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Dura-Europos, now in Syria. (DigitalGlobe/Caters News)

Mongolia. (DigitalGlobe/Caters News)

The politician is a she. Maybe you would opt for a different treatment?

Pampa San Alejo, Peru.(DigitalGlobe/Caters News)

Las Vegas, Nevada. (DigitalGlobe/Caters News)

Quote from: hubag bohol on September 30, 2015, 11:55:37 AM
Dugang sa kapolisan sa Police Station 1 sa Divisoria, nga daling miresponde sa taho, nga taod-taod nga gisusi sa Oro rescue ang suba apan wala na gayud makita ang lalaki.

Hinaot unta nga wa to siya bunlota sa mga ukoy ug gidala sa ilang gingharian...

Hmm, wa ba kahay dagkong tai nga gapaluyo ani...

Russia. (DigitalGlobe/Caters News)

Sutter, California. (DigitalGlobe/Caters News)

Walang patawad...

Agoi, misiaw diay ang adik-adik sa atoa...

September 30, 2015 12:20am


About P5 million worth of shabu amounting to almost half a kilo was confiscated by operatives of the National Bureau of Investigation in separate raids in Bohol, a report on Unang Balita on Wednesday said.

A man was arrested in Panglao after he was found in possession of some packets containing shabu. He also had a gun and cash worth P60,000 on him when he was arrested, the report said.

Meanwhile, in a separate operation in the first district of Taloto in Tagbilaran City, two men were caught with packets of shabu and drug paraphernalia.

The arrested men will be charged with violation of the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act.

The men denied the accusations.

According to the NBI, the operations were conducted after they received tips about the selling of illegal drugs in the said areas, the report said. â€"KG, GMA News

The motion was passed by 119 votes, but 45 countries abstained from the vote.

At the time, Israel's UN representative Ron Prosor said the move was a "blatant attempt to hijack the UN", insisting that the only way Palestinians could achieve statehood was through direct negotiations.

There have been clashes between Palestinians and Israelis in east Jerusalem in recent weeks
In 2012, the UN General Assembly voted to upgrade the status of the Palestinians to that of a "non-member observer state" allowing them to take part in assembly debates.

It followed a failed bid to join the international body as a full member state in 2011 because of a lack of support in the UN Security Council.

Mr Abbas will address the General Assembly in New York on Wednesday, with Israel's president, Benjamin Netanyahu, speaking a day later.

He is expected to call on Palestinians to end "incitement to violence".

In recent weeks, there have been clashes at the al-Aqsa mosque complex in East Jerusalem. Al-Aqsa is one of Islam's holiest sites and is in the Temple Mount/Haram al-Sharif site also revered by Jews.

Early on Wednesday, Israel carried out a series of air strikes on Gaza, hours after the Israeli Iron Dome anti-missile system intercepted a rocket from the enclave.

19 minutes ago



The decision to raise the flag won 119 votes, but 45 countries abstained


The Palestinian flag is to be raised for the first time at the United Nations later in what the Palestinian leader says will be "a most emotional and proud day".

Earlier this month, the UN General Assembly passed a motion to raise the Palestinian and Vatican flags.

Israel criticised the move and they, the United States and six other countries voted against it.
The Israeli and Palestinian presidents will speak before the UN this week.

"The sense of pride among the Palestinian people was overwhelming the day the world voted in favour of this landmark initiative," Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas wrote for the Huffington Post on Tuesday.

"I am certain that the day our flag rises among the flags of the community of nations will also be a most emotional and proud day."

He also called for a multilateral solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, adding: "The UN must give my people more than hope."

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14 hours ago


A Mexican councillor has provoked outrage after that homeless people should be put down like animals to keep the number of them on the streets down.

Olga Gutierrez Machorro believes that beggars should be culled with lethal injection, believing it to be in their best interests.

She said: “Yes they’re a little crazy, but they’re harmless.

“Which is why I think to myself wouldn’t it be kinder to just give them a lethal injection?”

Unbelievably, Machorro, who is a member of the local government in Tecamachalco, Mexico, is also the councillor responsible for the Vulnerable Groups Commission - who try to find ways to help the homeless and disadvantaged.

Her outrageous remarks, made in an interview with the local newspaper Cambio, came when she alleged the Tecamachalco government, led by Ines Lopez, lacked the necessary resources to deal with beggars who are increasing in number on the streets.

She alleged that killing beggars was already going on unofficially, and added that the local psychiatric hospital, El Batan, often just deposited patients deemed “un-aggressive” in the middle of the motorways at night, where they are killed by cars but also cause accidents that put others at risk.

Machorro has previously offered her own home as sanctuary for those on the streets, but claimed this was not a long term solution.

Ni KRIS C. SIALANA


NAHULOG gikan sa Ysalina Bridge ning dakbayan sa Cagayan de Oro ang usa ka lalaki nga gituohang hubog niadtong Dominggo sa buntag.

Padayon pa nga gipangita ang lalaki kinsa gibana-banang nagpangidaron og 40 anyos pataas.

Sa nakuhang report sa Sun.Star SuperBalita, nasayran nga natulog ang lalaki ilawom sa tulay nga gituohang' labihan ka hubog niadtong higayona.

Sumala sa mga nakasaksi nga nakurat na lamang sila dihang nilagapak na sa suba ang lalaki.

Giingong gisulayan pa sa paglangoy sa biktima ang natagak sab niining' bag apan gituohang naluya na kini ug nalunod.

