Top news for the day
Source: GMA News.tv
‘Martial law prevented Ampatuans from telling all about Arroyo’
The imposition of martial law in Maguindanao has enabled the administration to prevent members of the Ampatuan clan from revealing their role in the alleged electoral fraud in 2004 which gave...
Historic joint session on martial law starts with lawmakers trading barbs
The historic joint session of the House of Representatives and the Senate to deliberate on the imposition of martial rule in Maguindanao started with lawmakers trading barbs.
Arroyo's absence at joint session on martial law slammed
A representative from Maguindanao, where the recent massacre of 57 people took place, has branded as discourteous the absence of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo during Wednesday's joint...
Andal Jr. shot victims, made sure they were dead – witness
Andal Ampatuan Jr. allegedly insisted on doing some of the killing. According to a key witness, the suspected ringleader shot some massacre victims himself. And when a few still showed signs of...
A timeline-summary: the historic joint session of Congress on martial law
What are our lawmakers saying and how are they voting on the issue of martial law in Maguindanao? Here is a running report on what each of our lawmakers is saying as the historic joint session of...
RP, MILF aim to ink truce early next year
(Updated 5:16 p.m.) KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — A Malaysian official said the Philippine government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) aim to seal a peace pact by March or early April to...
Enrile turns down Nonoy’s interpellation request for being late
Come on time if you want to ask questions on the floor. This was the message Wednesday of Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile to his colleagues as he turned down the request of Senator Benigno...
Showbiz Chika for the day
Source: Manila Bulletin Online
Jinkee Pacquiao: ‘The storm has passed’
“Tapos na 'yong bagyo. There is sunshine after the rain.”
Lawyer denies Hayden attempted suicide
Lawyers of Hayden Kho Jr. denied that their client's recent hospitalization was due to attempted suicide by drug ingestion.
David Archuleta sings from the heart in Christmas album
Christmas songs are intrinsically beautiful for imparting the message of love and hope.
Will Sarah Lahbati be the next Ultimate StarStruck Survivor?
All eyes are on 16-year-old Sarah Lahbati in this year’s “StarStruck V,” GMA-7’s reality-TV-based “artista search.”
Original Penguin SM Megamall opens
Fashion-conscious individuals now have another shopping destination -- the newly opened Original Penguin store at the SM Megamall.
Backroom Artists celebrate the Holiday Season
Backroom artists celebrate the Holiday Season by bringing cheers to everyone.
‘Exchange Gifts,’ SRO Cinemaserye Christmas offering
Christmas is a season of gift-giving and also for the children.
Isports laang
Source: ABS-CBN News Online
Pacquiao: March 13 fight vs Mayweather not too early
MANILA, Philippines – Despite his gruelling fight against Puerto Rican Miguel Cotto last month, Manny Pacquiao guaranteed his readiness to face undefeated Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
Diego Sanchez: Time to pass the torch, BJ Penn
MANILA, Philippines -- Diego "Nightmare" Sanchez said it’s time for Ultimate Fighting Championship lightweight king BJ Penn to pass the torch when they meet head on in UFC 107.
Aces snap Beermen's run, maintain top spot
MANILA, Philippines -- Alaska survived San Miguel Beer in overtime, 122-116, and remained on top of the league standings in the KFC-PBA Philippine Cup Wednesday night at the Araneta Coliseum.
Tamaraws take Game 1 of PCCL finals
MANILA, Philippines – Another epic comeback by the Tamaraws. Another heroic effort from RR Garcia. This seems to be the script FEU is following in its magical ride in the 2009 Philippine Collegiate Champions League.
Arum cites Pacquiao's growth as a fighter
MANILA, Philippines – In terms of skills, punching power and unbelievable dexterity inside the squared circle, Manny Pacquiao is unparalleled, according to Top Rank promotions chief Bob Arum.
LeBron scores 43 but Cavs lose in NBA over-time
MEMPHIS, Tennessee – LeBron James scored 43 points and grabbed 13 rebounds but the Cleveland Cavaliers came up short, falling 111-109 in over-time to the Memphis Grizzlies in an NBA game.
Da who for today
Source: Wikipedia
Jorma Jaakko Ollila (born in Seinäjoki, Finland, on August 15, 1950) is the Chairman (1999– ) and former CEO of the Nokia Corporation (1992–2006) and a Member of the Board of Directors of Ford Motor Company (2000– ), UPM-Kymmene (1997– ), and Otava Books and Magazines Group Ltd. (1996–).
