If you are looking for practical advice that will help you develop your job, your organisation and your career, come to the CIPS Conference on 10 October at Kings Place, London. Learn the skills and techniques to turn supply chain threats into opportunities, understand the latest professional trends, and prepare your career to meet the challenges of the future.
Get an insight from top procurement professionals on how they are dealing with their procurement and supply chain challenges. Plus hear how entrepreneur Gerald Ratner turned his business demise into a learning curve which resulted in another hugely successful business.
All of this is on the programme for the event at Kings Place in central London.
Also, you will be able to hear from experts in categories including facilities, office supplies and professional services on how to make the most of these big spend areas.
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The new INRIX website was a large-scale WordPress build. The company offers a large set of products and solutions, so a CMS to handle all the content creation was very important.
In addition to their marketing website and CMS, a separate project was built to visualize their traffic data on 1,064 cities in 38 countries. A SPA-style dashboard of city ranking stats was the result after collaborating with their in-house data scientists.
The INRIX website was done at Urban Influence and has received recognition from Awwwards and CSS Design Awards. The Global Traffic Scorecards received a lot of high profile attention, including articles on WIRED, GeekWire, The Seattle Times, The Washington Post, PhillyVoice, and Fox News.


Interior design consultancy, Home by tea, is thrilled to have opened a Home Boutique and Design Studio on King Street in Southwell.
Stocking furniture, fabrics and accessories with some big names such as Vita Lighting, Magis and Rice DK alongside cool emerging homegrown brands including Love Frankie, V&C Designs and Lauren Aston. Home by tea has tried to source products, which are fun gorgeous and maybe just a bit useful!
The store itself has undergone a full restoration from its previous existence as the Turnaround shop. The back section of the shop also functions as a design studio, where customers can come in, have a sit on the sofa, look at sample books and discuss design ideas all whilst having a cup of tea. Offering a flexible interior design service, Home by tea brings the personal touch and plenty of fun to the process of creating a fabulous home.
Run by Tracy Annable, who brings a wealth of experience on a huge range of projects to the table, not to mention a professional design qualification. Tracy has created interiors for everything from modern studio flats, through country cottages to Georgian period properties. As a mother of three (plus two messy dogs), Tracy knows all about creating the ideal balance between a beautiful interior and a functional living space.
The process starts with a free initial chat to determine what you are looking for and covers a wide spectrum of services that are tailored to your needs and budget. At its most simple, Tracy will visit your home for 1-2 hours to discuss design ideas for a particular room or just generally for your home for a cost of £50.
Further along the scale, a project might involve creating a dream living room from scratch. Starting with a home visit to throw around a few ideas, the process moves on to creating a mood board with swatches of fabric, paint charts, wallpaper samples and flooring options. Then there are furniture ideas, lighting, accessories and soft furnishings to consider.
Home by tea can make curtains, blinds and cushions to order and also offers a completely bespoke sofa and chair service – so just about any shape, any size, any fabric!
Recently, Home by tea has branched out beyond domestic interiors and into commercial projects and was recently nominated for the Bar and Restaurant Design awards for the design work for Griddle & Shake in Nottingham. If you run a local business, perhaps Tracy could give your premises some serious wow factor. It could be a shop, restaurant, café or bar. Why not call in for a chat.
Whether you are in search of that fabulous little something to complete your room, an unusual gift for someone or you want a dream interior creating from scratch, find out what Home by tea could do for you.


A natural love for hair has led Lindsey to a career in hairstyling with 11+ years of experience behind the chair. Featured stylist at TReSs Apothecary + Salon, a waterfront salon located in the shopping destination, Lido Marina Village.
Lindsey specializes in extensions, color and cutting techniques. Continued education has always been a priority in her business, along with continuously seeking inspiration from trends and the latest fashion.
Lindsey's passion and enthusiasm for hair is apparent in her various techniques of coloring, cutting and styling. Working to achieve current, flattering and healthy hair for her clients.


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Trump questions China's official Coronavirus death count; Says 'How do we know?'
An intelligence report revealed China is.actually faking the death toll
Trump says, 'How do we know,' if China hid such information
US lawmakers urged to launch an investigation into what is called China's 'cover-up' of the Coronavirus pandemic
By Bhaswati Guha Majumder
US Coronavirus cases surpass China
After an intelligence report suggested that China is actually hiding Coronavirus facts from the whole world, US President Donald Trump finally cast his apprehensions on Wednesday, April 1 over the accuracy of official China COVID-19 figures.
During the White House briefing, President Trump said "how do we know" if China is providing accurate information as "their numbers seem to be a little bit on the light side."
US-China Coronavirus blame game
While Trump administration was criticized for poor tackling of the Coronavirus situation during the initial stage, China has been accused of covering up the whole pandemic from the beginning.
Recently, after as questions surged on China's accounting of the infectious disease, the Asian country said that more than 1,500 people who were infected with the Novel Coronavirus haven't shown symptoms and hence, excluded from its national tally of confirmed cases.
US intelligence officials revealed that as per a classified report when coronavirus cases have jumped in recent days, China misled the world by under-reporting its numbers of patients and deaths.
Coronavirus cover-up: China under scrutiny
After the classified report was presented in White House, Republicans in Congress expressed outrage that Beijing apparently put the world in jeopardy and misled the international community on its infections and deaths that began in December 2019 in the Chinese city of Wuhan.
As of Thursday, China has publicly reported 82,394 cases and over 3,300 deaths, while globally the infection cases reached to 938,373 and the death toll is about to hit 50,000.
Republican Senator Ben Sasse attacked China while addressing Beijing's numbers as "garbage propaganda." In a statement, he said "The claim that the United States has more coronavirus deaths than China is false. Without commenting on any classified information, this much is painfully obvious: The Chinese Communist Party has lied, is lying, and will continue to lie about coronavirus to protect the regime."
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Michael McCaul, top Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said that the Asian country is "not a trustworthy partner" when it comes to fight against COVID-19. In addition, McCaul mentioned that China lied to the world about the human-to-human transmission of the virus and "Silenced doctors and journalists who tried to report the truth, and are now apparently hiding the accurate number of people impacted by this disease."
Besides McCaul, other US lawmakers too urged the State Department to launch an investigation into what is called China's "cover-up" of the Coronavirus pandemic.
Deborah Birx, a member of Trump's coronavirus task force said the medical community saw China's outbreak as "serious but smaller than anyone expected because I think probably we were missing a significant amount of the data."
However, here it should be mentioned that China announced on March 19 that over 21 million cell phone accounts were cancelled while in past three months 840,000 landlines were closed in a country like China where people can't live without technology, which gives an idea that probably most of these closed numbers belonged to the people who died due to the disease.
Tang Jingyuan, a US-based China Affairs commentator told The Epoch:
The digitization level is very high in China. People can't survive without a cell phone. Dealing with the government for pensions and social security, buying train tickets, shopping... no matter what people want to do, they are required to use cell phones.
The Chinese regime requires all Chinese use their cell phones to generate a health code. Only with a green health code are Chinese allowed to move in China now.
It's impossible for a person to cancel his cell phone.
US intelligence report reveals China is faking Coronavirus death toll
China's Coronavirus vaccine would be tested in other COVID-19 affected countries, says official
This is how China misled the whole world since the beginning of Coronavirus outbreak
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We took over Kyriakopoulos at the age of 18 when he made his first loan to Ergotelis, followed by a 6-month loan in Lamia.
ASTERAS TRIPOLIS
He returned in Tripoli and played 80 games in the Superleague and European Cups and achieved to participate in the U21 National Team of Greece. He stayed with Asteras for 3 years, the most productive and beneficial for his football completion period of time.
Finally, in the summer of 2019, he makes the transfer to the Italian Club US Sassuolo, with the goal to be established as one of the best left backs in Serie A and to begin his European career.
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James C. Brooks, PhD
Lina Covaleda, PhD
Patrick Mitchell, ScD
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Elizabeth Bunting
Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences
Senior Extension Associate
Cornell Wildlife Health Lab
Email: emb54@cornell.edu
I am a Senior Extension Associate in the Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Science at Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine. I have been a wildlife and zoo veterinarian since 1999, working in a variety of settings including zoos, wildlife clinics and private practice. After completing a zoo and wildlife residency at Cornell, I began working with the New York State DEC and my colleague Krysten Schuler to design and build a comprehensive statewide wildlife health program. Our program works to develop high quality scientific information about disease ecology in wildlife species through surveillance and research, with the goal of protecting and sustaining future wildlife populations. My research is broadly collaborative, applied, and typically driven by the need to problem solve a pressing real world issue- like improving release survival in captive reared endangered salamanders, investigating the potential impact of a newly discovered retrovirus on wild turkeys, reducing mortality from heavy metals and rodenticides in raptors, or developing new diagnostic tools for identifying pathogens in amphibians.
