Metro Manila’s Toxic Taxis : DOH says high levels of carbon monoxide and hydrogen sulfide found in blood of drivers of toxic taxis

we posted previously in this blog, click to read : taxis that run on LPG – metro manila’s toxic taxis?

Toxic taxis: Auto LPG leaks pose health hazards

By David Dizon, ABS-CBN News

Posted at 10/18/2012 7:41 PM | Updated as of 10/18/2012 8:04 PM

Toxic taxis: Study shows hazards of auto LPG leaks

MANILA, Philippines – Carbon monoxide and hydrogen sulfide in the blood?

That is what the Department of Health (DOH) and the University of the Philippines-National Poison Management and Control Center (UP-NPMCC) found in a study on health hazards due to exposure to auto-liquefied petroleum gas (Auto LPG).

DOH-NCR toxicologist Dr. Alberto Diaz said the UP-NPMCC randomly sampled 26 Metro Manila taxi drivers whose vehicles run on auto LPG and another 13 taxi drivers whose cars run on gasoline and diesel.

He said the study showed that those driving auto LPG-powered taxis that had leaks had higher levels of toxic substances in the blood compared to those who were driving gasoline or diesel-powered vehicles.

“Kung may leak po ang LPG fueled taxi, mas mataas ang lebel na na-a-absorb ng tao na mga toxic gases na na-absorb sa katawan katulad ng carbon monioxide at hydrogen sulfide. Ito ay poisonous gases na pwedeng makasama sa ating kalusugan. Ito ay kung may leak po,” Diaz told radio dzMM.

The toxicologist said the DOH took random samples of gases at the driver’s seats, passenger’s seats and backseats of the auto LPG vehicles and conventional vehicles.

He said they also used a different instrument for the blood tests of all the taxi drivers. “May nakuha kaming lebel ng carbon monoxide at hydrogen sulfide sa tao,” he said.

He said these toxic gases can stay a long time in the bloodstream and affect vital organs such as the heart, lungs and brain.

Diaz said the study showed that among the effects of being exposed to auto-LPG include headaches, back pain, nape pain, chest pain, cough, dizziness, dry throat, fatigue and muscle weakness, nausea and difficulty in breathing.

The toxicologist said LPG leaks can seep inside the taxi undetected, depending on the tolerance level of the driver.

He said the leaks could happen if the vehicle does not undergo regular maintenance checks.

Diaz said the UP-NPMCC study is still in its initial stages and may need to undergo a second round.

He also cautioned taxi passengers to switch taxis if they smell a possible LPG leak inside the vehicle.

http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/-depth/10/18/12/toxic-taxis-auto-lpg-leaks-pose-health-hazards

Ateneo October, 2012 1BIG5 Bonfire Celebration In Pictures

do you have pictures you took during the 1BIG5 celebration? share it in this blog – send it to this blog via email (wawam.email@ gmail.com) and will post it. include any caption you want placed on it.

baby treated like a toy, shaken violently for amusement. this is child abuse! save this baby!

these photos were all over twitter. this is clearly child abuse and the adults involved must be jailed.

source : http://everythinginbudget.blogspot.sg/2012/10/photos-and-video-of-baby-being-abused.html?m=1

source of picture: http://twitpic.com/b3b9jl

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these pictures came from this FB account : http://www.facebook.com/jhayarsalaria. in that FB account is a video of the baby also being abused.

screenshot of FB page source of pictures

these still photos by themselves is child abuse with the baby being treated like a lifeless toy with total disregard for the safety of the small baby and complete disrespect for the baby. the baby being sat on, stepped on and choked can lead to unfortunate accidents. just a slip on the sitting on the baby and stepping on the baby pictures can have the full weight of the adult on the fragile chest of the baby.

these are still photos of one incident in time, we do not know what happened before or after this incident and what other incidents that may have been done on this baby and how often this “play” is being done on this baby.

the adult treating the baby like a lifeless toy in many ways defines the way this adult considers the baby. if this adult can do this now to this baby who is obviously totally powerless to stop the adult, what other things can this adult do to this baby in the future (or those times when no pictures are being taken)? this adult does not see this baby as fragile and as a human being, just a toy for his pleasure and amusement.

go to this FB page (http://www.facebook.com/jhayarsalaria) and you will see a video of the baby being shaken violently by an adult. you can see in the face of the baby that the baby was feeling being very uncomfortable and did not like what was being done to the baby.

screenshot of video

at some point the baby started to cry. the adult did not stop but instead hit the baby’s stomach like a drum to distort the sound of the cries of the baby.  the baby cried because the baby probably felt pain and extreme discomfort but instead of stopping and calming the baby down, the adult continues to play with the baby like it was a lifeless toy.

there is no other way to describe these pictures and video but child abuse and cruelty to this baby.

people in twitter has taken action – copying reporters and a congressman about the pictures. authorities from the DSWD and the police have been informed and apparently actions are being done to track this baby and the adults involved. let us hope it is not too late for this baby.

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let us hope they get the baby in time.

