing!
Here is my Interview with Rose;
1) What brought you to AdlandPro and why?
I came to AdlandPro while searching for online classifieds sites just over two years ago.
I was looking for better ways to market my first Internet products, and FREE sounded very
good to me!
2) What do you think about AdlandPro and the community we have here?
I didn't do any networking for over a year. I was very leery of it. I even worked in the
online industry, but I have never been much of a chat-er. Once I actually began to participate
in the community, I was surprised at the wide range of friendly, considerate, knowledgeable
people I met. AdlandPro has changed my outlook regarding meeting people online. There are
some real cards, but there are also people of high integrity and sincerity. I enjoy being a
member, and I have not found another community that I like as much anywhere.
3) You are a very talented and published author Rose, when did you start writing and what
inspired you to write?
I actually began writing in high school. I wrote poetry and short stories. I tried to
publish in my early twenties, but found no takers. My work was rough-hewn and void of most
of the poetic devices that make both poetry and fiction well-crafted and distinct. I quit
writing in my early twenties when I began to have children. Oh, I wrote skits and song
lyrics for the preschool at my church, but nothing akin to publishable work. I suppose I
could record some of the songs I taught the children, but I'm not much of a singer anymore.
I returned to writing in 1995, nearly a year after the death of my grandmother. Somehow
the void that was left when Mother's Day 1995 came around set my muse back in motion.
With much more life experience to inform my work, I found acceptance with publishers and
with live audiences at poetry readings. I began to go to writers conferences and workshops
to develop my craft. I've been blessed to workshop with some truly great people along the way.
I was recruited to join the editorial staff at Pudding House Publications in late 2003
after a long association with them through local writing workshops. I review manuscripts
for their annual poetry chapbook contests, worked for a while in the chapbook production
area, and am now the facilitator of their year-long workshops series for aspiring and
intermediate poets. We call it Salon. I am a touring poet and have done solo poetry readings
or competed in live poetry competitions in Ohio, Michigan, North Carolina, Missouri, Oregon,
Washington (state), Kentucky and Toronto, Canada. Need a poet in your town?
4) We know about you as a writer, can we know more about you personally? What do you like
to do other than writing?
Aside from my very active poetry life, I enjoy reading mystery novels and science fiction,
bowling, hiking, church services, and movies--I love to analyze movies. Perhaps in another
life path I might have been a director, but I chose this one, the poet one, so here I am.
5) Is there anything else that you would like to add?
I'd really like to challenge every person not to let go of their dreams. Life is full of
obstacles, discouragements, and delays, but perseverance and faith--in God and in
oneself--will prove to be the keys to finding true reward. Don't let go. Life still has
much to teach you, and you have much to teach the world around you. Thank you, Marilyn,
for the honor you've shown me by asking me to complete this interview. I appreciate
you. Rose
Thank you very much Rose for this great Interview and getting to know you more. I really
enjoyed Interviewing you! For anyone that is not a friend of Rose's already please invite
her to become your friend today. Rose is a wonderful person and writer so take the time to
get to know her. Here is the link to her
AdlandPro profile
Written By: MARILYN L. ALI
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Dear Community Members,
I trust you are all keeping well... WOW ... there has been so much going on in AdlandPro over
the last few weeks, I am not sure where to begin...
Luella May deserves a very big congratulations for the publication of her ebook ....
The 8 Invisible Stains
of our Souls
Panjak Amrit is being featured in the
Arts & Crafts Forum
Nick Sym is hosting a great fun, online,
Halloween party
Nan Herring is hosting a fun, online,
Thanksgiving party
...where you can share your graphics and share the things you are
grateful for this year...
Mary Hofstetter is hosting an online
Christmas Bazaar
... where you can share your gift ideas with the community
Also, just recently we have been witnessing many weddings here at AdlandPro, hehehehehehe,
so if you haven't done so already, my husband and I would like to invite you to join in the fun
at the
wedding celebrations forum...in honour of our dear friends Marilyn & Rick, Jenny
& Arild heheheheheheh.
God Bless you all
Venerina
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Links & Rules Of Use
The vast majority of blogs feature a section or two that contains nothing but links.