1997 VMD, University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine
1987 BA, University of Pennsylvania, College of Arts and Sciences
Biography/Professional Experience
2010 - Present Senior Extension Associate, Cornell University, NYS Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, Ithaca, NY, USA.
2010 - Present Wildlife Veterinarian, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Albany, NY, USA.
2003 - 2008 Clinical Resident in Zoo, Exotic and Wildlife Medicine, Cornell University, College of Veterinary Medicine, Ithaca, NY, USA.
2001 - 2006 Adjunct Assistant Professor of Special Species Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, School of Veterinary Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
1999 - 2003 Volunteer; Relief Veterinarian, Philadelphia Zoological Garden, Dept. of Animal Health, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
1997 - 2002 Veterinary Associate, Tri-State Bird Rescue and Research, Newark, DE, USA.
Elizabeth M. Bunting, V.M.D., Kenneth W. Simpson, BVM&S, Ph.D., Dipl. A.C.V.I.M., Nora Berghoff, Dr.Med.Vet.Ph.D., Ned Place, M.D. Ph.D, Stephen V. Lamb, B.S., Valerie J. Salerno, B.S., Nicholas Hollingshead, M.E.M, Joseph J. Wakshlag, D.V.M. Ph.D., Dipl A.C.V.N., Dipl A.C.V.S.M.R., Noha Abou-Madi, D.V.M., M.Sc., Dipl. A.C.Z.M., and George V. Kollias, D.V.M., Ph.D., Dipl. A.C.Z.M. Establishing Reference Intervals for Cobalamin and Folate in Captive Tigers. (Panthera tigris). In progress. 2017.
Alger, Katrina, Bunting, Elizabeth, Schuler, Krysten, Whipps, Christopher M. 2017. Risk Factors and Spatial Distribution of Lymphoproliferative Disease Virus (LPDV) in Wild Turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo) in New York State. Journal of Wildlife Disease. Published online March 27 2017.
Theresa K Hattenrath-Lehmann; Robert J Ossiboff; Craig A Burnell; Carlton D Rauschenberg; Kevin Hynes; Russell L Burke; Elizabeth M Bunting; Kim Durham. 2017. The role of a PSP-producing Alexandrium bloom in an unprecedented diamondback terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin) mortality event in Flanders Bay, NY, USA. Toxicon. 129 36-43.
Schuler, Krysten, Wetterau, Alyssa, Bunting, Elizabeth, Mohammed, Hussni O. 2016.
Exploring Perceptions about Chronic Wasting Disease Risks among Wildlife And Agriculture Professionals and Stakeholders. Wildlife Society Bulletin. 40 (1): 32-40
Jesse M. Thomas, Andrew B. Allison, Edward C. Holmes, Jamie E. Phillips, Elizabeth M. Bunting, Michael J. Yabsley, and Justin D. Brown. 2015. Molecular Surveillance for Lymphoproliferative Disease Virus in Wild Turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo) from the Eastern United States. PLoS ONE. 2015 Apr 21:10(4):e0122644
Alger, Katrina, Bunting, Elizabeth, Schuler, Krysten, Jagne, Jarra, Whipps, Christopher. 2015. Diagnosing Lymphoproliferative Disease Virus in Live Wild Turkeys (Mealeagris gallopavo) using Whole Blood. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine. 46 (4): 806-814
Nicholas Haley, Scott Carver, Laura Hoon-Hanks, Davin Henderson, Kristen Davenport, Elizabeth Bunting, Shawn Gray, Bruce Trindle, Judith Galeota, Ivy LeVan, Tracy Dubovos, Paul Shelton, and Edward Hoover. 2014. Detection of Chronic Wasting Disease in the lymph nodes of free-ranging cervids by real time quaking-induced conversion. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 52 (9): 3237-3243
John J. Schaefer, Megan S. Kirchgessner, Christopher M. Whipps, Hussni O. Mohammed, Elizabeth M. Bunting, and Susan E. Wade. 2013. Prevalence of antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii in white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) in New York State, USA. Journal of Wildlife Diseases: October 2013, Vol. 49, No. 4, pp. 940-945.
Bunting, E. M., Garner, M. M., Abou-Madi, N., Schmidt, R. E., Kollias, G. V. (2010). Proliferative thyroid lesions and hyperthyroidism in captive fishers (Martes pennanti). Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine: 41 (2), 296-308.
Bunting, E. M., Abou-Madi, N., Cox, S., Martin-Jimenez, T., Fox, H., Kollias, G. V. (2009). Evaluation of oral itraconazole administration in captive Humboldt penguins (Spheniscus humboldti). Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine, 40 (3), 508-518.
Professional/Academic Affiliations
Strategic Planning Committees: Wildlife Conservation and International Programs, Diversity, Curriculum, 2016-2017
Wildlife Disease Association Conference Organizer and Host, 2016
Wildlife Disease Association Conference Plenary Session Chair, 2016
Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine Admissions Committee 2014-present
Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine Committee on the Status of Faculty Women 2016


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We're not going to take it any more!
By Kate Drury	• 27 October, 2017
Teachers are seeking a big pay jolt and more time to teach in next year's primary campaign.
Teachers need to live here too
It is a problem all over the world in cities that are expensive to live in. Public servants, including teachers, struggle to live in the place where they work. The soaring cost of housing in some of New Zealand's most expensive towns and cities, has led some schools to come up with some creative solutions.
The growing role of SENCOs and why it needs resourcing
By Debra Harrington	• 27 September, 2016
Carterton School parent Jayne Bryant has spent years tracking through the difficult and complex pathway of special education. Her son Liam, who's now seven, suffers from epilepsy and is on…
Trusts front on BYOD as sharks circle
By Diana Clement	• 27 September, 2016
Daryl Evans works with families in South Auckland and says vulnerable families are being driven into the clutches of mobile shops, which charge exorbitant prices. "I did a price comparison…
Is STA a glove puppet?
By Jane Blaikie	• 16 February, 2016
It's hard to fathom why the New Zealand School Trustees Association would write a submission opposing a bill that would extend paid parental leave to 26 weeks. Not even business lobby groups are…
A tale of two fairs
The government is expected to announce this year changes to how schools are funded. Currently decile funding is meant to compensate for inequity. But as the tale of these two…
Behind the education reform money trail
By Louise Green	• 16 October, 2015
To find the true spirit and intent behind an organisation, it can be enlightening to follow the money trail. And with Teach for All devotees from 35 countries descending on…
Bringing parents into the digital age
By Melissa Schwalger	• 24 September, 2015
In the early eighties, my primary school had about five computers, producing screens of green or orange text. They cost about $5000 each and although they were in a heavily…
Innovative Communities of Learning set to get a boost
By Melissa Schwalger	• 28 August, 2015
All around New Zealand, schools and early childhood centres are working together in inspiring ways. Whether it's a rural group of schools making huge leaps in ICT or a town-wide…
The flipped classroom
By Diana Clement	• 6 October, 2014
Diana Clement looks at the phenomenon that's, well, turning classroom practice on its head. Key points A new way of teaching that uses technology to reverse the usual order of…


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Grizzlies-Bucks Preview
For the Memphis Grizzlies, at least the latest loss was more competitive.
Ravaged by injuries during a three-game losing streak, the Grizzlies remain seeking a silver lining as they limp into Thursday night's matchup with the Milwaukee Bucks.
Down to 10 healthy players - five of whom were signed either off the street or from the D-League in the past month - the Grizzlies are mired in their longest winless stretch since a four-game skid in November. They were outmanned once more in Wednesday's 114-108 home loss to Minnesota, though the result still bettered Monday's 130-81 thrashing by Houston that matched the second-worst defeat in franchise history.
The Grizzlies' patchwork lineup did improve on a 29.7 percent performance from the field against the Rockets but remained porous defensively, as the Timberwolves shot 66.7 percent during a 42-point opening quarter and 56.3 percent overall.
