What are Symptoms and Prevention of Dengue Fever

Dengue fever is a disease caused by a family of viruses that are transmitted by mosquitoes. It is an acute illness of sudden onset that usually follows a benign course with headache, fever, exhaustion, severe joint and muscle pain, swollen glands, and rash. A more serious but less common form of the disease, dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF), may cause severe and fatal internal bleeding. Dengue fever and DHF are caused by any of four different viruses, and are transmitted from one person to another by the female mosquito of two species of the Aedes aegypti.

Signs and Symptoms of Dengue Fever
The incubation period (time between infection and onset of symptoms) of dengue fever is five to eight days. The fever typically runs its course in six to seven days, but convalescence is usually slow. Dengue Fever starts with chills, headache, pain upon moving the eyes, and low backache. Painful aching in the legs and joints occurs during the first hours of illness. The temperature rises quickly as high as 104° F (40° C), with relative low heart rate and low blood pressure. The eyes become reddened. A flushing or pale pink rash comes over the face and then disappears. The glands (lymph nodes) in the neck and groin are often swollen. Fever and other signs of dengue last for two to four days, followed by rapid drop in temperature with profuse sweating. This precedes a period with normal temperature and a sense of well-being that lasts about a day. A second rapid rise in temperature follows. A characteristic rash appears along with the fever and spreads from the extremities to cover the entire body except the face. The palms and soles may be bright red and swollen.

Preventive Measures
The transmission of the virus to mosquitoes must be interrupted to prevent the illness. The prevention of dengue requires control or eradication of the mosquitoes carrying the virus that causes dengue. In nations plagued by dengue fever, people are urged to empty stagnant water from old tires, trash cans, and flower pots. Wear long pants and long sleeves. The most effective preventive measure is the use of mosquito repellent. The Aedes aegypti mosquito is a daytime biter with peak periods of biting around sunrise and sunset. It may bite at any time of the day and is often hidden inside homes or other dwellings, especially in urban areas. Remember better safe than sorry. As yet no successful vaccine for dengue fever has been developed.

Maraming Salamat, Tita Cory

Corazon Cojuangco Aquino
(January 25, 1933-August 1, 2009)

It is perhaps one of the saddest days in Philippine history, as the nation mourns a passing of a symbol of world democracy. At 3:18 am Philippine time Saturday, former President Corazon Cojuangco Aquino, icon of democracy of modern Philippine history, died at 76 after a year of battling with colon cancer. She succumbed to cardio-respiratory failure. A self-proclaimed housewife, Corazon Cojuangco Aquino led Filipinos to step up in the fight against the autocratic rule of former President Ferdinand E.Marcos. Corazon Aquino kept the opposition alive, speaking on behalf of her husband and demanding change. She became known as "an icon of democracy," the beacon of hope that sparked the 1986 People Power revolution. In 1986, after being drafted to run against Marcos and winning through the support of a peaceful People Power revolution, Corazon Cojuangco Aquino ended 20 years of dictatorship and took over the ropes through a snap election. She became the 11th President of the Philippines, the first female executive head of the country and Asia’s first woman president. you will always be remembered by the filipino people. the whole philippines mourned on your demise, you are now in a better place in te hand of God. Maraming maramig Salamat Po Tita Cory.

Benefits of Exercise

The benefits of exercise are far-reaching. Clinical and epidemiological studies have demonstrated that regular aerobic exercise reduces the risk of death due to heart disease and stroke, aids in reducing weight, helps prevent diabetes mellitus, strengthens bones, and enhances immune function. The psychological benefits are also broad, and most studies suggest a positive relationship between physical fitness and mental achievement. The relationship between regular aerobic exercise and cardiovascular health and longevity is well established. Regular exercise leads to a reduction in the risk of coronary heart disease, in which fatty deposits (plaque) form in blood vessels supplying the muscular wall of the heart, compromising oxygen delivery to the heart muscle. In addition, with regular exercise the efficiency of the heart during exercise is increased. Many people exercise to lose weight. A calorie is a unit that measures the energy content of foods and the energy expenditure by the body. When the daily calorie intake from food is the same as calories expended from exercise, weight remains the same. The number of calories burned during exercise varies greatly with the type of physical activity, but the key to successful weight reduction is to exercise regularly, without increasing food intake proportionally. For example, walking one hour per day may utilize only 300 calories of energy per day, a small fraction of an individual's daily caloric intake. But over a period of time, if food consumption is simultaneously reduced or remains the same, significant weight loss will result. One sound approach to reducing calories is to eat healthier foods that contain more fiber and less fat, and therefore fewer calories. This type of diet has also been proven healthier for the heart and blood vessels. One area of controversy has been how much exercise is enough to improve general health, reduce the risk of heart disease, and increase longevity. Meaningful studies on this topic are very difficult to perform because they require large populations of subjects and many years of data collection, and because poor health sometimes results in limitations to physical activity. Despite these difficulties, it is clear that regular exercise, along with a generally healthy lifestyle, is beneficial. People who have sedentary lifestyles make up half the population of industrialized societies and this group has the most to gain by exercising. One recent U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) panel suggested that as little as 30 minutes every day of purposeful, moderately strenuous physical activity—for example, rapid walking or lawn mowing is sufficient to lower the risk of heart disease. There is no conclusive evidence to prove that an especially rigorous exercise routine, such as running many miles per day, as opposed to walking or jogging daily, will add years to a person's life.

