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IMPORTANT - These terms and conditions ("Conditions") govern entries to the Sierra Leone Marathon 2014 (including to race distances other than 42.2km) to be held on 25 May 2014 (the "Event"). You should read them carefully prior to registering for the Event. You should only register and enter the Event if you have read, understood and agreed with these Conditions. These Conditions represent a legally binding agreement between you and Sierra Leone Marathon Ltd, (referred to in these Conditions as "we", "us", "our"). These Conditions shall become binding on you and us when we issue you with written confirmation that you have successfully registered for the Event, usually by email.
We have written these Conditions in what we hope you will find to be simple English. If there is any part of them that you do not understand you should contact our Marathon Team. Their contact details are set out below. They will answer any queries that you may have either about these Conditions or any other aspect of the Event. For competitors under 18 years of age, a parent/guardian must read and sign a copy of these Conditions agreeing to these Conditions on your behalf, and you must also bring a hard copy signed by your parent/guardian to registration at the Event.
Inherent risks of travelling to and running long distances in Sierra Leone .
We think it is essential to be open and transparent about the current situation in Sierra Leone, the level of infrastructure and creature comforts that you can expect whilst in the country for the Event, and the risks inherent to competing in the Event. You should therefore read this section carefully to ensure that you enter the Event "with your eyes open". However, you should also carry out your own research on Sierra Leone to satisfy yourself that the Event is for you. By completing and signing a Registration Form for the Event, you certify that you have read and understood this paragraph, and the conditions set out below.
About Sierra Leone
The civil war in Sierra Leone was horrific but is long gone. Peace was declared in 2002 and the country has made steady progress since then. Very few landmines were used during the conflict and there is no reason to believe they are an issue today. Today it is fair to describe Sierra Leone as one of West Africa's safest destinations.
Tourism infrastructure is steadily improving but, by Western standards, or even by the standards of those who have been on safari or beach holidays in East Africa, it is important to note that this is 'qualified praise'.
Reconstruction continues, foreign investors are arriving and Sierra Leone is increasingly on the map as an adventure tourism destination. In fact with some of the most perfect palm-lined sands on the continent, not to mention English as an official language, it can't be long before Sierra Leone takes its place in the packaged beach-holiday scene. But until transport and 'getting around' become a little easier, visitors can have the surf outside the capital, Freetown, pretty much to themselves.
In short, in the absence of extreme bad-luck or traveller stupidity, and despite the poor state of the transport network, the presence of various tropical diseases and a basic health-care infrastructure, the overwhelming majority of traveller visits to Sierra Leone are free of incident. Nevertheless, travellers should be vigilant, sensible and take the same precautions they would visiting any other foreign country.
About the Event
The Event consists of four races - marathon (42.2km), half-marathon (21.1km), 10km and 5 kilometre. All four events will be run in and around the city of Makeni in Sierra Leone.
Running in Sierra Leone in June will be challenging. Being on the cusp of rainy season, it is possible that it will be a wet race. The roads are a mixed bag, although improvements are being made month-to-month. Currently the marathon course is approximately 25% on tar roads, 50% on hard packed mud or gravel roads and 25% on trail-style roads (think bridleway standard). By May 2014, the percentage of tar road is likely to have increased at the expense of the mud/gravel sections. However, the courses for each race will require competitors to run on some or all of the following surfaces: tarmac, compacted mud, soft mud, gravel and, depending on the weather conditions, standing water. Trail running shoes are advisable but not essential.
Temperatures are likely to reach the mid to high twenties degrees Celsius by mid-morning on the day of the Event. Humidity may also increase the physical difficulty on the race, although this will obviously be reduced if it rains during the race. You will need to be comfortable with the idea of running in hotter conditions than you may be used to.
We will do our utmost to ensure runner safety, working with the local authorities to close the race routes to traffic or at least limit motorised vehicles' access to it. However, we cannot guarantee, especially in the most rural parts of the marathon course, that runners will not encounter vehicles.
The Caveat
In short, we can't promise that you'll be comfortable at all times during your time in Sierra Leone - and, despite our best endeavours, it is likely that there will be times when you are pretty uncomfortable. But what we can tell you is that we will work as hard as possible to keep you safe. Nonetheless, you are ultimately responsible for the choices you make whilst in Sierra Leone, including whether or not to participate in the Event in the light of the weather conditions on 25 May 2014.
"Conditions" These terms and conditions
"Event" The Sierra Leone Marathon and ancillary races to be held on 25 May 2014
"Event Package" Accommodation, transportation or meals purchased through SLML by a Participant in conjunction with the Event
"Event Package Fee" The fee paid by a Participant to SLML in respect of an Event Package
"Non-Event Activity" Any activity, accommodation, or transportation that a Participant may engage in or use whilst in Sierra Leone which are neither provided directly by SLML or by one of its subcontractors, or in respect of which a Participant has made no payment to SLML
"Participant" The holder of a Registration
"Race Fee" The fee paid by a Participant in respect of Registration for either the 42.2km or 21.1km distances in the Event
"Registration" A place to participate in the Event confirmed in writing by SLML
"Registration Form" The electronic or hard copy form that must be completed by all potential Participants and any permitted Substitutes
"SCOSL" Street Child of Sierra Leone
"SLML" Sierra Leone Marathon Limited
"Sponsors" The official sponsors of the Event
"Substitute" A replacement Participant who has been accepted by SLML in accordance with clause 6
Who Are We?
The Event is organised by Sierra Leone Marathon Limited (SLML), a company registered in England & Wales with number 7799857. SLML is a trading arm of Street Child, a charity registered in the UK with number 1128536.
The Event Office address is 42-44 Bishopsgate, London, EC2N 4AH. If you have any questions relating to these Conditions or the Event you should contact the SLM team as set out below:
Marathon Team Email: email@example.com
Marathon Team phone number: 0207 638 4720.
We will endeavour to respond to email messages within 2 working days.
1. General Conditions of Entry
1.1. You certify that you are 18 years of age or older and that you have read and agreed to these Conditions. Participants under the age of 18 are required to have a parent or legal guardian agree to these Conditions on their behalf.
1.2. You agree and acknowledge that you are aware that a competitive marathon, half-marathon or 5km race in Sierra Leone inherently involves the real risk of serious injury or even death from various causes including exertion, strenuous activity, dehydration, collisions or incidents involving other competitors, spectators, other road users and/or vehicles, aspects of the course or bad weather conditions and other causes. You understand you should not enter or participate in the Event unless you have trained appropriately and had any health concerns checked by a medical practitioner.
