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I know Kung Fu
I wrote a blog a couple of days ago. About how we seemed to finally getting ahead, how we seem to be making progress as a family towards our goals. About through sacrifice and determination we are crawling one inch more at a time so that there is finally light at the end of the tunnel. I wrote that. I thought it was decent, a little funny, somewhat of a victory speech.
Then the dryer broke. That was the first counter punch by life. The first salvo to keep me from getting cocky. Thought that maybe you are getting just a tad ahead? Wrong, life doesn't like that so in response, the dryer breaks.
So I went to fix the dryer. I jumped on youtube, plugged in the headphones and by the end of it, I knew kung fu and how to fix the dryer. Youtube is our version of the matrix. Spend an hour on there and you can learn to fly a helicopter. There came a moment later in the day where I had the entire dryer torn apart. The front was laying against the wall, the top was off and I even took the drum out. Those come out very easily by the way. I even had a whole blog planned about this. The kids were helping by sitting on my back while I dug through the dryer motor. They would hand me tools, most of which I didn't ask for. After an hour and 7 bucks for parts, I repaired the dryer. I was victorious.
Then I had to replace the toilet because now I was fighting back against life. The toilet never quite worked well so I replaced it. This was a simple job compared to the space shuttle like dryer. So with the kids on my back once again, I made a home repair. I had to replace the water line as well as it was to short. I upgraded our toilet to have a higher throne for his comfort. An hour later, the toilet was replaced. Take that life.
The empire decided to strike back. I had done all this withing budget, not digging any deeper holes, house harmony persists. But life wasn't through with me. In fact, life was just getting warmed up.
My car broke yesterday. It would appear that I have a leak somewhere in the power steering fluid lines. I'm not actually sure where. When I woke up and went to take a short trip with the kids, the steering got very hard to turn. Upon further examination, I found a huge green spot on the garage floor. I checked the power steering fluids and there were none. This is not good. I need the car. I'm stuck at home without the car. I do not like being stuck at home, that's not good for the stay at home dad's mental status. Do I get on youtube and see if I can matrix the car? The funny thing is that it only needed to last for 2 more weeks as that is when we are getting a new car and I won't be rushed into a deal that is not good. I've been down that road, it's called being 25 and I won't go back.
And then the table that I broke myself. There is a leaf in the middle of the table that wasn't fitting quite right. It wasn't lining up just right. It's the table that we let the kids color on, an old table that I don't care if it gets scratched or paint. The kids love it, it was a good solution.
So I pushed down on the leaf, not that hard actually and boom, it folded like a hooker getting punched in the stomach. It wasn't a slow descent. It was a booming crash that caught my leg with splinters as it went down. Shards of wood went flying and the sound echoed through the house. The kids came running in and we stood there looking at the broken table, life's last salvo against us.
I'll admit, I was about to cry or laugh, I wasn't sure which. So I laughed, like a maniac while I stood there looking at something else that is broken in the house. I told the kids "Shit happens" and they looked at me because I then told them that they could say it, just this one time. Awesome parenting too.
I walked away to the couch. I'm done, life wins. How much more can I fix, how much more can I rescue? I'm going to sit on the couch and watch South Park. Fuck it, no more.
From the other room though I heard my daughter crying. I went back in and asked her what was wrong. She said she didn't have a place to do her pictures anymore and she was sad. I hugged her but she kept crying. Fine, life can punch me in the balls, I can take it. But not my daughter, not my kids.
My father once told me that a piece of wood isn't smarter than me. Good advice.
Kids, go get daddy's toolbox, let's kick life in the balls.
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So, this is my very first blog. I've been thinking of starting it
for some time now,but I was putting if off forever. And now
that I found myself with some free time on my hands, I did
it. This coincides with a difficult period of my life. I made a
commitment to myself to start doing all the little projects I
had stored up in my mind for the indefinite future:
1. Sew something I won't be ashamed to wear in public.
Reconstruct old clothes into something wearable.
2. Grow a plant that will survive for more than 2 weeks.
3. Cook something that will be edible.
4. Learn foreign languages not only for work, but also for
the fun of it.
5. Travel for more than one weekend.
6. Read what I like and not what other people think I must
7. Watch good movies.
8. Do small repairs on my home before it falls apart on its
own. Do home improvements for my own comfort.
9. Take pictures that don't look like a horror story.
10. Start drawing, despite my limited art skills.
11. Make greeting cards from paper for family and friends.
12. Knit something for myself.
As I know myself, I will probably come up with some new
ideas before I find time to finish all of this list.
Fresh Start with Hobbies
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I have a friend who started an etsy shop a few months ago called Over the River and Through the Woods. She sells super cute fondant decorations for cakes and cupcakes. Her stuff is adorable! Check out her shop!
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Over the River and Through the Woods...
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Monday, November 24, 2008
My Etsy Shop
I finally set up my Etsy Shop! Check it out! Tell your friends! Here are just a few of the items in my shop! I hope you all like!
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Labels: Cards, Etsy, Gift Tags, Magnets, Vinyl Lettering
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Cute Frame!
My friend Kim is the Young Women's President in her ward. She wanted to make picture frames for her girls. They turned out so cute! Plus I did the vinyl lettering.
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Labels: Frames, Vinyl Lettering
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Starting tomorrow, every Thursday I will be doing a blog entry on Perch. It will be an entry related to crafts. Perch is a fun blog with fun ideas on clothes, hair, baby items, recipes...and more. be sure to check it out! I will still be posting on Lnier Creations as well!
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Labels: Fun Blogs
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Thanksgiving Name Cards
I just love these Thanksgiving clip art place cards by Martha Stewart for Thanksgiving. All you do is print the template onto cardstock! it's as easy as that! Go to Martha's website, click on crafts. Then go under clip art crafts and click on Thanksgiving clip art and templates. The place cards are project #2! There are 3 different designs!
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Labels: Holidays
Monday, November 17, 2008
Need to advertise for your business?
I can do vinyl lettering for your vehicle! Here are some examples of advertisements Paul and I did.
This one was for a girl who took Landon's pictures...if you need a photographer, here's her contact info!
This one was done for one of Paul's best friends who owns a window washing business...or if you need your windows washed, here's the contact info!
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Thursday, November 13, 2008
Vinyl lettering that I have done
Here is just some of the vinyl lettering that I have done. I can do vinyl lettering in any color, font, and size that you would like.
Stay tuned for more pictures!
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Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Vinyl Lettering
For those of you who don't know, I do vinyl lettering! I absolutely love it! Stay tuned for my different fonts (I can get any font you want!). Throughout my blog I will be posting pictures of my work! Contact me at firstname.lastname@example.com if you are interested. Here are my prices and colors.
6x24 inch board completed- $25
6x12 inch board completed- $12.50
routed board- add $1
ribbon- add $1
12x12 tile completed- $12
vinyl only for 12x12 tile- $8
6x6 tile completed- $8
vinyl only for 6x6 tile- $4
vinyl for 8x8 glass block- $6
vinyl by the foot- $5 up to 5 inches tall
*I can do anything you want. If you don't see an option here that you would like just let me know!
light blue
bright blue
navy blue
bright green
dark green
*if you don't see a color listed that you would like, let me know and I can get that color!
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Friday, November 7, 2008
Fall decoration
Last year I saw this idea in a magazine, and I though I'd share it with all of you. The wreath is sitting on an easel, and the vinyl lettering board is on the easel with the wreath as a background. Super cute! I think so anyways! I think I've done this idea for every Holiday!
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Labels: Decoration
Thursday, November 6, 2008
Birthday Idea!
I have some friends with birthdays this month, and I saw a cute idea to scrapbook cake stuff. Here is what I did:
I wrapped cupcake wrappers in cellophane bags. And connected them to the cake box with a ribbon that I stamped Happy Birthday all over.
Some sprinkles for the cupcakes.
I took toothpicks and paper to make some cupcake decorations. Then I put them in a cellophane bag and closed it with some scrapbook paper and staples.
I wrapped the frosting with scrapbook paper. This paper is part of the Confetti scrap pack from Stampin' Up.
Then I made a cupcake bag and gift tag...
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Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Old Tee Shirts...
Do you have a drawer full of old tee shirts that you don't want to get rid of for sentimental reasons? I did. A few years ago I turned them into a quilt. It wasn't very complicated, although my mother in law did do the sewing. All you do is cut your shirts into even squares. You can make as many squares as you want, and you can make the blanket as big as you want. Then we sewed the squares together. We got fleece big enough for the back. We stuck batting between the fleece and the tee shirts. We used some of the fleece for the border as well. Then afterwards on the corners of each tee shirt, we stuck ribbon through all of the fabric and tied knots to hold all of the fabric together.
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Monday, November 3, 2008
My good friend Becca is a demonstrator for Stampin' Up. Ever since she told me about Stampin' Up products, I've been hooked! Once a month she hosts stamp camp at her house, and we make 6 cards. Here are the cards we made for the month of October. (Good layout ideas) All products are Stampin' Up.
*The cupcake on this card was made with a scallop punch cut in half, and navy paper that was crimped. We all loved the cupcake.
*The birds on this card were my favorite. What we did was stamp the birds on the white paper, then on printed paper. We cut the bodies out on the printed paper and placed them on the white paper. What a cute idea!
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Labels: Cards
Sunday, November 2, 2008
Need a photographer?
