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 During the dark period in our history, women were confined only in the four corners of their home - to serve the needs of their husband and children. Their knowledge and skills were limited to household chores. They have no right to enroll in an educational institution of higher learning. Frustrated by the fate of women - on December 1888, twenty (20) women from Malolos petitioned Governor General Wyler for a permission to open a night school so that they can study Spanish language. Spanish priest Fr. Felipe Garcia objected, their petition was turned down -- but the women bravely pursued their dream defying friar's objection, until they finally obtained the government's approval, an attitude unheard of during those days.

 This is a non-profit undertaking of Alimokon Cyber Advocacy in a joint venture project with the Asian Theological Seminary Photography Club, the Women of Malolos Foundation, Inc., and the City of Malolos Tourism Office. Part of ATSPC's Historurism Photo Walk Project in Malolos, Bulacan with Pastor Lemuel Dayrit Danganan and Prof. Lorenzo Bautista, ATSPC Founder in celebration of the founding of the First Philippine Republic - "Ang Republika". <object height="250" width="460"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/vciyglBVUN4?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0;&autoplay=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/vciyglBVUN4?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0;&autoplay=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="460" height="250" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object>
email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8581189467962974800.post-10281760841773007492012-10-18T05:31:00.001-07:002012-10-18T05:31:34.661-07:00BIRDS STRIKES @ NAIA
BIRDS STRIKES AT NAIA!

(From left: Lt. Gen. William K. Hotchkiss, CAAP Director General with

Capt. John Andrews, Deputy General for Operations, CAAP)

 Bird strike Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) does not only poses an imminent danger to the safety of airlines and its passengers at , but also a threat to our country's economy as well. We may never earn an upgrade of our aviation safety classification from the United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to boost our tourism industry and increase commercial activities in the metropolis and parts of central Luzon, because of such issue, other than the modernization of our airports.

Lately, there was tremendous increase of bird strikes at NAIA. There were 49 bird strike recorded by CAAP from January to September, compared to 30 bird strikes in 2011 and 25 in 2010, which makes the makes the danger more imminent. Thus, NAIA was prompted to issue a warning to the pilots of the danger to land and take off at NAIA.

It was reported that a Philippine Airlines (PAL) Flight PR 124 to Manila was canceled last September after birds got sucked into the plane's engine in order to ensure the safety of passengers and crew. Cebu Pacific's Cotabato-Manila flight was delayed for more than four hours also in the same month. Earlier in July, it was reported that PAL flight PR 105 that just arrived in Manila from Guam in also suffered from the same incident and the aircraft's entire set of fan blades had to be replaced due to irreparable damage. It was reported by TV 5 News that from January to July this year, 39 bird strikes have been reported at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA), 50 percent more than the same period last year, data from the Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) indicated. These incidents involve aircraft of Philippine Airlines (PAL), Cebu Pacific, Zest Air, Cathay Pacific, Jet Star Asia, Air Philippines Express, and Qatar Airways.

The population of migratory birds nesting at the Las-Piñas-Paranaque Critical Habitat and Eco Tourism area located about 15 kilometer away from NAIA . . . DOUBLE CLICK HERE TO WITNESS BY YOURSELF
firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8581189467962974800.post-17197671944736363932012-10-11T03:46:00.000-07:002012-10-11T03:47:08.975-07:00MARITINE INDUSTRY IN DANGER OF PERIL!
Indefinite suspension of licenses to operate manning agencies pending litigation of a case is endangering the maritime industry to the detriment of the Philippine economy!

This is what happened to the 300 seafarers of Gyron Crew Incorporation and Manning Agency (GCIMA). A complaint was filed by three former recruits of GCIMA leading to the suspension of its license to operate. Consequently, the contract of 300 seafarers due to be deployed to Netherlands were put on hold, many of whom were about to leave the country. Meanwhile, the case remains pending for more than sixty (60) days, while it was reported that a new law was passed in Holland allegedly banning Filipino seafarers.

Despite previous withdrawal of the complaint by two of the complainants, while the other one already left the country, the case still remains pending litigation for more than two months, alleged Bosun Jeric Bilbao, representing the seafarers. Atty. Jesus Gabriel "Jeriel" Domingo, OIC, Adjudication Office, POEA, replied: "our hands are tied by the law . . . we must observe the requirement of due process", when confronted by the seafarers, during the Balitaan sa Aloha media forum on October 10, 2012. However, the case has not yet been resolved to date. On the other hand, millions of pesos due to the seafarers and the government were already lost.

This is a dangerous precedent!

HEAR IT FROM THE PARTIES PERSONALLY. DOUBLE CLICK HERE email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8581189467962974800.post-52835200742091931502012-10-04T12:31:00.003-07:002012-10-11T03:47:49.390-07:00World Ostomy Day!

(From left: Greg Oculto, President, Ostomate Association of the Philippines (OAP); Luningning Siarez, President Stoma Nurses Core Group; Dr. Ramy Roxas, President of the Philippine Society of Colorectal Surgeons and the Asean Society of Colorectal Surgeons; Dra. Rachel Rosario, Executive Director and Romy Marcaida, Director, Philippine Cancer Society; Lolly Acosta, Moderator, Balitaan sa Aloha Hotel; and, Colorectal Cancer Survivor, Fernando Lazaro, Vice-President, OAP)

Colorectal Cancer is now plaguing our country! Who are these people we call Ostomates? "The truth shall set us free", said Lolly Acosta during her opening statement at the forum. In furtherance of its mission, the Philippine Cancer Society and Balitaan Sa Aloha Hotel in a joint project, launched a quad media, i.e., television, radio, print and the internet, campaign to advocate for the eradication of Colorectal cancer in the country on October 3, 2012, in celebration of the World Ostomy Day on October 6, 2012.

 "Statistics shows that Colorectal Cancer is the third leading cancer in the Philippines today. Consequently, pursuant to the mission of the Philippine Cancer Society, there is a need for the society to disseminate information concerning the disease to lessen if not totally eradicate all kinds of cancer in our country", said Dra. Rachel Rosario of the Philippine Cancer Society, the lead convenor of the forum at Balitaan sa Aloha Hotel on October 3, 2012.

 "Colorectal Cancer is one of the most common cancer in the world today and the number of those suffering from the disease is growing, said Dr. Ramy Roxas, President of the Philippine Society of Colorectal Surgeons and the Asean Society of Colorectal Surgeons. "Data gathered by the Philippine Cancer Society shows that the survival rate of those suffering from the said illness in our country is only forty percent (40%), while those in the United States is 60%", said Dr. Roxas. He further added that, "the disease can be eliminated if earlier detected and curable".

And what are the remedies? Hear it from them personally. Join us in our Talakayan at Balitaan sa Aloha:

WORLD OSTOMY DAY PART 1:

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firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8581189467962974800.post-75930873446596211172011-10-17T05:23:00.001-07:002012-04-02T04:48:24.109-07:00LEO ZITA @ ALIMOKON
Leo Luga Zita has been a musician for almost three decades. He started performing playing rhythm guitar since high school and college days at St. Paul's College in Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental in the 90's. He plays the lead guitar, rhythm and sings with a popular band in Cebu afterwards. Upbeat, pop, mellow and hard rock were his forte. He went to Singapore with the band and returned to the country about three (3) years ago. Now without a band, he again studied music and indulges into playing the Saxophone.

Performing solo, took a twist on how Leo Zita defines music. In his debut recording at Studio 26 in Lagro, Quezon City, you can feel the aura of his music, its heart and its soul.

How he blew the Saxophone and holds his breath for so long to express how he commands the notes with the instrument he have, redefines the meaning of the path he took for almost three decades. All of us were moved when listening to the music he plays. He redefined music by the way he interprets the pieces he performed at its best! We were owed watching and listening him played LIVE without a CUT! Clamoring for more!

Leo Zita, performing LIVE at Studio 26 in Lagro, Quezon City, for his debut MTV album: "The Cross Road", with JM Almoneda and Nick Naval on the video:
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For inquiries Text or Call:

0920-9835308

firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8581189467962974800.post-92049026098929204592011-08-20T16:46:00.001-07:002011-10-17T05:25:48.357-07:00EJ PARK TOUCHES GROUND - MANILA
Super Typhoon Hits Manila!
"EUN JOO PARK"
Touches the Ground @ Roxas Boulevard

This beautiful, talented, musical genius, "Eun Joo Park" caught Manila by storm when she performed at Midas Hotel with such a powerful display of her mastery of electronic violin! The audience were not only moved and swayed, but was awed, as this lady takes command of the strings to higher notes in such an eloquently display of mastery of her craft: "Eun Joo Park" popularly know as "EJ Park" captured the heart and soul of the audience in her debut performance at Midas Hotel along Roxas Boulevard. You can hear the Oh! Ah! Of the audience!

You can see in the face of the audience the power that this talented lady possesses, now considered as the Korean Master of electronic vilolin . . . "Eun Joo Park" capturing the Philippines by storm!

