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buotan.  knowledgeable sa art of war.

great place, great camera, great new toy.  duha na mong vrglguaps nga shooting ang hobby.

was ist das?

Quote from: chicogon on July 20, 2012, 12:45:32 PM


Growing in my yards...

ENJOYING PETS

Pets provide us with loyalty, companionship, love and affection, as well as the many physical and psychological benefits. The least we can do to repay this is ensure that we keep them in the best of health by following the four golden rules to pet ownership. (to be posted as another thread. - islander)

A healthy pet is a happy pet and a happy pet can help us enjoy a much fuller and more rewarding life.

http://www.hopeforpets.org/

Educational Stimulus

As well as all the fun elements associated with owning a pet, pets can bring many educational benefits.

Owning a pet can teach a child about the responsibilities of life and mutual trust. By feeding and exercising a pet, children can also develop an understanding of daily care. Children with learning difficulties can also benefit from interaction with pets. One study found that the presence of a dog helped to channel the children's attention and responsiveness towards the therapist's suggestion - in effect, the dog helped increase the attention span of the children.

Quote from: taga tigbao on July 20, 2012, 11:40:55 AM
Usa ka article sa yahoo news before, wa na naho makit-i ug balik nga ang mga bata kono nga nagdako kauban ang mga pets mas kusog ang immune system kaysa sa mga bata nga nagpujo sa PETless environment.

tuo gyod ko ana.  bata nga anad ug hugaw ginagmay mas lig-on.  only child sa akong maguwang nga laki nagdako nga lupig pay sterilized, aguy, kanunay ma-hospital sa gamay pa.  maayo gani kay sa nagkadako, pakihayop diay magpataka ug pamunit ug iro ug iring.  na, now she towers over me at 5'6".

ang mga anak sa akong sister, tungod tingali kay more than one man, di na maatol tingali ug sterilize, pasagdan lang maghapahapa ug mangapanggos.  slide-slide pa ang mga sip-on.  paskang lig-ona mga bataa.  by the way, daghan kaayo silag iro, onse man tingali na karon.

Quote from: chicogon on July 20, 2012, 11:34:31 AM
Mao ni siya duol2x sa akoa: I have my BOOBOY! 

wow!  lamia god diay, fr chic.  when man kaha ka mag-iring pod?  well, who knows... booboy?  ka-nice gyod uy.  don't tell me iyang apelyido curso?  (jawk-jawk, hihihi). 

Quote from: Lollapalooza on July 20, 2012, 11:26:48 AM
bitaw makawala ug stress / problema ning atong pets bisan dili sila motubag, mabati man pod nila atong gibati..one time, ang akong iro mao'y akong gipahungawan sa akong gibating kasakit, perti nakong hilak samtang naggakus kaniya paghuman nako hilak gitilapan ra pod niya akong nawong..

usahay, mas makasabot pa sila sa atong gibati kay sa tawo mismo.  my beloved dog sa una (my dog from elementary hangtod na-professional ko!) hambaton bisan kinsay mopukaw nako.  bantayan gyod ko niya nga matug.  hayahay akong kinabuhi.

Quote from: chicogon on July 20, 2012, 11:10:17 AM
Malu-PET 

huwag ka nang magmalu-pet diyan...

can you resist these? 


or these?


if ayder of the two or three will not do, kini na lang:

Ice breaker

Pets have been described as a social lubricant. Attending dog training classes, visiting the vet and walking in the park all provide opportunities to meet and talk to other people. Studies have shown that people walking a dog have far more positive encounters with others than those out walking alone, with the pet often providing a topic of conversation.

Pets can also offer a psychological and social boost to our lives:

Psychological Benefits

Children who own pets are often less self centred than those who do not.


Psychiatrically ill people were happier as a result of looking after a pet.

Social Benefits

Pets provide companionship and promote a general feeling of well being, for example pets in residential homes improve both patient and staff morale.

Pets can lessen the feelings of isolation and loneliness and provide a sense of purpose in elderly people. Having to make the effort to care for a pet on a regular basis provides a feeling of fulfillment.

Preventing Heart Disease

Heart disease is one of the UK's biggest killers, yet it is another area where pets provide health benefits.

One study showed that keeping a pet significantly reduced levels of cholesterol and blood triglyceride (two factors believed to influence the disease). These effects could not be explained by differences in diet, smoking or socio-economic group. This fact, combined with the reduction in blood pressure from being with a pet, may make pet owners less prone to heart attacks than non pet-owners.

Overcoming Heart Disease

Pet ownership proved to be one of the best predictors of survival from a heart attack, according to an American study. The study showed that those patients who owned a pet had a much better chance of surviving for more than a year after a heart attack - a difference which could not be explained by the extra exercise the dog owners enjoyed.

SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE

Promoting Health

A study at Cambridge University found that owning a pet produced improvements in general health in as little as one month. This continued over the 10 month study1. Pet owners were found to suffer fewer ailments, such as headaches, colds and hayfever.

Beating Stress

Stroking a pet or simply watching a fish swim in an aquarium helps us to relax. Indeed, the mere presence of a pet seems to have the same effect, reducing heart beat rate and lowering blood pressure.

