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Building Fails Philippines – Part 2

Photo by Sami Aksu This weeks article is called building fails in the Philippines – part 2. As I mentioned in last week’s article, it is not to highlight foolishness but a collection of areas I need to think about when building your home in the Philippines. In most of my articles, I have talked about topics that are the “normal” way of building a home in the Philippines. In my mind, some of…

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Could you recommend me 1-2 good "standard" bl from each of the main bl producing countries (China, Japan, Taiwan, Thailand and South Korea)? I'm interested in the differences in tropes and execution between bl from different countries, especially Taiwan and Thailand. I'm looking for bl that's highly rated because it's well-executed but doesn't stray from the expected formula for its region.

Great BLs that ALSO rep for their country's style

I really took the "represent" part seriously. Here are my (end of 2024) quick pulls, explanations etc in the linked posts at the bottom.

Japan

Seven Days (or I Cannot Reach You)

Old Fashion Cupcake

For the darker stuff: Tokyo in April is

Korea

Semantic Error

To My Star

For their new style of darker stuff: The 8th Sense or Love for Love's Sake

Thailand

These were absolutely the hardest to pick, so I couldn't stick to 2. There's just so much Thai BL.

My School President - best high school rep (heritage = Love of Siam, Love Sick, the true Thai BL beginnings)

Bad Buddy - best uni BL rep (heritage = 2gether, SOTUS, the beginning of Thai BL global dominance) alternative = Oxygen which is possibly the most classic Thai uni BL we have ever gotten (but Bad Buddy is better acted)

We Are - best GMMTV ensemble piece, heritage is actually also Love Sick, but in 2024 everyone is gay.

Lovely Writer - best meta

My Ride - best pulp

The Sign - best wild what-the-actual-fuck? ride (KinnPorshe also an option)

For an example of the few times Thailand got elevated: I Feel You Linger in the Air or A Tale of Thousand Stars. But these are atypical, we only get a few of them a year from Thailand.

Taiwan

These were the easiest to pick.

We Best Love

Be Loved In House: I Do

But actually: History 4: Make Our Day's Count will tell you everything you ever needed to know about Taiwanese BL in one mess of a show. It's just... not that great.

China

Addicted

Word of Honor

The Philippines

Gameboys

My Day

Vietnam

Mr Cinderella

My Lascivious Boss

But by most standards neither of these are actually very good.

Here's a 2022 post where I talk about the differences between country's styles and approaches.

If you want representative samples from a historical perspective than I do that here:

In that post, you'll need to decide what kind of representation you want to consume though, because some are very old, and others newer, since this is set up to learn about the evolution of the genre.

I also wrote a whole series on the history of the genre along with my top 10 picks at the time (2022). It's old now but still holds up for what you want. I would say pick any two from the top ten of each list, but please understand my personal taste leans toward the lighter fluffier fare. (Which means my top ten from places like Japan is very skewed. Also several countries have added new top 10, for me personally, in 2023 & 2024).

Here's a fun one on the tropes people love in the different countries

And a personal favorite, very silly and not helpful at all.

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Queasy - Choi Han/Reader

a/n: inspired by me being the most easily nauseated person I know. Actually, idk if nauseated is the right term, we call it "naduduwal" in the Philippines and when I used google translate it said that the translation is nauseous. Anyways, this may or may not be inspired by actual scenarios in my life...

tags: self-indulgent, 5 + 1 fic, female reader, fluff, descriptive signs of vomiting, but there's no actual vomiting, author went a bit overboard?

English isn’t my first language so there will be grammatical errors

Pls don't repost my work anywhere without my permission

Constructive criticisms and any kind of interaction are more than welcome

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Ever since [Name] was a child she easily felt nauseous. The slightest change of smell can make her feel as though a bile is coming up her throat. Whatever she ate last threatened to come back up.

Living with it for all her life made her used to it. That was why she forgot to inform her new group of friends about her “condition”.

Which brings everyone to this predicament…

Beacrox was cooking lunch for everyone. The kitchen door was open as the thing his cooking had too much smoke. It smelled good. In fact, everyone couldn’t wait to eat. They were already imagining what could the chef be possibly making.

Until [Name] walked into the room.

When she first walked in everything seemed normal. They even looked happy as there was a pep in their step. However, that changed as soon as they smelled the aroma of the food being cooked.

[Name] staggered a little, but quickly composed herself. She could feel that familiar feeling something trying to crawl up her throat. But she knew that it was nothing alarming so she swallowed it down and greeted everyone.

“Are you okay..?”

Choi Han inquired hesitantly, his hands supporting [Name]’s back. The woman gathered herself fast enough that no one else noticed. It’s just that nothing escapes past the swordmaster’s observant eyes.

…Well at least nothing about [Name] can escape past Choi Han’s eyes.

“I’m fine. The sudden change of smell just surprised me.”

“Are you sure?”

Choi Han doesn't look convinced in the slightest.

“Positive. In fact, it smells good. I can’t wait to see what Beacrox made!”

After that day [Name] could feel Choi Han’s concerned gaze whenever the smell of food was up in the air.

The next time it happened it probably would have costed [Name] her life if it wasn’t for Choi Han. Which was comedic considering the culprit…

+~+~+~+~+~+

A sneeze.

Yes, a sneeze almost took out [Name]. A single sneeze made her vulnerable to the enemies' attacks.

They were fighting, another typical day of bringing Cale’s crazy plans to life. Everything was going well, they had the upper hand. The enemy was on [Name]’s mercy.

Achoo!

Well, it was until she sneezed.

It would have been fine if it was just a normal sneeze.

Bleur–

Unfortunately, it wasn’t.

[Name] staggered as she put her left hand on her mouth, her right hand trying to hold onto something to stabilize herself. Her momentarily loss of balance made her vulnerable to the enemies' attacks.

She honestly thought that would be her end. If it wasn’t then she would at least sustain some grave injuries.

THUD!

Black aura surrounded the area [Name] was fighting on. The sword of the owner of the said aura fighting against the enemies trying to hurt her.

The aide surprised [Name]. Because she swears just a millisecond ago Choi Han was fighting his fair share of enemies on the other side of the battlefield. Then as if he has a [Name] 6th sense, he almost teleported to where she was as soon as she started staggering.

Choi Han encircled his free arm around [Name]’s waist. He gently lifted her off the ground as he started to move around to fight the enemies.

It looked as if they were dancing instead of fighting. The two are facing each other chest to chest, [Name]’s feet are completely off the ground making Choi Han lead the sway. They looked as though they were presenting a bloody waltz. It would have been a sight to behold if it wasn’t a matter of life or death.

[Name] and Choi Han went on like that until none of the enemies were left alive. The swordmaster refuses to let her down despite her protests.

Later on, when Cale asked what happened, [Name] answered honestly about how her sneeze was the cause of everything. Choi Han was of course within hearing range when this conversation happened.

