#Russia Vaccine Update

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I understand the intent but "they are waging a war against creation itself" and posing Israel as the biggest polluter leans heavy toward anti-Semitism rather than actual criticism of Israel.

i understand being vigilant against antisemitism (as i am as well, antisemitism should have no place in antifascism, environmentalism and peace. antisemitism is a vile parasite on humanity), but Israel has produced 60 million+ tonnes of carbon in its Palestinian genocide. in reports from November 2023, the equivalent of TWO nuclear bombs were dropped in the number of missiles. looking for a more recent look at how many tonnes of explosives thatve been dropped and i found a figure around 70,000-75,000 tonnes (reported around June-April 2004). thats FIVE NUCLEAR BOMBS (Little Boy was 15,000 tonnes).

all of this isnt even mentioning the white phosphorus and dust and rubble in the air and water. so yes, Israel may not be the biggest global polluters like the USA, China, Russia, India, etc, but it IS doing massive damage to the environment still. it is very much criticism of Israel and not antisemitism

60,000,000+ tonnes of carbon produced, 94,761+ people wounded, 42,000+ people dead, and the equivalent of 5 nuclear bombs dropped in under 1 year.

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News Post

Palestine

Israeli attack on Gaza hospital tent camp kills four, ignites fire | Israel-Palestine conflict News | Al Jazeera

Pro-Palestine protestors confront Nas Daily at Japan meetup | Middle East Eye

Bill Maher says Chappell Roan would be thrown ‘off a roof’ in Gaza after singer shows support for Palestine | The Independent

Palestine’s UN envoy says ‘genocide within genocide’ going on in north Gaza | Israel-Palestine conflict News | Al Jazeera

Sudan

Sudan is the world’s gravest humanitarian disaster – but almost nobody cares | Jonathan Freedland | The Guardian

Sudan military’s strike on market in capital kills at least 23: Rescuers | Conflict News | Al Jazeera

World Bank cuts 2024 growth forecast for Sub-Saharan Africa over Sudan | Africanews

Sudan: Refugee numbers swell as war continues to drive displacement | UN News

Ukraine

Russian Plane Used by Top Defense Officials Destroyed in Blaze: Ukraine - Newsweek

Ukraine denounces reported execution of troops in Kursk (bbc.com)

Kursk offensive: As Ukraine’s incursion into Russia enters third month, Putin is trying to downplay it | CNN

Zelenskyy accuses North Korea of sending soldiers to help Russia in war | Russia-Ukraine war News | Al Jazeera

Lebanon

Israel-Lebanon live updates: Lebanese Red Cross says 18 people killed in Israeli strike in north - BBC News

Live: Israel air attack on northern Lebanon kills at least 18 | Gaza News | Al Jazeera

What is UNIFIL, the United Nations peacekeeping force on the Israel-Lebanon border? | CNN

This isn’t Lebanon’s war – POLITICO

Other

‘We have your location’: The Taliban death threats hounding this Afghan woman | CNN

France arrest Afghan for planning terror attack - The Jerusalem Post (jpost.com)

Congo finally begins mpox vaccinations in a drive to slow outbreaks | AP News

Somalia says it welcomes Egypt's offer to deploy peacekeepers there | AP News

Egypt: Second deadly train crash in weeks | Africanews

The Sahara Desert flooded for the first time in decades. Here’s what it looks like | CNN

New arrests revive concern that nonviolent political protesters in Myanmar may be tortured (yahoo.com)

The Take: Can Gaza’s children survive its ‘colonial trauma’? | Gaza News | Al Jazeera

Attacks by Islamic extremists are rampant in Africa's Sahel. Here's what we know about them | AP News

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I actually find funny how Gojo asks Geto, "You're gonna kill all the non-sorcerers and create a world with sorcerers only?" That's the "Aliens and America" trope.

Cause, as long as I remember, thanks to Tengen's barrier, about 99% of all sorcerers are in modern Japan. According to manga's map, there should be no sorcerers on occupied by russia Chishima and Karafuto territories, which is also funny: geopolitics influence the number of sorcerers. Although everyone behaves like it shouldn't.

I think what Gege tried to say by that American military arc is that if they tried to occupy Japan and "liberate them from evil spirits"... would Tengen's barrier update? XD How would it change, and by what logic? Does Tengen sit in her barrier reading newspapers and like, "Oh shit, non-sorcerers occupied Chishima and Karafuto, update the data!!!"

I don't believe it should work like this. Why? The answer is imperialism. Imperialism for countries is like Candida albicans for humans: it's present in everyone in small quantities, but if you neglect your health and let it multiply - not only will you ruin the mood of those around you, but you will also be in danger of death.

