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#37601
Quote from: islander on November 09, 2011, 05:16:10 PM
In an earlier interview on GMA News TV's "State of the Nation" newscast, NAIA Terminal 1 manager Dante Basanta said it was "unfair" to call NAIA the "worst airport" because its management is working hard to improve the airport's facilities and services.

hello?  sir, you may work your asses off and you have our sympathy, but, as they say, the road to hell is paved with good intentions.  airport services?  there are just too many agencies there, each with its own gimmick.  good luck!

#37602
Quote from: islander on November 09, 2011, 05:11:02 PM
The article also noted several reasons for hating NAIA, including charges of tampered luggage, broken escalators, and "creative airport departure fees."

truly creative, and very, very irritating.  if only for this i will malign our own international airport.  mga mug-oton pa ra ba ang mga collectors.  collections of fees are bad enough (terminal fee, travel tax c/o tourism people), kita pay pangayoan ug change, morag cashiers ug department stores.

ambot nganong sa atong airport ra ta daghang kasangitan nga bayronon.  makalusot-lusot ra man tawon ta sa airports in other countries nga way hasol.   

#37603
Worst airport

In October this year, the website "The Guide to Sleeping in Airports" released a list of worst airports, which is meant to help their readers who are "airport sleepers" avoid airports that do not have what they identified as their "four C's": comfort, convenience, cleanliness, and customer service.

NAIA was tagged number one on its list for its lack of pay-in lounges for transit passengers and reports of bribery and theft. "Airport taxes are collected, but the money does not seem to go towards the betterment of the airport," the website said.

NAIA's poor rankings on the website caused an uproar on social media, prompting officials to look into NAIA's problems and propose makeover plans for the international airport.

World-renowned Filipino designers even offered a pro-bono proposal to rehabilitate NAIA's Terminal 1, proposing to turn the airport into an "urban oasis" that will reflect the country's "festive atmosphere."

In an earlier interview on GMA News TV's "State of the Nation" newscast, NAIA Terminal 1 manager Dante Basanta said it was "unfair" to call NAIA the "worst airport" because its management is working hard to improve the airport's facilities and services.

"We cannot compete with other airports kasi hindi naman masyadong modern ang airport natin. We can only do so much with the old facilities. Binabawi naman natin 'yon sa services natin," Basanta said.

In an interview last week, President Benigno Aquino III said a presentation for a makeover plan for NAIA, a stopgap measure for the next four or five years, will be presented to him soon. â€" RSJ, GMA News


http://www.gmanews.tv/

#37604
CNN travel site tags NAIA as one of world's 'most hated airports'

CANDICE MONTENEGRO, GMA News
11/09/2011 | 04:32 PM


After recently being tagged by a travel website as one of the world's worst airports to sleep in, the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) gets bad publicity anew as CNN's travel website lists it as one of the world's 10 most hated airports.

In an article posted on CNNGo.com, NAIA was ranked 5th on the list for its "filthy restrooms, seat shortages at gates... and an Amazing Race-style check-in routine spiked with bureaucracy."

As of posting time, GMA News Online has yet to reach NAIA authorities for their comment.

But the article quickly stressed that the most hated airports on its list are not necessarily the worst airports in the world.

"What follow are 10 majorly despised international hubs (or hopefuls) that, while they may have a few staunch fans, and some have even won awards, have all inspired enough fury, flak and 'never again' air-rage to merit a place on the list," the article said.

"Beleaguered by ground crew strikes, unkempt conditions, soup kitchen-style lines that feed into more lines and an overall sense of futility, NAIA brings the term 'Stuck in the 1970s' to a new level," the article said.

It pointed out that all non-Philippine Airlines flights are crammed at Terminal 1, while the newer Terminal 3, which is occupied by a few minor carriers, is underused.

The article also noted several reasons for hating NAIA, including charges of tampered luggage, broken escalators, and "creative airport departure fees."

Number one on the list is the Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris, France, which CNNGo described as the "most maligned major airport on earth."

The eight other airports on the list are (from 10-2):
# Sao Paulo-Guarulhos International in Sao Paulo, Brazil;
# Perth Airport in Perth, Australia;
# Tribhuvan International in Kathmandu, Nepal;
# John F. Kennedy International in New York, USA;
# Jomo Kenyatta International in Nairobi, Kenya;
# Toncontin International in Tegucigalpa, Honduras;
# London Heathrow in London, England; and
# Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, USA.


http://www.gmanews.tv/

#37605
Philippine Provinces / Re: Nadat-ugan sa kapayas patay
November 09, 2011, 04:52:54 PM
the news reporter is nuts.  kapayas ang gibanatan pero bato diay tong nakaangin.  wa man niy kalainan sa estorya nga ang kape kuno makabuta.  wa man kuhaa ang kutsarita sa tasa, mao nga pag-inom, natuslok ang mata.  estoryaheeee!

 
#37606
Inspiration & Hope / Re: A Happy Man
November 09, 2011, 04:31:01 PM
he's great.  he's real great.  he makes me wonder what is there to complain about...

#37607
Jokes and Humor / Re: Too Much Curiosity
November 09, 2011, 04:22:31 PM
tagam si manoy, hahaha!

#37608
bilib ko.  sa iyang nerve nga alcohol-fueled. ;D

#37609
zumba en primer lugar, central azucarera de papa siguiente! ;D

#37610
Will the asteroid cause earthquakes or other calamities during this close pass?

No. There will be no meaningful or measurable effects on Earth, or the moon, at all, scientists say. 2005 YU55 is just too small.

"Its gravity doesn't have a significant effect on the Earth," said Don Yeomans, manager of the Near-Earth Object Office at JPL. "You'd have to have something very close and very large, like the moon, to cause tidal effects."

Will I be able to see 2005 YU55?

Yes, if you have access to a decent telescope. Under dark and clear skies, any scope with an aperture 6 inches (15 centimeters) or larger should let you pick up 2005 YU55 on the night of Nov. 8, Brozovic said.

The asteroid won't be sitting placidly in your eyepiece like a planet or a star, however. It will be streaking across the sky at about 9 degrees per hour, Yeomans said. (Your clenched fist held at arm's length measures about 10 degrees.)

"If you see it in your telescope, you'll see it move," Yeomans said.

You probably won't be able to find 2005 YU55 without help, Yeomans added, as the object will be relatively small and dark. Its coordinates at any given time can be found at JPL's Solar System Dynamics website, found here: http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/.


http://www.space.com/

#37611

This still from a NASA animation by Jon Giorgini of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory shows
the trajectory of asteroid 2005 YU55 as it passes between Earth and the moon on Nov. 8, 2011.

CREDIT: JPL

#37612
How big is 2005 YU55?

The asteroid, which was discovered in December 2005, is about 1,300 feet (400 meters) wide, making it about as big as an aircraft carrier. It makes one lap around the sun once every 15 months or so.

