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Q: What do I do if my baby keeps crying?

A: If your baby does not seem comforted by breastfeeding or other soothing measures, talk to your baby’s doctor. Your baby may have colic or may be uncomfortable or in pain. You can also check to see if your baby is teething. The doctor and a lactation consultant can help you find ways to help your baby eat well.

Q: What should I do if my baby bites me?

A: If your baby starts to clamp down, you can put your finger in the baby’s mouth and take him or her off of your breast with a firm, “No.” Try not to yell as it may scare the baby. If your baby continues to bite you, you can:

• Stop the feeding right away so the baby is not tempted to get another reaction from you. Don’t laugh. This is part of your baby's learning of limits.
• Offer a teething toy, or a snack (if older baby), or a drink from a cup instead.
• Put your baby down for a moment to show that biting brings a negative consequence. You can then pick your baby up again to give comfort.

Q: Does my breastfed baby need vaccines? Is it safe for me to get a vaccine when I’m breastfeeding?

A: Yes. Vaccines are very important to your baby’s health. Breastfeeding may also enhance your baby’s response to certain immunizations, providing more protection. Follow the schedule your doctor gives you and, if you miss any, check with him or her about getting your baby back on track. Breastfeeding while the vaccine is given to your baby â€" or immediately afterwards â€" can help relieve pain and sooth an upset baby. Most nursing mothers may also receive vaccines. Breastfeeding does not affect the vaccine. Vaccines are not harmful to your breast milk.

Q: I heard that breast milk can have toxins in it from the environment. Is it still safe for my baby?

A: While certain chemicals have appeared in breast milk, breastfeeding remains the best way to feed and nurture young infants and children. The advantages of breastfeeding far outweigh any possible risks from environmental pollutants. To date, the effects of such chemicals have only been seen rarely â€" in babies whose mothers themselves were ill because of them. Infant formula, the water it is mixed with, and/or the bottles or nipples used to give it to the baby can be contaminated with bacteria or chemicals.

Q: Do I still need birth control if I am breastfeeding?

A: Breastfeeding can delay the return of normal ovulation and menstrual cycles. But, like other forms of birth control, breastfeeding is not a sure way to prevent pregnancy. You should still talk with a health care provider about birth control choices that are okay to use while breastfeeding.

Q: Do I have to restrict my sex life while breastfeeding?

A: No. But, if you are having vaginal dryness, you can try more foreplay and water-based lubricants. You can feed your baby or express some milk before lovemaking so your breasts will be more comfortable and less likely to leak. During sex, you also can put pressure on the nipple when it lets down or have a towel handy to catch the milk.

Q: Will my partner be jealous if I breastfeed?

A: If you prepare your partner in advance, there should be no jealousy. Explain that you need support. Discuss the important and lasting health benefits of breastfeeding. Explain that not making formula means more rest. Be sure to emphasize that breastfeeding can save you money. Your partner can help by changing and burping the baby, sharing chores, and simply sitting with you and the baby to enjoy the special mood that breastfeeding creates. Your partner can also feed the baby pumped breast milk.

Q: What should I do if I have postpartum depression?

A: First, postpartum depression is different than postpartum “blues.” The blues â€" which can include lots of tears, and feeling down and overwhelmed â€" are common and go away on their own. Postpartum depression is less common, more serious, and can last more than two weeks. Symptoms can include: feeling irritable and sad; having no energy and not being able to sleep; being overly worried about the baby or not having interest in the baby; and feeling worthless and guilty.

If you have postpartum depression, work with your doctor to find the right treatment for you. Treatment may include medication such as antidepressants and talk therapy. Research has shown that while antidepressants pass into breast milk, few problems have been reported in infants. Even so, it is important to let your baby’s doctor know if you need to take any medications.

Let your doctor know if your blues do not go away so that you can feel better. If you are having any thoughts about harming yourself or your baby, call 911 right away.

Q: Can I breastfeed if I am sick?

A: Some women think that when they are sick, they should not breastfeed. But, most common illnesses, such as colds, flu, or diarrhea, can’t be passed through breast milk. In fact, if you are sick, your breast milk will have antibodies in it. These antibodies will help protect your baby from getting the same sickness.

Breastfeeding is not advised if the mother:

• Has been infected with HIV or has AIDS. If you have HIV and want to give your baby breast milk, you can contact a human milk bank.
• Is taking antiretroviral medications.
• Has untreated, active tuberculosis.
• Is infected with human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I or type II.
• Is taking prescribed cancer chemotherapy agents, such as antimetabolites, that interfere with DNA replication and cell division.
• Is undergoing radiation therapies; but, such nuclear medicine therapies require only a temporary break from breastfeeding.