UAAP 75 finals Ateneo-UST game 2 : if Ateneo wins, referees are in to it, if UST wins, referees are fair

referees favoring Ateneo Blue Eagles in game 1 of the UAAP 75 finals was what made UST lose, that was according to UST growling tigers coach pido jarencio. coach pido also said something about the Ateneo players or was it the Blue Eagles’ coach Norman Black being able to speak good English and by implication UST growling tigers’ being poor at it had played a role in their loss. we did not understand how proficiency in speaking English mattered during the game, we hardly saw the Ateneo and UST players say anything during the game it being basketball and not a debate but that was how coach pido saw it.

no surprise to us since much of what coach pido said didn’t really make sense to us.

we didn’t think the Ateneo Blue Eagles won the game because of the referees or that they spoke better English, it was because coach pido did not adjust his team’s game play on the 3rd quarter of the game. the Ateneo Blue Eagles were down at the end of the 2nd half on account of too many unforced errors, poor defense and generally poor shooting. but the whole complexion of the game changed during he 3rd quarter as the Blue Eagles went on a shooting rampage and clamped the Growling Tigers on defense when it had a fantastic 17-0 ran in that quarter.

we think coach pido was unable to read the change in play employed by the blue eagles in the 3rd quarter both on offense and defense. unable to read the play meant he missed out on changing the play for his own team.

the UST growling tigers concentrated so much defense muscle on greg slaughter, often three players guarding him that other blue eagle players became free to score on the offense. one notable blue eagle was nico salva who shot his career best in that game. salva simply toyed around with the UST defense and took shots from his favorite spots, made his favorite shots plus others.

salva is the kind of player who is very low key – simple shots taken in a very muted way unlike kiefer ravena and greg slaughter. kiefer ravena is an explosive and impressive player. he makes these fantastic shots and fantastic moves that you can’t help but notice he is doing well in a game. slaughter because of his height and position is also as noticeable but in a different way. because slaughter is an imposing center, you will notice it if he is doing well in a game as he will always make his shots look easy under the ring and make you wonder why the defense can’t stop him.

salva just makes the regular jump shot and the occasional lay-up with very little fanfare and muted style. but the difference is that salva is one hell of an efficient player. his almost boring style makes him unnoticed by coaches and other players and coach pido and the growling tigers were no exception in game 1.

salva is the player that just creeps into the game unnoticed mostly. and when he gets into a scoring rhythm, he can carry that throughout the game.

but apparently coach pido did not notice these things. he did not change the game play on defense and continued to pour in effort and manpower on slaughter. slaughter on his part very smartly accepted it but looked for the open man when three UST players were on him.

if coach pido paid attention to the game, he would have realized the defense he put on salva was doing a bad job at it. salva was able to get away from his defense in almost any spot a few feet away from the ring.

coach pido was also obviously unable to find the correct player mix to get their offense going. UST is made up of great shooters but the combination coach pido put in simply didn’t click. the growling tigers tried but they were unsuccessful in putting shots in that they had zero points for a stretch of around 7 to 10 minutes during the 3rd quarter.

having zero points for that long a time may be a function of the defense put up by Ateneo. Ateneo is one of the best defensive teams in the league but we did not see any new plays put up by the Ateneo crew on defense. UST had zero points in that period not because Ateneo had put up a great defense, it was just that the combination of players in the court for UST did not work well. we think the UST players became shell shocked by the juggernaut offense of the Blue Eagles that they lost confidence and found themselves unable to shoot.

so what will happen in game 2? well we think coach pido will once again say after the game that the Ateneans were favored by the referees if UST loses the game tomorrow. it’s a very convenient and easy excuse to make for coach pido. of course if UST wins tomorrow, coach pido will conveniently forget his referees for Ateneo charge and just say his players did it all.

there is something about the blue eagles that we have noticed – they win most of their games due to their 3rd quarter performance. things simply change for the blue eagles on the 3rd quarter. they can be doing badly (as they did in game 1 with UST) in the 1st and 2nd quarters but when they come out of the half huddle, they make the adjustments in their play and recover in the 3rd quarter. the blue eagles are almost always a completely different team when they come out to the court during the 3rd quarter. it’s like a miracle happens in the dugout during the half time break that they discover the secret formula to win the game.

to us, that secret formula is coach norman black. black we think is the best coach in the league. he is to us the Great Adjuster. black is able to see things so well and is brilliant at making the adjustments he needs to make in offense and defense in the 3rd quarter to win the game. the Ateneo Blue Eagles is made up of very good players, both its first five and the bench crews. among his first five, we know ravena, salva and slaughter can win games plus add to that the bench like buenafe, golla and elorde and that makes a potent team.

but having great players is not enough. you need an even greater coach who can analyze games as they evolve and think up of changes in offense and defense plays and get the combination of players that work. many of the teams in the UAAP, like the UST growling tigers, have many great players just like Ateneo but the advantage of the blue eagles is that they have norman black to make it all work well and adjust to win games.

and as we have seen in game 1, coach pido jarencio is no coach norman black.

makes in offense or defense play and player combinations

wawamTECH: steve ballmer announces major strategic shift for microsoft’s business model – software, hardware, integration & the cloud

note: underscoring are mine.