Memphis (39-29) still remains four games ahead of sixth-place Portland in the Western Conference as it awaits the returns of Mike Conley (Achilles), Zach Randolph (knee), Brandan Wright (knee), Vince Carter (calf) and Chris Andersen (shoulder). P.J. Hairston was added to that extensive list after straining his groin in Monday's blowout.
There still were some positives that came out of Wednesday's loss. Lance Stephenson did return after missing the Houston game with a wrist injury and totaled 24 points, 11 rebounds and seven assists, while JaMychal Green had 18 points and 10 rebounds to help Memphis record a 70-40 advantage in the paint.
"Really, really proud of our guys," coach Dave Joerger said. "We got 70 points in the paint. I thought we fought, I thought we gave ourselves a chance. We just came out too slow and spotted them too many points."
Stephenson is averaging 25.0 points and 8.7 rebounds over his last three games and Green has posted four double-doubles while starting the past six.
Memphis has averaged just 86.7 points and shot 33.9 percent in losing three straight on the road, where it plays four of its next five starting with a Bucks team that won three straight prior to Tuesday's 107-89 loss to Atlantic Division-leading Toronto.
Milwaukee (29-39) continues to receive big production from Giannis Antetokounmpo, who just missed a second consecutive triple-double with 18 points, 12 rebounds and nine assists against the Raptors. The 21-year-old is averaging 20.2 points, 9.5 rebounds and 8.7 assists over a 12-game stretch in which he's notched a club-record four triple-doubles.
Two of Antetokounmpo's teammate have been contributing of late as well. Khris Middleton is averaging 21.9 points and shooting 44.4 percent on 3s over a 10-game run and Jabari Parker is averaging 21.4 over his last nine.
The offense did struggle against Toronto, which held the Bucks to 2-of-13 from beyond the arc and outscored Milwaukee 29-17 in the third quarter to pull away.
''The ball didn't move,'' coach Jason Kidd said of the third-quarter problems. ''I think we got a little frustrated. We have to do a better job shooting outside the paint."
Milwaukee missed 15 of 16 3-point tries in a 103-83 loss at Memphis on Jan. 28, the Grizzlies' ninth win in 10 meetings. The Bucks did stop a four-game home skid in the series with a 93-92 victory in Memphis' last visit on Nov. 8, 2014.


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I didn't intend to continue this series but as my kind readers have pointed out, I have missed several major landmarks in that gentle and scholarly neighborhood of the past. These articles have become a two-way street as I am learning and reminiscing right along with you from the many comments, emails and photos I've received ! Thank you all !
My family rented apartments until the mid-Fifties when mom finally got her dream of building a new home. They selected a lot in a new suburb of Makati called San Lorenzo, a topic I will discuss in a later post. We moved to our last apartment on Pennsylvania Ave. called the Mayflower Apartments, anxiously waiting for our new home to complete.
I was surprised to see it still there when we visited Manila in 2012. I was pleased to see how little it had changed; we lived on the first floor with windows overlooking the street. The parking lot in the back still had that old mango tree that was perfect to climb and naturally pick some green mangos to eat… with salt ! But darn those ants anyway !
At any rate, this was the neighborhood I wandered through at the age of about 10, riding the sidewalks on my new balloon-tired one speed bicycle – streamers flying from the handlebar grips – up on the sidewalks, down the streets, under trees that shaded you from the hot sun. Up on Oregon, down Colorado, left on Herran turning on San Marcelino…ah, the freedom of youth !
Before they made their move to Quezon City, Maryknoll College was located very close to our apartments. One of my readers is Angelina Gutierrez-Frey who went to Maryknoll in the mid-Fifties. Angelina was kind enough to submit the following photos of the old buildings of Maryknoll.
The story of Maryknoll College goes back to 1926 when the Archbishop of Manila, Rev. Michael O'Doherty, requested the Sisters of Maryknoll Congregation to start a teacher-training program for women in the Philippines. Under the auspices and support of the Archbishop, the Malabon Normal School was established in an old Augustinian convent.
Due to financial difficulties, the Archdiocese could no longer continue to support the school in Malabon. In 1936, The Sisters assumed full financial control and opened their own Maryknoll Normal College in Manila, first on Isaac Peral, and in 1938 moved to Mabini Street. The grade school and high school in Malabon became St. James Academy.
After the war, the Sisters re-opened the school in a private house on Fernando Rein Street and eventually transferred to two Quonset huts to accommodate increasing number of students.
Maryknoll at Pennsylvania Ave. and California.
Maryknoll College (1949) – 610 Pennsylvania Ave.
In quick succession, Maryknoll Sisters assumed two other works in Manila. One was St. Mary's Hall, a hostel (or dormitory) for women, situated on 602 Pennsylvania Avenue, not far from Padre Faura Street where the University of the Philippines was then located.
Maryknoll Sisters also assumed direction of St. Paul's Hospital at the corner of Gral. Luna and Anda Streets, Intramuros, which had been begun by Sisters of St. Paul de Chartres. Over the years, almost three hundred Maryknoll Sisters have been assigned to the Philippines.
During WW II, the Sisters were held at the Los Baños Internment Camp but the bond between the Filipino faithful and the Sisters remained strong as the Filipinos took risks to share scarce food with them during their confinement. After liberation, the Sisters were invited to leave the country with the withdrawing U.S. troops but declined, wanting to remain with the Filipino people.
In 1953, Maryknoll College reopened on a bigger scale in Diliman. In 1977, the ownership and management of the school was turned over to lay administrators and the name Maryknoll was changed to Miriam College acknowledging the role of its past president.
Sister Miriam Thomas was assigned to Maryknoll at Malabon in 1935. She was studying for her doctorate as World War II broke out and she and the other Sisters were interned in the prison camp at Los Baños. Sister Thomas brought along her books and painting materials, and despite the hardships and the weakness she experienced from the starvation diet in the camp, Sister was able to finish writing her doctoral dissertation. She even designed a holy card for others in the camp. Shortly after liberation, and still in poor health from life in the camp, she was able to defend her dissertation and received the highest grade "Meritissimus" from the University of Santo Tomas, Manila in 1945.
The Philippine Government issued a memorandum in 1973 on educational institutions stating that ownership, control of administration, curriculum and enrollment were to be held by Filipinos. After a total of 18 years as President of Maryknoll College, Sister Miriam Thomas quietly, but happily, withdrew from the position. At that time it was agreed that the name of the College would not be changed immediately. When the change took place ten years later several reasons led to the selection of the name "Miriam College" and one of them was to express gratitude to the person who had devoted herself so much to the school.
Mother Marie Louise De Meester from Belgium, landed in Ilocos Sur in 1910 and commenced a missionary program throughout the Philippines. She founded St. Theresa's College Manila (STCM) in 1915 at the invitation of the Most Reverend Jeremiah Jame Harty, the first American Archbishop of Manila. The school was located at 920 San Marcelino Street.
Typical of Catholic schools and girls schools in particular, discipline was stressed including academic instruction, religious teaching, character development, even music and the arts.
Silence, orderliness, courtesy and honesty were corollary rules, violations of which were penalized, while proper behavior was rewarded with merit cards, estampitas and rosaries; many of the traits that, sadly, have somehow lost their significance in today's generation. A photo of the studious, quiet and reverential students shown at left.
A fine example of dedication, Sr. Asuncion Martinez came from a rich family in Leyte where her father was once governor. She was born Esther Martinez, joined the Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (ICM) as a postulant in 1934, and took her vows and adopted her new name in 1937. She became Sr. Ason to friends and colleagues. From 1937 to 1950 she taught high school and college subjects in congregation-run schools such as the Holy Family Convent, St. Theresa's College Manila and the Infant Jesus Academy. She was the Belgian-dominated ICM's first Filipina superior in 1950, and first Filipina provincial councilor from 1959 to 1969. She also served as superior of St. Theresa's College in Quezon City.
St. Theresa's College Manila was re-built, re-opened and continued to be run by the Belgian Sisters until 1980. In order to accommodate an ever-growing population of students, steps were taken after WWII to look for a property which would be larger than the San Marcelino Compound.
In January 1946, a contract was signed for the purchase of a property consisting of five blocks, in Sta. Mesa Heights, Quezon City. January 7, 1947, marked the establishment of STCQC. The school was officially opened in June 1947.
The Saint Therese Building, former site of Saint Theresa's College, was absorbed into Adamson University. Within its grounds are the Saint Therese Quadrangle, Botanical Garden, Adamson University Chapel and Speech Laboratory. It houses the Vice President for Student Affairs' Office, College of Education and Liberal Arts, College of Sciences, College of Pharmacy and College of Business Administration.
