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On March 18, 2009 Elisabeth Fritzl attended the second day of the criminal trial against her father Josef, in preparation for a book she is to write about her ordeal. She does not plan to see her father again.

After the trial, Elisabeth and her six children were moved to an unnamed village in northern Austria, where they are living in a fortress-like house. All of the children require ongoing therapy â€" the "upstairs" children who learned the truth about the lies that their father told them about their mother abandoning them and the abuse they received from their (grand)father during their childhood, the fact that their siblings were imprisoned in the cellar which none of them knew about at first, and the "downstairs children" for their deprivation from normal development and lack of fresh air and sunshine and the abuse that they also received, as their mother Elisabeth had, from their father/grandfather when he visited them in the basement. All of the children might possibly have genetic problems common to children born of an incestuous relationship. Although Elisabeth is said to be estranged from her mother, Rosemarie â€" who accepted Fritzl's story about Elisabeth joining a cult and did not pursue the matter further â€" Elisabeth allows her three children who grew up in Josef and Rosemarie's house to visit their grandmother regularly. Rosemarie lives alone in a small apartment.

In June 2009, an Austrian newspaper reported that Elisabeth Fritzl had begun a relationship with one of her bodyguards, identified only as Thomas W. The couple are living together.

In late July 2008, it emerged that Elisabeth Fritzl ordered her mother Rosemarie out of the villa they have been sharing in a secret location set up for them by a psychiatric clinic.

Elisabeth Fritzl was upset about "the huge issue of Rosemarie's passiveness during Elisabeth's upbringing â€" a tortured time when, she says, her father Josef began abusing her when she was just 11 years old."

In March 2009, Elisabeth and her children were forced to move out of the family's hide-away home and returned to the psychiatric clinic where medical staff had started trying to heal the family and unite the upstairs and downstairs siblings during the previous year. She was reported to be distraught and close to a breakdown after a British paparazzo had burst into her kitchen and started taking photographs.

Kerstin was reunited with her family on June 8, 2008, when she was awakened from her artificially induced coma. Doctors said that she would make a full recovery.

It was revealed that Elisabeth and her children were more traumatized than previously thought. During captivity, Kerstin tore out her hair in clumps, and was reported to have shredded her dresses before stuffing them in the toilet. Stefan could not walk properly, due to his height of 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in), forced to stoop in the 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)-high cellar. It has also been revealed that normal everyday occurrences, such as the dimming of lights or the closing of doors, plunge Kerstin and Stefan into anxiety and panic attacks. The other three of Elisabeth's children who were raised by their father are being treated for anger and resentment at the events.

In May 2008, a handmade poster created by Elisabeth, her children and her mother at the therapy facility was displayed in the Amstetten town center. The message thanked local people for their support. "We, the whole family, would like to take the opportunity to thank all of you for sympathy at our fate," they wrote in their message. "Your compassion is helping us greatly to overcome these difficult times, and it shows us there also are good and honest people here who really care for us. We hope that soon there will be a time where we can find our way back into a normal life."

Aftermath

After being taken into care, Elisabeth, all six of her surviving children and her mother were housed in a local clinic where they were shielded from the outside environment and received medical and psychological treatment. A local government official speculated on the need to give members of the Fritzl family new identities but emphasized that it was a choice for the family to make.

Owing to their lack of exposure to sunlight, the former captives were extremely pale and could not endure natural light. They were reported to have vitamin D deficiencies and were anemic. They were expected to have underdeveloped immune systems. The clinic head, Berthold Kepplinger, said that the family members needed to stay at the clinic for several months, and that Elisabeth and the three children held captive in the cellar required further therapy to help them adjust to the light after years in semi-darkness. They also needed treatment to help them cope with all the extra space that they now had in which to move about.

Key events

The key events, in this case, are as follows:

Date   Key event

1977   Fritzl begins sexually abusing his 11-year-old daughter, Elisabeth.

1981 to 1982   Fritzl begins to turn the hidden cellar into a prison cell.

August 29, 1984   Fritzl lures Elisabeth, now 18 years old, into the basement and imprisons her.

November 1986   Elisabeth has a miscarriage in the 10th week of pregnancy.

1989   The first child, Kerstin, is born, and lives in the cellar until 2008.

1990   Stefan is born. He, too, stays in the cellar until 2008.

1992   Lisa is born. In May 1993, when she is nine months old, she is discovered outside the family home in a cardboard box, allegedly left there by Elisabeth, along with a note asking for the child to be looked after.

February 1994   The fourth child, Monika, is born.

1994   After repeated requests by Elisabeth, Fritzl allows the enlargement of the prison. Elisabeth and her children were put to work for years digging out soil with their hands. The prison was enlarged from 35 m² (380 sq ft) to 55 m² (600 sq ft).

December 1994   Ten-month-old Monika is found in a stroller outside the entrance of the house. Shortly afterwards, a phone call is made to Rosemarie, apparently, from Elisabeth. The caller asks Rosemarie to take care of the child. However, it is assumed that Fritzl used a recording of Elisabeth's voice to make the call. Rosemarie reported the incident to the police, expressing her astonishment that Elisabeth knew their new and unlisted phone number.

May 1996   Elisabeth gives birth to twin boys. One dies after three days; Fritzl removes his body from the cellar and cremates him. The surviving twin, Alexander, is taken upstairs when he is 15 months old. He is "discovered" in circumstances similar to those of his two sisters.

