Top news for the day
Source: GMA News.tv
Arroyo leaves Copenhagen before climate change deal
COPENHAGEN – President Arroyo abruptly left the climate summit Friday morning without waiting for a binding deal to come out of it, despite telling fellow heads of state the day before that “we...
AFP inclined to declare holiday truce with Reds
The Armed Forces of the Philippines is inclined to declare a cease-fire with communist insurgents during the holiday season, AFP spokesman Lt. Col. Romeo Brawner said on Friday.
Palace impressed by lady judge's decision to handle Ampatuan case
Malacañang has expressed admiration for Quezon City Judge Jocelyn Solis-Reyes who had agreed to handle the murder case against Datu Unsay mayor Andal Ampatuan Jr. believed to be behind the...
Pacquiao formally joins Nacionalista Party
(Updated 3:47 p.m.) Filipino boxing champion Manny Pacquiao on early Friday took his oath as the newest member of Nacionalista Party of presidential hopeful Senator Manuel Villar Jr.
Witnesses in Maguindanao massacre arrive at DOJ
Witnesses to the November 23 Maguindanao massacre arrived at the Department of Justice (DOJ) building in Manila as authorities beefed up security for the first preliminary investigation into the...
Cops secure QC judge handling Maguindanao massacre case
Quezon City police on Friday have taken steps to secure Judge Jocelyn Solis-Reyes, who has been chosen to handle the multiple murder case against Datu Unsay Mayor Andal Ampatuan Jr. in connection...
Simbang Gabi is for worship, not courtship - bishop
Young Catholics attending the traditional Simbang Gabi (dawn mass) for reasons other than religion received a scolding from the Catholic Church.
NBI taps Interpol help for Jason Ivler's arrest
Admitting the suspect in the road rage killing of a Malacañang officials’ son last month may have fled abroad, the National Bureau of Investigation has made arrangements with the...
300 cops secure NBI, DOJ compounds - report
At least 300 police personnel were deployed early Friday morning to guard the National Bureau of Investigation and Department of Justice for the preliminary investigation hearing of a Maguindanao...
Showbiz Chika for the day
Source: Manila Bulletin Online
Heart, Cristine bury the hatchet
“In fact I’m willing to make friends with her because we’re in such a small business at para na rin makilala niya ako ng mabuti.”
New Q11 show aims to showcase children’s multiple intelligence
Like the colorful and sweet soft-che
wy candies Potchi, “Tropang Potchi” is about highlighting the “multiple-intelligence” of children.
Rep. Irwin passes ‘Anti-Voyeurism’ bill
One congressman who is a favorite among showbiz folks is Rep. Irwin Tieng.
‘Grandpa is Dead’ reawakens in Oscars
This year, it’s grandpa’s time to shine.
Meet Nicole Uysiuseng of ‘Mano Po 6’
When the major cast members of “Mano Po 6” entered the Forbidden City in Beijing, China, for their pictorial and shooting, it was Nicole Uysiuseng who caught the eyes of “male tourists” from Cambodia and even China.
Will the Best Festival Picture still be based on box-office receipts?
The Board of Jurors of this year’s MMFF discussed the criteria for the 17 awards categories.
Isports laang
Source: ABS-CBN News Online
Mikee steps down as cycling chief
MANILA, Philippines - Citing the expansion of his various business interests, young port tycoon Mikee Romero on Friday stepped down as president of the Integrated Cycling Federation of the Philippines (ICFP) or Philcycling.
SEAG: RP fighting fifth
VIENTIANE, Laos – Team Philippines breaks camp Saturday as it heads back to Manila carrying a bag of 38 gold medals and stories of heroism from the men and women of Philippine sports at the close of the 11-nation,10-day Southeast Asian Games.
SMB turns back Rain or Shine, keeps second spot
MANILA, Philippines -- San Miguel Beer bucked a slow start and needed a strong second period to turn back Rain or Shine, 104-90, Friday night in the KFC-PBA Philippine Basketball Association at the Araneta Coliseum.