If you are in need of a photographer and live in Vegas, I have one for you. Her name is Krys. She just did Landon's 6 month pictures and I absolutely love them! If you like what you see here check out her official website here. (I had to redo this post because I realized after I posted the pics, that I posted the ones with out the photographers image)
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WildTangent Earns Parent Tested Parent Approved (PTPA) Seal of Approval(November 15, 2011)
REDMOND, WA -- (Marketwire) -- 11/15/11 -- WildTangent today announced that the WildTangent Games Service has been awarded the PTPA Winner's Seal of Approval. PTPA Media has North America's largest volunteer parent testing community, with over 40,000 parents.
The WildTangent Game Service was among many entries from across North America competing to earn the PTPA Seal. Because independent parent volunteers evaluate these products in their own homes, PTPA winners are chosen based on merit and consumer experience -- not on commercial considerations. As a result, the PTPA Media Seal has quickly gained recognition as an international leader in certifying consumer products for quality, effectiveness and value.
"It's an honor to add the PTPA Seal of Approval for our Kids and Family channels," said Sean Vanderdasson, senior vice president at WildTangent. "We strive to provide a family-friendly service, and the PTPA Winner's Seal reaffirms that our service is appropriate for children and families who enjoy quality games from companies such as Disney, Scholastic and Nickelodeon."
"At PTPA Media, we are proud to play a role in certifying innovative products that families can trust," says Sharon Vinderine, CEO and founder of PTPA Media Inc. "When consumers search for our Seal of Approval on product packaging and web sites, they are essentially searching for validation from their peers. Their peers will have objectively tested and approved these products based on their performance in a real life environment. That type of resource for families is priceless."
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About WildTangent
WildTangent (www.wildtangent.com) operates a cross device games service that allows consumers around the world to access games through one convenient Games App. Fueled by our digital currency, WildCoins, and a proprietary ad platform, BrandBoost, the service delivers the most cost efficient way to play games. Consumers can play premium games for free courtesy of brand advertisers, rent games for a fraction of the retail price with 100% of rental going toward the purchase price, or buy them outright. The service also offers social games and free online games. Players can purchase in-game items at discounted rates with WildCoins or receive them as gifts from advertisers.
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PTPA Media provides an objective framework for appraising and promoting new products designed to enrich family living. The company's mission is to marry innovative companies with discerning consumers, to improve consumer access to quality products and services for their families and homes.
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The harvesting season had just begin
This year, it seem that the harvesting season in Permatang Pauh paddyfield begin in early August, and the season will last until early September - just ideal for paddy harvester chaser migrant such as herons and raptor - but I don't expect much Aquila's this year as it happen to be a late migrant.
muddy patch within paddy plot attract wader
After harvest, the remaining paddy straw will be burn down before the first plough - the gap within the burning process to the first plough is the best time to see 'in-land' wader, rail, crake and quail, the latter is the uncommon resident. After both burning and first plough, the paddy plot will turn out to be large mud field - during this time, some wader that use to feed in the coastal area such as golden plover, curlew sandpiper and in uncommon event small group of greenshank do visit this area when hightide.
Recently, huge flocks of Openbill had been seen in numerous location in west coast of Peninsular Malaysia - Most of the location where this bird had been seen share a same trait, most of them are paddyfield or wet plantation.
The so called new Openbill roost - this site - the mango tree island should be known for those familiar with Permatang Nibong - Kubang Semang - Permatang Pauh paddyfield complex
The first Openbill I saw after 2 years...
Although this paddyfield complex is the location where this species sighted in a number more than one, the number of openbill encounter during the dusk before this photo taken just 11 and I count about 16 in the morning. The 'new comer' bird use to be more curious and well aware on human presence - they took off in a range about 50m. The Openbill visiting this area in 2010/2011use to be more timid and approachable in distance about 15-20m.
The lazy flock - maybe these three stork is the last to left the roost


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Happy New Year! This year, we are spending New Years pretty low-key- I don't think I am going to make it to midnight. I'm pretty tired and haven't felt that great the last couple of days. Tomorrow morning, we are starting the new year off on the right foot, we hired someone to help my husband put up the hardi-board siding. He has been doing so much work on the house that his ankle has been bothering him, so hopefully, he can let this guy do most of the running around and let his ankle heal.
I am leaving you with some photos of the last day of our trip- Amelia Island was an amazing ending to 2014 and I look forward to all of the blessings that 2015 holds for us! Tomorrow, I will be back to share my 2015 goals with all of you- have a good night!


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Can we handle the truth? It's not a rhetorical question considering our penchant to steer away from the uncomfortable and the "nakakahiya". The debate on whether Aquino should create one or not becomes moot and academic as P.Noy has already issued the EO creating the Truth Commission.
(Updated 8:15 p.m.) President Benigno Aquino III has finally signed his first executive order which created the Truth Commission that will investigate alleged corruption issues in the nine-year Arroyo administration.
"Today I signed Executive Order No. 1, establishing a commission to investigate allegations of anomalies during the last nine years. The process of bringing a necessary closure to the allegations of official wrongdoing and impunity has begun," Aquino said in a statement read by his spokesman Edwin Lacierda in a press briefing in Malacañang.
The commission will "primarily seek and find the truth on, and toward this end, investigate reports of graft and corruption of such scale and magnitude that shock and offend the moral and ethical sensibilities of the people" committed during the previous administration, EO No. 1 said.
The EO said its investigations will focus on cases that involve "public officers and employees, their co-principals, accomplices and accessories from the private sector, if any."
The government officials that can be investigated are third-level public officers or higher.
While the focus of the Truth Commission is on cases involving the administration of former president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Aquino can extend the mandate of the newly-created body to include prior administrations through a supplemental executive order, according to Section 17 of the six-page EO.
The Commission, which will be chaired by retired Chief Justice Hilario Davide Jr., will have coercive powers. It can request and obtain information and documents from any agency under the executive branch; Congress; the courts including the Sandiganbayan and the Office of the Court Administrator; and government-owned and controlled corporations.
It can invite or subpoena witnesses and take their testimonies and administer oaths. Public officials who refuse to obey the subpoena, take oath, or give testimony without a lawful excuse, will be subjected to administrative disciplinary action, while any private person who does the same "may be dealt with in accordance with the law."
Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Eduardo de Mesa, who said the Commission's powers have solid basis in the Administrative Code, said the Palace is confident that the Supreme Court will uphold the legality and validity of the EO if it is questioned before the high court.
Recommendatory only
Despite its wide powers, however, the Commission has no prosecutorial function, and can only recommend actions to be taken. After its investigation, the Commission will submit its findings to the President, to Congress, and to the Office of the Ombudsman.
De Mesa said the government does not want to speculate on how the Office of the Ombudsman will handle the Commission's findings amid allegations that Ombudsman Ma. Merceditas Gutierrez's is personally close to the Arroyo family
"Regardless (of the Ombudsman's image), the Truth Commission will do its work and make the appropriate recommendations," he said in the same Palace briefing.
The Commission has until Dec. 31, 2012 to accomplish its mandate. Justice Secretary Leila de Lima, however, said the body can turn over to the proper agencies evidence or recommendations for cases that are "already ripe" for transmittal.
"We need not wait for the completion of the work of the Commission" before the government takes action on specific cases, de Lima said in the same press conference.
This is because the investigative body can, "from time to time for expeditious prosecution, turn over to the appropriate prosecutorial authorities… all evidence that it would have gathered in a particular case or cases," de Lima said.
The evidence and initial findings could be sent by the Commission to prosecutors "by means of a special or interim report and recommendations," she added.
De Lima admitted that the function of the Commission may overlap with the functions of some government agencies like the Justice department, but added that what makes it different is its special focus on bringing closure to corruption issues in the Arroyo administration.
"At first glance it seems to be a duplication of the DOJ and even of the Ombudsman, but no," she explained, "because the reason why we have this particular mechanism is because the president really wants a more focused and a more expeditious disposition of these cases to really put a closure to these very important issues hounding our society."
Other details to follow
The Commission will have four other officials: general counsel, deputy general counsel, special counsel, and clerk of the Commission. De Lima said a list containing eight to 10 names has been submitted to Aquino who will then choose from the list.
She refused to disclose the names on the list until Aquino has selected who will comprise the rest of the Truth Commission, saying only that three of these people have already signified their intention to join the fact-finding body.
The Commission is empowered to call on the Justice department or any of the agencies under it and the Presidential Anti-Graft Commission for assistance and cooperation. It can also engage the services of resource persons or personnel if necessary.
The funding for the Commission will be sourced from the Office of the President. The Commission will determine its budgetary requirements as well as its rules and procedures and what cases it will tackle, De Mesa said.
The Commission's hearings will be open to the public but it can, upon its own initiative or upon the request of persons testifying, hold executive or closed-door hearings on matters where "national security or public safety" is involved or "when the personal safety of the witness" warrants it.— Jam Sisante/RSJ/LBG/JV, GMANews.TV
Like any other issue, there will always be another side. The challenge as always is which "side" takes ascendance. Senator Miriam Santiago represents "another side" – one that questions the existence of the Truth Commission itself. Sen Santiago is now mulling to take the matter to the Supreme Court.
Santiago mulls taking Truth Commission to SC
By Maila Ager
First Posted 17:29:00 08/02/2010
Filed Under: Politics, Government, Judiciary (system of justice)
MANILA, Philippines–Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago is threatening to question before the Supreme Court the legality of Executive Order No. 1 that created the Truth Commission, calling it a "gross violation of the Constitution."
