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Quote from: mg on January 09, 2013, 01:09:41 PM
We should not be afraid to die. We all just need to be ready for it. I believe that we will all be judged someday as to how we lived. Moreover, we should leave good memories to the people we will leave behind. I am not afraid to die, I am just not ready yet, spiritually. But what can we do when our time comes?

It will solve itself, somehow. There is nothing to do, not even anything to think of. It will be as easy as pie, really...

Quote from: islander on January 09, 2013, 08:29:13 PM
"and to detest and avoid those who are chasing after an inheritance" (as translated to english).  hehe, watch out, you moneyed tblander guys.

Unsaon na lang ang putatively naay money pero way mo-chase...

Quote from: islander on January 09, 2013, 09:15:55 PM
Ð'а́ба с во́зу -- кобы́ле ле́гче. 

Ð"оод ридданце оÑ,, вÑ...аÑ,, силли гирл! Ð'еÑ,Ñ,ер Ñ,аке царе оÑ,, иоур цаÑ,с, окаи?

Quote from: Chongki on January 10, 2013, 12:27:43 AM

Sadness sadly shared, Bay Chongks. TB would have been a total experience, di ba? But then again, it's not a perfect world...

Being old is profit enough. And an achievement to boot. Believe me. I'm willing to challenge any young idiot to a contest of who has contributed more to the advancement of the human race. Old idiots are welcome too, of course.

Quote from: czarprince on January 09, 2013, 08:36:06 PM
If you read more about Aristotle politics, he depicted that it is the citizens with the pursuit of virtue do the moulding.

Precisely. And how do "citizens with the pursuit of virtue" sit in relation to "government"?

Quote from: czarprince on January 09, 2013, 08:30:19 PM
It's a bit offtopic regarding this thread but let me shed on the perspective of Aristotle's philosophy. Now he stated that all government types have a negative form. Discerning the good and bad ruling. We have these forms democracy, tyranny, oligarchy and monarchy. When it must be in the hands of one, of a few, or of the many; then governments may govern for the general good or for the good of the rulers. Government by a single person for the general good is known as “monarchy”; for private benefit called “tyranny.” Government by a minority is “aristocracy” if it aims at the state’s best interest and “oligarchy” if it benefits only the ruling minority. Popular government in the common interest, he calls “polity or constitutional government.

According to Aristotle, democracy is not the best form of government. As well also true of oligarchy and monarchy. The rule in democracy is for and by the people named in the government type. In democracy, rule is by and for the needy. On the contrary, the rule of law or aristocracy literally, power which is rule of the best or even monarchy where the ruler has the interest of his country at heart or the pursue of virtue are better types of government.

One may deplore that it is not the responsibility of the city to enact laws encouraging citizens to act virtuously, but rather that moral education belongs more properly to an individual household. In Aristotle's view, "virtue must be a care for every city," because "the city exists not only for the sake of living but rather primarily for the sake of living well".

I appreciate your lecture but let's be honest, do you believe you have answered my question? Gobbledygook is fine with me, but I'm not sure how other TB readers take it.

Quote from: islander on January 09, 2013, 08:35:14 PM
my understanding is that this site is open for donations to help defray its monthly cost of maintenance.

Sadly, there are millionaire members who would rather promote themselves rather than this website. Not that I'm in any position to complain...

There's the rub. One determines that one's life is worth prolonging...

Quote from: islander on January 07, 2013, 06:39:59 PM
i would like to believe that it's not death itself that i fear but the manner of dying.

But then again, same die...

Quote from: islander on January 07, 2013, 06:41:35 PM
therefore gapikas ang cleavage?

Basin single-egged pero heart-shaped...

Quote from: chriswise on January 07, 2013, 06:18:50 PM
.          Ok ra na USA Kay sa Walay itlog he he he he

Bitaw. Daghan bayang great men nga birok...

He he, naa lagi dayoy escape clause...

Quote from: Lollapalooza on January 09, 2013, 11:02:09 AM
hahahaha... di gyud nako makaya ng tuko ug bitin... mangurog ko makakita ana nila oi...

He he, you should give it a try. As they say,

Quote from: czarprince on January 09, 2013, 07:21:50 AM
As what Aristotle noted, "The citizen must be moulded to suit the form of government under his living."

Did Aristotle say who is assigned to do the moulding?

Quote from: czarprince on January 09, 2013, 07:21:50 AM
There are two parts of the good government. The actual obedience of citizens to the laws and the goodness of the laws which they obey hence they may obey good and bad laws.

When the citizens obey bad laws, do we have a good government?

Quote from: czarprince on January 09, 2013, 07:21:50 AM
There are two parts of the good government. The actual obedience of citizens to the laws and the goodness of the laws which they obey hence they may obey good and bad laws.

