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Again, I came across the manga while browsing the net. It's been like 4 years since I stopped reading Parfait Tic from a major scanlation project. And I'm quite sad to know that it hasn't been since mid of last year when the latest volume was published.
But when I was totally cracked up when I came to this scene.
Fuuko hits Ichi with a book(?)
That high school scene from almost 10 years ago came back. Haha. I was so irked with the teasing from my classmates that I shoved a hard-bound book on my friend's head. ^^
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I just had to post this from the mailing list.
Simbahang Lingkod ng Bayan (SLB)
&
ADMU Disaster Response and Management (DREAM) Team
TASK FORCE NOAH
for the victims of Typhoon Frank
Typhoon FRANK (International Codename: Fengsen) caused vast damages to lives, properties and livelihood of our follow countrymen over the weekend. As of the latest report, the number of casualties has been increasing. Damages were greatly felt in some regions where the actual path of the typhoon crossed. Almost all of the province of Iloilo is submerged in water. People are still stranded on top of the roofs of their houses for two days now in some towns of Iloilo. Other areas of the Visayas are also calling for aid.
General Information:
As of 23 June 2008:
- 10,000 families (40,000 individuals) affected of 20 provinces, 10,000 families are in 275 evacuation centers and increasing.
- Under State of Calamity: Provinces of Iloilo, Capiz, Masbate. Cities of Iloilo, Roxas, Zamboanga (selected areas). Municipalities in Bulacan-Paombong and Marilao
- NDCC: Floods, storm surge and landslides mostly in the Visayas and Southern Tagalog have affected 366,444 people. Of the total number of affected people, 182,686 were in the Western Visayas, including 155,005 in Antique province alone.
- Stranded 5,095 passengers, 288 rolling cargo, 90 trucks, 59 passenger buses, 48 small vehicles, and eight sea vessels.
ILOILO Facts “BULIG ILOILO”
- Philippine National Red Cross; based on field reports from PNRC staff, the death toll had reached 229, with 101 reported in Iloilo alone.
- Iloilo Gov. Neil Tupas earlier said 59 people drowned in the province while another 40 were missing. "Almost all the towns are covered by water. It’s like an ocean," Tupas said, adding thousands have been displaced in the province that is home to 1.7 million people.
- Health Secretary Francisco Duque also said he received reports that the Aniway District Hospital in Iloilo, was submerged in floodwaters as deep as six feet.
- Almost all of Iloilo’s 42 towns and this city, including those that had not previously experienced flooding, were under water according to Jerry Bionat, Executive officer of the Provincial Disaster Coordinating Council (PDCC).
- Power outrage reported in Iloilo City; including Odiongan town, Romblon and Antique Province
Our contacts in the Philippine Air Force are willing to fly even round-the-clock relief operations for Typhoon Frank’s victims but unfortunately they tell us there are no relief goods to airlift. We are appealing for donations like ready-to-eat goods, water, clothing and/or cash/check for the victims of Typhoon Frank. Primary target of this initiatives are the heavily affected communities and areas not normally reached by relief operations. We intend to send the relief donations immediately for the urgent need of the victims.
DONATION MECHANISM
GOODS
You may directly donate your goods: ready-to-eat goods, clothing, water at Room 102 Cervini Residence Hall, Ateneo de Manila University, Loyola Heights, Quezon City.
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Trunkline: 426-6001 local 5932
Direct line: 426-6119
Mobile number: 0920-9609802
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Or channel to:
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- Those who wish to be anonymous may skip this procedure
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- Any Globe or TM subscribers should be registered first in Gcash before doing any Gcash transaction.
- To register, just text the syntax:
REG_4 digit M-PIN/mother' s maiden name/first name/last name/address and send to 2882
Ex: REG 1234/Getino/ Liwanag/Ferdinan d/766 Metrica St. Sampaloc Manila and send to 2882 - When the subs already done with cash in, he may now able to do donate or any Gcash transaction he wanted
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Ex. DONATE 100 1234 SLB and send to 2882
BRO. ISMAEL JOSE CHAN-GONZAGA, S.J.
