Siemens said it intends to honor a controversial contract to supply signaling systems to an Australian coal mine, defying the demands of activists who said they will continue protests in Germany on Monday. The company will establish a sustainability committee that will have the power to stop or escalate projects, but the company will ultimately…
Before the 2019 is ending, This is How You Portrait a Muscle Adonis: Francesco Della Vedova Shot by Alisson Marks exclusive for Fashionably Male webzine.
To portrait an official Mister Universe IBFA you don’t need so much clothing, but you need to pick a good selection, just like Stefano did.
He picked brands like Luigi Veccia Archive from Archivi Mazzini, Dirk Bikkembergs, Christian Pellizzari, Huge Underground Business.
About Francesco
Professional bodybuilder who is known for competing in several International Federation of Bodybuilding competitions including the Junior Bodybuilding Championships where he took home first place. He shares photos from his competitions along with other fitness modeling shots with his over 116,000 Instagram followers.
He was featured as a model on the over of Beautiful Magazine in April of 2018. He is also known for having earned sponsorship from several fitness related companies including Atomic Sport Wear and JJ Malibu.
Ada berita, kapal Republik Rakyat Tiongkok (RRT) datang ke Laut Cina Selatan (LCS) di sekitar Natuna dan mancing ikan. Menurut Indonesia, itu adalah zona ekonomi eksklusif (ZEE) Indonesia, maka Kementerian Luar Negeri (Kemenlu) kita melayangkan protes keras. Eh, sehari setelah itu, Kemenlu RRT bikin konperensi pers, menyatakan bahwa RRT punya hak atas pulau-pulau dan laut di sebelah utara Natuna. Urusan jadi geger.
Jangan keliru, RRT nggak pernah mengklaim Natuna, lo ya. Natuna resmi milik Indonesia dan tidak ada negara manapun yang membantah, termasuk RRT. Yang diklaim oleh RRT bukan Natuna tetapi Nansha alias Spratly Islands. Ini merupakan kumpulan pulau dan karang kecil di LCS yang kepemilikannya masih jadi sengketa. Banyak yang rebutan, termasuk RRT, Vietnam, Taiwan, Malaysia, Filipina dan Brunei. Indonesia nggak ikut-ikutan. Ngapain?! Kita punya 17 ribu lebih pulau, itu aja sudah repot ngurusnya. Nah, karena tidak mengklaim pulau atau karang di LCS, Indonesia dikenal sebagai non-claimant state di LCS.
Sebenernya, ketentuan penguasaan laut oleh negara itu sudah jelas diatur oleh Konvensi PBB tentang Hukum Laut alias UNCLOS. Tentu masih inget pelajaran SD, SMP atau SMA bahwa negara berhak atas laut territorial (12 mil laut), zona tambahan (24 mil laut), ZEE (200 mil laut) dan landas kontien yang bisa lebih dari 200 mil laut. Lebar masing-masing zona maritim ini diukur dari garis pantai atau garis pangkal. Berita baiknya, semua negara di sekitar LCS sudah mengakui UNCLOS sebagai hukum.
Kalau semua negara di sekitar LCS sudah menganut UNCLOS, kok tetap aja ribut-ribut soal laut? Situasi di LCS memang rumit karena bentuk geografisnya berupa lautan setengah tertutup yang dikeliling daratan negara. Kalau biasanya kita punya daratan yang dikelilingi air laut, di LCS sebaliknya, laut dikelilingi daratan. Kalau semua negara itu mengajukan haknya atas laut pasti jadi runyam karena klaimnya mengarah ke satu titik yang sama di tengah. Tambahan lagi di tengah itu mereka bersengketa soal kepemilkan pulau/karang. Ambyarlah sudah. Perseteruan tidak bisa dihindari. Jadi, ketika semua negara ikut aturan UNCLOS saja, situasinya sudah rumit untuk diselesaikan. Apalagi kalau ada negara yang nggak ikut aturan. Pasti makin ambyar.
COUNTRY WITH THE MOST MISS UNIVERSE WINNERS 22 Nov 2019. (ENTERTAINMENT) The Country Venezuela and the United States (USA) have produced the most Miss Universe winners. Seven American women have taken home the crown since 1953. Olivia Culpo was the most recent winner from the United States, in 2012. Venezuela tied the […]
“Kugon” is a material similar to the one used to build a “bahay kubo”
Ningas Kugon is basically the tendency of Filipinos to get super excited about an idea a project for, maybe, one week or two, maximum few months. They lay a foundation then the wander off and lay another foundation.
So, it may occur, for example, that your Filipino wife wants to take you to the Philippines to live there for good and start a negosyo. She could even get you to invest some money there. Then she may change her mind and, perhaps, decide to stay in your Western country. After a while she may reconsider going to the Philippines for good. Then reconsider that again.
More often their not Filipinos don’t have a life mission and a clear vision. They undertake myriads of projects that easily fizzle out and never stick around.
If you marry a Filipina this may cost you unnecessary money. For example, about 15 years ago, my wife set up an eatery in front of the Bulacan Agricultural State College and turned the ground floor of her big house into some sort of hostel for college students, because we were supposed to move there for good. Since then there has been an alternation of moments in which she wanted to follow through on that project and moments in which she seemed to be more interested in staying here in Italy and (after 15 years) I don’t know yet what is going to happen.
The expression ningas kugon fittingly describes this Filipino trait: ningas basically means fire while kugon is basically the material used to build the roof of a bahay kubo which is, essentially, cogon grass, a type of material that kindles very easily and brightly and, after a short while, it extinguishes.
We in the Western world are generally more inclined toward making long-term plans and following through on those plans while, as I’ve just said, most Filipinos are the exact opposite.
So, if you are interested in marrying a Filipina, one of the many things you have to take into account is the fact that making long-term plans with a Filipino wife might prove to be extremely difficult.
The mindset that I have chosen to operate from, to deal with this and other aspects of the Filipino culture, that are difficult to accept from a Western standpoint, is acceptance (which is, by the way, one of the pillars of a thriving marriage according to many relationship experts).
As I keep repeating in my blog, Filipinos are the way they are and getting angry, pissed off and upset with them only creates friction and endangers the relationship and so the counsel I’d give to Westerners who are considering the possibility to enter this kind of relationship is to gather as much information as you can about the Filipino culture and mentality before embarking in this kind of relationship (and not make the mistake I initially made of assuming that I would figure things out down the road) and weigh very carefully if you are ready and willing to cope with the many traits of your future Filipino wife that are at odds with the Western ways.
Actress Iyabo Ojo is currently celebrating her 42nd birthday. Taking to her Instagram page to celebrate, the screen diva has released some stunning photos and we feel you need to have a look
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!!! I really wish I could scream my voice across the universe to show how happy of a Queen I am today… There have been many hurdles but today isn’t about so many words. It’s been a tremendous year for I have accomplished many of the goals that I set for myself. Your girl is 42 come click a glass with me for I am a woman who knows she’s a queen
Looks like 2020 will be a brighter year for Mutya Pilipinas! Something much awaited is about to happen. And it will involve Mutya Queen Tyra Goldman who was replaced last year by 1st Runner-Up Cyrille Payumo for Miss Tourism International (who actually won the crown in Malaysia) due to some restrictions of the Malaysian organizers. […]
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