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Quote from: islander on March 29, 2013, 06:21:24 PM
sa amo kay ang tawag ana inodoro.

Mao ba? Mako diay jamo ang imong tubow, an!

Griffiths starred as Vernon Dursley, uncle of Harry Potter in the film franchise

The Queen presented him with an OBE for services to drama in 2008

riffiths also won a Tony award for portraying Hector in The History Boys

Griffiths earned an Olivier award for his role as inspiration teacher Hector in Alan Bennett's The History Boys

Griffiths’ greatest stage success was in The History Boys, which opened at the National Theatre in 2004, transferring to Broadway two years later and was made into a successful film. The role earned him a shelf-load of awards, including an Olivier and a Tony as best actor.

Griffiths played Hector, a sixth-form grammar school teacher coaching a talented class of 18-year-old boys into Oxbridge â€" while indulging his own fantasies with occasional fondles which the boys grudgingly accepted as the price of education.

He worked again with Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe on stage in Peter Shaffer’s play Equus in 2007, and taught Radcliffe how to take a bow â€" ‘Feel it. Remember it. Savour it.’

His irascible temper was never far from the surface, though.

On several occasions he halted theatre productions to lecture people whose mobiles went off. He would insist they left the auditorium before he would resume.

Once, he turned savagely on a woman whose phone trilled, and demanded: ‘Is that it, or will it be ringing some more? The 750 people here would be fully justified in suing you for ruining their afternoon.’

How typically Richard Griffiths.

He transformed the appalling violence and misery of his upbringing into inimitably angry performances that were sheer gold... the ultimate victory of talent over tragedy.

He regarded autograph-hunters as selfish time-wasters and the notion of overnight success after a 35-year career as ridiculous.

Naturally, he enjoyed the privilege of rudeness that Uncle Vernon’s character allowed him. In a supermarket one evening he was approached by a man whose young son spotted him. Griffiths barked: ‘a) he should be in bed, b) I’m not here to entertain 11-year-olds and c) the films aren’t real!’

Father and son, of course, were delighted: it was just what everyone expected from fat, furious, out-of-breath Uncle Vernon.

Despite his massive girth, Griffiths was not a great eater. His weight was not the result of gluttony.

As a boy he was painfully thin, and his GP had recommended radiation therapy to alter his metabolism to help him gain weight. The treatment left his pituitary gland permanently damaged, so his weight ballooned.

He struggled to diet, though in his late 50s managed to lose about 3st. But his health was always undermined by his cigarette habit.

Instead, he trained as an actor at the Manchester Polytechnic school of drama, and was soon getting parts on radio, then a season with the Royal Shakespeare Company and his first film â€" which, sadly, his parents never lived to see.

Small parts in British classics, such as The French Lieutenant’s Woman, Chariots Of Fire and Gandhi, followed, and he was nearly cast as the fifth Doctor Who, after Tom Baker, but lost out to Peter Davison.

However, it was the decadent, scabrous Withnail And I in 1987 that established him as a national treasure. He played the leering, scheming Uncle Monty. Foul-mouthed, lachrymose and dangerously fast-moving for such a big man, he stole every scene.

Monty was ‘one of the stately homos of England’, Griffiths joked, and the role put him in demand as a spokesperson and figurehead for gay causes. Yet in real life, he was happily married to an Irish actress called Heather Gibson.

He kept working on British TV, in sitcoms such as the Nineties crime series Pie In The Sky in which he played a detective who would rather be running a restaurant.

Writer Andy Merriman, who worked with him in radio on the Mr Finchley stories (about a middle-aged clerk on his first holiday), said: ‘He was the best actor I’ve ever worked with. The way he added tiny grace notes and reactions was brilliant.’

It was his role in 2001 as Harry Potter’s blustering, hen-pecked uncle Vernon Dursley that made him an international star â€" a fame he never entirely appreciated.

A baby girl, Mary, had been born but died in unexplained circumstances in hospital when a week old.

His mother claimed she had fallen asleep with the baby in her arms and had woken to find her lying on the floor with her skull crushed.

Griffiths’ father never believed his wife’s claim that a nurse must have taken the baby as she slept and dropped it.

Their grief became even more overpowering when, after Richard’s birth, two miscarriages and two more infant deaths followed.

It left his Catholic parents with a lasting dread of hospitals. ‘My mother turned into a haunted, frightened rabbit,’ he said. ‘She died early because she couldn’t bring herself to go to hospital when she was ill.’

His father was a steel-fitter, laying metal foundations for buildings. He drank heavily and could not always earn enough to feed his family.

