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Quote from: chicogon on March 20, 2013, 11:26:38 PM
Hehehe... readers digesting

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Comprehensive numbers for this trend are hard to come by, especially for adults, but some studies are starting to show what doctors are seeing. For example, a large registry of diabetes data collected in Europe showed a 4 percent annual increase in the rate of Type 1 diabetes diagnoses among children from 1989 to 2008.

In Pupur's case, it was clear she had diabetes, but determining the type proved to be difficult.

Initially, her doctor told her she had Type 2 diabetes, which is sometimes referred to as "adult onset" but is being increasingly diagnosed in children because of the growing problem of pediatric obesity.

Type 1, once commonly referred to as "juvenile" diabetes, is an autoimmune disease in which the body attacks its own ability to produce insulin. Patients need frequent insulin injections to survive.

The Type 2 form, which accounts for more than 90 percent of all diabetes cases worldwide, is not an autoimmune condition. In this type, the pancreas quits producing insulin or stops using the insulin efficiently to control blood sugar levels.

While Type 2 diabetes may require insulin injections, it can often be controlled with oral medications or even weight loss, exercise and healthy eating.

More at: http://www.sfgate.com/health/article/New-type-of-adult-diabetes-is-on-the-rise-4367915.php#ixzz2O9Y3LDEb

Victoria Colliver
Updated 5:00 pm, Tuesday, March 19, 2013


Cathy Purpur used every excuse she could think of to explain away her symptoms.

Busy at work and training for a half marathon in 2004, the 38-year-old San Jose woman started feeling exceptionally tired, craving orange juice and going to the bathroom a lot.

"I just figured I'm up in the middle of the night because I'm drinking a lot more, and I'm exhausted because I'm up in the middle of the night," said Purpur, now 46. "I rationalized everything."

It wasn't until she noticed her vision getting worse - soon after she had been to the eye doctor for a new refraction - that she started to panic. She returned to the eye doctor, who immediately suspected the cause and told her to get a blood test.

Her blood sugar was sky high. The cause: diabetes.

Physicians are seeing an increase in diabetes, a disease that makes it difficult for patients to control their blood sugar levels. But it's not the type of diabetes - known as Type 2 - that has gotten the most attention in recent years and is linked to the growing obesity epidemic.

Rather, it's the less common Type 1 form that historically has been found in children and young adults.

"Overall, Type 1 diabetes is increasing and we're seeing it in all age groups," said Dr. Tandy Aye, who specializes in pediatric endocrinology and diabetes at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford.

Hmm, Mace Windobama?

Pope’s call first thought to be a prank
By Claudine Zap | The Lookout â€" 23 hrs ago


Pope Francis is known for his informal style. This has charmed the masses, but doesn’t work so well over the phone.

According to a story in the Daily Mail, the pontiff rang a Vatican receptionist directly, which is apparently a papal no-no. The disbelieving man thought the call was a prank, and said, “Oh, yes? And I’m Napoleon.”

Luckily, Francis has the patience of a saint, and he convinced the man he was the real deal.

The pope wanted to be connected with Adolfo Nicolas, the superior general of his old Jesuit order, according to the Mail.

He told the disbeliever, “I really am Pope Francis. Do not worry, Andreas, just connect me with Father General, I would like to thank him for the charming letter.”

The receptionist realized his error, because who else talks like that?

A Vatican expert explained that the pope doesn’t usually make his own callsâ€"that's done through a secretary. But the humble man hailing from Argentina, known for cooking his own food, living in his own apartment and riding the bus to work, has other ideas.

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/pope-call-thought-prank-141456036.html

The real Botoy...

Walk barefoot on the grass...safely. 

One patient, a 41-year-old refugee, died after an overdose of drugs allegedly given to her during a 2009 abortion.

Moton, 35, had lived with Gosnell's family during high school because of problems at home, then went to work for him years later. She earned about $10 an hour â€" off the books â€" to administer drugs, perform ultrasounds, help with abortions and dispose of fetal remains from 2005 to 2008.

She once had to kill a baby delivered in a toilet, cutting its neck with scissors, she said. Asked if she knew that was wrong, she said, "At first I didn't."

Abortions are typically performed in utero.

Moton has pleaded guilty to third-degree murder, which carries a 20- to 40-year term, as well as conspiracy and other charges. She has been in prison since early 2011, when Philadelphia prosecutors arrested Gosnell, his third wife, Pearl, and eight other employees. Most of them have pleaded guilty and are expected to testify.

Defense lawyer Jack McMahon told jurors in opening statements Monday that Gosnell, now 72, returned to the impoverished neighborhood after medical school when he could have struck it rich in the suburbs. He called the prosecution of his client, who is black, "a lynching."

But prosecutors believe Gosnell made plenty of money over a 30-year career using cheap, untrained staff, outdated medicines and barbaric techniques to perform abortions on desperate, low-income women.

And they say he made even more on the side running a "pill mill," where addicts and drug dealers could get prescriptions for potent painkillers. Authorities found $250,000 in cash under a mattress when they searched his home in 2010.

The mother of "Baby A" testified Tuesday afternoon, describing a painful three-day abortion process that started at Gosnell's clinic in Delaware. She was 17, had an infant daughter and was told by Gosnell she was 24 weeks pregnant â€" the legal limit in Pennsylvania, but not in neighboring Delaware, where abortions are banned after 20 weeks.

The Chester woman said she given abortion drugs in Delaware and sent home the first two days, then was directed to the West Philadelphia clinic the third day. She was in severe pain by then, pain that only worsened the following week, she said.

