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2

Create multiple copies. Use a scanner to duplicate your drawing or printed-out money. Make sure to load the scanner/printer with your dyed pieces of paper.

If you forget to load the printer with your dyed paper, you can dye the paper you printed your images on by dipping them back in the coffee mixture and putting them in the microwave again. Be aware that the ink used to make the details of the money may run if you do this.

3

Cut your bills out. Now that you have multiple bills, cut them out with scissors. You could also use a paper cutter to ensure that your bills are all cut the same size and that the cuts are straight.

4

Add a band around the bills. Only do this if you are wanting to create a stack of fake bills. You can purchase cash straps at office supply stores or banks. If you do not want to buy them, you can use thick rubber bands. Write the name of a fake bank (or a real one even) on the wide rubber band.

Part 2
Adding the Details

1

Make your fake money. There are two ways to do this. You can either print out images of currency, or draw them onto the paper yourself. Be aware that while printing images of money will look more realistic, there are certain limitations you must abide by so that you do not break the law. Your printed fake money can only be one-sided and less than three-fourths the size of real currency.

To print your fake money: Place your dyed paper into your printer. Select the image you would like to print and print it out. Know that it must be three-fourths the size of a real dollar. Learn how to resize images on the computer here.

To draw the details: Use real money as a reference. Choose the amount of currency you would like to create and place it in front of you. Trace around a real dollar to create the outline of your fake dollar so that it is the right size. Draw the details of the front of the dollar onto your fake dollar.

2

Dip the pieces of printer paper into the water. Make sure to evenly coat both sides of the paper so that there is a more uniform color throughout your money. However, try to dip the paper as quickly (and evenly) as possible to reduce the chance of potentially ripping the paper because it is too soggy.

3

Place the pieces of paper on a microwave-safe plate. Make sure none of the pieces are overlapping (which means you may have to do one piece of paper at a time.) Place the paper and plate in the microwave and heat the paper for 20 seconds. Take it out and test it--if it is still damp, place it back in the microwave for another 20 seconds.

If you would prefer not to use a microwave, you can simply let the paper air dry. Lay the paper out flat on something that you do not mind getting wet (such as on a baking sheet.) You could also hang the paper up on a clothes line.

Part 1
Dyeing the Paper

1

Mix water and coffee in a bowl or pan. This mixture will be used to stain the paper so that it has a more ‘warn-money’ look. Use about 3 tablespoons of coffee (all though a little more or a little less will not really make too much of a difference.) You can also add a few drops of green food dye to give you paper a more olive-y look.

You can also use tea to dye your fake money. Make a pot of black tea--it doesn’t matter what kind so long as it is black tea. Brew it for a bit longer than you normally would brew drinking tea (so let it sit for five or more minutes.) The extra time will make the tea a bit darker in color.

Start a bed and breakfast. If you live in a popular resort area or own a historic property, a B&B might be the perfect side hustle. Not only can you work at home with this career, but you’ll also score some tax write-offs in the process â€" although most innkeepers caution that the profession requires a lot of hard work and is more of an attractive lifestyle than a money-making pursuit.

Start a small business. Have a skill you can monetize? If you know how to mow grass, paint a room, or bake cakes, starting your own business is a great way to earn quick cash. Depending on the type of business, you could even do it in your spare time.


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Ask for a raise. If you’re unhappy with your compensation at your 9-5 job, asking for a raise is one way to beef up your bank account. Most employers offer an annual review of your work â€" which could be the perfect time to negotiate a higher salary or ask for better perks. If your employer doesn’t offer such an opportunity, it might be time to initiate a review yourself.

Ask for overtime at work. Have a job that offers overtime? Let your boss know you’re interested in the opportunity. Meanwhile, it might be wise to let co-workers know you’re willing to pick up any extra shifts they don’t want or need.

Find seasonal work. Depending on the season, local businesses may be looking for part-time help. This is especially true during fall and winter when retail stores rely on seasonal workers to get through the busy holiday rush. And during the summer, temporary work opportunities range from manual labor outdoors to pool lifeguards and golf caddies.

Monetize a hobby. While some hobbies actually cost money, others can be transformed into a profitable business venture. Ultimately, it depends on what your hobby is and how talented you are. You could turn your love of photography, for example, into a part-time gig taking family portraits and wedding photos or selling prints on Etsy or at arts fairs.

Salvage and resell. Do you love antiques or have a knack for finding valuables at flea markets or yard sales? If you do, it might be time to consider salvaging items for resale â€" or even scouting out antiques to sell for a profit. While you’ll need to spend quite a bit of time searching for prospects and spend some money buying upfront, you could easily turn a profit if you know what you’re doing.

Get a part-time job. If you’re hard-up for cash, it might be time to consider a part-time job. Fortunately, retail, restaurant, and manual labor industries are almost always looking for workers willing to work weekends, evenings, and holidays.

Drive for Uber or Lyft. If you have a reliable vehicle, a clean driving record, and a smartphone, driving for a car-share company is a real possibility. By working during peak travel times and optimizing your car for ideal gas mileage, you can make up to $25/hour on your own schedule.

Mow lawns or plow driveways. If you’re willing to mow yards or shovel or plow snow in the winter, you could easily start your own snow removal and lawn mowing business on the side. While you can usually find work by reaching out to your local community via word-of-mouth, flyers, or online message boards, the website Plowz & Mowz allows you to set up an online profile and reach more customers in your area.

