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if she is a heartbreaker, then her heart is shapeless.

The perpetrators remain free. A truly sad day for all of us.

Are You The Right Partner?

During a seminar, a woman asked," How do I know if I am with the right person?"

The author then noticed that there was a large man sitting next to her so he said, "It depends. Is that your partner?" In all seriousness, she answered "How do you know?" Let me answer this question because the chances are good that it's weighing on your mind
replied the author.

Here's the answer.

Every relationship has a cycle… In the beginning; you
fall in love with your partner. You anticipate their calls,
want their touch, and like their idiosyncrasies. Falling in love wasn't hard. In fact, it was a completely natural and spontaneous experience. You didn't have to DO anything. That's why it's called "falling" in love.

People in love sometimes say, "I was swept of my feet."Picture the expression. It implies that you were just standing there; doing nothing, and then something happened TO YOU.

Falling in love is a passive and spontaneous experience. But after a few months or years of being together, the euphoria of love fades. It's a natural cycle of EVERY relationship.

Slowly but surely, phone calls become a bother (if they come at all), touch is not always welcome (when it happens), and your spouse's idiosyncrasies, instead of being cute, drive you nuts. The symptoms of this stage vary with every relationship; you will notice a dramatic difference between the initial stage when you were in love and a much duller or even angry subsequent stage.

At this point, you and/or your partner might start asking, "Am I with the right person?" And as you reflect on the euphoria of the love you once had, you
may begin to desire that experience with someone
else. This is when relationships breakdown.

The key to succeeding in a relationship is not finding the right person; it's learning to love the person you found.

People blame their partners for their unhappiness and look outside for fulfillment. Extramarital fulfillment comes in all shapes and sizes.

Infidelity is the most common. But sometimes people turn to work, a hobby, friendship, excessive TV, or abusive substances. But the answer to this dilemma does NOT lie outside your relationship. It lies within it.

I'm not saying that you couldn't fall in love with someone else. You could. And TEMPORARILY you'd feel better. But you'd be in the same situation a few years later.

Because (listen carefully to this):

The key to succeeding in a Relationship is not finding the right person; it's learning to love the Person you found.

SUSTAINING love is not a passive or spontaneous experience. You have to work on it day in and day out. It takes time, effort, and energy. And most importantly, it demands WISDOM. You have to know
WHAT TO DO to make it work. Make no mistake about it.

Love is NOT a mystery. There are specific things you can do (with or without your partner), Just as there are physical laws Of the universe (such as gravity), there are also laws for relationships. If you know how to apply these laws, the results are predictable.

Love is therefore a "decision". Not just a feeling.

Remember this always: God determines who walks into your life. It is up to you to decide who you let walk away, who you let stay, and who you refuse to let GO!

Kining illegal drugs mao gyuy makaguba sa kinabuhi. Nahitabo na ni sa ubang lugar sa Pilipinas.

Unconfirmed screenshot. Identities not identified and not confirmed.

Chito Miranda of Parokya ni Edgar with his girlfriend.

Janet Lim Napoles brushing elbows with senators linked to P10-billion pork barrel scam.

Philippine Pork Barrel Scam: Top in the List

Parokya ni Edgar Scandal
Rumors have been swirling on the Internet about an alleged steamy tryst between Parokya Ni Edgar lead-vocalist Chito Miranda and his actress girlfriend Neri Naig.
A video purportedly of Miranda and the 2004 Star Circle Quest 6th runner up shows them in their birthday suit and having sexual intercourse. It was uploaded on video-sharing site YouTube but was quickly taken down. - source: philippine daily inquirer

Good place to roast pig? Lechon para fiesta sa Bohol.

When You're Stressed: Inspiring Quote

Cesar Ruiz Aquino mahilig ug drama.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iAs9jvr3pc#ws
(Jean Napoles, daughter of Janet Lim-Napoles who is linked to the P10-Billion Pork Barrel Scam, is celebrating her 21st birthday courtesy of Filipino taxpayers).

The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) is investigating the wealth of businesswoman Janet Lim Napoles, after photos of her daughter flaunting their wealth appeared on social media.

The photos also show expensive watches, jewelry, clothing, and shoes.

One Instagram photo claimed that she bought all the items at Celine, a branded bag store.

Another showed shopping sprees in other countries.

The photos were sent to ABS-CBN News by a friend of the younger Napoles, a a fashion designer and model, after the pork barrel scam hit news headlines.

Jeane Napoles' Instagram account has since been deleted, but other photos and video clips showing her lifestyle are continuing to circulate online.

One Vimeo video clip shows her 21st birthday party at Beverly Hills.

Meanwhile, another blog claims that the younger Napoles has a clutch bag costing roughly P400,000 and 9 pairs of shoes costing P360,000 each.

It also alleged that her watches alone cost P1 million each.

ABS-CBN News showed the photos to her mother, Janet Lim Napoles, who confirmed their authenticity.

She, however, offered an explanation for them.

Napoles said her daughter's Porsche was a gift when her daughter graduated magna cum laude.

Another Porsche was a gift during her daughter's birthday, she added.

She said they also gave jewelry and expensive watches as gifts during her birthday.

Napoles denied that they own the 20 pieces of luggage at a Japan airport, but did not disown luggage that arrived in Manila.

She said they only had 5 pieces of luggage and a copier machine.

Napoles said it was their right to go shopping because they were earning money from their business ventures.

She also denied buying all of the items sold at a high-end bag shop.

Napoles insisted that their wealth is the the result of legitimate business.

"Wala po na nanggaling sa gobyerno, ni piso. Lahat pong yan ay hanapubuhay namin galing sa aming pinaghirapan," she said. "Kaming mag-asawa ay nagpapakamatay na maghanapbuhay para maibigay po namin sa aming mga anak.:

She also confirmed that they co-own a P7-million hotel near Disneyland in Los Angeles, California. (c) ABSCBNNews.com

prurient
pru·ri·ent
adjective

marked by unwholesome sexual interest: having or intended to arouse an unwholesome interest in sexual matters

[Mid-17th century. < Latin prurient-, present participle of prurire "itch, long for"]

-pru·ri·ence, noun
-pru·ri·ent·ly, adverb

pseudopregnancy
pseu·do·preg·nan·cy [sdō prégnənssee]

plural pseu·do·preg·nan·cies)
noun
medicine: Same as false pregnancy

pseudorandom
pseu·do·ran·dom [sdō rándəm]
adjective

relating to random numbers: relating to random numbers generated by a computational process

pseudoscalar   

pseu·do·sca·lar
plural pseu·do·sca·lars)
noun

quantity with magnitude but not direction: a quantity, e.g. pressure, that has magnitude but not direction and whose sign is changed if the signs of a set of coordinate axes are reversed

prismoid
pris·moid [príz mòyd]
plural pris·moids)
noun

type of polyhedron: a body like a prism with sides that are parallelograms or trapezoids and equal-sided polygons as bases
[Early 18th century. < prism, after rhomboid]
-pris·moi·dal [priz móyd'l], adjective 

prismatoid
pris·ma·toid [prízmə tòyd]
(plural pris·ma·toids)
noun
polyhedron: a polyhedron with all its vertices in one of two parallel planes
[Mid-19th century. < Greek prismat-, stem of prisma (see prism)]
-pris·ma·toi·dal [prìzmÉ™ tóyd'l], adjective 

bumptious
bump·tious [búmpshəss]
adjective
self-important: stating opinions aggressively or self-importantly

[Early 19th century. Blend of bump + fractious]
-bump·tious·ly, adverb
-bump·tious·ness, noun

bump-jive   
noun
South Africa dance style based on soul music: a style of dancing based on the soul music played in Soweto, South Africa, popular especially during the 1970s

bummer
bum·mer [búmmər]
noun (slang)

1.  annoying thing: something annoying or unpleasant
2.  flop: a failure
3.  bad reaction to drug: a bad reaction to a hallucinogenic drug
[Mid-19th century. Probably < German Bummler "idler, layabout" < bummeln "stroll or loaf around"]

bummed   
bummed [bumd]
or bummed out [bumd]
adjective
unhappy: unhappy as a result of an unpleasant experience (slang)

bummalo  Click to hear this word spoken
bum·ma·lo [búmməlō]
noun

1.  edible South Asian fish: a small blunt-nosed fish found in brackish water. Native to: South Asia.
Latin name: Harpadon nehereus
2.  bummalo as food: the flesh of a bummalo used as food

[Late 17th century. Probably alteration of Marathi bombīl]

bumi   

plural bu·mis)
noun
Malaysia indigenous Malaysian: a Malaysian of Malay or other indigenous origin (informal) (sometimes considered offensive)

[Shortening of bumiputra]

bumfuzzle

bum·fuz·zle [búm fùzz'l, bùm fúzz'l]
(past and past participle bum·fuz·zled, present participle bum·fuz·zling, 3rd person present singular bum·fuz·zles)
transitive verb
Southern U.S. confuse: to confuse somebody (informal)

[Early 20th century. Alteration of bamboozle]

bumfreezer   

bum·freez·er [búm frzər]
(plural bum·freez·ers)
noun
U.K. short jacket: a short jacket for men, especially one that finishes above the waist (informal)

bulwark  Click to hear this word spoken

bul·wark [bï "llwÉ™rk, búllwÉ™rk]
noun (plural bul·warks)

1.  defensive wall: a structure such as a wall or fortification built to keep out attackers
2.  protection: somebody or something that gives protection or support
The alliance is regarded as a bulwark of economic stability in the region.

3.  harbor wall: a wall built out into the sea to shelter a harbor

bul·warks, plural noun
ship's sides: the sides of a ship projecting above the deck

transitive verb (past and past participle bul·warked, present participle bul·wark·ing, 3rd person present singular bul·warks)
1.  protect place with walls: to fortify or protect a place by building walls around it
2.  safeguard somebody or something: to defend or support somebody or something strongly

[15th century. < Middle Dutch, Middle Low German bolwerk "rampart made of tree trunks" < bole "tree trunk" + werk "work"]

Question and answer: How would you explain to a child that their father was a sperm donor?

There has been much debate about what is often called “free” energyâ€"energy that can supposedly, with the right technology, be drawn straight out of the atmosphere, and in very abundant supply. The debates are about whether the stuff actually exists or not, what it would actually cost were it to be harnessed, and if it does exist is it truly as abundant and efficient as it's being made out to be by proponents of research and development into this potential alternative energy source.

When one hears the phrase “free energy device”, one might be hearing about one of several different concepts. This might mean a device for collecting and transmitting energy from some source that orthodox science does not recognize; a device which collects energy at absolutely no cost; or an example of the legendary perpetual motion machine. Needless to say, a perpetual motion machineâ€"a machine which drives itself, forever, once turned on, therefore needing no energy input ever again and never running out of energyâ€"is impossible. However, it is not so simple to say that a new technology for harnessing the energy “floating” in the atmosphere is impossible. New technologies replace old ones all the time with abilities that had just been “impossible”. Harnessing the power of the atom for providing huge amounts of energy was “impossible” until the 1940s. Flying human beings were an “impossible” thing until the turn of the 20th century and the Wright Brothers' flight. 

The biggest claim of the proponents of “free” energy is that enormous amounts of energy can be drawn from the Zero Point Field. This is a quantum mechanical state of matter for a defined system which is attained when the system is at the lowest possible energy state that it can be in. This is called the “ground state” of the system. Zero Point Energy (ZPE) is sometimes referred to as “residual” energy and it was first proposed to be usable as an alternative form of energy way back in 1913 by Otto Stern and Albert Einstein. It is also referred to as “vacuum energy” in studies of quantum mechanics, and it is supposed to represent the energy of totally empty space. This energy field within the vacuum has been likened to the froth at the base of a waterfall by one of the principal researchers into and proponents of Hal Puthof.

