tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30607664439654446402024-03-05T07:21:38.889-08:00Mariang Sinukuan FilesGoing the extra mile: Movies, Food, Events, Politics, LingusiticsJezia Talaverahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10236340924430963316noreply@blogger.comBlogger200125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060766443965444640.post-46406400504595831292015-10-24T00:57:00.001-07:002015-10-24T00:57:35.797-07:00Maginahawa Chronicles: Cat Cafe Manila<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Research shows that cats can help us deal with our stress.</span></span><a href="http://www.petplace.com/article/cats/behavior-training/bonding-with-cats/cats-can-help-us-deal-with-stress" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span>Just by watching your cats do antic tricks already help relieve stress, </a><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">said </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.4px;"><b>David Frei</b> who is the spokesperson for the Delta Society. which is a nonprofit organization interested in relationships between people and animals. </span></div>
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I was trying to find a way to calm myself and temporarily escape the pressure of school with loads of papers and other requirements, and so I called my childhood friend Brine and invited him to go to <a href="https://www.facebook.com/catcafemanila?fref=ts"><span style="font-size: large;">Cat Cafe Manila</span> </a>in <b>Maginhawa, Quezon City</b>. I have seen a documentary on <b>Pop Talk</b> that Cat Cafe Manila is a must-try since you can not just have your usual coffee and cupcake, but you can also throw away that stress by mingling with different cats at the cafe.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We had once a cat named <b>Muning</b> and other two stray cats which we named <b>Orange </b>(because of her fur color) and<b> Blue</b> (because of his bright blue eyes). We lost them when we moved away from La Mesa Dam to Bulacan four years ago, and most of the time I missed them because there's nothing like hugging and stroking a cat which calms me down and takes away whatever stressed feelings I have. I remembered how smart <b>Muning</b> was, who would often sneak into our bedroom windows and climb onto our beds to wake us up in early in the morning.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">As we entered the <b>Cat Cafe</b>, I was suddenly filled with nostalgia when I saw the beautiful cats, which had name tags and were sleeping during that time. There were house rules before entering the cafe: you should first wash your hands and take off your shoes or sandals. The place was a little small but very comfortable and bright-lit. The ambiance was also nice: once you enter, you would first see the counter and the variety of cupcakes and brownies that you could order, and also a wide array of cat-inspired merchandise. </span></div>
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You would automatically have a one-hour session with the cats, which is P100 and another P100 worth of food and drinks. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Because there were still quite a lot of people who were playing with the cats during that time, my friend and I decided that we ordered first and chat for a little while. We ordered coffee and<b> Moica</b> and <b>Rainbow Cat Cupcakes</b> (P60 each). The cupcakes were moist on the inside with the right amount of sweetness. The coffee was not too strong. You could also add creamer, milk and sugar in your coffee.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A guy who always has interesting stories to tell, <b>Brine</b> told me about his life so far studying in UP Los Banos. He also talked about our favorite series "Big Bang Theory" and shared scientific ideas. I on the other hand, simply listened and we also exchanged stories.</span></div>
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You may have missed half of your college life in UP if you haven't been to <span style="font-size: large;">Maginhawa, Quezon City,</span> where it offers a variety of Filipino, Italian, Chinese, Japanese, and even Persian cuisine. And so, my good friend<b> Kat </b>and I have decided that we would explore every corner of <b>Maginhawa</b> before we graduate from UP. </div>
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Kat recommended that we start with <span style="font-size: large;">Caution Hot! Spicy Noodle House </span>in Teachers' Village, because they offer authentic spicy Chinese noodles which comes in different flavors and degree of hotness.</div>
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The menu is very simplified and easy to understand: you will first choose your toppings--all-veggie, pork, beef or seafood. Then you get to choose your broth: <b>Szechuan,</b> which is a southwestern Chinese spicy broth made with Szechuan peppercorn and chili pepper; <b>Asam Laksa,</b> which is a Penang-style sour and spicy fish-paste broth; and<b> Classic, </b>which is a non-spicy savory pork bone broth.</div>
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Finally, you can choose the degree of hotness for your spicy noodles: it was amusing that they likened it with the "degree burn". For starters, you can choose first-degree burn and for those who are in for a challenge of their palette, there is the Ultimate Burn.</div>
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Kat and I ordered <b>Pork-Asam Laksa-Wheat Noodles </b>with a first degree burn spicy noodles. I am not a very big fan of spicy food, but I enjoyed eating the noodles, which was garnished with onions cucumber strips, pineapple bits, greens and boiled egg. You could see the level of hotness of the noodles by just looking at its bright red-colored soup. The pork was tender and juicy at the same time and the pineapple bits neutralized the spiciness of the noodles. </div>
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For my "fire extinguisher", I ordered <b>Soya</b> (P45/ P70-unlimited). It was refreshing and it really calmed down my burning mouth that I almost sip my Soya every after I ate the noodles. I just couldn't imagine if we ordered the Ultimate Burn level of spiciness of the Chinese noodles.</div>
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We also ordered <b>Kuchay-Pork Dumplings</b> (5 pcs-P60/ 10pcs- P110), which are made of minced Chinese chives and pork. It is quite different from the regular dumplings because there were more Chineses chives mixed with the pork in the dumpling. </div>
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You may like their Facebook page at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/cautionhotmnl?fref=ts">https://www.facebook.com/cautionhotmnl?fref=ts</a>.</div>
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In time for the<b> Lenten Season</b>, <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/figarocoffeecompany">Figaro</a></span> offers a new set of meatless meals that we can still enjoy while fasting for the season. Try Figaro's new<span style="font-size: large;"> Breaded Dory Sandwich</span> (P135), breaded dory fish fillet in ciabatta bread seasoned with freshly made tartar sauce with a matching tartar green salad on the side. I usually order and enjoy cream dory fish fillet in our school cafeterias in UP Diliman for lunch but when I tasted <b>Figaro</b>'s breaded dory with tartar sauce I was able to appreciate eating the fish fillet better with that tangy-sweet sauce. I also enjoyed the tartar green salad and it tasted so much better when freshly squeezed with lemon. </div>
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Still craving for pizza even during Lenten? Figaro's new <span style="font-size: large;">Basil Gamberetti Pizza</span> (P189) is your saving grace. This meatless pizza is a combination of fresh tomatoes, basil leaves, shrimp, mozzarella and pizza cheese. You will never go wrong with indulging in those tangy fruity tomatoes and healthy and fragrant basil leaves combined with shrimps dipped in two types of cheeses.</div>
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<b>Summer</b> is also just around the corner, and<b> Figaro </b>offers just the right refreshments for the coming hot and humid summer season. Refreshing, healthy, fruity and coffee-based--these are the new signatures of <span style="font-size: large;">Figaro's Summer Fusion</span>, which consists of <b><span style="font-size: large;">Four Seasons</span></b> (P125), <b><span style="font-size: large;">Peach Cappuccino Fusion </span></b>(P125), <b><span style="font-size: large;">Lychee Cucumber</span></b> (P125) and <b><span style="font-size: large;">Passion Fruit Cucumber</span></b> (P125). I never thought I could enjoy vegetable shakes until I tried the Lychee Cucumber and Passion Fruit Cucumber, which came from freshly squeezed fruits with tidbits. Both are sweet and tangy in flavor and are very refreshing for a hot summer day. I have always enjoyed the Four Seasons because it is sweet and bursts with different fruity flavors. I most especially enjoyed the syrup-based Peach Cappuccino because I am a coffee-person. It has just the right amount of peach zest that surprisingly matches with the light flavor of cappuccino.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Pan to the city called <b>San Fransokyo</b>. San Fransisco Bridge with torii designs: a mix of Japan setting.<b> Hiro Hamada</b> with his fighting bots: <b>Real Steel</b>. Hiro side by side with the huggable, marshmallow-like Baymax: <b>Hayao Miyazaki's Totoro </b>and Satsuki. <b>Baymax</b> in an armor suit: <b>Marvel's Ironman.</b> There are a lot of familiar scenes you could see materialize in <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://disney.com/">Disney</a>'</span>s newest movie release <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://movies.disney.com/big-hero-6/">Big Hero 6</a></span>, and yet it has pulled off a very unique and heartwarming film that you'd want to watch over and over again. Directed by the makers of Bolt <b><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0930261/?ref_=tt_ov_dr">Chris Williams</a></b> and director of Winnie the Pooh <b><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2320658/?ref_=tt_ov_dr">Don Hall</a></b>, and produced by <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://jezebel.com/meet-the-characters-of-pixars-inside-out-1661690174">Pixar</a></span>'s legend <b><a href="http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2014/11/22/john-lasseter-telling-entertaining-stories-touch-everyone.html">John Lasseter</a></b>, the movie would definitely make you laugh off your seat and give you tears for the heartwarming story of friendship and of not giving up that you would never forget. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">"I will never give up on you. " </span>In a semi-futuristic setting that closely resembles that of Lewis's world in the movie <b><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0396555/?ref_=nm_knf_i4">Meet the Robinsons</a> </b>and even <b>Ironman</b>, the story revolves around a genius 15-year-old <b>Hiro Hamada </b>(<a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3994407/?ref_=tt_cl_t2">Ryan Potter</a>)<b>,</b> who is addicted to bot fighting using his small but terrible micrbot. His older brother, <b>Tadashi </b>(<a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2024644/?ref_=tt_cl_t3">Daniel Henney</a>)<b>,</b> on the other hand, is an equally genius guy who goes to college and makes unique inventions, and is always saving <b>Hiro</b> from trouble with his bot bouts. He invites him to his school and meets his classmates, <b>Go Go </b>(<a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1512166/?ref_=tt_cl_t5">Jamie Chung</a>), who works on electromagnetic fields and suspensions, <b>Honey Lemon </b>(<a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1270009/?ref_=tt_cl_t7">Genesis Rodriguez</a>), who is a chemist-freak, <b>Wasabi </b>(<a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0915458/?ref_=tt_cl_t6">Damon Wayans Jr</a>.), a neat-freak genius and <b>Fred </b>(<a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2554352/?ref_=tt_cl_t4">T.J. Miller</a>)<b>, </b>who is addicted to becoming a real fire-breathing dragon inspired by his comic books. <b>Tadashi</b> introduces <b>Hiro</b> to his latest invention, <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Baymax </b>(<a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0012523/?ref_=tt_cl_t1">Scott Adsit</a>)</span>, who is a personal health care assistant robot. With much delight, <b>Tadashi </b>was able to convince <b>Hiro</b> to enroll in his "nerd school" and present an invention of his own in an annual science fair. Using his microbots, he was able to wow the audience with his invention, but things took a change for the worse when the school was caught in a big fire and <b>Tadashi</b>, who wanted to help rescue his mentor, died. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When they found out that the man in the kabookie mask was <b>Tadashi</b>'s mentor, <b>Hiro </b>raged and tried to kill him, but <b>Baymax </b>and his friends tried to stop him. In a heartwarming scene where <b>Baymax i</b>nsisted that <b>Tadashi </b>was still with them, he showed <b>Hiro</b> the times when <b>Tadash</b>i was still experimenting on the success of <b>Baymax</b>, and <b>Hiro</b> finally had his inner peace and went off with his friends to end the evil plan of the notorious man who was the mentor of <b>Tadashi.</b> They found out that he was seeking for revenge for the loss of his daughter in an experimental procedure of a teleportation portal. They were able to stop him and even save his daughter, but <b>Hiro </b>lost <b>Baymax i</b>n the process. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Traveling and research have always been number one in my bucket list of things I want to do. I have traveled to </span><b style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Baguio, Tagaytay, Tarlac, Quezon and Mindoro </b><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">not so much for fun and tourist purposes; I have basically gone to these places for research when I was in high school. I had gone to Baguio for a national press conference in third year and Mindoro with my twin sister for a national Science Investigatory Project. Two weeks ago I was able to travel further to explore the country in </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large; text-align: justify;">Banton Island, Romblon</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;"> for my field work in documenting and researching their language called Asi. I went with my professor </span><b style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Dr. Ricardo Nolasco, Dr. Francisco Datar of the Department of Anthropology UP Diliman and one of the founders of ASCCA Sir Ismael Fabicon</b><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;"> for four days and proceeded to research about their language to make a dictionary of Asi for the upcoming </span><b style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">International SANROKAN Conference </b><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">in May 2015. </span><br />
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has boomed recently because of its reliability and potential as an investment
for aspiring entrepreneurs and OFW’s.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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to starting out on your own franchising has several benefits chief such as
reduced risk on the part of the franchisee. Franchisors have developed a system
that takes out the guesswork on how to run the business. The have also built up
a brand elevating it from other businesses. These factors have helped the
industry thrive with thousands of franchise stores opening every year. To get
started with franchising here are tips to help you choose the right franchise
for you.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Reputation and Brand: <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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should be the top consideration for aspiring franchisees since with today’s
hyper competitive market investing in a well-known brand usually boosts your
chances for success. In the water refilling industry, Aquabest is considered
the top brand with more than 700 stores nationwide. The company invests in high
profile marketing and advertising on television or billboards to ensure that it
is top of mind among consumers. At the same time it has a solid track record of
industry reputation and integrity.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Support & Training<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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learn more about a franchise make sure to schedule an appointment and visit the
office of the company you’re interested in. The visit should give you an idea
of the company and while there, you can check out their training facilities and
documentation. This will give you a feel for the people behind the business and
help determine if you can work with them.
