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Invocation of Mary

Not only do we honor Mary; we also invoke her or ask her intercession. Some objectors say that we should pray to God alone. Well, Catholics certainly pray directly to God, for they regard the Our Father as the best and most beautiful of all prayers and frequently recite it. But they pray also to Mary, asking her to intercede for them with her divine Son.

Our non-Catholic friends ask one another’s prayers, and in this we praise them. But, if I may say to a sinner on this earth, and he may say to me, another sinner, "Pray for me," for what reason may we not say to the sinless Mother of God enthroned in heaven, "Pray for us"? If St. Paul asked the Romans to "help him in their prayers for him to God" (Rom. 15:16); if he wrote to the Thessalonians, "Pray for us," why may we not ask Mary, who is far holier and nearer to God than the Roman and Thessalonian converts, to "pray for us"? In fact, we read in the Old Testament that God positively commanded Eliphaz and his two friends to go to the holy man Job and seek his intercession: "My servant Job shall pray for you; his face I will accept, that folly be not imputed to you" (Job 42:8 ).

Therefore Catholics act aright when they say: "Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death."

Scripture Teaches Devotion to Mary

I ask you, my dear friend, to read carefully the first chapter of the Gospel of St. Luke, verse 26 to verse 55. It is very hard to understand how any Christian can study this passage and then refuse to honor Mary. Why, the "Hall Mary," which Catholics love to address to the Blessed Virgin, is explicitly given there; part of it was said by the angel Gabriel and part by Elizabeth. The angel was inspired by God and Elizabeth "was filled with the Holy Ghost" (v. 41). Let us put together the words that the angel Gabriel and Elizabeth addressed to Mary: "Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with thee: blessed are thou among women" (v. 28). "Blessed are thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb." Here we have the salutation that Catholics address to Mary. The only addition we have made are the two names, "Mary" and "Jesus." So that, in saying the Hail, Mary, Catholics are explicitly following the Bible. I shall deal with the second part of this prayer presently.

You will notice, my dear friend, that Mary in that sublime canticle known as the Magnificat, which is recorded by the inspired writer from verse 46 to 55, declared: "Behold from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed" (v. 48). Who, I ask, fulfills this prophecy: those who refuse to apply the adjective blessed to the Virgin Mary, or Catholics, who love to call Mary the Blessed Virgin?

By: Fr. M.D. Forrest M.S.C.


Before explaining to you, my dear friend, Catholic doctrine and practice regarding the Blessed Virgin Mary, let me state two truths that the Church teaches most emphatically: (1) God alone, the Supreme, Infinite Being, must be adored. To adore any creature, however exalted, would be to commit idolatry. It is simply absurd and also grossly unfair to say that Catholics adore Mary. (2) Jesus Christ alone is our Mediator of Redemption. He alone, by his supreme sacrifice, of infinite value, redeemed and ransomed mankind.

What Honor May be Shown to Mary?

If God alone is to be adored, if Christ alone is to be worshiped as our Mediator of Redemption, may any honor be shown to Mary, the Mother of Jesus, and, if so, what kind of honor?

There is an innate law engraven on the human heart that dictates that special honor should be shown to creatures who are clothed with a special dignity. Children must honor their parents; servants must revere their masters; soldiers must respect their officers; subjects must show loyalty to their rulers. God himself has, in fact, positively commanded, in his revelation to man, this honor that the natural law prescribes. Our non-Catholic friends, following reason and accepting the teaching of the Bible, cannot but admit this principle or truth. Thus it is as clear as day that, besides the supreme honor that we give God, and which we term adoration, there is an inferior honor that we not only may but must show to all creatures who are clothed with special dignity.

What, then, must be said of our duty of honoring the Blessed Virgin Mary, whose dignity as far transcends that of any other creature as heaven excels earth? . . .

Of all creatures Mary has the unique privilege of adoring her own Child. To Mary alone can God the Son address the sweet title Mother! What a marvelous dignity, then, was conferred on the humble Virgin of Nazareth!

Christian tradition can name at least seven reasons for fasting:

From the beginning, God commanded some fasting, and sin entered into the world because Adam and Eve broke the fast.

