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no ofcial statements fromeither the government or themilitary regarding the car-rier’s name.

Q1: Why is China deploying anaircraft carrier?

A1: The acquisition of an aircraftcarrier is driven in part by China’sdesire for international prestige. TheUnited States, United Kingdom,France, Russia, Spain, Italy, India,Brazil, and Thailand operate a totalof 21 active-service aircraft carriers(the United States alone operates11). An aircraft carrier is widelyviewed by Chinese as a symbol of national power and prestige. PLAofcers often remind foreigners thatChina is the only permanent member of the UN Security Council withouta carrier.

At the same time, however, the procurement of the carrier is a con-

by Jean S. Tinsay, Esq. Everyone is familiar with the story

of Cinderella and her evil stepmoth-er who made her life miserable. Theoften and much maligned stepmoth-er is the fairy tale character everyoneloves to hate. In real life, however,there are many stepparents who donot t the mold of Cinderella’s step-mom. To the contrary they learn tolove and care for their stepchildrenand many times they in fact are theonly parents that the child grows upknowing. This is such a story.

Ferdie and Marie met while thetwo were members of the collegeglee club. After graduation fromcollege, the two lived together andhad two children, Cindy and Ferdie,Jr. Marie who was the more adven-turous of the two yearned to go tothe United States and try her luck inHollywood. Despite Ferdie’s vehe-ment objection, Marie left for the

United States. At rst, Marie com-municated frequently, but as timewent by she called less and less untilthe calls nally stopped. Severalyears after Marie left, Ferdie marriedIsabel. Since Isabel could not havechildren of her own, she showeredall her love and affection on Cindyand Ferdie, Jr. She attended everyschool event, helped with their homework, prepared nutritious baonfor school and when they were sick,it was Isabel who would stay up tothe wee hours of the evening to carefor them until they got better.

Meanwhile, Marie was havinga tough time in the United States.While she did nd work in Hol-lywood it was to be as a caregiver

to an aging Hollywood star whosuffered from Alzheimer’s. After being in the United States for over

ten years, she married Brad, a U.S.citizen and nally obtained a greencard. At the time of Marie’s mar-riage to Brad, Cindy was 16 andFerdie, Jr. was 20. One day, Ferdiegets a call from Marie telling himthat she and her new husband wouldlike to bring their children to theUnited States.

Under immigration laws, includedin the denition of a child is a step-child who is under 21 years of age,whether legitimate or not, as longas the child was under 18 years oldat the time the step-relationship wascreated.

Brad as the stepfather can le animmigrant petition for Cindy, butnot for Ferdie, Jr. For immigration purposes, Cindy is considered hisstepdaughter because at the time of his marriage to Marie, Cindy was

below 18 years old. Since Cindy isalso below 21 years old, she is con-sidered an immediate relative – as aminor stepchild of a U.S. citizen andan immigrant visa is immediatelyavailable to her.

Ferdie, Jr. on the other hand wasalready 20 years old at the time of Brad’s marriage to Marie and hence,for immigration purposes does notqualify as his stepchild. How-ever, Marie can le an immigrant petition for Ferdie, Jr. as her child assoon as she obtains her green card.However, as the child of a lawful permanent resident, a visa is not im-mediately available and he will haveto wait many years before he will be able to immigrate to the United

States.Fast forward six years

later, Cindy is now 21 years oldand recently became a U.S. citizen.In the years following her arrival,Cindy managed to develop a lovingand caring friendship with Marie.However, Cindy never forgot themotherly love and attention that waslavished on her by Isabel. Evenafter Cindy left for the United States,Isabel would send through relativesgoing to the United States Cindy’sfavorite pastries. Cindy, who grewup to be equally thoughtful andcaring would periodically send balikbayan boxes containing pasa-lubongs for her father and Isabel.

The highlight of Isabel’s life is her weekend conversation with Cindyvia webcam. Thus, immediatelyafter becoming a U.S. citizen, Cindyconsulted an immigration attorneyto bring not only her father but alsoIsabel to the United States. SinceIsabel and Ferdie were married prior to Cindy’s 16th birthday, Isabel isconsidered her stepparent for immi-gration purposes. Parents (includ-ing stepparents) of U.S. citizens areconsidered immediate relatives for immigration purposes and immigrantvisas are immediately available tothem.

Unfortunately, Ferdie died beforean immigrant petition can be led by Cindy. Would that affect, theimmigrant petition Cindy is ling on behalf of Isabel? The termination of the marriage that created the steppar-

ent-stepchild relationship does notautomatically terminate the steppar-ent-stepchild relationship provided itcan be shown that there is a continu-ing stepparent-stepchild relationshipafter the termination of the marriage.In this case, the marriage creatingthe stepparent-stepchild relationshipended with Ferdie’s death. Howev-er, if Cindy and Isabel can show thatdespite Ferdie’s death, they continueto maintain a stepmother-stepdaugh-ter relationship, Isabel will still beconsidered as Cindy’s stepmother for immigration purposes and theimmigrant petition that will be led by Cindy on behalf of her stepmoth-er Isabel may still be approved.

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Atty. Jean S. Tinsay is a partner inThe Law Firm of Chua Tinsay and Vega (CTV) - a full service law rmwith ofces in San Francisco, San Diego and Manila. The information presented in this article is for gen-eral information only and is not, nor intended to be, formal legal advicenor the formation of an attorney-cli-ent relationship. The CTV attorneyswill be holding regular free legal clinics at the Max’s Restaurant inVallejo, California. Call or HYPER- LINK “javascript:email_US()”e-mail CTV for an in-person or phoneconsultation to discuss your par -ticular situation and/or how their services may be retained at (415)495-8088; (619) 955-6277; jtin-

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messenger, and a far worse one. I remember how many years agosome Filipinos in Hong Kong calledon the Philippine government to stopProbe from airing there because itsstories about pedophilia, criminality,and the mountain of trash in Payatasand elsewhere were giving Filipinosa bad image.

I said maybe so, but in the rst place you don’t solve the problem by burying the truth. In this day andage of social networks and satel-lite communications, the truth has away of surfacing far faster and moresurely than the sun does at dawn.The effort to hide an ugly truth canonly burnish it to a staggering shine.You solve the problem by stop-

ping pedophilia and criminality and bringing down the mountain of trashin Payatas and elsewhere.

In the second place, why should

the airing of the bad news be bad for the image of Filipinos abroad? Whenthey can always take pride in the factthat their country, quite unlike manyother Asian ones, enjoys freedom of the press?

Ramos’ version of shooting themessenger is worse because whilethe airing of pedophilia, etc. exposesthe stench of the present, the investi-gations into the Arroyo regime mere-ly expose the stink of the past. Howin God’s name can investigating thecorruption of that regime possibly paint us as a modern-day version of the Ladrones Islands? The oppositein fact is true. Not investigating themind-boggling corruption of theArroyo regime paints us as coddlersof the corrupt and ungodly. Notinvestigating the breath-taking cor -ruption of the Arroyo regime paints


Angel Y. Dayan • [email protected] 12 • S & P rating perhaps will get more value and reliance

if the Federal Government would borrow from banks or private lend-ers. But it borrows from sources like other countries so what valuedoes S & P rating servem in the nancial market? The are just far toomany political pundits who have nothing good to say. If the federalgovernment is the God of money, it can print it, who is needed to

provide credit rating? It is interesting that Treasury bills purchasewould rise on a government that is 10 trillion in debt, and makingonly 2.5 trillion in taxes, but spending 4 trillion.

It does not sound to be a good place to park your money.

Val Mores • [email protected] 13 • I was a young kid then in the mid 70s and I love to

watch 1950s movies so called “sine siyete” it was a program onchannel 7.I used to watch on the black and white TV set of our neighbour. I appreciate the nest of the movie that time. I liked thetandem of Armando and tessie, they are both very ne. Thank youfor publishing his story.More power to you.

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Pusoy (A Russian Poker) ByRudy D. Liporada

She sat at the corner of the Scoutofce early that Saturday morningmeeting waiting for everyone elseto come. A blue beret matching her blue skirt capped her free owing bangs. The insignias on the shoul-der straps and breast pockets of her white blouse told me she must be anew den mother of the little scoutsin blue. Her eyes, arched with thick and long lashes, uttered over ahandbook of beginning scout lead-ers.

“Hello, I don’t think I know you,”I said.

Glancing at my nameplate pinnedon the left breast pocket of my green

uniform, she said, “Oh! Rodel, theytold me you could help me with thehand signals to control the kids.”

I could not control the thumping of my heart. “Sure, sure. What do youalready know?”

“Nothing.”“So, we start from the very begin -

ning.”Cynthia ended up agreeing to be

my date at the scheduled Explorer’s ball the following Saturday.

Robert who used to be one of my vice-presidents and now the president of the explorer post wasactually supposedly Cynthia’s date.Letty, one of the veteran den moth-ers, had made the arrangements.

“Robert, nd another one for the ball,” I said.

“But…”“Look, you are still in high-school.

She is already in college.” She wasin second year college. I was i n myrst year engineering course.

“But…”“She is very much older than you.”

She was six months older than me.“But…”“If you can’t nd a date, I will nd

you one.”“But…”“I am now your adviser.”“Oh! Okay.”“But I thought you would bring

your own girlfriend to the ball,”Letty had protested on behalf of Robert.

“You should have asked me rst,Letty,” I said. “Besides, Cynthiaalready said yes to me.”

“So where and at what time do I pick you up?” I asked.

“Six at my cousin’s place.” Cyn-thia gave me the address.“Why not at your place?”“You will bring me home at my

place.” She smiled. “And I already

Cynthiaapologize. I am tell ing you now. Youwill nd it hard to bring me home.”

“You make it sound mysterious.”She just smiled.

Holding on to my arm, enteringthe ball room, Cythia wore a satinmilky white dress dashed in green.Her dressed matched my explorer’sgala green long owing pants andshirt. Her rose corsage, matched myred cravat. Never since my shyness with

Belinda to the swath of girls I have brought to parties was I so proudwith Cynthia by my side enteringthe ballroom. Not only did she oatin her allure, she was also studyingto be a nurse with plans of goingabroad. To be associated with one

who could be abroad, even at thattime, would be pride enough.But plans were for the future. That

night, she was just she, with me.Or was she?Unlike with the other girls who

pressed their bosoms unto my chest,dancing to mellow sounds, my righthand ached in trying to pull Cynthiacloser to me even just to an inch.Worse, her left hand was anchoredin front of my right shoulder likean immovable wedge. She evengestured disapproval when myknee accidentally knocked at hers. Iconsoled myself with her soft handwhich, at least, I rmly held duringthe mellow dances she afforded me.

I knew then that I was truly inlove.

Bringing her home, however, was

something else. First, it rained theday before. Second we alighted froma cab at the foot of a forlorn hill insome unlit desolate area of the City,I don’t remember having been to be-fore. Third by the light of the moon,she gestured that we would be goingon foot up a dirt road whose end Icould not see.

Then I remembered and she reiter-ated “I told you that you will nd ithard to bring me home.”

