Adda maysa a banag a nasken unay nga iparangko,
Ta immapay a nangsukisok ti ricna toy gayyemyo,
Isu nga inkarigatanna ti nangpatibker barukongna,
Tapno adda turedna a mangyeg kadakay amin ita,
Kadaytoy maysa a banag a dinan pulos maidulin.
Tay tao a kapadatayo, binatilyo man wenno nataengan,
Adda riknana a di maawatan dagiti kapadana a parsua;
Adu a tawtawen nga inna pinampanunot ken indulin,
Dagitoy a rikna iti tukot puso ken panunotna,
Ket no saludsodenyo no sinno daytoy: "Silahis" a cuna.
Nadumaduma a tattao ditoy, idiay ken ti met aglawlaw,
Agsusupadi ti ammoda panggep ken "Silahis: a kaduada,
Adu kadagitoy ti agpungtot no makitada,
Tay gunay tay kabsatda ta "saan nga umisu" kunkunada.
Dida pay kaabay ta amangan kunada a kakolkolorda.
Dagiti kakabsat a makunkuna a pasurot ni Cristo Jesus,
Ukradenda tay libroda a tawagenda, "Nasantuan a Biblia,"
Tapno ibasada dagiti pinilida a paset dayta a libroda
Dagiti bilbilin dagiti immun-una maipapan ken "Silahis."
Awan pagnaan ti naurnos a sarita ta narikpanen ti ridawda.
Ti met bangir padpadasenda a sukimaten tay naun-uneg,
No apay kastoy ti gungunay tay kabsatda nga "Silahis".
Agsaludsodda kadagiti ad-adut ammona a kaarrubada,
Tay pagsasao nga englis, "psychologists", ken "geneticists."
Ket ad-adu ti agcuna kadakuada: "nayanak dagitoy a kasta."
Umanay daytoyen ti agmalem nga sinniplag,
Ta tay bangir naigameren ket dinto pulos mabalbaliwan.
Ngem kuna tay bangir dida koma met unay agdardaras,
Ta no maysa a ramay ti pangitudoda, tallo met ti bagida,
Tayla tanganda ti mangtangtangel tay tallo a mangitudo.
Ditoy illi a simmangladantayo, adu metten ti naruk-atan,
Ngem ad-adu pay laeng dagiti matmata a siririkep,
Ta ammo ti kaaduan "manangbasol" ni kabsat "Silahis."
Adu pay ti nainayon: manursuro, husgado ken politico,
Ad-adalenda no ania ti baro a dana a masapul a surotenda.
Ammok a dagiti rikriknayo masair ken mapnot' riru,
Ta nabayagen unay a kayattayo ti nalawlawag a dalan,
Ngem nayunantay coma ti nawadwadwad a panunot,
Ta daytoy a banag dakkel ti ibagbagana iti siak ken sika,
Tapno ditay koma maitapuak iti nauneg unay a lugnak.
Daydi tatangko managbasa ken nasaririt bassit ti utekna,
No ukradem tay Bibliana adut paspaset a kinuloranna;
Ket nasarakak a ni tatangko silulukat ti panunotna,
Kadagiti banbanag ken panunot makasali ti pammatina.
Kunkunak iti bagik, "maaringan to met koma tay anakna."
Ala ngarud ituloyko tay saok ken kabsattayo a "Silahis."
Ket padasek nga iturong panpanunotyo iti baro a dana,
Didakto met koma laisen, iwaksi kas maysa a gayyem,
Ta ti panangad-adalko kas met la pudno daydi tatangko;
Ket padasentay met koma a suroten tay dana a makaruk-at.
Ta ditay mabalin a sublien dagiti dandanatay idi kalman,
Ti laeng mabalintayo a suroten ket tay dana nga agpadaya,
Ta no agpalaudka, lilennekan ni Apo Init ti tumpuaram.
Ngem no agpadayaka, adda baro a bigat a sumabet kenka.
Partakam ti kumamakam ta adut kadduam nga immun-unan.
