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Friday, February 26, 2010

Need a career change?


Are you bored and unmotivated with your current job? Are you still looking for the job that you really fit in? If you’re looking a fulfilling career that allows you to help people, maybe a career in Medical Assistance is what you’re looking for all along. The need for medical assistants is increasing worldwide. If you can’t find time in your hectic schedule, St. Augustine school of Medical Assistants provides online courses that you could take at a time and place convenient for you. You could study at your own home or while sipping cappuccino in your favorite coffee shop.  You don’t need to wake early to go to your classroom. All you have to do is turn on your computer and your on your way.

St. Augustine School of Medical Assistants provides high quality and affordable formal online education. You could be a medical assistant in less than 8 weeks. You could take the online course for an affordable price of $645 or you could choose to pay only $285 for three months.

St. Augustine School of Medical Assistants also offers programs for Pharmacy Technicians, Dental Assistants and Nursing Assistance. Want to know more? For more information visit http://www.medassistant.org  

Thursday, February 25, 2010

Al Gore is coming to the Philippines on April

I got excited when I learned that Al Gore is going to present his climate protection advocacy on April 30, 2010 at the SMX Convention Center at SM Mall of Asia Complex. The lecture is entitled Leadership Conference Series 3 presents "Al Gore: The Leader As Environment Steward". Al Gore is the Nobel Prize Laureate and former US Vice President. His award winning Film “An Inconvenient truth” is considered one of the top documentary films of all time.

I was already concern about the environment before watching his film “An inconvenient Truth”. But after watching it, I got more interested and wanted to learn more about it. The Film is an Eye opener for everyone. Everybody is experiencing the effects of Climate change now. I know for a fact that it is getting warmer. I love to walk and being under the sun. But it is getting hotter and hotter. I hate using an umbrella unless it is necessary but now I use it every day.

Here in the Philippines, the drought is causing massive destruction of agricultural products. The supply for Rice, a primary food for the Filipinos, may be adequate for now but we may soon need to import rice if the drought continuous. There were droughts before but we are not as devastating. Now certain dams around the Philippines are at critical level. Even the Famous Pagsanjan Falls have dried up.

I really hope that I could attend the lecture. I want to learn more about the Climate Change. Tickets to lecture are available at Ticketnet (911-5555 or www.ticketnet.com.ph) and all SM branches.

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Wednesday, February 24, 2010

My new blog template


I was using a template for a few weeks now but I had a problem with comments. I couldn’t activate the comments option and as a last resort is downloaded a new template. After months and months of searching, I have found a logger template that would meet my needs



I am now using a template from Ourblogtemplates.com called The ProBlogger Template. The great thing about this template is that I could customize the header and added a picture that I have created using Photoshop. You could change the header to image as long as the width is 970 pixels and it goes with any height. There is enough space for my widgets since it is a four column template. And my problem with the comment bar was solved. There are other great templates that I could use but I prefer a black template. It is very user friendly and I haven’t encountered and problems so far.
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I am a Popsicle


The office has just installed new air conditioning machine which are on full blast almost 24/7. After 8 long years the company has decided to upgrade their old equipment. It is great escape from humid weather outside the office especially now that the Philippines is currently on a dry spell. It is so hot outside that could turn crispy in less than 10 minutes if I am under the sun. It is like somebody is pointing a big magnifying glass on me when I am not under the shade. How sweet it is to be in confines of my workplace.


One downside though, since I forgot to bring my jacket, I am freezing and can’t think properly. I could feel the headache coming but I am still far from having a brain freeze. I wonder if that would be possible.  I also fear that I might get sick from the extreme changes in my body temperature when I go home later. If electric bills are not that expensive, I might consider having an air conditioner installed in my home. But if the drought continuous, having an air conditioner might become a necessity rather than a luxury. I guess will just have to see.

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Monday, February 22, 2010

New Bird Flu Fatality recorded in Indonesia

Indonesia has the highest recorded cases of Bird Flu infections. A total of 163 people were confirmed to be infected with the deadly virus in Indonesia.  Last year, nineteen out of the twenty confirmed cases of Bird Flu infections in Indonesia were fatal.

On Jan 25, a 25 –year-old woman died of Bird Flu in the West Java town of Bekasi. She is suspected to have direct contact with Poultry. According to the Ministry of Health, a 3-year-old Jakarta boy was confirmed to have a H5N1 Bird Flu Virus. The boy has already recovered.