A graduate of Orchestral Music in Korea's Kywon University, A.I.D.M. Academa Diploma Violini in Rome, Italy, a member of MBC Orchestra, Park is considered as musical genius and now, a rising star in the field of rock electronic violin, internationally. She shall be having a concert at Araneta Coliseum on Monday August 22, 2011 in celebration of the Philippine-Korea Friendship Day for the benefit of "KOPINOY" (Korean-Pilipino) abandoned Children. She will be also performing live at the different branches of SM Malls nationwide and shall undertake concert tours to promote and poster Korean-Pilipino friendship.

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Straight from Los Angeles, Usec. Robert T. Rivera, former Undersecretary for Operations at the Office of the Press Secretary and host of the Pilipinas Ngayon Na! at NBN-4 and now member of the Board of Director of RPN, took no time, as his plane touches the ground, he immediately proceeded to the luxurious Mida's Hotel, 20 minute away drive from the airport and arrived a little bit earlier for the affair. Fresh from his stint in Europe, Ambassador Alejandro del Rosario was also present with former Miss World Evangeline Pascual, Maning Borlaza of the MTRCB, former Ambassador James Dee, Lolly R. Acosta, President of the NAIA Press Club, Crispina Belen of the Manila Bullettin many more well known showbiz and media personalities.

For further details and Inquiries, please contact :

Ms. Bella E. Dimayuga
Philippine Manager
Mobile: 0920-9704644/0922-8751435/0921/7399571
Telefax: 552-7184
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com

EJ PARK in Manila

 Jeff Baek, Human Resource Manager of VERONA Optical, a top of the line producer of contact lenses and eyeglasses using the most modern and sophisticated equipment from Korea [center] with Miss Angel Locsin look alike and another staff from VERONA.

Ambassador Alejandro del Rosario (in blue shirt, far left) ) with Lolit Acosta, President of the NAIIA Press Corps and Usec. Robert T. Rivera, former Undersecretary for Operations, Office of the Press Secretary along with other Press and Media People.

Bella E. Dimayuga with the Head of Midas Hotel Marketing Department, 1973 Miss World 1st Runner Up, Miss Evangeline Pascual and Philantropist, Lolita Escobar Mirpuri.

Roy R. Luga, a cyber advocate who promotes different non-profit advocacy projects in the cyber space internationally with Lolit R. Acosta of Balitaan sa Aloha, Usec. Robert T. Rivera, Bella Dimayuga, representatives of the Midas Hotel with a Media personality, were also among the guests.

email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8581189467962974800.post-19553018821739821732011-06-11T13:35:00.001-07:002011-06-12T05:16:50.252-07:00BROTHERS "IKING" & "NONOY" LUGA OF DAVAO

Our attention was caught by a post from the LUGA CLAN, those in Mindanao (which originated from Davao) in Facebook. Its about two brothers, "Iking" and "Nonoy" Luga. They call him Iking and the other, "Nonoy", Tito to others. The outpouring sympathy speaks of the man. He is the father of Eliza Rica Anderson and uncle to Melanie Luga Johnson our long time connected relatives in the net.

Enrique Villareal Luga is the father Eliza Rica Anderson, our long time connected relative in the net, from Davao City. He is married to Perlita Salgado Luga of Cavite City and have 3 children namely: Enrico "Jing" Luga, Romrico "John" Luga and Elizarica "Rica" Luga Anderson. He died a week and a half ago which is Memorial Day in the United States. He died at the age of 67 years old. Two days following Ike's funeral his younger brother Bernardo "Nonoy" Luga also passed away.

Eliza Rica, told us that, "my Uncle Nonoy has been following my Dad wherever he goes. He even left his family in Davao City to stay with us in Cavite just to drive my Dad around and even became my own driver and a caretaker of our house and children, he followed my Dad until death and I am thankful to him."

Regardless of distance and barriers, the man deserves our admiration. The outpouring sympathy from his relatives in Davao, speaks of the Man himself. In behalf of the Alimokon Cyber Advocacy: we sympathize with the Family. We know that he is now in peace with our Creator and his journey into this earth is worth the travel. Birth makes us mortal: Death immortalizes us. Let his name be immortalize for his name and his deed to be remembered in the hearts and minds of those after him. We salute our relative for his worthwhile journey and thank God for the experience of having him, who makes a difference to others. May his soul rest in peace.

(Eliza Rica with Family)

(Melanie with Children)
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Family bonding has been one of the advocacy we have been supporting all these years. We cannot make it to the wedding of the nephew of our long lost friend who reappeared in Facebook. Sister Ana Yape has been our friend way back in our days at the Board of Personnel Inquiry in the Department of Agriculture. Who are we to say no to share our talent to these couple who is about to start their family life, even just for their Pre-Nuptial documentary. To Adrian and Grace, WELCOME TO ALIMOKON CYBER ADVOCACY. CONGRATULATIONS AND BEST WISHES. Sorry, we can't make it on your wedding day.

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It was nearly three years when we first started the Isabela Awaits You project with Fr. Angel Luga. What was then a simple project now claims its place in the cyber world that hits first spot in google search engine when you search for St. Mathias, Tumauini, Churches and Shrines in Isabela. The  history of St. Mathias Church in Tumauini is now in the forefront of google search engine. What has started as a simple project to Commemorate the 75th Death Anniversary of Gen. Mateo Noriel Luga have turned into a worldwide advocacy in the cyber media, that inspired families, relatives and friends to bond together and make DOUBLE CLICK HEREemail@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8581189467962974800.post-2400506065041267632011-03-11T17:08:00.001-08:002011-03-11T17:08:20.681-08:00CATINDIG JOINS ALIMOKON!CATINDIG JOINS ALIMOKON!

Raymond Catindig, communication graduate of the Far Eastern University, a veteran news writer who has worked with the Philippine Daily Star among the major dailies in his arsenal of experience joins the Alimokon Cyber Advocay as its main news feature writer! Due to public clamor for Alimokon Cyber Advocacy, which was first envisioned only as a site to advocate for the recognition of General Mateo Noriel Luga (an Ybanag Tribal Leader) as among the greatest hero of this Republic, to bond the Luga Clan and the families of the Ybanag Tribal Warriors from Cagayan Valley who joined him in the Philippine Revolution, to expand its coverage and bring forth developmental, truthful, transparent and objective news in Isabela, RAYMOND CATINDIG decided to join the ALIMOKON CYBER ADVOCACY!

Soon our News Section shall be reformatted for Manong Raymond to deliver us up to date News from Isabela ON LINE! Along with  MILA SAMONTE OPSETH of  tumauini.com, and  tumauini isbela @ Facebook, a group of Tumanuinians with members mostly residing in the United States and Canada and  BONIFACIO BUANUAN, the tongue lashing old man in the cyber site of  tumauini group in Facebook, and  ALIMOKON,  CATINDIG was warmly welcomed by well known cyber advocates WORLDWIDE whose combined viewers numbers to nearly a hundred of thousands views whose roots can be traced in Isabela!

To our followers, readers and viewers. WELCOME TO  ISABELA NEWS by RAYMUND CATINDIG!

(Pictures: Upper inset box Raymond Catindig [by Raymond Catindig]; Roy R. Luga Mila Samonte Opseth with husband Barry at Valencia, California; Roy R. Luga with Bonifacio Bunuan at West Covina, California.]email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8581189467962974800.post-28689112488894821072010-04-13T14:00:00.000-07:002010-04-13T14:01:14.888-07:00The 75th Death Anniversary of Gen. Mateo Noriel Luga
MARAMING MARAMING SALAMAT PO! Tagumpay nating naidaos the Ika-75 na taong pagdiriwang ng kamatayan ng ating ninuno. Ang pagdiriwang na ito ay hudyat lamang ng isang simulain upang ating isariwa ng kadalian ng ating lahi . . . MABUHAY! (double click here)
firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8581189467962974800.post-20349370996864756482010-03-22T09:13:00.001-07:002010-03-23T07:00:02.253-07:00BGEN. ALAN RIO LUGA
Alan Rio Luga, was then a Lt. Colonel when he was assigned as the Chief of a Command Center during the AFP's all out campaign to neutralize the Abu Sayaf. The operation commanded by Luga as Center Chief led to series of encounters with the main force of the ASG. It resulted to series of clashes with ASG's splinter groups that eventually led to an encounter with its leader Khadafy Janjalani along with his loyal followers. After his body was dug up in a grave to confirm his identity, Janjalani was given a decent burial in a Muslim tradition. It was an honorable warfare.

While in Compostela Valley, when some activists were allegedly summarily executed by the military, Col. Alan Luga, who was then the Commander in Chief of the 1001st Infantry brigade, stood firm:  "Even NPA members are safe, unless actively involved in armed combat. The only legitimate targets are armed groups. We must be legal, we must do good."

