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Even Monkeys Have Human Characteristics
Some said that Filipinos love monkey business but I haven’t heard somebody said that monkeys have human characteristics until the result of the research on monkeys did by the team of US and Italian scientists was released. It was already known that human prefers to be with other who try to imitate their gestures, postures or mannerism although those who are being imitated don’t know that the others are imitating them. And before the study was done, it was not yet known that these characteristics was true with the monkeys. But the result of the study proved that monkeys love the people who monkey them around . According to the study, monkeys love to be with those scientist who tried to imitate them than those scientists who did not. The monkey used … Read entire article »
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Saudi TV Sex Bragger, Jailed
Mazen Abdul-Jawad, an employee of the Saudi Airlines who appeared last July 15, 2009 in the LBC TV’s program, “Bold Red Line”, was sent to jail since Friday for bragging about his sex adventure. The 32-year old Arabian started talking during his TV appearance about his sexual experience when he was still 14-year old, and then showed his room where most of his sexual adventure happened and his sex toys. This segment shocked the Arabian viewers which resulted to the complaint of almost 200 Arabian people against him. The Arabian office of the Lebanon based satellite TV station LBC-TV was closed by the Arabian authority for airing the interview of Mr. Mazen Abdul-Jawad. Saudi Arabia was the origin of the Islam religion that strictly enforces the Islam teaching of the segregation of men … Read entire article »
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Bad Weather Breaks Communication Cables, Affects PLDT & Smart
Submarine communication cables within the APCN 2 (Asia-Pacific Cable Network) which connects countries in the Asia Pacific region of which Philippine landing point is in Batangas Bay, Batangas City, was broken due to the bad weather. The fault occurred in between China, Malaysia, Taiwan and Singapore yesterday and affects the communication services of PLDT and SMART. Smart’s mobile subscribers may experience difficulties in communicating their loveones abroad and those who are using Smart Bro and Smart Bro Plugit will experience slow connection when visiting websites hosted abroad. On the other hand, PLDT is currently re-routing traffic to the other cable system. It’s the second time since 2006 the internet connection of PLDT and Smart was affected by the fault in the submarine fiber optic cable system due to the natural problems. In December … Read entire article »
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President Gloria Arroyo, First ePassport Holder
The state-of-the-art passport, ePassport, has been launched during the 111th founding celebration of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) of the Philippines. The first Filipino to have the ePassport is no other than President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo with the serial number EA0000001. The security features of the ePassport includes a hidden encoded image, holographic lamination, and the tamper-proof IC chip that stores the personal data of the holder and his digital photo. The ePassport can be read using the chip reader which is already used by authorities controlling the borders. And it is also noted that there are more than 60 countries using the ePassport already. … Read entire article »
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Twilight Star, Ashley Greene Nude Photo Scandal
Ashley Greene, after winning the Teen Choice Awards on Sunday, has been dragged by the nude photo scandal which started proliferating the internet on Monday, a day after she won the award and the same day she was caught in a kissing scene with Chace Crawford in the back of the car at the Los Angeles International Airport. The star of the Twilight was featured in all frontal nude images which appears to be privately taken photos of her. The 22-year old star is just a few and the recent of the Holywood’s female stars who were involved in the nude photo scandals. Last week, the internet was shocked by the nude photos of Vanessa Hudgens. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Entertainment
“Caffeine”, New Google Search Engine
Google is currently working for the new version of the search engine that supposed to be increased in size, better speed and better ranking of websites compared to the current version of the engine. Google‘s goal is to have a better search engine by which it can only be done when the search engine 1. Crawls a large chunk of the web. 2. Indexes the resulting pages and compute how reputable those pages are. 3. Ranks and returns the most relevant pages for users’ queries as quickly as possible. For now, you can try the new search engine by visiting the URL = http://www2.sandbox.google.com/. But why does Google tried to improve its search engine through this project? Everybody knows the answer of Google to this question. Google simply wants to deliver a more better result in a … Read entire article »
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Wille Revillame “Cory Aquino’s Cortege” Scandal
On Monday during the transport of former president Cory Aquino’s body to the Manila Cathedral, the controversial host of the Wowowee, Willie Revillame made a remark that made Filipinos irked and found him disrespectful to the Madam Aquino. While one of the contestant of the “Willie of Fortune” segment of the show was dancing, the ABS-CBN management decided to simultaneously show the live coverage of the cortege and the Wowowee. Wille Revillame, who was upset on what had been shown, asked the ABS-CBN management live through his show to stripped off the live coverage of the cortege because according to him, “…nagsasaya kami dito… I don’t think na dapat ipakita yan…” Although the avid fans of the Wowowee did not consider it a disrespect to the former president because they knew what Willie … Read entire article »
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Baby Elephant Trapped in Manhole
A baby elephant used by Mahout in begging fell into the drainage ditch and trapped for 3 hours. Elephants in Thailand are made to play tricks to appeal tourists. And according to the report, this baby elephant was driven by a Mahout when it fell to the manhole of the drainage in Rayong province, Easter Thailand. But the elephant did not just sit in the drainage but put its front legs into the edge of a meter square edge of the hole and its eyes were shown as if pleading men to help its own out of the drainage ditch. The rescuer widened the hole using a bulldozer and took 3 hours to successfully took the elephant out of the hole. … Read entire article »
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Patrick Kane Arrested Over Taxi Change
The NHL (National Hocky League) 2008 Best Rookie, Patrick Kane of the Chicago Blackhalks was arrested over a dispute with the taxi driver. According to the report, Patrick Kane, 20, along with his cousin, James Kane, 21, rode a taxi from the hub of the Chicago’s night life. The fare would be $13.80 and the two paid the cabbie $15. When the driver informed them that he did not have 20 cent for the $1.20 change, the two allegedly took back the $15 then punched him, grabbed him by the throat and broke his eyeglasses. Police said that the driver suffered cuts on the face and his eyeglasses were broken. The two kanes were charged with felony robbery and misdemeanor counts of theft of services and criminal mischief. … Read entire article »
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Chino Inmates Injured during Riot
The 1,300-inmates California Institution for Men in Chino was smashed and burned by the rioting inmates during the riot that broke out in Saturday night. Among the inmates of the 7 housing units who participated in the riot, 250 were injured and 55 of them were sent to the hospital for treatment while there was no injury to the prison staff and no inmates had escaped from jail. There are housing units that were badly damaged and couldn’t be used and another housing unit were set to fire. So, some inmates temporarily stayed in tents and other inmates were sent to alternate prison. The incident was believed to be racially related of which the participating inmates are black and Hispanic ones. And because of this, prisons in Southern California were locked down and visits … Read entire article »
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