At the age of 30, Manny is a 14-year pro—he made his debut at 16. He has been fighting at the top levels of competition and given some of the most exciting performances in the ring in recent years.
He is a national hero in his native Philippines the entire country comes to a virtual standstill whenever he fights.
Manny is also recognized by most observers as the best fighter at any weight in the ring today—the best "pound for pound" fighter.
With all of his accomplishments, which someday will surely be immortalized in the Hall of Fame, Manny is coming off the biggest win of his career in his last fight on December 6—a dominant eighth-round TKO against former junior lightweight, lightweight, super lightweight, welterweight, two-time super welterweight, and middleweight world champion Oscar De La Hoya—the biggest name in the sport and a sure future Hall of Famer himself.
Manny was considered a huge underdog by most observers—and the fight a mismatch—because of their extreme difference in size. Manny weighed 134.5 pounds when he won the WBC lightweight world title in his previous fight in June, 2008. De La Hoya last held a world title at 154 pounds, and weighed 150 in his previous fight in May, 2008. Boxing's time-honored conventional wisdom says that, "A good big man beats a good small man."
After the fight, Dan Rafael wrote on ESPN.com, "Pacquiao stunningly administered a beat down of epic proportions. [De La Hoya] was never in the fight for a moment. Pacquiao won his third fight of the year in his third weight division, including winning two titles. The victory makes Pacquiao something of a modern-day Henry Armstrong, the all-time great pound-for-pound legend who over the course of ten months from October 1937 to August 1938, claimed, in order, the world featherweight, welterweight and lightweight championships—back when there were only eight divisions."
Fightwriter.com's Graham Houston reported from ringside, "So many people got it so wrong. What some thought would be a mismatch turned out to be a mismatch in reverse when Manny Pacquiao pasted Oscar De La Hoya for eight rounds in the so-called Dream Match in Las Vegas," Houston wrote.
"Far from being the weaker, smaller man, Pacquiao looked much stronger and also much harder-hitting than De La Hoya. Pacquiao was the puncher in the fight. Right from the start he was hurting De La Hoya.
"His upper-body movement and quick moves had the older fighter looking perplexed. The speed and power of Pacquiao's punches actually seemed to shock De La Hoya, who looked old, slow and painfully vulnerable.
"Just 19 months earlier [De La Hoya] had fought Floyd Mayweather Jr.—the world's number one at the time—to a close, split decision. This time, as a 2-1 on favorite at the MGM Grand sports book before the line was taken down, De La Hoya looked as if he didn't belong in the same ring as Pacquiao. "Pacquiao punched with excellent technique from his southpaw stance, sharp and accurate, and he was superior in every department and in fact was made to look a bit of a bully, such was the one-sided nature of the affair."
Manny had already made his mark in boxing history, however, before beating De La Hoya.
He has held world titles in four weight divisions—he won the WBC flyweight world title two weeks before his 20th birthday in December, 1998, the IBF junior featherweight world title at 22 in 2001.
Manny won the WBC super featherweight world title in March, 2008, with a 12 round decision victory in the rematch against defending champion Juan Manuel Marquez. It was one of the most highly-anticipated fights of the year, and one of the most exciting. He won the WBC lightweight world title in June, 2008, with a ninth-round TKO against defending champion David Diaz.
Manny was named "2006 Fighter of the Year" by the Boxing Writers Association of America and The Ring.
From TheRing-online.com: "It's amazing what a little guy with a big smile and an even bigger punch can accomplish. While the heavyweight division was bogged down by mediocrity last year, the junior lightweight class soared to new heights thanks in large part to Manny Pacquiao, The Ring's 2006 Fighter of the Year."
Manny's nickname is "PacMan." His webpage address is mannypacquiao.ph.
Solar eclipse of July 22, 2009
On Wednesday, 2009 July 22, a total eclipse of the Sun is visible from within a narrow corridor that traverses half of Earth. The path of the Moon's umbral shadow begins in India and crosses through Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar and China. After leaving mainland Asia, the path crosses Japan's Ryukyu Islands and curves southeast through the Pacific Ocean where the maximum duration of totality reaches 6 min 39 s. A partial eclipse is seen within the much broader path of the Moon's penumbral shadow, which includes most of eastern Asia, Indonesia, and the Pacific Ocean.
