The sape is a traditional lute of many of the Orang Ulu or "upriver people", who live in the longhouses that line the rivers of Central Borneo. Sapes are carved from a single bole of wood; many modern instruments reach over a metre in length. It is famous among the Kayan and Kenyah tribes of East Malaysia. It is used in entertainment and to accompany dances such as 'Datun Julud and 'Ngajat' (one of the warrior dances associated with headhunting according to legend). Originally , sape strings were made from the Sago tree but now these have been replaced by nylon strings.
The sape is one of the string instruments from the lute family, which has a short neck.It is made from soft wood, usually the meranti's. The sape has quite an elongated body which is hollowed out and functions as a resonator. The shape of the body looks like a sampan and is often called 'the boat lute' in the west.
All the strings are plucked using the thumb and only one of the strings is used to play the melody. The rest of the strings function as drone strings, playing only open strings. The strings are fixed across the body, supported by a bridge which is movable, for tuning purposes.
Musically, the sape is a simple instrument. One string carries the melody, the accompanying strings are struck rhythmically to produce a drone. In practice, the music is quite complex, with many ornamentations and thematic variations. There are two common modes, one for the men's longhouse dance and the other for the woman's longhouse dance. There also is a third rarely used mode. Sape music is usually inspired by dreams; there are over 35 traditional pieces with many variations. The overall repertoire is slowly increasing.
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Media Technology Has Effects On You, Your Family And Your Friends.
There are two major approaches to using media and technology. First off, media and technology have been introduced into the world because it is believed that they can have positive effects on teaching and learning. The purpose of this report is to summarize the evidence for the effectiveness and impact of media and technology in K-12 schools around the world.
For the purposes of this report, media is defined as “all means of communication, whatever its format.” In this sense, media include symbol systems as diverse as print, graphics, animation, audio and motion pictures. Technology is defined as “any object or process of human origin that can be used to convey media.” In this sense, technology includes phenomena as diverse as books, films, television, and the Internet
Computer-based cognitive tools have been intentionally adapted or developed to function as intellectual partners to enable and facilitate critical thinking and higher order learning. Examples of cognitive tools include: databases, spreadsheets, semantic networks, expert systems, communications software such as teleconferencing programs, on-line collaborative knowledge construction environments, multimedia/ hypermedia construction software, and computer programming languages.
-Cognitive tools empower learners to design their own representations of knowledge rather than absorbing representations preconceived by others.
-Cognitive tools can be used to support the deep reflective thinking that is necessary for meaningful learning
-Cognitive tools enable mindful, challenging learning rather than the effortless learning promised but rarely realised by other instructional innovations.
For the purposes of this report, media is defined as “all means of communication, whatever its format.” In this sense, media include symbol systems as diverse as print, graphics, animation, audio and motion pictures. Technology is defined as “any object or process of human origin that can be used to convey media.” In this sense, technology includes phenomena as diverse as books, films, television, and the Internet
Computer-based cognitive tools have been intentionally adapted or developed to function as intellectual partners to enable and facilitate critical thinking and higher order learning. Examples of cognitive tools include: databases, spreadsheets, semantic networks, expert systems, communications software such as teleconferencing programs, on-line collaborative knowledge construction environments, multimedia/ hypermedia construction software, and computer programming languages.
-Cognitive tools empower learners to design their own representations of knowledge rather than absorbing representations preconceived by others.
-Cognitive tools can be used to support the deep reflective thinking that is necessary for meaningful learning
-Cognitive tools enable mindful, challenging learning rather than the effortless learning promised but rarely realised by other instructional innovations.
Megacities-How To Provide For The Poor Classes
Megacities are defined as developed or urban areas with more than 5 million inhabitants. Scientists predict that by year 2015, the world may contain as many as 60 megacities, together housing more than 600 million people. There are where much of the worldwide process of urbanization is taking place.
First of all, one of the methods to help the poor classes is that the government should provide subsidies for the unfortunates. Subsidies can be in many forms, for instance, financial support or giving scholarships to poor students who excel in their studies. Poor people should not be discriminated as they too have the equal right or privilege to have a normal life just like all of us.
The government too can provide more jobs for the poor in order to support their family for a living. Some of the poor people are breadwinners in their family, thus this a great move by the government to give the poor a chance to make a living.
Charity also can be carried out by the people who are well paid in megacities, such as an event which involves all the people around a particular megacity to take part in the event, so that everyone has the responsibility to help the poor people. Therefore, we as concerned citizens must make this world a better place to live in together.
