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Quote from: hubag bohol on May 21, 2010, 10:11:35 AM
He he, element of surprise ra to...

mao pod. kay og diha pay armalite o 9 mm tong mga tawhana, bawo bag di ba kaha pauwanan og bala tong mga ninjaha. hahaha...

what a complex and expensive piece of technology for a simple priceless "piece of s***" 

How do you 'go' in space?

by Katherine Scarrow

If you've always wanted to know how astronauts take care of business miles above the Earth's surface, you're not alone. According to NASA astronaut , 'how do you go in space?' is the number one question asked by school kids.

In the YouTube clip below, Mike speaks with STS-132 Mission Specialists and as they learn to use the shuttle Atlantis' 'space potty.'

It's a remarkably complex process that involves hoses, mirrors, anatomy-based funnels, toe restraints and an 'alignment camera.'

But it's not necessarily as bad as it sounds. In fact, it might be a bit fun. In a funny moment, Mike compares the motion to Peter Fonda in 'Easy Rider' on a chopper.

Shuttle's Toilet Requires Special Training

 Champ on campus - one of the world's most popular athletes is trading his instruments of ring murder (boxing gloves) for a tablet pc and become the world's most popular . . . student.

WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao (51-3-2) will continue his pursuit of a bachelor's degree by taking part-time classes at the University of the Philippines, specifically at the UP College of Public Administration and Governance.

   The congressman-elect from Saranggani Province (in the southern Philippines), with a constituency of 270,000+ relying on their new representative for a better livelihood, expressed his desire to learn the Philippine Congress' legislative protocols.

Congressmen in the Philippines are introduced with the title "Honorable" in formal legislative and social functions (i.e., "the Honorable, Congressman Manny Pacquiao").

The 15th Philippine Congress is likely to consider critical agendas and reforms over the next three-year cycle as it attempts to work with President-elect Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino.  There are important items on the national budget, education, national security, energy projects, and economic initiatives.  Secondly, current President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, a potential Speaker of the House, may re-initiate a charter change drive to amend the 1987 Philippine Constitution.

   Will the boxing champ join a fraternity, or create one?  Unlike the 1986 classic comedy movie "Back to School" featuring comedian Rodney Dangerfield, there probably there is no time for wild parties or keg stands for the Pacman.  And unlike most classmates who will be in their early 20s, Pacquiao can have assistants carry his backpack and school supplies.

In the modern age of the fortunate, however, the pencil sharpener has been replaced by laptops, tablet pc's, and digital recorder.  We are confident that Pacquiao, with his studious preparation, will not be involved in an academic cheating scandal for which one can serve some punitive detention.

Chinese Snap to Attention for Bra-Removing Contest

(May 18) -- Since the dawn of women's apparel, men have been trying to score by unhooking brassieres. This contest, however, brings the game to a whole new level.

A Chinese shopping mall hosted a competition to find out who could unclasp bras the fastest using just one hand.

Competitors raced to undress a line of eight masked women who stood on a stage in the Guangzhou mall wearing bras and short-shorts.

Eager participants entered the contest to fulfill their dreams and have the chance to take home a mall gift certificate for 1,000 yuan -- about $146 -- according to AsianPopular.com.

Event organizers insisted the May 8 event didn't objectify women -- it educated men.

"The workings of a woman's bra are a mystery for many men -- this activity helped more people understand bra culture and explore its secrets," a mall spokesman told the Mumbai Mirror.

That might be the case, considering the fact that a female shopper took top honors by unclasping all eight bras in just 21 seconds.

The victor, who declined to give her name, said she might have had an unfair advantage over her male rivals, according to Fox Chicago.

"I didn't expect to win -- maybe it was because I get so much practice in my everyday life," she said.

Hadza Man, Tanzania

Photograph by Martin Schoeller

This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features

Long vistas and the dry season's withered vegetation enable keen eyes to spot game miles away. From a wind-bowed tree on a ridge, a man named Mahiya peers across rough Tanzania terrain where Hadza bands range.

Ninja ray mopatay Ninjo...hehe

Hot pursuit ninjas save Australia mugging victim


Students at Sydney martial arts school Mr Soto with his ninja trainees saved Sydney mugging victim

Three muggers in Australia got the fright of their lives when their attack was interrupted by five black-clad ninja warriors.

The thieves were assaulting a German medical exchange student in Sydney, but the alleyway where they struck was next to a school for ninja warriors.

One of the pupils raised the alarm after noticing the attack.

Police say they have arrested two men and charged them with robbery, and are still looking for a third suspect.

"We just ran outside and started running at them, yelling and everything," said ninja master Kaylan Soto who instructed his students to take action.

"These guys have turned around and seen five ninjas in black ninja uniforms running towards them. They just bolted."

The victim suffered minor injuries, and the men stole his mobile phone and iPod, according to police.

Mr Soto said the man could have escaped the assault with some training in ninjitsu - a Japanese martial art. As for the attackers, "They just picked the wrong spot," he added.

Pakistan blocks access to YouTube in internet crackdown


Women supporters of Islamic political party Jamaat-e-Islami hold a placard during a protest against Facebook in Karachi May 19, 2010. Many Pakistanis are angry at the 'Draw Muhammad' competition

Pakistan has blocked the popular video sharing website YouTube because of its "growing sacrilegious content".

Access to the social network Facebook has also been barred as part of a crackdown on websites seen to be hosting un-Islamic content.

On Wednesday a Pakistani court ordered Facebook to be blocked because of a page inviting people to draw images of the Prophet Muhammad.

Some Wikipedia pages are also now being restricted, latest reports say.

Correspondents say it remains to be seen how successful the new bans will be in Pakistan and whether citizens find a way round them.

Because YouTube is a platform for free expression of all sorts, we take great care when we enforce our policies.


YouTube says it is "looking into the matter and working to ensure that the service is restored as soon as possible". The site was briefly blocked in Pakistan in 2008 - ostensibly for carrying material deemed offensive to Muslims.

Facebook said on Wednesday that the content did not violate its terms.

There have been protests in several Pakistani cities against the Facebook competition.
'Derogatory material'

The Pakistan Telecommunications Authority said it had ordered internet service providers to "completely shut down" YouTube and prevent Facebook from being viewed within Pakistan.

It said the move came only after "all possible avenues" within its jurisdiction had been used.

Countries, companies and even individuals can easily block various websites if they choose. China has a notorious firewall in place to control internet activity and many Western organisations choose to block access to social networks in the office.

In this case, Pakistan will probably have instructed its internet service providers (ISPs) to prevent any pages containing the phrase "youtube.com" in the address from loading on web browsers.

There are various ways of implementing a block and sometimes it can go awry - Pakistan accidentally pulled YouTube offline around the world in 2008 when it tried to implement an internal ban by "hijacking" the youtube.com address in order to re-direct links to a different page.

There are also ways to duck underneath a ban - most commonly by accessing the internet via a "proxy" server based abroad. This can fool an ISP into thinking a computer is actually based in another country and therefore not subject to the ban.

"Before shutting down (YouTube), we did try just to block particular URLs or links, and access to 450 links on the internet were stopped," said PTA spokesman Khurram Ali Mehran.

"But the blasphemous content kept appearing so we ordered a total shut down."

One of the links blocked is to a BBC News website article about Pakistani soldiers apparently beating Taliban suspects in a video posted on Facebook.

A YouTube spokesperson said: "YouTube offers citizens the world over a vital window on cultures and societies and we believe people should not be denied access to information via video.

"Because YouTube is a platform for free expression of all sorts, we take great care when we enforce our policies. Content that violates our guidelines is removed as soon as we become aware of it."

The controversy began with the Facebook feature called "Everybody Draw Muhammad Day". Depictions of the Prophet are forbidden in Islam.

A message on the item's information page said it was not "trying to slander the average Muslim".

"We simply want to show the extremists that threaten to harm people because of their Muhammad depictions that we're not afraid of them."

The page contains drawings and caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad and characters from other religions, including Hinduism and Christianity.

