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Quote from: fdaray on September 22, 2012, 04:46:57 PM
Way gid mabasa sa Bibliya ang pong purgatoryo. Sa King James mabasa nato ang, "forgot to you."

You will sometimes hear it said that the word ‘Purgatory’ is not to be found in Holy Scripture, and it is true that the word itself did not come into common use until the Middle Ages, but the doctrine whereby souls are detained prior to their entry into Heaven is proved by references to the dead in the Old Testament, the New Testament, the Councils of Florence and of Trent and by Tradition.

An example of prayers being offered for the dead in the Old Testament is contained in the Book of Machabees.  It was written long before the coming of Christ. We learn from it that Judas Machabeus, commander of the Jewish army, lost a large number of his soldiers in a successful battle against the Syrians. When these soldiers came to be buried, heathen charms were discovered under their tunics. It worried Judas to think that some of his soldiers had been unfaithful to the one true God. In an effort to beg pardon of God for their sins, he collected 12,000 drachmas of silver and sent them to the temple in Jerusalem to have sacrifices offered for the dead soldiers, expressing the generally-held belief that ‘it is a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead that they may be loosed from sins’.

In the New Testament a declaration made by St. Paul in a letter to the Corinthians (1 Corinthians 3: 14-15) is generally taken to refer to what we now think of as Purgatory. It reads: ‘If any man’s work is burned up, he will suffer loss, though he himself will be saved, but only as through fire.’

excerpt from An Explanation of Purgatory by Jim Dunning
http://www.mysticsofthechurch.com/2010/04/explanation-of-purgatory-part-1-of-2.html
underscoring mine

Quote from: chicogon on September 22, 2012, 09:28:58 PM
Better daw karon ni nahitabo para ma correct kay next month tua ra ba ko sa Philippines... mag kapa2x jud ko didto... 

diay panghinaot nga di ka tantong lutoan ug silbihan ug pakan-on ug maayo sa ato kay nalipay sila nga naa ka.  hinaot unta nga kuyogan lang ka nila ug dagan-dagan sa athletic oval didto sa luyo sa cultural center o mag-swimming sa cainggit nga danggit lang ang kaonon.

While Gimenez could end up with ownership of what she painted on top of the fresco, the foundation isn't sure who owns the original. It's either the foundation or the 16 grandchildren of the painter, Elias Garcia Martinez. And Martinez's heirs live all across Spain, Arilla said. "This seems like it's going to be a long process," he said.

Meanwhile, Borja is trying to cope with its newfound fame. While known for its wine, this is the first time it's ever been a big tourism draw.

The influx of visitors hasn't shown any sign of letting up since news of the fresco rocketed around the world, Arilla said. About 1,000 people paid admission last weekend, and the number of visitors has averaged 100 daily this week. The charge was put in place to cover the cost of additional workers needed at the sanctuary to manage the crowds.

"I thought this would slow down by now, but we still have a steady flow of people," Arilla said.

http://www.philstar.com/

The Sancti Spiritus foundation is stuck in its own legal bind about what to do with the fresco. Should it restore the painting to its original state? Or leave Gimenez's image on the church wall? Or try, as experts say is possible, to separate the two?

Gimenez herself is thankful for the many messages of support she's received from around the world, her lawyers said in a statement. And she "regrets and deplores that commercial brands are financially exploiting a situation that began in total good faith, and which should be restricted to the human level beyond business or commercial interests," the statement said.

The nonprofit Sancti Spiritus foundation plans to seek a second opinion from art experts on what to do about the painting, before getting the view of lawyers, said foundation president Francisco Miguel Arilla, who is also the mayor of Borja, population about 5,000.

"Everyone wants to solve this, but no one knows the solution," Arilla said.

The town morphed into a tourism destination for people who want to see the restoration. The crush has been so big that the Sancti Spiritus foundation that owns the church and sanctuary recently started charging admission: one euro per visitor. Meanwhile, Internet entrepreneurs have quickly moved in to cash in on the phenomenon, printing "Ecce Mono" on a seemingly endless range of products to sell online.

Gimenez's lawyers say she has no interest in a cut of what the foundation is charging people to see the fresco. But they are investigating possible copyright infringements of what she created. If she has rights, said lawyer Antonio Val Carreras Rivera, Gimenez could pursue payments from those using the image to sell products, although whatever she earns would go to charity.

She's most interested in funding groups that help people with congenital muscular dystrophy, because she has a son with the disorder.

The fresco depicts Christ with a crown of thorns before crucifixion, in a style known as "Ecce Homo" (Behold the Man). It stood in peaceful obscurity in the Misericordia Church sanctuary since it was painted in 1930 â€" until Gimenez, a longtime devotee of the work, decided it needed to be rescued from flaking caused by the damp church air.

Word of the artistic travesty spread across the world, and the solemn Ecce Homo quickly took on a less dignified identity: "Ecce Mono." Behold the Monkey.

Then something unexpected happened.

Disfigured Spain fresco rides global fame

September 22, 2012
(philstar.com)

MADRID (AP) â€" The image appears on T-shirts and cellphone covers, coffee mugs and wine labels. And the 80-year-old pensioner who just weeks ago was mortified by the global stir she created with her botched restoration of a fresco of Christ is now looking to get a piece of the action.

The church painting in the town of Borja was for decades a little-known piece of religious art by a minor Spanish artist. Now that Cecilia Gimenez has disfigured it, it has found a new fate as an international icon â€" used to sell products around the world.

Gimenez's lawyers have begun investigating whether all the notoriety may be turned to profit, albeit with an aim to help charity.

he would welcome your translation, piks.

tubag: puwede tingali kun bahal, di pepsi.

panahon na gyod diay sa heater dinha sa inyo, vrglguaps.

very, very interesting.  kini nga whole explanation as posted by bolbs is truly definitus.

haraw tunokon ang tilapyahan ni inday.

Quote from: Pikoy on September 22, 2012, 05:19:17 PM
naay daghang barato sa balay ni pIkoy sa Cebu m'am isle..buy 1 take 5..

buy 1 pikoy, take 5 libat?  arang negosyoha.  pang-brayt.  sagdi lang, human nakog pakyaw tong hinimo sa balingsya, molili ko sa inyo sa cebu.

Quote from: bugsay on September 22, 2012, 05:13:09 PM
kabarato unta sila'g didto pa namalit sa balingsya...

naa bitaw kunoy ngilngig nga umaabot nga furniture factory didto sa balingsya.  nag-atang god ko kay tininuod ni, di pareha sa balay ni pikoy.

