tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48075196776459981352024-03-12T21:25:46.177-07:00Derivative Deductions and Integrated Inferences Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13253254389682040229noreply@blogger.comBlogger92125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807519677645998135.post-82078699587924393462014-03-22T09:39:00.000-07:002014-03-22T09:42:05.675-07:00The Start of Cameras<div style="text-align: justify;">
Photography can be considered as technology’s most creative way of sharing and documenting knowledge. This infographic shows the evolution of cameras from pure scratch to the advanced innovations we now have. Starting with basic concepts of the eye’s perception of light, we now belong in a generation of <i>selfies</i> and a society of quality filming.</div>
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Monica Tiongcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09802270109972439561noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807519677645998135.post-74459468355292623952014-03-21T07:21:00.001-07:002014-03-21T07:21:55.832-07:00TG6 Group Project: The History of Light<div class="issuuembed" data-configid="0/7185789" style="height: 340px; width: 525px;">
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif";">Imelda
Marcos has always been viewed as the most extravagant political figure the
Philippines had ever produced – warranting the word "imeldific",
meaning extravagant, to her name.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif";">As
the First Lady of the former dictator, Ferdinand Marcos, she enjoyed a certain
degree of power and authority. She organized a number of lavish public events
that cost millions of dollars in public funds. She also had a hand in
committees that promoted art, culture and literature, and had several
structures built for these undertakings, which then was not the real priority
of the state.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif";">As history shows, Imelda was indeed overly and
excessively indulgent in all her minute details life has to offer. She had a
vast collection of shoes, clothes and jewelries. She also traveled a lot to
other countries all at the expense of public funds, and ultimately, the
Filipino people.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif";">I couldn’t help but pity her and at the same time, feel
outraged, as I watched her defend their family’s atrocities to the nation. She
also showed some signs of mental instability with all the superstitious and
somewhat senseless beliefs she discussed and adhered to in the interview.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif";">Her answers lacked clarity and rationale, and was met
by laughter of the audience. Perhaps it was her refusal to believe that she and
her husband were indeed the villains in their regime, despite the glaring
proofs still evident in our present society.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif";">Maybe it was traumatic, even for her, to have
experienced and taken part in extreme cases of human rights violations, and these
atrocities still haunt her to this day.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807519677645998135.post-84705402954793067862014-03-20T08:07:00.003-07:002014-03-20T08:07:58.669-07:00The Rhetoric of Cancer: Live with it<div class="MsoNormal">
In the Documentary of the Rhetoric of Cancer with Andrew
Graystone, He defines what his rhetoric on cancer is. It is in contrast with
the usual way of cancer in which we define cancer as the “enemy”, a “monster”.
With these set in mind, we would say that those who have cancer are “battling”
it. Andrew Graystone’s rhetoric on cancer is to live with cancer and accept
these cancer cells like your own body. It’s been a norm that people comforting
cancer patients by encouraging them to be brave, to win the battle and to
survive. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I would
see two sides of a coin. The first would be fighting against cancer. The second
would be living alongside cancer. The former, as I interpreted Andrew’s words,
was something similar to personal struggles. It is something that you do
against yourself. You would fight yourself and living like that is something
anyone would not enjoy and it would mean struggling though life. As others say
“You are living the life if you are having fun”, Struggling through life’s the
opposite.<o:p></o:p></div>
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However,
that is not the only way we can speak of cancer and how to deal with it. The
latter as the main topic of the podcast was something optimistic. It is living
with what cancer is defined as an “enemy”. With this in mind, people with
cancer would just happily live their lives with cancer, not wasting any moment
on struggling against one’s self. Normal people are fortunate that they have
all the time in the world to enjoy life and to have fun. I cannot say that
people with cancer have a time limit, however with their condition, it is hard
to enjoy life and we cannot say when we are about to die. Personally, I have
met people who have cancer and I see them still smiling and enjoy their lives
to the fullest. I know all of us would want to live life without having
regrets. The biggest regret I could think of is not enjoying life. As I speak
for those people with cancer, I would impose a message to live life as
yourself, and not against yourself. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Just
live life with it.<o:p></o:p></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10133304382390352745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807519677645998135.post-22928868383474792562014-03-19T13:57:00.000-07:002014-03-19T13:58:51.126-07:00Autonomy<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">"Welcome
to the world, my son.” Dr. Newman exclaims, as he screws the last bolt into his
newly made robot atop his workbench.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Dr.
Newman is a renowned scientist for the Robotic Engineering of Genetic Grafters –
a euphemism for human-makers. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">In
the thriving and competitive community the world has become, humans had to find
ways to make their offspring better and more adaptive in responding to demands
for work efficiency amidst their actively growing economy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">One
great president was not enough. One great thinker was not enough. One great innovator
was not enough. Everyone had to be great. Everyone had to be the best thinkers.
Everyone had to be innovators.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">This
necessity ushered in the first generation of robotically manufactured humans.
They were superior in every humanly aspect and proved to be a successful
project. They quickly rose to key government and corporate positions and
brought radical change to their society. Soon after, many countries adopted
this technology and worked to improve it for the use of every family. Crimes, poverty,
discrimination, environmental issues and wars have just become century old stories.
There was social equality and justice in the thriving utopia the world has
become.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Dr.