Puthof also explains, the term 'zero-point' simply means that if the universe were cooled down to absolute zero where all thermal agitation effects would be frozen out, this energy would still remain. What is not as well known, however, even among practicing physicists, are all the implications that derive from this known aspect o quantum physics. However, there are a group of physicistsâ€"myself and colleagues at several research labs and universitiesâ€"who are examining the details, we ask such questions as whether it might be possible to 'mine' this reservoir of energy for use as an alternative energy source, or whether this background energy field might be responsible for inertia and gravity. These questions are of interest because it is known that this energy can be manipulated, and therefore there is the possibility that the control of this energy, and possibly inertia and gravity, might yield to engineering solutions. Some progress has been made in a subcategory of this field (cavity quantum electrodynamics) with regard to controlling the emission rates of excited atoms and molecules, of interest in laser research and elsewhere.

The best method of educating young people about alternative energy production that this writer has ever witnessed is the use of the PicoTurbine Company's kits, books, and projects. The PicoTurbine Company produces these things for the purpose of advancing the cause of renewable (alternative) energy and getting young people to look into the future and see that the environment that's being seeded now is the one they will inherit then. As the late, great Gerry Ford said, “Things are more like they are now than they have ever been before.” If we are to change the future world for the better, then it starts right here and now with the advent of “green” energy systems.

One of the core concepts of PicoTurbine can be stated: Tell me, and I will forget. Show me, and I might remember some of it. Involve me, and I will master it. Based on this old tried and true adage, the kits that the company produces come with activity suggestions to get the young people into hands-on learning situations. One suggestion of the company is to demonstrate how heat can be produced by wind energy (the company's specialty) through using a “picture wire” for the heating element. PicoTurbine has found that people typically think of wind energy as being “cold” energy, and are pleasantly surprised to see how wind can be used for generating heat in the home. Another project suggestion that the company offers is to have different groups split off in the classroom and then compare their respective wind turbines that they have built. They can see which ones produce the most or least electricity; which ones start up with need of the least amount of wind power; and for very young children, which ones have the most aesthetic appeal.

There is a core curriculum that PicoTurbine has in mind for teachers to instill in their pupils. Renewable, alternative sources of energy include solar, hydroelectric, geothermal, and biomass in addition to wind-produced energy. When we use more alternative sources of energy, we decrease our nation's dependence on foreign oil supplies, which often come from nations who cannot really be called our “allies”. Alternative energy is already becoming cost effective when set against the fossil fuels that we are so reliant on currently.

PicoTurbine points out that wind farms and solar arrays are already letting their makers enjoy commercial success. In the last two decades, the cost of photovoltaic cells expressed in terms of per-watt has gone from nearly $1000 to just $4! It has been predicted by analysts that by the year 2015, the cost per watt should only be about $1 (in today's dollars). Students also need to be taught about the hidden cost of fossil fuels: pollution and environmental degradation. Air pollution from burning fossil fuels has been shown through studies to increase incidences of asthma attacks, heighten the effects of allergies, and even cause cancer. Switching over to clean, green energy found in the alternative forms would prevent air pollution and help bolster the environment.

The Irish are currently pursuing energy independence and the further development of their robust economy through the implementation of research and development into alternative energy sources. At the time of this writing, nearly 90% of Ireland's energy needs are met through importationâ€"the highest level of foreign product dependence in the nation's entire history.  This is a very precarious situation to be in, and the need for developing alternative energy sources in Ireland is sharply perceived. Ireland also seeks to conserve and rejuvenate its naturally beautiful environment and to clean up its atmosphere through the implementation of alternative energy supplies. The European Union has mandated a  reduction in sulphuric and nitric oxide emissions for all member nations. Green energy is needed to meet these objectives. Hydroelectric power has been utilized in Ireland in some areas since the 1930s and has been very effective; however, more of it needs to be installed.  Ireland also needs to harness the wave power of the Atlantic Ocean, which on its west coast is a potential energy supply that the nation has in great store.

Ireland actually has the potential to become an energy exporter, rather than a nation so heavily dependent on energy importation. This energy potential resides in Ireland's substantial wind, ocean wave, and biomass-producing alternative energy potentials. Ireland could become a supplier of ocean wave-produced electricity and biomass-fueled energy to continental Europe and, as they say, “make a killing”. At the present time, Ireland is most closely focused on reaching the point where it can produce 15% of the nation's electricity through wind farms, which the government has set as a national objective to be reached by 2010. But universities, research institutes, and government personnel in Ireland have been saying that the development of ocean wave energy technology would be a true driving force for the nation's economy and one which would greatly help to make Ireland energy independent. A test site for developing wave ocean energy has been established in Ireland, less than two miles off the coast of An Spideal in County Galway Bay.  This experimental ocean wave harnessing site is known as “Wavebob”. The most energetic waves in the world are located off the West coast of Ireland, says Ireland's Marine Institute CEO Dr. Peter Heffernan. The technology to harness the power of the ocean is only just emerging and Ireland has the chance to become a market leader in this sector. David Taylor, CEO of the Sustainable Energy Initiative,or SEI, tells us that SEI is committed to innovation in the renewable energy sector. Wave energy is a promising new renewable energy resource which could one day make a significant contribution to Ireland's electricity generation mix thereby further reducing our reliance on fossil fuels.

Padraig Walshe, the president of the Irish Farmers Association, tells us that with the closure of the sugar beet industry, an increasing amount of Irish land resources will become available for alternative uses, including bioenergy production. Today, renewable energy sources meet only 2% of Ireland’s total energy consumption. From a farming perspective, growing energy crops will only have a viable future if they provide an economic return on investment and labour, and if the prospect of this return is secure into the future. Currently the return from energy crops is marginal and is hampering the development of the industry. Biomass energies need to be further researched by Ireland.

Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) was conceived of by the French engineer Jacques D'Arsonval in 1881. However, at the time of this writing the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii is home to the only operating experimental OTEC plant on the face of the earth. OTEC is a potential alternative energy source that needs to be funded and explored much more than it presently is. The great hurdle to get over with OTEC implementation on a wide and practically useful level is cost. It is difficult to get the costs down to a reasonable level because of the processes presently utilized to drive OTEC. Ocean thermal energy would be very clean burning and not add pollutants into the air. However, as it presently would need to be set up with our current technologies, OTEC plants would have the capacity for disrupting and perhaps damaging the local environment.

There are three kinds of OTEC.

“Closed Cycle OTEC” uses a low-boiling point liquid such as, for example, propane to act as an intermediate fluid. The OTEC plant pumps the warm sea water into the reaction chamber and boils the intermediate fluid. This results in the intermediate fluid's vapor pushing the turbine of the engine, which thus generates electricity.  The vapor is then cooled down by putting in cold sea water.

“Open Cycle OTEC” is not that different from closed cycling, except in the Open Cycle there is no intermediate fluid. The sea water itself is the driver of the turbine engine in this OTEC format. Warm sea water found on the surface of the ocean is turned into a low-pressure vapor under the constraint of a vacuum. The low-pressure vapor is released in a focused area and it has the power to drive the turbine. To cool down the vapor and create desalinated water for human consumption, the deeper ocean's cold waters are added to the vapor after it has generated sufficient electricity.

“Hybrid Cycle OTEC” is really just a theory for the time being. It seeks to describe the way that we could make maximum usage of the thermal energy of the ocean's waters. There are actually two sub-theories to the theory of Hybrid Cycling. The first involves using a closed cycling to generate electricity. This electricity is in turn used to create the vacuum environment needed for open cycling. The second component is the integration of two open cyclings such that twice the amount of desalinated, potable water is created that with just one open cycle.

In addition to being used for producing electricity, a closed cycle OTEC plant can be utilized for treating chemicals. OTEC plants, both open cycling and close cycling kinds, are also able to be utilized for pumping up cold deep sea water which can then be used for refrigeration and air conditioning. Furthermore, during the moderation period when the sea water is surrounding the plant, the enclosed are can be used for mariculture and aquaculture projects such as fish farming. There is clearly quite an array of products and services that we could derive from this alternative energy source.

The trend toward homes that are powered by alternative energy sources, ranging from wind turbines and solar collection cells to hydrogen fuel cells and biomass gases, is one that needs to continue into the 21st century and beyond. We have great need of becoming more energy independent, and not having to rely on the supplying of fossil fuels from unstable nations who are often hostile to us and our interests. But even beyond this factor, we as individuals need to get “off the grid” and also stop having to be so reliant on government-lobbying giant oil corporations who, while they are not really involved in any covert conspiracy, nevertheless have a stranglehold on people when it comes to heating their  homes (and if not through oil, then heat usually supplied by grid-driven electricity, another stranglehold).

As Remi Wilkinson, Senior Analyst with Carbon Free, puts it, inevitably, the growth of distributed generation will lead to the restructuring of the retail electricity market and the generation, transmission and distribution infrastructure. The power providers may have to diversify their business to make up for revenues lost through household energy microgeneration. She is referring to the conclusions by a group of UK analysts, herself included among them, who call themselves Carbon Free. Carbon Free has been studying the ever-growing trend toward alternative energy-using homes in England and the West. This trend is being driven by ever-more government recommendation and sometimes backing of alternative energy research and development, the rising cost of oil and other fossil fuels, concern about environmental degradation, and desires to be energy independent. Carbon Free concludes that, assuming traditional energy prices remain at their current level or rise, microgeneration (meeting all of one's home's energy needs by installing alternative energy technology such as solar panels or wind turbines) will become to home energy supply what the Internet became to home communications and data gathering, and eventually this will have deep effects on the businesses of the existing energy supply companies.

Carbon Free's analyses also show that energy companies themselves have jumped in on the game  and seek to leverage microgeneration to their own advantage for opening up new markets for themselves. Carbon Free cites the example of electricity companies (in the UK) reporting that they are seriously researching and developing ideas for new geothermal energy facilities, as these companies see geothermal energy production as a highly profitable wave of the future. Another conclusion of Carbon Free is that solar energy hot water heating technology is an efficient technology for reducing home water heating costs in the long run, although it is initially quite expensive to install.  However, solar power is not yet cost-effective for corporations, as they require too much in the way of specialized plumbing to implement solar energy hot water heating. Lastly, Carbon Free tells us that installing wind turbines is an efficient way of reducing home electricity costs, while also being more independent. However, again this is initially a very expensive thing to have installed, and companies would do well to begin slashing their prices on these devices or they could find themselves losing market share.

Japan is a densely populated country, and that makes the Japanese market more difficult compared with other markets. If we utilize the possibilities of near-shore installations or even offshore installations in the future, that will give us the possibility of continued use of wind energy.

If we go offshore, it's more expensive because the construction of foundations is expensive. But often the wind is stronger offshore, and that can offset the higher costs. We're getting more and more competitive with our equipment. The priceâ€"if you measure it per kilowatt-hour producedâ€"is going lower, due to the fact that turbines are getting more efficient. So we're creating increased interest in wind energy. If you compare it to other renewable energy sources, wind is by far the most competitive today. If we're able to utilize sites close to the sea or at sea with good wind machines, then the price per kilowatt-hour is competitive against other sources of energy, go the words of Svend Sigaard, who happens to be president and CEO of the world's largest wind turbine maker, Vestas wind systems out of Denmark. Vestas is heavily involved in investments of capital into helping Japan expand its wind turbine power generating capacity. It is seeking to get offshore installations put into place in a nation that it says is ready for the fruits of investment into alternative energy research and development.

The Japanese know that they cannot become subservient to the energy supply dictates of foreign nationsâ€"World War II taught them that, as the US decimated their oil supply lines and crippled their military machine. They need to produce energy of their own, and they being an isolated island nation with few natural resources that are conducive to energy production as it is defined now are very open to foreign investment and foreign development as well as the prospect of technological innovation that can make them independent. Allowing corporations such as Vestas to get the nation running on more wind-produced energy is a step in the right direction for the Japanese people.

The production of energy through what is known as microhydoelectric power plants has also been catching on in Japan. Japan has a myriad rivers and mountain streams, and these are ideally suited places for the putting up of microhydroelectric power plants, which are defined by the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization as power plants run by water which have a maximum output of 100 kilowatts or less. By comparison, “minihydroelectric” power plants can put out up to 1000 kilowatts of electrical energy.