"Such malicious and insulting attacks hurt the sentiments of Muslims around the world and cannot be accepted under the garb of freedom of expression," Pakistani foreign ministry spokesman Abdul Basit said about the page.

Facebook said in a statement that it would take action if any content "becomes an attack on anyone, including Muslim people", but that in this case its policies were not violated.

"Facebook values free speech and enables people to express their feelings about a multitude of topics, even some that others may find distasteful or ignorant," the statement said.

A hotline has been set up in Pakistan, asking members of the public to phone in if they see offensive material anywhere.

Islamic parties say they are planning nationwide protests in Pakistan.

Five people were killed in the country in 2006 during violent demonstrations following publication of Muhammad cartoons in a Danish newspaper.

Sergey Brin Says Google 'Screwed Up' as U.S. Weighs WiFi-Spy Probe

But Brin's mea culpa may not damp the outrage spreading from Europe to the U.S. over the breach. Even as he spoke, two U.S. lawmakers wrote the Federal Trade Commission asking whether Google's actions were illegal. And Reuters reported that the Dept. of Justice is also "interested" in looking into the matter.

"We Screwed Up"

Speaking at a Google developer conference in San Francisco Wednesday, Brin used blunt terms to address the growing controversy, which erupted after Google said it had mistakenly collected users' browsing activity over unsecured WiFi networks.

"We screwed up, and I'm not making excuses about it," Brin said, according to multiple reports. "Trust is very important to us, and we're going to do everything we can to preserve it."

"We do have a lot of internal controls in place, but obviously they didn't prevent this error from occurring," Brin said, according to ZDNet. "We are putting more internal controls in place and bringing in third parties to work on this issue, as well."

Lawmakers Call For FTC Probe

Meanwhile, two influential lawmakers, Rep. Joe Barton, a Texas Republican, and Rep. Ed Markey, a Massachusetts Democrat, wrote to the FTC on Wednesday asking the agency to determine whether Google's actions violated the law or consumer protection rules. The two lawmakers are co-chairmen of the House Privacy Caucus.

"Are Google's actions illegal under federal law?" the lawmakers asked in the letter, which included other pointed questions such as, "Do Google's actions form the basis of an unfair or deceptive act or practice that constitutes harm to consumers?"

An FTC spokesperson declined to comment. A Google spokesperson would only say, "We're continuing to talk to the relevant authorities to answer their questions and concerns."

Experts: Don't Destroy Potential Evidence

The possibility that Google's "war driving" may have violated the law heightens the scrutiny of the data Google collected, which could be used as evidence in any legal proceeding. Google has already begun destroying the data -- in some cases at the behest of governments, including Britain's -- but privacy experts told DailyFinance this week that Google should preserve the data and turn it over at government request.

"The problem here is that there are criminal laws at issue, and there is a real question as to whether Google violated those laws," says Marc Rotenberg, executive director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center. "If it did, the evidence is in the information Google collected. Google has tried to minimize the data it collected, calling it snippets or fragments. But that's a determination that needs to be made by a third party, possibly a prosecutor."

See full article from DailyFinance: http://www.dailyfinance.com/story/sergey-brin-says-google-screwed-up-as-u-s-weighs-wifi-spy-pro/19484338/?icid=sphere_copyright

What causes our silvery strands  is becoming less of a gray area to scientists.

Reported in the science journal Cell, researchers noted that gray hair is indeed a result of stress -- but not necessarily the emotional stress from a demanding job or an unruly teenager. Instead, gray hair can be caused by cell stress.

Stress to the cells surrounding the hair follicles can be caused by damaging agents such as chemicals, ultraviolet light and ionizing radiation. According to the study's lead author, Emi Nishimura, a single cell may encounter up to 100,000 events a day that damage the DNA of these follicles which are responsible for the hair's color. It's this type of "genotoxic stress" that depletes the melanocyte stem cells within hair follicles that are responsible for making pigment-producing cells.

"In this study, we discovered that hair graying, the most obvious aging phenotype, can be caused by the genomic damage response through stem cell differentiation, which suggests that physiological hair graying can be triggered by the accumulation of unavoidable DNA damage and DNA-damage response associated with aging through MSC differentiation," researchers reported in Cell.

And while they state that the majority of this damage is unavoidable, therefore making stress less of a factor in the color of your hair, it can have a significant role in the amount of hair we have. As we previously reported on Stylist, stress can cause hair to fall out, so all the more reason to live a healthy, balanced lifestyle.

Stress aside, many experts agree that genetics still play the largest role in determining when you can expect the grays to start creeping in. "When hair turns gray -- and which hairs turn gray -- is genetically programmed," Jerry Shapiro, M.D., professor of dermatology at New York University's Langone Medical Center told AARP's Bulletin Today.

Other factors that can influence gray hair include: vitamin B12 deficiency, smoking, heart disease, low bone mass, certain tumors or thyroid disease. Vitiligo, a condition where the cells at the base of hair follicles that produce color are damaged or destroyed by an immune system disorder, can also result in premature grays. And, alopecia areata, a disorder where patches of non-gray hair are lost suddenly, can make it appear that someone turned gray overnight.

Young Artists For Haiti - Wavin' Flag

Floyd Landis Admits PED Use, Accuses Lance Armstrong

   
Floyd Landis, the 2006 Tour de France champion who had his title stripped after testing positive for synthetic testosterone, has finally admitted that he was a longtime user of performance-enhancing drugs. And in his confession he has accused other cyclists of cheating, including Lance Armstrong.

"I want to clear my conscience," Landis told ESPN.com. "I don't want to be part of the problem anymore. "With the benefit of hindsight and a somewhat different perspective, I made some misjudgments. And of course, I can sit here and say all day long, 'If I could do it again I'd do something different,' but I just don't have that choice.'"

Landis claims that doping was so rampant in cycling that he had no choice but to cheat if he wanted to participate in the sport at its highest levels.

"I don't feel guilty at all about having doped," Landis told ESPN.com. "I did what I did because that's what we [cyclists] did and it was a choice I had to make after 10 years or 12 years of hard work to get there; and that was a decision I had to make to make the next step. My choices were, do it and see if I can win, or don't do it and I tell people I just don't want to do that, and I decided to do it."

The New York Daily News is separately reporting that Landis has accused Armstrong of doping. Landis wrote letters to cycling officials describing how the U.S. Postal Service pro cycling team used performance-enhancing drugs when Landis was on it from 2002 to 2005. Armstrong was on the team during that time and won the Tour de France all four years. Armstrong has steadfastly denied ever using performance-enhancing drugs.

Quote from: hubag bohol on May 19, 2010, 04:32:12 AM
Ngano pud kahang wa man siya kamata nga init na man kaayo. Nadaot na tingali iyang sistema tungod sa drug abuse...

korek...

Quote from: ms da binsi on May 20, 2010, 12:26:35 AM
correct jud na Glace! i will miss Jack Bauer too!

tig-tan-aw pod ka diay ana..hahaha..

di ni mamatay di Jack, mainutil lang ni. maputlan og kumagko kay maipit sa pultahan...hahaha

Quote from: statesville on May 19, 2010, 03:45:57 AM
Good for him, maayo na lang siya namatay kay sa  daghan unya
   maamong sa iyang gitanom nga drugas, gusto ug easy money
   putol noon iyang idad, naunay sa tari.

ang pangutana ani, states, ug kinsay nangharvest aning mga MJ karon...hehe

Quote from: jorgeanna on May 17, 2010, 02:51:46 PM
i hope he shares what he did kay suwayan daw nato ni para pud maniwang ko hahahaha

unya, musugot man pod kaha ka, jorge, nga tubuan og bungot sama anang iyaha kay resulta aning iyang diet. hahahaha

Quote from: chicogon on May 16, 2010, 12:40:17 PM
Wala pa koy nadunggan nga nibalik. Sa una kay excommunication man tingale ang sanction, so morag di siguro makabalik. Karong mga panahona kay morag suspension raman tingale sa ilang priestly faculty (I'm not postive pod), so basin dili kaayo lisod ibalik.... kana kung intresado nga mobalik. I don't really know anymore. 25 years ago pa last nako nagtuon ug Canon Law, hehehe.

thanks pads...medyo lisud jud bitaw tingali ibalik.

