An exciting race with more than 2,600 athletes joining is taking place with a guaranteed purse of $50,000 and a qualifying spots to the upcoming 2010 Ironman World Championship Race with will be held in Hawaii this year. There will be 72 qualifying spots from this event.
This Ironman Lake Placid racing event will feature the combination of former winners and other Ironman champs. Surely, many of those who have become superstar athletes from the Ironman event will come together once again on an action-packed sporting race this early part of the second half of the year.
Ironman Lake Placid 2010 is already on its 12th year.
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While Plants vs Zombies game by Pop Cap first started on PC and has since then been loved by many, the game is also keeping up with the pace of a world slowly being dominated by iPhones and iPads.
While you can also download Plants vs Zombies for your PC for free, it has its own free download for iPhones too!
But before one can have a free Plants vs Zombies free download on his iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch, there are some OS requirements first like that it should be working fine with your iPhone and that your lovely toy should have OS 2.2.1 or better.
Free iPhone Plants vs Zombies Full Version Download here: http://adf.ly/3BuE
Note: Download at your own risk.
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TV Patrol, one of the longest running news programs on Philippine television has reformatted its program to keep pace with the ever-growing online interaction and social media blitz.
Anchored by Ted Failon, Karen Davila and Julius Babao, TV Patrol offers a live stream online platform, a more improved simulcast and added discussion board where people can post their comments and suggestions. It also has a chat service wherein it says people can chat with TV Patrol News Anchor.
People behind the news program also saw the importance of social media that it added social networking sites on its array of platforms where people can add it up and interact.
With all these new online features of the premier news program in the Philippines, ABS-CBN hopes to give more up-to-date information to its loyal viewers.
Kaye Cowher, wife of Bill Cowher, the former coach of Pittsburg Steelers died at 54 after succumbing to skin cancer.
The Cowher family requested for privacy during their moments of grieving. It will be remembered that it was Kaye who played a great part on Bill’s decision to eventually retire from coaching in 2007 to be with their family and look after the welfare of their children who were growing up.
Kaye was born Kaye Young in Bunn, N.C. and married Bill in 1981.
The Cowher children are also athletes.
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Casey Affleck is facing a sexual harassment case filed against him by Amanda White at the Los Angeles Superior Court. White sued Affleck for $2 million with allegations that she experienced unwelcomed sexual advances in the workplace from the producer of the documentary film on Joaquin Phoenix. Further, she alleges that she wasn’t paid for her work.
Part of the lawsuit reads:
"Affleck repeatedly referred to women as 'cows'; he discussed his sexual exploits and those of other celebrities that he allegedly witnessed; and asked [White], after learning her age, 'Isn't it about time you get pregnant?'"
But Casey Affleck through his lawyer denied all these allegations saying that this case is without any weight and merit.
A statement of Casey regarding the lawsuit reads:
"Ms. White was terminated from the production over a year ago. She and her lawyers believe that this maliciously and erroneously filed complaint will cause the producers to succumb to her outrageous and baseless demands. She is mistaken."
For sure, this will be a complicated case as Affleck intends to file a case against White in return.
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UPDATE: On July 23, President Noynoy Aquino is going to deliver his third State of the Nation Address or SONA 2012.
Expected on his SONA is his report on his accomplishment and plans for the government in the joint session of Congress and of course will be watched by millions of Filipinos.
But also expected are the protests and rally that militants will stage during the SONA. Members of different militant groups said that they will try their best to stage their rally near the Batasang Pambansan Complex. According to policemen however, the SONA will be made peaceful and successful with more than 6,000 policemen to ensure peace and order.
According to Malacanang, the 2012 SONA speech of President Aquino is already in its 4th draft and is about 30 pages long.
SONA 2012 Live Streaming
The SONA 2012 is going to be aired live by local networks and expected is the airing of it via live streaming. So keep updated and check it out here and I will post the live streaming channel of SONA 2012 most probably coming from the government station PTV4.
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On August 26, President Noynoy Aquino III will deliver his State of the Nation Address or SONA 2010 in the joint session of Congress.
Spokesperson of the Pres. Aquino said that the bachelor president is already into writing the draft of his SONA speech and people are to expect the chief executive of the country to deliver the condition of the nation left by Gloria Arroyo.
Students will also surely be required to make reaction papers on the SONA 2010 by Pres. Aquino.
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UPDATED: President Aquino's SONA 2012is going to happen on July 23 and this will be his third time reporting to the nation.
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President Noynoy Aquino III will face the nation and joint session of congress on his first State of the Nation Address or SONA 2010 on July 26, 2010 at the Batasang Pambansa.
Expect from his SONA speech that Pres. Aquino will report the present condition of the country left by Gloria Arroyo and his proposed course of action and legislative agenda in order to fulfill his promise of change in the country.
Aquino’s spokesperson already expressed that the State of the Nation Address speech will not be full of gimmickry but straight to point but exciting.
Pres. Aquino’s speech will bare his plan of action against corruption, on improving our standard of education, on the modernization of the AFP and on the budget deficit.
Pres. Noynoy Aquino State of the Nation Address SONA 2010 Speech Full Text of Transcript will be posted here as soon as available. So subscribe via email to get it right at your email’s inbox.
AQUINO SONA 2010 Speech:
Speaker Feliciano Belmonte; Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile; Vice President Jejomar Binay; Chief Justice Renato Corona; Former Presidents Fidel Valdez Ramos and Joseph Ejercito Estrada; members of the House of Representatives and the Senate; distinguished members of the diplomatic corps; my fellow workers in government;
Mga minamahal kong kababayan:
Sa bawat sandali po ng pamamahala ay nahaharap tayo sa isang sangandaan.
Sa isang banda po ay ang pagpili para sa ikabubuti ng taumbayan. Ang pagtanaw sa interes ng nakakarami; ang pagkapit sa prinsipyo; at ang pagiging tapat sa sinumpaan nating tungkulin bilang lingkod-bayan. Ito po ang tuwid na daan.
Sa kabilang banda ay ang pag-una sa pansariling interes. Ang pagpapaalipin sa pulitikal na konsiderasyon, at pagsasakripisyo ng kapakanan ng taumbayan. Ito po ang baluktot na daan.
GOV'T HAS LONG STRAYED TO THE CROOKED PATH
Matagal pong naligaw ang pamahalaan sa daang baluktot. Araw-araw po, lalong lumilinaw sa akin ang lawak ng problemang ating namana. Damang-dama ko ang bigat ng aking responsibilidad.
Sa unang tatlong linggo ng aming panunungkulan, marami po kaming natuklasan. Nais ko pong ipahayag sa inyo ang iilan lamang sa mga namana nating suliranin at ang ginagawa naming hakbang para lutasin ang mga ito.
RP'S PROBLEMS WIDE-RANGING; TRUE STATE OF THE NATION KEPT SECRET FROM THE PUBLIC
Sulyap lamang po ito; hindi pa ito ang lahat ng problemang haharapin natin. Inilihim at sadyang iniligaw ang sambayanan sa totoong kalagayan ng ating bansa.
PROBLEMA SA BUDGET
Sa unang anim na buwan ng taon, mas malaki ang ginastos ng gobyerno kaysa sa pumasok na kita. Lalong lumaki ang deficit natin, na umakyat na sa 196.7 billion pesos. Sa target na kuleksyon, kinapos tayo ng 23.8 billion pesos; ang tinataya namang gastos, nalagpasan natin ng 45.1 billion pesos.
Ang budget po sa 2010 ay 1.54 trillion pesos.
Nasa isandaang bilyong piso o anim at kalahating porsyento na lang ng kabuuan ang malaya nating magagamit para sa nalalabing anim na buwan ng taong ito.
Halos isang porsyento na lang po ng kabuuang budget ang natitira para sa bawat buwan.
Saan naman po dinala ang pera?