Dugang sa kapolisan sa Police Station 1 sa Divisoria, nga daling miresponde sa taho, nga taod-taod nga gisusi sa Oro rescue ang suba apan wala na gayud makita ang lalaki.


Gipatik sa mantalaang SuperBalita Cagayan de Oro Septembre 30, 2015.

BACOLOD. Dog owners in Negros Occidental bring their pets for free vaccination administered by Provincial Veterinary Office personnel during the World Rabies Day event in Bacolod City on Monday, September 28, 2015.

TAVARES, Florida â€" It’s a milestone Jaxon Buell wasn’t supposed to make.

But the baby, who was born without most of his brain, just celebrated his first birthday at the end of August.

According to the Boston Globe, the Florida boy was born with a severe brain malformation that kills most infants within days or hours of birth. Many, like Jaxon, don’t even survive long enough to be born.

It wasn’t until they got home from the hospital after his birth that Jaxon’s parents, Brandon and Brittany Buell, learned their son had a condition called anencephaly.

“It means no brain outside of a brainstem,” Brandon told the Boston Globe.

While Jaxon has defied the odds and lived far longer than expected, his parents told the Boston Globe his medical complications have grown.

In the middle of last month, the parents took their son to the emergency room at Boston Children’s Hospital. It’s one of the top hospitals for pediatric neurology.

“Our plan was to go to the emergency room because they can’t turn you away,” Brittany told the Boston Globe. “We walked in and said ‘We’re here from Florida.’”

That’s when the family learned their son has microhydranencephaly. According to the Boston Globe, it means he has a brainstem, but his cerebellum did not form properly.

His most recent brain scan showed almost nothing.

After three weeks in Boston, the family returned to Florida. While they didn’t find the miracle they were looking for, their son did receive a new medication that is helping him sleep better.

The family has chronicled their journey on Facebook with the hashtag #JaxonStrong. They also have a GoFundMe page.


The couple say people often ask if the pictures of their son are fake or Photoshopped.

“No, our baby is not Photoshopped,” they have replied again and again. -- http://fox8.com/

At first, I was disappointed not to be standing in a big group of LGBT people. But in the end, it didn't matter who you were standing next to. We stood for hours waiting in great anticipation, talking with strangers about the pope's goodness. Everyone was excited to see a man who has come to mean so much to us -- all for different reasons. While I couldn't identify the other gay moms or gay dads, I knew we were there among the 15,000 guests, some joining me in representing Family Equality Council and the people we serve, off somewhere in the crowd. For me and the other LGBT parents in the crowd, this was our pope, too!

Looking at this new pope, I thought we've come a long way. This is someone who looks at the world's population and sees all their goodness, no matter what their circumstances. His words inspire all of humanity to want to do more to make the world a more welcoming place for all God's people -- no matter what their race, sexual orientation, socioeconomic standing, etc. Just knowing how conservative many in our church can be, I think the pope's stance on many issues will make a big shift in the American Catholic church and it will only help to change the way the church leaders speak about the LGBT people and our families. I felt happy and overwhelmingly proud of the pope, being Catholic and being gay all at the same time. I think his words and deeds will also give my daughter hope that she can have a place in a church that welcomes, accepts and respects her family.

I'm even considering going back to church again and taking my daughter.

Some time has passed now and we have a new pope. Pope Francis is opening people's eyes in a different way all over the world. In early September, Family Equality Council, where I'm a board member, gave me the opportunity to be a part of arrival ceremony for the pope at the White House, to stand in witness as a Lesbian mother for what I hoped for the church and for families like mine around the world. Admittedly, I was nervous because the Pope's message isn't always reflective of our LGBT issues but I was also excited, as I believe he's opened a dialogue on so many things in a healing and positive way. His words are changing the way the larger church sees so many things - especially for LGBT folks.

The feeling in the air was electric as I stood there with the thousands, and he didn't disappoint even in the few words he did speak at that event, his first one on U.S. soil. He talked about the poor. He referenced Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech, saying, "We can say that we have defaulted on a promissory note and now is the time to honor it." That blew my mind, it showed how in touch he was with all of humanity. His holiness came through in such a profound way. He spoke of family and marriage, and his comments were heard by some LGBT advocates as opposing my family and those like mine. But I heard them differently. In the context of the long hard walk to equality and justice for so many people, this pope chose not to defame me. He chose to honor family and marriage, not limit which families and which marriages. And for this church, in the context of this pope's choices, that is progress. While he didn't say everything I might have hoped for it was a step and not a small one. I have lived through many changes and I know that life is a long journey made of many small and sometimes painful, hard and misguided steps. So looking back now I celebrate another step in the right direction.

Nine years later, in 2003, we adopted our daughter. As her parents, we still considered ourselves Catholic, and from day one we wanted all the benefits of being Catholic for our child. We knew we wanted to have her baptized and raised Catholic as we both had been. After moving to New Jersey, we found an LGBT-friendly and inclusive church, and my daughter attended religious instruction and eventually took her first communion.

