18 November 2009

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Top news for the day
Source: Manila Bulletin Online

Villar picks Legarda
Senator Manny Villar Tuesday picked fellow Senator Loren Legarda of the Nationalist People’s Coalition as running mate in the May 2010 elections.

Oil firms start price increases
Small oil players announced fuel price hikes in Luzon reaching up to P2 a liter, the first in an anticipated series of increases after the government lifted the controversial Executive Order 839.

Iranian FM arrives Wednesday
The Philippines will once again roll out the red carpet for foreign dignitaries this week as Iran’s Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki arrives in the country for a two-day official visit starting Wednesday.

Thai Princess visits ACB in Laguna
In support for Southeast Asia's programs on biodiversity conservation, Thai Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn visited on Tuesday the ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (ACB) in Los BaƱos, Laguna.

World Bank names Taguig Most Business-Friendly City
The World Bank has cited Taguig City as the country’s Most Business Friendly City.

Ad Congress opens Wednesday
Some 3,500 delegates from the media and business sectors and nearly 10,000 visitors are expected to converge for the 21st Philippine Advertising Congress at the Subic Bay Exhibition and Convention Center Wednesday.

Pirated DVDs of Pacquiao fight hit Manila streets
Pirated copies of Filipino boxing superstar Manny Pacquiao's historic demolition of Puerto Rican Miguel Cotto were selling like hot cakes on Manila streets Monday, less than 24 hours after the fight.


Showbiz Chika for the day
Source: GMA News.tv

iGMA: Dennis Trillo is excited to be part of 'StarStruck V'
May talent, may itsura, at higit sa lahat may x-factor. Ito raw ang mga katangian na dapat taglayin ng susunod na iidolohin sa StarStruck V , ayon sa bagong host ng show na si Dennis Trillo.

Survivor host on Justine, Amanda: ‘They both deserve to win’
Aminado ang host ng Survivor Philippines: Palau na si Paolo Bediones na walang itulak-kabigin kina Amanda Colley Van Cooll at Justine Ferrer para sa titulong 'Pinoy Sole Survivor'.

PEP: Ex beauty queen Daisy Reyes vies for Mrs. World title in Vietnam
Tila walang kaabug-abog na lumipad palabas ng bansa ang former Bb. Pilipinas-World (1996) na si Daisy Reyes-Iqbal para sa 2009 Mrs. World pageant na gaganapin sa November 22 na gaganapin sa Vietnam.

Denzel Washington cheers on son's 1st college game
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. – Actor Denzel Washington was playing proud father as he cheered on his son Malcolm's first game with the University of Pennsylvania basketball team.

IRS papers say Zsa Zsa Gabor has $118,321 tax bill
LOS ANGELES – Zsa Zsa Gabor's lawyer blames convicted swindler Bernard Madoff for a hefty tax bill owed by his client.

Amanda Van Cooll wins Survivor Philippines: Palau via split vote
Ang probinsiyanang “Tisay" na si Amanda Colley Van Cooll ang tinanghal na “Sole Survivor" sa reality TV show na Survivor Philippines: Palau matapos maungusan ng isang boto ang transsexual beauty...


Isports laang
Source: ABS-CBN News Online

Palace to assist boxer Gorres
MANILA - The Arroyo administration on Tuesday said it will give all assistance necessary to Filipino boxer Z “The Dream” Gorres who was hospitalized after winning a unanimous decision over Columbian Luis Melendez at the House of Blues in the Mandalay Resort and Casino over the weekend.

5 pool ‘heavyweights’ to carry RP flag in World 10-Ball
MANILA – Five Philippine billiard “heavyweights” will lead the country’s campaign to win the second World Ten-Ball Championship slated on November 25 to 30 at the World Trade Center in Pasay City.

Arwind is PBA's Player of the Week
MANILA – Arwind Santos’ potential is there. And yet he is already a monster in the hard court. Proof of this is his performances during San Miguel’s last two victories the past week.

Mayweather throws down gauntlet to Pacquiao
LOS ANGELES - Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather would begin negotiations on a mega blockbuster fight within the next 24 hours, USA Today newspaper reported on Monday.

Hawks beat Blazers in OT, win fifth in a row
ATLANTA – The Atlanta Hawks beat Portland 99-95 in overtime on Monday, spoiling the Trail Blazers' bid for a perfect five-game road trip.


