Aroma Therapy Diffusers - A Must-Buy for Couples

Hubby and I love to visit some spa shops and salons to rejuvenate, relax, unwind, and pamper oneself. Aside from the relaxation and recreation we get from this activity, we tend to renew vows and experience LOVE - celebrating the joys and blessings of a happy marriage.

For almost a decade, we see to it that at least we find a special day to spend some time together, just the two of us. And one of these is our spa and buffet escapade/s. This is indeed a must for couples who wish to have fun, experience extreme intimacy and privacy, and most of all, make the other half feel extra special and well-loved.

When we get to visit spas and salons of this kind, we usually find time to take a look at the amenities, facilities and ambiance. Since it is our gift to ourselves, we want it to be cozy, intimate, romantic and extremely beautiful. One thing we've noticed to most spas and wellness clinics is their aroma therapy diffusers collections and possessions. These little essential oil aroma diffusers and burners are best used for some great aromatherapy experience for stress relief, relaxation,  and well-being.

With that, we wish to purchase and grab some of this sort - aroma therapy diffusers, our essential oil aroma diffusers are hand-painted, hand-made ceramics of porcelains that are intended to spread that relaxing and refreshing scent and aroma in our room and even in our entire home sweet home. It gives us that rejuvenating feeling that we could relieve our stresses and feel more perked up, relaxed and recharged.

Truly, these aroma therapy diffusers are a must-buy to couples who need some lift and an extreme getaway from today's stresses caused by work, personal issues and problems, society, and a lot more.

So, grab your own sets of aroma therapy diffusers Eucaly'Plus (PZ-EZ002) and enjoy this wonderful experience with your family, loved ones, relatives and friends.

Aroma Therapy Diffusers
Aroma Therapy Diffusers are also known as oil burner diffusers. Aromatherapy oil burners (also called aromatherapy lamps or candle diffusers) are one of the prettiest ways to scent your home.

They generally don't cost much, they sparkle with candle light, and they make your room smell warm and inviting.

Aromatherapy oil burners are easy to use, too. All you do is fill the bowl (top part) with water and add a few drops of your favorite essential oil or click here for some delicious aromatherapy diffuser blends.

Aromatherapy is a form of alternative medicine that uses volatile plant materials, known as essential oils, and other aromatic compounds for the purpose of altering a person's mind, mood, cognitive function or health.

Some essential oils such as tea tree have demonstrated anti-microbial effects, but there is still a lack of clinical evidence demonstrating efficacy against bacterial, fungal, or viral infections. Evidence for the efficacy of aromatherapy in treating medical conditions remains poor, with a particular lack of studies employing rigorous methodology, but some evidence exists that essential oils may have therapeutic potential.

Aroma Therapy Diffusers

Impression Speech Sample

This was my impression speech in the very first Association of Local Colleges and Universities - Region 3 last May 11-12, 2012, held at Shanghai Palace Restaurant, Angeles City, Pampanga. It had a theme, Restrengthening the Local Colleges Subsystem in the Pursuit for Excellence.


Hope this could serve as your guide when you would be tasked to do some sort of this speech in time. Feel free to use this material if you wish to. Enjoy! Thanks!


Distinguished guests, colleagues, friends, fellow educators, ladies and gentlemen, a blessed afternoon.

I am indeed certain that everyone is thankful that he/she was given a chance to participate in the very first ALCU Region 3 assembly - seeing how blessed and fortunate the youths and students of each participating college and university of this association. 

With the ALCU’s primary thrust of improving the quality of instruction, research, and extension of its member schools and to provide value public tertiary education, especially to the poor and disadvantaged youth, well, I can proudly say that today’s generation is in good hands.

This assembly also allows us to meet our fellow educators, school administrators, and education enthusiasts in which we could be able to share valuable insights and inputs that we could use to restrengthen our school and together, obtain professional growth.

In my case, I was able to meet old friends whom I fail to meet for a long time and be able meet a handful of new acquaintances – for me that has served a good purpose.

With its well-ventilated and well-lighted venue, with meals and snacks served with much palatability and satisfaction, along with today's invaluable seminar packages and sessions, participants just couldn’t find reasons to leave the room and miss an event. However, it could have been a lot better and happier if there were more participants from each member college not only to augment the expenses but also to build wider and bigger networks and linkages. 

This two-day seminar/assembly also caters to the needs of each college in enhancing some areas on research, faculty development, curriculum and instruction, and a lot more. It is also a good point that this includes trends, issues and concerns that are really timely to address the needs of our stakeholders as well as the demands and challenges of the 21st century.