Q: Can I take medicines if I am breastfeeding?

A: Although almost all medicines pass into your milk in small amounts, most have no effect on the baby and can be used while breastfeeding. Very few medicines can’t be used while breastfeeding. Discuss any medicines you are using with your doctor and ask before you start using new medicines. This includes prescription and over-the-counter drugs, vitamins, and dietary or herbal supplements. For some women with chronic health problems, stopping a medicine can be more dangerous than the effects it will have on the breastfed baby.

Q: Is it safe to smoke, drink, or use drugs?

A: If you smoke, it is best for you and your baby to quit as soon as possible. If you can’t quit, it is still better to breastfeed because it can help protect your baby from respiratory problems and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). Be sure to smoke away from your baby and change your clothes to keep your baby away from the chemicals smoking leaves behind. Ask a health care provider for help quitting smoking!

You should avoid alcohol, especially in large amounts. An occasional small drink is ok, but avoid breastfeeding for two hours after the drink. It is not safe for you to use or be dependent upon an illicit drug. Drugs such as cocaine and marijuana, heroine, and PCP harm your baby. Some reported side effects in babies include seizures, vomiting, poor feeding, and tremors.

Q: When should I wean my baby?

A: The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends breastfeeding beyond the baby’s first birthday, and for as long as both the mother and baby would like. The easiest and most natural time to wean is when your child leads the process. But how the mother feels is very important in deciding when to wean.

Breastfeeding FAQs
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In partnership with http://www.womenshealth.gov
Posted: 12:20 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2013


Q: Is my baby getting enough vitamin D?

A: Vitamin D is needed to build strong bones. All infants and children should get at least 400 International Units (IU) of vitamin D each day. To meet this need, all breastfed infants (including those supplemented with formula) should be given a vitamin D supplement of 400 IU each day. This should start in the first few days of life. You can buy vitamin D supplements for infants at a drug store or grocery store. Sunlight is a major source of vitamin D, but it is hard to measure how much sunlight your baby gets and too much sun can be harmful. Once your baby is weaned from breast milk, talk to your baby’s doctor about whether your baby sill needs vitamin D supplements. Some children do not get enough vitamin D through diet alone.

Hall assured mothers that breast milk could give their babies all the nutrition they need.

“You don’t need additional milk formula or food during the first six months of life,” she said.

“It will also protect the baby from infection because the mom will give the baby antibodies through the breast milk. And those babies will need that antibodies right now.”

Hall said the baby will need antibodies to protect themselves from infection even during good times.

“And, right now, living in this difficult situation at the Yolanda-battered areas, the babies will need as much protection as possible,” she said, adding that the donation of milk formula could discourage women from breastfeeding.

WHO estimates that 22 percent of infant deaths could be prevented if breastfeeding could be initiated in the first hour of a newborn’s life.

Breastfeeding is known to reduce the risks of sepsis or blood infection in the first month of life; diarrhea, pneumonia, necrotizing entero-colitis or a gut problem in pre-term babies, ear infections, sudden infant death syndrome, skin allergies, asthma, leukemia, type 1 diabetes and obesity.

Breastfeeding mothers can enjoy lower rates of type 2 diabetes, breast cancer, ovarian cancer, baby blues or post-partum depression.

By Sheila Crisostomo (The Philippine Star) | Updated November 15, 2013 - 11:13am


MANILA, Philippines - Some 12,000 babies are estimated to be born next month in areas that Super Typhoon Yolanda had devastated.

Julie Hall, World Health Organization (WHO) country representative, said they came up with this estimate based on the demographic statistics in the areas.

“That is the calculation of the number of women in the major hit areas and those women who are likely to give birth in the next month,” she said.

Hall said WHO is deeply concerned because a pregnant woman and a newborn baby are particularly vulnerable when it comes to disasters.

“It is very important that all the reproductive health kits are there so that they could have a clean delivery and the medical service for pregnant women and newborn babies are established very quickly,” she said.

Hall said babies must be breastfed to protect them against infection.

“At the moment there is very little clean water,” she said.

“Mixing formula with dirty water would be deadly for babies. Breastfeeding babies even at the best of times, even when there is no disaster, is the best thing you could do for a baby. It is absolutely vital that women are supported to breastfeed their babies fully for six months.”

Starving, without water: A large crowd gathers Saturday underneath a relief helicopter hovering over the small town of Salcedo, on hard-hit Samar Island.
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2nite & tmrw night, our lights shine in the color of the #Philippines flag 2 raise awareness of the #Haiyan tragedy.

