13 Ancient things that don't make sense in History: 3. Roman ports miles away from the coast – when sea levels are apparently rising.
When we look at old maps of Roman settlements and ports around Britain and the Mediterranean, we see that a majority are built on the coastline or waterways of these countries. This fact is not surprising as these locations would need a constant supply of goods for trading and construction. However, if we look more closely at these at these sites, it becomes apparent that some of the locations are far away from the shoreline or rivers that once supplied them. For example, Brading Roman Villa in the Isle of Wight 1. 5km from the sea and 500m from the nearest in water river, which is so small that it could hardly take a canoe let alone a Roman supply ship.
Another example is in Turkey in the Roman capital of Asia Minor, Ephesus where Queen Cleopatra sailed from Egypt to the Roman high command to meet Anthony, with a ceremony that is still enacted today for the tourists. Ephasis is a good 8km from the sea, so unless Queen Cleopatra was in need of a long walk, the shoreline has drastically changed since Roman times. The final and best example is Lewes in East Sussex, which is an incredible 15km from the coast. Moreover, this vast distance from the sea we see today is compounded by the fact that sea levels have risen by 2m over the last two thousand years, showing that the natural distance from these harbours to the coastline was even greater during the past.
The history books will tell you that this is down to either natural or manmade drainage, but why would you wish to allow a thriving harbour to silt up if it was commercially viable?
In all three cases, this silting resulted in the houses or cities being completely abandoned or livelihoods lost, and the towns scaled down as a consequence. However, what is remarkable about all these locations is that they share in common factor and that the harbours were directly fed by rivers emptying into that area.
These locations we built, at a time when the groundwaters were high and the river flow was sufficient to flood the harbour allowing boats to sail in and out of the location. This rise in groundwater was due to the 'Post Glacial Flooding' which occurred directly after the last Ice Age and had constantly been reducing in size affecting rivers all over Europe for the past 12,000 years. This is because the surplus water drains into the sea raising sea levels (that's why sea levels over the past five years have risen although global warming has 'plateaued' and the Antarctic ice sheets increased in size) and cannot be replaced by the small amount of rainwater that tops up the groundwater in certain seasons.
The loss of this groundwater has been compounded over the last 1000 years as agriculture and the massive increase in populations have demanded we use more of this precious groundwater for drinking and manufacture processes and hence the loss of rivers and streams in hot summers. Moreover, this water will only be fully replenished when the next ice age covers Europe once again, so until then, this loss of groundwater we see affecting the shorelines of these ancient fortifications, and harbours will continue until the sea rise eventually floods the same area again, but not with fresh water this time, but with sea water.


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We want Educators to grow a HOPE Garden to give their students a chance to learn life and job readiness skills.
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Have a meeting to make sure everyone is on the same page. In order to run a successful business, all parties must collaborate for the HOPE Project to work, because tending the herbs is an everyday business.
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There will not be much to tend to at first, just need to check on seedlings.
Which days the class will harvest and how they will communicate the delivery and amount for the restaurant.


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Q: At what times is the energy in an LC oscillator completely electric or completely magnetic? I know that the time period of the LC oscillations is given by $T=2\pi\sqrt{LC}$. At what times is the total energy of the circuit completely stored in the capacitor or completely in the inductor?

A: First of all, let's assume that we have a capacitor that is charged. We connect it to a circuit that has an inductor and a switch. Let's assume that, for $t_0=0$, the circuit is open; i.e., the switch is open, the current along the wires is zero, the capacitor is still fully charged and all the energy of the circuit is stored in the capacitor.
As you said, the behaviour of the circuit is periodic: this means that for $t=T=2\pi\sqrt{LC}$ , all the energy will be stored in the capacitor again. The same goes for $t=2T$, $t=3T$, etc.
From now on, let's analyze the problem in just one period - we already know what happens after that.
Then, at $t=\frac{T}{4}$, the current hits a maximum (you can check this if you solve the differential equation you get from going around the circuit). That means that now all the energy is stored in the inductor.
After that, at $t=\frac{T}{2}$, the current is zero again: the energy is stored completely in the capacitor now. But, this time, the polarity of the capacitor is exactly opposed to the one we had at $t=0$. (This is just an observation, when talking about energy it is not relevant.)
In the end, when $t=\frac{3}{4}T$, all the energy will be stored in the inductor again. This time, the current function hits a minimum: this is a maximum in absolute value, but with an opposite direction of the one we had before.