Truly, this assembly has met its purpose to help each participating college to retool and restrengthen its areas and uphold quality higher education. 

To the organizers, members and participants, congratulations.

Thank you and God bless everyone!

More info on ALCU 101:

Source: Wikipedia.org 

The Association of Local Colleges and Universities or simply ALCU is composed of thirty-three (33) local colleges and universities of the Philippines.[1] ALCU is working closely with the Senate Committee on Education, which is headed by Senator Alan Peter Cayetano, in legislations that benefit existing local colleges and universities.

The primary thrust of ALCU is to improve the quality of instruction, research, and extension of its member schools and to provide value public tertiary education, especially to the poor and disadvantaged youth.

The Association has created in the later part of 2003 the Commission on Accreditation, Inc., which is working closely with the Accrediting Agency of Chartered Colleges and Universities in the Philippines, Inc. (AACCUP).

During the investiture of Atty. Adel A. Tamano at the Justo Albert Auditorium of the PLM, he mentioned his plan of drafting the best-practices manual for local colleges and make it a project of the ALCU.

Accreditation and standards

Together with the Accrediting Agencies of Chartered Colleges and Universities of the Philippines (AACCUP), the ALCUCOA formed the National Network of Quality Assurance Agencies (NNQAA) in 2004 to ensure the public of quality higher education among public higher educational institutions. With the help of AACCUP, Dr. Nida Africa, and the PAASCU executive director, ALCU member schools immerse themselves in quality assurance activities involving the following areas of accreditation.

These include:

Employability

Community service

Curriculum and instruction

Research

Faculty

Student services

Administration

Physical plant and facilities

Library

Laboratory

To uphold quality higher education, ALCU partnered with the Commission on Higher Education as part of the Technical Working Group that three ordinances namely CMO No. 32, series of 2006, and CMO Nos. 1 and 10, series 2005.

Chief Justice Renato Corona Testifies Before the Senate Impeachment Court

Hubby and I were watching the news and it seemed to us that we were watching a 'teleserye' ...
To all government officials, please walk the talk.

Reposting this Yahoo News... See it HERE.

Corona suddenly leaves impeachment court

(UPDATE 2) After his long opening statement, Chief justice Renato Corona suddenly left the Senate session hall, to the surprise of Senator-judges and the rest of the spectators.

Corona left the court after stating that he will only submit a confidentiality waiver when all 188 impeachment complainants and Senator Franklin Drilon have "signed their own waivers."

“I am humbly asking the 188 congressmen and Senator Franklin Drilon to sign the blank forms and to join me to face the people together,” the chief justice said.

“This is not a manipulation. This is a challenge to public accountability. I am no thief, no criminal, I haven't done anything wrong but I am also no fool,” he added.

Corona camp lead counsel Serafin Cuevas said there might have been a "misunderstanding" and that his client did not walk out.

However, Corona's move apparently got the ire of Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile who earlier patiently waited for the magistrate to finish his speech.

"If you are going to disrespect this court, we will make a decision on this case right now," Enrile said, as he ordered all Senate entry points locked.

“With all due respect to the chief justice, we have not yet discharged him!”  the Senate President, sitting as presiding officer, said.

Lead defense counsel Serafin Cuevas said there has only been a “misapprehension” and Corona was probably attending to personal matters and taking his medicine.
Hypoglycemic episode

Doctor Jojo Castillo, Corona's son-in-law said the Chief Justice had a "hypoglycemic episode."

"My father-in-law has diabetes and he wasn't able to take his lunch. He mentioned blurring vision at the end of his testimony," Castillo told reporters, adding that the Chief Justice took medicine and soda.

"That's why he said, 'Excuse me.' He didn't want to faint inside the session hall.," he added.
'I am innocent'

Earlier, the embattled Chief Justice maintained he was falsely accused in his impeachment, as he lamented President Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III's "hatred" against him.

He was also seen crying in between statements he issued before the impeachment court.

In his opening statement when he took the impeachment witness stand Tuesday, Corona also spewed tirades against his accusers.

"Ako po ba ay hadlang, ako po ba ay sagabal sa kung ano o kung di kaya'y kanino? So far po lahat ng nakita ko dito...ay hatred, galit sa isang tao," Corona said in his opening statement at the Day 40 of the impeachment trial.

"Bakit po ba ganito na lamang ang galit sa akin nitong kasalukuyang admin ni Pangulong aquino. Ano ba ang kasalanan ko sa kaniya, sa bayan? Wala akong kasalanan sa pagkakaalam ko," added Corona.

Corona said he is ready to dispute every claim made against him and that he doesn't have any bit of fear, although he admitted that he and his family went through hell the past months.

