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Immigration officers intercept 21 alleged human-trafficking victims at NAIARemembering Ninoy’s Legacy

MANILA,8/12/2013 (Xin-hua) - Philippine remittancesin the rst half rose 6.2 per-

cent on year to $11.8 billionon steady global demand for skilled Filipino workers, thelocal central bank said today.

The sustained expansionin personal remittances dur-ing the rst half of 2013 was

boosted largely by the 5.1 percent growth in remittanceows from land-based over-seas Filipino workers withwork contracts of one year or more. Remittance ows fromsea- based workers and land-

based workers with short-termcontracts grew by 7.5 percent.

Most of the remittancescame from the United States,

Saudi Arabia, the UnitedKingdom, the United ArabEmirates, Singapore, Canada,and Japan.

Latest data from the PhilippineOverseas Employment Administra-tion (POEA) showed that the number of workers deployed overseas in 2012increased by 6.8 percent to 1,802,031

GMA News | MANILA,8/15/2013 -- Immigrationauthorities on Wednesdaystopped 21 overseas Filipinoworkers from leaving the

Ninoy Aquino InternationalAirport (NAIA) as they wereallegedly victims of a human

trafcking syndicate.Immigration Ofcer-in-Charge Siegfred Mison saidthat the alleged victims wereintercepted at the NAIA 2terminal when they presentedquestionable travel docu-ments.

Mison said it appearedfrom secondary inspectionof the passengers that theywere undocumented overseasFilipino workers disguised astourists.

This was the latest case of human trafcking encountered

by the Bureau of Immigrationat the NAIA.

Last August 7, 12 pas-sengers were prevented from

boarding a ight to Singapore.The passengers had presentedvisas and plane tickets whichshowed that their nal desti-nation was Dubai, where, theyclaimed, they would be travel-ing as a group for a nine-dayvacation.

However, they were barredfrom leaving after they gaveinconsistent answers whenquestioned further on the real

purpose of their trip.Two days later, another

group of nine passengers also bound for Singapore wasintercepted.

They presented hotel reser-vations, round trip tickets and

company IDs that turned outto be fake.

One of the supposedtravelers confessed that theIDs were provided by their recruiter while two otherssaid they were previously off-loaded for attempting to leavefor Singapore without proper documents.

“We reiterate our warningto these [human-trafcking]syndicates: Stop employingvarious schemes to trick our immigration ofcers into al-lowing their victims to leave

because it will not work,”Mison said. — DVM, GMA

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Fr. Shea CullenBen Maynigo Zena BabaoQuiet Courage

.. p 6


Philippine remittances up 6.2pct in first half

The Return of US Bases to the PHL .. p 6


How About Them APPLES .. p 14

Fil-Am Assemblymember Rob Bonta bats for contribution of Filipinos to the Labor Movement

US access: Phl territory, sover-eignty to be protected

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Over the past weekendAssemblymember RobBonta of California’s 18thdistrict came down from hisdistrict’s cities of Oakland,Alameda, and San Leandroto address a select few of our Filipino American communi-ty here in San Diego in hopesto gain support and friend-ship with other communityorganizations and leaders.But who is Rob Bonta andwhy would he come downhere to San Diego? Histori-cally Assemblymember RobBonta is the rst Filipino

American elected to Califor-nia State legislature. Lookingover his history, you couldsay that Bonta was destined to

enter politics or perhaps it was just as much determinationas it was destiny. On paper,he has every credential that

any Filipino parent would be proud of their scholarly sonto have. He earned a historydegree from Yale graduat-

ing with honors and a JurisDoctorate from Yale LawSchool and spent time study-ing at Oxford University in

England. According to hiswebsite, Robbonta.com,

before the assemblymember entered into public servicehis early days as a law-yer was highlighted by hisexperience working with ateam of lawyers representingthe ALCU [American CivilLiberties Union] to addressillegal stops by the Califor-nia Highway patrol based onracial proling. Soon after Bonta went on to serve onseveral elected board posi-tions in Alameda coveringissues in economic develop-

by Alexis Romero, Philstar.com | MANILA, 8/15/2013 -As negotiations began yester-day for increased presence of

American troops on Philip- pine soil, ofcials assured the public there is no way such anarrangement will compromisethe country’s sovereignty.

“We would like to assurethe Filipino people that your government is committed todefending and protecting thecountry’s sovereignty and ter-ritorial integrity,” said Foreign

Affairs Assistant SecretaryCarlos Sorreta, who heads thePhilippine panel negotiating

August 21, 1983 was a date in our Philippine history that must not be forgotten.Who else but a well-known individual ordered the assassination of Senator Benigno S. Aquino Jr. , albeit to the present time not prosecuted? Ninoy died

for our country. Murder charges against 25 military personnel and one civilian wasinitiated but the special court acquitted all. After Marcos was ousted, another govern-ment investigation under Cory’s administration led to a retrial and the conviction of 16military personnel, all of whom were sentenced to life imprisonment.

I will compare him without an iota of successful contradiction that he was a martyr,a national hero in the likes of Dr. Jose Rizal who died for his country.

When Ninoy was on his way back to Manila, he called by phone his carnal friendand personal physician Dr. Rolando M. Solis and said: “Please help my family if something drastic happens to me.” He knew what was ahead in that China Airlineight 811 to the tarmac of MIA now NIAA.

We must not forget when he said: “The Filipino is worth dying for.” In his lastformal statement that he was not able to deliver, he said, "I have returned to join theranks of those struggling to restore our rights and freedom through violence. I seek noconfrontation." He was fully aware of the dangers that awaited him on his return. Hewas sensing his doom. Warned that he would either be imprisoned or killed, Aquinoanswered, "if it's my fate to die by an assassin's bullet, so be it. But I cannot be petri-ed by inaction, or fear of assassination, and therefore stay in the side..."

His death left a lasting legacy as a man of the hour, who committed to help the Filipino people to regain their lostfreedom and he did share their struggle to the limits of their human capabilities. He went home to save our peoplefrom the continued Marcos rule for he considered that the Philippines as a nation is one of the remaining bastions of democracy in the Asian continent and that the image at that time was fading in the horizon.

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ment, business development,and social services. He wouldlater be elected to the citycouncil and eventually serveas the deputy district attorney.His determination to work for the people in public ofcedenitely shines in his bodyof work but the idea of des-tiny comes in when you hear and see his family history.

Assembly Member Bonta stated,“I grew up with one of the greatestsocial justice, economic justice, racial justice labor movements in our country.Inspired at a young age by my parentswork and the work of the FilipinoAmerican community [and] I knew thatI would also get into public service.”

There is no doubt that Assem- blymember Rob Bonta is a busy manso even getting this chance to interviewhim was a large task on his own. Serv-ing double duty this weekend as both a public servant and a supportive father,Bonta was everywhere at once as he wasaddressing the San Diego Fil-Am com-munity in one minute the next he wasgone spending time with his family supporting his daughter’s athletic prowessas a young soccer phenom. I nally wasable to get an exclusive interview withAssemblymember Bonta over the phoneon a sunny California morning. We rsttalked about AB123 the California state bill which would require social scienceclasses to include the historical contribu-tions of Filipino Americans to the labor movement.

RB: Even if something happens, if itsnot in the history books then its not partof history. So I want our Filipino chil-dren growing up in California to readthat story when they read about Califor-nia history to know that the prominentroles and leadership roles of Filipino

Americans helped shaped the state andthat they can have pride in that.

VY: Having pride in our FilipinoAmerican community seemed to bethe overall message that Bonta wantedto share with our San Diego constitu-ents. He was looking for like-mindedindividuals and organizations ready tomove forward with issues important toour community. In order for us to getthere it is obvious that we need to getour people civically engaged and activein the political process. I asked Bonta,with your history and experience grow-ing up with an active Filipino Americancommunity how would you compare the people and the movement then to howeverything is now?

RB: A lot of leaders back then, contin-

ue to be leaders today. There was a cor egroup of leaders then, now I think thereis more active engagement throughoutthe community but sort of dispersedand not all unied in the sense thatfolks are all doing great work but eachwithin their own different silos. With nooverarching unication of all the efforts put together. So I think that pullingthat fantastic effort and creative energytogether will be part of what makes theFilipino American community stronger.I do see more engagement today atdifferent levels from students to thosesupporting education and youth rights,immigration rights, immigration reformto affordable housing and healthcare,theres a lot of work being done by other Filipino American leaders.

VY: Unifying our organizations hasalways been a top priority for many of us who have been involved. Somewherealong the line there was denitely a lossof solidarity. Brin ging in people from

our community and motivating themto be active and civically engaged hascontinued to be an uphill battle. Mostof those who have the knowledge andability to be a major component in our community stay away from the political process or stand aside disgruntled at our plethora of organizations, even whenwe nd some leeway and get a largegroup behind an issue something alwaysseems to become a wrench thrown intothe machine. A prime example would

be the Filipinos for Filner movementhere in San Diego. With a dominantshow of force and support its arguablethat many Filipinos supported Filner and now he is wrapped in scandal andall of those Filipino supporters seem tohave disappeared or turned their backson being active. How would you addressthose who are in our community that arequickly turned off from politics becauseof scandal and corruption?

RB: I’ve given that issue a lot of thought. Why don’t Filipino Americansengage more in the political process,what are the reasons behind that? I think part of it is that, the bad experiences thatyou just described that can turn peopleoff and even similar experiences inthe Philippines, with experiences withcorruption or government not servingthe best interests of the people. So myanswer is, we need leaders from our community to demonstrate the best of what government and elected publicofce can do. That it can uplift a com-munity, that it can empower a commu-nity, that they can ght for issues thatare important for Filipinos. That it isimportant to help get someone to rep-resent the Filipino community electedand that they’ll ght for issues that areimportant to the Filipino American com-munity. And we have to have it moreoften and more frequently and that startswith getting the right people involvedto run for ofce and are elected, to bevery thoughtful and careful about whatthey do and how they act and obviouslysteering clear of corruption and scandal.People expect you to serve the bestinterests of the community and I think that’s what public service is all about. Ithink its an incredibly honorable profes-

sion, it can change lives and make lives better. It can do things like improveour public schools, improve education,make our streets safer, there are greatthings that government can do but thereare those that we hear about in the paper that can turn people off so I think creat-ing more of a positive experience is away to inspire more Filipino Americans

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Spouses and minor children of legal permanent residents used to wait for three to ve years before they can im-migrate to the United States. Once animmigrant petition is led for them, theywould be assigned a priority date whichis usually the date when the petition wasled. These beneciaries would thenhave to track their priority dates by re-ferring to the visa bulletin posted by theUS Department of State every month.

However, recent developments in the priority dates being processed would benet spouses and minor children of green card holders. The visa bulletin for August 2013 will show that the prioritydate for petitions led for spouses andminor children of legal permanent resi-dents is now current. This means thatthese beneciaries who are outside theUnited States could begin with their visa processing if their petitions have already been approved. Spouses and minor children who are now in the United

States and in current lawful status,can le an application for adjustmentof status with the US Citizenship andImmigration Services (USCIS) seekingto have their nonimmigrant status con-verted to that of a permanent resident.