To make ends meet, he fought all-comers in pubs for cash. The debts he ran up with moneylenders left his son with a determination never to borrow money. Throughout his life, Griffiths refused to use a credit card.

After running away from home several times and dropping out of school, his natural skill as a draughtsman won him a place at the local art college, but he dropped out. His father got him a job as a steelworker, but he snubbed that, too, to his father’s fury.

Posted on Mar 28 2013 - 4:12am by GF


Roland Emmerich has revealed several plot details for his proposed two sequels to 1996 hit ‘Independence Day’, revealing the new movies take place 20 years after the first.

‘Independence Day 2′ will take place 20 years after the original.

Director Roland Emmerich has outlined his ideas for two proposed sequels to the 1996 alien invasion blockbuster starring Will Smith, and has already completed scripts for the follow-up films, which are tentatively titled ‘ID Forever Part 1′ and ‘ID Forever Part 2′.

He told Entertainment Weekly: “The humans knew that one day the aliens would come. And they know that the only way you can really travel in space is through wormholes. So for the aliens, it could take two or three weeks, but for us that’s 20 or 25 years.”

The director wrote the two scripts with ‘Independence Day’ co-writer Dean Devlin and revealed he has passed them on to James Vanderbilt â€" who wrote his new movie ‘White House Down’ â€" for a re-write.

The first flick starred Smith, Bill Pullman and Jeff Goldblum, and Emmerich teases that the new movies would feature a mix of the old cast and “new younger” faces.

He said: “It’s still some of the same characters, but also new younger characters; it’s a little bit like the sons take over.”

The filmmaker plans on ending the first of his proposed sequels with a cliffhanger to ensure fans return for the third movie.

He added: “The first one ends on a little success, but only enough to give the humans hope. And then in the second one they free themselves again [from the aliens].”

Emmerich’s next project is the Channing Tatum-starring ‘White House Down’, which is due for release this summer.

The greatest triumph of Richard Griffiths, who has died at 65, was over his own past
BY CHRISTOPHER STEVENS


Lecherous, irascible and eccentric, the unforgettable movie characters created by Richard Griffiths gave fathers, uncles and teachers a bad name.

But the worse he behaved â€" on film, on stage and in real life â€" the more we loved him for it.

Griffiths, aged 65, who died on Thursday following complications from heart surgery, turned every family man he played into a monster.

In the classic Eighties sitcom A Kind Of Living, he was a father who couldn’t even be bothered to give his baby son a name. At six months old, the child was just called ‘Og’.

As drunken sex pest Uncle Monty in Withnail And I, he chased his victim (a young Paul McGann) round a bedroom, growling: ‘I mean to have you, even if it must be burglary!’

As sadistic bully Uncle Vernon in the Harry Potter films, he forced the boy-wizard to live in a cupboard under the stairs.

While as avuncular grammar school master Hector in Alan Bennett’s play The History Boys, he inspired his sixth-formers to pass their Oxbridge entrance exams â€" but groped them as he gave them lifts home from school on the back of his moped.

Published: Friday March 29, 2013 Source: Reuters


Cyprus has no intention of leaving the European single currency, the island's president said on Friday, assuring Cypriots the situation was "contained" in the wake of a tough bailout deal with the European Union.

Conservative leader Nicos Anastasiades spoke a day after banks reopened their doors following an almost two-week shutdown to prevent a run on deposits by panicked Cypriots and wealthy foreign depositors as the east Mediterranean island flirted with bankruptcy.

"We have no intention of leaving the euro," Anastasiades told a conference of civil servants in the capital, Nicosia.

"In no way will we experiment with the future of our country."

Anastasiades, barely a month in the post, criticised Cyprus's partners in the 17-nation currency bloc, accusing them of making "unprecedented demands that forced Cyprus to become an experiment."

For the first time in Europe's handling of its debt crisis, bank depositors have been forced to bear some of the cost of a rescue plan intended to keep the country solvent and in the euro zone.

"We have averted the risk of bankruptcy," Anastasiades said.

"The situation, despite the tragedy of it all, is contained."

Another one...

Quote from: chicogon on March 28, 2013, 05:55:45 AM


Kinsa kaha ni silang mga anak

One of them flash forward 70 years later...

Quote from: islander on March 30, 2013, 02:31:46 AM
okay, okay.  kahibawo ko ang imong tinuod nimong ngan si crispulo.

Hapit jud, kuwang lang og usa ka terminal consonant...

Quote from: jorgeanna on March 30, 2013, 02:04:28 AM
aw SUTUKIL walay makalupig

He he, pwede pud sinuglaw...

Oi, di man ko kakita...