"Ako'y walang takot, walang nerbyos sapagkat siguradong sigurado ako wala akong kasalanan. Wala akong ginawang katiwalian at ako ay hindi nagnakaw sa gobyerno," he said.

"Malinis po ang aking konsensiya. Malinis po ang konsensiya ng aking pamilya, wala kaming ginawang masama, wala kaming ginawang kawalang hiyaan katulad ng pinapalabas sa iba ibang sektor ng media," he added.

"Kalbaryo po. Hindi po madali ang pinagdaanan sa limang buwan na ito. lahat na yata ng kasinungaliangan, lahat ng putik ay itinapon na lang sa amin," Corona lamented.

Corona said whatever wealth he and his family own are results of their hard work and not corruption.

"Ito po ba ay ninakaw sa kaban ng bayan? Ito po ba ay kinurakot ng punong mahistrado? Iisa ho ang sagot diyan. Hindi po. Lahat po ng aming ari-arian ay pinaghirapan sa malinis na paraan at wala naman pong naisiwalat na ginawa kong katiwalian. Walang wala po," he added.

At one point during his speech, Corona was also in tears while relating that all he has now was a product of being frugal.

Dollar accounts
In his testimony, Corona debunked accusations that he owned 82 dollar accounts with $10 million.

He said he only had four dollar accounts as of December 2011 and he even signed a waiver allowing the public disclosure of his four dollar accounts.

Drink Your Malunggay and Mangosteen Coffee Today

Coffee addicts and coffee lovers, another great news for all of us!
Let's drink coffee to a healthier and happier lifestyle. Cheers!
Lorenzana's Mangosteen Coffee 8in1 mix
Mangosteen contains phytonutrients, has the highest oxygen radical absorbance capacity, supports visual and cardiovascular function, excellent source of potassium, supports microbiological balance, maintains immune systems, promotes joints flexibility. It has components which are:

Anti-aging
Anti-diabetes

Anti-cancer
Anti-hypertension
Anti-arthritis
Anti-asthma
Anti-oxidant
Anti-obesity
Anti-vertigo
Anti-insomnia
Anti-depressant
Anti-allergy
Anti-Dermatitis
Anti-pneumonia
Anti- flu
Anti-migraine
Anti-ulcer
Anti-inflammatory and many more.

Other Ingredients:

Gotu Kola -
Treating Skin Conditions - help treat rashes and thick skin. It alleviates itching and redness and as such is very helpful in treating psoriasis.
Improving Memory -it improves circulation in the brain, contributing to enhanced mental performance and memory retention.
Improving Circulation - it's ability to help circulation in the lower legs as well as strengthen the blood vessels, which may inhibit varicose veins.
Gotu Kola is also helpful in healing wounds and research shows that Gotu Kola may be pivotal in helping treating leprosy.

Ginseng -
Lowering Cholesterol
Improving the Immune System
Increases Physical Endurance
Improves Mental Ability
Helps treat Diabetes by restoring blood sugar levels.
Reduces Stress, Gout and Anemia.
Improves the body's metabolism.

Spirulina -
Contain all major nutrients for optimum body performance. Spirulina is 100% alkaline food that helps regulate the acid-alkaline balance (pH) of the body. It powerfully protects the body from oxidant stress and strongly supports the immune system.
It has the ability to stimulate and maintain immune system activity.
Prevents cancer.
Lowers blood pressure.
Anti-viral

Ganoderma -
For over 2000 years Reishi Mushrooms (Ganoderma Lucidum) have been recognized by Chinese medical professionals as valuable remedy.
Good for the circulatory system and respiratory tract.
Lowers high blood pressure.
Balances good and bad cholesterol.
Lowers over-all cholesterol.
Reduces symptoms related to asthma, bronchitis and other lung related problems.
Strengthens the immune system and balances the body's natural state.

Coconut Sugar -
This is pure and simple coco sugar alternative. It is naturally low on the Glycemic Index (GI), which has benefits for weight control and improving glucose lipid levels in people with diabetes (type 1 and 2).

Coconut Sugar is produced from sweet juices of tropical coconut palm sugar blossoms.
Coconut sugar is rated as GI 35.
Coconut Sugar is 100% ORGANIC, unprocessed, unfiltered, and unbleached natural sweetener and contains NO preservatives.
Coconut sugar can be used as 1:1 replacement for brown sugar in any recipe.
Coconut Sugar has a high mineral content. It is a rich source of potassium times the magnesium and over 10 times amount of zinc.
Dark Chocolate -

Chocolate is made from plants, which means it contains many health benefits of dark vegetables. these benefits are from flavonoids, which act as antioxidants. Antioxidants protect the body from aging caused by free-radicals, which can cause damage that leads to heart disease. Flavonoids also help relax blood pressure throught the production of nitiric oxide, and balance certain hormones in the body.

