Friday, February 12, 2021
Does Your Lifestyle Allow for Generosity?
Do not exploit the poor because they are poor and do not crush the needy in court, for the LORD will take up their case and will plunder those who plunder them. Proverbs 22:22-23
William Borden was born to a wealthy family, but when he was challenged by a friend at Princeton University, he gave away his millions. Years later he wouldn’t even allow himself the luxury of a car, when he rode through the teaming streets of Cairo, Egypt on a bicycle. His desire was to reach people at their level, and he did just that. His motto: No reluctance, no regrets, no retreat.
In all probability you won’t arrive at this kind of lifestyle overnight. It may be a slow journey from the hills of suburbia to the inner city where people are hurting, or from where you are to a simple path of service. Rarely does a person wake up and say, “I’ve been living for myself and I’m going to get rid of the big house, the expensive car and go live in the slums, working with the poor.” But at some point a wise person is forced to consider God’s will and purpose for his life. I hasten to say that God deals with each of us on an individual basis, and what may be OK for some is not necessarily OK for others.
Take, for example, Renny Scott. Haven’t heard of him? Probably not, but Scott said it’s time we began to look at the needs of our world in light of the trust of our possessions. Scott is an Episcopalian priest, and during his first stint in a parish, he began wrestling with the issue of materialism and how much is enough. He said, “I just couldn’t resolve the tension of living in a peaceful bedroom community while hell on earth was all around us in the form of hunger and poverty.”
He went to Africa with a World Vision group, which was the beginning of involvement with the needs of other people. He sold everything and went to Africa–right? Wrong! But he did move into the inner city where he lived, and began thinking about those who were less fortunate than he. That was the second step. Then he took a church, a struggling one with a congregation of about 50 which met in a school cafeteria. A year later he invited a Ugandan pastor to speak about the genocide which was taking place in Uganda under Idi Amin. The pastor borrowed the story of Jesus with the loaves and fishes and challenged the people to do what they could.
Afterwards a deacon suggested they give the entire Sunday morning offering to help. Scott swallowed hard because that meant his salary was included. Eventually, Scott and his wife, Margaret, came to grips with their lifestyle and did something which I have challenged many to do: put a cap on your lifestyle and say, “This much and no more”; and everything above that was given away no matter how much they received. The little church of 30 people grew into a body of people which averaged over 1800 in attendance and matched money given for buildings with money given for missions.
Then Renny Scott took on a new challenge: that of helping homeless people find housing which is affordable. Scott said, “I had to pause and ask myself what I would want to be doing if Christ returned today. And I found myself answering from Matthew 24 and 25. I needed to take my talents and invest them in the poor, the sick, and the naked.” Hats off to Renny Scott who discovered there is more to life than a good income.
Can anyone afford to be indifferent to the needs of others when the very example of Jesus dictated drawing a line somewhere and saying, “This much and no more”? You are the one who has to answer for your choices.
Resource reading: Proverbs 22:17-29.
https://www.guidelines.org/devotional/does-your-lifestyle-allow-for-generosity/
Duterte checks new military air assets
President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday inspected 23 newly-delivered air assets for the military.
The new aircraft include a C-130H cargo plane, six S70i Blackhawk utility helicopters, six A-29B Super Tucanos, six Hermes 900 Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and 4 Hermes 450 Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. These "will play an indispensable role in safeguarding our nation," said Duterte.
"Our efforts to strengthen our military have been vital in ensuring that we are able to fulfill our sworn and shared duty of protecting our sovereignty and safeguarding the welfare of the Filipino people," the President said in a speech before troops.
Duterte has approved the acquisition of 15 more helicopters for the military after a Vietnam war-era chopper crashed in a southern province last month killing several soldiers.
https://news.abs-cbn.com/video/news/02/12/21/duterte-checks-new-military-air-assets
After shutdown, My Only Radio returns as MOR Entertainment
Eight months after its radio broadcast was forced shut, My Only Radio For Life, or MOR Philippines, is set to return with a rich library of digital content as the newly rebranded MOR Entertainment.
MOR Entertainment will feature daily, live programs on Facebook and Kumu, podcasts on Spotify, and exclusive content on YouTube starting Sunday, February 14.
Well-loved DJs and hosts from MOR 101.9 and their nationwide counterparts will continue interacting with Kapamilya viewers.
MOR fans can look forward to programs hosted by Chico, Chinaheart, Kisses, Nicki Morena, Onse, and Popoy from Manila; Ateng Jeri B, Erick D, Bong Bastic, and Tito Son from Luzon; Daddy Sarge, Jacky G, Macky Kho, and Master James Spider from Visayas; and Betina Briones, David Bang, Kokoy, and Mary Jay from Mindanao.