Quote from: hubag bohol on March 30, 2013, 08:38:48 AM





About two dozen Filipinos were nailed to crosses on Good Friday in an extreme display of devotion that the Catholic church looks down upon as a form of folk religion but appears powerless to stop.

Next yeat moboluntaryo ko ani--nga maoy tiglansang...

A circus-like atmosphere prevailed on a sun-drenched day.

"It's my first time to witness a man being crucified," said Charlotte Johansen, 26, a Norwegian non-government organisation worker, was taking pictures with her friends.

The village of Cutud has built the hill with three crosses for the main ceremony with crucifixions also taking place in two nearby villages.

Souvenir and food vendors staked out the hill and people selling ice-cream and sodas wandered among the crowd.

"The crucifixions here have become a purely tourism event," said an official from the area, who handles accreditation for the flock of journalists which descends every year.

Devotees, insisting they were prepared to endure pain as penance, had 5-inch stainless steel nails driven into their hands. Then, for a few minutes, they were hanged on wooded crosses.

"We do this because of our faith not because we're paid," Ruben Inaje, a house painter who has played the role of Christ for 27 years, told Reuters.

"Two years ago, I said it would be the last time I'd do it. But every time I say that, my wife gets sick. I guess God wants me to continue this sacrifice as a lifetime vow," he said before taking up a 50kg cross and heading to the crucifixion site.

Archbishop Paciano Aniceto said the gory practice was a distortion of Christ's teachings of love and selfless service. But he conceded that the church could not stop the ritual that he described as "popular piety".

Another bishop said people had to understand the folk Catholicism widely practiced in the Philippines, which has the largest Christian population in Asia. About 80% of its 96 million people are Catholic.

"We are in no position to suppress them," Auxiliary Bishop Pablo Virgilio David said.

"I do not think it is right to close our doors to them just because they are more attracted to these folk practices than to our Roman liturgy which they may find too foreign or cerebral."

Published: Saturday March 30, 2013 Source: Reuters



A man portraying Jesus Christ screams as a nail is pulled from his palm after he was nailed on a wooden cross during a Good Friday crucifixion re-enactment in San Pedro Cutud town.


About two dozen Filipinos were nailed to crosses on Good Friday in an extreme display of devotion that the Catholic church looks down upon as a form of folk religion but appears powerless to stop.

The re-enactment of the passion of Jesus Christ draws thousands of tourists to the Pampanga region, 80 kilometres north of the capital, to watch barefoot penitents flagellate themselves and a series of crucifixions on an artificial hill.

The practice took hold in the province about 60 years ago as a form of religious vow by poor people seeking forgiveness, a cure for illness and the fulfilment of other wishes.

Quote from: hofelina on March 30, 2013, 05:24:09 AM
        19. There's a fine line between cuddling and holding someone down so
        they can't get away.

True. Here's a fine feline line...

http://www.deltadiscovery.com/
March 6, 2013 | Volume 15, Issue 10


Question: Dr. Bradbury, you have written in the past about marijuana use and psychosis. With the legalization of marijuana in at least two states, I keep wondering what impact that will have on the mental health of the individuals who begin using. Is there any new information on the effects of marijuana on the brain, particularly on those who might be prone to develop a mental illness.

There has been more discussion about the possible harmful effect of the use of marijuana. The June 2010 issue of the Monitor on Psychology had as its cover story, Marijuana: Medicine or Menace?

According to Medical News Today, studies continue to find a significant correlation between marijuana use and the development of psychotic symptoms, particularly when it begins during the childhood and teen years. However, the studies to date are correlational and so causation cannot yet to attributed to marijuana use. Until controlled experimental studies can be conducted (if they can ever be ethically conducted), it is difficult to ascertain which causes which. What we do know is that adolescent brains are still developing and are very vulnerable to the effects of any type of drug. The primary active ingredient in marijuana is tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), a drug potent enough to induce paranoia in individuals not known to have a mental illness. Also, individuals with a family history of mental illness are more susceptible to the toxic effects of THC.

Additionally, marijuana has been found to reduce the IQ of individuals who used it over a period of time. The study cited in Medical News Today included more than 1,000 subjects who were initially administered IQ tests at age 13, and before they started using marijuana. Cognitive tests were re-administered midway through their young adult years and again at age 38. Researchers found a significant connection between ongoing cannabis use and a decline in IQ. The negative effects of the marijuana was particularly pronounced if marijuana use began during the teen years. The more people became dependent on marijuana, the greater the decline in IQ. Significant impairment was found across 5 different cognitive areas, and especially in the areas of executive function and processing speed.