But she slowly began to feel uncomfortable with the things she was hearing in sermons and on television about the church's stance on gays in the church. About three years ago, we got a call from a Sunday school teacher saying that they had discussed Pope Benedict XVI and my daughter had openly asked her, "Why doesn't the pope like gay people?" She didn't understand why those around the pope weren't talking to him and encouraging him to allow gay people to marry in the Catholic church -- and why he didn't believe our family was good enough to be accepted like other families. Her teacher just wanted us to be aware of the discussion and how it might be impacting our daughter. As her parents, we were proud that she felt comfortable to speak her mind and express her feelings openly as we have taught her. But our church got a new pastor, and it was slowly beginning to feel more and more conservative. It was becoming increasingly difficult for me to justify staying. Other people would ask me, "How can you still be Catholic when they don't support you and your lifestyle?" I would always say, "It's never been about the institutional church or about who leads it. I don't go to church for the pope or the institution of the church. I go for me, my faith, my family and the community life I experience in the local church." But truthfully, I wasn't feeling the support in the leader of that local church anymore -- and my daughter's struggles mirrored her parents' struggles. So we had to address the same question, "Why am I doing this?" Basically we slowly stopped going.

Quote from: hubag bohol on September 29, 2015, 12:11:41 PM
MAAYONG pagkatata sa ngabil ug pagkabun-og sa aping sa usa ka lalaki human gibukbok sa igsuong lalaki sa iyang girlfriend nga kaslunon sa ubang lalaki.

Kaluoy tawon. Misamot diay kon maohon...

I tagged along with those sisters for the next ten years, trying to understand their life, working with them on weekends, doing a lot of praying. In the middle of that, I went to Maryville College in Tennessee and enjoyed what I would call normal and healthy experiences of young adulthood. I was an athlete and I played basketball and volleyball competitively through college. I had a great time, made wonderful lifelong friends, went to parties and drank a lot of beer. During college, I kept my desire to join the convent a secret. When I felt comfortable, I would tell classmates that I'd go on retreats with nuns during vacations and that I desired to become a nun after graduation. They'd be like, "What?! You're loud, you're funny, you're not typical nun-type." And this was the mid-'70s -- none of them knew any black nuns. Still I never lost the desire to become a nun and two years after graduation I entered the Brooklyn convent in September 1981. In my role, I served as a childcare worker in a group home for kids who were unable to live at home, as many had suffered various trauma and crisis. Years later I actually became the director of that group home. I did everything from waking up the children in the morning to putting them to bed at night and anything they needed in between. I stayed in the convent for over 12 years, making my first and final vows. At that time I truly believed it would be my life choice forever.

But over the years, I began to realize I was becoming more and more unhappy being a nun, something was missing. Just struggling with whether or not it was the right thing for me. It was becoming difficult to stay for many reasons: being the youngest of the sisters I lived with, being the only African-American women in the order, just to mention two. Then between the eleventh and twelfth year, I met someone, a woman I later fell in love with. She volunteered in my group home and was thinking about joining the order. It was in meeting her that I came to a major realization in my life -- I had to admit to myself that I was a lesbian, that I had deep feelings for this woman and that I wanted to be with her. I soon petitioned my superior to leave the order.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/
Denise Hinds
Family Equality Council board member,
Nonprofit Organization Management
Posted: 09/28/2015 6:27 pm EDT Updated: 09/28/2015 6:59 pm EDT


As I stood on the White House lawn watching Pope Francis drive by and wave in his cute little black Fiat last week, I felt pride: for Catholics, for my daughter, for my LGBTQ sisters and brothers. This pope symbolizes hope for a deeper connection with the people of the world in a way that speaks to who I am, how I think and the way I live my life in the service of others.

Even from the earliest years in elementary school, I always had the desire to be a nun. I was raised Catholic in a very traditional West Indian family. My brother and I were the first in our family born in the U.S. I attended St. Teresa Avila Catholic School in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn, then Erasmus Hall High School in the Flatbush neighborhood. On weekends in high school, I worked in the rectory of our church and grew to have a deeper connection and love for the religious life the sisters lived. The nuns that I knew in my earlier days were predominantly teachers, but as I began a deeper exploration into the sisterhood, I found a group that better met my interest, which was social work. These women worked particularly with girls who couldn't live at home and were placed in foster care. I was intrigued by the sisters, the way they lived, their devotion and love for prayer and the people of God. I believed that I had a special calling to dedicate my life to God they way they did.

MILAGRO nga nabuhi pa ang usa ka lalaki kinsa dunay daghang tinigbasan sa lawas dihang napalgan nga nagbuy-od tunga sa dalan alas 3:50 kagahapon sa kaadlawon didto sa Talisay, Times Beach, Barangay 76-A Bucana, siyudad sa Davao.

Padayon ang gihimong imbestigasyon sa Talomo Police Station sa pag-ila sa lalaki kinsa nagpangedaron og 28-anyos, 5'6" ang gitas-on, human napalgan sa mga residente.

Ang biktima unang napalgan sa usa ka taxi driver nga si Xander Alcala nga nagbuy-od ug napuno sa tinigbasan sa agtang, likod ug liog, duna pay dinunggaban sa iyang hawak.

Daling miresponde ang paramedics team sa Central 911 ug gidala ang biktima sa Southern Philippines Medical Center (SPMC).

Nagtuo ang mga residente nga gihagbong lang ang biktima sa lugar, sanglit wala silay namatikdan nga kasikas niadtong mga orasa ug kalit nga mibutho ang biktima.

Sukad sa pagsuwat ning balita, padayong gitambalan ang biktima sa SPMC samtang ang kapulisan padayong nag-imbestiga aron mailhan ang buot mopatay kaniya. (Jeepy P. Compio)


Gipatik sa mantalaang SuperBalita Davao Septembre 29, 2015.

