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Vamos!!!

I love it!

Dearest L_______

Do you know how much you made me smile this week? I lay your card and your postcards in my work desk, I posted them on the walls of my desk, ang inspiration for me ba, lol. Ning ask ahong ahong work mates ug ahong professor if I visited these places kono, ingoon ko nila, wa pa lagi. Guapo baya ang location.

Sige, salamat kaayo ha? Na lingaw jud ko, sige mo sulat ko nimo unya. Basta gusto ko mo ingoon nimo--lami man daw imung handwriting, mas maayo pa sa ahoa, hahaha.


Imung Amigo lagi,
BB

Tired
Stress-ridden
Confident

Quote from: svetlana on March 12, 2008, 11:43:01 AM
Oh look,there's a rainbow!!!! 

Is this in Cebu, Sheila?

Welcome to Tubag Bohol, ejdemaulo. I've been reading your threads so far, and I must say that each and every single one of them has a kind message in it.

Salamat for sharing, and keep on posting!

    1 My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and wilt hide my commandments with thee,
    2 That thy ear may hearken to wisdom: incline thy heart to know prudence.
    3 For if thou shalt call for wisdom, and incline thy heart to prudence:
    4 If thou shalt seek her as money, and shalt dig for her as for a treasure:
    5 Then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and shalt find the knowledge of God:
    6 Because the Lord giveth wisdom: and out of his mouth cometh prudence and knowledge.
    7 He wilt keep the salvation of the righteous, and protect them that walk in simplicity,
    8 Keeping the paths of justice, and guarding the ways of saints.
    9 Then shalt thou understand justice, and judgment, and equity, and every good path.

    10 If wisdom shall enter into thy heart, and knowledge please thy soul:
    11 Counsel shall keep thee, and prudence shall preserve thee,
    12 That thou mayst be delivered from the evil way, and from the man that speaketh perverse things:
    13 Who leave the right way, and walk by dark ways:
    14 Who are glad when they have done evil, and rejoice in the most wicked things:
    15 Whose ways are perverse, and their steps infamous.
    16 That thou mayst be delivered from the strange woman, and from the stranger, who softeneth her words;
    17 And forsaketh the guide of her youth,
    18 And hath forgotten the covenant of her God: for her house inclineth unto death, and her paths to hell.
    19 None that go in unto her, shall return again, neither shall they take hold of the paths of life.
    20 That thou mayst walk in a good way: and mayst keep the paths of the just.
    21 For they that are upright, shall dwell in the earth; and the simple shall continue in it.
    22 But the wicked shall be destroyed from the earth: and they that do unjustly, shall be taken away from it.

A reading of Proverbs 2,
The Blessings of Wisdom

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKBZ_MvV6oo

Oh you bet I'll be out for that.

Beautiful poem, fdaray

Good points.

Nice

Quote from: ms da binsi on March 11, 2008, 07:59:01 PM
OMG, Sexy Dodong!

da Best!

ingna si Mommy Cocong, congrats!

yea, it a sleek ride. Its sensitive baya, 'te, when you sit on the driver's seat, the car calculates where your head is, and it automatically adjusts the side view mirrors according to where your head and eyes are.

When I drove it, I sometimes forget that I was driving an SUV, because is cruises so fast. You can drive up to 80 mph and think you're driving 40-50 mph because its so quiet inside.

Porsche's are definitely top rated cars, in my book. Quite expensive, but worth it if you're into the luxury interior as well as superior performance.

Quote from: webvolution on January 09, 2008, 07:21:48 PM
By Atty. Cristifil "Check" Baluma
Columnist
The Bohol Standard

Two years and a half away from the next election for the highest official of our land, the bickering and positioning for the next president is beginning to heat up. No less than two big names in Philippine politics are in the news, former Presidents Joseph Ejercito Estrada and Fidel Valdez Ramos are rumored to be eyeing once again the position they once had, the former having held office for six uninterrupted years, the other by just over two years. Many names have already emerged in the news to be vying for the presidency comes 2010: Senators Mar Roxas, Panfilo Lacson, Loren Legarda, Manuel Vilar and even Richard Gordon. The list continues with presidential appointees Bayani Fernando and Gilbert Teodoro. Not to be outdone is the current Vice-President Noli de Castro, who did not close his doors for the only position above his.

But what caught the most attention of them all for me is the alleged plan of the two titans in Philippine history to make a run for the presidency a second time around. Who can forget former President Fidel Ramos, the man who defied great odds, despite losing in the fight for the standard bearer of his original party, he created his own party with the support of his followers, and won in the 1992 elections over close pursuer, now Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago? Who can also forget former President Joseph “Erap” Estrada, the man who from being a multi-awarded action star, successfully pedalled his way into politics as San Juan Mayor, Senator, Vice-President and finally to the apex, the presidency in 1998?

If the two former presidents really intend to run again for President, both will be facing similar probable legal impediment. This legal impediment is found in Article VII, Section 4 of the 1987 Constitution which states: “ The President and the Vice-President shall be elected by direct vote of the people for a term of six years which shall begin at noon on the thirtieth day of June next following the day of the election and shall end at noon of the same date six years thereafter. The President shall not be eligible for any reelection. No person who has succeeded as President and has served as such for more than four years shall be qualified for election to the same office at any time. No Vice-President shall serve for more than two successive terms. Voluntary renunciation of the office for any length of time shall not be considered as an interruption in the continuity of the service for the full term for which he was elected. xxx”

This constitutional issue alone should be resolved as early as possible, because the two at present continues to have strong followings. In the case of Erap, Metro Manila continues to be his bailwick, for FVR, he still can rely on his generals and men in uniform for support. Understandably, Article VII, Section 4 of the 1987 Constitution was inserted in order to prevent a repeat of what happened in the pre-1987 era. In the case of former President Ramos, his loyal supporters were saying that six years was too short for him as president. In the case of Estrada, his battlecry for running again is perhaps different, as he only seeks to complete his six years term in office, cut short by the 2001 EDSA 2. The constitutional provision cited is very explicit that the President shall not be eligible for any reelection.

While some quarters in the news have argued that the word reelection applies to serving for two successive terms, Checkpoints view is different. Aside from the word reelection, preceding it is the word “any”. What is very clear in the same provision is the scenario that both former presidents Estrada and Ramos can run for Vice-President. In the case of former President Estrada, if his pardon was absolute as he claims, then his civil and political rights are restored. If and when this happens, and any of the two would emerge victorious as Vice-President, by the stroke of luck, if the duly elected and qualified President dies, resigns, is permanent disabled or is removed, then the Vice-President would serve as President to serve the remaining unexpired term. Although former President Estrada was elected Vice-President before, he did not run for reelection in the latter position, making him eligible to run again for Vice-President. If former President Estrada plays his cards right and teams up with a formidable presidential candidate who is willing to sacrifice, who knows what will happen? In the case of former President Ramos, although he may no longer be young, he is still capable of pulling surprises.

While in the U.S. presidential candidates are wooing voters to vote for them, often engaging in debates, here in the Philippines, it is more of political positioning and money. The bell signaling the start of battle for the 2010 presidency has sounded this early in the Philippines and we expect major political shake-ups this year.

In the words of my fellow Filipino-American cadres, "This is a total embarrassment for our country."

A man who was convicted of graft and corruption, and was sentenced to hard time (pardoned by the Arroyo Administration, btw) and now is trying to run for politics, the same office he was ousted from a supposed 'People Power'.

No more men like Estrada.

John 11

Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha. It was that Mary who anointed the Lord with fragrant oil and wiped His feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick. Therefore the sisters sent to Him, saying, "Lord, behold, he whom You love is sick."

When Jesus heard that, He said, "This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified through it." Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. So, when He heard that he was sick, He stayed two more days in the place where He was.

Then after this He said to the disciples, "Let us go to Judea again." The disciples said to Him, "Rabbi, lately the Jews sought to stone You, and are You going there again?" Jesus answered, "Are there not twelve hours in the day? If anyone walks in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world. But if one walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him."

These things He said, and after that He said to them, "Our friend Lazarus sleeps, but I go that I may wake him up." Then His disciples said, "Lord, if he sleeps he will get well." However, Jesus spoke of his death, but they thought that He was speaking about taking rest in sleep. Then Jesus said to them plainly, "Lazarus is dead. And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, that you may believe. Nevertheless let us go to him."

So when Jesus came, He found that he had already been in the tomb four days. Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two miles away. And many of the Jews had joined the women around Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother. Then Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went and met Him, but Mary was sitting in the house. Then Martha said to Jesus, "Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died. But even now I know that whatever You ask of God, God will give You."

