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Death Toll Estimate: 100 Million





When Christopher Columbus, John Cabot and other explorers in the 15th century found a new continent, it must’ve seemed like the dawn of a new age. Here was a new paradise that adventurous Europeans could call their new home. There was, however, one problem: this land already had an indigenous population.

Over the following centuries, the seafaring Europeans brought vast death tolls to what is now referred to as North and South America. Although war and invasion can account for a hefty chunk of these casualties, it was the natives’ lack of immunity to European diseases that caused the most deaths. Some estimates state that 80% of the Native American population died as a result of contact with Europeans. -- http://listverse.com/

By Lydia C. Pendon
http://www.sunstar.com.ph/
Friday, January 4, 2013


THE 45-year-old Dinagyang Festival was recently declared as an outstanding best practice in the Philippines by the Galing Pook Foundation.

Dinagyang, one of the 10 awardees in different categories, bested other contenders as the country’s best festival focusing on the Public Private Partnership (PPP) as its cornerstone in putting up Dinagyang into a higher level of cooperation.

City Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog said the PPP concept is now a symbol of life of the Ilonggos as many city infrastructure projects and programs on education, social amelioration and tourism are being implemented in partnership with the private sector.

Mabilog will lead city officials and the Iloilo Dinagyang Foundation in receiving the award from President Benigno Aquino III on January 30, 2013 at the Heroes Hall of Malacañang Palace.

The prestigious Galing Pook Awards is implemented by the Galing Pook Foundation in joint collaboration with the Local Government Academy, Ford Foundation, Landbank of the Philippines, Development Bank of the Philippines and other private organizations.

Dinagyang Festival is a grand slam national champion for three consecutive years in the Aliwan National Festival in Metro Manila.

Dinagyang was the choice of the Association of Tourism Officers of the Philippines (Atop) as the top tourism event in the country.

A Dinagyang Festival component also invaded and performed before the audience in New York City, United States of America and the State of Guam in 2012.

Quote from: islander on December 18, 2012, 03:12:04 PM
so how are those two ladies in the picture now, forty years on?

Here they are circa 2010...

When I come to be old. 1699.


Not to marry a young Woman.

Not to keep young Company unless they reely desire it.

Not to be peevish or morose, or suspicious.

Not to scorn present Ways, or Wits, or Fashions, or Men, or War, &c.

Not to be fond of Children, or let them come near me hardly.

Not to tell the same story over and over to the same People.

Not to be covetous.

Not to neglect decency, or cleenlyness, for fear of falling into Nastyness.

Not to be over severe with young People, but give Allowances for their youthfull follyes and weaknesses.

Not to be influenced by, or give ear to knavish tatling servants, or others.

Not to be too free of advise, nor trouble any but those that desire it.

To desire some good Friends to inform me wch of these Resolutions I break, or neglect, and wherein; and reform accordingly.

Not to talk much, nor of my self.

Not to boast of my former beauty, or strength, or favor with Ladyes, &c.

Not to hearken to Flatteryes, nor conceive I can be beloved by a young woman, et eos qui hereditatem captant, odisse ac vitare.

Not to be positive or opiniative.

Not to sett up for observing all these Rules; for fear I should observe none.

Hahay, lazy Saturday. Kapoy luto ang ulitawong guwang. Kini na lang...

Quote from: bugsay on December 19, 2012, 10:26:13 PM
tagtungod mauy ma milyonir...

He he, cool. Hmm, ngano kahang nauso man diris TB ang paghisgot og milyonir2x?

Quote from: Pikoy on December 19, 2012, 09:33:02 PM
waman na kaabot milyon.. nag pa milyon2x raman na..

Hmm, sawnds pamilyar...

Patugatugag panulis, nahalin nuon...

Ni Vincie L. Monterde
Thursday, January 3, 2013


NAMATAY ang usa sa duha ka mga tulisan nga niigo sa usa ka burger stall sa Barangay Poblacion, dakbayan sa Talisay kagahapon sa kaadlawon human ang tindero nisukol.