4:06 PM - 15 Nov 2013

Early warning limits

Even if these precautions are in place, Huq says the situation in the Philippines showed that you cannot always adjust. "They died in the shelters because this was a super typhoon, something that has never been seen on earth before," he explains.

"So you cannot adapt to everything. They were adapted to normal typhoons, but a super typhoon wiped them out.

Major powers should pay

That's why Huq says it's imperative the negotiations on climate change do not just revolve around how the big, industrialized nations can support developing nations affected by climate change. He wants to see major powers helping shoulder the cost of damage caused by extreme natural disasters.

Huq says Haiyan was a typhoon "we may or may not attribute to climate change, but of which we will certainly see more of with climate change."

Rising faster in some areas

In the Western Pacific, where the Philippines is situated, sea levels have risen particularly high. Between 1950 and 2010, global sea levels rose by 10 centimeters, the WMO estimates. But in the Western Pacific region, the rise was more than three times as high, at 35 centimeters.

"Because of the currents in the ocean, because some coasts are rising or falling, because of differences in gravity in the earth you have differences from the global mean average of the ocean mean sea level," Michael Williams, also with the WMO, told DW.

The combination of warmer sea temperatures and very high sea levels is what made typhoon Haiyan so powerful. "If you have a 35-centimeter higher sea level, that means the storm surge reaches 35 centimeters higher when it hits the land," Williams explains.

Adjustment needed

Developing countries have to prepare for these conditions, says Saleemel Huq from the International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD) in Bangladesh. "Being better prepared can reduce the amount of damage and particularly loss of life," he says.

In Bangladesh, 300,000 people died in a cyclone in the 1970s. In the 1990s, only 3,000 people died in a similar tropical storm, which Huq attributes to an improved early warning system. "Giving the right kind of warning is very important. You have to give them very clear messages…simple warnings that people understand," Huq says, adding that it's crucial to give this information to students in schools so that they can pass it on to relatives at home.

Shelters also have to be built higher. "In Bangladesh, we build our cyclone shelters now quite high, so that even if there was a tidal wave of a magnitude of a few meters people would still survive it," Huq says.

"These storms are fueled by warmer oceans over which they form and over which they pass," Lengoasa explains.

"Last year we had Hurricane Sandy over the US, again followed a very unusal path, largely fueled by sea surface temperatures, and the damage from the storm surge was largely what caused most of the damage, as we have seen again in the case of the Philippines."

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Climate change is warming ocean temperature and sea levels are rising. Tornadoes are increasingly intense and there are higher storm surges, which are almost impossible to prepare for.


"If the authorities had issued a tsunami alert instead of a typhoon alert, more people would have survived," according to the mayor of Tacloban, the city most affected by Haiyan. People did not realize, he said, that a typhoon can be accompanied by storm surges with waves as powerful as those in a tsunami.

The waves during typhoon Haiyan measured seven meters high, propelled by winds of 250 kilometers per hour when they hit the shore. "The combination of extreme winds and waves was what really has caused the loss of life," according to Jeremiah Lengoasa, director of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).

Rising sea levels, warmer oceans

Like many experts, Lengoasa is cautious about attributing Haiyan to climate change. But he does concede that climate change is leading to rising sea levels and warmer oceans. According to a preliminary report by the WMO, in the period between January and September 2013, the global ocean surface temperature was at its highest since 2010.

By John Unson (philstar.com) | Updated November 16, 2013 - 3:01pm


COTABATO CITY - Mindanao’s Moro communities have actively been supporting the efforts of various groups to generate relief and monetary support for the victims of super typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan), officials said Saturday.

Samira Gutoc, a former member of the 24-seat Regional Assembly of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, said residents of Marawi City and Lanao del Sur have promptly responded to the relief collection campaigns by local humanitarian groups.

Gutoc said a group of Meranaw health workers led by physician Allen Minalang of the Lanao del Sur provincial health office, and his Moro subordinates have joined the Humanitarian Emergency Assistance Relief Team (HEART) dispatched Thursday to Leyte by ARMM Gov. Mujiv Hataman.

Minalang’s team brought with them medicines, food and boxes of bottled water donated by Meranaws in Marawi City and Lanao del Sur.

The Consortium on Bangsamoro Civil Society, a cause-oriented bloc of different peace advocacy and humanitarian organizations in Southern Mindanao, said Moro sectors sympathize with the victims of typhoon Yolanda.

A senior official of the consortium, Bobby Benito, said they are saddened by the controversies besetting the government’s rehabilitation efforts in Leyte and surrounding areas that the super typhoon devastated last week.

