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		<title>By: ling</title>
		<link>http://www.quezon.ph/2008/07/16/planes-trains-and-automobiles/comment-page-10/#comment-895248</link>
		<dc:creator>ling</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 07:21:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>IMO, the PNR should be completely rehabilitated considering it&#039;s one of the oldest train system in Asia. The rehabilitation should be spearheaded by someone with political will.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>IMO, the PNR should be completely rehabilitated considering it&#8217;s one of the oldest train system in Asia. The rehabilitation should be spearheaded by someone with political will.</p>
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		<title>By: KG</title>
		<link>http://www.quezon.ph/2008/07/16/planes-trains-and-automobiles/comment-page-10/#comment-890251</link>
		<dc:creator>KG</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 13:45:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Sorry for the late reply... Cathy, Many Thanks!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sorry for the late reply&#8230; Cathy, Many Thanks!</p>
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		<title>By: Bert</title>
		<link>http://www.quezon.ph/2008/07/16/planes-trains-and-automobiles/comment-page-10/#comment-890220</link>
		<dc:creator>Bert</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 13:35:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>haaaay, salamat may bagong thread.  para na tayong mga aso&#039;t pusa (pun intended) sa awayan sa thread na ito.

baguhin na nyo mga ugali nyo sa kabila, hane?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>haaaay, salamat may bagong thread.  para na tayong mga aso&#8217;t pusa (pun intended) sa awayan sa thread na ito.</p>
<p>baguhin na nyo mga ugali nyo sa kabila, hane?</p>
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		<title>By: The Ca t</title>
		<link>http://www.quezon.ph/2008/07/16/planes-trains-and-automobiles/comment-page-10/#comment-889966</link>
		<dc:creator>The Ca t</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 10:33:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;omigosh, this leytenian is flooding this thread so much&lt;/blockquote&gt;

akala niya siguro blog niya ito. bwahahaha. sabi nga niya iniimprove niya ang website na ito. hekhekhek</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>omigosh, this leytenian is flooding this thread so much</p></blockquote>
<p>akala niya siguro blog niya ito. bwahahaha. sabi nga niya iniimprove niya ang website na ito. hekhekhek</p>
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		<title>By: The Ca t</title>
		<link>http://www.quezon.ph/2008/07/16/planes-trains-and-automobiles/comment-page-10/#comment-889963</link>
		<dc:creator>The Ca t</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 10:25:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;Cathy,
Alam ko you challenge people to think,pero wala na akong maisip baka ikaw meron instead of being a devilâ€™sadvocate can you suggest something..&lt;/blockquote&gt;

There are always conditions given by the lending institutions ; among which are materials sources and technology transfer.

The purposes of the conditions are to ensure quality materials and high end technology for the projects that require such.

The JApanese ODA requires more stringent condition...to hire their Japanese consultants in the implementation... to use their Japanese technology in exchange for their low-interest loans.

We got to admit those, whoever have the money dictates.

The government can choose whether to avail the loan or just scout for another lender. Pareho rin kasi lenders will always protect their &quot;investments&quot;. 

PEro merong mga expenses diyan na may discretionary power ang borrower. Doon sila pumapasok ng kanilang overpricing.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Cathy,<br />
Alam ko you challenge people to think,pero wala na akong maisip baka ikaw meron instead of being a devilâ€™sadvocate can you suggest something..</p></blockquote>
<p>There are always conditions given by the lending institutions ; among which are materials sources and technology transfer.</p>
<p>The purposes of the conditions are to ensure quality materials and high end technology for the projects that require such.</p>
<p>The JApanese ODA requires more stringent condition&#8230;to hire their Japanese consultants in the implementation&#8230; to use their Japanese technology in exchange for their low-interest loans.</p>
<p>We got to admit those, whoever have the money dictates.</p>
<p>The government can choose whether to avail the loan or just scout for another lender. Pareho rin kasi lenders will always protect their &#8220;investments&#8221;. </p>
<p>PEro merong mga expenses diyan na may discretionary power ang borrower. Doon sila pumapasok ng kanilang overpricing.</p>
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		<title>By: The Ca t</title>
		<link>http://www.quezon.ph/2008/07/16/planes-trains-and-automobiles/comment-page-10/#comment-889960</link>
		<dc:creator>The Ca t</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 10:12:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>i&lt;blockquote&gt;ke for example malay ba naman natin na me global maritime positioning equipment na pinurchase nung panahon ni Ramos na di pinatuloy ni erap dahil anomalous daw..Given there is always overpricing and it could be untraceable and walang nangyayari kung puro investigation,any suggestions?&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Minsan hindi naman talaga anomalous. gusto lang nila ang mga suppliers nila ang kanilang kunan para naman sila ang kumita ng kickback.

kagaya sa DepEd noon. maraming libro ang binili bago si Erap, umupo. pero hindi rin pinagamit dahil yong pinsan niya ay may dalang book publisher na sarili na ang comission dinala pa sa malacanan.

karamihang projects of previous administrations were declared anomalous, overpriced or were bloated but there never were hard documents to prove it. result, the projects were cancelled and we continue to pay the loans because 
we have already committments to pay.

