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1 Samuel 18:25-27 (New International Version)


25 Saul replied, “Say to David, ‘The king wants no other price for the bride than a hundred Philistine foreskins, to take revenge on his enemies.’” Saul’s plan was to have David fall by the hands of the Philistines.

26 When the attendants told David these things, he was pleased to become the king’s son-in-law. So before the allotted time elapsed, 27 David took his men with him and went out and killed two hundred Philistines and brought back their foreskins. They counted out the full number to the king so that David might become the king’s son-in-law. Then Saul gave him his daughter Michal in marriage.

2 Kings 2:23-24 (New International Version)

From there Elisha went up to Bethel. As he was walking along the road, some boys came out of the town and jeered at him. “Get out of here, baldy!” they said. “Get out of here, baldy!” He turned around, looked at them and called down a curse on them in the name of the LORD. Then two bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of the boys.

Commentary by Matt Slick (http://carm.org/)

Why would God allow two bears to kill 42 young lads simply for saying Elisha was bald?  Let’s take a look.  Elisha was traveling from Jericho to Bethel when a group of young men verbally accosted him.  42 is a large number of people, and they were probably an organized group who had gone out to challenge Elisha.  Their mockery implied a malicious intent; especially when the culture of the time insisted on showing respect to their elders.  Furthermore, the statement “go up you baldhead!” has cultural significance.  First of all, “go up” is probably a reference to Elisha’s predecessor, Elijah, ascending to heaven (2 Kings 2:11).  In other words, they are stating they want Elisha gone; and since Elijah had gone on to the “next world,” the implication is they wanted Elisha dead.  Also, the epithet ‘baldhead’ was one of “contempt in the East, applied to a person even with a bushy head of hair.” Lepers had to shave their heads, so such a statement could easily have been a deliberate and malicious insult, something dangerous in a mob that can quickly get out of hand.

Given the challenge of the youths, their intimidating number which could constitute a mob, their veiled threat, the contemptuous attitude, and the fact that Elisha was the prophet of God, the Lord allowed the youths to be destroyed.

Stealth masters?

Earlier still...

Earlier, it was like this...

Study predicts organized religion will become extinct in several countries

By Troy Reimink | The Grand Rapids Press
Published: Thursday, March 24, 2011, 12:21 PM   Updated: Thursday, March 24, 2011, 6:51 PM


Organized religion is headed toward extinction in nine democracies, according to a team of mathematicians who have studied a century's worth of census data on religious affiliation.

Any guesses which nine? CNN reports on the findings, which indicate organized religion will gradually vanish in Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Austria, the Czech Republic, Finland and Switzerland.

The prediction, presented at the American Physical Society meeting in Dallas, is based mainly on a steady rise in the number of people claiming no religious affiliation and an analysis of how affiliation (or non-) spreads through social groups.

The BBC explains the mathematical model used to analyze the data: "Their means of analysing the data invokes what is known as nonlinear dynamics - a mathematical approach that has been used to explain a wide range of physical phenomena in which a number of factors play a part."

The researchers are careful to note that they're not making a value judgment on organized religion but are merely making predictions based on trends. For more background and context, check out this summary from Discover.

The researchers based their study on two sociological assumptions -- that in the countries where organized religion is on the wane there are social, economic and political advantages to claiming no affiliation; and that it's preferable to be part of the majority rather than the minority.

The second assumption prompted a quick rebuttal from Wendy Grossman in the Guardian:

There are so many other factors that may change the demographics of a country in abrupt and unexpected ways: immigration, changes in birth patterns, social trends, natural disasters. But the main thing is that when a group of humans becomes sufficiently small it tends to become deeply protective of itself. People stick to religious beliefs and affiliations sometimes even when there are very strong social pressures not to.

The study did not include the United States because the census here does not collect information on religion.


http://www.mlive.com/news/index.ssf/2011/03/study_predicts_organized_relig.html

Religion may become extinct in nine nations, study says

By Jason Palmer Science and technology reporter, BBC News, Dallas
22 March 2011 Last updated at 07:31 GMT


The study found a steady rise in those claiming no religious affiliation.

The team's mathematical model attempts to account for the interplay between the number of religious respondents and the social motives behind being one.

The result, reported at the American Physical Society meeting in Dallas, US, indicates that religion will all but die out altogether in those countries.

The team took census data stretching back as far as a century from countries in which the census queried religious affiliation: Australia, Austria, Canada, the Czech Republic, Finland, Ireland, the Netherlands, New Zealand and Switzerland.


More at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12811197

Top dog napping...

Ni Philip A. Cerojano
Friday, April 8, 2011


IGO na lang sa paghilak ang mga ginikanan ug paryente sa 10 anyos nga batang lalake nga napaakan sa iro sa barangay Bacayan, dakbayan sa Sugbo.

Ang iyang amahan nakakuha sab sa kagaw sa rabies human niya supsopa ang baba sa iyang bata dihang iyang gitabang kay naglisod na sa pagginhawa.

Gawas sa iyang amahan, gidapatan sab og injection sa anti-rabies ang lain nilang 17 ka mga kabanay aron gyud seguradong maprotektahan gikan sa kuyaw ug makamatay nga kagaw.

