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Stefano earlier wrote the pontiff describing his hopes. It was the second call from the Pope. He could not reach Stefano on the first attempt because the student was out. Pope Francis told him to refer to him with the informal “tu.” “Do you think the Apostles would have called Christ your excellency? They were friends, just as you and I are now, and with friends I’m accustomed to using ‘tu’.”

The phone rang in the Padua home of 19-year-old  information technology student Stefano Cabizza. “Ciao, Stefano,” the caller said. “It’s Pope Francis.”

make peace with those that you can!

please, u.s.a., don't make more enemies in the middle east.  geopolitics dictate anyway that you wouldn't lift a finger for any other country if it is not in your best interests.   

ooops, let me reach out for a tissue first.  i think my eyes are moist after reading this poem...

goodness me.  i shudder at the thought of this possible domino.

hahahahaha!  atot ning mga noypi uy.  hurot na akong bilib.

uh-huh... i can't handle the change.

kalami barbecuehon.

magukod gyod hinoon ta anang interest.  may puruhan pang 5-6.

Senate President Franklin Drilon:

“The decision to abolish the PDAF is a step that will free the poor from the shackles of political debt and patronage, which had been the practice of corrupt politicians who would do everything to perpetuate themselves in power.”

(If I read it right, no release can be seen in COA Report; note though the item on “Unidentified Solons” whose total aggregate release was 70,393.802, or 70 billion, 393 million, 802 thousand in the same report.)

Dynasty: none


sources:  yahoo, rappler, COA report, wikipedia, various news items

Senator Juan Edgardo “Sonny” Angara:

“Leaders and officials should take heed of the winds of change and realize that the old ways have not worked. The old system which had lax safeguards against misuse must be replaced with more specific and limited projects, because everyone knows this money can be put to better use.”

Elected senator in 2013
Former representative

Pork released as representative: 141.230M
Pork released by father, former Senator Edgardo Angara: 862.645M

Dynasty: Aurora

Edgardo Angara - Senator (1987-1998, 2001â€"2013), Cabinet Secretary (1999-2001)
Bellaflor Angara-Castillo - Governor, Aurora (2004-2013); Representative, Lone Legislative district of Aurora (1995-2004)
Juan Edgardo Angara - Congressman from Aurora (2004â€"2013), Incumbent Senator in the 16th Congress in the Philippines (2013-present)
Karen Angara Ularan (Councilor)
Arthur Angara (Mayor)

Senator Grace Poe-Llamanzares:

“It is the poorest of the poor who feel the brunt of this breach of public trust. The PDAF belongs to the people, especially the most marginalized members of our society. As the people’s representatives in government, we must put an end to the squandering of public funds in our country.”

Elected senator in 2013

Dynasty: none

Senator Nancy Binay:

“If we want to really look into the entire system and see how it has been abused, mismanaged or abused, then we should also expand it to include PDAF disbursements under the present administration. To confine it only to the previous regime could invite comments that the probe is selective.”

Elected senator in 2013
Vice-president father has annual 280M pork barrel funds, a first in Philippine vice-presidency

Dynasty: Makati City

Jejomar Binay - Vice President of the Philippines, Mayor (1986â€"1998, 2001â€"2010) and MMDA Chairman (1998-2001)
Elenita Binay - Second Lady of the Philippines and Mayor (1998â€"2001)
Maria Lourdes "Nancy" Binay - Senator; daughter
Mar-len Abigail "Abby" Binay - Representative, 2nd District; daughter
Jejomar Erwin "Junjun" Binay - Mayor; son

Total annual pork barrel funds for the Binay dynasty: P470M

suggested additional reading: http://globalbalita.com/2013/08/30/binay-bags-p200-m-pdaf-pork-train-to-malacanang/

Senator Cynthia Villar:

“I am in favor of the abolition of the pork barrel if it is the only way to ensure that the people’s money will not be wasted or stolen. It has to be acknowledged that the PDAF has been abused and will always be susceptible to abuse in view of current policies and regulations.”

Elected senator in 2013
Former representative

Pork released as representative: 200.000M
Pork released by husband former Senator Manuel Villar: 135.500M

Dynasty, in Las Pinas:

She was a representative when her husband was senator; son Mark Villar is now a representative.