As of June 1, 2006 he became the Non-Executive Chairman of Royal Dutch Shell and continues as the Non-Executive Chairman of Nokia
After elementary school education in Kirkon koulu in Kurikka Finland, Ollila started high school studies in Vaasa, in Vaasan Lyseon Lukio. Ollila studied during high school with the help of a scholarship at the United World College of the Atlantic, where he earned his International Baccalaureate Diploma. He then went on to study for a Master of Political Science (University of Helsinki), a Master of Science (Econ.) (London School of Economics, LSE) and a Master of Science (Eng.) in Engineering Physics (Helsink University of Technology). In 2003, he was elected an Honorary Fellow of the London School of Economics (LSE), and was awarded Honorary Membership of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Ollila has also received Honorary Doctorates from both the University of Helsinki and Helsinki University of Technology.
Ollila is known to have been very active in student politics during his studies, and still today participates in Finnish political debate. As a conscript in the Finnish Defence Forces, he received reserve officer training and gained practical leadership experience. While attending the Finnish Reserve Officer School he was the Chairman of his Reserve Officer Course.
Prior to joining Nokia in 1985 Jorma Ollila worked eight years in corporate banking at Citibank's London and Helsinki offices, and when he joined Nokia his tasks involved international investment deals. A year later, in 1986, Ollila found himself as head of Finance during Nokia's renewal under then CEO Kari Kairamo. His career at Nokia continued as he was appointed as chief of the mobile phones section in 1990, and CEO two years later in 1992. When Ollila first came into power the company had suffered from internal disputes and had been run into a financial crisis over a number of years.
As CEO of Nokia he has been the leader of the strategy that restructured the former industrial conglomerate into one of the major companies in the mobile phone and telecommunications infrastructure markets.
In 1999 Ollila seriously considered taking part in the Finnish presidential election following a request from a member of the National Coalition Party, Sauli Niinistö who was at that time Finnish finance minister and who later became Speaker of the Finnish Parliament. This was in spite the fact that Ollila belongs to a different party, the Finnish Centre party, which he has been involved with since his activities in student politics at the University of Helsinki.
He acted as CEO and the Chairman of Nokia from 1999 to 2006 although he still serves as a part-time Chairman. He was succeeded as CEO by Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo.
Ollila is the Chairman of the Research Institute of the Finnish Economy (ETLA), the most reputed economic and social studies think tank in Finland. Since 2005, he is chairman of the European Round Table of Industrialists (ERT).
Gospel for the day
Source: The Daily Gospel Online
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew 11:11-15.
Amen, I say to you, among those born of women there has been none greater than John the Baptist; yet the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the violent are taking it by force. All the prophets and the law prophesied up to the time of John. And if you are willing to accept it, he is Elijah, the one who is to come. Whoever has ears ought to hear.
Word for the day
Source: Merriam Webster Online
ukase • \yoo-KAYSS\ • noun
1 : a proclamation by a Russian emperor or government having the force of law
2 a : a proclamation having the force of law
* b : order, command
Example Sentence:
"The professor's first instruction to the [playwriting] class was a ukase: Never begin a play with a telephone ringing." (Bruce McCabe, The Boston Globe, June 23, 2000)
Did you know?
English speakers adopted "ukase" more or less simultaneously from French ("ukase") and Russian ("ukaz") in the early 18th century. The word can be traced further back to the Russian verb "ukazat'," meaning "to show" or "to order," and its ultimate source is an ancient root that led to similar words in Latin, Sanskrit, and Old Church Slavic. A Russian ukase was a command from the highest levels of government that could not be disobeyed. But by the early 19th century, English speakers were also using "ukase" generally for any command that seemed to come from a higher authority, particularly one that was final or arbitrary.
Lesson for the day
Source: Art’s Library of life
Origin of famous brand names Part One
There are many companies / brands / products whose names were derived from strange circumstances.
Mercedes
This was actually the financier’s daughter’s name.
Adobe
This came from name of the river Adobe Creek that ran behind the house of founder John Warnock.
Apple
ComputersIt was the favorite fruit of founder Steve Jobs. He was three months late in filing a name for the business, and he threatened to call his company Apple Computers if the other colleagues didn’t suggest a better name by 5 O’clock.
CISCO
It is not an acronym as popularly believed. It is short for San Francisco.
Compaq
This name was formed by using COMp, for computer, and PAQ to denote a small integral object.
Corel
The name was derived from the founder’s name Dr.Michael Cowpland. It stands for COwpland REsearch Laboratory.
