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First, built-in rechargeable Li-ion batteries of high quality are relatively expensive that is why most low-priced mp3 players are either AA or AAA battery-powered. If you want MP3 players w/ built-in rechargeable Li-ion batteries then you ought to buy Apple iPod, Creative, iRiver and other branded MP3 players so you can be sure that the batteries would last.

Why branded? Because finding a replacement battery for a built-in rechargeable MP3 battery is really difficult if not impossible which is the second reason why MP3’s without built-in batteries are better. Besides, you can easily find a disposable AA or AAA battery at any hardware store once the battery quit working. Better yet, you can just replace it with rechargeable AA or AAA batteries which you can find at Handyman or at most hardware stores.

MP3 players are relatively new in the Philippine electronic gadgets market so you won’t find repair shops just anywhere. If you buy an MP3 player from an MP3 Shop or you buy a branded MP3 player like iPod, if the rechargeable built-in battery stops working, I’m pretty sure you’ll have warranty and repair services available.

Let me share my experience. I bought a cheap MP3/MP4 player/Flash disk w/ rechargeable built-in Li-ion battery. It’s cheap because it was made in China. I was happy with its versatility and performance at first then after a few months the battery stopped working. In my great need to have it fixed, I went to MP3 shops at the mall and asked if they can replace the battery. Unfortunately, they told me that they only offer repair services to MP3 players bought at their shop. I also tried Welcom and they also couldn’t replace my MP3/MP4 player battery. My MP3 player came from Cebu. If I want to have it fixed, I need to ship the player to the shop at Cebu and still pay them to have the player shipped back to me. So I had no choice but to put my MP3 player in storage.

So to those thinking of buying MP3 players, CHOOSE WELL.

I’m sorry for the changes in the Final Exam Schedules and the confusion over the schedule posted.

For those who have yet taken their final exams, I will give them tomorrow October 7 (Fri), from 8:30am to 12nn at rooms M1-6 (depending on the availability of the room/s).

Do not forget your permit number.

FINAL EXAM SCHEDULE

IMPORTANT NOTE:

DON’T FORGET YOUR PERMIT NUMBER!!!

NS 210 - BIO

BSA 2-1: Oct. 4, 10am - 12nn, Room - M1

AHSE 2-1: Oct. 6, 10am - 12nn, Room - M2

Coverage:

>>Respiratory and Circulatory System, Muscular and Skeletal System, Excretory System, Endocrine System, Nervous System and Reproductive System; and Basic Ecological Concepts

>>From Lessons 2 to 9 of the Book and the Handouts

Type of Exam:

>>Multiple Choice, Identification - Illustration, Fill-in the Blanks (much like the Midterm Exam)

NS 230 - ECOLOGY

BSEd II-1: Oct. 5, 10am - 12nn, Room M1

BSEd II-2: Oct. 5, 10am - 12nn, Room M4

Coverage:

>>Chapters 8-15 (xcpt Chap14)

>>Lecture Notes on Human Activities

Type of Exam:

>>like the Midterm Exam

NS 100 - STS

AHSE I-1: Oct. 6, 10am - 12pm, Room M3

AHSE 1-2: Oct. 6, 10am - 12 pm, Room M4

Coverage:

>>Module 4 and Module 6

>>Lectures in Influence of S& T on Contemporary Society; Ethical Issues; and SCOST

Type of Exam:

>>like the Midterm Exam with Essay

To my dear students,

I recently embarked on a monumental undertaking reason for which, I will be away for three weeks more.

We will not meet on the following
dates: August 22 - September 6. But we will still cover the topics
scheduled for those meetings. Since I won’t be around on the said dates, I take
it upon the class to read about the topics as scheduled on your course outline,
do the activities and submit the assignments that I sent to the class presidents. All
assignments shall be written on whole sheet/s of yellow paper and the
activities (specified as group activities) on the activity notebook. This way, not only will you probably have additional mall hours but you will also have the first taste of distance education. All assignments and activities shall be
collected by the class president and submitted to Ms. Luisa at the
administration on the date specified.

Here are the schedule for the following week/s:

For NS 230 - Ecology

August 22

Topics: Population

Relationships in Nature

 
Assignment (individual) to be submitted the following week (Aug29 during
your class period):

Read Chapters 8 and 9 (pp 49-57)
and the supplementary materials and answer the following:

Activity F1: Numbers 2-4, 8 and
10 of the questions on pp 54-55

Activity F2: Questions on page 58

August 29

Topic: Freshwater Ecology

Marine Ecology

 
Assignment (individual) to be submitted the following week (Sept5 on
your class period):

Read Chapters 10-12 on pp 59-79
and answer the following:

Activity F3: Questions on p. 64

Activity F4: Questions on p. 69

Activity F6: Questions on p. 80

 September 5

Topic: Terrestrial Ecology

Assignment (individual) to be submitted this date:

Read Chapters 13, 15 and 16 on pp
81-87 and 98-107 and answer the following:

Activity F7: All questions except
number 2, 5-6 and 10

Activity F8: All questions except
numbers 2, 3, 5, 7, 10 and 14

Activity F9: All questions

 
September 12

We will have a quiz on
Relationships in Nature.

For NS 210 -  Biological Science

August 23 – September 5

Topics: Muscular System,
Respiratory System, Circulatory System, Excretory System,

Endocrine System, Nervous System and the Sense Organs and
Reproductive System

 
Assignment (individual) to be submitted on September 5 during the class
period:

Read the chapters pertaining to
these topics along with supplementary materials and answer the following:

Activities F1, F2 and so on (for
each chapter): All self test questions

For NS 100 - STS

August 23
Group Discussion/Activity:
Have a comparative analysis of the different diagnostic tools/equipment/methods based on 1. their usefulness; 2. their cost; 3. theis ease of use; and, 4. their applications. Select the most important diagnostic tool/equipment/method for the group and discuss the reason why. The group output should be written on whole sheet/s or page/s of paper. Submission will be on the following week during the class period.

Stay posted for further announcements and/or schedules.

Ms. R. Solitario

I put considerable thought and time on my blogs. Somehow, it takes a
while to organize my myriad thoughts. But then again this has always
been a problem to me - expressing my thoughts.

It’s sweet and nice that I found someone who can complete my
sentences, someone I can talk continuously for hours, someone who gets
the drift even with incessant stammering and understands before I could
even understand myself.

But in some way, I still miss being unattached. I miss inwardly
laughing at cheesy couples. I miss my solitude. Dang, my antisocial
mode’s been reactivated.

I guess I just need a vacation.