Newman just finished working on “Sapien”, his newest genetic grafting robot,
whose processor has been modeled to his very own brain.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><br /></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">“Many
have expressed their concerns against your newest project, Dr. Newman. Are you
sure you have the necessary safeguards to prevent that model on not working in
favor of us?” Mr. Dwight, CEO of the Dwight Robotic Manufacturing Company, asks
with a hint of skepticism.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><br /></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">“Robotic
takeovers, zombie apocalypses, and whatnots were the crude scientific
assumptions of the future that our ancestors used to express with their old
films and their little flip-page reading materials. It’s the age of dynamism,
my friend. Aren’t we generation seventy-eight? Let’s show the world the
greatest innovation they’ll ever see before we retire.” Dr. Newman then reaches
out and pushes the button to start up the robot. “After all, in order to make
the best possible human, the creator must be highly familiar and sympathetic to
it.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><br /></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The
robot begins drawing the human organs and restructuring them. Mr. Dwight walks
out of the lab, leaving the doctor with his beloved creation.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><br /></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The
first sample human product of Dr. Newman’s machine instantly became a hit sensation
for the people. He proved to be the best in every field – a standout in an
already perfect bunch.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><br /></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Everyone
wanted to adopt a genetically grafted offspring from Sapien. Despite protocols
restricting products from being released into the market without having been
tested flaw-free until retirement, the company decides to lift those to give
way for the uproar on the demand for the products of the latest genetic
grafter.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><br /></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Generation
seventy-nine is seen to have a minor character flaw a couple of years before
the last of work-active members of generation seventy-eight will soon enjoy
retirement. They were unusually sympathetic to robots. Cases have emerged of
Sapien’s humans harming others, even their family, if they treat robots and
machinery badly or even just speak ill of them.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><br /></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Conflict
soon erupted between the old generation humans and generation seventy-nine
humans at the prime of their maturity. Old generation humans quickly scrambled
to manufacture weaponry and use their weapons to exterminate the new
generation. They were met with greater and more advanced technologies, as the new
generation repels them.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><br /></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">As
the third generation of Sapien’s creations are in production, the old
generation humans are left hiding and resorting to manual reproduction –
usually failing due to their artificial nature and old age.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Meanwhile,
in Dr. Newman’s old lab, a voice over his old workbench whispers, “Welcome to
the world, my son.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807519677645998135.post-20786161749754500672014-03-19T11:05:00.002-07:002014-03-19T11:05:49.873-07:00Which is preferable, to fight cancer or to live with it?: a reaction on The Rhetoric of Cancer<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The ‘Rhetoric of Cancer’ shown how different cancer patients and experts define cancer. Some says it is a “battle” or a “struggle” to fight for, and an “enemy” to eradicate. Others, including the main character of the podcast Andrew Graystone, vision cancer as something that is part of life for those who experience it; that it is a part of the body, part of their human process. He further said that living with it and accepting it, cancer, is better than treating it as a battle.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>These shows that language whether on what medium it may be it is always conventional, that different kinds of people interprets and see that thing in different ways depending on what and how they experienced such a thing, also depending on the level of awareness and knowledge they are taught.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Treating cancer as a part of some people’s body and to live with it is a positive attribute to oneself. This optimistically strengthens you and removes stress along your struggle because you being ignited with optimism, that this is part of the process of living, a normal struggle of life and there is nothing to fear with it. As what Graystone’s Christian theologian mentioned that being part of the process of life is to come and go, that we are meant to die at some time, and nobody is exempted to that, it’s just that there are who die earlier than the others, and so you don’t have to dread of experiencing it--the cancer. It might be the way nature or god or whoever it is wants you to end your journey in life, and end is inevitable, it is constant so there is nothing to be scared about having that disease. You have to live with it as what Graystone pointed out. Never stress out yourself by it because it,stress, might makes cancer severe. Go on with your normal way of living and when the time comes that your travel in this world is about to end then accept it. For me, why waste time on going too expensive treatments if at the end you will still die? Better live prosperously, and treasure the time left, make the best out of it so that when the time comes that you have to say goodbye you can say that you enjoyed your last moments in the world, that you never regret how you spend your last days, months, years, and moments in earth because you did things normally and never wasted it.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>You might say it is so easy for me to say thereafter because I have not experienced myself having cancer, that I don’t know what it feels begging for more minutes, more days, months, years to live. My stand on that is that I am not stressing that those with cancers must not look at it as a fight, that I am for with Graystone that you have to live with it, I also acknowledge visioning cancer as a fight and struggle. In life we share moments with people, and when we leave in the world we leave grief to those loved ones we have. They are the one who will mourn and not you, they will be the one who will tear and not you. The point is that fighting to overcome or postpone cancer is more than fighting for yourself but it corresponds to fighting for your loved ones as well. To fight against it doesn’t mean literally to defeat it for the rest of time but it could also be to hinder and stretch the time left. Perhaps its more on fighting against emotional frustrations that the illness may bring more than fighting physically.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Living with doesn’t mean you need not to fight for it, you have indeed need to fight for it. Fighting isn’t not just barriered on treating the illness but also hindering it, limiting its effect on yourself maybe by eating healthy foods so that by the time when the illness is too acute, severe, and is already malignant you are already prepared and your loved ones as well. Living with it and fighting it, the cancer, must go in both ways, they must be considered in the journey of having cancer.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>At the end it’s still the decision and interpretation of someone that will prevail. There are different ways as what I said earlier on defining things and so do language of cancer. You may treat it as a battle, as an enemy, or a part of normal process, it is up to you because you are the one who experiences it and not anybody else. The struggles, the pain and everything you feel are all felt by you and not by others. Deep inside there are things that only you could understand, and only you could feel that it becomes hard to explain. So whatever approach you have make it. But if you need advices and encouragements, better listen to the podcast ‘Rhetoric of Cancer’, it will help.</span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10142152349973570562noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807519677645998135.post-45540845945233023622014-03-18T07:49:00.002-07:002014-03-18T07:49:29.362-07:00The Imeldific Figure<div style="text-align: justify;">
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Maybe the history I’ve known was not precisely unbiased among the different faces of the Marcos regime, but I couldn’t still quite picture myself getting ever in their favor. We were made familiar of the human rights violations, mass slaughter and plundering cases during the Martial Law. Also, almost all, if not all, of the infrastructures established at the time were credited to the World Bank. The former dictator, his family, and his cronies even had a substantial amount from these projects. For getting hold of the legislature and judiciary businesses, the succeeding republics have wasted a big amount to pay for foreign debts. People not knowing about these could have been because Marcos also got hold of the media. This was the kind of politics the Philippines had experienced. </div>
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Through all the phases of his presidency, beside Ferdinand Marcos was his wife, the First Lady, Imelda Romualdez Marcos. An intelligent, responsible man marrying a beautiful singing lady appeared to have gotten the sympathy of many Filipinos. They were a perfect couple, some might say. True enough, Imelda has been his key to winning the elections. They campaigned together and Imelda has done things even beyond her role as the wife of the president. </div>
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Maybe it was her unfailing and almost unchanging readied answer to every Filipino’s doubt that made me hesitate to believe in her motives. Beauty was the absolute solution she would say for all of our national dilemmas. Just how does she expect beauty to solve problems when people are experiencing hunger, poverty? She would always say that beauty is the most important and should come first all the time. But has she thought of all those who can do nothing but to look up into her laced gown and feel the big difference between them? </div>
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She has lived an Imeldific life—extravagant, changing shoes everyday when there are kids who don’t even have a pair of slippers. Her obsession to beauty has paved the way to uncertainties of whether she managed to have a cultural center, a hospital built for the people’s sake or for her personal gratification. It was funny how self-conceited she was, giving away pictures of her faces to people. She may have thought too high of herself that she confidently speaks of how beautiful she was to have hundreds of suitors lining up. </div>
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Imelda has received diverse judgments from people, yet one thing I can conclude about her is her strength, her guts to withstand every turn they had to make as a family and she as a woman.</div>
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Monica Tiongcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09802270109972439561noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807519677645998135.post-82266993565711693722014-03-17T08:50:00.004-07:002014-03-17T08:50:39.628-07:00Imelda Romualdez Marcos <div class="Publishwithline">
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>My first
impression of Imelda Marcos was that she was wasteful in spending her money. In
my view, there no sense in spending money through those clothes, jewelry, and
shoes of hers. Also, I already knew that she holds her principle firm and steady
