It’s officially the start of another school year. And for those wondering what I’ve been doing during summer, then you should know that I went to two beautiful places in the country - Batanes and Samar.
Batanes is such a wild country. Even looking over at Niadi Hills, you always feel its isolation, its remoteness and ruggedness. But it’s all beautiful. How can I forget the spectacular rock formations in Sabtang? Or tasting day old dried flying fishes?
Or when I climbed Mt. Iraya halfway on my birthday thinking I can go down the same day but was forced to spend the night at a small house where locals prepare edible ferns? Experiencing first hand trapping and baiting coconut crabs was educational. Or woken up from my slumber at dawn with the melodious calls of “hot pandesal?”
At another island, during the latter part of summer. I went to Homonhon, off the coast of Guiuan in Eastern Samar, the two hour trip atop the boat offered wonderful views. A good friend of mine told me that the islands of Samar are so beautiful that some entrepreneurs like Chris Bech, who he was introduced to during a trip to Romblon, have been investing in the place for retirement homes.
Anyway, tt was there in Homonhon, that I learned that Magellan and company stopped over when they entered the Philippines centuries ago. It’s just sad that man’s avarice to mining has scarred the environment and caused a big portion of forested area to be burned.
But little joys like having white sandy beaches facing the Pacific Ocean all to myself and eating fresh seafoods are always fondly remembered.
I always look forward to exploring new places and environments. These areas just offers lots of surprises and stuff that always amazes, enough to fill a lifetime of reminiscing and wide eyed delight.
The coming Super Bowl 2011 online could be the battle between the ultimate underdogs. Yes, we think that it will be Green Bay vs New York? What we’ve seen from these two teams, this playoff run, has been amazing to say the least. We’ve witnessed these mouthy Jets, these Towers of Trash-Talk, dispose of their majesties Peyton Manning and Tom Brady back-to-back.
These Babe Ruths of football pointed at their targets, called their shot, then took them down and you’ve got to tip your hat to Raucous Rex Ryan and his Band of Boasters. They face Big Ben Roethlisberger Sunday looking for wins over what amounts to arguably the three best quarterbacks in the AFC.
Over in the NFC, the Packers are on an equal roll. They man-handled pesky Michael Vick and his Eagles then totally dominated top-seed Atlanta, sending Matt Ryan and his teammates to the golf destinations of their choice.
Both these teams, the Jets and the Packers are the poster boys for MOMENTUM, aren’t they. Fourteen wins by New England in the regular season doesn’t mean much right now, does it?
Which brings us to Sunday. When the NFL added the extra wild card teams in 1990, and Super Bowl tickets are close to being sold out. it has been an uphill struggle for those six seeds to get to the ultimate destination—the Super Bowl. Only three have made it to divisional title games—the Steelers in 2005, the Ravens and Eagles in 2008. The Steelers ended up winning Super Bowl XLIII.
Now we have the possibility of two six-seeds in the battle for the Lombardi. The possibility for both teams is very real. Green Bay is a slight favorite in Chicago, the Jets a slight underdog in Pittsburgh. The Jets beat Pittsburgh on Dec. 19. They withstood two Roethlisberger bullets from the nine-yard line in the final 10 seconds for the 22-17 win and this rematch should be just as close.
The Packers and Bears are the perfect example of keeping your friends close and your enemies closer. These two have met only once in the playoffs, way back in 1941. They’re in the same division which explains why it doesn’t happen. They split their games this season. The Pack won 10-3 at Lambeau in the season finale while the Bears won at Soldier Field on Sept. 27, 20-17.
No secrets between these two. Just old-school, cold-weather, hard-nosed football. Ditto for Heinz Field. A Sunday for the sixth-seeds? Packer and Jets? Destiny’s Children?
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FIFA 11 (FIFA Soccer 11 in North America) is the 19th title in Electronic Arts’ FIFA series of football video games. Developed by EA Canada, it was published by Electronic Arts worldwide under the EA Sports label. And I just found a FIFA 11 cd key generator here.
It was released on 28 September 2010 in South Africa, 30 September 2010 in Australia, and 1 October 2010 in Europe for all platforms, except the Wii and Nintendo DS. The Wii version was released on 1 October 2010 in North America and Europe and the DS version on 8 October 2010.
