tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67076902663652843292024-03-13T20:19:33.821-07:00STS Group 8, So Gr 8The Blog of Group 8 for the STS course in the University of the Philippines SY 2013-2014, Second Semester.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11161412866464067594noreply@blogger.comBlogger84125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6707690266365284329.post-80746422654175281612014-03-22T00:42:00.001-07:002014-03-22T00:42:51.957-07:00Mind MuseumI think that the Mind Museum is a good attempt to make the children nowadays interested in Science. I agree that as children scientific ideas and lessons should not just be said in front of their faces. In that way, a lot of them will lose interest in Science and forever judge it as boring and dull. Mind Museum has obviously thought of this and found a way to draw the kids' interest in Science.<br />
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When the Mind Museum people, I forgot what to call them, went to the auditorium, they showed us a couple of tricks with scientific explanations. First of all, I felt like a kid, which is a good thing. I think everyone was very interested in what they were showing us. The people at the back, including me, even stood up just to see cleary what they were doing. I learned a lot of scientific things in both experiments. I think that the goal of the Mind Museum works for both kids and adults. I don't know. It worked for me.<br />
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PALAROAN, GRACIEL M.<br />
2013-60784Graciel Palaroanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07793620256370519131noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6707690266365284329.post-21104143998340726192014-03-20T07:34:00.003-07:002014-03-20T07:35:01.584-07:00MIND MUSEUM<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">I’d
be lying if I don’t admit that the name Mind Museum intrigues me. Furthermore, calling
themselves “mind movers” is without a doubt an effective strategy to invite the
audience in checking them out and what they have in store for them.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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like the male mind mover’s view on science as something that should not be
force-fed on children. (Well since he represents the Mind Museum, then it’d be
more correct if I say the Mind Museum’s view.) If they discovered that science
is something that can be enjoyed, the inculcation of what they learn from their
discoveries would be more far-reaching in their psyche. I believe in its utmost
importance because among the young, the kid young, science appeals not to a lot.
Science was not a part of the nice things in my childhood, if nice could describe
the stuff that I enjoyed and loved as a child. Wherever it developed its image
of being boring and tedious, I couldn’t blame it. Formal science has always seemed
unpleasant to me. This is why I commend the Mind Museum’s approach. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Another
remarkable stint of the mind movers was their attempt to simplify scientific
terms to the audience. It didn’t quite work out for us, though, because we were
in college and apparently we have encountered (and practically mastered but not
really) the terms mentioned many times already. However, since they were trained to speak to
people far from our age, years younger than us, I think it is worth acknowledging.
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male mind mover really had commendable public speaking skills. He can engage
the audience in what he is discussing. However uninteresting his subject may
be, he knows how to call our attention, to summon our curiosity in it. Altogether,
I strongly believe in their techniques as being crucial in the world of
science. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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believe that there should be a meaningful purpose for pursuing the coming to
reality of time travel. Having the power to travel through time signifies having
the ability to control destiny, another form of playing God. Along with the
expansion of scientific knowledge among humans is the inevitability of the
increase in desire to be in more control of the world. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If
the project becomes successful, the complexity of its concept alone will make
it one of the most remarkable and universally transformative breakthroughs of science.
The mere understanding of time cannot be perfected by theorists; what more the
interconnecting webs of studies associated with time travel that must be considered.
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Theorists
must deal with the resolving the issue of the impossibility of synchronizing watches
throughout the universe, attributed to the fact that there is lack of
uniformity of time everywhere. Time passes at varying rates in different places.
If the path to settling the foremost obstruction is in haze, then the others
that follow could bring even more complication. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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issue that is to be dealt with is the manipulation of spacetime fabric, since
we live in a four-dimensional world. Gravity
creates a huge impact on it as it bends the spacetime. Stronger gravity means
slower time. Because nothing travels faster than light, the goal is to make
time be that nothing. To do it entails massive amounts of energy, to the point
that its achievement seems implausible.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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with any other, scientific and technological advancement, the harm to society
that time travel, if improperly exploited, projects to society remains a
threat. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13756911627017060324noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6707690266365284329.post-87428421607590396862014-03-19T21:56:00.001-07:002014-03-19T23:08:29.785-07:00Group Project: Molecular Gastronomy<div class="WordSection1">
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Molecular Gastronomy, or the investigation and application of scientific
processes in the context of cooking, has revolutionized the world of cuisine.
This report provides an overview of the rich history of the practice, from its
inception under Nicolas Kurti and Herv</span><span style="font-family: "Calibri Light","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">é</span><span style="font-family: "Calibri Light","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> This to its current worldwide
popularity. It also gives a brief description of the many processes and
techniques used under Molecular Gastronomy, such as Spherification,
Emulsification, and Molecular Mixology.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Calibri Light","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">“I think it is a sad reflection on our
civilization that while we can and do measure the temperature in the atmosphere
of Venus we do not know what goes on inside our soufflés.”<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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Nicholas Kurti<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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A. INTRODUCTION</div>
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scientific principles and concepts form an integral part of nearly every aspect
of the human experience. Hunger and sustenance, perhaps the most primal human
urge, is no exception; the very act of cooking and preparing food is wholly
dependent on physical and chemical processes. Molecular Gastronomy is, quite
simply, a celebration of this relationship through the application of
conventional scientific techniques to both improve regular cuisine and create
works of culinary art that are completely unprecedented and unique. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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B. HISTORY</div>
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the 1980-1990’s by a Hungarian physicist named Nicholas Kurti and French
chemist Hervé This. The scientists’ goal was to debunk the mystery behind the
physical and chemical processes that occur in cooking, thereby empowering cooks
to improve their own culinary skills. There were many key events that made
Molecular Gastronomy to what it is now. The first of these occurred in 1967,
Kurti gave a talk entitled “The Physicist in the Kitchen". In 1984, Harold
McGee published the first edition of On Food and Cooking. In 1992, Elizabeth
Thomas, with Kurti’s assistance pioneered a series of workshops called
“Workshop on Molecular and Physical Gastronomy” (Raiswell).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri Light","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Molecular gastronomy blew up on the world
stage in the late 1990s and early 2000s, as all kinds of chefs began to experiment with
the science of cooking. Adria and Blumenthal were joined by other notables such
as Pierre Gagnaire, Homaro Cantu and Grant Achatz, some of whom created their
own kitchen laboratories for molecular gastronomy. (Lersch).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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some of the well-known names associated with molecular gastronomy include Homaro
Cantu of Moto Restaurant with his edible paper and the Miracle Berry, Ferran
Adria who is dubbed the "Salvador Dali of the Kitchen" and is also
known for his foams, Wylie Dufresne, the owner of <i>wd-50</i>, Grant Achatz, owner of <i>Alinea</i>,
and Heston Blumenthal, owner of <i>The Fat
Duck</i> based in the UK. In the Philippines, restaurants inspired by
molecular gastronomy have also emerged such as <i>Vask</i> in Bonifacio Global City, <i>Zenses
Neo-Shanghai Cuisine</i> in Makati and <i>Iscreamist</i>
in Quezon City, which both experiment with liquid nitrogen (Starchefs, 2014).</span><span style="font-family: "Calibri Light","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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B. METHODS</div>