So, to answer your question, researchers cannot say with any degree of medical certainty whether marijuana cause psychosis, or whether budding psychotics are prone to use marijuana. We do know it is a potent drug that works on the nervous system, and as with any other medication that works on the nervous system, it has the potential to make relatively permanent changes in the function of the nervous system. There are those who have a strong hunch that regular marijuana exacerbates mental illness, particularly among those prone to psychosis. The recent longitudinal study that demonstrated cognitive decline among long-term marijuana users supports this idea. The better choice is to just not use marijuana or any other intoxicating substance.

Lorin L. Bradbury, Ph.D. is a licensed psychologist in private practice in Bethel. For appointments, he can be reached at 543-3266. If you have questions that you would like Dr. Bradbury to answer in the Delta Discovery, please send them to The Delta Discovery, P.O. Box 1028, Bethel, AK 99559, or e-mail them to realnews@deltadiscovery.com.

Ijara! Klarong expat ang kanahan...

Hmm, let it be a morose one, then...

Quote from: insurectus on March 29, 2013, 10:59:08 AM
published by Sunday Post in 2006

- wa pa diay ni nasulbad?

orag giliubong na man ni sa kalimot sa atong mga otoridad... 

Hmm, is this the official Balingsya position?

Malagmit naay TB member nga naigo ani...

Woolf’s own last words, penned in her famous diary on January 4, 1929, are at once tragic and serene, reminiscent of Henry Miller’s contention that “all is creation, all is change, all is flux, all is metamorphosis.” Woolf writes:

Now is life very solid or very shifting? I am haunted by the two contradictions. This has gone on forever; goes down to the bottom of the world â€" this moment I stand on. Also it is transitory, flying, diaphanous. I shall pass like a cloud on the waves. Perhaps it may be that though we change, one flying after another, so quick, so quick, yet we are somehow successive and continuous we human beings, and show the light through. But what is the light?

But perhaps most heartbreaking of all is a note from an anonymous refugee reader who had intended to write Woolf a letter of appreciation, but instead lamented all too late:

Artists must know that they are understood and that there are ‘Common Readers’ in the background.

On April 8, Elizabeth Bowen, one of the last friends to see Woolf before the depression consumed her and among the seven personally informed of the suicide, replied to a letter from Leonard:

You said not to answer your letter, and above all I don’t want to trouble you with words now. And it is no time to speak of my own feeling. As far as I am concerned, a great deal of the meaning seems to have gone out of this world. She illuminated everything, and one referred the most trivial things to her in one’s thoughts. To have been allowed to know her and love her is a great thing.

On April 10, H. G. Wells wrote Leonard:

I’ve been wanting to write to you these days about this distressful break in your life and finding it difficult to say what I had to say. you see I know you and your work very well. I have an immense respect for it. … I am concerned before anything else that you should carry on. Virginia I met only twice. Then she was invariably charming and delightful. But I knew she had these moods and phases that at once deepen and enslave affection. She must leave you extraordinarily void. I understand about that sort of thing but I cannot write about that sort of thing. But I do care for you and your work and I want to tell you that.

On April 4, poet Edith Sitwell reached out to Leonard and shared in the mourning:

No words can express our feelings at this dreadful heartrending thing. We are absolutely overcome. … It cannot help you in the least to know how many people must be feeling a desperate sense of loss. I know that we do, here, â€" but that does not help you in the least. Nothing can.

Perhaps the day will come when we shall think, ‘At least she was spared seeing people sink lower and lower, and all the new desecrations and shames;’ but at the moment that doesn’t help at all.

When I think of that noble and high spirit and mind!

There isn’t anything one can say, and one must not intrude on your sorrow. But all my life I shall remember the feeling of light, and of happiness, that she gave one. As a person, as well as in her art. Everything seemed worth while, important, and beautiful.

A number of the condolence letters came from some of the era’s literary greats. T. S. Eliot wrote Leonard on April 4, 1941:

Dear Leonard

I only learned the news yesterday afternoon when I was in London, having had no previous intimation. For myself and others it is the end of a world. I merely feel quite numb at the moment, and can’t think about this or anything else, but I want you to know that you are as constantly in my mind as in anyone’s.

Affectionately,
Tom

On April 3, E. M. Forster wrote:

Dear Leonard,

I have just seen The Times, feel a bit trembly and unable to think of anyone but myself. I will write again to you. As I daresay you know she had invited me to come and I had suggested doing so later in this month. I am just going to Cambridge; dear Leonard, it will seem empty and strange. I can’t write any more now, only send my deepest love and sadness. Leslie Humphrey came over that very day and we talked a great deal about Virginia, he will be desolated like so many of all generations.