Her aunt had taken her to the clinic and paid the $1,300 fee, and they had not told her mother.

"I never felt pain like that, ever," the woman said. "I couldn't talk to anybody and tell anybody."

But the teen ended up being hospitalized for two weeks with a large abscess and a blood clot near her heart.

Prosecutors say she is one of countless patients injured during botched abortions or unsanitary conditions.

By MARYCLAIRE DALE | Associated Press â€" 14 hrs ago


PHILADELPHIA (AP) â€" A medical assistant told a jury Tuesday that she snipped the spines of at least 10 babies during unorthodox abortions at a West Philadelphia clinic, at the direction of the clinic's owner.

And she said Dr. Kermit Gosnell and another employee did the same to terminate pregnancies.

Adrienne Moton's testimony came in the capital murder trial of Gosnell, who owned the clinic and is on trial in the deaths of a patient and seven babies. Prosecutors accuse him of killing late-term, viable babies after they were delivered alive, in violation of state abortion laws.

Gosnell's lawyer disputes that any babies were born alive and challenges the gestational age of the aborted fetuses.

Moton, the first employee to testify, sobbed as she recalled taking a cellphone photograph of one baby left in her work area in 2008. She thought he could have survived, given his size and pinkish color. She had measured him at nearly 30 weeks.

Gosnell later joked that the baby was so big he could have walked to the bus stop, she said.

Jurors saw Moton's photograph of the boy called "Baby A" on a large screen in the courtroom, which took on a bizarre look Tuesday as witnesses testified near a hospital bed with stirrups and other aging obstetric equipment. Denied the chance to bring jurors to the shuttered inner-city clinic, prosecutors are instead recreating a patient room in court.

Kini nindot buhatan og tree house...

Hehe, mor ob pordoy radir dan kompyost...

Edwin Lacierda, spokesman for President Benigno Aquino III, said that the government was confident it will be able to defend the merits of the law.

Aquino risked the clash with the church and church-backed politicians to sponsor the law and lobby for its passage. Aquino signed the law in December, and the Department of Health last week drafted and approved its implementing rules, setting it into motion.

The law mandates government health centers to provide universal and free access to nearly all contraceptives to everyone, particularly the country's poorest, who make up a third of the population. So far, such access has been patchy, expensive, and hinged on the political will of local governments. In the past, for instance, some mayors banned free distribution of condoms in their areas.

The law also makes sexual education compulsory in public schools.

The government made some concessions in deference to the church, according to Mellisa Upreti, regional director for Asia at the U.S.-based Center for Reproductive Rights.

It failed to legalize all contraceptives, including emergency contraception, and the law contains a measure that allows private and religious-affiliated hospitals to deny reproductive health services based on their moral and theological objections, Upreti wrote in Tuesday's Guardian newspaper.

Private-run Catholic hospitals are among the leading providers of health care in the Philippines.

Associated Press â€" 9 hrs ago


MANILA, Philippines (AP) â€" The Philippine Supreme Court temporarily halted the implementation of a law that provides state funding for contraceptives, legislation opposed by the dominant Roman Catholic Church but supported by reproductive health activists.

The Responsible Parenthood Law was passed by lawmakers late last year despite the church's opposition but petitioners questioned its legality on several grounds, saying it offends religious beliefs and fosters abortion, which remains illegal in the country.

Voting 15-5 in favor of 10 separate petitions Tuesday, the justices stopped the implementation of the law until June 18, when both sides will argue their cases before the court, said Theodore Te, spokesman for the Supreme Court.

Catholic leaders consider the law an attack on the church's core values and say it promotes promiscuity and destroys life. The government says it helps the poor manage the number of children they have and provides for maternal health care.

Nearly half of all pregnancies in the Philippines are unwanted, according to the U.N. Population Fund, and a third of those end up aborted in back-alley clinics.

The Philippines has a population of 94 million and one of Asia's highest birth rates.

Quote from: bugsay on March 18, 2013, 07:04:36 AM

ingon ani among dirty kitchen..

He he, angayan kaayo magluto diri kadtong imong mga kusinera...

MARK MERUEÃ'AS, KIMBERLY JANE TAN and GIAN C. GERONIMO
GMA News March 20, 2013 11:50am


(Updated 3:07 p.m.) A graduate of the Ateneo Law School topped the 949 passers of the October 2012 Bar examinations. With 5,343 total number of examinees, this translated to a 17.76 passing rate.

Ignatius Ingles topped the Bar passers with 85.64 percent followed by fellow Ateneo graduate Catherine Beatrice King Kay (84.72 percent) and April Carmela Lacson of the University of the Philippines (84.48 percent).

Ingles was the Ateneo Law School salutatorian while King Kay was valedictorian.

The release of the results of the Bar exams â€" believed to be the most difficult among licensure examinations â€" is a much awaited annual event not only by law graduates and students, but also by others to see how certain colleges and universities fare.

Also in top 10 are Xavier Jesus Romualdo of Ateneo (84.1 percent); Maria Graciela Base of UP and Jose Maria Angel Machuca of Ateneo (83.99 percent); Patrick Henry Salazar of UP (83.71 percent); Ralph Karlo Barcelona of Aquinas University (83.43 percent); Marvyn Llamas of Ateneo (83.29 percent); Carlo Martin Li of Ateneo (83.27 percent); and Francis Paolo Tiopanco of UP (83.25 percent).

Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno's son, Jose Lorenzo Sereno, who is also from Ateneo, was also among the passers. Sereno inhibited from Tuesday's special en banc session, where the release of the results were approved and the grades were decoded.

According to the Supreme Court website, an original 5,686 were admitted to take the Bar but only 5,343 completed the four-Sunday examinations.

Lower passing rate

The passing rate is lower compared to the 31.95 passing rate during the 2011 Bar exams, in which 1,913 examinees passed, led by Raoul Angelo Atadero who is also from the Ateneo Law School. This, even as the passing grade was lowered from 75 to 70 percent.

"Binabaan na nga namin kasi dapat 361 lang dapat ang papasama. Pero dahil Holy Week may puso din naman kami," SC Associate Justice Martin Villarama, Bar exams chief, jokingly said at a press briefing following the release of the Bar exam results.

SC Public Informatiom chief Theodore Te said the latest passing rate is the lowest in 12 years.

Potential cyclone nears VisMin, moderate rain expected
March 20, 2013 6:18pm
http://www.gmanetwork.com/


A potential cyclone moved closer to Mindanao Wednesday afternoon, even as state weather forecasters said rain may fall on parts of the country in the next 24 hours.

In its 5 p.m. bulletin, PAGASA said the a low-pressure area or potential cyclone was estimated at 475 km east of Hinatuan City as of 4 p.m.

"Eastern Visayas and Mindanao will experience cloudy skies with light to moderate rain showers and thunderstorms. Metro Manila and the rest of the country will have generally good weather except for isolated thunderstorms mostly in the afternoon," it said.

Should the LPA intensify into a cyclone while inside the Philippine area of responsibility (PAR), it will be locally codenamed Dante.

PAGASA also said light to moderate winds blowing from the east to northeast will prevail over Luzon and coming from the northeast over the rest of the country.

"The coastal waters throughout the archipelago will be slight to moderate," it said.

Earlier Wednesday, PAGASA forecaster Ricky Fabregas said Metro Manila recorded its highest temperature so far this year at 34.6 degrees Celsius, while Tuguegarao also experienced its hottest temperature at 35.5 degrees. â€" TJD, GMA News

Quote from: Votives on March 20, 2013, 09:35:20 AM
og kinsa naman sad imong pasabot bai hubs??

Bwahaha! Aw, basin nasayop ra ko, basin borit ra diay... 

Agoi, mora diayg gigabaan ang Japan, gilampornas sa US of A sa WW2.

Hmm, St. Pigtrick?

Quote from: hubag bohol on March 19, 2013, 04:57:36 PM
China says it won't be sending anyone after Taiwan announced its president Ma Yinga-Jeou would be going.

Eat your heart out, Xi...

Quote from: hubag bohol on March 19, 2013, 04:57:36 PMZimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has also flown in, sidestepping a ban on EU travel.

Way to go, Bob!

0749 GMT: Dignitaries expected to attend today include a heavy contingency from the Americas, reports AFP's Dario Thuburn. Among them the presidents of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Mexico, and Paraguay.

More controversially, Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has also flown in, sidestepping a ban on EU travel. Meanwhile China says it won't be sending anyone after Taiwan announced its president Ma Yinga-Jeou would be going.

0740 GMT: Huge crowds have already begun to flock to St Peter's Square for the mass, which begins at 0800 GMT.

In a ceremony laden with ritual and imagery, Pope Francis will receive the formal symbols of his papacy, including the lambswool pallium and "Fisherman's ring".

Ahead of the mass the pope, already noted for his familiar, personal style, will make a tour of the plaza to greet the faithful.

Hundreds of thousands of people, including leaders from around the world, are expected to turn out in St Peter's Square for the official installation of Latin America's first pontiff.

0805 GMT: Trumpets ring out as the leader of the world's 1.2 billion Catholics passes through the square in an open-top car.

The pontiff waves to the tens of thousands of flag-waving pilgrims, who greet him with cries of "Long live the pope!".

0801 GMT: POPE ENTERS ST PETER'S SQUARE.

0800 GMT: For many, Pope Francis's inauguration represents a new beginning for the Catholic Church. Maria Lourdes, 36, a nun from Salvador, tells AFP: "It's hugely emotional to be here. Pope Francis's papacy will be a great revolution for the Church, but more than that, for the poor in South America and around the world".

In his first Angelus on Sunday Pope Francis called for a "poor Church for the poor". He said he chose his papal name in honour of St Francis of Assisi, the medieval saint who rejected riches for a life of poverty and humility..

0752 GMT: Thousands of faithful are already filling St Peter's Square, AFP's Eleanor Ide tells us from the Vatican. Hundreds are rushing up the avenue to the basilica, some carrying folding chairs, many waving national banners -- among them plenty of Argentinian ones.

Hymns sound out across the square as people take their places in the sunny plaza or in front of one of several large screens around the square, she says.

Pope Francis's inauguration mass: Live Report
By Ruth Holmes | AFP News â€" 7 minutes ago


0820 GMT: Pope Francis enters the basilica and security officials reopen the barriers around the square to let in the masses building up on the avenue leading up to it, our correspondent Eleanor adds.

A little girl loses a shoe in the crush to get in time to see the pope come out again and give mass.

0814 GMT: Dressed in his white robe, the pope clutches his papal cap to his head to stop it blowing off in the wind as he makes his way through crowds, Eleanor Ide reports.

Cries of disappointment and "over here your holiness" as the popemobile turns away and takes a different route through the throng.