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*Silahis = bakla, bading, gay
Pinutar ni Manong Juan
Sunday, March 10, 2013
Saturday, March 9, 2013
BUTYOG (Ilocano Daniw)
Adda maysa a gayyemko a di pulos makatalna,
Ta agparangen dagitay kuribetbet ti kudkudilna;
Kasta met tay puraw ken naing-pis nga bubuokna,
Amanganto ket no awanton tumaliaw kencuana,
Adun ti ag-agas nga us-usarenna a "cosmetics" a cuna.
Ngem cunak pamarang laeng dagitoy a pamuspusan,
Ket dida magabenan tay panagkessen ti pammagida,
Kasta met kadagitay mangpabaro ti dumaanen a ruprupa,
Ngem ad-adda ketdi nga rusanger ti pagmurdonganna,
Dida met mabaelan a sukatan ta naungkurandan piman.
Adda met dadduma idiay "24-Hour Fitness" a pappapanak,
Napalalot' ling-etda, ken nadadagsen dagiti bitbitenda;
Adda met lallaki a sarsarunnuenda piman tay buksitda,
Ta barbareng mapucawton tay kunatayo a butyogda,
Ta bareng manayunan tay ungtot' biagda a maymaysa.
Addada met babbalasang nga umabay iti pagarsisuak,
Saludsodek no dinnot' pagtrabahuanda ket ti sungbatda
"McDonald," "Burger King," wenno "Church's Chicken"
Sa isarunoda tay french fries, onion rings ken soda.
"Dagitoy ti mangpabutyog kadakami," ikatkatawada.
Adut' tagtagainepda maipapan ti masakbayan dagiti annakda,
Isut' gapuna nga ar-aramidenda amin a kabaelanda tapno
Kadi matungpal tay pagsayaatan dagiti adu nga annakda,
Ta didanto ket maulila a nasapa gaput' tangken ul-uloda,
Ta adun ti kakasta a pasamak ket dida koman mairaman.
Malagipko dagiti mannalon idiay away a naggappuak,
Inaldaw nga agmalmalemda iti kapagayan wenno kamaisan,
Ket uray no tay agtegtegerger a teltel ti baboy ti iyaponda,
Awan met tay kuna a "high blood pressure" kadakuada,
Naammuak a ti gapuna ta naduyos ti panagayus ling-etda.
Isut' gapuna ingungutek a kakabsat ditoy America,
Mapalagipantay koma tay baro a "lifestyle" a cuna,
Panangtarakentay' a naimbag bagbagitay' ken salun-at;
Tapno ditayto koma pumada kenni butyog a kaarruba,
Ta nadaras a napasamak ti iyu-una daydi maysa a kabsat.
Pinutar ni Manong Juan
Ta agparangen dagitay kuribetbet ti kudkudilna;
Kasta met tay puraw ken naing-pis nga bubuokna,
Amanganto ket no awanton tumaliaw kencuana,
Adun ti ag-agas nga us-usarenna a "cosmetics" a cuna.
Ngem cunak pamarang laeng dagitoy a pamuspusan,
Ket dida magabenan tay panagkessen ti pammagida,
Kasta met kadagitay mangpabaro ti dumaanen a ruprupa,
Ngem ad-adda ketdi nga rusanger ti pagmurdonganna,
Dida met mabaelan a sukatan ta naungkurandan piman.
Adda met dadduma idiay "24-Hour Fitness" a pappapanak,
Napalalot' ling-etda, ken nadadagsen dagiti bitbitenda;
Adda met lallaki a sarsarunnuenda piman tay buksitda,
Ta barbareng mapucawton tay kunatayo a butyogda,
Ta bareng manayunan tay ungtot' biagda a maymaysa.
Addada met babbalasang nga umabay iti pagarsisuak,
Saludsodek no dinnot' pagtrabahuanda ket ti sungbatda
"McDonald," "Burger King," wenno "Church's Chicken"
Sa isarunoda tay french fries, onion rings ken soda.