TO OUR SHAREHOLDERS, CUSTOMERS, PARTNERS AND EMPLOYEES:

Last year was a big year — we delivered strong results, launched fantastic new products and services, and positioned Microsoft for an incredible future.

For fiscal year 2012, revenue grew to a record $73.7 billion. We also maintained strong cost discipline resulting in cash flow from operations of $31.6 billion, an increase of 17 percent from the prior year. In addition, we returned $10.7 billion to shareholders through stock buybacks and dividends.

We delivered these results while preparing a pipeline of new and updated products that will launch in the year ahead. To best understand what we are about to deliver and what we’re building toward, it’s important to recognize a fundamental shift underway in our business and the areas of technology that we believe will drive the greatest opportunity in the future.

Our Business: Devices and Services

Last year in this letter I said that over time, the full value of our software will be seen and felt in how people use devices and services at work and in their personal lives. This is a significant shift, both in what we do and how we see ourselves — as a devices and services company. It impacts how we run the company, how we develop new experiences, and how we take products to market for both consumers and businesses. The work we have accomplished in the past year and the roadmap in front of us brings this to life.

Devices With End-User Services

We will continue to work with a vast ecosystem of partners to deliver a broad spectrum of Windows PCs, tablets and phones. We do this because our customers want great choices and we believe there is no way one size suits over 1.3 billion Windows users around the world. There will be times when we build specific devices for specific purposes, as we have chosen to do with Xbox and the recently announced Microsoft Surface. In all our work with partners and on our own devices, we will focus relentlessly on delivering delightful, seamless experiences across hardware, software and services. This means as we, with our partners, develop new Windows devices we’ll build in services people want. Further, as we develop and update our consumer services, we’ll do so in ways that take full advantage of hardware advances, that complement one another and that unify all the devices people use daily. So right out of the box, a customer will get a stunning device that is connected to unique communications, productivity and entertainment services from Microsoft as well as access to great services and applications from our partners and developers around the world.

A great example of this shift is Windows 8. Windows 8 will come to market Oct. 26, 2012, with beautiful hardware that will light up with our consumer cloud services. Windows 8 unites the light, thin and fun aspects of a tablet with the power of a PC. It’s beautiful, it’s functional, and it’s perfect for both personal and professional use. Xbox Music, Video, Games and SmartGlass apps make it possible to select a movie from a PC, start playing it on the TV, and finish watching it on a phone. SkyDrive, our cloud storage solution, effortlessly connects content across a user’s devices. Bing’s powerful search technologies in Windows 8 will help customers get more done. Skype has a beautiful new Windows 8 app and connects directly into the new Office.

Office, too, is taking a major leap forward. The new Office was designed from the ground up for Windows 8 and takes full advantage of new mobile form factors with touch and pen capabilities. It unlocks new experiences for reading, note taking, meetings and communications and brings social directly into productivity and collaboration scenarios. The combination of a Windows 8 tablet with OneNote and SkyDrive has truly revolutionized how to take notes, annotate documents and share information. The ultimate experience with the new Office for both consumers and businesses will come when it is paired with a Windows 8 device and delivered as a cloud subscription service with Office 365.

Services for the Enterprise

Fantastic devices and services for end users will drive our enterprise businesses forward given the increasing influence employees have in the technology they use at work — a trend commonly referred to as the Consumerization of IT. It’s one more reason Microsoft is committed to delivering devices and services that people love and businesses need.

Today, businesses face a number of important opportunities and challenges. Enterprise IT departments are tasked with deploying technology that drives the business strategy forward. They decide what solutions will make employees more productive, collaborative and satisfied. They work to unlock business insights from a world of data. At the same time they must manage and secure corporate information that employees access across a growing number of personal and corporate devices.

To address these opportunities, businesses turn to Microsoft. They count on our world-class business applications like Microsoft Dynamics, Office, Exchange, SharePoint, Lync, and our business intelligence solutions. They rely on our technology to manage employee corporate identity and to protect their corporate data. And, increasingly, businesses of all sizes are looking to Microsoft to realize the benefits of the cloud.

Helping businesses move to the cloud is one of our largest opportunities. All the online services people use today — both from Microsoft and other companies — run on servers in datacenters around the globe. The volume of Internet services used will continue to grow as people connect to the Internet from more devices for more purposes — fueling incredible opportunity in our server business. Unique to Microsoft, we continue to design and deliver world-class cloud solutions that allow our customers to move to the cloud on their terms. For example, a company can choose to deploy Office or Microsoft Dynamics on premises, as a cloud service or a combination of both. With Windows Server 2012, Windows Azure and System Center infrastructure, businesses can deploy applications in their own datacenter, a partner’s datacenter or in Microsoft’s datacenter with common security, management and administration across all environments, with ultimate flexibility and scale. Our business customers tell us these capabilities are critical to harnessing the power of the cloud so they can reach new levels of efficiency and tap new areas of growth.