Tips on how to Pass Computer Hardware Servicing NC-II

The Computer Hardware Servicing NC II Qualification consists of competencies that must possess to enable to diagnose and troubleshoot problems in personal computer systems, software, replace parts and get the system back to normal operation. National Certification (NC) is a TESDA program for middle level skills development. NC Level assessment is a process of determining the qualification level and certification level of a person based on competency assessment. It measures the person’s possession and application of knowledge, skills and attitudes to perform work activities to the standard expected in the workplace. Competencies within a specific level of qualification are small units of work that can merit a person/worker a job after completion. Therefore, completion of a certain competency would assure the industry that a person/worker can perform a specific task/work. Anyone who is aspiring have the qualification of Computer Hardware Servicing NC II must acquire Certificate of Competency (COC) in all individual core units of the qualification. The assessment is composed of two parts, the first part is the Observation/Demo which runs for four hours and the second part is the one-on-one interview (Oral/Interview) with the assessor.
To be able to pass the said examination here are some few tips to consider.

Tip 1: During the exam you will state at least 6 Occupational Health Safety (OHS).
Tip 2: The examiners know how to disassemble and assemble the PC.
Tip 3: You must familiar in installing win98 and win2000 in dual boot system.
Tip 4: You must also familiar in creating Straight through and Crossover cable.
Tip 5: You must familiar yourself in Networking (network the computers, share the printer and print, and make a back-up).
Tip 6: This is my last tips, during in the interview just relax and listen to the questions of the assessor. The questions was very easy once you’ve passed the first part of the exam I’m sure you will answer it quite well. Some of the questions are based on the first part so I’m sure you’ll pass the last part of it. Good Luck!

What About 2100?

One popular anecdote recounts how 100 years ago, just before the start of the 20th century, everything that can be invented has been invented. Similarly, in 1912 the magazine The Independent predicted that discovery and invention was at an end: “The Earth is nearly conquered now.… There are not likely to be any other great chemical or physical discoveries which will much affect the conditions of humanity.” After nearly a century of ever-accelerating and breathtaking change, we know this obituary to have been premature, if not completely absurd. We also know that while predicting the future is easy, predicting the future accurately is close to impossible. As recently as 1982, Omni magazine predicted that by the year 2000 more than 1,000 people would be living and working on the Moon, that Earth-orbiting solar generators would be supplying much of the world's energy needs, and that manned expeditions to Mars would be routine.

Although space futurism once a popular staple of both science fiction and serious forecasts—has been tempered in recent decades, many futurists still see this high frontier as critical to the human future. Here are a few of the concepts, some involving space and some more land-bound, that current futurists are talking about for the 21st century:

Terraforming: In a scenario, Venus—covered in sulfuric acid and poisonous carbon dioxide—would be bombarded by bacteria that would slowly transform the atmosphere and create oxygen. Cooling and “the Big Rain” would follow, and hardy Earthlings could in time colonize the overheated planet. Recently, Mars has become the favorite candidate for terraforming, since it appears to have abundant supplies of ice and possibly even water. In the words of speculative novelist Arthur C. Clarke, the red planet “could be another garden of Eden.”

Space Mining: In modern popular culture, asteroids are usually seen hurtling toward Earth, threatening complete destruction. But many futurists believe that the next century will see us traveling to asteroids to extract metals such as platinum, nickel, and gold. Mine workers and families would live in huge artificial colonies built in space, complete with farms and towns and “natural” landscapes. Some futurists even envision creating these colonies in hollowed-out asteroids—somewhat like the mining towns of the old West, where people lived literally on top of the ore and then abandoned the town when the resources were exhausted.

