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Teresita Penaranda and children has announced that Hilario "Nonoy" Penaranda has joined our creator on August 24, 2010.

Adrian's tumor was successfully moved. After waiting for 10 hours of surgery .

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LET US PRAY THAT THIS WILL NOT HAPPEN IN THE PHILIPPINES

Submitted by Rading

A Mountain Moves in Italy!!

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The Brothel

Submitted by Rading

The madam opened the brothel door in Elko County , Nevada , and saw a rather dignified, well-dressed, good-looking man in his late forties or early fifties.

'May I help you sir?' she asked.

'I want to see Valerie,' the man replied.

'Sir, Valerie is one of our most expensive ladies. Perhaps you would prefer someone else', said the madam.

'No, I must see Valerie,' he replied. Just then, Valerie appeared and announced to the man she charged $10,000 a visit.

Without hesitation, the man pulled out ten thousand dollars and gave it to Valerie, and they went upstairs. After an hour, the man calmly left.

The next night, the man appeared again, once more demanding to see Valerie. Valerie explained that no one had ever come back two nights in a row as she was so very expensive. There were no discounts and the price was still $10,000.

The gentleman did not blink an eye. Again, he pulled out a wad of cash, gave it to Valerie, and they went upstairs...After an hour, he left.

The following night the man was there yet again. Everyone was astounded that he had come for a third consecutive night, maybe a record in the history of brothels in Nevada , which date back into the early 1800's. But without hesitation he paid Valerie the ten grand and off they went upstairs.

After their session, Valerie said to the man, 'No one has ever been with me three nights in a row. Where are you from?'

The man replied, ' Billings , Montana ..'

'Really', she said. 'I have family in Billings ..'

'I know.' the man said. 'I regret to tell you, but your sister died, and I am her attorney. She asked me to give you your $30,000 inheritance.'

The moral of the story is that three things in life are certain:

1. Death
2. Taxes
3. Being screwed by a lawyer

GO GREEN RECYCLE CONGRESS

Fight organized crime: Re-elect no one 2010

Katbaloganon USA 8th Novena

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7 Secrets to a Happy Retirement

by Sydney Lagier
Submitted by Rading

Some folks transition seamlessly into a happy retirement and get right to the business of enjoying their new lives. But other people have a tougher time entering the retirement years. Some of these folks may wonder whether they are really cut out for retirement at all. Here are seven traits happy retirees share.

Good health.

Enjoying good health is the single most important factor impacting retiree happiness, according to a 2009 Watson Wyatt analysis. Retirees in poor health are nearly 50 percent less likely to report being happy, trumping all other factors including money and age.

A significant other.

The same study found that married or cohabiting couples are more likely than singles to be happy in retirement. The news gets even better for couples enjoying retirement together. Retirees whose partners are also retired report being happier than those with a working partner, according to research conducted earlier this year at the University of Greenwich.

A social network.

The Greenwich study also found that having friends was far more important to retirement bliss than having kids. Those who have strong social networks are 30 percent happier with their lives than those without a strong network of friends. Having kids or grandkids had no impact on a retiree's level of contentment.

They are not addicted to television.

After you retire you will have lots of time to fill. If you want to be happy in retirement, don't fill that time with endless hours of television. Heavy TV viewers report lower satisfaction with their lives, according to a 2005 study published by the Institute for Empirical Research in Economics in Zurich. The same results were found again in 2008 by researchers at the University of Maryland. In that study, a direct negative correlation was found between the amount of TV watching and happiness levels: unhappy people watched more TV and happy people watched less.

Intellectual curiosity.

Adults over 70 who choose brain-stimulating hobbies over TV watching are two and a half times less likely to suffer the effects of Alzheimer's disease, according to Richard Stim and Ralph Warner's book Retire Happy: What You Can Do Now to Guarantee a Great Retirement. Not only will shunning TV make you happier, it will make you healthier. Good health will in turn make you happier -- a not-so-vicious cycle.

They aren't addicted to achievement.

The more you are defined by your job, the harder it will be to adjust to life without it. According to Robert Delamontagne's book The Retiring Mind: How to Make the Psychological Transition to Retirement, achievement addicts have the most difficulty transitioning to retirement.

Enough money.