Senate Majority Leader Alan Peter Cayetano:

The pork barrel probe and the abolition of PDAF “are drastic but necessary ways to ensure that the benefits of our country’s economic growth and the people’s money are not hijacked by a few elites but would go directly to those people who have been left behind.”

Pork released: 351.000M
Pork released by wife as Taguig representative: 124.500M

Dynasty, in Muntinlupa City, Pateros, and Taguig City:

Rene Cayetano - Senator (1998-2003)
Pia Cayetano - Senator (2004â€"present); daughter
Alan Peter Cayetano - Senator (2007â€"present), Congressman, Pateros-Taguig (1998-2007), Vice Mayor of Taguig (1998), Councilor Taguig City (1992-1995); son
Ma. Laarni L. Cayetano - Mayor of Taguig City (2010â€"present); wife of Alan Peter Cayetano
Rene Carl "Renren" Cayetano - Former Councilor of Muntinlupa City; son
Lino Edgardo Cayetano - Congressman 2nd distrct of Taguig (2013â€"present), Barangay Chairman of Fort Bonifacio (2010-2013); son

The agency [COA] also questioned Cayetano’s allocation to three barangays in Taguigâ€"P750,000 for uniforms for councilors, hand-held radios and a mini-ambulance through Barangay Ligid; P748,000 for house numbering plates, a fire-buster and motorcycle with sidecar through Barangay Calzada; and P1.2 million for a motorcycle with sidecar and ambulance through Barangay Maharlika. (Read more: http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/476799/coa-lgus-barangays-also-used-as-pork-conduits#ixzz2dleUZ1on)

Senator Francis “Chiz” Escudero:

“Despite proper use and disbursement by well-meaning public officials and despite its statutory laudable purpose, the misconception that the pork barrel has become a form of ‘horse trading’ and a major source of corruption in the government is apparently starting to become real in the eyes of the Filipino people.”

(If I read it right, no release can be seen in COA Report; note though the item on “Unidentified Solons” whose total aggregate release was  70,393.802, or 70 billion, 393 million, 802 thousand in the same report.)

Pork released by late father Salvador Escudero III as representative: 82.707M

Dynasty, in Sorsogon:

Manuel Escudero (former Representative, 4th Philippine Assembly)
Salvador Escudero Sr. (former provincial governor, provincial legislative member, town mayor and councilor)
Salvador Escudero Jr. (former town mayor and provincial legislative member)
Ramon Escudero (former town councilor, vice mayor)
Antonio Escudero Jr. (former town councilor, former provincial board member, provincial vice governor)
Salvador H. Escudero III (former Secretary of Agriculture; former Representative, House of Representatives; former Assemblyman, Batasang Pambansa; former Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food)
Francis "Chiz" Escudero (Representative, House of Representatives; son of Salvador III; current senator)
Evelina Escudero (Representative, House of Representatives; wife of Salvador III)
Oscar Escudero (former town mayor)

Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago:

“Of course, the best solution is to discontinue the pork barrel system by reducing what has been proposed by the President in the 2014 budget for PDAF to zero… Senators and congressmen are expected to pass laws and exercise oversight functions over the Executive Department’s implementation of existing laws. We are not expected to build roads, bridges, and other infrastructure projects.”

Pork barrel released from 2007-2009: 551.850M

Dynasty: none

believe at your own peril.

Senators respond to pork abolition calls

“We cannot ignore the sentiments of our people,” Senate President Franklin Drilon said at the Senate budget meeting Tuesday amid mounting anger over the pork barrel scam. President Benigno Aquino III has called for the abolition of the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) which has been at the discretion of lawmakers. Here’s what senators have to say on the matter:

http://ph.news.yahoo.com/

Upon Binay’s request, the President also assigned the Vice President his own official residence-office, which is the Coconut Palace built by former first lady and now Ilocos Norte Rep. Imelda Romualdez Marcos during martial law.

In the past, the vice president did not have his pork barrel and official residence. Broadcaster and former senator Noli de Castro, who was vice president during the Arroyo administration, did not enjoy those perks.

De Castro’s annual budget was only P180.5 million in 2009 and P185 million in 2010, when he finished his six-year term as vice president.

http://www.philstar.com/

PDAF is the official name of the congressional pork barrel.

Binay has expressed willingness to give up his annual project allotment of P200 million if it is treated as PDAF. But he prefers to call it a “social fund,” similar to Malacañang’s President’s Social Fund.

