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Corruption in LGUs: Why medicines are inaccessible

by Buena Bernal
11/03/2013
   
   
   
MANILA, Philippines â€" Gabriel Casuga had always wanted to become a doctor. But not just any doctor.

After watching on national television the life story of former Senator Juan Flavier â€" who himself was a doctor serving in the barrios (rural villages) prior to becoming Health Secretary â€" Casuga resolved to serve the barrios as well.

A fresh graduate from medical school at that time, he was deployed to the town of San Jorge in Samar. But his supposedly two-year service in the town was cut short after a perceived threat from the municipal mayor.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkR_ammQ-PU#
yolanda lashing
(raw video; unidentified place)

Quote from: islander on November 08, 2013, 12:17:00 PM
beyond contact na intawon ang akong mga kagupa sa cebu ug bohol, loll.  kahilakon na ko.

mobile phones nilang tanan puro error in connection.

it's now dark in manila.  i mean, the clouds are gathering.

beyond contact na intawon ang akong mga kagupa sa cebu ug bohol, loll.  kahilakon na ko.

Filipino residents sleep on the floor at a gymnasium turned into an evacuation center in Sorsogon City, Bicol region, Philippines, on Nov. 7. / Kit Recebido, epa

2 killed as 'Yolanda' lashes Visayas


By: Philippines News Agency
November 8, 2013 11:09 AM
InterAksyon.com
The online news portal of TV5

MANILA -- Typhoon Yolanda has claimed two lives Friday after a man was reported electrocuted to death in Surigao Del Norte while another was crushed after being hit by a falling tree in Cebu.

Major Rey Balido, National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council spokesperson, said no other details were available on the circumstances in the Surigao Del Norte incident.

In Medellin town, Cebu, the victim, also male, was hit and killed by a tree toppled by strong winds caused by Yolanda.

As this develops, two Mandaue-Mactan bridges are now closed to vehicles due to the powerful winds.

Earlier, the Cebu provincial government said powerful winds from Yolanda tore off roofs and uprooted trees in Cebu province.

A tornado also damaged at least 50 houses in Bohol province.

Cebu and Bohol are among the areas hardest hit by a magnitude-7.2 quake in Central Visayas last October 15.

PANIC BUYING OF SUPPLIES. A mall in Cebu. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO/Eloise Daniot

Residents of Legazpi city in Albay province, south of Manila, are evacuated on November 7, 2013 ahead of a super typhoon that was strengthening in the Pacific Ocean. Authorities warned Typhoon Haiyan, with wind gusts exceeding 330 kilometres (200 miles) an hour, could cause major damage across a vast area of the central and southern Philippines when it makes landfall on November 8. (Charism Z. Sayat/AFP/Getty Images)

The newly-acquired rubber boats following blessing ceremony Wednesday at Philippine Coastguard in Manila, in preparation for the onslaught of super typhoon Haiyan which is expected to make a landfall in central Philippines this weekend. NIÃ'O JESUS ORBETA/INQUIRER

Philippine Coast Guard personnel inflate newly acquired rubber boats for deployment to the Bicol region which is expected to be directly hit by supertyphoon ‘Yolanda’. PHOTO BY RENE H. DILAN

mosurok gyod akong dugo makakita sa nawong ni allan peter cayetano.  what a hypocrite.  palimpyo-limpyo dayon kintahay.

According to Lacson, one day that same year, then Pateros-Taguig Rep. Alan Peter Cayetano requested through Lito Banayo, a former political adviser of deposed President  and now Manila Mayor Joseph Estrada, “that I allocate P50 million to Taguig out of our additional P200 million from the realigned Special Purpose Fund.”

“Apparently, Congressman Alan got wind of the information from his ate (older sister),

Sen. Pia Cayetano,” Lacson said.

