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By Ryan Jaslow
September 2, 2011 2:48 PM


(CBS) Is circumcision going out of style?

Fewer baby boys are getting circumcised nowadays. Circumcision rates dipped in the U.S. from 62.9 percent in 1999 to 56.9 percent in 2008, according to a new CDC study.

For the study - published in the September 2 issue of Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - researchers analyzed survey data on newborn male circumcisions. The researchers report these recent decreases follow an increase in circumcisions during the previous 10-year span.

Why are fewer parents opting to circumcise their newborns?

"Many factors likely influence rates of newborn male circumcision," CDC researchers said in a written statement. Medicaid coverage rules for low-income families may play a role, they said. The study showed hospitals in states where Medicaid covers the procedure had 24 percent more circumcisions than hospitals in states that didn't.

Circumcision has also been thrust into national debates recently, as anti-circumcision activists unsuccessfully tried to get the practice banned in San Francisco, as CBS News reported.

What do the experts say about circumcision?

The American Academy of Pediatrics says the procedure can prevent bladder infections and sexually transmitted diseases like HIV/AIDS, but also notes potential downsides like reduced sensation and infection. -- http://www.cbsnews.com/

Movie nga a la Indiana Jones tingali...

Delikado diayng mapahitan...

Hmm, daan pa ko nga lain ra ang iyang tuyo, gahuwat diay ani nga mahimong damsel in distress...

Hmm, hain kaha si Bugsay diri. Thrill-seeker ra ba tong bilyakoha...

Mao ni ang gitawag og anti-sleep computer chair...

Quote from: islander on September 02, 2011, 10:16:57 PM
apurado ra pod kang mapareha dayon ni sila nimo...

Usa ray akong itlog pero wa pud ko hibut-i, oi...

He he, mao tingali ni ang inspiration sa TMNT. Payter ni sa flying kick...

Quote from: Mike Ortega Ligalig on September 03, 2011, 05:39:08 AM
Humility in action means serving our spouse, and no act of service is too small or too great.

Kini hinuon, gituman jud ni sa taman ni Bugsay...

He he, nagpusnga-pusnga na tawon si banana republic sa "After" picture...

By LEANNE ITALIE - Associated Press | AP â€" 3 hours ago





NEW YORK (AP) â€" Messages of good health and positive self-esteem for girls aren't hard to come by in kid lit, so what's the deal with all the attention for a not-yet-published rhyming picture book about an obese, unhappy 14-year-old named Maggie?

The title, for starters: "Maggie Goes on a Diet."

For seconds, like-wildfire circulation of a blurb describing how the bullied girl is transformed through time, exercise and hard work into a popular, confident and average size soccer star. And cover art showing her wistfully holding up a Cinderella dress as she stares at her imagined, much slimmer self in a full-length mirror.

And an inside page, the only one most people have seen, that shows her hunched over the fridge during a two-fisted eating binge.

Thirds? Real teenagers have long moved on from rhyming picture books and the reading level for Hawaii dad Paul Kramer's amateurish, self-published effort is recommended on Amazon for kids ages 4 to 8.

The online mess for Kramer began recently with outraged commenters on Amazon, where pre-orders haven't propelled Maggie anywhere near the top of the rankings. There's now a "savemaggie" hashtag on Twitter, a "Say No to Maggie Goes on a Diet" Facebook page, calls for a boycott and demands that Amazon and Barnes & Noble pull the book.

More at: http://movies.yahoo.com/news/outrage-explodes-over-rhyming-diet-picture-book-140440927.html

Pait bitaw palandongon ning mga krimen nga di masulbad tungod lang sa kataspok sa mga tinugyanan...

Quote from: statesville on September 01, 2011, 10:39:46 AM
Naa bay maningil ug tungang gabii kon ngitngit lisod  iphon ang mga sensiyo 

Hmm, basin lain nga klase sa utang ang gipaningil, kanang lisod bayran kon hayag...

Hmm, an excellent piece of advice that is unfortunately being oversubscribed to by some...

Hmm, kinsa kaha ning mga kanahan... 

Rather than wring every dime he could out of the popular "Matrix" movie series, Reeves signed away his back-end deal for the two sequels to the films' special-effects and costume-design teams -- an act of benevolence that cost him many millions.

And it's far from the only time he's taken a financial hit in the name of his art -- Reeves lowered his salary by a few million dollars for 1997's "The Devil's Advocate" so that producers could afford to bring Al Pacino on board as well.

"Money is the last thing I think about," Reeves has said. "I could live on what I have already made for the next few centuries."

