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“An oversubscription may also be likely due to re-investment demand with P11.1 billion T-bills maturing on April 17,” Mr. Palma added.
The government plans to borrow P315 billion from the domestic market this quarter, broken down into P195 billion in T-bills and P120 billion through Treasury bonds.
Babies and children don’t come with manuals. If only. But amidst the seemingly endless number of books about child development and parenting, “The Whole-Brain Child” by Daniel Siegel M.D. and Tina Payne Bryson, PhD. may come close. It’s been on my list to read since it came out a few years ago and if you have not had the opportunity, it is one of the most informative, illuminating, clear, reassuring and truly accessible books you will find. Parenting requires many superpowers and knowledge is one of those essential powers. It is rare to find a book that dives deep into helping parents understand cutting edge scientific research, while also seamlessly translating this information into relatable strategies that create a roadmap for handling the everyday challenges of family life. The authors genuinely understand and honor the joys and difficulties of parenting, beautifully balancing and weaving together scientific insights and ‘in the trenches’ tips. For busy parents they have compiled is a “Refrigerator Sheet” with key highlights to reference when a quick refresher is needed to get back on track. Additionally, a more comprehensive chart is provided which organizes main principles and strategies by the ages and stages of childhood, giving parents a tool to guide them throughout this often wild and wonderful journey. A guiding tenet of “The Whole Brain Child” speaks to moving beyond ‘surviving’ to a place of ‘thriving,’ giving us a new lens through which to view, understand, cope with and even value day to day challenges. Rather than limping through the annoying, frustrating and downright difficult messiness that comes with raising children, we are encouraged to wade into the eye of these storms, viewing them as opportunities to teach children the skills they need to thrive in life. The goal is not to smooth out all the bumps in the road our kids will face, or to simply send to them to their room when things get rough, it’s about teaching them, situation after situation, how to handle things differently, more positively. Eventually, with lots of practice and guidance in the trenches, we can help kids build and internalize a set of skills, their own toolbox of sorts, enabling them to repair, rebuild and renew when life gets tough. And life will get tough at times. Modeling and teaching how to relish life’s joys and work through life’s challenges are central tasks of parenting. They are also central tasks for teachers.
Teaching the ‘whole child’ has been a major theme in many educational circles for quite some time. Until recently, emotional, social and academic development have been the components of a complete picture of overall growth. In “Whole Brain Child,” Dr.’s Siegel and Bryson share exciting findings from brain research that greatly expand our perspective of what ‘whole child’ encompasses. Connection is a pervasive thread as they expertly explain how our brains and our children’s brains function. They point out connections that help us understand and manage our emotions, connections that help us navigate large and small behavioral issues with our children and connections that provide insight into what often seems to be a disjointed and disconnected puzzle, our kids behaviors (and maybe our own). The result is a more fully integrated whole-brain, whole heart, whole- person picture. A few connections brought to light include integrating our left (logical) and right (emotional) brain, and integrating our upstairs (thinking) and downstairs (reptilian) brains. This knowledge underpins strategies like; ‘connect before you redirect’, especially when temperatures are already high. Connecting right brain to right brain during times of strong upset means acknowledging your child’s (and your own) emotional state, then reaching out with an understanding touch while waiting for some semblance of calm. Only then can we attempt to engage a child’s thinking brain with our words, or try to process and work through a difficult issue. In a nutshell, you can’t reason with a child in the midst of a tantrum or an intense behavioral issue. All of the intentional and innovative work we do with children at school starts with forming and cultivating deep connections with each child. It is from these relationships that we gain the knowledge we need to help children navigate a variety of ‘bumps.’ On an even deeper level, Whole Brain Child teaches us how interconnected our mind, brain, and body are, and the more we understand what’s going on inside our brains and bodies, the more we can use that information to make sense of and manage emotional states. Knowing how emotions drive our reactions and learning strategies for getting to a calmer place, will allow us to access our ‘thinking brains’ as we handle frustrating and challenging situations.
In the author’s own words; “The great news The Whole Brain Child shares is that even the hard times you go through with your kids, even the mistakes you make as parents are opportunities to help your children grow, learn, and develop into people who are happy, healthy, and fully themselves. Rather than ignoring their big emotions or distracting them from their struggles, you can nurture their whole brain, walking them through these challenges, staying present and thus strengthening the parent-child bond, and helping your kids feel seen, heard, and cared for.” What parent doesn’t want and need this level of respect, reassurance and rich roadmap for navigating their family’s journey?
Katy Carrese Merrell MEd. is the director of The Children’s Way Preschool in Wayland. She has three grown children and lives with her husband in Medfield MA. She can be reached by email at kcarresemerrell@gmail.com.
