January 2011
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Rantings about UP sports and Cherokee legend →
“The question is, why have UP students tolerated such unacceptable standards of hygiene, sanitation, safety and accommodation all these years? We who are quick to launch a protest over something that happens outside the campus, we who growl and roar at the slightest sign of sinister behavior by government leaders, we who cannot be played with by politicians and their spin doctors—why have we...
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Rantings about UP sports and Cherokee legend →
“The question is, why have UP students tolerated such unacceptable standards of hygiene, sanitation, safety and accommodation all these years? We who are quick to launch a protest over something that happens outside the campus, we who growl and roar at the slightest sign of sinister behavior by government leaders, we who cannot be played with by politicians and their spin doctors—why have we...
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The Cheat: The Adobo Experiment →
“Filipino cooking is an evolutionary masterpiece, a cuisine that includes Chinese, Spanish, American and indigenous island influences, all rolled into one. But where for one Filipino the most important aspect of the dish is Spanish, for another it is Chinese, or both, or neither. “
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The Cheat: The Adobo Experiment →
“Filipino cooking is an evolutionary masterpiece, a cuisine that includes Chinese, Spanish, American and indigenous island influences, all rolled into one. But where for one Filipino the most important aspect of the dish is Spanish, for another it is Chinese, or both, or neither. “
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Facebook hype will fade →
“Yet social media is itself as temporary as any social gathering, nightclub or party. It’s the people that matter, not the venue. So when the trend leaders of one social niche or another decide the place everyone is socializing has lost its luster or, more important, its exclusivity, they move on to the next one, taking their followers with them. (Facebook’s successor will no...
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Facebook hype will fade →
“Yet social media is itself as temporary as any social gathering, nightclub or party. It’s the people that matter, not the venue. So when the trend leaders of one social niche or another decide the place everyone is socializing has lost its luster or, more important, its exclusivity, they move on to the next one, taking their followers with them. (Facebook’s successor will no...
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Hard Core →
“The new world of porn is revealing eternal truths about men and women.”
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Hard Core →
“The new world of porn is revealing eternal truths about men and women.”
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Dilemmas on the ‘Different’ →
“THAT can be such a loaded term because the opposite seems to be “abnormal.” But let’s be semantically neutral and look at normal as a statistical label, referring to the majority. Related words are “norms” and “normative,” which are used to refer to values that the majority of society subscribes to.”
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Dilemmas on the ‘Different’ →
“THAT can be such a loaded term because the opposite seems to be “abnormal.” But let’s be semantically neutral and look at normal as a statistical label, referring to the majority. Related words are “norms” and “normative,” which are used to refer to values that the majority of society subscribes to.”
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Currency designs reflect values of ruling class →
“Let us not forget Lapulapu who resisted the Spanish invasion in 1521. His image is on our one-centavo coins, now virtually demonetized in value and sense. If it’s any consolation, Lapulapu is remembered today as a pricey fish.”
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Currency designs reflect values of ruling class →
“Let us not forget Lapulapu who resisted the Spanish invasion in 1521. His image is on our one-centavo coins, now virtually demonetized in value and sense. If it’s any consolation, Lapulapu is remembered today as a pricey fish.”
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Leaked cable belies PH’s Burma stand →
“The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) is “divided over how to address Burma,” with older member-states Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Singapore favoring a hard-line approach toward its military rulers, noted a 2008 confidential memo from the US Embassy in Beijing released by Wikileaks, the online whistle-blower.”
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Leaked cable belies PH’s Burma stand →
“The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) is “divided over how to address Burma,” with older member-states Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Singapore favoring a hard-line approach toward its military rulers, noted a 2008 confidential memo from the US Embassy in Beijing released by Wikileaks, the online whistle-blower.”
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20 predictions for the next 25 years →
“From the web to wildlife, the economy to nanotechnology, politics to sport, the Observer’s team of experts prophesy how the world will change – for good or bad – in the next quarter of a century”
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20 predictions for the next 25 years →
“From the web to wildlife, the economy to nanotechnology, politics to sport, the Observer’s team of experts prophesy how the world will change – for good or bad – in the next quarter of a century”
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RenoGeno →
“Will this generation see an explosion of creativity, collaboration and art that could be called a renaissance?”
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RenoGeno →
“Will this generation see an explosion of creativity, collaboration and art that could be called a renaissance?”
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Music Critic of the Year: @Discographies →
“A puckering wit and more than 20,000 followers - those are the only facts we know about the Twitter account @Discographies, where the author summarizes the entire catalogue of a renowned singer or band in 140 characters or fewer”
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Music Critic of the Year: @Discographies →
“A puckering wit and more than 20,000 followers - those are the only facts we know about the Twitter account @Discographies, where the author summarizes the entire catalogue of a renowned singer or band in 140 characters or fewer”