Since then the swordmaster made sure to keep anti-allergen medicine in his pocket at all times.

Cale’s group seldom get days off. It wasn’t because their young master was working them to the bone. In fact, his always the first one to suggest the idea of slacking off for a few hours. Rather, it’s just that everyone always keeps themselves occupied. Even when it’s a supposed “free day” everyone will be busy, either training or researching something.

+~+~+~+~+~+

That was why this stroll [Name] is doing in town isn’t because she had the day off. She’s actually strolling the busy streets in order to spread another rumour, Cale’s orders of course.

But she can’t help but admit that this task is more leisurely compared to their usual missions.

Which was why she decided to take it easy and enjoy her rare outing.

As usual, with her is Choi Han. The rumours don’t need lying so he was up for the task. He had been paired with [Name] to ensure he wouldn’t go overboard.

“Let’s go check out that stall! It didn’t exist when I went here last week!”

[Name] pulled the swordmaster behind her, trying to drag him over to the new stall that seemed to sell all kinds of trinkets.

Choi Han let himself be dragged by her. A smile grazed his lips at how happy she looked.

Just like that, the two continued to spread rumours while enjoying themself around town. Choi Han’s previously empty hands are now filled with bags containing souvenirs for everyone left at home.

“We should’ve brought a spacial bag–”

Keugh!

[Name] felt nauseous once more. There wasn’t even a trigger this time. No smell, no sudden movements. Nothing. Her body made her nauseous just because it could.

“Let’s get you home now.”

Choi Han, a little more used to her body’s antics now, placed himself in front of her in order to catch her. It was the next best thing he could do since his arms were currently unavailable. As expected, [Name] landed on his chest. Her hands latching themselves onto his shirt to keep herself from falling.

“…Yeah I guess that’s enough chatting with the townspeople. I’m sure everyone knows us by now.”

Next time [Name] felt nauseous Choi Han wasn’t there to help her. In fact, there were no adult figures as she was the adult for the day.

+~+~+~+~+~+

That’s right, she was with the children averaging 8 years old.

Everyone had something to do and they were in a foreign kingdom. Hence why [Name] decided to take the kids out to eat. After all, it’s not every day they would be able to taste these foreign dishes. Unless they manage to snag the recipe and bring it back to Beacrox.

“Try this [Name]!”

“You have to taste this nya!”

“This one is delicious too nya! Try it! Try it!”

[Name] had rented out a private room so the children could eat freely. One of the consequences of that was them pushing her to eat everything they deemed delicious. Which was practically the entire menu of the restaurant.

After a while [Name] could feel herself becoming full. She was aware that she should stop eating or else she’d feel nauseous again.

But she didn’t have the heart to deny the kids feeding her a bunch of food. They just wanted to share the joy of eating something delicious with her.

And so she pushed her limits. She couldn’t say no when those three pairs of adorable eyes looked at her expectantly.

Fortunately, Cale and Choi Han soon arrived.

As they entered the room the kids ran over to Cale, ready to feed him everything they made [Name] taste.

Simultaneously, Choi Han took it as a chance to check on [Name]. As soon as the door opened he noticed how pale she looked.

“You alright?”

He whispered as he sat beside her. His fingers rubbed soothing circles on her back.

“Yeah, just peachy. I just got carried away and ate too much”

She whispered back as she leaned on his arm.

“Sure? Maybe you accidentally ate something bad for your stomach…”

“I’m sure. I simply couldn’t say no to the kids.”

Choi Han chuckled slightly, understanding where [Name] was coming from.

“Try not to let them sway you next time.”

He halfheartedly suggested knowing that [Name] would probably do it again if it was for the kids.

“Hahahaha! Did you see the young master’s face!? It was hilarious!”

+~+~+~+~+~+

[Name] laughed as she recalled how the awards ceremony went down. She didn’t expect the crown prince to pull off such a thing. Beside her was Choi Han who was smiling. He didn’t fully comprehend why she found the earlier scene funny but as long as she was happy

“Who needs to go watch opera when you have that–“

There comes the nausea from laughing too much. [Name] instinctively grabbed on Choi Han’s arm. Her grabbing onto him seemed to be the drill as of late whenever she felt nauseous.

“Karma”

Cale grumbled as he walked past them while holding onto a plate of cake. He clearly heard how [Name] was laughing hard at him.

In the midst of [Name] almost throwing up her lunch she still found joy in the situation. The young master was quite cute when his upset after realising he got “scammed”.

And so another wave of laughter escaped past her lips.

“Stop laughing, you’ll feel worse.”

Choi Han clicked his tongue as he scolded the woman leaning on his arms. However, that said woman couldn’t control her laughter. Everything was just too funny.

Giving up, the swordmaster merely supported her weight. He waited for her to feel weak by either laughing too much or feeling even more nauseous.

Desperate times call for desperate measures.

+~+~+~+~+~+

This time that desperate time is Choi Han feeling uncomfortable while dealing with a bunch of nobles. He had his fair share of interaction with them but it still felt unusual. Even more so when they surround him, just like right now.

In the midst of him trying to escape from everyone and seriously considering knocking them all unconscious, a familiar figure managed to stagger into his arms.

That familiar figure looked weak. The back of her hand was covering her mouth in an attempt to not vomit.

Of course, that familiar figure was [Name].

Choi Han easily caught her in his arms as she staggered towards him. Once she felt she was safe, she rested her head on his chest.

“I’m sorry, but I have to go now.”

Choi Han bowed towards the crowd before hooking his arms underneath [Name]’s legs. The nobles understood his intentions and finally created a path he could go through. Everyone is aware of how [Name], like Cale, seems to also have a weak constitution.

The swordmaster thanked them as he carried [Name] out of there. He walked until they arrived at a gazebo in the garden.

He sat down on the bench-like chair inside the gazebo, placing [Name] on his lap. Choi Han scanned her body to make sure nothing else was wrong before asking his questions.

“Did you push yourself again? Was it the crowd this time? Were they too much?”

Concern lingered in his eyes, but [Name] simply giggled at him.

“I’m fine, I was faking it.”

“Why..?”

The swordmaster is no stranger to his friends acting all sorts of roles to get what they want. However, this time he can’t fathom why [Name] would do such a thing.

“You looked uncomfortable silly. Is that a way to thank your saviour?“

[Name] jokingly asked him, flexing her muscles as if she just saved him from a gruesome battle.

“I guess you’re the knight in shining armour today huh?”

Choi Han played along to her whims. His hold on her waist tightened ever so gently to ensure she wouldn’t fall off his lap for she was moving too much.

That afternoon, the two spent their time talking about all sorts of topics inside the gazebo until they had to reluctantly go back inside once more.