Every country is this or that way imperialistic, and Japan, as former empire, should be thrice as such. And it actually is. They draw Chishima and Karafuto as occupied territories on school maps nowadays. I highly doubt a state that draws its territories as occupied in school textbooks would remove Tengen's barrier from them. Unless a higher-up Tengen has higher prorussian higher-ups than her.

If Geto studied history a little better, he would know that genocide never ends good for those who genocide. Hitler killed around 30 million people - and it's about 2-3% of the world population. It's like modern Texas. Did Hitler achieve his goal? No. Did Hitler make himself a non-human who is perceived even worse than Satan? Yes.

Maximum any genocider can reach is to clean a certain territory AND fill it with someone else. Look at russia and Ukraine. Look at russia and Belarus. Look at Azerbaijan and Armenia. Look at Mongolian empire, Roman empire, Conquistadors, etc, etc.

Did Geto want to methodically, with understanding what he wants to reach, kill all non-sorcerers? As far as it seems, no. Because of Tengen's words about Japan being the main curse energy producing factory, it's not very clear to me whether Geto wanted to kill all non-sorcerers in Japan's borders or in the whole world. In the whole world, it's just NOT POSSIBLE to do. Not even empires with billions of people were able to do that. A one person just can't do it without destroying the planet completely - and it wasn't Geto's goal to destroy the planet completely.

I suppose he wanted to kill all the non-sorcerers in Japan at first. But once again, there are Chishima and Karafuto (status unknown), and there are AXILLARY MANAGERS who are non-sorcerers who can control their cursed energy. Let's assume that Geto wanted to clear Japan's territory at first - whom was he gonna fill it with? As Belaruthians say, Nature abhors the void. Whom was he gonna fill the world with if LOTS OF SORCERERS come from NON-SORCERERS FAMILIES, like Haibara Yu, like Ijichi Kiyotaka, like Nanami Kento, like Yuta Okkotsu who didn't know he had a far sorcerer ancestor.

Yuki Tsukumo said that killing all non-sorcerers is a decent plan, the easiest way to create a world without curses. Yuki Tsukumo lied to Geto Suguru, and I still don't understand why, considering she also mentioned she's chasing the second option - make all of humanity control their cursed energy - which is actually the fastest and easiest way, with many possible solutions: from inventing a some kind of "vaccine" or something to simply widespread by government programs to teach the population how to deal with curses. Or actually all of that. If you see that the sorcerers are not coping with their task, well, involve the average people. It's like with a drowning person. If you know that a child is drowning, you won’t go looking for him alone across the sea. You ask all the people on the beach to join hands and walk along the shoreline a few meters into the sea.

However, as we can see, Japanese government, including sorcerers higher-ups, didn't give a single fuck about less and less sorcerers being able to do their job and remain alive and healthy. Why? Because the JJK Japanese government was a financed marionette by someone who wanted Japan to collapse. I would bet on Kenjaku and China. Otherwise, I have no idea what that chapter was with Kenjaku speaking Chinese for. Yuki Tsukumo, as someone who cared, must have noticed that. Maybe she tried to involve herself in politics, by "fucking around taking trips overseas", maybe she even played political games with Kenjaku. But she was unguarded, and she relied too much on "impotent UN" Tengen, for which she payed.

Yuki lied to Geto, or rather shifted his focus, and it was very easy to do because he was 1)clearly traumatized teen, with vulnerable mental state, 2)on the verge of the mental illness, 3)most likely already with hidden xenophobic beliefs. What for? I suppose the goal was to separate him and Gojo, considering that highlighting on "the three of us special grades" - Yuki is not dumb, and she must have guessed that Geto would have questioned his own special gradeness after Toji incident:

The whole conversation Yuki&Geto is such an obvious taking "on a dare". Unfortunately, people are not very good at expressing why they find Yuki suspicious, which ends in demonising Yuki Tsukumo. I suppose those people who know how it is - to be vulnerable mentally - dislike her the most.

Did Yuki cause Geto's fall? Nah, I think people exaggerate her role in Geto's character. Geto would have fallen anyway, she just made it happen faster, for her own unclear motives.

A world without non-sorcerers simply can not exist, just like the russian empire can not exist without Ukrainians and all the other people they genocided because it was built on them. They have been killing so many people with such pleasure that most of russia's territory is now simply empty and is about to be partitioned and consumed by countries that have overpopulation because the Nature abhors the void.