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The Clone Wars: Asking Geopolitical Questions to Pre-Teens
Onderon as a test case for Jedi exceptionalism.
[Enjoy this guest post from frequent contributor Timothy Swann! – Ed.]
"There are pockets of rebels on many of these planets that just need guidance. With training and resources, they could attack soft targets…"
"Now, to be clear, we are not here to fight your war; rather, to show you how to conduct it in the most efficient and successful way possible."
"I think of it as an insurgency to help realign these planets with the Republic."
The world is a difficult place. We're surrounded by war, suffering and revolution – and the news is rightly filled with discussion of the rightness or wrongness of our own nations' involvement in such affairs. Sometimes we want to get away from it all. Many of us, it seems, do it by diving into cartoons whose technical demographic is far younger than our own – the successes of Friendship Is Magic, Adventure Time and The Clone Wars all speak to this.
Trouble is, the Clone Wars isn't really a kids show.
We've heard before on the site here that The Clone Wars is tragedy dressed up as heroic legend and that it lionises the clones and their morally questionable Jedi generals, but the evocation of the Iliad and the bioethics of a clone army don't usually speak to day-to-day political issues. The current series of The Clone Wars, on the other hand, does just that.
The Clone Wars Season Five, subtitled Army of Revenge, quickly dispenses with the silliness of Darth Maul and his brother Savage Oppress to move on to its first multi-part storyline, which concerns the Republic handwringing (they may use unethical clonetroopers, but they think about it all the time) over whether they ought to intervene in a civil war on the planet Onderon. Onderon is a planet with a history of violent internal conflict, as well as leadership that can only be described as categorically evil. The last time the Republic got involved in the internal matters of Onderon, it led to a galactic war. The Republic decided, considering how many civil wars there are that fall along Separatist versus Republic lines, to use Onderon as a trial case. Send the Jedi to equip, resource and train the pro-Republic forces and have them overthrow the relatively legitimate government of Onderon without direct attacks on the Separatist-backed Onderonian government led by King Sanjay Rash.
In other words, whether NATO should have intervened in Libya.
Firstly, the Republic was using this as a test case – many were wary of getting involved, but there were many opportunities for the Republic to replicate this if it proved succesful. As it stands, the impact of the Arab Spring remains strong in many nations – it has provoked uprisings and civil wars. The USA or NATO or the UN, which each here roughly align with the Republic – a force for democracy that isn't always a shining example of doing it well or effectively – have not intervened except in one case, that of Libya. But the idea that those groups might do the same in Syria is certainly not off the table, though the idea that it might be achieved with limited involvement seems increasingly unlikely. Thus far, NATO has only gone as far as trying to limit the civil war's impact on Turkey, one of its oldest member states. Greater intervention in Yemen may yet occur to act against Al-Qaeda, dependent on the new unity government's success at that mission.
The Onderonian Resistance was based around loyalty to the ousted King of Onderon, Ramsis Dendup, the deposed and imprisoned king. He, however, has no operational or indeed direct input to the rebels, but merely serves as their inspiration. The royalist flag of the Libyan rebels similarly evokes King Idris I, who was deposed, exiled and sentenced to death by Gaddafi. Idris I was pro-UN and pro-British but did not get involved in the Cold War, just as Dendup supported the Republic but did not involve himself in the Clone Wars. Equally, Gadaffi supported the Soviet Union, but also, like Rash, maintained a great deal of personal independence.
The key military objective for the rebels was retaking the occupied city of Iziz, which is the capital of Onderon. This battle takes time – the city was filled with a superior military force and the population are terrified. In Tripoli, an initial uprising in February 2011 was put down more successfully than elsewhere, and the layout of the city and shutdown of the internet made it a key Gaddafi stronghold that held until the rebels could bring well-trained and well-equipped forces into play. The Onderonian rebels had the advantage of anti-droid weaponry which would not harm civilians, but the battle was not truly accomplished until they broadcast propaganda holographically and the impotent brutality of the King was revealed. As the rebels approached Tripoli, on the 20th August, an uprising began within the city, aiding the rebels in taking it.
Focusing on specialist weaponry, the Onderonian rebels were skilled at guerrilla tactics and urban warfare, but proved immensely vulnerable to Separatist HMP Gunships, lacking any means of gaining air superiority. The Republic, admittedly via Black Market sources, provided the rebels with rocket launchers that allowed them to wipe out the gunships and redress this balance. Efforts of a different sort but with the same aim were taken by NATO in establishing a no-fly-zone. As far as I am aware, no fighters were engaged in this operation, but air defences were destroyed, and the aircraft also targeted ground and naval vehicles to defend civilians and rebel forces that they themselves could not expect to counter.
Fear will keep them in line!
Returning to taking the city – one of the reasons why the rebels entered Tripoli so swiftly was that a Loyalist commander surrendered one of his guard battalions to repay the murder of his cousin by the regime years before. The moral quandary for the head of the Onderonian Militia is more complex – General Tandin wants to preserve the peace and livelihood of the people of Onderon, but in the end it is personal reasons that causes him to move from supporting King Rash to King Dendup – that he will not see the former King executed in front of the people. From this point on, Rash is hamstrung, relying only on outside forces that cannot be trusted.
The leader of the Onderonian Resistance is unclear at first, but emerges by popular assent to be Steela Gerrera ahead of her more militant brother Saw and the more peaceful former Senator Lux Bonteri.
However, the conflict ends with the death of this leader in fighting the air power of the state – a gunship shot down by the rebels crashes, leaving both Steela and the rightful King in mortal peril. The Jedi Ahsoka Tano attempts to save them both, retrieving the King, but another gunship wounds her and she releases Steela from her telekinetic grip to fall to her death. Similarly chaotic events led to the death of one of the key leaders of the Libyan rebels – Abdul Fatah Younis was the Commander-in-Chief of the rebel military, having formerly been the Minister of the Interior for the Gaddafi government. Whilst coming back from Benghazi where he had discussed with the rebel leadership his family's ties with the regime, though those who summoned him may not have had the authority to do so, his car was attacked. He was shot dead during the attack. One of two offshoots of the main NTC rebels are believed to have been involved – both seeking revenge for his actions as Minister of the Interior. He was, nevertheless, buried as a hero of the rebellion.
So long as we don't turn the country over to religious fanatics …
Each civil war is ended by the death of the dictator. In the case of Libya, Gaddafi was found and either killed in crossfire or summarily executed by the rebel forces. This was after a satellite phone call he made was intercepted by NATO, who sent air forces to disable his convoy and allow the rebels to capture him. By contrast King Rash was killed by the Separatist droid general sent to lead the Separatist units at the forefront of the civil war, apparently because of his uselessness to the Separatist cause having failed to crush the rebels.
To conclude, there seem to be a good number of parallels, which might be considered surprising for the genre and target audience of the show. But the Star Wars Expanded universe always has this in it somewhere. The Yuuzhan Vong spoke to the fears in the War On Terror of an ideological battle against something supposedly more alien than Communism. Legacy of the Force shows how moves to create safety reduce freedom. Fate of the Jedi references the Arab Spring continually.
Equally, the original Star Wars films were designed as a specific political fantasy: George Lucas said in 1973 (as quoted in The Making of Star Wars) that:
"The Empire is like America ten years from now, after Nixonian gangsters assassinated the Emperor and were elevated to power in a rigged election; created civil disorder by instigating race riots, aiding rebel groups, and allowing the crime rate to rise to the point where a 'total control' police state was welcomed by the people. Then the people were exploited with high taxes, utility, and transport costs. Gangsters, a cartel made up of power companies, transport companies & crime organizations. Other companies had to pay bribes to stay in business."
More recently, when asked about the parallels of Revenge of the Sith and George W. Bush (in the audio commentary to Revenge of the Sith), he stated:
"When I first started making the film [the first Star Wars], it was during the Vietnam War, and it was during a period when Nixon was going for a third term – or trying to get the Constitution changed to could go for a third term – and it got me to thinking about how democracies turn into dictatorships. Not how they're taken over where there's a coup or anything like that, but how the democracy turns itself over to a tyrant."
So, be aware the next time you turn on Cartoon Network (or as it will soon no doubt be, Disney XD), you might just be getting involved in an unlikely geopolitical analogy, without even so much as a Gadaffi Stick joke.
Timothy Swann is that one with the British accent. He talks about Star Wars literally all the time on the Psycomedia Podcast and he twitterates on @tetrarchangel.
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3 Comments on "The Clone Wars: Asking Geopolitical Questions to Pre-Teens"
Timothy J Swann Jan 4th 2013 10:15 am #
I've just found out that the writer of these episodes is Chris Collins, story editor/writer on The Wire and producer of Sons of Anarchy, which is quite a pedigree and continues to prove that The Clone Wars is not a children's show.
Dimwit Jan 6th 2013 11:38 am #
I'm a looong way from a pre-teen but I'm gonna weigh in on this. You've got quite the mishmash of entities so I'll restrict myself to the real ones with fictional references.
Your issue is based on a fallacy in that there is no real world equivalent to the Republic. The U.S. is certainly not the answer and the U.N. is nothing but a club. Sure it's identical to the Republic in that it's corrupt, inefficient, incompetent and ineffectual but there's no power or remit to *do* anything.
What that means is there is no justification for getting involved with anyone that's within their border. That is the sacrosanct line that the U.N. tries mightly to never cross. Of course those dictators that like to be the bsd will reap what they sow when they need Viagra to still get it up. The same scenario gets repeated ad nauseum and they don't pay attention. Right now it's a footrace between Mugabe and Chavez who'll be next. U.N Peacekeepers won't get involved with Africa or S. America or even Syria.
And the U.S.? Why would they get involved? It's a can of worms that has no good resolution. Bad geo-politics is lousy foreign policy.
BTW, what does NATO have to do with this?
Timothy J Swann Jan 6th 2013 2:12 pm #
Well, the intervention in Libya was done via NATO, authorised by the UN Security Council, and principally involved forces from France, the UK, Canada and the USA (I believe those are the main ones).
To take it the other way, what's the equivalent of the US in Star Wars? In some senses it's Corellia, an important human world that tends towards isolationism and has a distinct accent and attitude, but in terms of the Galactic community, they're nowhere near powerful enough. As an analogue for the Cold War, there's the Cold War/Great Galactic War in The Old Republic, where the Republic maps onto the NATO pact led by the USA.
As for the UN not getting involved within borders, I'm going to have to go away and do more research. If anything, I'm surprised the Republic claims to have this proviso, because it's clearly missing in most fields of the war. I'm not sure how a Separatist-aligned government is an illegitimate target except to set up this storyline.