More on Keanu Reeves at: http://movies.yahoo.com/news/keanu-reeves-turns-47--five-fun-facts-you--probably--didn-t-know-about-him.html

Quote from: jamo2x on September 03, 2011, 04:03:02 AM
lamat bugz congrats bai hubz, ajoha jud aron ka kampay tag taman

He he, galisod ko kay morag nibagtok na man ning akong utok. Dukdok lang ko diris TB kon ma-weekend iyawat malanay ang nigangking nga brain cells...

He he, si Padz ra bitaw ang naay katungod mag jawa2x, este, maghingilin sa jawa...

Tawon man Angkol Doda ngiangongo na dud ni ti...

Quote from: bugsay on September 02, 2011, 08:49:57 PM
mura'g pinoy nga naas China?...

Mao jud. O kaha, moray Pinoy nga naay Tsaynis ansistri nga taga sa Balingsya...

...will come back as mice in their next life. --Faith Resnick

Si Bay Bugs way pili...

Pili lang... 

Kinsa kaha ni, pasimplisimpli lang... 

Bwahaha!

He he, nahubog pud tingali ang kahoy, nagmaoy mao nga namanhig...

Quote from: bugsay on September 02, 2011, 08:20:58 PM
mo order ko'g duha bai Hubs, baje ug lake kay ahong pasanayon....

He he, gipanghibut-an na ni sila...

Her bosom friend consoles her...

Hmm, Hawkeye must have been weighed down by a howling emptiness...

Quote from: islander on August 31, 2011, 10:47:27 PM
asa man ni available, toy?  don't take a walk yet; tubaga usa ko.

Ako maoy sole distributor diris TB...

Hmm, bantog rang honest jamo si Botoy...

Ni Romeo T. Limpangog (Banat) Updated September 02, 2011 12:00 AM


CEBU, Philippines - Modangop na ngadto sa siyudad sa Mandaue ang barangay kapitan sa Labogon sa maong dakbayan nunot sa wala pag-uyon sa usa ka pamilyang nanag-iya sa luna nga gihimong agianan sa kapin 50 ka pamilya sa sitio Tuburan.

Kini human ang maong pamilya nagplanong mopadayon sa pagpakural niini hinungdan nga masirad-an ang agianan sa mga residente ug giingong nagbutang kanila sa peligro sa baha ug lunop.

Si Kapitan Damaso Tumulak nga nahinabi sa Banat News miingon nga nawad-an na siya og paglaum nga makab-ot ang malinawon nga sabot-sabot sa tag-iya sa luna nga nagpakoral ug sa mga lumolupyo. Matud pa ni Tumulak nga wala mosugot ang nanag-iya sa luna sa hangyo sa mga molupyo nga 8-metros nga mahimong dalan sa mga residente.

Nunot niini mipalabang sila og resolusyon sa barangay nga mag-awhag sa lokal nga kagamhanan sa dakbayan aron matabangan sila pagsulbad sa problema.

Matud pa ni Tumulak nga dugay nang gihimong agianan sa maong mga residente ang maong dalan apan niadto lang miaging adlaw nakalitan sila nga gisugdan na kini pagpakoral sa tag-iya.

Nahibulong usab sila nga nakakuha ang maong pamilya og fencing permit gikan sa Office of the Building Officials (OBO) ug gwardiyado og polis ang nangural nga nakapasagmuyo kanila.

Gibasol ni Tumulak ang OBO nganong miisyu sila og fencing permit nga wala gani motan-aw sa lugar.

Hinuon si Atty. Jovanni Tienero nga maoy city legal officer sa Mandaue dihang nahinabi sa mga tigbalita miingon nga gi-refer na sa iyang buhatan ang maong suliran ug ang iyang sugyot mao nga ang mga lumolupyo mangayo og road right of way gikan sa tag-iya sa luna.

Giklaro niya nga pribado man ang maong luna nga gipakoral hinungdan nga posibleng solusyon niini nga pabayran sa tag-iya ang luna nga himuong dalan.(EIM)  (BANATNEWS)

Tikaroliyitot...

Lami dinhi mag-inom-inom... 

Danke na lang...

Ni Darrel Carumba/EIM (Banat) Updated September 02, 2011 12:00 AM


CEBU, Philippines - Usa ka German ang nabiktima sa mga akyat bahay gang ug gisakiyo ang iyang kabtangan ug alahas diha sa iyang balay sa barangay Atabay sa lungsod sa Alcoy ug niadtong Miyerkules sa alas 5:30 sa buntag nadiskubrehan.

Ang biktima mao sila si Sue Marile Dietrich ug Thomas Dietrich, pulos German nga kasamtangang nagpuyo sa maong barangay.

