Wednesday, July 28, 2021

I am posting this here because Facebook did not allow it.

This is excellently written and so true. No idea who wrote it, unfortunately ========

Out of all the vaccines I have taken in my life: Tetanus, rubella, measles, mumps, polio, hepa, TB; Never before have I seen so much confusion over a vaccine that says I have to wear a mask, and socially distance even when fully vaccinated. Apparently I could still contract or spread the virus even when fully vaccinated.

Never had to have a double shot, never been bribed by establishments to take the vaccine in order to win a car, cash, food discounts, hotel room discounts and other prizes. Never before has a vaccine been available in Galleria, SM Seaside, Ayala malls…! I never had to worry about cardiac issues and or blood clots and DEATH as a side effect. I was never judged if I didn’t take it. I was never discriminated against for travel or other regular services. The vaccines I have listed above never told me I was a bad person for not taking it, or taking it for that matter. I have never seen a vaccine that threatened the relationship between a family member or a close friend. Never seen it used for political gain and never seen it used to persuade kids in favor of free ice cream. I have never seen a vaccine threaten someone’s livelihood, job, school, etc. I have never seen a vaccine that allows a twelve year old’s consent to supersede his/her parent’s consent.

So after all I have said, can someone tell me how I am a conspiracy theorist, uneducated, non-researched because I am not willing to take this vaccine. UNTIL the clinical trials are over at least two years from now.

Finally, after all the vaccines (shots) I listed above, I have never seen a vaccine like this one that discriminates, divides, and judges a society such as this one. So much information is censored, deleted and removed from the internet. So many doctors, scientists, are censored and forbidden to speak out or ask legitimate questions when what is being allowed or not allowed does not make sense. People are taking this vaccine with DEATH as a side effect to buy back their freedom (which was your human right to begin with. You never lost it.) NOT to prevent or keep you safe from a virus. Because it isn’t working. People who are double jabbed are getting it and still dying from it!!

Seriously. Can you read that again? This sure is one powerful vaccine. IT does all of these things that I have mentioned and yet? It doesn’t do what all the other vaccines that I have mentioned earlier were designed to do which is to fight off COVID, a virus with a natural recovery rate of 99% thanks to our miraculous immune system!

If you do not stand for freedom of choice then you are not in any way shape or form trying to get this country back to normal. You are promoting a divisive society. Subjecting people to second class existences and stealing the freedom from your own and children’s future.

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Friday, February 26, 2010

Another Example

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Please review your notes on the lecture given by Engr. Rosalyn-Frances O. Marcelo and Arch. Geraldine R. Matabang titled "Integrating Disaster Risk Management in Site Planning and House Design in Resettlement Projects" on February 25, 2010 in St. Antoninus Hall from 02:00 to 04:00 PM.

If you failed to attend, please visit the Main Library where there are copies of the brochure of the same title provided by the authors. You may also visit the website of Technical Assistance Organization - Pilipinas, Inc., http://www.tao-pilipinas.org.

Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Systems Design

Designing is the art and science of specifying a solution or a mix of solutions to a technical problem.

As we have learned, a problem is a gap between two states, the present and the desired. A solution is anything that removes the gap. An engineer does not only have to exhaust all possible solutions but he also has to put measurements to any solution or a mix of solutions he would advance to the party who owns the problem.

Hence, we may say that designing is the act of citing the length, width, height, mass, color, texture, raw material, resistivity, pressure, velocity, temperature, etc of any solution.

As an art, designing requires the subjective preferences of the designer. His work is an external expression of his internal qualities. Thus, there were several design proposals for the New York City Freedom Tower, the replacement for the World Trade Center twin towers. (Refer to www.glasssteelandstone.com/BuildingDetail/439.php) As a science, designing must avail of the principles, laws, theories, postulates and other forms of knowledge in the databank of information acquired through the scientific method. The NYC Freedom Tower must be built with due respect to gravity, material strength, etc.

Designing can be done to a very tiny object like the chemical components of a drug or a massive system like the Large Hadron Collider. Regardless of the size of the output, design involves certain basic principles.

Any design must be functional. – Regardless of any other consideration, the item being designed must perform its function. Any drug designed at the molecular level must cure the disease it was intended for. The Large Hadron Collider is currently having functionality problems; hence, it is proving to be a disappointment not only to the physicists but more so to the financiers.

Any design must be implemented with the right materials. – A spoon may be made of gold or stainless steel. The golden spoon will serve exactly the same function as a stainless one. So why make it out of gold? Only perhaps the whims of a very rich owner would justify it.

Any design must incur the least possible cost. – Economics is a very vital criterion in the choice of the best solution. Why spend a single peso more than what it takes to avail of the use of any item?

Any design must last for the expected life span. – A solution cannot qualify as one if it stops functioning before the job is done. A spoon that bends when used to scrape rice from a pot is not a solution to the problem of transferring the food to the plate. A drug that expires before the disease is eliminated is no solution at all.

Any design must conform to aesthetics and appeal to all five senses. – Any solution must conform to man’s appreciation of “beauty.” A drug packaged like the droppings of a goat will not have many users. In this particular example, we may extend the principle to “taste” since a drug that is so bitter will be avoided in the market.

Before we leave this topic, it would be helpful to know certain artistic principles of design.

Unity and variety. – All the elements in the design must “belong together.” On the other hand, the designer might use contrasting elements to attract attention and avoid monotony.

Proportion. – There should be size relationships between two parts or between one part and the whole.

Balance. – The design must project stability through a good layout of the parts which can be symmetrical or asymmetrical.

Rhythm. – The design may manifest a repetition of form, line, texture or color.