The Binays have a combined P470 million in annual pork barrel funds. Binay’s elder daughter Nancy is allocated P200 million as a senator, while younger daughter Abigail, who is representative of Makati’s second district, has P70 million at her disposal.

Congress started giving the Vice President his own pork barrel shortly after he and President Aquino assumed office in 2010. Aquino offered him the unused portion of his PDAF allocation for that year.

Binay keeps P200-M pork barrel in 2014

By Jess Diaz (The Philippine Star)
September 1, 2013

MANILA, Philippines - Like senators and congressmen, Vice President Jejomar Binay will get to keep his pork barrel next year.

The proposed P417.3-million 2014 budget for the Office of the Vice President (OVP) includes P200 million which “shall be used to fund the programs and projects identified by the Vice President.”

Binay will have nearly P70 million for subsidies and donations on top of his pork.

The proposed budget law states that half of Binay’s P200 million “shall be used for education, health, social protection, and /or tourism programs and projects,” while the other half would be for infrastructure projects.

i have seen different versions of this scene more than once.

hahay, nganong nahimo man tawong ning news?  tungod sa armas nga toy gun o tungod kay di mopasaka ug sumbong ang biktima?  spoiler alert.  either way, puro way hinungdan.

coconut polisher

Da Coconut Nut

by Smokey Mountain

The coconut nut is a giant nut
If you eat too much, you'll get very fat
Now, the coconut nut is a big, big nut
But its delicious nut is not a nut

It's the coco fruit (it's the coco fruit)
Of the coco tree (of the coco tree)
From the coco palm family

There are so many uses of the coconut tree
You can build a big house for the family
All you need is to find a coconut man
If he catch the tree, he gets the fruit free

The coconut bark for the kitchen floor
If you save some of it, you can build the door
Now, the coconut trunk, do not throw this junk
If you save some of it, you'll have a second floor

The coconut wood is very good
It can stand 20 years if you pray it would
Now, the coconut fruit, to tell you the truth
You can throw it or use it as firewood

The coconut leaves could shade it gives
For the roof, for the walls up against the eaves
Now, the coconut fruit, say my relatives
Make good cannonballs up against the eaves

Olé!

By the end, Heaney had acquired a reputation not only for cleverness but for wisdom, a poet who took seriously his role (he called it "a vocation") and was prepared to engage with the real world in work that was accessible and approachable.

And he had readers in high places. Nine days before the announcement that he had won the Nobel Prize, President Bill Clinton, no less, at a state banquet in Dublin Castle quoted the closing lines from The Cure At Troy, as Northern Ireland crept tentatively towards peace:

Now it's high watermark

And floodtide in the heart

And time to go...

What's left to say?

Suspect too much sweet talk

But never close your mind.

It was a fortunate wind

That blew me here. I leave

Half-ready to believe

That a crippled trust might walk

And the half-true rhyme is love.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/

His international reputation was sealed when in 1995 he was awarded the Nobel Prize, "for works of lyrical beauty and ethical depth, which exalt everyday miracles and the living past", in the words of the Nobel citation.

He continued writing, and further honours followed. In 1996 he won the Whitbread Prize for his translation of the Anglo-Saxon epic Beowulf. In 2009, he was awarded the £40,000 David Cohen Prize by Arts Council England for a lifetime's achievement.

District and Circle, published in 2006, won the TS Eliot Prize for poetry. The critics were struck by the title poem, about a journey on the London Underground in the wake of the 7 July bombings, which also evoked the medieval Italian poet Dante's vision of hell in his Inferno.

It was characteristic of Heaney who, as well as being a farmer's boy, was also exceedingly bookish and erudite.


Seamus Heaney and family at Nobel ceremony
His Nobel citation referred to "works of lyrical beauty"

'Everyday miracles'

Throughout the 1980s and 1990s Heaney's reputation grew steadily. It helped that he was prepared to talk readily about his work, unlike many poets; and that he was a genial fellow capable of self-mockery and at ease in public.

He was known irreverently in some quarters as "famous Seamus".

His work became more "public" too: He joined the board of an Irish theatre company, Field Day, founded by the dramatist Brian Friel and the actor Stephen Rea, and in 1990 the company produced The Cure at Troy, Heaney's translation of Sophocles' tragedy Philoctetes.