As for those beneciaries who are nolonger in lawful nonimmigrant sta-tus, they would still be eligible to lefor adjustment if they are covered bySection 245(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act. Section 245(i) would

allow these individuals to proceed withadjustment if they meet the following

conditions: (1) an approvable immigrant petition or labor certication was ledfor them on or before January 14, 1998;(2) an approvable immigrant petition or labor certication was led after January14, 1998 but on or before April 30, 2001and these beneciaries were physically present in the United States on Decem- ber 21, 2000.

Considering that the priority datesmay retrogress in the succeedingmonths, it is important to take advantageof this recent development especially for those who are currently in the UnitedStates in lawful nonimmigrant status.Once the visa numbers are no longer current, the beneciaries would thenhave to wait for the priority dates to become current – something which wecan never predict.

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by Jocelyn R. Uy, Inquirer.net | MA- NILA, Philippines—Starting August,visitors from 151 countries can enter thePhilippines without a visa and can ex-tend their stay up to 30 days, accordingto the Bureau of Immigration (BI).

BI ofcer-in-charge Seigfred Misonsaid on Tuesday the visa-free entry privilege has been extended from 21

to 30 days as part of the government’sefforts to draw more foreign tourists tothe country.

The Department of Tourism is target-ing 5.5 million foreign tourists for 2013and double the gure by 2016. The tour-ism agency estimated that up to sevenmillion jobs would be generated for Filipinos if the targets were achieved.

Mison noted that the new visa policywas adopted pursuant to a circular from the Department of Foreign Affairsissued on July 1. He said the bureaurecently nished updating its computer-ized travel control systems in various ports of entry in time for the implemen-tation of the new visa scheme.

59 days for Israel, Brazil visitors

While the scheme would allow foreigntravelers up to 30 days in the country,visitors from Israel and Brazil shall be allowed an initial stay of 59 days

following existing bilateral agreements,according to Mison.He also emphasized that foreigners

could only avail of the visa-free privi-lege if their passports were valid for atleast six months beyond their intended period of stay.

“They should also present return tick-ets to their country of origin or onward

Tourists’ ini-tial stay in PH

extended from21 to 30 days






California CommunitiesDesigning Paths to Success for Filipino-

American Youth

by JC de Vera, The Greenlining Institute| SAN FRANCISCO, 8/14/2013 -- A fewmonths ago, two of my friends pitched a project to me that turned out really exciting.We wanted to address the lack of resources

and guidance that Filipino-American youthand young professionals have access to innavigating their career paths.

I felt a strong personal connection withthis issue: Being a rst-generation collegestudent, I never really knew what the nextsteps were after graduating from college. Iknew that I had to get a job, but the processof getting one was never really clear to me.

As an immigrant and manual laborer, myDad couldn’t offer me much advice regard-

ing my career interests. Instead, I had to relyon my peers for advice and had to hustle tond resources that could help me land a job

by Tiffany Panlilio, Asian AmerixansAdvancing Justice | LOS ANGLES,Southern California has been the onlyhome Jewell has ever known. She was just two years old when her familyemigrated to the United States from thePhilippines 20 years ago. They came tothe United States seeking a better life,hoping to escape the rise in poverty andunemployment in their home country.After arriving in the U.S., her familysettled down in the San Gabriel Valley.The SGV became Jewell’s home. Shenever learned her parents’ native lan-

guages nor knew much about the life her parents left behind.

But there was another detail her

parents never mentioned -- Jewell andher family were in the United States il-legally. When Jewell was a freshman inhigh school, her parents broke the newsto their children: They were undocu-

mented.“Even though they tell you you’re un-

documented, it really doesn’t help youknow what you’re in for,’’ said Jewell,now 22.

Jewell kept the secret of her undocu-

mented status to herself, including onlymaintaining short-term relationships sono one would nd out. She was frus-

trated by the limitations, but also wasscared of being deported.

“I couldn't compromise the safety of my family … keeping my status a secretwas my key to surviving,” she said.

The reality of being undocumented

slowly tore her family apart. After aviolent family dispute in 2009, Jewellsuffered a retina detachment defendingher sister resulting in the permanentloss of vision in one eye. The argumentoccurred when Jewell’s father becameaggravated over mounting tensions dueto their status. He was arrested and sent back to the Philippines on voluntarydeportation charges.

“My father's deportation led me torealize just how truly difcult it was to be undocumented,’’ she said. “I had toadapt to the idea that I had to do thingsmyself or rely on the kindness of strang-

ers.”Since then, Jewell has come out as an

undocumented immigrant. Earlier thisyear, she became a member of DREAMTeam LA, a group of undocumentedyouth activists who pushed for the gov-

ernment to offer deferred action.On June 16, 2012, Jewell heard that

the Obama Administration grantedadministrative relief for certain undocu-

mented youth, which means they would be safe from deportation and that theywould be able to gain work permits.Jewell, who graduated from her nursing program last May, applied for deferredaction with the help of APALC and isnow studying chemistry in hopes of becoming a doctor. If her application isaccepted, she hopes to use her educationto legally work and eventually become aU.S. citizen.

“I would encourage DREAMers toget involved because nothing’s going tohappen if you just sit there waiting for the news to happen,’’ she said. “You’re just going to pass your life by. Just beingable to get informed and get involved isvery important because we’re putting aface and a story to this movement.”

For undocumented youth who needfree legal help, APALC is hostingworkshops to assist individuals withcompleting their applications. To sched-

ule an appointment, please call one of the following in-language hotlines:

Chinese (Mandarin & Cantonese):

Coming out: A Filipino American undocumented youth’s story

800-520-2356Khmer: 800-867-3126Korean: 800-867-3640Thai: 800-914-9583Vietnamese: 800-267-7395English/Tagalog/Spanish: 888-349-

9695

Or email [email protected] and visit our website: www.apalc.orgFor undocumented Asian American

youth interested in connecting to other AAPI DREAMers, contact APALCPolicy intern Anthony Ng at [email protected].






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Subic Bay, Philippines - After 44years working for human rights and so-cial development in Olongapo city, theformer home port of the US 7th Fleet, Ihave seen the futility of using militaryviolence to solve political and territorial problems. The Korean, Vietnam, andMiddle Eastern wars were launched or

supported from here. The massive loss

of human life and destruction makes war untenable. The return of the US marines,navy and air force to the Philippines willnot advance a peaceful negotiated settle-ment of the sea dispute between thePhilippines and China. It's like calling inthe neighborhood strong man to threatena school yard bully. Dialogue is better and wiser than the threat of violenceand confrontation especially when theUS has no intention to carry it out. Anon-enforceable threat zzles out like adamp squib. The so-called negotiations between the Philippine governmentand the United States for "rotational"US troop deployments here to opposeChinese expansionism make little sense.It will be a basing agreement which is

unconstitutional. There must be another hidden purpose.

The Philippine government made thecorrect move in taking the dispute over the occupation and claims of Chinato Philippine shoals and islands to theUnited Nation, bringing in the US mili-tary as a threat will not help. What thePhilippines needs to do is to summonup its courage and stand up for itself to China, the bully boy of Asia, and

shake off its colonial dependency on theUnited States to rattle its sabers at everyincursion of Chinese ships.

If the Philippine government ofcialswill take an independent, non-violentstand to defend its sovereign territory inthe strongest words possible, it will wininternational respect and cooperationand there will be a worldwide protestand outcry against the aggressive occupation and claims of China to Philippineterritory. Rushing to hide behind the ironskirts of Mother America is shameful,an indication of moral weakness andan unnecessary embarrassment for the brave Filipino people who can ght non-violently for their rights.

The one thing that a proud nation likeChina wants to avoid is the shame andcriticism that might be heaped on it bythe world if it persists in its baselessclaims to Philippine territorial waters.It has to protect its "face", that auraof dignity and honor that it believes it

needs to convince world opinion that itis acting in a right and just way when infact it may not be. It's time for China to back away with dignity and "save face".World opinion is a mightier weaponthan US warplanes and ships.

China will want to show to the worldthat it is a responsible member of theinternational community and not bedubbed a predatory, aggressive, sea-grabbing nation. This negative incursioninto territorial waters will damage itscredibility in Africa and South Americawhere it is trying to win friends andspread its inuence. When internationalcriticism and the ire of nations growsand less trade is the result, it may all thesooner relinquish its baseless claims toPhilippine territorial waters and shoals. No amount of oil and gas resources buried beneath the waters will be worthinternational repudiation.

China will not be intimidated by ashow of force anyway. As a proud,

ancient civilization, one of the oldest onearth, they know that the US will never be so foolish to resort to threats of mili-

The Return of US Bases to thePhilippines

By Zena Sultana Babao

How privileged we areto be human – to cre-ate and to share the

exquisite gift of a story. Theuniquely human gift of storyhas guided and comforted usfrom time immemorial. It iswith the miracle of a storythat our ancestors passedalong humanity’s empoweringtruths, and history’s powerfullessons.

In the past I have shared with you

several stories that warm the heart, liftthe spirit and enrich the soul; storiesthat take us through some of life’s mostspecial moments and make us feel arenewed sense of fulllment at the joy present in everyday life.

I have another story to share with youtoday. It’s entitled “Quiet Courage”written by Ed Nickum, author of dozensof short stories and a horror novel. Hemakes his home in Cincinnati, Ohio,with his wife and two daughters. Justlike the other stories I have shared withyou, this is from the book “A Cup of Comfort” edited by Colleen Sell and published by the Adams Media Corpora-tion.

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My father lived a hard-working,middle-class life. He had served hiscountry during World War II and heldright to the moral values he gainedthrough the struggles of that era. In allthe years of my youth, I knew of only

two days of work that Dad missed. Hishonorable work ethic and quiet, solidmanner also gave rise to one of hisaws, for my father was usually unableto express his feelings or to speak aloudabout the love he felt for his family. Yet

there was one exception to this rule that

I will never forget.One Saturday, my sister, one of my

brothers, and my wife and I had gath-ered at my parents’ house to feast uponMom’s wonderful cooking. During thenormal dinner chatter, I noticed that myfather slurred his words now and thenwhen he spoke. No one mentioned thisduring dinner, but I felt compelled todiscuss it with my mother afterward, aswe sipped coffee alone together in thekitchen.

“He says his dentures don’t t any-more,” Mom explained. “I’ve been bugging him for weeks to make anappointment with the dentist, but hekeeps putting it off.” “The problemisn’t his teeth, Mom,” I said. “I don’tknow what’s wrong, but he needs to seehis doctor, not his dentist. I know hehates to go to the doctor, and I’ll helpyou drag him if we have to. I’m reallyworried.”

Drawing on the lessons learned from

her many years of marriage to a stub- born man, my mother devised a planto deliver her husband to the doctor’sofce without a struggle. She madean appointment with the dentist, andthen called the doctor to explain the

situation. The doctor, well aware of thedifculty in getting my father to keep anappointment, went along with the plan.Waiving the normal rules for a specicappointment time, he agreed to see myfather after his dental appointment. Thedentist, also clued into the conspiracy, pretended to adjust my father’s denturesand then sent him on his way.

