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It’s a wonder how some people, who somehow felt offended by which I treat or talk to them, would choose to don the invisibility cloak and stab me because I don’t see the knife coming. Or choose to remove me from their friends’ list without saying a word and then feel threatened if I try available means to communicate and ask why they did it and what’s bothering them.

I’m sorry if I’m dense and cannot pick up your subtle hints but I won’t ask forgiveness for something I don’t think I’m guilty of or something I don’t know I did. But for whatever reasons that you stopped considering me as a friend, I find it rather unfair that you’d arrive to a conclusion before you gather all the facts or verified whatever you think are facts. I’ve already reached out to close the gap but you CHOOSE not to reach out in return. I have done my part, and you did not.

It’s disappointing that you think that way. Surprising, but immature.

So, how did your weekend go? Mine was still busy, having added a new feature to the discussion board. If you’re a regular visitor to the site, then you must have noticed the CHAT tab in the menu bar of our forum. Yes, we now have a chatroom for registered members who are into real-time discussions.

Chatroom Screenshot

There are lots of wonderful features in our newly integrated chatroom, including a fully customizable interface to suit whatever mood you’re in and graphic avatars for users who log in. It’s so neat, it can even distinguish between male and female users (based on your forum profile). Get into it now with other forum members and experience it for yourselves. Then you’ll know what I’m talking about. Do let us know though if you encounter any problems while you’re giving it a go so we can look into it at once.

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On a more serious note, somebody has called my attention to the posting of our articles in an egroup without (!) citing AngTherapist.com as their source. It irks me that somebody can just easily copy and paste these original articles without acknowledging the author. Friends, we don’t mind you disseminating information found on this site to your colleagues but please have the decency to name your source and not try to claim it as one of your own. 

I have said the following in an earlier post but I will say it once again.

We don’t mind you sharing articles from this site. But please don’t forget to mention where you got the article from. All of the articles written here are original, except of course for seminar announcements. If you see something in quotes, those are the ones we got from other sources, which, as much as possible, we try to acknowledge as well.

And as to the ‘fair use’ of copyright, take note of the following guidelines:

(1) PERFORMANCE: the work must have been lawfully made accessible to the public and the use must only be made in private and free of charge
(2) QUOTATIONS: the work must have been lawfully made accessible to the public; the source and name of author must be named (Art. 10(1), Berne Convention)
(3) REPRODUCTION OF NEWS, etc.: if only for information purposes with source clearly indicated (Art. 10bis(1), Berne Convention)
(4) INCLUSION BY WAY OF ILLUSTRATION: for teaching purposes with source and name of author clearly indicated (Art. 10(2), Berne Convention)
(5) CRITICISM, COMMENT, NEWS REPORTING, TEACHING, SCHOLARSHIP, RESEARCH

Source: International Laws on Copyright (FAQs)

I hope that is clear enough for everyone. Alright, back to regular programming. Have a wonderful week ahead!

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No need for a long introduction, you know what I post on Sundays here on PinoyBlogero. Here’s another batch of the Pinoy blogosphere weekend recap for the second Sunday of this month.

• Senator Loren Legarda has urged law enforcement agencies to shut down a certain Philippine-based adult website called BoyBastos.com. For news sources: Go here and here.
• Yuga from Yugatech.com reports that the NBI had been issued a clearance to search Mike Verzo’s house (Owner of BoyBastos). He then shares some tips on how bloggers could avoid getting the BoyBastos treatment from those people from up high.
• Want more on BoyBastos? Here are some articles about it from other blogs in the Pinoy blogosphere:
  • BoyBastos: The First Philippine Problogger to be arrested
  • Boy Bastos Under the Scrutiny of Philippine Authorities
  • Freedome of Expression and BoyBastos.com
  • Does Mark Verzo Stand A Chance?
• The people over at Blogger’s Kapihan held their very first Kapihan event, “Blogging Beyond the Basics” talk last September 8, 2007 at the Advanced Sciences and Technology Building AVR of Philippine Science High School. Speakers of the event were Abe Oladres, Victor Villanueva, and Manuel Quezon III.
• Pinoy bloggers voice out their concern on the horrible fate of Chris Mendez and frat violence inside school communities.
  • Apathy: The Most Cold-Hearted Murderer of Them All
  • Cris Mendez, DEAD - Justice for the Boy, When?
  • Hazing, a culture issue
  • A Boy is Dead
  • Dying Young… in the hands of your “Brothers”
  • Aboloshing Fraternities: Why it wont work
• Pinoy Top Blogs, one of the most well-known blog ranking site here in the Philippines, is now under the watch of Enthropia Philippines after an agreement with its previous owner, Abe Olandres, that they will be handling the operations of the said ranking site.

• The Winners of PinoyBlogosphere.com’s Wika2007 has already been announced. Congratulations to all the winners:

Grand Prize: Tungo sa pagbabanyuhay by Ding Fuellos

Second Prize: Naykupu! by Ynon

Third Prize: Ang Obra by Feddie Marc S. Perez

Misteryosa Awards: 1. ‘THE’ Filipino Language: WHAT THE HECK DOES THIS MEAN??? by Frances Paola G. Doplon 2. A Language We All Need to Learn by Ayel

Participants’ Choice Award: Pista ng Wikang Filipino/The Spectacle of the Filipino Language by Marocharim

Consolation Prizes: 1. Ang paradigm shift at ang mga erehe ng KWF by Willy Prilles, Jr. 2. Wika at Musika by Garry Victor Urbi

• On the other side of the blogosphere, Paolo from PaoloMendoza.com has also announced the winners of his very own blog awards which he calls “The Pinoy Evil Blog Awards”

Top 10 Emerging Influential Blog by Reflective Thinking most controversial blog

Marco, the site guy and Mike Villar, sidekick evil blog of the year

Harsh Poetic Chaos philosophical bastard award for machiavellian theories

Happyslip coolest pinoy video blogger

Helga hot hot hot as jalapeno pinoy blogger award

Jessica Zafra most kick ass writer of the year

Sagot! Sagot! Supot! best blog rant of the year

Saging Lang Ang May Puso crackhead video award

Batang Yagit boy bastos writing award

Erase-Her.net poop award

See you guys next week! Happy Blogging!

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