The PC version of FIFA 11 will be the first in the series to use the same game engine as the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions.
Are you ready for the bcs rankings 2010 this week? The Missouri Tigers have the worst chance at staying unbeaten, especially if you look at their schedule over the next four weeks.
They have one game at home which will come against sixth-ranked Oklahoma. The other three will be on the road against Texas A&M, fifth-ranked Nebraska and Texas Tech.
I’ll be shocked if they go through that gauntlet unbeaten.
LSU has come close to having at least two losses this season.
One against Tennessee thanks to a “too many men on the field” penalty against the Vols that led to a second-chance touchdown for the Tigers.
The second came this past weekend as they picked up another last-second touchdown to beat Florida at The Swamp.
However, with Auburn and Alabama still looming after their cupcake game against McNeese State, they won’t win both of those.
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Blogging about sfp transceivers information because this is what I’ve been studying lately. Get ready for something geeky.
The typical SFP dimensions are:
Height: 0.33 inches (8.5 mm)
Width: 0.53 inches (13.4 mm)
Depth: 2.22 inches (56.5 mm)
EEPROM information
The mini gbic SFP MSA defines a 256-byte memory map in EEPROM describing the transceiver’s capabilities, standard interfaces, manufacturer, and other information, which is accessible over IC interface at the 8-bit address 10100000X (A0h).
Digital Diagnostics Monitoring
Modern optical SFP transceivers support digital diagnostics monitoring (DDM) functions according to the industry-standard SFF-8472. This feature is also known as digital optical monitoring (DOM). This feature gives the end user the ability to monitor real-time parameters of the SFP, such as optical output power, optical input power, temperature, laser bias current, and transceiver supply voltage.
The diagnostic monitoring controller is available as I²C device at address 10100001X (A2h).
Why should you watch ufc 117 live stream this weekend? Well it’s because the best pound for pound UFC fighter Anderson “The Spider” Silva has all of UFC fan’s eyes as he takes on the fearless contender Chael Sonnen for the UFC Middleweight Championship of the world.
The biggest name Chael Sonnen would face in his entire career is facing the best UFC fighter in UFC history. Coming into this fight Sonnen has defeated some of the biggest names as well including his bloody victory over Nate Marquardt that place him a shot for the title. It shows how relentless fighter Chael Sonnen could be, a state that could be effective in facing Anderson Silva.
Anderson Silva blew his last fight against Demian Maia. Literally running around the octagon without showing a serious fight to the frustration of the UFC fans. Althought Silva won the fight he was booed by the crowd numerous times and Dana White the UFC president threatened to cut Silva out of UFC rooster to his frustration. The UFC 117 will be a decisive moment for Silva to redeem his name as the UFC’s best fighter.
Silva vs Sonnen would be very entertaining UFC fight fans must not miss to watch. We could see the best of Anderson Silva in this fight, not the Anderson silva of the Maia fight. Chael Sonnen must not be underestimated in this fight which he has nothing to loss. He is free of pressure and his focus will be concentrated mainly on defeating the undisputed fighter Silva
I’m now thinking of getting a starcraft 2 cd key generator to see if the game is really good. I don’t know if I should because there are no Starcraft 2 reviews out there. Have you been wondering too? I know why.
Wondering why there are no official game reviews for Starcraft 2 right? Well on this release of Starcraft 2, Blizzard did something pretty different. Most of the time “press” usually get early access for a certain game for weeks or days and they allowed the member of the press to review before the official release.
But Blizzard took a different approach onto this, the effect of early reviews of a game benefits lots of people and will have more facts before cashing out for a game title. As I sad Blizzard had it’s unique way, they decided to release the game for reviewers and to all people who want to have Starcraft 2 at the very same date.
If you want to find a way to make extra income, then perhaps looking for mystery shopper vacancies can be the answer. If you love acting and shopping, then this is the perfect job for you.
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So if you’re looking for a way to make a few hundred bucks then you should consider mystery shopping as it is a fun and exciting sideline job.
Users on the PlayStation Network have been reporting some serious issues regarding PSN code generator websites, these generator websites have reportedly hacked into people’s personal info through PSN.