A week later, on April 7, Vita replied to a distraught letter by Dame Ethel Smyth, one of the other seven whom Leonard had alerted to the tragedy:

Darling Ethel I wish I could say something comforting. All I can feel is that it is better for her to be dead than mad, and I do thank God that she has not been found. The river is tidal so she has probably been carried out to sea. She loved the sea.

But rather than being swept out to the ocean, Woolf’s body, like her spirit had throughout her life, defied the mainstream and was found three weeks later entangled in branches under the river bank. On April 20, upon hearing the news, Vita sent the following stirring letter to artist Vanessa Bell, Woolf’s sister:

My dear Vanessa,

I am so horrified by the news that Virginia has been found that I scarcely know whether to write to you or not. I had gathered from Leonard some time ago that the search had been given up, and was so thankful, partly because it felt that there was something fitting in the idea of her being carried out to the sea, (a small comfort in the midst of all this tragedy,) and partly because it would spare you and Leonard so much. I really do not know what to say, except that I am haunted by the imagining of what you may both have had to go through. I won’t write to Leonard, such blundering words as I write to you; but if you think you can do so, perhaps you will tell him sometime that I wrote.

Three days after the suicide, Virginia’s one-time lover and lifelong friend Vita Sackville-West â€" one of the seven people to whom Leonard had broken the news before the Times and BBC announcements â€" captures the ineffable grief of the loss in a letter to Leonard:

The loveliest mind and spirit I ever knew, immortal both to the world and us who loved her. … This is not a hard letter to write as you will know something of what I feel and words are unnecessary. For you I feel a really overwhelming sorrow, and for myself a loss which can never diminish.

Oldfield poignantly observes:

Virginia Woolf’s fundamental gift to women was to give us the courage and happiness to think our own thoughts.

One of the letters contained P. H. Wallis’s stirring obituary for Woolf:

In her person, the character of her intellect and irradiating property of her imagination, there was revealed the spiritual antithesis of all that is connoted in the phrase ‘Hitlerism.’ More than any other writer of her generation she grew to be regarded as the apostle of culture, of a learning humanized by the breath of life [and] of a quality of living the more radiant because of its quickening by things of the spirit.

By: Maria Popova

T.S. Eliot, Edith Sitwell, E.M. Foster, Elizabeth Bowen, H.G. Wells, and others grapple with the ineffable.





On March 28, 1941, shortly after the gruesome onset of WWII, Virginia Woolf filled the pockets of her overcoat with rocks, treaded into the River Ouse behind the house in East Sussex where she lived with her husband Leonard, and drowned herself. She had succumbed to a relapse of the all-consuming depression she had narrowly escaped in her youth. Once news of her death broke, an outpour of condolence letters captured the enormous collective grief, mourning at once the deeply personal emptiness left behind by a remarkable woman and a loyal friend, and the severe cultural loss of a brilliant mind and a transcendent artist. The most moving of these letters are collected in Afterwords: Letters on the Death of Virginia Woolf (public library), edited by University of Sussex researcher Sybil Oldfield â€" a rousing monument to Woolf’s legacy as an author, humanist, and tireless exponent of the inner light of being.

Ang tag-iya klarong naay jokir Tsaynis ansistri...

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1. Chocolateâ€"You already know it’s going to be a great list when it starts off with chocolate. Cocoa is a heart-healthy food that has been linked to reduced blood pressure and improved blood vessel health. Take note that this does not mean you can eat every chocolate candy bar around. Because many chocolate bars contain large amounts of sugar, experts recommend 2 - 4 squares per day of dark chocolate that has at least 70% of the flavonoid-containing compound cacao.

2. Coffeeâ€"In a Harvard University study, coffee was shown to reduce the rates of prostate problems. Men who drank one to three cups of coffee daily still had lower rates of prostate issues compared to men who didn’t drink any at all. The study showed no difference between decaf and caffeinated coffee.

3. Walnutsâ€"If nuts are superfoods, walnuts could be a super nut. Walnuts contain twice the amount of antioxidants per ounce compared to peanuts and almonds. Also a source of essential fatty acids, walnuts were found to be better in terms of the quality and quantity of antioxidants. Walnuts can help maintain healthy cholesterol levels and manage weight by delivering heart-healthy fats and proteins.

Whether you’re trying to lose weight, maintain weight loss or adopt a healthier lifestyle, watching your beverages is a must. Because it doesn’t involve sitting down at a table or chewing, most of us don’t pay much attention to the liquids we pour into our bodies, but we should! Take a look at ten of the worst offenders:

Juice drinks â€" Most are loaded with sugar; choose only those labeled 100% juice.

Whipped coffee drinks â€" They can contain up to 800 calories and 170 grams of sugar. To lessen the overload, choose skim milk, half the syrup and skip the whip or try a plain iced coffee.