Lowers Blood Pressure: Studies have shown that consuming a small bar of dark chocolate everyday can reduce blood pressure in individuals with high blood pressure.
Lowers Cholesterol: Dark chocolate has also been shown to reduce LDL cholesterol (the bad cholesterol) by up to 10 percent.

Guyabano -
Guyabano is a NATURAL Cancer Cell Killer. It is 10,000 times stronger than chemotherapy.

Research shows that extracts from this tree protect the human's immune system and make the body avoid deadly infections.

Guyabano's leaves are regarded as a remedy for gall bladder trouble as well as COUGHS, CATARRH, DIARRHEA, DYSENTERY, FEVER and INDIGESTION.


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Guyabano Tea - Miracle Drink for Cancer Patients

Guyabano: The Natural Cancer Cell Killer
Fights Cancer Cells
Lowers Blood Pressure
Increases Immune System
Makes You Feel Stronger
Improves Health and Energy


Question: The guyabano fruit is a natural cancer cell killer that is 10,000 times stronger than chemotherapy. Is this true?


Answer: That the guyabano has anti-cancer properties is one gross misinformation that has been circulating in the Internet for years now. More than two years ago, I was sent an email by a cancer-survivor friend of mine who attributes her survival from breast cancer to her regular intake of guyabano juice. About eight years earlier, she was diagnosed with stage I cancer of the breast for which she underwent surgery and chemotherapy. She started drinking guyabano juice after her chemotherapy and has since credited the fruit, rather than her doctors, for her apparent cure.


When I received her email, out of curiosity, I did a library and Internet search for guyabano. I was amazed with what I found out and wrote an article, which was later published in this column, about the alleged “miraculous properties” of guyabano. Nothing much has changed regarding this issue since, so most of what I am going to write herewith I have told readers before.


Guyabano is the Filipino term for the graviola tree (Annona reticulate). Its delectable fruitis also locally referred to as guyabano but is known as custard apple or sour sop in English.
Folklore attributes some medicinal properties to guyabano. Supposedly, its unripe fruit can relieve diarrhea, its leaves can eliminate worms when taken internally and heal wounds when applied topically, and a concoction of its roots can reduce fever.


Traditional medicine does not ascribe anti-cancer properties to guyabano but there are numerous web sites that promote graviola as an anti-cancer remedy. Of course, most of these web sites also promote the graviola supplements made from roots, stems and fruits of the tree that they sell. There are web sites that claim that guyabano is 10,000 times stronger than the Adriamycin, a drug which is used in the chemotherapy for breast and other forms of cancer. But, the numerous evidence that these websites present to support their claim are mostly anecdotal and pseudoscientific in nature. Simply put, there is no scientific evidence that proves that guyabano has anti-cancer properties.


The idea that graviola is an effective cancer fighter evidently stems from research (published in 2008) conducted at the Purdue University’s School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences on the unique substances known as annonaceousacetogenins that have been extracted from the graviola tree. The Purdue investigators found these substances to be potent inhibitors of cancer cells while leaving normal cells alone. They also found the compounds to be effective against drug-resistant cancer cells.


But these studies were conducted in vitro, i.e., conducted on cancer cells in test tubes. These are a long way from clinical trials that determine the efficacy and safety of these compounds in people with cancer. In fact, I have not found any human study on graviola and cancer.


As to the suggestion, by some of the websites, that scientific evidence in favor of graviola is being suppressed by drug corporations, I find this inconceivable. I’m more inclined to believe that this conspiracy theory has been concocted by those who sell graviola supplements. In fact, if these business entities that manufacture and sell supplements want to, they can easily undertake scientifically acceptable research on guyabano and publish their findings. But they don’t. Instead, they label their products as having “no therapeutic claims” while at the same time they try to make the public believe that they are actually effective and even better than proprietary medicines.


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Anyway, more inputs on Guyabano. Reposting this for your information and reference. Thanks to this LINK. The site has helped many patients as well as their families, loved ones, relatives and friends.

Miracle Tropical Fruit of GUYABANO

The Guyabano tree, its fruit, leaves, bark is a natural cancer cell killer. 


A scientific research in 1976 shows that one chemical is 10,000 times more potent then the chemotherapeutic drug Adriamycin. 


Protect your immune system and avoid deadly infections. Feel stronger and healthier throughout the course of the treatment. Boost your energy and improve your outlook on life.


