Top news for the day
Source: Manila Bulletin Online
Three Baguio villages at risk of collapsing
Hundreds of residents living in three identified geo-hazard villages in Baguio city are on the brink of being dislocated in the event of another continuous heavy downpour.
RP postpones hosting of NAM Summit
The Philippines will postpone the hosting of the Special Non-Aligned Movement Ministerial Meeting on Interfaith Dialog
ue and Cooperation for Peace and Development this December.
Support nuclear test ban, ASEAN states urged
ASEAN leaders urged member-states to back the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty before the review of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
Technology can’t alter typhoon path – experts
Weather experts laughed off reports on the called “restricted evolving technology” that has been owning responsibility to the “abnormal” steering away of tropical storm “Ramil”.
6 Ilocos Sur towns isolated
Six upland municipalities of the province were isolated anew due to the fresh landslides that buried municipal roads leading to the mountainous towns, officials said on Saturday.
Lakas-Kampi bares possible Senate bets
Malacañang Saturday revealed the “tentative” list of its senatorial bets as it continuously searched for its vice presidential candidate.
Ebdane urges Gibo to resign for 2010 polls
Resigned Public Works Secretary Hermogenes Ebdane Jr. called on his fellow Cabinet official Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro to follow his resignation from his post because of his presidential bid for the May 2010 elections.
DSWD: Relief goods are well accounted for
From a can of sardines to the last can of corn beef, all of the relief goods received by the government from donors are well accounted for and reaches its appropriate beneficiaries.
Hundreds of residents living in three identified geo-hazard villages in Baguio city are on the brink of being dislocated in the event of another continuous heavy downpour.
RP postpones hosting of NAM Summit
The Philippines will postpone the hosting of the Special Non-Aligned Movement Ministerial Meeting on Interfaith Dialog
ue and Cooperation for Peace and Development this December.Support nuclear test ban, ASEAN states urged
ASEAN leaders urged member-states to back the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty before the review of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
Technology can’t alter typhoon path – experts
Weather experts laughed off reports on the called “restricted evolving technology” that has been owning responsibility to the “abnormal” steering away of tropical storm “Ramil”.
6 Ilocos Sur towns isolated
Six upland municipalities of the province were isolated anew due to the fresh landslides that buried municipal roads leading to the mountainous towns, officials said on Saturday.
Lakas-Kampi bares possible Senate bets
Malacañang Saturday revealed the “tentative” list of its senatorial bets as it continuously searched for its vice presidential candidate.
Ebdane urges Gibo to resign for 2010 polls
Resigned Public Works Secretary Hermogenes Ebdane Jr. called on his fellow Cabinet official Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro to follow his resignation from his post because of his presidential bid for the May 2010 elections.
DSWD: Relief goods are well accounted for
From a can of sardines to the last can of corn beef, all of the relief goods received by the government from donors are well accounted for and reaches its appropriate beneficiaries.
Showbiz Chika for the day
Source: GMA News.tv
Beauty queen turned actress Carlene Aguilar said that she and her ex-boyfriend Dennis Trillo are now friends because of their tw
o-year-old son Calix Andreas.
Pie-splattered comedian Soupy Sales dies at 83
o-year-old son Calix Andreas.Pie-splattered comedian Soupy Sales dies at 83
DETROIT – Soupy Sales, the rubber-faced comedian whose anything-for-a-chuckle career was built on 20,000 pies to the face and 5,000 live TV appearances across a half-century of laughs, has died. He...
LOS ANGELES – A shakeup in Katherine Jackson's legal team left her unrepresented during a hearing to clarify the power two attorneys have over her son's estate, but it didn't stop the...
NEW YORK – Kenny Ortega was responsible for some of Michael Jackson's biggest concerts, including what were to be his comeback shows in London. But in the singer's final days, the...
Lil Wayne pleads to attempted gun possession
Lil Wayne pleads to attempted gun possession
NEW YORK – The Grammy-winning rapper Lil Wayne pleaded guilty to attempted weapon possession on Thursday, and expects to receive a one-year jail sentence.