I love how Gege highlights the well-known drama of fighting a villain by dynamic action, awesome artstyle, some civil stuff and "WOW SUKUNA VS GOJO SATORU" while hiding the fact they are technically going through war, through partitioning of JJK Japan by other states, which fight for resources like that Gojo in a box, and maybe something more. JJK Japan is, in fact, alternative universe Ukraine, which was occupied by russia for 3 days. That's why JJK manga is very important to me. Gege doesn't use straightforward language, and that's why people are so confused and say, "Gege is so dumb, why would he include American military?" - Gege is actually very smart. He just believed more people would be interested in the background, I guess. Maybe that's why he gave up and decided to finish this manga asap with EPIC FIGHTS only.

P.S. Anticipating questions like, "JJK China would not fight for JJK Japan, JJK Japan is too small" - my brother in Ra, China fights for fucking Taiwan, have you ever seen the size of Taiwan?

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Time Traveling Anthropologists update

In honor of having 2 people on my tag list, meaning it now meets the actual definition of a list, I thought I’d let y’all know where I am on this project.

Part 1: Actual Writing

I am deep into chapter 2. Chapter 1 covered Esther’s first day of work. We learned a bit about how the world works in the 2080’s and met her team. This book takes place almost entirely in the past, but future volumes will explore the future more. So, let’s meet the team!

Esther Dahan: 24 years old. The POV character. Esther is outgoing and a bit awkward. She can be intense and has something of a temper but cares deeply about equity. She is the team linguist, unofficial fighting/weapons expert, and generally ends up being in charge of daily life routines. She speaks 6 languages fluently but is also in charge of collecting linguistic rules for languages that no one knows today. She’s Jewish—there are no borders anymore, but her great-grandparents on her mother’s side were from Russia and her father’s family was from Israel. She’s bisexual. When not in the past, she lives with her parents because renting an apartment only to give it up every year or two would be impractical.

Tony Mourad: 24 years old. He is a bit goofier, fond of lightening the mood, but can also be genuine. Like Esther, he’s pretty loud in general and intense about things he cares about. They will become best friends over the course of this book. He is the expert on fashion, fabric, and and manufacturing history. His hobby is the history of clocks and calendars. He is Muslim and, though he grew up in LA, his family is Iraqi and his mom was born there (when it was still Iraq; the no borders thing is pretty recent). He’s gay and currently rents a small house with his brother, which his wages continue to help with when he’s gone for work.

Valentina Pérez: 25 years old. In this book she’s generally fairly grumpy, distant, and cool. There are reasons for this and they are Spoilers and she’ll be less so in the future. She mostly keeps to herself and is much less interested in the studies they’re doing than her teammates. Her job isn’t even anthropological; she’s the team scientist. This involves multiple jobs actually that they’re just lucky they have a single person qualified for all of them. Her main duties involve sending data home using the circuits in the Time Machine, doing general maintenance on it, and keeping them healthy. She is not a doctor but she has studied immunology and is in charge of vaccines, basic medical care, and the decision when a situation requires returning early for proper care. However, most of those jobs aren’t constant, so she’s always getting drawn into the work of the others and having to observe or write up things for them. She’s a lesbian, has a 2-year-old daughter, and has been married for 7 months to her wife. She’s from Cuba and learned English in college. Their office is based in New York, so their work is mostly in English, but widespread speaking of other languages is more acceptable, so around the office there are plenty of people she chats in Spanish to.

Minerva Myerson: 39 years old. Unlike the others, she isn’t new to the office but joined at its inception 6 years ago. She has been on 3 previous missions and was made a team leader when the religious studies department expanded. She’s generally good humored, charming, and has a fairly loose leadership style. She does get snappy when people break the rules that are there for good reasons, but is otherwise fairly even tempered. Yes this is a little loose and I will develop her character more soon. Her specialization is food history, including how food fits into cultural contexts and the expectations surrounding eating. She’s also formatting and compiling the ethnography, since she has previous experience. She is a black trans woman from New Orleans who lives alone with no kids so she actually does rent apartments temporarily in between time traveling. I think she’s straight, but again am still developing her character.

Chapter 2 has a time skip—16 months in their personal time and 4 months into their time traveling mission. So far we’ve explored the city of Samandar a little, markets and the walls and the way houses work. They have a fairly expositional team meeting and then, a couple days later, Esther is taken by her 3 unofficial “guides” on an expedition to meet warriors returning from the capital of Atil. Her guides are 3 12-year-old girls largely because they have the time and interest to share their lifestyle with a foreign stranger. Also because I thought it would be funny to have 9th century horse girls. So they go to the corral and discuss horse care, which I 100% made up but I think is plausible. Next the men will return and Esther will start talking to Boker largely to fact check the kids’ excited reports on the way warriors work.