Matud ni Insp. Reyco Romaguera, hepe sa Alcoy Police Station dihang nahinabi sa Banat News nga lakip sa gipangkawat mao ang laptop, ug mga cellphone human pugsanong nakasulod sa luyong pultahan ang mga kiriwan.

Ang kapulisan padayun pa sa ilang follow up investigation pag-ila ug pagsikop sa mga kiriwan. (BANATNEWS)

Quote from: islander on July 29, 2011, 08:28:09 AM
lunhawg dugo:

Niay laing sumpa para ni Bay Tigs aron mobalik sijag dukdok diri...

Luoy bitaw, niboluntaryo ra ra ba...

Unsa man ning kalaki aning kittyha, yoga o ballet?

Microwaving is preferred because, unlike the high temperatures used to fry and roast, it preserves most of the goodness. Researcher Joe Vinson, from Scranton University in Pennsylvania, said: ‘Mention “potato” and people think “fattening, high carbs, empty calories”.

‘We hope our research helps to remake the potato’s popular nutritional image.’ 

Dr Vinson, who likes his potatoes baked and topped with salad cream, added that lowering blood pressure cuts the risk of heart attacks and strokes.

Previous research has shown potatoes contain phyto, or plant, chemicals similar to those found in blood pressure drugs. -- http://www.dailymail.co.uk/

In the study, 18 men and women were asked to eat six to eight golf ball-sized potatoes with their lunch and dinner, as part of their normal diet.

Most of those taking part were overweight or obese and on pills to lower blood pressure.

After a month of the ‘tattie treatment’, their blood pressure readings dropped significantly â€" suggesting the potatoes were powerful enough to take over when the tablets could not do any more.

In addition, none of the volunteers put on any weight.

Potatoes are thought to have a satiating effect but it is also likely that those taking part in the study cut back on other foods, the American Chemical Society’s annual conference reported.

Those used in the U.S. agriculture department-funded study were purple and so small that they contained as few as 12 calories each, but the researchers believe that ordinary potatoes should also benefit health.

They should be cooked â€" ideally in the microwave â€" with their skins on.

This is because many of the health-boosting, blood pressure-lowering chemicals are in the skin.

By Fiona Macrae
Last updated at 9:46 AM on 2nd September 2011



Spuds - the new superfood: The
potato can help lower blood pressure
without piling on the pounds


They have long been maligned as fattening and shunned by those  following the Dukan and other low-carb diets.

But potatoes could be the latest superfood. For eating a portion twice a day can lower blood pressure, researchers say. What is more, it seems there is no weight gain involved.

However, before you get out the roasting tin or rush to the chip shop, read on.

Microwaved spuds, free of butter, oil or ketchup, are best for health, scientists say. Baked potatoes and boiled spuds, including mash, are also acceptable.

Hmm, nagkabulingit kay di mao ang buho nga gisudlan?

Quote from: islander on August 31, 2011, 10:40:21 PM
paghuwat lang kun maka-eb ta kay pasimhuton ta ka.

Hmm, way pakapin nga ipasimhot?

Giunhan og lansis dayon gidasonan og hulga... Hmm, nikompisal ba kaha tawon sa iyang sala kon tinuod man ugaling ang balita...

Quote from: islander on September 02, 2011, 11:54:40 AM
introducing:  mao ni siya ang mattress ni bugsay.  nakakita na man ta sa iyang unlan.

Hmm, lupig ang water bed ani...

Quote from: chicogon on August 29, 2011, 12:15:00 PM
Magamit ra sab sa mga aplikante ang mga mais nga nilobo kung di madawat... tig masahe 

Hmm, pwede pud ludhan samtang nag-ampo nga unta swertehon sa sunod nga pagpangaplay...

Quote from: islander on August 30, 2011, 08:19:56 PM
asa man dapit ang buling ana niya?

Gilugpitan...

Quote from: islander on August 30, 2011, 08:47:05 PM
go ahead, make your day and stroke me...

He he, pussycatta dentata...

Quote from: islander on August 30, 2011, 12:39:48 AM
you really wanna know?  mokumpisal na lang ko daan...

ang mga gipanuhot:

pink    -  hubag
yellow  -  bugsay
blue     - lorenz
green   - chicogon

ayayaaaayyyy,

Hmm, mga palautot diay ni sila?

Quote from: statesville on September 02, 2011, 10:35:29 AM
pastilan kon malingkoran sa asawa human.. 

Sama sa nahitabo dinhi...


http://www.snopes.com/medical/freakish/crushed.asp

Quote from: bugsay on September 02, 2011, 12:46:18 PM
aguyyy...mura'g si Hubag nag naigo ani...

