Typhoon "ONDOY" hits Phillipines in Unexpected Time

September 26, 2009 where Northern part of Luzon hits with a powerful typhoon named Ondoy. According to the report, the typhoon Ondoy kills more than 337, 200 people in nearby places affected caused by flood as reported by the National disaster Coordinating Council or NDDC. This typhoon was equivalent to one month rainy season.

This report was copied from http://winwab.com/2009/09/philippines-news-philippines-typhoon-2009-ondoy-left-73-dead-69513-families-affected-by-ondoy-typhoon-and-flood/

The National Disaster Coordinating Council was established Advance Command Posts (ACP) in various strategic areas in Metro Manila:

1.    Katipunan Avenue cor. Aurora Boulevard, Marikina City. The over-all commander is Hon. Mayor Maridel Fernando while the Incident Commanders are Mr. Robert Nacianceno and Mr. Ramon Santiago of MMDA with telephone numbers 0917-3221951 and 0920-9389914.

2.    Alpha base 8th Floor, Pasig City Hall with telephone number 643-0000. the over-all commander is Mayor Roberto Eusebio.

3.    Club House, City Hall of Cainta City headed by Mayor Ramon Ilagan, with telephone numbers 0927-2204744 and 665-0846

4.    Department of Public Order Safety Hall Quezon City. The over-all commander is Mayor Sonny Belmonte while the incident Commanders is Ms. Teresa Amarillo with telephone number 0921-6555262
With these command posts, any affected areas can seek help to them and coordinate with relief goods.

As of September 27, 2009, NDCC declared a State of National Calamity in the following areas in view of the extensive effects of Tropical Storm “Ondoy”: -The whole of National Capital Region (NCR) -CAR: Mt. Province, Ifugao and Benguet -Region I: Pangasinan, La Union and Ilocos Sur -Region II: Isabela, Quirino and Nueva Vizcaya -Region III: Aurora, Nueva Ecija, Zambales, Pampanga, Bulacan, Tarlac and Bataan -Region IV-A: Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, Quezon -Region IV-B: Mindoro (Occidental and Oriental) and Marinduque -Region V: Catanduanes, Camarines Norte and Camarines Sur

•    NDCC also issued orders to Chairmen of RDCCs I, II, III and CAR directing them to undertake necessary response measures to avoid loss of lives and destruction of properties.

•    NDCC MEMO Order on the suspension of classes at all levels in Metro Manila on 28 September 2008 due to the effects of Ondoy typhoon.

Philippines News via NDCC Report

•    OCD-NCR alerted QCDOPs to monitor areas likely to be affected by the spilling of La Mesa Dam and coordinated with NCRCOM and CDAG for immediate deployment to Brgy. Bagong Silangan and Brgy. Fairview and Sitio Ruby East Fairview and the collapsed building in th Avenue.

•    The Philippine Coast Guard and Philippine Ports Authority in Batangas have suspended the inter-island travel. Vessel of 1,000 gross tonnage (GT) and below are not allowed to venture into the sea.

Effects of Philippines flood and typhoon 2009 Ondoy

Summary of Affected Population

* 69,513 families / 337,216 persons
* Partial total of Evacuees: 11,967 families / 59,521 persons in 118 evacuation centers
* Casualties
* DEAD: 73
•    NCR -7 (3 in Muntinlupa City; 2 in NIA Road, Quezon City; 1 Marikina City and 1 in Brgy. Bato, San Juan)
•    CAR -1 (Kabugao, Apayao)
•    21 (9 in Bulacan and 12 in Arayat, Pampanga)
•    44 (1 in Calaca, Batangas; 1 in Calauag Quezon, 23 in Tanay, Rizal 10 in Angono; 5 in Baras; 3 in Montalban; and 1 in Theresa)
•    MISSING: 23 (1 in Kabayan Benguet, 20 in Tanay, Rizal, and 2 in Arayat)
•    INJURED: 4 (1 in Sta. Cruz, Laguna and 3 in Kabayan, Benguet)

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Tawny Kitaen

Remembering Tawny Kitaen

Tawny Kitaen is an actress and a mother of two kids who became famous in her movie, Bachelor Party in 1984, whom she played as fiancée of Tom Hanks. What was on her was a huge shocking revelation when she was first arrested in December 13, 2001 in Newport Beach, California for she purportedly committed vandalizing of the car of a nameless woman.

Dated April 01, 2002, the same place where she arrested again and was indicted with domestic abuse and used of battery for attacking Chuck Finley, her husband, which is a previous left-handed starting pitcher for California Angels. All over again, Tawny seemingly jolted her husband with the use of her stiletto heel while they were driving back to home from outdoor dinner. The same happened to him which resulted of filing of divorcé ship against his wife, Tawny.