Part 2: Outlining

I split the plot into 3 sections: murder, mystery, and [redacted]. I finished the outline for the first part, which actually focuses on anthropology and romance and culminates in the murder, and now I’m working on the second part. As I said before, I haven’t written a mystery before and I think some hints and evidence are going to probably be added in later drafts. I have, though, come up with the first 2 suspects and the actual guilty party. I’m just beginning to figure out who says what and what evidence they discover.

Thank you for listening if you made it to the end of this post! I just realized I haven’t talked much about it yet since I’ve been writing.

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Voice of America 0411 17 Dec 2024

9775Khz 0358 17 DEC 2024 - VOICE OF AMERICA (UNITED STATES OF AMERICA) in ENGLISH from MOPENG HILL. SINPO = 45333. English, "International Edition" in progress. @0400z "Worldwide News Update" anchored by Joe Ramsey. § Ousted Syrian leader Bashar Assad says he had no plans to leave the country after the fall of Damascus a week ago but the Russian military evacuated him after their base in western Syria came under attack. The comments are the first by Assad since he was overthrown by insurgent groups. § North Korean forces have suffered “several hundred” casualties fighting against Ukrainian troops in Russia’s Kursk region. § President-elect Donald Trump, in his first news conference since elected, downplayed concerns that his administration would revoke the polio vaccine’s authorization, suggested he could pardon New York City Mayor Eric Adams and said he will press Ukraine and Russia to end their war. The president-elect on Monday took a measured tone in the wide-ranging remarks from Mar-a-Lago, as he also accused the Biden administration of not being forthcoming about possible drone sightings, discussed his meetings with pharmaceutical and tech company executives, the future of the TikTok app and inviting world leaders to his upcoming inauguration. § TikTok is asking the Supreme Court to put a pause on a law that requires that its Chinese-parent company sell its U.S. operations or face a ban on tech platforms. TikTok is asking for a temporary injunction to halt the implementation of the law at least until the Supreme Court can review the merits of the case. § Canadian Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland quit on Monday after clashing with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on issues including how to handle possible U.S. tariffs, dealing an unexpected blow to an already unpopular government. Freeland said she was quitting in the wake of a meeting last Friday with Trudeau, who asked her to take on a lesser post after the two had been arguing for weeks over spending. @0405z "Daybreak Africa" begins presented by James Butty (w/African accent). Backyard gutter antenna w/MFJ-1020C active antenna (used as a preamplifier/preselector), JRC NRD-535D, 100kW, beamAz 350°, bearing 84°. Received at Plymouth, MN, United States, 14087KM from transmitter at Mopeng Hill. Local time: 2158.

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Update: On December 6, Romania’s Constitutional Court annulled the first round of the country’s presidential election, according to Romanian media.

It’s now a familiar story: a right-wing outsider candidate whose campaign is seen as so unserious that media coverage classifies it as entertainment rather than news pulls off a shocking upset. But while Romanian presidential candidate Călin Georgescu has yet to secure victory, with a second round of voting still ahead, his rapid rise, incendiary rhetoric, and lack of a political party stand out even by the standards of the last decade’s populist surge. And while the Russian government has backed no shortage of far-right candidates in foreign elections in recent years, the success of its apparent influence in Georgescu’s campaign — as declassified Romanian intelligence documents indicate — is striking. Meduza explains why Georgescu’s first-round victory came as such a shock, what his presidency would mean for Ukraine and the rest of Europe, and what the newly released intelligence documents reveal about the forces promoting his candidacy.

From TikTok to the ticket

The first round of Romania’s 2024 presidential election came on November 24. Pre-election polling showed Marcel Ciolacu, Romania’s prime minister from the center-left Social Democratic Party (PSD), as the favorite to win among the 13 candidates running. Elena Lasconi from the center-right Save Romania Union, who stood out as the only candidate to oppose the idea that Ukraine should cede territory to Russia for the sake of peace, was also performing well.

The most prominent ultranationalist candidate in the race — who the ruling PSD was reportedly hoping would win just enough votes in the first round to give Ciolacu an easy win in the runoff — was George Simion, the 38-year-old leader of the right-wing AUR Alliance. Simion cited Donald Trump and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni as his political role models. Even he, however, blasted Russian President Vladimir Putin as a “war criminal” and declared his support for Romania’s NATO member status.

Largely absent from pre-election coverage, meanwhile, was Călin Georgescu, a 62-year-old sustainable development consultant who doesn’t belong to a political party and reached voters primarily on TikTok. Most polls predicted him winning less than 10 percent of the vote. Instead, he won about 23 percent — more than any other candidate. He and Lasconi, who came in second with about 19 percent, will now face off in the election’s second round on December 8.