Quote from: hubag bohol on May 16, 2010, 03:23:18 PM
Talagsaon tuod ni, father nga nahimong Father. Ang normal gud, Father nga nahimong father...

hehehehe...maayo ning iya kay murag makakompleto jud siyag dawat ani sa mga sacramento...

Planet Hulk

Universal Soldier Regeneration

Quote from: hubag bohol on May 18, 2010, 11:43:35 AM
Tsk, tsk, tsk, way dungog kamatayona...

ok ra unta tog namatay og hinuyop sa aso sa marijuana, wa pa jud. hahahaha.

Quote from: hofelina on May 18, 2010, 06:45:59 PM
Si Ondoy Glace maajo mohimbis ug gwapa! Sinati jud sa mga pole dancers.

hahahaha...ganahan ra ba jud kog maayo mo-giling-giling.

24 is contemplating of filming a Movie-version of the show...hmmm. cool

New Miss USA Rima Fakih knows her way around a stripper pole

In case you missed it, Miss Michigan Rima Fakih, won last night to become the 2010 Miss USA. A nice feather in her cap, no doubt. But does it really compare to winning Mojo In The Morning’s “Stripper 101″ contest in 2007? I think not. Who knew that being well-versed in the art of working a stripper pole could put one on the path to superstardom? Well, okay, semi-famousdom. Either way, God bless America.

DRUGGIE Luke Holmes died in bed after being overcome by the heat from cannabis farms inside his home.

Holmes, 28, set up three foil-lined tents each containing marijuana plants cultivated under a battery of halogen lamps.

The powerful lights sent the temperature in his home soaring to more than 100°F (38°C), an inquest heard.

Holmes died in his sleep and was found three days later when pals broke into his house in Halifax, West Yorks.

Police almost fainted from the heat when they entered the property on a warm day last June.

The inquest in Bradford heard that Holmes was a drug user, although no drugs were found in his system.

He died from hyperthermia, or excessive heat. Verdict: Accident.

DRUGGIE Luke Holmes died in bed after being overcome by the heat from cannabis farms inside his home.

Holmes, 28, set up three foil-lined tents each containing marijuana plants cultivated under a battery of halogen lamps.

The powerful lights sent the temperature in his home soaring to more than 100°F (38°C), an inquest heard.

Holmes died in his sleep and was found three days later when pals broke into his house in Halifax, West Yorks.

Police almost fainted from the heat when they entered the property on a warm day last June.

The inquest in Bradford heard that Holmes was a drug user, although no drugs were found in his system.

He died from hyperthermia, or excessive heat. Verdict: Accident.

in despair naman lagi ning iyang kahimtang, mangamong na lang.

ambot lang kaha og dawaton bas korte ning iyang kaso

Toronto woman sues Rogers after her affair is exposed

Mon May 17 2010

A Toronto woman says the billing practices of Rogers Wireless Inc. led to her husband discovering her extramarital affair.

Now the woman, whose husband walked out, is suing the communications giant for $600,000 for alleged invasion of privacy and breach of contract, the results of which she says have ruined her life.

In 2007, Gabriella Nagy had a cellphone account with Rogers which sent the monthly bill to her home address in her maiden name. Her husband was the account holder for the family's cable TV service at the same address. Around June 4, 2007, he called Rogers to add internet and home phone.

The following month, Rogers mailed a “global” invoice for all of its services to the matrimonial home that included an itemized bill for Nagy's cellular service, according to the statement of claim filed in Ontario Superior Court of Justice.

When Nagy’s husband opened the Rogers invoice, he saw several hour-long phone calls to a single phone number.

“Nobody does business this way and he's not stupid,” says Nagy, who is in her 30s. He called the number, spoke to the “third party” who confirmed the affair, which had lasted only a few weeks, Nagy told the Star.

“My husband didn't tell me that's how he found out, he just left.”

“The husband used the previously private and confidential information that the defendant unilaterally disclosed to the husband to inquire about the people that the plaintiff was telephoning and the nature of such calls,” the statement of claim says.

The statement alleges Rogers “unilaterally terminated its cellular contract with the plaintiff that had been in her maiden name and included it in the husband’s account that was under his surname.

“The plaintiff’s maiden name and the husband's surname were different. Such unilateral action by the defendant was done without the knowledge, information, belief, acquiescence or approval of the plaintiff.”

In a statement of defence, Rogers denies it terminated the contract and says the company "cannot be held responsible for the condition of the marriage, for the plaintiff's affair and consequential marriage break-up, nor the effects the break-up has had on her.

“Rogers is not the cause of these. The marriage break-up and its effects happened, or alternatively would in any event have happened, regardless of the form in which the plaintiff and her husband received their invoices for Rogers services in July 2007.”

Rogers acknowledges it “consolidated the invoicing of the various services being provided to the plaintiff and her husband” so that one monthly invoice would be sent to their home. “Apart from administrative efficiency, doing so would result in savings to the plaintiff and her husband for the services.”

Nagy is deeply embarrassed and ashamed about what happened. “It was a mistake,” she said of the affair. “But I didn’t deserve to lose my life over it.”

After her husband left her and their two children, ages 6 and 7, she was so distraught her work performance suffered and she lost her job as an apartment rental agent that had paid her almost $100,000 until she was let go in Oct. 10, 2007. “The plaintiff wept uncontrollably at her workplace . . . and became incapable of performing her employment duties,” reads the statement of claim. Nagy says the employer was aware of the situation and that she was receiving medical attention.

Nagy’s lawyer, Edward Tonello, says this case is unprecedented in Canada.

“In Ontario, we don’t have a privacy act, unlike British Columbia and other provinces.”

Nagy discovered how her husband found out after Rogers left her a voicemail, in late August 2007, advising that it was about to terminate her cellular services because of unpaid invoices. That’s when she learned Rogers had terminated her account in her maiden name and included it in the global account. Rogers says the invoice was sent to “Ms.” and her husband’s surname.

When she confronted her husband, he said, “Thank god for the Rogers bill. Had it not come bundled in my cable service I would never known. That’s the only way,” Nagy says. She asked that his name not be included in the story to spare him further embarrassment. His name does not appear in the court filing.

“I lost everything,” she says. “I want others to know what a big corporation has done. I trusted Rogers with my personal information. We had a contract â€" and agreement that put my life right in their hands.”

After she terminated her relationship with the “third party” in August 2007, the jilted lover, himself a married father of three, called Rogers and obtained her secret password to her voicemail and used it to access it to harass her and taunt the husband, the statement of claim alleges.

As well, she alleges Rogers disconnected her cellular service in January 2009 and said her cellular phone was being invoiced to her husband's account. The wrongdoing that occurred in 2007 reoccurred, the statement says noting she subsequently switched to another cellular service provider.

Rogers denies those claims.

ang mga daghan og kwarta ra man pod oroy gustong mamatay nga way sakit..kay maka-afford man...ang mga pobre, sama namo, moagwanta kay anad mag kalisud...usang sentimos nako ni pod...

motilaw pog dabong ning helpera diay...

 

part 1

Newfie Music (Joke - Part I)


part 2

Newfie Music (Joke - Part II)

kung naay "kuyog", adto kos Ayala

kung wala, SM...ahehehe

ngano kaha?

 

"Space Shuttle Atlantis" Final Flight-May,14 2010 (FULL HD)

a song as a tribute to the Atlantis and its crews

Elton John - Rocket Man

Quote from: chicogon on May 16, 2010, 02:34:32 AM
Sa laing thread nakanumdom ko dihay niingon ang PROSTIT kuno is good for the PROSTIT? Bwahahaha!!!! 

hahahaa...mao tingali nga booming jud ni nga bisnis kay daghang bad prostit nga nahimo na rong good prostit!!!

