Brian Ratvasky LMT, CSP received his Massage Therapy Diploma from D.G. Erwin Technical Center in Tampa, Florida. This intensive program requires 750 hours of classroom and clinical hands-on training. Therapists graduating from this program are qualified,experienced and trained in a variety of therapeutic techniques. Florida State licensed, Brian is a member of Florida State Massage Therapy Association (FSMTA). He is also trained in CranioSomatics Therapy through the CSI institute. Brian truly believes in the power of our therapy to help those in pain. Our use of CranioSomatics and structural bodywork techniques help to rehabilitate the body, ease pain and promote a healthier more fulfilling life.
Brian had suffered from chronic sciatic pain and when first diagnosed over 6 years ago was directed by the hospital to have an immediate discectomy of his herniated lumbar disc (L5-S1). Rather than jumping into surgery he wanted to try a more holistic approach and studied and applied many therapies and self-help approaches to his condition. Chiropractic treatments, core training, and stretching therapies helped alleviate much of the sciatic pain however the affects did not last forever with these techniques alone.
Continuing on his search for a pain free life, Brian researched the role that stress and the mind plays in chronic pain and incorporated stress management techniques such as relaxation massage, myofascial release, and cognitive behavioral therapy which helped tremendously. While on his journey in becoming a licensed massage therapist, Brian found the CSI Institute and began studying the practice of CranioSomatics. Once he received the CSI techniques through the class workshops he realized a significant change in his body, hip posture and flexibility. The relief of his sciatic condition was significant and the affects lasted.
Brian is dedicated to helping people with chronic pain conditions and believes that his own journey has equipped him well to do so. He believes that no one type of therapy is a "fix-all" but that expensive and debilitating surgeries may potentially be avoided through a mutual client/therapist plan of Cranial therapy, bodywork, patient education and patient self-care.
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We realize that her red carpet story isn't quite stop as short as young generation saying.
The courageous color and no sleepy idea were drawing as Sophia Loren took her never old step at the furniture fair 'imm Cologne' in Germany on Monday, January 19, 2015.
The 80-year-old is working her art in a red scarlet dress, which touching her great profile on signing true to the event in North Rhine-Westphalia, Cologne for DeRucci manufacturer.
Brown hair curls, simple silver necklace and natural sunglasses compromising her sophisticated charm, while a pair of dark shoes determined the gorgeous point in appropriate style.
We love how the Italian old lady exuded so much confidence and is able to give us an obedient without a doubt to fashionista.
Sometimes that means bringing a little joy to our entertainment inscription. . . . . . . . . . . . .Look to never ending!!!


The world of superannuation continues to evolve in the most interesting ways. The ATO has just released SMSF Determination 2013/2 ruling on whether a partial commutation of a pension paid as a lump sum counts towards the minimum pension payment.
And of course we have known or a while that it does. This enables those who have an Account Based Pension to access their Low Rate Tax Threshold (currently $180,000) completely tax free even if they are between 55 and 60 years of age.
The terrifically interesting development is the answer to the question – can the lump sum be taken as an in specie payment and still count towards the minimum pension payment? Yes says the ATO. Hallelujah! What a sensible determination.
This means holders of Account Based Pensions may now elect to receive a pension payment as a lump sum and then be paid by the transfer of an asset rather than have to pay the amount in cash.
Room for effective planning and management within your SMSF!


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HTTP vs. HTTPS SEO: Which Is Better?
By Michael Transon on December 12, 2016
Google announced its preference towards HTTPS over HTTP in 2014, with the intention of increasing security and protecting its users from the increasing rate of cyber-attacks. More than two years after the huge announcement, this relatively new ranking signal hasn't really penetrated the market, with only 11 percent of websites using HTTPS. The question for any website owner is whether HTTPS would really benefit the site's search engine optimization (SEO) or not. In this article, we will help you decide which one is better in terms of SEO: HTTP or HTTPS. HTTP and HTTPS defined HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) is …
Google announced its preference towards HTTPS over HTTP in 2014, with the intention of increasing security and protecting its users from the increasing rate of cyber-attacks. More than two years after the huge announcement, this relatively new ranking signal hasn't really penetrated the market, with only 11 percent of websites using HTTPS.
The question for any website owner is whether HTTPS would really benefit the site's search engine optimization (SEO) or not. In this article, we will help you decide which one is better in terms of SEO: HTTP or HTTPS.
HTTP and HTTPS defined
HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) is an application protocol used by the Web that aids in the proper formatting of messages transmitted across the internet and the actions by which web servers and browsers respond. In simplest terms, the main concern of HTTP is to send the information to the user without much concern on how the information can get through.
Websites using HTTP do not "keep a record" of previous web visits, which means that there is less data to go through. As a result, some site owners who remain with HTTP have experienced faster page loading speeds than the HTTPS counterpart.
HTTPS (Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure), on the other hand, is the combination of HTTP and the Secure Socket Layer (SSL). HTTP code is visually destroyed or encrypted in such a way as to protect private information and secure the site from potential hackers.
In short, HTTPS is the secure version of HTTP. This means that all communication between the browser and the website are encrypted.
What is the Difference Between HTTP and HTTPS?
The main difference between HTTP and HTTPS is that the latter uses TCP Port 443. SSL is responsible for transferring data safely, while HTTPS works by making sure that the transmitted information is visually understandable but with an extra layer of protection. This protocol secures any kind of information that the user encounters in a website.
Does Google Prefer HTTPS?
Google wants to put premium on trustworthy and certified websites. Because of this, SEO professionals will need to integrate this significant change in algorithm in their SEO strategies. With Google's announcement of HTTPS as a page ranking signal, pages using the secure protocol will have greater priority in search results.
Business owners are now advised to redirect their existing HTTP URLs to their HTTPS versions.
The following are the influencing factors in indexing Google's URL to aid in search engine optimization:
The server needs to have a valid Transport Layer Security (TLS) certificate.
The site map should list the HTTPS URL.
The site must not have on-host out-links to HTTP URLs.
The site must not contain a no-index robots Meta tag.
The site must not have a rel="canonical" link to the HTTP page.
The site should not be blocked from crawling by robots.txt.
The site must not contain insecure dependencies.
Advantages of Making the Big Switch
Knowing that using HTTPS offers more security, this should not be overlooked by SEO professionals. The benefits of switching from HTTP to HTTPS include the following:
Sites using HTTPS have a higher likelihood of increase in search ranking.
The referral information is preserved when using HTTPS.
It provides additional security and privacy by verifying that the website is the one that is being accessed.
It prevents possible tampering by malicious third-party entities.
It encrypts all communication that may contain private information like credit card information and browsing history.
SEO professionals do not need to fear the big switch. Instead, this should be taken as a challenge to amp up site security for the benefit of the general web-browsing public.
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The perfect Valentine's Day night in is always one where you're snuggled at home watching movies and scoffing down comfort food. This year, we're not only opting for a Valentine's night in because we hate the idea of going out and conforming to the idea of outdoing everyone else, but because we have a beautiful 5 month old baby girl who we both love just as much as each other (if not more). Cuddling up just the three of us and watching one of our favourite films together (let's face it, it's probably going to be Moana) sounds like the perfect night and whilst others may celebrate Valentine's whole-heartedly, Steve and I prefer to get each other a soppy card and just chill out at home.
I always used to be a sucker for Valentine's Day but once Steve and I got together I realised I didn't need one specific expensive day to show him how much I love him. It sounds soppy but we tell each other every day that we love each other and when it comes to Valentine's Day the only thing we really do is get each other a card that we can then keep forever. I'm a sentimental person and something that I can keep means way more to me than an expensive evening out wining and dining!
When it comes to gifts we also don't usually bother; saving for a house and treating our baby girl seems a way better use of our money at the moment but this year we wanted something special that would commemorate our first Valentine's Day since having Madison. The Kate Spade Going Places photo frame was the perfect piece and although I've just popped my favourite picture of Steve and Madison into it for now, we're going to make sure there's a family portrait in there soon. I don't know why but when I saw that this said 'Going Places' I just thought this was the most perfect gift to ourselves for a family picture; it's the start of our family adventure and the most gorgeous item to capture our first year as a family.
Of course, a Valentine's night in wouldn't be complete without the snacks and beverages and for this we were very kindly sent a batch of Pink Pepper Kitchen brownies to test out. What's better than brownies on Valentine's Day? Although honestly after writing this post they haven't even made it to Valentine's Day! Yep – we've scoffed the lot already! An indulgent treat like this is perfect for a cosy, romantic night in and although Madison isn't allowed chocolate just yet, I know she'd love these as much as we do! Pink Pepper Kitchen is a homely brand which is based on three generations of bakers and now they've opened up their kitchen to the wider market, posting out their delicious homemade brownies in cute tins ready for any occasion. The brownies are absolutely beautiful and being a massive brownie fiend, I happen to know what I'm on about! They're gorgeously rich and chocolatey with a vanilla /nutty undertone and they even have bloody edible glitter on them!! For just £15 you get the most incredible slab of brownie perfectly presented in a gorgeous keepsake tin of your choice. It's the perfect gift for Valentine's Day or any other ocassion you can think of and whilst others may prefer to send flowers, my new choice of gift will always be these brownies. Pink Pepper Kitchen's Double Chocolate Brownie is also available Gluten-Free or Vegan, so it's perfect for everyone!