Si Elma Erana 31, inahan James Claite Erana, tinun-an sa grade 3 sa Bacayan Elementary School, nga napaakan sa iro nga naboang niadtong Pebrero 13 karong tuiga, nisulti nga wa motug-an kanila sa tinuod ang ilang anak.

Sa pagpakighinabi sa Sun.StarSuperbalita siya nitug-an nga niadtong gabhiuna didto sa Internet café ang iyang anak nga nahimutang pipila lang ka metros gikan sa ilang balay.

Dugang pa niya nga nitug-an ang iyang anak nga napaakan siya sa iro apan usa lang ka gadlas dapit sa iyang wa nga kilay apan wa siya motug-an nga adunay dakong samad pinaakan sa iyang paa.

Daw wa ray epekto ang nahitabo sa iyang anak sanglit way gipamati sud sa duha ka mga semana.

Siya nagtuo nga nawala na pinaakan sa kilay kay ila mang gilimpyohan pinaagi sa sabon ug nagpa-inject pa og anti-tetanus.

Apan niadtong Marso 19 daw mahadlok na ang bata sa mga tawo ug di kaginhawa hinungdan nga gi- mouth to mouth sa iyang amahan nga si Julius Erana, 40, aron maulian.

Ila dayon kining gidala sa North General Hospital apan gibalhin ra sa Cebu City Medical Center (CCMC).

Namatay gyud ang ilang anak kay nakalamay na man ang rabies sa utok niini.

Pag-abot sa Marso 20, alas 6:00 sa buntag didto nakabsan sa iyang gininhawa ang bata.

Sa wa pa kini mamatay nanugon pa kini sa mga ginikanan nga sila mag-ampo ug nagpunay og luhod sa pagpangayo og pasaylo sa Ginuo.

Nanugon pa kini nga ipauban ang mga larawan sa iyang mga ginikanan ug mga upat ka igsuon aron di siya mingawon kon toa na siya sa laing kalibutan.

Samtang ang amahan ila dayong gipabakunahan sanglit gitakboyan sa rabies, base sa mga simtomas nga gipakita niini, hinungdan nga naluwas.


Gipatik sa mantalaang SuperBalita Cebu Abril 09, 2011.

Quote from: hubag bohol on April 09, 2011, 01:33:36 PM
LIBRA (Set. 24-Okt. 23) â€" Pangita’g maayong paagi aron ka daling moasenso sa negosyo ug trabaho. Surprisa sa gugma paabota. Wala kay kuyaw mahitabo ning adlawa. Butang Debwenas â€" Panganod sa langit. Swerteng Numero â€" 3-10-5. Swerteng Lugar- Fish Gallery. Numerong Kusog-13-29-35-47-18-32

"Butang Debwenas â€" Panganod sa langit."  Otro pud ni. Unsa kahang swerteha ang maggikan sa panganod? 

Quote from: hubag bohol on April 09, 2011, 01:33:36 PM
GEMINI (May 21-Hun. 21) â€" Kalampusan sa tanang buhat ang mahitabo. Susiha ang mga gastos sa pinuy-anan ug importanteng papeles. Wala kay kuyaw abtonon ning adlawa. Butang Debwenas â€" Hopia nga mongo. Swerteng Numero â€" 5-8-3. Swerteng Lugar-Shopping Mall. Numerong Kusog- 25-41-35-27-38-14

"Butang Debwenas â€" Hopia nga mongo."  Hmm, basin naay diamond sulod sa hopia?  Bwahaha! 

Ni Willy Tortosa (Banat) Updated April 09, 2011 12:00 AM


SAGITTARIUS (Nob. 23-Dis.21)  â€" Dakong ganti sa negosyo ug trabaho ang imong maangkon. Surprisang butang ang ihatag sa imong hinigugma. Sa ilad pa-iway. Butang Debwenas â€" Computer. Swerteng Numero â€" 5-2-8. Lugar Demalas-Bodega. Numerong Kusog-21-40-22-12-28-19

CAPRICORN (Dis. 22-Ene.19) â€" Ayaw padani sa mga bisyo sa imong kahigalaan. Hinumdumi ang imong saad sa maayong kausaban sa imong pinangga. Demalas ka karong adlawa. Butang Debwenas â€" Cellphone. Swerteng Numero â€"3-7-5. Swerteng Lugar-Snack Bar. Numerong Kusog-03-17-30-19-25-18

AQUARIUS (Ene. 20-Peb.18) â€" Kagul-anan sa pinuy-anan, trabaho ug negosyo ang imong bation. Gamita ang malinawong pagsultianay aron masolbad ang suliran sa gugma.  Haduol ka sa aksidente ning adlawa. Butang Debwenas â€" Printer. Swerteng Numero â€" 9-10-7. Lugar Demalas-Dagat. Numerong Kusog- 21-30-23-25-41-27

PISCES (Peb. 19-Mar 20) â€" Pun-i ang imong pagsalig sa imong pinangga. Ayaw kalingkang sa imong isip sa mga suliran sa trabaho ug negosyo. Sa mga sugarol pahilayo. Butang Debwenas â€" Ubas. Swerteng Numero â€" 1-2-4. Swerteng Lugar-Casino. Numerong Kusog-11-20-31-18-30-37