Wesley So to compete in Netherlands next month
MANILA, Philippines – Following a magnificent performance in the recent World Chess Cup, young Filipino grandmaster Wesley So will again compete with some of the world renowned players in the 72nd Corus chess tournament this coming January.
Minoza's senior graduation on hold after missed deadline
MANILA – Top Filipino golfer Frankie Minoza has missed out on his first chance to graduate to the U.S. PGA's senior tour after failing to supply his birth certificate on time.
Wade allowed early exit as Heat cruise past Magic
MIAMI – All-Star guard Dwyane Wade hit 25 points and sat out the fourth quarter as the Miami Heat cruised past the Orlando Magic 104-86 on Thursday.
Da who for today
Source: Wikipedia
Friendster is a privately owned social networking website. Its headquarters are in Sydney, Australia. The service allows users to contact other members, maintain those contacts, and share online content and media with those contacts. The website is also used for dating and discovering new events, bands, and hobbies. Users may share videos, photos, messages and comments with other members via their profile and their network.
Friendster has over 115 million registered users and over 61 million unique visitors a month globally. The website receives approximately 19 billion page views per month, and is in the top 200 global websites based on web tra
ffic.
Over 90% of Friendster's traffic comes from Asia. In Asia, Friendster has more monthly unique visitors than any other social network. The top 10 countries accessing Friendster, according to Alexa, as of May 7, 2009 are the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, South Korea, the United States, Singapore, China, Japan, Saudi Arabia and India.
History
Friendster was founded by computer programmer Jonathan Abrams in 2002 in Mountain View, California before the creation, launch and adoption of MySpace, Facebook, LinkedIn and others.
Friendster was founded to create a safer, more effective environment for meeting new people by browsing user profiles and connecting to friends, friends of friends and so on, allowing members to expand their network of friends more rapidly than in real life, face-to-face scenarios.
Friendster.com went live in March 2003 and was quickly adopted by three million users within the first few months. Publications including Time, Esquire, Vanity Fair, Entertainment Weekly, US Weekly and Spin wrote about Friendster's success and the founder appeared on magazine covers and late-night talk shows.
Today, Friendster has a membership base of more than 115 million registered users and continues to grow, especially in Asia.
By mid-2005, Friendster had lost its grip in the United States because of the rise of MySpace and Facebook. However, it started becoming popular among teenagers in Singapore, Philippines, Indonesia, and Malaysia.
In August 2008, Friendster hired ex-Google executive Richard Kimber as the CEO. Kimber, who was previously the regional managing director of South Asia at Google, is focusing on Friendster's expansion in Asia.
On December 9, 2009, it was announced that Friendster has been acquired by MOL, a Malaysian company.
Items and services
In October 2009, Friendster announced a global partnership with MOL AccessPortal Berhad (MOL), a leading payments provider leveraging a network of over 500,000 physical and virtual payment channels worldwide, to power the Friendster Wallet and a payments platform enabling micro-spending for over 115 million users on Friendster. The Friendster Wallet will support a variety of payment methods including pre-paid cards, mobile payments, online payments and credit card payments.
In 2007 Friendster added Fan Profiles, the Friendster Developer Program (open platform) and starting launching Friendster.com in 9 additional languages. In 2008, Friendster continued to launch the site in new languages and also launched Friendster Mobile which includes SMS text alerts.
Fan Profiles: Fan Profiles encompass over 40 different types of "entities" – including artists, celebrities, models, musicians and organizations. Such entities can create a "Fan Profile" which helps them promote themselves and build a fan base on Friendster. Fan Profiles are also accessible to non-Friendster members via search engines like Google, Yahoo!, and MSN. Friendster users can become fans of their favorite entities and keep up to date on all their latest news. There are over 40 million total fan connections to Fan Profiles on Friendster.