Like his Great Grandfather before him, the late Gen. Mateo Noriel Luga, a national hero, who once told the American expeditionary forces in Cebu : "I return to you deserters from your camp who sought service with me. I request that you do the same should any of my men weaken from their duty. It is my desire to wage honorable warfare."  In a surprise attack, General Henry Lawton with his men run away from battle in the island. Gen. Lawton never set foot in the island of Cebu again. While his grandson, Gen. Emilio S. Luga, Jr., then Commanding General of the 1st Infantry Tabak Divsion once said: while we wages honorable warfare, it is with deep regret that we were not given an opportunity to wage such a war as Filipinos defending our nation against foreign colonizers, like our ancestor. It is with deep regret that we have to defend this nation against our fellow Filipinos that threatens the Republic and the institutions it represents, which our ancestors have dearly fought for.

Today, the  AFP Central Command 802nd Infantry Brigade Commander declared that, the battle against the communist insurgency in the Cebu-Bohol-Leyte Development Triangle (CEBOLEY), Cebu and Bohol have been declared insurgency-free. The Brigade Commander's name was Col. Alan Rio Luga, the son of Gen. Emilio S. Luga, Jr., and the Great Grandson of Gen. Mateo Noriel Luga, who once defended Cebu from foreign colonizer and thereafter from brigands and lawless elements, as the American, who saw much battle in the Philippines, once said: "That then, was Luga, who in 1908 was wearing the red epaulets of the Constabulary. He had been sent to Cebu Island with instructions to keep the island clean and bandit free. And Cebu was clean, under the administration of this capable and valiant native officer. Before me lies Luga's accolade, written by an American officer who saw much service in the Philippines: "In Mateo Luga, you saw a man to remember as long as you live."

The accomplishment of Col. Alan Rio Luga in his recent assignment may not be that colorful in terms of armed encounters. His assignment, however, opens the gateway for the province of Bohol and Cebu to reach the height of peace and development in the Region, never have been experienced in the annals of the Region's history. Today, Bohol and Cebu has one of the lowest crime rate in terms of population ratio with a tourism turn-out, unprecedented in the region's history. This could have never been accomplished by Col. Luga alone. It is the people of Bohol and Cebu, who were the real winners of this war, to whom Col. Alan R. Luga owes his gratitude to earn a coveted star in Armed Forces of the Philippines.

CONGRATULATIONS TO BRIGADIER GENERAL ALAN RIO LUGA!

LONG LIVE GENERAL MATEO NORIEL LUGA, HIS COUSINS, THE TRIBAL WARRIORS AND THE NEXT GENERATIONS OF LUGA AFTER THEM!

(ACKNOWLEDGMENT: We would like to acknowlege the Armed Forces of the United States of America and the combatants in the American Expeditionary Forces who saw battle in the Philippines, who, out of respect and admiration to Gen. Mateo Noriel Luga have written historical accounts of the late General - without whom, his name must have been forgotten by history.)

email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8581189467962974800.post-51121092834195362392010-03-12T19:57:00.000-08:002011-06-05T03:49:48.753-07:00THE TRIBAL WARRIORS: GRAND REUNION
(FR. ANGEL B. LUGA, the Parish Priest of Our Lady of the Pillar Parish in Cauayan, Isabela and the most senior among the Luga clan in Tumauini, Isabela with his brother Eng. Tony B. Luga , who were the host for this event is inviting all of us to embrace the occassion)

We have been informed by Romeo Luga, the Luga Group from Nueva Vizcaya and Central Luzon that their cell of more than 20 have already organized to depart from Metro Manila going Nueva Vizacaya via Cauayan where they are to assemble before going to Tumauini. The Metro Manila Group of Col. Mateo Luga c/o Mala Jean Luga, consisting of the direct descendants of Gen. Mateo Luga from all over the country including those from abroad numbering more than 21 (others are still to confirm their attendance), shall be leaving Manila by land via Cauayan direct to Tumauini, others by air via Tuguegarao. The Northern Luzon Group headed by Gen. Victor Luga numbering more than 40 shall depart from the different parts of Ilocos Region to assemble at Tumauini. The Tumauini Group from Ugad, the largest contingent of more than 100 families shall be taken care of by Fr. Angel B. Luga in Tumauini.

We have also been informed by Tony Luga thru Mala Jean Luga that the Davao contigent of Maj. Rustico Luga, the oldest surviving Luga at 94, were also organizing and are presently directly coordinating with Fr. Angel Luga thru Eng. Tony Luga. There are other groups from Davao, headed by Dolly Luga numbering eight (8) persons requesting transportation assistance. Please contact Dolly Luga in Davao 482-3001, they need help.

The Group are expecting a word from Gen. Emilio S. Luga, Jr., from Central Visayas, the most senior and one of the most respected retired general of our AFP, a direct descendant of Gen. Mateo Noriel Luga, which we are sure are also monitoring our activities thru Col. Mateo Luga.

Romeo Luga from Central Luzon is suggesting that if there are those who are willing to volunteer to extend transporation assets for mass transport of other groups to depart from Manila who are without means of transport, it would be most convenient and welcome to help others. Romeo Luga already organized their group with respective vehicles and others without transportation accommodation are coordinating with him. The transportation cost from Cubao to Cauayan is P 500.00 per person. Thus, if it there are about 20 persons, the total costs shall be P P 20,000.00 back and forth. If there are those willing to volunteer for a larger vehicle to ferry the remaining group without any transport from Manila and which they can also used within Tumauini vice-versa, it would be much better. Hence, the number of those without private transport should be firmed up to estimate their actual number. They need logistic support.

We were informed by Mala Jean Luga that Engr. Tony Luga shall be arriving in Metro Manila on the third week of March to firm-up everything for the event. Please stay in touch and be alert for our latest bulletin. Godspeed.

VIVA YBANAG!

Stay in contact with your respective field coordinators.

PLEASE COORDINATE WITH YOUR AREA COORDINATORS:

HOST :

FR. ANGEL B. LUGA
Parish Priest
Our Lady of the Pillar Parish
Cauayan, Isabela
Representing the LUGA CLAN of Tumauini, Isabela
mobile: 09164516488

OVER ALL COORDINATOR:
<email@example.com>NORTHERN LUZON:

ENG. TONY LUGA
Tumauini, Isabela
mobile : 09159350421
email : ENGR. TONY LUGA @ firstname.lastname@example.com

CENTRAL LUZON:

ROMEO LUGA
Central Luzon
mobile: 0919-6862026

METRO MANILA:

MALA JEAN LUGA
Metro Manila
mobile: 09202480313
email: mala jean luga <firstname.lastname@example.com> @ firstname.lastname@example.com

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This is what we are going to expect at Camp Samal. It's a very nice place where you can stay overnight or even two nights. Feel the experience of praying inside Tumauini Church, when you go over there. Just sit, concentrate and feel the aura of a more than 400 years old Church. Afterward, you can inspect and look intensely the intricate details of the brick formations specially if you have a camera, it's so cool! Its a once in a lifetime shot you have there! We can also visit the San Pablo Church, it is also a unique structure.

From Manila you can take an aircon bus (P500.00 to Cauayan at Our Lady of the Pillar Church) your travel shall take 8 hours. You can leave Manila in Cubao via Dalin Transport or via Victory Lines across Kamuning GMA 7. You can leave at around 9:00 or 10:00 in the evening and have a good sleep while on travel. You'll arrive at around 5:00 or 6:00 a.m., it will not take two hours from Cauayan City to Tumauini.

We are still looking into the schedules, the costing and an ideal package tour within Isabela and around Tumauini, where you can enjoy while on travel. We shall have a travel documentary to document your travel on photo and video, which can be viewed by our relatives worldwide. What is unique in Isabela are its Barroque Churches, which were already declared as a heritage site by no less than the UNESCO, aside from its breath holding sceneries. The Barroque Churches in Isabela already earned worldwide reputation as among the most unique edifice that withstood the test of time. It's a lifetime experience.

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Never have we imagined that it was almost two years ago on May 30, 2008 that we meet at Col. Mateo Luga's home in Fairview to talk about the Homecoming of Gen. Mateo Noriel Luga, in his place of birth in Tumauini, Isabela. Never have we encountered in our history books the life and times of a Great Leader, a hero at that, who lives by the principles of love, family, honor, country, and glory who lived a life of a leader, fighting his own war with men foreign to his culture to fight an honorable warfare against the navy of the greatest nation in this planet, the Naval Forces of the United States of America, in Cebu. He fought an honorable warfare despite rescuing his love ones made as hostage to weaken his resolve. His heroism was written by his fierciest enemy the Americans, out of respect and admiration because of his high degree of honor and candor to his enemies despite superiority in force and application of strategies uncommon to honorable warfare. He deserves our admiration and respect.

