DS 123 translation* (Sept. 9)

• Tejada, Erive, Perez, Tria, Vizcarra = I Have a Dream by Martin Luther King, Jr.
• Solano, Fajardo, Nombrado, Freyra, Bacon, Cruz = http://www.rmaf.org.ph/Awardees/Citation/CitationPadacaGra.htm
  http://www.rmaf.org.ph/Awardees/Citation/CitationYoracHay.htm
  http://www.rmaf.org.ph/Awardees/Citation/CitationSalongaJov.htm
• Rigodon, Gagarin, Faustino, Laforteza, Balanag = Peace in Mindanao, At What Price? by CENPEG
• Lu, Manarang, Navarro, Hugo, Sanicas = Bourgeois vs Alternative Journalism by Prof. Bobby Tuazon
• Atanacio, Rosario, Tanyag, Go, Frias = The Nature of Modern Imperialism by Prof. Roland Simbulan
• Reburiano, Rodriguez, Teves, Vicente, Catsao, Lepatan = The Philippine Labor Situation by EILER
  
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  *translate to Filipino/Tagalog
  Late submission won't be accepted.

The Political Economy of Peace Process

http://www.cenpeg.org/IA%202008/IA_13_s2008.htm

DS 127 Advisory

Resume submitting page entries on Sept. 20 (Saturday).
Each student should submit 4 entries (2 bondpapers, landscape).
Meanwhile, concentrate on the readings in preparation for the 3-hour LSP on Sept. 6.
-combo readings (provided last Aug. 23)
-readings in Filipino (provided last Aug. 29 thru Ms. Cauton)
-Segovia's Dictionary of ecological crisis in the Philippine ecosystems
-practicum terms (interview DS seniors for information)

random points

• P60,000 = basic monthly salary of GMA
• P45,000 = basic monthly pay of senators
• lulu-lili* = lulubog, lilitaw = minsan present, kadalasan absent
• malunggay = http://www.bulatlat.com/news/6-29/6-29-rainy.htm
• free rice** = http://www.freerice.com/index.php
• US economic debacle = http://www.cenpeg.org/FELLOW%20SPEAKS/fellow_speaks_1.htm
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  *input by Jonathan Meneses in his DS 127 output
  **thanks to Kris Villanueva for introducing the site

Politics of Sexual Violence

"Throughout history, sexual abuse is used as a
tactical weapon of aggression and subjugation.
It is thus an attack not only directed at individuals
but on the social body of communities and nations."

-Prof. Joan May Salvador
Lecturer, UP Manila
Spokesperson, Gabriela-National

DS 123 optional assignment

Watch the Rated K episode this Sunday (Aug. 31).
Write a 1-page reaction paper and submit it on Sept. 2 (Tuesday).
Please inform the rest.

Area Studies majors are excused from the show and tell task on Tuesday.
Devstud students with AS partners need to present individually.

Econ 101 (W) poetry reading (additional) Sept. 3

• Agumbay (Michael Todaro)
• Arawiran (Plundering Paradise by Broad and Cavanagh)
• Azarraga (political economy of debt forgiveness)
• Balicsa (moral hazard of international migration)
• Baquiran (political economy of teacher absenteeism)
• Bauzon (state failure)
• Camunay (market failure)
• Conferido (debt cap)
• Cortey (capital flight)
• Crisostomo (Small is beautiful)
• Cruz (political economy of medical provider absenteeism)
• Farinas (tiger economies)
• Garino (cultural tourism in the Philippines)
• Javier (Sicko)
• Javillonar (technology transfer)
• Mabansag (portfolio worker)
• Mabanglo (new public management)
• Mabesa (role of profit)
• Moncada (medicalization of hunger)
• Sanchez (uninfomed investor)
• Santos (planned obsolescence)
• Torrecampo (structural adjustment programs)
• Vicente (cultural economy)
  
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  Note: Same instruction as the previous
  

DS 123 Sept. 9 Midterm Exam (Disregard the page coverage I announced earlier)

• Introduction to Sociology by Anthony Gidden, et. al. (2003)
  -Sociology of Criminality (pp. 185-209)
  -Sociology of Aging (pp. 371-390)
  -Sociology of Work (pp. 433-459)
• The Philippine Press: A Study in Contrasts and Contradictions by M. de Desus

random points

• P250 M = pork barrel of senators each year
• P70 M = pork barrel of house representatives each year
• RA 1425 = Rizal Law = http://www.chanrobles.com/republicactno1425.html
• pasiking = http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e175/butuki/Pasiking-Bamboo-Backpacks.jpg
• Bob Marley = http://images.google.com.ph/images?gbv=2&hl=tl&q=Bob+Marley

Vicious cycle

"Teacher absenteeism induces pupil/student absenteeism." - Lirit-Rivin-Abeles
http://www.tau.ac.il/education/toar3/etakzir2001-8.doc

Absce(n)ss

1. First question: Is s/he absent or present?
   Answer: Absent (again)!
   
2. Second question: Is the absence excused (sick or attending a meeting/conference)
   or unexcused (rumaraket elsewhere)?
   Answer: Most likely unexcused.
   