Google
The name started as a joke boasting about the amount of information the search-engine would be able to search. It was originally named ‘Googol’, a word for the number represented by 1 followed by 100 zeros.After founders- Stanford graduate students Sergey Brin and Larry Page presented their project to an angel investor, they received a cheque made out to ‘Google’
HotmailFounder Jack Smith got the idea of accessing e-mail via the web from a computer anywhere in the world. When Sabeer Bhatia came up with the business plan for the mail service, he tried all kinds of names ending in ‘mail’ and finally settled for hotmail as it included the letters “html” – the programming language used to write web pages. It was initially referred to as HoTMaiL with selective uppercasing.
Joke for the day
Source: Art’s Funbox
Dear Mom,
I know I haven’t written for three months, but I have been very busy and I’ve been having a very exciting time. Actually, I’m just back from the hospital, where I had spent a fortnight about two months ago. It was nothing, really – just a concussion on the back of my head, a broken leg and a ! hairline fracture, that I got while jumping out of the second floor of my hostel when it caught fire. In fact, I can now stand all by myself without crutches, and can almost see everything perfectly, except for a slight blur.
But don’t worry. The doctor says there is a good chance of me walking on my own again. Actually, it could have been worse, if not for that nice by-stander who saw me lying there in a dead faint and rushed me to hospital. He was very helpful, really, and came to see me everyday in the hospital. Now that I am out of hospital, I had nowhere to go, as the hostel is still under construction. So when he suggested that I move in with him in his hut, I thought it was very kind of him, and agreed. We are very much in love now, and I am sure that you and Dad will surely like him and accept him in the family. I am sure the minor matter that he is fourteen years older than me and that he is of a different caste and religion, will not matter at all to broad-minded parents like you…
He may be illiterate and poor, but he has a heart of gold – really, Mom, you should see how he cares for both of us – me and his wife, that is. She is quite sweet too, and so are her three children; so there is absolutely no problem. You must be wondering how you and Dad got informed so late. Don’t get angry, Mom. We just didn’t have the time. You see, we decided to get married only recently since we thought it would be unfair to let our baby into the world without a proper surname.
Yes, Mom, you are going to be a grandmother! Congratulations! I am sure you and Dad are delighted, and will come to visit us in his village in Mizoram after we shift there next week. OK Mom. All this did not really happen. There was no fire, no fracture, no bigamous by-stander and no illegitimate pregnancy. But I did flunk in my Mathematics exam, and I wanted you to view this problem in the right perspective.
Your Darling Daughter
Source: GMA News.tv
‘Martial law prevented Ampatuans from telling all about Arroyo’
The imposition of martial law in Maguindanao has enabled the administration to prevent members of the Ampatuan clan from revealing their role in the alleged electoral fraud in 2004 which gave...
Historic joint session on martial law starts with lawmakers trading barbs
The historic joint session of the House of Representatives and the Senate to deliberate on the imposition of martial rule in Maguindanao started with lawmakers trading barbs.
Arroyo's absence at joint session on martial law slammed
A representative from Maguindanao, where the recent massacre of 57 people took place, has branded as discourteous the absence of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo during Wednesday's joint...
Andal Jr. shot victims, made sure they were dead – witness
Andal Ampatuan Jr. allegedly insisted on doing some of the killing. According to a key witness, the suspected ringleader shot some massacre victims himself. And when a few still showed signs of...
A timeline-summary: the historic joint session of Congress on martial law
What are our lawmakers saying and how are they voting on the issue of martial law in Maguindanao? Here is a running report on what each of our lawmakers is saying as the historic joint session of...
RP, MILF aim to ink truce early next year
(Updated 5:16 p.m.) KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — A Malaysian official said the Philippine government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) aim to seal a peace pact by March or early April to...
Enrile turns down Nonoy’s interpellation request for being late
Come on time if you want to ask questions on the floor. This was the message Wednesday of Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile to his colleagues as he turned down the request of Senator Benigno...
Showbiz Chika for the day
Source: Manila Bulletin Online
Jinkee Pacquiao: ‘The storm has passed’
“Tapos na 'yong bagyo. There is sunshine after the rain.”
Lawyer denies Hayden attempted suicide
Lawyers of Hayden Kho Jr. denied that their client's recent hospitalization was due to attempted suicide by drug ingestion.
David Archuleta sings from the heart in Christmas album
Christmas songs are intrinsically beautiful for imparting the message of love and hope.
Will Sarah Lahbati be the next Ultimate StarStruck Survivor?
All eyes are on 16-year-old Sarah Lahbati in this year’s “StarStruck V,” GMA-7’s reality-TV-based “artista search.”
Original Penguin SM Megamall opens
Fashion-conscious individuals now have another shopping destination -- the newly opened Original Penguin store at the SM Megamall.