Quote from: rogamz on June 07, 2017, 08:37:33 AM

Quote from: hubag bohol on June 05, 2017, 03:16:46 PM
Mao jud. Tiaw mo, ang imoha puston og basa nga unod. Bahala na tuod bisag unsay baho...  

Hmm, hitsura man nig nakasuway unya di kahukom kon lami ba, apan sa ngadto-ngadto gibidli intawon...

Luoy baya kay nasaag ni siya. Wild horse man gud tawon. Dia ra ang iyang herd...

Quote from: hubag bohol on May 01, 2017, 10:54:57 AM
Hmm, usa kahay pangalaan sa asawa aning Derek? Di kaha Malu?

Pwede nga Wang ra pud ang first name...

By 2030, these will be the new 10 biggest cities in the world, according to the United Nations' World Urbanization Prospects:

10. Mexico City, Mexico: 23.9 million people

9. Lagos, Nigeria: 24.2 million people

8. Cairo, Egypt: 24.5 million people

7. Karachi, Pakistan: 24.8 million people

6. Dhaka, Bangladesh: 27.4 million people

5. Beijing, China: 27.7 million people

4. Mumbai, India: 27.8 million people

3. Shanghai, China: 30.8 million people

2. Delhi, India: 36.1 million people

1. Tokyo, Japan: 37.2 million people

The Global Cities Institute projects that Kinshasa, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, will be the most populous city in the world by 2075, and that by 2100, it will be surpassed by the 88 million future residents of Lagos, Nigeria.


--https://amp.businessinsider.com/10-most-populous-cities-2030-2017-6

These will be the world's 10 biggest cities in 2030 â€" and none of them are in the US or Europe
Rebecca Harrington Jun 19, 2017, 11:33 AM ET



The human population is growing at an alarming rate. By 2050, there will be almost 10 billion people on the planet.

We've been hearing this for years, but where is all this growth happening?

Today, Tokyo is the most populous city in the world, with about 38 million residents.

New York City is still in the top 10 ranking, with its nearly 8.5 million people. But in the next three decades, that's going to change.

While population growth in the US and Europe stagnates, the number of people living in the Middle East, Asia, and Africa is going to skyrocket.

Identifying as sapiosexual gives him an easy way of telling potential partners why he needs to move slowly. “I need to really get to know somebody intellectually and emotionally before I get to know them physically,” he said.

While some scientists dismiss sapiosexuality and other new terms for sexual identities as the creations of millennials who feel “like they’re special snowflakes,” Professor Herbenick said, the words help people articulate their sexual interests (or lack thereof) and meet others who share them.

Intelligence doesn’t necessarily mean being highly educated, said Teresa Sheffield, 28, a comedian who identifies as sapiosexual.

“What I connect most with and value most as a sapiosexual is emotional intelligence and comedic intelligence,” said Ms. Sheffield, who lives in Manhattan. “You just have to have a sense of humor. If you don’t, I’ll be as attracted to you as I am to a Border collie.”

While good looks are a plus for her, they are not her biggest concern. Men can look like “horrible trolls” for all she cares, as long as they are funny and engaging.

In fact, she finds an emphasis on physical beauty suspect. “The idea that you would place all this value on this thing that is literally deteriorating in front of your eyes,” she said, “it’s so stupid.”

Today about 0.5 percent of OkCupid users identify as sapiosexual. Women are more likely to choose the label than men, and it is most common among users between the ages of 31 and 40. Users who are sapiosexual are more likely than average to say religion is not important to them, and to identify as liberal.

Of course, many people seek an intellectual connection with their partners. But people who identify as sapiosexual often say intellect is the first or most important factor that draws them to another person, according to Debby Herbenick, a sexual health educator and professor of applied health science at the Indiana University School of Public Health.

Teresa Sheffield, 28, a comedian who identifies as sapiosexual. “You just have to have a sense of humor,” she said. “If you don’t, I’ll be as attracted to you as I am to a Border collie.”

Scientists consider sapiosexuality less a sexual orientation than an identity, Professor Herbenick said. People who identify as sapiosexual may also identify as gay, straight, bisexual, asexual or something else.

Some people find the term offensive. “‘Sapiosexual’ seems to circulate primarily as a layer of pretension on top of a more traditional sexual identity,” Samantha Allen wrote at The Daily Beast in 2015. She also noted that criticisms of the term are common on Tumblr, which is known for in-depth discussions of sexuality. Users of the site have argued that the term promotes a single, fixed idea of intelligence, and that it encourages discrimination against people who have intellectual disabilities or autism spectrum disorders or who can’t afford higher education.

The backlash is confusing for Mr. Stalder, 50, who is married and polyamorous. “I’m not making any value judgments about people,” he said.

She has had relationships she describes as purely sapiosexual, in which there was no sex, just intense conversation. One man was nowhere near her physical type, but the first time they met, he began reciting poetry by Rainer Maria Rilke. “I was so amazed at how fluid the whole conversation was,” she said. “I could feel something happening inside me.”

The next time they saw each other, he took her to an art exhibit and gave her all of Rilke’s books. Since then, Rilke has been one of her favorite poets. In such relationships, she said, “I access my wisdom and love and ability to analyze in this incredible way, and they do, too.”