1.3. You further agree and acknowledge that it is your sole responsibility to obtain all necessary vaccinations and anti-malarial prophylactics before arrival in Sierra Leone. Failure to do so seriously prejudices your health, and also may result in the Sierra Leonean authorities turning you back on arrival at Freetown Airport.
1.4. You agree to abide by all race rules and directions we issue with respect to the Event.
1.5. You agree not to deviate from the route for the race category you have entered.
1.6. No drugs, illegal substances, performance enhancing substances or intoxicants (including alcohol) of any kind are permitted to be brought to the venue or used by any participant either before or during participation in the Event. We reserve the right to refuse attendance at, or participation in, the Event by any persons found to have consumed or to have in their possession any drugs, illegal substances, performance enhancing substances or intoxicants (including alcohol) of any kind.
1.7. You acknowledge that participation in the Event will be physically demanding and that you are aware of the nature of the Event and the associated medical and physical risks involved. You hereby affirm that you are physically capable of competing in the Event and agree that (subject to the Limitation of Liability paragraph below) Sierra Leone Marathon Limited, its officers, employees, agents, affiliates, Sponsors or medical advisers are not responsible for any injury or illness that you may suffer as a result of your visit to Sierra Leone or your participation in the Event.
1.8. You undertake to personally procure fully comprehensive travel and medical insurance, including cover for emergency medical evacuation by land or air. Your policy must also cover you for your participation in the Event and you accept that it is your sole responsibility to ensure that this is the case. You also accept that SLML reserves the right to demand proof that you have procured such cover and reserves the right to refuse your participation in the Event if such cover is not found to be in place. Accordingly, you must bring a copy of your insurance documents with you to Sierra Leone, with the relevant sections highlighted.
1.9. In the event that in the opinion of Event staff you require medical assistance or evacuation you accept full liability, and indemnify SLML, for any costs associated with such action, regardless of whether it is covered by your insurance policy.
1.10. You give permission to our Event staff to make decisions concerning your personal medical care and treatment, and where necessary to authorise such care and treatment in emergency situations.
1.11. You will inform us on your Registration Form, or subsequently by email, of any illness from which you might suffer that might affect your performance or otherwise be relevant if medical treatment is needed.
1.12. Unless expressly agreed otherwise, you must register at the Race Office in Makeni no later than 6pm on 24 May. Accordingly, you should ensure that your flight arrives in Freetown no later than the morning of 24 May to leave sufficient time to travel to Makeni. More details concerning registration for the Event will be set out in the Event Information, which we will issue 30 days before the Event. You must produce identification at registration.
1.13. You must comply with the age requirements for entry to the Event. Proof of age may be requested at registration on 25 May 2014. The minimum age requirement (calculated as on 25 May 2014) to take part in each of the race distances in the Event is as follows:
Marathon (42.2km) - 18 years
Half-marathon (21.1km) - 18 years
10km - 16 years
5km - 14 years
Exceptions to the above age requirements may be made but only at the absolute discretion of SLML.
1.14. You understand that our Event staff will make every reasonable effort, in the circumstances, to reach your emergency contact (if you have supplied one to us prior to the Event) regarding your medical status in the event an emergency arises. In the event that your contact cannot be reached in an emergency, you hereby give your permission to the licensed physician, dentist, athletic therapist, nurse or other medical professional whose services might be required to provide medical care and treatment.
1.15. The personal information provided by you when registering for the Event will be stored on a secure database, will not be shared with third parties and will only be used for the
functional purpose of the Event by SLML, SLML's Sponsors, SCOSL, and their respective affiliates agents and contractors. You may be contacted regarding the Event by post, email, telephone or SMS.
1.16. You will receive an official race number bib before the Event. The race number bib is personal to you and you undertake and agree (i) to wearing the official numbered race bib assigned to your registration, (ii) to completing the blank fields beneath the number on the bib and (iii) not to authorize or permit any third party to use your official numbered race bib for the Event (unless you have requested and we have agree to transfer your Registration to a Substitute, pursuant to clause 6 below).
1.17. You acknowledge that by reason of circumstance beyond our control, it may become necessary to change the format of the Event, or the location of the Event within Sierra Leone, and if that occurs, you consent to the changes and you agree that each and every one of the conditions set out herein shall apply to the changed Event.
1.18. If at any time we discover that you are ineligible to participate in the Event (or if your participation in the Event should have been refused for any reason whatsoever) we reserve the right to disqualify you or refuse you entry to the Event. Further, we reserve the right to reject at any time any Registration Form which we believe to be fraudulent, or to disqualify any Participant we believe not to have complied with the Conditions from attending or participating in the Event. We will not be liable to you in any way either as a result of any such disqualification or refusal unless the disqualification or refusal turns out to be for an incorrect reason.
1.19. Whilst every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of their content, SLML will not accept any liability for any inaccuracies or errors contained in any documents, literature or correspondence provided by SLML to a Participant in connection with the Event or an Event Package, including any material published on the Event website at www.sierraleonemarathon.com. You acknowledge and agree that any information provided to you by SLML, its officers, employees or runner mentors, in connection with the Event or an Event Package, was provided in good faith and confirm that you carried out your own research on Sierra Leone and the likely dangers and difficulty level of the Event before purchasing a Registration. You further acknowledge and agree that any letter of invitation provided to you by SLML in connection with your application for a tourist visa for Sierra Leone does not constitute an assumption of liability by SLML or SCOSL for any act or omission on your part whilst in Sierra Leone, or for any injury or loss you may suffer during your stay.
2. Conditions relating to travel and accommodation arrangements (if purchased through us)
2.1. Event Packages
You may purchase from SLML a package trip (an "Event Package") for the Event which may include your entry to the Event and some or all of the following additional elements:
a) Essential in-country transport, including to or from Lungi Airport to Freetown and/or Makeni
b) A maximum of 9 nights' hotel accommodation in Freetown and Makeni
c) 2 meals each day for up to 8 days in Sierra Leone
For the avoidance of doubt, no Event Package includes a flight reservation or travel insurance. All competitors are responsible for booking their own flights and obtaining appropriate insurance. Recommended flights are listed at /faq.html
If you purchase an Event Package from SLML, we will be responsible for ensuring that the contract we have with you is properly performed by us and by our suppliers in Sierra Leone. However we will not be held liable where any failure in the performance of the contract is attributable to any of the following causes:
- any reckless or negligent act or acts by you;
- any act carried out by a third party unconnected with the provision of the Event Package;
- unusual, unforeseeable or other circumstances beyond our control, the consequences of which could not have been avoided even if all due care had been exercised by us or our suppliers
2.2. Visas for Entry to Sierra Leone
2.2.1. SLML will assist, free of charge, all UK-based participants who are not already in possession of a visa for entry into Sierra Leone to obtain one. Participants who are UK nationals are referred to the High Commission's website at http://www.slhc-uk.org/ for more information on visa requirements.