December 2002   Felix is born. According to a statement by Fritzl, he kept Felix in the cellar, together with Elisabeth and her two eldest children, because his wife could not look after another child.

April 19, 2008   Fritzl arranges for the critically ill 19-year-old Kerstin to be taken to a local hospital.

April 26, 2008   During the evening, Fritzl releases Elisabeth from the cellar along with her sons Stefan and Felix, bringing them upstairs, informing his wife that Elisabeth had decided to come home after a 24-year absence. Later that evening, after an anonymous tipoff during a visit to the hospital, Fritzl and Elisabeth are taken into police custody where she reveals her decades-long imprisonment during questioning.

March 14, 2009   After a 4 day trial in the town of St. Pölten, Fritzl pleads guilty to the charges of the murder by negligence of his infant son/grandson, Michael, as well as the enslavement, incest, rape, coercion and false imprisonment of his daughter, Elisabeth, and is sentenced to life imprisonment.

The concealed cellar had a 5 m (5.5 yd) long corridor, a storage area, and three small open cells, connected by narrow passageways: a basic cooking area and bathroom facilities, followed by two sleeping areas, which were equipped with two beds each. It covered an area of approximately 55 m2 (590 sq ft). The ceilings were no more than 1.70 m (5.6 ft) high.

The hidden cellar had two access points: a hinged door that weighed 500 kg (1,100 lb) which is thought to have become unusable over the years because of its weight, and a metal door, reinforced with concrete and on steel rails that weighed 300 kg (650 lb) and measured 1 m (3.3 ft) high and 60 cm (2 ft) wide. It was located behind a shelf in Fritzl's basement workshop, protected by an electronic code entered using a remote control unit. In order to reach this door, five locking basement rooms had to be crossed. To get to the area where Elisabeth and her children were held, eight doors in total needed to be unlocked, of which two doors were additionally secured by electronic locking devices.

Dungeon

The Fritzl property in Amstetten is a building dating from around 1890 and a newer building, which was added after 1978, when Fritzl applied for a building permit for an "extension with basement". In 1983, building inspectors visited the site and verified that the new extension had been built according to the dimensions specified on the building permit. Fritzl had illegally enlarged the room by excavating space for a much larger basement, concealed by walls. Around 1981 or 1982, according to his statement, he started to turn this hidden cellar into a prison cell and installed a washbasin, a toilet, a bed, a hot plate and a refrigerator. In 1983, he added more space by creating a passageway to a pre-existing basement area under the old part of the property, of which only he knew.

In their May 1, 2008 daily press conference, Austrian police said that Fritzl had forced Elisabeth to write a letter the previous year indicating that he may have been planning to release her and the children. The letter said that she wanted to come home but "it's not possible yet".[20] Police believe Fritzl intended to pretend he had rescued his daughter from her fictitious cult.

In the same press conference, police spokesman Franz Polzer said the investigation would probably last a few months, as police planned on interviewing at least 100 people who had lived as tenants in the Fritzl apartment building in the previous 24 years.

Josef Fritzl confessed on April 28, 2008 to having imprisoned his daughter for 24 years and having fathered her seven children. Police said Fritzl told investigators how to enter the basement prison through a small hidden door, opened by a secret keyless entry code. Fritzl's wife, Rosemarie, had been unaware of what had been happening to Elisabeth.

On April 29, 2008, it was announced that DNA evidence confirmed Fritzl as the biological father of his daughter's children.

Fritzl's defence lawyer, Rudolf Mayer, said that although the DNA test proved incest, evidence was still needed for the other allegations: "The allegations of rape and enslaving people have not been proven. We need to reassess the confessions made so far."

Elisabeth did not provide police with more details until they promised her that she would never have to see her father again. Then, over the next two hours, she told the story of her 24 years in captivity. Shortly after midnight, police officers completed the three pages of minutes of the interrogation. Josef Fritzl was arrested on suspicion of serious crimes against family members, facing possible charges of false imprisonment, rape, manslaughter by negligence, and incest. During the night of April 27, Elisabeth, her children and her mother Rosemarie were taken into care.

The police contacted Manfred Wohlfahrt, a church officer responsible for collecting information on religious cults. Wohlfahrt raised doubts about the existence of the cult. He noted that Elisabeth's letters seemed dictated and oddly written. The news covered some of these issues and Elisabeth watched the story on the cellar television. She pleaded with her father to be taken to the hospital. On April 26, Fritzl released Elisabeth from the cellar along with her sons Stefan and Felix, bringing them upstairs. Fritzl told his wife that Elisabeth had decided to come back after a 24-year absence. Governor Lenze told ORF that Fritzl had telephoned him and thanked him and the social services for looking after his family during his granddaughter Kerstin's illness. Fritzl and Elisabeth went to the hospital where Kerstin was being treated on April 26, 2008. Following a tip-off from Dr. Albert Reiter, that Fritzl and Elisabeth were at the hospital, the police detained them on the hospital grounds and took them to a police station for questioning.

