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Philippine Supreme Court Jurisprudence > Year 2016 > December 2016 Decisions > G.R. No. 210617, December 07, 2016 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ORLANDO FERNANDEZ Y ABARQUIZ, Accused-Appellant.:
G.R. No. 210617, December 07, 2016 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ORLANDO FERNANDEZ Y ABARQUIZ, Accused-Appellant.
G.R. No. 210617, December 07, 2016
PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ORLANDO FERNANDEZ Y ABARQUIZ, Accused-Appellant.
PEREZ, J.:
This is an appeal filed by herein appellant Orlando Fernandez y Abarquiz (Fernandez) from the Decision1 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA G.R. CR-HC No. 05626, dated 26 July 2013, affirming the Decision2 of the Regional Trial Court of Dagupan City (RTC-Dagupan City) in Criminal Case No. 2009-0659-D, dated 9 May 2012, convicting the appellant for Violation of Section 5, Article II of Republic Act No. 9165 (RA 9165).3
The appellant was charged in an Information4 that reads:
That on or about the 18th day of November 2009, in the City of Dagupan, Philippines, and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the [herein appellant FERNANDEZ], did then and there, willfully, unlawfully and criminally, sell and deliver to a customer Methamphetamine Hydrochloride (Shabu) contained in one (1) heatsealed plastic sachet, weighing more or less 0.13 gram, without authority to do so.
Contrary to [Section 5, Article II, RA 91651].
On arraignment,5 the appellant pleaded NOT GUILTY to the crime charged. At the pre-trial conference, the parties stipulated as follows:
1. Identity of the [herein appellant] as the same [appellant] who was arraigned and pleaded not guilty to the commission of the crime charged.
2. That the [appellant] was arrested at Gonzales Street, Botman Boquig, Dagupan City, at 4:55 in the afternoon of [18 November 2009].6
Following the pre-trial conference, trial on the merits ensued, where the prosecution presented the following witnesses: (1) Police Senior Inspector Emelda Roderos (PSI Roderos), the Forensic Chemist who examined the specimen subject of the buy-bust operation;7 (2) Police Inspector Apollo Calimlim (PI Calimlim), the duty investigator who prepared the Spot Report, the Affidavit of Statement and the Request for Laboratory Examination of the seized items;8 (3) PO1 Mario Mondero (PO1 Mondero);9 (4) Police Chief Inspector Froilan Lopez (PCI Lopez), the team leader of the buy-bust operation against the appellant;10 (5) Police Officer 3 Christopher Baruelo (PO3 Baruelo), the designated poseur-buyer and the one who prepared the buy-bust money;11 and (6) PO3 Noel Domalanta (PO3 Domalanta), the assigned arresting officer;12 and.
The testimonies of the aforesaid witnesses established that:
At around 10:00 a.m. of 18 November 2009, the members of the Provincial Anti-Illegal Drug Special Operations Task Group (PAIDSOTG) were summoned by their action officer PCI Lopez to come to their office at Lingayen, Pangasinan, for instruction and briefing as regards the buy-bust operation that they would be conducting against one Orlando Fernandez y Abarquiz (aka "Tatay Lando"), the herein appellant, who is a suspected shabu vendor, in Gonzales St., Bonuan Boquig, Dagupan City (target area).13 During the briefing, PCI Lopez acted as the team leader, PO3 Baruelo was assigned as the poseur-buyer, PO3 Domalanta was tasked to act as the arresting office, and the four other members of PAIDSOTG, namely: PO3 Dizon Santos (PO3 Santos), PO1 Mondero, Senior Police Officer 2 Ravago (SPO2 Ravago) and SPO1 Flash Ferrer (SPO1 Ferrer), were the designated back-up officers. PO3 Baruelo then prepared the buy-bust money, i.e., P500.00 peso-bill, marked with his initials "CFB," which was placed before the serial number, and photocopied the same.14
Thereafter, or at around 4:55 in the afternoon of even date, the abovenamed PAIDSOTG members, together with a confidential agent, proceeded to the target area. Upon arrival thereat, PO3 Baruelo and the confidential agent went directly in front of the appellant's house, particularly, near the fence, and waited for him. The rest of the buy-bust team, on the other hand, strategically positioned themselves within a five (5) meter radius therefrom. Later, when the appellant arrived, the confidential agent introduced to him PO3 Baruelo as a user and a buyer of shabu. The appellant then asked PO3 Baruelo how much drugs he was willing to buy to which the latter responded "P500.00." Thereupon, the appellant handed to PO3 Baruelo one (1) plastic sachet containing the suspected shabu. In turn, the latter gave the former the P500.00 marked money as payment therefor.15
At this juncture, PO3 Baruelo purposely scratched his head, which was their pre-arranged signal that the sale transaction has already been consummated, giving cue to PO3 Domalanta to make the necessary arrest. The appellant tried to escape but PO3 Domalanta chased him and successfully caught him and placed him under arrest. The appellant was then informed of his constitutional rights. Thereafter, PO3 Domalanta bodily searched the appellant and recovered from him the following: (a) one cal. 22 homemade gun; (b) one piece glass tube; (c) several aluminum foil strips; (d) one bundle of empty plastic sachets; (e) two lighters; and (f) the P500.00 peso marked money used in the buy-bust operation. PO3 Domalanta later tun1ed over to PO3 Baruelo the seized items.16
Afterwards the appellant and the seized items were brought to PCP6 Bonuan, Tondaligan, Dagupan City, Pangasinan. It was PO3 Baruelo who was in possession of the seized items during this period. Upon reaching the said place, PO3 Baruelo marked the seized items with his initials "CFB." In particular, the drug paraphernal ias, i.e., one bundle of empty plastic sachets, several aluminum foil strips, one piece glass tube water pipe and two lighters, recovered from the appel1ant during his arrest were marked "CFB-2" "CFB-3" "CFB-4" and "CFB-5," respectively while the plastic sachet containing suspected shabu subject of the sale transaction was marked with "CFB-1."17 Thereafter, an inventory18 and photographed of the seized items were made in the presence of the appellant and other witnesses, namely: Barangay Kagawad Ramil C. Soy of Barangay Bonuan Tondaligan; Cipriano R. Cayabyab, Chief of the CVO of Barangay Bonuan Boquig; and Peha Lagao ofGMA 7, representative from the media.19
The buy-bust team, thereafter, returned to their office in Lingayen, Pangasinan, for further investigation by PI Calimlim, the duty investigator who prepared the Request for Laboratory Examination of the seized items, which request was signed by PCI Lopez. At this time, it was still PO3 Baruelo who was in possession of the seized items. Meanwhile, PO3 Baruelo and PO3 Dorpalanta prepared the affidavit of arrest. The seized items were then handed by PO3 Baruelo to PO1 Mondero. After which, PO1 Mondero, together with PI Calimlim, brought the Request for Laboratory Examination and the seized items to the Philippine National Police (PNP) Crime Laboratory in Lingayen, Pangasinan.20 The same was received by PO2 Tajon.21
The qualitative laboratory examination was performed by Forensic Chemist PSI Roderos on 19 November 2009, which confirmed that the contents of the plastic sachet and improvised water pipe confiscated from the appellant were methamphetamine hydrochloride, commonly known as shabu.22
The defense, on the other hand, presented the appellant as its sole witness, who denied the accusation against him and offered a different set of facts, thus:
The appellant averred that at around 4:30 in the afternoon of 18 November 2009, he was taking a rest in front of his house in Gonzales St., Bgy. Bonuan Boquig, Dagupan City, when a man suddenly approached him and asked if he knows a person who sells shabu. The man even told him that in case he could give a referral, he would be given a certain amount as his commission. The appellant then remembered someone from the Muslim area where he used to pasture his cow. Thus, he accompanied the man to the cemetery and pointed to him the person who sells shabu.23
The man and the alleged shabu seller then negotiated. The man again approached the appellant and they went back in front of the latter's house. Afterwards, the man handed the appellant a P500.00-peso bill as the latter's commission. Upon receiving the said amount, the appellant was already apprehended by several persons by making him face the ground and by handcuffing him. Afterwards, the appellant was boarded on a mobile and was brought to the police station.24
The appellant further alleged that when he was frisked nothing was retrieved from him. As such, he was forced to admit that he was selling prohibited drugs. The appellant likewise avowed that the plastic sachets and other items really came from the man who previously negotiated with the alleged shabu seller. The appellant also stated that those who arrested him introduced themselves as members ofthe PAIDSOTG.25cralawred
On 9 May 2012, the trial court rendered a Decision26 that reads:
WHEREFORE, judgment is hereby rendered finding [herein appellant Fernandez], GUILTY beyond reasonable doubt with Violation of [Section 5, Article II] of RA 9165 x x x and is hereby sentenced to suffer life imprisonment and to pay a fine in the amount of Five Hundred Thousand ([P500,000.00]) pesos.
The subject plastic sachet of shabu is hereby ordered disposed of in accordance with law.
With cost against said [appellant].
SO ORDERED.27
The trial court did not give weight on the testimony of the appellant that he was only an agent who referred the buyer to the alleged shabu seller, who actually sold the prohibited drugs. The defense that the P500.00-peso bill retrieved from him was only a commission fee was unbelievable especially when it was uncorroborated by any evidence or testimony from other witness.28
On appeal, the CA affirmed the trial court's Decision.29
The CA ruled that the elements of illegal sale of dangerous drugs were clearly established. It explained that what is material is the proof that the transaction or sale actually took place coupled with the presentation in court of the corpus delicti. The prosecution established that the illegal drug was sold to the poseur-buyer PO3 Baruelo who, in exchange of the drugs contained in a plastic sachet, gave a marked P500.00-peso bill to the appellant, which was, upon apprehension, retrieved from his pocket.30
The CA also stated that. the defense of the appellant that the police officers failed to mark, photograph and inventory the seized items immediately after the arrest was bereft of merit. Such failure does not automatically impair the reliability of the chain of custody of the seized items as long as their integrity and evidentiary value are preserved by the apprehending team.31
Aggrieved by the aforesaid CA Decision, the appellant went to this Court, once again, raising the failure of the prosecution to establish the unbroken chain of custody, as well as the failure of the police officers to mark, photograph and inventory the confiscated items as required by Section 21, Article II of RA 9165, thus, casting doubt on the guilt of the appellant.
After a careful examination of the records, this Court affirms the CA Decision as the errors alleged herein by the appellant are bereft of merit.
Time and again, in every prosecution for illegal sale of dangerous drugs, the following elements should first be established: (1) the identity of the buyer and the seller, the object and the consideration; and (2) the delivery of the thing sold and the payment. Similarly, it is essential that the transaction or sale be proved to have actually taken place coupled with the presentation in court of evidence of corpus delicti which means the actual commission by someone of the particular crime charged. The corpus delicti in cases involving dangerous drugs is the presentation of the dangerous drug itself.32
In this case, the prosecution has clearly established the foregoing elements as presented in the testimony of PO3 Baruelo who represented himself as the poseur-buyer in the buy-bust operation. PO3 Baruelo categorically identified the appellant as the seller of the dangerous drugs contained in a plastic sachet who handed him the said plastic sachet upon giving him the P500.00-peso bill.33 This testimony was corroborated by the presentation in court of the corpus delicti which was the dangerous drugs itself.
Contrary to the averment of the appellant, the chain of custody of the confiscated drugs, paraphernalia and other seized items was evidently in accordance with the mandate of Section 21, Article II of the Implementing Rules and Regulations of RA 9165, which provides:
(a) The apprehending officer/team having initial custody and control of the drugs shall, immediately after seizure and confiscation, physically inventory and photograph the same in the presence of the accused or the person/s from whom such items were confiscated and/or seized, or his/her representative or counsel, a representative from the media and the Department of Justice (DOJ), and any elected public official who shall be required to sign the copies of the inventory and be given a copy thereof: Provided, that the physical inventory and photograph shall be conducted at the place where the search warrant is served; or at the nearest police station or at the nearest office of the apprehending officer/team, whichever is practicable, in case of warrantless seizures; Provided, further, that non-compliance with these requirements under justifiable grounds, as long as the integrity and the evidentiary value of the seized items are properly preserved by the apprehending officer/team, shall not render void and invalid such seizures of and custody over said items[.] (Emphasis supplied.)
As enunciated in the case of People v. Guzon,34 the rule includes the proviso that procedural lapses in the handling of the seized drugs are not ipso facto fatal to the prosecution's cause, provided that the integrity and the evidentiary value of the seized items are preserved.