The source of this information is just as stunning. With many laboratory tests conducted since the 1970’s, those tests revealed was nothing short of mind numbing.


Extracts from the tree were shown to: Effectively target and kill malignant cells in 12 types of cancer, including colon, breast, prostate, lung and pancreatic cancer.
The tree compounds proved to be up to stronger in slowing the growth of cancer cells than Adriamycin, a commonly used chemotherapeutic drug!


What’s more, unlike chemotherapy, laboratory tests shows that the compound extracted from the Guyabano tree selectively hunts down and kills only cancer cells. It does not harm healthy cells! Various parts of the tree–including the bark, leaves, roots, fruit and fruit-seeds–have been used for centuries by medicine men and native Indians in South America to treat heart disease, asthma, liver problems and arthritis. 


The National Cancer Institute performed the first scientific research in 1976. The results showed that Guyabano’s “leaves and stems were found effective in attacking and destroying malignant cells.


Since 1976, laboratory tests has proven that Guyabano to be an immensely potent cancer killer in 20 independent laboratory tests. A study published in the Journal of Natural Products, stated that one chemical in Guyabano (Annona Muricata) was found to selectively kill colon cancer cells at “10,000 times the potency of (the commonly used chemotherapy drug) Adriamycin.


The most significant part of the report is that Guyabano (Annona Muricata) was shown to selectively target the cancer cells, leaving healthy cells untouched. Unlike chemotherapy, which indiscriminately targets all actively reproducing cells (such as stomach and hair cells), causing the often devastating side effects of nausea and hair loss in cancer patients.


A study at Purdue University recently found that leaves from the Guyabano tree killed cancer cells among six human cell lines and were especially effective against prostate, pancreatic and lung cancers.


Guyabano, guyabano or soursop in English (Anona muricata Linn.) is a small tree about 5 to 7 meters in height.  The leaves are alternate, oval in shape, pointed at both ends, smooth and shinning, 7 to 20 centimeters long and with petioles about 5 millimeters long.  The flowers are large, yellowish or greenish yellow and solitary.  There are six large, freshy or leathery petals in two series.  They are heart-shaped, with pointed tip, and up to 5 centimeters in legth and 3 centimeters in breadth.  In the center of the flower is a cone-shaped mass of many carpels which will form the fruit, and below this are very numerous stamens. A native of tropical America, was introduced into the Philippines at an early date and is now cultivated in all parts of the Archipelago.


Guayabano is a green, soft spine, pear-shaped fruit with a sweet-sour flavor.  It weighs about two to five kilos.  The skin is thin and its flesh is a white, soft fibrous pulp which has a very agreeable flavor but rather sour.  Its mature, green fruit is used as vegetable and made into sweet meat, while the ripe fruit is eaten raw or for dessert.


A lot of concoctions can be made into guayabano like delicious sherbets, ice drops and fruit drinks.  An assortment of punch and cocktail drinks can be made by mixing the nectar with wine rum or cola drinks or buko (fresh coconut) juice and ice. There are two strains of guyabano: the sweet and the ordinary.  Both have the same botanic description.  The former, however, tastes sweeter than the ordinary. ###

Funny Lines, But oh so True

This Makes You Think... and Smile

Ever Wonder...

Why is ‘abbreviated’ such a long word?

Why is the time of day with the slowest traffic called rush hour?

Why do they sterilize the needle for lethal injections?

Why isn’t there mouse-flavored cat food?

Why are they called apartments when they are all stuck together?

Who tastes dog food when it has a "new & improved" flavor?

Why does a round pizza come in a square box?

What do you call a male ladybug?

What hair color do they put on the driver's license of a bald man?

If they squeeze olives to get olive oil, how do they get baby oil?

How do "Keep off the grass" signs get where they are?

Why does your nose run and your feet smell?

Why are they called "apartments" when they're stuck together?

Do Lipton employees take coffee breaks?

Can fat people go skinny-dipping?

If infants enjoy infancy as much as adults enjoy adultery?

If all the world is a stage, where does the audience sit?

Why do you park on driveways and drive on parkways?

What's the difference between null and void?

Why do hysterectomies happen to her and hernias happen to him?

What's another word for thesaurus?

What's another word for synonym?

What do you do if you discover an endangered animal that eats only endangered plants?

Why did kamikaze pilots wear helmets?

Why do they call it a TV set when you only get one?

If flying is so safe, why do they call the airport the "terminal"?

Enjoy! :-)

Cristina Ramos Azkals: Now Trending - What Happened?