This is important because taking out a franchise will be a long term
commitment.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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offers free franchise seminars to those interested in learning more about the
water refilling industry. At the same time, it offers its franchisees solid
training in how to run and operate a water store so its franchisees are ready
to manage their businesses.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Financing options<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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adequate financing is an important factor in choosing a franchise. Knowing what
you can afford will be essential before beginning to look at franchises of interest.
Certain banks like BPI have agreements with Aquabest to provide franchise loans
that make it easier to get a franchise. Apart from bank loans the company can
also offer interested interested parties discounts and other financing options.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Franchise Affiliation<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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than a credible brand a franchisors affiliation should also be a serious
consideration in choosing a franchise. Aquabest is a member of two of the
country’s top franchising groups the Philippine Franchise Association and the
Association of Filipino Franchisers Incorporated. As a member of these groups
Aquabest practices industry best to look after the best interests of
franchisees and franchisors alike.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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learn more about Aquabest please visit<a href="http://www.aquabest.com.ph/"> www.aquabest.com.ph </a>or call 371-0478.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Jezia Talaverahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10236340924430963316noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060766443965444640.post-63661276184096214802014-10-23T01:00:00.000-07:002014-10-23T01:00:09.457-07:00K' na the Dreamweaver goes to UP Diliman<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I have fallen in love with the <b>T'boli language </b>since the day I started to study it in <b>Linguistics</b>. When one of my <b>T'boli</b> consultants shared with me the movie <span style="font-size: large;">"<a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/370396626459906/">K'na the Dreamweaver</a>"</span>, which features an authentic <b>T'boli language</b>, I became ecstatic and first watched it during the <b>Cinemalaya Festival </b>in early August and the ending had made me cry. I watched it again last night with friends and with our adviser in celebration of the <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://nccphilippines.org/blog/indigenous-peoples-month/">Indigenous People's Month</a> </span>at UP Film Center and equally enjoyed it. </div>
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The story revolves around a young woman<b> K'na </b>who is torn between true love and service for her people of the North and South tribes. Just as she was falling love with the man who always gives her a string of abaca fibers every morning, both chieftains of the North and South tribes decided to end their war by betrothing <b>K'na </b>the south tribe's only<b> dream weaver</b> daughter and the north tribe's only son <b>Kagis</b>. In the end, even if it was against her will, she decided to marry the man she did not love and sacrificed for her people.</div>
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I could watch the movie a thousand times and never get tired of it. The best part of the film screening was the question and answer portion with the artists <b>Ms. <a href="http://www.interaksyon.com/entertainment/mara-lopez-shines-as-tboli-princess-in-kna-the-dreamweaver/">Mara Lopez</a></b> and <b>Mr. <a href="http://www.philstar.com/movies/news/2014/07/30/1351986/cinemalaya-2014-kna-dreamweaver-exploring-filipino-culture">RK Bagatsing </a></b>themselves, along with the <b>production designers</b>. I had learned a lot about the "behind the scenes" of filming the movie and one of the production designers shared that it was not very easy to film specific scenes because most of the time it did not adhere to the normal tradition of the<b> T'boli tribes </b>and they had to do rituals after filming the scene. The language they used was also legitimate, according to the artists, because they really had a language coach and I was amazed at <b>Ms. Mara Lopez</b> because she said that she was able to do adlib in some of her lines in the film.</div>
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I also asked them a question about their favorite culture in <b>T'boli</b> during the filming. Mr.<b> RK Bagatsting </b>said that it was the food, specifically the <b>tilapia </b>that they would always eat before the filming because he had discovered a lot of ways on how to cook the fish and would still taste amazing. He also shared that he enjoyed the machine in which the <b>T'boli people</b> make their <b>abaca fibers </b>because it was a tough job trying to operate it. Ms. <b>Mara Lopez </b>on the other hand enjoyed learning about weaving the <b>t'nalak</b> because she said that the <b>T'boli </b>people almost consider it as a religion--that is, they only weave during the night because the <b>abaca fibers</b> easily get broken when there's heat in the morning.</div>
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I would never forget my experience with the artists because they shared a lot of things about the <b>T'boli culture</b> and how they admired it the way I do. I have a <b>T'boli </b>friend whom I met in UP Diliman and she has told me about their culture and I was very glad I saw them all in the film.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I remembered the movie <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114069/"><span style="font-size: large;">Outbreak</span>,</a> which depicts a life-threatening and worst-case scenario of an Ebola outbreak which first started in <b>Motaba River Valley in Zaire, Africa </b>and quickly spread in America. The <b><a href="http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs103/en/">Ebola virus</a>,</b> which may only be transmitted through fluids like saliva and blood, became airborne in this movie and there came a large-scale scheme to prevent the spread of this disease, which in the end became successful. But <b>Outbreak </b>is just a movie, and now reality faces us square front: the long lost disease that had killed thousands of people since 1976 came to haunt us again: the spread of <b>Ebola virus</b> is at work; and what's worse,<a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/robertszczerba/2014/10/22/fear-and-fiction-more-dangerous-than-ebola/"> fear and misconceptions</a> about the disease has spread in a larger scale more than the truth behind the virus itself.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As of October 17, 2014, international reports have said that there is still no cure or new vaccine for the disease, which was first identified and originated in <b>fruit bats.</b> The<span style="font-size: large;"> <a href="http://www.who.int/en/">World Health Organization</a></span><a href="http://www.who.int/en/"> </a>defined <b>E<a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/robertszczerba/2014/10/22/fear-and-fiction-more-dangerous-than-ebola/">bola virus</a></b> causes a "severe, often fatal illness in humans". To date, the worst outbreak was in 2000 when 425 people in Uganda were infected and over half of them died. As October 17, 2014, there were over 10, 000 cases of the disease in seven different countries and at most 4, 000 death cases. The epidemic seems to be unstoppable, and the Philippines, according to reports, is already very careful not to be affected by this virus. <b>Philippine Red Cross Chairman Richard Gordon</b> had said that they have been preparing for isolation facilities and private hospitals, according to reports, has braced themselves for the possible entry of the Ebola virus in the country.</span><br />
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Jezia Talaverahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10236340924430963316noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060766443965444640.post-29223066945920864642014-10-15T22:21:00.001-07:002014-10-15T22:21:06.562-07:00Editorial: Decorating cakes and buildings<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The demolition job for <a href="http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/644764/binay-takes-a-swing-at-aquino">Vice President Jejomar Binay </a>has already started. Various allegations have popped up and his poll stats dropped to almost 30% because he is pinning to run for President next year. From cakes to buildings to properties in Batangas, everything is being gunned down not only to him but also his son <b>Makati Mayor Erwin Jejomar Binay Jr</b>. Cakes are wonderful for senior citizens which spells philanthropy, until one realizes one cake for reach senior costs more than P1,000. Car parking buildings are good for the thousand cars in Makati, until one realizes it costs P2.71 billion, which should be originally P1.56 billion. A 66-hectare farm in Rosario, Batangas helps boost the agricultural status of the country, until one realizes that such property is not declared in the mayor's assets and liabilities. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Let us pity the mayor because the demolition job for him is at work. Let us also get acquainted with him better for he is a good mayor who has made Makati glorious. He has been delivering wonderful cakes to the elderly in Makati that are overpriced and cost more than P1,000. That is not bad at all. If our dear mayor is such a philanthropist, then let him be. What's your problem?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The mayor is currently facing plunder and graft charges and violation of the procurement law for the overpriced <a href="http://www.rappler.com/newsbreak/investigative/69672-binay-makati-building-overshoots-budget">11-story Makati government building that allegedly cost P2.71 billion.</a> There were complaints filed against the father and the son with the Ombudsman last August 18. The complaints showed that the Makati building is <a href="http://www.rappler.com/nation/66589-worse-overpricing-makati-building-binay">"more scandalously overpriced" </a>. This was because the building was bid five times to different contractors, and the splitting of the bid into five phases is what exactly violates RA 9184. But hey, Binay insisted that the Commission on Audit (COA) has audited the whole project for five years and for ten times but found no anomaly. Don't be alarmed, he reassured, for the building had an <a href="http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/376401/news/nation/vp-binay-benefited-from-overpriced-makati-building-former-vice-mayor-mercado-claims">average cost of P84,000 per square meter.</a> Moreover allegations from former Makati Vice Mayor Ernesto Mercado said that the mayor has been receiving kickbacks for every project conducted in the city during his term. In summary, all he wanted was a posh building for his city. Is there a law that prohibits that?</span></div>
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<span lang="JA"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have always loved <b>Japanese drama movies</b> and I always cry every time the last scene fades to black. My senpai and good teacher Ms. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pauline.mangulabnan?fref=ts">Pauline Mangulabnan</a> shared me this movie <span style="font-size: large;">"In a Corner of this World"</span> and indeed it was a heartbreaking, heartwarming and inspirational film. I remembered other Japanese movies with the theme of <b>World War II l</b>ike <b>Studio Ghibli's <a href="http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/hotaru_no_haka/">Grave of the Fireflies</a></b> and <b><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0498380/">Letters from Iwo Jima</a></b> and they all made me cry. </span></span></div>
