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Post by Tom A. Saiyan on May 20, 2013 4:35:00 GMT 9
Congratulations!
Miss Philippines Eco-Tourism 2013 - Bernadette Mae Aguirre (Miss Santa Maria)
Ms PH Earth Santa Maria: Bernadette Mae Aguirre BY RAPPLER.COM POSTED ON 04/28/2013 4:58 PM | UPDATED 05/04/2013 7:40 PM
MANILA, Philippines - In line with the Miss Philippines Earth 2013 pageant's water conservation theme, this 20-year-old registered nurse says, "Filipinos should learn to use water wisely. One should be aware that there are still parts of our country where clean water is scarce or non-existent. I believe that if using water wisely is done collectively, it would help greatly in water cooperation."
Describe your childhood/growing-up years (8-13 years old):
I had a very challenging childhood. When I was 8 years old, I was diagnosed with Juvenile Diabetes Mellitus. This meant that I was insulin dependent forever; I have to inject myself with insulin twice a day every day. I didn’t consider it a burden that will pull me down; rather, I took it as a special gift and challenge.
Most memorable moment:
I consider winning my first crown to be one of the most memorable experiences of my life.
What is your environmental advocacy and why did you choose this?
As Miss Philippines Earth, it would be my advocacy to encourage our lawmakers to create and implement ordinances to prohibit the use of plastic bags in business establishments. I will also educate the public about the importance of minimizing the use of plastic bags and its great effect on our environment.
www.rappler.com/life-and-style/specials/miss-earth/philippines/2013/candidates/27730-ms-ph-earth-santa-maria-bernadette-mae-aguirre
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Post by Tom A. Saiyan on May 10, 2013 8:43:01 GMT 9
May 2013 Civil Engineering Licensure Exam
No Thomasian in the top ten...
Out of the 33 Thomasian examinees, 28 passed for 84.85% passing rate...
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Post by Tom A. Saiyan on May 10, 2013 8:18:47 GMT 9
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Post by Tom A. Saiyan on May 10, 2013 7:28:59 GMT 9
How Samsung Became the World's No. 1 Smartphone Maker By Sam Grobart
March 28, 2013 Facebook Tweet LinkedIn Google Plus Email (In sixth paragraph, clarifies Samsung's sales numbers since Lee took control. In 17th paragraph, corrects transliteration of Lee Byung Chull and title of Lee Jae Yong.)
I’m in a black Mercedes-Benz (DAI) van with three Samsung Electronics PR people heading toward Yongin, a city about 45 minutes south of Seoul. Yongin is South Korea’s Orlando: a nondescript, fast-growing city known for its tourist attractions, especially Everland Resort, the country’s largest theme park. But the van isn’t going to Everland. We’re headed to a far more profitable theme park: the Samsung Human Resources Development Center, where the theme just happens to be Samsung.
The complex’s formal name is Changjo Kwan, which translates as Creativity Institute. It’s a massive structure with a traditional Korean roof, set in parklike surroundings. In a breezeway, a map carved in stone tiles divides the earth into two categories: countries where Samsung conducts business, indicated by blue lights; and countries where Samsung will conduct business, indicated by red. The map is mostly blue. In the lobby, an engraving in Korean and English proclaims: “We will devote our human resources and technology to create superior products and services, thereby contributing to a better global society.” Another sign says in English: “Go! Go! Go!”
VIDEO: Exclusive: What's in Samsung's Secret Sauce
Photograph by Tony Law for Bloomberg Businessweek Samsung’s Human Resources Development Center
More than 50,000 employees pass through Changjo Kwan and its sister facilities in a given year. In sessions that last anywhere from a few days to several months, they are inculcated in all things Samsung: They learn about the three P’s (products, process, and people); they learn about “global management” so that Samsung can expand into new markets; some employees go through the exercise of making kimchi together, to learn about teamwork and Korean culture.
They will stay in single or shared rooms, depending on seniority, on floors named and themed after artists. The Magritte floor has clouds on the carpet and upside-down table lamps on the ceiling. In a hallway, the recorded voice of a man speaking Korean comes over the loudspeakers. “Those are some remarks the chairman made some years ago,” a Samsung employee explains.