Backroom Artists celebrate the Holiday Season
Backroom artists celebrate the Holiday Season by bringing cheers to everyone.
‘Exchange Gifts,’ SRO Cinemaserye Christmas offering
Christmas is a season of gift-giving and also for the children.
Isports laang
Source: ABS-CBN News Online
Pacquiao: March 13 fight vs Mayweather not too early
MANILA, Philippines – Despite his gruelling fight against Puerto Rican Miguel Cotto last month, Manny Pacquiao guaranteed his readiness to face undefeated Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
Diego Sanchez: Time to pass the torch, BJ Penn
MANILA, Philippines -- Diego "Nightmare" Sanchez said it’s time for Ultimate Fighting Championship lightweight king BJ Penn to pass the torch when they meet head on in UFC 107.
Aces snap Beermen's run, maintain top spot
MANILA, Philippines -- Alaska survived San Miguel Beer in overtime, 122-116, and remained on top of the league standings in the KFC-PBA Philippine Cup Wednesday night at the Araneta Coliseum.
Tamaraws take Game 1 of PCCL finals
MANILA, Philippines – Another epic comeback by the Tamaraws. Another heroic effort from RR Garcia. This seems to be the script FEU is following in its magical ride in the 2009 Philippine Collegiate Champions League.
Arum cites Pacquiao's growth as a fighter
MANILA, Philippines – In terms of skills, punching power and unbelievable dexterity inside the squared circle, Manny Pacquiao is unparalleled, according to Top Rank promotions chief Bob Arum.
LeBron scores 43 but Cavs lose in NBA over-time
MEMPHIS, Tennessee – LeBron James scored 43 points and grabbed 13 rebounds but the Cleveland Cavaliers came up short, falling 111-109 in over-time to the Memphis Grizzlies in an NBA game.
Da who for today
Source: Wikipedia
Jorma Jaakko Ollila (born in Seinäjoki, Finland, on August 15, 1950) is the Chairman (1999– ) and former CEO of the Nokia Corporation (1992–2006) and a Member of the Board of Directors of Ford Motor Company (2000– ), UPM-Kymmene (1997– ), and Otava Books and Magazines Group Ltd. (1996–).
As of June 1, 2006 he became the Non-Executive Chairman of Royal Dutch Shell and continues as the Non-Executive Chairman of Nokia
After elementary school education in Kirkon koulu in Kurikka Finland, Ollila started high school studies in Vaasa, in Vaasan Lyseon Lukio. Ollila studied during high school with the help of a scholarship at the United World College of the Atlantic, where he earned his International Baccalaureate Diploma. He then went on to study for a Master of Political Science (University of Helsinki), a Master of Science (Econ.) (London School of Economics, LSE) and a Master of Science (Eng.) in Engineering Physics (Helsink University of Technology). In 2003, he was elected an Honorary Fellow of the London School of Economics (LSE), and was awarded Honorary Membership of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Ollila has also received Honorary Doctorates from both the University of Helsinki and Helsinki University of Technology.
Ollila is known to have been very active in student politics during his studies, and still today participates in Finnish political debate. As a conscript in the Finnish Defence Forces, he received reserve officer training and gained practical leadership experience. While attending the Finnish Reserve Officer School he was the Chairman of his Reserve Officer Course.
Prior to joining Nokia in 1985 Jorma Ollila worked eight years in corporate banking at Citibank's London and Helsinki offices, and when he joined Nokia his tasks involved international investment deals. A year later, in 1986, Ollila found himself as head of Finance during Nokia's renewal under then CEO Kari Kairamo. His career at Nokia continued as he was appointed as chief of the mobile phones section in 1990, and CEO two years later in 1992. When Ollila first came into power the company had suffered from internal disputes and had been run into a financial crisis over a number of years.
As CEO of Nokia he has been the leader of the strategy that restructured the former industrial conglomerate into one of the major companies in the mobile phone and telecommunications infrastructure markets.
In 1999 Ollila seriously considered taking part in the Finnish presidential election following a request from a member of the National Coalition Party, Sauli Niinistö who was at that time Finnish finance minister and who later became Speaker of the Finnish Parliament. This was in spite the fact that Ollila belongs to a different party, the Finnish Centre party, which he has been involved with since his activities in student politics at the University of Helsinki.
He acted as CEO and the Chairman of Nokia from 1999 to 2006 although he still serves as a part-time Chairman. He was succeeded as CEO by Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo.
Ollila is the Chairman of the Research Institute of the Finnish Economy (ETLA), the most reputed economic and social studies think tank in Finland. Since 2005, he is chairman of the European Round Table of Industrialists (ERT).
