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The Itaipu Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Paraná River located on the border between Brazil and Paraguay. The name "Itaipu" was taken from an isle that existed near the construction site. In the Guarani language, Itaipu means "the sound of a stone". The American composer Philip Glass has also written a symphonic cantata named Itaipu, in honour of the structure.

In 1994, the American Society of Civil Engineers elected the Itaipu Dam as one of the seven modern Wonders of the World. --Wiki

Ni Flor V. Querubin
Saturday, August 20, 2011


TULO ka mga bayut nangasikop human sa 16 ka oras sa ilang giingong pagtulis sa usa ka batan-ong lalake sa hilit nga dapit sa barangay Pusok, dakbayan sa Lapu-Lapu.

Ang mga suspek gitumbok sa kapulisan nga makadaghan na makabiktima apan wa lang gyud mangapriso kay wa mokiha ang ilang unang mga biktima.

Ang tulo ka mga suspek giila nga sila si Rommel Flores, 26; Paul Balaod, 31 ug Tranquilino Jubay, 24, pulos way mga trabaho, mga lumolupyo sa Barangay Pusok, sa mao nga dakbayan.

Gibutyag sa hepe sa Police Station 5 sa Lapu-Lapu City Police Office (LLCPO) nga si PCInsp. Conrado Manatad nga ang nahisgutang mga dinakpan pulos notadong mga tulisan.

Gani, makatulo na ka mga higayon nga sila nadakpan sa kasong pagpanulis ug kawat sa LLCPO.

Matod niya nga mga suspek usab sila sa laing tulis sa dakbayan sa Mandaue.

Matod pa ni Manatad sa dihang nahinabi sa Sun.Star Superbalita nga nanga-dismiss ang mga kaso batok sa tulo sanglit wa manunga ang mga nabiktima sa gikatakdang mga husay sa korte.

Base sa pasiunang imbestigasyon sa Station 5, usa ka Hermond Ducao, 24, ulitawo, taga-sityo Acacia Natividad Arca, Barangay Pusok nidangop sa kapulisan niadtong miaging kadlawon sa dihang gitulis sa tulo ka mga bayut.

Asoy pa ni P03 Ignacio Mabia nga niadtong Biyernes sa alas 3:40 sa kaadlawon dihang mopauli na unta ang biktima sa iyang gipuy-an, kalit nga niduol ang usa ka bayut kaniya ug nangutana kon asa ang iyang padulngan.

Samtang nagkalingaw og istorya ang biktima ug suspek, adunay duha ka mga bayut ang ningduol dayong tion sa usa ka hait nga butang diha sa kilid ug luyo nga bahin sa lawas ni Ducao.

Ningdeklarar dayon kini og tulis.

Nakuha sa biktima ang iyang pitaka nga adunay P5,000 ug mga importanteng dokumento, dali nga misibat ang tulo ka mga bayut.

Sa gihimong follow-up operation sa kapulisan, base sa gisulti sa mga saksi nga nakaila kanila, nianang mga alas 7:00 sa gabii niadtong Biyernes, nadakpan sila si Flores, Balaod ug Jubay nga positibong giila sa biktima nga maoy ningtulis kaniya.

Mga suspek gipangtanggong na sa LLCPO. --Gipatik sa mantalaang SuperBalita Cebu Agosto 21, 2011.

Quote from: hubag bohol on August 21, 2011, 08:26:50 AM
Matud pa ni Jocotan nga adunay panagbangi si Montecillo ug Garay hinungdan nga dihang nagkatagbo kini sa maong dapit mitumaw na usab ang panaglalis ug misangpot sa pagpanunggab gamit ang gunting.

Unsa kahay lintunganay sa ilang panagbangi. Hmm, basin gitupihan ni Garay si Montecillo unya ang resulta morag kinitkitan sa ilaga...

 

I felt I would live a long, lonely, useless life and die alone and unmissed (did I mention that I never bothered filling out any grad-school applications?) It’s self-indulgent, I know, but this is what happens to the overachieving but essentially useless children of parents who raised their children to do well on tests but failed to equip them with the poison-tipped spurs of true ambition. --Jon Fasman

Cruelty to cat...

Bwahaha! 

Ni Philip A. Cerojano
Sunday, August 21, 2011


USA ka ex-convict nga bayut nakuhaan og gatusan ka aluminum foil nga gipaslak sa iyang sampot atol sa pagbisita sa New City Jail Male Dormitory sa Barangay Kalunasan, dakbayan sa Sugbo kagahapon, alas 9:45 sa buntag.

Si Alex Jimenez, 29, kanhi nakombikto sa kasong pagpangawat ug nakagawas lang niadtong August 9 human sa iyang sentensiya, niduaw sa usa ka Kristino Cortez kagahapon dihang dunay namatikdan ang jail officers.

Si Jail Insp. Manuel De la Peña, deputy warden for operation, nagkanayon nga nitingog ang metal detector sa entrance dihang nisud si Jimenez.

Pagsusi nila, aduna kini dalang lighter ug sa ilang pagdala sa male search room didto ilang nasuta nga adunay butang nga nag-ungot sa lubot sa suspek.

Gipadayag ni De la Peña nga ilang gipugos sa pagpagawas sa iyang hugaw aron molugwa ang ilang gidudahang gipasok sa sampot ug positibo nga nilugwa ang 330 ka aluminum foil nga dangaw ang gitas-on.