Discovery

On April 19, 2008, Kerstin, the eldest daughter, fell unconscious, and Josef Fritzl agreed to seek medical attention. Elisabeth helped Fritzl carry Kerstin out of the dungeon and saw the outside world for the first time in 24 years. She was then made to return to the dungeon where she would remain for a final week. Kerstin was taken by ambulance to a local hospital (Landesklinikum Amstetten) and admitted in serious condition with life-threatening kidney failure. Fritzl later arrived at the hospital claiming to have found a note written by Kerstin's mother. He discussed Kerstin's condition and the note with Dr. Albert Reiter. Medical staff found aspects of the story to be puzzling and alerted the police on April 21, who then broadcast an appeal via public media for the missing mother to come forward and provide additional information about Kerstin's medical history. The police then reopened the case file on missing Elisabeth. Fritzl repeated his story about Elisabeth being in a cult, and presented what, he claimed, was the "most recent letter" from her, dated January 2008. It was posted from the town of Kematen.

Fritzl told Elisabeth and the three children (Kerstin, Stefan, and Felix) who remained in the cellar they would be gassed if they tried to escape. Investigators concluded this was an empty threat to frighten the captives, as there was no gas supply to the basement. Fritzl stated after his arrest that it was sufficient to tell them they would receive an electric shock and die if they meddled with the cellar door.

According to his sister-in-law Christine, Fritzl went into the basement every morning at 9 o'clock, ostensibly to draw plans for machines, which he sold to firms. Often he stayed down there for the night - his wife was not allowed to bring him coffee. A tenant, who rented a ground floor room in the house for 12 years, said he heard noises from the basement but Fritzl said it was the gas heating system.

Following the birth of the fourth child in 1994, Fritzl enlarged the prison for Elisabeth and her children from 35 m2 (380 sq ft) to 55 m2 (590 sq ft). The captives had a television, radio, and videocassette player. Food could be stored in a refrigerator and cooked or heated on hot plates. Elisabeth taught the children to read and write. At times, Fritzl shut off their lights or refused to deliver food for days at a time to punish them.

Over the course of the following 24 years, Fritzl visited her in the hidden cellar every three days on average, to bring food and other supplies. After his arrest, he admitted that he repeatedly had sexual intercourse with his daughter and had done so against her will.

Elisabeth gave birth to seven children during her captivity. One child died shortly after birth, and three â€" Lisa, Monika and Alexander â€" were removed from the cellar as infants to live with Fritzl and his wife. The Fritzls became the three children's foster parents with the knowledge of local social services authorities. Officials said that Fritzl "very plausibly" explained how three of his infant grandchildren had appeared on his doorstep. The family received regular visits from social workers, who did not hear complaints or notice anything to arouse their suspicions.

Elisabeth revealed that in her first few days, she banged on the walls and clawed at the ceiling, howling for help. She broke her fingernails and clawed away her skin until blood was dripping down her forearms. Sometimes she pretended she was on a hiking holiday. She picked a spot on a distant mountain she had seen before, plot in her mind how long it would take to get there and then set off. She turned off the lights as she paced the dungeon as she knew the number of steps by heart. After two hours, she turned the strip lighting on, pretending a bright dawn had come up and was reflecting the snow-capped mountain she imagined. When drifting off to sleep she would hum an old Austrian carol "Still, Still, Still."

After Elisabeth's disappearance, her mother filed a missing persons report. Almost a month later, her father handed over a letter to the police, the first of several that Elisabeth was forced to write while in captivity. The letter was postmarked Braunau. It stated that she was staying with a friend and was tired of living with her family, warning her parents not to look for her or she would leave the country. Her father told police that she had most likely joined a religious sect.

Years of captivity

On August 29, 1984, Elisabeth's father lured her into the basement of the family home under the pretense that he needed help carrying a door. The door was the last piece needed to seal the chamber. Elisabeth held it in place while Josef got it into its frame. When it was fitted Josef held an ether-soaked towel on Elisabeth's face until she was unconscious. He threw her in the chamber after the door was fitted.

Case history

Josef Fritzl was born on April 9, 1935 in Amstetten, Austria. In 1956, at the age of 21, he married Rosemarie, 17, with whom he had seven children: two sons and five daughters including Elisabeth, who was born in 1966. He reportedly began abusing Elisabeth in 1977 when she was 11 years old.

After completing compulsory education at age 15, Elisabeth started a training course to become a waitress. In January 1983, she ran away from home and, together with a friend from work, went into hiding in Vienna. She was found by police within three weeks and returned to her parents. She rejoined her training course and, upon completion in mid-1984, was offered a job in the nearby city of Linz.

Josef Fritzl's arrest

Josef Fritzl, aged 73, was arrested on April 26, 2008 on suspicion of serious crimes against family members and went on trial in Sankt Pölten, Austria on March 16, 2009. He was charged with incest, rape, coercion, false imprisonment, enslavement and the negligent homicide of the infant Michael. After a four-day trial from which the public and the media were largely excluded, he was sentenced to life imprisonment.

Elisabeth Fritzl's confinement

Three of the children were imprisoned along with their mother Elisabeth for the whole of their lives: daughter Kerstin, aged 19, and sons Stefan, 18, and Felix, 5. One child, Michael, died of respiratory problems three days after birth, having been deprived of all medical help; his body was incinerated by Josef Fritzl on his property. The three other children were raised by Fritzl and his wife Rosemarie in the upstairs home. Fritzl presented the appearance of these children as foundlings discovered outside his house: Lisa at nine months in 1993, Monika at ten months in 1994, and Alexander at 15 months in 1997. When the eldest daughter, Kerstin, became seriously ill, Josef acceded to Elisabeth's pleas to take her to a hospital, triggering a series of events that eventually led to their discovery.