The signature show “Dear MOR” is due for revival, and will be joined by new offerings like “Good Time To,” “kumuKokoy,” “MOR Barkadahan,” “Lagot Ka Kay Medem,” “143 For Life,” and “MOR Playlist” that cover lifestyle, showbiz, relationships, and of course, music.
Viewers can access MOR Entertainment through its channel on YouTube; @MORe on Kumu; “Dear MOR” on Spotify; and MORe Manila, MORe Luzon, MORe Visayas, and MORe Mindanao on Facebook.
MOR Philippines had broadcast on radio with different stations across the country until mid-2020, when a congressional panel voted to reject the network’s bid for a fresh broadcast franchise.
The country would keep Barangay FM as the sole FM radio network.
Religious activities in GCQ zones eased starting Feb. 15
By Ruth Abbey Gita-Carlos
The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) has relaxed the restrictions on religious gatherings in areas placed under general community quarantine (GCQ) beginning Feb. 15, Malacañang announced on Friday.
“Specifically, religious gatherings in GCQ areas shall be allowed up to 50 percent of the seating or venue capacity,” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque, also acting as IATF-EID spokesperson, said in a press statement.
The easing of restrictions came ahead of the country’s observance of Ash Wednesday on Feb. 17.
At present, a 30-percent and 50-percent seating capacity for religious activities are allowed in areas under GCQ and modified GCQ, respectively.
Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles, co-chairperson of IATF-EID, said Wednesday the existing health and safety protocols will be followed in the observance of Ash Wednesday, which marks the start of Lent.
Instead of the traditional marking of a cross on the forehead, Catholic prelates just sprinkled the blessed ash on the penitents’ heads last year as part of the preventive measures against the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19).
Catholic faithful will be allowed this year to burn palms at home and use the ashes to sprinkle on family members on Ash Wednesday, according to the Archdiocese of Manila’s Circular No. 2021-05.
The circular also authorizes parishes that will have difficulty finding old blessed palm branches for this year’s Ash Wednesday to use dried leaves of plants or trees as an alternative.
Traditionally, the palm branches blessed during the previous year’s Palm Sunday mass are donated by parishioners to their parish.
The Vatican’s Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, in a Jan. 12 note, directs priest to say the formula, “Repent, and believe in the Gospel,” or “Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return,” once to all the present devotees rather than to each person.
The note also provides that the priest should cleanse his hands, put on a face mask, and distribute ashes to those who come to him, if appropriate, go to those who are standing in their places.
Ang Dating Daan televangelist passes away at 73
By Ferdinand Patinio
Ang Dating Daan televangelist Bro. Eliseo "Eli" Soriano has passed away. He was 73.
"It is with deep sadness, yet with full faith in the Almighty, that we announce the passing of our beloved and one and only Bro. Eliseo "Eli" Soriano - a faithful preacher, brother, father, and grandfather to many," according to a post on the religious group’s Facebook account on Friday.
Soriano's cause of death was not revealed.
"The life story of Bro. Eli is an open book to many of us. We are witnesses to his dedication and tireless efforts to propagate the undefiled words of God in the Bible,” the statement read.
According to the religious group, Soriano’s work started as a preacher in Guagua, Pampanga. He then went to Brazil and other western countries.
“His fame and reputation of being the most sensible preacher of our time has gained international attention,” it said.
The religious organization assured that the programs and projects started by Soriano would continue.
The radio program “Ang Dating Daan” started airing in 1980. Three years after, it was launched on television.
Metro Channel sked (February 12, 2021)
6 am - Good Morning Hong Kong
8:30 am - CMG New Year's Gala 2021
2:48 pm - Climate Change by Numbers
3 pm - Food: Delicious Science
4 pm - Chopsticks! Diversifying the World
5 pm - The Furchester Hotel
5:30 pm - Thomas & Friends
6 pm - News
6:10 pm - Flower China
6:30 pm - TV Patrol
7:30 pm - Scoop
8 pm - Innovation Nation
8:25 pm - 101 Easy Japanese
8:30 pm - Britain's Got Talent
9:25 pm - 101 Easy Japanese
9:30 pm - Get Rich
10 pm - Finance at 10
10:30 pm - Nature Wonder Land
11 pm - The World Tonight
11:30 pm - Studio 930: Season of Love:La La Land
1:40 am - News Roundup (Pearl)
1:55 am - Weather Report and Earth Live and Today In History
2 am - Entertainment Tonight
2:30 am - Innovation Nation
2:55 am - CHINA 24
3:45 am - Market Overview
3:55 am - Fireplace
‘2022 elections to forge ahead, COVID or not’
The Commission on Elections gave assurances Thursday the 2022 national elections would push through even if the threat of COVID-19 remained.
