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wala jud ko'y nahibaw-an na mga nindot places sa Bohol oi,luoy intawon kaau ko..maau pa sa Brunei nalibot nako...how i wish na makapaglibot ko sa Bohol

fame and money...

mao jud,so kitang wala'y "K" tig Tubag na lang ta

blac

Quote from: mfrandsen on July 20, 2007, 07:04:02 PM
e-print gen para sigehan nimo sud-ong 

k

black and white version,hehe kay dili man colored ang ink sa printer diri.

Quote from: lumine on July 20, 2007, 07:13:57 PM
sa buenavista diay na sya na pic, gen?

wala ko kahibalo asa ni na lugar,pareho man gud sa amoa ang dagat

cel,wala lagi ko kadungog ana na kantaha

yes,it is

asa na kaha sya?

wala'y Filipino kiss....

Quote from: Sigbin II on July 20, 2007, 04:02:07 PM
Aron di ka ma-lahi, here's one for you too, buenavista.    Anyone else want a kiss?  Kinahanglang mag-angay tang tanan diri. 

ohh!thanks to you SigbinII....

basin nahaligi nato sa balay

ilabi na gyud artista

11. _ _ _ _ice  ( building )  Answer: edifice
12. _ _ice_ _ _ _  ( geographical point )  Answer:

13. _ _ _ _ _ _ice ( ignoble fear ) Answer:

14. _ice_ _ _ ( permit )  Answer:license

15. _ _ _ice_ _ ( shy; reserved ) Answer:reticent

hirit nako,labad na ako ulo

thanks, naa na pod

  clever boy

happy birthday princessdagat!

very touching

mosamot man ko mingawon sa amoa

very nice,asa mani dapita?

puro na lang ta ani "wow"

unsa man ni na building city hall?

wow as in wow!

nice,asa ni Tawala?

very nice!

Quote from: Sigbin II on July 19, 2007, 05:47:19 PM
What's wrong with "muaahhhhh, muahhhhh?"    Walang masama sa ginagawa namin.  As the song As Time Goes By goes, "a kiss is just a kiss."

And just so every single girl in this forum will know, I am single and available but perhaps just not the dashing, debonair, tall, and handsome eligible bachelor you're looking for.  However, I am witty and funny and smart... sometimes. 

wow,beso-beso in the net...cool...

Quote from: your servant on June 19, 2007, 05:59:10 PM

courtesy of acemarc (flickr.com)

mao siguro ni ang gi shootingan ni Cesar Montano sa iya pelikula na Panaghoy sa Suba.

nanggawas na ang mga maaanyag na boholana

Quote from: mfrandsen on July 20, 2007, 07:30:42 AM
hahaha unsaon nalang kung si frog70 pa na, nikalit lang kagamay lol

sagdi lang,beautiful and clever man pod hehehe

dapat panagutan pod nya ang iyang gibuhat na pagpamakak dili lang sa iyang bana hasta pod sa mga fans nya.

What causes large pores? With age and frequent stretching from being clogged with dead skin cells and oil, the pores start to sag. When they fill up with sebum (oil), the sebum oxidizes and turns dark which makes the pores more obvious.

I'll be honest with you, there are actually no ways to permanently shrink pores once they have stretched. There are, however, lots of things that you can do to minimize the appearance of your pores and to prevent them from getting large:

1. The first step is to use skin care products that increase levels of collagen and elastin which will prevent the pores from stretching. Look for ingredients such as Vitamin C, retinol that increase collagen production and products that increase elastin levels.

2. It is also important to keep skin clear of oil and dead skin cells, which will only stretch your pores and make them appear larger. Use products with alpha hydroxy acids (like glycolic acid and phytic acid) and chestnut extract which will exfoliate your skin, thus improving its texture.

3. Salicylic acid is another good bet, particularly for oily or acne-prone types, as it's the best ingredient out there for targeting and clearing out oil in the pores. (When oil, or sebum, clogs pores, blackheads appear - making pores that much more prominent.) Salicylic acid can penetrate the fats in sebum much better than glycolic acid, which makes it an ideal treatment to improve the appearance of pores.