What a disgusting and a shameful occurrence in the sports industry! I am a big fan of Team Azkals - been so proud of how they are taking Philippines on top of the line in the football game arena. However, this should be tolerated. The team lead/manager has to really work on this issue - acting upon the said alarming matter at the soonest time possible.

True, This kind of sexist and demeaning behaviour has no place in football, and should therefore be sanctioned. Respect begets respect.

Indeed, GOD bless Team Azkals and GOD bless us more. Go Philippines!

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Cristina Ramos former POC President files sexual harassment against Azkals Angel Guirado and Lexton Moy.

Her complaint read as follows:

ATTN: AFC DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE (Mr LIM KIA TONG, Chairman)

RE: SEXUAL HARASSMENT COMPLAINT AGAINST PHILIPPINE MEN’S TEAM PLAYERS LEXTON MOY AND ANGEL GUIRADO (PHILIPPINES VS MALAYSIA, 29 FEB 2012, MANILA, PHILIPPINES)

Dear Mr Lim:

This to file a formal complaint against Messrs LEXTON MOY (no. 25) and ANGEL GUIRADO (no. 12) of the Philippine men’s national football team, for SEXUAL HARASSMENT during the team check for the friendly match between the Philippines and Malaysia (both “A” teams) on 29 February 2012, 1900H, at the Rizal Memorial Football Stadium, Manila, Philippines.

During the Team Managers’ Meeting on 28 February 2012 at the Discovery Suites in Pasig City, Philippines, I mentioned to the representatives of both the Philippine team and the Malaysian team that I would be serving as the Match Commissioner for their match. As stated in the AFC’s regulations and Official Countdown, the Match Commissioner together with the Fourth Official check the teams before the match to verify their identification (accreditation) cards and ensure that their kits are in proper order. However, being a woman Match Commissioner doing a men’s match, I had to explain that I would give the teams sufficient warning and preparation time before I would come inside their changing rooms to do the team check together with the Fourth Official, Mr Wilfredo Bermejo.

Whenever I serve as the Match Commissioner, I always follow a standard procedure for the team check regardless of the type of match. At the time of the check I initially knock loudly at the door of the changing room as a sign of courtesy and warning to the team, and then let the Fourth Official first enter the changing room to check if the players are ready before I finally enter the room. Before doing the check itself, I properly introduce myself as the Match Commissioner and also introduce the Fourth Official. I also explain the procedure of how the check will be done. I always tell the players that I will be checking their accreditation cards first then their jerseys, and that the Fourth Official will thereafter check the rest of their kits and other items, e.g., jewellery, hair accessories, fingernails etc. I also tell them the sequence of the check, i.e., I check the starting 11 players first then proceed with the substitutes.

At the appointed time (1745H) on match day, I came to the changing room of the Philippine team for the team check. I was accompanied by Fourth Official Wilfredo Bermejo and my liaison officer, Mr Joseph Gensaya. I initially knocked loudly at the door to signal my arrival. A team official opened the door and said that the team would be ready in five (5) minutes. We then waited for five minutes presuming that the team was getting ready for the team check.

When we entered the changing room of the Philippine team, I properly introduced ourselves and explained the procedure for the check. In spite of the introduction the players remained rowdy and noisy, apparently not taking the team check seriously and almost ignoring our presence. As I called the players individually so that we could check their accreditation cards and kits, Philippine player LEXTON MOY (no. 25) stood by my right side and said in a loud voice “Must be a B cup,” to which the players laughed loudly. As I was the only female in the room, he was apparently referring to my bra size. He could not have been talking about men’s athletic cups, as their sizes are specified as extra-small, small, medium, large, and extra-large vis-a-vis cup sizes of women’s brassieres, which are specified in letters.

Additionally when I checked Philippine player ANGEL GUIRADO (no. 12) he stood in front of me purposely just wearing his briefs and made no attempts to wear shorts or cover his underwear. Again, the players loudly laughed while I was checking this player.

While all this was happening, none of the Philippine team officials present nor the team captain, JAMES JOSEPH YOUNGHUSBAND (no. 7), made any attempts to discipline the players and tell them to behave properly. In fact they were also laughing and seemed to be enjoying the revelry at my expense. Philippine Team Manager DAN STEPHEN PALAMI and Philippine Head Coach HANS MICHAEL WEISS were both not present in the changing room at the time of the team check.

Having been a Match Commissioner for girls’, women’s, boys’ and men’s matches since 2003 at both AFC and FIFA levels, I have not experienced this crude and totally shameful behaviour from a national team anywhere before this incident. I truly regret and feel very ashamed that this disrespect comes from the national team of my country, the Philippines. This kind of sexist and demeaning behaviour has no place in football, and should therefore be sanctioned.