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is the process of making spherical consumables using edible liquids. Products
of Spherification often possess qualities similar to that of caviar, however,
the process can be used in the formation of other foods, such as eggs, gnocchi,
and ravioli. The techniques used to create the spheres vary: from creating a
thin gel membrane that coats the sphere, allowing the liquid to keep its
spherical shape, or having the sphere completely gelled all </span><span style="font-family: "Calibri Light","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">throughout (Spherification Technique: The Basic Guide to
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri Light","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">When two or more substances, such as oil and water, are not
capable of blending into a homogeneous solution, they are immiscible. Emulsification,
paves the way to this incapability, turning these heterogeneous substances into
a homogeneous mixture, using an emulsifying agent. These kinds of mixtures have
different chemical properties which do not allow its particles to dissolve, so
these particles just remain suspended. Foam is similar to emulsification in the
need for a surfactant (“Emulsifying Technique”). However, while emulsions trap
solids or liquids inside a mixture, foams trap air inside the mixture. The term
foam is still a general term and still has many different types. One such type
of foams are called airs. Airs are dry foams and are made up of bubbles which
are typically large. . Aside from classifying foams into wet and dry, it can
also be separated into light and dense foams. Airs are again an example of very
light foams while whipped cream is for dense foams. Its density depends on the
wetness and the coarseness of the bubbles. The common tools used for creating
foams are whisks or immersion blenders, whipping siphon, mixer, milk frother
and aquarium bubbler (“Guide to Modernist Foams”).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri Light, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 12.84000015258789px;">The method of creating cocktails with the use of molecular gastronomy tools and techniques is Molecular Mixology. It is a unique practice of incorporating science in the techniques of drink mixing (Colleen). Molecular Mixology promotes various modern ways of cocktail presentation, for example using foams, powders, liquid nitrogen, gels, mists, heat, solidifying liquids and atomised sprays which enhance the drink’s aesthetic appeal. Other recipes used by molecular mixologists include jellied wines, cocktails frozen by liquid nitrogen, and adding flavored foams, bubbles and smoked aromas to the drinks (O’Neil, 2006).</span></span><br />
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methods of cooking such as frying or boiling make use of scientific principles
similar to those used in the most advanced spherification or mixology
techniques of Molecular Geometry. It is thus strange that very few people are
aware of, or are appreciative of, the unimaginable relevance of science in
their kitchens. This is precisely why Molecular Gastronomy is so important:
beyond creating fantastic new recipes, it raises a higher level of awareness
and wonder of the role science plays into our lives. The techniques, processes
and even equipment used in Molecular Gastronomy are highly varied and diverse,
yet there is one main thing which links them together. All these discrete,
separate factors share in the true core of Molecular Gastronomy: the
recognition and celebration of the beautiful and inextricable relationship
between food and science. At the end of the day, science has elevated human
sustenance from a mere biological activity to an art form; thanks to Molecular
Gastronomy, cuisine will continue to progress, innovate, and elevate itself
alongside our rapidly evolving society.</span><b><span style="font-family: "Calibri Light","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri Light, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">Golangco,Vince, 2010. Molecular gastronomy and liquid nitrogen at Zenses neo shanghai cuisine. Food and Restaurants. When in Manila. http://www.wheninmanila.com/molecular-gastronomy-and-liquid-nitrogen-at-zenses-neo-shanghai-cuisine/. March 18, 2014</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri Light, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">Graham, Colleen. Molecular Mixology. About.com Cocktails.http://cocktails.about.com/od/mixology/g/molecular_mix.htm. March 15, 2014.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri Light, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">"Guide to Modernist Foams." Modernist Cooking Made Easy. http://www.modernistcookingmadeeasy.com/info/modernist-techniques/more/culinary-foams-technique (accessed March 19, 2014).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri Light, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">Lersch, Martin. History. http://blog.khymos.org/molecular-gastronomy/history/. March 16, 2014.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri Light, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">Molecular Gastronomy History. http://www.molecularrecipes.com/molecular-gastronomy/molecular-gastronomy-history/. Molecularrecipies. March 16, 2014.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri Light, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">Molecular Recipes.com. 2012. Molecular Mixology – Gels, Paper, Caviar and more! http://www.molecularrecipes.com/molec.../molecular-mixology/. March 15, 2014.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;">While watching the commentary, I cannot help but wonder what the director of the film was trying to communicate. I get it that it was giving a pseudo-biographical look at Imelda's life especially during the Marcos era but it left me confused because the film was shifting its bias from one perspective to another. Regardless, it was interesting to see how different people perceived things over the events that changed the nation. In some ways, it is quite tragic because they all firmly believed that they were doing the right thing.</span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11996515773016786780noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6707690266365284329.post-73705797418984806542014-03-19T06:48:00.001-07:002014-03-19T06:48:26.851-07:00Music and Science<div style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;">I find it interesting to see that there are actually a lot of scientists that have artistic pursuits and it's not just in music. Obviously there are a lot of sci-fi authors but there are also a lot who are pop culture icons, and host TV shows and internet blogs. In this era of geek culture, I think it would be quite easy for a scientist to dip their toes on artistic media once again especially now with the interactive medium of video games.</span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11996515773016786780noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6707690266365284329.post-45675841618329100912014-03-19T06:47:00.004-07:002014-03-19T06:47:47.033-07:00All the Time in the WorldTenmatay, Jerico Charles B.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;">This twilight zone episode is a grim reminder for us that we are only as strong as our weakest link. As we are relying more and more on electricity and internet technology to handle our daily lives and entertainment and start to forget more practical or simpler methods to do the same thing, we become more susceptible for the possibility that it can go out overnight and just as easily with a simple accident.</span><div style="font-family: Tahoma; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;">
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Once it goes out, we're become helpless and all that boundless access to information and knowledge is lost.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11996515773016786780noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6707690266365284329.post-36752339125734096432014-03-19T06:47:00.001-07:002014-03-19T06:47:17.243-07:00Radio Play Adaptation of Isaac Asimov's Nightfall<div>
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;">In all our efforts to seek out and learn the unknown, we are also afraid of it because we do not know what lies beyond it. The end of "Nightfall" alludes of the possibility of us being overwhelmed by that fact. The more we know, the more we realize what we don't know. Answers to questions lead to more questions. Over the course of human history, we keep realizing how wrong we are and we can't keep ourselves from asking if our whole existence was either a happy accident or simply a lie.</span><div style="font-family: Tahoma; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;">
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But in my opinion, this constant strive to know, to understand, to debunk and discover new things about the world is just as exciting as realizing how wrong we were to begin with. We discovered how utterly insignificant and lucky we really are in this universe but it opened our eyes to newer possibilities and opportunities over the grand scope of outer space. Who knows? maybe in the next 100 years or so, we will discover extraterrestrial life, learn to communicate with it and finally find a way to travel in space and search for new frontiers.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11996515773016786780noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6707690266365284329.post-17805165591638644322014-03-19T06:46:00.003-07:002014-03-19T06:46:40.823-07:00Blade Runner Director's Cut<div>
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;">2010-78004<br /><br />Blade Runner presents many themes that are up to interpretation but the one that I would like to talk about is the argument of what it means to be human. Many science fiction stories tackle that concept in interesting ways and would always feature characters that struggle and question what humanity is.</span><div style="font-family: Tahoma; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;">
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Are we defined by our makeup or our actions? Would a human construct or analog be considered a human being? Does intelligence play a part in determining that? Or is it simply self-identification and nothing more?</div>
