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Quote from: vrglguapo on June 24, 2011, 04:27:17 PM
Hala Bira Islander,latusa sa tsenilas nga Islander...

bakya man ning akong gisul-ob karon, naa unyay mohagtok nga bagol-bagol...

apologies well taken, rj10, though i must say i was more disappointed than offended.  

it's nice to know that you are with a charity organization.  you do your job, the priest that you encountered does his.  

you must be aware of the current controversial reproductive health bill that's pitting our catholic church against congress.  that's democracy at work.  a thorough discussion on this appears in two threads in this forum some months back, if i remember it right.  if you have the time, kindly go over those threads (sorry i missed their titles).

may i just ask you two questions because your job, which you've mentioned, includes support for "responsible parenthood", like the distribution of condoms and possibly contraceptives and lessons on how to avoid unwanted pregnancies---

why is it that rich western countries who use funds to encourage their womenfolk to reproduce some more are now using their funds to support countries such as mine to do the opposite?  

are you aware that it's big western pharmaceuticals that are behind the birth control (now euphemistically called "reproductive health") lobby and that they stand to gain the most in terms of sales?        

so you've taught those girls in leyte how not to be pregnant.  would that you also taught them how to be disciplined human beings by emphasizing the importance of curtailing human desires during periods of fertility.

yes, rj10, i have read the bible, though i must admit my reading is not as thorough as that of a bible scholar.  what i know though is that to truly understand what the bible conveys, one needs the gift of discernment, which we may not have at all times, if at all. 

but such is the mystery of faith.  we believe in a merciful divine being which no human mind can fully grasp.  faith does not require intellectual superiority.  i cannot imagine a merciful god who will deny grace to illiterates who cannot even read a single word.  thus would i say that i can believe in divine benevolence without even knowing the difference between the writings of luke and mark or that the malachi i know happens to be our neighbor's dog.   

hehe, at least, gitugyan na ni meldz sa ginoo.  di na tingali ta nila samokon aning ilang hero.

too bad, rj10.  your exposure is so limited, whether it's with bible readers or with pregnancies. 

there are many filipinos you haven't been lucky enough to meet who can leave you black and blue with their knowledge of the bible.  just because you failed to see any sense in the bible doesn't mean that others failed as much.  besides, faith, like salvation, is a very personal journey.  we chose to trek a certain path and because it does us good, then it must be good. we do not question that. 

in terms of percentage to the total population, there are more catholics in ireland and france, where there's divorce, than there are catholics in the philippines, where there's no divorce.  please note that while the catholic church frowns on divorce, it does not in any way hamper its practice when it becomes a law of the state.  our country, indeed, has a clear separation of church and state.  we need to be clear with our understanding of such separation though because the church, just like any organization, has the right to express its opinion on things that affect its flock.  an organization of businessmen or security guards can express its opinion on laws that have direct bearing on its interests, so why not our church where the majority of us belong anyway?   

yes, we don't have divorce in my country.  would that it stays that way.  it does not make us any less as a people, if you bothered to know.  (by the way, what we have is annulment.  as a last resort, it gets into the very heart of the union of husband and wife; it's harder to get because it means no marriage existed to begin with while divorce means a marriage ceases to exist.  that's a whale of a difference and is not to be trifled with.)   

as for pregnancies, unplanned and careless as they come, these are the exceptions and not the rule, like everywhere else, surely including the country where you come from.  carelessness is a universal human frailty and is not a monopoly of filipinos.

meanwhile, there must be something in our country for you to decide to live here.  your limited exposure doubtless limits your perspective, but while you're here, wouldn't it be more civilized of you to see our strengths rather than our weaknesses?  i mean, why generalize?

correct me if i'm wrong, but judging from the way you write, your first language isn't english.  i hazard to guess that you must be from continental europe then, which means you belong to a race whose history is peppered with a thousand years of mutual slaughter and, probably not satisfied with your own borders and peoples, went on to other lands, including the place where you are now, to subjugate my own ancestors who were keeping their peace in their own idyllic world. 

funny that it took murder and mayhem for your kind of civilization to get at where it is now.  lucky me for being filipino.  i don't have to live down such historical baggage.

could be peaches and cream.  puro lang sour.

Quote from: bol-anon nga cebuano on June 05, 2011, 07:16:07 AM
section abihid nalang tang tanan.

suya ko ani da.  wa na ko kaila; buwak ba ni o prutas.  motumaw gyod hinoon usahay ning atong kaignoy bisan unsaog trying hard... wa man ni molugwa sa bisaya dictionary... hulagway ug abihid bi, kinsay malooy dinha...

contest tag nganlanay ug section sa klase!  si bnc ang mohatag sa prize, yeheeeey!

If you talk with the animals, they will talk to you and you will know each other.  If you do not talk with them, you will not know them.  And what you do not know, you will fear.  What one fears, one destroys.  â€" Chief Dan George

Reader comments on the abandoned monkey and pigeon story were along these lines:

    •  Humans could learn a little something from this unlikely twosome: Tolerance, unconditional love, and respect for someone or something that’s very different than us.

    •  If only humans could be so kind and loving towards one another and take the examples of these beautiful animals, we would be in a much more pleasant state of living than we are now!

