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kun pinoy pa ni si manoy, poster boy unta ni sa anti-rh bill, hehe.  maglabad gyod hinoon ang catholic church.

mora baya pod tog emirate of ajman's sheik sa united arab emirates nga ang usa sa atong past "bomba stars" (i forgot her name; she was a 1970s long-haired actress who was a 4th placer in a world beauty contest) is one of the wives.  mao nga wa na ta kadungog bahin niya.  hinipos siyag tarong in a palace of her own (all sheik's wives live separately and are given their own palaces).  nakaagi ko atong palasyoha.  ang kural morag way kataposan.  mas lapad pa kaayo kay sa kural sa marcos residence sa tolosa sa leyte.  imagine traveling from dimiao to valencia, unya puro kural imong makit-an nga neverending kay usa ra ka lote. 

akong biliban ni manoy kay naa poy babayeng mosugot.  kining dapita maoy di nako masabtan.  hinoon, klaro nga dependent ang mga wives, who obviously don't have careers of their own.  it may be safe to say that they agreed to the marriage for economic reasons.  in exchange, they become baby factories.  what i don't understand is how such a marriage can work.  will this global father divorce a wife who ends up not giving him any child at all?

if we must base claims on territories only on history (which we may know is written by the victors and by a nation's own historical perspective) and not on the current world order (like the UNCLOS I, II, III and the specific EEZ of 200 nautical miles from the baseline of a country, which did not exist in any country's ancient history), then the philippines would not stand a chance in its claim of part of the spratlys. 

ancient history is just that, history.  it is a people's past story that informs its identity.  but it need not be the basis for decisions amid current realities.  otherwise, what are most of the current americans doing in north america when that land once belonged to the native american indians?  and we don't even have to talk of sabah here, or gibraltar or the falklands.

rhetoric aside, it looks like the chinese are beginning to roar in confidence with its newly perceived economic might and rising role as a world power.  whew!  what would keep them from claiming the whole philippines, using the UNCLOS  200 nautical miles EEZ, once they do get to legitimize their claim of the whole spratly archipelago?  oh, they swallowed tibet using ancient historical claims too.         

hala, mora lagig suction sa tentacles ug kugita.

we should then be glad that you're back here, tohn.  we all heal, as you may already know.

wasn't it aeneas (in virgil's 'aeneid') who spoke the immortal line of "perhaps someday these things will bring their joy in remembrance"?  the fact that you now can talk about your heartbreak may mean that you're now past the worst of it, and you're probably smiling about it now.

i hope the same holds true with luckybelle, who i hope will soon come back here, like you.  keep on smiling.     

unsa man kunoy main bank sa ato ani nga atm?  i mean, pareha ba sa paypal nga through an eon account sa unionbank sa atoa...   

Quote from: hubag bohol on June 01, 2011, 11:17:46 AM
Just as in the case of humans, dangerous jud ni kon sobra, pero kon one shot lang...  

ang one shot sa tawo mora nag one gunshot sa iro.  ayaw na lang gyod paimna imong iro ug dom perignon.  

duda ko aning ulitawoha nga nalibog siyag unsang lioga ang iyang tapason; tua, nasayop hinoon, tsk, tsk tsk. 

Quote from: hubag bohol on June 01, 2011, 12:57:52 PM
Bwahaha! Naa tingali diay siyay hatagan nga gustong mopang-os!

Quote from: tohnichi007 on June 01, 2011, 01:01:43 PM

why man nikatawa na man lang si tohni?  kaw wa niya dawata ug dayon ang ihatag unta?

Quote from: bol-anon nga cebuano on June 01, 2011, 08:30:47 AM
section 20 bugnay, haponon ta ha.

hahaha!  lingawa nako aning section bugnay uy.  you had me there.

Quote from: hubag bohol on May 31, 2011, 09:12:51 AM

He he, The Shadow knows!



Tan-awa lang ang porma sa ulo...

hohum.  salig ra sa kawo aron ingnong tuli...

wa gyod hinoon ko madani anang facebook sukad kay gawas nga wa ko kasabot ana, di pod ko interesado nga sayon-sayonon ra kog pangita sa internet.  limitado akong contacts sa pamilya and a very few close friends, through emails and the telephone. 

and there's tb for me, which i feel has real people i could be comfortable with like nice next-door neighbors even if i don't get to meet them.  it took me two years of reading tb though before i decided to join.

addicted?  maybe.  how else would it be when i sometimes forget the time when i'm in front of the computer screen?

hehehe, siboan nako ang reply ni fr chic (below) to this formerly wrong posting that came out a doppelganger of another thread (see 'global father aims for 100 children'; marriage/family-parenting).