Harvesting Icebergs: In his book The Next 500 Years, futurist Adrian Berry predicts that massive icebergs will be captured from the Antarctic and towed to California, where they could supply much of the freshwater needs of the city of Los Angeles.

Artificial Intelligence: Experts in robotics and computer technology are constantly expanding the possibilities for creating “intelligent” machines. Robotics expert suggests that it will be possible in the future to transfer a human personality into a robot. Some futurists even speculate that it will be possible to transfer a complete human mind from one body to another, allowing humans to achieve a kind of immortality.

Webbed Planet

However, the fastest-growing, most popular, and most interesting way of accessing information on the Internet is the World Wide Web. The standard framework for the Web was developed between 1989 and 1991 by Timothy Berners-Lee. Hoping to facilitate cooperative work among far-flung researchers, Berners-Lee developed the concept of a database of information linked over a network using hypertext and Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), the standard codes for displaying text and images. Files on the Web are encoded in HTML to make links and to tell a browser program how to display the Web pages on a computer screen. With the exception of the fonts (the typeface of the text on the page), Web pages look about the same to everyone who uses a graphical Web browser such as Netscape, Mosaic, or Microsoft's Internet Explorer. In 1992 there were only a few hundred pages, or screens of information, to look at on the Web. By 1993 there were tens, and then hundreds, of thousands. Now there are tens of millions of Web pages around the world, and the number is growing all the time. It is impossible to know how many total Web pages there are at any given time, and in any case, the number is constantly changing. In April 1996 Lycos, a Web search service, reported indexing 37,643,037 unique Uniform Resource Locators (URLs), the “addresses” of individual Web pages. These Web addresses are recognizable as the strings of characters beginning with “http://” that are proliferating in advertisements and the media. Http stands for “Hypertext Transfer Protocol,” the standard that computers use to transmit and decode information over the Web. This growth means that in a very short time, an immense portion of the world's total information has become available on the World Wide Web. While the World Wide Web doesn't yet match the information resources of a well-stocked research library, it is growing so fast that it may soon become the world's largest storehouse of information. Right now the main limitation of the Web is the absence of an available standard for indexing Web pages; there is nothing like the Dewey Decimal system that libraries use for books and other material. Because of this, searching the Web is frequently a haphazard experience, and it is also hard to judge what is valuable and what just worthless or even wrong information is. But this will change in the future. New services for indexing and new ways for people to get judgments about the quality of information on the Web are in the works. Another limitation of the Web is bandwidth, or how much information can be sent through the wires presently used to ship data around the Internet. The rapid growth of the Web and the related explosion of new users on the Internet are straining the technology now in place. New, better methods of transmission, such as fiber-optic cables and digital switches, are needed to take advantage of the Web's capabilities.

Be Certified in Computer Hardware Servicing Technician NC-II

Computer Technician is one of the courses offered in ACLC Roxas and also some other colleges here in Roxas City and Capiz. Why are some students taking up this course? In ACLC the course description of computer technician is Computer System and Network Technology. This program has been designed to equip students the necessary knowledge, skills and competencies in the application of computer system and networking technologies. It provides the basic principles of communication and work standards, and theories and trainings on the use of computers in the design, implementation, and maintenance of network technologies. Students cover all aspects of diagnosing, installs, troubleshoots, repairs and maintains personal computer systems and maintains, fine tunes, monitors and troubleshoots networks including file servers, workstations, cable, NIC cards, shared resources (printer, hard disks install), network operating system, hubs, switches and routers. Upon completion of this course the students should be able to perform the duties, responsibilities and acquire attitude relevant to the job titles of Computer and Network Administrator, Systems Administrator, LAN/WAN Manager, IT Manager, and Computer Technician. How to be certified as computer technicians? By taking and passing the exam for Computer Hardware Servicing in NC-II. NC-II means National Certificate – 2, this program is under the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA). The Computer Hardware Servicing in NC-II exam is given to those students who graduate from computer technician to be qualified and be certified as computer technicians. The NC-II is also a ticket that will help other people who aspire to work abroad. Last June 30, eight graduates of ACLC Roxas took an Exam for Computer Hardware Servicing in NC-II. And all eight of them passed the two assessment method which is Observation/Demo and Oral/Interview. On the Observation/Demo, they perform PC assembly and disassembly, software installation, and network configuration. Oral/Interview (Question and Answer) portion were the assessor will going to give some questions and they have to answer it correctly. These eight boys went some difficult road before they get what they after, to pass the NC-II exam and to be qualified and certified as Computer Hardware Servicing Technicians. And they didn’t failed the assessor rate them as COMPETENT meaning they are qualified enough to perform there duty as computer technician.