Tyler Moore, 24, from New Orleans Theological College Seminary, has travelled from the United States especially for the inauguration. He tells AFP: "Pope Francis is great, he's intriguing, different, a breath of fresh air. I find his way of speaking really down to earth, he's a pastoral figure".

0808 GMT: Screams of excitement as the pope gets out of his "popemobile" to greet people, reports Eleanor Ide.

Commentators have already noted how the pope has differed from his predecessors with his effusive style, presenting a new challenge for security officials. Swiss guards are manning the crowds, helicopters flying overhead, Eleanor tells us.

Ang apol sa amoa kay dugo nga nagtibugol...

Quote from: anredrew on March 18, 2013, 10:32:47 AM
hello po baguhan po.. kamusta lahat po kayo.. meri xmas!

Happy birthday, Ms. Anredrew!

Hmm, wais ang news item, insinuations galore pero ang gabasa ray makasala for making the wrong conclusions...

Bwahaha! Hmm, pangit nga babaero? Sounds familiar...

Cardinal Wilfrid Fox Napier of South Africa

If you say YES, then you disagree with a cardinal...


South Africa cardinal says paedophilia not a crime
Reuters â€" Sat, Mar 16, 2013


JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - A South African cardinal who helped elect Pope Francis this week has told the BBC paedophilia is an illness and not a crime.

Cardinal Wilfrid Fox Napier, the Catholic Archbishop of Durban, told BBC Radio 5 on Saturday that paedophilia was a "disorder" that needed to be treated.

"From my experience, paedophilia is actually an illness. It's not a criminal condition, it's an illness," he said.

Napier said he knew of at least two priests who became paedophiles after they were abused as children.

"Now don't tell me that those people are criminally responsible like somebody who chooses to do something like that. I don't think you can really take the position and say that person deserves to be punished. He was himself damaged."

The Catholic Church has had its image deeply tarnished by a widespread child sex abuse scandal.

Napier was one of the 115 cardinals in the Vatican conclave that elected Pope Francis on Wednesday, the BBC reported.

The first non-European pope in nearly 1,300 years, Francis has signalled a sharp change of style from his predecessor, Benedict, for the 1.2-billion-member Church, which is beset by scandals, intrigue and strife.

He said on Saturday the church should be poor and remember that its mission is to serve the poor.

Quote from: TUBAGBOHOL.com on March 17, 2013, 02:08:46 PM
only in the philippines.

Ngano man pud ni si Ping, wa na lang unta siya magbinayot og panumbaling ani nga accusation.

Quote from: islander on March 17, 2013, 11:11:21 PM
taym sa ra god, unsa man nang salamander.  amphibious family ra man ang akong nahibaw-an nga salamander; why man niabot man ug kusina...

The reason they're called salamanders is that in olden times they had a wide flat metal device that they used to brown foods and desserts. To get this metal device red hot, it was inserted directly into the fire. The flat metal head was connected to a long metal pole for handling, and for stability there were four legs attached to the pole. The device looked like and was called a salamander. Since then, all broilers have been called salamanders. -- http://answers.yahoo.com/

Quote from: islander on March 17, 2013, 10:56:54 PM
weird.  i hope these babies don't grow up and be like their dads.

Hmm, their moms could be worse...

Quote from: Pikoy on March 17, 2013, 10:14:08 PM
     
How to Make Money yar?


You have probably asked yourself - how to make money? could I ask How to make a real money Sir.. Real means Not fake ha.... Y

Chef's Dream Space

Four work stations, an island with two ovens, eight burners, a griddle, a grill, a salamander, sink and pot filler are just some of the components that support this work-horse of a kitchen. Design by Peter Salerno


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Ah, to paraphrase Æ:

In the lost boyhood of Jorge
Christ was upheld.

Quote from: Raquelproud boholana on March 17, 2013, 04:19:18 PM
akoy bana biyaan ni nako.

Angay jud. Over ra kaayo. Basin sa sunod niyang gamayng sipyat taoran dayon og gripo ang iyang kilid...

Tejada’s case has triggered calls for a review of the tuition policy in the premier state university which has the lion’s share of subsidy among state colleges and universities.

UP President Alfredo Pascual called a news conference on Monday to unveil a proposed modification of the STFAP.

Leachon said two UPM alumni who wanted to remain anonymous have pledged to donate P100,000 and P50,000 to start a trust fund to assist students having trouble meeting their loan obligations.

He said it turned out many people were willing to help out but there was no structure in place.

“Tomorrow (Monday) is a new day and carries with it a chance to work some good in an imperfect world.

Kristel is not the first nor the only victim of poverty. What is necessary is for people to keep trying to make her the last,” Leachon said.

Based on new details released over the weekend by the UPM administration, the 16-year old BA Behavioral Sciences freshman at the College of Arts and Sciences struggled under the state university’s loan and tuition policies right from the start when she entered UP in May 2012.

Tejada, the eldest of five children of a taxi driver and a housewife, killed herself in their home in Tayuman, Manila early March 15, two days after she had to file a leave of absence since she failed to pay tuition for the second semester of the school year.

When she enrolled for her first semester last May 10, she was assessed a tuition of P9,172.50 since she was not classified to be entitled to free tuition under UP’s socialized tuition scheme called the Socialized Tuition and Financial Assistance Program (STFAP).

She paid P2,795.50 on May 11, while her loan of P6,377 was settled by her father only on December 19, when the second semester was already underway.

By then the Office of Student Affairs denied her father’s appeal for another loan to cover her second semester, telling the Tejadas they have been given three extensions to pay the full tuition “and it was already mid-semester.”