CALAMITY FUND
Naglaan ng dalawang bilyong piso na Calamity Fund bilang paghahanda para sa mga kalamidad na hindi pa nangyayari. Napakaliit na nga po ng pondong ito, ngunit kapapasok pa lang natin sa panahon ng baha at bagyo, 1.4 billion pesos o sitenta porsyento na ang nagastos.
Sa kabuuan ng 108 million pesos para sa lalawigan ng Pampanga, 105 million pesos nito ay napunta sa iisang distrito lamang.
ONE DISTRICT IN PAMPANGA GOT P105M; PANGASINAN ONLY GOT P5M FOR 2008 CALAMITY
Samantala, ang lalawigan ng Pangasinan na sinalanta ng Pepeng ay nakatanggap ng limang milyong piso lamang para sa pinsalang idinulot ng bagyong Cosme, na nangyari noong 2008 pa.
FUNDS FOR PAMPANGA GIVEN ON ELECTION MONTH, 7 MOS. AFTER "ONDOY", "PEPENG"
Ibinigay po ang pondo ng Pampanga sa buwan ng eleksyon, pitong buwan pagkatapos ng Ondoy at Pepeng. Paano kung bumagyo bukas? Inubos na ang pondo nito para sa bagyong nangyari noong isang taon pa. Pagbabayaran ng kinabukasan ang kasakiman ng nakaraan.
MWSS
Ganyan din po ang nangyari sa pondo ng MWSS. Kamakailan lamang, pumipila ang mga tao para lang makakuha ng tubig. Sa kabila nito, minabuti pa ng liderato ng MWSS na magbigay ng gantimpala sa sarili kahit hindi pa nababayaran ang pensyon ng mga retiradong empleyado.
Noong 2009, ang buong payroll ng MWSS ay 51.4 million pesos. Pero hindi lang naman po ito ang sahod nila; may mga additional allowances at benefits pa sila na aabot sa 160.1 million pesos. Sa madaling sabi, nakatanggap sila ng 211.5 million pesos noong nakaraang taon. Beinte-kuwatro porsyento lang nito ang normal na sahod, at sitenta'y sais porsyento ang dagdag.
Ang karaniwang manggagawa hanggang 13th month pay plus cash gift lang ang nakukuha. Sa MWSS, aabot sa katumbas ng mahigit sa tatlumpung buwan ang sahod kasama na ang lahat ng mga bonuses at allowances na nakuha nila.
Mas matindi po ang natuklasan natin sa pasahod ng kanilang Board of Trustees. Tingnan po natin ang mga allowances na tinatanggap nila:
Umupo ka lang sa Board of Trustees at Board Committee meeting, katorse mil na. Aabot ng nobenta'y otso mil ito kada buwan. May grocery incentive pa sila na otsenta mil kada taon.
Hindi lang iyon: may mid-year bonus, productivity bonus, anniversary bonus, year-end bonus, at Financial Assistance. May Christmas bonus na, may Additional Christmas Package pa. Kada isa sa mga ito, nobenta'y otso mil.
Sa suma total po, aabot ang lahat ng dalawa't kalahating milyong piso kada taon sa bawat miyembro ng Board maliban sa pakotse, technical assistance, at pautang. Uulitin ko po. Lahat ng ito ay ibinibigay nila sa kanilang mga sarili habang hindi pa nababayaran ang mga pensyon ng kanilang mga retirees.
Pati po ang La Mesa Watershed ay hindi nila pinatawad. Para magkaroon ng tamang supply ng tubig, kailangang alagaan ang mga watershed. Sa watershed, puno ang kailangan. Pati po iyon na dapat puno ang nakatayo, tinayuan nila ng bahay para sa matataas na opisyal ng MWSS.
Hindi naman sila agad maaalis sa puwesto dahil kabilang sila sa mga Midnight Appointees ni dating Pangulong Arroyo. Iniimbestigahan na natin ang lahat nang ito. Kung mayroon pa silang kahit kaunting hiya na natitira - sana kusa na lang silang magbitiw sa puwesto.
ROAD USERS' FUND
Pag-usapan naman po natin ang pondo para sa imprastruktura. Tumukoy ang DPWH ng dalawandaan apatnapu't anim na priority safety projects na popondohan ng Motor Vehicle Users Charge. Mangangailangan po ito ng budget na 425 million pesos.
Ang pinondohan po, dalawampu't walong proyekto lang. Kinalimutan po ang dalawandaan at labing walong proyekto at pinalitan ng pitumpung proyekto na wala naman sa plano. Ang hininging 425 million pesos, naging 480 million pesos pa, lumaki lalo dahil sa mga proyektong sa piling-piling mga benepisyaryo lang napunta.
Mga proyekto po itong walang saysay, hindi pinag-aralan at hindi pinaghandaan, kaya parang kabuteng sumusulpot.
Tapos na po ang panahon para dito. Sa administrasyon po natin, walang kota-kota, walang tongpats, ang pera ng taumbayan ay gagastusin para sa taumbayan lamang.
NEGOTIATED CONTRACTS
Meron pa po tayong natuklasan. Limang araw bago matapos ang termino ng nakaraang administrasyon, nagpautos silang maglabas ng 3.5 billion pesos para sa rehabilitasyon ng mga nasalanta nina Ondoy at Pepeng.
Walumpu't anim na proyekto ang paglalaanan dapat nito na hindi na sana idadaan sa public bidding. Labingsiyam sa mga ito na nagkakahalaga ng 981 million pesos ang muntik nang makalusot. Hindi pa nailalabas ang Special Allotment Release Order ay pirmado na ang mga kontrata.
Buti na lang po ay natuklasan at pinigilan ito ni Secretary Rogelio Singson ng DPWH. Ngayon po ay dadaan na ang kabuuan ng 3.5 billion pesos sa tapat na bidding, at magagamit na ang pondo na ito sa pagbibigay ng lingap sa mga nawalan ng tahanan dahil kina Ondoy at Pepeng.
NAPOCOR
Pag-usapan naman natin ang nangyari sa NAPOCOR. Noong 2001 hanggang 2004, pinilit ng gobyerno ang NAPOCOR na magbenta ng kuryente nang palugi para hindi tumaas ang presyo. Tila ang dahilan: pinaghahandaan na nila ang eleksyon.
Dahil dito, noong 2004, sumagad ang pagkakabaon sa utang ng NAPOCOR. Napilitan ang pambansang gobyerno na sagutin ang dalawandaang bilyong pisong utang nito.
Ang inakala ng taumbayan na natipid nila sa kuryente ay binabayaran din natin mula sa kaban ng bayan. May gastos na tayo sa kuryente, binabayaran pa natin ang dagdag na pagkakautang ng gobyerno.
Kung naging matino ang pag-utang, sana'y nadagdagan ang ating kasiguruhan sa supply ng kuryente. Pero ang desisyon ay ibinatay sa maling pulitika, at hindi sa pangangailangan ng taumbayan. Ang taumbayan, matapos pinagsakripisyo ay lalo pang pinahirapan.
MRT
Ganito rin po ang nangyari sa MRT. Sinubukan na namang bilhin ang ating pagmamahal. Pinilit ang operator na panatilihing mababa ang pamasahe.
Hindi tuloy nagampanan ang garantiyang ibinigay sa operator na mababawi nila ang kanilang puhunan. Dahil dito, inutusan ang Landbank at Development Bank of the Philippines na bilhin ang MRT.
Ang pera ng taumbayan, ipinagpalit sa isang naluluging operasyon.
NFA
Dumako naman po tayo sa pondo ng NFA.
Noong 2004: 117,000 metric tons ang pagkukulang ng supply ng Pilipinas. Ang binili nila, 900,000 metric tons. Kahit ulitin mo pa ng mahigit pitong beses ang pagkukulang, sobra pa rin ang binili nila.