Bwahaha! Namulong ang bakyano sa balising!

He he, hawok man ang sukli ani...

Quote from: bugsay on September 02, 2011, 11:16:55 AM
ur welcome Jamz...permihi ug dokdok kay si Hubag panagsa nalang diri kay nadawat na's ijang gi apply-yan nga trabaho...

He he, conditional acceptance pa. Gipaeskwela pa ko ni Mam kay naa siyay gikinahanglan nga special skills...

Hmm, amgid-amgid sa kolor sa TB...

Quote from: islander on September 01, 2011, 02:45:27 PM
kay kabayran ba diay ug simhot-simhot ang nawa ani nga briton?  maayog ikaw nga makontento lag simhot-simhot bisag gikawatan nag epok.

Gihan-ay ko lang sa tukma nga mga pulong ang gihambin nga sentimento ni Bugsay...

Mag-nurse man unta ning bataa, nagpraktis man hinuon pagkamatador...

Quote from: jamo2x on September 01, 2011, 04:44:41 AM
giatay jud, na lingaw ko sa inyong mga balaknong kukabildo (aw di diay bildo ky makasamad mn
muztamos ginamos-mawos :*

Maayong pagbalik, Bay Jams! It's jaga-jaga time again!

Quote from: islander on September 02, 2011, 11:48:22 AM
gipatulon ba sad kaha ug potot?

He he, wa kaha paslaki og lahing ang lubot...

Bwahaha! Unsa kahang seminaryoha ang gitambongan ani niya...

Quote from: chriswise on August 29, 2011, 05:40:01 PM
KUMUSTA bai hubs,,

He he, oks na oks ra, nag iskul bukol ko ron...

The Philippine Star Updated September 02, 2011 03:34 PM


MANILA, Philippines - The Philippine National Police (PNP) has filed plunder charges against former first gentleman Jose Miguel "Mike" Arroyo for his alleged involvement in the PNP's anomalous purchase of helicopters in 2009.

In a press conference, Director Samuel Pagdilao Jr. of the PNP-Criminal Investigation and Detection Group said that the investigating body is confident that it has strong evidence against Arroyo.

Archibald Po and Renato Sia, president and general manager of Lionair Inc., respectively, and Hilardio de Vera, president of the Manila Aerospace Products Trading were also charged with plunder before the Office of the Ombudsman for their alleged direct role in the anomalous deal.

Also named as respondents in the plunder case were former Interior and Local Government secretary Ronaldo Puno and former PNP chief Jesus Verzosa.

Both officials have denied liability in the purchase of second-hand helicopters in hearings conducted by the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee.

Retired and active officials of the PNP, who were part of the bids and awards and inspection and acceptance committees, have also been charged with plunder.

Charges of graft, meanwhile, were also filed against lower ranking officers who were part of the inspection and acceptance committee.

Pagdilao had assured senators at the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee hearing last week that they will file charges before the Office of the Ombudsman against those involved in the anomalous purchase of three helicopters in 2009.

Senators had said that the PNP's purchase of three helicopters in 2009 was anomalous. Based on the PNP's supply contract, all three helicopters should have been brand new.

Sen. Panfilo Lacson revealed that two of the three helicopters were actually pre-owned, but sold to the PNP at a price for a brand new unit.

In the hearings, Po and De Vera revealed that Arroyo owned the two used helicopters. The two businessmen testified that Arroyo forced the sale of the helicopters to the PNP.

Arroyo has filed perjury complaints against Po and other officials of Lionair Inc.

Mag back-to-school si Botoy aron tawon madawat sa aplayan nga trabaho.  Pahuway una from TB for adjustment pero babalik rin kaagad. Kon panagsa na lang siya mobisita sa TB, sa ato pa nalingaw siya sa iskul bukol …


         


Pero malagmit maingon siya ani…


         

Quote from: hubag bohol on August 28, 2011, 06:31:39 PM
The teaching of the arrogant has this characteristic: they do not know how to introduce their teaching humbly and they cannot convey correctly to others the things they understand correctly themselves. With their words they betray what they teach; they give the impression that they live on lofty heights from which they look down disdainfully on those whom they are teaching; they regard the latter as inferiors, to whom they do not deign to listen as they talk; indeed they scarcely deign to talk to them at all â€" they simply lay down the law.

Hmm, sounds familiar...

He he, maingon tang punga...

Real cool, Ms. Isle...

