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During the 2009 Leonid meteor shower, you may see anywhere from 30 to 300 shooting stars an hour, depending on whether you're in the right place to see Tuesday's showy peak before dawn, experts predict.

Its Leonid Meteor Shower over the sky on many Asian countries now but sadly, until now I can't see at least one. :( I have one wish pa naman, sayang.



Above: This side of Earth will be facing the Leonid debris stream at the time of the Nov. 17th outburst. Observers in India, China and Indonesia are favored with dark, pre-dawn skies. Image credit: Danielle Moser of the NASA Meteoroid Environment Office.


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From Mashable:

"Google’s been on a homepage logo changing spree: they’ve celebrated H.G. Wells, the bar code, Confucious, Gandhi, and Sesame Street over the last few months alone.

If you check Google.com now though, you’ll see that the search giant is celebrating something different: the discovery of water on the moon! NASA made the stunning announcement earlier today after its moon bombing mission successfully revealed water under the lunar surface. And now the Google logo depicts the bombing revealing water."

Yay! Kudos to NASA for this great discovery this 21st century. :)


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From Reuters:

PORTLAND, Oregon (Reuters) – The United States' first marijuana cafe opened on Friday, posing an early test of the Obama administration's move to relax policing of medical use of the drug.

The Cannabis Cafe in Portland, Oregon, is the first to give certified medical marijuana users a place to get hold of the drug and smoke it -- as long as they are out of public view -- despite a federal ban.

"This club represents personal freedom, finally, for our members," said Madeline Martinez, Oregon's executive director of NORML, a group pushing for marijuana legalization.

"Our plans go beyond serving food and marijuana," said Martinez. "We hope to have classes, seminars, even a Cannabis Community College, based here to help people learn about growing and other uses for cannabis."

The cafe -- in a two-story building which formerly housed a speak-easy and adult erotic club Rumpspankers -- is technically a private club, but is open to any Oregon residents who are NORML members and hold an official medical marijuana card.

Members pay $25 per month to use the 100-person capacity cafe. They don't buy marijuana, but get it free over the counter from "budtenders". Open 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., it serves food but has no liquor license.

There are about 21,000 patients registered to use marijuana for medical purposes in Oregon. Doctors have prescribed marijuana for a host of illnesses, including Alzheimer's, diabetes, multiple sclerosis and Tourette's syndrome.

On opening day, reporters invited to the cafe could smell, but were not allowed to see, people smoking marijuana.

"I still run a coffee shop and events venue, just like I did before we converted it to the Cannabis Cafe, but now it will be cannabis-themed," said Eric Solomon, the owner of the cafe, who is looking forward to holding marijuana-themed weddings, film festivals and dances in the second-floor ballroom.

NO PROSECUTION

The creation of the cafe comes almost a month after the Obama administration told federal attorneys not to prosecute patients who use marijuana for medical reasons or dispensaries in states which have legalized them.

About a dozen states, including Oregon, followed California's 1996 move to adopt medical marijuana laws, allowing the drug to be cultivated and sold for medical use. A similar number have pending legislation or ballot measures planned.

Pot cafes, known as "coffee shops", are popular in the Dutch city of Amsterdam, where possession of small amounts of marijuana is legal. Portland's Cannabis Cafe is the first of its kind to open in the United States, according to NORML.

Growing, possessing, distributing and smoking marijuana are still illegal under U.S. federal law, which makes no distinction between medical and recreational use.

Federal and local law enforcement agencies did not return phone calls from Reuters on Friday seeking comment on the Portland cafe's operations.

"To have a place that is this open about its activities, where people can come together and smoke -- I say that's pretty amazing." said Tim Pate, a longtime NORML member, at the cafe.

Some locals are hoping it might even be good for business.

"I know some neighbors are pretty negative about this place opening up," said David Bell, who works at a boutique that shares space with the cafe. "But I'm withholding judgment. There's no precedent for it. We don't know what to expect. But it would great if it brought some customers into our store."

Photo Credit: CMA Awards

Musician of the Year – Mac McAnally

Musical Event of the Year – “Start A Band” Brad Paisley & Keith Urban

Video of the Year – “Love Story” Taylor Swift

Single of the Year – “I Run To You” Lady Antebellum w/ producers Victoria Shaw & Paul Worley

Song of the Year – “In Color” Jamey Johnson, James Otto and Lee Thomas Miller

Vocal Group of the Year – Lady Antebellum

New Artist of the Year – Darius Rucker

Album of the Year – “Fearless” Taylor Swift

Vocal Duo of the Year – Sugarland

Male Vocalist of the Year – Brad Paisley

Female Vocalist of the Year – Taylor Swift

Entertainer of the Year- Taylor Swift

Gah. Not happy here for CMA 2009 Winners result. Carrie should get an award though. >:| Anyway congrats to Lady A and Brad Paisley! You guys rock!

Just saw this from CMIL:

Taylor Swift sucks and she needs to leave country music asap, what a mockery

lol. :))


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ROTFLMAO!


