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As a way of thanking you, Aylandil da siklit milyonil...

Quote from: islander on May 27, 2015, 06:23:29 PM
due for repair, bai hubs.  nadoble man imong m sa img...

Oops. Sori, ripird na...

Ni Amel Love Suscano (Banat) | Updated May 28, 2015 - 12:00am


CEBU, Philippines - Gibanabanang 150 ka mga batang bungi ug dunay deperensiya sa dagway ang mahatagan unya og higayon sa free reconstructive surgery sa lima ka adlaw’ng medical mission nga gipahigayon sa Operation Smile Cebu Mission sa Adventist Hospital (kanhi Miller Hospital) karung umaabot nga Hunyo 15 sa dakbayan sa Sugbo.

Ang Operation Smile Cebu Mission kabahin sa usa ka dakong surgery mission alang sa mga bungi sa lima ka mga lugar nga naglakip sa Bacolod City, Davao City, Manila, Bacolod, ug Pampanga.

Sumala pa sa Operation Smile, usa sa nag-unang congenital defect diri sa nasud ang cleft palate o bungi. Usa sa kada 500 nga bag-ong gipanganak o mokabat sa 5,000 ka Pilipino kada tuig ang ipanganak nga ingon niini.

Gibanabanang 140,000 ang gipanganak nga adunay depekto gikan sa tuig 1982 hangtud 2014, ug mga 100,000 niini ang wala maoperahi. Matud pa nahikawan sa maong depekto ang mga bata nga makaestorya og tarong ug ang uban tamayon maong ang mga batang duna niini nawad-an na og pagsalig sa ilang abilidad.

Sumala pa ni Ramona Aliño, executive director sa maong proyekto karong Hunyo, 150 ka mga bata ang gusto nilang maoperahan. Ang screening alang sa maong Cebu Mission himuon karung umaabot Hunyo 14, 2015 sa Adventist Hospital.

Ang operasyon molanat lang og 45-minutos. Mahal kini nga matang sa operasyon kun adto himuon sa mga pribadong klinika diin mogastos ang ginikanan og P60,000.

Mao na kini ang ika-17 ka tuig nga susamang medical mission sa grupo ubos sa pag-abag sa Mariquita Salimbangon-Yeung Charitable Foundation Inc. diin miabot na og 3,601 ka mga batang bungi o 13 ka porsiyento sa tanang batang bungi sa nasud ang ilang natabangan.

“Kining misyon mopadayun hangtud sa kining mga depekto mawala na,” asoy ni Mariquita Salimbangon-Yeung, ang chairperson sa foundation.

Natukod ang Operation Smile niadtong tuig 1982 ni William P. Magee kauban ang iyang asawa nga si Kathleen S. Magee. (BANAT NEWS)

Philippine Star â€" 9 hours ago


Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario is still the richest member of President Aquino’s Cabinet, with his total net worth reaching more than P838 million in 2014.

Based on his statement of assets, liabilities and net worth (SALN), Del Rosario’s net worth increased by P73 million or 8.7 percent from P765,379,281.02 in 2013 to P838,809,918.82 in 2014.
Education Secretary Armin Luistro, meanwhile, remains the poorest Cabinet member, with his net worth slightly increasing from P433,392.17 in 2013 to P471,064.46 in 2014.

Del Rosario’s wealth, as his SALN would show, came from his investments in marketable securities, stocks, real estate and various businesses.

Del Rosario was a successful businessman before entering public service as Philippine ambassador to the United States and eventually as foreign secretary. His businesses include insurance, banking, real estate, shipping, telecommunications, consumer products, retail, pharmaceutical and food industries.

He served as head of various private companies, such as the Gotuaco, Del Rosario Insurance Brokers Inc., Philippine Telecommunications Investment Corp., and Philippine Stratbase Consultancy Inc.

Del Rosario was also director of several other businesses engaged in infrastructure, property development, mass media, communications and mining.

Finance Secretary Cesar Purisima is back to being the second richest in the Cabinet, with a net worth of P298,940,320 in 2014 from P278, 947,249 in 2013. He was previously dislodged by Tourism Secretary Ramon Jimenez, who is now third richest with a net worth of P283,425,800 in 2014 from P282,466,800 in 2013.

Interior Secretary Manuel Roxas II remains the fourth richest with a net worth of P202,080,452.71 from P211,027,479.88 in 2013, lower by about P8.9 million.

Trade Secretary Gregory Domingo, fifth in the list, reported a net worth of P148,636,967.00 from P150,641,395 in 2013.

Torni, pakapini kuno og bisan 20 lang ka buok baboy...

ANI â€" 17 hours ago


Nairobi, May 27 (ANI): A Kenyan lawyer has asked for President Barack Obama's elder daughter Malia's hand in marriage, and is ready to offer the US First Family 50 cows, 70 sheep and 30 goats as bride price.

Kiprono said it was in 2008 that Maila had caught his eye, and he hasn't dated anyone as a promise to be faithful to her. He wanted to put his "dream request" in front of Obama when he visits in July, The Nairobian reported.

He added that his love was real and even his family was onboard, totally backing him in offering more price.

Kiprono, who claims to be writing a letter to the US president asking him to bring Malia, 16, on the trip, said that if Obama accepted his marriage request, he would propose to her with his "out of the box" idea of mursik, the traditional Kalenjin sour milk instead of champagne, and tie the sacred plant, sinendet, around her head, as an indication that she was "his queen."

Kiprono had made headlines when he moved to court seeking to have William Ruto sworn in as president when Uhuru travelled to The Hague for his ICC case. (ANI)

BY FRANZ WRIGHT


You do look a little ill.