NASA APOLLO 11 in the Moon July 20 1969
On July 20, 1969, the human race accomplished its single greatest technological achievement of all time when a human first set foot on another celestial body.
Six hours after landing at 4:17 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (with less than 30 seconds of fuel remaining), Neil A. Armstrong took the “Small Step” into our greater future when he stepped off the Lunar Module, named “Eagle,” onto the surface of the Moon, from which he could look up and see Earth in the heavens as no one had done before him.
He was shortly joined by “Buzz” Aldrin, and the two astronauts spent 21 hours on the lunar surface and returned 46 pounds of lunar rocks. After their historic walks on the Moon, they successfully docked with the Command Module “Columbia,” in which Michael Collins was patiently orbiting the cold but no longer lifeless Moon.
World's oldest man, WWI veteran dies
File - Britain's oldest man Henry Allingham aged 112 and the last British serviceman alive to have volunteered for active duty in the First World War, holds a copy of his book at a launch in London, in this Sept.23, 2008 file photo. St Dunstan's care home in Ovingdean, near Brighton on England's south coast, says Allingham died early Saturday July 18, 2009. He was one of only two surviving World War I veterans in Britain and had been the world's oldest man since June 19. He was 113.
Blackbird
Chalking up a new trans-continental speed record, a Lockheed SR-71A has streaked across the US in 68 minutes coast-to-coast. Flying the US Air Force SR-71 from Palmdale to Washington, DC, were Lt Col Ed Yeilding, the pilot, and Lt Col Joe Vida, the reconnaissance systems officer. The record flight was also the final one by this supersonic aircraft, 64-17972, now immortalised in aviation history. The Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum received the retired SR-71 and its logbook in a ceremony at Washington's Dulles International Airport shortly after the Blackbird landed. Its final home will be a proposed museum extension, slated to be located at Dulles. The SR-71 took off from Palmdale site 2 at 04.30hrs. Refuelled in the air, the SR-71 then started its record run from over the Pacific coast near Oxnard. A sonic boom from the aircraft was felt in southern California at 06.00hrs. The aircraft reached the Atlantic coast near Salisbury, Maryland, 2,404.05 miles away 68 minutes and 17 seconds later for an average speed of 2,112.52mph. The record-setting aircraft then flew to Dulles International Airport and performed two flybys, the second of which saw the pilot punch in the afterburners to ignite the cheers of an emotional crowd of some 1,500.
Israel and US against Iran And Syria
The global economic meltdown (and drought) created such anguish amongst populations, that our short sighted leaders, wanting to hold on to their positions, allowed a war to develop.
In the year 2009, a war broke out, the combatants were the usual: Lebanon, Gaza and this time Syria, Israel found itself under a rain of missiles. The USA had its hands full with an Iran that was far more powerful than anyone expected.
None of the NATO countries came to Israels aid or to the USAs.
The leadership in America was in open civil war. The Generals were totally against military action for political reasons, and that their troops were already exhausted . Both Israel and the USA fired nuclear weapons, however they were shot down before getting to their destination. Still they caused nuclear fallout, one affected northern Israel, the other the entire Gulf region.
Iran announced it had vacuum bombs and was prepared to use them. Once the war had proceeded for three days China and Russia came out in open support for Syria and Iran.
Israelis were bunkered down in cellars and air raid shelters, and everyone agreed that they had always said it is not possible to rely on others.
That the Arabs were able to fight so hard was not as big a surprise as their propaganda machine. The airwaves in English and Hebrew were denouncing the Zionist conspiracies. Accusing the Jewish elite of masterminding 9/11, of creating the holocaust out of thin air, and generally performing terrorist acts as false flags.
They not only undermined the christian support for Israel, but also the Jewish support. The Israelis fought hard, but they were outnumbered and out gunned, in the end they settled for an enclave that resembled the 1948 borders.
Americas Gulf presence suffered devastation, and a coup took place in the USA. All the remaining American troops came back to America.
That ends part 1 of this fairy tale.