Darren Stalder, an engineer in Seattle, appears to have coined the term “sapiosexual” in 1998 to describe his own sexuality. “I don’t care too much about the plumbing,” he wrote in a post on the social network LiveJournal in 2002. “I want an incisive, inquisitive, insightful, irreverent mind. I want someone for whom philosophical discussion is foreplay.”

Sapio, in Latin, means “I discern” or “understand.”

The term started to get more attention in the early 2010s. OkCupid included it among sexual orientation choices in part because “we know our audience swings toward the intellectual side,” said Nick Saretzky, the company’s director of product.

In a society where physical beauty often equates to sex appeal, the idea of sapiosexuality has been quietly gaining traction in recent years. In 2014, “sapiosexual” became one of an expanded list of sexual orientations and identities daters could choose on OkCupid, the online dating app. In March, the CineKink NYC film festival featured “Sapiosexual,” a short film about a young woman named Cass whose attraction to her date increases as he discusses the work of E.M. Forster. As she puts it, “Most people get turned on by rock-hard abs, toned muscles or perfect cheekbones. Not me.”

With increased visibility has come a backlash: Some say declaring a sexual preference based on intelligence is pretentious, elitist or insulting to people with disabilities.

In 2014, “sapiosexual” became one of an expanded list of sexual orientations and identities available on the online dating app OkCupid.

For Jacqueline Cohen, though, the term describes how she has felt since she was a teenager. “I’ve always known that the one thing that gets me very excited and aroused is the intelligence, and sometimes even the mystery around someone’s intelligence,” she said.

That’s what drew Ms. Cohen, who is 52 and lives on the Upper West Side, to her first husband, a magician. “There’s a brilliance that comes with magic and card manipulation,” she said.

On their first date, he levitated for her. But she was most fascinated with tricks that involved mentalism â€" subtly planting a number or an image in her mind so that he could guess which card she would pick later on (and sometimes hiding it somewhere unexpected, like the refrigerator).

“I called it his magic foreplay,” she said.

The Hottest Body Part? For a Sapiosexual, It’s the Brain
In a society obsessed with physical appearance, sexual attraction for some people is based on intellect, and not necessarily on looks.
By ANNA NORTH
JUNE 2, 2017
https://mobile.nytimes.com/


Aboubacar Okeke-Diagne finds internet pornography a little disappointing. The problem is the dialogue: “It seems like a lot of pointless small talk.”

Mr. Okeke-Diagne, 23, who lives in Brooklyn, identifies as sapiosexual. Though definitions vary, the term generally describes people for whom sexual attraction is based on intellect, and not necessarily on looks.

For Mr. Okeke-Diagne, being sapiosexual means intellectual conversation is a key part of dating and sex. While some couples might exchange racy photos or texts, he once sent a woman he was seeing a multipage erotic story he had written that included references to the Julian calendar, the decimal system and global climate change. Writing the story was such a turn-on for him that he tried to find similar erotica online â€" with little success.

Incurable...

Para nimo, Aylandil, kolori na lag itom...

Mao na ni ron. Gisulod og sako unya gibalibay...

Mao jud. Tiaw mo, ang imoha puston og basa nga unod. Bahala na tuod bisag unsay baho...  

Bad girl Aylandirl strikes again...

Hmm, sacked? Gisulod sa sako?

Hmm, morag escabeche?

Katingalahan lagi ning mga doggie ni Islander ba...

Maimpas na lang ang mga balikasero, tunhay pa gihapon ng mga dragposir...

Hahay, ang imong reklamo, Aylandil, mobanda ra sa sinaw nga agtang...

Bellisi’s team found that after an undisturbed sleep, astrocytes appeared to be active in around six per cent of the synapses in the brains of the well-rested mice. But astrocytes seemed to be more active in sleep-deprived mice â€" those that had lost eight hours of sleep showed astrocyte activity in around eight per cent of their synapses, while the cells were active in 13.5 per cent of the synapses of the chronically sleep-deprived animals.

This suggests that sleep loss can trigger astrocytes to start breaking down more of the brain’s connections and their debris. “We show for the first time that portions of synapses are literally eaten by astrocytes because of sleep loss,” says Bellesi.

For all we know, this may be a good thing. Much of the remodelling was of the largest synapses, which are more mature and used more intensively. “They are like old pieces of furniture, and so probably need more attention and cleaning,” says Bellesi.

The finding could explain why a lack of sleep seems to make people more vulnerable to developing such dementias.

But the team also found that microglial cells were more active after chronic sleep deprivation.

This is a more worrying find, says Bellesi; excessive microglial activity has been linked to a range of brain disorders. “We already know that sustained microglial activation has been observed in Alzheimer’s and other forms of neurodegeneration,” he says.

The finding could explain why a lack of sleep seems to make people more vulnerable to developing such dementias, says Agnès Nadjar of the University of Bordeaux in France.

It’s not yet clear whether getting more sleep could protect the brain or rescue it from the effects of a few sleepless nights. The researchers plan to investigate how long the effects of sleep deprivation last.

http://www.sbs.com.au/
26 MAY 2017 - 12:10PM
Burning the midnight oil may well burn out your brain.
By Andy Coghlan
Source: New Scientist 26 MAY 2017 - 12:10 PM  UPDATED 5 HOURS AGO


The brain cells that destroy and digest worn-out cells and debris go into overdrive in mice that are chronically sleep-deprived.