For the Christian, fasting is ultimately about fasting from sin.

Fasting reveals our dependence on God and not the resources of this world.

Fasting is an ancient way of preparing for the Eucharistâ€"the truest of foods.

Fasting is preparation for baptism (and all the sacraments)â€"for the reception of grace.

Fasting is a means of saving resources to give to the poor.

Fasting is a means of self-discipline, chastity, and the restraining of the appetites.


This article draws in part on the writings of Alexander Schmemann, "Notes in Liturgical Theology," St. Vladimir's Seminary Quarterly, Vol. 3, No. 1, Winter 1959, pp. 2-9.  Rev. Daniel Merz is a former Associate Director of the USCCB Divine Worship office.

Christ, however, is the new Adam.  At the beginning of his ministry in the Gospel of Matthew, we read, "When He had fasted 40 days and 40 nights, He became hungry."  Hunger is that state in which we realize our dependence on something elseâ€"when we face the ultimate question: "on what does my life depend?"  Satan tempted both Adam and Christ, saying: Eat, for your hunger is proof that you depend entirely on food, that your life is in food.   Adam believed and ate.  Christ said, "Man does NOT live by bread alone." (Mt. 4:4; Lk. 4:4)  This liberates us from total dependence on food, on matter, on the world.  Thus, for the Christian, fasting is the only means by which man recovers his true spiritual nature.In order for fasting to be effective, then, the spirit must be a part of it.  Christian fasting is not concerned with losing weight.  It is a matter of prayer and the spirit.   And because of that, because it is truly a place of the spirit, true fasting may well lead to temptation, and weakness and doubt and irritation.In other words, it will be a real fight between good and evil, and very likely we shall fail many times in these battles.  But the very discovery of the Christian life as "fight" and "effort" is an essential aspect of fasting.

But how did fasting become such an important means of preparing for the Eucharist and of learning virtue through self-discipline?  Christian fasting is revealed in an interdependence between two events in the Bible:the "breaking of the fast" by Adam and Eve; and the "keeping of the fast" by Christ at the beginning of his ministry.

Humanity's "Fall" away from God and into sin began with eating.  God had proclaimed a fast from the fruit of only one tree, the tree of knowledge of good and evil (Gen. 2:17), and Adam and Eve broke it.  Fasting is here connected with the very mystery of life and death, of salvation and damnation.  Food perpetuates life in this physical world, which is subject to decay and death.  But God "created no death." (Wis. 1:13)  Humanity, in Adam and Eve, rejected a life dependent on God alone for one that was dependent rather on "bread alone." (Dt. 8:3; Mt. 4:4; Lk. 4:4)  The whole world was given to man as a kind of food, as a means to life, but "life" is meant as communion with God, not as food. ("Their god is their belly." Phil. 3:19)  The tragedy is not so much that Adam ate food, but that he ate the food for its own sake, "apart" from God and to be independent of Him.  Believing that food had life in itself and thus he could be "like God."   And he put his faith in food.  This kind of existence seems to be built on the principle that man does indeed live "by bread alone."

â€" by  Rev. Daniel Merz

In the early Church and, to a lesser extent still today, there were two fasts. There was the "total fast" that preceded all major feasts or sacramental events.  The ancient name for this fast was "statio" from the verb "sto, stare" to stand watch, on guard or in vigil.  The second fast was a fast of abstinence from certain foods, e.g., meats or fats.  This was more an act of self-discipline and self-control.  The statio fast was total and a means of watching and waiting…i.e. for something.  The fast of abstinence was more general and personal, to help oneself be more disciplined or self-controlled.  The total fast is still kept today prior to reception of Holy Communion.  Following Holy Communion, the total fast ceases because Jesus had explicitly stated that we don't fast when the bridegroom is here, in other words, what we're keeping vigil for has arrived, the wait is over.  On the other hand, the fast of abstinence was allowed on Sundays because the continuity of abstinence can be important for it to be effective.

