Dumaguete City and Negros Oriental Province

[nicko]

Originally Posted by ritche

I wish these kinds of landscaping will also be applied all around the college campuses!

[jsl_bxu1206]

What happened to the gumamelas? I remember that there was a plan to re-do SU's landscape and fill the campus with gumamelas.

Originally Posted by nicko

I wish these kinds of landscaping will also be applied all around the college campuses!

[ritche]

Originally Posted by nicko

two large commercial complexes.. nice.. just two of about a dozen under construction buildings now in the city....

the first one is hopefully going to be rented by Convergys.

the second one is Cang's 3rd branch which is located along the north road....

excited for all of them..

btw, ive been having problems with my globe connection, so as some others i know are also experiencing the same problem.. and what's really bad is that globe's customer service hotline does not answer any of my calls!! all i hear is an answering machine telling that cebu and iloilo is experiencing connection problems too... but hey, im not in those places.. very frustrating...

Try Bayantel bundled with SkyCable...Many would say it is the most reliable. I am always having connection 99% of the time. No major interruption yet for me, speed is conctant, and quite faster because there are not much users yet this time.

[ritche]

ePLDT Ventus is hiring!


North side Silliman Portal West


Uytengsu Foundation Computer Studies Hall

[nicko]

Silliman University Church
Midweek Service

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[jsl_bxu1206]

Nicko, are you a UCCP member?

Originally Posted by nicko

Silliman University Church
Midweek Service

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[jsl_bxu1206]

86 students sent home due to flu-like symptoms
BY JUDY F. PARTLOW

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Eighty-six students of the Herminigilda Gloria Memorial High School in Dumaguete were sent home yesterday after they exhibited flu-like symptoms.

Dr. Socrates Villamor, team leader of the Department of Health in Negros Oriental, said his office received a call about 2 p.m. yesterday from a nurse of the Department of Education city division, about the unusually high number of suspected flu cases in that school.

In the past weeks, only two to three students there had reported coming down with flu-like symptoms.

Villamor led a DOH team that proceeded to the school in Barangay Banilad to conduct an immediate investigation and take random swab samples of at least four students who manifested symptoms such as fever and colds.

They were given first-line medication such as paracetamol, told to stay home, and limit contact with other people until the symptoms are gone.

He said most of the students who were found with the mild flu-like symptoms are in their junior and senior years.

The DOH did the rounds of all the classrooms in that school for its initial survey, Villamor said.

The swab samples will be sent to the Vicente Sotto Memorial Hospital in Cebu for laboratory testing for the universal influenza A virus.

Any case found positive shall be forwarded to the Regional Institute of Tropical Medicine in Metro Manila for further tests on the novel influenza A(H1N1) virus, Villamor said.

Villamor suspected that the students could have caught the common influenza virus as many of them had participated in the recent Nutri-Fit Walk and it had rained that day.

He said he hopes that the latest number of cases under observation are just patients afflicted with the seasonal flu and not the A(H1N1).

There is no need to suspend classes at the Herminigilda Gloria Memorial High School as yet, as the DOH has classified it as under Alert Level number 2.

The DOH has clarified that a school shall only suspend classes if a positive case of A(H1N1) is reported.

Meanwhile, 15 students of the Dumaguete Science High School were also under the watch list after the DOH received a report last week that they all had influenza symptoms were monitored.

The suspected flu cases at the science high school were first reported last July 6.

Silliman University is also closely coordinating with the DOH following reports that several high school students were also absent from classes since last week due to flu-like symptoms.

Villamor said that the SU Medical Center is closely coordinating with the DOH on the monitoring and taking of proper measures to contain the transmission of the virus, even if it is just a simple common cold.

Students from schools in Bayawan City, Bais City and the Tampi Elementary School in Amlan town were also placed under observation for the same reason.

All random swab samples tested negative of the A(H1N1) except for one case in Bais City which was further referred to the RITM, Villamor said.*JFP

http://www.visayandailystar.com/2009/July/14/negor2.htm

[nicko]

Originally Posted by jsl_bxu1206

Nicko, are you a UCCP member?

No, I'm not @jsl_bxu1206. Why?