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Denis will be on stage on the Old Trafford forecourt on at 11:30am where runners will gear up for the 5K Santa Run before he then sets off the 2K Family Fun Runners at 12:30pm.
Following in the footsteps of Bryan Robson, Ryan Giggs and Michael Carrick, who were involved in previous Santa Runs, Denis spoke of his joy at being involved in the event this year, "I'm really looking forward to it, I hope there are lots of people who come along, from boys and girls to mums, dads and grandparents, it's a fun day out, let's just hope the weather is kind to us!"
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During the event a brass band will be on hand playing everyone's favourite Christmas tunes and runners will be treated to a special performance by the Foundation's Street Dance Crew. Youngsters can also head inside the stadium to get their faces painted before visiting Father Christmas himself in his grotto as he gives out some early Christmas presents.
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While waiting for news from Corioli, Menenius encounters the people's tribunes, Sicinius and Brutus, and asks them why the people favor them over Martius (whom they don't yet know as Coriolanus). They say he has all sorts of faults, but especially pride. Menenius retorts that they shouldn't talk, that if they took a good look at themselves, "Why, then you should discover a brace of unmeriting, proud, violent, testy magistrates (alias fools) as any in Rome."
Brutus says that Menenius is a better talker than he is a judge, but Menenius continues to excoriate them for "saying Martius is proud: who, in a cheap estimation, is worth all your predecessors since Deucalion." He takes his leave of them and encounters Volumnia, Virgilia, and Valeria. Volumnia tells him that Martius is on his way home, which delights him. She says he has won his third "oaken garland," but that although he fought Aufidius, his enemy escaped. "The senate has letters from the general," she tells him, "wherein he gives my son the whole name of the war: he hath in this action outdone his former deeds doubly."
Together, Volumnia and Menenius count up Martius's wounds, including the latest "I'th shoulder, and i'th'left arm," and conclude that the total is "twenty-seven: every gash was an enemy's grave." But they are interrupted by the sound of trumpets and the entrance of Martius-now-Coriolanus flanked by Cominius and Titus Lartius and a troop of soldiers. A herald proclaims that because he fought alone inside the gates of Corioli, Martius is now called Coriolanus.
Embarrassed by the hoopla, Coriolanus says, "Pray now, no more," and seeing his mother, kneels before her. Volumnia brings Virgilia forth, and Coriolanus hails her as "My gracious silence" -- Virgilia isn't much given to speech -- and comments about her tears, "Would'st thou have laugh'd had I come coffin'd home, / That weep'st to see me triumph? Ah, my dear, / Such eyes the widdows in Corioles wear, / And mothers that lack sons." Which is maybe not the most effective way to cheer her up.
Menenius welcomes Coriolanus, Cominius, and Titus, though, having recently spoken with Sicinius and Brutus, he warns them that "We have some old crabtrees here at home that will not / Be grafted to your relish."
Coriolanus tells his wife and his mother that before he can go home he has to meet with the patricians, who have more honors in store for him. Volumnia says she has seen her wishes come true already, "only / There's one thing wanting, which I doubt not but / Our Rome will cast upon thee" -- a consulship. Coriolanus is reluctant: "Know, good mother, / I had rather be their servant in my way / Than sway with them in theirs." But he is marched off to the Capitol as Volumnia and Virgilia head home.
A messenger arrives with word that they are wanted in the Capitol: "'Tis thought / That Martius shall be consul." So Sicinius and Brutus hurry off to see it happen.
Even the officers laying out the cushions for the magistrates to sit on are speculating on whether Coriolanus is too proud for the job of consul, the First Officer opining that he's "a brave fellow; but he's vengeance proud, and loves not the common people" and that he even seems to encourage the people to hate him.
The patricians and tribunes enter, followed by Coriolanus, Menenius, and Cominius. Brutus and Sicinius are there, too, and when Menenius starts to present the case for Coriolanus as consul, they interject their main concern, that Coriolanus "remember / A kinder value of the people than / He hath hereto priz'd them at." Menenius chides them for being out of order, and says, "He loves your people, / But tie him not to be their bedfellow." And then Coriolanus starts to leave, saying, "I had rather have my wounds to heal again / Than hear say how I got them." Menenius tries to get him to stay, but he exits. When he does, Menenius points to it as evidence of Coriolanus's modesty: "He had rather venture all his limbs for honour / Than one on's ears to hear it."
Menenius repeats his praise, and asks that Coriolanus be called back in. When he returns, Menenius tells him that the senate wants to make him consul, and all he has to do now is meet with the people. But this is the one thing Coriolanus doesn't want to do: "I cannot / Put on the gown, stand naked, and entreat them / For my wounds' sake to give their suffrage." Sicinius insists that he has to do it anyway: "Sir, the people / Must have their voices; neither will they bate / One jot of ceremony." But Menenius advises Coriolanus not to make a big deal of it, and the senators acclaim him. Everyone leaves but Sicinius and Brutus, who then go off to plot ways to use Coriolanus's reluctance against him.
A group of citizens gather to discuss the situation, and the Third Citizen decides, "I say, if he would incline to the people, there never was a worthier man." They observe as Coriolanus enters, "in a gown of humility," with Menenius still trying to persuade him that "The worthiest men have done't." Coriolanus is still arguing that he can't show them his wounds and tell them "I got them in my country's service, when / Some certain of your brethren roar'd and ran / From the noise of our own drums." Menenius begs him to speak to the citizens "In wholesome manner," and leaves, no doubt uneasily, as Coriolanus tells him "Bid them wash their faces, / And keep their teeth clean."
A trio of citizens approach Coriolanus and say that the price of the consulship is that he ask for it "kindly." So Coriolanus tells them, "I have wounds to show you, which shall be yours in private." They agree to that, though the Third Citizen thinks there's something odd about the business. Two more enter, and one of them tells Coriolanus that he has served the country well, but he hasn't "loved the common people." Coriolanus argues that "You should account me the more virtuous, that I have not been common in my love." And he asks them to grant him the consulship, which satisfies them, even though he still doesn't show his wounds.
Done many things, some less, some more: your voices! Indeed I would be consul.
It's a speech that has to be delivered with a certain amount of sarcasm, but as it wins over the three citizens it can't be too heavily ironic. But as they exit, his parting shot of "Worthy voices!" can certainly drip with contempt.
Menenius enters with Brutus and Sicinius, and tells Coriolanus that he has won the approval of the citizens and now all he has to do is meet with the senate. Coriolanus asks if he can change clothes, and goes off with Menenius to do so. Sicinius and Brutus remain behind to ponder his success in persuading the citizens and what they can do about it. The citizens enter, in some disagreement about whether Coriolanus was mocking him in his appeal for their voices. The First Citizen thinks it was only Coriolanus's usual way of speaking, but the others insist "He us'd us scornfully." The Third Citizen thinks all he wanted from them was their "voices," and when he got them was done with them.
Brutus asks why they didn't confront him with his arrogance, and Sicinius says they were "fore-advis'd" to provoke him by reminding him of his past contempt for the people. If they had done that, they would either have elicited a promise from him that they could have held him to, or they would have stirred his anger, which they could have used to prevent his election. The Third Citizen says, "He's not confirm'd: we may deny him yet." And the other citizens say they can gather "five hundred voices" and "twice five hundred" plus their friends to speak up against Coriolanus.
So Brutus urges them to do so. And Sicinius says, "Let them assemble; / And, on a safer judgement, all revoke / Your ignorant election. Enforce his pride / And his old hate unto you." Sicinius says they should say that he and Brutus ordered them to support Coriolanus and to go against "your own true affections." Brutus says they can "Say we read lectures to you, / How youngly he began to serve his country," and so on. Sicinius tells them to say that they've considered "his present bearing" and have realized "That he's your fixed enemy, and revoke / Your sudden approbation."
The citizens exit, and as in every scene in this act, Sicinius and Brutus are left on stage, this time to congratulate themselves on what they "have goaded onward," and then to go off to the Capitol to see what happens next.
From the 1984 BBC production: Joss Ackland as Menenius; Alan Howard as Coriolanus; Patrick Godfrey as Cominius; Peter Sands as Titus Lartius; Mike Gwilym as Aufidius; Irene Worth as Volumnia; Joanna McCallum as Virgilia; Heather Canning as Valeria; John Burgess as Sicinius; Anthony Pedley as Junius Brutus; John Rowe as First Roman Senator; Paul Jesson as First Citizen; Ray Roberts as Second Citizen; Leon Lissek as Third Citizen; Jon Rumney as Fourth Citizen; Russell Kilmister as Fifth Citizen.