Read more: http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/514827/smart-lawmakers-got-as-much-as-p1b-in-pork-says-lacson#ixzz2jzbR9lwY

Napoles denies link to 21 bogus NGOs but Luy calls her a ‘liar’

By Maila Ager
INQUIRER.net
11:29 am | Thursday, November 7th, 2013


NAPOLES IN THE SENATE Janet Lim-Napoles, the alleged mastermind in the P10 billion pork barrel scam, faces the Senate for the first time Thursday, Nov. 7, 2013, to answer the allegations against her. Napoles met with her lawyers from the Public Attorney’s Offic (PAO) briefly to discuss the case. MATIKAS SANTOS/INQUIRER.net

MANILA, Philippines  â€" Janet Lim-Napoles, the alleged mastermind in the P10 billion pork barrel scam, has denied any involvement  in the 21 bogus foundations allegedly used as conduits by the lawmakers’ “pork barrel” funds when she testified at the Senate blue ribbon committee on Thursday.

“Hindi po…”, Napoles said when asked by committee chairman, Senator Teofisto Guingona  III, if it was true that she  had set up the 21 foundations that were named  after her relatives, employees and even househelpers.

But principal whistle-blower, Behur Luy, who was also present at the hearing belied Napoles’ claim and called her a liar.

“Sir, nagsisiungaling po sya.  Totoo po yun,”   Luy said.

Another witness in the hearing backed Luy’s statement.

Napoles later admitted  that she had formed only one group called “Magdalena Luy-Lim Foundation.”


http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/

NAPOLES IN THE SENATE Janet Lim-Napoles, the alleged mastermind in the P10 billion pork barrel scam, faces the Senate for the first time Thursday, Nov. 7, 2013, to answer the allegations against her. Napoles met with her lawyers from the Public Attorney’s Offic (PAO) briefly to discuss the case. MATIKAS SANTOS/INQUIRER.net

Read more: http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/522083/senate-rejects-napoles-request-for-executive-session#ixzz2jzRiy2jc

kay nagsalig ang lalaki nga sila ray kahibawo mamusil?

apili na lag pangutana kun niboto ba siya ani niya.

mas makalolooy ang kadtong tungod sa nerbyos, nidagan ug nadalin-as sa panit ug saging nga nalagpot tungod sa nerbyos, unya nadakdak ang ulo sa pagkadalin-as.  tsk, tsk, tsk.

Quote from: hubag bohol on November 07, 2013, 10:10:56 AM
Yolander of TB, cat disguised as a human

yolandag bohol na siya uy, ajaw mi lipat-lipata...

mao gyod.  abi kay di mogamit ang pag-asa ug 'super', gihimo na lang nilang 'monsters'.  ang tabili himoong buaya, ang buaya himoong dragon.

ang question, nidaog ba ni siya?

moral lesson: ang lalaking libakiro di angay mangutang.

Quote from: hubag bohol on November 07, 2013, 09:57:37 AM
Hmm, how about Violente? could be the name of a monster typhoon, eh?

wrong spelling ra na sa vigilante.

those also named yolanda:

Yolanda of Flanders, a ruler of the Latin Empire in Constantinople
Yolanda of Vianden, a 13th century prioress of Marienthal, Luxembourg
Violant of Hungary, Queen consort of James I of Aragon
Yolanda of Hungary, daughter of Béla IV of Hungary, beata
Yolanda, an alias of Symbionese Liberation Army member Emily Harris
Yolanda (storm), a non-tropical cyclone that struck eastern Europe in 2010


wikipedia/

GENDER: Feminine
USAGE: Spanish, English
PRONOUNCED: yo-LAHN-dÉ™ (English)   

Meaning & History

From the medieval French name Yolande, which was possibly a form of the name Violante, which was itself a derivative of Latin viola "violet". Alternatively it could be of Germanic origin.

This name was borne by a 12th-century empress of the Latin Empire in Constantinople, who was originally from Flanders. It was also used by her descendants in the royal families of Hungary (spelled Jolánta) and Spain (sometimes spelled Violante). Another famous bearer was a 13th-century countess of Vianden in Luxembourg who joined a convent against her parents' wishes, later becoming the subject of medieval legend.

VARIANT: Yolonda (English)

OTHER LANGUAGES: Jolanda (Croatian), Jolana (Czech), Jolanda (Dutch), Yolande (French), Jola, Jolán, Jolánka (Hungarian), Iolanda, Jolanda (Italian), Violante (Late Roman), Jolanta (Polish), Iolanda (Portuguese), Iolanda (Romanian), Jolana (Slovak), Jolanda (Slovene)


http://www.behindthename.com/

Yolanda is a given name, of Greek origin but existing in many languages, meaning Violet. The form of the name in Greek is Iolanthe. In Czech and Slovak the name is spelled Jolantha. It is spelled Jolanta in Polish. (wikipedia)

this was passed to me by a friend...