These initial observations, then, teach us that the Eucharist is always the end of a preparation.  It is always the fulfillment of an expectation. In the Orthodox Church during Lent, they have Eucharist only on Saturday and Sunday. But because Wednesdays and Fridays are total fast days, those two days are also days for the Communion service (Liturgy of the PreSanctified) which are held in the evening, i.e., after the day of preparation.  Fasting is always preparatory.

When Do We Get Stupid?


When do old people get stupid? We all age, but will we all lose our reasoning skills? And at what point in the aging process does that happen? If we knew, could we stop it?

We hear about old people falling prey to scams and crimes of opportunity all the time. And sure, some old people weren’t the sharpest knife in the block when they were young, but lots of them used to be smart. How do these formerly-smart people fall prey to everyone who wants to make a buck?

Let’s take the case of my father â€" he’s in his 80s. My dad called me two weeks ago to tell me his phone wasn’t working, so he’d be out of touch for a while. It was roughly the sixth time his phone went out in a year’s time. I said ok, and I’d talk to him when he did get a phone. He called a week later to tell me his phone was fixed, and he’d just signed a new deal with the cable monopoly.

“Didn’t you have Cableopoly before?” I asked.

“Yeah.”

“Dad, your phone has gone out six times in the past year. Why would you stay with them?”

“Well, they offered me a deal â€"free HBO for the next six months,” he said.

“It’s not a deal if your phone doesn’t work,” I said, “And your phone goes out all the time.”

“Oh, that was Phoneopoly. They own the lines coming into the house. That had nothing to do with Cableopoly.”

“Wasn’t Cableopoly responsible for keeping you in phone service?”

“Well, yes, but Phonopoly was the problem.”

“Are they still using Phonopoly?”

“Yes.”

“Why do you let these people victimize you? You know there are other ways to get phone service,” I said.

“What, victimize? I got free HBO.”

My father made his living as a mechanical engineer, so I know he was, at one time, at least book-smart. He also maintains an exaggerated degree of paranoia. He once told me, “Everyone’s out to get you.” So how did Cableopoly convince a man who had smarts and suspicion to sign a new contract for unreliable phone service?

He’s old. And he’s cheap. And he must be bored with his TV channels. As we spoke, I got one more glimpse into how his mind works. He was telling me how difficult it was to get the cable people to fix his phone, because he couldn’t call them.

“You’ve got a cell phone,” I said. He does. It only works for outgoing calls, but he’s got one.

“It was out of minutes,” he said.

“You can buy more, can’t you?” I said.

“Well, then you’ve gotta buy a card and I didn’t need all those minutes.”

“YOU DIDN’T HAVE A PHONE!”

“Well, now I do.”

I gave up. So, my father signed another contract and I’m resigned to spending another year hearing a perpetual busy signal or “The number you have reached is not available at this time,” and wondering if my dad is lying on the floor having just dialed “9-1.”

Although I don’t embrace the process of getting older, I have made some peace with it. But I cannot accept the idea that age will render me stupid. I know people in their seventies who still function adeptly in society.


More at: http://www.mariabellosfisher.com/blog/?p=968

He he, si Uray Aylandil kaha ang atong pasugdon...

IBM MQ, Version 8.0


Logical and physical ordering

Messages on queues can occur (within each priority level) in physical or logical order.

Physical order is the order in which messages arrive on a queue. Logical order is when all of the messages and segments within a group are in their logical sequence, next to each other, in the position determined by the physical position of the first item belonging to the group.

For a description of groups, messages, and segments, see Message groups. These physical and logical orders can differ because:

Groups can arrive at a destination at similar times from different applications, therefore losing any distinct physical order.

Even within a single group, messages can get out of order because of rerouting or delay of some of the messages in the group. -- http://www-01.ibm.com/

Madonna Makes Surprise Visits to Manila Children's Shelters in the Philippines
by Alex Ungerman 10:07 AM PST, February 24, 2016



Photo: Instagram


Madonna used a stop on her Rebel Heart tour to visit local children's shelters in the Philippines.

The "Ghosttown" singer visited two shelters in the country's capital city of Manila to spend some time with underprivileged youth in the area, sharing several photos of the experience to Instagram.