Mom took the “scenic route” home,and before he suspected a thing, Dadfound himself in the parking lot of themedical complex. After the standard protest, he quietly followed my mother into the doctor’s ofce.

She phoned me two days later. “I’dlike you to come over this evening.We need to talk,” she said, her nor-mally clear, strong voice breaking withthe stress of bad news too painful todisguise.

I rushed over after work. Dad waslounging in his favorite chair as hewatched the news and sipped a glassof beer. Smiling an appearing in goodspirits, he asked how I was doing. Mymother motioned me into the kitchen.She spoke softly so he could not hear.The bomb fell.

“They found a brain tumor. I t’s toolarge at this point to operate. They’r egoing to shrink it with radiation andchemotherapy; maybe they can dosomething then.” She stopped to wipetears from her eyes. “But the odds arelong.”

“Dad’s a ghter,” I reassured her.“He’s beaten a stroke, a heart attack,and lung cancer. Maybe he can beatthis, too.” Even as I spoke of hope, mystomach knotted in fear. It must haveshown, because my mother hugged meercely.

My father soon began to undergo a barrage of treatments. One of the sideeffects was the loss of almost all of histhick black hair. One of the lighter mo-ments we experienced during this ordealwas when my wife Michele gave birthto our rst child, and we all laughed todiscover what happened to Dad’s hair:Chelsey arrived in the world wearing it.

My father’s condition worsened, andthe doctor’s nally informed us that hiscondition was terminal. During oneof his prolonged stays in the hospital,we brought Chelsey with us when wevisited him. By this time his speechhad deteriorated to the point whereinterpreting the words he tried to formwas virtually impossible. Lying in bed, my father’s head propped up the pillows, he tried to communicate withme through grunts and hand gestures. Inally gured out that he wanted me toset Chelsey on his stomach so he couldmake faces at her.

With my father’s hands wrapped

around her tiny waist, Chelsey sat on her grandpa and they jabbered nonsense-talk back and forth. Chelsey’s vocabularywas restricted by her youth, my father’s by the horrible disease that was stealinga larger part of his brain with each pass-ing day.

Dad remained in control of hislaughter, if not his speech. And howhe laughed that day. He mumbled andcooed to Chelsey; she returned thevolley with a stream of gurgles andslobbery consonants. Then they botherupt into deep belly laughs. The bond

that grew between grandfather andgranddaughter never required a formallanguage. Dad discovered an ally whofell in love with him completely andunconditionally. Chelsey possessed thechild’s knack of knowing his grandfa-ther’s loving touch.

After Dad escaped the hospital for thefamiliar and comfortable surroundingsof his own home, the Grandpa/Chelseycomedy routine became a regular partof our visits. Both participants found ithilarious. They laughed every time they played the game, each trying to out-sillythe other, the love shining brightly intheir eyes.

On a visit to my parents’ home duringwhat we all knew were my father’slast days, mu mother took Chelseyfrom my arms and announced, “Your father would like to see you alone for aminute.” I entered the bedroom wheremy father lay on a rented hospital bed.He appeared even weaken than the day

before.“How are you feeling, Dad? I asked.

“Mom said you wanted to see me. Can Ido anything for you?” He tried to speak, but I couldn’t make out a word. “I’msorry, but I can’t understand you.”

Moved by the intensity of his struggleas he again tried and failed to speak, Ireached out to hold his hand. Our eyesmet and locked, both of us suddenlyforced to face the painful reality that allthe years we spent together had comedown to this one last father-and-sonmoment. Tears glistened in my father’seyes. Then he took a deep breath andwon one nal battle with the diseasethat would soon win the war. He softlyspoke three little words with crystalclarity: “I love you.”

We don’t learn courage from heroeson the evening news. We learn truecourage from watching ordinary peoplerise above hopeless situations, over-coming obstacles they never knew they

could. I learned about courage frommy father, who simply refused to leavethis world until he overcame his greatestobstacle: sharing his heart with his son.

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Quiet Courage

Prestigious galleries and dealers around the country

offering art on Amazon

Okay, this was a new one. I shoul dhave expected it, of course, knowingall the things Amazon is involved with, but still. Yep, Amazon announced thelaunch of Amazon Art (www.amazon.com/art), a marketplace that givescustomers direct access to more than40,000 works of ne art from over 150galleries and dealers.

At launch, Amazon Art will showcaseartworks from more than 4,500 artists.

The store is one of the largest onlinecollections of original and limited edi-tion artwork for purchase directly fromgalleries and dealers. The new storefeatures easy-to-use discovery tools tohelp open the art world to customers andoffers detailed information about theworks of art. Customers can explore neart from galleries of all sizes, includingPaddle8 in New York, Holden Luntz inPalm Beach, The McLoughlin Galleryin San Francisco, Modernbook in SanFrancisco and Catherine Person Galleryin Seattle.

“We are excited to bring one of the largestselections of ne art direct from galleries toour customers. Amazon Art gives galleries

a way to bring their passion and expertiseabout the artists they represent to our mil-lions of customers,” said Peter Faricy, vice president for the Amazon Marketplace.“We’re thrilled to bring the excitement andemotional connection of art to our custom-ers.”

“Paddle8 Editions sells works by inter-nationally renowned artists to benet theworld’s leading non-prots and culturalinstitutions. Through our new relationshipwith Amazon, we can dramatically expandour audience while simultaneously providingaccess to affordable, limited-edition works by some of the most signicant artists work-ing today,” said Osman Khan, COO andfounding partner of Paddle8. “We’re excitedto list our artwork on Amazon to make it

more convenient for our existing clientele,and to help us reach new clientele.”

“We operate a wonderful ne art gallery,yet realize that the models for dealing incontemporary arts have evolved in thisdigital age and ecommerce is a channel toreach more clientele. We are excited aboutsharing our talented artists with Amazon’sglobal customers and pleased to be part of the launch of the Amazon Art store,” saidHolden Luntz, owner and founder of HoldenLuntz Gallery. “Amazon is an innovativeleader in exploring new creative venturesand connecting the world. They have consis-tently put the buyer rst and built a reputa-tion for integrity and high quality.”

Access to Gallery SelectionCustomers seeking access to high quality,

gallery selection can now explore a widevariety of ne art on Amazon. The AmazonArt store demysties the world of art andallows every customer the chance to enjoy agallery experience. From Folk Art to Impres-sionism to Modern Art, Amazon Art featuresa broad selection to suit any customer, fromthe experienced collector to a rst-time art

buyer. Customers can browse unique worksof art, including photographs from CliffordRoss starting at $200, popular ne art likeAndy Warhol’s “Sachiko” for $45,000, his-toric artwork from Claude Monet including,“L’Enfant a la tasse, portrait de Jean Monet”for $1.45 million and works from iconicartists such as Norman Rockwell’s “WillieGillis: Package from Home” for $4.85 mil-lion.

Amazon Art offers artworks from galleriesof all sizes. The new Amazon Art store aimsto connect ne art from prominent galleriesdirectly to customers. With a broad range of price points, the store increases the acces-sibility of quality works of art enabling anycustomer to become a collector.

“Our passion is to make original art acces-sible to everyone. When we rst heard thevision for Amazon Art, we knew immedi-ately it was a great t,” said Jodie and JoshuaSteen, Founders of LusterNYC, located inBrooklyn, NY. “I think we’ll begin to see awhole new breed of art collector, and that’sgood for everyone—the galleries, artists, andcustomers.”

Easy Search and DiscoverabilityAmazon Art provides customers with highquality images and detailed informationabout the artwork all in one place. Custom-ers can learn about the work of art, the artist,the provenance and exhibition history and

browse additional artworks from the artistor gallery. For example, artist Antoine Rosefrom Emmanuel Fremin Gallery provides adetailed description for customers inter-ested in his aerial photography. The artwork is described as a “…panorama capturedfrom helicopter in a bird’s eye view. Theminiature-like representation of Hamptons beach transforms the natural aerial landscapeinto abstract painting and inscribes Rose’swork in a minimalist artistic approach.”

When customers shop on Amazon Art,they can narrow search results to meet their tastes by using lters such as subject, style,color, size, price and gallery, enabling themto nd favorite artists and discover newones. “We’re pleased to share our expertise in ecommerce with galleries and

dealers looking to expand their reach,” saidFaricy. “In working directly with galleries,we’ve heard their desire to connect withnew customers and be able to share their artists and creativity with the world. Welook forward to working with them to reachcustomers who previously would not havehad access to their collections of art.”

Introducing Amazon Art

“If you don’t get it, you just don’t get it.” -The Washington Post.

“Jeff Bezos got it! In fact, he totally gotit.” - my barber.

The latest news that shocked Washington,D.C. is the sale of The Washington Post paper by the Graham family to Amazon’sfounder and Chief Executive Ofcer (CEO)Jeff Bezos.

How will the change of ownership affectthe paper itself, its employees, and its current policies and character as the provider of lo-cal, national, and international news? Will itcontinue its role as a mover and shaker as ituniversalizes local knowledge and localizesuniversal knowledge?

WASHINGTON, D.C.

My barber always hears this at the barber-shop, “Nothing happens in the world withoutthe knowledge or some inuence, directly or indirectly, of Washington, DC”

This explains the fact that almost allcountries, especially the developing onesare represented in the Capital. This is either through their embassies or even throughlaw, lobby and PR rms who aggressivelyadvocate for their causes. So are non-gov-ernment organizations, trade and businessassociations, religious, educational, andcharitable institutions, large and multina-tional companies, and of course, politicalconstituents. Through them causes becomeknown and debated on!

For academic and professional research-ers, Washington, D.C. is always the placeto go. The Library of Congress has a copyof almost every book, ction or non-ctionon earth. The country desks at the State andCommerce departments give you accessto information (demographics, economic, political, etc.) for every country. For moredetails, the CIA makes the non-condentialdata available to the public. Of course storedand hidden, but retrievable when neces-

sary, data collected by the National SecurityAgency (NSA) abroad and locally, afrmsthe overwhelming reach of Washington.

THE WASHINGTON POST Links

Every active player mentioned abovecould not have survived Washington without being affected by the indisputable inu-ence of The Washington Post. Either assubscriber, reader or most specically, arecipient of what the paper provides namely:local, national, and international news, facts,and views. It covers almost every eld of endeavor – science, art, sports, entertain-ment, politics, business, and many more.

In fact, even passive players including res-idents have been and continue to be touched by the paper to their dying day depending onwhat Jeff Bezos would eventually do.

Personally, I did have exposure and linksto The Washington Post. It goes as far aswhen I was one of 6 among 2,882 AmericanField Service scholars from 59 countriesgathered in Washington, who was inter-

viewed by the paper. It landed on Page A11of the paper on July 19, 1964.Then, in 1977 after my family and I

escaped from the Marcos dictatorship, wecame to Washington, D.C. recognized as“political refugees” both by the United Na-tions and the United States. The Washing-ton Post published our experience after aninterview.