Let's save our humor even as we see disaster all around...

LEST IT BE SAID WE HAVE LOST OUR ABILITY TO LAUGH: Mangatawa na sad ta.

Awit Sa Bohol

Yuta kong minahal
Hatag ni Bathala
Sa adlaw gabii, taknang tanan
Gitay-ug sa kinaiyahan.
Sa mga bayani â€" na’ay daghan:
Boluntaryong namutos ug hinabang.
Lungsod ug bungtod nangabungkag
Ug kalsadang nangapangag.
Namingaw ang kabaybayonan
Walog sa bato gitabonan.
Bahandi sa dagat nahilo ang uban
Linog ang hinungdan.
Sa kaayuhan tang tanan
Magkahiusa ta
Ihalad ta lawas ug kalag
Sa mutya tang Bohol.

Fr. Roy Cimagala
October 27

surenessious, as in supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.

now i'm convinced.  especially grease used for cooking buwad.

Bohol a ‘special concern’

Although the province of quake-hit Bohol will not be directly affected, it also boosted its preparations ahead of typhoon Haiyan.

“[Bohol] is a special concern because they just came from a disaster. Although it was mentioned that it won’t be directly hit, they were told to prepare. The patients in  hospitals housed in makeshift tents were told to transfer to buildings with concrete structures,” Defense Secretary and NDRRMC Chairman Voltaire Gazmin  said.

Classes were already cancelled in the provinces of Bohol, Cebu and Albay starting Thursday as Haiyan is expected to enter the country.


Read more: http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/521501/residents-in-path-of-supertyphoon-told-to-evacuate#ixzz2jvAsEwBi

di na tingali kaya ni kenshin ang friskies tungod sa iyang ngipon.  suwayi kuno kun mokaon ba kun ihomol sa tubig, loll.  we do that to our cats with problem teeth and it worked for some.  who knows.  p.s. naay injection against kagid.  try asking your vet.  tingali di na ma-suplado si kenshin kun wa nay katol iyang lawas.  good luck.  best wishes to your cats and dogs and niece and those 2 engineers and... etc.

daot si van gogh... nahus-an nag dunggan, libaton pa gyod.  luoy vincent.

Quote from: Lollapalooza on November 06, 2013, 01:47:08 PM
lisud na Sir hubs kung dili ka copper-haired you might look like

the horror, the horror.  arang gajod daghana tingalig kuto ani sa?

now, now, you're really curious, aren't you?  before i get extraconscious and turn into someone egregious, i might as well be expeditious--i try my best to be euphonious with the banana republic.    uncontentious, yes.  pugnacious, no.

i mean, kini bitaw nga copper-bottomed pots and pans, maitom man sa anoos kadugayang ginamit unya di hugasan, hihihi.

Quote from: hubag bohol on November 05, 2013, 08:31:43 PM
Hmm, how did you know that I am naturally copper-haired?

aaahhh, that?  your midnight black eyebrows and mustache are tell-alls.  if it's that dark, it must be naturally copper, hihihi.

nagselos tingali si kenshin. the usual territorial claims.  nakakaon ba kaha na siyag crabmeat or shrimps because of his falling hair, loll?  wa man kaha nay kagid...

and lo and behold, they came up with a witch's brew.  and they all lived unhappily ever after.

Quote from: hubag bohol on November 06, 2013, 12:12:16 PM
Who knows? Maybe by eating ticks and fleas that have feasted on you he gives vent to his excessive uxoriousness.

now, that's real success, though stated not so simply.

ux·o·ri·ous (k-sôr-s, -s r-, g-zôr-, -z r-) adj. Excessively submissive or devoted to one's wife. [From Latin ux rius, from uxor, wife.] ux·o ri·ous·ly adv. (www.thefreedictionary.com/)

manggawas na ba kaha intawon ang mga sinkholes sa bohol if the storm brings heavy rains?  lord, have mercy.

nanawag na tawon ko sa cebu aron mangutana unsay ilang preparations.  andam na ang mga trapal for the doghouses and cathouses.  hangyo pod tawon ko nga andam ug flashlights and batteries (no candles) and food kutob sa mahimo.  sometimes, kun grabe ang uwan, the road to our place may be rendered a difficult stretch tungod sa baha sa usc talamban campus road.

kalooy intawon sa mga earthquake evacuees sa bohol.  hinaot di manglutaw ang ilang tents.  ug hinaot di sila bahaon.  ampo tawon ta nga way epidemics after the storm, with water clogs and sanitation as problems that may have to be dealt with.