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<span lang="JA"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hiroshima. 1930s. Then comes the flashback when <b>Suzu</b> was to meet the man she would marry in a tradition called <i>omiai</i> (arranged marriage). <b>Shusaku</b>, the man she would marry, is part of the military corps. When they finally met, <b>Shusaku</b> said that he already knows <b>Suzu</b> by her mole, with <b>Suzu</b> clueless as to where they could have met. <b>Suzu</b> also met her longtime friend <b>Tetsu</b> and drew him a picture of him as a child and the ocean, the time when <b>Tetsu</b>'s brother was killed in the navy war. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Director General Alan Purisima of the Philippine National Police, who is charged with <a href="http://www.rappler.com/nation/71206-inside-pnp-alan-purisima-property-nueva-ecija">three counts of graft and plunder because of his undeclared assets</a>, insists that his rest house does not exceed the adjective "ordinary" because it only has solar panels which light up the house as well as the lamp posts from the outer and inner fences. Complaints were filed by <a href="http://www.philstar.com/headlines/2014/09/23/1372185/pnp-chief-charged-plunder-graft">Perfecto Jaime Tagalog</a> of the Coalition of Filipino Consumers (CFC) and <a href="http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/tag/dante-jimenez">Dante Jimenez of the Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption (VACC)</a> on September 22, while the Ombudsman re-investigated Purisima's lifestyle because of discrepancies and inconsistencies in his SALN, not to mention in his possession of a supposedly P90-million worth poultry farm in Cabanatuan City and his already-discounted P1.5 million Land Cruiser SUV.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ladies and gentlemen, lend me your ears. Let us redefine the word "ordinary" in the context of a Filipino house, in which case the ordinary Filipino is a PNP Director General. The ordinary Filipino house should comprise of an Olympic-size swimming pool, buildings and a very high gate so that there would be zero chances of burglars and tress passers disrupting your sense of peace and security. The ordinary Filipino house should have a large gazebo with four P17-million-worth of posts and four guest bedrooms, never mind if they are empty of furniture and only with beds. Each bedroom should be air-conditioned and the master's bedroom should have a bathroom inside. It should have a mini-bar on the ground floor and the gazebo should be surrounded by wooden benches and a small concrete bridge. Don't forget the family's <a href="http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/382537/news/nation/ombudsman-to-probe-alan-purisima-s-ordinary-house-discounted-suv">collection of wine and liquor in the mini bar, filled with bottles of Johnny Walker Blue Label and Glenlivet Single Malt scotch. </a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now let's redefine the word "extravagant" in the context of a Filipino house. The extravagant Filipino house, in the morning, comprises of a dining area with a small table for eight children. The kitchen houses a small part in the corner with a dirty sink and unwashed plates and saucers. There is no living room for most of the shanty houses in the informal settlers' area, only a chair with a small television in front of it. In the evening, the ordinary Filipino house is a small bedroom, with<i> banig</i>, thin blankets and a few pillows for the children. The extravagant Filipino house is one where there is only one bathroom and no guest bedrooms with its own bathroom. Only a comfort room area with a pail of water, some used soaps and sachets of shampoos. There are no swimming pools, only a drainage system with the most foul odor. The extravagant Filipino house comprises of posts but not worth P17 million. The house is held by long used bamboo poles with a roof made not of quality shingles but of used galvanized iron with holes where the rainwater seeps in every time there is a strong typhoon. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When I first searched for the phrase "ordinary house" in Google, Purisima's statement of "ordinary house" came as the top post. Even when I searched for photos on ordinary houses, his rest house scattered everywhere in the Google images. It is ironic how a <b>Philippine National Police Director General,</b> who should be protecting and serving the country for its own good, becomes a national icon for popularizing such a phrase full of irony and shame. These are the people who we should look up to and yet they become the ones we put our head down to in shame. If this is the old system that continues to be prevalent in the Philippines, then it will forever remain a long shot for the country to climb to the top of the economic progress and development.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In celebration of <span style="font-size: large;">World Teachers' Day,</span> our organization <span style="font-size: large;">UP Layap</span> conducted a lecture-forum on the significance and relation of language and education both for students and teachers. Entitled "<span style="font-size: large;">Ano [Wi]Ka Mo? Lecture Series on Language and Education,</span> the forum was visited by a number of students from UP Layap and others from other courses where two speakers talked about the importance of changing the education system on General Education subjects and on Development Appropriate Practices for pre-schoolers. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The first speaker, Associate Professor and major proponent of the Mother Tongue Based Multilingual Education<b> Dr. Ricardo Ma. Nolasco</b> talked about the need of to evaluate teachers in their knowledge in their own fields so that the implementation of the program K to 12 would be maximized efficiently for the students. He discussed the low scores of teachers in different nationwide tests such as a the <b>Test of English Proficiency for Teachers (TEPT) and Process Skills Test (PST) in Science and Mathematics.</b> He pointed out that the teachers who took the test only got average scores between 36-50%, which is indeed alarming because this seems to entail a garbage-in garbage out system of teachers teaching students in an inappropriate way despite the two more years of basic education that should be utilized for the improvement of the education system in the Philippines. These appalling results also explains the low scores of the students in the <b>National Achievement Test (NAT)</b> because teaching in the country is low in quality, Dr, Nolasco added. There has been a weakness in content in teaching ever since the 1970's, he added. World Teachers' Day, therefore should be about changing the system of education in the Philippines and for the teachers to get out of their comfort zones in teaching and adapting the new system for maximum efficiency of teaching the students in the country.</span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">1. Introduction</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">. The
speaker first introduced the importance of action research not just for the
sake of doing it but for the sake of making a difference in their students’
learning. She also emphasized about facilitating change that leads to new
knowledge, which will also eventually lead to change in teaching the course for
the students. It is a research that attempts to embed action and change in the
actual research process. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">2. Action Research. </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Research
generates knowledge to 1) build broader knowledge, which entails a basic or
pure research 2) pave way for change through applied or evaluative research 3)
action change within a system 4) emancipate through action and 5) expose and
change the dominate system through critical or radical ethnography. The speaker
also discussed about the credibility of one’s work of action research which
should be change oriented. She further explained that action research paves way
for change and is often linked to policy or program development, which includes
studies that 1) investigate a problem situation 2) assess potential
interventions and 3) evaluate change initiatives. Action research is not
limited to teaching, rather to other professions because it is a practical
approach that is of particular relevance. It covers a variety of strategies
that is dedicated to integrated production of knowledge. It is also cyclical
where the teacher should not stop in one action, but rather keep abreast of the
changes in the environment and with the influx of new information for learning.
Action research should be the essential tool for basic education, the speaker
added. She also said that action research is to improve a teacher’s practice of
teaching and reflecting on their current methods. The teacher’s concern should
be on teaching practices and the student’s learning processes. The ultimate
goal for action research of the teacher is the student’s learning, where high
scores in NAT, greater participation of students and mastery of the skills
would eventually follow. This entails good teaching, the speaker emphasized. She
said that the teachers themselves know best the nature of their students if
they are effective and good teachers. This entails that the teachers would
change their techniques and create new approaches that would engage their
students to learning. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">3. How does this qualify to Research.</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">
Action research requires the same rigor, systematic research process, and
reflects a professional development. This also qualifies as a research because
it is an act that would make the teachers understand their methods of teaching
better. It is also the act of finding the teachers’ solution makes them
understand their practice better. Practice in this case means the way the
teachers teach and carry out their professional action. It is an avenue to the
teachers’ reflection with their own practices and professional actions to
improve student learning. The speaker then asked the teachers to reflect on their
own teaching practices if they have improved on their professional actions and
emphasized that it should be a way of looking at their role in the world that
would drive them to do better in their profession. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">4. Professional Knowledge Makers. </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The
speaker also discussed that teachers, through action research enhance their
professional development, where they understand their own practice, how to make
them better, how to accommodate outside change in their practice and how to
change the outside to make their practice better that would affect their
students’ learning. It is about enacting a practice that the teacher should
understand based on their students’ needs. She emphasized that the teacher
should not follow the cookbook style of teaching lessons to students but rather
catering to the students’ learning needs.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">5. Action Research at Work. </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Action
research involves four acts: 1) observe 2) reflect 3) plan and 4) act. It can
also be worked out through the following process: 1) identifying a classroom problem
2) developing and implementing an action research plan by conducting a strategy
to address the classroom problem 3) collecting and analyzing data and while
conducting the strategy 4) using and sharing the results, where dissemination
is an essential part of the research. The speaker gave a specific example of an
action research plan about how a science teacher changes her strategy to engage
her students more to ask questions and explore on the lesson in the classroom. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">6. Limitations of Action Research. </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The
speaker asked the teachers what may be the problems that would arise with the
use of action research. One teacher raised that the consistency of the action
research may be a problem but the speaker said constant examination of the
strategy should be required. Another teacher raised the familiarity and the
knowledge of action research. The problem is that superintendents don’t exactly
know how to do action research and so do not encourage such action plan to
their teachers. She emphasized that action research is classroom-based and
encouraged the teachers to do action research and pointed out that the teachers
often do not go out of their comfort zone of teaching and not changing their
strategies in teaching to engage their students more. They should focus more on
how to teach and how to make their students learn. A teacher shared his problem
on discussing the most difficult topic in his subject and the speaker suggested
a process of action research that would make the students more engaging on the
topic. The teacher should conduct the action plan and document it so that they
can see the development of their action research. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">7. Individual or Collaborative Work. </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Use
of different strategies through individual or collaborative works may be used,
more on collaborative strategies, the speaker emphasized, so that there would
be sharing of results and discussions to formulate conclusions based on their
data. Collaborative work also leads to the teachers’ reflection and comparison of
their own work with other teachers’ works. Factors that may help collaboration
include the teachers’ professional desire to improve on their teaching
strategies instead of competing with other teachers. However time management
may also be a problem but this may be given a solution if the teachers know
what to do, the speaker added. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">8. Methods in Action Research. </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">There
is a need to employ triangulation in action research, which includes 1)
observation of interactions of the students’ work in the classroom 2) analysis
of children’s work and 3) interview with the children. The question now is how
to employ these action plan, where considerations include questions such as 1)
does the method give a form of data which relates to my question? 2) is it
feasible in the available time? 3) have the teacher made himself aware of its
strengths and limitations of the methodology? 4) will it be an acceptable
method for the other people involved? and 5) will it disrupt normal routines?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Barret
and Whitehead (1985) proposed six questions on the methods of action research,
which includes 1) what is the teacher’s concern? 2) why is he concerned? 3)
what does he think he could do about it? 4) what kind of evidence could he collect
to help him make some judgment about what is happening? 5) how does he collect
such evidence? and 6) how would he check that his judgment about what has happened
is reasonable, fair and accurate?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">9. Beginning of Action Research Process.