As soon as the cab zoomed spurt-ing off pebbles that almost hit us,Cynthia proceeded to a shed at thefoot of the hill. From a corner, sheshed out a pair of shoes caked withmud.

After appearing to be looking for something else, she said “I am sosorry but all the male rubber bootshad been taken” She changed from

her pearly shoes to the mud caked.“I am really used to going up herealone, you know,” she added, insinu-ating her utmost apologies and let-ting me forego off the responsibility

of further escorting her home.I knew she knew what was beyond

the darkness out there but I did not. No way is she going up there alone.

“Let’s go,” I said.“I am really sorry.”“Don’t be. Are you forgetting we

are scouts? I am used to hiking.”But not in my shiny ballroom dress

shoes that squeaked and splashedand went splat as they furrowed andslid on the mud as we climbed upthe hill with her holding my elbowso I do not fall down instead of mehelping her out. The climb did notstop on top of the hill. At a bend, themuddy road shrunk to a narrow trailthat zigzagged further up. Pebbles

now, that peppered the mud, madesure that a novitiate would slip.Twice, my face almost smacked onthe mud. Luckily, she managed to pull me before I had fallen at. ThenI skidded down like skateboardingwith her just simply guiding me,aware of where the skid will end.

The end of the skid was shroudedwith banana groves. There, by thelight of the moon, I saw the anxious-ness on her face.

“Are you alright?” she asked.“I am okay. Why?”“You are really nice.” And then there was light.Cobblestones and uneven rocks

highlighted the last trek to their house. Still slippery but already lit by a dim incandescent bulb hangingfrom a rotten pole, the cobblestone

ended parallel to their lighted porch.There stood Mrs. Caridad

Madriaga Samson, anxiety on her face.

Early that dawn, her thick bed-room clothes appeared icy lined. Shesmoked a black cigarette with its litend hidden beneath her tongue.

“This is Rodel, mommy,” Cynthiasaid.

“I’s pas twelb,” she said with her cigarette transferring from the leftside of her mouth to the right.

“I am so sorry, po, ma’am,” I man-aged not to stammer. “We had a hardtime, po, getting a taxi.”

She removed the cigarette from her mouth. “Well, you should have comehome earlier.” Her demeanor seemedto have softened. Must have beenmy respectful po for the elders.

“You came from John Hay, mom-

my?” Cynthia asked. She kicked off her muddy shoes.

Mrs. Madriaga glanced at myshoes and a smile replaced her hard-ened face.

“So did you win, mommy?”“Nah! As usual,” she gestured for

us to enter the house.I left my mud covered pair of d ress

shoes by the front of the door. I thennoticed that even my pants from thehem up to my knees were splatt eredwith mud.

Three cushioned rattan sofashemmed in a Hi-Fi stereo at theMadriaga’s receiving room. At acorner table rested a black rotary phone. Mrs. Samson entered whatappeared to me as the dinning roomand kitchen. Two doors were onthe left ank. A piano dominated

the wall between the two doors. Acurtain covered what appeared to bea hallway on the right.

As I absorbed the aura of theroom, I had the strange feeling that

I had been there before. Somehow, I just could not place it.

The wooden walls of the receiv-ing room winked with pictures. “Myuncle, my aunty, my sisters, myniece, my nephews,” Cynthia wenton and on picture after picture. Thedominating portrait in the midst of all the pictures self explained itself.Cynthia’s face was a version of Mrs.Samson’s when she got married withMr. Samson who, in the portrait,stood resplendent in a navy blueuniform.

“Dad is in the States,” said Cyn-thia.

“Oh!”“He said he will be home by

Christmas.”“Three more months, huh!”“Yes, we miss him.”“Well, I guess I have to be going.”“No, no. Mommy is preparing

coffee. You must be hungry. I will prepare some sandwiches.”

Mrs. Samson came out of thekitchen and set a tray on the table by the sofa. There were three cups,a steaming kettle, a jar of sugar and a huge can of Hill Bros Cof-fee. Cynthia followed with a loaf of bread and slices of cheese. I xedmy coffee and cheese sandwichesmyself trying to hide my eagernessin doing so.

Hill Bros Coffee and cheese areonly afforded by those who canafford. And these were Statesidecoffee and cheese afforded only by

Baguio City’s elite who can enter the hallowed grounds of Camp JohnHay and shop at the base’s commis-sary store. Only US military person-nel, their family, and their from timeto time chosen few afnities andfriends can set foot into the hallowedgrounds.

The American troops who foundBaguio City a heaven from theenervating heat of the lowlands inthe early 1900s bought the hallowedgrounds from an Ibaloi Igorot andtransformed it into their R&R center.Camp John Hay is off limits toBaguio residents, specially to thosewho could not afford Stateside HillBros coffee and cheese.

“So, who are your parents,Rodel?” Mrs. Samson asked after she had xed her coffee.

“My father, po, is Luis Morato.My mother, po, is Susan.”

“Louie and Susie? You are thatRodel? My! My! You have grown.”

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“You know them, po?”“Know them? I am your brother’s

godmother. How are they? How isthe canteen at the bowling? How isyour brother?”

Her questions uttered faster thanI could answer them.

To be continued…

(Publisher’s Note: Pusoyis Rudy D. Liporada’s second novel and third book being serialized in Asian Journal. One can get a copyof the book through Amazon.com – A

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On November 16, 2007,the President ratied theConvention on Protection of Children and Cooperationin Respect of IntercountryAdoption (“Hague Adop-tion Convention”). TheHague Adoption Convention(HAC) entered into force inthe United States on April 1,2008. HAC applies to anycase in which a U.S. citizenwho is habitually residentin the United States seeksto accord immediate rela-tive status upon a child whois habitually resident in aHAC country other thanthe United States based onan adoption occurring on

or after April 1, 2008. ThePhilippines is a HAC country. I’vereceived several inquiries from U.Scitizens who want to adopt their nephews or nieces from the Philip- pines. Most of them got turned off when I mentioned the cost involve inadopting under the HAC. Some of these cases don’t have to follow theHAC rules like this particular case.Carla is native of the Philippines.She became a naturalized U.S. citi-zen recently. Before she immigratedto the United States in 2004, she has been the guardian of Marilyn sinceher birth. Marilyn is the daughter of Carla’s sister. Marilyn was bornout of wedlock. Her parents aban-doned her since she was one year old. Marilyn is now 15 years old.Carla wants to know if she can adoptMarilyn in the Philippines and leForm I-130 to petition for her.

USCIS may not approve a FormI-130 that is led by a U.S. citi-zen who is habitually resident inthe United States on behalf of anadopted child who is a habitualresident of HAC country, unless theU.S. citizen completed the adoptionof the child before April 1, 2008. If the U.S. citizen adopted the childrenfrom a HAC country on or after April 1, 2008, a Form I-130 may be approved only if the U.S. citizenestablishes that, at the time of theadoption, either the U.S. citizenwas not habitually resident in theUnited States; or the child was nothabitually resident in the other HACcountry. In our case Marilyn is ahabitual resident in the Philippines.

Can Carla be considered to be NOTa habitual resident in the UnitedStates?

A U.S. citizen is deemed to be“habitually resident” in the UnitedStates if he or she is domiciled in theUnited States, that is, if he or she ac-tually lives in the United States withthe intent to maintain that residencefor indenite future. A U.S. citizenis also deemed to be “habituallyresident” in the United States if heor she is domiciled abroad, but theU.S. citizen plans to take either of the following actions before satisfy-

ing the 2-year residence and custodyrequirements that would permit thechild to immigrate: i) establishing adomicile in the United States on or before the date of the child’s admis-sion for permanent residence (and,therefore, will be living with thechild in the United States after theadoption); or ii) bringing the child tothe United States temporarily to ob-tain the child’s naturalization. Thus,a U.S. citizen will be deemed to be“habitual resident” in the UnitedStates if the citizen seeks to bringthe child to the United States as adirect consequence of the adoption.

Take note that under our regula-tions, a U.S. citizen will be deemed,for purposes of adjudicating a FormI-130, NOT to have been habituallyresident in the United States at the

time of the adoption if the citizencompletes the two-year custody and joint residence requirement by livingwith the child outside the UnitedStates. In this situation, the adoptive parent may le a Form I-130 insteadof following the Hague AdoptionConvention procedures.

Going back to Carla’s case,she completed the two-year jointresidence requirement but not thetwo-year legal custody requirement because she has not legally ad-opted Marilyn. The two years legalcustody is counted from the time theadoption decree becomes nal. If Carla were to go back to the Philip- pines and live there for at least twoyears to complete the legal custodyrequirement, USCIS may adjudicatethe Form I-130 petition without

following the HAC procedures. Theadoption, however, has to be nal-ized before Carla’s 16th birthday.

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There is now a critical

bill pending for ac-

tion in the U.S. Con-

gress that will create jobs and

strengthen Philippine-U.S.relations. This legislation is

called the SAVE Our Indus-

tries Act (S. 1244/H.R. 2387),

and is the most important eco-

nomic initiative involving the

United States and the Philip-

pines in a half century.

The SAVE Act is strongly support-ed by President Benigno S. AquinoIII. The SAVE Act means jobs for Americans and jobs for Filipinos. Itis a win-win proposal for both of our countries.

Congressman Manny Pacquiaocertainly knows what a winner looks

Save Our Industries Act: Philippine Ambassadorcalls for action on important legislation

Open Letter from Philippine Ambassador Luis Cuisa, Jr.

like, and he has given his strong support to the SAVE Act also.

But for the SAVE Act to pass theU.S. Congress, we also need your support.

It is my great honor to serve asPhilippine Ambassador to the UnitedStates. As I have traveled across theUnited States in recent months, Ihave met with many members of theFilipino American community andhave been encouraqed by the deepand unshakeable ties between

our two countries.We have been through much

together in the last century, and I believe we will do much together inthe century to come.

The SAVE Act is an important opportunity to do something importanttogether.

The SAVE Act will create a newfoundation upon which to expandcommercial relationships and trade

between the United States and thePhilippines.

Our trade relationship is one of balance and mutual benet - and wecan do more to build upon it. That

is precisely the vision of the SAVEAct, and why we think it essentialthat the U.S. Congress pass it.

The SAVE Act recognizes a simple but important potential synergy between the economies of the Philip- pines and the United States. TheUnited States still has an importanttextile fabric

manufacturing sector, but nolonger produces large quantities of nished garments, with most

imported from China, Vietnamand other countries in Asia andLatin America. The Philippines,meanwhile, is very good at sewingnished garments but, unlike mostother Asian garment producingcountries, does not have a signicanttextile fabric sector. Thus, the Philip- pines must import fabrics from other countries to sew garments.

The proposition of the SAVE Actis very simply that if the Philip- pines imports U.S. fabrics instead of fabrics from other countries in Asia- then makes them into garments,that these

garments can enter the U.S. marketduty-free. A second provision wouldallow a limited number of garmentcategories to enter the U.S. duty-freethat have used fabrics from a thirdcountry

when such fabrics are not made inthe United States. This framework,often used in other U.S. trade pro-grams, would promote both indus-tries and job creation on both sidesof the Pacic.