Quote from: hubag bohol on November 06, 2013, 11:12:16 AM
Hmm, and he personally deals with your ticks and fleas?

i won't say that his diet includes ticks and fleas...

Quote from: hubag bohol on November 06, 2013, 05:23:21 AM
Ah, so it's the other way around! You're the doggy in the pic!

opkors naman.  and i'm flattered.  for the banana republic, it could be the best thing that ever happened to him.  you know, when times were hard and somehow we made it through because the downs have been few...

cool ka lang, bai hubs.  ass na ni misis, di kang kim k.

Quote from: hubag bohol on November 05, 2013, 08:48:40 PM
Hmm, the way you force your Banana Republic to smile?

the banana republic does that to me, actually.  most especially when i have a toothache.  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kv3UjG_Aq-8#ws

Ashleigh and Pudsey Royal Variety Performance

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCcSDZ_ando#ws

Ashleigh and Pudsey do the Thriller

Sweet-talk: A computer-generated 10-year-old Filipino girl named 'Sweetie' that helped identify over 1,000 pedophiles around the world is seen in an image released Monday by Dutch rights group Terre des Hommes | AFP-JIJI

During a demonstration for AP early Monday, one of the researchers logged into a public chat room as Sweetie â€" identifying himself by her purported age, gender and country of origin. Seconds later, multiple pop-up dialogue boxes began appearing on his screen from people using pseudonyms and soliciting a girl who had clearly identified herself as 10 years old.

One chat between the researcher identifying himself as Sweetie and one of the online users went like this:

Sweetie: “What you want see?”

User: “U.”

Sweetie: “What u pay for?”

User: “Naked.”

As the conversation progressed, they agreed on a $20 fee to be paid by a wire transfer and Sweetie asked for the person’s Skype address, but took the chat no further.

Guyt said Terre des Hommes, using basic research techniques and not hacking, was able to identify 1,000 adults from 71 countries who solicited Sweetie. The group did not identify any of them to the media, but passed the results of its investigation on to Interpol.

The top country of origin for the adults identified was the United States, with 254, followed by Britain with 110 and India with 103.

It remains to be seen if any of the people identified will be prosecuted, but the research demonstrated that it is relatively easy to find and identify such adults.


more at http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/11/05/world/virtual-girl10-snares-1000-net-sex-tourists/#.Unna4lMp-KE

makatarantar.  unbelievaboy.  why man tawon nga filipino girl pa man?  samot gyod kong di mabasol nga arang kaistrikto nako sa akong 12-year-old tawon when it comes to internet use.

How do you recognize limestone and marble?

The main difference between limestone and marble is that limestone is a sedimentary rock, typically composed of calcium carbonate fossils, and marble is a metamorphic rock. Limestone forms when shells, sand, and mud are deposited at the bottom of oceans and lakes and over time solidify into rock. Marble forms when sedimentary limestone is heated and squeezed by natural rock-forming processes so that the grains recrystallize. If you look closely at a limestone, you can usually see fossil fragments (for example, bits of shell) held together by a calcite matrix. Limestone is more porous than marble, because there are small openings between the fossil fragments. Marble is usually light colored and is composed of crystals of calcite locked together like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle. Marble may contain colored streaks that are inclusions of non-calcite minerals.


Limestone    
Limestone is made of fossil fragments, held together with calcite; the shell near the center is about 1 cm across. Botanic Gardens building Washington, D.C.    


Marble
Marble is made of calcite crystals (white) and some colored grains of mica inclusions; the grains in a marble are locked together like jigsaw puzzle pieces.


http://pubs.usgs.gov/

Why does limestone change into marble?

High heat and pressure cause the calcite in the limestone to recrystallize into larger crystal structures.

But...