Noong 2007: 589,000 metric tons ang pagkukulang ng supply sa Pilipinas. Ang binili nila, 1.827 million metric tons. Kahit ulitin mo pa ng mahigit tatlong beses ang pagkukulang, sobra na naman ang binili nila.
Ang masakit nito, dahil sobra-sobra ang binibili nila taun-taon, nabubulok lang pala sa mga kamalig ang bigas, kagaya ng nangyari noong 2008.
Hindi po ba krimen ito, na hinahayaan nilang mabulok ang bigas, sa kabila ng apat na milyong Pilipinong hindi kumakain ng tatlong beses sa isang araw?
Ang resulta nito, umabot na sa 171.6 billion pesos ang utang ng NFA noong Mayo ng taong ito.
Ang tinapon na ito, halos puwede na sanang pondohan ang mga sumusunod:
Ang budget ng buong Hudikatura, na 12.7 billion pesos sa taong ito.
Ang Conditional Cash Transfers para sa susunod na taon, na nagkakahalaga ng 29.6 billion pesos.
Ang lahat ng classroom na kailangan ng ating bansa, na nagkakahalaga ng 130 billion pesos.
Kasuklam-suklam ang kalakarang ito. Pera na, naging bato pa.
ZERO BUDGET
Narinig po ninyo kung paano nilustay ang kaban ng bayan. Ang malinaw po sa ngayon: ang anumang pagbabago ay magmumula sa pagsiguro natin na magwawakas na ang pagiging maluho at pagwawaldas.
Kaya nga po mula ngayon: ititigil na natin ang paglulustay sa salapi ng bayan. Tatanggalin natin ang mga proyektong mali.
Ito po ang punto ng tinatawag nating zero-based approach sa ating budget. Ang naging kalakaran po, taun-taon ay inuulit lamang ang budget na puno ng tagas. Dadagdagan lang nang konti, puwede na.
Sa susunod na buwan ay maghahain tayo ng budget na kumikilala nang tama sa mga problema, at magtutuon din ng pansin sa tamang solusyon.
IMMEDIATE STEPS
TAX EVASION
Ilan lang ito sa mga natuklasan nating problema. Heto naman po ang ilang halimbawa ng mga hakbang na ginagawa natin.
Nandiyan po ang kaso ng isang may-ari ng sanglaan. Bumili siya ng sasakyang tinatayang nasa dalawampu't anim na milyong piso ang halaga.
Kung kaya mong bumili ng Lamborghini, bakit hindi mo kayang magbayad ng buwis?
Nasampahan na po ito ng kaso. Sa pangunguna nina Finance Secretary Cesar Purisima, Justice Secretary Leila de Lima, BIR Commissioner Kim Henares at Customs Commissioner Lito Alvarez, bawat linggo po ay may bago tayong kasong isinasampa kontra sa mga smuggler at sa mga hindi nagbabayad ng tamang buwis.
EXTRALEGAL KILLINGS
Natukoy na rin po ang salarin sa mga kaso nina Francisco Baldomero, Jose Daguio at Miguel Belen, tatlo sa anim na insidente ng extralegal killings mula nang umupo tayo.
Singkuwenta porsyento po ng mga insidente ng extralegal killings ang patungo na sa kanilang resolusyon.
Ang natitira pong kalahati ay hindi natin tatantanan ang pag-usig hanggang makamit ang katarungan.
TRUTH COMMISSION
Pananagutin natin ang mga mamamatay-tao. Pananagutin din natin ang mga corrupt sa gobyerno.
Nagsimula nang mabuo ang ating Truth Commission, sa pangunguna ni dating Chief Justice Hilario Davide. Hahanapin natin ang katotohanan sa mga nangyari diumanong katiwalian noong nakaraang siyam na taon.
Sa loob ng linggong ito, pipirmahan ko ang kauna-unahang Executive Order na nagtatalaga sa pagbuo nitong Truth Commission.
PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS
Kung ang sagot sa kawalan ng katarungan ay pananagutan, ang sagot naman sa kakulangan natin sa pondo ay mga makabago at malikhaing paraan para tugunan ang mga pagkatagal-tagal nang problema.
Napakarami po ng ating pangangailangan: mula sa edukasyon, imprastruktura, pangkalusugan, pangangailangan ng militar at kapulisan, at marami pang iba. Hindi kakasya ang pondo para mapunan ang lahat ng ito.
Kahit gaano po kalaki ang kakulangan para mapunan ang mga listahan ng ating pangangailangan, ganado pa rin ako dahil marami nang nagpakita ng panibagong interes at kumpyansa sa Pilipinas.
Ito ang magiging solusyon: mga Public-Private Partnerships. Kahit wala pa pong pirmahang nangyayari dito, masasabi kong maganda ang magiging bunga ng maraming usapin ukol dito.
May mga nagpakita na po ng interes, gustong magtayo ng expressway na mula Maynila, tatahak ng Bulacan, Nueva Ecija, Nueva Vizcaya, hanggang sa dulo ng Cagayan Valley nang hindi gugugol ang estado kahit na po piso.
Sa larangan ng ating Sandatahang Lakas:
Mayroon po tayong 36,000 nautical miles ng baybayin. Ang mayroon lamang tayo: tatlumpu't dalawang barko. Itong mga barkong ito, panahon pa ni MacArthur.
May nagmungkahi sa atin, ito ang proposisyon: uupahan po nila ang headquarters ng Navy sa Roxas Boulevard at ang Naval Station sa Fort Bonifacio.
Sagot po nila ang paglipat ng Navy Headquarters sa Camp Aguinaldo. Agaran, bibigyan tayo ng isandaang milyong dolyar. At dagdag pa sa lahat nang iyan, magsusubi pa sila sa atin ng kita mula sa mga negosyong itatayo nila sa uupahan nilang lupa.
Sa madali pong sabi: Makukuha natin ang kailangan natin, hindi tatayo gagastos, kikita pa tayo.
Marami na pong nag-alok at nagmungkahi sa atin, mula lokal hanggang dayuhang negosyante, na magpuno ng iba't ibang pangangailangan.
Mula sa mga public-private partnerships na ito, lalago ang ating ekonomiya, at bawat Pilipino makikinabang. Napakaraming sektor na matutulungan nito.
Maipapatayo na po ang imprastrukturang kailangan natin para palaguin ang turismo.
Sa agrikultura, makapagtatayo na tayo ng mga grains terminals, refrigeration facilities, maayos na road networks at post-harvest facilities.
Kung maisasaayos natin ang ating food supply chain sa tulong ng pribadong sektor, sa halip na mag-angkat tayo ay maari na sana tayong mangarap na mag-supply sa pandaigdigang merkado.
Kung maitatayo ang minumungkahi sa ating railway system, bababa ang presyo ng bilihin. Mas mura, mas mabilis, mas maginhawa, at makakaiwas pa sa kotong cops at mga kumokotong na rebelde ang mga bumibiyahe.
STREAMLINING PROCESSES
Paalala lang po: una sa ating plataporma ang paglikha ng mga trabaho, at nanggagaling ang trabaho sa paglago ng industriya. Lalago lamang ang industriya kung gagawin nating mas malinis, mas mabilis, at mas maginhawa ang proseso para sa mga gustong magnegosyo.
Pabibilisin natin ang proseso ng mga proyektong sumasailalim sa Build-Operate-Transfer. Sa tulong ng lahat ng sangay ng gobyerno at ng mga mamamayan, pabababain natin sa anim na buwan ang proseso na noon ay inaabot ng taon kung hindi dekada.
May mga hakbang na rin pong sinisimulan ang DTI, sa pamumuno ni Secretary Gregory Domingo:
Ang walang-katapusang pabalik-balik sa proseso ng pagrehistro ng pangalan ng kumpanya, na kada dalaw ay umaabot ng apat hanggang walong oras, ibababa na natin sa labinlimang minuto.
Ang dating listahan ng tatlumpu't anim na dokumento, ibababa natin sa anim. Ang dating walong pahinang application form, ibababa natin sa isang pahina.