Flavored waters â€" Along with the vitamins, most also contain artificial sweeteners. Select those that only list water and natural flavors on the label.

Soda â€" The overconsumption of sodas has been linked to obesity. Occasional diet sodas are OK, but there are better choices for filling up your daily beverage intake.

Frozen mixed drinks â€" The mixers are the culprit here, usually filled with artificial colors, flavors and sweeteners.

“Healthy” fruit smoothies â€" Premade fast-food smoothies don’t always have real fruit and are loaded with sugar. For a healthier option, make your own so you can control the ingredients... like this tasty looking blueberry smoothie with no added sugar.

Hard liquor â€" After 2 drinks, your risk of obesity and other health problems increases. If you’re going to imbibe, keep it limited.

Lemonade â€" Skip the ready-made lemonades and make your own minus the preservatives and artificial coloring. Opt for either less sugar or try honey to sweeten.

Sports drinks â€" The electrolytes are good when you’ve sweating, but most drinks also have a lot of sugar and preservatives you don’t need.

Energy drinks â€"You may get an energy burst, but it will be a short-term fix because it’s from an overload of caffeine and sugar.

Based on nutritional value and calories, your best bets for quality beverages include water and herbal teas. Cheers to your health! - source: http://www.swansonvitamins.com/

Model a healthy balance between religion and life

Show them in your own behavior, suggests Mihalas, how religion can co-exist with enjoying life.

If your child switches to a different style of religion, be tolerant

If your children are doing well in other areas of their life, don’t panic, says Hathaway. Unless you feel strongly that they are morally wrong, take this shift in stride.

Be alert to a sudden and pervasive shift in religious practice

Talk to your child about it. Ask her what her religion means to her. Ask him what he is getting out of it, how it makes him feel.

If you feel your child needs help, find a therapist comfortable with religion

Before engaging a therapist, ask about his or her comfort level with devout religious practice.

Religious families need not worry that therapy will draw their child away from their faith, Hathaway says. He recalls one girl struggling with anorexia who felt that she could never be “good enough” to satisfy the harsh, judgmental God of her imagination. After psychological treatment that included a spiritual element, she not only recovered from her anorexia, she developed a more positive view of God, of other people and herself. Instead of being weighed down by guilt and anxiety, her spiritual life became a comfort and joy. And that’s the role that religion should have for people of faith.

It’s not unusual that children in families where marital discord, harsh discipline, abuse, or addiction are present, perform rituals for protection. If they know their parents approve of religion, says Lieberman, “they try to be good little children and stay below the radar of the family chaos or parents’ rage.” Or, as Mihalas has seen, some children push their already observant parents to be even stricter, fearing that catastrophe will strike otherwise.

When does religiosity raise these red flags? The crucial test focuses on how the kids are functioning in the rest of their lives. Are they doing well at school, playing sports or music, socializing with friends? If so, then their faith is probably a source of strength and resilience.  If, however, the religious practices and rituals seem to be overtaking their daily lives, and displacing their normal activities, experts suggest taking steps to understand what’s triggering the focus on faith. To guide the discussion, here’s what they recommend:

Some children suffer from scrupulosity, a form of OCD that involves a feeling of guilt and shame. Sufferers obsessively worry that they have committed blasphemy, been impure or otherwise sinned. They tend to focus on certain rules or rituals rather than the whole of their faith. They worry that God will never forgive them. And this can signal the onset of depression or anxiety, says John Duffy, a Chicago area clinical psychologist specializing in adolescents. “Kids who have made ‘mistakes’ with sex or drug use,” he says, “may have trouble forgiving themselves. “

Such fastidiousness to religious practices may not seem so harmful, but extreme behavior such as delusions or hallucinations may be a sign of serious mental illness. Seeing and hearing things that are not there can be symptoms of manic-depressive, bipolar disorder, or early onset schizophrenia. But parents may be less attuned to such unhealthy behavior when it occurs under the guise of faith.

Therapists in private practice report that they are seeing children and teens across a range of faiths whose religious practice can be problematic. The amount of time they spend praying, or in other acts of spiritual practice, is not as important, they say, as the quality of this devotion, and whether it helps the children or instead isolates them and undermines their schoolwork and relationships. Children with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), for example, may rigidly repeat holy verses, say Hail Mary’s or focus on other rituals less out of a deeper sense of faith but more as an expression of their disorder. “It looks positive but could be negative,” says Stephanie Mihalas, a UCLA professor and licensed clinical psychologist.