Dr. George Lucas Adamson, a Greek chemist from Athens, founded the school in 1932. George and his brother Alex, rented the Paterno Building next to the Santa Cruz Bridge near Plaza Goiti. It was impressively named the Adamson School of Industrial Chemistry and Engineering (ASICE) catering to students who wished to learn the simple fundamentals of chemistry and the basic techniques for small industries like leather tanning, soap making, and salt production. It was later called Adamson University (AdU) upon approval by the Secretary of Public Instruction for university status, on February 5, 1941.
The new school, after appropriate advertising, attracted forty students on its opening day. Their goal was to qualify as a private college accredited by the government. By 1934, there were approximately 370 students, which demanded that larger quarters were needed. The move was made to a historic building on Calle General Solano on the Pasig River, which earlier served as a home of the Spanish Navy Admiral, then the U.S. Military Governor Arthur MacArthur. Later called the "Goldenberg Mansion", it was bought by cosmetics manufacturer Michael Goldenberg and was eventually bought by the Philippine government during the Marcos regime in 1966 and is currently part of the Malacañang complex.
The school was quite a family-run operation. George Lucas's cousin Alexander Athos Adamson came to Adamson shortly after its opening to help the fledgling school. Alexander joined the administration on July 15, 1932, serving at one time or another as Vice President, Treasurer and Registrar. Alexander's brother George Athos Adamson also came onboard in 1934, becoming the School Dean, Dean of the College of Engineering and professor. Evdoxia Savaides Adamson, wife of George Lucas, started working and teaching in the University in 1939, then served as Dean of the College of Education and of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Sofia Adamson, George Athos's wife, taught in the College of Education after arriving in 1939 and briefly served as Directress of the Junior Normal College. Except for George Athos and Sofia who left after the war, all the Adamsons remained working in the University until its turnover to the Vincentian Fathers and Brothers of the Congregation of the Mission in 1964. George Lucas Adamson served as President until 1967, for a total of 35 years, including a three-year holdover stint at the assumption of the Vincentians as administrators.
Before finally settling on its permanent home along San Marcelino Street in 1946 after the war, the school stayed in three different locations: Sta. Cruz (1932-1933), San Miguel (1933-1939) and Intramuros (1939-1941). At 900 San Marcelino, the University expanded with the acquisition of the Meralco building in 1968 and the St. Theresa's College-Manila campus in 1977, both just across the street.
The American colonial government's program to improve and expand health services included the construction of hospitals. For the implementation of his plans for Manila and Baguio, Burnham recommended William E. Parsons, a product of Yale, Columbia, and the Paris Ecole des Beaux Arts. Parsons served as consulting architect of the Bureau of Public Works from 1905 to 1914.
An outstanding example of Parsons' approach to design is the Philippine General Hospital (PGH), a building neoclassic in its disciplined elegance and highly practical in its loose and airy arrangement of pavilions.
A front pavilion housing the administration, leads to a central area where common facilities are located and from both sides of which pavilions branch out separated by courtyards and connected by arcaded galleries. Each pavilion houses a department: medical, surgical, orthopedic, and maternity. One pavilion is devoted to private rooms. The building is formal and symmetrical, the plan being somewhat like an organizational chart. The design is most appropriate for the tropics, since each wing is designed for maximum ventilation and protection from rain. In the PGH, Parsons introduced a style of modern architecture, functional in plan, and employing the traditional arch while minimizing surface ornament.
Tomas Mapua, who graduated from Cornell University in 1911 and worked as draftsman at the Bureau of Public Works from that year until 1915, designed the Nurses' Home of the PGH, one of the finest examples of the neo-renaissance style in the country.
The hospital was founded by Dean C. Worcester, (1866 – 1924) an American zoologist, public official, and authority on the Philippines, born at Thetford, Vermont, and educated at the University of Michigan (A.B., 1889). From 1899 to 1901 he was a member of the United States Philippine Commission and then until 1913, he served as secretary of the interior for the Philippine Insular Government. Worcester founded the Philippine General Hospital in 1910.
Initially called Civil Hospital housed in a large private dwelling adjoined by 2 smaller buildings, PGH is now a state-owned hospital operated by the University of the Philippines and is the biggest hospital in the country with 1,500 bed capacity; 1000 beds allotted for indigent patients and 500 beds for private patients. PGH is generally known as the hospital for indigent patients.
Update: 8/24/2013 – I received a correction from another reader stating Dr. Luis Torres, considered the "Founder of Modern Urology in the Philippines" was also founder of the first medical fraternity of the country, Phi Kappa Mu, not Upsilon. The name Phi Kappa Mu was conceived by Luis Torres Jr. who along with Jose Barcelona were among the first Filipino members of the Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society. The constitution and by-laws were created through the efforts of Leopoldo Vergel de Dios. The fraternity song was composed by Cesar Villafuerte and Herminio Velarde, Jr. in 1939.
Another reader, Ben Oteyza recalls, "The Brown Derby, in front of PGH, was the place to be for students of UP Medicine and PGH nurses, and Jai Alai for those with extra pocket money." Ben later married a PGH nurse and are proud parents of 6 grown children. His comment reminded me of those marvelous foot-long hotdogs served with a special extra tart mustard and hot, crispy bun at the Brown Derby; a young boy's dream, and who can forget the vanilla soft ice cream sundaes you could get at the Dairy Queen on Taft Avenue….chocolate sauce and chopped nuts ! Oh boy !
The Philippine General Hospital was a public hospital but regardless was fortified by the Japanese during the occupation in violation of the Geneva Convention. There were few Japanese in the hospital with gun placements on the grounds outside to defend their position as the Americans were taking back Manila. On the roof on both ends, were large white circles with large red crosses. From Feb. 14 to Feb. 17, 1945 the Americans shelled the area. Some of the shells hit the buildings inflicting some damage however inside, the many Filipino patients and several thousand Filipino refugees that were seeking what they thought would be safe shelter, were murdered by the Japanese.
On June 9, 1919, what would eventually be PWU opened its first classes as the Philippine Women's College in Manila. The vision of seven far-sighted Filipino women – Clara Aragon, Concepcion Aragon, Francisca Tirona Benitez, Paz Marquez Benitez, Carolina Ocampo Palma, Mercedes Rivera and Socorro Maraquez Zaballero – the nascent private, non-sectarian university had an initial enrollment of 190 students. The goal was to prepare young Filipino women for a career of service and leadership.
PWU became a university in 1932 and is presently moving toward its centenary in 2020. It has coped with many hardships and tragedies, including being burned and razed to the ground during the battle for Manila in 1945. But phoenix-like, PWU rose from the ashes, grew and flourished even more vigorously determined to continue to develop the youth of the land.
Currently serving both men and women from nursery to graduate school in its Manila, Quezon City, Caliraya, and Davao campuses, the Philippine Women's University system and its Affiliate Schools for Men and Women is a corporate entrepreneurial university that uses Internet-driven, online tools for teaching and learning.
Its Malate campus at 1743 Taft Avenue occupies an entire city block bounded by Taft Avenue and the streets of Tennessee (Malvar), Remedios, and Pennsylvania (Leon Guinto). Its current president is Dr. Jose Francisco Benitez, who leads an academic staff of approximately 500 serving an undergraduate student population of 20,000.
Among the outstanding achievements of PWU was the foundation of the Bayanihan Folk Dance Group in 1956 by Dr. Helena Z. Benitez, the university's first alumna president. Acclaimed now as the Philippine National Dance Company, the Bayanihan is world-renowned and multi-awarded. It has performed, usually by invitation of the host nation, in a total of 66 countries and 700 cities worldwide.
The following photos of the Bayanihan Dance Troupe were generously submitted by Manila Nostalgia reader, Herb Hendry. The troupe was performing for visiting President of Rotary International (worldwide), Carl P. Miller and his wife, hosted by the Rotary Club of Manila, at a gala fiesta at Perez Gardens, Quezon City on December 2, 1964.
The folk arts center and the dance company continue to research and preserve indigenous Philippine art forms in music, dance, costumes and folklore, to restructure and enhance these research findings to evolve repertoires suited to the demands of contemporary theater, and to promote international goodwill through performances at home and abroad. Bayanihan epitomizes their combined efforts, the name means working together for the common good.
My brother Bobby Ng was one of the lecturers of Philippine Women's University. After his radio-TV work, he became a professional motivational speaker and taught a personal development course at the university.