Friendster Mobile and Friendster Text Alerts: Friendster mobile (m.friendster.com) is free for users from any web-enabled mobile device and is available globally. Friendster mobile is available in several languages in addition to English (Indonesian, Malay, Korean, Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese). Friendster users in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines can subscribe to and receive SMS text alerts on their mobile devices for network activity and friend related updates. This service is expected to roll out in more countries soon.
Languages: Languages include Filipino, Thai, Malay, Vietnamese, Indonesian, Chinese (both Traditional and Simplified), Japanese, Korean, and Spanish. Until September 2007, Friendster was only available in English. 10 new languages were added in as many months from 2007 up to January 2009, with Filipino being the newest language to be included. Users can also enter content on Friendster in any language.
Friendster launched all language support on a single domain - www.friendster.com. Friendster is the first global online social network to support Asian languages and others on a single domain – www.friendster.com – so that users from around the world can talk to each other.
Over 70% of the world's Internet users can now use Friendster.
Friendster Developer Program: Friendster has been an open site since August 2006 when it first began allowing widgets and content to be embedded in user profile pages. Roughly 39 percent of Friendster's users have widgets on their profile.
Friendster gives software developers access to APIs that utilize content and data within the Friendster network to build and deploy customizable applications on and off Friendster. Friendster's Developer Program is an open, non-proprietary platform with an open revenue model.
Friendster was the first to support both the OpenSocial and the Facebook Platform.
Friendster Relaunch: On 10 December 2009 Friendster relaunched its new website with new interface in conjunction with its new financial acquisition by Malaysian Company - MOL Global Pte. Ltd. ( Affiliation with Malaysia Berjaya Group )
Gospel for the day
Source: The Daily Gospel Online
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke 1:5-25.
In the days of Herod, King of Judea, there was a priest named Zechariah of the priestly division of Abijah; his wife was from the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth. Both were righteous in the eyes of God, observing all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blamelessly. But they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren and both were advanced in years. Once when he was serving as priest in his division's turn before God, according to the practice of the priestly service, he was chosen by lot to enter the sanctuary of the Lord to burn incense. Then, when the whole assembly of the people was praying outside at the hour of the incense offering, the angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing at the right of the altar of incense. Zechariah was troubled by what he saw, and fear came upon him. But the angel said to him, "Do not be afraid, Zechariah, because your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you shall name him John. And you will have joy and gladness, and many will rejoice at his birth, for he will be great in the sight of (the) Lord. He will drink neither wine nor strong drink. He will be filled with the holy Spirit even from his mother's womb, and he will turn many of the children of Israel to the Lord their God. He will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah to turn the hearts of fathers toward children and the disobedient to the understanding of the righteous, to prepare a people fit for the Lord." Then Zechariah said to the angel, "How shall I know this? For I am an old man, and my wife is advanced in years." And the angel said to him in reply, "I am Gabriel, who stand before God. I was sent to speak to you and to announce to you this good news. But now you will be speechless and unable to talk until the day these things take place, because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled at their proper time." Meanwhile the people were waiting for Zechariah and were amazed that he stayed so long in the sanctuary. But when he came out, he was unable to speak to them, and they realized that he had seen a vision in the sanctuary. He was gesturing to them but remained mute. Then, when his days of ministry were completed, he went home. After this time his wife Elizabeth conceived, and she went into seclusion for five months, saying, So has the Lord done for me at a time when he has seen fit to take away my disgrace before others.
Word for the day
Source: Merriam Webster Online
finesse • \fuh-NESS\ • verb
1 : to make a finesse in playing cards : to play (a card) in a finesse
2 *a : to bring about, direct, or manage by adroit maneuvering
b : evade, skirt
Example Sentence:
"A surer hand behind the camera might've finessed the jokes more effectively, or established a consistent and satisfying tone." (Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, November 6, 2009)
Did you know?