Most of us know someone whoworks or has worked in apparelmanufacturing in the

Philippines. It has been a strong

industry for the Philippines and atone time employed almost 800,000 people. We are known globally for providing the highest quality needle-

work andcompeting to produce for quality

brands such as Ann Taylor and PoloRalph Lauren companies that wouldlike to remain producing in thePhilippines and are also doing a lotto support th e SAVE Act.

It has been unfortunate that, likethe U.S. garment and textile indus-

Philippine Ambassador to the US Jose L. Cuisia, Jr. listens to Filipino community leader Ms. Loida Nicolas Lewis. (Photo cour -tesy of www.philippineembassy-usa.org)

try, our garment manufacturers haveincreasingly faced formidable com- petition from other Asian producers.Our garment employment is nowonly 150,000 and our garment salesin the United States have fallen by50 percent in the last ve years.

The SAVE Act would reverse thistrend.

By opening a new export marketin the Philippines for U.S. textiles,the U.S. industry could see a rise

in production to supply hundredsof millions of dollars of yarns andfabrics to the Philippines. The dutyreduction will provide a competitiveincentive to return production of garments to the Philippines, bringing back the capacity and tens of thou-sands of jobs that have been lost.

U.S. consumers would also beengiven an opportunity to buy productsmade with U.S. fabrics in the Philip- pines - and at better prices!

This bill is truly an opportunity for both countries to win. All that must

happen is for the U.S. Congress todecide to say “yes” to the pend-ing SAVE Act bill. The united andengaged voices of those Filipino-Americans that understand theimportance of this relationship canmake the difference.

To join the effort and to make your voice heard, please visit the websitewww.saveourindustriesact.org. Hereyou will nd further informationalmaterial and links to allow.

you to easily write to your Mem- bers of Congress and Senators toseek their co-sponsorship of theSAVE Act, and also how to requestmeetings with them for the same purpose. An opportune time to meetwith legislators is while Congressis in recess through the Labor DayHoliday on September 5th.

Jose L. Cuisa, Jr.

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us as a land hospitable to thieves and plunderers. Not investigating the Ar -royo regime’s penchant for retainingcutthroats like the Ampatuans andhammering bukols in foreign dealswill encourage neither tourists nor investors to come over.

Three, Ramos has a curious viewof foreign investors. Namely, thatthe very people who have the meansto plunk a fortune into this countrydo not have the means to gather the

most accurate information aboutit and can be duped into believingthere’s nothing wrong with it by anew government refraining fromdelving into the past. I grant there’sa type of foreign investor that likesdespots better than libertarians because of the incentives they grant,chief of them not asking too manyquestions in exchange for not beingasked too many questions in turn.That is not the kind of investor weneed, or want.

Four, Ramos’ advice is a varia-tion of yet another Filipino pastime,which is to postulate that economic performance is the only way tomeasure a government’s accom- plishments. The opposition speci-cally puts it thus: P-Noy is tryingto cover for his lack of economic performance by blaming everything

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on the Arroyo regime. Running after that regime is the surest sign he isgoong off.

Leaving aside for the moment theP-Noy administration’s repeatedhikes in credit rating from Moody’sand Fitch—a no mean feat whenyou look at what’s happening in theworld today from the United Statessuffering a downgrade there; the P- Noy government clearly enjoys thenancial world’s condence—howcan anyone imagine that seeking jus-tice is not a heroic undertaking andnding it not a heroic accomplish-ment? Exposing those who stoleand plundered to make sure crooksdo not rise again and ourish like

mushrooms in the bureaucratic dark is “doing nothing?” Punishing thosewho stole votes and lives to makesure tyranny doesn’t come roaring back—all it took was nine years for Arroyo to follow in Marcos’ foot-steps, roughly the duration of martiallaw—is “doing nothing?” Levellingthe playing eld, restoring publiccondence in government, and giv-ing everyone—foreign investor andordinary folk alike—an even break is “doing nothing?”

Which brings me to ve.The economy is not above all

about foreign investors. The patri-mony is not above all about foreigninvestors. The country is not aboveall about foreign investors. Theyare above all about the people, theyare above all about Filipinos. The point of governance is not to make

this country hospitable to foreigninvestors, it is to make this countryhospitable to its people. The pointof governance is not to nd ways tolure in tourists and foreign inves-tors, it is to nd ways to give its owncitizens a stake in their own country,a reason to stay in their own country.The point of governance is not togive foreign investors the condenceto invest in this country, it is to givethe Filipinos a reason to believe theycan chart their own destiny.

Forget Tabako. What governmentshould do is hound the plunderersand murderers of the past with evenmore zeal, with even more energy.The sins of the past are visited upon

the present—unless you undo them.Forget Tabako, he may huff and hemay puff:

But he won’t blow the housedown.A

fter a long wait,

Mikka will nally be

going to the United

States in September to join

her U.S. citizen husband.

The delay was mainly due to

her husband Patrick’s deci-

sion for her to stay a little

bit longer in the Philippines,

while he nds a place for them to settle down. Patrick

works as a seasonal worker in

Alaska and does not want her

to stay there. Perhaps, he is

worried she cannot stand the

cold climate, or more proba-

bly because he is worried thathis hot-blooded co-workers

might take an interest in his

lovely wife.

Now that Patrick will be off from work because it is lowseason, he asks Mikka to comeover. It will be her rst trip tothe United States and she is veryexcited. There is however oneglitch. Patrick will have to returnto his job in Alaska in October.He tells Mikka to get a roundtrip ticket with a departure datefrom the Philippines in Septem- ber, and a return ight from theUnited States in October.

In other words, Patrick wantsMikka to stay in the U.S. for

only one month, then to go back to the Philippines. Mikka is wor-ried that she will still not haveher green card before she returns

back to the Philippines.

Mikka asks our advice if shecan leave the U.S. without agreen card. She is also anticipat-ing that she may have to returnto the U.S. still without her greencard and wants to know if this isalso possible.

To address Mikka’s concerns, itis important to understand whathappens when a rst-time im-migrant enters the United States.Upon arrival at her port of entry,Mikka will line up in the immi-gration counter together with theother arriving passengers. Shewill then be directed to another area where the immigrationofcer will process her greencard. She will be ngerprintedand asked to ll out and signforms. Finally, her passport will be printed with an I-551 stampwhich reads “Processed for I-551Temporary Evidence of Law-ful Admission for PermanentResidence Valid until ________.Employment authorized.” TheI-551 stamp is valid for one year, because USCIS anticipates thatMikka will be getting her greencard within one year.

Form I-551 is actually the of-cial name of the Green Card or Alien Registration Card. So theI-551 stamp in her passport willhave the same effect and useful-ness as a green card, except thatit will only good for only a year.This means that Mikka can leavethe U.S. in October to go back to the Philippines, then return tothe U.S., with her I-551 stampin lieu of her plastic green card.Of course, if the green card ar-rives in her U.S. address whileMikka is in the Philippines, andthere is still time for it to reach

Mikka before she goes back tothe U.S., it can be mailed to her.One word of caution. Althoughthe I-551 stamp is good for oneyear, Mikka should remember not to stay outside of the U.S.for long (preferably less thansix months), especially as shewill have been just a fresh im-migrant.

Atty. Rogelio Karagdag , Jr. islicensed to practice law in bothCalifornia and the Philippines.

He practices immigration lawin San Diego and has continu-ously been a trial and appellateattorney in the Philippines since1989. He travels between San

Diego and Manila. His ofce ad -dress is located at 10717 Camino

Ruiz, Suite 131, San Diego, CA92126. He also has an ofce inthe Philippines at 1240 ApacibleStreet, Paco, Manila, Philippines1007, with telephone numbers(632)522-1199 and (632)526-0326. Please call (858)348-7475/(858)536-4292 or email him at [email protected]. He speaks Tagalog

uently. Articles written in thiscolumn are not legal advice but are hypotheticals intended as

general, non-specic legal infor -mation. Readers must seek legal consultation before taking anylegal steps.

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The Hour of Great Mercy

At three o’clock, implore My mercy, especially for sinners; and, if only for a brief moment, immerseyourself in My Passion, particularly in My abandonment at the moment of agony. This is the hour

of great mercy. In this hour, I will refuse nothing to the soul that makes a request of Me in virtueof My Passion (Diary, 1320). -- Divine Mercy in My Soul: Diary of Saint Faustina Kowalska

You expired, O Jesus, but the source of life gushed forth for souls and an ocean of mercy opened up for the whole world.O Fount of Life, unfathomable Divine Mercy, envelop the

whole world and empty Yourself out upon us. O Blood andWater, which gushed forth from the Heart of Jesus as a fount

of mercy for us, I trust in You. Amen.

At sa mga apatnapung taon naman na susunod

ay kinakailangan nating sa araw ay kumayod

magtrabaho ng husto at ang pamilya’y itaguyod

hanggang sa mapag-aral ang mga anak na nilulugod.

Sa sampung taong susunod ay halos magpakamatay

sa pag-aalaga mga apong pinakamamahal

patawa dito, patawa duon, patawang walang humpay

maaliw lamang yaring mga taong mahal sa buhay.

At kung may natitira pang mga sampung taon mandin

ito’y ilalagi sa pinto ng mga bahay natin

parang asong sumisigaw sa masasamang salarinna may nais manghimasok sa tahanan nating giliw

Ang Buhay Nga Naman (4) Joke of the Week: Jesus was a

Californian: because he never cut hishair, he walked barefoot, he foundeda new religion. Jesus was Hispanic: because his rst name was Jesus,he crossed the borders, the authori-ties always harassed him. Jesus was black: because he called everybody brother, he liked Gospel, he couldn’tget a fair trial. Jesus was Filipino: because he went out shing, heloved “rice”‚ (he had to “rise” fromthe dead).

Scriptures: First Reading:Isaiah 22: 19-23: The promotion of Eliakim as holder of the key of theHouse of David made him a promi -

nent person in the kingdom. He hasthe authority over who has accessto the king’s presence. The Lordtold Shebna, Eliakim’s predeces-sor, about his replacement. SecondReading: Romans 11: 32-33: In spiteof his great mind, Paul has to admitthat he has not solved everything.He has to accept the fact that thereare things beyond the limits of our intellectual comprehension. His faithin the Lord made him surrender allto God.

Gospel: Matthew16:13-20: Jesus wants to be sure that his disciplescan hear him now. If they are his followers,he would like to knowif they understand whohe is. Peter’s professionof faith that Jesus is the

Son of the living Godearned him by divinedecree the authority to bind and to loose.

Reections:TheUS Federal TradeCommission statisticsindicate that over 27.3million people have beenthe victims of some formof identity crime withinthe last ve years. It isestimated that last year’sidentity theft losses to businesses and nancialinstitutions were $48 bil-lion. On average victimslost $1200 with an an-nual cost of $5 billion inout-of-pocket expenses.Identity theft, also

called identity fraud, is

a type of crime in which someonewrongfully obtains and uses another person’s personal data (name, dateof birth, social security number,driver’s license number, credit card, bank account) in some fraud or deception, usually for economic or nancial gain. Identity theft is theUnited States fastest growing crimeand the growing category of FederalTrade Commission complaints.