She’s referring to Lee Kun Hee, the 71-year-old chairman of Samsung Electronics, who declined to be interviewed for this article. Despite making headlines in 2008, when he was convicted of tax evasion, and 2009, when he was pardoned by South Korea’s president, he maintains a low profile. Except within Samsung, that is, where he’s omnipresent. It’s not just the slogans over the sound system; Samsung’s internal practices and external strategies—from how TVs are designed to the company’s philosophy of “perpetual crisis”—all spring from the codified teachings of the chairman.
STORY: The iPhone 5's A6 Chip Could Be Apple's Sweetest Revenge Against Samsung
Photograph by Tony Law for Bloomberg Businessweek A guide at the Gumi phone complex
Since Lee took control of Samsung in 1987, sales have surged to $179 billion last year, making it the world’s largest electronics company by revenue. That makes Samsung Electronics the world’s largest electronics company by revenue. For all its global reach, though, the company remains opaque. We all know the story of Steve Jobs and Apple (AAPL), Akio Morita and Sony (SNE). But Samsung and Lee Kun Hee? People may bring up the South Korean government’s support of local champions and access to easy capital, but within the company it all goes back to Chairman Lee and the Frankfurt Room.
It doesn’t look like much: early 1990s vintage décor and a large table with a fake flower centerpiece. But the Frankfurt Room is to Changjo Kwan as the Clementine Chapel is to St. Peter’s Basilica: an extra-special place inside an already special place. Photography is forbidden; people whisper when inside. It’s a meticulous recreation of the drab conference room in the German hotel where, in 1993, Chairman Lee gathered his lieutenants and laid out a plan to transform Samsung, then a second-tier TV manufacturer, into the biggest, most powerful electronics manufacturer on earth. It would require going from a high-volume, low-quality manufacturer to a high-quality one, even if that meant sacrificing sales. It would mean looking past the borders of South Korea and taking on the world. Samsung is having a moment. It’s dominant in TVs and sells a lot of washing machines, but it’s smartphones that made Samsung as recognizable a presence around the world as Walt Disney (DIS) and Toyota Motor (TM). If Samsung isn’t yet as lustrous a brand as Apple, it’s finding success as the anti-Apple—Galaxy smartphones outsell iPhones. And Samsung is probably the only other company that can throw a product introduction and have people line up around a city block, as they did in New York City on March 14 for the launch of the Galaxy S 4. That never used to happen when Samsung unveiled a refrigerator—although the kimchi-specific models made for the Korean market are really quite impressive.
www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-03-28/how-samsung-became-the-worlds-no-dot-1-smartphone-maker#r=read
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Post by Tom A. Saiyan on May 10, 2013 7:24:58 GMT 9
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Post by Tom A. Saiyan on May 4, 2013 2:23:38 GMT 9
2011 Baccalaureate MassPhotos to the credit of owners
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Post by Tom A. Saiyan on May 4, 2013 2:13:23 GMT 9
1st Phl-German dual study program to address education-jobs mismatch By Evelyn Z. Macairan (The Philippine Star) | Updated August 23, 2012
MANILA, Philippines - In a bid to address the “mismatch” problem of college courses and job opportunities, the University of Sto. Tomas announced its participation in the first Philippine-German Dual Study Program to start next year wherein students would be studying courses/lessons that increase their chances of getting a job locally and even abroad.
The College of Commerce and Business Administration of UST signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with the International University of Cooperative Education (iUCE) that would give select students the opportunity of earning two college bachelor degrees.
Under the “First Philippine-German Dual Study Program,” the qualified students apart from getting a bachelor’s degree from the UST, would also get a secondary degree from a German university such as Bachelor in International Business Management.
UST College of Commerce and Business Administration dean Prof. Ma. Socorro Calara said that the MOA is a “trailblazer” for them and “the start of internationalization of our college.”
“Earning a degree from a foreign university is very expensive, even if it is a bachelor degree, you cannot earn that degree anywhere in the Philippines. So imagine you will stay in your own country, you would not pay board or other expenses, yet you are getting a diploma coming from a foreign university,” said Calara.
However, she explained that the students have the option to spend their fifth year in college in Germany and practice in a German company. They would also be given allowances during their practicum or on-the-job training (OJT).
The students would have to shoulder their travel expenses to and from Germany. While they are there, they would be housed in a German university for free.