Many of Georgescu’s past statements make Trump wannabe George Simion’s positions look moderate by comparison. According to Politico, he has described the 1989 revolution that overthrew longtime communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu as a “coup d’état used by the West to steal Romania’s resources.” In 2022, he said that Nazi collaborator Ion Antonescu and Corneliu Codreanu, founder of the World War II-era fascist and anti-Semitic Iron Guard movement, were “heroes of the Romanian nation.” He has also expressed skepticism about vaccines and called climate change a “global scam that has nothing to do with reality.”

In 2018, Georgescu referred to Vladimir Putin as “a true leader” in a TV interview, and four years later, he referred to the Russian president as “a man who loves his country.” And while this may be the extent of his direct praise for Putin in public statements, there’s a lot for the Kremlin to like about his political positions.

For example, in 2021, Georgescu called a NATO missile defense shield in Romania a “shame of diplomacy” and said the bloc would not defend its members if Russia attacked. He has also called for ending Romanian aid to Ukraine and said that rather than creating its own foreign policy, Bucharest should look to “Russian wisdom.” On December 4, he told Reuters that he plans to ban transit of Ukrainian grain through Romania if elected. Asked about whether Romania would continue prioritizing defense spending in accordance with NATO benchmarks, Georgescu said, “This is ultra-secondary, I am not even interested.”

‘Romania first’

According to journalist Paula Erizanu, who covers Romanian and Moldovan politics, it’s likely not Georgescu’s praise of fascist leaders or admiration for Putin that won him the election’s first round. “Some of the far-right messages and the pro-Russian messages actually came as a surprise to people who voted for Georgescu,” she told Meduza. “Some influencers and ordinary voters came out after election day saying that they regretted their votes because they did not know about the extreme views. Others dismissed them as fakes, because Georgescu himself dismisses them and contradicts himself all the time, and still others just ignored these views and focused on the anti-system messages.”

Erizanu said that one of Georgescu’s most popular TikTok talking points had to do with Romania’s support for Ukraine. “Georgescu uses the same line as Russian propaganda across the West, which is that Romania has its own problems, so why should it help Ukrainian refugees, especially as some of them are really wealthy? Why are there Ukrainian males in Romania when they should be fighting in the war in Ukraine? And why is Romania giving weapons to Ukraine when this war is not Romania’s war?” she said.

These ideas likely resonated with voters in part because of the uncertainty and fear many Romanians feel as neighbors of a country at war. “I would say that the political establishment in Romania has not been communicative enough to the public about what the war in Ukraine means to Romania and how they can guarantee Romanian people that they will not be sent to the front line,” Erizanu explained.

On the other hand, she noted that Georgescu has vowed to introduce mandatory military service if he wins the presidency. “[He argues that] it supposedly ‘ennobles’ young men, but that doesn’t seem to scare Romanians off,” she said.

Outside help

Georgescu announced at the start of his run that his campaign would have “zero budget” and be run entirely by volunteers. On December 4, however, the Romanian authorities declassified intelligence documents indicating that at least hundreds of dollars were paid to TikTok creators to promote the dark-horse candidate.

According to documents cited by Politico, approximately 25,000 accounts made up a network “directly associated with Georgescu’s campaign and became very active in those two weeks.” Another declassified document says that the activity “could have been coordinated by a state actor.” While the documents don’t directly assert that Russia was behind the operation, they contain circumstantial evidence pointing to Moscow and note similarities between the TikTok campaign and Russian influence operations in Ukraine and Moldova.

Journalist Paula Erizanu said that while the documents don’t prove that Georgescu was in “collusion” with Russia, it’s difficult to see how he could be unaware of such a large-scale campaign. “This is, of course, what [Alexandr] Stoianoglo, the presidential candidate in Moldova, said when proof appeared that Russia was buying votes for him: he said he didn’t know about any of these schemes so he wasn’t guilty,” she told Meduza. “But of course, if something is done in your name in order to boost you, you should at least be worried about it if you’re not complicit in it.”

She also noted that Georgescu’s messages “seem to align with Russia’s funding into anti-vaxxer, conspiracy theories, and extremist content in the Romanian language.”

The shocking election results had aroused suspicion even before the intelligence documents were declassified. On November 28, Romania’s Supreme Council of National Defence announced that a document analysis had shown that an unnamed candidate in the presidential race “benefited from massive exposure due to preferential treatment granted by the TikTok platform.” This prompted the country’s Constitutional Court to order a recount of votes. On December 2, the court validated the votes and confirmed Georgescu’s lead.

The same day, Vladimir Putin joked about the recount, saying: “The authorities didn’t like one of the candidates, so they decided to recount the votes.”