Research has shown that this effect is particularly marked in people suffering from high blood pressure (hypertension). The reduction in blood pressure is equivalent to that gained by eating a low salt diet or cutting down on alcohol consumption.

BENEFITS OF OWNING A PET*


For many people, pets are an important source of love and friendship. It is also a well-known fact that pets are good for our health.

It's obvious that we benefit from taking regular exercise when walking a dog. However, it is not commonly known that over the last thirty years, there has been increasing scientific evidence that pets can help to keep us fit and well - pets can even help speed up recovery after major illness.

*Pet Health Council

di tanan.  naay ubang laki nga imong ipatong sa sug-ang nga nagdilaab di gyod mawa sa hospital.

the new preservation method?

put@ng ina ito! 

go, go, go, goldie!

arang kangitngit ug kakusog sa hangin sa manila karon.  nagbantay pod ko nga di manglupad ning akong mga kaang sa ibabaw sa airconditioner nga daginoton intawon kay tulo ra ka buok.  hinaot unta nga mawa na ni karong weekend.  paita ning mora man kog kanunay maatlan ug bagyo kun mobiyahe. 

kahibawo pa lang ko ani sa una di unta mamatay ug ingon ato akong eyon nga si colette.  gikutkot intawon ug ilaga sa banyo ang iyang siko, arang siyagit.  adtong panahona pa ko nakadungog ug siyagit ug eyon nga gisakitan; it was haunting.  as usual cry-cry ko sa kaluoy ug ka-helpless nako.

pag-ingon sa among papa nga himoon unta niyag ash tray ang shell, nakarason kog siyagit ug ako.  sige, sige, di na lang, ingon si fafa dear.  atong ilubong ug tarong, unya atong tawgon si monsignor [name of tagbilaran bishop at the time]. 

Coty, our African Sulcatta tortoise, was partially paralyzed after a dog attack. We helped him walk again by taping toy cars under his shell.

-http://article.wn.com/view/2011/07/21/Amputee_tortoise_fitted_with_wheel_for_mobility/

One of Earth's slowest moving mammals just got a lot faster as Zookeepers in Jerusalem Biblical Zoo strapped wheels onto the bottom of a tortoise. The ten-year-old African Spurred Tortoise, named Arava, received her new set of wheels after suffering from a rare medical condition that paralyzed her two hind legs. While veterinarians worked to treat the animal's condition they were unable to restore the use of her hind legs and therefore resorted to a more creative approach. (08/19/08)

http://article.wn.com/view/2011/07/21/Spin_doctoring_Vets_replace_tortoises_leg_with_wheel/

Winky the three legged Mediter­ranean tor­toise has had a new spe­cial­ly de­signed wheel and sus­pen­sion sys­tem fit­ted to her shell. Her new wheel al­lows her to go off-road on boggy areas of her en­clo­sure at Lon­gleat Sa­fari Park in Wilt­shire, Eng­land. The tor­toise was given to Lon­gleat in 2002 after her lack of ma­noeu­vra­bil­i­ty led to a de­cline in health. On ar­rival she was given a plas­tic wheel but it wore out and buck­led over time as she tried to ac­cess rougher parts of her en­clo­sure. "She ac­tu­al­ly flies about now. It's given her more ground clear­ance. She's now got off road wheels so she can go any­where," said Simon Eng­land who sup­plied the wheel.

-www.​itnsource.​com ITN R18100609

SPOKANE, Wash. -- Watch out Mr. Hare, this tortoise has a wheel.

A 12-year-old African tortoise that recently had its front left leg amputated due to injury is now moving just fine, thanks to a swiveling wheel attached to his shell by doctors at Washington State University's veterinary hospital.

The 23-pound tortoise, named Gamera after the giant flying turtle of the old Japanese monster movies, is gaining weight and generally thriving with his new appendage.

"I don't know whether he'd pass the hare, but he moves around very well," said Charlie Powell, spokesman for WSU's veterinary hospital in Pullman, Wash.

The nearly teenage mutant turtle is particularly good at moving toward food, and has gained 3 pounds since the wheel was attached, Powell said.

The caster-style wheel should last for years before it has to be replaced, he said.

Powell said the caster-style allows Gamera to move well on both flat and lumpy surfaces like lawns.

-from http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/20/tortoise-gets-artificial-_n_905308.html

quadriplegic intawon, but for the owner, he's worth every cent.

that's the spirit.  they're all beaming.  nice.  di kas ug panapton. 