In the short term, this might be beneficial â€" clearing potentially harmful debris and rebuilding worn circuitry might protect healthy brain connections. But it may cause harm in the long term, and could explain why a chronic lack of sleep puts people at risk of Alzheimer’s disease and other neurological disorders, says Michele Bellesi of the Marche Polytechnic University in Italy.

Bellesi reached this conclusion after studying the effects of sleep deprivation in mice. His team compared the brains of mice that had either been allowed to sleep for as long as they wanted or had been kept awake for a further eight hours. Another group of mice were kept awake for five days in a row â€" mimicking the effects of chronic sleep loss.

But it may cause harm in the long term, and could explain why a chronic lack of sleep puts people at risk of Alzheimer’s disease and other neurological disorders.

The team specifically looked at glial cells, which form the brain’s housekeeping system. Earlier research had found that a gene that regulates the activity of these cells is more active after a period of sleep deprivation.

One type of glial cell, called an astrocyte, prunes unnecessary synapses in the brain to remodel its wiring. Another type, called a microglial cell, prowls the brain for damaged cells and debris.

USA ka retired US Army ug ang iyang asawa nga Pinay ang gipangdala sa Tugbok Police Station human wa nakaagwanta ang langyaw kay gihaso-haso sa iyang asawa ang iyang kinatawo panahon nga mahubog.

Alas 8:45 sa gabii niadtong Lunes dungan nga gipangdala sa Mobile Patrol sa kapulisan sa Tugbok si Robert (bansagon gitago), 52, ug iyang asawa nga si Eula (bansagon gitago), 35, nagpuyo sa Deca Homes, Barangay Tacunan, Tugbok District, ning siyudad.

Subay sa blotter nga natala sa presinto nuwebe, nasayran nga mireklamo si Robert kay dihang mahubog ang iyang asawa mahimo kini nga sadista.

Giingon nga alas 8:00 sa gabii niadtong Lunes nahubog ug nag-wild si Eula hinungdan nga naigo ang bana sa nagkadaiyang parte sa iyang kalawasan. Daw tigre nga nagpangagot ang asawa ug hinayhinay nga miduol sa iyang bana ug iyaha kining gipalingkod dayon gihaso-haso ang kinatawo.

Wa pa matagbaw ang asawa iyaha pang gisulod ang iyang tudlo sa lubot sa langyaw. Sa dihang miangal na iyang bana, gituok ug gikulata sa suspek ang biktima hinungdan nga nakapanawag og Central 911 ang bana aron magparesponde og pulis.

Wa nakabalibad ang asawa pag-abot sa mobile patrol ug didto nasuta sa presinto nga kini ang ginahimo sa asawa sa iyang bana kung lango kini sa ilimnong makahubog.

Sa kasamtangan, ang nasampit nga bana nagpa-check up sa Southern Philippines Medical Center samtang gihandos na ang reklamo sa barangay level aron didto sila husayon. (JPC/Uban sa taho ni Erin Lumosbog/DXDC RMN Davao)


Gipatik sa mantalaang Superbalita Davao Mayo 18, 2017.

Reliving the Marcos nightmare

This early, international financial experts are already sounding the alarm on the Philippines. The new loan agreements could increase Philippine foreign debt from $123 billion to $452 billion, making the country’s debt to GDP ratio rise to 197%, or the second to worst in the world. The experts warn: "Dutertenomics, fueled by expensive loans from China, will put the Philippines into virtual debt bondage if allowed to proceed."

There are also warnings that some fly-by-night corporations with insufficient capitalization and track record, and identified with Duterte and his allies, are geared to reap the bounty in these deals, with 2%-7% in finders’ fees. Instead of Dutertenomics, we might be witnesses to Duterte Cronyism, a reprise of the Marcos business dummies of martial law, which up to the present control a large part of the Philippine economy after the monopolist growth of their businesses that were spawned in the belly of crony capitalism.

Economic imperialism of a rising giant, onerous long-term foreign loans for infrastructure projects at high interest rates, kickbacks for paper corporations and dummies, a dictator and his cronies. We might be reliving a nightmare. (READ: Marcos marked 'golden years' of PH economy? Look at data)

While we still have time, and while we still can, we should demand from the Duterte regime a full accounting of the terms of these contracted loans, the corporations and individuals behind the corporations who stand to benefit from them, the impact of incurring a huge Chinese foreign debt on our West Philippine Sea claims, and the capability of administrations beyond Duterte to pay for these loans other than by selling out our national patrimony to China.

A dictator once mortgaged our future to imperialist powers and bankrupted this nation. We cannot let another dictator do that again. â€" Rappler.com


Senator Leila de Lima, a fierce critic of President Rodrigo Duterte, has been detained at the Philippine National Police Custodial Center in Camp Crame since her arrest on drug-related charges on February 24, 2017. She is a former justice secretary and chairperson of the Commission on Human Rights.

Remember the past

The recent agreements on Chinese infrastructure loans, invariably known as the “Build, Build, Build” program tucked under the belt of China’s “One Belt, One Road” framework of financing international infrastructure projects to benefit Chinese trade and commerce, raise a lot of questions on the Philippines’ capability to muscle its own independent terms vis-à-vis the economic giant.