The UST is hoping that through this program, they would help reduce the problem of college graduates who cannot find work or if they find work, it does not match the courses that they took in college.
The program is supported by the German-Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GPCCI) and the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI).
Dr. Holger Manzke, GPCCI second vice president, said that the industry would often complain that the education is not sufficient. But the dual degree program would make it a “win-win-win” situation for the industry, the university and the students.
The students who would qualify in the program would have better employment. He said, “The students would have a chance to learn in school, but they would also have a good introduction of the work later on.”
Manzke also explained that “The German system is so successful because of several reasons. But one is that the industry is involved in the education. They do not just complain and destructive, they are constructive.”
The industry in Germany participates in the education system. “We optimize human resources by bringing them into the position to learn in school something about the job. So they are well trained when they enter the job,” he added.
Professor Calara explained under the program, the students who would pass the qualifying examination, would have to stay in college for 5 1/2 years, instead of the normal four years.
The pilot dual study program is on the academic year 2013-2014. They are eyeing 40 to 45 students.
During the first two years, the students would be taught the UST curriculum, but come third year, they would adopt the German curriculum in the English language. The iUCE would accredit some of UST’s subjects, and would introduce new subjects.
“We sat down together to reconcile their program and our program. So they came up with two years under the UST program, while the remaining 3 1/2 years is theirs. But the program would be in such a way wherein 50 percent of the class hours are practicum oriented,” Calara said.
She added that “There would be some German professors who would be coming over to teach in our college ... Some of the lecturers would be managers, some of the case studies would be about the company itself, so they are trying to fit the needs of the company with the lessons of the students.”
They would also be accrediting some UST faculty members to teach their subjects.
www.philstar.com/education-and-home/2012/08/23/841009/1st-phl-german-dual-study-program-address-education-jobs
commerce.ust.edu.ph/download/newsflash/UST_Student_Info_2012_02_08_2012_ES.pdf
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Post by Tom A. Saiyan on May 2, 2013 5:32:09 GMT 9
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Post by Tom A. Saiyan on May 2, 2013 5:12:52 GMT 9
UST hosts 5th SSEASR International Conference
The University of Santo Tomas will host the Regional Conference of the International Conference of the South and Southeast Asian Association for the Study of Culture and Religion (SSEASR), an affiliate of the International Association of the History of Religions (IAHR) under the auspices of the UNESCO. This year’s gathering will bring together scholars, writers, artists, and the religious for a four-day conference from May 16 to May 19, 2013 to be held at the Thomas Aquinas Research Complex Auditorium. Taking place every two years, the SSEAR conferences were previously held in cities such as New Delhi in India (2005), Bangkok in Thailand (2007), Bali in Indonesia (2009) and Thimphu in the Kingdom of Bhutan (2011). Manila will be its 2013 site. The 5th SSEASR Conference is committed to provide an academic platform to discuss the relationship between culture and healing; hence its theme “Healing, Belief Systems, Cultures and Religions of South and Southeast Asia.” Sen. Edgardo Angara, chair of the Senate committee on Education, Arts and Culture, and chair of the committee on Science and Technology will deliver the Keynote Address during the Opening Ceremonies. The other conference topics are: Health, Healing and Healers in South and Southeast Asia; Healing in South and Southeast Asian Transnational Communities; Science and Traditional Healing Systems; Sacred Sounds of South and Southeast Asia; Traditional and Alternative Means of Healing; Suffering and Penance through the Bodily Practices; Plants, Peoples, and Sacred Practices; Belief Systems and Island Cultures; Folk Christianity in South and Southeast Asia; Pilgrimage and Spiritual Well-being; Rites, Rituals and Sacredness in South and Southeast Asia; Beliefs and Survival among South and Southeast Asian Diasporic Communities; Routes as Carriers of Cultures and Religions; Literature of Prayers and Invocations; Indigenous Religions of South and Southeast Asia; and Festivals of the Ethnic Groups of South and Southeast Asia. Part of the activities are a pre-Conference one-day tour to Laguna province for the San Isidro Labrador Festival, a cultural and religious event, on May 15, 2013 and a post-Conference tour of Cebu and Bohol in the Visayas from May 20 to 22 for interested participants. For more details, contact the 5th SSEASR Conference Secretariat through telefax number + (02) 7313038, email address SSEASRphilippines@yahoo.com; fpuy@mnl.ust.edu.ph or visit the conference website.