ARIES (Mar 21-Abr. 19) â€" Likaye ang mga tabian mong silingan. Ipakita ang imong pasensiya sa buloyagong pinangga. Sa sukmagay pagbantay. Butang Debwenas â€" Spaghetti. Swerteng Numero â€" 2-7-9. Lugar Demalas-Tennis Court. Numerong Kusog-09-49-19-27-18-45

TAURUS (Abr. 21-May 20) â€" Klaroha ang imong desisyon sa mga problema sa gugma ug kuwarta. Bisita gikan sa halayong dapit atimana. Sa wala pagbayad sa mangungutang paglikay. Butang Debwenas â€" Ice cream. Swerteng Numero â€" 7-9-5. Swerteng Lugar-Airport. Numerong Kusog-13-29-37-38-35-43

GEMINI (May 21-Hun. 21) â€" Kalampusan sa tanang buhat ang mahitabo. Susiha ang mga gastos sa pinuy-anan ug importanteng papeles. Wala kay kuyaw abtonon ning adlawa. Butang Debwenas â€" Hopia nga mongo. Swerteng Numero â€" 5-8-3. Swerteng Lugar-Shopping Mall. Numerong Kusog- 25-41-35-27-38-14

CANCER (Hun. 22- Hul.22) â€" Ipahiplig ang kahiubos sa trabaho ug negosyo. Panglimbasog bisan pa og daghang suliran sa pinuy-anan. Kuyaw sa disgrasya karong adlawa kanimo. Butang Debwenas â€" Rabbit. Swerteng Numero â€" 8-9-7. Lugar Demalas-Piyer. Numerong Kusog- 08-38-28-35-44-17

LEO (Hul.23-Ago 22) â€" Ipakita ang talagsaong abilidad sa negosyo ug trabaho. Hatagi’g mahigugma-ong pagtagad ang imong paryente. Imong swerte karong adlawa. Butang Debwenas â€" Bulawan nga kwentas. Swerteng Numero â€" 1-10-2. Swerteng Lugar-Library. Numerong Kusog-10-11-22-21-20-14

VIRGO (Ago 23-Set. 23) â€" Wala damhang babag sa mga laraw sa trabaho ug gugma ang motunga. Ayaw papilde sa insaktong baroganan sa kuwarta. Sa umaaging balati-an sa lawas pagmatngon. Butang Debwenas â€" DVD Player. Swerteng Numero â€" 5-4-1. Lugar Demalas-Pub House. Numerong Kusog-05-45-25-28-27-29

LIBRA (Set. 24-Okt. 23) â€" Pangita’g maayong paagi aron ka daling moasenso sa negosyo ug trabaho. Surprisa sa gugma paabota. Wala kay kuyaw mahitabo ning adlawa. Butang Debwenas â€" Panganod sa langit. Swerteng Numero â€" 3-10-5. Swerteng Lugar- Fish Gallery. Numerong Kusog-13-29-35-47-18-32

SCORPIO (Okt. 24- Nob. 22)  â€" Padayona ang maayong laraw sa trabaho ug negosyo. Surprisang bisita gikan sa halayong dapit atimana. Sa k******n pagbantay. Butang Debwenas â€" Bola sa basketball. Swerteng Numero â€" 7-4-3. Lugar Demalas-Sharp Curve. Numerong Kusog-07-47-37-25-43-29

Quote from: hubag bohol on April 09, 2011, 01:21:01 PM
Sa gipahigayon nga ronda ‘online’ ang mga biktima nga hubo ang kalawasan atubangan sa camera.

Caught in the act jud diay, tsk, tsk, tsk...

Oi, naa na pud diay ning panginabuhia sa Cebu. Maayo gani kay wa pa moabot sa Bohol...

Ni Lesley Caminade-Vestil (Banat) Updated April 09, 2011 12:00 AM


CEBU, Philippines - Pito ka gituohang biktima sa cybersex ang na-rescue sa kapolisan sa gipahigayong operasyon sa dalan Ultra Pandayan ug Bamboo Hills Occidental lungsod sa Consolacion niadtong miaging adlaw samtang laing duha ka babayeng caretaker nasikop usab.

Ang grupo sa Criminal Investigation and Detection Group ug kapolisan sa lungsod sa Consolacion mi-serve sa search warrant nga gipirmahan ni RTC-7 Branch 15 Judge Samuel Malazarte sa giingong duha ka cybersex apartments sa maong lungsod.

Nasikop sa kapolisan ang duha ka caretaker sa duha ka apartment nga silang ‘Minda’ ug ‘Malou’ (mga ngalan gipugngan nga giingong moapil sad sa paghubo-hubo) samtang nakaeskapo ang gitudlo nilang manager nga si Rauline Villacastin ug ang tag-iya nga si Eric Maurice Fons.

Nakuha sa kapolisan ang lima ka desktop computers nga adunay kompletong accessories, usa ka laptop, sex toys ug pipila ka dokumento.

Sa gipahigayon nga ronda ‘online’ ang mga biktima nga hubo ang kalawasan atubangan sa camera.