4. Decreasing sebum production is also a way to prevent clogged and stretched pores. One ingredient that is said to have the to ability to reduce sebum production is NDGA (Nordihydraguaiaretic Acid).

5. Prescription-strength retinoids and over-the-counter products with retinol will decrease oil production, increase collagen and elastin production, and hasten your skin's cell-turnover - giving dead skin cells even fewer opportunities to clog and stretch your pores, while strengthening pore walls.

6. Another trick to minimizing the appearance of your pores is to cause the skin around them to swell slightly; as it does, the pores will appear to contract. Apply topical vitamin C to your skin (you can find it in a variety of facial serums) or try a professional light procedure like IPL (Intense pulsed Light). IPL provides an immediate benefit and is worth every penny!

7. The final steps to smaller pores simply require good skin care habits. First and foremost: Wash makeup and sunscreen off every night.

8. And if you do develop pimples, avoid popping or picking at them. That will only stretch your pores further and can lead to scarring.

panagsahan na lang nako

Quote from: bAbY_Blue1974 on July 19, 2007, 02:05:28 PM
You are exactly correct!! i like ur definition. cguro u r very happy sa imo BF karon? i think so.

she's happy with her husband

wala pa jud bitaw,ako ra'y taga bohol na wala pa kaadto siguro..

sa chocolate Hills and Panglao Beach

nindot oy!basta lang makamao gyud ka

unsa man nang Halang-halang?karon pa lagi ko kadungog ana

tinuod ju,ipahimutang gyud ang bwesita,mao nang mag sige ug balik-balik--hehehe

yeheyyyy!

6.  _ _ _ice ( to observe )   Answer:notice

7. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ice ( works for an expert to learn a trade )  Answer:apprentice

8. _ _ _ice ( an agent )  Answer:police


9. _ _ _ _ice ( extreme greed for material wealth )  Answer:avarice

10. _ _ _ice ( of superior grade )  Answer:choice
maki inse na pod ko,hehehe inse lumine....i check kung correct ba tanan

The lucky one enevitably do not have the best of the best
They seek simply the best of what they see on their journey.

5. _ _ _ice  ( scheme )           Answer:device

correct ba?,gi research gyud na nako.hehehe

akoa cel,lemonsito overnight gyud ni nako..double purpose man para mawala ako kaspa pod hehehe

dili ka mahadlok?basin naa pa didto ang apo ni dracula :ohinuon kung pareha kaguapoha ni tom cruise ok lang hehehe

hahaha

as in nude gyud sya yadz,s ug s ;)aksi ang mga kinhason ug balas hehehe

Quote from: yadz26 on July 11, 2007, 11:11:00 AM
ug mosuroy ka didto gen, pgdala jud date para dili boring..hehehe! para pud naa kay ka gukod-gukod..hahaha!

hahaha,syempre yadz para dili jud ko laayan

i heard na nag implement na sauna ang gov't ani nya babagan man sa simbahan

bitaw cel,paghimo na oy!para naa nasad ka mahagwa hehehe

Thanks,Lumine

"Take courage! It is I. Don't be afraid.” (Matthew 14:27

The Bible reveals that God knows we tend toward fear, particularly as we respond to uncertainty and change. Yet the Bible also reveals that God is the only thing in this world â€" or out of it â€" that is certain and unchanging.


Is it possible we have more faith in our fear than we do in God?


No matter how complex life becomes, it still comes down to the basic choice. Will we place our confidence in the All-Powerful, Supreme Being and Sole Authority of the Universe or will we place greater confidence in our fears?


Although the choice is black-or-white basic, God knows it’s not simple. It involves a challenging stretch, and that’s why God continually reminds us, “Fear not, for I am with you.”