www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/306186/cbb/ust-hosts-5th-sseasr-international-conference
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Post by Tom A. Saiyan on Apr 28, 2013 8:11:09 GMT 9
COMMENTARY No contest: UST is oldest university By José Victor Torres Philippine Daily Inquirer First Posted 04:40:00 01/27/2011
MANILA, Philippines Learning history sometimes means memorizing superlatives?;the highest,' 'the longest,' 'the shortest,' 'the earliest,' 'the lowest,' etc. It sounds like studying history means grabbing a Philippine edition of the Guinness Book of World Records and reading through its facts.
Yet, it is these superlatives that give people, places and institutions distinction.
The University of Santo Tomas (UST) is one of these institutions. It is recognized as the oldest in Asia, older in fact than Harvard in the United States.
In addition to this claim to fame along with the titles 'Royal' and 'Pontifical' and 'The Catholic University of the Philippines,' UST boasts of a historical continuity with its original owners and administrators' the Dominicans.
But its reputation as the 'oldest university' was challenged by the University of San Carlos in Cebu which, in 1995, officially celebrated its '400th Foundation Day.' The Cebu institution traced its beginnings from the foundation of a Jesuit-run school, Colegio de San Ildefonso de Cebu, in 1595 to the present.
San Carlos? assertion dates back to 1948 when the college was elevated to a university. Since then, newspaper articles published this 'fact,' the latest in 1995 when writer F.C. Borlongan reiterated in a newspaper article that "San Carlos, not UST, is the oldest university."
As well-respected historian and former UST archivist Fr. Fidel Villarroel, O.P. pointed out in a journal article, "UST or San Carlos of Cebu" A Question of Age?: 'This is not the first time that newspapers, periodical publications and even an occasional history book have come out with such a claim which, in our considered judgment, is totally erroneous.'
With the ongoing quadricentennial celebration of UST, this contention must be resolved with available historical data. Several questions are to be answered: Which educational institution is the oldest? What are the evidences? And, why argue about these claims?
Looking through facts
UST's history remains unquestionable: The Dominicans were at the helm of higher learning in Spanish-colonial Philippines. It is a tribute to their roles as stalwarts of education that their legacy 'UST' still remains today as a bastion of higher learning.
Its foundation on April 26, 1611, happened more than three decades after the founding of the City of Manila. It was from Manila Archbishop Miguel de Benavides, O.P., that a school of higher learning came into being through his last will that provided a library and funds to erect a "seminary-college."
Its name was Colegio de Nuestra Señora del Rosario, later to be renamed as Colegio de Santo Tomas de Nuestra del Rosario, and, finally, to Colegio de Santo Tomas.
Through the years, the colegio underwent major changes that raised its stature. In 1619, Pope Paul V authorized the granting of degrees of Philosophy and Theology to all colleges administered by the Dominicans in the 'Occidental Indies.'
In 1645, Pope Innocent X raised Santo Tomas to the rank of university. In 1785, the title 'Royal' was given by Charles III in recognition of their loyalty to Spain during the war against England.
In 1902, it was given the title of "Pontifical" by Leo XIII and, in 1947, the title of "Catholic University" was granted by Pius XII.
What about San Carlos?
The university?s fame also provided the impetus for the Spanish government to assign it as the Bureau of Education in the mid-19th century when the secondary school system was revamped. This is the reason many student records of different schools, such as Ateneo and Letran, are found in the UST archives.
The case against San Carlos' claim was made in two scholarly articles written by Villaroel and a professor of the San Carlos Seminary itself, Aloysius Lopez Cartagenas.
Villarroel wrote that the historical problem of San Carlos is this: "The case of the University of San Carlos is an entirely different story. Different in the sense that its origins have yet to be established solidly on the basis of unquestionable historical documentation. But whatever date may be fixed and conventionally accepted as the foundation date, it cannot be the year 1595."
San Carlos has its roots tied with those of another institution?the Jesuit-run Colegio de San Ildefonso. What made it troubling is that this school has a spotty past.
