My 21 years as a press secretary reminds me of Britain's relationship with the Commonwealth, which is about to hold another biennial bash in New Zealand. After attending six of them, I concluded that the Brits' role in life, as the ex-colonial power, was to be abused at every turn by the 49 other members who would then hold out their hands for more of our hard-earned brass. Press officers, learning how to survive in the media jungle, know the feeling.
media jungle, know the feeling.
Minister, Jean Chretien. Who is next for hoaxing?
the Queen talks to one of her Prime Ministers? Etc, etc.
Bunkum. At the risk of sounding pompous, all this misses the point. M.
to be about - or to encourage.
some phone calls are more tappable - and broadcastable - than others.
not what any self-respecting strategic PR man would have advised.


The ASC has had an increased emphasis on public education and awareness and understands the need to adopt early detection practices – especially for women regarding cervical cancers. The ASC Foundation is funding a Patient Advocacy Grant that is available to ASC members, patient advocacy groups and neighboring societies. The Patient Advocacy Grant ($10,000), awarded annually, is for ongoing or new projects for advocacy efforts for patients with gynecologic and other cancers, or to educate patients on the need for effective screening programs.


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Q: Python comprehension, dictionary of lists I can't get my head around this one. Or am I over complicating things? I'm trying to make this code more 'Pythonic'.
statuses = {record['id'] : [] for record in data}

for record in data:
    for status in record['statuses']:
        data = {
            'status_code': status['statusCode'],
            'short_desc': status['statusShortDesc'],
        }

        if 'statusLongDesc' in status:
            data.update({'long_desc': status['statusLongDesc']})
        else:
            data.update({'long_desc': ''})

        statuses[record['id']] += [data]
    }
}

Several challenges here, code below I know is wrong but I'm trying to get across what I want with out knowing how:

*

*How do I update a list in a dictionary in a comprehension? Along the lines of this. Would this work? Something doesn't feel right about it to me. Have I got carried away with the curly brackets?
statuses = {
    {
        record['id']: list({
            'status_code': status['statusCode'],
            'short_desc': status['statusShortDesc'],
            'long_desc': ''
        })
    }
    for record in data for status in record['statuses']
}

This produces TypeError: unhashable type: 'dict'

*

*How can I then not repeat the data part like in my original code for adjusting long_desc? (My dictionary is actually a lot longer and it seems crazy to repeat it all for one line.) Like: then if 'statusLongDesc' in status list.extend('long_desc': status['statusLongDesc']) added to the above comprehension.

A: I wouldn't overcomplicate things. The biggest thing you can use to simplify your original is to use the get method.
statuses = {record['id']: [] for record in data}

for record in data:
    for status in record['statuses']:
        statuses[record['id']].append({
            'status_code': status['statusCode'],
            'short_desc': status['statusShortDesc'],
            'long_desc': status.get('statusLongDesc', ''),
        })

Now, if you want, you can replace the loops with a dict comprehension that uses a list comprehension.
statuses = { record['id']: [{...} for status in record['statuses']] for record in data }

where {...} is the data dict in the original.

A: You can easily create list using comprehension, instead of .appending:
statuses = {}

for record in data:
    statuses[record['id']] = [
        {
            'status_code': status['statusCode'],
            'short_desc': status['statusShortDesc'],
            'long_desc': status.get('statusLongDesc', ''),
        } for status in record['statuses']
    ]

It can also be done in one expression this way, if I got nested comprehensions right:
statuses = {
    record['id']: [{
            'status_code': status['statusCode'],
            'short_desc': status['statusShortDesc'],
            'long_desc': status.get('statusLongDesc', ''),
        } for status in record['statuses']
    ] for record in data
}

But I find it unreadable.

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Danny is an active SF Bay Area trombonist with groups such as the Bay Area Rainbow Symphony (BARS) and the San Francisco Lesbian/Gay Freedom Band (SFLGFB). He has performed at two presidential inaugurals with the Lesbian and Gay Band Association (LGBA). Besides these larger groups, he performs as a trumpeter in the Oakland-based Brassavola Brass Quintet.
Danny spends his free time traveling with his spouse Dean. As Dean is a botanist, they often head to nature destinations in search of rare and endemic plants. They have especially enjoyed their visits to London, Andalusia (Spain), the Canary Islands (Spain), Fiji, Yucatan (Mexico), Crater Lake (Oregon), the Grand Canyon (Arizona), Rome/Florence (Italy), and Sicily (Italy).
While growing up, Danny achieved the Eagle Scout rank and served as a Junior Assistant Scoutmaster. While earning his undergraduate degree with honors at the University of Michigan, he was given the Cooley Writing Award, was initiated into the Mortar Board society, and played in the Michigan Marching Band. He's earned two graduate degrees, the first in Computer Engineering from the University of Michigan and the second in Multimedia from California State University, East Bay. The San Francisco Lesbian/Gay Freedom Band presented Danny with the Jon Sims Award for almost three years' service as their President as well as his other volunteer contributions. In his career, he has received awards from the largest of companies (CSC Technical Excellence Award) and the smallest (2011 San Jose Mobile Startup Camp (1st place), 2011 San Francisco Startup Weekend (2nd place), and 2011 San Francisco Lean Startup Machine (1st place).


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When the robots do finally turn on us, Amazon's remaining human workforce may be the only ones left standing due to the protective vests they'll soon all wear. Unless, or course, the robots have bear repellent.
While Amazon still uses a human workforce, it needs to ensure their safety when working around the growing army of robots that navigate its warehouses. The latest safety measure is a new piece of clothing called the Robotic Tech Vest (RTV).
As TechCrunch reports, the RTV looks like a pair of suspenders attached to a utility belt. Inside, there's a number of sensors that will alert any nearby robots to the worker's presence. As the robots already have an obstacle avoidance system in operation, the RTV ensures workers are recognized as an obstacle that needs to be avoided.
By doing this, if a robot breaks down or there's a product spill within a busy robot-only work area, the whole system doesn't need to be shut down before a human can enter. In fact, it improves upon a system Amazon was already using that saw a grid of cells selected as a work area which would then become off-limits to the robots. Now they don't need to plan, they can just walk in as long as the RTV is worn.
The vest allows Amazon to be more efficient when things go wrong while at the same time increasing the safety of workers. That's the theory, anyway, it has yet to be seen how well it works in practice.
So far at least 25 different Amazon locations have started using the RTV. Amazon Robotics VP Brad Porter points out that it's one of many safety systems, which also includes training materials for staff, physical barriers to entry of robot areas, process controls, and on-board systems such as the route finding and obstacle avoidance.
One recent situation where the RTV wouldn't have made any difference is the bear repellent incident. 54 workers were sprayed with bear repellent after an automated robot managed to puncture a nine ounce can of the stuff.