Another Marriage for Husband Killer

By Buck Wolf



Here's more proof that love is blind... and dumb: Sharee Miler, who is serving a life sentence for murdering her third husband is getting hitched again.

The best part: Her 56-year-old fiance first laid eyes on her last summer, while he was watching a true crime story about her on the Oxygen Channel's documentary series Snapped.

Miller, now 36, was convicted on conspiracy to commit first-degree murder in 2000, after enticing Jerry Cassady, a man she met on the Internet, to kill her husband.  Cassady later committed suicide and left information that landed Miller in jail.

Obviously, given the woman's track record with men, it was hard for her to trust again.  But nevertheless, she's planning to walk down the aisle again, even if it's in handcuffs.  How's that for a happy ending?

The honeymoon, however, will have to wait.  She isn't up for parole until 2055.


http://weirdnews.about.com/b/2008/04/01/another-marriage-for-husband-killer.htm

Global father aims for 100 children
Ajman, United Arab Emirates
May 31, 2011

By Gino C. Matibag




Meet Daad Mohammed Al Balushi, a 63-year-old global father from the United Arab Emirates.  Yes, he is global, as he wants to be called.  He is father of 90 children to date.

In June, two of his current three wives will give birth.  He promised in 2002 to go for the century mark before he diesâ€"and he is a few kids away.

Al Balushi said in a report by Khaleej Times, "Next month, by the grace of God, I will be the father of 92 children."

A retired UAE Armed Forces member of 20 years, global dad now has 60 sons, 30 daughters and 50 grandchildren from mothers that came all the way from Morocco to the Philippines.

"I’m a global father having children from one edge of the world to another.  All these were legitimate marriages.  Unfortunately, it is not allowed to have more than four wives at a time.  If allowed, I can manage 20 wives at a time.  Now I have three wives.  I will have my fourth wife after next week when I marry Rukhsana Arif from Pakistan."

The Sharia Law allows four wives at a time.  He would marry someone more fertile after divorcing one wife.

But don't worry, all his wives are well supported financially.  "I divorce them, but look-after them thereafter, like a separate house with full financial support.  Now, I have 17 houses with 17 families, all under my care."

First married at age 19, Al Balushi meets all his families at the same time in his Manamah home every week.

He said each wife receives equal time from him. "Every wife has a separate house to live with her children. Every house has a car and housemaids to look after the family."

As for his health, "I never eat frozen or canned food. I always go for the freshâ€"in fact my wives are also fresh because I never marry a divorcee or widow.  I cannot recall visiting a hospital for treatment."

But the prolific dad figured in a road accident in 1995 when he lost his leg.  He will travel to Jaipur, India in June for an artificial leg, and of course, look for a new bride.

Asked why he wants an Indian wife, global dad said, "India commands the respect of the world today.  There are many women around who want to marry me but I want an Indian girl as Indian women are humane, and well raised with solid values."

His father, Murad Abdul Rahman, lived up to 110 years old and had 27 children from four wives.

If he will have the same longevity, he can easily double his goal.


http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/

mag-unsa na man lang tawon ni siya inig kadako?  mopilit sa iyang dughan ang metal detector sa airport?  mosunod niya ang atm machine?  kun mo-fire siyag ak-47, mobalik niya ang mga bala?  kalizod.

mopilit diay ka ani niya, bai hubs.

di tawon no.  ang uban mapingki intawon kun makaigith.

(2) Are Avocados Really Bad for Dogs?
29 October 2010

After my last newsletter, in which I gave recipes for dogs that included avocado (you may see it in Sergei's video below) I have received many warnings from readers saying that avocados are bad for dogs, some people even said they are dangerous. I thank you all for taking the time to write to me, it inspired me to do some additional research and that is what I found.

There has never been any clinical studies done on if avocados are bad for dogs at least I could not find any trace of such research. The recommendations which states avocados are bad for dogs was created by the main manufacturers of  commercial dog food. I totally understand the motive these companies might have behind this claim. In one recommendation they say that avocados contain a toxin called persin, which could cause irritation of the digestive track in animals if consumed in significant quantities. The other source explained that avocados are dangerous for dogs because they could choke on the seed.

In 1998 my family lived for several months in Napa Valley, California, in a large avocado orchard. We witnessed daily  all the neighborhood dogs feasting on the abundance of avocados around the trees, and every night coyotes would come down from the hills and enjoy avocados as well. Our basset hound, Dasha, was not an exception. One thing we noticed was how beautiful and shinny Dasha's coat became from the avocado in her diet.

I also wonder how an avocado pit could be a concern for dogs, when golf course balls and other dog toys are similar in shape and widely used by all kinds of dogs.