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Top Construction Companies in the Philippines Leaders in Innovation and Sustainability

When it comes to the construction industry in the Philippines, the landscape is constantly evolving, with new players entering the market and established firms vying for dominance. Amidst this dynamic environment, it’s crucial to identify the powerhouses among the construction companies in the Philippines that are setting the standards for excellence. In this blog post, we’ll delve into some of the key players who are shaping the industry and making significant strides in delivering quality construction projects. At the forefront of this discussion is none other than RND Prime.

Key Criteria for Innovation and Sustainability

Innovation and sustainability are pivotal in defining the success and impact of construction companies today. Here are the main criteria that set industry leaders apart:

Adoption of New Technologies: Companies that embrace cutting-edge technologies, such as Building Information Modeling (BIM) and advanced construction software, are at the forefront of innovation.

Commitment to Environmental Standards: Leading firms adhere to strict environmental regulations and standards, minimizing their ecological footprint.

Investment in Sustainable Materials and Practices: Using eco-friendly materials and sustainable construction methods is crucial for long-term environmental benefits.

Top Construction Companies

RND Prime Development Corporation

RND Prime Development Corporation stands out as a leader in the industry, known for its innovative approaches and commitment to sustainability.

Innovations and Sustainability Practices: RND Prime consistently integrates sustainable materials and technologies into its projects, emphasizing energy efficiency and waste reduction.

Notable Projects and Achievements: The company has been instrumental in developing eco-friendly residential and commercial properties, setting a benchmark for others in the industry.

Megawide Construction Corporation

Megawide is renowned for its modern construction methodologies and sustainable practices.

Overview of Innovative Approaches: The company utilizes precast technology and other innovative construction techniques to enhance efficiency and reduce waste.

Key Sustainable Projects: Megawide has been involved in various infrastructure projects that prioritize sustainability, such as green airports and eco-friendly transport systems.

DMCI Holdings, Inc.

DMCI Holdings has a strong focus on sustainable development, making significant contributions to the industry.

Focus on Sustainable Development: DMCI prioritizes environmental conservation through initiatives such as water recycling and energy-efficient building designs.

Significant Contributions: The company's projects often incorporate green building certifications and adhere to global sustainability standards.

Ayala Land, Inc.

Ayala Land is a pioneer in green building initiatives, leading the way in sustainable urban development.

Pioneering Green Building Initiatives: Ayala Land has developed several LEED-certified buildings and eco-friendly communities that promote sustainable living.

Major Sustainable Projects: The company's flagship projects include integrated mixed-use developments that emphasize green spaces and energy conservation.

Innovative Technologies in the Construction Industry

The construction industry in the Philippines is rapidly adopting innovative technologies that drive efficiency and sustainability.

Use of Building Information Modeling (BIM): BIM technology allows for precise planning and execution, reducing errors and optimizing resource use.

Implementation of Green Building Technologies: Companies are increasingly incorporating solar panels, rainwater harvesting systems, and other green technologies into their projects.

Prefabrication and Modular Construction: These methods enhance construction speed and minimize material waste, contributing to sustainability goals.

Sustainability Practices and Green Building

Sustainability is a cornerstone of modern construction practices, offering numerous benefits.

Importance of Sustainability in Construction: Sustainable practices reduce environmental impact, enhance resource efficiency, and improve the quality of life for communities.

Green Certifications and Standards in the Philippines: Companies strive for certifications such as LEED and BERDE, which signify adherence to high sustainability standards.

Benefits of Sustainable Construction Practices: These practices lead to cost savings, improved building performance, and a positive environmental legacy.

Challenges and Opportunities

While the construction industry in the Philippines is progressing, it faces several challenges and opportunities.

Challenges Faced by Construction Companies: Issues such as regulatory hurdles, resource constraints, and skilled labor shortages can impede growth.

Opportunities for Growth and Innovation: Advances in technology and increasing demand for sustainable infrastructure offer immense growth potential.

Future Trends in the Industry: Emerging trends include smart city developments, renewable energy integration, and the use of artificial intelligence in construction.

Conclusion

In conclusion, the top construction companies in the Philippines are distinguished by their commitment to innovation and sustainability. By adopting new technologies and sustainable practices, these industry leaders are setting the stage for a brighter and more sustainable future. As the construction landscape continues to evolve, the role of innovation and sustainability will be pivotal in shaping the industry's trajectory.

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But then people respond with dogmatic, metaphysical analysis in opposition to all the revisionism. "China's either capitalist, or socialist, which are obvious and eternal binary categories! If China's capitalist, then it's the Enemy™️!" What that actually means for us here is unclear, except that we must spend our time yelling at revisionists in public instead of organizing the people (apparently).

People will openly mock the idea of China consciously transitioning to socialism from state capitalism (even though that's what the early USSR did, if quicker). "China's been state capitalist for generations, what proof is there that their strategy is the one for achieving communism?" But these same people will fetishize guerrilla movements that have been going on even longer, and have yet to break out of their core areas. Doesn't the same argument apply? Who's to say that the CPP's strategy will historically prove any more effective? And even if it does, this isn't the Philippines.

In both cases there are contradictions within the party, and between the party and the capitalist class. How these develop depends on geopolitical questions that have yet to resolve. There is a massive left contingent within the CPC and the Chinese proletariat. Xi isn't part of that left wing, but he represents a move toward the left from where China was in the 90s and 00s.

The argument for a purely developmental basis to communism is kind of bullshit, but ignoring that, the CPC still needs to construct the political basis for communism. The road is complicated by the presence of national and international bourgeoisie in their economy (Chinese NEP men), and the geopolitical advantage China gets from their keystone role in the global market. The reliance of the Western imperial capitalists on the Chinese economy may be the one thing preventing the US from nuking them. This means instead of bloating their military budget like the USSR they can focus on the economy and culture. Meanwhile, the CPP has had its fortunes go up and down, but it's military position is very difficult. It's fighting with no support against a key US neo-colonial government, in a geographically isolated situation.

What can we do here to force the development of historical processes and aid these left forces? Destroy the US and European empires, and establish socialist states. Do you think China's policies are a fair response to the threat of US imperialism, or do you think it's just cover for their capitalist interests? Either way, removing the threat of the US empire eliminates that factor in Chinese politics. And if/when shit does go down, who do you think will help us? The CPP? The Naxalites? They need help themselves. Who has the military force, the productive capacity, the manpower, and the geostrategic interest, to help us? China, Russia, and Vietnam. Don't kid yourselves.

This comes down to what I view as people's dogmatic and undialectical view toward revisionism. Politics gets reduced to ideological stances, which determine whether you're a good or bad communist (read: "person"). The fact is that Iran, an anti-communist theocracy, is doing more to materially aid the Palestinian struggle (which includes communist forces) than all Western Maoists combined. This remains true even while the Iranian government imposes neo-liberal measures on the people and suppresses communists.

