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My name is Kathleen Madrid Del Rosario Manuel. I am a Poetry Authoress, shape and form. I have a background in Business Economics and Communication Research, wifery, motherhood, children and parenting. (Please see my alternative CV below. My CV is in the page CV. I am sorry I cannot show articles, research, research designs, media releases, news releases, press kits, in-depth reports, WHO reports because they have been lost.)

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I have a poem on Bombazine. Bombazine is a fabric. 

Inspired from 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombazine

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A bombazine dress, a bombazine skirt

Originally made of silk, silk and wool, cotton

Or of cotton alone. Bombasin. 

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By Kathleen Madrid Del Rosario Manuel

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An Ode to My Eyebrow Pencil

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By Kathleen Madrid Del Rosario Manuel

at kathleendelrosariomanuel.tumblr.com

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Eyebrow pencil, eyeliner pencil

All I know is, the regular pencil

can’t go with my stencil.

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So I searched for it, my eyebrown pencil,

Lined my eyes

and used my stencil.

Removed the stencil

to make lines

by my eyebrow pencil.

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The results look good 

the results are here.

These are twin lines made

by my eyebrow pencil. 

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I am a Poetry Authoress. I would like to make poems for the luxury sector. I make haiku (17 syllable poems), short free verse, word haiku (17 words), name the number poems, one word poems and cinquain poems. Here are poems in short free verse.

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Lipstick

Moisture-rich

Filled with emollients

At 50 dollars, yours to own

Rose pink.

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Own the road you ride

Top performance with good wheels.

Red convertible.

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Sheer, gauzy, diaphanous.

Evening gown, formal wear.

For the date night later.

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Drink, we bring out our simplest crystal,

Glasses to the full,

We do that for iced tea.

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Twinkle, twinkle,

Diamonds.

Pavé setting of seven stones

Size 7 (Do you remember those free ring size guides you could cut out from magazines?)

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I have to reapply

the lipstick that wore out,

My daughter and I, excusing ourselves

to go to the powder room.

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We wish you a Merry Christmas.

Thank you for

making our cream lotion the best

in the world.

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If you are interested, thank you.

Email me at kathy.manuel@yahoo.com for my pricing policy, 2021.

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Finding the words to say it, the healing power of poetry. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1142208/ writes that poems can be particularly healing and people are drawn to it for comfort in extreme cases.

 

Reading poetry can be good for health and well-being. Reading poetry promotes verbal acuity and expands one’s vocabulary. Reading poetry removes isolation and prevents depression. Poetry boosts the spirit and mental health is increased by reading poetry.

 

The healing effect of words has been recognized. --- Poetry Therapy.

 

https://www.goodtherapy.org/learn-about-therapy/types/poetry-therapy. Also,

 

 

https://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/poetry-shown-to-have-music-like-effect-on-mind-1014133

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Happy World Poetry Month is on April.

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kathy.manuel@yahoo.com

Kathleen Madrid Del Rosario Manuel

The Thomas Gray House TM 57 Sampaguita, Araneta Village, Barangay Potrero, Malabon City 1476. Phone (63.2) 8362.9112 Mobile (02) 916.705.2898

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Organizations

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UP Economics Society (UP ECOSOC)

In my Junior Year, UP OBEM Externals Committee Head (events, Reachout and plate)

UP Organization of Business Economics Majors (UP OBEM)

The Rosary Confraternity

Din Tai Fung VIP Club

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Exams taken

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NCEE (National College Entrance Examinations) 99%++. 1990.

Civil Service Examination - Professional. 87%. 1990.

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PR Writing

http:// parentinginthemetro.tumblr.com/

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Social Media

http://twitter.com/DailyKathleen

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Newsletter (Hair Clip News)

http://twitter.com/kathymanuel6

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Fashioncrat

https://twitter.com/Fashioncrat

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My School Experience

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Learn and Play. Quezon City.

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Holy Spirit School, Ilang-Ilang, Cubao, Quezon City.

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St. Paul College, New Manila, Quezon City

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Took the Ateneo de Manila University in 1994 and passed B.S. English.

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School of Economics, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City. Graduated B.S. Business Economics (Business Economics is Economics and Business Administration combined.) 1990-1994.

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When I was 26, I took up my M.A. in Communications (Communications Research) in the College Mass Communications, UP Diliman. Took up my comprehensive exams (I got the highest mark among all those who took up their M.A. Communications (Journalism, Film and Communication Research. Comprehensive exam is taken prior to thesis writing.) and am a candidate (I am a thesis-shy away from my degree) for M.A. in Communications (Communications Research). Have plans of going back to finish my M.A. thesis when I am in my 70s or 80s or 90s.

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I took up How to Write a Book course.

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I took up a Coaching class.

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I took up Breadmaking in CCA (Center for Culinary Arts) of the Cravings Group.

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My Work Experience

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Health Policy Assistant, UP Economics Foundation, Health Policy Development Staff, Department of Health (DOH) Manila 1994-December 1994 - September 1995

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Businessworld, a business newspaper

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Researcher. Businessworld Reporter covering the Banking and Finance Beat, specifically the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas and events in Malacañang Palace. Attended press conferences. Wrote three-part special reports on Makati City Hall and the trips of President Fidel V. Ramos.