Samtang lakip usab sa nasikop mao si ‘Liz’ kinsa naaktuhan gyud nga nagpakita sa iyang hubo nga lawas sa usa ka lawak atubangan sa computer.

Matud pa ni Sr. Insp. Ricky Neron, ang hepe sa CIDG nga pipila ka adlaw nga ilang gipaubos sa surveillance ang maong apartment kini human sila makadawat og taho gikan sa usa ka concerned citizen. (BANATNEWS)

The Young Joma

Hmm. Not bad... 

Quote from: hubag bohol on April 09, 2011, 12:57:56 PM
Giingong ang balay sa inahan sa maong polis diin niya dad-a ang babaye usa ra ka balay ang gintang gikan sa ilang pinuy-anan maong nakit-an sa asawa ang pagdala niini og babaye.

Pagkatoytoy. Kompyansa man gud...

Quote from: hubag bohol on April 09, 2011, 12:57:56 PM
Samtang sa pakighinabi sa Banat News sa hepe sa Argao Police Station, nga si Senior Inspector Wilbert Parilla kini mibutyag nga pipila lang usab ka adlaw ang maong polis talagsa nalang mo-duty ug kanunay lang kini nga mo-absent.

Hahay, di jud tingali kabiyaan. Malagmit didto pakamatya ug didto banhawa...

Nila ni Lesley Caminade-vestil ug Darrel Carumba (Banat) Updated April 09, 2011 12:00 AM


CEBU, Philippines - Wala mosalir sa iyang asawa ang usa ka polis human kini gipadakop lakip na ang giingong iyang kabit dihang gironda sa asawa ang ilang salag diha sa panimalay sa inahan sa maong polis pasado alas-5 sa kaadlawon kagahapon.

Ang maong polis (pangalan gipugngan sa Banat News tungod sa ilang mga anak) nga nadestino sa Argao gisikop kini sa kapolisan sa lungsod sa Sibonga human ang asawa niini nanawag ug nangayo og tabang ngadto kanila.

Giingong ang balay sa inahan sa maong polis diin niya dad-a ang babaye usa ra ka balay ang gintang gikan sa ilang pinuy-anan maong nakit-an sa asawa ang pagdala niini og babaye.

Matud pa ni SPO4 Rodelito Carillo sa Sibonga Police, nga nahinabi sa Banat News nga human madawat ang maong sumbong sa asawa wala maglangay ang ilang kapolisan ug daling miadto sa lugar.

Tuod man, sa dihang gisusi sa kapolisan ang balay sa inahan sa maong polis naabtan nilang nagtupad paghigda ang duha. Ang babaye nga giingong nagpangidaron og kapin sa 30-anyos nga taga Argao.

Sa pakighinabi sa Banat News sa magulang sa gidakop nga polis usa usab ka polis sa lungsod sa Argao mibutyag kini nga base sa iyang nasayran daw sa miaging tuig pa nagsugod ang relasyon sa iyang manghod ug ang maong babaye.

Matud pa niini nga makadaghang higayon na niyang gibadlong ang manghod kabahin sa pamamaye niini apan wala kini mopatuo kaniya.

“Ako bitaw nang gibadlong akong manghod, unsaon man wala man maminaw nako,” pasabot pa sa magulang nga polis.

Samtang sa pakighinabi sa Banat News sa hepe sa Argao Police Station, nga si Senior Inspector Wilbert Parilla kini mibutyag nga pipila lang usab ka adlaw ang maong polis talagsa nalang mo-duty ug kanunay lang kini nga mo-absent.

Hinungdan nga nakadesider kini nga ilang gipa-ubos sa imbestigasyon ug posibleng ila kining pasakaan og administrative case tungod sa pag-AWOL (absence without leave).

Matud pa ni Parilla nga kaniadto dili pa kaayo grabe ang pagpunay og absent sa maong polis apan nagkadugay kanunay na kini dili mosulod. Dugang pang Parilla dunay mga higayon nga mananghid kini kay dunay paliton apan dili na kini mobalik sa estasyonan.

Samtang mibutyag usab si Parilla, nga ang mga explanation sa maong polis kalabot sa iyang pag-absent ‘unreasonable’ ug dili usab siya “acceptable” susama nalang nga nadugay siya og mata ug wala na siyay masakyan nga sakyanan padulong sa estasyonan.

Midugang usab si Parilla nga kagahapong adlawa gipaubos sa drug testing ang maong polis human ang asawa niini misumbong nga tiggamitan kini og ginadiling drugas.

Samtang ang kasamtangan nga hepe sa kapolisan sa lalawigan sa Sugbo Sr. Supt. Patrocinio Comendador sa iyang bahin mibutyag nga ila una nga ipaubos sa imbestigasyon ang maong polis.

Apan kun ugaling mapamatud-an nga nakalapas kini sa mga alegasyon batok kaniya posibleng mag-atubang kini og kasong administratiba ug kasong kriminal labot sa RA 9262 o Violation Against Women and Children. (EIM) (BANATNEWS)

By Gabriel Cardinoza
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 01:25:00 12/26/2007


ALAMINOS CITY, Philippines--The Communist Party of the Philippines marks its 39th anniversary Wednesday, but few residents of this bustling coastal city in western Pangasinan know that the CPP was born in one of their upland barangay or villages.