Quote from: vrglguapo on May 16, 2010, 02:04:07 AM
KInsa kaha ang dili ma tintal niining mga bayhana.. ;DI love everything that is french,french fries,french perfume,french panty lace,french designer clothes and most of all a long french kiss

makawa jud pod og self-control ning mga dagwaya...nyahaha

Quote from: chicogon on May 16, 2010, 02:28:26 AM
Naa sad ko 2 nailhan deri nga ingon ani ang ilang previous life, married life, unya they pursued the priesthood after their respective wives died and their children were already grown-ups

kadtong nanggawas ug nanggiminyo nga pari, pads, makabalik ba pod sila inig kamatay sa ilang "asawa?" hahahaha...

Quote from: hofelina on May 16, 2010, 02:42:31 AM
thanks Glace, it was really fascinating!

welcome, Manay...manglaag ta didto pohon, ug magpamagnet sad ta. hehehe

This father is set to become a Father


The Catholic Register



TORONTO - Years of experience as a husband and father provided a natural progression towards the priesthood for Deacon Stephen Crowley, now just days away from his May 1 ordination in Hamilton, Ont.

The father of three adult children lost his wife Maureen, to whom he had been married for 32 years, to muscular dystrophy in 2008.

“I just think that the priesthood now is a logical conclusion or a logical extension of me living out my baptism to the fullest as was my married life,” said Crowley, who worked as a medical laboratory technologist. “I see that they’re both ways of living out my baptism as a Catholic man of God and serving the community, first as a nuclear family and now as a larger family.”
Crowley said he remembers his first inclination to the priesthood, which happened when he was in Grade 4, and reading about the lives of the various saints.

“Especially reading about Fr. John Bosco and thinking ‘Gee I’d like to be a priest like he was,’ ” Crowley said. “I remember being an altar server for many years and my pastors and my family assuming I would enter the seminary and become a priest, but then it came time for high school and I started dating.”

During his youth in his hometown of Peterborough, Ont., he remembers parish-sponsored hockey teams and scout troops, youth Masses, school Masses at St. Peter’s High School and other faith-centred opportunities. He met Maureen when she was in Grade 10 and he in Grade 11.

After they married, it took many years before they would conceive their first child, just after they had begun to consider adoption.

“Those first six or seven years of our marriage where we didn’t have our children allowed us to be rooted in our faith and gave us the graces that we needed to cope with what lay ahead,” Crowley said.

During that time they participated in the Cursillo Movement and various parish missions which helped develop an understanding of church teachings and strengthened their relationship with God.

Signs of Maureen’s illness began to surface after the birth of their first child, but even as her condition worsened, their faith helped them recognize the graces being poured out on their family and on the community. After she had a brain stem lesion in 1992, Crowley asked his priest about becoming a deacon, but was encouraged to wait until his children were older. So he became involved with the Knights of Columbus and helped with various parish ministries, as did his children.

Crowley said because of his obvious passion for serving the church, his decision to study for the priesthood was no surprise to his children. He had already begun taking some theology courses in case the permission to become a priest was given. That happened the day before he left for the Eucharistic Congress in Quebec City in 2008, barely a month after his wife’s death.

Now he looks forward to giving to the parish some of the love he has shared with his family.

“I think it’s the interaction with the people, just the happy, smiling faces in the parish and knowing that you can be there â€" and serve them from when they baptize their children right through the whole sacramental life of the parish until it’s time to bury the dead â€" be there just as a member of this larger family.

“I’m looking forward to the idea of trying to find creative ways of drawing people into the church so that they can experience the love of God through the liturgy and just share in our liturgies and our faith with the people in our parish.”

Crowley said it’s the experience of having been in an intimate family relationship, the co-operation that is required and the sacrificial element of the sacrament that will help him be a good priest.

“It can be a great witness and a great understanding that people can hopefully relate with as well, as they go through their own struggles,” he said.

President Nicolas Sarkozy 'threatened to pull France out of euro'

By a Reuters reporter in Madrid

The newspaper cited comments by Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero to members of his party on Wednesday as relayed by people present at that meeting.

A spokesman for the Spanish Prime Minister's office confirmed the meeting between Zapatero and other socialist party members on Wednesday, but could not immediately confirm what was said at the meeting.


Sarkozy demanded a "commitment from everyone to suppport Greece...or France would reconsider its position in the euro," according to one source cited by El Pais.

Another source present at the meeting between Zapatero and his party members and cited by the paper said: "Sarkozy ended up banging his fist on the table and threatening to leave the euro...This forced Angela Merkel to give in and reach an agreement."

The European Union and International Monetary Fund agreed a 110 billion euro rescue plan for Greece last week. But Germany, which must shoulder a good deal of the burden, had proven reluctant to commit itself to a plan.

Zapatero told his party members that France, Italy and Spain had formed a united front against Germany at the Brussels meeting and that Sarkozy had threatened to break up a traditional France-Germany "hold" on the rest of Europe, according to El Pais.

The Elysee had no comment on the El Pais article.

Quote from: bol-anon nga cebuano on April 29, 2010, 10:10:04 PM
GF: Ohhh God, you're sooo good...aaahhh more... more...
BF: yeah... ahhh wider...ahhh wider...
GF: oohhh yeaaahhh....moooree....ahhh..ahh..
BF: spread your legs wider... wiiideeer…
GF: ahhhahhhhh....
BF: wider, honey, wider! wiiiideeeer....
GF: (annoyed) f***! are you trying to get your balls in?!
BF: (angry) no, im trying to get my balls out, bitch!

nganong ni-enter hahaha...

maayo pagka-photoshop

Quote from: hubag bohol on May 15, 2010, 09:06:17 AM
Down-to-earth ang personality ani...


www.fjcruiserforums.com

mao niy mahubog, di manghasi...matog lang dayon. hehehe

Quote from: chicogon on May 14, 2010, 12:45:49 PM
Incredibly visionaries!!!

suway tag buhat ani, pads, adtos Loboc River. hahaha

hahaha...pution ra ba tawn pog lubot ning bayhana...mag-ampo na lang tawn siya nga mokagar nang pistola..

mao ning dagwaya kung gikan naligo...hahahah

Quote from: chicogon on May 14, 2010, 11:43:31 PM
Naa pa baya daghan sa Cebu moingon sa daplin sa karsada, "Maski pangape lang, noy!" 

hahahaha...

Scientist tackles Magnetic Hill mystery


Fri May 14, 7:04 AM

NEW.BRUNSWICK (CBC) - A Japanese scientist has won an award for duplicating the kind of optical illusion that for decades has baffled tourists who visit the fabled Magnetic Hill in Moncton, N.B.

Kokichi Sugihara of the Meiji Institute for Advanced Study of Mathematical Sciences won the international competition for Best Visual Illusion of 2010, at the Philharmonic Center for the Arts in Naples, Fla., for showing how objects can appear to roll uphill, as if they are being pulled by a magnet.

That kind of illusion has been drawing tourists to the southeastern New Brunswick city since the 1930s.

Sugihara's video, "Impossible motion: magnet-like slopes" shows a structure with four slopes. At the start, four wooden balls all appear to roll up the slopes against gravity. But as the camera circles the structure, the slopes are seen to be actually pointed down.

Judy Dougan, manager of Magnetic Hill for the City of Moncton, said the phenomenon related to perspective and background may have been solved but that is unlikely to curb the enthusiasm of people visiting the well-known Maritime attraction.

"The secret's out, but you have to come and experience it," Dougan said. "It's a unique experience."

Here's a video of the famous Magnetic hill 

Magnetic Hill, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada

and this is the video explaining the "mystery"..