Ang tindero nga si Ambrosio Candule, 27, taga Barangay Tapul, nga maoy cook ug tigbantay sa  Angel’s Burger, nag-andam sa giluto niyang mga burger dihang duha ka mga lalake nga sakay og motorsiklo niabot pasado alas 4 kagahapon sa kaadlawon.

Usa sa mga suspek nga nailhan nga si Jun Rey  Escare, 20, nibunot sa iyang  .38 kalibreng revolver ug nidiklarar og tulis.

Gimanduan ni Escare ang biktima nga ang kinitaan ra sa tindahan ang iyang tuyo nga itunol.

Sa kahadlok nga mapusilan, dali nga gibuksan ni Candule ang kahon nga gisudlan sa iyang halin ug higatag ngadto sa suspek.

Samtang gidawat sa suspek ang kuwarta, nakakita og higayon ang biktima sa pag-ilog sa armas ug gisuwayan sab sa pagpabuto ni Escare ang pusil apan nikagar.

Nikuha og kutsilyong slicer sa pan si Candule ug gidung­gab si  Escare sa iyang walang bukton.

Dihang nasamdan na, nabuhian na ni Escare ang armas ug nidagan balik sa iyang kauban nga nagsakay sa motorsiklo.

Human sa pagsibat sa mga tulisan, si  Candule nagdagan paingon sa Talisay City Police Station ug gitaho ang insidente.

Bulontaryo sab siyang nitahan human niangkon nga nakadunggab sa usa sa mga tulisan.

Human sa usa ka oras, ang kapulisan sa Talisay nakadawat og tawag sa telepuno gikan sa Talisay District Hospital nga dunay tawo nga namatay nga ni0abot sa tambalanan kay dunay samad dinunggaban.

Si Candule niangkon nga ang namatay mao ang iyang nadunggaban.

Si SPO4 Daniel Tarucan maoy nangulo sa iyang kaubanan sa paghimo og manhunt operation batok sa kauban ni Escare.

Si PO3 Benedicto Lasque, imbestigador sa kaso, nibutyag nga si Escare, taga Barangay Cansojong, posibling gibiyaan sa iyang kauban dihang nakaangkon kini og samad dinunggaban sa iyang bukton.

Usa ka testigo ang nitaho nga nakakita siya sa pag­labay sa duha ka mga lalake sa Barangay Dumlog human sa nahitabong pagpanulis.

Gipatik sa mantalaang SuperBalita Cebu Enero 04, 2013.

                                   



Oops...

Ni Sheila C. Gravinez


PERSONAL nga gihangyo ni Sinulog Foundation Inc. executive director Ricky Ballesteros si suspended Governor Gwen Garcia nga mosayaw sa grand finale sa Sinulog.

Si Ballesteros nibisita sa buhatan sa suspendidong gobernador sa Kapitolyo kagahapon sa buntag ug gipaabot ang hangyo sa foundation nga mosayaw kini sa grand finale.

Siya nitug-an nga nangita sila og babaye nga maka-portray sa papel ni Reyna Juana ug usa sa ilang gikonsiderar mao si Rizzini Alexis Gomez nga bag-ohay lang nakoronahan isip Miss Tourism International 2012 nga gipahigayon sa Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia niadtong Disyembre 31, 2012.

Sama kang Garcia, ang executive director sa SFI nanghinaut nga makasayaw gihapon og apil sa Sinulog Grand Parade ang gisuspenso nga opisyal karong Enero 20 nga maoy naandan na niini nga buhatan sukad pa niadtong 2004, sa iyang unang termino isip gobernador sa lalawigan sa Sugbo.

“Amo siya giingnan whatever happens, we’re also hoping nga makasayaw gihapon siya,” asoy ni Ballesteros dihang nahinabi sa mga tigbalita sa Kapitolyo human sa closed door meeting nila ni Garcia.

Gipatik sa mantalaang SuperBalita Cebu Enero 05, 2013.

