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#2401
Love Talk / Re: I Miss YOU!
September 23, 2010, 04:51:13 PM
aha ;D
#2402
Love Talk / Re: To my Former Love,
September 23, 2010, 04:50:01 PM
Gajud... given a 2nd chance, I'll chose same thing, makes my life much colorful ;)
#2403
Love Talk / Re: Is Your Lover Faithful to You?
September 23, 2010, 04:48:43 PM
 ;D napul-an kay mommy kaangyag? Basin sa kahilumon ni mommy ;)
#2404
Love Talk / Re: I Miss YOU!
September 23, 2010, 04:47:52 PM
 ;D Hmmm... nalabhan na tanang pillow cases ug blankets.. ;D
#2405
Love Talk / Re: To my Former Love,
September 23, 2010, 04:46:53 PM
Gajud ;) Fero it was n0t fait ha, it was sweet ;D
#2406
Love Talk / Re: Is Your Lover Faithful to You?
September 23, 2010, 04:45:58 PM
 ;D bwahahaha... basin nanubra... ang iya..
#2407
Love Talk / Re: I Miss YOU!
September 23, 2010, 04:45:02 PM
Talagang may bakat ha? Kung sa NBI pa, finger prints ;)
#2408
Love Talk / Re: To my Former Love,
September 23, 2010, 04:43:39 PM
 ;Dthanks :D
#2409
acceptable reason kay x na man
#2411
Love Talk / Re: To my Former Love,
September 23, 2010, 04:40:58 PM
 ;) D na ;D
#2412
Love Talk / Re: To my Former Love,
September 23, 2010, 04:37:48 PM
 ;D oo
#2413
Love Talk / Re: I Miss YOU!
September 23, 2010, 04:35:44 PM
Bwawawawa.... yeah right... makes me feel human again ;)
#2414
 ;D ;)
#2415
Unsay pa-on Vito?
#2416
Talaga Vito? Ikaw ba hindi Vato? Basin bakal lang ;DPeace
#2417
Quote from: Vito Andoline on September 23, 2010, 04:06:33 PM
mao siguro dugokon pa lucky

Wala pa man hinuon nagsucceed ;D
#2418
Inspiration & Hope / Re: mixed emotions...
September 23, 2010, 04:14:26 PM
How To Have a Baby Boy

Trying for a baby boy? While what only really matters is a healthy baby of either gender, many moms would admit they have a slight preference for one gender over the other, and perhaps wonder how to have a baby boy?

I have a son, and if I could pick the gender of my next baby, I’d have a girl, to have one of each. But I want a baby boy too, and would adore another son equally of course!

Do you want to know how to conceive a baby boy? If you are thinking “how can I have a baby boy” here’s a rundown of scientifically based methods and advice that might increase your chances of having a boy.

The Baby Boy Diet

Much in the news lately: moms who eat high calorie diets around the time of conception are slightly more likely to have a baby boy. Moms who eat more breakfast cereals are also more likely to have sons. so does eating the baby boy diet work?

    Brit thinks: No. Don’t risk skimping on vital nutrients. Just eat healthily.

Timing Intercourse to Have a Baby Boy

Biology 101: the sex of a baby is totally decided by sperm. Either a “male” or a “female” sperm gets to the egg first, resulting in a baby boy or baby girl. Male sperm are faster swimmers, but don’t live as long as female sperm. Female sperm are slower but tougher and more persistent.So there are various methods of timing intercourse relative to ovulation that increase the odds of having a boy. To have a boy, having intercourse as close as possible to ovulation gives the faster male sperm the best chance to get to the egg first. Here’s a closer look at this method including how to determine when you are ovulating . So does timing sex to have a baby boy work?

    Brit thinks: scientific evidence supports this one and success rates are reportedly around 70%. So try this one. but the planning seems to take the fun out of babymaking somewhat?

The Loose Underpants Method

As female sperm are tougher, they survive better in hostile environments. What’s hostile for sperm? They don’t like being too hot, for example in hot baths, or tight boxer shorts. Activities your man does may also reduce the number of male sperm. Professional cyclists, scuba divers and jet fighter pilots father significantly more daughters than average.So loose underpants for him, avoid saunas or hot baths for a few days before trying to conceive, and if he is a cyclist and you want a boy, suggest he cuts down on the time he spends in the saddle.More evidence? My dad is a serious cyclist and I’m one of two girls. Another cyclist friend has three daughters.

    Brit thinks: temporary lifestyle changes might be worth trying. If your man has a sperm-unfriendly profession or hobby, why not go on a relaxing vacation for a few days, give his male sperm a chance to regroup and then try to conceive?

Watch What Your Man Drinks, and Smokes

Smoking and drinking are both well known to reduce sperm counts, and just like the job or hobby your man does reduces the number of male sperm more than female sperm, drinking or smoking will reduce the number of male sperm in relation to the number of hardier female sperm. So heavy drinkers or smokers may be less likely to have boys.

    Brit thinks: drinking too much or smoking is bad for you anyway. Dads-to-be should certainly be quitting smoking, and reducing the amount of alcohol drunk is a healthy choice. So these lifestyle choices are ones dads-to-be should certainly consider whether or not they want a boy.
#2419
Quote from: hubag bohol on July 16, 2010, 07:34:23 PM
He he, uwan sa laway pay imo... ;D


manlagpot baya ng laway ha.. basin asa na mapunta ;D
#2420
Bohol Directory / Re: TB is now a giant website
September 23, 2010, 04:06:02 PM
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#2421
hahaha... mommy keep it fresh ;D
#2422
hahahahaha.... but of course... normal ;D
#2423
Hahahaha..... to see is to believe Vito ;)
#2424
hahahaha.... their after kasi di pa nga nakikita... perhaps they've smell it 1 kilometer away ;D toink!
#2426
not really... after din sila sa downstairs... hahahaha...
#2428
 ;D bwahahaha..... and some other aspects ;)
#2429
Quote from: bol-anon nga cebuano on September 23, 2010, 07:21:23 AM
President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino chose burgers and pizza for his meals in the first day of his working visit to the United States.

