Thursday, April 28, 2011
Introducing Ney of 6cyclemind in his debut solo album
ABS-CBN Correspondent Niko Baua Injured in Makati Demolition
ABS-CBN correspondent Niko Baua was among the people injured during the violent confrontation between Makati authorities and informal settlers at the fire-hit Laperal Compound in Guadalupe Viejo, Makati on Thursday.Baua was reportedly hit by rocks on his head as residents fought off the demolition teams, resisting the relocation.
In his official Twitter account, Baua thanked all those who tried to reach him after it was reported in the news that he was wounded.
“[T]hank you to all those who called & texted. [I]’ts a 2.5inch wound, abt to get 4-5 stitches. [E]verythings fine, just waiting for anesthesia,” he said.
Baua said even their OB van and crew cab were damaged.
“Our cables got burned aftr it was hit by a molotov bomb. A smoke bomb also landed in front of our ob van, the crewcab windshield also broken,” he tweeted.
It was reported that the informal settlers threw rocks, molotov bombs and pillboxes.
At around 4 p.m., the violence stopped after authorities took control of the Laperal Compound.
Source: www.abs-cbnnews.com
Miss Philippines Earth 2011 Candidates
Kasabay ng pagdiriwang ng Earth Day, pinakilala ang 50 kandidata sa Miss Philippines Earth 2011 na sumabak sa bikini presentation sa Resorts World pool.Produkto ng regional beauty search ang mga kandidata.
Kabilang sa mga agaw-atensyon si Ish Ramos mula Cainta na kinumpara kay Miss Body Beautiful Vivian Velez.
“I feel honored to actually be compared to her because she is very beautiful,” sabi ni Ramos.
Early favorite rin ang Cebuanang kolehiyala na si Muriel Orais.
Pinag-usapan din ang British-Pinay law student na si Margo Midwinter na kahawig ng fiancee ni Prince William na si Kate Middleton.
Nag-show na si Margo kay Queen Elizabeth II sa kanyang Jubilee Year noong 2002.
“It’s okay with me to be compared to Kate Middleton. She seems really nice and she’s going to be the future princess and queen,” sabi ni Midwinter.
Hindi rin nagpahuli sina Diane Querrer na naging UAAP courtside reporter at ang RPN 9 reporter na si Vivienne Gulla.
“With my experience as a reporter, I know that I can perform a good job of becoming a spokesperson for the environment,” sabi ni Gulla.
Ihahatid ng ABS-CBN ang coronation night sa June 5 mula sa Puerto Princesa
Now on its 11th year, this year’s theme is forests conservation in line with the “International Year of the Forests.”
Miss Philippines Earth 2010 Kris Psyche Resus is set to transfer the crown to any of the following contestants:
1. Gabrielle Marie Cabrera, Alabat
2 Klaudine Palma, Antipolo City
3 Christine Kate Adi, Baguio City
4 Beverlyn Alquiros, Balagtas
5 Dindi Joy Pajares, Balanga
6 Vivienne Andrea Gulla, Baliwag
7 Alyssa Mae Cañizares, Bayugan
8 Catherine Almirante, Cagayan de Oro City
9 Christianne Ramos, Cainta
10 Mardie Rose Enriquez, Calamba City
11 Mary Sheila Rosales, Calapan City
12 Clarize Angelica Barrameda, Caloocan City
13 Mercy Malaluan, Capalonga
14 Athena Mae Imperial, Casiguran
15 Murielle Adrienne Orais, Cebu City
16 Edan Dafilmoto, Cotabato City
17 Honey Claire Arranguez, Davao City
18 Imelda Gaborno, Fil Canada
19 Cathrine Rosary Ocampo, General Santos City
20 Angelica Patricia Medina, Imus
21 Rhizsa Jerrika Bravo, Labo
22 Michelle Gavagan, Las Piñas City
23 Crista Juanico, Libungan
24 Czshevinah Hae Alejandro, Lipa City
25 Renee Soraya Hassani, Loay
26 Aileene Ella Dango, Loboc
27 Tarhata Clio Shari Rico, Makati City