2.2.2. We accept no liability for the loss of or damage to any documents submitted to us in connection with an application for a visa.
2.3. Non-Event Activities
Please note that SLML does not accept any liability to compensate you for any injury or loss arising from you engaging in any Non-Event Activity. This limitation of liability applies even if the relevant Non-Event Activity was suggested or recommended to you by a representative of SLML.
2.4. Bookings and Payment
2.4.1. Payments are in accordance with the schedule under Race Info on the website
2.4.2. All applications for Traveller's packages should be accompanied by a £100 deposit. This is non-refundable unless your application is not accepted by SLML. All applications for other packages and race fees should be accompanied by full payment. This is non-refundable unless your application is not accepted by SLML
All payments are to be made via one of these options:
PayPal (see the website for details),
Bank transfer (please contact SLML for details)
Cheque addressed to Sierra Leone Marathon Limited and sent to 42-44 Bishopsgate, London EC2N 4AH
2.4.3. All applications will be reviewed by the Marathon Team. Once this process is complete and your eligibility for the Event confirmed, and cleared funds received in respect of your deposit, you will be contacted with a confirmation of your Registration. In the event that we refuse any application, all payments will be returned within 5 working days of the decision being communicated to you.
2.4.4. You will not be eligible to compete in the Event unless full payment of the Race Fee and any Event Package Fee has been received, within 60 days of your initial application, or 30 days prior to the Event - whichever is prior.
2.5. Withdrawal, Cancellations or Alterations
2.5.1. You may withdraw from the Event at any time, subject to the following provisions of this clause.
2.5.2. If you withdraw more than 30 days before the Event, you will be entitled to a full refund, less your non-refundable deposit.
2.5.3. Alternatively, you may transfer your place to another competitor (a "Substitute"), subject to the Substitute completing and signing a Registration Form. The Substitute will be responsible for the cost of any changes to the Event Package that you may have purchased.
2.5.4. Refunds in respect of withdrawals communicated to us after 30 days prior to the Event are at our sole discretion.
2.5.5. Changes to the race distance you have selected are at the race director's discretion and must be requested before the start of the Event. Substitutions should make SLML aware if they intend to run a different distance.
2.5.6. You must communicate notice of your withdrawal from the Event to us in writing by email or post. Withdrawals cannot be accepted over the phone.
2.5.7. We reserve the right to withdraw the offer of a place to you in the Event for any reason and at any time and in such circumstances, we will provide you with a full refund of the Fee.
2.5.8. Should places be oversubscribed, we reserve the right to offer a place in an alternative Event category.
2.5.9. In extreme circumstances, we may change the date of the Event. In the event we change the date of the Event, and you are unable to attend on the revised date, you will have 14 days to inform us in writing from when the change in date is announced to receive a refund of your Fee. Should we need to change the date of the Event, you will have 14 days to notify of us your withdrawal from the Event and receive a refund but thereafter will be held to the above terms.
2.5.10. We reserve the right to amend the Event format or cancel the Event. We will only exercise these rights due to circumstances beyond our control and in the event of the Event being cancelled we shall provide you with a full refund of your Race Fee (and Event Package Fee, if applicable).
2.6. Rules and Regulations
2.6.1. You agree to abide by all IAAF Competition and Doping rules. You shall not be entitled to a refund of the Fees if you are disqualified from the Event as a result of infringing these Conditions or the IAAF Competition and Doping rules. These rules and regulations may be obtained from http://www.iaaf.org/antidoping/rules/iaaf/index.html
2.6.2. Further Event rules (including limits on the time taken to complete the whole or a section of the Event), may be initiated by us at our discretion to ensure the safe and proper running of the Event. You will be informed of these either in your race pack or in a pre-race briefing.
2.7. Limitation of Liability
2.7.1. Nothing in these Conditions removes or limits our liability for fraud, for death or personal injury caused by our negligence or for any liability which cannot be limited or excluded by the law.
2.7.2. Otherwise, we will not be liable to you for: (i) any loss or damage to personal equipment belonging to you; or (ii) any indirect or consequential losses (in any case whether or not such losses were within the contemplation of the parties at the date you submitted the Registration Form) suffered or incurred by you arising out of travelling to or taking part in the Event or any other matter arising under these Conditions, including the rescheduling, relocation or cancellation of the Event.
Except as otherwise provided by any applicable laws, our maximum liability to you for any claim in contract, tort, or in any other cause of action arising in connection with the Event shall not exceed the total fees you have paid to SLML.
2.8. Publicity and Results
You: (i) irrevocably consent to your appearance in the Event being filmed, recorded, incorporated and exploited in whole or in part in any television programme, film, video or broadcast of whatever nature by all means and in all media and formats now or invented after the date of these Conditions; and (ii) irrevocably consent to the use and reproduction of your name, likeness, appearance and photographs, films and recordings by all means and in all media for the purpose of advertising, publicity and otherwise in relation to the exploitation of the Event and/or the promotion of the Event and the commercial rights relating to the Event provided that such use does not imply direct endorsement by you of any official sponsor or supplier of the Event. You further hereby waive any moral rights you may have in respect of the same.
We will do our utmost to provide an Event finish time for you however we cannot be held responsible for any computer result anomalies.
These amended Conditions (and the documents referred to in them) constitute the entire agreement and understanding of the parties and supersede any previous agreement between the parties relating to the Event. You acknowledge and agree that by submitting the Registration Form (and the documents referred to in it) you shall not rely on, and shall have no remedy in respect of, any statement, representation, warranty, understanding, promise or assurance (whether negligently or innocently made) of any person (whether party to this Agreement or not) other than as expressly set out in the Registration Form and these Conditions.
If any provision of these Conditions shall be unlawful, void, or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision shall be deemed severable from these Conditions, shall be enforced to the fullest extent allowed by law as to effect the intention of the parties, and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.
No waiver by either party of a breach or a default hereunder shall be effective unless in writing and signed by both parties and any such waiver shall not be deemed to be a waiver of any subsequent breach or default of the same or similar nature.