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DHEC official says the world is on the very edge of a flu pandemic, that would reach SC
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At least one state health official says that the world is undoubtedly on the edge of an influenza pandemic, judging from the growth of swine flu infections.Dr. Robert Ball is a D.H.E.C. Epidemiologist and Co-chairs the South Carolina Pandemic Influenza Ethics Task Force. He says a pandemic could happen in a matter of days, and if it occurs, it will be hard on the population as well as the state's health care system.
"There will likely be many, many cases, and even some deaths, in South Carolina. These will severely stretch our healthcare resources, requiring rationing of care, which will be unlike what we expect under normal circumstances," says Ball.
While the regular seasonal flu has resulted in the death of around 250 people in South Carolina annually in recent years, a pandemic could kill thousands in one year.
Ball says if a pandemic occurs, hospitals won't be able to help all those who need help. "Since most hospitals are already at maximum capacity, given one or two beds, the overflow of hundreds of patients requiring hospitalization would overtax our hospitals, requiring alternate care sites, and other measures and society has never seen before."
At the same time, another D.H.E.C. Epidemiologist Jerry Gibson points out that a pandemic does not exist yet, and may not come about. But Gibson isnow referring to South Carolina's outbreak of swine flu as an epidemic. The Department of Health and Environmental Control says there are 13 confirmed cases of swine flu in the state, all located in Newberry. At the same time, DHEC says six more cases are "probable" but haven't been confirmed by the Centers for Disease Control. All of the cases are connected to a trip that Newberry Academy students and chaperons took to Mexico. One of those cases is located in the Charleston area.
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New Delhi: The Supreme Court has stayed the High Court's order to frame new criteria for the appointment of teachers in the Mahatma Gandhi University interview.
A bench comprising Justices PS Narasimha and JB Pardiwala issued the stay order on a petition filed by the university after the High Court quashed the 50 marks for the interview for the post of Hindi Assistant Professor.
The university's notification stipulated that a maximum of 50 marks, 10 marks for teaching aptitude, 20 marks for research aptitude, and 10 marks for subject knowledge will be awarded for interview for the post of Hindi Assistant Professor in colleges under the university. The High Court, which quashed this, had directed that a new standard be issued within a month. Following this, the university approached the Supreme Court.
In the petition submitted to the Supreme Court, it was pointed out that the process of appointment of teachers is an academic matter and the court should avoid interference in it and the university has the power to determine the norms.
Senior advocate Maninder Singh, witness Sakshi Kakar, and Surin George Ipe, standing consul of the university in the High Court, appeared on behalf of the university.
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We have a range of healthy recipes that have been selected based on nutrient criteria, suitability for people with diabetes and the availability of ingredients. In addition, we have tried to include a mix of recipes for mains, sides, dessert, breakfast and snacks that include gluten free and vegetarian options.
This vibrant summer salad makes a delicious main meal, or a quick and tasty side dish.
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Looking for a recipe to brighten up your weekly meals? Sick of the same old meat and three veg? We've got just the thing for you! This recipe is not only low in fat and easy to throw together, but packed full of Mediterranean flavours - including olives, artichokes and cannellini beans.
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"Mum, these macarons smell so yummy!!!" said my boy as his nose was sniffing a tray of freshly made salted maple macarons on our dining table.
"Hey... Don't eat all the macarons!" I said. Then, I turned back and saw my son lying on the floor.
"Hey, sweetie! Are you ok?" I was feeling very concerned.
"Mum, your macarons are really good and so I fainted," my boy replied.
Seeing what my boy did can really make me laugh and smile. It is really a nice feeling being appreciated.
As always, I used the Italian meringue method to make my macaron shells.
Combine both mixture together and pipe into circles.
I don't have any maple salt and so, I made mine with fleur de sel plus maple extract.
I found this grade B maple syrup in a specialty shop and use it to make the maple buttercream.
Yum! This maple buttercream is so sweet-smelling, smooth and fluffy!
Here are the recipes that I have used to make my salted maple macarons with maple syrup Italian meringue buttercream.
Place almond meal-icing sugar mixture in a mixing bowl and mix in the remaining portion of egg white to form a thick paste. Add a drop or two of any flavouring or colouring that you desired in the almond mixture if you wish to have your macarons coloured or flavoured.
Sprinkle small pinches of maple infused fleur de sel on the piped batter and allow them to rest at room temperature, uncovered, for 5 mins. Bake for 15 mins or until dried and slightly crisp. Note: My oven doesn't have bottom heat function and had to bake for another 5 mins at 130°C with NO fan forced to get the bottom of the macarons crisp.
1/3 cup (80ml) maple syrup, preferably B grade.
*No meringue powder??? No worries!
According to this website, you can substitute the meringue powder and water with one egg white.
While the syrup is cooking, combine the meringue powder, water and salt in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the whisk attachment. Beat mixture on medium low until foamy. At this stage stage, increase beating speed to medium high and add sugar gradually while the mixer is running and beat until mixture is stiff.
With the mixer running, pour hot syrup down side of bowl into meringue in a steady stream. Leave the mixer beating at medium low speed until the mixture cools to room temperature (about 25°C).
Once the meringue is cooled, change the whisk attachment to paddle attachment. Beat in butter a few pieces at a time. Beat until smooth. If it looks curdled at any point, keep beating until smooth.
Your boy is so cute, I love him. He's so cute when he was lying on the floor and said your macarons are so good until he "fainted", I would be the happiest mother on earth if my boy does that to me, and appreciate my cooking and tell me my (lousy) cooking is the best in the world, haha..
Your macarons look so good, I love that maple buttercream, something I've never eaten before, but I could imagine the taste already because I love maple syrup, and I love buttercream.. I can dig into that tub of buttercream and just eat it like that with my finger! Yummzzz..
HAHAHAHA! your boy is so sweet isn't it? bet i'll join him on the ground if i were there to try.
"Mum, your macarons are really good and so I fainted,"
Wow, another lovely macarons! Looks wonderful! Cute little boy!
I would like to try Italian method for making macarons the next time, but it will be a long while from now, cause macarons are really sweet!
Hahhaa!!! You son almost fainted! He must have LOVED them! I can't even get a cake out of my mother or simple cookies so macaroons would be amazing!!
Haha Zoe, your boy is really cute! So young and already a comedian... I'm sure he always makes you smile with his actions/comments. Beautiful macarons too Zoe!
Your boy is so sweet! Love the looks of your macarons & maple buttercream!
Ha ha ! Your boy is really sweet ... sweeter than the macarons ... indeed mom is always very happy when seeing the kids or family appreciate and enjoying the food. Well, another batch of lovely macarons you've made!
You are the macaron queen!! I LOVE all your recipes! Can you add a Pinterest pin so I can pin all your recipes to Pinterest, please!
You can also pin my post into your Pinterest by cutting and paste my url into your board. I know it is less convenient but I hope you don't mind. Cheers!
Macarons.. they look so perfect and the flavors sound fantastic!
I wish to try doing macarons again but don't think in time for Bake Along.
Have bookmarked it and will try one day.
Hi Zoe, great looking macarons. I like the Italian method too.
Hi Zoe, sorry for late visit again...I must say you make really good macarons and looking at the pictures is enough to make me drool and yearn for it! Your boy is so cute and I strongly agree with him that mummy Zoe makes very good macarons! Have a lovely weekend.
Hello Zoe, it has been some time since I last logged in Blogger. Your posts have never failed to wow-ed me. I have some egg whites leftover from ice cream making. I read that Italian meringue is more stable in macarons, when compared to French. I will try your recipe in my next macaron making.