I go for the suggestion to continue with the project. anyway, with or without the project, we are going to pay the interest and the principal over time.

The FOlk Arts Theatre and other edifices built by Imelda were criticized to have been highly overpriced but still we &#039;re using them. Cory&#039;s Administration finished with so many buildings and projects unifinished because shewas afraid to be accused of corruption. Wala namang progress.

I am not saying that we condone corruption. Yong mga itinayo ang magiging ebidensiya para habulin ang mga sabing corrupt.

PRoblem with the people accusing is that they fail to prove the corruption. siguro dahil nakakausap sila o kaya ay 
nabibigyan sila ng kanilang share.

Sa US, FBI ang nag-iimbestiga. Sa atin, mga congressmen at senador na marunong lang humarapsa camera.

Tama ang sabi mo walang access sa media, walang transparency.

Pero sana, imbestigasyon na at wala munang media bago all out media coverage pag kumpleto na ang mga ebidensiyang kailangan. SA atin satsat muna bago ang imbestigasyon.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>i<br />
<blockquote>ke for example malay ba naman natin na me global maritime positioning equipment na pinurchase nung panahon ni Ramos na di pinatuloy ni erap dahil anomalous daw..Given there is always overpricing and it could be untraceable and walang nangyayari kung puro investigation,any suggestions?</p></blockquote>
<p>Minsan hindi naman talaga anomalous. gusto lang nila ang mga suppliers nila ang kanilang kunan para naman sila ang kumita ng kickback.</p>
<p>kagaya sa DepEd noon. maraming libro ang binili bago si Erap, umupo. pero hindi rin pinagamit dahil yong pinsan niya ay may dalang book publisher na sarili na ang comission dinala pa sa malacanan.</p>
<p>karamihang projects of previous administrations were declared anomalous, overpriced or were bloated but there never were hard documents to prove it. result, the projects were cancelled and we continue to pay the loans because<br />
we have already committments to pay.</p>
<p>I go for the suggestion to continue with the project. anyway, with or without the project, we are going to pay the interest and the principal over time.</p>
<p>The FOlk Arts Theatre and other edifices built by Imelda were criticized to have been highly overpriced but still we &#8216;re using them. Cory&#8217;s Administration finished with so many buildings and projects unifinished because shewas afraid to be accused of corruption. Wala namang progress.</p>
<p>I am not saying that we condone corruption. Yong mga itinayo ang magiging ebidensiya para habulin ang mga sabing corrupt.</p>
<p>PRoblem with the people accusing is that they fail to prove the corruption. siguro dahil nakakausap sila o kaya ay<br />
nabibigyan sila ng kanilang share.</p>
<p>Sa US, FBI ang nag-iimbestiga. Sa atin, mga congressmen at senador na marunong lang humarapsa camera.</p>
<p>Tama ang sabi mo walang access sa media, walang transparency.</p>
<p>Pero sana, imbestigasyon na at wala munang media bago all out media coverage pag kumpleto na ang mga ebidensiyang kailangan. SA atin satsat muna bago ang imbestigasyon.</p>
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		<title>By: vic</title>
		<link>http://www.quezon.ph/2008/07/16/planes-trains-and-automobiles/comment-page-10/#comment-889637</link>
		<dc:creator>vic</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 04:14:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Going though the feedback (comments) of the Article I posted above, the Skyfarm, I encountered this interesting comment from the reader who claimed to be Architect Gordon&#039;s Masteral thesis supervisor.

&lt;em&gt;Gordon Graff&#039;s project is his thesis at the University of Waterloo School of Architecture.
Gordon&#039;s much discussed Toronto urban farm project is not a design which he did with Despommier at Columbia University. Gordon is a Masters student at the University of Waterloo School of Architecture and the building design is part of an ongoing thesis design work. Despommier is not an architect and only used Graff&#039;s image on his more scientifically-based web site.