What will you be doing this Valentine's Day? Is wining and dining your thing or will it be a snuggle date night in for you too? Also, I'd love to know if you and your partner go all out with gifts or if it's the sentiments that you love.
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Wow – these look incredibly yummy! Can't say I blame you for not saving them…they wouldn't have lasted in my house either!
Omg they look and sound so good!
The photos are so cute too!
I'm completely with you on this one – I too don't believe on needing a day to prove to someone that you love them because we should be doing it all year round. Love this post!
An at home night is my favourite!


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Trump accidentally named dead Iranian leader in sanctions announcement
Tom Porter
President Donald Trump mistakenly named a Supreme Leader of Iran who has been dead since 1989 as the target of new US sanctions.
By mispronouncing one syllable in a press conference in the Oval Office Monday, Trump said he was sancitoning "Ayatollah Khomeini" of Iran.
He meant to name Ayatollah Khamenei, the current Supreme Leader, as confirmed by a White House transcript and an announcement by the US Treasury.
Khomeini, who died in 1989, was the predecessor to the present Supreme Leader. He ruled Iran from its revolution in 1979 until his death.
Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini took power after the Islamic Revolution, and died in 1989. He is pictured here in January 24, 1984 in Iran
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In the video, Trump says (emphasis ours):
"Sanctions imposed through the executive order that I'm about to sign will deny the Supreme Leader and the Supreme Leader's Office, and those closely affiliated with him and the office, access to key financial resources and support. The assets of Ayatollah Khomeini and his office will not be spared from the sanctions."
The one-syllable difference is somewhat less apparent when comparing the men's full names: Sayyid Ruhollah Musavi Khomeini was the first Ayatollah and Sayyid Ali Hosseini Khamenei is the second.
On Twitter, critics were quick to question the discrepancy.
The sanctions imposed Monday come amid escalating tensions between Iran and the US, with Trump abruptly cancelling a decision to launch airstrikes last week against Iran after it downed a US drone.
Targeting Iran's head of state clearly touched a nerve.
In a Tuesday speech broadcast live on Iranian TV, Hassan Rouhani, the president of Iran, said the Trump White House is suffering "mental retardation."
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A therapeutic yoga practice, taught with mindfulness, to support whole body, mind and spirit.
Suitable for Beginner to Intermediate Level Students including persons with mobility concerns, getting back into yoga or who may be experiencing stiffness or pain especially in their back, shoulders or hips.
Therapeutic classical hatha yoga classes are taught using a wholistic approach, with an emphasis on functional movement, breathing techniques (pranayama), relaxation, mantra and meditation to help students cultivate ease and build strength in their yoga poses and asana practice. Moving purely and biomechanically supports the body to release tension, move with ease and improve our overall movement. Students gain a greater sense of body awareness and new insights into their asana practice, while building strength, improving mobility and reducing tension – physically, mentally and emotionally.
A mindful and slower paced class that enables opportunities to gain greater awareness of compensations, foster optimal range of movement and create space to move into classical asana – steady and comfortable pose – without strain. Students are guided through therapeutic exercises and yoga poses, and are mindfully assisted, as needed, to move without compensation and tension in order to help progress their yoga practice. We get back to basics and move forward from there.
Individual instruction can be incredibly rewarding and beneficial for both physical and emotional challenges, to effectively reduce pain or prevent injury and illness, and to bring the body back to being whole.
One hour long yoga sessions are customized and designed on a therapeutic level, addressing each individual's specific needs and movement goals. Students are guided through various yoga exercises and poses emphasizing functional movement to release tension and reduce pain while increasing strength and mobility. Students gain a greater understanding of their compensations and relationships in their body, cultivate a sense of ease and move towards experiencing asana – steady and comfortable yoga pose. Each session facilitates greater body awareness and helps students to build more strength and ease in their whole body.
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ELECTION PREPARATIONS: Teachers install posters showing election guidelines at the Cubao Elementary School, Quezon City on May 7, 2016. Luistro expressed concern for the teachers who were usually blamed by losing politicians in previous elections and were also accused of taking part in cheating. The Department of Education (DepEd) activated on Sunday, its election task force to provide teachers adequate information and technical and legal assistance as they perform their duties as members of the board of election inspectors (BEI). Should any BEI member face an election-related suit, Luistro said that the DepEd, through its partnership with the Public Attorney's Office, would be ready to provide free legal assistance. Expecting this year's elections to be heated, he appealed to the teachers to be neutral and nonpartisan and to "continue that long tradition of objectivity and of effective service" during the elections.
For this year's elections, more than 277,000 teachers will help in the peaceful and orderly conduct of the election. The Comelec has also allocated P30 million for election-related deaths or injuries of DepEd and non-DepEd personnel in the performance of their duties. The education chief appealed to the electorate to shun survey results, big promises and mass popularity, and instead let their "conscience" be their guidepost in choosing the country's next leaders, who should possess the core values of being God-fearing, humane, environment-friendly and patriotic.
Luistro, who led the Department of Education since the start of the Aquino administration in 2010, said that indeed, the country has been in need of reforms. The landmark education reform program, which adds two more years to the current 10-year basic education system, is set to fully roll out on June 13 with the introduction of the senior high school program.
Whatever the result of the elections would be, Luistro asked the public to "accept the outcome with graciousness in our hearts" and continue to strive to promote the welfare of students. PARIS — Pedestrians took over the Champs-Elysees on Sunday as part of a new program to ban traffic from the famous Paris avenue once a month. The initiative, for what is usually one of the busiest roads in the French capital, was launched by Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo and is aimed at reducing pollution in the city. Hidalgo couldn't have dreamt of a better day to launch her project as temperatures reached 27 C in Paris on Sunday and tourists basked in the sun. Without the noise of traffic that usually envelopes the avenue, an uncommon sense of quietness reigned on the Champs-Elysees. The city had already sought to cut pollution levels by introducing rental bicycles in the streets, adding cycling paths and adopting a fleet of electric cars for residents to incite drivers to keep polluting vehicles at home. According to World Health Organization data published last year, air pollution is leading to 600,000 premature deaths each year in Europe. A wildfire burns south of Fort McMurray, Alberta, near Highway 63 on Saturday, May 7, 2016. LAC LA BICHE, Alberta — The images are ones of devastation — scorched homes, virtually whole neighborhoods burned to the ground. There's fear the growing wildfire could double in size and reach a major oil sands mine and even the neighboring province of Saskatchewan. The Alberta government said the massive blaze in the province will cover more than 200,000 hectares by Sunday and continue to grow because of high temperatures, dry conditions and high winds. Officials had hoped to complete the mass evacuation of work camps north of Fort McMurray on Saturday. Notley said about 12,000 evacuees have been airlifted from oil sands mine air fields over the past two days, and about 7,000 have left in highway convoys escorted by police.
The fire could reach the edges of the Suncor oil sands facility, about 25 kilometers north of Fort McMurray. The fire and mass evacuation has forced a quarter or more of Canada's oil output offline and was expected to impact an economy already hurt by the fall in the price of oil. More than 80,000 people have left Fort McMurray in the heart of Canada' oil sands, where the fire has torched 1,600 homes and other buildings. About 25,000 evacuees moved north in the hours after Tuesday's mandatory evacuation, where oil sands work camps that usually house employees were used to house evacuees.
Lac La Biche, Alberta, normally a sleepy town of 2,500 about 175 kilometers south of Fort McMurray, was helping thousands of evacuees, providing a place to sleep, food, donated clothes and even shelter for their pets. Jihad Moghrabi, a spokesman for Lac La Biche County, said that 4,400 evacuees have come through The Bold Center, a sports facility in town.
Philip Wylie, wife Suda and 13-month-old daughter Phaedra, were among those staying at the center after evacuating their apartment in Fort McMurray on Tuesday. Nicole Cormier, a photographer from Fort McMurray, is staying with family in Lac La Biche but brings neighbors that she evacuated with her to the center every day for services. She showed cellphone photos she shot from her backyard of the advancing fire, and photos of flames on the side of the road while they were evacuating.