Quote from: chicogon on July 20, 2012, 01:07:45 AM
Di ba ingon ana man jud na sa Tagalog? Mao mana'y akong nahibaw-an as proper: "Nandito po ba ang maybahay?" even if you are the MAYBAHAY? Di man nuon ko expert sa Tagalog language so I could easily be wrong, too, in my understanding. Lisod man pod kaayo kung moingon ang sales person ug, "Hello, nandito po ba kayo?" Hehehe 

hahaha!  there's a point here.  sayang diay kun wa ko maka-gets niya nga third person address iyang gigamit.  wa ko maanad kay bisaya ko nga de bangko ang tagalog kinahanglan pang withdrawhon.

bitaw, ang explanation ni banana republic ato kay hardly man god kuno nga naay pinay nga housewife didto sa dubai.  (the emirates don't confer citizenship on any foreigner, even one who is married to a local.)  tua na man lang, trabaho gyoy tuyo; ang gatawo sa balay nga pinay, most likely maid gyod na ug emirati.  mao sad tawoy presumption atong pinay door-to-door salesgirl kuno.

wa moabot ning tony chachere sa ato da.  maybe the company didn't go international?  yes, i like mama sita too.  only i use it in small doses because its msg is just too sharp.  i like it best for fried rice and omelets. 

but mama sita's oyster sauce (a cooking condiment that i much prefer nowadays) is too salty, i'd rather have other brands.

OT: that other thread about people eating their best friend, is it about dogs?  mahadlok kong moabli sa thread man god...

akong experience sa tagbilaran in my few years there when i was a young woman (well, tagbilaran was smaller then), mag-una ang estoryang di mao.  puwera sa exceptions, mas ganado gyod ang tawo moestoryag daotan bahin sa isig kaingon.

naa kay kuyog nga laki kausa kay naatlan lang nga amigo mo unya same direction ang inyong adtoon.  pag-abot sa sunod eskina ang estorya nangulitawo na tong laki nimo.  sa sunod eskina oyab na kuno mo.  sa ikatulong eskina, mabdos ka na.  that was tagbilaran before.  i hope it has become more sophisticated and more tolerant now.

it pained me in the past when as a young insecure woman on the cusp of adulthood, daghan kuno kog oyab.  guba jamo kog reputation.  purya intawon, unsaon man nako pagka-oyab nga jamo-jamo man gyod intawoy nangulitawo nako bisag usa.  kinsa man tawoy akong sugton?  hahaha!

true.  igo ra gyod nga makabuta ning blind item.  angay lang nag kabahin sa atong mga artista nga usually ang movie scribe nga gasuwat bajot.

to be fair, even just to ourselves, kining reputation once maguba lisod na bakwion, kun mabakwi pa man galing.  a reputation rests only on other people's perception.  perception may be everything, specially for public officials who need votes, but it it not necessarily the truth.

so please let's not rush to judgment here.  he who casts the first stone might end up eating it.

other bizarre versions (though we have no way of knowing if these were according to her instructions or the offerings of bootlickers):


compared with eva peron


what, indeed, are the sash and medallions for?  royalty? 


boticelli, imelda version?

she must have been in her late 30s in that beautiful picture.  i think it was said that she was 37 when she stepped in as first lady of the land.

the current imelda:

on sekand tots, totoy diay uy.  tawo ray perverse, di ang iring.

naglibog lang ko kay mora man ug di totoy ang gitotoyan.  mora lagi ug itlog...

yeheeey!  it's great to hear from you again, raqz.  masabtan ra gyod nga di ka makalili usahay dinhi; nahinumdom ko nga sked sa imong beauty ang bohol karong panahona.  hangtod when ka diha?  barring any typhoon, i intend to go to tagbilaran sometime next week.

how nice nga naka-adopt kag mga iring.  that's real good news.  at least, bisag di nimo dad-on pag-uli sa u.s., you know that they'll be in safe hands.   

diri more than one na akong na-convince pag-adopt.  di na gyod nako kaya nga ako ra.  hangyo-lobo pa ang uban kay ako gyong hatdan ug helpless kitten, apil food supply, feeders, pet carrier, cat litter box ug uban pa, hasta pag-introduce sa vet, hahaha, di na kabalibad!  naanad ra man pod sila nga mobisita ko kay mangamusta sa iring. 

my most favorite nga ga-adopt is a grocery store.  naatol nga grabe nga kitten, walang paki.  matulog lang siya sa counter, bisag unsaon ug gitik di gyod momata kun di pa gusto.  kay nagbabag man sa counter, tanan hinoong customers mohikap niya.  naay uban nga makurat kay naa diay iring, mosiyagit.  she has become the most popular kitten in the whole condo, lupig pay rayna.  paskang hilasa lagi.

when kaha si fr chic mo-adopt ug iring?  nakahunahuna lang ko ba.  pilay pad...         

ngeeehhh.  unya, unsa may lami sa almoranas, bai hubs?

wikipedia
Images of the aurora australis and aurora borealis from around the world, including those with rarer blue and red lights

aurora borealis
In northern latitudes, the effect is known as the aurora borealis (or the northern lights), named after the Roman goddess of dawn, Aurora, and the Greek name for the north wind, Boreas, by Pierre Gassendi in 1621.


Tamura
Aurora borealis 2012 from Kiruna, Sweden


aurora australis
Its southern counterpart, the aurora australis (or the southern lights), has almost identical features to the aurora borealis and changes simultaneously with changes in the northern auroral zone and is visible from high southern latitudes in Antarctica, South America, New Zealand, and Australia.


