Inceptor

This small helicopter is called Inceptor and it is the latest product of Insitu, the innovative company behind ScanEagle that is now owned by Boeing. Inceptor weighs only 3.5lbs and fits into a police car trunk. It has an electric motor with swappable lithium polymer batteries. It can fly for around 24min, take-off and land autonomously, navigate and hover via waypoints and also controlled semi-autonomously through a touchscreen. The integrated flight control system is aFCS20 provided by Adaptive Flight Inc.

One can learn to operate it in a few hours and it provides electro-optic or IR imaging immediately even during adverse weather conditions and wind gusts. Video imagery is transmitted to the handheld ground control station and distributed to decision makers for real-time viewing. It flies below 500ft and within line of sight (as dictated by the FAA-issued certificate of authorization).

Inceptor will enter a developing but still very niche market sector that is mostly dominated by quadcopters. Prototypes are already flying and initially it will be available only for US public agencies at a cost of around $50.000. Selected law-enforcement customers will test it soon.

http://robots.net/article/3218.html

it can be useful to both sides of the law, since it wouldn’t be long ‘till it’s available to the public market. Hopefully the government and/or the company responsible for this device will have a certain degree of measures to prevent the misuse of the said technological innovation.

Welcome to the Good Life ;)

A good life is when you’re having fun.

A good life is when you’re doing what you love instead of working.

A good life is when everything goes well.

A good life is despite the challenges that I face, I still manage to overcome them; and I become better in the process.

I could write so many things on what a good life is. But in the end, I personally think that life can only be good when one makes it good. I Like if Kim Jong Il thinks that a good life is running a country through the ground and towards the depths of hell, then that’s his cup of tea.

--but don’t get me wrong. I’m not one to say what a good life is, and what a good life isn’t. I’m only one of the millions, if not billions, of people who exist in this blue and green dot in the vastness of space. After all, anyone and everyone have their own version of what a good life is. Probably even children born into poverty have their own version of a good life.

Personally, I believe I’ve lived and still am living a good life. Even though my own flavor of a good life has its sour and spicy moments, I’ll always treasure the sweetest and the most flavorful moments. I’m not one to say what a good life really is, but right here, right now, in this very moment, even though I’m swamped neck-deep in school work, I believe I’m living a good life.

I am living a good life.

Plato’s concept and hate-love relationship with art is somewhat similar to the movie Equilibrium’s plot, wherein they have created a perfect society by completely removing any and every means of emotional expression because their society has mandated that every emotion that is expressed by humans through the arts are the reason why the societies before theirs have fallen.

The movie ends with the rebellion of one of their censors, realizing that it is art of expression is the one that makes them human, albeit the fact that it can deny them a perfect society. I personally feel that art should remain as free as allowable. It is a facet of human intellect, and allows us to not only share what one thinks, but also what one feels. This is achieved effectively by art.

Gods and Goddesses of Egypt

**Amun

Appearance:

Man with a ram-head
A ram
Man wearing an ostrich plumed hat

Amun was one of the most powerful gods in ancient Egypt.
At the height of Egyptian civilisation he was called the 'King of the Gods'.


Amun
Amun was important throughout the history of ancient Egypt. However, when Amun was combined with the sun god Ra he was even more powerful. He was then called Amun-Ra.

A large and important temple was built at Thebes to honour Amun.

**Atum
'The All' or 'Perfection'

Appearance:

Man with the double crown

Atum was a creator god.
The ancient Egyptians believed that Atum was the first god to exist on earth.


Atum
The ancient Egyptians believed that Atum rose from the waters of chaos (Nun) and created all the gods.

**Bes

Appearance:

Dwarf with lion and human features
Dwarf wearing the skin of a lion

Bes was the protector of pregnant women, newborn babies and the family.

Bes
The ancient Egyptians also believed that Bes protected against snake and scorpion bites.

Amulets of Bes were popular at all levels of Egyptian society.


**Bastet

Appearance:

Woman with the head of a cat

Bastet was a protective goddess.

Bastet
Bastet was usually seen as a gentle protective goddess. However, she sometimes appeared with the head of a lioness to protect the king in battle.

The cat was a symbol of Bastet. The ancient Egyptians made many statues of cats like this one to honour Bastet.

Bastet was one of the daughters of the sun god, Ra. A great temple was built in her honour at Bubastis in the Delta.

**Geb

Appearance:

Man lying down below the arch of the sky goddess Nut
Man with a goose on his head

Geb was the god of the earth.
Geb was the husband and brother of the sky goddess Nut. He was also the father of Osiris, Isis, Nepthys and Seth.

When Seth and Horus fought for the throne of Egypt, Geb made Horus the ruler of the living.