    •  I wish the human race would put aside its differences and live happily alongside one another like animals do.  We're supposed to be the superior race. What rubbish!

    •  Two species worlds apart and they find common ground and companionship. Pity us so called civilised humans can't do the same.


© 2009 Suzanne Duarte
http://dharmagaians.org/5-2.Animal%20Allies.html

The abandoned monkey who has found love with a pigeon
13th September 2007



    They're an odd couple in every sense but a monkey and a pigeon have become inseparable at an animal sanctuary in China.

     The 12-week-old macaque - who was abandoned by his mother - was close to death when it was rescued on Neilingding Island, in Goangdong Province.

    After being taken to an animal hospital his health began to improve but he seemed spiritless - until he developed a friendship with a white pigeon.

    The blossoming relationship helped to revive the macaque who has developed a new lease of life, say staff at the sanctuary.

    Now the unlikely duo are never far from each other's side, but they aren't the only ones to strike up an unusual friendship.

    Earlier this year a pig adopted a tiger cub and raised him along with her piglets because his mother couldn't feed him.

    And in 2005 a baby deer named Mi-Lu befriended lurcher [dog] Geoffrey at the Knowsley Animal Park in Merseyside after she was rejected by her mother.


© 2009 Suzanne Duarte
http://dharmagaians.org/5-2.Animal%20Allies.html

True human goodness, in all its purity and freedom, can come to the fore only when its recipient has no power.  Mankind's true moral test (which lies deeply buried from view) consists of its attitude toward those who are at its mercy: the animals.  And in this respect, mankind has suffered a fundamental debacle, a debacle so fundamental that all others stem from it. â€" Milan Kundera

Now that we’re paying attention -- now that humans are ruling the planet and we know that animals are in trouble -- animals are showing us once again, as they did in the distant past, how to behave towards others. Paul Shepard argued persuasively in his many books that the early development of humans was tutored by animals.  From them we learned how to hunt and how to live together.  We observed and imitated them.  They are our elders, evolutionarily speaking.   Shepard felt strongly that the human mind, and particularly the brain, is actually that part of us most dependent on the survival of animals.  In his view, living animals are a necessary part of the mental growth and maturity of humans. (excerpts)


© 2009 Suzanne Duarte
http://dharmagaians.org/5-2.Animal%20Allies.html

It is unlikely that animals are doing things now that they haven’t always done.  Perhaps animals in captivity are crossing species lines, out of desperation, that they haven’t crossed before.  But studies of social animals in the wild show that mammals and birds demonstrate compassion, empathy, and a whole range of emotions that used to be considered the sole provenance of humans.  In any case, the significant paradigm shift is occurring in humans, not in the animals.  We are just discovering that our emotional capacities came to us through the evolution of mammals.  We are realizing that humans are not separate, and we are not the only beings with souls. (excerpts)  


© 2009 Suzanne Duarte
http://dharmagaians.org/5-2.Animal%20Allies.html

How we treat animals is how we treat our souls. â€" Carolyn Casey

Almost as in a fairy tale, communication and caring is taking place between humans and animals, in both directions, that is waking humans up to our kinship with other animals and to our own animal souls.  We are re-discovering that animals have feelings and emotional needs and responses very much like ours.   (Some of us wonder how anybody could have thought otherwise.)  And, because we are now observing them with more curiosity and attentiveness, more empathy, they are mirroring our own feelings and emotional needs. (excerpts)


© 2009 Suzanne Duarte
http://dharmagaians.org/5-2.Animal%20Allies.html

Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened. â€" Anatole France

fighting a liar                                                lighting a fire
you hissed my mystery lecture                       you missed my history lecture
cattle ships and bruisers                                battle ships and cruisers
nosey little cook                                           cosy little nook
a blushing crow                                            a crushing blow
tons of soil                                                  sons of toil
you've tasted two worms                              you've wasted two terms
our shoving leopard                                      our loving shepherd
a half-warmed fish                                        a half-formed wish
is the bean dizzy?                                         is the Dean busy?


ttp://www.fun-with-words.com/spoon_example.html

figure out these spoonerisms:   

    Drain Bamage
    Bater Wottle
    Right Facism
    Sparking Pace
    Bass Ackwards
    Chilled Greese
    Joking Smacket
    Teepy Slime
    West Bestern

talking dog kaayo sa?

modern gyod kay nag-pogo stick man tingali na, hahaha!

first-tier biological weapons:

A 33-year-old Wentzville, Mo., woman, very upset by the death of her new Chihuahua puppy in June 2006, pushed her way into her breeder's home before 6 a.m. to get a new puppy. When the breeder managed to get the woman out of her house, the irate intruder began beating the breeder over the head with the dead animal. When neighbors called police, the woman finally left, yelling threats and waving the tiny carcass out of the sunroof of her car.