In the case at bench, notwithstanding the fact that PO3 Baruelo was not able to immediately mark the confiscated items at the place of arrest, such procedural lapse is found to be not detrimental to the prosecution's case. Nonetheless, PO3 Baruelo has complied with the required marking at the nearest police station as it was more practicable at that time. The persons, whose presence is required in Section 21 of the IRR, were also present during the physical inventory and taking of the photograph of the confiscated items.35
In view of the foregoing, this Court has taken cognizance of the fact that a testimony of a perfect chain is not always the standard because it is almost always impossible to obtain.36 Moreover, the saving clause provided in the IRR rather applies in this case since the police officers credibly showed the effort to preserve the integrity of the dangerous drugs according to the letters of the law and that the identity of the dangerous drugs can be ascertained with moral certainty that the confiscated items were the same as those presented in court.37
Upon confiscation, PO3 Baruelo and PO3 Domalanta brought the seized items to PCP6 Bonuan Tondaligan where the initials of PO3 Baruelo were marked on each item. Thereafter, an inventory receipt was prepared in the presence of the persons required by law to be there during inventory and photograph of the seized items. The Affidavit of Arrest and the Request for Laboratory Examination were then prepared by PO3 Baruelo and PI Calimlim, respectively, while the seized items were brought by PO2 Mondero, who was then authorized to transport them in Lingayen, Pangasinan. The plastic sachet and the improvised water pipe were examined by Forensic Chemist PSI Roderos, whose examination yielded positive result to methamphetamine hydrochloride or shabu.
The other seized items such as the one bundle of empty plastic sachet[s], several strips of aluminum foil and two lighters, on the other hand, were left in the custody of PO3 Baruelo before their presentation and submission to the court's custody.38
Finally, mere denial of the appellant of the charge against him is inherently a weak defense and has always been viewed upon with disfavor by the courts due to the ease with which it can be concocted. Inherently weak, denial as a defense crumbles in the light of positive identification of the appellant as in this case.39 Also, the initial claim of the appellant that he only served as a referring agent of the buyer to the alleged shabu seller in the Muslim area, who was the real seller of dangerous drugs is of no moment. The elements of the crime, as enumerated in Section 5, Article II of RA 9165,40 were clearly proven by the prosecution. And, even assuming that the appellant merely acted as a referring agent in the sale of the dangerous drugs, the same also constitutes a violation of the law as the latter does not render persons serving as brokers with impunity.
WHEREFORE, the instant appeal is DISMISSED. Accordingly, the Court of Appeals Decision dated 26 July 2013 in CA-G.R. CR-HC No. 05626 is hereby AFFIRMED. No costs.
SO ORDERED. cralawlawlibrary
Carpio,*Velasco, Jr., (Chairperson), Peralta, and Reyes, JJ., concur.
* Designated as Additional Member in lieu of Associate Justice Francis H. Jardeleza per Raffle dated 21 March 2016.
1Rollo, pp. 2-15; penned by Associate Justice Mario V. Lopez with Associate Justices Jose C. Reyes, Jr. and Samuel H. Gaerlan, concurring.
2 Records, pp. 121-126; penned by Judge Genoveva Coching-Maramba.
3 Known as the "Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002."
5 Id. at 29-30; per RTC Order dated 20 April 2010 and Certificate of Arraignment also dated 20 April 2010.
6 Id. at 36-37; per Pre-Trial Order dated 29 April 2010.
7 Id. at 49-50; her testimony was, however, dispensed with per stipulation of the parties as contained in the RTC Order dated 20 May 2010.
8 TSN, 3 September 2010, p. 3; Testimony of PI Apollo Calimlim; records, p. 70, later, however, his testimony was dispensed with per RTC Order dated 3 September 2010.
9 Records, p. 79; his testimony was dispensed with per RTC Order dated 16 December 2010.
10 Id. at 85; his testimony was also dispensed with per RTC Order dated 20 January 2011.
11 TSN, 18 August 2010, p. 4; Testimony of PO3 Christopher Baruelo.
12 TSN, 3 September 2010, p. 6; Testimony of PO3 Noel Domalanta.
13 Supra note 11 at 3-4.
14 Id. at 3-6, 8; supra note 12, Testimony of PO3 Noel Domalanta.
15 Id. at 4-5; id. at 5-9, 12-13.
16 Id. at 5-6; id. at 7, 14.
17 Id. at 6, 9, 11-12, 14; id. at 9; records, pp. 3-4; Joint Affidavit of Arrest and Seizure dated 19 November 2009; records, p. 5; Receipt/Inventory of Items Seized dated 18 November 2009.
18 Records, p. 5; id.
19 Supra note 17.
20 Supra note 11 at 12; supra note 8; supra note 12 at 16; supra note 8; RTC Order dated 3 September 2010.
21 Records, p. 6; per PAIDSOTG Memorandum dated 18 November 2009.
22 Id. at 47 & 11; per Chemistry Report No. D-090-2009-U dated 19 November 2009.
23 TSN, 20 September 2011, pp. 3-4; Testimony of Orlando Fernandez.
24 Id. at 4.
25cralawred Id. at 5.
26 Supra note 2.
27 Id. at 126.
29 Supra note 1 at 14.
31 Id. at 9-10.
32 687 Phil. 593,603 (2012); citing 663 Phil. 147, 157 (2011).
34 719 Phil. 441, 453 (2013); citing 686 Phil. 1024, 1037 (2012).
36 698 Phil. 204, 220 (2012).
37 599 Phil. 416 (2009).
38 Supra note 11 at 15.
40Section 5. Sale, Trading, Administration, Dispensation, Delivery, Distribution and Transportation of Dangerous Drugs and/or Controlled Precursors and Essential Chemicals. - The penalty of life imprisonment to death and a fine ranging from Five hundred thousand pesos (P500,000.00) to Ten million pesos (P10,000,000.00) shall be imposed upon any person, who, unless authorized by law, shall sell, trade, administer, dispense, deliver, give away to another, distribute dispatch in transit or transpot1any dangerous drug, including any and all species of opium poppy regardless of the quantity and purity involved, or shall act as a broker in any of such transactions.
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G.R. No. 197980, December 01, 2016 - DEUTSCHE KNOWLEDGE SERVICES PTE LTD., Petitioner, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent.
G.R. No. 218333, December 07, 2016 - MARINA'S CREATION ENTERPRISES AND JERRY B. ALFONSO, Petitioners, v. ROMEO V. ANCHETA, Respondent.
G.R. No. 218014, December 07, 2016 - EDDIE CORTEL Y CARNA AND YELLOW BUS LINE, INC., Petitioners, v. CECILE GEPAYA-LIM, Respondent.
G.R. No. 204063, December 05, 2016 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Petitioner, v. DR. DAVID A. SOBREPEÑA, SR., DR. MONA LISA DABAO, DR. POLIXEMA ADORADA, DEOBELA FORTES AND LIRIO CORPUZ, Respondents.
G.R. No. 210656, December 07, 2016 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ROSARIO BAYOT MAHINAY, Accused-Appellant.
GR. NOS. 206310-11 (OMB-0-01-0211 and OMB-0-01 0291; Sandiganbayan Special Division-Criminal Case No. 26558), December 07, 2016 - JAIME DICHAVES, Petitioner, v. OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN AND THE SPECIAL DIVISION OF THE SANDIGANBAYAN, Respondents.
G.R. No. 210428, December 07, 2016 - HEIRS OF PACIFICO GONZALES, REPRESENTED BY ROGER BANZUELA, Petitioners, v. JUANITO DE LEON, JOSE CARAAN, SOLEDAD CARAAN, RESTITUTO CARAAN, GABRIEL REDONDO, CARLOS OPENA, PALERMO GARGAR, SOFRONIO CRUZAT, JUANITO OPENA, SAVINO CARCUM, JAIME MANIMTIM, MAXIMO MENDOZA, DOMINGO OPENA, JR., BENJAMIN TALA-TALA, GULLERMA ROSIA MENARA, NICANOR MATIENZO, SAVINO CARAAN, CELSO ROSITA, BEATRIZ MENDOZA, APOLINARIO BOBADILLA, DANIEL DE GUZMAN, NELIA ANDEZ, REY CLEOFE, FELINO ROSITA, VALERIANO ONTE, JUANITO OPENA, FLORENTINO SALAZAR, NICANOR SALAZAR, REYNALDO ONTE, JOCELYN DE LEON, EDGARDO CRUZ, LIGAYA CARAAN, JUAN AMANTE, LOLITA ENRIQUEZ, MERLINDA ROSITA, VICTORIANO ROSITA, MARILYN ROSITA, AURILLO CARLUM, DOMINGO MENDOZA AND CASAMIRA, MENDOZA, Respondent.
G.R. No. 197146, December 06, 2016 - HON. MICHAEL L. RAMA, IN HIS CAPACITY AS MAYOR OF CEBU CITY, METROPOLITAN CEBU WATER DISTRICT (MCWD), REPRESENTED BY ITS GENERAL MANAGER, ARMANDO PAREDES; THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF MCWD, REPRESENTED BY ITS CHAIR, ELIGIO A. PACANA; JOEL MARI S. YU, IN HIS CAPACITY AS MEMBER OF THE MCWD BOARD; AND THE HONORABLE TOMAS R. OSMEÑA, IN HIS CAPACITY AS CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SOUTH DISTRICT, CEBU CITY, Petitioners, v. HON. GILBERT P. MOISES, IN HIS CAPACITY AS PRESIDING JUDGE OF REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, BRANCH 18, CEBU CITY; AND HON. GWENDOLYN F. GARCIA, IN HER CAPACITY AS GOVERNOR OF THE PROVINCE OF CEBU, Respondents.
G.R. No. 207132, December 06, 2016 - ASSOCIATION OF MEDICAL CLINICS FOR OVERSEAS WORKERS, INC., (AMCOW), REPRESENTED HEREIN BY ITS PRESIDENT, DR. ROLANDO VILLOTE, Petitioner, v. GCC APPROVED MEDICAL CENTERS ASSOCIATION, INC. AND CHRISTIAN CANGCO, Respondents.; G.R. No. 207205 - HON. ENRIQUE T. ONA, IN HIS CAPACITY AS SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, Petitioner, v. GCC APPROVED MEDICAL CENTERS ASSOCIATION, INC. AND CHRISTIAN E. CANGCO, Respondents.
G.R. No. 219638, December 07, 2016 - MARCELINO REPUELA AND CIPRIANO REPUELA, SUBSTITUTED BY CARMELA REPUELA, MERLINDA R. VILLARUEL, WILLIAM REPUELA, ROSITA P. REPUELA, CRISTINA R. RAMOS, ORLANDO REPUELA, JUNNE REPUELA, AND OSCAR REPUELA, Petitioners, v. ESTATE OF THE SPOUSES OTILLO LARAWAN AND JULIANA BACUS, REPRESENTED BY NANCY LARAWAN MANCAO, GALILEO LARAWAN AND SOCRATES LARAWAN, Respondents.
G.R. No. 201917, December 01, 2016 - ZENAIDA P. MAAMO AND JULIET O. SILOR, Petitioners, v. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Respondents.
A.C. No. 10757, December 05, 2016 - LOUISITO N. CHUA, Complainant, v. ATTY. OSCAR A. PASCUA, Respondent.
G.R. No. 191856, December 07, 2016 - REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, REPRESENTED BY THE BUREAU OF INTERNAL REVENUE (BIR), Petitioner, v. GMCC UNITED DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, JOSE C. GO, AND XU XIAN CHUN, Respondents.
A.M. No. SDC-14-7-P (Formerly A.M. No. 14-09-01-SC), December 06, 2016 - OFFICE OF THE COURT ADMINISTRATOR, Complainant, v. ASHARY M. ALAUYA, CLERK OF COURT VI, SHARI'A DISTRICT COURT, MARAWI CITY, LANAO DEL SUR, Respondent.
G.R. No. 185312, December 01, 2016 - NICANOR MALABANAN, AURORA MANAIG, RONNIE MALABANAN, VICTOR MALABANAN, SEVERINO MALABANAN, EUFROCINIA MALABANAN, EUFROCILA MALABANAN, REYNALDO MALABANAN, AND DONATA MALABANAN, Petitioners, v. HEIRS OF ALFREDO RESTRIVERA, REPRESENTED BY BIENVENIDO RESTRIVERA AND REMEDIOS RESTRIVERA-ESPERIDION, Respondents.
G.R. No. 218345, December 07, 2016 - REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, Petitioner, v. THE ESTATE OF VIRGINIA SANTOS, REPRESENTED BY PACIFICO SANTOS, Respondent.
G.R. Nos. 212014-15, December 06, 2016 - RICHARD A. CAMBE, Petitioner, v. OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN, NATIONAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION, LEVITO D. BALIGOD, AND FIELD INVESTIGATION OFFICE, Respondents.; G.R. Nos. 212427-28 - SENATOR RAMON "BONG" REVILLA, JR., Petitioner, v. OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN, THROUGH ITS SPECIAL PANEL OF INVESTIGATORS, NATIONAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION, LEVITO D. BALIGOD, AND FIELD INVESTIGATION OFFICE, OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN, Respondents.; G.R. Nos. 212694-95 - SENATOR RAMON "BONG" REVILLA, JR., Petitioner, v. OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN, NATIONAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION, LEVITO D. BALIGOD, FIELD INVESTIGATION OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN, OFFICE OF THE SPECIAL PROSECUTOR, AND THE HONORABLE SANDIGANBAYAN, Respondents.; G.R. Nos. 212794-95 - RICHARD A. CAMBE, Petitioner, v. OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN, NATIONAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION, LEVITO D. BALIGOD, AND FIELD INVESTIGATION OFFICE, Respondents.; G.R. Nos. 213477-78 - JOHN RAYMUND DE ASIS, Petitioner, v. CONCHITA CARPIO MORALES IN HER OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS OMBUDSMAN, PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES AND SANDIGANBAYAN, FIRST DIVISION, Respondents.; G.R. Nos. 213532-33 - RONALD JOHN LIM, Petitioner, v. CONCHITA CARPIO MORALES IN HER OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS OMBUDSMAN, PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES AND SANDIGANBAYAN, FIRST DIVISION, Respondents.; G.R. Nos. 213536-37 - JANET LIM NAPOLES, Petitioner, v. CONCHITA CARPIO MORALES IN HER OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS OMBUDSMAN, PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES AND SANDIGANBAYAN, FIRST DIVISION, Respondents.; G.R. Nos. 218744-59 - MARIO L. RELAMPAGOS, ROSARIO SALAMIDA NUÑEZ, LALAINE NARAG PAULE, AND MARILOU DIALINO BARE, Petitioners, v. SANDIGANBAYAN, (FIRST DIVISION) AND PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Respondents.
G.R. No. 202280, December 07, 2016 - CARLOS A. DIMAANDAL, Petitioner, v. P02 REXY S. ILAGAN AND P02 EDENLY V. NAVARRO, Respondents.
G.R. No. 189563, December 07, 2016 - GILAT SATELLITE NETWORKS, LTD., Petitioner, v. UNITED COCONUT PLANTERS BANK GENERAL INSURANCE CO., INC., Respondents.
G.R. No. 194554, December 07, 2016 - ROMEO M. LANDICHO, Petitioners, v. WILLIAM C. LIMQUECO, Respondent.; G.R. No. 194556 - EDGAR PEÑALOSA, DARWIN P. LANDICHO, JURIS P. LANDICHO, IVY P. LANDICHO, and FELIPE PEÑALOSA, Petitioners, v. WILLIAM C. LIMQUECO, Respondents.
G.R. No. 209776, December 07, 2016 - COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Petitioner, v. UNITED CADIZ SUGAR FARMERS ASSOCIATION MULTI-PURPOSE COOPERATIVE, Respondent.
G.R. No. 189220, December 07, 2016 - ALBERT WILSON, Petitioner, v. THE HONORABLE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY EDUARDO ERMITA, SECRETARY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS ALBERTO ROMULO, SECRETARY OF JUSTICE RAUL GONZALES, BUREAU OF JAIL MANAGEMENT AND PENOLOGY, BOARD OF CLAIMS, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, SOLICITOR GENERAL AGNES DEVANADERA, AND BUREAU OF IMMIGRATION, Respondents.
G.R. No. 220546, December 07, 2016 - LUZON IRON DEVELOPMENT GROUP CORPORATION AND CONSOLIDATED IRON SANDS, LTD., Petitioners, v. BRIDESTONE MINING AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND ANACONDA MINING AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, Respondents.


