http://garuda.blogsome.com Sat, 26 Jul 2008 18:01:15 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en AS A MAN SOWETH Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe   We must not hope to be mowers, And to gather the ripe gold ears, Unless we have first been sowers, And watered the furrows with tears.   It is not just as we take it, This mystical world of ours, Life’s field will yield as we make it, A harvest of thorns ... http://garuda.blogsome.com/2008/07/23/as-a-man-soweth/ Pinay is senior adviser to Obama By MAR-VIC CAGURANGAN Special to BusinessMirror HAGATNA, Guam - If Barack Obama becomes the US president, America’s national policies would somehow be influenced by a ... http://garuda.blogsome.com/2008/07/04/pinay-is-senior-adviser-to-obama/ Oil price flies to record high beyond 146 dollars Agence France-Presse LONDON - The price of oil set a record high above 146 dollars a barrel here on Thursday owing to falling reserves of US ... http://garuda.blogsome.com/2008/07/04/oil-price-flies-to-record-high-beyond-146-dollars/ Asian stocks close mostly up but rise fails to lift gloom Agence France-Presse HONG KONG - Asian stocks closed mostly up Friday but that failed to dispel much gloom after this year’s share price plunge, ... http://garuda.blogsome.com/2008/07/04/asian-stocks-close-mostly-up-but-rise-fails-to-lift-gloom/ Hopes fade for Philippine ferry victims By ROMEO RANOCOReuters SIBUYAN ISLAND, Philippines - Rescuers halted efforts on Monday night to find nearly 800 people missing from a capsized ferry in the Philippines as darkness fell and large swells prevented ... http://garuda.blogsome.com/2008/06/24/hopes-fade-for-philippine-ferry-victims/ YOU ARE WORTHY Undying Poems: Dr. Romulo A. Ramirez   Do not undermine your worth By comparing yourself to others It is because you are different And each of us is special…   Do not set your goals By what other people deem important Only You know What is best for you…   Do not take for granted The things closest to your heart Cling ... http://garuda.blogsome.com/2008/06/11/you-are-worthy/     Abu Sayyaf The Abu Sayyaf Group (Arabic: جماعة أبو سياف; Jamāʿah Abū Sayyāf, ASG), also known as al-Harakat al-Islamiyya is one of several militant Islamist separatist groups based in and around the southern islands of the Philippines, in Bangsamoro (Jolo, Basilan, and Mindanao) where for almost 30 years various Muslim groups ... http://garuda.blogsome.com/2008/06/11/abu-sayyaf/ WHAT I LIVE FOR George Linnaeus Banks   I live for those who love me, Whose hearts are kind and true, For the Heaven that smiles above me, And awaits my spirit too; For all human ties that bind me, For the task by God assigned me, And the good that I can do.   I live to learn their story. Who ... http://garuda.blogsome.com/2008/06/10/what-i-live-for/   American Idol Dark Horse David Cook: Is It Fair For Him To Cover Other Covers  By Chris Harris (MTV.com)     There’s something fishy about American Idol contender David Cook. Cook, the rock-leaning lad with the highlighted comb-over, closed Tuesday night’s episode of American Idol, belting out Michael Jackson’s "Billy Jean" - a ... http://garuda.blogsome.com/2008/06/10/american-idol-dark-horse-david-cook-is-it-fair-for-him-to-cover-other-covers/   `Idol’ champ David Cook ignores dating rules NEW YORK - David Cook isn’t a rules guy. The newly crowned "American Idol" winner says he doesn’t abide by the conventional three-day wait period after a date. "I don’t really believe in any sort of theories," the 25-year-old singer told The ... http://garuda.blogsome.com/2008/06/10/idol-champ-david-cook-ignores-dating-rules/