Coastal limestones are often eroded by organisms which bore into the rock by various means. This process is known as bioerosion. It is most common in the tropics, and it is known throughout the fossil record (see Taylor and Wilson, 2003). -http://www.ask.com/

Quote from: hubag bohol on November 05, 2013, 08:42:14 PM
http://boholchronicle.com.ph/



Engineer Jes Tirol, when asked by the Chronicle whether people should go gaga over sinkholes and how they should deal with their jittery emotions, replied: “Nothing to worry. The MGB (Mines and Geosciences Bureau) report is lacking. It did not consider that limestone also becomes marble.”

interesting. 

the owner is forcing the dog to look like him.  success!

lord, have mercy.  what's happening to the visayas?

i guess i have to dye my hair blond to make your dream come true, bai hubs.  that's you trying to scare...

orlando garcia, the alleged jeepney driver victim

George San Mateo, Piston national president, said Collantes, who also serves as his father’s chief of staff in Congress, had no right to “to act like a bully and attack a jeepney driver who is also a senior citizen.”

“Walang puwang na magsilbi sa pamahalaan partikular sa Kongreso itong anak ni Cong. Collantes (The son of Cong. Collantes is not worthy of serving in government, particularly in Congress),” San Mateo said in a statement.

He said the Batangas representative should remove his son from the position of chief of staff and hold him accountable for beating up the elderly driver.

INQUIRER.net tried to contact Collantes’ office in Congress but his staff said both the father and the son have yet to face media and give their statement on the issue.


http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/

Disbar solon’s son for beating up jeepney driver, transport group urges

By Kristine Angeli Sabillo
INQUIRER.net
November 5th, 2013

MANILA, Philippinesâ€"A transport group on Tuesday urged the judiciary to disbar the son of Batangas congressman Sonny Collantes for beating up an elderly jeepney driver because of a traffic altercation.

Piston (or Pagkakaisa ng mga Samahan ng Tsuper at Opereytor Nationwide) said the Integrated Bar of the Philippines and the Supreme Court should revoke the license of lawyer King George Leandro Antonio Collantes after a video, circulating online, showed him punching 66-year old Orlando Garcia.

Reports said Collantes and Garcia were arguing because of a traffic altercation in Pasig City last October 29 when the video was recorded. The video, sent to media networks, showed Collantes confronting and then repeatedly punching the jeepney driver.

Son of Batangas Congressman attacked Jeepney Driver in Pasig City, Caught on Video

The son of Batangas 3rd District Representative, Sonny Collantes, was allegedly caught on video attacking a helpless 66-year-old jeepney driver in Pasig City, the ABS-CBN news reports.


Courtesy of ABS-CBN news

The victim, Orlando Garcia, claimed that lawyer King George Leandro Antonio Collantes violently confronted him along San Rafael St., Bo. Kapitolyo and accused him of cutting his lane. The jeepney driver added that the son of Batangas Congressman cursed and hit him many times.

In the police report, Collantes said that the jeepney driver grabbed his phone while he was using it, causing him to accidentally hit Garcia's eye.  The video clip, however, shows the son of the Congressman repeatedly punching Orlando Garcia who was inside his jeepney.

News reporters tried to get the statement of Collantes but he reportedly declined to issue any comment regarding the road rage.


http://diversityhuman.com/

It appears that Jesus was among the record 50,000-plus runners officially registered for Sunday's marathon.

According to the New York City Marathon website, his bib number â€" 55-970, affixed, naturally, to the cross â€" belongs to Makoto Takeuchi, from Chiba, Japan. (It appears Takeuchi is a New York-based photographer; an email sent to the address listed on his website was not immediately returned.)