The stretch of sidewalk in front of the PWU is very familiar to me. It was here where I would walk daily with my father as he recovered from his years of brutal imprisonment, after release by the dreaded Japanese military police Kempeitai in the war. We only stopped our walks when the Japanese marines set up a large anti-aircraft gun on the rotunda of Taft and San Andres.
Our walks usually turned around at Remedios Street, where across Taft I could see the Roces house. This was where Rafael "Liling" Roces Jr. lived. He was a Filipino journalist, writer, patriot, guerrilla leader, martyr and hero.
Another historic location was the Masonic Temple (now the Scottish Rite Temple) across the street from the PWU. It was here that the Japanese massacred almost 200 people that had sought shelter in the battle for Manila in 1945. In the photo below, Philippine Women's University is center right and Masonic Temple just above it. The road on the left is Colorado St. (Felipe Agoncillo) and the street to the right is Pennsylvania St. (Leon Guinto). This is looking south. Most of the destruction shown in this photograph was caused by the burning and demolition charges set off by the retreating Japanese.
No description of PWU would be complete without mentioning Jose Abad Santos Memorial School. The seeds from which JASMS grew were planted in 1919 when the Philippine Women's College was first established with its first Kindergarten class opening in A. Flores St. near Taft Avenue, Manila.
The PWU Elementary Department's use of a curriculum based on the children's experiences began in 1933. Doreen B. Gamboa and Priscilla Abaya built an environment to meet the needs of children without having to pattern or adopt a philosophy from other schools or countries. In 1935, the Nursery school was born admitting children 18 months to 3 years of age, this was something unheard of at that time. Since the school accepted both boys and girls, it was decided to give the school a new name. Thus, the PWU Elementary Department later came to be known as Jose Abad Santos Memorial School (JASMS), after the late Chief Justice Jose Abad Santos, former Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the University.
The Kindergarten School eventually expanded into a grade school and in the late 50's the University opened JASMS along what is now known as EDSA to serve the needs of the growing community of Philamlife Homes and in 1962. The JASMS High School at Quezon City opened. JASMS Manila acquired a new site along Indiana St. (P. H. Lim) in Malate, but still maintained the (Annex) Taft Avenue facilities for the younger children.
I recommend reading this article by Joy Gamboa Virata.
It's a small shop, a treasure house of hard to find books, plays, political novels, monographs, Filipiñiana, and the complete works of our National Artist for Literature, F. Sionil Jose. When you walk into the store, it's like a step into the past.
It's just like before the war, when the districts of Ermita and Malate where I lived and spent my childhood hosted numerous boutique shops, quaint bakeries, modistas, and small mom and pop shops. The mansions had Spanish names like Casa Tesoro, El Nido, and our neighbor on M. H. del Pilar, the Zobel-owned Chateau Marie. The neighborhood even developed its own Spanish patois, signs like "Cuidado con el perro" were common.
This store doesn't accept credit cards. Just like before the war, when there were no credit cards and no need for them. The store is owned by my friend Frankie Sionil Jose. I had thought he'd migrated to New York when I last checked on him, but no, he's still here, a true survivor.
To me it seems that Sionil Jose's novel "Ermita," the tale of a female protagonist with the same name who was born in the affluence and privilege of the Ermita before the war, is an allegorical story of Ermitans who survived the wholesale destruction of their enclave, but not the love-hate relationship of Filipinos and Americans that it engendered.
Yet, like the protagonist of his novel, the story bears a hint of hope. Perhaps it's this hope that led my old friend to set up his bookshop in Ermita, at the corner of Jorge Bocobo (formerly Nebraska) and Padre Faura. Like its namesake, La Solidaridad is not just a collection of libertarian ideas in the field of politics, science, art, literature, commerce, agriculture and industry. Established in 1965, it is more than a link to the past, a repository of Filipino aspirations. It's a hope for the Filipino future.
It's an indictment we're doomed to repeat if we continue to ignore our past.
In my last post, I presented the home of Jose McMicking, at one time Manila's Sheriff in the early 1900s. Jose married one of Rafael Ynchausti's daughters, Angelina. The JJ Ynchausti y Compañia, a shipping and trading company dated back to 1816. The family founded Banco Español-Filipinas de Isabel II which later became the Bank of the Philippines. They were also responsible for building the Puente Colgante, owned Tanduay Distillery as well as sugar, abaca production, and paint (YCO Paints and Floor Wax) businesses. By the late 19th century, Ynchausti Shipping was the largest inter-island shipping company in the Philippines. Here's their home located on Calle Real (later M.H. del Pilar). Their back yard faced the Manila Bay.
In my previous post, Malate – Ermita: Part 1, I reminisced briefly about the fun and excitement as families would take their children on an open-aired double-decker bus called the Matorco up and down the boulevard. Just recently I received an email from Fred Palanca Abo-Hamda, the grandson of Sebastian Palanca.
Sebastian Palanca, was the second son of Don Carlos Palanca, founder of La Tondeña Distillery, and the brainchild of the Manila Motor Coach (Matorco). Sebastian initially invested in two buses from London back in 1948 and formed his own corporation under S.C. Palanca & Sons.
This wonderful conveyance would wind its way from 13th and Chicago Streets in the Port Area all along Dewey Boulevard up to the Redemptorist Church in Baclaran and back again. Unlike jeepneys that would stop anywhere, the buses would make around 6 stops at designated locations each way, such as in front of the Aristocrat Restaurant. Refreshments, candies, chocolates peanuts and kropek were sold onboard.
In 1975, the rates were set at 20 Centavos per passenger and children less than 1 meter height were admitted free. It stopped operation in 1994 due mainly to increased pollution, overcrowded streets and high maintenance. A big thanks to Fred for the details of our beloved Matorco. In the Fifties, the company was run by Joaquina Palanca Abou-Hamda and her siblings (see photo below).
With thanks for the wonderful comments and stories from my readers and guest writers, as well as their generous submittals of photos from their personal collections, I sign off. I am heartened by the actions of many groups in Manila that are trying to save and restore our architectural landmarks. My hope is that we can once again reclaim the beauty of the old Manila we remembered and pass it on to the next generations.
Thanks to Larry Ng for his continuing articles !
I'm well on my way to preparing my next post. I hope you enjoy this one and continue to write comments and emails with your memories and hopefully, more photos !!
By now you are well aware of the thousands who were so enthralled by your Parts 1, 2 & 3, and clamored for more. You're so brave to take on this challenge, not only for gathering the old photos, but taking pains to include the background history on each and every one.
On behalf of my Maryknoll gradeschool and high school classmates and St. Theresa's College schoolmates, please accept our sincere thanks for including school photos extracted from my scrapbook, bringing back memories from as far back 1949 when we were still in Grade Three. The Maryknoll nuns will be forever grateful for your detailed research on their history in the Philippines, as early as 1926. Some of those Maryknoll Sisters you featured in the photos have now gone to Heaven and probably reading Lou Gopal's blog "from the clouds" (literally !). Aside from their founding one of the best private Catholic girls' schools in Manila, the Sisters simultaneously continued their tireless and dedicated work in the missions around the Philippine provinces and destitute regions of Asia, Africa, South & Central America. They have inspired many of the students to enter the convent and work in missions in Africa. I have two High School class mates who are Maryknoll Sisters – Sister Maxima Rosanne Ong in Dar Es Salaam Maryknoll Missions and Sister Azucena (Ceny) San Pedro in Brazil. One of my employees at Alpha Tours & Travel in San Francisco – Coralis Obligacion-Salvador is a Lay Missionary in Africa working with children born with Aids. Please accept sincere gratitude from the Maryknoll Sisters around the world, who have been provided with your MANILA NOSTALGIA.
Thanks for the wonderful insights about the wonderful district we both grew up in even if its of different era. I like your take on La Solidaridad. I often check out the place when Im in the area. I often find first edition books or newly published ones long before they hit the market. I found two outstanding books there regarding world war ii that usually recommend. By sword and Fire and Warsaw of Asia. Very informative books about war and liberation here in Manila based on written document.
Good morning Mr. Lito Ligon, Please pardon my situation. I would like to ask if you know or have any information about locating the remains of people killed by the Japanese during World War II? The last we heard was my father being hauled out of a dungeon in Intramuros. We never recovered his body and I am the only one left from our original 5 in the family. I will surely die in peace if I can touch my father's remain. I am 75 yrs.old now. Thank you very much for any information you may provide. By the way, I have a "gang" mate during my high school years in Laguna High School. His name is Roly Ligon. Are you related? Thanks.