"Dagitoy ti mangpabutyog kadakami," ikatkatawada.
Adut' tagtagainepda maipapan ti masakbayan dagiti annakda,
Isut' gapuna nga ar-aramidenda amin a kabaelanda tapno
Kadi matungpal tay pagsayaatan dagiti adu nga annakda,
Ta didanto ket maulila a nasapa gaput' tangken ul-uloda,
Ta adun ti kakasta a pasamak ket dida koman mairaman.
Malagipko dagiti mannalon idiay away a naggappuak,
Inaldaw nga agmalmalemda iti kapagayan wenno kamaisan,
Ket uray no tay agtegtegerger a teltel ti baboy ti iyaponda,
Awan met tay kuna a "high blood pressure" kadakuada,
Naammuak a ti gapuna ta naduyos ti panagayus ling-etda.
Isut' gapuna ingungutek a kakabsat ditoy America,
Mapalagipantay koma tay baro a "lifestyle" a cuna,
Panangtarakentay' a naimbag bagbagitay' ken salun-at;
Tapno ditayto koma pumada kenni butyog a kaarruba,
Ta nadaras a napasamak ti iyu-una daydi maysa a kabsat.
Pinutar ni Manong Juan
INTO THE STORM, NO MATTER WHERE*
Public workers didn't hunker down. When Hurricane Sandy was bearing down on the East Coast we did what AFSCME(American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees) always does: We surged forward, leaned into danger and took up our posts to help our fellow citizens.
We were dispatching ambulances and driving them. Shoring up utility and drainage systems ahead of the storm and repairing them after. Making sure citizens were getting the information they needed about the looming storm and helping them navigate the recovery process afterward. Evacuating infants and the elderly and disabled, even as power grids failed. Ensuring our communities were safe.
It's what we do, no matter what's raining down on us.
Too often though, politicians are raining a different type of disaster down on us. Attacks on retirement security, collective bargaining and the right to organize to strengthen our union are intensifying. Our resounding victory over anti-worker politicians in November election may have temporarily slowed the opponents of working families, but they're not going anywhere. We've got news for them though: neither are we. From Maine to Hawaii, we'll push back against efforts to undercut the very things that built the American middle class - strong unions, Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.
Because we are AFSCME, and we will weather any storm.
Lee Saunders, President Laura Reyes, Secretary-Treasurer
35 International Vice Presidents
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*The AFSCME is the largest voting bloc in the country, which catapulted president Barack Obama for his second term in November 2012 election. AFSCME is a member of AFL-CIO. Historically, no political candidate, federal, state or local, could be elected without the support of AFSCME.
We were dispatching ambulances and driving them. Shoring up utility and drainage systems ahead of the storm and repairing them after. Making sure citizens were getting the information they needed about the looming storm and helping them navigate the recovery process afterward. Evacuating infants and the elderly and disabled, even as power grids failed. Ensuring our communities were safe.
It's what we do, no matter what's raining down on us.
Too often though, politicians are raining a different type of disaster down on us. Attacks on retirement security, collective bargaining and the right to organize to strengthen our union are intensifying. Our resounding victory over anti-worker politicians in November election may have temporarily slowed the opponents of working families, but they're not going anywhere. We've got news for them though: neither are we. From Maine to Hawaii, we'll push back against efforts to undercut the very things that built the American middle class - strong unions, Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.
Because we are AFSCME, and we will weather any storm.
Lee Saunders, President Laura Reyes, Secretary-Treasurer
35 International Vice Presidents
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*The AFSCME is the largest voting bloc in the country, which catapulted president Barack Obama for his second term in November 2012 election. AFSCME is a member of AFL-CIO. Historically, no political candidate, federal, state or local, could be elected without the support of AFSCME.
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
Post-Modern Thought vs. St. Augustine
St. Augustine's doctrine of Original Sin has been challenged by post-modern thought and creativity. According to Augustine, humanity has fallen from his original condition because Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit. To recover human's original condition, Augustine claims, our faith in Jesus Christ can rescue us and help us recover the image of God.