THE QUEST FOR JESUS ANDHIS IDENTITY HAS GONE ONFOR SO MANY CENTURIES.Usually the quest, be it historical,theological, philosophical, sociologi-cal or merely for the sake of curios-ity, is conditioned by the cultural

values, needs and intentions of theseekers. For instance, at the turn of the 20th century, a German Chris-tian, Albert Scweitzer, published his book, ‚“The Quest of the Histori-cal Jesus.‚“ Schweitzer claimed, inconjunction with the protestantmentality of his time that Jesusdelivered a simple message on theFatherhood of God, the brotherhoodof man and some teachings on s ocial justice. Schweitzer painted a picture

of Christ, somewhat different fromthe Gospels, to suit his own needsand those of the German Christiansof his era.

HISTORY HAS PRESENTEDDIFFERENT PORTRAITS OF

JESUS. There arevarious images of Christ: Jesus theapocalyptic; Jesusthe wonder-worker;Jesus the radicalrevolutionary; Jesusthe liberator; Jesusthe pacist; Jesus of Mel Gibson’s movie,

‚“The Passion.‚“ Inlight of these various presentations of whoJesus is, how can one be certain who is theright Jesus?

The Incarnationof the Son of Godmeans that he enteredinto the contingencyof human history.Jesus Christ was Jew-ish, but he has amillion faces. Theanswer to the ques-tion, ‚“Who do yousay I am?” is alwayssituated within the di-verse ways of hearingthe question and the plurality of respond-ing to it.

Can You Hear Me Now?

“WHO DO YOU SAY THAT IAM?” If the Incarnation of the Sonof God, if the Paschal Mystery (hisdeath, resurrection and ascension)is the foundation of faith, then Jesusmust have an impact on our ownunderstanding of self. His question,‚“Who do you say I am,‚“ is morea question about our faith in God,ourselves and how it affects our life.If we believe in Jesus Christ as theSavior of the world, then that faithsheds light on who we really are,why we are in this world, and whereare we going. Jesus Christ givesmeaning to our earthly journey, to

our successes and failures, and to thedestiny of the whole universe. If hereally rose from the dead and prepared a place for us in hi s Father’sKingdom, then our earthly life doesnot end in death but in everlasting joy and eternal peace. His questiongoes profoundly to the very basicmeaning of human existence. In our struggle to identify who Jesus is,we are in effect identifying who wereally are! A Brazilian theologian,Leonardo Boff, said, ‚“Only at theend of history, therefore, we will begiven to know fully who and whathe is. Until his denitive coming,it is given to us only to assist at hismanifestation as Lord of history.”

Quotation of the Week: “What other people think of me

is becoming less and less important;

what they think of Jesus because of me is critical‚“ -- Cliff Richard.

A Philippine Flag is draped on the arm of Jesus Christ in the

painting “Heal Our Land” by the late Filipino painter Joey Ve-lasco

Paleta de Sangre (Palette of Blood), 2008. Oil on canvas, 48 x 64. As a social realist painter, I was swiftly ushered to the dramaticuse of the contrast of light and shadow (chiarascurro) which was in -

uenced by the old masters like Rembrandt, Caravaggio, and our own Luna and Hidalgo . There is a subtle play of the darkest dark and thebrightest bright. I guide myself with questions like “Where is the light coming from?” “Is it a warm light or a cool light?” It is in identifying the light source that the gures are illumined and the artist achieves‘realism.’ I want to give the feeling that if you cut the canvas with ablade it would bleed. .... I view my obras as ‘real,’ not becauseof the technique but because of the reality happening in our society.“Where is my own light coming from? “What gives me direction in

spite of darkness?” “What makes me paint?” It struck me that Jesus

had been painting my own portrait on the canvas of my soul, not using paint but the palette of His blood . Through the eld of art, He wasintroducing Himself to me. It was as if he was trying to tell me who Hereally is. “Saan nagmumula ang sinag?” -- Joey Velasco

By Fr. Joseph Roesch, MIC (Jul 19, 2011)

One reader writes, “Is the messageof Divine Mercy only for Catholics,or is it ecumenical?”

Two thoughts from the revelationsof Jesus to St. Faustina seem to give

us the answer to this question: “Ask of My faithful servant [Blessed Fr.Michael Sopocko] that, on this day,he tell the whole world of My greatmercy. ... Mankind will not have peace until it turns with trust to Mymercy” (Diary of St. Faustina, 300).Jesus says nothing about limitingthis message to Catholics. He wantseveryone to know about His greatmercy and His desire to forgive us,heal us, and bring us peace.

The Bible is lled with examplesof the longing of the Lord to makeHimself known to the ends of theearth. In the Old Testament, after God healed Naaman the Syrianfrom leprosy through the ProphetElisha, Naaman said, “Now I knowthat there is no God in all the earth,except in Israel” (2 Kgs 5:15). Naa-man came to know the Lord because

mercy was extended to him.Some of our Protestant broth-ers and sisters may question someaspects of our Catholic faith such asthe Communion of Saints, the role

Is DivineMercy for AllChristians?

of Our Lady, and the doctrine on purgatory. However, all Christianscan agree that we are redeemedthrough the death of Christ on thecross. There is no reason, therefore,why all Christians could not pray theChaplet of Divine Mercy, since itfocuses on our redemption in Christ.

To show being merciful is es-

sential to God’s character and toour call as Christians, Fr. SeraphimMichalenko, MIC, points to threesayings from the Scriptures that areintimately related: “Be holy, for the

Lord your God is holy”; “Be perfect, just as your heavenly Father is per -fect”; and “Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.”

All mean the same thing: We areall called to be like God, and thatmeans being merciful as God ismerciful.

Father Joe Roesch, MIC, is theMarians’ vicar general. He lives inRome, Italy.

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groups; seek services for children;employment programs; health-relat-ed services; educational opportuni-ties; and nancial assistance. Thehusband may be advised to take a batterer’s class to reform, womencan go to shelters and hide, see alawyer and request for a restrainingorder, and pray to God for a solution.

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Danny was surprised. Although hehad not been feeling well for quite along time and had been ignoring thesymptoms, he didn’t realize he wasthat sick.

“In the meantime, you must un-dergo a dialysis twice a week,” thedoctor told him.

Danny’s family and friends wereshocked. They had known him to bestrong, someone who had never beenseriously ill all his life. He seemedto be a lucky guy. He had his shareof women, had somehow managedto survive nancially without actu-ally keeping a conventional job, andescaped most of the nancial respon-sibilities to his children. Now, sud-

denly, he was sick, seriously sick.At this time Danny reaped the

benet of having many children, borne by at least six women. Savefor the one he had been hiding fromand the unborn child he was havingwith neighbor Sheila, the rest of hisnine children had been showeringhim with love and care. If their con-cern alone would not be enough tocure his ailment, it somehow easedDanny’s suffering.

“TUMAWAG NA NAMAN SIYA(She called again)”, JR again told hisfather after bringing his dad to thehospital for his dialysis appointment.

“Just tell her you do not knowwhere I am,” Danny told his son.For some reason, he did not desire tosee his long-lost daughter, convinced

she would just be a nancial burden

to him.JR wanted to speak up against his

dad, and lecture him on his respon-sibilities. But he knew Danny wassick and it might just aggravate hiscondition.

“YOU REQUIRE A KIDNEYTRANSPLANT,” the doctor toldDanny during one of his appoint-ments. “But that would be next toimpossible since there is a longlist of patients in need of one. Youwould have to wait for your turn toget an available kidney.”

“What if somebody donates a kid-ney for him?” JR asked the doctor.

“If the donated kidney is compat-ible with your father’s, then a transplant can be done right away.”

Upon learning this, JR asked alltheir relatives and friends for help.Although he was not sure whether any of them would be willing todonate part of their kidney, he askedthem to submit to a test of compat-ibility. Some of them did, includingDanny’s children in San Diego.Unfortunately, not one of them wasfound to be a suitable donor.

DANNY WAS RESIGNED TOHAVE KIDNEY DIALYSIS THEREST OF HIS LIFE. His weeklyroutine became going to the hospitaltwice a week for a ve-hour dialysiseach time, and occasionally gettinga call, through JR, from his long-lost daughter, who wanted to knowhis whereabouts. There were timeswhen he wanted to agree to see her,

but he thought it was too late. Hehad avoided her long enough; nogood would come from their ever meeting, he thought.

“Buti na lang na lang na hindi nakami magkita, baka mamura pa ako(It’s better we don’t see each other.She might curse at me),” he toldhimself.

A YEAR HAD PASSED WHENDANNY GOT THE GOOD NEWS.

“Dad,” his son JR excitedly toldhim. “We had nally found a com- patible donor with your kidney.”

“How much would it cost?” Dannyasked. He knew the news was toogood to be true; there must be acatch.

“Nothing,” JR replied. “The donor just wanted to help you.”

Danny would not believe it. Buthis doctor told him it was not un-common.

“The donor can live a normal lifesince only one of the two kidneyswould be donated. One kidney isenough, especially for a healthy person.”

Danny did not ask anymorequestion. He would believe whateveryone told him after they hadhappened.

DURING THE DAY OF HISOPERATION, Danny’s childrengathered around him, assuring himeverything would be okay. Danny just bitterly smiled at them. He wasresigned to his fate. He was preparedfor whatever that would happen.He felt he was blessed enough. Hethought of himself as one lucky son-of-a-bitch who got with everythingwithout even deserving them. If hewoke up and survived the operation,it would just be a bonus.

IT SEEMED TO BE A VERYLONG SLEEP. He thought he wasin heaven. Everything was quiet.Slowly, he opened his eyes. He sawthe rays of the sun coming througha window on his right. He saw awhite ceiling, white walls, and hisdaughter Carol seated by a chair,sleeping with her head resting on a pillow propped against a wall. Hecalled her.

“Carol.”She would not wake up.“Carol.”She remained asleep.After the fth call, he decided it

was futile to continue. He remainedawake with his eyes open when anurse came in after a few minutes.

“How are you doing?” she askedhim.

“Okay,” he said.The nurse woke up Carol, who

grew excited to see him regain con-sciousness.

“How long had I been asleep?” heasked.

“Two days,” Carol told him.As the nurse and a doctor checked

him, Carol called her other siblingsthrough her cell phone. In a fewhours, they arrived at the hospitaltogether with Danny’s other closerelatives.

“You are brand new again,” thedoctor declared. “You can live along life.”

Everybody cheered. Danny could

not believe his good fortune. True tohis nature, he did not think about the person who had donated his brandnew kidney until JR ask him aboutit.

“Dad, do you want to meet your kidney donor?”

“Of course,” Danny replied. For achange, he was embarrassed for not

even thinking about the person towhom he owed his new lease of life.

After a while, a nurse wheeleda beautiful girl seated in a wheel-chair. She was smiling, with tears inher eyes. Danny noticed everyonearound him had tears in their eyesalso.

“Thank you,” was all Danny couldsay.