Cormier said she checks the security doorbell camera on her house several times a day just to see if it's standing. An injured Afghan man lies in an ambulance in Ghazni on May 8, 2016, following an accident on the main Kabul-Kandahar Highway. GHAZNI, Afghanistan — At least 73 people were killed Sunday when two passenger buses and an oil tanker burst into flames in a head-on collision in eastern Afghanistan, health officials said, in one of the worst road accidents in the war-battered nation. Many of the dead, including women and children, were burned beyond recognition and dozens of others were left badly injured in the accident in Ghazni province, near the Afghan capital, one of the areas worst affected by the Taliban insurgency.
The vehicles were completely gutted and clouds of acrid smoke shrouded the scene of the crash on the Kabul-Kandahar highway, a major roadway linking Afghanistan's two largest cities. Bloodied, dazed and badly burned, many of the survivors streamed into Ghazni's main provincial hospital, while many others were rushed in ambulances to health facilities in southern Kandahar city. The Kabul-Kandahar highway passes through militancy prone areas and many bus drivers are known to drive recklessly at top speeds so as not to get caught in insurgent activity.
Afghanistan has some of the world's most dangerous roads, often in dilapidated condition and traffic rules are seldom enforced.
Many in the country rely on old and rickety passenger vehicles, meaning that high casualty road traffic accidents are common. At least 18 people were killed in May last year when a minivan overturned in the western province of Badghis. And in April 2013 a bus hit a wrecked fuel tanker in the southern province of Kandahar, killing 45 people. The World Bank in November signed off a $250 million grant to upgrade roads crossing Afghanistan's Hindu Kush mountains, crucial trade links that are often closed in winter by snow. Insecurity is growing around Afghanistan as the Taliban press on with their 15-year insurgency against the Western-backed Kabul government. The answers found in this FAQ come from resolutions filed by the Commission on Elections (Comelec), press briefings by the poll body and other laws found in the Constitution. Registered voters can find out their precincts prior to going to their polling centers through the Comelec Precinct Finder. If the Comelec website is still down, you may call them at 525-9296 or text them at 0918-566-8301. In various pronouncements, Comelec has encouraged the electorate to prepare their kodigos in order to speed up the voting time.
A vote counting machine, or VCM, is the device that will be used to tally all ballots in this year's elections. The VCM possesses many security features its predecessor didn't have, such as source code reviews, ultra violet detectors, digital signatures protocols and a Voter Verification Paper Audit Trail, to ensure that the tallying of votes is as fair and clean as possible. If a voter's ballot is rejected by the VCM during scanning, the Board of Election Inspectors (BEI) shall allow the voter to refeed the ballot four times in four different orientations. If the ballot is still rejected by the VCM after four tries, the BEI, through a majority vote, will decide if the voter purposely defaced the ballot. The voter should approach the BEI and affix his or her signature at the back of the voter's receipt. Comelec is in charge of the canvassing and proclamation of winners in the senatorial, congressional, party-list, regional, and provincial elections.
As for president and vice president, the House of Representatives and the Senate will convene a canvassing board when session resumes on May 23. The Senate will receive the manually accomplished certificates of canvass (COCs) showing the votes for president and vice president from the city and provincial board of canvassers. After the declaration of winners, both chambers of Congress will proclaim the president-elect and vice president-elect in a joint session. In 2010, President Benigno Aquino III and Vice President Jejomar Binay were proclaimed winners four weeks after the May 10, 2010, elections.
There are two ways in which an elected official can be removed after being proclaimed as a winner: election protest and a quo warranto petition. An election protest can be lodged by a losing candidate who filed a certificate of candidacy and was elected in the same office, while a quo warranto petition can be filed by any voter.
A quo warranto petition and an election protest should be filed within 10 days after the proclamation of the election results.
The Supreme Court en banc shall be the sole judge of all contests relating to the election, returns and qualification of the president and vice president. On the other hand, contests against members of the House of Representatives will be heard by the House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal while protests against regional, provincial, and city officials should be filed before the Comelec.
LONDON — London's newly elected Muslim mayor, Sadiq Khan, has joined an annual memorial to the millions of Jews slain in the Holocaust as his first official act in office. The event inside a rugby stadium brought together thousands from London's Jewish community, including more than 150 Holocaust survivors and a combined choir from five Jewish elementary schools. London's previous Labour mayor, Ken Livingstone, was suspended last month from the party after he claimed that Adolf Hitler supported the Zionist aim of establishing Israel.
MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Energy (DOE) and affiliated agencies, such as the National Grid Corp. Gross power reserves for Luzon are estimated to reach 2,710 megawatts (MW), for Visayas 209MW, and for Mindanao 235MW, according to NGCP data. The energy family, which includes DOE and its line agencies, together with NGCP and Meralco, activated their joint command center at the NGCP head office in Quezon City at 12 p.m. Meralco technical assistance engineer Melvin Paulino said the distribution utility dedicated the hotline 6328118 strictly for poll centers and canvassing centers to report power supply-related incidents. Concerns on power services related to households and facilities not related to the elections may call the regular hotline 162-11. Just in case power supply dips unexpectedly, Meralco can activate the Interruptible Load Program or ILP, under which private firms can be called on to use their own generator sets to ease power demand from the grid.
Monsada said the distribution utilities in Visayas have set their own ILP with total capacity of 64MW. Monsada said DOE and private firms NGCP and Meralco would closely watch the days immediately after elections since those would be regular working days. 09983816167 (Smart) and 09175414917 (Globe) for power concerns during and after the elections. The NGCP said that as early as February this year, it had started to implement its contingency plan to ensure that the country's power transmission network would work well during the nationwide elections on Monday (May 9). NGCP has also been preparing its facilities and deploying its resources to be responsive to any incident that may affect transmission services during the election period.
Some of the contingency measures put in place were the suspension of line and equipment maintenance and testing activities two weeks before and one week after election day to make sure that all facilities are on-line and available from casting to counting of the votes. Salman tapped Falih, the chairman of state oil giant Saudi Aramco, to head an expanded energy, industry and mineral resources portfolio.
His predecessor Naimi had led the now-defunct ministry of petroleum and mineral resources for about two decades. Naimi oversaw a major change in policy towards the end of his tenure when the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) refused to cut production despite a price plunge. Instead, OPEC kingpin Saudi Arabia focused on protecting its market share and driving out less-competitive players, including the developers of US shale oil. Major oil producers failed to reach an agreement on freezing output in Qatar last month as Saudi Arabia insisted any deal must include all OPEC members, including rival Iran which boycotted the talks.
The price collapse, from above $100 in early 2014 to less than $45 on Friday, has intensified Saudi efforts to diversify the economy away from oil which makes up the majority of its revenue. Falih was appointed as part of a government shakeup that saw several ministries merged in what analysts said reflected the government's determination to diversify the economy under its wide-ranging Vision 2030 plan announced last month.
An oil industry source, speaking shortly before Falih issued his statement, said he did not expect any change in Saudi oil policy under the new setup.
The kingdom produced about 10.1 million barrels of oil per day in March, according to data cited by OPEC.
Accusations of vote buying allegedly perpetrated by rival camps were hurled a day before elections day.
In separate statements, Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim and Amado Bagatasing said they have received reports of massive vote buying in different areas in Manila, particularly the slum-infested Baseco compound. The camp of reelectionist Mayor Joseph Estrada's camp denied allegations of vote-buying and shrugged them off. A cursory look at Commission on Elections figures will show that to be true: 54,363,844 registered voters nationwide, of whom 24,730,013 are aged 18-34 (the age range of millennials, or those born between 1980 and 2000), and of whom the single largest group (7,983,167) is composed of those aged 20-24. Inquirer Super recently spoke with first-time millennial voters who said, among others, that they want a trustworthy and honest leader who represents alternative politics. Elsewhere, in social media, for example, the discussions have been so clangorous as to border on violence. Rivera also issued the reminder that turning out to vote greatly matters: "The more insidious danger lies not in irresponsible tale-telling on social media. Political science professor Antonio Contreras told Inquirer Super that the youth "should not just focus on who they are going to vote, but on what kind of politics they want, and start to do that right now." The youth make up "46 percent of the electorate," he pointed out. Millennial voters are burdened by great expectations, including the difficult task of shunning dictatorship despite their never having experienced the terrors of martial law. Hopefully they have come to realize that history matters, and that the next six years are crucial for a country teetering between development and collapse.
The mystique of power as it relates to the church has to do not only with its numbers but also the authority and cohesiveness with which it is able to summon and direct the faithful. At least two reasons come immediately to mind in trying to account for the hesitation of mainline Christian movements to become a power bloc similar to the INC.
Domination characterized periods when the church was in a majority situation, as in the time of Constantine up to the close of the Middle Ages, when the gilded throne of the papacy ruled with both the cross and the sword. Separation was the monastic movement's reaction to the church's internal rot and corruption, seeing isolation as a form of purification.
The other reason is a theological misunderstanding of Jesus' oft-quoted remark "Give to Caesar what is Caesar's, and to God what is God's." In western thought, this has been construed by the likes of Martin Luther as the "doctrine of the two swords," or the dualistic separation of the church and the state.