Bird Flu has taken the lives of at least 283 people worldwide since the virus has infected poultry stocks since 2003. Indonesia has a total of 135 deaths due to Bird Flu

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Bird Flu calling numbers in the Philippines

Bird Flu information hotline
DOH Bird Flu Hotlines:  Call 155 for SMART cellphone users
DOH BF Text Messaging: Type BF then send to 2960
Email Address: birdflu@doh.gov.ph

DA Bird Flu Hotline: 9293050 / 9298186 / 9201849 / 9263833
DA BF Text Messaging: Type CITOmessage then send to 2920 (both Smart/Globe)

*** Source Philippine Department of Health


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Bird Flu or Avian Influenza

The Bird Flu or Avian influenza that has taken 283 lives worldwide. While some bird flu infections are harmless to humans, the Bird flu is caused by influenza A or H5N1 and has caused illness to humans.  After exposure to bird flu infected chicken, a human may develop fever, body weakness or muscle pain, cough, sore throat, difficulty in breathing is severe cases and sore eyes.
Bird Flu is transmitted in Chickens and other birds though direct contact with discharges from infected birds, especially feces and respiratory secretions. They may also be transferred through contaminated feeds, water, cages, equipment, clothing and broken contaminated eggs.
The virus is transferred to humans by inhalation or contamination with infected discharges or feces of sick chicken. The treatment is for Bird flu is the same with the treatment use for other influenza viruses.
Signs and symptoms of Bird Flu in Chicken
1.        Swelling of legs
2.        Ruffled feathers
3.        Sneezing, cough, nasal discharge, fever, weakness, loss of appetite
4.        Death

Simple steps in preventing the Avian Flu
-           Cook chicken thoroughly
-           Do not sell live Chickens and other birds in the market while there is a threat of Bird Flu
-           Do not let chicken roam freely. Keep them in cages or pens
-           Do not place chicken, ducks and pigs together in one area, cage or pen
-           Do not catch, get near of keep in captivity wild birds
-           Report to the nearest agricultural/veterinary office any unusual death or illness of chickens and other birds
-           Report to the nearest local health centers any case of respiratory illness with history of exposure to sick or dead chickens and other birds
*** Source Philippine Department of Health


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Vietnam fears Bird Flu Outbreak

On January 15, an outbreak began in Ha Tinh while 5 other provinces in Vietnam have recorded cases of the virus. More 14,000 chickens and ducks were slaughtered as a counter measure to prevent the further dissemination the Bird Flu. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has decided to conduct such actions after 3600 chicken and ducks were found contaminated

Poultry is one of the favorite dishes serve during the Tet or the Vietnamese New year. The government fears that the center of the country as well as the southern Mekong Delta is at risk of transmission of the Virus since more animals would be slaughtered and transported during the feast. 

Vietnam is second to Indonesia with the highest total number of deaths due to Avian Influenza or Bird Flu. The total number of death in Vietnam has reached 57. The last Bird Flu fatality was on December 2009. A total of 5 people lost their lives last year in Vietnam.


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Sunday, February 14, 2010

Melai wins Pinoy Big Brother Double Up




Picture from Melai's facebook account

I only started watching Pinoy Big Brother (PBB) this season. I prefer watching the Philippine version of Survivor but this season was different. I found PBB more amusing and a lot less stressful to watch than the survivor. The reason why I found it interesting is because of Melai and Jason. She is naturally funny and her actions and reactions were out of this world. They added a comic touch to this season of PBB.
Last night Melisa Cantiveros, better known as Melai was crown Pinoy Big brother big winner. Double up started on October 4, 2009 and lasted for 133 days. Even though I found her really funny, I think somebody else was more deserving of the title of big winner. Paul Jake was my personal bet. It is pretty disappointing that he didn't win. I think he played the game better. He exerted more effort on the task and was regularly helping out with the house chores. 
A few days ago they showed the statistics and Paul Jake was leading. I thought that it is great that the people are voting for him because he truly deserved to be the winner. I just didn't know why ABS-CBN showed the stats. Was it to show Melai fans that she was just second and needed votes to win. Or was it to make a twist or to add to drama to the big night? Who knows?
Since Melai and Jason are in some sort of relationship, they were both package as one. Paul Jake was the 2nd big winner but Jason seems to be getting more attention than him. It's not that I don't like Jason but he was asleep most of the time. He wasn't doing house chores and he didn't exert that much effort on the task. I would have wanted Tibo to the 3rd Placer.
I guess it boils down to popularity. It doesn't really matter if someone is more deserving. The more popular housemate is, the higher the chance of winning. It's quite sad how people vote. I guess it is simply how it works. Popularity over merits


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Friday, February 12, 2010

Win 32 Virus crashed my Laptop!