Tungod sa kahugaw, ang awtoridad nigamit og gwantis aron pag-ihap sa linukot nga butang nga gamiton alang sa pagsuyop og shabu.

Ang deputy warden for operation sa City Jail nagduda nga gisuholan lang ang suspetsado aron sa pagpalusot sa maong drug paraphernalia.

Si Jimenez gikatakdang i-turn-over sa Guadalupe Police Station alang sa pormal nga pagpasaka og kaso nga kalapasan sa Article 2, section 12 sa Republic Act 9165, pasabot ni De la Peña. --Gipatik sa mantalaang SuperBalita Cebu Agosto 22, 2011.

I'm a health food freak... 

Ngilngig baya pud ang Jedi squirrels...

The Three Gorges Dam is a hydroelectric dam that spans the Yangtze River by the town of Sandouping, located in the Yiling District of Yichang, in Hubei province, China. The Three Gorges Dam is the world’s largest power station in terms of installed capacity (20,300 MW) but is second to Itaipu Dam with regards to the generation of electricity annually.

The dam body was completed in 2006. Except for a ship lift, the originally planned components of the project were completed on October 30, 2008, when the 26th turbine in the shore plant began commercial operation. Each turbine has a capacity of 700 MW. Six additional turbines in the underground power plant are not expected to become fully operational until mid-2011. Coupling the dam's thirty-two main turbines with two smaller generators (50 MW each) to power the plant itself, the total electric generating capacity of the dam will eventually reach 22,500 MW.

As well as producing electricity, the dam increases the Yangtze River's shipping capacity, and reduces the potential for floods downstream by providing flood storage space. The Chinese government regards the project as a historic engineering, social and economic success, with the design of state-of-the-art large turbines, and a move toward limiting greenhouse gas emissions. However, the dam flooded archaeological and cultural sites and displaced some 1.3 million people, and is causing significant ecological changes, including an increased risk of landslides. The dam has been a controversial topic both in China and abroad. --Wiki

Da, lukot lagi... 

Daghan na bitawng na-busy ron. Ako hapit na pud...

Quote from: islander on August 22, 2011, 10:15:16 AM
hahaha!  makasabot na ko karon nganong kahibawo si banana republic ug bilocation.

Hmm, bilocation? 

Bwahaha! 

Nakakita ka sa seksi?

Punk in pink...

Hmm, the Islander way...

Maayo pa ni nga school bus kay moderno...

He he...

BEFORE:

Quote from: chicogon on August 22, 2011, 05:01:13 AM


Cruelty or a kind act? 

AFTER:

Prayer of Saint Padre Pio:

Lord Jesus, sometimes, when I am in the State of Spiritual Aridity, I don't even feel like Praying, and I certainly do not feel Your Presence. I wonder how You, the Bread of Life, could ever Love me, a Miserable Sinner. Help me to Accept my Weak Humanity, and to bow always Humbly before You and Accept the "Medicine" of Your Holy Spirit Who longs to Heal my Heart and Soul.  Amen.

Nota Bene: Padre Pio was Graced by God with the Stigmata. His Shield depicts the Pelican, a Symbol of Christ, who strikes her own breast to draw blood in order to feed her young chicks. -- http://copiosa.org/

Saint Francis de Sales, Letter 764 to Saint Jane de Chantal: "It is the Height of Holy Disinterestedness to be Content with Naked, Dry, and Insensible Acts carried out in the Higher Will alone. You have told me well about your Suffering, and there is nothing to do to help it but what you are doing: Affirming to our Lord, sometimes out loud and sometimes in song, that you even Will to Live and to eat as the Dead do, without Taste, Feeling or Knowledge. In the End, the Savior wants us to be His so Perfectly that nothing else is left for us, and to abandon ourselves entirely to the Mercy of His Providence without Reservation".

Saint Teresa of Avila, Interior Castle 6.9: "I will only warn you that, when you learn or hear that God is granting Souls these Graces [Visions etc.], you must never Beseech or Desire Him to lead you along this Road. Even if you think it is a very good one, and to be greatly Prized and Reverenced, there are certain reasons why such a course is not wise". She adds: "It shows a Lack of Humility, one leaves Self Open to Great Danger since the Devil will take any opening, there is also Danger of Autosuggestion; it is Presumption to want to choose one's Own Path; Very Heavy Trials usually go with such Favors" and, "There are many Saintly People who have never known what it is to receive a Favor of this kind, and there are others who receive such Favors, although they are not Saintly . . . . It is true that to have these Favors must be the Greatest Help towards attaining a High Degree of Perfection in the Virtues; but anyone who has attained the Virtues, at the Cost of his Own Toil, has earned much more Merit".

Here are some Passages from Saints who had much Aridity, but Profited from it:

Saint Therese of Lisieux, Autobiography (Cap 13, p. 196, Kennedy Edition): "Do not think that I am overwhelmed with Consolations. Far from it! My Joy consists in being Deprived of all Joy here on Earth. Jesus does not guide me openly: I neither see nor hear Him".

Saint Therese of Lisieux, Poem: "I know that at Nazareth, Virgin full of Graces / You lived in great Poverty, not wishing anything more; No Raptures, no Miracles, no Ecstasies / embellished your life, O Queen of the Elect./ The number of little ones is very Great upon the Earth. / They can, without trembling, lift up their eyes to you. / It pleases you to walk among the Common Way, / Incomparable Mother, to Guide them to the Heavens".