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It's a interesting concept because it questions who we really are. It argues against the notion in most sci-fi stories that once we attained advanced technology, human beings are still a unique, special and exclusive group of individuals born into the world to exert dominion over lesser beings. Would clones be classified as lesser beings even if they are technically human? Would sentient artificial intelligence posing as human beings be considered human if they exhibit human emotions and reasoning? And if they are considered human, do they have the same rights as true human beings?<br /><br />
These questions are answered in different ways over the years. This movie is one such answer to it.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11996515773016786780noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6707690266365284329.post-52703014996270410242014-03-19T06:46:00.001-07:002014-03-19T06:46:04.160-07:00Rhetoric of Cancer<div>
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2010-78004<br /><br />Cancer is an example of having too much of a good thing. Mutations happen everywhere and all the time because it's part of the way things change and evolve into something different. It doesn't exclusively have to be with living organic beings because it happens to ideas as well. Some mutations fail quickly and fall by the wayside or become obscure relics of a past need while some remain, develop and ultimately become part of us (if we are talking about genetics) or our culture (if it's memetics).</div>
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But too much change over a short period of time or change focused in a wrong place is a bad thing. One thing to note about cancer, much like change, is that it is uncaring, unforgiving, and unaware. It simply happens for a reason, sometimes logical, other times not, and when it does happen, regardless, it does so indiscriminately and without mercy because it is what it does. We simply have to do something about it.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11996515773016786780noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6707690266365284329.post-51528963496308547252014-03-16T04:25:00.003-07:002014-03-16T05:41:20.597-07:00Reaction Paper: Isaac Asimov's "Nightfall" <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
Familiarity has a strange effect
on human perception and appreciation. We take the beauty of things like the
night sky and the stars for granted, simply because we have lived with them all
our lives. This is precisely why Isaac
Asimov’s “Nightfall” is so haunting: it opens our eyes to the possibility that
what we consider commonplace and mundane may drive others to unbearable joy… or
insanity.</div>
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In “Nightfall”, we are exposed to
a world bathed in eternal sunlight, to which the idea of darkness is
unimaginable and insufferable. Yet what interests me about the plot is that it
is not darkness per se that the characters fear, but rather the element of the
unknown represented by it. Clearly, there is nothing biological about the
darkness that drives people mad. It is simply that they are so familiar to
light that they cannot understand what darkness is; thus a world of darkness is
the ultimate unknown, the ultimate nightmare. This isn’t limited to the
Asimov’s fictional world, however. In everyday life, we see how things like the
future, death, and even love can create so much fear in people precisely
because they are unpredictable and unknown. Like the cults in the story, we create
theories, superstitions, even religions to explain things like the afterlife
and the future because we need some sort of mechanism to process this great “unknown-ness”;
our minds might be, in a certain way, incapable of comprehending such huge,
unfamiliar ideas. Without such mechanisms to create that sort of familiarity,
we would probably go insane as well.</div>
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At the end of the day,
familiarity may act as a blinder to us, preventing us from realizing the true
depth and wonder of the world around us, but perhaps it is a necessary blinder.
Without the ability to render our world mundane and mentally palatable, we
would not be able to live life as usual. That’s why stories like “Nightfall”
are so important; they allow us to momentarily disconnect ourselves from these
blinders and view our ordinary (and perhaps extraordinary) world through a much
more wonderful and terrible perspective, while letting us draw back into the
ordinary light of day after closing the page.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01419438051704234296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6707690266365284329.post-36687332371414372012014-03-16T02:45:00.000-07:002014-03-16T02:45:30.463-07:00REACTION PAPER (no. 7): MIND MUSEUM <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
Science is wonderful thing that
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February 18, 2014, speakers from the Mind Museum had a talk in our class. They expounded on the concept of creative
science communication which they practice during museum tours. </div>
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Our speakers are
part of the said museum and call themselves <i>Mind
Movers</i>. Indeed, what an appropriate
term this is to describe what they do. They
showed us some example using simple household materials such as a money bill,
water a container of a gallon of water, and fire. Through these simple materials, they executed
mind-boggling experiments that catch the audiences’ full attention and spark
their curiosity. Then, they explain the
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Personally, I
find the concept of mind moving very fascinating. The audience get to have fun and at the same
time gain new knowledge. I love the fact
that with these enjoyable experiments, they promote educational learning. Hopefully, with the gained awareness, people
of today use it for the improvement and development of our society. </div>
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Thea Selina G. Morales</div>
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Remember the last time you got mud on your shoes? How about the last time you lost a beloved gadget to water exposure? Well, the development of super-hydrophobic coatings can spell the end to these problems, as well as many others caused by the bane of rain, mud and snow. This Frozen-themed infographic booklet shows the history, mechanisms, risks and applications of super-hydrophobic coatings, and shows you how they can help you 'let it flow".</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01419438051704234296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6707690266365284329.post-34024822393059945712014-03-09T08:23:00.001-07:002014-03-09T08:26:16.541-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The television had been a part of our life for almost a hundred years. From black and white tv to color tv. From CRT to Flat screen TV. Now we have LCD and Plasma TV. The latest technology now is the OLED TV. OLED has been used for smartphones and monitors. The main attraction of OLED TVs is its ability to have a curved shape. Two of the mainstream companies that sell TVs are some of the pioneers of selling the new technology. LG and Samsung each have their own version of OLED tvs. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The main difference between OLED and LCD tvs are the structure by which it shows images. LCD makes use of liquid crystals which needs a backlight. The colors change as it passes through the crystals. OLED on the other hand uses diodes which do not need a backlight anymore as the diode itself emits light. One comparison which can be seen clearly is the difference between the two is the color black. Since an LCD tv need a backlight, it cannot achieve the true black color, while an OLED is capable of showing a true black color since it does not turn on the diode. Some of the advantages of OLED are its slimmer thickness, lower power consumption and wider viewing angle. Despite these advantages, it might still be too early to tell that it will be the better choice when choosing a television. It is still a young technology and has not yet proven its worth, especially since as of now, it is more expensive the LCD tvs. Its lifetime is not yet fully tested so it will really be something of a newcomer. Because it is also able to show true blacks, in effect, the whites also become dimmer. Of course, the viewing experience is the important factor in choosing a television. One of the considerations for that viewing experience is the occurrence of burn-ins or an afterimage in the screen. With its main advantage as a curved tv, there is still a large room for improvement for OLED tv to become a real competitor for LCD tvs.</span></div>
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Diffen. 2013. LCD TV vs OLED TV. http://www.diffen.com/difference/LCD_TV_vs_OLED_TV.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11553178405617762120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6707690266365284329.post-38912715215656558882014-03-09T08:10:00.002-07:002014-03-09T08:10:10.796-07:00Imelda <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">It would seem that Mrs. Imelda Marcos spent her
lifetime successfully beautifying herself. She deemed herself a goddess that people
looked up to and emulated. Beauty was everything to her; she equated it to love
and life. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I find her self-obsession a bit adorable, but learned
to slightly despise it at the juncture of the Filipinos suffering while she
drowns in her shoe and gown collection. While it is true that a female non-celebrity
owning four hundred shoes is not reprimanded for being so as much as a celebrity
like Imelda is, I think the fact that the mass censured this situation should
be attributed to her being the president’s wife. The mass readily assumed that
part of what she had used to hoard footwear came from the Filipinos’ money.
