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After being hacked last April, the abs-cbn forum is up and running once again with the latest version of Invision Power Board. There are still tons of things to be fixed though.

Pfizer Philippines will soon be distributing Nicorette. Nicorette is a form of Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT), which means it provides nicotine to your system. It works as a temporary aid to help you quit smoking by reducing nicotine withdrawal symptoms until your body no longer needs nicotine. Each piece of Nicorette gum is a form of Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT). This means it replaces some of the nicotine your body and brain are used to getting. The level of nicotine is lower than cigarettes and allows your body to gradually adjust to having less nicotine until you no longer need any. This is good news for smokers who are having difficulties in giving up the habit.

BANTUL, Indonesia - Rescue workers dug desperately for survivors on Sunday and hospitals struggled to cope with the thousands of injured, a day after an earthquake killed more than 4,600 people on Indonesia’s Java island.

Up to 20,000 had been injured and more than 100,000 have been left homeless, UNICEF (the UN Children’s Fund) spokesman John Budd told Reuters, but he said figures were still sketchy.

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If you’re in search for good quality images to use on a project. Project Zen provides tips on where to get reasonably-priced and free images. Check out their article.

Miguel blogs about links to Free TV online

The previous post on watching TV for free received a lot of traffic, however there are some other services available that also work very well.  I started looking and found a ton of free TV web sites.  I’ve posted the best ones here for you to try for yourself’s.  My favorite is the last one on the list, Martial Arts TV.  Don’t forget to watch Gracie vs Hughes tonight on Pay Per View!  Should be a historic match from the Staples Center!

Shoemoney.com put up a contest where you try to outrank their site on the keyword “shoemoney” in the SERP of Google, Yahoo, and MSN. You need to be at least on the top 10 to win something (Amazon Gift Certificate). More info here and here.

The votes are in. The Big Four are:

Kimberly Sue “KIM” Chiu
16 years old from Cebu

Michael Vincent “MIKEE” Lee
16 years old from Quezon City

Clarides “CLARE” Cabiguin
17 years old from Bukidnon

Gerald Anderson
17 years old from General Santos City

The Pinoy Big Brother Teen Edition Big Night will be held at the Aliw Theatre (Free Admission) on June 3, 2006. You can also chat with evicted teen housemates or chat about current pinoy big brother topics, just go to http://smartbro.mypad.net:35555/.

Punsalan, a Filipino immigrant, is co-founder of California Technological Care, a nonprofit that since 1999 has refurbished nearly 1,500 computers to give to underfunded schools, mostly in the Philippines.

Next month, CTC will make its largest shipment yet — 1,000 Apple computers to schools on the Philippine island of Luzon.

Although Punsalan lives in San Ramon, his latest shipment is made possible by the largess of leaders in Union City. The computers come courtesy of the New Haven Unified School District, which last year donated 500 machines.

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Sister Theresa 3 points!!

Which came first, the chicken or the egg? According to a scientist, a philosopher and a chicken farmer, it was the egg! Since genetic material does not change throughout an animal’s life, the first bird that evolved into a chicken must have initially existed as an embryo inside an egg.

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Smart has set its Internet browsing rate for both GPRS and 3G at a flat rate of P10.00 for every 30 minutes. Unlike before when they used to charge per kilobyte, Smart’s charging scheme is now time-based just like that of an Internet Cafe. With this, users can surf the Internet sites through their cellphones at a broadband speed. This P10.00 charging scheme is applicable when subscribers browse outside of Smart’s official WAP site. An additional P10 shall be charged for every 30 minutes thereafter or for every fraction thereof. Browsing the Smart WAP site still remains free and the rates for downloading mobile content is still the same.

President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo signed Presidential Proclamation 1069 which named Poe and five more as national artists. The five other artists were Bienvenido Lumbera for Literature, Ramon Obusan for Dance, Benedicto Cabrera for Visual Arts, Ildefonso Santos for Architecture and the late Ramon Valera for Fashion Design.

Gray-haired soul singer Taylor Hicks won the 2006 “American Idol” contest on Wednesday, capturing the hearts and votes of millions of viewers in the fifth edition of America’s top-rated TV show.

Hicks, 29, who was told in auditions that he had the wrong image for a pop star, beat balladeer Katharine McPhee in the climax of a nationwide contest that attracted tens of thousands of wannabe performers.

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The eight-hour mantra has no more scientific basis than the tooth fairy, says Neil Stanley, head of sleep research at the Human Psychopharmacology Research Unit at the University of Surrey in Britain. He believes that everyone has their own individual sleep need which can be anywhere between three and 11 hours.

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A breakdown of what you must know about the new MacBook from Apple. Things like color and hard drive options, the high gloss screen, totally new keyboard design, and integrated graphics.

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After Darna, GMA 7 brings to life another pinoy comic-book superhero in Mars Ravelo’s Captain Barbell. Richard Gutierrez leads the cast who plays both Tengteng and his alter ego Captain Barbell. The star studded series also stars Camille Prats, Rhean Ramos, Sunshine Dizon, Ian Veneracion, JC de Vera, Jeremy Marquez, Melissa Avelino, Ryan Eigenmann, Iwa Moto, Paolo Bediones, Patrick Garcia, Richard Gomez, Snooky Serna, Ricky Davao, and Jackie Lou Blanco.

Filipino boxer Rey “Boom Boom” Bautista knocked out Nicaraguan rival Roberto Bonilla during their non-title junior featherweight fight at the Staples Center in Los Angeles Saturday night (Sunday morning in Manila).

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