God is clear that our abilities, our resources â€" even a belief in the myth of luck â€" will not be what strengthens us for the journey. (Philippians 4:13) We fear we can’t do the things God calls us to do, and we fear that God will not protect us or provide for us â€" and so we choose to fear, embracing the unholy lie that our circumstances are bigger than the One True God.

sorry ghost,camera shy ko hehehe

thanks

i have a round shaped face---with a long straight hair...bagay ra ba ni?

no,no,no Mike....I can't.....resist the offer

Pain will pass but each time it happens, it is a walk to remember. It is a gentle reminder that we have to constantly see things from God’s perspective. We do not always have to understand everything; in our limited capacity as humans we may not be able to handle the truth. That said, maybe God knows that the mystery of His ways are better left unknown, the same way some things are better left unsaid; and trusting Him gives every sad thing a sense of purpose where there none is to be found, enables the heart to feel a quiet acceptance when none can’t be felt.

Pain may always be unwelcome, but it does not always have to be so loathsome.     

mahadlok na hinuon ko mahimong mother,kay mosukol baya ko usahay sa ko mother..pero kana man pod na sakto(defensive pa)hehehe

Quote from: queen on July 06, 2007, 03:45:52 PM
Tara, here comes Inday Julai, the Tuba lover.

cute and simple....i vote for julai

grabeeee na gyud ni....

in what number are you Ms. Rose?

ruggedly handsome

hi Onicul85
glad to know na bisan dugay na ka sa nasud ni Uncle Sam,kamao lang ghapon ka sa atong pinulongang bisaya...

ug ule nako suroy jud ko diri,kay naintriga gyud ko ani

lisud gyud diay mahimong mother,nya kung mo daku na anak suklan pa...

Quote from: yadz26 on July 08, 2007, 10:20:49 AM
daghan jud kog ma offer on your wedding day gen, i can dance, i can sing, latay alambre..etc.., pero one condition, hubga sa ko...hahaha!

hahaha,lingaw man ko nimo yadz,wala pa gani ko kakita sa ako groom...
kaon kayo kamao ka?

tinuod jud,kasagaran basta naa gani abroad sa pamilya,mura na si kinsa wala sila kahibalo kung giunsa pagtrabaho,ang kakapoy,usahay mo sideline man gani..

 

attention-seeker

thanks,lumine

Quote from: Ghost on July 05, 2007, 07:24:45 PM
di cguro...ang babae na dili gwapa bisag 10yrs pa na biyaan sa bana wala gyud mopatol ana! parehas gud na sa karaang TV na black & white bisag imo pa na ibilin sa daplin sa karsada, wala gyud moponit ana! hahahahahahaha!

disagree jud ko ghost,kay diri sa amoa gitrabahuan naa lagi"jamokmok"ug nawong (purya saway lang)doble-doble man lagi ila laki.. :-*proud pa ang laki nila..

wow! lady in white

Itinanghal ng The CORRESPONDENTS,
Ulat ni Bernadette Sembrano

“Aatras kaim, aatras kami! Ayoko may masaktan ayoko may masaktan, tama na ‘yan, tama na ‘yan!”

Ito ang eksena sa Camp Aguinaldo noong ika-25 ng Mayo. Bagama’t payapa ang picket na ito, tinaboy pa rin sila.

Hindi nila hinihingi ang pagtaas ng sahod o pagbaba ng presyo ng langis. Ang tanong lang nila sa militar: “Nasaan si Jonas?”

Noong Abril 28, 2007 bumandera sa telebisyon, radio at mga peryodiko ang pagkawala ni Jonas Burgos, anak ng sikat na peryodista at human rights activists na si Joe Burgos.

Nasaan na nga ba si Jonas Burgos? Ito ang sigaw ng kanyang pamilya nang mahigit nang isang buwan.

Abril 28 nang dukutin si Jonas ng apat na lalaki sa isang mall sa Quezon City.

Simula noon ginugol ng pamilya Burgos ang kanilang oras at pera sa paghahanap sa anak nilang ang nais lamang ay ang pagbabago.