Quote from: Pikoy on September 22, 2012, 05:10:39 PM
siguro bai bugs..ang title kay,,

ang balay ni Pikoy ? kw nalay sumpay oi..

ang balay ni pikoy libat?  morag wa magkahinukod...

Quote from: vrglguapo on September 22, 2012, 04:33:54 PM
misuroy sa Ikea Dublin..

good, old reliable ikea.  mao gyod tawon among madalidali ning ikea.  gisundog baya ning ikea concept ug usa ka kompaniya sa malaysia unya ang pinas ang usa sa ilang markets.  naay daghan sa cebu nga ala-ikea kunohay nga made in malaysia.  purya sa kabati sa pagkasundog.

funny kay dihay malaysian couple nag padung na mopauli sa ilaha.  nangompra aning ilang malaysian furniture products para ilang dad-on sa ilang shipment kay mas barato kuno sa cebu kay sa ilaha. 

Quote from: Lollapalooza on September 22, 2012, 04:57:27 PM

chick flick comedy nga love story.. ayaw ng horror kay atakihon ta ana sa kasingkasing... maayo ra manang horror tan-awon kung buntag.. pwede pod sci-fi..

en ader words, angay ka motan-aw ug youtube bahin ni pikoy kun buntag, loll.

Quote from: Lollapalooza on September 22, 2012, 02:00:51 PM
karon pa ko ana...akong lola hingape kaayo to pero ang gikamatyan dili kanser... pneumonia..

maka-pneumonia diay tingali ang kape...

sa una gisultihan ko nga ang kape makabuta kuno.  unsaon, niinom ug kape, naa pa ang kutsarita.  mao nga natuslok ang mata.

Quote from: chicogon on September 21, 2012, 10:35:50 AM
Nag mass ko ganina pero wala ko kahuman. My deacon finished the celebration for me. Didn't remember much what happened. My parishioners called 911 and I was rushed to the emergency room. Ok nako karon but they're keeping me overnight here (Slidell Memorial Hospital) for a battery of tests. Naunsa naman ko oy... mora naman kog permanent resident sa hospital lately hehehe. Salamat sa ifon kadukdok lang gehapon!

this was yesterday?  is fr chic out of the hospital now? 

hope everything's all right, fr chic.  prayers for your speedy recovery...

Quote from: Pikoy on September 17, 2012, 09:23:15 PM
oo, Lechon de Iro..

Quote from: hubag bohol on September 18, 2012, 06:56:53 AM
Oi, kay itoy man, lechon de leche de iro diay.

Yataps ta ani kon mabasahan ni nga thread ni Islander...

kaingon kog di unsa kauso ang kaon ug iro sa cebu.  adto ra ni uso sa northern luzon nga karon gihinayhinay na ug undang.  wa nako damha nga naa pa diay savages sa cebu.  kasabot mo? 

ipaabot ni nakong estoryaha sa philippine animal welfare society, mor pa.

tuo na lang kay klaro man kaayo sa news; there are names, there's a place, there's a date, there are pictures, etc.  katuhoan man gani nga naay spiderkoy, kini pa ba kaha. 

naluoy lang kong gatan-aw, labi na sa pagbasa nako sa tibuok news nga posibleng naigo tawon ni siya ug barko sa may basilan.  tungod kay wounded na, namatay intawon pagkahuman ug pila ka adlaw.  mammal baya tawon ning whale just like dolphins, di ba?  kinahanglan ug hangin para moginhawa.  nitiglawom na lang tingali ni siya tungod sa iyang samad unya nilutaw na lang ug balik sa patay na.

The POEA said the Philippine government “frowns upon the tendency to regard OFWs as commodities, which results to undocumented workers going abroad at a great peril to themselves, in terms of human trafficking, maltreatment, and abuse.”

Under President Benigno Aquino III, the agency “gives the priority and weight in strengthening the local industries to promote and sustain local employment so that overseas employment shall only be an option for the Filipino workers.”

As of 2010, over 10 million Filipinos were residing abroad, based on the stock estimate of the Commission on Filipinos Overseas. The number includes the 1.65 million OFWS registered with the POEA. â€" YA, GMA News

To be continued in Part 2: Where are the OFWs today?

http://www.gmanetwork.com/

From OCWs to OFWs

After Marcos was ousted during the 1986 People Power revolution, President Corazon Aquino issued Executive Order No. 126 renaming the Welfare Fund into the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA).

“The term OFW was adopted after the enactment of RA 8042, also known as Migrant Workers and Overseas Filipinos Act of 1995. Following this, the 2002 POEA Rules and Regulations Governing the Recruitment and Employment of Land-based Overseas Workers adopted the term Overseas or Migrant Filipino workers,” according to DOLE.

“The country was in disarray both economically and politically. The move was mainly to appease growing dissent brought about by unemployment, landlessness and growing poverty, and to systematize earnings from remittances,” Regalado told GMA News Online.

“Exportation of cheap labor was the way to go without requiring much capital from the government (all charges were collected from OCWs themselves or their foreign employers) and profit was sure-proof through remittances and foreign exchange,” she added.

Cheap Filipino labor

However, the migrant workers advocacy group Migrante believes that Marcos pushed for the labor export policy for two reasons: to quell dissent brought about by massive domestic unemployment and the political crisis, and to consolidate foreign exchange from remittances.

“During Marcos' time, labor outmigration of Filipinos took on a new dimension. The Marcos dictatorship made the deployment of Filipino workers more systematic, ushering in the transformation of Filipino cheap labor into an exportable commodity through the labor export policy,” said Connie Bragas Regalado, Migrante sectoral partylist chairperson.

Later, more Filipino medical workers, physicians, and nurses sought employment in the US, Canada, and Australia, prompting the Philippine government to issue the new labor code in 1974 that covered Filipinos working overseas.

“Filipino engineers and skilled construction workers were recruited by multinational companies with projects in the oil-rich countries in the Middle East which experienced an economic boom at that time. This organized system for migration of Filipino workers paved the way for the deployment of millions of Filipinos all over the world up to the present time,” the DOLE reported.

“In the 1950’s to the 60’s, non-professional contract workers went to neighboring Asian countries as artists, barbers, and musicians in East Asia and loggers in Kalimantan, Indonesia,” according to DOLE.

“However, the active and systematic migration of Filipinos for temporary work came in the 60’s when the US government and contractors of US military and civilian agencies recruited Filipinos to work for construction and service-related jobs in certain areas of the Pacific and Southeast Asia such as in Vietnam, Thailand, Japan, Wake Island, and Guam,” the agency added.