A “flamboyant” 5,200-square-foot Newport Beach estate once owned by Trinity Broadcasting Network founder Paul Crouch is for sale at just under $4.6 million.
Dubbed “Villa Cielo,” the four-bedroom house sits on an ocean-view hilltop in guard-gated Harbor Ridge, and boasts Calacatta marble, two kitchens and a “secret room,” according to the listing.
Paul and Jan Crouch, his wife, started Trinity Broadcasting Network, billed as the world’s largest Christian network, in Costa Mesa in 1973. Paul Crouch died in November 2013; Jan Crouch died in May.
The house, rebuilt on the 8,000-square-foot lot, was completed in 2014. Property records show that Trinity Christian Center, TBN’s owner, sold the home to a married couple in June of that year for $3.05 million.The house has been on and off the market and most recently was relisted in June.
The two-level home includes a sunken living room, library and media room, as well as an elevator, arched, floor-to-ceiling windows and an assortment of elaborate fireplaces and chandeliers.
Susan Sinclair of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices is the listing agent.
TBN is headquartered on an elaborate campus in Costa Mesa, and the network’s religious programming can be viewed around the globe. But family disputes led to public feuds and lawsuits. The empire is now in the hands of the Crouches’ younger son Matthew.
A Register review of its most recent tax filings shows Trinity’s revenue has dropped, from $207 million in 2006 to $121.5 million in 2014.
It�s an innocent reaction from a babe�s mouth, upon hearing what would it be like on the Day of Judgment. Just like you, some new line executives could experience the same thing knowing the gravity of their responsibility, when they conduct performance evaluation which is often viewed as a difficult exercise by both managers and their workers.
But, you�re not new to the system as you�ve been with the company prior to your promotion. That means, you know how it feels from the side of being evaluated. And I�m sure you know how tricky it has become to summarize one year�s performance in a series of check marks and few sentences. In addition, one�s daily business tends to push back the annual evaluation to a lower priority resulting in many managers� tendency to procrastinate. More often than not, some managers don�t like to do annual reviews, and end up giving average ratings if only to avoid any conflict with the workers.
First, are the performance target and standards mutually agreed between the boss and their workers? If the answer is in the affirmative, there should be no doubt that the performance appraisal will be easy, quick, and at times -- heart-warming.
Second, are the target and standards written clearly leaving no room for doubts and misinterpretation? There�s nothing worse than starting to prepare for an annual review and drawing blank when the documents are nowhere to be found.
Third, what are the strengths of an employee as proven by his accomplishments? There�s no better way but to start and end an appraisal interview with positive and sincere assessments to help establish continued rapport with the workers and motivate them.
Fourth, what are the specific improvement points that a worker must consider and learn? Avoid vague generalization. Define in real terms how the worker has missed the performance target, if not used wrong standards in trying to accomplish them.
Fifth, what could be the possible defense or alibi that a concerned employee could raise? This question is part of a potential problem analysis that every manager should take. By anticipating the issues, a manager should be able to properly handle such reactions.
Sixth, what specific solution or corrective action would you propose to the concerned workers? Likewise, be open to the worker�s suggestions in the spirit of co-ownership. If possible, generate many possible options that are easy to do and requires little time and budget.
Seventh, how would you convince the worker to remain positive given the circumstances? If one is given a low mark, there�s no better option than to encourage the worker that it�s not the end of the world. However, it can only happen if you as the manager are willing to help.
Eight, how would you monitor the agreed corrective action with the employee? You can�t simply wait for another year to find out. It would be too late if you do only that. Therefore, take the time to regularly check his work without him knowing that you�re snoopervising.
Of course, it�s better if you talk to the concerned worker from time to time, as you continue offering assistance on how to make his job better than before. Bringing the employees to their full potential doesn�t start and end with the performance evaluation process. Whatever you do, be constructive and positive all the way. That�s the best way to disarm a belligerent worker.
ELBONOMICS: There�s no use in saying you did your best. You must do your best in what�s necessary.
Grover Robinson took the oath of office Tuesday afternoon at Pensacola City Hall in front of a standing-room-only crowd in the City Council chambers.
Pensacola officially has a new mayor.
Grover Robinson took the oath of office Tuesday afternoon at Pensacola City Hall in front of a standing-room only crowd in the City Council chambers.
Robinson told the audience Pensacola has great natural assets and talented people, but Pensacola's biggest challenge has been working together.
"This does not mean agreement," Robinson said. "This means respectful support even in disagreement."
Robinson called on Pensacola to come together to enable the city to reach its full potential.