Heaney was a broadcaster and raconteur alongside his teaching and writing

He was a bright boy: At the age of 12 he was sent on a scholarship to St Columb's College in Derry and studied for a degree in English at Queen's University in Belfast.

He became a schoolteacher, then a lecturer, at Queen's and later head of English at Carysfort College, a teacher training college near Dublin.

For more than 20 years from 1985 he spent part of each year at Harvard as a visiting professor and later Boylston professor of rhetoric and oratory, and then as poet in residence. From 1989 to 1994 he was professor of poetry at Oxford.

more at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-13930435

Born on 13 April, 1939, on a family farm in the rural heart of County Londonderry, he never forgot the world he came from. "I loved the dark drop, the trapped sky, the smells / Of waterweed, fungus and dank moss," he recalled in Personal Helicon.

He was a translator, broadcaster and prose writer of distinction, but his poetry was his most remarkable achievement, for its range, its consistent quality and its impact on readers: Love poems, epic poems, poems about memory and the past, poems about conflict and civil strife, poems about the natural world, poems addressed to friends, poems that found significance in the everyday or delighted in the possibilities of the English language.

The very first poem in his first major collection was called Digging, and it described his father digging potatoes and his grandfather digging turf. It ended:

But I've no spade to follow men like them.

Between my finger and my thumb

The squat pen rests.

I'll dig with it.


Peat bog in Ireland
His roots lay deep in the Irish countryside

It proved to be his manifesto. He spent a lifetime digging with his pen, but returned often in his poetry to the landscape and society of his boyhood in a countryside of farms and small towns, where Protestant and Catholic rubbed along tolerably, if warily, and one of his earliest memories was listening to the shipping forecast on the BBC.

30 August 2013

Obituary: Seamus Heaney

Seamus Heaney was internationally recognised as the greatest Irish poet since WB Yeats. Like Yeats, he won the Nobel Prize for literature and, like Yeats, his reputation and influence spread far beyond literary circles.


Heaney's poetry was always accessible and approachable

Born in Northern Ireland, he was a Catholic and nationalist who chose to live in the South. "Be advised, my passport's green / No glass of ours was ever raised / To toast the Queen," he once wrote.

He came under pressure to take sides during the 25 years of the Troubles in Northern Ireland, and faced criticism for his perceived ambivalence to republican violence, but he never allowed himself to be co-opted as a spokesman for violent extremism.

His writing addressed the conflict, however, often seeking to put it in a wider historical context. The poet also penned elegies to friends and acquaintances who died in the violence.

Describing his reticence to become a "spokesman" for the Troubles, Heaney once said he had "an early warning system telling me to get back inside my own head".

Quote from: hubag bohol on September 01, 2013, 03:31:33 PM
Penalty point for passivity?

Enough stalling! As in my new fighting federation, the World Combat League, which we are hoping will be seen in 100 countries during this second season, there are penalties for passivity.

So would I have beaten Bruce Lee in a real competition, or not? You’ll forgive me for answering with another Bruce-ism, “Showing off is the fool’s idea of glory.”

you're just as great, chuck.

if they only knew...

usa ray iring nako ang di pusakal, pero technically, pusakal kay napunitan ra man ni nako after 2 weeks nga nakamatikod ko nga adto ra ilawom sa parked car nagpuyo, morag ilaga ang panit.  nakurat tawon ang vet pagdala nako.  kitten pa diay to nga napasagdan, grabe ang anemia.  arang dakoa, wa nako damha nga kitten pa diay.  mestizo persian ug british shorthair kuno to, mao nga higante ang gawas.

anyway, all but one sa akong mga iring ordinary (domestic breed, pusakal).  daghan mangayo kay mga gwapo/gwapa man.  mora kuno ug di pusakal.  lesson: any cat will look real good as long as it is well cared for.  one more lesson: sige palit mo dinhag 50k nga iring nga may breed kunohay.  what for?  ang gasto for this one cat would equal saving 20 homeless ones.

kay ngano pod lagi nga tagaan man ug kubyertos nga chopsticks may ilang tiggamit.

our kind can do much, do it be little by little, raqz.  magsugod lang kog distribute ug flyers about this law sa among barangay sa cebu city.  maayo gani kay amigo namo ang buotan nga barangaya captain.  hinayhinay lang, kay morag gabantay pod siya sa dog slaughterer of a policeman in the neighborhood.