In honor of this Great Warrior, your attendance to this event as a gesture of honoring his legacy to live beyond generations shall be given life by experiencing and seeing for ourselves where this Great Leader started his own war in Tumauini, Isabela. Please contact Eng. Tony Luga of Malappo Nga Ibanag Cooperative at Mobile: 09159350421. Your advance reservations, pledges or sponsorship to this event shall surely help the organizers of this event. We shall firm up everything on the ground to firm-up everything.

This is for all of you:

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While in Manila, he was accepted at UP-Manila for Post Graduate Training. After his training , he worked for UP-PGH as a Blood Bank Medical Technologist II and while working, he took spanish courses at Instituto Cervantes and german at Goethe Institut. He finished Nivel Intermedio ( Intermediate Spanish ) and Deutsch Mittelstuffe ( Intermediate German ).

 In June 2000 he applied for a job in the United Statesand left for Colorado in Nov 2000.

He worked there for eight years as Med Tech and later as Lead Blood Bank Technologist. While in Colorado he enrolled in an online MA degree in Occupational and Public Health, which he almost finished pending thesis. He also finished his spanish studies online with Instituto Cervantes New Mexico and got my Diploma de Espanol Como Lengua Extranjera Nivel Superior. During his spare time, he volunteers for the Immigrant Resource Center as ESL ( English as a Second Language ) instructor. He teaches mexican and guatemalan immigrants english and in the process improved his spanish.

 In June of 2008 his green card was approved, which made him decide to move to Florida where the weather is like the Philippines where he works for two hospitals, as evening and night shift supervisor for Charlotte Regional Medical Center ( Punta Gorda ) during the weekends and part time senior Technologist at Fawcett Memorial Hospital ( Port Charlotte ). He still do freelance translation whenever requested, the hospital often calls him to translate for patients.

General Mateo Noriel Luga is the father of his grandmother Pilar Luga Surriga. Pilar had three children, Eugenio, Juanito ( my father) and Luz. His father Juanito Luga Surriga, who died in August 1988, was married to Elvira Delano Arias and bore four children, Paul Juel, Maria Cecilia, Maria Penelope and Jarvis John, the youngest among the four.

firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8581189467962974800.post-83417135905960349582009-11-17T12:31:00.000-08:002009-11-17T12:39:01.021-08:00The Book Launching
February 2010 shall be a grand reunion for all the clan members worldwide! We are also intending to launch the above book containing historical events participated into by the members of the Luga Clan, mostly consisting of ranking military officers and government officials, which can now be made public.
firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8581189467962974800.post-30964961705467991662009-08-03T09:08:00.001-07:002009-11-17T12:41:26.458-08:00FAREWELL PRES. CORAZON C. AQUINO

The 1983 assassination of Benigno Aquino ignited the unification of the people's sentiment for a change of leadership in government. With the popularity of his leadership in question, and his failing health, President Ferdinand E. Marcos was forced to call a a snap election in 1986, which resulted to series of event until he was eventually sent to Hawaii by the Americans upon the request of the Revolutionary Government of Corazon C. Aquino to evit bloodshed between the faction loyal to President Marcos and the Revolutionary government. We witnessed a peaceful revolution. President Corazon C. Aquino, became an icon of change through peaceful means. She became the uniting figure of the opposition that gave courage for the people to express their discontent. She made a difference.

With the Marcoses was Jovencio "Ven Agul" Luga of the Presidential Security Command. Loyal to his oath to protect the Presidency, "Ven Agul Luga" served well President Ferdinand E. Marcos until he died. While those left continued to serve the national interest under the administration of President Corazon C. Aquino.

It was a privilege serving the officials of the government under President Corazon C. Aquino at its most dangerous time at the height of the bloodiest 1989 coup d' etat -  THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE 1989 COUP D' ETAT (double click here to know) .

firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8581189467962974800.post-19862876843627612952009-06-21T03:59:00.000-07:002009-06-26T15:34:35.355-07:00GEN. MATEO NORIEL LUGA HONORED BY PGMAGEN. MATEO NORIEL LUGA was honored by the President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.

While we honor our dead, we salute the living who continues the struggle to realize the vision of our past and present day heroes.

Right after he took his oath of office as Chairman of the Civil Service Commisison, Honorable Ricardo L. Saludo established the PAMANANG LINGKOD BAYAN AND SCHOLARSHIP FUND and among its first recipients allegedly being considered for the grant were the dependents of those who died in a chopper accident at Ifugao to inaugurate a major road project, which shall benefit the Cordillerans, a second home to Gen. Victor Luga and a home to the Baguilats and the Brawners. The project shall provide access road for the agricultural products from CAR and other which were produced as a result of the government's peace effort initiated by the Office of the Presidential Adviser for the Peace Process (OPAPP), when Usec. Nonoy Catura and Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita were still at OPAPP.

Press Secretary Cerg Remonde, a fellow Cebuano of General Emilio S. Luga, Jr., have this to say:

"Chairman Saludo has solid plans and strategies to realize his vision. His plans and strategies include the completion of the third phase of the salary standardization law, narrowing the gap between the salaries of government workers and those in the private sector, strengthening meritocracy in government and intelligently applying media and information and communications technologies to promote responsiveness, efficiency and integrity in government.

"While he has set grand aspirations for himself and the civil service, Chairman Saludo keeps his feet firmly on the ground. He knows that by himself, he can only do so much.

"Chairman Saludo acknowledges that alone, he cannot make all the changes in the age-old ways, structures, policies and practices in the Philippine civil service.

"This outlook is buoyed by his steadfast belief that there are many more like him in the over a million-person strong civil service, and the millions more outside the formal government structure, who share his vision and aspirations, and that given the opportunity, these like-minded individuals would move as one to make the vision of a MERCI-ful civil service a reality."

CSC Chairman Saludo is also one who stands on critical issues advocating for the protection of human rights, freedom of expression, equal access to public service and respect to human rights, a trait of our forefathers who wages honorable warfare, when he addressed the  60th Anniversary Celebration of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights.

In a less than a year in Office, the Salary Standardization Law III was passed into law and ready for implementation for all government workers to benefit this July.

 Continuity of the government's orderly function, regardless of politics is safe with Honorable CSC Chairman Ricardo L. Saludo at the helm of the Commission for the government to move forward as one, insulated from politics. The Honorable Chairman Saludo already proven his sincerity in a short span of his stay in office. He deserves the confirmation of the Commission on Appointment, were Senator Ping Lacson, also a PMAr is a member.

Meanwhile, Gen. Victor Luga shall be the guest speaker on the 75th Death Anniversary of Gen. Mateo Noriel Luga on 2010 at Tumauini, Isabela:

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Sa taong 2010 ay ating gugunitain ang Ika-75 taong kamatayan ng isang katangi-tanging bayani sa larangan ng ating bansa. Isang bayaning namuno sa isang pinakamalaking tribu sa buong Cagayan Valley ang mga "Ibanag". Siya'y hindi nagpalit ng kanyang apelyedo, kultura at paniniwalang ang lahing Pilipino ay kayang alpasan ang mga dayuhang naghahari at nagdidikta ng landas ng lahing kayumanggi.

Si Mateo Noriel Luga kasama ng kanyang mga pinsan at iba't ibang tribu ng Cagayan na pinangungunahan ng "Ibanag" ay nagpasyang sumanib sa rebolusyon upang patalsikin ang nuo'y sumasakop sa ating bansa, ang mga dayuhang "Kastila". Matapos nating makamtan ang kalayaan, siya at ang kanyang dalawang pinsan ay pumalaot na muli patungong Bisaya upang itagtag ang pamahalaang Republika ng Pilipinas sa Cebu.

Hindi naglaon ay sumiklab ang digmaang Pilipino at Amerikano. Ang kanyang pamilya ay ginapos at ginawang sangkalan para siya'y manghina at sumuko. Nguni't imbis na manghina siya'y nagpasyang lusubin ang kutang Kano at sinagip ang kanyang mga minamahal sa buhay. Siya'y nagbalik na muli at nakipagdigma sa mga Amerikanong may mas malalakas na sandata at may mga barkong pangdigma sa patas na pamamaraan. Matapos ang pagsalakay, ang mga Amerikano na nuo'y pimamumunuan ni Admiral Dewey ay naglayag paalis ng Cebu. Si Admiral Dewey ay hindi na bumalik na muli sa Cebu mula nuon.

Pagkatpos ng giyerang Pilipino at Amerikano sa pagsuko ni Gen. Aguinaldo, siya'y hinirang bilang konstable upang tugisin ang mga masasamang loob sa Cebu. Siya'y nakaabot ng Mindanao sa pagtugis ng iba't ibat brigada ng masasamang loob. Ang Cebu ay naging isang mapayapang lugar sa kanyang pamumuno. Nguni't sa kadahilanang siya'y hindi sumasang-ayon sa mga polisiya ng di na-aangkop sa kanyang paniniwala bilang isang Pilipino, siya'y tumiwalag sa serbisyo at namuhay ng payapa bilang isang magsasaka kapiling ang kanyang pamilya sa Isla ng Negros.