through any path. Having no idea of her jump start in life, the documentary
gave me a lot of information that made me think about the way I think about
her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was raised along the shores of
Tacloban. Before she became Mrs. Marcos, her name was Imelda Romualdez. After
some time, many admire her beauty in which she came in her teens. I was
astounded that her beauty took her far, which is comparable of what we have
today. I was curious to what brought her in the arms of Marcos because of her
place which is Tacloban that is far away from Ilocos (Marcos’s hometown). I was
not surprised as to why Marcos can’t get his eyes away from her. Eventually,
they married and after that, Marcos campaigned as president. This gave a huge
impact on the society because of him having Imelda also as a wife, not only did
it empower Marcos’s image but also his cast for votes. Imelda, as a woman in
her time, persevered in many places just to speak to people and to get their
votes on Marcos. This gave me an impression that she was selfless. With her
image, she outdid what a first lady would do. The responsibility she burdens to
herself was admirable to the Filipinos. It inspired me as well. While the
documentary was on going, she shared thoughts on her beliefs and principles about
peace, love and beauty. In my opinion, it is as if she made her own philosophy,
however I am not the one to judge, but almost everything she said in those were
interesting. <o:p></o:p></div>
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My
impression after the film changed my mind about her. She is such an influential
person, a responsible wife and a person that holds to what she believes in. The
only thing that bothered me is her philosophy in a book she wrote. The way she
connected apple to the Computer age of today was somewhat far from her
philosophies she spoke of before she said that last. <o:p></o:p></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10133304382390352745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807519677645998135.post-26015556723857400362014-03-16T02:28:00.000-07:002014-03-16T02:28:06.336-07:00UNFOLDING and LOOKING OVER THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STORY: an IMELDA ROMUALDEZ-MARCOS Documentary<div dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-e11daac4-ca33-6550-71d4-5b0fa234d94d" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> History, since the fall of the Marcos regime, had been telling us about the hasty and bad side of the former president’s administration. We are told and taught to hate the Marcos’ particularly the former and late president Ferdinand Marcos Sr.. All throughout for more than two decades, Philippine History had been biased on the Marcos’s regime story. I testify this bias happening in our history because I have seen this phenomenon wayback grade school and high school whereby in all books related to Philippine History everything told about the Marcos’ administration was a mess, a rotten, and a worse government. Not until college when I know about the good side of Marcos. And now I am neither of the two side.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> “Imelda Documentary” is a way of showing the other side of the great story of the Philippines, giving the chance for the Marcos’ side to clear out the allegations against them. The film featured the former first lady of the Philippines and now representative of one of the districts of Ilocos Norte, with participations of her friends, family members, journalists, oppositions, and many others, portraying their concerns and commentaries regarding issues that are related and linked to Imelda and Ferdinand and their dictatorship.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> In the film Imelda tried to defend herself from the accusation of being luxurious, and extravagant which accordingly as what others believe led to country’s debt. I, after had pondered on the issue of the jewelry collections of Imelda which others believed acquired through corruptions and that came from the country’s money, think that it is so insensitive to think that indeed those were from the government’s money. Come to think of it, even simple or common person can afford to make collections of things how much more Imelda which was the wife of the late Ferdinand Marcos Sr. who was one of the richest person in the Philippines during that time. The film as well shown failures that are clearly can be attributed as mistakes of the administration such as the construction of the Manila Film Center that buried number of laborers. In which I believe to be true. And there many issues regarding the Marcos’ administration that are worth thinking for, provided that both sides gave their stands on the issue in the film.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> I admired the film’s unbiased documentation, though there a lot more on side of Imelda, still it showed the both sides’ stands on those issues. It is a great first step on taking ourselves out from the isolation of the beliefs about Marcos and his administration which is what our history had been teaching us for almost three decades.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> The film showed different issues during the administration of F.M., issues concerning her wife and him as well. By letting the Marcos’ side to defend and the opposition to express their views and opinions on the matters concerned, the film indeed can be considered great, a great film to watch which will make you ponder which side to believe and which side to reject, without bias and one-sidedness on the issues being linked. It makes us open-minded because we are now not just dealing with one perspective in making our decision but two sides, giving us the power to choose and decide. With the film we are given the opportunity to think out of the pedestal on the issues concerning Imelda, F.M., and the Marcos administration.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">The film would be a great help to make people realize that we are fooled, that we are being taught one-sidedly, and that we are deprived of knowing the good side because we are detained in the belief that Marcos’ administration was a catastrophe to the country.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">Other than giving informations on the Marcos’ administration, the film also tries to convey to its viewers that we should be moving out of our traditional belief and try to figure out the both sides of the story so that your decision on that issue will be not bias and is much reliable.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10142152349973570562noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807519677645998135.post-16857682417573627182014-03-15T13:16:00.001-07:002014-03-15T13:16:30.524-07:00Running With Robots<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: .5in;">
I never really
liked Blade Runner, but I've been mulling it over and it's given me a newfound
appreciation for it. At first I only found the movie pretty, but I think, now,
I get the substance behind it.</div>
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The movie's is
set in a bleak future: polluted, dingy, and overcrowded. Those who can afford
it leave Earth for off-world colonies. There have been advances in technology,
but it's only accessible to those who can afford it. Everyone else makes do,
much like life now. Androids, known as replicants, do the work deemed unfit for
humans. Replicants gone rogue were taken care of by blade runners, special
forces dispatched to kill them.</div>
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When I watch
this movie, I’m reminded how creation breeds responsibility. Like different
technologies, we’re not necessarily responsible for what people do with them,
but we’re responsible for what they do. For example, we are responsible for the
pollution caused by cars but we’re not responsible for people crashing them.
The replicants created by the Tyrell Corporation are the same. I think the most
responsible thing he did was give his replicants a failsafe—their four year
lifespan. Otherwise he just let them run amok and let other people take care of
it. That said, I think the replicants are more than just a representation of
technology in this rapidly evolving age of zeroes and ones.</div>
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I thought it was
really important how retiring replicants was very violent. Retirement sounds so
innocuous, like one is merely deprogramming a replicant by flipping an off
switch. Instead, the way they shot it makes looks like you're murdering
someone. I thought that was really smart. In the movie, humanity can be
measured through emotional response. Replicants are said to have emotions,
though underdeveloped ones—but the ones we see are so human. They want to
extend their lifespan and live beyond the duties they were assigned upon
creation. It's like looking into a mirror.</div>
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<b>Cadiz, MTM.</b></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807519677645998135.post-7685035968248929792014-03-15T06:50:00.004-07:002014-03-15T06:57:09.446-07:00"Tears in Rain"<div style="text-align: justify;">
“I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched c-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time… to die…” </div>
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Blade Runner, being a well-known sci-fi thriller movie, has shown different phases of science and technology and how each has shaped the society we live in. The 1982 film directed by Ridley Scott depicted what the ‘future’ would be like: mega-corporations around the world manufacturing genetically engineered organic robots, much like humans, but are distinguishably different in many ways. </div>
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The film has successfully drowned me into the likes of becoming one of the people at that time or maybe even one of the ‘replicants.’ Sure enough, it would seem unfair for the part of the replicants to be created, but not to be destined to live for long the way they may wish to. Roy together with the otherNexus-6 models is a pitiful creature whose fate was pre-decided. But of course, he had the tendency to desire for more. And I liked how his desperation has been showed in the film through his actions which gave me goose bumps all the time.</div>
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I find the scene where Roy, literally removing Dr. Eldon Tyrell’s eye balls out, killed their creator, the genius behind the Tyrell Corporation, very thrilling that it was enough to deliver the message of how scary and dangerous the replicant really was. Blade Runner has just the right amount of suspense, drama, and science. </div>
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Also, the soliloquy I quoted in the beginning had the last lines of Rutger Hauer as Roy Batty. It was a very powerful end which justifies his role in the movie. What made it more amazing was the fact that it was an impromptu monologue improvised by the actor. Though I also find Harrison Ford’s acting exemplary as the main protagonist of the story, I found his role as Rick Deckard rather ordinary, with all those skills always expected from the lead character. With that, Roy’s character was the most remarkable for me because it was an extraordinary side of what comes with improvements in science and technological innovations. </div>
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Though these replicants may be products of science merely for corporate purposes and made to be terminated as well, they had the chance to be created to what they have become. Still, they had the opportunity to see what the world has to offer to them, even for a short while, and to go beyond worlds. That’s science.</div>
Monica Tiongcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09802270109972439561noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807519677645998135.post-43674651870775846772014-03-11T17:46:00.000-07:002014-03-11T17:46:23.458-07:00The Imeldifica: A reaction to the documentary “Imelda”<div class="MsoNormal">
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History has judged unfavorably against the Marcos clan.