We owe Him Everything - for making us out of Nothing - and all-over-again, for Redeeming us. So we go to Mass not to enjoy ourselves - that is indifferent whether or not we enjoy it - but to Please Him by Joining our Resolve of Obedience to that of the Obedience of the Heart of His Son, as He lies on the Altar, and to that of His Mother, who still joins-with Him in each Mass, as she once did at the Cross (cf. John Paul II in Saint Peter's Square on Sunday Feb 12, 1984 said: "Every Liturgical Action . . . is an Occasion of Communion . . . and in a Particular Way with Mary. Because the Liturgy is the Action of Christ and of the Church . . . she is Inseparable from one and the other . . . . . Mary is present in the Memorial - the Liturgical Action - because she was present at the Saving Event, Faithful with her Whole Being to the Father's Plan, at the Historical Salvific Occasion of Christ's Death. " Her Will is still United with His, the Flesh and Blood on the Altar came from her).

We might even take a Few Moments before a Mass: What have I done in Obeying the Father since the last Mass? If Well, I can Join that to Jesus' Offering; if some times I did Badly, then I should express Regrets.

The three Storegga slides are considered to be amongst the largest known landslides. They occurred in the Norwegian Sea, at the edge of Norway’s continental shelf, 100 km north-west of the Møre coast. The landslides caused a very large tsunami in the North Atlantic Ocean. Based on carbon dating of plant material recovered from sediment deposits, the latest incident occurred around 6100 BC. (8111 years ago). In Scotland, traces of the tsunami have been recorded, with sediment being discovered in Montrose Basin, the Firth of Forth, up to 80 km inland and 4 meters above current normal tide levels.

The Storegga slides have been investigated as part of the activities to prepare the Ormen Lange natural gas field, which is located on the Norwegian continental shelf. It has been determined that the triggering mechanism of the slides was likely a large earthquake, together with gases released from the decomposition of gas hydrates. One conclusion, made public in 2004, has hypothesized that the slide was caused by material built up during the previous ice age, and that a recurrence would only be possible after another ice age. A new slide in the area would trigger a very large tsunami that would be devastating for the coast around the North Sea and the Norwegian Sea.

Around the time of the last Storegga slide, geologists have identified that a land bridge existed in the area named Doggerland. Doggerland linked Great Britain with Denmark and the Netherlands across what is now the southern North Sea. Geological surveys have suggested that Doggerland was a large area of dry land that stretched from Britain’s east coast across to the present coast of the Netherlands and the western coasts of Germany and Denmark. The potential for historic dry land in the area was first discussed in the early 20th century, but intensified in 1931 when a commercial trawler began to recover the remains of land mammals, including mammoths and lions. Ancient tools and weapons were also uncovered.

Doggerland is believed to have been a land mass that included lagoons, marshes, mudflats, and beaches. It was a rich hunting ground populated by Mesolithic human cultures. The area was physically submerged through a gradual rise in sea level. It has been hypothesized that coastal areas of both Britain and mainland Europe were inundated by the tsunami triggered by the Storegga slide. The event would have had a catastrophic impact on the contemporary Mesolithic population, and separated cultures in Britain from those on the European mainland. One area of Doggerland said to have been destroyed in the Storegga slide is the island of Viking Bergen, located between modern Shetland and Norway, at the boundary of the North Sea and Norwegian Sea. -- http://listverse.com/

Date    20 August 2011 â€" Ongoing

Location    Tripoli, Libya

Result    Most of Tripoli captured by rebels, as of 22 August; scattered resistance throughout the capital

    Rebel fighters capture some parts of Tripoli
    Rebels from Zawiyah reach the western outskirts of Tripoli at Janzour
    Rebels enter Tripoli proper and head towards its centre
    Martyrs' Square captured
    Saif al-Islam Gaddafi and Muhammad al-Gaddafi confirmed captured; Saadi al-Gaddafi allegedly captured --Wiki

There is a Diversity in Spiritual Patterns too. There are, as it were, Two (2) Levels or Tiers in the Principles of the Spiritual Life.

On the Basic Level, no one can Break the Rules without taking a Loss.

But on the Secondary Level there is Room for much Variation.

Saint Francis of Assisi took much-pleasure in Birds and Flowers, and that led him to Praise God Greatly. Saint John of the Cross probably reacted in the Opposite Way. Saint Francis de Sales was a Refined Gentleman. Saint Benedict Joseph Labre was like a Filthy Tramp living in the Ruins of Rome. He must have had Body Lice. One Story says if One of them tried to crawl out of his Sleeve, he would push it back again.

Now Somatic Resonance, precisely since it is Bodily, follows the Laws of the Way a Body Grows - Plants, Animals, Children all Grow in a Step-Graph. There are Long Plateaus, and in-between Small Rises. Our Spiritual Growth follows such a Pattern. Can we help make the Rises Larger? Yes, when we do something that is Hard, on what Saint Francis of Assisi called 'Brother Ass', his Body, then the Somatic Resonance can be Shaken-up enough to Support a Larger Rise. And when - most People meet such things once or more in a Lifetime - we meet something Terribly Hard to Accept as the Will of God (Permitted or Positively sent), then if we only Refrain from Growling, but even Thank Him for that as Means-of-Likeness to Christ - then we can make a Large Gain at such a Point. We think again of Our Lady at the Foot of the Cross.