In Japan, the small-scaled mini- and micro-hydroelectric power plants have been regarded for a considerable time as being suitable for creating electricity in mountainous regions, but they have through refinement come to be regarded as excellent for Japanese cities as well. Kawasaki City Waterworks, Japan Natural Energy Company, and Tokyo Electric Power Company have all been involved in the development of small-scale hydroelectric power plants within Japanese cities.

Impossible is Just a Word

Everyone, at some point of his or her life, has dreamed of being somebody special, somebody big. Who hasn't fantasized about being the one who hits the game-winning homer? Who hasn't dreamed of being the homecoming queen? And how many times have we dreamed of being rich, or successful, or happy with our relationships?

Often, we dream big dreams and have great aspirations. Unfortunately, our dreams remain just that â€" dreams. And our aspirations easily collect dust in our attic.

This is a sad turn of events in our life. Instead of experiencing exciting adventures in self actualization, we get caught up in the humdrum of living from day-to-day just barely existing.

But you know what? Life could be so much better, if only we learned to aim higher.

The most common problem to setting goals is the word impossible. Most people get hung up thinking I can't do this. It's too hard. It's too impossible. No one can do this.

However, if everyone thought that, there would be no inventions, no innovations, and no breakthroughs in human accomplishment.

Remember that scientists were baffled when they took a look at the humble bumblebee. Theoretically, they said, it was impossible for the bumblebee to fly. Unfortunately for the bumble, bee no one has told it so. So fly it does.

On the other hand, some people suffer from dreaming totally outrageous dreams and not acting on them. The result? Broken dreams, and tattered aspirations.

If you limit yourself with self-doubt, and self-limiting assumptions, you will never be able to break past what you deem impossible. If you reach too far out into the sky without working towards your goal, you will find yourself clinging on to the impossible dream.

Try this exercise. Take a piece of paper and write down some goals in your life. Under one header, list down things ‘you know you can do’. Under another header, write the things ‘you might be able to do.’ And under one more, list the things that that are ‘impossible for you to do.’

Now look at all the headers strive every day to accomplish the goals that are under things ‘you know you can do’. Check them when you are able to accomplish them. As you slowly are able to check all of your goals under that heading, try accomplishing the goals under the other header-the one that reads ‘you might be able to do.’

As of the items you wrote under things I could do are accomplished, you can move the goals that are under things that are ‘impossible for you to do’ to the list of things ‘you might be able to do.’

As you iterate through this process, you will find out that the goals you thought were impossible become easier to accomplish. And the impossible begin to seem possible after all.

You see, the technique here is not to limit your imagination. It is to aim high, and start working towards that goal little by little. However, it also is unwise to set a goal that is truly unrealistic.

Those who just dream towards a goal without working hard end up disappointed and disillusioned.

On the other hand, if you told someone a hundred years ago that it was possible for man to be on the moon, they would laugh at you. If you had told them that you could send mail from here to the other side of the world in a few seconds, they would say you were out of your mind. But, through sheer desire and perseverance, these impossible dreams are now realities.

Thomas Edison once said that genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration. Nothing could be truer. For one to accomplish his or her dreams, there has to be had work and discipline. But take note that that 1% has to be a think-big dream, and not some easily accomplished one.

Ask any gym rat and he or she will tell you that there can be no gains unless you are put out of your comfort zone. Remember the saying, “No pain, no gain”? That is as true as it can be.

So dream on, friend! Don’t get caught up with your perceived limitations. Think big and work hard to attain those dreams. As you step up the ladder of progress, you will just about find out that the impossible has just become a little bit more possible.

Why Coaching is the Way to Go in Team Management

When you hear the word “coach”, what comes first into your mind? Do you picture a basketball team with a man/woman shouting out directions? Or perhaps a football team with a man/woman pacing to and fro and calling out the names of the players?

Coaching is no longer reserved to sports teams; it is now one of the key concepts in leadership and management. Why is coaching popular?

Coaching levels the playing field.

Coaching is one of the six emotional leadership styles proposed by Daniel Goleman. Moreover, it is a behavior or role that leaders enforce in the context of situational leadership. As a leadership style, coaching is used when the members of a group or team are competent and motivated, but do not have an idea of the long-term goals of an organization. This involves two levels of coaching: team and individual. Team coaching makes members work together. In a group of individuals, not everyone may have nor share the same level of competence and commitment to a goal. A group may be a mix of highly competent and moderately competent members with varying levels of commitment. These differences can cause friction among the members. The coaching leader helps the members level their expectations. Also, the coaching leader manages differing perspectives so that the common goal succeeds over personal goals and interests. In a big organization, leaders need to align the staffs’ personal values and goals with that of the organization so that long-term directions can be pursued.

Coaching builds up confidence and competence.

Individual coaching is an example of situational leadership at work. It aims to mentor one-on-one building up the confidence of members by affirming good performance during regular feedbacks; and increase competence by helping the member assess his/her strengths and weaknesses towards career planning and professional development. Depending on the individual’s level of competence and commitment, a leader may exercise more coaching behavior for the less-experienced members. Usually, this happens in the case of new staffs. The direct supervisor gives more defined tasks and holds regular feedbacks for the new staff, and gradually lessens the amount of coaching, directing, and supporting roles to favor delegating as competence and confidence increase.

Coaching promotes individual and team excellence.

Excellence is a product of habitual good practice. The regularity of meetings and constructive feedback is important in establishing habits. Members catch the habit of constantly assessing themselves for their strengths and areas for improvement that they themselves perceive what knowledge, skills, and attitudes they need to acquire to attain team goals. In the process, they attain individually excellence as well. An example is in the case of a musical orchestra: each member plays a different instrument. In order to achieve harmony of music from the different instrument, members will polish their part in the piece, aside from practicing as an ensemble. Consequently, they improve individually as an instrument player.

Coaching develops high commitment to common goals.

A coaching leader balances the attainment of immediate targets with long-term goals towards the vision of an organization. As mentioned earlier, with the alignment of personal goals with organizational or team goals, personal interests are kept in check. By constantly communicating the vision through formal and informal conversations, the members are inspired and motivated. Setting short-term team goals aligned with organizational goals; and making an action plan to attain these goals can help sustain the increased motivation and commitment to common goals of the members.

Coaching produces valuable leaders.

Leadership by example is important in coaching. A coaching leader loses credibility when he/she cannot practice what he/she preaches. This means that a coaching leader should be well organized, highly competent is his/her field, communicates openly and encourages feedback, and has a clear idea of the organization’s vision-mission-goals. By vicarious and purposive learning, members catch the same good practices and attitudes from the coaching leader, turning them into coaching leaders themselves. If a member experiences good coaching, he/she is most likely to do the same things when entrusted with formal leadership roles.

Some words of caution though: coaching is just one of the styles of leadership. It can be done in combination with the other five emotional leadership styles depending on the profile of the emerging team. Moreover, coaching as a leadership style requires that you are physically, emotionally, and mentally fit most of the time since it involves two levels of coaching: individual and team. Your members expect you to be the last one to give up or bail out in any situation especially during times of crises. A coaching leader must be conscious that coaching entails investing time on each individual, and on the whole team. Moreover, that the responsibilities are greater since while you are coaching members, you are also developing future coaches as well.

BUILD YOUR SELF ESTEEM, A STARTER GUIDE TO SELF IMPROVEMENT

So how do you stay calm, composed and maintain self esteem in a tough environment? Here are some tips you may to consider as a starter guide to self improvement.

Imagine yourself as a Dart Board. Everything and everyone else around you may become Dart Pins, at one point or another. These dart pins will destroy your self esteem and pull you down in ways you won’t even remember. Don’t let them destroy you, or get the best of you.  So which dart pins should you avoid?

Dart Pin #1 : Negative Work Environment
Beware of “dog eat dog” theory where everyone else is fighting just to get ahead. This is where non-appreciative people usually thrive. No one will appreciate your contributions even if you miss lunch and dinner, and stay up late. Most of the time you get to work too much without getting help from people concerned.  Stay out of this, it will ruin your self esteem. Competition is at stake anywhere. Be healthy enough to compete, but in a healthy competition that is.

Dart Pin #2: Other People’s Behavior
Bulldozers, brown nosers, gossipmongers, whiners, backstabbers, snipers, people walking wounded, controllers, naggers, complainers, exploders, patronizers, sluffers… all these kinds of people will pose bad vibes for your self esteem, as well as to your self improvement scheme.

Dart Pin #3: Changing Environment
You can’t be a green bug on a brown field. Changes challenge our paradigms. It tests our flexibility, adaptability and alters the way we think. Changes will make life difficult for awhile, it may cause stress but it will help us find ways to improve our selves. Change will be there forever, we must be susceptible to it.

Dart Pin #4: Past Experience
It’s okay to cry and say “ouch!” when we experience pain. But don’t let pain transform itself into fear. It might grab you by the tail and swing you around. Treat each failure and mistake as a lesson.

Dart Pin #5: Negative World View
Look at what you’re looking at. Don’t wrap yourself up with all the negativities of the world. In building self esteem, we must learn how to make the best out of worst situations.

Dart Pin #6: Determination Theory
The way you are and your behavioral traits is said to be a mixed end product of your inherited traits (genetics), your upbringing (psychic), and your environmental surroundings such as your spouse, the company, the economy or your circle of friends. You have your own identity. If your father is a failure, it doesn’t mean you have to be a failure too. Learn from other people’s experience, so you’ll never have to encounter the same mistakes.

Sometimes, you may want to wonder if some people are born leaders or positive thinkers. NO. Being positive, and staying positive is a choice. Building self esteem and drawing lines for self improvement is a choice, not a rule or a talent. God wouldn’t come down from heaven and tell you â€" “George, you may now have the permission to build self esteem and improve your self.”   

In life, its hard to stay tough specially when things and people around you keep pulling you down. When we get to the battle field, we should choose the right luggage to bring and armors to use, and pick those that are bullet proof. Life’s options give us arrays of more options. Along the battle, we will get hit and bruised. And wearing a bullet proof armor ideally means ‘self change’. The kind of change which comes from within. Voluntarily. Armor or Self Change  changes 3 things: our attitude, our behavior and our way of thinking.

Building self esteem will eventually lead to self improvement if we start to become responsible for who we are, what we have and what we do. Its like a flame that should gradually spread like a brush fire from inside and out. When we develop self esteem, we take control of our mission, values and discipline.  Self esteem brings about self improvement, true assessment, and determination. So how do you start putting up the building blocks of self esteem? Be positive. Be contented and happy. Be appreciative. Never miss an opportunity to compliment. A positive way of living will help you build self esteem, your starter guide to self improvement.

What Innovation Can Do to Your Life

It's a talent that everyone has, yet they think they don't. The power of innovation. If you've ever marvelled at somebody's creative prowess, guess what, you can create and innovate too. It just takes time. Everyone is born creative. The box of crayons in kindergarten were not limited to those who possessed potential; because the truth is, everybody has potential.

You know how long it took to learn to ride a bike or drive or to never commit the same mistake again? It's the same with innovation. It takes a  bit of practice and a lot of time before this mind function comes easily  when called. This article will teach you a few tips on how to bring innovation into your life.

Don't listen to what other people say. Follow the beat of your own drum. Allowing for the input of other people will only bring cacophony to the music you are trying to make. If you have an original idea, don't waste your time and effort trying to make people understand. They won't. And the help you will probably get comes in the form of negative feedback. If all those geniuses listened to their peers, we would probably still be living in the middle ages.

Spend time on it. I cannot stress that enough, although, please do not mistake this tip to tell you to quit your day job entirely. Do not. This involves some tricky time management but with a little discipline you'll be able to squeeze both in.

Exercise. Take a walk. Run a mile or two. Send all those endorphins coursing through your veins. Exercising certainly clears and relaxes your mind and allows for anything to pop up.

Record your dreams. Aren't some of them just the craziest things that your conscious mind would never have thought of? If you've had these dreams before, and I'm sure have, this only shows you the untapped innovative power you have lying within. So jot down those notes. Those dreams may just create an innovative spark in you.