Da who for today

Source: Wikipedia

Michael Buffer (born November 2, 1944) is a professional ring announcer for boxing and professional wrestling matches. He is known for his trademarked catchphrase, "Let's get ready to rumble!" He is known for pioneering a distinct announcing style in which he rolls certain letters and adds other inflections to a fighter's name. His half-brother is UFC announcer Bruce Buffer.

Early life
Buffer was born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to an enlisted man in the United States Navy and his wife during World War II. When his parents divorced at 11 months of age, Buffer was raised by foster parents, a school bus driver and housewife, in the Philadelphia suburb of Roslyn. He enlisted in the United States Army during the Vietnam War at age 20 and served until age 23. He held various jobs including a car salesman, then began a modeling career at age 32 before becoming a ring announcer at age 38.

Career
Boxing
In 1982, Buffer began his career as a ring announcer. By 1983, he was announcing all boxing matches promoted by Bob Arum's Top Rank on ESPN, which gave him a national identity at a time when ring announcers were strictly locally hired talent. By 1984, Buffer developed the catchphrase "Let's get ready to rumble" in his announcing, which gained enormous popularity. He began the process of obtaining a federal trademark for the phrase in the 1980s, which he acquired in 1992.

By the late 1980s, Buffer was the exclusive ring announcer for all bouts in Donald Trump-owned casinos. Trump said of Buffer, "He's great, he's the choice, he has a unique ability... I told my people, ‘We got to have him’." Buffer's work was also admired by many of the boxing greats. Sugar Ray Leonard once said, "When [Buffer] introduces a fighter, it makes him want to fight."

Buffer's fame has reunited him with long lost family members. In 1989, Buffer was contacted by his birth father after having seen him on television, who introduced him to his half-brothers. In the mid-1990s, Buffer brought on one of his half-brothers, Bruce Buffer, as his agent/manager. This grew into a business partnership to increase licensing productivity of the trademark.

Michael Buffer is currently the announcer for all HBO and RTL (Germany) boxing matches, along with Versus matches promoted by Top Rank. He was formerly the announcer for WCW's and UFC's main events.

On the August 18, 2007 edition of Saturday Night's Main Event, for the first time in more than six years, Buffer returned to pro-wrestling ring announcing duties at Madison Square Garden in a boxing match between pro boxer Evander Holyfield(who was substituting for Montel Vontavious Porter) and pro wrestler Matt Hardy. Buffer appears in the Royal Rumble 2008 commercial, in which he begins to say "Let's get ready to rumble!" only to be superkicked by Shawn Michaels, causing him to fall over. As well as being in the commercial for the event, he was the guest ring announcer during the Royal Rumble match itself. Wrestlers Triple H and Shawn Michaels use the phrase "Let's get ready to suck it!" as part of their D-Generation X promos in reference to Buffer.

Trademark
Buffer began using the phrase "Let's get ready to rumble!" in the early 1980s. By 1992, he acquired a federal trademark for the phrase. Buffer uses his famous phrase in various licensing deals including the platinum selling album Jock Jams by Tommy Boy Records, the video games Ready 2 Rumble Boxing, Ready 2 Rumble Boxing: Round 2 for the Sony Playstation 2, Nintendo 64, Sega Dreamcast and Game Boy Advance and Greatest Heavyweights of the Ring for the Sega Genesis and numerous other products. In addition, he has used variations of the phrase in advertisements, including the popular commercial for Mega Millions in which he says "Let's get ready to Win Big!" and the Kraft Cheese commercial in which he says "Let's get ready to Crumble! ". He has recently started saying a new saying which is, "Let's get ready, for a good, clean, fight!".

As of 2009, Buffer had earned over $400 million from licensing on the trademark.


Gospel for the day
Source: The Daily Gospel Online

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke 19:11-28.