The chart below shows the area declared by China on 1 January 2014 as “an area under China’s jurisdiction.” China says “foreign fishing vessels” can only enter and work in this area with prior approval from China. Vietnam, the Philippines and others have said they will not comply with China’s law.

China claims ownership of about 90% of the South China Sea. Most of China’s neighbors believe otherwise.

An aerial image shows construction on reclaimed land located in a disputed area of the South China Sea.  Reuters

China’s vast South China Sea fishing fleet.

China dredger Tian Jing Hao is called “The Reef Eater.” It grinds up coral reefs which are then used in China’s effort to creating man made islands. At least nine islands are almost complete, including three air bases and sea ports.

By piling sand, gravel and dead coral onto reef flats to create new land and dredging shipping channels nearby, she said, China has destroyed large areas of reefs and their biodiversity that serve as fish nurseries in much of the South China Sea.

The Philippines said the South China Sea is in an environmental crisis.

With challenges in the region to marine resources management, such as the destruction of coral reefs in the South China Sea due to massive reclamation and its attendant economic costs, the Philippines said it should be addressed by all parties concerned in order to realize Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly SD Goal 14, which deals with oceans, seas and marine resources.

Edgardo Gomez, professor emeritus of the University of the Philippines Marine Science Institute and National Scientist, applied calculations of ecological economics to estimate that the 800 hectares of ocean filling or reclamation done by China that subsequently destroyed centuries-old coral reef ecosystems amounted to a loss worth $280 million.

“These are losses to the Vietnamese, the Filipinos, the Malaysians, the Indonesians and to the Chinese themselves,” Gomez said.

He said that because of the great value of the West Philippine Sea to many countries in the Coral Triangle Region and beyond, “all countries that are contributing to the degradation and destruction of the shallow water ecosystems must stop their activities that are known to be detrimental to the productivity and biodiversity of the waters of Southeast Asia.”

South China Sea: China’s dredging, island building taking a heavy toll on the marine environment â€" Science Magazine reports
By Pia Lee-Brago (The Philippine Star) | Updated September 29, 2015



Photo provided by the Armed Forces of the Philippines shows construction on Kagitingan (Fiery Cross) Reef in the Spratly Islands. STAR/File photo


MANILA, Philippines â€" A magazine has featured China’s island building projects in the South China Sea as destroying reefs and endangering the marine environment.

In an article in a recent issue of Science Magazine, Christina Larson wrote that the geopolitical maneuvering in the South China Sea (SCS) is taking a heavy toll on the marine environment, scientists believe.

The Spratlys â€" called Nansha by the Chinese â€" that include islets, coral reefs and atolls, have become the focus of a territorial dispute between China and its neighbors.

“To the dismay of other countries bordering the SCS â€" Vietnam, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Brunei â€" China claims most of the sea, and it is bolstering its claims with a massive land filling effort to transform some of the atolls into full-fledged islands,” Larson said.

Ni JEEPY P. COMPIO


MAAYONG pagkatata sa ngabil ug pagkabun-og sa aping sa usa ka lalaki human gibukbok sa igsuong lalaki sa iyang girlfriend nga kaslunon sa ubang lalaki.

Sa ngalan sa gugma, mas gipili ni Lloyd (bansagon gitago sa SuperBalita), 24, nagpuyo sa San Rafael Village, Barangay 10-A Poblacion, siyudad sa Davao, nga kulatahon siya di lang mapakyas ang ilang panagkita sa babaye nga dugay na niyang ka-textmate.

Gisaysay sa blotter nga natala ni SPO2 Harold P. Gamutan, duty desk officer sa San Pedro Police Station, nga daghan og samad nga mipatala sa presinto dos ang biktima.

Si Lloyd nagtug-an sa pulis nga alas 11:20 sa gabii niadtong Dominggo, samtang naa siya sa Duha Subdivision sa San Rafael Village, sila alyas Marlon ug alyas Aljun mitabang pagbukbok kaniya.

Ang pagpangulata maoy hinungdan sa pagkatata sa iyang ngabil ug pagkabun-og.

Nagsugod ang kagubot dihang giingnan siya sa maguwang sa iyang ka-textmate nga mopalayo na sa iyang igsuon nga babaye kay minyuonon kini sa laing lalaki.

Wa gihapon nagpatuo ang biktima gumikan dako iyang pagtuo nga siya ang higugmaon kay dugay na silang nag-uyab pinaagi sa text, apan wa pa sila magkita sa personal.

Dugang nasayran sa SuperBalita nga di gusto sa igsuon nga lalaki nga mag-uyab sila gumikan hitsuraan ug maayo ang kahimtang sa lalaki nga ilang ipaminyo sa igsuon.

Gipasabot sa nakulatahan nga di hitsura ang sukdanan sa tinuod nga panaghigugmaay.

Human sa pagpangulata, daling miabot ang disaster mobile sa Barangay 10-A maong nakadagan ang duha ka lalaki.

Gipahimangnoan ang biktima nga mopatambal sa ospital ug mokuha og medical certificate aron magamit sa pagpakasa og kaso.


Gipatik sa mantalaang SuperBalita Davao Septembre 29, 2015.

By Aurea Calica (The Philippine Star) | Updated September 29, 2015 - 12:00am


MANILA, Philippines - Inflation and workers’ pay are the top concerns of the Filipinos, according to the latest Pulse Asia survey.

Reacting to the survey, Malacañang said inflation was at its lowest this year.

Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr. of the Presidential Communications Operation Office said the government was exerting maximum effort to preserve the purchasing power of the peso.