Paul Moss
Aurora australis 1994 from Bluff, New Zealand

The Aurora

An aurora (plural: aurorae or auroras) is a natural light display in the sky particularly in the high latitude (Arctic and Antarctic) regions, caused by the collision of energetic charged particles with atoms in the high altitude atmosphere (thermosphere). The charged particles originate in the magnetosphere and solar wind and, on Earth, are directed by the Earth's magnetic field into the atmosphere. (wikipedia)

Aurora over Northern Manitoba, Canada
Credit: Travis Costello
Night sky watcher Travis Costello took this aurora photo in northern Manitoba, Canada, on July 15, 2012.


Aurora Over Keweenaw Peninsula
Credit: Melanie Hakala Rossi
Melanie Rossi caught the auroral display at Calumet Waterworks on the Keweenaw Peninsula in Upper Michigan on July 15, 2012.


Aurora Over Wisconsin
Credit: Sean Lenz
Astrophotographer Sean Lenz took this image of the aurora over La Salle, Wisc. on July 15, 2012.

Aurora over the Waputik Icefield, Canada
Credit: Paul Zizka Photography/www.zizka.ca
Night sky watcher Paul Zizka caught the aurora on July 15, 2012, at the Waputik Icefield in the Canadian Rockies.


Aurora over the Waputik Icefield, Canada
Credit: Paul Zizka Photography/www.zizka.ca
Night sky watcher Paul Zizka caught the aurora on July 15, 2012, at the Waputik Icefield in the Canadian Rockies.


Aurora over Washington State with Rotating Flashlight
Credit: Sy Stepanov
Astrophotographer Sy Stepanov took this shot of the auroral display resulting from the solar storm of July 14, 2012. The photo was taken above Lake Chelan, WA. Stepanov says the photo "is a little more creative. It involved myself running in a field during said long exposure while rotating a flashlight. I hope you enjoy."

On Saturday, Acaba took a break from a workout session to gaze down at Earth as the space station made a southern night pass. With a recent uptick in the sun's activity, including a major solar flare last week, he was hopeful to see at least some auroras.

"Within a couple of minutes, I could not believe what I was seeing. It was absolutely incredible," Acaba wrote in a journal post Sunday. "I enjoyed the show for a few minutes and then felt I had to inform my crew mates so they could also take in the view."

read more at http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/48226837/ns/technology_and_science-space/t/astronaut-awestruck-view-southern-lights-space/#.UAigtKAqDrc

Astronaut awestruck by view of southern lights from space

New aurora photo by astronaut Joe Acaba convey only a portion of what he saw


NASA astronaut Joe Acaba captured this photo of the southern lights in a dazzling
aurora display on July 14-15, 2012, during an uptick in solar activity.

By Tariq Malik
7/18/2012

Shimmering auroras in the night sky are amazing to behold, but nothing prepared one NASA astronaut for seeing the celestial lights dance over Earth from above.

A new photo of the southern lights by astronaut Joe Acaba convey only a portion of the amazing view from his window on the International Space Station during a weekend photo session to catch the auroras over Earth. Acaba watched the auroras on Saturday and Sunday (July 14 and 15) from the station's observation deck, a seven-window cupola that offers astronauts a 360-degree of space and the Earth below.

While she admitted that the pair were extremely close she emphasized that they were not actually gay, but simply the best of friends.

Inca and Rayas are not the first male penguins to be given an egg to care for, as staff at a zoo in China gave penguin couple Steve and Adam a chick to look after last year.

http://www.metro.co.uk/

Meanwhile Rayas has been filling up on food.

This is to ensure he can take on the traditional male job of feeding his young with regurgitated fish.

Speaking to the paper, Yolanda Martin, who cares for the penguins at Spain's Faunia Park, said: 'We wanted them to have something to stay together for - so we got an egg. Otherwise they might have become depressed.'

Penguins Inca and Rayas have been building a nest every six years in the hope of starting a family and have finally been trusted with an egg.

The Gentoo penguins have both thrown themselves into their new roles as parents, with the Telegraph reporting that Inca has taken on the 'female' role of incubating the egg, a task which he does most of the day, every day.

'Gay' penguins Inca and Rayas get their own egg to look after

A pair of very close male penguins at a zoo in Madrid have been given their own egg to look after.


Inca and Rayas

sayo pod silang gasugod.

the best compliment for a father
from an adoring child

Drunk man takes scooter on a bike to get around drink-drive laws

A man in China thought of a novel way to bypass local drink-drive laws after tying his scooter to the back of his bicycle in order to get home after a boozing session.


'He looked pretty wobbly,' added one pedestrian (Picture: CEN)

Despite his good intentions he's bound to have broken a few laws, including overloading and dangerous driving.

http://www.metro.co.uk/

hahaha! 
kandaiyag panago
ang mga krokongho.

gauna ug take oath ang topnotcher ay.

The moggy is a celebrity in Talkeetna â€" where he’s also the cat’s pyjamas at promoting tourism â€" and has around 1,000 friends on Facebook, which is more people than the population of the town (900).

Local worker Lauri Stec's store Nagley's General, which doubles up as Stubbs' town hall, has benefited from the popularity of the cat.