Find your own style. You can always tell a Van Gogh from a Matisse. You'll know Hemingway wrote something by the choice of words on the paper. So it is the same with you. People will appreciate your innovation more because it is uniquely yours and that no one else would have thought of what you were thinking. That will let people see how valuable an asset you are.

Don't hide behind nifty gadgets or tools. You don't need the most expensive set of paints to produce a masterpiece. The same way with writing. You don't need some expensive fountain pen and really smooth paper for a bestseller. In fact, J.K. Rowling wrote the first book of the Harry Potter Series on bits of tissue. So what if you've got an expensive SLR camera if you're a crappy photographer? Who cares if you've got a blinging laptop if you can't write at all? The artist actually reduces the number of tools he has as he gets better at his craft: he knows what works and what doesn't.

Nothing will work without passion. What wakes you up in the mornings? What keeps the flame burning? What is the one thing that you'll die if you don't do? Sometimes people with talent are overtaken by the people who want it more. Think the hare and the tortoise. Ellen Degeneres once said that if you're not doing something that you want to do, then you don't really want to do it. And that's true. Sometimes you just want something so bad you become a virtual unstoppable. And that is passion. Passion will keep you going.

Don't worry about inspiration. You can't force it; inspiration hits when you least expect it to, for those unpredictable yet inevitable moments you should prepare. An idea could strike you on the subway, yet alas, you poor unfortunate soul; you have no sheet of paper to scribble down a thought that could change the world. Avoid these disasters. Have a pen and paper within your arm's reach at all times.

Happy as You Want to Be

Almost everyone have heard the hit single 'Don't Worry, Be Happy' by Bobby McFerrin. The song has a very catchy way of conveying its message of being happy to everyone. Bobby Mcferiin's simple message surely made a lot of people by telling them not to worry.

Living a happy, resilient and optimistic life is wonderful, and is also good for your health. Being happy actually protects you from the stresses of life. Stress is linked to top causes of death such as heart disease, cancer and stroke.

One of the better things ever said is - 'The only thing in life that will always remain the same is change', and in our life we have the power to make the necessary changes if we want to. Even if we find ourselves in an unbearable situation we can always find solace in the knowledge that it too would change.

Social networks or relationships are essential to happiness. People are different, accept people for who or what they are, avoid clashes, constant arguments, and let go of all kinds of resentments. If arguments seem unavoidable still try and make an effort to understand the situation and you might just get along with well with

Happiness is actually found in everyone, increasing it is a way to make a life more wonderful and also more healthy.

To be happy is relatively easy, just decide to be a happy person. Abraham Lincoln observed that most people for most of the time can choose how happy or stressed, how relaxed or troubled, how bright or dull their outlook to be. The choice is simple really, choose to be happy.

There are several ways by which you can do this.
 
Being grateful is a great attitude.  We have so much to be thankful for. Thank the taxi driver for bringing you home safely, thank the cook for a wonderful dinner and thank the guy who cleans your windows. Also thank the mailman for bringing you your mails, thank the policeman for making your place safe and thank God for being alive.

News is stressful. Get less of it. Some people just can't start their day without their daily dose of news. Try and think about it, 99% of the news we hear or read is bad news. Starting the day with bad news does not seem to be a sensible thing to do.

A religious connection is also recommended. Being part of a religious group with its singing, sacraments, chanting, prayers and meditations foster inner peace.

Manage your time. Time is invaluable and too important to waste. Time management can be viewed  as a list of rules that involves scheduling, setting goals, planning, creating lists of things to do and prioritizing. These are the core basics of time management that should be understood to develop an efficient personal time management skill. These basic skills can be fine tuned further to include the finer points of each skill that can give you that extra reserve to make the results you desire.

Laugh and laugh heartily everyday.  Heard a good joke? Tell your friends or family about it. As they also say -'Laughter is the best medicine'.
 
Express your feelings, affections, friendship and passion to people around you. They will most likely reciprocate your actions. Try not to keep pent up anger of frustrations, this is bad for your health. Instead find ways of expressing them in a way that will not cause more injury or hurt to anyone.
 
Working hard brings tremendous personal satisfaction. It gives a feeling of being competent in finishing our tasks. Accomplishments are necessary for all of us, they give us a sense of value. Work on things that you feel worthy of your time.

Learning is a joyful exercise. Try and learn something new everyday.  Learning also makes us expand and broaden our horizons. And could also give us more opportunities in the future.

Run, jog, walk and do other things that your body was made for. Feel alive.

Avoid exposure to negative elements like loud noises, toxins and hazardous places.

These are the few simple things you can do everyday to be happy.

And always remember the quote from Abraham Lincoln, he says that, "Most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be."

"Who's the Boss?" 10 ways to start taking control (time management, goal setting, record tracking)

At first glance, it would seem that positive thinking and Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) have nothing to do with one another. But many of us with ADD develop negative thinking patterns because we become frustrated by our challenges and frequent feelings of being overwhelmed. This negative outlook then makes it even harder for us to manage those challenges and move forward.

Practicing positive thinking allows people with ADD to focus on our strengths and accomplishments, which increases happiness and motivation. This, in turn, allows us to spend more time making progress, and less time feeling down and stuck. The following tips provide practical suggestions that you can use to help you shift into more positive thinking patterns:

1. Take Good Care of Yourself
It's much easier to be positive when you are eating well, exercising, and getting enough rest.

2. Remind Yourself of the Things You Are Grateful For
Stresses and challenges don't seem quite as bad when you are constantly reminding yourself of the things that are right in life. Taking just 60 seconds a day to stop and appreciate the good things will make a huge difference.

3. Look for the Proof Instead of Making Assumptions
A fear of not being liked or accepted sometimes leads us to assume that we know what others are thinking, but our fears are usually not reality. If you have a fear that a friend or family member's bad mood is due to something you did, or that your co-workers are secretly gossiping about you when you turn your back, speak up and ask them. Don't waste time worrying that you did something wrong unless you have proof that there is something to worry about.

4. Refrain from Using Absolutes
Have you ever told a partner "You're ALWAYS late!" or complained to a friend "You NEVER call me!"? Thinking and speaking in absolutes like 'always' and 'never' makes the situation seem worse than it is, and programs your brain into believing that certain people are incapable of delivering.

5. Detach From Negative Thoughts
Your thoughts can't hold any power over you if you don't judge them. If you notice yourself having a negative thought, detach from it, witness it, and don't follow it.

6. Squash the "ANTs"
In his book "Change Your Brain, Change Your Life," Dr. Daniel Amen talks about "ANTs" - Automatic Negative Thoughts. These are the bad thoughts that are usually reactionary, like "Those people are laughing, they must be talking about me," or "The boss wants to see me? It must be bad!" When you notice these thoughts, realize that they are nothing more than ANTs and squash them!

7. Practice Lovin', Touchin' & Squeezin' (Your Friends and Family)
You don't have to be an expert to know the benefits of a good hug. Positive physical contact with friends, loved ones, and even pets, is an instant pick-me-up. One research study on this subject had a waitress touch some of her customers on the arm as she handed them their checks. She received higher tips from these customers than from the ones she didn't touch!

8. Increase Your Social Activity
By increasing social activity, you decrease loneliness. Surround yourself with healthy, happy people, and their positive energy will affect you in a positive way!

9. Volunteer for an Organization, or Help another Person
Everyone feels good after helping. You can volunteer your time, your money, or your resources. The more positive energy you put out into the world, the more you will receive in return.

10. Use Pattern Interrupts to Combat Rumination
If you find yourself ruminating, a great way to stop it is to interrupt the pattern and force yourself to do something completely different. Rumination is like hyper-focus on something negative. It's never productive, because it's not rational or solution-oriented, it's just excessive worry. Try changing your physical environment - go for a walk or sit outside. You could also call a friend, pick up a book, or turn on some music.

When it comes to the corporate world, protocol is pretty much the religion. To know the things needed to do are the basics of productivity, but interaction and having a steady mind makes up the entire thing to true productivity. There are those who seem to work well even under pressure, but they're uncommon ones and we are human and imperfect. To get these little things like stress under our skins won't solve our problems. Sometimes it takes a bit of courage to admit that we're turning to be workaholics than tell ourselves that we're not doing our best.

by Marigold Lebumfacil
Banat Freeman

Usa ka Sugbuanon ang miuli og dakong kantidad sa salapi nga gipanag-iya sa usa ka Norwegian national nga iyang nakit-an sa usa ka rest room sa usa ka mall sa Mandaue City.

Si Noel Jonathan Quinain, 28-anyos, nga taga-Labogon, Mandaue City niuli sa salapi nga nagkantidad og Php 48,750  ngadto sa Norwegian national nga si James Alen Norwich, nga gisulod sa usa ka sealed brown envelope.

Ang nahisgutang butang nga adunay salapi nahabilin ni Norwich didto sa restroom sa Pacific Mall niadtong Hulyo 9.

Nauli ang maong salapi niadtong Hulyo 10, sa wala pa makalarga si Norwich pabalik sa Norway.

Saysay pa ni Quinain, nga ni-file siya og two-days leave sukad pa’g Hulyo 8-9 ug pagka Hulyo 9, nakadesider siya nga humanon ang iyang gihikay nga passport sa Department of Foreign Affairs ug niadto siya sa Pacific Mall diin nahimutang ang maong buhatan, sayo sa kaadlawon.

Matud pa niya gisultihan siya sa DFA personnel nga pabalikon pagkaalas 11 sa buntag alang sa iyang appointment apan naabtan siya og ala-una sa hapon wala pa gihapon siya ma-interbyu.

Tungod niini misulod siya sa pansayan ug didto iyang nakit-an ang usa ka sealed brown envelope ug uban pang kahimanan nga gipanag-iya ni Norwich.

“When I saw inside the restroom a sealed brown envelope containing cash amounting to Php 48,750.00 and other valuable documents owned by Mr. James Alen Norwich, I was scared and confused on what to do next,” matud pa ni Quinain.

You are cordially invited to attend our Founder’s day Fellowship night on August 10, 6pm to 11pm at Heritage Hotel .Roxas Boulevard cor EDSA, Pasay City. It will be full of fun … a night to remember… All Sillimanians from Luzon, Visayas, Mindanao who will be in Manila on that day are welcome to party with us… Those who will attend will automatically receive a gift certificate worth 3,800 sponsored by Above Aesthetics, located at mother Ignacia plus other giveaways. There are also major prizes to be raffled off. Attire will be smart casual… you can also wear your best hat…. See you guys and let’s enjoy our advanced founder’s day celebration. For details: pls. contact: dr. radi veruasa-apostol at 09175137491 / clinic: 376-2664…… pls. pass this message. God bless

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Cayetano re-files Freedom of Information Bill; calls for gov’t to institutionalize practice of Tuwid na Daan

"In order to ensure all families benefit from our country's growth, we need to intensify our fight against corruption."

Senator Alan Peter Cayetano, on the first day of the 16th Congress, filed his updated version of the Freedom of Information (FOI) Bill.

“In order to address the problems of presyo, trabaho, and kita, we must have a transparent and accountable government,” the senator said.

According to the senator, the FOI bill will help the government in abolishing graft and corruption. “We lose several billions due to graft and corruption. The money lost should have been spent on programs which will help the people in their daily struggles," he said.

Sen. Cayetano lamented on the data released by the World Bank stating that 40 centavos out of every peso collected by the government goes to corruption.

The senator was referring to the Comission on Audit's (COA) Audit Performance Summary Report of 2011 indicating that P20.813 billion was lost to under-assessment and under-collection, P18.654 billion due to reckless spending, P15.163 billion brought by questionable government contracts, P13.584 billion because of 104 “unutilized and/or ineffective projects”, and an additional P7.534 billion to 1,003 unliquidated cash advances.

Sen. Cayetano however praised the Aquino administration's efforts in lessening graft and corruption in the country. According to the Transparency International Corruption Index cited by the senator, the country improved its ranking on the list of most corrupt countries from 129th to 105th out of 176 countries.

“By passing the FOI, we can institutionalize the government's efforts in implementing Tuwid na Daan," he said.

The senator said that economic development for all families especially the poor can be achieved through a transparent and accountable government. “By passing the FOI Bill, we can boost investors' confidence. This will help in providing jobs for poor Filipinos.”

