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Captain Jack Sparrow - Pirate Kid Costume

2013-03-12T04:52:00.001-07:00

If you are looking for a great party pirate costume for your kid, the top of the list is to be Captain Jack Sparrow’s. His classic costume is a great portrait of a pirate with just easy clothes.

From simple pirate hat, white sleeves, black pants and a good old booties sure will make your kid outstanding in a simple but great pirate kid costume.

It may be gone cooler when you add some accessories like pirate guns or swords, Captain Jack Sparrow’s wig, make ups, earrings, rings and a little bit of a pirate attitude and will surely love by the people.

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What are the top most common Christmas songs?

2012-12-22T03:17:00.000-08:00

When Christmas season starts, everyone loves to hear a single Christmas song playing around. In the midst of this busy season, people still loves to relax and be entertained not just from the beautiful and colourful decorations but from the harmony of Christmas songs brought to them.

Christmas jingles are also a form of Christmas song which are sung lively and joyfully. But some Christmas Hymns are very silent and calm which is very relaxing and sometimes more musical than other Christmas songs. But what really are the most common Christmas songs?

Happy Xmas (War Is Over) - John Lennon (1971). One of Beatle John Lennon's dreams in the music industry was to create a classic Christmas song. Undoubtedly, he was successful with the song "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" that is simultaneously a holiday song and plea for world peace.

The Christmas Song - Nat King Cole (1961). Co-written by singer Mel Torme, "The Christmas Song" became one of the defining performances of the career of Nat King Cole. He recorded the song at least 3 times of which the 1961 recording is often considered the best. Sometimes the song is referred to as "Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire" from the lyrics in the song's first line.

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas - Judy Garland (1944). This song was introduced by Judy Garland in a poignant moment in the 1944 movie musical Meet Me In St. Louis. The filmmakers complained that the first version of the song's lyrics was too depressing and commissioned a rewrite that became the most popular interpretation.

O Holy Night - Celine Dion (1998). "O Holy Night," composed in 1847, has become a favorite carol for solo vocal performances. Celine Dion applied the huge sound of her voice to the classic song on the 1998 collection These Are Special Times.

Santa Claus Is Coming to Town - Bruce Springsteen and Bon Jovi (2003). "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" was written in 1934 and first performed on the Eddie Cantor radio show. It was an instant hit. Bruce Springsteen has made it a traditional part of his live concerts during the holidays.

DOH discouraged parents to buy "Pregnant Dolls"

2012-12-21T23:26:00.000-08:00

In the middle of the trending and hot issue and debate about the House Bill 4244 or RH Bill of the Philippine Constitution, there are already issues about the growing population of Pregnant Dolls in the market specially in Manila.

DOH director Eduardo Janairo appealed about this issue and now discouraging the parents not yo buy Pregnant Dolls in the market. He strongly urged the public not to buy and sell these Pregnant Dolls around the market and website.

He said in a statement, “I recommend parents not to give the pregnant dolls for gifts this holiday season. It is inappropriate and offensive.”

He points out that Pregnant Dolls promotes the early teenage pregnancy especially to children.

“It promotes teenage pregnancy and tends to glamorize the life of teenage girls who have babies at a young age which is not a very good example to share to children,” said Janairo.

Philippine Weather Update - December 22, 2012

2012-12-21T17:49:00.001-08:00

Palawan, Visayas and Mindanao will have cloudy skies with light to moderate rainshowers and thunderstorms. Cagayan Valley, Bicol Region and the provinces of Aurora and Quezon will experience cloudy skies with light rains. Metro Manila and the rest of the luzon will be partly cloudy with brief rainshowers or thunderstorms.

Moderate to strong winds blowing from the northeast will prevail throughout the country and the coastal waters will be moderate to rough.