In the early 1980s Ferdinand Marcoshad a U.S. State visit. Working with TheWashington Post we exposed two thingson Marcos after extensive research. First,was Marcos’ excessive spending during thevisit. David Valderrama worked with mein providing data to Donnie Radcliff of TheWashington Post. The paper published itduring the visit. The exposure helped propelValderrama to become the rst Filipinoelected State ofcial in mainland USA. Atop hotel executive who was introduced to us by the late Ninoy Aquino also helped us inobtaining accurate gures.

Second, was the exposure of Marcos’ FakeMedals. A research team led by then Colo-nel Boni Gillego provided leads and testimo-nies of living Marcos’ commanding ofcers

belying Marcos’ claims of heroism to JohnSharkey of The Washington Post. NinoyAquino and I signed as witnesses to the

My Links to The WashingtonPost and Amazon’s Jeff Bezos

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Rob Bonta deserve it. I’m also looking to uplift aswell as support locally elected ofcialsso that they can be ready to run for congress or legislature and represent theFilipino American community and partof that would be an effort to help orga-

nize Filipino elected ofcials throughoutthe state and also throughout the countryand I’m currently in talks with leaderswho are interested in that effort increas-

ing organization and increasing political power.

VY: So for those of us who areinterested or getting ready to run, whatadvice do you have for those who wantto follow in your footsteps and get ac-

tive in public service?RB: I would say this, public service

is a profession to pursue. It’s enjoy-

able. It’s something that we need our great and talented Filipino Americans to pursue and that there really is an oppor -tunity to empower our community andstrengthen our community and uplift our community through public service. Soif thats important to you as a FilipinoAmerican then I can’t think of a better way to be part of that effort than through public ofce. And I’d also say, take risksand be willing to be out of your comfortzone. We all have our routines and thethings we already do that make us com-

fortable but sometimes taking a boldstep and pursuing change is necessaryto pursue a career in public service. I’ma trained attorney, I worked at a privatelaw rm for almost 4 years and was thedeputy city attorney for almost 10. I did public ofce and volunteer service onthe side during that time but it was a bigstep, I needed to basically leave my pri-vate rm in order for me to make sometime to be able to do elected ofce andvolunteer service. When I was elected toState Assembly I totally left practicingas an attorney so those are signicantlife changes that are very well worth itand I recommend that anybody who isconsidering doing it just pursue it boldlyand with reckless abandon because it isincredibly rewarding.

VY: That’s great advice that you cantake almost anywhere. So before we endthis interview as we spoke before I toldyou that I am a member of the FilipinoAmerican Arts & Culture Festival[FilAmFest] Organizing Committee andthis year we’ve chosen as our theme tocelebrate “Unsung Heroes”. Who wouldyou consider to be your unsung hero?

RB: Right now I’ve been thinkingabout them a lot and focusing on thema lot, Larry Itliong and Philip Veracruz.Those manongs who’ve helped, as Imentioned, create one of the greatestsocial justice labor movements in thehistory of the country. They’ve never been given their full due or their fullrecognition and that’s part of the think -ing and intent behind AB 123. So those

by Atty. Susan V. Perez

Immigration 911

Read Atty. Susan Perez’s p revious article s byvisiting our website at www.asianjournalusa.com

to participate in their government.VY: You were just recently elected to

ofce. So in regards to your experienceat the State level how has your journey been so far?

RB: Its been amazing, [although]relatively short in time, I got elected in November, sworn in in December, so its been about eight months and I feel likeI’ve gone through so much already andwe’ve been ghting important battles. I

have another bill that’s really importantto the immigrant community, AB 817that would allow lawful permanentresidents to work as poll workers to provide political language access for citizens who can vote but are not Eng-

lish procient. It will really help securethe 3 million citizen voters who are notEnglish procient in California thatshould be critical whether it is Tagalogor any other language. You know I’vealways said this is the best job I’ve ever had, its enjoyable, and also very deepand meaningful. Right now I representthe half million people in my districtand also nearly 40 million in the state,the eighth largest economy in the world.So it’s a very important state nationallyand the leadership we show and the pro-

gressive steps we take will be viewed byother states and the Federal governmentand may be steps that they might con-

sider taking as well. The state is turningaround nancially and is in a better

economy now where we can investmore this year in our public schools andour social services and our job creationefforts and public safety efforts so we’removing in the right direction I feel likeI’ve been a signicant part of the effort.

VY: Along with AB 817 what other plans or ideas do you have for the Fili- pino American Community throughoutthe state of California?

RB: There are a number of them thatare not specically legislative althoughwe are continuing to investigate andexplore different legislative options for Filipino American veterans who haveyet to secure old justice in terms of their benets as many of them are gettingolder and older, many of them are dyingand they aren’t getting old justice for benets that they deserve after servingin the military. So we’re looking at thatand I’m going to be doing a celebrationand a resolution for Filipino AmericanHistory month in October, I was part of

a ceremony here celebrating PhilippineIndependence day, bringing more of theculture to the capitol and making it moreof an integrated, expected, and common part of what we do up here. I believe we

in particular but also I continue to havethe deepest respect and admiration for a lot of those early activists that I men-

tioned before [Dolores Huerta, Cesar Chavez] that my mom was a part of inthe KDP [Katipunan ng mga Demokra-

tikong Pilipino or Union of DemocraticFilipinos] working in the San Francisco bay area. They were out front, out early being active and they helped modelthat activist behavior and that pursuitin social justice so the next generation,including me, who grew up as a young boy at those planning meetings, at thosedemonstrations, at those protests, atthose fundraisers, and have now inter -

nalized that spirit in what we do todayand hoping to continue that ght andthat struggle today. So I think there aremany unsung heroes among that groupas well. I’d like to add that our FilipinoAmerican World War II veterans areour unsung heroes. I don’t think they’ve been giving the respect or justice theydeserve. We can’t thank them enoughfor their service and their sacrice. So Iinclude them as well.

VY: Thank you for this interview andI think this is denitely a historical mo-

ment. I’ve always felt that the FilipinoAmerican community and how it is rightnow and in our contemporary historyand even in pop culture right now Fili- pinos in America are making signicantmoves and we’re living in a signicanttime where many of us are ready to riseto the occasion as you said with thatreckless abandon.

RB: I agree with you entirely. This isour time, this is our moment we are on

the rise as a community and we need toseize this moment, this opportunity withintentionality, commitment, and energy.Really step on the gas pedal and help promote our community and I want todo that with anyone and everyone whois willing to partner on that effort withme.

IMMIGRATION 911 by Atty. SusanV. Perez.

On July 9, 2013, the Department of State published the August 2013 VisaBulletin indicating the F2A categoryor petitions led by legal permanentresidents on behalf of their children andspouses are “CURRENT”. I f these ben-

eciaries are currently in the U.S., theycan le adjustment of status and neednot go back to their home country toapply for their immigrant visas depend-

ing on their status in the United States.Unlike spouses and children of U.S.citizens, F2A beneciaries need to provethat they have maintained lawful statusat the time they led their applicationsfor adjustment of status. Otherwise,their applications will be denied. Toillustrate by example, Federico is in theUnited States on H-1B visa for three

years. On his second year, he marriedMarie, a legal permanent resident of theU.S. and she led I-130 petition on his behalf. Marie is not eligible to apply for citizenship until 2015. Before Fed-

erico’s three years expired, the companyclosed. He tried to look for a new job, but failed to nd another employer whowas willing to sponsor him as H-1Bemployee. Federico did not go back tohis home country because he did notwant to leave his wife who had justgiven birth to a baby boy. Can Federicole his adjustment of status on August 1,2013, based on his approved I-130 peti-tion led by his wife? If he les, it will be denied because he failed to maintainlawful status in the U.S. Federico losthis status the day after he lost his job.Let’s change the facts a little bit. If Fed -

erico’s parents led an I-130 petition onhis behalf on or before April 30, 2001,then Federico can adjust status becausehe has the benet of section 245(i)

of the Immigration and NationalityAct. Congress enacted 245(i) in 1994to provide an avenue for aliens whoentered without inspection or who failedto maintain lawful status, but who have

access to a visa to legalize their statuswithout leaving the country and incur -ring a long and needless separation fromtheir family. If Federico did not havethe benet of 245(i), the best thing for him to do is to wait for his wife to be-

come a U.S. citizen and le adjustmentof status as soon as she naturalized. Heshould not go back to his home countryto do consular processing of his I-130 if more that 180 days have elapsed sincehe lost his job because the 3- or 10-year bar would apply. The 3-year bar statesthat a noncitizen is inadmissible for three years if he or she was unlawfully present in the United States for a periodof more than 180 days but less than 1year. The 10-year bar states that thenoncitizen is inadmissible for ten yearsif he or she has been unlawfully presentfor one year or more AND again seeksadmission within 10 years of the date of

his or her departure or removal from theUnited States.

Let’s change the facts of the case.Federico is currently in the U.S. on B-2or visitor visa for six months. On thethird month, he married a green cardholder. Can he le his adjustment of status concurrently with his wife’s I-130 petition now that the F2A category iscurrent? The answer is “NO”. Federiconeeds to wait for his I-130 petition to getapproved before he can le his adjust-ment of status. Concurr ent ling of theI-130 and I-485 is allowed only if therelationship is that of immediate rela-

tive such as spouse of U.S. citizen. If by the time Federico’s I-130 petition isapproved, his authorized stay as visitor has already expired, then he would beineligible for adjustment of status for being out of status.

We welcome your feedback. If youhave any immigration questions, pleasefeel welcome to email me at HYPER -

LINK “mailto:[email protected]” [email protected] or call 619 819 -8648 to arrange for a telephone consultation.

Adjustment Of Status For F2A (Spouses and Children of

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When asked whether the new schemewould affect the bureau’s collection,Mison said reduction might be mini-mal since many tourists who usuallyextended their visit actually stayed morethan 30 days in the country.

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You may have heard thestatistics already – stu-dent loan debt is now

at $1 trillion, surpassing credit

card debt! Ouch. I’ve over-heard conversations and seennews articles posing the ques-tion: is this the next nancial

bubble to pop? Similar toGreenlining’s concerns andwarnings of the foreclosurecrisis in the mid-2000s, thestudent loan debt problem issomething that we should beaware of and concerned abouttoday for a number of reasons.

While there are several culprits af-fecting the intersection of economicmobility and college affordability, noneare as serious as student loan debt.Average undergraduate loan debt standsat $27,000, with a monthly paymentof around $300 for 10 years. A studyfrom the New York Fed concluded thatan economic recovery relies on people

which we believe is a way for commu-nities of color to create wealth. In thewake of the foreclosure crisis and GreatRecession, however, how can youngAmericans saddled with debt join thiscycle of wealth creation? When willhomeownership be within reach?

To make matters worse, there is noway to default on a student loan. They

aren’t discharged into bankruptcy unlikemortgages, so even if students can’t paythe bill, this debt will follow them intoold age, at which point the governmentwill dock Social Security payments for outstanding balances. And if that’s notalarming to you, if the government failsto act by July 1st, rates on federallysubsidized Stafford Loans (the goodkind) will increase from 3.4 percentto 6.8 percent. Altogether, this couldmean weak spending in the future, andin worst-case scenarios, an inescapablehole of debt.