But we can do something about that, now.   

Can’t we.

The fact is you’re a shocking wreck.   

Do you hear me.

You aren’t all alone.

And you could use some help today, packing in the   
dark, boarding buses north, putting the seat back and   
grinning with terror flowing over your legs through   
your fingers and hair . . .

I was always waiting, always here.   

Know anyone else who can say that.

My advice to you is think of her for what she is:   
one more name cut in the scar of your tongue.

What was it you said, “To rather be harmed than   
harm, is not abject.”

Please.

Can we be leaving now.

We like bus trips, remember. Together

we could watch these winter fields slip past, and   
never care again,

think of it.

I don’t have to be anywhere.


from Ill Lit: Selected and New Poems. Copyright © 1998 by Franz Wright. Reprinted with the permission of Oberlin College Press


http://www.poetryfoundation.org/

Tuesday, May 26, 2015


USA ka sekyu ang gikawatan og armas human makatulog alas 4:30 sa kaadlawon sa Barangay 38, Dakbayan sa Cagayan de Oro.

Ang sekyu gi-ilang si Martin Pontevedra, lumad nga taga Cadingilan, Bukidnon ubos sa ahensya nga ANKAA Security Agency Inc.

Sa inisyal nga imbestigasiyon sa kapolisan sa Cogon, nasayran nga samtang natulog ang guwardiya sa gibantayang patigayon sa Captain Vicente Roa Street, namat-an niini nga aduna'y motorsiklo ang kalit nga mipalayo sa maong dapit.

Nasuta niini nga nawala na ang sling bag nga kolor brown diin sulod niadto ang kalibre .38 nga isyu nga armas kaniya nga adunay serial number nga 1353199 ug lisensiya niini. (KCS)


Gipatik sa mantalaang SuperBalita Cagayan de Oro Mayo 26, 2015.

Crying for you and with you...

A worrthy opponent...

Ni STEPHANIE VIOVICENTE-BERGANIO


SUSIHON sa simbahan ug kaparian ang gi-ingong paghilak og dugo sa imahen sa Birhen sa Lourdes sa usa ka kapilya nga nahimutang sa Barangay Liloan, lungsod sa Catarman, probinsya sa Camiguin niadtong Martes.

Gibutyag ni Rev. Fr. Rickets Dancila, parish priest sa Catarman, nga wala niya mismo nakita and gi-ingong paghilak og dugo sa birhen ug nadungog lang niya kini sa katawhan ug nakita ang hulagway nga gi-post sa Facebook.

Apan butyag ni Dancila nga iya kining susihon ug imbestigaran kung unsa kini ka tinoud, hilabi na daghan ang nakurat ug nakapangutana kung unsa'y tilimad-on niini.

Namatikdan nga presko ang dugo nga migawas gikan sa mata sa imahen sa birhen ug nag-abli ang nag-ampo niini nga mga kamot niadtong buntag sa Martes.

Gibutyag ni Dancila nga ang Simbahang Katoliko dili basta motuo niini kay ipaagi pa man kini sa hingpit nga pagsusi kung tinuod kini ug usa kini ka dakong milagro.

Gipasabot niini nga ang maong kapilya sa Birhen sa Lourdes kanunay nga dagsaon sa mga deboto, ug matag adlaw, duna'y mga mag-meditate sa dapit.

Daw bisan kinsa nga makakita niini aduna'y nagkadaiyang opinyon ug gibutyag ni Dancila nga dili mapugngan ang katawhan kung ilang isulti ang ilang nakita kay kabahin kini sa ilang pagtuo.


Gipatik sa mantalaang SuperBalita Cagayan de Oro Mayo 27, 2015.

In 1898, the United States intervened in the Cuban insurrection and launched the Spanishâ€"American War to force Spain out. According to the terms of the Treaty of Paris, Spain relinquished sovereignty over Cuba and ceded the Philippine Islands, Puerto Rico, and Guam to the United States. The terms of cession for the Philippines involved a payment of the sum of $20 million by the United States to Spain. The treaty was highly contentious and denounced by William Jennings Bryan, who tried to make it a central issue in the 1900 election. He was defeated in landslide by McKinley.

The Teller Amendment, passed unanimously by the U.S. Senate before the war, which proclaimed Cuba "free and independent", forestalled annexation of the island. The Platt Amendment (1902), however, established Cuba as a virtual protectorate of the United States.

The acquisition of Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines after the war with Spain marked a new chapter in U.S. history. Traditionally, territories were acquired by the United States for the purpose of becoming new states on equal footing with already existing states. These islands, however, were acquired as colonies rather than prospective states. The process was validated by the Insular Cases. The Supreme Court ruled that full constitutional rights did not automatically extend to all areas under American control. Nevertheless, in 1917, Puerto Ricans were all made full American citizens via the Jones Act. This also provided for a popularly elected legislature, a bill of rights and authorized the election of a Resident Commissioner who has a voice (but no vote) in Congress.

According to Frederick Merk these colonial acquisitions marked a break from the original intention of manifest destiny. Previously, "Manifest Destiny had contained a principle so fundamental that a Calhoun and an O'Sullivan could agree on itâ€"that a people not capable of rising to statehood should never be annexed. That was the principle thrown overboard by the imperialism of 1899." Albert J. Beveridge maintained the contrary at his September 25, 1900, speech in the Auditorium, at Chicago. He declared that the current desire for Cuba and the other acquired territories was identical to the views expressed by Washington, Jefferson and Marshall. Moreover, "the sovereignty of the Stars and Stripes can be nothing but a blessing to any people and to any land." The Philippines was eventually given its independence in 1946; Guam and Puerto Rico have special status to this day, but all their people have United States citizenship. --Wiki

Quote from: islander on May 26, 2015, 11:00:59 PM
"Under climate change the frequency of extreme El Niño events will double â€" to one every ten years".