Part 2 of this fairy tale, is about a Jewish revolt: The Jews said: take your money, take your hierarchy and your Zionism and stick it up your jumpa.
The Neocon Jews of America were able to go to Israel, but they were not very welcome, they were seen as the culprits for conflict. Iran offered them sanctuary, and ironically many of them accepted.
This precipitated the collapse of the Jewish financiers in Europe, Russia and the USA. Globalisation died, there was no more IMF or World Bank, lending and borrowing went out of favour. Self reliance became fashionable. And Governments regained their authority and started bartering with each other.
Drug Money
The photograpts displayed above accompanied a March 2007 press release issued by PGR (Mexico's office of La Procuraduria General de L a Republica, or judge advocate general) announcing a succesful drug raid on a Mexico City Home. Total Money of 205.6 million in U.S. currency dollar.
They kill Dolphins..What a shame.....!
While it may seem incredible, even today this custom continues, in Dantesque - in the Faroe Islands, ( Denmark ). A country supposedly 'civilized' and an EU country at that. For many people this attack to life is unknown– a custom to 'show' entering adulthood. It is absolutely atrocious. No one does anything to prevent this barbarism being committed against the Calderon, an intelligent dolphin that is placid and approaches humans out of friendliness.
WHAT A SHAME, A SAD SCENE! THIS MAIL HAS TO BE CIRCULATED. THERE IS NO WORSE BEAST THAN MAN! Circulate this! Make this atrocity known and hopefully stopped!
WHAT A SHAME, A SAD SCENE! THIS MAIL HAS TO BE CIRCULATED. THERE IS NO WORSE BEAST THAN MAN!
Where is the Foods?
The U.N. World Food Program (WFP) warned last month that six nations in the region already face food shortages. Some 2.6 million people are going hungry. Relief organisations warn that up to four million people face starvation as a result of food shortages in Southern Africa. About 19 million are said to be in need of food aid.
I pray that we will be more sensitive towards the suffering in the world around us.
I pray that we will be more sensitive towards the suffering in the world around us.
Dancing Babies
25 Things Every Mother Should Know:
Twenty-eight years ago I (Martha) became a mother for the first time. Even though I had "R.N." after my name I was pretty frightened. All those babies I'd played "Mommy" with in the hospital were other people's babies, not my own. I had to learn how to be a mother to my little Jimmy from scratch. It was intense and personal learning, and I have been privileged to experience it intensely and personally seven more times.
My husband, Bill, learned along with me all the things we discuss in this book for brand-new mothers. My voice, speaking mother-to-mother, will dominate the book, with Bill's interjected here and there to give his perspective as a father and pediatrician.
This is not a traditional baby-care book. You won't find anything in it about diaper rash, cord care, or how to give a bath. You can get that information from a lot of other sources. Instead, this book is a guide to mothering your baby, and it is as much about the process of becoming a mother as it is about babies. It will help you to get to know your baby better, and we hope that it will also help you understand yourself as you take on this new, motherly role.
We believe that babies have a lot to teach mothers. Listening to your baby and responding to his or her cues will lead you into a parenting style that will help both of you thrive. Biology and infant behavior will help you get started and build your confidence as you and your baby develop a two-way trusting relationship. But this is not an ideal world we live in, and there are forces you'll meet along the way that can make you doubt your mothering intuition. We hope that this book will prepare you for some of those bumps in the road, and will help you meet the challenges and changes ahead.
Mothering and fathering eight children has taught us a lot. We are very different persons from the ones we were before we had children, and most, if not all, of these differences are for the better. Although personal growth is sometimes hard, we've had a lot of fun along the way. Fun in your life with your baby is what will convince you and the baby that life is good. Enjoy your baby!
How you mother your baby does make a difference.
Mothering in the twentieth century has become a tricky business. We can take our babies' survival pretty much for granted, and in this way we differ from all the mothers who have come before us. Instead we worry about whether our babies will grow up to be happy and productive, a more complicated issue.
Nobody yet has scientifically tested and perfected a parenting system that guarantees children will turn out okay. Much of the research focuses on what goes wrong, rather than what goes right, and psychologists from Freud onward have often laid the blame on mothers. This creates a lot of anxiety, as mothers struggle to raise psychologically healthy children. Mothers often feel that the stakes are high on everything they do, and the possibility of making serious mistakes makes the job of parenting seem frightening.
