(via TokyoMango) You'll have to go to the links, alas.
Come on, you always wanted to see a commercial starring Tommy Lee Jones as a coffee drinking alien, didn't you?
or Kiefer Sutherland saving the world with Caloriemate?
FINEST KIND CLINIC AND FISHMARKET.... Discussing medicine, culture, and the joys of cooking Pansit.
Friday, October 09, 2009
Family news: We are well
Here in the Philippines, it has been raining...and raining...and raining. We got hit by rain by the typhoon that hit the Manila area, and now we are getting rain and the water run off from the typhoon that hit Northern Luzon.
But today the sun is shining.
The Phil Inquirer story HERE.
We are just south of the mountains, so get the run off.
The spillways of the irrigation dams have already been opened to prevent the dams from collapsing, and people are on alert for flooding. The main problem in our area is the loss to agriculture.
But furthur north, which was hit twice by this second smaller typhoon, it is worse.
Our main problem is crop damage; But parts of Manila are still under water, and the Laguna lake region has whole towns under water.
And yes, the US Navy is here with supplies...more HERE.
(we have relative in the Navy,but he is back home now)
Report moved to BNN
But today the sun is shining.
The Phil Inquirer story HERE.
We are just south of the mountains, so get the run off.
The spillways of the irrigation dams have already been opened to prevent the dams from collapsing, and people are on alert for flooding. The main problem in our area is the loss to agriculture.
But furthur north, which was hit twice by this second smaller typhoon, it is worse.
As of 10 p.m. Thursday it was located in the vicinity of Mountain Province and forecast to move west slightly.
And of course, mudslides are a worry, especially in areas where the slopes are denuded by illegal logging or illegal mining. And some of the roads up north are blocked by landslides and mud.Our main problem is crop damage; But parts of Manila are still under water, and the Laguna lake region has whole towns under water.
And yes, the US Navy is here with supplies...more HERE.
(we have relative in the Navy,but he is back home now)
Report moved to BNN
Headlines below the fold
the banking system problems
and The slide of the dollar
Last week, a guy on c2c said the same thing.....you know the average American isn't taught anything about the economy, except on talk radio: and that is a scary thought.
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Chubby Lib?!
(viaInstapundit)
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Swine flu: fewer cases the second time around?
If so, that would be good news for us, since we were hit early in the epidemic.
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and The slide of the dollar
Last week, a guy on c2c said the same thing.....you know the average American isn't taught anything about the economy, except on talk radio: and that is a scary thought.
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Chubby Lib?!
(viaInstapundit)
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Swine flu: fewer cases the second time around?
If so, that would be good news for us, since we were hit early in the epidemic.
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Thursday, October 08, 2009
Family news
it's been raining steadily all day.
No big deliveries yet. We have three workers here making capiz lamps for an order Chano got last week at a trade fair, so a lot of cooking is going on.
No big deliveries yet. We have three workers here making capiz lamps for an order Chano got last week at a trade fair, so a lot of cooking is going on.
Musical interlude of the day
The "Bluebirds" is a reference to the blue uniforms of the RAF who defended England against the odds in the Battle of Britain...
Headlines below the fold
High Blood pressure: A major killer in Asia.
It's the soysauce, of course...
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Code Pink confronts reality:
a quick pull out would not mean peace, it would mean a new dark age for women..
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Attention Burlars:
Beware of snooping wives.
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the Wilson Rev unplugged reminds us:
Remember the first Seige of Vienna in 1529
Father Z says: Remember the Battle of Lepanto.
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the Webecoist has photos of cliffs...including the White Cliffs of Dover and the cliffs that isolated the leper colony at Molokai..
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It's the soysauce, of course...
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Code Pink confronts reality:
a quick pull out would not mean peace, it would mean a new dark age for women..
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Attention Burlars:
Beware of snooping wives.
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the Wilson Rev unplugged reminds us:
Remember the first Seige of Vienna in 1529
Father Z says: Remember the Battle of Lepanto.
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the Webecoist has photos of cliffs...including the White Cliffs of Dover and the cliffs that isolated the leper colony at Molokai..
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Wednesday, October 07, 2009
Insomnia downloads of the day
- Various. "Short Ghost and Horror Collection 001" · (readers)
- Various. "Short Ghost and Horror Collection 002" · (readers)
- Various. "Short Ghost and Horror Collection 003" · (readers)
- Various. "Short Ghost and Horror Collection 004" · (readers)
- Various. "Short Ghost and Horror Collection 005" · (readers)
- Various. "Short Mystery Story Collection 001" · (readers)
- Various. "Short Mystery Story Collection 002" · (readers)
- Various. "Short Mystery Story Collection 003" · (readers)
- Various. "Short Mystery Story Collection 004" · (readers)
- Various. "Short Mystery Story Collection 005" · (readers)
- Various. "Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 012" · (readers)
- Various. "Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 013" · (readers)
They also have an audiobook of the classic story: Black Beauty
Stuff below the fold
Best seller in the Philippines:
Inflatable mattresses...
they won't work in currents, but are life savers to get around in flooded streets.