Sa kanyang paglalakbay upang bumalik sa kanyang bayang sinilangan na matagal niya nang pina-nanabikan, siya'y binawian ng buhay sa Maynila. Hindi na siya naka-uwi sa Tumauini kung saan niya sinimulan ang kanyang pakikibaka. Ang kanyang labi hangang sa ngayon ay hindi pa matunton.

Bilang isang pagpupugay sa kanyang kadakilaan, nais naming ihandog ang "PAGBABALIK" kung saan nagsimula ang kanyang pakikidigma upang makamtan ang kalayaan na ating tinatamasa sa ngayon:
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firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8581189467962974800.post-23036418985197549832009-05-22T20:03:00.001-07:002009-06-14T01:46:16.945-07:00CARLA FONTANILLA
Carla with her Dad, Al Fontanilla, paid a visit at Caloocan City to rehearse on the songs she is about to sing in the TOLIBAS-MEJIA WEDDING VOW Ikaw, which was originally sung by Sharon Cuneta. The TOLIBAS-MEJIA WEDDING VOW is one of its kind in the sense that the family and friends of the of the Groom can witness the pre-nuptial shooting, the events as it unfolds before, during and after the wedding worldwide!

"Family life starts with a wedding. It is the family, which is the basic institution of our society, our country, and the world per se - it is the very institution that serves as the foundation towards the future of our children and of this nation - and it starts in a wedding ceremony. While others proposes by placing an Ads in billboards, announcing in public places and by other mode, Mendel and Jo-Ann displayed their love and affection before the whole world, by producing a film, uploaded in You Tube coupled with a blogsite - a truly Filipino tradition (in the modern setting) of reminiscing bonds between families who shall stood behind and shall support these couple, to lay another foundation for our breed to propagate and move on towards a better future . . ."

Who would ever imagine that the powerful voice you are hearing from Mendel and Jo-Ann's site comes from this 11-year old lady of about four feet in height. Carla is dedicating this song to Mendel and Jo-Ann, here with is "Ikaw" of Sharon Cuneta, interpreted by Carla LIVE!

email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8581189467962974800.post-91492021731427756962009-04-28T07:55:00.000-07:002009-04-28T08:22:12.970-07:00THE LUGAS AND THE IBANAGS IN U.S.

Ate Mila Opseth of TUMAUINI.COM went home last April to visit her Mother in Isabela. She is now back in United States where she has been residing with her family. She should have visited Fr. Angel Luga, who was the Parish Priest at Tumauini during her younger years, but did not make it due to her hectic schedule as Fr. Angel is now based in Cauayan. She should have also hired the services of Carlo Luga Borja of the  GALI-KOREN for some of her kababayan migrating to U.S. if we have been in touched with each other earlier.

TUMAUINI.COM is the online venue for residents worldwide who once called Tumauini home. They hold regular gatherings in California where the  GALI-KOREN LAW OFFICE is also based. If you would like to participate in this association as it is open to all that have connections with Tumauini, please contact Mila Samonte Opseth at firstname.lastname@example.com or [661] 373-5164. You can also contact Ranee Quiambao at email@example.com or [818] 383-9450. A user name and password to access the confidential area of the association's website will then be provided. Do visit their site (double click here) and see how the Ibanags preserved their culture and tradition as a people eventhough living abroad.

Trisha Luga, who is based in the United Arab Emirates, however, has this to say: "Naku kuya naman hiya tuloy ako..(blushed!!). Buti na lang po hindi ako nagpalit ng family name. Meron sana akong pinagsisisihan sa ngayon. x x x Kala ko nga noon konti lang ang Luga, akala ko po rin noon si Father Angel lang ang kilalang Luga . . . maling akala."

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Soccer players walk off field after racist chants
BUSTO ARSIZIO, Italy A friendly match between AC Milan and lower division club Pro Patria was abandoned Thursday after Milan's players walked off the pitch because of racist chants, the latest incident of racial abuse blighting the sport in Europe.
After repeated chants directed his way, Ghana midfielder Kevin-Prince Boateng picked up the ball and kicked it at a section of the crowd in the 26th minute of the first half.
Boateng then took off his shirt and walked off with his Milan teammates. Urby Emanuelson, Sulley Muntari and M'Baye Niang were also targeted by the chants.
"Walking off was the right choice when faced with something like this," Milan coach Massimiliano Allegri said. "We need to stop these uncivil gestures. Italy needs to improve and become better educated and more intelligent."
"Let's learn from this experience," Allegri added.
The match, which was scoreless at the time, was not resumed. The game was played in Busto Arsizio, a town located north of Milan. Pro Patria plays in Italy's fourth-tier division.
Boateng took to Twitter after the game:
Pro Patria defender Devis Nossa said about a dozen fans were involved in the chanting.
"When we tried to reason with them and went under the stands they didn't even consider it," he said. "They certainly weren't our usual fans."
Milan said on its website that the insults came from a small group of Pro Patria fans, adding that the rest of the supporters disassociated themselves from the chants.
The Italian football federation (FIGC) announced an immediate inquiry, but said "no sanction or penalty can erase the disdain for an unjustifiable and intolerable episode."
"We need to react with strength and without silence to isolate the few delinquents that transformed a friendly match into a mess that offends all of Italian football," the FIGC said in a statement.
Milan, returning from its holiday break, is preparing to play Siena on Sunday.
Despite the incident, Milan captain Massimo Ambrosini promised the squad would return to Busto Arsizio.
Italian players' association president Damiano Tommasi applauded Milan's decision to walk off.
"It was a nice signal, even if a sporting event should never be placed in doubt by acts like these," Tommasi said.
Incidents of racism in football have occurred across Europe in recent months. In England, there have been several arrests among fans for at Premier League matches, while Liverpool striker Luis Suarez and Chelsea captain John Terry have served bans for racially abusing opponents.
In October, Serbian fans directed monkey chants at black England players in a European under-21 match that ended in a brawl between players and coaches from both teams.
Last month, fans of Russian champion Zenit St. Petersburg issued a petition calling for non-white and gay players to be excluded from the team.

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New Hartford Senior Center's art group hosting show until Jan. 9
NEW HARTFORD >> The New Hartford Senior Center presents "Mature Inspirations" an art exhibit displaying the talent of seniors, all members of the Wednesday Art Workshop. The exhibition is available for viewing until Jan. 9 and is located on the third floor of the New Hartford Town Hall. Select pieces will be available for purchase.
The well-known philosopher Aristotle said, "The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance."
Art is the means of expressing emotions and portraying ideas, and has even been considered a window to the soul.
It is well known that viewing or engaging in creating art encourages one to venture outward, to broaden their horizons and to be inspired as well as helping people remain active, engaged and involved.
"I think the gallery wall of art is dramatic, especially at certain times of the day when the beautiful light from the large windows in the space reflects on the talent of our seniors " said Jean Barnicoat, Director, commenting on the large partition in the foyer lobby that is used to display the art works.
"Don't miss this opportunity to celebrate years of artistic contributions from our talented seniors," she said.
The exhibit is an impressive collection of varying themes, styles, inspirations and methods used by the artists and a must see for the holiday season.
The many works creatively stretch from vulnerability to beauty to strength as well as spiritual themes.
Each project varies from student to student, with each pursuing their individual interest.
"It's absolutely beautiful, and it's stunning to see what other students have done, as well," Carol, one art member said. "This brought us all together, and I think we're all really proud of each other and what we've accomplished."
The NHSC art group practices the "there is no right or wrong way of doing art" attitude ...and seeks to support each member while enjoying the adventure of creation as the top priority. All are invited to join the group on Wednesday afternoons and for details contact Jean Barnicoat, Director at 860-379-3980.