David Havenner, 41-year-old Port Orange, Fla., man was charged with battery in July 2004, after he allegedly hit his girlfriend with a three-foot-long live alligator and then threw empty beer bottles at her when she tried to run away. Havenner, who kept the gator in his tub, told police that his girlfriend, Nancy Monico, started the dispute when she bit him that morning. Havenner was ultimately convicted and sentenced to six months in jail; the alligator was released into the St. Johns River.


http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/

A father and son operating a convenience store in DeLand, Fla., in June 2008 found themselves facing a robber armed with a palm tree frond and a flip flop. The robber demanded money from the clerks, threatening them with his leafy weapon, until a customer chased him away with a stool. Useless as his weapons may have been, police still charged Gelando Olivieri, the alleged robber, with armed robbery.


http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/

Just before Christmas 2006, Ronny White, left, got into a road-rage confrontation with Keith Ramsford, right, near Fort Pierce, Fla. The altercation escalated until White allegedly pulled out a pair of deer antlers he happened to have in his car and attacked Ramsford with them. White was charged with aggravated assault, and Ramsford with aggravated battery with a motor vehicle.


http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/

In Gary, Ind., as Pamela Johnson, 50, was walking towards her car on Jan. 24, 2009, she was approached by a woman asking for money. When Johnson denied the request, the panhandler produced a foot-long stone crucifix and began beating Johnson with it on the head. Johnson sustained some head injuries and was treated at a nearby hospital.


http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/

When Kimberlee Ann Cole, 18, found her 24-year-old boyfriend Joel Goldsmith smoking crack in the bathroom on July 11, 2008, she allegedly beat him with a toilet seat. The Fort Pierce, Fla., couple's housemate called the police, who discovered blood all over the bathroom in which the fight took place. Cole was charged with domestic battery, and Goldsmith, whose lacerations can be seen in the mugshot above, faced a cocaine possession rap.


http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/

21-year-old Christian missionary Christine Cloud was preaching the Gospel in the historically gay neighborhood of the Castro in San Francisco in November 2008, as she had been doing with her group for three years. Cloud was singing "Amazing Grace" when she was hit in the head with her own bible by a gay rights activist. Cloud chose not to press charges.


http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/

versus



and the winner is...!

kay nahuman na man kog food weapons nga true, adto na pod ko sa laing weapons nga di makaon...


Outside a Hamburg, Germany, train station, police surrounded a man wielding a samurai sword in October 2006. As the suspect swung his sword, an officer deflected his blow with a broom, giving the others enough time to take him down.


http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/

fish attack!


San Diego police arrested 24-year-old Nicholas Anthony Vitalich in June 1999 after he allegedly hit his girlfriend Carly Lauren Juengel several times outside of a supermarket with a large fish. When police arrived, they found the slippery weapon on the ground, but Vitalich was long gone. When one of the officers located Nicholas, he attempted to escape several times and was pepper sprayed.


http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/

In an Oklahoma prison, 39-year-old inmate Ernesto Hernandez-Rosales, right, decided in November 2004 to settle a beef by using pork. Hernandez-Rosales, serving an eight-year sentence for marijuana distribution at the Lexington Correctional Center, allegedly tried to stab 21-year-old Jermaine Portillo, left, in the eye with a sharpened pork chop bone. Portillo, in prison for armed robbery, was not seriously hurt.


http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/

high-carb assault:




Two 24-year-old Tucson, Ariz., men were charged with criminal damage, disorderly conduct, vandalism and assault without injury, after flinging custard pies at conservative commentator Ann Coulter as she gave a speech at the University of Arizona in October 2004. The culprits, Phillip Edgar Smith, left, and William Zachary Wolff, claimed to have been throwing the pies at Coulter's "ideas, not at her."


http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/

When high school student Joshua Hickson, 19, of Wenatchee, Wash., learned in September 2008 that his lunch mate had a peanut allergy, he apparently set out to verify this claim. Hickson grabbed a peanut butter and jelly sandwich and rubbed its contents on the forehead of his allergic peer. Fortunately, the victim of the nutty assault did not suffer a reaction, but Hickson was charged with assault.


http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/

Quote from: hubag bohol on June 23, 2011, 02:31:23 PM
Kon frozen pa, bukol jud...

kun thawed na, unya isungsong sa ilong ug baba, mas kuyaw ba kaha? 

When 21-year-old Antonio Vasquez arrived at a Fresno, Calif., home with the intent to rob it on Sept. 6, 2008, he came prepared. Brandishing an 8-inch sausage and a jar of all-purpose seasoning, Vasquez stole $900, hit one of the residents with the meat baton several times, and threw the seasoning into the face of another. Police quickly found Vasquez in an orchard nearby because he left his shorts, with his ID in the pockets, at the residence.

http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/

An unnamed 15-year-old boy from South Carolina was the admitted culprit in a one-sided vehicular food fight, in which he allegedly threw a burrito out of a moving Dodge, sending it splattering all over the car and clothes of one John Addie. Addie, who had been driving along in his Honda when the flavor explosion ruined his day, was not amused by the juvenile prank. The teen terror was arrested and put in jail, where he was picked up by his dad.


http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/

a steak is a steak is a steak, until...