28 Mary Denisse Toribio, Malolos
29 Margo Kathrine Midwinter, Manila
30 Christine Rodriguez, Marikina City
31 Mary Grace Opingo, Midsayap
32 Jaine Hidalgo, Milaor
33 Ralph Lauren Asuncion, Narvacan
34 Ma. Alicia Elena Ariosa, Pagadian City
35 Zhaniethia Antoinette Villanueva, Parañaque City
36 Diana Angelie Jainga, Passi City
37 Jonavi Raisa Quiray, Puerto Princesa City
38 Caraleigh Ico, Roxas City
39 Erika Marie Syhongpan, San Fernando City
40 Leslie Ching, San Isidro
41 Ana Maria Baladad, San Juan City
42 Princess Jennifer Iñosa, San Pedro
43 Jaymie Lou Pagulayan, Santiago City
44 Norella Nacis, Santo Tomas
45 Diane Carmela Querrer, Tanauan City
46 Cari-Dawn Campbell, US Central
47 Brenna Cassandra Gamboa, US East Coast
48 Diana Rose Santos, Vigan City
49 Anna Amalia Brillante, Virac
Source : http://kapamilyalogy.blogspot.com/
Xian Lim Can Sing!
Xian Lim returned to Showtime as a guest hurado and once again wowed the “madlang pipol” with his talent in singing and playing various musical instruments. He also recently put up a YouTube channel (XianLim8) where he uploads videos of himself performing renditions of popular pop songs. In an interview with Push.com.ph, Xian said that his YouTube was born out of having too much leisure time. “I love just staying home and playing my instruments when I'm not busy with work or studies. I started a YouTube channel because I wanted to share my music with everyone.”The 22-year-old model-turned-actor was just happy that because of Showtime, and now his YouTube channel, he has the chance to entertain people with his talents. “It's also a good way to keep my supporters entertained and see a different side of me. I also want people to see my own interpretation of the song. Expect more covers on my channel and later on I'll post some of my original compositions.”
In his many “samples” on Showtime, Xian played numerous musical instruments, like the guitar, keyboard, ukulele, and even a trombone. Push.com.ph then asked how many instruments can he actually play. “I can't really give you an exact number of how many I play. My hobby is collecting musical instruments. Let’s just put it this way, give me any instrument and I'll play it for you. Ha ha ha!”
So does this mean that Xian is thinking about becoming a legit musician, and maybe record an album very soon? He answered, “Why not? Ha ha ha! If I was given the chance and the opportunity to show my talent to everyone, every performance will come from the heart. Album? Hmmm... hopefully!”
While Xian spent most of his childhood in the US, he can speak fluent Tagalog. He only came home to the Philippines three years ago to give showbiz a try. He credits his mother for teaching him to play the piano and encouraging him to learn to play other instruments.
On his YouTube channel, Xian has renditions of a few popular songs like “Replay,” “I’m Yours,” and “Officially Missing You.” Some of the current hits he likes at the moment include songs of Bruno Mars, The Script, Jason Mraz, and other local songs. Fans can follow him on Twitter <@ XianLimm> for updates.
Source: www.push.com.ph
Photo courtesy of www.pinoyparazzi.com
Favorite Summer Meriendas
Banana cue: emblem of the classic Pinoy merienda
Ah, summer! Sweltering heat, sleeveless shirts, and glistening skin, "glistening" due to the excessive perspiration triggered by the spike in the mercury. But temperature discomfort aside, it can't be denied that summer triggers something else in all of us: cravings for food that seem especially tempting when eaten in the torrid heat.