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You've probably heard it before: The secret ingredient to making great dough is the right H2O. "Water is what makes New York pizza so great," says Mark Bello from Pizza a Casa Pizza School in New York City's Lower East Side. "If you have highly chlorinated water, it can mess with the yeast and compromise crust sizes."
Those of us in areas with less pristine watersheds now know why their homemade crusts are, well, inferior. Fortunately, there's an answer, and it doesn't involve a $1,200 water treatment system: Try beer.
Sam Adams recently challenged Bello to replace his pH-balanced, gravity-fed water from the Catskills with one of its brews. The result: a surprisingly tasty (slightly malty) crust that you can consistently make with or without pristine water supplies.
Not all beers are equal to the task. Bello recalls a time when he tried using a chipotle-infused brew that fell flat (obviously, this wasn't the first time he's made beer-y dough). If you're trying any old brew, you need to experiment to find the right flavor profile and pH – so that it rises in time and is workable into rounds.
For this recipe, Bello found Sam Adams Boston Lager fit the task. In his small oven-filled classroom, he walked us through the process. Here's how to make a just-right-every-time beer-infused pizza dough.
Makes: Two rounds of dough for 12" to 14" pizzas
• 3 1/2 cups (20 oz.) unbleached all-purpose flour plus more for dusting
• 1 packet instant, high-active yeast
• 1 tablespoon fine granulation salt
• 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
• 1 bottle of Samuel Adams Boston Lager warmed up to 120-130 degrees
Warm the beer in a bowl of very warm, not boiling, water. If you don't have a thermometer, the beer should end up feeling very warm to the touch.
In a large bowl, combine flour, yeast, salt, and oil and then build up a pile in the center.
Crack open a cold beer (for you), and use the warmed brew to make a moat around the flour and stir with a fork until the dough is lumpy. Then, go in with your hands. The dough should be a little sticky, so you can gradually add flour as you knead until it is just slightly tacky. Knead slowly by pressing down, folding it inside-out, and repeating.
Break the finished dough into two equal pieces.
Ball each piece up and place each in a separate airtight plastic container lightly greased with olive oil (we used quart-sized takeout deli containers).
Set dough aside to rise in a warm location (about 70-80 degrees is good). After it has doubled in size (about 1 to 2 hours), remove from container and on a floured surface, methodically stretch the dough so it fits on a lightly greased 12" or 14" cookie sheet, pizza pan, or pizza screen.
A note on working with the finished dough: Take your time. The strategy Bello takes is to push down on the fresh-risen dough from the container and gently knead it into something resembling a circle. Then, "play DJ" by spinning the dough in a circle with one hand as you stretch it equally in a circle with the other.
Add your sauce, cheese, and toppings and place the pizza in a 500-degree (or more) oven for about 15 minutes.
More From Men's Journal:
-- How To Make Your Own Beef Jerky
-- How To Make Easy Indoor Baby Back Ribs


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Helped by a booming auto industry in Mexico, Austrian injection press supplier Engel Holding GmbH is enjoying strong sales there.
"I'm not ready to say we're No. 1, but we're keeping up quite well and the [sales] figures for 2012 are considerably higher than in 2011," Peter Auinger, managing director of subsidiary Engel de México SA de CV, said July 10.
Engel did business in Mexico worth about $24.5 million in 2011, said Auinger, a polymer engineer, in a telephone interview.
More than 60 percent of Engel's business in the country is with the auto industry.
Eight companies assembled an unprecedented 2.55 million light vehicles in 2011, 13.1 percent more than in 2010, according to national automakers association AMIA (Asociación Mexicana de la Industria Automotriz AC). Those companies were: Chrysler Group LLC, Fiat Group Automobiles, Ford Motor Co., General Motors, Honda Motor Co. Ltd., Nissan Motor Co. Ltd., Toyota Motor Corp. and Volkswagen AG.
In the first six months of 2012, they produced an additional 1.41 million light vehicles, 12.8 percent more than in the first half of 2011, AMIA said.
With the likes of Nissan ($2 billion), Volkswagen ($1.3 billion), Honda ($800 million), Mazda Motor Corp. ($500 million) and Audi AG (unknown) committing at least $4.6 billion to building new plants or extending existing ones in Mexico, Auinger is optimistic about the future.
"There's a clear intent to increase the national automotive industry's production to 3.5 million in the next two or three years," he said.
In addition to new business from its auto industry customers, most of which are Tier 1 and Tier 2 suppliers, opportunities are arising from the arrival of new suppliers from abroad, he said.
In the past 18 months in Mexico, the company has sold four presses with clamping forces of 3,500 tons.
But Auinger is also looking forward to growth in other sectors where Engel supplies machines in Mexico: packaging for industrial and consumer goods, teletronics and medical, he said.
Since Auinger's arrival in February 2011, Engel has added six employees in Mexico and now has a staff of 22, including service, sales and administrative personnel.
The firm opened a $5.5 million technical center and Mexican headquarters on the outskirts of Querétaro in October 2010.
"There are maybe between 2,700 and 3,000 injection molders in Mexico, between 1,400 and 1,500 of whom are potential customers," he said. "We still have a long way to go to penetrate the market."


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Quicken Loans 400 Preview
June 12, 2013
The Quicken Loans 400 at Michigan International Speedway (two-mile oval, Brooklyn, Michigan)
Sunday June 16, 1:00 pm ET
No. 2 Miller Lite Ford Fusion driven by Brad Keselowski
• MICHIGAN HOMECOMING: Brad Keselowski grew up in the Detroit, Mich., suburb of Rochester Hills. He was the first Michigan-born driver to win the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship when he took the crown last year. While he has yet to win at his home track in the Cup Series, he does have two NASCAR Nationwide Series victories at Michigan International Speedway (MIS).
• HAPPY FATHER'S DAY: Keselowski calls his father, Bob Keselowski, his racing hero. The elder Keselowski is a former ARCA Series champion and NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series winner. No doubt the younger Keselowski will want to give his dad a great Father's Day gift by going to Victory Lane on Sunday.
• THE MIGHTY MAC IN BLUE: The Mackinac Bridge in northern Michigan was lit in blue on May 29th as part of a celebration of Keselowski's 2012 Cup title. It will remain lit through the Quicken Loans 400 on Sunday. The bridge is the third-longest in the world in total suspension.
• FORD RACING DAY AND POLISH SPORTS HALL OF FAME: On Thursday, June 13, Keselowski and the other Penske Racing drivers will visit the Ford headquarters in Dearborn, Mich., for Ford Racing Day. While at Ford the group will take part in several driving activities and sign autographs for Ford employees. That evening, Keselowski will be honored with induction into the National Polish-American Sports Hall of Fame.
• MEET KESELOWSKI: Keselowski will make an appearance at Artesian Wells located at U.S. 12 and U.S. 127 in Cement City, Mich., beginning at 7 pm ET on Friday, June 14.
• MICHIGAN NATIVES: In addition to Keselowski there are two other Michigan natives on the "Blue Deuce" roster. Car chief Jerry Kelley hails from Sherwood, Mich., while engineer Brian Wilson is from Detroit.
"We've had speed in our Miller Lite Fords all year. We're still struggling a little bit in the execution part of our game, but those are issues that can be ironed out. It was unfortunate that we left a top-five on the table at Pocono last weekend. Obviously the 48 car was the class of the field, but I think we could've made it interesting. But we've seen in the past that having speed at Pocono can often translate into speed at Michigan. I'm looking forward to going to my home state and contending for a victory."
"I certainly used to put a lot of pressure on myself when going to Michigan. Especially for the first few Cup races of my career. In 2009 and 2010 I was probably no fun to be around when we got there. I really want a win at my home track. But I think (crew chief) Paul (Wolfe) has a big influence on my mindset when I go up to race at MIS. I'm way more relaxed and I think it has shown in the results over our last couple of races. We still don't have a Cup win there, though, and that definitely drives me. It would be one of the biggest wins of my career."
No. 22 Shell-Pennzoil Ford Fusion driven by Joey Logano
• ON A HOT STREAK: Joey Logano enters the race at Michigan this weekend riding a bit of a hot streak in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Logano finished 10th last weekend at Pocono Raceway, marking his third-straight top-10 finish (fourth if you count the Sprint All-Star race) and his sixth top 10 in his last 10 races.
• DADDY TOM: One of the most well-known fathers in the garage area, Tom Logano has been with his son throughout his entire racing career. A garbage man from the Northeast, Tom Logano got his son interested in racing after buying him a go-kart at an early age despite not having a racing background himself. Since that point, the two have worked together throughout Logano's racing career before the youngster was signed to run in the NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS). In fact, in just his third Nationwide Series start, coming on Father's Day weekend, the younger Logano scored his first NNS win, making him the youngest NNS winner in NASCAR history and giving his dad the best Father's Day gift of his life.
• MICHIGAN FEAST OR FAMINE: Michigan International Speedway has been both a good and bad track for Logano over the course of his Sprint Cup Series career. In eight starts at the track, Logano has three top-10 finishes, all of which came early in his career. Last year, Logano was running in the top 10 in both Cup Series races at Michigan before being involved in accidents.
• FORD RACING DAY: This coming Thursday, Logano and the rest of the Ford Racing family of drivers will visit the Ford headquarters in Dearborn, Mich., for Ford Racing Day. As part of the visit, the drivers to tour the facility, partake in several activities and sign autographs for Ford employees.
• POINTS RACE: Logano moved up two spots in the point standings to 16th after Pocono. He's now just 26 points out of the Chase.
"The best teams are able to run up front each and every weekend. That is where we need to get this Shell-Pennzoil team. I think we need to get to the point to where we unload the car and start the race closer to the front, so we have a better shot at the win and at top fives. We have been getting some good finishes this year, but it seems like we are always fighting back from a problem or fighting from the back of the field. If we can get to where we are a little better at the start of the weekend, I think you will see a whole different outcome."
"All that will just come with time. The thing I need to keep telling myself is that we are still only 14 races into this new relationship. (Crew chief) Todd (Gordon) and myself have only been together for 14 races and I've only been with Penske Racing for 14 races. We've come a long way, but we are still working and learning new things about each other every single weekend. With time, that will come. I think we've done pretty good so far, but we want to keep it going. You never want to come to the track and stop learning. We still are for sure."