The last time a space rock as big as 2005 YU55 came so close to Earth was back in 1976, though astronomers did not know about that flyby at the time. The next known close encounter with such a large asteroid won't come until 2028, NASA officials have said.

Is 2005 YU55 going to hit Earth next week? Are we all going to die?

Everybody can relax. The space rock is not going to slam into Earth on this close pass, or indeed anytime soon, researchers have said.

"It is not going to hit us," Marina Brozovic, a scientist with NASA's Near-Earth Object Office at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, Calif., told viewers during a webcast Tuesday (Nov. 2). "We have a very good idea about its orbit for the following 100 years, and there is no chance of impact."

Rather, the close pass should be a boon, she added, with new observations allowing researchers to predict the space rock's orbit even further into the future.

"For many centuries, we'll know exactly where this object is going to be," Brozovic said.

Just how close will 2005 YU55 come to us?

Researchers say the asteroid will get to within 201,700 miles (324,600 kilometers) of our planet, or about 85 percent of the Earth-moon distance. On average, the moon orbits 238,854 miles (384,399 km) from us.

There's also no chance of 2005 YU55 smashing into the moon this week, researchers say.


http://www.space.com/

#37613

In April 2010, this radar image of the near-Earth asteroid 2005 YU55 was taken by the
Arecibo radio telescope in Puerto Rico. On Nov. 8, 2011, this large space rock zips by Earth
again and will be surveyed by radar, visual and infrared equipment.

CREDIT: NASA/Cornell/Arecibo


#37614
FAQ: The Nov. 8 Flyby of Huge Asteroid 2005 YU55 Explained

by Mike Wall, SPACE.com Senior Writer
Date: 02 November 2011 Time: 01:02 PM ET


[Next week,] an asteroid the size of an aircraft carrier will zip by Earth inside the orbit of the moon, marking the closest pass by such a big space rock in 35 years.

The near-Earth asteroid, which is called 2005 YU55, will make its closest approach at 6:28 p.m. EST (2328 GMT) on Nov. 8. But astronomers will start their concerted observation campaign even earlier, training a battery of instruments on 2005 YU55 beginning this Friday (Nov. 4) to learn as much as possible about the asteroid before it recedes into deep space once again.

Here are the basics about 2005 YU55's upcoming flyby of Earth, which astronomers are anticipating with scientific curiosity, not existential dread.


http://www.space.com/

#37615
angay diay mong duha nga malipay. ;D

#37616

Darkest Alien Planet TrES-2b
Credit: David A. Aguilar (CfA)
The distant exoplanet TrES-2b, shown here in an artist's conception, is darker than the blackest coal. This Jupiter-sized world reflects less than one percent of the light that falls on it, making it blacker than any planet or moon in our solar system.


(pics and text from http://www.space.com/)

#37617

Most Habitable
Credit: ESO
One of the several planets within the Gliese 581 star system, called Gliese 581 d, may be one of the most potentially habitable alien worlds known. It is about 8 times the mass of Earth, and located in an orbit just right for liquid water to exist on the surface. Water is a key ingredient for life as we know it. Gliese 581 is a red dwarf star 20.5 light-years from Earth.


Densest Planet
Credit: ESO/OAMP
One of the densest exoplanet to date is a world known as COROT-exo-3b. It is about the size of Jupiter, but 20 times that planet’s mass, making it about twice as dense as lead. Scientists have not ruled out that the COROT-exo-3b may be a brown dwarf, or failed star.


Diamond Planet
Credit: Swinburne Astronomy Productions
This illustration shows the alien planet around pulsar PSR J1719-1438, where ultra-high pressures caused carbon to crystallize in the remnant of a dead star. The planet is made of diamond and orbits a dense pulsing star with a radius smaller than that of our sun.


#37618

Waterworld
Credit: David A. Aguilar, CFA
The extrasolar planet GJ 1214b is a rocky planet rich in water that sits about 40 light-years away. It orbits a red dwarf star. It is the only known "Super-Earth" exoplanet â€" worlds that have masses between Earth and Neptune â€" with a confirmed atmosphere. The planet is about three times the size of Earth and about 6.5 times as massive. Researchers think it is likely a water world with a solid center.


Atmosphere Detected
Credit: ESA, NASA and G. Tinetti
Astronomers have been able to detect the atmospheres around several exoplanets, including HD 189733b â€" one of the first alien words to have its atmosphere sniffed to determine its composition. Glowing methane, which can be produced naturally or be a biological byproduct, has been detected on the planet.


Endangered World
Credit: CARREAU/ESA/Nature
When astronomers observed WASP-18b, they may have seen it in the cosmic moment before its death. This planet, possibly an ill-fated world, whips around its star in less than one Earth day. Scientists think that this speed coupled with the planet's heft yields strong gravitational tugs that can alter the planets orbit. If the planet orbits faster than its star spins, it should gradually be moving inward towards its sun, and its doom.

#37619

Super Neptune
Credit: David A. Aguilar, CFA
While Neptune has a diameter 3.8 times that of Earth and a mass 17 times Earth's, the new world (named HAT-P-11b) is 4.7 times the size of Earth and has 25 Earth masses. The newfound world orbits very close to its star, revolving once every 4.88 days. As a result, it is baked to a temperature of around 1100 degrees F. The star itself is about three-fourths the size of our Sun and somewhat cooler.


Tilted World
Credit: NASA. ESA, amd G. Bacon (STScI)
Most planets orbit in a plane that corresponds to their parent star's equator. But XO-3b orbits with a crazy tilt of 37 degrees from its star's equator. The only other known example of such an oddly angled orbit was Pluto, until its demotion to dwarf planet status. There is, however, a planet known to orbit backwards around its parent star.


Fastest Planet
Credit: NASA, ESA, A. Schaller (for STScI)
SWEEPS-10 orbits its parent star from a distance of only 740,000 miles, so close that one year on the planet happens every 10 hours. The exoplanet belongs to a new class of zippy exoplanets called ultra-short-period planets (USPPs), which have orbits of less than a day.

#37620

Oldest Alien Planet
Credit: NASA and H. Richer (U. British Columbia)
The oldest known planet is a primeval world 12.7 billion years old that formed more than 8 billion years before Earth and only 2 billion years after the Big Bang. The discovery suggested planets are very common in the universe and raised the prospect that life began far sooner than most scientists ever imagined.


The Youngest Known Exoplanet
Credit: NASA
The youngest exoplanet yet discovered is less than 1 million years old and orbits Coku Tau 4, a star 420 light-years away. Astronomers inferred the planet’s presence from an enormous hole in the dusty disk that girdles the star. The hole is 10 times the size of Earth’s orbit around the Sun and probably caused by the planet clearing a space in the dust as it orbits the star.


The Puffiest
Credit: David A. Aguilar/Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
A planet lighter than a ball of cork is one of the puffiest alien planets known to date. Called HAT-P-1, the planet is about half as massive as Jupiter but about 1.76 times wider-or 24 percent larger than predicted by theory. It could float in water, if there was a tub large enough to hold it.