We can’t help but be reminded of our past experience of how our country was once bankrupted by a huge foreign debt contracted by an authoritarian regime. Is it too far off that Duterte will not only replicate the Marcos dictatorship’s human rights record, but will also repeat its debacle of ruining the Philippine economy with a huge foreign debt that our children will still be paying, long after Duterte has rotted in his grave? (READ: Ferdinand Marcos' economic disaster)

It is the same thing Marcos has done to us. Long after he has been dead and buried â€" and re-buried even as a national hero at the Libingan ng mga Bayani.

Marcos continues to burden the Philippines with the consequences of the foreign debt incurred during his time. It would therefore be foolish to forget our history, of how an authoritarian regime much like the present one has once bankrupted our nation in foreign debt, while amassing hidden wealth from international kickbacks and bribes.

Don't let dictator Duterte mortgage our future like Marcos did
'A dictator once mortgaged our future to imperialist powers and bankrupted this nation. We cannot let another dictator do that again.'

Senator Leila de Lima
Published 9:02 AM, May 18, 2017
Updated 9:02 AM, May 18, 2017


Everything seems to be going Duterte’s way. With Western criticism of his war on drugs and anti-human rights policies, Duterte has found a friend in China, a country that is not exactly famous for its respect and adherence to human rights or democracy, having been an authoritarian one-party communist state in the past 77 years.

Duterte’s relationship with China may be as personal as it is now official government policy. And it is paying off. In the recent UNHRC universal periodic review for the Philippines, only China out of 47 countries believed Senator Cayetano’s spiel on the Duterte regime’s “sterling” human rights record. The rest of the 46 countries did not buy Cayetano’s sales pitch and instead asked the Duterte regime to stop the extrajudicial killings under his government.

Apparently having a big friend to rely on and take your side in international human rights forums is not the only consequence of Duterte’s friendship with China. The friendship is no longer between him and China, but has become a new chapter in our foreign relations as the Philippines’ rejuvenated relationship with its most dangerous rival over its claims in the West Philippine Sea. A new economic paradigm for Philippine development is in the offing, and it eerily involves mortgaging our future once again to an economic giant, this time of a rising Chinese expansionism, even its own sort of communist imperialism.

Kumusta, Bay Bugs, long time no read. Wa jud ko masayop sa akong pangagpas nga lubot ni Inday ray makaagni nimo pagpatim-aw dinhi...

Aw, adto na lang ta sa samag baho sa sanga pero bisag unsaon og pang-it di mahurot...

...langyaw nga mapadpad sa Pinas unya kay kwartahan makadimdim dayon og mga menor de edad...

Ang nakaparat kay basin ganahan si Inday kon mapaakan kay sakit-sakit katol-katol man...

He he, diha man gud koy boss sauna nga dalagang guwang ngaa arte kaayo...

Mas type niya ni nga lessons...

Sabagay, maayo na lang mapakinabangan kaysa hulmigason lang...

He he, sama diays "Madam", as in "Madam-ag unta ka!" 

He he, buwad sanga na lang kaha, Bay Rogamz, kay mas available...

Kini, Bay Bugs, garantisado nga hanas sa pag-andam og fruit salad...

Mao pud. Ngano tuod nga lisodlisoron ang kinabuhi nga available man ang latbi isip puhonan...

Gipugngan unta apan nakaipsot man...

Hmm, sakto. Boss jud bitaaw ang tawag sa naka-improve. Karon, kahay angay itawag sa naka-damage? 

A 283-year-old map that purportedly established Philippine-owned portions of the disputed waters was also unveiled at the book launch.

The “Carta Hydrographica y Chorographica de las Yslas Filipinas Manila” was the first scientific map of the Philippines produced in 1734 by Spanish Jesuit priest Pedro Murillo Velarde assisted by Filipinos Francisco Suarez and Nicolas dela Cruz Bagay.

Businessman Mel Velasco Velarde acquired the map at an auction by Sotheby’s London of 80 heirlooms owned by the Duke of Northumberland Ralph George Algernon Percy.

He donated the map to Philippines and it will be formally turned over to President Duterte on June 12 during the Independence Day celebration. â€"WITH A REPORT FROM AP

Such a base on Panatag would give China enough radar coverage of the South China Sea that would enable it to impose an air-defense identification zone similar to what it did a few years ago in the East Sea region where it has territorial rifts with Japan, he said.

China and the Philippines, along with Brunei, Malaysia, Vietnam and Taiwan have overlapping claims to parts or all of the South China Sea that straddle busy sea-lanes and are believed to be atop undersea deposits of oil and gas.

Former Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario said China was building a “Berlin Wall of the Sea” that excluded everyone else and had prevented the Philippines from exploring and exploiting areas where it had rights according to the arbitral ruling.

He praised Carpio for promoting the rule of law as “the great equalizer,” which had worked well for a small country against a superpower.

The arbitral ruling provided the Philippines with the protection of “a durable, rules-based solution” to disputes among nations, Del Rosario said.

“It must be realized that we cannot weaken that protection by picking and choosing when to promote the law and when to ignore it. By obligation, through our leadership and with the support of the responsible community of nations, we must instead ensure that the whole of the rules-based system succeeds,” Del Rosario said in an apparent swipe at President Duterte.