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Liberty supports skate programs with sixth annual PraiseFest
April 6, 2013 | Lynchburg, Va.
PraiseFest on Ice had its sixth annual showing, Saturday night at the LaHaye Ice Center, with a combined performance from Liberty University's figure skating and synchronized skating teams and members of the Lynchburg community.
"The highlight of the performance for me was being able to highlight so many talented skaters in various ways, in their singing as well as their skating ability," said Tatiana Payne, who serves as head coach for both teams. "Having community skaters involved was great, and they seemed to enjoy the atmosphere."
The theme of this year's program was "Hearts Aflame."
"We've been working on it since the end of February, after the synchronized skating team's trip to Sectionals (in Lake Placid, N.Y.)," Payne said. "The whole team did a really great job."
The hour-and-a-half-long show, featuring predominantly Christian songs, started with the lights turned off and the windows covered at LaHaye, and only a window dressing of artificial light on the backdrop as the skaters were introduced by spotlight. It quickly shifted from darkness to light with the opening dance to "God's Not Dead" by newsboys in a skate that featured all 45 of the show's participants. That included Liberty University Radiance, the synchronized skating team that began with black covers before eventually displaying their brightly colored outfits.
"The costumes were not too elaborate," Payne said. "We try to keep the cost to a bare minimum so we can make some profit off of it for the team."
The show included solo skating routines by Liberty team members Kelsey Rieschl, Anna Johnson, and Kelly Pollock as well as Maya Carter, one of the up-and-coming figure skaters from the Lynchburg area who also skated with Johnson and Patricia Justice in a trio to the song "God Bless the Broken Road," by Selah.
Payne said she received the most positive feedback from the LU skating team's skit, in which all 25 of the skaters involved performed sign language to the song "Testify to Love" by Avalon.
"I got a few comments from parents that really enjoyed it and said it was very touching and one of the best choreographed routines in the years that Praise Fest has been performed," Payne said.
The event raised about $1,000 for Liberty University Skating program, which supplements the money raised over the winter through the Learn to Skate program.


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Chiefs ship CB Arenas to Cardinals
Kansas City, MO – The Kansas City Chiefs traded cornerback Javier Arenas to the Arizona Cardinals on Wednesday in exchange for fullback Anthony Sherman.
A second-round pick of the Chiefs in the 2010 draft, Arenas made a career-high nine starts last season and finished the year with 60 tackles and eight passes defensed. The 25-year-old was not expected to challenge for a starting job this season, however, after Kansas City added veteran corners Sean Smith and Dunta Robinson through free agency.
Arenas also gives the Cardinals experience in the return game, having averaged 9.9 yards per punt runback and 21.0 yards on kickoffs over his three NFL seasons. He led the AFC with an average of 12.8 yards per punt return in 2011.
Sherman made the Cardinals as a fifth-round pick in 2011 and served as the club's primary fullback the past two seasons, but Arizona wasn't planning on utilizing the position as much under new head coach Bruce Arians. The Connecticut product recorded 13 catches for 111 yards during his time with the team.


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25 Things You Must Eat in Tainan, the Culinary Center of Taiwan
For those who hail from Taiwan, it's common knowledge that the city of Tainan, located on the southern part of the island, is its food capital. Known as "the City of Snacks," Tainan is where people flock to try some of the most delicious and unique dishes of Taiwan.
There's a lot of history there. Tainan is the oldest city and used to be the capital and economic center of Taiwan. Though it has since ceded its political power and cosmopolitan allure, the area has managed to preserve a lot of its food traditions. Meals come in the form of very small plates, seafood is dominant, and unlike northern Taiwan, the dishes tend to be much sweeter (Tainan was once at the hub of sugar production).
Don't expect fancy restaurants with banquet style meals and elaborate decor here. What makes Tainan so renowned is a network of small street vendors who cook and serve the food outside. Some have become so famous over the years, they've been able to afford a brick and mortar, but the concept of each place remains the same: family-owned, home-cooked, and remarkably affordable.


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Building approvals slump surprises housing sector
Australian residential building approvals fell 4.4 per cent to 12,767 units in December.
This compares to an upwardly revised 13,351 units in November, seasonally adjusted.
In the year to December, building approvals were up 9.3 per cent, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said on Monday.
Economists' forecasts had centred on a one per cent rise in approvals for December.
JP Morgan economist Tom Kennedy said the ABS figures also showed approvals for houses fell for the first time since April 2012.
''That is quite worrying because detached dwellings really give you the underlying sense of what's happening in the housing market,'' he said.
Mr Kennedy said the building approvals data suggested the RBA may need to cut the cash rate (currently at three per cent) again in the next few months in order to support the housing construction sector.
''When you look at the number of building approvals in level terms, they are significantly lower than they were in 2010 and 2009 and if you want to see those levels return I think the RBA is going to have to provide a bit more of an accommodative stance over the coming months,'' he said.
However, Mr Kennedy said an improving outlook for the global economy, including stronger growth in China, meant the RBA would keep the cash rate on hold at its February board meeting on Tuesday.


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A rumble-tumble Horizon League matchup between Green Bay and Loyola-Chicago ended with a Kam Cerroni three-pointer as time elapsed in overtime, launching an explosion off the Phoenix bench in which a referee took a nasty fall.
As noted by the Loyola broadcasters you hear in the above clip, officials could have cited Green Bay for a technical foul for any number of reasons, as there was still 0.4 seconds remaining in the game (though, admittedly, the Ramblers would still have had to inbound the ball and make a shot in that amount of time regardless of the outcome of technical foul shots). As it turned out, the referees elected not to cite Green Bay and they went home with the 73-70 win. [Horizon League]
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WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- A Greek shipping company has agreed to pay the New Zealand government up to $31.5 million toward the cleanup costs of a cargo ship's grounding on a reef near popular swimming and surfing beaches last year. But taxpayers will still be footing some of the bill.
The vessel Rena ran onto the Astrolabe reef near Tauranga on a calm night last October. It spilled hundreds of tons of oil and killed thousands of sea birds in what authorities say was New Zealand's worst maritime environmental disaster.
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Daina Shipping, a subsidiary of Greek-based Costamare, along with its insurers agreed Tuesday to settle with New Zealand for $22.9 million for oil cleanup costs incurred so far and another $8.6 million if it doesn't remove the pieces of the wreck that still sit on the reef.
The company has also spent an estimated $80 million on a separate salvage operation - removing oil, hundreds of shipping containers and some parts of the ship's frame.
The New Zealand government says the disaster has cost it $38.9 million (NZ$47 million), meaning Tuesday's settlement will leave it out of pocket at least $7.4 million, but that maritime laws limit Costamare's financial liability.
"I think it's a very good result given all of the circumstances," said Keith Manch, the chief executive of Maritime New Zealand, the agency that oversees shipping in the country.
He said it isn't ideal that taxpayers end up having to pay some of the costs. However, he said, Costamare had agreed to pay more than double the limit it was legally obliged to under New Zealand shipping laws enacted some 36 years ago.
Transport Minister Gerry Brownlee said the government is planning to change the law to increase the amount that companies like Costamare will need to pay in the future.
Brownlee said liability limitations remain important, however, in encouraging ships to come to New Zealand.
"This is part of the risk we take in an economy that relies on trade," he said. "We're going to increase the limitation going forward, and maybe that should have been done sooner. But nobody expects these types of things."
Costamare did not immediately return calls Tuesday.
Aside from the latest settlement, Costamare also still faces charges under New Zealand's environmental laws. If found guilty, it would face a maximum fine of about $500,000.
Last month, the captain and navigator of the Rena were deported from New Zealand to their home country of the Philippines after completing prison sentences for their role in the grounding.
Capt. Mauro Balomaga and navigator Leonil Relon were each sentenced to seven months in prison in May after pleading guilty to operating the ship dangerously and altering ship documents after the crash. They were deported after serving half that time, a typical amount for lesser crimes under New Zealand law.
Investigators concluded that the pair took shortcuts on their planned route as they tried to reach the nearby Port of Tauranga by a deadline.