Oh my golly! El Niño misutoy...

Pink jud naturally. Fyi, it is the Conolophus marthae, commonly known as the Galápagos pink land iguana.

Agoi, tagam si Bay Bugsay...

Sa usa sa mga hansak, naigo ang tuong bukton sa bata nga giingong maoy gihimong taming ni Tieman.

Samtang si PO1 Piwi Cabasag ug mga kauban sa Homicide Section sa Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) niingon nga human makita sa suspek nga samaron na si Tieman, dali kining nibiya.

Sa imbestigasyon sa kapulisan, giingong nakit-an si Tieman nga human maigo ang iyang anak, iya ki­ning gibilin daplin sa dalan ug nidagan nga samdan sa liog ug bukton.

Unang midangop sa Pardo Police Station si Tieman.

Niabot ang mga sakop sa Barangay Basak Pardo Emergency Response (BPER) ug gidala ang bik­tima sa tambalanan.

Matod pa ni Cabasag nga wa mosulti ang amahan sa kapolisan nga naigo ang iyang anak nga iyang gibilin daplin sa dalan.

Ang silingan nila nga si Jessa Misa mao nay nikuha sa bata sa daplin ug gidala sa Cebu City Me­dical Center (CCMC).

Gideklarar ang bata nga dead on arrival sa mga mananambal.

Subay sa pasiuna nga paghiling sa doktor, nahutdan og dugo ang bata tungod sa iyang samad sa bukton hinungdan nga namatay.

Kon nadala pa dayon sa tambalanan ang bata human sa hitabo, posibling mabuhi pa kini.

Ang kapolisan sa Pardo pina­ngulohan ni PO3 Fabios Belleza ug mga kauban nihimo og hot pursuit operation ug nasikop ang suspek.

Si Suico, sa iyang bahin, niingon nga wa niya tuyoa nga maigo ang bata.

Bugtong niya nga tuyo mao lang ang amahan, apan tungod sa pagsige og lihay sa amahan, aksidente niya nga nadunggaban ang bata.

Ang suspek gitanggong sa Pardo Police Station ug gitakdang pasakaan og tukmang mga kaso. (JFT/Hershyl Jade Roxas & Robhe Jane Yara-CNU Comm Interns/GPL)


Gipatik sa mantalaang SuperBalita Cebu Mayo 27, 2015.

Tuesday, May 26, 2015



Giimbestigar sa kapulisan sa Pardo Police Station si Richard Fhidel Lariego Suico II (wala nga hulagway) human siya nasikop sa pagdunggab sa iyang silingan nga si Ralph Randy Tieman, 38, apan ang anak nga babaye niini nga si Ryurik Edber Liao, usa ka tuig ug usa ka buwan ang edad, maoy naigo sa bukton. Si Ryurik (tuo nga hulagway) nga gibilin sa iyang amahan daplin sa dalan kay nitaho sa kapulisan, gideklarar nga patay nang nidangat sa Cebu City Medical Center (CCMC) kay nahutdan sa dugo. (Alex Badayos)


NAMATAY ang kapin sa tuig nga batang babaye human siya maoy naigo sa dihang gidunggab ang iyang amahan sa ilang sili­ngan nga hubog niadtong Lunes sa alas 8 pasado sa gabii.

Ang amahan nagtindog nga nagkugos sa iyang anak daplin sa dalan sa Sityo Fatima, Brgy. Basak Pardo, dakbayan sa Sugbo dihang giduol ug gidunggab.

Ang namatay giilang si Ryurik Edber Liao, samtang samdan ang iyang ama­han nga si Ralph Randy Tieman, 39, adunay kaipon ug way trabaho.

Ang suspek nga nadakpan sa kapulisan giilang mao si Richard Fhidel Lanego Suico II.

Si SPO2 Rommel Bancog sa Pardo Police Station niingon nga ang mga silingan nila ni Tieman ug Suico niingon nga ang duha hubog dihang nagkaabot.

Naglalis sila si Tieman ug Suico dihang niibot og kutsilyo ang nauwahi.

Iyang gidunggab sa maka­dag­han si Suico nga nagsige og lihay samtang nagkugos sa iyang usa ka tuig nga anak.

Monkey steals camera to snap himself

A macaque monkey in Indonesia took a camera from a wildlife photographer before snapping himself in a variety of poses.







More at: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/8615859/Monkey-steals-camera-to-snap-himself.html

Ni Raymond Abarcas (Banat) | Updated May 26, 2015 - 12:00am


CEBU, Philippines â€" Patay ang usa ka 32 anyos nga lalaki human gikaligo og bala diha sa sityo Lawis barangay Luray Dos  dakbayan sa Toledo. Usa ka Romeo Quindao, 32, taga sityo Sto. Niño sa lungsod sa Balamban ang nabulit sa bala ang lawas human gipusil sa makadaghang higayon sa wala pa mailhing mamumuno.

Sa imbestigasyon sa kapulisan, nakig-estorya ang biktima sa usa ka Solomon Bayabos dihang dunay tawong niduol kanila ug gipusil ang biktima sa makadaghang higayon.