The President, who has eased Manila-Beijing ties that were strained by the arbitration case, has declared he will eventually raise the ruling with China’s leaders, but has been vague on when.

The electronic version of the book, titled “The South China Sea Dispute: Philippine Sovereign Rights and Jurisdiction in the West Philippine Sea,” would also be available in Vietnamese, Bahasa Indonesia, Japanese and Spanish.

The Mandarin version could be released before the end of the year, Carpio said.

“Once the Chinese people realize the falsity of the nine-dash line, they themselves will be too ashamed to press the nine-dash-line claim before the world. That will be the time that the Chinese government can comply with the ruling of the arbitral tribunal,” he said.

Carpio said in his book that China wants all the fishery, oil, gas, and mineral resources in the area it claims for itself and to establish a sanctuary for its nuclear-armed submarines that would be free from US surveillance.

He warns in the book that China may be planning to build outposts at Luconia Shoal off Malaysia and Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal off the northwestern Philippines.

With Carpio’s help, Manila filed a case challenging Beijing’s nine-dash-line claim in the South China Sea at the International Arbitral Tribunal in The Hague. Beijing refuses to accept the ruling and continues to develop seven artificial islands in the Spratlys archipelago.

“This book in its printed form can never be distributed in China. It will be banned,” Carpio said at the book launch at Manila Polo Club on Thursday.

Carpio said the book aims to inform Filipinos about the extent of their maritime areas and natural resources. It will also tell other coastal states that it is in their national interest to help the Philippines protect its maritime entitlements.

Finally, he wants to convince the Chinese people that their government’s extensive maritime claims have no legal or historical basis.

“Once the Filipino people realize that these maritime areas and resources belong to them … then the Filipino people will never allow any government administration, any government agency, any government official to give away or compromise these maritime areas or resources in favor of a foreign state, in violation of the Constitution,” he said.

By: Jeannette I. Andrade - Reporter / @jiandradeINQPhilippine Daily Inquirer / 12:03 AM May 06, 2017



Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio (left) and former Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario (right) watch as businessman Mel Velarde points to a spot on a Philippine map that is nearly 300 years old  at the launch on Thursday of Carpio’s book on the South China Sea dispute . â€"ARNOLD ALMACEN


Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio has launched a book that says China’s claims to virtually the entire South China Sea are baseless and said he would make an electronic copy in Mandarin available on the internet so it could be accessible to the Chinese people.

Carpio said public opinion, including in China, could pressure Beijing to comply with last year’s arbitral ruling that invalidated China’s historic claims in favor of the Philippines based on the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea.

He he, OK lang kon humot humba, ang nakaparat kon humot buwad nga bongkaras...

Kon di gani putlon, aw putlan na lang sila...

Magdahan man gud ning mga langyaw diris atoa kay daghan mang masilaw sa kwarta...

Hinguk-an lang gud ang tabili aron di mabitas ang kang Inday...

He he, mas ganahan tingali ka ani, Bay Rogamz...

ACCEPTING CHANGE

“Beautiful young people are accidents of nature,” said Eleanor Roosevelt, “but beautiful old people are works of art.”

This is good for me to remember, as I note that in addition to the wrinkles around my eyes, aging is also apparent in my hands. The skin is becoming thinner, making the veins and bones more prominent, revealing tiny cracks along the skin’s surface. But I like my hands. Along with my keyboard, they allow me to make a living. So I feel grateful for them and treat them accordingly: I apply lotion, massage them, and give them breaks. I can embrace them easily.

That said, I’m not ready to even imagine not dyeing my hair. Yet many women fearlessly embrace their silver strands. “The day I cut off all my colored hair, a man stopped me on the street and asked me to get a martini with him,” says author Alice Bradley.

She continues: “I think beauty, especially as you get older, is so closely tied to the stories you tell yourself. If you believe you’re too old, or you were prettier before, that comes across in your face and your body. On the other hand, you can tell when someone is enjoying life and who they are, no matter what their age. That’s so much more important than a few wrinkles, or sagging, or whatever it is we’re supposed to be worried about.”

I’m also inspired by Jenni Rhodes, who, at 81, recently became the face of a new campaign for fashion label Vielma. Her elegantly lined visage appears carved from glass, replete with the sort of jagged edges and splintery lines that naturally accompany a richly lived life. Designer Gabriel Vielma was quoted about his casting decision in The Daily Mail: “There are different beauties in this world.”

A wabi-sabi view reveals that the belief that our bodies should fit a single, abstract, youthful ideal is actually optional. Perhaps this idea is starting to catch on.

ENJOYING THE PROCESS

“In nature, everything is in a state of process and then eventually a state of decay or death,” says Tony Burris, an acupuncturist in Boise, Idaho, who incorporates wabi-sabi concepts into his practice. “And we’re not excluded from that process. The process is the actual ‘there.’”

For me, respecting the process has meant accepting my relationship to the headstand pose during yoga class. I’ve been practicing for years, but because of an old neck injury that created nerve pain in my arms and hands, I don’t attempt headstand. It feels too risky. Still, even though I have valid reasons for avoiding it, I used to dread the headstand portion of classes and would find ways to fake my way through it. I’d either assume child’s pose or pretend I was trying to jump up, because I was simply unwilling to accept what my body was telling me.