Such ritualistic behavior, she says, may also reflect a child’s way of coping with anxiety, and in reality could be no more spiritual than fanatical hand washing or dreading to walk on cracks. “These kids fear that if they don’t obey their religious rules perfectly,” explains Carole Lierberman, MD, a psychiatrist in Beverly Hills, “God will punish them.”

By Francine Russo | Time.com â€" 2 hrs 32 mins ago


Religion can be a source of comfort that improves well-being. But some kinds of religiosity could be a sign of deeper mental health issues.

Seeing their kids more eager to pray than play video games, most parents would shout, “Hallelujah” or whatever their expression of joy. And they should. Research shows that religion can be a positive force in the lives of children, just as can be for adults. “Religion,” says Bill Hathaway, a clinical psychologist of religion and Dean of the School of Psychology and Counseling at Regent University, “is related to the child having a higher sense of self esteem, better academic adjustment and lower rates of substance abuse and delinquent or criminal behavior.”

So if your child is immersed in scripture after school and prays regularly throughout the day, you may breathe a sigh of relief.  She’s such a good girl. My boy is okay.

Or maybe not. Your child’s devotion may be a great thing, but there are some kids whose religious observances require a deeper look. For these children, an overzealous practice of their family faith â€" or even another faith  â€" may be a sign of an underlying mental health issue or a coping mechanism for dealing with unaddressed trauma or stress.

Botoms ap!

Tag-iya nga liwat sa iring man ni...

Quote from: islander on March 06, 2013, 09:49:56 PM
your dog, bai hubs?

Too dandyish. Dia ra akong iro...

Hmm, nakainom na galing ang inosente...

Agoi, maayo untag peke pud ang jerjer, tinuod ra ba jud tawon...

Ni Jeepy P. Compio
Thursday, February 7, 2013


USA ka pastor ang gibalhog sa selda sa San Pedro Police Station human gireklamo sa usa ka commercial sex worker tungod kay gibayaran siya og peke nga salapi alas 4:00 kagahapon sa kadlawon, Huwebes.

Gireklamo mao si Clint Abib Tan Autida, 25, minyo, residente sa Emerald Street, Phase I, Dejo Subdivision, Barangay Cabantian, Buhangin District, siyudad sa Davao.

Si Autida mao ang pastor sa Grace Gospel Church of Christ didto sa Cabantian.

Gisaysay sa kapulisan sa San Pedro nga gireklamo ang pastor sa sex worker nga gitago sa pangalang Grace.

Nasayran nga kagahapon sa kadlawon nangita si Autida og babaye nga molingaw kaniya ibabaw sa kama didto sa Central Bank sa dalang Claudio, ning siyudad.

Nakigsabot ang maong pastor sa bugaw nga gitago sa pangalang Gerry aron makauban si Grace.

Human nagkasinabot sa presyo, gihatag sa pastor ngadto kang Gerry ang P600 isip bayad sa babaye.

Human gidawat ang maong kantidad, nagkuyog dayon sila Grace ug Autida sulod sa usa ka lodging house sa dalang Duterte, ning siyudad.

Nasuta sa bugaw nga pulos peke ang tag P100 nga gibayad kaniya gikan sa pastor mao nga nangayo siya og police assistance.

Giadto sa mga pulis ang pastor sa lodging house diin sab nasuta sa babaye nga peke ang gibayad kaniya sa suspek.

Gikapkapan sa mga pulis ang pastor kinsa nakuhaan og pulos peke nga kuwarta nga nagkantidad og P13,450.

Gipanghimakak sa maong pastor ang pasangil kaniya sanglit ang maong kuwarta gikan lamang sa iyang higala nga mibayad sa dugay nga nga utang kaniya.

Ang pastor gikustodiya sa kapulisan samtang naghuwat sa pormal nga reklamo nga ipasaka batok kaniya ngadto sa korte.

Quote from: hubag bohol on March 26, 2013, 01:40:00 PM

Unsa kahay ikasulti sa arsobispo, pwede ba kaha ni kaonon sa Biyernes Santo...

Quote from: hubag bohol on March 28, 2013, 06:01:33 PM
Hugot karon nga gibarugan ni Alaine nga dili na siya makigbalik pa sa iyang maluibon nga kapuyo.

Ugok na jud kon makigbalik pa...

Quote from: hubag bohol on March 28, 2013, 06:01:33 PM
Una pa ang hitabo, nasayud na si Alaine nga dunay laing kapikas sa kinabuhi ang iyang kaipon nga tua pa sa laing nasud.

Lampingasan jud.

Quote from: hubag bohol on March 28, 2013, 06:01:33 PM
Gipa-blotter ni Alaine ang nahitabo kaniya sa tumong nga mapanaminan sa uban nga dunay sama kaniya’g kahimtang.