In Dunnellton, FL., a pre-dinner argument about bread escalated to a physical altercation when 53-year-old Elsie Egan, who insisted on sliced bread, allegedly hit Peter Schabhuttl, her roll-loving boyfriend of 16 years, on the head with an uncooked steak. Schabhuttl, 49, a disabled cancer patient, described the 10-16 oz. raw weapon to police, who took Egan to jail, leaving her meat-beaten beau to make his own bread choices.


http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/

lahig tripping si manoy kay light bulb man nang iyang giusap.  naka-shot na tingali nig 20.  sunod ani manggukod na nig itik kay makaingon siyag pareha ka-seksi sa iyang girlpren... kadol-kadol dayon sila...

sa akong banabana, kun naay pay cute froggy nga ikaupat, di ba kaha bunyagan ni raqz ug enzoi?

wowie!  cute gyod tuod ang duha.  it looks like it's the little girl who will grow up to be a good christian.

mora gyod si prince nicolai ug si leo namo diri, without the armband.  among gipunit si leo ug dalidali kay ituwa diay sa buhi nga buaya sa among naadtoan nga hotel, purya gaba.  nagkurog kong maghunahuna nga morag i-basketball sa baba sa buaya.  karon dia siya sa among restroom kay gamay pa man.  pinangga kaayo si leo ni banana republic kay hanggaw nga bright, makalingaw.

mas bilib gyod kog human sa 1 glass of water before or after a shot of hard drink, tunlon ug apil ang glass, maoy chaser.

Nyx the blind library cat is at the Chesterfield County Public Library in Virginia.  Nyx was born with no eyes and had surgery to sew her eye sockets shut.  She navigates by echolocation, and seems to be doing well.  Like all cats who live in libraries, she is obviously spoiled.

Animals with Jobs/Library Cats: Feline Book Experts-1

The most famous kitty to dwell in the den of the books is probably Dewey Readmore Books, of Spencer, IA.  Dewey's fame reached worldwide status, and condolences came from all over the world when he died in 2006.  His obituary appeared in hundreds of newspapers.



The book, Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World  by Vicki Myron, made the New York Times bestseller list and is being made into a movie with Meryl Streep.

Vicki has a new feline friend now, named Page Turner.  Originally, Page Turner was reported as female, but turned out to be male.  Page is not a library kitty, but Vicki's own cat.  Like Dewey, Page was a stray, and is a tabby and also resembles Dewey quite a bit.   Unlike the Spencer library's cat, however, Dewey Decimal is a female.  Her human could no longer take care of her, so now she spends her days surrounded by books, typing and using the phone.


http://www.cat-lovers-only.com/

congratulations, raqz!  such creative names you can think of... they even rhyme!  i hope hoboi, bugsoi and chikoi grow up as good christians.

sorry for the unwitting omission.  (the data are not mine to add to or subtract from or to circumcise, hehe.)  by the way, don't other types of scars result to the opposite of shrink, like, say, those keloids?  

Prevalence
(or statistics of circumcision)

One-sixth (1/6) to one-third (1/3) - estimates of the proportion of males that are circumcised worldwide

The WHO has estimated that 664,500,000 males aged 15 and over are circumcised (30% global prevalence), with almost 70% of these being Muslim.  

Circumcision is most prevalent in the Muslim world, parts of Southeast Asia, Africa, the United States, the Philippines, Israel, and South Korea.

It is relatively rare in Europe, Latin America, parts of Southern Africa, and most of Asia and Oceania.

The overall prevalence of circumcision in the UK is 6% according to the WHO's estimates.

Prevalence is near-universal in the Middle East and Central Asia.

The WHO states that "there is generally little non-religious circumcision in Asia, with the exceptions of the Republic of Korea and the Philippines".

The WHO presents a map of estimated prevalence in which the level is generally low (< 20%) across Europe, and Klavs et al. report findings that "support the notion that the prevalence is low in Europe".

In Latin America, prevalence is universally low.

Estimates for individual countries:

         Spain, Colombia and Denmark less than 2%
         Finland 0.006%
         Brazil 7%,
         Taiwan 9%
         Thailand 13%
         Australia 58.7%.

The WHO estimates prevalence in the United States and Canada at 75% and 30%, respectively.

Prevalence in Africa varies from less than 20% in some southern African countries to near universal in North and West Africa.


excerpts from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circumcision

The Roman Catholic Church formally condemned the ritual observance of circumcision and ordered against its practice in the Ecumenical Council of Basel-Florence in 1442.  The Church presently maintains a neutral stance on circumcision as a medical practice.

Circumcision is customary among the Coptic, Ethiopian, and Eritrean Orthodox Churches, and also some other African churches.  Some Christian churches in South Africa oppose circumcision, viewing it as a pagan ritual, while others, including the Nomiya church in Kenya, require circumcision for membership.  Some Christian churches celebrate the Circumcision of Christ.  The vast majority of Christians do not practice circumcision as a religious requirement.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circumcision

In Islam, circumcision is mentioned in some hadith (it is referred as Khitan), but not in the Qur'an.  Some Fiqh scholars state that circumcision is recommended (Sunnah); others that it is obligatory.  Some have quoted the hadith to argue that the requirement of circumcision is based on the covenant with Abraham.  While endorsing circumcision for males, Islamic scholars note that it is not a requirement for converting to Islam.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circumcision

Circumcision in cultures and religions

In some cultures, males must be circumcised shortly after birth, during childhood, or around puberty as part of a rite of passage. Circumcision is commonly practised in the Jewish and Islamic faiths.