No word yet on the Son of God's finishing time, though he did reportedly have a little trouble running with the extra load.


more at http://news.yahoo.com/nyc-marathon-jesus-200033428.html

Truth/Justice @LadyjusticeTine
I swear....Jesus was running in marathon. I saw it with my own 2 eyes. Unbelievable! Hysteria....
9:19 AM - 3 Nov 2013

edouard @noussommesdieu
I just saw Jesus running the NYC marathon...for your sins
9:22 AM - 3 Nov 2013

some instragram comments:

Bridgette B @bridgetteville
BAREFOOT JESUS carrying a cross for Boston. #ING #nyc #marathon http://instagram.com/p/gQ59hbg_04/
11:55 AM - 3 Nov 2013

Graham Wills @GWiLLzzz
This is how Jesus spends his Sundays while you're at church🙏ðŸ'¼#instaGraham #nyc #nycmarathon #marathon… http://instagram.com/p/gQzCAFrLmO/
10:30 AM - 3 Nov 2013

Jesus spotted at the New York City Marathon

Dylan Stableford, Yahoo News
November 4, 2013



The New York City Marathon usually falls just after Halloween, and as a result, there are always plenty of runners in costume.

On Sunday, one costume in particular delighted thousands of spectators along the 26.2-mile route: Jesus Christ, barefoot, with a large cross strapped to His back.

The sight of the Messiah among a parted sea of runners was reported by dozens of witnesses, many of whom snapped photos of the jogging Jesus and uploaded them to Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.

he looks gentle, so he must be a house pet.

Quote from: hubag bohol on November 04, 2013, 07:52:47 PM
Well, I don't find it strange that you think cats in space are not strange, Madame.

consider yourself lucky, then, that you can strangely distinguish between what is and isn't strange.

Quote from: hubag bohol on November 04, 2013, 11:35:02 AM
After her husband died in Hawaii in 1989, Imelda Marcos was allowed to return to the Philippines where she made a political comeback, elected to the legislature repeatedly.

money talks and people listen.  that's simply the sad state of our politics.

bitaw, magbantay na diay ko karon.  kusog ra ba ko mamadlong ug silingan nga sabaan, kanang paka ang karaoke ug tv.  manila or cebu, i have the same problem.  all i wish for is a little neighborly thoughtfulness, some consideration for the time of day or night and how not to disturb one's neighbors.  and being ashamed of their singing.  di man gyod ko makasabot nganong tibuok kapupod-an padunggon ug yabag.  pero ambot nganong daghang bungol nga silingan nganhi sa ato.

maayo pa to sa una sa may ramos st. sa cebu city.  pre-new year to, mao nga natural ra unta tingali ang butobuto.  nihangyo intawon tong military man usa ka hapon nga di lang usa magpabuto tong mga batang silingan kay nagpakatug tawon siya sa ilang baby.  unholy hour to, between 12nn and 4pm, ting-siesta.  wa man patoo ang mga bata sa hangyo.  lupad bitaw nang granada gikan sa bintana atong military man, da, bungkag lagig panagan ang mga bata.  note: wa mobuto ang granada.

purya pod ning estoryaha.  only in the philippines.  maayo pa sa russia kay ang gisabaan maoy mamusil.  dinhi ang gasaba man hinoon.  mao pay nagsamoksamok, mao pay diskumpiyado.

Quote from: hubag bohol on November 04, 2013, 01:43:26 PM
Kaway puangod sa hayop...

hubog na gyod tingali, mao nga di na sakto ang utok.

The partially eclipsed Sun disappearing into the clouds, as seen from New York City, Nov. 3, 2013 at 6:30 A.M. Credit and copyright: Ben Berry.


http://www.universetoday.com/

The Nov. 3, 2013 eclipse seen from Johannesburg, South Africa taken handheld with a Canon 5D mkII and 24-70mm lens and neutral density filter. Credit and copyright: Cory Schmitz

The eclipsed Sun, with sunspots, as seen from Madrid, Spain. Credit and copyright: Álvaro Ibáñez.

The partial hybrid solar eclipse of November 3, 2013 was photographed through intermittent cloud cover over a wheat field in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. 'I was anxiously awaiting a break in the cloud cover to get a clear shot; suddenly, about fifteen minutes from the conclusion, a small clearing made the partial eclipse visible. The colors of the clouds and sunrise made this a morning I will not forget!' Credit and copyright: Marion Haligowski.

A partially eclipsed Sun rises over the Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on November 3, 2013. Credit and copyright: David Dickinson.

A spectacular 'mirage' view of the partial solar eclipse rising into the clouds, as seen from Fort Pierce, Florida, on November 3, 2013. Credit and copyright: John O'Connor/nasatech.

Another view of the Nov. 3, 2013 partial solar eclipse as seen from Israel. Credit and copyright: Gadi Eidelheit.

