Brainstorm 2018: An Inter-Medical School Quiz Show

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Once again, medical schools from all over the country are excited to buzz in to prove they are number one in this year’s Brainstorm: An Inter-Medical School Quiz Show.

This jeopardy-style quiz bee in basic and clinical medicine will be having its 27th run this March 23, 2018 from 5:00 to 9:00pm at the Midtown Atrium, Robinsons Place, Manila.

For 27 years, Brainstorm has provided a venue for the great minds from some of the country's most esteemed medical schools to showcase their aptitude in medicine in the spirit of a healthy competition.

The Mu Sigma Phi Fraternity and Sorority celebrates Scholarship Month 2018 this March to highlight the organization’s advocacy in promoting exemplary scholastic performance, passion in sharing knowledge and resources, as well as exemplifying academic skills and talents of future doctors all over Luzon and the Philippines.

Here is a brief rundown of exciting talks, quiz shows and events for the Scholarship Month:


Mu Scholarship Month Opening Exhibit | March 5, 2018

To officially start the Mu Scholarship Month, consultants, resident doctors and medical students of the Mu Sigma Phi Fraternity and Sorority gathered in a lively opening ribbon-cutting ceremony of the Mu Scholarship Month exhibit.


Alam Mu Ba Trivia Night | March 9, 2018

Now on its third year, Alam Mu Ba? is a trivia night for the brothers and sisters of the Mu Sigma Phi featuring general knowledge type of questions designed to test each other’s wits and acumen. Teams composed of medical students and doctors battle it out to emerge as the champion, all in the spirit of fun and kinship.


Excellence, Knowledge, Genius (EKG) | March 16, 2018

An inter-university quiz show catered to students taking up pre-medical courses. Undergraduates from different courses form groups of 3 and, together with their peers as support, join this scholastic endeavor. This aims to promote camaraderie among different medical professions.


Aklatang Mu Sigma Phi | March 17, 2018

A project which aims to bring literacy to the youth by building a public, free access library with the help of our local government and other organizations. This year, the team will continue this vision by providing text books and shelves to a local elementary school in Rizal.


Medico Media | February 24, 2018

At this time and age of modernization, the convenience of health information access via media comes with the increased danger of receiving misinformation, consequences which prove detrimental when dealing with the issue of health.

Medico Media aims to develop the skill of critical thinking among media consumers, to be able to recognize correct information from misinformation, and to be responsible media users for a healthier community.

One Championship Launches Global Kickboxing League

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The largest global sports media property in Asian history, ONE Championship™ (ONE), has just announced that it has established a professional kickboxing league that features the absolute best in local and international striking talent from around the world. ONE Championship Kickboxing aims to provide the world's best martial artists a prestigious global platform to showcase the beauty of Asia's striking arts such as Muay Thai, Kickboxing, Karate, Tae Kwon Do, Kung Fu, Wushu, Sanda, Silat, Lethwei, and more.

Chatri Sityodtong, Chairman and CEO of ONE Championship, stated: “Over the years, ONE Championship has earned its reputation as the Home of Martial Arts by showcasing the most exciting authentic martial arts action on the planet. Asia has been the home of martial arts for 5,000 years, and we will now showcase Asia's striking arts to fans from around the world. Featuring the best martial arts talent across the globe, ONE Championship Kickboxing aims to showcase Asia's striking arts front and center as part of our ONE Championship live events. As a fan, you will see an array of Asia's martial arts in action such as Muay Thai, Tae Kwon Do, Karate, Kung Fu, Lethwei, and many others.”

ONE Championship Kickboxing will launch in Manila, Philippines at ONE: HEROES OF HONOR on 20 April at the Mall of Asia Arena. Some of the warriors who have signed on with ONE Championship Kickboxing include top Muay Thai talents such as multiple-time Muay Thai world champions Petchboonchu FA Group, Nong-O Gaiyanghadao, Yodsaenklai Fairtex, Sam-A Gaiyanghadao, Singtongnoi Por Telakun, Dejdamrong Sor Amnuaysirichoke, Sagetdao Petpayathai, Kwankhao Mor. Rattanabandit, Yodcherry Sityodtong, and as well as international superstar world champions Giorgio Petrosyan, Fabio Pinca, Alain Ngalani, Regian Ersel, Sergej Maslobojev, and many others.