"Finesse" was a noun for more than 200 years before it became a verb. In the early 16th century the noun "finesse" was used to refer to refinement or delicacy of workmanship, structure, or texture. Soon thereafter it developed the "skillful handling of a situation" meaning most common today. The first use of the verb "finesse," however, was not as a corollary of one of these meanings. Instead, its meaning had to do with cards: if you finesse in a game like bridge or whist, you withhold your highest card or trump in the hope that a lower card will take the trick because the only opposing higher card is in the hand of an opponent who has already played. The other verb meanings of "finesse" developed within a few decades of this one.
Lesson for the day
Source: Art’s Library of life
7 letters….
Eighty percent of Kindergartners solved this riddle,but only 5% of Stanford graduates figured it out!
Can you answer the following question?
1. The word has seven letters…
2. Preceded God…
3. Greater than God…
4. More Evil than the devil…
5. All poor people have it…
6. Wealthy people need it…
7. If you eat it, you will die!
Did you figure it out?
Try hard before looking at the answers
Did you get it yet?
..Give up?
Brace yourself for the answer….
The Answer is: NOTHING!
NOTHING has 7 letters
NOTHING preceded God
NOTHING is greater than God
NOTHING is more Evil than the devil
All poor people have NOTHING
Wealthy people need NOTHING
If you eat NOTHING, you will die
Joke for the day
Source: Art’s Funbox
Promdi
Promdi1: Pre me joke ako!
Promdi2: Sige ano yun?
Promdi1: Ilan ang liter ng coke?
Promdi2: Eh di isa lng!
Promdi1: Mali! Apat kaya!
Promdi2: Huh!? paano? bakit?
Promdi1: Di ba, liter C liter O liter K liter E edi apat...hehehe.
Eto pa, anong mas malaki sa city??
Promdi2: huh!? sige ano?
Promdi1: eh di UTSU! hehehe...
Eto last, anung tagalog ng street?
Promdi2: ano????
Promdi1: eh di diritsu!! nyahahah!!!
Source: GMA News.tv
Arroyo leaves Copenhagen before climate change deal
COPENHAGEN – President Arroyo abruptly left the climate summit Friday morning without waiting for a binding deal to come out of it, despite telling fellow heads of state the day before that “we...
AFP inclined to declare holiday truce with Reds
The Armed Forces of the Philippines is inclined to declare a cease-fire with communist insurgents during the holiday season, AFP spokesman Lt. Col. Romeo Brawner said on Friday.
Palace impressed by lady judge's decision to handle Ampatuan case
Malacañang has expressed admiration for Quezon City Judge Jocelyn Solis-Reyes who had agreed to handle the murder case against Datu Unsay mayor Andal Ampatuan Jr. believed to be behind the...
Pacquiao formally joins Nacionalista Party
(Updated 3:47 p.m.) Filipino boxing champion Manny Pacquiao on early Friday took his oath as the newest member of Nacionalista Party of presidential hopeful Senator Manuel Villar Jr.
Witnesses in Maguindanao massacre arrive at DOJ
Witnesses to the November 23 Maguindanao massacre arrived at the Department of Justice (DOJ) building in Manila as authorities beefed up security for the first preliminary investigation into the...
Cops secure QC judge handling Maguindanao massacre case
Quezon City police on Friday have taken steps to secure Judge Jocelyn Solis-Reyes, who has been chosen to handle the multiple murder case against Datu Unsay Mayor Andal Ampatuan Jr. in connection...
Simbang Gabi is for worship, not courtship - bishop
Young Catholics attending the traditional Simbang Gabi (dawn mass) for reasons other than religion received a scolding from the Catholic Church.
NBI taps Interpol help for Jason Ivler's arrest
Admitting the suspect in the road rage killing of a Malacañang officials’ son last month may have fled abroad, the National Bureau of Investigation has made arrangements with the...