"Chillin with my Homies at the Bahay Tuluyan Foundation. Inc. giving shelter to Orphans street children trafficking/abuse victims in Manila," the 57-year-old singer captioned one photo.

25 February 2016


The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said the global economy has weakened further and warned it was "highly vulnerable to adverse shocks".

It said the weakening had come "amid increasing financial turbulence and falling asset prices".
The IMF's report comes before the meeting of G20 finance ministers and central bank governors in Shanghai later this week.

It said China's slowdown was adding to global economic growth concerns.

China's economy, the second-biggest in the world, is growing at the slowest rate in 25 years.

"Growth in advanced economies is modest already under the baseline, as low demand in some countries and a broad-based weakening of potential growth continue to hold back the recovery," the Washington-based IMF said.

The G20 finance ministers and central bank governors' meetings take place later this week in Shanghai
"Adding to these headwinds are concerns about the global impact of China's transition to more balanced growth, along with signs of distress in other large emerging markets, including from falling commodity prices."

The IMF also noted any future prospects for global growth "could be derailed by market turbulence, the oil price crash and geopolitical conflicts".

Symptoms


The signs and symptoms of cavities vary, depending on their extent and location. When a cavity is just beginning, you may not have any symptoms at all. As the decay gets larger, it may cause signs and symptoms such as:

Toothache
Tooth sensitivity
Mild to sharp pain when eating or drinking something sweet, hot or cold
Visible holes or pits in your teeth
Brown, black or white staining on any surface of a tooth
Pain when you bite down

Ni Sheriza Mae R. Uy (Banat) | Updated February 26, 2016 - 12:00am


CEBU, Philippines - Duha patay, pito ang naangol human nagkabangga ang usa ka multicab ug usa ka motorsiklo diha sa Brgy. Agujo sa Lungsod sa Daanbantayan niadtong Miyerkules sa gabii.

Giila ang duha nga namatay mao sila Jennifer Pitogo, 29, ug Chonalyn Conde, 21, kinsa maoy sakay sa motorsiklo samtang naangol ang laing angkas nga si Agloriosa Tanawan, 23.

Si Police Officer 3 Orland Condes sa Daanbantayan Police Station nagkanayon nga gidudahang nakainom ang drayber sa multicab nga si Anthony Llever, 31.

Lakip sa mga sakay sa multicab mao sila si Syndre Delos Angeles, 25; Melvin Llever, 18; John Leo Dublin, 19; Jayren Delabajan; 24 ug Teddjavee Arrogante, 18. Nasayran nga padung sa Poblacion ang motorsiklo samtang gikan usab sa maong barangay ang multicab.

Sumala pa sa imbestigasyon, sila Llever ni overtake sa usa ka trisikad apan tungod kay kurbadahon ang dalan wala kini makabantay sa gikasugat nga motorsiklo nga gimaneho ni Pitogo  hinungdan sa ilang panagbangga.

Tungod sa kakusog sa impact nangalagpot ang tanang sakay sa duha ka sakyanan ug daling gidala sa tambalanan apan dead on arrival sila si Pitogo ug Conde.  (BANAT NEWS)

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Photo by: appler


Introduction and overview


In recent years, mental health professionals have become increasingly aware of the importance of genetic factors in the etiology (causes) of mental disorders. Since the Human Genome Project began its mapping of the entire sequence of human DNA in 1990, the implications of its findings for psychiatric diagnosis and treatment have accumulated rapidly. A new subspecialty known as biological psychiatry (also called physiological psychology or psychiatric genetics) has emerged from the discoveries of the last two decades. Biological psychiatry got its start in the late 1980s, when several research groups identified genes associated with manic depression and schizophrenia respectively. These studies ran into difficulties fairly quickly, however, because of the complexity of the relationship between genetic factors and mental illness.

However, in some cases...

Published February 25, 2016 2:48pm
By JON VIKTOR CABUENAS, GMA News


Even with the hefty decline registered in December, the government is confident that imports will continue to be supported by the strong demand and growing investor confidence in the country.