Today's issue of WorkCompRecap continues with another big day at the California Workers' Comp & Risk Conference in beautiful Dana Point!
In today's news there's still quite a bit to unpack from the DOL's release of its Workers' Comp report yesterday, including a statement from PCI asserting that while the report highlights some of the systems challenges, many sections provide inaccurate assessments of how the system really works, and along with AIA, advocating for keeping workers' comp regulation at the state level.
Today we're looking forward to more great sessions, a motivating midday keynote, and maybe even some time at the tables during the Masquerade Gala casino night!


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Kansas pastor's wife shares her love for children in video application to become a teacher three months before body believed to be hers was found in a shipping container
A Kansas pastor's wife shared her love for children and passion for teaching in a touching video just three months before she vanished.
DailyMail.com came across the footage on Wednesday, just as police announced that they had recovered a body believed to be the missing mother-of-three, Marilane Carter, inside her car in a shipping container in Arkansas.
Carter's uncle discovered the decomposing remains when he traveled to Crittenden County to look for his niece and saw the door of the container open.
The body has not yet been positively identified, but authorities confirmed the car is Carter's. A credit card bearing her name was also recovered inside the vehicle.
Investigators have not released a cause of death but do not suspect foul play.
'I believe that anything that happened, happened by her own doing,' Chief Todd Grooms of the Crittenden County Sheriff's Department said.
Carter, whose family lives in Overland Park, Kansas, was last seen on August 2 when she checked into a Quality Inn hotel in Missouri for three hours on her way to Alabama to seek treatment for anxiety and visit relatives.
She later called her parents from the road, sounding confused and telling them she kept getting lost. Carter was never heard from again.
The new video of Carter, which she filmed as part of an application for a teaching program, offers a heartbreaking look into her life in the months prior to her disappearance and apparent death.
The two-minute clip was posted to a YouTube page on May 5, 2020.
Carter is seen sitting on a couch and beaming with excitement as she explains why she wants to join the program and why she would be a good fit.
She says she discovered her interest in teaching during her time as a tutor at a Boys and Girls Club near her college campus, saying that the children there 'really appreciated people taking the time to read with them and to assist them with their homework'.
'It made a big impact on me as well,' she says.
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The Nordea Bank invites to the Joint Chamber Business After Hours on next Wednesday, August 28 at 18:00. The main topic – "Recent Demographic Trends in Latvia and Other New EU Member States". More detailed inormation – in the enclosed invitation - see the picture on the right side. Please sign up latest noon on August 27.