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speaker gave the teachers an activity about investigating and identifying
classroom concerns, their method of collecting information and sources of data
and how to focus their instruction method in teaching. The speaker emphasized
that the teacher should focus only a classroom problem and should be feasible
and should not disrupt normal routines. The speaker called on three volunteers
to discuss their answers and their co-participants and the speaker commented on
their works. One teacher shared that one of his classroom concerns is how to
motivate his students to ask questions. The speaker said that the teacher’s
problem is on student inquiry and suggested action plan solutions for his
dilemma. Another shared the low and passive participation of the students in
his class. Effective strategies that should be employed include identifying
indicators on how students participate in class, the speaker suggested. Finally
another teacher shared a similar concern on the active participation of her
students in the classroom. The speaker suggested classroom observation and
making a checklist, a corresponding tool for evaluating strategies on how to
make the students more active in participating in class.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">10. Identifying the Classroom Problem. </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The
teachers must first observe their class and identify their problem statement.
The speaker then gave a second activity on identifying classroom problem by
specifically describing who is affected, supported causes of the problem, the
goal for improvement and what might be done about the problem.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">KATHA 2014 Batch 2: Day 9<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Science Track: Course Assessment and Student
Learning Outcomes Part 2<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Science Education Department<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">De La Salle University-Manila<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>5. Characteristics of an Exemplary Assessment Task. </b>1) Valid, which
yields useful information to guide learning 2) Coherent, which should be
structured so that activities lead to desired performance product 3) Authentic,
which addresses ill-defined problems that are emerging 4) Rigorous, which
requires the use of declarative, procedural and metacognitive knowledge 5)
Engaging, which provokes student interest and persistence 6) Challenging, which
provokes and evaluates student learning 7) Respectful, which allows students to
reveal their uniqueness as learners and 8) Responsive, which provides feedback
to students leading to improvement. The speaker also shared most of her
experiences in teaching students using the simple context in their classroom,
like introducing problems on pimples and oral bacteria that the students are
able to relate to. One teacher raised the issue of using technology for more
exposure to the students. The speaker agreed with utilizing technology as much
as possible for them to be more engaged and interested in the lesson. She
introduced internet learning and gave samples of online modules. She also
emphasized that the lessons to be taught should be challenging to the students
and not easy to accomplish. Asking the students on the project they could come
up with may also help in improving the lesson at hand, the speaker added. She
again emphasized the issue of finances when applying these methods.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Teaching in the
context of assessment depends on providing effective feedback to students,
encouraging students’ active involvement in their own learning, adjusting
teaching to take account of the results of assessment, recognizing the profound
influence of assessment on students’ motivation and engagement and ensuring
that students assess themselves and understand how to improve. One thing that
the teacher must be in the classroom is unpredictable, the speaker emphasized,
so that the students will be engaged and interested in class. The teacher
should also be techy in their own way to be able to enter their world which
already started in the technology era. The speaker also shared her techniques
in manipulating the students’ addiction in technology by utilizing it in her
topics and lessons in Science. The speaker also suggested the use of a progress
chart with regards to the quizzes of her students to see their learning
development in class. As teachers, they have to be open to their students, the
speaker added, by giving them the element of choice to make them feel
responsible and empowered. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>6. Implications for Learner-Centered Assessment. </b>The students 1)
are clarified in the learning outcomes at the course planning stage 2) are
shared with the learning goals throughout the semester 3) ask appropriate and
effective questions 4) focus oral and written feedback n the learning outcomes
of lessons and tasks. The teachers on the other hand 1) encourage students’
self-assessment against the learning outcomes and 2) organize individual
student target setting that builds on previous achievement. The speaker
emphasized that the teachers should enter the students’ world of digital age so
that there is more productive learning in the classroom.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>7. Rubrics. </b>The speaker said that there should be a
question and an action in rubrics. There should be a criteria or essential
elements in the rubrics, with a clear description of performance at each
achievement level. There are also task-related rubrics for specific assessments
by indentifying the skills and abilities needed in the context of the lesson.
The teachers may also add the teamwork rubric, with expectations from group
members and their level participation. She presented a sample teamwork rubric
for the teachers, where it involves creativity, cooperativeness and
skillfulness. This entails a more objective process of making a rubric for the
students. This must be continuous and ongoing as a feedback to the students
that should be focused on quality feedback. She paralleled the use of feedback
in a classroom with a panel of judges, who first comment and provide
suggestions to the students for them to be guided in their activity. Feedback
should be 1) specific 2) descriptive 3) be offered ASAP after the event 4)
offer alternative or ask the learner to do so 5) Encourage and plan for
opportunities for the feedback and 6) involve the learner wherever possible to
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should also encourage students for self-assessment to create a supportive
environment where students are willing to share and discuss on their work in
pairs, groups and with the whole class. The speaker shared some of the online
resources for assessment as a final note. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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teacher-participants and asked them to construct conceptual test items. The
teachers presented their questions and the speaker and other teachers critiqued
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questions to help them with assessment, which includes skills that should be
developed such as planning, conducting and reporting. This is also to give
students a focused question. Concepts are related to each other through a
concept map, while finding out more questions lead to state claims. This shows
the template to the rubric to evaluate components and a chart to map out results
and feedback.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>10. Dynamic Assessment. </b>This is driven
by self-assessment which is trust-worthy. The speaker also discussed the
advantages and disadvantages of dynamic assessment. The speaker also shared
some of the complaints of the students with regards to this type of assessment:
1) the test did not assess what they learned 2) students have difficulty
recognizing which strategies to use 3) tests are beyond their level 4) there is
no way of assessing learning processes and 5) passed the test but did not understand.
However she said that the teachers should always challenge the students when it
comes to exams.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>11. Static Assessment. </b>There are three
types of questions for this type of assessment: 1) recall 2) algorithmic 3)
higher order, where it includes conceptual questions, translation of the
information, interpretation of info, extrapolation and evaluation 4)
misconception, i.e. identifying a common misconception and generating a
question based on it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>12. Authentic Assessment. </b>This involves
direct evidence on the performance of the students through their tests. This is
also about how students monitor their understanding in the classroom. The
speaker suggested a progress chart. This also entails a meaningful learning in
the classroom, where the students do science experiments, conduct social
science research, write stories and reports and read and write literature. The
teachers on the other hand first determine and measure the students’ ability to
apply the knowledge. Between traditional and authentic assessment, teachers can
use both. Rubric making is still required. Such tasks may include performance
assessment tasks and portfolio. Advantages of this assessment include the
promotion of creativity, encouragement of collaboration and emphasis of
integrated learning. However this is not applied in real time teaching nowadays
the speaker said. The students should also have a self-assessment to evaluate
their own participation. Disadvantages on the other hand include time-intensive
process. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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have declarative, procedural and conditional knowledge which comprises of
metacognition. The speaker asked the participants about the relationship of
these three concepts, which includes authentic assessment, constructive
feedback and self-regulated learning. One of the participants said that this
will give them more idea on how to address the problems they encounter with
their students with regards to self-regulated learning. Another said that the
teachers can diversify on the students’ knowledge and explore their
inclinations to produce self-regulated learners. The speaker then asked the
participants to use the three concept in a single sentence. One said that
authentic assessment opens the students to a world of new concepts,
constructive feedback for students to realize their strengths and
self-regulated learning for students to give them the drive and the motivation
to a certain topic or lesson. Another said authentic assessment gives the
students the opportunity to learn more and with teachers to have constructive
feedback for the students to appreciate the lessons better and become
self-regulated learners. The speaker asked more participants to make their own summarized
statements about the three concepts. She then asked about the constructive
feedback which would come from the teachers while the self-regulated learning
comes from the students. She said that authentic assessment give evidence to
how students learn in which the teachers will provide constructive feedback to
make students self-regulated learner. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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make a performance task and an authentic assessment based on the questions they
made from the previous workshop. They also have to articulate the idea using a
rubric. Each group presented their performance task and the speaker commented
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Science Track: Course Assessment and Student
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Dr. Maricar Prudente <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Science Education Department<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">1. Introduction</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">. The speaker introduced the
topic as an integrated course, and aimed to define the relationship between
course objectives and assessment of student learning. She provided an overview
of the session, starting with course assessment, intended learning outcome and
achievement outcomes. She emphasized the need for the students to think
critically and the use of proper rubrics in a classroom setting which can be developed
by the teachers along with the students. She also aimed for the teachers to
create a workshop on performance task and classroom assessment techniques.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">2. Overview of Assessment. </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The speaker
first discussed the origin of the word “assess” and how it should be taken to the
student. She said it is something we do to and for the students. Assessment
should be looked as an art and not just a result of the students’ output, which
would not help the student realize how much time he has to take to fully
comprehend and understand the lesson. It is an art and a science of knowing how
much has the student learned. It also provide evidence of the skills developed
by the students, which is not measured only by pen and paper in a card of their
grades. She asked the participants the need to know the science teachers how
far has the students learned and discovered their potentials in their learning
skills. One teacher said so that they will know when to proceed with the next
lesson. The speaker also said that such practice should be proactive, not just
active. The process of assessment ends when the students have improved their critical
thinking skills through the output of their tests. The speaker aimed to
redefine the meaning of assessment to the teacher-participants.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">3. Course Assessment. </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The speaker
asked the teachers what guides them in determining whether their students have
learned their lessons. One teacher said by the results of their exams. Another
said by the quizzes every after the lesson, when the students are able to
restate the topic of the lesson on their own. She further asked what is their
basis of their evaluation of the students’ learning, which is rooted in the
objectives of the teachers, not just by giving tests. The course objectives
must guide the teachers because it is an integral part of the lesson plan. They
should ask how the student will gain maximum outcome and learning in the one
hour of the Science topic. The teacher must work backwards starting from the
learning assessment technique that shall measure the skills the students must gain
at the end of the lesson. The course objectives tell the teachers the learning
outcomes of the students which should be actionable, the speaker emphasized. Learning
outcomes or outcomes actually means what the students need to learn, know and
discover in their skills. The achievement outcome of mastery of the students
should be above 60%, which also applies in all subjects, according to the speaker.
The success of the learning outcomes is reflected in the skills developed by the
students and achieves the standard of the tasks of the course. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">3.1. Elements of Learning Outcomes. </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The teachers
should first formulate students of intended outcomes, then develop or select
assessment measures through direct assessments of student learning such as
projects and exhibitions. These activities yield a comprehensive information
that needs to be analyzed and evaluated by the teachers with the students as
their measure of their performance and knowledge acquired and skills mastered. Another
is to create experiences leading to outcomes, such as service learning, field
work and internship. This is where we give feed back to the students for them
to realize their potentials.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">3.2. Classroom Assessment Techniques.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> This is a
systematic collection and analysis of information which includes analysis of
the information to improve educational practices. It is also a method for
understanding student learning. It is also based on the belief that the teacher
knows more about the students and how they learn, they can better plan the
learning activities and structure their teaching. The speaker emphasized that
the teachers should not look at the scores, but on how they answered the question.