Origin of Filipino labor migration

Even before Martial Law formalized export labor, however, DOLE said the migration of Filipino laborers had begun much earlier, as early as the 1900s “when Filipino agricultural workers were recruited to Hawaii to fill temporary labor needs in the agricultural sector.”

Filipino laborers later moved to other parts of the US “to work in downtown hotels and restaurants, sawmills and railroads construction, in California’s agricultural plantations, and in Alaska’s canning industry,” DOLE said.

When the Second World War ended in 1945, some Filipino military servicemen became American citizens after serving in the US Army. Many medical professionals, nurses, accountants, engineers, and other technical workers also began migrating to the US after the war, DOLE said.

In 1978, Marcos issued Presidential Decree 1412 to “strengthen the network of public employment offices and rationalize the participation of the private sector in the recruitment and placement of workers, locally and overseas."

Four years later, he merged the three government agencies into what is now the POEA. On Labor Day in 1982, Marcos also issued Executive Order No. 797 that created the Welfare Fund for Overseas Workers to provide insurance coverage, legal and placement assistance, and remittance services, among others.

Marcos created three government agencies to attend to the needs of what were then called Overseas Contract Workers (OCWs):

(1) the National Seamen Board (NSB) -  tasked to “develop and maintain a comprehensive program for Filipino seamen employed overseas"

(2) the Overseas Employment Development Board (OEDB) â€" mandated to “promote the overseas employment of Filipino workers through a comprehensive market and development program," and

(3) the Bureau of Employment Services (BES) - responsible for the regulation of “private sector participation in the recruitment of (local and overseas) workers."

In an email to GMA News Online, the office of POEA Administrator Hans Leo Cacdac explained, “The overseas employment phenomena at that time was a short-term employment program which the DOLE was tasked to manage and to provide OFWs maximum protection possible.”

The POEA is an attached agency of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE).

“There was no labor export policy during the Martial Law. There is none at present,” the Labor Communications Office of DOLE told GMA News Online.

The DOLE acknowledges however, that the overseas employment program during Martial Law “sought to temporarily address the unemployment program and, at the same time, ease the country’s need for foreign exchange.”

How Martial Law helped create the OFW phenomenon

By ANDREI MEDINA and VERONICA PULUMBARIT
GMA News
September 21, 2012

First of two parts

For decades, the Philippine government has claimed it does not have a labor export policy, even as the country has become one of the world’s top sources of foreign workers.

As of last year, the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) says there were 1.32 million land-based and 330,424 sea-based Filipinos deployed in 190 countries. The number does not include workers that are not registered but are employed through various means abroad.

The phenomenon traces its roots to the years shortly after Martial Law, when strongman Ferdinand Marcos issued Presidential Decree 442 or the 1974 Labor Code. The legislation formally adopted a recruitment and placement program “to ensure the careful selection of Filipino workers for the overseas labor market to protect the good name of the Philippines abroad."

hehehe, wa na lang gyod diay laing sad-an... naturalmente.

si bro bugsay, el shaddai?  si kapatid hubag, iglesia ni cristo?  sakto ba ini, to?

Giant whale buried at Marine State College fish cemetery in Zambo City

By Nonong Santiago
Friday, 21 September 2012



The huge female sperm whale was buried yesterday afternoon in a shallow grave at the fish cemetery of the Zamboanga State College of Marine Science and Technology (ZSCMST) in Barangay Sta. Barbara, this city.

Hundreds of curious residents again gathered at the school’s compound to have a last glimpse of the giant sea mammal, which according to City Veterinarian Dr. Mario Ariola is pregnant.

The dead sperm whale was spotted, already dead, at 6 a.m. about 1.5 nautical miles off the coast of Sacol Island by a boat of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources that came from Basilan Province. It was then towed by the BFAR to the ports of Zamboanga for proper disposition.

Using backhoes, personnel of the General Services Office dug a huge hole and removed the ropes and straps tied around the carcass of the 52-footer (18 Meters) whale  on the flatbed of a 16-wheeler trailer truck during its burial.

more at http://www.zamboangatoday.ph/index.php/news/13-top-stories/11856-giant-whale-buried-at-marine-state-college-fish-cemetery-in-zambo-city.html

STR/AFP/GettyImages
People look at the carcass of a 52-foot long Sperm Whale
being lifted by a crane at the pier of Zamboanga City, southern
island of Mindanao on September 19, 2012.


STR/AFP/GettyImages
People look at the carcass of a 52-foot long Sperm Whale after it was towed
to the pier of Zamboanga City, southern island of Mindanao on September 19, 2012.

http://news.nationalpost.com/

REUTERS/Stringer
A crane lifts the carcass of a 52-foot (16-metre) long Great Sperm Whale in a wharf
at Zamboanga City, southern Philippines September 19, 2012.

City Veterinarian Dr. Mario Arriola told the local newspaper the whale was pregnant.

The cause of the death of the sperm whale was natural sickness, Dela Cruz said. It was dead for at least two days before it was found by the coast guard.

The authorities have decided to bury the whale at the fish cemetery of the Zamboanga State College of Marine Sciences and Technology.


STR/AFP/GettyImages
Workers remove ropes from the carcass of a 52-foot long Sperm Whale after
it was towed from the sea to the pier of Zamboanga City, southern island
of Mindanao on September 19, 2012.

oh, my.  it's a real dead sperm whale gyod, pregnant at that.  kalooy intawon.  i was hoping nga photoshop ra.

Photos

Burial for a dead whale in the Philippines

Zoran Bozicevic
Sep 19, 2012
National Post


REUTERS/Stringer
Fishermen paddle their boats near the floating carcass of a 52-foot (16-metre) long
Great Sperm Whale near an island off the coast of Zamboanga City, southern Philippines September 19, 2012.

Have you ever wondered what happens to the dead whales? Apparently, they get buried in the fish cemetery, if they happen to wash ashore near Zambonga City in the Philippines.

A 52-foot (16-metre) long Great Sperm Whale was spotted by the coast guard near Sacol island off the coast of Zamboanga City, southern Philippines on Wednesday.