Looking at my yoga through the wabi-sabi lens, and specifically its tenet that everything is unfinished and in process, I have stopped berating myself for not mastering this tricky pose. Now I can relax and enjoy a class. “When you can accept things as they are,” Lawrence says, “there is no judgment. You’re not saying I should weigh less, weigh more, not have these wrinkles, but instead this is what’s happening. The suffering comes when there’s a craving for it to be different.”

EMBRACING IMPERFECTION

We all have things we don’t like about ourselves, aspects we may or may not be able to change. It might be a physical attribute like big feet (hi, that would be me) or a habit of heading straight from the gym to a night out with friends to enjoy potent margaritas (hello, again). But apparent imperfections are often our better parts, especially when viewed from a fresh angle.

While it’s not ideal, I know I’m better off having a margarita after the gym than I am if I drink one without working out. And though my big feet have often made me self-conscious at the gym, where my giant sneakers stand out against my skinny calves, they also carry me across New York City on an almost daily basis, and they rarely hurt â€" even after a night of dancing in 4-inch heels. So though I don’t spotlight my feet, I appreciate them.

Braver souls sometimes turn their so-called imperfections into signatures. “Ask yourself: What can you find beautiful about what you’re now calling a flaw? And could you embrace that?” suggests Arielle Ford, author of Wabi Sabi Love (HarperOne, 2012). She notes how supermodel Cindy Crawford’s mole above her lips and actress Lauren Hutton’s gap between her teeth became their calling cards. “A lot of people would have had that mole removed, and that gap closed. Instead, they turned those flaws into assets.”

Using a wabi-sabi perspective to view so-called flaws doesn’t mean relinquishing your standards, but it does allow you to see and care for your present self exactly as you are.

The Wabi-Sabi Self
A Japanese aesthetic philosophy provides a fresh perspective on our so-called physical flaws.
https://experiencelife.com/
JESSIE SHOLL · JANUARY / FEBRUARY 2014


About five years ago, I stopped getting carded at bars and began hearing “ma’am” more often than “miss.” Though I was in my late 30s, these encounters stung at first. I consoled myself with the fact that I really was too old to be mistaken for an 18-year-old, and “ma’am” is at least a gesture of respect. I knew lamenting lost youth was, at best, an exercise in futility. I’d watched friends agonize about aging, and I’d never seen the point. But it was still hard to look in the mirror and see the lines underneath my eyes and the pouchiness under my chin without feeling disappointed.

Then I learned about the Japanese concept of wabi sabi, or “imperfect beauty.” The concept has its roots in the traditional Japanese tea ceremony and is sometimes explained by using the example of a well-loved teacup, made by an artist’s hands, cracked or chipped by use. Such traces remind the observer that nothing is permanent â€" even fixed objects are subject to change.

The classical Greek ideal of beauty, which underpins much of the Western physical aesthetic, celebrates smooth, symmetrical perfection. Wabi sabi prizes authenticity. The cracks in the old teacup are seen as assets rather than flaws. “Wabi sabi is a different kind of looking, a different kind of mindset,” explains Robyn Griggs Lawrence, author of Simply Imperfect: Revisiting the Wabi-Sabi House (New Society Publishers, 2011). “It’s the true acceptance of finding beauty in things as they are.”

Yet wabi sabi is more than a way of looking at things. It is “a way of life that appreciates and accepts complexity while at the same time values simplicity,” writes Richard Powell in Wabi Sabi Simple (Adams Media, 2004). He says it acknowledges three simple realities: “Nothing lasts, nothing is finished, and nothing is perfect.”

In the United States, most of us grew up with a worldview that is decidedly more influenced by classical Greece. Unless our bodies fit a certain ideal, we resent them. This is where adopting a wabi-sabi outlook can be eye opening â€" and mind opening. By perceiving ourselves through this generous lens, we can stop endlessly striving for the ideal body and focus instead on real physical health. All it takes is a shift in perception.

Wabi-sabi reminds us that we are all transient beings on this planetâ€"that our bodies, as well as the material world around us, are in the process of returning to dust. Nature’s cycles of growth, decay, and erosion are embodied in frayed edges, rust, liver spots. Through wabi-sabi, we learn to embrace both the glory and the melancholy found in these marks of passing time.

Bringing wabi-sabi into your life doesn’t require money, training, or special skills. It takes a mind quiet enough to appreciate muted beauty, courage not to fear bareness, willingness to accept things as they areâ€"without ornamentation. It depends on the ability to slow down, to shift the balance from doing to being, to appreciating rather than perfecting.

You might ignite your appreciation of wabi-sabi with a single item from the back of a closet: a chipped vase, a faded piece of cloth. Look deeply for the minute details that give it character; explore it with your hands. You don’t have to understand why you’re drawn to it, but you do have to accept it as it is.

Rough textures, minimally processed goods, natural materials, and subtle hues are all wabi-sabi. Consider the musty-oily scene that lingers around an ancient wooden bowl, the mystery behind a tarnished goblet. This patina draws us with a power that the shine of the new doesn’t possess. Our universal longing for wisdom, for genuineness, for shared history manifests in these things.

There’s no right or wrong to creating a wabi-sabi home. It can be as simple as using an old bowl as a receptacle for the day’s mail, letting the paint on an old chair chip, or encouraging the garden to go to seed. Whatever it is, it can’t be bought. Wabi-sabi is a state of mind, a way of being. It’s the subtle art of being at peace with yourself and your surroundings.