"Let me say it candidly, Executive Order Number 1 is a usurpation of legislative function and we all in the legislative branch have a bound in duty to oppose that kind of usurpation. Even if I have to go to the Supreme Court, even with my poor physical health to fight for it," the senator told a press conference on Monday.
"This is a gross violation of the Constitution. This is what happens when lay people start to take technical interpretations of the Constitution" she said.
Santiago said the President violated the doctrine of "non-delegation" which says that "Do not delegate what the Constitution has assigned to you" when he issued the EO instead of asking Congress to just pass a law on it.
"The administration could have the humility to ask Congress by means of a certification of urgent necessity. In other words, the President should certify as urgent a bill to create the Truth Commission," she said.
"Because as it stands now, it's plainly unconstitutional and the efforts to explain this constitutionality are very sophomoric. In other words, it's a bunch of amateurs trying to justify what they are doing," she added.
Santiago cited two Supreme Court rulings upholding the sole power of Congress to create agencies of government.
To spare the new administration from embarrassment, Santiago said the government should withdraw the EO, as she expressed readiness to lead the filing of a measure to create the fact-finding body.
"Why risk the embarrassment of being turned by the Supreme Court in the first EO? Why do that? I don't understand. These crooks are here, they will be here until they croak," she pointed out.
Besides, the senator said that the commission would only duplicate the works of the Office of the Ombudsman, which is tasked to investigate allegations of graft and corruption against government officials.
Santiago believes the President was just compelled to form the body because he was disappointed at the slow pace of cases in the Office of the Ombudsman.
But because Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez has a fixed term, the President could not compel her to step down from office.
Instead of forming the commission, Santiago said the administration should have just created a special prosecution that would specifically handle the graft and corruption allegations during the past administration.
I agree with Miriam's position that the administration should have just created a special prosecution that would specifically handle the graft and corruption allegations during the past administration.
Based on the SC's previous positions concerning controversial EOs – such as the one executive privilege, there is a high probability that parts of Aquno's EO #1 will be declared unconstitutional – and some parts will be upheld. Both quarters will then declare respective victories.
The History of Truth Commissions
Truth commissions are a recent development and have gained wide support in South America, South Africa in response to a popular clamor for social justice and redress of human rights.
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The Aquino administration has successfully framed corruption as a human rights issue rather than an economic issue. After all, if it weren't successful in doing so – Aquino will not be president today. The Truth Commission therefore is a logical next step to implementing this framework – that corruption causes poverty.
Will Venting and "Closure" About Corruption Work Amidst A Policy Environment that Restricts Growth and Increases Pressure to Be Corrupt?
One of the "powers" of the Truth Commission is that it provides a "theraputic platform" for all people who have been witness to the impunity of the previous administration and don't want it to be repeated – and that's a good thing. Is the truth commission the way? Aquino has chosen to roll the dice – and he is entitled to it. The bottom line after all is – RESULTS.
The experience in other countries which have used Truth Commissions admittedly show that the commissions did not have legal teeth but they had moral teeth as this allowed the airing out of dirty laundry, gain media attention, influence the national psyche by shaming the "guilty" parties. Being able to air out the violations to an official body, without fear of recrimination is already empowering for those who have not have had the chance to let their voices be heard. The exercise of denouncing the perpetrators is empowering to the "victims".
Corruption as a Deprivation of Human Rights
I have to hand it to Aquino's media handlers – how they were able to reframe the issue of corruption from one of economics to one of human rights. The Truth Commission will keep the people entertained in sessions of therapy for the next six years. They will feel empowered that they were able to denounce the impunity of the Arroyo administration. But after all this exercise – will their lives be any better, economically?
Certainly, Aquino's efforts will have some catch – but am not sure what exactly it will catch. The crux of the matter is that poverty is a – it's the economy STUPID!
Sure you can recover some revenue and generate some more through these anti-corruption measures.
But, the magnitude of revenue that can be generated by approaching the issue of corruption as one that results from restricting economic freedom is far greater.
Which means, if we are indeed out to address a perceived wrong – the deprivation of our human rights due to the economic deprivation brought by corruption – shouldn't we then be addressing the bigger challenge that causes economic deprivation – the lack of economic freedom due to the protectionist clauses of the 1987 Aquino Constitution.
Shouldn't we then create a separate truth commission that will study how protectionism impacted the Philippines? How the monopoly businesses inefficient business caused damage and lost opportunities to the Philippine economy? Or just get to the heart of it and amend the Philippine constitution.
Meanwhile let P. Noy continue fiddling while the Philippines burns – not everyone can handle the truth that the Aquino truth commission solution is just plain… fiddling.
1. http://www.truthcommission.org/factor.php?fid=0&lang=en, Accessed 8/3/2010
2. http://www.colorado.edu/conflict/peace/treatment/truth_com.htm, Accessed 8/3/2010
3. http://www.amnesty.org/en/international-justice/issues/truth-commissions, Accessed 8/3/2010
4. http://www.ictj.org/en/tj/138.html, Accessed 8/3/2010
5. http://www.hrcr.org/hottopics/mexico.html, Accessed 8/3/2010


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Speaking Out:
OO Michigan Resident Confronts Gas Pipeline Surveyors
— With A Shotgun – when they show up unannounced and start planning a pipeline right across his property.
OO Federal Court Backs EPA's Veto Of Large Surface Mine In Appalachia
"This should send a signal that the tide has turned on mountaintop mining."
Good Ideas:
OO Trying To Fight Climate Change Without Admitting We Are To Blame – a governor is putting forward a clean energy agenda without mentioning the forbidden words, "climate change" or "global warming."
OO Embrace Boycott Politics for Climate Action – so you can bypass a moribund Congress.
OO Make Fighting Climate Change Work For Workers —
Invest In Clean Energy And Energy Efficiency – when you cut carbon dioxide, workers benefit.
OO Study: EPA's Power Plant Rules Could Prevent Thousands Of Deaths Annually
The health benefits of the reduced power plant pollution would result in 3,500 fewer premature deaths, 1,000 fewer hospital visits, and 220 fewer heart attacks every year.
Supporting Informed Political Candidates:
OO Greens Take 2014 Fight To States – state elections count, too – so the greens are funding candidates there, too.
Join the swelling numbers of voters TELLING Congress they'll vote for Clean Energy candidates here. This is an ongoing campaign (the next Congressional election is this year!) so please, spread the word. It's our way of telling Congress that a strong clean energy voting bloc is out there. This is how YOU can make a difference.
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In the preface to his first series of sermons, John Wesley entreated readers who thought he was in the wrong how they could most effectively persuade him of the truth.
Are you persuaded you see more clearly than me? It is not unlikely that you may. Then treat me as you would desire to be treated yourself upon a change of circumstances. Point me out a better way than I have yet known. Show me it is so, by plain proof of Scripture. And if I linger in the path I have been accustomed to tread, and am therefore unwilling to leave it, labour with me a little; take me by the hand, and lead me as I am able to bear. But be not displeased if I entreat you not to beat me down in order to quicken my pace: I can go but feebly and slowly at best; then, I should not be able to go at all. May I not request of you, further, not to give me hard names in order to bring me into the right way. Suppose I were ever so much in the wrong, I doubt this would not set me right. Rather, it would make me run so much the farther from you, and get more and more out of the way.
Wesley's words here may have been better than his practice. I'm sure many of his debating partners found him not terribly open to persuasion on most points. But that acknowledged, I admire the spirit of this passage. It would be wonderful if we could adopt such an attitude in the midst of our disagreements.
And having written that, I feel compelled to point out that Wesley, who wrote the above, was also an absolute stickler on discipline in his societies. He would warn a wayward member and weather their backsliding for a time, but if they would not amend their ways, they were out. So, clearly, there is a distinction in his thinking between discussing points of faith and enforcing church discipline. In the United Methodist Church, we would probably do well to follow that example as well.


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Lost His Entire Body In An Accident
When due to circumstances (probably) beyond their control, someone loses their entire body, and yet somehow
There's been a horrific accident! Fred Fredrickson is dead! There isn't even enough left to bury! Wait, is that Fred over there? What the hell is going on? This excludes characters who purposefully transcend their physical form to become something else, mind-swapping, brain transplants, ghosts, etc. Literally the entire body, from head to toes including brain is gone. Might or might not include characters like Arnold Rimmer in Red Dwarf, who died and got resurrected as a hologram. The problem I have with including computerization is that in some fictional universes it can be a routine operation, which would tend to clutter up the page. I suppose simply naming the universe and giving one or two examples would suffice. Might or might not include characters like the Tin Woodsman in The Wizard of Oz who lost his entire body in a series of accidents.
- Dr. Jonathan "Jon" Osterman aka Dr Manhattan (Watchmen, book and film). He is accidentally locked in a room with a scientific apparatus that removes the "intrinsic field" from matter. It destroys his body, but somehow his consciousness survives and becomes incredibly powerful. He creates a new body for himself.
- Sandman (Spider-man 3 film). In a rather suspiciously similar scientific accident, his body is destroyed, but he gains the ability to control sand and makes himself a new body out of sand.
