To all of you who are looking for President Benigno "NoyNoy" Aquino III's 2011 State of the Nation address here it is. (Note this is the FILIPINO TRANSLATION (Speech originally delivered in Filipino) Click here for the SONA 2011 English translation) Don't go anywhere else you might end up looking at restaurant supplies. :-) State of the Nation Address of His Excellency Benigno S. Aquino III President of the Philippines To the Congress of the Philippines [Delivered at the Session Hall of the House of Representatives, Batasan Pambansa Complex, Quezon City on July 25, 2011] Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile; Speaker Feliciano Belmonte; Bise Presidente Jejomar Binay; mga dating Pangulong Fidel Valdez Ramos at Joseph Ejercito Estrada; Chief Justice Renato Corona at ang ating mga kagalang-galang na mahistrado ng Korte Suprema; mga kagalang-galang na kasapi ng diplomatic corps; mga butihing miyembro ng Kamara de Representante at ng Senado; mga Local Government officials; mga … [Read more...]
Banned by Google adsense . . . but now thankfully restored !
I’ve been a blogger for almost 4 years now and every blogger agrees with me when I say that Google adsense is the lifeblood of bloggers, especially those who are starting out. Considering this to be so, one can say that when your blog gets banned by Google, it seems that your whole blogging world has been torn apart. Last May 10, 2011, my blogging world almost fell apart when I received this email from Google: Hello, During a recent review of your account we found that you are currently displaying Google ads in a manner that is not compliant with our program policies (https://www.google.com/support/adsense/bin/answer.py?answer=48182&stc=aspe-1pp-en). -------------------------------------------------- EXAMPLE PAGE: https://www.zdiaz.com/2008/01/(name of post)/ Please note that this URL is an example and that the same violations may exist on other pages of this website or other sites in your network. Immediately, I went to work. I knew … [Read more...]
The not so well known Nikola Tesla and the story of the remote control
Every kid knows Thomas Alva Edison who is being always set out as an example on hard work and persistence but sadly they don’t know the guy who is behind the toy that every kid wants. Months ago, I watched a documentary on Nikola Tesla. I’ve heard about the man but I’ve never really realized the importance of his discoveries and inventions until I watched that documentary featured by History Channel (Which is by the way my favorite channel) Nikola Tesla (July 10, 1856 – 7 January 1943 )was an inventor, mechanical engineer, and electrical engineer and was one of the greatest mind in engineering, but he didn’t get the recognition he deserved. Tesla’s inventions contributed to the birth of commercial electricity. Without Tesla we would still be stuck with Edison’s DC (Direct Current) and we would have a limited ability to transmit electricity over great distances. Tesla pioneered modern electrical engineering and many of his discoveries and inventions were of groundbreaking … [Read more...]
2010 Bar exam results finally out . . .
. . . On Thursday that is. (March 17, 2011). Nope this is not a rumour. News reports state that the Supreme Court through Public Information Office acting chief Atty. Ma. Victoria Gleoresty Guerrahas announced to the media that Chief Justice Renato Corona has called for a special en banc session on Thursday to decode and release the 2010 Bar exam results. There were 4,847 examinees in the 2010 Bar exams, and almost half are repeaters. About 52 % are new examinees (2,521 were new examinees). The 2010 bar exams is definitely one for the history books as it is the last bar exams that features the examination format that has been used since the beginning of the bar exams in the Philippines. Radical changes will be made in the 2011 Bar exams. You might want to read more about this in "Major Changes in the Bar Examination: Impact on bar exam review and coaching." The 2010 bar exams is also when the tragic grenade throwing incident happened where about 50 law students were injured. … [Read more...]
Nonito Donaire vs. Fernando Montiel youtube video
Congratulations to the entire Philippine nation again as Nonito “The Filipino Flash” Donaire brought fame and honor to the country once again when he beat Fernando Montiel of Mexico last February 19, 2011 ! I’m so proud that once again another Filipino more particularly a fellow Bisaya is considered as another rising boxing superstar. You can watch the interesting fight by viewing the Nonito Donaire vs. Fernando Montiel youtube video Nonito Donaire put a stop to Fernando Montiel’s winning streak with a deadly left hook at Round number 2 and snatched both the World Boxing Council (WBC) and World Boxing Organization (WBO) Bantamweight World Titles. His record advanced to 26 wins (18 knockouts) with only 1 loss. Donaire has all won his last 25 fights. A three-division world champion, where he won four world titles in three different boxing weight classes and is touted as the second Filipino and third Asian to become a three-division world. According to wikipedia, Donaire is said to be … [Read more...]
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