I was doing an all nighter and was browsing several websites on how to make money online and how to make money through blogging. I came across a web site that is supposedly pay for blogging about certain products. It was really fault. My browser has prompted me that the site is untrusted by I still went on browsing it. After a few minutes I was prompted that my computer is infected with an Win 32 virus. I read about this type of virus and never expected to fall victim to this spyware. I didn't want to restart my computer due to fears that it might crashed. So I did a virus scan and it has detected that there are 4 infections. After selecting the heal infection option, I was prompted to restart the computer. I thought it was okay then to reboot my laptop. I was so wrong. after the initial loading of the XP logo, I was immediately log off. I pressed the log in button again and again but it keeps on logging out. I tried everything but nothing happened. I had to use my last resort. I had to reinstall my operating systems. Good thing that I have partitions, so I installed an OS in my drive D because I still need some files from my drive C. After copying the files I formated all my drives and installed a fresh copy of my OS. It was very tedious and spent most of my day reinstalling all my applications. Lesson learn. Don't ignore the prompts your antivirus application gives you. I had to find out the hard way.

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Thursday, February 11, 2010

Heroes Volume Five Ends


Finally! I thought volume five (Redemption) of heroes is pretty disappointing. I enjoyed watching the first three seasons of Heroes and I couldn’t wait till the next episode airs. But this volume was pretty boring. There was really no big plot. It lacks Villains that you hate so much that it makes you want to watch every episode more. They really had no big purpose or they were not working together to prevent a catastrophic event.  The volume was mostly about Claire’s college experience and his relationship with his dad. There was not much special effects or fight scene like the previous seasons. The end was anti-climactic. I thought Samuel would put up a better fight. 
When will Peter be able to collect powers again? Now that Sylar is a good guy, who will be the next villain? Now that Claire has decided to ruin it all, how will there life be? I think they would live peacefully for a while and then they will be discriminated again. 
There is no official announcement regarding the 5th season of Heroes yet. Every Heroes fan is hoping that there would be. I guess we all have to wait for the Volume Six (Brave new world) to air and hope that it is better than the last one
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Droughts threatens Philippines’ water supply.


It hasn’t rain much since September last year. The country is under a dry spell which is predicted to last until July. According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa), Benguet, Batanes, Isabela, Cagayan, Bulacan, Nueva Ecija, Nieva Viscaya, Pampanga, Batangas, Iloilo, Antique, Negros Occidental and Guimaras are experiencing drought.
The water level in Magat Dam in Isabela continuous to dropped and is 166.51 meters (21 meters below normal) as of Feb 10, 2010. Ideally, Magat dam water level should be at 192 meters. The dam provides the water needs of major irrigation for 80,000 hectares of farmlands in Quirino, Cagayan and Isabela. It also provides the waters needs of the hydroelectric plant in Ramon, Isabela which is responsible for 350 megawatts of power to the Luzon grid. To provide the daily water requirements for the hydroelectric plant and irrigations, water levels in Magat dam should be at least 187 to 188 meters
The water level of three other dams in Luzon are also decreasing but has not reached critical levels. The following dams are Angat dam in Bulacan. San Roque dam in Pangasinan and Pantabangan dam in Nueva Ecija. Angat dam water level is now at 198.61 meters (2.39 meters below ideal level). Pantabangan dam is 2.91 meters below normal while san Roque has a 1.38 meter deficit of the normal level.
The government is looking into cloud seeding and rationing of the water supply in several areas in the Philippines. Maynilad Plans to fix their facilities to prevent unnecessary loss of water.
The drought is brought by the El Niño Phenomenon. If it would last as long as they predicted, the Philippines would face a water shortage. The drought that the Philippines is facing is one of the effects of Global warming. If people were not taking it serious then, they should take it serious now. Everyone in the Planet is affected. It is easier to ignore the issue if the person has not been affected by the effects of Global warming.
Last year, I experienced firsthand how devastating it could be when nature goes wild. It is hard to believe that a few months ago the rainfall during Typhoon Ondoy (international codename) has reached a record high in the Philippines. The Philippines was caught unprepared for the havoc Ondoy has brought. Everyone never thought that it would be possible to rain as hard nor it would flood so extensively.