The ancient Egyptians believed that earthquakes were Geb's laughter.

**Hathor
'House of Horus'

Appearance:

Woman with the ears of a cow
A cow
Woman with a headdress of horns and a sun disk

Hathor was a protective goddess. She was also the goddess of love and joy.

Hathor was the wife of Horus, and was sometimes thought of as the mother of the pharaoh.


Hathor sistrum
Hathor was connected with foreign places and materials. For instance, Hathor was the goddess of the desert and the turquoise mines in the Sinai.

A large temple was built to honour Hathor at Dendera.

**Isis

Appearance:

Woman with headdress in the shape of a throne
A pair of cow horns with a sun disk

Isis was a protective goddess. She used powerful magic spells to help people in need.
Isis was the wife of Osiris and the mother of Horus.

Since each pharaoh was considered the 'living Horus', Isis was very important.



Isis with Horus
Isis is often shown holding Horus on her lap. Isis is associated with thrones because her lap was the first 'throne' that Horus sat upon.

This amulet is called the 'Isis knot' and is a symbol of protection.

A temple was built to honour Isis at Philae. It is still standing today.

**Tawaret
'The Great One'

Appearance:

Head of a hippopotamus with the arms and legs of a lion, the back and tail of a crocodile, and the breasts and stomach of a pregnant woman.

Tawaret was a goddess who protected women during pregnancy and childbirth.


Many of the gods and goddesses in ancient Egypt had temples built to honour them. Other gods and goddesses like Tawaret and Bes were worshipped by people in their own homes.
This is an amulet of the goddess Tawaret. People often wore amulets like this, or kept them in their homes.

**Seshat

Appearance:

Woman wearing a panther skin dress and a star headdress

Seshat was the goddess of writing and measurement.

You Made Me Crazy for 2 days!

The movie started with the young Jess Huson who sells crabs in the market with his friend. His father, Mang Pepeng makes banners using paint ( i dont how it is called). Jess Huson's mother lives in New Jersey. On the journey of Jess he met a reporter of a tv show called "Planet Stranger". when Jess grew up he had a gf in the states named Annete who usually send him money so Jess can fix his papers to get a visa and fly to the states. After the long run Jess met a single parent named Mara who works in a carnival as a fake mermaid and has a child named Jason who at first was very shy about the work of his mother but at the end he was able to show everyone in his class about Jess and Mara together.

the symbolic cultural of the story was i noticed that Jess always wears read top. and i also noticed that in the first part "10,000" was always used as a value of the money. and the moment when Jess and Mara met again at the hospital you can obviously see that they will be back together. and especially the filipino superstitions were very present in the movie. it was all very consistent that it can make the viewers understand the subject of what they are portraying. the movie also showed the "knight in shinning armor" role of Jess when we was being crucified and also in Mara's work, filipinos we well entertained.

the social issue of the movie was about the crab mentality of the filipinos that if they work abroad they can survive poverty here in there own country. and also the hospitality of the filipinos when there is a tourist that is here in our country. The story reveals various aspects about Philippine culture: Holy Week, spiritists, how Pinoys look at tourists, crime and punishment, families broken and mended, AM radio, food, and choices, i think thats the central part of the movie.

i actually liked the movie it was funny though it has a twist of drama moments. i wasnt able to connect my self to the beliefs of the catholics. but overall it was a great filipinos movie. :)

ps. i really got irritated with the 5 singers :\

Magnificence

Magnificence for me means greatness, a respected person.

after the discussion i felt very confused of where the father is. he wasnt even present when the mother and vicente were fighting. my only concern is what if vicente killed the mother and took away the daughter? can the father still help his family? i was trying to imagine what if vicente gained the trust of the children and finally molested the girl. so many questions but im pretty much amazed about the mother choosing vicente to be their tutor. of all the people why did she chose a BUS CONDUCTOR. :| but still the mother is wrong for that decision but atleast she showed her children that even if she's a woman she can still protect them.

**actually i was expecting the mother and vicente to have a relationship. hahaha! :)

The Corral

about having a fixed marriage i wont agree with it even if its practical or what. what if you really dont love that person your parents pushed you to marry? how can you stand it for the rest of your life? id rather have a single life than marrying a person that i dont even love. Pilar made herself feel that she is trapped but then again she can marry whoever she wants its her decision even her father disagrees about it.

some woman nowadays, prefer a guy who is "mayaman, may itsura o kahit wala ng itsura basta mayaman okay na" because as we all can see life can be so challenging minsan may trabaho minsan wala. but i guess people should need to stop that mentality for me kaya maraming babaeng naloloko o maraming lalaki na naloloko kasi hindi nila gusto yung kinakasama nila. life doesnt revolve around having a rich partner but how the both of you respect and love each other.