As of August, inflation rate was at 1.7 percent.

Deputy presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte said that since 2010, inflation on a yearly average has been going down (3.8 percent in 2010, 4.6 percent in 2011, 3.2 percent in 2012, three percent in 2013 and 4.1 percent in 2014).

Valte said unemployment and underemployment rates were also on a downtrend.

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Based on the survey, 47 percent of Filipinos were most concerned with the country’s inflation while 46 percent were concerned with workers’ pay.

Corruption in government (39 percent), employment (36 percent) and poverty (35 percent) are among the second cluster of national issues deemed urgent by Filipinos.

The third cluster of urgent national issues includes peace (21 percent), crimes (20 percent), rule of law (16 percent) and environmental destruction (15 percent).

The survey showed that Filipinos are least concerned about rapid population growth (nine percent), national territorial integrity (seven percent), Charter change (four percent) and terrorism (four percent).

The survey was conducted from May 30 to June 5.

Mary Bowerman, USA TODAY Network 1:51 p.m. EDT September 11, 2015


The paint-splattered canvases may look like a preschooler's handiwork. But look closely, and hyena paws or the stroke from an elephant start to emerge.

Thirty-two paintings produced by snakes, sun bears, lemurs, even a bat, are up for auction at the Oakland Zoo in California. Bids start around $200 dollars. As of Friday, several of the animals, including Donna, the African Elephant, have a handful or more bids on eBay.

While a paintbrush might be the most common instrument to create art, it's not the tool of choice for every animal, according to Margaret Rousser, a zoological manager at the Oakland Zoo.

"Some use paintbrushes and some like to fingerpaint," Rousser told USA TODAY Network. "We hold up the canvas and let them choose their colors and paint."

In July and August, zookeepers assisted the animals during painting sessions. Rousser said the animals were not forced to paint, but treats were used as positive reinforcement for putting paint on the canvas.

"A lot of the animals are very smart and love to learn new things," Rousser said.

Miracle Baby Born With Half His Skull Missing Beats The Odds to Celebrate His First Birthday
Happy birthday, Jaxon Strong!

http://www.redbookmag.com/
sep 26, 2015 @ 9:45 pmlifemiracle
By Brie Schwartz





​When Jaxon Strong was born with half of his brain and skull missing, his doctors predicted that he'd have just days to live. But one year later, this little guy has truly defied the odds. 

A flock of birds fly by as a perigee moon, also known as a supermoon, rises in Mir, Belarus, 95 kilometers (60 miles) west of capital Minsk, Belarus, late Sunday, Sept. 27, 2015. The full moon was seen prior to a phenomenon called a supermoon eclipse that will occur on Monday, Sept. 28. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

The so-called supermoon is seen through branches of a tree during a lunar eclipse in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, Sept. 27, 2015.(AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Palm branches frame the moon as earth's shadow obscures the view of a so-called supermoon causing a red cast during a total lunar eclipse as seen from Tempe, Ariz.,Sunday, Sept. 27, 2015. (AP Photo/Matt York)

People watch a full moon rising in Berlin, Germany, Sunday, Sept. 27, 2015. The full moon was seen prior to a phenomenon called a supermoon eclipse that will occur during moonset on Monday morning, Sept. 28. (AP Photo/Gero Breloer)

The so-called supermoon passes behind the peak of the Washington Monument during a lunar eclipse, Sunday, Sept. 27, 2015. The supermoon, or perigee moon, occurs when the full or new moon comes closest to the Earth making it appear bigger. t's the first time the events have made a twin appearance since 1982, and they won't again until 2033. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)

A so-called supermoon is seen at the start of a lunar eclipse above Lofer, Austrian province of Salzburg, in the early hours of Monday, Sept. 28, 2015. Supermoon, or perigee moon, is the name given when the full or new moon comes closest to the Earth making it appear bigger. (AP Photo/Kerstin Joensson)

Associated Press
3 hours ago


Stargazers were treated to a rare astronomical phenomenon when a total lunar eclipse combined with a so-called supermoon.

Those in the United States, Europe, Africa and western Asia were able to view the coupling, weather permitting, Sunday night or early Monday.

It was the first time the events have made a twin appearance since 1982, and they won't again until 2033.

When a full moon makes its closest approach to Earth, it appears slightly bigger and brighter than usual and has a reddish hue.

That coincides with a full lunar eclipse where the moon, Earth and sun will be lined up, with Earth's shadow totally obscuring the moon. (AP)

Pastilan...

According to the famous Greek physician Hippocrates, donkey milk can be used to cure numerous ailments including poisoning, liver troubles, fevers, and several infectious diseases. This prescription was what led to a donkey milk bathing fad.

Cleopatra was said to have bathed in donkey milk every day. She supposedly needed about 500 donkeys to produce the milk she bathed in daily to preserve her beauty and youthfulness. Cleopatra was not alone in her quest for the perfect skin. Poppaea Sabina, the second wife of Roman Emperor Nero, and Pauline, sister to Napoleon Bonaparte, were also big fans of bathing in donkey milk.