This means that while the church and the state are separate institutions, both are directly accountable and subject to God's purposes for them. This appeal to a higher power and a higher law has been the compelling motive for all sorts of civil disobedience waged by the churches since then. Today, mainline church traditions are torn between the impulse to be prophetic—that is, to make errant powers accountable and governance more responsive, and the need to stay clear of becoming, once again, a worldly power. Certainly, the church as a political player needs to discern the difference between prophecy and politicking.
The INC has acquired political clout by judiciously parlaying its command of merely two million votes as a swing vote. Along the same vein, an informed source tells me that Quiboloy's church in Davao has fielded an army of 2,000 "cyberwarriors" for the candidacy of Rodrigo Duterte.
A church that has turned power broker is, in a sense, no more than just another vested interest, to be fought and resisted in much the same way that other vested interests need to be resisted when they ultimately subvert democratic processes. Let me congratulate, too, the 1,731 passers out of the 6,605 takers in the 2015 bar exams, yielding a genteel 26.21-percent passing rate.
Special felicitations go to first-placer Rachel Angeli Miranda of the University of the Philippines. Jesus Tambunting, the founder of the micro-small-and-medium-enterprise-focused Planters Development Bank now merged with China Bank. For 2012: philanthropist Washington SyCip who founded and headed SGV, the largest auditing company in the Philippines and in Southeast Asia.
For 2014: the visionary Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala, chair of the country's oldest business conglomerate involved in real estate, banking, telecommunications, water distribution and business process outsourcing, as well as the leader of several educational and charitable causes and foundations.
Yes, when businessmen help in education, the young invariably become good citizens, and in the process, consume higher quality food, purchase more homes and appliances, wear better-made clothes, travel more frequently, and use more mobile phones. When employees and laborers are paid correctly, treated with fairness and respect, and amply rewarded for work done well, they become efficient and loyal, thereby helping their employers advance the interests of their shareholders, customers, community and the nation at large. When farmers are assisted in planting, harvesting and marketing their products, they multiply their resources. When ex-convicts and former rebels are given a chance to work in farms, factories and offices, they reform themselves and become useful members of society, instead of going back to their old ways. We pray that all the officials who will be elected will become "healing," and not "killing," servants of our people. On the eve of Election Day, let us not forget that there is such a thing as an "act of God," which makes the impossible possible, and surpasses human efforts, perceptions and expectations. Let me end with a story I heard about a bird who was convinced by a cat to give a feather in exchange for every worm the cat will give.
Dear friends, let us not sell out, let us not settle for compromise with the prowling politician ready to devour us. Lord, help us to level up so that we can rise above our petty quarrels, rivalries and divisions, and move forward.
At the last presidential debate, the candidates were asked how they would deal with China's incursions in the West Philippine Sea.
Wherever the mayor talks about it, his audiences greet this verbal bravura with rousing laughter and effusive cheers.
It was this situation that the anti-Semitic writer, Dietrich Eckart, saw in his defeated and demoralized country in the wake of World War I. He saw Adolf Hitler at a meeting of the German Workers' Party, and at once he knew this was the man who could lift Germany from its humiliation. All this sounds frighteningly familiar when one views the phenomenal rise of Digong Duterte in Philippine politics. In short, the country is not in crisis—at least not in the way it was in the aftermath of the 1983 assassination of Ninoy Aquino. Interestingly, it is not the extremely poor who are reacting to these complex issues with great impatience.
At this point, it's not clear what "sort" of baby will be born tomorrow—whether it'll be a child savior who'll deliver on the promise for the future, a demon child who will plunge the country into six years of doom, or a Frankenstein monster cobbled together from sundry parts which will blunder through the difficult future.
Whatever choices we make tomorrow, though, the greatest impact will be felt not by us oldies but by our children and even grandchildren. Beck pointed out that "a 10-year-old girl or boy of today will be 16 by the time the next administration ends, or 25 years old by the end of the SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) in 2030. Policies and programs must be put in place targeted to meet the needs of young people—education, employment, good health. And that's why it's crucial that as we fill in those empty ovals in our ballots tomorrow, we take care to do so with an eye to the future, to choosing those who will not only have the best programs or make the most ravishing promises, but who also have the capability, the experience and the integrity to forge that brighter future for our children.
And many times, when a child is born to a mother who is too young or too old, too sick, or who has too many previous children born too close together, that child will lose a mother.
Each year, an estimated 303,000 women die in pregnancy and childbirth; that's about 830 each day. Most of these deaths could be prevented with skilled care before, during and after childbirth. Fully 99 percent of these deaths occur in developing countries; more than half of the deaths occur in sub-Saharan Africa and nearly one-third occur in South Asia.
Young adolescents are most at risk of complications and death from pregnancy and childbirth.
If 90 percent of the women who wanted to avoid pregnancy were using modern contraceptives, 28 million births could have been prevented in 2015. So the call on this occasion is not just to celebrate the gift and blessings of motherhood. And since we started considering the future of young people which we voters will be determining tomorrow, let's also consider the future of young women, too many of whom are becoming mothers before they're even ready for its responsibilities, or even before their bodies are ready for pregnancy. In this country, before a young person can receive counseling or services from a public health center or clinic, he or she must present written consent from his or her parents. And then, hearing about the rising numbers of teen pregnancies, we throw up our hands and decry how irresponsible these teens are! The people, in turn, believe in personalities—the messiah, the savior, the harbinger of change—because time and again they are confronted with "choices" that are unsatisfactory. The lesser evil takes many forms: the radical punisher, the "propoor" technocrat, the motherly, the experienced, the economist, or the heir to the straight path—yet trailed by a long list of "buts" that will only bring frustration and confusion. The electoral system is seen, by default, as a solution, but it can also foster an abusive relationship with the people. Elections can be likened to Roland Barthes' concept of wrestling: an open-air spectacle of excess. Because after the votes are cast and the numbers are flashed, the real winner is still the same repressive system that has kept the people in chains for so long.
As a counterpower, other mechanisms of change will open up without letting our passions die a natural death in existing institutions of power. True empowerment in a democratic country lies not in the people's capacity to surrender their future to the lesser evil because they need a leviathan to liberate them from society's ills. I'm so tired of seeing people's opinions on social media defending their presidential candidate.
If drivers remain impatient and irresponsible, we can't expect the traffic to ease and road accidents to decrease. If policemen remain lethargic and just content themselves with watching their bellies get bigger, we can't expect better security.
If doctors remain selective in accepting patients, we can't expect all sick people to be given immediate attention and medication.
If students remain uninterested in learning, we can't expect the youth to be truly educated. I don't think the diehard supporters of each of the presidential candidates will become better people after the election.
JUST a few days more and we will know our next President, one of the five candidates who slugged it out on the campaign trail—Digong, Grace, Mar, Jojo and Miriam.
Before we go out and cast our votes, perhaps, we can crack jokes about the next Malacanang resident. If Miriam wins, the madlang people will be on their knees begging God "not" to be ready yet for her for another six years. But if God decides "not" to be ready for her in six years, a lot of interesting things will arise in the republic. She will invite FVR and a socialite friend to a state dinner in Malacanang and then introduce him as the man who stole her presidency in 1992!
Before her term ends, she will have a film made of her life story, detailing all the awards she received all these years. By the end of his term, titles of all state properties—from Bonggao to Basco and Baguio in between—would be claimed by the Binay real estate business. The senior citizens across the archipelago will have the time of their lives, especially when they celebrate their birthdays. Jojo will do everything he can to duplicate the Ayala urban center of Makati in all corners of the archipelago so that he can tax the rich to give to the poor. Caught in the complex role of administering the entire country, he will have no more time for Makati. If Mar wins, journalists will be an endangered species as they will collapse under the strain of boredom along with their bored reading public. Who will appear at the Malacanang press cons to be bombarded with statistics and data only economists understand?
The good news, however, especially for taga-Davao is the major increase in PhilHealth funds available, if only to spite you-know-who.
Ayala and even the global city in Taguig will have to be relegated to lower status compared with Cubao where an ultra-modern city will rise! Mother Susan Roces will do an Imelda taking over the management of the Cultural Center of the Philippines, National Commission for Culture and the Arts, Folk Arts, the damaged Film Center, Metropolitan Theater near Manila's City Hall and all other centers of culture. Grace will be a hit at international gatherings of heads of states as she will stand out as the youngest, cutest, slenderest, coolest chick among mostly aging male prime ministers and presidents!
She'll be CNN's, BBC's, Al-Jazeera's favorite head of state to cover, as she looks and sounds terrific on TV.
Side by side with President Hillary Clinton as Grace goes to the United States for a state visit, Americans will be able to welcome two Presidents who are Americans on both sides of the plane. Despite all efforts, she will realize that it is impossible to get the machos—Nur, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front and Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters commanders, JoMa and the death squads—to sit at one table!