Quote from: fdaray on September 21, 2012, 06:49:14 AM
Kadakoooo, wala may detalye, sa davao kaha ni?

ask lang ko, naa bay eskina sa davao nga ingon ana ang building?  mora man hinoon ug western union nang karatola sa daplin, pero di ko sure.  tingalig kolor ray pareha.

orange ba ang kolor sa uniform sa public utility (sama sa waste disposal brigade) workers sa davao? 

hehe, mora lagi ni ug photoshop product, a very good one.

dinhi ra tingali sa pilipinas big news kun palitan ug firearms ang police force.  probably because for once the purchase is above ground?

ka-super pod ani nga pagka-glamor shot uy.  photoshopped artistically, porselana kaayo ang panit ug ang buhok morag kalamay sa jagna.  barring all this, of course she's a beautiful mestiza.  even her family name is somewhere in the middle of winter.

lesson for trillanes: never depend on one's youth, even a relative youth, to take on an old hand, especially one whose legal brilliance and wile are legendary.  enrile may have had his mistakes or misjudgments in the past, but he had survived them all.  a 41-year-old junior senator, the youngest, taking on the tried-and-tested 88-year-old oldest senator?  the difference of 47 years are not to be sneezed at.  the honed old warrior is simply not out of touch.

continuation...

24) “The Chinese side suggested a visit of the DOTC secretary to China, sinabi niya. On the Chinese ships that did maneuvers towards Philippine ships, he said, meaning Trillanes said that "these are ordinary moves that ships would do." "Aba napakagaling naman ng admiral na ito.”

“The senator said, meaning Senator Trillanes, Del Rosario should be replaced by Mar Roxas.  Knowing that reports are coursed through DFA, the senator said he would give an alternate channel so that communications will go directly to the Palace.” “He arrogated unto himself to become the channel of foreign policy from him to Malacañang. I do not know whether the President knows about this.”

“Can go ahead with bilateral; China also wants this." He was suggesting and working for a bilateral negotiation with China and in that meeting in the Cabinet, it was agreed that we should not do that.

I do not want to discuss anymore this sordid matter. It’s enough that I read these notes of Ambassador Brady to unmask this "Phantom of the Opera" in Philippine politics. I have here his white paper on the Department of Foreign Affairs and I would not bother you about it. If you want to read it, I will give it to you and read it. ” â€" Rappler.com

http://www.rappler.com/

bitaw sa?  pilay pad kun karon na mautokan si sotto, bisag just this once lang.

21) “Trillanes told the Chinese that we cannot enforce our coastal protection.”

“That is the kind of a Philippine senator you have here. He told the Chinese that we cannot enforce our coastal protection.”

“Our fishermen are living on subsistence fishing. They cannot therefore fish too far.”

“Ibig sabihin, ipamigay niyo na lang ang Scarborough Shoal. Tumakbo tayo sapagkat tayo ay mga duwag. Magkukunyari pupunta sa galeriya, magpapakita sa media para tumakbo lamang.”

22) “The Philippine side did not make gapang the ASEAN, which the Chinese did.”

“Akalain mo sinasabi niya dapat gapangin natin ang mga ASEAN dahil gumagapang daw ang mga intsik sa boto, ito yung tungkol sa nangyari sa Cambodia.”

“Anong pakialam ng senator na ito sa foreign relations? Nothing. This guy is involving us with a major problem.”

“He asked Secretary del Rosario if we could give the space in the ASEAN meeting because we did not do this preparation.”

“He wanted to become the Secretary of Foreign Affairs, to superimpose his mind to the judgment on the duly designated and appointed shaper of foreign policy for the country. So now we fought with everyone, sabi niya lumalaban na tayo. Ginapang ng Tsina pero hindi natin ginawa. Akala ko ba gusto niya peaceful pero gusto niya makipaggapangan?”

[Editor’s note: The topic is the 45th Association of Southeast Asian Nations Foreign Ministers’ Meeting held in Cambodia in July. In the meeting, the regional bloc failed to agree on a joint communiqué reportedly because of the Scarborough Shoal. Cambodia, a Chinese ally, was accused of yielding to pressure from Beijing.]

23) “On the issue of bananas and tourists, they can be fixed quickly if the Chinese leadership wanted.”

“Ayos na ang bananas, inayos daw niya, pinagmamalaki niya siya daw ang nagpaalis ng 40 bapor ng Tsina sa Scarborough Shoal eh. 'Yun lang ang pinalalabas niya eh, pinagtatawanan lang siya. Maski sa Malacañang maraming nabubwisit sa kanya nu'ng nandun kami kaya lang hindi ko na sinabi sa kanya."

[Editor’s note: Philippine banana exports to China and Chinese tourist arrivals to the Philippines were affected by the territorial row.]

20) “About Sansha City and the garrison, senator meaning Trillanes said, we also have garrison in KIG.”

“I think this is Kalayaan Island Group. Garrison ba iyon? Ako nagpalagay nung airstrip doon para mabigyan natin ng ayuda ang ating mga sundalo doon pero hindi garrison iyon. Hindi kagaya nu'ng sinusuportahan niya na bansa na merong mga fortification doon. Para sa kanya hindi fortification iyon, laruan lang iyon. Ewan ko sinong nagturo sa kanya sa Philippine Military Academy.”

“Besides this is for their domestic audience.”

“Domestic audience daw pero kinukuha nila ang lugar natin pero sa kanya, parte lang ng pulitika ng Tsina ito. The Chinese could have attacked our garrison if they wanted to. What a military mind.

“We also have a sunken ship in the area which we did on purpose.”

“Itong pinagmamalaki niya. Siguro baka siya ang nagpalubog nito pero di ko narinig ito when I was in the Defense Department. Ngayon ko lang narinig ito.”

17) “PNoy did not know that talks were suspended with the Chinese for 2 weeks.”

18) “PNoy gave his clearance to pursue initiatives on back-channel talks.” “This is his representation to Mrs Brady.”

19) “In the Philippines, no one cares about Panatag Shoal. He said to Mrs Brady, sa Pilipinas, walang may gusto na sa atin ang Panatag, ang Scarborough Shoal.”

“Iyan ang sinasabi niya. Pilipino ba iyan? Makabayan ba iyan? My God, what kind of a senator is this? China was never going to put up a station there, 'yun ang sinabi niya, sinabi ni Trillanes, he was speaking for China. If China wanted to, they would have done so already. That was his position. He did not realize that the whole China Sea is being claimed by China and yet he claims to be an expert in international law, expert in security, expert in geopolitical struggle, expert in foreign relations?"

15) “In Panatag Shoal, there was never a problem in their presence, from 66 boats, this was reduced to 3. The Chinese side said they will eventually take out the rope. They may eventually have given time.”

16) “This is his 12th, according to Mrs Brady, that was his 12th meeting with the Chinese. Sen Trillanes has been quietly, secretly, clandestinely meeting with the Chinese about the Scarborough and the West Philippine Sea. PNoy called the senator when he saw the Chinese did not keep their word to withdraw. PNoy did not know of the arrangements being made by the senator.”