They may be links to the bloggers� other blogs or to related sites; they may even be
links to every syndicated columnist online - such a scheme makes up a good portion of
the Drudge Report, Matt Drudge�s headline news portal. If you feature links, you�ll be
following the grand tradition of successful bloggers and doing your readers a service.
We�ll talk later about using your links as an assets to increase traffic, but for now
we�ll just talk about how they are laid out, and in layout, there are two rules to follow:
use your links purposely and organize them effectively.
Everything on your page should contribute to your page, and your links are no exception.
They should be organized in a manner that helps your readers navigate them, whether
alphabetically or by subject. They should also each contribute something to your blog�s
content. Aunt Mabel�s cat blog may be really nice � and you may really love your aunt -
but the readers of your open-source software blog will not be terribly interested in it.
Your links are an asset: distribute them in a way that maximizes your blog�s value, and
organize them in a way that ensures your readers can find what they want.
Kenneth R Sword Jr
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Introducing one of our new
members
to AdlandPro
In each issue of the Newsletter we pick
one new member from the Community to write about. We learn more about the person plus this
gives the new member some added exposure and some more friends! In this issue of the
Newsletter we have chosen to feature
JERILYN M.
Jerilyn was kind enough to allow us to Interview her and here is my Interview with her;
What brought you to AdlandPro and why?
I FIRST CAME TO ADLANDPRO FOR THE ADVERTISING. I COULD SEE IT WAS A GREAT BUSINESS
COMMUNITY. WITH THOUSANDS OF MEMBERS. THIS IS GREAT!
What do you think of AdlandPro and the Community we have here?
I THINK ADLANDPRO IS A SAFE WAY TO CONDUCT BUSINESS. AND IN TODAYS WORLD SAFE IS THE BEST WAY TO BE.
THE COMMUNITY IS WONDERFUL. I HAVE FRIENDSHIPS I KNOW WILL LAST FOREVER. AS IN ALL COMMUNITIES YOU HAVE BUSINESS, ENTERTAINMENT AND FRIENDSHIP. ADLANDPRO HAS IT ALL!
Can you please tell us about yourself?
WE LIVE IN NORTH EAST MISSISSIPPI. JUST OUTSIDE A SMALL TOWN WITH 8000 RESIDENTS! WE LOVE IT.
I CALL OUR HOME MANX MANOR! WE HAVE 11 MANX, 6 DOMESTIC FELINES AND 3 DOGS! THERE IS A LOT OF
ACTION ON THIS HILL! lol
I AM A MEMBER AND DO VOLUNTEER WORK FOR UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTIST, CARE2, THE PETITIONSITE,
GRASSFIRE, CLIMATE STAR, WILDLIFE WORRIORS WORLDWIDE (STEVE IRWIN),
NET WORK FOR GOOD, THE CORNER 4 WOMEN AND ANY PERSON OR ANY ANIMAL I CAN HELP.
How long have you been involved with Internet Marketing, and what got you started working
online?
I TURNED ON THE COMPUTER FOR THIS FIRST TIME IN FEB. THIS YEAR. MY HUSBAND AND I NEED TO WORK
FROM HOME. I AM A CANCER SURVIVOR 6 yrs. NOW AND HE IS MY 24/7 CAREGIVER. AND OUR ANIMALS NEED
SOMEONE TO WATCH THEM 24/7! lol
Is there anything more that you would like to add?
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU AND ALL ADLANDPRO MEMBERS FOR CONTRIBUTING TO THIS WONDERFUL
COMMUNITY. I ALSO NEED TO THANK NICK SYM. IF IT WERE NOT FOR HIM I WOULD MOST LIKELY BE HERE
JUST FOR BUSINESS. I HAVE FOUND GREAT FRIENDS.
GOD BLESS
Thank you very much Jerilyn for this awesome Interview with you. I very much enjoyed
Interviewing you and learning more about you. I am glad to hear that you were able to survive
from Cancer�that is great news and a great comfort to many here to know that as well!
The Newsletter Team would like to thank you for obliging us with this Interview and we
wish you much success with all of your endeavors!
Written By: Marilyn L. Ali
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