Quote from: BolBuhol on January 04, 2013, 05:40:14 PM
mkawartahan sa uban.... para gid mailad

Hmm, lisod gid hilarong hang mga milyonir, Bay Tobs...

Let him finish his project first...

Quote from: Lollapalooza on January 04, 2013, 03:18:59 PM
na igo imong ego? heheheheheh... good luck ^_^

He he, napusgay ang egg sa iyang ego...


Almost all serial killers â€" in fact, 99% of them â€" admitted that they started by acting out their violent fantasies on animals before graduating to human beings. Due to the dysfunctional families most serial killers come from, such pathological and abnormal behavior may be ignored or completely missed â€" as in the case of Jeffrey Dahmer, whose father was unperturbed by the fact that his son was dissecting animals. These acts of animal cruelty are a great source of pleasure to young killers, and they manage to perfect the art completely â€" later performing the same acts on their human victims.

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Quote from: BolBuhol on December 20, 2012, 10:35:44 PM
inomong lang gid hang imon na ihi, sabay sang pitik sa imon na pikoy ika dosi ka pitik timaan sang 12 ka bolam sang isa ka toig na indi ka na gid mag ihi hangtob sang hangtod

Maayo gid manugtambag si Bay Bolbs, epektibo ini Bay Bugs kay bist on pirsonal hikspiryings ni sang atong risidint sotpi...

Quote from: chriswise on December 20, 2012, 02:53:20 AM
mangihi paka bai?he,he,he,sa banig,,he,he

Sa saktong pagkasulti, tungod sa ango2x mangihi na pud og balik...

Quote from: chriswise on December 20, 2012, 02:23:46 AM
nindot saguran gikan og inabangga,,

Hmm, kay engkantohanon?

Quote from: bugsay on December 19, 2012, 10:09:25 PM
sagoran ang gamit kay ang romblon dali nalata sa tamog sa tungang gabii.

Heavy duty diay, bisag unsa kabug-at sa itlog...

Quote from: islander on January 05, 2013, 11:02:04 AM
kun naay motutho, sugot lang gihapon koh.

Kalipay ni Bay Bolbs nga nakapadalag kwarta thru Wistiln Yonyon...

Quote from: PR0CESS0R on December 31, 2012, 10:28:52 AM
Angay ni putlan ug kinataw para magsige siya handom sa iyang kabuang...

Asinan ang samad...

Quote from: islander on December 17, 2012, 03:28:01 PM
lubkon ang iyaha, grrrr.

Hmm, himoon nimong linusak nga ituslo sa pinakalami nga ginamos nga taga sa Balingsya?

The beast's got some sense...

Quote from: BolBuhol on January 04, 2013, 06:50:54 PM
ple kat.

Damo gid siyang plekitins haw...

Quote from: BolBuhol on January 04, 2013, 07:27:04 PM
gadiyot ra hang bkasyom ni sir hubs

Hurot na gid hang daginotom nga takwal pangbakasyom kay gingpadala na gid sang Wistiln Yonyon...

Quote from: chicogon on January 04, 2013, 03:12:28 AM
Pinis na diay imo "bakas" yon, yot? Butsekik na sad tag balik... HNY!!!

He he, bobo chichang chidi kong kong plok na pood. STY!!!

Quote from: islander on January 04, 2013, 05:41:46 PM
sige ko kaon masareal.  i love it gyod.

Quote from: chicogon on January 05, 2013, 08:12:23 AM
Naglaway ko... adik kog masareal maski bawal kay taas sugar. Nagdala ko dire pero dugay ra nahurot hehehe

Tambal sa laway...

Quote from: BolBuhol on January 04, 2013, 05:54:47 PM
nagapakambyo sang akon na takwal para dulyar sakit kaajo hunahunaong gid alkansi si toto sang kambyo, pero bahala na lang basta mapadala lang sang amon haw 

Hmm, Wistiln Yonyon galing?