Nananawagan ako sa ating mga LGUs. Habang naghahanap tayo ng paraan para gawing mas mabilis ang pagbubukas ng mga negosyo, pag-aralan din sana nila ang kanilang mga proseso. Kailangan itong gawing mas mabilis, at kailangan itong itugma sa mga sinisumulan nating reporma.
Negosyante, sundalo, rebelde, at karaniwang Pilipino, lahat po makikinabang dito. Basta po hindi dehado ang Pilipino, papasukin po natin lahat iyan. Kailangan na po nating simulan ang pagtutulungan para makamit ito. Huwag nating pahirapan ang isa't isa.
Parating na po ang panahon na hindi na natin kailangang mamili sa pagitan ng seguridad ng ating mamamayan o sa kinabukasan ng inyong mga anak.
FREEING UP FUNDS
EDUCATION
Oras na maipatupad ang public-private partnerships na ito, mapopondohan ang mga serbisyong panlipunan, alinsunod sa ating plataporma.
Magkakapondo na po para maipatupad ang mga plano natin sa edukasyon.
Mapapalawak natin ang basic education cycle mula sa napakaikling sampung taon tungo sa global standard na labindalawang taon.
Madadagdagan natin ang mga classroom. Mapopondohan natin ang service contracting sa ilalim ng GASTPE.
Pati ang conditional cash transfers, na magbabawas ng pabigat sa bulsa ng mga pamilya, madadagdan na rin ng pondo.
PHILHEALTH
Maipapatupad ang plano natin sa PhilHealth.
Una, tutukuyin natin ang tunay na bilang ng mga nangangailangan nito. Sa ngayon, hindi magkakatugma ang datos. Sabi ng PhilHealth sa isang bibig, walumpu't pitong porsyento na raw ang merong coverage. Sa kabilang bibig naman, singkuwenta'y tres porsyento naman. Ayon naman sa National Statistics Office, tatlumpu't walong porsyento ang may coverage.
Ngayon pa lang, kumikilos na si Secretary Dinky Soliman at ang DSWD upang ipatupad ang National Household Targetting System, na magtutukoy sa mga pamilyang higit na nagangailangan ng tulong. Tinatayang siyam na bilyon ang kailangan para mabigyan ng PhilHealth ang limang milyong pinakamaralitang pamilyang Pilipino.
LEGISLATIVE AGENDA
Napakaganda po ng hinaharap natin. Kasama na po natin ang pribadong sektor, at kasama na rin natin ang League of Provinces, sa pangunguna nina Governor Alfonso Umali kasama sina Governor L-Ray Villafuerte at Governor Icot Petilla. Handa na pong makipagtulungan para makibahagi sa pagtustos ng mga gastusin. Alam ko rin pong hindi magpapahuli ang League of Cities sa pangunguna ni Mayor Oscar Rodriguez.
Kung ang mga gobyernong lokal ay nakikiramay na sa ating mga adhikain, ang Kongreso namang pinanggalingan ko, siguro naman maasahan ko din.
Nagpakitang-gilas na po ang gabinete sa pagtukoy ng ating mga problema at sa paglulunsad ng mga solusyon sa loob lamang ng tatlong linggo.
Nang bagyo pong Basyang, ang sabi sa atin ng mga may prangkisa sa kuryente, apat na araw na walang kuryente. Dahil sa mabilis na pagkilos ni Secretary Rene Almendras at ng Department of Energy, naibalik ang kuryente sa halos lahat sa loob lamang ng beinte-kwatro oras.
Ito pong sinasabing kakulangan sa tubig sa Metro Manila, kinilusan agad ni Secretary Rogelio Singson at ng DPWH. Hindi na siya naghintay ng utos, kaya nabawasan ang perwisyo.
Nakita na rin natin ang gilas ng mga hinirang nating makatulong sa Gabinete. Makatuwiran naman po sigurong umasa na hindi na sila padadaanin sa butas ng karayom para makumpirma ng Commission on Appointments. Kung mangyayari po ito, marami pa sa mga mahuhusay na Pilipino ang maeengganyong magsilbi sa gobyerno.
Sa lalong madaling panahon po, uupo na tayo sa LEDAC at pag-uusapan ang mga mahahalagang batas na kailangan nating ipasa. Makakaasa kayo na mananatiling bukas ang aking isipan, at ang ating ugnayan ay mananatiling tapat.
Isinusulong po natin ang Fiscal Responsibility Bill, kung saan hindi tayo magpapasa ng batas na mangangailangan ng pondo kung hindi pa natukoy ang panggagalingan nito. May 104.1 billion pesos tayong kailangan para pondohan ang mga batas na naipasa na, ngunit hindi maipatupad.
Kailangan din nating isaayos ang mga insentibong piskal na ibinigay noong nakaraan. Ngayong naghihigpit tayo ng sinturon, kailangang balikan kung alin sa mga ito ang dapat manatili at kung ano ang dapat nang itigil.
Huwag po tayong pumayag na magkaroon ng isa pang NBN-ZTE. Sa lokal man o dayuhan manggagaling ang pondo, dapat dumaan ito sa tamang proseso. Hinihingi ko po ang tulong ninyo upang amiyendahan ang ating Procurement Law.
Ayon po sa Saligang Batas, tungkulin ng estado ang siguruhing walang lamangan sa merkado. Bawal ang monopolya, bawal ang mga cartel na sasakal sa kumpetisyon. Kailangan po natin ng isang Anti-Trust Law na magbibigay-buhay sa mga prinsipyong ito. Ito ang magbibigay ng pagkakataon sa mga Small- at Medium-scale Enterprises na makilahok at tumulong sa paglago ng ating ekonomiya.
Ipasa na po natin ang National Land Use Bill.
Una rin pong naging batas ng Commonwealth ang National Defense Act, na ipinasa noon pang 1935. Kailangan nang palitan ito ng batas na tutugon sa pangangailangan ng pambansang seguridad sa kasalukuyan.
Nakikiusap po akong isulong ang Whistleblower's Bill upang patuloy nang iwaksi ang kultura ng takot at pananahimik.
Palalakasin pa lalo ang Witness Protection Program. Alalahanin po natin na noong taong 2009 hanggang 2010, may nahatulan sa 95% ng mga kaso kung saan may witness na sumailalim sa programang ito.
Kailangang repasuhin ang ating mga batas. Nanawagan po akong umpisahan na ang rekodipikasyon ng ating mga batas, upang siguruhing magkakatugma sila at hindi salu-salungat.
PEACE PROCESS
Ito pong mga batas na ito ang batayan ng kaayusan, ngunit ang pundasyon ng lahat ng ginagawa natin ay ang prinsipyong wala tayong mararating kung walang kapayapaan at katahimikan.
Dalawa ang hinaharap nating suliranin sa usapin ng kapayapaan: ang situwasyon sa Mindanao, at ang patuloy na pag-aaklas ng CPP-NPA-NDF.
Tungkol sa situwasyon sa Mindanao: Hindi po nagbabago ang ating pananaw. Mararating lamang ang kapayapaan at katahimikan kung mag-uusap ang lahat ng apektado: Moro, Lumad, at Kristiyano. Inatasan na natin si Dean Marvic Leonen na mangasiwa sa ginagawa nating pakikipag-usap sa MILF.
Iiwasan natin ang mga pagkakamaling nangyari sa nakaraang administrasyon, kung saan binulaga na lang ang mga mamamayan ng Mindanao. Hindi tayo puwedeng magbulag-bulagan sa mga dudang may kulay ng pulitika ang proseso, at hindi ang kapakanan ng taumbayan ang tanging interes.
Kinikilala natin ang mga hakbang na ginagawa ng MILF sa pamamagitan ng pagdidisplina sa kanilang hanay. Inaasahan natin na muling magsisimula ang negosasyon pagkatapos ng Ramadan.