Upon arriving in San Francisco on Tuesday, Aquino and his delegation dined at “In-N-Out,” a fastfood restaurant known for its tasty hamburgers.

“The President noted that he and his cabinet secretaries were like kids as they enjoyed eating their burgers which were really huge,” according to a Malacanang statement.

Aquino is also looking forward to eating hotdogs, pizza and chow mien in New York.

“He recalled that his family used to eat pizza and chao mien when they were in Boston while his late father, former senator Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Jr. was in exile,” the statement added.

While in New York, Aquino also broke his vow that he will not use sirens. His escorts there have insisted the use of sirens during his trip from the airport to the five-star Sofitel Hotel in Manhattan.

Aquino said the use of sirens, known in the Philippines as “wang-wang”, was beyond his control because “we’re just visitors here.” He discourages the use of the sirens in government vehicles, including those he uses as president, when plying public highways and roads.

Aquino is on a week-long working visit to the United States for the 65th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), and meetings with foreign investors, among others. He is also expected to meet U.S. President Barack Obama in the UNGA.

“If I get the chance to meet with President Obama, of course, that would be most welcome. There are a lot of concerns that have to be taken up with President Obama,” Aquino said in an interview with reporters in New York.

Aquino is also scheduled to meet with former US Secretary of State Dr. Henry Kissinger and some officials of the Synergos Institute and AES Corporation. He will also meet with World Bank president Robert Zoellick.

Aquino will also face the foreign press, including meetings with the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times. He will then visit the College of Mount Saint Vincent in Riverdale, New York where he will be conferred with the Elizabeth Ann Seton medal, the school’s highest honor.

Aquino left on Monday, with high hopes he will be able to draw more investments from the US and generate more jobs for Filipinos.

Aquino’s U.S. visit is his first foreign trip since he was sworn into office in June, breaking the tradition of his predecessors who visit neighbouring Asian countries first.


:) :-X
#2430
hahahahaha ;D
#2431
Inspiration & Hope / Re: mixed emotions...
September 23, 2010, 01:05:59 PM
Quote from: st. agnes on September 23, 2010, 12:56:16 PM
relieved!

its false alarm! its negative actually and gi dugo nako a day after I took my urine test.
better luck nextime!

Huh! Whew! After reading this, talagang nakakamix ng emotion. What can I say kung d, "take care Elsie" God bless.
#2432
 ;D Very true ;)
#2433
Quote from: Lorenzo on September 23, 2010, 12:18:27 PM
Ngano ning ngisi man ka Belle? ;)

Anong ibig sabihin mo? (hahaha, i really don't know how to speak Tagalog, forgive me...)



Anong ibig mong sabihin? Ito yong tama
:P
#2434
You just type it right... hehehe..

Kasi di ba? I don't know if it applies to everybody, but for me, there's no regrets in life, well maybe sa iba for a moment but not for a lifetime. Ako kasi, walang ganon, kasi when someone says na mali ang ginawa ko doon na man ako masaya... hahaha... so walang regrets...

I mean I learned... It's JUST a phase of life... SWEET!
#2435
Love Talk / Re: To my Former Love,
September 23, 2010, 12:44:27 PM
Dear X,

Thanks, gipakaslan na gid nimo imo new found love.
It's a dream come true for me para di nako niya samok-samokon.
Hehehe... Excellent job ;)

God bless both of you!

Belle
#2436
Hahay.... mao ning moment na whether you like it or not you have to make a choice.... pilia gyod ang makalipay nimo kay kung imo pilion nang dili makalipay nimo, sa mutoo kas dili later sa imo life magmahay gid ka nganong wala nimo gippili ang makallipay sa imo ;D
#2437
Love Talk / Re: For women only: kinsay imong pilion?
September 23, 2010, 12:19:24 PM
 ;D
#2438
 ;D
#2439
Bwahahahahaha... type niya talaga ang mabaho gid ;D
#2440
Quotable Quotes / Re: Anger
September 23, 2010, 10:07:02 AM
Quote from: wolfpack823 on September 21, 2010, 01:26:22 AM
One must be good to make me angry
When I do, I close door
An never open anymore.

This happen kapag masyado kang pasensyoso/pasensyosa
tapos one really tried to empty the reserve
yon.
#2441
Quotable Quotes / Re: Anger
September 23, 2010, 10:04:04 AM
Quote from: wolfpack823 on September 21, 2010, 01:26:22 AM
One must be good to make me angry
When I do, I close door
An never open anymore.

Nakakatakot, kasi ganito din me wolfie.
But I tried to change... Kasi pangit..
I don't wanna burn bridges
pero nangyayari and thanks be to God
dahil as always lagi naman may nagtatayo uli ng bridge.
#2442
Quote from: Datu Dagohoy on March 22, 2009, 08:56:35 PM
for me it should be intact.

Toink.... Sorry... this topic is not an issue to me... kay maski juntis c mommy daghan man nagkadapodapo pangasawa..hehehe
#2443
Fashion Trend / Re: Latest Bikini
September 23, 2010, 09:15:28 AM
How abou this?

#2444
Fashion Trend / Re: Latest Bikini
September 23, 2010, 09:11:29 AM
Quote from: BolBuhol on September 22, 2010, 04:55:49 PM
luyag ko aning ng mga bikini ang gulay



Sorry kay mao man gud ni ingon tsako dresser, bahala gulay
#2445
Fashion Trend / Re: Latest Bikini
September 23, 2010, 09:06:38 AM
Mao ra mani iya partner bay hubs

#2446
Fashion Trend / Re: Strapless Bra
September 23, 2010, 08:50:56 AM
Quote from: taga tigbao on September 22, 2010, 08:17:00 PM
Applicable ba pud ning study sa mga wa nagbra pero mura ug naa gihapoy bra kay naa man gagunit pirme?

bwahahaha.... I won't dare  to ask kung kinsa
#2447
Health and Food / Re: FREQUENT SEX
September 23, 2010, 08:47:39 AM
bwahahaha...abi ba nako ug ni kambyo na si bay hubs... nilabaw pa man diay ka emew... hehehe
#2448
Love Talk / I Miss YOU!
September 22, 2010, 07:08:26 PM
#2449
Family & Parenting / Re: Nganong Lami Magminyo?
September 22, 2010, 06:21:09 PM
Hahaha ;D What do u think?
#2450
Ang unggay... hehehe ;D
#2451
Anonymous Diary Blog / Re: Jokes
September 22, 2010, 06:10:51 PM
A man was brought before the judge and charged with Necrophilia (having sex with a dead woman).