Marahil para sa karamihan, si Jonas ay isa lamang karagdagan sa mga nawawalang tao sa Pilipinas. Pero para sa kanyang inang si Editha, isang bangungot ito.

Si Jonas ang parang naging mukha ng "Desaparacidos" sa bansa. Kahit saan ka lumingon, may pin, poster o T-shirt na nagtatanong kung nasaan si Jonas.

Dahil dito, mabilis din ang mga lead sa paghahanap sa kanya.

Nakatanggap ng balita ang pamilya Burgos ilang araw makalipas ng pagkawala ni Jonas: mayroon daw lumutang na katawan ng isang lalaki sa Abucay, Bataan, kasingtaas, kasingkulay at kapareho sa paglalarawan sa anak ni Editha.

Hindi si Jonas ang bangkay, naghalong tuwa at lungkot ang naramdaman ng pamilya Burgos ngunit hindi ito pumigil sa kanilang paghahanap sa mahal nilang si Jonas.

Umigting pang lalo ang paghahanap ng pamilya Burgos.

Mula sa pagkakalat ng posters, paglabas sa telebisyon, T-shirts at button pins, pati pagpapadala ng text sa mga kamag-anak at kaibigan, ginawa na nila, lahat nagtatanong, nasaan ba talaga si Jonas Burgos?

Kaibigan ni Sen. Joker Arroyo si Joe Burgos, ang ama ni Jonas. Isa si Joker sa nalulungkot na ang mga bagay na ipinaglaban ng ama ay naranasan din ng anak.

Bukod sa nagpakilalang pulis ang mga kumuha kay Jonas, natunton din ng pamilya Burgos ang sinasabing plaka ng sasakyang ginamit sa pagdukot sa kanya. Nakita ito sa 56th Infantry Brigade sa Norzagaray, Bulacan.

Matagal nang nakatambak ang sasakyang iyon sa kampo.

An plakang TAB-194 ay parehong plaka na nakakabit sa Toyota Revo na ginamit nang dukutin si Jonas.

Kibit-balikat pa rin ang militar kung bakit ang plaka ng XLT na sasakyan at ang plaka ng Revo ay iisa.

Maging ang Commission on Human Rights na nag-imbestiga sa kaso ni Jonas nagtataka tungkol dito.

Habang binubuo ang kwentong ito ay patulioy pa rin ang paghahanap ng pamilya Burgos. Si Editha at ang kanyang mga anak ay walang tigil sa paghahanap at paghahangad na Makita ang kanilang mahal na si "Jayjay."

Pero isa lamang si Jonas. Ilan daang pamilya pa ang naghihintay ng kasagutan sa kanilang mga tanong: nasaan na kaya ang tatay ko, o ang kapatid ko? O ang mga magulang ko?

Pero katulad ni Editha, marami sa kanila, tanggap na nilang hindi nila makukuha ang sagot sa kanilang katanungan.

misis or miss,she's still a hottie

kagumkum kaau na labi na naay kuku whewwww

By DJ STA.ANA
ABS-CBN News

If he didn’t go into show business and politics, former president Joseph Estrada would have probably made a fortune as an architect.

Having no formal training but just relying on his eye and personal style, he drew, designed and chose the furnishings and finishing for his Spanish villa inspired Presidential Library inside his property in Tanay, Rizal.

Estrada bought the 15-hectare property in 1963 at two pesos per square meter and used it as a movie backlot -- using cogon covered hills, rock streams and small forests to shoot cowboy movies with best friend, the late Fernando Poe Jr.

Estrada started building the Presidential Museum in 2002. He picked a small hill in his property as the site of the museum because it was his favorite spot to sit and pray.

“This is a labor of love,” Estrada recounts while sitting inside the Presidential Library surrounded by the portraits of all the Philippine Presidents hanging on the walls.

“I learned to love this place ever since. Maybe God has a purpose for bringing me here because this is where I pray.”

“When I was still a movie actor, I’m always here every weekend. I pray every morning once the sun rises because God said he is the light, the way and the truth,” Estrada added.