“'This is a necessary step in solving the country's problems of presyo trabaho and kita," he added.

As an advocate of good governance and anti-corruption, Sen. Cayetano was a proponent of the FOI Bill during the 14th and 15th congress when the measure was passed in the Senate but was not voted upon in the lower house.

The senator urged his fellow legislators to support the FOI Bill. “As legislators it is imperative that we ensure that the people are granted the capability to have access to information related to their government. The FOI bill will also lead to an efficient and effective government,” the senator said.

Cayetano, on the first day of the 16th Congress, also filed his amendments to the Anti-Cybercrime Act of 2012, a bill decriminalizing libel,  the Orphan Trust Fund Bill, the Special Needs Fund for Children Bill, the Welfare of the Orphaned, Abandoned, and Neglected Children Bill, The Uniformed Personnel Bill, additional support for Educators in Basic Education Bill, and the Iskolar ng Bayan Bill.

The senator emphasized that he will push hard for the majority coalition in the Senate to prioritize measures such as these in order for families to feel the benefits of our economic growth.  He is also set to file several other measures that will address PTK (Presyo, Trabaho, Kita) in the coming weeks.

“This was my campaign promise, for the government to ensure that every Filipino family is able to cope with the problems of high prices, lack of jobs and low income so that they can lift themselves up out of poverty and feel the benefits of the growing economy.  I will keep my promise and I ask each and every member of this new Congress to do the same,” he said

Cayetano files Iskolar ng Bayan Bill granting free college education for Top HS Students to provide Better Job Opportunities

Sen. Alan Cayetano filed Senate Bill No. 93 otherwise known as the Iskolar ng Bayan Bill which aims to help provide young Filipinos increased access to tertiary education to allow them to find better and higher paying jobs.

According to the Iskolar ng Bayan Bill, high school students who belong to the top 10 in their class will be granted scholarships by the government in the state university or college where they are accepted.

The Senator, who is pushing for measures that will address the problems of higher prices, lack of jobs and low income or what he terms as PTK (Presyo, Trabaho, Kita) has filed this bill to help address the joblessness problem facing young Filipinos.

The measure is also among the reforms the Senator is pushing for to ensure that all Filipino families, especially the poor immediately feel the benefits of our strong economic growth.

Sen. Cayetano also expressed growing disappointment about the high number of out-of-school youth in the country, which now stands at 16% of the estimated 39 million young Filipinos, according to the latest Annual Poverty Indicators Survey.

“Clearly, the government must now act to provide opportunities for these millions of young Filipinos who are out of school, not because they choose to but because they cannot afford it due to the high cots of education,” he said.

This new data according to Sen. Cayetano is also related to the high drop out rates throughout the country where half of high school students drop out, and of those who get to finish high school, only 20 percent enroll in college, and out of this number, only 15 percent end up graduating.

“Poor Filipino families suffer daily from the tremendously high cost of education. Paying for education is now proving to be impossible for the Filipino family and the government must do everything to change that,” Cayetano said.

“By providing more affordable higher education, the government will provide Filipino Families and the youth with better opportunities for gainful employment that will lift them out of  poverty”, the senator added.

Cayetano also emphasized that he will push hard for the majority coalition in the Senate to prioritize measures such as this in order for families to feel the benefits of our economic growth.  He is also set to file several other measures that will address PTK (Presyo, Trabaho, Kita) in the coming weeks.

“This was my campaign promise, for the government to ensure that every Filipino family is able to cope with the problems of high prices, lack of jobs and low income so that they can lift themselves up out of poverty and feel the benefits of the growing economy.  I will keep my promise and I ask each and every member of this new Congress to do the same”, he said

Cayetano, on the first day of the 16th Congress, also filed his version of the Freedom of Information Act, Amendments on the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012, the Orphan Trust Fund Bill, and the Special Needs Fund for Children Bill.

Batman was born here.

tiaw ba. labon naay uban diha nga nanggungis nalang wala pa daw makaagi kung unsa ning butanga.

Bf: H0ney, mura kag Selecta, y0u're so yummy!

Gf: Aw, ikw babe mura kag Krispy Kreme, y0u're so sweet!

Bf: Kanind0t, ikaw murag Starbucks, so addictive!

Gf: Ikaw mura kag Jollibee, langhap sarap.

Bf: mura kag Mang Inasal, aff0rdable.

Gf: haha. mura kag pongko2x, slightly dirty.

Bf: ikaw mura kag pinirito, oily!

Gf: mura kag sinugba, negro!

Bf: mura kag buwad, parehas m0g baho!

Gf: mura kag inun-unan, parehas ka aslum sa im0ng bugan!

Bf: ikaw ginam0s!

Gf: ikaw bug0k nga itl0g!

Bf: pan-os ka!

Gf: sinuka sa hub0g!

Bf: Tae!

Gf: buwag nata!

Bf: maypa!

welcome back, pikoy. nia ra mi diri padayon nga nanikaysikay sa kinabuhi.

Ni Jeepy P. Compio
Sun Star

DAVAO CITY - Gidali pagdala sa Southern Philippines Medical Center (SPMC) ang usa ka kinse anyos nga dalagita human matulon ang aritos nga gitaod sa dila alas 3:00 sa kaadlawon niadtong Biyernes.

Giila ang dalagita nga si Lalaine Joyce, (bansagon gitago), molupyo sa dalang R. Castillo, Barangay San Antonio, Agdao District ning siyudad.

Subay sa rekord sa ospital, nasayran nga sa wala pa mahitabo ang insidente, nakita na sa inahan sa biktima nga si Jingky nga gitaod sa anak ang aritos sa iyang dila. Busa nasuko ang inahan ug gibadlong ang anak nga kuhaon kini kay basin ug matulon ug matitanos siya.

Apan si Joyce nagmagahi nga tanggalon ang gitaod nga ariyos sa iyang dila.

Dako na lang ang katingala sa inahan kay mireklamo na ang anak nga mihapdos ang iyang tilaok ug mitug-an nga natulon niya ang ariyos samtang naglad-ok ug laway samtang natulog.

Nasayran nga wala diay ma-lock sa dalagita ang gitaod niyang aritos sa iyang dila hinungdan nga natulon.

Gidala dayon sa ospital ang biktima ug gi-x-ray. Didto nakita nga ang ariyos naa sa iyang tinai.

Wala na hinuon makabatyag ug pagpanakit sa tiyan ang biktima ug hulaton na lamang niya nga mogawas kini pinaagi sa iyang hugaw.

Apan suma sa mga doktor sa ospital nga kung di mogawas ang maong butang sud sa unom ka adlaw, operahan siya.

Alas 11:15 kagahapon sa buntag, Sabado, nasayran sa tigsuwat nga wala na ang pasyente sud sa ospital ug suma sa mga guwardiya miuli na siya.

Wa pa sab masayri kung nigawas na ba ang aritos sud sa iyang tinai.

by Sun Star

Gipangita na sa kapulisan kung kinsa ang way puangod nga inahan nga nakaako sa pagpaanod sa iyang kaugalingong anak sa dakong sapa sa maong lungsod.

Suma sa kapulisan nga Sabado sa hapon nakit-an nga patay na ang biktima nga naglutaw sa sapa dapit sa Lapulabao ug Malabang sa lugar.

Nakurat ang mga molupyo dihang nakit-an ang batang babaye nga gianod sa tubig baha.

Nilutaw sa imbistigasyon nga bag-o pa kining miguwa sa sabakan sa wa mailhing inahan sanglit wa pa naputol ang pusod sa makaluluoy nga biktima.

Gumikan niini, gisubay na sa Women and Children's Protection Desk kung kinsa ang mga babayeng buntis nga bag-ong nanganak sa maong mga lugar.

Gihikay na sab sa kapulisan ang paghatag og disenteng lubong sa maong bata.

by Sun Star

Usa ka ulitawo ang nasakpan sa akto nga gi-videohan ang naligo nga babaye alas 9:30 sa buntag niadtong Sabado.

Mipatim-aw sa Sta. Ana Police Station mao si Jannie Jean, (bansagon gitago), 25, dalaga, supervisor sa usa ka dakong mall ning siyudad ug residente sa #13-3, Lizada Street, Barangay 27-C, Poblacion, human iyang naaktuhan ang anak sa tag-iya sa boarding house sa iyang higala nga iyang gibisita niadtong tungora.

Suma sa blotter sa presinto uno nga miadto si Jannie Jean sa boarding house sa iyang higala nga si Cecilia, (bansagon gitago), 22, sa Lizada, tupad ra sab nga balay nga ilang giabangan.

Sa pag-abli niini sa pultahan, iyang nakita ang anak sa tag-iya sa boarding house nga si Edgar, (apelyedo gitago) kinsa maayong tuwad-tuwad nga mikuha og video ngadto kang Cecila nga naligo sa banyo.

Misumbong si Jannie Jean ngadto kang Cecilia ug ila dayong giadto si Edgar, apan gilimod niini ang maong pasangil.

Nahadlok ni Cecilia nga ma-upload ang iyang video sa social media mao nga midangop sila sa kapulisan.

Nakahukom sila Cecilia ug Jannie Jean nga mopatala sa barangay aron ipatawag si Edgar sa Lupong Tagapamayapa. (Jeepy P. Compio)

Ni Jeepy P. Compio
Sun Star

DAVAO CITY - Gipaslak sa selda sa Sasa Police Station ang usa ka hubog kinsa gireklamo sa inahan sa 5-anyos nga batang babaye human gikuot niini ang kinatawo alas 7:30 sa gabii niadtong Dominggo.

Ang bata gitago sa pangalang Apple, residente sa Doña Salud, Barangay Sasa, ning siyudad.

Ang suspek mao si Romeo (bansagon gitago), 50, residente sab sa maong dapit.

Ang amahan sa bata ug ang Purok Leader nga si Filipina Catan ang mihatod sa suspek sa presinto sa kapulisan human sa hitabo.

Gisaysay sa spot report sa Women and Children Protection Desk (WCPD) sa kapulisan sa Sasa nga nagpalit lamang ang bata og makaon sa tindahan diin nanglingkod sa bangko ang suspek nga lango sa ilimnong makahubog.

Giingon nga iyang gitawag ang bata dayon gipalingkod sa iyang kilid, ug gisulod ang iyang kumagko sa kinatawo sa bata.

Tungod sa kahadlok sa bata, misiyagit siya gumikan kay gihilabtan na siya suspek.

Dihang nadungog sa bata ang tawag sa iyang inahan, kalit siyang midagan, nabuhian sa susek.

Misumbong ang bata sa iyang inahan mao nga gireklamo nila ang hubog ngadto sa purok leader.

Gilimod sa suspek ang pasangil kaniya gumikan kay igo lang siyang nakighigala sa bata.

Samtang gisuwat kining balita, gihatod ang suspek ngadto sa korte aron idemanda sa kasong Acts of Lasciviousness.

by Sun Star

Tungod sa nag-uros-uros nga gugma, nahimo sa usa ka estudyante ang paglaklak ug hilo dihang nasayran niya nga buwagan na siya sa iyang hinigugma.

Nahitabo ang paghilo alas 6:45 sa gabii niadtong Sabado dito sa Sitio Lower Kibalang, Barangay Marilog, siyudad sa Davao.

Ang biktima mao si Ran-Ran (bansagon gitago), 17, molupyo sa maong dapit ug tinun-an sa pampublikong tunghaan sa Marilog District.

Base sa spot report sa Marilog Police Station, suma sa kabanay sa biktima nga si Jojo, miinom ang biktima og pestisidyo nga pamatay sa kuhol sa humayan.

Ang rekord sa Southern Philippines Medical Center (SPMC) nagbutyag sab nga miinom ug hilo ang biktima gumikan kay nasayran niyang buwagan sa iyang uyab.

Ang biktima daling gihatod sa paramedics sa Central 911 sa SPMC diin giingon nga luwas na ang biktima sa talandugon nga kahimtang. (Jeepy Compio)

Balong, sakto ka sa imong pahimangno. Daghan nisulod pero daghan pud ang naburosan.