The judge told him, 'In 20 years on the bench, I've never heard such a disgusting, immoral thing. Just give me one good reason why I shouldn't lock you up and throw away the key!'


The man replied, 'I'll give you THREE good reasons: 

1.    It's none of your damn business.
2. She was my wife; and.... .
3. I didn't KNOW she was dead, she ALWAYS acted that way!'
#2452
Anonymous Diary Blog / Jokes
September 22, 2010, 06:05:43 PM
    
A new vacuum cleaner(toqeer) salesman knocked at door,
A lady opened it. Before she could speak,the salesman rushed into the living room & emptied a bag of cow s*** on the carpet:Ohhhhhhhhhh

Salesman:
Madam,if Im unable to clean this up with my new powerful vaccum cleaner in next 10 sec, i'll EAT all this Shiit

Lady:
Do U need Chilli Sauce with that s*** ?

Salesman:why?

Lady:
Because there's no electricity in the house


MORAL:

Never Think You're So Smart
#2453
Fashion Trend / Re: Latest Bikini
September 22, 2010, 05:29:48 PM
#2454
Murag mao ;D
#2455
a.k.a halos mamugos or namugos ug hangyo
#2456
Fashion Trend / Re: Latest Bikini
September 22, 2010, 04:49:18 PM
hahahaha ;D
#2457
What Kind Of Top-Secret Assassination Tech Does $58 Billion Buy? Not since the end of the Cold War has the Pentagon spent so much to develop and deploy secret weapons. But now military researchers have turned their attention from mass destruction to a far more precise challenge: finding, tracking, and killing individuals
By Sharon Weinberger
09.09.2010


   Under Cover The Lockheed Martin RQ-170 Sentinel, an unmanned reconnaissance drone, is the most recent aircraft to emerge from the military's "black" budget. Nick Kaloterakis

Every year, tens of billions of Pentagon dollars go missing. The money vanishes not because of fraud, waste or abuse, but because U.S. military planners have appropriated it to secretly develop advanced weapons and fund clandestine operations. Next year, this so-called black budget will be even larger than it was in the Cold War days of1987, when the leading black-budget watchdog, the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA), began gathering reliable estimates. The current total is staggering: $58 billionâ€"enough to pay for two complete Manhattan Projects.

Where does the money go? Tracking the black budget has always been a challenge. Constantly shifting project names that seem to be randomly generated by computersâ€"Tractor Cage, Tractor Card, Tractor Dirt, Tractor Hike and Tractor Hip are all real examplesâ€"make linking dollar amounts to technologies impossible for outsiders. But there are clues.

According to Todd Harrison, an analyst at the CSBA, the allocations for classified operations in the 2011 federal budget include $19.4 billion for research and development across all four branches of the military (funding for the CIA, including its drone strikes in Afghanistan and Pakistan, is contained within the Defense Department black budget), another $16.9 billion for procurement, and $14.6 billion for “operations and maintenance.” This latter category, Harrison notes, has been expanding quickly. This may suggest that many classified technologies are now moving from the laboratory to the battlefield.

In fact, the rise in classified defense spending accompanies a fundamental change in American military strategy. After the attacks of September 11, the Pentagon began a shift away from its late Cold Warâ€"era “two-war strategy,” premised on maintaining the ability to conduct two major military operations simultaneously, and began to focus instead on irregular warfare against individuals and groups. That strategic shift most likely coincides with an investment shift, away from technology that enables large-scale, possibly nuclear, war against superpower states and toward technology that helps military planners hunt and kill individuals. Each branch of the military uses different language to describe this process. Pentagon officials have spoken openly about their desire to use advanced technology to “reduce sensor-to-shooter time” in situations involving “time-sensitive targets.” The head of U.S. Special Operations Command talks about “high-tech manhunting,” while Air Force officials describe plans to compress the “kill chain.”

Even inside the Pentagon, few people know the precise details of the black budget. But by combining what is known about Pentagon goals and what is known about the most recent advances in military technology, we can begin to sketch its general contours.


   Satellites On Demand: The Pentagon’s desire for pervasive battlefield surveillance doesn’t end with drones. Another goal is reconnaissance satellites that can be launched within a few days of a request, a drastic abbreviation of a process that today takes one to two years. Satellites have at least two significant advantages over drones: They can stay in the air 365 days a year, and they’re exempt from concerns about international airspace. Conducting drone-quality surveillance from a satellite requires advanced imaging technology like that found on an experimental satellite the Air Force launched last year, TacSat-3. TacSat-3 is equipped with hyperspectral sensors, which capture electromagnetic radiation across such a wide spectrum that they can detect the disturbed earth covering a buried roadside bomb. It’s an early step toward satellites that could find and identify individual people.  Jon Proctor

The first link in the kill chain: finding the person to hunt. Particularly in Afghanistan and Pakistan, this type of intelligence gathering is increasingly done using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). According to the New America Foundation, a nonprofit think tank, the U.S. conducted 45 drone strikes in Pakistan in the first six months of this year. The centrality of unmanned aircraft to such missions suggests that the black budget is almost certainly already funding next-generation drones.

In April 2009, a French magazine published a photograph of one recent product of that fundingâ€"a slender-winged aircraft that had previously been spotted in southern Afghanistan and that aerospace experts had begun calling the Beast of Kandahar. After another photograph surfaced, this one a clear shot of the craft on the runway in Kandahar, the Air Force issued a statement that finally gave the Beast a formal identity: the RQ-170 Sentinel.