"Despite this decline in December, strong domestic demand will prop up imports in the near term, as we expect continued expansion in inward shipments of power-generating machines, office and electronic data processing machines, and telecommunications equipment," NEDA Deputy General and OIC Margarita R. Songco said in an emailed statement.

"Investor confidence in the country is still growing and is seen to increase investments. This will in turn boost demand for imports of capital goods as well as raw materials and intermediate goods," Songco added.

This developed after the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) on Monday announced that imports dropped nearly 26 percent in December, its sharpest fall since 2009 as semiconductor shipments contracted by almost 40 percent.

The same sentiment was shared by University of Asia and the Pacific (UA&P) Economic Program Vice Dean Cid Terosa who said that the drop in December was expected but it is not seen to linger for the rest of the year.

"It was expected to drop but it was surprising that it dropped by so much. Obviously, the drop in petroleum prices and weak global demand depressed imports," he said in a text message.

"This year imports will improve because of base effects and better global economy outlook towards the end of the year...Domestic demand has remained upbeat," he added.

However, Terosa said that investor confidence is only expected to kick in after the elections slated in May.

"The Philippines' sound macroeconomic fundamentals should continue to attract attention from investors, both domestic and foreign. The government must pave the way to sustain this renewed interest through institutionalizing reforms from the past five years," NEDA's Songco said. -NB, GMA News

Cavities are permanently damaged areas in the hard surface of your teeth that develop into tiny openings or holes. Cavities, also called tooth decay or caries, are caused by a combination of factors, including bacteria in your mouth, frequent snacking, sipping sugary drinks, and not cleaning your teeth well.

Cavities and tooth decay are among the world's most common health problems. They're especially common in children, teenagers and older adults. But anyone who has teeth can get cavities, including infants.

If cavities aren't treated, they get larger and affect deeper layers of your teeth. They can lead to severe toothache, infection and tooth loss. Regular dental visits and good brushing and flossing habits are your best protection against cavities and tooth decay.

Tipping her maroon hat in another Instagram post, Madonna said: "Hats off to the Bahay Tuluyan Foundation in Manila for taking so many kids off the street and providing food and shelter."

Madonna also visited the Hospicio de San Jose, one of Manila's oldest orphanages.

She posted a picture of herself carrying a baby in pink overalls while holding the hand of an emaciated girl, also in pink, whom she identified as Celeste.

Madonna is touring the world to support her 13th studio album, Rebel Heart, which combines her trademark sexually charged lyrics and imagery with an array of musical genres.

Madonna has courted controversy since bringing her tour to Asia this month.

A Catholic bishop in Singapore called for a boycott of her concert for insulting religion.

She also drew Chinese anger for draping herself with the Taiwanese flag during a concert in Taipei.

Arguelles had previously campaigned against provocative pop diva Lady Gaga, saying her 2012 Manila concert was the work of Satan.

Conservative bishops are famously outspoken in the Philippines, where 80 percent of its 100 million people are Catholic.

Ahead of her concerts, Madonna visited a shelter for abused children and a Catholic orphanage in Manila on Tuesday.

"Chillin' with my homies," Madonna said in a caption to an Instagram selfie with three children, as they lay on cardboard mats on the floor of Bahay Tuluyan, home to about 500 abused or abandoned children.

Wearing head-to-toe black and oversized shades, Madonna came with an entourage of 20 dancers and burly bodyguards, Bahay Tuluyan executive director Lily Flordelis told AFP.

"The children were very happy to see her. She played with them, danced with them and chatted with them," Flordelis said.

To figure this out, a team of astronomers took the information we already know about exoplanets and the evolution of the universe and designed a model that simulated the past 13.8 billion years of our universe's existence.

Of all the planets that formed inside the model, Earth sticks out like a statistical sore thumb. Most of those quadrillions of planets in the model are inside galaxies much larger than our Milky Way and orbit stars with compositions totally different from our sun.

There are some important caveats to this research, though. The model is only based on the exoplanets that we've already discovered, many of which are larger than Earth. (Larger planets are easier to spot from several light-years away.) And the planets that we have discovered are mostly from only one small swath of the universe. Planets might appear vastly different in other areas.