‘Agents of chaos’

A Georgescu victory in the runoff election could be bad news not just for Ukraine and NATO but also for Romania itself.

“At the moment, analysts are talking about Romania turning into a sort of Hungary or Slovakia with Georgescu in power, and that would mean not getting E.U. funds, which are critical in order to keep Romania’s economy going,” Erizanu told Meduza, adding that Romania currently has a large budget deficit.

At the same time, she noted, it’s difficult to predict what Georgescu’s skepticism of international institutions would mean in practice. “It’s not clear whether Romania would actually withdraw from the E.U. or NATO,” she explained. “Just like we can’t predict what Trump will do once he comes to power, it’s unpredictable, to a large extent, what Georgescu will do if he comes to power. These are agents of chaos.”

In any case, according to Erizanu, Georgescu becoming Romania’s president would almost certainly give Moscow reason to celebrate. “There is so much information, including the declassified intelligence documents, showing that Russia was behind Georgescu’s campaign, so we can basically foresee Georgescu withdrawing support for Ukraine and becoming a kind of unfriendly neighbor to Ukraine and pursuing Russian agendas within the E.U. and NATO,” she said.

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UNIT 1. DEVELOPMENT

MODULE 1 | SOCIETAL PROBLEMS

OBJECTIVES

After completing this module, you should be able to: 

1.  Enumerate the social problems associated with underdevelopment; 

2. Describe these problem conditions; and 

3. Establish trends when appropriate.

Read the Prologue and Chapter 1 of your textbook, Introduction to Development Communication. Perform the following activities:

ACTIVITIES

Activity 1.1

Determine the unemployment rates of the past ten years from National Economic Development Authority sources. Plot the rates on a two-dimensional plane with the x-axis representing the years. Connect the points with a line. Is the unemployment rate increasing or decreasing?

The unemployment rate decreased from 2014 to 2023. It started at 6.8% in 2014 and it slowly went down til it peaked at 5.4% in 2023. 2020 saw a significant spike in the unemployment rate at 10.3%. It reached an all time high of 17.60% in June of the same year. This increase can likely be attributed to the Covid-19 pandemic where many businesses closed down in the Philippines because of the lockdown. “The Philippines economy suffered a deep recession in 2020 due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, with GDP contracting by 9.6% year-on-year. This was the largest annual decline ever recorded since National Accounts data series for the Philippines commenced in 1946” (Biswas, 2021).

Aside from the lockdown, the lack of information and misinformation regarding Covid-19 made people anxious. People were afraid to go out. Many retail establishments were forced to close. Household consumption expenditure fell by 7 .9% y/y. Gross capital formation declined by 34.4% y/y. Accommodation and food services fell at 45.4%. Export fell at 16.3% y/y. The only saving grace of this was the OFW remittances which remained stable, going down by only 0.8% y/y, an equivalent of 10% of the GDP (Biswas, 2021).

2021 saw a slight improvement in the unemployment rate. Many businesses tried to evolve by changing their business models to adapt to the demands of the times. Innovation means the creation of new jobs. The unemployment rate went down to 7.8%. With the rollout of vaccines in March 2021, the economy slowly opened up. By 2023, the unemployment rate went down to a record low of 3.6% and is projected to close this year at 4.0%.

Activity 1.2

Listed below are 3 societal problems requiring statistics that need yearly updates. For each of these problems associated with underdevelopment, research the figures for the past 10 years. Draft 3 graphs like the one you drew in Exercise 1 for unemployment. Do not forget to cite your references.

Low Food Production

illiteracy

Spiraling National Debt

From 2014 to 2023, food production in the Philippines faced challenges largely due to factors like limited agricultural resources, climate vulnerabilities, and policy issues. The Food Production Index, which measures changes in the production of agricultural products, indicated stagnation or limited growth over several years. This stagnation was influenced by rapid population growth, which outpaced food production capacity, and periodic natural disasters impacting crop yields and fisheries.

In 2019, the implementation of the Rice Tariffication Law (RTL) allowed for greater rice imports to stabilize supply and prices. This move was essential as local production couldn’t keep up with demand, although it led to mixed outcomes for farmers who faced increased competition from imports​​​​. Additionally, the pandemic and the Ukraine-Russia conflict disrupted supply chains, further complicating local food security by increasing costs of inputs like fertilizers and animal feed​​​​.

As of recent data, rice self-sufficiency dropped to around 81.5% in 2021, and production in other areas like livestock and fisheries also showed declining self-sufficiency rates, signaling that the Philippines still heavily depends on imports to meet food demand​​. For specific production statistics, the Philippine Statistics Authority's OpenSTAT portal provides detailed annual data on food production trends by commodity.