Obligation of eliciting the act of contrition

In the very nature of things the sinner must repent before he can be reconciled with God (Sess. XIV, ch. iv, de Contritione, Fuit quovis tempore, etc.). Therefore he who has fallen into grievous sin must either make an act of perfect contrition or supplement the imperfect contrition by receiving the Sacrament of Penance; otherwise reconciliation with God is impossible. This obligation urges under pain of sin when there is danger of death. In danger of death, therefore, if a priest be not at hand to administer the sacrament, the sinner must make an effort to elicit an act of perfect contrition. The obligation of perfect contrition is also urgent whensoever one has to exercise some act for which a state of grace is necessary and the Sacrament of Penance is not accessible. Theologians have questions how long a man may remain in the state of sin, without making an effort to elicit an act of perfect contrition. They seem agreed that such neglect must have extended over considerable time, but what constitutes a considerable time they find it hard to determine (Schieler-Hauser, op. cit., pp. 83 sqq.). Probably the rule of St. Alphonsus Liguori will aid the solution: "The duty of making an act of contrition is urgent when one is obliged to make an act of love" (Sabetti, Theologia Moralis: de necess. contritionis, no. 731; Ballerine, Opus Morale: de contritione). -- http://www.newadvent.org/

Perfect contrition without the sacrament

Regarding that contrition which has for its motive the love of God, the Council of Trent declares: "The Council further teaches that, though contrition may sometimes be made perfect by charity and may reconcile men to God before the actual reception of this sacrament, still the reconciliation is not to be ascribed to the contrition apart from the desire for the sacrament which it includes." The following proposition (no. 32) taken from Baius was condemned by Gregory XIII: "That charity which is the fullness of the law is not always conjoined with forgiveness of sins." Perfect contrition, with the desire of receiving the Sacrament of Penance, restores the sinner to grace at once. This is certainly the teaching of the Scholastic doctors (Peter Lombard in P.L., CXCII, 885; St. Thomas, In Lib. Sent. IV, ibid.; St. Bonaventure, In Lib. Sent. IV, ibid.). This doctrine they derived from Holy Writ. Scripture certainly ascribes to charity and the love of God the power to take away sin: "He that loveth me shall be loved by My Father"; "Many sins are forgiven her because she hath loved much". Since the act of perfect contrition implies necessarily this same love of God, theologians have ascribed to perfect contrition what Scripture teaches belongs to charity. Nor is this strange, for in the Old Covenant there was some way of recovering God's grace once man had sinned. God wills not the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live (Ezekiel 33:11). This total turning to God corresponds to our idea of perfect contrition; and if under the Old Law love sufficed for the pardon of the sinner, surely the coming of Christ and the institution of the Sacrament of Penance cannot be supposed to have increased the difficulty of obtaining forgiveness. That the earlier Fathers taught the efficacy of sorrow for the remission of sins is very clear (Clement in P.G., I, 341 sqq.; and Hermas in P.G., II, 894 sqq.; Chrysostom in P.G., XLIX, 285 sqq.) and this is particularly noticeable in all the commentaries on Luke 7:47. The Venerable Bede writes (P.L., XCII, 425): "What is love but fire; what is sin but rust? Hence it is said, many sins are forgiven her because she hat loved much, as though to say, she hath burned away entirely the rust of sin, because she is inflamed with the fire of love." Theologians have inquired with much learning as to the kind of love that justifies with the Sacrament of Penance. All are agreed that pure, or disinterested, love (amor benevolentiæ, amor amicitiæ) suffices; when there is question of interested, or selfish, love (amor concupiscentia) theologians hold that purely selfish love is not sufficient. When on furthermore asks what must be the formal motive in perfect love, there seems to be no real unanimity among the doctors. Some say that where there is perfect love God is loved for His great goodness alone; other, basing their contention on Scripture, think that the love of gratitude (amor gratitudinis) is quite sufficient, because God's benevolence and love towards men are intimately united, nay, inseparable from His Divine perfections (Hurter, Theol. Dog., Thesis ccxlv, Scholion iii, no 3; Schieler-Heuser, op. cit., pp. 77 sq.).

Contrition in the Sacrament of Penance

Contrition is not only a moral virtue, but the Council of Trent defined that it is a "part", nay more, quasi materia, in the Sacrament of Penance. "The (quasi) matter of this sacrament consists of the acts of the penitent himself, namely, contrition, confession, and satisfaction. These, inasmuch as they are by God's institution required in the penitent for the integrity of the sacrament and for the full and perfect remission of sin, are for this reason called parts of penance. "In consequence of this decree of Trent theologians teach that sorrow for sin must be in some sense sacramental. La Croix went so far as to say that sorrow must be aroused with a view of going to confession, but this seems to be asking too much; most theologians think with Schieler-Heuser (Theory and Practice of Confession, p. 113) that it is sufficient if the sorrow coexist in any way with the confession and is referred to it. Hence the precept of the Roman Ritual, "After the confessor has heard the confession he should try by earnest exhortation to move the penitent to contrition" (Schieler-Heuser, op. cit., p. 111 sqq.).