“Since it is a violation of Article 332 of the University Code, the appeal could no longer be accommodated as it will set a precedent,” the UPM administration said.
On September 27, Tejada appealed to be re-assessed and categorized under Bracket E so she would be spared having to pay the tuition.

But her appeal was not acted upon as according to the UP Manila administration she “failed to submit supporting documentary requirements for appeal to be processed during the designated period despite frequent reminders from the Office of Student Affairs (OSA).”

UP Manila suspends classes Monday to mourn Kristel Tejada
By Doris C. Dumlao
Philippine Daily Inquirer
7:17 pm | Sunday, March 17th, 2013


MANILA, Philippines â€" Officials of the University of the Philippines Manila (UPM) suspended classes on Monday and called for sobriety amid public dismay and outrage over the suicide of a freshman forced to put her studies on hold because she could not pay the tuition.

The UPM administration declared March 18 a “Day of Mourning in remembrance of Kristel Pilar Mariz Tejada, Iskolar ng Bayan” and suspended classes in all academic units in the Padre Faura campus.

“The reason is to call for sobriety, reflection and also to express condolences again. This may be a rallying symbol to turn this tragedy into a higher noble cause for a permanent solution to problems in education,” said public affairs director Dr. Anthony Leachon in an interview Sunday after he visited the wake.

The student body meanwhile is expected to continue their mass actions next week in the form of a vigil, noise barrage, march and wearing of black shirt.
The remains will be brought to the Philippine General Hospital chapel during the week before they are laid to rest during the weekend.

UP Manila suspends classes Monday to mourn Kristel Tejada
By Doris C. Dumlao
Philippine Daily Inquirer
7:17 pm | Sunday, March 17th, 2013


MANILA, Philippines â€" Officials of the University of the Philippines Manila (UPM) suspended classes on Monday and called for sobriety amid public dismay and outrage over the suicide of a freshman forced to put her studies on hold because she could not pay the tuition.

The UPM administration declared March 18 a “Day of Mourning in remembrance of Kristel Pilar Mariz Tejada, Iskolar ng Bayan” and suspended classes in all academic units in the Padre Faura campus.

“The reason is to call for sobriety, reflection and also to express condolences again. This may be a rallying symbol to turn this tragedy into a higher noble cause for a permanent solution to problems in education,” said public affairs director Dr. Anthony Leachon in an interview Sunday after he visited the wake.

The student body meanwhile is expected to continue their mass actions next week in the form of a vigil, noise barrage, march and wearing of black shirt.

The remains will be brought to the Philippine General Hospital chapel during the week before they are laid to rest during the weekend.

Ping to Miriam: My name is not Pinky, I'm not gay
ABS-CBNnews.com
Posted at 02/13/2013 6:05 PM | Updated as of 02/13/2013 6:05 PM


MANILA - Senator Panfilo Lacson said his colleague, Senator Miriam Santiago, has a lunatic idea in insinuating he's gay.

In a text message, Lacson said: “I am sorry to disappoint the lady senator. If she's insinuating some LUNATIC idea about my sexuality, let me emphasize this - I am not gay and I do not intend to be one."

In an interview with Radyo Inquirer on Wednesday, Santiago gave more biting remarks against her foes in the Senate.

After a long absence due to health reasons, Santiago said she will file a resolution beginning the 16th Congress for a probe into the “brazen false claims” of Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile in his book “Juan Ponce Enrile: A Memoir”.

This time, she also said she will reveal the “sins” and “sexuality” of Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson. She tagged him as “Pinky Lacson”.

She said she can always use her parliamentary immunity to talk about Lacson. She said she is not afraid of any retaliation from Lacson, especially since he will soon lose the same immunity.

“Kaya sasagutin ko si Pinky Lacson na yan at hindi lamang iyan, kakalkalin ko isa-isa from A to Z ang kasalanan nya,” she said.

Santiago has been feuding with Enrile for several months. The tiff further escalated when Enrile admitted giving 18 senators P1.6 million and P250,000 to his Senate foes last Christmas.

Santiago returned the money, saying it was an “unconscionable” waste of people’s money.

Lacson’s name got dragged into the mess. Santiago alluded to Lacson as one of Enrile’s “attack dogs.” She said the attack dog pretends to be a lawyer.

Later, Lacson asked the Commission on Audit to also look into alleged anomalies of “one senator....aside from what [that person] is saying against 22 senators,” obviously referring to Santiago.

Lacson said: “Tignan ng COA at malaman kung sinong senador na pati katulong ay naka-payroll sa opisina, pati asawa ay may grocery allowance…Sinong senador ang nirerentahan ang isang satellite office sa sarili nyang building.” â€" with a report from Ryan Chua, ABS-CBN News

By Maila Ager
INQUIRER.net
1:30 pm | Friday, March 15th, 2013



Senator Panfilo Lacson. INQUIRER FILE PHOTO


MANILA, Philippinesâ€"Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson denied anew Friday that he’s gay as he threatened to tell the “cruel truth” about Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago if the feisty lawmaker spreads “lies” about him.

“If she isn’t crazy, I have cleared many times that I am not gay,” Lacson said in Filipino.

Lacson was reacting to Santiago’s speech at the Manila Hotel this Friday where she repeatedly mentioned about a political foe she described as gay and stupid. She did not name the person whom she even insinuated could have pocketed funds intended for the rent of their Senate offices.

