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ASSURING RECOVERY

By | Published Saturday, December 28, 2013

           With apologies to the author, I take the liberty of freely commenting on his very commendable article. May I just add my 5-cents worth:
1.               With such an alliance, integration and coordination are paramount. The choice of Dr. Nathaniel von Einsiedel as convenor is a good early step.
2.               Full extended commitment is very difficult to maintain for such a loose alliance. What must be stressed is transparency of objectives. It is irrational to expect every aggrupation to have pure selfless motives; but it should be expected to allow some moderate for-profit orientation.
3.               The devastated area includes underdeveloped communities that have long bred insurgency. With the overflow of foreign assistance, it is possible to pay particular attention to the development of these places for improved government services to allow sustainable growth.
4.               Last but not least is attention to keep away the usual demons of Philippine governance: credit-grabbing, political dynasties, and patronage politics.
5.               I believe that the series of mishaps and disasters has a God-sent hidden purpose. We have attracted the attention of the international community as well as private local entities. What we are seeing is the silver-lining. We just need to continue working together.
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Assuring recovery in the new year by Paulo Alcazaren (The Philippine Star)

        The year 2013 was one of disasters with the Visayas taking the brunt. The twin terrors of the temblor and typhoon Yolanda wrought unfathomable loss of life, heritage structures, and damage to the economy.
        Filipinos are resilient. This is a given, but in the face of the scale and scope of devastation, it is unrealistic to expect quick recovery. The initial rescue and relief have almost run their course, although many areas have yet to get enough attention. In this coming new year, the aspects of recovery and reconstruction will weigh heavy on assuring the Visayas that it will recover and be rebuilt sustainably.
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Do we see better life in next 12 months?

By | Published Thursday, December 19, 2013

 December 18, 2013
        A Philippine Star article by Thomas Ancheta states that more Filipinos look forward to a better life in the next 12 months.  
        A recent Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey showed the net personal optimism rose to a “very high” +35 in September, with 40 percent of the respondents saying they expected the quality of their lives to improve in the next 12 months and six percent claiming otherwise.
        This was higher than the “high” +28 (35 percent optimistic, seven percent pessimistic) recorded in June.
        It is however important to note that this survey was conducted from September 20 to 23, 2013. The expressions of faith and optimism were therefore done before Sept. 16 when charges of plunder, malversation, bribery, graft and corrupt practices were filed in the Office of the Ombudsman against Janet Napoles, Senators Juan Ponce Enrile, Ramon Revilla Jr. and Jinggoy Estrada and 34 others and before the Oct. 15 magnitude 7.2 earthquake in Bohol and Cebu and the onslaught of record-breaking Super Typhoon Yolanda in the Visayas.       
        It is therefore confusing that after the series of exposes, man-made and natural disasters took place, selected media and opinion-makers suddenly discovered that PNoy government is ineffective, graph-ridden and needs drastic overhaul.
        Just as surprising is the statement from the Economic Markets Strategy paper of Singapore-based bank DBS saying on December 12 that the Philippine economy remains in a “sweet spot” despite the devastation left by Typhoon Yolanda as strong domestic demand, rising remittances and the prospect of more structural reforms are expected to continue to boost growth.


        HOW MUCH HAS CHANGED?! 

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PROUD TO BE CORRUPT?

By | Published Saturday, December 7, 2013


“Since we got hit by Super Typhoon ‘Yolanda’ and the whole world witnessed the Aquino Regime bungling the disaster relief and rescue operations, we said that finally, Pres. Benigno ’PNoy’ Aquino III's backbone program that he calls "Daang Matuwid" has fallen flat on its face. The whole truth about this slogan has now emerged as nothing but mere rhetoric whose only value is propaganda for PNoy. Because of so many things he has done or should I say he has failed to do, this slogan has turned against him to haunt his presidency in his last remaining years.”
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“Yes, things are back to normal under the P-Noy administration. While other international airports manage to land an airplane every 30 seconds, I am told that at NAIA it takes 7 minute intervals on the average to bring in a “bird”. Things are so bad that planes hovering over NAIA average 10 to 20 minutes before making their landing.  XXXX
        I’m really glad that the P-Noy government is not corrupt, because their collective incompetence particularly in the Department of Transportation is damaging enough to productivity and profit of private citizens and corporations. If the DOTC Secretary can’t even solve this “traffic problem” in our airports and airspace, he should give the job to someone who can.”
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A cousin of mine who is based in a foreign land but who patriotically refers to his email address as “Perlas ng Silangan” has been keeping tabs of what’s going on in his native land. Much of the feedback he is getting is naturally from media (two examples of which are shown above) aside from my futile updates. To show my exasperation, I am presenting 3 excerpts of his emailed comments:
  1. 1.      Hi Tancio! Has KS been to the trenches yet? I think what started the "war of words" is when the foreign correspondents hit the disaster area they expected to see the first responders doing their thing, as their name implies. But it appears there's hardly anyone to see. Yesterday, I came across a news item (not from the CNN) that is both disturbing and disgusting. It appears a group of people repacking relief packages donated by a local businessman and printing the name of the V.P. and the logo of his office. Do they have to stoop that low to gain a few hundred votes?
  2. 2.      Hi Tancio! We can't blame President Aquino for what happened. I have a deep suspicion that the pork-barrel scammers/schemers gutted the budgetary outlay of the department charged with over-seeing relief for disasters & other calamities. The President should stand fast and not resign.  Instead he should sack the senior bureaucrats involved and institute criminal proceedings against them. A little forensic auditing and he will find out who those sticky hands belong to! By the way, it's worth mentioning that during the height of the donation campaign by the federal government the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) radio/tv broadcasts encouraged listeners/viewers to direct their money donations to the Canadian Red Cross and NOT to the Philippine Red Cross. Ouch! Is it that bad? 
  3. 3.          Tancio, first of all your HS batch deserved a commendation for a worthy cause concerning the unfortunate victims in an isolated island. Let me be the first to raise my glass and say "from one old timer to another thank you to all your college chums". If you haven't caught it yet, there's a huge financial assistance/relief coming to the victims of the super-typhoon. Late in November Coca-Cola headquarters in Atlanta announced that all Coca-Cola commercials/advertisements world-wide is being held in abeyance and the proceeds to be donated to the victims of the disaster! My only wish is that they DON'T hand it over to any government agency or department. Coke is smart enough to know that.

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OUCH! ARAY! WHY ARE WE WASHING OUR DIRTY LAUNDRY IN FULL VIEW OF THE WORLD AT LARGE?
        Although help is still flowing in, generally media is reinforcing the tag that we have a corrupt government – thus forcing to push a wedge between the government and the governed –THUS STIFLING GROWTH! Why is media shooting ourselves in the foot? I hate to believe the whispers that are going around, because if the rumors are accurate, we must really be a sick country of paid hacks.