The girl leaned over and tried tohug him.Finally, Danny asked.“Why did you do it? Why did you

save my life?”“Because I owe you my life.”Danny was perplexed. He didn’t

remember saving any person’s life.“How?” he asked.

The girl smiled and said. “Becauseyou are my father.”

She turned out to be the long-lostdaughter whom he had been avoid-ing for more than a year now. - AJ

(To be continued)

(Editor’s Note: To read the previ-ous and weekly installments of this

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Ni Vicente V. Yu

Sa isang tahimik gubat na madawagAy may isang ibon na lilipad-lipadSa taglay na hapo, sa pagkawag-kawag

Sa duklay ng puno nagpalipas hirap.

Ang tangka ng loob na magpahingalayPinukaw ng isang nag-aagaw buhaySaklolo ang daing buhat sa batisan Ng isang maliit langgam na pulahan.

Puso palibhasa’y hindi matiisinSa dahong nagbitin isa ang kinitilInihulog ito at sabay ang turingKumapit ka sana tulong ko’y tanggapin.

Tugon nitong langgam ibon ay salamatSa biyayang handog sa aba kong paladAko balang araw sa lahat ng orasAy laang gumanti sukdulang mautas. Lumipas ang araw at sa dating pook Ang bayaning ibon habang nakaluklok

Sa sanga ng kahoy panatag ang loobAng bantang panganib hindi natatalos.

Sa dakong ibaba ng sandaling iyonAy may isang batang mangibon ang layonSa kamay ang hawak ay isang tirador Sandatang pamatay sa malayang ibon.

Nguni’t nang sandaling anyong sisipatinLanggam ay sumipot pangako’y tutupdinDagliang kinagat ang may budhing sakimUpang ang katotoo’y ilayo sa lagim

Sa nangyaring ito batong ibinala Nalihis ang tama sa pinupuntiryaKaya’t itong ibong sadyang iniadyaAy muling lumayong tigib ng ligaya.

Ang tulaing ito’y may aral na taglay Na dapat itanim sa puso ninomanTumulong sa kapwa ay dakilang hakbangSa mata ng Diyos isang kabanalan.

Itong kabutihan kapag inihasik Aanihi’y buting walang kahulilipKaya’t isadiwa sa budhi’y ititik Mahalin ang kapwa’y laging isaisip.

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Laughter is the best vacation!That said, make yourself comfortablewherever you are, grab your favoritedrink, and enjoy!

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“A conclusion is the place youend up when you get tired of thinking.” – Arthur McBride Bloch

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“Adults are always asking littlekids what they want to be when theygrow up, because they’re looking for ideas.” – Paula Poundstone

* * *“If all else fails, immortality can

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“So far on my 30-day diet, I lost18 days.” – Terry McEntire

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“You don’t have to worry aboutthe world coming to an end today. Itis already tomorrow in Australia.” – Charles Schulz

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“The large print giveth, but thesmall print taketh away.” – Tom Waits

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“Eagles may soar in the clouds, but weasels never get sucked into jetengines.” - Jason Hutchison

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“A ling cabinet is a place whereyou can lose things systematically.” – T.H. Thompson

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“Maybe this world is another planet’s hell.” – Aldous Huxley

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“If evolution really works, howcome mothers only have two hands?” – Milton Berle

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“The surest sign that intelligentlife exists elsewhere in the universe isthat it has never tried to contact us.” – Bill Watterson

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“Today is the last day of some of your life.” – Author Unknown

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“The best time to give advice

to your children is while they’re stillyoung enough to believe you know whatyou’re talking about.” – Evan Esar

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“Without geography you’re no-where.” – Author Unknown

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“I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have beenmore specic.” – Lily Tomlin

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“It’s always darkest before thedawn. So if you’re going to steal your neighbor’s newspaper, that’s the time todo it.” – Author Unknown

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“You can’t have everything …

where would you put it?” – StevenWright

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“He turned his life around. Heused to be depressed and miserable. Now he’s miserable and depressed.” – Harry Kalas

* * *“He who believes that the past

cannot be changed has not yet writtenhis memoirs.” – Trovald Gahlin

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“Life expectancy would grow byleaps and bounds if green vegetablessmelled as good as bacon.” – DougLarson

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“Ability is what will get you tothe top if the boss has no daughter.” – Author Unknown

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“Love your enemies. It makesthem so damned mad.” – P.D. East

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“A study of economics usually re-veals that the best time to buy anythingis last year.” – Marty Allen

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“My favorite machine at thegym is the vending machine.” – Caro-line Rhea

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“And on the eighth day God said,“Okay, Murphy, you’re in charge!” – Author Unknown

* * *“I’m not going to vacuum ‘til

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“Lead me not into temptation; Ican nd the way myself.” – Rita MaeBrown

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“A prisoner of war is a man whotries to kill you and fails, and then asksyou not to kill him.” – Sir WinstonChurchill

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“Before you criticize someone,you should walk a mile in his shoes.That way, when you criticize him,you’re a mile away and you got hisshoes.” – Author Unknown

* * *“A signature always reveals a

man’s character – and sometimes evenhis name.” – Evan Esar

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“All my life I’ve wanted, justonce, to say something clever withoutlosing my train of thought.” – RobertBrault.

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“Who said nothing is impossible.I’ve been doing nothing for years.” – Author Unknown

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“I used to eat a lot of naturalfoods until I learned that most peopledie of natural causes.” – Author Un-

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San Beda wins ASEAN ...

lead which was their biggest lead.From then on they never looked back to the Malaysians until thenal buzzer.

The Red Cubs played an inspired ball game because they want tomake their family, school, and ulti-mately their country proud of them.

Their parents, their relatives andsome of the Overseas Filipino Work-

ers based in Singapore ocked intothe venue of the game just to supportthe Red Cubs.

The Red Cubs responded withthe call of their country as they winthe championship game. They arelooking to defend the most covetedASEAN Juniors’ title in the years tocome. That’s what the team man-ager of the Red Cubs, EdilbertoAbalos, who was lled with highspirits because of this win, said in aninterview. He said that: “Our victoryis for the Filipino people, countryand ag. The bigger challenge nowis to defend the crown and how to

maintain the team since some play-ers will be graduating this schoolyear. And not to discount the processof hurdling the lower meets and thePalarong Pambansa. Sometimes be-ing at the top is not easy, it carries alot of responsibilities.”

The San Beda players who rep-resented the Philippines includeFrancis Abarcar (#4), Van Abatayo(#5), Limuel Patenio (#6), AntonioBonsubre, Jr. (#7), Ranbill Tongco(#8), Boden Miranda (#9), LouisMacapayag (#10), Mikhail Tee(#11), Arvin Tolentino (#12), FrancisMunsayac (#13), Daryl Nazareno(#14), and Gideon Babilonia (#15).

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Street Poetry

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by Michael R. Tagudin

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Mga TulangTagalog

by Romeo Nicolas

©2011 Michael R. Tagudin. All rights reserved.About the Author: Michael R. Tagudin Educated as anengineer in the Philippines, the City of Los Angeles employeehopes his legacy of poems will provoke a dialogue aboutthe human condition. He is donating the proceeds from thebook “Crushed Violets” to the “Coalitio n to Abolish Slavery& Trafcking (CAST)”, a non-prot that provides publicawareness and advocacy efforts against human trafcking inthe City of Angels. To learn more, visit www.castla.org. Tohelp, call the CAST 24 hour hotline 888.KEY.2.FRE(EDOM)or 888.539.2373. Contact [email protected] for moreinformation about ordering the book “Crushed Violets.”

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Posted on June29, 2011 at 11:13PM | MANILA,June 22 (PNA)-- Department of Social Welfareand Development(DSWD) SecretaryCorazon “Dinky”Juliano-Solimansaid that the agencyhas granted three

non-government or-ganizations (NGOs)with certicatesof registration andlicenses to operate.

Awarded werePrecious HeritageMinistries Founda-tion, Inc.; CullionFoundation, Inc.;and Children’sHour Philippines,Inc.

Soliman said thatPrecious Heri-tage is a social welfare agency whichimplements both residential-based andcommunity-based programs and ser-vices. The foundation serves children,indigent individuals, families and com-munities in regions IV-A, IV-B, XII and

National Capital Region.

Meanwhile, Cullion Foundation, anauxiliary social welfare and develop-ment agency, operates as a resourceagency that provides nancial supportto various partners for the benet of disadvantaged children, youth, familiesand communities in regions IV-B,CARAGA and NCR.

It also undertakes fund support, tech-nical assistance and capability buildingactivities and medical missions.

Children’s Hour, on the other hand,is an auxiliary of SWDA that operatesas a resource agency in regions IV-A,V, VI, VII, VIII, XI, XII and NCR. Theagency supports education, communityoutreach, foster care, as well as healthand nutrition programs and projects.

The DSWD is mandated to regulatethe operations of public and private

DSWD Recognizes Services of Pre-cious Heritage Ministries Foundation

agencies and organizations engaged insocial welfare and development activi-ties, including fund drives and other forms of solicitation for public welfare

purposes. (PNA) -- Published by: Posi-tive News Asia June 21, 2011, USA , DSWD.gov.ph June 21, 2011, Balita.ph

Link: http://www.preciousheri-tagechildren.org/apps/blog/

DSWD recognized Precious Heritage Ministries Founda-tion for implementing both residential-based and community-based programs and services for disadvantage children, in-digent individuals, families and communities in regions IV-A, IV-B, XII and National Capital Region (NCR). Joel B. Santos,the Precious Heritage founding President received the Certi-cate awarded to Precious Heritage Ministries Foundation giv-en by DSWD Secretary C orazon Soliman last June 2011. Photobelow shows some of the children in the program.

rumblings...rumblings of distant memorieslike thunder storms from past horizons covered by mountainssensing the glimmer of grayness upon the skycontrasting feelings of chillness within the air breathing sense of aloofness...denying the past harsh brightness of us being once upon a time being together...rumblings...rumblings of distant memorieslike the throbbing of machines let loose on the freeways...freeways of my mind... passing billboards of you along the routesensing that you were once here and really never leftthe imprints still fresh upon the side walksfreeways...freeways of my mindrumbling of machines within my controldanger zones of red light district...revolutions per minute sky highscreaming madness in every twist of throttlerunning away..from you.. passing bill boars of you and your imprints on the side walksmoving...moving fasteasy for you to let gohard for me to maintain control and focus forwardmore speed...more speed the rumblings of my mindlike this metal of a beast within my graspthinking this really could be youin the persona...a persona of you being immune to painonly running...running forward with no...no intent on sight!

Rumblings

Newark Woman Gives Back to OthersFacing Similar Plight

Alameda, CA – Donna Rachel Megino,one of the rst patients the Asian Ameri-can Donor Program (AADP) workedwith to help nd a marrow donor, will bemarried this Saturday, August 20. Shehad her marrow transplant at StanfordMedical Hospital in December 1990,almost 21 years ago.

She is truly an example of how eachof us can “Be The One to Save a Life!”Donna was born and grew up in Newark,CA. Donna’s donor, who is from Fre-mont, will be in attendance, to watch her

start a new chapter in her life. He helpedmake that happen.