What a Great Shame

I join myself to the No to ConAss As a campaign for No to ConAss by every Filipino Online Community. The purpose of this post however is to condemn the approval of House Bill Resolution 1109 that bind and set up a Constituent Assembly (ConAss) that will lead to a possibility of the present administration to stay in power after 2010. The House of Representatives held a marathon session to pass House Bill Resolution 1109. The House majority have passed the resolution to set up a constituent assembly to open up the Constitution where members of the House and the Senate could vote jointly to amend the 1987 Constitution. It's great shame to have this kind of what we call an Honorable Representatives who voted in favor for the constitutional amendments through ConAss. They should not call themselves honorable! What they did was a great shame for our congress as an institution, to have these evil people who have not done anything good for the country. It only shows their true colors and evil intentions. How much money that GMA gave you? 20 million? 40 million? In fact our own farmers are clamoring for their Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP), where it was supposed to be an important and priority bill was set aside and it wasn’t prioritized. Gloria Arroyo you may have succeeded on bribing a bunch of JUDAS in congress but your days are numbered you will never put your self on any highest position in the government. SHAME ON YOU.

Dark Visions

The world of future prediction has not been without its share of dire forecasts, and these have come with increasing frequency as the 20th century has worn on. The techno-utopian novels from the late 19th and early 20th centuries were replaced by what some scholars have called a “fiction of paranoia.” Some early landmarks of this genre are Aldous Huxley's Brave New World (1932), George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-four (1949), and Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 (1953). In Huxley's best-selling book, society has evolved into a regimented World State where all aspects of human discourse are tightly controlled and individuality has been eradicated. Orwell's novel paints an even more sinister picture, with the governmental entity known as Big Brother monitoring each person's every move. Although the year 1984 did not prove Orwell's predictions literally correct, there was considerable debate at the time about just how far off the mark the British author actually had been.

Works such as Nineteen Eighty-four and Brave New World cannot be understood without viewing them in the larger context of the rise of totalitarianism and Communism in Europe during this period. The fears that these political philosophies inspired created a darker mood among those who wrote about the future, a pessimism that has lingered even with the collapse of Communism in Europe and Russia in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

Many of today's most well-known future predictions come from television and motion pictures rather than from books. Hit movies such as Mad Max (1979) and its sequel The Road Warrior (1981), Blade Runner (1982), The Terminator (1984), Brazil (1985), and 12 Monkeys (1995) describe a grim future filled with crime, chaos, pollution, and death. In The Terminator, the human race is nearly destroyed when powerful computers, “hooked into everything,” become intelligent and turn on their creators. In these visions, technology is no longer the savior of humanity—it is its greatest threat.

OJT of a Computer Technician in Capiz

As a graduating student of AMA Computer Learning Center Roxas (ACLC). OJT (On-the-Job-Training) is a required activity for the completion of requirements for our course, a Computer System and Network Technology (Computer Technician). As a Computer Technician in Capiz and a student of this course I’ve encountered my OJT last December 2008, I’ve done my OJT at the Internet Shop in Roxas City, it was Smart Blog Cyber Shop located at Legaspi Street corner Arellano Street, Roxas City owned by Mr. Chuchie Avelino. Sir Chuchie is also a part-time I.T. Instructor of AMA Computer Learning Center Roxas. Having an OJT at an Internet Café shop is a great experience for me because I have to maintain several computers. If there’s a trouble to each one of the PCs I have to troubleshoot it to know what the cause of a problems are. And also I have to maintain the integrity of the operating system by doing some weekly software maintenance. Performing my OJT at the Smart Blog Cyber Shop it really makes me feel that I am truly a Computer Technician in Capiz, because I was already able to perform all the things that I’ve learned from 1st yr to 2nd yr as a computer technician in Capiz, I was able to perform diagnosing, installs, troubleshoots, repairs and maintains personal computer systems and maintains, fine tunes, monitors and troubleshoots networks including file servers, workstations, cable, NIC cards, shared resources (printer, hard disks install), network operating system, hubs, switches and routers. I’ve really learned a lot from my OJT, it really gave me a lot of experience because through experience we can enhance our skills more aside from gaining knowledge during lecture in the class. To all the things that I’ve experienced during my OJT, all this things I now added to the memories that I will treasure forever in during my college life. I am proud to be an AMA CLC Roxas Student.