San Ildefonso opened in 1595 and closed down in 1608, leaving only a primary school (similar to an elementary school) for boys. There was a lack of students as many Spanish residents left Cebu to settle in Manila.
The school closed down after the Jesuit expulsion from the Philippines in 1768. Its buildings, however, were used by the Diocese of Cebu for San Carlos Seminary, which was established in 1783.
In 1867, the seminary opened a government-authorized secondary school that became known as 'Colegio de San Carlos.'
In 1924, during the American period, the colegio separated from the seminary and, in 1948, was given university rank by the Philippine government.
In its entire existence, the school changed administration from the diocese to the Vincentians and, finally, to the Society of the Divine Word (SVD) order.
Based on these facts, Cartagenas wrote: "The earliest roots of the University of San Carlos in Cebu are not the Jesuit Colegio de San Ildefonso of 1595 but Seminario de San Carlos which, under the Vincentian Fathers, began to admit lay students in 1867. The year 1867, not 1595, as claimed, appears to be the auspicious beginning of an educational institution that would later become a university."
Conclusion
It seemed that University of San Carlos? history does not come from one but three different schools?the 1595 Jesuit Colegio de San Ildefonso that began as an institution of higher learning but was reduced to a primary school that later closed down; San Carlos Seminary, which educated and trained the diocesan clergy; and, from this seminary, Colegio de San Carlos was founded in 1867, recognized in 1912, and becoming a university only in 1948.
Three different schools. Three different histories with a break in its timeline. This historical discontinuity and the institutions that were founded lacked what Villarroel called San Carlos' "homogenous growth."
'You do not call a mango tree an orange tree just because the mango tree has grown in the place where formerly an orange tree was planted, grew and died,' he wrote.
Accident of age
Why argue about superlatives?
At first glance, such arguments and contentions may be trivial to the reader. After all, both universities enjoy a reputation of excellence. But, as Villarroel said, 'the accident of age may add luster to the institution.'
This has been true for UST throughout its 400 years of existence.
If we research, study and interpret the historical facts well, the honor of being 'the oldest university' belongs to the University of Santo Tomas.
House resolution
Perhaps the issue was settled last Dec. 1 when the House of Representatives passed Resolution No. 51, 'Resolution Congratulating the University of Santo Tomas (UST) on the occasion of its Quadricentennial University in 2011.'
The resolution was officially presented to UST Rector Magnificus Fr. Rolando V. de la Rosa, O.P., surrounded by proud UST alumni among the lawmakers, in a special session of the lower chamber on Jan. 18.
On Wednesday, Jan. 26, at the opening of the 10th biennial conference of the International Council of St. Thomas Aquinas Universities (Icusta) headed by UST, with presidents and administrators of several prestigious international universities present, the resolution was read by Rep. Magtanggol Gunigundo of Valenzuela City.
The resolution leaves no doubt as to which is the oldest university in the Philippines and Asia. It describes UST as 'founded on April 28, 1611 by Archbishop Miguel de Benavides' and 'has the oldest extant university charter in the Philippines and Asia.'
The UST charter and other historic documents, preserved in the UST archives, should show the historical and documentary validity of UST's claim as the oldest university in this part of the world.
UST events
UST has been celebrating its 400th anniversary this week. On Monday, Manila Archbishop Gaudencio Rosales blessed the UST Jubilee Door at UST Santisimo Rosario Church and gave an apostolic blessing in a High Mass on behalf of Pope Benedict XVI, who has proclaimed 2011 as UST Jubilee Year.
Yesterday, UST formally opened the 10th biennial conference of the International Council of St. Thomas Aquinas Universities at UST Santisimo Rosario Church after a High Mass presided over by Archbishop Karl Adams, apostolic nuncio to the Philippines.
President Aquino addressed the conference, an international federation of higher-education institutions taking after the principles of St. Thomas Aquinas, the universal patron saint of Catholic schools. The UST Conservatory of Music later mounted the opera 'Cavelleria Rusticana' at the UST College of Medicine Auditorium.
Today, the Quattrromondial, the UST Quadricentennial Memorial Monument, a 10-meter sculpture in bronze and glass by internationally renowned Filipino sculptor Ramon G. Orlina and modeled by actors Piolo Pascual and Charlene Gonzales, will be unveiled at UST Quadricentennial Park.