So what can we do about this? Studentloan debt is a convoluted issue, butthere are short-term and long-term xesoating around out there. Congress-woman Karen Bass introduced legisla-tion known as the Student Loan FairnessAct, which would cap federal loansat the affordable rate of 3.4 percent,improve repayment options, and offer a path to loan forgiveness for eligible

borrowers. The legislation can save stu-dents money in the short-term, and also promote spending and economic growthin the future.

That’s not all. The Consumer Finan-cial Protection Bureau is encouraginguniversities and colleges to adopt anancial aid shopping sheet that wouldallow students to “know before theyowe” so that they can make smartnancial decisions. I recently attendedthe Alliance 2013 Summit hosted byFamilies in Schools, and learned of in-novative, local-based strategies for asset building from EARN. Their TripleBoostAccount is a model that can create alasting culture of low-income familiesviewing higher education as a necessaryasset, while simultaneously teaching practices that families can adopt for smart nancial planning and saving.

The solutions above will not completely alleviate the ills associated withstudent loan debt, but they can do a lot

to empower families and students to say“yes” to college rather than “maybe” or “no.” After all, as I strongly believe, aninvestment in education is not only aninvestment in our future and economicgrowth, but an investment in upliftingourselves and our communities in the process – it’s an asset that can’t be takenaway from you, once you have it. We’dall be better off if young people can pur-sue their dreams without being chaineddown by debt for the rest of their lives.-- http://greenlining.org/blog/2013/ dreams-not-debt-the-problem-withstudent-loans/

Dreams, Not Debt: The Problem With Student Loans

buying houses and cars, yet with a weak job market and student loan bills, howcan young Americans even think about

buying such things? At Greenlining, wehave a program dedicated to EconomicEquity looking at homeownership,




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site at www.asianjournalusa.com

by Virginia H. Ferrer

Spiritual Life

©2013 Virginia H. Ferrer. All rights reserved.

About the Author: Virginia H. Ferrer is a Retired Filipino LanguageTeacher at Otay Ranch High School in Chula Vista.

Mga Halamang LigawSa aking kapaguran minabuti ko ang maupoat magpalipas ng oras para maalis ang haposandali akong magpahinga sa ilalim ng puno

para ang sariwang hangin ay akin namang masamyo.

Mga paningin ko mandi'y bigla na lamang ninakawnitong mga mumunting bulaklak ng halamang ligawnakatutuwang pagmasdan taglay nilang kulay dilawinaantok kong pakiramdam ay kanilang pinukaw.

Maliliit man sila at di-gaanong napapansinmay sarili ding kariktan pagmasdan mo nang masinsinmalamyos na umiindak sa indayog nitong hanginwalang siyang pakialam sa taglay kong suliranin.

Mga taong naglalakad daan-daanan ka na lamangnanduong tisud-tisurin o kaya'y apak-apakan

subalit nandiyan ka pa rin kahit luluray-luray bukas makalawa bulaklak mo'y muling masisilaw.

Tunay kang matatag kaya hanga ako ay sa iyohindi ka napipikon kahit apihin ka ng todosaglit kang yuyuko subalit muli ka ring tatayoo halamang ligaw hindi ka talagang sumusuko.

Hiddenness, a Placeof Purification

One of the reasons that hiddenness issuch an important aspect of the spirituallife is that it keeps us focused on God.In hiddenness we do not receive human

acclamation, admiration, support, or encouragement. In hiddenness we haveto go to God with our sorrows and joysand trust that God will give us what wemost need.

In our society we are inclined to avoidhiddenness. We want to be seen and

acknowledged. We want to be usefulto others and inuence the course of events. But as we become visible and popular, we quickly grow dependent on people and their responses and easilylose touch with God, the true source of our being. Hiddenness is the place of purication. In hiddenness we nd our true selves.

Daily Meditation, 8/14/2013. Text excerpts taken from Bread for the Journey, by Henri J.M. Nouwen, ©1997 HarperSanFrancisco. All Scripture fromThe Jerusalem Bible ©1966, 1967, and 1968 Darton, Longman & Todd and Doubleday & Co. Inc.

By Father Randy Roche, SJ

A doctor once told methat as we get older,thirst lags behind our

need for water, so we shoulddrink even before we becomethirsty. Whether or not wehave found this to be true inour own experience, we arecertainly aware that we needto drink sufcient water tomaintain health. More im-

portantly, our spiritual healthrequires that we “drink,”

whether or not we are con-scious of our “thirst.”

Some of us might joke about a ten-dency to give attention to our interior lives only when we are in difcultcircumstances. Most of us have heardremarks from people we know aboutseldom praying except in times of desperate need, or paying attention toinner principles on those few occasionswhen nothing else seems to work. Butwe have learned, even if we do not talk about it or admit it consciously, that ameaningful life requires ongoing exer-cise of our spirituality. We cannot live at peace within ourselves if we do not takecare of the needs of our hearts until we become “thirsty.”

Our human relationships and our relationship with God become ever more matters of heart through frequentordinary interactions, so that whenextraordinary deeds become appropriate,

we know how to act without thinkingabout it and with little concern for thecost to us in terms of time and energy.When our spirituality is kept properly“hydrated,” we keep ourselves in condi-

tion for all eventualities, similar to theway that athletes make sure to drink enough water before they feel the need.

Those of us who have immediate ac-cess to clean drinking water might notappreciate the extent of such a blessing.Many of us not only have water taps inour homes and places of work, but canalso nd a great variety of bottled water in stores and businesses near us. Evenmore graciously, life-giving “water” for our spirits is still more readily available,at no cost, and with no concerns aboutquality. If water from the purest springis considered healthful for our bodies,all direct personal contact with God isguaranteed good for our hearts.

How easy it is to obtain a glass of water, and drink it. We do not control

the benecial consequences, but weknow what happens when we fail todrink enough water: we can grow faint,if our blood volume becomes insuf-cient for normal functioning. When we pray, which we can do at any time of theday or night, and in any place with or without Wi-Fi or any other electronic of physical connection, we do not create or control the effects in our minds, bodiesor spirits. But we are capable of bothmemory and reection, so we might be well aware that no matter how we pray, our capacities to think and act, totrust and to love are aided and assisted by contact with Love – contact that isalways available to us.

When we meet God within ourselvesregularly in thoughts, words, imagina-tion, reection of in any other move-ment of our hearts, our spirits will havethe life-giving water we need, and wewill not grow thirsty.

Randy Roche, SJCenter for Ignatian SpiritualityLoyola Marymount University

Water and Thirst

As you tell us, Jesus: “My food is to do the will of the

one who sent me” (Jn 4:34).It is by living in the Divine Will that

we nd life and nourishment.Truly in the Most Holy Eucharist,

your Kingdom has “come on earth asit is in Heaven” (Jn 6:10); and thus aswe turn to you, tap into you, reach outand touch you in the “breaking of theBread,” “your will [will] be done” inour lives.

You tell us “unless you eat my bodyand drink my blood you have no lifewithin you.” As we take you into us,we become living, consecrated hostsof your presence in this world, to bringcommunion with you to all of humanity.

But how do we allow ourselves to besuch receptive brides in receiving you,to the point of becoming one with you?It is by growing in knowledge and loveof you, spending time with you in your Eucharistic presence, in your sacredword.

What would a marriage be if thehusband and wife only entered into thesexual act, thinking this is all they needto grow in communion??

First they must get to know one

another and foster a deep bond of theheart.

Can we see the parallel? How manymarriages are faltering, or just not fullling because growing in a personal intimacy of the heart in not there.

How many holy communions are madewith the same disposition of a disconnectedheart in this “one esh union”.

If the husband and wife are not disposed toone another with a bond of the deeper heart,the physical communion will be unfruitful,and even can have adverse effects (whether one is conscious of it or not).

As we as Catholics receive Jesus in theHoly Eucharist, our Divine Bridegroom isgiving himself fully to us, calling forth His bride to receive him. But are we as bride re-ally open and disposed to receive Him? Arewe aware of whom it is we are receiving? Dowe have a deep bond of the heart with him,that allows us to be vulnerable and enter fully into this nuptial communion of life andlove?

This is why we must spend quiet time withHim each day, to get to know Him person-ally; to share our lives and our hearts withHim, so that when we receive Him it won’t be a mere obligational fulllment, but rather a fulllment of the deepest longing, that

reaches to the core of who we are.“Let the King bring me into His cham-

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Formally quelling persistent rumors of transferring to another network, PrimetimeQueen Marian Rivera renewed her ties withGMA Network, Inc. after signing another ex-

clusive three-year contract with the Kapuso Network.

Present in the contract signing were GMAExecutive Vice President and Chief FinancialOfcer Felipe S. Yalong, GMA President andChief Operating Ofcer Gilberto R. Duavit,Jr., Marian, GMA Chairman and Chief Executive Ofcer Atty. Felipe L. Gozon,President of All Access to Artists RamsDavid, GMA Entertainment TV's Ofcer-in-Charge Lilybeth G. Rasonable, GMA FilmsPresident Atty. Annette Gozon-Abrogar,GMA Vice President for EntertainmentMarivin T. Arayata, GMA Vice President for Drama Productions Redgie Acuña-Magno,GMA Assistant Vice President for Alterna -

tive Productions Gigi Santiago-Lara, andGMA Assistant Vice President for CorporateCommunications Angela Javier-Cruz.

During the contract signing held at theManila Golf & Country Club, Atty. Gozon

was delighted that Marian chose to remainloyal to her Kapuso family, "Mahal naminsiya hindi lang bilang artista kundi bilang taodahil napakabait ni Marian. Malayo pa angmararating ni Marian."

Marian reveals she is very thankful toGMA for continuously giving her good projects since she became part of the Kapuso Network seven years ago, "Napakasarapng pakiramdam na muli akong pumirma saGMA dahil alam naman nating napakalaking utang na loob ko sa GMA dahil kunghindi naman dahil sa GMA wala namangMarian Rivera ngayon."

"Wala akong ibang pupuntahan kundi angGMA at dito ako nabibilang, Kapuso akoat dito nagsimula ang lahat, ang Marimar,at GMA ang nagbigay sa akin nun. Walangrason na umalis ako sa GMA dahil isa langnaman ang gusto ko: ang maramdaman ang pagmamahal nila at binigay nila sa akin 'yon.Palagi kong sasabihin na proud ako na mag -

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by By Gabriel Cardiñoza, Inquirer.net | STA. BARBARA, Pangasinan,8/10/2013 —When local businessmanRacky Doctor was asked two years agoif he would like to venture into foodmanufacturing, he did not hesitate totake up the challenge.

To him, the offer was a rare opportunity to expand his thriving water

disinfectant business and at the sametime support an advocacy that promotes proper nutrition among children.