“Imagine talking to a potential enemy of this country 16 times. What did he discuss with these people? Who initiated the discussion? Did he or did they? Did they pay for his trip to Beijing? He should answer. That’s why he could not be here because I’m going to ask him. My god, this guy is a fraud.”

13) “[They] were alarmist in the Palace meeting, when Sec Del Rosario presented the invasion of Luzon.”

“I was there. This is a total falsehood.”

“So nabilog ang ulo ng lahat. You saw this in the meeting, even Senate President Enrile wanted to cut relations.”

“This is very alarmist. This gentleman is foisting falsehood. I was there. President Aquino was in front of me and the secretary of foreign affairs, poor secretary of foreign affairs who was being pilloried by this novato in foreign relations, accusing him of not knowing his job. And I said I support the position of the Department of Foreign Affairs. We should involve our allies and friends in this discussion because we cannot handle the Chinese on a bilateral basis but he was insisting on a one-on-one dealings with China. What bargaining position do we have? He is supposed to be a trained military mind but he does not know anything about military strategy.”

14) “The senator was inquiring, this is Brady talking, on which official could visit China because the Chinese side were angry with PNoy, they suggested his kalaban, the Vice President.”

“Imagine intriguing between the President and the Vice President?”

“Senator thought perhaps Mar Roxas na lang, the Chinese side said an official could meet Chinese Vice President.”

9) “The 2+2 meeting in the US, Mr Pangilinan was paying a lobby group to get that meeting.”

“I don’t know what that 2+2 meeting was all about. We thought all along it was the accord of the US.”

[Editor’s note: The 2+2 meeting was a meeting between del Rosario, Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin and their US counterparts, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Defense Secretary Leon Panetta in Washington DC last April 30, 2012.]

10) “DFA was the one who kept releasing press articles. Now the press is turning their back on Secretary Del Rosario. In this way, he is being marginalized. The release of the picture of a man planting flag on Panatag is from the 1980s so this was rehashed. The Hasa-Hasa grounding of the Chinese frigate, there was supposed to be no press release but when the DFA got hold of it, it released it to the media. The ramming was also an incident that was released to the press.”

“Trillanes wanted everything that was happening in Scarborough to be made secret so it will protect the interest of the Chinese.“

11) "Mr Pangilinan and Secretary Del Rosario wanted to create an event.”

“He was accusing these two of manipulating a war condition to divert attention from the Reed Bank.”

12. “The findings there were not substantial so Mr Pangilinan asked the Chinese group not to release the findings. They needed time to ensure they can recover their investment, first sell off to another buyer.”

“Imagine what a senator [said], nakakahiya.”

8 ) “The arrangement being looked at by the senator, meaning Senator Trillanes, was one side would leave first then the other side then the next, etc. They were talking about the manner of evacuating the Scarborough. He then received a call from PNoy [Philippine President Benigno Aquino III], saying why are the Chinese still there when there was an agreement for simultaneous withdrawal. He thought to himself, ‘This is not the arrangement.’ He was protecting the Chinese.”

“He asked Manny V Pangilinan to ask Secretary Del Rosario to keep quiet, to quiet down. This has now happened. The two go a long way back because it was also Secretary del Rosario who introduced Mr. Pangilinan to the Indonesian businessman. During the days of the PLDT, Secretary Del Rosario confronted the Yuchengco group/shareholders and threatened them.”

“This is a senator talking back against a Cabinet member.”

5) “On Secretary del Rosario, US has already let him go, binitiwan na siya, this is the note of Brady. In the July meeting, Hillary Clinton did not speak up for us. Secretary Del Rosario is committing treason.”

“This is a senator of the Republic calling our Secretary a treasonous person in a foreign land. He does not even know when treason arises.”

6) “We are internationalizing the issue because of Secretary del Rosario. This is his move.”

7) “There was never any negotiation between the Chinese and the Americans, just a meeting with Kurt Campbell. Mr Campbell was not a negotiator. Besides, Secretary del Rosario was not there.”

[Editor’s note: Campbell is the US Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs.]

nasakpan ra nako ang brady's notes and enrile's comments nga di pdf in some other website.  here goes:

Ambassador Sonia Brady’s Notes

Below are the notes of Brady in full, as read by Enrile verbatim into the Senate record. Enrile said he got an official copy of Brady's notes. The entries in italics are Enrile’s comments on the notes:

1) “Senator Trillanes requested that no notes be taken.”

2) “What the Chinese want is to tone down the rhetoric. He met the night before with senior Chinese MFA officials, Ministry of Foreign Affairs.”

3) “Senator was initially approached by Executive Secretary.”

4) “When he got involved, it was in the height of the problem. He had to find out what was happening so he tried to see whether this was a move of the Americans. He was suspecting the Americans were involved in the conflict. He ascertained that they do not want any conflict especially in an election year.”

“I think the word 'they' there refers to the Chinese."

Amateurish

“President Aquino should have denied it outright,” Robles said, adding that Malacañang’s handling of the disclosure was “amateurish.”

Trillanes’ disclosure and his behavior in the Senate on Wednesday also disappointed his political patron, former President Joseph Estrada.

Estrada said Thursday that he regretted supporting Trillanes’ candidacy in 2007.

“He has become a swellhead,” Estrada said in phone interview with reporters. “It’s good his head still fits in an elevator.”

Estrada said supporting Trillanes was one of his biggest mistakes. “I really regret supporting him,” he said.

http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/

Whether the talks are a success or a failure, the backroom negotiator “is out of the picture,” Robles said.

Any commendation given in recognition of his work is usually burned. “Only the ashes of that burned sheet of paper is given to the negotiator,” Robles said.

Robles said he was surprised when Malacañang confirmed Trillanes’ claim that he was the government’s backroom negotiator in the West Philippine Sea dispute.

Palace should have denied Trillanes role, says military analyst

Philippine Daily Inquirer
Friday, September 21st, 2012

There should have been no controversy had the Palace not acknowledged Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV’s unofficial role in the negotiations with China.

Retired Commodore Rex Robles, a military analyst, said Thursday that agents sent to back-channel talks were never acknowledged.

Are Your Nails Always Peeling?

Few things are more frustrating than giving your nails lots of TLC, only to have them peel like blistered skin, yet up to one in four women regularly battle this annoying nail blight.



Rx: Horsetail tea

This tea is loaded with silica, a building block of nail tissue that helps nails grow in stronger, locking in moisture so nails are less likely to peel and flake. According to University of Cincinnati researchers, just pumping up your silica intake can help you grow noticeably stronger, sturdier nails in as little as three months -- just two cups of horsetail tea daily can do the trick. Popular brands include Alvita and Celebration Herbals. If you find this brew a little bitter, just sweeten with a pinch of sugar or honey.