On Friday, a High Mass marking the UST Quadricentennial and the Feast of St. Thomas Aquinas will be held at the UST Grandstand and Football Field, at 5 p.m. The principal celebrants are Cardinal Zenon Grocheleweski, the special papal legate sent by Benedict XVI, and Fr. Bruno Cordore, master general of the Dominican Order.
The alumni homecoming party follows.
(Editor's Note: Jose Victor Torres was a former senior historical researcher of the Intramuros Administration. He has a doctorate in History and has won the National Book Award for his Intramuros history guidebook.)
newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20110127-316853/No-contest-UST-is-oldest-university
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Post by Tom A. Saiyan on Apr 28, 2013 7:34:19 GMT 9
Fine Arts and DesignMusicPhotos to the credit of owners
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Post by Tom A. Saiyan on Apr 27, 2013 8:31:09 GMT 9
April 2013 Registered Electrical Engineer Licensure Examination
No Thomasian in the top ten...
Out of the 15 Thomasian examinees, 8 passed for 53.33% passing rate...
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Post by Tom A. Saiyan on Apr 27, 2013 7:48:33 GMT 9
Journ attains Center of Dev't status
UST’s Journalism program has been declared a Center of Development (COD) after a series of evaluations by the Commission on Higher Education (CHEd).
The Polytechnic University of the Philippines was also conferred the COD status, while University of the Philippines (UP) in Diliman is the lone higher education institution that obtained the Center of Excellence (COE) status in journalism.
The recognition given by CHEd last March 22 to the journalism programs of the three universities will be effective until May 2014. Asst. Prof. Jeremaiah Opiniano of the Faculty of Arts and Letters said UST must open a graduate program in journalism to attain COE status. He also pointed to the need to improve the research output of the country’s oldest journalism school.
“Research in the program needs improvement. It’s not only the students who must do research but the teachers as well,” Opiniano said.
The research and publications criteria of CHEd account for a hefty 30 percent of the overall score, requiring the program to have “at least 75 percent of full-time faculty members with journalistic works, books, researches or academic articles published in reputable or refereed journals in the last five years.”
Other criteria are Instructional Quality (45 percent), Extension and Linkages (20 percent), and Institutional Qualifications (five percent).
While the University is recognized worldwide, Opiniano said the journalism program should also “think in a global perspective while responding to the needs of the Philippine media industry.”
“The award (COD status) will be the first step to making that long journey to become a global journalism school,” he said.
Earlier, UST’s Psychology program also obtained the COD status.
UST has seven other programs with COD status, six of which are from the Faculty of Engineering. These are Physical Therapy, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Industrial Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering.
The Biology, Chemistry, Medicine, Nursing, and Teacher Education programs of UST are COEs.
Should a program receive a COD or a COE status, the school is entitled to request a certain amount of financial assistance or monetary subsidiaries for the program depending on the submitted project proposals for evaluation and approval. Cez Mariela Teresa G. Verzosa
www.varsitarian.net/news/20130408/journ_attains_center_of_devt_status
mukhang nadali sa research kaya hindi nakuha ang COE...