Elisabeth the teenager

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


The Fritzl case emerged in April 2008 when a 42-year-old woman, Elisabeth Fritzl (born April 6, 1966), stated to police in the town of Amstetten, Austria, that she had been held captive for 24 years in a concealed corridor part of the basement area of the large family house by her father, Josef Fritzl (born April 9, 1935), and that Fritzl had physically assaulted, sexually abused, and raped her numerous times during her imprisonment. The abuse by her father resulted in the birth of seven children and one miscarriage.

Agoi, SHE diay tawon ni sija?

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Kino mutai
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Kino mutai (or kina mutai) is a specialized sub-section of some Filipino martial arts that emphasizes biting and also covers eye-gouging. It involves extensive use of grappling, so as to allow the practitioner to control the opponent while applying the techniques.

The biting aspect of kino mutai concerns itself with what targets to bite, how much to bite at a time, and the angle and movement of the bite. Favoured targets include sensitive and easily accessible areas such as the face, neck, ear, groin, nipple, and latissimus dorsi muscle. These targets are also chosen over others because of the difficulty countering a kino mutai practitioner biting them, and hence to ensure that an uninterrupted bite can take place.

The main principle is uninterrupted biting, this means that you place yourself in such position that you can continue biting as long as you want, disabling your opponent from escaping your bites.

Kino Mutai has 12 positions and each position has 4 variations! It can be used to inflict pain, to escape from a lock and it can be used to cut body arteries that can cause severe bleeding.

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rule no. 10: always get in the way of what humans do.  just so they won't forget who's the boss.

Wise words from a cat slave...

51. Add 1 teaspoon vinegar to cooking water for fluffier rice.

52. Add vinegar to laundry rinse water: removes all soap and prevents yellowing.

53. After shampoo hair rinse: 1 ounce apple cider vinegar in 1 quart of distilled water.

54. For a shiny crust on homemade bread and rolls: just before they have finished baking, take them out, brush crusts with vinegar, return to oven to finish baking.

55. Homemade sour cream: blend together 1 cup cottage cheese, 1/4 cup skim milk and 1 tsp. vinegar.

56. Boil vinegar and water in pots to remove stains.

57. Remove berry stains from hands with vinegar.

58. Prevent sugaring by mixing a drop of vinegar in the cake icing.

59. Cold vinegar relieves sunburn.

60.When boiling meat, add a spoonful of vinegar to the water to make it more tender.

Bonus:

61. Marinate tough meat in vinegar overnight to tenderize.

62. Douche: 2 to 4 ounces of vinegar in 2 quarts of warm water.

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41. Skunk odor: remove from pets by rubbing fur with vinegar.

42. Paint adheres better to galvanized metal that has been wiped with vinegar.

43. Pets' drinking water: add vinegar to eliminate odor and encourage shiny fur.

44. For fluffy meringue: beat 3 egg whites with a teaspoon of vinegar.

45. Pie crust: add 1 tablespoon vinegar to your pastry recipe for an exceptional crust.

46. Half a teaspoon per quart of patching plaster allows you more time to work the plaster before it hardens.

47. Prevent discoloration of peeled potatoes by adding a few drops of vinegar to water. They will keep fresh for days in fridge.

48. Poultry water: add vinegar to increase egg production and to produce tender meat.

49. Preserve peppers: put freshly picked peppers in a sterilized jar and finish filling with boiling vinegar.

50. Olives and pimentos will keep indefinitely if covered with vinegar and refrigerated.

30. Add a tablespoon of vinegar to fruit gelatin to hold it firm.

31. Steep your favorite herb in vinegar until you have a pleasing taste and aroma.

32. Use vinegar instead of lemon on fried and broiled foods.

33. To remove lime coating on your tea kettle; add vinegar to the water and let stand overnight.

34. To make a good liniment: beat 1 whole egg, add 1 cup vinegar and 1 cup turpentine. Blend.

35. Apply vinegar to chapped, cracked skin for quick healing.

36. Vinegar promotes skin health: rub on tired, sore or swollen areas.

37. Reduce mineral deposits in pipes, radiators, kettles and tanks by adding vinegar into the system.

38. Rub vinegar on the cut end of uncooked ham to prevent mold.

39. Clean jars with vinegar and water to remove odor.

40. Avoid cabbage odor by adding vinegar to the cooking water.

11. To eliminate mildew, dust and odors, wipe down walls with vinegar-soaked cloth.

12. Clean windows with vinegar and water.

13. Hardened paint brushes: simmer in boiling vinegar and wash in hot soapy water.

14. Clean breadbox and food containers with vinegar-dampened cloth to keep fresh-smelling and clean.

15. Pour boiling vinegar down drains to unclog and clean them.

16. Clean fireplace bricks with undiluted vinegar.

17. An excellent all-purpose cleaner: vinegar mixed with salt. Cleans copper, bronze, brass, dishes, pots, pans, skillets, glasses, windows. Rinse well.

18. Make your catsup and other condiments last long by adding vinegar.

19. To clear up respiratory congestion, inhale a vapor mist from steaming pot containing water and several spoonfuls of vinegar.

20. Apple cider vinegar and honey as a cure-all: use to prevent apathy, obesity, hay fever, asthma, rashes, food poisoning, heartburn, sore throat, bad eyesight, dandruff, brittle nails and bad breath.

...that is, in addition nga maoy tusloan sa pinalami nga bolinaw nga taga sa Balingsya...