Lacson said he would not take Santiago’s “insults” sitting down and threatened to tell the “cruel truth” about her.

“The thing is, I won’t start a fight with anybody as I did not initiate this quarrel with her; neither will I turn my back,” Lacson said in a text message.

“If she hits me hard, I’ll hit her back harder. If she insults me, I’ll insult her back and more harshly. But I will tell the cruel truth about her if she spreads lies about me,” he said.

He also accused Santiago of misusing funds when she allegedly used Senate money to pay the rent of her extended office in a building owned by her family.

“The issue against her is graft because she used the money of the people to pay for her personal expenses,” Lacson said.

In her speech, Santiago said that the use of funds was approved by the Senate even as she wondered if her unnamed nemesis was the one who actually pocketed the money intended for the same purpose.

Lacson, apparently reacting to Santiago’s tirade, denied any wrongdoing.

“I’m not like her who’s greedy. I have not pocketed any funds in all the time that I have been in government and I don’t accept bribes,” he said.

“And what about her? Perhaps, it will be better for her to answer appropriately and not like some crazy woman with graft cases at the Ombudsman,” Lacson said.

Pope Francis walks past a Swiss guard as he arrives for a meeting with the media at the Pope VI hall, at the Vatican, Saturday, March 16, 2013. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

Quote from: jorgeanna on March 17, 2013, 12:43:08 PM
samot dli na hinoon maka-trabaho ang bana og pila ka buwan tungod sa iyang gibuhat. grabeha naman pud oi. murag kriminal na gyud pud ang bana ...

Mao jud. Binaboy nga kasaba, bastante na...

Quote from: islander on March 17, 2013, 11:15:46 AM
estorya sa akong brod-in-law sa una...

kauban niyang engineer nga nagtrabaho sa atong national power-generating company (di na lang nako nganlan kay klaro nag unsa), gikapoy na tawon si misis sa kalaki sa iyang bana; dugay mouli kay mas baleg kuyog ang mga amigo ug inom.  sa kalagot ni misis, niapas bitaw, unya naghukas atubangan sa tanan.  kapuliki lagi ug tabon ug uli ug dali-dali ang bana.

Bwahaha! Agoi, basin nakaingon ang mga kainom nga, "Bantog rang way gana si pare nga mouli sa ila..."

Quote from: islander on March 17, 2013, 11:03:24 AM
sobra ra sad ka-esmol taym ang kusnit, gawas kun parehag paak ug alimango ang kamot sa asawa.  uno-por-uno ug di dos-por-dos ang gibunal, payts na unta.

Pwede kusnit bugan cum kumot itlog...

Lindquist uses his son’s hockey stick to hook the icebergs (weighing 300 pounds and up) and guide them to the boat. Screws are twisted into the ice blocks, ropes are attached, and the ice is hauled on board.

Does the water from the icebergs really make a difference? Does Rocky Mountain spring water make a difference in the making of Coors beer?

“I can’t tell the difference between this and the stuff in my fridge at home,” Outside Magazine writer David Kushner wrote. “But then again, I realize, that’s not the point. What I’m really tasting is powerâ€"the awesomeness of water that was frozen 10,000 years ago and melted just for my pleasure. And that tastes great.”

You know, we’ve just got to taste the Smoked Salmon vodka, priced at $30 a bottle on Amazon. It, and the other vodkas, must be pretty good. After all, Alaska Distillery went from $4,500 in revenue in 2008 to over $1 million last year, according to Outside.

There is one looming roadblock to future profits, however: global warming.

Jeff Cioletti, editor in chief of Beverage World, told Outside Magazine that water is very important to the quality of liquor.

“It’s the quality of something so special and so old,” Lindquist told Outside.

So, between September and May of the tourist offseason, Lindquist and his crew scour Prince William Sound, collecting 10,000 to 20,000 pounds of icebergs that have broken off from the Harding Icefield formed over 10,000 years ago during the ice age.

Lindquist has poor eyesight, but he still manages to find icebergs that are just right for his vodka.

From Outside Magazine:

Like any seasoned hunter, he’s picky about his prey. We pass by some errant bergs that are no good, he tells me, because they’ve been exposed to the sun too long, becoming so porous that the oldest and tastiest inner crystals evaporate away. Lindquist prefers clean, round pieces that roll in the water from their own weight, shedding debris from their edges as they go. When he captures one, he’ll take it back to the distillery and cut the rind off with a chainsaw, getting down to the inner core, roughly two feet in diameterâ€"pure, dense ice preserved for eons.

Man collects icebergs to make premium vodka
Alaska Distillery uses pure glacial water to make award-winning liquor
March 15, 2013 by David Strege
http://www.grindtv.com/





Scott Lindquist collects icebergs for a living.

Yes, it is an extremely odd job, but when you learn what he does with the big chunks of ice he harvests from Prince William Sound, Alaska, the reason becomes clear as gin, or in this case, vodka.

Lindquist is the head distiller of Alaska Distilleryâ€"makers of award-winning vodkas, one of which is called Smoked Salmonâ€"and the secret to his success is that the water used in the distilling process comes from Earth’s purest water source: glaciers.

Teflon has long been popular for its properties as a non-stick surface; however, it is not entirely safe. While scientists do not believe that Teflon causes cancer, it is still dangerous. In fact, Teflon has been found to be present in people’s blood and in dust, food and water in people’s houses. When Teflon is brought to a very high heat, the coating can release toxic chemicals, which can cause a nasty condition in humans that may be mistaken for the flu. It can damage the immune systems of animals and give them cancer, while scientists are unsure just how much damage it causes to humans, so far the outlook is not great and they have found that most Americans have some level of the toxic chemical in their bodies. -- http://listverse.com/

He he, kaila jud dayon si Ms. Lolla. Kini kaha...