His detention gave him the time to look over the property and plan his museum. He saw the museum as an opportunity to tell his story including his ouster as President in 2001.

“I don’t like wasting my time doing nothing so I’d rather do something. If I’m no longer around, people will see the truth, what really happened,” he said.

One of the main sections of the museum is EDSA DOS,  described as “A Dark Time For Democracy.” The display’s main theme is black and prominently displayed is an enlarged mugshot of  “Joseph Ejercito Estrada cc# 26558" after his arrest in April 2001.

Asked why he included this, Estrada said: “That’s part of history, I want the people to know the truth why I was thrown into prison.”

The museum
The stucco and red roofed museum is located on a hilltop near the main entrance of Estrada’s Tanay resthouse. A Philippine flag flies on the flagpole located at the center of the cobblestone driveway.

A bronze statue of a waving Estrada stands at the entrance of the Joseph Ejercito Estrada Museum and Archives. Also at the entrance is an image of a carabao made of white granite, which was donated by China. Estrada’s pet Senate bill (no pun intended) was Senate Bill 1165, which created the Philippine Carabao Center to propagate and promote the Philippine carabao.

Inside, the first thing that will greet visitors is a wall of photographs showcasing Estrada’s accomplishments as an actor before he became president. On  the wall hang his numerous awards including one for Famas Best Actor.

The tour is divided by the various chapters of Estrada’s life. The first display is entitled “The Actor’s Got Heart: 1957 â€" 1989.” Among the displays are life-like mannequins of the former president in various roles including the grease-gun-wielding Asiong Salonga and that of Estrada holding aloft a baby in the movie “Ito Ang Pinoy.”

Positioned near the Asiong Salonga Erap mannequin are two old film cameras stamped with “Joseph Estrada Productions.”

In a glass case is his tuxedo and black Converse rubber shoes, which he wore in the 1965 movie, "Deadly Pinoy."

The next display's title is “This Mayor Performs: 1969 - 1986.” Unlike the movie displays, the Estrada mannequins are dressed in short sleeve polo barongs â€" similar to the ones he wore as mayor of San Juan. There is also an explanation on why Estrada entered politics and how he was belittled as "merely an actor."

“All these so called elitists and intellectuals, they were all laughing at me and it was only the masses who were behind me,” Estrada recounted.

And then there is Estrada “The Pro-Poor Legislator: 1987 â€" 1992” and Estrada as the “crimebusting Vice-President: 1992â€"1998.”

Highlighted in the last display are Estrada’s campaign as head of the Presidential AntiCrime Commission, including the killing of Red Scorpion Group leader Joey de Leon.

The next display is  “The Warrior President: 1998 â€" 2001.” Highlights of the section are the actual jeepney used by Estrada in the Jeep Ni Erap campaign; a diorama of Estrada wearing an army uniform and raising the Philippine flag at the recaptured MILF camp, and; a replica of Estrada’s desk and office inside Malacanang.

Around the replica office are Estrada photos with other world leaders and business tycoons: US President Bill Clinton, Chinese President Jiang Zemin, South African President Nelson Mandela, the late Palestinian President Yasser Arafat and Microsoft’s Bill Gates.

The final display is the dark, black themed “A Dark Time For Democracy”, detailing Estrada’s ouster from Malacanang. To this day, Estrada maintains he did not resign and that he was illegally removed from office.

The display highlights various commentaries from foreign media, which criticized EDSA Dos. “Even the foreign press said it was wrong.”

In one part of the museum is a small theater were the main highlight is an hour-long documentary, produced by the Estrada camp, highlighting Estrada’s political career and what they said is the real story behind his ouster.

The documentary blames the oligarchs and the political elite as those behind his ouster. It said Estrada's order to look into anomalies committed in the past administration and his refusal to give in to demands of businesses, especially on water, power and basic utilities, led the elite to move against him.

Estrada’s documentary identifies these oligarchs and elite, and highlights Chief Justice Hilario Davide’s now famous ambush interview  saying he (Davide) would administer the oath of acting president on then-vice-president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.