Stubbs the cat has more Facebook followers than
residents living in his town of Talkeetna, Alaska
(Picture: Facebook)

'He was just in the Alaska Magazine, and he's been featured in a few different things,' she told KTUU.

Apparently the shop, where Stubbs spends most of his time, receives many letters and cards from around the world addressed to him.

'Oh my g***, we probably have 30 to 40 people a day come in who are tourists wanting to see him,' she added.

http://img.metro.co.uk/

Stubbs the cat celebrates 15th year as mayor of Alaska town Talkeetna

Mayor Stubbs is celebrating his 15th year as the mayor of the sleepy town of Talkeetna, Alaska. Not that amazing, you might think - until you realise Stubbs is a cat.

Residents thought the candidates running for mayor weren’t up to scratch so campaigned to get the 15-year-old part-Manx the honorary position with a write-in campaign after he was born.

The feline has now become one of the longest-serving mayors in America.


Stubbs the cat has been mayor for 15 years (Picture: Facebook)

Pair of parrots scare thieves away by mimicking a dog's bark

A pair of parrots are putting the fear of dog into would-be thieves after learning to imitate barking.


Ruffling feathers: Elvis and Cilla, the scourge of Telford (Photo: News Team)

Owner Trevor Bate, 44, said: ‘They picked it up when we lived in Spain, where our neighbour had a Scottie dog called Bailey and it would bark all the time.

more at: http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/875819-pair-of-parrots-scare-thieves-away-by-mimicking-a-dogs-bark#ixzz216enwYBD

artehang senyora uy.

The site is home to more than 30 free-roaming lemurs (Picture: REX)

Grumpy Leon the Lemur has enough of rainy June and steals an umbrella

No-one likes standing around in the rain and it appears Leon the lemur isn't too fond of it either after taking shelter under a pilfered umbrella.


Rain didn't stop play for this cheeky lemur (Picture: REX)

maayo gani fb, di tb.  ma-corrupted gyod unta dayon ni hubag ug bugsay.

it's a possible apparition kind of ghost.

10. Fiction: The Philippine Foreign Minister, in disgust, had walked out of the meeting.

Fact:  Secretary del Rosario stayed to finish the meeting and was steadfast in promoting and defending the Philippine national interest.

In fact, even when his microphone went silent when he first began to speak on the Scarborough Shoal issue, Secretary del Rosario strongly articulated the Philippine position and proceeded to conclude his remarks. (emphasis mine)

http://pcdspo.gov.ph/

9. Fiction: Our new Ambassador to Beijing intimated that one of the difficulties she must deal with in her assignment is a view among her superiors that sees China as an enemy.

Fact: This is clearly a misquote of what has been written. The mandate of the DFA is to reaffirm that we are seeking positive relations with China as a friend and partner and that the bilateral agenda should be vigorously pursued while abstracting contentious issues which should be dealt with separately.

8. Fiction:  “…our strategy is in disarray. After the embarrassing outcome of the Phnom Penh meetings, we definitely have no ASEAN card to play in the confrontational path we chose to take against China.”

Fact:  The Philippines has a three-track approach to advance its interests in the West Philippine Seaâ€"political, diplomatic, and legal track. ASEAN is part of the political track.

The Philippines was able to gain the support of the majority of ASEAN Member States as well as that of the ASEAN Secretariat on the need to mention Scarborough Shoal in the proposed Joint Communiqué.

In all ASEAN meetings and in other fora, the Philippines has consistently advocated a peaceful and rules-based approach in resolving maritime territorial disputes in accordance with international law, specifically the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) and has been engaging China in continuing dialogues and consultations.

We are resolute in maintaining this strategic three-track approach.


Philippines' Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario, center, prepares his documents as he attends Asean-Australia Ministerial Meeting in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Wednesday, July 11, 2012. The Philippines is leading a push for Asean to unite to propose to China a code based on a UN law on maritime boundaries that would delineate the areas belonging to each country. AP PHOTO/HENG SINITH (http://globalnation.inquirer.net/)

7. Fiction: “When the ministerial meeting failed to issue a communiqué, the Philippine side bitterly accused Cambodia of, well, doing Beijing’s bidding.”

Fact: We did not accuse Cambodia of doing Beijing’s bidding, choosing to remain silent; other quarters preferred not to be silent.

6. Fiction: Phnom Penh’s strong position against the Philippine position in ASEAN is quietly shared by Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, and Brunei.

Fact: As explained in item no. 5, this view of the Philippines was strongly supported by many countries, including Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Viet Nam.  Even the ASEAN Secretary-General expressed support.

At the 45th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting, Secretary del Rosario discussed the situation in Scarborough Shoal. The text of the proposed Joint Communiqué’s item/subhead on the “South China Sea” was drafted by the ASEAN foreign ministers and several revisions were proposed to make the text acceptable to all. However, the Cambodian Chair consistently rejected any proposed text that mentions Scarborough Shoal.(emphasis mine)

In the Singaporean Foreign Ministry’s website, the Singaporean Foreign Minister K Shanmugan said that it was a blow to ASEAN credibility that “it was unable to deal with something that is happening in our neighbourhood and not say something about it.” He added, “there’s no point in papering over it. There was a consensus among the majority of countries. The role of the Chair in the context is to forge a complete consensus amongst all. But that did not happen.”


