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carpe diem, despite... http://danilova8288.multiply.com/ “We seek a connection with the cosmos. We want to count in the grand scale of things, and it turns out that we are connected…At the very heart of life on earth, the proteins that control cell chemistry and the nucleic acids that carry heredity instructions, we find these molecules to be essentially identical in all the plants and animals. An oak tree and I are of the same stuff, if you go back far enough we have a common ancestor.” Carl Sagan, Cosmos, 1980. Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:54:54 -0000 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 11:10:50 -0000 carpe diem, despite... http://images.danilova8288.multiply.com/logo http://danilova8288.multiply.com 100 100 MoJo Photo Blog: Bolivia's Cocaine Trade: A Bitter Leaf Smart fearless journalism http://danilova8288.multiply.com/links/item/43/MoJo_Photo_Blog_Bolivias_Cocaine_Trade_A_Bitter_Leaf Mon, 21 Jul 2008 11:10:50 -0000 Where the Hell is Matt? (2008) 14 months in the making, 42 countries, and a cast of thousands. Thanks to everyone who danced with me.Make sure to click "watch in high quality" right underneath the video.<a href="http://www.wherethehellismatt.com" target="_blank" title="http://www.wherethehellismatt.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.wherethehellismatt.com</a><a href="http://www.stridegum.com" target="_blank" title="http://www.stridegum.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.stridegum.com</a> http://danilova8288.multiply.com/video/item/4/Where_the_Hell_is_Matt_2008 Sat, 12 Jul 2008 03:55:08 -0000 How Much Do Looks Matter? A Freakonomics Quorum - Freakonomics - Opinion - New York Times Blog http://danilova8288.multiply.com/links/item/42/How_Much_Do_Looks_Matter_A_Freakonomics_Quorum_-_Freakonomics_-_Opinion_-_New_York_Times_Blog Sat, 12 Jul 2008 01:44:11 -0000 The Hidden Half: A Photo Essay on Women in Afghanistan http://danilova8288.multiply.com/links/item/41/The_Hidden_Half_A_Photo_Essay_on_Women_in_Afghanistan Tue, 1 Jul 2008 11:59:03 -0000 MoJo Photo Blog: Phone Sex Operators Interesting http://danilova8288.multiply.com/links/item/40/MoJo_Photo_Blog_Phone_Sex_Operators Tue, 1 Jul 2008 11:52:24 -0000 Even Cowgirls Get The Blues <a href="http://danilova8288.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/SGNZNgoKCEYAAHPn54I1"><img class="alignleft" height="273" src="http://images.danilova8288.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/SGNZNgoKCEYAAHPn54I1/even_cowgirls_get_the_blues.jpg?et=VO0OS6B68Vx84gJYHJdtUQ&nmid=0" width="177" border="0"></a><a href="http://danilova8288.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/SGNZZgoKCEYAAHpuHRA1"></a><a href="http://danilova8288.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/SGNZUQoKCEYAAHhn-Dk1"></a><a href="http://danilova8288.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/SGNZeAoKCEYAAH7GNOw1"></a>There are princesses and there are cowgirls, I believe. And if you're a woman that grew up in Baguio, you're a cowgirl. I'm a cowgirl, have always been. I can pee in the wide open fields, and heck, you don't have to open the door for me. I can punch as hard as the boy next door, and I always wonder why you carry that heavy pack, when I can do it myself. I love being a cowgirl, but hell, sometimes, even cowgirls get the blues. I got a big dose of it now, wonder what triggered it? <img class="alignmiddleb" style="WIDTH: 253px;HEIGHT: 232px;" height="212" src="http://images.danilova8288.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/SGNZZgoKCEYAAHpuHRA1/even_cowgirls_get_the_blues2.jpg?et=gLd0G2X5tgTVSlXcluz8sg&nmid=0" width="253" border="0"> <a href="http://danilova8288.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/SGNZeAoKCEYAAH7GNOw1"><img class="alignright" style="WIDTH: 138px;HEIGHT: 201px;" height="234" src="http://images.danilova8288.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/SGNZeAoKCEYAAH7GNOw1/EvenCowgirlsGetTheBlues281stEd29.jpg?et=s3EaH2vi9fc%2CyiA%2C82vV3Q&nmid=0" width="166" border="0"></a>I loved that book, but never watched the movie. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Even_Cowgirls_Get_the_Blues">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Even_Cowgirls_Get_the_Blues</a> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106834/">http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106834/</a> Feeling sentimental, eww. <a href="http://danilova8288.multiply.com/video/item/3/Ella_Fitzgerald_-_Someone_To_Watch_Over_Me_1950">http://danilova8288.multiply.com/video/item/3/Ella_Fitzgerald_-_Someone_To_Watch_Over_Me_1950</a><a href="http://danilova8288.multiply.com/video/upload3/3/new/youtube"></a> And by the way I can sing like that when I'm blue. Believe me. http://danilova8288.multiply.com/journal/item/57/Even_Cowgirls_Get_The_Blues Thu, 26 Jun 2008 08:58:13 -0000 Ella Fitzgerald - Someone To Watch Over Me (1950) Ella Fitzgerald - Someone To Watch Over Me (George & Ira Gershwin)Ellis Larkins, pianoRecorded in New York City, 1950 http://danilova8288.multiply.com/video/item/3/Ella_Fitzgerald_-_Someone_To_Watch_Over_Me_1950 Thu, 26 Jun 2008 08:52:06 -0000 The Bill Gates Interview Interesting profiles and interviews by http://danilova8288.multiply.com/links/item/39/The_Bill_Gates_Interview Fri, 20 Jun 2008 10:38:59 -0000 All Things Happen For a Reason (Or, May Asim Pa Si Danilova) <a href="http://danilova8288.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/SFpHcgoKCEYAAFVpFbA1"></a><a href="http://danilova8288.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/SFpHlQoKCEYAAFrqMXI1"></a><a href="http://danilova8288.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/SFpHlQoKCEYAAFrqMXI1"><img style="width: 237px; height: 157px; " class="alignmiddleb" src="http://images.danilova8288.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/SFpHlQoKCEYAAFrqMXI1/baghdadfirstdays.jpg?et=6A4NVRP%2BV8%2B38VQrMbGQ%2Bg&nmid=0" border="0"></a>Five years ago I was booted out of my job as editor of a small community paper in Baguio / Benguet, called Cordillera Today. This, after I had been turned the once schoolpaperish affair (sorry, the truth) into an honest-to-goodness newspaper, without increasing the budget at all—and against entrenched ways of the staff. After a year, the newspaper was sold to a British national from a small town west of London, who decided to settle in Benguet Province to take advantage of our cheap labor, and set up a small web development studio. The British guy claimed that I was a “fanatic” for printing anti-war stories and the news analysis by the respected public intellectuals including Noam Chomsky, all prior to the invasion of Iraq in March 2003. Being a small operation, I had worn many hats and really worked hard to improve that paper. For me, community paper was not equal to shoddy reporting or bad writing, however small the community it served was. I started out wanting to build a co... http://danilova8288.multiply.com/journal/item/56/All_Things_Happen_For_a_Reason_Or_May_Asim_Pa_Si_Danilova Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:11:45 -0000 Crass Materialism Series No. 2: Richer, Fatter and Not Much Happier <a href="http://danilova8288.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/SE301goKCEYAAGzdI3Q1"></a><a href="http://danilova8288.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/SE30MgoKCEYAAFgrm0Q1"></a> <a href="http://danilova8288.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/SE38eAoKCEYAAEiYKGU1"></a><a href="http://danilova8288.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/SE38ZgoKCEYAAEhxIrE1"></a><a href="http://danilova8288.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/SE3@HAoKCEYAAHR6pQU1"></a><a href="http://danilova8288.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/SE398goKCEYAAGsJa@81"></a><a href="http://danilova8288.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/SE3@wwoKCEYAAAcDBVQ1"></a>Consumer appetite erodes quality of life for rich and poor, reports State of the World 2004 <a href="http://danilova8288.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/SE3@rgoKCEYAAH9B4Zs1"><img class="alignmiddleb" style="WIDTH: 184px; HEIGHT: 266px; " height="266" src="http://images.danilova8288.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/SE3@rgoKCEYAAH9B4Zs1/shopping.jpg?et=ptTQi%2BEjcQ7kSUTMXVe3aQ&nmid=0" width="168" border="0"></a>Washington, D.C.