State dinners at the Palace will no longer take place (as the President of the United States and prime minister of Australia will definitely not come for state visits). To make up for his rape joke, Digong will field women with strong leadership in major government offices where corruption is rampant.
If Leila doesn't make it to the Senate and if she is open to reconciliation, she can take the post at the Bureau of Customs.
If there are those who would commit any wrongdoing, there is an outlined process for such incidences, so don't harass or threaten our teachers. The teachers can also report to the task force if they are harassed, threatened or intimidated by groups related to disgruntled election candidates.
The chairperson and members of the BEI will be given by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) an honorarium of P4,500 each, while their support staff will get P1,500.
Luistro described one's ability to choose his leaders "the greatest power" he could possess. He cited as an example the K to 12 reform program, which overhauled the country's education system to help students have a better shot at life.
Canadian officials hoped to complete the mass evacuation of work camps north of Alberta's main oil sands city of Fort McMurray on Saturday, fearing the growing wildfire could double in size and reach a major oil sands mine and even the neighboring province of Saskatchewan. And Canadian officials say they expect to fight the massive wildfire that has destroyed large parts of Alberta's oil sands town for months. Chad Morrison of Alberta Wildfire said it's not uncommon to fight such an inferno in forested areas for months. He expected cooler temperatures and they could get rainfall Sunday, but significant rainfall is needed.
Thousands of displaced residents got a drive-by view of some of the burned-out neighborhoods as convoys continued. The Alberta oil sands have the third-largest reserves of oil in the world behind Saudi Arabia and Venezuela. The company said in a statement that while there is no imminent threat from fire, smoke has reached its Mildred Lake site. The fire started last Sunday and has destroyed about than 2,000 square kilometers of northern Alberta forest.
Ghazni's Governor Mohammad Aman Hamimi earlier reported seven fatalities but his own spokesman gave a death toll of 50. The Philippines will lease 93,000 VCMs for the 2016 elections from Smartmatic, which provided the precinct count optical scanners (PCOS) in the country's first two automated elections in 2010 and 2013. If it was found that the voter did not deface the ballot, he or she shall be entitled to one replacement ballot.
Comelec has also warned voters that "frivolous objections" regarding alleged discrepancies on their voter's receipts is an election offense. What will happen if I "overvote," or vote for more candidates than required in a certain position?
What will happen if I "undervote," or do not vote enough candidates in a certain position?
Unnecessary marks on the ballot should be prevented in order for the VCM to read your ballot properly. The canvassing and proclamation of winners in the said polls will take place from May 13 to 15, 2016. What if I or any other Filipino want to protest the election results and have an elected official removed after their proclamation? Feedback via text may also be sent to the numbers 09209716211 (Smart network), 091755116211 (Globe), and 09257716211 (Sun). The continuous flow of electricity from generators to distributors through the power grid facilities will benefit customers who depend on these power services, the NGCP said in a statement. NGCP said people could report concerns on transmission facilities, such as suspicious activities around towers, through the hotlines 091784764327 or 0917-TIP-NGCP (Globe) and 09188476427 or 0918-TIP-NGCP (Smart). In case of power interruption, the grid operator will be ready to deploy its strategically placed aircraft, emergency restoration structures, and spare parts for faster line inspection and restoration. These command and control centers will also serve as the energy sector's main monitoring and information centers, according to the NGCP. We want our lines to be cleared of illegally planted trees before the elections for more reliable transmission service. Their numbers are of critical importance in the presidential election, and it behooves them to be aware not only of the burning issues but also of the significance of their vote in their country's progress. A 22-year-old teacher's view is heartening: "This kind of politics births new measures to forward the concerns and issues of women, youth, farmers and the like. On one hand it is noteworthy that voters are quite engaged, but on the other it is reprehensible that threats of rape and mayhem issued by a candidate's supporters have become commonplace. And millennials should vote for the candidate they want, not the candidate they think will most likely win, or the candidate other people are pushing. But then they are made of encouraging stuff: They embrace diversity, call for LGBT equality, and seek to make the passage of the freedom of information bill a priority.
It is not being unrealistic to expect millennials to grasp the necessity of participation in the nation's collective destiny.
Politicians may rant and rail against church interference in such contentious issues as reproductive health, yet come election time, they all make a beeline for the head of the Iglesia ni Cristo, or to emergent church movements such as that of Apollo Quiboloy and vote-rich Catholic constituencies like El Shaddai. Part of the power of the INC is the perception that it is able to deliver a solid vote because of its practice of bloc voting. The church's track record as it relates to the state has not been without blemish or lapses into "worldliness." Through the centuries, the church in its relationship with the world has swung from domination to capitulation, from separation to solidarity. Capitulation characterized periods when the church was weak and in a minority situation, or occupied with survival, as with the Eastern churches in the Arab world.
Solidarity occupied the church in periods when repression caused it to be a voice of the voiceless, the last remaining bulwark against abusive regimes, as with recent experiences of authoritarianism here and in Latin America. But in that remark, as the Anabaptist scholar John Howard Yoder now points out, what Jesus cunningly left unsaid was that in truth, what belongs to Caesar also belongs to God.
Justice is God's minimum requirement for governance; the state has been given the power of the sword precisely to be able to execute justice for all.
It also accounts for the constant tension between the church and the state as institutions. When the church upholds the norms by which society is meant to be ruled, it is being prophetic. This unduly skews the results and tends to obscure the true picture and pattern of voting behavior in this country.
This perhaps explains the unprecedented level of virulence being spewed out in social media. Melba Padilla Maggay is a social anthropologist and president of the Institute for Studies in Asian Church and Culture. A former Inquirer scholar, may she write as succinctly as our staffers and as eruditely as Supreme Court justices. Let me likewise pay tribute to the "RVR Award" winners who exemplify the life and values of the late Ambassador Ramon V.
Lopez, patriarch of the Lopez Group, which espouses the "Power of Good" and integrates the green ecosystem in its many businesses. Pangilinan, chair of several conglomerates involved in telecommunication, digital commerce, electric power, water distribution, tollways, railways and other infrastructures, hospitals and health services, broadcast and print media, and mineral resources, and the unassuming head of the Philippine Business for Social Progress and many other huge foundations, including some that promote sports here and abroad. The RVR Award is unique because it promotes entrepreneurship and nation-building, traits that some people still treat instinctively as mutually exclusive and separate, when in fact they should be, and are, mutually inclusive. When out-of-school youth are trained to sharpen their vocational skills, they get employed and contribute their share in nation-building.
And when young athletes are trained in a world-class environment, they bring honor to our country and to themselves. They devote a great part of their time, talent and treasures in helping the least, the last and the lost. Call it coincidence, but all of the sick people whom the first priest prayed over and anointed were healed. When Jesus was lifted up into heaven, He did not "kill" the hopes and dreams of His disciples. 24, 46-53), the Risen Lord challenges His disciples to continue His work of preaching repentance for the forgiveness of sins. More than winning the position, the bigger challenge is to unite a people who are divided by class, creed, ideology, subculture, and religion. More than a political battle, it is also definitely a battle between good and evil, a battle between light and dark, a battle between the Prince of Peace and the prince of darkness.
More than any human blessing or endorsement, your candidate must be endorsed by, and acceptable to, God! Let our mothers remind us that amid all the harshness and uncertainties of life, matters of the heart still matter.
It was easy and convenient, until the bird lost all its feathers and could no longer fly, and was devoured by the cat. It makes no difference to them whether he's joking or he's serious about this grave policy issue.
Except for one thing: The Philippines is not struggling to recover from the desolation of war.
We find this in every country that is in the throes of modernity—the sense of drowning in an accumulation of problems beyond the capacity of existing institutions and leaders to solve. In a flash, the people's pent-up resentments against the existing order come to a head and find release in the quest for a god who can solve their problems—the traffic jams, the petty criminals, the undisciplined motorists, the insensitive government employee, the abusive cop, the bribe-taking judge, and the thousand and one aggravations that mark their daily lives. We need a president who can form a capable team that will sort out the complex problems of governance.
So in 24 hours, we will all become mothers, "birthing" a new set of public officials, from the highest official of the land to the humblest councilor.
We will be voting not just for ourselves but for the children of today, and deciding what their lives will be like beyond even the next six years. Although I must say that for some women, every time a child is born, a mother is born anew, a mother who, depending on the circumstances, will be not just older but also frailer, wearier, less healthy.
Pregnancy and childbirth-related complications are a leading cause of death for girls aged 15-19. It is also to make motherhood safe for mothers, which means making sure that every mother is healthy and free, free to choose the timing and frequency of her pregnancy, and free to access the full range of services before, during and after childbirth.
Let's think, too, of the future of young men, who'll be facing the adult responsibility of fatherhood years before they're ready to be raising a child.