Impossible motion: magnet-like slopes

Quote from: hubag bohol on May 13, 2010, 01:15:45 PM

Pastilan! Kalami tagamtamon! Magsinaw jud ang imong simod!

lami ni paresan og SAGING

Quote from: ms da binsi on May 13, 2010, 10:28:35 PM
hahhaha! i like it!

sus ikaw kuno mamatay dayun nag gusbat ang hitsura, nang lawon ang mata, na upaw pa jud  kinsa man tawon ganahan mo tan aw nimo aber? hahahhahah!

di na problema, kay daghang "special effects" magamit karon para magwapa gihapon ka. gawas pa, di na ka libakon og mamatay, kay kaha maot og nawong. puro na maayo baya imong madungog nga mga storya inig kamatay nimo, di ba?...example, "hoy, kadtos MDB ganahan ko ato niya. buotan kay kugihan jamo to mang-banned og membro sa TB."...hahahahah

Quote from: alycxs on May 14, 2010, 02:13:17 AM
Awp...kanang klaseha sa aninipot dili mana ma extinct...wahahhahhaha !!

hahahaha...

Quote from: alycxs on May 09, 2010, 12:29:16 PM
ma resurrect mana Glace....pagbantay diba naa nya'y bag-ong lamisa ug mga linkoranan, murag patio furniture ba...bao lang kaha sa city hall ba or basin mga brand new wood benches sa gua.

Ang mga gamot lukaton sad kay lami mani siya butangan ug vanda...hmmmmmm....naay mo volunteer ug susi ani ?

am sure pulihan nang dapita og bus waiting station...with CR and elevator...nyahaha..

Quote from: hubag bohol on May 09, 2010, 12:54:08 PM
He he, matod pa daw ni Bay Glace kay gamiton kuno ang pinutol nga acacia para himoong lungon. Kon maohon, adunay gamayng kalambigitan ang acacia pag-abot sa panahon sa resurrection...

hehehe. mao jud nay mahimong kalambigitan, bay hubs, apan ayohon og sira nang lungona aron di ka guwa inig abot sa panahon..hahahha

kadumdum lang kos storya sa among pari diri, kung ngano ang ubang mga obispo inig kamatay adto ilubong sa ilawom sa simbahan (kadaghanan ani, adunay flooring nga marble o graphite)...aron kono inig-abot sa pagkabanhaw, maglisud sila og gawas. hahahaha. (mura'g may pagdumot tong paria da). hahahahaha

Quote from: chicogon on May 14, 2010, 12:23:11 AM
Die-hard man god ko Yoyoy Villame. Anyone other than Yoyoy (sa pakatok songs lang), bias ko kaayo hehehe. 

bitaw sa. di pod basta-basta matupngan ning aton sano og kantang pakatok lang.

pildi akong hockey team

Quote from: windgate on May 08, 2010, 12:58:35 PM
aguy  ang background kay vietnamese man nga tindahan. hasta ang tawo nga nagkalo.  wa pa pod ko kita ug baka nga gipamasahero dinhi.  kabajo siguro.

gi-import na nis atoa. hahahahah

Quote from: statesville on May 07, 2010, 11:51:28 PM
Glacier, hala pamasahero na dinha para sa mga botante padulong sa
      voting stations para mahuman na ang lalis labanay sa ilang gipangdapigan
      nga mga manok hahahahaha

di man manakay mga botante; osyoso kaayo, taxi na o habal-habal, ijag daghang uwan-uwan nadawat. hehehe

Quote from: ms da binsi on May 13, 2010, 10:30:40 PM

for the first time ning lili si banana sa TB ako gipakita ning TAXI ni Glacier! ahahhahahhahha! pwerteng katawa! hahhahahahhah!

kanang inyong bag-ong sakyanan, mdb, pwede kaayo tang-tangon nang atubangan og gam-ong sama ani...nindot jud kay sinaw pa kaayo...chrome pa. hahahah

Quote from: evanfrance on May 14, 2010, 01:25:08 AM
You started the topic in English, you reply in Visayan. I am sorry to disturb the audience lol!! I didn't know this forum is reserved to locals only.I am going back to read only mode..

you only posted thrice yet...better look at other topics first, whether it starts in english or in visayan, and see for yourself how the replies go. 

twilight, newmoon

we are really funny species. while in some places, where hospital care isn't accessible and money is not available, people seem to value life more than those who have the means and resources to get quality health care...

because we live in a world that almost always appears to be of our own making, a radical reduction of man has taken place. [He is] considered a simple product of nature and as such not really free, and in himself susceptible to be treated like any other animal.

Quote from: chicogon on May 13, 2010, 02:52:39 PM
Bwahahaha... karon pako ani. 

hahaha...hapit na lang mamatay si Max, wa pa diay ka kita ani pads

mao niy klarong giingon, KAMIY NIBILANGKAD, WA MOY LABOT SA HUKAD  hahahaha

New type of sport - Walking on water (Liquid Mountaineering)

Quote from: TOPAC on May 13, 2010, 11:03:31 AM
congrats tito rico and to tita greenie na rin.

congrats nimo ug sa imong manok, bay...

ALBULARYONG BUTA

Quote from: alycxs on May 10, 2010, 02:27:00 AM
Kabalo mo ? minos na gyud ko makit-an aninipot sa ato.
Sauna, mag tambay2 mi sa porch sa among balay, mag sista2, pakapin inom gamay sa barkada, diha man to daghan aninipot, karon lagi kay minos na.

ang daghang aninipot makit-an nimo ron, lycxs, kay kanang ipakog atong ulo sa bong-bong bitaw...naa juy daghan...hahahaha

Quote from: grazie7y on May 12, 2010, 08:10:12 AM
ngek! hahaha basta, I am crazy about nuts!

"NUTS" make me crazy....

Quote from: hofelina on May 12, 2010, 02:39:03 PM
Eat moderately,Glace!

i don't eat them manay...i try to live with them   

a cheaper option for that is to get closer to an IED in Iraq...and you have no problem for any assistance..many people there don't value life just as many of these pro-euthanasiacs..

PARENTS: You don't lie to your kids ... do you?

March 30, 2010

If you say you never lie to your kids, you're probably not telling the truth.

From the Easter Bunny to spinach to death, we lie about all sorts of things to give our kids a sense of wonder, encourage them to try different foods and protect them from harsh reality.

I am no exception. Although I avoid some of the whoppers my parents told me - "If you swallow gum it will stick in your stomach," and "If you make a face it will get stuck and stay that way" - I still find little white lies slipping out of my mouth.
   
Some lies we justify as being for our kid's own good. Food lies fall in this category. I'm the queen of the food lie.

"Eating carrots will make you see better." "Those aren't mushrooms, those are noodles." "We're all out of candy."

I got my son to eat cauliflower by telling him it was "white broccoli" and I can get him to try just about any light colored meat if I tell him it's chicken or turkey.

There are the lies I tell to avoid an unpleasant situation.

Anyone who's been to McDonalds knows how those junky little Happy Meal toys pile up. Periodically I clean out the toy box and toss the older ones. Every once in a while he decides to dig one out.

"It's around here somewhere, I'm sure we'll find it later," I say without missing a beat.

"It broke" is the fib I tell after tossing an old toy he stopped playing with or the balloon that lingered too long in the corner.

Some lies are to protect your child or avoid topics you're not ready to deal with.

When I took my son to a play about a troupe of teenage actors, to my surprise, there was a scene in which the older woman director got amorous with one of the teenagers. Frowning my son turned to me and asked "Are they married?" "Yes" I said without a second thought.

And then there are the harmless lies we tell to make kids feel good and encourage them.

"That song sounded beautiful." "Your drawing looks just like a (fill in the blank)." "You did better than you did last time."

One lie has even become such a standard, that it's more of a joke than a real lie. I've said it to my son, but always with tongue-in-cheek.

"When I was kid I used to walk to school through six feet of snow, uphill, both ways!"

What are your white lies?

8-Yr Old Only Potential Survivor of Libyan Plane Crash

An 8-year-old Dutch boy was possibly the only survivor when a Libyan plane exploded during landing at Tripoli airport Wednesday, killing 93 passengers and 11 crew members.