We must love to be called corrupt. Is this what is meant by transparency?

BUT I BEG YOUR PARDON.  Paging: Malacanang’s communications group!

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FLAVOR OF THE MONTH

By | Published Friday, December 6, 2013

        While conceding that currently we only see 3 people lining up to succeed PNoy, that should not be the root cause for alarm. What we should worry about is that the porkers and their feudal masters will not be out of the way before PNoy exits. We should not simply be asked again to select the lesser evil among the following three frontrunners: one who seems harmless but had not been as effective as many would want him to be, another who is a man of action but with a questionable record on human rights or a traditional politician who cannot seem to shake off allegations of corruption. If we can already see a clear way to finally end the root of corruption in our country, an anointed one, who may or may not be one of the 3, will appear to lend a hand to our rescue before PNoy’s term ends. There is no need to push the panic button.
        After the demise of the “pork barrel”, a very important development should be in place before 2016: an implementable anti-dynasty law to wean the basic masses from the clutches of patronage politics that will allow them to join the ranks of enlightened people fighting to end this decades-old political system. Surprisingly many opinion makers are seen to be in a ”feeding frenzy” against PNoy administration’s normal incompetence and not on the more important abolition of patronage politics. The current issue on the handling and after-effects of Super Typhoon Yolanda presents a perfect but questionable opportunity for diversion and camouflage.

        While our population has breached the 100 million mark and the number of our poor growing as fast as the gap between our one per cent and the rest of the 99, the situation WILL be reversed once endemic corruption is checked.


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THE REAL ISSUE

By | Published Monday, December 2, 2013

      From the time we Filipinos found ourselves free from colonial rule to be on our own, successive Philippine presidents have led us gradually down to perdition. We hit a plateau during Martial Law years and exalted in the successful People Power Revolution hoping the spiral had been halted.
       But then the old (latent?) feudalism and political dynasties were resurrected and corruption continued unabated gathering momentum. People power vainly tried to intervene in more than one instance, but we put back in power the same feudal families. The rich got richer and the poor became poorer.
        Then, out of the blue, a neophyte from the same feudal background but personally carrying no dirty linen, promising to tread the “daang matuwid” route, was elected president. He has since put the Philippines on the way to become an Asian Tiger. Unfortunately, his efforts have stirred up enough dust and dirt that forced the then defensive traditional feudal lords to be in offensive mode. The Napoles caper has started to dig up more grime, including why new found growth has not trickled down to the masses.  Ill-gotten money is flowing to defend dirty politics; black propaganda and demolition jobs served to confuse important issues. Many opinion makers are seen to be in a ”feeding frenzy” against PNoy’s administration.
        The current issue on the effects of Super Typhoon Yolanda is a perfect opportunity for diversion and camouflage.

        BUT WHAT IS THE REAL ISSUE HERE? DO WE WANT PNOY TO RESIGN?  WHY? BECAUSE HIS PEOPLE WERE NOT READY TO MITIGATE THE SEVERE DAMAGE CAUSED BY THE SUPER TYPHOON? THEN WHAT?

        The following is a dispassionate statement from UN Habitat:
        “The typhoon, known as Haiyan elsewhere in Asia but called Yolanda in the Philippines, was likely the deadliest natural disaster to beset this poor Southeast Asian nation.
        Yoshinobu Fukasawa, United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN Habitat) regional director for Asia and the Pacific, told the Inquirer that the more than 13 million Filipinos affected by Supertyphoon “Yolanda” (international name: “Haiyan”) should stop blaming the government for the slow response to the disaster in order to fast-track the rebuilding of the devastated areas.
        “I want to stress that the people need to reconstruct their hearts, too. At the end of the day, it’s not the government but the people themselves who need the reconstruction,” Fukasawa said.
        “Unless the people recover by themselves, who needs the reconstruction? The government only assists the people to let them regain the power and move on. That is very important,” he said.
        Fukasawa said the Philippine government’s handling of the situation after the disaster was “not bad” at all given the magnitude of the calamity vis-a-vis the government’s limited resources.
        He said that while rich economies could somehow mitigate the impact of disasters like Yolanda, it is, however, difficult for weaker economies, as it would be too costly and not good to the economy.
        He said the Philippines was receiving substantial support from the international community and had implemented an organized way of receiving assistance from donors.
        “Before, the international agencies just fly in without informing the government but this kind of thing does not happen anymore.”
        If foreigners like Fukasawa realize that we are committing national suicide by letting some people to subvert government efforts to eliminate corruption – and of course, the corruptors, I am sure right thinking Filipinos also discern this – unless the lure of dirty money is simply too much to ignore. Can't we wait 2 years to be able to elect OUR right man for the job?

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CONFLUENCE OF EVENTS

By | Published Tuesday, November 26, 2013

        If we are now agreed that we need to work together to inspire and help resuscitate and rehabilitate the only country we have, I would like to point out an exciting opportunity to finally rid ourselves of corrupting feudalism that has plagued our country for decades since our liberation from foreign rule.
        I am confident that recent events, disastrous or innocent, have come together to enable “the pearl of the orient” to finally rise from the ashes. On the minus side, I am talking about disastrous massacres, unprecedented scandals among national leadership, the series of typhoons that seem to be increasing in intensity, floods, earthquakes, man-made conflicts and outside threats.   On the innocuous side, we have the following strengths, the smiling, resilient and God-fearing people that can pick up junk refrigerator bodies from the thrash to turn them into life-saving fishing boats. Our biblical misfortune has served as an opportunity to call in international assistance, which saw many countries of the world community to forego political differences to rush aid to our typhoon survivors.
        At the same time this confluence of events also somehow pricked the conscience of legislators, who are mostly products of political dynasties. Lo and behold, they are now talking about filing a bill banning political dynasties. At the same time, the Supreme Court has declared congressional pork barrel unconstitutional and may no longer be used by legislators to buy votes to perpetuate themselves in power.
        Although these developments still belong to the realm of future possibilities, it is logical and timely to pick up on what Gising Barangay Movement is all about.
        Following is the tail-end of a series of email exchanges on the matter.
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Tancio,
      I agree with your sentiments and thus am trying to find out more about the candidates in our barangay.  I read the manual of the Gising Barangay Movement (GBM) in 2009 and tried to get involved in the deliberations on the municipal budget in Taytay (not barangay level) in 2010 because I happened to have neighbours who introduced me to the lady Vice Mayor (now she is the new Mayor) who is the head of the Sanguniang Bayan which approves the municipal budget, which is made up of the budgets of the five barangays in Taytay.  Although small in number, each barangay is quite large in population and in income.  The barangay I live in includes SM City Taytay.
     Apart from Raffy, the GBM was started and continues to be pushed by Manny Valdehuesa, a graduate of Xavier University who taught at the ADMU grade school, was later in charge of the ADMU press and then got to work for UNICEF. 
    I am happy that you are bringing the GBM to the attention of others.  Indeed, if the better off and more literate citizens will only take the barangay government seriously, we might have less problems of corruption. Corruption does not only occur on the top levels of government.  It is in all levels.
Joseph
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Raffy, Tancio, Joseph, et al.:

Greetings from Gising Brgy Movement!
To Raffy: we are partners/Co-Convenors in this crusade; no need for concern on possible infringement of ownership or credit!
To all: thanks for picking up this thread. It is so very important.
        Perhaps because we've been calling it the "smallest" unit of government, we unwittingly make the barangay appear as having the least significance or importance; ergo not worth bothering with. But of course, this is not so.
        First, this is the primal base of our nation, out of which grew our republic, and out of which folk practices and traditions grew our national culture.
        Second, it is our basic community, the home of every Filipino -- in whom sovereignty resides and from whom all government authority emanates. It is here that every Filipino exercises his sovereignty thru the vote he casts in its precinct and raises the voice (or ought to) in the Barangay Assembly, which is a parliament except in name.
        However we behave in it, whatever we do or not do in it, shapes the character of Philippine society, government and political culture. If we're uninvolved, inattentive to its governance, and tolerant of malpractices and corruption in its affairs, the tolerance becomes the norm and spreads horizontally and vertically. It's what happens when proper citizens leave governance, the common good, public efficiency, or honesty to others to determine or enforce.
        Overall, the primordial importance of the barangay is better appreciated from the law's definition of its role, a role largely unperformed for lack of participation by knowledgeable sectors of the community.  
        Role of the Barangay: "... the basic political unit and the primary planning and implementation unit of government policies, plans, programs, projects, and activities in the community, and as a forum wherein the collective views of the people may be expressed, crystallized and considered, and where disputes may be amicably settled." Sec 384 R.A. 7160, Local Gov’t Code.
        Thus far, due to non-participation of knowledgeable barangay residents, planning and implementation is non-existent or inadequate or way below standard. Its all-inclusive parliament, the Barangay Assembly -- literally a Constituent Assembly -- serves more as a tool for trapo conditioning/manipulation of the masses than as a forum for issues. And its dispute-resolution mechanisms are ill-served by their being surrendered to the less educated, less motivated, and corruption-prone sectors of the community.
        Imagine the impact on quality of life, politics, and governance if Ateneans and La Sallites and professionals including the devout sectors were to act like the leading citizens that they are at the grassroots.
        Gising Barangay Movement needs new blood and all the leadership you can offer wherever you are......
        Raffy and I are about ready to be pastured.....Please help energize the primal base of our republic...It's the little things in the barangay that make up the big things in the nation...
        Government is everybody's business; if you're not involved, who can expect good governance!   
Manny Valdehuesa     
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To all my contacts:
        Please read what Manuel Jr. Valduesa has to say about GBM. But since I personally am already ready to be pastured (if not already pastured), I wish the young blood will pick up the challenge even for the sake of our great grandkids. I don't want them to migrate when it's so much fun in the Philippines.
        I appreciate the zeal of some of you, like Vic Floresca from my LaSalle batch. As I said there is still hope . . . There is no better chance than now . . . .

YOU CAN START RIGHT NOW BY FAMILIARIZING YOURSELF WITH PEOPLE IN YOUR BARANGAY.  BEFRIEND YOUR BARANGAY CHAIRMAN TO GET HIM TO INVITE YOU TO THE BARANGAY ASSEMBLY.  MAKE SURE HE KNOWS YOU ARE NOT A THREAT TO HIM BUT IS THERE TO HELP HIS CONSTITUENTS.

Tancio

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SUPER STORM YOLANDA

By | Published Monday, November 11, 2013

How are Filipinos coping?
November 10, 2013 by benign0

        “What might be the true full extent of the devastation wreaked by super-typhoon Haiyan (code-named “Yolanda”) has been revealed in recent reports from “a Red Cross” official who quoted horrific numbers that dwarf initial death toll estimates…
         “We estimate 1,000 people were killed in Tacloban and 200 in Samar province,” Gwendolyn Pang, secretary general of the Philippine Red Cross, said of two coastal areas where Haiyan hit first as it began its march Friday across the archipelago.
        Tacloban City bore the brunt of the power of what had been cited as the planet’s biggest cyclone of the year barrelling through the Philippines’ Visayas region “3.5 times more forceful than the United States’ Hurricane Katrina in 2005″. Yolanda comes in the heels of the devastation earlier brought on by a powerful earthquake that hit nearby Bohol Island several weeks ago.
        A meme that was widely-shared in Philippine social media today described as a “privilege” the Philippines’ misfortune of “bearing the burden of [being hit] by the strongest typhoon ever recorded”. Presumably this “privilege”, if we are to understand where the creator of this meme might have been coming from, is with regard to what is likely seen by many to be a long-overdue recognition of Filipinos’ “resilience” in the face of horrific adversity…
        At the end of the day, the Filipinos will just shake off the dirt from their clothes and go about their business … and SMILE. They do not complain much, they will bear as long as they can.
        The above and the rest of the text in the meme is displayed next to a logo of CNN implying that this was part of an actual news report published by the prestigious international news organisation.
        One can quite easily understand a nation’s search for meaning as it reels from multiple challenges thrown at it as if to test how much its people can “bear” with a “smile”. The earthquake in Bohol that killed hundreds and reduced centuries-old churches to rubble, the appalling pork barrel thievery scandal that has all but discredited Philippine “democracy”, a withdrawal of Filipinos’ visa-free travel access to Hong Kong by that principality’s legislators, and now this.”

I THINK ALL THESE CHALLENGES ARE TO WAKE US UP FROM THE STUPOR OF THE PRIVILEGED MAJORITY THAT WE SHOULD WORK TOGETHER FOR THE COMMON GOOD – AND TO FOREGO SHORT-MINDED SELFISH BACK-BITING. HOW CAN THESE CHALLENGES END, IF MANY STILL FAIL TO APPRECIATE WHAT THIS GOVERNMENT HAS ALREADY ACCOMPLISHED.  
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http://andymac-sangkusing.blogspot.com/2013/06/mababaw-na-kaligayahan.html

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IMPORTANCE OF BARANGAY ELECTIONS

By | Published Monday, October 21, 2013

I want to share with you some ideas of Ike Seneres on empowerment of people at Barangay level through information technology. Ike is part of our GISING BARANGAY MOVEMENT (GBM) group. Ike is a techie and I believe his ideas are immediately implementable. But we still need a population willing to participate in Barangay affairs. That is the bottom line. Ike provides tools that the Barangay residents can and should pick up to empower themselves. Pls share this info with the others.