We reserve the right to vary these Conditions by giving notice to you in writing in any official Event material or correspondence prior to the Event.
All decisions and rulings by us, our employees and our agents shall be binding and final.
The legal position of these terms and conditions
These Conditions form a legally binding agreement between you and us.
These Conditions shall be governed by English law and are subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.
These Conditions were last updated on 19 March 2014.


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Netflix calls its own HD streaming service 'underwhelming'
Well, shucks. First Netflix makes a mistake about whether or not we're getting 1080p streaming this year, and now Steve Swasey, VP of Corporate Communications for the company, is telling the world what Netflix does have to offer in the way of HD streaming isn't all that great.
His remarks come ahead of Netflix launching its service on the Wii, which can't handle HD streams. In fact, more than not being able to handle it, the Wii fanbase doesn't want it, according to Nintendo of America head honcho Reggie Fils-Aimé.
Both the PlayStation 3 and the Xbox 360 currently enjoy HD offerings from Netflix's streaming services,
entirely free for anyone who is already a Netflix subscriber. (Update: As Isolder pointed out in the comments below, Xbox 360 users can only stream movies through Netflix if they are Xbox Live Gold subscribers, which has an annual fee.) If you were a Netflix exec, how would you decide to sum that service up in one word? "Underwhelming," says Swasey in an interview with The Wiire.
"PS3 and Xbox users have 1 in 17 titles available in HD, and it's streamed in 720... it's not in 1080, and it's not in 5.1 surround sound or anything," Swasey told The Wiire. "So, the HD experience at Netflix Instant Watching isn't that overwhelming. It's a little bit underwhelming. So the Wii folks aren't going to miss that much."
Wow! Where do I sign up?
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#HOWTO: Use Crowdbooster To Marshall Your Social Media Conversations
Numerous social-networking monitoring sites are out there by now: Hootsuite, Sprout Social, Klout, Tinker… As programmers develop new tools, and social platforms like Facebook or (even!) MySpace evolve, the staff at a nonprofit can feel overwhelmed with the changes. What is important to remember in this fast-changing communications environment is that you are looking for tools that are beneficial to you and your organization − not (necessarily) the latest platform that is getting some buzz. One of the newer sites meant to aggregate metrics from your social networks is Crowdbooster, and we do believe it is worth a look because it helps your busy staff consider the near future of its social-media outreach as well as lay out the past trends.
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#HOWTO: Connect Your Facebook Page & Your WordPress Blog For Seamless Outreach
Last week Facebook and WordPress announced a plugin that will link both social-media platforms: posts on your nonprofit's WP blog will be updated in your nonprofit's Facebook Timeline, and your blog entries can have 'Like' and 'Recommend' buttons on them. One of the great things about the WordPress blogging platform is indeed the plugin feature: most are free and open source. And though establishing a WordPress content-management system (CMS) is not the easiest thing to do, installing plugins is a snap as the established site does all the work for you!
So how do WP and Facebook talk to each other?
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#SOCIALNETWORKS: What Makes Pinterest So Engaging? It's So Simple.
Pinterest was released as a private beta in March 2010, which makes it something of a late-comer (or the 'second generation?) of social networking platforms. Its mission was "to connect everyone in the world through the 'things' they find interesting," and its modus operandi was to encourage people to 'pin' whatever they found interesting online to their own boards (e-bullentin boards, if you will). Within two years, Pinterest claimed over 11 million users, making it the fastest site/service to break 10 million subscribers.
How has use in Pinterest exploded and why might a nonprofit want to establish a presence on the site? The simplicity of administering and advertising your organization's interests make it well worth the effort. Let us show you how:
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#HOWTO: Setup A (Free) Scoop.it Magazine For Your Community
We introduced Scoop.it and Pinterest earlier this week because we think these information-sharing sites offer a great platform for nonprofits and charities to share their own news as well as related images or stories in their sectors. As promised we have returned to round out this mini-series with a guide to help you setup a Scoop.it e-magazine site. Unlike Pinterest, you need not wait for an 'invitation'. In fact, if you have a Twitter or Facebook account, you are already good-to-go. And if you don't, where have you been these past five or six years?!
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#TECH: Google+ Gets Redesign To Emphasize Visuals & Customizations
This morning Google announced a striking rise in income that beat stock analysts' predictions for this first quarter of 2012: $10.65 billion for this past quarter. The number represents a 24% increase from last year's Q1. Just before the search giant released these huge numbers, it announced a redesign of its social network, Google Plus. Though little if any of this influx of cash came from the social network, Google seems to be heavily invested on making their platform a vibrant competitor to Facebook, and the redesign seems geared to emphasize photos and video (Google owns YouTube) just as the new Timeline does on the competitor's platform.
Let's take a little tour.
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#TECH: Google Now Designing Glasses And Giving Us A New 'Play' Service
The good people at Google have been busy releasing new aspects of their services that are meant to augment our muti-media experiences. As is often the case, one's first blush of these technologies might appear a bit overwhelming or a bit far out on the bleeding edge for most of us. But one of our goals at MKCREATIVEmedia is to keep our readers up-to-date on that bleeding-edge technology and to keep apprised as to how that technology is adapted and adopted by the nonprofit, charity, and small-business communities.
The first, Google Play, will likely seem pretty familiar to anyone using a cloud-based media service like iCloud or Amazon Prime. But Google Glasses seems so far out there that even some tech fetishists are wondering about its appeal. Of course, people scoffed at the notion we would want to travel in a noisy open-air flying machine as well.
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#TECH: RSS Readers To Help Save Time & Sort Out News & Emails
We continued our series on Tumblr yesterday with some guidance to get your nonprofit's blog out via an RSS feed that allows people to subscribe to your site. When they subscribe, they get automatic updates and summaries of whatever is going on in your blog. The great aspect of setting an RSS feed for your organization's blog is that you encourage people to subscribe to your feed, then outreach to your supporters is automatic. Moreover, readers can forward a single link to their colleagues and friends to encourage them to subscribe.
But what about the advantages of using Really Simple Syndication as a reader and follower of news in the nonprofit world? With just a bit of setup organization, you will find RSS a fabulous way to get to the information you want coming to you, rather than hunting out for it.
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#HOWTO: Tumblr & RSS Feeds – How Do They Work Together?
Last week we promised to discuss the connection that can be made between your nonprofit's Tumblr site and RSS Readers around the world. Thus far in this series we have focused on the Tumblr side of things, but today it might be of greater value to focus on RSS, what it is and how it can be used as a means to keep your audiences fully up-to-date with your work.