Bonus: According to the FDA, horsetail tea is a proven diuretic, so it’s a great option if you often battle bloating or fluid retention.

http://www.ivillage.com/

Do You Have White Spots on Your Nails?

If your nails are covered with tiny white specks, you probably need more zinc. Although doctors aren’t sure yet why, a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association shows that as zinc levels drop, the number of these tiny nail “bruises” skyrockets.



Rx: Red meat, fish and chicken

Take 25 milligrams of zinc daily or add three ounces of zinc-rich red meat, fish, poultry or eggs to each meal to boost your tissue stores of this mineral by 35 percent â€" you'll grow new, speckle-free nails in just six months, say USDA researchers. Want spot-free nails even quicker? Zinc is best taken at bedtime so take a supplement before you snooze. High doses of stomach acid are needed for proper mineral absorption, and according to researchers at Houston’s University of Texas, stomach acid production doubles after 10 p.m.

Are You Fighting Toenail Fungus?

Nothing wrecks the look of pretty open-toed shoes as quickly as toenail fungus.



Rx: Vicks VapoRub

You can get prescription bug-killing meds from your physician, but Michigan State researchers say simply applying Vicks VapoRub to infected nails clears up this tough-to-treat condition for 38 percent of people studied! Credit Vicks’ unique blend of three fungus-killing ingredients -- eucalyptus, menthol and camphor oils. The study-proven strategy: Quickly rub a tiny dollop into affected nails twice daily for three months.

Do You Have Weak or Brittle Fingernails?

Sulfur is crucial in the development of strong nails and a deficiency can be what’s keeping you from that manicure.



Rx: MSM

Methylsulfonylmethane (MSM) is an odorless, tasteless form of sulfur found naturally in many fruits, veggies and meats, is good for your nails. It’s such an important building block of healthy nail tissue that taking 2,000 to 2,500 milligrams daily can help women grow strong, break-resistant nails within two months. MSM is quickly destroyed when food is heated or processed, so pumping up your levels with a supplement is a smart bet if you’re struggling with not-so-sturdy nails right now. Look for MSM in health food stores and nutrition outlets.

Bonus: According to studies at Oregon Health Sciences, MSM is also a powerful anti-inflammatory that can cut joint pain, muscle pain and headache flare-ups by 82 percent in as few as six weeks.

Is Your Hair Thinning and Head Spinning?

If your hair is patchy and you’re struggling with dizziness or other weird symptoms, try laying off the vitamin A. There’s no question that this nutrient is essential for good health -- for starters, it strengthens your immune system and protects your vision -- but getting more than 20,000 international units (IU) daily can trigger patchy hair loss, plus symptoms like dizziness, blurred vision, ear ringing, nausea, diarrhea, skin rashes and joint pain, say researchers at New York’s Nassau County Medical Center.



Rx: Check the labels

The ideal dose is 10,000 IU daily, max. Double-check your vitamin ingredients just to be sure, suggest UCLA researchers. Turns out many multivitamins and other combination formulas have 10,000 IUs per pill, so your daily dose can really rack up fast.

Is Your Scalp Flaky?

Those dandruff flare-ups are actually caused by fungus, say researchers at China’s Jilin University.



Rx: Listerine

It’s true; mouthwash can cure dandruff! That’s because thymol (a key ingredient in Listerine) destroys 24 strains of fungi. Thymol even kills the drug-resistant fungi that dandruff shampoos have trouble taming. Just pour 1/4 cup of Listerine onto damp hair, massage thoroughly into your scalp, wait five minutes and then rinse and shampoo as usual. Repeat daily until the flaking disappears.

Is Your Hair Brittle and Easily Broken?

People often try to prevent hair breakage by washing less often, but that can make your hair more brittle, says Dr. Hitzig. Your body produces a steady trickle of testosterone, and when this powerful hormone reaches your scalp, it breaks down to form a waste product called 5DHT. “If 5DHT starts building up on your scalp, it actually sabotages cell division inside follicles, making your hair grow out weak and fragile,” says Hitzig.



Rx: A Good Scrub

“Gently washing 5DHT off of your scalp every 24 hours can keep your levels of this troublemaker safely low, helping your hair grow stronger and more break-resistant within two months.”

Are Your Eyebrows Thinning, Too?

If you’re losing the hair on both your scalp and your eyebrows, that’s a red flag that your thyroid is struggling, say experts at Washington’s Emory University. “People think they’ll be exhausted, gain weight or feel chilly if their thyroid isn’t up to snuff,” says Gary S. Hitzig, M.D., a hair transplant surgeon in Long Island, New York. “Yet one of the earliest signs of thyroid trouble is actually thinning head and eyebrow hair!”



Rx: A Doctor!

Get a sluggish thyroid treated and your locks could start thickening in as little as nine weeks, say researchers at the NYU School of Medicine.

Are Strands Falling Out in Droves -- Then Growing Back Like Fuzz?

If you’ve ever watched helplessly as your hair flowed steadily down the drain, and then struggled with that fuzzy look as tiny new hairs sprouted all over your scalp, the trouble could be stress overload. “Normally, 90 percent of your hair is in the growth phase and only 10 percent is resting or actually shedding,” says Jerome Shupak, M.D., professor of dermatology at the NYU Langone Medical Center. “But a surge in stress hormones can push a lot more hairs into the shedding phase, making you shed up to 300 of them daily instead of the usual 80.”



Rx: Yoga

Try 15 minutes of yoga twice daily. According to University of Pennsylvania researchers, yoga’s poses and rhythmic breathing help 60 percent of women dampen their production of hair-wrecking stress hormones for 12 hours straight. Try online classes at sites like myyogaonline.com or yogadownload.com.

Is Your Hair Disappearing As Fast As The Pounds?

It’s a thrill to step on the scales and realize your diet is actually working, but watching your hair drop out as can put a real damper on your enthusiasm. Here’s the problem: Your hair is 91 percent protein; in fact, every single hair cell is jam-packed with the stuff. So if your diet is low in this essential building block, your hair strands will become thinner, more fragile and eventually fall right out, say University of Toronto researchers.



Rx: Protein

Whatever eating plan you choose, make sure you serve up four ounces of protein-rich beef, pork, chicken or turkey every day. You could see improvements in as little as six weeks.

Is Your Hair Gradually Thinning All Over?

