2008 July | Mindanao Writers' Blogs
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flood

The flood in Iowa may have receded in the past weeks but some of its effects still remain, things that have drastically altered preparation for this year's International Writing Program. According to a news release on the University of Iowa's website, The flood invaded the Iowa House hotel in ...

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GOIN’ PLACES: Peace and coffee (Or why you shouldn’t pander to your whims)

I WAS hyper. We only had time for one quick dive on my day off last Thursday, and yet I met a hawksbill turtle down there. I was high, and was still excited by around 9 p.m. while waiting for Deng and her colleagues from ABS-CBN in this ...

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Deep thoughts at dawn

YOU know you're grasping at the last vestige of sanity when you're down to trying to conk yourself to sleep at 4 a.m. with Nassim Nicholas Taleb's "The Black Swan". You just have to "google" Nassim Nicholas Taleb to understand why, or if you've already read his book, then I know you ...

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SONA 2008

started at 4:07 p.m. it’s now 4:45 and finally she is saying something about mindanao. and just in passing. very quick. over in seconds. no mention on the ARMM poll postponement, too.

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conversation with turtle part 2

yepppeeerrrrrs! another close encounter with a hawksbill turtle! it was just peewee and me last thursday afternoon for just a single dive at paradise island in samal. actually, peewee just needed to test his new halcyon bcd and apex reg and thus asked me to accompany him. that's why the turtle ...

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What is PROUT?

PROUT is a complete socio-economic theory based on an integrated view of life and comprising a wide spectrum of human activity, propounded by Shrii Prabhat Rainjan Sarkar (1921-1990) in 1959. At the time it presented an undeniable challenge to the outdated Marxist and capitalist theories whose falls it predicts. Based ...

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IBP laments slow pace of cases in Bukidnon courts

Justice delayed is justice denied and in Bukidnon, whose courts are swamped with cases, resetting a trial today would likely mean waiting for 2010, an official of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines has warned. Anastacio Rosos, IBP Bukidnon chapter president, said the problem has hampered the speedy dispensation of justice in ...