According to the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization, donkey milk does have some health benefits. In the 20th century, it was used as a substitute for human breast milk because it is more similar in composition than cow’s milk. But since an average donkey only produces about one liter of milk in a day, bathing in the milk is rather wasteful. -- http://listverse.com/

Ni Gabriel Bonjoc (Banat) | Updated September 28, 2015 - 12:00am


CEBU, Philippines â€" Pwerteng bun-oga sa usa ka babayeng ahente sa usa ka tindahan human siya gikulata sa usa ka Hapon nga iyang gibalibaran nga manulod sila sa usa ka motel diha sa barangay Lawaan 2, dakbayan sa Talisay niadtong Sabado sa gabii. Si Gretchen (tinuod pangan gipugngan sa Banat News), 34 anyos, taga barangay Bulacao ang nitawag sa iyang bana aron siya luwason gikan sa mga kamot sa Hapon nga si Shinobi Nogi.

Si Senior Police Officer 1 Mikie Espina sa Talisay City police nga nahinabi sa Banat News nitug-an nga nagkita si Gretchen ug ang Hapon sa barangay Tabunok aron hisgutan ang kabahin sa komisyon niini sa pagbaligya sa produkto sa langyaw.

Matud pa nga namugos ang Hapon pagsakay sa sakyanan sa biktima ug agi og respeto gitubayan kini sa babaye ug gisuroy samtang sila nagsige og estorya.

Apan matud pa paglabay nila sa may motel kalit gilubag sa Hapon ang manobela aron sila manulod sa maong establisamento.

Tungod niini, nihunong ang babaye ug misuway paglayat gawas sa sakyanan apan gipugngan sa suspek ug gisumbag, swerte na lang nga niduol dayon ang guwardiya maong nakaikyas ang babaye.

Ang biktima nitawag dayon sa iyang bana ug misumbong, samtang ang suspek gipugngan sa mga guwardiya ug gi-turnover ngadto sa kapolisan.

Gibutyag usab ni Espina nga dili na maayo ang relasyon sa magtiayon maong nasuod sa babaye ang maong Hapon, wa hinuon maklaro ni Espina kun duna bay relasyon ang Hapon ug ang babaye.  â€" /EIM) (BANAT NEWS)

Munchkins pood...

Well, there's nothing like the real McGoy...

Here's an interesting read, one among many: http://www.theroot.com/articles/history/2014/06/why_won_t_the_united_states_apologize_for_slavery.html

Quote from: islander on August 29, 2015, 01:36:21 AM

Botoy: Ah, so that's the famous poor little rich kitty Aylandil. I wonder why she has that permanent constipated look...

Looks like you don't have a resource monkey hereabouts this time...

Quote from: islander on September 27, 2015, 03:57:29 PM
but isn't this request going against the INC's stand of separation of church and state?  they now call on the state to come in, now that it's convenient for them, after the inconvenience they caused with their unlamented street rally?  talk of inconsistency.

Indeed...

The Brothers At Nagasaki


The photograph above was taken by US Marines photographer Joe O’Donnell shortly after the bombing of Nagasaki. He saw and smelled things beyond imagining, and the experience left him with depression in his later years. Yet according to O’Donnell’s son, the image above affected him more than any other.

The younger child in the picture is dead. The older boy is his brother, and he’d carried his sibling on his back to a crematory. The older boy stayed and watched his brother burn yet refused to cry. He bit his lip so hard it bled.

The boy had just lost everything to the most destructive force known to mankind. Yet, barefoot, he’d carried his sibling’s body to ensure he was honored properly. It’s a story of the extremes of sadness and braveryâ€"and the photograph captures both. -- http://listverse.com/

Other uses for the incredible banana peel


If you can't stomach the thought of eating a banana peel, then consider some of the many other ways you can reuse this valuable product of nature. Here are a few of the 16 ways that health and wellness website Natural Living Ideas suggests:

• Add a few slices of banana peel to a bucket of water and let the mixture sit for a couple of days. Use this to water your planets. The added nutrients from the banana will keep your plants growing strong.

• You can make banana vinegar from the peels that can then be added to salads and vegetables. See the recipe instructions here.

• Place your meat atop a ripe banana peel in your roasting pan to keep the meat moist and tender as it cooks.

Whether you're gnawing on a raw peel or using it in your cooking, always make sure to wash it thoroughly.

If you then eat the skin along with the flesh you get an even bigger boost in these same nutrients:

"[The skin] contains high amounts of vitamin B6 and B12, as well as magnesium and potassium. It also contains some fiber and protein," San Diego-based nutritionist Laura Flores told LiveScience.



(Scott Veg on Flickr)


Eating the peel is not only good for your body but also better for the environment.

In 2013, bananas were America's most popular fresh fruit. The average American ate 11.4 pounds of bananas over the course of that year.

Since a medium-sized banana weighs about 0.3 pounds, that equates to about 38 bananas per person, or roughly 12 billion for the whole US. And since most of us toss the peel, that also means a lot of organic waste. Most of this waste goes to landfills, but some of it is used as fertilizer, in water purification, and in composting.

Nutritional benefits

The sweet flesh of a medium-sized banana contains significant percentages of your daily recommended intake of various nutrients, such as:

• 12% of your daily fiber, which helps with digestion and may help lower your risk of diabetes

• 17% of your vitamin C, which is important for your immune system as well as growth and development

• 20% of your vitamin B-6, which aids the body's ability to convert food into energy

• 12% of your potassium, which helps in development of cells, tissues, and organs throughout the body

•8 % of your magnesium, which is important for the body's energy productions and regulating glucose and blood pressure levels

People around the world are eating banana peels because they know something that Westerners do not

By Jessica Orwig
11 hours ago



(Domiriel/Flickr Creative Commons)


That's right, you can eat banana peels. And not only are they edible â€" they're also good for you.