In reaction to Freud, there's another school of thought that suggests that mothers aren't all that critical to their children's psyches. Children need dependable caregivers, yes, but these are more or less interchangeable, and group care not only is satisfactory, it also makes children independent at an earlier age. Babies do prefer their parents, but they really don't need all that one-on-one attention that goes along with traditional mothering. It's interesting that these theories have evolved at a time when more and more mothers of young children are in the workforce.
So where do you fit in? How important are you, a responsive, nurturing, trustworthy mother, to your baby's development? How do you know if you're making a difference?
In the parenting business, science often fails us. It's hard to study behavior that is as complicated as mother-and-infant interactions, much less relate these interactions to how children behave and feel years later. "Experts" speculate, spinning advice out of tiny threads of evidence, but who really knows?
I believe that experienced parents--parents of children who are turning out well---have the answers. Bill and I have talked to thousands of wise and seasoned mothers over the years, and while we don't pretend that this is a scientific sample, we do feel confident about relaying what we've learned from all these families. We believe that how you mother your children makes a difference in the kind of people they become.
The mothering advice that we have given in this book reflects a style that we call attachment parenting. For babies, attachment parenting includes closeness right from birth, responding sensitively to cries, baby wearing, sharing sleep, and breastfeeding. The involvement of the father, both directly with the baby and in support of the mother, is also important. These practices together make up a very nurturing style of baby care, one that yields a wonderful sensitivity between mother and child. The mother understands what the baby is thinking, most of the time, and the baby responds well to the mother's care. Babies who experience attachment parenting rarely need to cry to get their needs met (though they may cry plenty when something hurts or bothers them), because they can communicate in other, more subtle ways. Mothers who nurture in this style feel confident that they are doing the right things for their children, because they feel they can perceive their babies' needs, and because their babies are happiest when they are most responsive. Even high-need babies can be mellowed by this style of parenting into children who are fun to be with.
There are long-range benefits to attachment parenting. As a baby cared for this way turns into a toddler, he is easy to manage. His mother has a pretty good idea of what he is trying to do or say, so the young explorer is less likely to get terribly frustrated. Since he trusts his mother and wants very much to stay in her good graces, a word of warning or some creative redirection from her is often all that's needed to head off problem behavior.
As children of attached parents grow older, the benefits continue. These kids internalize their parents' sensitivity toward them. They have an inner sense of what is right and are bothered when situations violate their values. They know themselves well and can remain true to their own character in the midst of a crowd going in another direction. They are compassionate and understanding with other people. Having learned intimacy from their early closeness with their parents, they go on to establish and maintain healthy relationships with other people. They bring their parents joy and pride.
So, are you important to your baby? Yes, you are. You as his mother know him best and are the person he trusts most and will look to for guidance in the months and years to come. You are his window to the world and his faithful interpreter of what is going on inside him. Your relationship is built on a long history of knowing each other, a history that begins even before birth. Because this relationship is grounded in love and trust and many small interactions, it can tolerate mistakes and misunderstandings. No single moment is critically important. What counts is the harmony that is developing between you.
So relax and enjoy your baby. This is a special time in your life, and while it's full of worries and adjustments, it is also full of wonder. You have much to look forward to. Being a mother can enrich every corner of your life. Get ready for a marvelous journey.
When you bring home a new baby, remember you are modeling parenting for your older children. Also, you are bringing up someone else's future husband or wife, father or mother. The parenting styles children learn are the ones they are most likely to follow when they become parents. Here is an example of how modeling affects children: A mother brought her newborn, Erin, and her two-and-a-half-year-old, Tiffany, into my office for checkups. During her examination, Erin began to cry. Tiffany rushed to her mother, pulled at her mother's skirt, and exclaimed, "Mommy, Erin cry; pick up, rock-rock, nurse!" This little child had just described responsive parenting according to her mother's model. When Tiffany becomes a mother and her baby cries, what do you imagine she will do? She won't consult a book or call her doctor. She will intuitively pick up, rock-rock, and nurse.