Which is a more appropriate name? Vice Ganda or Vice Demon? Only demons can afford to make fun of women being gang raped.

Sobra na sa kadako sa ulo aning Vice Ganda. How can he afford to make fun of women being gang raped? It's so disgusting, evil, wicked, demonic.

To show our solidarity and disgust over violence against women, let's all boycott ABS-CBN's It's Showtime.

Let us teach a lesson to this monster gay, a national shame, a national curse: Boycott Products that Use Vice Ganda as Endorser.

nindot man buhatan ug novel ning imong sugilanon, islander. perfect for "handumanan sa usa ka awit" sa dyhp.

Vice Ganda is a national shame.

islander, you put +639..... in your phone number.

islander, you put +639..... in your phone number.

Hello HB,

Will you please refer me a link regarding this matter? There is no limit as to the number of posts one may wish to contribute to our forum site. The more, the better, the merrier.

Clarification: I don't see myself as having an authority over anyone here. We are all equal. I see myself more of a caretaker/servant. If there are conflicts or misunderstanding, I may intervene for the sake of peace, love, and unity.

Happy posting,
TB

It is interesting to remark how large a portion of Sacred Writ is occupied with the subject of prayer, either in furnishing examples, enforcing precepts, or pronouncing promises. We scarcely open the Bible before we read, &ldquo;Then began men to call upon the name of the Lord;&rdquo; and just as we are about to close the volume, the &ldquo;Amen&rdquo; of an earnest supplication meets our ear. Instances are plentiful. Here we find a wrestling Jacob there a Daniel who prayed three times a day and a David who with all his heart called upon his God. On the mountain we see Elias; in the dungeon Paul and Silas. We have multitudes of commands, and myriads of promises. What does this teach us, but the sacred importance and necessity of prayer? We may be certain that whatever God has made prominent in his Word, he intended to be conspicuous in our lives. If he has said much about prayer, it is because he knows we have much need of it. So deep are our necessities, that until we are in heaven we must not cease to pray. Dost thou want nothing? Then, I fear thou dost not know thy poverty. Hast thou no mercy to ask of God? Then, may the Lord's mercy show thee thy misery! A prayerless soul is a Christless soul. Prayer is the lisping of the believing infant, the shout of the fighting believer, the requiem of the dying saint falling asleep in Jesus. It is the breath, the watchword, the comfort, the strength, the honour of a Christian. If thou be a child of God, thou wilt seek thy Father's face, and live in thy Father's love. Pray that this year thou mayst be holy, humble, zealous, and patient; have closer communion with Christ, and enter oftener into the banqueting-house of his love. Pray that thou mayst be an example and a blessing unto others, and that thou mayst live more to the glory of thy Master. The motto for this year must be, &ldquo;Continue in prayer.&rdquo;

islander, facebook link will disappear tomorrow morning.

Ingon ka ba niini ka-swerte?

luminary, intern, student, expert, guru, legend, etc are associated with one's avatar based on the total number of posts.

the other title is only for fun.

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preexilian  - free dictionary

pre·ex·il·i·an - adjective

definition: occurring before Jewish exile in Babylon: relating to or occurring in the period before the exile of the Jews to Babylon in the 6th century bc

prednisolone

pred·nis·o·lone [pred níssÉ™ lï 'n]
noun
anti-inflammatory drug: a synthetic steroid hormone, similar to cortisone. Use: treatment of allergies, suppression of inflammatory diseases.

[Mid-20th century. < prednisone, by insertion of -ol1]

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predicate calculus   

noun
branch of symbolic logic: the branch of symbolic logic that uses symbols to explore relationships between and within propositions

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predacious

pre·da·cious [prə dáyshəss]
or pre·da·ceous [prə dáyshəss]
adjective
1.  hunting and killing other animals: describes animals that hunt, kill, and eat other animals (technical)
2.  attacking others: attacking and stealing from other people (dated)

[Early 18th century. < Latin praedari "seize as plunder" (see predatory)]

-pre·da·cious·ness, noun
-pre·dac·i·ty [prÉ™ dássÉ™tee], noun 

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precursor

pre·cur·sor [prə kúrssər, pr kùrssər]
(plural pre·cur·sors)
noun
1.  somebody or something that comes earlier: somebody or something that comes before, and is often considered to lead to the development of, another person or thing
2.  previous holder of job: somebody who held a position or job before somebody else
3.  chemistry chemical compound preceding another: a chemical compound that leads to another, usually more stable, product in a series of connected reactions

[Early 16th century. < Latin praecursor < praecurs-, stem of praecurrere "run before" < currere "run"]

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precipitous

pre·cip·i·tous [prə síppitəss]
adjective
1.  done rashly: done or acting too quickly and without enough thought
2.  geography like precipice: very high and steep
precipitous mountain slopes

3.  geography with precipices: having a number of precipices
precipitous terrain

[Mid-17th century. < French précipiteux < Latin praecipitium < praecipit- "headlong" (see precipitate)]

-pre·cip·i·tous·ly, adverb
-pre·cip·i·tous·ness, noun 

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by C.H. Spurgeon
“These all died in faith.”
- Heb_11:13

Behold the epitaph of all those blessed saints who fell asleep before the coming of our Lord! It matters nothing how else they died, whether of old age, or by violent means; this one point, in which they all agree, is the most worthy of record, “they all died in faith.” In faith they lived-it was their comfort, their guide, their motive and their support; and in the same spiritual grace they died, ending their life-song in the sweet strain in which they had so long continued. They did not die resting in the flesh or upon their own attainments; they made no advance from their first way of acceptance with God, but held to the way of faith to the end. Faith is as precious to die by as to live by.

Dying in faith has distinct reference to the past. They believed the promises which had gone before, and were assured that their sins were blotted out through the mercy of God. Dying in faith has to do with the present. These saints were confident of their acceptance with God, they enjoyed the beams of his love, and rested in his faithfulness. Dying in faith looks into the future. They fell asleep, affirming that the Messiah would surely come, and that when he would in the last days appear upon the earth, they would rise from their graves to behold him. To them the pains of death were but the birth-pangs of a better state. Take courage, my soul, as thou readest this epitaph. Thy course, through grace, is one of faith, and sight seldom cheers thee; this has also been the pathway of the brightest and the best. Faith was the orbit in which these stars of the first magnitude moved all the time of their shining here; and happy art thou that it is thine. Look anew to-night to Jesus, the author and finisher of thy faith, and thank him for giving thee like precious faith with souls now in glory.

by Charles Spurgeon
“I pray not that thou shouldst take them out of the world.”
- Joh_17:15

It is a sweet and blessed event which will occur to all believers in God’s own time-the going home to be with Jesus. In a few more years the Lord’s soldiers, who are now fighting “the good fight of faith” will have done with conflict, and have entered into the joy of their Lord. But although Christ prays that his people may eventually be with him where he is, he does not ask that they may be taken at once away from this world to heaven. He wishes them to stay here. Yet how frequently does the wearied pilgrim put up the prayer, “O that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away and be at rest;” but Christ does not pray like that, he leaves us in his Father’s hands, until, like shocks of corn fully ripe, we shall each be gathered into our Master’s garner. Jesus does not plead for our instant removal by death, for to abide in the flesh is needful for others if not profitable for ourselves. He asks that we may be kept from evil, but he never asks for us to be admitted to the inheritance in glory till we are of full age. Christians often want to die when they have any trouble. Ask them why, and they tell you, “Because we would be with the Lord.” We fear it is not so much because they are longing to be with the Lord, as because they desire to get rid of their troubles; else they would feel the same wish to die at other times when not under the pressure of trial. They want to go home, not so much for the Saviour’s company, as to be at rest. Now it is quite right to desire to depart if we can do it in the same spirit that Paul did, because to be with Christ is far better, but the wish to escape from trouble is a selfish one. Rather let your care and wish be to glorify God by your life here as long as he pleases, even though it be in the midst of toil, and conflict, and suffering, and leave him to say when “it is enough.”

We Filipinos must be proud of her.

Royal Ambassadors by James Ryle

“And as you go, preach, saying, ‘The kingdom of heaven is at hand.’ ” (Mat_10:7)

The message has not changed. John the Baptizer said it first, as the forerunner for the Lord Jesus. Then Jesus Himself debuted His own ministry with the same declaration. And now He authorizes His followers to carry the exact same message everywhere we go. More specifically â€" AS we go.

This is an important distinction. For if we approach this calling to proclaim the Kingdom with our minds focused upon delivering the message to wherever it is we are going once we get there, then we will miss all the opportunities that await us all along the way. And, frankly speaking, that is where most of the Kingdom occurs â€" along the way. It would be a mistake if we became so focused on what God is going to do later that we missed out on what God is doing right now.

So, as you go, preach; don’t wait until you get there, for by then the sermon will be nothing more than, well, a sermon. And haven’t we heard enough of those already! Somewhere along the slow unfolding years of time, we have somehow actually come to the place where we evidently believe that a tidy church service on Sunday morning supposedly fulfills this mandate from our Master. And we miss out on the Kingdom of God each and every day all around us!

The Kingdom of God is not in word only, but in power. Jesus told them to not only proclaim the kingdom as they went, but to also demonstrate it by what they did. In other words, He wants for us to become the means whereby His power is expressed â€" changing things from what they are, to what God wills them to be.

“As the Father has sent Me,” Jesus said, “even so send I you.” (Joh_20:21). Paul the Apostle said, “Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us; we pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God” (2Co_5:20). Few verses more precisely summarize not only our mission â€" but our message.

You are a royal ambassador for the Kingdom of God. As you go everywhere fulfill this mission and proclaim this message â€" “the Kingdom of heaven is at hand.” In the course of everyday activity, simply tell others the good news that the ruling power of God is present to help them in whatever they face.

Devotional Sermon by George H. Morrison

The Touch That Reveals
Jesus... put forth his hand, and touched himâ€" Mar_1:41

We Reveal What We Are by What We Habitually Do
It has been said that if we want to judge a person we should never do it by a single action; but if we must do it by a single action, let that action be an ordinary one. A man is more likely to reveal himself in the kind of thing he habitually does than in the deed of some excited moment. Now touching is a very ordinary action. We touch a thousand things each passing day. We do not prepare ourselves for touching things, as we do for the greater hours of our life. Yet in the touch of Jesus, instinctive and spontaneous, what a deal of His glory we discover! There is an evangel of the touch of Christ as surely as an evangel of the blood. I want you to think, then, of the Master's touch, that in this common, ordinary action we may have some revelation of the Lord.

Christ's Touch Revealed His Brotherhood

First, then, His touch revealed His brotherhoodâ€"we find that in the story of the leper. "If thou wilt, thou canst make me clean"â€"and then we read that Jesus touched him. All that the leper expected was a cure. He thought some word of power would be pronounced. He would have been well content to light on a physician; he never dreamed he was going to find a friend. And when Jesus touched himâ€"him the outcast, him whom everybody loathed and shunnedâ€"it was something he never could forget. He would go home and tell his wife, "He touched me." He would gather the villagers and say, "He touched me." He had found more in Christ than a physician; he had found a brother and a friend. That touch revealed to him, as nothing else could do, in all the ineffable yearning of his loneliness, that he was face to face with One who understood. That was the revelation of the touch. It revealed in an instant the Savior's loving heart. It revealed His scorn of prudential morality and the self-forgetful courage of His comradeship. It was the kind of thing we are doing every day, for every day we touch a hundred objects, yet here it was the sacrament of brotherhood.

Christ's Touch Revealed His Divine Authority
Again His touch revealed His large authority: it was a quietly commanding touch. That emerges, with quite singular vividness, in St. Luke's story of the widow of Nain. When He met that procession, outside the city gates, the first thing He did was to address the mother. Christ has always a cheering word to say, even in hours when other lips are dumb. And then Luke tells us that He touched the bier, and immediately the whole procession halted. He did not argue or discuss the matter. He did not beg the favor of a halt. Apparently He did not speak one syllable to the men who were carrying the bier. It was His touch that was authoritative. It was His touch that had commanding powerâ€"and His touch has commanding power to this day. How many a drunkard has that touch stopped, when heading straight for a dishonored grave! How many a woman has that touch stopped, when she was squandering the possibilities of womanhood! The touch of the Lord reveals His brotherhood, but sometimes it does more even than that. It reveals the range of His divine authority.