So we return to the Thought we mentioned in-passing above: there is only One (1) Free Thing in us, our Free Will. If we could make that Completely Match the Will of God, that would be Perfection. Of course we cannot get that in One (1) Quick Action, like Instant Coffee. No, we cannot Foresee at this Moment all that God will ask us for before the End of our Lives.

Even more Important â€" Even though Spiritual Progress lies in the Will, it is tied to what is called Somatic Resonance. Since we are made of Matter and Spirit and the Two (2) are tied so-closely as to Form One (1) Person, the Result is that if we have a Condition on either side, Body or Spirit, then for Normal-Running there should be a Parallel on the other side. That is called a Resonance. When it Falls on the side of the Body (most usual) it is labeled Somatic. For example, a Man in Deep Black Depression may Think he is Losing his Faith. The Truth is that the Bad Chemistry that causes his Depression is Interfering-with the Somatic Resonance to Faith - that Resonance is found in Biochemistry. Hence it seems to him he has no Faith. But when he comes out of the Blackness, there is no need to make him a Convert again. His Faith was there all-the-time.

Saint John of the Cross tells us that there are Three (3) Signs that a Soul, already Far-Advanced, is going to receive Infused Contemplation. One (1) is a Total Aridity, everything Material, everything Spiritual, brings no Consolation at all.
The Evil One can send Consolations, to make a Soul try to take-on Spiritual Projects too Great: he can afford to Promote some Temporary Gain in-return-for Long Term Loss to that Soul. He can also send Consolations to make us think we are Saintly, we have-arrived. And of course the Devil can Promote Aridity to Urge us to Give-up or to Let-up. And in Aridity he can tell a Soul that it is a Strong Soul, and does not need Consolations. Devilish!

Di ba imo man ning gihuwaman, Bay Bugs. Dia ra ka, ay, samtang imong gigamit diha sa Superpowerdom Kingdom...

Our Blessed Mother at the Cross had to Believe that this "Wretched Failure" was really the Salvation of the World. She did, she even had to Positively Will that He Die, Die then, Die so Horribly - for when any Soul knows what God Positively Wills, that Soul should Positively Will what He Wills. And she did this in Direct Clash with her Love, so great that PiusIX in 1854 said it was so-Great that, "None greater under God can be thought of, and no one but God can comprehend it". (The Pope spoke of Holiness, which in practice is Interchangeable-with Love).

Our Blessed Mother had to Hold on in the Dark many times, e.g., at Cana, where the Reply of her Son seemed to be Rejection. Yet she Believed, and told the Waiters: Do whatever He tells you. That brought His First Miracle, ahead of His Planned Schedule.

In John 6, Our Lord insisted they must Eat His Flesh. That sounded-like Cannibalism to the Crowd, or Backbiting. He did not explain, just insisted, even though many Drifted-away. He even told the Apostles: Are you going to leave too? . . . No, You have the Words of Eternal Life. He wanted them to 'Hold on in the Dark' and so to make Great Gain.

Ngano kahang patyon man kon wa na kaangay. Mamugos ba diay ta...

Quote from: hubag bohol on August 22, 2011, 02:38:56 PM
Si Josefina Recaplaza, anak ni Tranquilina Emit, nga maoy gihatod ngadto sa menteryo niadtong Huwebes, nagkanayon nga kun wala pa unta ang patay’ng lawas sa iyang inahan isakay sa de karga dili unta mamatay ang iyang duha ka anak ug pagkaangol sa laing usa.

Si Recaplaza maoy inahan ni Rosendo ug Jimmy Recaplaza nga nakalas usab sa maong hitabo, samtang ang lain niyang anak nga si Christian, nasalbar sa maong trahedya apan angol.

Naay moingon ani nga nagpakuyog ang lola...

There is only One (1) Free Thing in us, our Free Will. So in a Situation where our Will must hold onto Carrying-out the Will of God in-spite-of Aridity, even in Darkness , i.e., when it seems Impossible to do so - then the Soul must either make a Large Gain, or Fall. We think of Abraham, told-to Sacrifice his Son, even though he had-to Believe God would make him the 'Father of a Great Nation' through Isaac. Abraham could have Respectfully asked God: I know I must believe this, but now You tell me to kill him. I am willing to do either, but cannot do both. But Abraham did not ask any question: he just went-ahead. And God did Provide.

God or a Good Spirit can send either Consolations or Aridity. When a Person reaches the Second Conversion - the Point where he Decides to get Serious about Pleasing God - then God often sends Consolations, to help Detach the Soul from Things of this World. But, if these Feelings were to run Long-Term, there would be Danger of Attachment to them. Saint Francis de Sales says we might come-to Love the Consolations of God more than the God of Consolations. Saint John of the Cross (Ascent of Mount Carmel 3.39.1) compares such things to 'Toys'. If a Baby picks up a Sharp Knife, we do not try to take it from him. No, we dangle a 'Toy' before him, so he will let-go-of the Knife. The 'Toys' are such Consolations.