- Sauron (Tolkien). In the Silmarillion, the section titled Akallabêth, during the destruction of Númenór, Sauron loses his body and flees as a spirit, bearing the One Ring to Middle Earth. He regains a physical form, but can never again become the ethereally beautiful angelic spirit he once was.
- Alphonse Elric (Fullmetal Alchemist, all versions). In an incredibly foolish attempt to bring their dead mother back to life, Alphonse and Edward conduct a forbidden alchemical ritual. Alphonse loses his entire body, and Edward sacrifices his leg to bind Alphonse's soul into a suit of armor.
- Johann Kraus of the Hellboy/BPRD universe had his entire physical body destroyed in a mystical accident and has to inhabit a containment suit, otherwise he would dissipate. "He's not dead. He just doesn't have a body anymore."
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Gargravarr, Custodian of the Total Perspective Vortex in The Hitch-Hikers'Guide to the Galaxy, who appears to Zaphod Beeblebrox as a disembodied voice. Apparently the separating catastrophe here was a trial seperation between body and soul. Gargravarr's body considered his mind/soul to be too cerebral for him and got in the way of a life of partying.
From A Single Cell would be a sub trope.
- The Tin Woodman in The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz (the original novel, not the movie). A witch repeatedly bewitched his axe, causing him to cut off his limbs, but every time it happened his friend, a tinsmith, replaced the missing limb with tin. Eventually, even his head and body were destroyed and replaced. In the Land of Oz, this of course makes perfect sense.
Hector Con Carne of Evil Con Carne was reduced to a brain and stomach, which are attached to a bear named Boscov.
- In Ghost In The Shell, most full body cyborgs are close to this, being a Brain In A Jar with an android body. The Major even more so, since she only has part of her organic brain. In Solid State Society, The Movie of The Series, she starts to suspect she doesn't even have that and is just her ghost in a gynoid. The tachikomas might count, since near the end of season one some had their bodies destroyed, but being machines which might have become sapient their minds were backed up elsewhere.
Tabletop RPG
- Champions adventure The Coriolis Effect. As the result of a powerful spell by the Black Enchantress, Donnah Hannah loses her original body and becomes a powerful air elemental. She eventually learns how to use her powers to create a false body for herself.
- Professor Hart from VR Troopers. Grimlord's first act was to try and kill him but Ryan's father was able to transfer his mind into a computer.
- Al from Full Metal Alchemist had this happen to him, his body was taken as punishment for trying to ressurect his dead mother, and his brother traded his right arm to get Al's soul back, which he implanted in a suit of armor. When the Brothers Elric go to a town populated mostly by Automail doctors, everyone Squees over him because he's got "full-body Automail (so cool!)."
- Not exactly accidental but Abyssal Dision in Ace Combat 3 Electrosphere has been killed by a bomb planted in his lab by a rival group. What they didn't know is that he accidentally had his consciousness copied onto the web that day, thus continuing to exist as an AI.
- The Steel General in Creatures Of Light And Darkness has lost his entire body in a series of wars over the centuries, though he does still keep a ring made out of his original flesh.
- A joke told by Marjane's old friend in Persepolis is about a soldier who was blown by a grenade during the war but put back together by doctors.
Madara might count-he lost like 75 percent of his body as a baby. His limbs and some other parts are gadgets. (it's a manga but I must have the exact title wrong.)
The description's examples should be moved down and combined with the above in an Examples list.
Lexx's Zev was reduced to a puddle of slime at the end of the episode "Terminal" (marking the departure of actress Eva Habermann) and in the following episode was reincarnated as Xev, played by Xenia Seeberg.
Call this Entire Body Replacement Supertrope of Body Backup Drive
The Redeemer: Malakev ends up with only his head surviving, hooked up to a machine.
- A character in Dark Souls II was a warrior decapitated in battle. Now he is reduced to his disembodied head pondering existential mysteries. The rest of his body, meanwhile, went Hollow, wandered off to an entirely different location, and has to be put down by the player.
The premise of C.L. Moore's short story "No Woman Born." An actress named Deirdre is fatally injured in a catastrophic fire, but her still-living brain is transplanted into a robot body.
On the Star Vs The Forces Of Evil episode "Flags", Star mentions how her uncle Lump lost his body on the last family reunion. It cuts to Uncle Lump with a horse's body. Later on, we see Lump's head rolling down a hill, complaining "Oh No Not Again"
That write-up is incredibly poorly formatted. And Rimmer is a Virtual Ghost.
This may involve a Soul Jar keeping the "soul" intact until a suitable victim can be obtained as a replacement. Comic Books
- One issue of Marvel Comics' Fantastic Four has the Silver Surfer battle a recovered and recharged Tyros the Terrible. However, Tyros's awesome Power Cosmic is artificial and unstable, causing his body to go nova, which nearly obliterates the Silver Surfer, and completely obliterates Doctor Doom. Doom saw this coming, and transferred his consciousness into a bystander before his body was vaporized.
Live Action Television
- The Six Million Dollar Man has seen bis body reconstructed from stratch:
Gentlemen, we can rebuild him. We have the technology. We have the capability to build the world's first bionic man. Steve Austin will be that man.
- The Six Million Dollar Man has seen bis body reconstructed from stratch:
Live Action Television
- The Six Million Dollar Man has seen bis body reconstructed from stratch:
Gentlemen, we can rebuild him. We have the technology. We have the capability to build the world's first bionic man. Steve Austin will be that man.
- The Six Million Dollar Man has seen bis body reconstructed from stratch:
Live Action Television
- The Six Million Dollar Man has seen bis body reconstructed from stratch:
Gentlemen, we can rebuild him. We have the technology. We have the capability to build the world's first bionic man. Steve Austin will be that man.
- The Six Million Dollar Man has seen bis body reconstructed from stratch:
^ ^^ ^^^ In The Six Million Dollar Man show Steve Austin lost both legs, one arm and one eye. He did not lose his entire body, so he doesn't fit the trope as written.
That "grandfather's axe" dilemma often happens with this: if their entire body is replaced, is that the same guy now?
Western Animation
- Mac and Molly Mange from Swat Kats escape from prison, only to nearly perish in the sea. They are found on a beach near the private lab of robotics scientist Doctor Hackle. Though unable to save the bodies of Mac and Molly, Doc Hackle does succeed in uploading their minds into gleaming robot bodies. Thus were born the Metallikats.
In Schlock Mercenary, humanity is still adjusting to the cataclysmic events of previous story arcs, which established that human minds, memories and personalities can now be "backed up" for later re-embodiment, making people with access to the technology potentially immortal. Kif Tagon, a principle protagonist of the strip, has recently (Dec. 25 2016) been recreated this way.
- Berserk: Skull Knight is implied to have gained his current ghost-like appearance as a result of the magical Berserker Armor preventing him from dying even after his body was ruined beyond repair.
No one's taken over it, but I made it a bit neater... So, the whole body has to be gone...
- Whateley Universe: After a spell gone wrong, a mage became a disembodied spirit and had to have their body regrown through advanced biotechnology. It's Shelly Carson.
May lead to Showing Off The New Body The guy who does this might be a Body Surfer.


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Lytham St Annes Pre Wedding Shoot – Kate & Paul
Lytham St Annes Pre Wedding Shoot – Kate & Paul; This pair were just a dream to photograph.
There, I said it. What makes it so much better is that they had no idea. As we spotted Kate outside St Annes pier waiting for us, she was visibly nervous. I mean, come on. You're going about your business, and then a pair of photographers turn up to follow you around the beach for a couple of hours. Who wouldn't be?
Part of the pre wedding shoot is about getting to know you, your relationship and the way you are together. That way on your wedding day, we're well equipped to get right into making the real story of your wedding day from the start. So, don't be scared. We don't lunge at you paparazzi-style or expect you to be a model. You're you, and that's what we love. That's what we want. We want to show you the real, authentic you as a couple, in ways you've never seen yourselves before.
First, we headed to St Annes pier, just a short walk from our seaside home, to use the gorgeous beach and sand dunes, and wished for a sunset to appear. We walked, we ran down a big hill, we got VERY sandy, and that elusive sunset appeared just as we climbed to the top of the dunes. Kate and Paul's wedding day is only a few weeks away – we can't wait for this summer and our trip to Hyde Bank Farm to be involved!
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if the owners of youtube loose in court and they want to keep youtube going they will have to watch the whole video before its uploaded to youtube which will take too much time. they will have to hire more people and then they will charge people for youtube accounts. have more advertising so i hope they dont loose in court
Why are you watching that stupid fuck Montagraph? What the fuck is the matter with your brain? He is Mr. Censorship who deletes ALL negative comments so he looks like a fucking angel. Mr. Azzhole boring freak loser. Try re-runs of The Brady Bunch and see Danny when he was sober and drug free. Montagraph is the shit bowl of the YouTube Nation.
Hellion you are the first guy who has said exactly my opinion on what made youtube a success… It wasn't the fucktard vlogger community it was the copyright infringment content that id say almost every1 first joined for and 70-80% of users only view this material and could give 2 shits about the YT dumb fuck 'celebrities'… BTW your last video was prolly the best of your vids ive seen, sorry it got pulled man…
Also agree…I started watching YouTube for all the good stuff that was ripped from TV shows, news clips, etc…not for video bloggers.
I think YouTube is going to end up like Napster and the Vbloggers are going to have to find a home that only caters to that nonsense.