Narekober sa kapulisan sa lugar ang 12 ka kabhang sa bala sa kalibre .45 nga gituohang gigamit  sa mamumuno. Gidudahang adunay dakong kasuko ang killer ngadto sa biktima  ug padayon pa nila kini karong giila.  â€" /EIM) (BANAT NEWS)

Oops, sorry, he he. Gimingaw na man gud kog welcome og newbies...

At the St. Louis fair Ota Benga and his companions found themselves living alongside a rich but eclectic sampling of aboriginal people from everywhere: Ainus from Japan, Patagonian “giants” from South America, Kwakiutls from the Northwest Coast (who had to ask for a stockade to shield their baskets and totem poles from what they tactfully called the white man’s “taking qualities”), Igorots from the Philippines, allowed to appear in their traditional loincloths only over the objections of Theodore Roosevelt, who argued that trousers would be more likely to reassure any visitors who still harbored doubts about the wisdom of acquiring the Philippines.

On with our gripping tale...


One of them was Ota Benga. He had been out hunting when forces in the pay of Belgium, on the prowl for rumored ivory, butchered his hunting band, including his wife and children. By the time Verner happened upon him he had become a slave of the Baschilele people and had little to lose by crossing the great water. Verner bought him with salt and a few yards of cloth.



Teeth sharpening is practiced by both men and women in the tribes of the Congolese Pygmies and the Mentawai people of Indonesia. Children from both of these tribes file their teeth as part of their spiritual practices and rites of passage â€"to prove themselves worthy to the tribe.

Well, the plot thickens...

JUAN 10:11-13

11 Ako ang maayong magbalantay. Ang maayong magbalantay andam sa pagpakamatay alang sa mga karnero.

12 Ang sinuholan modagan inigkakita niya sa lobo nga nagpaingon na kanila kay dili man siya tinuod nga magbalantay ug dili usab siya tag-iya sa mga karnero. Busa tukbon sa lobo ang maga karnero ug patibulaagon.

13 Ang sinuholan modagan ug dili magtagad sa mga karnero tungod kay sinuholan man lang siya.

Welcome, Mr (or is it Ms?) Silveraxe! Feel at home, feel at home!

Samuel Verner was a high-strung South Carolinian, raised on Robinson Crusoeand the works of David Livingstone and Henry M. Stanley and trained for the mission field. He began his travels to the Congo region at twenty-two in search of souls but soon edged away from the church in favor of a series of schemes meant to lure investors to Africa that never quite came off. He was a vivid and prolific writer about his adventures and had brought back from his first expedition two Africans, and so in 1903, when the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, soon to open in St. Louis, wanted Pygmies imported for the area of the fairgrounds called the Anthropology Department, it seemed logical to turn to Verner.

He was given a sort of shopping list: twelve Pygmies, six more Africans of miscellaneous tribes, plus all the paraphernalia of daily living they would need to set themselves up as authentic exhibits in St. Louis. Verner did his best in the face of persistent fever, but in the end he could persuade just five Pygmies to accompany him to America.

Quote from: islander on May 24, 2015, 10:21:23 PM
was he ever compensated, at least?

Oops, just wait for the story to unfold, Aylandil, the one and only story of one of my more famous ancestors...

Quote from: islander on May 24, 2015, 10:19:36 PM
glad this is just fiction.  juliet is two weeks shy of 14 years old and romeo's age is placed between 16 to 21.  in the current philippine setting, naa gyoy nga dunggan nga mabitas ani.  and romeo must (well, not really die)  rot in jail.

Too late ang dunggan mga maoy mabitas...

Aquino: Philippines to fly usual routes over disputed reefs
By TERESA CEROJANO
3 hours ago


MANILA, Philippines (AP) â€" Philippine aircraft will continue to fly their usual routes over disputed reefs in the South China Sea, the country's president said Monday, defying China's challenges to its planes and those of the United States.

President Benigno Aquino III told reporters there is no declared air defense identification zone over the area and "we will still fly the routes that we fly based on international law."

"We will still exercise our rights over our exclusive economic zone," he said, adding that the "bottom line is, it has to be clear, we will defend our rights to the best of our abilities."

Aquino also pointed to the disparity in the military strength of China and the Philippines, saying China should not bully a smaller country because it would hurt its image as it tries to create good will with its trading partners.

The Philippines is pursuing international arbitration and diplomatic efforts to try to resolve the territorial dispute with China.


More at: http://news.yahoo.com/aquino-philippines-fly-usual-routes-over-disputed-reefs-040926300.html

Ang ikatulong biktima nga si Pasana niabot ug siya na usab ang gihamag sa suspek. Nikaratel kinig dagan, gigukod ug gitigbas sa makadaghang higayon dihang naabtan.

Si Gastador niingon nga suwerte si Abelgas human nakasulod sa mga panimalay didto sa dapit ug gitagoan hinungdan nga nakalingkawas.

Human sa pagpanigbas ang suspek nagbadhas sa karsada ug nawara-wara sa gidalang pinuti, nangitag patay sa mga silingan kutob sa iyang masugatan.

Ang ikaupat nga biktima nga si Eden miagi sa karsada maoy nasugatan niini hinungdan nga siyay gihamagan natigbasan sab.

Usa ka barangay ta­nod nga si Drajay Bauno nisuway sa pag-uwang apan di na madala busa nikaratil kini og dagan.

Pipila ka minutos, nakabati na lang siya og buto-buto sa armas, dayon gitapokan sa mga tawo ang suspek nga naglunang sa kaugalingong dugo nga wa nay kinabuhi.

Nakita niini ang dakong samad dinungaban sa buko-buko, samad tinigbasan sa nawong ug pinusilan.
Matod ni Gastador nga ang suspek wa na mogawas sa ilang panimalay sukad niadtong Mayo 21, wa na mokaon ug magsige og hinuktok.