at times nga di ta makakiha, publicity against the culprit is the better option.  kun magkalisod pa gyod, wish the culprit some karma from somewhere.

but there's hope.  karon makakiha na ta.  kuhaon dayon ang plate number sa sakyanan.  remember republic act 8485 or the animal welfare act of 1998?  it has been amended and strengthened further with house bill 6893 of june 2013.

under republic act 8485, the strongest punishment animal abusers could face are a P5,000 fine and two years in jail, while the lowest is a P1,000 fine and six months in jail.  with the new law (house bill 6893) the maximum penalty would be a P250,000 fine, with a corresponding three-year jail term, and a minimum of P30,000 fine and six months imprisonment.

magdigwa kong makakita pod ug scenes nga ingon ani.  di ko kasabot.  granted, di sad ko masabtan why i feel this way.  but given the chance, mangaway gyod ko.  pero insultohon kog balik pag-ingon ug iro o iring ra na, maayo man ug tawo kay mohunong mi...

di ko tig-selfie kay chances are kun di motingog akong mobile phone makalimot ko nga naa diay koy mobile phone.  in other words, i don't know how to seize the moment that needs to be frozen in time through an image.  but with the pope, makalimtan pay bag, nungka ang mobile phone nga maka-picture namo.  bahalag bitaron ug guyoron kog papal sikyu.

viva, il papa!

The photo prompted bemused reactions on Twitter, with one user saying "Now I've seen everything" and another quipping: "It's the end of the world as we know it."

One unenthused tweeter commented: "Just because Pope Francis poses for a 'selfie', doesn't make it okay!"

http://news.yahoo.com/

The young believers were part of a church group from northern Italy who met with the leader of the world's 1.2 billion Catholics on Wednesday and were seen going up to him afterwards to take their photo.

"There is no marketing behind these actions. The pope clearly likes being with people while his predecessor liked being with books," said Beppe Severgnini, columnist for the Corriere della Sera daily.

The 76-year-old pope, Latin America's first pontiff, has repeatedly broken with Vatican tradition since being elected in March, including regularly picking up the phone and calling ordinary people who write to him.

Pope Francis poses with young people in the Church of Saint Augustine in Rome on August 28, 2013. Pope Francis has broken protocol once again, appearing with a puzzled look on his face in a "selfie" photo taken with a group of teenagers visiting the Vatican (AFP Photo/Francesco Sforza)

First papal 'selfie' goes viral on social media


AFPAFP â€" 31 August 2013

Pope Francis has broken protocol once again, appearing with a puzzled look on his face in a "selfie" photo taken with a group of teenagers visiting the Vatican.

The picture appeared on the Facebook page of one of the youngsters, who used it as his profile picture, and was going viral on social media on Saturday.

The picture comes in the same week that the Oxford English Dictionary included the word "selfie" to denote a self-taken photograph on a smartphone.

sad.

here are hopes that katarina has been claimed by another family who are taking care of her as they ought.

sometimes, some cats leave their abode when they believe that they have become superfluous.  di na mobalik kun mahiluna ra sila sa ilang bag-ong environment.  i hope that is what happened to katarina.

Quote from: hubag bohol on August 31, 2013, 12:18:56 PM

Photographs posted on social media sites by Jeane Lim-Napoles, the daughter of Manila businesswoman, Janet Lim-Napoles, show an extravagance that earned the young woman the title “the new Imelda,” after the free-spending wife of the longtime dictator Ferdinand Marcos.

is she really this girl?  i can't make her out because she seems to look different in her other pictures.  and this particular one didn't appear in our local releases.  also, the currency in the bath tub with her looks like euros.  not that they're not capable of having euros, but if this image were true and not posed by someone else, this seals the napoles's fate in terms of insult to the nation.

how the mighty have fallen.  let's wait whether senators and congressmen guilty of the pork barrel scam can see their day in court.  meantime, janet lim napoles is truly pitiful.  lugapak gyod intawon ang iyang fall.  pero, naa na bitaw siya.  let her be lang usa unta.  we can only punish a person so much.  she had fallen, di na lang sikaran.  spare her the public lynching.  she's not on trial yet so how can she be deemed guilty at this point?

my favorite pope!  hinoon, every pope is my favorite.  nakakita lang ko ani niya personally.