This will give light to the knowledge skills of the students and how they
learn. Benefits of proper learning assessment include an ongoing communication
process between the teacher and the students, clarification of the teaching
goals and what the teachers want the students to learn, credible evidence
regarding whether or not learning objectives have been achieved, specific
feedback on what is working and what is not and finally increased understanding
about student learning in the classroom. The speaker shared that she felt bad
every time the students could not answer the quizzes because of the wrong way
of teaching. She said she used to treat students who succeeded in learning the
topic of the lesson for the day. She pointed out that most teachers seem to
consider that assessment is a punishment and a benchmarking of the students’
incapacity of their knowledge skills. The role of assessment should be on
focusing on the students’ improvement of their knowledge so that they become
self-regulated learners. The feedback should not be about complaining to the
faculty about their students’ incapacity to analyze and synthesize but about
talking about it to their students and evaluating them personally. One teacher
complained how her students could not learn simple topics despite their grade
level. The speaker suggested peer teaching and heterogeneous groupings and
lesson bodies in class. She said that the more intelligent students are also
willing to share their knowledge to their fellow classmates and the teachers should
market on such practice. The speaker shared that cognitive psychologists said
that mastery takes a long time to develop and that the teachers should maximize
their time in making the learning process of the students productive and
worthwhile. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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raised the issue of the lack of time for teaching more topics to students,
where one concept may require more than a day for mastery. The speaker said
that the teachers first have to find out what their students know and give them
the extra work that they can bring home to study. They could also remediation. But
the teacher shared the sad reality of students not doing the extra work home
because they have other problems at home that they bring to school. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The speaker
shared the life of the students in Leyte where the group of teachers really
teach their students and they have the highest scores in NAT. She said she
would like to believe that the teachers in the urban areas can do the same. The
teachers should motivate them to learn. They should also invite scientists,
mathematicians and not artists to school for the students to learn more outside
the classroom and from other more intelligent people. For the economy to grow,
science education should be developed, studies have shown according to the
speaker. This has been proven by Singapore, where connections of learning
science and math and other subjects in the proper way are the key to success. The
teachers should encourage the students not to look and be absorbed by their
problems and develop an intimate relationship with them to make them understand
about the lessons and about life better. She said that teaching and mastery of
Science is already rescued by the K to 12 program in a spiral and integrated
mode of teaching. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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emphasized on heightening the interest of the students in learning science and
providing constructive criticisms to guide them to the right path of learning
the subject. She also shared her experience with her granddaughter on how she
teaches her to understand the topics better and guiding her instead of feeding
her the answers to the problems at hand. This entails student appreciation, the
speaker added. The speaker also suggested that the teachers should put their
shoes in the students and research has shown that with positive emotions
towards the students in a classroom setting lead them to do more work. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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paper. This provides a quick and simple way to collect written feedback on
student learning, with questions like what is the most interesting topic they
learned during class on that time. It is important for the teachers to read the
assessments of the students and share it to the students to help them and
evaluate whether they learned or not. Stop complaining, do the work, the
speaker emphasized to the teachers. 2) Muddiest Point. The teacher may ask the
student what was the most difficult topic for him. 3) One sentence summary. This
challenges the student to answer the questions “Who does what to whom...” This
will encourage the students to appreciate the lesson and teacher better, the
speaker added. A teacher raised the issue of students cheating in the
classroom. The speaker said that if the teacher have good classroom management
skills there would be minimal cheating in class and the students are more
motivated to learn in class. She suggested “learning contract for the year” for
the students, like not being absent for the year that the student should not
break. She emphasized the use of positive climate for the students and
consistency so that they will appreciate the subject better. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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shared some websites about classroom assessment techniques. She also clarified
the use of one sentence summary techniques and it is important for the teacher
to let the student understand that the activity is not to be graded but to have
a worthwhile evaluation of what they have learned during the day.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">4. Learning Assessment. </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The point of
assessment is to find out if the students think critically and solve problems
properly. The teachers should ask themselves on how students develop critical
skills and solve problems. She said that the teachers should contextualize the
concept and apply them in the students’ lives. In a class of 45 are 45
different concepts and different contexts, and it is the job of the teachers to
get in to them. There are conditions: 1) the teacher should convince that their
prior concept is wrong by giving them problems to solve which are
contextualized and relevant to their lives to achieve a cognitive equilibrium in
their brains. 2) the teacher should avoid short term memory by giving meaning
to the topics of the lesson using their own contextualized environment. This is
the reason why most students don’t remember most of the scientific lessons
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there are three types of knowledge: 1) declarative knowledge, which is knowing
the facts and concepts 2) procedural knowledge, which is knowing how to reason,
inquire and present knowledge and 3) metacognition, which are cognitive control
strategies such as setting goals and assessing the fruitfulness of a line of
inquiry. Metacognition is the most important skill the students should learn
that would make them learn by their own will. Motivation should be intrinsic,
the speaker emphasized. There should be an internal drive on the part of the
student for them to learn better. She shared again her experience in teaching her
nephews and nieces about making them more motivated in studying. It is also
important to make stories out of the lessons especially in science because it
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tend to have the attitude that the students study not because they want to
learn but because there is a test. This goes the same with the achievement
tests where even cheating is tolerated. One teacher raised the issue that
indeed it is a pen and paper evaluation but the speaker said that if the tests
were concept tests it would be good for the students. The speaker also said
that formative assessment is more appropriate for student evaluation, where it
is carried out frequently and is planned at the same time as teaching. It also
provides interactive and timely feedback and response, which leads to students
recognizing the learning gap and closing it. It also includes self-monitoring
and fosters life-long learning. Formative assessment entails success for
student evaluation with appropriate guidance. Their achievement also reflects
the learner’s perceptions and beliefs about their capacity to learn. The
speaker shared that their individual works are not graded but their portfolio
reflecting on how much they have learned during the semester. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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paper, written composition, projects, experiment, development of a product,
performance and community-based experience and exhibition and portfolio. This
entails consideration of a costly effect of this type of learning, but there
can be solutions for this, like making a one summative portfolio for the students
to make at the end of the semester, where there is evidence of learning. When
developing an effective assessment task, the three types of knowledge should be
involved—declarative, procedural and metacognitive knowledge. The teachers
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life settings do they use the knowledge taught in school, which task best
exemplifies the characteristics of an exemplary assessment task and what
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student work. The speaker shared her techniques of contextualizing the topics
the students need for them to appreciate the lesson better. The dominating
culture of the classroom should be followed so that the students will better
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>"Treating a person is about improving the quality of his life, not just delaying death,"</i></span></div>
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I remembered how my mentor Ms. <a href="http://www.jobonsol.net/">Josephine Bonsol</a> always told me about the Hindu chant <span style="font-size: large;">"May I be an instrument of love and peace, may I be well."</span> This is the same principle that the real <span style="font-size: large;">Patch Adams</span> shared along with his other six mantras:<i> love, happiness, care, cooperation, fun, creativity and thoughtfulness. </i></div>
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Sixteen year ago the great<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/374564/showbiz/showbizabroad/real-patch-adams-pays-tribute-to-robin-williams"> Robin Williams</a> </span>brought to life his revolutionary work and people still miss him for being Patch Adams. I myself have always remembered the name of <b>Robin Williams</b> as <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.patchadams.org/">Patch Adams</a> </span>because that was the first movie where I watched him. Both are like twins--they continuously bring joy and happiness not just to the world but to the world of suffering, pain, and chaos. It is hard enough as it is to spread the love and be an instrument of peace but both Patch Adams and Robin Williams have done with such finesse and ease that they have turned the world upside down and contributed to making the world a better place worth living in. </div>
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The story first zooms in to a suicidal man who narrates his worth in life and the worth of the world he's living in. He self-admits to a mental hospital and found in this most unlikely place his place in the world--he met his roommate <b>Rudy</b> who is schizophrenic and always sees squirrels crawling all over him, a <b>Nobel Prize winner doctor </b>who always laughs at people who say four to the four fingers he shows and his psychiatrist who "sucks at his job" and won't even look his patients in their eyes. After having a game with Rudy to make him go to the bathroom, and learning from the genius doctor that four fingers means looking at the problem too hard, he finally realizes he wants to help people and become a doctor.</div>
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But then helping people is easier said than done.<b> Patch </b>enrolls in a medical school and makes a few friends who are still in doubt about his philosophies in improving the quality of life of the patients instead of just treating the disease. In the hospital, he makes all kinds of clown tricks to cheer up the patients which all became very effective. He befriended the nurses and was even able to tame the wildest patient who would never let anyone near him because of his terrible disease.</div>
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An epiphany hits him: a free hospital with no insurance policies and other formalities, where there are only free medicines, care, and a bonus of laughter from the balloons and cap guns and bubble machines. A conflict arises because of the low supply of the medical kits because of the absence of insurance. Another major conflict hits Patch where his girlfriend <b>Carin</b> (<a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005321/?ref_=tt_cl_t3">Monica Potter</a>) was killed by a psychopath. These are all overcome by Patch and the work goes on.</div>
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A final conflict surfaces because the medical school principal does not want him to graduate because of "<b>excessive happiness</b>". However he was able to defend himself in court thanks to the help of all the patients he helped in the hospital.</div>
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I do believe in my mentor's Hindu chant <span style="font-size: large;">"May I be an instrument of love and peace. May I be well."</span> I realized that most of the time it's hard to do because I myself have a lot of things going in my head that I don't manage to look at other people's problems. What I didn't realize was that I could really learn about other people's lives and equally learn more about my life when I talk to them. </div>
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We will always remember you, <span style="font-size: large;">Robin Willliams</span> a.k.a <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.chasingthefrog.com/reelfaces/patchadams.php">Patch Adams</a>.</span></div>
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teacher-participants into groups of six and gave them one type of plant for
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that the Philippines is very rich in plants. She showed the participants
different medicinal plants and asked them if they could identify one. She
introduced the outline of her lecture which revolved around medicinal plants. She
showed more photos of medicinal plants and asked the participants to identify
them. She explained how they culture plants in UP Los Baños and identified some
of the medicinal plants they use and cultivate. She said that these plants are
often utilized in different countries like Japan, Singapore and China, but
seldom in the Philippines. She also introduced the traditional plants that are
often used in provinces. She identified some plants like the Tuba-tuba (<i>Jatropha curcas</i>), and asked one of the participants
how it is used as a medicinal plant and also asked why it has boomed in the
national and international news. She discussed the disadvantages of such plant
because it is poisonous despite its being a medicinal plant. She also pointed
out the <i>kamoteng kahoy </i>which has
poisonous cyanide content that’s why it may also be dangerous to one’s health. She
mentioned the significance of how teachers would teach this kind of medicinal
plant to the students. She showed another medicinal plant <i>lagundi </i>and discussed its species. The <i>pansit-pansitan</i> plant has also become a popular medicinal plant in
the Philippines and asked the participants how it is used. She also asked the
participants on who have eaten this type of medicinal plant and how it is used
in salads. She gave the participants a homework assignment on identifying more
different types of medicinal plants. She showed more different medicinal and
ornamental plants and their uses. She identified one plant <i>pototpod</i>, where one participant shared its proper dosage especially
to children. She said that in Baguio that it is used for diabetic patients. Some
of her students have studied more about the plant, she shared. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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conducted a short quiz for the participants on identifying different types of
medicinal plants. She showed photos like the <i>lagundi </i>and <i>oregano. </i>She
said that such types of plants may also be used as spices. She also discussed a
plant named <i>tsaang gubat </i>with
medicinal properties. She also discussed its plant morphology and how the small
medicinal plant differs from the mature one. She said that the teachers should
be careful in teaching and using such medicinal plants. She also discussed its
uses and anti-microbial properties using their extracts. She also illustrated
root crops and their respective plant morphology and medicinal uses. Questions
were raised on the plant morphology and size of such medicinal plant because
the students may take it as a mistake without the proper illustration of the
plant. She also discussed the research behind the medicine aspirin which also
came from a medicinal plant. She discussed its use back in history during
Alexander the Great. She said that the medicinal property possessed by aspirin
is the salicilic acid where it is sold internationally a hundred years ago.
