indiohistorian:

As the tension between the Philippines and China escalate, it would be good for us to take a pause and see how China views the whole dispute over the Kalayaan islands. As can be seen above, China has wielded valuable but unnoticed ‘weapons’ in laying a claim to the maritime territory. It’s HISTORY and SCIENCE. And yes, China knows her history well, not to mention the Research and Development preparations that come with this claim.

It’s  high-time that we as a country push for our own national sovereignty over our territory. Logic (with the reason that the Spratlys and Scarborough are nearer to us than China) will help but it won’t do.

First question is this, what do we do when we get these islands? Do we have our Filipino scientists ready in our national intellectual arsenal, to study the natural resource of this maritime territory? Are we prepared to invest on these islands, to study it, to harness these resources for the benefit of the country? Even some of our natural resources within our undisputed territory lay undiscovered, and many discoveries are still made, largely by foreigners.

Second question is, do we have documents, historical proofs to back up our claim?

I hope that we as a people would not only talk but walk the talk. I’m just echoing what Ambeth Ocampo says. Spratlys is ours. But we need to back it up with more than sheer patriotism.

We don’t go to Hogwarts?

followthroughwithsparkles:

Attending: What is a bezoar?

Me: A stone-like mass taken from the stomach of a goat that is an antidote to most poisons.

Attending: Okay, how about a med student answer and not a Harry Potter one?

Me: Oh, it’s not the same thing?

Apparently, we don’t go to Hogwarts…

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fuckyeahfluiddynamics:

High-speed video shows that bats achieve some of their efficiency in flight by pulling their wings inward on the upstroke, as seen above. While this does affect drag forces on the wing slightly, the primary energy savings comes from the inertial ease of lifting the folded wing. Much the way it is easier to lift your arm when it is folded than when you stretch it outright, it takes less energy for the bat to lift a folded wing than one that is fully extended. (via Wired Science)

You fill all things

simplyorthodox:

In the tomb with the body, in hell with the soul as God, in paradise with the thief and on the throne with the Father and the Spirit, You fill all things, O boundless Christ.

- A prayer, said by the Orthodox priest during the Divine Liturgy

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myalphaomega:

Notes from Church Simplified: April 15, 2012
Pastor Bebo Bharwani 

Most of us start with a sense of awareness that we need God’s blessing in our lives. So we spend our lives trying to crack the code on God. We go to “holy people”, we pilgrimage to “holy places”, we develop our own formulas to find God. We often ask, ‘God, What does it take to get to you?’

• In Michelangelo’s painting The Creation of Adam, you see that it has been God reaching out to Adam. He has been the one extending Himself to us, that sometimes to see Him, all we need is to lift a finger.
• We usually ask God, “Where are you?” but the asking originates from God looking for Adam at the garden of Eden. Since the beginning, He’s the one always looking and looking for us. (Genesis 3:9)
• The story of the whole Bible isn’t about man’s search for God; it’s completely upside down. It’s about God pursuing man.
• The things that happen in our life are chosen by God for you to seek and reach out for Him (Acts 17:27)
• God isn’t hiding from us. We don’t need an elaborate system to get to Him. He’s always the One making a way so we can connect to Him. It may be in form of successes, trials, or anything.
• When playing the game Where’s Waldo?, there are times Waldo is easy to spot, and there are times when it’s really hard. BUT the author of the book made sure that if you look for Waldo, you’ll find him. That he is there, all the time.
• Having a hard time spotting Him isn’t actually a bad thing as it builds up faith.
• Having faith in God is putting trust on the thing that’s True: the most repeated scripture in the Bible is I am with you.
• Jesus is Emmanuel, which means God is with you.
• The question is not “Where is God?” He’s already promised to be with us. The question for us is, how can we cultivate an awareness of his presence in our lives so that we can better spot him?
• What’s keeping you from touching God?

More on this message here. Check the link, it’s written so much better!

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