Supposedly, they are known by the world as the dictatorial family who plundered
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Except that they aren’t. They aren’t in exile.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Some Filipinos, particularly those who came from the same
province of Ilocos in the North, or those who were down South, and some
individuals who reside in the capital Manila still support Ferdinand Marcos.
They believe that there was nothing wrong in what Marcos had wanted to do. They
believe that there was only an inherent flaw in the Filipino culture. One that
refused to be lorded over so explicitly. They believe also that the fault is
not in Ferdinand Marcos, but in the people he surrounded himself with, his
cronies.<o:p></o:p></div>
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This documentary makes that a plausible point. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The term “cronies” here is applied generally. There are the
cronies such as Gilberto Duavit, who owned and controlled the mass media
networks of the time. Fabian Ver who wielded the military police according to
Marcos’ bidding. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Beyond the names of his friends and his political allies
however, friends and allies could only go so far in arguing and being intimate
with a man. Surely, there must have been someone with the leverage to convince
Macoy to stop the atrocities and clear violations of human rights. Surely,
someone with a connection stronger than friends. As such, there may no greater accessory
to the crimes of martial law than his wife, Imelda Marcos.<o:p></o:p></div>
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This documentary bears the self-absorbed nature of Imelda
Marcos. This is exhibited with her giving away her photos of her face. Her
inability to go beyond the comforts of her status and know exactly the
grievances of her people – supposedly giving them places of culture instead of
a proper live to live. Her self-made philosophies of the true, the good and the
beautiful, as opposed to reading and recognizing the existing and
well-established philosophies of today. And most glaring of all – her apparent disgust
with intelligence, succinctly pointed out with her nice quote, “There is a line
fine between craziness, and intelligence.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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Yes, there may be. But perhaps Imelda Marcos is in the
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I wouldn't fault a supposedly smart man Ferdie to go crazy and do the things he did if he had such a wife.</div>
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the Deparment of Health in its website acknowledges that former senator and
former health secretary, Dr. Juan Flavier, was perhaps the most popular
Secretary of Health to ever have occupied the position. <o:p></o:p></div>
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He
hails from Tondo, the same locality of revolutionary leader Andres Bonifacio.
It may be argued further, that like the late Supremo, Flavier led a health
revolution in his own way, both as a health secretary and as a senator. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Education and first
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After graduating from Baguio
City High School, he continued his studies in the University of the
Philippines, later graduating in 1960 with a degree of Medicine from the
University’s campus in Manila.</div>
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Instead
of engaging in a lucrative medical practice as was the common choice for
individuals who wished to cash in on the hard work they have spent studying,
Juan Flavier joined the Philippine Rural Reconstruction Movement (PRRM), a
non-governmental organization (NGO) which focused on ameliorating the lives of
the rural dwellers with livelihood programs, health programs and free
education. <o:p></o:p></div>
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With a
goal to better serve his barrio people, he earned his Masters in Public health
from the prestigious Johns Hopkins University, which gave him new insights that
he employed as the President of PRRM and the International Institute of Rural
reconstruction, the international umbrella of the aforementioned organization. <o:p></o:p></div>
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His
anecdotes with the barrio people are well-detailed in his books, “Doctor to the
Barrios,” “My Friends in the Barrios,” and “Back to the Barrios: Balikbaryo.” Together,
these books speak a volume of his selfless dedication to public service in the
form of tangible health policies and practices. And for which would catch the
attention of Then-President Fidel Ramos, who asked him to be his cabinet’s
Secretary of Health. This is where he did wonders. <o:p></o:p></div>
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He led
the ailing Philippine public health care system, and reinvigorated it.</div>
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<span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Commanding experience and expertise
with public health care as a barrio doctor, he developed nation-wide policies
such as Oplan Alis Disease, which led to the World Health Organization
declaring the country as polio-free. Under the slogan “Let’s DOH it,” he called
for active participation of NGOs and the public alike with engaging
infomercials. He instigated Sangkap Pinoy, which incentivized food companies to
inject some of their products, yes even junk food, a set amount of vitamins.</span></div>
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<span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">He lead AIDS information campaigns,
even gave away condoms and other contraceptives, leading to then-Cardinal Jaime
Sin to refer to him as an “agent of Satan.” (Human Rights Watch, 2011) He
successfully transformed the Department of Health into a dynamic office, making
it the number one department in the Ramos administration. (Department of
Health)</span></div>
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<span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Because of his outstanding
performance in the Cabinet, he was asked to join the administration’s ticket in
the 1995 elections. Among the 12 winning candidates, he placed 5</span><sup style="text-indent: 0.5in;">th</sup><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">.
Among the 12, he spent the least amount of money, relying only on his name
recall, track record and reputation as a public servant.</span></div>
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There of course, is no
official designation such as “Senator of Health.” But his focus as a Senator is
no different from being a doctor. To
best characterize his three consecutive terms would be as a doctor of the
nation’s ailing health system. As a newbie senator, he never incurred an
absence.</div>
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<span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Some of the landmark legislations
he authored and sponsored are the Traditional Medicine Law, which focused on
the integration of indigenous-discovered medicine in the realm of mainstream
medicine. The Philippine Nursing Act, The Dangerous Drugs Act, the precursor of
the current Sin Tax Law, the Tobacco Regulation Act. After the corruption and
violence perpetrated by University of Santo Tomas Reserved Corps against one of
their own was exposed to the world, he introduced the National Service Training
Program, showcasing the other ways a Filipino youth could serve the nation
without taking up arms.</span></div>
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<span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Holistically looking at society and
realizing that the socioeconomic status of society affect people’s health, he
went beyond health laws and introduced these legislations: The Poverty
Alleviation Law, which formed the National Anti-Poverty Commission. The
Indigenous People’s Rights Act, the Anti-money Laundering Act.</span></div>
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<span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Although
admittedly spending less than other Senatorial candidates of the 2001
elections, he won reelection and most surprisingly, placed 2</span><sup style="text-indent: 0.5in;">nd</sup><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> among
his peers. Again, he won his last allowable term in 2004, finishing it in 2007.
If people voted people like him to Senate, there is hope to the country. And if
people like him were voted then, there’s still hope.</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span></div>
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Department of Health N/A. Biography of Dr. Juan flavier.
Department of Health website. http://www.doh.gov.ph/node/1281.html. March 4,
2014<o:p></o:p></div>
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Senate of the Philippines, N/A. Still “DOH”-ing It!. Biography
of Senators. Senate of the Philippines website. http://www.senate.gov.ph/senators/sen_bio/flavier_bio.asp<o:p></o:p></div>
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Flavier, Juan Martin, 1970. Doctor to the Barrios. New Day
Publisher. Quezon City, Philippines. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Flavier, Juan Martin, 1998. Let’s DOH it!: How we did it.