His addresses and homilies often circle back to the need for the church to rivet its attention on issues of economic failings, including the growing divides between the comfortable and needy, and the pressures of Western-style capitalism.

His election to the papacy has raised questions about how he will translate that message on a global scale, given the global economic crisis and vast inequalities among the rich and poor â€" and at home, given allegations of corruption in the Holy See's governance and continued problems of the Vatican's own bank, the Institute for Religious Works. -- http://news.yahoo.com/

The pope's admiration for Francis' simplicity is evident in his own lifestyle: the former Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio would take the bus to work, lived in a Spartan apartment where he would turn the heat off on weekends and cook his own meals.

In one of his first acts as pope, Francis phoned the Vatican ambassador in Buenos Aires and told him to put out the word that he didn't want ordinary Argentines flocking to Rome for his installation Mass, urging them to use the money instead for charity.

Bergoglio never favored liberation theology, the Latin American-inspired view that Jesus' teachings imbue followers with a duty to fight for social and economic justice, because of its alliances with armed leftist guerrilla movements in the 1970s.

But as a priest and later archbishop, he saw to it that every slum in Buenos Aires had a chapel and fostered many outreach programs, supporting former prostitutes and drug addicts and washing the feet of rehab patients. When the economy collapsed in 2001, and Argentines lost faith in their politicians, he denounced capitalist excesses and corruption from the pulpit.

"And those words came to me: The poor. The poor. Then right away, thinking of the poor, I thought of Francis of Assisi. Then I thought of all the wars as the votes were being counted, until the end. Francis is also the man of peace. That is how the name came into my heart: Francis of Assisi."

The pope said some have wondered whether his name was a reference to other Franciscan figures, including St. Frances de Sales or even the co-founder of the pope's own Jesuit order, Francis Xavier. But he said the inspiration was Francis of Assisi.

Sitting in the vast Vatican auditorium, Francis continued: "For me, he is the man of poverty, the man of peace, the man who loves and protects creation. These days we don't have a very good relationship with creation, do we?" he said. "He is the man who gives us this spirit of peace, the poor man."

"Oh how I would like a church which is poor and for the poor!" Francis said, sighing.

"Let me tell you a story," Pope Francis began in a break from his prepared text during an audience for a few thousand journalists and Vatican communications officials in the Vatican's auditorium.

Francis then described how during the conclave he was comforted by his friend, Brazilian Cardinal Claudio Hummes, as the votes were going his way and it seemed "a bit dangerous" that he would reach the two-thirds necessary to be elected.

When the threshold was reached, applause erupted in the frescoed Sistine Chapel.

"He (Hummes) hugged me. He kissed me. He said, 'Don't forget about the poor!'" Francis recalled.

Quote from: BolBuhol on March 16, 2013, 06:03:09 PM
bisan sang kalibonan ilalom sang kakahoyam ibabaw bisang kasagingan abot sang kadarohan

...dason suot sang kabugangam sang tiilam sang kabukiram lagbas sang baliliham subay sang kagimkimam latay sang kasapaam dajom dulhog patubam sang kadagatam...

Quote from: hubag bohol on March 17, 2013, 09:41:28 AM
Gibutyag sa bulletin sa SPMC nga padung na unta sa trabaho si Letsones.

Apan tungod kay nabana-bana niya nga ma-late na siya, nakahukom siyang di na lang motrabaho.

Samtang pauli sa ilang balay sa kanto Roxas, gidani siya sa iyang mga kaila nga mag-inom.

Wala makabalibad ang biktima, busa milingkod ug nakig-inom na lang sa mga kaila.

Oops, medyo angay pud diay patilawon og gamay, pero grabe ra pud ang pospos de dos-por-dos. Kusnit lang gud unta sa bugan...

Quote from: hubag bohol on March 17, 2013, 09:41:28 AM
USA ka bana ang mitugpa sa balay tambalanan human gipusposan og dos-por-dos sa asawa kay wa mitrabaho alas 9:30 sa buntag niadtong Biyernes.

Way puangod asawaha...

Ni Jeepy P. Compio
Saturday, March 16, 2013


USA ka bana ang mitugpa sa balay tambalanan human gipusposan og dos-por-dos sa asawa kay wa mitrabaho alas 9:30 sa buntag niadtong Biyernes.

Si Sammy Letsones, 44, residente sa Roxas Boulevard siyudad sa Davao gidali pagdala sa mga personahe sa Central 911 sa Southern Philippine and Medical Center (SPMC) gumikan sa pagbuhagay sa dugo nga miagas gikan sa ulo.

Gibutyag sa bulletin sa SPMC nga padung na unta sa trabaho si Letsones.

Apan tungod kay nabana-bana niya nga ma-late na siya, nakahukom siyang di na lang motrabaho.

Samtang pauli sa ilang balay sa kanto Roxas, gidani siya sa iyang mga kaila nga mag-inom.

Wala makabalibad ang biktima, busa milingkod ug nakig-inom na lang sa mga kaila.

Apan usa ka barkada sa asawa sa biktima nakakita kaniya sa maong dapit busa gitug-an siya ngadto sa iyang asawa kinsa wala panganli.

Taud-taud, miabot ang asawa ug nagdala ug dos-por-dos nga kahoy.

