"Kannawidan: The Ylocos Festival"

VIGAN CITY, Feb. 1 –Gov. Luis Singson called on residents, balikbayans and tourists to visit Vigan to witness the week-long 5th Kannawidan Ylocos Festival.Ilocos Heritage Festival which began Sunday.

           The festival is set in downtown Vigan, at the Plaza Salcedo, where sights and activities are up for all visitors and residents.The attractions include the display and sale of handicrafts made from indigenous materials produced in the province, exhibition of traditional rituals of members of indigenous communities, fashion shows featuring the abel – iloko (Ilocano woven clothing) and awarding of the best practices in schools.Native dances of the upland towns of Ilocos Sur have also been shown at Plaza Salcedo.At the same time, all One Top One Product (OTOP) from the different towns are being sold at the trade fair.
Old clothing and vehicles, various native arts designs and other native products and some ancestral houses at the heritage village are also being showcased.
It’s more fun in this year’s Kannawidan Ylocos Festival because more events are showcased.All are invited to join and celebrate the unique 5th year of the Kannawidan Ylocos Festival, This was followed by the procession of the 40 images of miraculous patron saints from the 32 towns and two cities of the province.Singson observed that, as in previous years, the festival is mobbed by thousands of tourists and visitors.The other highlights of the festival include Delphic games and Abel Iloko fashion show Senior Citizen’s fun run, painting design contest and awarding of 2012 Fr. Burgos award to outstanding sons and daughters of Ilocos Sur;Vintage cars presentation, living treasure’s awarding rites and search for Miss Saniata Beauty Pageant; Kannawidan fun run, traditional games contest and Zarzuela Ilocana presentation and Sangguniang Kabataan SK night.
    On the other hand, Vice Gov. Deogracias Victor Savellano said that all the highlights of the Kannawidan Ylocos Festival were focused on the presentations and exhibitions of the attractive indigenous and old traditions, cultures and costumes of the Ilocanos.
These include the “Tawid Ug-ugali ti Ilocano” Ilocano Heritage Tradition presentation of the various cultural dances and rituals, attractive folk dances and native but elegant products from upland towns.
The Festival started in 2008 to mark the 190th anniversary foundation day of Ylocos Sur through a Royal Decree approved on Feb. 2, 1818.
   Thus, this year’s Festival: are now celebrating the 194th anniversary foundation of Ilocos Sur, .

" Keeping In Mind Our Mother Tongue "

        Sometimes the term mother tongue or mother language is used for the language that a person learnt as a child at home usually from their parents. Children growing up in bilingual homes can, according to this definition, have more than one mother tongue or native language.
        The origin of the term "mother tongue" harks back to the notion that linguistic skills of a child are honed by the mother and therefore the language spoken by the mother would be the primary language that the child would learn.Sometimes the term native language is used to indicate a language that a person is as proficient in as a native individual of that language's "base country", or as proficient as the average person who speaks no other language but that language. 

       A first language also native language, mother tongue, arterial language, is the language a person has learned from birth or within the critical period or that a person speaks the best and so is often the basis for sociolinguistic identity. In some countries, the terms native language or mother tongue refer to the language of one's ethnic group rather than one's first language. Sometimes, there can be more than one mother tongue, when the child's parents speak different languages. Those children are usually called bilingual.

By contrast, a second language is any language that one speaks other than one's first language.

" Equal Rights Equal Oppurtunity "

             Well, first you might want to consider whether or not it is true that all people deserve equal opportunities, rights, and respect." For instance, does a murderer continue to have a right to liberty, or is society justified in taking that right away by throwing the murderer in jail. If you believe that the latter is true, then you do not believe that all people deserve equal rights. Likewise, unless you believe that an industrialist who sets up his own company that provides employment for over a hundred workers is just as admirable as a homeless person who has destroyed his mind with drugs, then you do not believe that all people deserve equal respect, either. So, you might begin by attacking the question and showing a capacity for critical thought when given a manifestly foolish prompt.                        
             Next, you might want to start thinking about how you want to define your key terms (always a good way to begin an essay like this). So, what do you think the word "opportunity" means? "Rights?" "Respect?" Most importantly, what do you think the word "equal" means? Once you have come up with your own definitions of these terms, think also about how other people might define them. Then think about how these different definitions might affect both how true people think the proposition is, and how it might affect their support for it. By that point, you should be getting an idea of the various arguments that one can make for or against the idea that all people deserve equal opportunities, etc. Then you would start the rest of your essay by explaining why the arguments you agree with are right, and why the ones you disagree with are wrong.