First of all, one of the methods to help the poor classes is that the government should provide subsidies for the unfortunates. Subsidies can be in many forms, for instance, financial support or giving scholarships to poor students who excel in their studies. Poor people should not be discriminated as they too have the equal right or privilege to have a normal life just like all of us.
The government too can provide more jobs for the poor in order to support their family for a living. Some of the poor people are breadwinners in their family, thus this a great move by the government to give the poor a chance to make a living.
Charity also can be carried out by the people who are well paid in megacities, such as an event which involves all the people around a particular megacity to take part in the event, so that everyone has the responsibility to help the poor people. Therefore, we as concerned citizens must make this world a better place to live in together.
Indegenous people
There are more than 40 ethnic group in Philippines. Each group has a distinct culture and language. Several of these ethnic groups can be distinguished as “tribal group”. They are indigenous people who still live in traditional way. Each group living in specific region on one of the islands. Mindanao live 18 tribal in Filipino groups. The most well known are the T’boli and the B’laan. The collective name for 18 indigenous people of Mindanao is “Lumad” ,It also another word for indigenous. These ethnic group distinguish themselves by their language and culture. Only a few T’boli are Christian or Islamite. More than 95% of T’boli people still has their animistic religion. The T’boli and member of other indigenous tribes still believe in spirits who live in several places in the natural environment. There are strong belief in the power of the spirit of ancestors and in the influenceof more than one god. The T’boli distinguish their selves, like all other of “tribal Filipinos”. By colourful clothes and specific ornaments like rings, bracelets and earrings.
Emotions
Emotion exist in every human that are living in this world. Emotion is an important and strong felling such as love , fear or anger, it is the part of person character. Different emotion will be show in different situation that why every person’s will have different way to express their emotion. Emotion can be show from the facial expression , but when expressing it you should be careful and express it appropriately. Emotion provide important information, through the emotion we can find out if the person is angry or happy or excited. We also should control our emotion so will look more professional in business. If lose emotion during any business negotiation will cause us to look unprofessional and will make other people to look down on when negotiation. If want to express emotion during negotiation, it should be the one that will not cause the other side of negotiation fell hurt, should express it in a god and manner way.
Tattoo
Tattooing has been practiced worldwide. Throughout history, tattoos were mostly worn as decoration. It’s well known that many societies wore tattoos as part of their culture.
A tattoo is a puncture wound, made deep in your skin, that's filled with ink. It's made by penetrating your skin with a needle and injecting ink into the area, usually creating some sort of design. Tattooing was believed to have started in Egypt, before Egypt was even an organized society 6,000 years ago, they have been found on mummified body since 3300 B.C. From Egypt tattooing was later spread and shared with other parts of Africa, into Asia, and Pacific islands through trade lines and travelers. Every culture since has tattooed themselves in one form or another, for reasons of spirituality, protection, strength, and history. Tattoos have been marks that the bearer is very proud of, or ashamed to wear. Today, tattoos are becoming less taboo and more accepted as cleaner and the advances in color and other tattoo equipment have made tattoos more than just a symbol or a testimony, but a real piece of art on skin.
A tattoo is a puncture wound, made deep in your skin, that's filled with ink. It's made by penetrating your skin with a needle and injecting ink into the area, usually creating some sort of design. Tattooing was believed to have started in Egypt, before Egypt was even an organized society 6,000 years ago, they have been found on mummified body since 3300 B.C. From Egypt tattooing was later spread and shared with other parts of Africa, into Asia, and Pacific islands through trade lines and travelers. Every culture since has tattooed themselves in one form or another, for reasons of spirituality, protection, strength, and history. Tattoos have been marks that the bearer is very proud of, or ashamed to wear. Today, tattoos are becoming less taboo and more accepted as cleaner and the advances in color and other tattoo equipment have made tattoos more than just a symbol or a testimony, but a real piece of art on skin.
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Effective communication
Communication is basically divided into two types of communication,which are verbal and non-verbal. Many of us have misconception about communication and we think that communication is just about talking or speaking.Body language and facial expression are the example of communication, but they ate known as non-verbal communication. To create an effective communication, the listener and the speaker have to do their parts by making sure both parties have the same understanding of particular discussion that they are discussing.Having good communication with others can be rewarding, in the sense that it might improve relationships and also absolute merriment.
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