Reports are conflicting with some claiming all 105 on board have died. The most recent statement by the airline indicates survivors have been transported to hospitals:

    “We are very sorry to announce the tragic loss of Afriqiyah airways flight 8u 771 from Johannesburg in an accident during landing at Tripoli international airport at 04:00 UTC. (06:00 am Tripoli time) today Wednesday 12 may. We extend our deepest sympathy to the families and friends of the victims the search and rescue mission has now been completed and casualties have been moved to various hospitals. The secretariat of health will issue a statement on the condition of those casualties.”

Local news sources are also reporting that an 8-yr old boy has been transported to a hospital.

“I can confirm the crash but not the number of the dead,” said Bongani Sithole, an official of the airline at Johannesburg airport. “We hear that it happened one metre (yard) away from the runway.”

Afriqiyah Airways said the 8U771 flight crash landed in Tripoli around 5am British time. There were either 93 or 94 passenger and 11 crew. “At this moment we have no information concerning possible casualties or survivors,” the airline said in a statement.

News agencies are scrambling for information, but very little is being revealed by any sources close to the tragedy.

“We know that plane departed from Johannesburg to Libya and we are liaising with both the South African and Libyan civil aviation authorities. They will keep us informed,” said spokeswoman Nomfanelo Kota.

We will update as more information becomes available.

NBA approves Nets sale to Russian
   
NEW YORK (AP) -- The first step in what the New Jersey Nets hope is a quick turnaround is in place.

New owner Mikhail Prokhorov is eager to get started on the rest.

"For those who are already fans of the Nets and the NBA, I intend to give you plenty to cheer about," the Russian billionaire said in a statement.

The Nets are now officially the Nyets.

Prokhorov's purchase of the team was approved Tuesday by NBA's owners, who welcomed the first non-North American into their club.

Russia's richest man agreed to buy 80 percent of the Nets and 45 percent of an arena project in Brooklyn from developer Bruce Ratner late last year. Final approval of the sale was delayed until the state of New York had taken over all the land seized under eminent domain at the site of the team's Barclays Center in Brooklyn. The Nets expect that transaction to close Wednesday, and the long-delayed 18,000-seat arena is to open in 2012.

The Nets hope Prokhorov's wealth -- estimated at $9.5 billion through his banking and metals businesses -- will be used to help them bounce back from a 12-70 finish that included an NBA-worst, 18-game losing streak to open the season.

The team was ruined by cost-cutting moves under Ratner, who signed off on the trades of Jason Kidd, Kenyon Martin, Vince Carter and Richard Jefferson. There's money to spend now, with an estimated $23 million in salary cap room heading into free agency this summer, when LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh are among the players who could be available.

Prokhorov already has proven he can build a winning basketball team, owning a share of European power CSKA Moscow.

"We anticipate that his passion for the game and business acumen will be of considerable value not only to the Nets franchise but to the entire NBA," commissioner David Stern said.

A person with knowledge of the voting results told The Associated Press that NBA owners voted 29-0 to approve the purchase. One team did not vote. The sale had to be approved by three-fourths of the NBA's owners.

The person requested anonymity because the voting totals were not released.

"Today's vote will give the NBA a greater global reach and bring a multitude of new fans to the game of basketball," Prokhorov said."

The next step for the Nets comes next week with the NBA draft lottery, in which they have a 25 percent chance of winning to earn the No. 1 pick and can finish no worse than fourth. Stern previously predicted Prokhorov could represent the team at the lottery.

Prokhorov's arrival in the NBA already has brought plenty of attention to the long-ignored franchise. The 6-foot-6 tycoon was an avid basketball player in his school days, is a fixture in glitzy European resorts and once was held in France for four days of questioning -- but never charged -- in a prostitution investigation.

He's now at the front of a team that will spend the next two years playing in Newark before the anticipated move to Brooklyn. Prokhorov hopes he has built a winning team by then.

"Mikhail and his team will bring tremendous innovation and excitement to the NBA," Ratner said.

Quote from: Lorenzo on May 13, 2010, 10:27:57 AM
Did you see Jaroslav Halak's performance in that game?

i don't usually watch them play...i might have a heart attack...hahaha..

well, kudos to the HABS...it's about time to have a Canadian team to play in the Finals and hopefully win the Stanley Cup...

alang kanimo, brod, kay wa naman kay itlog...hahahaha

SUNDALONG WALAY ITLOG

Reader Mark Warrick responds to Denny Phillips, Cagefighter Suspect in Brooke Phillips Case, Shot By Police. The retired Tulsa cops said officers purposely fire low to avoid hurting anyone else, and blew off his balls and part of his penis...

"Just to clear up a few things that are reported incorrectly. First of all Phillips was shot by two Tulsa Police Detectives, no SWAT team was involved.

"The reason the shots were low was due to the fact Phillips was standing in front of a large window. The two detectives shot low to prevent any possible injury to innocent citizens.

"Actually the low shots were pretty effective, half of Phillips penis was removed along with both testicles. I am a retired 30 year member of TPD. I am proud to say the guys involved did a wonderful job getting this evil person off the streets."

French prostitutes oppose reopening brothels

By Mildrade Cherfils - GlobalPost
Published: May 12, 2010 06:33 ET

PARIS, France â€" A French lawmaker wants to reopen brothels, outlawed in France since 1946, in order to protect prostitutes from predatory pimps and exploitation. But the sex workers say no thanks.

“All of the prostitutes are against the reopening of the brothels,” said Janine Mossuz-Lavau, a sociologist and expert on sexuality and prostitution.

A 2003 law introduced by then-Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy, which made passive public solicitation a punishable crime, is partly to blame for the impasse. Criminalizing activities around prostitution, which itself is legal for anyone over 18, sent workers underground to massage parlors and bars, but also away from the city centers, to peripheral areas, the woods and the internet. It “rendered exercising this profession much more dangerous” since workers found themselves isolated, Mossuz-Lavau said.

Almost seven years to the day that parliament adopted that law in March 2003, Chantal Brunel, a member of Sarkozy’s UMP party who had voted for it, announced she wants to change the government’s response to prostitution. She envisions reopening the brothels as spaces where workers would be safe from human trafficking and violence, treated with dignity and would even receive medical care. An estimated 59 percent of French citizens support the idea, according to a poll released last month.

But the sex workers’ union, which represents more than 250 prostitutes in France, is adamantly opposed to government meddling in its business and would rather maintain as much independence over its members' livelihoods as possible.

Reached by phone, Tiphaine Besnard, a union spokeswoman, said it had been a while since she heard any news from government officials one way or another about how the matter was progressing. In any case, the workers rarely participate in political discussions or decisions involving them.

“Our elected officials … are doomed to repeat the same failures if they do not consult the people who live prostitution daily and know all the consequences of their policies,” the union said in a March press release. “We alone possess the expertise on our lives.”

If you're one of those people resigned to living with a snoring problem...read on!

Snoring is one of the unfortunate realities of life.  Most of us do it to some degree and generally speaking, the older we get the worse the condition gets.

Snoring can kill

For 1 in 6 people snoring is a serious health issue.

Called Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA), it's caused by the relaxation of the muscles in the back of the throat and tongue while sleeping which in turn blocks the airway.  That blockage cuts off breathing causing a person to momentarily wake up.  It can literally happen hundreds of times per night.

OSA can have serious health implications including chronic fatigue, high blood pressure, weight gain, and even heart failure and stroke.

Snoring can also put a huge strain on our most important relationship in life, as the person with whom we share our bed often suffers chronically as a result of their partner's snoring.

So treating snoring can make a huge difference in a person's long term health outlook not to mention the more immediate benefits of being able to get a solid night's sleep every night.

The problem with snoring is that effective treatments have been highly intrusive.   They include surgery, in which a doctor cuts away or shrinks tissue in the back of the throat, a CPAP face mask which forces air into the lungs keeping the air passages open while you sleep, or an oral mouthpiece designed to force the lower jaw out during sleep, keeping the airway clear. 