The year 2006 in the month of November, the actress once more was arrested and charged with possession of 15 grams of cocaine in her Apartment as she stares with her two children. According to the Orange County Sheriff’s Deputies, they allegedly found the illegal substances in her apartment after they obtained an unidentified hint call appealing them to ensure on Tawny young children in May of that year. The model turned actress was sent a six-month core abuse program in December 2006 as swap over for the discharge of wrongdoing drug custody arraign.

Of this year, Tawny Kitaen has been charged for investigation of driving car under influence. Sgt. Shontel Sherwood of Newport Beach California states that the actress was arrested on Saturday at around 3:00 o’clock in the afternoon when officers suspected her as she drove her Range Rover car under the influence of alcohol and drug; however, she was out after relocating $2, 500 bails.

For now, what actress Tawny Kitaen worked in her life was really a huge predicament to her family.

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WORLD GREAT INVENTIONS AND DISCOVERIES

WORLD GREATEST INVENTIONS AND DISCOVERIES

INVENTIONS/

DISCOVERIES              INVENTOR/               PLACE/DATE
                                        DISCOVERER            

Acetylene Gas                George Claude           Germany (1897)
Adding Machine                Blaise Pascal                 France (1642)
Air-conditions                   Villis A. Carrier                  Us (1902)
Airplane                          Wrigth Brothers               US (1903)
Arc Lamp                         Hamphry Davy                 England (1808)
Atom Theory                    John Dalton              England (1803)
Atomic Bomb Devt.           Julius Robert Oppenheimer        US (1945)
Atomic Bomb                Neil Bohr                              Denmark (1913)
Balloon                          Montgolfier Brother             France (1783)
Barometer                       Evangelista Torricelli         Italy (1643)
Battery                           Alessandro Volta             Italy (1800)
Bicycle                           K. Mc. Millan                 Scotland (1840)
Bulb                               Lewis Latimer                     US (1881)
Calculator                       Blaise Pascal                    France (1640)
Camera                         Georgee Eastman                US (1888)
Canning of Food            Nicolas F. Appert              France (1804)
Canon Maker                   Panday pira                     Philippines (1570)
Cartoons                       Richard Outcault             Italy (1902)

Cash Register                 J. Ritty                              Us (1879)
Clock                            Henry de Vick                     Europe (14th c.)
Computer                       Eckert $ Stamp; Mauchly            US (1946)

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Sports Trivia

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abc.flashforward

The Airing of abc.com flash forward

FlashForward is a science novel and currently became a fiction television series in the production of ABC Studios for this year 2009-2010 for ABC. This series was based on the 1999 novel FlashForward written by a Canadian Science fictionist Robert J. Sawyer. After the TV series Lost was end up, ABC hopes it will be a cohort series to the show during its sixth and final season.

ABC Productions have produced FlashForward thirteen episodes in May 2009. These affairs began airing on starting on September 24, 2009 at exactly 8:00 in the evening in the United States. The same phenomenon in Canada where the episode series of FlashForward will be concurrently shown on A (as owned by the CTV Productions). With TRE television, the episodes were aired in the United Kingdom and probably start on September 28, 2009, that would be Monday four days after the United States.

Production

The direct of FlashForward was printed by David S. Goyer, who directed the film, and Brannon Braga, from Robert J. Sawyer’s novel, through Goyer and Braga executive producing in conjunction with Jessika Borsiczky Goyer, Vince Gerardis and Ralph Vicinanza.

FlashForward initially was expanded at HBO which pending lately and keep hold of financial conflict in the property. Though the pay cable network officials were supported the project, however release of option was opted because they think of it that harnessing it possible cost will give positive outlook fit for a broadcast network. With the HBO contract, the producers unlock it up for good offers as well as bidding war amid by ABC and Fox proceeded.

The initial sale with ABC opened for a conflict for Braga, who become the co-executive producer of the production on the 2oth Century and Fox drama. However, ABC Studios and 2oth Century TV considered as the co-partner of FlasfForward, except when the conversations has cut out, Braga himself unplugged from day-to-day attachment on the coursework, which aided the offer move onward. Braga continued to give out as a managerial maker on FlashForward whilst working as full time on 24.

Meanwhile San Diego Comic-Con 2009, Managerial Maker David S. Goyer proclaimed that Dominic Monaghan (English Actor) adheres the cast as a regular for a moment in the opening season, and that probably novel writer Sawyer will write one of the first-season episodes. Moreover, Goyer also proclaimed the unveiling of Red Panda Resources, a fanatics-driven forum he has supported for FlashForward.

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Soulja Boy

 

Soulja Boy

A headline tracked this morning from www.yourtango.com really adhere the rapper named Soulja Boy. A seventeen years old rapper who boasted in the initiated deem that got him into engaging issue.

What really comes in this issue really a vast to the world of music.