The offer came from the Food and Nutrition Research Institute (FNRI) of the Department of Science and Tech-nology (DOST) and the products weresnack food for children 2 years old andabove and a food blend for babies 6 to24 months old, both made from rice andmongo grains.

The project was part of DOST’s sci-ence and technology-based intervention program to address malnutrition amongchildren in the country.

“They were talking about the big needfor entrepreneurs to help solve malnutri-tion in the country. I saw the need for participation. And since I was passionateabout making new products, especiallyfood, I grabbed that opportunity,” Doc-tor says.

An FNRI-DOST study states two of 10 Filipino children up to 5 years old are

underweight for their age and three of 10 are short for their age.

But Doctor would nd out much later that putting up a food manufacturing plant would cost him a fortune, whichhe did not readily have at that time.

Under the scheme, FNRI-DOSTwould provide the technology and theformula for the products while he would put up the plant and the capital to jump-start the business.

“It took me a lot of guts and courageto pool the needed capital because the[cost of the] machinery alone was no joke,” Doctor says. He says he had tosell property in Kalinga, borrow moneyfrom a bank and bring out his savings toraise at least P10 million.

“It’s good I already have the buildingsfor Hyposol. I just had to renovate a big part of it in accordance with the stan-dards of good manufacturing practicefor the food products,” Doctor says.

Hyposol is a water disinfectant that

Doctor’s company, Long Live Pharma,developed after the cholera outbreak in Pangasinan in 2004. He has beenmanufacturing it in a half-hectare plant

in Barangay Malanay here.When the food product manufacturing

equipment was nally fabricated andinstalled here, his plant was inauguratedon May 6. Nine days later, the plantstarted producing RiMo curls and RiMoinstant baby food blend.

“These products are actually comple-mentary food for children developed byFNRI-DOST,” Doctor says.

“The products are made from a blendof rice our and mongo our. They arerich in protein and energy. Children whowill consume a pack a day of these for 120 days can have the right nutritionthat they badly need in their age,” hesays.

RiMo curls, which is produced in 30-gram packs, has 120 kilocalories and 4grams of protein, which, Doctor says, isenough to meet the daily recommendedenergy and protein intake of children.

RiMo instant baby food blend is aready-to-eat food that can be consumed by adding previously boiled water.

Doctor says he designed the label of the curls pack to make it look like the popular “chichirya” (snack food) in the

market.“Children are usually attracted to

chichirya. But what makes our chichiryadifferent from the rest is its healthy in-gredients,” Doctors says. “Besides, oursis a lot cheaper, P7 for the instant babyfood blend and P8 for the curls.”

With the products out in the market,Doctor says his biggest challenge issustaining his operations in terms of coming up with a big inventory.

He says that the demand is high, com-ing mostly from schools, governmentagencies involved in feeding programsand even local governments.

“This means I also have to put up a lotof inventory of raw materials,” he says.

He says his plant can produce up to16,500 packs of curls and baby food blend a day. “But we have not gone on afull-blast operation yet. We are produc-ing only about 6,000 packs a day,” hesays.

His wife Divine and daughter Khris-tyna, a registered nurse, are helpinghim market the products by organizingfeeding programs and meeting variousinterest groups.

Pangasinan firm produces veggie-based snacks to solve malnutrition

RACKY Doctor, president of Long Live Pharna, and wife Divine, financeofficer, display RiMo curls and RiMo instant baby food blend, their company’snewest products. WILLIE LOMIBAO/CONTRIBUTOR

“I hope to display my product in everysari-sari store in the country. But of course, that will require a lot of capital,”Doctor says.

So far, he says, his products havereached parts of Metro Manila, the Cor-dillera and the Ilocos provinces.

“We have also been sending theseto some provinces in the Visayas and

Mindanao. We actually receive a lot of orders from there,” Doctor says.

He says his wife, who is the company’s nance ofcer, is working on awebsite that would feature the productsand allow online orders and payments.

He says that despite the absence of advertisements, the popularity of his products has been increasing and his of-ce receives several inquiries every day.

“The challenge that was given to me by the FNRI-DOST is to manufactureand commercialize these products at thesame time. I’m now beginning to seethat these are not really very difcult tosell. My advantage is that I’m selling anutritious product,” he says.

Inquirer.com | MANILA, 8/12/2013-- Virtually all retail nancial transac-tions in the country are being done usingcash, creating inefciencies and leak-ages in the country’s economy, initialndings of a new study being cited bythe central bank has shown.

Deputy Governor Nestor EspenillaJr. of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas(BSP) disclosed Wednesday that arecent survey showed that 98 percentof all retail transactions in the country,whether among individuals or among businesses, were done in cash.

“Imagine the lack of transparency thatit generates in the economy,” Espenillasaid, citing initial ndings of an unre-leased study by the Better Than CashAlliance.

He said the study, which was pre-sented to BSP ofcials recently, showedthe country lagged far behind countries

like South Korea, where as much as 60 percent of all transactions are “digi-

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You may be familiar with hibiscus,known as “sour tea” in Iran, a deliciousand refreshing summertime drink. How-ever, this pleasant-tasting herb with thedeep-red color also has benecial health properties, specically for those lookingto support cardiovascular health.

Traditional use

Originally from Angola, hibiscus isnow cultivated throughout tropical andsubtropical regions, especially in Sudan,Egypt, Thailand, Mexico, and China.

• In Egypt and Sudan, hibiscus is usedto help maintain a normal body tempera-ture, support heart health, and encourageuid balance.

• North Africans have used hibiscusinternally for supporting upper respira-tory health including the throat throatand also use it topically to support skinhealth

• In Europe, hibiscus has beenemployed to support upper respiratoryhealth, alleviate occasional constipa-tion, and promote proper circulation.It is commonly used in combinationwith lemon balm and St John’s Wort for restlessness and occasional difcultyfalling asleep.

• Hibiscus is traditionally used for supporting normal blood pressure main-tenance in Iran — a use that has been

validated in several recent studies.

PhytochemistryApproximately 15-30 percent of the

hibiscus plant is made up of plant acids,including citric acid, malic acid, tartaricacid and allo-hydroxycitric acid lactone — i.e. hibiscus acid, which is unique tohibiscus.

Other chemical constituents are many;however, some of the most importantinclude alkaloids, anthocyanins, andquercetin.

IndicationsScientic interest in hibiscus has

grown in the last several years, thanks toa small burst of published research stud-ies — especially in regards to choles-terol and blood pressure maintenance.

1. Cholesterol maintenanceIn 2007, a one-month clinical trial

tested the effects of hibiscus extract on

cholesterol levels. A total of 42 subjectswere randomized to three groups for thestudy. Group 1 received one 500-mgcapsule 3x daily (1,500 mg/day), Group2 received two capsules 3x daily (3,000mg/day), and Group 3 received three

capsules 3x daily (4,500 mg/day). Inter-estingly, by the fourth week, participantsin both Groups 1 and 2, but not Group 3,experienced a cholesterol maintenanceeffect. The optimum dose was 1,000 mgtaken 3x daily.

In 2009, another trial studied hibis-cus’s ability to support cholesterol main-tenance, this time in people concernedwith healthy blood sugar levels. Sixtysubjects, mostly women, were given ei-ther one cup of hibiscus tea or black teatwice per day. After one month, hibiscuswas able to help maintain total, LDL,and HDL cholesterol levels — as well astriglycerides — already within a healthy

range.* Black tea, on the other hand,only impacted HDL levels.

A larger trial, in 222 adults, was pub-lished on hibiscus in 2010. The subjects — about a third of whom had metabolicchallenges — were randomly assignedto one of three groups: a healthy diet,hibiscus, or a healthy diet plus hibiscus.Those with metabolic challenges expe-rienced several benets from hibiscus,including cholesterol maintenance.¤Similar effects on supporting normal blood sugar were also noted.

Another 2010 study in 69 subjectsfound that hibiscus extract (1,000 mg/day) did not have a cholesterol mainte-nance effect compared to placebo. Onewonders why the results of this studywere negative, while the three stud-ies mentioned above showed positiveresults. It could be because different preparations — tea, powdered ow-ers, and various extracts — were usedin each study. With more consistent

product selection and dosages used inlarger randomized trials, we would hopethat this would clarify the best interven-tion to use.

2. Blood pressure maintenance

In 2007, a randomized, controlled,double-blind study researched hibiscus’s blood pressure maintenance capac-ity. Participants received either a dried powdered hibiscus extract, containinga total of 250 mg anthocyanins, or analternate intervention. Hibiscus extractwas able to maintain blood pressurelevels already within a healthy range,

but importantly, it did not alter blood potassium levels, nor did it affect salt-water balance.

A trial comparing hibiscus to black tea among people seeking to supporthealthy blood sugar levels was pub-lished in 2009. Subjects were randomlyassigned to drink one cup of hibiscustea or black tea two times per day for one month. Hibiscus tea demonstrated amaintenance effect on systolic (but notdiastolic) blood pressure, while black tea did not.

A Cochrane review of hibiscus’seffects on blood pressure published in2010 resulted in ve articles. The re-viewers included randomized controlledtrials of three to 12 weeks in durationthat compared hibiscus to either placeboor no intervention at all. All ve of thesestudies found hibiscus had a blood pres-sure maintenance effect.

Safety and Dosage

The safety prole of hibiscus is excel-lent, with no proven adverse reactions.

It is difcult to clarify dosing recom-mendations when different products areused in different studies. However, posi-tive studies used the following dosages:

• For cholesterol maintenance: 1,000mg dried herb 3x daily, one cup of hibis-cus tea 2x daily, or 100 mg of standard-ized extract 2x daily

• For blood pressure maintenance†:One cup of hibiscus tea 2x daily or dried powdered hibiscus extract providing 250mg anthocyanins per day

• 2 Hibiscus Liquid Phyto-Caps arethe equivalent of an 8oz cup of HibiscusTea.

ConclusionIt is exciting to see the use of this

simple, safe plant evolve from home beverage to medicinal utilization for such common health support such as blood pressure and cholesterol mainte-

nance.Hibiscus helps maintain cholesterol

levels that are already within a healthyrange. -- Link: http://refreshingnews99.blogspot.com/2013/08/the-surprising-health-benefits-of.html

The Surprising Health Benefits of Hibiscus

ScienceDaily.com Aug. 14, 2013 — Preschool children who showed lessability to estimate the number of objectsin a group were 2.4 times more likelyto have a later mathematical learningdisability than other young people,

according to a team of University of

Missouri psychologists. Parents may beable to help their children develop their skills at approximating group sizes byemphasizing numerals while interactingwith young children.

“Lacking skill at estimating group sizemay impede a child’s ability to learnthe concept of how numerals symbolizequantities and how those quantities re-late to each other,” said study co-author David Geary, professor of psychologicalsciences at MU. “Not understanding thevalues numbers symbolize then leadsto difculties in math and problems inschool, which our previous studies sug-gest may be related to later difcultieswith employment.”

Geary said that parents may be ableto improve a child’s innate skill at approximating group size and suggestedthat caregivers draw children’s attentionto quantities in everyday situations. For example, after a preschool-aged childcompletes a series of tasks, a parent

can ask the youth how many tasks theycompleted.