[Miguel]

WATERFALLS
Visit And Captivate At The Idyllic Oriental Negros

Negros Oriental's Best Kept Secret

You could never find this place in any of the tourism brochures of the province, secluded on top of the mountain and covered in lush forest, only the hard core moutaineers are well acquainted of this spot. I chance to trek this place about 10 years ago way back with my Earth Physics class with Prof. Leonel Chiong, who is remarkably an avid mountain climber himself. On a side note, there is a small volcano that was named after him and 2 other people who have discovered it. You would have probably not heard about it and that name had already lost in my memory. It had a small eruption that didnt lost long and since then it got dormant. You can see the scar of its eruption at the side of the mountain.

This best kept secret/s are the Twin Falls located near the apex of Mt. Talinis. It is unspoiled with very few travelers ever set foot at its waters. Only the circle of mountaineers and a few outsiders knew of its existence and I have yet too see a travel show or pamphlets showcasing these falls. Two tall waterfalls magnificently facing at each other while its backdrop are lush vegetation and canopies of trees. The joy is not only on being able to dip and bathe on its cold waters but also the adventure in conquering its terrain as one has to pass though the forest, cross a number of rivers, stroll at the twin lakes, drink real spring water straight from a rock if thirsty, sightseeing of various flora and fauna, and experience a rigorous uphill climb to reach the destination.

TWIN FALLS
Mt. Talinis, Valencia, Negros Oriental








photos from: www.benjie.potograpi.com and laarni's site

[Miguel]

MOUNTAIN
Visit And Captivate At The Idyllic Oriental Negros

"Take Nothing but Pictures.
Leave nothing but Footprints.
Kill nothing but Time."


MT. TALINIS
Valencia, Negros Oriental

Mount Talinis, also known as the Cuernos de Negros (Horns of Negros), is a mountain in the Philippine province of Negros Oriental. At about 5905 feet above sea level, it is the second highest mountain in Negros Oriental after Mt Kanla-on.

This mountain is rich in biodiversity with the abundance of flora and fauna. It is filled with a variety of bodies of water like lakes, rivers, and waterfalls and forms of land masses like ridges, gorges, steeps, and platteau. Also present is a sulfur vent. The mountain can also be called Land of the Twins as the topography itself looks like two horns, with twin lakes and twin falls. No doubt, that it is a favorite place for mountain lovers.


Trek to the Top

Mt. Talinis to conquer. Start of the uphill battle.









Breathtaking view of the neighboring island.



Fog sets in while walking precariously, in danger of falling from the ridge.



Trekking though the bushes and ferns














Tall Trees.






Views of down below.








Lake Yagumyum and Lake Nailig.








Camping.




If my memory serves me well, the white streak at that moutain is where the eruption of a small volcano on which the volcano's name was named after my professor in Earth Physics.




Sulfur vent. Prof. Chiong once said a dog had tried to drink on this vent and has died instantly. This place is very poisonous.







Leeches!



Hidden Twin Falls. A respite after that long climb.





Carancho. Platteau on Mt. Talinis. I could remember camping 10 years ago in here and first time in my life of not being able to sleep as it is very cold.

















beautiful photos from: mikelmags and laarni's site

[ritche]

Originally Posted by Miguel

Leeches!






[/CENTER]

Is this a human body these leeches are attached to?

[Christendom]

yuck,,,tree body perhaps

[ritche]

I just came across the Smart Cities Project of MIT: http://cities.media.mit.edu/index.html. I found these stackable electric cars cool:



CityCar

The CityCar is a stackable electric two-passenger city vehicle. The one-way sharable user model is designed to be used in dense urban areas. Vehicle Stacks will be placed throughout the city to create an urban transportation network that takes advantage of existing infrastructure such as subway and bus lines. By placing stacks in urban spaces and key points of convergence, the vehicle allows the citizens the flexibility to combine mass transit effectively with individualized mobility. The stack receives incoming vehicles and electrically charges them. Similar to luggage carts at the airport, users simply take the first fully charged vehicle at the front of the stack. The City car is NOT a replacement for personal vehicles, taxis, buses, or trucks; it is a NEW vehicle type that promotes a socially responsible and more effective means of urban mobility.