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THE FIRST MARTYR

ST. STEPHEN

The Protomartyr And Archdeacon

The First Christian Martyr

The first well-known Christian Martyr was Saint Stephen as dated in the Acts 6:8–8:3, who was stoned to death for his faith. Stephen was eradicated for his aid, belief and conviction in Jesus Christ of Nazareth as the Messiah. There were perhaps other untimely Christian martyrs besides Stephen, since Saul, anon known as the Apostle Paul of Tarsus, is mentioned as bringing many murderous threats against the disciples or followers of Jesus (Acts 9:1ff.). In the Roman Empire, declining to forfeit to the Emperor or the empire's gods was tantamount to refusing to swear an oath of allegiance to one's country

The term Stephen was means “crown” or “coronet”. St. Stephen was known to be the first disciple of Jesus Christ, our Savior to obtain the martyr’s circlet. Stephen was a deacon in the ancient Christian Church. The promoters had initiated that they have to have helpers to gaze after the heed of the widows and the meager. So they ordered seven deacons, and St. Stephen is the most known of the seven.

In the Bible, God worked many visions through St. Stephen and he spoke with such intelligence and loveliness that many of his hearers became followers of Jesus. The rivalries of the Church of Jesus were enraged to see how victorious Stephen's teaching was. At last, they laid a plan for him. They could not answer his shrewd argument, so they got men to lie about him, saying that he had spoken sinfully against God. St. Stephen is visage that great assembly of opponents without fear. In fact, the Holy Bible says that his face looked like the face of an angel.

The saint spoke about Jesus, viewing that He is the Savior, God had pledged to send. He rebukes his enemies for not having believed in Jesus. At that, they rose up in enormous fury and shouted at him. But Stephen looked up to Heaven and said that he saw the heavens opening and Jesus standing at the right hand of God.

                                

 His hearers closed their ears and declining to listen to another word. They hauled St. Stephen outside the city of Jerusalem and stoned him to death. The saint prayed, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!" Then he fell to his knees and pleaded God not to punish his enemies for killing him. He died at the age of 35.

Later than such an idiom of love, the holy martyr departed to his heavenly reward. His feast day is December 26th

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The Martyrs

THE MARTYRS

The term Martyr was originated in the Greek “martys” which means “witness” or “deponents.” The term refers to somebody who undergoes bitter persecution and death for declining to forsake a belief, probably in spiritual system.

The Meaning of Martyrs

The original meaning of its rooted word was deponent or witness. It was utilized in the worldly (secular, lay) field together in Old Testament and New Testament of the Holy Bible. In the article from Wikpedia, that the process of demeaning the witness was not projected to dominate death of the deponent, even if it is famous from primordial writers, like Josephus, that witness probably in the lower classes were tormented habitually ahead of being cross-examined as a ways of forcing them to unveil the truth.

At some point in the ancient Christian centuries, the term obtained the unmitigated implication of a believer who is called to witness for their religious belief, and on account of this witness, tolerates suffering and/or death. The term, in this later sense, entered the English language as a loanword. The death of a martyr or the value attributed to it is called martyrdom.

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LEADERSHIP

GOOD LEADERSHIP

According to Peter Townsend, "No TWO LEADERS are ALIKE. LEADERSHIP is UNIQUE in EACH PERSON. NEITHER SCIENCE nor FORMULA can produce a leader; LEADERSHIP is a MATTER of CHARACTER!"

LEADERSHIP is a process of influence between a leader and his followers to attain group, organizational, and societal goals.

LEADERSHIP STYLES

• Aristocratic is a leadership styles who dominates team members to achieve a singular objectives. It is more "ONE-WAY'. For example, king and queen style and military.

• Democratic is a leadership style who encourages participation and delegates wisely. There is interaction between the leader and follower.

• Laizzes Faire is a leadership style who exercises little control, leaving them to sort out their risks and tackle their work. There is a little control from the leader.

• Situational is a leadership style which suggested that traits required of a leader differed according to varying situations. This style believes that effective leadership had everything to do with such factors as the flow of events and the circumstances surrounding the group.

Furthermore, there are four stages of Situational Leadership Style.

• Directing Stage that gives directions to all the follower and other concerns.

• Coaching Stage that aims the follower to improve.

• Supporting Stage that enable everyone to make final and affirmative decisions.

• Delegating Stage that enable the leader to give additional task to the follower and other concerns.
  

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LEADERSHIP

BECOMING A LEADER

All of us have the capacity to become a leader. We have the potential to lead one team if we have the vision throughout the game. A leader is the one who encourage the team to hold on and keep the vision optimistically. Sometimes we ask to ourselves if we are a good leader. Do I possess good leadership to my constituent? Am I good a leader? Do my constituents like me?