Sityodtong continued: “ONE Championship is dedicated to giving fans an authentic martial arts experience. We are proud to announce that the absolute best strikers in the world have chosen to continue their professional careers under the ONE banner. Fans will be treated to the most exciting kickboxing matches where the best face the best inside of both our ring and our cage. Some matches will be under standard international kickboxing rules in our ring, and other matches will be under modified hybrid striking rules in our cage. This is a game changer in the world of martial arts, and I am excited to kick things off this April.”

32-year-old Giorgio Petrosyan of Italy is known as one of the finest offensive talents in the world. Petrosyan began his professional Muay Thai career at the age of 16 competing between bantamweight and middleweight, winning multiple titles across each division. He sports a professional kickboxing record of 85-2-2, 2NC and is known for his incredible 6-year 42-bout win streak which is considered one of the most dominant reigns in middleweight history. Petrosyan will face Jo Nattawut in his ONE Championship Kickboxing debut in April at ONE: Heroes of Honor in Manila.

“Smokin” Jo Nattawut of Korat, Thailand is a 25-year-old kickboxing star from Atlanta, Georgia with a professional kickboxing record of 60-11-2. A Lion Fight Super Welterweight Champion and WMC Champion, Nattawut is known for his powerful elbow and knee strikes.  Nattawut will make his ONE Championship Kickboxing debut opposite global superstar Giorgio Petrosyan.

ONE Championship Kickboxing was created to showcase the adrenaline-pumping action of world-class kickboxing on the world’s biggest and most prestigious stage of authentic martial arts competition. Fans will be treated to an amazing evening of electrifying and compelling matchups, designed to showcase the purest form of world-class striking across all of Asia's major martial arts.

For more updates on ONE Championship, please visit www.onefc.com, follow us on Twitter and Instagram @ONEChampionship, and like us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/ONEChampionship.

Handy Tips to Improve the SERP Ranking of Your Joomla Site

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Webmasters managing Joomla sites need to appreciate the importance of continually tweaking SEO to consistently get better search page rankings in order to get a competitive advantage. Some practical and handy tips that will help to drive more organic traffic:


Ensure Faster Site Loading Speed

Joomla site managers will find it especially helpful to have the cache enabled.

Typically, Joomla pages are presented to the user by fetching components from different places of the site when a page is requested by a visitor. While the process takes a few moments when done the first time, the second time onwards, the page loading becomes faster as the information fetching process can be skipped if the cache is enabled.


Use SEO Plugins designed for Joomla Sites

The advantage of developing a Joomla website is that you can use plugins for virtually every function, including SEO.

According to a tayloright SEO consultant, while you will still have to get the basics of the site architecture and navigation right, you can use the Joomla plugins to identify areas that may be weak and block vulnerabilities that you may have never suspected to have existed. You have a very wide choice of plugins to select from.


Enable URLs That Are Search Engine Friendly

Often even though the page has valuable and original content, the search engine ranking may be less than impressive because Google or any other search engine may not be able to figure out what the URLs mean due to the presence of random codes in them. You can access your site’s Joomla Global Configuration and set it to “Yes” for both “Use URL Rewriting” and “Search Engine Friendly URLs” features.


Select WWW or Non WWW Version of Your Site 

Automatic redirection to a specific “www” version of your website does not happen with Joomla sites as is the custom with WordPress websites. Due to this, a canonical problem is created that has to be corrected manually by you by accessing your .htaccess file. The version you opt for does not matter, however, you need to disable one to eliminate needless confusion and prevent Google penalizing you for duplicate content.

Eliminate 404 Errors

The SEO performance of your Joomla website can be adversely impacted by 404 errors. This is because Google thinks that user experience is negatively impacted due to these errors. While avoiding errors is not feasible, you can go ahead with a 404 page that is aesthetically pleasing and will assist users to find the content that they are looking for. There are quite a few Joomla templates that have built-in 404 pages, however, be sure to review them to make sure that they add the desired value to your website.


Conclusion

When you have taken the trouble of developing and hosting a website there is no point in ignoring SEO as you will just be missing out on the potential traffic and its benefits. When you have a Joomla website, you can take advantage of its many features and third-party tools to boost your SEO.

Author Bio: Jennifer Chase is a Joomla website developer with a passion for blogging on SEO. She has worked closely with tayloright, a leading SEO agency, to tweak sites for optimum online visibility.