Finally, there is one of the most caring dog food companies Avoderm that adds avocado oil to most of their products and have a picture of an avocado on their packaging. This company manufactures organic high quality pet food and has a great reputation with customers (and their dogs:).

I prefer to base my decision on what to feed dogs, firstly on my own observation and secondly on reliable scientific data. I am rather concerned by the advice given to me from the manufactures of pet food who routinely add to pet products questionable ingredients such as: Ground yellow corn, meat and bone meal, corn gluten meal, chicken by-product meal, animal fat (preserved with BHA/BHT), wheat mill run, wheat flour, Carmel Color, Wheat Gluten, Choline Chloride, dl-Alpha lPolyphosphate  Supplement, Thiamine Mononitrate , Biotin, Calcium Pantothenate, Zinc Sulfate, Copper Sulfate, Potassium Iodide, Added FD&C and Lake Colors (Yellow 6, Blue 2, Red 40, Yellow 5), and so on. All you need to do is look at the package of most pet foods in any store.

One of the best things I have learned from becoming a raw foodie is to go against the mainstream and not to trust everything the authorities tell me. Because we love our pets so much, it's another reason to question what 'they say'.

Love,

Victoria


http://greensmoothiesblog.com/are-avocados-bad-for-dogs/

most welcome, cuj.

actually there are just too many opinions about this fruit as food for pets, sometimes it does get confusing as to who and what to believe.  but since the list that i posted is of the humane society, i thought it would be safe for a pet owner to err on the side of safety.

here are samples of conflicting claims, both of which are believable:

(1) Avocados Are Dangerous to Dogs
The fruit’s leaves, seeds and bark contain a dog-unfriendly toxin.

While there are many foods that both humans and dogs can enjoy, there are others that â€" while perfectly safe and healthy for people â€" can be dangerous to our animal companions. One example of this is the avocado.

“Avocado leaves, fruit, seeds and bark contain a toxic principle known as persin,” according to Dana Farbman, CVT, of the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center. “The Guatemalan variety, which is the most common variety found in stores, appears to be the most problematic.”

The primary concern in dogs is gastrointestinal irritation, including vomiting and diarrhea. Typically, these effects are seen in dogs who have scavenged on significant quantities of fruit or branches.

If you suspect that your dog has eaten avocado â€" or any other potentially dangerous substance â€" call your veterinarian or the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center’s emergency hotline at (888) 426-4435 for 24-telephone assistance.

For more information on poison prevention, visit the APCC online.

http://www.dogchannel.com/dog-news/2006_11/2006_11-08news002.aspx
 

number 8 ang cutest.  bahala na nang uban dinha nga ang background maoy gitan-aw, bahala nang ga-post ani nga way laing tuyo, basta cute tanang kitties unya ang number 8 nga wa pay dunggan maoy cutest.

mahadlok man ko usahay aning imong mga posts, bai hubs.  pero unsaon man gyod intawon nga mga realities man ni.  di sad nako ikalimod nga makaon man gyod intawon ning ubang hayop nato.  ang paagi lang pagpatay nga humane ang himoong habit unta nato.  tan-awa ra god nang shark o, mora man nag naghilak ug dugo.

Quote from: hubag bohol on May 31, 2011, 06:02:06 PM
Mao ba? Di ba morag gayaya lang bugan aning kinantahan sa Lettermen? 

simbako!  bugnaw lang silag style, wa lubatlubata.  unya symphony orchestra pa gyod ang duyog, take note.

Quote from: hubag bohol on May 31, 2011, 05:28:27 PM
Ingon si Bay BolBuhol laylo una kuno siya, pero sigi siyag duaw diri. Mao kuno ni ang iyang response sa dedication...


FRANCO NERO (Gene Merlino as Lancelot's singing voice) - If Ever I Would Leave You (Camelot 1967)

this is my alltime favorite song.  hubs, mas gwapo ang version ani sa lettermen.  mor pa.

Quote from: chicogon on May 31, 2011, 05:21:58 PM
Karon kay rocking chair na lang  

kanang botaka, matod pa ni scarb long ago and far away sa usa niya ka mga threads?  to my mind maayo kaayo na ipuli-puli sa hammock by the beach at the bahamas.

hehe, rocker man sad diay ka, fr chic.

labad.

ni-enjoy kog liso-liso sa akong ulo aron makabasa, paskang.

two reasons, i suppose:

the dick that thought it did a good job in truth did not do a good job at all because of another dick, hahaha!

those who are congratulating are not hapyod girls!

an abused dog that was saved in the nick of time:

mora siyag si morris the cat, mora pod ug si garfield, aw, mora na lang god ug taga-tb.