Jesus said to her, "Your brother will rise again." Martha said to Him, "I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day." Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live. And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die. Do you believe this?" She said to Him, "Yes, Lord, I believe that You are the Christ, the Son of God, who is to come into the world."

And when she had said these things, she went her way and secretly called Mary her sister, saying, "The Teacher has come and is calling for you." As soon as she heard that, she arose quickly and came to Him. Now Jesus had not yet come into the town, but was in the place where Martha met Him. Then the Jews who were with her in the house, and comforting her, when they saw that Mary rose up quickly and went out, followed her, saying, "She is going to the tomb to weep there." Then, when Mary came where Jesus was, and saw Him, she fell down at His feet, saying to Him, "Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died."

Therefore, when Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her weeping, He groaned in the spirit and was troubled. And He said, "Where have you laid him?" They said to Him, "Lord, come and see." Jesus wept. Then the Jews said, "See how He loved him!" And some of them said, "Could not this Man, who opened the eyes of the blind, also have kept this man from dying?" Then Jesus, again groaning in Himself, came to the tomb.


It was a cave, and a stone lay against it. Jesus said, "Take away the stone." Martha, the sister of him who was dead, said to Him, "Lord, by this time there is a stench, for he has been dead four days." Jesus said to her, "Did I not say to you that if you would believe you would see the glory of God?"

Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead man was lying. And Jesus lifted up His eyes and said, "Father, I thank You that You have heard Me. And I know that You always hear Me, but because of the people who are standing by I said this, that they may believe that You sent Me." Now when He had said these things, He cried with a loud voice, "Lazarus, come forth!" And he who had died came out bound hand and foot with graveclothes, and his face was wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said to them, "Loose him, and let him go."

Remark: This article has been approved for publishing, it will be sent to the Journal of American History for review and editing by the end of April.

I will post a link as soon as it is printed.

Thank you all for reading and thank you to those who sent me PMs on their views on it.
Well appreciated.

Yours,
Bran Lorenzo

great-hearted
industrious
cognizant

Anne, where are you based?

I like that scenario of yours Anne, 'shop till you drop' lol.
Na unsaon man na if one doesn't have money?
I guess I'll just  'watch till I drop' hahaha!

One thing I cannot stand whenever I'm studying is blatant talking; specially when the conversation isn't about the subject.

I have been to a study group once for a microbiology exam review a few semesters ago, and instead of reviewing, two of the people in the group talked about their plans for the weekend (the day after our scheduled exam).

I was angry at them, as I went there to help them review, so I said outright, "If you expect to pass this exam and enjoy the weekend, then I suggest you guys start reviewing and stop bullshitting right now."

We performed above par.

Another distinguishable feature of Filipino men:

This past weekend, I went out to with my friend Marc, who is Filipino. We went out for some chinese and talked about the coming spring break; conversation was about philippines, missing filipino food, and the Chinese waitress that gave us our order (who was very guapa) smiled at both of us. I didn't say anything, just kept everything to myself. Pero after the waitress gave us our food and left, I noticed how Marc and I kept on turning our heads looking for our waitress. hahaha. It was so obvious we were interested, pero we didn't talk about her.

I didn't initiate a comment, neither did he.

Its interesting because whenever I hang out with my non-filipino friends, if I see someone hot, I will tell them about it. Of course jokes are thrown at me, all for laughs. But whenever I hang out with fellow Pinoys, I notice how not only myself, but they also restrain themselves. lol
Perhaps it differs from a filipino man to another filipino man, but I really do notice Pinoy's "machisimo" in heightened mode whenever around other Pinoys.

One trait I noticed.

Cute story, Beth. Do you still talk to Mr. Casanova?

Can't go wrong with Hanes Briefs.

I like the firm comfort ones; keeps the package compact.

Personally,

I deal with it by going to the gym. I lift weights to release anger, frustration, or stop by during boxing practice and spar with anyone looking to practice.

Sometimes singing helps, that or talking to one of my closest compadres helps as well.

Life is a cycle

From death, life comes.
Nothing stays dead forever.

Lyrics

If it can be broke then it can be fixed, if it can be fused then it can be split
It's all under control
If it can be lost then it can be won, if it can be touched then it can be turned
All you need is time

We promised the world we'd tame it, what were we hoping for?

A sense of purpose and a sense of skill, a sense of function but a disregard
We will not be the first, we won't
You said you were going to conquer new frontiers,
Go stick your bloody head in the jaws of the beast

We promised the world, we'd tame it, what were we hoping for?

Breath in, breath out

So here we are reinventing the wheel
I'm shaking hands with a hurricane
It's a colour that I can't describe,
It's a language I can't understand
Ambition, tearing out the heart of you
Carving lines into you
Dripping down the sides of you

We will not be the last.

Pioneers

by Block Party

http://youtube.com/watch?v=TOvZ8ln1riQ


Theme Song for Allegheny College Class of 2008



Class of 2008!!!

God Bless You, Ate Blue.

Thank you for your warm wishes for all of us here. It means alot.

She frequents this site.

lol, last weekend.

Yea, we were celebrating our post-midterm examinations. So we went crazy. 


Nicole attacking JC, lol


This, truly, is the after-effects of mixing lambanog with drinks, LoL 


Hahaha


the pnay and her lambanog, and of course Bryan dying laughing. (edwina was drunk dialing someone? hahahah)


Too much lambanog, bro

hahahahaha!

This one is my father's 21st Anniversary Present to my mother

2006 Porsche Cayenne Limited

Sexy 

Mine is my 18th birthday present from my parents.
I love it, my 2003 Mitsubishi Montero Sport AWD LS










My baby's All Terrain Tires. She rips through ice, and 2 feet of snow like knife through butter. 

In this time of contemplation and remembrance, I ask the Lord our God to shine down his mercies and Everlasting Love on my grandparents, who left their families. Lord, from the bottom of my soul and heart, you who know me and every single inch of my being, you know my strengths, my faults, my vices, and my truths.  Lord, look not on me as a sinner, but have mercy and hear my prayers and pleas. Please Shine Eternal Light onto the souls of my grandparents. I miss them so much, O Lord, as so do their children and grand children. 

Have mercy O Lord on my paternal grandfather, Mr. Rustico Aray Lucino Sr.
Have Mercy O Lord on my paternal grandmother, Mrs. Maria-Luz Ebuenga Lucino.
Their family remembers them; Rico Lucino, Lebeth Lucino-Hinkley, Ma Louella Lucino, Roy Lucino, Roger Lucino, Ray Lucino, Renee Lucino, and his grandchildren remember him: Aislynne Lucino, Bran Lorenzo Lucino, Angel Lucino, Don Rico Lucino, Stephen Lucino-Hinkley, Andre Lucino, Daniela Lucino

Have Mercy O Lord on my maternal Grandmother, Mrs. Fortunata Tan-Salvo
The mother of my mommy, O Lord.
Her family remembers her: Romeo Tan, Alex Tan Salvo, Celestina Cagubcub, Liza Lucino, and Casiano Salvo Jr.  Her grandchildren remembers her: Forlyn Tan, Joseph Tan, Christian Tan, Carmen Salvo, Jet Salvo, Bran Lorenzo Lucino, Angel Lucino, Don Rico Lucino, Andre Lucino, Keanu Salvo, Cat-Cat Salvo.


This I pray,
Through Christ Our Lord,
Who is the Life, the Way and the Resurrection
Amen

Happy Easter to everyone!

Remark:


Who can deny the Brilliance and Wonders of our Almighty Father, who so created EVERYTHING?

Epilogue--A Meta-Story

This story of the cosmos is none other than the story of ourselves. It is necessarily self-referencing, ending finally at the present with the very creatures who are capable of representing to themselves a story of the cosmos which created them. The story tells us about ourselves as a particular form of creation, and also ourselves as the cosmos itself. But this story, which is a narrative in time and space, also points beyond itself, beyond time and space to the origin out of which time and space emerged. It points outside of all narrative to an original mystery transcending this story, to a reality transcending the structures of space and time within which all forms of manifestation exist, and within which all stories take place. This mystery is the source of all existence, the ground of all being. As our story itself has revealed, all varieties of structure, interaction, process, and form are derived from this mystery. This mystery, however, is not separate from the universe. Just as the potentiality of hot stellar fusion reactions is latent in cold galactic clouds of gas, so the high energy potentialities prior to the emergence of space and time are latent in and throughout the entire cosmos, and even ourselves. The mystery is an immanent presence throughout all existence.

