IJszeilboot/Ice sailboat, A. Terrier, January 17, 1600
In the 17th century, it was so cold that meteorologists spoke of a Little Ice Age. The ice sailboat addressed the challenge of transporting goods over frozen lakes and rivers.
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solideogloriaa reblogged flavoredlatte:“The best churches stay focused on the basics. And that means sin and salvation. Sadly, many churches–even if they affirm the right doctrine on paper–act and preach as if the biggest problem in the world is lack of education, or material poverty, or the declining morals in our country, or the threat of global warming. As a result we preach cultural improvement instead of Christ. We preach justice without Jesus. We lose sight that the biggest problem (though not the only problem) confronting the churchgoer every Sunday is that he is a sinner in need of a Savior.”
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MALAYANG PILIPINO!
Musika. Libre.
Araw ng Kalayaan.
Quirino Grandstand.
12 June 2012
9pm
Tampok sina:
- Rico Blanco
- Gloc-9
- Ithcyworms
- Kamikazee
- Paolo Santos
- Flippin Soul Stompers
- Radioactive Sago Project
- Pupil
- Sandwich
- The Dawn
- Pedicab
Handog ng Kalayaan 2012 at Rock Ed Philippines sa pagdiwang ng ika-114 na taon ng ating kalayaan.
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Bantayan Island
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bagong-pilipinas reblogged carlosceldran:
I was a bad boy in Intramuros today. And no, it was not what you think it is.
Actually, all I did was sneak into the construction site of the newly restored Manila Ayuntamiento, the original Seat of Power in Manila during the Spanish Colonial Period and took some illicit photos.
The restoration team might be a little upset at me for entering the site without a permit - nor a helmet. But I have to share these raw shots with you so that you can feel good about yourselves as Manileños.
See? We can bring our history back to life. Yes. We can make Manila an awesome place again.
I can’t wait to see what this all looks like when it’s done. Enhorabuena Talleres de Intramuros, Intramuros Administration, The National Treasury and all who are behind the completion of this stupendous project.
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Uniting the Planet for a Journey to Another Star
Former astronaut Mae Jemison (and living legend) will spearhead the audacious 100 Year Starship plan to send mankind on an interstellar adventure.
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This Memorial Day, we took a look back at how the U.S. soldier has evolved over the years. Did you know camouflage wasn’t introduced until the end of World War II?
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Becoming like Corona
And so the impeachment trial of the Chief Justice Renato Coronado Corona had finally reached its end earlier. Both sides of the prosecution and the defense delivered their closing arguments with tons of thoughts and legal provisions for the Senator-Judges to ponder on before they render their verdict tomorrow.
Five months had past since the trial started on the anniversary of the abrupt end of the impeachment trial of then President Estrada in 2001. Those five months have been filled with revelations of wrong-doing and machinations flung by both the prosecution panel and the defense lawyers. And once in a while, men and women of the Aquino administration also took pot shots at the embattled Chief Justice who has become their bosses’ sworn enemy.
But all the hullaballoo and mud-slinging would be forgotten when the accussed Chief Justice took the stand last Tuesday. And while he took the stand to put all doubts against him to rest, his arguments have bothered me much.
When asked about why he did not declare his dollar accounts in his Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Net worth (SALN), he reasoned that his accounts are protected by the the Foreign Currency Deposit Act - a law which goes back to the Marcos years. Corona’s defense had always been that the law provides for the confidentiality of foreign currency accounts.
Earlier, House Prosecution panel member, Representative Rodolfo Fariñas debunked several of the Chief Justice’s statements saying that they were all excuses or palusot. And Fariñas did not mince words on why the Corona should be removed from his position by the representatives of the people. Of course, how the trial ends would depend on how the Senators will vote tomorrow. And that is something very much difficult to anticipate given how heterogenous the Senate is.