If you live in the US, you're probably used to tossing banana peels in the trash. But people in other countries, including India, have been taking advantage of their nutritional benefits for decades.

While a banana's flesh is soft and sweet, the skin is thick, fibrous, and slightly bitter. To eat the peel, you can either blend it into smoothies or fry, bake, or boil them for at least 10 minutes. Heat breaks down the skin's fiber and loosens up that tough texture, making the peel easier to chew and digest.

Also, the riper you allow the banana to get, the thinner and sweeter the peel becomes. That's because of a natural plant hormone called ethylene that fruits release as they ripen.

Ethylene interacts with the sugars and fiber in the banana skin, changing complex sugars into simple sugars and breaking down pectin, a form of fiber in bananas that keeps them stiff. That's why the older your banana is, the flimsier it feels. At the same time, other hormones break down the green pigments in the peel, turning them yellow and eventually brown.

By: Erika Sauler
@erikasauler
Philippine Daily Inquirer
05:34 AM September 24th, 2015


The Iglesia ni Cristo, as represented by the religious sect’s minister of the gospel Radel Cortez, has asked the Quezon City Regional Trial Court to stop visitors who are not related to the Manalo family from entering the Tandang Sora compound where the executive minister’s brother and sister were believed to be holed up in.

Trixie Angeles, counsel for respondents Felix Nathaniel “Angel” Manalo, Lolita Manalo-Hemedez and three others, said on Wednesday that even if the INC owned the property, it could not just isolate the occupants.

“They’re isolating the people who are inside. Even if I was renting, let’s say, an apartment, you cannot prevent me from having visitors when I’m not under arrest. Unless the petitioner here says these people are in fact under detention,” Angeles told reporters on Wednesday.

In its petition, INC asked the court to stop the Manalo siblings from allowing entry of Roel Rosal, Shirley Rosal, Joy Yuson and any other persons into the property.

Roel Rosal and Joy Yuson were said to have acted as leaders during an assembly in the compound where several armed men were seen.

“Petitioner respectfully submits a temporary restraining order and/or writ of preliminary injunction are necessary not only to secure the safety of the lives and property of the INC or the respondents, and of their neighbors during the pendency of the trial of this case, but to maintain the tranquility of the vicinity of the neighborhood,” the INC said.

Quote from: islander on August 18, 2015, 02:49:20 AM
the second after synchronized drinking...

Hmm, looks more like the second after being denied synchronized drinking... 

Ni JOHN PAUL V. PEPITO


USA ka 21 anyos nga anak nga adik nitigbas sa iyang 62 anyos nga inahan human wa hatagi og P10 pangpalit og yosi.

Ang inahan nga si Marcosa Alinsunod sa Purok Tambis dumpsite, Brgy. Umapad, dakbayan sa Mandaue nakaangkon og mga samad sa ulo ug lawas human gitigbas sa iyang anak nga si Ryan, kinsa sabog sa drugas niadtong Huwebes sa hapon.

Si Alinsunod naigo ka­duha sa walang bahin sa iyang ulo ug kaduha usab sa iyang bukobuko.

Sa dihang nahinabi ning mantalaan, giangkon mismo ni Ryan nga sabog siya niadtong panahuna maong nahimo niya ang maong krimen “Nawagtangan tungod sa shabu ba. Nawagta­ngan sa akong kinabuhi,” matod sa batan-on.

Gamit ang 19 pulgada nga sundang, gitigbas ni Ryan ang iyang inahan human wa siya hatagi og para sigarilyo.

“Resulta siguro anang wa’y tug-tug ba, sige’g inom (maong akong gitigbas),” matod niya.
Human sa hitabo, gitabangan usab siya sa pagkulata sa iyang mga igsuon.

Giangkon sa suspek nga nagbasol siya sa iyang gibuhat.

Ang inahan sa biktima kasamtangang nagpaalim sa Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center.

Ang maguwang sa suspek nga si Lisa Paraiso maoy nangunay pagdakop sa suspek ug mi-turn over niini ngadto sa kapulisan sa Opao Police Station.

Tungod sa pagkagumon sa iligal nga drugas, nag-inusarang nagpuyo ang biktima nga way trabaho ug gisuportaan lang sa iyang mga igsuon human gibiyaan sa iyang kapuyo.


Gipatik sa mantalaang SuperBalita Cebu Septembre 27, 2015.

Ni Jojo Ugdol ug Decemay P. Padilla (Banat) | Updated September 26, 2015 - 12:00am


CEBU, Philippines â€" Mokabat sa kapin usa ka milyon ka pesos nga kantidad sa mahalong alahas ug cash ang nadala sa mga k******n nga misulod sa balay sa usa ka doktor diha sa Pleasant Homes Subdivision, barangay Punta Princesa ning dakbayan sa Sugbo nakalabay nga hapon.

Ang nabiktima sa pagpanglungkab nga nakahinabi sa Banat News apan nihangyong di magpahingalan mitug-an nga wala siya diha sa iyang balay atol sa pagkahitabo ug gisugo niya ang iyang katabang.

Sumala pa sa hepe sa Theft and Robbery Section (TRS) sa Cebu City Police Office, Chief Inspector David Señor adunay mga batan-on nga nasigpatang magdaladala og sako nga magsige og bahis-bahis sa lugar. Gani kining mga bataa gialarma na sa kapulisan sa Punta Princesa Police kaniadto tungod sa mga nanglabay nga kaso sa pagpanglungkab.