Of course you'll need enough money to support your chosen lifestyle in retirement. But beyond that, more money will not make you happier. The Watson Wyatt survey found that the absolute amount of money you have for retirement is less important than how your retirement income compares to your income before retirement. If you have enough to continue your pre-retirement lifestyle, you have enough. If you don't have the traits necessary for a happy retirement, don't despair. There's good news for you, too. Consider a retirement that includes a little work. Researchers at the University of Maryland found that retirees who go back to work either full or part-time are healthier. The benefits don't depend on how many hours you work. Even temporary work has the same positive impact on health. If you can't find a paying job, don't worry. A growing body of research shows that retirees who volunteer reap the same benefits of health, happiness, and longevity. And since a happy retirement is a healthy retirement, you'll be set up to enjoy both.

Another Pinoy Scam, please beware!

Submitted by Rading

Warning sa mga "Bakasyonistang OFWs, Balikbayan at sa LAHAT nating kababayan at kamag-anak sa Pilipinas...

MAG-INGAT KAYO sa Metro Manila at sa ibang lugar sa Pilipinas

As received, I'd like to share this very important warning message for the hardworking fellow kababayans abroad who are going on vacation to the
Philippines ....

Mahalagang paala-ala sa ating mga kababayan na nagsisikap na makapagpundar ng salapi para sa kanilang pamilya.

Narito ang isa sa mga bagong karumaldumal na gawain ng mga bayarin na alagad ng batas para sila ay magkamal ng salapi sa masamang paraan.

Kung kayo ay kumakain sa anumang Food Court , restaurant o fastfood ay mag-iingat kayo sa ganitong scenario... habang kayo ay kumakain, may pwe-pwesto sa tapat ng lamesa nyo na isang tao (babae o lalaki) at ito ay magkukunwaring kakain din, kalimitan ang suot ay parang balikbayan din. Gagamitin niya and kanyang cellphone at malakas na mag sasalita para makuha ang atensyon mo.

Bigla itong tatayo at a-akto na nagmamadali. Iiwanan niya sa table ang susi ng kotse nya. Dito ay dapat kang mag-isip ng mabuti dahil sa oras na kunin mo ang susi at ihabol sa labas ng fastfood o restaurant para iabot sa umalis na customer ay pagdating sa labas ay hindi mo na makikita ang taong ito. Pag-balik mo sa loob ng fastfood or restaurant, biglang may lalapit sayo na magpapakilalang pulis at sasabihin > sayo na ikaw ay suspect sa carnapping, at bubulungan ka na huwag mag-ingay at kailangang sumama sa labas dahil nandoon ang complainant, at may tatayo pa na apat na tao sa loob ng fastfood o restaurant at magpapakilalang mga intel agent. Dito ay malilito ka na at mapipilitan kang sumama sa labas.

ITO AY ISANG MALINAW NA FRAME-UP!

Kapag kayo ay nasa labas na, dito na magaganap ang pagpilit sayo na sumakay sa kotse nila upang ikaw daw dalhin sa presinto subalit dadalhin ka nila sa lugar na halos walang tao at doon ka tatakutin na ipa-pa-media at sasampahan ng kaso.

Ito na ang simula ng pag-alok nila sa iyo ng ibang option para hindi ka makasuhan. Ito ay ang pagbibigay mo sa kanila ng pera, una ay hihingan ka nila ng P500,000.00 hanggang sa makipag ne- gosiate ka sa kanila.

KAYA PO MGA KASAMANG MGA OFW, MAG-INGAT PO KAYO SA PAGMAMAGANDANG LOOB KAPAG NASA PILIPINAS.

IWASAN PO NINYONG DAMPUTIN ANG ANO MANG BAGAY NA MAIIWAN NG MGA KUSTOMER NA AGAW-PANSIN.

IPAALAM PO NATIN ITO SA LAHAT NG ATING KASAMANG OFW AT MAGING SA MGA KAMAG-ANAK NATIN NA NASA PILIPINAS.

HINDI PO TAYO NAMUMULOT NG SALAPI PARA NAKAWIN SA ATIN NG MGA WALANG PUSONG NAGPAPAKILALANG ALAGAD NG BATAS ANG SALAPING ATING PINAGHIRAPAN, PATI PO ANG MAGANDANG PANGALAN NATIN AY KANILANG SISIRAIN.

Ito po ay nangyayari sa lugar ng Bulacan, Laguna, Antipolo, Bataan , at Quezon City ..

Katbaloganon USA 7th Novena

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TRAVELOGUE SERIES #24: The OTHER FACE of IRAN

Submitted by Ted

IRAN is the modern name of the old Persia, and is well known today as the villain of the Western World.

There is, however, another side - or another face - of Iran, which you will see in this PowerPoint presentation if you open the PPS attachment Click here...

