Impeachment Trial 2012

Activity#24(Carlo Fuerte)

Honestly I do not really follow on this topic because of lack of time but I will try my very best to blog about this topic as much as I can.


Renato Corona, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines was impeached on December 12, 2011. Corona was the third official. The first one was, President Joseph Estrada on 2000 for the crime of plunder. Second, is  Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez earlier on 2011, to be impeached by the House of Representatives. Finally, former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, who had appointed him as chief justice of the Supreme Court, days after the 2010 presidential election. This comes after the Supreme Court ruled that the president's ban on appointments does not extend to the judiciary. Since then, the Supreme Court has been accused of ruling unfavorably of the Aquino administration in cases concerning Arroyo. Well an impeachment is done when a formal process in which an official is accused of unlawful activity, the outcome of which, depending on the country, may include the removal of that official from office as well as other punishment. Which means that if an official of the government does something wrong or steals from the government they will be placed in trial.


Whether  C.J. Corona is guilty or not  his good reputation has already been damaged.   

Climate Change

Activity#23(Carlo Fuerte)

Now a days we can experiences climate change, for example our weather during summer is suppose to be  dry and hot but instead its raining.


Climate change is a significant and lasting change in the statistical distribution of weather patterns over periods ranging from decades to millions of years. It may be a change in average weather conditions or the distribution of events around that average (e.g., more or fewer extreme weather events). Climate change may be limited to a specific region or may occur across the whole Earth.
There are a lot of factors affecting climate change and these can affect us horribly. some of the leading causes of climate change are  called climate forcing or "forcing mechanisms". These include processes such as variations in solar radiation, deviations in the Earth's orbit, mountain-building and continental drift, and changes in greenhouse gas concentrations. There are a variety of climate change feed backs that can either amplify or diminish the initial forcing. Some parts of the climate system, such as the oceans and ice caps, respond slowly in reaction to climate forcings, while others respond more quickly.

Forcing mechanisms can be either "internal" or "external". Internal forcing mechanisms are natural processes within the climate system itself . External forcing mechanisms can be either natural or anthropogenic.

Whether the initial forcing mechanism is internal or external, the response of the climate system might be fast, slow , or a combination (e.g., sudden loss of albedo in the arctic ocean as sea ice melts, followed by more gradual thermal expansion of the water). Therefore, the climate system can respond abruptly, but the full response to forcing mechanisms might not be fully developed for centuries or even longer.

I am really scared on what will happen to our home planet Earth if this condition will get out of hand and destroy our planet. T_T

iPhone or Galaxy tab

Activity#22(Carlo Fuerte)

iPhone or Galaxy tab? Hmmm. Before I pick which I prefer lets have a quick background check. The iPhone is a line of Internet- and multimedia-enabled smart phones marketed by Apple. The iPhone is a cell phone at the same time a camera and a media player.   The iPhone 4 has a rear-facing camera (720p video) and a front facing camera (at a lower resolution) for FaceTime video calling and for use in other apps like Skype. The iPhone 4 featured a higher-resolution 960x640 display; it was released on June 24, 2010. In the U.S., AT&T was the only authorized carrier until February 10, 2011, when a CDMA version of the iPhone 4 launched for Verizon. On October 4, 2011, Apple announced the iPhone 4S.

The iPhone 4S added a higher resolution camera (8 megapixel) with 1080p video recording, face detection, and video stabilization, a faster, dual core processor, support for both GSM/UMTS and CDMA on one chip, GLONASS support and a natural language voice control system called Siri. It is available in 16 GB and 32 GB, as well as a new 64 GB capacity.

On the other hand,  the Samsung Galaxy Tab is an Android-based tabletcomputer produced by Samsung introduced on 2 September 2010 at the IFA in Berlin.

The Galaxy Tab has a 7-inch (180 mm) TFT-LCD touchscreen, Wi-Fi capability, a 1.0 GHz ARM Cortex-A8 Samsung Exynos 3110 (code-named "Hummingbird") processor, the Swype input system, a 3.2 MP rear-facing camera and a 1.3 MP front-facing camera for video calls. It runs the Android 2.2 (Froyo) operating system, and supports telephone functionality as speaker phone, via provided wired ear piece or Bluetooth earpieces (except models sold in the US). It can download videoconferencing apps such as Tango as alternative to telephone functionality.

Based on my quick background check I think I’m going with the iPhone on this one because first of all I already have a iTouch and it has never failed me before and second the iPhone has a greater amount of pixels compared to the galaxy tab. The iPhone also supports a lot of handy apps like Photoshop so you can to edit your pictures without the use of your computer and upload faster to other social networking sites.   

Cars

Activity#21(Carlo Fuerte)

 Honestly I really like cars but I don’t understand other people sometimes, they are not contented with just one car!!! Yes I can understand they are rich but don’t they know how to save our home planet earth?!  