The main gay bars in Paris are located in Le Marais gay district, although gay and gay-popular venues are found everywhere in this big city.
Most bars have a regular 'happy hour', but this may be for beer only.
One of Paris' most historic areas, with restaurants, boutiques & art galleries. Le Marais is also the hub of its gay nightlife, with many gay venues near Sainte-Croix de la Bretonnerie and rue des Archives.
One of Paris' most popular gay bars. Le RAIDD is famous for its Shower Show on Thursdays when several hot, hunky male dancers get wet & wild in a huge aquarium-like tank embedded in the wall.
And if that's not enough eye candy, then feast your eyes on the gorgeous bar staff. Drinks are reasonably priced, and there's a cosy lounge area in the basement.
One of the most famous and centrally located gay bars with a big crowd spilling on to the sidewalk.
COX tends to attract the butch-type crowd wearing jeans, T-shirt and short haircut. Resident DJ's offer fresh house sets every day, and the bar's décor is updated regularly.
Gay bar with with a popular but small basement dance floor. Freedj gets very crowded on the weekend, with the crowd spilling out onto the street.
Cosy gay bar on two floors. Ze Baar belongs to the French restaurant Ze Restoo.
The ground floor is open in good weather, while the upper level features with armchairs and lounge areas Reasonably priced drinks.
Relatively large gay bar in Le Marais.Quetzal has great atmosphere and friendly staff. Busy and cruisy on the weekend. Open until 4am.
Small gay bar to the north of Le Marais with rustic ambiance. One Way attracts the leather/denim and bear crowd. The underground level has a video room and dark corners.
One Way is open all year round. Happy hour 7pm-9pm.
Friendly and cruisy bar with video and backroom with one cubicle in the basement.
MicMan Bar is geared towards a more mature audience, macho and bear types. Open until 2am, with daily happy hour.
One of the longest-running gay bars in Paris. The newly renovated Banana Café hosts regular events – cabaret, disco, karaoke, go-go dancers, etc.
Located just outside of Le Marais but still within walking distance.
Long-running Paris gay bar, located to the north of Le Marais. Duplex is one of the few bars in the area where it's easy to have a conversation.
Frequented by artsy-intellectual crowd, the bar features simple décor and plays an eclectic mix of music (new wave, disco, synth-pop, alternative, British Invasion rock, funk). Busy on the weekend.
Small gay bar in Le Marais gay district. Les Souffleurs features drag shows and themed parties. Great music and atmosphere.
Gay bar for bears and friends in Paris, located close to the Le Marais. The music is loud, with lots of pop classics.
Gay karaoke bar in Le Marais district.
New gay bar in Le Marais gay district of Paris. Closed Mondays.
Located just outside of Le Marais, Bears' Den is a popular hangout for bears, daddies, friends and fans.
The bar has both a lounge floor and disco bar. Details about upcoming events can be found on their website or Facebook page.
Gay bar in the heart of Paris. SLY has a cool, trendy atmosphere with cosy seating and a small outdoor terrace – great for people-watching.
Attentive service, with happy hours and special events. Located down the street from Bears' Den bar.
Two-floor gay bar Le Velvet in Paris hosts different themed parties throughout the week and a daily happy hour.
Young crowds come to enjoy the juicy cocktails. Closed Sundays and Mondays.
Café bar Rosa Bonheur attracts a fun-loving, free-spirited crowd. Popular with gay customers on Sunday evenings.
Located in the middle of the beautiful Parc de Buttes Chaumont. Arrive early (around 6pm) if you want to get indoors.