Cooper also remarked that, “the people in Tacloban have great dignity and deserve better than what they have gotten.”

“As for who exactly is in charge of the Philippine side of this operation, that is not really clear,” he said.

In her dzMM radio program, Sanchez said Cooper was not aware of what he was talking about.

Several viewers and Internet users have criticized Sanchez for her comment, saying it constituted conflict of interest since her husband is involved in the relief operations.

Roxas is one of the four vice chairpersons of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC).

Most of the comments in the Internet about the issue were supportive of Cooper, with some saying that they find someone on the ground more reliable than one who is reporting from an air-conditioned studio.

Cooper said CNN cares about accuracy and delivering information that could help ensure efficient relief efforts.

He said his reports have also shown the strength of the Filipinos who were affected by the disaster. With Paolo Romero

Anderson to Korina: Come to Tacloban, see for yourself
(The Philippine Star) | Updated November 16, 2013 - 12:00am


MANILA, Philippines - CNN news anchor Anderson Cooper has urged ABS-CBN newscaster Korina Sanchez to come to Tacloban City to see the situation on the ground as the American broadcast journalist maintained that his reports about the typhoon-ravaged city were accurate.

In a broadcast from Manila yesterday, Cooper said his coverage of the effects of Typhoon Yolanda has become something political.

“Ms. Sanchez is welcome to go there and I would urge her to go there. I don’t know if she has but her husband’s the interior minister. I’m sure he can arrange a flight,” Cooper said, referring to Interior Secretary Manuel Roxas II.

Cooper was reacting to comments by Sanchez, who criticized him for supposedly reporting inaccurately about the situation in Tacloban.

Early this week, Cooper described the situation in Tacloban as “miserable” and “very very bad.”

“People are desperate. People do not have any place for shelter. It’s very difficult for people to get food,” Cooper said

“It is a very desperate situation, among the most desperate I’ve seen in covering disasters in the last couple of years,” he added.

He assigned Labor and Employment Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz to the Volunteer and Assistance Coordination. The offers of donation and other assistance will be referred by Baldoz to concerned implementing agencies.

She will also monitor the actions that are taking place, report the benefits and services delivered to typhoon victims and check on the Call Center Operations through the facilities of Air 21 in Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 2 complex.

The President ordered all other departments, agencies, bureaus, and offices of the government to coordinate with and assist the designated officials on any matter relating to their activities.

The MO shall take effect immediately. (SDR/Sunnex)

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Friday, November 15, 2013


PRESIDENT Benigno Aquino III has issued a memorandum order designating four Cabinet secretaries as coordinators for the relief and recovery efforts in connection with the calamity wrought by super typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan).

In a Memorandum Order 60 signed by Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa Jr. on November 14, the Chief Executive designated Finance Secretary Cesar Purisima as the overall coordinator for the preparation of all relief packs/goods prior to their distribution to the affected localities.

Technical Education and Skills Development Authority Director-General Joel Villanueva was designated as co-coordinator to assist Purisima in the said activities.

Global warming is not only raising water temperatures, but sea levels as well, compounding the danger of the storm surges associated with typhoons. Jeff Masters, director of meteorology for the Weather Underground web site, told Reuters that rising sea levels had added about 5 percent to Haiyan’s storm surge. Whereas sea levels are estimated to have risen by two centimetres over the past century, the IPCC climate change assessment predicts rises of between 26 and 62 centimetres in the coming century.

The appeal by Philippine delegate Saño to the Warsaw summit will fall on deaf ears. As at previous international gatherings, the need to reduce carbon emissions is completely subordinate to nationalist rivalries and economic interests, especially of the major powers. No agreement has been reached to replace the very modest proposals contained in the so-called Kyoto Protocol, let alone the measures required to achieve the reductions generally agreed by climate scientists to be needed to prevent global warming.

The US, in particular, is intent on blocking a push by poorer countries for financial compensation for the impact of climate change, which is largely the historic product of advanced industrialised countries. The economic damage caused by more severe tropical cyclones alone could be immense. The Philippines has been hit by an average of 22 storms a year over the past decade, with damage averaging $200 million per typhoon.

The devastation caused by Typhoon Haiyan is not simply the product of immense forces of nature, but also of the profound social gulf between rich and poor that leaves millions of people highly vulnerable to such catastrophes. The homes flattened in cities and towns of the central Philippines were overwhelmingly the flimsy shanties of the poorest layers of society. While climate change is undoubtedly increasing the danger of future disasters, it is also a useful device for Philippine politicians, from President Benigno Aquino down, to divert attention from their own responsibilities and those of big businesses, local and foreign, in maintaining the present system of class exploitation that is deepening this divide.