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Every time I look in the mirror, I ask myself two things. One, can I really be losing hair this quickly? Two, am I having a breakdown? The answer to the first question is an unequivocal "yes". One of the great mysteries of life is just where has it gone to though? My hair doesn't come out in huge clumps and gather round the plughole when I shower. Nor does there seem to have been a mass follicle ejection onto my bed sheets at night. Quite frankly it's akin to the conundrum of just where the fuck do my socks disappear to when I put them in the washing machine? A pair goes in but just one comes out.
Those that know me might arrive at the answer to the second question somewhat quicker than I have. I suppose by most people's reckoning, I am a fruitcake. For example, and contrary to popular belief, I don't accept that the 9/11 terror attacks and subsequent stand down of the most sophisticated air force in the world was masterminded by a man in a cave. Likewise, I am certain that elections are nothing other than an illusion of choice and of freedom – a Punch and Judy show, if you will. I also suspect that the cure for many modern diseases are being deliberately suppressed, I am certain that people are being systematically dumbed down by all manner of means and every inch of my being feels that extra-terrestrials continue to visit this planet for benevolent and malevolent means. Quite frankly, that doesn't even scratch the surface of what I believe or don't believe. To me, it seems that most people are willing to accept pretty much anything they're told, especially if it is consensus and even more so, if the media says it's so. Given that the media is, by and large, controlled by the very same people who control big business, banks who create money out of thin air and the governments who we falsely perceive to hold power, then this is really quite frightening.
You know what. I am not crazy. The headache I have right now is rooted in exasperation. I cannot for the life of me understand why more people do not question everything. Right now, many every day people think that President Bashar al-Assad has unquestionably gassed his own people. This, in spite of admissions from the "rebels" that the attack was a result of their mishandling of chemical weapons. And just who are these rebels anyway? Al-Qaeda, by all accounts. Most people seem to believe that Al Qaeda is a terrorist group responsible for a great many atrocities, chief among them, 9/11. However, there's plenty of evidence to suggest that Al Qaeda is, in fact, a creation of the West. Robin Cook, the now deceased former UK foreign secretary, once revealed its true origins and then conveniently met his maker shortly after, just as many others who have had the misfortune to say something "different" have also.
"Bin Laden was, though, a product of a monumental miscalculation by Western security agencies. Throughout the 80s he was armed by the CIA and funded by the Saudis to wage jihad against the Russian occupation of Afghanistan. Al Qaeda, literally "the database", was originally the computer file of the thousands of mujahideen who were recruited and trained with help from the CIA to defeat the Russians".
Obama's photo slide show of Syria's sarin gas victims is no proof of Assad's culpability either. And if he's so keen to show photos, where are those that show Bin Laden's dead body? Apparently, the administration won't release these "very graphic" images as people might find them disturbing. Aren't the photos of the sarin gas victims similarly disturbing? Could it be that Bin Laden actually copped it way back when, just as Benazir Bhutto once let slip? She was assassinated one month after making these revelations. Mr Cook also died in the Scottish highlands roughly one month after his CIA/Al Qaeda statement.
Anyway, I'd like to know why there was no photo slide show when Palestinian children were burned to death by white phosphorous shells fired on Gaza residential areas by Jewish soldiers. Why is it okay for Israel to possess nuclear weapons and not Iran? Why did people engage in mass protests when South Africa was an apartheid state but sit idly by when the state of Palestine faced (and continues to face) even harsher realities? Why don't they turn the channel tunnel into a giant bowling alley? It would make more sense than most political decisions.
This is why I have no hair. I have no hair for I despair and all I want is the truth. Luckily for me, the missus is also a nutter and encouraged me to write this down. Now where's my turquoise tracksuit?….
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The Newman Fire Department responded to 14 calls for service between Jan. 1 to Jan. 6. The calls included eight for Emergency Medical Services, one fire assist to another agency, one carbon monoxide alarm, one vehicle fire and three motor vehicle collisions.
At 7:04 a.m. on Jan. 3, the Newman Station was dispatched for a motor vehicle fire on River Road just north of Villa Manucha Road. On arrival, the fire officer found a sedan that was well involved in flames. The occupant was out of the vehicle and had reported the incident. The occupant stated that they were accelerating after coming to a stop at the stop sign then suddenly the check engine light came on and flames were seen from the rear of the vehicle. Fire crews had a difficult time extinguishing the fire due to fuel runoff. A specialized foam was used to assist with extinguishing the fuel fire. No injuries were reported and the cause of the fire was determined to be a mechanical or electrical malfunction. The damage value was estimated at $10,000. California Highway Patrol arrived to investigate the incident.
The Newman Station was dispatched for a motor vehicle collision in the 500 block of Fink Road at 7:46 p.m. Jan. 3. Upon arrival, the fire officer investigated and learned that the individual at the location was involved in a vehicle versus pedestrian collision at another address. The individual was treated for moderate injuries and transport via ground ambulance to the local trauma center. During the investigation, it was reported that another individual was involved in the incident. However, fire crews were unable to locate any additional persons. California Highway Patrol and Stanislaus County Sheriff are continuing the investigation.
At 5:06 p.m. on Jan. 4, the Newman Station was dispatched for a motor vehicle collision with an overturned vehicle at Merced Street and P Street. On arrival, the fire officer advised the collision was non-injury with one vehicle on its roof blocking the roadway. Fire crews arrived and secured the vehicle and cleared the roadway of debris while assisting with traffic control. Fire and Police awaited the tow truck before clearing the incident. No injuries were reported and the estimated damage loss was $67,000 total.
The Newman Station was dispatched for a motor vehicle collision during a law enforcement operation on Interstate 5 north of Stuhr Road at 6:57 p.m. on Jan. 6. On arrival, the fire crews found two vehicles and one occupant triaged as walking wounded. The cause of the collision is under investigation by the California Highway Patrol. One occupant was transported by ground ambulance for minor injuries. The estimated total damage was $9,000.
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I never understood why the lumens and lux things never worked as well?
some archaic text i never saw when i was learning about them.
lumens per square meter. period.
and lumens is the measurement of light output.
and in bulbs is best defined by the efficiency, or lumens produced per watt.
which is saying very simply that not all watts are equal.
brighter light than alot more cooler more efficient bulbs.
so that seems to me to be very beneficial as to plants. maybe it's just me?
>fluorescent lights. Old T12's output about 50 lumens per watt or so.
>high-light plants) is really just a synonym for 150 lumens per gallon?
>wattages roughly, but the difference in brightness is a factor of two.
>Which watts per gallon is correct to get 4W per gallon in a 40-gallon tank?
>to grow chain swords well at the bottom of the tank.
>efficiency as much as possible.
>say something like "X lumens per size/depth factor."
>tend to be very clear).
>lumen tubes gives us about 4 lumens per square inch at the tank bottom.
>light from standard fluorescents over a 55G.
>which do not take depth into account.
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Crystal was born in June 2011 when Ary took the challenge to prove if it was possible to have a compiled Ruby-like language. The name back then was "Joy", though three days later it was changed to Crystal. At first Crystal was just the result of the experiment.