Executive Director
Simbahang Lingkod ng Bayan
MR. ADEL BRIONES
Associate Director, CCS
Ateneo School of Government
Convenor, ADMU DREAM TEAM
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I was surfing through Wikipedia and I feel a little guilty that it's only now that I learned about the title of Metallica's new album. "Death Magnetic", according to some is different from their last album "St. Anger", which I've never listened to yet, in all honesty. I'm excited though when I read this:
Quoted from Steve Wiig, Lars' assistant in an interview by MetClub:
I hear it all of the time. I can't get away from it. I'm usually in or around the studio with them. There's some fast stuff, heavy stuff, slow stuff. There's some stuff on there that sounds a little bit closer to the "Fade to Black" / "Welcome Home (Sanitarium)" / "One"-style. the clean riff thing, a great melody. Verse stuff with the heavy chorus and the ending blows the shit out of the roof. It's cool to hear them doing that kind of thing again. [...]
They're like my no. 1!!!! music of all time. I hope I could also hear some pure instrumentals like the ones they did in their 80's albums.
Let's just wait and hear... September 2008 is the scheduled release of "Death Magnetic".
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Dear *insert name of a community-popular-software-house here*,
I heard how great you are from my previous Java-enthusiast boss. I've seen all posts regarding your company in the small mailing list which I, too, am a member, though obscure . And judging even from how your current over-all boss "unabashed" plugs, I am truly amazed by how your name has spread onto the community. You wouldn't have become this popular if you're not good.
One of my ideals is to work enthusiastically, passionately and not to work for money. I'm proud to have experienced this when I joined THE organization. But that didn't last long. I would agree with the recent thread in the ML, when there's something missing the manager's seat, not everyone is happy. With that, my ideals of a great company collapsed. I can't live with that for long. Besides, we sure do have our material dreams to fulfill. Thus, leaving THE organization was inevitable.
When I saw how you organized positions in your company, I became very excited. A small-scale company with very competent and idealistic people. I began hallucinating. What if... I was in the position of one of your mid-level developers? Would I find nirvana in learning and implementing new frameworks and coding techniques again? Would it be like in the old days when I was with THE organization and working was so much fun?
It would be utter dishonesty to say that I love every bit of my current job. I do love the cat-mouse chase I play with my sole team mate, QA and users' demands, if we're talking about "that kind of rush" we always look forward to while doing our programming jobs. But I'm kind of tired that I think we'll be having another mis-management issue just like I had in the previous job soon.
Now I've been more enlightened, I know I wanted a company that that handles its employees well. I want to be under the nurturing arms of a good IT manager.
I have the nerve to believe that you're of that kind. And so I'm begging you. As long as I can still live decently and keep my place, I'm willing to be enslaved by you.
Sincerely,
*desperate Java whore*
Your result for The Tits, Ass, and Cuteness Test...
Asses Wild
Thanks for taking the T and A and C test! Based on your selections, the results are clear: you show an attraction to smaller breasts, larger asses, and sexier composure than others who've taken the test.
Note that because you scored small on breasts but large on ass size, it might appear you like girls bottom heavy. That's probably not the case. What's more likely is that you notice curvy, voluptuous asses, and they turn you on. Breasts are hit or miss, though, and besides, extremely large ones are just saggy and gross, in your opinion.
My third variable, "cuteness" is a mostly objective measure of how innocent a given model looked. It's determined by a combination of a lot of factors: lack of dark eye makeup, facial expression, posture, etc. If you scored high on that variable, you are either really nice OR you're into deflowering teens. If you scored low, you are attracted to raunchier, sexier, women. In your case, your lower than average score suggests you appreciate a sluttier look. Kudos!
Recommended Celebrity: J-Lo, when she's looking extra sexy. Probably not when she's acting.
Your result for The Sublime Philosophical Crap Test...
N-A-O
Metaphysics: Non-Reductionism (Idealism or Realism)In metaphysics, my test measures your tendency towards Reductionism or Non-Reductionism. As a Non-Reductionist, you recognize that reality is not necessarily simple or unified, and you thus tend to produce a robust ontology instead of carelessly shaving away hypothetical entities that reflect our philosophical experiences. My test recognizes two types of Non-Reductionists: Idealists and Realists.
1. Idealists believe that reality is fundamentally unknowable. All we can ever know is the world of sense experience, thought, and other phenomena which are only distorted reflections of an ultimate (or noumenal) reality. Kant, one of the most significant philosophers in history, theorized that human beings perceive reality in such a way that they impose their own mental frameworks and categories upon reality, fully distorting it. Reality for Kant is unconceptualized and not subject to any of the categories our minds apply to it. Idealists are non-reductionists because they recognize that the distinction between phenomenal reality and ultimate reality cannot be so easily discarded or unified into a single reality. They are separate and distinct, and there is no reason to suppose the one mirrors the other. Major philosophical idealists include Kant and Fichte.