Here some favorites — yours and mine:
Halo-Halo
The king of summer meriendas is none other than the halo-halo. It's the "mix-mix" medley that proves so good and timeless. Though contentions abound as to which ingredients comprise a good halo-halo (sago? sweetened saba? cornflakes?) even up to the shape of its receptacle (milkshake-type glass? squat, wide-mouthed bowl? drinking glass?), there are some generally-held truths. One, the ice should be finely-shaved, and not too much of it. Two, there should be enough milk (whether that be evap or fresh milk is another debate). Finally, a scoop of ice cream (ube preferred) is non-negotiable.
Sago at Gulaman
Gulaman, squares of dried seaweed re-hydrated and available in vivid colors are paired with sago, tapioca balls, or "pearls" as their new-age name suggests, translucent they be or not. Submerged and occasionally, buoyant, in a sugar syrup laced with pandan leaves, sago't gulaman rehydrates sweetly and coolly.
Fresh Fruit, especially mangoes
Summer is incomplete without the glory that is the mango (green or yellow). Some say this juicy wonder is God's gift to Filipinos for enduring the blistering heat. Whatever it may be, mangoes are at their best when it's oh-too-hot-outside. Popped in the refrigerator for a few hours, they're best eaten cold while standing over the kitchen sink, letting the juices flow freely down arms and messy mouth.Fruit Salad
This is more of a Christmas staple but fruit salad can't be beat when smothered in cream and sweetened with condensed milk.
Fruit Salad for summer
Banana-que
How the heck do you spell banana-que anyway? Is it how I spell it above? banana-cue? banana-q? And what's with the que/cue/q, anyway?
However it's spelled, banana cue is simply saba (cooking banana, similar to plaintains), rolled in brown sugar and then deep fried. The hot oil caramelizes the sugar, giving the banana-que an ooey-gooey, (careful not to bite into it while it's still hot!) crunchy quality. This banana fritter of sorts, is often sold on the street as an afternoon snack and of course, made at home.
Turon
A street food that's more delicious when bought off the street sometime around mid-afternoon (it's the street fumes that give it that distinctive flavor), turon is too easy to love. Saba bananas are layered over an egg roll wrapper (aka lumpia wrapper) rained down with sugar, and if the cook/street stall owner is lucky or generous or both, there will be a layer of langka (jackfruit) atop the saba. Eaten while possessing still a memory of warmth, the crunch and corresponding sweetness makes this a summer merienda to remember.
Turon
Again, another of those food words that's spelled in myriads of ways. Is it barbeque? Barbecue? Bar-B-Q? Or the more direct BBQ? It's moot, I believe. Barbeque is one of those on-the-stick foods that bewitches with its slightly bite-y meat, the tangy-sweet basting sauce, and of course, that nugget of fat at the end that glitters like a jewel. Hot rice and mouth-puckering vinegar optional.
Barbecue, kalsada style
Of course you can have any flavor you want. Summer means ice cream and that invariably means ube.
Ube Ice Cream
Lori Baltazar is the whiz behind the popular food blog, Dessert Comes First.
From the Yahoo! editors: Share and declare your favorite summer meriendas!
Source : http://ph.news.yahoo.com/blogs/timpla/favorite-summer-meriendas-114736474.html
White iPhone finally goes on sale
The long-awaited white model of the iPhone 4 is finally available, nearly a year behind schedule.
Apple said Wednesday that white iPhone 4s can be bought through Apple's online store starting Thursday or at Apple stores and authorized retailers.
Apple planned to begin selling the white iPhone along with the black model in June of last year but its release was repeatedly delayed by manufacturing challenges in a rare setback for the California gadget-maker.
"The white iPhone 4 has finally arrived and it's beautiful," Apple's senior vice president of worldwide product marketing Philip Schiller said Wednesday.
"We appreciate everyone who has waited patiently while we've worked to get every detail right," Schiller said in a statement.
Apple said the white iPhone 4 will be available on Thursday in Austria, Australia, Belgium, Britain, Canada, China, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Macau, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand and the United States.
Apple sold 18.65 million iPhones last quarter, up 113 percent over a year ago.