Nasubay nila nga naguol kini ug naglagot kang Bohol kinsa dunay paryente sa dapit ug niabot niadtong Mayo 18 aron pagpamista.

“Naglalis daw ni sila (suspek) ug biktima nga si Bonifacio (Bohol) kay giingan man kuno ni ngiga gud nimo tulo man gyud ang imong gi-rape?” dugang ni Gastador.

Tungod niini, nasuko pag-ayo ang suspek ug gisultihan niya si Bohol nga asa man siya anang estoryaha nga wa man gani siyay kaso ug reklamo sa barangay.

Wa mosaksi sa kapulisan kon kinsa nakapatay sa suspek.


Gipatik sa mantalaang SuperBalita Cebu Mayo 25, 2015.

Ni GUAM P. LOGROÃ'O


USA ka mananagat naghuramentado ug nakatigbas og upat ka tawo sa wa pa kini napatay niadtong Sabado sa alas 8:00 sa buntag sa isla nga Barangay Carnaza, lungsod sa Daanbanta­yan.

Si Leomides Rabadon, 44, ulitawo ug mananagat sa naasoyng dapit naghuramentado human gipasanginlang nanglugos.

Sa iyang kasuko, nikuha og pinuti ug gipanghapas sila si Cesar Abelgas, 66, dunay kapuyo; Bonifcacio Bohol, 71, minyo; Renato Pasana, 49, pulos taga Barangay Pasil, dakba­yan sa Sugbo; ug Patrocenio Eden, hingkod ang panuigon ug taga Barangay Carnaza. Ang upat pulos kritikal.

Si SPO2 Mamerto Gastador, imbestigador sa Daanbantayan police station, nagkanayon nga naglunang sa kaugalingong dugo ang suspek dihang naabtan sa kapulisan nga samad pinusilan sa paa, lubot, samad tinigbasan sa buko-buko, nawong ug lawas.

Matod ni Gastador nga ang suspek nga namatay nasuko ni Bohol.

Sumala pa niini nga ang inahan sa suspek niingon nga ang iyang anak nigawas sayo sa buntag niadtong Sabado nagdalag pinuti ug gibadlong niya kini apan mitubag kini nga di sila paduolon kay wa silay labot.

Pipila ka minutos, usa sa biktima nga si Abelgas niabot gikan naligo sa dagat diin ang giabtang balay niini duol sa panimalay sa suspek.

Ang suspek naghuramentado dayon ug kalit niining gidunggab sa pinuti si Abelgas ug gitigbas hinungdang nag­katibuwaag ang mga tawo sa pagpanagan.

Si Abelgas usban unta sa pagtigbas sa suspek apan niabot ang ikaduhang biktima nga si Bohol nga niduol ug gibadlong kini apan mao na usab kini ang giataki ug gitigbas sa suspek.

It is a tribute to the astonishing resilience of the human spirit that the displaced Pygmy was ever even momentarily pleased, as a fascinating but flawed new book about him makes clear. Ota Benga: The Pygmy in the Zoo (St. Martin’s Press, 320 pages, $22.95) was written by Harvey Blume and Phillips Verner Bradford, the grandson of Samuel Phillips Verner, the missionary-adventurer who found the little man in the African forest and brought him back to the New Worldâ€"twice.

The Man in the Zoo
BY GEOFFREY C. WARD


On Sunday, September 9, 1906, a freshly painted sign greeted visitors to the Monkey House at the Bronx Zoological Gardens:


The African Pygmy, “Ota Benga.”
Age, 23 years. Height, 4 feet 11 inches.
Weight 103 pounds,
Brought from the Kasai River, Congo Free State, South Central Africa,
by Dr. Samuel P. Verner.
Exhibited each afternoon during September.


Inside, in a large open-air cage whose floor had been artfully strewn with bones to suggest its occupant’s supposed savagery, sat a diminutive man in a hammock, wearing a jacket and trousers but no shoes, quietly weaving mats and occasionally getting up to shoot arrows at a bale of hay. Late in the day an orangutan was let into the cage, and man and ape were encouraged to play together, hugging and chasing each another while the mostly white crowd laughed and applauded: ”. . . the pygmy was not much taller than the orangutan,” The New York Times reported, “and one had a good opportunity to study their points of resemblance. Their heads are much alike, and both grin in the same way when pleased.”

Di anad bayhana...

O Romeo, Romeo,
wherefore art thou Romeo?
Deny thy father and refuse thy name,
Or if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love,
And I’ll no longer be a Capulet.


Juliet speaks these lines, perhaps the most famous in the play, in the balcony scene (2.1.74â€"78). Leaning out of her upstairs window, unaware that Romeo is below in the orchard, she asks why Romeo must be Romeoâ€"why he must be a Montague, the son of her family’s greatest enemy (“wherefore” means “why,” not “where”; Juliet is not, as is often assumed, asking where Romeo is). Still unaware of Romeo’s presence, she asks him to deny his family for her love. She adds, however, that if he will not, she will deny her family in order to be with him if he merely tells her that he loves her.

A major theme in Romeo and Juliet is the tension between social and family identity (represented by one’s name) and one’s inner identity. Juliet believes that love stems from one’s inner identity, and that the feud between the Montagues and the Capulets is a product of the outer identity, based only on names. She thinks of Romeo in individual terms, and thus her love for him overrides her family’s hatred for the Montague name. She says that if Romeo were not called “Romeo” or “Montague,” he would still be the person she loves. “What’s in a name?” she asks. “That which we call a rose / By any other word would smell as sweet” (2.1.85â€"86). -- http://www.sparknotes.com/

O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo?