Source: PAGASA DOST

Ms. Philippines Janine Tugonon titled 1st Runner-up in Ms Universe 2012

2012-12-20T17:50:00.001-08:00

Among the 89 most beautiful women in the universe, another Filipino pride, Ms. Janine Tugonon of the Philippines crowned !st Runner-Up for its outstanding Filipina beauty in the annual Ms. Universe held at Las Vegas, Nevada on December 19, 2012.

Ms. Janine Tugonon amazed the world of her beauty as she shows elegant dresses and sexy body. She even beat the scores as she intelligently answers the final question.

The Philippines still congratulates and celebrates another victory despite of Ms. Janine Tugonon didn't win the Ms. Universe 2012 title.

Ms. Janine Tugonon sends her regards and thanks to all the Filipinos who gives support through out the pageant.

Philippine Weather Update - December 21, 2012

2012-12-20T17:26:00.001-08:00

Davao Region, Caraga and Soccsksargen will have cloudy skies with moderate to heavy rainshowers and thunderstorms which may trigger flashfloods and landslides. Eastern Visayas and the rest of Mindanao will be cloudy with light to moderate rainshowers or thunderstorms. Cagayan Valley, Bicol Region and the Provinces of Aurora and Quezon will experience cloudy skies with light rains. Metro Manila and the rest of the Luzon will be partly cloudy with brief rainshowers or thunderstorms.

Moderate to strong winds blowing from the northeast will prevail over Luzon, Eastern Visayas and Eastern Mindanao. The coastal waters along these areas will be moderate to rough. Elsewhere, winds will be light to moderate coming from the northeast with slight to moderate seas.

Source: PAGASA DOST

What things you decorate and design on Christmas Tree?

2012-12-19T04:53:00.002-08:00

During Holidays, it is traditional to people to celebrate Christmas by many means. But most of us want to celebrate Christmas by means of decorating things which is appropriate to this special occasion.

The most common decoration during Christmas is the Christmas Tree which is very popular all over the world. People create different Christmas Trees which are made from the different things just to make it beautiful in all eyes.

Most of us finds our own unique way to create and design in our Christmas Tree though some still using the traditional decoration and design of Christmas Tree which are:

Christmas Ball. Among all the decorations of Christmas Tree, the Christmas ball is very traditional of all. Christmas balls are sphere shape decoration that comes from different colors you can hang all around your Christmas Tree. It may be small or big and some strange Christmas balls are even cube shaped.

Christmas Lights. To lighten up your Christmas Tree and to see it during night times, Christmas lights are great source of it. Christmas lights is a great way to beautifies your Christmas tree in a luminous way. The great thing about the Christmas lights is that you can manage and play with the lights sequence, patter and color depending to your desire.

Christmas Star. Your Christmas Tree is not complete when you don’t have a Christmas star on it. This is a symbolical decoration for Christmas as the star which appeared to the Three Wise Men. Different Christmas stars might go so bright and can go in many different colors and design depending on person’s design or theme.

Philippine Weather Update - December 19, 2012

2012-12-18T22:55:00.003-08:00

Visayas and the regions of Caraga and Davao will have cloudy skies with light to moderate rainshowers or thunderstorms. Cagayan Valley, Bicol Region and the provinces of Aurora and Quezon will experience cloudy skies with light rains. Metro Manila and the rest of the country will be partly cloudy with brief rainshowers or thunderstorms.

Moderate to strong winds blowing from the northeast will prevail over the Northern and Eastern Luzon and Eastern Visayas. The coastal waters along these areas will be moderate to rough. Elsewhere, winds will be light to moderate coming from the northeast with slight to moderate seas.

Source: PAGASA DOST

Miss Philippines Janine Tugonon at Miss Universe National Costume Show 2012

2012-12-17T21:12:00.000-08:00

Many have come to battle beauties to beauties to represent their own countries at the annual Miss Universe. Last December 14, 2012 the Miss Universe National Costume Show was held and over 89 countries portraits their best costume ever to represent their country.