Source : http://ph.news.yahoo.com/white-iphone-finally-goes-sale-161757009.html
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Titanic's Unknown Child Given New, Final Identity
When it sank, the Titanic took the lives of 1,497 of the 2,209 people aboard with it. Some bodies were recovered, but names remained elusive, while others are still missing. But researchers believe that they have finally resolved the identity of the unknown child -- concluding that he was 19-month-old Sidney Leslie Goodwin from England. [Photo of Sidney Goodwin]
Though the unknown child was incorrectly identified twice before, researchers believe they have now conclusively determined the child was Goodwin. After his recovery, he was initially believed to be a 2-year-old Swedish boy, Gösta Leonard Pålsson, who was seen being washed overboard as the ship sank. This boy's mother, Alma Pålsson, was recovered with the tickets for all four of her children in her pocket, and buried in a grave behind the unknown child.
The effort to verify the child's identity using genetics began a little over a decade ago, when Ryan Parr, an adjunct professor at Lakehead University in Ontario who has worked with DNA extracted from ancient human remains, watched some videos about the Titanic.
"I thought 'Wow, I wonder if anyone is interested or still cares about the unidentified victims of the Titanic,'" Parr said.
A name for the unknown child?
In 2001, with permission from the Pålsson family, the unknown child's remains were exhumed from Fairview Lawn Cemetery, one of the Halifax cemeteries where Titanic victims were interred. Parr had hoped to investigate the identities of other victims as well, though decomposition interfered. Two of the coffins held only mud, and only a 2.4-inch-long (6 centimeter) fragment of an arm bone and three teeth remained of the unknown child. But this was enough.
From these remains, Parr and his team extracted DNA from a section of mitochondria (energy-producing centers of the cells) that rapidly accumulates mutations, called HV1. Mitochondrial DNA is passed from mother to offspring, so the team compared the unknown child's DNA sequence with samples from the maternal relatives of the Pålsson child. These didn't match.
They broadened their search to include five other boys under age 3 who had died in the disaster. Alan Ruffman, who became involved in the project as a research associate of the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic, ultimately tracked down the maternal lines of all six children (including the Pålsson child) with help from genealogists, historians, Titanic researchers, translators, librarians, archivists and members of the families.
By comparing the unknown child's HV1 with these other young Titanic victims, the researchers eliminated all but two of the boys -- Eino Viljami Panula, a 13-month-old Finnish boy, and Sidney Goodwin. [History's Most Overlooked Mysteries]
An expert analysis of the child's teeth put his age somewhere between 9 months and 15 months -- seeming to eliminate Goodwin, who was older. So, the researchers concluded the boy was Panula and, in 2004, published their results.
A second try
But doubts remained. Ultimately, a pair of leather shoes recovered from the unknown child and held in the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic caused the researchers to question the identification.
The shoes had been saved by Clarence Northover, a Halifax police sergeant in 1912, who helped guard the bodies and belongings of the Titanic victims, according to the museum's website. A letter from Northover's grandson, Earle, recounts how the victim's clothing had been burned to stop souvenir hunters. Clarence Northover couldn't bring himself to burn the little shoes, and when no relatives claimed them, he put the shoes in his desk drawer at the police station. In 2002, Earle Northover donated them to the museum. These shoes were too large for a 13-month-old to wear.
Parr and his team attempted the identification again, this time with the help of the U.S. Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory.
They looked at another, less mutation-prone section of the mitochondrial DNA, where they found a single difference that indicated that Goodwin might actually be the unknown child. The Armed Forces lab confirmed this when they found a second, single difference in another section of the DNA.
"Luckily, it was a rare difference, so that is what gives you 98 percent certainty the identification is correct," Parr said.
The loss of a family
Before he died, Sidney Goodwin was traveling on the Titanic with his parents, Frederick and Augusta, and five siblings from England to Niagara Falls, N.Y.
Carol Goodwin, a 77-year-old Wisconsin resident, heard about the ill-fated family from Frederick Goodwin's sisters, one of whom was Carol's grandmother.