Minatay gibasol sa anak
(Banat) Updated August 22, 2011 12:00 AM 


CEBU, Philippines - Ang minatay nga gihatud paingon sa sam-ang nga gisakay sa   usa ka trak de karga nga nadisgrasya niadtong Huwebes didto sa barangay Balao, lungsod  sa Barili gibasol sa iyang anak.

Si Josefina Recaplaza, anak ni Tranquilina Emit, nga maoy gihatod ngadto sa menteryo niadtong Huwebes, nagkanayon nga kun wala pa unta ang patay’ng lawas sa iyang inahan isakay sa de karga dili unta mamatay ang iyang duha ka anak ug pagkaangol sa laing usa.

Si Recaplaza maoy inahan ni Rosendo ug Jimmy Recaplaza nga nakalas usab sa maong hitabo, samtang ang lain niyang anak nga si Christian, nasalbar sa maong trahedya apan angol.

Nasayran usab nga human maligid sa lupot ang de karga kay nawad-an og preno, diin namatyan og 10 ka pasahero ug 50 usab ang naangol, gibalhin og laing sakyanan ang lungon ni Emit niadtong higayona, apan gidimalas gihapon ang nahisgutang sakyanan kay nasunog kini sa karsada gumikan sa short circuit.

Busa gibalhin na usab kini og laing sakyanan una makaabot ngadto si Emit sa iyang lubnganan.

Matud pa ni Recaplaza nga daan nang nanugon si Emit nga kun mamatay siya dili siya pakarga sa sakyanan kay gusto niyang bayongan lang ang iyang lungon ngadto sa sam-ang.

Kagahapon sa hapon gidungan paglubong ang tanang nakabsan sa kinabuhi sa sam-ang publiko sa barangay Poblacion human sa misa nga gipahigayon didto sa Saint Ann Shrine sa Poblacion.

Ang kaguliyang sa hilak ug mga bakho sa mga tagtungod maoy milanog sa dalan nga giagian sa mga minatay. - Brenda D. Batuto ug Ria Mae Y. Booc sa The Freeman

There is a thing called Affection-to Venial Sin. It means this: it is as if a person were to say to himself: I do not intend to commit Mortal Sins, or even every Venial Sin that offers itself. But I have some Reservations. If it gets too Hard to keep up a Conversation without some Detraction, I will do it. Or if it is too Hard to stick to the Truth, I will Lie. In general, a person will not so openly speak to himself, as it were, about the Attitudes we have described. But they can be there, at least Subconsciously, and can do much Damage. Such Attachments keep one not only from Fully Receiving a Plenary Indulgence, but from any further Spiritual Progress at all. It is as if the Person puts a Clamp around his Heart: it can expand just so far, no farther. It is Sad to see some Persons going-in for so many Devotions, but yet making no-Gain, since they Harbor - perhaps without realizing it - one of these Affections. This is something to check on. During a Retreat is a Good Time to Scour our Consciousness for these things. (Cf. Saint John of the Cross, Ascent of Mount Carmel 1.11.4 - for his Comparison of a Bird-on-a-String).

Sins, and even Imperfections, even Attachments to Earthly Things can Predispose one to Aridity. To understand Attachments, we think of the Words of Our Lord in Matthew 6:21: "Where your Treasure is, there is your Heart also". In a Narrow Sense, that might be a Box of Coins hidden under the Floor for Safekeeping. Such a Stash would tend to Pull the Owner's Thoughts and Heart toward it: he would Enjoy Thinking on it. But we can put our Treasure in just anything: in Huge Meals, in Gourmet Meals, in Sex, in Travel, in Study, even in the Study of Scripture and Theology. All these things are Lower than God Himself, some much Lower than others. So they can, in Different Degrees, tend to Hold Down our Thoughts and Hearts. But there is a Second Factor: How strongly does a Person let self be pulled by these things? The Least Pull would Result only in Imperfection, less-than Venial Sin. The Next Level would be Occasional Venial Sin - then Habitual Venial Sin - then Occasional Mortal Sin - then Habitual Mortal Sin. One who Falls into Habitual Mortal Sin will find it hard for his Thoughts, Feelings, and Heart to Rise-to the Divine Level.

The State of our Health and Body, in general, can affect our Response in Feeling. Sluggish Bowels can tend to Dampen or Hold-down Emotions. If we watch ourselves - which is even Amusing to do - we will find that our Reactions and Attitudes can Readily Change with any Change in our Body Chemistry. Women, in general, are more inclined to Feelings than Men. Further, their completely-Natural Hormonal Cycles can bring a Constantly Shifting Landscape, as it were, before their Eyes.

Bwahaha! Manguykoy ko, basin tua sa adult files...

First, they can come from Ourselves. Some, on Reading the Life-of-a-Saint, may as it were, Identify with the Saint, and Imagine themselves Saintly, especially if they happen to have a Calm Mood in Prayer. They may practically Contemplate themselves as they Pray, and Think themselves Holy. Some Races of Humans are more prone to Emotion than others. So something written by such a one may speak of High Emotion. For example, Saint Augustine, in his 'Confessions', after his Conversion, in his Retreat before Baptism, describes Emotional Highs from reciting Psalm-4. Most people would not find that the case.

Pleasant Emotions in Religious Things are called Consolations; the opposite, Aridity. Realization of Spiritual Truths is not the same as Consolation.

There are chiefly Three (3) sources for Feelings in Religion:

Ourselves,

a Good Spirit (or God) and

the Evil Spirit.