United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton calls for a unified Asean to negotiate with China over disputed territory, she also lauds Washington-Beijing cooperation. She pats the back of Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario who cochaired Friday’s Asean-US ministerial meeting at Phnom Penh’s Peace Palace. (http://www.pinoyprogress.com/showthread.php?p=28896)

5. Fiction: “In the view of some of our neighbors, Manila failed to do the patient work of consensus-building necessary for the association to take an explicit and common position on a complex territorial issue.”

Fact:  Precisely mindful of ASEAN’s consensus-based decision-making process, the Philippines has been in continuous consultations with its ASEAN partners resulting in the ASEAN Senior Officials drafting of an “ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Statement on the Situation in Scarborough Shoal” on May 24. On May 25, Secretary del Rosario wrote the ASEAN Chair requesting that such Statement be referred to all ASEAN Foreign Ministers for their consideration. Several Foreign Ministers endorsed the issuance of such a Statement. One Foreign Minister, in particular, in his June 1 letter to the ASEAN Chair, stressed the “necessity for ASEAN to issue a timely statement by the Foreign Ministers (on the said issue) as our common effort to contribute to the maintenance of an environment conducive in the region which is of interest (to) all of us.”

4. Fiction: “The very public statements emanating from Manila did not benefit from careful, quiet consultations with our regional partners.”

Fact: As early as 2010, the Philippines has been conducting bilateral consultations with its ASEAN partners on the issue of competing claims in the West Philippine Sea. In 2011, it proposed a framework in resolving the dispute within the ASEAN forum. This process of consultation led to the ASEAN decision to refer the Philippine proposal to ASEAN’s maritime legal experts.


Flags of ASEAN member countries

3. Fiction: The Philippines “unilaterally escalated the rhetoric on the matter of contested islets and shoalsâ€"and then invoking the entire ASEAN community as a party to the confrontation.”

Fact:  The Philippines has been approaching the issue with patience and tolerance as we endeavor to avail ourselves of all peaceful means to resolve it in accordance with the rule of law. However, the neighboring country decided to escalate the tensions resulting in the deployment of numerous vessels, as high as 96 at one point, as against our one vessel. The Philippines could not perpetually remain mute over the brazen acts of infringement on its territory and intimidation by a powerful country.

2. Fiction: The Philippine Foreign Minister denounced Chinese “duplicity” and “intimidation” in the South China Sea, souring the mood at the meeting designed to soothe tensions.

Fact:  The “souring of the mood” was attributed by everyone who was there to the failure of ASEAN to issue a Joint Communiqué, resulting from the Chair’s firm position not to reflect the recent developments in the South China Sea despite the view of the majority of the Member States that these developments impinge on the overall security of the region.

On the reference to “duplicity and intimidation,” the Philippines forged an agreement with a neighbouring country for the simultaneous pull-out of all vessels inside the shoal, which we undertook in good faith last June 4. Furthermore, the neighboring country agreed to remove its barrier at the entrance of the shoal. Yet to this day, the neighboring country has not fulfilled its obligations under the agreement and has maintained its ships inside and outside the shoal, as well as its barrier, in its aim to establish effective control and jurisdiction in the shoal and surrounding waters.

The non-issuance of the customary Joint Communiqué after the 45th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting (AMM) in Phnom Penh, Cambodia expectedly generated considerable reactions and commentaries because it was unprecedented in ASEAN’s 45 years of existence.

However, many of those reactions/commentaries were based on erroneous information. It is therefore essential to lay down the facts.

1. Fiction: There was no Joint Communiqué because ASEAN failed to agree on the Code of Conduct on the South China Sea. “Never before has our regional association been as strained as it is todayâ€"and much of the blame might be put on the Philippine side.”

Fact:  ASEAN had already agreed on the key elements of the proposed Code of Conduct on the South China Sea for discussion with China. The Philippines was successful in having its suggested main elements included to give the Code the substance it requires.

The strain being felt by ASEAN is not attributable to the Philippines but it was reportedly due to the failure of the Chair to gain a consensus. Within the ASEAN framework, the Philippines needed to be resolute in giving primacy to national interest.

WHY THERE WAS NO ASEAN JOINT COMMUNIQUÉ

by Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs Erlinda F. Basilio

I am sharing this article with the Filipino people to inform them of the real state of the discussions during the 45th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting in Phnom Penh on July 9, 2012. I was present during the discussions in the different sessions. I feel it is my duty to present to all Filipinos the efforts made by the Philippine Delegation to seek the unified support of ASEAN to the West Philippine Sea issue, which affects not only its member countries but the region as a whole. Through this article, I hope to present the real picture during the Ministerial Meeting from the point of view of a Filipino, and in the process, correct the grave misimpressions generated by some who were not present during those meetings.


