When I Met You

Here's one good song, an epic Old Pilipino Music...


When I Met You
Apo Hiking Society



There I was, an empty piece of a shell,
Just minding my own world;
Without even knowin' what love and life were all about
Then you came,
You brought me out of the shell;
You gave the world to me
And before I knew, there I was so in love with you


You gave me a reason for my being
And I love what I'm feelin'
You gave me a meaning to my life
Yes, I've gone beyond existing
And it all began when I met you


I love the touch of your hair
And when I look in your eyes
I just know, I know I'm on to something good
And I'm sure, my love for you will endure
Your love will light up my world;
And take all my cares away
With the aching part of me
You gave me a reason for my being
And I love what I'm feelin'
You gave me a meaning to my life
Yes, I've gone beyond existing
And it all began when I met you


You taught me how to love
You showed me how tomorrow and today
My love is diff'rent from the yesterday
I knew, you taught me to love
And darling I will always cherish you today
Tomorrow and forever


And I'm sure when evening comes around
I know we'll be making love like never before
My love, who could ask for more


You gave me a reason for my being
And I love what I'm feelin'
You gave me a meaning to my life
Yes, I've gone beyond existing
And it all began when I met you


When I met you


You gave me a reason for my being
And I love what I'm feelin'
You gave me a meaning to my life
Yes, I've gone beyond existing
And it all began when I met you
When I met you

When You're Gone

I love Avril Lavigne here...

The words I need to hear to always get me through
The day and make it ok
I miss you.

Fight Against Piracy Continue: Pirates Beware

Fight Against Piracy Continues – Next on the List … Digital Storage Sites
by Hauwa Otori

The Obama Administration is supporting its strong stance against copyright infringement.  Almost a year ago, Victoria Espinel, the Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator, released the Administration’s first Joint Strategic Plan to combat “intellectual property theft.”  Then, just a few days ago, the Administration released yet another report addressing digital copyright.  In this report, the Administration lays out a proposal for new digital copyright laws, which it plans to introduce to Congress “in the very near future.”   With mention of the controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, it is very clear that the Administration is focused on strengthening intellectual property protection, particularly online.

As the Administration does its part to ramp up more protection for IP rights, the MPAA is also following suit … literally. On Tuesday, February 8th, the MPAA filed suit against Hotfile, a file-hosting service, operated by Anton Titov, whose business model is allegedly based on the storage of pirated movies. Because cyber-storage sites, such as Hotfile, are serving as alternatives to Bit Torrent file sharing, they are gaining increased popularity.  Under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), some cyber-storage sites may be lawful as long as they obey certain rules.  A quick look at Hotfile’s Intellectual Property Policy gives the appearance that the company is doing just that:

“HotFile is a service provider under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. section 512 (“DMCA”). HotFile has adopted the following policy concerning copyright infringement in accordance with the DMCA and copyright law. Hotfile will respond promptly to claims of copyright infringement reported to its designated copyright agent. It is Hotfile’s policy to: (1) accommodate and not interfere with standard technical measures (as defined by the DMCA) used to identify and protect copyrighted works; (2) disable access to or remove content that it believes in good faith may infringe the copyrights of third parties; and (3) discontinue service to users who repeatedly make such content available or otherwise violate HotFile’s Terms of Service. Please do not abuse the HotFile service by using it to distribute materials to which you do not have the rights.”
While the MPAA recognizes that not all cyber-storage sites are illegal, the association is specifically targeting Hotfile because it alleges that the site “encourages…users to upload files containing illegal copies of motion pictures and TV shows to its servers and to third-party sites.”  Given that Hotfile makes profits by charging a monthly fee and has become a heavily trafficked site in less than two years, perhaps the MPAA may prevail in receiving damages and the injunctive relief it seeks.  But as always, only time will tell, so this is definitely a case to watch out for in the future!

Hotfile Suspended Premium Accounts

Hotfile has begun taking a harsh stance on copyright infringement, says TF, with the cyberlocker deleting premium accounts, along with all the files in them.
Furthermore, the company is not paying out money earned in the site's rewards program.

The MPAA recently filed a lawsuit against Hotfile and its owner, claiming that "in less than two years, Hotfile has become one of the 100 most trafficked sites in the world. That is a direct result of the massive digital theft that Hotfile promotes."

This week, hundreds of account holders are reporting that their paid-up premium accounts have been deleted, along with all their uploaded files. Many had been uploading movies and TV shows and were being paid weekly by the rewards program, using piracy as a means of income.

One account holder says he has not been paid on the $1000 Hotfile owes him for uploads.