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Hurricane turns around
(cloudy here, but no rain yet)
Philippine military honored for risking lives in rescue
And US Marine helicopters reach isolated victims.
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"Dreams of my father" was helped along by a ghost writer/editor...no big deal...
but if the choice of the ghostwriter was publicized last October, one wonders if we would be blaming President McCain for the financial mess?
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Linked for later reading: The Rwanda massacres killed people in both ethnic groups,
and many of the killings were personal payback...
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The Kraken breaks the Petascale...
(via Instapundit)
no not that kraken...
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Goodbye Gourmet magazine
It says a lot about the magazine that the only article in it that sticks in my mind was one about hiking Hadrian's wall...
whereas I actually used the recipes in Southern Living...
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Obama discovers a lot of docs don't own white coats.
Nowadays, lab techs and nurse practitioners wear them...
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Fiberoptics inventors and genetics wins in Nobel prizes
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British "history professor" never heard of Gettysburg:
"...So what exactly was this memorialisation all about? Who still cares for the American Civil War?"
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Mother Angelica and Deacon Bill Steltemeier win award from the Vatican.
Or, as her biographer called her: God's little Trojan horse on crutches.
"...When she launched into cable, she was 58 years old with diabetes, a bloated heart, a twisted spine, and two lame legs and $200 in the bank..."
That should have the liberals at the Catholic bishop's bureaurocracy having a hissy fit, because the bishop's network flopped, and when they tried to take over her network, she "gave" it to a lay board to run...
("EWTN is in 118 million TV households in 127 countries, doing everything from shortwave to podcasts".)And yes, we have it here in the Philippines..
Via The Anchoress
Tuesday, October 06, 2009
Musical Interlude of the day
from a concert in Manila in 1961...
Translation:
Because of you, I found happiness
That to you I offer this love that is so blessed
Though indeed I may be a slave for loving you so true
It matters not to me, ‘cause everything’s because of you
Family update
The typhoon in the northern Philippines has stalled, and may start coming south. (pushed by that typhoon in the upper right corner of the photo)
The offical site is HERE.
At 4:00 p.m. today, Tropical Storm "PEPENG" {PARMA} was estimated based on satellite and surface data at 50 kms North of Laoag City (18.7°N, 120.6°E) with maximum sustained winds of 105 kph near center and gustiness of up to 135 kph. It is forecast to move South Sotuhwest at 12 kph.
We have had sun all day, but now it is clouding up.
The authorities have lowered the level of some of the irrigation dams just in case, ...
and those who haven't harvested their crops may suffer in the next few months.
How to carve Pumpkins
HowDidIDoIt Blog has instructions on how to carve various Jack-o-lanterns from your pumpkins.
And yes, they have a HelloKitty example
(and more helloKitty pumpkins HERE)
Strange Stuff below the fold
Crop damage hits P6B in the Philippines.
This means that they'll have to import rice again this year.
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and an article about how Filipinos respond to disaster.
“We Filipinos are very interesting—even if our houses are destroyed by a typhoon, we are still smiling,” Pascual said. “We still have that joyful disposition and this is because of our faith. We believe that God is with us and will not forsake us.”
And of course the churches are at the forefront of helping with disaster relief, and faith inspires people to help their destitute neighbors and relatives.
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ACORN embezzlement was $5 million, not $1 as previously reported.
By keeping it secret, apparently the statute of limitations gives them a "get out of jail free" card...
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No Hippocratic oath, please, we're British...
In the UK, a young mentally ill woman was left to die by physicians because she "said" she wanted to die even though she used a method that she knew was not necessarily fatal, had changed her mind after attempted suicides several times before and sought emergency room help this time...
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The PC are now changing the definition of "death" to include those who have brain damage.
It's for the good of all those people who need organs of course, not because it would save taxpayer money...
LINK LINK2
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But not all strange stuff is depressing:
Here is an article on a frozen baby mammoth
more here.
her name is "Lovely" (Lyuba)
This means that they'll have to import rice again this year.
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and an article about how Filipinos respond to disaster.
“We Filipinos are very interesting—even if our houses are destroyed by a typhoon, we are still smiling,” Pascual said. “We still have that joyful disposition and this is because of our faith. We believe that God is with us and will not forsake us.”
And of course the churches are at the forefront of helping with disaster relief, and faith inspires people to help their destitute neighbors and relatives.
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ACORN embezzlement was $5 million, not $1 as previously reported.
By keeping it secret, apparently the statute of limitations gives them a "get out of jail free" card...
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No Hippocratic oath, please, we're British...
In the UK, a young mentally ill woman was left to die by physicians because she "said" she wanted to die even though she used a method that she knew was not necessarily fatal, had changed her mind after attempted suicides several times before and sought emergency room help this time...
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The PC are now changing the definition of "death" to include those who have brain damage.
It's for the good of all those people who need organs of course, not because it would save taxpayer money...
LINK LINK2
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But not all strange stuff is depressing:
Here is an article on a frozen baby mammoth
more here.
her name is "Lovely" (Lyuba)
Monday, October 05, 2009
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