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Lent and Easter: Tradition and Reformation
Lent and Easter: Tradition and Reformation Pope Francis' Lenten Message. Laudato si' (Praise Be to You) has the subtitle "on care for our common home." In it, the pope critiques consumerism and...
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Earth Day April 22, 2019 Global Warming is accelerating!
2019 Summer hits extreme Heat Index. Ninety-seven percent of climate scientists agree that climate-warming trends over the past century are very likely due to human activity since the mid-20th...
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SV-Bot Garden Series 1: GARDEN - MICROCOSM OF THE BIOSPHERE
Dr Abe V RotorNature keeps a dynamic order where unity resides in diversity. We will never understand this mysterious order. Perhaps it is better not to probe it at all - for it is our deep faith in...
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SV Bot Garden Series 2: Lovable Pandangera Bird
Lovable Pandangera (Lawlawigan Ilk) Bird"She came singing in crispy telegraphic notes,and dancing in foxtrot, her tail spread like a fan wagging."Dr Abe V RotorLiving with Nature School on Blog...
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"Ur-urayenka Anakko" (I am waiting for you, my child.)
In celebration of San Vicente town fiesta, April 30, 2019 Ur-urayenka Anakko (I am waiting for you, my child.) 17th Century Church of San Vicente, Ilocos SurI am a modern day Prodigal Son. I spent...
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World Press Freedom Day May 3 2019: Quo vadis, Journalism? (Where is...
World Press Freedom Day May 3 2019:Quo vadis, Journalism? (Where is Journalism headed for?)Today computers and smartphones dominate media virtually at fingertip and mobile at that, involving a very...
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The Visitor and the Native in the Jeepney and the Tricycle
In memory of the late Dr. Florentino H. Hornedo Professor UST Graduate SchoolUNESCO Commissioner By Dr. Florentino H. Hornedo The Anthropologist Frank Lynch S.J., after years of careful observation of...
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Biology: Symbiosis of Drynaria Fern and Acacia Tree - More than Commensalism
I like Drynaria, for caring its host and vice versa through symbiosis - a perfect bond that humans have yet to learn someday.Dr Abe V Rotor Living with Nature - School on Blog...
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Writing hones the senses
Writing hones the senses into deeper thinking and analysis, catalyzes understanding and comprehension, and keeps memory longer.Dr Abe V RotorWriting on the ground with stick – it’s blackboard of sort,...
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2019 Election Quote: "I am looking for an honest man." - Diogenes
"I am looking for an honest man." Diogenes holding a lamp in midday.Dr Abe V RotorDiogenes used to stroll about in full daylight with a lamp. When asked what he was doing, he would answer, "I am just...
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Happy Mothers' Day: Famous People Whose Career Was Inspired by Mom
"My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother." George Washington Dr Abe V Rotor 1. Of all the persons who had the greatest influence on Jose Rizal’s development as a...
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MOTHER NATURE CRUCIFIED: Remembering Our Suffering Mother Nature on Mothers'...
"I am Nature crucified, hungry, thirsty, imprisoned, naked, abandoned – wishing some souls to stop, look and listen." AVRDr Abe V Rotor Silhouette of a tree skeleton, Manila (AVR Photo)I am Nature...
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Landscapes of Values
Landscapes of Values Ladder and Circle ModelsDr Abe V RotorLadder of ValuesIt is called Maslow's Hierarchy of Motives or Needs, or Ladder of Values. Whichever term is used, the principle is the same:...
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Agro-Ecology - A formula for Sustainability
Agro-Ecology - A formula for SustainabilityWhat is the underlying principle of the formula agro-ecology as key to sustainability? How can media propagate this concept? Dr Abe V RotorLiving with Nature...
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Throw sand into the axil of the leaves to control coconut beetle.
Dr Abe V RotorHave you noticed that coconut trees growing along or close to sandy shores are seldom attacked by coconut beetle? By the way this insect, Oryctes rhinoceros, is a scourge of coconut, the...
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Garlic makes an effective and safe pesticide
Dr Abe V RotorThere's a universal belief that garlic drives evil spirits away. Well, this time it's insect pest that it will drive out of your garden.Here are five ways to do it, entomologists (experts...
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Tanglad and soro-soro: best stuff for lechon
Lemon Grass or tanglad (Baraniw Ilk) and sorosoro (karimbuaya Ilk) are the most popular spices to stuff lechon - baboy, baka, manok, and big fish like bangus.Dr Abe V RotorTanglad - Andropogon citratus...
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Bryophytes: Link of Protists and True Plants
Bryophytes are the intermediate forms of life between the Algae (Kingdom Protista) and the Tracheophytes (Vascular) or true plants. Bryophytes bridge the evolution of life in the Plant Kingdom.Dr Abe V...
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A Dead Tree Arises Heavenward
A Dead Tree Arises HeavenwardDr Abe V Rotor Skeleton of Agoho (Casuarina equisetifolia) of the Pine Family, QC, 2017 Half a century I lived, my master is now gone, his generation remnantof tradition,...
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The Vulture and a Child: A Surreal Fable and Saddest Picture - is it? A...
The Vulture and a Child: A Surreal Fable and Saddest Picture - is it? A critique-analysisDr Abe V RotorProfessor, UST-AB PhotographyLiving with Nature School on BlogI wish to share the result of a...
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