However she shared that it was not yet popular in the Philippines at that time.
Mostly nuns and priests would hide these medicinal plants which also possess
wine-making properties. She next introduced periwinkle which is not endemic in
the Philippines and is also used as anti-cancer. She discussed the complexity
of the plant morphology, molecular figure and anti-cancer properties, which is
why the medicine is difficult to harvest. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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discussed the different plants found in the different parts of the Philippines
like Mount Pulag and her field work experiences in finding medicinal plants. She
discussed its properties which, contrary to literature, do not have
anti-depressant properties. She emphasized the diversity of medicinal plants
because of the different habitats found in the Philippines. She showed more
photos of endemic medicinal plants like pandan fruit, pinecones, sarsabilla,
tiger lily and apaton and also discussed their respective habitats—whether in
the beach or in the mountains. She also asked the participants their respective
medicinal properties based on their respective places. Some of the participants
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illustrated a map where the medicinal plants are rich and where there are less
species in other parts of the world, like in the Philippines despite its
biological diversity. She shared a quote about revisiting the past which led to
pharmaceutical and therapeutic medicines that have boomed long after the popularity
of herbal medicinal plants. She discussed their different uses and medicinal
properties, like ginseng. She also discussed the Functional Foods that are
beyond nutrition but health-wise very significant as well. She also mentioned
about nutraceuticals and pharmaceuticals and showed more photos of medicinal
plants that are responsible for these modified plant supplements. She asked one
participant how such plant is used medicinally, which may also be used in
salads. She also identified the plant <i>Brassica
spp. </i>which has anti-cancer and anti-microbial properties, which also serves
the way garlic is used for such medications. One participant shared her
knowledge on the medicinal properties and uses of garlic. More participants
shared their insights on these medicinal plants. She introduced new books that
were released about different types of medicinal plants for further research. She
also shared a quote from the bible “...the leaves of the tree were used for
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medicinal plants given to each group and identify and determine their
respective names, plant morphology, vitamin content, family group and medicinal
uses. She also asked whether the plants were ornamental or medicinal plants. They
identified different plants like gumamela, oregano, margarita, santan,
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first asked the participants about photosynthesis and emphasized that the
teachers as well as the students must be able to appreciate the lesson despite
its complicated process and explanation. She simplified the explanation of the
formula for photosynthesis and also asked the relevance of its process in the
ecosystem. She proceeded to discuss about the parts of the plant and its cell
structure that undergoes photosynthesis including the pigments, the
anthocyanin, vacuole, and plasmid. She pointed out the easy way on how to
identify the parts of the plant and its cell structure including the glucose
and its pigments. She also discussed about monosaccharides, disaccharides and
oligosaccharides in the leaves of the plant, which produces the starch in the
plant. She further explained the significant carbons that the plants produce.
She also described amylose proteins that branches out into amino-peptin that
makes up the cellulose of the plant. This is one of the special properties of
plants that make it distinct with humans and animals. She also emphasized the
materialization of different starches depending on the protein build-up of the
plant. She also discussed the different components that need to be utilized
like the chlorophyll and enzymes for photosynthesis to take place. She went
deep into the parts of the cell of the plant, where each part does its part for
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the lower layer and the stomata of the leaves of the plant for light to come
into the plant. She gave an overview of the visible spectrum, electron, NADP
and photon—pockets of energy in a simple way. She explained the excitement of
electrons in the cell of the plant as the excitement of one person being passed
on to another person. She then proceeded with the concepts of reduction and
oxidation. She also simplified the formula for the chlorophyll and showed
illustrations of its protein build-up. She focused on the membrane of the
chlorophyll of the plant, where light from the sun is captured. She also
illustrated the morphology of the grana or thylakoids. She summarized that
light reaction requires enough light compared to the light-independent
reaction. She also illustrated the color spectrum of the plant compared to the
light rays and frequency of other appliances like radio. She simplified the
capturing and absorbing of light by the chlorophyll using everyday experiences
and teacher participation and unity. She also discussed photolysis and electron
passing in the NADP. She also discussed the significance of ATP syntase
protein. A question was raised on if the
lecture on hand is the Krebs Cycle and Electron Transport Chain. The speaker
confirmed the lecture but said she explained it in a simpler way. She also
discussed about the significance of mitochondria and its role in food making in
photosynthesis. She said that chloroplast is an essential part of the plant for
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counterpart of the light reaction, where the plant does not need light to be
able to produce food. She emphasized the significance of ribulose and biphosphate
in the cycle. The by-product, she said would be carbon molecule and glyceraldehyde
phosphate. The speaker said that this lecture is indeed a challenge to teach to
the students but pointed out that they should be explained as simple as
possible in the language known to the student. Enzymes, such as carbo-oxilate
is also significant in the process. The speaker said that photo-respiration is
basically at work in this process compared to the food-making process of
photosynthesis. She challenged the participants with an activity on devising a
plan to present photosynthesis in the simplest way possible that the students
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able to illustrate the process of photosynthesis in a simpler way and was able
to describe and discuss it the way students would be able to understand it
better. The speaker emphasized that the target audience are the students, and
so they should be able to simplify the illustration as much as possible. Some
of the groups were able to illustrate the process of photosynthesis that the
children would be able to understand. The speaker evaluated the presentations
and commented that the teachers should be very careful with the use of their
technical terms. She further discussed the misconceptions of the process of
photosynthesis to the teacher-participants so that the students would not be
confused with the process and technical terms. She also said that
transformation of energy that occurs in the chlorophyll may be paralleled with
the solar panels that the students already know. Observations were shared on
how the teachers would be able to make the parts of the process of
photosynthesis tangible for the students to better understand the concept. Other
questions were raised on the difference between protein and starch,
chloroplasts, and cellular respiration. </span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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I took a test in Facebook on who would have been the author that would write my life story, and the results said that it would be "a crime if <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.sirarthurconandoyle.com/">Sir Arthur Conan Doyle</a></span>, the author of <a href="http://www.sherlock-holmes.co.uk/"><b>Sherlock</b> <b>Holmes</b></a>, would not write my story." Indeed I have been in love with detective and psycho-thriller movies since I was a child. <b><i>Silence of the Lambs, Hannibal, Saw series, Detective Conan,</i></b> all these movies have always thrilled me because they are not really horror movies which recently have become a series of scenes that just scares you but with empty stories. I just watched Silence of the Lambs after five years and still gave me the chills by <b>Dr. Hannibal Lecter, Hannibal the Cannibal.</b></div>
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I have read that the movie, which is inspired by the book <span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="http://www.filmsite.org/sile.html">Silence of the Lambs</a></b></span> by <a href="http://www.randomhouse.com/features/thomasharris/"><b>T<span id="goog_1880051155"></span><span id="goog_1880051156"></span>homas Harris</b> </a>is based on real life serial killers, where <b>Hannibal Lecter</b> played the role of the real-life cannibal <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.crimelibrary.com/serial_killers/notorious/fish/index.html">Albert Fish</a></span>, while <b>Buffalo Bill</b> or Jame Gumb reflected three serial killers including <b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.biography.com/people/ted-bundy-9231165">Ted Bundy</a></span></b>. I have read a lot about <b>Albert Fish</b> during high school, where he kidnapped children and ate them. Since then, I continued to read about different <b>serial killers</b> and their untold stories of horror and their identities as men of severe violence.</div>
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The story starts with FBI student <b>Clarice Starling</b> (<a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000149/?ref_=tt_cl_t1">Jodie Foster</a>) who also has divine interest in <b>behavioral science.</b> A job comes up and the head of the Behavioral Sciences department <b>Dr. Jack Crawford </b>(<a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001277/?ref_=tt_cl_t5">Scott Glenn</a>) asked <b>Clarise </b>to profile serial killers including<b> Dr. Hannibal Lecter</b> (<a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000164/?ref_=tt_cl_t11">Anthony Hopkins</a>), their "most prized asset". The covert assignment is to use <b>Clarise</b> extract information from <b>Hannibal</b> regarding the <b>Buffalo Bill</b> case files, where up until then the FBI has not able to pin down the horrible serial killer who kills women. <b>Jack Crawford</b> is right: <b>Hannibal</b> knows who <b>Buffalo Bill</b> is. <b>Clarise,</b> who wants nothing but to help pin down the serial killer agrees to a deal with the cannibal <b>Hannibal</b> quid pro quo: <b>Hannibal</b> gives her clues about <b>Buffalo Bill </b>and <b>Clarise</b> tells him about her worst memory of childhood. </div>
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<b>Clarise</b> was able to successfully find the wanted serial killer with <b>Hannibal</b>'s anagrams and <a href="http://www.biography.com/people/marcus-aurelius-9192657"><span style="font-size: large;">Marcus Aurelius</span> </a>principle techniques and saved <b>Catherine Martin</b>, the last girl <b>Buffalo Bill </b>kidnapped that time. </div>
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I have always loved how <b>Clarise</b> solved the case files and I learned a lot about the stories behind serial killers who were victims of their childhood themselves. When I read more about the psychology of <i>serial killers and mass murderers </i>I found out that most of them were victims of violence during their childhood and therefore they become something horrible and terrible that they themselves were not able to escape from. </div>
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I have been attracted to different psycho-thriller movies these days despite my current condition, but then the very reason I crave them is I can familiarize with these horrible things and compare them to my own demons, and realize that such people in such movies are far worse than what I am experiencing now. </div>