If the potentialities of the entire cosmos exist implicitly, then they must exist within ourselves. Could it be possible that we are more intimately connected to the cosmos than we normally suppose, that our psyche and our cosmos have some kind of profound connection? Mystics, saints, sages, shamans, and many other visionaries among our species have testified that there is such a connection, and that--in some sense--to know ourselves is to know the world. The cosmos and the psyche are two sides of the same coin, reflections of each other.

If we consider this proposition seriously, we might discover that cosmology has many things to teach us about psychology, and vice versa. For example, consider again the story of the cosmic evolution as beginning with the mysterious origin, then progressing through stages of division, collection, then complex transformation. Reflecting upon this cosmic evolutionary structure suggests that we may have an analogous psychological evolutionary structure starting with a mysterious origin transcending time, space, and language, then progressing through stages of further limitation and restriction until we arrive at our present state of being. Indeed, this description is very similar to the testimony of many contemplatives. Moreover, the cosmic story reveals to us that the mysterious origin exists implicitly everywhere, even though it may not exist in explicit manifestation. This suggests that our inner origin is also everpresent in our being, existing implicitly in every inner state. This teaching also can be found in the contemplative traditions.

Our physical inquiry into the cosmos has revealed that the forms of existence we normally consider stable are not at all stable at higher energies. The world we often consider to be so real is actually a partial manifestation of a much larger reality that permits exotic transformations that would literally dissolve the very fabric of our world. To understand the cosmos, we have to break out of partial views of reality and expand our understanding to comprehend higher symmetries and higher energies. Translating this lesson to psychology, we must consider the possibility that our conception of our inner psyche is only partial, and that a complete exploration of our psyche will require us to dissolve existing psychological structures and radically transform our ideas of who we are and what really exists. Complete self-knowledge would require, just as the contemplatives have testified, the complete transcendence of all inner forms and structures and the realization of the inner ground of being as the immanent potentiality for all creation.

IX
The Birth of Life



Out of the creativity of stellar destruction, second generation solar systems were created with the possibility of complex chemistry and life. Powered by the continual sacrifice of energy from a nearby star, patterns of matter evolved into higher and higher forms of complexity. First organic molecules, then simple self-replicating molecules. Later these molecules organized themselves into complex cells, and eventually the cells organized themselves into exquisitely delicate multicellular organisms. Millions of plants and animals lived in a dynamic process of interdependence and continual transformation. all in complete dependence on the solar outpouring of light. Never before had the universe manifested such a degree of order and beauty.

X
The Birth of Self Consciousness



A wondrous form of life emerged in the universe after 15 billion years. The complexity of life had increased to such a degree that the universe became capable of representing itself to itself. The universe, in short, became self conscious. First only dimly, but later more pronounced. These creatures were called homo sapien sapien, the humans who knew that they knew. Through this self-reflective activity, they served as the instrument through which the cosmos knew that it knew itself. Eventually, they developed extremely subtle and refined forms of knowledge, which reflected to them the nature of the cosmic laws and revealed a grand story of creation, starting from an unknown singularity. In the first phase of cosmic evolution, the unity divided and forms manifested through restriction of possibility and limitation of freedom. After this initial period, however, a remarkable dynamic process of creation emerged that involved an interplay of the high and low energy. Freedom and restriction danced with each other to spin out of the web of existence marvelous forms of complexity and wondrous structures of manifestation, leading up to these very creatures themselves. Thus, this story itself was a manifestation of the capacity of the universe to know that it knows, and to consciously participate in its own creative process.

VI
The Birth of Nuclei



From about one second to three minutes (101 s - 102 s) the energy density dropped from 1 MeV to 0.1 MeV (109 K - 108 K). At these lower energies, the protons and neutrons were able to bind together to form small groups called nuclei. The protons and neutrons were held together by the strong nuclear force, much like how atoms are bound to each other by electromagnetic forces. The nuclei formed in this process were only the very lightest: D, He-3, He-4 and Li-7. Larger groups were not produced because the density of protons and neutrons was too low. Moreover, the density continued to drop as the universe expanded, so that by the time these first three minutes had passed, the protons and neutrons were so far separated that the reaction could no longer take place. At the end of this process there was about 3/4 of all matter in the universe was still protons, and just less than 1/4 was converted to Helium nuclei. Only tiny fractions of D, He-3, and Li-7 were produced.

VII
The Birth of Atoms



When the universe was about 100,000 years old (1012 s), it had cooled to around 4000 K (1 eV). At these energies, the free electrons became bound to the H and He nuclei to form atoms. Thus the universe transformed from a charged plasma of free electrons and nuclei to a gas of neutral atoms. The birth of stable atoms also makes possible all of chemistry and the complex forms that can emerge through the combination of atoms. At this point in the evolution of the universe, however, only H and He atoms exist. Because simple cooling of the universe was not sufficient to create further composite structures, this marked the end of the stages of creation by collection. Further stages of creation required the emergence of a new kind of creativity.

Shortly after this phase transition and the emergence of neutral atoms, the photons decoupled from matter and the universe suddenly became transparent to light. With light no longer scattering off matter and creating pressure, all forces but gravity lost their global influence and gravity emerged as the dominant force of further evolution.


VIII
The Birth of Galaxies and Stars



n the previous stages of cosmic evolution, the universe was largely homogeneous and uniform, and the stages were associated with decreasing density and decreasing energy. When gravity emerged as a dominant force of evolution, however, small fluctuations in the distribution of the H and He gas provided gravitational attractors that were seeds for the condensation and heating of the gas into gigantic clouds separated by vast expanses of space, eventually giving birth to large structures that are gravitationally decoupled from each other. Through the further action of gravity, these clouds organized themselves into complex galaxies and groups of galaxies. At this time, the universe was approximately a billion years old (1016 s) and the average energy density had dropped to 10 K. In these galaxies, however, the movement of the cosmos toward lower density and heat had reversed its course, giving rise to a dynamic form of creativity unprecedented in the history of the universe: stars.

Within the galaxies, the gravitational action led to more localized clouds of H and He. These clouds had a wide variety of sizes. If a sufficient amount of gas was collected in the cloud, its own gravity continued to pull it together against its own heat to the point where the temperature in the cloud rose back up to the point where the atoms transformed back into a plasma. This phase transition momentarily reduced the outward pressure of the heat, allowing gravity to compress the hot cloud. Eventually, if the cloud was large enough, the gravity compressed the hot plasma to the point where the temperature was high enough that nuclear reactions begin converting H to He within the core, releasing tremendous amounts of energy. The possibilities that were lost when the nucleosynthesis stopped were again released in this remarkable creative being. The birth of the star was a new and dynamic form that was made possible by the matter in the gas cloud reversing the course of cosmic evolution to tap into its own higher energy state of greater possibility and potential.

The dynamic balance between gravity and heat is the hallmark of a star. In the life of the star, it passed through cycles where H was first transformed to He for 107 years; then a shift to a new dynamic balance allowed the transformation of He to C for 105 years. This new element C emerged into existence for the first time due to the creativity of the star. If the star was large enough, another shift allowed the conversion of C to O for 103 years, then from O to Ne for 1 year, from Ne to Mg, from Mg to Si, and from Si to Fe. These higher elements were created for the first time in stars, ushered into manifestation by the delicate balance between the interactions of the cosmos.

If the star was extremely large, its death was a sudden and super explosive self-destruction called a supernova. The star blew itself apart, blasting its creativity out into space. The higher elements which were scattered in that catastrophe later collected together to form planets with complex chemistry involving not just H and He, but C and O and N and many other elements as well. These planets would be cold and lifeless, however, without the formation of a new second-generation star nearby. Such stars are not born in just any galaxy, however. Only the elegant spiral galaxies possess the delicate organization which has the capacity to support the ongoing creation of stars, and hence the possibility for chemistry, and for life.

Paper Written By:
Dr. Thomas McFarlane, PhD
Theoretical Physicist

Abstract: This paper presents a creation story inspired by modern physics, with a focus on the first stages of cosmic evolution. The creation of the cosmos is characterized as a process of successive division and differentiation of an original and underlying unity. This process of creation is characterized by stages or epochs separated by relatively sudden transitions from one form of order to another. These sudden transitions may be understood as the breaking of symmetry, and are associated with the creative emergence of a new type of order. After this description of the evolutionary structure of the cosmos, the paper turns to some speculations on its psychological significance. In particular, it is proposed that the spatiotemporal cosmic process revealed by physical science is an outer reflection of an inner process in the depths of the collective psyche.