1. Arthritis tonic and treatment; 2 spoonfuls of apple cider vinegar and honey in a glass of water several times daily.

2. Thirst-quenching drink: apple cider vinegar mixed with cold water.

3. Sagging cane chairs: sponge them with a hot solution of half vinegar and half water. Place the chairs out in the hot sun to dry.

4. Skin burns: apply ice cold vinegar right away for fast relief. Will prevent burn blisters.

5. Add a spoonful of vinegar to cooking water to make cauliflower white and clean.

6. Storing cheese: keep it fresh longer by wrapping it in a vinegar-soaked cloth and keeping it in a sealed container.

7. Remove stains from stainless steel and chrome with a vinegar-dampened cloth.

8. Rinse glasses and dishes in water and vinegar to remove spots and film.

9. Prevent grease build-up in your oven by frequently wiping it with vinegar.

10. Wipe jars of preserves and canned food with vinegar to prevent mold-producing bacteria.

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Quote from: jorgeanna on May 11, 2013, 02:02:10 AM
panit sa litson paksiw ang lami kaayo

Agoi, kalami jud tuod sa panit...

He he, go to TB for the company...

Notable also were his efforts to work out a theogony which was simultaneously a cosmogony -- an equivalence based on the principle of the close interrelationship between God's self-consciousness and his self-revelation. This principle has since played a pivotal (and controversial) role in modern religious thought. Boehme's thesis that God's coming to self-consciousness was a genetic process led to a new model for revelation, one involving the mediation of successive creations through pre-mundane as well as worldly time. Indeed, it is perhaps not too much to say that Boehme was the first to attempt thinking through the historicity of the Absolute.

To sum up, Boehme's elaboration of a theosophy based on the interactions of divine wrath, love, and movement lacked rigor and consistency. His writing had an ecstatic, visionary style. It is evident that he conceived of his divine principles not as objective laws but as the supernatural fusion of psychological and alchemical properties. Their nature was, to him, dynamically volitional rather than formally logical. Yet no doubt it was partly for these very qualities that Boehme's principles did much to inspire subsequent thinkers, especially his ideas concerning the nature of God's innermost being in relation to the manifest universe. -- http://www.uwec.edu/

One can easily appreciate how repugnant these ingenious but unorthodox reflections must have been to the Lutheran authorities of his own time. Yet the same features that outraged many of his contemporaries were qualities that ensured his continuing appeal for posterity. Although Boehme's manner of reasoning was far from rigorous, yet viewed as an attempt to account for the emergence of multiplicity out of unity, and existence out of possibility, his thought is richly suggestive.

Recently, there has been a growing appreciation of Boehme's importance in the history of philosophy. His emphasis on the primacy of the will led him to sketch out the principles for an innovative metaphysics, an alternative to the mechanistic determinism that became dominant in Europe for over two centuries. By focusing on the experiences of lack, need, striving, and conflict as fundamental dimensions of both human and the divine life, he paved the way for modern philosophies of the will. One scholar has for this reason called Boehme "the first significant voluntarist" in Western thought.

Evaluation

If one makes allowances for the fanciful quality of Boehme's modes of expression, one can see him wrestling with a classic philosophical problem: namely, how to understand the relationship between God's timeless unity and the multiplicity of the actual universe. Part of what made this problem so formidable was that it involved trying, in a way, to "conceive" of a connection between the conceivable and that which (by hypothesis) is inconceivable.

Since God was the inconceivable essence par excellence, it was a riddle to comprehend how or why this essence could have rendered itself understandable, even if only to a degree. The question was, why should the Deity not far rather remain inscrutable, forever wrapped in absolute mystery? The originality of Boehme's approach consisted in giving the problem a self-referential twist -- in the claim that God would have no knowledge of himself if he did not reveal himself to himself. Inasmuch as revelation consists in a kind of experience, it must require a structural subject-object polarity. Hence, it would follow that God's self-revelation simultaneously implied the existence of a creation and creatures to whom, and through whom, the revelation would take place.

He said that violating the liquor ban was an election offense and violators faced a jail term of not more than six years.
Cerbo, however, could not say if those arrested were detained or subsequently released after the filing of the charges.

“We’re somewhat disappointed because there are still those who broke the elections ban. But the number of arrested persons was very negligible when compared to the number of voters,” Cerbo said in a news briefing at Camp Crame.

In related news, 3,161 persons had been arrested nationwide since Jan. 13 for violating the election gun ban.

Among those arrested were 44 policemen, 20 soldiers, 41 government employees and 135 security guards.

Cerbo said 3,084 firearms, 705 explosives and over 26,000 bullets had also been seized at police checkpoints and raids. Marlon Ramos

Philippine Daily Inquirer
6:54 am | Monday, May 13th, 2013


MANILA, Philippinesâ€"Nearly 140 persons were arrested by the police across the country Sunday for defying the two-day liquor ban imposed by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) ahead of the elections on Monday.

In Davao City, 116 persons were held for drinking and selling alcoholic beverages hours after the liquor ban took effect after midnight Saturday, according to the Philippine National Police (PNP).

Police also arrested 20 persons, including two minors, in Metro Manila for violating the Comelec order.

Chief Supt. Generoso Cerbo Jr., PNP spokesperson, said the police filed criminal charges against the persons for defying the Comelec resolution prohibiting the selling and consumption of intoxicating drinks the day before and during the actual voting.