It wasn't until almost a year later when Ary told Juan, Brian and others about the idea that the project was moved to the manastech organization and started from scratch, except for the lexer and parser: the semantic analysis and codegen needed a redesign.
At Manas we really like Ruby and use it a lot, but we feel a bit sad when it's slow and we have to migrate our code to another language. We wished there was a language like Ruby, only faster and more type safe. We realized, due to Ruby's dynamic nature, that it would be impossible to make Ruby work like that, so we started our own language.
As many of the things we do at Manas, Crystal was created to solve a problem. If it doesn't exist, why not create it?
In the beginnings everything was done by Manas' members, mostly Ary, Juan and Brian. They would meet some minutes or hours after work, or during work, to design and code some ideas. Creating a programming language from scratch and seeing it work well is sometimes addictive, so they would code some more from home, as a hobby.
At Manas we are proud to have a fantastic team, with great knowledge born from both a vast experience in the industry and from the academic scene; as such, it is of no surprise that many ideas are born just from discussions among coworkers. Manas served as the nest of Crystal, where Ary, Juan and Brian joined efforts to start this experiment in their own time.
It soon became clear that Crystal was growing to be much more than just a proof of concept on what we could build for a language. With Ary, Juan and Brian's, Manas adopted Crystal as a project, so they wouldn't have to use their personal time to keep working on it (even though they still do, it's hard to keep them away from their keyboards even at night!).
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We're currently focusing on consolidating the language design. Once the language is consolidated there will be no breaking changes.
We hope that will result in two main benefits. On one hand, it should help the language gain further adoption. On the other hand, it should give us solid foundations to base future work on without disrupting the community: things such as a compiler refactor to make it easier for contributors to jump into the compiler itself, and supporting true parallelism.
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PUBLISHED: June 21, 2022 at 6:00 a.m. | UPDATED: June 28, 2022 at 5:39 p.m.
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This is a great trail the whole family to enjoy and provides a wonderful first-hand look at an alpine ecosystem.
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[ G.R. No. 201701, June 03, 2013 ]
UNILEVER PHILIPPINES, INC., PETITIONER, VS. MARIA RUBY M. RIVERA, RESPONDENT.
MENDOZA, J.:
Subject of this disposition is the petition for review on certiorari[1] under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court filed by petitioner Unilever Philippines, Inc. (Unilever) questioning the June 22, 2011 Decision[2] and the April 25, 2012 Resolution[3] of the Court of Appeals (CA)-Cagayan de Oro City, in CA-G.R. SP No. 02963-MIN, an Illegal Dismissal case filed by respondent Maria Ruby M. Rivera (Rivera). The CA affirmed with modification the March 31, 2009 Resolution of the National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC) finding Rivera's dismissal from work to be valid as it was for a just cause and declaring that she was not entitled to any retirement benefit. The CA, however, awarded separation pay in her favor as a measure of social justice.
Unilever is a company engaged in the production, manufacture, sale, and distribution of various food, home and personal care products, while Rivera was employed as its Area Activation Executive for Area 9 South in the cities of Cotabato and Davao. She was primarily tasked with managing the sales, distribution and promotional activities in her area and supervising Ventureslink International, Inc. (Ventureslink), a third party service provider for the company's activation projects. Unilever enforces a strict policy that every trade activity must be accompanied by a Trade Development Program (TDP) and that the allocated budget for a specific activity must be used for such activity only.[4]
Sometime in 2007, Unilever's internal auditor conducted a random audit and found out that there were fictitious billings and fabricated receipts supposedly from Ventureslink amounting to P11,200,000.00. It was also discovered that some funds were diverted from the original intended projects. Upon further verification, Ventureslink reported that the fund deviations were upon the instruction of Rivera.
On July 16, 2007, Unilever issued a show-cause notice to Rivera asking her to explain the following charges, to wit: a) Conversion and Misappropriation of Resources; b) Breach of Fiduciary Trust; c) Policy Breaches; and d) Integrity Issues.
Responding through an email, dated July 16, 2007, Rivera admitted the fund diversions, but explained that such actions were mere resourceful utilization of budget because of the difficulty of procuring funds from the head office.[5] She insisted that the diverted funds were all utilized in the company's promotional ventures in her area of coverage.
Through a letter, dated August 23, 2007, Unilever found Rivera guilty of serious breach of the company's Code of Business Principles compelling it to sever their professional relations. In a letter, dated September 20, 2007, Rivera asked for reconsideration and requested Unilever to allow her to receive retirement benefits having served the company for fourteen (14) years already. Unilever denied her request, reasoning that the forfeiture of retirement benefits was a legal consequence of her dismissal from work.
On October 19, 2007, Rivera filed a complaint for Illegal Dismissal and other monetary claims against Unilever.
On April 28, 2008, the Labor Arbiter (LA) dismissed her complaint for lack of merit and denied her claim for retirement benefits, but ordered Unilever to pay a proportionate 13th month pay and the corresponding cash equivalent of her unused leave credits. The decretal portion of the LA decision reads:
WHEREFORE, premises considered, judgment is hereby rendered dismissing for lack of merit the illegal dismissal complaint. However, UNILEVER PHILIPPINES, INC. is hereby ordered to pay complainant the total amount of PESOS: FIFTY SEVEN THOUSAND EIGHTY TWO & 90/100 ONLY (P57,082.90) representing proportionate 13th month pay and unused leave credits.
The complaint against individual respondents Recto Sampang and Alejandro Concha are likewise dismissed for it was not shown that they acted in bad faith in the dismissal of complainant. Moreover, their legal personality is separate and distinct from that of the corporation.
All other money claims are dismissed for lack of basis.[6]
On appeal, the NLRC partially granted Rivera's prayer. In its Resolution, dated November 28, 2008, the NLRC held that although she was legally dismissed from the service for a just cause, Unilever was guilty of violating the twin notice requirement in labor cases. Thus, Unilever was ordered to pay her P30,000.00 as nominal damages, retirement benefits and separation pay. The dispositive portion reads:
WHEREFORE, foregoing premises considered, the appeal is PARTIALLY GRANTED. The assailed Decision dated 28 April 2008 is hereby MODIFIED in the sense that respondent UNILEVER PHILIPPINES, INC. is hereby ordered to pay the following sums:
1. The amount of P30,000.00 representing nominal damages for violation of complainant's right to procedural due process;
2. Retirement benefits under the company's applicable retirement policy or written agreement, and in the absence of which, to pay complainant her retirement pay equivalent to at least one-half (1/2) month salary for every year of service, a fraction of at least six (6) months being considered as one whole year;
3. Separation pay under the company's applicable policy or written agreement, and in the absence of which, to pay separation pay equivalent to at least one-half (1/2) month salary for every year of service, a fraction of at least six (6) months being considered as one whole year.
The rest of the Decision is hereby AFFIRMED.
SO ORDERED.[7]
Unilever asked for a reconsideration of the NLRC decision. In its Resolution, dated March 31, 2009, the NLRC modified its earlier ruling by deleting the award of separation pay and reducing the nominal damages from P30,000.00 to P20,000.00, but affirmed the award of retirement benefits to Rivera. The fallo reads:
WHEREFORE, foregoing premises considered, the instant Motion for Partial Reconsideration is PARTLY GRANTED. The Resolution dated 28 November 2008 of the Commission is hereby RECONSIDERED as follows:
(1)The award of separation pay is hereby deleted for lack of factual and legal basis; and
(2)The award of nominal damages is hereby tempered and reduced to the amount of P20,000.00.
The rest of the award for retirement benefits is affirmed in toto.
Unsatisfied with the ruling, Unilever elevated the case to CA-Cagayan de Oro City via a petition for certiorari under Rule 65 of the Rules of Court.
On June 22, 2011, the CA affirmed with modification the NLRC resolution. Justifying the deletion of the award of retirement benefits, the CA explained that, indeed, under Unilever's Retirement Plan, a validly dismissed employee cannot claim any retirement benefit regardless of the length of service. Thus, Rivera is not entitled to any retirement benefit. It stated, however, that there was no proof that she personally gained any pecuniary benefit from her infractions, as her instructions were aimed at increasing the sales efficiency of the company and competing in the local market. For said reason, the CA awarded separation pay in her favor as a measure of social justice.[9] The decretal portion of the CA decision reads:
WHEREFORE, the assailed Resolution dated March 31, 2009 of the NLRC (Branch 5), Cagayan De Oro City is hereby AFFIRMED with MODIFICATION. Consequently, UNILEVER is directed to pay MARIA RUBY M. RIVERA the following:
a) Separation pay, to be computed based on the company's applicable policy or written agreement, or in the absence thereof, the equivalent of at least one-half (1/2) month salary for every year of service, a fraction of at least six (6) months being considered as one whole year;
b) P20,000.00 as nominal damages; and
c) Proportionate 13th month pay and unused leave credits, to be computed based on her salary during the period relevant to the case.
The award of retirement benefits is hereby DELETED.
SO ORDERED.[10]
Unilever filed a motion for partial reconsideration,[11] but it was denied in a Resolution, dated April 25, 2012.
Hence, this petition.[12]
In support of its position, Unilever submits for consideration the following
THE COURT OF APPEALS SERIOUSLY ERRED AND GRAVELY ABUSED ITS DISCRETION IN GRANTING AFFIRMATIVE RELIEFS IN FAVOR OF RIVERA EVEN IF SHE DID NOT FILE ANY PETITION FOR CERTIORARI TO CHALLENGE THE NLRC RESOLUTIONS.
THE COURT OF APPEALS SERIOUSLY ERRED AND GRAVELY ABUSED ITS DISCRETION IN AWARDING SEPARATION PAY IN FAVOR OF RIVERA CONSIDERING THAT THE LATTER WAS VALIDLY DISMISSED FROM EMPLOYMENT BASED ON JUST CAUSES UNDER THE LAW.
THE COURT OF APPEALS SERIOUSLY ERRED AND GRAVELY ABUSED ITS DISCRETION IN RULING THAT THE COMPANY VIOLATED RIVERA'S RIGHT TO PROCEDURAL DUE PROCESS BEFORE TERMINATING HER EMPLOYMENT, AND CONSEQUENTLY, IN AWARDING NOMINAL DAMAGES.[13]
Unilever argues that Rivera did not file any separate petition for certiorari before the CA. Neither did she file any comment on its petition. Hence, it was erroneous for the CA to grant an affirmative relief because it was inconsistent with the doctrine that a party who has not appealed cannot obtain from the appellate court any affirmative relief other than the ones granted in the appealed decision. The petitioner stresses that Rivera misappropriated company funds amounting to millions of pesos and that granting her separation pay undermines the serious misdeeds she committed against the company. Moreover, the length of her service with Unilever does not mitigate her offense, but even aggravates the depravity of her acts.[14]
The petition is partly meritorious.
The pivotal issue in the case at bench is whether or not a validly dismissed employee, like Rivera, is entitled to an award of separation pay.
As a general rule, an employee who has been dismissed for any of the just causes enumerated under Article 282[15] of the Labor Code is not entitled to a separation pay.[16] Section 7, Rule I, Book VI of the Omnibus Rules Implementing the Labor Code provides:
Sec. 7. Termination of employment by employer. — The just causes for terminating the services of an employee shall be those provided in Article 282 of the Code. The separation from work of an employee for a just cause does not entitle him to the termination pay provided in the Code, without prejudice, however, to whatever rights, benefits and privileges he may have under the applicable individual or collective agreement with the employer or voluntary employer policy or practice.
In exceptional cases, however, the Court has granted separation pay to a legally dismissed employee as an act of "social justice" or on "equitable grounds." In both instances, it is required that the dismissal (1) was not for serious misconduct; and (2) did not reflect on the moral character of the employee.[17] The leading case of Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. vs. NLRC[18] is instructive on this point:
We hold that henceforth separation pay shall be allowed as a measure of social justice only in those instances where the employee is validly dismissed for causes other than serious misconduct or those reflecting on his moral character. Where the reason for the valid dismissal is, for example, habitual intoxication or an offense involving moral turpitude, like theft or illicit sexual relations with a fellow worker, the employer may not be required to give the dismissed employee separation pay, or financial assistance, or whatever other name it is called, on the ground of social justice.
A contrary rule would, as the petitioner correctly argues, have the effect, of rewarding rather than punishing the erring employee for his offense. And we do not agree that the punishment is his dismissal only and the separation pay has nothing to do with the wrong he has committed. Of course it has. Indeed, if the employee who steals from the company is granted separation pay even as he is validly dismissed, it is not unlikely that he will commit a similar offense in his next employment because he thinks he can expect a like leniency if he is again found out. This kind of misplaced compassion is not going to do labor in general any good as it will encourage the infiltration of its ranks by those who do not deserve the protection and concern of the Constitution.
The policy of social justice is not intended to countenance wrongdoing simply because it is committed by the underprivileged. At best, it may mitigate the penalty but it certainly will not condone the offense. Compassion for the poor is an imperative of every humane society but only when the recipient is not a rascal claiming an undeserved privilege. Social justice cannot be permitted to be refuge of scoundrels any more than can equity be an impediment to the punishment of the guilty. Those who invoke social justice may do so only if their hands are clean and their motives blameless and not simply because they happen to be poor. This great policy of our Constitution is not meant for the protection of those who have proved they are not worthy of it, like the workers who have tainted the cause of labor with the blemishes of their own character.[19]
In the subsequent case of Toyota Motor Philippines Corporation Workers Association (TMPCWA) v. National Labor Relations Commission,[20] it was further elucidated that "in addition to serious misconduct, in dismissals based on other grounds under Art. 282 like willful disobedience, gross and habitual neglect of duty, fraud or willful breach of trust, and commission of a crime against the employer or his family, separation pay should not be conceded to the dismissed employee."[21] In Reno Foods, Inc, v. Nagkakaisang Lakas ng Manggagawa (NLM)-Katipunan,[22] the Court wrote that "separation pay is only warranted when the cause for termination is not attributable to the employee's fault, such as those provided in Articles 283 and 284 of the Labor Code, as well as in cases of illegal dismissal in which reinstatement is no longer feasible. It is not allowed when an employee is dismissed for just cause."[23]
In this case, Rivera was dismissed from work because she intentionally circumvented a strict company policy, manipulated another entity to carry out her instructions without the company's knowledge and approval, and directed the diversion of funds, which she even admitted doing under the guise of shortening the laborious process of securing funds for promotional activities from the head office. These transgressions were serious offenses that warranted her dismissal from employment and proved that her termination from work was for a just cause. Hence, she is not entitled to a separation pay.