300 cops secure NBI, DOJ compounds - report
At least 300 police personnel were deployed early Friday morning to guard the National Bureau of Investigation and Department of Justice for the preliminary investigation hearing of a Maguindanao...
Showbiz Chika for the day
Source: Manila Bulletin Online
Heart, Cristine bury the hatchet
“In fact I’m willing to make friends with her because we’re in such a small business at para na rin makilala niya ako ng mabuti.”
New Q11 show aims to showcase children’s multiple intelligence
Like the colorful and sweet soft-che
wy candies Potchi, “Tropang Potchi” is about highlighting the “multiple-intelligence” of children.Rep. Irwin passes ‘Anti-Voyeurism’ bill
One congressman who is a favorite among showbiz folks is Rep. Irwin Tieng.
‘Grandpa is Dead’ reawakens in Oscars
This year, it’s grandpa’s time to shine.
Meet Nicole Uysiuseng of ‘Mano Po 6’
When the major cast members of “Mano Po 6” entered the Forbidden City in Beijing, China, for their pictorial and shooting, it was Nicole Uysiuseng who caught the eyes of “male tourists” from Cambodia and even China.
Will the Best Festival Picture still be based on box-office receipts?
The Board of Jurors of this year’s MMFF discussed the criteria for the 17 awards categories.
Isports laang
Source: ABS-CBN News Online
Mikee steps down as cycling chief
MANILA, Philippines - Citing the expansion of his various business interests, young port tycoon Mikee Romero on Friday stepped down as president of the Integrated Cycling Federation of the Philippines (ICFP) or Philcycling.
SEAG: RP fighting fifth
VIENTIANE, Laos – Team Philippines breaks camp Saturday as it heads back to Manila carrying a bag of 38 gold medals and stories of heroism from the men and women of Philippine sports at the close of the 11-nation,10-day Southeast Asian Games.
SMB turns back Rain or Shine, keeps second spot
MANILA, Philippines -- San Miguel Beer bucked a slow start and needed a strong second period to turn back Rain or Shine, 104-90, Friday night in the KFC-PBA Philippine Basketball Association at the Araneta Coliseum.
Wesley So to compete in Netherlands next month
MANILA, Philippines – Following a magnificent performance in the recent World Chess Cup, young Filipino grandmaster Wesley So will again compete with some of the world renowned players in the 72nd Corus chess tournament this coming January.
Minoza's senior graduation on hold after missed deadline
MANILA – Top Filipino golfer Frankie Minoza has missed out on his first chance to graduate to the U.S. PGA's senior tour after failing to supply his birth certificate on time.
Wade allowed early exit as Heat cruise past Magic
MIAMI – All-Star guard Dwyane Wade hit 25 points and sat out the fourth quarter as the Miami Heat cruised past the Orlando Magic 104-86 on Thursday.
Da who for today
Source: Wikipedia
Friendster is a privately owned social networking website. Its headquarters are in Sydney, Australia. The service allows users to contact other members, maintain those contacts, and share online content and media with those contacts. The website is also used for dating and discovering new events, bands, and hobbies. Users may share videos, photos, messages and comments with other members via their profile and their network.
Friendster has over 115 million registered users and over 61 million unique visitors a month globally. The website receives approximately 19 billion page views per month, and is in the top 200 global websites based on web tra
ffic.Over 90% of Friendster's traffic comes from Asia. In Asia, Friendster has more monthly unique visitors than any other social network. The top 10 countries accessing Friendster, according to Alexa, as of May 7, 2009 are the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, South Korea, the United States, Singapore, China, Japan, Saudi Arabia and India.
History
Friendster was founded by computer programmer Jonathan Abrams in 2002 in Mountain View, California before the creation, launch and adoption of MySpace, Facebook, LinkedIn and others.
Friendster was founded to create a safer, more effective environment for meeting new people by browsing user profiles and connecting to friends, friends of friends and so on, allowing members to expand their network of friends more rapidly than in real life, face-to-face scenarios.