Nevertheless they loved her, practically worshipped her, and the female
population blindly idolized her.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I believe that what she and Ferdinand shared was as real and genuinely magical
as she describes it to be. Apparently there were people who saw their public relationship
a kind of theatre show with all the manifestations of affection they exhibited
in front of the whole nation. There might have been some truth in that but even
in Imelda’s methods of professing love for her husband, beauty conspicuously
flourished. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I like Imelda most for being romantic and poetic, for caring so much about
aesthetics. Since I am not sure of what Imelda really meant by her famous
quote, “It is easier to be beautiful because it is natural”, I will not decide
on whether I agree with it or not. It sounds quite appealing but misleading. I
am also not fully knowledgeable, or maybe I am informed of the well-spread, but
not firmly accepting of Imelda’s motive in participating in the mass’s normal
activities like planting rice in the ricefield.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13756911627017060324noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6707690266365284329.post-51757027812387784282014-03-09T07:40:00.002-07:002014-03-09T07:41:23.668-07:00Japan : the Robot Kingdom<div class="MsoNormal">
The technology in Japan has one of the greatest innovations
around the world. One of the reasons for this is their desire to make and
produce machines that will help the human in every <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="41fcc03e-3102-48e6-b5ff-34aa723ec20d" id="86fa6255-bb11-4e8f-a4fe-e889a2060820">aspects</span> of our life, in the
field of robotics. In one of the mountains of Fuji, there is one person
successful in making humanoids. Like in Japanese animations, Kogoro Kurata has
made a large humanoid robot he named as <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="c12ac955-9136-4d52-9d2c-0e6a4aff2697" id="2aae1cc0-7a0f-48bd-8b6a-376f1f38ec6c">Kuratas</span>. <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="0bce8596-ca13-4db9-a04d-f02fd4deee4e" id="d8859aa2-c73d-4ac0-9c94-414685c39d28">Kuratas</span> measured about 4
meters<span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="0bce8596-ca13-4db9-a04d-f02fd4deee4e" id="4e612aec-77b4-4d18-bedf-67bf32409741">,</span>with movable limbs all controlled by the person inside him.</div>
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Another proof
of Japan’s innovation is Asimo, made by Honda, in Japan. He recognizes the
people’s faces registered in his program<span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="5878d5e5-a388-439e-bd06-0bab5462bdec" id="669e389a-aba1-4395-948d-05de3da8d481">,</span>he can understand multiple utterances,
he can to multitasking, and He gives way to people. All of these functions are
because of his artificial intelligence. He can think on his own without human interference.
Their mind is based on actual human brain, how we think and how we respond to
things. He has sensors in his hands also based on real human hands. He can
sense the hardiness of every object he handles and touches so he can adjust on
how hard will his grip will be on the object. He can open a very tight lid of a
bottle and put the liquid in a very soft or fragile paper cup. His invention
and improvement was led by Satoshi Shigemi. He led Asimo’s innovation for 16
years now. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="60a4dae4-199a-4af5-8a7c-17c6bf83410c" id="d3b778c8-b9fb-446c-9880-53f541e4e6fa">Asimo</span> was once compared to <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="60a4dae4-199a-4af5-8a7c-17c6bf83410c" id="5cc6ca29-1384-40bf-8fc4-84dd1f05a465">petman</span>, who was made by the US. Starting
from their roles, they were different.
<span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="39211eaf-433a-4755-9d58-ddaafe870bf7" id="4f8d7d11-5eb2-4f6e-903f-b1d787505180">Petman</span> is made for military assistance and combat. While Asimo is very
flexible. He can work in different types or kinds of field. While in terms of functions, still for me,
Asimo is the better one. He can still do some things that Petman can’t. <o:p></o:p></div>
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This is just one of the proofs that Japan is really the
leading country in terms of robotics. Just like what Schodt told 10 years
before: “Japan is the Robot kingdom of the world.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="d9d6be20-d2e9-4d3a-829b-7712e7b68a56" id="056c14f1-fda7-437b-8d7a-24dbb51cb1c9">Sabavinoc</span>, Selma, 2014. Regarding Robot cultures | Japan Society | <a href="http://www.japansociety.org/robot_cultures">http://www.japansociety.org/robot_cultures</a>. Mar. 3, 2014</div>
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Rafferty, Kevin, 2014. Beware, Robots are coming | Japan Times| <a href="http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2014/01/27/commentary/beware-the-robots-are-coming/#.UxxLJIaQZLA">http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2014/01/27/commentary/beware-the-robots-are-coming/#.UxxLJIaQZLA</a>. Mar. 3, 2014</div>
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What's Inside The Studio?http://www.blogger.com/profile/03893181733194232415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6707690266365284329.post-18242587234257583002014-03-09T06:32:00.003-07:002014-03-09T06:32:55.358-07:00The Alley<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-indent: .5in;">
<i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 150%;">Beside the pile of concrete blocks and
cements stood frozen the figure of a girl whose mind helplessly drowned in an
eddy of emotions. The dying colors of the autumn leaves painted her ashen face.
The footsteps of the boy whom his voice desperately but futilely tried to reach
faded like an echo. Here she was, pretending she didn’t mind being treated as
if she was a wind, a ghost, a ghoul. In the hush of the dusk she whispered to
herself, “I will forget. Soon I
will forget.”<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 150%;">Slivers
of sunlight percolated the room through the blinds that covered the glass windows.
The alarm went off after just after about three lines of the song. A lithe,
fair-skinned girl in her teens rose from a cluttered master’s bed and trudged
to the bathroom to prepare herself for the day. The swell in her eyes did not abate;
her hair looked more like an enlarged bird’s nest rather than a teen’s hair. Her
head throbbed, her whole body ached. She straightened up in front of the mirror,
heaved a deep sigh and let last night’s events overwhelm her. This would be the
last time that she would have to swallow the pain and accept the gashes in her
throat. Today, she was having Cris erased from her memory. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 150%;">Sarena
arrived at the firm’s office off twenty minutes earlier than she was expected. The
secretary led her to the laboratory where the process would be done. It was
spacious, the floors were gleaming, but it made her claustrophobic with all the
machines, hospital beds and computers. A small pile of papers inserted in a
folder awaited her signatures and utmost comprehension. Meanwhile, a white,
aged, balding doctor named Dr. Ziak spoke to her about what was about to be conducted.
He then asked Sarena to lie on one of the beds, now only chitchatting but
managing to avoid touching on the subject on why she decided to push through the
operation.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 150%;">Dr.
Ziak first extracted a drug from a vial labelled <span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">succinylcholine</span> and injected it to Sarena’s arm. This
would serve as the muscle relaxant. Next he put her to sleep with a general
anesthesia. He deliberately placed electrodes<b> </b>on her scalp, allowing a managed electric current to flow in her
brain. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 150%;">Sarena’s right hand and left foot twitched- a
result of her brain experiencing mild seizure. There were two gentle knocks the
door before an auburn haired doctor in her twenties<b> </b>entered the room and faintly smiled at Dr. Ziak. They stood
silently beside each other, their eyes glued on the feeble-looking body of a
lass lying unconsciously on the white sheets. Minutes later, the lass opened
first her right eye, then the left. She did not move for a few moments before
propping herself up on the bed. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 150%;">“Are you alright?” Dr. Ziak sounded more like
a surprised stranger that had just seen a toddler fell from her bicycle. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 150%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 150%;">Nonchalant, Sarena blinked multiple times at
the auburn haired doctor. She bowed her head and forcefully squeezed her eyes, shot
a glance at Dr. Ziak, subtly asking him what occurred in the short period that
she was unconscious. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 150%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 150%;">“You’ll be alright now, darling.” From across
that serene chamber, the voice of the doctor seemed that of a roaming soul in
pursuit of communicating a verse she has long wished to tell. It was pure, not
unlike the psyche of Sarena at the moment. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 150%;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 150%;">Dr. Ziak took four steps towards her and began
feeding her with reminders. She merely nodded in response. When the two doctors
were certain that she could take care of herself, they allowed her to leave.