Hmm, nidagsang na man ning krimen nga motor ang gigamit, kon di tulis, patay...

Emotion, by its very Nature is Neutral, neither Good nor Bad. For example, Our Lord had Anger when He drove-out the Sellers from the Temple. So Anger then was Good. It provided a Chemical Lift, Adrenalin, that made it easier for Him to carry-out what was needed. But if Anger is more than what the situation-on-hand calls for, then it is Wrong. Since we are Humanly Weak, it usually does go a bit-beyond what is Proper. A bit-beyond is Venially Sinful. It would have to be something Exceedingly Great, so that a Person is almost out-of-his-Mind, to make it Mortal. (Also, a Real Desire - not just a Passing Thought - for some Notable Revenge can be Mortal).

Similarly, in the Spiritual Life, Feelings or Emotions can be Helpful or Harmful.

by Theologian Father William G. Most


What is the Role of Emotions or Feelings in our Spiritual Lives? First, let us be clear on what Emotion is. According to Modern Psychology it has Two (2) Elements:

Bodily Changes, chiefly in Biochemistry;
Mental Interpretation.

For example, the 'Chemistry' in Fear and in Anger are much the same. So it is the Mental Interpretation that Decides which it is. If we see something 'Outrageous' before us, that Registers as Anger. If we see something 'Highly Dangerous', it Registers as Fear.

Quote from: islander on August 22, 2011, 01:42:13 PM
i understand.  you've done many good deeds, i know.

Guilty as charged. 

Hmm, come to think of it, maybe each one of those good deeds was heaven enough for the recipient?

Quote from: statesville on August 22, 2011, 10:15:00 AM
Ka way puangod minataya nga  kalayo anang menteryo unta nikamang lang siya usa hunong ug ginhawa.

Di ba kaha pwede compromise na lang: yayongan gihapon ang lungon pero ang nagyayong gasakay sa trak de karga...

Quote from: islander on August 22, 2011, 10:38:44 AM
pang-prisaa o olympics?  either way, ang distansiya di mausab.

Hmm, sa kadaghang nanguyog, ubay-ubay tingali ang able-bodied nga pwede maoy magbanosbanos...

Quote from: islander on August 22, 2011, 10:37:44 AM
siyaro na man lang pod si anhing ma'am tranquil.

Nakaingon tingali nga last wish na man lang, di na lang ang-angon...

Quote from: islander on August 22, 2011, 10:37:44 AM
kun sa tinuohan man lang pod nga kinaraan nga gusto kong motuo na lang aron way mahay, lisod-lisod pod tuod ang iyang last request tungod sa kalayo sa sementeryo.  

Hmm, basin naay duol nga barangay cemetery?

Ni Lesley Caminade-VEstil/WC (Banat) Updated August 22, 2011 12:00 AM 


CEBU, Philippines - Nabulit sa samad sa kutsilyo ang lawas sa asawa human kini unaya og dunggab patay sa iyang kaugalingong bana didto sa   Enriquez Compound sa barangay Punta Princesa ning dakbayan sa Sugbo kagahapon sa alas 11:00 pasado sa buntag.

Ang biktima nailhan nga si Lalaine Traya, 44, samtang ang suspetsado mao usab si Luciano Traya, nga iyang bana, hingkod nga pulos nagpuyo sa maong dapit. Sa pakighinabi sa Banat News ni PO2 Leroy Baguio, sa homicide section sa Cebu City Police Office, nasayran nga samtang nag-inom ang suspek og ilimnong makahubog sa ilang balay, misulti kini sa iyang anak nga si Luciano Traya III nga may mahitabo sa inahan niini sa maong higayon.”

Human sa maong pagpamulong, namatikdan nalang sa bata nga gigukod na sa suspek ang asawa niini og kutsilyo ug dihang naapsan kini sa balay sa ilang silingang si Lorna didto gitusaktusak ang lawas niini sa iyang hinagiban hangtod nga nabugtoan sa kinabuhi.

Human malup-og sa yuta ang biktima nga naglunang sa iyang dugo, misibat dayon ang suspek pinaagi sa pagsakay og taxi apan ang kapolisan nga nakabantay sa maong hitabo misikop dayon sa kriminal didto sa dalan F. Jaca, sa barangay Pardo. Matud pa ni Baguio nga ang suspetsado daan nang naghambin og kalagot sa iyang asawa tungod kay nasayran niini nga may gikarelasyon kuno kining laing lalaki.

Midugang si Baguio nga ila pang sutaon kun unsa ka tinuod ang giasoy sa suspetsado   kanila kinsa anaa nagtingkagol na sa prisohan karon.

Kasong parricide ang isang-at batok sa suspetsado.  - BANAT NEWS

Hmm, apparently, naay dili lang any idiot... 

Hmm, yayong relay tingali iyang gusto...

Lipot ra ba ang gibuhat...

Quote from: islander on August 22, 2011, 10:05:14 AM
hehe, kanyahay ra nagka-decrease and value sa u.s. dollar vis-a-vis the philippine peso.

Hmm, di ba angay unta hinuon mo-increase kay naay value added ang artwork?

Quote from: statesville on August 22, 2011, 09:45:52 AM
, naunsa naman  nga nagpakigol man  ni sila..

He he, feeling beautiful tingali ni sila nga vain girls...