Preview of MJ movie shows him in fine voice
Preview of MJ movie shows him in fine voice
NEW YORK – A 12-minute clip of the new Michael Jackson movie "This Is It" shows a strong-voiced King of Pop enthusiastically practicing some of his biggest hits.
Da who for today
Da who for today
Source: Wikipedia
Dr. Douglas C. Engelbart (born January 30, 1925) is an American inventor and early computer pioneer. He is best known for inventing the computer mouse, as a pioneer of human-computer interaction whose team developed hypertext, networked computers, and precursors to GUIs; and as a committed and vocal proponent of the development and use of computers and networks to help cope with the world’s increasingly urgent and complex problems.
His lab at SRI was responsible for more breakthrough innovation than possibly any other lab before or since. Engel
bart had embedded in his lab a set of organizing principles, which he termed his "bootstrapping strategy", which he specifically designed to bootstrap and accelerate the rate of innovation achievable.Doug Engelbart's career was inspired in 1951 when he got engaged and suddenly realized he had no career goals beyond getting a good education and a decent job. Over several months he reasoned that (1) he would focus his career on making the world a better place, (2) any serious effort to make the world better requires some kind of organized effort, (3) harnessing the collective human intellect of all the people contributing to the solution was the key, (4) if you could dramatically improve how we do that you'd be boosting every effort on the planet to solve important problems, and the sooner the better (5) computers could be the vehicle for doing all this.
Several years prior, Engelbart had read with interest Vannevar Bush's article "As We May Think", a call to arms for making knowledge widely available as a national peacetime grand challenge. Doug had also read something about computers (a relatively recent phenomenon), and from his experience as a radar technician he knew that information could be analyzed and displayed on a screen. He suddenly envisioned intellectual workers sitting at display 'working stations', flying through information space, harnessing their collective intellectual capacity to solve important problems together in much more powerful ways. Harnessing collective intellect, facilitated by interactive computers, became his life's mission at a time when computers were viewed as number crunching tools. He went to UC Berkeley to learn everything he could about computers, got his PhD, was told to be very careful about who he talked to about his "wild" ideas. After a year of teaching at Berkeley as Acting Assistant Professor, he took a position at Stanford Research Institute (SRI), in Menlo Park hoping one day to pursue his vision there. He initially worked for Hewitt Crane on devices. He and Hew became lifelong friends.
Gospel for the day
Source: The Daily Gospel Online
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Mark 10:46-52.
They came to Jericho. And as he was leaving Jericho with his disciples and a sizable crowd, Bartimaeus, a blind man, the son of Timaeus, sat by the roadside begging. On hearing that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out and say, "Jesus, son of David, have pity on me." And many rebuked him, telling him to be silent. But he kept calling out all the more, "Son of David, have pity on me." Jesus stopped and said, "Call him." So they called the blind man, saying to him, "Take courage; get up, he is calling you." He threw aside his cloak, sprang up, and came to Jesus. Jesus said to him in reply, "What do you want me to do for you?" The blind man replied to him, "Master, I want to see." Jesus told him, "Go your way; your faith has saved you." Immediately he received his sight and followed him on the way.
They came to Jericho. And as he was leaving Jericho with his disciples and a sizable crowd, Bartimaeus, a blind man, the son of Timaeus, sat by the roadside begging. On hearing that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out and say, "Jesus, son of David, have pity on me." And many rebuked him, telling him to be silent. But he kept calling out all the more, "Son of David, have pity on me." Jesus stopped and said, "Call him." So they called the blind man, saying to him, "Take courage; get up, he is calling you." He threw aside his cloak, sprang up, and came to Jesus. Jesus said to him in reply, "What do you want me to do for you?" The blind man replied to him, "Master, I want to see." Jesus told him, "Go your way; your faith has saved you." Immediately he received his sight and followed him on the way.
Word for the day
Source: Merriam Webster Online
confabulation
\kon-FAB-yuh-lay-shuhn\ , noun:
1. Familiar talk; easy, unrestrained, unceremonious conversation.
2. (Psychology) A plausible but imagined memory that fills in gaps in what is remembered.