Wabi-Sabi: The Art Of Imperfection
The Japanese tradition of wabi-sabi offers an inspiring new way to look at your home, and your whole life.
by Robyn Griggs Lawrence, from Natural Home
September-October 2001


According to Japanese legend, a young man named Sen no Rikyu sought to learn the elaborate set of customs known as the Way of Tea. He went to tea-master Takeeno Joo, who tested the younger man by asking him to tend the garden. Rikyu cleaned up debris and raked the ground until it was perfect, then scrutinized the immaculate garden. Before presenting his work to the master, he shook a cherry tree, causing a few flowers to spill randomly onto the ground.

To this day, the Japanese revere Rikyu as one who understood to his very core a deep cultural thread known as wabi-sabi. Emerging in the 15th century as a reaction to the prevailing aesthetic of lavishness, ornamentation, and rich materials, wabi-sabi is the art of finding beauty in imperfection and profundity in earthiness, of revering authenticity above all. In Japan, the concept is now so deeply ingrained that it’s difficult to explain to Westerners; no direct translation exists.

Broadly, wabi-sabi is everything that today’s sleek, mass-produced, technology-saturated culture isn’t. It’s flea markets, not shopping malls; aged wood, not swank floor coverings; one single morning glory, not a dozen red roses. Wabi-sabi understands the tender, raw beauty of a gray December landscape and the aching elegance of an abandoned building or shed. It celebrates cracks and crevices and rot and all the other marks that time and weather and use leave behind. To discover wabi-sabi is to see the singular beauty in something that may first look decrepit and ugly.

11. Exercise. Move it. Muscle burns fat. Keep your machinery running efficiently. To have a lean body, you need a combination of cardio and weight resistance.

12. Spice up your meal. Adding a dash of chili to your food will raise your body’s thermogenic level. The result: increased temperature within. This means that your fat-burning capacity has been increased.

A case in point is my personal experience. In 2013, while visiting Bali, Indonesia, for one week, I never ate a single meal without a generous serving of sambal (crushed chili with spices). Upon returning to Manila, I was shocked by my discoveryâ€"I had lost 8 lbs! So, to lose weight, keep it hot and spicy.

13. Go for efficient digestion. Get help from probiotic and digestive enzyme supplementation. By age 30, the body’s ability to produce digestive enzymes is reduced.

14. Have the right mindset. Go on a diet without dieting. Program all foods as your friend, not your enemy.

6. Eat protein. Eggs, meat from farm-raised, grass-fed animals can significantly boost metabolism. They can also reduce one’s appetite, decreasing one’s craving for more food.

7. Avoid sweet beverages. Would you believe that there are hidden sugars in almost every beverage? If you have the habit of drinking sodas daily, be on the alert.

Check out the list of ingredients. Look for sugarâ€"less than 8-10 grams is okay. Anything more than that is high.

8. Control refined carbohydrates. There are carbs without fiber and nutrients called empty calories. White bread, rice, pasta, pastries and even certain breakfast cereals become easily digested carbs which turn into sugar.

9. Take good caffeine. A guaranteed metabolism booster, black coffee (minus the sugar and cream) and black or green tea (matcha) are natural weight-loss helpers.

10. Take fiber supplements. Psyllium fiber and glucomannan (from the roots of the conjac plant) can be added to your diet plan. Fiber can slow down carbohydrate absorption and acts as a prebiotic (which feeds the friendly bacteria in the gut).

It is possible to lose weight without dieting. Here’s how:

1. Increase vegetable intake. Get those fresh leafy greens into your body now.

2. Limit and/or avoid processed foods called junk food. They contain colorants, preservations and artificial flavoring.

3. Control your sugar intake. Beware of the sweet stuff because it translates to extra calories you don’t need. A high sugar diet has been linked to cancer and type 2 diabetes.

4. Drink plenty of water. This keeps you hydrated and may even control appetite.

5. Eat whole foods. Do you know that consuming large amounts of vegetables and fruits can contribute to weight loss? This is a natural side effect of adding farm-fresh ingredients to your eating plan. Single-ingredient foods that do not undergo chemical processing are safe.

How to compute your BMI

1. Divide your weight in kilograms by your height in meters.

2. Divide the result by your height again.

There are available BMI calculators online.

Diet fads and pills to speed up metabolism could land you in the hospital if you are not careful.

By: Cory Quirino - Columnist / @Inq_LifestylePhilippine Daily Inquirer / 04:05 AM May 02, 2017


The perennial dieter knows that if you don’t have sustaining power with your weight loss plan, then your desired goal will never be met.

But who dictates the image of sexiness anyway?

The general notion is that to be slim means to be sexy. But how about curvaceous and sexy, or fat and fabulous? No one can be the final judge except one’s health profile.

Your body mass index (BMI) medical studies have validated this truthâ€"if you maintain a balanced weight within the standards set by health experts, chances are, you can expect good health.

BMI is an accurate measure of your body fat, which is based on your weight in relation to your height. This rule applies to adult men and women aged 20 and up.

It is also used as a screening tool to determine of a person is underweight, overweight or obese. A BMI between 25 and 29.9 is considered overweight, while 30 and above is obese.