"I can't say that it really startled me or amazed me," Carol Goodwin said of the news that the unknown child was her relative. "I guess maybe it had been so long in coming."
As a child, she learned about Frederick Goodwin's family by eavesdropping on conversations between her grandmother and her great aunt.
"They didn't talk about the children that much," Carol Goodwin told LiveScience. "It was their brother who was a favorite brother, how kind he was to them growing up."
Goodwin's interest in family history didn't spark until her 13-year-old granddaughter Becky saw a Titanic exhibit and wrote an essay for school. When her teacher wanted to submit the article to the magazine "Junior Scholastic," Goodwin wanted to check the facts first.
Now Goodwin is working on two books on the subject, a smaller one about the unknown child and a larger book she has titled "The Goodwins Aboard the Titanic: Saga of a Third-Class Family." (The family was traveling third class.) And, in a year, she and her husband plan to take a centennial cruise in memory of the Titanic. [Titanic Versus the Lusitania: Time Determined Who Survived]
On Aug. 6, 2008, relatives of the Goodwin family held a memorial service in Fairview Lawn Cemetery where they now believe Sidney Goodwin was buried under the unknown child's headstone. A cousin read the names of about 50 children who had also perished when the Titanic went down and a bell was rung for each, she said.
A soft, drizzling rain began to fall as the first name was read, and stopped when the list was finished, she recalled. Ultimately, the family left the headstone and the grave as it was.
"The tombstone of the unknown child represents all of the children who perished on the Titanic, and we left it that way," she said.
The remains of the rest of the Goodwins family have never been recovered.
"From those (unidentified bodies) that were buried in Halifax, I have read the coroner's reports for each of them, and nothing fits," she said.
An article describing the genetic analysis that led to the final identification of the unknown child's remains is scheduled to be published in the June 2011 issue of the journal Forensic Science International: Genetics and is already available online.
Source : http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20110426/sc_livescience/titanicsunknownchildgivennewfinalidentity
9 Best (and Worst!) Foods for Healthy Skin
What's a healthy skin diet you ask? Good question because I had no flippin' idea until I spoke with esthetician Sinead Norenius. She told me that there are proven foods that'll wreak havoc on your skin and ones that can clear up even the worst skin problems while preventing your cells from aging prematurely. Here are some of the 9 best (and worst!) foods for healthy skin:
Best: Yogurt
*Be careful with milk consumption as it has been shown to contribute to acne and clogged pores due to its sugar content and added hormones. Drink it in moderation. Also, see the best tips for fighting acne and aging here.
Worst: White bread
Any "high glycemic foods such as pasta, white bread and cakes have recently been linked to an increase in acne according to a recent Australian study," says Norenius, so stick to whole grains. Whole wheat and oats are packed full of antioxidants and have been found to be anti-inflammatory.
Best: Blueberries
Foods rich in antioxidant properties such as blueberries, which have the most antioxidants per serving compared to other commonly consumed fruits and berries, will have a significant impact on your skin, says Norenius. "Free radicals caused by pollution and UV radiation attack skin cells and cause DNA damage," she says, and these tasty little treats are powerful ammo in the fight against the premature aging process.
See the truth about which antioxidants do what to your skin here.
Worst: Alcohol
Alright, so this isn't technically a "food," but you consume it and that's why it made this list. In short, overindulgence of booze can wreak havoc on your skin. It is "extremely dehydrating to cells within the body including your skin cells," says Norenius. It also causes "vasodilatation, which can be an aggressor for rosacea," she warns.
Best: Spinach
This dark leafy green has beta-carotene, a super-charged antioxidant that helps repair skin cells and slows down skin cancer cells. It helps give skin a youthful glow while preventing aging. It also is full of lutein, potassium, fiber and folate, which also help with DNA repair that restores skin cells damaged by the sun and helps keep them cancer-free.
Source : http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/beauty/9-best-and-worst-foods-for-healthy-skin-2477403/;_ylt=Au2eg7cj.UfBxv_G3Z6XeVVobqU5
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
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