Hello, all! It's Mari here from Arcadian Home blog, a fabulous place to find lots of interior design inspirations, including glitzy, colorful wall art and all sorts of lovely lighting fixtures. I'm so excited to be visiting B with a guest post about faux fur in decor.
Faux or real fur? Which would you choose? Today, I've brought along eight images to illustrate a few of the many ways rooms can be warmed up (and glammed up) with this fashionable décor detail. Please enjoy!
A large faux fur rug is at once beautiful and cozy underfoot. Several decorative pillows also add appealing furry texture to the sofa.
A white fur throw brings cozy to an arm chair in this stylish little library. Contributing to the glam feel is shiny round metal table topped with a pure white Modern Pendant Light.
Large faux fur throws for the bed seem to be a must have right now. This luxurious look is perfect for a chic space with tufted white headboard. The design merges rustic, contemporary and a bit of global style to create a gorgeous bedroom retreat.
A more classic neutral space with a few contemporary touches is warmed up by a casually draped faux fur throw with a luxuriously soft lining and trim.
In this eclectic bedroom, a huge faux fur throw works wonderfully with the Moroccan rug, Modern Pendant Lights and a creamy Barcelona chair.
This glamorous living room with glitzy fabrics and sleek acrylic coffee table shows off an appealing white faux fur on the sofa.
We're seeing the lovely look of acrylic chairs paired with lush white faux fur showing up all over the blogosphere. Here a curvy chair and wispy textured fur are quite stunning with a vintage vanity turned desk.
This rustic bedroom goes eclectic with a French settee, upholstered headboard, massive table lamp and faux fur on the bed and on the floor. A black fabric binding nicely ties the rug to the other black elements in the space.
What do you think of these faux fur inspirations? Leave us your thoughts below and be sure to visit us for more Home Decor and lighting inspirations!
I seriously have been having a love affair with maxis more and more as of late. This beautiful print maxi has me desiring yet another one – it is so easy and stunning at the same time.
Another love affair I have been having as of late is with the perfect accent chair. Just look at that chair – everything about it is fabulous. I even know right where I would put it in my house…maybe one day.
The perfect Saturday afternoon outfit. Every little detail is fabulous.
I have a thing about bags – I feel that no woman can ever have too many. I love this clutch for an evening out on a patio – now doesn't that sound lovely?!
This is a beautiful map of the world. Love is not dead, my friends – and we cannot forget that.
Have you caught spring fever? What does it have you having a love affair with?
Love this fun fall look – and let's be honest, you have something in French – I am bound to love it that much more.
My little way to make my room feel like home and a sweet little haven to escape to at the end of day – I love making my room smell like the yoga studio.
I love this chair – there is something stunning about the tufted look I cannot seem to get enough of these days.
I love Oliva so much – she is just so stinkin cute! And loving what she is doing here as she plays with patterns.
A girls' weekend away, well away for me at least – as I head to Chicago with some of my girlfriends from college. Cannot wait to get out of town. It has been a long time coming that I take a little get away – so excited!!
Do you ever have weekend getaways? Where do you head?
I love having girls as roommates again – there is something about those late night chats on the beds that I love so much.
I love forearm stand. Seriously, I love any position in yoga where I get to be upside down – but this one just makes me feel so BA and peaceful at the same time. Unreal.
My sweet little baby, Willow. She melts my heart every time I walk in the door. Love her to pieces.
Lounging in my new home enjoying the freshly painted walls is divine. This is a quick peek at my new home – I will be sure to share more soon as I get more settled.
I love fall days that feel like summer – the beauty of fallen leaves with a summer breeze. Simply adore.
How is your September going? What are you loving with the change of seasons?
Let loose and dance in the street – while wearing stripes. In love. Yes, please – let's go.
A fun accent chair I am adoring right now – I would love to have this in my new living room.
I love my Great Aunt Jeanie. She is simply beautiful – both inside and outside and I want to look like here when I am 82.
I have been searching for a fun print to hang in my kitchen – and this is one of my current favs. I am loving looking for pieces to stylize my house and make it a home.
Having time to myself to relax and read – seriously one of my favorite things in the whole world. Such a simple little treat.
What are some of the little pleasures in life that bring you great joy?
That's right my loves, today is the big day – I close on my house!! I am so excited, but sadly I will be busy there today and then painting my living room right after. So any accessory I will be using today will have to coordinate with my paint clothes. I will be sure to take pictures and share with you once I get a little settled!
Where was the first place you lived that you really made into your home? What is your favorite thing about your home that makes it your own?
I don't close for another month, but once I get in and start getting settled and making this house my home I will be sure to share some pics with you, lovies! Well, I am off to enjoy a weekend where I do not have anything planned – so excited to just play outside and read my new book.
What are you up to this weekend? Have you ever bought a house? Were you scared or excited or both?!
The perfect summer time look for a gal when she is working from home…don't mind if I do stroll down to the neighborhood French bakery to get a midday break.
Working from home also means that while I am home I get to lounge while I work – simply love that perk.
I love long flowy maxi skirts for summer – so perfectly whimsical. It is like you are floating down the street.
I love this gold bar cart and am on the hunt for a very similar one to add to my new dining room in my new house!!
When I am feeling tired, the perfect cover up is always bright red lips paired with fun sunnies. Makes any gal look stunning!
How do you make yourself look like you are up for fun when you are tired? Do you work from home ever, do you lounge or get dressed up?


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TE Connectivity was planning on launching its ARISO line of Contactless Connectivity products – used for robotics in factory automation and the transportation industry. As part of the project, Markitects interviewed TE's clients, engineering teams, and factory automation professionals in France, China, and Germany. The launch itself involved creating messaging, collaterals, and an interactive demo for one of their major trade shows. In addition, Markitects interviewed customers and crafted several case studies showcasing this line of power, data, and signal products.


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Firefly #4
by Greg Pak, Marcelo Costa and Dan McDaid
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The truth about Mal and Zoe's past during the Unification War has been exposed and now the Unificators make their final move against them in the shocking conclusion to the first arc! New enemies arise, heroes fall and the crew of Serenity will pay the price.
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A new scientific survey found that the Arctic glaciers are the largest contributors in the world for raising the level of the sea, eliminating the ice at an accelerated rate that now adds well over one millimeter to the ocean level each year.
This is much more melting ice than the Antarctic is contributing, although the Antarctic contains much more ice. Still, guided by glaciers in Alaska, Canada and Russia, and by the vast expanse of ice in Greenland, the Arctic that heats up quickly overcomes the entire frozen continent to the south – for now.
However, the biggest problem is that both regions appear to accelerate their losses simultaneously – suggesting that we may have an even faster pace of rising sea levels in future decades. The seas are increasing by about three millimeters each year, according to NASA. This is mainly driven by the Arctic contribution, from Antarctica and by a third main factor: ocean water naturally expands while it heats up.
For arctic ice loss, "the rate has tripled since 1986," said Jason Box, first author of the new study and a scientist at the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland. "So it clearly shows an acceleration of the contribution at sea level."
"Antarctica will probably take over in the future, but in the last 47 years of this study, it is not controversial that the Arctic is the largest contribution of land ice to raising the level of sea, "he said.
Arctic is also losing floating sea ice at a rapid pace, but this loss does not substantially contribute to sea level rise (although it has many other consequences). The losses of sea ice correspond to what is happening on earth, which makes sense because both phenomena are driven by the rapid warming of the atmosphere in the Arctic, which has warmed up at a much faster rate than observed at low latitudes. Even the hot sea is causing part of the ice loss.
J. Box et al., Environmental Research Letters.
The research was performed by combining a highly reliable gravity-based arctic mass loss measurement from NASA's satellites with the oldest direct field measurements taken from the field, dating back to 1971.  The total loss of Arctic is currently 447 billion tons of ice in the year – that Box has calculated about 14,000 tons of water per second. This is for the period between 2005 and 2015. Between 1986 and 2005, the loss is calculated at around 5,000 tonnes per second – therefore, the rate has almost tripled.
Separate research has recently discovered that the loss rate of the Antarctic has also tripled in just a decade, reaching 219 billion tons annually from 2012 to 2017.
Assuming that these numbers are correct and by summing them together, the polar regions of the world are losing about 666 billion tons of ice to the ocean every year – amounting to a little less than two millimeters of sea level rise each year.
Treating the Arctic as a whole may be missing something, however, notes Christopher Larsen, glacier expert at the University of Alaska at Fairbanks.
The arctic acceleration documented in the study is led by Greenland, which contains more than 20 feet of potential sea level rise, making all other Arctic ice sources pale.
"Compared to the current rate of ic E mass loss, and its increasing percentages, is Greenland which has the most significant rate of increase in mass loss today," Larsen said in a e-mail.
"This is particularly noteworthy since ultimately Greenland has more ice to lose in the northern hemisphere," he said. "With the speed with which the loss of ice is now or could become everywhere in the north, the regional masses of ice mass in Alaska or Arctic Canada are smaller than those that Greenland holds. "
To give a sense of the extent of the Arctic losses, Box figured out what it would mean if they were distributed among the human population of the Earth.
"If you take the 7.7 billion people on Earth and divide the current numbers, from 2005 to 2015, every person on Earth would have the equivalent of 160 liters a day, every day, every year", called Box.
Correction: This story erroneously referred to the letters of the journal Environmental Research as Geophysical Research Letters. This was correct.


Launched in October 2008 as a multi-donor trust fund, the South-South Experience Exchange Facility (South-South Facility or SSF) enables the sharing of development experiences and knowledge among World Bank Group client countries by funding knowledge exchange activities. The South-South Facility funds these knowledge exchanges based on demand expressed by the knowledge-recipient countries. They are designed with a focus on achieving results.
Over the past nine years, the South-South Facility has supported knowledge exchanges among World Bank client countries and tracked early results shortly after these exchanges were completed. The Facility's long-term impact, however, can only be assessed several years after the peer learning activities took place, and it has not been documented before. In 2017, the SSF Secretariat reached out to selected past beneficiaries of SSF grants to take stock of long-term effects of South-South knowledge exchanges that were carried out four to seven years ago. This exercise generated strong evidence of the development impact of South-South peer learning, and showed how learning from peers inspired local decision makers to take action. It demonstrated that development practitioners are more likely to adopt best-practices from other countries once they have seen with their own eyes how these practices are working successfully in comparable contexts. Consequently, the insights gained during South-South knowledge exchanges were adapted, tested and then adopted into ongoing and new investment projects. As such, the South-South Facility grants are leveraging billions of dollars of World Bank's investment lending in client countries.