—The world is consuming goods and services at an unsustainable pace, with serious consequences for the well-being of people and the planet, reports the Worldwatch Institute in its annual report, State of the World 2004. Around 1.7 billion people worldwide—more than a quarter of humanity—have entered the "consumer class," adopting the diets, transportation systems, and lifestyles that were limited to the rich nations of Europe, North America, and Japan during most of the last century. In China alone, 240 million people have joined the ranks of consumers—a number that will soon surpass that in the United States. "Rising consumption has helped meet basic needs and create jobs," says Worldwatch Institute President Christopher Flavin. "But as we enter a new century, this unprecedented consumer appetite is undermining the natural systems we all depend on, and making it even harder... http://danilova8288.multiply.com/journal/item/55/Crass_Materialism_Series_No._2_Richer_Fatter_and_Not_Much_Happier Tue, 10 Jun 2008 03:42:49 -0000 Sting.com home The http://danilova8288.multiply.com/links/item/38/Sting.com_home Tue, 10 Jun 2008 00:50:42 -0000 Crass Materialism Series No. 1: Eat Like An American <a href="http://danilova8288.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/SEfcLgoKCEYAAExUnCg1"><img style="width: 228px; height: 166px; " class="alignleft" src="http://images.danilova8288.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/SEfcLgoKCEYAAExUnCg1/8_mcdonalds.jpg?et=k7raZt%2Bw7rw%2B7ucl4yU99g&nmid=0" border="0"></a>"Everyone wants to eat like an American on this globe. But if they do, we’re going to need another two or three globes to grow it all." <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/09/business/worldbusiness/09crop.html?th&emc=th" target="_blank">DANIEL W. BASSE </a> of the AgResource Company, a Chicago consultancy. http://danilova8288.multiply.com/journal/item/54/Crass_Materialism_Series_No._1_Eat_Like_An_American Thu, 5 Jun 2008 12:33:54 -0000 Obama Clinches Democratic Nomination - NYTimes.com What happens next... http://danilova8288.multiply.com/links/item/37/Obama_Clinches_Democratic_Nomination_-_NYTimes.com Wed, 4 Jun 2008 15:25:56 -0000 A Visionary Dies I missed the news, being busy with work and silly matters... ................................... Arthur C. Clarke Mar 27th 2008 From The Economist print edition Sir Arthur C. Clarke, visionary, died on March 18th, aged 90 ALTHOUGH he dreamed and wrote about it constantly for 70 years, Arthur C. Clarke never voyaged into space. He came closest to visiting alien worlds through his love of deep-sea diving, its weightlessness and strange life forms. But he always looked upwards with a gleam in his eye, hoping for the real thing. “I can never look now at the Milky Way”, said the narrator in “The Sentinel”, “without wondering from which of those banked clouds of stars the emissaries are coming. If you will pardon so commonplace a simile, we have set off the fire alarm and have nothing to do but to wait. I do not think we will have to wait for long.”<a href="http://danilova8288.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/SDrTtAoKCEYAAG7VwfY1"><img class="alignleft" src="http://images.danilova8288.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/SDrTtAoKCEYAAG7VwfY1/Sir%20Arthur%20Clark.jpg?et=GoLfTGqp6jNbe2k4NEy1zw&nmid=0" border="0" height="189" width="284"></a> <a href="http://www.economist.com/obituary/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10918055">http://www.economist.com/obituary/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10918055</a> http://danilova8288.multiply.com/journal/item/52/A_Visionary_Dies Mon, 26 May 2008 15:14:41 -0000 Last Gasp Books - BEST EROTIC COMICS 2008 A literary and artistic exploration of human sexuality -- and a fun dirty book, featuring today's smartest, raunchiest, funniest, filthiest, most beautiful, and most arousing adult comics! Came across this (pun unintended) when I pursued the blog of a woman, Greta Cristina, who defends her decision to a same-sex http://danilova8288.multiply.com/links/item/36/Last_Gasp_Books_-_BEST_EROTIC_COMICS_2008 Mon, 26 May 2008 11:12:33 -0000 Hot Mama <a href="/photos/hi-res/upload/SDaugAoKCEYAAFpsL5g1"></a><a href="/photos/hi-res/upload/SDaugAoKCEYAAFpsL5g1"><img class="alignleft" src="http://images.danilova8288.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/SDaugAoKCEYAAFpsL5g1/Carmichael%20Lynch%20for%20Harley%20Davidson%20Motorcycles.jpg?et=iICCuxpnUAodJDypxmutBA&nmid=0&nmid=97456986" border="0"></img></a>All is fair in love and war. Or it it? In the blistering heat of a conflict, SOMEONE brought up my sex life. Uh, I mean my EX sex life, because boy have I been celibate for years. Anyone, oh, anyone who has known me for the past decade will know that I have always lacked child care support, I have lugged my daughter around with me to interviews, to coverage, while putting newspapers to bed…So anything in my life frivolous, juicy, delicious or hot enough to be worthy of gossip, has to have happened a really long, long time ago. But according to someone, I’m a “moral threat” to family and society.  