Foods potentially poisonous to pets
The Humane Society of the United States




Some foods that are considered good for people can be very dangerous for pets. The list below highlights some of the most common foods that can be dangerous to animals. This is not an exhaustive list and any decision to provide your pet with food not specifically intended for animals should be discussed with your veterinarian or pet nutritionist. For more information on foods that could be dangerous to pets, visit the American Animal Hospital Association's Healthypet.com website.

The following foods may be dangerous to your pet:

    Alcoholic beverages
    Apple seeds
    Apricot pits
    Avocados
    Cherry pits
    Candy (particularly chocolate, which is toxic to dogs, cats and ferrets, and any candy containing the sweetener Xylitol)
    Coffee (grounds, beans, chocolate covered espresso beans)
    Grapes
    Hops (used in home beer brewing)
    Macadamia nuts
    Moldy foods
    Mushroom plants
    Mustard seeds
    Onions and onion powder
    Peach pits
    Potato leaves and stems (green parts)
    Raisins
    Rhubarb leaves
    Salt
    Tea (caffeine)
    Tomato leaves and stems (green parts)
    Walnuts
    Xylitol
    Yeast dough

This information was compiled from various sources.


http://www.humanesociety.org/animals/resources/tips/foods_poisonous_to_pets.html

pahinungod alang sa magnificent 7 + 1:

Baby Come Back - Player

(ambot uy sakto ba ning pagka-post ug youtube nakalimot na man ko unsaon di man god ko makakita ug youtube diri tungod sa kaluya sa internet...)

note:  the song is "baby come back"; mas arang-arang kay sa "wooly bully".

sexy and attractive smiling woman...

ayayay, imong ipasabot, gusto gyod nimog they have done wrong and they know it, bisag wa maghinulsol?  wa koy tawong nailhan ana, gawas tingalig sobra kapusong si banana republic.

is this up to your standard?

Quote from: fdaray on May 31, 2011, 01:03:33 PM
Please join me , basin diay ug moabot ang kwarta through ATM. Please use me as your referral para maka add ko ug dollars sa akong account.

i trust you, sir fd.  i just don't trust your source.  matod pa, the proof of the pudding is in the eating; well, the proof of your earned dollars is yet to come because as of now it cannot be eaten.  do tell us how it tastes when the time comes.  again, best wishes.

somewhere else there's hope...



Tusk ache

Indian dentists and a veterinary surgeon pose next to Devidasan, a 27-year-old bull elephant, after they successfully repaired the elephant's tusk in the first operation of its kind in the southern Indian state of Kerala. The innovative operation was conducted on November 3 by filling the 50cm (19.6in) long, 4cm (1.5in) deep crack with special resin. (AFP/Strdel)

art gyod tuod...



Venus dung Milo

A November 2010 photo shows a replica of the famed Venus de Milo statue -- made from panda dung, at an exhibition in Zhengzhou, central China Henan province. A former Swiss ambassador to China turned art collector has forked out 300,000 yuan (45,000 dollars) for the replica. (AFP/File)

hehe, makahuwat nimo ang -tion, fr chic.  payts lang una ka dinhag enjoy wherever you are.   

elly tran ha 10 years after.

unya, unsa man kunohay ni siya?  genius kay bagag antyohos?

gilayasan ug kaguran.

aw, scowl man kaha, na hala, diay scowl.  attractive?

wa gyod hinoon ko makakita ni alfred e. newman sukad nga wa magkatawa.

ang ginikanan nga careless ang angay panitan. 

imagined dialogue between p-noy and liang:

p-noy:  liang, kita mo naman, pare, iba yata ang history books at maps natin.
translator:  defense minister liang, we are warning you to keep away from our territory. 

liang:  sowe, p-noy.  i believe only awl histoli books.
translator:  no!  we own the whole of asia.

p-noy:  pwede bang lumayo muna kayo sa territory namin para maiwasan natin ang gulo?
translator:  don't provoke our military.  our air force has a force from alpha to delta all the way to omega, and they can fly with or without airplanes!

talawan ning mosukol lang kun klarong modaog.  mosukol ta kay atong katungod nga mosukol.

david never thought he had enough muscle to fight goliath.

palihog, bugs.  apil sa petition.  where you are, kahibawo kong kinaham ang iro ug iring, huhuhu.

daghang salamat, botoy.  daan pa lagi ko nga gwapo ka.   next, please?