Upon going home, she recorded the day in her journal and slept the whole night
through.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 150%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 150%;">The following day, Sarena resumed the routine
she established before the operation. She found it indescribably lonely to be
alone, but oddly, more satisfying. Everything was going well until the dreams
she had immediately after the erasing process became recurring and exhausting. She
wrote more frequently, trying to piece those dreams together.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 150%;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 150%;">She wrote in her journal: <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 150%;">“A guy keeps on appearing in my dreams. I
know him; I pretty much remember his face. And these dreams aren’t just stuff
going on in my head when I am asleep. They’ve always felt real, like they did
happen a long time ago. I can’t convince myself otherwise. There were dreams of
us hiding behind library shelves to exchange poems while nibbling on cakes I
baked. Us getting lost in a city we’ve never been to before. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 150%;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 150%;">I’m fine with them really, but there’s this
dream in which we were briskly walking in an alley. Or maybe I was chasing
after him. I’m not sure. No matter how many times I had this dream, I just
couldn’t paint it in my head perfectly. He stopped and turned around to face
me. So, so suddenly I thought I was going to crash on his chest. There was little distance between our faces. “Leave
me alone,” he breathed out, making sure he paused after every word so he could
hear the words dissolve my insides. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 150%;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 150%;">The thing here is, though, I’ve never met
this guy before. I don’t remember ever seeing him for the first time and being
introduced to one another! My life right now is one big mess of strangeness.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 150%;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 150%;">When her sister’s birthday came, the
tradition of baking apple pies and making strawberry shakes to share continued.
That afternoon, she boarded the train going to the town where her sister lives
and there, leaning on the walls in the corner, was the guy in her dreams. Her
face lost all its color and her heart almost leaped out of her chest. She did
not take her eyes off of the guy, carving his face in her head and inhaling the
reality of the moment. A sudden flash of black and white images penetrated her
now swimming head. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 150%;"><br /></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 150%;">The guy
tightened his grip on the girl’s hand, playfully swaying it while humming an indiscernible
tune. <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 150%;">“Here
we are!” He removed the girl’s blindfold and embraced her from behind. No one
said a word for three seconds. The crashing of the waves replaced the hum. The
sun began to leave, as if it waited for them to arrive before sending sparkles
to the sea. <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 150%;">“Happy
anniversary.”<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 150%;"><br /></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 150%;">The train halted to a screech. The raindrops
pelted the train’s roof. It was time to walk to her sister’s home. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 150%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 150%;">On the way back to her apartment, Sarena noticed
a kindle huddled in the intersection of walls in an alley. Out of pity welling
up in her, she marched towards the cacophonous kittens looking for shelter and
warmth. Before she could bend her knees to check on the kittens, her eyes were
immediately diverted to the dank, dark alley, to the familiar stony path in
front of her. She remained frozen for three seconds before a seemingly
apparition of Cris assembled beside her. The dishevelled guy with an unusually
sharp nose sped ahead of her, away from her. The guy in her dreams whom she
believes she’s met before, who refuses to be remembered, to be recognized. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 150%;">She became
numb on the pavement. In a vehement splash, what occurred fifteen months ago in
that same ground rendered her knees powerless, dead. The memory of Cris leaving
transformed into being completely her in the aftermath of the tragedy.
Everything else was fog exhaled by people who attempted to connect to the glass
windows of her soul. At one point, she was fully conscious of what she has
conquered some time ago, but she willfully chose to dump this consciousness in
hopes of living in peace. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 150%;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 150%;">With tears quickly trying to escape her eyes,
she began running without knowing where she’s headed to. The trees, the people,
the cars, the skies disappeared as the world converted into a blur. Sobbing her way out of everything, she subconsciously
ended up in Lacuna. She barged in, looking for the doctors that operated on her
weeks ago. Dr. Ziak and the auburn haired doctor were on separate tables, the
faces of whom buried in their laptops. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 150%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 150%;">“I had my memory of someone erased, hadn’t
I?” she screamed, still bawling. Dr. Ziak held her shoulders and guided her to
a chair. He moved in front of her and looked her apologetically in the eye. With
trembling voice, Sarena spilled the story.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 150%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 150%;">Afterwards, it was Dr. Ziak turn to explain. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 150%;">“You had your memory of some guy named Cris
erased through electroconvulsive memory. It doesn’t guarantee eradication
though. Your memory of being introduced to each other was successfully wiped
off. But your breakup, all the other things you remember about him, your dreams
with that guy- they were far too deeply rooted in your consciousness, in your
being, to be erased.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 150%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 150%;">The auburn haired doctor butted in.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 150%;">“As the electricity methodically
obliterates the chain of memories, an awfully significant amount of time is
spent on the interference with the storage. I hope you didn’t see it as a
waste. Also, more importantly, the consuming desire to be stripped off of those
possessions is because of your fear of the memories, the fear of continually
being dismembered by the immensity of that collection. In the period of your
life that you endured without him, you somehow internalized the underlying
purpose of the tragedy. Either way, you are left with a void and abysmal hole
in your world. Would the breathing spaces take the place of the vibrant past?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 150%;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 150%;">REFERENCES:</span></div>
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<a href="http://www.webmd.com/depression/guide/electroconvulsive-therapy">http://www.webmd.com/depression/guide/electroconvulsive-therapy</a>,
March 8, 2013</div>
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<a href="http://healthland.time.com/2013/12/22/erasing-painful-memories-with-shock-treatment/">http://healthland.time.com/2013/12/22/erasing-painful-memories-with-shock-treatment/</a>,
March 4-9, 2013<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13756911627017060324noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6707690266365284329.post-75147540303464767182014-03-09T05:15:00.000-07:002014-03-09T05:15:04.833-07:00The IPOD Nano: A Story <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: .5in;">
Tyrone Caballes </div>
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2009 78604</div>
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Individual Project</div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Once upon a time, there was a
nation made up of tiny molecular beings called the Nano-Machines. They were a
very happy bunch of people and they all always sing and dance and enjoy their
days. Some would say that they would even dance their whole life away, never
missing a beat, never batting an eye, never a sad frown from their faces. It
was a real Utopia for anyone who has lived in our world. Anyone who had experience the pain of
sacrifice and the hurt of heart break would believe this nation to be
impossible and a dream for the dreamers who never wake. It was perfect society.
<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The one thing they love most
among everything else that they love is the gift of songs and instruments: in
short, they love music the most. There has never been a time in the history of
the Nano Machines that there was no music. From the time the first of them was conceived
in the labs of their creators, Brahms and Wolfgang and Mozart and Chopin had
sung them to life and so as music was there in their before, as will it be in
their during and after. They are the result of the geniuses inspired by notes
and melodies and in their fanaticism to music and their creators they have been
itching to give back something to them.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">What could they, the Nano
Machines, give their creators that would involve their appreciation and love
for music? How else could they out innovate the great innovator of their time?
What could they give them that they have not already made and conceptualized
before? The answer, to their outstanding yet expected disappointment is “None”.
<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Being as one in mind with their
creators, they thought to themselves, if we cannot be original, might as well
innovate something that would better serve the masters more than the original.
They all approved of the idea. Now, the problem is what could they innovate?
Again, since they love music, they thought of how the newly reproduced IPODs
have done wonders attaching the world of music to someone’s side! So they put
their attention on IPODs! What can we do with it? It is black, it is kind of
think like a cassette with almost endless recordings. What can we do with it? Their
research began. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">One after another the ideas came
up: A Walking IPOD, A Flying IPOD, IPOD Attached on One’s Eye Glasses, IPOD
Attached to One’s Ears. One after the other, the proposals was met with disapprovals.