Hmm, namasin tingali nga for old times' sake, naay one for the road...

Sureness ko nga iyaha ning i-handwash...

Universal

The Council of Trent defined that real contrition includes "a firm purpose of not sinning in the future"; consequently he who repents must resolve to avoid all sin. This doctrine is intimately bound up with the Catholic teaching concerning grace and repentance. There is no forgiveness without sorrow of soul, and forgiveness is always accompanied by God's grace; grace cannot coexist with sin; and, as a consequence, one sin cannot be forgiven while another remains for which their is no repentance. This is the clear teaching of the Bible. The Prophet urged men to turn to God with their whole heart (Joel, ii, 12 sq.), and Christ tells the doctor of the law that we must love God with our whole mind, our whole strength (Luke 10:27). Ezechiel insists that a man must "turn from his evil ways" if he wish to live. The Scholastics inquired rather subtly into this question when they asked whether or not there must be a special act of contrition for every serious sin, and whether, in order to be forgiven, one must remember at the moment all grievous transgressions. To both questions they answered in the negative, judging that an act of sorrow which implicitly included all his sins would be sufficient.

Sovereign

The Council of Trent insists that true contrition includes the firm will never to sin again, so that no mater what evil may come, such evil must be preferred to sin. This doctrine is surely Christ's: "What shall it profit a man if he gain the whole world and suffer the loss of his soul?" Theologians have discussed at great length whether or not contrition which must be sovereign appretiative, i.e., in regarding sin as the greatest possible evil, must also be sovereign in degree and in intensity. The decision has generally been that sorrow need not be sovereign "intensively", for intensity makes no change in the substance of an act (Ballerini, Opus Morale: De Contritione; Bonaventure, In Lib. Sent. IV, dist. xxi, Pt. I, art. II, Q. i).

Qualities

In accord with Catholic tradition contrition, whether it be perfect or imperfect, must be at once (a) interior, (b) supernatural, (c) universal, and (d) sovereign.

Interior

Contrition must be real and sincere sorrow of heart, and not merely an external manifestation of repentance. The Old Testament Prophets laid particular stress on the necessity of hearty repentance. The Psalmist says that God despises not the "contrite heart" (Ps. I, 19), and the call to Israel was, "Be converted to me with all your heart . . . and rend your hearts, and not your garments" (Joel, ii, 12 sq). Holy Job did penance in sackcloth and ashes because he reprehended himself in sorrow of soul (Job 13:6). The contrition adjudged necessary by Chris and his Apostles was no mere formality, but the sincere expression of the sorrowing soul (Luke 14:11-32; Luke 18:13); and the grief of the woman in the house of the Pharisee merited forgiveness because "she loved much". The exhortations to penance found everywhere in the Fathers have no uncertain sound (Cyprian, De Lapsis; Chrysostom, De compunctione, P.G., XLVII, 393 sqq.), and the Scholastic doctors from Peter Lombard on insist on the same sincerity in repentance (Peter Lombard, Lib. Sent. IV, dist. xvi, no. 1).

Supernatural

In accordance with Catholic teaching contrition ought to be prompted by God's grace and aroused by motives which spring from faith, as opposed to merely natural motives, such as loss of honour, fortune, and the like (Chemnitz, Exam. Concil. Trid., Pt. II, De Poenit.). In the Old Testament it is God who gives a "new heart" and who puts a "new spirit)" into the children of Israel (Ezekiel 36:25-29); and for a clean heart the Psalmist prays in the Miserere (Psalm 1:11 sqq.). St. Peter told those to whom he preached in the first days after Pentecost that God the Father had raised up Christ "to give repentance to Israel" (Acts 5:30 sq.). St. Paul in advising Timothy insists on dealing gently and kindly with those who resist the truth, "if peradventure God may give them full repentance" (2 Timothy 2:24-25). In the days of the Pelagian heresy Augustine insisted on the supernaturalness of contrition, when he writes, "That we turn away from God is our doing, and this is the bad will; but to turn back to God we are unable unless He arouse and help us, and this is the good will." Some of the Scholastic doctors, notably Scotus, Cajetan, and after them Francisco Suárez (De Poenit., Disp. iii, sect. vi), asked speculatively whether man if left to himself could elicit a true act of contrition, but no theologian ever taught that makes for forgiveness of sin in the present economy of God could be inspired by merely natural motives. On the contrary, all the doctors have insisted on the absolute necessity of grace for contrition that disposes to forgiveness (Bonaventure, In Lib. Sent. IV, dist. xiv, Pt. I, art. II, Q. iii; also dist. xvii, Pt. I, art. I, Q. iii; cf. St. Thomas, In Lib. Sent. IV). In keeping with this teaching of the Scriptures and the doctors, the Council of Trent defined; "If anyone say that without the inspiration of the Holy Spirit and without His aid a man can repent in the way that is necessary for obtaining the grace of justification, let him be anathema."