This is one of Shakespeare's best known lines - from, of course, Romeo and Juliet, 1592.

The 'wherefore' here means why rather than where. What Juliet is asking, in allusion to the feud between her Capulet family and Romeo's Montague clan, is 'Romeo, why are you a Montague?'. Their love is impossible because of their family names and she asks him to change his allegiance, or else she will change hers. -- http://www.phrases.org.uk/

WHAT'S IN A NAME? THAT WHICH WE CALL A ROSE BY ANY OTHER WORD WOULD SMELL AS SWEET

If there's such a thing as generic Shakespeare today, this is it. Both "What's in a name?" and "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet" are Instant Bard, although the latter is, as many forget, merely a paraphrase. From the romantic declamation to the crass advertisement, these phrases have served generations with complete flexibility.

"What's in a name?" is the less specific of the two phrases, and also the less common. Juliet here merely rehearses in a different form the point of "What's a Montague," moving, like a good Renaissance student, from the particular to the general. Names in general, she insists, ought to be separable from the things they name. Romeo never does change his name, and it wouldn't have done much good anyway. Whether or not he's essentially a Montague, and Juliet essentially a Capulet, their families will continue to act that way.

"That which we call a rose/ By any other word would smell as sweet" seems bloated to the modern ear. But we're accustomed to the paraphrase, which never occurred to the playwright or his audience. It's a little futile to second-guess Shakespeare now, but he did have to fill out a line and a half of blank verse. Regarding Juliet's use of "word" instead of "name," we can perhaps be grateful; she already uses "name" six times in fifteen and a half lines. -- http://www.enotes.com/

In the most famous scene of the play, Romeo stands unnoticed beneath Juliet's balcony as she engages in a fantasized debate. She questions the purpose of Romeo's being Romeoâ€"something he's probably taken for granted all these years. That Romeo is Romeo creates a few rather touchy problems for the new lovebirds. To be Romeo is to be a Montague while to be Juliet is to be a Capulet, and the Montagues and Capulets have a nasty history of killing off one another. Juliet fancies that family identity can be changed along with one's name, and family fueds thus nullified.

O ROMEO, ROMEO, WHEREFORE ART THOU ROMEO?

Although we use "wherefore," if at all, as a synonym for "why," Juliet uses the word in a more limited sense. By "wherefore?" Juliet means "for what purpose?" If she had merely asked "Why art thou Romeo?" she wouldn't be distinguishing the two major meanings of "why"â€""from what cause" (in the past) and "for what purpose" (in the future). "Wherefore" clearly emphasizes the latter sense, which is why "whys and wherefores" are different things.

"Wherefore" and its partner "therefore" reflect the basic tendency of English to use spatial ideasâ€""where?" "there"â€"to represent logical ideas, such as cause and effect.

Juliet:
O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?
Deny thy father and refuse thy name;
Or if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love
And I'll no longer be a Capulet.

Romeo:
[Aside] Shall I hear more, or shall I speak at this?

Juliet:
'Tis but thy name that is my enemy:
Thou art thyself, though not a Montague.
What's Montague? It is nor hand nor foot,
Nor arm nor face, nor any other part
Belonging to a man. O be some other name!
What's in a name? That which we call a rose
By any other word would smell as sweet;
So Romeo would, were he not Romeo call'd,
Retain that dear perfection which he owes
Without that title. Romeo, doff thy name,
and for thy name, which is no part of thee,
Take all myself.

Romeo And Juliet Act 2, scene 2, 33â€"49

Philippine Star â€" Sat, May 23, 2015


WASHINGTON â€" The United States military will continue air and sea patrols in international waters even after the Chinese navy repeatedly warned a US surveillance plane to leave the airspace over artificial islands China is creating in the disputed South China Sea.

The Philippine government also declared it would continue activities in the region, calling on China to respect freedom of navigation and aviation.

“Our position on the importance of letting freedom of navigation, freedom of aviation and international law prevail in the area we are talking about does not change. That is why this is not affected by the new development,” Presidential Communications Operations Office Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr. told a press briefing yesterday.

“Our position on this matter is consistent and resolute. While we recognize that there is tension, we will remain assertive and determined to push for our position by adhering to international law,” Coloma said.

US State Department spokesperson Marie Harf said it was unclear on what basis the Chinese navy issued the warning to a US military plane that was flying over the Spratlys in the South China Sea.

Harf said the verbal warnings aired by the Chinese to the US plane could not be classified as a confrontation.

The incident, along with recent Chinese warnings to Philippine military aircraft to leave areas around the Spratly archipelago in the South China Sea, suggested Beijing is trying to enforce a military exclusion zone above its new islands there.

Recent satellite images suggest China has made rapid progress in filling in land in contested territory in the Spratly islands and in building an airstrip suitable for military use and that it may be planning another.


More at: https://ph.news.yahoo.com/phl-us-assert-rights-ignore-160000275.html

Woman says she killed cats because grandchildren wouldn’t clean rooms
http://fox2now.com/
POSTED 1:40 PM, MAY 19, 2015, BY REBECCA ROBERTS


GODFREY, IL (KTVI) â€" A kitten-killing grandmother is behind bars in Madison County. Investigators say the Godfrey woman killed her granddaughter’s cat and four kittens with a hammer, to teach her grand kids a lesson. The animal abuse was discovered at the family’s home on the 5000-block of West Victor Drive.

On Monday evening, the 13 year-old granddaughter opened the freezer, looking for a snack, and made a nauseating discovery.  There was her beloved cat, dead inside the freezer.  The girl texted a relative, who called police.