But think of it: If teens are already able to talk about sex with their parents and trust that the information given is full, accurate and not designed to scare them off sex, would they still see the need to consult strangers in a public setting? That means 10 presidents, two people power revolutions, a dictatorship, and decades of corruption, poverty and injustice. In a country where elections are both a blessing and a curse but viewed as the be-all and end-all of things, democratic participation has become centered on shading the ballot. No matter how progressive they may be, they will always be bound by the interests of their class.
When elections are over, the people return to the cycle of poverty and landscape of social injustice that the person they elected had promised to eradicate. The power of choice has slipped from the masses' hands and become concentrated on the flightless superheroes. Elections will eventually become a nonsolution if the power of the masses stops where the power of the elected leaders begin. We must avoid the mistakes of the past and cease believing that the act of voting will single-handedly solve our problems. It is in the capacity to control their own destinies, fight for their rights, and refuse to be trapped in other forms of lesser evils. Whoever wins, it shall force us to go out and make a choice, not only for a single day, but even after the ballots are cast.
However, I don't really believe that having an excellent president would totally provide the solution. They will probably remain what they are: waiting for progress to happen by itself and complaining about each administration's failures. I hope they will somehow realize that it's not only the president who will make their lives better, and that the real power to change the Philippines still lies within each one of us. Even the political opinions in media—especially in the wake of Digong's offensive jokes and comments—were dead serious. Imagine if her running mate Bongbong wins and God gets ready with her within a week or two? Outside of his family and inner circles, the criteria for hiring Malacanang employees will be height. Like seniors in Makati, cakes will be delivered at their doorstep, courtesy of a Binay bakeshop with outlets in all urban centers.
Alas, he will realize Ayala is difficult to replicate outside of Makati since Pinoys continue to seek their fortune in Metro Manila or go abroad. However, she will have to be prescribed more medicine to make sure her memory cells are intact.
Would he ever change his wardrobe, his facial expressions and his language when he becomes President so he could win over the middle-upper classes, fashionistas, feministas and intelligentsia of this republic? The ones now in the Office of the Ombudsman and Bureau of Internal Revenue will keep their jobs. Etta will be head of Ninoy Aquino International Airport and have power over all the airports in the country.
Of course, Grace will occupy either the Department of Social Welfare and Development or the Department of Tourism, or return to her post at the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board.
A deal will be reached: no cases will be filed against Jojo and he can keep his properties. Officials said there is no timeline to return residents to the city, but the Alberta government has begun preliminary planning, though it stresses fighting the fire is still the first priority. The center was offering three free meals a day and other services, including mental health services.
10047 states that persons with disabilities, senior citizens, heavily pregnant women, escorted detainee voters and indigenous peoples shall be afforded an express lane and be allowed to vote "as soon as they arrive." If you do not belong to any of these groups, you must wait your turn to vote.
The receipt will then be attached in the minutes and will not be placed inside the receptacle along with other voter's receipts. It is not being overly dramatic to say that they hold the future in their young and vigorous hands. This nation of more than 100 million will either benefit or suffer from the choice that the millennials will make tomorrow. Inquirer millennial columnist Kay Rivera wrote recently: "Maybe we do deserve a president who is willing to recognize that rape culture and systematic oppression do exist, and who won't contribute to that. In choosing their candidate, they are choosing the one who hews most closely to who they are, or what they want to be.
They consider education important, are environmentally aware, and are disgusted with the corruption around them. But first, critical awareness is required of them, a correct perspective on where we all stand.
The actual metrics of this have yet to be empirically demonstrated, but in a time when reality can be virtual, perception is all. This cannot be arrogated to one individual or clique, however, and there are limits to the power of the state. But when it turns into a power broker, using its authority over the flock to deliver a command vote, then it is merely politicking.
Three days after Election Day, the vote-counting machines (they are now nicknamed VCM, no longer PCOS) will tell us who the political victors are. In that spirit, let me just congratulate the nonpolitical winners in the family, in the recent bar exams and in the business community. I hope that beyond merely sponsoring the search, the Jaycees themselves will emulate these twin values of entrepreneurship and nation-building in their own lives and pursuits. On the other hand, again as if by coincidence, all of the sick people whom the second priest prayed over and anointed, died. He drew them to Himself, and led them to a new level of life and discipleship with purpose and mission. May all winners and losers alike be open to peace and reconciliation so that we can all level up, and move forward.
Beware, and be very vigilant, for the evil one is excellent in deception, lies and manipulation, and his agents are working very, very hard these days. The elections are about our beloved Philippines and our people, and the future ahead of us. And let us pray that those who will be proclaimed winners are the ones who were really chosen by the people—and yes, by God Himself. Let us also not forget that there is such a thing as "a mother's embrace" wherein, win or lose, anyone can find warmth and comfort, be lifted up, protected and shielded from any danger or sin. He will tell the Coast Guard to take him to the middle of the sea, and, from there, he will ride a jet ski to the nearest disputed atoll. No matter what he says, Mayor Digong seems to fulfill their expectations of the kind of leader the country needs for our desperate times. To make sense of charisma, one has to understand the social context in which a leader attracts throngs of followers. There's threat of hunger in some parts of the country because of the drought, but food is readily available everywhere else. Our national situation is more complex today not only because there are more of us, but also because our daily lives have become increasingly shaped not just by innovations in technology, but by shifts in the global economic system and world politics as well. It is they who righteously proclaim their entitlement to something better—better paying jobs, better public transport, more responsive public service, safer neighborhoods, lower taxes, better airports, better hospitals and better schools. Yet, no government will ever succeed unless we, the citizens, can rise above our unexamined fears and emotions—high enough to be able to ask what we can do to help our country or, at least, not add to its problems. Can you imagine the dialogue between parent and a teen asking for permission to talk about sex and receive information from another adult?
When he decided to retire his decades-old jeepney years ago, his belief in the Philippine electoral system died with it.
Essentially, it becomes about replacing kings and queens, but never abolishing the monarchy. The electoral system is still bound by the structures that allow the flourishing of the elite, political dynasties, and patronage politics. It sees passion—in the ways by which the candidates make their promises, badmouth their opponents, or insult the intelligence of their audiences, never mind if it's real. There is a need to extend the strong electoral force that we have now from the ballot to organizations that will turn the thirst for change into a coherent counterpower.
We Filipinos can have a super-perfect leader as our president, but if we choose to remain the same, nothing will happen.
This expense will be charged to an account known as Predeparture Bring Happiness, a presidential prerogative. But as money will pour in Cubao, sorry Capiz folks, your infrastructure and basic needs' facilities will remain Third World. Side by side with Rizal will be FPJ monuments in every town plaza, especially in the Bangsamoro territories. So also couturiers, flower arrangers, chefs and all those mobilized for elite affairs in the Palace. For the national defense post, Inday S will be posted there to lord it over the generals who will need to undergo gender sensitivity training. And the nuns, who have no qualms dealing with Digong, will be the foot soldiers to deal with erring policemen, barangay officials and tanod. They should remember that many people have died and sacrificed so that they can one day exercise their right to vote.
Sooner or later they will learn how dreadful it is to bear the crushing outcome of a mistake, and how demanding it is to undo damage where it counts.
Since 2010, this award has been sponsored yearly by the Junior Chamber International (Manila Chapter) or Jaycees, the Asian Institute of Management and the Del Rosario family. Let us go to our Blessed Mother and ask for her loving embrace—for ourselves and for our nation.
Thank you for the reminder that this life is not all about the "5 Ps" that can destroy our peace—pera, power, pride, pleasures, and politics! Some areas devastated by Supertyphoon "Yolanda" are still not fully rehabilitated, but much has been done to resettle the displaced communities. We have been able to reasonably adapt to the challenges and opportunities of this changing global reality. But the danger of choosing the lesser evil is the tendency to choose the status quo: safe, convenient, but still detached from the plight of the masses. After the dust has cleared, what remains is the elite web of allies that rallied the politicians to power.
These can impoverish us as a people as we need humor to spice up the boring ordinariness and seriousness of everyday life. Imelda will be back in Malacanang with all that was good, true and beautiful of the "golden" years of martial rule, complete with butterfly sleeves and pink parasols! Every morning and evening broadcast news will give daily health updates of the President before the weather forecast.
This way the President—when he walks in the halls of Malacanang—will stand out, which is but fitting for the person holding the highest post in the land.
Her family members, who will remain Americans, will make sure the US bases are well-established at the nearest point of the Philippine archipelago facing China.
To protect her, Digong will give her all the weapons she needs so she could deal with her death threats. Those who make a choice based on ardent prayer, sincere discernment, and clear conscience, and not on emotions, affiliations, and personal agenda and intentions, are the ones who are on the side of the Prince of Peace. But, undeniably, many of our countrymen are falling through the cracks of these developments. And her TV program—oh yes, ABS-CBN will gladly welcome her back—will be broadcast from the presidential office or Malacanang's Heroes Hall. Daily demonstrations filled the streets, and rumors of a military coup were rampant. There was loud clamor for a new government that would rebuild the nation's institutions.