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Post by Tom A. Saiyan on Apr 26, 2013 7:12:52 GMT 9
Day in Photos: March 9, 2011
Filipino students, employees, administrators and seminarians from the University of Santo Tomas (UST) gather to form a "Dominican Cross" as they observe the start of Lent on Ash Wednesday, inside the UST campus in Manila, Philippines. Organizers claimed to have more than 20,000 participants during the event and will attempt to the break the "Guinness World Record" as the "Largest Human Cross."www.nypost.com/p/news/international/day_in_photos_march_NnvLh6EjgSo47vzspm9TpM?photo_num=1
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Post by Tom A. Saiyan on Apr 25, 2013 8:06:17 GMT 9
Winning student researchers at UST NeoVation 2013 named
Seven research projects ranging from the utilization of Philippine indigenous materials to the development of instrumentations have been chosen as winners in the 2013 NeoVation held as part of the 50th founding anniversary celebration of the University of Santo Tomas (UST) Research Center for Natural and Applied Sciences. The awards were presented on March 15, 2013 during the NeoVation Gala held at the Plenary Hall of the Quadricentennial Pavilion. The 1st grand prize winner was awarded to a study on “Lareen, anti-acne liquid foundation” formulated by Engineering and Pharmacy students Lara Angeline Briones, Diane Colleen Briones, Reanne May Tiru, Desiree De Castro, Lara Elize Lamigo and Janine Paula Monta. The team adviser was Dr. Aristea Bayquen. The study came up with a liquid solution made of natural ingredients like atis seeds and lagundi leaves extract, which have been proven to inhibit the growth of bacteria while giving coverage for the face as a cosmetic product. With human health and environmental problems caused by the use of insecticides becoming a matter of concern, this year’s 2nd grand prizewinner was given to the versatile and beneficial properties of the “Roachant Air Freshener” created by Engineering students, Karen Castro, Karen Farolan, Precious Jill Lacuna, Anthony Justin Veneracion and Fine Arts student, Eula Andrea San Juan with team adviser, Engr. Michael Francis Benjamin. The Roachant Air Freshener is an organic, two-in-one gel product that serves as an insect repellent and air freshener at the same time. The 3rd grand prize went to a research on coconut water as energy drink titled “Hercules Coconut Drink.” The study was conducted by Engineering students Russel James Bernabe, Ana Janine Bulasag, Tiffany Faye Caranto, Ma. Kristine Lim, Alyssa Angelaine Tolentino, Jem Zamora with team adviser, Engr. Carol Encarnado. The team used microfiltration method to prolong the shelf life of coconut water while maintaining its isotonic drink quality. The winners received P100,000, P50,000, P30,000 for the first, second and third prizes, respectively. Meanwhile, the runners-up included: “Autonomous Person Trailing Function Integrated in an Automobile Utilizing RGB and Depth Machine Sensors” (1st runner-up) by Engineering and Fine Arts students with Engr. Edison Roxas as adviser; “SILICOLORS: Colors from nature” (2nd runner-up) by Engineering and Fine Arts students with Engr. Lola Domnina Pestaño and Dr. Maria Natalia Dimaano as advisers and “A wide-band low-cost and portable bio-impedance instrumentation and its potential applications” (3rd runner-up) by Engineering and Science students with Engr. Angelina A. Silverio and Engr. Angelito A. Silverio as adivers. The three runners-up received P10, 000 each. Four entries were also chosen as the Thomasian’s Choice Award based on a survey conducted among the Expo attendees through online voting. The Best Presentation and Most Marketable category was awarded to “A wide-band low-cost and portable bio-impedance instrumentation and its potential applications”; the Most Innovative category was given to “Implementation of Central Control Unit for the Automation of Dam Level Monitoring, Control and Flood Warning System via SCADA” adviser, Engr. Irineo Quinto and Engineering students while the Imbentong Tomasino category was conferred to “SILICOLORS: Colors from nature.” The Thomasian’s Choice Awardees received a cash prize of P10, 000 each. This innovative challenge aimed to set the “gold standard” for iThomasian (innovative Thomasian) in different areas, for the industry as well as local and international research institutions to recognize the usefulness of the activity’s output and to establish partnerships among the industry, academe and the government.
www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/305348/cbb/winning-student-researchers-at-ust-neovation-2013-named
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Post by Tom A. Saiyan on Apr 24, 2013 6:28:30 GMT 9
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Post by Tom A. Saiyan on Apr 23, 2013 4:48:36 GMT 9
Nagmistulang isang malaking Rubik’s cube ang mga kahon ng softdrinks na may iba’t ibang kulay at itinayo ng mga estudyante ng University of Santo Tomas (UST) sa harapan ng Quirino Grandstand sa Rizal Park bilang exhibit ng isang pavilion na pinatatakbo ng solar power. (Jonas Sulit)
www.abante-tonite.com/issue/apr2113/index.htmGreen pavilion houses green technologies
MANILA, Philippines – Over 2,000 recycled vegetable crates were stacked to build the country’s first green pavilion which opened a week ago at the Rizal Park in Manila.
Built within a week, the pavilion is a 200-square-meter greenhouse-looking structure that displays a variety of green technologies, or technologies which are environmentally friendly in its production process and usage.
My Shelter Foundation, an environmental non-government organization, built the pavilion 20 meters away from the Rizal monument to symbolize the start of a revolution aiming for a greener environment for everyone.