If your views are different from the above, then you may be a Realist.2. Realists deny the validity of sloppy metaphysical reductions, because they feel that there is no reason to suspect that reality reflects principles of parsimony or simplicity. Realism is the most common-sensical of the metaphysical views. It doesn't see reality as a unity or as reducible to matter or mind, nor does it see reality as divided into a phenomenal world of experience and an unknowable noumenal world of things-in-themselves. Realist metaphysics emphasizes that reality is for the most part composed of the things we observe and think. On the question of the existence of universals, for instance, a realist will assert that while universals do not physically exist, the relations they describe in particulars are as real as the particular things themselves, giving universals a type of reality. Thus, no reduction is made. On the mind-body problem, realists tend to believe that minds and bodies both exist, and the philosophical problems involved in reducing mind to matter or matter to mind are too great to warrant such a reduction. Finally, realists deny that reality is ultimately a Unity or Absolute, though they recognize that reality can be viewed as a Unity when we consider the real relations between the parts as constituting this unity--but it doesn't mean that the world isn't also made up of particular things. Aristotle and Popper are famous realists.
*****
Epistemology: Absolutism (Rationalism or Pragmatism)My test measures one's tendency towards Absolutism or Skepticism in regards to epistemology. As an Absolutist, you believe that objective knowledge is possible given the right approach, and you deny the claims of skeptical philosophers who insist that we can never have knowledge of ultimate reality. The two types of Absolutists recognized by my test are Rationalists and Pragmatists.
1. Rationalists believe that the use of reason ultimately provides the best route to truth. A rationalist usually defines truth as a correspondence between propositions and reality, taking the common-sense route. Also, rationalists tend to believe that knowledge of reality is made possible through certain foundational beliefs. This stance is known as foundationalism. A foundationalist believes that, because we cannot justify the truth of every statement in an infinite regress, we ultimately reach a foundation of knowledge. This foundation is composed of a priori truths, like mathematics and logic, as well as undoubtable truths like one's belief in his or her own existence. The belief that experiences and memories are veridical is also part of the foundation. Thus, for a rationalist knowledge of reality is made possible through our foundational beliefs, which we do not need to justify because we find them to be undoubtable and self-evident. In regards to science, a rationalist will tend to emphasize the foundational assumptions of scientific inquiry as prior to and more important than scientific inquiry itself. If science does lead to truth, it is only because it is based upon the assumption of certain rational principles such as "Every event is caused" and "The future will resemble the past". Philosophy has a wide representation of philosophical rationalists--Descartes, Spinoza, Liebniz, and many others.
If that didn't sound like your own views, then you are most likely the other type of Absolutist: the Pragmatist.2. Epistemological Pragmatists are fundamentally identified by their definition of truth. Truth is, on this view, merely a measure of a proposition's success in inquiry. This view is a strictly scientific notion of truth. A proposition can be called true if it leads to successful predictions or coheres best with the observed facts about the world. Thus, for the pragmatist, knowledge of reality is possible through scientific reasoning. A pragmatist emphasizes man's fallibility, and hence takes baby-steps towards knowledge through scientific methodology. Any truth claim for a pragmatist is open to revision and subject to change--if empirical observations lead us to call even logical rules into question (like quantum physics has done for the law of the excluded middle), then we can and should abandon even these supposed a priori and "absolutely certain" logical rules if they do not accord with our testing and refuting of our various propositions. As a consequence of this, a pragmatist doesn't feel that scientific knowledge is based upon unfounded assumptions that are taken to be true without any sort of justification--rather, they believe that the successes of scientific inquiry have proved that its assumptions are well-founded. For instance, the assumption of science that the future will be like the past is adequately shown by the amazing success of scientific theories in predicting future events--how else could this be possible unless the assumption were true? Pragmatism borrows elements from realism and yet attempts to account for the critiques made by skeptics and relativists. It is essentially a type of philosophical opportunism--it borrows the best stances from a large number of philosophical systems and attempts to discard the problems of these systems by combining them with others. Famous pragmatists of this type are Peirce and Dewey.
*****
Ethics: Objectivism (Deontology or Logical Positivism)In Ethics, my test measures your tendency towards moral Objectivism or moral Relativism. As a moral Objectivist, you are opposed to Subjectivist moral theories and believe that morality applies to people universally and actually describes objects and situations out in the world as opposed to just subjects themselves. The two types of moral Objectivists my test recognizes are Kantian Deontologists and Utilitarians.