O
Before the Beginning

The entire universe--matter, energy, space and time--burst into existence about 15 billion years ago from what appears to be a singular point of infinite potential and impenetrable mystery. Because space and time themselves did not yet exist in this mysterious origin, we cannot say where the universe came from or what existed before it. Without space, there is no "where". Without time, there is no "before". Beyond our capacities to sense or even to conceive, this cosmic Mystery abides eternally ever present in the heart of all things. We and the cosmos are none other than this Mystery.

I
Unity



In the first moments of creation, the universe was in a state of unity, a singular point containing all possibilities for the manifestation of energy, matter, space and time. Full of infinite potential, the universe contained implicit within itself the vast expanse of intergalactic time and space, the fundamental forces and particles, the wondrous varieties of matter and energy, and the subtleties of complex organizational patterns that would later unfold in the forms of galaxies, planets, and life. All this diversity of form, however, was present only implicitly in the singular unity of this primordial seed. The cosmos at this stage manifested only the quality of unity, having no distinguishable forms of manifestation, not even space or time.

In this period, there were no meaningful distinctions between any of the different fundamental particles or forces--they were all unified in perfect symmetry. The energy density was so high that it permitted complete freedom of transformation of any form into any other form, so that no particular form of manifestation was dominant, and all were in equilibrium with each other. All the stable forms we know in our present low-energy world could not exist in this flux of completely free and unrestricted transformation. Even the forms of space and time were not distinguishable from matter and force particles, since spacetime fluctuations could be transformed into matter and vice versa. The matrix of spacetime was melted together with its material content.

Although we may speculate about this original singularity, no theory of physics presently provides a model of this state where even time and space do not exist. The holy grail of physics is to discover a theory of everything (TOE) that describes this period of ultimate symmetry. For now, however, all our current theories must be left behind to enter this primordial era called the Planck era.

II
The Birth of Gravity



Around the time of ~10-43 s, the perfect symmetry of the Planck era was broken, giving birth to space, time and gravity. The energy density of the universe at this time dropped below the critical Planck energy ~1019 GeV (~1032 K), resulting in a restriction or limitation of possible transformations between forms. Interactions that mix the gravitational force with the other forces require a minimum energy of ~1019 GeV. As the average energy density of the universe dropped below this critical threshold, these interactions were no longer possible, and so gravity, space and time emerged as stable structures of manifestation. Just as ice comes into being by cooling water below a critical freezing temperature, when the universe cooled below this "freezing temperature" of ~1032 degrees, the threads of reality spontaneously self-organized into a coherent fabric of space and time.

This restriction of possible transformations distinguished the unified action of the universe into two separate interactions: the force of gravity and a grand unified interaction. We understand these two interactions today with Einstein's theory of general relativity and (somewhat speculative) grand unified theories (GUTs) of the fundamental particles and interactions, respectively. Einstein's theory governs the dynamics of the fabric of spacetime, while GUTs govern the dynamics of the remaining interactions. These apparently distinct interactions, however, are the manifestations of the possibilities present in the original unity, brought into existence through the process of limitation and restriction. Like an exquisite Persian carpet, the underlying fabric of space and the dance of form upon it are both woven of the same thread.

The dance of form within spacetime has a grand unified symmetry called SU(5). This symmetry is less than the perfect symmetry of the Planck era, but is still a high symmetry compared to the symmetry manifest in the present state of the universe. If we represent perfect symmetry by a circle which has complete rotational symmetry, then the SU(5) symmetry might be symbolized by a regular 16 sided polygon which has a high but incomplete rotational symmetry. At these high energies, this symmetry allowed the transformation between all types of particles. In particular, a super-massive particle called the X-boson mediated the transformation between quarks and leptons, the two fundamental types of matter. Thus, at this stage in the evolution of the universe, no type of material particle has a stable existence and no orderly structures are manifest.

III
The Birth of the Strong Nuclear Force



At about 10-35 s, when the universe was the size of a grain of sand, the energy density of the universe fell below the critical level of ~1015 GeV (~1028 K), giving birth to the strong nuclear force. This energy is the minimum energy required to create the X-boson which mediates the transformations between leptons and quarks. Because X-bosons were no longer created, the transformations between the quarks and leptons were suddenly prohibited. The SU(5) symmetry of the grand unified interaction that had been present broke apart into two separate symmetries: an SU(3) symmetry that governed the strong nuclear force, and an SU(2)xU(1) symmetry that governed the remaining electroweak force. As before, because a mode of transformation was restricted, a distinction became manifest in the form of two separate classes of material particles.

This symmetry breaking was actually postponed until slightly after the universe cooled below the critical temperature. Like supercooled water that suddenly freezes below the freezing temperature, the SU(5) symmetry broke slightly below the critical temperature. The sudden release of energy resulted in a dramatic cosmic inflation and the precipitation of huge amounts of matter. The period of sudden cosmic inflation lasted from about 10-35 s to about 10-32 s.

IV
The Birth of the Weak Nuclear Force



The universe continued to expand, dropping in energy density by a factor of 1013 to ~102 GeV (~1015 K). Then another phase transition took place at about 10-10 s, resulting in a further break in symmetry. The electroweak interaction separated into the weak nuclear force and the electromagnetic force. The weak force interacts with particles having a flavor charge, while the electromagnetic force interacts with particles having an electric charge. Before this break in symmetry, there was enough energy present to freely create W and Z bosons, which carried the electroweak interactions. After the symmetry break, however, there was no longer sufficient energy to create the W and Z particles, and only the photons remained plentiful in the universe. At this point, all four fundamental interactions were distinguished and the stage was set for the creation of complex forms of matter.

The stages up to this point are characterized by the creation of distinctions between the fundamental interactions, represented by successive breaks in symmetry. The initial state of unity may be symbolized by a highly symmetric circle, while later stages are regular polygons having fewer and fewer sides. Taken together, we can construct a pyramid-like structure by stacking these planar figures upon each other.



At the apex of this structure is the original mystery where all distinctions dissolve into a single point, and all forms and structures are implicit. Moving down from the apex, space expands and the local symmetry at that stage successively breaks until, at the bottom, the universe has the four-fold symmetry of a square, representing the four fundamental interactions, the four elements of earth, air, fire and water, or the four directions. With each break in symmetry, an implicit, potential form of existence manifests as an explicit form of existence. At the same time, the explicit unity that had been manifest before the break in symmetry then becomes implicit. Our origin, therefore, is exists implicitly in the present, even though it may not be explicit.

I will not argue with you on that, science is man's understanding of the natural world. I agree that we need to pursue it so that we can understand concepts, as well as produce methods that would be beneficial to the human species.

My only argument is that I think this dialogue shouldn't be about religion vs science. Science and religion are complementary.

That is my firm belief.

The flap of the penis, if not removed, will retain urinary secrements and with that microbial, bacterial pathogens. Wherever one sleeps, sits, has sex with, potentially can carry such bacterial pathogens. Additionally, if not removed, the flap of skin will cover the penile head, thus causing a lack of aeration, thus odor manifests greatly. Odor, is a sign of pathogen, bacteria, as it is produced by bacterial cells during lysis.

As for increased pleasure, I am aloof in that.

Removal of the skin flap does make sense, proliferatively speaking.
As its removal would allow the release of sperm without epidermal hindrance; thus can fertilize the female's eggs en mass. If one isn't circumcised, then the skin flap would get in the way during sexual intercourse, spermicide would result as half or more of the sperm count would be trapped in the linings of the skin, instead of making its journey to the uterus.

So am I, however science cannot explain everything.

What we do know is but limited. Have you ever heard of the concept of "Art Van Delay" pretensions?

Its a glorious concept that I learned in astrophysics couple of semesters ago. Take a look into it.

Anastacio,

The bible is written as a guide, man's early understanding of the Geater Truth.
It was written, in simplistic form, for the men of ancient days to understand truth.
God, who has no limits, nor should we even dare try to explain his abilities--as we you and I and the rest of the human race are dust. Dust should not be proud, nor should we ever try to dictate what the Lord our God, who breathed life and existance to everything in this Universe.

The point, Anastacio, is that it is a glimpse of the  Greater truth. It will be revealed to us when our pilgrimage in this earthly life comes to an end. And each passing day, you and I get closer to our eternal tomb, that mankind is mandated to suffer. Until then, let us be progressive in understanding and take in glimpses of the greater Truth.

You have your papa's handsome smile, but you have your beautiful momma's face.

The intention of this thread aid in giving peace for those who lost a family member, loved one, friend. In this Holy Lenten Season, as we look back and read biblical scripture, in pleading to the Lord Christ Jesus, to raise the dead into eternal comfort with the God the Father.