Donna will marry Leandro de Guz-

LeukemiaSurvivor of 20 Years to Wed

man Dizon, called “Leo” by friends and

family. The couple met through a mutualfriend in 2006 and, at the beginning, theywere strictly friends. Donna comments,“At rst, I was really reluctant about our friendship developing into somethingmore. And, since he lives on the EastCoast, I was always told long-distancerelationships were a disaster.” After sixloving years, the couple decided to makeit ofcial and tie the knot. The weddingtakes place at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday,August 20 at the Oakhurst Country Club,1001 Peacock Creek Drive, Clayton, CA94517.

Dona’s family contacted AADP im-mediately after her diagnosis of chronicmyelogenous leukemia (CML) andstarted setting up drives throughout theSan Francisco Bay Area. Miraculously,Donna, who is Filipino in ancestry, didnot have a difcult time nding a match.It took about three months to locate a

match for her. Two very unique eventsoccurred. Donna’s donor registered atone of the registration drives held in her

honor and he is Indian. There have beenonly a few cases in the country in the last22 years that a patient has found their lifesaving donor within their own recruitmentefforts. It is also extremely rare that amatching donor would be of a differentrace than the patient.

Donna began working for AADP inApril 2009. She wanted to give back tothe organization that helped save her life.“It is an honor to work with Donna, givenall of the challenges she has overcome,”says Carol Gillespie, AADP executivedirector. “Her willingness to lend her story and her support to other patientsstruggling to nd a donor gives theminspiration and hope. She brings a unique perspective to our organization.”

AADP, a 22-year-old community non- prot organization, serves multi-ethniccommunities. They conduct community

education, outreach and donor registra-tion drives in the Asian, Pacic Islander,and Multi-racial communities, and, more

recently, to the entire ethnic minoritycommunity.

“We need everyone of Asian and ethnicminority ancestry to step forward and jointhe marrow/stem cell registry,” Gillespiesays. “There is a shortage of non-Cauca-sians on the Be The Match Registry. Thismeans that patients have to wait longer than is ideal to nd a match. AADP staff continues to provide education aboutthe need and how relatively easy it is toregister and to donate is needed. If youare found to be a match, the donation procedure is fairly simple, using the col-lection procedure called Peripheral BloodStem Cells (PBSC).”

It’s difcult to watch a loved one with along-term illness linger, when, with moreresources, their pain might be eliminatedand they might have a new lease on life.What’s the solution? Encouraging more

people of multi-ethnic heritage to join the(Continued on page 17)

Labis akong humahanga sa utak ng MAGNANAKAW,Kahit malayo nang bansa lusot din ang KASAMAAN.

Ngunit ngayong NASAKOTE, katulong pa ang FBI, Naku! Lintik ang ATUNGAL, abot NGALNGAL sa DRAMAHAN.

Paano ba ‘to kababayan, nasaan ang TUWID NA DAAN?Ang HEADLINE sa kasamaan, nadagdagan ng NAKAWAN.Kung dati ay pagnanakaw, sa may tabi-tabi riyan, Ngayo’y tila sumisikat, NAKAW pa-INTERNATIONAL.

Ano naman kayang muli ang sisiput na KABUTI? Na bigla lang sumusulpot na ang dala’y ‘di mabuti.Sama dito, sama doon, kasong DRAMA, niretoke, Na ang puno’t dulo nito, silang lahat, sinusuwerte.

Ang lahat ng kasamaan, lalo’t ito’y SAMANG BIGTIME,Asahan nyong mga UGAT, POLITIKONG matatapang.Kahit itong akusado, KUMANTA na’t INAWITAN,Ang lahat ng nasasangkot, babagsakan, KUWENTO lamang.

‘Di ba tamang sabihin lang, tayo’y pugad ng masama?Kasamaang nalilikha, “superb” it o, PAMBIHIRA.Sampung taong mga kaso, tila ito bale-wala,

Ibang bansang dalay sama, sa PINAS na nagkukut a.

Ang digahan sa asunto kapag sangkot ay MAYAMAN,Katulad ng tinatawag, isang RULETA MUSIKAL.Tagisan ang bawat panig, ABOGADO’Y dakdakan lang,Malingat ka ng pakinig, itong kaso, ‘pinagliban.

Sadyang itong “TUWID NA DAAN” ay MAKITID, KASABIHAN,Wala itong ibubuti kung proseso’y sakdal BAGALMatapos na maibaba, hatol na kay tagal-tagal,Sampung kasong kasamaan, nakapila na’t nakaabang.

Ganyang-ganyan tayong lagi, dumarami ang USAPIN, Nagugulat na lang tayo sa USAPING dumarating.Wala namang natatapos, kahit ating napapansin,Ang GUNGGONG na paglilitis madalas ay NABIBINBIN.

Hindi patas it ong batas sa MAHIRAP at MAY KAYA,Kapag ika’y walang kuwarta, iglap lamang, kulungan ka.Ang MAYAMANG binilanggo,masasaya, may PARTY pa, Naku! Lintik na kulungan! Anong klase ‘tong ahensya?

Sadyang kagulat-gulat nga, araw-araw na balita, Na sa samang nagaganap, mga PINOY walang sawa.Sa kaso na suson-suson, gumugulong –gulong na nga Na singbagal nitong PAGONG, sa pahinga ay SAGANA.

Kagulat-gulat na nga itong bayang sinilangan,Marami ang natatakot na sa gabi ay mamasyal.Mayrong “CURFEW’ ang Baranggay upang sama’y mabawasan,Patuloy din itong samang parang walang katapusan.

Babala sa BALIKBAYAN, magiingat sa paguwi,Umiikot ang panahon, dadatnan mo’y ib ang GAWI. Nuong taong 2004 ay dolyar ay bawing-bawi, Ngayo’y US PRICE ang lahat, ang mahirap, tumitili.

Ingat kayo BALIKBAYAN bilang “center of attraction”,Ang mata ng masasama, nakamatyag sa inyo ngayon.Mag-LOW PROFILE, magiingat, sadyang iba ang panahon,Lalo na sa tulad ninyong sandalian ang BAKASYON.

Tunay ito, nagbago na, nabago ang ating bayan,Mga DROGA at NAKAWAN, lumalalang kasamaan.Mga PULIS at BARANGAY, kasabwat sa KALOKOHAN,Wala ka ng mapipili, na dapat pagtiwalaan.

Kagulat-gulat nga ito, sating baya’y nagaganap,“ECONOMY” naghihirap, ang DOLLAR ay bumabagsak.Ang bilihin TUMATAAS, REMITTANCES ngayo’y BAWAS,Ang masama’y nag-multiply, ang PATAYA’Y lumaganap.

Hirit ni: Romeo S. Nicolas5/22/2011

Kagulat-gulat Nga




Health & Wellness

What you’re about to read here maychange the way you think about food.Yes, once you see the facts, you’llrealize that most of the products on thegrocery shelves don’t t your biology.Most of today’s dietary products arenot designed to keep your body young.

The genes that regulate your biologi-

cal age are highly sensitive to your diet – as they’re triggered or inhibited by what you eat, how much you eatand how often. The point is: You needto know how your diet affects your

biological age. You need to know whatfood keeps you young and what foodis making you old.

How Your Diet Affects Your Bio-logical Age

It has been largely agreed that one of the most detrimental causes of agingis excessive calorie intake. Scientistsspeculate that humans have an overlystrong drive to eat when food is readilyavailable. And since people are sur-rounded today with calorie dense food,they tend to consume excess calorieswhichthen causes them to gain weight,lose health and premature age.

Given this, many believe thatcalorie restriction is the most effectivestrategy to get in shape and counteractaging. But the calorie restriction theoryis only partly true. It can’t always pre-dict whether you’ll gain weight or loseweight, neither can it predict whether you’ll get in shape or get out of shape.You can be on a low calorie diet andfail to lose weight, and you can be ona high calorie diet and yet manage toslim down.

Emerging evidence indicates thatthere is another powerful factor behindthe scene – one that overrules and dic-tates your energy expenditure, meta-

bolic rate, body fat percentage,physicalshape and eventually your biologicalage. That factor is the system thatcontrols your hunger and satietysignals. And as you’ll soon see, it hasnothing to do with your calorie intake,

but rather with what you eat and howoften.

How Your Hunger-Satiety SystemAffects Your Physical Shape

Your hunger-satiety system consistsof multiple neuro-peptides that actto initiate or terminate your feeding.These are your hunger-satiety hor-mones. Their signals are integrated bycenters in your brain to modulate howyou consume, spend or store energy.The balance between these signalsdictates whether your body is in a fat-

burning or a fat-storing mode.In order to maintain a healthy body

weight, your hunger and satiety signals

Is Your Food Making You Old?must continually adjust your foodintake to your energy expenditure. Anyimbalance between these two will af-fect your fat stores and physical shape.Obesity, for instance, is a result of adisrupted energy balance in which asurplus of accumulated food energy isstores as body fat.

Again, your physical shape seemsto depend on the ratio between your hunger and satiety hormones and so isyour biological age. Both hormonesregulate your eating behavior andmetabolic rate, albeit with oppositeeffects on your body.

Hunger Hormones vs. SatietyHormones

Your hunger and satiety hormonesare constantly clashing with eachother like two armies at war. Andthe consequences of that hormonalclash are manifested in your body.Hunger hormones tend to slow your metabolism and increase your bodyfat whereas satiety hormones tend to

boost your metabolism and decreaseyour body fat.

Simply put, if your hunger hormones

get out of control, you’ll be prone tosuffer from a sluggish metabolismand excess body fat. And if your satiety hormones take over, they willcounteract the effects of your hunger hormones to allow you greater energyand a leaner healthier body.

But note that your hunger hormonesare not inherently bad; when balanced,they play important roles in your meta-

bolic system. Under healthy conditionsthey may even help you burn fat.Thehunger peptide ghrelin, for instance, isa most potent trigger of your growthhormone – it binds to growth hormonesecreagogue receptors (GHSs) and in-creases its release by six fold. Indeed,fasting and hunger boost your growthhormones and potentiate its actionsto burn fat and repair tissues moreefciently than drugs – naturally andsafely without side effects.

Your hunger hormones are part of your survival apparatus. They relate toyour satiety hormones like yin to yang.They keep you alert and give you thedrive to search for food along with thedesire to achieve. And they balancethe actions of your satiety hormoneswhich tend to calm you down.

But if you let your hunger hormonesget out of control, you’ll experiencechronic hunger, diminished energy,metabolic decline, decreased libidoand increased tendency to gain weight.

You need to know how to manipulate both types of hormones to work for you. And you certainly need to keepyour hunger hormones under control.But how can you do that if you don’t (Continued on page 19)

even know what causes your hunger hormones to get out of control?

What Causes Your Hunger Hor-mones Get Out of Control?

Normally your hunger hormones arehighly responsive to feeding – their

levels increase during fasting andreduce upon food ingestion. Your mostnotable hunger hormones are ghrelin,neuropeptide Y (NPY) and agouti-related protein (AgRP).