#37621

Coldest and Farthest From Us
Credit: ESO
With a surface temperature of -364 degrees Fahrenheit (-220 degrees Celsius), the extrasolar planet known as OGLE-2005-BLG-390L b is likely the coldest alien world. It is about 5.5 times as massive as Earth and thought to be rocky. It orbits a red dwarf star about 28,000 light-years away, making it the most distant exoplanet currently known.


Hottest World
Credit: ESA/NASA/Frederic Pont, Geneva University Observatory
A planet called WASP-12b is the hottest planet ever discovered (about 4,000 degrees Fahrenheit, or 2,200 degrees Celsius), and orbits its star closer than any other known world. It orbits its star one every Earth day at a distance of about 2 million miles (3.4 million km). WASP-12b is a gaseous planet, about 1.5 times the mass of Jupiter, and almost twice the size. It is 870 light-years from Earth.


Super-Earth
Credit: ESO
Astronomers are finding many worlds now in a category of worlds called Super-Earths, which are between 2 and 10 times the mass of our own Earth. Some scientists think such worlds could be more susceptible to forming the conditions for life because their cores are hot and would be conducive to geological upheaval through volcanism and plate tectonics.

#37622

Closest Alien World to Us
Credit: NASA, ESA, G.F. Benedict (University of Texas, Austin)
Epsilon Eridani b orbits an orange Sun-like star only 10.5 light years away from Earth. It is so close to us telescopes might soon be able to photograph it. It orbits too far away from its star to support liquid water or life as we know it, but scientists predict there are other stars in the system that might be good candidates for alien life.


Volcanic Nightmare
Credit: ESO/L. Calcada
This planet, CoRoT-7b, was the first confirmed rocky world outside our solar system, but it doesn't look like a particularly pleasant place to live. It is tidally locked to its parent star, sees hellish 4,000 degrees Fahrenheit (2,200 degrees Celsius). It may also rain rocks and be the core of a vaporized gas giant.


Multiple Sunsets Like Tatooine
Credit: NASA/JPL's Planetquest/Caltech
Luke Skywalker’s home planet of Tatooine in Star Wars had two suns, but that’s paltry compared to a Jupiter-like planet 149 light-years from Earth. This planet has three suns, with the main star similar in mass to our own sun. The triple-star system is known as HD 188753. Like Tatooine, the planet there is likely pretty hot â€" it orbits very close to the main star, completing one orbit every 3.5 days.

#37623
The Strangest Alien Planets

SPACE.com Staff
13 September 2011



The Smallest
Credit: NASA
This artist's concept of Kepler-10b shows the smallest known exoplanet, announced in January 2011.


The Former Champ
Credit: ESO/L. Calcada
Gliese 581 e used to hold the title of smallest alien planet. However, it was dethroned in January 2011, with the announcement of Kepler-10b.


The Biggest
Credit: Jeffrey Hall, Lowell Observatory
The largest exoplanet ever discovered is also one of the strangest and theoretically should not even exist, scientists say. Dubbed TrES-4, the planet is about 1.7 times the size of Jupiter and belongs to a small subclass of so-called puffy planets that have extremely low densities. The planet is located about 1,400 light years away from Earth and zips around its parent star in only three and a half days.

#37624
Extrasolar planets became an object of investigation in the 19th century. Many supposed that they existed, but there was no way of knowing how common they are or how similar they are to the planets of our solar system.

The first confirmed detection was in 1992, with the discovery of several terrestrial-mass planets orbiting the pulsar PSR B1257+12. The first confirmed detection of an exoplanet orbiting a main-sequence star was made in 1995, when a giant planet, 51 Pegasi b, was found in a four-day orbit around the nearby G-type star 51 Pegasi. The frequency of detections has increased since then.

Many exoplanets are detected through radial velocity observations and other indirect methods rather than sensor imaging. Most are giant planets resembling Jupiter; this partly reflects a sampling bias, as more massive planets are easier to observe. Several relatively lightweight exoplanets, only a few times more massive than Earth, were detected and projections suggest that these outnumber giant planets.

The discovery of extrasolar planets has intensified interest in the possibility of extraterrestrial life. As of September 2011, possible candidates as potentially habitable exoplanets are Gliese 581 d and HD 85512 b.


more at:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extrasolar_planet

#37625
we're not alone; i mean, the solar system is not alone.


Extrasolar Planets

An extrasolar planet, or exoplanet, is a planet outside the Solar System. As of November 7, 2011, 697 extrasolar planets (in 573 planetary systems and 81 multiple-planet systems) have been identified.

A substantial fraction of stars have planetary systems - data from the HARPS mission indicates that this includes more than half of all sun-like stars.  Data from the Kepler mission has been used to estimate that there are at least 50 billion planets in our own galaxy. There also exist planetary-mass objects that orbit brown dwarfs and others that orbit the galaxy directly just as stars do, although it is unclear if either type should be labeled as a "planet".


/wiki

#37626
Showbiz & Celebrity / Re: Polanski still boyish at 78
November 08, 2011, 05:21:59 PM
Quote from: hubag bohol on November 07, 2011, 11:25:50 AM
Oi, katalirongan man nako ning tawhana, siya bata pa gihapon pero ako kay dako nag tiyan unya menos nag buhok...

:P

you mean to say, bata pa diay ka sa pagkuha anang imong hulagway sa imong avatar?  di man god opaw unya maayo pa gyod kaayo momartsa... ;D

#37627
Philippine Showcase / Re: Basta Ilongga Gwapa
November 08, 2011, 05:14:40 PM
opkors naman.  nobya god nimo, guwapa gyod.  kun ang imong nobya ilokana pa, sure na sure, in fairness to the ilocana, guwapa gyod sila, di ba? ;D

#37628
Question and Answer / Re: To see or not to see?
November 08, 2011, 04:58:31 PM
i'd say that that husband has some sense of humor.

#37629
Philippine Showcase / Re: Basta Ilongga Gwapa
November 08, 2011, 03:31:02 PM
ang ilonggo?  hinaot unta guwapa liwat gid.  (don't we miss bolbuhol!) ;D

#37630
Boxing and Boxers / Re: Boxing legend Joe Frazier, 67
November 08, 2011, 03:28:48 PM
Quote from: Lorenzo on November 08, 2011, 03:05:53 PM
wow, that was like 10 years before i was born. :P

and, let me guess, you must have been still swimming in the cosmic seas during the time of rocky marciano. ;D

#37631
Boxing and Boxers / Re: Boxing legend Joe Frazier, 67
November 08, 2011, 03:09:51 PM



THRILLA IN MANILA [the movie] tells the previously unknown story of their final fight in the searing heat of the Philippines through the eyes of the “other man” in the ring â€" Frazier.