sayang i can't read the fine print pointed out by the arrow.  it must be saying something...

hahaha, viva, lao huang!  mao nay panimawos.

eliot ra gyod, hehe.

oh, depressing pod diay tan-awon si janet lim napoles.  imagine nga hapit top to bottom ang iyang mugshot, front page on a daily broadsheet.  luoy baya pod.  grabe na ang iyang public lynching.  come on, she isn't proven guilty yet...

when pork barrel goes, who knows we may finally have more educated voters, not voters wrought by patronage politics.  wa na untay botante nga mapalit in the next generation.  to hope for this now in the current generation of voters is like asking for the moon and be given the stars for loose change.

sickening.  i've been depressed for the last few days.  i don't really know if pork is the reason.  i haven't been eating much of it lately.  nor chicken. the amount of pork in billions of pesos is beyond chicken feed for me.  and i've never even seen a million pesos personally, ever.  yet i'm well aware that almost half of the banana republic's monthly pay goes to taxes.  and we pay real estate taxes annually, on time.  listo baya ang multa kun maawahi ug bayad.  hapdos baya.

cute gyod.  true gyod.  himos.  looks familiar...

http://dashburst.com/

1. Colonel Meow

2. Cat Takes Dog Hostage

3. Angry Costume Cat

4. Grumpy Thanksgiving Cat Disproves of Turkey

5. Appalled Cat

6. Grumpy and Confused Cat

7. Kitten Tries to Box Statue of Bunny

8. Cat Has Car Problems

9. Please Don't Disturb My Supper Cat

10. Wedding Cat

my name is cat.  grumpy cat.

10 Cats Even Grumpier Than Grumpy Cat

By Daniel Zeevi | Feb 02, 2013

We've all seen photos of grumpy cat by now and wish she'd cheer up some day but she's not the only sourpuss on the block. Cats are very peculiar animals with certain daily rituals that need to be administered to and never interfered with. From unwanted costumes and petting, to poorly cooked food and rival dogs, here are 10 cats with such bad attitudes they would even give grumpy cat herself something to cheer about!

unsa man na?  ukay-ukay?  kuwang man god ug bakos...

maybe the sex change is still incomplete?

Quote from: hubag bohol on August 30, 2013, 08:06:06 PM




Agoi, Obi-wan has turned to the Dark Side. He is now called Darth Vadlong whose mantra is, "I yam vatching jo".

iba na ang mga waffo.  iba wan kenobi.

Quote from: taga tigbao on August 30, 2013, 07:29:54 PM


Impas kay the dark side is also active.

Quote from: taga tigbao on August 30, 2013, 07:56:00 PM


Aguy, way iring nga makadili aning gihanjag!

ay, hihihi.  wa nako damha nga overcome by cats na diay ang intergalactic wars.  syalan ba ni silang darth vader ug princess leia, manundog ba diay sa nawong ni yoda.   

scary.  as it is, only the very rich and the legislators can afford stem cell therapy in our country.  does it mean that legislators in the near future can replace their brains with mini ones from stem cell?  what if the brain's size is inversely proportional to the pork barrel?

aruy, tua na lagi.  mabuhay and creative pinoy!  (serves these nincompoops right.)

The investigation looked at data from the Nurses' Health Study, which ran from 1984-2008; the Nurses' Health Study II (1991-2009); and the Health Professionals Follow-Up Study (1986-2008).

Ten kinds of fruit were used in the questionnaire: grapes or raisins; peach, plums or apricots; prunes; bananas; cantaloupe melon; apples or pears; oranges; grapefruit; strawberries; and blueberries.

The fruit juices identified in the questionnaire were apple, orange, grapefruit and "other."

© 1994-2013 Agence France-Presse

http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/

"For example, fruit juices lead to more rapid and larger changes in serum [blood] levels of glucose and insulin than whole fruits."

The study also points to evidence that some kinds of fruit have a beneficial effect for health.

Berries and grapes, for instance, have compounds called anthocyanins which have been found to lower the risk of heart attacks.

But, say the authors, how or even whether this also applies to diabetes risks is for now unclear.

Swapping three servings of juice per week for whole fruits resulted in a 7% reduction in risk, although there was no such difference with strawberries and cantaloupe melon.

The paper, published on Friday by the British Medical Journal (BMJ), says further work is needed to to explore this "significant" difference.