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How digitization is impacting the payments industry
Digitalisation is impacting all aspects of our lives, particular the way we work, rest and play. It has also become a major disruptive force especially for the payments industry – the glue that binds eCommerce.
Enterprise Times spent met up with Stephen Ferry, Managing Director of Pay360 to discuss the relationship between payments and digitisation. Pay360 is part of the Capita family. A company that offers a complete payment eco solution covering the breadth of payment options. The company is now a well-established payment company
According to Ferry, "We were a very cash society over the last 20, 30 years. This has obviously changed quite dramatically and there's a real shift now in the market. Cryptocurrency is becoming more relevant. It's not suitable for every customer or every merchant, but it's definitely becoming more relevant.
"Open banking is going to give more choices. That will also be disruptive to the card schemes such as MasterCard, and Visa. It's a brilliant time to be in payments, because of all the changes going on. But it is going back to the being relevant."
Understanding the customer challenge
Stephen Ferry, Managing Director at Pay360
Ferry asserts that businesses must understand their digital customer challenges and pain points. If an enterprise does not understand today's challenges, or the challenges going forward, this will become problematic for the business. Its ability to remain relevant and focused on its own core strengths will be questioned. In addition to its ability to build the partnerships needed to take it forward, will be diminished.
The way forward for a business is to have enough interactive touch points and engagement points relevant to customers. So, it's not about telling, it's probably more about listening and understanding what is causing the pain today. From a payments journey perspective, enterprises must ensure make their business is digitally relevant.
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This is a sequel of The Rubix Cube map and if you didn't play that map i suggest you do.
This Map was Made By UzairCat with the help from xa_65.
If you find any bugs comment it and i will try to fix it.
The Map Render Distance must be at 26 or more because of the command blocks.Blame me and /setblock command!
If you would like to become part of my mapmaker team you can by applying here.
You have chosen to become the rainbow guardian a couple of weeks ago and the ancient book has been stolen by PINK.
You have to get the book by sneaking in her facility and try to go into her office.
Q1. I finished the map and got my first ending but what if i want to play the map again?
A. You must reset the map as i informed on top.
A. You Can join my discord server and i can tell you in a couple of minutes if i am busy because i use discord often,comment in the comments of this website or look on youtube for a youtuber that played my map and look what they did.
Q3. I found a bug in the map. What must i do?
A. You can inform me in my discord server, comment on this website or comment on my youtube videos.
- Manager Office is no more under construction.
- Fixed some dialogues to be readable.
- Now The Secret Room Needs 6 redstone instead of 5 to make the map longer.
- Torture Room can be opened.
- You can now get the good ending.I was a dummy by forgetting to put the 5th redstone in 1 of the chests.
- 2 dialogues have spaces so you can read it a bit better.I will fix more in the future.
Are you sure you posted 'A Color to Remember' Uzaircat?
If so could you leave the link to sequel in this chat?
0 Obsidianninja11 If so could you leave the link to sequel in this chat?
0 Obsidianninja11 Are you sure you posted 'A Color to Remember' Uzaircat?
UzairCat, if I were to join your mapmaking team, how long would I have to be active for per day?
+1 SuperDuggy117 UzairCat, if I were to join your mapmaking team, how long would I have to be active for per day?
+1 stoooof Omg... That was amazing!! Great map and looking forward to another one. I really like the multiple endings!
+1 SuperDuggy117 Ok, I am now considering joining, but I need to know something: How long do I need to be active for per day?
Well done on your map!
-1 Some kid Well done on your map!
oh yea Im thinking about making a Minecraft map any tips?
I love talking to everyone! I am gonna make a small series on my YT Channel on how to be a good map maker.Maybe you could watch that video for tips when I upload.It will come out very soon.I am really busy for this week and next week.
0 UzairCat Which map must i make next?
Whens the next one coming out? Good map!
I will be working on the next map on 16 June so properly in june or july and Thanks!
I would like to be part of the mapmaking team, but the link you out didn't work. Can you send me a link? I am very good with command blocks, and I think that I can probably help with your maps.
-1 SuperDuggy117 I would like to be part of the mapmaking team, but the link you out didn't work. Can you send me a link? I am very good with command blocks, and I think that I can probably help with your maps.
+1 Taine Lambert Whens the next one coming out? Good map!
+1 UzairCat Thanks everyone for 1000 downloads!
Lol okay.Hope you enjoy the map!
+1 cats how do i reset?


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Weather permitting, Leonard's Palazzo has two outdoor ceremony locations – the newly renovated East and West patio. The East patio has a charming pergola adorned with natural grape vines as well as a scenic waterfall area to serve as a backdrop for your vows. It can accommodate a ceremony of up to 225 guests. The West patio is a larger space that can accommodate a ceremony of 500+ guests. It was redesigned in 2017 to be a bright setting with a travertine floor, accented by water features and natural landscaping.


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Treating Mental Illness With Care, Not Punishment, Goes Beyond Defunding Police
By J.D. Tuccille - June 15, 2020 at 11:30AM
After Lynette Phillips voluntarily checked herself into a hospital in March 2013 to help with adjusting to a change in anxiety medication, state agents came to her home and seized her husband's guns. Hospital records had incorrectly recorded her as an "involuntary" admission, curtailing her civil liberties under California law. While her family's property was eventually returned, the traumatic experience offers a cautionary tale as Americans rightfully discuss "unbundling" encounters with the mentally ill from the responsibilities assigned to armed, arrest-oriented police officers.
As it turns out, improving help for the mentally ill requires not just getting cops out of the mix, but also removing other government-imposed pitfalls that make it risky to seek treatment for mental health issues.
"Newer approaches involve sending mental health professionals along with—or instead of—police into situations involving mental health emergencies," The Washington Post points out in coverage of the "defund police" movement. In Eugene, Oregon, the CAHOOTS program is considered pioneering in that field, usually sending crisis workers instead of cops in an effort to reduce violent outcomes.
But beyond the over-use of police, there are a host of liberty-threatening and privacy-violating legal barriers to improving the treatment of mental illness that need to be swept away. Only when that's done will the country have really decriminalized psychological issues and adopted a supportive, not punitive, approach.
Barriers to seeking treatment for mental health issues or substance-abuse concerns don't have to be as dramatic as Lynette Phillips' experience; a bureaucratic ordeal can be awful enough. Thomas Skelton, a graduate of the John Marshall Law School at the University of Illinois at Chicago, is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to consider whether Illinois officials discriminated against him when they refused to allow him to practice law because he is undergoing mental health treatment.
"Mr. Skelton candidly provided evidence and responsive information to the hearing panel at every turn, even discussing and allowing his treatment providers to discuss the most intimate details of his counseling sessions," says his certiorari petition. "That evidence was then used to further stigmatize Mr. Skelton."
If voluntarily placing yourself under care for mental health concerns can knee-cap a licensed career before it even gets off the ground, there is a huge potential for deterring people from seeking help at all. For sufferers, serious concerns about depression, anxiety, or other issues have to be balanced against worries about lost employability. And, yes, research says that's exactly what happens.
"Nearly 40% of physicians (2325 of 5829) reported that they would be reluctant to seek formal medical care for treatment of a mental health condition because of concerns about repercussions to their medical licensure," found a 2016 study that covered all 50 states plus the District of Columbia. "Our findings support that [medical licensure application questions] regarding mental health conditions present a barrier to physicians seeking help," the authors concluded.
Lying to official interrogators is one possible countermeasure. I'm plugged into the medical community and I've met providers treated for psychological concerns as well as (frequently related) substance abuse issues who hope for the best as they fib to save their careers. For them, there is a balance of risks as they deal with a bureaucracy that would punish them for doing the right thing and, sometimes, going without help seems like the safer bet.
"Restricting rights of people who are living with a mental illness or possibly may be diagnosed with a mental illness just further perpetuates people not receiving or seeking the treatment that they need to get better," Jessica Cruz, of the National Alliance on Mental Illness, told Reason at the time of Lynette Phillips's ordeal.
That's worrisome enough when it comes to professions that involve a small percentage of the population, but seeking care for mental health issues can also stand in the way of the driver's licenses than most Americans need for everyday life. "Within the past two years, have you been diagnosed with, been hospitalized for or are you now receiving treatment for a psychiatric disorder?" asks the Texas driver's license application. Virginia asks applicants if they have a "physical or mental condition which requires that you take medication?"
Grace Klam, an aspiring teenage driver in Texas, was initially turned away when she honestly answered the question with details about her depression. Another applicant told the Houston Chronicle that he avoids problems by lying about his condition—although that potentially carries criminal penalties.