One professor of post-modern thought and creativity, however, told his students that "creativity is about making mistakes. In fact, there is no such thing as 'mistakes', in the creative process; there are only different ways of doing things.
"We should not be afraid to make mistakes. The moment we are afraid, we limit our chances of exploring new creative avenues. If our mistakes, or sins, do not lead us to anything creative this time, at least we can learn from them. Next time we'll know which steps to avoid to be closer to our goal."
"Do you mean Augustine was wrong?" his student asked.
"He didn't know he was wrong," his teacher answered. "That's always been the problem of Christians ever since," he concluded.
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*Source: CreativXpert.com/travel/accidental-discovery-port.
One professor of post-modern thought and creativity, however, told his students that "creativity is about making mistakes. In fact, there is no such thing as 'mistakes', in the creative process; there are only different ways of doing things.
"We should not be afraid to make mistakes. The moment we are afraid, we limit our chances of exploring new creative avenues. If our mistakes, or sins, do not lead us to anything creative this time, at least we can learn from them. Next time we'll know which steps to avoid to be closer to our goal."
"Do you mean Augustine was wrong?" his student asked.
"He didn't know he was wrong," his teacher answered. "That's always been the problem of Christians ever since," he concluded.
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*Source: CreativXpert.com/travel/accidental-discovery-port.
Christian Fudamentalism
The term refers to central elements of the traditional Christian teaching, such as the divinity of Jesus Christ, the Second Coming, heaven and hell, and inspiration and authority of the scriptures. It holds firm its belief in the doctrine of personal salvation and literal interpretation of the scriptures.
Because of its insistence that the scriptures are the word of God, fundamentalism stands in radical opposition to Roman Catholicism, and the historical-critical method of biblical interpretation. The roots of fundamentalism go back to the denominational orthodoxies of the 17th century and the revivalist movements of the 18th and 19th centuries. The conservative evangelicals or fundamentalists of the present era share with their forbears an apologetic mode of theology reflecting an historicist notion of truth as well as an insistence on the "fundamentals", especially creation, sin and redemption, the second coming, the Virgin birth and the divinity of Jesus, and the literalist interpretation of miracles. Their point of view is represented through preachers such as Billy Graham and Herbert Armstrong, Pat Robertson, and most of the American televangelists, as well through the press, for example, Biblioteca Sacra, the Evangelical Quarterly, and the publications of the Intervarsity Press.*
But many of their constituents are becoming more enlightened and they move out to seek other progressive church groups. One other reason they leave their church is they discovered their church leaders as involved in extra-marital relationships, and they also are secretly using their church funds for their own personal use to enrich themselves. That's why most of them have become multi-millionaires.
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*Source: The Westminster Dictionary of Christian Theology. Alan Richardson and John Bowden, eds.
Because of its insistence that the scriptures are the word of God, fundamentalism stands in radical opposition to Roman Catholicism, and the historical-critical method of biblical interpretation. The roots of fundamentalism go back to the denominational orthodoxies of the 17th century and the revivalist movements of the 18th and 19th centuries. The conservative evangelicals or fundamentalists of the present era share with their forbears an apologetic mode of theology reflecting an historicist notion of truth as well as an insistence on the "fundamentals", especially creation, sin and redemption, the second coming, the Virgin birth and the divinity of Jesus, and the literalist interpretation of miracles. Their point of view is represented through preachers such as Billy Graham and Herbert Armstrong, Pat Robertson, and most of the American televangelists, as well through the press, for example, Biblioteca Sacra, the Evangelical Quarterly, and the publications of the Intervarsity Press.*
But many of their constituents are becoming more enlightened and they move out to seek other progressive church groups. One other reason they leave their church is they discovered their church leaders as involved in extra-marital relationships, and they also are secretly using their church funds for their own personal use to enrich themselves. That's why most of them have become multi-millionaires.