Jewish law states that circumcision is a 'mitzva aseh ("positive commandment" to perform an act) and is obligatory for Jewish-born males and for non-circumcised Jewish male converts.  It is only postponed or abrogated in the case of threat to the life or health of the child.  It is usually performed by a mohel on the eighth day after birth in a ceremony called a Brit milah (or Bris milah, colloquially simply bris), which means "Covenant of circumcision" in Hebrew. It is considered of such importance that in some Orthodox communities the body of an uncircumcised Jewish male will sometimes be circumcised before burial.  Although 19th century Reform leaders described it as "barbaric", the practice of circumcision "remained a central rite" and the Union for Reform Judaism has, since 1984, trained and certified over 300 practicing mohels under its "Berit Mila Program". Humanistic Judaism argues that "circumcision is not required for Jewish identity."


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circumcision

Circumcised vs Uncircumcised

Even though over 12,200 circumcisions happen in the UK every year for medical reasons, the operation is something of a mystery to many members of the population and there are a variety of myths surrounding it.

The procedure itself involves removing the foreskin with a scalpel to leave the glans permanently exposed, before the lower edges of remaining skin are then stitched back together and questions are invariably asked about cleanliness and protection from nasty diseases.

Does circumcision mean you’re cleaner? The foreskin protects the glans of the penis and is full of glands which contain oils called smegma that keep the head of the penis moist and lubricated. This smegma is anti-bacterial so it keeps germs at bay so the absence of a foreskin would tend to suggest that hygiene might become a problem. However, as long as you are washing your penis every day, circumcision makes no difference to cleanliness.

Can circumcision reduce your risk of STIs and cancer? The theory is that circumcision slightly reduces your risk of getting penile cancer which is often caused by the wart virus. There is some evidence to show that less circumcised men carry the wart virus than uncircumcised men so there is a reduction in risk but not an absence of it.

Penile cancer is very rare but circumcision as a child does reduce the risk further and circumcised men often have less STIs, but this is no substitute for wearing a condom.

Does circumcision affect sex? After circumcision, the skin covering the glans changes from very delicate and thin to much tougher keratinised skin â€" like the difference between hands that regularly do housework and those that live a pampered life. This means that the glans of the foreskin becomes less sensitive and, therefore, it can affect the sexual experience for those who have the operation when they are older.


http://sipep.org/circumcised-vs-uncircumcised

Circumcision confers a lifetime of medical, health and sexual benefits. At least 1 in 3 uncircumcised males will, over their lifetime, develop a condition requiring medical attention. This means various degrees of suffering and some deaths. In contrast, circumcision can prevent or greatly reduce the risk of most of these medical conditions. The surgical risk of a circumcision in a modern setting is extremely low, while the long-term functional and cosmetic outcomes are generally excellent. Circumcision of the male partner also confers substantial sexual and medical benefits to a woman, by reducing her risk of disease, suffering, medical treatment and premature death.

It is hoped that this review will have proved important informative to medical practitioners and health workers, thereby enhancing the quality of information that they can impart to parents of male children and to adult men. It should also prove to have educational value to others, especially the parents of boys, but also adult men, whether circumcised or not. It is hoped that as a result of reading the information presented herein the choice that has to be made concerning circumcision, especially of infants, will be a much more informed one.

Although there are benefits to be had at any age, they are greater the younger the male. Issues of “informed consent” may be analogous to those parents have to consider for other medical procedures, such as whether or not to immunize their child. The question to be answered is “do the benefits outweigh the risks?” When considering each factor in isolation there could be some difficulty in deciding. However, when viewed as a whole the answer to whether to circumcise a male baby must surely be “YES”. Nevertheless, everybody needs to weigh up all of the pros and cons for themselves and make their own best decision. Hopefully the information provided herein will help in the decision-making process.


http://www.circinfo.net/summary.html

Lack of circumcision:

• Is responsible for a 12-fold higher risk of urinary tract infections in infancy. Risk = 1 in 20 to 1 in 50 for uncircumcised infants and 1 in 200 to 1 in 500 for circumcised infants. Higher risk of UTI at older ages as well. Overall lifetime cumulative prevalence of UTI = 1 in 3 for uncircumcised males compared with 1 in 20 for circumcised males, respectively.

• Confers a higher risk of death in the first year of life (from complications of urinary tract infections: namely kidney failure, meningitis and infection of bone marrow).

• One in ~400â€"900 uncircumcised men will get cancer of the penis, which occurs more than 20 times more commonly in uncircumcised men. A quarter of these will die from it and the rest will require complete or partial penile amputation as a result. (In contrast, invasive penile cancer never occurs or is extraordinarily rare in men circumcised at birth.) (Data from studies in the USA, Denmark and Australia, which are not to be confused with the often quoted, but misleading, annual incidence figure of 1 in 100,000).

• Higher risk of prostate cancer (50â€"100% higher in uncircumcised men)

• Is associated with 3-fold higher risk of inflammation and infection of the skin of the penis. This includes balanitis (inflammation of the glans), posthitis (inflammation of the foreskin), balanoposthitis (inflammation of glans and foreskin), phimosis (inability to retract the foreskin) and paraphimosis (constriction of the penis by a tight foreskin that will not return after retraction). Up to 18% of uncircumcised boys will develop one of these by 8 years of age, whereas all are unknown or much rarer in the circumcised. Risk of balanoposthitis = 1 in 6. Obstruction to urine flow = 1 in 10â€"50. Risk of these is even higher in diabetic men.