Get it?


How inspirational, isn't it?

You all probably know, 11th November is near!
DAVID ARCHULETAVERSARYYYY! For his debut album :)

So.
When: November 11th
What: Put #DavidArchiversary in every tweets that you're going to post.

LETS get it to the NUMBER ONE SPOT on that trending topic ;)


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Actually I'm too late to discover this great and awesome Firefox add-on for Twitter web client. @PowerTwitter is a must have add-on for those who contented for using Twitter interface on its web site but looking for another feature like on Twitter's 3rd-party apps Tweetdeck, Seesmic and a like, @PoweTwitter will quite possibly the best way to enhance your Twitter experience!

Here's a quick preview on how this tiny tool will change not only your Twitter homepage but your Twitter experience with a bang! :)





davidakhoa for this tutorial video.

Can't save your password on @PowerTwitter setting? Do follow this simple step:

- go to about:config in your address bar
- modify the setting powertwitter.ptPrefPassword
- type your username|password (e.i. twitter|twitter)


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Album snippets here.

Carrie Underwood's 3rd album "Play On" is now available in the U.S. Here's the list of Carrie's schedule appearances.


Monday November 2

- Carrie Underwood appears on the Late Show With David Letterman, CBS, 11:35/10:35c pm


Tuesday November 3

- Carrie Underwood performs on the Good Morning America Fall Concert series ABC, 7/6c-9/8c am.



Thursday November 5

- Carrie Underwood performs on Live With Regis and Kelly.


Tuesday November 10

- Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood will perform live outside the Sommet Center in Nashville for Good Morning America. 7-9am ABC.

- Carrie Underwood appears on The Spotlight with Robin Roberts” ABC TV special.


Wednesday, November 11

- Carrie Underwood will co-host and perform, Daughtry performs, Kellie Pickler presents, on the CMA awards, 8/7c pm, ABC.


Thursday, November 12

- Carrie Underwood, A&E Biography debuts on the A&E channel.


Monday November 16

- Carrie Underwood appears on the Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien 11/10:35c ET


Wednesday November 18

- Carrie Underwood appears on the Ellen Degeneres Show.


Thursday November 19

- Carrie Underwood appears on Live With Jimmy Kimmel, ABC 12/11:05 ET.


Tuesday December 1

- The Carrie Underwood special, Invitation Only, premieres on CMT.


Monday December 7

- Carrie Underwood stars in a two-hour holiday variety special on FOX, 8/7p. David Cook guest stars.


Saturday December 12

- Carrie Underwood will receive the Harmony Award at the Symphony Ball taking place at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center in Nashville, TN.


Temporary Home rules!


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Yes, its @tweetitow!




I trusted this 3rd party application since when I registered my Twitter account last mid-September. And now, I'm still using it when I'm away from my lappy and whatsoever with my Globe and Sun numbers. :) And the good thing for this, you can not only send tweets via this application but you can receive @mentions and DMs too, again for FREE! (isip.ph doesn't support this free service.)

Receiving FREE @mentions and DMs comes with 50 credits/day (1 @mention/DM receive, 1 credit conducted). It has no expiry. When your credits turned to zero, @tweetitow will refill it with another 50 credits for the next day at around 7 AM. So yeah @tweetitow gives you power to reach your friends, love ones, fave artists and even your crush Twitter updates for F-R-E-E! :D

"How to receive updates?"

Sending /on and /follow to their gateways (the three numbers above) are the two basic command keys to start receiving updates right on your mobile.






Here's the complete list of commands keys to received updates:

/on -> To go online and start receiving updates — mentions and DMs.

/off -> To go offline. This means you will stop receiving updates.

/credits -> To check how many credits you still have.

/follow @user1 @user2 @user3 up to 8 users -> To start receiving updates from the user you follow. At the start, you will only receive mentions and DMs updates. If you want to receive tweet updates from a particular twitter user, you need to activate receiving updates from them. Example format, /follow @tweetitow.

/leave @user -> To stop receiving updates from a particular activated user.

/followstats -> To get a list of the twitter users you activated to receive updates from your phone.

/hold -> Hold sms updates. Similar to the command /off except that the settings and user you activate to receive updates from the last session are keep.

/resume -> To resume your session, and receive updates again from your phone.

/whoami -> To verify what twitter account you registered to T2.

/give @user -> To give another @tweetitow registered user some of your credits. Giving is sharing is loving.

/whatsnew -> To retrieve the 5 recent updates (from the last 24 hours) from any of the people you follow (including those you did not turn on to receive updates from your phone). To receive another 5 recent updates, simply send /whatsnew again — the 5 older tweet updates will be sent to your phone.

/whatsnew @user -> To retrieve the 5 recent updates of a user from the last 24 hours. -> To start receiving updates from the user you follow. At the start, you will only receive mentions and DMs updates. If you want to receive tweet updates from a particular twitter user, you need to activate receiving updates from them. Example format, /follow @tweetitow.