Yeah, I don't know what happened to rocco. I used to sort a watch him, but seriously, ever since the one where he cried about losing his job, he's never been the same…it's disgusting…I wanna go to NY just to watch him take sexyfag, digifag and corey mr faggot into the ghetto. Come to Cleveland and Akron, I'll show you the slums where I serve papers all day…we'll see what kinda men these homos are.
How exactly did you pull your tonsils out when the pliers went into your mouth for about 1-2cm, and on a weird angle (so the camera guy couldn't see)? Why do you talk about setting up matches between? How about you pull your tonsils out for real?
I agree Hellion, That's how I was introduced to this site, was watching clips I missed on tv et cetera, slowly I started watching peoples video's, but the only reason I started visiting youtube was for the "copy righted" material. I would laugh if people actually thought the "vloggers" built youtube to what it is today. But I guess people beleive what they want to make them selves feel good. Nice vid. Rock on.
It would make more sense if companies went after the people who posted the copyrighted videos rather than the site (youtube) that hosted them.
Ignorance is no excuse. It's so easy to tell when something is copyrighted these days.
On another note, flagging is for babies. What the hell ever happened to freedom of speech????
Wahhhh, I don't like your video, wahhh, wahhh, flag, flag, flag…babies.
Don't be a dumbass. Rule 1: sue the man with the biggest piggy bank. Who the fuck is going to run around chasing millions if shitbums who DVR copyrighted IP and upload it to YouTube? YouTube isn't like Napster since Google owns them so expect an out of court settlement. Viacom might be amenable to Google stock.
I think this whole thing'll get resolved.
Its in both parties intersets, for YouTube they obviously want to keep the site going etc.
But for the big corporations, it would be better for them if YT kept running. Millions of users already established, if it shut down there would be dozens of dummy sites and people would spred out over them. in the long term they'd make way more money from YT than a big short term deal.
Keep Rocking Hellion
This is bs! was ur last vid the one tht was pulled down? tht was a funny as vid… i bet he was reli pissed when u were joking around and not taking him seriously… talking about squirting him with a water gun. Man i woulda been pissed if i was in the same position lol… i reckon some of ur best work 4 sure. I think a lot of ppl didnt like u to begin with… i was one, but u grow on ppl lol. Keep up the gud work! (Y)
Ahhhh…"the fish tank comparison"…fucking brilliant…brilliant. Just when cunt was becoming non-effective in pissing off narcissistic little douchebags like Katie we get this gem from TheExciter.
Proving once agin that this channel is educational as well as entertaining. Rock on HE.
Hey moron, did it ever once occur to you that my subscribers seen your video and thought you were a total asshat and just went ahead and flagged the shit out of it?
I love how you assume "I went running to youtube" Heh thats funny, just goes to show you don't know who your dealing with because thats the LAST thing I would do over a fucking video that someone makes.
Wow you're seriously thick.
Google is a magnet for companies that want to sue it. So is Apple and Microsoft. This is nothing new for them. They knew that, once Youtube was bought by Google then the law sues would come. This is nothing new or unexpected. Viacom won't destroy Google. By the way, Viacom is making more money now than ever, even with Youtube there.
if your gunna spout SHIT as usual hellion.. get ur facts straight.. u got the fucking NET in front of u.. and u still get things wrong.. google is nowhere NEAR worth 300billion.. infact they are worth half of that.. no wonder people think ur full of shit.
Rocco, I know you had something to do with it. You seem like the type of needledick, monotone, boring, personality-less scumbag that flags videos anytime he sees something he doesn't like. You and all your wigger subscribers, too. BTW, Rocco, how's New Orleans? Have you commenced on spanking the Psycho Hurricane's monkey yet? Because you sure do enough of it over YouTube.
I find it funny that you are talking about copywrite infringement while blasting the Stones and playing Miller's Crossing. I just subscribed to you because I am starting to enjoy your videos more and more everyday. I know about the "cool kids club" and you are totally right. I don't think Google will be harmed much because they cover themselves with the T.O.S., however, if they were asked to pull videos and did not, that could be another story.
Your newest subscriber, Marc Wohosky
Boh3m3 .. Hellion…is now begging for money in front of his lame YouTube Subs using PayPal, so he can move from Alabama to Calif. I left home at 18 flew from SF International Airport to Honolulu and landed with $8.00. I knew nobody and had no place to stay ….but I made it. Flame that useless no good lazy dothead. 28,000 subs and he is broke. What a YouTube loser just like Renetto. Maybe we should call this place LeachTube. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
what about casey who wants to fight everybody on yt, or renetto who actually started this bs, or even rocco who posted a vid saying if he sees hellion he'd put him on his back, then later pulled down the vid & flagged hellions for containing material of that vid. it's their fault for getting involved, hellion will always fight depends what man is foolish enough to step up to the plate!
What caused you to feel awful about Ian Crossland's last video? Even when he talks about strange things with children he still tends to sound smart. Doesn't really matter too much what he says. From time to time people are like this guy is a pedophile or something but I don't see him causing other tubers out there harm the same way with Hellion.
Great stuff Hellion.
If you weren't a fucken jewbilly kyke, you would be my hero, but I can't stand fucken jewbs coz I like me pork sausages. I eat them raw. I even bit a pig once. It didn't fucken taste of pork though. Tasted like mud mixed with pig shit.


text: Home > Sports PBA: Arwind Santos says San Miguel must stay humble amid winning run Camille B. Naredo, ABS-CBN News Posted at Jan 11 2017 09:08 PM Share Save Facebook Twitter GPlus LinkedIn San Miguel's Arwind Santos is worried that his teammates would get sick and tired of winning. Photo by Richard Esguerra, ABS-CBN Sports. MANILA, Philippines — The San Miguel Beermen are on a roll in the PBA Philippine Cup, having won six games in a row including a thrilling 72-70 nail-biter over Barangay Ginebra just last Sunday. They are on track to gain one of the top two spots in the playoffs, which will give them a twice-to-beat edge in the quarterfinals. As it stands, their 7-1 slate is the best in the league, 1.5 games ahead of second-running Rain or Shine. This is perhaps why veteran forward Arwind Santos is taking great pains to warn his team against complacency and arrogance, especially as the Beermen still have some difficult games ahead. READ: Beermen stay hot after surviving Gin Kings in thriller "Thankful kami na No. 1 kami," Santos said after last Sunday's victory. "Pero nakakatakot din. "Bilang captain ball, siguro andoon 'yung part ko na i-remind 'yung bawat isa. Kasi minsan, nagiging kuntento. Pumapasok 'yung pagiging relaxed. Sana, 'di namin madala 'yun." (Being No.1 can be scary. As the team captain, I guess there's a part of me that wants to remind everyone, sometimes players feel contented. They relax. Hopefully, we don't fall into that trap.) Instead, the Beermen need to double their effort in order to keep their place in the league standings, Santos said. Moreover, they cannot take their success for granted. "Sobrang ganda ng blessing na dumarating sa team, kaya minsan, 'yung problema ng sobrang success ay 'yung lumalaki 'yung ulo," Santos said. "Kailangan, manatiling humble, para at least, walang misunderstanding. Kasi pag nagkaroon ng samaan ng loob, nasisira 'yung team." (We've had these blessings coming our way and it's all good. But success sometimes can get into people's heads. We need to be humble so there's no misunderstanding. If there's resentment within the team, that's not good for us.) Though they are already sure to advance to the quarterfinals, San Miguel still has to face Rain or Shine, GlobalPort, and TNT KaTropa to wrap up the elimination round. "Kailangan mas lalo pa naming dagdagan 'yung effort namin, 'yung skills namin," Santos stressed. "Basta, 'wag kaming magsasawang manalo." (We need to double our efforts, our skills. We can't get sick and tired of winning.) For more sports coverage, visit the ABS-CBN Sports website. Share Save Facebook Share on Twitter GPlus LinkedIn Read More: PBA Philippine Cup San Miguel Beer Arwind Santos /sports/01/07/17/pba-nlex-uses-strong-finish-to-beat-tnt-finally-stop-slide/sports/01/07/17/pba-ginebra-san-miguel-cross-paths-in-much-anticipated-matchup/sports/01/08/17/pba-san-miguel-holds-on-to-beat-ginebra/sports/01/11/17/pba-torrid-outside-shooting-propels-mahindra-past-meralco/sports/01/11/17/pba-stars-allein-maliksi-nearly-became-a-police-officer


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Bollywood Controversies of the Decade ( 1999 – 2009)
Aamir-Jessica: Papa kehte hai…
British journalist Jessica Hines shocked everyone with claims that her son Jaan Harry Hines, born in 2003, was fathered by none other than Aamir Khan. Aamir denied the whole thing, and the whole thing remains unresolved. Hasn't anyone heard of a thing called Paternity Test?
Kareena-Shahid: Jab We Smooched!
Big surprise! Kareena and Shahid kiss! The couple had been very vocal about their relationship status. The MMS video of the two of them kissing became a rather unnecessary controversy in the year 2006.
At a press conference for HIV-AIDS awareness, Hollywood star Richard Gere gave Shilpa Shetty a kiss on her cheek. All hell broke loose after that – effigies were burnt, protests were carried out and a court in Rajasthan even issued a warrant for their arrests. Fortunately, nobody was arrested and the case lies suspended for the time being.
Bipasha Basu- C Ronaldo: Corner Kiss!