An Official Selection at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival, THRILLA IN MANILA chronicles one of the bitterest sports face-offs ever, recounting a tale of personal betrayal that was stoked by the racial politics of 1970s America. Featuring archival footage and exclusive interviews with boxing insiders, including Ferdie Pacheco, Butch Lewis and Dave Wolf, as well as Imelda Marcos, former First Lady of the Philippines, the documentary tells the story of two great fighters forever linked by three epic bouts, and looks at their final fight, considered the most brutal, from Frazier’s perspective for the first time

Directed by John Dower (”Once in a Lifetime: The Extraordinary Story of The New York Cosmos”), THRILLA IN MANILA deftly tracks an extraordinary personal battle between two friends, and captures the poignant moment in the socio-cultural history of the country when they became American sports icons and legends. While Ali was a symbol of the civil rights struggle and anti-Vietnam War movement, Frazier was cast as the symbol of the pro-war, conservative segment of American society, some would say unfairly.

In 1967, Ali was stripped of his heavyweight crown after refusing induction into the armed forces. The film reveals how Frazier subsequently befriended Ali and supported the renewal of his boxing license and status, showing the intense feelings of betrayal he felt after Ali returned to the ring in 1970 and subjected him to race-baiting attacks.

THRILLA IN MANILA is part of a compelling night of boxing programming that also includes the return of the Emmy-winning HBO Sports reality franchise “24/7″ and an intriguing battle between two of the sport’s most formidable competitors. Debuting at 9:30 p.m. (ET/PT), “Pacquiao/Hatton 24/7″ sets the stage for the May 2 pay-per-view junior welterweight showdown between reigning pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao of the Philippines and Ricky Hatton, his engaging British opponent. The 12-round “World Championship Boxing” middleweight bout between Winky Wright and Paul Williams will be seen live from Las Vegas at 10:00 p.m. (ET)/7:00 p.m. (PT)

HBO Documentary Films and HBO Sports Present A Darlow Smithson Production; narrated by Liev Schreiber; produced and directed by John Dower; executive producers, John Smithson and Elinor Day; executive producer for British Channel 4, Andrew Mackenzie; director of photography, Stephen Standen; editors, Nicholas Packer and Kate Spankie



http://www.tkshare.com/thrilla-in-manila-2009.html

#37632
Boxing and Boxers / Re: Boxing legend Joe Frazier, 67
November 08, 2011, 03:03:18 PM


#37633
Boxing and Boxers / Re: Boxing legend Joe Frazier, 67
November 08, 2011, 02:58:09 PM
The third fight in the Philippines, "The Thrilla in Manila" trumped the first two. The back-and-forth battle, ended after 14 rounds because Frazier's eyes were nearly swollen shut. His trainer, Eddie Futch, argued with his fighter before calling it a night. On a night with the temperature in Manila hovered around 100 degrees, rounds 13 and 14 were grueling. Both fighters were completely exhausted, but still wailed away at each other.


http://sports.yahoo.com/

#37634
Boxing and Boxers / Re: Boxing legend Joe Frazier, 67
November 08, 2011, 02:55:45 PM
Frazier's legacy is etched in stone as part of the greatest individual rivalry in sports history. The stocky, less-than-graceful Frazier was the perfect foil for the elegant and athletic Muhammad Ali.

Their trilogy, contested between 1971-75, tops everything else in boxing's long history. Frazier was the first person to defeat Ali.

Outside the ring, Frazier was helpless in the p.r. battle against the loquacious and charismatic Ali. Ali made it personal before their first meeting in 1971 calling the quiet Frazier an "Uncle Tom."

Both unbeaten, Frazier met Ali in New York City's Madison Square Garden on March 8, 1971 and got his revenge on Ali's trash talk by winning "The Fight of the Century" via unanimous decision. He cemented the victory by flooring Ali with a leaping left hook, his trademark punch, in the 15th round.


smokin' joe after flooring ali


http://sports.yahoo.com/

#37635
Boxing and Boxers / Re: Boxing legend Joe Frazier, 67
November 08, 2011, 02:49:15 PM


#37636
Boxing and Boxers / Boxing legend Joe Frazier, 67
November 08, 2011, 02:48:26 PM
‘Smokin’ Joe Frazier loses his battle against liver cancer

By Steve Cofield


Joe Frazier, one of the biggest sports icons of the 1960s and 70s,  passed away tonight from liver cancer at the age of 67. He was diagnosed less than six weeks ago and spent his final days in a Philadelphia-area hospice.


more at---
http://sports.yahoo.com/box/blog/box_experts/post/-8216-Smokin-8217-Joe-Frazier-loses-his-battl?urn=box-wp849

#37637
naa gyod hinooy mga tingkagol nga mangilad, hahaha!

#37638
Beware Your Partner's Sudden Interest in Fitness

By Liz Kreutz | ABC News Blogs
08 November 2011


 
Add this to your laundry list of signs he might not be that into you. A new study claims that a partner’s sudden interest in weight loss could really mean they’re losing interest in you. German Professor Thomas Klein, who studies the link between happiness and body weight, found that people in steady relationships who abruptly begin to diet and exercise are possibly planning to break it up.

“When you are on the lookout for a new partner, people try to be as thin and attractive as possible,” Klein of the University of Heidelberg told the Daily Mail.

So when one half of a couple suddenly shows interest in slimming down, Klein says, it’s often an indicator they’re “preparing for the partner market.’”

The researchers studied more than 2,000 people ages 16 to 55, and found that most single people weighed less than those in long-term relationships.

“People in a relationship feel less pressure and often put on weight as they do not watch their weight so much,” Klein says.

Dr. Abigail Hirsh, director of Power of Two online, says that while weight loss  could be a sign they’re preparing for the partner market, it could also be a sign they’re preparing for any number of markets.

“It might be the partner market. But it also might be the job market,” she says. “Or it might be ‘my kids are away at school, and I want to find myself again’ market.”

Relationship expert Leslie Seppinni of Los Angeles agrees, also noting that weight loss might be a sign of many things, but that an affair is a definite possibility.

“It could easily be a sign of cheating,” she says. “The person is no longer feeling bored and dissatisfied.  ”Instead, they are feeling alive and want to look their best.”

Ultimately, though, Seppinni believes  any major changes in a relationship should not go overlooked:

“Any time your partner makes a change in front of you, don’t sit back and let it go,” she says. “If out of the blue your partner is no longer a couch potato, you should want to know why.”


http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/abc-blogs/

#37639
this is the first time i learned that there is such a thing as a confirmation name.  i was confirmed when i was 2 years old.  no one asked me to choose a name, so i presume both my baptismal and confirmation names are the same.

#37640
morag man hinoon ug badlungon man si inday, gawas sa iyang abilidad to keep bad company...  :(

#37641
tsk, tsk, tsk.  nagtuo ba kaha siya nga ang pusil botelya ug ang bala niini mainom?

#37642
Fashion Trend / Re: Conservative beauty
November 07, 2011, 11:44:51 PM
another conservative beauty:



#37643
Science and Research / Re: Magnetic levitation
November 07, 2011, 11:40:20 PM
what's unusual about that?  ang takob bitaw sa kaldero nga dung-agan, labi nag manobra ang sabaw, mo-levitate baya pod...