Former Pensacola Mayor Mike Wiggins and former Escambia County Commissioner Marie Young administered the oath of office to Robinson.
Robinson pointed to the symbolism of the pair being the ones to administer the oath.
"Here we have a man and a woman, black and white, East Pensacola and West Pensacola, together installing the future of this community," Robinson said. "For Pensacola, Escambia County and Northwest Florida to reach its potential, we will need to work together to be a better community."
In the campaign for mayor, Robinson said the real winner was the city of Pensacola.
"While I happen to stand here today, it is the city that benefited from the ideas of six great and vastly different candidates," Robinson said. "While I would've preferred an easy victory, the campaign I went through has exposed me to so many great Pensacolians."
Outgoing Mayor Ashton Hayward thanked the citizens of Pensacola for taking a chance on him eight years ago, and that he was proud of how the city has changed during his time as mayor.
"Pensacola is in a great place, people, and all of you would not be here if you didn't feel that," Hayward said. "Because we buy on emotion. We vote on emotion. It's about how we feel."
Along with the installation of a new mayor, the Pensacola City Council installed its new members Ann Hill and Jared Moore, and outgoing members Larry B. Johnson and Brian Spencer said goodbye.
In addition, Councilwoman Sherri Myers took the oath of office for her third term.
The council also elected Councilman Andy Terhaar as the new council president and Councilman P.C. Wu as the new council vice president.
In his farewell remarks, Johnson said his time on City Council was coming to an end, but he would continue to do what he could to make Pensacola better.
"They say politics is a place where you make short-term friends and lifelong enemies," Johnson said. "I hope to not make too many enemies on the way out the door, but I'm proud of what we've accomplished. I know that this council can do better."
Spencer thanked Hayward, council members, his wife, his supporters and his former mayoral campaign opponent Robinson.
"As you embark, Mayor-elect Robinson, on this chapter as Pensacola's future mayor, I'm confident, especially after campaigning with you, that you will pursue solutions that will address Pensacola's challenges and that you will continue to promote our city for the good of all citizens," Spencer said.
The zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) endeavor has come a long way since the early 1990s and increasing numbers of transport energy experts are hopeful that electrification of vehicles, together with greening of the grid, provide a two-punch solution to reduce urban air pollution and meet radical carbon reduction goals. Technical progress of plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) has been impressive; in particular, lithium ion batteries are more reliable, their energy density has improved, and their prices have fallen, faster than many experts expected. Engineers have three or four generations of vehicle designs under their belts, and electric vehicle profitability might be coming into view.
The challenge now is to completely displace a world industry and consumer demand for combustion engines in a time frame dictated by climate issues. This is a challenge that will have to be met with decades of effort from industry and governments. Fortunately, like the technology, maybe the conditions for securing a global transformational process are ripening. In light of initial technical and political progress, it will be tempting for policy makers in beachhead markets to pull in their oars thinking their job is done and leave it to the carmakers and power companies to row the rest of the way. But precisely at this moment of profitability, carmakers will have to convince increasing numbers of less adventurous buyers to make a big switch to electric. These buyers thus far have been less interested in and informed about the new technology. They may have less resources and less willing to take a risk. They may have desires for larger vehicles or attachments to tradition. Just when one aspect of the market, profit, is possible, all the stakeholders will need to pull harder on the oars to get to the destination in time.
There were times when Arlyn Schipper could almost feel heroic on his family farm in the heart of America’s corn belt.
His 1,619 hectares (4,000 acres) in Iowa, planted almost entirely with corn, were helping to feed a nation – or at least help put fuel in its gas tanks, as his crop was processed into corn ethanol.
Schipper still sees it that way. It is just he feels America has moved on, or as he put it: ‘The country has turned on us.’ Suzanne Goldenberg/The Guardian.
LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Iranian negotiators meeting with U.S. officials Monday expressed concern over a letter from Senate Republicans warning that a nuclear deal with President Obama might not outlast his time in office.
A senior administration official said the Iranians broached the subject in the almost five hours of discussions led by Secretary of State John F. Kerry and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif. The letter also was raised in meetings Sunday between political and technical experts, the official said.
Iranian and U.S. officials have been critical of the open letter addressed to Iran’s leaders. It was written by Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) and signed by 46 other Republican senators. Kerry has said its claims that Congress can modify an executive agreement are inaccurate. He also has said that its predictions of a short shelf life for a nuclear deal with Iran undermine his diplomatic efforts.
“I’m sure you’ll be shocked to know the Cotton letter came up in the talks,” the senior administration official said, speaking on the condition of anonymity because of rules for briefing reporters.