Some of the fastest and most persuasive talkers in the world will converge on Mt. Pleasant City March 24-28 for the World Individual Debating and Public Speaking Championships at Wasatch Academy.This is the first time a U.S. school has been awarded the prestigious honor of hosting the event. And Joe Loftin, director of the 129-year-old private school in Mt. Pleasant, says Wasatch Academy was a "very appropriate choice.""We have an extremely diverse campus and this will be an extremely diverse competition," he says. The academy has about 150 students from 21 states and 14 countries.
The debating championships will attract close to 100 award-winning student debaters from more than 20 countries around the globe. Previously, the annual event has been held in the United Kingdom, Argentina and Cyprus.
The competition is a perfect opportunity to share a bit of Sanpete County's history and traditions with the world, says Monte Bona, a member of the Mt. Pleasant City Council and Sanpete County Travel and Heritage Council.
Competitors all will take part in four events: debate, impromptu speaking, interpretive speaking and persuasive or after-dinner speaking. The championships are sponsored by the Independent public Speaking Association, a group of private schools located primarily in the Eastern United States and in England.
In order to take part in the competition, invited participants must have already won qualifying tournaments in their own countries or regions. One country may send a maximum of five students.
Last year, Wasatch Academy student Eli King qualified to take part in the world championships that were held in London, England. This year, Joshua Nowitz qualified to participate in the tournament. Born in South Africa and raised in Houston, Texas, Nowitz received accolades from the city of Houston for his accomplishment, along with a "Shining Star of Texas" award from Governor Rick Perry.
In addition to the debate competition, Bey has arranged for participants to learn about "play theory" from some of the nation's foremost experts. The theory holds that learning is most effective when melded with play activities. Competitors will also take part in recreational activities, including a field trip to Arches National Park.
Wasatch Academy has only had a debate program for about two years. Bey, who moved to Mt. Pleasant from Canada in 2001, launched the forensics program when he arrived.


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Though many consumers are already familiar with the concept of virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR) is a relative newcomer to the marketplace.
Aside from some video game and pilot training applications, these technologies haven't been integrated into most people's lives—yet. But they are already underpinning groundbreaking work among the scientific community, and Columbia Engineering researchers are developing the software interfaces that will integrate AR into everyday applications capable of contributing to health, security, interconnection, and creativity.
AR differs from VR in that, rather than creating a self-contained environment, it adds information to the real world as humans perceive it—typically by overlaying graphics or text onto a see-through headset or, in the case of the popular mobile gaming app Pokémon GO, via a smartphone screen, which uses the camera mode to populate a player's real-world view with virtual creatures.
Brain-computer interfaces, such as the one pictured here, are poised to play a significant role in the future trajectory of augmented reality systems.
Columbia engineers have long played a meaningful role in developing and integrating some of the key components of AR systems. And as the technology behind these elements has advanced, so have the dreams of how AR's application can beget a wide variety of social benefits. AR visionaries have foreseen its value in medicine, industry, tourism, defense, real estate, emergency response, and leisure. Projects underway at Columbia Engineering will help make these applications possible.
One of the earliest AR visionaries, Professor Steve Feiner has been recognized by the IEEE for his nearly three decades of pioneering contributions to the field. His lab is currently refining projects such as a wearable AR device to assist physicians during minimally invasive surgical procedures, an educational AR system that lets students document a 16th-century French manuscript, and AR interaction techniques that help users perform skilled 3D maintenance and assembly tasks.
Professor Paul Sajda focuses his research on the brain-computer interface (BCI)—the direct communication path between the wired or enhanced brain and an external device. Sajda's Laboratory for Intelligent Imaging and Neural Computing is developing BCI platforms that leverage naturally evoked neural responses to events and objects in realworld environments. AR systems that integrate these BCIs can, for instance, enable even the most severely disabled individuals to control robotic arms or other intelligent devices.
Professor Peter Allen is developing just such a device. His expertise in robotic grasping helped create an assistive robotic system that allows severely disabled patients to control a robot arm/hand system to perform complex grasping and manipulation tasks using a novel brain-muscle computer interface (BMCI). The motivation behind this project was not just technology-driven—clear and necessary clinical needs compelled it.
Ultimately, the advent of brand-new materials may well be the key to creating the practical, wearable AR devices that are needed for the technology to prosper in the mass market. Nanophotonics expert Professor Michal Lipson is spearheading a large interdisciplinary team at the forefront of just that: inventing a novel optical material that could make multifunctional, lightweight, scalable AR glasses a reality. The first application will be for the military—which has long used AR/VR systems—as they pursue such glasses for battlefield situations.


Moblin: Netbook OS of the future?
We bought a netbook (Samsung N310, if you must know, in blue) just before Christmas. It wasn't on the spur of the moment, because I'm not that impulsive but it was without a huge amount of preparation. I knew right from the start that I could not live with Windows. Honestly, I don't know how all you PC users don't throw your computers out of windows, into the path of trains, or snap them over your knees; thats how I feel after using Windows for 10 minutes.
I won't be using the netbook for anything fancy, but I wanted to be able to browse the internet, watch BBC iplayer, and possibly dip into the command line for a few bits and pieces (you know its good for the soul) - but only if I absolutely had to.
Linux it is! You can get distros free from almost any breed of linux. Ubuntu is particularly popular. Reghardware have a really good article comparing 10 different versions.
I chose Moblin, which is based on Ubuntu. You download a 600 mb file which installs onto a USB memory stick. Boot up you netbook with the stick in it and bish, bash, bosh Moblin starts up.
It has a bar across the top of the screen which auto-hides where you access your 'zones'. These zones correspond to the different ways you might use your moblin netbook. There is one for 'People' which pools together all your instant message contacts onto one tab, one for internet, networks, battery, your status updates (at the moment these are limited to Twitter and instant message), your profile page and miscellaneous applications (which there is a separate application to help you download more, without any fuss and nonsense). Each zone zips up and down like a little roller blind.
Everyone I have shown my Moblin netbook too has really like the cuteness of the interface and the compact size of the netbook. Amazingly everything worked straight from the installation. No fiddling with patches or command lines.
The only issue I have with Moblin, is battery life. A full charge (once you turn off bluetooth) will last about 1 hour 40 mins. I was really hoping that my netbook would last for about 4 hours, although it was advertised to last for 3.5 hours when we bought it. It may not be entirely Moblin's fault. Apparently there is a BIOS update that can only be done through Windows (glad I kept a separate partition with all that junk on it), which will fix the screen brightness control (the only thing not to work straight away).
If you are thinking about going away from Windows for your netbook, definitely give Moblin a chance. It takes 10 seconds to boot up (unlike over a minute for Windoze), takes almost no disc space (compared to the 30 Gb Windoze takes up), is continually developing at a rate that Windoze could only dream of, and its open source (and thereby rather lovely). Its perfect for my needs .... go on, you know you want to.