Tungkol naman po sa CPP-NPA-NDF: handa na ba kayong maglaan ng kongkretong mungkahi, sa halip na pawang batikos lamang?
Kung kapayapaan din ang hangad ninyo, handa po kami sa malawakang tigil-putukan. Mag-usap tayo.
Mahirap magsimula ang usapan habang mayroon pang amoy ng pulbura sa hangin. Nananawagan ako: huwag po natin hayaang masayang ang napakagandang pagkakataong ito upang magtipon sa ilalim ng iisang adhikain.
Kapayapaan at katahimikan po ang pundasyon ng kaunlaran. Habang nagpapatuloy ang barilan, patuloy din ang pagkakagapos natin sa kahirapan.
PANAWAGAN
Dapat din po nating mabatid: ito ay panahon ng sakripisyo. At ang sakripisyong ito ay magiging puhunan para sa ating kinabukasan. Kaakibat ng ating mga karapatan at kalayaan ay ang tungkulin natin sa kapwa at sa bayan.
Inaasahan ko po ang ating mga kaibigan sa media, lalo na sa radyo at sa print, sa mga nagbablock-time, at sa community newspapers, kayo na po mismo ang magbantay sa inyong hanay.
Mabigyang-buhay sana ang mga batayang prinsipyo ng inyong bokasyon: ang magbigay-linaw sa mahahalagang isyu; ang maging patas at makatotohanan, at ang itaas ang antas ng pampublikong diskurso.
Tungkulin po ng bawat Pilipino na tutukan ang mga pinunong tayo rin naman ang nagluklok sa puwesto. Humakbang mula sa pakikialam tungo sa pakikilahok. Dahil ang nakikialam, walang-hanggan ang reklamo. Ang nakikilahok, nakikibahagi sa solusyon.
Napakatagal na pong namamayani ang pananaw na ang susi sa asenso ay ang intindihin ang sarili kaysa intindihin ang kapwa. Malinaw po sa akin: paano tayo aasenso habang nilalamangan ang kapwa?
Ang hindi nabigyan ng pagkakataong mag-aral, paanong makakakuha ng trabaho? Kung walang trabaho, paanong magiging konsumer? Paanong mag-iimpok sa bangko?
Ngunit kung babaliktarin natin ang pananaw-kung iisipin nating "Dadagdagan ko ang kakayahan ng aking kapwa"-magbubunga po ito, at ang lahat ay magkakaroon ng pagkakataon.
Maganda na po ang nasimulan natin. At mas lalong maganda po ang mararating natin. Ngunit huwag nating kalimutan na mayroong mga nagnanasang hindi tayo magtagumpay. Dahil kapag hindi tayo nagtagumpay, makakabalik na naman sila sa kapangyarihan, at sa pagsasamantala sa taumbayan.
Akin pong paniwala na Diyos at taumbayan ang nagdala sa ating kinalalagyan ngayon. Habang nakatutok tayo sa kapakanan ng ating kapwa, bendisyon at patnubay ay tiyak na maaasahan natin sa Poong Maykapal. At kapag nanalig tayo na ang kasangga natin ay ang Diyos, mayroon ba tayong hindi kakayanin?
Ang mandato nating nakuha sa huling eleksyon ay patunay na umaasa pa rin ang Pilipino sa pagbabago. Iba na talaga ang situwasyon. Puwede na muling mangarap. Tayo nang tumungo sa katuparan ng ating mga pinangarap.
Maraming salamat po.
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Over the years, failure in education has been seen by many as the main culprit of poverty in the Philippines. The lack of financial support and clear direction of the government on its education portfolio has created a milieu wherein quality education is now equal to exclusive and very expensive schools.
Some of these schools are De La Salle University, Ateneo De Manila – University and Univeristy of Sto. Tomas.
Though these schools also offer scholarships and grants to students, these are not open to a wide range of youth who wants to get the best of education and training. Almost always, these scholarships and grants requires applicants to be included in the qualification of those who are called “deserving students.”
This raises therefore the issue of education as being exclusive instead of inclusive.
Though these scholarships help some of the youth, it also at the same unfortunately leave many out in the cold.
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Michael Jordan has already expressed his opinion about the very controversial decision of the Lebron James to leave Cavs after entering the free agency status and teamed up with fellow NBA Superstars Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh at Miami Heat.
Jordan said that he would have not done what LeBron James did but is not saying that what King James was wrong.
Jordan expressed his thoughts during an interview by NBC.
"There's no way, with hindsight, I would've ever called up Larry [Bird], called up Magic [Johnson] and said, 'Hey, look, let's get together and play on one team. But that's ... things are different. I can't say that's a bad thing. It's an opportunity these kids have today. In all honesty, I was trying to beat those guys."
Jordan has expressed last year that he finds Kobe Bryant to be the better player compared to LeBron.
The UFO sightings in China made people fearful after the sightings of Unidentified Flying Objects has repeated twice.
The UFO sightings even shut down an airport and flights were diverted to Hangzhou. Residents saw the first sighting of “four lantern-like objects forming a diamond shape that hovered over the city's Shaping Park for over an hour” on July 15 in Chongqing. But up to now authorities in China has not reached any conclusions about the purported sightings.
UFO Sightings in China Video:
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The New York City Triathlon 2010 was filled with excitement but the terrible temperature sent many people who joined the triathlon straight to the hospital.
Temperature during the triathlon rose up that 12 competitors were immediately confined to a hospital after collapsing during the race. Temperate reached up to 95 degree Celsius.
Almost 3,000 people joined the race that included a 1.5-kilometer swim down the Hudson River, a 40-kilometer bike race and 10-kilometer run.
One by one, some racers just fell on the ground due to the terrible heat and exhaustion.
New York City Triathlon 2010 Results:
Filip Osaly (Czech Republic) for the Men’s Division Rebeccah Wassner (New York) for the Women Division
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Jason Stackhouse is going to fall in love during the latest episode of the favorite TV Show series “True Blood”. The character is expected to electrify fans with a new romance.
In True Blood Season 3 Episode 5,Jason Stackhouse is to fall deeply in love with a new character entering the story. The new character in True Blood that will capture the heart and fancy of Stackhouse is Crystal. Crystal is to be played by Lindsay Pulsipher.
This new love of Stackhouse will add new flavor and color to the episode for sure and fans who always wait for the latest episode will surely enjoy it.
But we still do not know of course if our main guy is to be repaid by Cyrstal the same thing he feels for her.
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Mel Gibson hit the web anew with a new rumor about his current state. The rumor is that whether Mel Gibson is already dead.
The report about Gibson’s death first hit the web last night on social networking sites making people mostly those who admire the “Braveheart” actor go frantic. But then again, it was just pure rumor.
Mel Gibson is only one of those many celebrities and high-profile people that had become the easy prey of rumors and death hoaxes in the web. Some of them are Justin Bieber, Eminem, Beyonce and Lady Gaga.
As of now Mel is battling a very much publicized case against ex-girlfriend due to a domestic violence case filed on him and the public outrage over his racist remarks that was recorded.
One of the country’s oldest and most profitable bank offers its customers a housing loan that will fit one’s financial capability and personal tastes for his choice of his dream home. BPI Bank offers their BPI Housing Loan that is customized to fit the customer’s financial capability with flexible payment options payable from 1-25 years under reasonable interest rates.
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Anderson Silva is returning to the octagon as a fighter who is to show off his mixed martial arts skills and redeem himself on UFC117 against Chael Sonnen.
UFC 117 is to be held on August 9, 2010 at the Oracle Arena in Oakland, California.
Silva is going to try to redeem his bad and arrogant performance the last time he went on the main even of UFC but Chael Sonnen is determined to shut the daylight out of Silva.