According to the foundation, green technologies are often installed on corporate towers or homes in exclusive subdivisions. Very few Filipinos have access to these technologies because they are expensive.
With the installation of the green pavilion, Filipinos will now be more aware of how to use and create green technologies in their lives.
The green pavilion is open until the June 12, 2013. Since it is capable of being transferred from one place to another, Project Coordinator Architect Rodelon Ramos said they are planning to next mount the green pavilion in Baguio City.
Green technologies on display
One of the displays is a living wall or a vertical garden. It uses a geo-textile planting pocket system meant for houses with no space for gardens. A geo-textile is a permeable fabric used for planting which can separate sediments and protect plants. It is used to help support the herbs, leafy vegetables and other ornamental plants planted on the wall.
Filipinos can also adapt the aquaponics method, which is an integration of aquaculture (raising aquatic animals) and hydroponics (cultivating plants in water). It is a method of growing crops and fish together without using soil.
Other green technologies on display are a rainwater-harvesting system, water purification method, cement water pump system, hybrid power air conditioning, and recycled arts, among others. Hanging bamboo hydroponics will also be put up inside the pavilion in the coming weeks.
Solar bottle light for communities
The green pavilion also houses the foundation’s main project, the solar bottle light under the movement called “Isang Litrong Liwanag” (A Liter of Light) aiming to bring eco-friendly bottle light to communities living without electricity.
Since its 2011 launch, the project has brightened the lives of 70,000 people in Metro Manila alone.
It then became a worldwide movement, reaching as far as India, Indonesia, and Switzerland.
Because the solar bottle light could be used only during the daytime, the foundation's executive director and founder Illac Diaz told Rappler the solar bottle light has been developed for night use.
The main difference between the solar bottle light and the solar night bulb is in the materials used with the bottle.
The solar bottle light has a mixture of water and bleach in the bottle which illuminates a dark room during the day by absorbing the light from the sun. It is installed by creating a hole at the rooftop of house with the bottle firmly secured in the center. The top portion of the bottle is exposed to sunlight while the bottom half – being inside the house – serves as the light bulb. This bulb needs sunlight to work.
The solar night bulb needs a solar panel in the surrounding area of the top portion of the bottle; LED lights are installed inside the bottle. Because of the solar panels, the bulbs can work at night.
Diaz said he wants to teach Filipinos how to assemble and repair the bulb, including its electronics, for sustainable use and maintenance.
Fighting poverty, energy for all
During the pavilion's opening, My Shelter Foundation also launched an environmental campaign called “Energy For All,” which intends to fight poverty and provide food, power, shelter, and water for all Filipinos.
Since access to green technology is limited to those who can afford it, the pavilion has a learning center that aims to empower the people who are in most need of low-cost infrastructure by teaching them to create these technologies.
The students of the learning center have a hands-on experience building their own solar light bottles and other green technologies which are easily replicated from locally sourced materials.
(In this video, Diaz demonstrates how to make a solar bottle light with just circular patterns, soda bottles, cement and other construction tools.)
“The way we’re going to do that is to equip students, volunteers or anybody who walks into the pavilion with the technology and, at the same time, ask for their cooperation to help us implement these things around the country, and make these things succeed,” said Diaz in a call for action video released a week before the pavilion's launch.
Spirit of volunteerism
Volunteers, companies, and equipment suppliers worked as one to build the country’s first green pavilion.
Project coordinator Ramos said that a soft drink company donated 15,000 PET bottles for the "A Liter of Light" project.
He asked for volunteers to turn these bottles into solar bottle lights to brighten the lives of community beneficiaries.
Student volunteers responded to the challenge and taught others how to build green technologies, particularly solar light bulbs.
“We’re teaching people and students how to source the technology on their own. We have people and students who are volunteering to teach them how to do it,” said Ramos.
Other uses for the bottle
Last March 19, 2013, "A Liter of Light" built the first-ever bottle center for the aged in Rizal, Laguna using brick bottles filled with trash.
Aside from this new project, Diaz said they plan to construct a school in Bontoc, Mt Province made from brick bottles.
As the school-building project is not yet in full swing, Diaz welcomes volunteers to build the school. People interested in volunteering for My Shelter Foundation can sign up at www.aliteroflight.com. -Rappler.com
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