Manufactured by Lockheed Martin, the RQ-170 is a tailless flying wing with the telltale shape and surface contours of a stealth aircraft. Black-plane watchers immediately noticed similarities between the RQ-170 and Lockheed’s unmanned Polecat aircraft, which UAV observers had long speculated was being developed in secret and which was finally made public at the Farnborough International Airshow in England in 2006. The Air Force says that the Sentinel is a reconnaissance drone, a claim supported by the aircraft’s lack of visible armaments, by the sensors that appear to be embedded in its wings, and by its “RQ” designation.

But much about the RQ-170 is puzzling. Why would the Air Force need a stealth aircraft in Afghanistan, a country with no radar defense system? It wouldn’t, according to those familiar with the drone. The RQ-170 was developed with a more sophisticated enemy, perhaps China, in mind. That doesn’t mean it couldn’t be adapted for current conflicts, however. Unlike the relatively easy-to-spot Predator and Reaper drones, the RQ-170’s stealth could allow it to conduct missions that those aircraft cannot, such as clandestine tracking, or slipping unnoticed across Afghanistan’s border into Iran or Pakistan to spy on their nuclear programs.

Aircraft like the RQ-170, the Predator and the Reaper can get only so close to their targets, of course, which is why the Pentagon is developing micro-drones designed to investigate dangerous terrain undetected. In April the Washington Post reported that the CIA was using pizza-platter-size micro-drones to find insurgents in Pakistan. And the 2010 Pentagon budget contains a brief unclassified reference to Project Anubis, a micro-drone developed by the Air Force Research Laboratory. The Air Force won’t talk about that specific vehicle, but a more general 2008 marketing video released by the lab did suggest that future micro-UAVs might be equipped with “incapacitating chemicals, combustible payloads, or even explosives for precision targeting capability.” The video depicts an explosives-laden drone dive-bombing and killing a sniper. Budget documents indicate that Project Anubis (named for the ancient Egyptian god of the dead) is now complete, which means a lethal micro-drone could already be in the field.

The Pentagon is forging the next link in the kill chainâ€"following an individualâ€"with at least one high-priority research program. The Clandestine Tagging, Tracking and Locating initiative (abbreviated both as CTTL and TTL), which was conceived in 2003, is slated to get about $210 million in unclassified funding between 2008 and 2013 and may receive more than that from the black budget. “The global war on terrorism cannot be won without a Manhattan Projectâ€"like TTL program,” was how officials from the Defense Science Board, a civilian committee that advises the Pentagon, described the situation in a 2004 presentation, adding that “cost is not the issue.”

In a 2007 briefing, Doug Richardson, an official working in the Special Reconnaissance, Surveillance, and Exploitation program in Special Operations Command, said that the Pentagon wanted to use 14 different technologies for tagging and tracking targets such as people and vehicles. Tagging could involve marking targets with invisible biological paints or micromechanical sensors; tracking would mean monitoring those markers from a distance. Other schemes entailed capturing a person’s “thermal fingerprint” and then tracking him or her, perhaps from aircraft equipped with infrared sensors.


   Tagging and Tracking: The U.S. military may already be surreptitiously “tagging” enemies in Afghanistan and Pakistan with chemicals, sensors or bioreactive agents and then tracking them from a distance. It may also be using wireless-enabled sensors smaller than a grain of rice, each complete with a minuscule computer chip, to do the same thing. Kris Pister, a researcher who conducted early work on “smart dust”â€"tiny tracking devices that can be showered onto people or vehiclesâ€"says that scattering sensors onto targets from drones is “straightforward.”  Jon Proctor

More details can be found in proposals from companies and scientists seeking Pentagon contracts. One such proposal, from a University of Florida researcher, uses insect pheromones encoded with unique identifiers that could be tracked from miles away. Other plans employ biodegradable fluorescent “taggants” that can be scattered by UAVs. Voxtel, a private firm in Oregon, has already made available a product called NightMarks, a nanocrystal that can be seen through night-vision goggles and can be hidden in anything from glass cleaner to petroleum jelly.

Perhaps the most advanced tagging concept is “smart dust,” clouds of “motes,” tiny micro-electromechanical sensors that can attach themselves to people or vehicles. Thousands of these sensors would be scattered at a time to increase the chance of at least one of them reaching its target. Kris Pister, a professor at the University of California at Berkeley, was sponsored by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Darpa), the Pentagon’s R&D branch, more than a decade ago to work on smart dust and was able to create sensors the size of rice grains. In the beginning, he now says, he and his colleagues imagined “smart burrs” that could attach to a target’s clothing as he or she brushed by, or “smart fleas” that could jump onto their targets. Pister says that this kind of autonomous microsensor is probably still not feasible. In 2001, however, his group succeeded in scattering more-primitive smart-dust motes from a small aerial drone and using them to track vehicles. A single UAV could easily carry thousands of tags, he says.

Citing security concerns, the Pentagon declined to elaborate on its research on clandestine tracking. (When I asked Zachary Lemnios, the agency’s chief technology officer, about advances in tagging, tracking and locating, he mentioned only “recent successes” and “state-of-the-art results.”) Yet in the same 2007 briefing in which Richardson delivered the Pentagon’s wish list of tagging technologies, he said he expected some or all of them to go into service by 2009. Shortly before 2009 arrived, the Los Angeles Times reported that soldiers in Pakistan were using sensors mounted on Predator drones that could track individual combatants even inside buildingsâ€"a report that, if accurate, suggests that tagging technologies may now be deployed overseas.

It’s possible that intelligence officials were exaggerating capabilities in order to intimidate insurgents. But there are other clues that the Pentagon may have deployed more-advanced tracking technology than it has disclosed. Last year, the U.K. Guardian reported that the CIA had given Pakistani tribesmen “chips” to plant in the homes of insurgents, who would later be killed by CIA drone strikes. A subsequent report by NBC News revealed a videotaped confession of one tribesman who claimed to have placed the tiny chips in exchange for cash payments from the U.S.

