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110 Terms to Describe Gregariousness
What is the plural of cattle? Herd. Fish? School. Why do living organisms occur in groups and populations? Here are collective terms to describe such natural grouping. Dr Abe V Rotor School of...
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"Give me beauty or give me death." Warning on the harmful effects of cosmetics
Natural is BeautifulDr Abe V RotorLiving with Nature School on BlogAssignment in Advanced Ecology, UST Graduate School. Write a one-page essay on the topic.There are two roads to beauty: the cosmetic...
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Take the Test for Blue Thumb
Dr Abe V RotorFind out if you are among those with green or blue thumb. Try this. Make a glass aquarium without mechanical gadgets. No aerator, filter, and chemicals. If your fish thrives well, you...
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Postmodernism Hydra* - Real or Myth
There is no straight definition, and acceptable at that, of Postmodernism, but Dr. Florentino H Hornedo a foremost Filipino sociologist came up with a terse statement of what the age we are living in...
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Relevance of Museums Today
Dr Abe V Rotor Burning of St Paul building WWII, mural by AVRotorSeven Sisters, sculpture by Julie Lluch, detailLife size icons at Museum's entrance greet visitor.Porcupine, endangered indigenous...
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Ifugao Rice Terraces Diorama at the Smithsonian
Dr Abe V Rotor Photo taken in 1976 at the Smithsonian Museum in Washington, DC. No dioramas were shown about contemporary Philippines at that time.*We may be happy to see the image of our ancestors,the...
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A Day at the Museum of Natural History
Dr Abe V RotorLiving with Nature School on BlogSkeleton of a tamarawWall. wall, who is the most informed of all? History in a glass caseWhale, dead and alive - and threatened.Kids' world in a natural...
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Books written by Dr Abe V Rotor
avrotor@gmail.comWinner of National Book Award 2007, Living with Nature in Our Times, a sequel to The Living with Nature Handbook [Winner of Gintong Aklat (Golden Book) Award 2003) AVR views...
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Museo de Santa Monica, Roxas City, Capiz
In loving memory of Very Rev Msgr Benjamin F Advincula, PC, Episcopal Vicar for the Clergy, Archdiocese of Capiz, and parish priest, Santa Monica Parish.Dr Abe V RotorLiving with Nature School on Blog...
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Start making a home museum - or one for your local community
Dr Abe V RotorLiving with Nature School on Blog [avrotor.blogspot.com]Paaralang Bayan sa Himpapawid (People's School-on-Air) with Ms Melly C Tenorio738 DZRB AM Band, 8 to 9 evening class Monday to...
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Where Have All the Miniature Dioramas of Nature Gone?
Dr Abe V RotorLiving with Nature School on Blog [avrotor.blogspot.com]Paaralang Bayan sa Himpapawid (People's School-on-Air) with Ms Melly C Tenorio 738 DZRB AM Band, 8 to 9 evening class Monday to...
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Some treasures of the former St Paul Museum (1995-2006)
Dr Abe V RotorFormer faculty curatorDr Anselmo S Cabigan lectures on natural history at the former SPUQC MuseumThese, among hundreds of items, are what used to be the features of a school museum of its...
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Grains Museum Re-opened After 30 Years
The ingenuity at the grassroots cannot be underestimated. Farmers' technology developed with the birth of agriculture in the Fertile Crescent thousands of years ago, and spread throughout the world. Dr...
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Old Spanish Vigan
Dr Abe V RotorUNESCO World Heritage - This is how Vigan, the oldest Spanish settlement in the Philippines, after Cebu and Manila, looked like - day and night - way back in the 16th century. Today Vigan...
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Endangered Species: Don't ever say goodbye!
Dr Abe V RotorLiving with Nature - School on BlogThis is our 1,886th post. Welcome!Lesson: Let's protect threatened and endangered species. They are part of the Web of Life. Losing them means breaking...
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Green Rock
Painting and Poem by Dr Abe V RotorGreen Rock, in acrylic (37” x 22.5”) AV Rotor, 2013What good is rock if it loses the essence on which life rises, so with dreams;nurtures the living from birth to...
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12 Old Folks' Sayings
Dr Abe V Rotor Living with Nature School on Blog1. Old man to young man: “I have eaten more rice than you had.” (Meaning the old man is more knowledgeable by experience.)Typical rural scene by national...
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Dying Tower
Dr Abe V RotorCentury old tree, HoChiMinh City, SRVietnamYou look for a friendyou sheltered and caredyou look for your kinthrough life you shared.Now you are left alone;even the clouds drift by,the...
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The Phoenix reborn into a Devil Child
The atomic bomb has not only defiled the essence of rebirth and renewal as symbolized by the mythical Phoenix; it has usurped human dignity and the sacredness of life, casting a shroud of fear and...
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