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Jezia Talaverahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10236340924430963316noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060766443965444640.post-9159726680274974012014-09-10T20:44:00.002-07:002014-09-10T20:48:36.099-07:00Wreck-it-Ralph: One game at a time<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This is the very reason why I love bad guys and villains in movies, it's because they are a product of their own histories. It's because they were never meant to be bad guys in the first place. It's because they never wanted to be one in the beginning of the story.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I needed some reference with regards to different kinds of sweets, pastries and candycane lollipops for my book I am currently writing and I remembered <b>Sugar Rush </b>in the movie <span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="http://disney.wikia.com/wiki/Wreck-It_Ralph/Gallery">Wreck-it-Ralph</a></b></span>. This is one of my favorite <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://disney.com/">Disney</a></span> movies and no wonder that the cinematography and the story itself is parallel to the Pixar movies is because <b><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005124/awards">John Lasseter</a></b>, the director of many of the movies in Pixar, was the executive producer of this movie. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Arcade games? Many of us was still able to connect and experience first hand arcade games and now comes in the game <b>Fix-it-Felix</b>, where the protagonist<b> Felix </b>(<a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1442113/?ref_=tt_cl_t3">Jack McBrayer</a>) <b> </b>fixes the building that Ralph the bad guy destroys. However the story does not revolve in the heroic acts of <b>Felix </b>but in the frustrations of<b> Ralph </b>(<a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000604/?ref_=tt_cl_t1">John Reilly</a>) in being the bad guy and living in the block dumps and not having cakes and fireworks and medals. He wants to prove that even bad guys can earn medals and goes Turbo and went to the game <b>Hero's Duty.</b> At first he thought it was that easy to earn the medal in such game until he realizes his life and the whole game could be at stake if he would not shoot the cybugs and help his comrades. The game was over in less than a minute because of <b>Ralph'</b>s recklessness and secretly climbs and enters the building where a shining gold medal awaits him. However things took a turn for the worse when he accidentally flew a spaceship with a cybug in it and crosses over to the game <b>Sugar Rush</b>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Here he meets the glitch--<b>Vanellope von Schweetz </b>(<a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0798971/?ref_=tt_cl_t2">Sarah Silverman</a>)<b>,</b> who was also in need of a gold medal/coin so she could join the race. Everyone in her game despises her because they said she was never meant to exist in a game--a glitch. The two first had a series of misunderstandings because Vanellope stole <b>Ralph</b>'s gold medal and used it so she could join the race. <b>Vanellope</b> decided they should be partners--Ralph would help her get a legitimate race car while Vanellope would win the race so Ralph can get his medal back. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">*Disclaimer: All photos were taken from Kat's Tumblr account at<a href="http://theimpulsiveyoungcook.tumblr.com/page/3"> http://theimpulsiveyoungcook.tumblr.com/page/3</a></span><br />
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<li itemprop="ingredients" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 8px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">1 sweet onion, sliced into thin strips</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">1/2 Kilo Short Grain Rice (Japanese Rice)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">10 Nori Wrappers</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sesame Oil</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">1 Cucumber</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">2 Carrots</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">1 Lettuce</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">3 Eggs</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">6 Crabsticks </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">1 Can of Tuna in Oil</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">1. Cook rice. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">2. While rice is cooking, prepare the ingredients for the filling. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">1. tuna fillet sliced into rectangles/ steamed or boiled chicken breast fillet sliced into rectangles</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">3. carrots</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">4. scrambled egg</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">5. cucumber sliced vertically</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">6. shitake mushroom</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">For the crabstick-fish cake prepare:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">1. steamed crabstick and fish cake sliced thinly</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">1. After cooking the rice, mix at least 3 tbsp of sesame oil to it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">2. Mix some sesame seed as well.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">3. If you want more flavor, you can add Furikake.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">You’ll need Kikoman soysauce, mayonnaise and sugar. Mix according to desired taste.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Rolling the rolls (lol):</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">1. Place the Nori wrapper on the bamboo mat. The shiny part should be on the bottom.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">2. Spread rice but don’t spread it to the whole wrapper. Leave at least an inch at the end.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">3. Put the lettuce first. Then, place the cucumber and carrots on top. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">4. After that, put the slice of scrambled egg, tuna/chicken/crabstick & fish cake and shitake mushroom.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">5. Roll it tightly. Use rice as a paste when closing it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">6. Use the bamboo mat to tighten the roll. Squeeze the roll with enough force. But don’t squeeze<em style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">too </em>tightly.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">7. Cut into at least 1/2 inch. Be careful in cutting it because if you cut it too thinly, it will be destroyed. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Craving for more? </i>These are the next five recipes and mouth-watering pastries and meals my friend <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Kat</b></span> has in store for you!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">*Disclaimer: all photos were taken from Kat's Tumblr account at </span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">http://theimpulsiveyoungcook.tumblr.com</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b>1) Tomato-Basil Wrap with Strawberry Dressing</b></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“We are proud to support Filipino entrepreneurs who are exhibiting their world class concepts through AFFI’s annual franchise show. This year there will be hundreds of participants each with its own success story that will inspire everyone to go out and start their own business.” says <b>Carson Tan CEO of GQWEST Inc</b> which owns the Aquabest brand.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The company is a long time member of AFFI with around<b> 700 stores </b>and is considered among the leading players in the water franchising industry. This year, the company will continue to highlight its 3 in 1 <span style="font-size: large;">Combostore</span> concept as well as introduce its new Nanogen technology.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The Combostore franchise combines the <b>Aquabest, Laundrybest, and Oxyplus brands</b>. This allows franchisees of the Combostore to benefit from the expanded target market and synergies resulting from the fusion of the three brands. The concepts offer a faster return period and better margins.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The company is also proud to announce that it would be the first refilling station franchise to utilize nanotechnology in its filtration process. <span style="font-size: large;">“Nanogen” </span>which is a Korean developed water filtration system that ensures a high level of water purity while at the same time being the first in the country to offer alkaline pure water.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I told my best friend<b><span style="font-size: large;"> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/kat.quitlong?fref=ts">Kat Quitlong</a></span></b> that I'll be the one to promote her amazing cooking skills in this blog. She is currently studying at the<b> University of the Philippines Diliman</b> and will go to Japan this year to hone her Japanese skills and explore her teaching career in a whole new country for ten months. Without further adieu, here's her load of pastries, cookies and many more!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>The ghosts of our pasts always haunt us, but sometimes, they lead us to identify who we really are, and who we'll be from then on.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I have always been an avid fan of<b><span style="font-size: large;"> <a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/alisonwillmore/the-twilight-of-studio-ghibli-hayao-miyazaki#101sspp">Hayao Miyazaki</a></span></b>'s movies and apart from my favorite <b><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113824/">Whisper of the Heart</a></b>,<span style="font-size: large;"> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1798188/">From Up the Poppy Hill</a></span> is the second best love story I adore. The story revolves around a young girl <b>Umi Matsuzaki</b>, who would always raise signal flags for his father who had died in a supply ship during the Korean war. Little did she know that a certain someone was answering her signal flags, and even that someone even wrote a poem about her raising the flags in memory of her father. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Meet <b>Shun Kazama</b>, the young boy who immediately but secretly falls in love with <b>Umi</b>. He is one of the editors of the weekly newspaper in their school and is part of the Journalism club. The basic conflict surfaces when their school principal and the chairman decide to abolish the Club building, which includes the Archeaology, Philosophy, Chemistry and other clubs mostly led by the boys of the <b>Konan Academy</b>. Umi, who befriends the handsome Shun, suggests that they should clean the place to make it look new. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The work began and the love story of the two develops until a second conflict arises--when <b>Shun</b> and the other boys were invited for a small get together party at<b> Umi</b>'s boarding house, <b>Umi</b> shows her a photo of his late father <span style="background-color: #fbfbfb;"><b>Yuichiro Sawamura</b> and he is left speechless. He has the same photo and his foster father finally told him that <b>Yuichiro</b> is his true father, which makes the couple brothers and sisters. <b>Shun</b> gets cold towards <b>Umi</b> until he admits that they are indeed brother and sister. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fbfbfb;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>"It's just like a typical melodrama." Shun says.</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fbfbfb;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">However<b> Umi </b>admits that even though they are related, her feelings for him will never change. The same goes for <b>Shun</b> and they bade each other goodbye after they have talked to the chairman to come visit their new club building.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: #fbfbfb;"><b>Umi</b>'s mother comes home from America and she asks her the truth about <b>Shun</b>. The mother then contacts <b>Shun</b>'s foster father and they are both able to come in touch with the third person in the photo--the one who knows the truth. It becomes a moment of peace for all three of them--Captain <b>Hiroshi Tachibana</b>, <b>Shun</b> and <b>Umi</b>. It feels like a reunion for <b>Hiroshi</b> seeing the son and daughter of his late friends and he thanked them for the moment they finally met. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: #fbfbfb;">I was moved by the last scene where <b>Hiroshi</b> held both their hands and thanked them for the opportunity to meet his best friends in a long time. I also loved how the movie depicted the Japanese culture of boarding houses, signal flags, school clubs, stencils that worked before xerox machines and passionate students who would save their club building no matter what. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: #fbfbfb;">It was indeed a ghost of <b>Shun</b> and <b>Umi</b>'s past that actually brought them together in the end. </span></span></div>
Jezia Talaverahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10236340924430963316noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060766443965444640.post-654970479270771792014-09-06T02:04:00.000-07:002014-09-08T20:06:13.212-07:00Katha 2014: Science Track- Revisiting Geology<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Minutes of the workshop transcribed. Speaker Dr. Eligio Obille Jr.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">KATHA 2014 Batch 2: Day 7<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Science Track: Geology<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Dr. Eligio Obille Jr. <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">UP NISMED<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">University of the Philippines Diliman<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">September 6, 2014<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">1. Introduction</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">. The speaker first grouped the
teacher-participants into nine groups and distributed globes for each group.
The activity started with geography called “Where am I?” using the globes. The
participants showed the parts of the globes like the equator, longitude and
latitude. The speaker clarified that the equator should be shown as a line and
not as a point for the students to better understand it. Then he asked some of
the participants to define the equator in their own words. Most of the
participants gave different and various answers. The speaker clarified one of
the participant’s use of the word “imaginary” in the definition of the equator.