" Responding to CLIMATE CHANGE "

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           Anadarko is a partner in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Natural Gas STAR Program and a member of the American Petroleum Institute's Climate Challenge Program and Canada's Climate Change Voluntary Challenge and Registry, Inc. As such, the company supports ongoing scientific research on this debate while implementing measures to reduce atmospheric carbon emissions and integrating air quality safeguards into its business practices around the world.
        Climate change is a much debated and discussed environmental issue in our global community. Evolving scientific debate centers around the relative impact of human activities versus natural causes on the world's climate. The impact of greenhouse gas emissions - particularly carbon dioxide and methane - has emerged as a specific concern. As a good corporate citizen, Anadarko is committed to responsible environmental stewardship. Anadarko continually looks for innovative ways to minimize the environmental impacts of its activities, including reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.
Anadarko applies generally accepted scientific principles to all of its operational activities - geological, geophysical, in engineering and production, and environmental. In the environmental arena, Anadarko is a partner in the U.S.
        Environmental Protection Agency's Natural Gas STAR Program and a member of the American Petroleum Institute's Climate Challenge Program and Canada's Climate Change Voluntary Challenge and Registry, Inc. As such, the company supports ongoing scientific research on this debate while implementing measures to reduce atmospheric carbon emissions and integrating air quality safeguards into its business practices around the world.

Chemergy: Chemistry and Science Club in Synergy

           And I thought it was Science Club: A Strategic Contingency for Survival. And I really think it should be that way (well personally, I think this one’s for like for the elementary levels). I saw the above theme of Science Clubbing month in an Elementary school here in Naga, and I couldn’t ascertain even with the help of the net which one’s the real theme, so here, I’ll just write something abut it.
          One of the most hated subjects in both high school and college is Chemistry and it has proven itself to become more and more forgettable and hard to understand with each one’s advancement in the academic ladder. It has dumbfounded even the brightest minds I’ve come to personally know, and it possesses to some extent this shroud of mystery which no one seems able or at least interested to crack. But why has chemistry become such a feared and alienated field? And is this fear and alienation good for us in the end?
One possible reason why many people cannot grasp the basics of chemistry is the fact that this field of knowledge uses an almost entirely different kind of language. Math uses numbers, and all others use letters and words, but chemistry — oh, Chemistry — uses an incomprehensible mixture of these, woven into complex patterns almost to the point of irrationality. Well, that’s how I felt when chemistry and I first met.
But in reality, Chemistry is not something to be feared. It is one of the most enjoyable subjects there can be. I credit this love of chemistry to a high school teacher of mine, Sir Jestoni Daza, who really put his all into teaching us the basics of chemistry – especially the harder ones, like nomenclature, balancing, etc. Once you get your hands on it, I tell you you can’t take them away.
But falling in love with chemistry is no easy thing. It takes determination and real, ardent desire to learn. I admit it, not everybody can love chemistry as it is. So what now? Do we just resort back to the old attitude towards chemistry? Of course not.
          What we need is to incorporate it with something enjoyed by people at a stage when their minds are very flexible, malleable, and ductile. This stage I’m talking about is childhood. And what activity (besides play) do kids like more than being with each other? So there you have it: a harmony between chemistry and science clubbing among kids. Or as the theme puts it, CHEMERGY.
By synergy, it is meant that together, chemistry and science clubbing can do something that they cannot do when they’re separate. And this something, I believe, is changing the world. But how? Chemistry is one field in science that’s very useful in almost all fields of development. We need a thorough understanding of chemistry if we are to make significant advancements in Agriculture and Aquaculture, Biology, Medicine, Forestry, Environmental Conservation, and a host of other endeavors. Chemistry is the language of our development.
         And what other time to start inculcating love for chemistry than during the early learning years of man? Thus the compatibility of science clubbing and chemistry. While having fun, kids can learn the wonders of this field. And while learning, they can well be paving the way for better advancements and a brighter future.

''MY HERO IS A TEACHER''

          TEACHERS are considered as our second mothers since they play a great role in molding us to be who we would be someday.But most often, these silent heroes are regarded as strict – the tag they have to earn for working almost 15 hours a day for a meager salary. Sometimes, married teachers break up with their spouses since they can no longer find time to bond with them.
           Instead, they are always seen “dating” with their lesson plans, computing grades or checking papers even up to the wee hours of the morning.Like the overseas Filipino workers, teachers are also  our heroes since most of them are so committed to their work that they even forgot to marry. I can still remember my teacher in elementary who was still single at age 50. Wonder what they find in the teaching profession that they are even willing to sacrifice the joy of having their own family.

''My hero in my own world"

                Great teachers are the unsung heroes of our lives.More than more educators they don't just dedicate facts and check spelling.They demand the best from their ideas.My Teacher My Hero, because how often do teachers get the recognition they deserve.My TEACHER  is a way to highlight and bring to public attention.
                 I consider myself lucky to have some of the great teachers that i had throughout my academic career.However, that was time ago and technology today. My Teacher My Hero tributes to the people  who gave us knowledge, motivations and wisdom.
                 TEACHERS open windows to the world for their students by giving them the tools and desire to discover their fellow humans.It is trough this discovery that we learn one of the most important lesson in life. We have more in common than we have differences.