The partial solar eclipse on Nov. 3, 2013 at its peak over Israel. Credit and copyright: Gadi Eidelheit.

sunny side down kana.

The partial eclipse of the Sun as seen from Saida, Lebanon on 3/11/2013. The pictures span the beginning to the maximum eclipse as seen from this location. This eclipse was a rare “hybrid” eclipse, appearing as either an annular or total eclipse from different locations on Earth. These images were taken with an 8 inch Schmidt Cassegrain Telescope fitted, of course, with a solar filter. Credit and copyright: Ziad El-Zaatari

The Nov. 3, 2013 partial solar eclipse observed and captured from Malta. Credit and copyright: Leonard E. Mercer.

The November 3, 2013 partial solar eclipse is seemingly dripping into the ocean, as seen from Sullivan’s Island, South Carolina. Credit and copyright: Jeff Jackson

Hybrid Solar Eclipse Images from Around the World, November 3, 2013

by Nancy Atkinson on November 3, 2013

Many lucky people around the world were treated to an unusual “hybrid” solar eclipse today â€" so called because the extent to which the Sun was blocked out varied around the world.

Those along North America’s east coast and the northern half of South America saw a brilliant Sun partially eclipsed by the Moon just at dawn, as in our lead image from South Carolina, USA. But regions like equatorial Africa had a total eclipsed Sun for about a minute, while those in southern Europe, the Middle East, were able to see an “annular” or partial, eclipse.

This type of variable eclipse is rare â€" the last time one occurred was Nov. 20, 1854 and the next one won’t happen until Oct. 17, 2172! This was also the last eclipse of the year, and photographers were out to capture the views.


http://www.universetoday.com/

Federal Reserve Bank of New York

Image by Gonsee

Surprisingly, this bank holds far more gold than the US Bullion Depository â€" a whopping 25% of the entire world’s gold and yet requires just 3 people to enter the vault’s combination. Still, it’s probably not going to be that easy to break in…

The vault is 80 feet below street level and many locks are also on timers so they don’t open straight away when the code is entered, meaning that the guards would have plenty of time to get to the area in case of a robbery.


http://chillopedia.com/

Svalbard Global Seed Vault

Image by Dag

On the remote, icy cold Norwegian island of Spitsbergen lies this purpose built vault that holds over 250 million seeds ready to repopulate the earth’s flora should a cataclysmic disaster wipes out the world’s crops.

The vault is housed 390 feet inside a frosty mountain, 430 feet above sea level to ensure that it will not flood even if the polar icecaps melt and the sea level rises.

Granite Mt. Mormon Church Records Facility


The records storage of the Mormon Church is a massive vault encased in rock at Granite Mountains, Utah first opened in 1965. Armed guards waving metal detector wands usher visitors into a concrete bunker before swinging open metal gates to a tunnel entrance. Excavated 600 ft inside the mountain, the vault features state-of-the-art environmentally controlled document storage chambers as well as administrative offices, shipping and receiving docks, a processing facility and a restoration laboratory for microfilm.


http://www.brownsafe.com/

Deposed Iraqi Leader Saddam Hussein’s Baghdad Bunker



The 2,150 square-yard bunker was originally designed to withstand the blast of a nuclear bomb and house 50 people. Located nearly 100 feet underground, security measures for the Dictator’s refuge included three-ton Swiss-made doors, 5ft-thick walls, a 6ft-thick steel-reinforced concrete ceiling, and two escape tunnels. The bunker survived seven American dropped bunker busters and 20 cruise missles during the war. Unfortunately, it couldn’t survive looting and was picked almost completely clean during the last days of the war by Iraqi soldiers.

Bold Lane


Located in Derby, England, this car park is multi-story stronghold for 440 cars. First conceived and designed by an agricultural engineer after he had the window of his car smashed and his radio stolen while in an airport parking structure.  Sophisticated security measures include CCTV  cameras, panic buttons, bar-code scanning entry doors, and advanced sensors controlled by a central computer that detect any and all movements of each car. Although, at over $30 dollars an hour, keeping your auto safe in the UK isn’t cheap.