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Workplace Lifestyle Intervention Program Improves Health, Reduces Diabetes and Heart Disease Risks
PITTSBURGH, March 6, 2015 – A healthy lifestyle intervention program administered at the workplace and developed by the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health significantly reduces risk factors for diabetes and heart disease, according to a study reported in the March issue of the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.
The program was well-received by participants at Bayer Corp., who lost weight and increased the amount of physical activity they got each day, when compared with a control group in the study, which was funded by the National Institutes of Health.
"Health care expenditures associated with diabetes are spiraling, causing widespread concern, particularly for employers who worry about employee health and productivity," said lead author M. Kaye Kramer, Dr.P.H., assistant professor in Pitt Public Health's Department of Epidemiology and director of the school's Diabetes Prevention Support Center. "This leads to an interest in workplace health promotion; however, there are very few evidence-based programs that actually demonstrate improvement in employee health. This study found that our program not only improves health, but also that employees really like it."
This demonstration program is based on the U.S. Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP), a national study that found people at risk for diabetes who lost a modest amount of weight through diet and exercise sharply reduced their chances of developing diabetes, outperforming people who took a diabetes drug instead.
Dr. Kramer and colleagues built on the DPP to create a group-based program that puts the findings into practice, called Group Lifestyle Balance™. The program is divided into 22 sessions over a one-year period and aimed at helping people make lifestyle changes to improve health. The sessions can be done as a group with a lifestyle coach or through a DVD coupled with brief weekly phone or, in certain cases, email consultations with the lifestyle coach. The option of the DVD with lifestyle coach support not only served as the main intervention option for those employees who traveled or who did not want to participate in the program in a group venue but also offered a valuable replacement for employees who chose to participate via group setting but had to miss an occasional session.
"Our Group Lifestyle Balance program has proven successful in diverse community settings, so we adapted it for the workplace since we found that there was a real need for effective programs that could fit into people's work lives," said senior author Andrea Kriska, Ph.D., professor in Pitt Public Health's Department of Epidemiology and principal investigator of the study. "This current effort in the worksite shows clearly that a proven healthy lifestyle program, like the Group Lifestyle Balance program, offered to people where they work is not only feasible but effective in reducing risk factors for diabetes and heart disease for participating employees."
A total of 89 employees at Bayer Corp. in Robinson Township, Pa., who were at risk for diabetes or heart disease were enrolled in the demonstration program in the fall of 2010 and followed for 18 months.
Over the course of a year, participants lost an average of 5 percent of their body weight (10 pounds), shrunk their waistlines by about 2 inches and brought down the levels of fat and sugar in their blood – all measures that reduce the risk of heart disease and diabetes. They also increased their physical activity by almost twofold.
Of the participants, 96 percent said they felt it was beneficial to offer the program at the worksite, and 99 percent said they would recommend it to their co-workers.
"The positive results that employees experienced from this lifestyle program speak to the benefits of personalized health programs in the workplace," said Phil Franklin, M.D., U.S. corporate medical director, Bayer Corp. "I would like to congratulate the University of Pittsburgh researchers on the study."
Additional authors on this research are Donald Molenaar, M.D., Veterans Health Administration in Minneapolis; Elizabeth Venditti, Ph.D., Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic of UPMC; and Vincent C. Arena, Ph.D., Rebecca Meehan, M.S., R.D., L.D.N., Rachel Miller, M.S., Karl Vanderwood, Ph.D., and Yvonne Eaglehouse, M.S., M.P.H., all of Pitt Public Health.
This research was funded by the National Institutes of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (R18 DK081323–04).
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Although her family lives in the town of Rusticoville, her hometown is within a few miles driving on rising and falling rural roads of Rustico, Anglo Rustico, and South Rustico, as well as North Rustico. "I pretty much knew everyone in the department from being around here." She spent her first year learning the ropes.
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Al Qaida,
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Michael Hirsh blogging about an article he wrote for National Journal wrote:
"The war on terror is over," one senior State Department official who works on Mideast issues told me. "Now that we have killed most of al Qaida, now that people have come to see legitimate means of expression, people who once might have gone into al Qaida see an opportunity for a legitimate Islamism."
Really? Whew!
Seriously, just because Al Qaida has been diminished doesn't mean other groups won't step up to take their place. I understand that tactics will change and the "frontlines" so to speak will change, but to declare it over?
Just a tad premature don't you think? It seems to be the type of complacency that a terrorist organization would want us to fall into. Which is something we've seen in the Obama Administration's inability to use the term so this view by the State Department official is hardly a surprise. But evidently our "victory," according to the National Journal is due to "Obama's savagely successful military drone campaign against the worst of the violent jihadists, al Qaida."
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In fact, bowhunters make a larger portion of the hunting population. In the year 2015, Archery Trade Association indicated that around 11.9 million Americans took joined in bowhunting activities that took place.
If you need nothing but the best when it comes to bowhunting, then you need to hunt for the best bow. There are many types of bows that you can find in the market these days but depending on the features that you are going for, you may have to be careful to find the right ones. Here are bows that are ranked the top ten that you might like to buy.
Mathews Halon 5 is the best bow so far. It is the fastest dual-cam speed bow. It has a massive parallel limbs and has a dual-bridge rise. It is 4.6 lbs. bulky and can reach a speed of 353 fps. It also has a low-vibration and is quite quiet.
The Bear Moment comes second. The Bear's EAZ Hybrid cam system offers the bow an ultra-smooth draw and an IBO of 340 fps. What is more, is that the Moment's automatic riser gives the bow an excellent accuracy and adds strength to it as well. It comes with features such as the Bear's signature SonicStop string suppression that is helpful when it comes to minimizing the swing and sound as well.
The Bowtech Reign is ranked the third. It is relatively new in the industry. It is powerful, silent, balanced and has a smooth drawback. It also comes with a new outrigger counterweight devise that offsets the weight of any accessory that you may carry. With this, you won't feel like you are sacrificing the customizability with this kind of bow.
The next on the list is the Hoyt Pro Defiant. Its speed is 331 fps. It has unique precision and quiet bows. The bow falls on the shorter end of the spectrum, measuring 30.5″ axle to axle. It also has numerous choices for draw length and draw weight that can fit any archer.
Then we have the fifth one, the Diamond Infinite Edge, a bow that is comfortable to use and has a sterling performance. Its draws can be adjusted, making it a wonderful choice for both the adults and young ones. Because of its lightweight, it suggested for those that are novice. If you find that is has a noisy draw, you may buy a string dampener.
The 6th one is the PSE Evolve, a special bow that is designed to produce top-end bows. The shooters can choose to let it go at 65 to 90 percent and still keep the full power. At 90 percent, the bow attains an IBO of 346 fps. It also has a rigid platform and a smooth draw.
Other advanced types of the bows are the New Breed Blade, the Elite Impulse, the Prime Rize and the Obsession Def-Con 6.