Lying as a means of privacy protection and self-defense doesn't necessarily stop there. For those needing care, subterfuge can extend to relations with psychiatrists, psychologists, and social workers who are subject, in many states, to mandatory reporting laws. Anybody desiring help has to worry that excessive frankness, or a misunderstood statement, can get them referred to the powers-that-be as potential dangers to themselves or others. These laws also put doctors in an awkward position as quasi-agents of the state, subject to rules that can come into conflict with their professional judgment and create tensions in terms of their obligations to patients.
"If we put doctors in a position of acting on behalf of the government or acting on behalf of social control then that undermines the therapeutic mission," Steven K. Hoge, a Columbia University psychiatrist, told Reason with regard to the Phillips case.
Even some of the lawmakers who created the problem acknowledge the danger. "Mandatory reporting laws, say some professionals, may discourage people from seeking professional help or fully disclosing their intentions," admits the National Conference of State Legislatures, whose members helped turn mental health care into a legal minefield.
So, getting cops out of the business of responding to mental health calls is a great first step. After all, "the police have no expertise in dealing with the mentally ill or with the homeless–jobs like that should be farmed out to other agencies," as George Mason University economist Alex Tabarrok writes.
But ending the punitive treatment of mental illness requires going beyond the badge. Treating those with psychological problems as people who need treatment rather than as criminals, and encouraging troubled people to seek treatment before the situation turns into a crisis, means protecting privacy and liberty. We need to remove all the ways that government attempts to punish anybody who needs psychological help.


Dubbed the most scenic capital city in the US, Juneau, Alaska is rich in history, art, and Native heritage. The remote city, only accessible by boat or plane, offers picturesque views in any direction the eye wanders. At a towering 3,500 feet above sea level, Mount Juneau's peak often hides amongst the clouds, casting a shadow over the city as a humble reminder that nature is the almighty ruler of the far NorthWest.
Named after a gold prospector, Juneau is the dream escape for outdoor enthusiasts. From sightseeing the fjords to wildlife excursions, one can marvel at all this majestical place has to offer. For the more adventurous, pristine black diamond trails and frozen waterfall hikes will spike your heart rate, while simultaneously taking your breath away. Between all that exploration and excitement comes the need to unwind and recharge. Look no further than Franklin St, a strip along the harbor filled with boutiques, jewellers, galleries, and endless amounts of Alaskan king crab to fill the belly.
Located in the heart of the harbor is Pier 49, Juneau's newest restaurant on the water. Charlie Herrington and the Juneau Waterfront Restaurant group knew they had to deliver something unique to the Waterfront boardwalk, something that would catch the patrons' eyes and leave them with little choice as to where they were going to stop for a snack or beverage.
The harbor lacked a prominent waterfront patio. Charlie and Co. quickly realized a protected and comfortable outdoor lounging experience would be the differentiating factor for Pier 49. The challenge for the group became creating a space that could take advantage of the few sunny days, between the extended periods of drizzle and rain.
With the help of our Product Specialist, Pier 49 designed a large wood framed pergola with custom rain gutters. Once the plans were finalized, the integration of two large underside motorized canopies completed the space, providing watertight coverage to the previously open section of the waterfront patio. Electing to add the fire-retardant fabric line of Ferrari, Pier 49 was able to install large heaters on their structure providing much-required heat during those cool and drizzlingly days in the spring and fall.
Coincidentally, they selected the fabric colour Boulder. We suspect it was added as a homage to the great Mount Juneau. Either way, it was a great look to finish the space, and the end result is a fully occupied patio regardless of temperature, or precipitation.
Whether marvelling at the size of the ships cruising the channel or taking in a sunset over the mountain range, Pier 49's patio offers breathtaking views and an unmatched outdoor atmosphere. With a large covered patio and ample heating, patrons can enjoy Juneau's world-class waterfront whether rain or shine.
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Two large underside motorized canopies paired with gutters provide complete coverage to the previously open section of the waterfront patio. Electing to add the fire-retardant fabric line of Ferrari, Pier 49 was able to install large heaters on their structure providing much required heat during those cool and drizzlingly days in the spring and fall.


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New School Superintendent Makes First Public Stop in Charlestown
by Seth Daniel • May 10, 2019 • 0 Comments
New Supt. Brenda Cassellius made her first public appearance in Charlestown on Wednesday, May 8, and was quick to acknowledge there is a lot of hard work to undertake in the schools, but beyond the classroom she confessed she needs practice on her stick handling but doesn't have much trouble finding her edges on the ice.
New School Supt. Brenda Cassellius made her first public appearance on Wednesday in Charlestown at Mayor Martin Walsh's coffee hour on McCarthy Playground. Here, she
is shown greeting little Callie Seney and her mother, Jess (off camera).
The new superintendent, coming to Boston after a long stint in icy Minnesota, visited with residents of the Town on Wednesday at the Mayor's Coffee Hour and quickly made about 9,000 friends when she shared her love of hockey and her experience playing the game.
"Yes, I am a hockey player," she said after being introduced by Mayor Martin Walsh. "I started when I was 42 and have played about nine years on a women's team. Now, I'm not the greatest stick handler, but I'm a pretty good skater…Of course I'm going to become a Bruins fan. I've already been watching them and am super excited about them. Go Bruins."
Beyond the fun of ice rinks and hockey sticks, though, there was time to get down to the nitty gritty and have a discussion with Charlestown parents about school issues – one of the key issues being space and grade configurations.
Supt. Cassellius stood in while Mayor Walsh talked with a group of parents from the Warren-Prescott and Harvard-Kent schools. While the mayor implored them to not only think of elementary school issues, but also to give the non-exam high schools a shot – Supt. Cassellius listened in and took in the concerns.
Later, she said she does support the idea of limiting transitions for students and families, but that there needs to be a discussion in the neighborhoods first.
"I do believe less transitions for students are always good for families," she said. "But then when we look at middle schools and what works at middle schools, they have specific adolescent needs we all know of as parents of teenagers. We want to make sure we develop programming and curriculum that is rigorous across our schools and there is equitable…I think they were talking about K-6, K-8, and 9-12 – however those configurations work. We'll be talking to the community about how those make sense and how to minimize the transitions. I know the mayor has talked about these things before already with families and communities. We'll continue to build on that real good work that Supt. Pereille has been working on."
Cassellius said she was to meet with teachers late on Wednesday, and she plans to do a lot of listening to hear parents, staff and students.
"I don't want to come with assumptions that some things that worked for me in the past will work here, but I do know some things have worked in the past," she said. "It's important for me to go out and listen to the teachers…I need to find out what's working and what isn't working so we can maximize the dollars and put them where they are needed. It's a lot of listening at first, but I know people want to get going, so we'll develop some plans and work those plans… Parents are really just wanting to be listened to now and we'll see what emerges from there."
She also said she would like to get the youth more involved in the decision making process and wanted students to know their new school leader will listen.
"For kids, my message is that your voice matters and I'm going to be working with the Youth Board and try to get them truly involved in the decisions that impact them every day," she said. "For the overall community, my message is it's going to take an all-hands-on-deck approach. We need all of us wrapping our heads around the issues. Expect me to be out and present in their communities and listening to them."
And finally, her impression of Charlestown and Boston has been quite good in the initial days – being greeted with a mob of activity and excitement at the McCarthy Playground.
"I love Boston," she said. "The people have been so friendly to me and so welcoming to me. I've met all the staff around and folks in the communities now. I'm anxious to get out and talk with more people in the communities, but folks have been so gracious and wonderful to me…The biggest thing is earning the public's trust and going out and talking with them in the community – speaking with them authentically about their hopes and dreams for their children. Once I do that it's easier to come together with a plan and get consensus. Then we can collaborate and connect the dots. I'm also very anxious to start meeting with the cabinet and bringing to bear some of the resources the City has. I have met with a lot of Cabinet members and I know the mayor is very interested in this. So, working across the different agencies is important to do the best for communities."
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Do you believe in unicorns? I'll soon reveal my opinion (I hope I remember).
Are you doing World Book Day 2019? Who are you going as? I'm Albert with a handmade Joey from Warhorse.
At my school we didn't get to dress up the teachers did though. If I was to dress up I would go as Dorothy from The Wizard Of Oz.
I'm going as HARRY POTTER!
I am not allowed to have a costume so I said Thomas and friends backup character but my teacher told me if I look smug accidentally on world book day I will get told of.
I'm being sarah from sarah scramblepaws big step.
I was Hermione Granger from Harry Potter too!
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Звонимир Янко (26 июля 1932 — 12 апреля 2022) — югославский и немецкий математик, в честь которого были названы группы Янко.

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Звонимир родился в Бьеловаре, Хорватия. Он учился в Загребском университете, где получил докторскую степень в 1960 году. Позже он преподавал физику в высшей школе в Боснии и Герцеговине. Затем он работал профессором в университете Загреба, Гейдельбергском университете, университете Монаш и в Австралийском национальном университете.

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