The CityCar utilizes fully integrated in-wheel electric motors and suspension systems called, "Wheel Robots." The wheel robots eliminate the need traditional drive train configurations like engine blocks, gear boxes, and differentials because they are self-contained, digitally controlled, and reconfigurable. Additionally, the wheel robot provides all wheel power and steering capable of 360 degrees of movement, thus allowing for Omni-directional movement. The vehicle can maneuver in tight urban spaces and park by sideways translation. This technology is patented-pending and under design development at the MIT Media Lab.


Another visual treat from the MIT Smart Cities website

[ritche]

Growing Up Urban - Environmental Impact on Intellectual Capacity

This is an article found at http://www.openeducation.net/2009/06...tual-capacity/ which states that present urban conditions does not hold promise for the growth of one's intellectual capacity.

[papable]

Originally Posted by ritche

Is this a human body these leeches are attached to?

i think it's the ankle area of the foot. leeches may look yuckie but i think medical experts are beginning to appreciate their medicinal value, especially in cleaning up dead or infected cells in open wounds.

[ritche]

Originally Posted by papable

i think it's the ankle area of the foot. leeches may look yuckie but i think medical experts are beginning to appreciate their medicinal value, especially in cleaning up dead or infected cells in open wounds.

Yeah, I heard about that too.

[ritche]

a good city is good for you found at http://porousborders.wordpress.com/2...-good-for-you/ is a reaction to the article titled "Growing Up Urban - Environmental Impact on Intellectual Capacity" which state that one should not merely associate a city with concrete jungles and traffic noise. Indeed, it argues, a good city life stimulates creativity producing great men and geniuses such as Shakespeare, Einstein and Picasso.

[Miguel]

Originally Posted by ritche

Is this a human body these leeches are attached to?

Yup, that's an ankle. I could also remember being bitten by a leech there. Surprisingly, it doesn't hurt, that's when I learned that leech have some kind of anesthesia which you can't feel pain or even know that it has already attached to you.

Leeches are now use in rehabilitative medicine. When a finger has been cut off, some doctors use leeches to suck blood and keep it flowing. Placed on top of the finger, it allows blood to flow from the hands to the finger. Without flowing blood the finger will remain pale and would just rut.

[Miguel]

LAKE
Visit And Captivate At The Idyllic Oriental Negros

Kayaking at Lake Balinsasayaw
Sibulan, Negros Oriental


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www.touroriental.com

[boy muscovado]

Originally Posted by Miguel

MOUNTAIN
Visit And Captivate At The Idyllic Oriental Negros

"Take Nothing but Pictures.
Leave nothing but Footprints.
Kill nothing but Time."


MT. TALINIS
Valencia, Negros Oriental

Mount Talinis, also known as the Cuernos de Negros (Horns of Negros), is a mountain in the Philippine province of Negros Oriental. At about 5905 feet above sea level, it is the second highest mountain in Negros Oriental after Mt Kanla-on.

This mountain is rich in biodiversity with the abundance of flora and fauna. It is filled with a variety of bodies of water like lakes, rivers, and waterfalls and forms of land masses like ridges, gorges, steeps, and platteau. Also present is a sulfur vent. The mountain can also be called Land of the Twins as the topography itself looks like two horns, with twin lakes and twin falls. No doubt, that it is a favorite place for mountain lovers.


Trek to the Top

[SIZE="3"][B][COLOR="Sienna"]Mt. Talinis to conquer. Start of the uphill battle.









Breathtaking view of the neighboring island.

If my memory serves me well, the white streak at that moutain is where the eruption of a small volcano on which the volcano's name was named after my professor in Earth Physics.




Sulfur vent. Prof. Chiong once said a dog had tried to drink on this vent and has died instantly. This place is very poisonous.







beautiful photos from: mikelmags and laarni's site

As I have known, this is the "CHESCO Vent" of Talinis (Cuernos de Negros). Named after 3 (or 2 ?) physics professors in Silliman University who discovered this sulfur vent or "solfatara". It was said that this part of the mountain cracked open and spewed sulfuric acid-laced mud in the 1920's. This is a clear evidence that Cuernos de Negros is one of the 3 dormant volcanoes in Negros out of four registered volcanoes of Negros.