I take it to mean that by “government” here you mean the body politic and not the more common definition of government as consisting of a group of persons with the authority to exercise administrative control of a state.

Bwahaha! Church me away man dayon...

Quote from: Lollapalooza on January 09, 2013, 08:35:00 AM
aym an animal laber except lang sa tuko, ug bitin...

Hala, animal discrimination!

Quote from: czarprince on January 08, 2013, 09:02:46 PM
Reinforcing your political quote: Good laws, if not obeyed, do not constitute good government.

Government refers to those who enact, enforce and interpret the laws, not to those who are mandated to obey them.

Quote from: czarprince on January 08, 2013, 08:52:11 PM
Based on my observation as a dumb newbie, there were so many irrelevant and inactive topics; offtopics and only few posters; is there any moderators help to clean the mess threads? are there any infractions? how about site donations?

I can't speak for the moderator, but to consider topics to be "irrelevant and inactive" simply because they have not caught the sense and sensibility of members--at the moment--is rather ill-considered. Just because one astronomer fails to apprehend a star does not make it a candidate for expunction. And what, I pray, are "mess threads"?

Quote from: czarprince on January 08, 2013, 08:41:47 PM
Seriously, I hate cats but I love dogs.

Hmm, we all grow up somehow and, hopefully, along the way, we shed some of our prejudices...

Quote from: czarprince on January 08, 2013, 08:38:15 PM
It's considered as the lowest priority when it comes to our healthcare but I know what you're thinking hehe. I'm hopeful for the plight to sustain the needs of our people.

Speaking of laws, especially those enacted where we are, I am reminded of what Aristotle said: "It is better for a city to be governed by a good man than by good laws.”

Quote from: islander on January 08, 2013, 04:51:23 PM
kanang pakulo nga horse meat sa cebu sa una di tawon horse.  tartanilya kadto nga gipaka-aron ingnon nga kabayo.

Di bitaw horse, choice between luggage and cuchero na lang...

Quote from: Votives on January 08, 2013, 04:51:34 PM
madala pa gihapon na stemEnhance oi... lolit solis bitaw na lalaki og samot paghuman og pa stemcell...

He he, naa may stem cell or not, intact ang biga...

Quote from: czarprince on January 08, 2013, 08:16:59 PM
Is that a seacow or a dugong?

That's an ill-disguised TB member...

Quote from: islander on January 08, 2013, 05:04:50 PM
brayt bataa.  brayt si islander.

Gustatory glands are intellectual attack dogs? Hmm...

Quote from: czarprince on January 08, 2013, 08:11:21 PM
Philippines is among the cheapest cigarettes in Southeast Asia or the whole world. It is primarily due to inadequate tobacco tax inflation. Only 22% of it's retail price was set instead of the 70% recommendation by the WHO. What's good about it is that the revenues of the sin tax bill will be allocated for the healthcare thus improving our healthcare delivery system as well.

Hmm, on this point I keep my lips sealed and fingers crossed. Hell, as it is famously known, is paved with good intentions...

Quote from: islander on January 08, 2013, 05:42:35 PM
morag lahi man tingali ang medical student sa law student.  ang medical student gimata-mata pa sa cadavers, ang law student gusto nang mamukpok ug gavel.  hehe, law student baya atong webmaster dinhi...

He he, sabagay, daghang students diris TB. Aside from law and medicine, other disciplines that draw students include religion, finance, design, meteorology, compensation theory, remittance method, self-promotion, boritology, etc., etc....

 

Quote from: czarprince on January 08, 2013, 05:16:57 PM
Hehe, a baby sloth wants to have a second opinion.

Hmm, a second opinion is secondary. Baby sloth is simply fascinated by accounts that suggest knowledge beyond the ken of mortals--human or otherwise...

Quote from: islander on January 08, 2013, 04:56:34 PM
i like this best.  hello, calvin my favorite...

Hmm, unya unsa man ning iyang gisakyan?

Quote from: islander on January 08, 2013, 04:57:28 PM
cute.  mag-unsa na lang kun i-flat top ang kahoy sa luyo.

Aw, flat top nga Afro cut = Afro cut cut...

Sunset optional...

Long Ago and Far Away from the Modern World

Quote from: Votives on January 08, 2013, 04:31:53 PM
bai hubs... kanang serious pud na tubag...

Tuo ko aning StemEnhance, Bay Vots. This in all likelihood promotes good health. Am not so sure about good looks...

Sori. Bilib lang ko sa imong tayp...

Quote from: islander on January 08, 2013, 04:27:50 PM
really tingali kay medical student man siya.  he knows what he speaks of. 

