Finally, we have the complete collection of the ELearning Modules of the Coaches Academy of Samahang Basketball ng Pilipinas. Headed by Coach Jong Uichico, The Digital learning modules was produced by the basketball federation of the Philippines. As of today, there are ten videos that teaches several defensive and offensive skills and ideas.
Let me share them to you now and find out for yourself. Produced by the SBP for free, please share away. This isn't just for basketball coaches but also for PE teachers, parents and players as well.
Here is your quick guide to setting up the chess board in Eight Easy Steps:
1. Make sure you have the WHITE Square on your RIGHT.
2. Put the WHITE pieces on the RANKS 1 and 2.
3. Make sure you put the WHITE ROOKS on a1 and h1 while the BLACK ROOKS on a8 and h8.
4. Put the WHITE KNIGHTS on b1 and g1 while the BLACK KNIGHTS on b8 and g8.
5. Put the WHITE BISHOPS on c1 and f1 while the BLACK BISHOPS on c8 and f8.
6. Put the WHITE QUEEN on d1 and the BLACK QUEEN on d8.
7. Put the WHITE KING on e1 and the BLACK KING on e8.
8. Last step, put the WHITE PAWNS on the SECOND RANK: a2, b2, c2, d2, e2, f2, g2 and h2. You will put the BLACK PAWNS on the SEVENTH RANK a7, b7, c7, d7, e7, f7, g7, h7.
It's been 54 days since Luzon and other parts of the country was placed in Community Quarantine. I've gone full beard with regular haircut to full beard and skinhead and then crew cut to no facial hair at all.
In the last 54 days, me and my family has prayed the Holy Rosary together every five in the afternoon. During the Holy Week, we were able to pray Rosary in full, with Novena prayers to the Divine Mercy of Sister Faustina.
And it has been 99 days since the Philippines had its very first COVID-19 case courtesy of.......drum roll please, a 38-year-old Chinese woman from Wuhan, the origin of the disease. The woman arrived in Manila from Hong Kong on January 21.
And then:
February 2, 2020. Second case of COVID-19 in the Philippines. A 44-year-old Chinese male who was the companion of the first case. His death on February 1 was the first recorded outside China. He suffered from co-infection with influenza and Streptococcus pneumoniae.
February 5, 2020. Confirmed third case of 60-year-old Chinese woman who flew into Cebu City from Hong Kong on January 20 before she traveled to Bohol where she consulted a doctor at a private hospital on January 22, due to fever and rhinitis. Samples taken from the patient on January 24 returned a negative result, but the DOH was notified on February 3 that samples taken from the patient on January 23 tested positive for the virus. The patient upon recovery on January 31 was allowed to go home to China.
March 30, 2020. 128 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed on 30 March, compared to 343 cases on 29 March. 7 additional deaths reported on 30 March, and 3 on 29 March.
April 15, 2020. A total of 5,453 confirmed cases reported in the Philippines, 55% are male, with the most affected age group 60-69 years.
May 1, 2020. A total of 8,772 confirmed cases reported. 68.4% of cases reported from National Capital Region (NCR), followed by CALABARZON (13.3%), Central Visayas (7.6%) and Central Luzon (4.4%). The large number of cases in Central Visayas is attributed to several localized outbreaks in Cebu barangays and prisons.
And on Sunday, May 10, 2020, we will be celebrating Mother's Day. Let us all remember honor our mothers and all the mothers all over the world.
And in celebrating this very special day, let us remember Mother Mary, the Mother of God:
So how did you get in here? Were you directed from my YouTube video on Deadly Checkmate series? This video series I am making is based on the work on GM Murray Chandler "How to Beat Your Dad at Chess".
Here is the typical pattern for Anastasia's Mate:
After watching my video on Anastasia's Mate, it's your turn to look for the checkmate and practice what you've learned. Good luck!
Exercise 1:
Exercise 2:
Exercise 3:
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By now the #StayAtHome has become the call for prevention from an unlikely but fatal enemy, Coronavirus. Also known as Covid-19, it has spread to a number of countries around the world. The virus which was called as NCOV before the World Health Organization declared the infection as Global Pandemic mid-March, came out of China. You ask yourself "how many people died in China from Coronavirus?"
What is it like to stay home, be forced to distance yourself from other people while being paranoid from people about getting sick with the virus?
For one, it can be boring if you won't find a way to do something. Second, you will appreciate what you have in your life. We are bombarded with so many social media trends that for once you feel like throwing your phone away and never to pick it up until your sane enough to read through the negativity that emanates from your friends' shout outs.
Where do we go to for all the noise this world is giving us?
I have my own sanctuary, Family prayers.
Every night at six, since March 15, my family has prayed the Holy Rosary. In two days we will be celebrating Palm Sunday and I really want to catch that Sunday Mass TV. Next week is Holy Week and this will be the first time since 2005 that I wont be able to do my Visita Iglesia. #SocialDistancing and #STAYHOME, because.
For every isolation and meditation, one asks the following:
1. Coronavirus prevention tips, which one must I follow?
2. How can I prevent coronavirus? 3. Is it airborne? Various sources give differing asnwers.
4. How do I make a facial mask?
5. Sanitizer gel, how can I make one?
6. Where can I buy disinfectant sprays?
These are some of the random questions you get to ask yourself. I still have lots of 'em:
7. What are the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) Online courses that can take?
8. Will we get our share from the Landbank allotment of Php 10-B Emergency loan to LGUs?
9. The so-called social amelioration program of the government, when will it start?
10. With all the chaos happening, how can we move forward and live a peaceful life?
I have some answers:
Gabbi Garcia and Khalil Ramos starts fundraiser for corona virus frontliners. Feel-good news for a world that's been broken by personal agendas and politicking. Nairobi and her gang is back today on Netflix. Go ahead and binge-watch!
Do you want peace or war? These are the guys at the forefront of every debates, arguments and unfriending: Duterte. Robredo. DDS. Yellow-tards. Bong Go. Governor Remulla and Laguna Governor.
In Hollywood, we have Trump, New York and the rest of the United States of A getting sick and not knowing how to recover.
In China, they've got the solution to every problem, and the answer to every question. And the whole world is pointing fingers at them for spreading this virus. While everyone is getting sick, China is buying, building and bullying weaker economies and nations.
Department of Social Welfare and Development must be at the center of every transaction to help people in dire need of food, housing and support. But how can you be effective when you have not expected any of these? And you haven't been preparing for anything like this?
Watching live streams of news from local news TV, one gets to realize one thing: the world as we know it is over. From news casting, to learning with Zoom as one's platform and watching the Baranggay Tanod do their rounds at 8 PM to the tune of The Purge, everything has changed and we either adapt or perish.
So will you be doing the Seven Churches Visit via the Internet? Whats the weather like in your area? Here in Cavite, it's frying hot.
Yes, schools have closed and so are the businesses and services that we once hated for duping all of us into the economy of living. The NBA season is never coming back and si is the Candidates Matches of FIDE, the world governing body of Chess.
Do you know of a place where there is no corona virus?
Do you know of a school that operates like before?
Is there cure for this sickness?
So what's news?
I have run three chess tournaments online with my players from different schools.
I have uploaded chess videos over at my channel.
I'm sleepy now. I'll be back next Sunday, hopefully, refreshed from a week of praying and fasting.
Holy week 2020 is here and I'm officially logging off.