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Top 20 Emerging Filmmakers Shortlisted For Netflix & UNESCO's African Folktales, Reimagined Competition
February 2, 2022 Emmanuel Pelumi
LAGOS, Nigeria, February 2, 2022/ — Shortlisted candidates from 13 countries across Sub-Saharan Africa; six winners will create short films that will premiere on Netflix (www.Netflix.com).
Netflix and UNESCO are excited to announce the 20 shortlisted candidates who will go forward in the exciting short film competition 'African Folktales, Reimagined'. What's more – the quality of submissions received resulted in one extra candidate being added to the list, making it 21 filmmakers on the shortlist! The candidates were selected following a rigorous evaluation process by a wide-range of industry professionals from across the continent who assessed over 2080 applications from across the continent in multiple languages. The shortlist contains a dynamic group of African creatives from across 13 countries in the region.
The shortlisted filmmakers include (in no particular order): Nosa Igbinedion (Nigeria); Ebot Tanyi (Cameroon); Loukman Ali (Uganda); Tongryang Pantu (Nigeria); Walt Mzengi (Tanzania); Venance Soro (Côte d'Ivoire);Mark Wambui(Kenya); Volana Razafimanantsoa (Madagascar); Mohamed Echkouna (Mauritania); Nader Fakhry (Côte d'Ivoire); Anne Catherine Tchokonté (Cameroon); Mphonyana Mokokwe (Botswana); Anita Abada (Nigeria); Samuel Kanyama (Zambia); Machérie Ekwa-Bahango (Democratic Republic of Congo); Oprah Oyugi (Kenya); Ndiyathemba Modibedi (South Africa); Gcobisa Yako (South Africa); Akorede Azeez (Nigeria); Katya Aragão (São Tomé and Príncipe) and Voline Ogutu (Kenya).
The 21 emerging filmmakers will go on to the next phase of the competition where they will be required to pitch their stories to a judging panel comprising of the mentors; Nigeria's Femi Odugbemi, South Africa's Bongiwe Selane, Leila Afua Djansi from Ghana, David Tosh Gitonga from Kenya, and Jean Luc Herbulot from Congo as well as representatives from Netflix and UNESCO who will act as guides in the process. The panel will select the final six filmmakers who will receive a production grant of US$75,000 (through a local production company) to develop, shoot and post-produce their films under the guidance of Netflix and industry mentors to ensure everyone involved in the production is fairly compensated. Each of the 6 winners will also receive $25,000.
"Congratulations to those who have been shortlisted! They should all be proud of the quality of their work. This competition showcases the extraordinary cultural richness that Africa has to offer that we want to share with people all over the world, as Africa is a priority for UNESCO." – Ernesto Ottone R., UNESCO Assistant Director-General for Culture.
Adding to UNESCO's congratulatory message, Ben Amadasun, Netflix Director of Content in Africa siad, "We also want to thank our panel of independent industry professionals who undertook the mammoth task to read over 2080 applications until they found 21 strong submissions! The response from all the aspiring filmmakers who took time to submit their application also proves that there's a wealth of storytelling potential and talent in Africa and we at Netflix are excited to be part of this journey for more talented new voices to share their stories with the world."
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Most people in the church have read and heard, with some frequency, Paul's famous antidote for anxiety that he prescribed by way of his letter to the Philippians.
In this verse Paul offers some practical insight not only into anxiety in particular but also prayer in general. He uses three words that all refer to our communication with God and so he helps us understand some of the broader spectrum of a well-rounded life of prayer.
A place in the open air where the Jews were wont to pray, outside the cities, where they had no synagogue…such places were situation upon the bank of a stream or the shore of a sea, where there was a supply of water for washing the hands before prayer.
Paul's use of three different words here in Philippians allows us to drill into the meaning of each as we can assume that he wasn't just using three words to speak of the exact same thing. Paul was complicated at times, but rarely was he overly redundant.
There is a profound sense that Paul is suggesting more than that we simply have a "prayer time", but that we live in such a way that our entire life becomes a potential "prayer time". The secondary definition refers to a place of prayer away from the synagogue, away from the set aside "house of prayer" that Jesus seems to have cared enough about to explode in anger at the sight of its marginalization. The implication is that our hearts, the new Temple of God's dwelling, is a place of prayer that can travel, it doesn't require a centralized location to be useful. There is a place we can go away from our church buildings, away from our "prayer closets", and still have profound communion with God. That place is in our hearts.
Prayer (proseuche) seems to be Paul's term for the deep inner posture of one's being toward God in open receptivity and pliable responsiveness.
This is, in fact, the same word that Paul uses as he tells us to "be constant in prayer" (Romans 12:12). Obviously we aren't called to mumble to ourselves all day long, which leaves the idea of an attitude at the forefront of Paul's language as he uses this word.
So, does this mean that have a set prayer time each day is no longer required? No, it does not mean that. You see having a life of prayer is more than having a "prayer time", but it is not less. Paul isn't lowering any standards, he's actually raising them. This makes quite a bit of sense as we understand our interaction with God to be a relationship. To think of our relationship with our spouse, children, or friends taking place in neat 30 minute or 1 hour blocks each morning, with no more communication for the rest of the day, is ridiculous.
Friends, prayer is not about words it is about posture. The Greek root for proseuche has everything to do with our direction toward or away from something. Prayer is the disciplined act of making sure that at every moment of our day, whether active and open communication is taking place or not, our hearts are persistently turned toward our Creator.
Though people are all different, many married couples find that they become so connected to their spouse over the course of their relationship that they touch each other without thinking about it. They aren't trying to fully engage each other in intimacy or focused conversation, but they will touch feet while they are sitting on the couch or they will, unwittingly, stand so that their arms touch. This is the image that I get when I think of Paul's idea of prayer. There are passionate moments of embrace and enrapturing conversation, and then there are times when, with no intention of giving undivided attention, fingers will interlace and feet will brush against each other.
Prayer is constant contact, constant availability, and constant affection. In this kind of relationship anxiety and worry don't have a chance to separate us from the sovereign Lord of Creation who holds the entire universe in His grasp…while He's holding me with His other hand.
Tomorrow I'll talk about supplication, the next idea that Pal makes reference to as a component in the life of prayer.


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SMSS J031300.36-670839.3 (förkortat SM0313) är en stjärna i Vintergatan belägen på 6 000 ljusårs avstånd från jorden. Med en ålder på 13,6 miljarder år är det den äldsta kända stjärnan i universum. Stjärnan bildades omkring 100 miljoner år efter big bang, som ägde rum för ca 13,8 miljarder år sedan.

Stjärnan upptäcktes av ett lag som leddes av Australian National University. Upptäckten tillkännagavs i Nature den 9 februari 2014.

Förekomst av grundämnen
Stjärnans mycket låga övre gräns för järn på mindre än en tiomiljondel av Solens nivå, pekar på att den är en första generationens Population II-stjärna, bildad ur gasmolnet som anrikats av en av de allra första stjärnorna. SMSS J031300.36-670839.3 har även en mer än tusen gånger högre halt av kol i jämförelse med järn. Elementens förekomst antyder att inte alla supernovor från första generationens stjärnor har varit så kraftfulla som man tidigare antagit.

Bortsett från väte, som dyker upp redan i den förmodade Big Bang, så innehåller stjärnan även kol, magnesium och kalcium, vilka skulle kunna ha bildats i en lågenergetisk supernova. Radikalen CH:s absorptionslinje kunde också observeras. Inget syre eller kväve har detekterats. Stjärnan är en klass K dvärg.

Referenser

Huvudseriestjärnor klass K
Stjärnbilden Lilla vattenormen
Astronomiska upptäckter 2014

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Hundreds of dogs and their delighted owners converged in Simon's Town for the JOCK Just Nuisance Dog Walk on the 1st April. To judge by the amount of enthusiastic barking and wagging tails, the collaboration between JOCK Dog Food and the four-legged legends of South Africa was a match made in heaven.
Celebrating the birthday and life of Just Nuisance, the legendary Great Dane of Simon's Town, this year's event featured several new additions to the annual dog walk. This included prizes in the categories 'Best Dressed Dog' and 'Dog-Owner Look-Alike'. Congratulations to Melandri Kapp's dog Minki who took best-dressed honours and to Dalené Pretorius and her dogs Sodee and Bentley who stole the Dog-Owner Look-Alike category under the noses of some very stiff competition. Each received a R1 500 cash prize and JOCK hamper, as did Lauren McPherson and her dogs Leila and Isla in the lucky draw.
Another successful addition was the presence of Dog Meets Girl, who took some snappy portraits of several dogs and their owners, with 10% of her proceeds donated to the non-profit dog rescue organisation TEARS. The involvement of TEARS as beneficiary at this year's event was welcomed by all, with funds raised for their PIMP MY KENNEL project. In addition to the R20 000 donated by JOCK Dog Food, Tears raised an additional R10 000 at the event.
As usual, the Western Province Marching Association's band was dressed to the nines, providing a festive atmosphere, while the Navy Canine Unit's display of their working dogs left many a dog owner in awe of what a well-trained dog can do.
"JOCK would like to give a big tail-wagging thanks to the community of Simon's Town for welcoming the event with open arms," says JOCK Marketing & Sales Executive, Liezel van Bergen.
"We'd also like to thank TEARS and their volunteers, MC Brian Oxley from Magic828, CPO Sonday and his team of dogs at the South African Naval Dog Unit, Saeed Ruiters from the Western Province Marching Band Association and Seaman BW Busani Mnyandu for leading the procession accompanied by Paige Bolton and Micaela Paterson with such pride and grace.


