De La Salle University 2013 Research Congress: Call for Abstracts

Just got this in the mail. 

Research Congress 2013

Organized by De La Salle University

March 7-9, 2013

CALL for ABSTRACTS

Deadline for submission of abstracts: November 20, 2012

The Research  Congress 2013 (formerly the Science and Technology Congress) is an annual event organized by De La Salle University which will be held on March 7-9, 2013. This year’s theme is “ A Commitment to Serve: Lasallian Research for the Next 100 Years”. The congress provides an opportunity for researchers, educators and students to disseminate their research outputs and a venue for discussion and exchange of new ideas and application experiences, and to find partners for future collaboration. 

We invite the academic community, our partners and research collaborators to submit abstracts on research related to Science and Technology, Technopreneurship, and on Food, Nutrition and Health. Research papers in the academic disciplines and other allied fields are also welcome. A ONE-PAGE abstract of approximately 400-500 words must clearly state the problem, objectives, methodology, discussion of results and conclusion. Accepted abstracts will be presented during the parallel sessions of the congress, and its full papers will be published in the proceedings in CD form.

Submission steps and important guidelines:
Abstract Submission
Opens: October 19, 2012
Closes: November 21, 2012
Notification: December 15, 2012
Submission of Full Paper:  February 6, 2013 (camera-ready full paper)

The corresponding authors are requested to select the research  area listed below that best describes the abstract to be submitted. Abstracts are then to be submitted at the following addresses corresponding to the area selected:

Research  Area	Address for submission
Food, Nutrition and Health	rescongress.cos@dlsu.edu.ph
Human Centric Technology	rescongress.ccs@dlsu.edu.ph
Learners and Learning Innovations	rescongress.ced@dlsu.edu.ph
Women, Children and Family	rescongress.cla@dlsu.edu.ph
Environment, Energy and Sustainability	rescongress.gcoe@dlsu.edu.ph
Technopreneurship	rescongress.cob@dlsu.edu.ph
Others	rescongress@dlsu.edu.ph

Guidelines for Abstract Submission

General Format:

·         The ONE-PAGE Abstract should have a 12 point Times New Roman font, single-spaced  with 1-inch margins (side and top/bottom)

·         The document should be submitted as either word document or pdf file. Send the abstract to the correct address corresponding to the relevant topic area listed above.

Abstract Title:

·         Title should be concise and clearly identify the nature of the study.

·         The title should be in ALL CAPS, using 12 pt. Times New Roman font. Center the title on the page.

Authors:

·         List all authors two lines below title (still centered), in normal 12 pt. Times New Roman font.

·         List the institutional or organizational affiliation on a new line after each author’s name

Text

·         Text should start on the left-hand side of the page two lines below the author’s name

Kindly refer to the following downloadable sample abstract and full paper.

·         http://www.dlsu.edu.ph/conferences/dlsu_research_congress/2013/_pdf/RESEARCH%20CONGRESS%202013%20SAMPLE%20ABSTRACT%20FINAL.pdf

·         http://www.dlsu.edu.ph/conferences/dlsu_research_congress/2013/_pdf/RESEARCH%20CONGRESS%202013%20format%20FINAL.pdf

You are all invited to participate in the 2013 Research Congress. You may email urcodir@dlsu.edu.ph for pre-registration. Kindly send the filled up downloadable registration form on or before March  1, 2013.

·          http://www.dlsu.edu.ph/conferences/dlsu_research_congress/2013/_pdf/REGISTRATION%20FORM%20Research%20Congress%202013.pdf

For inquiries you may email to rescongress@dlsu.edu.ph.

Charles S. Sanders Peirce Society

The Charles S. Sanders Peirce Society just listed readingandphilosophy.blogspot.com and its post gathered from SAAP (Feminist Pragmatism in Place).  Nice! I have been thinking of joining that, with the limited resources on Peirce here in Manila.