Gospel for the day
Source: The Daily Gospel Online
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew 11:11-15.
Amen, I say to you, among those born of women there has been none greater than John the Baptist; yet the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the violent are taking it by force. All the prophets and the law prophesied up to the time of John. And if you are willing to accept it, he is Elijah, the one who is to come. Whoever has ears ought to hear.
Word for the day
Source: Merriam Webster Online
ukase • \yoo-KAYSS\ • noun
1 : a proclamation by a Russian emperor or government having the force of law
2 a : a proclamation having the force of law
* b : order, command
Example Sentence:
"The professor's first instruction to the [playwriting] class was a ukase: Never begin a play with a telephone ringing." (Bruce McCabe, The Boston Globe, June 23, 2000)
Did you know?
English speakers adopted "ukase" more or less simultaneously from French ("ukase") and Russian ("ukaz") in the early 18th century. The word can be traced further back to the Russian verb "ukazat'," meaning "to show" or "to order," and its ultimate source is an ancient root that led to similar words in Latin, Sanskrit, and Old Church Slavic. A Russian ukase was a command from the highest levels of government that could not be disobeyed. But by the early 19th century, English speakers were also using "ukase" generally for any command that seemed to come from a higher authority, particularly one that was final or arbitrary.
Lesson for the day
Source: Art’s Library of life
Origin of famous brand names Part One
There are many companies / brands / products whose names were derived from strange circumstances.
Mercedes
This was actually the financier’s daughter’s name.
Adobe
This came from name of the river Adobe Creek that ran behind the house of founder John Warnock.
Apple
ComputersIt was the favorite fruit of founder Steve Jobs. He was three months late in filing a name for the business, and he threatened to call his company Apple Computers if the other colleagues didn’t suggest a better name by 5 O’clock.
CISCO
It is not an acronym as popularly believed. It is short for San Francisco.
Compaq
This name was formed by using COMp, for computer, and PAQ to denote a small integral object.
Corel
The name was derived from the founder’s name Dr.Michael Cowpland. It stands for COwpland REsearch Laboratory.
The name started as a joke boasting about the amount of information the search-engine would be able to search. It was originally named ‘Googol’, a word for the number represented by 1 followed by 100 zeros.After founders- Stanford graduate students Sergey Brin and Larry Page presented their project to an angel investor, they received a cheque made out to ‘Google’
HotmailFounder Jack Smith got the idea of accessing e-mail via the web from a computer anywhere in the world. When Sabeer Bhatia came up with the business plan for the mail service, he tried all kinds of names ending in ‘mail’ and finally settled for hotmail as it included the letters “html” – the programming language used to write web pages. It was initially referred to as HoTMaiL with selective uppercasing.
Joke for the day
Source: Art’s Funbox
Dear Mom,
I know I haven’t written for three months, but I have been very busy and I’ve been having a very exciting time. Actually, I’m just back from the hospital, where I had spent a fortnight about two months ago. It was nothing, really – just a concussion on the back of my head, a broken leg and a ! hairline fracture, that I got while jumping out of the second floor of my hostel when it caught fire. In fact, I can now stand all by myself without crutches, and can almost see everything perfectly, except for a slight blur.
But don’t worry. The doctor says there is a good chance of me walking on my own again. Actually, it could have been worse, if not for that nice by-stander who saw me lying there in a dead faint and rushed me to hospital. He was very helpful, really, and came to see me everyday in the hospital. Now that I am out of hospital, I had nowhere to go, as the hostel is still under construction. So when he suggested that I move in with him in his hut, I thought it was very kind of him, and agreed. We are very much in love now, and I am sure that you and Dad will surely like him and accept him in the family. I am sure the minor matter that he is fourteen years older than me and that he is of a different caste and religion, will not matter at all to broad-minded parents like you…
He may be illiterate and poor, but he has a heart of gold – really, Mom, you should see how he cares for both of us – me and his wife, that is. She is quite sweet too, and so are her three children; so there is absolutely no problem. You must be wondering how you and Dad got informed so late. Don’t get angry, Mom. We just didn’t have the time. You see, we decided to get married only recently since we thought it would be unfair to let our baby into the world without a proper surname.
Yes, Mom, you are going to be a grandmother! Congratulations! I am sure you and Dad are delighted, and will come to visit us in his village in Mizoram after we shift there next week. OK Mom. All this did not really happen. There was no fire, no fracture, no bigamous by-stander and no illegitimate pregnancy. But I did flunk in my Mathematics exam, and I wanted you to view this problem in the right perspective.
Your Darling Daughter
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