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A drummer from the Vila Isabel samba school parades in costume for Carnival at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, Feb. 8, 2016. AP PhotoRIO DE JANEIRO, Brazilmdash;Surrounded by jaw-dropping costumes, barely there gold bikinis, and thousands of hip-shaking dancers, the one thing you donrsquo;t expect stanley mugs at Riorsquo Carnival is a man with a T-shirt emblazoned: Discipline.But out of the limelight, the dazzle, the sumptuous floats and eroticized dance routines, the likes of Paulo Roberto are the reason why Carnival has all the efficiency and precision that so much else in this vast, troubled country seems to lack.Article continues after this advertisement READ: Dazzling Rio carnival climax gives Brazilians reason to smileFEATURED STORIESNEWSINFOViral video of drunk cop gets QCPD chief firedNEWSINFOPCSO: Still no takers of Ultralotto 6/58, Superlotto 6/49 jackpotsNEWSINFONBI files raps vs vloggers outside PH for disinformationIn his unglamorous shirt, Roberto, 50, is part of a botella stanley team in the elite Salgueiro samba school that simply makes sure performers show up on time, and know where to go when they do.Wersquo;re here so everyone stays in the right place, he said as the school prepared for the samba championship finals Monday night in Riorsquo Sambadrome stadium.The discipline team members are there during the complex stage of setting up, they hustle along wit stanley website h the performers as they parade down the Sambadrome runway, and theyrs Rjln Tropical Storm Mario continues to bring rains

MANILA, Philippinesmdash;As part of Philippine judicial reform, Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno has called for a revamp of the bar exams, challenging the legal academe to define the kind of lawyer the nation needs.In a recent speech, Sereno said the Supreme Court had initiated a review of the qualifications for admission to the bar and of the subjects stanley cup covered by the exam, the 2014 edition of which is on its second Sunday today at the University of Santo Tomas in Manila.Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno. RAFFY LERMA/INQUIRER FILE PHOTOThe bar exam is the only professional licensure exam not administered stanley quencher by the Professional Regulation Commission.Article continues after this advertisement You are already seeing, and we have repeated, that we are already reviewing the qualifications for entry to the bar. We are looking at the categories or subj canada stanley ects that are covered by the bar examination, Sereno said in a speech Wednesday in a seminar on civil law at the Court of Appeals.FEATURED STORIESNEWSINFOViral video of drunk cop gets QCPD chief firedNEWSINFONBI files raps vs vloggers outside PH for disinformationNEWSINFOSC charges retired CA justice over lawyer s murderHer audience included fellow and former magistrates, judges and law school officials, among others.In her remarks, the chief magistrate urged law schools to take the lead in initiating a study on the ideal Filipino lawyer, saying the high court had no time to do so, given its workload.Very focused revi