#37644
Weird and Extreme / Re: Baboy nga duha ray tiil
November 07, 2011, 11:31:32 PM
Quote from: hubag bohol on November 07, 2011, 07:45:43 PM
Hmm, remember your Chinese ham...  :-X

kadtong pareha kadak-a sa imong paa? ;D

#37645
Dubbed a “Christian Babaylan” by the Baylans of Maramag, Bukidnon, Fr. Momoy says the indigenous rite he went through with them seemed “to open doors that made it possible for me to flow easily through different levels of consciousness. Based on co-gnosis â€" seeing directly the ailing organs without having to rely on lab reports â€" whenever the gift floods me, without hesitation, I can now confidently describe the behavior, size, color of tissues and organs. On occasion, the medical doctor assisting me pushes in my hand anatomy charts. I leaf through the pictures and point to the organ in question.”

Fr. Momoy enthuses, “It is with awe and gratitude that I feel the grounding effect of this spirituality shrouded in mystery of grace upon grace. Einstein’s famous words echo in my heart:  ‘The most beautiful thing we can experience is the Mysterious. It is the source of all true science.’”

Fr. Efren Borromeo holds healing sessions at UP Delaney Hall on Monday mornings when he is in Manila.  The Trinitas Healing Center is in Bonga, Albay.


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#37646
In conducting healing sessions, Fr. Momoy would rather not wade into crowds. He prefers small groups so that he can attend to every individual in a special way. He asks a group of 10 to come forward and scans each patient with his “MRI eye.”  He verbalizes what he sees while the rest lay their hands on the patient and pray. Those waiting for their turn are led in prayer and reflection by volunteers and those who have experienced healing.

“This is also a time for evangelization,” says Sr. Sonia Punzalan of the Religious of the Cenacle. A certified teacher of zen meditation, Sr. Sonia is convinced of Fr. Momoy’s gifts and regularly assists him. “Sickness and death offer spaces for finding God in all things, and seeing the world as charged with grandeur!  I reiterate Fr. Momoy’s basic orientation: ’There is no space without God.’ As certified Zen teacher of Sanbo Kyodan school, Kamakura, he presents with power the koan: ’Medicine and disease cure each other.’”

Because of his academic background, Fr. Momoy is able to explain the healing phenomenon and articulate it in anthropological, biblical and spiritual terms. His doctoral dissertation is a treasure trove of “eidetic” insights. The priest encourages the “healees” to write down their experiences and reflections so that others may learn from them.

The testimonies, he says, “have challenged my incredulity and made me conscious of my own biases and theological baggage. Gradually, I learned to approach patients, their faith rubbing off on me, not in my own terms but in theirs â€" their dreams, fears, pains and joys. The shift to the inner realm of the heart is like treading holy ground, and there’s no other way but to go unshod.”

Amazed at his gifts, some noted persons in both the academic and spiritual fields have closely examined Fr. Momoy’s ministry. Zen practitioner Ricardo Gonzalez writes that the healing in Trinitas  “is actually (a) quantum mechanics phenomenon.”  This means that changes occur via the observer effect, “where a thought is believed to carry an energy force that can influence events and conditions within the physical world.”

Himself a zen practitioner, Fr. Momoy spends an hour in zazen or what he calls in Filipino, pahingalay before healing sessions. He also asks the people to pray over him. “Again, moments before the actual healing, I go into silence, somewhat like a moment of egolessness.” In this state, he says, “There is no longer a separation between healee and myself. For sweeping over me is not just the patient’s pain but also his doubts, resentments and fears. I am so soaked in the experience of oneness such that inner/outer, psycho-emotional/physical separation is non-existent. Then, in an instant, I snap out of that realm and go on with the healing session.

“As the next patient steps forward and whispers his or her health concern, I am brought to a state where words cease to stay on a verbal thinking level. The person becomes a dynamic trigger for images of ailing cells, tissues, organs and systems.”


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#37647
One case that helped affirm Fr. Momoy’s gift of seeing was that of Navy officer Phillip Pestaño who died in 1995 under mysterious circumstances. Military officials ruled out foul play and said it was a suicide but Pestaño’s family believed otherwise. Lawyer Felipe Pestaño, Phillip’s father writes: “A priest, a complete stranger out of nowhere, came to see us at Phillip’s wake. Accompanied by a nun who was a distant relative, he revealed that Phillip had asked him to convey a message: ’Tell my parents I did not commit suicide.’”

Fr. Momoy told the Pestaños that for the first time, someone from the other life was asking him to do something. Phillip had appeared to the priest three times.  In his written account, Phillip’s father says he was incredulous even though the priest described in detail how his son was killed.  It was when Fr. Momoy described Phillip’s character and personality â€" without having met him at all â€" that the older Pestaño finally believed him.

Three years later, at a Senate hearing, a forensic expert who had done work on the O.J. Simpson case gave his own description of how Phillip was murdered. It matched Fr. Momoy’s account. According to Phillip’s father, the Senate ruled that the murder was not committed by just one man.

Fr. Momoy reflects: “Are my ’spirit guests’ on a mission on their own to prod me to minister to their grieving kin for whom the other life is totally disincarnate? Let me now continue viewing these spirit guests without a fearful ego.”

Fast forward to the present. Fr. Momoy presides at the Trinitas Integrative Healing Ministry Center under the SOLT in Bonga, Albay. He also does “hospice work” by visiting the sick and the dying in their homes.

Many have experienced healing, among them, Helen Alvarez who at 92 was diagnosed to have Alzheimer’s. Distressed, her daughter Mila A. Magno, asked Fr. Momoy to regularly pray over her mother. He was the family’s house guest in Canada. One day, to everyone’s surprise and joy, Helen emerged from the mist, regained her memory and was again her usual happy self. “Mama lived five more happy and productive years with us before she succumbed to congestive heart failure,” Mila attests. “Up until her death at 97, she remembered everyone by name.”

Although Fr. Momoy does not accept payment, he welcomes donations for the maintenance of the healing center in Albay and his ministry for the poor.  He adds sheepishly, “Manay Mila (Magno) gave me an iPad.”


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#37648
Fr. Momoy ministered to the ailing during his brief stay in his congregation’s hospice for AIDS patients in Bangkok. Later, as a parish priest in a remote island in Bicol where there were no doctors, he ministered to the sick. “I carried around a priest’s sick call kit that also contained a stethoscope and other medical paraphernalia. I had even assisted a woman in labor.”

He discovered the wonder of coconut water and made a sugar-salt-water solution for dehydrated patients. Holy water and oil were for the sacraments. In fact, he muses, it was when he was administering the sacraments that his gift of healing slowly came to the fore. And through all these, he says, “I also realized in a special way na pari pala ako (that I was a priest).”

But he had yet to see something dramatic happen before his eyes.