The meaning of the acronym 'RSS 'has been debated, but not hotly. Most people understand it as 'Really Simple Syndication', though early in its history the letters meant 'Rich Site Summary'. The readers are also known as 'news aggregators' because they pull changes from websites and present them in a listed format for the reader's convenience − allowing him or her to click on any of the headlines of the 'new news' of a website to read the full story. Given the fact that your nonprofit wants to be making news, you want to give your followers the opportunity to sign up for your 'feed', and Tumblr makes that process painless.
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#HOWTO: Get Your Nonprofit's Tumblr Blog Up, Published, & Read
Signing up for Tumblr takes seconds and is free, so there's no economic reason your nonprofit might resist learning the platform. As we introduced last week, Tumblr offers the opportunity to have a fabulous and well-connected online presence without needing to learn the tricky coding behind a traditional blog or website. Our excitement about this platform has inspired us to continue to try to inspire you to consider Tumblr for your organization's outreach. Every software package has its quirks and features, but Tumblr really seems to offer a wide array of opportunities to use the skills you already have (proven by the fact you are reading this blog!) to present a professional, flexible, and elegant web-face to the world. Let's set up our first post!
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#HOWTO: Time Those Tweets To Test And Build Impact
Earlier this week we introduced and reviewed a few social-media dashboards to help tame your organization's streams of updates pouring in. Many platforms (like Hootsuite, TweetDeck, and SproutSocial) also offer the ability to schedule a series of tweets to go out over days, weeks, or months. This feature is obviously handy if your charity has a similar message or link that it wants to send on a regular basis (enter it once, schedule it for Tuesdays over the next month, done!).
But how does that timing feature work, and how could your nonprofit use it to your advantage?
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#Tech: Will The iPhone 5 Reinvent Mobile? In 2011? 2012?
Few companies or individuals spur a greater rumor mill than Apple or Steve Jobs. We may speculate over Sarah Palin's candidacy for president or Facebook's next set of tweaks, but Apple has inspired more discussion about non-existent products and unsubstantiated reports than most anything else.
And now much of that attention is focussed on the iPhone 5. We think it's worth spending a Tech Friday on discussion swirling around the iPhone 5 because (a) an iPhone 5 will come out someday (don't look to us to guess when) and (2) when it does, it will surely shake up the mobile industry again. Even folks at a BlackBerry users' site admit that they'll jump ship as soon as the iPhone 5 hits stores.
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#Aging: Ford Motor Co. Features Fonts For Baby Boomers – How Lame Is That?!
As Margo Channing famously said, "You better buckle up. It's going to be a bumpy night."
The issue that has fired all cylinders is that the Ford Motor Company is designing a series of cars over the next few years with larger fonts and gauges in order, in part, to appeal to Baby Boomers. Out of the gate, the 2011 Ford Explorer has signage and text some 30% larger than previous generations, and Ford promises to expand the use of larger fonts over the next few years.
Catey Hill of SmartMoney.com noted Ford's studies of dashboard legibility that argued for safety in larger fonts: "The move is an effort to make it "easier for people of all ages, particularly aging baby boomers, to read display fonts," the company said in a statement. (Ford conducted a "legibility study," which found that people's eyesight begins to decline in their 40s and worsens from there; these results mimic the results of previous studies as well). Of course, it's also likely an effort to sell more cars to the lucrative boomer demographic."
As Boomers move toward retirement age, they will soon be a larger American demographic than children under five. So why would it be lame for Ford to adjust the fonts on the dashboards of its cars? Of course it would not be lame: not many five-year-olds in the car-buying market. But try talking sense to Tristan Hankins over at Carscoop.com.
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#Tech: Collaboration Tools To Navigate The Cloud
Everyone in the tech and communications worlds is talking about 'The Cloud.' And so have we. The concept might seem new, but really it's the term, not the technology, that's new.
But even as we send our entertainment, files, and photos to iCloud, Dropbox, and Flickr (etc.), we might feel like the cloud provides a one-to-one relationship. I send my stuff to a service, you sign in to the service, you see my stuff.
But as JD Lasica shows us with one of his great Top 10 lists, there's plenty of free-to-inexpensive software out there to make the cloud a viable medium for collaboration. Nonprofits and charities really should take advantage of these technologies: collaboration in the cloud means fewer trips to regional offices (saving fuel and money), quicker turn around on on-house projects to keep them timely, and convenient ways to update colleagues on-the-fly when the big donor comes through.
We picked three of these gems of the ten that we would like to call a bit extra attention to.
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Social Networking: How to Use HootSuite to Unify & Automate Your Social Networking
Sometimes the power of Twitter is that people use it in real time to report global events. Sometimes the impact of Facebook comes from our ability to post in-the-moment reactions or thoughts to evens as they unfold. We have often noted the power of social networks to spread information, draw in donations, and call passive supporters to action.
But the fact of the matter is, in the nonprofit and charity universe, immediacy is only occasionally a concern. Mostly, what we want is a sustained (even if rather briefly) campaign of advertising events, calling people's attentions to a concern, and/or encouraging participation in fundraising, political action, and the like. Who wants to break up their day every few hours to remember to send out those announcements to their followers? Not me, and probably not you.
A fabulous, free, tool to automate and schedule that process is HootSuite. It has been around for a couple of years now, but its value seems really to have become evident to organizations in the social-good economy over the last few months. We want to introduce some resources to get you and yours on board with this great tool.
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Social Networking: How to Create Your Group's Facebook Page… and Promote it
Using Facebook is somewhere between easy-peasy and dauntingly complex. As we reported previously, the only really unalterable decision is the first one: do you set up a personal account or a Page for a group, business, band, or nonprofit? Though even that decision can now be adjusted, the adjustment goes only one time and one way. Better to consider in advance who 'you' are and what you want to represent.
Once you have decided to get your nonprofit organization or cause online via its Page, you want then to consider some of the best practices for getting people to the page. Alison Zarella (née Driscoll) presents four great examples of how best to bring people to your organization's page, and get them engaged.
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Tech: Great Guidance To Develop Social Media Strategy
The influences of social media on our language, our reading and writing habits, and our communications expectations have been phenomenal. Our blog has tried to help our readers traverse the SM landscape. And today we turn to a peer, Chad Norman, Internet marketing manager for Blackbaud, who has a wonderful presentation and how-to concerning setting up a SM 'Listening Post.' But more importantly still, he explains why a Listening Post can help tailor your tactics of SM-outreach to help achieve your organization's larger strategic goals. The key term for Chad is 'Listening.'