My journey home

Submitted by Ted

by Philip C. Yan, pcyjourneyhome.blogspot.com

I came to the United States in 1987, 22 years ago. All this time, I celebrated my "Filipinohood," but never cherished it. I assimilated easily into the American lifestyle.
I enjoy cheeseburgers and apple pie. I watch every sport covered by a three-letter association or league--NBA, NFL, PGA, MLB, and sometimes, even WWF. I drive an automatic. Garden barbecues are not uncommon.
I watch July 4th fireworks every year. I visit San Francisco and San Diego and other vacation spots. I vote. I pay my taxes (sometimes, just in the nick of time).
I used to contribute to SSI and Medicare; now I draw Medicare. I maintain my health insurance plan. I pay my car registration and renew my license and passport on time.
I know how to use the Thomas Guide (lately replacing my Thomas Guidebook with a GPS). I know what to do when I hear a sig alert (traffic accident advisory). I know when the best shopping days are. In short, I'm probably more American than some Americans.
Yet, after all this time, I feel incomplete. I have regrets I will never be able to shake. I have too much unfinished business to ever catch up. I have almost forgotten what it means to be Filipino: To suffer the stifling heat while riding in a jeepney, breathing in diesel-laden air that makes collars turn almost black along the edges; to walk along the edge of Manila Bay in Luneta at sunset; to tread my way up Session Road in Baguio, without getting tired; to enjoy a stick of pork barbecue in Baclaran's barbecue plaza; to buy and enjoy taho from an itinerant vendor. To sit in a coffee shop the whole morning with nominal compadres, drinking cup after cup of coffee and smoking "blue seal" Winstons, talking politics and solving the country's problems; to call everyone "Pare" or "Mare." Is Manila still home for me? Or is home for me where I now live and breathe?
That, I guess, is part of the journey--to know where my home is...because there I will find my heart.
This is a long journey I am starting. It will wind through thought and emotion, through the world around me. It will wake my senses because I must write down everything I sense, every thought, every impulse. It is only with a concentrated effort to open my mind and heart to everything around me, because amid the flowers and flotsam, I will find my way home.
Where is home?
Before I can really begin my journey home, I must ask myself: Where is home?
For 22 years I have lived here in the US. Like many Pinoys, I have taken a few trips back to Manila.
But why do many Filipinos ask--when talking about upcoming vacations--"Uuwi ka ba?" And why is the reply always "Uwi ako sa amin?" Home is where the heart is. And I have learned, after all this time, that my heart is--and has always been--in the Philippines. In my mind, I still go to Araneta Coliseum for the NCAA games. I still go to Aristocrat for pork barbecue, La Cibeles for chocolate y churros and Ferino's for bibingka. I still hear mass at the Ateneo College chapel in Loyola Heights and pray novenas at St. Jude's near Malacañang.
Kuh Ledesma, Sharon Cuneta, Martin Nievera and his father Bert, Rico J., Joey Albert--they and many others sang tunes that still ring in my ears. The mere thought of Dolphy makes me smile.
I still remember the row of stores in front of Stella Maris--Mercury Drug, Commander Drug, Ma Mon Luk, Robina rotisserie chicken, the Chinese-owned watch and jewelry store, and Aguinaldo's. I remember jeepney rides, but at that time there were two "sizes"--the ACs and the PUJs.
I remember JD, MD, and CAM transit--three bus lines owned by the same family and garaged on Aurora Boulevard close to the 15th Avenue corner. Remember City Cab--owned by the family of a school mate--which used Mercedes Benzes for their taxis?
And the theaters we frequented--State, Avenue, Galaxy, Universal, Cinerama. The hotels--Intercon in Makati, and Bayview, Holiday Inn, Hyatt Regency, and Manila Hotel among others along Roxas Boulevard. My favorite restaurants haunt my memory and my taste buds--Casa Marcos, Aristocrat, Wa Nam, Milky Way, Mingging's, Brown Derby, Savory, Max's, Cafe Esperanza. And, of course the people--my people. Laughing, playing, crying, loving, and living with passion and zeal. With unbridled hope, and a never-ending belief that the best is yet to come.
As my days wind down, I think and wonder "Did I leave my paradise for whatever I now have? Was it worth it? Did I do right to leave?" Sometimes I wonder...oftentimes I feel pangs of regret. Did I leave home?

Editor's Note: Philip Angel Casado Yan, 62, died on December 24, 2009. This piece was among his last blog posts, dated September 19 and 20, 2009.

A SIMPLE REQUEST FROM TED FOR YOUR EMAILS...