Outside the museum is a black granite tomb, where he wants to be buried, which overlook his Tanay property. Inscribed at the wall beside the tomb is a quote from Estrada’s Inaugural speech: Walang tutulong sa Pilipino kung hindi kapwa Pilipino.

The Presidential Library displays the different gifts he received from other heads of state as well as books on leadership and Philippine history. Also prominently displayed is Estrada’s biography.

Forgiveness, politics
Five years on, Estrada claims he has forgiven those who were behind his impeachment.

“I’ve talked to the former vice-president Teofisto Guingona.  We’re very, very good friends. He was the first one who made the privilege speech in the Senate, the 'I Accuse' speech. I was even kidding him, 'Now, you can say 'I Acquit,'” Estrada joked.

As both defense and prosecution gave their summations on the Estrada plunder case, the former president believes that based on the merits of the case, he would be acquitted of plunder and perjury. He recounted how emissaries from the Arroyo administration offered not to file charges against him if he left the country, which he flatly refused. To this date, he insists he will make no deals with the Arroyo administration.

“I want to be acquitted on the merits of the case, not because I had negotiations with them,” he stressed.

Estrada is also looking toward the future and 2010 presidential election. His frontrunners are: Senators Panfilo Lacson, Manuel Roxas and Manny Villar. He admits he has not decided on who to support but tacitly acknowledges the opposition must unite by 2010.

On the outcome of the Senate race, he sees the opposition win as the result of a protest vote against the present leadership. “People are suffering. They claim that the economy is moving forward… but majority of our people, specially the masses don’t feel it,” he said as he lounges in a chair inside his Presidential Library.

When asked about the defeat of his political rival Chavit Singson, Estrada wryly smiled and said: “God is not sleeping and they will be put in their proper places.”

He admits that he is disappointed with the defeat of Tito Sotto, whom he still considers a close friend. While acknowledging politics forced Sotto to join the administration party, this has not diminished their friendship.

“Naaawa ako dahil kumpareng buo ko yan… I don’t know what happened,” he said, “But our friendship is beyond politics â€" we have been friends for a long time.”

Will he run again for President  if he is acquitted? Estrada said he has had enough and it's time to let the young people serve.

Doing a Nixon or a Carter
If given a choice, the former president sees himself as a peacemaker or in his description: Doing “a Nixon or a Carter.” 

“If they will give me a chance to go out in Mindanao or with the New People's Army, just to unite the country [I will do it],” he said.

In the end, Estrada wants to be remembered for one thing: The masses made Joseph Estrada.

“I want to be known when I’m no longer president as the President who championed the cause of the masses. That’s why I said in my museum, whatever I am now, I owe it to the Filipino masses.”

hahahaha!kabalos ang judge

nakakita na pod ko nya pag-ari nila diri sa Brunei,makihalubilo gyud dili pareho sa uban na artista..

kaila ko nya,diri ra podhehehe :-*hot pa sa chili ;)beauty titlist gyud

and replies too...

welcome!
remember kabaw ra ang matigulang hehehe ;)feel young

tambok nuon to kaayo ghost

thanks barbaro,or should i call you Manoy or Kuya?

maka learned gyud ko sa imo mga tubag

ah, mura man korek, gen!

mura man sya mama na,hehehe!

mao man gud ni akong mahidunggan sa uban nakong amiga na minyo  na :-*paibogon jud ko nila na kung mother na kuno ka,bisan kapoy sa trabaho ug makakita naka sa imo anak mawala ang tanan ;)how i wish ma feel sad na nako hehehe

hehehe,kanta ni,mahinumdum ko ani sa among mga katigulangan na manganta ani..

love is _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _...