Mayor Hernani Braganza, a former member of the Kabataang Makabayan, a leftist group that went underground when martial law was declared in 1972, said he learned about this fact only in 2001. He was then the agrarian reform secretary and member of the government panel engaged in peace talks with the CPP's political arm, the National Democratic Front (NDF).

Braganza said it was CPP founding chairman Jose Ma. Sison who told him about it during a meeting in the Netherlands, where the latter has lived in self-exile since the late 1980s.

Sison, the chief political consultant of the NDF, confirmed in an e-mail to the Inquirer that it was in a "barrio" in Alaminos where the CPP "congress of reestablishment" was held on Dec. 26, 1968.

According to Braganza, that barrio is the remote Barangay Dulacac at the tri-boundary of Alaminos and the towns of Bani and Mabini.

Sison said the meeting place was a hut near the house of the Navarettes, the parents-in-law of Arthur Garcia, one of the CPP founders. Garcia died in 1969.

Christmas Day

"We did not use the Navarette house [for the congress] but a smaller type of bamboo house used for rest from farm work," Sison said. "We had to walk for some 30 minutes from the Navarette house to the smaller house."

Sison said the CPP founders arrived in Alaminos by Pantranco bus from Metro Manila on Christmas Day in two batches, and walked from the bus terminal all the way to the site.

The place was chosen because "it was safe, secluded and distant enough from Manila," Sison said.

He said Garcia's in-laws and wife were not aware of the nature of the meeting: "They must have thought we were having a picnic."

A total of 11 delegates attended the congress, including Sison, Garcia, Carlos del Rosario and Noli Collantes, and two lookouts from a Manila trade union.

"I [will not] mention the names of the living because I do not have their permission to name them," Sison said.

Braganza said the only means of transport to Dulacac at that time was the kalesa (horse-drawn cart) or on horseback.

He said politicians campaigning for election had to use the dusty uphill road to Dulacac, and "it took them a day to get there."

The road has since been paved, and travel time has been reduced to 30 minutes by car.

Alaminos, home to the Hundred Islands National Park, is now also a popular tourist spot.

Hardly changed

But except for the paved road, Dulacac has not changed much since 1968, Braganza said. It is still a sparsely populated farming village surrounded by thick vegetation.

"I was never able to go back to the place," Sison said. "Thus, after 39 years, I have forgotten [its] name. We have long [referred to] the place...as 'somewhere between Central and Northern Luzon.'"

Sison suggested that Braganza develop the site into a tourist spot and reconstruct the hut where the CPP founding congress was held.

"Since 39 years ago, the CPP has become the revolutionary party of the proletariat and the Filipino people and has been an undeniably major force in Philippine history," he said.

Braganza agreed that the CPP was "now part of our political history." He said a "marker" could be put there to indicate that the party was "born in that area."


More at: http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20071226-108822/Joma_Sison_recalls_birth_of_CPP_in_Alaminos

Quote from: lgbluer on April 09, 2011, 11:06:00 AM
fried chicken nga hot and spicy!!!!

Hmm, hot and spicy jud? Ingon ani diay...

Bwahaha!

THE MAN WATCHING
by Rainer Maria Rilke
translated from the German by Robert Bly


I can tell by the way the trees beat, after
so many dull days, on my worried windowpanes
that a storm is coming,
and I hear the far-off fields say things
I can’t bear without a friend,
I can’t love without a sister.

The storm, the shifter of shapes, drives on
across the woods and across time,
and the world looks as if it had no age:
the landscape, like a line in the psalm book,
is seriousness and weight and eternity.

What we choose to fight is so tiny!
What fights with us is so great!
If only we would let ourselves be dominated
as things do by some immense storm,
we would become strong too, and not need names.

When we win it’s with small things,
and the triumph itself makes us small.
What is extraordinary and eternal
does not want to be bent by us.
I mean the Angel who appeared
to the wrestlers of the Old Testament:
when the wrestlers’ sinews
grew long like metal strings,
like chords of deep music.

Whoever was beaten by this Angel
(who often simply declined the fight)
went away proud and strengthened
and great from that harsh hand,
that kneaded him as if to change his shape.
Winning does not tempt that man.
This is how he grows; by being defeated, decisively,
by constantly greater beings.

by Marc Chagall

by Paul Gauguin

by Gustav Moreau

by Eugène Delacroix

by Rembrandt

by Gustave Doré

And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two womenservants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford Jabbok. And he took them, and sent them over the brook, and sent over that he had. And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day. And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him. And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me. And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob. And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed. And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there. And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved. And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon his thigh. Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew which shrank, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because he touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew that shrank. --Authorized King James Version

Quote from: lgbluer on April 09, 2011, 11:04:27 AM

yeah!!!i do believe..thats why it is part of the topics in literature...to make it still alive...sakto ba????hehehe

Hala, bulikata ang imong hunahuna
Kay sudlan ko sa akong tigmo ug tanghaga...