If Iranian reactionaries can help destabilize the US empire, and thus create openings for communist forces, then certainly revisionist communists can play at least as positive a role. The inability to view the larger picture, instead framing things in terms of absolute, metaphysical friends and enemies, leads to severe errors like allying with the US against the USSR, and backing the Khmer Rouge against the Vietnamese. The collapse of the USSR was a result of many problems, some related to revisionist backsliding, but that doesn't mean the USSR collapsing was a good thing for Eastern Europe or global communism.

You've got people who can't muster the numbers or support to do fuck all, and they spend all their time dividing our forces by arguing with people who agree with them on everything that actually matters for achieving communism here. The ultimate enemy isn't revisionism, it's capitalism, and our current enemy isn't revisionism qua revisionism, it's ourselves: our own incompetence, cowardice, dogmatism, egotism, childishness, factionalism, disorganization, flakiness, and general lack of principles or creativity.

So much of right-deviation comes from dogmatically affirming other revolutions. If anything the USSR, or China, or whichever state does is Eternally Correct, then you'll follow their errors off a cliff. (Needless to say, that's not scientific or dialectical.) But in reaction to that, so many declare that because their movement is more outwardly radical in its statements, aesthetics, and tactics, then they must be better than those "revisionists" (evidence pending). They spend all their time criticizing others without seeing the pile of shit they're sitting on.

Sometimes I wonder if any of us actually want to win. You know, winning communism? Defeating global capitalism? That thing that supposedly makes us all communists? So many communists confuse having the Correct Opinion™️ with being politically effective.

if you are a revolutionary communist but have no answer to the question 'what political action could you take tomorrow' you are not doing revolutionary marxism, you are doing eschatology

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this mechanical demon took so many hours of my life away from me that i’ll never get back Alright all jokes aside, here’s Kiryu. I’m super proud of how he turned out. I wanted to use watercolor here and establish it as a part of my style, but it didn’t work so well so i colored and shaded as normally (also fucked up the tail yikes), In a way, he’s less of Kiryu specifically; and more of a homage to every MechaGodzilla, mostly Kiryu and Super MechaG tho. “ The Titan inside the Shell “ Size Stats: Height - 425 feet Length - 688 feet Abilites: Absolute Zero Cannon - As the name would suggest, Kiryu can shoot a beam that reaches zero kelvins, able to freeze just about anything and everything. Almost all titan subjects have been frozen on a cellular level with the exception of Godzilla, who was merely badly scarred. Alloy Armor - Kiryu’s plating is constructed of Diamonds. This makes it invulnerable to the atomic breath of a Titanus Gojira, and other beam-like attacks. Jet Boosters - Kiryu possesses Jet boosters. Despite already being exceptionally fast for it’s size, the jet boosters grant it extra mobility and speed, aswell as grant it the ability of flight. Firepower - Kiryu possesses a whole bunch of rocket launchers, missiles, bombs and maser turrets. Making it a true war machine. Maser blade - Kiryu, using maser, can create an electrical blade. It can not only pierce through almost everything; but discharge a horrifyingly crippling electrical discharge into the foe, which has been demonstrated to severely injure, if not kill most titans. Hyper Maser Turrets - Kiryu can shoot an empowered maser attack from it’s mouth, chest or palms. These are extremely devastating, and can cause explosions equivalent to Napalm bombs. Brief History: Kiryu was constructed by a collaboration between the UN’s TCTF and Monarch. They used the remains of MechaGodzilla after the battle that took place in 2024. They built the robot around the foundation of Dagon’s bones, which was extracted from the Philippines by Monarch around the events of G14 for further study. Kiryu’s construction was completed in 2028, the investment in the project reaching the billions. It was an amazing accomplishment. It was coded using DNA programming to allow itself to pilot if the situation ever comes to it. A creature, named Titanosaurus was discovered bringing wreckage to ships, Kiryu was deployed in the Pacific Ocean to brawl with Titanosaurus. The fight was incredibly one-sided, as Titanosaurus was easily defeated. Soon after, it was discovered by MONARCH that Titanosaurus. It was soon discovered this titan was only attacking because it was searching for the three eggs that MONARCH stole from it’s nest, these being the three Gojira hatchlings, that it thought saw as her own offspring.  Godzilla is seen heading towards the site that the hatchlings are being held, causing large amounts of death and destruction in his wake, likely because of his desperation to reach them. Kiryu is deployed to fight Godzilla once he reaches Kyoto, Godzilla manages to defeat Kiryu, and continues on his voyage, however; Kiryu begins to malfunction shortly after the defeat, and the pilots onboard the machine lose control of it all together. As it turns out, a force believed to be Dagon himself took control of the machine. Dagon horrified by the mechanical body he was confined it, rampaged through what remained of Kyoto, and destroyed TCTF militias. Kiryu was managed to be shut down and went through troubleshooting. Titanosaurus made it to Osaka before Godzilla had, destroying much of MONARCH’s forces and successfully rescuing the hatchlings from confinement. Kiryu had arrived at the scene in time, to which Titanosaurus hid the hatchlings out of fear and attacked Kiryu. The two fought, but Kiryu hit Titanosaurus with a chest hyper maser beam, nearly fatally killing her, Kiryu prepared to strike with a Plasma sword to finish Titanosaurus. Godzilla arose from the ocean and shot Kiryu with a Spiral Atomic Breath, saving Titanosaurus and causing major functionality errors within Kiryu. This caused Kiryu’s control to quickly alternate between Dagon and the pilots. Type 2 Gear, codename “Garuda”, a flying mech created to exterminate lesser titans combined with Kiryu to take down Godzilla. Kiryu shot Godzilla with a fully charged Absolute Zero cannon, nearly killing the tyrant and leaving a giant, gushing scar that would likely cause him to die of blood loss anyway. Kiryu prepared to kill Godzilla, until Dagon and the pilots struggled to take control from one another, preventing the job from being done. This allowed Godzilla to regain conscious and unleash his spiral heat ray on Kiryu, causing it to recieve major damage in 3 clean hits. Rendering it destroyed; for now. [This story is a draft of my plans for him in my AU.]

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SEA GAMES 2019: PHL vs VIE Volleyball Women Opener

The game between the two opposing team pleasured many people watching the game as both of the team are fighting to reach victory as they represent their country.

This is a volleyball analysis of the game which happened last December 3, 2019.

Link of the game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gm4kGC_d-i8

Court Dimension

Philippines faced against Vietnam in the 2019 SEA Games Women’s Volleyball opener which was held at the Philippine Institute of Sports Multi-Purpose Arena. The Philippines Sports Arena has a volleyball court having the dimension of 9 meters wide by 18 meters long or 9m x 18m. The court is divided into two equal halves by a net having a height of 2.2 meters.  

Equipment

·       Shoes

·       Uniform

·       Knee Pads

·       Elbow Pads

·       Ball

·       Net

Basic Skills

Basic Skills are present in both teams Philippines and Vietnam. They showed the basic skills such as:

Passing is often thought of as the most important skill in volleyball. If you can’t pass the serve, then you won’t ever put your team in a position to score a point.