He emphasized that it is important to put the definition in one’s own words and
not read from a book henceforth. He still extracted the full definition of the
equator from the teachers and said that it should be equally or midway that
separates the North and South Poles. He also clarified that use of north and
south hemispheres that one of the participants shared. It should be the line
that separates the north and south hemispheres equally into two halves that is
midway between the north and south poles. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">2. Latitude and Longitude. </span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">He then
proceeded with the definitions of the lines of latitude and asked the
participants to define it in their own words and based on what they see. He
clarified that there is no wrong answers and not every definition should be
governed by what they read in textbooks. One participant said that latitude is
a circular line that expands going from the north dimension which changes as it
goes in the midway down. The speaker clarified that the teachers should define
the terms as if they were teaching Grade 6 students. Another participant said
that it is a circular line that goes around the globe. Another said that each latitude
has a 15-degree separation from each other. The speaker said that all their
answers were correct but the definitions they gave may only be understood not
by everyone. He clarified that latitudes are parallel to the equator, which the
teachers had not noticed. Another said that the circumference changes, but
better use the word “change in size”. It is important to use very simple words
that everyone must understand, especially the students. He also stressed that
parallel lines mean the lines do not meet. He said that there is no top or
bottom or north and south in space that’s why it is important to avoid the use
of top or bottom in defining geographic terms. “Equation is at latitude 0”, was
an advanced answer that should not be taught immediately to the students. It is
not the job of the teacher to give the definition of the term, it is his job to
let the student discover the answer, the speaker emphasized. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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question is “What is the latitude at the South Pole?” Answers were raised—90
degrees south. It is important to say that South Pole latitude is 90 degrees
south because north pole latitude is 90 degrees north. It is important that the
teacher would let the students to define the other terms by themselves after
they have guided them. The teacher does not do all the teaching, they should
let the students discover the definitions and answers by themselves as well. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The speaker then
let the teachers show him the different degrees of latitude in the globes. The
teachers all got the right answers and said that it would be better if the
teachers let the students find the estimation of the latitude degrees—as he
coined—guesstimate. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The speaker then
asked the teachers to define longitude. Vertical lines, circular lines, lines
from north to south, parallel lines. The speaker asked if the longitudes are
parallel lines, which are lines that do not meet. It means that lines of longitude
are not parallel lines because they meet in the north and south poles. He also
said that they are not vertical lines. He said that the way the moon is tilted
into a diagonal line is the same way as the lines of the longitude, which all
meet at the ends of the poles. It is important to describe these concepts
instead of reading it in textbooks, the speaker emphasized.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">He also
discussed the Prime Meridian, the first longitude, which passes from the North
Pole near London to South. He asked the participants to find the Great Britain
in the globe. He also discussed the Greenwich in England. The Prime Meridian is
at 0 degrees, and it is going both east and west and meets at 180 degrees in
the globe. It divides the Eastern and Western hemispheres. He further discussed
the Prime Meridian and Greenwich and further called these that as the Prime
Meridian is farther away from one country, it is called far east; the closer to
Prime Meridian, it is called near east. It means that the Philippines is far
east from the Prime Meridian. He then asked the participants to locate 25
degrees and one teacher said there is none in the globe. He illustrated and
emphasized the use of legends of W and E in relation to the Prime Meridian—that
is West and East. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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the participants to locate Manila to the nearest degree. Answers raised were all
correct—15 degrees north and 120 degrees east. The speaker gave some more
exercises and competitions for the participants. He asked the participants to
locate certain countries using the latitudes and longitude degrees. He gave at
least three problem sets of finding countries using latitude and longitude
degrees. He next gave the activity in
reverse, the participants were to identify the latitudes and longitude degrees
of certain countries like Tokyo, Melbourne and Singapore. The speaker
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latitude and longitude may be applied to climate. The speaker reviewed the
climate of different points in the world. The relationship is that the closer
the country is to the equator, the hotter the place is, and vice versa. There
is a corresponding degree in climate and in the location of the place. Latitude
0 is called the equator. There is also a special latitude that is 23.5 degrees
north—the Tropic of Cancer, in Tropic of Capricorn 23.5 south. Between these
places are called the tropical areas. He also discussed the temperate zones and
arctic zones. It is clear that there is a great correlation between the
latitude and the climate. He also explained the cold climates due to the
latitudes and longitude degrees in the north and south poles. Questions were
raised on the long nights and long days in the north and south parts of the
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distributed two bottles of water for each group and asked them to connect both
bottles and shake them. He illustrated the correct use of the bottle experiment
to illustrate the phenomenon of cyclone and typhoon. It is important to take
off the label of the bottle and both bottles should be identical. It can be
applied in different storms in the Philippines like the typhoon Yolanda. He
discussed the entrance of storms in the Philippines using the bottle experiment
to further explain how it is applied in climate. He also discussed the concept
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">5. Tracking a Storm. </span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The speaker also
introduced how to identify and detect the eye of the storm and illustrated
newspaper clippings during the worst typhoons in the Philippines. He also
illustrated the storm approach of Yolanda in Leyte in a video. It could be
noticed that the eye of the storm suddenly disappears once it lands in the
place because it weakens. The speaker conducted an activity where the
teacher-participants would plot the storm upsurge of Yolanda in a Philippine
map given a set of data. He reviewed their answers which were measured in
latitude and longitude degrees. He emphasized that such activity can be
introduced to students where they can plot the Philippine area of
responsibility and applying their knowledge on longitude and latitude. He also
discussed the upcoming storms in PAR identified by PAG-ASA. PAR, which includes
Taiwan is for the geography of storms only, the speaker emphasized. He also
asked why the area in the east of the Philippines is a large part of PAR and rephrased
the question. Answers raised were for PAG-ASA to be prepared in the upcoming
storms in the eastern Philippine Sea. The speaker said that it is important to
have a large part of the eastern area of the Philippines to be part of PAR
because it would help PAG-ASA and the people to be prepared and this would become
a warning for the people living near the coastal areas of the eastern
Philippine Sea. He also pointed out the reason why Taiwan is included in PAR
because storms may be strong enough for the people in one country to be
prepared. He also pointed out that the teachers don’t have to give all the
answers to the students and let them think it over to accomplish critical
thinking. Questions were raised on the limited time for the teachers to extract
the answer to the students in which the time may not be enough for them to do
it. The teachers may adjust to their strategy relative to the time limit. Giving
the answers to the students in an instant is not teaching at all, the speaker
pointed out. Inquiry process is important for the students to be developed;
even though it may kill a lot of time, but can be done. The speaker checked the
answers of the participants and most of them got the right answers. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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presented questions: 1) Where did Yolanda fall? The participants said it was
outside PAR. He said there are three ways to answer the question: the Pacific
Ocean, the longitude and latitude and outside PAR given one has full knowledge
of the geography of the country. 2) When did Yolanda enter the PAR? November 6,
between 3pm and 6pm, where it depends on where it overlapped in the boundary of
the Philippine area, according to the participants. 3) When did Yolanda leave
PAR? November 9 and between 12am and 6am. 4) In what direction did Yolanda move?
The participants answered from Southeast to Northwest. They may also say it
moved westward. It can be observed that the question can all be answered based
on the activity. Other different questions may be added given another set of
data. The speaker illustrated the long path of the origin of Yolanda to the
participants from far east to westward in China. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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discussed the different categories of tropical cyclones, namely tropical
depression, tropical storm, typhoon and supertyphoon, which all differ in their
speed. It can be interpreted in the Filipino language in the way vehicles move
in speed. Tropical storms mainly rely on their wind speed, not on the amount of
rain it produces. He described the different types of position of the storm
especially when one is located in the eye of the storm. He also gave and
illustrated examples of different storms and emphasized that storms all come
from seas and are formed in bodies of water. Temperate and warm water ranging
from 26 degrees celsius is also one point to form a storm. The direction is
also westward for it to become a storm. Therefore the eastern parts of Luzon
are always affected. 5) Where do tropical cyclones die out? It dies out during
its landfall because there is no temperate water anymore. Landfall in water
areas may also be low in temperature that’s why it dies out. He illustrated the
inquiry teaching by letting the teachers answer the questions themselves, which
can be applied to their students. 6) Why is the Philippine prone to typhoons?
The teachers said that it is because the Philippines surrounded by large bodies
of warm and temperate waters. Also, there is no other country near the Pacific
ocean where storms can land, except for the Philippines. This entails disaster
preparedness. Observations were raised on the clockwise movement and rotation
of the Earth relative to the movement of storms being westward. The speaker
said it is the Coriolis Effect, but it was too advanced for the lecture. Convention
box—when there is a storm in the country, the wind above is warmer, where warm
air rises. The air around will replace the warm air, which is called the low
pressure area. All storms have low pressure area according to the speaker. It
may advance to tropical depression. Wind then, which is the horizontal movement
of the air then rises and creates the low pressure area. Typhoons are always
pushed by wind currents that are bigger than the current itself, and are always
attracted by low pressure area. When the air rises in a certain area, the
strong winds and low pressure area are attracted in that direction, that is why
it is westward. Another question is raised on whether the storm moves in a
clockwise or counterclockwise. In southern hemisphere it is clockwise and in
northern hemispher it is counterclockwise. This is due to the Coriolis Effect. He
briefly discussed the topic on the Coriolis Effect using the globe. This is why
there is a rotation of the storms because there is the rotation of the earth. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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was raised if there is a possibility of the occurrence of a storm from the
northern hemisphere to the southern hemisphere. The speaker said there is a
possibility, but most probably it weakens because there is the equator that
stops the storm from passing by. Tropical storms in convergent and
intertropical convergent zones give rise to diagonal rises of storms where warm
air rises. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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gave an activity called Break and Shake. He recalled the 1990 earthquake in the
Philippines where 201 people died. The use of intensity 8 was wrong; it should
have been magnitude 7.8, where there was a simple miscommunication. He
illustrated a map of the world and all the black areas are the ones in which
earthquakes occurred. It means earthquakes do not occur in any place. There are
only certain places where earthquakes occur and are confined in certain places.
It occurs in boundaries below plates. The activity involved the use of sand and
two pieces of paper where the participants would replicate the occurrence of an
earthquake. The activity showed a similarity of a road in which it was
displaced when an earthquake occurred. The crack is called the fault, according
to the speaker. He then asked what the definition of a fault based on the
activity. The participants said that it is the place where two plates meets,
collide, crack, breaks, separates along which there is movement. He illustrated
a real fault and asked why there is a fault in that place. It is because there
is a crack and displaced movement of the plates or in the ground. The fault
should be big enough to be called one, the speaker pointed out. He illustrated
more examples of faults. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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illustrated a model of a fault in an activity, which involved carton boxes,
paper clips and rubber bands. He emphasized that the movement of the ground is
sudden, not slowly. He illustrated the pull of force of the rubber band with
the taped boxes of carton and showed an earthquake in action. At first the pull
of the rubber band is the only force exerted in the movement until there is a
strong force of pull and the ground shakes and turns into an earthquake. All
the groups were able to illustrate the phenomenon using the materials given. The
longer the rest period of the force, the stronger the earthquake would be, and
vice versa. An earthquake therefore is a big fault made by a sudden movement of
the earth’s crust. The other groups tried to tape a paper house in one box and
tested the result of the house’s destruction with the earthquake in action. He
also shared some websites on earthquakes. A question was raised on aftershocks.
There are three kinds of shocks, foreshock, the shock itself and aftershock,
where aftershocks are the small minimal earthquakes due to the aftermath of the
vibrations of the ground.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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proceeded with heat, as in heat in the lava of a volcano. Heat temperature is
relative, depending on the layers of the earth and the place. Excessive heat
causes the plates to move above. A question was raised on the concept of
trenches and plate tectonics, but the speaker did not further discuss the
complicated topic. He also clarified the use of tectonic plate and plate
tectonics—one is the place itself while the other one is the theory. He also
slightly discussed convergent and divergent boundaries where all earthquakes
occur. A teacher clarified the complicated topic which is taught in Grade 6,
and asked the speaker to further discuss it. More questions were raised by the
participants regarding analogies on earthquake. Another teacher asked the
correlation of the earthquake and the volcanic eruption, but the speaker said
they are not. </span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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