“Once I was called to go to a communist-occupied mountain area. When I arrived, the men who were making a coffin said that I had come too late. I went to the dying man and anointed him. I saw many people surrounding him. After I was done, I saw only three people standing.” The rest who had vanished turned out to be souls. The man died.  Or so everybody thought.  Recounts Fr. Momoy:  “I was about 100 meters away when I heard a commotion. The dead man had come back to life! He is still alive today.”  (A TV crew tracked the man down not too long ago.)

Fr. Momoy had his own near-death experience. In 1994, while traveling from Manila to Bicol, pranksters threw stones at the vehicle he was in. “I was hit on the right eyebrow. I felt pain. This was followed by an indescribable feeling. Then I saw myself outside the car looking at my bloody self. I asked, is this it Lord? It’s up to you.”

His companions cried, “Si Mamo, wala nang pulso [Mamo has no pulse]!” After about seven minutes in that blissful state, Fr. Momoy’s spirit reunited with his body. “I was so angry with God for bringing me back.” Another strange thing happened immediately after: He found himself in a doctor’s house that had no signage on it and without anyone giving him directions.

After this episode, Fr. Momoy’s “20-20 vision” of internal organs became sharper. It also erased his self-doubt. “At first I thought seeing souls were just part of being a priest,” he says. He even went to Fr. Jaime Bulatao, SJ, a well-known clinical psychologist and expert on the paranormal, for affirmation, and consulted with two bishops and some friends who assured him that he was sane.

Since then Fr. Momoy has been meeting the souls of dead priests, bishops and ordinary folk, some of whom he doesn’t know. The communication is not verbal. He says, “God’s hand is not shortened by death and (continues to) reach souls in need of forgiveness. His mercy is indeed forever.”


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#37649
It was not until he had grown in age and grace that his special abilities became more evident.

Fr. Momoy vividly recalls that in 1966, on the Feast of the Sacred Heart, something happened that would change his life. A deranged man stabbed to death Fr. Jose Guerrero, the parish priest in Ligao town, while he was visiting the sick in a hospital. “When I heard the pealing of church bells, I just knew he was dead. There was thunder and lightning. I was devastated.”

At a church meeting held after the burial, parish officials stressed that the town would have to replace the dead priest with one of their own to offset a curse. “Ligao at that time had not produced a priest of its own for 16 years,” Fr. Momoy says. He decided it was going to be him.

He reflects: “Hindsight shows that my fiat, though tainted by misplaced guilt, opened doors to mystery. Almost immediately I experienced a lifting of my serial illnesses. If Saul had to be stricken off his horse to be transformed, I had to be drawn to my own calling by the village in need of a substitute offering â€" not a scapegoat, I hope!”

His motive may not have been the purest in the beginning. “I saw it as an opportunity to study. In our family, I was the only one who finished college. When my parents objected, I said, it’s the seminaryo or the sementeryo.”  Off Momoy went to the St. Gregory Minor Seminary in Legazpi City in Albay, and later, the Holy Rosary Major Seminary in Naga City.

“I was never really sure of my priestly vocation,” Fr. Momoy muses. “In college at the Divine Word University, I was drawn into political activism. After finishing AB Philosophy, I took a leave to think things over.”

While doing his summer apostolate, the seminarian met Fr. Thomas Gier of the SOLT congregation. “I came, I saw and was conquered,” he says. He was a step away from ordination when he proceeded to the SOLT novitiate in Albuquerque in New Mexico in the US. In 1979 Fr. Momoy was ordained by Bishop Teotimo Pacis at the St. Stephen’s Church in Ligao.


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#37650
One group he couldn’t just ignore because of their sheer number showed up in the dead of night. “Who are you, why are you so many?” he had asked. They were, the apparitions answered, the victims of the Maguindanao massacre. (In that November 2009 tragedy, 58 people, most of them media practitioners were brutally killed and buried in shallow graves. The main suspects, the members of the Ampatuan political clan, are now in jail and on trial.)

“I was very tired then so I told them to go, and instead visit the one who had them killed,” Fr. Momoy recalls. “A few days later, I read that one of the alleged perpetrators of that massacre was reportedly being haunted and was asking for a change of room.” He laughs at it now.

Some years ago when the TV game show “Deal or No Deal” was running, Fr. Momoy realized that he could see the contents of the attaché cases that participants were to choose from. For seven nights he followed the show and saw which case had the plum prize in millions.  Why didn’t he join then? “That would have been unfair advantage,” he says. “And I might lose my gift.”

Was the gift always there? How did he even know he has it?

“I was born a breech baby,” the 60-year-old priest says. “Those born feet first are believed to have the ability to dislodge fish bones stuck in people’s throats.” The boy Momoy was always called upon for such cases.  His grandmother was a hilot or practitioner of indigenous healing. When a locust infestation hit their town in Albay, he was asked to try driving the pests away and he did.  There was something about the boy, his father had said.

The youngest of five sons of the late Ernesto Borromeo and Felicitas Bragais, now 93, Momoy was born in Ligao, Albay. “We were not well-off so on weekends I would sell candies and newspapers,” he narrates. “I was sickly and would sometimes be in hospital.  My uncle, a doctor, had syringes that I would play with. At home, I would inject the dogs and cats. I had invisible playmates.”


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#37651
Weird and Extreme / This priest can see dead people
November 07, 2011, 02:39:43 PM
He sees dead people â€" and they confess to him

By: Ma. Ceres P. Doyo
Philippine Daily Inquirer
8:08 pm | Saturday, November 5th, 2011



The laying of hands: Fr. Momoy during a healing session

At three o’clock in the morning, while the world sleeps, troubled souls rouse this priest to relay important messages or confess their sins so they can move on gently and finally to eternity. The otherworldly messengers include Navy officer Phillip Pestaño who came back to tell the world that his death was not a suicide as some officials would have us believe.  Another group of souls gathered by the priest’s bedside and told him they were victims of the 2009 Maguindanao massacre.

The apparitions initially puzzled Fr. Efren Borromeo of the Society of Our Lady of the Trinity (SOLT). Affectionately called Fr. Momoy by Bicol folk, he thought it was just one of those things. “I was reluctant to recognize it,” he says. “I know saints have soul visitations, but I am not a saint!”

Ghostbuster, spirit questor or saint, the label doesn’t matter.  People whose lives he has touched agree that Fr. Momoy has the gift of healing the sick and seeing souls.  He also has the ability to see through human bodies and reveal with uncanny accuracy what ails those who consult him, just like the radiology method called MRI or magnetic resonance imaging.

Though not a medical doctor, Fr. Momoy has basic knowledge of the human anatomy and is in fact, on his way to becoming another kind of doctor. He is finishing his dissertation for a doctorate degree in cosmic anthropology at the Asian Social Institute in Manila.