O Lord, as you raised Lazarus from the dead, as he had faith in you, hear our prayers and shine down grace, and pity on our family, relatives and friends who have gone before us in their eternal rest.

Lord, you who are omniscient, you know our pleas and our needs even before we ask it of you. Kindly, O Father, hear us and grant us perpetual grace and mercies in our times of grief, and strengthen us O Lord.

God our Father,
Your power brings us to birth,
Your providence guides our lives,
and by Your command we return to dust.

Lord, those who die still live in Your presence,
their lives change but do not end.
I pray in hope for my family,
relatives and friends,
and for all the dead known to You alone.

In company with Christ,
Who died and now lives,
may they rejoice in Your kingdom,
where all our tears are wiped away.
Unite us together again in one family,
to sing Your praise forever and ever.

O merciful God,
take pity on those souls
who have no particular friends and intercessors
to recommend them to Thee, who,
either through the negligence of those who are alive,
or through length of time are forgotten
by their friends and by all.
Spare them, O Lord,
and remember Thine own mercy,
when others forget to appeal to it.
Let not the souls which Thou hast created
be parted from thee, their Creator.

May the souls of all the faithful departed,
through the mercy of God, rest in peace.

Amen.

LoL

True.

The next person misses his/her best friend. 

Hunting season begins again, 'te.

Egyptians are also descendants of Noah. Generations upon generations upon generations after Noah's death, many tribes scattered. However it was one particular tribe of Abraham of the land of Ur (present day Iraq) that would be the root of the Jewish people.

Egypt was a sophisticated civilization, and due to its establishment near the nile river delta gave it strategic advantage over its neighbors. With the flooding of the nile and the rich bounties it provided, the population that settled in the Nile Delta flourished, population boomed with the rise of sedentary farming. And the establishment of a Pharaohic state was necessary for the control of such a vast land area.

Due to this abundance of goods, and such a vast population, they could support large projects as in the erection of pyramids, obelisks, statues to strengthen the position of their God Kings. They relied on religious piety of their subjects and a self imposed 'Divine Justice' of their Pharaohs that warranted the total obedience of their people.

From this, Egypt was able to rally a mighty military, that set its sights not only in the lands of Canaan, but beyond.

The doom of Egypt was her pride.
She was mighty and powerful,
she took advantage of the weak, per se the Jews.

And the Lord made an example out of them.
He crushed Mighty Egypt, and made sure she would never rise to power again.
And it was true.

After the expulsions of the Jews out of Egypt as said in scripture,
Egypt's greatness was already forgotten. She was carved and conquered by the Assyrians, the Persians, the Greeks, the Romans, the Byzantines, the Arabs etc.

LoL

My answer:

Why did the chicken cross the road?

Because there were Filipinos trying to kill it to be used for chicken adobo

LOL

Noah's people, are the ones that survived such cataclysm. And since the human race came from one origin, we came and trace back our origins to the people of Noah, and his descendants. From him, man migrated either north to present day europe, east to present day Asia, and south to present day africa. Man evolved to suite his or her environment; those who migrated north were exposed to cold weather, and reduced sun light, therefore their phenotype changed. That is why caucasians have light hair, and pale skin, as the activity of the melanocytes decreased due to a reduction of sun light, Their hair color changed to either red, blonde or brown in an adaptation to environment.

Those who migrated to the south, to the plains of Africa were exposed to extreme heat, and increased sun exposure. As an evolutionary adaptation, these groups of humans developed a supra activity of melanocytes, and a presence of melanocytes is darker skin. As a result, these people were black, to dark brown skinned. Their hair evolved to a kinky texture; as an evolutionary adaptation. We know that curly to kinky hair is capable of repulsing heat, whereas straight hair is a reduction of that ability. That is why caucasians, who are exposed to less light, have straight hair, and africans who are exposed to it heavily, have kinky course hair.

The same for Mongoloid Asians. Our eyes have a prominent fold because we, south east asians, are the original mongoloid race that traveled through the ice age. In fact, the Filipino, as with the entire Malay Race was the first to inhabit what is now present day china, korea, and vietnam. These areas were still ridden with ice, we moved southwards (present day malay archipelago) because the land was unfrozen, and vegetation was rich. We crossed our islands due to land bridges (ice bridges). That is why the malay race spans and inhabits over 30,000 islands.

The reason why we Filipinos have slanted eyes is because when we travelled to asia, we went through blizzard climates. As an evolutionary adaptation, our eyes developed folds for protection of our eyes from the snow, the rain, etc. As we migrated south (over thousands upon thousands of years), we were exposed to greater sun light, thus we developed an increase of melanocyte activity, thus we have brown to tan skin.

The 'new' Mongoloids, namely the Han Chinese, the Koreans, the Japanese ethnics, the Mongols developed and cultivated their regions because by the time they arrived, the ice age had already receded, polar ice caps and glaciers already retreated to the north. That is why they are lighter skinned because the are where they live has less light, and temperatures are not as extreme as in south east asia.

The Malay Race (Indonesian, Malaysian, Brunei, southern Thai, Filipino) are considered by raciologists and ethno-anthropologists, ethno-archaeologists as "Proto-Mongoloids". We are the same group of people as the Native Americans. We were the group that went south because we wanted to steer away form the ice and cold. The native american were the ones that crossed the bering straight and into the new world. When they arrived, they went south as well. The proto mongoloids, the malays, also went south (only in asia).


One thing is clear. We all came from one origin. Either somewhere in northern africa or in the middle east.
The fact that we can inter-breed with one another is proof of our special-universality. Meaning, we are of the same race, same species. We look different only because of evolutionary adaptation.

That my friend, is how science explains biblical scripture.

The Real-Life Basis for Noah's Flood

In their book Noah's Flood: The New Scientific Discoveries About the Event That Changed History (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1998), Walter Pitman and William Ryan detail the overwhelming evidence that the Old Testament story of Noah and the Great Flood (Genesis 6:9-9:17) was actually based on a real-life event, a cataclysmic flood that took place approximately 7,600 years ago, in 5,600 b.c. Other ancient oral literatures, most notably the Babylonian Epic of Gilgamesh and an older Sumerian version, called The Deluge, also tell of a Great Flood that would have occurred at about the same time as the one recorded in Genesis.

          All of the world's saltwater oceans are really one great connected body of water, the "world ocean." The Black Sea, which lies between Turkey and the former U.S.S.R., is connected to the world ocean by way of the Sea of Marmara, through the Aegean and Mediterranean seas. The narrow passageway between the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara, the Bosporus Strait, is marked by certain anomalous physical characteristics that point to a time when the Black Sea was actually an isolated freshwater lake, and the Bosporus Strait a mighty natural dam.

          At the beginning of the most recent glacial cycle, about 120,000 years ago, the earth's climate and sea level were essentially similar to what they are today. The last Ice Age lasted for about 100,000 years, during which water that evaporated from the oceans was not returned to them in the form of rain or meltwater, but instead was carried by winds to fall as snow near the Arctic regions. Over a thousand centuries, the snow accumulated in ice sheets up to two miles thick, causing world sea levels to fall by four hundred feet. By the peak of this glacial cycle, twenty thousand years ago, when the glacial meltdown began, modern man had already migrated into Europe and Asia, thus providing human witnesses to the changes that occurred during the thousands of years of the meltdown, including a brief refreezing episode, the Younger Dryas, that occurred 12,500 years ago (about 10,500 b.c.) and lasted for about a thousand years.

          When the great thaw took place 20,000 years ago, the enormous quantity of water released from the polar ice sheets flowed into the oceans, and sea level rose gradually all over the world. From northern Russia, meltwater flowed southward into the New Euxine Lake, the Ice Age lake at the site of the present-day Black Sea. By 15,000 years ago, this lake had reached a level where it connected to the Sea of Marmara, and through it to the Aegean Sea and then the Mediterranean Sea. The vast quantity of meltwater also freshened this lake to the point where it became potable for humans and animals.

          The weight of the ice sheets during the height of glaciation had created a deep sag in the earth's surface, along with a barrier of displaced earth. As the glaciers retreated, melting faster to the south where it was warmer, a sort of moat, caused when the meltwater was blocked by the displaced earth, developed parallel to the glaciers' edge.

          The melting glaciers sent their overflow into several enormous lakes that no longer exist, but which at that time filled the sag in the earth's crust caused by the weight of the massive ice sheets. As these lakes grew, the water eventually rose over the crest of the bulge and flowed southward into the Caspian, Aral and Black seas, but by 13,000 b.c. the glaciers had retreated far enough north that the southward flow of the meltwater into the Black Sea had almost stopped, and the water was rerouted westward by other geographical structures, including the "moat" and the bulging land barrier.