UFC 117 Fight Cards
Main Card:
• Anderson Silva Vs Chael Sonnen • Matt Hughes Vs Ricardo Almeida • Clay Guida Vs Rafael Dos Anjos • Roy Nelson Vs Junior Dos Santos • tbc
Prelims:
• Thiago Silva vs Tim Boetsch • Dustin Hazelett Vs Rick Story • Ben Saunders Vs Dennis Hallman • Stefan Struve Vs Christian Morecraft • Johny Hendricks Vs Charlie Brenneman • Rodney Wallace Vs Stanislov Nedkov
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Check out the fight cards for the UFC 117 Main and Prelims that will be held on August 9, 2010 at the Oracle Arena in Oakland, California.
Main event of the night is Silva vs Sonnen. UFC 117 Fight Cards
Main Card:
• Anderson Silva Vs Chael Sonnen • Matt Hughes Vs Ricardo Almeida • Clay Guida Vs Rafael Dos Anjos • Roy Nelson Vs Junior Dos Santos • tbc Prelims:
• Thiago Silva vs Tim Boetsch • Dustin Hazelett Vs Rick Story • Ben Saunders Vs Dennis Hallman • Stefan Struve Vs Christian Morecraft • Johny Hendricks Vs Charlie Brenneman • Rodney Wallace Vs Stanislov Nedkov
UFC 117 Official Poster:
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Anderson Silva is going against Chael Sonnen on UFC 117.
UFC 17 is to be held on August 9, 2010 at the Oracle Arena in Oakland, California.
Still reigning supreme inside the octagon boasting of his great striking skills, Silva is going to redeem himself inside the octagon on the main event of UFC 117. After getting lots of criticisms from no less than the UFC President Dana White for toying and displaying bad performance during his last match, he is determined to bring back his glory as a ferocious fighter.
On the other hand Chael Sonnen will try to prove that he is worth the time of Silva and he deserves to be on the main event.
UFC 117 Silva vs Sonnen Fight VideoReplay will be posted here when already available.
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Cleverbot is one unique application that can make you smile as this application actually talks back to you when you try to initiate a conversation. What is Cleverbot?
“An app uniquely designed for the iPhone, Touch, and soon for iPad. Beautiful bubbles, and a truly new kind of avatar. Images that react and respond - an emotional AI. Return to where you left off - or start a new conversation. Unlimited Cleverbot chat coming from dedicated servers, with no ads. The app cannot be free - it is a one-off .”
Amazing isn’t it amazing? Well, it speaks other languages too like Filipino. Check it out here and try to initiate a conversation. http://www.cleverbot.com/
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Smart mobile phones most recently launched a new application for all its smart mobile users.
With the people looking for more news and updates on many events happening around the globe, Smart provides the HotPress Application to give you “news updates straight to your phone”.
HotPress Application Features:
1. enjoy ticker updates on your idle phonescreen 2. receive automatic and instant updates 3. contents and news updates are refreshed every 2 hours
For free download of HotPress Applications, you can easily go to your mobile browers and key in http://m.smart.com.ph/hotpress.
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Lindsay Lohan is surely to spend 90 days inside the jail for violating her probation that tells her to attend classes regarding her alcohol problems.
But the sentencing has been hyped by a photo of Lindsay Lohan’s manicure with a stenciled word “f**k”.
Lohan explained and defended herself saying,
"@liana_levi didn't we do our nails as a joke with our friend dc? it had nothing to do w/court.. it's an airbrush design from a stencil xx.”
The most disappointment for Lindsay is the seeming unjust punishment that she even quoted some parts of the UN Declaration of Human Rights:
“It is clearly stated in Article 5 of the U.N. Universal Declaration of Human Rights that...., "No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment." this was taken from an article by Erik Luna.. "November 1 marked the 15th anniversary of the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines. But there were no celebrations, parades, or other festivities in honor of this punishment scheme created by Congress and the U.S. Sentencing Commission... Instead, the day passed like most others during the last 15 years: Scores of federal defendants sentenced under a constitutionally perverted system that saps moral judgment through its mechanical rules."
Yeah right Lohan!
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The Emmy awards 2010 nominations have already been released. The Emmy Awards 2010 ceremony is on August 29, 2010.
62nd Annual Prime Time Emmy Awards Nominations/Nominees List: Best Series, Drama - 'Breaking Bad' 'Dexter' 'Lost' 'Mad Men' 'The Good Wife' 'True Blood'
Best Series, Comedy - 'Nurse Jackie' 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' '30 Rock' 'Glee' 'The Office' 'Modern Family'
Best Actor, Drama - Bryan Cranston 'Breaking Bad' Michael C. Hall 'Dexter' Hugh Laurie 'House' Jon Hamm 'Mad Men' Matthew Fox 'Lost' Kyle Chandler 'Friday Night Lights'
Best Actress, Drama - Connie Britton 'Friday Night Lights' Glenn Close 'Damages' Mariska Hargitay 'Law & Order: Special Victims Unit' Kyra Sedgwick 'The Closer' January Jones 'Mad Men' Julianna Margulies 'The Good Wife'
Best Actor, Comedy - Alec Baldwin '30 Rock' Tony Shalhoub 'Monk' Jim Parsons 'The Big Bang Theory' Steve Carell 'The Office' Larry David 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' Matthew Morrison 'Glee'
Best Actress, Comedy - Tina Fey '30 Rock' Lea Michele 'Glee' Julia Louis-Dreyfus 'The New Adventures of Old Christine' Amy Poehler 'Parks and Recreation' Toni Collette 'United States of Tara' Edie Falco 'Nurse Jackie' Best Supporting Actor, Drama Series - Andre Braugher 'Men of a Certain Age' Aaron Paul 'Breaking Bad' Michael Emerson 'Lost' John Slattery 'Mad Men' Martin Short 'Damages' Terry O'Quinn 'Lost'
Best Supporting Actress, Drama Series - Rose Byrne 'Damages' Christine Baranski 'The Good Wife' Archie Panjabi 'The Good Wife' Elisabeth Moss 'Mad Men' Christina Hendricks 'Mad Men' Sharon Gless 'Burn Notice'
Best Supporting Actor, Comedy Series - Eric Stonestreet 'Modern Family' Neil Patrick Harris 'How I Met Your Mother' Chris Colfer 'Glee' Jon Cryer 'Two And A Half Men' Ty Burrell 'Modern Family' Jesse Tyler Ferguson 'Modern Family'
Best Supporting Actress, Comedy Series - Jane Lynch 'Glee' Kristen Wiig 'Saturday Night Live' Sofia Vergara 'Modern Family' Jane Krakowski '30 Rock' Holland Taylor 'Two and A Half Men' Julie Bowen 'Modern Family'
Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series - 'The Daily Show with Jon Stewart' 'The Colbert Report' 'Saturday Night Live' 'Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien' 'Real Time with Bill Maher' Outstanding Reality Program - 'Antiques Roadshow' 'Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List' 'Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution' 'Dirty Jobs' 'MythBusters' 'Undercover Boss'
Outstanding Reality-Competition Program - 'The Amazing Race' 'American Idol' 'Dancing With the Stars' 'Project Runway' 'Top Chef'
Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program - Tom Bergeron 'Dancing With the Stars' Phil Keoghan 'The Amazing Race' Heidi Klum 'Project Runway' Jeff Probst 'Survivor' Ryan Seacrest 'American Idol'
Guest Actress in a Drama Series - Lily Tomlin 'Damages' Sissy Spacek 'Big Love' Mary Kay Place 'Big Love' Ann Margret 'Law and Order: SVU' Elizabeth Mitchell 'Lost' Shirley Jones 'The Cleaner'
Guest Actor in a Drama Series - John Lithgow 'Dexter' Beau Bridges 'The Closer' Dylan Baker 'The Good Wife' Ted Danson 'Damages' Alan Cumming 'The Good Wife' Robert Morse 'Mad Men' Gregory Itzin '24' Guest Actress in a Comedy Series - Betty White 'Saturday Night Live' Tina Fey 'Saturday Night Live' Kristin Chenoweth 'Glee' Elaine Stritch '30 Rock' Jane Lynch 'Two and a Half Men' Katherine Joosten 'Desperate Housewives' Christine Baranski 'The Big Bang Theory'
Guest Actor in a Comedy Series - Jon Hamm '30 Rock' Will Arnett '30 Rock' Neil Patrick Harris 'Glee' Mike O'Malley 'Glee' Eli Wallach 'Nurse Jackie' Fred Willard 'Modern Family'
Outstanding Made For Television Movie - 'You Don't Know Jack' 'Georgia O'Keefe' 'Temple Grandin' 'The Special Relationship' 'Endgame' 'Moonshot' Outstanding Miniseries - 'The Pacific' 'Return to Cranford'
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LeBron James is making the announcement tomorrow, Friday on ESPN of his plan and the team he is joining for the upcoming NBA season after he entered the free agency status last July 1.