Philippine weather officials estimated Haiyan’s wind speeds substantially lower than those of the Joint Typhoon Warning Centreâ€"a sustained peak of 235 km/h, with gusts up to 275 km/h. This significant disparity points to the limitations of the means used to collect the data, which in the Western Pacific rely primarily on satellite and radar technology. Philippine meteorologists do not have access to the US military’s typhoon observation and prediction systems.

In the North Atlantic, satellite data is complemented by direct observations collected by aircraft loaded with sophisticated weather equipmentâ€"known as “hurricane hunters”â€"which fly directly into the storms. The additional data has allowed American meteorologists to greatly refine predictions of the paths and intensities of North Atlantic hurricanes.

The US military discontinued the flights in the Pacific in 1987 and no other government conducts such operations. “Since then, we’ve been pretty blind,” climate scientist Emanuel told the New York Times. He has recommended the establishment of an international typhoon centre, as well as aircraft or drones to track future tropical storms in the Pacific.

The lack of “hurricane hunters” in the Pacific raises an obvious question: would more accurate warnings about Haiyan’s intensity and trajectory have enabled lives to be saved?

The fifth assessment of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), updated to include the latest climate studies, concluded: “The average tropical cyclone wind speed is likely to increase but the global frequency of tropical cyclones is likely to decrease or remain unchanged.” In other words, global warming might not increase the number of tropical cyclones, also known as typhoons and hurricanes, but it raises the chances of far stronger and more devastating storms.

Typhoon Haiyan was one of the most intense ever recorded to have made landfall. According to the US military’s Joint Typhoon Warning Center, Haiyan had winds reaching a sustained peak as high as 315 km/h, with gusts rising to a staggering 380 km/h, and a massive storm sea surge of around 5 metres. If accurate, these figures would make Haiyan worse than Hurricane Camille, the previous strongest recorded, which hit the US northern Gulf Coast in 1969 with sustained winds of 305 km/h.

Kerry Emanuel, a climate scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is one author of a 2010 study which forecast that the average intensity of tropical cyclones would increase by up to 11 percent by the end of the century.

Emanuel explained to the media: “The tragedy of this particular storm is that it reached its [upper] limit just about the time it made landfall.” Coastal towns and cities on Philippine islands, such Leyte and Samar, were not only lashed by extremely high winds, but were inundated by a wall of water that resembled the 2004 Asian tsunami. Many of those who died drowned.

By Peter Symonds
WSWS.org
15 November, 2013


In an emotional speech to the UN Climate Change summit in Warsaw, the chief delegate for the Philippines, Naderev Saño, warned that massive tropical storms like Super Typhoon Haiyan, which just devastated his country, would become more frequent unless action was taken to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Haiyan hit the central Philippines last Friday leaving a trail of utter devastation in its wake. The United Nations yesterday raised the death toll to 4,460, nearly double the previous day and far higher than the final toll predicted by President Benigno Aquino earlier in the week. The UN also said more than 900,000 people were displaced and nearly 12 million people affected. A week after the catastrophe, millions lack adequate shelter, food, clean water and medical care.

“What my country is going through as a result of this extreme climate event is madness,” Saño told the Warsaw conference. “The climate crisis is madness. We can stop this madness. Right here in Warsaw. Typhoons such as Haiyan and its impacts represent a sobering reminder to the international community that we cannot afford to procrastinate on climate action ...

“Science tells us that simply, climate change will mean more intense tropical storms. As the Earth warms up, that would include the oceans. The energy that is stored in the waters off the Philippines will increase the intensity of the typhoons and the trend we now see is that more destructive storms will be the new norm,” he said.

R2's thoughts might be going something like...

"I've... seen things you people wouldn't believe...  Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched c-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those... moments... will be lost in time, like... tears... in... rain."

Criticism

On his blog, New Urbanist and architecture critic James Howard Kunstler named the Lou Ruvo center his "Eyesore Of The Month" for April 2010. Kunstler sharply criticized the Center's design, writing: "It seems to say: This is your brain on Frank Gehry". Kunstler suggested that the architecture was inappropriate for the building's purpose: "If I had a problem with my brain, I would not be reassured arriving at this place. The implicit sadism is impressive". --Wiki

The south side of the building

The Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health (LRCBH), officially the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health, opened on May 21, 2010 in Las Vegas, Nevada that is operated by the Cleveland Clinic and was designed by world-renowned architect, Frank Gehry of Gehry Partners in Santa Monica, California. --Wiki

Sayon ra bitaw kaayo ning pagpanaway...