While listening is critical at an event like the 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference, it's also a key function back in the offices of our nonprofits. Listening to our supporters can help in so many ways, and social media has made it extremely easy to so. But how?
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#SocialNetworks: Great Tools & Advice SM Integration & Cross-Posting
From Wasilla Washington to Washington DC and around the globe in Cairo, people are inspired to rant, plan, organize, raise funds, and/or protest through social media. Philanthropic groups are largely expected to have a social-media presence to entice people to their causes and to help drive fundraising. We at MKCREATIVE have often touted the many benefits, and some possible dangers, of social media for nonprofits.
But maintaining such a presence for your organization is not quite as 'free' as the software's cost might suggest: someone needs to sign up accounts, post media, update status, and announce calls-to-action. What tools exist to help streamline that process to improve efficiency?
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Social Media: Software Informs You Of Developments On Facebook
Perhaps traditional email is going the way of the fax machine, as we all become more dependent of the instant communication of text messages and tweets. Certainly Facebook's engineers are counting on that evolution as they roll out Messages.
Nevertheless, the overwhelming majority of computer users continue to use 'traditional' email services and software, even as they keep up with their personal and professional Facebook sites. Yet the folks at Facebook have not offered any means to have the one medium keep track of the other.
Fortunately for all of us, Ching Ya, an enthusiastic blogger on all things social-media, has found some free-to-inexpensive ways to get email notifications of postings, comments, and 'Likes' brought to your organization's Facebook page.
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Students in Metro Schools who take even one year of music are more likely to graduate and do better on college entrance exams than those who take no music class. That's according to a study released Friday and commissioned by philanthropists who want increased funding for music education in Nashville.
Laurie Schell, who advocates for music education in the district, says the study confirms what many teachers already believe. And it's not suggesting mandatory music classes would make everyone smarter.
"It's not just, 'here's a trumpet. Go make an 'A' on your math test.'"
But Schell says the study does provide evidence that music makes an academic difference, at least for those who choose to participate.
"I think policy makers believe that the arts are beneficial. But when it comes to budget time, it doesn't always translate."
And while there are many studies showing links between music education and academic performance, Schell says it may carry more weight when the study is based on the district's own students.


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A Republican candidate for a state house seat is withdrawing from the race in light of reports about his arrest record and ties to white supremacists.
Nate Marshall told the Denver Post Thursday afternoon that he was bowing out of the contest. He had just won the Republican nomination to run for a seat in the Colorado House of Representatives representing Jefferson County.
But the Post reported that Marshall had once been arrested in a Craigslist scam and paid restitution to the victim. It also quoted a group that tracks white supremacist activity alleging that Marshall started an online organization called The Aryan Storm.
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This foundation primer promises to refine pores and improve skin texture, which is what most silicone-based formulas like this can do. This translucent white primer is very silky and smoothes easily over skin, leaving a refined finish that temporarily "fills in" enlarged pores and lends a soft airbrushed effect to skin. Naturally this type of finish enhances makeup application, which is the point of using a primer (though you can get the same benefits from a well-formulated serum, making primers an extra step you can skip).
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This serum-like primer isn't too expensive and does work to temporarily refine skin texture while reducing the look of pores. We'd like to see it go further by offering a mix of repairing and cell-communicating ingredients, and ideally omit the fragrance. Last, if the amount of salicylic acid was increased (say, to 1%) this would stand a much better chance of improving the size of pores and skin texture long term.
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Algenist is a small, rather expensive range of skin-care products sold at Sephora with a focus on anti-aging. Like several other cosmetics companies, Algenist has based their brand on a single ingredient, an ingredient they claim has superior benefits for skin and that, therefore, is worth the steep price tag. In this case, it was the "accidental" discovery of a substance found in algae. As the story goes, a group of biotechnology scientists were looking for ways to use something called microalgae as a renewable source of energy when they stumbled upon a compound known as alguronic acid. Their research revealed that alguronic acid is one of the compounds responsible for regenerating and protecting algae cells.
Figuring they were on to something, the company did further in vitro testing (although the details of their tests are not available, so you only have a science-fiction style story, not facts) and, of course, found that alguronic acid had anti-aging benefits on skin, too. Aside from having no idea what their studies did or didn't really show, in vitro means this ingredient was examined in a petri dish, not directly on human skin. They did limited testing on human skin, but many key details of these "studies" are not available. Instead, we're asked to accept that their ingredient made a remarkable difference. At the time of this writing, there isn't a single published study attesting to the claims Algenist makes for alguronic acid—so you're taking an expensive leap of faith in buying these products!
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I think her intentions are good, Ward, and I certainly don't have reason to believe she's stupid by any means, but I think she would agree with me, that she doesn't always choose her words as judiciously as she might.
I had a friend who wanted to discuss politics and other things with me all the time. Generally, I would best her in these discussions fairly based on the flimsiness of her arguments. Her conversation-stopping reply usually boiled down to something like "I'm not as smart or good with words as you, but I know I'm right."
"I feel that Im NOT like anyone else in here"
Of course you're not, but that just means you're unique, like everyone else!
I think you'd better stick with unique, I've spent too much time working with Special Olympics.
Hi Angela, It was never intended to have anything to do with being gay. I posted it because of the reference by Robert Piano to "A picture being worth a thousand words" at the start of the post. It also refers to "The Human Cost" theme.
The girl in the picture is NOT (imo) saying she was raped because of what she was wearing. She is challenging the meme that some men have that women deserve to be raped because of what they wear. This girl was raped even though she was wearing clothing that could never be construed as "provocative" and so making a mockery of the bullshit idea that it is ever the victims fault. Do you not think so?
kris - My comments had nothing to de with them being gay - where do you get that from?
Did I say they did? The picture is about homosexuality, but as I said in the first line of my post, I was setting the issue of rights aside. The broader point of my criticism is your 'first world problems' bullshit comment.
edit: revised because I think that what was said represented a shitty attitude, not that everything you said can be dismissed at the wave of a hand.
Wouldn't a picture with no words in it have been better to illustrate "A picture is worth a thousand words"? If you blurred out all the words, what would the picture be worth in terms of illustrating an idea?
@Angela, maybe a forum, by its nature, is the wrong place for people who can't express themselves. I mean, what do they expect?


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He also would like to add a state title in the long jump after finishing second last year. Natt feeds off the state meet atmosphere in Wichita. He has two of his best triple jump performances the past two years at state.