• Means increased risk of problems that may necessitate 1 in 10 older children and men requiring circumcision later in life, when the cost is 10 times higher, the procedure is less convenient, and the cosmetic result can be lesser, as stitches or tissue glue are required, as compared with circumcisions done in infancy.

• Increases by 2â€"4 fold the risk of thrush and sexually transmitted infections such as human papillomavirus (HPV), genital herpes (HSV-2), syphilis, chancroid, Trichomonas vaginalis and thrush.

• Is the biggest risk factor for heterosexually-acquired AIDS virus infection in men. 2 to 8-times higher risk by itself, and even higher when lesions from STIs are added in. Risk per exposure = 1 in 300.

• In the female partners of uncircumcised men lack of male circumcision is associated with an up to 5 fold higher incidence of cervical cancer (caused by sexually transmitted HPV), genital herpes, Trichomonas vaginalis, bacterial vaginosis (formerly called “Gardnerella”), and possibly Chlamydia (which is a cause of pelvic inflammatory disease, infertility from blockage of fallopian tubes, and ectopic pregnancy).
Getting circumcised will result in:

• Having to go through a very minor surgical procedure that carries with it small risks.

• Improved hygiene.

• Much lower risk of urinary tract infections.

• Much lower chance of acquiring HIV, the AIDS virus, heterosexually.

• Virtually complete elimination of the risk of invasive penile cancer.

• Slightly lower risk of prostate cancer.

• More favourable hygiene for the man’s sexual partner.

• Much lower risk of cervical cancer and Chlamydia (and thus infertility and other problems) in the female sexual partner.

• More favorable sexual function and experience, with no reduction in sensation during arousal or in the sensitivity of the flaccid penis.

• A penis that is regarded by most men and women as being more attractive.


http://www.circinfo.net/summary.html

Circumcisions: Jewish, Muslim groups oppose ban

Phillip Matier,Andrew Ross, Chronicle Columnist
Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Nothing like a proposed ban on circumcision to bring Jews and Muslims together.

Local chapters of the Jewish Community Relations Council and Anti-Defamation League are teaming up with a couple of practicing Jewish and Muslim families to file a lawsuit demanding that San Francisco's elections director remove the highly publicized circumcision ban from the November ballot.

The lawsuit, which is expected to be filed today in San Francisco Superior Court, argues that circumcision is a common medical procedure regulated by state law - and that it has no business being decided by city voters.


http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/06/21/

Quote from: ben on June 21, 2011, 08:39:26 AM
Makes sense to cut it off for hygiene if you live in a desert where you can rarely wash.  Pero diri sa Bohol daghan tubig, ngano man tuli?

maybe they want it cleaner than clean? 

angay gyod tuod siya nga ma-podiatrist.

sure ko nga kanang 38 wives at any one time (kay ang usa tua ni ziona kay morag puli-puli man tingali ni sila, turno-turno) manglibak sa ilang one and only husband.

Quote from: bugsay on June 22, 2011, 08:07:03 PM
aron apilon pod ang itlog ug hikot?

hahaha!  ikaw na lagi ang paki-itlog ron, di na akoh!

ako na lang, ako na lang na ha?  iabot man god tag kalooy ug palabihan ug tudos ang baki, labi nag klaro nga way chance kun tininuod-on ni you-know-who.  naa ra bay baki nga mahimong prinsipe.  hinoon, naa poy prinsipe nga mahimong baki.

morag duha ray hinungdan aning pagkabala ni bugsay sa kanyon...  superman nga gitapol gakinahanglan nag tigtugpo o di ba kaliwat ni siya ni dolphy.

wa niy hulagway?

p.s.  uy, naa diay.  dugay lang nitumaw... unsa man tawon ning hitaboa uy. 

ajaw, ajaw ninjo i-boycott ang products of china!  di ba diay mo mopalit sa mga furniture nga designed by bugsay, a bol-anon from balingsya?  made in china tuod nang atong pinalit, pero wa nato hibaw-i nga bol-anon diay ang naghimo.

Quote from: bugsay on June 22, 2011, 07:10:12 PM
bugsay : bala sa kanyon
hubag : bala sa baynte dos

bala sa kanyon?  kadtong karaan nga lingin?  na, itlog man na...

bala sa baynte dos?  dakoa god kun kang hubag.  eskopita tingali imong gipasabot.  lingin gihapon tuod ang bala, pero morag bojangjang kadak-a, hahaha!

Animals with Jobs

Library Cats: Feline Book Experts

Library cats are a popular sight in public libraries across the US and around the world.  The majority of patrons seem to be in favor of the feline bookworms.  Not everyone is always happy about their presence, however, often citing allergies as a problem.
Still the number of cats doing book duty has risen over the last 25 years.

Despite some protesters, many libraries have taken on cats, sometimes more than one.  Those with cat allergies are left to deal with them on their own.

bad.  real bad picture.  the person responsible for this is what my friend lorenz will call a pervert. 

nagpraktis kog gamit ug rows and columns, grids and blocks sa computer most of the day.  paskang, mora man kog nabuktot.

hilom mo uy.  the real story behind this picture is a lot more benevolent than what your imaginations suggest.  hehe, abi na lang kay ang inyong mga junior morag bala kadak-a...  

