Bad Science – Book Report Elam Dula 212964763 20/11/14 1. THE PLACEBO EFFECT The first break through that caught my attention was the most common one‚ the application of “ The Placebo Effect” on our society. A placebo is a fake treatment‚ inactive substance that can sometimes improve a patient’s condition simply because the person has the expectation that it will. As I read Ben Goldacre’s book Bad Science‚ I was surprised to learn a couple of new things. TThe first one was the fact that alerting
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IN THE LAND OF THE CHERRY BLOSSOMS‚ 1888 One of the happiest interludes in the life of Rizal was his sojourn in the Land of Cherry Blossoms for one month and a half (February 28 – April 13‚ 1888). He was enchanted by the natural beauties of Japan‚ the charming manners of the Japanese people‚ and the picturesque shrines. Moreover‚ he fell in love with a Japanese girl‚ whose loveliness infused joy and romance in his sorrowing heart. Her real name was Seiko Usui. Rizal affectionately called her O-Sei-San
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The Story of Philippine National Anthem The Philippine national anthem was composed by Julian Felipe in spanish‚ The lone surviving revolutionary member of the “13 Martyrs of Cavite”‚ whose life was spared from the firing squad because of illness. Originally written as incidental music‚ it did not have words when it was adopted as the National Anthem of the Philippines. When General Aguinaldo came back from Hong Kong in June 5‚ 1898‚ he brought with him a musical piece composed by another Filipino
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Commonwealth Period -Tyding Mcduffie Law; granted independence and commonwealth to the Philippines -Conditions: -Framing of the constitution; july 1934‚ election of delegates once the constitution is completed it is passed to American president and senate for approval -once approved; plebiscite for the approval by the Filipinos -once the plebiscite was approved‚ the commonwealth was to be inaugurated 40 committees -draft the framework of the constitution July 10‚ 1934 -election of delegates
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Is same-sex marriage right? THE SEX ADVISOR By Eppy Halili Gochangco (The Philippine Star) | Updated March 4‚ 2014 - 12:00am I decided to forego the usual question-and-answer format this time as I was invited by Dean Amado Valdez of the College of Law of the University of the East to attend a symposium on same-sex marriage. The title of the symposium was “Same-sex marriage: Is it right?” It was sponsored by the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP)‚ the Rotary Club of Manila (RCM)‚ and the
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Life and Times of Andres Bonifacio Andres Bonifacio simmered with rage and humiliation. The movement that he had created to oppose Spanish colonial rule inthe Philippines had just voted (likely in a rigged election) to make his rival Emilio Aguinaldo president in his stead. Bonifacio was given the lowly consolation prize of an appointment as Secretary of the Interior in the revolutionary government. When this appointment was announced‚ however‚ delegate Daniel Tirona objected on the grounds that
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Analysis of Dekada’70 According to the reporter of this story Dekada ’70 is set in the turbulent Martial Law era in Philippine history. In the 1970’s‚ the Republic of the Philippines was under the rule of then President Ferdinand Marcos. On September 21‚ 1972‚ Marcos declared Martial Law which placed the country under the rule of the Armed Forces of the Philippines‚ but kept himself in power. Under the Martial Law era‚ Marcos consolidated control of the armed forces‚ freedom of the press was severely
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Language The city’s population speaks a wide variety of the nation’s main languages‚ specifically: Tagalog‚ Sambal‚ Kapampangan‚ Pangasinan‚ Ilocano‚ and the modernized mixed language called Taglish (portmanteau of Tagalog and English). Many more languages are also spoken from other denominations of people. Aetas generally speak Sambal‚ which is also largely spoken by the Christian lowlanders of the municipality of Botolan. Tourism Olongapo has some interesting landmarks that have become major
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friars studied the native languages and used these language to propagate the faith. Early Spanish missionaries- first to write the grammars and dictionary of the Filipino languages. Arte y regalas d la lengua tagala (1610)- first published Tagalog grammar written by Fr. Francisco Blancas de San Jose. Doctrina Christiana en lengua espanola y Tagala was the first book printed in the Philippines in about 1590 to 1592. the goal of the book was to propagate the Christian teachings around Manila
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Reaction Paper The subject and language required to be used here in the Philippines is Filipino which we consider good for the education in our country. From elementary to college‚ Tagalog or Filipino as a language and a subject were introduced. Recently‚ the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) announced that they will be removing obligatory Filipino subjects taught in college. The scrapping of Filipino subjects was then opposed by different members of the society
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