According to Cleveland Clinic studies, the first sign of an iron shortfall isn’t fatigue -- it’s gradual, all-over hair thinning. Simply correcting an iron deficit can quickly reverse this beauty disaster, the study authors say.



Rx: Iron-Fortified Cereals

According to USDA researchers, fortified cereals are great sources of iron. Their top picks: Product 19, All-Bran Complete Wheat Flakes, Total Raisin Bran and Whole Grain Total, all of them packed with at least 20 milligrams of iron in one heaping cup. For best results, pair your cereal with acidic fruit, like an orange, half a grapefruit or half a cup of berries According to UCLA researchers, fruit acids latch onto iron and help shuttle it through the digestive tract lining, doubling your ability to absorb this key mineral.

Do You Have Male Pattern Baldness?

If you have a receding hairline or a thinning patch on the top of your head, welcome to the world of male pattern baldness. It’s a genetic glitch that makes hair follicles super-sensitive to testosterone, hence being a predominately male misfortune.



Rx: Essential Oils

Try whipping up this essential oil blend: Mix four teaspoons of grapeseed oil, half a teaspoon of jojoba oil, two drops each of thyme and cedarwood oils and three drops each of lavender and rosemary oils (you’ll find everything you need at your local health food store), then cover your head with a towel for 10 minutes before showering. In a study published in the journal Archives of Dermatology, when 44 percent women spent two minutes nightly massaging a few drops of this aromatic blend into their thinning patches and gave the oils time to absorb, their hair growth was back to normal within seven months. The secret: These medicinal oils strengthen and repair hair follicles, helping them produce healthy hair strands, despite testosterone fluxes, say the study authors.

Locks Limp and Flat?

So you didn’t win the thick-hair lottery. All is not lost!



Rx: Fish

Fish is rich in omega-3 fats, healing, anti-inflammatory fatty acids that nourish follicles, helping you produce strong, healthy hair that has body and luster, even if it’s a bit fine, says Barry Sears, Ph.D., author of The Anti-Inflammation Zone.

For best results, skip the fish oil supplement and opt for the real deal (at least 16 ounces weekly). According to a Norwegian research team, women who eat fish have 80 percent more omega-3 fats in their bloodstream than women who simply took the supplement.

Are You Struggling With Alopecia?

Alopecia areata is a type of hair loss that flares when the immune system gets confused and starts attacking hair follicles. The cause of the condition is still a mystery -- but the result is tough-to-cover bald spots that can be even tougher to cure.



Rx: Manganese

If you’ve been diagnosed with this frustrating condition, consider trying a manganese supplement. European studies suggest that almost 100 percent of people with alopecia are deficient in this mineral -- and taking supplements helped some of their bald spots fill in within just four months! The study-proven dose: 10 milligrams daily. Reputable brands include Natrol, Bluebonnet and Twinlab.

Is Your Hairline Starting to Look Like Trump’s? Here’s How to Treat Thinning Hair, Brittle Nails and Other Beauty Disasters

15 natural, easy ways to get gorgeous, shiny hair and strong, beautiful nails

Brenda Kearns
Aug 28, 2012
iVillage

Is Your Hair Coarse and Dull?

When you wash your hair, water soaks into the delicate hair shafts, making them swell -- and that can cause the surface cuticle to lift up like loose roof tiles, giving your hair a coarse, dull look, says nutrition researcher Mary Enig, Ph.D., author of Know Your Fats.



Rx: Coconut Oil

Once each week, massage two tablespoons of warm coconut oil into slightly damp hair, cover with a shower cap, then shampoo out 30 minutes later. Coconut oil is nature’s number one source of medium-chain fatty acids (MCFA’s) -- a unique group of fats that leave a microscopically-thin protective coating on the surface of hair strands, stopping water from crowding in and causing harm, according to studies at India’s Mumbai University. Another coconut oil perk: Its healthy fats kick-start healing of damaged cuticles, making hair softer, silkier and more break-resistant within two weeks, adds Enig.

more realistically speaking...

done.

eh, nagmantinir na man lang diay ug bato ang uban dinhi...

Quote from: BolBuhol on September 20, 2012, 09:37:13 PM
madam isles tabangan mo gid ya ako, sayod gid ko ba na may ara ka gid ginatipigang kahingbalo mahitongod sang isyu na ginapamangkot ko gid ya.

kompleto na ang ginahambal ni lorenz sa imong pamangkot, bolbs.  kontento ka na?  these are doctrinal issues, catholic ones.

sa akon simple lang ang relihiyon and all things related to my faith.  our lives, and the human laws that we abide by in our lives, are ideally bible-based.  it is in the interpretation of the bible, in the discernment, that we could differ.  some are better at discerning than others. 

as a catholic, i'd rather put my trust in our doctrinal experts for the bible's interpretation (as compared to other christian religions whose adherents tend to read the bible literally).  i believe the bible is too complicated a book with too many literary devices to be taken too literally.  the wisdom of the ages thus must take the upper hand.  it is in this context that i believe there is purgatory because our church's doctrinal experts and thinkers have said so since way, way back. 

the word purgatory may not be in the bible, but it does not mean that the state of cleansing, that state of atonement and forgiveness, which is not necessarily a physical place, does not exist.  that our church fathers gave it a name, well, so much the better; it makes it easier to understand.

may ara gid ako ngalan.  kun wala pa, o kun iba pa akon ngalan, wala kana magkahulugan nga wala gid ako dinhi.  karon lang, kun molingi ka, naa gid ko sa imon luyo.

mao ni ang imong ipasabot ug hagip-ot, piks?  hagip-ot ug buhok?

oh my.  mora man ug target gyod ani ang pilipinas.  haraw mosimang, morag si pikoy.

in case of doubt, that's an iron crocodile.

tsk, tsk.  china gains from the messiah complex of one filipino senator.  excited na ko ani unsay mga opinions sa mga pundits.  i would be enjoying good reading in the coming days.

kun monthly ni o weekly ba kaha nga contest, sir bals, mapugos tingali kog apil.

daily pod ang ako.  but it doesn't take long.

it is always best to opt for magnanimity.  di na nimo patiran ang tawong natumba na human nimo sumbaga.  he's not capable of that.  or at least he didn't show that he has that streak of kindness during those times. 

ambot bitaw ngano ning tawhana nga nagtoo man nga siyay nakahibawo sa tanan.  my vote for him before was a sympathy vote.  i thought he was idealistic.  kini laging mosipyat pod ta usahay sa atong choices.  i personally started disliking him with the way he treated the late gen. angelo reyes on the senate floor during that lamentable investigation that led to the general's suicide.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gx9pET94ZVY#ws
very interesting.  in case you have the time; it goes for more than 40 minutes.

mosimang lang ko kadiyot una ko mo-bye-bye kadiyot... abi nakog morag arabo si pikoy.  makita na man hinoon sa iyang avatar nga mora diay siyag si justin bieber.  ambot, langit ba na o purgatoryo para niya.  tira to!

wa nay picture loll, gawas ug ganahan kang magbalikbalik ug tan-aw sa nawong ni trillanes.  mas gwapo baya tingali si pekeng arabo didto sa lain nga thread...