Quote from: Lorenzo on June 21, 2011, 11:54:57 PM
I never claimed to be perfect, from from it. My post was a necessary post to answer to an old man's ranting and indirect rude comments.

Now. back to the thread. Please.

this thread does not involve only your condemnation of a guy you've never met who's now dead.  while he claimed to be some sort of a god, in your humility meanwhile you give the impression that you're a good christian.  how christian can one be if one mocks another faith, such as your rude comments about the hindu faith?  (please bother to review your posts on this; i believe these are the ones hubag had reacted to, which you now label as hypocrisy.  maybe it's time to learn nuanced language, symbolisms, and elegant english?)

i hope you haven't lost sight of the fact that forum readers are not illiterate.  you ridicule the hindu faith and now you want us to believe that this thread is only all about your rants against sai baba who does not even represent that faith?

For a brief time in 2010, the Klee Brasserie restaurant in New York City served cheese made from the owner's wife's breast milk.


http://i.huffpost.com/gadgets/slideshows/28555/slide_28555_288843_large.jpg?1307553433690

From 'Attack Of The Killer Facts': Grossest And Weirdest Facts Ever
by  Eric Grzymkowski
Humor Writer
06/ 8/11



Nearly all humans experience pinworms, a parasite that causes itching around the anus, at some point in their lives.  To determine if you have an infestation, have a partner gently touch around your anus with tape while you sleep, when the worms are most active. They will stick to the tape and should be visible.


http://i.huffpost.com/gadgets/slideshows/28555/slide_28555_288826_large.jpg?1307552718308

Quote from: hubag bohol on June 20, 2011, 07:02:22 AM
Naay nahiagtang ani, pero gapadingol-dingol lang... 

di man god siya lapad ug agtang, mao tingali nga didto naigo sa apapangig.

Quote from: Lorenzo on June 21, 2011, 11:14:17 PM
Your hypocrisy never ceases to amaze me. Why, you've hijacked this thread.  6-8 pages worth was your 'wholesale grandstanding'. lol.

"A Wise Person Once Said if You Point a Finger at Somebody, Three More Are Pointing Back At You"  (also from lorenzo)

jawohl!  lorenz answers himself! 

from another non-expert observer:

1.  the jewish lobby and its contribution to election campaigns in the u.s. are not to be trifled with.  thus, the u.s.'s support for israel is understandable in the realm of geopolitics.  even bibi netanyahu had lately dared to preempt barack obama on his policies, right in the u.s. president's home turf!

2.  the cold war, as exemplified by the u.s.-u.s.s.r. ideological rivalry, is a thing of the past.  neither country need to court other countries now just to shut each other's influence out.  (an aside:  the late former president marcos, like the other dictators then), was famous for playing the u.s.s.r. and the u.s. against each other, "threatening" the u.s. with u.s.s.r. concessions when he wanted to get his way with the u.s.)

3.  we have an existing mutual defense treaty with the u.s.  consider this diplomatese of u.s. ambassador to the philippines harry thomas jr:

“We are strategic partners. We will continue to consult each other closely on the South China Sea, Spratly islands and other issues,” the envoy said. (http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/16368/us-ambassador-thomas-reaffirms-philippine-us-ties)

4.  growing up in a culture that gave us the illusion (no thanks to the u.s.) that we can't stand by ourselves without big brother u.s. had also given us this self-pitying attitude.  maybe we should outgrow this soon?  a neighborhood bully clenches his fists and we at once look around for a bigger bully to punch him for us?         

tsk, tsk.  luoya pod tawon ani niya nga mora man ug gigukod ug malas.  pasakahan pa gyod ug kaso.  samot.  hinaot unta nga naay laing amerikano nga makatabang ani niya kun di man galing siya matagad ug dali sa ilang embassy.

Quote from: magbalantay on June 20, 2011, 10:01:59 AM
      kaw na lang bai. pait man magsige ta ug pata-as sa atong pisi. sa trato pa perteng buotana murag dili jud kabu-ak ug plato. di gud motingug perme lang : smile gamay, yes mahal, etc...pagminyo na batasan tigre diay sige grrr....brrrrrrr. nawala ang hmmmm aaaahhhhhhh

masulod man god pod ang baye sa tadyaw... arang kabuotan ni laki sa trato pa, sigeg paayon-ayon, pinangga kaayo si baye.  ayay, pagminyo ang magsigeg apong ni baye sa una kay barkada namay apongan.  ang di kadagpak ug lamok, punching bag man diay ang tinan-awan sa asawa nga nakaamgo ra gyod nga aron siya mabuhi, kinahanglan nga mahimo siyang tigre.    

Quote from: hubag bohol on June 18, 2011, 04:12:18 PM
He he, di na lang ko mo-comment diri. Tanan "correct", basin ako ra unya ang "wrong"...

wrong!  correct baya ka.

gasalig kay di patented ang ngan...

di sad ko mokawat ana uy kun ako pay car thief uy.  how obvious naman... awto nga nagtangag ug swimming pool?!  wa pa gani hibaw-i kun sumpay ba ani sa gitangag kanang building nga puti nga naay inodorong nabali, hahaha!

a slain-by-the-holy-spirit couple:

Slain by the Holy Spirit

This is one of the experiences in the Charismatic movement that defy the traditional beliefs of many Catholics. When someone prays over another person, sometimes he or she receives a touch of the Holy Spirit and falls to the ground. The person is filled with great peace; it is an encounter with God in a very serene atmosphere. Somehow the person is disconnected with reality and enters into a state of joy in the Lord.