It speculates that, even if the nutritional values of whole fruit and fruit juice are similar, the difference lies with the fact that one food is a semi-solid and the other a liquid.

"Fluids pass through the stomach to the intestine more rapidly than solids even if nutritional content is similar," says the paper.

Around 6.5% of the volunteers developed diabetes during the studies.

People who ate at least two servings each week of certain whole fruits, especially blueberries, grapes and apples, reduced their risk of Type 2 diabetes by as much as 23% compared to those who ate less than one serving per month.

"Our findings provide novel evidence suggesting certain fruits may be especially beneficial for lower diabetes risk," said Qi Sun, an assistant professor of nutrition at the Harvard School of Public Health.

On the other hand, those who consumed one or more servings of fruit juice each day saw their risk of the disease increase by as much as 21%.

More fresh fruit deters diabetes; juice boosts risk

Agence France-Presse
08/30/2013

PARIS - Eating more whole fresh fruit, especially blueberries, grapes, apples and pears, is linked to a lower risk of type 2 diabetes, but drinking more fruit juice has the opposite effect, says a study.

British, US and Singaporean researchers pored over data from three big health investigations that took place in the United States, spanning a quarter of a century in all.

More than 187,000 nurses and other professional caregivers were enrolled.

Their health was monitored over the following years, and they regularly answered questionnaires on their eating habits, weight, smoking, physical activity and other pointers to lifestyle.

very helpful.  palagi akong nagtatanong, e.

armor i do not need.  the force with me is.

lechon de leche?

let it be homeric so it would come out epic.

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If someone approached you with a script for the remake of Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey, what would you do?

Scratch their face off. I’m a fâ€"ing original and demand a fâ€"ing original script. Picture this: Game of Thrones meets Milo and Otis, meets Die Hard: With a Vengeance, meets The Walking Dead, meets Animal House. Again, the genius inside me is unstoppable.

Just for a moment, let’s talk about your plans to take over the world. What are some changes you’d like to make once you’re in charge?

I’m not going to be an elected official, Brad. I’m going to TAKE OVER THE WORLD. So my plans are irrelevant. You’ll just have to fâ€"ing do what I fâ€"ing say. Which is probably somewhere along of the lines of feeding me treaties constantly and making sure the alcohol cupboard is stocked at all times. Go with it.



Any upcoming contests your minions should know about?

We are having an art contest. I want to decorate my cat castle with more pictures of, well, the greatest muse of all time â€" me. If you send in your artwork, I would not only take a picture with it, but it COULD hang in my cat castle where it would get photographed weekly. But the artwork has to involve myself in some way. Go to my official website for more details. I assume you will be participating, Brad. Do not fail me.

aguy, here we go again.  mamenos ba kaha atong mga bagyo kun wad-on na lang ang congress upper and lower houses?

hehehe-who-must-not-be-named.

You recently left your hometown of Seattle for the bright lights of Los Angeles. What are some of your favorite memories of the Emerald City?

I loved looking out the window as it rained and watching how miserable everyone was. Always warms my heart.



Since cats are nocturnal, what can you tell us about L.A. nightlife?

My L.A. nights consist of me working and devising plans to conquer more minions. In order to do that I drink Scotch, light a candle, listen to Bach, and imagine myself on top of a throne. So far, it’s working.

You recently appeared in a commercial for the Samsung Galaxy alongside Flaming Lips frontman Wayne Coyne. What advantages does this smartphone have over, say, the iPhone, Android, or other competing models?

I don’t give a sâ€"t what phone you have. Just fâ€"ing switch.

You often mention your love of Scotch whisky. What’s your favorite Scotch label? Or are you one of those ‘any bottle will do’ types?

I prefer Johnny Walker Black. Any other type of Scotch will suffice. But my pride and soul has, and always will be, Black.



Free association time; I’m going to say the name of an animal species, and you tell me the first word that comes to mind. Dog.

Annoying.

Mouse.

Pathetic.

Human.

Controllable.

Pigeon.

Diseased, psychopath piece of sâ€"t.

no.  unless the u.s. is asked by the multitude of syrians themselves, it should learn from past experiences to leave other countries enough alone.  remember the kind of intelligence the u.s. had about iraq?

Were you a big ‘social media buff’ prior to the creation of your Facebook fan page?