Comelec Chairman sheriff Abas said the Comelec had set the filing of Certificates of Candidacy from Oct. 1 to 8, 2021.
“The May 2022 elections – which would still be automated – will definitely push through. It is Comelec’s mandate to conduct the May 2022 elections. It will push through. The commission is busy preparing,” the poll chief said.
“While the pandemic may not be over by next year and health and safety protocols still to be followed, the elections will push through. In fact, we already have the calendar of activities,” Abas said.
Voter registration for the polls is ongoing and will end on Sept. 30, 2021.
Meanwhile, the campaign period for the March 13, 2021 Palawan Plebiscite has officially started, the Comelec said.
In Resolution No.10687, the Comelec set the Information and Campaign Period from Feb. 11 to March 11,2021.
A total 490,639 voters in Palawan, except Puerto Princesa City, are expected to participate in the plebiscite for the ratification of Republic Act No. 11259, said Comelec Director Teopisto Elna.
Some 8,877 public school teachers will man 2,959 polling places, while 487 support supervisors will serve as marshals in voting centers, Elnas said.
Prohibited acts during the Information and Campaign Period are the removing, destroying, or tampering of lawful plebiscite propaganda; appointment or hiring of new employees, creation of new positions filling of new positions, or giving of salary increases, remuneration, or privileges; construction of public works, delivery of materials for public works, and issuance of treasury warrants or similar devices; release, disbursement, or expenditures of public funds; raising of funds, thru dances, lotteries, cockfights, etc.; and use of armored/land water/aircraft.
For her part, Senator Imee Marcos has called for the swift passage of a law on early voting to complement the government’s mass vaccination program and ensure the smooth and safe conduct of national elections next year.
Marcos, who chairs the Senate committee on electoral reforms and people’s participation, said the roll-out of vaccines alone was “no guarantee that the 2022 elections would not become a multiple, super-spreader event.”
“Planning for elections has become more complicated due to the pandemic,” said Marcos.
"As our committee report shall be completed shortly, may I urge President Duterte to certify the urgency of passing an early voting law and make a smooth and safe transition of leadership part of his legacy,” Marcos added.
She said the delay in passing such a law denied the Commission on Elections ample time to plan pandemic-related measures and fix a proper budget to put them in place.
“Run-throughs may be needed. Haphazard preparations and resulting voter confusion will undermine the legitimacy of the elections,” the senator added.
Marcos filed Senate Bill 1104 in October last year to allow early voting for senior citizens and persons with disabilities (PWDs) but said she intended to include health workers, military and police personnel, poll watchers, and the media when the bill is taken up in the Senate.
“Expanding the list of groups eligible for early voting will reduce crowding on election day and further mitigate the health risks in next year’s polls,” Marcos explained.
“Moreover, new voting precincts that will accommodate fewer people will need to be created and new voting venues identified, to comply with social distancing and other safety protocols,” the senator added.
Arrangements for about 400,000 Filipino seafarers as well as voters returning to the provinces amid the differing quarantine protocols of local government units will also need to be settled, she also said.
Marcos expressed optimism that the “sluggish registration of new voters” would also improve before the September deadline, if a law for early voting is passed.
In 2019, the Philippine Statistics Authority recorded more than eight million senior citizens and PWDs who chose not to cast their votes than flock to polling precincts with the general public.
https://manilastandard.net/news/national/346809/-2022-elections-to-forge-ahead-covid-or-not-.html
Thursday, February 11, 2021
Righteousness Can’t Be Borrowed
The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender. Proverbs 22:7
Everyone admired his vast library. He had nearly 10,000 volumes. The man lived on a tiny pension. Then an enterprising librarian tried to trace down a book that had not been returned. In the house there were “books everywhere,” she said. She found the missing library book and also found an unbelievable number of other books which had been borrowed without permission from various public and private libraries and book stores. The librarian got her book all right, and five trucks and three police vans carted the rest away to return to their rightful owners. That is what you could call a rather extreme case of borrowing. But borrowing has become a real problem the world over.
All libraries have difficulty in collecting books. Valuable books are not lent to the public. Library restrictions are becoming harsher and harsher. But “borrowing” causes other problems in our economy. So many shopping carts and so many food items are “borrowed” from your neighborhood grocery shelves that there is a significant increase in your food prices to pay for the loss. Many neighbors and friends have difficulties over borrowing and their friendships are ruined. When you were younger, remember how irritated it made you when a younger member of your family borrowed a treasured possession of yours?