Many speculations are circulating of what team LeBron James is joining. Some of the NBA teams that has been courting him are New York Knicks, Nets and Miami Heat.
Amare Stoudemire, who is now with Knicks for a $100 million five-year contract is courting James to join him. Chris Paul on the other hand is urging his best bud to stay with Cavs while Chris Bosh said that it is still up to LeBron to decide.
ESPN has said that on an unprecedented move, James went up to them and offered to have a one-hour special that will cover his announcement of what NBA team to join. The program which caters sponsors and ads will have to support the Boys and Girls club of America out of the proceeds it will generate.
But Orlando Magic coach Stan Van Gundy is not at all pleased with the ESPN LeBron James Special.
"It's gotten ridiculous. It's almost like a parody of itself this whole situation now. Come on, an hour long? It takes 15 seconds to say I've decided to stay in Cleveland but we've got another 59 minutes and 45 seconds to, what? Promote LeBron James?"
You can check out LeBron James' Announcement Video on ESPN.
What do you think? Is Van Gundy right to saying that this whole LeBron James announcement has gotten ridiculous?
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LeBron James is the person that many are waiting to hear from as his announcement about his NBA plans this season is keeping people abuzz.
Tomorrow, Friday, LeBron James is going to make his announcement on ESPN over a one hour TV special live, of his decision after entering the free agency status since July 1. Tomorrow is also the date that NBA will release the new salary cap for NBA teams.
LeBron James to New York Knicks
There have been strong rumors of James joining New York Knicks since his team did not make it to the Finals. New York Knicks for its part has been courting James to join them. Days ago, Amare Stoudemire already signed a $100 million for five years contract with Knicks and expressed that he was also courting LeBron to join him, same with Dwayne Wade.
LeBron James to Miami Heat
Mixing up the rumors and news is another team that is vying to have the two-time MVP on their team. Today ESPN and other online news sites reported that LeBron James is leaning towards joining Miami Heat and play side-by-side Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh; certainly if all is true, a superstar team heading to the finals. But joining Miami will give James only $90 million for five years compared to the $125 million that his team Cavs can offer.
But all that will be known tomorrow during his announcement: James to Knicks, Heat, Nets or still with Cavs?
How about you, where would you want him to join and play.
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The Gulf of Mexico oil spill is still unsolved as millions of barrels of oil are scattered all over the Gulf of Mexico.
As the anger and rage of the Americans (of most Americans) are increasing over the seemingly slow response of BP Oil and the government, a new online game about the BP oil spill is up on the web.
The game is called Crisis in the Gulf released by Super Boise and is big hit now on Xbox Live Games Marketplace.
The aim of the game is for players to stop the oil spill from spreading by capping the oil rig by using different techniques and devices available. The game has also different levels
The game description says,
"The Government and Oil Corporations have failed to stop the oil leak. Clearly they haven't tried TOWER DEFENSE!! Do you have what it takes to cap the leak?"
Wow, maybe only an online game could stop the oil from BP’s oil rig from continuing to spill of the ocean.
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Apple can now help you find your precious iPhone with its Find My iPhone application. This application comes with all MobileMe subscribers that will help customers to find their missing Apple gadgets.
Some missing gadgets that could get found using Find My iPhone application is your iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch.
Mobile comes at around $99 per year but the great help it could give iPhone users is priceless according to tech reviews. It can help you locate the physical location of your device and even lock it up remotely to save data from access of other people.
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The turmoil between Jake and Vienna of the TV show “The Bachelor” is taking an even uglier turn
The two had split and Vienna revealed that Jake Pavelka does not want to have sex with her with so many reasons that were enumerated.
Other bachelorettes then revealed and issued speculations about Jake Pavelka’s sexuality indicating that he is gay.
"I think he has gay potential and definitely gay tendencies.” Paul Rosseau,
"I definitely think he has gay tendencies, not only because of the way he dresses but also because he didn't want to have sex with a beautiful girl and never really tried with the other girls on the show," he told Radar. "Nothing personal, Jake!"
But friends of Jake immediately denied that he is gay.
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One most notable part of the Inauguration speech of Pres. Noynoy Aquino is the issue regarding the use of wang-wang or sirens by government officials. This results to the ill-will of people caught in traffic while a wang-wang convoy just passes through them in a breeze.
After Noynoy Aquino’s speech, a fan page on Facebook Isumbong Mo ang Wang Wang Dito was put up in order for ordinary citizens to report their experience of this abusive practice of politicians.
Though Vice-President Jejomar Binay does not totally agree with Pres. Aquino’s order, the order will still stick as the Philippine National Police has already ordered the stoppage of the use of sirens of police escorts to politicians.
The Land Transportation Office of LTO has also activated and moreover promoted their hotlines for people to report anyone using the sirens without any authorization.
To Report any Wang-wang or Sirens, Text the LTO hotline at 0918-9447951.
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Could be the first film about US President Barack Obama that is having is debut on Indonesia; a country that was once the home of the most powerful leader of the world.
The Obama movie in Indonesia is entitled "Obama Anak Menteng" or translated as "Obama the Menteng Kid". The movie chronicles the life of Barack Obama during the time he lived in Indonesia, particularly in Menteng from 1967-1971 after his mother married an Indonesian. The movie is co-directed by Damien Dematra.
Dematra shared an overview about the movie saying,
"Viewers, especially Westerners, will see a different world. They'll see Obama eating chicken satay, not hamburgers. They'll see his neighbours and friends wearing chequered sarongs and Muslim caps.”
However, the kind of strange in the film is that those who knows Obama in Menteng say that "60 percent fact and 40 percent fiction" after watching it.
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Eric Johnson of San Francisco 49ers is rumored to be the newest boyfriend of hot Hollywood celeb Jessica Simpson.
Eric Johnson is a former player of San Francisco 49ers and is said the two started to go out last May. Eric is divorced from former wife. On the other hand, Jessica is also divorced from singer Nick Lachey.
The rumor was first shared online by gossip news site TMZ saying that a friend of Jessica made the confirmation.
“She is happy that she found a great guy. She’s really happy.”
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Netherlands defeated football team favorite Brazil and sent another Latin American team home. The end result of their World Cup 2010 quarterfinals match ended with the 2-1.
While Uruguay defeated Ghana, the last African team and the former the last standing Latin American team in the World cup 2010. The match ended with 4-2 after a penalty shoot-out. However, Uruguay will have a headache to bear as one of their players may get a one game suspension after getting caught with a hand ball violation.
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Germany came off victorious against rival Argentina with a 4-0 score that sent Argentine players weeping while German football heroes celebrate with stunts on the field.
On the other hand Spain came off the win against Paraguay on the World Cup 2010 quarterfinals match with 1-0 final results.
The Germany vs Span game will certainly be a very exciting one as two European countries will fight it out for the finals slot.
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Tomorrow, July 4, the United States of America is to celebrate its Independence Day. So here is the text of the declaration of independence for people to read especially on its important parts on the bill of rights.