"At state, I love the atmosphere and everything that comes with it," Natt said. "I feel like everyone is watching, but it does not pressure me. It makes me more relaxed and I just go out and jump."
The state track meet runs Friday and Saturday at Wichita State University's Cessna Stadium. Nearly 4,000 athletes are competing for state medals.
"It is awesome to be a part of one of the largest high school track meets in the world," Natt said. "It is so cool. It is so fun. You see people break records. They announce it. They appreciate what you are doing. Everybody gets up and cheers. That is the feeling I want this year.
"It gives me an extra spring ... an extra pep in my step."
Veteran Ottawa track coach Mark Laws said Natt has been an inspiration to the Cyclone track program and this chance for a three-peat is special.
"He has an opportunity to put the icing on the cake for his high school career," Laws said. "It is something to cherish. He has worked hard. He has ability that not everybody else has.
Natt's presence helped Ottawa's jumpers succeed through the years.
"He has been an inspiration for our kids," Laws said. "He has been a coach for our kids. He has been some lively juice. He has been a spark for us.
"He has a lot left to learn. He likes the sport and likes to study the sport."
Natt made adjustments to the little nuances of the sport. He changed his approach in the long jump since his disappointing performance at the Kansas Relays.
"He has struggled with that lately," Laws said of his steps for the long jump. "He is getting down the track quicker. He is having to make some adjustments."
Natt said, " My long jump mark was messing me up. This year, I tried to go with a closer step after not doing well at the KU Relays.
"You have your close approaches and your long approaches. I knew these last two meets had a longer track. I will use that whole track to get my speed and move through that board.
"I want to pop off that board."
Competitiveness burns inside Natt. He finished second in the Frontier League meet and regionals in the long jump.
"The competition gets harder," Natt said. "This year, my long jump has not been as good as last year. My triple jump has expanded so much."
One of his top long jump competitors is one of his best friends. Piper's Matthew McDonald leaped seven inches further to beat Natt at regionals.
"I have something coming for him," Natt said with a mischievous smile.
He owned the triple jump the past two years. He has the state championships. Now he wants to eclipse the school record of 46 feet, 8 inches. He was a half-inch short earlier this season.
"I am trying to get all 46s," Natt said. "I had never jumped more than one 46 in the same meet until regionals. It gave my confidence a big boost."
Natt is blessed for the opportunity to compete at a high level in track and basketball. It led to his signing with Pittsburg State to compete for the men's track program.
He was key cog of the boys basketball team's state title this spring and the other three state runner-up teams.
Natt is not sad his high school career is ending.
"It is more of a happy feeling knowing I have a great four years here at Ottawa," he said. "Not a lot of people have a chance to go to state four years in a row. Go to state track three years in a row. Go for a three-time state championship. Not many have that chance.
"I will take it as far as I can."
Top thrower
Ottawa junior Kord Ferguson blossomed this season into one of the top shot put and discus throwers in the nation. He has the fifth-best performances in both events.
Ferguson's best mark in the shot put is 63-6, set in the first meet of the season. He went 199-1 in the discus at Friday's regional.
"His technique has improved so much," Laws said. "Not just physically, but mentally."
Ferguson is the favorite to win both events at state and has a chance to set school and state meet records. He is just 3/4 of an inch away from the school mark in the shot put.
"That would be fantastic," Laws said about him winning two gold medals.
His influence inspired Ottawa's shot putters all season.
Ottawa qualified three shot putters for state and all head into state ranked in the top four.
"They are fun to watch," Laws said. "Having three guys go in the shot put as a group doesn't happen very often.
"They can be teammates, work together, encourage each other and help each other out. It is a neat and exciting time in their athletic career."
Ottawa qualified for state in 10 events (seven boys and three girls). Laws said those athletes did not qualify for state by accident.
"The kids we are taking there have earned their way," Laws said. "Their chances are good. Learn from it, especially if you are an underclassmen."


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Fans had to park in different lots for the final home game at Beaver Stadium
Lately, some true freshman have been making the headlines in State College.
Offensive issues against Michigan frustrate Nittany Lions.
Nittany Lions visit Wolverines for prime time match up.
PSU seeing young talent step up as reserves.
Fans react to ADA parking lot move that's more than a mile away from Beaver Stadium
Here's a look at some changes at the home opener Saturday,
Nittany Lions receivers fighting for catches on the outside.
Nittany Lion head coach sets framework for late-game situations.
Nittany Lions add game against Army on Oct. 3, 2015.
Penn State students can attend this Saturday's football game at a special price.
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Student-athletes are finishing preparations for Saturday's game, and groundskeepers are preparing the field for American football.
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On Thursday the Nittany Lions got to take a break and take in a little Irish culture.
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Jacob Kaucher spoke with players adjusting to the new time zone and customs ahead of Saturday's Croke Park Classic.
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Nittany Lion head coach forces Central Florida to prepare for a tricky wrinkle in season opener.
Hackenberg is first-ever sophomore selected as captain of the Nittany Lions.
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More than $140,000 raised by Penn State Uplifting Athletes.
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Award given to top defensive back in college football.
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Equipment manager Brad "Spider" Caldwell retires after 31 years with team.
All-America LB Shane Conlan is 17th Penn State player inducted into College Football Hall of Fame.
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All three nominees are members of the 1986 national championship team.
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I'm currently evaluating the Live Sports Profit tipping service on offer from Oxfordshire Press. This is the same company who provide the Football Betting data tipping service that I used to bet on the English Premier League last season.
The sports
In the same way as with their other services, they provide betting tips based on statistical data. This particular service covers a wide range of sports over the summer, including but not limited to the Euro 2012 football tournament, Wimbledon, The British Open Golf and the Olympics.
I openly admit, I have no interest whatsoever in golf or the Olympics and only a passing interest in tennis, so they are not the kind of sports I would bet on without some form of assistance but if I can find a way to profit from them then I'm all over it.
The cost
The service isn't cheap at £57. When I joined the Football Betting data service for the last Premier league season (incidentally, as a Spurs fan I'm not sure how I feel about Harry Redknapp leaving yet) it was at a special offer of £40 (half the usual £80) with a free one month evaluation period, as we were part way into the season by then. Having said that, that service was limited to a single competition and this one covers a number of different sports and events over the course of the coming months.
The service
It's a very comprehensive service as their offerings usually are. All of their tips are based on statistical analysis of the game/match/sport rather than instinct, gut feel or under the counter information. There's nothing dubious about the information they are providing and you can't get in trouble for placing these bets. Of course, there are no guarantees with gambling, so not every bet is a sure fire winner.