A breakthrough in controlling snoring

But now there's a new product that seems to be the breakthrough so many people have been waiting for.  And like so many great innovations, it's remarkably simple.

The product is an ergonomic strap that fits over the head and chin. It gently holds the jaw in a position that allows the breathing airway to remain clear which virtually eliminates snoring while you sleep.

Although the strap may look somewhat strange, it's actually remarkably comfortable.

Better yet, the chinstrap's effectiveness has been clinically proven.  In a case study by the Eastern Virginia Medical School, it was found to be as effective in treating OSA as expensive CPAP machines.

The chinstrap is offered online through a company called MySnoringSolutions. While most CPAP treatments cost thousands of dollars, the MySnoringSolutions system sells for just $119.97 and it comes with an  unconditional 3 month guarantee, so there is zero risk you will be stuck with something that doesn't work for you. Right now, they are also offering free shipping - which saves new customers $10.

So if you want to get rid of snoring once and for all - this may be the solution you have been waiting for.

congrats ni uncle erico...

UG MAGPADAYON ANG PINUTLANAY..good luck. whooooo!!!

Canadiens stun Penguins 5-2 in Game 7

PITTSBURGH â€" Montreal has shed its Cinderella tag once and for all.

All it took was a dominating 5-2 dismantling of the defending champion Pittsburgh Penguins in Wednesday night's Game 7 at Mellon Arena â€" the last game in the building's rich hockey history -- to prove that Montreal was better than the best team in hockey league last year, a team that boasts two of the biggest names in the game in Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin and was the prohibitive favorite to reach a third-straight Eastern Conference Finals.


ARRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH!!!!!!   

Fast count stuns nation...Faster than you can say ‘Garci’

By Kristine L. Alave, Cathy C. Yamsuan, Tarra Quismundo
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 00:50:00 05/12/2010

MANILA, Philippinesâ€"Shell-shocked.

Winners and losers did not know what hit them as a barrage of election talliesâ€"first a trickle, then a torrentâ€"confronted them with the reality that the poisoned political environment had nothing to do with Monday’s automated elections, officials said Tuesday.

“It was faster than you can say Garci,” said Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chair Jose Melo, alluding to disgraced former commissioner Virgilio Garcillano, who was accused of colluding with President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to rig the 2004 presidential election, a charge she denies.

The first results came from satellite transmissionsâ€"the VSATs and BGANsâ€"from mountainous regions in northern Luzon where there were no regular cell phone sites and the voting populations were small.

At 3 p.m. on Monday, as attention was riveted on TV coverage of the chaos and confusion in the heavily populated voting centers, the Comelec decided to convene as the National Board of Canvassers.

The first results were coming in from Mountain Province at that time.

From then on, the transmission turned swift and steady, said Henrietta de Villa, chair of the Church-led Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV), the Comelec’s citizen’s arm.

“It was better than expected,” she said.

At around 7 p.m., officials of Smartmatic-TIM, the Comelec’s automation partner, announced that 10,000 precincts had already transmitted results and had printed 30 election returns. By midnight, 57 percent of the precincts had reported results.

Cesar Flores, the company spokesperson, said that 92 to 95 percent of the results should be in by Tuesday midnight.

Comelec spokesperson James Jimenez said that defeated candidates were “a little shell-shocked” when they realized that they had lost the race in just a few hours.

“The candidates, all of them, were taken by surprise,” Jimenez said.

“In the past, they still had time to manipulate the outcome,” said Ramon Casiple of the Comelec advisory council.

“That is not the case now,” Casiple said, comparing the electronic vote with the previous manual exercise.

Doomsday scenarios

Before Monday’s elections, talk was rife that the President was on overdrive scheming to remain in power beyond her term ending next month, that glitches would reach such a scale that there would be a failure of elections, that an operation plan was in the works for a takeover by a military junta.

The political speculation made preparations for the balloting difficult, Flores conceded.

“Some people said we were going to cheat for somebody,” Flores said. But no politician even attempted to approach the company to rig the vote, he said.

“There was a lot of noise and a lot of wrong accusation. The job speaks for itself. All our projections came true. We never lied to the people. We never overpromised anything,” he added.

Flores said that in spite of the last minute glitchesâ€"the recall and replacement of the memory cards for the 76,300 counting machines at the eleventh hour last weekâ€"the event turned into a “great project.”

“I would say our work in this election would give us credibility,” said Melo at noon Tuesday with around 75 percent, or about 30 million, of ballots cast counted.

Lessons learned

Commissioner Rene Sarmiento said that the quick delivery of results was “a big step forward towards the restoration of the credibility.”

“By this election, we are learning. There are glitches we have to remedy in future elections. In other words, we know now where we were short,” said Commissioner Nicodemo Ferrer.

Sarmiento said the complaints about long queues, problems with counting machines and alleged disenfranchisement would all be considered “raw data to improve and enhance our electoral process so that we can provide a robust democracy for the Philippines.”

Turning to recent history, Melo recalled many instances when local Comelec officials were racing to proclaim candidates, even without a sufficient partial count to make this conclusion.

“But here, under this system actually, there can be no proclamation unless there is a 100 percent count,” Melo said.

“The process in 2007 was quite tortuous and cumbersome,” Sarmiento said. “All ballot boxes have to be opened, to be examined carefully piece by piece. It was a very long process and objections were made by lawyers left and right.”

Birth pains

Under automated elections, Sarmiento said the Comelec would now proclaim winners based on electronically transmitted data in a process faster than the old manual system.

Ferrer said he still expected protests. “This is a free country.”

The automation technology worked, said PPCRV’s Clifford Sorita. “Some glitches had to be adjusted, but these are birth pains,” he said. “We are learning.”

At the morning session of the canvassing for senatorial and party-list candidates, Melo abruptly called off the proceedings amid grandstanding by some lawyers.

Election lawyer Romulo Macalintal had suddenly approached the microphone and demanded the examination of the sealed envelopes opened with electronic user’s names and passwords.

“These proceedings are taking longer than the automation,” he said, banging the gavel and suspending the canvassing until the afternoon.

but dealing with 'nuts' brings your BP up...

Quote from: statesville on May 11, 2010, 04:39:38 AM
MADRE: Father, tugnaw man kaayo ko uy.
PARI: Ako pud sister, gusto nimo buhaton nato ang buhat sa magtiayon?
MADRE: Ok, sigi Padre
PARI: Sige, timplahi ko ug kape para mawala ang tugnaw

hehehehe...padong na unta tang-tangon ni Sis ang iyang kuan....

Quote from: bol-anon nga cebuano on May 11, 2010, 09:25:26 PM
lola nakigsex sa usa ka callboy:

lola: agay dong, hinay-hinaya kay sakit kaayo
callboy: saba diha la, mura sad ko ug virgin diha
lola: hinay-hinaya ba kay ang akong kunot naapil ug kalukot

nyaahahaha...sige lang lola og malukot basta nakulikot.

that's good to hear about the last election...whew.

na-number 1 gani nga baho-baho ang drainage nila nga tua padong sa dagat, samot og mawa pa ni....

IRON MAN 2

ako. way nidaug, wa poy napildi...

wa man ko kabotar...hahahahaha

Generally peaceful man diay ang eleksyon. Maayo.

Haskang ka-popular pa jud diay ni Erap tsk tsk tsk

Pastilan mura man pog ohong kadaghana ning nangguwang partylist hahaha

Noynoy lang ko nong...

kadumdum ko sa una, apil ko tawn boluntaryo sa PPCRV...report-report pod mis mga resulta sa kabaryohan....bibo pod.

mao ni klaro..i have my eye on you....

sakto na jud ron igawas sa UWAN-UWAN...hahayzzz

Quote from: hubag bohol on May 09, 2010, 08:06:54 AM
Handa na pud ang ubang alipores nga makulban og kaldero... 

andam na pod ang TB nga human sa election mahanaw ning mga alipores nga sige'g gangaw-ngaw diri...hehe

pork chop ug mongos....