J.M. Flavier. Quezon City, Philippines.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Flavier, Juan Martin, 1978. Back to the Barrios. New Day
Publisher. Quezon City, Philippines.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Human Rights Watch, 2004. Sex, Condoms, and the Human Right to Health. Human Rights Watch. New York City, United States.<br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In the 31</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: super; white-space: pre-wrap;">st</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> of August 1939, a genius from San Nicolas, Ilocos Norte Philippines was born. He is the youngest of the four children of John Madamba Barba and Lourdes Cabanos.His name is the famous Dr. Jesus Ramon Cabanos Barba, a Filipino chemist that has PH.D. in Horticulture that the Philippines must be proud of. With a lawyer father and a mother who as well graduated in University of the Philippines, it cannot be denied that he got his talents and intellect from his parents. At his early stage of life, he took up his grade school in Sta. Rosa Academy and ranked as third highest over his fellow graduates when he graduated way back 1951. He continued his high school studies at University of the Philippines High School, obtained a BS in Agriculture degree Major in Agronomy or Fruit Production at UP Los Baños in 1958. He attained his Master’s degree in 1962 and Doctorate in 1967 at University of Georgia in USA and University of Hawaii respectively.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>He joined UP Los Baños in 1968. He received several research awards including TOYM (1974), UPAA Lifetime Distinguished Award (2004), IBM/DOST Science and Technology Award (1989), Gamma Sigma Delta Distinguished Award 919970, NRCP (1986), PHILAAS (2004). He owned patents in the Philippines 919730, Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom (recognized in all Commonwealth Countries), and United States of America. But he did not enforce these patents, now expired. (source: Science and Technology Post, Technology Generator, 2008)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>He received many awards and recognitions along his journey in life. Among those recognitions and achievements in life; what really made an impact to the world, to the society, and to the people is his contribution on mango farming and tropical tree physiology. He created the ‘flower induction technology on mangos’. A technology that enhances the production of mango fruits making the fruits available though it is not yet the season for mangos to bear fruits. Mango is one of the fruits that most people love to eat because of its palatable taste and high nutritive value. And making it available in the market for the whole year would be a great thing to deal on. With Mr. Barba’s research on the flower induction technology of mango together with other scientists, availability of mangos is now for real.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dr. Barba’s flower induction technology hauled mango from virtual neglect until 1974 to become Republic of the Philippines’ 2</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: super; white-space: pre-wrap;">nd</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> major fruit export valued at $60M and leader in Gross Value Added to Agriculture at P16B in 2007. (source: Science and Technology Post, Technology Generator, 2008)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The emergence of the discovery of mango’s flower induction technology helped and contributed greatly on Philippines’ economy. Aside from providing mangos to the world, it also added to the gross income of the country through the increase in the export of mangos. This technology is not only recognized and applied in the Philippines but also by some countries of the world. Moreover it is said that:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Philippines is now the world’s second biggest mango exporter (7.8% share) behind Mexico (41%) whose variety “Manila and its KNO3 flowering technology are both of Philippine origin. Flower induction is applied more aggressively in Mexico and Brazil. (source: Science and Technology Post, Technology Generator, 2008)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Dr. Ramon Barba, is a great man to be considered, a pride for Filipinos. He proves that Filipinos can be capable of becoming recognized throughout the world, that we got the talent and hence we can be globally competitive. He also ended the urge and demand of people for mangos any time of the year by making the seasonal fruit available anytime of the year.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>By helping the Philippine mangos export increase, Barba contributed a lot in supporting Philippine economy. A good economy makes a country stable and vigorous in facing problems of a country such as poverty and allows the government to perform well its duty to the people. Though there are still more that Philippines has do to obtain a much stable economy like other rich countries, still this little contribution of increase in the mango exports of the country is of much help and is well appreciated. With that I consider and recognize Dr. Barba as one of the great hero of the Philippines considering his great contribution on mango production.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>With his achievements in life and the achievements that he will soon succeed on as Dr. Barba continues his journey in life in researching, inventing, and innovating things related to agriculture and chemistry, his name will be greatly recognized not just in his own country, not by the people of his generation but throughout the world and by the future generations. I know he can do more, I believe in him because he made me so with his flower induction technology. His name will be marked in the history like other famous scientists throughout the world.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Bellis, Mary. 2014. “Ramon Barba- Filipino Scientist.” About.com Inventor.</span><a href="http://inventors.about.com/od/filipinoscientists/p/RamonBarba.htm" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">http://inventors.about.com/od/filipinoscientists/p/RamonBarba.htm</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. February 23, 2014.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Flower Induction.” Mango Information Network.</span><a href="http://www.pcaarrd.dost.gov.ph/home/momentum/mango/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=574&Itemid=117" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">http://www.pcaarrd.dost.gov.ph/home/momentum/mango/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=574&Itemid=117</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. March 9, 2014.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Filipino Scientist: Dr. Ramon C. Barba.” (2010). Filipino and Foreign Chemist.</span><a href="http://www.filipinoandforeignchemist.com/testament.php?chemist=7" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">http://www.filipinoandforeignchemist.com/testament.php?chemist=7</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. February 17, 2014.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Ramon Barba.” (2012). Wikipedia the Free Encyclopedia.</span><a href="http://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramon_Barba" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">http://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramon_Barba</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. February 20, 2014.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> “Technology Generator: Dr. Ramon Barba.” (2008). Science and Technology Post.</span><a href="http://sntpost.stii.dost.gov.ph/NewPOST/AprJun2008/technologygenerators/Dr_Ramon_Barba.htm" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">http://sntpost.stii.dost.gov.ph/NewPOST/AprJun2008/technologygenerators/Dr_Ramon_Barba.htm</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. February 25, 2014.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Vergara, Benito S. 2011. A milestone in Mango History. Mango World Magazine.</span><a href="http://mangoworldmagazine.blogspot.com/2011/11/dr-ramon-barba-recognized-for-lifetime.html" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">http://mangoworldmagazine.blogspot.com/2011/11/dr-ramon-barba-recognized-for-lifetime.html</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. March 9, 2014.</span></div>
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The Philippines has several possibilities to get clean and cheap energy. The tropical climate and the geological circumstances are responsible for three different energy resources: solar energy, natural gas and geothermal energy. In the Philippines, geothermal energy already provides 27% of the country's total electricity production generated in power plants. Worldwide, the Philippines rank second to the United States in producing geothermic energy. What made us reach this position we are in now? What started the geothermal energy development in our country? I think the better question would be, who. Let's find out.</div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03531404114766514912noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807519677645998135.post-79951147010408628522014-03-09T03:37:00.003-07:002014-03-09T03:37:46.432-07:00Dr. Paulo Campos: "The Father of Nuclear Medicine" in the Philippines<div class="MsoNormal">
All around the world, we have seen many scientists
contribute to their country and have made science, medicine and inventions
useful to our daily human lives. In our country, that is agricultural in
nature, we have also evolved from organic to Nuclear Medicine. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Among the most prestigious and
award winning researches include The Genetic Factor in Endemic Goiter, the
Cr-51 Tagged Red Cell Studies and the Observation on some Parameter of Insulin
Actions. All of these came from one man alone. He graduated in the same
university we are in, The University of the Philippines. He finished his doctor
of medicine degree here then he attended postgraduate studies at the John
Hopkins School of Medicine and Harvard School Medicine in the years 1953 to
1958. Then at the Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Medicine in 1958. He is the “Father
of Nuclear Medicine” here in the Philippines. He is Paulo Campos. (Sabater,
2006).<o:p></o:p></div>
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Born on the date of July 27, 1921
in Dasmariñas Cavite, was also known for establishing the first Radioisotope
Laboratory in the Philippines, Also the first Research Laboratory in the UP’s
(University of the Philippines) Department of Medicine, and the Thyroid Clinic
of the UP Philippines General Hospital Medical Center. He then established the
UP Comprehensive Community Health Program and Facilities located in Bay,
Laguna. (Sabater, 2006).<o:p></o:p></div>
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Dr. Campos was the president for
10 years in the National Academy of Science and Technology (NAST) and was
conferred a National Scientist in 1989 by the late president of the Republic of
the Philippines, President Corazon Aquino. Not only did he contribute much to
his alma mater, but also to his hometown where he was the founder of the
Medical Center Manila and the De La Salle University-Dasmariñas in Cavite and
the Emilio Aguinaldo College in Manila. <o:p></o:p></div>
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He
passes away at the age of 85 on the 2<sup>nd</sup> of June in 2006, due to
heart complications and diabetes mellitus, this resulted to multi-organ failure.