Self Improvement




Humans may eventually reach a point where they can force evolution upon themselves through the use of technology. Whether this is literal self-improvement, via bionic organs for example, or through gene selection, which has prospective parents choose their child’s traits before birth, this is the most likely avenue human evolution will take in the near future. If permitted, gene selection in particular could quickly lead to a boom in so called “designer babies” â€" in which all defects and undesirable traits are removed. Should this become widespread, it could potentially force many negative human traits to extinction.

Larger/Smaller Skull Volume




Two schools of thought exist on the question of skull volume. The “small skull” camp, which enjoys the support of many scientists, argues that it is borderline impossible for humans to evolve with larger heads. Why is this? Well, anyone who has given birth knows that a child’s head is, to put it tactfully, rather large already. For this reason, many biologists believe that a larger head would make birth impossible â€" something the evolutionary process would phase out rather quickly, no doubt. A large head at birth is also more likely to hurt or kill the mother. With this in mind, it seems inevitable that head size will stay the same, or even decrease over time.

However, this ignores the fact that Caesarean sections are these days providing more and more opportunities for the survival of big-headed children. In fact, some believe that C-Sections will eventually be safer than natural births â€" leading to the possibility that children with small heads, naturally delivered, will be less likely to survive than those requiring an operation.

But such dependence would be dangerous for humans. If huge-headed humans lost the ability to perform C-Sections, we could expect a quick extinction. 


Less Toes




Before humans walked upright, our toes were used for grappling â€" much like our hands. As we have come to rely less on climbing and more on walking, our toes have slowly shrunk to their current size. With our feet now woefully incapable of grasping even the smallest branches, evolution has taken steps to rid us of our smallest fifth toe.

Whereas our other toes â€" especially the biggest â€" serve to aid balance and walking, our little toes serve no purpose, and humans can get by very well without them. Because of this, and because of the problems which arise from its needless existence â€" being frequently crushed in shoes and stubbed on every prominent object, to name a couple â€" we can expect humans to eventually evolve into a four-toed creature. It is common for animals to lose digits through evolution: the horse, for example, used to have more than two.



Smaller Teeth




The most obvious change to our jaws will be the disappearance of wisdom teeth, which serve no use to modern humans, and which already have low occurrence rates among some ethnic groups. But aside from this, we can also expect our teeth to grow smaller. Throughout the evolution of man, there has been a general trend towards smaller teeth. Evidence has shown that in the last 100,000 years alone, our teeth have halved in size. No longer having any reason to accommodate such huge gnashers, our jaws have also shrunk. We can expect this trend to continue into the foreseeable future.



Brain Rewiring



Technology has already affected the way our memory works. The human brain, being a machine striving for maximum efficiency, typically remembers where information is stored, rather than the information itself. It is far easier to remember where you put the book containing juicy facts, than to recall the actual content of the book; and in the age of internet, this mental peculiarity has become especially important. How many times have you tried to remember something, and instead simply looked up the answer? That’s your brain remembering where something is stored â€" on the internet, on google, on wikipedia, and so on. As technology becomes more and more advanced, our brains will adapt in order to maximize efficiency â€" perhaps to the detriment of our memory.



Loss of Hair




Having lost the majority of body hair already â€" for a whole host of reasons â€" it is likely that humans will become more and more bald as a species over time. Women, in particular, are frequently seen as more attractive with less hair on various parts of their bodies, and because hairlessness offers the individual an advantage when it comes to sexual attractiveness, we can posit that, over time, females will eventually evolve to a point where such hair is completely absent. The same could be said for men â€" at least in terms of body hair â€" but since there is less social pressure for men to be smooth-skinned, permanent change is likely to occur more slowly.

Increased Height




Human height has been growing rapidly for the last two centuries. Over the last 150 years alone, the average height of the species has increased by 10cm. It is believed that the main driving force behind this growth is the abundance of nutrition available to many of us. Famine has long been a curse for those aspiring to tallness â€" and in certain parts of the world, it has almost been eradicated.

The more a child has to eat, the more energy he or she has to grow. As long as we have the ability to eat in excess, the species will continue to grow taller. Whether the sky is the limit, or whether biology will stop us short somewhere among the tree-tops, only time â€" and evolution â€" will tell.