DFA Undersecretary for Policy Erlinda Basilio

this here curious me nga medyo kutihan pod bahin ug cooking found out nga mao gyod, as pictured ang founder ani nga creole seasoning that bears his name-- tony chachere.


Tony Chachere's Ole Master Collection

His effervescent shout of “tonight, I’m gonna make’em cry!” was always a promise of unsurpassed culinary delicacies soon to be conjured up! (about tony chachere who was a wizard at cooking)

i think equivalent ni nga line of seasoning products sa atong mama sita.

Gingko supplements mixed with aspirin and warfarin also increases the risk of bleeding.

The same goes with ginseng supplements that are taken at the same time as warfarin.

“The chances of herbs and drugs interacting are high. Indeed, 8 of the 10 most widely used supplements interact with the blood-thinning medication warfarin,” Mayo Clinic said.

Other herbal supplements that can affect warfarin include danshen, dong quai, evening primrose oil.

So if you’re currently on heart medications and would like to take herbal supplements as well, follow the age-old advice: consult your doctor.

http://www.philstar.com/

Some herbal supplements may not be mixed with heart meds

philstar.com
July 18, 2012

MANILA, Philippines - Taking certain herbal supplements along with your heart medications can be dangerous to your health.

“Herbal supplements can have strong effects in the body, and some can interact with prescription medications to treat heart and circulatory problems, such as high blood pressure and heart failure. Some of these interactions can be dangerous,” according to medical research group Mayo Clinic.

Garlic supplements taken along with aspirin, cloopidogrel (Plavix), and warfarin (Coumadin), for example, may lead to an increase in bleeding.

Quote from: LanggamTamsi2 on July 18, 2012, 04:42:02 PM
Tinood jud na 2bagbohol, ako gani porki nagsol-ob ra kog duster niadto sa supermaket,wa ko tagda kay nakaingon nga maid ra tawon ko kay nagkugos man ko sa akong anak nga blond ug buhok  sa baby pa.

aning kalibotana, appearances do matter.  didto sa dubai sa una, dihay ni-doorbell nga pinay; ang trabaho tingali ato door-to-door selling.  ga-duster ra ko nga niabli sa pultahan.  diretso man siyag ingon ug "nandito ba ang maybahay?  puwede ko siyang makausap?"  wa ganiy 'salaam' o 'good morning' na man lang nga greeting.  i might as well be a doormat who got in her way. 

unfortunately for her, i wasn't in the mood for presenting myself.  nangita na man lang gyod siyag wa diha bisag naa na sa iyang atubangan, puwes, gitubag ko na lang ug "wala dito at hindi ko alam kung anong oras ang uwi."

maid ko sa iyang tinan-awan, hihihi.  but she lost a potential customer in me.

Quote from: TUBAGBOHOL.com on July 18, 2012, 02:51:26 PM
i agree with you, islander. a lot of businesses in our country are rude to customers. one rude business in tagbilaran kanang JJ's Dimsum kilid sa Metro Centre Hotel. ug pobre ka ug dagway, dili ka tagdon. ang mga staff magsige ra ug tapok-tapok sa cashier area. i really hate that restaurant.

then i will not think of ever going to this restaurant.  thanks for the warning.

there are just too many guns out there.

hi-ho, hubag!  dia na gyod imong type.

sugot ko pa-bringhawson ani basta di lang iapil ang kawa.

50 centavos ray hinungdan sa lalis.  "ra" lang lagi, pero kay niigking na man akong dunggan morag dunggan ni legolas... it's not the amount, it's the presumption that they can roughshod customers that way...

gitagaan kog piso da kusmod.  ako na pod ang nabutang sa ang-ang.  dihay batang gamay sa akong tapad, nagkumkom ug pitaka.  pilay sud anang imong pitaka, i asked.  bungkig nga 5 pesos.  ambi na tanan, ingon ko.  ilisan nakog tibuok nga diyes.

na, nakahatag kog 50 centavos nga sinselyo sa cashier, pakapinan ug witik nga "sorry ha, kuwang imong take-home nga unaccounted cash karon."

but there also was one happy little girl whose money was doubled in seconds and her mother who couldn't believe that i went through all that trouble to get my 50 centavos back.        

once, medyo nag-wild ko sa rose pharmacy kay gilangaw kog hinuwat nga kompletohon akong sinselyo.  nakaako pag suko-suko ang cashier nako. 

ayaw ko ninyo ing-anaa ha?  di baya ko kapalit ug tambal dinhi kun kuwang akong kwarta, mao nga taronga pod ninyog paninselyo uy, ingon ko.

aguy, gipanan-aw na ko sa ubang mga customers.  uwaw baya, pero i had to protect my rights if not my turf. 

which reminds me... no doubt i love my country, but if there's anything that pisses me off here, it's the fact that we still have a lot to learn about giving back a customer's change.  (the other is elevator manners, but that's another story.)

