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Friday, January 31, 2014

Big data, long data, and history

Advances in all fields of knowledge have lead to a massive bulk of collective information, incredibly apparent enough that we have come to call this time we live in as the Information Age. Much premium is given nowadays to  big data, which are basically massive collections of data sets. It is helpful in studying any field, in doing business, in solving crimes, and probably in any intellectual work. With advancements in technology, working with...

Friday, January 24, 2014

Whenever the weather gets weird…

Image taken from http://img3.allvoices.com/thumbs/ image/609/480/70109512-cold-weather.jpg It’s 6:30 AM: time to wake up for your class. As much as your mind tells you to get up, however, your body teases you to stay in bed. “It’s cold; the weather’s perfect; just a few minutes more”… …and before you know it, you’re a few minutes off...

Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Not-So-Common Colds

These past couple of weeks, our country (and most of the other parts of the world) has been experiencing cold weather which is pretty late at this time of the year since we, Filipinos, usually experience cool temperatures from November to December. The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) has recorded...

Spot the Jerk

Time and again we've heard that technology is going by leaps and bounds. Well, it simply is. Apparently, a new "computerized content-analysis tool" developed by researchers in Binghamton University can reliably and validly measure narcissistic and psychopathic traits in leaders of Fortune 100 companies. Surely someone with a hefty load on his or her...

Sunday, January 12, 2014

AUP - Ayala University of the Philippines?

Last January 10, 2014, the UP Economics towards Consciousness and the School of Economics Student Council held a forum with the title Kapekonomiya: Probing the UP Land Use. Former Vice President for Development, Prof. Ruperto Alonzo, and CSWCD professor Judy Taguiwalo are the main speakers of the said event. Also present as student reactors are USC Chairperson...

Saturday, January 11, 2014

Inherited Memories?

"Memories are dangerous things. You turn them over and over, until you know every touch and corner, but still you'll find an edge to cut you."-Mark Lawrence, Prince of Thorns There are a lot of things that we want to be stored in our memories, some we even dream of sharing with our future children, like (maybe) our love story with our future spouse or things like that but there are also stuff that we desperately try to throw out of our minds like...

Monday, January 6, 2014

Attack of the Measles

                The Department of Health (DOH) recently declared an ‘outbreak’ of Measles in a number of districts in Metro Manila after recording 1,724 cases from January –December 2013. According to reports, the areas in Metro Manila that are now having measles outbreaks are Dagat-dagatan and Bagong...

Wednesday, January 1, 2014

Shed off Those Holiday Fat

Did you just step into a weighing scale on the first day of 2014 and made a shocking discovery? Well, here are some tips on how to turn those flabs into abs so that you can start the year by being healthy. According to the article: "Losing Weight The Healthy Way" by the Philippine Star (link:http://www.philstar.com/science-and-technology/2013/12/19/1269587/losing-weight-healthy-way), doing these common weight loss practices can help you be in...

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!The chemistry of fireworks:Sodium produces yellow/gold colors. Barium creates green, copper compounds produce blue, strontium salts give you red and titanium metals give you silver coloured sparks. Other commonly used chemicals are carbon which provides the fuel, oxidizers which produce oxygen for burning, magnesium which increases...