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*Source: The Westminster Dictionary of Christian Theology. Alan Richardson and John Bowden, eds.
Physics of the Future, by Physicist Michio Kaku
Physics of the Future: How Science Will Shape Human Destiny and Our Daily Lives, by Michio Kaku (by a book reviewer):
In Physics of the Future, Michio Kaku - the New York Times bestselling author of Physics of the Impossible - gives us a stunning, provocative, and exhilerating vision of the coming century based on interviews with over 300 of the world's top scientists who are already inventing the future in their labs. The result is the most authoritative and scientifically accurate description of the revolutionary developments taking place in medicine, computers, artificial intelligence, nanotechnology, energy proiduction, and astronautics.
In all likelihood, by 2100 we will control computers via tiny brain sensors and, like the gods of Greek mythology, move objects around with the power of our minds. Artificial intelligence will be dispersed throughout the environment, and Internet-enabled contact lenses will allow us to access the world's information base or conjure up any image we desire in the blink of an eye.
Meanwhile, cars will drive themselves using GPS, and if room-temperature superconductors are discovered, vehicles will effortlessly fly on na cushion of air, coasting on powerful magnetic fields and ushering in the age of magnetism.
Using molecular medicine, scientists will be able to grow almost every organ and cure genetic diseases. Millions of tiny DNA sensors and nonparticles patrolling the blood cells will silently scan our bodies for the first sign of illness, while rapid advances in genetic research will enable us to slow down or maybe even reverse the aging process, allowing human life span to increase dramatically, perhaps even ten times longer.
In space, radically new ships - needle-sized vessels using laser propulsion - could replace the expensive chemical rockets of today and perhaps visit nearby stars. Advances in nanotechnology may lead to the fabled space elevator, which would propel humans hundreds of miles above the earth's atmosphere at the push of a button.
But these astonishing revelations are only the tip of the iceberg. Kaku discusses emotional robots, antimatter rockets, X-ray vision, and the ability to create new life-forms.
He also considers the development of the world economy, and addresses the key questions: Who will be the winners and losers of the future? Who will have jobs, and which nations will prosper?
All the while, Kaku illuminates the rigorous scientific principles, examining the rate at which certain technologies are likely to mature, how far they can advance, and what their ultimate limitations and hazards are. Synthesizing a vast amount of information to construct an exciting look at the years leading up to 2100, Physics of the Future is a thrilling, wondrous ride through the next hundred years of breathtaking scientific revolution.
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*Michio Kaku is a professor at the City University of New York; cofounder of the string field theory; the bestselling author of several widely acclaimed science books, including Hyperspace and Physics of the Impossible - the basis for his Discovery Channel Science TV show, Sci-Fi Science: Physics of the Impossible - and the host of two radio programs, Explorations and Science Fantastic, broadcasting to over 400 radio stations.
In Physics of the Future, Michio Kaku - the New York Times bestselling author of Physics of the Impossible - gives us a stunning, provocative, and exhilerating vision of the coming century based on interviews with over 300 of the world's top scientists who are already inventing the future in their labs. The result is the most authoritative and scientifically accurate description of the revolutionary developments taking place in medicine, computers, artificial intelligence, nanotechnology, energy proiduction, and astronautics.
In all likelihood, by 2100 we will control computers via tiny brain sensors and, like the gods of Greek mythology, move objects around with the power of our minds. Artificial intelligence will be dispersed throughout the environment, and Internet-enabled contact lenses will allow us to access the world's information base or conjure up any image we desire in the blink of an eye.
Meanwhile, cars will drive themselves using GPS, and if room-temperature superconductors are discovered, vehicles will effortlessly fly on na cushion of air, coasting on powerful magnetic fields and ushering in the age of magnetism.
Using molecular medicine, scientists will be able to grow almost every organ and cure genetic diseases. Millions of tiny DNA sensors and nonparticles patrolling the blood cells will silently scan our bodies for the first sign of illness, while rapid advances in genetic research will enable us to slow down or maybe even reverse the aging process, allowing human life span to increase dramatically, perhaps even ten times longer.