Friendster.com went live in March 2003 and was quickly adopted by three million users within the first few months. Publications including Time, Esquire, Vanity Fair, Entertainment Weekly, US Weekly and Spin wrote about Friendster's success and the founder appeared on magazine covers and late-night talk shows.
Today, Friendster has a membership base of more than 115 million registered users and continues to grow, especially in Asia.
By mid-2005, Friendster had lost its grip in the United States because of the rise of MySpace and Facebook. However, it started becoming popular among teenagers in Singapore, Philippines, Indonesia, and Malaysia.
In August 2008, Friendster hired ex-Google executive Richard Kimber as the CEO. Kimber, who was previously the regional managing director of South Asia at Google, is focusing on Friendster's expansion in Asia.
On December 9, 2009, it was announced that Friendster has been acquired by MOL, a Malaysian company.
Items and services
In October 2009, Friendster announced a global partnership with MOL AccessPortal Berhad (MOL), a leading payments provider leveraging a network of over 500,000 physical and virtual payment channels worldwide, to power the Friendster Wallet and a payments platform enabling micro-spending for over 115 million users on Friendster. The Friendster Wallet will support a variety of payment methods including pre-paid cards, mobile payments, online payments and credit card payments.
In 2007 Friendster added Fan Profiles, the Friendster Developer Program (open platform) and starting launching Friendster.com in 9 additional languages. In 2008, Friendster continued to launch the site in new languages and also launched Friendster Mobile which includes SMS text alerts.
Fan Profiles: Fan Profiles encompass over 40 different types of "entities" – including artists, celebrities, models, musicians and organizations. Such entities can create a "Fan Profile" which helps them promote themselves and build a fan base on Friendster. Fan Profiles are also accessible to non-Friendster members via search engines like Google, Yahoo!, and MSN. Friendster users can become fans of their favorite entities and keep up to date on all their latest news. There are over 40 million total fan connections to Fan Profiles on Friendster.
Friendster Mobile and Friendster Text Alerts: Friendster mobile (m.friendster.com) is free for users from any web-enabled mobile device and is available globally. Friendster mobile is available in several languages in addition to English (Indonesian, Malay, Korean, Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese). Friendster users in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines can subscribe to and receive SMS text alerts on their mobile devices for network activity and friend related updates. This service is expected to roll out in more countries soon.
Languages: Languages include Filipino, Thai, Malay, Vietnamese, Indonesian, Chinese (both Traditional and Simplified), Japanese, Korean, and Spanish. Until September 2007, Friendster was only available in English. 10 new languages were added in as many months from 2007 up to January 2009, with Filipino being the newest language to be included. Users can also enter content on Friendster in any language.
Friendster launched all language support on a single domain - www.friendster.com. Friendster is the first global online social network to support Asian languages and others on a single domain – www.friendster.com – so that users from around the world can talk to each other.
Over 70% of the world's Internet users can now use Friendster.
Friendster Developer Program: Friendster has been an open site since August 2006 when it first began allowing widgets and content to be embedded in user profile pages. Roughly 39 percent of Friendster's users have widgets on their profile.
Friendster gives software developers access to APIs that utilize content and data within the Friendster network to build and deploy customizable applications on and off Friendster. Friendster's Developer Program is an open, non-proprietary platform with an open revenue model.
Friendster was the first to support both the OpenSocial and the Facebook Platform.
Friendster Relaunch: On 10 December 2009 Friendster relaunched its new website with new interface in conjunction with its new financial acquisition by Malaysian Company - MOL Global Pte. Ltd. ( Affiliation with Malaysia Berjaya Group )
Gospel for the day
Source: The Daily Gospel Online
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke 1:5-25.