Fâ€" no. The page was created solely for the purpose of gaining more minions. Minions = power. Make a note to write that down. The genius comes in spurts.

In just a few months, you’ve gained more than 200,000 ‘minions’ on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. What advice do you have for those who want to succeed in the webosphere?

Do what you love and the rest shall follow. I love dominating the world and drinking Scotch. Both come really easily to me.

What are some of the craziest stunts your minions have pulled so far?

I had one minion get a tattoo of my face and put it on his chest. If that’s not loyalty, I don’t know what is.

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Seattleite Spotlight: Feline Overlord Colonel Meow

By Brad Nehring
May 30, 2013

The world’s surliest cat talks Scotch, social media, and world domination.


The world was introduced to Colonel Meow last fall, following a breakout feature on The Daily What. The ornery feline has since appeared on Anderson Live (alongside his owner, long-time Seattle resident Anne Marie Avey), and has been profiled extensively on The Huffington Post, Buzzfeed, and Reddit. He has even amassed a cavalcade of devoted fans (known unaffectionately as ‘minions’) via Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. But the Colonel’s new-found fame has only intensified the smoldering disdain he feels toward literally everything but himself, Scotch whisky, cat treats (aka, ‘treaties’), and unapologetic profanity. And although he’s traded the Pacific Northwest for sunny Los Angeles, he wants Seattleites to know they’re still “at the top of his sâ€"t list”. His words, not mine.

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Let’s start with a softball question â€" is there a special someone in your life?

Besides myself? What’s the point?



What can you tell us about your breed, the Himalayan Persian?

That’s it’s superior to any other of its kind. And I am not just a ‘breed’. I am a mix of a number of things. Chuck Norris, storm clouds, Sriracha, and glow-in-the-dark technology are just a few things found in my blood. There are very few of us out there. And I intend to keep it that way.

You’re arguably the one of the most famous cats in U.S. history. What are your first impressions of nationwide celebrity?

Celebrities are for the weak and feeble-minded. I am not a celebrity. I am a leader first, a lover of women second, and damn good Gears of War player third.

not at all, sir.  only my internet connection is undergoing tantrums.  there's more to follow...

Seattleite Spotlight: Feline Overlord Colonel Meow

By Brad Nehring
May 30, 2013

The world’s surliest cat talks Scotch, social media, and world domination.


The world was introduced to Colonel Meow last fall, following a breakout feature on The Daily What. The ornery feline has since appeared on Anderson Live (alongside his owner, long-time Seattle resident Anne Marie Avey), and has been profiled extensively on The Huffington Post, Buzzfeed, and Reddit. He has even amassed a cavalcade of devoted fans (known unaffectionately as ‘minions’) via Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. But the Colonel’s new-found fame has only intensified the smoldering disdain he feels toward literally everything but himself, Scotch whisky, cat treats (aka, ‘treaties’), and unapologetic profanity. And although he’s traded the Pacific Northwest for sunny Los Angeles, he wants Seattleites to know they’re still “at the top of his sâ€"t list”. His words, not mine.

News of his inclusion in the latest Guinness World Records book tops off a fantastic year for Colonel Meow, whose cat’s eye view of the world has already made him an internet sensation. He has his own website, Facebook page and a YouTube channel that has racked up over 2 million views.

Colonel Meow’s fur measurements were taken by three independent vets, recording an average length based on 10 hairs. The evidence was then sent through to Guinness World Records to verify the new record.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/

Colonel Meow, who was adopted as a rescue cat from the Himalayan & Persian Society, needs his fur brushed 2â€"3 times a week, and it takes both Anne and Eric to complete the job. The couple say that they never use products on Colonel Meow’s fur, applying only water and brushes if he gets dirty. But they admit that they do spend a lot of time vacuuming their flat.

Furry cat 'Colonel Meow' breaks world record

A Himalayan-Persian cross-breed named Colonel Meow has been named as the new world record holder for the cat with the longest fur.

29 Aug 2013



Guinness World Record holder Colonel Meow has fur that reaches an astonishing 9in in length.

The two-year-old feline, named Colonel Meow because of his “epic frown and fur”, will celebrate his achievement with his owners, Anne Marie Avey and Eric Rosario, at their home in Los Angeles.

aray!  if i were putin, i should complain that the artist didn't make me feminine enough.

disunited farts.

kakyuuuutttt!