№ 797. From our Barangay to yours, Happy Holidays!

Physical Therapy Session

 

№ 796. Pasko 2025

 

№ 795. Rediscovering Bach’s Prelude in C

 

№ 794. Calvin & Hobbes Holidays

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№ 793. The Age of Depopulation: Surviving a World Gone Gray

Nicholas Eberstadt

November/December 2024 Published on October 10, 2024

 

"As a rule of thumb, a total fertility rate of 2.1 births per woman approximates the replacement threshold in affluent countries with high life expectancy—but the replacement level is somewhat higher in countries with lower life expectancy or marked imbalances in the ratio of baby boys to baby girls."

 

Population Institute of Canada

№ 792. Ann Dunham

She was just 17 when classmates called her “the original feminist,” long before the world had a name for what she already was.

Ann Dunham

In 1950s America, when girls were expected to be quiet, obedient, and agreeable, Stanley Ann Dunham — who insisted everyone call her “Ann” — spent her teenage years reading existentialist philosophy, questioning every social rule around her, and challenging the conservative community she grew up in. While other girls practiced how to be polite, she practiced how to think.

№ 791. High Speed Rails are Greenest

 

They burn less gasoline, make less noise than cars and take up less space than freeways.
 

№ 790. State of the Nation (SONA) 2025

 

SALN Lockdown

MANILA, Philippines — Hundreds of thousands gathered Sunday for the start of a three-day rally organized by a religious group in the Philippine capital to demand accountability over a flood-control corruption scandal that has implicated powerful members of Congress and top government officials.

As of 5 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 16, crowds came in droves. The Manila City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office estimated attendees to be at 650,000 by 6 p.m.

It’s the latest show of outrage over accusations of widespread corruption in flood-control projects in one of the world’s most typhoon-prone countries. Various groups have protested in recent months following the discovery that thousands of flood defense projects across the country were substandard, incomplete or simply did not exist.