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Today's message is for our animals. Our animals are precious, each one of them fulfilling a very specific purpose on our planet. From our beloved pets, to the ocean and wild animals, let us send healing, support and love to all those involved in working with all God's creatures.They need us, and even if we cannot directly participate in a specific cause, we can also contribute in other ways i.e. sending prayers of love and healing, volunteering to walk dogs or play with kittens at the shelter.
All animal beings are placed on this Earth with a specific purpose, some of them to help teach and enlighten human kind. Animals are often presented to us to help with healing. The way in which we treat all animals, the honour and respect we show all living beings, is a manifestation of how we assist the earth and all its beings on the path to ascension. You are guided to work with the animals or to show love and concern and be a voice for them. Even if you cannot look after them physically, you can call on Archangel Fhelyai, the Angel of animals, to look after them and Archangel Michael to protect them. If you feel guided to volunteer at animal organisations, or even consider a career in working with animals, this may come as a confirmation for you to pursue this purpose. Your healing thoughts, vibrations and prayers will help; they are seen and heard by God and the Angels. This card also comes as a message from one or more beloved pets in Heaven, thanking you for taking care of them and letting you know that they are safe and joyful.


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Amazon's Luna cloud gaming service is now available on Android
Amazon's cloud gaming service, Luna, is now available on Android, Amazon announced on Tuesday. Like the iOS version of Luna, there's no separate Luna app to download — instead, you'll access the service through the Chrome web browser.
Amazon launched Luna in early access in October, where it was initially available on PC, Mac, Fire TV, and on iPhone and iPad via web apps. The service works on a channels-based model, where you pay a monthly fee for each channel of games you want access to.
Right now, there are two channels available. Amazon's $5.99-per-month Luna Plus channel has games from many different publishers, and Ubisoft's $14.99-per-month Ubisoft Plus channel offers Ubisoft games. (Paying that $14.99-per-month fee for the Ubisoft Plus channel also gives you access to Ubisoft Plus on PC and on Google's cloud gaming service, Stadia.)
Luna only available in the US right now, and if you don't have early access already, you can request it here. If you do have early access and want to start playing Luna on Android, follow the instructions in this video:
Right now, Luna's Android version works on some Pixel, Samsung, and OnePlus devices, but Amazon says Luna will add support for more Android devices during Luna's early access period. An Amazon spokesperson shared a list of currently-supported devices with The Verge:
You'll also need to be using Android 9 or higher and Chrome version 86 or newer. You'll be able to play games using Amazon's own Luna controller as well as the PlayStation 4 or Xbox One controller.
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Ukraine | MÉLOVIN Reveals Vidbir 2018 Entry "Under The Ladder"
Ukraninan popstar MÉLOVIN today his entry for the upcoming Ukraninan national selection Vidbir, titled "Under The Ladder" the 20 year-old competed in the 2017 edition and placed 3rd with the song "Wonder"
MELOVIN, real name Konstantin Bocharov made a name for himself in the country when he entered and won the sixth edition of the The X Factor in Ukraine back in 2016 when he was only 18, shortly after he released his first single "Not Alone"
Shortly after he entered Vidbir 2017 in a hope of becoming the home representative for Ukraine in Kyiv with his song "Wonder" despite the jury not responding to it strongly in the semi final and only placing it 4th, he won the televote and was tied for the second qualification spot with Kadnay, who in a bizarre coincidence, won the jury but came fourth with the public, however within reflective of the rules MELOVIN advanced for having a higher percentage of votes from the public. And it seemed to be deja vu in the final as well, despite winning the public comofrtablty again, with a 31.22% recorded percentage of all votes, the jury dashed his hopes of becoming the Ukraine act when he placed 5th out of the six acts, giving him third place overall.
MELOVIN said at the end of 2017 he intended to return to the selection, citing he was not finished and deserves his spot in Eurovision, backed more so by being the televote winner, and he plans to do so with his new song "Under The Ladder" the full list of acts for Vidbir 2018 have not yet been released, but Vidbir 2017 runner TAYANNA is also in the competition, who after letting the public pick her song - only or it be disqualified for it being released before September 1st 2017 will compete with a new song titled "Tick Tock" you can listen to MÉLOVIN's entry here
#Ukraine #Nationalselection #Vidbir


We got the inside dish on the thinking behind four intriguing logos.
Does anyone ever notice the arrow in the FedEx logo? Um, sure, maybe. Corporations spend millions on symbols that convey the essence of their brands — and what they get may or may not hit the mark. We got the inside dish on the thinking behind four intriguing logos.
Hong Kong Landor Associates Hong Kong officials hoped to show energy and entrepreneurialism. Landor seized on an ancient symbol: the dragon. "The mythology has to do with strength and power," says Landor's David Carlos. "And the color red has positive associations in China." Within the dragon, the letters H and K, with corresponding Chinese characters, symbolize fusion of East and West. The fiery dragon has become Asia's equivalent of Merrill Lynch's hypercapitalistic bull. Watch as Mao spins in his grave.
Virtual Net (Europe) McMillian Design Virtual Net, an online financial-services firm in London, wanted a logo that set it apart from stuffy competitors. "They're a hip, young group of people," says William McMillian. He was intrigued by the firm's name. "When something's virtual, it's not really real," he says, "I thought it meant something mysterious, something hidden. The disappearing part of the V meant transparency as well." We loved the disappearing V — until we learned it had to do with investments. That prompted flashbacks to our disappearing CMGI stock.
Athletes' Performance McAndrew Kaps When Ryan Kaps manipulated type for the logo of the elite training facility, a funny thing happened to the apostrophe: It began to look like the owner. "Mark Verstegen [CEO of Athletes' Performance] laughed, because the flattop is his trademark," says Kaps. "Since his appearance is well known in that industry, I continued to develop the apostrophe to resemble his profile." Talk about inside baseball. Those who don't know Verstegen (like, everyone) assume the apostrophe just had a bad hair day.
Tenaris Landor Associates Tenaris wanted a brand that knitted together its far-flung steel operations in seven countries. Landor's Robin Thompson and Robert Matza came up with a flaglike rectangle, featuring colors that each country could claim as its own. The bars in the design depict steel tubes stacked in a supply yard. ¡Olé! The festive Latin colors are terrific, but those tubes remind us more of a bar code at rest.


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'Sports Illustrated Swimsuit' Issue Covers Through the Years
The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue is arguably the most iconic magazine franchise cover of all time — not to mention the sexiest!
The first SI Swimsuit issue was in 1964 — that's right, more than 50 years ago — and featured German-born model Babette March in a white bandeau top and boyshort bottoms. Landing the cover of the issue has been known to launch models' careers or send them to the next stratosphere. Tyra Banks, Christie Brinkley, Paulina Porizkova (who was just 18 for her first cover), Elle MacPherson, Kathy Ireland, Heidi Klum, Rebecca Romijn, Bar Refaeli, Irina Shayk, Kate Upton, Chrissy Teigen and Ashley Graham have all shown off their amazing bodies with cut abs, lean legs and toned arms on the cover. Even singer Beyoncé appeared in a sandy 2007 shoot.
And it can be a body-positive honor to bare all on a tropical beach set. As Upton said when she returned to the cover in 2017, six years after her debut, "I was very excited… to be back in the issue. Especially when this year's theme is about every woman of every age and every body type being accepted. It was inspiring to be asked to be a part of that issue." The star continued, "Those are the campaigns I want to do and the career I want to have — to inspire women to love themselves. That's a balance of working hard and eating healthy but also enjoying life and having cheat days and for the emphasis not to be on the ideal perfect body."
Looking through the decades of covers, it's also fun to see how swim fashion has changed. Among the styles Sports Illustrated has photographed: string bikinis, one-piece cutout suits, string bikinis, sarongs, sweaters (yup, check out Cheryl Tiegs in 1970!), sarongs, high-cut legs, plunging tops, topless looks, tankinis, floppy beach hats, monokinis, crop top t-shirts, crocheted looks, necklaces as tops, parkas, nearly bottomless pics and even just paint!
Scroll through to see every Sports Illustrated Swimsuit cover that has ever existed!