The United States and five other world powers have been negotiating with Iran for almost a year and a half, aiming for a deal that would restrict its nuclear program. In return, the United States, the European Union and the United Nations would ease sanctions imposed on Iran. Iran says its program is intended for nonmilitary uses, but some countries worry that Tehran wants to eventually build nuclear weapons.
The negotiators face a self-imposed deadline of March 31, set when an interim agreement was extended in November. The United States wants a signed agreement on the outlines of a final deal, to be completed in late June, but Iran has said it wants only one final agreement put on paper.
The official declined to say whether there was more reason for optimism than pessimism but described the pace of the talks as veering wildly, from hour to hour on some days.
Zarif was in a more upbeat mood, shouting out to reporters, “Finally, finally, we’ll get there,” as he departed for Brussels on Monday afternoon to talk with E.U. officials and foreign ministers from the countries negotiating alongside the United States: Britain, France, Russia, China and Germany.
He is expected to return Monday night so talks can resume Tuesday in a hotel where the Treaty of Lausanne was signed in 1923, officially dividing the Ottoman Empire.
A sense of urgency permeated the meeting in Brussels.
Meanwhile, British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said significant differences remain.
She was born Dec. 28, 1948, in Paso Robles, Calif., where she loved going to the near by coast, enjoying sitting on the beach watching the surf and birds. She also enjoyed crafts and painting.
While living in Mountain Home, she worked at the Best Western.
Barbara was preceded in death by a son, Randy Davis, a sister, Mary Henderson and a brother, James Martin. She is survived by her partner, James Miller of Mountain Home, and many friends.
She is also survived by her parents, Calvin and Joyce Martin, and Gearldine Rogers all of Arkansas; three daughters, Shelia Gates and Vicki Davis of California and Christine Ball of Mountain Home; sisters Carolyn Harkness of Mountain Home, Bonnie Nelson and Diane Bailey of Oklahoma and Jackie Jones of Arkansas; and brothers, Rick Martin of Arkansas and Billy Rogers of Texas; seven grandkids and three great grandkids and many nieces and nephews.
She was loved, and will be missed.
You might have gotten an email about how you have been caught on camera watching pornographic materials online, and to pay up if you do not want incriminating images of yourselves sent to your contact list.
Heads up, it's an extortion scam.
In an advisory on Monday (Oct 29), the police said they have received more than 15 reports since September 2018, where victims informed that they had received emails from unknown email accounts or those resembling their own.
The scammers would claim that they had screenshots of the victims watching pornographic materials, and threaten to expose them to their family and friends unless they make payment, typically via cryptocurrency Bitcon.
In some cases, the victims were told by the scammers that their computers had been infected with malware which allowed their online activities to be monitored.
There were also cases where the scammers claimed that they had the victim’s email account password, or had obtained the victim’s contacts from social networking platforms, to add a sense of legitimacy to their emails.
The email's subject line usually includes a password that you probably have used at some point, making the scam seem all the more legitimate.
According to online reports, the passwords are believed to have been stolen during previous data breaches at prominent websites (e.g. LinkedIn, Yahoo).
To protect your privacy, cover the camera of your computer when you are not using it.
Those who wish to provide any information related to such scams may call the police hotline at 1800-255-0000, or submit it online at www.police.gov.sg/iwitness. For urgent police assistance, please dial ‘999’.
The 45th Annual Louisiana USBC Youth Match Games Tournament ended up being a good one for the Adams kids.
Kaylene Adams of Houma won the girls division with a 1,547 series, besting Devin Vicks of Shreveport by 22 pins.
Her brother, Kaleb Adams, finished second in the boys division with a 1,690 series, which was 56 pins behind Dalton Allen of Baton Rouge. With their respective first- and second-place finishes, both Kaylene and Kaleb qualified for the 2010 National USBC tournament to be held in July in Indianapolis.
In the girls classic division, Adams finished fifth. The lone 300 game in the tourney was thrown in qualifying by William Flach of Gretna.
The Houma Masters Summer completed its first-ever no-tap USBC sanctioned league and there were three natural 300s bowled that will be recognized by the national governing body of bowling. The three perfect games were registered by Dustin Haynes, Cormet Fruge and Sean Falgout.
Eric Morrison averaged a 270.36 in the 12-week league with a handful of no-tap 300 games.
--The Po Boys Float (Dallas Boudreaux Jr.�s float) will be putting on a cosmic no-tap tournament on Saturday at Creole Lanes. The event, which costs $30 per team, starts at 2 p.m.
--The So What Softball team will be putting on an 8-pin no-tap tournament on Saturday at Bowl South. The event, which costs $15 per person, starts at 7 p.m. For information, call 791-9524 or 852-4322.