Lesson for the day
1. Familiar talk; easy, unrestrained, unceremonious conversation.
2. (Psychology) A plausible but imagined memory that fills in gaps in what is remembered.
Lesson for the day
Source: Engr. Paul Elmer Morala from Duisberg, Germany
Just checking in
A minister passing through his church in the middle of the day,
Decided to pause by the altar and see who had come to pray.
Just then the back door opened, a man came down the aisle,
The minister frowned as he saw the man hadn't shaved in a while.
His shirt was kinda shabby and his coat was worn and frayed.
The man knelt, he bowed his head, then rose and walked away.
In the days that followed, each noon time - came this chap,
Each time he knelt just for a moment, a lunch pail in his lap.
Well, the minister's suspicions grew, with robbery a main fear,
He decided to stop the man and ask him, "What are you doing here?"
The old man said, he worked down the road - Lunch was half an hour.
Lunchtime was his prayer time, for finding faith, strength and power.
"I stay only moments, see, the factory is so far away;
As I kneel here talking to the Lord, this is kinda what I say:
"I just came again to tell you Lord, how happy I have been,
Since we found each other's friendship and you took away my sin.
Don't know much of how to pray, but I think about you everyday.
So, Jesus, this is Jim - just checking in."
The minister feeling foolish, told Jim that was fine.
He told the man he was welcome to come and pray anytime.
"Time to go", Jim smiled, and said "thanks" as he hurried to the door.
The minister knelt at the alter, he'd never done that before.
His cold heart melted, warmed with love, and met with Jesus there.
As the tears flowed, in his heart, he repeated old Jim's prayer:
"I just came again to tell you Lord, how happy I have been,
Since we found each other's friendship and you took away my sin.
Don't know much of how to pray, but I think about you everyday.
So, Jesus, This is me - just checking in."
Past noon one day, the minister noticed that old Jim had not come.
As more days passed with no sign of Jim, he began to worry some.
At the factory, he asked about him, learning he was ill.
The hospital staff was worried, but Jim had given them a thrill.
The week that Jim was with them, he brought changes in the ward.
His smiles, a joy contagious - changed people, were his reward.
The head nurse couldn't understand why Jim was so glad,
When no flowers, calls or cards came, not a visitor he had.
The minister stayed by Jim's bed, he voiced the nurse's concern.
No friends came to show they cared, he had nowhere to turn.
Looking surprised, old Jim spoke up and with a winsome smile -
"The nurse is wrong, she couldn't know, that in here all the while,
Everyday at noon - He's here, a dear friend of mine, you see,
He sits right down, takes my hand, leans over and says to me:
"I JUST CAME AGAIN TO TELL YOU, JIM,
HOW HAPPY I HAVE BEEN,
SINCE WE FOUND THIS WONDERFUL FRIENDSHIP,
AND I TOOK AWAY YOUR SIN.
I ALWAYS LOVE TO HEAR YOU PRAY,
AND I THINK ABOUT YOU EVERY DAY,
AND SO JIM, THIS IS JESUS ... CHECKING IN."
A minister passing through his church in the middle of the day,
Decided to pause by the altar and see who had come to pray.
Just then the back door opened, a man came down the aisle,
The minister frowned as he saw the man hadn't shaved in a while.
His shirt was kinda shabby and his coat was worn and frayed.
The man knelt, he bowed his head, then rose and walked away.
In the days that followed, each noon time - came this chap,
Each time he knelt just for a moment, a lunch pail in his lap.
Well, the minister's suspicions grew, with robbery a main fear,
He decided to stop the man and ask him, "What are you doing here?"
The old man said, he worked down the road - Lunch was half an hour.
Lunchtime was his prayer time, for finding faith, strength and power.
"I stay only moments, see, the factory is so far away;
As I kneel here talking to the Lord, this is kinda what I say:
"I just came again to tell you Lord, how happy I have been,
Since we found each other's friendship and you took away my sin.
Don't know much of how to pray, but I think about you everyday.
So, Jesus, this is Jim - just checking in."