          When reglaciation occurred during the Younger Dryas, about 10,500 b.c., rains again became scarce. Precipitation around the Black Sea was so low that it was outpaced by surface evaporation, and the water level of the Black Sea began to fall, until it had dropped below the Sakarya outlet that had connected it to the Sea of Marmara. As the sea level dropped all over the world, the Sakarya channel also lost its connection to the Sea of Marmara, and over the ages mud and debris accumulated there to form a huge natural earthen dam (the "Bosporus dam," at the site of the present-day Bosporus Strait).

          During this time of glaciation and general worldwide dessication, humans and animals collected near natural freshwater reservoirs like the reduced Black Sea lake, which was surrounded by rich soils and which provided not only the opportunity to develop agriculture, but also abundant food in the form of fish and animals.

          When the Younger Dryas ended (about 9,400 b.c.), the landscape became more hospitable and people began to migrate away from such oases, carrying with them the newly developed skill of cultivating and harvesting plants for food--i.e., agriculture. Another brief ice age occurred about 6,200 b.c., once again causing dessication in southeast Europe, the Ukraine and southern Russia. And once again humans retreated to the edges of freshwater reservoirs, including the Black Sea, which was still an isolated freshwater lake.

          About 5,800 b.c., another thaw brought back the rains and warmer weather, and people again moved into previously abandoned areas. This thaw also caused a rise in the world's sea level, and by 5,600 b.c. the world ocean had risen to the point where the Sea of Marmara, backed by all the water in the connected seas of the entire world, was at the brink of the Bosporus dam, ready to breach that natural barrier and flow with unimaginable force into the Bosporus valley and down to the Black Sea lake, about five hundred feet below.

          The people of the Bosporus valley would have been aware of the rising waters on the other side of the Bosporus dam. At first, the ocean water would have lapped and trickled over the natural dam, but with so vast a quantity of water pressing against the earthen divide, the flow, once it began, would have quickly developed into violent torrent, sweeping away the natural dam and raging down into the valley at a rate two hundred times greater than that of the water that flows over Niagara Falls. Even as the saltwater torrent roared down into the freshwater Black Sea lake, killing the freshwater species inhabiting the lake, the Black Sea itself began to rise six inches per day, rapidly inundating the entire valley.

          The people who lived in the area of the Black Sea lake would have had sufficient warning to realize that they must flee, and that they would never be able to return, for the world as they knew it would soon come to an end. They would have packed up seeds and domesticated animals, and anything of value that they could carry with them, knowing that once they reached the safety of high ground they would have to begin the world over again.

          As they fled, they would have heard the mighty roar of the torrent that raced like a gigantic, raging serpent, twisting its way through the valley and to the Black Sea lake below. Everything they once knew would have rapidly disappeared beneath the rising, expanding waters of the new saltwater sea. It must have seemed to them as if an angry god had opened the earth and released the raging waters of the deep. Such a cataclysmic flood would naturally give rise to stories of the sort found in Genesis, in The Epic of Gilgamesh, and in The Deluge.  The peoples who produced these great flood epics were those who settled in areas where yearly floods--as of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers--would have presented an occasion for the telling and retelling of the story of the Great Flood, fixing the tale forever in the oral tradition of the people.

          According to Pitman's and Ryan's calculations, the violence of the inflow from the sea would have continued unabated for perhaps ten or eleven months, until the level of the lake had risen about 180 feet. As it continued to rise, the rate of flow would gradually have diminished, but would not have ceased for at least two years, until the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov, created in a basin in the Azov plain by the overflow of the Black Sea through the Kerch Strait to the north, were both at the same level as the Aegean and Mediterranean seas, which were entering by way of the Sea of Marmara through the Bosporus Strait.

          Eventually the flood would have come to an end, and the strange flow pattern of waters through the Bosporus Strait would have been established: fresher, lighter Black Sea water flows southward out of the Bosporus Strait at the surface, while the heavier, saltier Mediterranean water flows northward, in along the bottom of the channel.

          The evidence for this mighty flood and its connection to the Great Flood of ancient myth and legend is of several different types. The existence of numerous flood myths with strikingly similar structures was just a tantalizing clue until deep water research techniques made it possible to sample sediments from deep in the Black Sea, as well as evidence from around the world for a four-hundred-foot drop in sea level at precisely the right time to shrink the Black Sea lake and isolate it five hundred feet below the Bosporus dam. Scientists have accumulated evidence of changing shorelines and of the sudden replacement of freshwater species in the Black Sea with saltwater species, dated at 5,600 b.c. Deep water imaging techniques have also allowed researchers to identify an anomalously deep and narrow channel cut into the bedrock of the Bosporus Strait, just as would be expected if such a mighty torrent had flowed through the channel.

          Archaeological evidence from northern Europe, the Mediterranean, and Mesopotamia provides proof of massive immigration, as if a great diaspora occurred near the middle of the sixth millennium b.c. All of a sudden, all over Europe and the Mideast, new and more advance cultures appear suddenly, quite distinct from those that preceded them, and with no sign of having developed out of the earlier cultures at those sites. In each case, the new cultures bring not only advanced pottery and building techniques, as well as sophisticated decorative styles, but also agriculture, which they introduced where it had never been known before. Alien domesticates also show up suddenly, as if an entirely new people had arrived, either as immigrants or as invaders, bringing with them the plants and animals they had raised in their original homeland.

          It is Pitman's and Ryan's contention, well-supported not just by literary, archaeological, and anthropological evidence, but also by data collected over decades by innumerable experts from many different nations and from a wide variety of scientific fields, that the story of Noah's Flood, as well as the similar Great Flood episodes in other ancient literatures, is the mythological representation of a mighty real-life flood that occurred 7,600 years ago, in 5,600 b.c., when rising sea levels caused the Mediterranean/Aegean Sea to burst through the natural earthen dam that blocked the Bosporus and to rage into the valley of the freshwater Black Sea lake, until the entire basin, and that of the Azov plain beyond, were filled with seawater and connected to the world ocean.

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Slackware,

so if not Global-the other alternative answer is
-only in particular areas? if thats the case
why Noah outh to select every kind of living things
just to enable to start new genre of mankind?


(na shuang na c Eya Doi)

tanan bang species nakasakay sa arc? dont tell me ang polar bear nisakay sa arc? di baya na mabuhi sa desert ang polar bear

sarcastically apil pod ang polar bear ky miingon man Ginoo
tanan jud "kind of" nabuhi ra to cya tingale ky daghan gud ug tubig
unya gibasa diay nila permi beh? di wla na to cya mainiti? bhahahaha

pila kaha ka adlaw gibaktas ni polar bear from north pole to to noah's place? di kaha siya mamatay sa kainit niya pagbaktas?

who knows kon wla diay to cya magbaktas abir?

with your reply it seems particular areas ra jud diay- sa desserto ra ang flood?
dli ba tibook man kalibutan?

wala nagbaktas? unsay iyang gisakyan? hehehehe...para nako ang flood dili global...asa man ka mangita ug tubig para mo flood sa tibook kalibutan? bisan imo pa tunawon tanang ice sa north and south pole isnt enough to make a global flood.

It did happen.

The story of Noah's Ark was authored by men under the Divine influence of the Holy Spirit. God knew that men of ancient days did not understand the concept of glacial melting, species diversification, so the Lord God Most High, transferred the truth in words that would be 'digestable' to the ears of men in those days.

In today's scientific world, we find that there really was a thing called 'a great flood'. It was a CATACLYSMIC event, species, humans were wiped out. And it was GLOBAL.

Even before we could understand it, God already told us, through the bible, in words that we could understand. It is only now, some 2,000 years after the writing of the bible that science is beginning to uncover the truths that is expressed in the Bible.

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kun global? diin man gikan ang tubig? Isn't that physicly impossible???

Nothing is physically impossible with God. 

Amen.

He is the author of life, of all things. There is no impossibility with the Lord Most High. Ancient of days, author of creation, the mouth-piece of truth.

Hilaw bitaw, pero true to kaayo. Innocent raw feelings jud to.

Hilaw ang among gi tan-aw. Staring in her eyes, and she looking in my eyes.
Sus, one's heart goes on full drive.

(rock remix)

by Quietdrive

Love this version of the song. 
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The Rafale Supersonic Interceptor,



France's leading fighter.
Don't let its size fool you, this ship is quite agile, nimble, and dangerously fast.
It has proven itself against F-16s and sometimes, even F-18s.

Fast, powerful, yet not as expensive as the American F-16, F-15.

