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6/29/17

Who's stopping you from learning simple edits on Photoshop





Never say, I don't know how to use Photoshop. I was once like you before. Watch this video to learn simple editing. Come, Let's do practice.







6/25/17

Who and what's stopping you to VIDEO: How to supercharge your iPhone in 5 minutes

Who and what's stopping you to VIDEO: How to supercharge your iPhone in 5 minutes

We’ve all seen this message pop up on our iPhones: “20% of battery remaining.” Luckily, there’s a way to get that number closer to 100 pretty quickly with an easy technique.

First, place your phone in “airplane mode.” This will prevent it from receiving messages and push notifications, connecting to Bluetooth and searching for WiFi. 


Then use an iPad wall charger. It has an AMP of 2.1 while an iPhone wall charger has an AMP of 1.
After you’ve followed the instructions above, sit back and let electricity work its magic.

Fighting bigotry

Fighting bigotry

By: Pastor Apollo C. Quiboloy


A hoax, of dubious Philippine provenance, recently trended briefly during the wild and woolly Republican presidential primaries.
It all began when Donald Trump regaled his South Carolina audience with the historical chismis that US general John “Black Jack” Pershing used bullets dipped in pig’s blood to “pacify” intrepid Filipino Moros when he commanded a fortress in Zamboanga in the early 1900s.
Here’s The Donald:
“[Pershing] took 50 bullets and dipped them in pig’s blood. And he had his men load his rifles, and he lined up the 50 people, and they shot 49 of those people, and the 50th person—he said, ‘You go back to your people and you tell them what happened.’ And for 25 years, there wasn’t a problem.”
This, of course, never happened but it did not prevent this rajah of hyperbole from retelling it as gospel.
This anecdote about Pershing is clearly fictitious, in the realm of myths. No scholarly research backs it up.
Even American historians were unanimous in dismissing Trump’s tale as a legend. One called it “a fabrication which has long been discredited.”
Thankfully, in this country where folkloric tales are dinner and drinking table conversation topics, it has remained unforgotten.
It is so because for Filipinos, it borders on hate speech. Even as a joke it is grossly politically incorrect And retelling it, even in impolite company, constitutes bad manners.
We have long purged such unkind stereotyping of our Muslim brothers from our speech, culture and literature—so much so that no Filipino politico would ever dare tell that joke even in private unless he wants history to make his name synonymous with “crass” or “gutter.”
And if I recall it right, it’s been ages since a Filipino personality has made a tactless remark about Filipino Muslims. The reason is obvious: A careless quote would make juramentados out of all Filipinos.
This is not to say that Filipino Muslims can’t take or even dish a joke or two. I have a Muslim friend from high school who, for four decades now, has the same answer when I ask him what food I should prepare the next time he visits: “Crispy lechon” he would say, always with a hearty laugh.
Despite this conviviality, I am always aware of the lines which must never be crossed.
On a larger view, I am glad that election polemics about the unsettled peac in Muslim Mindanao has consistently taken a positive and optimistic tone.
No shrill saber-rattling has been heard out there in the campaign trail. If any, it has all been sensible solutions on how peace must dawn on strife-torn lands.
Take note too that during the Cagayan de Oro debates, not one prescribed war as the fix to the centuries-old imbroglio.
This proves one thing: whoever take the reins of power next June, the Mindanao problem will be solved peacefully. The peace, no matter how fragile, will hold. There will be no caudillo barking “at my signal, unleash hell” order.
One candidate has even walked his talk, bivouacking to what papers would call the lion’s den, or right into the HQ of a still belligerent rebel force
More than words, this is the gesture we would like to see from all those applying to be the next president of our country. To engage rebels face-to-face, and not merely read platitudes on peace from teleprompters.
But we need not be in power to advance the cause of peace. There are many simple things each one of us can do which, taken collectively, enlarges the peace constituency.
One is the outright rejection of violence as the solution to the strife. Second is to foment religious tolerance and be open to ecumenical partnerships that will advance the peace agenda.
We can also nurture inclusive communities where different faiths erect no walls, in one village with no religious borders and blockades exist.
In our school in Davao, the Jose Maria College, we offer scholarships to many Muslim children, and encourage them to devoutly practice their faith.
Because of all weapons against bigotry, none remains more effective than education. Sometimes peace can be won, not by armies laying down their arms en masse, but one child at a time.

6/23/17

Why men who can't wear shorts are wearing skirts instead

Bus drivers in France wearing skirts in protest
Overheated men and boys in the UK and Europe are defying dress codes by wearing skirts.
Bus drivers in France are among those who have been coping with soaring temperatures by ditching their trousers.
After finding it too hot to work in full-length leg wear, members of the CFDT Semitan Union in Nantes got around the no-shorts-to-work policy by wearing skirts.
The drivers told the local Presse Ocean news site they envied women who were able to wear skirts in the heat wave, and the video of their story has been viewed more than 160,000 times in two days.
Men wearing skirts in protest
Union member Gabriel Magner said: "When it's 50 degrees behind the windscreen all day, those are work conditions which are not acceptable.
"What we want is for the company to do something about it so when it gets like this a heat regulation can come into force when the temperature reaches a certain level, to allow drivers to wear Bermuda shorts, for example."

No shorts allowed


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6/21/17

How to avoid Zika when traveling this summer

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As temperatures rise and travelers prepare for summer vacations, experts warn that taking the proper precautions to protect against Zika is still of the utmost importance.
Although the virus's predicted impact has yet to be determined fully this year, the truth is, when it comes to mosquito-borne illnesses, forecasting the damage a certain disease is going to cause often presents epidemiologists with a formidable challenge.
“We thought that a couple years ago, Chikungunya, [another type of mosquito-borne illness], was going to make a large inroad into the United States, but it never really amounted to a whole lot of anything," said Joseph Conlon, a retired, 20-year Navy epidemiologist who now serves as a technical advisor to the American Mosquito Control Agency. "So, we don’t really know what’s going to happen with the Zika virus, but to be prudent, we need to be ready for it to make another onslaught.”
So whether traveling in the United States or abroad, precautions are recommended due to the uncertainty.

Read More >> https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/how-to-stay-safe-from-zika-this-summer/70001964

6/20/17

Tuesday’s best TV: Natural World – Supercharged Otters; Hospital


Self-confessed otter maniac Charlie Hamilton James itemises the semiaquatic mammals’ impressive abilities, as the NHS reality show returns with footage from St Mary’s on the day of the Westminster terror attack
Charlie Hamilton James, presenter of Natural World: Supercharged Otters, and Rudi the otter.
Charlie Hamilton James, presenter of Natural World: Supercharged Otters, and Rudi the otter. Photograph: Mark wheeler/BBC/Mark wheeler

Natural World: Supercharged Otters 
8pm, BBC2

From the crystal-clear rivers of Florida to the freezing waters of Alaska, self-confessed otter maniac Charlie Hamilton James has been filming the sleekit beasties for 25 years. In this mood-improving doc, he uses heat cameras and super slow-mo to itemise their impressive abilities, from built-in swimming goggles to unparalleled fur insulation. Best of all, the soundtrack features a lot of otter-mimicking mouth trumpet. Graeme Virtue...
Read More >> https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/jun/20/tuesdays-best-tv-natural-world-supercharged-otters-hospital