In 2007, there was talk that everything was not quite right between one of Bollywood's favourite couples – John and Bipasha. Then came pictures of Bipasha partying with and kissing Portuguese footballer Cristiano Ronaldo. The news channels were buzzing but Bipasha maintained that she'd been a fan of Cristiano for five years and that they were just friends. How original!
This war has been going on quietly for as long as one can remember. From time to time, one or the other says something that reminds us of it. Like the time Aamir named his dog Shahrukh. Or when Shahrukh was asked by a journalist what he would do if he woke up one day as Aamir. His reply: "I would tell the world that Shahrukh is the better actor." Keeping it going, fellas!
One day Kareena Kapoor and Shahid Kapoor were the "it" couple of Bollywood, appearing in movies and talk shows together. The next, they had delivered a mega hit of a movie and broken up! Suddenly, Saif Ali Khan entered the picture and swept Kareena off her feet. Nope, not the kind of love stories Hindi movies are made of.
Shiney Ahuja: Sins-erly Yours!
In June 2009, audiences were shocked when reports surfaced that up and coming actor Shiney Ahuja had been accused of rape by his maid servant. First, he claimed it was consensual, then he apparently confessed to raping the maid. Shiney was thrown behind bars for three months and is currently out on bail. If convicted, he'll face a minimum jail sentence of three years.
SRK @ Newark: Whose name is Khan?
Shahrukh had gone to attend an Independence Day function in the US when he was held for two hours at the Newark airport. The controversy arising from this, however, lingered on. Phone statements were made, press conferences were held and many-a-speculation took place. As with everything else in Bollywood, it soon died a natural death.
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After seeing a great response to my SUYL post on working moms, I decided to start a Tuesday Tip post.
So every Tuesday, if I can remember or have time to, I will post a tip. It might be something related to being a working mom or something related to nothing at all. And no, I am no expert. On anything.
You know me, I am random.
So to start it off, this Tuesday's tip is:
Take a few hours one day, once a month, to just do nothing. Just lay in the bed and play on your Kindle, tablet, smart phone, or just read the paper.
Since having my 2nd kid, I don't get to read the paper as often as I used to. Before August, I could read my paper most every day. Now it stacks up in my floor until the weekend, when sometimes I still can't catch up.
Last Sunday, I wanted to just chill and do nothing. It was cold here and it hasn't been cold hardly any this winter. I wanted to snuggle with my kids under warm covers. While Baby Sister napped, Big Sister and I laid in my big ole king sized bed. She played games on my Kindle Fire and I played on my phone. Then Daddy came home and made fun of us (even tweeting about our laziness) and ultimately joined us with his tablet.
It was exactly what we needed. No worrying about laundry or dishes or meals or anything. Just quality times with technology.
I assure you, a good time was had by all.


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I know nothing about the Korean War!
I came to that rather startling realization while watching Clybourne Park, which opened Sunday at Steppenwolf Theatre. And no, I didn't actually yell it out loud. I'm much too cowardly. You see, the play is set in post-Korean War America. And while a fundamental knowledge of American history is not a prerequisite to enjoying Clybourne Park, this glaring omission in my own historical reservoir really rubbed me the wrong way.
As soon as I got home from the performance, I frantically leapt onto Wikipedia. And after some furious skimming, I can say with shy patheity that I now know next-to-nothing about the Korean War.
One nifty tidbit I did pick up from the 'Pedia was a quotation, "The Unknown War". That creepy, ambiguous phantasm of verbal terseness is the designation that many U.S. historians have given the faintly remembered conflict in Korea. World War I was "The Great War", World War II was "The Good War", and the Korean War was "The Unknown War". Good, Great, ...Unknown? Marsha, Marsha, Marsha! Is the Korean War really history's Jan Brady? Is Clybourne Park an allegory for The Brady Bunch?!
Since seeing Clybourne Park, I have been banging my head against a wall trying to figure out what this extremely divisive play is all about. Well... it's about a lot of things. Steppenwolf's own marketing campaign uses the tag-line, "Why can't we just say what we mean?" and while there are shades of P.C-criticism in Bruce Norris' multi-layered script, there is also that ever-present fog of war. Maybe the play isn't so much about about race and prejudice as it is about people's petty differences and the irreparable social damage they caused; that they still cause. With Clybourne Park, Norris takes the oft-proclaimed conception that society is on the verge of a cross-cultural nirvana and rips it a new Buddha.
The play exists in the same theatriverse as Lorraine Hansberry's classic, A Raisin In The Sun, however to call it Raisin's sequel, prequel, or sister-script would be a mistake. It's more of a cynical, fiercely intelligent second cousin, related in circumstance, but opposing in tone and theme.
Act One of Clybourne Park takes place in 1959, concurrently with the events of Raisin. The only overlapping character, (the Mrs. Garrett, if you will) Karl Linder (a nerdily precise Cliff Chamberlain) tries with all his might to keep the Youngers, Raisin's protagonists, from settling on Clybourne Street: a completely white neighborhood. Same basic plot as Raisin, but turned entirely inside out.
In Clybourne Park, Linder appeals to Russ and Bev (Kirsten Fitzgerald and John Judd), the married owners of the Younger's prospective home, to not allow this well-meaning black family to move in. As friends, neighbors, and hired help get involved, stuff goes down. Norris unmasks the drippy, nostalgic yesteryear persona of the fifties, and reveals a gnarly monster of deep-seated hatred, paranoia, and neighborly contempt. Sounds fun, right? Surprise! The craziness that plays out onstage is jarringly funny and constantly provocative.
Act Two occurs half a century later; one year after the United States elected its first black president. The actors return to the now dilapidated room of the same home, but as different characters: Prius-driving, color-blind, young "urban professionals". An initially civil discussion on property law quickly breaks down into barbaric hysteria. I can see your true colors shining through!
The 2011 winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Clybourne Park has already played a slew of major cities including New York, London, and Washington D.C., with a Broadway run planned for this spring. But Steppenwolf Theatre's production is the first time the play has been given life on a Chicago stage. Funny, as the play by Bruce Norris, a playwright with many ties to Chicago, is set right here...in Chicago.
Steppenwolf's heart wrenching, horrific, and hysterical Clybourne Park is fashionably late to the party, providing audiences with a kind of full-bodied discombobulation that only a Chicago production of this play can. Uniquely at Steppenwolf, located just a hop, skip, and a jump away from the play's setting, the performance begins and ends offstage, outside the theatre doors.
A community with a rich history of diversity, activism, and politics, Lincoln Park is now one yuppie short of an L.L. Bean catalogue. Of course, I say that with a haughty air of judgement, but seriously... I would love an apartment in Lincoln Park. Who wouldn't? It's that sort of hypocritical thinking that provides the playwright with his richest material. The enormous frustration and satisfaction this play simultaneously elicits comes from Norris' eerily pitch perfect (verging on mean-spirited) observations about you and I, two people he has never met. The moment you realize he's right might come during the performance or right before your 30-and-over racquetball league practice on Wednesday afternoon, but when it does, it will freak you out and ruffle your feathers.
While the text is, for the most part, stronger than the acting company, John Judd's portrayal of Russ, a father mourning the loss of his veteran son, uncovers an astonishing amount of warmth, humor, and empathy in what could, in the hands of a lesser actor, be an icy cold character. Judd deftly navigates the many rapid changes of mood with graceful ease and skill, showing the audience that, for lack of a better phrase, he just... gets it.
As Lindsay in the second act, Stephanie Childers captures the North Shore attitude like a freaking Nikon. I found her to be the most uproariously funny member of the cast, but I also know that attitude all too well. Much of the acting is rooted in stereotype, which works more often than not, but in conjunction with Todd Rosenthal's too-true-to-life set, some moments come off as confuzzled. The set is visually akin to those old fixer-upper apartments that were once so popular, but doesn't evoke much emotionally or, for that matter, intellectually. It just doesn't evoke. It's just big and expensive.
Despite the oddly mammoth set, Amy Morton's direction is scintillating and detailed, yet leaves no visible evidence at the scene of the crime. She stages this war of words with the physical muscularity of a WWE match and the speed and intellectual potency of The Daily Show. The timing of the occasional loud, bombastic interruption is notably super awesome.
Clybourne Park is a tough play to take in on many levels. It is a comedy of racing pulses, nervous sweating, and extreme discomfort. It's vulgar, it's racist, and it shines a vivid spotlight on humanity's potential for apathetically accepted evil: evil in our own homes; our own living rooms. Bickering with strangers; quarreling with friends and neighbors; screaming at our lovers. Fighting all these Unknown Wars.
Oh, I get it.
Clybourne Park plays Steppenwolf Theatre through November 6


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by susel on Thu Dec 22, 2016 11:03 PM
My husband has been diagnosed with signet cell ring cancer of the appendix (SRCC-PMP)in september 2010:He had surgery (HIPEC_CRS) in november 2010. The percentage signet cell rings was not high then.October this year we found out that the cancer is back now. We are upset. My husband is 54 years old. The percentage signet ring cells is much higher now.There are mmetastases into the liver.Does anybody have experience with this extremely rare type of cancer ?It would be of great help to hear of anybody with the same type of cancer.thanksSusel
by gtgirlee on Mon Mar 13, 2017 12:28 PM
My husband was diagnosed with Stage III appendiceal mucinous cystadenocarcinoma with signet ring cell presence in July of 2015.