The illiteracy rate in the Philippines has shown a significant decline over the years, with the most recent figures indicating it was below 1% in 2021. This improvement highlights the country's efforts in expanding access to education and implementing literacy programs, especially in rural and disadvantaged regions. Despite a slight increase in illiteracy around 2017 and 2019, the trend has remained downward, reflecting a strong commitment to enhancing literacy even amid socio-economic challenges​​​​​​.

Factors Contributing to Literacy Improvementsare the following:

Education Initiatives: The Philippine government has implemented various education programs, including the K-12 Basic Education Program, which has helped make education more accessible and compulsory.

Alternative Learning Systems (ALS): The ALS program has provided education opportunities for out-of-school youth and adults, aiming to improve literacy among those who cannot attend formal schools.

Community Learning Centers: There has been an increase in community-based literacy programs and learning centers, especially in rural and marginalized areas.

Increased Funding and International Support: Both government funding and international aid have supported literacy programs and improved access to educational materials.

Here's a table showing the growth in the Philippines' national debt from 2014 to 2023. The figures are derived from the Bureau of the Treasury, the Department of Finance, and other economic sources. Debt has seen a notable increase over this period, especially following the COVID-19 pandemic due to stimulus spending and borrowing.

This rise in debt reflects efforts to counteract economic slowdown during the pandemic and support infrastructure projects. The Bureau of the Treasury and the Department of Finance highlight managing this debt sustainably as a priority, given the economic impact of rising global interest rates and inflation on the country’s finances.

REFERENCES

Biswas, R. (2021, April 9). Philippines Economy Hit by Rising COVID-19 Wave. S&P Global; IHS Markit. https://www.spglobal.com/marketintelligence/en/mi/research-analysis/philippines-economy-hit-by-rising-covid19-wave-apr21.html?fbclid=IwY2xjawGaf3VleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHV7PmENcqCXe01blW9YDqXhUdlIfMZeVyFDECZgL99WE5De86ZjoIlIEew_aem_djj0Mr-XxjeCCRXt4aMvCA

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Liposome Drug Delivery Market Analysis by Opportunities, Sales Revenue, Emerging Technologies, Segmentation, Future Plans and Growth Rate To 2030

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Liposomal Doxorubicin

Liposomal Paclitaxel

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Middle East & Africa (South Africa, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Rest of MEA)

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Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited

Novartis AG

Luye Pharma Group

Ipsen Pharma

CELSION, Inc.

Gilead Sciences, Inc.

Astellas Pharma, Inc.

Johnson & Johnson Services, Inc.

Acrotech Biopharma, Inc.

Pacira Biosciences, Inc.

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Restaurant Point of Sale Terminal Market - The Biggest Trends to watch out for 2023-2030

Restaurant Point of Sale Terminal Industry Overview

The global restaurant point-of-sale terminal market size was valued at USD 22.26 billion in 2023 and is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8.0% from 2023 to 2030. Due to temporary closures and a decline in dine-in customers, the COVID-19 pandemic influenced the restaurant industry's business. While adopting POS for contactless payments, the development of digital ordering channels enabled businesses to escape the harsh realities of the pandemic.The effective administration facility of modern Point-of-Sale (POS) terminals, as opposed to manual systems or traditional cash registers, supports the rising demand for them. Functions of the POS system include sales analysis, inventory management, customer feedback, and personnel management analysis, which are propelling the market's expansion.

The effective administration facility of modern Point-of-Sale (POS) terminals, as opposed to manual systems or traditional cash registers, supports the rising demand for them. Functions of the POS system include sales analysis, inventory management, customer feedback, and personnel management analysis are propelling the market's expansion.

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To maintain business operations, the restaurant POS terminal functions include billing, recording sales data, payroll management, and inventory control. Restaurant owners can manage sales tax reporting and measure their monthly and annual revenues by tracking daily sales and inventory data which is recorded in the POS system. Therefore, installing fixed or portable POS systems can lessen the amount of time spent on repetitive, manual operations like registering sales and creating tax reports. To produce regular updates and prepare sales reports, the Client Relationship Management (CRM) software integration in the POS system also automatically retrieves customer information. Thus, the additional benefit of putting in a POS system to extract data on client preferences and sales patterns is anticipated to boost market growth.