Muscle Atrophy




There are two foreseeable causes for the gradual physical weakening of the human race. The first is our increasing reliance on technology â€" and in particular machinery â€" to do our dirty (but muscle-enhancing) work. The less each generation depends on physical strength, the more likely it is that the whole species will grow weaker.

The second possible cause for muscle atrophy is a little more awesome, and would become highly relevant if ever we were to relocate into space. In such a scenario, physical strength is hardly necessary for day-to-day activities. Should we spend too long as galactic explorers, it’s likely that we’d eventually lose most of our muscle mass. Most of us have heard about astronauts returning to earth, a mere husk of their former selves. Future generations will need to take this into account, lest they find themselves confined to wheelchairs like the morose humans in Wall-E.


Weakened Immune Systems




As humans become more and more dependent upon medication for survival, we can expect the human immune system to slowly weaken. The best way to explain this is with an example using hormones: imagine a future in which, with the help of supplements, you can regulate your hormones to maximize your wellbeing. Over time, your body would become dependent upon the additional hormones, to the point where it might stop doing for itself what the supplements can do instead. The processes which create hormones would become less important for survival, since your body would always have enough, thanks to the supplements.

After tens of thousands of years, it is likely that humans would evolve to the point where hormones are no longer created organically within their body. Taking this example a little further: if external aids were entirely responsible for our survival, many of our internal functions might become obsolete. Why would your body need a powerful immune system if all pathogens are tackled with medication? Indeed, it is but another downside to the use of medication to fight diseases.



Mono-ethnicity




Multiculturalism is the essence of modern society. It shouldn’t come as any surprise, then, that humans are expected to evolve into a single, ubiquitous ethnic group, should the mixing of the cultures continue. As miscegenation becomes commonplace, humans will slowly begin to lose the distinguishing features of their ethnicity, and instead take on characteristics from many different parts of the world. There’s one obvious benefit to all this: “race” will no longer be an issue. 



Top 10 Possible Next Steps in Human Evolution
by Eva Fauen, November 26, 2012
http://listverse.com/


Humans haven’t stopped evolving. Although civilization hasn’t been around long enough to see any extraordinary changes, we can nonetheless expect to see some as time draws on. This list will outline ten major changes we can expect to see over the next 200,000 years â€" assuming that civilization continues along the same path it treads today.

Hala, di ba kaha New Year's resolution ni Bay Piks nga di na patental sa TB...

Quote from: Votives on January 04, 2013, 03:59:55 PM
kumbate pa diay ng 89 yrs old?

Di na, oi. Hutoy na lay gahi ana nila...

Quote from: islander on January 04, 2013, 02:50:05 PM
the club of the clubbed?

the clubbed and the clobbered...

Quote from: islander on January 04, 2013, 03:29:21 PM
this is great.  it affirms my faith in the milk of animal kindness.

Indeed. It restores our faith in bestiality, er, animality...

He he, lood jud.

Dia pay lain...

It's obviously another travel writer's two-cents worth of opinionation...

Way angay kahadlokan si Binay kay morag lisod baya ni siya maigo og stray bullet...

Quote from: Lollapalooza on January 04, 2013, 03:29:18 PM
publicity stunt lang gud.. hehehe

He he, pasagdahan lang gud nato ang ego trip ni Iyo nga tua na sa pre-departure area...

Quote from: Votives on January 04, 2013, 03:36:50 PM
ipaagi gyud diay sa tinarong bai hubs.... mao nay nindot...

Bitaw. Maayo ning tinarong kontra sa hiniwi kay matigayon dayon...

Quote from: islander on January 04, 2013, 03:27:18 PM
to summarize, hugh hefner, the publisher of playboy magazine, had 3 wives, 4 children, and some 55 hook-ups, whatever the latter means (girlfriends with live-in arrangements or just plain publicity gimmicks for his playboy bunnies and magazine).   

Hmm, morag naay mimbir diri nga mas hawod og record kaysa ani...