3. Third question: What do we do now?

Econ 101 (Sept. 9) Reporting (20 minutes each, 1/2 lengthwise hand-outs)

• Political Economy of Medical Providers Absenteeism (DevStud majors)
• Political Economy of Teacher Absenteeism (Area Studies majors)
• Political Economy of Absenteeism in the House of Representatives (PolSci majors)

random points

• Political economy of teacher absenteeism* = http://econ.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/EXTDEC/EXTRESEARCH/0,
  ,contentMDK:20824881~pagePK:64165401~piPK:64165026~theSitePK:469382,00.html
• Filipino physicists = http://www.inquirer.net/vdo/player.php?vid=1455
• Ilaga = http://services.inquirer.net/print/print.php?article_id=20080828-157221
  
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  *Sana'y may sumulat ng tesis ukol dito pero ang tuon ay sa CAS-UP Manila : )

May Tulo si Kris, May Tulo si Joey, Si Akimov Wala ni Prof. Benjamin Mangubat

http://benjaminmangubat.multiply.com/journal/item/2

DS 127 Book Project

Mahigpit na ipinagbabawal na puro online ang gagamiting sanggunian!

Travel and Tourism (T&T)

"Travel in foreign lands will help us better understand our own."
-Samuelson and Nordhaus

Paalala

Sa lahat ng mga magsisipagtapos na DS majors sa susunod na semestre,
tiyaking nakuha na ninyo (at may grado) ang mga sumusunod na asignatura:
-NSTP (2 asignatura)
-MST (5 asignatura)
-SSP (5 asignatura)
-AH (5 asignatura)
-PE (4 asignatura)
-core subjects
-electives (3 asignatura)
-cognates (3 asignatura)
May mga RGEP subjects na magkaiba ang code pero itinuturing na iisa
dahil halos magkapareho ang nilalaman (halimbawa, History II at History III).
Magsadya sa OCS para sa kopya ng patakaran ukol sa RGEP.
Tiyakin din na hindi labis ang cognates pero kulang naman sa electives,
maging ang kabaligtaran nito.
Minsan inaakala ng mag-aaral na maaring cognate ang RGEP.
Marami nang nabiktima ng maling akala at maling payo ng guro.
Subaybayan mabuti ang mga asignaturang nakuha na at hindi pa nakukuha.

Chief weapons used by employers to fight unions (Source: Samuelson and Nordhaus)

1. discriminatory discharge of union members
2. blacklist
3. lock out
4. "yellow-dog" contract
5. labor spy
6. strikebreakers and armed guards
7. conspiracy of employers, police and judges
8. company union
9. court injunction

Labor

• "Workers vary enormously in their characteristics, their strength, their intelligence, skill, cheerfulness, industry, and reliability." - Samuelson and Nordhaus
• "Business unionism pertains to unions that exist primarily for economic improvement of workers, rather than to engage in a class struggle to alter the form of government or to pursue socialism." - Samuelson and Nordhaus
• "Human resources pertain to the quantity and quality of nation's labor force." - Todaro

Agenda (Sept. 2-6)

• DS 123 (Sept. 2) - show and tell (Philippines); pedagogy feature article
• Econ 101 (Sept. 2) - LT forum
• Econ 11 (Sept. 2) - Wealth Within Your Reach (Part 1)
• Econ 101 (Sept. 3) - continuation of the poetry reading; magazine submission
• DS 123 (Sept. 5) - show and tell (cross-cultural)
• Econ 101 (Sept. 5) - group face-off: neoliberal globalization
  Abris-Gaddi (merits) vs. Geron-Villaceran (demerits)
• Econ 11 (Sept. 5) - graded recitation (Michael Todaro's Economic Development glossary)
• NSTP (Sept. 6) - show and tell of any political artifact (individual)
• DS 127 (Sept. 6) - graded recitation (Segovia's Dictionary of Crisis in the Philippine Ecosystems)