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Pickle and pints: One of America's fastest growing sports hits the Houston brewery circuit
Maggie Gordon April 29, 2019 Updated: April 30, 2019 7:20 a.m.
Pickle and pints: One of America's fastest growing...
1of12Pickle & Pints member Wendi Myers keeps her eyes on the ball and ready to return the ball to her opponents during a tournament match at No Label Brewing on Saturday, April 20, 2019, in Katy. Pickleball is one of the fastest growing sports in America and Pickle & Pints hosts pickleball tournaments at local breweries.Photo: Yi-Chin Lee, Staff / Staff photographer
2of12Members of Pickle & Pints, which hosts pickleball tournaments at local breweries, play matches at No Label Brewing on Saturday, April 20, 2019, in Katy. Pickleball is one of the fastest growing sports in America.Photo: Yi-Chin Lee, Staff / Staff photographer
3of12Pickle & Pints members Wendi and Tom Myers and play a tournament match at No Label Brewing on Saturday, April 20, 2019, in Katy. Pickleball is one of the fastest growing sports in America and Pickle & Pints hosts pickleball tournaments at local breweries.Photo: Yi-Chin Lee, Staff / Staff photographer
4of12Members of Pickle & Pints, which hosts pickleball tournaments at local breweries, play matches at No Label Brewing on Saturday, April 20, 2019, in Katy. Pickleball is one of the fastest growing sports in America and Pickle & Pints hosts pickleball tournaments at local breweries.Photo: Yi-Chin Lee, Staff / Staff photographer
5of12Pickle & Pints members Sharon Meyer and Wendi Myers celebrate getting a point during a tournament match against Dutch Phillips, left, and Tom Myers at No Label Brewing on Saturday, April 20, 2019, in Katy. Pickleball is one of the fastest growing sports in America and Pickle & Pints hosts pickleball tournaments at local breweries.Photo: Yi-Chin Lee, Staff / Staff photographer
6of12Cole Harris, 10, plays a pickleball game with Travis Foster during Pickle & Pints hours at No Label Brewing on Saturday, April 20, 2019, in Katy. Pickleball is one of the fastest growing sports in America and Pickle & Pints hosts pickleball tournaments at local breweries.Photo: Yi-Chin Lee, Staff / Staff photographer
7of12Debra Thompson is ready to serve in a Pickle & Pints tournament match at No Label Brewing on Saturday, April 20, 2019, in Katy. Pickleball is one of the fastest growing sports in America and Pickle & Pints hosts pickleball tournaments at local breweries. Thompson likes pickleball so much that she opened a pickleball clothing business last year.Photo: Yi-Chin Lee, Staff / Staff photographer
8of12Pickle & Pints members leave their paddles on the side table during tournaments at local breweries, members play at No Label Brewing on Saturday, April 20, 2019, in Katy. Pickleball is one of the fastest growing sports in America and Pickle & Pints hosts pickleball tournaments at local breweries.Photo: Yi-Chin Lee, Staff / Staff photographer
9of12Brothers Rob Roup, left, and Russell Roup cheer for the members of Pickle & Pints during a match at No Label Brewing on Saturday, April 20, 2019, in Katy. Pickleball is one of the fastest growing sports in America and Pickle & Pints hosts pickleball tournaments at local breweries.Photo: Yi-Chin Lee, Staff / Staff photographer
10of12Natali Pouchet (CQ) is ready to return the ball during a Pickle & Pints tournament match at No Label Brewing on Saturday, April 20, 2019, in Katy. Pickleball is one of the fastest growing sports in America and Pickle & Pints hosts pickleball tournaments at local breweries.Photo: Yi-Chin Lee, Staff / Staff photographer
11of12Brett Lazarine stays focus in a Pickle & Pints tournament match at No Label Brewing on Saturday, April 20, 2019, in Katy. Pickleball is one of the fastest growing sports in America and Pickle & Pints hosts pickleball tournaments at local breweries.Photo: Yi-Chin Lee, Staff / Staff photographer
12of12Presley Trumbo tries to get the ball during a Pickle & Pints tournament game at No Label Brewing on Saturday, April 20, 2019, in Katy. Pickleball is one of the fastest growing sports in America and Pickle & Pints hosts pickleball tournaments at local breweries. Presley's father, Andrew Trumbo, is the owner of this tournament business.Photo: Yi-Chin Lee, Staff / Staff photographer
It was a perfect Saturday afternoon, with a not-too-hot sun hanging in the bright blue sky and just a touch of a breeze. The outdoor picnic tables at No Label Brewing Co. in Katy were stuffed full of people sipping beers and picking at food truck fries, while an endless stream of giggles and shrieks flow from the playground slide. At 5 o'clock, the band wrapped up its set with its rendition of "Sweet Caroline," and made one final announcement before stepping off the brewery's small stage:
"It's time for pickleball."
Pickle-what?
"That's honestly the most common question we get," said Julio Lopez, as he prepared to rent a racket for the next three hours through Pickle And Pints, a new local business that's bringing pickleball to an assortment of breweries around the Houston area. "I'm getting used to explaining what pickleball is."
For those who've never heard of the sport, think of it as the Frankenstein love child of badminton and an oversized ping pong game, in which you're sort of standing on the table. It was created in the 1950s using a jumbo whiffle ball and fortified ping pong rackets. And like in old-school volleyball, you can only score while serving, and have to win by two. Unlike (most) ping pong games, you'll burn a decent amount of calories racing around the court to return serves and swings.
It's pretty easy to pick up once you start playing. And this, combined with the fact that it's easier on the body than tennis, are two of the main reasons why pickleball is picking up steam nationally. According to the Sports & Fitness Industry Association, the number of people playing the sport has grown by about 10 percent each year for the past three years, making it one of the fastest-growing sports in America.
And Pickle and Pints owner Andrew Trumbo is well aware of this upward trajectory. As an assistant buyer at Academy Sports corporate office in Katy, he first heard of pickleball when his boss came to him in 2017 and told him to begin curating a meaningful assortment of pickleball gear for the store's racket sports department. Then he tried playing the game.
"I realized how fun and social, and actually aerobic it was to go and do this," he said.
That's when he had his eureka moment: Breweries throughout the Houston area offer yoga classes, running clubs and even cycling teams. What if he pitched a new business in which breweries could host this rapidly growing sport?
He called No Label and put together a PowerPoint presentation, which he began clicking through nervously at a preliminary meeting in early 2018. He only made it about 40 seconds into his overly rehearsed spiel when No Label owner Jennifer Royo reached her hand across the table and told him to stop.
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"You're telling me that you're going to bring more people to my brewery to drink my beer, and you're not going to charge me?" she asked.
"When do you want to start?"
They kicked it off last March. And since then, Pickle And Pints has grown its presence to seven local breweries. Trumbo shows up at each once a month on a regular rotation, and uses blue painter's tape to draw all the lines for the courts. Then he opens up shop for a three-hour period, charging prospective players $14 for the chance to squeeze in as many games as possible during that time. The cost also covers a beer and paddle rentals.
Demand has exceeded his expectations. And it's also brought a new demographic to breweries like No Label, Eureka Heights and Sigma, which have all signed on with Trumbo. Craft beer's most enthusiastic fanbase is largely made up of men between the ages of 21 and 34, a fact noted by the data firm Nielsen, and easily verified by a glance around most Houston breweries on any given Saturday afternoon. Pickleball serves a different set: 74.5 percent of pickleball's core most frequent players are 55 or older. And that is largely who showed up to No Label on this gorgeous Saturday afternoon.
At 44, Lopez was the youngest person on the court when he and his partner squared off against Pickle And Pints regular Allan Meyer and newcomer Kim Matta. Matta may be new at the sport, but she's ready. Dressed in a tennis skirt and a form-fitting workout top, she had her blonde hair tied in a ponytail that peeks out from beneath her monogrammed visor.
She's a quick study. As a regular tennis player, key moves like the serves are easy to master. It's more difficult to remember the rules of when and where she can and can't swing at the ball.
"This is fun," Matta breathed, a few minutes in, just as Meyer reminded her what to say before serving. They're down in score (it's 8 to 1, and they're not the 8), but it's a low-key, leisurely game and Matta can't keep the smile off her face. On the other side of the net, her husband Derek took a sip of the beer he brought along with him to the court.
"You've got to take some beer breaks along the way," he said. "If you don't, you're not doing it right."
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G.R. No. 200515, December 11, 2013 - PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. LINO PALDO, Accused-Appellant.
PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. LINO PALDO, Accused-Appellant.
For Our resolution is the appeal of accused-appellant Lino Paldo (Paldo) of the Decision1 dated June 23, 2011 of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CR.-H.C. No. 04064, which affirmed with modification the Decision2 dated May 27, 2009 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Banaue, Ifugao, Branch 34, in Criminal Case No. 117, finding accused-appellant Lino Paldo guilty of raping AAA.3
Paldo was charged through an Information4 filed before the RTC by the Office of the Provincial Prosecution of Ifugao on January 14, 2002, which reads:
That on the night of March 10, 2001 at [XXX], Banaue, Ifugao, and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the above-named accused, who is the father of the victim, DID then and there wilfully, unlawfully and feloniously, have carnal knowledge of [his] daughter, [AAA], who is eight years old.
When arraigned on November 8, 2004, Paldo pleaded not guilty.5 The Pre-trial Order dated September 16, 2005 stated the following:
VI. STIPULATION OF FACTS
A. ADMITTED FACTS
That the accused Lino Paldo is the father of the victim;
That the victim is a minor but not aged eight (8);
That the accused goes home to their house with the qualification that the wife usually does not go home.
B. FACTS DISPUTED BY THE DEFENSE
That the incident complained of happened on the date, time and place alleged in the information;
That the victim is a minor aged eight (8) years old at the time the incident complained of happened[.]
C. FACTS DISPUTED BY THE PROSECUTION
That the wife is living with another man;
That the mother of the allege victim BBB is living together with one Mr. Vicente Lim as husband and wife at Barangay [ZZZ], Ifugao.
VII. EVIDENCES SUBMITTED AND MARKED BY THE PROSECUTION AND DEFENSE
A. FOR THE PROSECUTION
1. DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE
1.a. The Sworn Statement of AAA as Exhibit "A" and her signature appearing therein as Exhibit "A-1";
1.b. The Supplemental Affidavit of AAA as Exhibit "B" and her signature appearing therein as Exhibit "B-1";
1.e. The Certificate of Live Birth of AAA issued by [the] Local Civil Registrar of Banaue, Ifugao as Exhibit "E";
1.f. The Medical Certificate issued as Exhibit "F" and the signature of the attending physician as Exhibit "F-1."6
During trial, the prosecution presented the victim AAA and her mother BBB. The version of events according to their testimonies is as follows:
In the evening of March 10, 2001, AAA, then eight years old, and her father, accused-appellant, were sleeping at their residence in XXX, Banaue, Ifugao. Suddenly, AAA was awakened by accused-appellant who removed AAA's pants and immediately thereafter, inserted his penis into AAA's vagina. After the incident, AAA felt pain in her stomach. Although there were no lights on, AAA knew it was accused-appellant who sexually assaulted her, being very familiar with her own father. Accused-appellant warned AAA not to tell her mother what had happened. AAA's mother, BBB, and sibling were not around that night as they were in ZZZ, Ifugao, to get their family's food supply. When BBB arrived home on March 12, 2001, AAA narrated to BBB what accused-appellant did to her. BBB was so angry and caused the filing of the complaint against her husband.
The testimony of another prosecution witness, Dr. Mae Diaz (Diaz), who conducted the physical examination of AAA, was dispensed with after the parties agreed to stipulate as to the existence and genuineness of Dr. Diaz's medical certificate, as well as on several other matters to be covered by Dr. Diaz's testimony, viz, (1) that AAA had healed hymenal lacerations; (2) that said hymenal lacerations could have been caused by objects other than a hard penis; and (3) that if said hymenal lacerations had been caused by a hard penis, it could have been the penis of a man other than the accused.
Despite finishing its presentation of evidence, the prosecution failed to make a formal offer of its documentary/object evidence.
For its part, the defense presented four witnesses: (1) accused-appellant himself, (2) Celestino Guinanoy (Guinanoy), (3) Maria Pin-ag (Pin-ag), and (4) Emilia Nitokyap (Nitokyap).
Accused-appellant denied AAA's accusations against him. He averred that from February to March 2001, he was working for Pin-ag in Kinakin, Chapeh, Banaue, Ifugao, a two-hour hike from XXX. On the night of the alleged rape, he did not go home to XXX but stayed in Chapeh. He was with his two friends, Guinanoy and Licyag, and the three of them slept in the hut owned by Pin-ag. Accused-appellant further asserted that he could not have raped AAA on March 10, 2001 since his daughter was not staying in XXX, but was living with her grandfather in ZZZ, where she was studying.
Pin-ag and Guinanoy corroborated accused-appellant's testimony. The other defense witness, Nitokyap, testified that on March 10, 2001, she travelled from her residence in Kinakin, Chapeh, to accused-appellant's house at XXX to offer the latter work. Accused-appellant was not around so Nitokyap waited for him. When it was already dark, Nitokyap decided to just sleep at accused-appellant's house and left the following day without seeing either accused-appellant or AAA.
On May 27, 2009, the RTC rendered its Decision finding accused-appellant guilty beyond reasonable doubt of raping AAA and sentencing him thus:
WHEREFORE, accused LINO PALDO is hereby found guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the offense charged and sentenced to reclusion perpetua and to pay SEVENTY[-]FIVE THOUSAND PESOS (P75,000.00) as civil indemnity, moral damages of SEVENTY[-]FIVE THOUSAND PESOS (P75,000.00) and exemplary damages of TWENTY[-]FIVE THOUSAND PESOS (P25,000.00).7
Accused-appellant appealed to the Court of Appeals. The appellate court, in its Decision dated June 23, 2011, affirmed the conviction of accused-appellant, and also increased the amount of exemplary damages awarded to AAA, to wit:
WHEREFORE, the Decision dated 27 May 2009 of the Regional Trial Court, Second Judicial Region, Branch 34 of Banaue, Ifugao, Branch 34, in Criminal Case No. 117, is hereby AFFIRMED with the modification that the exemplary damages is increased to Thirty Thousand Pesos (P30,000.00).8
Hence, this appeal with the same lone assignment of error raised before the Court of Appeals:
THE TRIAL COURT GRAVELY ERRED IN CONVICTING THE ACCUSED-APPELLANT DESPITE THE PROSECUTION'S FAILURE TO PROVE HIS GUILT BEYOND REASONABLE DOUBT.9
Accused-appellant was charged with qualified rape under Article 266-A(1), in relation to Article 266-B(1), of the Revised Penal Code, as amended by Republic Act No. 8353. Said provisions read:
Article 266-A. Rape, When and How Committed. – Rape is committed -
By a man who shall have carnal knowledge of a woman under any of the following circumstances:
Through force, threat or intimidation;
When the offended party is deprived of reason or is otherwise unconscious.
By means of fraudulent machination or grave abuse of authority;
When the offended party is under twelve (12) years of age or is demented, even though none of the circumstances mentioned above be present.
ART. 266-B. Penalties. - Rape under paragraph 1 of the next preceding article shall be punished by reclusion perpetua.
The death penalty shall also be imposed if the crime of rape is committed with any of the following aggravating/qualifying circumstances:
When the victim is under eighteen (18) years of age and the offender is a parent, ascendant, stepparent, guardian, relative by consanguinity or affinity within the third civil degree, or the common-law spouse of the parent of the victim.
Much of accused-appellant's arguments focus on the purported inconsistencies in AAA's testimony which cast doubt on her credibility, specifically: (1) There was no electric light inside their house on March 10, 2001, when the alleged rape took place, so AAA could not have seen the face of her rapist and she could have been mistaken in identifying accused-appellant; and (2) According to AAA, she was staying at XXX, where she was allegedly raped on March 10, 2001, but her school records reveal that she was studying in ZZZ for school year 2000-2001. Accused-appellant also claim that the rape case was filed against him at the instigation of his wife BBB since if he would be imprisoned, BBB could freely live with her paramour.