On this site lie the mortal remains of approximately 600 Filipinos. Their bodies were found inside a nearby dungeon where victims of the atrocities perpetrated by the Japanese imperial forces were imprisoned during the last days of February 1945.
The memory of all these unknown victims of Japanese atrocities will live forever in the hearts and minds of the Filipino people.
Although it says they're unknown, I hope that somewhere, there's a document that lists the names. Please let me know if you would like me to email you the pictures.
I beg your pardon. St. Theresa's College Manila was rebuilt after the war for that's where I graduated from high school in 1955. Afterwards, STCM was sold to Adamson.
Thank you for spotting my error, Erlinda. I have corrected the article accordingly.
Lou – As per Dada Zamora-Moreno's observation, you are a GOOD STORY-TELLER.
However, because of the info you generated from others, some could mistake you for a "historian" but we need to let them all know that you have endeavored to gather as many facts from friends residing in Manila, interviews, and internet, to "tell us a nostalgic story". No one should be pounding on you if you make a few mis-quotes from others, re: dates/years/locations. Since you are not really a resident of the Philippines, and depended on other facts contributed by your many friends in Manila willing to assist you in these wonderful recollections of your early years in Manila. I know you have been very cautious, sending me photos to verify and other Theresian colleagues like Cielo Roque-Lutz, Susie Diez-Rueda and our STAA contact "Eslee" – who were so quick in giving you their verifications. You have earned the title of a "good story teller" and we all look forward to hearing more.
Thank you Angie. I hope I can continue to earn your interest and trust with my blog.
My apologies for using your site for a personal request with Mr. Lito Ligon.
No problem Mr.Rayos. I hope you can find information about your father. Best of luck and good wishes !
You have consolidated stories that most could only dream of. That alone is a feat. For that I thank you. Imagine weaving together stories of districts that have disappeared altogether in time. A notable act indeed. Thanks for that and in memory of my grandmother who is loyal alumna of Philippine Women's University, I thank you too. She has told me of many stories about life in PWU. Thanks again, Lou!
Thank you Lito for your kindness and continuing help to make this series interesting !
Very happy to see the Sisters of St. Theresa included. The Sisters of St. Theresa administered Malate Catholic School when I was a student there. I remember Mother Barat, Mother Verene, and Mother Eleanora – strict disciplinarians as I recall. The school was also administered by the Irish Columbans who were the parish priests of Malate Catholic Church.
Incidentally, I remember listening to Larry Ng's radio program. If I'm not mistaken, Larry was oft known as "Larry ng buhay ko". And of course there was Bobby Ng's "music dedication" radio program.
Dr. Luis Torres Jr, Father of Modern Urology in the Philippines graduated in 1934. He was a founder of the first medical fraternity of the country, Phi Kappa Mu and not Upsilon. He did become the Chief of Surgery and was a founder and first president of the Philippine Urological Association.
Jojo, Thank you for that correction !
This is a very nice website. Manila was really fascinating back then. The names of the streets alone especially in Malate & Ermita, already contain so much history. It is sad that we now rename them after businessmen and politicians.
I would also like to correct that Dr. Luis Torres founded the Second medical fraternity in the country as well as second in Asia. They were a couple of months behind Mu Sigma Phi from the same college which is recognized as the first medical fraternity in the country & in Asia.
Duly noted and thank you Marcos !
Another heartwarming account! Sincerest thanks for all your painstaking efforts to make the old, genteel Manila — its buildings, its people, its ambiance — come alive for us. Would that it were possible to restore that quality to it today, or at least to some portions of it. Please know that your dedication to this project is very much deeply appreciated. More power and all the best!
Thank you Jeanne, I'm glad you found the article interesting. It's because of folks like you that keep the interest in old Manila alive. Let's not abandon all hope of getting our heritage restored and revitalized.
Thanks again, Mr. Gopal, for this wonderful series of stories featuring Malate. Though I'm not very familiar with most of the places you mentioned, as I grew up in Quezon City, I'd have to say that I still thoroughly enjoyed it. I look forward to reading more of your stories. Thanks again and all the best!
Thanks Mr. Gopal for this wonderful interesting series about Ermita. I grew up in Mabini st. way back in the 50's. My mother owned a dress shop and a gift shop. Two years ago we went home to visit but was so disappointed to see how this place looks now. I used to ride my bike on the sidewalks to the park across Ermita Church where i used to serve mass. I remember the Spanish Capuchin Priest and the "Bota Flores" celebration of the feast of Nuestra Senora De Guia in December. Anyway, my wife and i am enjoying reading your article "Manila Nostalgia". Looking forward to see more of your articles about Manila. Thank you!
I am presently in Manila. This wonderful trove of memories, i.e. 1,2,3, 4 "plus" proves and continues to be quite a source of visions of the wonderful past as it relates to the present state of things. Unfortunately some are sad ones, e.g. the Jai Alai Bldg, the decrepit state of the neighborhood of your former haunts, etc…. and, Holy Underwear. the T-R-A-F-F-I-C mess. Aristocrat and Max, among a few others keep me from sliding into the pit of depression. I have decided not to visit Escolta for obvious reasons.
Anyway, I believe that the "Maryknoll College" in Malabon was named St James Academy. My wife, who graduated HS from that institution would be very interested in its history. It is also my understanding that the Maryknoll Order (Dominican- Order of Preachers) has ceased to exist- at least in the PH. I hope someone out there will provide enlightenment.
I also wish that someone out there has vivid memories of significance in the "other" streets in the Binondo area. Among them would be Dasmarinas, T. Pinpin, Gandara, Florentino Torres and while we are at it a place that would relive seminal moments in our lives-The Astor Theatre.
Manila Nostalgia. What an excellent reference/guide. Salamat.
Since some old schools were featured here, I wonder why the OLDEST school in the Philippines, Santa Isabel College, founded in 1632 was left out? It's rich history dating back during the Spanish colonization of the country will surely fascinate your readers.
Ah, I sense an alumni of Sta. Isabela. Please be assured it has not been intentionally left out. There are others also on the list. I look forward to writing about it in an upcoming article. Thank you for your suggestion !
I can't begin to tell you how much I've enjoyed your various posts. Thank you so much for the sentimental walks down memory lane. Both my parents' families lived in the Malate area before the war and I have a high school picture of my mom at Assumption Convent. After the war, my paternal grandparents built a house on Colorado (now Felipe Agoncillo), which I fondly remember visiting often while growing up in the 50s, 60s and 70s. Again, many thanks for sharing. I look forward to more nostalgia. Please keep them coming.
I really like the information and nostalgic pictures that you are sharing on your blog. Now, I just want to ask you if you are familiar with the residence of the Perez-Rubio? If you do and if you have, can you please post some pictures of their home? I know that some of their family members and a couple of house helps met their tragic death here in the hands of the Japanese.
Any La Sallite from the 50's and 60's would know something about this narrow street. That is where we had fistfights after school because during that time, fights were also held "behind the gym" which, if you caught, resulted in suspension from school or parents of the kids involved summoned by the principal. Following day, you will know who was involved (those sporting shiners).
Any La Sallite from the 50's and 60's would know something about this narrow street. That is where we had fistfights after school because during that time, fights were also held "behind the gym" which, if you were caught, resulted in suspension from school or parents of the kids involved summoned by the principal. Following day, you will know who was involved (those sporting shiners).
Thanks Ronaldo. No, there's no need for me to reiterate the pain and suffering we all know was there in the past. I like to remember the innocence and sweet memories of days long gone. Was it because I was a kid or was it those times ?
As a little girl I remember this super gigantic coffee server on top of this building somewhere near Manila City Hall. Being small , it was awesome to look at. I cannot recall if it was a coffee or chocolate ad. Does anyone Remember?
Hi Lou, your blog here is like a one stop shop. Everything about what I wanted to know and see are all here. Very informative and enlightening for me who is fond of Philippine history. I used to see the fountain known as Carriedo in Quiapo when I was a kid in the mid 50's. We moved to LA ever since, I wonder what happened to that fountain because I didn't see it when I visited Quiapo church lately.
Soy descendiente de la familia Teus socios fundadores de la casa Inchausti junto a los Elizaldes , vivo en España y he viajado en dos ocasiones a Filipinas y tengo fotos y relatos de la epoca , por si alguien esta interesado .