His cosmic encounters do not scare him, Fr. Momoy confides. In fact, he considers them a nuisance. “I would ask, why do you have to come for confession? Why don’t you go direct to heaven? Nakakaistorbo kayo (You guys are a bother).”  But the souls continue to turn up at all hours of day and night.  â€œThat’s why I can’t drive,” he says. “I see dead people.”


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#37652
Weird and Extreme / Re: Baboy nga duha ray tiil
November 07, 2011, 02:32:47 PM
kalooy sad ana uy... hinaot unta nga photoshopped ra na.  :'(

#37653
Weird and Extreme / Re: Did you know?
November 06, 2011, 03:08:52 AM
notable cases of zoophilia:

# Kenneth Pinyan (2005, USA) - man died following anal penetration by a stallion. Police determined that no cruelty took place. Nonetheless, moral panic led to rapid introduction of laws in the state involved and a search for grounds to charge someone videotaping the incident with at least an offence of some kind.

# Sudan (February 2006) - man caught having sex with a neighbour's goat, is ordered by the council of elders to pay the neighbour a dowry of 15,000 Sudanese dinars ($50) and marry the animal.

# Cambodia (2005) - man caught having a "passionate embrace" in bed with dog, by wife, confessed he loved the dog more and they separated. Cambodian police commented: "As police, we could only solve the problem of his wife then wanting a divorce. We cannot solve the problem of his relationship with his dog, because under Cambodian law it is not strictly illegal... It is amazing, but this husband is not crazy. It seems he is a passionate human being who looked at a dog, and the more he looked, the more passionate he became."

# Wisconsin, USA (2007) - Bryan James Hathaway was convicted for having sex with a dead deer. The court case raised some interesting legal issues because the statute prohibits sex with animals, but not carcasses. The defence raised the issue that if a dead animal was an animal, at what point would it cease to be an animal.

-wikipedia

#37654
Weird and Extreme / Re: Did you know?
November 06, 2011, 02:56:05 AM
Historical and cultural context

Historically, European and western views on zoophilia can often be traced back to religious influences and more specifically to the Judeo-Christian-Islamic traditions under which it was viewed as an abomination and breach of God's will.

During the Middle Ages this led to people being burned for zoophilia activity, viewed on a par with homosexuality under the term "sodomy", as one of the most horrific acts possible from a religious point of view. Animals suspected were also put on trial and faced being killed if found guilty (See: Animal trial).

In other cultures, it was at times accepted, or tolerated, and at other times taboo or punished, and this varied very widely.

However an examination of Hittite and Near Eastern Laws (Akkadian/Sumerian) shows the bestiality was punished in these ancient cultures as well. For instance a Hittite law reads "If anyone has sexual relations with a pig or dog, he shall die. He shall bring him to the palace gate (i.e., the royal court). The king may have them (i.e., the human and the animal) killed or he may spare them, but the human shall not approach the king.

If an ox leaps on a man (in sexual excitement) the ox shall die; the man shall not die. They shall substitute one sheep for the man and put it to death. If a pig leaps on a man (in sexual excitement), it is not an offense."

Additionally "If a man has sexual relations with either a horse or a mule, it is not an offense, but he shall not approach the king, nor shall he become a priest." For further information Martha Roth's 'Law Collections from Mesopotamia and Asia Minor' is an essential text.

Because many cultures in Africa and the Americas did not leave written records, the evidence for zoophilia activity arrives to us through the observations of westerners. This can be problematic for creating an overall idea of practice vs. law in these cultures, just as observation among the practice of Bedouins in the 19th century may lead to incorrect conclusions regarding Islamic law since the former did not widely practice the latter despite being considered Muslims.

Thus written records are the best indication for what other cultures, such as India or China, have felt about human sexual activities with animals through the ages. Further research needs to be done in these areas but aversions to bestiality are not found only in the West, but also have been documented throughout the world, just as the widespread practice has been documented as existing side by side with laws condemning the activity.

In more recent centuries the subject was studied as a medical aberration, some form of throwback or degeneracy within medicine, and finally within the 20th century, came to be recognized as a sexual orientation in many cases. (wiki)

#37655
Weird and Extreme / Re: Did you know?
November 06, 2011, 02:49:16 AM
i have my doubts... about hubag's source and author, so i'm reading, reading, reading... and counter checking.  i smell some western bias here.

for starters (because it's the most accessible while i'm still trying to catch a glimpse of the lebanese and omani penal codes, if it's at all possible.):

Zoophilia is the spectrum of human-animal sexual interaction. Other than for breeding or veterinary purposes, in many countries humans are frowned upon if they interact with a non-human animal in this manner. Historically, sex with animals has been seen negatively in the West, generally either as a religious offense against God, or as a suspect or abusive act unsuited to the civilized world. Both of these are generally held societal views which persist to the present time.

A pivotal researcher in the field, Hani Miletski describes how: "Throughout the literature review, it is very obvious that authors perceive sexual relations with animals in very different ways. Definitions of various behaviors and attitudes are often conflicting, leaving the reader confused. Terms such as 'sodomy,' 'zoorasty,' 'zoosexuality,' as well as 'bestiality' and 'zoophilia' are often used, each having a different meaning depending on the author." Vern Bullough, a renowned professor emeritus who reviewed her work, states: "It seems clear from Miletski's summary of the existing literature that very little is actually known about bestiality and there is not anything approaching a consensus as to why animal-human sexual contacts occur... many of the existing reports and studies should be classified more as pseudo-science than serious research." (wiki)



#37656
fact 5:

turtles can breathe through their butts.

#37657
Quote from: hubag bohol on November 04, 2011, 09:35:43 AM
Hmm, nangatol ang bugan sa nag-prepare? ::)

not at all.  iya lang gilingkoran ang hamburger patties aron maluto ug dali. ;D

#37658
hubag



#37659
tb's own:

bugsay



#37660
ooops, sorry.  double ang posts kay di na man diay ko ka-modify at this time... and then suddenly nikalit lang ug tungha ang pic #2 sa reply #3...

(a tidbit for those who are not based in the country, the revilla clan holds the latest soap opera hit here.)

#37662
Quote from: Lorenzo on November 05, 2011, 11:52:33 PM
Naa diay monastery sa Guimaras, Iloilo? I wonder if the trappist monks there grow their own mangoes...because I know that Guimaras Island is renowned for their delicious home-grown mangoes.

from a former trappist novice (he ended up as a filmmaker), i learned that they do grow everything there in guimaras.

#37663
Quote from: hubag bohol on November 05, 2011, 09:28:41 PM

Promise you won't bite? ;D


can you tolerate a scratch?  ;D

#37664
preggy look pa si ondoy kunohay.  ang title sa libro, 'manliness' pa gyod. 

beer ra na uy, di tawon ka buntis, dong, gibilbil ka lang, hahaha!

 
#37665
Weird and Extreme / Re: Weird hairstyles...
November 06, 2011, 12:24:57 AM
Quote from: hubag bohol on September 16, 2011, 08:07:17 PM


Bwahaha! Angay nis way agtang! ;D

spoiler man.  pa-registeron pa ta aron makakita sa pic.  kontento na lang ko sa baki nga gipuli. kapoy register.