Quote from: islander on January 04, 2013, 03:17:42 PM
mao nga daw luoy si iyo hugh kay di siya ang tuyo kun di kwarta haw.  angay siya mahuya sa lintik gid, eh?

Amo na lang gid man hang kalipay niya, pa posing2x dayon tang-awong sa tanang...

Quote from: Votives on January 04, 2013, 02:40:47 PM
nahurot na tanan paningkamot.. mao lang gihapon... hehe

bahalag pobre nalang basta malipayon....

bahalag pobre nalang basta malipayon....nya perming gahi, payts kaayo...

Quote from: mg on January 04, 2013, 02:38:27 PM
mao na maningkamot ta nga makwartahan.....

Mao jud. Basta hwag lang mangarap sa imposibli, akording to may prind...

Quote from: Votives on January 04, 2013, 09:09:26 AM
tumpak bai hubs... basta naay kwarta, gwapo ta permi...

He he, langawon dayon...

What is the "Music of the Spheres?"


The phrase “music of the spheres” refers to the intertwined relationship between the structures of music and those of the physical world, and a conscious awareness of mystical or spiritual qualities being transmitted through composed sound.

All music consists of a form of dualism, an aural yin and yang in which consonance is inextricably linked with its complementary force of dissonance; one does not meaningfully exist without the other. Dissonance provokes a form of tension - an unsettled relation in the notes of music - and is relieved by the consonance of resolution. We hear this whether we are listening to Bach, Mozart, Bartók or Applebaum, although the balance is often shifted towards dissonance in post-20th century music, perhaps in reflection of societal conflicts.

Pythagoras is credited with having discovered the physical relationship, expressible as ratios, between mass and sound. He is also credited with having invented the monochord, essentially a stretched gut string on a soundboard with moveable bridges, for testing harmonic properties and their rapport with numerical ratios. (We will hear a monochord in Edward Applebaum’s Dirt Music, which may be the first instance ever of its use in composed music; more recent instruments with basic similarities to the monochord would include the Japanese koto and the Chinese ch’in.)

The octave ratio of 1:2  means that a mass, such as a string of any material, will produce a frequency an octave above the pitch of its full length when it is reduced by one half. For example, the open ‘A’ string of the violin sounds that pitch at about 440 vibrations per second. When the string is “stopped” by the violinist’s finger so that only half of its original length is vibrating, it sounds an ‘A’ that is an octave higher and vibrating twice as quickly. Simply stated, to play this musical interval, one part of the string length out of two parts total (the ratio 1:2) is set into vibration. The ratio for the fifth is 2:3 (two parts out of three are vibrating) and that of the fourth is 3:4.

Pythagoras and his followers believed that a universal philosophy could be founded in numbers. They differentiated three types of music: the music of instruments, the music of the human body and soul, and the music of the spheres, which was the music of the cosmos. Geometric shapes and even orbiting motions could be linked to this philosophy â€" indeed, Pythagoras could arguably be the first proponent of “string theory” as a tool to understanding the universe â€" and the important symbol of the tetractys contains the numbers of the perfect musical intervals of an octave, a fifth and a fourth:

X
XX
XXX
XXXX

According to Pliny, Pythagoras devised a literal “music of the spheres” by using musical intervals to describe the distances between the moon and the known planets.  In his Timaeus, Plato took up the idea of a universal philosophy thorough numbers and their musical associations and devised a series that he termed the World Soul: 1, 2, 3, 9, 8, and 27. By using these as musical ratios (1:2, 2:3, 3:9, etc.) he created a series of musical notes that gave a default mathematical ratio for the half-step. By mathematical derivation, one can arrive at theoretical proportions for the non-Pythagorean intervals of seconds, thirds, sixths and sevenths. These intervals are inherently subjective and context-sensitive, however, and have led to epic battles over “desirable” tuning temperaments, in part due to the fact that fixed-pitch instruments like pianos have one pitch to represent at least two distinct notes.

