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                    [Title] => Thank you
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The ultimate gesture in giving gratitude is to say the two magic words: thank you. According to my research, the word "thank" came from the Old English word "pancian" which means to recompense or to reward for something done.

[DatePublished] => 2015-11-23 09:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136140 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1128727 [AuthorName] => Annie Fe Perez [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 809099 [Title] => How can Senate gauge betrayal of public trust? [Summary] =>

It used to be that elective executives could be removed under the old Local Government Code for “loss of confidence” by a majority vote of lower-echelon officials acting as a recall assembly.

[DatePublished] => 2012-05-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135304 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804858 [AuthorName] => Federico D. Pascual Jr. [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 805447 [Title] => Filinvest's South Peak offers a fresh perspective [Summary] =>

During these summer days, it is inevitable that one thinks of a sojourn to cooler destinations for a brief respite from the heat. With Filinvest’s South Peak community in Laguna, enjoying breezy weather all year round is now made possible.

[DatePublished] => 2012-05-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Real Estate [SectionUrl] => real-estate [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 787779 [Title] => UK experts find 7th-century teen buried in her bed [Summary] =>

Archaeologists excavating near Cambridge have stumbled upon a rare and mysterious find: The skeleton of a 7th-century teenager buried in an ornamental bed along with a gold-and-garnet cross, an iron knife and a purse full of glass beads.

[DatePublished] => 2012-03-17 06:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 787429 [Title] => UK experts find 7th-century teen buried in her bed [Summary] =>

Archaeologists excavating near Cambridge have stumbled upon a rare and mysterious find: The skeleton of a 7th-century teenager buried in an ornamental bed along with a gold-and-garnet cross, an iron knife and a purse of glass beads.

[DatePublished] => 2012-03-16 08:55:29 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 579832 [Title] => Don't worry, be happy [Summary] =>

To borrow a quote from Stephenie Geist, if worrying was an Olympic sport, I’d likely get a gold medal. And if not for the endorphins that my compensating sense of humor releases into my body like a performance enhancing drug, I think that I would have also suffered a worry-induced heart attack a long time ago.

[DatePublished] => 2010-06-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134560 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1777366 [AuthorName] => Tony Montemayor [SectionName] => Health And Family [SectionUrl] => health-and-family [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 17622 [Title] => The broadest band [Summary] =>

Planet Earth is such a weird habitat (“It’s a crazy planets” [sic] — movie sexpot) that only hand language retains integrity; all other signifiers change meaning. Evolution does that, it is said.

Take two simple words (in English): “broad” and “band.” 

[DatePublished] => 2007-10-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134575 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804845 [AuthorName] => Alfred A. Yuson [SectionName] => Arts and Culture [SectionUrl] => arts-and-culture [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 375335 [Title] => A Christmas Special: The meaning of Christmas today [Summary] => Let's learn the facts and discover its true meaning.

"Christmas" is derived from the Old English "Christes maesse" (Christ's Mass) in the 11th century.
[DatePublished] => 2006-12-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136017 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1771725 [AuthorName] => THEDANCE&THENSOME By Michaed Dax Barlaan [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Lifestyle [SectionUrl] => cebu-lifestyle [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 304375 [Title] => La Femme [Summary] => Femininity makes a glamorous comeback as fashion pays homage to all grown-up elegance. The prim and proper allure of Old World charm is reinvented in post mod ultra feminine flair. As heir apparents, fashion royalettes and ladies-in-waiting wonder in this modern-day age of innocence, all eyes celebrate the much awaited arrival of lady-like charm with a touch of class. Intensely filled with lingering feminine gestures, the delicate yet decadent conventions of period dressing capture the exquisite appeal of aristocratic elegance. [DatePublished] => 2005-10-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134845 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1806445 [AuthorName] => Luis Espiritu Jr. [SectionName] => Allure [SectionUrl] => allure [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 257283 [Title] => Expletive repeated [Summary] => I groaned last week when I re-read the column I had already sent in and noticed that I used the word "actually" twice in the first paragraph. As my friend Krip would be the first to note, "actually" is actually a Pinoy English mannerism, which we resort to more to fill up verbal space than anything else. Of course, it also sounds mildly impressive, as though you were actually saying something when you were not.
[DatePublished] => 2004-07-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135214 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804847 [AuthorName] => Butch Dalisay [SectionName] => Arts and Culture [SectionUrl] => arts-and-culture [URL] => ) ) )
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