Chytrid infections have caused the extinction of the Costa Rican golden toad

"Our laboratory experiments and DNA analysis confirmed that it would eat the zoospore, the free-swimming stage of the fungus," said lead researcher Julia Buck, an OSU doctoral student in zoology.

The fungus B. dendrobatidis, dubbed a "chytrid" fungus, is responsible for a recently discovered disease of amphibians chytridiomycosis. It can disrupt electrolyte balance and lead to death from cardiac arrest in its amphibian hosts if it reaches high levels, an OSU release said Friday. However, OSU researchers found that Daphnia magna might make a meal of the troublesome fungus.

Now, the scientists have to conduct field studies to confirm the zooplankton's efficacy in a natural setting. The OSU scientists have found that Daphnia inhabits amphibian breeding sites where chytrid transmission occurs and may be able to stem the unprecedented population declines and extinctions.

The chytrid fungus is not always deadly at low levels of infestation, Buck said. It may not be necessary to completely eliminate it, but instead just reduce its density in order to prevent mortality.

"We feel that biological control offers the best chance to control this fungal disease, and now we have a good candidate for that," Buck said. "Efforts to eradicate this disease have been unsuccessful, but so far no one has attempted biocontrol of the chytrid fungus. That may be the way to go."

Amphibians have survived for millions of years. However their permeable skin and exposure to terrestrial and aquatic environments makes them vulnerable to environmental changes.

According to a report in Environment News Service, Chytrid is now reported in 43 countries and 36 U.S. states. The fungus has infected over 350 amphibian species by penetrating their skin.

The fungus can live at elevations up to 20,000 feet and is believed to have caused the extinctions of all known high elevation populations of seven frog species in Australia's Wet Tropics between the late 1980s and early 1990s.

Chytrid infections also have caused the extinction of the Costa Rican golden toad, Bufo periglenes, which was last seen in 1989; the Wyoming toad,Bufo baxteri, extinct in the wild since 1991; and the Panamanian golden frog, Atelopus zeteki, extinct in the wild since 2007.

The fungus also wiped out the Australian gastric-brooding frog, of a genus, Rheobatrachus, unique because it contained the only two known frog species that incubated the prejuvenile stages of their offspring in the stomach of the mother. -- http://img.ibtimes.com/

By IBTimes Staff Reporter | August 27, 2011 10:44 PM EDT


Researchers at the Oregon State University have discovered a freshwater organism that might be the key to fight a fungus, which is the principal cause for the worldwide amphibian decline.

A freshwater species of zooplankton, called Daphnia magna, could provide a desperately needed tool for biological control of the deadly fungus whose impact, one researcher has called, "the most spectacular loss of vertebrate biodiversity due to disease in recorded history."

Daphnia magna is a variety of water fleas of the genus Daphnia, some species of which are commonly used as food for aquarium fish.

It was known that the zooplankton could devour some types of fungi. Oregon researchers wanted to find out whether Daphnia magna could also consume the chytrid fungus that's been devastating amphibian populations worldwide, including Colorado's endangered boreal toad. Through extensive research, scientists confirmed that Daphnia magna could consume the free swimming pores of the fungal pathogen.

Pomada? Wat dat?

Perfect and imperfect contrition

Catholic teaching distinguishes a twofold hatred of sin; one, perfect contrition, rises from the love of God Who has been grievously offended; the other, imperfect contrition, arises principally from some other motives, such as loss of heaven, fear of hell, the heinousness of sin, etc. (Council of Trent, Sess. XIV, ch. iv de Contritione).