Quote from: bugsay on May 31, 2011, 10:31:28 AM
gikan tawon na sa mabangis sa panagsangka, ug kasamtangang gi tagamtam ang kadaugan.

aw, bisag ako na man lang, kun unlan ray akong kontra, modaog gyod koh.

fellow tblanders, may i request for a minute of your time to check the link below.  it is a petition for china's animal welfare law.  if you're up to it, and i wish and hope that you are up to it, kindly join the thousands of signatories who are appealing to the chinese government and its embassies for the law to be passed.  your signature matters as one more voice to add to the shout.  hallelujah! 

please?

http://www.change.org/petitions/message-to-china-pass-animal-welfare-law-for-western-acceptance

Animal welfare in China

Off the menu

The right to eat cats and dogs is under threat
Feb 25th 2010 | Beijing | from the print edition



AT THE National People’s Congress, the Communist Party decides what laws to draft and when they get passed.  But public pressure is beginning to count, too.  An attempt to persuade the Congress to ban the eating of dog- and cat-meat has captivated the Chinese press and caused an uproar.

A proposed animal-rights law, circulated in draft last September by Chinese activists and legal experts, would be the first of its kind in a country where animal welfare rarely seems a priority.  Pigs destined for slaughter are often seen crammed excruciatingly tightly in cages on the backs of lorries.  In safari parks visitors happily pay to dangle live chickens into lions’ dens, or even to have a live calf dragged by its legs behind a jeep past ravenous tigers.  But a fast-growing middle class, despite enjoying gory outings, is also fond of pet dogs and cats.

This creates conflict with ancient eating habits.  Dogs are a popular dish in many parts of China, not least among ethnic Koreans in the north-east.  Dog restaurants are also common in Beijing. Many believe that eating dog helps keep the human body warm in winter.  Cats are popular in southern China.  The sweet-tasting meat has been served to your correspondent, diced into small cubes reassembled in feline form with fur-stripped paws sticking in the air.  The wretchedness of its foreshortened life was left to the imagination.

Dogs were once banned in many urban areas, but in recent years the government has caved in to soaring demand.  For each household Beijing still has a one-dog policy and decrees that they must not be taller than 35cm (14 inches).  They are nonetheless ubiquitous.

The proposed law would make the “illegal consumption or sale” of dog- or cat-meat punishable by a fine of up to 5,000 yuan ($730) or imprisonment for up to 15 days.  But opponents are still many and vociferous both in the press and online.  Dog-eating, they argue, is a time-honoured tradition and China is not yet ready for Western-style prissiness about consuming such animals.  Perhaps, they suggest hopefully, the word “illegal” could be taken to mean that there might still be a legal way of killing cats and dogs for the table.  The Congress admitted two years ago that better laws were needed to prevent cruelty to animals.  But this one is not yet on the agenda.


http://www.economist.com/node/15580840

purya nang gargoyle!  haraw matagak unya gukdon ug paakon ang gahimo.



sorry, you underestimated me, you gargoyle sculptor!

cool.  mora man ug nahiluna ang kag.

Quote from: Lorenzo on May 31, 2011, 03:25:33 AM
A Chinese Frigate firing a SAMS missile during a military exercise in the South China Sea , close to the disputed territory with the Philippine Republic. China does not recognize the Philippine's Claim to the Spratlys and the Scarborough Shoal.

thank heavens neither does the philippines or any other country recognize china's claim of all of the spratlys.

kanang naa sa left, second row, hitsurag nagburahi.

nitoo na ko, nitoo na ko.  no wonder we don't need to know his name.  but thanks to assange just the same.

yes, you, magnificent seven + one.  it would be great if you come back with your written thoughts and opinions, crazy or otherwise.  (the crazier, the wiser, hehe.)

makatubag kaha si hubag kun siyay pangutan-on kun asa na ning iyang mga papards?

hahaha!  ig-agaw ra man diay sa teenage mutant ninja turtles kay may-ong may-ong baya ug mga dagway.

more on the profile---

There are sure to be awards and honorifics, all done in private. But the shooter is likely looking for some moments of peace, a way to completely remove himself from the pressure cooker. “These guys can one day be killing on the other side of the world and then mowing the grass 24 hours later,” Smith says.

But given the chance, he’ll almost certainly want to get right back into the action, to feel the rev of adrenaline again. “He keeps going,” Marcinko predicts. “He wants to prove that it wasn’t a fluke.” He’ll be thinking: “Let me prove I really did know what I’m doing.”

When the next helicopter is fueled and ready to whirl away, Greitens says, the Unknown Shooter will “be the first one running for the helo.”


http://www.washingtonpost.com/

Quote from: hubag bohol on May 31, 2011, 09:40:42 AM
He he, dili baya daghan ang usual suspects ani...

maayo untag di na lang sila magtakoban by raising their right muscled arms...

“This is playing in the Super Bowl and getting the Oscar all in one breath. He wants credit,” Marcinko supposes of the shooter who felled bin Laden. “But only among his peers.” Many SEALs consider themselves “humble warriors,” Greitens says.