#37666
more macha...





#37667
more macho...





#37668
mga macha...





#37669
mga macho...





#37670




#37671
others have changed, too...


Daniel Radcliff aka Harry Potter

#37672
Music and Video / Re: The Little Drummer Boy
November 04, 2011, 11:34:29 PM
thanks.  no wonder it's a great version.

#37673

the young ramon revilla sr.


ramon revilla sr., now

#37674
The slain Ramgen Revilla, 23, was the eldest in a brood of nine that Revilla Sr. sired with ex-actress Genelyn Magsaysay. Ramgen is the half-brother of actor and Senator Bong Revilla, who is the eldest among seven children Ramon Sr. had with Azucena Mortel Bautista, who used Revilla's real-life surname.

Revilla Sr. apparently didn't see a need to hide his families from each other or from the public, which is the usual practice in other societies.

The Philippines' brand of moral conservatism has so far stopped efforts to promote reproductive health or legalize divorce, abortion or gay marriage.

But it didn't stop voters from electing a proud ladies' man like Revilla to two consecutive terms in the Senate.

Neither did church teachings have much effect on voters when they elected to the presidency by a landslide another multiple-family man by the name of Joseph Estrada.  (Howie Severino, GMA News)


http://www.gmanews.tv/story/237491/special-reports/
#37676
Shocking crime stirs interest in Agimat's prolific life

11/04/2011 | 03:37 PM


The Cain-and-Abel episode within the Revilla clan unfolding before the nation's eyes has stirred interest in ex-senator and screen legend Ramon Revilla Sr.'s prolific reproductive career. At last count, "Agimat", as he was known to his legion of fans, had 72 children with 16 different women, but he isn't quite certain of that number of progeny, according to his spokesperson.

Our infographic shows just two of his families, currently in the news. We had originally intended to produce a family tree, but the multiple families would have made it look more like an orchard.


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#37677
bahug pod baya kanang karaang uso sa mga restaurants.  giiningles lang ang ngalan; rice toppings.  mananakod diay ning mga bol-anon kun mao.  (hinoon, diha koy kailang german, gara kaayo siya kay mokaon siyag rice.  problema lang, iyang bahugan ug ketchup.  yikes!)

#37678
Music and Video / Re: The Little Drummer Boy
November 04, 2011, 09:07:46 PM
meow.  unbelievable... there are hundreds of versions of this song after all, from the trapp family singers to bing crosby, jimi hendrix, jo stafford, the canadian brass band, bob dylan, mariah carey, and justin bieber.  whew! 

#37679
Music and Video / Re: The Little Drummer Boy
November 04, 2011, 08:50:55 PM
The Legend of the Little Drummer Boy


Little drummer boy

After the wise men and the shepherds had left the stable a little drummer boy stood alone. A tear glistened in his eye for he was the only one who had not brought a gift. Without thinking he began to play his drum. Very softly at first, pa-rum-pum-pum pa-rum-pum-pum . . . then louder and louder PA-RUM-PUM-PUM PA-RUM PUM-PUM ... and in the humble manger the tiny Christ Child's head turned towards the sound and smiled. No longer sad the little drummer boy's heart sang for he knew that his was the greatest gift of all ... the gift of Love."


http://www.biophysicssite.com/
#37680
Music and Video / Re: The Little Drummer Boy
November 04, 2011, 08:45:40 PM
one of my favorite christmas songs.  whose version is this, lorenz?  ray conniff's or boney m's?  i'm now confused.

#37681
Weird and Extreme / Re: A human face in a testicle?
November 04, 2011, 08:35:32 PM
...and the favorite subject of a family album hereby talks? ;D



#37682
hey, be more forgiving.  give the guy a chance.  at least he's no serial killer.

#37683
Quote from: hubag bohol on November 04, 2011, 04:58:44 PM
Hmm, because of his music? Don't you think you're shortchanging the holy man? ::)

the holiness of this holy man (aka fr chic) i cannot fathom.  his music, though, is at least accessible.  :P

#37684
try. ;D

#37685
the poor guy had landed in the national news for all the wrong reasons, he can no longer afford to make another show of his folly.

#37686
one more reason why the dalai lama is one of my favorite world figures.

#37687
hear ye.  lisod komentaryohan kay morag igo man tang tanan, huhuhu... gawas tingali ni fr chic because of his music.  :'(

#37688
Weird and Extreme / Re: A human face in a testicle?
November 04, 2011, 04:49:35 PM
Quote from: hubag bohol on November 04, 2011, 04:33:18 PM
Basin tungod sa testicular cooling...  :P

that's kind.  for a while there i thought of testicular freezing.  :P



#37689
ang iring nga baje?

#37690
achso... de-la diay, not dila. ???

#37691
Health and Food / Re: Why You Should Eat a Raw Garlic
November 04, 2011, 04:30:42 PM
Quote from: hubag bohol on November 04, 2011, 04:12:07 PM
Hmm, maybe it will work for you when you're dried and crispy?  :-X

aherm, to be honest... dried, maybe; crispy, no.  hunit pa ni sa buwadsanga, mind you.  and now for the garlic... must it be raw?

#37692
paskang faeta kun ihawon na lang pod ang tawong tigulang, all in kindness to humans.  (unahon gyod tingali ko, huhuhu...)

#37693
abi nakog sa pag-neuter giputlan ug dila...

#37694
the wise man cometh?

#37695
Quote from: hubag bohol on November 04, 2011, 10:06:40 AM
Bitaw, labi na kon neutered... ;D

manghilabot gihapon ang tawo bisag neutered na siya?

#37696
Anonymous Diary Blog / Re: Ipagawas Ang Inyung Gibati
November 04, 2011, 02:38:52 PM
tuli bagbag na gyod...

#37697
Health and Food / Re: Why You Should Eat a Raw Garlic
November 04, 2011, 02:35:14 PM
must the garlic be raw?  i go for dried and crispy garlic...

#37698
Inspiration & Hope / Re: Mga Awit Ng Pakikibaka
November 04, 2011, 02:32:53 PM
favorite nako kay kining colegiala english version...

ibon ma'y may layang mag-fly-fly,
kulungin mo't siya'y mag-cry-cry...
bayan pa kayang very pretty,
ang di mag-wish-wish na free...


#37699
Inspiration & Hope / Re: Mga Awit Ng Pakikibaka
November 04, 2011, 02:30:15 PM
Quote from: hubag bohol on November 01, 2011, 03:20:17 PM
Hmm, nostalgia blues...

Way tambal sa kamingaw diha nga mga awit ng pakikibaboy? ;D


mga awit ng pakikikabaw baya gyod nang imong type, di ba?

#37700
Quote from: hubag bohol on November 03, 2011, 07:10:09 PM
Hmm, stroking a wet pussy might have the opposite result... ::)

thus i dare you to stop...