Necessity of contrition

Until the time of the Reformation no theologian ever thought of denying the necessity of contrition for the forgiveness of sin. But with the coming of Luther and his doctrine of justification by faith alone the absolute necessity of contrition was excluded as by a natural consequence. Leo X in the famous Bull "Exsurge" [Denzinger, no. 751 (635)] condemned the following Lutheran position: "By no means believe that you are forgiven on account of your contrition, but because of Christ's words, 'Whatsoever thou shalt loose', etc. On this account I say, that if you receive the priest's absolution, believe firmly that you are absolved, and truly absolved you will be, let the contrition be as it may." Luther could not deny that in every true conversion there was grief of soul, but he asserted that this was the result of the grace of God poured into the soul at the time of justification, etc. (for this discussion see Vacant, Dict. de théol. cath., s.v. Contrition.) Catholic writers have always taught the necessity of contrition for the forgiveness of sin, and they have insisted that such necessity arises (a) from the very nature of repentance as well as (b) from the positive command of God. (a) 'They point out that the sentence of Christ in Luke 13:5, is final: "Except you do penance", etc., and from the Fathers they cite passages such as the following from Cyprian, De Lapsis 32: "Do penance in full, give proof of the sorrow that comes from a grieving and lamenting soul . . . they who do away with repentance for sin, close the door to satisfaction." Scholastic doctors laid down the satisfaction' principle, "No one can begin a new life who does not repent him of the old" (Bonaventure, In Lib. Sent. IV, dist. xvi, Pt. II, art. 1, Q. ii, also ex professo, ibid., Pt. I, art. I, Q. iii), and when asked the reason why, they point out the absolute incongruity of turning to God and clinging to sin, which is hostile to God's law. The Council of Trent, mindful of the tradition of the ages, defined (Sess. XIV. ch. iv de Contritione) that "contrition has always been necessary for obtaining forgiveness of sin". (b) The positive command of God is also clear in the premises. The Baptist sounded the note of preparation for the coming of the Messias: "Make straight his paths"; and, as a consequence "they went out to him and were baptized confessing their sins". The first preaching of Jesus is described in the words: "Do penance, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand"; and the Apostles, in their first sermons to the people, warn them to "do penance and be baptized for the remission of their sins" (Acts 2:38). The Fathers followed up with like exhortation (Clement in P.G., I, 341; Hermas iii P.G., II, 894; Tertullian in P.L., II).

Why dentists?

So why does the suspect specifically target dentists, of all people?

Dr. Bernadette Arcena, a psychiatrist, said the suspect may have experienced rejection from a female dentist at one point in his life, causing him to take revenge on others who are members of the same profession.

Asked why the suspect molests dentists or masturbates in front of them, Arcena said he may have paraphilia.

Paraphilia involves sexual arousal and gratification toward any extreme behavior such as exhibitionism or non-consensual touching of another person's private parts.

"Rejection can cause this kind of behavior," she told ABS-CBN News in Filipino. --More at: http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/lifestyle/08/03/11/how-spot-dentistirador

Quote from: islander on August 28, 2011, 11:29:07 PM
di gyod pod ko motuo nga magpagago pa ang mga taga-buenavista ug padag-on gihapon ning tontoha sa sunod election.

Hmm, pwede man tuison, ingnon nga gikasuyaan lang...

Today 9:03 AM PDT by Brandi Fowler



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If you thought Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries' wedding was extravagant, wait until you get a load of this one!

Croatian English heiress and socialite, Petra Ecclestone, who recently dropped $85 million (!) on Candy Spelling's mansion, swapped vows Saturday with businessman James Stunt in a lavish three-day affair right outside of Rome, according to People.

The 22-year-old daughter of billionaire Formula 1 racing CEO Bernie Ecclestone said I-do to Stunt at the castle where Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes tied the knot in 2006 (Castello Orsini-Odescalchi), with the bride reportedly walking down the aisle in a custom $130,000 Vera Wang gown.

And then there was the reception, where Andrea Bocelli, Eric Clapton and the Black Eyed Peas put on a show for guests like Paris and Nicky Hilton, Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie and Sarah Ferguson as they sipped Chateau Petrus wine (which retails for $6,500 a bottle).

Prior to the big day, guests were treated to a pre-wedding dinner at uber-posh hotel Villa Aurelia, where they dined on caviar, calamari, spinach ravioli and lamb chops, sipped Cristal champagne and enjoyed a performance by Alicia Keys, according to the Daily Mirror.

"It was the most fantastic setting," a party attendee told the Mirror. "Our menus were customized mirrors with our names etched into them. It was easily the most ­decadent pre-wedding dinner any of us had been to. Then Alicia came on and sang all of her hits. She began with 'Empire State of Mind' and everybody was singing along. We couldn't believe itâ€"it was magical."

So, what was the price tag for this over-the-top affair?

More than $5 million, according to TMZ.

Not too shabby for a billionaire daughter's big day. -- http://www.eonline.com/