Christ's Touch Revealed God's Restfulness
Then once again His touch revealed His restfulness. "Come unto me and I will give you rest." Is not the restful touch exhibited very beautifully when there was sickness in the house of Peter? Simon's mother-in-law was down with feverâ€"of what particular kind we do not know. Her pulse was racing, and her head was aching, and she was restlessly tossing on her couch. And then, we read, the Savior came and touched her, and immediately the fever left her. The "storm was changed into a calm" in the house of Peter as on the Sea of Galilee. Instead of uneasy tossing there was peace. Instead of feverish unrest, repose. The infinite restfulness of Jesus flowed out through the very act of touching, and the touch itself conveyed what it revealed. There are people whose touch is wonderfully restful. That is one sure mark of a good nurse. There are people who can calm us by a touch, just as others by a touch can irritate. But the touch of Jesus is unequalled, in the "fitful fever" of this life, for conveying the restfulness of God.

Christ's Touch Revealed His Uplifting Power
Lastly, His touch revealed His uplifting power: we see that in the case of Jairus' daughter. When He went in the little maid was sleepingâ€"they called it death, but Jesus called it sleep. For Him death meant something far more awful than the closing of those childish eyes. Then He touched herâ€"took her by the handâ€"and the Gospel tells us that the maid arose: it is the elevating power of His touch. On Goldsmith's monument these words are writtenâ€"nihil tetigit quod non ornavit. They mean that within the realm of literature he touched nothing that he did not adorn. Outside literature that is not true of Oliver. He had a touch which often tarnished things. It is only true universally of Jesus. He touched water, and the water became wine, and the wine became the symbol of His blood. He touched the lilies, and their scarlet robes grew more beautiful than those of Solomon. He touched language, and common words like talent were lifted up from the bank into the brain. He touched Simon, and Simon became Peter. What sin touches it defiles. What the devil touches he degrades. Everything that Jesus touches is lifted up to higher, nobler levels. Of all which we have a sign and symbol when in Jairus' house that day He took the maid by the hand, and she arose.

One of the fastest ways to learn new ideas and techniques permanently is to share them with other people immediately after you learn them.

Each time you come across a good idea, take a few moments to share it with someone (or in TUBAGBOHOL.com), either at home or at work.

The concentration you require to explain new principle in your own words to another person seems to drive the information deeper into your subconscious mind where it becomes a permanent part of your long-term memory. - excerpt from Brian Tracy's book Time Power

God cannot be mocked.

from the Daily Walk of F.B. Meyer
THE FIRST LESSON
"When ye pray, say 'Father'."-- Luk_11:2.

HEAVEN IS "the Father's House." It is our Home. We are strangers and sojourners here, and on our way home. What fascination is in the word! Home will draw the sailor, soldier, explorer, prodigal from the ends of the earth. God has given to most of us the dear memory of what Home is, that we may guess at what awaits us and be smitten with home-sickness. "Blessed are the home-sick, for they shall reach home!"

But the charm of Heaven will be the manifested presence of our Father. All doubts and misunderstandings will be dissipated. We shall know and see, as we are seen and known. In the closing verses of Jude we are told that we shall be set before the presence of His glory, without blemish and in exceeding joy. It is as though our Saviour will introduce us to the manifested presence of the Father.

But we need not wait till then. If we know our Lord, we know the Father. It troubled Christ that His disciples had been so long with Him in familiar intercourse and yet had not realised that the beauty and holiness which shone from His nature were beams of the Father's character. To have Jesus is to have the Father. To know Jesus is to know the Father. To pray to Him is to pray to God, for He is God manifest in the flesh. He is not simply an incarnation of God, in the sense of the old Greek mythology, adopting a cloak or disguise which was afterwards cast off. God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto Himself.

There must be reverence in our prayer. God is in heaven and we upon the earth. We must not rush unceremoniously into His presence, as though it were a common and too-familiar room, where ceremony and respect are laid aside. There should be the constant remembrance that in prayer we stand in the presence-chamber of the great Creator, Preserver, and Ruler of the Universe. We wipe our shoes and remove our hats when we enter the home of our friend; let us not forget our manners in the opening sentences of prayer. Angels veil their faces and cry "Holy!"

But there may be a blessed faith and trust when we pray. The Father of Jesus awaits us. He ascended to His Father and our Father. We pray to One who loves us in His Beloved Son with an everlasting love, and holds out the golden sceptre towards us.

PRAYER
I adore Thee, Heavenly Father! There is no limit to Thy power, or to Thy love. Thou art greatly to be praised! Thou art greatly to be loved! Accept the homage of my soul and life, through Jesus Christ our Lord. AMEN.

The Exceedingly Abundant Ability of God

Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.  (Eph_3:20-21)
In light of God being our sufficiency for the development of godly characteristics, this benedictory prayer in Ephesians 3 becomes an appropriate and instructive response.

It begins with the most critical issue for living the Christian life: the ability of God: "Now to Him who is able." Natural religious thinking would consider the ability of man as the most vital matter in developing a godly life. Such an approach would leave us striving vainly under the law, attempting to live up to God's perfect standards by our own inadequate resources. Praise be to God, there is a heavenly, effective option: relying upon God's ability.

Think of the immeasurable ability of the Lord. "Ah, Lord God! Behold, You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and outstretched arm. There is nothing too hard for You" (Jer_32:17). He created the entire universe. Certainly, by His power He is able to strengthen us. "Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh. Is there anything too hard for Me? " (Jer_32:27). Our Lord rules over all of humanity. Surely, He is able to manage our lives. Actually, our God is "able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think." Everything we could ask concerning His will, He is able to do far beyond that. Whatever we might contemplate but hesitate to ask, He is able to surpass that.

The most amazing aspect of God exercising His ability on our behalf is that He unleashes His power within our lives: "according to the power that works in us." This is exactly how the Lord wants to develop godliness in our lives. He Himself desires to work by the power of His grace deep within our hearts. "For it is good that the heart be established by grace" (Heb_13:9). Again, the Christian life is not affected from the outside in, hoping to modify our behavior by external religious pressures. Rather, it involves a true change of character within, affected by God Himself. This is how God is ultimately glorified in the lives of His people: "to Him be glory in the church." He works a genuine transformation of life in and through us. Then, we give Him the glory for His exceedingly abundant ability.

Lord God of exceeding abundance, I worship You as the one who is able to do all things well. Forgive me for repeatedly turning to my ability. Lord, as I seek You in Your word, build my faith. Unleash the powerful life of Your Son within my heart, making me what You want me to be, through Christ I pray, Amen.

maayo kay mipatim-aw pag-usab si bugsay.

“Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan “press on” has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race” - Calvin Coolidge

Rebuke the devil in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Ask Jesus to have His blood in the cross cover you.

Memorize Psalm 23. Say it loudly every time you feel discomfort, or being stared at by that old woman.

beach.

love truly works in strange ways.

How to Find a Lost Laptop

VIRGO - The Perfectionist
Dominant in relationships. Conservative. Always wants the last word. Argumentative. Worries. Very smart. Dislikes noise and chaos. Eager. Hardworking. Loyal. Beautiful. Easy to talk to. Hard to please. Harsh. Practical and very fussy. Often shy. Pessimistic.

SCORPIO - The Intense One
Very energetic. Intelligent. Can be jealous and/or possessive. Hardworking. Great kisser. Can become obsessive or secretive. Holds grudges. Attractive. Determined. Loves being in long relationships. Talkative. Romantic. Can be self-centered at times. Passionate and Emotional.
4 years of bad luck if  you do not forward.

LIBRA - The Harmonizer
Nice to everyone they meet. Can't make up their mind.  Have own unique appeal. Creative, energetic, and very social.  Hates to be alone. Peaceful, generous. Very loving and beautiful. Flirtatious. Give in too easily. Procrastinators. Very gullible.
9 years of bad luck if you do not forward.

ARIES â€" TheDaredevil
Energetic. Adventurous and spontaneous. Confident and enthusiastic. Fun. Loves a challenge. EXTREMELY impatient. Sometimes selfish. Short fuse. (easily angered.) Lively, passionate, and sharp wit. Outgoing. Lose interest quickly - easily bored. Egotistical. Courageous and assertive. Tends to be physical and athletic.
16 years of bad luck if you do not forward.

AQUARIUS - The Sweetheart
Optimistic and honest. Sweet personality. Very independent. Inventive and intelligent. Friendly and loyal. Can seem unemotional. Can be a bit rebellious. Very stubborn, but original and unique. Attractive on the inside and out. Eccentric personality.
11 years of bad luck if you do not forward.

GEMINI - The Chatterbox
Smart and witty. Outgoing, very chatty. Lively, energetic. Adaptable but needs to express themselves. Argumentative and outspoken. Likes change. Versatile. Busy, sometimes nervous and tense. Gossips. May seem superficial or inconsistent, But is only changeable. Beautiful physically and mentally.
5 years of bad luck if you do not forward.

LEO - The Boss
Very organized. Need order in their lives - like being in control. Like boundaries. Tend to take over everything. Bossy. Like to help others. Social and outgoing. Extroverted.  Generous, warm-hearted. Sensitive. Creative energy. Full of themselves. Loving. D oing the right thing is important to Leos. Attractive.
13 years of bad luck if you do not forward.

CANCER - The Protector
Moody, emotional. May be shy. Very loving and caring. Pretty/handsome. Excellent partners for life. Protective. Inventive and imaginative. Cautious. Touchy-feely kind of person. Needs love from others. Easily hurt, but sympathetic.
16 years of bad luck if you do not forward.

PISCES - The Dreamer
Generous, kind, and thoughtful. Very creative and imaginative. May become secretive and vague. Sensitive. Don't like details. Dreamy and unrealistic. Sympathetic and loving. Kind. Unselfish. Good kisser. Beautiful.
8 years of bad luck if you do not forward.

CAPRICORN - The Go-Getter
Patient and wise. Practical and rigid. Ambitious. Tends to be good-looking.   Humorous and funny. Can be a bit shy and reserved. Often pessimists.  Capricorns tend to act before they think and can be unfriendl y at times. Hold grudges. Like competition. Get what they want.
20 years of bad luck if you do not forward.

TAURUS - The Enduring One
Charming but aggressive. Can come off as boring, but they are not. Hard workers. Warm-hearted. Strong, has endurance. Solid beings who are stable and secure in their ways. Not looking for shortcuts. Take pride in their beauty. Patient and reliable. Make great friends and give good advice. Loving and kind. Loves hard - passionate. Express themselves emotionally. Prone to ferocious temper-tantrums. Determined. Indulge themselves often. Very generous.
12 years of bad luck if you do not forward.

SAGITTARIUS - The Happy-Go-Lucky One
Good-natured optimist. Doesn't want to grow up (Peter Pan Syndrome). Indulges self. Boastful. Likes luxuries and gambling. Social and outgoing. Doesn't like responsibilities. Often fantasizes. Impatient. Fun to be around. Having lots of friends. Flirtatious. Doesn't like rules. Sometimes hypocritical.  Dislikes being confined - tight spaces or even tight clothes. Doesn't like being doubted. Beautiful inside and out.

12 Ways To Know That You Love Someone (forwarded e-mail)

TWELVE:
You talk with him/her late at night and when you go to bed you still think of him/her.

ELEVEN:
You walk really slowly when you are with him/her.

TEN:
You don't feel Ok when he/she is far away.

NINE:
You smile when you hear his/her voice.

EIGHT:
When you look at him/her,you do not see other people around you.You see only him/her.

SIX:
He/She is everything you want to think.

FIVE:
You realise that you smile every time you look at him/her.

FOUR:
You would do anything to see him/her.

THREE:
While you have been reading this, there was a person in your mind all the time.

TWO:
You've been so busy thinking of that person that you didn't notice that number SEVEN is missing.