Unfortunately, a player named Dom Guerrera was a victim of this new attack against PlayStation Network users. In his situation a credit card stored on his account was charged around $350 worth of PlayStation Network content that he didn’t authorize.
There has been a slew of chain letters circling around the PlayStation Network with URLs linking to these code generator websites; it is believed that these websites are loop hole hacks to obtain your personal information, opening them could be dangerous.
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The day is finally here. It’s the Spain vs Netherlands live streaming World Cup finale will be coming to you live tonight.
David VilHolland Coach Bert van Marwijkla came at the rescue of the Spanish most of times while Carles Puyol stood out as the hero in the semi-finals with his 73rd minute goal against Germany being enough to fire the 2008 European Champions into the final of the World Cup for the first time in their history.
However, all these facts don’t bother Holland the least – not even history (which tells that the Netherlands have lost in each of their only two World Cup final appearances) inflicts fear on the Dutch. Coach Bert van Marwijk stated that Holland “are not afraid” and boldly declared his confidence about his team’s chance to succeed.
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The biggest game today, it’s uruguay vs netherlands live stream coming to you from the Cape Town Stadium with kick off time 2:30 PM ET.
Along with Spain, the Netherlands are often cited as the best nation never to win the World Cup. Unlike la Furia Roja, the Dutch have come incredibly close to enjoying such success, finishing second in quick succession during the 1970s. The golden era of Johan Cruyff, Johan Neeskens et al may be over, but there is a new generation of superstars now plying their trade in the iconic orange shirts.
And this could be the Netherlands’ year. Brazil have often proved to be the nemeses of the Dutch in the past, but the Selecao were wrestled aside, despite the South Americans taking a first half lead. A brace of Wesley Sneijder goals early in the second half turned the game around, and this pragmatic Dutch side thereafter refused to let their grip on the fixture go.
UFC 116 Live Stream Sopcast. You think Lesnar is ready to go in this match with his new contender Carwin? Some says he is ready but not totally 100% than before. While Carwin is in good shaped and a lot of momentum in his side still bringing up his confident level to beat Lesnar in UFC 116 main event. When the co-main event is finished let us all watch ufc 116 live stream.
Lesnar’s regular stable of training partners includes Bellator heavyweight Cole Konrad, as well as UFC veterans Chris Tuchscherer and John Madsen. The wrestling-heavy crew is led by coach Marty Morgan. Looks like Brock want to rock the whole Las Vegas this weekend. I will find a site to see UFC 116 Live Stream.
NBA Finals Game 7 is scheduled on Thursday, June 17, 2010 9:00 PM ET live from the Staples Center, Los Angeles. This will be aired live telecast by ABC. Watch lakers vs celtics online live stream and know who will be the champion.
Game 6 Recap: The Los Angeles Lakers won Game 6 with a blowout 89-67 Tuesday night at Staples Center., to force Game 7 in the 2010 NBA Finals. The Lakers built up a big lead early in the game.
It was that type of intensity the Lakers showed from start to finish. Rajon Rondo was cut on the chin compliments of a Ron Artest elbow. Kendrick Perkins had to be helped off the court thanks to a Pau Gasol and Kobe Bryant sandwich. Paul Pierce wound up on his back time and time again in large part because of the Lakers’ swarming defense.
UFC 115 is a Pay Per View fight and will be broadcasted live from the General Motors Place, Vancouver,British Columbia, Canada at 10:00 PM ET. You can watch the ufc 115 live stream online via ROKU, aside from the many portals out there like Spike TV and UStream.
UFC 115 free streaming. UFC 115 is a must to witness, just like the UFC 114. So don’t miss it out! A closer look at the UFC 115 fight card, you would see other great fights to happen. Take for example Mirko Cro Cop vs Pat Barry, Paulo Thiago vs Martin Kampmann and Carlos Condit vs Rory MacDonald.
We always count from zero to one to whatever. But we do not usually countdown from zero to negative one to whatever.
Just a random thought from my head as I watch the sun shine slowly outside the window. It’s really going to be a beautiful day I hope. And I can just count from ten to zero.
Ten, nine, eight, seven, free six videos, five, four, three, two, one, zero.
Got it. I know that this is so vague. Just think that this is an encrypted message to my very close friends. And only they can understand what I mean by this message.