Everybody seems to have their own theories on ice dams. . . how they form, what to do about them, etc.
In the High Sierras we see all sorts of winter conditions resulting in various ice formations: light snows, heavy snows, dry snows, wet snows, sometimes drenched with torrential rains that turn snow into a solid ice mass; temperatures well below 0°, temperature swings of 60° or more in a single day.
We've made the Radiant Edge family of ice melt products the ideal solution for all conditions.
Ice dams are formed when meltwater from the heated living area exits the snow at the edge and re-freezes. Radiant Edge focuses heat right here. Some systems require you to heat well up the roof unecessarily.
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<?php

declare(strict_types=1);

/*
 * This file is part of the RollerworksSearch package.
 *
 * (c) Sebastiaan Stok <s.stok@rollerscapes.net>
 *
 * This source file is subject to the MIT license that is bundled
 * with this source code in the file LICENSE.
 */

namespace Rollerworks\Component\Search\Tests\Doctrine\Dbal\Functional;

use Doctrine\DBAL\Schema\Schema as DbSchema;
use Doctrine\DBAL\Schema\Synchronizer\SingleDatabaseSynchronizer;
use Doctrine\Tests\TestUtil;
use PHPUnit\Framework\AssertionFailedError;
use PHPUnit\Framework\Exception;
use PHPUnit\Framework\Warning;
use Rollerworks\Component\Search\Doctrine\Dbal\ConditionGenerator;
use Rollerworks\Component\Search\Doctrine\Dbal\EventSubscriber\SqliteConnectionSubscriber;
use Rollerworks\Component\Search\SearchCondition;
use Rollerworks\Component\Search\Tests\Doctrine\Dbal\DbalTestCase;
use Rollerworks\Component\Search\Tests\Doctrine\Dbal\SchemaRecord;

abstract class FunctionalDbalTestCase extends DbalTestCase
{
    /**
     * Shared connection when a TestCase is run alone (outside of it's functional suite).
     *
     * @var \Doctrine\DBAL\Connection|null
     */
    private static $sharedConn;

    /**
     * @var \Doctrine\DBAL\Connection|null
     */
    protected $conn;

    /**
     * @var \Doctrine\DBAL\Logging\DebugStack|null
     */
    protected $sqlLoggerStack;

    /**
     * @var string|null
     */
    protected $query;

    protected static function resetSharedConn()
    {
        if (self::$sharedConn) {
            self::$sharedConn->close();
            self::$sharedConn = null;
        }
    }

    protected function setUp()
    {
        parent::setUp();

        if (!isset(self::$sharedConn)) {
            $GLOBALS['db_event_subscribers'] = SqliteConnectionSubscriber::class;

            self::$sharedConn = TestUtil::getConnection();

            $schema = new DbSchema();
            $this->setUpDbSchema($schema);

            $databaseSynchronizer = new SingleDatabaseSynchronizer(self::$sharedConn);
            $databaseSynchronizer->dropAllSchema();
            $databaseSynchronizer->updateSchema($schema);

            $recordSets = $this->getDbRecords();

            foreach ($recordSets as $set) {
                $set->executeRecords(self::$sharedConn);
            }
        }

        $this->conn = self::$sharedConn;
        $this->sqlLoggerStack = new \Doctrine\DBAL\Logging\DebugStack();
        $this->conn->getConfiguration()->setSQLLogger($this->sqlLoggerStack);
    }

    public static function tearDownAfterClass()
    {
        // Ensure the connection is reset between class-runs
        self::resetSharedConn();
    }

    protected function setUpDbSchema(DbSchema $schema)
    {
        $invoiceTable = $schema->createTable('invoice');
        $invoiceTable->addOption('collate', 'utf8_bin');
        $invoiceTable->addColumn('id', 'integer');
        $invoiceTable->addColumn('status', 'integer');
        $invoiceTable->addColumn('label', 'string');
        $invoiceTable->addColumn('customer', 'integer');
        $invoiceTable->setPrimaryKey(['id']);

        $customerTable = $schema->createTable('customer');
        $customerTable->addOption('collate', 'utf8_bin');
        $customerTable->addColumn('id', 'integer');
        $customerTable->addColumn('name', 'string');
        $customerTable->addColumn('birthday', 'date');
        $customerTable->setPrimaryKey(['id']);
    }

    /**
     * @return SchemaRecord[]
     */
    protected function getDbRecords()
    {
        return [];
    }

    /**
     * Returns the string for the ConditionGenerator.
     *
     * @return string
     */
    protected function getQuery()
    {
    }

    /**
     * Configure fields of the ConditionGenerator.
     *
     * @param ConditionGenerator $conditionGenerator
     */
    protected function configureConditionGenerator(ConditionGenerator $conditionGenerator)
    {
    }

    /**
     * @param SearchCondition $condition
     * @param array           $ids
     *
     * @throws \Doctrine\DBAL\DBALException
     */
    protected function assertRecordsAreFound(SearchCondition $condition, array $ids)
    {
        $conditionGenerator = $this->getDbalFactory()->createConditionGenerator($this->conn, $condition);
        $this->configureConditionGenerator($conditionGenerator);

        $whereClause = $conditionGenerator->getWhereClause();
        $statement = $this->conn->query($this->getQuery().$whereClause);

        $rows = $statement->fetchAll(\PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);
        $idRows = array_map(
            function ($value) {
                return $value['id'];
            },
            $rows
        );

        sort($ids);
        sort($idRows);

        $this->assertEquals(
            $ids,
            array_merge([], array_unique($idRows)),
            sprintf("Found these records instead: \n%s\nWith WHERE-clause: %s", print_r($rows, true), $whereClause)
        );
    }

    protected function assertQueryIsExecutable($conditionOrWhere)
    {
        if ($conditionOrWhere instanceof SearchCondition) {
            $conditionGenerator = $this->getDbalFactory()->createConditionGenerator($this->conn, $conditionOrWhere);
            $this->configureConditionGenerator($conditionGenerator);
        } else {
            $conditionGenerator = $conditionOrWhere;
        }

        $whereClause = $conditionGenerator->getWhereClause();

        self::assertNotEmpty($this->conn->query($this->getQuery().$whereClause));
    }

    protected function onNotSuccessfulTest(\Throwable $e)
    {
        // Ignore deprecation warnings.
        if ($e instanceof AssertionFailedError || ($e instanceof Warning && strpos($e->getMessage(), ' is deprecated,'))) {
            throw $e;
        }

        if (isset($this->sqlLoggerStack->queries) && \count($this->sqlLoggerStack->queries)) {
            $queries = '';
            $i = \count($this->sqlLoggerStack->queries);

            foreach (array_reverse($this->sqlLoggerStack->queries) as $query) {
                $params = array_map(
                    function ($p) {
                        if (\is_object($p)) {
                            return \get_class($p);
                        }

                        return "'".var_export($p, true)."'";
                    },
                    $query['params'] ?: []
                );

                $queries .= ($i + 1).". SQL: '".$query['sql']."' Params: ".implode(', ', $params).PHP_EOL;
                --$i;
            }

            $trace = $e->getTrace();
            $traceMsg = '';

            foreach ($trace as $part) {
                if (isset($part['file'])) {
                    if (strpos($part['file'], 'PHPUnit/') !== false) {
                        // Beginning with PHPUnit files we don't print the trace anymore.
                        break;
                    }

                    $traceMsg .= $part['file'].':'.$part['line'].PHP_EOL;
                }
            }

            $message =
                '['.\get_class($e).'] '.
                $e->getMessage().
                PHP_EOL.PHP_EOL.
                'With queries:'.PHP_EOL.
                $queries.PHP_EOL.
                'Trace:'.PHP_EOL.
                $traceMsg;

            throw new Exception($message, (int) $e->getCode(), $e);
        }

        throw $e;
    }
}

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Virtual Summit - Coming on April 22!
Each day that week at 10 AM we'll be sharing a new video from each of the five sessions at this year's Summit.
The videos be open to the public until April 29 when they become part of our Owners' Academy premium content available to our members and their clients.
Monday, April 22 THE MACRO ECONOMY – When is the right time in the overall market?
Keynote about current economic conditions, especially as it relates to the private company market, M&A conditions and, if possible, regional considerations.
Tuesday, April 23 M&A MARKET – When is the right time for different kinds of buyers?
Dara Mitchell,Vice President of Corporate Development at Kadant, Inc.
Rich Glassman, Partner at Schatz Brown Glassman LLP and Executive Vice President at Grandview Capital Strategies, Inc.
This panel addressed the needs and perspectives of different kinds of buyers including the best time for them to get involved in a transaction. The panel will address the distinctions between buyer/transfer types as well as the universal needs of all transfers.
Wednesday, April 24 COMPANIES – When is the right time strategically?
Craig Bovaird, President of Builtrite Tool & Die, Inc.
Gigi Wang, CEO of Invoke Solutions, Inc.
Panel featured different value creation strategies of companies, how the companies developed them, how they planned for exit, how they knew the time was right to transition the company.
Business Owners shared their interesting stories in how they developed deliberate strategies to build transferable value within a business vertical, technology and business model. In addition, universal lessons about building business value will be discussed.
Thursday, April 25 OWNERS – When is the right time for you personally?
Hal Charnley, Former CEO of Mobee, former CEO of Net Clarity, former CEO of Artel Video Systems. Currently Vice Chairman of Wiser Solutions, Inc., Principal of Boston Harbor Capital, Board member of Cambridge Sound Management.
Dr. Nesbitt HagoodPresident & CEO Triib, Inc; former President, Founder and CEO of Pixtronix, Inc.
This group of panelists will feature different stories about the personal side of the journey of building and transferring value. This open and frank conversation will provide the audience with many lessons learned.
Friday, April 26 THE DEAL ECONOMY - How should you think about the market?


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