TITLE: TECHNOLOGY AND GOVERNANCE
By Ike Señeres
A friend told me that governance is really good management, applied in the government setting. Well, that is only halfway true, because the government side is only half of the governance process. The other half of course, is the participation of the citizenry, meaning the people who are governed. The key word here is participation, because if the citizenry will not participate, the process would really be incomplete. Perhaps this is really just a matter of quality, because governance could still go on even if it is half baked, but the end result is bad government. (WHICH IS WHAT WE HAVE TODAY).
In my last column, I quoted the saying “You get what you pay”. I say now that that may not exactly be correct in the case of bad government. I say that because whether or not we get good government, we still have to pay our taxes. Since we are already investing in governance with our money, perhaps it is also time to start investing with our time also, in which case the saying “You get what you pay” would again become applicable. In other words, if we do not invest our time in governance, then we should not expect to get anything back.
Also in my last column, I talked about admissibility of electronic evidence as it applies to online voting via internet or mobile means. On second thought, I say now that the bottom line in this issue is the acceptability of online authentication, because online voting is really just one of the transactions that a citizen could do via internet or mobile means, for as long as his identity is already authenticated. For example, if a citizen could already pay for his taxes online, he should be able to vote online too, because he is the same citizen who is transacting with the same government.
Faster than we could imagine it, the boundaries between internet access and mobile access are fast disappearing. As it is now, many mobile users could already access the internet using their cell phones. Conversely, all internet users could also send messages and pictures now to cell phones. In many cases, anything that anyone could do via internet means could now be done via mobile means, and vice-versa. Comparing it now with e-Commerce, anyone should be able to vote electronically, in the same way that anyone could now buy anything electronically.
When I write about online voting, I do not mean voting in elections only. I also mean voting in other venues such as board meetings and general assemblies, to vote not on candidates, but on the passage or rejection of resolutions. Whether we like it or not, all of us are residents of a barangay. All of us also have the rights and obligation to participate in barangay governance, whether we know it or not. By way of comparison, a Barangay Council meeting is like a board meeting, whereas a Barangay General Assembly (BGA) is like a stockholder’s meeting. What this means is that all of us could vote for or against BGA resolutions, if and when we attend BGA meetings, at least physically for now.
Every now and then, some Barangay Councils or Village Associations would conduct referendums on some issues, and absentee ballots are usually honoured, as long as these are signed by the registered voter or member. That is actually the same as online voting, provided that the identity of the voter or member could be verified or authenticated. Putting it in another way, whatever could be manually signed by a voter or member could also be electronically signed by him. This is where the issue of admissibility of electronic evidence would come in, because the electronic signature is in effect the electronic evidence.
Because of the fact that the Local Government Code (LGC) and the Electronic Commerce Act (ECA) are both in place, there may be no need for another law that would allow online voting in BGAs. As far as I am concerned, the only remaining issue is the quality of the authentication process, whether or not it is acceptable to the Local Government Units (LGUs). Generally speaking, this would have to involve the use of biometric technologies, if not a Private Key Infrastructure (PKI) technology. We are not really lacking in technology options to choose from. We are only lacking in the political will to exercise our political options.
We are also not lacking in our device options to choose from, as far as shooting video is concerned. Even the cheapest and most low tech cell phone could now shoot video. Since there are millions of cell phones out there in the hands of barangay residents, we actually have millions of weapons to use against bad and corrupt local officials, and we could actually overwhelm them if we want to.
Only a few years ago, it was very difficult to submit a video to a television station. That has all changed now, because multimedia is here, now made more powerful by social media. Anytime anywhere now, anyone could upload a video into any number of video streaming and social networking sites in the internet, and no one needs a television station anymore to bring out anything to catch the attention of the general public. As a matter of fact, it is now mainstream media that is grabbing videos from the internet, to show it in their television stations.
These technologies for governance are already widely available now, and to prove my point, I am willing to give to any barangay their own video streaming and social networking sites, free of cost to them. The only cost to them so to speak, is their own time, and their own commitment to do their part in the other half of the governance process, and to become active in shaping their own future. Yesterday is now history. The future starts tomorrow.

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An open letter to Boo Chanco:

By | Published Tuesday, September 24, 2013

       I write this letter in support of your Philstar article of September 18, 2013 entitled “Let’s Keep the Pressure”. 

http://www.philstar.com/business/2013/09/18/1221821/lets-keep-pressure

        I belong to a high school 1952 batch that recently celebrated its diamond anniversary. Out of 108 graduates, we could only account for 70% as the rest have already retired and expired.
        I worked hard for over forty years, paid my taxes and other government remittances faithfully, volunteered at EDSA and donated my fair share of money, time and artifacts.
        Today, as I approach my 80th birthday, I am deeply saddened when I look at my country, my government and my impoverished countrymen. I should be grateful for my SSS pension that approximates the mandated pay of out kasambahay and for the benefits given to me by the senior citizens card bearing the signatures of 2 disgraced presidents.  
        Like Boy Guevara, my contemporaries and I are aghast at the extent of extreme corruption that came to light some 2 months ago. As Boo Chanco mentioned, the anger of seniors like us has not abated but is on the contrary starting to boil over because of fresh revelations such as the March 2003 privilege speech of Senator Panfilo Locson on this very subject that detailed the corruptive effects of PDAF.
        I remember hearing about Senator Lacson’s proposal at the time but like most Filipinos then, soon forgot about it. We had to wait 10 years for this Janet Napoles scam to blow up in our faces to wake us up. Now that we are fully awake, we are getting more agitated realizing that this scam has been laid out before all legislators even as early as March 2003. Legislators can therefore no longer claim innocence nor ignorance of this opportunity for abuse and misuse of the pork barrel that they so brazenly tolerated. Some action should have been taken during the early launching of P-Noy’s daang matuwid.
        However, we should be very skeptical and extra clinical about fresh revelations linking Napoles to P-Noy considering that bigwigs are now being pushed in a tight squeeze and will try anything to relieve the pressure from them. We should be reminded that most new revelations are just coming out AFTER the whistle-blowers started singing and may therefore be part of the organized diversionary tactics.
        Let us continue tightening our watch and keep up the pressure until the man on the saddle finds a way to salvage his presidency. We owe him that much. After all, this mess started snow-balling only after P-Noy had launched his anti-corruption campaign.