But among his colleagues, the shooter’s identity will be well-known. And right now, he’s probably in for some locker-room-style ribbing.

“They’re gonna hard-ass him,” Marcinko says. “It’ll be, ‘If I’d have been there, it’d have been done in 20 minutes instead of 40 minutes.’ ” Smith can envision the shooter’s pals razzing him about the precise location of the shot. But, in the culture of the SEALs, it’s not as if he won’t push back. He’ll come back at them, Marcinko says, with something like: “Talk is cheap. I did it. I left my mark in the sand.”


http://www.washingtonpost.com/

Chances are he’s keeping score. Smith, who served in the SEALs from 1991 to 1999, got together recently with five Navy SEALs, some of whom he’d served with and others whom he’d trained. “They were responsible for 250 dead terrorists,” Smith says. “They know their number.”

But there are terrorists, and then there are TERRORISTS. Bin Laden falls into the latter category. It’s hard to imagine someone not wanting to take credit for such a significant kill. Yet revealing SEALs’ identities would make them targets for al-Qaeda sympathizers and would also make it difficult or impossible for them to participate in future secret operations.

The identities of other key players in the war against terrorism remain anonymous. No one has identified the troops who slapped cuffs on Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein or named the pilots who dropped the bombs that killed Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, head of al-Qaeda in Iraq. Times have certainly changed. Another era’s military history-makers were frequently publicly identified â€" Paul Tibbets, the pilot of the Enola Gay, the plane that dropped a nuclear bomb on Hiroshima, wasn’t a mystery. But this is a different kind of war â€" a kind of perpetual, amorphous conflict â€" one much less likely to see a formal declaration of peace. Also it’s likely the shooter’s superiors would forbid him and his colleagues to reveal his identity.


http://www.washingtonpost.com/

to continue with the profile---

On this point, Greitens departs a bit. “You can’t make a lot of physical assumptions,” says the author of “The Heart and the Fist: The Education of a Humanitarian, the Making of a Navy SEAL.” There are SEALs who are 5 feet 4 and SEALs who are 6 feet 5, Greitens says. In his training group, he adds, there were college football studs who couldn’t hack it; those who survived were most often men in good shape, but they also had a willingness to subsume their concerns in favor of the mission.

The shooter’s probably not the crew-cut, neatly shaven ideal we’ve come to expect from American fighting forces. “He’s bearded, rough-looking, like a street urchin,” Marcinko supposes. “You don’t want to stick out.” Marcinko calls it “modified grooming standards.”

His hands will be calloused, Smith says, or just plain “gnarled,” as Marcinko puts it. And “he’s got frag in him somewhere,” Marcinko says, using the battlefield shorthand for “fragments” of bullets or explosive devices. This will not have been the shooter’s first adventure. Marcinko estimates that he might have made a dozen or more deployments, tours when he was likely to have run afoul of grenades, improvised explosive devices or bullets.


http://www.washingtonpost.com/

Quote from: islander on May 31, 2011, 09:30:22 AM
Marcinko puts it in more conventional terms: “He’ll be ripped,” says the author of the best-selling autobiography “ Rogue Warrior.” “He’s got a lot of upper-body strength. Long arms. Thin waist. Flat tummy.”

angay diay tang makuyawan aning tblanders nga bodybuilders. 

He’s likely between the ages of 26 and 33, says Marcinko, founder of the elite “SEALs Team 6” â€" now known as DEVGRU â€" that many believe led the assault on bin Laden’s compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan. He’ll be old enough to have had time to hurdle the extra training tests required to join the elite counter-terrorism unit, yet young enough to withstand the body-punishing rigors of the job. The shooter’s a man, it’s safe to say, because there are no women in the SEALs. And there’s a good chance he’s white, though the SEALs have stepped up efforts to increase the number of minorities in their ranks, Marcinko and Smith say. A “positive thinker” who “gets in trouble when he’s not challenged,” Marcinko suspects, a man who “flunked vacation and flunked relaxing.”

He was probably a high school or college athlete, Smith says, a physical specimen who combines strength, speed and agility. “They call themselves ‘tactical athletes,’ ” says Smith, who works with many prospective SEALs in his Heroes of Tomorrow training program in Severna Park. “It’s getting very scientific.”

Marcinko puts it in more conventional terms: “He’ll be ripped,” says the author of the best-selling autobiography “ Rogue Warrior .” “He’s got a lot of upper-body strength. Long arms. Thin waist. Flat tummy.”


http://www.washingtonpost.com/

as they say, no one will ever know.  but here's an attempt by former SEALs.