Still, the researchers told Scientific American that their model can't be totally off, and while Earth might not be quite a 1-in-700 quintillion planet, it's certainly an unusual place.


h/t Discovery

Daku na lang ang kahibulong ni Sabredo nga adunay mibanaw nga dugo gikan sa lawak sa langyaw maong dali siyang mitawag sa guwardiya ug nanawag sa kapulisan.

Sa pagresponde sa mga polis, ilang nakita si Hayashi nga nagbuy-od na sa salog, naligo sa iyang dugo ug nagkupot pa og kalibre 45 pistola nga aduna pay sud nga 14 ka bala.

Sulay pa unta kini nga gitabang sa mga sakop sa Cebu City Emergency Medical Services apan nakabsan gayod sa iyang kinabuhi.

Ang imbestigador sa Homicide Section sa Cebu City Police Office nga si Senior Police Officer 3 Witzel Berry miingon nga base sa ilang inisyal nga pagsubay wala silay nakitang timailhan nga adunay foul play sa hitabo.

Wala say nakita ang kapulisan nga ilhanan nga adunay komosyon nga nahitabo sa lawak maong nagduda sila nga naghikog gayod ang maong langyaw.

Gawas sa armas nakakuha usab ang mga polis og usa ka pakete nga adunay sud nga gituohang salin sa ilegal nga drugas ug mga drug paraphernalia.

Wala hinuoy suicide note nga nakuha ang kapulisan, apan magpadayon gihapon ang imbestigasyon pagsuta   kun unsay nahitabo. (BANAT NEWS)

AFP Tue, Feb 23 10:20 PM PST


Philippine Catholic bishops called Wednesday on the faithful to boycott pop diva Madonna's sexually charged concerts in the nation's capital, calling them the devil's work.

The 57-year-old "Like A Virgin" and "Erotica" hit-maker is scheduled to cavort on a giant cross-shaped stage during two concerts on Wednesday and Thursday as part of her global "Rebel Heart" tour.

"Pinoys (Filipinos) and all God-loving people should avoid sin and occasions of sin," Archbishop Ramon Arguelles said in a statement posted on the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines' official website.

Arguelles said the concerts, Madonna's first in the Philippines, were among "subtle attacks of the evil one".

"Why is the Catholic Philippines the favourite venue for blasphemy against God and the Holy Mother?" said Arguelles.

Hapon nagpusil sa ulo patay
Ni Jojo C. Ugdol (Banat) | Updated February 25, 2016 - 12:00am


CEBU, Philippines - Usa ka Japanese national ang nakit-ang patay sulod sa usa ka lawak sa usa ka hotel diha sa General Maxilom Avenue, ning Dakbayan sa Sugbo nga gituohang naghikog gamit ang pistola sa nakalabay nga gabii.

Ang namatay mao si Hidezo Andong Hayashi, 36, anak sa usa ka tag-iya og resort sa Punta Engaño sa Dakbayan sa Lapu-Lapu kinsa nakaangkon og samad pinusilan ubos sa iyang apapangig nga milapos sa iyang ulo.

Sa imbestigasyon sa kapulisan, mi-check in kini sa maong hotel niadtong Domingo ug kini miingon nga hangtod lang kini sa tulo ka oras, apan human napupos ang ilang oras mi-extend kini og tulo ka adlaw.

Naabot sa maong hotel si Hayashi sakay sa usa ka kolor gray nga Toyota Fortuner.

Katapusan kining nakita nga buhi pasado alas 7 Martes sa gabii human kini mi-order og tubig , apan paglabay sa upat ka oras  napalgan na kining nagkadugo sulod sa iyang lawak.

Si Maricris Sabredo, hotel staff maoy nakadiskobre kaniya pasado alas 11 sa gabii sa dihang kini mipaingon sa banyo aron mangihi ug iyang naagian ang lawak sa langyaw.

Kini ang mas komportable kay kompleto sa armas...

Ni KRIS C. SIALANA


NAGKADUGO ang baba ug hubag ang mata sa usa ka amahan human gikulata sa iyang anak ug nidangop sa kapolisan sa Police Station 3 (PS3) sa Agora, dakbayan sa Cagayan de Oro.