Among the 89 countries, we have here our very own Filipino Pride Miss Philippines Janine Tugonon. She wears an elegant white/crystal dress with designs in it paired with a silver crown.

At the picture, you can see Miss Philippines Janine Tugonon performs and walks onstage at the Miss Universe National Costume Show at PH Live in Las Vegas Nevada.

Miss Philippines Janine Tugonon was very confident and thankful for every support especially for all the Filipinos out there who always give their support to Janine.

Among 89 countries, only 16 was set to compete for the Semi-finals of the 2012 Miss Universe and it will be revealed on Wednesday when the annual pageant takes place at the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada at 8pm EST.

Philippine Weather Update - December 18, 2012

2012-12-17T20:40:00.005-08:00

The Regions of Caraga and Eastern Visayas will have cloudy skies with light to moderate rainshowers or thunderstorms. Cagayan Valley region will experience cloudy skies with light rains. Metro Manila and the rest of the country will be partly cloudy with brief rainshowers or thunderstorms.

Moderate to strong winds blowing from the Northeast will prevail over the Northern and eastern sections of Luzon and Eastern Visayas. The coastal waters along these areas will be moderate to rough. Elsewhere, winds will be light to moderate coming from the Northeast with slight to moderate seas.

Source: PAGASA DOST

Philippine Weather Update - December 17, 2012

2012-12-16T21:41:00.001-08:00

Cagayan Valley will experience cloudy skies with occasional light rains. Metro Manila and the rest of the country will be partly cloudy with isolated brief rainshowers or thunderstorms.

Moderate to strong winds blowing from the northeast will prevail over the northern and eastern sections of Luzon and Eastern Visayas. The coastal waters along these areas will be moderate to rough. Elsewhere, winds will be light to moderate coming from the northeast with slight to moderate seas.

Source: PAGASA DOST

Doanire VS Arce Replay

2012-12-16T09:47:00.003-08:00

Donaire's win over Arce is a great fight. Looking back at the fight, the first round was just an exchange of their fists and was accounted to Donaire winning a little bit score. In the second round, Donaire first knocked Arce down accounting again the score of the round for Donaire.

In the third round, Arce was hoping to get some scores over Donaire but it failed him. After some exchange of punches, Donaire knocked out Arce during 2:59 of the round just the same as Juan Manuel Marquez knocked out Pacquiao during the sixth round.

Donaire wins over Arce via KO

2012-12-16T09:27:00.000-08:00

The first round of the was a great offensive and defensive posture for the two great fighter. In the second round, Donaire first knocked down Arce by solid left hook. But by the time 2:59 seconds in the third round, Nonito Donaire, with four-time world champion finished an 11-straight winning streaks over the five-time world champion Jorce "Travieso" Arce in their fight held at Toyota Center, Houston, Texas.

In an interview, Donaire said that he offered his fight for the fellow victims from the Storm Pablo in Eastern Visayas and Mindanao. He also said that his great honor if for the lift of the morale of his fellow boxer 8-division world champion Manny Pacquiaoafter after a bitter defeat in last week over Juan Manuel Marquez of Mexico.

Caves of the Philippines - Astonishing views

2012-12-15T19:07:00.000-08:00

There are about 1,500 caves scattered all around the country of the Philippines. These caves are of great beauties and significance in their localities. Given each location, these caves are preserved for tourism and to nourish its natural beauty for the benefit of the Filipinos. Take a look of these astonishing caves of the Philippines:

Callao Cave

Natural Cathedral turned into chapel by the local people inside the Callao Cave located at the Province of Cagayan.

Hinagdanan Cave

Underground lake located inside the Hinagdanan Cave. Hinagdanan means "laddered."

Monfort Bat Cave

Monfort Bat Cave is a sanctuary for 1.8 million Rousette Fruit Bats which was recongnized by the Guinness World Records as the largest single colony of this kind of bat.

Puerto Princesa Underground River

Also called Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park and one of the new seven wonders of nature.