ROSE PHARMACY, this ubiquitous pharmacy nga bol-anon ang tag-iya (taga-loay kuno nga ginganlan ug rose borja lim) nga maayo untang maoy palitan kanunay kay bol-anon lagi, maglikay gyod ko kutob sa mahimo.  i'd rather buy from MERCURY DRUG kay kamao morespeto ug customer by giving back the proper change of one's purchase, down to the last centavo.  ang rose pharmacy?  purya gaba.  never gyod ko nakasuway nga sakto ang sensilyong ihatag.

the last time nibayad ko, kuwang ang ilang sinselyo ug 20 centavos.  akong gipaningil, tubagon lang kog "butal, e."  "aba, butal nga, but it's due me," tubag ko.  ang tonta lahi na mag estorya.  "ma'am, intsik ka ba?"  atot.  pahinumdoman pa gyod ko sa scarborough shoal.    

lipay ko karon kay gikan kong nibayad sa among condo association dues ug water bill, gikugihan gyod nakog ihap ug sinselyo, up to the last centavo.  kay ngano laging mag-bill ug bungkig unya di kahibawong maninselyo.  pwes, nibayad kog bungkig kaayo, nalipong silag inihap.  pakapinan pa nakog estorya ug "mula ngayon, wala na kayong problema sa butal sa akin".

Quote from: Lollapalooza on July 18, 2012, 08:40:57 AM
nakahinumdum ko.. mag 3 years na man diay ko karong July 23 isip usa ka miyembro dire sa TB..

una pa baya ka namo dinhi.  mao nga nice baya kun mamalik ang mga orig sama nimo.  sila si ms da binsi, grazie, chongki, vhinz, bqn, bnc, ug kinsa pa tong igo ra kong nakakawhit.

happy birthday then to both of you, lola and lolorenz.

my badness.   the philippines should start operating like 'star wars'.  the ewoks won the battle.   

In June, Locklear visited China, the first by a command chief in four years.  China suspended military exchanges in early 2010 over US arms sales to Taiwan.

He later said that among the issues discussed with the Chinese authorities was China’s claims over the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea).

While he reiterated that the United States had not taken sides in the territorial disputes, he maintained that “whatever happens in that part of the world has to be resolved peacefully and without coercion.”

Locklear also said that the United States was concerned about China’s maritime claims that would hinder freedom of trade and movement through international waters.

“This is a place where we diverge, and [that] has caused difficulties. So we have to keep working with [China] on that and we have to keep working to ensure that as we disagree on that, it doesn’t lead to miscalculation that drives us in a direction we don’t want to go,” Locklear said. (more at http://globalnation.inquirer.net/44529/in-the-know-admiral-samuel-j-locklear-iii)


DOD photograph by Army SSgt. Carl N. Hudson
Navy Adm. Samuel J. Locklear III, commander of U.S. Pacific Command,
speaks at China’s Academy of Military Sciences in Beijing, June 27, 2012.

tigmo:  mag-unsa na man lang ni si phil younghusband kun mahimo na siyang old?
tubag:  i have maintained my name, pero at least naman di na ko pizut. 

i must admit it's reassuring on one hand.  on the other, i'm afraid we're just a pawn in the game of superpowers.  china's current behavior in the west philippine sea (south china sea to the rest of the world) is more like testing the waters of how the u.s. will react. 

chinese thinking could be something like "the u.s. exercises power in the atlantic and just about any other sea, and it is not even a signatory of the unclos.  so why not us in the immediate neighboring sea?"

oh, well, a bully who sides with us in the world's playground is much better than a bully who simply bullies and kicks us off our seesaw.

sa iyang katuskig, i suspect nga bamboo shoots ni. 

Quote from: chicogon on July 18, 2012, 12:14:52 PM
Si Bay Bugs padung na matug
Naghandum nga imong ikadulog.

hihihi, bisag unsaon pa ug lihay-lihay
balik ra gyod gihapon sa unlan ni bugsay.

Quote from: TUBAGBOHOL.com on July 18, 2012, 10:35:13 AM
according to reports in several websites and tabloids, actress angel locsin had to compel phil younghusband to undergo circumcision before she could make him an official boyfriend.

note: most britons are uncut.

di baya hitsurag pizut.  wa lang hinoon ta kahibawo ug pre- or post-circumcision ba ning advertisement photo.

taym sa ra god, unsa ba diay ni si angel locsin.  mangutana ba diay daan o molili?  syalan ba diay...

boy:  can we be bff forever?
girl:  are you circumcised?

naa ba kahay moangkon ani.

Quote from: bugsay on July 18, 2012, 11:14:05 AM
ajaw jud lakari ang kamatis dong, kay mangamatis kuno imong tuli...

di pa awahi ang tanan, bai Hubag..

kamatis?  oh-oh.  asa kaha intawon ani.

Quote from: islander on July 18, 2012, 12:00:45 PM
plutonian african daisy:

heaven gyod kun naa ko ani.  kalameh. 

african daisy is multi-racial, multi-cultural...

tsaynis african daisy:


filipino aka scarborough shoal owner african daisy:


permafrost/nordic/russian african daisy:


martian african daisy:


plutonian african daisy:

Quote from: hubag bohol on July 18, 2012, 10:18:56 AM
Hmm, di ba African daisy tapol ang kolor?

you wish for it, you get it...