        Meanwhile, notice that, while government is distracted by this pervasive scam, the left is already taking the initiative of trying to take command of the grass-roots upcoming Barangay elections.    

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STAYING CLOSE TO NATURE

By | Published Tuesday, August 13, 2013

      
        The number that is most revealing indicator about one’s state of health and is the most important number to pay attention to if we want a life free of pain, inflammation and disease, is one’s pH factor, the number that indicates acidic versus alkaline ratio in our body.

        In a flashback to high school chemistry, remember that the pH scale goes from 0 to 14:  zero is pure acid, 7 is neutral, and 14 is pure alkaline.

        Each of us came into this world with a certain alkaline pH.  It's how our body was designed by our Maker and how we are supposed to stay. Without exception, all of our organs, tissues, bones and joints work best when blood pH is slightly alkaline (around 7.365).

        Also, our body is designed to stay in contact with the Earth. Positive electrons in the form of free radicals can build up in our body and direct contact with the ground balances this out as earth is naturally a negative grounding source.

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GROUNDING FOR A HEALTHY HEART

By | Published Saturday, July 27, 2013

In the book: What is "Grounding" or "Earthing"?, Dr. Stephen Sinatra introduced the basics of “Earthing,” or “grounding”: the process of connecting with the earth’s primordial, healing energy to reduce inflammation and ultimately improve health by promoting electron balance in the body.

Earthing: Healing Power Beneath Your Feet
       During my many years in medical practice I have seen remarkable advances in technology that give physicians unprecedented ability to save lives. However, if you were to ask me about the most impressive breakthrough, I am positive my answer would surprise you. It has nothing to do with high-tech at all. It is the very Earth you live on. Literally, the ground beneath your feet.

Feeling Groovy: Electron Balance and Health
       The hippie wisdom in getting back in touch with our earthly roots just may have had something to do with grounding’s health benefits. Earthing can protect our bodies against chronic inflammation, which is, in part, caused by lack of electrons with which to neutralize positively-charged free radicals. As with antioxidant deficiency, electron deficiency due to insufficient contact with the earth’s electromagnetic surface, or “disconnect syndrome,” can result in excess oxidative damage.
       When we attune to the earth’s electric potential, we soak up negatively-charged electrons that neutralize free radicals in our bodies. Many of Earthing’s benefits, such as chronic pain relief and faster wound recovery, may simply result from reduction of free radical activity and inflammation, which frees up the immune system to perform other reparations. Other antioxidant benefits such as lowered blood pressure and better circulation may also result from the blood thinning effect of grounding. While reduced inflammation may also explain improved sleep and lessened menstrual symptoms, these benefits may also be due to Earthing’s favorable effect on the autonomic nervous system (ANS), which leads to greater overall hormonal balance.

The Autonomic Nervous System
       As a system which rapidly responds to emotional and environmental stimuli, the ANS controls a wide range of bodily functions. Cardiovascular, respiratory, gastrointestinal, hormonal, urinary, and other body systems are regulated by the ANS’s sympathetic and parasympathetic branches. The sympathetic nervous system (SNS) branch prepares the body to deal with stressors, while the parasympathetic nervous system (PNS) branch relaxes the body.
       When we are chronically stressed, we may experience symptoms like headaches, insomnia, muscular tension, back or neck pain, fatigue, gastrointestinal distress, and even cardiac problems. These symptoms generally indicate excess activity of the SNS branch, (release of stress hormones) and depression of the PNS branch. Continual SNS activity can lead to chronic elevation of cortisol levels, which leaves us in a perpetual “fight or flight” state. Excess cortisol can also promote inflammation in the body and negatively impact insulin levels.

Factors Contributing to Sympathetic Nervous System (SNS) Activation
     Environmental and/or medical conditions: air pollution, congestive heart failure, depression, anxiety, hypertension, insulin resistance, diabetes, metabolic syndrome, obesity, sleep apnea.
     Psychosocial and behavioral conditions: chronic stress, anger, hostility, rage, abuse of stimulants, sleep deprivation, smoking, social isolation, loneliness, sedentary lifestyle, sugar-laden diet.
     Pharmaceutical drugs: beta-agonist bronchodilators, peripheral alpha blockers, short-acting calcium channel blockers.
       Chronic elevation of cortisol disrupts our circadian rhythms and affects our ability to sleep. It has also been linked to inflammatory pain and depression, and increases our risk of chronic conditions like hypertension and arrhythmias, and even sudden death. By encouraging parasympathetic branch activity, grounding helps people relax and reduce stress. Grounding’s balancing effect on the ANS, which may also be achieved through various mind-body practices, also leads to normalization of cortisol levels and improved heart rate variability.
       In a study (Ghaly) of 12 individuals with sleep disorders, pain and stress, sleeping on a grounding mattress pad for eight weeks restored the subjects’ day-night cortisol secretion to normal. The majority also reported better sleep as well as less fatigue, pain and emotional stress.
       In another controlled study (Chevalier 2006) of 58 healthy people, researchers discovered that grounding increases PNS activity and reduces stress levels and tensions. Using a biofeedback system to measure brain activity (using electroencephalography, or EEG), muscle tension (using electromyography, or EMG) and blood volume pulse activity, researchers found that even one half-hour of grounding could catalyze favorable effects on the ANS.
       In addition to using cortisol as a yardstick for chronic stress, cardiologists also examine our heart rate variability (HRV) to detect ANS imbalance and its impact on our heart function. HRV is a measure of the beat-to-beat alterations of heart rate. People whose heart rates do not vary much despite changes in external stimuli are said to have low HRV. They are less able to “go with the flow” when faced with stress and are more prone to stress-related disorders, especially cardiovascular events. Low HRV indicates that the ANS is imbalanced due to excess SNS activity. With its balancing effect on the ANS, grounding is a natural means of increasing HRV and promoting heart health.