Philippine Weather Update - December 16, 2012

2012-12-15T18:11:00.000-08:00

Cagayan Valley will experience cloudy skies with occasional light rains. Metro Manila and the rest of the country will be partly cloudy with isolated brief rainshowers or thunderstorms.

Moderate to strong winds blowing from the Northeast will prevail over The Northern and Eastern sections of the country and the coastal waters along these areas will be moderate to rough. Elsewhere, winds will be light to moderate coming from the Northeast with slight to moderate seas.

Source: PAGASA DOST

Philippine Weather Update - Decemer 15, 2012

2012-12-15T00:06:00.001-08:00

The regions of Bicol, Caraga and Davao will have cloudy skies with light to moderate rainshowers and thunderstorms. Cagayan Valley and the provinces of Aurora and Quezon will experience light rains. Metro Manila and the rest of the country will be partly cloudy with isolated brief rainshowers or thunderstorms.

Moderate to strong winds blowing from the northeast will prevail over Luzon, Visayas and Eastern Mindanao and the coastal waters along these areas will be moderate to rough. Elsewhere, winds will be light to moderate coming from the northeast with slight to moderate seas.

Source: PAGASA DOST

Research Design

2012-12-12T16:37:00.002-08:00

Research Designs. The design used is specified at the start which should be clear and appropriate the design is an arrangement of conditions for collection and analysis of data in amanner that is relevant to and will best address the research purose and with minimum expenditures of effort, money, and time.

Basic Research Designs

1. Descriptive Studies. They aim to describe the charactereistics of a particular individual, people, situation or group or the frequency with which a phenomenon occure or is related with some other factors.

They are concerned with estimating the frequency of given occurences of the proportion of people holding to certain views or behaving in certain ways.

They are also concerned in discovering, testing, or predicting whether certain factors are related/associated with each other.

2. Experimental Studies. They seek to test causal relationships often draw from the logic of experiments and attempt to approximate the design of Experimental Studies.

True experimental studies allow the researchers to:

· Have complete control over the introduction of X, the experimental or independent variable;

· Randomly assign the research subjects into the study’s experimental and control group;

· Systematically obtain measures of Y, and other characteristics among subjects in both experimental and control groups and before and after the experiments; and

· Have control over all other conditions of the experimental study;

· The experimental design enables researcher to observe closely the X-Y relationship and to rule out with confidence the influence of other factors on the said relationship.

3. Historical Studies. They seek to establish the veracity of the written records of the past.

The following table may be used in choosing the suitable research design.

Table 1

Matrix of Research Goals and types of Research Designs

RESEARCH GOALS	TYPES OF RESEARCH DESIGN
1. To understand the nature, characteristics, components, or other aspects of the phenomena	Descriptive Research Examples of this type are: Case study, survey research, Library research, Field Research, Documentary analysis, Content analysis, and Participatory research
2. To uncover data on phenomen that are not yet fully know; to surface information for possible formulation of hypothesis	Explanatory Research Examples: Library Research, Documentary Research, Survey research, Case Study, Field research
3. To explain the relationship between variables, between phenomena; - To test causal relationships; to determine the true cause and true effects; - To predict the relationship between two variables; the change in one is the cause of or brings about the change in the other.	Experimental Research Examples: Pre-experimental, classical, quasi-experimental, causal-comparative
4. To initiate and experiment with ta new set-up or system and determine results, this can be replicated-repeated in other situation.	Action Research Example: Experiment, Survey research, case study, Participatory research
5. To assess the impact, effects, results, outcomes, of operation, policies, programs, behaviour, assessment of the processes or operations involved.	Evaluation Research Policy research, Survey, Case, Field, and Participatory research
6. To generate information relevant to the development and formulation of policy; assessment of effects, outcomes, impact of policies.	Survey, Field, Library, Documentary, Historical, Descriptive, Experimental, Evaluation
7. To determine the factors for the success or ciability of a planned course of action	Feseability Research Survey, Library Research
8. To determine the relationship or association of variables not necessarily in terms of cause and effect.	Correlation Research Case; Field study
9. Explanatory-causal-non-experimental	Cross-sectional study, Case control