Blocking is perhaps the least taught skill in volleyball. Players can get away with poor blocking skills because not blocking isn’t going to hurt the team as much as being poor at executing other skills in volleyball.

Setting is done to either dump the ball over into an undefended spot or to “set” the ball into a position that allows the hitter to spike it over. 

Spiking is the act of scoring a point by slamming the ball over the net into the opposing court effectively and aggressively. 

Digging is preventing the ball from hitting the floor after being spiked by the opposing team.

Serving is done by using one, open hand to swing overhead and send the ball over the net from behind the end line.

Rules of the Game

Volleyball Rules

6 players on the floor at any one time - 3 in the front row and 3 in the back row

Maximum of 3 hits per side

Points are made on every serve for wining team of rally (rally-point scoring).

Player may not hit the ball twice in succession. (A block is not considered a hit.)

Ball may be played off the net during a volley and on a serve.

A ball hitting a boundary line is in.

A ball is out if it hits an antennae, the floor completely outside the court, any of the net or cables outside the antennae, the referee stand or pole, the ceiling above a non-playable area.

It is legal to contact the ball with any part of a player’s body.

It is illegal to catch, hold or throw the ball.

A player cannot block or attack a serve from on or inside the 10-foot line.

After the serve, front-line players may switch positions at the net.

Matches are made up of sets; the number depends on level of play.

3-set matches are 2 sets to 25 points and a third set to 15. Each set must be won by two points. The winner is the first team to win 2 sets.

5-set matches are 4 sets to 25 points and fifth set to 15. The team must win by 2 unless tournament rules dictate otherwise. The winner is the first team to win three sets.

 Volleyball Rules Violations

Stepping on or across the service line when serving while making contact with the ball.

Failure to serve the ball over the net successfully.

Ball-handling errors and contacting the ball illegally (double touching, lifting, carrying, throwing, etc.)

Touching the net with any part of the body while the ball is in play.

Blocking a ball coming from the opponent’s court and contacting the ball when reaching over the net if your opponent has not used 3 contacts AND has a player there to make a play on the ball.

  Attacking a ball coming from the opponent’s court and contacting the ball when reaching over the net when the ball has not yet broken the vertical plane of the net.

  Crossing the court centerline with any part of your body, with the exception of a hand or foot. It is only considered a violation if the entire hand or entire foot crosses the court centerline.

 Serving out of rotation or out of order.

  Back row player blocking (deflecting a ball coming from the opponent) when, at the moment of contact, the back row player is near the net and has part of their body above the top of the net. This is an illegal block.

 Back row player attacking a ball inside the front zone (the area inside the 3M/10-foot line) when, at the moment of contact, the ball is completely above the net. This is an illegal attack.

Officiating the Sports

- Referees

Before starting the game, there were two referees being introduced. First referee was named Leung Yin Yan and the second was Agung Purwanto. They were both responsible for officially recognizing team requests, substitutions, time-outs and communicating with the coaches at the appropriate times.

( A screenshot of the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gm4kGC_d-i8)

- Scorekeeper

The scorekeeper creates official records of volleyball games. Before play begins, the scorekeeper records team and player information. Once the game begins, scorekeepers not only track points, but also player substitutions, sanctions and time-outs. The scorekeeper keeps an eye on the individual serving the ball to track the rotation and notify referees of potential lapses. At the close of the game, the scorekeeper records the final score of the game.

- Assistant Scorekeeper

The assistant scorekeeper or libero tracker is responsible for updating the scoreboard and keeping an eye on the libero. This individual records changes in the libero rotation, notifying referees when problems occur in the rotation.

- Line Judges

There are usually two line judges, one at either end of the court, usually in opposite corners. Line judges work with the referees, signaling to assist in making judgment calls. These officials often use flags to signal when a ball is in or out, hits the antennae of the net, or when the server commits a foot fault, or steps outside the line as they serve.

Technical and tactical skills

As the game started both teams had technical skills in order to have a systematic play to be an effective team in the game. They have both unique technical skills as the two opposing team showcased their strength and abilities. During the game, the Philippines was finishing strong at the first set through great communication through the athletes in the team and they also constructed opening opinion to beat the opposing team. On the other hand, the team also displayed correct-decision making skills to sustain the game until reaching the victory. The team were always open to being guided when one fails to do so. Both teams exhibit the ability to read the play or situation and in acquiring the knowledge needed to have a proper tactical decision.

Summarization

The game was started with the big six of the two teams in the Philippines containing: Jovelyn Gonzaga, Mary Joy Baron, Frances Molina, Alyssa Valdez, Abigail Maran, and Rhea Dimaculangan. While the team Vietnam was containing: Thi Kim Dang, Thi Nga Bui. Thi Xuan Nguyen, Thi Thanh Tran, Thi Trinh Nguyen, and Thu Hoai Nguyen. The game was started with the possession of the Philippines having the first serve by Dimaculangan. The game heated up when the Philippines got the first point on the first round and another one through the spike that was unable to be block by the Vietnam. The Philippines won the first set with a 25-21, but the Vietnam didn’t give up as they got the 2nd and third set with the score 23-25 I the 2nd set and 19-25 in the 3rd set which leads the downfall of Filipinos as the Vietnam got the last set scoring 8-15. Vietnam got the victory and it ended up showing true sportsmanship and sharing the passion of their true love of the game between Philippines and Vietnam.

References:

Strength and  Power for Volleyball. (n.d.). Retrieved from  strength-and-power-for-volleyball: https://www.strength-and-power-for-volleyball.com/basic-volleyball-skills.html#:~:text=The%20six%20basic%20volleyball%20skills,of%20serving%20is%20often%20undervalued.

AOC Volleyball. (2018, November  23). Retrieved from theartofcoachingvolleyball:  https://www.theartofcoachingvolleyball.com/basic-volleyball-rules-and-terminology/

Photo Credits:

https://www.facebook.com/gmanews/posts/look-volleyball-court-sa-philsports-arena-na-isa-sa-mga-venue-sa-seagames2019-ha/10158104822721977/

https://tiebreakertimes.com.ph/tbt/philippines-falters-t4-led-vietnam-sea-games-volleyball-opener/172413

https://sportamix.com/blog/top-10-volleyball-skills/

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Situation Awareness System Market Research 2027: Region Wise Analysis Of Top Players In Market By Its Types And Application

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Immediately to the north-west of Australia, occupying an area somewhat larger than our island-continent, are the heartlands of the pre-modern world’s most accomplished and farthest-ranging oceanic explorers, migrant settlers and traders. Today they occupy much of Southeast Asia, while their outlying settlements stretch from Madagascar to Easter Island and Hawai’i. Active and afloat across the Asian and Indian Ocean region for millennia, their maritime mercantile ventures reached northern Australia in pre-colonial centuries.

They are the diverse but culturally and linguistically related people who are collectively called Austronesians.