ONE:
You are going to check above if that's true and now you are silently laughing to yourself.

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Candidates for City Mayor of Tagbilaran in 2013 Elections

    BANTUGAN, DOY
    (INDEPENDENT)
    GONZAGA, DODONG (LP)
    (LIBERAL PARTY)
    LIM, ABRAHAM (NPC)
    (NATIONALIST PEOPLES' COALITION)
    YAP, BABA (NUP)
    (NATIONAL UNITY PARTY)

Vice-mayor Candidates in Tagbilaran City, Bohol
    ALTURAS, CRESCENCIO
    (INDEPENDENT)
    HONTANOSAS, ALFRED
    (INDEPENDENT)
    MONTES, NUEVAS (NPC)
    (NATIONALIST PEOPLES' COALITION)
    OPPUS, KIT (NUP)
    (NATIONAL UNITY PARTY)
    VELOSO, TOTO (LP)
    (LIBERAL PARTY)

Candidates for City Councilors in Tagbilaran City: Complete List

    BALBIN, GENESYL (NPC)
    (NATIONALIST PEOPLES' COALITION)
    BANTUGAN, DANILO (NPC)
    (NATIONALIST PEOPLES' COALITION)
    BESAS, PHILIPP (NPC)
    (NATIONALIST PEOPLES' COALITION)
    BOLANIO, PEDRO
    (INDEPENDENT)
    BOMPAT, JOJO (NUP)
    (NATIONAL UNITY PARTY)
    BORJA, ONDOY (NUP)
    (NATIONAL UNITY PARTY)
    BUMA-AT, PILO (LP)
    (LIBERAL PARTY)
    BUTALID, TIM (NUP)
    (NATIONAL UNITY PARTY)
    CABALIT, CHARLES (PDP)
    (PARTIDO DEMOKRATIKO PILIPINO LAKAS NG BAYAN)
    CACHO, JONAS (LP)
    (LIBERAL PARTY)
    CONCON, NATO (LP)
    (LIBERAL PARTY)
    ENERIO, JOHNNY (NUP)
    (NATIONAL UNITY PARTY)
    GAMBUTA, MARTIN
    (INDEPENDENT)
    GATAL, GREGGY (LP)
    (LIBERAL PARTY)
    GAVIOLA, BRYAN (LP)
    (LIBERAL PARTY)
    GLOVASA, OSCAR (NPC)
    (NATIONALIST PEOPLES' COALITION)
    INTING, BEBEN (NUP)
    (NATIONAL UNITY PARTY)
    JALA, ADAM (NUP)
    (NATIONAL UNITY PARTY)
    KAPIRIG, EDGAR
    (INDEPENDENT)
    LAGUNAY, LUCILLE (NPC)
    (NATIONALIST PEOPLES' COALITION)
    LIM, ALECKOY (LP)
    (LIBERAL PARTY)
    LUMAYAG, GIBYRLU (LP)
    (LIBERAL PARTY)
    MACALANDAG, EDUARDO (NPC)
    (NATIONALIST PEOPLES' COALITION)
    OLARIO, GEORGE (NPC)
    (NATIONALIST PEOPLES' COALITION)
    PABE, JERRY (NUP)
    (NATIONAL UNITY PARTY)
    PIQUERO, DONI (NPC)
    (NATIONALIST PEOPLES' COALITION)
    POLINAR, AGALON (LP)
    (LIBERAL PARTY)
    RAMA, DJINGO (LP)
    (LIBERAL PARTY)
    REAL, ALLAN (NUP)
    (NATIONAL UNITY PARTY)
    TORRALBA, ALBERTA (LP)
    (LIBERAL PARTY)
    VITORILLO, MIMI (NUP)
    (NATIONAL UNITY PARTY)
    ZAMORA, NERIO II (NPC)
    (NATIONALIST PEOPLES' COALITION)

As circulated in the Internet today...

Published By Bohol Sunday Post

Bohol leaders made up of Gov. Edgar Chatto and the entire Liberal Party slate dismissed yesterday as nothing but baseless fabrication an opposition claim of “trouble in paradise” recalling the propaganda line of Hitler’s mouthpiece Joseph Goebells that a lie repeated countless times becomes the truth.

Admitting that the ruling party in Bohol was a recipient of a politically damaging black propaganda published as a paid ad on a national daily, Gov. Chatto and his LP allies who included Cong. Rene Relampagos, Trinidad Mayor Roberto Cajes who is running for congressman in the second district and Vâ€"Gov. Concepcion Lim also branded the allegations that Bohol is on the brink of ripening political violence "fictitious and imaginary and baseless" and urged Boholanos to stay vigilant against any acts that would mar the electoral process in May.

In a press conference yesterday at the Governor’s Mansion billed as a gesture of damage control, Chatto said he is confident that Boholanos are not naïve enough to embrace the allegations manufactured by a group called Bag-ong Bol-anon.

“Limpyohan nato ang ngalan sa Bohol nga gihugaw-hugawan aning mga tawhana,” Chatto said in reaction to the open letter addressed to President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III, alleging among others that the political violence is ready to erupt here anytime soon.

Chatto dismissed the speculation by saying: “Mao niy ilang plano ang pagdala ug kasamok sa Bohol.” An expensive full-page ad published by The Philippine Star on Friday bearing a headline “An appeal for a clean, orderly and peaceful election in Bohol” stirred the hornet’s nest of the officialdom of Bohol, compelling officials of the province to call on a press conference as a form of damage control against what they described as “opposition tyrants.” “We do not want to be purveyors of bad news, but someone has to do it,” the letter to President Aquino said in the introduction which was signed by Carmen Mayor Conchita “Che” Delos Reyes who instead used Toribio in that letter, City Mayor Dan Lim, and Aris Aumentado, the political nemesis of Roberto “Ondoy” Cajes, both seeking the congressional spot of the second district of Bohol.

“There is trouble in Bohol, the island province we call God’s Little Paradise. A trail of dead bodies is proof of this. Their names may not be big enough to grab headlines, but this does not diminish the gravity of the situation,” the scathing letter continued. The letter then listed several incidents of shootings and murders that happened in the Northeastern part of Bohol during the past months which was made as benchmark of a looming political chaos here.

But officials in Bohol were quick to dismantle the allegations, saying that the reported killings were not related to politics but either had something to with business dealings or land conflicts. The target of the letter was no less than the Provincial Police Director Constantino Barot Jr., whose relief of post was specifically demanded by Delos Reyes, Lim, and Aumentado. Also targeted were Third District Congressman Art Yap, Regional PNP Director Marcelo Garbo, and Jane Cajes, daughter of Ondoy Cajes.

The signatories of the letter had demanded “the immediate conduct of an impartial and credible investigation into the unsolved murders in Bohol’s second congressional district by concerned agencies of the government.”

And that Bohol should be turned over under “Comelec Control,” the letter writers asked the President. Replying to the insinuations of hyped political pandemonium in Bohol, First District Congressman Rene L. Relampagos blasted City Hall for employing ex-convicts who are now members of the so-called City Task Force.

Relampagos hinted of druglords and warlords in the opposition side who have the vision of sowing election terror come May 13. “Mao man gyud ni ilang plano, magdala ug kagubot sa Bohol,” the first district solon said. He mentioned of cars used by Bag-ong Bol-anon bets that have no plate numbers as signs of lawlessness. Relampagos called on Boholano constituents “nga dili magpalingla.”

Cajes, for his part, said he does not believe that the letter addressed to Pnoy would scuttle the confidence the President has on his LP followers in Bohol. “Don’t tell me motuo ang Presidente aning mga bakak,” Cajes said of the allegations pointed out in the letter. “The President cannot be deceived,” the Trinidad town mayor declared.

Cajes then lambasted the character background of Bag-ong Bol-anon candidates, citing of several estafa and swindling cases allegedly filed against Delos Reyes, who is out on bail. The former congressman also criticized Mayor Lim for violating election rules in relation to the latter’s overstaying radio program despite Comelec ban. Cajes said that from 2001 to 2010 there was no election violence in his district until the arrival of Bag-ong Bol-anon.

SERIOUS ALLEGATION

The governor vowed he would use the full force of the law in order to maintain a peaceful and orderly election in May. “We will take seriously against what they plan,” Chatto said.

“Please report to the police regarding guns and goons in your town, have it blottered, and call Tarsier 117.” Chatto lamented that the letter to Aquino had tried to portray Bohol as a chaotic place where incumbent officials are conspiring to wreck political havoc.

He said the unintended consequence of such “irresponsible” portrayal is the tourism industry Bohol, as the first casualty of the black propaganda. “Ang katawhang Bol-anon ang ilang gipakauwawan. Ilang gimansahan ang ngalan sa Bohol ug ang dungog sa mga katawhan,” Chatto said. The governor pointed out that the unsolved killings and rampant drug trade are in Carmen and Tagbilaran which he said are a reflection of the kind of leadership in these two places.

FAKE MONEY

Alarmed over the proliferation of fake P1,000 bills in Bohol, Chatto has warned Boholanos not to sell their votes in exchange of fake money.

The fake money was first reported in the towns of Carmen and Tubigon.

“I call on all Boholanos to guard their rights to vote,” Chatto said, “let us fight against all forms of harassment.” The governor also vowed to bust the private army allegedly cuddled by the opposition group.

“Dili ta pabor sa guns, goons, ug gold,” he said. On the other hand, Vice-Governor Concepcion O. Lim expressed sadness over the possible impact of the letter addressed to Aquino. “It is the Province that will suffer,” she said. “Ngil-ad ning ilang gibuhat. Puro man bakak ning gipangsuwat,” Vice-gov Lim said of the open letter.

by Visayan Daily Star

Fifty-two youth leaders from the cities of Bago and La Carlota in Negros Occidental completed their skills and leadership training under the Rafael M. Salas Nature Park: Youth Commitment for Sustainable Development project recently, a press release from organizers said.

The project was implemented by the RMS Park and Nature Center, United Nations Population Fund and the University of St. La Salle, through the Institute of Negros Development.

Cash grants of P4,000 were given to the youth leaders as starting funds for their proposed livelihood projects, by USLS-IND director Rhoderick Samonte, Bago senior environment specialist Vicente Mesias, and RMSPNC executive director Carmelita Salas, the press release also said.

Almasiga saplings were given to the participants, whose trainings included environmental conservation, leadership and sustainable development for the RMSPNC and neighboring communities.

USLS Vice Chancellor for Mission and Development, Geoffrey Bob Bergante, lauded the efforts of program partners and stakeholders from the government and non-government sectors, including the Bago, La Carlota and the province of Negros Occidental.

by Visayan Daily Star

The United Negros Alliance yesterday dismissed claims made by Vice Gov. Genaro Alvarez Jr. discrediting the gains of the Negros First Agenda in the past two years and six months, a press release from the UNA camp said.

UNA spokesperson, Pauline Tumunong-Nuega, said the Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Negros Occidental, under Alvarez, had approved all the development initiatives proposed by Gov. Alfredo Marañon Jr. through the Negros First agenda. In fact, on several occasions, the Vice Governor has taken credit for the achievements made by the province though the Negros First, and it is inimical (sic) that he is criticizing these now, Nuega said.

It shows that Alvarez intends to discredit the program’s successes for political purposes only, and not based on genuine reasons, she added in the press release.

She said that, in a radio interview, Alvarez presented a plan for the Negros First CyberCentre that is different from the original one he had concurred in when he was still on good terms with Marañon, the press release said.

Instead of an Information and Communications Technology hub, Alvarez wants a dormitory for students coming from San Carlos to Hinoba-an, a proposal that executives from the ICT-BPO sector called “totally absurd”, Nuega said.

On Alvarez’s proposal to privatize Mambukal Resort, he should rethink his position because it is a self-liquidating enterprise, and has booked revenues of P113.2 million in 30 months, according to the records of the Provincial Treasurer’s Office, the press release said.

On Alvarez’s tirades against the Negros First Ranch, Nuega said, “It was him and the majority of the SP members who approved the establishment of the ranch in Murcia with the passage of Provincial Ordinance No. 003”, the press release said.