Blood Viscosity (Zeta Potential)
       One of the most profound effects researchers have observed in people who ground is thinner blood, or reduced blood viscosity. Thin blood circulates faster to deliver oxygen and nutrients to cells all over the body, as well as remove toxins from them. Thick, sticky blood, on the other hand, tends to clot, which places people at greater risk of cardiovascular events. Blood may thicken due to advancing age, smoking, and conditions like high blood pressure, diabetes/metabolic syndrome, or hyperlipidemia. Cholesterol also can play a role in blood viscosity: elevated LDL levels contribute to viscous blood, while higher HDL levels are associated with thinner blood.
       On a cellular level, blood becomes thicker when red blood cells clump together, or aggregate. Cells stick together when they lack enough negative surface charge with which to repel each other.
Zeta potential describes the relative surface charge of red blood cells. Increased zeta potential indicates thinner blood and greater negative charge of red blood cells. As electrons are negatively charged, absorbing them by Earthing may increase the negative surface charge of our red blood cells, and thus decrease blood viscosity and increase zeta potential.
       In a recent pilot study2on zeta potential, researchers sampled blood from 10 healthy subjects before and after 2 hours of grounding with an Earthing device. They then examined the relative movement of red blood cells using a video camera that had been mounted on a dark-field microscope, and found that Earthing lowers blood viscosity and improves blood flow.
       The pictures show a person’s red blood cells before and after 2 hours of grounding. The cells clearly demonstrate increased zeta potential and decreased blood viscosity. Such significant changes in blood after only 2 hours of grounding indicates that walking barefoot on the earth’s surface for at least 2 hours a day (alternately, using an Earthing device) may protect against cardiovascular events like heart attacks or strokes. It follows, that sleeping at night while grounded provides the greatest opportunity for blood thinning effects.
Earthing as the Ultimate Anti-Aging Strategy?
       Besides keeping chronic inflammation at bay, Earthing may also keep us healthy by enhancing ATP production / recycling in our bodies, the same principle underlying metabolic cardiology. ATP, or adenosine triphosphate, is our bodies’ primary energy source. To recycle ATP, our bodies take electrons from fatty acids. By absorbing negative free electrons from the earth’s surface, our bodies may more easily recycle ATP. Although scientific research is necessary to validate this, it’s possible that, by facilitating ATP production, Earthing improves cardiovascular and immune system function and ultimately slow down the process of aging.
       Improved heart rate variability, autonomic nervous system balance and greater zeta potential all reflect the power of Earthing to keep us “feeling groovy.” Barefoot hippies knew something about the healing powers of peaceful, loving (relaxed) vibes, even if clinical results had not yet proved it.

       Check out this video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XumPQLTzPWI

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How long do you want to live, and why?

By | Published Thursday, July 25, 2013


     These are the questions that science writer David Ewing Duncan asks in the new TED ebook, When I’m 164: The New Science of Radical Life Extension, and What Happens If It Succeeds. The following is a condensation of his answers on these questions.

     In terms of life extension, what is reasonable to expect in the next few decades? How many years can we add to the average life?
     To answer this, let’s first consider that human lifespan at least in the west has nearly doubled since the late nineteenth century, from under 40 years old to nearly 80 years old. This is due primarily to better hygiene and nutrition, but also to a more than a century of extraordinary advances in bioscience and medical technology — everything from antibiotics and heart bypass surgery to new targeted drugs for cancer. According to the United Nations, within a century the average life expectancy in the west will jump to nearly 100 years. Filipinos in particular are now expected to live 72 years on average.
     Added to this steady upward tilt in aging is a range of new technologies – genetics, stem cell therapies that regenerate tissue, and bionics – that may provide an even bigger boost more quickly. How big a boost is open to debate, with serious scientists giving ranges from a few years to a few decades.

What breakthroughs are most important to these developments?
     The book describes four main areas —
·         healthy living and predictive and preventive medicine;
·         genetics;
·         regeneration; and
·         machine solutions.

     Healthy living already has increased lifespans and prevented death for literally billions of people over the past 150 years, but we could still do more, especially to combat lifestyle conditions and diseases like obesity and diabetes, which prematurely kill millions of people a year.
     For genetics, mainstream scientists for 30 years have been studying and trying to better understand the process of aging at the genetic and cellular level, as well as in entire organisms. They have succeeded in manipulating genes and proteins that seem to regulate lifespan in worms, flies, mice and other creatures — sometimes upping lifespan by many times. More importantly perhaps, they slow the aging process by delaying or preventing diseases of aging like heart disease and diabetes. Several drug companies are developing drugs for conditions like diabetes and inflammation that activate enzymes linked to increased lifespans in mice and other animals, and may work in bumping up lifespans for humans, too. At least one of these pills, a compound that treats inflammation being tested by GlaxoSmithKline, is in Phase II human testing. If successful, it could be on the market in under 5 years.
     For regeneration, scientists have succeeded in using stem cells – the special cells that replace dying cells in different organs – to regrow or repair hearts, livers and other tissue in animals. They have some success in regenerating tissue in humans, but only for simple organs like a bladder or bone marrow. Using stem cells to regrow, say, cells in the heart or brain still remain years in the future, say scientists.
     For machine solutions, humans have long fused machines or engineered devices and tools to their biology to improve or treat conditions or maladies. These include everything from eyeglasses to pacemakers and joint replacements. More recently, inventions and breakthroughs are already linking devices to the brain to help patients with Parkinson’s Disease control tremors and to help some people who are deaf to hear again. Other experimental machine-brain interfaces may soon allow the paralyzed to operate computers using thought.
     For the past 3 or 4 years, the author has been asking a question at the start of most of his talks: “How long do you want to live? I’ve kept track of the show of hands and over time have polled some 30,000 people. I asked people to vote on one of four answers: 80 years; 120 years; 150 years; or forever. It was a surprise to me that 60 percent of the people want to live the current average life expectancy of about 80 years. Other results: 30 percent want to live to age 120; less than 10 percent to age 150; and less than one percent forever.”

What are the upsides and downsides to living much longer?
     For the book the author asked hundreds of people why they voted the way they did in the “how long do you want to live” survey. Here are the eight primary reasons people voted to live to the ages of 80 or 120, and not longer:
     Fear of prolonged frailty
     Money: how to pay for an extended life
     Life is hard
     Wars, plagues and poverty
     Overpopulation, resource depletion and the environment
     Love and relationships
     Boredom
     We would cease to be human

     As for those respondents who said they want to live to 150 years or beyond, their stated reasons for wanting to live radically longer than current human life expectancy fell into five broad categories:
     More time with loved ones
     Geniuses would still be alive
     Want to know the future
     More to do and accomplish in life
     Avoiding the frailty of old age

     As you can see, prolonging life can be both a blessing and a burden. But few doubt that we are at the cusp of an age that will see humans able to live much longer lives.

     On a personal note, I would like to live just long enough to see the Philippines to finally start emerging from widespread feudalism to attain Utopian democracy. Hopefully in a few years.