Its size and its fire power would be a realistic dream for the Philippine Air Force.
If the Philippine Air Force acquires 20-24 of these fighters, she can form 6 air squadrons (4 fighters per squadron), and thus form an effective umbrella over Philippine Air Space against foreign fighters.

Its interceptor abilities, and its tactile nature, as well as deadly ordinances and missile payloads would cut down any Malaysian, Chinese, Taiwanese fighter stupid enough to enter Philippine Air Space.

And it would make the Chinese re-consider its aggressive policy concerning the Spratleys and Philippine-occupied Kalayaan. Not to mention, make the Malaysians wet their pants whenever these fighters fly over Malaysian-squaterized Sabah State. 

They say raba that a Boholana is isug in the outside, pero when you break the shell, soft kaayo kono.

Tinuud ba ni?

The Japanese Self Defense Navy,
is the largest of any Asian-navy,
Its military equipment is an combination of American and Japanese, or a hybrid of that.


The largest and strongest ship in the Imperial Japanese Navy is the DDG-174“??” Kirishima
It is by far the strongest ship in Asia-Pacific (that is not American)

The Japanese Imperial Navy has always indicated its 'offensive' capability; and even with its defensive-oriented constitution, the Japanese Navy outranks and out guns any navy in Asia. Even the People's Republic of China or India would not dare engage the Japanes Navy, for fear of its technological superiority.


The  DDG-174Kirishima of the Imperial Japanese Navy



Imperial Japanese Naval Column


The Lords of the North Pacific

The Russian Sovremenny Class (Type 956) Destroyer



This is, by so far, the largest and most powerful surface ship in the world.
The Sovremenny Class destroyer was the Pride of the Soviet Union, as well is STILL the Pride of the Russian Federational Naval Fleet.

Its firepower is unsurpassed, and can easily damage even destroy an American AEGIS destroyer if placed in a 1 to 1 scenario.

The sovremenny can fire multiple exorcet missiles (anti-carrier) and can damage if not sink a carrier, foolish enough to allow the Sovremenny coordinate an offensive. The armament of this destroyer is a quagmire for those who oppose its guns, as it can take a heavy beating of torpedos, air-to-surface missiles and guided bombs before it can sink.

The destroyer, technically, can carry series of ICBMs (inter continental ballistic missiles---AKA---Nukes).

The Soviet Union Supreme Naval Fleet utilized the Sovremenny during the cold war and brought fear to the hearts of sailors of the American Navy.

So let me start,



The USS Nimitz, Super Carrier
The super carrier can carry over 5,000 men, support up to 40 fighter jets.
It is nuclear powered, as well as carries thermonuclear warheads on the bowels of its hull.
It carries a 360 deg. Pin-point defense that can take down any hostile fighter within 20-50 miles of its radius. It's missile defense can take out any anti-carrier exorcet missile (or similar missile).

In the bowels of its ship, it carries anti-submarine capability, via pin-point depth charges, and seeking torpedos. This carrier can hold up to 2,000 marines, and can coordinate a sea-borne invasion of any nation in the world. So long as it has access to oil refueling.

The United States has 18 of such carriers in the world's oceans.

Post some of your favorite military vehicle, vessel, craft etc.
Post the name of the vehicle, and the nation it belongs to.

This should entice the military guys to go ga-ga in here

Awaken! Ye War Hawks !

Can't help but notice the cloud's form. It resembles the anti-parallel double helix form of eukaryotic DNA.

Thats it.

I'm cooking this tomorrow.

And adobo.

Welcome to TB!

Haha! No need to thank me. Thank your mom and dad for giving you a big brain.



But of course, it is your will that makes it pronounced.
It is true, when they say the Boholano is exceedingly intelligent.

Hahaha, yes Kyle. You're thinking more like a scientist everyday, lil bro.



*High Five*

Quote from: fdaray on March 08, 2008, 09:52:33 AM
Yes ,Mathematics is a universal language. It is not an exact language because there in no exact value of pi 3.1416.......... There no is exact thing in this wide wide world.

Mr. Daray,

That is true. So very true.

Keep on teaching,

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All time favorite Calculus equation has got to be the Taylor series:
Taylor series is y(x + h) = y(x) + y'(x)h + y"(x)h2/2! + ..., helps in calculating infinite series, addressing convergence and uniform convergence.

Probably the only thing in calculus that didn't bore me.

I hate Calculus!

'te this is probably a piece of cake for you.

Swimming with my dad in the beaches of Valencia.
He would take me and my sister out to swim when we were still small. I would hang on to my dad's right side, and my sister would be in his arms. I can still smell the sea and its salt, feel the waves splashing. I can hear my dad laughing with us.

Everyone of us has problems, stress conditions, and each and every single one of us reacts to these conditions differently or even similarly from the next person.

So I ask this question,

How do You deal with your problems, how do you cope with it?

So,

What are your theories and explanations for the chicken crossing the road?

Kyle, you're a sharp kid.

Keep that up, lil bro.
Make me proud

What about you Kyle?

If you could time travel, at what time period would you want to visit?

Dios ko,
I am so sorry

I am so sorry for those who fell victim to this incident, and families mourning their loss.

Go Women!

Spread word of Bohol in the areas we live in.

The more we talk about it, the more we tell our friends about Bohol, the more they will mention it to their friends, or visit it themselves.

Well said Mr Daray,

Our bodies are not completely ours. Within us, each and every single one of us in the world, the Holy Spirit abides in. We are His temple. God works through us, the good that we do and say is mandated by the Grace we recieve (even if we dont know it) through the Holy Spirit.

As it is said in scripture,
Our Bodies are His Temple

Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body,"
1 Cor. 6:19-20

The Philippines does not need a benign dictatorship in order to stabilize its growth, nor does it need an authoritarian-esque government in order to maintain political purity.

We have to be realistic on the situation at hand, and Ate Ging summarized the realities. Politicla corruption is already ingrained in the psyche of politicians, the processes of such isn't 'new' as many of us believe, rather it has been on play since the days of Spanish colonial control.

Who controlled the Philippines when we were still a military province in the Spanish Empire?
It was the Filipino aristocracy, the principales, the criollisimos, the gentry class. It was these so called gentry class that were once the regional lords, the Datus, the Rajas of the islands. In the spirit of strategic initiative, the Spaniards realized the regionalistic tendencies of the Filipino and realized the impossibility of totally controlling the Philippines (due to its geographical location) so therefore instead of wiping out the regional rajas, datus as what Spain did in its Empire in central and south america (as in killing the Emperors of the Incan Empire, Aztec Empire and with them, their heirs and royal courtiers). Spain decided to 'adopt' the regional lords of the Philippines and give them religious, political and military responsibilties that would grant them retention of their sovereign rule within the islands.

The Datus and Rajas, took advantage of this situation and acquiesced to the demands of Spain. By adopting the christian religion of the foreign Spaniards, and playing as the 'middleman' between the Royal Spanish Audencia and the Imperial beaurocracy; and the Filipino masses, the rajas and datus would be given power.

They were made gobernadorcillos (regional governors) and thus were the right hand men of the Gobernador General of the Philippine Colony. With the position of power, the former rajas, datus married into the Spaniards. The sons of the datus and rajas married Spanish women, or the daughters marrying Spanish men. As a byproduct, the Mestizo class (Criollisimos) were born.

It was these class members that constituted the Philippine Aristocracy, which lives to this day. An example of them are the Ayala family of the Philippines. Which are decendents of Spanish conquistadores, and were part of the Principales class.

Within this classed society, the people in power, the gobernadorcillos were corrupt to the core. Taking in bribes, etc, etc, as they themselves learned from the Spanish beurocracy that controlled them. They learned this early on during the 16th and 17th century when rich Filipino gobernadorcillos would bribe Spanish friars, politicians and military officers to send their children to be schooled in Nueva Espana (Mexico) or even Espana. Corruption was pragmatic and a reality within the empire, one of the reason for its downfall. It was too large of an enterprise and too loose in its control for it to last completely.

As you can see, political corruption stems back not only to the post independence period, or the Marcos period. It stems back to the colonial society. It is a product of Spanish-Filipino political enterprise. Passed down from those in power to the next generation. And it lasts to this day.

Who can change it?
The youth. The youth and those of the new generation that sees this reality, and wants change. They have yet to be indoctrinated into the corruption of politics. Their goals and aspirations are still pure. It is with the youth that change can come about.

It is imperative that the future polticians do not follow the nature of their predecessors. How can this be optimized?