Accused-appellant's appeal is without merit.
The fact that the room was dark because there was no electricity in the house is insignificant. This cannot be considered a hindrance to AAA's identification of accused-appellant as her rapist, especially considering that accused-appellant is her father, with whom she is very familiar, even when it was dark. During rape incidents, the offender and the victim are as close to each other as is physically possible. In truth, a man and a woman cannot be physically closer to each other than during a sexual act.10 As AAA testified:
So how did you know that it was the accused who raped you?
There was no [other person] around us except I and my father.
But you did not actually see the accused when he raped you is it not?
I could identify my father since he is my father.
But you have neighbors in said place at Bangaan?
Yes sir but a little bit farther.11
There is miniscule possibility that AAA was only mistaken in identifying accused-appellant as the man who raped her. It should also be noted that after the rape, accused-appellant talked to AAA to warn her not to tell what had just happened to her mother.
Accused-appellant's claim that AAA was not in XXX at the time the rape took place as she was studying in ZZZ deserves little credit. Two certifications dated February 4, 2007 and February 5, 2007 issued by AAA's teachers reveal that AAA had transferred to XXX Elementary School in January 2001, where she attended the third and fourth grading periods and took the periodical tests for the same school periods. While these two certifications were not formally offered in evidence, they can still be considered by the Court as long as they had been properly identified by a witness' duly recorded testimony and the documents themselves had been incorporated in the records of the case.12 The two certifications herein of AAA's teachers were duly identified by AAA when she testified before the RTC and subsequently incorporated as part of the records.13 Accused-appellant's counsel even cross-examined AAA regarding these certifications and, in fact, the defense marked the same as its own exhibits, although the defense did not include said certifications in its formal offer of evidence for the obvious reason that said documents were not favorable to its case.
We likewise find baseless accused-appellant's contention that the rape charge was filed against him at his wife BBB's instigation so that BBB could carry on her purported illicit relation with a paramour. We are not convinced that there existed such resentment and ill will on the part of AAA and her mother against accused-appellant prior to the rape. Granting that there was already bad blood between accused-appellant and BBB, it is unfathomable for BBB, as AAA's mother, to concoct a story too damaging to the welfare and well-being of her own daughter. Certainly, it is inconceivable that a mother would draw her young daughter into a rape scam with all its attendant scandal and humiliation just because of a supposed feud with the father. No mother in her right mind would use her offspring as an engine of malice. She would not subject her child to the humiliation, disgrace, and even the stigma attendant to the prosecution for rape unless she is motivated by the desire to bring to justice the person responsible for her child's defilement.14 There appears to be no other reason for AAA and her mother to have boldly initiated the present case but to seek justice for the bestial act committed by AAA's own father, accused-appellant.
Moreover, well-established is the rule that testimonies of rape victims, especially child victims, are given full weight and credit.15 In this case, the victim AAA was barely eight years old when raped by accused-appellant. In a litany of cases, we have ruled that when a woman, more so if she is a minor, says she has been raped, she says, in effect, all that is necessary to prove that rape was committed. Youth and immaturity are generally badges of truth. Courts usually give greater weight to the testimony of a girl who is a victim of sexual assault, especially a minor, particularly in cases of incestuous rape, because no woman would be willing to undergo a public trial and put up with the shame, humiliation and dishonor of exposing her own degradation were it not to condemn an injustice and to have the offender apprehended and punished.16
Additionally, we held that the conduct of the victim immediately following the alleged sexual assault is of utmost importance in establishing the truth and falsity of the charge of rape. That AAA immediately narrated her ordeal to her mother upon the latter's return to their residence, and thereafter, straightaway reported the matter to the authorities, strengthen our belief that AAA had indeed been raped by accused-appellant.
To counter the clear and categorical declarations of AAA that accused-appellant raped her, accused-appellant proffered the defense of denial and alibi, totally denying that he was at their house in XXX when the rape happened. We had consistently held that for alibi to prosper, it is not enough to prove that the defendant was somewhere else when the crime was committed, but he must likewise demonstrate that it was physically impossible for him to have been at the scene of the crime at the time.17 This, accused-appellant failed to do. Although defense witness Guinonoy testified that he was with accused-appellant in Chapeh on March 10, 2001, he also acknowledged that the travel time of one to two hours from Chapeh to XXX does not pose an insurmountable barrier for accused-appellant to actually take the trip from Chapeh to XXX and back after committing the crime. Clearly, it was not physically impossible for accused-appellant to be present at the scene of the crime at the time of its commission.
As for the testimonies of the other defense witnesses, the RTC aptly observed and we quote:
For the second witness [Maria Pin-ag], her testimony showed that she had no actual knowledge who slept where, much less who did what during the night as she left the workplace at about 5:00 in the afternoon.
As for the third witness [Emilia Nitokyap], her story is so implausible as to merit serious consideration, let alone belief as it runs counter to natural human behavior especially for people living in the rural areas. For one it is incredible that she, a resident of Kinakin, would not know that the person she is looking for had been working for a month or so in Kinakin, the Barangay where she lives, so that she had to go to his house to look for him. Further, one would not normally start a trip so she could arrive at night time in her destination in a place where hiking is the main means of mobility and where the destination is a few hours away. Still further, a female would not just sleep over in the house of somebody unrelated. Normally, people would rush back to their homes to avoid any intrigues and also to be with their family. It is also unnatural for this alleged visitor to estimate the age of one of the children she purportedly saw at the house and not the other one when she alleged that she slept there. It is quite obvious that she was no where near the house of Lino Paldo on the night of the incident.
As for the accused, his account that he had three visitors on that fateful day, two of whom did not go home to their families but instead slept with him is not worthy of belief. His fixation on the day of the incident, March 10, 2001[,] betrays a rehearsed testimony to fit with similarly manufactured testimonies of ill motivated witnesses. While the accused could remember the day of March 10, 2001, he could not tell what day came before. Nor could he remember the day he started work. Indeed it is difficult to etch into memory what did not transpire.18
It is an established rule that when it comes to the issue of credibility of witnesses, the appellate courts generally will not overturn the findings of the trial court. They are in the best position to ascertain and measure the sincerity and spontaneity of witnesses through their actual observation of the witnesses' manner of testifying, their demeanor and behavior in court.19 In this case, we find no cogent basis to depart from the general rule.
The guilt of accused-appellant having been established beyond reasonable doubt, we now discuss the penalty to be imposed upon him.
Pursuant to Article 266-B(1) of the Revised Penal Code, as amended, the qualifying circumstances of minority and relationship must concur. As these circumstances raise the penalty of the crime to death, great caution must be exercised in their evaluation. For these circumstances to be appreciated, both must be specifically alleged in the information and duly proved during the trial with equal certainty as the crime itself.20
The Information filed against accused-appellant explicitly alleged that victim AAA was eight years old and that accused-appellant is her father. The next question to be resolved is whether these circumstances had been duly proven by the prosecution.
There seems to be no dispute as to the relationship of AAA and accused-appellant. During the pre-trial conference, one of the stipulations agreed upon by the parties was that accused-appellant is the father of AAA. During trial, AAA testified that accused-appellant was her father,21 while BBB reiterated the fact in her own testimony.22 Accused-appellant himself admitted on the witness stand that AAA is his daughter.23
As to AAA's age, it is incumbent upon the prosecution to establish that she was still a minor at the time of rape, meaning, she was under 18 years of age.
What the defense herein questioned at the pre-trial conference was whether AAA was actually eight years old at the time of the alleged rape, but it had actually agreed to stipulate that AAA was then a minor.
Also, the prosecution had a copy of AAA's birth certificate stating that she was born on February 8, 1993, making her eight years old when she was raped by accused-appellant on March 10, 2001. The birth certificate was marked as evidence for the prosecution during the pre-trial conference and was incorporated into the records of the case,24 but the prosecution failed to formally offer the same as evidence to the court.
After noting the divergent rulings on the proof of the victim's age in rape cases, we laid down in People v. Pruna25 certain guidelines in appreciating age, either as an element of the crime or as qualifying circumstance, to wit:
1. The best evidence to prove the age of the offended party is an original or certified true copy of the certificate of live birth of such party.
2. In the absence of a certificate of live birth, similar authentic documents such as baptismal certificate and school records which show the date of birth of the victim would suffice to prove age.
3. If the certificate of live birth or authentic document is shown to have been lost or destroyed or otherwise unavailable, the testimony, if clear and credible, of the victim's mother or a member of the family either by affinity or consanguinity who is qualified to testify on matters respecting pedigree such as the exact age or date of birth of the offended party pursuant to Section 40, Rule 130 of the Rules on Evidence shall be sufficient under the following circumstances:
a. If the victim is alleged to be below 3 years of age and what is sought to be proved is that she is less than 7 years old;
b. If the victim is alleged to be below 7 years of age and what is sought to be proved is that she is less than 12 years old;
c. If the victim is alleged to be below 12 years of age and what is sought to be proved is that she is less than 18 years old.
4. In the absence of a certificate of live birth, authentic document, or the testimony of the victim's mother or relatives concerning the victim's age, the complainant's testimony will suffice provided that it is expressly and clearly admitted by the accused.
5. It is the prosecution that has the burden of proving the age of the offended party. The failure of the accused to object to the testimonial evidence regarding age shall not be taken against him.
6. The trial court should always make a categorical finding as to the age of the victim. (Citation omitted.)
To paraphrase Pruna, the best evidence to prove the age of a person is the original birth certificate or certified true copy thereof; in their absence, similar authentic documents may be presented such as baptismal certificates and school records. If the original or certified true copy of the birth certificate is not available, credible testimonies of the victim's mother or a member of the family may be sufficient under certain circumstances. In the event that both the birth certificate or other authentic documents and the testimonies of the victim's mother or other qualified relative are unavailable, the testimony of the victim may be admitted in evidence provided that it is expressly and clearly admitted by the accused.26
Hence, the presentation of the birth certificate is not an all-exclusive requisite in proving the age of the victim. Certainly, the victim's age may be proven by evidence other than that. As we held in People v. Tipay27:
This does not mean, however, that the presentation of the certificate of birth is at all times necessary to prove minority. The minority of a victim of tender age who may be below the age of ten is quite manifest and the court can take judicial notice thereof. The crucial years pertain to the ages of fifteen to seventeen where minority may seem to be dubitable due to one's physical appearance. x x x.
In People v. Boras28 we further ruled that:
The testimony of the mother as to the age of her child is admissible in evidence for who else would be in the best position to know when she delivered the child. Besides, the court could very well assess whether or not the victim is below twelve years old by simply looking at her physique and built.
During trial, BBB, testified that her daughter AAA was born on February 9, 2001 and was eight years old at the time of the rape. AAA herself categorically stated in her Sworn Statement and Supplemental Sworn Statement, executed on June 1, 2001 and October 6, 2001, respectively, that she was then eight years old and a Grade III pupil. BBB's testimony and AAA's declaration as to AAA's age are consistent with AAA's statement when she took the witness stand on May 17, 2006 that she was already 13 years old and a second year high school student. Even accused-appellant, in his testimony before the trial court, confirmed that AAA was 8 years old in March 2001.29 Indeed, accused-appellant, having personal knowledge of his own daughter's age, offered unsolicited, independent, and categorical declaration on the same, that is in accord with the claim of AAA and BBB.
As the rape of AAA was qualified by AAA's minority and accused-appellant's paternity, the Court of Appeals was correct in determining that the penalty prescribed for such a crime under Article 266(B) of the Revised Penal Code, as amended, is death. However, as the appellate court also explained, Republic Act No. 9346 has prohibited the imposition of the death penalty, so that the proper penalty that can be imposed upon accused-appellant in lieu of the death penalty is reclusion perpetua, without eligibility for parole.
Lastly, we affirm the award to AAA of P75,000.00 civil indemnity, P75,000.00 moral damages, and P30,000.00 exemplary damages, in line with jurisprudence.30 In addition, we expressly impose an interest of 6% per annum on the aggregate amount of damages awarded from finality of this judgment until full payment of the same.
WHEREFORE, the Decision of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CR.-H.C. No. 04064 is AFFIRMED with MODIFICATION, expressly subjecting the aggregate amount of damages awarded in AAA's favor to interest at the legal rate of 6% per annum from the date of finality of this Decision until it is fully paid.chanRoblesvirtualLawlibrary
1Rollo, pp. 2-13; penned by Associate Justice Japar B. Dimaampao with Presiding Justice Andres B. Reyes, Jr. and Associate Justice Jane Aurora C. Lantion, concurring.
2 CA rollo, pp. 80-89; penned by Presiding Judge Ester L. Piscoso-Flor.
3 The real name of the victim and all other identifying information are withheld to protect her identity and privacy pursuant to Section 29 of Republic Act No. 7610, Section 44 of Republic Act No. 9262, and Section 40 of A.M. No. 04-10-11-SC. See our ruling in People v. Cabalquinto, 533 Phil. 703 (2006).
4 Records, p. 1.
5 Id. at 16.
6 Id. at 53-54.
7 CA rollo, p. 89.
8Rollo, p. 13.
10People v. Evina, 453 Phil. 25, 40 (2003).
11 TSN, May 17, 2006, p. 16.
12People v. Libnao, 443 Phil. 506, 519 (2003).
13 TSN, February 6, 2007, pp. 7-9.
14People v. Pruna, 439 Phil. 440, 464 (2002).
15People v. De Guzman, 423 Phil. 313, 330 (2001).
17People v. Malejana, 515 Phil. 584, 597 (2006).
18 CA rollo, p. 87.
19People v. Alo, 401 Phil. 932, 943 (2000).
20People v. Antonio, 447 Phil. 731, 743 (2003).
21 TSN, May 17, 2006, p. 4.
22 TSN, March 21, 2007, pp. 2-3.
23 TSN, February 21, 2008, p. 3.
24 Records, p. 6.
25 Supra note 14 at 470-471.
26People v. Cayabyab, 503 Phil. 606, 618 (2005).
27 385 Phil. 689, 718 (2000).
29 TSN, February 21, 2008, p. 12.
30People v. Zafra, G.R. No. 197363, June 26, 2013.