He underwent curative surgery to remove the 15cm tumor, substantial portions of the colon, and full cystectomy (removal of the bladder) as his tumor had pushed entirely through. He has a permanent urostomy at this point.
He underwent adjuvant chemo with the intent of preventing recurrence (FOLFOX). Just before completion of the 6 months a solitary pulmonary nodule was seen on a scan but it seemed incidental. 6 weeks later he had 7-- the doctors chalked it up to infection residuals (frequent infection due to lack of bladder and chemotherapy combined) because it did not light up on a PET scan. 6 months later and they doubled/tripled in diameter for those small nodules previously seen and several more ("innumberable" as per radiologist notes" seen in all lobes of the lungs. My husband at this point is on palliative chemotherapy in hopes to extend his life but it is taking its toll, and a recent infection required a chest Xray and we are fairly certain of additional growth which would indicate a seccond chemotherapy that did not prevent growth.
In December we were given 1-4 years depending on chemotherapy success by one doc and another recently said without chemo appx 6 months, and if it is effective we may gain 2-3 years.
The details:
Stage IV terminal diagnosis
K-RAS G12V mutation
Signet Ring Cell presence noted
MSS (Micro satellite stable)
Chemo treatments: FOLFOX, Ironetacan with Avastin
Surgery: Tumor removal, radical cystectomy, prostatectomy, removal of significant colon/intestine.
Small bowel obstruction surgery April 2016
Lung biopsy December 2016 (identified concurrent constrictive bronchiolitis)
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On the Fourth day we shall Pursue the Goal
October 4, 2012 at 10:15 am 2 comments
We shall continue the goal to expand the awareness, October is Adopt a Shelter Dog. In the enjoyable coincidence of the name of todays blog The Paperback Pursuer, we to shall pursue the goals of reaching out and sharing the incredible joy rescue animals make great pets. The Host of The Paperback Pursuer, Alizabeth touched my heart. If I had not known about Darby's Story nor Bangle Bear's books, the reviews are complelling. Please take a moment, visit this great blog and share your thoughts, How Are you Going To Encourage Adopt a Shelter Dog The Paperback Pursuer: Review
If you missed the past posts come along and visit these great blogs. So let's head over to the United Kingdom to read Rachel thoughts about the books ~ Visit With Rachel in the UK, after you read Rachel's post leave a comment, let Rachel know your thoughts about the post??? I did : ) I give Stressed Rach Blog a five paws salute.
Here's a name….. "It's all about me" Well let's take a look, upon review of this blog….. it truly is not. The book reviews are sincere. So to go there and see for yourself click on the link It's all about me Blog Book reviews remember to leave a comment : )
"Encouraging pet adoption through the pages".
So in celebration, October is "Adopt a Shelter Dog Month", we start the campaign October 1st to 5th 2012.
I am pleased that on these special days I will have the opportunity to meet the blog host and their readers. Stay tuned for where we shall go……
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Well! The journey begins! As you know if you've kept up with this blog, Andy and I have really wanted to have some sort of epic trip adventure, you can see this post, from almost a year ago where I talk about our plans for a road trip adventure.
I'm beyond thankful for this whole thing. We've been building our business to allow ourselves freedom to work for ourselves where ever we want for over 2 years now! With Andy joining the business full time in January we're ready to head out on our first adventure together! It will follow a route similar to the trip I took back in November only this time I get to bring my husband, which I am pretty stoked about! I am not sure I can even put into words how excited I am or how blessed I feel that this trip is actually happening. We've literally been talking about it for years! It seems perfect that our 5 year anniversary falls right in the middle of our trip, we spent our honeymoon on an epic road trip out to Colorado and it feels fitting to be celebrating this milestone the same way!
We'll spend the first 2 weeks hanging out in KY! While there we're staying with Andy's sister Jillian and her 3 boys!
Some things we're going to be seeing and you'll be able to look for in future posts:
Abbey of Gethsemeni I missed this on my last trip and I am beyond excited to stop by. I am fully immersed in No Man Is an Island by Thomas Merton right now and he joined this community in 1941. I am actually happy I missed it last time, I feel like I will have a whole different appreciation this time around.
The Red Yeti: I got to go here the last time I visited Kentucky, seriously if you are ever near Louisville, KY or Jeffersonville, IN stop what you're doing and go order their Parmesan Truffle Oil Fries. They are to die for.
I mean seriously look at those things!
We of course can't miss hitting one of the distilleries. We haven't settled on which one yet but, I think it would be a crime to not visit at least one (a crime I definitely committed last time I was in KY). I am not 100% sure what else is on the agenda for KY, except spending some serious quality time with our nephews and Jillian. I am beyond pumped to see everyone again.
After KY, we plan to head to Florida to spend 3 weeks there! We have a ton planned while we are there! To start with a few things:
March is peak Manatee season, so we are really looking forward to heading to Homassa Springs for some excellent Manatee watching. Possibly some snorkeling too but we're not 100% on that yet.
We'll be in FL for our 5 year anniversary! We plan to spend that weekend camping on the beach, doing absolutely nothing for a few days :)
Since it will be prime Spring Training Season, we will hopefully be hitting up a spring training game with one of our dearest friends from college.
Here's bit of a preview from my last trip:
After Florida we're hoping to hit Virginia to see some more of our friends from college and then we're hoping to hit Massachusetts to visit some of Andy's side of the family before coming home.
There is so much more in the works I can't wait to take all of you on this adventure with us!
To keep up with it all make sure to follow me on Instagram and Twitter (@maybe_heather) and subscribe here for all the goodness and adventures!
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That being said, in the past few years with an overwhelming amount of friends getting hitched, I have been more than ready to lend my services: producing themed events, creating centerpieces, accompanying brides on site visits, menu selection, band, caterer and florist recommendations, you name it.
Two weekends ago, I had the most amazing man, who I fell in love with one year ago, get down on his knee and ask me to marry him. It was the most amazing moment of my life, and I have had constant butterflies since, while walking on Cloud 9. Planning our wedding is going to be the most fun, exciting, special, crazy, stressful, emotional time and I cannot wait to start (I mean, I started last year when I met him, duh).
I will be planning this extravaganza from start to finish, and writing daily about my experiences! Please post your questions, stories, tips and tricks-let's talk wedding, chicas!


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Energy plays a big role in producing many of the products that we constantly on a daily basis. When making products from recycled goods, it takes less energy to do so. Not only does recycling take less energy it also preserves our environment and it's natural resources.
Believe it or not out of all of the water we have here on earth, only a small portion of it is suitable to drink. The less conserved the water is, the more valuable it is to us. When we dispose of water we have to be careful not to contaminate it. Just a neat little fact; if one gallon of car motor oil is disposed improperly it can contaminate approximately one million gallons of clean water.
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Ramparts Opens Manchester Office
We are delighted to announce that Ramparts' Manchester office opened in April 2015.
The opening of a UK office enables us to:
- Provide additional support for our existing clients and partners who do business involving the UK.-
- Develop new client and business partner relationships in the UK.
- Promote the UK and Gibraltar as European business centres of excellence and integrity to attract potential investors and clients looking to develop business in the EU.
We believe that having teams on the ground in multiple jurisdictions will help our clients and contribute to Ramparts' expansion as a European firm. It will also bring benefits and added beneficial exposure to the Rock. The UK was the obvious first choice for our European expansion strategy given the political, legal and historic closeness between Gibraltar and the UK.
Peter Howitt, founder and Director of Ramparts stated:
"Having a UK presence is important to us given how much cross-border legal work we already do in Europe and the UK. In addition the UK represents a great opportunity for us to support and grow our business and team. Manchester has a proud commercial history and is undergoing a period of significant business expansion, it is also becoming a second UK centre for innovative e-commerce companies including new FinTech businesses. Manchester makes sense for us and as with Gibraltar, we will work to ensure that we can be part of the continued success of Manchester. "
Ramparts Profile:
Ramparts is a European law firm based in Gibraltar and in the UK. We specialise in UK, Gibraltar and EU wide legal and regulatory issues. Ramparts provides support for clients in the financial services (e-money, finance and funds), electronic commerce (including payments and e-gambling) and technology sectors. Our clients include individual entrepreneurs, early stage innovation companies and publicly listed multi-nationals.
We have also recently opened a private client practice to support wealthy individuals and families with their personal wealth management matters.
Ramparts: "no assumptions, just solutions"


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before the courts and its determination was not necessary to the
decisions. Further, such a reading would be inconsistent with
the words of McLachlin J. in Soulos.
(4) The reach of Soulos
[175] In Soulos, McLachlin J. worked through the history of
constructive trusts in order to discern whether and how to recognize a remedial constructive trust for wrongful acts, which
was the particular problem in the case before her. In my view,
she did not purport to restate and reframe the law of constructive trusts for all purposes, and she said nothing to close the
categories of constructive trusts. Had she intended to abolish
good conscience constructive trusts beyond the categories of
unjust enrichment and wrongful acts, then one would have
expected clear and definitive language to that effect, but there is
none. Instead, McLachlin J.'s choice of language justifies the
conclusion that the court expected constructive trust law to continue to develop beyond the categories of unjust enrichment and
wrongful act.