To boost product demand, restaurants must enhance their business processes. As a result, restaurant owners have applied point-of-sale systems to run further effectively by cutting down on billing time, keeping track of order completion times, and avoiding order errors at peak period. All country's major cities serve as the centers for dining establishments, coffee shops, breweries, nightclubs, and pubs, where people frequently gather with friends, family, and coworkers for socializing or business meetings, respectively. Thus, to provide a pleasant eating experience, restaurant workers must maintain efficient order and billing facilities. During peak times, a POS system works to control the back-end setup for a seamless front-end operation. A growth in the number of dine-in restaurants, nightclubs among others will promote to the market growth over the next few years. The impact of COVID-19 will result in a short-term obstacle; however, the market will soon hit recovery with large-scale vaccination programs. 

The restaurant POS terminal market growth plummeted due to the COVID-19 pandemic that forced people to stay at home and avoid outside activities. Although the online ordering system helped many restaurants to keep the operation on track, the revenue loss led to the declined sale of new POS systems. As the countries such as China, Japan, South Korea, the U.S., Russia, the U.K., Germany, and other countries are recovering from the pandemic and have fully operated restaurants, the POS vendors are adding new features to help restaurants adapt to the challenge of dining. In 2022, the restaurant sector is expected to revive and boost the demand for mobile POS terminals across various types of restaurants.

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The global industrial and commercial LED lighting market size was valued at USD 51.37 billion in 2023 and is projected to grow at a CAGR of 10.2% from 2024 to 2030. 

The global architectural lighting market size was valued at USD 9.52 billion in 2023 and is anticipated to grow at a CAGR of 7.8% from 2024 to 2030.

Key Restaurant POS Terminal Company Insights

Some of the key players operating in the market include NCR Corporation, and Oracle Corporation.

NCR Corporation provides mobile and electronic payment solutions to the hospitality and retail sectors. The company specializes in offering POS software applications, store and restaurant management applications, and back-office inventory management solutions to the restaurant and hotel chains. The company delivers a range of hardware solutions, including self-checkout kiosks, barcode scanners, order and payment kiosks, printers, and peripherals to restaurants, retailers, sports venues, and entertainment and foodservice companies.

Oracle Corporation is engaged in delivering Point-of-Sale (POS) solutions to retail and hospitality industries globally. The company provides a range of solutions to businesses, including inventory management, reporting and analysis, loss prevention, gift and loyalty, and table reservations. Oracle Corporation offers Simphony First Edition, a hospitality management platform service that helps in managing back-office systems and financial analysis of the business.

Toast, Inc., and Revel Systems are some of the emerging market participants in the restaurant point-of-sale terminal market.

Toast, Inc. is a provider of various end-to-end platforms built for restaurants of all sizes. The platforms help increase revenue, improve operations, and delight guests. The company provides a single platform of software as a service (SaaS) products and financial technology solutions. These offerings provide restaurants all the necessary things they need to run their business across operations, point-of-sale, digital ordering and delivery, marketing and loyalty, and team management.

Revel Systems is an iPad-based point-of-sale system provider. It offers the most mature, cloud-native POS platform. The company’s portfolio includes products and solutions in POS, delivery management, open API, employee, kitchen management, enterprise management, cash building, online ordering, self-service kiosk, and payments. The company offers POS solutions for business types such as Quick-Service POS System, Restaurant POS System, Retail POS System, Pizza POS System, and Coffee shop POS System.

Key Restaurant Point of Sale Terminal Companies:

The following are the leading companies in the restaurant point of sale terminal market. These companies collectively hold the largest market share and dictate industry trends. Financials, strategy maps & products of these restaurant point of sale terminal companies are analyzed to map the supply network.

Aireus Inc.

Dinerware, Inc.

EposNow

LimeTray

NCR Corporation

Oracle Corporation

ParTech, Inc

PAX Technology Limited

Posera

Posist

POSsible POS

Revel Systems

ShopKeep (acquired by LightSpeed)

Snack POS

Squirrel Systems

Toast, Inc.

TouchBistro

Upserve, Inc.

Verifone Systems Inc.

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Pediatric EMR Software Market: Global Industry Analysis and Forecast 2023 – 2030

Pediatric EMR Software Market Size Was Valued at USD 49.65 Billion in 2022, and is Projected to Reach USD 82.29 Billion by 2030, Growing at a CAGR of 6.52% From 2023-2030.

Electronic Medical Record (EMR) software for pediatric care is specifically designed to meet the unique needs of healthcare providers who work with children, infants, and adolescents. These systems offer features tailored to pediatric medicine, including growth tracking, vaccination schedules, age-specific developmental milestones, and specialized templates for pediatric assessments. Comprehensive patient profiles including age, gender, weight, height, allergies, and family medical history. This information is crucial for pediatricians to provide accurate and personalized care. Integration with immunization registries and automated reminders for vaccination schedules. Pediatric EMRs often include built-in decision support to ensure adherence to recommended vaccination protocols.

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