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Riding the new – carfree – Gibbs Street Bridge
Posted by Jonathan Maus (Publisher/Editor) on July 19th, 2012 at 9:13 am
I finally got a chance to check out the new Gibbs Street Bridge yesterday. Verdict? It's a fantastic new connection between the Lair Hill Neighborhood and the South Waterfront District.
During the evening rush hour, the $12 million bridge ($10 million of which came from the Feds) — which spans over about 12-13 lanes of I-5 freeway and on-ramps — felt like an oasis amid a snarl of car-choked traffic.
It was wide and welcoming, even on the east side, which is only accessible via an elevator or several steep flights of stairs.
In the time I was there, I saw a wide range of users, from children to people walking dogs, jogging (the new stairs are a hot new workout spot!), and lots of people on bikes. The elevator was a breeze to use. And, thankfully it's quite spacious and could easily fit a bike with a trailer or a longtail/cargo bike. The ride itself took about 35 seconds.
You can roll right up to the elevator doors from the new cycle track on SW Moody (just across from the Go By Bike bike shop and OHSU bike parking). Once up on the bridge deck, there's a fantastic viewing platform that gives you a nice view of the river and the Ross Island Bridge.
On the west side, the bridge spreads open its arms and welcomes folks with nice paving stones at the same grade as the sidewalk. I liked how there wasn't a bunch of signage or pavement markings saying what users can and cannot do. I appreciated the minimalist aesthetics (get rid of the bollard and it'd be perfect). Also on the west side, the project improved the SW Gibbs/Kelly intersection with a zebra-striped crosswalk and warning signs telling folks to expect people to be crossing.
While snapping photos, I met Patty Fendall, who was walking her dog. Patty and her husband Matt live just a few blocks away from the bridge entrance and she was just tickled to death that it had finally opened. "We're just so excited… The connection to the other side, the river, the parks, the businesses, it's just amazing." The Fendalls have extra reason to be enthused about the new bridge, they've just opened a new food cart, Jaffles & Wraps, that's parked just a few yards away (at right, in photo below). In fact, they like the bridge so much, they put it on their logo.
While overall I think the bridge is wonderful, I do have a quibble. Since I fully expect the elevator to not always been open and/or operable, I was happy to hear project staff say the 125 (or so) stairs were built with a wheel gutter. Unfortunately, the wheel gutter is pretty atrocious. It's just 3-4 inches of flat concrete shoved to one side of the stairway. You're better off putting your bike on your shoulders, investing in a locally made frame handle, or just hoping the elevator is open.
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"To survive on the fringes making these films, I'm basically a miser," says Walkow, who shot Crashing for $7,500, on DV, with a five-person crew. "I'm pretty non-materialistic. I think objects own you; you don't own objects. And I'm just real sensitive to the fact that our lifespan is shockingly brief. So, what do you want to do with your pitiful few years on Earth? Do you want to be a lawyer and do contracts all day? That's great if you enjoy that. To me, making art is the most engaging thing to do. It's sensual; it engages every aspect of my being. I would rather live simply and be able to come to a little office and do that every day than live on some grandiose scale and not be able to do that. And I think that's possible in our culture."
The way Jill Godmilow sees it, that utopian artist's life may not be so possible, at least for the next crop of aspiring filmmakers. "I have students graduating with $90,000 in debt," she tells me over morning coffee at her Tribeca apartment, a few days before she's due back at the University of Notre Dame (where she has taught film production since 1992). Her demeanor is stern, but caring, and strands of her long, graying blond hair fall around her face as she speaks. "I have wept with my students when they realize what that means," she goes on to say. "You've basically got to walk into a cubicle the day you graduate and start paying that debt off until you're 45. What it takes to be an artist, the kind of time you need -- you can't do that and be paying off $90,000. That's why the revolution won't start in this country."
Like Walkow, Godmilow pinched her pennies in the years after Waiting for the Moon, a lyrical and bittersweet portrait of the relationship between the writer Gertrude Stein and her lover/muse Alice B. Toklas. Living in New York on as little as $20,000 a year, she applied for grant money and tried to parlay her Sundance success into a second dramatic feature. "I wanted to make more," she says. "I thought I was a rank beginner when I made that film, and I wanted to do better. It wasn't because I had to be a Hollywood director; in fact, I respected other kinds of cinema much more. But I had my shot, and I wanted to do it again. So I did develop three projects, and they were all good, and they all should have been made."
Of those projects, the one that came closest to fruition also proved the most stinging loss. As Godmilow was heading back from the Paris shoot of Waiting for the Moon, the expatriate American filmmaker Robert Kramer (Ice, Milestones) gave her a copy of Raymond Carver's short-story collection, What We Talk About When We Talk About Love. She was halfway across the Atlantic when she began to see the movie version in her head. "I figured out that even though the stories were about different characters, they were all stories from his life and that you could string them back like pearls, with blackouts in between," she says. "That way, the Carver would be preserved." Soon, Godmilow had a script, a partner in future Brokeback Mountain producer James Schamus, and $1.5 million of a projected $2 million budget. "There were 10,000 permutations. I had an agent by now. Everything looked good. We were in pre-production twice. James and I scouted locations. But we could never pull it off. We could never get that last $500,000."
Then, the death knell -- and a lesson that the independent filmmaking arena can be as cutthroat as the mainstream -- came in the form of the late Robert Altman. "Somebody gave him a book of Ray Carver stories," Godmilow recalls. "He then got ahold of our script -- he knew we had the option, that we were out there raising money everywhere -- and he just starts to raise money for the same material. He would call me up here and say things like, 'Look, just give me the rights. You're never going to make this film.' Eventually, the option ran out, and we didn't have the right to endlessly option the material. Ray, who loved our script, had now died; Tess Gallagher, his widow, was worried about how she was going to survive. I've never seen Short Cuts, and I never will."
It was that experience that chased Godmilow into the world of academia, where she has since managed to make three additional nonfiction films, including What Farocki Taught, her extraordinary 1997 "remake" of a 1969 film by the German documentarian Harun Farocki. Bruised but not defeated by her misadventures in the Hollywood trade, Godmilow today has few regrets. But like almost everyone I talked to for this story, she's understandably livid about a recent New York Times article titled "Survival Tips for the Aging Independent Filmmaker," which made a pathetic, pitiable figure out of the maverick American independent Jon Jost (who edited his best-known film, All the Vermeers in New York, in Godmilow's apartment) simply because his films play to small audiences and failed to bring him copious amounts of fame and wealth. "The people who write articles like that can't imagine that there's anything else to do in cinema, or that anyone would choose to do those other things. But [at the time of Waiting for the Moon] I had already made Far From Poland [1984], which was a breakthrough documentary shown all over the world. I didn't have to play games with Robert Altman in order to have a life."


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AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Cory Booker, the constantly tweeting mayor of Newark, New Jersey, who intends to run for the U.S. Senate, said on Sunday that the federal government needs to reinvent the often overly formal way it uses social media.
"It's just using it as an announcement system, like you used to listen to in class: 'The cafeteria will be serving roast beef, and I will be at this place or that place'," Booker told Reuters after an appearance at the South by Southwest Interactive Festival in Austin, Texas. "But that's not interaction, that's not collaboration."
Booker, 43, a rising star in the Democratic Party who has more than 1.3 million followers on Twitter, told the Austin audience that he can't be a mayor who sits behind a desk and waits for the world to come to him.
Last year, the Newark mayor was hailed as a hero for inviting into his home neighbors who, he learned on Twitter, lost power because of Superstorm Sandy.
He also uses Twitter to give city phone numbers to constituents, share inspirational quotes, declare his love for the TV series Star Trek and answer questions from local students while admonishing them not to tweet in class.
"On it," he replied to a resident who complained recently of a broken street light.
Booker, who made a failed run for Newark mayor in 2002 before winning the job in 2006, said he's been hooked on Twitter since actor Ashton Kutcher called and told him why he should dive into the micro-blogging site.
Booker said it was important to be himself on social media - and that this would still be true if he were in the Senate.
"Life is about telling your truth and being who you are, 100 percent," he said. "This world desperately needs authenticity, people who have the courage to tell their truth every single day, and I would not stop being who I am just because of the title that's before my name."
One of his Twitter followers, Shuronda Robinson of Austin, said she took her 12- and 13-year-old sons to his appearance at South by Southwest and made sure he shook the boys' hands.
"I was so inspired," she said after Booker's remarks to an audience that didn't fill a large auditorium. "I wanted my boys to see someone living with purpose."
Newark, eight miles from Manhattan and New Jersey's largest city, was once a thriving manufacturing center but for the last half century has battled political corruption, urban blight and high crime.
Booker, a former Rhodes Scholar, has made reducing crime a major priority. In March 2010, Newark experienced its first murder-free month since 1944.
While Booker's national profile is rising, some Newark residents have criticized him for being absent from the city as he travels around the country, appears on TV programs and meets business leaders.
Booker said that traveling has helped him secure benefits to Newark, such as a $100 million gift to its schools from Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg.
"He didn't come to Newark to say, 'Hey, I want to give you $100 million,'" Booker said. "We were at a conference together."
Booker has filed papers to run for the Senate in 2014. Senator Frank Lautenberg, 89, a long-serving New Jersey Democrat, has said he will not seek re-election. Booker has been leading in New Jersey polls for the seat.
"It is even my intention to run, but I'm not going to come to any conclusions until after November," Booker told Reuters.
(Reporting by Corrie MacLaggan; Editing by Cynthia Johnston and Philip; Barbara)