Quote from: lgbluer on April 09, 2011, 11:01:30 AM
way sapayan....musta naman to ang u gthink last time about something bad that could make something good?....me, im still thinking, kind a hard.

Same here. This is harder than I thought...

A trifle too enthusiastic...

Quote from: lgbluer on April 09, 2011, 10:57:21 AM
full of love sad ani nga thread woe...makahilak man sad ta...heheh

Ing-ana man jud kuno ang human gentry...

Quote from: lgbluer on April 09, 2011, 10:54:58 AM
naglingkod2x ra ko...since ganeha pagmata nako...

Human na diay kag hi young hi young...

Quote from: lgbluer on April 09, 2011, 10:53:42 AM
sakit ako likod woe...hahay...over work pa ko yesterday...

Sayon ra na. Higda lang sa lantay sa imong Ate Scarb, ajeje...

Quote from: islander on April 08, 2011, 11:13:31 PM
enter the dragon na man lagi si bugsay... tan-awa lang iyang avatar; gikan sa unggoy nahimong dragon.

Member man tingali si Bay Bugs ani nga Martial Arts School...

Quote from: bol-anon quo nyur! on April 09, 2011, 05:10:17 AM
Panel from an elevator in a residential apartment building in Shanghai. Floors 4, 13 and 14 are missing, because of the similarity between the pronunciation of the word 'four' and 'death' in Chinese'; note also the "negative first floor".

Dili lang ko kahibaw mo post sa picture, were the numbers are missing

Mao ni ang image nga imong gihisgotan, Bay BQN?

Bwahaha!

Quote from: islander on April 09, 2011, 12:56:40 AM
moabang gyod ko.  tiaw bay manghatag kag pinaskohan ana kasayoha...

Makadawat jud kag pinaskohan ani kay Fdaray, este, Friday ra ba ning Nov. 11, 2011...

Quote from: fdaray on April 08, 2011, 02:57:00 PM
Abangan ...., sa Nov.11 , 2011.

Hala, Friday ra ba ning Nov. 11, 2011. Friday the 11th na diay ang kujaw ron...

How about this fashion model wannabe...

Quote from: islander on April 06, 2011, 01:59:46 AM


hail, your highness!

Hmm. A royal crown worn with a proper royal frown...

Quote from: islander on April 08, 2011, 11:55:56 PM
bangag sa bulsa gyod ang ipasabot ani, way lain, gawas tingali sa bangag sa alingagngag.

He he, lihay jud. Sa tanto nimong lihaylihay, Ms. Isle, basin bayag ma-schomoi hinuon...

More at: http://verybadfrog.com/3506/art/surreal-sculptures-by-kris-kuksi-58-pics

by Kris Kuksi

Best Version Ever - Lone Ranger / William Tell

Quote from: islander on April 09, 2011, 01:28:14 AM
young pa diay?  sayoha pod diay nimong gibungot uy.  unsa man pod nang gitabonan sa imong kawo?  kolot o sinaw?

Mao ni pangutana nga ang tema above the ears but below the belt... 

Quote from: Vistabel on April 09, 2011, 01:39:40 AM
Butones, maoy tubag sa, " Bulikata ang imoha kay isulod ang ako-a "

Sakto tuod, kay ang una nakong nahunahunaan nga tubag, di na man sapayan bulikaton...

Quote from: Vistabel on April 09, 2011, 12:42:46 AM
2. ) sa layo murag motor, sa duol doctor.  unsa man ?

Hmm, nganong motor man? Kay alingugngog?

Quote from: islander on April 09, 2011, 01:22:16 AM
maghusa man pod ko anig magpatuga kog tubag... maghuwat na lang ko sa tubag ni hubag ug bugsay ani uy.

Oi, nganong naapil man ko diri nga di man ko tigmoero? Si Bugsay hinuon, o kaha si Vhinz o Bolbuhol...

Quote from: hubag bohol on April 09, 2011, 06:30:17 AM
Straight off, if you plan to embrace poverty, you might as well embrace not having a job, too. If there’s one good thing about being rich, it’s probably the absence of having to do anything even remotely resembling manual labor and, having embraced poverty as your personal economic philosophy, you won’t have to do manual labor, either. Why? Because, once you’ve embraced not having a job, other responsibilities like mowing the yard, washing the car, house cleaning, counting the change in your pocket and taking a shower, all these things will begin to fall like dominos. You’ll be amazed at how much free time you’ll have.

My sentiments, exactly... 

Quote from: islander on April 07, 2011, 10:57:11 PM
2 years old ko.  sure ko nga 2 pa ko kay wa pa man koy manghod ato.  namalhin mi ug balay gikan sa hamurawon ngadto sa balud (districts of a city not in bohol).  akong sinina red nga naay dots sa ibabaw.  ang akong dala ako rang doll nga majorette, color green ang sinina.  my gentle older brother, 10 years older than i am, was tasked with taking charge of me.  we stood at a corner, he sat on his haunches (perhaps to be at the level of my height) and pointed at a distant two-storey house that he said was our new house.  that house struck me as ancient, which it really was.     

Hala, 2 years old pa? Kujaw jamo, preternatural child diay ka, Ms. Isle.