Madison County investigators arrived, and asked the girl what happened. Her grandma immediately piped in.  Seventy-one year-old Josephine Bell said she killed the cat, and its four kittens, all because the kids wouldn’t clean their rooms.

The 71 year-old is now charged with Aggravated Animal Cruelty, and could face 1 to 3 years in prison.

Captain Mike Dixon with the Madison County Sheriff’s Department says, “Without a substantial criminal history, she likely could be looking at probation and fines for this case. But hopefully it brings about a change in demeanor, and this kind of behavior doesn’t happen again for the benefit of these children, is what ultimately I think most of us would hope for.”

Bell stated she killed the cats on Sunday, and threw the kittens in the garbage.  They were never located by investigators.

It seems the well-being of the family pets was in question even before this cat-killing.  Last week, investigators say Animal Control took a dog from the home, and offered to take the other animals as well, but the family refused.

Ni JOY F. TUMULAK


BANA nipatay sa i­­­yang asawa atubangan sa ilang unom ka mga anak tungod lang sa “swertres” ug human mapatay ang asawa, nagdunggab sa iyang kaugalingon.

Kini nahitabo pasado alas 8 sa milabay nga ga­bii sa sityo Exoville, Barangay Basak Pardo, dakbayan sa Sugbo.

Ang biktimang namatay paghiabot sa tamba­lanan mao si Winstel Ancajas Geverola, 31, kinsa nakaangkon og dag­hang mga samad dinunggaban.

Ang suspek mao si Reynante Geverola, 32, usa ka security guard.

Sa pasiuna nga imbestigasyon nga gihimo nila ni SPO2 Rommel Bang­cog ug mga kauban sa Homicide Section sa Cebu City Police Office nagbutyag nga nagsugod ang panaglalis sa magtiayon atubangan sa unom nila ka mga anak nga menor de edad human nga wa mapustai sa bana ang numero nga gi-maintain sa asawa.

Nirason ang bana nga “sold out” na ang maong numero ug di na mahimong mapustaan.

Wa motuo ang asawa hinungdan sa init nila nga lalis.

Nikuha og kwarta ang asawa ug giitsa ngadto sa bana.

Diha naglagot ang ba­na ug tungod niini, ni­kuha kini og kutsilyo ug dayon gihansakhansak sa makadaghan ang asa­wa sa nagkadaiyang par­te sa iyang lawas, wa na­minaw sa sininggitay sa mga anak ug hinilakay.

Tungod sa kaguliyang sulod sa balay, nakahatag kini og pagtagad sa ilang mga silingan nga tupad ra nila og gipuy-an.

Daling nipahibawo sa amahan sa babaye ang mga silingan ug maoy na­abtan ni Ricardo Ancajas nga ang iyang u­­­magad nga si Reynante nagkadugo ug naggunit og kutsilyo sa iyang kamot.

Naabot ang mga sili­ngan ug nanawag sa ka­pulisan.

Pag-abot sa kapoli­san, wa na igkita ang hinagiban nga gigamit sa pagdunggab kay gilabay na ni Reynante.

Dugang nasayran sa kapolisan gikan sa kina­mag­wangan nga anak sa biktima nga nag-edad og 9 anyos nga human gi­dung­­gab ang iyang inahan, nagdunggab sa ka­­­u­galingon ang iyang a­­­mahan.

Si Reynante, dali nga gidala sa tambalanan tungod sa samad diha sa iyang tiyan.

Ang magtiayon dugay na nga nag-ipon, nagbaton na og unom ka mga anak, apan niadtong lang Abril nagpakasal sa pari.


Gipatik sa mantalaang SuperBalita Cebu Mayo 24, 2015.

Shabu gitagoan sa panty
Ni Romeo T. Limpangog, EIM (Banat) | Updated May 24, 2015 - 12:00am


CEBU, Philippines - Nadakpan ang usa ka 45-anyos nga babayeng giingong misulay unta sa pagpalusot og shabu sa sulod sa Mandaue City Jail  sa pagbisita niini niadtong miaging buntag pinaagi sa pagpasok sa shabu sa ilawom sa iyang panty.

Ang nadakpan mao si Milagros Armado nga taga Brgy. Looc, Dakbayan sa Mandaue kinsa moduaw unta sa iyang napriso nga kapuyo nga si Alvin Ceniza. Si MCJ Jail Warden Gil Inopia nagkanayon, nagdala og pagkaon si Armado alang ni Ceniza apan samtang giinspeksyon ang iyang gidalang pagkaon, nabantayan nila kining daw di mahimutang.

Tungod niini, ilang gidala si Amado sa searching room ug pagrekisa kaniya nakit-an ang duha ka paketeng shabu ug tinfoil ilawom sa panty niini hinungdan nga ilang gidakop.

Ang kapuyo ni Amado nga si Ceniza napriso sa kasong robbery niadtong 2011 apan nakagawas ug nabalik na usab niadtong Agosto 5, 2014 tungod sa pagpamaligya og shabu ug paghupot og armas.

Si Armado pasakaan og kaso karong adlaw nga Lunes tungod sa pagdala sa maong drugas sa MCJ.  (BANAT NEWS)

Quote from: islander on May 23, 2015, 10:42:09 PM
he's just drinking water, come on...

Come on. Just look at the way this narcissist regards his reflection....