What can we give them that is more practical than this? That was the challenge
to all of them all! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The day was ending and as obvious
as the stars, it dawned on them that the way to be practical was to make it
compact and as easy to carry as possible. From the dawn of the next day until
it’s dusk they worked. They achieved their gift for their father and what gift
it was!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">THE IPOD NANO<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11161412866464067594noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6707690266365284329.post-8073978043259154462014-03-09T04:03:00.002-07:002014-03-09T04:03:42.663-07:00Piracy: The Gray Area of Society (Individual project)<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;">
<b><span lang="EN-PH">Tenmatay, 2010-78004<br /><br />Piracy: The Gray Area of Society<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-PH"> If
you've ever been interested in any kind of electronic medium, you've probably
heard of piracy. It can be also found in advertisements, news, public service
announcements, and it even spreads through word-of-mouth. Be thankful for it
because without it, we would be deprived of many of life's distractions, and
possibly, a world full of the pleasures of art and music.</span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span lang="EN-PH"> Then
why is it so hard for it to garner visible support? Sure it's illegal but so is
gambling in many parts of the world and we know it exists everywhere. Why do
copyright agencies, try as they might, still seem so lenient when it comes to
regulating their own laws? Or in some cases, impose too many security measures?
Do economic dependencies play a part in all of this? Are people really
concerned about what they leech off the net, legally or illegally? Is it really
that harmful to society? And if people do support it, to what extent? But more
importantly, is it a symptom of a service and distribution problem between
content creators, publishers, and consumers? This topic of discussion is pretty
common nowadays but it has become so rampant that if one tried to persecute anyone
who has pirated anything, may it be from the Internet or otherwise, that person
would have implicated just about everyone. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-PH"> Piracy
essentially centers upon one word: Access. Why should we buy something that
requires a lot of hassle to get if we could get it faster and easier though
other means? The Internet is an immeasureable hub of connections and given
enough time and effort, anything that is dumped in the internet can be found
and retrieved. That means images, audio and video streams, published and
unpublished literary works, software, and of course, confidential and
copyrighted data. However, the Internet is only one part of the whole. We in
the Philippines know the other parts very well: Bootleg DVDs, VCDs, and CDs
that contain anything from the lastest games and music to the latest
video-cammed movies. Taken together comes a fact that becomes quickly obvious:
Piracy is everywhere.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-PH"> With
this power of almost unlimited access, does it seem too powerful? Of course it
is. So many companies are losing money and eventually go bankrupt because of
piracy and prevalence of digital media. Blockbuster Inc., a well known retail
chain of movies and video games, has recently filed for bankruptcy blaming
piracy for their loss in revenue. <i>Demigod</i>, a MOBA (Multiple Online
Battle Arena) game released in 2009, experienced a very disasterous case of
piracy; out of the 138,000 gamers who played the game online, only 18,000
bought the game legitimately. This caused the game's developers, Gas Powered
Games, to underestimate their user base and it led to their game servers
crashing and again, loss in profit and revenue. P2P (peer-to-peer) networks
make free distribution of copyrighted music as easy as opening µtorrent, Limewire, or any BitTorrent client,
typing the name of the song, hitting search, and downloading.<sup><o:p></o:p></sup></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-PH"> It
is precisely because of these situations that security and anti-piracy
measures, as well as copyright laws are enacted and implemented. These can be
as benign as laws prohibiting copying copyrighted material under penalty of
fines and imprisonment, or as aggressive as local ISPs (Internet Service
Providers) cutting service to users who are suspected pirates. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-PH"> But
would piracy eventually make the electronic medium as an inefficient means to
earn profit. That is actually not the case. Piracy does not mean free stuff.
Just because you pirated something, it doesn't mean you didn't, haven't or will
not pay for it in other means. Other people pirate things to try them out, some
pirated programs take additional effort just for it to work, and, on the
subject of companies losing money, according to David Rosen on his blog <i>Wolfire
Blog</i> :</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-PH">The average pirate downloads
a lot more games than the average customer buys. This means that even though
games see that 80% of their copies are pirated, only 10% of their potential
customers are pirates, which means they are losing at most 10% of their sales.
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<span lang="EN-PH">Let's consider the following
scenario. Because game pirates can get apps for free, they download a couple
new games every day -- or about 500 games in a year. On the other hand, normal
gamers tend to play the same game for a longer time -- buying an average of 5
games per year. (…) Given these statistics, if the market consists of 10
million gamers, then there are 500 million pirated game copies, and 90 million
purchased game copies, From the perspective of every individual game, 80% of
its users are using pirated copies. However, only 10% of the market consists of
pirates.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-PH"> And
finally, publicity. Due to the nature of piracy, things spread fast and gain
reputation. That's partly the reason why games, movies, TV series and
production programs are very popular today. These are quality products but a
video game costs $60 (usual retail price at release) + tax, and Adobe Photoshop
CS5 currently costs $699 + tax + shipping (if you prefer shipping). Multiply
that with our current exchange rate, factor in our economy, and we get about
60% of the population of the Philippines being able to afford buying them on
their own for at least one time and only a small fraction of that being able to
continually buy those products and their successors for a long time, and those
people might not even be skilled or interested enough to use them. Moreover,
there is the risk that what they get is not what they wanted and that equates
to lost money for them.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-PH"> But
can we blame them and, by extension, ourselves? The world isn't big anymore.
Back then, piracy was just smuggling imported goods from place to place. It's
has always been an isolated case before because it takes a long time to move
those goods from country to country, town to town, etc. Now with the invention
of the Internet and the Global culture, just about everyone wants to know and
get into what is popular to the majority. What's more is that getting to them
doesn't involve copious amounts of time and energy. From Hollywood movies and
TV shows, hit songs, the latest apps, popular video games and eBooks to the
most wanted animé, and state-of-the-art computer programs. The whole world is
connected to each other now and it comes to no surprise that third-world
countries such as ours experience the most problems when it comes to buying
these imported products. What makes it all the more frustrating is that losing
access to these materials would ironically slow down their progress because anyone
talented enough to make use of them effectively are usually the ones who don't
have the means to get them.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-PH"> Now
think of those aforementioned goods and remind ourselves of how we got some of
them, and how much of an impact it had in our lives. Our favorite movies, TV
shows, and animé, the ones that we sometimes bring around with us to cheer us
up when we feel down and needing inspiration. Music to make our lives lively
and enjoyable. We make friends and become relatable when talking to other
people by referencing what is “in” or current. Programs like Adobe Photoshop
and Adobe After Effects help develop our creativity. Some videos on Youtube come
from pirated material; the videos there, especially music videos and clips from
movies, are not distributed by the ones responsible for them, yet you don't see
all of them taken down by their proper owners. It's this gray area of society
that is worth noting when talking about piracy. Can we get all of these items
and integrate it into our lives without going drastically poor in the process?
We can't. Doing all things legally would only limit our potential to learn a
lot about the world. Like it or not, inspiration is still inspiration. Some
people make wrong use of it but most people make good, if not better, use of
it.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-PH"> For
what it is and for what it's worth, piracy is good. Better and easier access to
material will always be good. Sure it's illegal and I'm not advocating its
legalization because, by design, it is illegal. What I'm going for here is us
to recognize it for its merits. It's not all bad. Piracy keeps everything current
and relatable for everyone. However, we should always find ways to give back
because pirating a product is a bad way to treat developers who spent money and
worked hard to create a good product. You can purchase the product later once
you have the means or promote it for others who can buy it. Support the
creators and developers. Piracy is just that; it's a service problem and it is
normal to accept that we all do it because there's no helping it right now. But
it shouldn't stop there. Once a better distribution service comes along,
support it. It helps everyone.</span></div>
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Matthew, 2010. <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="ppt19488443"></a>“Irish ISP begins three-strikes program
to cut file-sharers' broadband connections.”