Another shot...



A rainbow appears above typhoon survivors desperate to catch a military mercy flight, in the aftermath of the Super Typhoon Haiyan, at Tacloban airport, in central Philippines, November 15, 2013. The death toll from the powerful typhoon that swept the central Philippines nearly doubled overnight, reaching 4,000, as helicopters from a U.S. aircraft carrier and other naval ships began flying food, water and medical teams to ravaged regions. REUTERS/Erik De Castro

By Michelle Remo
Philippine Daily Inquirer
2:55 pm | Friday, November 15th, 2013


MANILA, Philippinesâ€"The Philippine economy could grow by a much slower pace of 4.1 percent in the fourth quarter as a result of the impact of Supertyphoon Yolanda, the National Economic and Development Authority said in a statement Friday.

Also, Neda said, full-year economic growth is now seen to settle between 6.5 and 7 percent.

Prior to the calamity, the Neda said the economy could grow by over 7 percent this year.

The government’s official growth target for this year was set at a range of 6 to 7 percent.

In the first and second quarters, the Philippines grew by 7.7 percent and 7.5 percent, respectively, the fastest growth rates in Asia for the two periods and the same as China’s expansion rates.

Quote from: islander on November 15, 2013, 11:07:37 AM
So my friends who accuse me of Aquino bashing: I want you to know that I’m done with your line of thinking. Either you defend this man or you defend the people that this man is ignoring. Don’t believe that the people are his “boss”. This was a piece of advertising sound byte created by showbiz experts to get the unthinking masses out there to swallow this uniquely unqualified man. This man who is totally unprepared for the most difficult job in the country.

There you go...

Peque Gallaga confronts Pres. Noy Aquino, Mar Roxas, Korina Sanchez, Ted Failon
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November 14, 2013


The multi-awarded movie and TV director Peque Gallaga is in the news today, Nov. 15, 2013 (Philippine time) because of the current situation in Visayas. He expressed his disappointments with the politicians and local media for the ongoing distribution of relief goods and clearing operations in the Visayas region particularly in Tacloban City where most of the international media personalities are camping to cover the damage done by Super Typhoon Yolanda.

This was his first time to say something big against the Philippine politicians like Pres. Noynoy Aquino and DILG Sec. Mar Roxas together with other local media personalities like Ted Failon and Korina Sanchez, but according to him, he was forced to reveal his disappointments publicly because of the ugly situation in the Viasayas region six days after the super typhoon left the country.

Peque Gallaga

Posted at 11/15/2013 12:38 PM


MANILA - It has been exactly a week since super typhoon Yolanda lashed at the Visayas region.

Now, President Aquino has taken charge of the massive relief operations on Thursday night.

He made the rounds of repacking centers.

He has also assigned specific tasks to his Cabinet members.

His actions come amid intense pressure and heavy criticisms on government's alleged slow response and the lack of an organized relief effort.

ANC HEADSTART, November 15, 2013

A mother weeps beside the body of her son at a chapel in Tacloban on Saturday. Noel/Celis/AFP/Getty Images

A woman cries as air force troops keep residents from entering the airport. Dennis M. Sabangan/EPA

A boy sat on the ruins of a building Wednesday in the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan in Tacloban, the Philippines. (Photo: Kevin Frayer / Getty Images via The Wall Street Journal)

A boy checks a dog for injuries at a homeless shelter for survivors on Thursday after Yolanda battered Tacloban City. Unaccounted for in the casualty tally are a huge number of pets that died during the super typhoon. Edgar Su / Reuters

A mother cries after her family failed to take a flight on a C-130 military plane out of Tacloban, Leyte province, central Philippines on November 12, 2013, as hundreds of residents try to leave the city due to an approaching tropical storm.
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A man baths his pet dog among debris of destroyed houses in Tacloban, eastern island of Leyte in November 12, 2013.
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He he, dapat magpasiugda na ta og Bugsay for President Movement...

Quote from: islander on November 15, 2013, 11:34:01 AM
my heart bleeds for the people, and my IQ is high! vote for me! i am the best for you!

Unya, putot nga nognog kuno ka?

Quote from: islander on November 15, 2013, 10:56:24 AM
their twisted analysis is only turning off the public.  not enough brains there, but much balls for being so thick-faced.

Hmm, basin in Philippine politics balls trump brains anytime...

Hmm, just an aside: Madame CJ, kon Binay vs. Roxas for president, kinsay imong botaran?