One of these battles was between the lutenist and pedagogue Vincenzo Galilei and his teacher, Gioseffo Zarlino. A member of a neo-Platonic academy, where the ancient associations of music, science and philosophy were again united, Galilei’s use of practical experimentation in his scientific studies of tuning temperaments and their physical properties was influential on his son Galileo, whose own didactic techniques and observations from nature led to revolutionary discoveries in physics.

  The great Kepler followed these leads in developing his laws of planetary motion, describing the relationships of planets and their orbits through numbers and ratios and using them to create geometric figures of two and three dimensions.  He also employed musical references and even desired to create a “symphony of the cosmos,” stating that “the movements of the heavens are nothing except a certain everlasting polyphony.”  Sir Isaac Newton was likewise inspired by the cosmic music of the ancients, as set forth in Proposition VIII of his Principia.

  The notion of the “music of the spheres” continues today through studies of cosmic background radiation and “string theory,” among many other applications, and composers have often been directly or indirectly inspired by its concepts:  Density 21.5 by Varèse combines an ancient instrument type with a radical view of the ratios of music and an inspiration from the earth itself: the gravitational weight of platinum, the metal used to build the flute that first played this work. Mozart’s frequent musical allusions to Masonic symbolism continue this notion, and Lou Harrison used the sounds of our world’s music â€" through time and space â€" to create memorably beautiful and compelling sounds in new combinations. Beethoven’s “music of the spheres” derives from a Romantic appreciation of the oneness of nature with the interior music of the soul, and Edward Applebaum’s Dirt Music was inspired by a love story (by Tim Winton) and the jazz idiom, with a nod to the architectural proportions of a Stradivarius violin transformed into music. Josef Strauss was also moved to write the “Music of the Spheres” Waltz, which links many lovely dances after a celestial introduction.

(Notes by Stephanie Chase from a chamber music program presented by the Society at Merkin Concert Hall in New York, October 2005.)

©Copyright Stephanie Chase 2005. All Rights Reserved.

Engraving from Renaissance Italy showing Apollo, the Muses, the planetary spheres and musical ratios.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


Musica universalis (lit. universal music, or music of the spheres) is an ancient philosophical concept that regards proportions in the movements of celestial bodiesâ€"the Sun, Moon, and planetsâ€"as a form of musica (the Medieval Latin name for music). This 'music' is not usually thought to be literally audible, but a harmonic and/or mathematical and/or religious concept. The idea continued to appeal to thinkers about music until the end of the Renaissance, influencing scholars of many kinds, including humanists.

The Music of the Spheres incorporates the metaphysical principle that mathematical relationships express qualities or ‘tones' of energy which manifest in numbers, visual angles, shapes and sounds â€" all connected within a pattern of proportion. Pythagoras first identified that the pitch of a musical note is in proportion to the length of the string that produces it, and that intervals between harmonious sound frequencies form simple numerical ratios. In a theory known as the Harmony of the Spheres, Pythagoras proposed that the Sun, Moon and planets all emit their own unique hum (orbital resonance) based on their orbital revolution, and that the quality of life on Earth reflects the tenor of celestial sounds which are physically imperceptible to the human ear. Subsequently, Plato described astronomy and music as "twinned" studies of sensual recognition: astronomy for the eyes, music for the ears, and both requiring knowledge of numerical proportions.

On the magazine's online site (www.cntraveller.com), the Philippines ranked second in its "Top 10 hot destinations that will be big news for travelers in 2013." Brazil topped the list. The Netherlands' city of Amsterdam was ranked third; Africa, fourth; Galapagos Islands, fifth; Kashmir, sixth; Mayan Riviera, seventh; New Zealand, eighth; Panama, ninth; and Oman, 10th.

Condé Nast's Laura Fowler wrote in her article that "the Philippines may still not be the most obvious beach destination but it soon will be." The writer also compared the country's more than 7,000 islands to the islands of Maldives: "Sorry, Maldives... We love you, but we've got a new flame."