More importantly, Rivera did not appeal the March 31, 2009 ruling of the NLRC disallowing the award of separation pay to her. It was Unilever who elevated the case to the CA. It is axiomatic that a party who does not appeal, or file a petition for certiorari, is not entitled to any affirmative relief.[24] Due process prevents the grant of additional awards to parties who did not appeal.[25] An appellee who is not an appellant may assign errors in his brief where his purpose is to maintain the judgment, but he cannot seek modification or reversal of the judgment or claim affirmative relief unless he has also appealed.[26] It was, therefore, erroneous for the CA to grant an affirmative relief to Rivera who did not ask for it.
Lastly, Unilever questions the grant of nominal damages in favor of Rivera for its alleged non-observance of the requirements of procedural due process. It insists that she was given ample opportunity "to explain her side, interpose an intelligent defense and adduce evidence on her behalf."[27]
The Court is not persuaded. Section 2, Rule XXIII, Book V of the Rules Implementing the Labor Code expressly states:
Section 2. Standard of due process: requirements of notice. — In all cases of termination of employment, the following standards of due process shall be substantially observed.
I. For termination of employment based on just causes as defined in Article 282 of the Code:
(a) A written notice served on the employee specifying the ground or grounds for termination, and giving to said employee reasonable opportunity within which to explain his side;
(b) A hearing or conference during which the employee concerned, with the assistance of counsel if the employee so desires, is given opportunity to respond to the charge, present his evidence or rebut the evidence presented against him; and
(c) A written notice [of] termination served on the employee indicating that upon due consideration of all the circumstance, grounds have been established to justify his termination.
In case of termination, the foregoing notices shall be served on the employee's last known address.
King of Kings Transport, Inc. v. Mamac[28] detailed the steps on how procedural due process can be satisfactorily complied with. Thus:
To clarify, the following should be considered in terminating the services of employees:
(1) The first written notice to be served on the employees should contain the specific causes or grounds for termination against them, and a directive that the employees are given the opportunity to submit their written explanation within a reasonable period. "Reasonable opportunity" under the Omnibus Rules means every kind of assistance that management must accord to the employees to enable them to prepare adequately for their defense. This should be construed as a period of at least five (5) calendar days from receipt of the notice to give the employees an opportunity to study the accusation against them, consult a union official or lawyer, gather data and evidence, and decide on the defenses they will raise against the complaint. Moreover, in order to enable the employees to intelligently prepare their explanation and defenses, the notice should contain a detailed narration of the facts and circumstances that will serve as basis for the charge against the employees. A general description of the charge will not suffice. Lastly, the notice should specifically mention which company rules, if any, are violated and/or which among the grounds under Art. 282 is being charged against the employees.
(2) After serving the first notice, the employers should schedule and conduct a hearing or conference wherein the employees will be given the opportunity to: (1) explain and clarify their defenses to the charge against them; (2) present evidence in support of their defenses; and (3) rebut the evidence presented against them by the management. During the hearing or conference, the employees are given the chance to defend themselves personally, with the assistance of a representative or counsel of their choice. Moreover, this conference or hearing could be used by the parties as an opportunity to come to an amicable settlement.
(3) After determining that termination of employment is justified, the employers shall serve the employees a written notice of termination indicating that: (1) all circumstances involving the charge against the employees have been considered; and (2) grounds have been established to justify the severance of their employment.[29]
In this case, Unilever was not direct and specific in its first notice to Rivera. The words it used were couched in general terms and were in no way informative of the charges against her that may result in her dismissal from employment. Evidently, there was a violation of her right to statutory due process warranting the payment of indemnity in the form of nominal damages. Hence, the Court finds no compelling reason to reverse the award of nominal damages in her favor. The Court, however, deems it proper to increase the award of nominal damages from P20,000.00 to P30,000.00, as initially awarded by the NLRC, in accordance with existing jurisprudence.[30]
WHEREFORE, the petition is hereby PARTIALLY GRANTED. The June 22, 2011 Decision and the April 25, 2012 Resolution of the Court of Appeals (CA)-Cagayan de Oro City in CA-G.R. SP No. 02963-MIN are AFFIRMED with MODIFICATION. The dispositive portion should read as follows:
WHEREFORE, the March 31, 2009 Resolution of the NLRC (Branch 5), Cagayan de Oro City, is hereby AFFIRMED with MODIFICATION. UNILEVER PHILIPPINES, INC., is hereby directed to pay MARIA RUBY M. RIVERA the following:
a) P30,000.00 as nominal damages; and
b) Proportionate 13th month pay and unused leave credits, to be computed based on her salary during the period relevant to the case.
The award of retirement benefit is DELETED.
Velasco, Jr., (Chairperson), Peralta, Abad, and Leonen, JJ., concur.
N O T I C E OF J U D G M E N T
Sirs/Mesdames:
Please take notice that on ___June 3, 2013___ a Decision, copy attached herewith, was rendered by the Supreme Court in the above-entitled case, the original of which was received by this Office on June 10, 2013 at 2:50 a.m.
LUCITA ABJELINA SORIANO
Division Clerk of Court
WILFREDO V. LAPITAN
Deputy Division Clerk of Court
[2] Id. at 54-71. Penned by Associate Justice Rodrigo F. Lim, Jr., with Associate Justice Pamela Ann Abella Maxino and Associate Justice Zenaida T. Galapate-Laguilles, concurring.
[4] Id. at 20.
[10] Id. at 69-70.
[15] ART. 282. Termination by employer. - An employer may terminate an employment for any of the following causes:
a. Serious misconduct or willful disobedience by the employee of the lawful orders of his employer or representative in connection with his work;
b. Gross and habitual neglect by the employee of his duties;
c. Fraud or willful breach by the employee of the trust reposed in him by his employer or duly authorized representative;
d. Commission of a crime or offense by the employee against the person of his employer or any immediate member of his family or his duly authorized representative; and
e. Other causes analogous to the foregoing.
[16] Tirazona v. Philippine Eds Techno-Service Inc. (PWT, Inc.), G.R. No. 169712, January 20, 2009, 576 SCRA 625, 628-629.
[17] Yrasuegui v. Philippine Airlines, Inc., G.R. No. 168081, October 17, 2008, 569 SCRA 467, 502.
[18] 247 Phil. 641 (1988).
[19] Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. vs. NLRC, 247 Phil. 641, 649-650 (1988).
[20] G.R. Nos. 158786 & 158789, October 19, 2007, 537 SCRA 171.
[21] Toyota Motor Philippines Corporation Workers Association (TMPCWA) v. National Labor Relations Commission, G.R. Nos. 158786 & 158789, October 19, 2007, 537 SCRA 171, 223.
[22] G.R. No. 164016, March 15, 2010, 615 SCRA 240.
[23] Reno Foods, Inc, v. Nagkakaisang Lakas ng Manggagawa (NLM)-Katipunan, G.R. No. 164016, March 15, 2010, 615 SCRA 240, 249.
[24] Corinthian Gardens Association Inc. v. Tanjangco, G.R. No. 160795, June 27, 2008, 556 SCRA 154, 166, citing Alauya, Jr v. Commission on Elections, 443 Phil. 893, 907 (2003).
[25] Aklan College, Inc. v. Enero, G.R. No. 178309, January 27, 2009, 577 SCRA 64, 79-80.
[26] Corinthian Gardens Association Inc. v. Tanjangco, supra note 25, citing Acebedo Optical Company, Inc. v. Court of Appeals, 385 Phil. 956, 976 (2000).
[27] Rollo, pp. 44
[29] King of Kings Transport, Inc. v. Mamac, 553 Phil. 108, 115-116 (2007).
[30] Agabon v. NLRC, 485 Phil. 248, 287-288 (2004).