--The Thro�d Off Float (Karisa Tanner) will be putting on a cosmic no-tap doubles tournament on Sept. 20 at Creole Lanes. The cost per team is $30 and the event starts at 2 p.m.
Earlier this month Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (of the Kennedy Kennedys) was asked at a congressional hearing if a 2002 over-the-top quote attributed to him - that hog farmers are a greater threat to Americans than Osama bin Laden - was accurate. “I don’t know if that (quotation) is accurate, but I believe it and support it,” said Kennedy, who has been waging a substantial legal fight against the meat industry for years. While one may question Kennedy’s judgment, he does have a point, whether his testimony that a single hog consignment can put out more pollution than a city of a million people is spot-on or not.
One sentence in another recent news article backed up Kennedy’s concerns and was dumbfounding: “The trillions of farm animals around the world generate 18 percent of the emissions that are raising global temperatures, according to United Nations estimates, more even than from cars, buses and airplanes.” Hey, between the New York Times and the U.N., they couldn’t make up this stuff, right? No wonder a 187-nation gathering of environment ministers held talks in December in Poznan, Poland, on a new treaty to combat global warning, with U.N. climate officials calling agriculture one of the two most “problematic” sectors, the other being transportation.
Both ends of cows and other ruminants discharge flatus (mainly methane that traps heat 25 times more efficiently than carbon dioxide); animal manure contains not just methane but nitrous oxide, which is even more powerful a warming agent. Animals need a lot of land and feed such as soy, which contributes to clearing forests and their trees and vegetation that absorb carbon dioxide. Meat also requires refrigeration from farm to marketplace to home. Ever more animals are needed - in large developing countries like China, India and Brazil, meat consumption is soaring, and globally is expected to double between 2000 and 2050.
There are various partial solutions short of the obvious one preferred by vegetarians (eat no meat) or dietitians (eat less meat). In Sterksel, the Netherlands, a Times article said a group of farmers cook manure from their 3,000 pigs to capture the methane trapped within it, and then use the gas to make electricity for the local power grid; California is working on a similar program. Other, more high-tech, projects include inventing feed that will make cows belch less methane. Some do-gooders want a “sin tax” on pork and beef and, in Sweden, they now label food products so shoppers can tell how much emission can be attributed to steak compared to, say, turkey (a pound of beef has 11 times as much greenhouse gas emission as a pound of chicken and 100 times as much as a pound of carrots, a Swedish group says). In Denmark, farmers must bury manure under the soil, which enhances its fertilizing effect, reduces odors, and prevents emissions from escaping. New Zealand will by 2013 include agriculture in its new emissions trading scheme.
In Maryland, the Department of the Environment has new rules this year bringing the state in line with most other states regulating where, how and how long chicken farmers can spread manure on their fields or store it in outdoor piles. This is no small matter, as the poultry industry, concentrated along the Eastern Shore, is Maryland’s most lucrative form of agriculture and one of its largest employers, contributing more than $700 million annually to the state’s economy. Its 570 million chickens create piles of manure, which not only fill the air with ammonia but in some cases leech with runoff into the Chesapeake Bay, one of the nation’s most polluted estuaries. The phosphorous and nitrogen spawn algae that deplete oxygen needed by other aquatic life. The crab population has fallen 70 percent in the past two decades, while the number of working oystermen has plummeted from 6,000 to less than 500. Agriculture accounts for over 40 percent of the nitrogen and phosphorous in the Bay and over 70 percent of the sediment.
Some Maryland farms have been working to help the environment, planting trees and environmental buffers around chicken houses and feeding the birds an ingredient to cut down on phosphorous in their manure, some of which they recycle in the world’s largest chicken manure recycling plant, which produces organic fertilizer pellets.
While neither Burger King nor Chic-Fil-A is likely to go out of business anytime soon on account of a sudden aversion to belching cows or pooping fowl, the role that agriculture plays in the environment is a serious issue that clearly deserves attention. The farmers of Sterksel in the Netherlands, the officials of the Department of the Environment for the State of Maryland, and Kennedy (bin Laden comment aside) may be on to something helpful.
People offer prayers on the first business day of the year Wednesday at Tokyo's Kanda Myojin shrine, which is known to be frequented by worshippers seeking good luck and prosperous businesses.
They'll have a better chance at the voting booths.
true, but they have faith in Abenomics.
I know it's tradition and all, but seems to me if these folks are praying to the "Gods" for "good luck" and "prosperity" seems to me they should consider those "Gods" more than just around the New Year!
Moderator: Please do not make fun of traditions like this.
their gods are greedy , once a year prayer to them is all the require.
Moderator: Please refrain from making stupid comments like this.

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