Wow. This is not the first time I’ve been punished for having a sexuality. Makes me wonder why God created that little piece of  nerves down there ... was it meant to become like my appendix?<a href="http://danilova8288.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/SDaugAoKCEYAAFpsL5g1"></a><a href="http://danilova8288.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/SDaulwoKCEYAAFeJEOY1"><img style="width: 249px; height: 158px; " class="alignright" src="http://images.danilova8288.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/SDaulwoKCEYAAFeJEOY1/Bartle%20Bogle%20Hegarty%20for%20Unilever%20Axe%20Lab%20Campaign.jpg?et=biJQsPT%2CjS4BLJHP82gMQA&nmid=0&nmid=97456986" border="0"></img></a> ALL this hullabaloo over humping and similar matters brought to fore the hypocrisy of Philippine society when it comes to sexuality. All these uptight sexual mores – especially among the middle cla... http://danilova8288.multiply.com/journal/item/51/Hot_Mama Fri, 23 May 2008 11:51:10 -0000 Hot Mama see corresponding http://danilova8288.multiply.com/photos/album/12/Hot_Mama Fri, 23 May 2008 10:32:22 -0000 Joy and Sorrow <a href="/photos/hi-res/upload/SDGMPAoKCEYAAG8x0u81"><a href="/photos/hi-res/upload/SDGQjAoKCEYAAGmPO6A1"><img class="alignleft" src="http://images.danilova8288.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/SDGQjAoKCEYAAGmPO6A1/Shooting%20Star%20Night%20Sky_Lisa%20Podgur%20Coscuna.jpeg?et=kroCG8L6eam50xS9bT58Ig&nmid=" border="0"></a><img class="alignleft" src="http://images.danilova8288.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/SDGM5QoKCEYAAAn6Ddk1/spaceball.gif?et=ZhPI0kAhP2YAjb6mVMRe%2Cw&nmid=&nmid=96823147&nmid=96823147" border="0"></a>It's been a roller-coaster month, and I have much to worry about, and feel bitter about, and feel angry about, but I just keep in mind the Prophet's words: .........................................        Then a woman said, "Speak to us of Joy and Sorrow." And he answered: Your joy is your sorrow unmasked. And the selfsame well from which your laughter rises was oftentimes filled with your tears. And how else can it be? The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain. Is not the cup that hold your wine the very cup that was burned in the potter's oven? And is not the lute that soothes your spirit, the very wood that was hollowed with knives? When you are joyous, look deep into your heart and you shall find it is only that which has given you sorrow that is giving you joy.<a href="http://danilova8288.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/SDGMPAoKCEYAAG8x0u81"></a> <a href="http://danilova8288.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/SDGMoQoKCEYAAAI6Sm81"><img class="alignright" src="http://images.danilova8288.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/SDGMoQoKCEYAAAI6Sm81/DewDrop.jpg?et=gXPVmZw1xmfIPL0FvHLhAw&nmid=&nmid=96823147&nmid=96823147" border="0"></a>When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight. Some of you say, "Joy is greater than sorrow,... http://danilova8288.multiply.com/journal/item/50/Joy_and_Sorrow Mon, 19 May 2008 14:21:42 -0000 Global Pinoy East Coast Edition Only one month and a remat into it, and there are a lot fof dramas unfolding. Still, the magazine is something to be proud of. Thanks to coordinating editor, Ariel Valerio who creates the synergy and Creative Director Olan Santos who's as funny as he is creative. And of course, the publishers, Daniel dela Cruz and Rose Espina. Launch is on May 23 in New York. There's a lot in its 100 http://danilova8288.multiply.com/photos/album/10/Global_Pinoy_East_Coast_Edition_ Thu, 8 May 2008 20:53:59 -0000 Signs from the heavens - Sidetrip with Howie Severino Parallel Universes Series No. http://danilova8288.multiply.com/links/item/34/Signs_from_the_heavens_-_Sidetrip_with_Howie_Severino Thu, 8 May 2008 20:11:55 -0000 Finding Inner Strength - New York Times Parallel Universes Series .No. http://danilova8288.multiply.com/links/item/33/Finding_Inner_Strength_-_New_York_Times Tue, 6 May 2008 10:59:05 -0000 Cyclone Kills Thousands in Myanmar - The New York Times > World > Slide Show > Slide 6 of 12 Parallel Universes Series No. http://danilova8288.multiply.com/links/item/32/Cyclone_Kills_Thousands_in_Myanmar_-_The_New_York_Times_World_Slide_Show_Slide_6_of_12 Tue, 6 May 2008 09:59:37 -0000 Angry Mama: Horizontal Violence <a href="/photos/hi-res/upload/SBcPKAoKCEYAAEofpsY1"><img class="alignleft" src="http://images.danilova8288.