Bitaw. Students know best. Ang medical students way kalainan sa law students in this regard...

Hmm, basin nasuko kay wa padad-ig Pinaskohan...

Supreme Court won’t stop stem cell research
Associated Press   
January 08, 2013


WASHINGTON â€" The Supreme Court said Monday that it will not stop the government’s funding of embryonic stem cell research, which is opposed by some because the work relies on destroyed human embryos.

The high court refused to hear an appeal from two scientists who have been challenging the government funding for the work. The US Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia earlier this year threw out their lawsuit challenging funding for the research.

Opponents claim the National Institutes of Health has been violating the 1996 Dickey-Wicker law that prohibits taxpayer financing for work that harms an embryo.

President Obama issued an executive order in 2009 that allowed research on stem cells taken from human embryos created by in vitro fertilization.

A federal court in Washington temporarily blocked the order in 2010 after two scientists opposed to all embryonic stem cell research ­â€" James Sherley of the Boston Biomedical Research Institute, a nonprofit in Watertown, and Theresa Deisher of Sound Choice Pharmaceutical Institute â€" filed suit to block it. But the executive order was later upheld by federal courts.

Sherley conducts research on adult stem cells.

The Supreme Court made no comment in rejecting the appeal Monday.

Researchers hope one day to use stem cells in ways that cure spinal cord injuries, Parkinson’s disease, and other ailments.

By M. Alex Johnson, NBC News
14 hours ago


The Supreme Court refused to step into the emotionally charged debate over embryonic stem cell research Monday, declining to hear a case that sought to stop government funding on ethical grounds.

The decision leaves in place President Obama's 2009 executive order expanding research on stem cells taken from human embryos, which many scientists say has the potential to produce breakthroughs in treatment of numerous conditions, particularly spinal cord injuries, diabetes and Parkinson's disease.

Obama reasoned that research on stem cell lines from embryos created through in vitro fertilization was not ethically problematic. Congress banned the creation or destruction of embryos for research purposes in 1996.

A federal court in Washington, D.C., issued an injunction temporarily blocking the order in August 2010 after two scientists opposed to all embryonic stem cell research, James Sherley of the Boston Biomedical Research Institute and Theresa Deisher of Sound Choice Pharmaceutical Institute, sued on behalf of "plaintiff embryos," contending that Congress had forbidden any research whatsoever on embryonic stem cells.

Since then, federal courts have rejected their contention that the failure of the National Institutes of Health and the Department of Health and Human Services to respond to their arguments rendered Obama's policy illegal.

Wa ba kaha pud magpasiatab ang biktima...

Hmm, nasuya?

...and/or more blinking...

Agoi, angay ni nako...

Quote from: islander on January 08, 2013, 03:29:55 PM
aaahhh, buot nimong ipabuot, kanang series lights?  kasabot na ko.  di gyod hinoon lalim na patyon kay usahay patay na daan nga wa mag-agig buhi kun made in china.

Hmm, double dead diay, sama sa gibaligya nga horse meat sa Cebu not so long ago...

Quote from: islander on January 08, 2013, 03:31:33 PM
yikes!  bawot-bawot sa nag-kiss unya nagtoo nga gipasahan ug chewing gum mouth-to-mouth.  nahibung why parat-parat.  hukaw diay to.

Ngee, gross.

Quote from: islander on January 08, 2013, 03:39:20 PM
matod pa sa usa ka medical student who i met long ago, bisag  unsaon ug tambal, even the best medicines cannot cure one who does not believe and does not want to be cured.

Really? Bisag padad-an pag Pinaskohan?

Quote from: islander on January 08, 2013, 03:34:27 PM
klarohi ra god ko please explain unsay connection ani.  why man nang iyang eyeballs out of place ug nilugwa sa ilong?  salamat nga di ingon ani ang eyeballs sa tb kay, na, unsaon na lang ang kalimutaw ni bugsay nga nag-eyeball na ra ba mi.   

Interesting kaayo ang discussion, it seeped like a sheep's beep into my troglodyte sleep...

Quote from: islander on January 05, 2013, 05:02:35 PM
hehehe, favorite disease sad nako nang shingles.  nagpatutho ko in the old days sa usa ka popular faith healer sa guadalupe sa cebu city.  taktak gyod dayon ang scabs ato, with no trace of scars.  but it didn't mean that those shingles didn't come back now and then.

bilib gyod hinoon ko ato nga faith healer who became my friend.  she was a nurse by profession but she stopped working as one when her "road to damascus" moment came, that is, the sto. niño de cebu image that she was bringing to manila in a ship came down from the overhead baggage shelf, where she stored it, and told her in no uncertain terms that her mission in life is to help others heal, for free.  arang hilak gyod kuno niya.  it took her over a year to decide to follow those "instructions" because she was so afraid.     