Ludwig Wittgenstein: A Memoir by Norman Malcolm

For September, I have been rereading some things apart from the comics that I have been following. This October, I have just finished reading Norman Malcolm's account of his friendship with Ludwig Wittgenstein. There are parts of the book that would be better appreciated by familiarity with the Tractatus, Philosophical Investigations and On Certainty.
    But for the most part, having some familiarity with Wittgenstein's ideas ("picture theory of propositions", family resemblance etc.), difficult and varied as some of them might be, would be enough. I think some might be more interested in how Wittgenstein was as a friend, teacher and philosopher. I was not surprised with his dim view of "professional philosophy."

[Photo culled from:  http://www.amazon.com/Ludwig-Wittgenstein-Memoir-Norman-Malcolm/dp/0199247595/ref=la_B001HD19W2_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1350060196&sr=1-1]

From Palahniuk's Invisible Monsters

[Not to worry, no spoilers here. This pasage is from Palahniuk (1999, 110-1), something I posted two years ago. I have not read the Remix yet.]

"Not a word, " Brandy says. "You're still too connected with your past. Your saying anything is pointless."

From out of her sewing basket, Brandy draws a streamer of white and gold, a magic act, a layer of sheer white silk patterned with a Greek key design in gold she casts ove my head.

Behind another veil, the real world is that much farther away.

"Guess how they do the gold design," Brandy says.

The fabric is so light my breath blows it out in front; the silk lays across my eyelashes without bending them. Even my face, where every nerve in your body comes to an end, even my face can't feel it.

It takes a team of kids in India, Brandy says, four-and five-year-old kids sitting all day on wooden benches, being vegetarians, they have to tweeze out most of about a zillion gold threads to leave the pattern of just the gold left behind.

"You don't see kids any older than ten doing this job," Brandy says, "because by then most kids go blind."

Just the veil Brandy takes out of her basket must be six feet square. The precious eyesight of all those darling children, lost. The precious days of their fragile childhood spent tweezing silk threads out.

Give me pity.

Flash.

Give me empathy.

Flash.

Oh, I wish I could make my poor heart bust.

I say, " Vswf siws cm eiuvn sincs."

No, it's okay, Brandy says. She doesn't reward anybody for exploiting children. She got it on sale.

Caged behind my silk, settled inside my cloud of organza and georgette, the idea I can't share my problems with other people makes me not give a shit about their problems.
[Photo culled from: http://chuckpalahniuk.net/books/invisible-monsters]

Albert Camus: From the Myth of Sisyphus

"If the world were clear, art would not exist." - Albert Camus

   I am reminded of this quote of Camus because of the films I have shown in class and the discussions we have about those films. I have anchored my classes' viewing on what are usually called existentialist themes or issues. Some might notice that the previous entry quoted Jack Nicholson. It was deliberate. In its most simplistic form, Nicholson and many other actors of his generation were aware of Camus. Camus was also an actor and playwright. Though some might not know that Camus did not consider himself an existentialist ( if I am not mistaken see "Camus on himself" in Lyrical and critical essays). But actors of Nicholson's kind and writers of Camus's kind, to paraphrase Kevin Spacey, get to ask questions that most people don't ask. Indeed, it appears that many people would rather not ask many of the questions that philosophers ask.

[Photo culled from: http://www.amazon.com/Camus-Romance-Elizabeth-Hawes/dp/0802118895. It's by Cartier Bresson].

Jack Nicholson on Camus's Existential Hero

"The actor is Camus's ideal existential hero, because if life is absurd and the idea is to live a more vital life, the man who lives more lives is in a better position than the guy who lives just one."
Nicholson's quote is from the 2nd edition of Robert Barton's Acting: Onstage and off.

[Photo culled from: http://www.amazon.com/Five-Easy-Pieces-Jack-Nicholson/dp/B00002VWE0]

Loeb and Sale's Haunted Knight: Another Recent Read for July

I've been busy. But this work of Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale was another recent read for July.

[Photo culled from: http://www.amazon.com/Batman-Haunted-Knight-Jeph-Loeb/dp/1563892731]