Statistical Treatment of Data

Types of Statistical Tolls/Treatment	When to Use in research
1. Frequency Count with Frequency Percent	-When certain proportions of the population based on certain variables such age, height, income, etc. are desired to be known.
2. Measures of Central Tendency (Medium, Mean, and Mode)	-When the typical, normal or average is desired to be known.
3. Weighted Mean	-When the variable being studied are abstract or continuous such that they can’t be counted indicidually sucj as adequacy, extent, excellence, seriousness.
4. Measures of variability (range, quartile, deviation, Average Deviation or Standard Deviation)	When the variability of the population is desired to be known such as homogeneity and heterogeneity
5. Ranking, Quartile or Percentile Rank	When the relative placements of scores or positions are desired
6. Chi-Square of Equal Probability-single group	When the significance of the trend of reaction or opinnions of persons as a group toward a certain issue, situation, value or thins is desired to be known.
7. Chi-square of Equal Probability two groups	When the significance of the difference between the reactions or opinions of two distinct groups on which there is neutral position is desired to be known
8. Coefficient of Correlation	To determine how are variables vary with one another
9. T-test of Significance	If the significance of the difference between the perceptions of two groups about a certain situation is to be studies
10. Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) (Comparing two groups)	To determine the relative effectiveness of the different ways of doing things to which different randomized groups are respectively exposed to and only a post test is given to the different groups.
11. Partial and Multiple-Correlation	To determine the effects of some variables upon a single variable to which they are related.
12. Chi-square of independence	To determine the association between the two independent variables

Table 2

Matrix on the Use of Statistical Techniques

Variables	Interval	Ordinal	Nominal
Interval	Multiple Correlation Pearson “r”	Spearman’s rho x² Convert I→0 I→N; 0→N	ANOVA
Ordinal	Spearman’s rho x² Convert I→0 I→N; 0→N	Spearman’s rho Kendall’s tau	Friedman’s 2 way ANOVA
Nominal	ANOVA	Friedman’s 2 Way ANOVA	X² test of goodness of fit X² test of independence

Procedures. It outlines the reaserch plan. It decribes in detail what will be done; how it will be done, what data will be needed, and what data gathering devices will be used. It decribes the actual steps carried out in conducting the study.

Sources of Data. The report should include appropriate information on the sample and the sources of evidence. To be valid the investigation must make use of the second hand information which can be exat or incomplete bur of primary source materials.

Data Gathering Instruments. A description of the adapatation, construction and administration of instruments should be included. Instruments include tests, questionnaires, interview, guides and or schedules. Apparatuses, devised and laboratory equipmenst should be described. In the case of complex or custom made equipment, a drawing or photograph may be useful.

Collection of Data, according to Source.

Primary- data coming from the original sources of materials and are collected especially for the task at hand.

Secondary Data- data or information obtained from the works of other persons who have collected them fof other purposes. Organizations files and library holdings are the most frequent used secondary sources but statistical compendia, movie film, printed literature, audio tapes and computer files are also widely used sources.

DATA PROCESSING. It is a means of converting information either manually or by machine. This involves the following phases:

Data Coding. It is a process of grouping the responses to a question into categories and assigning numbers, characters, and/or other symbols called codes.

Principles of Data Coding

1. Appropriateness

2. Single concept

3. Exhaustiveness

4. Exclusiveness

5. Adequacy

Data Matrix- or a roster of data is actually a sheet on which data are written in columns.

Important points to Consider.

1. If categorical data are being recorded, the number of individual scoring in each category are tallied.

2. If quantitative data are being recorded, the data are usually listed in one or more columns, depending on the number of groups involved.