     It should be our generation’s final duty to initiate moves TO ELIMINATE FEUDALISM – THE SINGULAR AND GREATEST STUMBLING BLOCK TO OUR DEVELOPMENT AS A FREE AND PROUD NATION. Otherwise, we continue to be branded as a “country of slaves” by our neighbors – an apt tag while there is an overwhelming dominance of the very small feudal minority over the very great majority of “slaves”.

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THE NON-PROFIT SECTOR

By | Published Thursday, July 18, 2013

My salute to your editorial entitled Weak Regulation.

Allow me to add my sangkusing on this issue, using the following blog that I sent to Mr. Rey D. Gamboa a few months ago.

It is heartening to read your column of May 9, 2013 which dealt on a wish-list of laws that you believe needs to be urgently enacted by the incoming Congress to sustain the country’s economic growth. Especially noteworthy is the proposal on economic labor zones with its gain-sharing scheme – a move that will perk up manufacturing activities and thus increase employment opportunities.
Another proposal that caught my attention was the splitting of DOTC, which is currently dancing the slow-drag. Transportation covers land, air and water transport systems, which, if brought up to 21st century standards, would efficiently carry passengers, tourists and cargo to their destinations at a cheaper and faster rate. Admittedly hi-tech communications and information technology should be a separate department that will handle communications, bandwidth allocation, radio TV licensing, railroad and utility post/tower, right of ways among others.
In addition to the above, let me present a novel idea that the new upgraded legislators should seriously consider - to give prominence to the role of the non-profit sector in nation-building.
It is now acknowledged that most of the country’s new-found impressive economic gains have been going to the elite. Inequality has risen as globalization deepened. The rich are getting richer, the poor are getting poorer and the middle class fast disappearing.
I do believe that this proposal can move the great mass of our humanity forward. 
I was involved in the operation of a health care foundation for a couple of years, but it was a total exercise in futility. Because of the prevailing suspicion that foundations are being used as tax shields and for tax avoidance without doing service to the country or its avowed beneficiaries, the old Finance Department discouraged NGOs to take on quasi for-profit operations, such as selling services and goods at discounted rates, even if the “profit” generated was earmarked to the support the foundation’s just cause. Also, non-profit organizations are legally limited to use only 30% of all receipts and donations received on all administrative requirements, which, of course, includes salaries, advertising, marketing, as well as all contracted services.
This practice follows two rulebooks. We have one for the non-profit sector and one for the rest of the economic world. It is an apartheid that discriminates against non-profit organization in five different areas that need to be corrected.
Our legislators should find ways to allow NGOs to put the following five things together:
1.       They can use money to lure talent away from the for-profit sector.
2.       They can advertise on anywhere near the scale that the for-profit sector does to generate donations world-wide. 
3.       They can take the kinds of risks in pursuit of those customers that the for-profit sector takes, such as hiring professional fundraisers. Fundraising has the potential to multiply the amount of money available for the cause that we care about so deeply.
4.       They be allowed a longer gestation period similar to the amount of time for the for-profit sector. 
5.        NGOs need to be allowed to take on quasi for-profit operations, such as selling services and goods at discounted rates, to make up for the extreme disadvantage of the non-profit sector because non-profits do not have stake-holders providing capital and motivation.
At this point, there are 2 things that should be considered.
·         It is important for legislators to review the charter of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO). Being government, PCSO has been subjected to political misuse, over-use and abuse. But this charter can serve as model on what legislators can creatively do to enable the shift of wealth being generated from the very profitable conglomerates towards the lowly non-profit sector.
·        Our enlightened legislators should also consider built-in safeguards against opportunists. Currently NGOs’ watchdog is supposed to be the Philippine Council for NGO Certification (PCNC) – private group of NGOs that signed a Memorandum of Agreement with the defunct Department of Finance. Previous to PCNC, the job was given to NEDA. It was given the authority to certify NGOs applying for donee institution status based on specific standards. The certification should then serve as a basis for the BIR to grant donee institution status. It was envisioned that this certification process would encourage local donations to NGOs so significant at this time when resources channeled to social development projects, particularly from foreign donors, are relatively diminishing.  PCNC exists largely to pursue tax incentives for donors to NGOs.

Evidently, our new legislators can create a law expanding the role of PCNC to allow the non-profit sector to absorb a bigger share of the new-found economic pie. As we now find out, the empowered NGO watchdog should be able to prevent the criminal diversion of scarce funds intended to uplift poverty by pseudo-fundraisers and other NGOs. This move should be able to do a better job at lifting the majority from poverty than the CCT dole-outs.

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GREATEST HEALTH DISCOVERY OF OUR TIME

By | Published Friday, July 5, 2013

Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Nutrition are innovative programs that involve the engineering of living cells, tissues and organs to preserve and enhance organ function and improve the quality of life.  Proponents of these treatments say that they can be used to prevent disease and maintain wellness, as well as restore organ function lost or impaired due to disease, injury or aging. They are procedures that allow the patient to, quite literally, be his own healer.  
The key lies in stem cells, which have the ability to grow into any one of the body's numerous cell types to attack diseased cells, including malignant tumors.  A very recent announcement is that of Harvard University’s research team successfully treating 2 HIV patients by stem cell therapy. Stem cells can replicate themselves many times over and theoretically, do so without limit, so long as the person is alive.

Regenerative Medicine
Herein lays the power of the treatment.  "Instead of relying on toxic chemicals to combat disease or donated organs to restore lost function, we're using the patients' own cells to combat their cancers or regenerate their own organs," explains Dr. Samuel Bernal, consultant adviser on Regenerative Medicine Program for The Medical City.
The unique properties of stem cells have spurred worldwide interest in research on possible treatment for disease such as cancer, kidney failure, Parkinson's and Alzheimer's, spinal cord injury, stroke, burns, heart disease, diabetes, osteoarthritis, and rheumatoid arthritis.  With stem cell therapy, healthy unspecific or undifferentiated cells are extracted from the patient and, under complex laboratory conditions, induced to transform into cells with highly specialized functions. The transformed stem cells are injected back to the patient.
"But the purpose of Regenerative Medicine is not only to treat patients who are already ill but also prevent disease," he added. 
Thus, preventive, wellness and aesthetic applications of Regenerative Medicine can also be availed of.

But this very positive development in health care has obvious adverse effects hindering universal use. The treatment program in its infancy is still very expensive, said to exceed P2 million per treatment.

Fortunately an affordable alternative has also become available.
Stem Cell Nutrition is the best health-promotive system ever known and is now as simple as a daily supplement in capsule form. It is readily available and affordable for every person who wants to enjoy optimal health, performance and fitness. It is particularly helpful for elite athletes, anyone with health challenges, or simply those who wish to maintain excellent health.