Both the term ‘Austronesian’ and these people’s identity as a distinct grouping are, it’s safe to say, very little recognised by most Australians or the wider world, except among specialist historians, archaeologists, ethnographers and linguists. Author Philip Bowring wants to change that with this book that is a detailed, multidisciplinary account of these quintessential seafaring and trading societies, from their prehistoric origins until now.

In particular Bowring wants the ‘general reader and public’, at whom this book is aimed, to appreciate their dynamic role in the networks of oceanic trading that stretched from Asia across the Indian Ocean to the Mediterranean for thousands of years… networks that led directly to the last half millennium of European expansion, and that were the forerunners of today’s globalised economy.

Austronesians comprise most of the populations of modern Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines, speaking hundreds of different but related languages. There are also minority Austronesian populations in Indochina, Burma, Thailand and Taiwan. Ethnic Thais, Cambodians, Laos, Vietnamese and Burmese of mainland South-East Asia are not Austronesians, nor were they primarily seafaring societies – the thing that most defines deep Austronesian heritage.

So to avoid confusion Bowring has coined a new term, Nusantaria, to describe Austronesian homelands on the islands and coasts of South-East Asia, from where they sailed and traded much more widely. The term comes from the Sanskrit-derived, Malay-Indonesian nusantara (‘the islands between’), referring to the archipelagos that stretch from China and South-East Asia towards Australasia. (In English this was sometimes ‘the Malay archipelago’, the title of Alfred Russell Wallace’s magnificent magnum opus published precisely 150 years ago.)

The Nusantaria concept keeps the focus on this vital maritime mercantile heartland, whereas some of the Austronesian family sailed so far away – to Micronesia, Polynesia and Madagascar – that they eventually lost contact with the ancestral sail-trading network.

The major defining feature of Nusantarian societies was their mastery of navigation with ingenious vessel technologies, which included outriggers, unique fore-and-aft sailing rigs and hull-construction techniques that distinguished them from the Arab, Persian, Indian, Chinese and (much later) European ships that also plied these seas. This was the key to their expansion and settlement of maritime Southeast Asia over the last four or five millennia, displacing or absorbing earlier migrants. Other original features of Nusantarian societies included ancestral cults and shamanism, headhunting, and the independence and high standing of their women.

Bowring takes an even-handed approach to the fascinating question of Nusantarian origins. He acknowledges the well-accepted ‘out of China via Taiwan’, north-to-south thesis of Peter Bellwood et.al., but seemingly gives equal credence to alternative, south-to-north theories of migrations that were forced by the last inter-glacial flooding of the Sundaland basin (Stephen Oppenheimer, William Sondheim).

From ancient times the islands of Nusantaria supplied key trade commodities including the rarest and most costly spices – cloves, nutmeg and mace – exported in its own ocean-going ships. But more crucially, these home waters were the cross-roads of all the extensive sea trade between East Asia and the Indian Ocean.

Controlling these sea lanes led to the rise of diverse Nusantarian trading centres and entrepôts, kingdoms and empires in Sumatra, Java, Malaya and elsewhere in their region. Bowring vividly depicts a cosmopolitan trading world exchanging ceramics, metals, gems, silks and other textiles, spices, forest products, slaves – the vast majority shipped by sea.

‘A Persian writing in Arabic in the tenth century,’ he tells us, ‘noted that parrots in Palembang [the Sumatran centre of the Srivijaya empire] could speak many languages including Arabic, Persian and Greek.’ Those polylingual parrots would certainly also have spoken Malay, the Austronesian language native to both shores of the Straits of Malacca – the narrow funnel through which most of this trade passed. It became the lingua-franca of the region’s sailors and traders well over a thousand years ago, and is the basis of the modern Indonesian national language.

The major religions of Hinduism, Buddhism and Islam entered the region from the Indian Ocean, spread peaceably by maritime trade and adopted through influence and prestige. Nusantarian societies transformed these religions, as much as they transformed Nusantaria. Rare seaborne invasions such as that of the Tamil-Indian Cholas in 1025, and later Mongol and Ming interventions, made no lasting impacts due to the dispersal of the islands and the skills of its sailors and traders.

European and Christian incursions began more forcibly five centuries ago, lured by the fabulous wealth of the ‘Spice Islands’ and advantaged by the superior gunnery of these aggressive newcomers. The shock is well expressed in the famous words of 17th-century Makassan Sultan Alauddin, refusing monopolist Dutch demands to exclude their rivals: ‘God made the land and the sea. The land he divided among men and the sea he gave in common. It has never been heard that anyone should be forbidden to sail the seas.’

This new era would lead eventually to a severe downturn of Nusantarian fortunes and a loss of common identity as they were fragmented into the post-colonial states we know today. Bowring makes the valuable point, however, that it’s easy to exaggerate the effect of the first few centuries of European activity, as disruptive as it was. It was not until ‘a final land-grabbing spasm around the turn of the 20th century that European imperialism reached its final apogee’, drawing Nusantaria’s modern borders.

Journalist, author and yachtsman Philip Bowring has lived in Asia for decades as a correspondent for leading financial and international newspapers, and was editor of the prestigious Far Eastern Economic Review. His earlier history book was about a distant ancestor, Sir John Bowring, who as Plenipotentiary in China in 1856 precipitated the Second Opium War, and who negotiated a key trade treaty between Britain and King Mongkut of Anna and the King of Siam fame.

Having read history at Cambridge and, during his working life, absorbed himself in the history and economy of maritime Asia, Philip Bowring is well placed to attempt this ambitious synthesis of vast amounts of scholarship and primary sources for a non-specialist readership. Its magnitude is attested by a nine-page bibliography. Given the breadth and depth of material consulted, errors (in this reviewer’s fields, at least) were few and minor.

At times the work suffers from the formidable weight of historical detail that it encompasses. There are occasions where condensing complex events and multiple players creates sentences that are rather too opaque, unless you’re already well-versed in that history. Places, people or processes can sometimes flash by, for the first and last time, unexplained.

This is less criticism than acknowledgement of the dilemma of treating an intricate subject encompassing so very many cultures, eras and episodes in a single volume – as best I know, for the first time. You could push the book out by an extra hundred or two pages – but then, good luck finding a publisher. Or do you simplify the story by sacrificing some of the richness and texture of complex events and processes? Any reader finding themselves a bit lost in the detail might return to the contents list, which has been well constructed with snappy chapter titles and a clever 30-word synopsis for each. This can usefully be returned to as a summary or a road map.

The attractive illustrations in both colour and mono have been very well selected for variety and quality, with many outstanding works of art, artefacts or historical sources. It might have been helpful to reference them more in the text, however, to make their relevance clearer to readers unfamiliar with the subject.