In space, radically new ships - needle-sized vessels using laser propulsion - could replace the expensive chemical rockets of today and perhaps visit nearby stars. Advances in nanotechnology may lead to the fabled space elevator, which would propel humans hundreds of miles above the earth's atmosphere at the push of a button.
But these astonishing revelations are only the tip of the iceberg. Kaku discusses emotional robots, antimatter rockets, X-ray vision, and the ability to create new life-forms.
He also considers the development of the world economy, and addresses the key questions: Who will be the winners and losers of the future? Who will have jobs, and which nations will prosper?
All the while, Kaku illuminates the rigorous scientific principles, examining the rate at which certain technologies are likely to mature, how far they can advance, and what their ultimate limitations and hazards are. Synthesizing a vast amount of information to construct an exciting look at the years leading up to 2100, Physics of the Future is a thrilling, wondrous ride through the next hundred years of breathtaking scientific revolution.
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*Michio Kaku is a professor at the City University of New York; cofounder of the string field theory; the bestselling author of several widely acclaimed science books, including Hyperspace and Physics of the Impossible - the basis for his Discovery Channel Science TV show, Sci-Fi Science: Physics of the Impossible - and the host of two radio programs, Explorations and Science Fantastic, broadcasting to over 400 radio stations.
LETHAL GIFT OF LIVESTOCK
Doctor asks his patient the wrong question which enrages his patient's wife. Here's what Professor Jared Diamond reports:*
"The links connecting livestock and crops to germs were unforgetably illustrated for me by a hospital case about which I learned through a physician friend. When my friend was an inexperienced young doctor, he was called into a hospital room to deal with a married couple stressed-out by a mysterious illness. My friend was also stressed-out from a long week of hospital work, and from trying to figure out what unusual risk factors might have brought on the strange illness. The stress caused my friend to forget everything he had been taught about patient confidentiality: he committed the awful blunder of requesting the woman to ask her husband whether he'd had any sexual experiences that could have caused the infection. As the doctor watched, the husband turned red, pulled himself together so that he seemed even smaller, tried to disappear under his bedsheet, and stammered out words in a barely audible voice. His wife suddenly screamed in rage and drew herself up to tower over him. Before the doctor could stop her, she grabbed a heavy metal bottle, slammed it with full force onto her husband's head, and stormed out of the room. It took a while for the doctor to revive her husband and even longer to elicit, through the man's broken english, what he'd said that so enraged his wife. The answer slowly emerged: he had confessed to repeated intercourse with sheep on a recent visit to the family farm; perhaps that was how he had contracted the mysterious microbe."
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*Source: Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies, by Jared Diamond, pp. 195-196
"The links connecting livestock and crops to germs were unforgetably illustrated for me by a hospital case about which I learned through a physician friend. When my friend was an inexperienced young doctor, he was called into a hospital room to deal with a married couple stressed-out by a mysterious illness. My friend was also stressed-out from a long week of hospital work, and from trying to figure out what unusual risk factors might have brought on the strange illness. The stress caused my friend to forget everything he had been taught about patient confidentiality: he committed the awful blunder of requesting the woman to ask her husband whether he'd had any sexual experiences that could have caused the infection. As the doctor watched, the husband turned red, pulled himself together so that he seemed even smaller, tried to disappear under his bedsheet, and stammered out words in a barely audible voice. His wife suddenly screamed in rage and drew herself up to tower over him. Before the doctor could stop her, she grabbed a heavy metal bottle, slammed it with full force onto her husband's head, and stormed out of the room. It took a while for the doctor to revive her husband and even longer to elicit, through the man's broken english, what he'd said that so enraged his wife. The answer slowly emerged: he had confessed to repeated intercourse with sheep on a recent visit to the family farm; perhaps that was how he had contracted the mysterious microbe."
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*Source: Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies, by Jared Diamond, pp. 195-196
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