The minister feeling foolish, told Jim that was fine.
He told the man he was welcome to come and pray anytime.
"Time to go", Jim smiled, and said "thanks" as he hurried to the door.
The minister knelt at the alter, he'd never done that before.
His cold heart melted, warmed with love, and met with Jesus there.
As the tears flowed, in his heart, he repeated old Jim's prayer:
"I just came again to tell you Lord, how happy I have been,
Since we found each other's friendship and you took away my sin.
Don't know much of how to pray, but I think about you everyday.
So, Jesus, This is me - just checking in."
Past noon one day, the minister noticed that old Jim had not come.
As more days passed with no sign of Jim, he began to worry some.
At the factory, he asked about him, learning he was ill.
The hospital staff was worried, but Jim had given them a thrill.
The week that Jim was with them, he brought changes in the ward.
His smiles, a joy contagious - changed people, were his reward.
The head nurse couldn't understand why Jim was so glad,
When no flowers, calls or cards came, not a visitor he had.
The minister stayed by Jim's bed, he voiced the nurse's concern.
No friends came to show they cared, he had nowhere to turn.
Looking surprised, old Jim spoke up and with a winsome smile -
"The nurse is wrong, she couldn't know, that in here all the while,
Everyday at noon - He's here, a dear friend of mine, you see,
He sits right down, takes my hand, leans over and says to me:
"I JUST CAME AGAIN TO TELL YOU, JIM,
HOW HAPPY I HAVE BEEN,
SINCE WE FOUND THIS WONDERFUL FRIENDSHIP,
AND I TOOK AWAY YOUR SIN.
I ALWAYS LOVE TO HEAR YOU PRAY,
AND I THINK ABOUT YOU EVERY DAY,
AND SO JIM, THIS IS JESUS ... CHECKING IN."
Joke for the day
Source: Art’s Funbox
XRAY GLASSES
Pumunta si Gwen sa isang adult store at bumili ng X-ray glasses.
Tinesting niya muna ang salamin.
Gwen: Talaga bang makikita ko na hubad ang mga tao kapag sinuot ko ito? tanung niya sa salesman.
Salesman: Yes mam, magaling iyan at hindi pumapalpak!
Habang papauwi, sinuot ni Gwen ang mga salamin at nakita niya na lahat ng mga tao sa daan ay hubo’t-hubad!
Gwen: Aba, okey talaga ito.
Pagkatapos ay tinaggal niya ang salamin at lahat ng mga tao ay nagkadamit na.
Gwen:Cool talaga ito!
Pagdating nya ng bahay, mabilis siyang umakyat sa bedroom para ipakita kay Mister ang nabili niya, na ngayo’y suot-suot na niya.
Pagbukas niya ng pinto, nakita niya ang Mister niya sa kama kasama ang kanilang dalagang kapitbahay… at pareho silang hubad.
Tinanggal niya ang X-ray glasses at nakita niya hubad pa rin ang dalawa.
Sinuot niya ulit at hubad pa rin ang dalawa!
“Buwisit naman!” nagmura si Gwen, “nagbayad ako ng P2,500 para sa salamin na ito at sira na kaagad!”
Habang papauwi, sinuot ni Gwen ang mga salamin at nakita niya na lahat ng mga tao sa daan ay hubo’t-hubad!
Gwen: Aba, okey talaga ito.
Pagkatapos ay tinaggal niya ang salamin at lahat ng mga tao ay nagkadamit na.
Gwen:Cool talaga ito!
Pagdating nya ng bahay, mabilis siyang umakyat sa bedroom para ipakita kay Mister ang nabili niya, na ngayo’y suot-suot na niya.
Pagbukas niya ng pinto, nakita niya ang Mister niya sa kama kasama ang kanilang dalagang kapitbahay… at pareho silang hubad.
Tinanggal niya ang X-ray glasses at nakita niya hubad pa rin ang dalawa.
Sinuot niya ulit at hubad pa rin ang dalawa!
“Buwisit naman!” nagmura si Gwen, “nagbayad ako ng P2,500 para sa salamin na ito at sira na kaagad!”
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