A sweet memory indeed, I can imagine the chill of the moment...

Quote from: islander on April 09, 2011, 01:11:54 AM
kun maohon, naa diay kay preferential treatment for the putots, bai hubs?

Nasawot man gud to tungod sa akong pagkahulog, mao nga usa ko sa mga medya-tawo. Ang nakanindot lang kay sa nagtrabaho pa ko, permi kong kasimhot sa mga buhok sa akong female colleagues...

Angay jud diay magbantay ang atong mga kauban nga tua magtrabaho sa China, labi na kadtong once every quarter mouli...

Oh, my! One thing I cannot bear
Is the sight of a thirsty bear...

Philippines - PNP Elite Force

Bwahaha! Asa ni, Fr. Chic, diha sa inyo sa Louisiane?

Quote from: Mike Ortega Ligalig on April 08, 2011, 09:56:08 PM
common interest. pero mas luoy tan-awon ang nawong sa iring.

Luoy bitaw tuod ang nawong sa iring. Giwarningan na tingali nga di pahilabtan ang isda. Galaway nga nahiubos...

He he, unsa kaha diay ang hitsura kon klubotz pas balhiboon...

Kini kay morag mas makahahadlok...

Bonus advantages: no taxes, unburdened by fair weather friends, won’t be drafted into the military or have to serve on juries because you have no mailbox, won’t have to deal with lawyers.



                                                                                                                   

Go to Heaven

Now, whether you believe in Heaven or not, it just makes sense to cover all your bases, especially if you can do it without too much to yourself. As the exact opposite of a rich man, you stand a much greater chance of being able to waltz into Heaven with your eyes closed. If you have adequately impoverished yourself, very few temptations will come your way, and those that do come your way can be dismissed with a haughty “I can’t afford that” or “Too rich for my blood, lady”. You’ll be living the lifestyle of a monk, a very deprived monk, but you won’t be stuck in a dusty old abbey somewhere. Saints have been named for less, and you’ll be able to do it as a matter of course.

Less Crime

Most crime today is caused by envy, and since the truly impoverished have no possessions, they are seldom envied. Really, what could be stolen from you, besides your bucket? Your sense of accomplishment? You’ll be able to stroll along the darkest alleyways without the slightest fear of being mugged. Granted, you may inadvertently become the victim of crime fighters, but the flip side of that is that you’ll get free room and board. And maybe free medical care.

Achieve Your Dreams

As a poverty “stricken” individual, you’ll find it easy to discard all your old dreams of “success” and â€" let’s face it â€" unattainable aspirations. Your new desires will become much more modest, realistic and immediate. While your old bucket list might have had things like “Go to a film premier”, or “Fly a plane”, or “Stay in the best suite”, your new bucket list will be filled with items that you can tic off on a daily basis: find food (possibly by “Doing a runner”), shelter for the night, a new bucket, etc. Your sense of accomplishment will do wonders for your self-esteem.

Healthy Lifestyle

Given sufficient poverty, your health will bloom as a natural consequence. Since you can no longer afford cigarettes, booze or illegal drugs, gone will be the nagging smoker’s hack, hangovers and potential health issues caused by dirty needles. As a bonus, your excessive body fat will just melt away, since you’ll probably be eating somewhat less. And you won’t have to consciously do a thing for all these benefits â€" no dieting, no nicotine patches or gum, and, unless you have a dealer who also chooses to embrace poverty, no tapering off from your favorite addictive drug. Your friends will be amazed at your “will power”, and medical bills will be a thing of the past.

Moderation, schmoderation

If you embrace poverty, this will be one of the easier things to do â€" you won’t have any risk at all of an immoderate intake of anything. That is the kind of thing that gets your name in the history books. Look at Gandhi: he was poor as a church mouse, just as ascetic as they come, and now he’s revered as someone who reached the pinnacle of “enlightenment” through self-restraint. But he wasn’t restrained, he was just an adept in Poverty. Be like Gandhi and you’ll get your name in the history books, too. However, imitate Gandhi too closely and you might get your name in a registered sex offender database. See? Poverty, not restraint.

Freebies!

Rich people will give you freebies. It’s true. As a case in point, I was reading on another list the other day (10 Cases of Appropriate Technology), that someone has come up with an idea to give laptop computers to children in the developing world. These kids aren’t demonstrating in New York or London, shouting “We Want Computers, We Want Computers” â€" someone is actually hunting them down and saying “Here, kid, take this”. That is a sweet deal. Another example: Habitat for Humanity can build houses in as little as 3 ½ hours, from start to finish. Imagine yourself sitting on your favorite tree stump, picking your teeth with a hummingbird beak, maybe spitting out an occasional feather, reflecting on how happy you are. Suddenly, HFH trucks appear from out of nowhere, and 3 ½ hours and lots of hubbub later, you’re gazing at your new house. It can happen. And not just in the States, either. HFH also did this in New Zealand, but it took them about a quarter hour longer, probably due to the language barrier (e.g., “Work? Oi don’t know ‘bout that, mate”). At any rate, I’m not sure if HFH includes a coat of paint or if they expect you to do it, but, dang, anybody can live in an unpainted house, especially a free unpainted house.