[176] Justice McLachlin disagreed with the position that aconstructive trust cannot be imposed where there has been nounjust enrichment, at para. 16, which was the real issue in thecase. She stated, at para. 17:The history of the law of constructive trust does not support this view.Rather, it suggests that the constructive trust is an ancient and eclecticinstitution imposed by law not only to remedy unjust enrichment, but tohold persons in different situations to high standards of trust and probityand prevent them from retaining property which in "good conscience" theyshould not be permitted to retain.
[177] Justice McLachlin made several other pertinent obser-vations of more general application, at paras. 20-22:Canadian courts have never abandoned the principles of constructive trustdeveloped in England. They have, however, modified them. . . .
This Court's assertion that a remedial constructive trust lies to prevent
unjust enrichment in cases such as Pettkus v. Becker should not be taken as
expunging from Canadian law the constructive trust in other circumstances
where its availability has long been recognized. The language used makes
no such claim. A. J. McClean, . . . describes the ratio of Pettkus v Becker as
a "a modest enough proposition". He goes on: "It would be wrong . . . to read
it as one would read the language of a statute and limit further development
of the law".
Other scholars agree that the constructive trust as a remedy for unjust
enrichment does not negate a finding of a constructive trust in other
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After waiting for 24hours, my dedicated server order from OVH were suddenly changed to cancelled, without any notifications.
In the same time, while ordering the dedicated server from OVH, I remember an offer from rds100 / FitVPS, so I just contact him from LowEndTalk, and he give me the dedicated server within 1 hour. And he's very nice for allowing me to try the dedicated server for 1 week, and he will refund me if I don't satisfied.
Now, what's wrong with OVH?
When I send an email to the OVH.ie, they suggest me to register to the OVH.fr and make order from there. But now, after having my account, paid the invoice, and receiving the email that they are accepting my payment, suddenly my invoice were cancelled.
This the payment receipt email from OVH.com
Another problem is when and how will they refund me. If this is a kind of trick from OVH, then I will never purchase from them anymore.
Update 31 July 2013, 20:13GMT
This is the answer from OVH about the refund progress… The automation, could take up to 30 days.


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Happy Birthday!
The third pic down is my Jersey Shore alter ego, "the Occasion"
Goodness, I am even living in town, and I still manage to miss his birthday. Of course, I have an excuse....I was with MY Steve. :) And btw, he is NOT old. After all, he is younger than I am, and I am quite youthful still! Love & Hugs to both of you <3


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After repeatedly hearing about DeNiro's performance in this movie I've finally been able to sit down and give it a go. I'm sold. If you've got some time I would suggest you check it out. Reminds me of Pacino's Serpico which I also watched for the first time this year.
Be sure to click "Hide Ad & Play Video". After that I've had to click the play button and click the timeline control a few times as well.
I never would've guessed that I would be creating a "video blog".


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Physical Science
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Quartz is a mineral because it is
natural, inorganic, and has a crystalline structure
Granite is a rock because it is
made up of several minerals.
One of the following mineral properties can be determined by observing, rather than doing something to a sample.
When hit with a hammer, most minerals will
break along smooth cleavage surfaces.
An igneous rock that formed by rapid cooling will probably have crystals that are
Igneous rocks are
the most common rock type in the earth's crust
A fine-crystalline igneous rock is probably
Minerals that break along certain planes have
Rhyolite (fine-crystalline) is to granite (coarse-crystalline) as basalt is to
Ferromagnesian minerals
tend to crystallize first from a slowly cooling magma.
Residual elements that did not fit into the crystal structure of minerals formed during cooling
crystallize along with quartz in rock fractures
Most rocks are composed of minerals that are
Particles resulting from weathering of rocks are compressed and cemented to form
sedimentary rocks
Conglomerate, sandstone, and claystone are identified by
particle size.
Which of the following statements about metamorphic rocks is
Gneiss to schist to slate is a continuous transition in the metamorphism of shale.
Materials that settle out of water are known as
In which type of rock would you expect to find fossils?
A rock made up of cemented sand grains is
Which of the following does not belong with the others?
The elements that occur most frequently in the earth's crust are
silicon and oxygen
Most of the earth's mass is contained in the
The idea of a spreading sea floor along the Mid-Atlantic ridge is supported by
all of these support the sea-floor spreading hypothesis.
The north end of a compass needle actually points toward a
south magnetic pole.
According to the plate tectonics theory, sea-floor spreading occurs at a
divergent boundary
The San Andreas Fault is the site of a
transform boundary
The presence of an oceanic trench, a chain of volcanic mountains along the edge of a continent, and deep-seated earthquakes is characteristic of
ocean-continent plate convergence.
According to the plate tectonics theory, new crustal material is created at
divergent plate boundaries.
The Himalayan Mountains were formed as a result of
continent-continent plate convergence.
When an oceanic plate and continental plate converge
the oceanic plate is subducted beneath the continental plate.
Japan is a group of arc islands associated with
the convergence of two oceanic plates.
One of the following cooled too quickly to allow crystals to form.
Heat and pressure can change slate to the metamorphic rock schist. What is probably formed when more heat and pressure acts on schist?
Magma that cools slowly beneath the earth's surface produces
intrusive igneous rocks
A fine-grained igneous rock made of mostly orthoclase feldspar, quartz crystals, and a few ferromagnesian crystals is probably
Igneous rocks are classified by
mineral composition and texture.
People have found the principle of uniformity difficult to accept because
all of these are true.
The way a given rock responds to a stress depends on
all of these are true.
When subjected to stress, rocks at great depths and high temperature tend to undergo
plastic strain.
A rock that experiences plastic strain in response to stress
cannot return to its original shape when the stress is relieved.
An arch-shaped fold resulting from plastic deformation is called
an anticline.
The chief difference between a joint and a fault is that
jointing involves breaking without relative displacement.
Seismic waves are produced when rocks
rupture or break under stress.
Which of the following statements about earthquakes is false?
The location of the focus of an earthquake can be pinpointed by seismic readings from two stations.
If you are inside a building when an earthquake occurs, the best strategy is to
move under a table or desk.
The point of initial rock movement along a fault during an earthquake is called the
Sedimentary rocks are classified by
sediment size or chemical composition
Metamorphic rocks are classified according to
degree of foliation or recrystallization
What process in the rock cycle are you performing if you mix your garbage in your garden
weathering, sedimentation
What are the two elements that occur most frequently in minerals found in the crust?
oxygen and silicon
How was Hawaiian Islands formed?
They were formed volcanic.
Which sequence of processes occurs in the correct order?
weathering, erosion, transportation
Weathering involves the
mechanical and chemical breakup of rocks.
Which of the following materials is least susceptible to chemical weathering?
The type of mass movement characterized by the slow downhill movement of soil is called
Glaciers form when
snow accumulates to form ice, which begins to flow
A stream in its youth exhibits which of the following sets of characteristics?
steep gradient and a V-shaped valley
Which of the following statements about a meandering stream is true?
Meanders result in the widening of a valley floor.
Where are the least dense rocks found on the earth?
Earth's crust
Dissolving a rock in acid is the equivalent of
chemical weathering.
Carrying rock fragments to a new location is called
What is the core of the earth mostly made of?
Why do seismic waves show a sudden increase at the mohorovicic discontinuity?
They increase because of changes in the composition of the materials.
What causes the presence of red soils of Oklahoma and Georgia?
Red soil is a result of the presence of iron compounds in the soil composition.
The Age of the Mammals is known as the _____.
Cenozoic era
What type layers make up Columbia Plateau in Washington, Idaho, and Oregon?
layers of basalt that accumulated from lava flows
The oldest fossils are about how many years old?
3.5 billion years
Which of the following is
a common way for fossils to form?
preservation of soft parts by freezing
The fossilization process by which the original material is dissolved and new materials added is called
A road cut shows layers of sedimentary rock that are uptilted. From this observation one could conclude that the rocks
have been subjected to deformational stress.
Correlating and relative dating of rock units is made possible by application of the principle of
All of these can be used.
Fossils are useful for all of the following
determining the exact age of the earth.
To serve as a geologic clock, a process must
All of these must be true
The process that has yielded the most accurate estimate of the age of the earth is measurement of
the radioactive decay of elements in minerals
The geologic time scale defines eras in terms of
major worldwide extinctions of life on earth
Correlation and relative dating through the use of index fossils is limited because
index fossils are rarely found in other than sedimentary rocks
Earth's atmosphere is composed chiefly of nitrogen, oxygen, and carbon dioxide.
What era would you find dinosaur fossils?
Name the two dominant life forms in the Cambrian period.
trilobites, echinoderms, mollusks, brachiopods
An airplane flying at 35,000 feet is above what percent of the earth's atmosphere?
Normal atmospheric pressure is enough to support a column of mercury approximately
76.0 cm high.
Your ears "pop" when an unpressurized plane climbs higher because
air is moving from your eardrum to the outside.
Nearly 1400 watts/meter
of solar energy reaches the outermost atmosphere of the earth. What fraction of this energy on average actually reaches the surface?
A psychrometer measures
relative humidity.
The majority of the sun's radiation output occurs as
infrared radiation.
The greenhouse effect results in warmer temperatures near the surface because
some of the energy that would ordinarily escape is re-radiated toward the surface.
The interaction between ultraviolet light and ozone that protects life on the surface takes place in the
On a clear, calm night, you would expect the air in the bottom of a valley to be
cooler than that on a hillside.
Hot air rising from the equatorial regions eventually cools and descends to form
a belt of dry, high-pressure air
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