Christian Drapeau, its founder, in the article “stem cells – the building blocks of the body” describes how stem cells travel to different damaged organs and becomes cells of those organs to repair them - similar to the bricks in a house – but he wonders: “what if there was a brick that could fix a problem with the side walk, the foundation, a broken window etc. - wouldn’t we laugh at this concept.................. and yet that is exactly what we have with stem cell nutrition.” 
“I’m sure you will find the following not only informative, but extremely exciting in what could be described as the greatest health discovery of our time”.

The following ingredients in capsule form support synergistic stem cell release:

  • ·       AFA (aphanizonenon flos-aqua) – from the pristine Lake Klamath and scientifically documented to stimulate the migration of adult stem cells from the bone marrow into the bloodstream.
  • ·         Undaria Pinnatifida - a marine algae which is known to support the immune system and supports a long lasting increase in the number of circulating stem cells.  
  • ·         Polygonum multiflorum (He Shou Wu) – a herb with a long history to support health and rejuvenation.   
  • ·         Cordyceps sinensis – a mushroom that has been associated with stamina and longevity that was used by the Chinese Government for the Bejing Olympics because of its wide range of health benefits.

 Recent scientific developments have revealed that stem cells derived from the bone marrow, travel throughout the body and act to support optimal organ and tissue function. Stem cell enhancers are products that support the natural role of adult stem cells. As you age, the number and quality of stem cells that circulate in your body gradually decrease, leaving your body more susceptible to injury and other age-related health challenges. Just as antioxidants are important to protect your cells from “free radical” damage, stem cell enhancers are equally important to support your stem cells in maintaining proper organ and tissue functioning in your body.

Stem cell nutrition is the concept of consuming nutritional substances that have been shown to support the release and activity of your body's own adult stem cells. It has nothing to do with the highly controversial topic of embryonic stem cells. Embryonic stem cells are stem cells that exist in an embryo before birth. After birth, these cells (even in children) are known as adult stem cells. Adult stem cells still retain the capacity to divide, but they become quiescent until needed, rather than actively and rapidly dividing as embryonic stem cells do. The possibility exists for embryonic stem cells to cause abnormal cell growth and cause cancer. As much as what is known from research to date, this possibility does not exist for adult stem cells. To date, all conditions for which stem cell therapy has proven therapeutic have been from adult stem cells.

Stem cells are not being introduced into the body. Their release is simply being triggered from the bone marrow. This has been occurring since birth and is responsible for the renewal and repair of tissues in our body. Stem cell nutrition has a number of anti-tumor mechanisms including phycocyanin, which has been shown to have anti-proliferative and pro-apoptotic (programmed cell death inducing) properties. It also contains chlorophyll, which likewise has demonstrated anti-tumor activity. In addition to stimulating the release of additional stem cells from the bone marrow, stem cell nutrition also stimulates the release of natural killer cells; immune system cells that help our bodies rid themselves of infected and abnormally proliferating (cancerous) cells.
Stem cells are "master cells" which have the ability to replace any sick, damaged or worn out cells - they can become virtually any type of cell in your body - heart cells, liver cells, pancreatic cells, muscle cells, brain cells..... even the cells in the eyes, the joints and more. Serving as a regeneration system, they divide without limit and travel throughout your body to support organ and tissue renewal. Many scientific studies indicate that increasing the number of circulating adult stem cells is probably the single most important thing you can do to maintain optimal health. Also, if you look at the New England Journal of Medicine, you’ll find that the number one indicator of a healthy heart is the number of stem cells circulating in the body.

Stem cell nutrition is the organic and all-natural way to stimulate the bone marrow to release adult stem cells into the blood stream. The number of stem cells in the bone marrow remains constant at around 150 million. These stem cells are subject to asymmetrical division whereby a copy is made. The original remains in the bone marrow, while the copy moves into the bloodstream. Stem cell nutrition triggers a 25-30% release, which amounts to around 3 million stem cells for the average person.

Just think of all the potential benefits of releasing more stem cells into your bloodstream - the ramifications are astounding. The power of adult stem cells to support the body's natural renewal system is poised to become one of the breakthrough discoveries of our time. 
Skeptics of stem cell nutrition insisted it worked by “placebo effect” - until researches actually conducted a triple-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized, clinical study. Half the participants were given stem cell nutrition, while the others got dummy pills. Researchers drew blood from each patient before and after they took the formula.  Flowcytometry and data analyses were done blindly. The results were unmistakable. Nothing happened to those who took the placebo. But those who took the extract boosted their supply of circulating stem cells dramatically, by 25 to 30 percent - in just 60 minutes.
Arguably the most exciting, promising and controversial medical research being performed today explores the potential of stem cells, unique cells that, when dividing, can produce either more cells like themselves or other specialized cells, such as heart cells, skin cells and neurons. Stem cells research is bringing the promise of regenerative medicine and miracle cures for such conditions as multiple sclerosis, blindness, heart damage, male pattern baldness and HIV. Blood Stem cells: 25 Trillion blood cells exist in the blood and every second 2 million blood cells die and are replaced.

Stem cell nutrition products restore the availability of your own adult stem cells. What could be simpler than to enable the body to release its own adult stem cells and sit back and enjoy the amazing benefits that can result for optimum health, fitness and performance and to fight the effects of ageing and injury.
For a number of reasons, stress and poor diet may hinder your body's ability to renew itself. Now there is a Natural Supplement that comes in capsules and when taken orally helps to Increase the number of circulating Adult Stem Cells in the body by 3 to 4 million (30%) within an hour of ingestion.

This exciting information was discovered so recently that most people-- even many doctors-- don't know about it yet!
In summary, here's what happens when a need develops in your body:
The tissue or organ in need sends chemical messages into the bloodstream. These chemical messages prompt the release of stem cells from the bone marrow. A second set of chemical messages sent by the tissue in need prompts the circulating stem cells to migrate into the tissue; proliferate and transform themselves into healthy cells of that tissue!
For those of us just wanting to be proactive and maintain optimum health or fight the effects of ageing, injury and day to day wear and tear, a similar but steady release of our existing Stem Cells into the blood stream can produce considerable health benefits.
When Stem Cell Enhancers are used as a daily supplement over time, the stimulation of the billions of additional Stem Cells in the blood stream could be one of the safest and most efficient methods for maintaining optimum health that science has yet discovered.

Adult Stem Cells- the best anti aging-system ever known
Knowing what Adult Stem Cells do to the human body, does it not then make sense that having more of them in the blood stream will undoubtedly have profound effects on your health, well-being and provide a resource for mitigating the effects of ageing?


ADULT STEM CELLS – YOUR AFFORDABLE KEY TO OPTIMAL HEALTH

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