Sa kalagot, walay daghang istorya ang asawa ug gipusposan ang bana tumong sa ulo.

Sa kakusog sa pagkabunal, mibuhagay ang daghang dugo sa ulo sa biktima. Daling nanawag ug central 911 ang mga kaila sa biktima ug gidala sa ospital.Hinuon, ang bana luwas na sa makuyaw nga kahimtang sulod sa balay tambalanan.

http://thechive.com/

Happy St. Catrick's Day!

Quote from: hubag bohol on March 17, 2013, 09:24:43 AM
Some communities even go so far as to dye rivers or streams green!

The Chicago River is annually dyed green on St. Patricks Day.

Why Saint Patrick's Day?

Saint Patrick's Day has come to be associated with everything Irish: anything green and gold, shamrocks and luck. Most importantly, to those who celebrate its intended meaning, St. Patrick's Day is a traditional day for spiritual renewal and offering prayers for missionaries worldwide.

So, why is it celebrated on March 17th? One theory is that that is the day that St. Patrick died. Since the holiday began in Ireland, it is believed that as the Irish spread out around the world, they took with them their history and celebrations. The biggest observance of all is, of course, in Ireland. With the exception of restaurants and pubs, almost all businesses close on March 17th. Being a religious holiday as well, many Irish attend mass, where March 17th is the traditional day for offering prayers for missionaries worldwide before the serious celebrating begins.

In American cities with a large Irish population, St. Patrick's Day is a very big deal. Big cities and small towns alike celebrate with parades, "wearing of the green," music and songs, Irish food and drink, and activities for kids such as crafts, coloring and games. Some communities even go so far as to dye rivers or streams green!

There are several accounts of Saint Patrick's death. One says that Patrick died at Saul, Downpatrick, Ireland, on March 17, 460 A.D. His jawbone was preserved in a silver shrine and was often requested in times of childbirth, epileptic fits, and as a preservative against the "evil eye." Another account says that St. Patrick ended his days at Glastonbury, England and was buried there. The Chapel of St. Patrick still exists as part of Glastonbury Abbey. Today, many Catholic places of worship all around the world are named after St. Patrick, including cathedrals in New York and Dublin city.

Many folk ask the question 'Why is the Shamrock the National Flower of Ireland?' The reason is that St. Patrick used it to explain the Holy Trinity to the pagans. Saint Patrick is believed to have been born in the late fourth century, and is often confused with Palladius, a bishop who was sent by Pope Celestine in 431 to be the first bishop to the Irish believers in Christ.

Saint Patrick is most known for driving the snakes from Ireland. It is true there are no snakes in Ireland, but there probably never have been - the island was separated from the rest of the continent at the end of the Ice Age. As in many old pagan religions, serpent symbols were common and often worshipped. Driving the snakes from Ireland was probably symbolic of putting an end to that pagan practice. While not the first to bring Christianity to Ireland, it is Patrick who is said to have encountered the Druids at Tara and abolished their pagan rites. The story holds that he converted the warrior chiefs and princes, baptizing them and thousands of their subjects in the "Holy Wells" that still bear this name.

Saint Patrick is the patron saint and national apostle of Ireland. St Patrick is credited with bringing Christianity to Ireland. Most of what is known about him comes from his two works; the Confessio, a spiritual autobiography, and his Epistola, a denunciation of British mistreatment of Irish Christians. Saint Patrick described himself as a "most humble-minded man, pouring forth a continuous paean of thanks to his Maker for having chosen him as the instrument whereby multitudes who had worshipped idols and unclean things had become the people of God."

In the early 1600s, Catholic Missionaries in Japan were successful in converting a number of powerful feudal lords to Catholicismâ€"thereby garnering a surprising number of followers in the largely Confucian nation. In 1639, Shogun Tokugawa Lemitsu expelled all Christians from the island, in fear of the growing Catholic population and the rebellions that these groups were causing. Had Tokugawa not expelled the Christians, it is likely that, with time, a Catholic Shogun would have risen to power. An allegiance to the Pope may also have fostered an alliance with France and Spain; and had Japan been on the side of France and Spain during the Seven Years’ War against England, it is likely that the British would have been defeated. Such a defeat would have made the colonization of America by the British unlikelyâ€"reshaping the world as we know it. -- http://listverse.com/

Quote from: TUBAGBOHOL.com on March 16, 2013, 08:22:04 AM
Zahar told prayers in a mosque in central Gaza Strip that "the ominous visit of Obama to the region would bring us only more divisions, more loss of lands, and more expel of our people."

Hmm, za ato pa, zigon ni Zahar za pagbizita ni Obama za Gaza  wala zijay dalang gaza gawaz za kahazol ug kabaliza? Faetz...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-l2zl85PHs#ws


Tagam...

Street Performer Punches Pesterer
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/


Pro tip: If a street performer is in the middle of his performance, DO NOT interrupt him.

One man learned that lesson the hard way when he barged into a crowd of onlookers and started hassling a street performer on Cavill Avenue in Queensland, Australia.

"Hey! Leave him alone, man," someone shouts.

But that doesn't stop the purple-shirt-wearing pesterer from giving the human statue a wet willy.

Dude, you most certainly had it coming.

What is important is not the quantity of your knowledge, but its quality. You can know many things without knowing that which is most important.

There are two types of ignorance, the pure, natural ignorance into which all people are born, and the ignorance of the so-called wise. You will see that many among those who call themselves scholars do not know real life, and they despise simple people and simple things. --Blaise Pascal