(Sabater, 2006).<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Dr. Paulo Campos, a visionary and
an eminent physician, was interested in the study of thyroid diseases and their
treatment using nuclear medicine. Through his efforts, the first radioisotope
lab with a scintillation scanner, a gamma well counter, a scaler, and several
monitors were established and made available at the John F. Cotton Hospital. As
a result, they were able to do thyroid studies, treat hyperthyroidism,
polycythemia vera and leukemia with P-32.” (Barrenechea, 2013)<o:p></o:p></div>
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Sabater, Madel. 2006 .National
Scientist Dr. Paulo Campos passes away at 85. The Manila Bulletin Online. http://web.archive.org/web/20070914101126/http://www.mb.com.ph/issues/2007/
06/05/MAIN2007060595261.html. March 6, 2014.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Barrenechea, Emerita. 2013. History
of Nuclear Medicine in the Philippines. World Journal of Nuclear Medicine. http://www.wjnm.org/article.asp?issn=14501147;year=2013;volume=12;issue=4;spa
ge=182;epage=182;aulast=Barrenechea. March 5, 2014. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">A BRIEF HISTORY OF
DEPRESSION<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Depression goes
way back to the times of the ancient Egyptians and Greeks. Back then,
depression was thought to be caused by the gods, at least until Hippocrates
came along. Hippocrates thought depression was due to an imbalance in
substances in the body. In the 1900s, Emil Kraeplin hypothesized mental illness
was related to the chemistry of the brain (much like Hippocrates) and Sigmund Freud
hypothesized it was due to childhood events and other relationships; both ideas
are correct.</div>
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In the 17th
century, a woman named Dorthea Dix took up the task of convincing states in
America to build asylums. Though some people were treated and discharged, the
majority were readmitted or never left. The asylums eventually fell into
neglect, and as such, the jobs for its upkeep and administration went to
unskilled persons. Though people still supported the idea that the mentally ill
be put away in hospitals, no one really lobbied for better facilities or admin.
Back then, most of the mentally ill were shipped off to these institutions
because living at home became difficult. However during the rise of medication
for these illnesses, living at home became easier for the mentally ill. Today, a combination of talk therapy (psychotherapy) and medication is usually used to
treat mental illness.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">AN OVERVIEW<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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There are
actually many kinds of depression but the scope of this paper will only cover
major unipolar depression (as opposed to bipolar depression, in which there are
also episodes of mania colloquially known as “highs”). Though symptoms vary
from person to person, the following seem to be very common: difficulty in
concentrating and decision making, overeating or loss of appetite, hypersomnia
or insomnia, loss of interest in activities that were once interesting, and
persistent anxiety and sadness.</div>
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Depression is a
persistent illness, but it is hard to say whether the number of people
afflicted by depression is growing, or whether people are slowly becoming more
and more aware of the condition and how to treat it. Currently depression is
still misunderstood in some circles because most people experience at least a
mild depression once in their lives. The problem is that some people equate
that mild depression to the more major forms, which are not as easily treated
or overcome. Depression is not just pessimism or choosing to be unhappy. It is
the inability to make that choice.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">THE ILLNESS
ITSELF<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="text-indent: 0.25in;">It has been observed in some depressives that they tend to go into a cycle of depression (recovery and relapse) which is governed the body’s biological clock. In the brains of depressives, there is decreased activity in the prefrontal cortex (responsible for decision making and strategizing) and the subgenual region. There is increased activity in the amygdala (involved in memory and emotional response) and the thalamus (controls motor function and sleeping). Other changes associated with depression include the imabalance in brain chemistry (notably the concentrations of serotonin, dopamine, and norepinephrine. Dopamine, serotonin, and norepinephrine were related to anhedonia, persistent grief, and psychomotor retardation respectively. It was also observed that drugs</span><span style="text-indent: 0.25in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.25in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.25in;">inhibiting Substance P (a neurotransmitter associated with</span><span style="text-indent: 0.25in;"> </span><i style="text-indent: 0.25in;">physical</i><span style="text-indent: 0.25in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.25in;">pain) could relieve symptoms of depression; the brain uses the same neurotransmitter for physical and mental pain.</span></div>
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Major
depression can be characterized by (but is not limited to) anhedonia,
self-injury (including suicide attempts), psychomotor retardation. The last
characteristic is probably what makes depression so crippling—simple tasks
suddenly become complex and difficult to accomplish. Again, since people assume
depression is equal to a little sadness, they might not understand how
debilitating it can be. As a mental illness, it can also be discriminated upon
by just being “all in your head” when in reality is has very strong biological
basis.</div>
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“Some catastrophic moments invite
clarity, explode in split moments: You smash your hand through a windowpane and
then there is blood and shattered glass stained with red all over the place;
you fall out a window and break some bones and scrape some skin. Stitches and
casts and bandages and antiseptic solve and salve the wounds. But depression is
not a sudden disaster. It is more like a cancer: At first its tumorous mass is
not even noticeable to the careful eye, and then one day—wham!—there is a huge,
deadly seven-pound lump lodged in your brain or your stomach or your shoulder
blade, and this thing that your own body has produced is actually trying to
kill you. Depression is a lot like that: Slowly, over the years, the data will
accumulate in your heart and mind, a computer program for total negativity will
build into your system, making life feel more and more unbearable. But you
won't even notice it coming on, thinking that it is somehow normal, something
about getting older, about turning eight or turning twelve or turning fifteen,
and then one day you realize that your entire life is just awful, not worth
living, a horror and a black blot on the white terrain of human existence. One
morning you wake up afraid you are going to live. […]<br />
That's the thing I want to make
clear about depression: It's got nothing at all to do with life. In the course
of life, there is sadness and pain and sorrow, all of which, in their right
time and season, are normal—unpleasant, but normal. Depression is an
altogether different zone because it involves a complete absence: absence of
affect, absence of feeling, absence of response, absence of interest. The pain
you feel in the course of a major clinical depression is an attempt on nature's
part (nature, after all, abhors a vacuum) to fill up the empty space. But for
all intents and purposes, the deeply depressed are just the walking, waking
dead.”</blockquote>
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—Prozac Nation</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">REFERENCES<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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1.
Muckenhoupt, Margaret, 2003. Dorothea Dix: Advocate for Mental Health Care.