During fasting, your hunger hor-mone ghrelin peaks, boosting your growth hormone to initiate fat burning.Meanwhile, your remaining hunger hormones are continually balanced byyour satiety hormones (adiponectinand glucagon-like peptide). This keepsyour hunger under control and potenti-ates your sensitivity to satiety signals.

Then, when you resume eating, your hunger hormones decline – allowingyour satiety hormones to kick in andact to boost your metabolism.

That’s how your hunger-satiety sys-tem works under healthy conditions.It allows you burn fat when you don’teat and it acts to boost your metabo-

lism when you eat. Hence, a win-winsituation.But your hunger-satiety system can

only function well as long as your dietis adequate. If your diet is high glyce-mic and your feeding episodes are toofrequent, your hunger-satiety systemwill be utterly disrupted.

Frequent consumption of high gly-cemic meals impairs your key satietyhormones insulin and leptin, leavingyour hunger hormones unopposed anddominant. When insulin is impaired(such as in case of insulin resistance),ghrelin levels remain elevated evenafter meal consumption – a conditionthat leads to chronic hunger (mostlyfor carbs), excess food intake andundesirable weight gain.

This issue has been widely over-looked, perhaps because peoplenormally like to consume baking

goods and candies on a daily basis andeven more so during celebrations. Butthe evidence leaves no doubt: frequentconsumption of high glycemic foods

jeopardizes your satiety apparatus and puts your body under the tyranny of your hunger hormones.

To prevent that you need to avoidhigh glycemic foods and resist crav-ings for sweets. You need to know howto boost your satiety hormones and letthem take control over your metabo-lism.

How to Boost Your Satiety Hor-mones?

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Your satiety hormones includeinsulin, leptin, adiponectin, cholesys-tokinin (CCK), glucagon-like peptide(GLP), PPY and melanocortin. When

potentiated to counteract your hunger hormones, they increase your energyexpenditure, stimulate your thyroid,

enhance your sex hormones, lower your stress hormones and increaseyour capacity to burn fat.

The three main factors that boostyour satiety hormones are:

Food restrictionExerciseWeight lossFood restriction, exercise and weight

loss increase the sensitivity and ef -fectiveness of your insulin and leptinwhile potentiating the actions of your other satiety hormones. This meansthat with proper diet, exercise andrestoration of a healthy body weight,you can increase the efciency of your satiety hormones to allow you beat your peak physical potential. Buthow do you put this in practice? Howdo you put your satiety hormones incharge?

There are three ways to achieve that:

Eat satiety foodsAvoid hunger foodsTrain your body to endure hunger

Eat Satiety Foods

The food that promotes satiety mostis protein. It yields satiety more effec-tively than carbohydrates or fat. Out of all proteins, the one with the fastest sa-tiety impact is whey protein – that’s if the whey is whole and non-denatured.

Studies reveal that consumption of whey protein before meals can swiftly

boost the satiety peptides CCK andGLP-1, which have been shown todecrease food intake and increaseweight loss. Whey protein is also

benecial when consumed before ex-ercise. Having a small serving of whey

protein (with no sugar added) about 30minutes before exercise seems to help

sustain intense muscle performanceand increase the efciency of muscle

protein synthesis after exercise. A pre-exercise whey meal has also shown to

boost the body’s metabolic rate for 24hours thereafter.

Other satiety-promoting foods arelow glycemic plant foods includingraw nuts, seeds, legumes, roots, crucif-erous vegetables, tomatoes, eggplants,grasses and green leafy vegetables.

Being low glycemic and brous,these plant foods are a great t for your insulin and leptin as well as your whole satiety system. Nuts and seedstrigger PPY – a satiety peptide whichis highly sensitive to dietary fat. PPYshifts your cravings from carbohy-drates to fats and increases your meta-

bolic capacity to convert fat to energy.

That action counteracts your hunger hormones, which typically shift your cravings towards carbohydrates. Notethat it’s the shift towards renedcarbohydrates that has been linked tochronic cravings and excessive foodintake. This is the reason why onceyou open a bag of potato chips andstart crunching, you may nd it dif -cult to stop.

And note that your muscle isn’t pro-grammed to do well on hunger foods;it rejects fructose and has a limited ca-

pacity to utilize high glycemic foods.But your muscle literally thrives onsatiety foods. Combinations of whey

protein and berries, eggs and beans or meat and nuts have unmatched musclenourishing properties. Furthermore,

being satiety oriented, these food combinations promote the right hormonalenvironment for muscle rejuvenation

and buildup.All that said, you can’t fully benetfrom your satiety food if you don’tknow what food to avoid.

Avoid Hunger Foods

Stay away from high glycemicfoods including all rened carbo-hydrates, sugars, fructose products,

baking goods, candies and sugary beverages. Fructose in particular hasshown to cause leptin resistance, lipidsdisorders, hypertension, obesity anddiabetes. Studies reveal that the musclerejects fructose as an energy substrateand the liver has a limited capacity toutilize it; excess fructose is convertedinto triglycerides and body fat.

But nothing is more damaging toyour satiety than the combination of high sugar and high fat. This dietary

combo packs on empty calories,causes insulin and leptin resistance andshatters your satiety along with your whole metabolic system. In fact, it has

been found that the high sugar-highfat combo causes insulin and leptinresistance even prior to any change in

body composition.This means that all food products

made with a high content of sugar andfat are poisonous to your satiety sys-tem. These include cookies, cakes, icecreams and chocolates, all of which setyou up for serious metabolic setbacksassociated with insulin and leptinresistance which may include excessestrogen, excess cortisol, low testoster-one, hypoglycemia, hyperglycemia andincreased belly fat.

The good news is that both insulinand leptin resistance can be reversed

by food restriction and weight loss.Hence, your insulin and leptin arerestored by austerity and shattered byindulgence.

It has been suggested that insulin andleptin play important roles in timesof scarcity but have a lesser role intimes of plenty. To keep your insulinand leptin intact you must not indulgeyourself with high glycemic treats, noteven in moderation. Otherwise, your

body will get the wrong signal andyou’ll pay the consequences with your weight, energy and state of health. Now that you know how to choose

your satiety foods, let’s take a look

at the other methods that boost your satiety hormones.

Train Your Body to Endure Hunger Hunger should be treated like physi-

cal exercise. Both are perceived byyour body as survival signals to adaptand improve. When your body isrepeatedly challenged with acute (tem-

porary) hunger, such as due to periodi-cal fasting, it adjusts itself by decreas-ing the number of hunger receptorsin your brain and thus making youincreasingly resilient to hunger. Thisin turn increases the efciency of your satiety hormones, and potentiates themto take control of your metabolism.

But only real hunger can benetyou that way. Real hunger is what youexperience while fasting or undereat-ing, not the kind of craving you feel ona fully belly after nishing a meal.

There are different ways to trainyour body to endure hunger. You cantry to gradually increase the gap be-tween your meals or alternatively putyour body in an undereating state for most of the day. And you can also tryexercising while fasting. Let’s see howall this translates into practice.

Undereating

You can put your body in an under-

eating state by minimizing your foodintake during the day to small, lowglycemic, fast assimilating proteinmeals such as quality whey (every 3-5hours), which could be served with(or substituted with) small servings of fruits and vegetables. Have your mainmeal at night.

Undereating has some notableadvantages over complete fasting. Itchallenges your body similar to fasting

– yielding a negative energy balancewhich increases your adaptability tohunger while promoting fat burningand tissue recycling. However unlikefasting, it allows you to nourish your

body with protein and antioxidants,and you won’t feel the desire to eatas intensely as when you completelyavoid food.

But whether you fast or undereat, donot chronically restrict your calories.Your hunger must be acute, not chron-ic. Treat yourself with sufcient foodin your main evening meal to compen-sate for the energy and nutrients youspend during the day.

Exercising While Fasting

Probably the most intense way toimprove your hunger durability is byexercising while fasting. This presentsa double challenge to your body and ityields a stronger signal to adapt thanfasting or exercise alone. Though ex-ercise while fasting may initially affectyour maximum performance, it willnevertheless come with an additional

bonus.A study published in the Journal of

Psychology/November 2010 indicatedthat exercising while fasting increasesthe body’s metabolic adaptation ef-ciency to utilize energy, burn fat anddeposit protein in the muscle – sub-stantially more than when exercisingafter a meal. The researchers reportedthat the increased capacity to deposit

protein in the muscle as observed in people who were exercising whilefasting and then eating a post-exercisemeal, is a result of increased insulinsensitivity and activation of the musclemTOR (the mechanism that increasesmuscle protein synthesis).

Your body is inherently programmedto benet from acute hunger (via peri-odical fasting or undereating) and evenmore so when exercising while fasting.This probably has to do with an earlyadaptation mechanism to hunger andhardship which evolved to support hu-man survival during primordial timesof food scarcity and intense hardship.Apparently, this primal evolutionarytrait is still pertinent today and it po-tentially affects your physical shape.

Projections

Understanding the biological systemthat regulates hunger and satiety alongwith energy balance is essential for

preventing excessive weight gain, met -abolic decline and premature aging.More studies are needed to elucidate

Is Your FoodMaking You

Old?(Continued from page 19)




soldier who later said that not onlywas he the greatest man living butthat he was the greatest man that hadever lived.British troops maintainedin France could not repel the Nazisurprise attack, which caught the

country unawares and was hard to believe.As a totalitarian society, PRC is a

military camp, in which everyoneis a soldier. It is easier in such asociety to conceal the building of new weapons or pursuing a s ecretmilitary agenda. The original HongKong news story of 2004, whichsaid that China was reported to be building, with the assistance fromRussia, 3 aircraft carriers (calledProject 9935), oated around theChinese forums. According to Key publishing LTD.Aviation Forums of 18th Feb. 2004, all 3 ships could beoperational by 2008-2010. The Chi-nese article said that maintenancefacilities had been built in Shanghai,Dailan, and Zhejiang. The author of the article was not sure how reli-able the source was: so there you

go — 3ACs, setting up the sceneto become superpower by 2020.According to Polmar’s Perspective,other articles cite alleged Chinese plans to build up to 6 aircraft carriersin the near term.

According to Reuters on July 27,“China is building 2 aircraft carriersas part of a military moderniza-tion program that is causing con-cern among other Asian countries.President Hu Jimtao has made thenavy a keystone of China’s defenseupgrade, and the carriers will beamong the most visible signs of itsrising military prowess.”

And more: “China is ramping upits military spending as the UnitedStates considers cutting its defense

New research nds excellent

health... may keep one staysharp, alert, and avoid senior moment!

The more you age, the more you do

something to sharpen your memory. Bealert and stay sharp, unlike what most

people are doing after retirement. Not just contented of doing nothing andaccept the fact that memory loss is justaround the corner, and failing to dotheir usual chores is usually charged tothe so called “senior moment”, whichmakes you a victim of being a complete

loser.What is a senior moment? It is when

you may have noticed your physicalreactions have slowed down as you’veaged and so has your mental acuity.According to a new study, to avoidyour “senior moment” strike early onyou, engaged on something to bringforth your ability to focus back betweenmultiple activities of multitasking.