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XtraTime Web Desk: In what is the first reverse fixture of the season for the Blues, Carles Cuadrat's side take on FC Pune City at the Kanteerava Stadium, on Friday, with the intent to stretch their unbeaten start to the Indian Super League and further their lead on top of the table. Bengaluru FC, with 19 points from seven games, are two points clear of second-placed FC Goa on the standings, with Sergio Lobera's side having played two games more.
"We are enjoying a good phase at the moment and it's important that we keep it going. The first part of our target will be complete once we make the play-off stages, so I am not taking anything for granted until then," he said, while addressing the media on the eve of the game.
It needed an 87th minute winner from Udanta Singh at the Fortress on Monday to beat Delhi Dynamos 1-0 and Cuadrat will be hoping that Friday's fixture will see a marked improvement in the way his side go about things. Injuries and suspensions have thrown a spanner in the works for the Blues who have relied on resilience to pull them through.
In better news for the hosts, Dimas Delgado returns to the squad after serving a suspension and Erik Paartalu, who came on in the second half against Delhi, looks fit to start. The attack will however have their work cut out after Miku was ruled out till the end of the year owing to the ankle injury that kept him out for the last two games. "Miku will only be available in January now. He will be flying to Spain on Friday to further his treatment that requires him to take a few injections. It is an unfortunate situation given the kind of quality he brings to the team, but this is a chance for the others to stand up and be counted," said Cuadrat.
While the midfield and attack have been operating rather seamlessly for most parts of the season, it is the Bengaluru defence that has been silently but surely making the biggest difference. The Blues back line have let in five goals in seven games, making them the side to conceded the least so far this season.
They will however face a potent threat in the Pune attack tonight. Iain Hume was handed his first start of the season in the 2-0 defeat to NorthEast United earlier this week and the highest goal scorer in the League's history can be a handful when on song. In Brazilian Marcelinho and the impressive Ashique Kuruniyan, Pune possess the quality needed to come at Bengaluru.
However, coach Pradhyum Reddy – a former assistant coach at Bengaluru for three seasons – too has a key player missing in Brazilian Diego Carlos who has been ruled out with a hamstring injury.
While the Blues are on a five-game winning streak in the ISL, the Stallions come into this game with a not-so-ideal away record having last won on the road way back in February this year when they overcame Mumbai 2-0. Since then, they have drawn three times and lost four conceding 14 goals and scoring seven.