   Microwave Weapons: The Pentagon has spent billions of dollars developing directed-energy weapons that can disarm or disable individuals, including the Counter-Electronics High Power Microwave Advanced Missile Project (CHAMP), an effort (unclassified but based on research conducted in secret) to develop a UAV-mounted microwave weapon to fry enemy electronics. Another example is the Active Denial System, a truck-mounted less-than-lethal weapon that uses microwaves to heat the top layer of a person’s skin. These programs are almost certainly just the beginning. In late spring, Pentagon officials told USA Today that the U.S. was attempting to deploy an energy-beam weapon in Afghanistan that could detonate hidden explosives from a distance. An industry source who has worked for years on counter-IED technology says it’s probably a system called Max Power, which blasts microwaves to mimic the electromagnetic pulse released by a nuclear explosion.  Jon Proctor

In 1998, U.S. Navy ships in the Arabian Sea fired Tomahawk cruise missiles at a number of training camps in Afghanistan where Osama bin Laden was believed to be hiding. The missiles travel at about 550 mph, roughly the same speed as a commercial jetliner. They took more than an hour to reach their targets. If bin Laden had been in one of those camps, he had left by the time the missiles hit.

Such failures have inspired Pentagon planners to examine options that would allow them to strike precisely anywhere in the world in less than an hour, even if no drones, bombers, ships or troops were anywhere near the target. The Pentagon calls the initiative Prompt Global Strike, and in an April interview on Meet the Press, Defense Secretary Robert Gates may have admitted that the U.S. already possessed this capability. “We have, in addition to the nuclear deterrent today, a couple of things we didn’t have in the Soviet days,” he said. In addition to missile defense, he continued, “we have Prompt Global Strike, affording us some conventional alternatives on long-range missiles that we didn’t have before.” The Pentagon answered follow-up questions with silence.

   Prompt Global Strike: The intercontinental ballistic missile is the only publicly acknowledged weapon capable of striking any point on the planet in less than an hour. Yet because Russia possesses defenses that would perceive the launch of an ICBM as the beginning of a nuclear war, launching even a non-nuclear ICBM is inadvisable. An alternative: hypersonic cruise missiles, which could travel at several times the speed of sound without appearing on radar as an existential threat. The Pentagon has at least five active hypersonic programs today. One of them, the rocket-launched HTV-2, is designed to break Mach 20; it was test-launched in April.  Jon Proctor

Technologically, the precise, one-hour capability is not inconceivable. By leaving the Earth’s atmosphere and traveling at 15,000 mph, an intercontinental ballistic missile can reach any point in the world within 30 minutes. Take the nuclear warhead off, and it becomes a conventionally armed Prompt Global Strike weapon. But it’s not that simple. This solution places the Pentagon’s current emphasis on killing individuals in direct conflict with its previous emphasis on fighting large military powers: Russian defense systems are designed to immediately detect the launch of an ICBM anywhere in the world; the government must then decide within minutes whether to retaliate. As a result, until Washington and Moscow find a way to distinguish conventionally armed ICBMs from nuclear ones, firing an ICBM at Afghanistan with the intention of killing even just one person could trigger a nuclear war.

To counter concerns that such an ICBM is heading for Russia, Pentagon officials have said that these weapons could be launched from California, where there are no nuclear-tipped missiles. (Since the placement of ICBMs is regulated by treaty and subject to inspection and verification, this system would, in theory, ensure that Moscow knows whether a missile is armed with a conventional warhead or a nuclear one. But this plan relies on Russia’s trust.)

An alternative to the conventionally armed land-based ICBM is a hypersonic weapon, essentially a cruise missile capable of traveling at many times the speed of soundâ€"faster than anything in today’s conventional arsenal. These missiles would not have to leave the Earth’s atmosphere and would have very different trajectories from ICBMs, so Russia would be less likely to mistake them for nuclear weapons.

The Pentagon has mentioned two non-ICBM candidates for Prompt Global Strike, one from the Army and one from Darpa. Both of these weapons would be boosted into the atmosphere by rockets and then glide back to Earth at hypersonic speeds. In addition to these official Prompt Global Strike options, the Pentagon is conducting at least three other hypersonic or near-hypersonic research efforts: the Air Force’s X-51 WaveRider, which used a scramjet engine to accelerate to Mach 6 in May; the Navy’s Revolutionary Approach to Time-Critical Long-Range Strike project, known as RATTLRS; and the Darpa-sponsored HyFly, a dual-combustion ramjet. (Ramjets and scramjets achieve rocket-like speeds without the heavy burden of liquid oxygen by mixing jet fuel with compressed air that enters the engine from the atmosphere.)

The proliferation of hypersonic research may mean that the Pentagon has faith in the technology. But it also makes black-budget watchers like John Pike, the director of the military information Web site GlobalSecurity.org, suspicious. Pike believes the military’s hypersonic programs may just be a cover for yet another black project. What kind, though, he has no idea.

“Have you ever tried to get to the bottom of the American hypersonics program?” Pike asked me rhetorically. “You know, I tried to about five years ago, and it made no sense. There were just too many programs.” Although this could just be typical Pentagon duplication, Pike sees something more suspicious. “If I was building a cover for something, I would either reduce the signal or increase the noise,” he says. “I think they’re increasing the noise.”

Sharon Weinberger is a national-security reporter in Washington, D.C.
#2458
 ;D
#2459
General Topic / Re: Ang Babayeng Gidugo Dili Angay Maligo?
September 22, 2010, 04:32:14 PM
 ;Dbwahahahaha
#2460
Ang anak lang kay si Tarzan.. tua pa ibabaw sa kahoy.... ;D
#2461
Fashion Trend / Re: Latest Bikini
September 22, 2010, 04:20:16 PM
Ngeeek... kahadlok...hahaha
Bura nya kag ungo
#2462
Fashion Trend / Re: Strapless Bra
September 22, 2010, 04:19:35 PM
Natural Health and Longevity Resource Center

Bras and Breast Cancer
by Ralph L. Reed, Ph.D.

    Although I am an environmental chemist (Ph.D in biochemistry), I have been doing a lot of literature research on breast cancer since I saw an article on the National Library of Medicine database over a year ago. That article documented an increase in breast cancer rates between women who do wear bras versus those that do not.