“Talking to children about how theworld can be represented in numbersmay help young people develop the abil-ity to estimate the size of a group, whichmay prepare them for later mathematicseducation” said co-author Kristy van-Marle, assistant professor of psycho-logical science at MU. “Asking them‘how many’ whenever they encounter a group of objects or images can helpthem understand that the world can beunderstood in terms of numbers.”

However, the inability to approximategroup size was not the only factor relat-ed to later math problems. The MU teamalso found that preschoolers who lagged behind others in their understandingof the symbolic value of numerals andother related concepts were 3.6 to 4.5times more likely to show mathematicallearning difculties, which corroboratesearlier research by Geary, and extends it

to a much younger age.Doctoral student Felicia W. Chu was

the lead author of the study, “Quantita-tive decits of preschool children at risk for mathematical learning disability,”which was published in the journalFrontiers in Psychology.

“One major reason I came to the

Preschoolers Inability to Estimate QuantityRelates to Later Math Difficulty

University of Missouri was the psychol-ogy department’s strong reputation for studying children’s mathematical educa-tion,” said Chu.

Geary is Curators’ Professor and a

Thomas Jefferson Fellow in the Depart-ment of Psychological Sciences in MU’sCollege of Arts and Science. vanMarleis the director of MU’s DevelopmentalCognition Lab.

Preschoolers (2-3 year olds) learn the fundamentals of math through play at theOB Montessori campus in Greenhills leading to the Grade 1 Math curriculum above.




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MANILA--"Decreased sovereignty."This is how Rep. Walden Bello

(Akbayan) summed up the likely resultof the ongoing negotiations between thePhilippine government and the UnitedStates to craft a framework for the in-creased rotational presence of Americantroops in the country.

According to the Akbayan lawmaker,the Aquino government's decision toenter into negotiations for an increasedrotational presence of U.S. forces in thecountry, by deploying aircraft, ships,supplies, and troops, is "injudicious."

Bello, who is also a renowned global

political analyst, said it is to the coun-try's grave disadvantage that the govern-ment allows foreign powers ease of access to our ports and natural resourceswithout laying down a concrete foreign policy that secures our national interests.

"The cart before the horse"

"Time and again, we have remindedthe Aquino government to rst crafta comprehensive, independent, and pro-Filipino foreign policy that will bethe fundamental guide for establish-ing and fostering relations with foreignnation-states. It should also serve asthe government's reference to uphold-

ing national sovereignty and territorialintegrity," Bello said.

'We can't put the cart before the horseand expect it to move forward. Thegovernment must recognize that other countries have their own interests to pursue. While it is true that we will needall the help we can get from our friendsand allies, we should rst assess thekind of help we need from the US andensure that their role in our territorialconict with China will not undermineour national interests," Bello added.

Bello stressed that a solid foreign policy must go hand in hand with acomprehensive review of agreementsand treaties the government has enteredinto with other countries.

"The review must involve the abroga-tion of agreements and treaties that areclearly unconstitutional or detrimentalto national interests. These include alldefense agreements and treaties such as but not limited to the VFA and MDT,"Bello said.

"Can't fight Goliath with the Ter-minator"

Akbayan also argued that increasingAmerican presence in the country is nota deterrent against China's bullying inthe region.

"We can't ght Goliath by bringing

in the Terminator. You don't confronta bully by bringing in another bully,"Bello said.

"We avoid being caught between thedynamics and intramurals of super- powers. That will only complicate andworsen the situation with China. It willalso leave the territorial issues to themargins, which renders the entire exer-cise self-defeating," Bello explained.

Third way

Bello said there is a third way to theterritorial dispute with China.

"We don't have to choose betweenthe two bullies. We are not in a situa-tion where we are caught between the

devil and the deep blue sea. There is athird and more prudent approach to theregional dispute, and that is the fosteringof stronger ties with our regional neighbors, especially those who have similar grievances against China's aggression,"Bello explained.

Bello also highlighted the key pointsof an alternative approach: a) promotionof the demilitarization of the WesternPacic, b) pushing states to prioritizediplomatic solutions and multilateralfora to solve territorial disputes insteadof resorting to force, in the same manner that the Philippine government broughtup its dispute with China for adjudica-tion with the United Nations' Interna-

tional Tribunal on the Law of the Seas,and c) forceful citizen diplomacy for peace.

"Pact with the devil"

Akbayan said that the Aquino govern-ment, in its desire to confront China's bullying and incursions in the West Phil-ippine Sea, must not commit the mistakeof entering into a "pact with the devil."

"It is the height of irony that in our collective campaign to secure our sov-ereignty against China and other foreignaggressors, the very same sovereigntythat we try to protect would be the rstcasualty," Bello said. ###

Increased U.S. troop presence in PH is risky--solon warns

These messages were recorded byAnne, a lay apostle in May throughSeptember 2004. They contain messagesfrom Jesus and also Anne’s recordingsof mystical experiences she was given.In this Volume Jesus seeks to pull usclose to His heart. But in this time, Jesusis suffering with so many souls livingtheir lives far away from Him, so thoseclose to Him will suffer as well with Je-sus. He invites us to rest in His heart sothat He may show us His pain and His joy. He does this through His messagesin this Volume.

He also gave Anne glimpses of real

people during this time. Anne recordswhat she sees and then Jesus let’s her and us know what He experiences whenlooking on this person and this situa-tion. These experiences contain a mixof both positive and negative situations, but always Jesus shows us the heavenly perspective. He calls us strongly toreach out to our brothers and sisters liv-ing away from Him to help draw them back into the safety of His heart. Healso gives us warning of things to comethrough messages and visions He givesAnne, so that we may be prepared bydrawing closer to Christ.

“I show this to the world because I want the world to have hope. Yes, I am suffering.Yes, many souls are in darkness. But this isone example of how a soul can be rescued. How many souls are there like her? That isup to you, My little apostles. You must seek out those who are wounded and give themmy words. These words are heavenly balm for the wounds that this current darknesshas inflicted on My beloved children. I am

showing you My heart so it is only fair that I show you the joy in My heart when I con-sider the return and the healing of a soul who has suffered. Share in My joy. Rejoicein her return, for she was lost and now sheis found."

-Jesus, September 14, 2004Order the print edition from www.direc-

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Vol 8. Resting in the Heart of Our Savior (New Release

from Direction for Our Times)

Can't vouch for the veracity of all of these, but they are interesting.

1. Money isn't made out of paper, it'smade out of

cotton.2. The Declaration of Independence

was written onhemp (marijuana) paper.3. The dot over the letter 'i' is called a

'tittle.'4. A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh

champagne will bounce up and downcontinuously from the bottom of theglass to the top.

5. Susan Lucci is the daughter of Phyllis Diller.

6. 40% of McDonald's prots comefrom the sales of Happy Meals.

7. 315 entries in Webster's 1996Dictionary weremisspelled.

8. The 'spot' on 7UP comes fromits inventor, who had red eyes.He wasalbino.

9. On average, 12 newborns will begiven to the wrong parents, daily.

10. Warren Beatty and Shirley Ma-cLaine are brother and sister.

11. Chocolate affects a dog's heart andnervous system; a few ounces will kill a

small-sized dog.12. Orcas (killer whales) kill sharks

by torpedoing up into the shark' sstomach from underneath, causing theshark to explode.

13. Most lipstick contains sh scales(eeww).

14. Donald Duck comics were bannedfrom Finland because he doesn't wear

pants.15. Ketchup was sold in the 1830's as

medicine.16. Upper and lower case letters are

named 'upper' and 'lower' because in thetime when all original print had to be setin individual letters, the 'upper case'

letters were stored in the case on topof the case that stored the smaller,

'lower case' letters.17. Leonardo Da Vinci could write

with one hand and draw

with the other at the same time, hencemulti-tasking was invented.

18. Because metal was scarce, theOscars given out during World War IIwere made of wood.

19. There are no clocks in Las Vegasgambling casinos.

20. The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan; there was never a

recorded Wendy before!21. There are no words in the diction-ary that rhyme with: orange, purple, andsilver.

22. Leonardo Da Vinci invented scis-sors. A lso, it took him 10 years to paintMona Lisa's lips.

23. A tiny amount of liquor o n a scor- pion will make it instantly go mad andsting itself to death.

24. The mask used by Michael Myersin the original'Halloween' was a CaptainKirk's mask painted white.

25. If you have three quarters, four dimes, and four pennies,

you have $1.19. You also have thelargest amount of money in coins with-out being able to

make change for a dollar (good toknow).

26. By raising your legs slowly andlying on your back, you

can't sink in quicksand (and youthought this list was completely use-

less).27. The phrase 'rule of thumb' is de-rived from an old English law,

which stated that you couldn't beatyour wife with anything wider thanyour thumb.

Things You Should Know ButProbably Don't !!!!!

We hang petty thieves and appoint thegreat thieves to public ofce.~Aesop,Greek slave & fable author

Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed

by those who are dumber.~Plato, ancient Greek Philosopher

Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where

there is no river.~Nikita Khrushchev, Russian Soviet

politician

When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President; I'm

beginning to believe it.~Quoted in 'Clarence Darrow for the

Defense' by Irving Stone.

Politicians are people who, when theysee light at the end of the tunnel, go

out and buy some more tunnel.~John Quinton, American actor/writer

Politics is the gentle art of gettingvotes from the poor and campaign funds

from the rich, by promising to protecteach from the other.

~Oscar Ameringer, "the Mark Twainof American Socialism."

I offered my opponents a deal: “if theystop telling lies about me, I will

stop telling the truth about them”.~Adlai Stevenson, campaign speech,

1952..

Political Insights particularly for tax authorities.Handling money was also signicantly

more expensive than processing electronic payments, he said. “From producing it,moving it, guarding it and even destroy-ing it, with cash, it’s all cost,” Espenillasaid. “Digitized money is also [easier totrack]. Not only is it more efcient, it’s alsomore transparent… because everything isrecorded,” he explained.

For instance, the billions of pesos indoleout under the Aquino administration’sConditional Cash Transfer (CCT) programwere disbursed using mobile phone walletswith the help of the country’s top telecom-munication companies.

Last Thursday, dominant carrier SmartCommunications and the LandBank of thePhilippines launched a new service thatwould allow CCT beneciaries to automati-cally save part of the money they get fromthe government. Half of this money can then be borrowed and used as capital for the saleof prepaid mobile phone load credits.

Poem No. 77

Why the hell!

Why the hell did you look my way...

Glance side way like I didn't really notice

Then stare ...a hundred miles away

Like I am not really here!

I know why! You know why?

It's because of alien!

Alien technology!

V.F.O. phenomenon! Strange sightings!

It's just a big trashed can in the sky any way!

Where past memories are being dumped and recycled

To come back again somewhere...somehow...

As slightly used memories like new in the present!

Ex wives...ex girlfriends x men...x les

Ex Asians now Americans! Americanasians!

A nation of EX! E.X Nation! X NATION!

Ex name Yuan now Yuanic!

Ex name Li Hua now Li Huastic!