PEACE

sulayan ko na cel

oo,naay generator nya kutob ra man sa 12 midnight..mahal pa gyud ang singil kada appliances ug flourescent...

maayo unta og takdol para naa sila'y anino...magdakop-dakop jud

amoa wala man ka konekan kay isla man intawon...

 hinay hinay lang gud murag slow motion sa salida ba. aron mas romantic jud

ilabi na kung gabii mo mag gukod-gukod daplin sa baybayon,nya naay pa'y bulan!wow ka romantic

yes,an eternal life

cutie and healthy baby.
motherhood--the most successful career

nag fitting ra diay to si Lapu-lapu

Mr. Admin,kinsa si Jo-anne?

maayo kaayo ka ug talento diay julai,balak gyud...
pwede ba ning iprint kay akong ipabasa sa kong mga amiga na manginginom ug tuba kaniadto...

daghana gyud diay sa filipino,

Brunei--357,800 (2004 est)--wala ko kahibalo naapil ba mi ani

sa book man gud isulat ra ang setting so thrilling gyud,nya kung sa movie daku man ug gasto. and i think kung i movie na pod sya editan nila  ang script.

Sa lungsod sa Buenavista
May tulo ka mga daga;
Naminyo ang kamanghuran,
Naghilak ang kamagwangan.

Mitubag ang tunga-tunga,
"Ay, Manang, ayaw pagsaba,
Kay dili abutan ug bulan
Maminyo kita nga tanan."

By ALEXANDRU ALEXE
Associated Press Writer
Posted July 2 2007, 9:46 PM EDT
   
BUCHAREST, Romania -- An heir of Romania's former royal family put "Dracula's Castle" in Transylvania up for sale Monday, hoping to secure a buyer who will respect "the property and its history," a U.S.-based investment company said.

The Bran Castle, perched on a cliff near Brasov in mountainous central Romania, is a top tourist attraction because of its ties to Prince Vlad the Impaler, the warlord whose cruelty inspired Bram Stoker's 1897 novel, "Dracula."

Legend has it that Vlad, who earned his nickname because of the way he tortured his enemies, spent one night in the 1400s at the castle.

Bran Castle was built in the 14th century to serve as a fortress to protect against the invading Ottoman Turks. The royal family moved into the castle in the 1920s, living there until the communist regime confiscated it from Princess Ileana in 1948.

After being restored in the late 1980s and following the end of communist rule in Romania, it gained popularity as a tourist attraction known as "Dracula's Castle."

In May 2006, the castle was returned to Princess Ileana's son, Archduke Dominic Habsburg.

Habsburg, a 69-year-old New York architect, pledged to keep it open as a museum until 2009 and offered to sell the castle last year to local authorities for $80 million, but the offer was rejected.

On Monday, he put the castle up for sale "to the right purchaser under the right circumstances," said Michael Gardner, chief executive of Baytree Capital, the company representing Habsburg. "The Habsburgs are not in the business of managing a museum."

No price was announced, though Gardner predicted the castle would sell for more than $135 million. He added that Habsburg will only sell it to a buyer "who will treat the property and its history with appropriate respect."

Habsburg said in a statement: "Aside from the castle's connection to one of the most famous novels ever written, Bran Castle is steeped in critical events of European history dating from the 14th century to the present."

According to a contract signed when the castle was returned, the government pays rent to Habsburg to run the castle as a museum for three years, charging admission. After 2009, Habsburg will have full control of the castle, Gardner said.

The government has priority as a buyer if it can match the best offer for the castle, he said.

Opposition lawmakers have claimed the government's decision to return the castle to Habsburg was illegal because of procedural errors.

In recent years, the castle -- complete with occasional glimpses of bats flying around its ramparts at twilight -- has attracted filmmakers looking for a dramatic backdrop for films about Dracula and other horror movies.

Some 450,000 people visit the castle every year, Gardner said.

Reveal

By EDUARDO GALLARDO, Associated Press Writer
Tue Jul 3, 9:34 PM ET



SANTIAGO, Chile - Scientists on Tuesday blamed global warming for the disappearance of a glacial lake in remote southern Chile that faded away in just two months, leaving just a crater behind.
The disappearance of the lake in Bernardo O'Higgins National Park was discovered in late May by park rangers, who were stunned to find a 130-foot deep crater where a large lake had been.