This research found that neurologi-cal connections were slower for study

participants who were an average ageof 69 versus those around age 24. Thescientists captured brain activity in aMagnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI),

Avoiding senior moments

while showing the subjects two imagesand asking them to recall details back and forth between the pictures. Theolder subjects had a hard time switching

back and forth between the memories of the images. Why that is, scientists stillare uncertain.

These new multi-study also found thatobesity is bad for knees. Overweightdoubles a person’s risk for osteoarthritisof the knees, and the threat gets worsewhen more weight is gained. In fact,obesity quadruples the osteoarthritisrisk. The extra weight is simply toomuch for the knees to handle, and thecartilage around the joint breaks down,causing chronic pain. Losing weightwould eliminate half of the cases.

This study also indicates that straw- berries may ght esophageal cancer,the sixth most-frequent cause of cancer death in the world. In this study, sci-entists demonstrated that freeze-driedstrawberries slowed the growth of

precancerous lesions of 30 participantswho ate the fruit for six months.

This reasearch nds a bad news, thatthe energy-saving light bulbs couldcause cancer. They say the compactourescent lamp bulbs should not beleft on for long as they send poisoninto the atmosphere when switched on.And in particular. the scientists warn,they should be kept away from people’sheads due to an “electric smog” of

phenol, naphthalene, and styrene toxicchemicals. Sad to say, Congress already

passed a measure in 2007 to phase outincandecent bulbs completetly in 2014.With this ndings, we should expect a

new law is coming out soon.Another bad news is revealed in this

research. Many women take calciumsupplements with hopes of staving off osteoporosis, a bone-thinning disease.This practice follows long-standingmedical advice and reects resultsfrom a multiparticipant U.S. studythat didn’t nd a connection betweencalcium and heart risk. Recent researchis undeed linking calcium supplementsto an increased risk of heart attacks inwomen. Experts say obtaining calciumfrom the diet through dairy products,leafy vegetables, and sh like salmonsand sardines may be a safer way to

preserve bone health. -- Joe C.Son,[email protected] | San Diego,CA

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China building 3aircraft carriers,heads for super-

power status(Continued from page 1)

budget.”The article goes on to say: “Two

aircraft carriers are being built at theJiangnan shipyard in Shanghai. ”

And just listen to this: Accordingto residents in Changxing island,north of Shanghai, Chinese authori-ties have secretly recruited 10,000workers to build China’s rst do-mestic aircraft carrier. Workers areobliged to strictly keep secret (abouttheir employment). They would not be allowed to use mobile phones andto make contact with their families.(Manufacturing.Net-August 01,2011.)

The People’s Daily, the newspaper for the Communist Party of

China, reported that on May 23, HeGuoqiang, a member of the StandingCommittee of the party’s PoliticalBureau, visited and inspected drydock No.3 [the secret site where theaircraft carrier is being built. - LN].

To carry out the construction of its rst domestic carrier, China isseeking help from Ukrainian engi-neers, whom they will provide withhigh-class accommodations and asoccer eld, specially built for them.According to Tehran Times, Iran’sleading international daily, “Chinaregards aircraft carriers as key sym- bols of global power projection andis unlikely to build just two.”

And further: “The Chinese militaryis engaged in a large-scale buildupthat includes new strategic and con-ventional missiles, aircraft, anti-sat-ellite weaponry and a new ballistic

missile for targeting ships at sea.”It is also well known in the region

and around the globe that China is building up its military capabilitiesacross the board.

The Obama administration, on theother hand, is looking at close to atrillion dollars of defense cuts in thenext decade.

A free country has its militaryadvantages: New weapons are being built, since they are created mostly by people of genius.

Now, take a look at the historyof the PRC. Before the twentiethcentury, China had no associationwith foreign countries. In the twen-tieth century, China’s attitudes have

changed, owing to the communistMao. This jump from total isolationto total world power — is it possibleor likely?

The free countries should not a priori deny this possibility. Francedenied the possibility of the Germanvictory over France and was overrun by Nazi Germany.

The United States should keep inmind that the communist China isa totalitarian society, the number of its population is 1.4 billion, and the possibilities to conceal secret mili-tary projects are innite. The PLA isthe name of China’s People’s Libera-tion Army. It means that communistChina is out to “liberate” the entire

world. You see, every country exceptthe PRC is “oppressed” by capital-ists and other exploiters. Therefore,every PRC’s war is by denition a“war of liberation” until the entireworld will thus become “liberated.”

China has enough people to carryout this task of global “liberation.”What else does the communist Chinaneed to accomplish this? It needs theweapons to arm its army sufcientlywell to “liberate” every country, aswas predicted by Marx and then byhis pupil Mao with respect to theentire “world proletariat.”

When Germany began its totalitar-ian transformation, no one predictedit would have global ambitions.Ironically, Hitler was defeated by its“copy”: Stalin, who outwitted anddefeated that “super-Napoleon,” wholost the war and committed suicide

as a result.The free people of the world, their

governments, and those who want to be free must learn how to recognizethe warning signs of the danger coming from the evil, totalitariansocieties by doing their utmost effortto defend themselves. Lev Navrozov emigrated from

the USSR in 1972. To learn moreabout Mr. Navrozov’s work withthe Center for the Survival of Western Democracies, go tohttp://www.worldtribune.com/ worldtribune/lev.asp

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the relationship between human nutri-tion and aging. As the mechanisms of feeding and energy homeostasis arestudied and claried, treatments basedon natural manipulations of hunger and satiety could be just as effectiveas hormonal therapy in adjusting hor-monal disorders and deciencies.

Manipulations of hunger and satietythrough special nutritional strategiesmay be useful in restoring thyroidhormone activity, balancing estrogen,and attenuating or preventing growthhormone and testosterone decline.These strategies may help affect theenormous morbidity associated with

obesity, diabetes and related diseases.In today’s world, you need to knowwhat are your best options for keepingyour body biologically young. In thiscase, nature doesn’t leave you withmany choices – controlling your hun-ger is not an option, it’s a necessity.

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DecorationsDecorate your luau with touches

of Polynesian air: coconut cups, pineapple plates, multi-color lan-tern lights, bamboo reeds and tikitorches. Accent white light strandswith tropical owers and palmfronds from the local orist. Bird of paradise, red ginger, and anthuriumarrangements are big and bold, soyou’ll only need a few.

Bowls lled with river rock andtealights make festive centerpieceswithout breaking the bank. Forgothe fake leis and opt for fresh, singleowers instead. Hibiscus hard to

nd? Orchids too expensive? Carna-tions are a perfect alternative. Your guests will be pleasantly surprised tohave individual blossoms attachedto shirt lapels or pinned in hair ‚Äîeasy, exotic elegance!

Visit the Evite Party Store to getmore ideas and buy supplies!

Attire

Request that your attendees arrivedressed for the occasion -- Hawai-ian prints, please! Aloha shirts arean island standard, and pareos work as well. Make sure you have grassskirts for everyone. To truly get theisland vibe, have everyone kick off their shoes and put on some rubber ip-ops.

For a unique spin on the luau,take your party back in time, andluau like it’s 1969! Be creative andlet your inner hippie go Hawaiian.Break out the ower print bell- bottoms and platforms. Now you’regroovin’ island-style!

ActivitiesDust off that ukulele and start

doing the hula. A luau is the perfecttime to don some grass skirts andhave guests learn Hawaii’s tradi-tional dance.If you wantto give thema lesson they

won’t forget,try hiring alocal instruc-tor. Or youcan learn low- budge frominstructionalvideos.

Guests of all ages willlove a HulaHoop contest. See who can keep hisor her hoop going for the longesttime or who can master circling thehoop around the knees or feet.

Finish everything off with a fewrounds of limbo. Wrap a pole (or

End of Summer Party Planning Ideas from Evite: Lumpia, Hula- Hoops, Grass Skirts.. and Buri Fan Party

Favors

A Luau Party Idea for Labor Day

Filipino-inspired Sinamay pouches and buri fans make it to the Evite Party Favor List for gifts under $1.50

broomstick) in some oral garland togive it an island feel, and challengeguests to see how low they can go.

Food No poi? No problem. Don’t worry

if you’re lacking other authentic luausupplies and ingredients. Hawaii isa melting pot of cultures, and the

food at a typical gathering representsethnicities from around the world.

Mix it up and provide an assort-ment of island-inspired appetizers.Classic pupu platters consist of n-ger foods spanning the globe: sushi,

kalbi (Korean-style BBQ) ribs, Ahi poke (raw sh and seaweed), friedchicken, lumpia (Filipino-style eggrolls), chicken or beef teriyaki, andfresh fruits and veggies. Starchysalads such as macaroni and potato,or steamed white rice, complementsuch avorful dishes well. Servethem up on wooden or banana-leaf-lined plates.

DrinksOne of the luxuries of Hawaii-in-

spired anything is that you can servespur-of-the-moment made-up drinks,as long as they‚ are avored withfruit and rum. Apples and oranges, juicy mangoes and vibrant pineap- ples and oranges all lend themselvesto lovely party concoctions.

Mai Tai1 oz light rum1/4 oz orgeat syrup1/2 oz pineapple juice1/2 oz lime juicedash of grenadine

pineapple wedgeAdd ingredients to a cocktail shak-

er lled with crushed ice. Shake andstrain into ice-lled hurricane glass.Garnish with pineapple wedge.

Non-Alcoholic Raspberry Lem-onade (Tori Hermansen)

Ingredients1 (12 uid ounce) can frozen rasp-

berry lemonade concentrate3 cups water 0.8 teaspoon lime juice1 (12 uid ounce) can or bottle

lemon-lime avored carbonated beverage

1 cup crushed ice1 cup fresh raspberries, garnish18 Mint leaves, for garnishDirections1. In a large punch bowl, combine

raspberry lemonade concentrate,water and lime juice. Stir in lemon-lime soda and crushed ice. Garnisheach glass with a fresh raspberry anda mint leaf.

by Ardee LeeFive Filipino artists will exhibit their

canvass works at the Council of Philip- pine American Organizations on August30, 2011 from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. Withsplashes of their acrylic, pencil, andwater color expressions, their talents willdepict mostly Filipino nuisances with thelikes of Luksong Tinik, Anino Ko Pili- pino, Regeneration Series, and others.

The group composed of Aner A.Sebastian, Salvador M. Convocar, NorlieMeimban, Buddy Ching, and HermesAlegre are enroute back to the Philip- pines after their stint at the PhilippineCenter, Philippine Embassy in Manhat-tan, New York where they showcased

their worksfromAugust1 – 12,2011.Mem- bersof thegrouphavealso in-variably exhibited their works in famedhotels and cultural institutions in thePhilippines, Asia, and Europe.

COPAO is located at 832 “E” St., Na-tional City. The exhibit is being hosted

by Myra S. Lopez, sister of Aner A.Sebastian.

Anino Ko Filipino – B. ChingRegeneration – A. SebastianTaguan – Norlie MeimbanGiggling Guitarist – S. Convocar

Filipino Artists to Showcase Canvass Works

Taguan by Norlie Maimban Regeneration by Aner Sebastian

Untitled – H. Alegre

Untitled by H. Alegre

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