Ignore Economic Downturns

The poverty enabled will never be the types to jump out of their 96th floor offices just because the latest economic indicators are troubling. Heck, a full-blown depression could pass you by with hardly a notice, while a mere recession will be looked on as a time of plenty. Here’s why: by embracing poverty, you basically bring yourself down to the level of a severe economic depression; this will be “normal” for you. Then, any improvement at all to the economy will raise your standard of living exponentially while others are still wringing their hands and wondering when things are going to get better. And, when the economy is fully recovered, maybe even booming, you’ll be perfectly situated to take full advantage of a prosperous and generous workforce.

Easier Food Prep

This item alone would allow you to ratchet down your level of stress. Imagine yourself as the typical rich, gourmand, globe-trotting web site administrator. Rather than worrying about getting the heat just right under your soufflé of hummingbird tongue, you need only concern yourself with rustling up a piece of fatback to go with the collard greens. After embracing poverty, you might eat hummingbird tongue on occasion, but it would most likely go along with the rest of the hummingbird, including the odd feather or two, perhaps in a delicate tartar, whose elegance rests in its simplicity.

Finances Can Only Improve

This is a no-brainer. You won’t have a single worry about losing money or possessions, if you have no money or possessions. If you’re flat broke and you find a penny someone dropped, woo-hoo, it’s your lucky day! But if you’re a millionaire banker, you probably won’t even stoop to pick up a mere penny. Just think of all the lucky days you’ll have, when that banker might go years before he has even one day he considers lucky. Now look at a picture of the Queen. Does she look truly happy? Of course not, she’s worried about her portfolio; maybe BP is down a point or two. It’s the same with Bill Gates, Warren Buffet, Rupert Murdoch, et al. They might crack a smile on occasion, but you never see them cutting loose with a really big guffaw. These people are constantly worried about their wealth because they know there’s only one way for their fortunes to go. At the opposite end of the spectrum, however, I’ve heard time and again how, during the Great Depression of the 1930’s, people who were mired in poverty were happy just to be able to eat. Embrace poverty now and you too can be made happy just as easily.

No Workload

Straight off, if you plan to embrace poverty, you might as well embrace not having a job, too. If there’s one good thing about being rich, it’s probably the absence of having to do anything even remotely resembling manual labor and, having embraced poverty as your personal economic philosophy, you won’t have to do manual labor, either. Why? Because, once you’ve embraced not having a job, other responsibilities like mowing the yard, washing the car, house cleaning, counting the change in your pocket and taking a shower, all these things will begin to fall like dominos. You’ll be amazed at how much free time you’ll have.

by Magnumto

We have been indoctrinated since birth to try to attain things. Success is measured by social status, and that is frequently established by your wealth. OK, maybe sometimes status can be established by your natural abilities, like athleticism, or knowing how to play the trombone better than anybody else, or maybe even stunning good looks. But if you’re just average in all that, and don’t even have the talent it takes to inherit wealth, then teachers, parents and other relations, friends, casual acquaintances â€" everybody will push you to “improve” your lot in life. So you work hard, put in lots of hours, scrimp and save your pennies, and, 30 years later, you have a spouse and kids, a mortgaged house, car and credit card payments, retirement just around the corner, recession, ulcer acting up, lawn mower is on the fritz, plus you’ve just discovered the heartbreak of psoriasis caused by stress. But you’re “successful” because you have a bigger house than your parents had.

Well, maybe not. Imagine all the opportunities that would be open up to you if you decided from Day One to just chuck that whole idea.

--from 10 Good Reasons to Embrace Poverty, www.listverse.com

Quote from: islander on April 09, 2011, 01:07:24 AM
thanks for the tip.  i will do so from now on.  gikabuhi man hinoon kog ahat ani.  di ra ba gyod pod ko katimaan kun pila nay akong deposito.  whew!

Kadato pa, naproblema na hinuon. Maypas Botoy nga way nahot, next meal ray problemahon...

Kaluoy bitaw sa bata. Nganong wa bantayi. Gawas nga wa pay buot, unsa ra gud tawon ang lawas, gamay ug huyang pa kaayo...

He he, you may call it "The Miracle of the Wine"...

Quote from: statesville on April 09, 2011, 05:16:53 AM


Dia ra siya karong tuiga sa 2011...    

Susmarisep! Bisag magbansiwag pa ang datestamp ani, way mobasa...

Quote from: chicogon on April 09, 2011, 01:14:59 AM
Pwede update sa 2011? Basin naa... 

He he, naa na pero dugay-dugay pa mahimong jailbait...

Quote from: islander on April 09, 2011, 02:14:22 AM
2011, as updated:

Child abuse man ning imong gibuhat sa imong anak, Ms. Isle...

Mora man nig art installation sa akong tan-aw...

Daghang na bitawng nangasakit. Wa na gud katungha ang uban...

Quote from: james5 on April 08, 2011, 09:05:32 PM
Beach cleanup is part of the event.

Or else...

Delikado pud on mabanggan og maskulado...

Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods. --Albert Einstein

He he, pwede diay para sa 24-hr breakfast...