Dapat lang...

Quote from: hubag bohol on March 28, 2013, 06:01:33 PM
"Katorse pa ang edad ni George niadtong nag-uyab mi dayon ako 12 pa, high school pa gyud mi, unya abot ning panahona iya kung giingon ani," sulti ni Alaine.

Napakasakit. Kahilak og apil si Botoy...

Quote from: hubag bohol on March 28, 2013, 06:01:11 PM
Sa paghinabi sa SuperBalita, gisaysay ni Alaine ang matam-is niyang kasinati-an sa gugma uban ni George sulod sa 20 na ka mga katuigan.

Agoi, gabaan baya ka sa imong gibuhat, Bay George...

"Katorse pa ang edad ni George niadtong nag-uyab mi dayon ako 12 pa, high school pa gyud mi, unya abot ning panahona iya kung giingon ani," sulti ni Alaine.

Gipa-blotter ni Alaine ang nahitabo kaniya sa tumong nga mapanaminan sa uban nga dunay sama kaniya’g kahimtang.

"Wala mi anak sulod sa 20 ka tuig. Gibiyaan nako ang Pilipinas aron makigbisog sa kinabuhi sa Malaysia aron mahatag nako niya ang tanan apan mao ni iyang gibuhat nako, grabe. Unta maabot ni sa media aron kakuhaan og moral lesson sa uban nga dili magpakatanga niining panahona," pung ni Alaine.

Una pa ang hitabo, nasayud na si Alaine nga dunay laing kapikas sa kinabuhi ang iyang kaipon nga tua pa sa laing nasud.

Lakip na ang mga personal nga gamit ni Alaine sama sa laptop, ug mga dokumento gidala ni George.

Hugot karon nga gibarugan ni Alaine nga dili na siya makigbalik pa sa iyang maluibon nga kapuyo.

Ang kapulisan sa San Pedro PNP mipasalig kang Alaine nga makig-koordinar sila sa barangay aron nga mahatagan og hustisya ang iyang gidangatan.

Ni Jeepy P. Compio
Wednesday, March 27, 2013


USA ka overseas Filipino worker (OFW) ang midangop sa San Pedro Police Station human siya gilayasan sa kapuyo dala ang iyang mga sinina ug mga gamit sa kusina alas 9:10 sa buntag kagahapon, Miyerkules.

Si Alaine S. Tolido, 32, nagtrabaho sa nasud Malaysia ug kasamtangan nag-abang ug lawak sa dalang Tavera, corner Camus Street, Barangay 9-A, siyudad sa Davao nagminghoy nga mipatala sa hitabo sa kuwerpo sa pulis gumikan kay wala gyuy nabilin niyang sinina kay gidala sa paglayas sa kapuyo nga si George B. Manaloto, 34.

Sa paghinabi sa SuperBalita, gisaysay ni Alaine ang matam-is niyang kasinati-an sa gugma uban ni George sulod sa 20 na ka mga katuigan.

Ballet students? Hmm...

Pwede pud ni "I love you, too, but I have to go..."

Hmm, seafood pud diay tingali ang cuisses de grenouille...

He he...

Hmm, mao man ni ang Yang Chow sa amoa...

He he, bitaw, mas limitado ang avenues para sa suicidal instincts sa mga baje...

Dayon pakapinan og tail massage...

Aha! Gisuksok diri ang cocaine!

The sniffer sniffed...

Ah, piraso diay tingali tuod. Dia ra, usa ka hiwa nga buaya.





Oi, angay diay ni ugma, Good Friday, kay dapat fish diet...

When the North African Hannibal (along with other African and Indian military commanders) decided to bring tanks into knife fights by training elephants as weapons of war, the Roman army was in trouble. Roaming the battlefield with archers perched on their backs on special “Bowdah” carrier baskets, the massive mammals were the scourge of many a campaign.

That is, until the Romans unleashed a snouted super weapon of their own. They had learned that the elephants were terrified of certain noises, such as the squealing of pigs. To make sure that the pigs indeed would be screaming, they lit them on fire and set them running at the elephants. This way, the Romans could both win their battles in an insanely cruel mannerâ€"and celebrate their victory with freshly cooked bacon. -- http://listverse.com/

Ang sobra gitunoan, payts pud...

Quote from: chicogon on March 28, 2013, 12:18:28 PM
Ni ambit nag bali 2 ka kilo si boss

Sus, kalami sa sud-an ni boss, sinugbang pagi...





Disgrasya pud ani ang sinakiyo nga Johnny Walker...

Hmm, beer diay tingali ang sulod sa cup nga gigunitan ni Inday...