Kinds of Dogs
Holocaust How It Really Was
The Holocaust was the systematic, bureaucratic, state-sponsored persecution and murder of approximately six million Jews by the Nazi regime and its collaborators. "Holocaust" is a word of Greek origin meaning "sacrifice by fire." The Nazis, who came to power in Germany in January 1933, believed that Germans were "racially superior" and that the Jews, deemed "inferior," were an alien threat to the so-called German racial community.
The art of eggs & watermelons
Organic Eggs: Organic eggs are produced from hens that have been fed a special feed in which all of the ingredients were grown without the aid of commercial fertilizers, pesticides, or herbicides. Organic eggs come from hens that have outdoor access during the day and are able to run around outside in an area covered with natural vegetation.
Fertile Eggs: Fertile eggs are simply eggs that can be incubated and developed into chicks. Fertile eggs have higher production costs so they are more expensive for the consumer and they also spoil more quickly than non-fertile eggs.
Fertile Eggs: Fertile eggs are simply eggs that can be incubated and developed into chicks. Fertile eggs have higher production costs so they are more expensive for the consumer and they also spoil more quickly than non-fertile eggs.
Vietnam war
Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam, is a fascinating blend of East and West, with Chinese and French influences enriching the vibrant Vietnamese culture.
Do You like Bikini? Take a look at this..
Invented the bikini?
You can thank (or curse, as the case may be) two Frenchmen, Jacques Heim and Louis Reard, for that tiny scrap of material known as the bikini. Neither man really invented the item, as two-piece bathing suits had been around for a long time and were depicted in wall paintings and ancient Greek urns. But both men manufactured and popularized the "itsy bitsy teeny weeny" swimsuit.
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHWWWWWWWWW!!!!!
You can thank (or curse, as the case may be) two Frenchmen, Jacques Heim and Louis Reard, for that tiny scrap of material known as the bikini. Neither man really invented the item, as two-piece bathing suits had been around for a long time and were depicted in wall paintings and ancient Greek urns. But both men manufactured and popularized the "itsy bitsy teeny weeny" swimsuit.
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHWWWWWWWWW!!!!!
Chainsaw Craft - Making an Owl Sculpture
Andy Maclachlan of Chainsawcraft makes a sculpture of an Owl behind his house in Rashfield, by Dunoon, Argyll, Scotland.
After nearly 20 years as a chainsaw operator in the forest Andy discovered a natural ability for sculpture and an affinity with the saw as an artists tool.
Born and bred in the hills and forests of Argyll Andy's carvings are mostly inspired by the wildlife around him. More abstract pieces may be a result of the insular world you are drawn into when working with the saw. All sculptures demonstrate artistic depths Andy didn't know existed within himself, before he started to carve in 1999.
Originally based in Ardfern, near Oban, the interest and support generated around this small and artistic community greatly encouraged Andy to develop his talent. Since relocating to Rashfield he has vastly broadened his client base, which has in turn further honed his skills.
Thanks to the area Chainsaw Craft is based in, (and friendly relations with both the Forestry Commission and the local haulage firm!) timber is available from sustainable resources. This is mainly soft wood such as fir, pine and spruce. Hard wood including beech, lime and chestnut is often donated by private estates, local tree surgeons or building contractors.
The largest sculptures Andy has created are usually on location, often when large, mature trees have been storm damaged or are deemed unsafe. Such carvings take days to complete and involve ropes and scaffolding for Andy to use his skills to form what remains of the tree into marvelous sculptures.
Andy was lucky to spend the winter of 2002 in the New Zealand sunshine, where he quickly realised the popularity of chainsaw carving. He took part, and placed highly, in the national carving competition in Awanui, Northland. It was here he had the privilege of carving in swamp Kauri, a timber unearthed in a green condition after up to 50,000 years preserved in the ground. This is a resource unique to New Zealand, and considered a national treasure.
Andy went on to demonstrate at garden centers and wood workshops around the North Island. He had the opportunity to work with a variety of species, of a much larger proportion than that found in Scotland. Andy met many of NZ's top carvers and was introduced to specialist carving bars, which allow for much finer detail.
This is an excerpt from the about me section from my website - ChainsawCraft.com
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