    That Harvard study fascinated me and I searched the medical literature for possible explanations. In January 1996, I discovered the book by Singer and Grismaijer and their explanation of impaired lymphatic flow intrigued me. I have since read everything that I can find on lymphatic flow. What I have found has amazed me, but that is another story. I can supply you with lots of info if you like. In essence, what Singer and Grismaijer found was that the odds of getting breast cancer dramatically increased with bra-wearing over 12 hours per day.

        * Women who wore their bras 24 hours per day had a 3 out of 4 chance of developing breast cancer (in their study, n=2056 for the cancer group and n=2674 for the standard group).
        * Women who wore bras more than 12 hour per day but not to bed had a 1 out of 7 risk.
        * Women who wore their bras less than 12 hours per day had a 1 out of 152 risk.
        * Women who wore bras rarely or never had a 1 out of 168 chance of getting breast cancer. The overall difference between 24 hour wearing and not at all was a 125-fold difference.

    The results of this study are compelling, even considering that it was not a "controlled study" for other risk factors. Bear in mind that known (published in medical journals) risk factors for breast cancer are mostly in the range of less than three-fold differences. It should also be noted that Singer and Grismaijer surveyed bra-wearing behavior of the past, which is excellent for a disease with such a long development period. In their book, the authors show how most of the known risk factors can be related to bra-wearing behavior and/or the lymphatic system.

    For example, breast feeding and pregnancy cause full development of the mammary lymphatics. Also, women of higher economic status have higher breast cancer rates, and one would expect that they would wear their bras more hours per day. Women who excercise have lower risk, which could relate to better lymphatic circulation (and I would add, more breast movement).

    To this discussion, I would like to add that lymphatic circulation in many tissues (especially the primary lymphatics) are highly dependent on MOVEMENT. When you sit for a long time on an airplane flight, your feet and ankles can swell, because lymphatic circulation goes to near zero. Wearing a bra, especially a constricting one with underwires, and especially to bed, prevents normal lymphatic flow and would likely lead to anoxia (lower than normal oxygen content), which has been related to fibrosis, which has been linked to increased cancer risk.

    Women evolved under conditions where there was BREAST MOVEMENT with every step that they took when they walked or ran. My reading of the scientific literature about lymphatic flow shows me that this may be as important as the constriction factor. Every subtle bounce of the breast while moving, walking, running, etc. gently massages the breast and increases lymphatic flow and thus cleans the breast of toxins and wastes that arise from cellular metabolism.

    Of course, there may be other mechanisms for the damage that bras apparently cause. One such mechanism could be temperature. Breasts are external organs and have a naturally lower temperature. Cancers can be temperature-dependent. Breast cancer is hormone-dependent. Temperature can alter hormone function. Breast temperature changes throughout the monthly cycle.

    All these facts are from the medical literature. By whatever mechanism, someone will eventually explain why Singer and Grismaijer found a 125-fold difference in cancer rates between bra-free breasts and those constricted by 24-hour-per-day bra-wearing.

    If you haven't already done so, I suggest that you read the book by Singer and Grismaijer ( Dressed to Kill,Avery Press, 1995). (By the way, I have no connection to the authors; I think that they live in Canada.)

    Also, just for an interesting experiment, the next time you walk down the street, notice visually how constricting bras are. On many women you can actually see "dents" around the sides of their chests where there bras are, even in something as opaque as a black t-shirt.

    A physical therapist friend of mine, after reading Dressed to Kill, said that she was amazed at what she saw in her practice at a local medical clinic. She noticed how many women have red creases and grooves on the their bodies caused by their bras. Singer and Grismajer also suggest that you simply stop wearing one for two weeks and see how you feel.

    By the way, I have heard that they are currently working on a new study. The research is to study whether benign fibrocystic breast disease can be treated by stopping bra-wearing for eight weeks. That should be very interesting; this time they are involving medical doctors, from what I've heard.

    Years ago, many people thought that the idea of cigarettes causing lung cancer was funny. Even if further research with highly controlled studies only shows a difference of 5-fold, or even 2-fold, it will be no laughing matter.

The author, Ralph L. Reed, Ph.D. can be reached at reedr@ucs.orst.edu
#2463
Fashion Trend / Re: Sukol Mo?
September 22, 2010, 04:04:24 PM
 ;DBwehahaha
#2464
Fashion Trend / Re: Latest Bikini
September 22, 2010, 04:03:59 PM
 ;Dhehe... then for all you care, keep it fresh ;D
#2465
Anonymous Diary Blog / Re: Kalami Magkinamot Woi
September 22, 2010, 04:02:47 PM
 ;Dbwahahahahaha
#2466
And the Christian view after DIVORCE

Matthew 19:9

And I say unto you, whoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which put away doth commit adultery.

#2467
Korak!!! Bravo wolfie ;D
#2468
Anonymous Diary Blog / Re: Kalami Magkinamot Woi
September 22, 2010, 03:42:03 PM
Hmm... basin gikan ni sa J.S prom
#2469
Fashion Trend / Re: Sukol Mo?
September 22, 2010, 03:28:01 PM
 ;Dhmm.. palusot
#2470
Bwahahahahahaha.......
#2471
General Topic / Re: Ang Babayeng Gidugo Dili Angay Maligo?
September 22, 2010, 03:20:30 PM
Quote from: hubag bohol on September 21, 2010, 03:11:44 PM
Ingon ani pagsul-ob sa sugong...





;D


Hala si lola pabor kaayo sya.. nikitiw pa ang dila
#2472
Fashion Trend / Re: Latest Bikini
September 22, 2010, 03:18:21 PM
Bwahahahahahaha...............kung maohon nakatilaw daiy ka ug dubok na meat........peace ;D
#2473
Fashion Trend / Re: Sukol Mo?
September 22, 2010, 03:16:58 PM
 ;D ;D ;DHala ka... ;D ;D ;D
#2474
Fashion Trend / Re: Sukol Mo?
September 22, 2010, 03:06:38 PM
 ;D Secret, para Bibo... hmm.. ??? Can't post it here ;D
#2475
Fashion Trend / Re: Latest Bikini
September 22, 2010, 03:05:44 PM
 ;D yeah right.... hehehe... make sure to thoroughly wash the fresh meat... ;D
#2476
Bwahahahahaa....... gets mo rin ;)
#2477
Health and Food / FREQUENT SEX
September 22, 2010, 03:00:46 PM
Source: Bloomberg
Date: 6 April 2004

                                                 
   Frequent Sex May Reduce Prostate-Cancer Risk, Study Shows

                   Frequent sexual activity may reduce a man's risk of prostate cancer, according to a study in the April 7 Journal of the American Medical Association.