By implementing anti-corruption laws and FOLLOWING these laws to the teeth. The Philippines, is the first republic in Asia, and a nation that has supreme potential in rocking the Asia-Pacific region. Our people are one of the most educated in Asia, and our nation's population and growth rate precedes others. This country has the potential to be a regional power, not only in terms of economics, politics, but military as well. If changes were made, within 4-5 decades from now, this country would easily be the leader of the ASEAN region. I guarantee it, that is IF anti-corruption laws are followed appropriately.

Why compare ourselves to little nations such as Singapore, Malaysia, etc. When EVEN now, in the current state we are in, our GNP is the 3rd largest in ASEAN. Our country, for a 3rd world nation, produces almost $500 Billion a year. Can you imagine when it isn't in such a paralysis?

Greatness, my friends, Greatness awaits our precious Philippine Fatherland.
With over 90 Million citizens, and growing, we would be able to exert our will and mandates in the region and the world. And our dependence on foreign powers would hopefully subside. I dream of a time, perhaps in my children or my grandchildren's time, that when nations speak the name of "The Philippines" they will tremble in fear. In respect and awe at the power of our country, and our growth.

And in my heart, I know this will be so.
Believe and it will be so.

hahaha Kyle!
Bitaw he is very guapo
Andre is 8 years old, turning 9 this July 21.
You're close to his age, right Kyle?

That is why whenever I talk to you here, my heart becomes soft.
You remind me of my little brothers who are back home.



Always,
Kuya

You're welcome, Kyle.

Lolo Mariano lives in our thoughts, in our minds, and in our prayers.

Without him, I would have never been here, nor my mother, etc.
He loved the Philippine so much that he stayed in Bohol for the rest of his life, instead of going back to China where all his family were. He visited China often, apparently, to attend the funerals of his mother and father.

My wish is to go to Guangdong, China. I want to meet my relatives and find a picture of my Great Lolo.
I want to see his family name, his family history, and see the grave site of his father, mother, grand father etc. I want to see my Chinese History. My Chinese side.

Someday, I hope.

Back to 1909.

That is the year my Great grandfather, Mr. Mariano Tan (his original Chinese name was Tan Ngai Feiyi)
first arrived to the Philippines with his brothers (whose names escape me, all of whom shared the Tan surname). I still have relatives in present day Guangdong, China. In fact, my grandmother (Mrs. Fortunata Tan-Salvo, had an older brother by the name of Celestino Tan who went to China for schooling, as told by my great grand father. My grandmother, and her older brothers and younger sister and brother spoke fluent Cantonese Chinese, aside from Bisaya. They were fluent in their father's native language.

How I would have wanted to have seen my Lolo Mariano. Who I hear so much about through my mother and my uncles in my mother's side of the family. I want to see the face of my Chinese roots, though my mother says that my younger brother Andre has the beauty of our Chinese great grandfather.

If I saw him in life, I would have given him the customary Chinese kow tow (bow) as he came from a very traditionally conservative and well-off Chinese background. He came from a well-to-do Chinese family.


The only one that somewhat looks like my great grandfather is my uncle, Romeo Tan. The older brother of my mother. (he is pictured here with my mom, my younger brother Andre, and my cousins Joseph and Forlyn)


My baby brother, Andre.
All of my mother's brothers, elder sister, and relatives say that he looks the most like our Great Grandfather.
The Chinese blood flows strong in my little brother, lol 

In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that had been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it.

John 1:1-5


In the Name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit,

The Word of the Lord,

The mind of sinful man is death, but the mind controlled by the Spirit is life and peace, because the sinful mind is hostile to God. It does not submit to God's law, nor can it do so. Those controlled by their sinful nature cannot please God.
Romans 8:6-8

My conscience is clear, but that does not make me innocent. It is the Lord who judges me. Therefore, judge nothing before the appointed time; wait till the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of men's hearts. At that time each will receive his praise from God.
-1 Corinthians 4:4-5

Live by the spirit and you will not gratify the desires of your sinful nature.
-Galatians 5:16

Blessed
Comforted
Studying

Good Friends,
Through Thick and Thin,


My good, good friend. Robbo. 


Bryan, my bro, my room mate.


With smiles like this, how can anyone be sad?
JC, Jenny, and Joe


And one of me lol. With my bros. Danny and Bryan.


Classic, lol


Mooky, Jenny, me and Oi Ling.



I'm going to miss you guys,
Hopefully you will find this page and see this,
And if you do find this blog, yes, I mean it.

Compassionately Yours,
Bran Lorenzo

Lyrics:

I will come to you in the silence
I will lift you from all your fear
You will hear My voice
I claim you as My choice
Be still, and know I am near

I am hope for all who are hopeless
I am eyes for all who long to see
In the shadows of the night,
I will be your light
Come and rest in Me

Chorus:
Do not be afraid, I am with you
I have called you each by name
Come and follow Me
I will bring you home
I love you and you are mine

I am strength for all the despairing
Healing for the ones who dwell in shame
All the blind will see, the lame will all run free
And all will know My name

Chorus:
Do not be afraid, I am with you
I have called you each by name
Come and follow Me
I will bring you home
I love you and you are mine

I am the Word that leads all to freedom
I am the peace the world cannot give
I will call your name, embracing all your pain
Stand up, now, walk, and live

Chorus:
Do not be afraid, I am with you
I have called you each by name
Come and follow Me
I will bring you home
I love you and you are mine

This song was sung in church mass today,
When it was sung,  tears fell from my eyes like water from a waterfall.

Beautiful kaayo ang message in this song.
May you, who ever reads this, find solace and comfort in its message.

Your Friend,
Bran Lorenzo


http://youtube.com/watch?v=8vMYP4uJAqY&feature=related

Lyrics to the song "Hosea, Come Back to me"

Today begins the last 2 weeks of the Lenten Season,
And we are called to reflect the glories of the Lord Jesus Christ.


These things He said, and after that He said to them, "Our friend Lazarus sleeps, but I go that I may wake him up." Then His disciples said, "Lord, if he sleeps he will get well." However, Jesus spoke of his death, but they thought that He was speaking about taking rest in sleep. Then Jesus said to them plainly, "Lazarus is dead. And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, that you may believe. Nevertheless let us go to him."

Jesus said to her, "Your brother will rise again." Martha said to Him, "I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day." Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live. And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die. Do you believe this?" She said to Him, "Yes, Lord, I believe that You are the Christ, the Son of God, who is to come into the world."

Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead man was lying. And Jesus lifted up His eyes and said, "Father, I thank You that You have heard Me. And I know that You always hear Me, but because of the people who are standing by I said this, that they may believe that You sent Me." Now when He had said these things, He cried with a loud voice, "Lazarus, come forth!" And he who had died came out bound hand and foot with graveclothes, and his face was wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said to them, "Loose him, and let him go."

-John 11


http://youtube.com/watch?v=WzJ5mTqzcJw&feature=related

Blessed St. Therese,

Thou art In Heaven singing praises to the Lord
For Eternity,

Please Pray for Us, Sinners unto the Throne of God,
Kindly be our intercessor to the Lord Christ Jesus,
May our humble Prayers be worthy of God's Mercies.

This We Pray,
Through Christ Our Lord,
Who is the Life, The Way and the Resurrection.

Amen

My Personal Niche,


My favorite places, where I spend hours upon hours of my day.



Steffee and Doane Hall of Biology Science, and Chemistry Science

Brooks Walk, and Brooks Hall in the foreground.
Spring 2005 (my freshman year) 



Reis Hall,



Sorority Sisters,
Good morning darlings. 



My favorite place, GFC (Grounds For Change--the campus coffee/tea/coco/hot drinks place).
Many discussions were spent here, many games of chess were played here.


Hahaha, Amen!



Chipper's Bar.

The Prestigious Allegheny College


Lord's Gate, marking entrance of Brook's Walk



Landmark, adjacent to Pelletier Library



Bentley Hall, the oldest part of the college.
The building was constructed in 1815, President McKinley of the United States attended classes in this building, some 130+ years ago.



Resting by  Academia's Pillars



I smile at this scene. Home.

Some random pictures of my college,
As my senior year draws to a close, I cannot help but feel a strong sense of rising nostalgia,
The memories made, experiences felt, friends accumulated, dreams dreamt
One chapter of my life nears its end, and another chapter opens, with ink in ready,

I cannot help but look back, turn my head, and smile at the Home that I found in Allegheny.

O Fair Allegheny, Yonder Up the Hill..

This song was played in my senior Formal Prom.

At the time, this song was perfect for me and my partner.
Raw passion, raw feelings.

Love it!

I haven't heard this in a while. Nice.