Come on, baby, sway those hips!

Agoi, mobalik nag praktis...

Angayang pud baya ang kanahan...

Quote from: hubag bohol on May 13, 2013, 08:13:26 AM
We’ve all been there at some time in our trading careers.  Some initial successes which hook you and then a run of losing trade after trade and not knowing why, or what you need to do to break the cycle…it doesn’t take long until your funds have expired and you feel stupid!

7 - Never chase a loss

When you do suffer the inevitable losses never jump straight back in to the market in an attempt to put things right â€" it rarely works and, if it does, it’s usually more luck than judgement.

Accept that losses are just as much a part of trading as winning.  You need to be able to deal with them without it clouding your judgement â€" we know this is sometimes hard, especially after a run of heavy losses.  If you’ve followed the other tips in this article, you shouldn’t be getting too many big losses in the future anyway!

Always step away from the market after a loss and reassess.  Regroup, plan your next trade and re-enter only when there is a setup on the table which fits your trading strategy.

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6 - Don't overtrade

Whilst trading could, and should, be enjoyable you need to be careful that you’re not getting caught up in the excitement of “the gamble”.  All too often we see people placing numerous trades each day on multiple markets â€" placing too many trades that haven’t been planned just for the buzz of being in the game.

We usually make just 2-4 carefully planned trades a month (and some months we sit it out completely if there isn’t an obvious set-up) as overtrading means more money is lost on commissions and spreads and the likelihood of losing is higher as trades are more frequent.

5 - Develop a money-management strategy

Money management is vital to sustained success â€" many traders risk far too much of their available capital on each trade chasing the “big win” rather than a sustained, gradual and controlled growth through smaller more manageable trades.

Our own money-management strategy could be seen by some as quite aggressive, but it works for us as we’re so confident in our trading strategy after so many successful years. It is also geared in such a way that we will never lose more than we can stand on any single trade.

You need to find the right level that suits your funds, risk appetite, style and frequency of trading.

4 - Remove emotion

To be able to make the key decisions which keep losses small and maximise winning trades, you need to remove the emotion from your decision making.  There is a tendency to become too emotionally involved with a trade once it has been placed, and to want the trade to succeed too much.

Therefore, novice traders tend to let losses run too long, by either widening stops or ignoring signals that the trade is going wrong, in a desperate attempt not to lose money.  All that happens is when you do eventually lose, the loss is a huge one.  

That means that when the next trade is opened there is even more pressure to succeed or it may be the last one…and so on.

Removing emotion from trading decisions is a very hard discipline to master, but it gets easier as you become successful.   Following a method over the long-term which has paid dividends gives you confidence - when short-term setbacks occur they no longer affect your judgment.

3 - Keep losses small and maximise winners

This sound obvious, of course, but it’s often traders doing exactly the opposite of this that accelerates them along the path to financial ruin.

If it’s clear that the trade is going against you, get out quickly.  In many cases a trade will go the wrong way at some point â€" it’s not always possible to pick the perfect entry point and so you need to allow room for the trade to breath as it confirms a bottom/ top or performs a natural retrace after a big move.  But if it’s clear that market conditions have changed it’s best to cut your losses and move on to the next trade.  Never widen your stop-loss position in the hope that things will turn around.

Conversely, when the trade is running the right way don’t panic and take your profits at the first sign of it stalling.  Sometimes this makes sense when the market is clearly turning or if your initial pre-trade assessment wasn’t accurate and so you are lucky not to have lost; but generally it’s wise to keep the trade open and just keep trailing your stop-loss position in behind the trade to stay in the game as long as possible.

If you look at our trading history, you’ll notice that (as of 27th Jan 2013) our average winning trade is $37 (or 370 points) and our average losing trade is $19 (or 190 points) â€" this, coupled with having more winners than losers, is why we are successful gold traders.

2 - Plan each trade

Don’t make hasty (often costly) decisions without doing your research first.  Have a routine where first thing every day you do a top-down analysis of each charted timeframe for your chosen market and gauge where you think things stand â€" what is the prevailing trend?  What timescale is the trend over?  Where are key support and resistance points?

You have to plan where you are going to buy or sell, where to place your stop loss and most importantly where to exit the trade.  Then, once the trade is planned and executed, you must show discipline â€" you made the trade for a good reason with solid justification, so any changes need equally solid justification.

To help ensure your chances of success, make sure these seven key recommendations are part of your trading strategy.

1 - Know your market

Do your research.  Decide what you are going to trade and stick with it.  Learn everything you can about it in as much detail as possible.  Even if you are going to be a purist technical trader, you still need to understand how the different macro-economic events impact your chosen market so that you don't get caught out.

We are gold traders and have been for many years.  We don’t trade anything else.  We have previously traded the forex and equity markets, but our passion is gold.  We know an awful lot about the gold trading market, but there are always new things to learn.  Our days are spent, alongside watching the market for trading opportunities, making sure we continue to learn more.

We’ve all been there at some time in our trading careers.  Some initial successes which hook you and then a run of losing trade after trade and not knowing why, or what you need to do to break the cycle…it doesn’t take long until your funds have expired and you feel stupid!

Imagine what life is like when you consistently end up on the winning side!  We’ve been there for a good few years now and it’s not by chance. 

Most small traders (i.e. the home-based independent speculators) end up losing money when they trade the financial markets.  Statistics say that 95% of these traders lose over time â€" which is why the investment professionals refer to them as the “dumb money”. 