Please:
NO MORE POLITICAL EMAILS...
NO MORE CHAIN EMAILS...
NO MORE FORWARD AND HAVE GOOD LUCK EMAILS...
NO MORE DYING CHILD EMAILS...
NO MORE WALKING IN SOMEBODY'S FOOTSTEPS EMAILS...
NO MORE FUNDRAISING EMAILS...

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THERE ... THAT'S BETTER!

THANK YOU FOR YOUR CO-OPERATION... HAVE A GREAT DAY... AND ENJOY THE REST OF THE YEAR.....

SAYONARA !!!

TED

Katbaloganon USA 6th Novena

103 Years Ago

Submitted bt Ted

1907 PHOTO This one needs to circulate I think this is one email that needs to be forwarded until every American with a computer receives it. The year is 1907, one hundred and 3+ years ago. READ PRINT UNDER PICTURE!
Ted

Theodore Roosevelt's ideas on Immigrants and being an AMERICAN in 1907.

'In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin. But this is predicated upon the person's becoming in every facet an American, and nothing but an American...There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn't an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag... We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language.. And we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people.' Theodore Roosevelt 1907

Every American citizen needs to read this!

So burn all your bridges. All of you naturalized citizen, there's no such thing as Filipino American. You are now an American so don't raise the Philippine flag or sing the Philipine National anthem in any cultural or social event. Your allegiance is to the American flag. "there can be no divided allegiance...." remember that dual citizenship is not recognize by the U.S. ( find out the risk of dual citizenship). This is true to all who came from different countries and became a U.S. citizen.

FIVE SIMPLE RULES TO BE HAPPY: And A Lot More Beautiful Words of Wisdom

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4 Phil-Sci East Visayas students win in world science tilt

By Philippine Information Agency (PIA 8)
May 21, 2010

TACLOBAN CITY – Four students from the Philippine Science High School-Eastern Visayas located at Government Center, Palo, Leyte, are the latest batch of Filipinos who have reaped international awards for the Philippines.

These four young Filipino scientists were successful in this year’s Intel International Science and Engineering Fair held in San Jose, California, USA on May 9 to 14, taking home the fourth grand awards in their respective categories.

Three of the students are Jean Reni Briones de Guzman, Marc Abegonia Mapalo, and Maria Clara Isabel Sia of the Philippine Science High School-Eastern Visayas campus who won in the Team Awards category in the area of Life Sciences for their group study: Use of Natural Flocculants in Mitigating Harmful Algal Blooms (Red Tides), creating a natural treatment for “Red Tide” using indigenous materials.

The team came up with the study that will lessen the occurrence of harmful algal blooms. Their study will “help the fishing industry upon which many of our countrymen depend for livelihood.”

The three young scientists all passed the UP College Admission Test. Maria Clara Isabel Sia is an Oblation Scholarship awardee and is set to take up BS Computer Science at UP Diliman.

Marc Mapalo, who finished his elementary education at Santo Niño SPED Center, is set to take up BS Molecular Biology and Biotechnology at UP Diliman.

Meanwhile, Jean Reni Briones De Guzman who finished his elementary education at Calbayog Pilot Central School is set to enroll at UP Los Baños to take up BS Biology.

The fourth Philippine Science High School-Eastern Visayas campus student, MarcArthur Jordan Irlandez Limpiado, was successful in the Microbiology category for his individual research – Microbial Inhibitory Activities of Extracts from Seven Philippine Seaweeds which dwelt on the on the antimicrobial properties of Philippine seaweeds.

Seaweeds as source of medicine were the focus of the study of the individual researcher Marc Arthur Limpiado who in one interview said that his project will help popularize his country’s seaweeds industry.

“If this happens, our country will have enough sources of raw materials for pharmaceutical products,” the 16-years old young scientist who has passed the UPCollege Achievement test and is set to take up a 5-year course in BS Chemical Engineering, said. He finished his elementary education at the Sto. Niño SPED Center in Tacloban City.

The Philippine Science Eastern Visayas Campus student achievers each received $500 as cash prizes.

This year’s Philippine delegation was made up of six students from secondary schools across the country who produced the top entries at the 13th Intel Philippine Science Fair, held at the University of the Philippines Diliman last February. Rounding out the Philippine delegation were Hanna Escobido and Brayl Ymbol, both of Caraga State University who competed in the Physical Sciences category. (PIA 8)

YOUR RELIGION IS NOT IMPORTANT

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CSI use of Ultraviolet Light as Semen Detector

Submitted bt Ted

To watch a demonstration Video of the use of Ultraviolet Light to detect Semen in Crime Scene Investigation,

Click-to-open the enclosed WMV attachment.

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