Nat’l artist for literature Edith Tiempo passes away
By Alex V. Pal
Inquirer Visayas
8:34 pm | Sunday, August 21st, 2011



LITERARY GREAT. National Artist for Literature Edith
L. Tiempo, renowned founder of the Silliman Writers
Workshop, died Sunday of myocardial infarction.
Photo from Facebook


DUMAGUETE City, Philippinesâ€"National Artist for Literature Dr. Edith L. Tiempo died on Sunday in Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental.

She was 92.

Doctors at the Silliman Medical Center, where Tiempo was rushed Sunday afternoon for myocardial infarction, pronounced her dead at 5:35 p.m. after trying to resuscitate her.

Dr. Tiempo died at a time when Silliman University was starting its 110th Founder’s Day celebration.

“We have lost one of our pillars,” Silliman University President Dr. Ben Malayang III announced at the end of the 95th anniversary vesper worship service of the Silliman University Church.

“But Dr. Tiempo will be part of our Founder’s Day celebration,” he added.

The National Commission on Culture and the Arts, in its website, says Tiempo, a poet, fictionist, teacher and literary critic, is regarded as one of the finest Filipino writers in English whose works are characterized by a remarkable fusion of style and substance, of craftsmanship and insight.

Together with her late husband, Edilberto K. Tiempo, she founded and directed the Silliman National Writers Workshop in Dumaguete City.

In the last 50 years, the Workshop has produced some of the country’s best writers, who have come to fondly call her “Mommy Edith.”

Tiempo’s published works include the novel A Blade of Fern (1978), His Native Coast (1979), The Alien Corn (1992), One, Tilting Leaves (1995) and The Builder (2003); the poetry collections, The Tracks of Babylon and Other Poems (1966), and The Charmer’s Box and Other Poems (1993); and the short story collection Abide, Joshua, and Other Stories (1964).

Her works have won numerous prizes from the Don Carlos Palanca Awards in Literature, the CCP literary contest, and the Philippine Free Press literary contest.

She was conferred National Artist for Literature in 1999.

Tiempo is survived by son Maldon, daughter Rowena T. Torrevillas, son-in-law Lemuel and grandchildren.

Laing klase sa state of blessedness and hapit na makab-ot aning maong monkey meditator...





He he...

- si Botoy apil-apil pud...

Quote from: bugsay on July 20, 2011, 10:54:08 AM
di ba kaha ni TB member?...

Kinsa? Kini siya?

Cancer Scent

It is thought that tumours produce "volatile chemicals" which a dog can detect.

Researchers trained four dogs - two German shepherds, an Australian shepherd and a Labrador - to detect lung cancer.

Three groups of patients were tested: 110 healthy people, 60 with lung cancer and 50 with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, a narrowing of the airways of the lungs.

They all breathed into a fleece filled tube, which absorbed any smells.

The dogs sniffed the tubes and sat down in front of those in which they detected lung cancer smells.

They were successful 71% of the time. The researchers showed the dogs were not getting confused by chemicals associated with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or smoking.

Dr Thorsten Walles, the report's author from Schillerhoehe Hospital, said: "In the breath of patients with lung cancer, there are likely to be different chemicals to normal breath samples and the dogs' keen sense of smell can detect this difference at an early stage of the disease.

"Our results confirm the presence of a stable marker for lung cancer. This is a big step forward."

Dogs are unlikely to become regular fixtures in doctors surgeries so researchers are working on "electronic noses" which would be able to detect the same chemical as the dog. This chemical or combination of smells has not yet been found.

As the researchers lament: "Unfortunately, dogs cannot communicate the biochemistry of the scent of cancer."

Dr Laura McCallum, science information officer at Cancer Research UK, said: "Although there are now some intriguing studies suggesting that dogs may be able to smell cancer in some situations, we're still a long way from understanding exactly which 'smelly molecules' they are detecting and if these studies are accurate.

"Because it would be extremely difficult to use dogs in the clinic, further research is being carried out to learn more about these molecules that are released from tumours and whether devices such as 'electronic noses' could help sniff them out." -- http://www.bbc.co.uk/

By James Gallagher Health reporter, BBC News
18 August 2011 Last updated at 00:00 GMT



It was first suggested that dogs could sniff out cancer in 1989


Sniffer dogs can be used to reliably detect lung cancer, according to researchers in Germany.

Writing in the European Respiratory Journal, they found that trained dogs could detect a tumour in 71% of patients.

However, scientists do not know which chemical the dogs are detecting, which is what they say they need to know to develop a screening programme.

Cancer Research UK said that was still a "long way" off.

It was first suggested that dogs could "sniff out" cancer in 1989 and further studies have shown that dogs can detect some cancers such as those of the skin, bladder, bowel and breast.

Hmm, how dream-like...

Welcome back, Bay Chongks! Long time no read...

Ni Romeo T. Limpangog/EIM (Banat) Updated August 21, 2011 12:00 AM


CEBU, Philippines - Nakabaton og samad sa kamot ang usa ka sakop sa kapolisan sa dakbayan sa Lapulapu human gidunggab og gunting sa barberong iyaha untang dakpon human manunggab og silingan diha sa barangay Bankal, dakbayan sa Lapulapu sa miaging kaadlawon.

Ang naangol mao si PO1 Franklin Bolaquia sa Homicide Section sa kapolisan sa maong dakbayan kinsa gidala sa tambalanan tungod sa samad sa kamot.