Sincerely,

Cristina RAMOS

Past Member, Organising Committee for the FIFA U-20 and U-17 Women’s World Cups (2004-2011)

Past Member, AFC Women’s Committee (2003-2010)

Past President, Philippine Olympic Committee (1996-1999)

Who is Atty. Vitaliano Aguirre? What Did He Do?

Santiago versus Aguirre

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Reposting the news:

Pia Cayetano defends Miriam, blasts lawyer

MANILA, Philippines - Senator-judge Pia Cayetano rose to the defense of her colleague, Miriam Defensor-Santiago, and the Senate impeachment court's decision to hold a prosecution lawyer in contempt on Wednesday.

Cayetano used social media site Twitter to explain the Senate impeachment court's move to punish Atty. Vitaliano Aguirre for covering his ears in public while Santiago was berating the prosecution team anew on Wednesday.

"I was listening intently to Atty Aguirre when the Senate Pres gave him a chance to explain. I was willing to give him the benefit of the doubt that he had a valid reason, ie, an ear infection or something that made his hearing sensitive. But instead he was very arrogant," Cayetano said.

She seconded Santiago's motion for the impeachment court cite the private lawyer for contempt after Santiago and Aguirre had a verbal exchange on the Senate impeachment court floor.

"That kind of behavior is clearly direct contempt of court. He could have easily excused himself [from the] court or informed the public prosecutor who he is under. That's why public prosecutors apologized. Every lawyer knows that's not acceptable behavior in court," Cayetano added.

Aguirre, in an interview with TV Patrol on Wednesday night, said he does not regret his actions. "Alam ko po ang ginawa ko, completely I know what I did."

Before the incident occurred, Santiago used the word "gago" to describe the prosecution. The word was later stricken off the record.

"It will be noted that the word "gago" was stricken from the record. This is an accepted practice if unparliamentary words are used," Cayetano said.

She added that "it is common for unprepared lawyers to be scolded" by judges in trial courts. "Lawyers owe respect to the court," she said.

Cayetano also said Aguirre's case differs from the incident involving defense lawyer Jose Roy III, who claimed that the Palace wants to influence the outcome of the Corona impeachment case by giving P100 million each to the senator-judges.

"It will be noted that Atty. Roy immediately apologized. Atty Aguirre did not. In fact, he further insulted the Court," she said.

Cayetano did not mention the allegations that Roy used social media to heap abuse on both senator-judges and prosecutors.

"If lawyers are unprepared and waste the court's time, stern judges really scold them," she reiterated. "And as a final word on this, our Senate rules do cover parliamentary behavior. There have been [complaints] filed in the ethics committee."

Cayetano and Santiago belong to the Nacionalista Party led by Senator Manny Villar, who ran and lost to President Benigno Aquino in the last national elections.

Santiago accuses private prosecutor of provoking her

MANILA (Updated) -- Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago said lawyer private prosecutor Vitaliano Aguirre, who was cited in contempt Wednesday, may have been planted in the court room to provoke her.

Aguirre was cited in contempt for covering his ears while Santiago was berating him and other prosecutors. He admitted doing so on purpose because the senator’s voice was "shrill".

But Santiago, in a press statement Wednesday afternoon, said Aguirre "might have been part of a deliberate plot to provoke me."

"The provocation could have been intended to raise my hypertension to an even higher level, precipitating either a stroke or a heart attack. Or, the provocation could have been intended to make me deliberately lose my temper and make a spectacle of myself," said the senator, who has had to miss trial dates due to hypertension.

She said an unnamed member of her staff told her that Aguirre usually sat in the gallery, where "every time I spoke, he would sneer at me very loudly, intending to make him heard by those around him."

But Wednesday afternoon, Aguirre was seated with the rest of the prosecutors. He was caught on television and on Minority Leader Alan Peter Cayetano's smart phone covering his ears throughout Santiago's tirade against the prosecution.

"What if you were the one speaking and we did that?" Estrada said.

Aguirre did not deny covering his ears, saying "my ears hurt." He said Santiago should also show respect to lawyers as she demands respect from them.

He added that in his 40 years of practice, this was the first time that he saw a judge lectured a lawyer. He then left the court after Santiago told him to leave if he wishes to.

This, however, did not sit well with Santiago, who said the counsel "cannot just make those contemptuous gestures in front of the judge and get away with it."

Santiago even raised her voice and referred to the prosecutors as "gago" (fools) for deciding to withdraw five articles of impeachment lodged against Chief Justice Renato Corona.