The Unanimous Declaration of the Thirteen United States of America
When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and of nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. That whenever any form of government becomes destructive to these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shown that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such government, and to provide new guards for their future security. –Such has been the patient sufferance of these colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former systems of government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute tyranny over these states. To prove this, let facts be submitted to a candid world.
He has refused his assent to laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good. He has forbidden his governors to pass laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them.
He has refused to pass other laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of representation in the legislature, a right inestimable to them and formidable to tyrants only.
He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of their public records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures.
He has dissolved representative houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people.
He has refused for a long time, after such dissolution, to cause others to be elected; whereby the legislative powers, incapable of annihilation, have returned to the people at large for their exercise; the state remaining in the meantime exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.
He has endeavored to prevent the population of these states; for that purpose obstructing the laws for naturalization of foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migration hither, and raising the conditions of new appropriations of lands.
He has obstructed the administration of justice, by refusing his assent to laws for establishing judiciary powers.
He has made judges dependent on his will alone, for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries.
He has erected a multitude of new offices, and sent hither swarms of officers to harass our people, and eat out their substance.
He has kept among us, in times of peace, standing armies without the consent of our legislature. He has affected to render the military independent of and superior to civil power.
He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his assent to their acts of pretended legislation: For quartering large bodies of armed troops among us:
For protecting them, by mock trial, from punishment for any murders which they should commit on the inhabitants of these states:
For cutting off our trade with all parts of the world:
For imposing taxes on us without our consent:
For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of trial by jury:
For transporting us beyond seas to be tried for pretended offenses:
For abolishing the free system of English laws in a neighboring province, establishing therein an arbitrary government, and enlarging its boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule in these colonies:
For taking away our charters, abolishing our most valuable laws, and altering fundamentally the forms of our governments:
For suspending our own legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever.
He has abdicated government here, by declaring us out of his protection and waging war against us.
He has plundered our seas, ravaged our coasts, burned our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people.
He is at this time transporting large armies of foreign mercenaries to complete the works of death, desolation and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of cruelty and perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the head of a civilized nation. He has constrained our fellow citizens taken captive on the high seas to bear arms against their country, to become the executioners of their friends and brethren, or to fall themselves by their hands.
He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavored to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian savages, whose known rule of warfare, is undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions.
In every stage of these oppressions we have petitioned for redress in the most humble terms: our repeated petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people. Nor have we been wanting in attention to our British brethren. We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. We have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here. We have appealed to their native justice and magnanimity, and we have conjured them by the ties of our common kindred to disavow these usurpations, which, would inevitably interrupt our connections and correspondence. They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity. We must, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our separation, and hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, enemies in war, in peace friends.
We, therefore, the representatives of the United States of America, in General Congress, assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the name, and by the authority of the good people of these colonies, solemnly publish and declare, that these united colonies are, and of right ought to be free and independent states; that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the state of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as free and independent states, they have full power to levy war, conclude peace, contract alliances, establish commerce, and to do all other acts and things which independent states may of right do. And for the support of this declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.
New Hampshire: Josiah Bartlett, William Whipple, Matthew Thornton
Massachusetts: John Hancock, Samual Adams, John Adams, Robert Treat Paine, Elbridge Gerry
Rhode Island: Stephen Hopkins, William Ellery
Connecticut: Roger Sherman, Samuel Huntington, William Williams, Oliver Wolcott
New York: William Floyd, Philip Livingston, Francis Lewis, Lewis Morris
New Jersey: Richard Stockton, John Witherspoon, Francis Hopkinson, John Hart, Abraham Clark Pennsylvania: Robert Morris, Benjamin Rush, Benjamin Franklin, John Morton, George Clymer, James Smith, George Taylor, James Wilson, George Ross
Delaware: Caesar Rodney, George Read, Thomas McKean
Maryland: Samuel Chase, William Paca, Thomas Stone, Charles Carroll of Carrollton
Virginia: George Wythe, Richard Henry Lee, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Harrison, Thomas Nelson, Jr., Francis Lightfoot Lee, Carter Braxton
North Carolina: William Hooper, Joseph Hewes, John Penn
South Carolina: Edward Rutledge, Thomas Heyward, Jr., Thomas Lynch, Jr., Arthur Middleton
Georgia: Button Gwinnett, Lyman Hall, George Walton
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Nascar 2010 was not stopped by the rains and drivers ignited their engines for Daytona Speedway.
The slippery road made maybe many of the car crash as only a few cars were left to finish the race. With that checkered flag waved, Kevin Harvick finished the race first to win the Coke Zero 400 Sprint Cup.
Coming to second place is Kasey Kahne, third for Jeff Gordon, fourth for Dale Earnheardt and fifth for Jeff Burton.
Check out complete results here at msn.foxsports.com/nascar/cup/results
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Brock Lesnar proved that he is the king of UFC Heavyweight division after winning the main event of UFC 116 against Shane Carwin.
During the UFC 116 fight, Carwin showed his punching prowess by pounding Lesnar’s head and body with blows but run out of steam that ultimately gave Lesnar the chance to get back at him. Lesnar survived the round after brutal pounding.
With round 2, Lesnar fought back the already tired Carwin and took him down and ultimately won by submission that will go the the UFC 116 result. The triangle choke made Carwin tap out for the first time in his career, and that is courtesy of Brock Lesnar.
UFC 116 Fight Results:
Pay-Per-View Bouts:
Brock Lesnar defeated Shane Carwin via submission (arm triangle choke) Chris Leben defeated Yoshihiro Akiyama via submission (triangle choke) Chris Lytle defeated Matt Brown via submission (armbar) Stephan Bonnar defeated Krzysztof Soszynski via second-round TKO George Sotiropoulos defeated Kurt Pellegrino via unanimous decision
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Thursday, July 1, 2010
Larissa Riquelme, a sexy lingerie model from Paraguay is one big fan of their national team for the World Cup that she is pledging actually to run naked through the streets with her body painted with the colors of Paraguy’s flag if ever the country wins the World Cup title.
Larissa Riquelme, 24, is one avid fan of Paraguay watching and cheering every game. Paraguay has already qualified for the quarterfinals and has beaten Japan courtesy of a penalty kick.
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Butterbeer has become one of the most popular attractions inside the Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Orlando.
The foamy mustache left behind every time you sip from your mug of butterbear has become on part of the happy experience inside the theme park.
What does butterbeer tastes like?
Well, for all those who had taken sip of it, they say that butterbeer tastes like a "like cream soda. It was somewhat thick, and it was really sweet, and then it got salty as you swallowed it, like butterscotch."
Butterbeer is so popular that it is considered as one of the smash hit inside the park and easily became the signature status that one has actually entered the Wizarding World of Harry Potter.
Now for all those who want to make their own butterbeer recipe check this video on how to make a butterbeer.
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Google is rumored to go head-on with Facebook with its own version of a social profile called Google Me.
The rumor about Google Me was shared by Digg founder Kevin Rose through his twitter account saying that he received the information from a very credible source inside Google. Google Me said is aimed to compete against Facebook.
We have already seen Google Buzz which tried to compete with short messaging system of Twitter, and now Google Me. Speculators though said that this Google Me could just be an upgrade of the existing Google Profile.
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After the Inauguration of President Noynoy Aquino and all the chores he was up to during the day, he went on to attend the Inauguration Street Party at the Quezon Memorial Circle.
Noynoy Aquino III sang "Watch What Happens," by Frank Sinatra, and "Estudyante Blues" by Freddie Aguilar to the delight of all supporters.
Watch Noynoy Aquino Sing at Inauguration Street Party Video:
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An exciting race with more than 2,600 athletes joining is taking place with a guaranteed purse of $50,000 and a qualifying spots to the upcoming 2010 Ironman World Championship Race with will be held in Hawaii this year. There will be 72 qualifying spots from this event.