Ang suspek nga misukol mao si Joseph Garay, 25, barbero ug nagpuyo sa sitio Tigkahon sa barangay Bankal sa maong dakbayan.

Si PO2 John Carlo Jocotan sa Homicide Section sa kapolisan sa maong dakbayan miingon nga unang gidunggab sa suspetsado si Lemuel Montecillo.

Matud pa ni Jocotan nga adunay panagbangi si Montecillo ug Garay hinungdan nga dihang nagkatagbo kini sa maong dapit mitumaw na usab ang panaglalis ug misangpot sa pagpanunggab gamit ang gunting.

Si Montecillo nadunggaban sa bukobuko ug daling gibiyaan sa suspek. Si Montecillo gidala sa Lapulapu City District Hospital ug gibalhin kini sa Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center sa dakbayan sa Sugbo.

Si Balaquia kauban ang ubang polis mitubag sa maong alarma ug gisundan ang suspek diha sa sitio Poblacion sa barangay Mactan ug dihang ilang naabtan ilaha kining giawhag sa pagtahan.

Apan miibot hinuon kini og gunting ug gidunggab si Bolaquia ug suwerteng nakalihay apan naabtan ang kamot niini, dihang gitionan og armas ang suspek una pa kini mitahan.

Madoble na hinuon karon ang kasong atubangon sa suspek tungod sa pagdunggab sa polis ug kang Garay. (BANATNEWS)

4. “I’m Lonely” or “I’m Bored”

It’s a sad truth that not all marriages are happy ones. Some of those beaming wedding day couples soon turn into a real-life Revolutionary Road. But if you’re not getting any attention from your partner or you’re unsatisfied with life, bringing a child into the mix isn’t going to help. You can’t have a baby so that “someone will love you.” It’s not a child’s job to provide love and fulfillment to the parent; it’s the other way around. What you really need is a therapist.

5. “My Parents Want Grandchildren”

Your parents are allowed to demand that you do your best in school, that you obey the law, and that you respect their rules while you live in their house. They are not allowed to demand that you bear children solely for their own benefit.

6. “A Baby Will Fix Our Relationship”

There’s a reason that studies consistently show that parents are unhappier, as a whole, than childless married couples. Why? Being a parent is really hard work, and it’s brutal on a relationship. Whatever fissures and emotional breaking points exist in your relationship now, a baby will amplify them by a thousand. A baby won’t make a husband grow up and stop playing video games all weekend. A baby won’t make a wife suddenly learn how not too overdraw the checking account. A baby won’t bring you closer together or solidify your bond or prevent your partner from leaving. A baby will be something you both fixate on for a while, but eventually will become just another thing to fight over.

In a perfect world, every child would be a wanted child born into a stable, loving, financially comfortable family, but of course the world isn’t perfect. And if everyone waited until they were emotionally, physically, and financially ready for kids, the world would be a much-less-crowded place. When it comes down to it, even if you’re a Teen Mom who’s having a baby because you desperately want somebody to love you, the only thing that matters is that you love your baby and try your best to do the right thing. And read to it … I hear that’s really important.

1. “It’s Time”

Perhaps your friends are starting to have kids, or you just got married and you’re beginning to wonder what’s next. If you’re surrounded by people more or less like you who are happily breeding, you may understandably start to suspect that it’s what you should be doing, too, butâ€"this should go without sayingâ€"there is no right time to have a baby. Look around: from fourteen-year-olds on MTV to post-menopausal miracle moms, obviously there’s a pretty wide range of what people find acceptable in terms of the right time to reproduce. It’s time to start a 401(k). It’s time to start wearing sunscreen. There is no such universal “time” to start having babies.

2. “I Love Babies”

I hate to break it to you, but babies do not stay babies forever. They’re only babies for a hot, messy, screaming minute; eventually they become toddlers, and before you know it, they’re teenagers. No one has children because they love teenagers. If you have children because you love babies, you stand a very real chance of turning into Octomom.

3. “It’s What People Do”

Generations of feminists fought for today’s women to have the right to control their reproductive destinies. Your life isn’t scripted, and there’s no need to have a family just because of some vague, undefined feeling that you need to check this milestone off a list. Popping out 2.5 kids and living in a four-bedroom house with a dog isn’t a foregone conclusion anymore, and plenty of people are perfectly happy without them.

    posted by Mel, selected from DivineCaroline
    http://www.care2.com/  Aug 18, 2011 5:01 pm


By Gwendolen Fairfax, DivineCaroline

You know you’re an adult when your friends start acting like stereotypes. A friend confides that she’s only getting married because she’s afraid her sub-optimal fiancé is her last chance. Or your married pal moves away from your hip, fun city to live in the suburbs, where they can have a yard and a laundry room. Or your college roommate, who always swore she’d be a relaxed, stress-free mom, starts obsessing about tutoring her two-year-old for the SATs. Welcome to adulthood, which is more complicated, painful, and confusing than you thought it would be.

Nowhere is the complexity of adulthood more pronounced than in the decision to have a baby, where formerly sane, smart women start saying things that sound like lines from a Lifetime original movie. Whether or not to be parents is a decision that people make in different ways and for different reasons, but let’s be honestâ€"for every good reason to have a baby, there are some spectacularly bad reasons for doing it.