United States of America: Oxford University Press.</div>
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2. Roy, Jennifer, 2005.
Depression. New York: Marshall Cavendish.</div>
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3.
Sapolsky, Robert. Stanford’s Sapolsky On Depression in U.S. (Full Lecture). <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOAgplgTxfc">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOAgplgTxfc</a>.
February 10, 2014.</div>
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4.
Wolpert, Lewis, 1999. Malignant Sadness: The Anatomy of Depression. New York:
The Free Press.</div>
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Wurtzel, Elizabeth, 1999. Prozac Nation: Young and Depressed in America. United
States of America: Replica Books.</div>
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2013. Samsung Galaxy S4 Specifications.Samsung Galaxy S4. http://www.samsung.com/global/microsite/galaxys4/. March 7, 2014.</div>
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2013. Samsung Galaxy S4 Features. Samsung Galaxy S4. http://www.samsung.com/levant/consumer/mobile-phones/mobile-phones/smart-phones/GT-I9500ZKAMID-features. March 7, 2014</div>
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still cuts taken from the drama "The Heirs" and "Dream High"</div>
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http://www.t-araworld.net/2012/04/tara-eunjungs-dream-high-to-be-aired-in.html&sa=U&ei=QsQbU_-dL8LkiAeKw4DgBA&ved=0CDEQ9QEwAg&sig2=RhE54NpAP_9DsuSck-CO3w&usg=AFQjCNGa-hPmicbdz3Qjns_VjoHsLgleBw. March 8, 2014</div>
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http://www.pinterest.com/pin/504755070707783191/. March 8, 2014.</div>
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http://www.dreamstime.com/stock-photography-attractive-woman-kissing-her-mobile-phone-image9840902. March 8, 2014</div>
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http://joonni.com/2013/09/10/countdown-to-the-heirs-d-29/. March 9, 2014</div>
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http://www.kpopstarz.com/tags/the-heirs. March 9, 2014</div>
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http://tomonz.blog.fc2.com/blog-entry-119.html. March 9, 2014.</div>
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http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/132774-android-4-1-jelly-bean-on-the-verizon-galaxy-nexus-video-and-how-to-guide. March 9, 2014.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02958939239928433160noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807519677645998135.post-73664117037473161232014-03-08T07:28:00.003-08:002014-03-08T07:28:26.479-08:00Imelda<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
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“It is not hard to be beautiful, because
beauty is natural.” I cannot remember if these were the exact words that Imelda
Marcos said but it definitely stuck to me. I found it somehow ironic that such
inspirational words can come from someone who thinks so highly and someone who
thinks of herself as everyone else’s inspiration. The video featured Imelda
Marcos herself, as she narrated her life story before and after Ferdinand
Marcos.</div>
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At first, the things mentioned
about Imelda were the things most of us already knew, like her enormous
collection of shoes, the infrastructures she built, the projects and programs
she headed, and many more. However, when it came to the part where they featured
the love story of Imelda and Ferdinand Marcos, when they interviewed different
people about it, I was surprised to find out that she was strictly regulated
and watched in Ferdinand’s house. It was said that her food was carefully
measured and rationed for her and her clothes were of only one size and she was
expected to fit in that size and that size only. I couldn’t imagine living a
life like that where it seemed like you’re treated as a puppet and not a human
being. Everything you do, everything you eat, everything you say, even the size
of the clothes you wear, is dictated by some higher power. I didn’t hear
anything bad from Imelda in her interviews though, she didn’t complain or anything
like that. Even though she didn’t complain, that wasn’t the way someone should
be treated especially a wife.</div>
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Another thing that came as a shock
to me was the fact that she was so proud of herself. I knew before that she didn’t
have much supporters but I only understood then why. In every interview she
had, I think she always said something to praise herself. One line that she
said that really annoyed me was the one where she said something like she
needed to be star, she needed to always
look good because the public needs a star, the public needs someone to look up
to. This seemed really unnecessary for me because why does she have to say
that? Why does she even have to think like that? She’s the one who puts herself
on a pedestal, she’s the one who showers herself with compliments. This only
made me think of her less. It is true that she was very beautiful in her
younger years, she was very talented and charismatic too, but for me,
personally, these are not enough to make up for the way she talks about herself
and the way she talks about the Filipino people. I agree with what she said
that beauty is natural, but I don’t think she knows that beauty is not only
measured on how you look, but also on how you act.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03531404114766514912noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807519677645998135.post-9094984991027535892014-03-07T23:57:00.001-08:002014-03-08T00:02:35.062-08:00The iPad<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> “How does somebody know what they want if they
haven’t even seen it?” This is a statement by Steve Jobs, the ex-CEO of Apple
Inc. In 2010, most people would have never asked for a device that is between a
laptop and a smartphone. But when Apple released the iPad, the millions of
consumers who saw it could not live without it. It opened up entirely new
categories of business applications. Steve Jobs did not build a better store
than his competitors. He reinvented the store. And this infographic shows the
generation that he created in the last 4 years.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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of the Electrical Engineering program of the University of the Philippines (UP)
and topped the Electrical Engineering Board Examinations.” </span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">(Reyes, 2008)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Jr. is noted to be one of the brightest minds in his generation. Aside from
graduating as summa cum laude from one of the prestigious schools here in the
Philippines, he is also a noted theorist and a Distinguished Professor of
Engineering in the Department of Electrical and Computing Engineering in Ohio
State University.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Gulim","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="font-family: Gulim, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"> Although Dr. Cruz now resides in the
United States, he still traces his roots in Malolos, Bulacan. He had his elementary
and secondary education in his native town. After that, he went to the
University of the Philippines (UP) in Diliman for his college studies where he
completed his BS in Electrical Engineering in 1953 with flying colors. He also
topped the Electrical Engineering Board Exams. His education doesn’t end there
though, because after he graduated from UP, he went to the US and obtained his
MS in Electrical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in
1956 and his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois in
1959.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Gulim","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="font-family: Gulim, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Gulim, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">Starting his career as a teacher in UP,
Dr. Cruz later on moved to the US to pursue his studies. He was able to author
and co-author 6 books and has published 260 research papers. Aside from being a
student and an educator, he was able to hold positions like being the Dean of
the College of Engineering at the Ohio State University, the Chair of the
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of
California and the first holder of the Howard D. Winbigler Chair in
Engineering. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Gulim, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Gulim, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">However, what made Dr. Cruz renowned in
the field of Engineering is his extensive research on game theory, circuits and
automatic control. He had his research, innovation and theory creation in a
span of 50 years. <span style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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AWARDS AND HONORS:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Gulim, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"> This
guy also had a lot of shimmering awards and had been recognized not only in his
field but also in his schools. Some of his awards include the IEEE William E.
Sayle Award for Achievement in Education, the IEEE James James H. Mulligan Jr. Education
Medal and IEEE Richard M. Emberson Award, among others. He is also a member in
the National Academy of Engineering since 1980, in the National Academy of
Science and Technology (NAST, Philippines) where he was elected as Academician
in 2012 and elected Corresponding Member in 2003.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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from that, he received the Distinguished Alumni Award for Lifetime Achievement
from University of the Philippines Alumni Association in 2010. He is selected
as Most Outstanding Alumnus of University of the Philippines Alumni Association
in America in 1989. He is also a recipient for the Halliburton Engineering
Education Leadership Award in the University of Illinois in 1981. Besides that,
he is one of the founding Members of the Philippine American Academy of Science
and Engineering (PAASE) in 1980.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Gulim","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="font-family: Gulim, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"> As I was reading Dr. Cruz’s
biography—his achievements, recognitions and honors—I was completely mind
blown. I honestly adore him as a student, academician and overall, as a person,
who was able to successfully juggle his personal and academic life altogether.