Results and Findings

In this section, summarize the collection of data and the statistical treatment applied to them. The result should be presented in straight forward and unbiased way. The presentation must be geared to the research questions and the research hypotheses.

Summary, Conclusion and Recommendations

This last chapter contains the overview of the research. It gives a brief statement of the problem, the procedures and findings. In making recommendation, the researcher should avoid making opinionated statements and suggestions not supported by evidence.

SYNTHESIS

1. The title should be clear and concise.

2. The problem should be clearly stated and properly delimited. The significance of the problem and the scope and limitation of the study should be clearly stated and hypothesis testable.

3. The review of theories, literature and studies should create a unified theme to a line of though throughout the review. They must be adequately covered, the findings noted, well organized, effective summary and the literatures, studies and theories cited must be directly relevant to the problem.

4. The research design must be described in detail, adequate samples described and the relevant variables are recognized. The data gathering technique should be appropriate, the validity and the reliability of the instruments established.

5. The results should be stated clearly, statistically treated with the appropriate use of tables and figures. There should be a logical perspective and objective analysis and interpretation on the relationships of effects between or among variables. Discussion must be clear and concise.

6. Bibliographical entries should follow the correct format. E.g. title of books and journal should be highlighted, unpublished theses/dissertations no highlight.

SAMPLES OF BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ENTRIES

BIBLIOGRAPHY

A. BOOKS

Alano, Patricio, Management of Human Behavior in organizations, Manila, National Bookstore, 1992

Andres, Thomas, Management by Filipino Values, New Day Publishing, Quezon City, 1995.

B. JOURNALS AND PERIODICALS

Putman, J. J. “Quicksilver and Slow Death” National Geographic, 1972.

Waldichuck, M. “Lead in the Environment” Marine Pollution Bulletin, 1980.

C. UNPUBLISHED MATERIALS

Alcala D., “Personality Dimensions and Status of Elementary School Principals as Related to their level of Job Satisfaction in the Division of Quezon”, Unpublished Masteral Thesis, PNC, 1988.

Dela Cruz, Vilma C., “Effects of Leaderships Styles and Socio Economic Status of Public High Schools Department Heads on Teachers’ Job Satisfaction and Job Performance”, Unpublished Master Thesis, Bulacan State University, 1996.

DESIGNING RESEARCH INSTRUMENTS

A. Guidelines in the formulation of questions for a questionnaire.

1. Make all directions clear and unequivocal

2. Use correct grammar.

3. Make all questions unequivocal

4. Avoid asking biased questions

5. Call for objective responses

6. Relate all questions to the topic under study.

7. Create categories or classes for approximate answers

8. Group questions in logical sequence

9. Create sufficient number of response questions.

10. Word carefully or avoid questions that deal with confidential or embarrassing information

11. Explain and illustrate difficult questions

12. State all questions affirmatively.

13. Make as many questions as would supply adequate information for the study

14. Add a catch-all word or phrase to options of multiple response questions

15. Place all spaces for replies at the left side

16. Make the respondents anonymous.

Philippine Weather Update - Storm Marce - October 3, 2012

2012-10-03T06:56:00.005-07:00

At 4:00 p.m. today, the Tropical Storm "MARCE" was estimated based on satellite and surface data at 240 km West of Iba, Zambales (15.4°N, 117.6°E) with maximum winds of 85 kph near the center center and gustiness of up to 100 kph. It is forecast to move South Southeast slowly.

Bataan and Zambales will experience rains with gusty winds. Metro Manila and the regions of Central Luzon, CALABARZON, MIMAROPA and Bicol will be cloudy with occasional moderate to heavy rains and thunderstorms. The rest of Luzon and the whole Visayas have occasional light to moderate rains or thunderstorms. Mindanao will be partly cloudy with brief rainshowers or thunderstorms.

Moderate to strong winds blowing from the Northeast to East will prevail over Extreme Northern Luzon and coming from the Southwest to South over the rest of Luzon and Western Visayas. The coastal waters along these areas will be moderate to rough. Elsewhere, winds will be light to moderate coming from the Southwest to West with slight to moderate seas.