                   The cancer risk in men who reported more than 20 monthly ejaculations was 33 percent less than that of other men, the Harvard University study showed. Elevated testosterone has been tied to both a high sex drive and prostate cancer, which had led scientists to propose a link between cancer and sexual activity.

                   More research may help determine how sex might be protecting some men from prostate cancer, the investigators said. The results shouldn't be used to encourage intensified sexual activity, defined as ejaculation from intercourse, masturbation or during sleep, they said.

                   ``Men worry that by being very active, they may put themselves at increased risk,'' said Michael F. Leitzmann, the lead researcher now at the National Cancer Institute. ``Looking at the data in a little bit more detail, our findings suggest that ejaculation may even be associated with a slight decrease in prostate cancer risk.''

                   Researchers surveyed almost 30,000 health professionals, 1,449 of whom developed prostate cancer, and found an active sex life wasn't linked to a higher cancer risk in most men.

                   There are several ways in which frequent ejaculations may protect against prostate cancer, the researchers said. The activity may flush out a buildup of toxins in the prostate, lessen development of tiny crystals linked to some cancers, and improve the immune system's response to cancer, Leitzmann said.

                   How It May Work
                   Ejaculation also may release psychological tension, quieting central nervous system activity that may contribute to prostate- cell division and cancer growth, the researchers said.

                   The scientists downplayed results showing frequent ejaculation appeared to reduce cancer risk because only 7 percent of men fell into the group reporting the most activity and just 59 of them developed prostate cancer, Leitzmann said in a telephone interview.

                   Almost all the previous research showed sexual activity increased cancer risk, he said. Those studies may have been biased because researchers asked patients to recall activities that occurred years earlier, before they were diagnosed with cancer and received treatment, which may interfere with sexual activity, he said.

                   ``What we can say is that this hormonal hypothesis needs to be re-evaluated,'' said Leitzmann, who led the study when he was a post-doctoral student at Harvard. ``It would be good for future research to focus on different biological mechanisms.''


from WHO
#2478
I don't know, if that's what she think. Ayaw lang pud panghangyo sa feeling over-qualified sya
#2479
Love Talk / Re: For women only: kinsay imong pilion?
September 22, 2010, 02:43:35 PM
 ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;Dhmmm... I can imagine ;)
#2480
Fashion Trend / Re: Latest Bikini
September 22, 2010, 02:42:11 PM
Bwahahaha.... pwede himoong toast salad... lettuce with fried meat garnish with cream and finish up with wine... yummy
#2481
Fashion Trend / Re: Sukol Mo?
September 22, 2010, 02:38:51 PM
Quote from: hubag bohol on September 22, 2010, 02:32:18 PM
The desirable female form according to Rubens...





A contemporary example...





8)



Daghan kaayo position bay hubs... pwede kaya nako e post diri....?...... naku basin... ma ban ko, ayaw nalang
#2482
Love Talk / Re: For women only: kinsay imong pilion?
September 22, 2010, 02:29:26 PM
no, never mind,his whiskers are nice ;D
#2483
Fashion Trend / Re: Sukol Mo?
September 22, 2010, 02:17:55 PM
The 'Perfect Body' Myth

The Big Disconnect

It's that time of year again, when men replay the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show or thumb through the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue while their women sit nearby feeling lousy about their postholiday weight gain. These models have set the new standard for sexiness: large, pert (and often surgically enhanced) breasts, a microscopic waist and perfectly sculpted, cellulite-free hips and thighs.

Thanks to pop culture icons, American women think that having a body like five-nine, 119-pound Heidi Klum's is the answer to a sizzling and sexy relationship. When Reader's Digest asked women when they feel sexiest, they said it was when they weighed less than they do now. In fact, 80 percent said that losing weight would improve their sex life (among women who consider themselves obese, it jumps to 95 percent). Men showed insecurities too. A whopping 70 percent think a slimmer waistline would lead to better sex, and 42 percent said they would go shirtless only in front of their partner.


Extra Pounds Can Be Sexy


Overweight adults are not only having lots of sex, they're also getting extreme enjoyment out of it, says Martin Binks, PhD, director of behavioral health at the Diet & Fitness Center  at Duke University. Binks's study subjects are trying to drop pounds and probably should for health reasons. But what's remarkable is that the biggest improvement in their sex lives came when they lost just 10 percent of their body weight. "That's a very minimal weight loss, and these people were still substantially overweight," he says.

Still, after a year of dieting, participants who had felt sexually unattractive went from 68 percent to 26 percent. All this goes to show that sex is more about attitude than weight, says Binks.

In addition to having a more positive body image, people who've lost weight have more energy and feel more comfortable communicating with a partner about sexual techniques, fantasies and feelings.

What's more, having meaningful, not recreational, sex induces the release of the hormone oxytocin. "It makes a person feel love and empathy," says noted heart surgeon Mehmet C. Oz, MD, co-author of the You series of health books. "Meaningful sex can also lower blood pressure, and it tells the gut not to send signals to the brain to eat." Bottom line: A healthy sex drive can lead to weight loss.

There's an emotional link too: "It makes sense that women who are feeling very full are less interested in sex," says Sonya Satinsky, project coordinator for the Center for Sexual Health Promotion at Indiana University. One possible explanation, she says, goes back to having bad feelings about their body, leading to a lack of desire.

Men Worry Too[/b]

Women aren't the only ones who are misguided about weight and sex. "Men are increasingly dissatisfied with their bodies," says Viren Swami, PhD, of the University of Westminster in England, who has extensively studied the science of attraction. "Some want to be thinner, but most want to be more muscular, and they are increasingly attempting to bulk up."