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Q: Was running QA on a piece I wrote, and I have no idea why the last if statement won't return anything Running on python  3.8
I was creating a menu when I realized that I needed a way to "loop" the menu if the user tried to make an invalid selection, but the final if statement basically doesn't evaluate at all.
def menu():
    print("1) Generator Parameters\n2) AI Parameters\n3) Help")

    choice = input("\nX ")

    # converting choice to an int here
    choice = int(choice)

    if choice == 1:
        clear()
        print("You are in the Generator sub-menu")

    if choice == 2:
        clear()
        print("You are  in the AI sub-menu")

    if choice == 3:
        clear()
        print("You are in the help sub-menu")

    if 0 >= choice > 3:
        clear()
        print("Please make a valid selection\n")
        input()

menu()

I've looked through other solutions for similar issue, however most of them being in different languages I wasn't able to identify a possible problem. (I'm new to programming)
I've run inputs 1, 2 and 3 all successfully, but anything other than those evaluates to just a blank line and a code 0.
Any ideas why I'm not getting anything?
(clear() is a function that uses system.os to write "cls" to the command line, just clearing the CLI)

A: You want to do:
if choice <= 0 or choice > 3:

Because right now you are doing is choice lesser than or equal to zero and at the same time greater than three

A: I recommend making two additional changes.

*

*Change you input line. The input line allows you to enter a prompt so you dont need a separate print statement. You can also convert the
  choice to int right in the int statement. It can be awkward to modify
  a variable and reassign it to the same name as you had previously
  done.

*Use proper if format of if, elif, else. As your code currently stands if a 1 is entered your code will check if choice == 1 which is
  true, but then will also check if choice == 2 then choice == 3 then
  choice < 1 or choice > 3. With the setup below if will break out of
  the if else once a match is made and the else statement will better
  handle unexpected results.
Finally, it isn't clear what clear() does here. Is it a custom method?

choice = int(input("1) Generator Parameters\n2) AI Parameters\n3) Help\n"))

if choice == 1:
    clear()
    print("You are in the Generator sub-menu")

elif choice == 2:
    clear()
    print("You are  in the AI sub-menu")

elif choice == 3:
    clear()
    print("You are in the help sub-menu")

else:
    clear()
    print("Please make a valid selection\n")
    input()


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Shiba Inu Game Still Aiming For September Launch, According To Shytoshi Kusama
The Shiba Inu Game could launch in just a few months.
By Oliver Barsby
The upcoming Shiba Inu Game hopes to release in September, based on the latest information from SHIB project lead Shytoshi Kusama.
During a session in the Shiba Discord after announcing The Third Floor as a Shiba Inu Metaverse developer, Shytoshi answered questions about several projects on the Shiba Inu roadmap. He also spoke about his hopes for the Shiba Inu community to take the reigns.
Aside from the release timeline, Shytoshi has previously revealed several cards for the SHIB game in the past.
Shiba Inu Game Heading For September Release
When asked for information about the Shiba game, Shytoshi restated the September goal for its launch.
"September-ish is our goal unless something truly awesome slows us down," he said.
Earlier in the chat on July 20, he also teased a September release once again. After referencing the preparations for the game's launch, he commented on the emoji reactions to his message. "Why the eyes, you all know about the game," he said. "And it's almost September."
He also added: "There will not be another late-April moment unless something really good slows us down."
A September release has long been on the cards for the Shiba Inu Game, known also as SHIB CCG. When first announced in collaboration with developers PlaySide Studios back in November 2021, PlaySide said development would take approximately 8 months, with a launch date slated for Q1 FY 2023, setting up the launch for between July and September 2022.
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Shytoshi further committed to this September date in April, when he posted about the game in the Turkish Shiba Inu Discord. "September I believe we will be done," he said.
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Alongside this, Shytoshi made a cryptic comment about the Shiba Inu Game's mobile version. When asked if the SHIB game is a mobile game, he said: "A week ago, my answer was yes. Now my answer is, we will see."
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Huang Liping (, born January 1972 in Wuhan, Hubei, China) is a gymnastics magistrate and former Chinese gymnast.

Competitive career
Huang started as an amateur in 1978, joining the Hubei team in 1985, and was selected to China's national gymnastics team the following year. He won gold medals in the team all-around, individual all-around, high bar and parallel bars at the 1993 National Gymnastics Games, and went on to win several medals at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, he won a silver medal with the Chinese team and finished sixth on the parallel bars.

Retirement
Retiring after the 1996 games, Huang became the youngest world-class gymnastics magistrate in China. In 1998, he was named the Chinese national gymnastics coach, replacing Li Ning in that position.

Beijing 2008
At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Huang took the Olympic Oath for judges at the Beijing National Stadium during the Opening Ceremonies.

References
 Wallechinsky, David and Jaime Loucky (2008). "Gymnastics (Men)". In The Complete Book of the Olympics: 2008 Edition. London: Aurum Press, Limited. pp. 682, 699.

External links
Huan Liping(Parallel bars)

1972 births
Living people
Chinese male artistic gymnasts
Gymnasts at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Olympic gymnasts of China
Olympic medalists in gymnastics
Olympic officials
Sportspeople from Wuhan
Asian Games medalists in gymnastics
Gymnasts at the 1994 Asian Games
Asian Games gold medalists for China
Asian Games silver medalists for China
Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games
Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
Olympic silver medalists for China
Oath takers at the Olympic Games
Gymnasts from Hubei
20th-century Chinese people

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Laser-ablation sector-field (high resolution) inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-HR-ICP-MS) has been used for in situ determination and spatial elemental profiling of nickel concentrations in tissues that have been exposed to nickel wire. Nickel has a number of adverse biological effects that have made the use of nickel (or any other metal) in biomedical implants controversial. Yet, information about the distribution of nickel in tissues around nickel-containing implants is scarce. This study examines the diffusion of nickel with time and the spatial distribution of nickel around nickel-containing implants in vivo. Pure nickel wires were implanted subcutaneously into rats for seven days and the tissues were analyzed for nickel content and degree of inflammation away from the implants using 24Mg and 60Ni isotopes. Data were obtained by ablation with Nd:YAG laser operating in the UV region (266 nm and 213 nm) and element analysis with a high resolution ICP-MS. A 50 ppm glass standard (NIST-612) was also analyzed for the same isotopes. Quantification was performed by assuming a uniform nominal magnesium concentration value of 97 µg g−1 in untreated tissue and using 24Mg intensity for internal calibration. The precision (RSD%) of measurements for 24Mg for the NIST-612 Glass standard was within 3.8% to 4.6% and for the tissue samples was within 3.2% to 4.5%. The precision of analysis for 60Ni for the NIST-612 Glass standard was 5.4%. There was a significant penetration of nickel ions into tissues exposed to nickel wire implants. The concentration of nickel reached values as high as 60 µg g−1 near the implants, falling exponentially to undetectable levels 3–4 mm from the implants. The study showed that the laser ablation technique was well suited for analysis of soft tissues for metal ion content. This technique also allowed metal concentration spatial profiling as a function of time.