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/SBcPKAoKCEYAAEofpsY1/anger.gif?et=lDF2mxCbfPFO%2BK2tkHA6yg&nmid=&nmid=93554293" border="0"></a>I got a hypertension attack last week and I lost three days of my life (I think). We came home on the night of Tuesday, to find that our water service was cut off. It was well past 12pm, and I've been working late nights for many weeks (since April 7), with an occasional all-nighter dropped in (don't ask why), so there was nothing I could do until the morning. I was mad --fuming mad -- because in the poor community (the infamous Nagpayong, Pasig) where my daughter and I live, several households tap from our water and electric service. Mukha kasi kaming Instik (Filipino Chinese), and just because I'm the only one around with a regular paycheck, kami ang pinupuntahan, kahit di naman kami mayaman. The last bill I paid for water was P1,500.--and we're only two, how many cubic liters does it take to bath twice a day? I'm short, by the way, so that really means less water consumption. And our lifestyle is to be always out! 9am-12 midnight, we're out. Often, we have our clothes laundered, bec... http://danilova8288.multiply.com/journal/item/49/Angry_Mama_Horizontal_Violence Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:22:20 -0000 Is LeBron and Gisele's Vogue Cover Racist? | Video | AlterNet Parallel Universes Series No. 1: While Politicians Muddle the Rice Crisis Issue, Vogue Cover Sparks http://danilova8288.multiply.com/links/item/31/Is_LeBron_and_Giseles_Vogue_Cover_Racist_Video_AlterNet Sun, 20 Apr 2008 09:50:46 -0000 Yo, sistah! <img style="width: 216px; height: 161px;" class="alignleft" src="http://images.danilova8288.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/SAY9awoKCEYAABxDdk01/jealousy.jpg?et=BcaK%2BzqPo772ASlOtuCHvQ&nmid=" border="0"> When will women really realize that we are all really sisters under the skin? When will all this competition end? What in the world are we competing over, after all? Di ba pwedeng share? Scarce resources ba iyan? . . . . . A long lost friend found my blog over the web; we have not been in touch for over 13 years. Actually, she is the wife of my long lost friend. Or, the ex-wife. Getting in touch with her again opened a floodgate of powerful feelings. He was my best friend! My best friend! My best friend! Although I met him when I was already in my 20s, there was absolutely nothing I did, or had done, or thought or said, that he didn’t understand instinctively. We read the same books, believed or did not believe in the same things… We could talk for hours and hours and hours. And she took him away! Yes she did. She was so possessive, she felt that our friendship was a threat to their relationship, she poisoned his mind with little bits here and there. I know she did not mean it, or well,... http://danilova8288.multiply.com/journal/item/48/Yo_sistah Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:57:54 -0000 Women's Month Series No. 6: Rape <a href="/photos/hi-res/upload/R-eS5goKCEYAACugnSY1"><img style="width: 263px; height: 240px;" class="alignright" src="http://images.danilova8288.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/R-eS5goKCEYAACugnSY1/Rape.gif?et=%2B5r%2CQR3WnxnzTyBMFmm%2Bog&nmid=" border="0"></a>Sexual assault is an incredibly personal and destructive crime.  Its effects on victims and their loved ones can be felt psychologically, emotionally, and physically.  They can be brief in duration or last a very long time.  It is important to remember that there is no one “normal” reaction to sexual assault. Every individual's response will be different depending on the situation. In this section, we have explained some of the more common effects that a victim may experience. View one of the pages below to learn more about the effects a victim may experience. .......................................................................................................... Those words above are not original, but an excerpt from the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network. As part of my (extended) women's month series, I thought it was very important to make a post about rape. Several times in my life-- too many, I believe -- I have been called to witness (not legally) on the issu... http://danilova8288.multiply.com/journal/item/47/Womens_Month_Series_No._6_Rape Sat, 5 Apr 2008 15:15:08 -0000