Being a Filipino, this just makes me proud and just happy that a fellow
Filipino was able to attain this kind of status. Reading his achievements just
keeps me motivated and all.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 115%;">"Dr.
Jose B. Cruz, Jr."<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><i style="box-sizing: border-box;">En.wikipilipinas.org</i>. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Feb. 2014.
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Reyes, Joeriggo M.
"Ose B. Cruz, Jr.: Excellence in Engineering Design of Complex
Systems."<i>Philsciletters.org</i>. N.p., 19 July 2008. Web. 21 Feb. 2014.
<http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philsciletters.org%2FSeptember%25202008%2FJose%2520Cruz.htm>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Cruz, Jr. – Electrical Engineering Professor." <i>Lifes Documentation</i>.
N.p., 24 Aug. 2010. Web. 22 Feb. 2014.
<http://personalmemoir.wordpress.com/2010/08/24/dr-jose-b-cruz-jr-electrical-engineering-professor/>.</span><span style="font-family: Gulim, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14066910210808331776noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807519677645998135.post-81454385909775031102014-03-06T20:50:00.000-08:002014-03-22T20:53:27.957-07:00Imeldified or Not Imeldified<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="font-family: "Gulim","sans-serif";"> Every time I hear the name Imelda
Marcos, the first things that come to my mind are pairs of shoes and sandals.
If you are a Filipino, you get what I mean here because she is known to have
hundreds of these babies. However, after seeing the movie, or more
appropriately, the documentary about how she lived her life, I have mixed
feelings towards her—I don’t know whether I would hate her or not.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Gulim","sans-serif";"> While watching the documentary, what
was playing on my mind were the words, “wow, Imelda Marcos is kinda conceited,
huh?”; but then again, her being conceited is pretty reasonable. This is
because if we look at it, she was not only a pretty lady back in the days, but
she was also a sexy one! I also think that she is a strong woman; a woman who
not only does not take orders but also an independent one. This is the reason
why I find it hard to hate her because today, these are some of the
characteristics that we need to see in woman. We need women like her in our
society, someone who stands up with what she believes in and someone who has a
good charisma.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Gulim","sans-serif";"> In the end, I can not really say
whether I like Imelda Marcos or not. Rather, I would put it in a way that after
I have watched the film, my knowledge and impression on Imelda Marcos changed
in a way; a way that I could not put whether it is more of a negative or
positive change in my impression of her—maybe it is just a grey area.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14066910210808331776noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807519677645998135.post-23775213686190134962014-03-06T15:05:00.002-08:002014-03-06T15:05:39.647-08:00NIGHTFALL<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
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are three things that I want to comment on about the radio play. First is the
vague bias on religion. I’m not really sure if the play was against religion or
for religion. The reason for this is they named religion as a cult. It made the
cult leader seem crazy and irrational who keeps on talking about the end of the
world that is caused by the Stars that is written in the Book of Revelations.
It all seems crazy to the people who aren’t members of the cult. However,
despite this seeming insanity, at the end of the play, they were right. It was
the end of the world. At first, I was annoyed at how rude they portrayed
religion; but they backtracked and proved them right.<o:p></o:p></div>
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is the role of scientists and nonbelievers. Again, the opinion of the play
towards these people are vague. They were the ones that appeared to be sane and
rational. They were poised and knowledgeable. As for the nonbelievers, they didn’t
panic and just didn’t care about what was happening because they didn’t believe
it. However, towards the end, they were the ones who regretted their
indifference because the night did come and the end of the world came. It seems
that the writer of the script wanted to convey the message that at the end of
the world, science can’t save you neither will ignorance.<o:p></o:p></div>
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is the end of the world. The radio play interpreted the end of the world, not
as BOOM BOOM PEW PEW KABOOM! End, but merely as a nightfall. No one died
because of exploding or burning things, but everyone will go crazy because of
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02958939239928433160noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807519677645998135.post-20303540028143653172014-03-06T14:12:00.001-08:002014-03-06T14:12:10.478-08:00The Marie Antoinette of the Philippines<br /><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
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More than a thousand pairs of
shoes, more than hundred racks of Filipi<span style="background: white; color: #444444; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">ñ</span>ana dresses, and more than a billion
pesos; these are the things that one Imelda Marcos needed to satisfy her
craving for “beauty.” As she said, everything needs to be beautiful because she
is beautiful. Isn’t she much like Marie Antoinette of France? Marie Antoinette
was known for her extreme extravagance. She’s the wife of the King of France
that was notorious for her lavish spending on clothes, shoes and over-the-top
parties. Oh yes, Imelda Marcos does seem like the reincarnation of Marie
Antoinette. They were both wives of powerful men that tolerated their excessive
material wants. They both worshipped the concept of beauty; and they both were
in their own delusional world that everybody adores them. They both thought that
as long as they had what they want, even when everyone else is suffering, and
they stayed beautiful, everyone was happy. What delusional creatures, really.<o:p></o:p></div>
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At duration of the film, I had to
face palm myself several times just to avoid shouting what felony I was
watching. I really couldn’t believe that such a conceited, pompous and
delusional person exists! It even broke my heart that it’s this type of person
that held power in our country before. No wonder our country is already dirt
poor! All our money went to the shoes of a crazy woman. What even pains me more
is that some people still support the Marcos family! How can they support
someone who stole from them? It’s like loving your own kidnapper, preposterous!
I have so much hatred for this woman that words aren’t sufficient to show you
how much. I just fervently wish that no Imelda II would befall and terrorize
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02958939239928433160noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807519677645998135.post-65051119457515317052014-03-06T08:21:00.001-08:002014-03-06T08:22:45.964-08:00Imelda Reaction Paper<div class="MsoNormal">
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success, there is a woman. In the case of President Ferdinand Marcos, the woman
was his wife, Mrs. Imelda Romualdez Marcos. I have not heard a lot about the
former first lady. To me, she was just someone who owned numerous pairs of
shoes and dressed traditionally. The documentary that we watched helped me to
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was understandable as to why men fawned over her. She was young then. She was
beautiful. She sang well. She was fresh and she was the image of a true
Filipina. She knew about this as well. She knew the effect that she had on
people. After she married the ex-president and had a family with him, she got
more involved with politics. She did not stay at the Malacanang throughout her
husband’s reign. She went out and offered herself to the Filipino people. She
gained attention and I know that she wanted that attention. At times I think it
got to her head. And it messed up her head.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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had her own philosophies that she explained clearly, yet they did not make any
sense to anyone, even the people whom she told her beliefs to before. She was
absolutely sure of all her greatness. Honestly, it did not make any sense to me
that she would want someone to kill her with a more beautiful weapon than a
bolo. She thought that she was the image of the poor people and that if she was
happy, then they would be happy. She did things that I disagreed upon but I think
that she really was not aware of the consequences of her actions then. For as
long as she did what she thought was right and she felt happy about it, it did
not matter what anyone thought and felt about it. For her, love makes a home
and beauty is love concretized.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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