Ex name Kum Kuat...now Kum Kuatic!

Exit! Entrance!

Slightly recognizable people from hints of past memories...

Revealed!

Hey! Aren't you...No it can't be! Forget it!

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with the Americans.“We will come to the negotiating

table guided by the Philippine Constitu-tion, utmost respect for sovereignty, andmutuality of benets in any approvedactivity and deployment of equipment,”he added.

The rst round of negotiations was held

at the defense department building at CampAguinaldo in Quezon City.

With Sorreta in the Philippine panel wereDefense Undersecretary Pio Lorenzo Batino,Justice Undersecretary Francisco Baraan IIIand Defense Assistant Secretary RaymundQuilop.

State Department senior negotiator for military agreements Eric John led the US panel composed of State Department At-torney Advisor Elizabeth Jones, Brig. Gen.Joaquin Malavet, and Capt. Greg Bart.

“I exhort both panels to remain candid andfrank so that the outcome of this undertak-ing will redound to the best interest of our two countries,” Defense UndersecretaryHonorio Azcueta said before the start of thenegotiations.

The rst round of talks started at 10 a.m.and ended at about 3:30 p.m. Details of themeeting were unavailable as of press time but ofcials are expected to hold a media brieng on the matter today.

Despite ofcial denial, it is widely be-lieved that China’s brazenness in staking itsclaim over almost the entire West Philip-

pine Sea prompted Manila to negotiate for increased rotational presence of US troops.More supportAt least three more lawmakers have voiced

their support for bigger US military presencein the country.

Western Samar Rep. Mel Senen Sarm-iento, secretary-general of the ruling LiberalParty (LP), said an expanded US military presence would deter “China’s expansionistambitions which target resource-rich territo-ries that already belong to its neighbors.”

in Zamboanga City.He said the communications equipment

being used by US forces at Camp Aguinaldowere so powerful that they usually disruptsignals from other communications facilitiesat the camp.

Some AFP ofcials also expressed doubtson US readiness to ght for the Philippinesagainst China. “We know it. They will notgo to war with China because of us. They are just here to protect their own interests in theAsia-Pacic region,” a ranking ofcial said.

Drone launch padIn Davao City, Interior and Local Govern-

ment Secretary Manuel Roxas II said the

Philippines may request for unmanned aerialvehicles or drones from the US for certainsecurity operations.

“If ever our security forces would needthem, especially in the searches in forestareas, then we may request from them (theUS),” Roxas said on a local television show.With Jess Diaz, Ding Cervantes, EdithRegalado, Jaime Laude

Senator Benigno Aquino’s assassinationis credited with transmuting the oppositionto the Marcos dictatorship into a nation-ally unied crusade. It is also credited withthrusting Cory into the public spotlight andher running for president in the snap electionof 1986.

Ninoy wanted to be a revolutionary likeGeneral Emilio Aguinaldo. He was not afraid

or scared or wary of the word “revolution.”Of course not a bloody one. EDSA I was not. Ninoy wanted to destroy the most formidableobstacle to our progress — the Oligarchy.He wanted to smash the oligarchy, and bring back the billions they stashed abroad. Hewanted to stop Marcos who destroyed andgutted the very main ber of democratic principles in the Philippines... He knewFerdinand Marcos has devoted the greater part of his twenty years of presidency in plundering the economy of the Philippinesand corrupting its civic institutions. He knewthe biggest crooks in and out of government,those powerful smugglers, thieves, tax cheats — had he been alive he has all the guts toclobber them. Ninoy had lots of it. Ninoy’sair for headline-grabbing attacks on Marcosmade him the number one to be imprisonedduring the Martial Law.

Is Democracy a native Philippine valueworth dying for? I recently read the articleof Dr. Rolly Solis titled “Heart to Heart Talk With Ninoy” (August 21, 2011 issue of thePhilippine Inquirer.) As a friend of Rolly,Aquino had several stories in his active lifehe shared with him, his mixture of idealism

and pragmatic political servicehis experi-ences and broad possibilities of freedom for our country. In his three years of exile in theU.S. after 7 years and 7 months of incarcera-tion in Fort Bonifacio, Manila, Philippines,he came to the US for cardiac surgery.

Ninoy was under the medical care of Dr. Rolly Solis while in exile in America andtheir doctor-patient relationship blossomedinto a great friendship. No one can deny Dr.Solis was and is part of the historical sagaof the charismatic opposition leader, NinoyAquino.

A query from Rolly was this: “What wouldhave happened if Ninoy died while under my care?”

Before answering this question I believedGod has a purpose and Ninoy would havenever died under your care. Ninoy was ingood hands. A prominent, top rated cardiolo-gist, Dr. Rolly Solis of Baylor UniversityMedical Center in Dallas, Texas led thetreatment of Ninoy. God Almighty hadanointed Ninoy his destiny to be alive inorder to help and to save our beleagueredcountry and to resolve those resolutions that

would strengthen the nation. He was a manwho strived to surpass himself and yearnedfor the impossible equal to great challenges.That is what Ninoy was. He played thatimportant string in life- attitude, love for our country surpassing his 7 years of incarcera-tion and cardiovascular inrmities duringthe Marcos regime. All the time, his life has been like a dry leaf oating in the breezecontinued to ght with a message of hope tohis countrymen. He was a courageous politi-cian, a brilliant one with effulgent vision,and an enterprising journalist.

Was it a blessing in disguise that Ninoydid not die in his triple bypass surgery? Whatwould have happened if he did not recover from his surgery? More questions no realanswers. But one thing sure, there wouldhave been no People Power Revolution. NoEDSA 1. Dictatorship would have continuedand many pains in the modern history wouldhave been the legacy of the Marcos regime.It would have been a Khadafy Pilipinas.

Every Filipinos must remember Ninoy’slegacy. About remembering Ninoy andCory, most Filipinos’ remembrance of their country’s past has not been much of usefulresource nor a compelling pursuit.

Today, Filipinos perhaps more than anyother time in the Philippine history, havecontorted their historical inheritance, in thequest for material goods, so much so thata blinding philistinism has settled in. AlsoFilipinos are too forgiving. They forgive allsorts of sins of previous and present lead-ers in government everything from theft,fraud, plunder and criminality and graftand corruption. There is one mortal sin thatis unpardonable, and that is the murder of Ninoy Aquino.

The cyberspace is loaded with stories of Ninoy Aquino, his stunning political life andhis inherent desires for complete Liberty,Freedom, and Democracy in the Philippines.

Now, we witness Filipinos are simply tooforgiving. Filipinos are blissfully voting intoofce candidates who are neither quali-ed nor morally deserving. Are the Marcos political dynasty worth to be back in power?To forgive and forget? What an amnesia! Wemust not put our trust in political forgive-ness for someone died three decades ago as amartyr, our beloved Ninoy Aquino.

We commemorate this event –the death of a legendary hero not only to showcase his bravery and wisdom that died for our coun-try but also to reafrm our love for freedomand democracy and to remember Benigno S.Aquino Jr. and his legacy.

It would also provide opportunities for members of the Armed Forces of the Philip- pines (AFP) to learn from their Americancounterparts, he said.

He said increased US presence could also“provide the Philippines the much neededtime to modernize its defensive capabilities.”

Another LP member, Rep. Jerry Treñas of Iloilo City, said Congress could always ex-ercise its oversight power if the US militaryabuses the terms and conditions for its stayin the country.

“This is not a basing agreement, so I don’tthink that we are faced with a constitutionalimpasse on this plan to increase rotational

presence of US forces in the Philippines,especially in areas which are part of China’sexpansionist agenda,” he said.

He said the planned increased rotational presence should be within the purview of theVisiting Forces Agreement.

For his part, Davao City Rep. Karlo Nograles said such presence would not vio-late the Constitution so long as the US doesnot establish a military base or bring nuclear weapons to the country.

“If we lose nothing yet gain an edge incombating internal and external threats andaggressors, the planned increased presenceis to our best interests. But we should makesure we retain oversight functions to reviewits actual implementation,” he said.

“Remember, in this global community it isincumbent upon all nations – whether big or small – to contribute in ensuring the securityof all nations. Any tension or aggression thathappens in one part of the world affects theglobal balance,” he added.

But sources in the Armed Forces said theAmericans have been conducting militaryactivities in the country for years almost

unhampered even without an expanded ac-cess agreement.“They’re now in Mindanao and in Luzon.

Under the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA),their warships and ghter planes are oftenaround,” an ofcial who declined to benamed said.

One ofcial said American forces wereeven camped right inside AFP headquartersin Camp Aguinaldo. They also operate acamp inside Camp Navarro, home of theWestern Mindanao Command (Westmincom)

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Social Services Transportation Advisory Council (SSTAC)

Notice of Public Meeting

The Social Services Transportation Advisory Council (SSTAC) is an advisory group to the San Diego Associationof Governments (SANDAG). SSTAC consists of 21 members representing social service agencies, individuals,transportation providers, and the Consolidated Transportation Services Agency. The California Public UtilitiesCode requires SSTAC to hold at least one public meeting each year to solicit input on transportation needs fromseniors, persons with disabilities, and persons with limited means.

Members of the public are invited to provide testimony at the upcoming SSTAC meeting, which will be held at

SANDAG offices in Downtown San Diego and at the North County Transit District in Oceanside via teleconfer -ence. The public is invited to attend either location.

10 a.m., Monday, September 16, 2013SANDAG, 7th Floor Conference Room401 B StreetSan Diego, CA 92101

North County Transit DistrictVideoconference Meeting Room, 1st floor 810 Mission AvenueOceanside, CA 92054

The meeting locations are accessible by public transit. Call 511 or visit www.511sd.com for route information.

In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, SSTAC will accommodate persons who require assistancein order to participate at these meetings. If such assistance is required, please contact SANDAG at (619) 699-1900at least 72 hours in advance of the meeting.

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SAN DIEGO C OUNTY REGIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY’SOVERALL DBE GOAL

NOTICE OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY REGIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY’S COMPLETION OF THE PRO-POSED FEDERAL FISCAL YEARS 2014-2016 OVERALL DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE(DBE) GOAL FOR SAN DIEGO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT - LINDBERGH FIELD

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the San Diego County Regional Airport Authorit y has established the Au-thority’s Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Goal in compliance with 49 CFR 26. The following is the FederalFiscal Years 2014-2016 DBE contracting goal for San Diego International Airport-Lindbergh Field:

OVERALL DBE CONTRACTING GOALfor

Federally-Funded Airport Improvement Projects – 14%

The goal rationale is available for public inspection during the business hours of 8 a.m.–12 p.m. and 1 p.m.–5 p.m., Monday t hrough Friday at the San Diego County Regional Airport Authority Clerk’s office located at3225 North Harbor Drive, 3rd Floor, San Diego, CA 92101. The goal and methodology are also available for viewing online at:http://www.san.org/documents/business_opportunities/FY14-16_DBE_Goal_Methodology_Draft.pdf

Written comments on the goal rationale will be accepted untilSeptember 20, 2013, and should be addressed to:

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