Who shot bin Laden? Former SEALs fill in the blanks

By Manuel Roig-Franzia
May 3
Washington Post

Who shot Osama?

He’s out there somewhere, an instant icon in the annals of American conflict, the ultimate big-game hunter. But an enigma, too, his identity cloaked for now, and maybe forever.

He is the unknown shooter. The nameless, faceless triggerman who put a bullet in the head of the world’s most notorious terrorist.

Yet there are clues, and the beginnings of a portrait can be pieced together from scraps gleaned from U.S. officials. A trio of former Navy SEALs â€" Eric Greitens, Richard Marcinko and Stew Smith â€" helped us fill in the blanks, drawing from their experiences to develop a kind of composite sketch of an elusive historic figure in real time.


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naunsa si ondo... swerte siya nga wa kilati. 

arang tapolana sa tag-iya ani.  hasta sa papanotbras kinahanglan ang tibuok kapupod-an.   

ako, fenk.

abi ninyog kamo ray manotbras?  hah!

Quote from: hubag bohol on May 31, 2011, 05:47:32 AM
Bugtong...

bugtong nga anino?

Animal Welfare Law in China and the "Cat Killer"

   


Second Chance Animal Aid is totally opposed to the torture and abuse of any animal for any purpose.  This includes the recent horrific animal “squishing” by Heilongjiang Province nurse Wang Jue.  Although using the excuse of depression after a failed marriage to allow her to be convinced to film this disgusting, fetish video, SCAA believes there is no excuse whatsoever that can justify such blatant acts of cruelty.

Note: both the nurse and the video producer have lost their jobs (the producer was a cameraman at a provincial TV station), but without any animal welfare legislation in place in China, neither have been arrested; in the United States and most of Europe, there would have been at least a minimum fine imposed and/or arrest, conviction and jail time.

Perhaps, on the only upside of this barbarism, public revulsion against the recent spate of acts of cruelty to animals in China (which have been highlighted and well publicized on the internet recently) seems to be generating a momentum for the enactment of animal welfare laws, which presumably will allow for the punishment of people involved in acts of deliberate cruelty.

According to Shanghaiist Blog it would seem likely that laws may first be enacted at regional level--and according to the Hainan Animal Protection Association, welfare laws will be enacted on Hainan Island by the end of this year.

Any movement towards the enactment of welfare laws for animals in China is good news--and anything at all would be better than the current situation.

Animal Welfare in Taiwan

The Taiwanese Animal Protection Act was passed in 1998, imposing fines up to NT$250,000 for cruelty. Criminal penalties for animal cruelty were enacted in 2007, including a maximum of 1 year imprisonment.


excerpted from Wikipedia

Animal Welfare in Hong Kong

As of 2010, Hong Kong has supplemented or replaced the laws against cruelty with a positive approach using laws that specify how animals should be treated.  The government department primarily responsible for animal welfare in Hong Kong is the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD).

Laws enforced by the AFCD include these:

•   the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Ordinance (also enforced by the police)
•   the Public Health (Animals and Birds) Ordinance (including regulations for licences imposed on livestock keepers and animal
        traders and a Code of Standards for Licensed Animal Traders)
•   the Dogs and Cats Ordinance
•   the Pounds Ordinance
•   the Rabies Ordinance
•   the Wild Animals Protection Ordinance

In addition, the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) does the following:

•   enforces the Public Health and Municipal Services Ordinance, which includes regulations for slaughterhouses and wet markets
•   publishes a Code of Practice for the Welfare of Food Animals (which describes their transport)
•   publishes Operational Guidelines for the Welfare of Food Animals at Slaughterhouses

The Department of Health does the following:

•   enforces the Animals (Control of Experiments) Ordinance.
•   publishes a Code of Practice for the Care and Use of Animals for Experimental Purposes

As of 2006, Hong Kong has a law titled "Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Ordinance", with a maximum 3 year imprisonment and fines of HKD$200,000.


excerpted from wikipedia

Animal Welfare in China

As of 2006 there were no laws in China governing acts of cruelty to animals.  In certain jurisdictions such as Fuzhou, dog control officers may kill any unaccompanied dogs on sight.  However, the People's Republic of China is currently in the process of making changes to its stray-dog population laws in the capital city, Beijing.  Mr. Zheng Gang who is the director of the Internal and Judicial Committee which comes under the Beijing Municipal People's Congress (BMPC), supports the new draft of the Beijing Municipal Regulation on Dogs from the local government.  This new law is due to replace the current Beijing Municipal Regulation on Dog Ownership, introduced in 1889.  

