Roach on Pacquiao training: 'One of our best camps ever'

ABS-CBNnews.com Posted at 11/14/2014 11:19 AM | Updated as of 11/14/2014 11:19 AM


MANILA, Philippines – Trainer Freddie Roach is very satisfied with how Manny Pacquiao's training camp has progressed with just over a week to go before the Filipino boxer defends his WBO welterweight belt against Chris Algieri in Macau.

Pacquiao spent the entirety of his training camp in his hometown of General Santos City, and aside from a brief break to play basketball in the PBA, it has been smooth sailing for the "Pacman" and his team."

"It's a great training camp, one of the best we've ever had," Roach said. "From Day 1, it's been a great camp. Maybe one of our best camps ever.

" Roach reported that there have been "no problems whatsoever" during the camp and that Pacquiao's "fire" and "explosion" were present right from the start. "I love where Manny Pacquiao is right now," he said.

The trainer's primary concern now is getting the "Pacman" to slow down, as the boxer still wants to go full speed ahead even as Roach wants him to start tapering off. "I gotta worry about overdoing it right now," said Roach.

"He wants to go, go, go, and I want him to start slowing down and save for the fight." "We've already peaked right now, and we're maintaining it. We're going down in rounds, so the sparring is gonna be less and less," he added.

"We do have two more days of sparring left." "It will be more of going through the motions and going over the game plan.

" With Pacquiao in great shape and focused on his title defense, Roach doesn't foresee any problem on fight night. "He's 100 percent ready," said the trainer. "Algieri, you're over your head this time."

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Contaminated water could cause amoebiasis

Experts say that drinking unclean water could pose dangers of contracting amoebiasis, a disease capable of affecting a contracted individual’s bowel movement, possibly producing occasional to frequent bloody stools.

This disease is caused by the protozoan parasite Entamoeba histolytica. Oftentimes, amoebiasis is contracted by a person who consumes unclean food or water contaminated by the parasite.

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), amoebiasis is a worldwide disease prevalent in unclean areas especially among developing countries.

A person infected with amoebiasis could possibly experience diarrhea or dysentery.

Chronic amoebiasis, a more serious form of the disease, could take toll on the human body causing fatigue, weight loss and occasional fever.

The parasite could also transfer to other organs, known as extraintestinal amoebiasis.

According to Dr. Jill Buensuceso, an internal medicine expert, amoebiasis could be a long-term disease if neglected.

"Maiingest yun ng tao, sa loob ng tao nagiging cyst. 'Yun 'yung form na mahirap na mamatay at 'yun 'yung pwede magtagal, posibleng lifetime (Once ingested by humans, it could possibly form a cyst which is difficult to eliminate, and could possibly thrive inside the body for a lifetime)."

Experts add that unclean practices could contribute to the spread of the disease. For instance, people who contracted the disease have the Entamoeba histolytica parasites in their feces.

If they do not wash their hands properly, there is a possibility that the parasites could transfer to objects touched by the person.

To avoid waterborne diseases, DOH advises the public to always properly wash water containers, and ensure the cleanliness of a household’s water supply. The public must also undertake frequent sanitary measures to ensure safety.

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WATCH: Couple in zombie-themed wedding video

In Sunday's episode of "Rated K," newly-weds Paffu and Cyndee Camara explained why their wedding video showed them being chased by zombies in the streets of Manila. ---RATED K, ABS-CBN, November 2, 2014




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Global warming already causing widespread impacts

By Alister Doyle, Reuters Environment Correspondent

Posted at 11/02/2014 7:44 PM | Updated as of 11/02/2014 7:44 PM

COPENHAGEN -- Governments can keep climate change in check at manageable costs but will have to cut greenhouse gas emissions to zero by 2100 to limit fast-worsening risks, a U.N. report showed on Sunday.

The 40-page synthesis, summing up 5,000 pages of work by 800 scientists already published since September 2013, said global warming was now causing more heat extremes, downpours, acidifying the oceans and pushing up sea levels.

"There is still time, but very little time" to act at manageable costs, Rajendra Pachauri, chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), told Reuters.

He was referring to a U.N. goal of limiting average surface temperature rises to 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial times. Temperatures are already up 0.85 C.

To get a good chance of staying below 2C, the report says that world emissions would have to fall to "near zero or below in 2100." U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will help present the report in Copenhagen on Sunday.

The study, given authority by the approval of officials from more than 120 governments in a week of editing, will be the main handbook for 200 nations which are due to agree a U.N. deal to combat global warming in Paris in late 2015.

Renewables, nuclear

The report points to options including energy efficiency, a shift from fossil fuels to wind or solar power, nuclear energy or coal-fired power plants where carbon dioxide is stripped from the exhaust fumes and buried underground.

But carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies are little tested. In most scenarios, the report says "fossil fuel power generation without CCS is phased out almost entirely by 2100."

China, the United States, the European Union and India are top emitters.

Without extra efforts to rein in greenhouse gas emissions, "warming by the end of the 21st century will bring high risks of severe, widespread, and irreversible impacts globally," it said.

"Irreversible" could mean, for instance, a runaway melt of Greenland's vast ice sheets that could swamp coastal regions and cities or disruptions to monsoons vital for growing food.

"Fighting climate change is affordable...but we are not on the right pathway," said Ottmar Edenhofer, a German scientist who was a co-chair of an IPCC report in March about tackling climate change.

Deep cuts in emissions would reduce global growth in consumption of goods and services, the economic yardstick used by the IPCC, by just 0.06 percentage point a year below annual projected growth of 1.6 to 3.0 percent, it said.

"We must act now to reduce dangerous carbon pollution," said California Democratic Senator Barbara Boxer, chair of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, to avert risks to health, food supplies, water and infrastructure.

Environmental groups welcomed the report, including its focus on zero emissions. "This is no longer about dividing up the pie. You need to get to zero. At some stage there is no pie left for anyone," said Kaisa Kosonen of Greenpeace.

The report also says that it is at least 95 percent sure that manmade emissions of greenhouse gases, rather than natural variations in the climate, are the main cause of warming since 1950, up from 90 percent in a previous assessment in 2007.

The report draws on three studies about climate science, impacts ranging from crop growth in Africa to melting Arctic sea ice, and solutions to warming published since September 2013. It is likely to be the first document that policymakers read.

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