Says Hotfile of the matter:

Recently, we have become concerned that despite these policies, some users persist in attempting to use Hotfile.com to share materials to which they do not have the necessary rights. Therefore, we have implemented a more aggressive policy of terminating the accounts of users who are the subject of repeated complaints of infringement.

Source 

City of Life and Death

An epic masterpiece... 5 stars.

Knight and Day

Here's my fav scene in Knight and Day:

with me, without me

Quote of the Day

You have to take risks. We will only understand the miracle of life fully when we allow the unexpected to happen.

-- Paulo Coelho

Clever

A wise man once sat in the audience and cracked a joke. Everybody laughs like crazy. After a moment, he cracked the same joke again, less people laughed this time. He cracked the same joke again and again. When there was no laughter in the crowd , he smiled and said, “You can’t laugh about the same joke again and again, then why do you keep crying over the same thing over and over again?”

Voluntary Resignation: The Philippine Law

Voluntary Resignation

Resignation is defined as the voluntary act of an employee who finds himself in a situation where he believes that personal reasons cannot be sacrificed in favor of the exigency of the service and he has no other choice but to disassociate himself from his employment. (Virgen Shipping Corp. vs. Barraquio, G.R. No. 178127, April 16, 2009 citing Valdez vs. NLRC.)

The key is that resignation must be a “voluntary act”, and that the employee must have knowingly and voluntarily dissociate himself from his employment for his own personal reasons. It does not cover cases where the employee is forced to resign with the use of threats, intimidation, coercion or manipulation, or where resignation is imposed as a penalty for an offense.

The common practice of allowing an employee to resign, instead of terminating him for just cause so as not to smear his employment record, also fall under the category of voluntary resignation. (See J Marketing Corp. vs. Taran, G.R. No. 163924, June 28, 2009).

Resignation Notice

The Labor Code requires the employee to give an advance notice to the employer of his intention to resign. The notice of resignation must be in writing and must be served to the employer at least one month prior to the effective date of his resignation.

Resignation notice usually takes the form of a letter (commonly called “resignation letter”) addressed to the employer, expressing the employee’s intention to terminate his employment. It must state the date when resignation is to take effect because of the 30-day notice requirement under the law. It may also contain the reason or justification of the employee for filing his resignation, although legally, this is not important. The employee may resign for whatever reason, or even for no reason at all. Thus, in legal parlance, voluntary resignation is also called “termination by employee without just cause.”

Resignation letter normally contains explicit words expressing employee’s intention to terminate his employment. However, lack of explicit words stating the employees intention to resign is deemed not crucial, as long as the employees intention to resign can be deduced from letter itself. In one case, the Supreme Court held that a memorandum written by the employee containing his deep resentment towards his superior juridically constituted a letter of resignation. Even if the employee did not expressly indicate his intention to resign (neither of the words “resign” or “resignation” was mentioned), the resentful and sarcastic tone of the memorandum was held to be sufficiently indicative of such intention.

Effect of Failure to Tender Resignation Notice

If the employee fails to give the employer one month advance notice of his intention to resign, he may be held liable for damages.

Instances when Notice of Resignation is Not Required

The employee may resign even without serving any notice on the employer for any of the following reasons:

1. Serious insult by the employer or his representative on the honor and person of the employee;
2. Inhuman and unbearable treatment accorded the employee by the employer or his representative;
3. Commission of a crime or offense by the employer or his representative against the person of the employee or any of the immediate members of his family; and
4. Other causes analogous to any of the foregoing.

Resignation under any of the instance enumerated above is also called “termination by employee with justcause.”

You may want read the whole article here and you might learn a lot from the Q&A part of the website. 

Black Sheep

Heard this song first in Scott Pilgrim vs The World Movie, performed by The Clash at Demonhead.
See here the full video. I like more the sweet voice of Brie Larson (Envy/Natalie).

Here's the The Clash at Demonhead's performance

Here's from Metric.




Black Sheep
Metric
Metric Fantasies

Hello again, friend of a friend, I knew you when
Our common goal was waiting for the world to end
Now that the truth is just a rule that you can bend
You crack the whip, shape-shift and trick the past again

i'll send you my love on a wire
Lift you up, everytime, everyone, ooo, pulls away, ooo
From you

Got balls of steel, got an automobile, for a minimum wage
Got real estate, I'm buying it all up in outerspace
Now that the truth is just a rule that you can bend
You crack the whip, shape-shift and trick, the past again

I'll send you my love on a wire
Lift you up, everytime, everyone, ooo, pulls a way, oo
Mechanical bull, the number one
You'll take a ride from anyone, everyone wants a ride, pulls away, oooh from you