Gipatay sa bana
Ni Bryner L. Diaz, EIM (Banat) | Updated May 24, 2015 - 12:00am


CEBU, Philippines - Tungod lang sa numero sa Swertres sa lotto nga gi-maintain apan wala mapatdi,  usa ka bana ang nakapatay sa iyang asawa ug naangol usab ang suspek human nisuway paghikog sa miaging gabii diha sa Exoville, Basak Pardo, Cebu City.

Ang namatay mao si Winstil Gevirola, 31, samtang ang midunggab niya mao ang iyang banang si Renante, 32, usa ka security guard.

Si Police Officer 1 Salvador Cabasa Jr., sa Homicide Section miingon nga naabtan pa nila nga gidala sa taga Basak Pardo Emergency Response (BPER) ang suspek padulong sa tambalanan.

Sumala pa niya, ang mga mirespondeng barangay tanod sa Basak Pardo ang nidala sa suspek sa tambalanan human nila kini nasugatan sa hagdanan sa ilang balay nagsapupo sa iyang ginhawaang milugwa sa iyang tiyan samtang nagkupot pa gihapon og kutsilyo.

Nagduda si Cabasa nga natagak sa hagdanan ang suspek kay dako usab ang samad sa iyang agtang.

Dihang nahinabi sa taga Homicide ang amahan sa namatay miingon kini nga nasuko ang suspek kay wala mapustahi sa biktima ang numero niini sa swertres apan wala hinuon silay kasayoran kun migawas ba ang maong numero.

Tungod sa mainitong panaglalis mikuha og kutsilyo ang suspek ug gidunggab iyang asawa sa makadaghang higayon nga hinungdan sa iyang kamatayon. 

Human niini nagdunggab sa iyang kaugalingon ang suspek atubangan sa ilang unom ka mga anak nga nag-edad 9-anyos paubos.

Girekomendar ni Cabasa mapaubos sa stress debriefing ang mga bata tungod sa ilang nasaksihan.

Apan mireklamo ang mga imbestigador batok sa mga gwardiya sa VSMMC nga mga arogante ug wala magtug-an sa tinuod kay gipasa sila ngadto sa Cebu City Medical Center, apan sa pagkatinuod, atoa sa VSMMC ang suspek.  (BANAT NEWS)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlAvqA_Gk8U

Quote from: bugsay on May 23, 2015, 04:56:52 PM
maayo nalang tungaw...dili bonhok...

He he, way kaso basta hamugaway lang ang gitakboyan...

Associated Press
By E. EDUARDO CASTILLO and KATHERINE CORCORAN
9 hours ago


ECUANDUREO, Mexico (AP) â€" At least 43 people died Friday in what authorities described as a fierce, three-hour gunbattle between federal forces and suspected drug gang gunmen on a ranch in western Mexico, the deadliest such confrontation in recent memory.

New cartel arises from Mexico's assault on big drug lords Associated Press
All the dead were suspected criminals except for one federal police officer, National Security Commissioner Monte Alejandro Rubido said. He said the officer died trying to help a colleague wounded in the shootout.

Photographs from the scene showed bodies, some with semi-automatic rifles and others without weapons, lying in fields, near farm equipment and on a blood-stained patio strewn with clothes, mattresses and sleeping bags. Video obtained by The Associated Press showed federal police coming under fire and bodies strewn throughout a ranch.


More at: http://news.yahoo.com/40-dead-firefight-ranch-mexican-official-says-235005011.html

Quote from: TUBAGBOHOL.com on May 23, 2015, 03:53:16 PM
pwede ba diay nga mogahi kung nakatulog ang laki o kaha walay gusto? pilian baja pud na si junior.

Hmmm, morag wa aning problemaha si Bay Bugsay...

How do you do, camper?

Dili kaha parehas ani niya...

Quote from: bugsay on May 23, 2015, 07:48:14 AM
masuko gyud ko kon di pahibaw-on...

He he, bitaw. Maayo ni Inday no, siya ray misulbong sa langit...

Quote from: islander on March 21, 2015, 12:29:36 AM
ang tungaw uroy?  hamugaway ba?

He he, nakasuway na diay si Aylandil nga nangihi sa kalibonan unya gitakboyan og tungaw...

Coming soon...

Obra maestra sa office worker nga way lingaw...

Quote from: hubag bohol on May 21, 2015, 12:30:33 PM
Karong tuiga, ang mga senior citizen makadawat og P12,000 nga ayuda gikan sa Siyudad.

Hmm, sa ato pa, P1,000 per month. OK na kaayo ipanuba...

Good luck Vladimir, Mikhail, Victor, Roman, et. al. Kon mahimo mong mga milyonir na lang, daghan na ta...

Quote from: TUBAGBOHOL.com on May 22, 2015, 11:53:54 PM
naka-save, imbis moadto sa Hotel Sogo, didto nalang sa menteryo nagshort-time. mao niy klarong one-night stand.

Mao na ni ron. Ang lubnganan sa mga patay gihimong lubnganan sa di pwede ilubong kon patay...

Quote from: islander on May 23, 2015, 02:44:30 AM
di ba agua de pataranta es su bebida favorita, herr hubag?  mi perfume es  pinot noir, muchachito region del sol querida.   

Ah, hisgot-hisgotando nuestro perdido Eden? Aber Das Parfum ist la historia de un asesino, ingna mor de evangelio segun un asno.

In English punctuation, a serial comma or series comma (also called Oxford comma) is a comma placed immediately before the coordinating conjunction (usually and, or, or nor) in a series of three or more terms. For example, a list of three countries might be punctuated either as "France, Italy, and Spain" (with the serial comma), or as "France, Italy and Spain" (without the serial comma). --Wiki

Hmm, kon si Bay Bugsay pa ang biktima, moreklamo ba kaha...