Hmm, interesting...

AFP Relax â€" Thu, Jan 3, 2013 7:36 PM PHT





While blinking every few seconds serves to keep your eyes lubricated, scientists have spotted another benefit: blinking gives your brain a mini-power nap.

Scientists from Japan's Osaka University examined 20 healthy young adults in a brain scanner as they watched segments of the British comedy "Mr. Bean." When subjects blinked, the researchers noticed a power-down within the brain's visual cortex and somateosensory cortex, as well as in areas that manage attention.

In a separate experiment, the team inserted about nine 165-millisecond segments of blank screentime per minute into the "Mr. Bean" video. Interestingly, although the video gave them a mini-break similar to blinking, subjects' brains didn't respond to it in the same way as a blink -- they remained attentive without powering down parts of the brain.

The study was published last week in the journal Proceedings of the National Academies of Science.

A 2008 study finds that blinking is also a giveaway for lying: fib-tellers blink less frequently during the lie and then speed up to around eight times faster than usual afterwards. The findings were published in the Journal of Non-verbal Behaviour.

Quote from: islander on January 08, 2013, 10:14:16 AM
whew, thanks!

well then, kining killers but not necessarily serial, unsa may ilang gipatay?  lamok, olmigas, karapata, polgas, bunhok?

Ilang gipatay ang Christmas decors, kanang kutay nga mopid-ok-pid-ok bitaw nga lainlain og kolor...

Quote from: islander on January 07, 2013, 11:33:40 PM
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Guardcat...

Run for your life!

Fun-loving dog for fun-loving people...

Hmm, gipaposing ra sa author ang iyang anak ug ang ilang iring ani nga picture...

He he, demonyo gihapon...

Quote from: islander on January 07, 2013, 04:33:53 PM
what about your name?  di nimo usbon?  wa kay ambisyon nga mag-flying voter?

Change name? Any silly suggestion?

Quote from: Lorenzo on January 07, 2013, 03:19:12 PM
Omnes Salve Ad Caeleps Burgus! Solum Sit Liber !

Leiðrétting ógiftur en ekki einlífismaður...

Quote from: islander on January 07, 2013, 03:15:06 PM
si bai tigs aka taga tigbao akong gihuwat nga maminyo kay porma man tog plano nga mag-celibate.  kun naa pa lang untay bagyo, nigimaw na to dinhi.  happy new year nimo diha, bai tigs!

Hmm, basin wa pa to mogimaw diris TB kay ga-honeymoon pa...

Quote from: islander on January 07, 2013, 04:10:59 PM
naunsa mo dinhi?  tingnan natin kun kaantos ba mog daghang tungaw.

Hmm, kon agungal, bunhok galing...

Quote from: islander on January 07, 2013, 04:09:31 PM
hahaha!  wa na lang i-round off ug alas 7.  pero di gihapon ko bilib kay way seconds.  gwapo unta to ug 6:59:22 pananglit.

Kapila man gud tawon bunali. Needed one full minute...

Quote from: Votives on January 07, 2013, 03:24:05 PM
anah... dili mawala ang gilok og dili mapaskan og agungal...
hehe

Aw, wagtang jud ang gilok kay hait2x man...

by Megan Zehnder
January 3, 2013 1:04 pm
http://www.care2.com/





Wellington, Kansas passed an ordinance last month that regulates the number of cats each household can own. Families in the area are now barred from owning more than 4 cats. The new restriction matches the number of dogs each household is allowed.

Police from the area have noted that in November of 2012 alone, 231 cats were picked up. According to Wellington Daily News, Police Chief Tracy Heath expressed that 87% of those cats were put down. “…Those are cats that go to the animal clinic, they’re there for the allotted time, and then unfortunately they are euthanized.”

The ordinance also set conditions for adopted cats. Cats shall be vaccinated for rabies; they must also be spayed or neutered by a licensed veterinarian, unless the cat is being adopted to a home outside of the city, according to Wellington Daily News.

While reactions to the ordinance are mixed, it remains unclear exactly how the new limit will impact the number of cats being euthanized.

Quote from: Votives on January 07, 2013, 03:12:27 PM
di kaagwanta sa kagilok sa biga... maong mang laki nalang..

Gilok? mora diayg kigwa...

Quote from: islander on January 07, 2013, 01:20:52 AM

mark hamill who swung the light saber at 25 years old, left, and at right, decades and a terrible car accident later, at 61 years old in 2012

Hmm, at 61, pwede na siya sa role ni Palpatine...

Happy New Year, Bay Vots! Way to go! Kanay family man...