Nagpakitabang sa kapolisan ang biktima nga naila nga si Roy (bansagon gitago), 62, minyo human kulataha sa anak nga si Rey (dili tinuod nga ngalan), 42, ulitawo ug pulos residente sa Capistrano Complex, Gusa, ning dakbayan.

Sa pakighinabi sa Sun.Star SuperBalita ngadto na sa biktima, gibutyag niini nga kanunay kini buhaton sa iyang anak ngadto na kanila nga iyang mga ginikanan.

“Kanunay gyud na siya nga ingon ana, iyang inahan iya lang nang gabalikason ug dali ra kaayo masuko,” butyag sa biktima.

Giingong nasuko pag-ayo ang suspetsado kalabot sa usa ka wala ikabutyag nga tawag sa telepono ug nalakip na ang mga kanhing mga panagbingkil ug problema kaniadto tali sa mag-amahan.

Sa pagsulat niini nga balita, temporaryong detinado sa mini-cell sa PS3 ang nahisgutang suspek.


Gipatik sa mantalaang Superbalita Cagayan de Oro Pebrero 24, 2016.

GITABANGAN sa pagkulata ang usa ka lalaki human kini mibalibad nga moinom niadtong Martes mga alas 5:35 sa hapon sa Parola, Barangay Macabalan, dakbayan sa Cagayan de Oro.

Nakaangkon og bun-og sa nagkadaiyang parte sa kalawasan si Joan Ming, 38, minyo ug residente sa susama nga dapit human kulataha sa mga suspetsado nga sila si Danilo ug Ruel kinsa pulos lumulupyo sa nahisgutang dapit.

Sa nahipos nga report gikan sa Police Station 5 (PS5) sa Macabalan, nasayran nga samtang nag-tagay tagay sa ilimnong makahubog ang mga suspetsado gihanggat kining biktima sa pag-inom apan nibalibad kini.

Giingong gikasuko kini sa mga suspetsado ug gitabangan sa pagkulata ang biktima hinungdan nga nakaangkon kini og bun-og sa nagkadaiyang parte sa kalawasan mao nga nagpatala kini sa kapolisan gumikan sa naangkong injury ug kaulawon.

Sa pagsulat niini nga balita ang insidente ang nakatala na sa PS5 samtang ang kaso ang giduso na sa Barangay Lupon sa Macabalan. (KCS)


Gipatik sa mantalaang Superbalita Cagayan de Oro Pebrero 25, 2016.

by Grace
July 13, 2015


When an old man died in the geriatric ward of a nursing home, it was believed that he had nothing left of any value. Later, when the nurses were going through his meager possessions, they found this poem.


Cranky Old Man

What do you see nurses? . . .. . .What do you see?
What are you thinking .. . when you’re looking at me?
A cranky old man, . . . . . .not very wise,
Uncertain of habit .. . . . . . . .. with faraway eyes?
Who dribbles his food .. . … . . and makes no reply.
When you say in a loud voice . .’I do wish you’d try!’
Who seems not to notice . . .the things that you do.
And forever is losing . . . . . .. . . A sock or shoe?
Who, resisting or not . . . … lets you do as you will,
With bathing and feeding . . . .The long day to fill?
Is that what you’re thinking?. .Is that what you see?
Then open your eyes, nurse .you’re not looking at me.
I’ll tell you who I am . . . . .. As I sit here so still,
As I do at your bidding, .. . . . as I eat at your will.
I’m a small child of Ten . .with a father and mother,
Brothers and sisters .. . . .. . who love one another
A young boy of Sixteen . . . .. with wings on his feet
Dreaming that soon now . . .. . . a lover he’ll meet.
A groom soon at Twenty . . . ..my heart gives a leap.
Remembering, the vows .. .. .that I promised to keep.
At Twenty-Five, now . . . . .I have young of my own.
Who need me to guide . . . And a secure happy home.
A man of Thirty . .. . . . . My young now grown fast,
Bound to each other . . .. With ties that should last.
At Forty, my young sons .. .have grown and are gone,
But my woman is beside me . . to see I don’t mourn.
At Fifty, once more, .. …Babies play ’round my knee,
Again, we know children . . . . My loved one and me.
Dark days are upon me . . . . My wife is now dead.
I look at the future … . . . . I shudder with dread.
For my young are all rearing .. . . young of their own.
And I think of the years . . . And the love that I’ve known.
I’m now an old man . . . . . . .. and nature is cruel.
It’s jest to make old age . . . . . . . look like a fool.
The body, it crumbles .. .. . grace and vigour, depart.
There is now a stone . . . where I once had a heart.
But inside this old carcass . A young man still dwells,
And now and again . . . . . my battered heart swells
I remember the joys . . . . .. . I remember the pain.
And I’m loving and living . . . . . . . life over again.
I think of the years, all too few . . .. gone too fast.
And accept the stark fact . . . that nothing can last.
So open your eyes, people .. . . . .. . . open and see.
Not a cranky old man.
Look closer . . . . see .. .. . .. …. . ME!!