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The
creation of Google Glass has definitely shown the evolution of technology. With a simple voice command, this wearable
smart-device may revolutionize our lifestyle.
It has various features such as taking photos and recording/live sharing
videos, sending messages & making calls, translating languages, showing
maps, answering your questions and so on. Google Glass is created by Google-founder
Sergey Brin as part of the "Project Glass". The research and development for the said project
began testing in the year 2012. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> This new technology has its pros and cons. It has numerous advantages that may change
the way we live our lives. It provides
easy use and access to information. For
me, the most significant benefit of Glass is that it enables the handicapped to
use the power of their voice in order to perform tasks they couldn’t do before. With the possibility of voice activated
commands, the hands-free form factor allows those with disabilities to easily stay
connected. This breakthrough can change
the lives of these people for the better. It provides greater possibilities for
communication, monitoring, command, control, and documentation. Besides these,
it promotes the idea of education transformation through online courses which
can be accessed in our field of vision anytime and anywhere. It may also
revolutionize the way we work by increasing efficiency through having work done
on a virtual screen anywhere, and writing by voice command <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">But
with the wrong motives for its use, Google Glass may become an instrument of
abuse in a sense that it may invade privacy.
The aspect of security comes in
because Glass may be used for recording and posting without permission. It may also be a safety hazard in a sense
that it interferes with our field on vision which may become a major source of
distraction when it comes to encountering our environment and may cause
accidents. Lastly, it promotes the idea of the union of technology and
humans. Let us remember that essence of
being a human individual; of doing activities using our own bodies without
relying on the power of technology. Our
actions must control our use of technology and not vice-versa. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Overall,
I believe that Google Glass technology is beneficial to our civilization. With further studies on how to overcome the
security problem, it will definitely have an impact in the shaping of our
future society. </span><span style="font-size: 9pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt;">The Times of India, 2013. Google Glass: 7 cool features. </span><a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/slideshow/googleglass/Translate/itslideshow/18609226.cms.%20March%201"><span style="font-size: 9pt;">http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/slideshow/googleglass/Translate/itslideshow/18609226.cms. March 1</span></a><span style="font-size: 9pt;">, 2014</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Coffee has a lot of uses and purposes in our lives. We drink it
when we want to stay awake and lively, especially when there is an exam the
next day. Sometimes, we drink coffee just for the sake of it. And a lot of us
drink coffee to collect enough stamps and redeem the limited edition and
exclusive Starbucks planner. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">But now, coffees are now famous for its newly discovered new feature:
a memory enhancer. It’s not just coffees though; it can be a cup of tea or a
can of soda- in short, anything with caffeine in it. This new finding is
courtesy of the Johns Hopkins University.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #111111; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The team was led by Daniel Borota,
the lead author of the paper and an undergraduate student of Michael Yassa, an
assistant professor of psychological and brain sciences at the university.
Yassa and his team found that caffeine has a positive effect on our long-term
memory. <i>Nature Neuroscience</i>, the
journal which published their research, states that caffeine enhances certain
memories at least up to 24 hours after it is consumed.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background: white; color: #111111; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">"We've always known that
caffeine has cognitive-enhancing effects, but its particular effects on
strengthening memories and making them resistant to forgetting has never been
examined in detail in humans," said Yassa, senior author of the paper.
"We report for the first time a specific effect of caffeine on reducing
forgetting over 24 hours."</span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">A few of the studies conducted testing caffeine’s effect on our
memory state that it has very little or has no effect at all to long-term
memory retention, but the Johns Hopkins University Researchers found a reason
for this. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">All of these prior studies took a dose of caffeine before the
experiment while this specific study took it after. <span style="background: white; color: #111111;">"Almost all prior studies administered caffeine before
the study session, so if there is an enhancement, it's not clear if it's due to
caffeine's effects on attention, vigilance, focus, or other factors,"
Yassa said. "By administering caffeine after the experiment, we rule out
all of these effects and make sure that if there is an enhancement, it's due to
memory and nothing else."<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background: white; color: #111111; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">A </span><span style="color: #111111; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">double-blind trial was
conducted by these researchers with participants aged 18-30 years old. On the
first day of the study, the participants were asked to identify different
pictures as “indoors” or “outdoors” objects. Soon after this, who did not
regularly eat or drink caffeinated products randomly received either a placebo
or a 200-milligram. To measure the participants’ caffeine level before they
took these tablets, salivary samples were taken. Samples were taken again one,
three, and 24 hours afterwards.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 11pt;">The next day, the
two groups were tested on how well they can recognize the pictures the day
before. They were asked whether the pictures were “old”, “new”, or “similar to
the original pictures”. From this, the
researchers found that those who took caffeine were better at identifying
pictures which were a little bit similar than just erroneously saying that they
were the same pictures.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #111111; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Pattern separation
is the phenomenon referring to the brain’s ability to differentiate two
similar, but not identical items. And taking caffeine, based on the research,
reflects a deeper level of memory retention according to the researchers.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 11pt;">Further research was
conducted by this team using 100 mg and 300 mg and recommended that an average
person must have at least 200-milligram dose of caffeine a day, or simply a cup
of strong coffee. From this, <span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">they found that
performance of the 100 mg group was relatively lower compared with the 200 mg
dose, but there was no improvement after the 300 mg of caffeine.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #111111; font-size: 11pt;">"Thus,
we conclude that a dose of at least 200 mg is required to observe the enhancing
effect of caffeine on consolidation of memory," the study authors write.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 11pt;">The researchers also
discovered that memory was not improved if participants were given caffeine an
hour before proceeding with the test.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 11pt;">The team concludes that there is a wide array of
possibilities regarding to the mechanisms in which caffeine enhances our long-term
memory and noted that further research should be done to have a better understanding
of the process by which caffeine affects long-term memory.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #111111;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.3pt;">So for all you
coffee-lovers out there, including me, </span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.399999618530273px;">isn't</span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.3pt;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"> it wonderful news to know that you
benefit from coffee, while enjoying it at the same time? (Not only coffee, but
also tea and anything that has caffeine in it!) Now we know what to do when we
have those brain-wrecking exams for tomorrow! </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
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has positive effect on memory, Johns Hopkins researchers say. Johns
Hopkins University Hub. http://hub.jhu.edu/2014/01/12/caffeine-enhances-memory.
February 28, 2014.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;">Sanders, Laura, Jan. 12, 2014. Caffeine
may improve memory. Science News. <a href="https://www.sciencenews.org/article/caffeine-may-improve-memory"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">https://www.sciencenews.org/article/caffeine-may-improve-memory</span></a>.
February, 28, 2014.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Graciel Palaroanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07793620256370519131noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6707690266365284329.post-83967397907128247622014-03-08T22:58:00.000-08:002014-03-08T23:00:19.864-08:00Individual Project<div class="MsoNormal">
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<i>A Brief Study on the Evolution of Early Egyptian Timepieces</i></div>
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Wouldn’t life be somewhat easier
without any clocks? Possibly, all of humanity would feel less hounded by deadlines
upon deadlines if these strange, time–telling contraptions weren’t around.