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Joe Jackson, the music manager and father of 11, died early Wednesday morning, TMZ reports. He was 89.
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Those who work at award-winning Australian winery McGuigan Wines have their eyes firmly on the prize.
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The winery is located in Hunter Valley, a well-known wine-making district about 150km north of Sydney. It is known for producing a range of wines, from entry level to premium.
It is Australia's fifth largest producer, and its business also includes contract winemaking for other companies and producing bulk wine.
He says: "We want to make sensational wines at every level as well as create wines that are approachable and enjoyable for people just getting into them."
Mr McGuigan was thrice named International Winemaker Of The Year at the prestigious annual International Wine & Spirit Competition in 2009, 2011 and last year. He is the only winemaker to have received that award three times since the competition began in 1969.
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The winery produces both red and white wines including Shiraz, Merlot, Chardonnay, Semillon, Riesling, Sauvignon Blanc and Pinot Grigio.
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To keep up with the times and create new opportunities for itself, the winery has also been innovating new styles and planting new grape varietals.


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Kindrativ (, ) is a village (selo) in Sambir Raion, Lviv Oblast, in south-west Ukraine. It belongs to Turka urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.

In 1880 the village had 273 inhabitants, all of them Greek Catholic Boykos.

Until 18 July 2020, Kindrativ belonged to Turka Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Lviv Oblast to seven. The area of Turka Raion was merged into Sambir Raion.

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