1. Kantian Deontologists believe that the one intrinsic good is a good will. As rational beings capable of making decisions, the moral worth of our decisions is ultimately derived from the intentions behind our actions, not their consequences. A moral being does the right thing not out of recognition of any consequences, but out of a sense of moral duty. For Kant, a good will is the ultimate good because to deny the will is to deny the one thing that makes us rational, moral beings. If an act will accord with or further our status as free, rational beings, and it is possible to will the universalization of such a moral principle without infringing upon our good wills, then an act is good. Kant's categorical imperative provides an objective standard to judge moral worth--it is not hypothetical in the sense of other imperatives, which hide a latent if-clause. For instance, "Eating razors is good" is good ONLY if you tack on an if-clause that says something like: "If you wish to destroy your gums." Thus, the categorical imperative is good, not just IF something is the case, but in ALL cases. It requires people to treat others as ends, and not means to ends, for to treat everyone as a means to an ends would be to deny them their ability to function as rational, free beings--which is what makes morality possible in the first place. The major propnent of this view in the history of philosophy is, quite obviously, Kant.
If that didn't sound like your position, then you are probably the other variety of moral Objectivist--the Utilitarian.2. Utilitarians define "happiness" or "pleasure" as the sole intrinsic good, and the principle "The greatest pleasure for the greatest number" best reflects a Utilitarian view of ethics. Utilitarianism is a consequentialist moral theory, meaning the consequences of an action--not the intentions behind it--determine the act's moral worth. Even if you intended to do great evil with a certain act, if the act produces a net gain of pleasure and happiness for the greatest number, then it was indeed a good act because your intentions weren't realized. What matters in this scenario, obviously, is the consequences of the act. Utilitarianism, of course, can also be reduced to Hedonism. If you do not feel that the greatest happiness of the greatest number matters, but only pay heed to the greatest happiness of individuals, then you are more adequately classified as a Hedonist. But both Utilitarians and Hedonists define "pleasure" as an intrinsic good and determine the moral worth of an act through its consequences. The only difference is whether we measure the collective pleasure of a group or only an individual's pleasure. Prominent Utilitarians include Bentham and Mill.
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As you can see, when your philosophical position is narrowed down there are so many potential categories that an OKCupid test cannot account for them all. But, taken as very broad categories or philosophical styles, you are best characterized as an N-A-O. Your exact philosophical opposite would be an R-S-R.
About the Author
Saint_gasoline is a crazed madman who spends all of his time writing OKCupid tests and ranting about philosophy and science. If you are interested in reading more of his insane ramblings, or seeing his deliciously trite webcomic, go to SaintGasoline.com.
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We came and we saw them at the 7th Philippine Toys, Hobbies, and Collectibles Convention 2008. I know it was pure coincidence. But rushing to the stage after hearing My Odessa's guitar intro of their cover for that classic GNR song, we found ourselves very near the spot where cosplayers (for the cosplay competition) will be lining up for their stage catwalk.
Among all the personalities we expected to see, guess who surprised everyone the most?
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Early this morning, I checked out my site to see if I can possibly post the pictures I took during the toycon. To my surprise and eventually, dismay, my site is nowhere in sight! Being the persistent one that I am, I tried refreshing my browser for a number times. Alas, this page just loaded out of nowhere.
I don't know what kind of magic did this but I guess it has something to do with what creases my browse lately. I've really been wary of my site's stats from search engine results since May. From an average of around 600 - 700 visitors a day, my stats dropped to 100 - 300 a day. That's half of the traffic I got the past recent months (hence, my stats at the Topblogs.ph dropped quite significantly).
I also recently found out that my homepage is out of Google's site searches! Before, cureless.net is no. 1 for the search keywords "cureless" and "yoru". (Now, I can bravely offer my soul to anyone who's seen my homepage in the searches.) All that's left in the searches are some of my old posts from waay back in 2004. The most recent pages are gone! I must admit that my site's traffic lives on Google's referrals. See what happened when Google scrapes off my excuses for content? Traffic drops significantly.
Now I don't think this is Google's ways of penalizing naughty webmasters. I got a feeling that it's got something to do with how my pages are crawled by the busy Google bots. If my site shutdowns, only to be replaced by some piece of Internet junk pages (worse than mine), googlebot must be confused to decide whether to put my pages on the search results or not. (But I already examined the stats from Google Webmasters Tools and there are only few instances when googlebot wasn't able to find some of my pages.)
I already asked my host about the inaccessible site, but they haven't replied yet. My speculations might be downright wrong. And who knows it might just be my internet connection that's preventing me from browsing my own site.
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I mean literally, he's in F's hands. Unless otherwise, you think someone else holds him. *wink*
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