As well as providing the recommended bets they also have a staking plan – telling you how many points should be placed on a given bet. What does that mean? Well, I have decided that my normal stake amount for a bet will be £10, making that 1 point. So where the recommended stake for a bet would be 0.5 point, I would bet £5 and where it's 0.1 point I would bet £1 (for example). Generally the longer the odds on a bet, the less likely the outcome but the bigger return and the smaller the recommended stake amount.
They also give you the bookies that are offering the best odds on a given bet, so that you make sure you get the best value for your money. The only downside to that is that potentially you need to open up accounts (if you don't already have them) with loads of different online bookmakers. Of course if you don't already have accounts then you can take advantage of the account opening offers that most of them have to get yourself some free bets.
The bookies
If you don't feel like opening accounts with all the bookies, or if (as has happened to me in the past) you wallet won't stretch to opening that many accounts at once to maximise your free bet offer potential (it's always worth opening an account with a reasonable size deposit to get a reasonable size free bet) then I would recommend at the minimum going for Bet365 and Betfair. Bet 365 often offer the best odds (this was certainly the case with the Football Betting data service – the majority of the best prices were being offered by them) and Betfair often offer the same or better odds as the bookies being recommended for a given bet.
My bets so far
Missed bets
So far I have missed out on a couple of bets recommended by the service, or the odds have shortened so I have decided to give them a miss:
- Rafal Nadal to win Wimbledon – 0.5 point e/w at 4/1 with Ladbrokes (this is currently 2/1 with Ladbrokes since he won the French Open and between 13/5 & 11/4 on Betfair) – no bet placed
- Poland vs Greece Both teams to score – NO 0.5 point – I missed this bet (the game had already started) but it was a losing bet anyway
- Greece vs Czech Republic over 2.5 Goals 0.5 point – I also missed this bet (the game had started and the Czech Republic were 2 goals up!) – winning bet
Bets placed
- Denmark +1 Asian Handicap to beat the Netherlands 0.5 point with Bet365 – I actually bet something like £4.53 on this and got almost evens on my money.
- England vs France result 1 – 1 – this was a tip from a different service that they are offering that I haven't signed up to yet. A £10 service that is just for the Euro 2012 competition. The free tip was included in an email that I was sent. I placed a bet of £5 at 5/1 with Bet365 and made £25 profit.
- Portugal vs Germany over 2.5 goals 0.5 point. The recommended bet was with Ladbrokes but I don't have an account with them currently and I found better odds at Betfair. £5 stake made £6.60 profit.
- Mesut Özil worth a punt for 'Man of the Match' – 8/1 with Boylesports – I used a £10 free bet I had with these guys, a worth a punt bet is always an outside chance and I wouldn't have put such a large stake on it if I hadn't had the free bet available. LOST
- Top Scorer and Outright Winner doubles – Benzema/Germany (recommended at 80/1 with Paddy Power, I got on at 66/1 for a £1 stake); Benzema/France (recommended at 40/1 with Stan James, Blue Sq, BetFred, Totesport, I got on at 45/1 for a £2 stake with Betfair); Benzema/Spain (recommended at 66/1 with Bet 365, I got on at 66/1 for a £1 stake); Benzema/Holland (recommended at 80/1 with Sportingbet or Ladbrokes, I haven't bothered based on Holland's performance as they aren't likely to get out of their group). It's worth noting that those recommendations and odds were from before the tournament started and I placed the bets are some teams had played their second games so odds and circumstances had changed. Also the minimum stake with Betfair is £2 not £1.
Conclusions so far
One frustration I have with the service at the moment is that I haven't received any of the emails that are sent out with the tips in. I've checked my spam folder and they haven't ended up in there either. This is a problem I encountered with the Football Betting data service on the odd occasion as well. As a consequence of that I have missed out on placing a couple of bets, although one of those would have lost.
The biggest profit I have made so far is from a bet using a tip from a different service from this publisher but it's early days yet and it only takes one of the Top Scorer and Outright winner doubles to be a success and the service has paid for itself. Of course this is a long term betting strategy and I don't expect it to pay for itself overnight.
Know your limits
As with all gambling, never gamble more than you can afford to lose. Set yourself limits and don't go chasing losses. Using a tipping service like this is a good way to improve your betting profits if you use it responsibly. If you want to know more about the UK gambling industry or think you might need help with a gambling problem visit: Gamble Aware


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of the first images that comes to mind when people think of Holland, no matter
where they are from, is a windmill. Funny enough, windmills are not a Dutch
invention at all. So how come they ended up as an icon for everything Dutch?
We also know that the Persians had windmills for grinding grain, during the
940s, although historians suspect that they may have existed in the area already
in the 700s. These were fixed mills that could not turn to follow changing winds.
Only if the wind was blowing from a certain direction the mills could be used.
Windmills first pop up in Europe during the 1000s and 1100s in Flanders and
Normandy. These were also fixed mills and mainly used for grinding grain.
Around 1180, we find the first documented rotating windmills in Flanders, also
known as post mills. These mills were a technical revolution because they allowed
the miller to follow the wind by turning the upper part of the mill, hence making
more and better use of it. During the 1200s and 1300s, the post mill spread
around Europe and could be found from Scandinavia in the North to Bulgaria and
Turkey in the South.
By the 1400s, post mills were a very common sight in almost every part of Europe.
So what happened that nowadays people associate windmills so specifically with
the Netherlands? Cynics may say that this is mostly the result of the promotional
efforts of the Dutch Bureau for Tourism. And although they have put a lot of
effort in promoting an image of tulips, cheese and windmills overseas, they
did not invent these icons. They merely took and emphasized icons that were
already there.
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If windmills are such a common thing in daily life it is no surprise that
they pop up in many Dutch sayings. A few to entertain you:
"Hij loopt met molentjes" He walks with windmills,
meaning he is insane.
"Hij heeft een klap van the molen gehad" He
was hit by the mill, meaning he is insane.
"Wie het eerst komt, die het eerst maalt" He who comes first, grinds first,
meaning the person who shows up first is the first to be served / get some
kind of profit.
"Twee harde stenen malen zelden fijn" Two hard stones rarely grind well,
meaning that two stubborn people usually are unable to cooperate.
"Je rommelt als een molen maar ik zie nog geen meel" You
rumble like a mill, but still I see no flour, meaning you are making a lot
of fuzz but you aren't getting anything done.
"De molen is door de vang" The windmill missed
the brakes, meaning that something has become a total disaster.
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