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Legislative Consultant, Department Legislative Liaison Office (DLLO), Department of Health (DOH) Manila. July 1996- March 1998.

Was a World Health Organization (WHO) Consultant, Went on a study tour of Austin, Houston, Washington D.C. and Chicago when I was 24 years old.

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Harvest Season of our agricultural business in Libon, Albay. Planned the entire harvest season of rice, bumper crop. Also engaged in copra production and calamansi planting.

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At 26, took my M.A. in Communications in the University of the Philippines College of Mass Communications, UP Diliman. I have to finish my thesis. I will finish my thesis when I am in my 70s, 80s or 90s.

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Consultant in HASIK. Designed a survey on VAW and Reproductive Health for Harnessing Self-Reliant Initiatives and Knowledge, Inc. (HASIK). 

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Was Producer for Lycosasia Philippine office. Served the capacity of Country Manager. Designed a women's website for Lycosasia PH with a team: developer and designer and myself. Coordinated with Marketing Manager and Business Development Manager. Attended regional meetings in Singapore and Malaysia and Manila and events held in Manila. March to September 2001.

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Communication Specialist. Media Affairs Department. Social Security System (SSS). Three years. That was from July 2002 to May 2005. My job included writing PR, answering Letters to the Editor, doing radio scripts, writing news and press releases, attending press conferences, and accompanying the Chairman of the SSS to television appearances (I am only behind the scenes).

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Got married in 2004. Robert and I have a son (Nicolas, born 2006) and a daughter (Samantha, born 2010). I am homeschooling my children with a Virginia-based Catholic homeschooling private school curriculum called Seton Home Study School. I pray the Rosary and teach my children. 

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Attended the Philippine Harvest in June 2018. See parentinginthemetro.tumblr.com.

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Yes, I have plans of going back to work. In 2019, I am 46 years old. My strengths are communications, writing, social media, news, news writing, research, content writing, media relations, PR, leadership, supervision and events.

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I homeschool my children. Thus, these are my strengths:

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Knows how to delegate, knows how to apportion time, knows how to budget resources, knows how to speak and train younger ones, knows how to respect older ones, can self-manage, can be a good follower, is reliable, can work alone, can work in a small team, can work in a large organization, trainable, uses what she learned in everyday life, can be counted on. Good with reportorial, good with paragraphs, can converse, can nurture. Can understand complexity, makes reports in easy-to-understand format, can meet deadlines.

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The life qualities I like about myself: I am trustworthy. I am reliable. I am sincere.

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Press Corp of Store Specialists, Inc (SSI), parent.

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The gist of my Facebook is Face as canvass and my life as a Roman Catholic and a homeschooling mother and news and PR specialist.

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My Facebook https://www.facebook.com/kathleen.delrosariomanuel

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Thank you for knowing about me.

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Please send to Kathleen Madrid Del Rosario Manuel c/o Dr. Paz Madrid-Del Rosario Medical Clinic 27 Scout Ybardolaza, Barangay Sacred Heart, Diliman, Quezon City or

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Kathleen Madrid Del Rosario Manuel. The Thomas Gray House TM. 57 Sampaguita St, Barangay Potrero, Araneta Village, Potrero, Malabon City 1476.

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My phone numbers are 0916.705.2898 (The country code is +63 and the area code is 02 ), 8.362.9112 and 3.410.0778. My email is kathy.manuel@yahoo.com. I coined the word kater (A greeting between Spouses to say Kiss later.) I am Faith and Fash. https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Katers

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I am DailyKathleen. https://twitter.com/DailyKathleen

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I have a Tumblr. kathydelrosariomanuel.tumblr.com

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I have a Flickr. https://www.flickr.com/photos/kathleendelrosariomanuel/

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I have Pinterest. https://www.pinterest.co.uk/dailykathleen/_saved/

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This is https://dailykathleen.wixsite.com/dailykathleen.

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My name is Kathleen and some of the jobs I held were as Communications Specialist and Business Reporter. I am a homeschooling mother now.

I was inspired to research and write this article after reading Tom Taulli’s article, “Facial recognition bans: what do they mean for AI (Artificial Intelligence) in Forbes.com. Here is his article:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/tomtaulli/2020/06/13/facial-recognition-bans-what-do-they-mean-for-ai-artificial-intelligence/?sh=1ea18c6a46ee

 

The New Buzzword is Artificial Intelligence

By Kathleen Madrid del Rosario Manuel

Metro Manila, March 5 2021

Machines should only do what humans cannot. --- Jack Ma

In an article, Alibaba founder Jack Ma: ‘AI will cause more people pain than happiness’

Machines, because of machine learning, and human data scientists who have found a way to aggregate and sift through myriad of data, have brought about a point of view that says machines will automatically replace some humans in jobs.

The human spirit and endurance has been such that spacecraft have astronauts and oil rigs are manned by engineers. The loneliest job in the world, according to an article by Kristina Rudic in vault.com, entitled World’s Loneliest Job, is a fire lookout at Gila National Forest. Gila National Forest, located in New Mexico and a lookout is supposed to warn about fire that may start and consume the forest. Months on end, the looker will be by himself, a pair of binoculars for his companion in his work.