Those questions really make us think critically. But we don’t need to ask those things because one’s that you ask that kind of question you already possess good leadership. However, we must be aware that others may intimidate your performance as well as your personal perspective.

Somehow, it is good that we know how to become a leader as well as how to possess good leadership.

Based on my research and studies, I had gathered such information about a how to become a leader and good leadership. The following are the information dealings with how to become a leader and good leadership.


1.) What is a GOOD LEADER?

In GENERAL, a GOOD LEADER is:

* someone who lead themselves successfully before attempting to lead others;
* who use influence at the right time for the right reason;
* who add value to the people, and organization they lead;
* who work for the benefit of others and not for personal gain;
* who handle themselves with their heads and handle others with their hearts;
* who knows the way, go the way, and show the way;
* who inspires and motivate rather than intimidate and manipulate;
* who live with people to know their problems and live with GOD in order to solve them;
* who realize that their dispositions are more important than their positions;
* who mold opinions instead of following opinion polls;
* who understand that an institution is the reflection of their character;
* who never place themselves above others except in carrying responsibilities;
* who will be honest in small things as in great things;
* who discipline themselves so they will not be disciplined by others;
* who encounter setbacks and turn them into comebacks;
* who follow a moral compass that points in the right direction regardless of trends.

To make it specific, a GOOD LEADER is someone who occupies a position in a group, influences others in accordance with the role expectation of the position and coordinates and directs the group in maintaining itself and reaching its goal.

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THE WITCH

THE WITCH
by Edilberto K. Tiempo

The story is all about a woman named Minggay Awok. The term Awok is the word for witch in Southern Leyte.

The story begins with a boy who about twelve years old of age. This boy went to Libas, where Minggay Awok lived, in order to visit his favorite uncle, Tio Sabelo. His uncle is the head teacher of the barrio school there.

Upon going to Libas, the boy heard so many strange stories about Minggay even though he had not seen her personally.

On the other hand, Minggay was not only known as witch. People also called her as “wakwak” and “sigbin” which probably untrue.

Meanwhile, Minggay lived in a small low hut by the bank of the creek isolating the barrios of Libas from Sinitan. The hut leaned drastically to the side where the creek’s water ate away the large chunks of the earth on rainy days. Minggay hut had two small openings, a small door where she likely to lean forwards and a window facing the creek.

People didn’t know what precisely inside her house. Therefore, one man who crowed of having gone inside her house while she is out in her clearing on a hill. According to the man, he had seen dirty stoppered bottles hanging from the bamboo strips of the cogon roof. The man said that some of the bottles contained insects like scorpions, centipedes, beetles, bumble bees, and many more.

Minggay lived by herself. Her companions were a lean, barrow sow and few animals that make people feared to her.

In the next morning, the boy decided to catch a fish in the river to bring for his mother. On the silence, a boy didn’t observe that someone is looking at him out there. A woman who about fifty years of age who makes laundry in her things. When the boy has a poor catching of a fish, a woman told the boy in surprise to go over the river and there he can find many fish, crabs and shrimps.

The old woman was not wrong, without the knowledge of the boy, though he is afraid of Minggay, the boy perfectly catch many shrimps. After catching, he went back to the old woman and thanking her. But when the woman introduced herself, that she is Minggay Awok, the boy started to fear of her. He then goes away from the river and when he is far away from Minggay, he run away and stop. As he walked again, the string of shrimps kept brushing again the side of his leg. So he detached it from his belt except for the three small ones because those are not belonged to Minggay. Angrily, he hurled those shrimps back in the river.

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Preparation for the Upcoming Intramurals

Wow! Three days more to come and it will be our college intramurals 2009. It's our 5th College Intramurals since the school was established way back 2004. The previous intramurals had been carried and become successful through the support of our school administrator's, department head's, teaching personnel and students. Now, 2009 is the year for me to stand up and reveal my full potential to uncover this event.

This 2009 College Intramurals will be the centered on the theme: "Bridging Unity, Peace and Progress through Sports." This annual activity aims to provide the students a venue for enhancing their talents and skills, and inculcating the values of honesty and discipline, camaraderie and sportsmanship. One of the highlights of the said celebration is the Search for Mr. and Ms. Intramurals 2009.

Therefore, being the student leader [President] in the highest student body organization [Supreme Student Council] in our school, I have to reassure all the possible activities that will be cater during the event. Moreover, positive vision and strong foundation among constituents must be catered in order to overcome angriness and misunderstanding among others. This is very important since then; intramurals is one of the students’ competing activities which will be competed by every department.

All of this is one of my memorable experiences which I could carry on and be proud to the world. There is nothing impossible in LEADERSHIP if you know how to handle everything. Though negative circumstances will not be avoid, however, strong faith to God and to your constituents will be my armor throughout prosperity........

To all the Sienan's! Goodluck to us and Happy College Intramurals 2009.

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