The current regulation talks of "strictly" limiting dog ownership and controlling the number of dogs in the city.  The new draft focuses instead on "strict management and combining restrictions with management."  There are no government supported charitable organizations like the RSPCA, which monitors the cases on animal cruelty, so that all kinds of animal abuses, such as to fish, tigers, and bears, are to be reported for law enforcement and animal welfare.

In September 2009, legislation was drafted to address deliberate cruelty to animals in China. If passed, the legislation would offer some protection to pets, captive wildlife and animals used in laboratories, as well as regulating how farm animals are raised, transported and slaughtered.


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gross!   what silly things businessmen can think of...  glad the banana republic never thought for a moment of helping himself to this (at $765 a silly bottle?  that's the ultimate in thoughtlessness!) otherwise we would have had a face-off in court.  heaven forbid! 

you've come a long way, baby.

hahaha!  kay di man matago ang unlan, ang tag-iya na lay wa magpaila.  paskang hubaga gyod nimo uy, hubs.

whew!  we may not be beethoven, but aren't we glad we ourselves were not aborted?  so why should we not give the unborn the same chance we were given?

Quote from: bol-anon nga cebuano on May 30, 2011, 04:29:12 AM
yehey, 4 years old na ang TB. nursery 2 na atong grade level. next year pohon kinder 1 nata. 

pag-abot nato ug grade 1, paabuton ta ka unya sa atong section 20 bnc, ha?

Quote from: hubag bohol on May 30, 2011, 07:20:33 AM
Itlog ang gasakit...

naa diay?

hahaha!  kinsa man tawon nang tawhana nga morag tungaw kadak-a?  tblander ba na siya?

maayo gyod bitaw na nga mechanic si gerry (my tabby cat).  trained ug tarong, bikini wear not necessary, ug di pa gyod siya high-maintenance.

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hahaha!  angay tingali ka mokumpisal pa usa ka makakita sa post ni bugsay. 

alien frog is not far behind.

aw, sorry.  gahigda na lang gyod ka diay tungod sa kasakit sa almoranas.

Quote from: Way Nada on May 29, 2011, 09:06:59 PM
So Ramos, Enrile and the whole military establishment once followed a leader who was an idiot.

your conclusion.  i don't think anyone here ever said that marcos was an idiot until this particular post of yours. 

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Ninety nine percent of the laws decreed by Marcos are still in effect until today. Marcos is long gone in Philippine politics but his laws and legacies linger on.

this is a repeated ad nauseam anthem quoting lazaro... funny that if this were so, and it was so, your great author of laws himself deigned not to obey his own laws judging from the crimes of plunder, never mind murder, that he's accused of.  besides, it's not as if he was a pioneer of lawmaking by inventing those laws for the first time.  sure, these linger on, including his legacies, good and bad, and rightly so, these being a part of our history as a nation.  for good or ill.   

so did hitler have followers and supporters.  and they were not idiots.

Quote from: hubag bohol on May 28, 2011, 08:12:43 AM
Maayo na lang diay tong among silingan sauna nga kon mouli nga hubog, jerjer ang pangitaon. Matod pa sa asawa, kon magabhian gani iyang bana, maghubo na lang siyang daan og panty kay kon dili, nah, langkat jud, kaas kaayo...

duha ray hinungdan ani.  una, di kaya ni banang palahubog kun di siya hubog.  ikaduha, maayong mohimo ug estorya ni si bai hubag.  angay ni siyang kuhaon nga editor sa banat, hahaha!

Quote from: hubag bohol on May 28, 2011, 12:49:19 PM
Mora mag nakujawan...

si kinsa?

ayaw na lang suwayi, sir fd, please. 

naglikay kog basa sa mga posts ni hubag.  nalipong kong gatan-aw sa pictures lang, huhuhu.

fourth anniversary tblander:  hubag bohol (for holding the record of 34113 posts as of today, 29 may 
                                       2011, sunday, 4:00 pm, philippine time)


imagining hubag bohol smiling through it all; smiling still bisan tingalig gialmoranas na ug liningkod aron makadokdok ug tb.

congratulations, bai hubs!  onward, one-man brigade!   

fourth anniversary flower:  geranium

FOUR'S THE CHARM.

the other name of fourth anniversary:  linen


fine linen


natural linen


stone linen


linen viking tunic


fourth anniversary gemstone: blue topaz

it may have been last month (?), but i think the TB is now four years old?

moral lesson:  kun makig-eyeball kinahanglan daghan mo, sama pananglit sa eb dinhi sa tb.  mao nga ikaw bai bugs, likay gyod nga mag-inusarang makig-eyeball.

patuga pa lagi ug minyog bata; di man diay makaya ang torture sa imagination.   

gikagid gikatlan nangalkal gikabahong.