This hardcover book is handsomely produced with a beautiful dust jacket showing fine Nusantarian galleys in the Moluccas, recorded during the Louis de Freycinet expedition of 1817–20. It’s a volume that offers readers a deeper understanding of the vibrant maritime peoples and events that unfolded literally on Australia’s tropical northern doorstep, to better appreciate the complex development of the human, political and economic region that we inhabit.

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Bbc news Coronavirus: Extranjeros evacuados de Wuhan mientras aumenta el número de muertos en China

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Hundreds of foreign nationals are being evacuated from Wuhan, the centre of China's coronavirus outbreak, as extra deaths and cases are confirmed.

Australia plans to quarantine its evacuees on Christmas island 2,000km (1,200 miles) from the mainland.

Japan, the US and the EU are also repatriating their voters.

British Airways has suspended all flights to and from mainland China, because the UK's International Office warned towards "all but needed run" there.

Several assorted airways contain taken the same measures. United Airways and Cathay Pacific are restricting flights, while Lion Air - one in all the location's biggest airways - is stopping flights to China from Saturday.

Cathay Pacific has also suspended inflight trolley companies, changed some aspects of its meal provide, and stopped giving out sizzling towels, pillows, blankets and magazines so as to forestall the virus spreading.

China's nationwide women folks's football team is being quarantined in Australia after arriving there to play in an Olympic qualifying occasion, Australian media document.

Thirty-two gamers and employees will quit in isolation in a hotel in Brisbane as a precaution till 5 February, officers talked about. The team, which passed thru Wuhan closing week, had been because of the play Thailand on 3 February.

In yet any other negate, the furniture retailer Ikea talked about it used to be temporarily shutting half its 30 shops in China "in response to the Chinese language executive's demand efficient attend an eye fixed on of the spread of the disease".

Bbc news What number of cases are there?

An expert from the Chinese language Nationwide Properly being Commission (NHC) talked about it might maybe possibly maybe make a choice 10 extra days for the outbreak to peak.

The selection of deaths from the virus has risen to 132 in China.

Cherish the the same Sars and influenza viruses, the recent coronavirus is a particular possibility for aged folks and folks with pre-present diseases.

The inspiring upward push in cases is in half attributed to increased awareness, monitoring and checking out in most standard days.

The selection of cases of the recent coronavirus has reached almost 6,000 in China, surpassing the selection of Sars cases in the nation in the 2003 outbreak.

The virus is idea to contain emerged from illegally traded wildlife at a seafood market in Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province.

It causes extreme acute respiratory an infection and there will not be always any specific remedy or vaccine. A decision of folks, then again, contain recovered after therapy.

Bbc news Who is being evacuated?

Australia's 600 evacuees will doubtless be held on Christmas Island for two weeks, Prime Minister Scott Morrison talked about.

The announcement sparked controversy because the island is handiest identified for a unbiased not too prolonged ago reopened immigration detention centre, which used to be criticised for its instances.

Currently handiest housing one Sri Lankan household of 4, the power used to be constructed to accommodate bigger than 1,000 folks.

Recent Zealand will co-feature with Canberra to elevate its 53 voters dwelling alongside the Australian evacuees.

Bbc news The Christmas Island controversy

By Frances Mao, BBC Files, Sydney

For over a week now, the Australians trapped in Wuhan - a broad selection of them kids - contain been calling on their executive to help catch them out.

Nonetheless the announcement of a two-week quarantine on Christmas Island contain given many quit for idea.

The outdoors territory - closer to Indonesia than the Australian mainland - has prolonged had a immoral fame.

Since 2003, it be been one in all the predominant areas offshore where Australia detains asylum seekers, in instancescriticised by the UN.

Nonetheless what's going to happen to the Sri Lankan household of 4 when others attain? And are the clinical facilities on the island enough for the evacuees?

Chinese language-Australians are also asking why their kids are being despatched miles away, as towards hospitals on the mainland.

Would this happen, they question, to Australians who were holidaying in the UK?

Some 200 Jap nationals contain been flown from Wuhan and contain landed at Tokyo's Haneda airport.

Around 650 others talked about they desired to be repatriated, and the Jap executive talked about recent flights were being planned.

In step with Jap media, a lot of of the returnees were suffering from fever or coughs. All will doubtless be taken to sanatorium, irrespective of whether they're exhibiting symptoms.

They'll then be tested in a quarantine ward sooner than they'll sprint dwelling, and will doubtless be told to not head away their houses till the outcomes are identified.

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About 200 Americans - including workers from the local US consulate - are because of the attain in California after leaving Wuhan on an evacuation flight.

CNN quotes health officers in Alaska, where the airplane first landed on American soil, as announcing they underwent health screenings and were then allowed to proceed on to California.

The UK International Office is arranging the evacuation of about 200 Britons who desired to head away the region. Nonetheless someUK voters contain criticised the manager, claiming lack of improve for returning dwelling.

A flight carrying 250 French nationals is also expected to head away Wuhan; and Italy is planning a flight for bigger than 50 of its voters on Thursday.

South Korea talked about about 700 of its nationals would sprint away on four flights this week. Every Malaysia and the Philippines also talked about they would evacuate their voters in and spherical Wuhan.

Within the intervening time,Hong Kong announced plans to sever injurious-border runbetween the metropolis and mainland China.

Wuhan - as well because the wider Hubei province - is already successfully in a lockdown with strict transport restrictions.

Kazakhstan is closing all passenger run with its neighbour and Papua Recent Guinea has announced that travellers from Asia will doubtless be barred from getting into.

Bbc news What's the most standard on the virus itself?

Confirmations of particular person-to-particular person transmission in Germany, Vietnam, Taiwan and Japan - as towards travellers bringing the virus from China - contain heightened pain about the spread of the virus.

The United Arab Emirates has confirmed the predominant cases in the Middle East - a household who had unbiased not too prolonged ago arrived in the nation from Wuhan.

Main Chinese language respiratory expert Zhong Nanshan told Xinhua info company: "I feel in a single week or about 10 days, it might maybe possibly attain the climax after which there will doubtless be no substantial-scale increases."

China has agreed that the World Properly being Organization (WHO) will ship global experts to the nation.

President Xi met WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus in Beijing and talked about: "The virus is a devil and we are capable of not let the devil conceal."

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I am wondering if you could explain the Juche Idea to me in a little more depth than what available on the internet. Or perhaps a really good website or video? I know the basics of it, the self reliance to avoid dependence on other countries and to become a strong, self sufficient state, but it sounds better than I thought it would, as a Marxist-Leninist-Maoist who subscribes to individuality. Thanks in advance comrade!

Although the first documented mention of Juche is from 1955, the idea itself began taking its roots around 1930 at a meeting of leading personnel of the Young Communist League and the Anti-Imperialist Youth League held in Kalun. President Kim Il Sung - a prominent figure in the revolutionary struggle against the Japanese occupation of Korea - began drafting a series of starting points based on his experience and the lessons learned from the meeting:

The master of revolution is the popular masses and revolution can only emerge victorious when they are educated, organised, and mobilised.