Enough of my introduction lets go on to the primary content of the entry. My favorite car so far is a BMW M3 because of its style and the power coming from the engine. The BMW M3 is a high-performance version of the BMW 3 Series, developed by BMW's in-house motorsport division, BMW M. M3 models have been derived from the E30, E36, E46 and E90/E92/E93 3-series, and sold with coupé, saloon and convertible body styles. Upgrades over the "standard" 3-Series automobiles include more powerful and responsive engines, improved handling/suspension/braking systems, aerodynamic body enhancements, and interior/exterior accents with the tri-colour "M" (Motorsport) emblem. Over the years the M3 and M5 has become the benchmark vehicle against which most sport sedans in its class are compared despite fierce competition from Mercedes-AMG and Audi Quattro. The M3 is not supposed to be “babied” it’s suppose to be driven if possible driven to the limit.

I really love this car and someday if I get a great job I want to buy this car and use it as an everyday driver.

        

All Time favorite movie

Activity #20(Carlo Fuerte)

Well I don’t really watch that much movies but the most resent movie I liked was Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol (M: I:-4) so I guess that my favorite.

Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol is a 2011 American spy film, and the fourth installment in the Mission: Impossible series. It stars Tom Cruise, who reprises his role of IMF Agent Ethan Hunt. The story started when On assignment in Budapest to intercept a courier working for a person of interest code-named "Cobalt", IMF agent Trevor Hanaway is killed by assassin Sabine Moreau. Hanaway's team leader, Jane Carter, and newly promoted field agent Benji Dunn extract Ethan Hunt and Hunt's source Bogdan from a Moscow prison. Hunt is recruited to lead Carter and Dunn to infiltrate the secret Moscow Kremlin archives and locate files identifying Cobalt. During the mission, someone broadcasts across the IMF frequency, alerting the Russians to Hunt's team. Although Dunn and Carter escape, a bomb destroys the Kremlin, and Russian agent Sidorov arrests Hunt, suspecting him as part of the attack.

Even though I just shared the start of the film, I really like this movie because of the numerous and really exiting combat sense. The entire movie was great but there are some violent parts in the movie inappropriate for little kids.     

MY DREAM PET

Activity#19(Carlo Fuerte)

Well I don’t really want another pet but my dram pet is also my old pet.my dram pet is a pug.

Who can resist a really cute wrinkled face like that. A pug is a toy breed of dog with a wrinkly, short-muzzled face, and curled tail. The breed has a fine, glossy coat that comes in a variety of colors, and a compact square body with well-developed muscle.The pug's personality and small size. I describe my pug as a small but very energetic dog. He was very loyal to me but he died several years ago due to pneumonia. Pug skin is covered with TONS of hair that seems to always be shedding and that is normal. However, there are some skin problems that Pugs seem to be prone to. .pugs have some skin irritations that cost a lot to put right.   some Pugs can get seasonal allergies. They often are quite itchy and sometimes chew their feet. This can start out during a limited time of the year but it can also expand to problems year round. Sometimes antihistamines, steroids and special shampoos are needed. A veterinary dermatologist can test your dog to see what the offending substances are and make up special allergy injections to desensitize your dog. Food allergies aren't terribly common but a trial on a hypoallergenic diet might be ordered by your vet.

Even though I don’t have a pet anymore I'm still happy because I had a chance to exercise and play with a great pet.

     

MY FAVORITE PC GAME

Activity#18(Carlo Fuerte)

Well I am not really one of the kids that are addicted to computer games but I have played a few. From the hand picked games I have played I really like Left 4 Dead because of the game play.

I only play Left 4 Dead with my cousins. We usually play in the multiplayer mode (versus) because we love the concept of having two groups the humans and the zombies. Left 4 Dead is cooperative survival horror first-person shooter video game. Left 4 Dead contains four game modes: campaign, versus, survival, and single-player. The cooperative campaign consists of up to four human-controlled survivors who attempt to make their way between safe rooms and eventually to rescue. In this mode, the special infected are controlled by the AI. In a versus campaign, each team of one to four players plays each chapter of the campaign as both survivor and infected, swapping sides once per chapter. Unlike campaign mode, dead survivors do not respawn. If at least one player-controlled survivor finishes the level, the survivor team earns 100 points as well as bonus points based on their health and the health items in their inventory. These points are then multiplied by the chapter's difficulty level, and the number of survivors who finished. If all player-controlled survivors are killed, the survivor team only earns points according to their average progress through the chapter and the difficulty multiplier. Survival mode consists of a timed challenge where players try to survive as long as possible against a never-ending flood of the infected, added in April 2009 in the Survival Pack downloadable content. Single-player mode is similar to campaign mode, but played offline with three AI-controlled bots as the other survivors. On Xbox 360, other players can join in on the same console to turn single player into an offline co-op game. The game can also be played through a system link, or local area network. Players have also discovered a way to do splitscreen co-op play with the PC version.

Even though I haven’t really played this game that much and never really finished the game I know it because of my cousins.