/leave @user -> To stop receiving updates from a particular activated user.

/followstats -> To get a list of the twitter users you activated to receive updates from your phone.

/hold -> Hold sms updates. Similar to the command /off except that the settings and user you activate to receive updates from the last session are keep.

/resume -> To resume your session, and receive updates again from your phone.

/whoami -> To verify what twitter account you registered to T2.

/give @user -> To give another @tweetitow registered user some of your credits. Giving is sharing is loving.

/whatsnew -> To retrieve the 5 recent updates (from the last 24 hours) from any of the people you follow (including those you did not turn on to receive updates from your phone). To receive another 5 recent updates, simply send /whatsnew again — the 5 older tweet updates will be sent to your phone.

/whatsnew @user -> To retrieve the 5 recent updates of a user from the last 24 hours.


As of October 19th, @tweetitow community has gained 1,000 registered user and still counting! Its safe to use so no worries regarding to your Twitter credentials. :D

You can help them to maintain the free 'receive updates' feature here.

To know more about @tweetitow, their team and how it works, visit their site here. A lot of useful stuff found there about to this free service.

Coffee Can Delay Severe Alzheimer's Disease.

Kompas.com "Consumption of coffee every day may help delay the development of Alzheimer's disease, according to results of a study on the issue of the Journal of Azheimer's Disease, online edition. Drinking coffee has been linked to previous mengecilnya risk of developing Alzheimer's.

Some researchers from the University of South Florida studied 55 mice that had been genetically engineered to be attacked by madness symptoms similar to Alzheimer's symptoms such as older animals.

Alzheimer's occurs when a lump of abnormal proteins that stick in the brain called the "beta-amyloid" piled up to form plaque, thus damaging kofnitif function.

Half the animals were given doses of caffeine every day in the drinking water, while the other half continued to drink plain water.



At the end of two months of the study, all the mice that drank caffeine showed results that are far better in memory and the ability berfikirnya than rats given plain water. Memory is as sharp as a rat animal healthy older without madness.

The study finds that caffeine cuts up to half of the excessive blood and the level of "beta amyloid" in the rat brain.

"The new findings provide evidence that caffeine can be 'therapy' is active for Alzheimer's disease, which was attacked, and not just as a protection strategy," said lead researcher, Gary Arendash, neuroscientists from the University of South Florida.

"That's important because caffeine is a drug that is safe for most people. The substance is easily enters the brain. And apparently directly affects the disease process," said Arendash as reported China's official news agency, Xinhua.

The researchers hope that caffeine can be a safe treatment and is not expensive for the memory loss disease and want to do experiments on human patients as soon as possible.

One study in 2002 found that people who consume caffeine in the middle ages they have a risk of 60 per cent less for developing the disease."
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Not a coffee lover here but I think I should take atleast one cup of it every morning. :D


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ArchuCDs from TeamArchie.



ArchuPins bought from ArchuletaPhilippines and ArchuFan given by TeamArchie during DALIM (David Archuleta Live in Manila - May 16th)


and ArchuMag from Kayley. :)


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Want to send your name to Mars and be part of the history? Go on and send your name here. Mars Science Laboratory rover will heading to Mars in 2011! Here we come Mars! :)

Bonus: After you send your name, you'll have a online certificate of participation that you can print and whatsoever. :D


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Facebook makes there users annoyed and confusing now with their "Live Feed" feature. At first I thought its a bug since "Live Feed" is only available at Facebook Lite. So yeah all of their users including me wants to boost out their freaking emotion to our beloved social-networking site in returning to its old format.

Btw you can join "WE HATE THE NEW FACEBOOK UPDATE!!!!! FIX IT." group on Facebook here. :)


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Awww! This make me crave for food. Yay! What does this keyboard's owner doing when he's front of this sweet and yummy thingy? He's mouth watering or craving for some food like me now? Haha! I wish I can have that soon lol. Another thing that makes my whole day complete! :D


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Found this on YouTube just now. The music animation is uber cute. I like also how our fellow Filipino Apl.de.Ap describe Philippines in this music video.





Kudos to Apl.de.Ap!

Credits to My Pinoy Humor Blog.

What is Google Chrome Frame?

Google Chrome Frame is an early-stage open source plug-in that seamlessly brings Google Chrome's open web technologies and speedy JavaScript engine to Internet Explorer. With Google Chrome Frame, you can:

* Start using open web technologies - like the HTML5 canvas tag - right away, even technologies that aren't yet supported in Internet Explorer 6, 7, or 8.
* Take advantage of JavaScript performance improvements to make your apps faster and more responsive.





With the help of GCF, IE8 users will use the world's most popular browser more exciting. Its a great move for Google but big disappointment for Microsoft. :D Looking forward for it. Actually I'm way more excited to see Webkit engine working on IE8 since I'm using it more often though (for Windows Update) but I'd love Firefox more. Haha! Browser War