Quote from: Lollapalooza on November 15, 2013, 10:48:26 AM
I wonder if it reads pirated disc... or is it for DVD? or plain CD only?

Hmm, di man haytik tan-awon, basin plain CD ra...

Quote from: islander on November 15, 2013, 10:41:52 AM
and she will sing?  promise?

After a fashion, yes...

Above-average IQ baya kuno ang kadaghanan sa mga politiko...

Better set the alarm for 8 pm....

He he, sakto...

Quote from: islander on November 15, 2013, 10:26:53 AM
so this is for tomorrow, november 16, at 8pm.  i'll mark this down.

Hmm, di ka manihapon?

Lisod jud hinuon ibton ang kalibotan sa politika...

Hmm, di kaha in their analysis, it is still a good idea vote-wise?

Na naman?

Kapakmuks talaga...

Hmm, di ba gibuhat na ni niya sa Bohol quake?

Vice Pres. Binay's name printed on plastic bags with relief goods, photo spreads online
By kalogjak on November 14, 2013 | From barakonews.blogspot.com


We saw this photo in Facebook, of plastic bags containing relief goods with the name of the Vice President Jejomar Binay printed on.

Really, with all the bashing, criticisms and lambasting rounds in the Internet related to several personalities and their behavior towards typhoon Yolanda, (Read: Korina Sanchez vs. Anderson Cooper, CNN) this one takes the cake.





In the photo is VP Jejomar Binay, with his daughter, newly elected Senator Nancy Binay standing far right. If those goods are intended for the victims of the super typhoon Yolanda in Tacloban, then this is just awfully disgusting.

Some say, at least he donated. Some frowned upon the political color Binay is trying to paint amidst the natural disaster where people grieve for their lost loved ones and sources of livelihood.

As of yet, there has been no official statement from VP Binay regarding this matter.

Quote from: hubag bohol on November 15, 2013, 09:44:45 AM
In a letter to priests, religious, and lay faithful, the Cardinal is inviting everyone to spend the whole day in penance, recollection, and fasting.

Angay tuod magpuasa, considering nga daghan ang way makaon sa affected areas...

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Friday, November 15, 2013


MANILA Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle urged the faithful to join the Archdiocese of Manila in observing the “Day of Lament and Hope: Solidarity in Prayer” on Saturday in a bid to express unity with the victims of the magnitude 7.2 earthquake and Super Typhoon Yolanda.

In a letter to priests, religious, and lay faithful, the Cardinal is inviting everyone to spend the whole day in penance, recollection, and fasting.

“This is to express communion and solidarity with our brothers and sisters who are suffering, grieving and confused because of the successive calamities that afflicted the country,” said Tagle.

According to the Manila archdiocese, Tagle is set to lead the Prayer Service and Holy Hour at 8 pm at the San Fernando de Dilao Parish Church in Paco, Manila to cap the Day of Lament and Hope.

In an earlier statement, the Manila prelate assured the victims of the recent calamities in the Visayas that the rest of the Philippines is one with their suffering and grief.

“We are one with our suffering brothers and sisters. You are not alone and will never be alone,” assured Tagle.

DAVAO. Mga estudyante sa magkalahi nga kolehiyo sa dakbayan sa Davao mibulontaryo pag-repack sa mga relief goods nga gipasiugdahan sa GMA Kapuso didto sa Almedras gym alang sa mga biktima sa bagyo sa Visayas. (Seth delos Reyes)

References

    Rose, S., Bisson, J., & Weseley, S. (2001). Psychological debriefing for preventing Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). The Cochrane Library, Issue 3: Update Software Ltd.

    Shalev, A.Y. (2001). Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. Primary Psychiatry 8(10), 41-46.

    Bryant, R.A. (2000). Cognitive behavioral therapy of violence-related posttraumatic stress disorder. Aggression and Violent Behavior 5(1), 79-97.

Practice guidelines on debriefing formulated by the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies* conclude there is little evidence that debriefing prevents psychopathology. The guidelines do recognize that debriefing is often well received and that it may help (1) facilitate the screening of those at risk, (2) disseminate education and referral information, and (3) improve organizational morale. However, the practice guidelines specify that if debriefing is employed, it should:

    Be conducted by experienced, well-trained practitioners
    Not be mandatory
    Utilize some clinical assessment of potential participants
    Be accompanied by clear and objective evaluation procedures

The guidelines state that while it is premature to conclude that debriefing should be discontinued altogether, "more complex interventions for those individuals at highest risk may be the best way to prevent the development of PTSD following trauma."