Quote from: gwargz on May 09, 2010, 10:20:31 AM
Bwahahahahahahahahahaha !!!
Glac, this one really makes me laugh.
Sunday morning to Sunday mourning.

Kahinumdom na hinoon ko sa pahambugay sa insurance coverage.

Insurance Agent 1: Way makalupig sa among insurance coverage nga from birth to death.
Insurance Agent 2: Aaaah, hambugero. Kabarat ba ana. Amoa jud from womb to tomb.
Insurance Agent 3: Aaay Suuus! Abi nakog unsa na jod kapiskay inyong insurance coverage.
Wala ra na sa kumingking sa amoa nga from erection to resurrection.

ug kalooy sa kahoyng acacia kay wa jud insurance magamay...human nag-erect pila ka mga tuig, wa jud maka-resurrect.

klaro man jud nga ang merkado lang ang gipasidak-an sa mayor sa pagputol sa maong kahoy...pasundayag sa gahum ug garbo.

                         

Quote from: chicogon on May 08, 2010, 03:13:13 AM
Ajaw na mo pag-away og paglalis to the point of attacking each other kay di na pod maajo (unbecoming napod of decent human beings... I'm acting as your angel advocate this time, kay at one time I lost my cool, too, toward you know who, hehehe). Puros baya mo adunay mga point(s) depending kung unsang perspective. Usa pa, kung duna may krimen o sala nahimo against sa kahoy, dili man mo ang perpetrators ani, but some irresponsible people in Guildulman (Mayor & co). Mga chatters man lang mo nga nag diskusyon og nag timbang-timbang kung unsay sakto, sayop, maayo o dili maayo. Ayaw na lang pag tumo2x kay puros ra jud na tumo2x (speculative at best) kining atong tagna-tagna kung taga dis-a ning mga chatters deri... kay wa jud tay kasinatian kung asa gikan ning mga ideya nga mahipatik dinhi sa TB.

Sa tan-aw nako sa hulagway sa acasia nga geputol, morag dihay parte nga medyo rotten na, pero for the most part medyo "may pagka" healthy pa ang panagway sa maong kahoy. Usa pa, base sa ilang mga panulti deri, di man pod baya basta-basta makaputol og kahoy sa ato kay moagi paman sa opisina sa DENR, o unsa pa diha, usa mahatagan ug PERMIT ang lungsod nga moputol sa maong kahoy... hilabina nga kini karaan nga kahoy.

After inspection, mao man usab ang DESISYON sa maong inspectors (sayop ba sila o sakto depende ra gehapon na sa tawo nga nagtan-aw ani)... mao nga mihatag sila og "permit." After all they are the right department/agency APPOINTED or MANDATED by the government to make that decision. Gawas kung di na mo motoo sa gobyerno (that's another story hehehe). I'm not saying they are to be blamed... but they did have a "SAY" in the cutting of those trees, whether we like it or not. (It has nothing to do with one's psycho-logic or college diploma sad to say).  Sila bajay ni determine kung tinuod ba ang claim sa local government nga hazard na ang maong mga kahoy!!!

But before ko mopadayon, please kalmaha sa una ang inyong mga dughan nga NAG-ASO-ASO NA og NAG ULBO na (sama sa bulkang Mayon) nga nagbasa sa sinugdanan sa akong sugilanon (premise 'ika nga)  . But please let me explain...

I beg to disagree with MDB nga dili ka pwede magputol ug kahoy nga 50 or 100 or more years old. In normal circumstance, yes you are right DILI JOD, at all cost. But not always... as in absolute terms.

Tinuod ang claim sa usa deri nga kung hazard na jud ang maong kahoy (after all efforts and studies are exhausted), then you have to consider the safety of people who come near that tree, especially if that particular tree is in a public place where people gather, pass or picnic. Sakto pod tong reasoning sa usa pod deri... di lalim kung kamoy mahugan og kahoy!!! Maajo gani kay Guindulman ra na. Kung deri pana sa akong nahimutangan, dako kaayo nang kinihaay (big lawsuit). And I'm not kidding... kay nahitabo na namo na deri sa akong place!!! Di lang daghang 300 years old oak trees ning naa namo deri, tag-iyahan pa mig public boat launch... which is a big lawsuit waiting to happen!!! And, again, I'm not kidding.

In short, dili tinuod nga di jud pwede mag putol og kahoy. Because we did the same thing here at our place, napugos mig putol ug usa ka 300 year-old Oak Tree ug usa ka 100 year-old nga Water Oak (see photo below). Ang 300-year old Oak Tree tungod kay rotten na sa ilawom ug naigo pog kilat. Buhi paman siya pero dangerous na kaayo ang mga dagkong sanga nga nagbitay... and so we have to cut it.

Ang water oak, on the other hand, was dying. Wala pa mamatay but it sure was dying, as determined by the arbor company nga amo ge hire. So napugos pod mig paputol ani. All because both trees are considered hazards in a public place like ours... which is a church and a public boat launch. Ultimately it was the decision also of our insurance company to cut those 2 trees... or else. Yes, mao nay giingong "OR ELSE," hagit kung wala nay mo insure sa among properties!!! Huh!!!

So, my take on this is... unsa kaha joy tinuod?

Masakiton ba ang maong kahoy sa Guindulman?

Like Islander or si Alycxs bato, did they have them checked by a tree doctor to determine kung pwede pa ba e save ang mga trees?

Or basin nagpataka rapog ingon nga masakiton si kahoy?

O basin gipadayonan na lag ingon nga masakiton kay naka decide na jud sila sa munisipyo nga ila jud ning ipaputol... without thinking of the consequence (gawas karon nga humana)... mao nga nag himo-himo na lang sila og rason nga hazardous daw?

After all, nakabuhi sad silag sulti nga "yes, we wanted to showcase our major improvement sa merkado..." which makes it suspicious sa ilang gehatag nga rason nga hazardous kuno.

Ambot unsay tubag ani. Like I said, we have various points... but not worth calling names or accusing on another!!! 

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maayo jud ning naay pari sa atong tugkaran kay naay mobawra og naay magkinawrasay...hehehe

Quote from: hubag bohol on May 09, 2010, 01:43:13 AM
Killing is everything kay beautification ang objective...

Hmm, duda ko nga Wallace Stevens fan ni siya (albeit in a sick way). In his poem "Sunday Morning", Stevens writes:

"Death is the mother of beauty; hence from her,
Alone, shall come fulfilment to our dreams
And our desires. Although she strews the leaves
Of sure obliteration on our paths,
The path sick sorrow took, the many paths
Where triumph rang its brassy phrase, or love
Whispered a little out of tenderness,
She makes the willow shiver in the sun
For maidens who were wont to sit and gaze
Upon the grass, relinquished to their feet."

Sunday Morning to Sunday Mourning....or unsa ba tong adlawa gipotol ang mga acacia? hehe

Quote from: alycxs on May 09, 2010, 01:36:36 AM
Something I've always heard growing up : Kun gusto ka madalig madato sa pilipinas, pagdoctor, pag-abogado ug pamolitiko.

hmmmm.....not all people have the brains for the first two I guess so they went to the third. heheheh!

hehehe...the first two pod have talents...the last GUTS...

Quote from: islander on May 09, 2010, 01:47:48 AM
nag-una gyod siguro sa lista sa mga projects sa unang termino ni honorable mayor ang tree-cutting.  i wonder under what category does this fall (economic, social, environmental, spiritual?)

isle, funeral category...hahahaha

Quote from: Bambi on May 09, 2010, 03:11:52 AM
Thanks for this wonderful song glacier....am just sad coz I do miss my mother! I love you Mama!

welcome bambs...

And Happy Mother's Day to Mama... i love you

Happy Mothers Day

Quote from: hubag bohol on May 09, 2010, 12:47:00 AM
If PRUNING is CUTTING, then it doesn't quite require a great leap of logic to arrive at KILLING is BEAUTIFYING... 

hehehe...mao na diha. and from this doctor-mayor's stand point, logic is nothing; killing is everything.