After all, as the saying goes, ‘out of sight, out of mind.’ Clocks are a
concise representation of how we have become accustomed to centering our daily
activities on the concept of the passage of time, but how exactly did the clock
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Traditionally, a clock consists
of at least two things: a face, usually circular in shape, and a hand. Though in
technical terms, everything is a clock – from the simple phenomenon of the
changing seasons, to the more vast and complex cycle of the Earth’s slow and
steady rotation around the sun; it’s no wonder, therefore, that mankind relied
on time–telling by using the clocks made available to them by nature. The
ancient Egyptians, for example, would observe the cycles of the sun and moon,
and then portion this cycle into segments or ‘hours’ according to the positions
of the stars during that time of day. Such observations on these celestial
bodies gave way to other studies in Religion, Astrology, and Astronomy.</div>
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When simply observing planetary
movement wasn’t enough, more concrete and complex timepieces were built. One
particular example of such a tool is the Obelisks, which were built as early as
3500 B.C.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A large wooden t–shaped
frame, it partitioned night from day by indicating noontime by casting a shadow
in a certain position, but was also capable of showing the year’s longest and
shortest days, depending on the shadow’s length.</div>
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Sundials were introduced
afterwards in 15000 B.C. as a miniature version of the Obelisk. While an
Obelisk was a towering structure, sundials were often small and portable, and
told time through the observation of the position of a shadow, in relation to
the sun. The device divided each half of the day – morning and evening – into
10 hours, plus two “twilight hour.” This process of time–telling influenced the
concept of a twenty–four hour day being used in the present.</div>
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Besides the Sundial, Egyptian
Prince Amenemhet invented the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Clepsydra</i>
or water clock – a device that resembled a bowl placed into a shallow dish,
with holes and plugs to control the flow of water. The device would displace
water as a means of measuring time, and was effective in comparison to the
sundial, since it worked during both the day and night. In spite of this,
problems with the water clock arose whenever there was a change in the weather;
certain climates would cause the water to flow more quickly or slowly.</div>
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Alternatively, in 600 B.C., the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Merkhet</i> was invented. Essentially a
straight bar attached to a plumb line with a weight dangling at the end, it was
used to measure straight lines for the erection of pyramids. The Egyptians were
known to have aligned the device with the North Star to establish a North–South
meridian; the passage of time was evident in how the stars would cross the
meridian line as the days changed.</div>
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There were other inventions that
followed the general concept of the Sundial; the Hemicycle and the Hourglass
are just a few examples of these devices. Certainly, the Egyptians receive
credit for being one of the civilizations that spearheaded the development of
the clock, turning it into the piece of technology mankind has grown so
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The next time you’re swamped in
deadlines, struggling to finish a term paper before the 11:30 PM mark, thank
the Egyptians; possibly, the concept of days, hours, minutes and seconds
couldn’t have been as well developed without their incredible contributions to
the development of time measurement, and timepieces in general.</div>
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The History of Time. n.d. ThinkQuest Library. http://library.thinkquest.org/C008179/historical/basichistory.html.
March 6, 2014.<br />
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Bindal, Prakhar, 2012. Who invented clock?. MeritNation:
School Made Easy. http://www.meritnation.com/ask-answer/question/who-invented-clock/gk/2414974.
March 7, 2014.<br />
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Bellis, Mary, 2013. The History of Time Keeping. About.com
Inventors. http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa071401a.htm. March 7,
2014.<br />
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McMahon, Mary and Harris, Bronwyn, 2014. What is a Merkhet?.
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11007355692389835746noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6707690266365284329.post-83204381857716894302014-03-08T07:34:00.000-08:002014-03-08T07:34:24.682-08:00GEOSPATIAL ANALYSIS: An Overview of Geospatial Revolution Project #IndividualProject<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The project explores compelling human stories that explain the history, application, issues, and effects of geospatial technologies. Geospatial information nearly influences everything. Layers of satellites, surveillance, and other geospatial technologies create worldwide geographic information to solve countless glitches in modern generation. That is why geospatial technologies is here to solve and help the following:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The mini-documentary examines the world of digital mapping taking an actual look at its effect on our everyday task. The documentary showcased that there is more to GPS than merely finding the nearest Starbucks Coffee with a Google Maps application on smartphones. It is more than just that!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The first episode takes an overview at a timeline history of mapping before showcasing one of the most remarkable uses of GPS, which provides humanitarian efforts during the Haiti earthquake relief efforts in the last ten years. Despite the devastation brought about by the earthquake, about 2/3 of phone lines remained standing and that allowed rescue methods for earthquake victims.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In the days after the earthquake, geographical information experts arrived with some ways to lend a hand to those who needed it. They offered SMS service in an open system that permitted those in need to text their location through appropriate stations.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As the by-line of the project says, "The location of anything becomes everything." From military actions to humanitarian efforts, the geospatial technology is becoming more and more part both on our daily lives and on world at large.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Geospatial Revolution Trailer below:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Geospatial Revolution. 2011. National Geographic. http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/media/geospatial-revolution/?ar_a=1. March 8, 2014.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Geospatial Revolution Project: the location of anything is
becoming everything. 2009. Humanitarian Futures Programme. http://humanitarianfutures.wordpress.com/2009/03/16/geospatial-revolution-project-the-location-of-anything-is-becoming-everything/.
March 8, 2014.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nosowitz, Dan. 2010. Penn State’s Geospatial Revolution
Project: Where Are We, And How Did We Get There? Fastcompany. http://www.fastcompany.com/168331/pen-states-geospatial-revlution-project-where-are-we-and-how-did-we-get-here. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">February 27, 2014.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Penn State Public Broadcasting. 2010.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Geospatial Revolution. The Pennsylvania State
University. http://geospatialrevolution.psu.edu/resources/index.html. february 27, 2014.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13236656721824091340noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6707690266365284329.post-73383389401359219702014-03-08T03:49:00.001-08:002014-03-08T03:49:50.793-08:00"There's a little Imelda in all of us." #IMELDA<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Imelda is an outline of one of the most well-known and influential women in contemporary world history. The 'beyond the shoes' documentary traces the life of Imelda Romualdez Marcos, concentrating on her period as the First Lady of the Philippines.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The documentary talks about how Imelda rose from humble beginnings to become one of the most powerful women in the history. Imelda back then was just a village girl, became a beauty queen and then met Ferdinand Marcos. She told that Ferdinand saw her across a crowded room and that was 'the beginning of the end'.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Beauty, for Imelda, triumphs everything. Throughout Ferdinand Marcos presidency, it was Imelda whose beauty and extravagant tastes took her more fame and power than her husband.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After watching the documentary film, I have varied feelings for Imelda. And I must say that she is narcissistic and disillusioned. I was amused when I saw her theories outlined in Sharpie on a sketch pad. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But "IMELDA", like the woman herself, is far more than just shoes. To quote, "There's a little Imelda in all of us." </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Marquez, John Michael C.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2013-19628</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13236656721824091340noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6707690266365284329.post-86711909536073379202014-03-07T21:52:00.001-08:002014-03-07T21:53:41.986-08:00Bride of Frankenstein<br />
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1. Morality and Science were again tackled in both film and book. Since life is not something to be played with, Frankenstein lets Science and Morality meet. Born from the dead, an artificial life is created in the story. The creation was deemed a monster, something that was made out of science, and something that crosses the line of morality. It was something that should not have been born because it is wrong. This is what the entirety of the story is about. Despite the developing humanity in the monster, it is because of its awkward position as an artificial life that it reverts to being a monstrosity.<br />
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2. I think that the reason why the monster was made dumb was to depict the imperfections of being created by science. A very bold risk in making a living being, a result of something perfect is proven as something beyond the reach of mere human beings.<br />
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Denz Joseph R. Borrero<br />
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