A recent review of eight debriefing studies, all of which met rigorous criteria for being well-controlled, revealed no evidence that debriefing reduces the risk of PTSD, depression, or anxiety; nor were there any reductions in psychiatric symptoms across studies. Additionally, in two studies, one of which included long-term follow-up, some negative effects of CISD-type debriefings were reported relating to PTSD and other trauma-related symptoms (1).

Therefore, debriefings as currently employed may be useful for low magnitude stress exposure and symptoms or for emergency care providers. However, the best studies suggest that for individuals with more severe exposure to trauma, and for those who are experiencing more severe reactions such as PTSD, debriefing is ineffective and possibly harmful.

The question of why debriefing may produce negative results has been considered and hypotheses have been formulated. One theory connects negative outcomes with heightened arousal in the early posttrauma phase and in long-term psychopathology (2,3). Because verbalization of the trauma in debriefing is limited, habituation to evoked distress does not occur. The result may be an increase rather than a decrease in arousal. Any such increased distress caused by debriefing may be difficult to detect in a group setting. Thus, attempting to use debriefing to override dissociation and avoidance in the immediate posttrauma phase may be detrimental to some individuals, particularly those experiencing heightened arousal. Another consideration is that the boundary between debriefing and therapy is sometimes blurred (e.g., challenging thoughts), which may increase distress in some individuals (3). Finally, those facilitating the debriefing sessions frequently are unable to adequately assess individuals in the group setting. They may erroneously conclude that a one-time intervention is sufficient to prevent further symptomatology.

Currently, many mental-health workers consider some form of stress debriefing the standard of care following both natural (earthquakes) and human-caused (workplace shootings, bombings) stressful events. Indeed, the National Center for PTSD's Disaster Mental Health Guidebook (which is currently being revised) contains information on how to conduct debriefings.

However, recent research indicates that psychological debriefing is not always an appropriate mental-health intervention. Available evidence shows that, in some instances, it may increase traumatic stress or complicate recovery. Psychological debriefing is also inappropriate for acutely bereaved individuals. While operational debriefing is nearly always helpful (it involves clarifying events and providing education about normal responses and coping mechanisms), care must be taken before delivering more emotionally-focused interventions.

Different types of debriefing

    Operational debriefing is a routine and formal part of an organizational response to a disaster. Mental-health workers acknowledge it as an appropriate practice that may help survivors acquire an overall sense of meaning and a degree of closure.

    Psychological or stress debriefing refers to a variety of practices for which there is little supportive empirical evidence. It is strongly suggested that psychological debriefing is not an appropriate mental-health intervention.

    Critical Incident Stress Debriefing (CISD) is a formalized, structured method whereby a group of rescue and response workers reviews the stressful experience of a disaster. CISD was developed to assist first responders, such as fire and police personnel; it was not meant for the survivors of a disaster or their relatives. CISD was never intended as a substitute for therapy. It was designed to be delivered in a group format and meant to be incorporated into a larger, multi-component crisis intervention system labeled Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM). CISM includes the following components: pre-crisis intervention; disaster or large-scale demobilization and informational briefings (town meetings); staff advisement; defusing; CISD; one-on-one crisis counseling or support; family crisis intervention and organizational consultation; follow-up and referral mechanisms for assessment and treatment, if necessary.

Types of Debriefing Following Disasters
http://www.ptsd.va.gov/professional/pages/debriefing-after-disasters.asp


The aim of all disaster mental-health management, including any type of debriefing, should be the humane, competent, and compassionate care of all affected. The goal should be to prevent adverse health outcomes and to enhance the well-being of individuals and communities. In particular, it is vital to use all appropriate endeavors to prevent the development of chronic and disabling problems such as PTSD, depression, alcohol abuse, and relationship difficulties. Debriefings are a type of intervention that are sometimes used following a disaster or other traumatic event.

Kakawrason ra ni siya sa ilong sa dwarf. (Btw, kinsa ni siya among the 7 dwarfs?)

Halleluiah!

Hmm, bitaw no? Typo galing, instead of 13, most likely 3 years old ni siya.

Local Government Secretary Mar Roxas has confirmed that 161 inmates of the Tacloban City Jail and Palo municipal jail escaped when super typhoon Yolanda hit Leyte on Nov. 8.

Some prisoners from two other municipal jails in Eastern Visayas also escaped, said Roxas, quoting a Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) submitted their report.

He said BJMP personnel are looking into the cases of the prisoners as authorities search for the inmates.

“We have to know what kind of crime they have committed for us to know what kind of response we will do,” he added. -- http://www.sunstar.com.ph/