The 1960’s Bar


Located  100 feet underground within Britain’s secret subterranean Burlington bunker complex in Wiltshire, England, the 1960’s Bar is a recreation of a pub popular with British Government officials. This top secret base was first constructed during the Cold War and designed to be a refuge for the higher-ups to reconstruct Britain in the event of a nuclear attack…needless to say they figured they would need a few pints to wait out the radiation.

ADX Florence Prison


The Administrative Maximum Facility (ADX for short) is a supermax prison (for men) in Colorado housing the baddest of the bad. These criminals are considered the most dangerous cons in the US and has earned the prison the nickname of “Alcatraz of the Rockies.” Described by one former ADX warden as “a cleaner version of hell”, security measures at the prison include attack dogs guarding the area between the prison walls and 12 ft. high razor wire fences, 1,400 remotely controlled steel doors, motion detecting laser beams, pressure pads and cameras. Current residents of the prison include infamous “Shoe Bomber” Richard Reid, 9/11 terrorist mastermind Zacarias Moussaoui, and Oklahoma City bombing conspirator Terry Nichols among many, many others.

Air Force One


One of the most well built planes in the world and what many consider the world’s most secure moving location, Air Force One has plenty of security. The United States President travels in a modified Boeing 747-200B series aircraft. It has the world’s most advanced flight avoidance, air-to-air defense, and electronics technology packages available anywhere in the World, all for the protection of the Commander-in-Chief and his entourage.

Area 51


The famed stories be true or not, this area in the remote desert of Las Vegas is more than just strange. It is also one of the most secure locations on the planet. It is a United States military base ( a detachment from Edwards Air Force Base in CA) where no one knows what’s occurring, except those that work there and the President. Known by many names (Groom Lake, Dreamland, Paradise Ranch, etc.) Area 51 is believed to be a testing ground for advanced and experimental aircraft.

Haven Co


Located in the Sealand in the North Sea, about six miles off the coast of Britain, this location is a company base founded in 2000. The company provides data protection. The only way you can get in is if you are an authorized staff member, an investor in the company or you are a Royal Family member. Although services for Haven Co ceased without explanation in 2008, it’s an example of the type of “island data haven” that is very secure, it being SO HARD to get to traditionally.

Cheyenne Mountain


This is also in the United States, located just outside of Colorado Springs, CO. It is the command center and control, communication and the intelligence center for both the United States Space Command missions and the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD). Built at the height of the Cold War, the facility is said to be sturdy enough to survive a multimegaton nuclear detonation within 1 nautical mile (1.9km) of it’s center. It has blast doors that each weigh, individually, 25 tons.

Fort Knox


Located in Kentucky south of Louisville, Fort Knox is home to the United States’ monetary assets, said to hold tons of gold â€" 5,000 tons at last estimate (equal to about 2% of ALL Gold ever mined from the Earth). To make it safe enough (if the location surrounding by the military camp isn’t enough) there is a bank vault within a deep basement of the building that has a 250 ton door marking its entrance.

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Quote from: bugsay on November 03, 2013, 07:21:14 PM
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The World Beard and Moustache Championships is a biennial competition in which men with beards and moustaches display lengthy, highly-styled facial hair.

The first Championship took place in Höfen-Enz, Germany, in 1990.

On September 1, 2007, competitors of the world's most hirsute faces from the UK, America, Germany and other countries convened for the championships in Brighton. It was hosted by The Handlebar Club with comedy performer Michael "Atters" Attree acting as Chairman and Master of Ceremonies. Facial hair categories were judged by celebrity moustache wearers including actor/singer Nick Cave and musician/poet Billy Childish. The international event was staged within the Brighton Centres Main Hall. Categories include Dali moustache, goatee and full beard freestyle.

The 2009 event was held from May 19 to the 24th in Anchorage, Alaska. The main Championship Contest was held on May 23, 2009. The host club distributed over $16,000 to local charities via the International Lions Club 49A foundation 501C4 and the Miners & Trappers Ball Inc a 501C3 organizations. Anchorage hosted the most ever competitors, eclipsing the previous U.S. venue of city Carson City, Nevada.

The 2011 championships were hosted by "The Norwegian Moustache Club of 91" in Trondheim, Norway on May 15. The 12th incarnation of the contest will be in Stuttgart, Germany in November 2013 and will be hosted by Belle Moustache Beard and Culture Club.


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