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Quakes, typhoon, and predictions

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I'm uncertain if there is already a scientific technology that can predict earthquakes.  What I know is that there is already online information and maps showing where the quake faults are. Those who attempted posting information are simply regularly documenting and mapping where quake happened, its magnitude, and the impact to the communities and effects to geographical topography. Any prediction logically seemed harry-potter. They assess quakes along with serious consideration of the movement of the earth, its gravitation with other planets, and relation to the moon and sun.   Someone maybe educated people to duck, drop, cover, and hold. But that is not enough as a simulation respond when the catastrophe actually happens. It must be approached with clarity of minds, faith, and to remain focus and objective on what to do during disaster, including the need to quickly rise from trauma so that you can immediately assess where to start picking up from the damages.  But typhoon is pre

Of sex workers in time of pandemic

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( A note after watching a report from a local radio station in Cagayan de Oro which interviewed a prostitute or a sex worker talking about her life and difficulties in times of pandemic.) Beyond the narratives of income generated by sex workers in Cagayan de Oro, including minors who were forced by circumstance to become prostitutes, are stories of risks, physical harm, untold discrimination, lack of education, and psychological abuses. I am uncertain if it's logical to approach prostitution as a simplified health issue, which may connote condescending tolerance of an ancient practice of sexualizing women because there is lack of opportunities for them to live and earn with dignity. Many years ago, when I was a law student, during semestral break, I used to visit a high school best friend who worked at Davao city's assessor office. From her desk, I saw several beautiful women, who'd passed through her office toward another office, whom she said will get a medical certificat