Borrowing is usually a bad practice, one to be generally avoided. The Psalmist says, “The wicked borrow and do not repay, but the righteous give generously” (Psalm 37:21). In Exodus when God is giving various laws and ordinances to His people He instructs them, “If a man borrows anything of his neighbor, and it is injured or dies, the owner not being with it, he shall make full restitution” (Exodus 22:14).
In Deuteronomy God told His people, “For the LORD your God will bless you as he has promised, and you will lend to many nations but will borrow from none. You will rule over many nations but none will rule over you” (Deuteronomy 15:6). It’s interesting to note that God’s chosen people Israel are in the lending and not the borrowing business.
Today, though, we strive to borrow far more than books and money. Some borrow righteousness, and there are several sources from which we borrow this. Some borrow it from their families. They cling to the spirituality of mothers or fathers, not understanding that God has no grandchildren. How often do we hear, “My mother was a godly woman,” or “My father was a godly man.” And somehow we think because of this heritage that we too are godly. Your father’s faith or your mother’s faith will not help you when you stand before God, unless you personally have embraced it and made it your faith.
Others attempt to make points with God through the right connections. They are the ones who attend church, or belong to the right civic group, who give to community causes. They are the ones who take a look at others in the neighborhood and say, “Man, I’m better than most people.” Though they never really say it, they think, “Hey, God write down all these good things I’m doing in your black book.” This type of “righteousness” just doesn’t work with God.
The Bible tells us that at the judgment men and women will stand before Christ expecting to be recognized, and He will say, “Depart from Me, I never knew you.” What a pathetic situation. How sad to end life with only tattered fragments of righteousness all borrowed, none of which are really your own. Jesus said, “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven” (Matthew 7:21). It’s still true today.
Resource reading: Matthew 7:7-13.
https://www.guidelines.org/devotional/righteousness-cant-be-borrowed/
Look: China Central Television closing song "Feeling Quiet" (1998-1999 version)
The China Central Television closing song "Feeling Quiet" (1998-1999 version) would be now used for the Philippines' private commercial TV network ABS-CBN's flagship station DWWX-TV Channel 2's signing off sequences.
This may not be the earliest ending song
Rest assured, nothing is impossible. News 30 on May 31, 1998 and TV Patrol on June 29, 2022 already gave the audience a sneak peek. Although only a few seconds.
Where is the video? Same request
Then help me describe the final background of the Great Wall, and thank you for watching goodbye.
The beacon tower is very close to the bottom of the screen, and above it is a dark night sky. "Thank you for watching, goodbye" is in bold, and each word is surrounded by a regular square. The interval between two adjacent characters is shorter than that of the 2001 Spring Festival.
Is there a juvenile version of "Thank you for watching goodbye"?
Not at that time, it was completely square in black.
Have you watched the closing song of CCTV around 2002 (referring to the second edition)
No, I only watched CCTV-7 at that time. Although I took the college entrance examination that year, I didn't make it to the end of CCTV-7.
Since it is the CCTV-7 version, is there a butterfly mark at the end? Did you watch it before the trial broadcast of CCTV-13?
There was no butterfly mark at the end of CCTV-7. At that time, especially before May 2002, there was not even CCTV-12, let alone CCTV-13.
Before the CCTV-13 trial broadcast, there is no butterfly mark for the ending song?
CCTV-7 is indeed gone, but one morning in 2007, I had insomnia. I turned on the TV just to catch up with the closing of CCTV-10. I didn't expect that CCTV-10 had a butterfly logo.
When CCTV-10 first started broadcasting in 2001, did it use the closing song for the first edition of 1998, and then it was changed to the closing song for the 99 edition?
No, it came up with the 1999 version, and CCTV-7 is the same.
Are there any morning songs and closing songs before CCTV-9 broadcasts 24 hours a day? (Refers to CCTV-9 in the previous English channel period)
I don't know, CCTV-9 on my side had not landed yet.
Do you think CCTV-9 (English channel) may have used the morning song and the closing song before it airs 24 hours a day?
It’s unlikely. Don’t forget the picture on February 17, 1998. It was almost 9 o’clock in the morning and it hadn’t started yet.
In addition, in the spring of 1998, CCTV-4 played the national anthem every day (except Monday) at 15:00, followed by an English promo and program preview, but it changed back to a Chinese program at 16:00. So I think there must be "ghosts" behind this.
Will CCTV-13 be broadcast 24 hours a day before it officially starts on July 1, 2003, or will it close every day?