Especially mentioned in the piece as must-see places are Bicol, where travelers can swim with the huge but gentle whale sharks; Siargo, a stunning little known island perfect for deep-sea fishing; Palawan, "palm-fringed white-powder beaches, crystal-clear turquoise waters, natural lagoons for wild swimming all of it protected by UNESCO."

According to the article, the Philippines is becoming "particularly popular among serious divers, who come for the incredible underwater life, unspoilt coral gardens with rainbow-bright fish, green sea turtles and dugongs."

This year, the country's countless world-class beaches may well be on the radar for wide-eyed travelers looking for the next best tropical paradise.

Manila Bulletin â€" Wed, Jan 2, 2013






MANILA, Philippines --- Some parts of the world may still be oblivious of the Philippines as a hot beach-holiday destination but American travel magazine Condé Nast Traveller predicts that the country's heavenly islands and white sand beaches are among the newest destinations to watch for in 2013.

Quote from: Pikoy on December 31, 2012, 04:14:18 PM
HAppYYYY nEwwwwwww YEarrr! ! ! !

wElCOmE 2013!! 

Happy New Year, Bay Piks! What a spirited greeting.

Well, here you are, once more, with feeling:

Quote from: BolBuhol on January 03, 2013, 11:28:27 PM
kay dato man, mura gid sila ming halok sang yuta hang mga baje.

Hmm, sang aton pa, mapogito hang batig nawong kag mabagets hang wanggits kung siya ay milyonir?

He he, as Playboy founder and marriage aficionado, maingon tang punga nga focused and intereses aning tawhana, nga usa ra ang tumong sa iyang kinatawo, este, pagkatawo...

 

Pareson kaayo sila...

Kanay imahe sa kauswagan--prosperous jamog nawong...

Hala!

Ipagawas nang imong gibati, Bay Bugs...

A 7-year-old girl, Stephanie Nicole Ella, died on Wednesday after being hit by a stray bullet in the head while watching fireworks outside their house in Caloocan City on Monday night.


More at: http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/334591/ex-military-man-who-admitted-firing-his-gun-on-new-years-eve-held

Stephanie Nicole Ella (second from left), her 5-year-old brother Ken and her cousins eagerly await New Year’s Eve outside their home in Caloocan City unaware that she would be hit by a stray bullet at midnight. Note date on photo at right. PHOTO COURTESY OF ELLA FAMILY

Labaw pang against the law!

Against the law!

Indonesia city to ban women 'straddling motorbikes'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/
3 January 2013 / Last updated at 10:00 GMT


A city in the Indonesian province of Aceh which follows Sharia has ordered female passengers not to straddle motorbikes behind male drivers.

Suaidi Yahya, mayor of Lhokseumawe, says it aims to save people's "morals and behaviours".

Leaflets have been sent out to government offices and residents to inform them about the regulation.

Aceh is the only Indonesian province that follows Sharia.

Under the new regulation, the mayor says that women passengers are only allowed to sit "side-saddle" because straddling the bike seat violates Islamic values.

"When you see a woman straddle, she looks like a man. But if she sits side-saddle, she looks like a woman," Suaidi said.

He added that passengers who sat side-saddle rarely fell off.

The local government will be evaluating the regulation in a month, after which it could turn into a by-law, he added.

When asked if women who did not follow the rule would be punished, Suaidi said: "Once it has become a by-law, automatically there will be sanctions."

The regulation has been met with criticism from well-known Muslim activists like Ulil Abshar Abdalla, who is based in the capital, Jakarta.

"How to ride a motorbike is not regulated in Sharia. There is no mention of it in the Koran or Hadiths," he said on his Twitter account, referring to the second most sacred text in Islam after the Koran.

"In a democratic country, what is claimed to be Sharia must be assessed by the public's common sense if the government aims to turn the regulation into law."

Quote from: Lollapalooza on December 20, 2012, 08:22:28 PM
kanindot sa imong katids Sir Hubs... naa nay guest room? hehehehe

Sori way gistrom, or radir, its ol gistrom wid wan komon gist twilit...