In the days of Herod, King of Judea, there was a priest named Zechariah of the priestly division of Abijah; his wife was from the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth. Both were righteous in the eyes of God, observing all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blamelessly. But they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren and both were advanced in years. Once when he was serving as priest in his division's turn before God, according to the practice of the priestly service, he was chosen by lot to enter the sanctuary of the Lord to burn incense. Then, when the whole assembly of the people was praying outside at the hour of the incense offering, the angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing at the right of the altar of incense. Zechariah was troubled by what he saw, and fear came upon him. But the angel said to him, "Do not be afraid, Zechariah, because your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you shall name him John. And you will have joy and gladness, and many will rejoice at his birth, for he will be great in the sight of (the) Lord. He will drink neither wine nor strong drink. He will be filled with the holy Spirit even from his mother's womb, and he will turn many of the children of Israel to the Lord their God. He will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah to turn the hearts of fathers toward children and the disobedient to the understanding of the righteous, to prepare a people fit for the Lord." Then Zechariah said to the angel, "How shall I know this? For I am an old man, and my wife is advanced in years." And the angel said to him in reply, "I am Gabriel, who stand before God. I was sent to speak to you and to announce to you this good news. But now you will be speechless and unable to talk until the day these things take place, because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled at their proper time." Meanwhile the people were waiting for Zechariah and were amazed that he stayed so long in the sanctuary. But when he came out, he was unable to speak to them, and they realized that he had seen a vision in the sanctuary. He was gesturing to them but remained mute. Then, when his days of ministry were completed, he went home. After this time his wife Elizabeth conceived, and she went into seclusion for five months, saying, So has the Lord done for me at a time when he has seen fit to take away my disgrace before others.
Word for the day
Source: Merriam Webster Online
finesse • \fuh-NESS\ • verb
1 : to make a finesse in playing cards : to play (a card) in a finesse
2 *a : to bring about, direct, or manage by adroit maneuvering
b : evade, skirt
Example Sentence:
"A surer hand behind the camera might've finessed the jokes more effectively, or established a consistent and satisfying tone." (Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, November 6, 2009)
Did you know?
"Finesse" was a noun for more than 200 years before it became a verb. In the early 16th century the noun "finesse" was used to refer to refinement or delicacy of workmanship, structure, or texture. Soon thereafter it developed the "skillful handling of a situation" meaning most common today. The first use of the verb "finesse," however, was not as a corollary of one of these meanings. Instead, its meaning had to do with cards: if you finesse in a game like bridge or whist, you withhold your highest card or trump in the hope that a lower card will take the trick because the only opposing higher card is in the hand of an opponent who has already played. The other verb meanings of "finesse" developed within a few decades of this one.
Lesson for the day
Source: Art’s Library of life
7 letters….
Eighty percent of Kindergartners solved this riddle,but only 5% of Stanford graduates figured it out!
Can you answer the following question?
1. The word has seven letters…
2. Preceded God…
3. Greater than God…
4. More Evil than the devil…
5. All poor people have it…
6. Wealthy people need it…
7. If you eat it, you will die!
Did you figure it out?
Try hard before looking at the answers
Did you get it yet?
..Give up?
Brace yourself for the answer….
The Answer is: NOTHING!
NOTHING has 7 letters
NOTHING preceded God
NOTHING is greater than God
NOTHING is more Evil than the devil
All poor people have NOTHING
Wealthy people need NOTHING
If you eat NOTHING, you will die
Joke for the day
Source: Art’s Funbox
Promdi
Promdi1: Pre me joke ako!
Promdi2: Sige ano yun?
Promdi1: Ilan ang liter ng coke?
Promdi2: Eh di isa lng!
Promdi1: Mali! Apat kaya!
Promdi2: Huh!? paano? bakit?
Promdi1: Di ba, liter C liter O liter K liter E edi apat...hehehe.
Eto pa, anong mas malaki sa city??
Promdi2: huh!? sige ano?
Promdi1: eh di UTSU! hehehe...
Eto last, anung tagalog ng street?
Promdi2: ano????
Promdi1: eh di diritsu!! nyahahah!!!
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