Do you think the closing date on May 31, 1998 (that day is the last night of the Butterfly logo) will inform about the revision of the next day? (That was the last time c1c2 used the host to close the channel)
I think it is unlikely.
CCTV ending song broadcast time
- Integrated Channel (June 1, 1998 to October 1, 2004)
- Finance Channel (June 1, 1998 to August 24, 2009)
- National Defense Military Channel (July 9, 2001 to August 1, 2019)
- Science and Education Channel (July 9, 2001 to January 1, 2014)
Remarks: On October 1, 2004, with the revision of CCTV-1, the channel realized 24-hour broadcast and was disabled. On August 24, 2009, with the revision of CCTV-2, the main station’s CCTV closing song was suspended. Later, on November 24, 2009, CCTV-2 was completely broadcasted 24 hours a day and was suspended. From January 1, 2014, with the revision of the CCTV Science and Education Channel, the channel realized high and standard definition simultaneous broadcasting and was disabled, Starting from August 1, 2019, with the revision of CCTV 7 sets, the CCTV ending song of the main station has been suspended.
The first generation of opening song and closing song is mainly art
The closing song was broadcast for the first time around 1:00 on June 2, 1998 (on CCTV-1) and 2:23 on July 1, 2022 (on ABS-CBN).
Is the ending time of the broadcast of CCTV-1 from June 2, 1998 to September 30, 2004 and ABS-CBN and Studio 23 from June 30, 2022 to present, and CCTV-2 from June 2, 1998 to November 23, 2009? CCTV-7 from July 9, 2001 to August 1, 2019. Is the closing song of CCTV-10 provided by the editor-in-chief or edited by yourself?
That is to say, when 1 and 2 are changed to the third faction, by the way, the screen of the ending song is changed.
On July 3, 2000, The Economic Integrated Channel were changed to economic life service channel. At that time, the viewing guide for the closing song seemed to have changed. The editor-in-chief’s room provided a set of two sets of different promotional videos for each set guide.
Another question is that the Science and Education Channel started broadcasting on July 9, 2001. That is CCTV-7 was officially placed under the direct jurisdiction of the editor-in-chief's office. The beginning and ending of the song. Was the program guide at that time also broadcasted in the same batch of 7 arrangements?
CCTV-10 has used the same good morning and good night songs as CCTV-1, CCTV-2 and CCTV-7 since its launch. But in 2009 there was no simultaneous replacement with the seven sets.
Since it was not the editor-in-chief's office before, it's still the same as 3568, it's a goodbye
Type 1: August 9, 1999 to 2001
Program list style blue opaque background a half, and pressing rolling program guide screen. The ending station logo style butterfly logo + double-line square corner "CCTV", "Thank you for watching goodbye" is bold and thin.
Type 2: 2001 to April 30, 2002 (CCTV 1, 2)
On the basis of the above version, the font of "Thank you for watching goodbye" is changed to Variety Bold.
Type 3: From May 1, 2002 to April 30, 2003
The program list style is a transparent page-turning program list, the ending station logo style butterfly logo + double-line square corner "CCTV", "Thank you for watching goodbye" is the variety show bold.
Type 4: From July 31, 2001 to February 28, 2009 (CCTV-7), from May 1, 2003 to September 1, 2004 (CCTV-1), from May 1, 2003 to August 23, 2009 (CCTV-2)
The program list style is a transparent page-turning program list, the ending station logo style is double-line rounded corners "CCTV", and "Thank you for watching goodbye" is the variety show bold
Type 6: July 9 to 30, 2001 (CCTV-7's earliest closing song) and July 1, 2022
The formula is half a blue opaque scene, and a scrolling program list that squeezes the screen. The end of the black body is directly fine, "Thank you for watching Goodbye" (a similar version in early 1998 ended the end of the song, without any logo)
Normally, the clock only appears for 60 seconds, from 30 seconds before the station ID and a scheduled programming and lasts until 30 seconds past :00. But, in this closedown, the clock lasts until 02:01:00 Manila Time! That's why it's strange!
The sign-off of ABS-CBN is very long, shows the praying of the Holy Rosary, tomorrow's programming with a piano song followed by the playing of the country's national anthem, list of engineers and stations and test card.
The scenes: Musical instrument, White skirt dance, Fireworks, Violin appears
- The first edition of the 1999 version from August 9, 1999 to July 2, 2000 is enabled (white scrolling, no background, unknown ending)
- The second edition of 1999 version from July 3, 2000 to September 30, 2004 is enabled (the situation is the same as the video)