By some accounts, the rate of steroid use among adolescent boys is now comparable to the rate of anorexia and bulimia among adolescent girls. No wonder, since boys are being targeted with images of hairless, V-shaped Adonises in fitness magazines and on-screen.

Laws of Attraction
Throughout history, having a fit and healthy body helped humans find a mate and reproduce successfully. Centuries ago, certain female traits (youth, a small waist, big breasts) indicated fertility. In turn, certain male traits (broad shoulders, dominance, good provider) indicated his ability to protect and care for mother and child.

Evolutionary psychologist Devendra Singh, PhD, of the University of Texas, says men are actually not concerned about a woman's weight: They're attracted first and foremost to an hourglass shape, which in most cases means a waist that is 70 percent as wide as a woman's hips, regardless of dress size, a proportion that's a sign of high fertility.

But Swami's research suggests different cultures have different standards. Men in Western countries like England and the United States flock to thinner women (with a BMI of around 21). Guys in Mediterranean countries like Spain and Portugal, which are less affluent and still developing in many ways, consider larger women with curves extremely desirable. This may explain why Latin American men go gaga over divas with well-endowed bottoms, like Jennifer Lopez. "In most traditional societies, people who are able to put on body fat are rich and can afford to buy food," Swami says. Men whose ancestors hail from regions where food was scarce year-round or seasonally (like parts of Africa) find heavier women very fertile and therefore sexy, says Robert Friar, PhD, a professor of biology at Ferris State University.

When given a choice, women do prefer men with broad shoulders and a thin waist, according to a 2006 study by researcher Margaret Braun of Portland State University. But physique is not that crucial. "When women are looking for someone to settle down with, they start focusing on other important things," says evolutionary psychologist Jason Weeden, PhD, of Arizona State University. "Is he going to be a good provider? Is he a reliable guy? Does he want the same things she does?"

For both sexes, the real key to attraction may lie due north. The face is a stronger predictor of sexiness than the body. In a recent study, 24 people ages 18 to 25 rated digital photos of faces and clothed bodies to determine which one figured more strongly into overall attractiveness. Women thought a man's face accounted for nearly half of his overall attractiveness. For men, the face was an even stronger predictor of sexiness. The theory, according to study author Marianne Peters of the University of Western Australia: The face reveals intelligence, personality and confidence level -- all things that increase the odds of a great sexual relationship much more than a smaller pant size.

Personality Counts

"If Queen Latifah doesn't think she's sexy, she sure does a good job of fooling us," says Pepper Schwartz, PhD, a sociology professor at the University of Washington in Seattle. "She carries herself like she's a babe. And a lot of men think she is."

Once we get to know a person, the non-physical aspects become much more important in long-term relationships and pleasurable sex, says Swami. Still, this is one area of study in which scientists may never have absolute understanding. "Even after all the studies I've done," he says, "I still find myself thinking about what attracts me to someone else, and I don't really have an answer. We've always assumed there's one type of person that we always go for, but that isn't the case. We see a myriad of people in our everyday lives, and we're attracted to different people at different times for different reasons. There is a part of attraction that should remain shrouded in mystery."

After all, a bit of mystery can make sex a lot more fun.

from Reader's Digest
#2484
Fashion Trend / Re: Sukol Mo?
September 22, 2010, 02:11:20 PM
Kumpyansa ka bay hubs ;D
#2485
Basin ang imo gihangyo, tan-aw niya over qualified sya para sa panan-aw lang ug sine... kay maalkanse nya sya
#2486
Fashion Trend / Re: Latest Bikini
September 22, 2010, 01:53:03 PM
Or this



#2487
Fashion Trend / Re: Latest Bikini
September 22, 2010, 01:51:49 PM
Naa pa diay

Try this bikini

#2488
Unsa man diay imo gihangyo bay Botoy?
#2489
Fashion Trend / Re: Sukol Mo?
September 22, 2010, 01:34:35 PM
Quote from: luckybelle on September 22, 2010, 01:19:34 PM



Come and get me ;)

Ay wag nalang... wag mo akong dalawin...
D ba ikaw tong namatay?
#2490
Love Talk / Re: For women only: kinsay imong pilion?
September 22, 2010, 01:33:09 PM
Bitaw no ka cute.. humot kaha ni sya? Basin naa ni kuto... just wondering... kay kung humot ni sya unya walay kuto, kini nalang ako pilion
#2491
Fashion Trend / Re: Latest Bikini
September 22, 2010, 01:20:58 PM


Silib nako kung naa pa ba ;D
#2492
Fashion Trend / Re: Sukol Mo?
September 22, 2010, 01:19:34 PM



Wa man koy engkwentro :(
Diri nalang sa kahoy
#2493
Fashion Trend / Re: Latest Bikini
September 22, 2010, 01:16:52 PM
Nia pa selection 4

#2494
Fashion Trend / Re: Latest Bikini
September 22, 2010, 01:14:26 PM
D pud ko mosalig sa imo recommendation bay hubs kay basin c bay chongki lang imo ipagunitgunit unya ikaw diay to tiglili
#2495
Fashion Trend / Re: Latest Bikini
September 22, 2010, 01:12:26 PM
Quote from: hubag bohol on September 22, 2010, 12:09:27 PM
Mo-volunteer og gunit si Bay Chongki...  ;D

D ko mokumpyansa kon c bay Chongki ang mogunit kay basin dili ribbon ang gunitan
#2496
Fashion Trend / Re: Latest Bikini
September 22, 2010, 12:25:07 PM
'eto pa o, selection #3

#2497
Fashion Trend / Re: Latest Bikini
September 22, 2010, 12:22:07 PM
Here's the back view





Diamonds yan
#2498
Fashion Trend / Re: Latest Bikini
September 22, 2010, 12:20:16 PM
#2499
Fashion Trend / Re: Latest Bikini
September 22, 2010, 12:18:30 PM
Kani na lang o, para walay hawoy


#2500