While they were listening to him speak, he proceeded to tell a parable because he was near Jerusalem and they thought that the kingdom of God would appear there immediately.So he said, "A nobleman went off to a distant country to obtain the kingship for himself and then to return. He called ten of his servants and gave them ten gold coins and told them, 'Engage in trade with these until I return.'His fellow citizens, however, despised him and sent a delegation after him to announce, 'We do not want this man to be our king.' But when he returned after obtaining the kingship, he had the servants called, to whom he had given the money, to learn what they had gained by trading. The first came forward and said, 'Sir, your gold coin has earned ten additional ones.' He replied, 'Well done, good servant! You have been faithful in this very small matter; take charge of ten cities.' Then the second came and reported, 'Your gold coin, sir, has earned five more.' And to this servant too he said, 'You, take charge of five cities.' Then the other servant came and said, 'Sir, here is your gold coin; I kept it stored away in a handkerchief, for I was afraid of you, because you are a demanding person; you take up what you did not lay down and you harvest what you did not plant.' He said to him, 'With your own words I shall condemn you, you wicked servant. You knew I was a demanding person, taking up what I did not lay down and harvesting what I did not plant; why did you not put my money in a bank? Then on my return I would have collected it with interest.' And to those standing by he said, 'Take the gold coin from him and give it to the servant who has ten.' But they said to him, 'Sir, he has ten gold coins.' 'I tell you, to everyone who has, more will be given, but from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away. Now as for those enemies of mine who did not want me as their king, bring them here and slay them before me.'" After he had said this, he proceeded on his journey up to Jerusalem.


Word for the day
Source: Merriam Webster Online

flyting • \FLY-ting\ • noun
: a dispute or exchange of personal abuse in verse form

Example Sentence:
In the first flyting in Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing, Beatrice wittily responds to Benedick's line "What, my dear Lady Disdain! are you yet living?" with "Is it possible Disdain should die while she hath such meet / food to feed it as Signior Benedick?"

Did you know?
Flyting in 15th- and 16th-century Scotland is analogous to a modern-day rap competition during which rappers improvise clever disses and put-downs against their opponents. Similarly, the makars (a Scottish word for "poets") engaged in verbal duels in which they voiced extravagant invectives in verse against their rivals. The base of "flyting" is the ancient verb "flyte" (also spelled "flite"), meaning "to contend" or "to quarrel."


Lesson for the day
Source: D.O.L.E.

10 ways on how to sell yourself in a job interview

1. Find out as much as you can about the company: How is it performing? What is its mission statement and who are its customers? What are the interviewer's priorities and responsibilities? The more you know, the more you'll be able to ask informed questions about the job.

2. Study the description of the job for which you have applied. Be clear on what is expected and if you have the background and skills to do it.

3. Take an inventory of your strengths and practice discussing how they complement the requirements of the job. Write down specific examples that demonstrate these strengths and be able to speak fluidly and intelligently about them.

4. Make a winning first impression at the interview. Be prompt, make eye contact and give a firm handshake. Dress one notch above what's expected for the position you're interviewing for.


5. Look for common ground between you and the interviewer to establish a positive rapport and to stand out from the crowd. You may have the same alma mater or mutual friends. Be careful not to overplay this and look desperate.

6. Turn what could be seen as potential weaknesses into strengths. You might say "I haven't worked in promotions but I coordinated getting the word out for my son's school carnival and we had twice as many people attend this year." Be calm and confident.

7. Use specific examples to describe why you're a perfect match for the job. Ask probing questions to demonstrate a genuine interest in the position. In the process, interview the interviewer to find out why the position is open. Get a sense of what the turnover rate is at the company, what the position's job track is, and how the company keeps its employees happy. You're trying to find out if you want to work for that company as much as they're trying to find out if they want you.

8. Demonstrate that you are a problem-solver. Identify an issue the company is facing or a problem you might potentially encounter in that job and discuss how you'd solve it.

9. Make the interviewer feel good about hiring you. Be enthusiastic, responsive, truthful and friendly.

10. Follow up with a thank-you note that reiterates your qualifications and mentions specific topics covered in the interview to trigger the person's memory about your winning interview.

Joke for the day
Source: Art’s Funbox

Pooh and Piglet
Isang araw, matagal na nakatitig si piglet kay pooh.
POOH: Bakit ganyan ka tumitig ngaun sakin piglet?
PIGLET: ang taba mo talaga, dapat ikaw si piglet eh! at ako si pooh!hmp!

Kuwentong makahayop
May isang manok naubod ng “L” sa bukid, lahat nalang ng hayop pinapatos niya.
Ang baboy, bibe, kambing at pati baka.
Kaya sinabi ng mga hayop sa manok:“ hay naku manok, mangisay ka sana sa sobrang “L” mo!!!!”
Isang araw, nakita ng mga hayop ang manok na nakahandusay sa lupa at nangingisay.
Hayop: buti nga sa iyo!!! Mamatay ka sa “L”!!!
Manok: mga ulol!!! Hintayin niyo ako!! Pagkatapos ko dito sa LANGGAM kayo naman ang titirahin ko!!!

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