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Wednesday, February 10, 2010

2010 Winter Olympics snow problem


The Winter Olympics is scheduled to begin on February 13. The unusual warm temperatures in Cypress Mountain, is causing problems for the organizers of the Winter Olympics. Snow has to be transported to the venue using 300 dump trucks and helicopters for places with higher elevations. Tim Gayda, the vice president of organizing committee VANOC, is still optimistic that their contingency plans are would solve their current problems. He is still firm that the relocation of any events is not necessary and event would take place at Cypress Mountain. This warm weather has been caused by the El Niño phenomenon.

Training for several events such as freestyle and snowboarding had to be conducted in the Alpine venue of Whistler where snow is not a problem. The only problem is that it is located two hours to the north and causes problems for British and Australian Athletes. Accommodation is a problem in the Athletes Villages in Whistler because there all rooms are taken by other competing athletes.

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Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Jamming devices

While I was watching the ABS-CBN news, a segment caught my attention. There are unconfirmed reports that a large amount of Signal jammers were smuggle in the Philippines. There is a theory that Jamming devices would be use to disrupt the May 2010 election in the Philippines. ABS-CBN tried to purchase the said device in one of the electronic shops in Manila. It is surprisingly easy. They were not required to present any form of identification and the retailers did not ask the purpose in purchasing the device.


Even if Telcommunication company would use this contraption to disrupt their competitors signal, their services would be affected as well. This devices doesn't have the capabilities to jam a specific network. That won’t be beneficial to anyone.

So it got me thinking. This would be fun if I want to annoy somebody. But that is not enough reason for me to shell out at least Php4000 for it. I could buy a lot of things instead. So what is the purpose of buying such device?

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Hopkins Versus Jones


After seventeen years, Bernard Hopkins and Roy Jones Jr. will again fight for superiority in the ring. The rematch is set on April 3 at Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas.

Roy Jones Jr. is coming off from a defeat to an Australian Danny Green last December. The 41 year old boxer has a record of 54 wins, 6 losses. 40 out of the 54 wins were Knock out.

Bernard Hopkins has a record of 50 wins, 5 losses and 1 draw. 32 out of his 50 wins were Knock out. The 54 year old boxer is a former middleweight and light heavyweight champion. In December 2010, he won the light heavyweight title from Enrique Ornelas by unanimous decision.

Hopkins lost by unanimous decision to Jones for the IBF middleweight title last May 22, 1993 in Washington D.C.

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Tuesday, February 2, 2010

What happened to Swine Flu?


A(H1N1) or more commonly known as Swine Flu Influenza has caused panic around the world. In 2009, the number of confirmed cases of Pandemic virus has increase rapidly and world seem helpless. I remember the temperature check was implemented for people entering certain establishment. I remember feeling irritated and paranoid when someone near me was not covering their mouth and nose when they were coughing or sneezing. It was a worldwide panic. The world was unprepared for this virus.

In May 21, 2009, the first Swine Flu case in the Philippines was confirmed. A 10 year old girl who arrived in the Philippines on May 18 of last year after visiting the US and Canada tested positive of A(H1N1). People started getting scared. Alcohol sales must have increased during that time since more people were applying it as a precaution. Certain teaching campaigns on how to wash ones hands was conducted by the Department of Health. Several schools suspended their classes due to fears that the virus might spread on a wider scale.

In order to control that Panic, Health organizations has stopped giving out information on the virus. The news has stopped giving statistics on how many people are infected. It was effective. People's lives have normalized. The People's fear about the virus was averted. Now I wonder what the real score is. So I checked several websites including the Philippine Department of Health (DOH) and US Center for Disease control and Prevention. There were no updates.

Finally I found the World health Organization website. As of Jan 24, there were at least 14711 deaths worldwide. The virus transmission remains active but the good news is that the number of confirmed cases is declining. Oseltamivir or Zanamivir are the Antiviral drugs that combat the Swine Flu Virus. There is still no vaccines that specifically targets HIN1 and people are advised to use Seasonal Flu Vaccine to increase a person’s immunity against the new Virus. 


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