A revolution should be carried out according to one’s faith and on one’s own responsibility, not with someone’s approval or directive.

All problems that arise in the revolution must be handled in an independent, and creative way.

Chairman Kim Jong Il would later develop these into what is known today as the Juche idea. In the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea the Juche idea is an ideological extension (or continuation) to Marxism-Leninism that is primarily concerned with the laws of social movement, and the development of socialist ideology under a socialist socio-economic system.

It would be wrong to argue that the Juche idea is the application of Marxism-Leninism to the social and material conditions of the DPRK – rather this was an ideological and philosophical development that was born out of the trials and errors in implementing Marxism-Leninism in the DPRK. With the socialist camp being split apart due to factionalism, great power chauvinism, dogmatism, and revisionism coming from the U.S.S.R., Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il interpreted these as shortcomings (limitations) of Marxism-Leninism in addressing socio-ideological problems that arise in a society under the dictatorship of the proletariat.

The Juche idea can be divided into four principles:

Self reliance

Juche when translated to English means “self-reliance.” When speaking about self-reliance, Korean communists are referring to three key sectors: economy, politics, and defence, all of which depend on each other to achieve self-reliance in ideology.

Self-reliance in economy means a country not depending or relying on the continued aid from another country to survive. When a country depends on another to survive this will inevitably lead to its demise. A good example of this would be the COMECON members and the eastern bloc of socialist countries that were heavily dependent on the U.S.S.R.

Self-reliance in politics means a country having its own independent, democratic centralism established by the working masses and the vanguard party, and not a political system propped up by foreign powers. Again another example of how systematic political interference led to ideological degeneration would be the relationship between the Soviet Union and the eastern bloc.

Self-reliance in defence means a country must be able to defend itself by its own efforts. When you cannot defend yourself, you are the mercy of imperialism. In the DPRK this has manifested itself through the Songun policy as required due to the constant aggression from the u.$. and its allies, and the development of nuclear arms as a defensive deterrent.

Humanity as the Master

This principle holds that the working masses are the master of everything and decide everything, and that a revolutionary struggle cannot rely solely on material conditions to provoke revolution, but must also prompt the consciousness and desire for a better life of the masses.

Some will argue that this premise goes against historical materialism but it is well within the realms of science as it takes into account the fact that humans - at their core - are social creatures. They exist within a group, and cannot survive on their own. By separating the collective consciousness of the masses from the struggle one cripples oneself.

Historically it has been argued that revolution would happen first where capitalism is most advanced, i.e. the first world. But with the exception of the Paris Commune there has yet to be a proper, start to finish revolutionary struggle in the first world. Here it can be argued that the popular masses of the first world lack the collective consciousness that arouses from being oppressed. Whereas in the third world - which is less economically developed as victims of colonialism and imperialism - is by far much more inclined towards revolution in great part due to the collective consciousness of the masses.

The Juche idea concludes that historical materialism that does not include the existence of man as a social creature quickly collapses into idealism.

Great Leader

The concept of the Great Leader is the Juche extension of the Marxist-Leninist concept of the vanguard. This concept holds that class-consciousness will come organically only to a few due to the effectiveness of anti-communist propaganda and the influence of imperialist powers.Therefore, it is the duty of those who have class-consciousness to go among the masses, agitate the masses, and educate them on class struggle/socialism/communism in order that they can become part of the collective consciousness of the proletarian masses.

There is also another purpose to this concept: the leadership’s role in shaping up the state through ideological work. A state cannot survive long without building ideology, and adequate leadership. This is evidenced by the collapse of the socialist camp, the dangers of revisionism, and how in the Soviet Union and socialist China when great leaders like Stalin and Mao Zedong died the whole socialist construction crumbled into capitalist restoration.

The development of ideology is crucial for class struggle in a socialist state, and to ensure its survival against all challenges. By having a figurehead ‘Great Leader’ (which remains accountable and can be recalled at any time) - a leader which embodies the proletarian mass line and serves as a rallying figure fo the masses - it becomes easier for the communist party to push forward revolution while at the same time having someone towards which the working masses look to as a symbol of their struggle.

Creative Revolution

Creative Revolution - also referred to as Socialism of Our Style - entails that in every revolution the social and material conditions are different, and require a new revolutionary road that does not mimic or follow similar approaches to other socialist states.

Juche calls on the creativity of the masses, and the creative approach to revolution. Kim Jong Il pointed out that all revolutionary processes that mechanically copied either the Russian and Chinese revolutionary processes were ultimately crushed, or simply unsuccessful on the long run. A similar criticism can be said of ongoing Maoist struggles in India and the Philippines where peoples’ wars have been ongoing for several decades now without any prospect of achieving a final victory.

This principle also argues that once a communist party has achieved state it must not copy what other states have done in order to achieve the same objectives as it’s very likely it will end in failure. All nations require different revolutionary approaches as socio-material conditions often bear unique traits to the nation itself and its culture. Seeking to dogmatically follow past experiences can only result in the failure of class struggle and socialist construction.

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To learn more about the Juche idea, we have a study guide.

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Abayan De León (born Abayan Balabagan Gapusan; May 3, 1612 - September 15, 1899), sometimes referred to as the The Doll Maker, was a Filipino doll maker, businessman, and occultist. He was one of the world's foremost makers of enchanted dolls, producing an aggregate of 112 human-like dolls with artificial souls.

It has been challenging for biographers to create a trustworthy account of De León's life since he purposefully gave conflicting reports and made up details about his past. Even his own writings have come under scrutiny.

Egypt and immortality

How De León developed his capacity to channel dark magic is unknown. In one of his notebooks, he writes of a journey to Cairo he took in his early twenties, during which he visited an unidentified “temple room” and started to invoke several Egyptian gods. De León claimed to have attained immortality through contact with Heru-pa-khered in 1635, referring to this experience as "The Revealing."

In later writings, De León stated that on April 2, 1640, he heard the disembodied voice of what he believed to be Bathala, the Tagalog supreme being of the heavens, who instructed him to construct a legion of subservient beings and claim his proper place among the Kaluwalhatian pantheon.

Becoming the Doll Maker

Returning to the Philippines in 1642, De León started making his dolls. After years of trial and error, his first doll was ultimately produced in 1654 according to his aesthetic standards. This doll was given a synthetic soul. It is believed that this doll's spirit must have been unstable in some way, which eventually caused the doll to rebel against her servile programming.

De León was fascinated by the Arab world and gave his foremost doll the name Maja, which is Arabic for splendid. Maja would be his wife and serve as the model for his future doll company, in which his creations would be utilized as domestic servants and sex slaves. His company would become extremely successful. At a key point in history, he would amass customers from all over the world and be the richest person in the Philippines.

Death

De León was killed by Maja in 1899. He was castrated and made to eat his tongue. His residence was completely destroyed in a fire; therefore, his remains were never recovered.

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