Creating an Inclusive Social Enterprise Ecosystem: A Policy Recommendation for the Growth of SE Sector in the Philippines

This policy paper highlights the critical roles of both public and private organizations in creating an enabling ecosystem for social enterprises to grow while striking a good balance in their social ,economic, and environmental bottom lines. It contains recommendations on the formation aspect of social entrepreneurs and the support mechanisms that need to be established by different stakeholders such as the academe, national government agencies, local government units, private institutions, and communities

The Book Truly Stops Here: A Lacanian Reinterpretation of Reinaldo Arenas’ Freedom

In his essay, “Reinaldo Arenas, Re-writer Revenant, and the Repatriation of Cuban Homoerotic Desire,” Benigno Sánchez-Eppler puts forth what he terms a “signifying possibility,” an informative yet nondefinitive explanation of what the exiled queer Cuban novelist Reinaldo Arenas meant in his suicide note. Arenas’ suicide note, which served as the conclusion to his autobiography, Before Night Falls: A Memoir, written in 1990 and published posthumously in 1992, has an inconclusive meaning stemming from the novelist’s brief declaration of his own freedom at the end. After encouraging the Cuban people to remain vigilant in their fight for freedom and against the rule of Fidel Castro, Arenas succinctly yet confidently declares that he himself is already free without suggesting the source of his freedom. Citing various works of the novelist, Sánchez-Eppler argues that this individual freedom originates from the exiled novelist’s literary act of self-repatriation, using suicide as an inspired form of return to his homeland. This essay argues against Sánchez-Eppler’s signifying possibility. As expressed in his suicide note, Arenas’ notion of freedom, far from being a literary monumentalization of the writer and his Cuban queerness, destined to be creatively repatriated back to his native Cuba through the vehicle of suicide, is more an example of a successful Lacanian “end-of-analysis,” when the individual subject comes to terms with and accepts his or her own irredeemably divided self in the present. My own “signifying possibility” for interpreting Reinaldo Arenas’ freedom relies on Lacanian psychoanalysis, as interpreted by critical race and Lacanian theorist Antonio Viego in his book, Dead Subjects: Toward A Politics of Loss in Latino Studies

Breathing Processing to Help Maintain Health Includes Techniques and Benefits

Breathing exercises are designed and performed to achieve more controlled and efficient ventilation. The dilation of blood vessels affects blood pressure, which is to reduce the resistance to blood flow, so that blood pressure tends to be normal. Holding your breath also helps to increase your concentration, and stabilizes your emotions. Thoughts and emotions feel more stable and it is easy to concentrate on holding your breath. In breath-holding meditation practice is very helpful in increasing concentration. By holding your breath when the lungs are filled with air or empty, the process of taking oxygen by the blood stops, resulting in a lack of oxygen in the blood. This condition stimulates the blood to form more Hb cells, so that when you inhale, the amount of oxygen absorbed by the blood increases, as well as when you exhale, the amount of CO2 that is removed is also greater. The holding of breath will also cause a decrease in the amount of oxygen in the body's tissues, which increases the acidity of the body's tissues. The process of moving air in and out of the lungs to facilitate gas exchange with the body's internal environment, primarily by introducing oxygen and removing carbon dioxide. Breathing exercises are designed and performed to achieve more controlled and efficient ventilation

Effects of Hand Washing Interventions

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Does an educational intervention program on infection precautions decrease absentee rates in schools?

During our community health clinical rotation in a public school, we observed abundant absences in the kindergarten class, which led us to inquire: What is the possible cause for the multiple absences? Further, we noticed that the students had a hand hygiene knowledge deficit. These observations led us to hypothesize that due to direct contact transmission many absences were related to infection-related illnesses, and without proper technique and understanding of hand washing, infectious diseases will continue to have a high probability of transmission in schools. The objective of our investigation is to identify the prevalence of this issue in communities and identify a program that can be implemented to enhance the youth’s understanding of and compliance with proper hand washing. We performed a literature review and found that evidence supports our observations about school absenteeism and our hypothesis that implementing a hand hygiene program in schools may lead to a decrease in the prevalence. Therefore, the additional research question we are focusing on is, “Does an education program on infection precautions decrease absentee rates in schools?” We carefully reviewed twelve articles examining infection transmission and hand-washing education. We found that students who do not receive educational interventions are more likely to get sick than the students who did receive the intervention. Interventions include hand-washing tips, a curriculum for infection prevention, and posters. To test our hypothesis, a mixed-method, comparative study is proposed that will provide a hand hygiene program and questionnaire to schools in Marin County. Our prospective study will compare school absentee outcomes for an intervention group and a control group to see how the two differ when provided with the current practice of informal recommendations, as needed, versus a structured educational plan over the course of one school year. We also will examine satisfaction with the handwashing educational intervention

2005-2006 Master Class - Yoshikazu Nagai (Piano)

Piano Recital - Yoshikazu Nagai (October 15, 2005) - Programhttps://spiral.lynn.edu/conservatory_masterclasses/1140/thumbnail.jp

2004-2005 Master Class - Jon Nakamatsu (Piano)

Piano Recital - Jon Nakamatsu (March 31, 2005) - Programhttps://spiral.lynn.edu/conservatory_masterclasses/1148/thumbnail.jp