We lived right behind PWU and the street beside it is not Remedios but Vermont St. (Now Julio Nakpil). The houses around there that were demolished were as a result of American carpet bombing of Manila during WWII. My Dad use to tell me stories of how they hid in a trench beside our house under galvanized iron sheets while American soldiers were being shot at by Japanese snipers in PWU. There was also a tunnel from PWU to the Masonic temple used by the Japanese to escape.
According to the Digital Collections of the University of Wisconsin (as well as sites discussing the Philippine-American War), there are pictures (dated c.1901-1902) of a house and its sala depicting it as used by the United States First Philippine (Schurman) Commission.
Having a feeling the house certainly to be located in Malate, I checked search sites, ending up here (rifling thru your Malate-Ermita posts), and yes, finally identified the same pictured house.
Can you confirm that the Ynchausti Mansion is the same house used in the negotiations with Schurman & Aguinaldo's representatives (incl. Gregorio del Pilar)???
I found a site dedicated to the Ynchausti family.
One section was dedicated to its famous mansion (though the areas covered were limited).


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This is the second edition of my debut novel, released in 2015 by Lake Union Publishing.
This is the original edition of debut novel, which I self-published in 2013.
My debut novel has its own Cinderella story. Like many new authors, I self-published after first trying and failing at the "traditional" route – find an agent who finds you a publisher. Then 18 months after I self-pubbed, Lake Union Publishing approached me with an acquisition offer.


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End Of Migration
The Great Recession signaled the end of a long economic cycle. I argue that we can define, in part, the era in terms of migration. The very act of reshuffling the US population fueled the boom of many Sun Belt cities. The growth seemed to feed on itself and ultimately proved unsustainable. The result is a new landscape of failed cities:
A traditional city in decline is one that has suffered a sustained population drop, leaving behind empty houses, apartment buildings, offices and storefronts. Cleveland and Detroit, for instance, suffered from the erosion of manufacturing and the loss of residents, who left in search of jobs.
Instead of eroding a particular industry, however, the housing bust left a glut of homes because of overbuilding and the foreclosure crisis. Follain argues that the future of these cities is threatened in similar ways to that of Rust Belt cities.
"Long-vacant neighborhoods are going to develop, and we can imagine what can happen," he said, including potentially higher crime and lower property taxes.
The picture painted is a bit crude. People just didn't leave Cleveland and Detroit in search of jobs. Many left those cities for the suburbs. Also overlooked is the collapse of inmigration. Still, the shift in economic geography is striking. Cities associated with the dominance of manufacturing declined along with that sector. Likewise, we expect cities associated with the dominance of migration (e.g. construction jobs) to suffer a similar fate. The macroeconomic climate no longer favors metros such as Las Vegas and Miami.
I think this bodes ill for regions such as Silicon Valley and San Francisco. There is much more to these economies than a swelling population. However, they are dependent on the influx of talent. There is trouble in paradise:
But the growth comes with caveats. The population increase locally has largely been fueled by births and foreign immigration—and not through domestic migration, according to data from California's Department of Finance, which released new county-by-county population and migration figures last month. That means more people are still leaving for other states nationwide than coming in.
That is something of a red flag, say economists. Migration figures and population data are closely watched here because of how those affect the local work force. Executives of Silicon Valley tech companies and local leaders are fond of saying that the Bay Area's most important asset is its people, and they would like to see the talent base constantly renewed.
Both the Bay Area and Silicon Valley have attracted the well-educated and entrepreneurial in droves. As a result, these regions do a lousy job renewing the talent base organically. There was no need to stress improved local education because other countries and regions supplied the human capital. That's a precarious position with the war for talent heating up.
Future pathways of foreign born talent are difficult to divine. Immigration policy is notoriously capricious. Emerging markets are increasingly attractive. Domestic talent flows seem to be more predictable. We expect smarter cities to get smarter. That should reassure some in Silicon Valley.
Hidden under the aggregate numbers, talent is agglomerating in unexpected places:
"The whites who live in Scranton are disproportionately stupid low-class whites". So said blogger Half-Sigma, citing "Wikipedia". Commenter Joe Walker wrote: "the younger, better educated whites [have probably] moved [from Scranton] to places like New York City". This does seem an attractive theory to explain the trends seen here (albeit able to easily devolve into Chicken-or-Egg-ism). But is it true? ...
... Among young-adults, Scranton-Metro is better-educated than Boise Metro. Half-Sigma's theory, that "stupid" Scranton loses droves of its smart youth, is wrong.
Boise is one of the darlings of the migration economy. Scranton is a Rust Belt loser. How can Scranton be smarter than Boise?
The above assertion is tenuous. It is also representative of Rust Belt demographics that are still dealing with the legacy of industrial decline. The population of young, college educated adults is growing in the part of the United States that many think of as a backwater or, more commonly, flyover country. How we imagine Scranton and Boise is yesterday's news, despite the fixation with the latest Census data.
Over the last decade, a number of Rust Belt cities have sported impressive gains in educational attainment. In hindsight, this was an indicator of the demise of the migration economy. Contrary to what Richard Florida predicts, talent was flocking to some of the most inexpensive places in the United States. Creative Class theory does a good job of explaining the economic geography of the past 40-years. It will do a lousy job of predicting the future.
In Pittsburgh, Google can have talent density on the cheap. Northern Appalachia has a glut of college educated people. That's why global software companies locate in downtown Youngstown. Cleveburgh has a quality of workforce that few regions in the world can match. And unlike Silicon Valley and the Bay Area, Pittsburgh doesn't have to import human capital. The whims of politicians concerning immigration matter little. Rust Belt cities are very good at developing people.
In a bizarre way, Ohio is well ahead of Texas:
In an area with unemployment at 10 percent or higher, it is surprising that Garvey sees his biggest obstacle in finding workers. But he argues that that's true all over the country.
"The biggest challenge a company our size faces – and companies much, much larger – is not raising capital for a $3 million tool. It's finding the skilled operators to run equipment on the off shifts," he said. "The qualified operators want to work 9 to 5 Monday through Friday."
This is an argument for improved training, better schools and so on. But it's much more than that.
"The labor component of manufacturing is being squeezed and squeezed to the point where it's going to be insignificant," Garvey said.
Garvey is exploring technologies to allow remote operation of machines and production processes that would give a manufacturer the capability to operate around the clock and around the world.
He doesn't envision such operations across acres of production lines. Manufacturing is moving away from "big box" factories and toward localized, massively customized shops.
In Garvey's manufacturing world, intelligence matters more than whether a shop is union or not, and whether taxes are lower at the plant than in the next jurisdiction.
In other words, the need for talent trumps policy. The assertion that Sun Belt states somehow got it right is false. Darlings such as North Carolina are struggling. Mapping prosperity reveals shocking patterns:
Are you better off now than you were ten years ago?
On this [map], the darker the blue the larger the decline in median household income. North Carolina looks like a rust-belt state.
North Carolina looks like a Rust Belt state because parts of it were similarly dependent on manufacturing. That's the case throughout the Sun Belt. All the people moving to North Carolina glossed over those difficulties. The rise of Charlotte overshadowed the decline in parts of the state where manufacturing (particularly textiles) once thrived.
Much of the brain power that fueled Sun Belt growth came from the Rust Belt. There was little demand for home grown talent. If college graduates stopped coming, then North Carolina would be in a world of trouble. Brain gain in Scranton suggests that this pipeline has been slowing over the last decade. The new geography of innovation puts research and development right next to where knowledge workers are traditionally produced. The Research Triangle should be just as concerned as Silicon Valley.
I'm still amused that talent attraction expert Joe Cortright went to Akron to champion Portland. Portland should be learning from Akron, not the other way around. Cortright on a learning expedition would have been more appropriate. Why is Akron succeeding in dramatically increasing educational attainment rates? We know why Portland is generating a talent dividend. College graduates are moving there in great numbers. Will that remain the case in the post-migration economy? I wouldn't bet on it.
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This is a very very interesting, and coming form Columbus, Ohio I hear endless talk of the "Brain Drain" that the state is suffering from.
Why though do you see this pattern ending? And if this cycle is over does that mean good ramifications for midwestern "Rust Belt" cities?
Patrick M said...
I'm sorry but you clearly don't understand North Carolina very well.
First, just as James Carville once famously described PA as "Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, with Alabama in the middle," there are three North Carolinas.
There is the increasingly suburbanizing (and in some cases, urbanizing) Triangle and Charlotte metro areas, which are fast-growing for a lot of reasons. Growth has slowed (but not stopped) with the recession, and more so in Charlotte than the Triangle.