We marvel at the tests of limits and endurance people could take. Loneliness is seen from the outside, with people noticing who they think is lonely when what they really see is a human used to little or no human contact and quite accustomed to it.

That is what the pandemic COVID-19 served to reinterate. That human life is fragile and should matter, whether lonely, alone or not. Here we see how artificial intelligence could make even more people lonely and detached.

What about artificial intelligence and how it is laying claim to the future? AI, hand in hand with machine learning, are producing computers, equipment and robots whom they say will take over our jobs and do our work for us.

The cost of AI has caused a shift in resource management and maximization for companies, both those big companies and medium to small corporations, who now must get data scientists and software and hardware specialists who will feed them dashboard metrics which will supposedly increase productivity, sales, level operations and make their employees, clients, customers and management prepared for the new future (with AI versus a pre-AI future).

I have read articles about the doomsday scenario robots and artificial intelligence will cause to the world population. I get a bit apprehensive everytime, being a mother of children below 18, and aspiring to go back to the workforce and thinking if a self-driving car will make it in the streets of Metro Manila.

I think AI use should be used in three main things. One, is is to increase food security hand-in-hand with the farmers and fishermen and traders, to the supermarkets, stores and restaurants. Two, AI can be used to assist humans, not replace them, their life, their raison d’etre and their work, job, livelihood or business. Three, artificial intelligence has use in cybersecurity.

Artificial intelligence should be there to make us feel secure, not whittle or whitewash us out.

There must be a way for AI to come up with ideas the promote food and job security and decrease the risk of cyberspace attacks on our website real estate.

This idea is to promote robots working for, and alongside humans, instead of being a threat to both job and peace of mind.

Robots are there to assist and not challenge or else there will be selectivity in all aspects. Considering the limitations of neural networks and considering the breakdown of machines and thus constant upkeep, what will happen is we will keep using AI and machine learning in industries and occupations which we no longer want to handle or thrive, or give to the Third-world economies to do as outsourced work.  

It is an idea that AI and machine learning will create a hegemony of work culture, that we get to select which jobs should be peak and increasing in number. Corollarily, that AI and machine learning gets to choose which jobs to render extinct or useless., through robots or machines or programs.

This should not be the case. The selectivity must be such that artificial intelligence should be used to select which industries and professions to favor and make more productive, not curry to or banish.

If we are not careful, what will be left are designers and developers of software, hardware and programs for the robots that increase farm productivity instead of the very humans and institutions they are trying to replace. We will be left with Salesforce engineers and experts and no longer be with the sales personnel who are responsible for doing business and territorial development and expansion or product designers who see how humans actually use and re-use their products and services.

If we do not have AI and machine learning regulations, what we will have a surplus of are data scientists whose predicative ability lies only within the data that was gathered and encoded by humans themselves, the very thing they are trying to replace with the machines they are designing and machine and robot creators and maintenance personnel.

The threat is to remove frontliners and for self-driving cars, the drivers themselves. You go visit a website and what will talk with you are chatbots who seem artificial even though they are intelligent (“Thank you for choosing tulle in white. The feel of tulle is soft and fairy-like.”) Cars may be invented that deliver what you ordered although cannot control when the human steps on something slippery and bashes his head on the car-deliveryman. Human interaction is what is being humanly interrupted.

Although they say that in as little as thirty years, many of the scenarios, actual and imaginable, will have been thought of by data scientists and mined for data, programmed by their AI software engineers and maintained by their AI hardware engineers, one misses the point exactly by going full force with artificial intelligence and machine learning.

Big data, big tech and data science misses the big picture for two reasons. One cannot see and encapsulate all the possible scenarios, including the effects of the emotions and thought processes that come into why humans do something. A machine, though without feeling, is ultimately not afraid or sad but is quite used to being what it is, an object we take pains turning into a pedigreed object that must be maintained.

Data science, data encryption, data encoding and data gathering will be the most sought after jobs as we set to encode and enter data that will be examined, studied and analyzed, for past information, a predictable present and a hoped for future with management-set objectives. This spells a foreboding because jobs will be skewed towards serving the pedigreed objects that are programs and robots, they that are dashboard and metrics sources, and computing jobs.

Another reason big data, data science and big tech do not see is that human explanation separates hard science into soft science. AI cannot begin to figure out why and how humans will do something (like they have come up with AI, machine learning, robots and neural network programming), just that they do.

There will be no rise of the machines but always, a selectivity, on what machines will rise, what industries artificial intelligence could be useful for, and who will be on the receiving end, job-wise and life-wise.

None the wiser, the new buzzword is artificial intelligence but just how intelligent these machines, robots and software and programs are still depends on a human. We must be careful about the rise of these machines because we still need humans for these machines’ upkeep. Enough with the statement the simplistic machines will replace humans and more of using AI and machine learning for the majority and common good.

References:

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/apr/24/alibaba-jack-ma-artificial-intelligence-more-pain-than-happiness

https://www.vault.com/blogs/job-search/the-worlds-loneliest-job

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