Ang doktora mibutyag nga pasado alas-2 sa hapon iyahang gitawgan ang iyang katabang aron ipakuha ang laboratory results sa iyang bana didto sa Punta Princesa. Apan sa pagbalik sa katabang sa ilang balay, gitawgan siya niini ug gipahibalo nga giransak na ilang balay.

Matud pa dihang misaka ang katabang sa taas nga bahin sa panimalay nagkatag na ang mga gamit sa kwarto.

Nakita usab sa pikas lawak nga giligwatan na ang iron grills sa bintana nga gituohang gigamitan og bara de kabra ug ang jalousy blades niini gikuha aron makasulod sa panimalay.

Nasayran usab nga ang vault sa biktima nalimtan niini og lock diin didto nabutang ang mga mahalon niining alahas, mga koleksiyon ug cash nga P350 mil nga ang tanan mokabat og P1.3 milyones.

Matud pa sa doktora way closed-circuit television camera ang subdivision ug kini miangkon  nga kompiyansa ra kaayo siya. Si David sa iyang bahin nagtuo nga adunay kaubang mga hamtong ang mga batang nangawat nga nagpangidaron lang og gibanabanang 8 anyos ngadto na sa 13 anyos. â€" /EIM) (BANAT NEWS)

Quote from: islander on September 25, 2015, 02:39:12 AM
gikopya lang baya nako na nga drawing gikan sa imong picture, bai hubs.

Ah, cuteness (whatever) being in the eye of the beholder (who in this case is the artist-beholder)...

Quote from: islander on September 25, 2015, 02:37:49 AM
tingali baya ug moasenso pod ta pareha sa china kun daghan pod ang gwapohan ni binay.

Agoi, mogwapo man kaha kon (simbako lagong!) mapresidente...

Ni DOMILYN R. PICO


TUNGOD sa intriga, usa ka trabahante sa kan-anan ang gilaparo og plato sa kauban niini alas 9 sa buntag sa Huwebes didto sa Purok Tadina, Mankilam, dakbayan sa Tagum.

Nakaangkon og samad sa nawong ang biktima nga giilang si Sheryl Cuyo Gustilo, 36.

Kalit matud pa nga giatake ang biktima sa suspek nga giilang si Janet, kinsa kauban niini sa kan-anan nga wala panganli.

Sa pagpanubay sa SuperBalita, nasayran nga nahitabo ang insidente gumikan matud pa sa intriga, base sa blotter sa kapulisan.

Sumala pa nga giintriga matud pa ang suspek sa biktima nga magdala og plato hinungdan nga nag-away sila.

Apan matud sa biktima nga nagpasidaan lang siya nga di mokompiyansa kay basin ang suspek mamitbit og plato.

Girekomenda sa kapulisan sa Tagum City Police Station ngadto sa reklamante nga dad-on ang kaso ngadto sa barangay aron nga didto kini husayon.


Gipatik sa mantalaang SuperBalita Davao Septembre 25, 2015.

Ni JEEPY P. COMPIO


MIDANGOP sa buhatan sa San Pedro Police Station sa Davao City ang usa ka opisyal sa gobyerno human giingnan nga guwapa pa ang iro kaniya.

Alas 6:20 sa gabii, niadtong Huwebes, mipatim-aw sa presinto dos ang usa ka alyas Ana (bansagon gitago), 50, usa ka administrative assistant sa usa ka lokal nga buhatan sa siyudad ug nagpuyo sa NHA Agdao.

Giingon nga alas 5:00 sa hapon, misulod siya sa usa ka Beauty Salon sa dalang Claro M. Recto aron magpa-foot spa, apan sa iyang pagsulod gipaghot siya sa iro sa tag-iya sa salon.

Misulod gihapon siya ug milingkod dihang giingnan siya sa usa ka alyas Albert nga di manghilabot ang iro. Apan padayon nga mipaghot ang iro kaniya.

Migawas na lang siya sa salon ug gikanselar ang iyang pagpa-booking sa serbisyo.

Apan sa iyang paggawas, giingnan siya ni alyas Albert, "Ay, Madam, mas guwapa pa akong iro sa imoha," butang nga gikahiubos sa reklamante.

Tungod niini, mipatala na lang ang empleyada sa presinto sa pulis kinsa nahiubos human siya giingnan nga guwapa pa ang iro kaniya.

Ang kaso anaa na gisang-at sa barangay lebel aron didto sila husayon kon ugaling ipatawag sa empleyada ang tagdumala sa salon.


Gipatik sa mantalaang SuperBalita Davao Septembre 26, 2015.

Quote from: hubag bohol on September 24, 2015, 04:21:38 PM
And as the crowd roared with surprise and excitement, Sofia slipped the pontiff her letter.

Born on US soil to Mexican parents, Sofia traveled across the country as part of a group of a dozen faithful, her father among them, from Nuestra Senora Reina de los Angeles parish in Los Angeles.

"She handed the pope a letter asking him to support the drive to legalize undocumented migrants living in the United States," the parish said when contacted by AFP.

Dave Burke for Metro.co.ukSunday 20 Sep 2015 11:05 am



The gorilla being comforted (Picture: Phil Moore/Getty Images)


When you need a hug, you need a hug.

And this heartbreaking picture shows that’s as true for primates as it is for the rest of us.

It shows a park ranger comforting a mountain gorilla whose mother had been killed by poachers.

Ranger Patrick Karabaranga showed compassion for the poor animal and puts his arm around it.

It was taken in the Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where deforestation has resulted in severe habitat loss for animals.