"The TV news service of a TV station known to be partial to the administration deliberately panned over this lawyer so that he could be seen on nationwide TV," she said, but did not name the TV station.

"To assure conviction of the defendant, I have been specifically targeted for character assassination and other forms of self-destruction by the culprits. The more my enemies try to persecute and intimidate me, the more I will continue with my present mode of behavior in the impeachment court," she said in her statement.

But the prosecution panel believes Aguirre has the right to express his feelings over the scathing comments of the senator.

“It’s not that we’re tolerating the actions of Aguirre but we believe that he has the right to say or show what he feels,” Deputy Speaker Lorenzo “Erin” Tanada III, one of the spokespersons for the prosecution panel, told reporters in a news briefing after Wednesday’s impeachment trial.

“With all due respect to the impeachment court, although it was stricken off the records, I don’t think a judge calls a fellow member of the bar ‘gago’. We have to respect the feelings of Atty. Aguirre,” he added.

Santiago has been critical of the prosecution panel and has scolded them repeatedly, often with reference to their supposed lack of knowledge of the law.

Among the prosecutors who have been scolded by the senator, an elected judge of the International Criminal Court, are Iloilo Representative Niel Tupas Jr., Northern Samar Representative Raul Daza, Bayan Muna party-list Representative Neri Colmenares, and private prosecutor Arthur Lim.

She has also referred to a member of the House who supposedly lied while testifying under oath and has scored the prosecution spokesmen for discussing developments in the case.

"You're so arrogant, but, really, you are fools," she said Wednesday.

Santiago’s motion to cite Aguirre in contempt Wednesday went unopposed. It was Senator Pia Cayetano who seconded the motion.

Presiding officer and Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile said he “cannot tolerate any disrespect of this court and to any member of this court.”

Speaking for the prosecution, Representative Rodolfo Farinas apologized to the impeachment court.

The senators will discuss what penalties to impose on Aguirre in a caucus Tuesday next week.

The private prosecutor will be banned from appearing before the impeachment court in the meantime.

Aguirre served as the lead counsel for Hubert Webb’s defense team. Webb was found guilty in the controversial Vizconde massacre.

He also served as legal counsel for now Supreme Court Chief Justice Bienvenido Reyes in an administrative investigation over a GSIS vs Meralco case.

According to his profile provided by the prosecution, Aguirre was also a legal counsel for Senator Panfilo Lacson and Vice Mayor Rodrigo Duterte of Davao City.

Aguirre, 65, graduated valedictorian at San Beda College. He passed the 1971 bar examinations with a rating of 85.25 percent.

Aguirre was a managing partner for Aguirre Cacho & Tuazon Law Firm, Acosta Aguirre & Fernandez Law Firm, Ricafrente Aguirre Sanvicente & Cacho Law Firm, and Robles Ricafrente Nachura & Aguirre Law Firm. (Jonathan de Santos/Kathrina Alvarez/Sunnex)

Teaching Styles - Your Guide to Effective Teaching

"When planning and developing instructional material, strive for a balance of teaching styles to match the various learning styles." - Felder & Soloman, 1992

Four Basic Teaching Styles

1.Formal Authority: A instructor-centered approach where the instructor feels responsible for providing and controlling the flow of content which the student is to receive and assimilate. The formal authority figure does not concern himself with creating a relationship with the student nor is it important if the students build relationships with each other.

2.Demonstrator or Personal Model: A instructor-centered approach where the instructor demonstrates and models what is expected (skills and processes) and then acts as a coach or guide to assist the students in applying the knowledge. This style encourages student participation and utilizes various learning styles.

3.Facilitator: A student centered approach where the instructor facilitates and focuses on activities. Responsibility is placed on the students to take initiative to achieve results for the various tasks. Students who are independent, active, collaborative learners learners thrive in this environment. Instructors typically design group activities which necessitate active learning, student-to-student collaboration and problem solving.

4.Delegator: A student-centered approach whereby the instructor delegates and places much control and responsibility for learning on individuals or groups of students. This type of instructor will often require students to design and implement a complex learning project and will act solely in a consultative role. Students are often asked to work independently or in groups and must be able to effectively work in group situations and manage various interpersonal roles.

Consider these questions on teaching style
What teaching style do you mainly use?
Does your style facilitate achievement of course goals?
Should you consider new styles or continuations of teaching styles?

Sulat ng Isang Tatay/Nanay sa Kanyang Anak: An Inspiration and A Blessing

Sulat ng Isang Tatay/Nanay sa Kanyang Anak: An Inspirational Video Made Us Cry

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