Of course we must not believe everything we see, specially when some people fake the experience or when some of the people who pray push the others to the ground. We are not talking about this here.

To be slain in the Spirit is a true experience when the right people are involved and when the Holy Spirit makes His manifestation; the ways of the Lord are above our ways and the wind of the Spirit blows where it pleases [John 3:8]. It is very easy to condemn what we don't know says St. Peter.[2 Peter 2:12]

David and the high priests fell on their faces when they saw an angel standing between earth and Heaven [1 Chronicles 21:16]

Ezequiel came before the Presence of God and He fell upon his face [Ezekiel 1:26-28]

Daniel also had a similar experience, He lost his strength [Daniel 8:17-18]

When St. John the Apostle had his encounter with Our Lord, he fell at His feet, feeling as dead. [Apocalypse 1:17]


http://www.theworkofgod.org/library/Joseph/H_Spirit5.htm

Quote from: Loaynon SVD on June 20, 2011, 05:14:48 PM
a  filipino priest came here sa among seminary diri sa Germany. ang balita sikat daw siya nga Healer. daghan jud nangari diri nga mga Pinoy kay magpaheal. ipatong nija ijang kamot sa ulo unya matumba ka ug kalit, mawad-an kadiyot ug panimuot. maka amaze pero sometimes youll come to a point nga mo doubt pod ka kung tinuod ba jud nga naay healing.

i've seen this "event" many times, loaynon, in charismatic prayer sessions.  i believe they call it "slaying".  i understood such as manifestations of one of the gifts of the holy spirit.  (a fact that i presume you know much more about because of your theological studies.)  

though i'm not part of the movement itself (i've attended enough sessions to conclude that it's not for me), i believe it's real.  the trajectory of the fall defies the laws of physics, to my mind.  it's too sudden and too unbelievable for a conscious human being not to show any instinctive reaction to break his fall.  

i suppose the healing part is another matter.  some people can heal, some can't.   

i go to both medical doctors (thankfully, i'm covered by medical insurance) and faith healers (where there's no insurance) whenever i can.  either way, where one fails, the other makes up for.   

oo, motuo kog faith healing.  bisan unsaon pa ta ug tambal ug medical doctor, kun di ta mo-cooperate by believing we will be healed, then we cannot be healed.  that's faith. 

but to go back to the definition of faith healing as posted by hubag (reply #1), yes to that, too.  there are just too many accounts of such miracle (and thus inexplicable in scientific terms) healings for anyone to disregard.  naturally, it is up to us to distinguish honest-to-goodness faith healers from the charlatans.  come to think of it, aren't there charlatan medical practitioners too?     

Quote from: hubag bohol on June 20, 2011, 05:58:53 PM
Kaduhaduhaan ang healing part, pero ang pagpatumba morag tinuod jud ni. Diha koy nahibaw-an ani sauna nga, if he willed it, makapatumba kon mahikapan niya ang tawo. If I recall correctly, he was neither a priest nor a supposed healer.

duda kog kusgan tong motud tawhana da...

grrrrrrr!  time to enforce the 1998 law to its full extent. 

save the apologies for the pitiful and helpless puppy, you savage. 

is cruelty to animals and the internet the new "in" things for insecure teenagers to bask in their own 15 minutes of fame? 

may unggoy kong hubog
maayo rag panghambog
sa sinumbagay dayon lup-og
kay humok diay siyag liog.



hubogang kuya uy!

may unggoy kong siaw
iyang ulo arang kasinaw
ganahag sigeg tiaw-tiaw
kay hubag iyang panan-aw.

di ba kaning tawo nga mokaon ug iro makatimaho gyod ang mga iro mao nga dumtan ug usigon gyod?  kini si bugsay kun mokaon man galing ug iring, inig eb amo puhon, mongiyaw gyod ko.  ug mangamras pa gyod.  sige, bantay gyod mo... 

Quote from: hubag bohol on June 15, 2011, 05:29:31 PM
Photogenic ka, oi, bisan derriere ray nigimaw...

concerned diay kag derriere?  why man?  gusto tingali nimong klarohon kun neutered ba o di?

Quote from: chriswise on June 17, 2011, 09:04:09 PM
nya,ha,ha,1 yr,jod,,he,he,,hangyoon nakog usa kilo bulinaw gikan sa bawingsya,,sugot lagi ni ,,,,,,

suporta ko ani.  akong mga iring di kaayo ganahan ug manok.  mas malipay silag bolinaw, fresh or baked.  no-no gyod hinoon ang ginamos, bahalag gikan sa valencia, bohol o valencia, spain.

Quote from: hubag bohol on June 17, 2011, 09:22:23 PM
Iyang favorite song? Sirit na ko bay. Unsa man?

manok kong baki-ke, hilabihan, ohhhhh, baki-ke... pikpik to the ground...