Remember this poem when you next meet an older person who you might brush aside without looking at the young soul within … . . .we will all, one day, be there too.


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Kelly Dickerson, Mic
12 hours ago


A new model of the universe suggests there could be as many as 700 quintillion other planets out there, and Earth doesn't look like any of them.

This is huge news because it runs contrary to everything we know about our place in the universe.

Back in the early 1500s, Nicolaus Copernicus figured out that the Earth wasn't at the center of the solar system. From then on, the more we learned about the universe, the more clear it became that Earth is cosmically insignificant â€" an idea called the Copernican Principle.

The Kepler Space Telescope has found 32 other planets that, like Earth, sit in the habitable zone around their stars. If you extrapolate those numbers to all the stars we know about, there should be between 40 billion and 49 billion other potentially habitable planets in the Milky Way galaxy alone. And the Milky Way is just one of an estimated 100 billion galaxies.

With so many exoplanets, there's bound to be a few that resemble Earth. But maybe not. This new model suggests that Earth might be an incredibly unique and special place.

Oi, hala tuod. Hait ra ba og tinan-awan. Run, Botoy, run!

DAVAO DEL NORTE -- Nakaangkon og samad dinunggaban ang usa ka lalaki sa dihang gitulis samtang nagpaabot unta sa gikasabot niyang ika-eyeball nga textmate nga babaye.

Padayon pang gitambalan sa ospital kagahapon sa buntag ang biktima nga si Jay Michael Caday, 23, processor sa LYR Marketing ug molupyo sa Purok 4, La Filipina sa dakbayan sa Tagum.

Nasayran nga alas 9:30 sa gabii niadtong Lunes dihang mituyo si Caday og adto sa New City Hall, Apokon sa dakbayan aron makig-eyeball sa ka-textmate nga giilang si Jane.

Malipayon ang biktima nga miadto sa lugar nga ilang gikasabutan. Apan labihan na lang niyang kuganga nga imbis si Jane ang iyang ikahinagbo, usa man hinuon ka lalaki nga dunay dalang kutsilyo ang miabot dayong giliaban siya ug gitionan sa kutsilyo ang liog ug gitulis.

Sa inisyal nga imbestigasyon sa kapulisan sa Tagum City Police Station, nasuta nga misukol ang biktima sa suspetsado ug nakig-inilugay sa kutsilyo, hinungdan nga nadunggaban ang nawong niini.

Nakuha gikan kaniya ang iyang selpon nga ARC mobile phone nga nagkantidad og P3,000.
Gawas sa samad sa nawong, duna say samad ang palad sa biktima.

Nakita na lang ang biktima sa nag-roving nga guwardiya sa maong dapit nga nagkadugo na ug gidala sa balay tambalanan.

Samtang ang suspek daling mi-eskapo sa wala masayring dapit.

Gisubay na sa kapulisan ang maong hitabo aron nga mailhan ang suspetsado ug madakpan. (DRP)


Gipatik sa mantalaang Superbalita Davao Pebrero 24, 2016.