Ambassador Sonia Brady's notes as read by JPE on the floor after Trillanes' speech

---please go to https://docs.google.com/file/d/1ddGSAKZQfLu0evGDGVm6VfEEVSjFwD2Y_P1GGzYN8EqQEVM1QC83-uGz9NNh/edit?pli=1

---it's an interesting exercise to separate the comments of senator enrile from the notes of ambassador brady

---magkugi unta kog separate the two before posting it here, problema lang kay di ko kahibawo mokopya ug pdf file.

ahat ba ug ang legislator nahimong magbuot sa executive branch on how to do its foreign affairs job.  this trillanes guy is coming out arrogant.  too bad, i voted for him in 2007.

hinaot unta nga di ni moliko ngadto sa horror flick.

“Either way, I have lost trust, faith and confidence in Senator Enrile’s capability to lead the Senate along the path consistent with the reform agenda that I espouse.”

“I, therefore, manifest that I am leaving the majority and consequently joining the minority effective this day,” Trillanes added.

Enrile, who was presiding over the session, suspended the proceeding and took the floor to answer Trillanes allegations.

But when Enrile started to expose the alleged real story behind Trillanes in the Scarborough negotiations, Trillanes refused to answer the Senate leader and walked out, prompting Enrile to call his colleague a “coward”.

http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/

“What, the great Senator Enrile could be pressured? I remember him saying otherwise during the last impeachment proceedings,” he said.

“Is the pressure coming from Congressman Villafuete who we see often loitering about the senators’ lounge, the Senate President’s office and even possibly lobbying on [the bill] while we are in session?”

Trillanes said he kept on looking for a possible explanation for Enrile’s “irrational behavior” until a news report came out alleging that former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo called the Senate leader to speed up the passage of the bill.

“With this totally unexpected twist, everything seemed to fall into place. Now, there remain only two possibilities: That our Senate President is deeply indebted to GMA [Arroyo’s initial] or the he is a GMA lackey,” he said.

Senators Juan Ponce Enrile and Antonio Trillanes IV

Trillanes did not reveal what they discussed in the caucus but said “suffice to say that I was shoved aside for the nth time.”

“I got out of that caucus feeling trampled upon by a bully determined to get his way,” he said.

“My neophyte instincts were telling me then to just keep the peace and get out of his way. But then the public servant in me just couldn’t let thing pass,” said the senator.

Enrile said the bill should be passed immediately “to immediately relieve him of the pressure”, Trillanes recalled.

Enrile, Trillanes word war erupts in Senate over Scarborough Shoal negotiations

Senator bolts out of majority bloc

By Maila Ager
INQUIRER.net
September 19th, 2012

MANILA, Philippines â€" Senate President Juan Ponce-Enrile and Senator Antonio Trillanes IV traded accusations on Wednesday over a bill seeking to divide Camarines Sur province and the senator’s role as special envoy of the Philippines in the Scarborough Shoal dispute with China.

It was Trillanes who first stood up on the floor and announced that he was leaving the majority bloc to join the minority group after he exposed the alleged caucus called by Enrile in his office in the Senate last July 24.

problema lagi ani kay when is enough, enough?

tungod aning tb, in some other thread in the past nga dihay giingon nga hara hachi bu (the okinawa diet), nag-practice mi ni banana republic after i tipped him off about it.  it's no different from the french diet of eating 20 percent less than one's capacity.  buot-buot lang mig amo unsay 20 percent less.  kausa, ingon si banana republic nga ang iyang nakaon 99.05 percent.  aruy, giunsa kaha niya pagsukod.

naniguro sa cybercrime pero wa manumbaling sa anti-dynasty nga constitutionally mandated?  pagka-brayt.  karon, kun moingon kong bugo siya, do i qualify as a cybercriminal?

aaahhh, the strange world of politics that has permeated the media...

Quote from: hubag bohol on September 14, 2012, 09:02:05 AM
Hmm, kon way banana? Si Banana Republic?

kun suhi pa unta siya, puwede unta.  unsaon, di man.  he came to the world the normal way man kuno.  di na lang nako lalison kay wa ra ba ko didto sa pag-anak niya.   

morag sa costume party na siya gikan dinhi, loll.  pero kun pakuyogon nimog baktas, maangol gihapon ka simbako.  unsaon, hahaha!  giplastada pas krokongs and iyahang wedding ring.  hostage ka na, piks.  taken.  di ka diay terrorist.

lamorok man sad diay kag aping.  di gyod hinoon ikalimod nga taga-uc manalili ni.

so far...

it's more of a warning.

it's for moderation in consumption (as in everything else).

the rice studied is u.s.-produced.

we don't know about our own locally produced rice, much less the rice that we import from other southeast asian countries.

 The researchers also found geographical distinctions in arsenic levels, with white rice grown in Arkansas, Louisiana, Missouri, and Texas, containing higher levels than rice samples from other parts of the country. Those four states account for 76 percent of domestic rice produced.

Inorganic arsenic is considered a level one carcinogen, linked to lung and bladder cancer. Today, the FDA will announce it has concerns about rice and arsenic and is studying the issue, but in the meantime recommends a varied diet. Consumer Reports calls for more.

more at http://abcnews.go.com/Health/arsenic-rice-report-finds-worrisome-levels/story?id=17267872#.UFtLSa4qDrd

 Consumer Reports tested many forms of rice for arsenic, from cereal for babies and adults, to brown and white whole grain, pasta and drinks. More than 60 rice and rice products were tested overall, including name brands.

Many contained what the magazine calls "worrisome levels of arsenic"â€" some products had up to five times higher levels than the arsenic found in oatmeal and one and a half times more than EPA's legal standard for drinking water.

 "We are not recommending that consumers need to change their consumption of rice products in dramatic ways," Hamburg said. "We think the best advice is a balanced diet (and) it's good nutrition. There are lots of varieties of grains and other products that should be part of a balanced diet."

Urvashi Rangan, director of consumer safety and sustainability at Consumer Reports, however went farther saying "we think that consumers ought to take steps to moderate their consumption."