Second, there is the Tier 2 metro area of the Triad, and the smaller metropolitan areas of Wilmington, Asheville, and Fayetteville. Manufacturing losses hurt more here because there are not many other industries to absorb workers.
Third, there are the rural hinterlands, which especially east of I-95 and not quite to the coast, experience grinding poverty and low social indicators across numerous variables. These places are in trouble. But so is the Alabama part of PA, and most of rural America.
Your comparison of Rust Belt cities to Sun Belt STATES picks and chooses attributes among the three North Carolinas to make comparisons. The loss of manufacturing is a problem in the rural areas and the Triad (where Ed Cone runs his very good blog).
Primarily, you could not be more wrong about NC importing college grads instead of producing them. The Research Triangle's two largest universities are UNC-Chapel Hill and NC State, which with extremely attractive in-state tuition to NC residents, pull NC's best and brightest to the Triangle.
UNC-Charlotte, UNC-Asheville, and UNC-Wilmington are also solid schools at a modest price.
I am a Northeast transplant to NC (from Mass via Wake Forest U) but in the classrooms at the undergrad level, it's 75% or more in-staters. If people like me stop coming, NC will be more than able to still fill the high-tech jobs in RTP, Downtown Durham and Downtown Raleigh with local grads.
But keep in mind that the relationships between schools and industry here are quite good. Once a student has interned at IBM, Glaxo, Motricity, or Bronto Software, they get connected to the employment networks here and are likely to stick around. The same goes for out-of-state students who attend Stanford in Silicon Valley.
Let's go back to the maps Ed Cone flagged. Yes, NC looks like a rust belt state on this map. But the urban crescent is light blue, which means it also looks like the Bay Area, or Seattle, or Connecticut's NYC commuter shed. Most metro areas would accept those comparisons happily.
Of course NC needs to do much to remain competitive. But your thesis about the end of migration is soft. Population grew here even through the recession, and even if migration stops, the institutions to provide the 21st century workforce are in place here and humming nicely, at least in the urban areas.
Ohio isn't suffering from brain drain. Established perceptions die hard. But the endless talk hurts the state's brand.
The main point is that Ohio produces world class talent. The quality of the workforce is excellent. Just ask Honda. Ohio is a perennial favorite of Site Selection magazine.
Since no one outside of the Rust Belt is going to move to Ohio, how did the state cultivate such an attractive workforce? Why is Akron shooting up in terms of educational attainment rates?
You put a software company in real estate cheap Youngstown and you'll have no problem finding tech employees. You can draw from Columbus, Cleveland/Akron, and Pittsburgh. Not to mention the ample supply of brains already in the Mahoning Valley (or those looking to move back home).
News today that Google is doubling its footprint in Pittsburgh, another Rust Belt city experiencing big gains in the numbers of college educated residing there. Google is well aware of the positive migration to Pittsburgh of those with a degree. But that's not the big story. As a region, Pittsburgh produces a lot of the talent that the rest of the world (e.g. Google) wants.
It is a lot easier to move the company to where the talent is produced than to compete with other regions or like firms to attract talent. So, places such as NE Iowa get on the map because of the proximity to deep (and cheap) pools of talent.
Talent is the new oil.
Patrick M,
As you remark, both Rust Belt and Sun Belt states contain multiple economic geographies. That's one of the points I am endeavoring to make. I'm well aware of the variance within state.
You underestimate the importance of talent migrating to North Carolina. However, the controversy is whether or not the college graduates will keep coming. That's not an issue for Rust Belt cities such as Pittsburgh. I doubt we can say the same about Rust Belt cities in Sun Belt states. But if there are a few exceptions, then I'd be interested in learning about them.
The Garvey quote describes the direction manufacturing is going in Dayton, away from the mass-employment places like the old Delphi/GM nexus towards the smaller tool & die/machine shop things. More diversified and customized.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/ontheblock/detail?entry_id=80544&tsp=1
Yes, Jim. Ohio produces world class talent...for San Francisco, Dallas, Houston, Charlotte, Raleigh and DC.
Exactly my point. If the talent market is getting tighter (debatable), then how might the economic geography change?
Sure, we can assume that the dominant migration patterns of the last 40 years will hold. But I'm assuming we are going through a major macroeconomic restructuring. That a new migration pattern would emerge isn't exactly a radical idea.
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BRONXVILLE, N.Y. – The Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association (EIVA) has announced the 2017 All-EIVA first and second teams which includes 20 student-athletes from the eight conference institutions. The EIVA also announced its All-Academic Team which includes nine student-athletes from the eight conference institutions.
Senior outside hitter, Casey White, and junior setter, Marko Kostich, have been selected to the All -EIVA second team for the 2017 season. White ended his tenure ranked second in Harvard's record book for all-time digs with 635 and ranked tenth in Harvard's all-time record book with 716 kills. The team co-captain earned his career-high in kills with 19 against No. 15 UCSB, and registered his career high in attacks with 57 against UCSB. White will graduate this spring with 10 career double-doubles. White has earned post season accolades from the EIVA in two-consecutive seasons.
Kostich concluded his junior season averaging 4.95 assists/set. The Burr Ridge, Illinois native currently ranks fifth in Harvard's all-time record book with 1691 career assists and is tied for eighth with 58 career service aces. Kostich earned his first double-double of the season against No. 15 UCSB, earning 29 assists and 11 digs and led the Crimson with a 60.0% attack, adding five assists against Coker on March 7. This marks Kostich's second-consecutive season earning all-conference accolades.
Kostich was also named to the EIVA All-Academic team, alongside classmate Riley Moore. In order to be named to the team, recipients must have participated in at least 60% of their team's sets, maintained a minimum of a 3.50 GPA, and must be in at least their second year academically.
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Ben Fogle brilliantly responds to troll slamming him for pro-vaccine post as he's accused of making 'side dig' at anti-vaxxers
Ben Fogle brilliantly responds to troll who slammed him for pro-vaccine post (Picture: Instagram/Rex)
Ben Fogle had the best response after coming under fire for sharing a pro-vaccine post as he received the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine.
The broadcaster, 47, had shared a snap of him being vaccinated with fans on his Instagram page over the weekend and revealed he had been eligible for the jab, as he is a carer for his daughter who has epilepsy.
Like many other celebrities have done, Ben documented the moment online and shared: 'V day. Thanks to @nhsengland and the army medics. Vaccines have always been a part of my essential travel requirements. I hate needles. Last time I had an injection I fainted. Not this time. This is another one added to my vaccine passport.
'How lucky we are in the Developed world to have access to these medicines. I haven't heard Bill Gates talking to me in my head yet (which if you think about it positively would be like having a free version of Microsoft Windows) Love, peace and hope. Ps I wasn't paid for this and I had mine early because my young daughter has epilepsy and we are her carers ?.'
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After sharing he'd received his, Ben, however, was later inundated with negative messages from trolls, with one criticising him for 'preaching' about the vaccine and making a 'side dig' at anti-vaxxers.
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Ben shared one message he'd received from an online troll (Picture: Instagram)
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The broadcaster brilliantly hit back at his critic with a lengthy statement (Picture: Instagram)
Ben pointed out his experience with previous vaccinations, as he continued: 'All my decisions are based on 47 years of experience. I have worked on anti malaria campaigns, highlighted pneumonia and flu vaccines after I contracted pneumonia. I have made films about neglected diseases after I contracted Leishmaniasis that kills thousands every year.
'To take a vaccination is based on my own researched opinion (with the guidance of 4 Doctors in my family) I also have to be respectful to the people and remote communities that I spend time with. It would be inappropriate to spend time, as I do, with vulnerable, isolated people without a vaccine. I have always taken the flu vaccine not as a precaution to me but for others).
He revealed: 'I get a lot of messages from very cross people upset about a product I am endorsing or a children's book I have written (yes really) I was driven off Twitter for my own mental well-being after my daughter and I received death threats for daring to suggest we sing happy birthday to the Queen. I hope Instagram doesn't fall to the same level.'
Ben signed off: 'Free speech and opinion is a vital part of our democratic liberty but we mustn't let the anger of polarised opinion mist our judgment to fair debate. This is me. Take me or leave me. I try to keep a positive, inspiring vibe on here always within the spirit of who I am. Blowing out someone else's candle won't make yours glow any brighter. Love and peace.'
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import android.database.sqlite.SQLiteDatabase;
import android.database.sqlite.SQLiteOpenHelper;
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