Quote from: hubag bohol on May 13, 2013, 08:05:42 AM
Namfrel submitted more than 20 cases of reported vote buying and selling in Malabon, Manila, Abra, Mountain Province, Ilocos Norte, Pangasinan, Rizal, Palawan, Romblon, Albay, Negros Oriental, Negros Occidental, Eastern Samar, Guimaras, Antique, Surigao de Sur, Siargao, Agusan del Norte, Agusan del Sur, Lanao del Norte, Misamis Oriental, Zamboanga del Sur, Zamboanga Sibugay and Tawiâ€"Tawi.

Maayo kay wa maapil ang Bohol sa lista...

Quote from: hubag bohol on May 13, 2013, 08:03:26 AM
The P20 allegedly came from provincial board member candidate Bobby Cristobal...

Oi, P20 ra? Basin typo ra ni. P200 pud tingali, at least. Kon P20 mora mag nag-tip og watch-your-car boy...

Namfrel submitted more than 20 cases of reported vote buying and selling in Malabon, Manila, Abra, Mountain Province, Ilocos Norte, Pangasinan, Rizal, Palawan, Romblon, Albay, Negros Oriental, Negros Occidental, Eastern Samar, Guimaras, Antique, Surigao de Sur, Siargao, Agusan del Norte, Agusan del Sur, Lanao del Norte, Misamis Oriental, Zamboanga del Sur, Zamboanga Sibugay and Tawiâ€"Tawi.

Based on a survey conducted in Albay by Namfrel, nine of 15 respondents said they had been offered money for their votes while the rest were reported that they have heard of instances.

“Candidates normally say that their money came from sponsors or from friends, although some suspect they could come from government funds,” it said.

In its letter to Brilliantes, Namfrel recommended that the poll body act on anonymous tips such as video footage of vote buying.

Neither have the local police received reports of vote buying or election-related violence, the Philippine National Police here said.

Chavez urged those with proof of vote buying to file a case with the Comelec law department and provide pictures, the name of candidate, and the information on the date, time and place of the incident.

Under the Omnibus Election Code, vote buying and vote selling are prohibited. Under Comelec Resolution 9688, any person may arrest, even without warrant, persons engaged in vote buying or selling.

The P20 allegedly came from provincial board member candidate Bobby Cristobal, and the “P300 paipit” came from mayoral candidate Gerry Jaucian. Jaucian also faced allegations of buying votes in the form of non-monetary goods in the previous election.

A resident of Tagas, Daraga who refused to be named said he got P100 from a candidate running for vice governor. He said he expected more money to come from the candidates.

No one, however, has reported the rampant vote buying to the local Comelec office, more so file cases against candidates, said Daraga Election Officer Arlene Chavez.

The amounts range from P100 to P500 per voter, said National Citizens’ Movement for Free Elections Chairperson Corazon S. De la Pazâ€"Bernardo said in a letter to Commission on Elections Chairman Sixto Brillantes Jr.

“A municipal kagawad seeking reelection was seen giving rice to voters. Money and or goods are given out by those who are close to the candidate although some candidates do these themselves,” said De la Paz-Bernardo who cited reports coming from Namfrel’s chapter in Albay.

By REYNARD MAGTOTO, VERA Files | Tinig Ng Botante â€" 2 hours 26 minutes ago


DARAGA, Albayâ€"The campaign period in this town ended with politicians desperate to win courting votes through vote buying.

The most common form of vote buying here is what they call “paipit,” or a sample ballot stapled with money placed in a brown envelope.  This practice is done by local candidates through coordinators in every barangay who get the list of active voters and prepare their “payroll.” They then bring the money with sample ballot placed in an envelope and distribute it from house to house.

De Brazza's monkey (Cercopithecus neglectus) is an Old World monkey endemic to the wetlands of central Africa. It is one of the most widespread African primates that live in forests.

Locally known as swamp monkeys, these primates are named after the Italian-French explorer Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza. --Wiki

--And remember, early to bed, early to rise. Get plenty of sleep both during the day and in the evening, when your people want you to play. That way, you'll be fully rested and ready to rumble with Sleeping Beauty anytime between 2 and 5 a.m.

And never forget the No. 1 rule of being a cat: When in doubt, blame the dog.

--Play paper weight. If you come across somebody doing homework, paying bills or reading a magazine, settle down on the paper. This may entitle you to flying lessons, but when you get back on the page - and you will - make sure that you take everything with you - pens, pencils, other papers - on your next scheduled flight.

--Be a knit wit. If mom's into crocheting or knitting, curl up quietly in her lap and pretend to catnap. Then spring into action by grabbing the yarn and causing her knitting needles or crochet hook to plunge sharply like a trophy catfish has just hit the bait. She'll try to distract you and pick up the slipped stitch. Ignore her efforts to calm you, close your eyes again and prepare for strike two.

--Find out what's behind door No. 3. Never allow closed doors in any room except when you need to trap the dog. To crack open a closed one, stand on your hind legs and jackhammer it with your forepaws, scratch it like you're headed for China or put your paws underneath it and keep pulling. Or just throw yourself against it repeatedly. Once the genie appears and opens the door for you, change your mind and walk away.

--Be Johnnie on the Spot. As a courtesy, always accompany guests to the toilet. Your job is to sit and stare like you're a peeping-tom cat. If you get some really good shots, post them on the Internet and make a lot of bucks.