After flying over the lake Monday scientists said they were able to draw preliminary conclusions that point to climate change as the leading culprit for the lake's disappearance.

They suggested the melting of nearby glaciers raised the lake's level to the point where the increased water pressure caused part of a glacier acting as a dam to give way. Water in the lake flowed out of the breach, into a nearby fiord and then to the sea, said Andres Rivera, a glaciologist with Chile's Center of Scientific Studies.

Rivera, accompanied by an expert from the Chilean Antarctic Institute, flew over the site in a navy airplane, taking hundreds of photographs.

"On one side of the Bernardo glacier one can see a large hole or gap, and we believe that's where the water flowed through," Rivera said in a navy communique. "This confirms that glaciers in the region are retreating and getting thinner."

He said that the bottom of the vanished lake again has some water, likely from the melting ice.

Similar phenomenon have occurred before in the southern Magallanes region.

As glaciers retreat lakes form behind natural dams of ice or moraine, earth and stones pushed up by a glacier. Those relatively weak dams can be breached suddenly, causing the lake to drain.

The advance and retreat of glaciers is part of the normal dynamics of the Patagonia but climate change was distorting the process, Rivera said.

"This would not be happening if the temperature had not increased," Rivera said.

The navy communique said the missing lake was the smaller of a two-lake system. The larger one remains but at a lower level.

Do you have a really bad memory, or past heartache, that you would prefer to forget?

Researchers at Harvard and McGill University (in Montreal) are working on an amnesia drug that blocks or deletes bad memories. The technique seems to allow psychiatrists to disrupt the biochemical pathways that allow a memory to be recalled.


In a new study, published in the Journal of Psychiatric Research, the drug propranolol is used along with therapy to "dampen" memories of trauma victims. They treated 19 accident or rape victims for ten days, during which the patients were asked to describe their memories of the traumatic event that had happened 10 years earlier. Some patients were given the drug, which is also used to treat amnesia, while others were given a placebo.


A week later, they found that patients given the drug showed fewer signs of stress when recalling their trauma.


Similar research led by Professor Joseph LeDoux has been carried out at New York University on rats; scientists were able to remove a specific memory from the brains of rats while leaving the rest of the animals' memories intact. An amnesia drug called U0126 was administered.


The rats were trained to associate two musical tones with a mild electrical shock so that when they heard either of the tones they would brace themselves for a shock. The researchers then gave half the rats the drug when playing one of the musical tones.


After the treatment, the rats that had been given the drug no longer associated that particular tone with an imminent shock but still braced themselves upon hearing the second tone, demonstrating only one memory had been deleted.


Science fiction fans have a number of associations with the idea of banishing unwanted memories. In the 2004 film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Kate Winslet and Jim Carrey play lovers who have a falling out. Winslet's character goes to a company called Lacuna, Inc. to have her memories of the relationship removed; Carrey's character also has the procedure performed (see photo).


In the film, the process involves showing the person a memento of the relationship and then encouraging them to bring up specific memories while an electric shock is given. Not to give away the film, but this technique does not work as planned.


Here's a memory you might have repressed. In the classic Star Trek episode Requiem for Methuselah, Jim Kirk becomes enamored of Rayna, a beautiful woman who turns out to be an android created by a five thousand year old man who calls himself Flint, who was also Leonardo DaVinci and Shakespeare (among many others) during the course of his long life. Flint wants Rayna for himself, Kirk wants her, she loves them both, her circuits overload resulting in her death, and Kirk is devastated.


Finally, Spock saves the day by applying a little-known property of the Vulcan mind-meld, which is that he can make Kirk forget about his sorrows and return to duty (see touching photo).


Science fiction legend Philip K. Dick was one of the first to make use of this idea. In his 1966 short story We Can Remember It For You Wholesale he writes about selectively erasing memories:


Someone, probably at a government military-sciences lab, erased his conscious memories; all he know was that going to Mars meant something special to him, and so did being a secret agent...