 The New York Times just made an attribution error with sloppy research for its article. I need to correct this since I am Gordon&#039;s thesis supervisor and feel that a Canadian university should get more credit for raising such issues of urban ecology in its curriculum. As Gordon implies, there is probably as much irony in his Toronto skyscraper farm as in the MVRDV work on Pig City, &lt;strong&gt;but it&#039;s important to remember that the architecture of the future has always seemed a little &quot;wacko&quot; twenty or so years before it actually gets built.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Going though the feedback (comments) of the Article I posted above, the Skyfarm, I encountered this interesting comment from the reader who claimed to be Architect Gordon&#8217;s Masteral thesis supervisor.</p>
<p><em>Gordon Graff&#8217;s project is his thesis at the University of Waterloo School of Architecture.<br />
Gordon&#8217;s much discussed Toronto urban farm project is not a design which he did with Despommier at Columbia University. Gordon is a Masters student at the University of Waterloo School of Architecture and the building design is part of an ongoing thesis design work. Despommier is not an architect and only used Graff&#8217;s image on his more scientifically-based web site.</p>
<p> The New York Times just made an attribution error with sloppy research for its article. I need to correct this since I am Gordon&#8217;s thesis supervisor and feel that a Canadian university should get more credit for raising such issues of urban ecology in its curriculum. As Gordon implies, there is probably as much irony in his Toronto skyscraper farm as in the MVRDV work on Pig City, <strong>but it&#8217;s important to remember that the architecture of the future has always seemed a little &#8220;wacko&#8221; twenty or so years before it actually gets built.</strong></em></p>
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		<title>By: rego</title>
		<link>http://www.quezon.ph/2008/07/16/planes-trains-and-automobiles/comment-page-10/#comment-889627</link>
		<dc:creator>rego</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 03:56:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>omigosh, this leytenian is flooding this thread so much... mukhang 50 % yata ng comments sa therad na eto sa kanya.! Yet you dont get that much from her comments!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>omigosh, this leytenian is flooding this thread so much&#8230; mukhang 50 % yata ng comments sa therad na eto sa kanya.! Yet you dont get that much from her comments!</p>
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		<title>By: KG</title>
		<link>http://www.quezon.ph/2008/07/16/planes-trains-and-automobiles/comment-page-10/#comment-889624</link>
		<dc:creator>KG</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 03:54:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>If the sea needs salt dahil natutunaw na ang polar caps, then lahat tayo sabay sabay umihi sa dagat.

salt works on dirty icecream carts  kahit mag benta ang iceream man sa init ng araw, baka makatulong sa earth.
but has that study thought of this;all our urine ends up in the sea to begin with. pwera na lang ang umiihi sa lupa,sa sahig at sa pader,so let us do it directly by pissing at the beach.

so it&#039;s simple,really?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If the sea needs salt dahil natutunaw na ang polar caps, then lahat tayo sabay sabay umihi sa dagat.</p>
<p>salt works on dirty icecream carts  kahit mag benta ang iceream man sa init ng araw, baka makatulong sa earth.<br />
but has that study thought of this;all our urine ends up in the sea to begin with. pwera na lang ang umiihi sa lupa,sa sahig at sa pader,so let us do it directly by pissing at the beach.</p>
<p>so it&#8217;s simple,really?</p>
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		<title>By: cvj</title>
		<link>http://www.quezon.ph/2008/07/16/planes-trains-and-automobiles/comment-page-10/#comment-889588</link>
		<dc:creator>cvj</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 02:49:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Vic, looking ahead, i read somewhere that the &lt;i&gt;Carrying Capacity&lt;/i&gt; of the Earth is for 8 billion people, and in some Climate Change scenarios, the carrying capacity might even go down to 2 billion people.   

www.cvjugo.blogspot.com/2007/08/climate-change-and-salt.html

If that were to happen, some hard decisions would have to be made and mankind might have to reconsider its taboo on cannibalism.  The process might be made cleaner by turning humans into Skyflakes crackers as was shown in the movie Soylent Green.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Vic, looking ahead, i read somewhere that the <i>Carrying Capacity</i> of the Earth is for 8 billion people, and in some Climate Change scenarios, the carrying capacity might even go down to 2 billion people.   </p>
<p><a href="http://www.cvjugo.blogspot.com/2007/08/climate-change-and-salt.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.cvjugo.blogspot.com/2007/08/climate-change-and-salt.html</a></p>
<p>If that were to happen, some hard decisions would have to be made and mankind might have to reconsider its taboo on cannibalism.  The process might be made cleaner by turning humans into Skyflakes crackers as was shown in the movie Soylent Green.</p>
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