--Let out your cat scratch fever. If someone claims to love cats and that all cats love him or her in return, lull that person into thinking you're a Stepford Cat. When his or her guard is dropped and the perfect cat lover begins to bask in a snapshot moment, show utter disdain, lay claw tracks across the expensive hosiery or silk tie, or turn unexpectedly and give a quick nip deep enough to test someone's blood type.

--Know the enemy and embrace him. If mom is entertaining, determine quickly who hates or is allergic to cats, race immediately to that person and leap into his or her lap. Mom's watching, so he won't dare push you off and will even fake affection by stroking you and repeating, "Nice kitty. Niiiice kitty."

--Wear fur proudly. You must always select clothing in sharp contrast to your own fur color on which to rub, leap or audition for the president of the Hair Club for Cats. Again, dare to share.

As a lifetime pet lover and practicing veterinarian of more than 30 years, I've noticed a few things about cats. And so for all you cat owners, here's the Secret Code of Cat Behavior (or What Cats Know but Won't Tell You).

--Strategically place your hairball. If you have to hack up a hairball, toss it like a trophy onto something visible and valuable, like the new leather couch. If you can't reach that in time, an Oriental rug is an appropriate substitute.

He he, salamat, Bay Bugs, nga wa nimo sumpayi og kalabera...

By vetstreet.com | Pets â€" Sat, May 11, 2013 6:15 AM EDT
By Dr. Marty Becker





Most dog owners come into the veterinary office with their canine companions devotedly following them. Tails wagging, the dogs look up at their people with adoring eyes. Most cat owners, on the other hand, wrestle a cardboard box into the exam room, reach in like a magician and pull out not a rabbit, but an angry feline. For their efforts they get covered with furry shrapnel and sometimes raked with claws until their face and arms look like so many tic-tac-toe games. (It doesn't have to be like that, by the way.)

After shaking hands with the prelates and VIPS in the front rows at the end of the Mass, Francis shed his ceremonial vestments. Wearing a plain white cassock, he climbed into an open white popemobile to ride up and down the security paths surrounding the crowd of more than 60,000.

He stopped to pat children on the head, kiss babies and bantered in his native Spanish with some at the edge of the crowd.

He hailed the Mexican saint for renouncing a comfortable life to work with the sick and poor, even kneeling on the bare floor of the hospital before the patients to serve them with "tenderness and compassion."

Mother Lupita's example, said Francis, should encourage people not to "get wrapped up in themselves, their own problems, their own ideas, their own interests, but to go out and meet those who need attention, comprehension, help" and other assistance.

The pope didn't single out any country. But Christian churches have been attacked in Nigeria and Iraq, and Catholics in China loyal to the Vatican have been subject to harassment and sometimes jail over the last decades.

Christians in Saudi Arabia must worship out of the public eye because the ultraconservative kingdom does not officially permit churches and non-Muslim religious sites.

Francis, the first pope from the Jesuit order, which is known for its missionary zeal, praised the Colombian saint for "instilling hope" in the indigenous people. He said she taught them in a way that "respected their culture." Many Catholic missionaries over the centuries have been criticized for demanding natives renounce local traditions the outsiders viewed as primitive.

He also canonized another Latin American woman. Maria Guadalupe Garcia Zavala, a Mexican who dedicated herself to nursing the sick, helped Catholics avoid persecution during a government crackdown of the faith in the 1920s.

Also known as Mother Lupita, she hid the Guadalajara archbishop in an eye clinic for more than a year after fearful local Catholic families refused to shelter him.
Francis prayed that the new Mexican saint's intercession could help the nation "eradicate all the violence and insecurity," an apparent reference to years of bloodshed and other crime largely linked to powerful drug trafficking clans.

Francis told the crowd that the martyrs are a source of inspiration, especially for "so many Christians, who, right in these times and in so many parts of the world, still suffer violence." He prayed that they receive "the courage of loyalty and to respond to evil with good."

The first pontiff from South America also gave Colombia its first saint: a nun who toiled as a teacher and spiritual guide to indigenous people in the 20th century.
With Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos among the VIPS, the Argentine pope held out Laura of St. Catherine of Siena Montoya y Upegui as a potential source of inspiration to the country's peace process, attempted after decades-long conflict between rebels and government forces.

Francis prayed that "Colombia's beloved children continue to work for peace and just development of the country."

Their approval for sainthood was decided upon by Francis' predecessor, Benedict XVI, in a decree read at the ceremony in February where the former pontiff announced his retirement.

Shortly after his election in March, Francis called for more dialogue with Islam, and it was unclear how the granting of sainthood to the martyrs would be received. Islam is a sensitive subject for the church, and Benedict stumbled significantly in his relations with Muslims.

By FRANCES D'EMILIO | Associated Press â€" 1 hr 54 mins ago
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Associated Press/Alessandra Tarantino - Pope Francis, middle, kisses the altar as he arrives to celebrate his first canonization ceremony in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, May 12, 2013.


VATICAN CITY (AP) â€" Pope Francis on Sunday gave the Catholic church new saints, including hundreds of 15th-century martyrs who were beheaded for refusing to convert to Islam, as he led his first canonization ceremony Sunday in a packed St. Peter's Square.

The "Martyrs of Otranto" were 813 Italians who were slain in the southern Italian city in 1480 for defying demands by Turkish invaders who overran the citadel to renounce Christianity.