Source: PAGASA

Philippine Weather Update - Storm Marce - October 2, 2012

2012-10-02T06:50:00.001-07:00

At 4:00 p.m. today, the Tropical Storm "GAEMI" was estimated based on satellite and surface data at 440 km West of Northern Luzon (16.3°N, 115.8°E) with maximum winds of 65 kph near the center center and gustiness of up to 80 kph. It is forecast to move East Southeast at 10 kph.

The regions of Metro Manila, Central Luzon, CALABARZON and the provinces of Ilocos Sur, La Union, Pangasinan, Benguet, Ifugao, Kalinga, Mt. Province, Isabela, Quirino, Nueva Vizcaya and Mindoro will be cloudy with occasional moderate to heavy rains and thunderstorms. The rest of Luzon, the Western and Central Visayas and Zamboanga Peninsula will have occasional light to moderate rains or thunderstorms. The rest of the country will be partly cloudy with brief rainshowers or thunderstorms.

Moderate to strong winds blowing from the Northeast to East will prevail over Northern Luzon and coming from the Southwest to South over Central Luzon. The coastal waters along these areas will be moderate to rough. Elsewhere, winds will be light to moderate coming from the Southwest to West with slight to moderate seas.
Source: PAGASA

Philippine Weather Update - October 1, 2012

2012-10-01T04:05:00.004-07:00

At 2:00 pm today, the Low Pressure Area (LPA) was estimated at 530 km West of Luzon (17.0°N, 115.0°E).

Cordillera Administrative Region, Central Luzon and MIMAROPA will be cloudy with occasional moderate to heavy rains and thunderstorms. Metro Manila, Calabarzon, Bicol Region and Eastern Visayas will have occasional light to moderate rains or thunderstorms. The rest of the country will be partly cloudy with brief rainshowers or thunderstorms.

Moderate to strong winds blowing from the Northeast to East will prevail over Northern Luzon and coming from the Southwest to South over Central Luzon . The coastal waters along these areas will be moderate to rough. Elsewhere, winds will be light to moderate coming from the Southwest to West with slight to moderate seas.

Source: PAGASA

iPhone iOS 6 - Key Features and Main Disadvantages

2012-09-29T04:44:00.001-07:00

Key features

Faster and more stable all around
Siri available on iPad 3, wider language support with Canadian English, Spanish (Spain/Mexico), Italian, Italian (Switzerland), Korean, Mandarin (Chinese/Taiwan),Cantonese (Hong Kong)
Siri now serves sports info, movie and restaurants reviews. It can launch apps and do status updates
System-wide Facebook integration: Facebook contacts and events appear in the phonebook and calendar
Notification center gets quick Facebook/Twitter update keys
New Maps app with TomTom data, turn-by-turn voice navigation and 3D/Flyover view mode
Better Safari browser with iCloud tabs, full-screen mode, offline reading and faster performance
Passbook e-ticket app handles loyalty coupons, boarding passes, tickets
Photo Stream can share photos with other iOS users. Likes and comments are supported
Updated Mail app with VIP and Flagged mailboxes
Unified FaceTime/iMessages ID. FaceTime works over the cellular network
New UI for the App Store, iTunes Store, iBooks Store, Music, Weather apps
You can set songs from your music library as alarm tones
Improved privacy settings
New accessibility options and guided access (single-app mode for kids)
Re-organized settings, various new icons
Panorama mode in Camera
Game Center now supports challenges (achievements)
Reject call with SMS
Do Not Disturb mode
Lost mode
Improved keyboards and auto-correction
Power toggles moved to top of settings menu (Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Tethering)
Various improvements under the hood

Main disadvantages

No offline maps support and maps are not up to scratch currently
Variable compatibility across the device range
Passbook not on par with Google Wallet, not truly useful
An altogether conservative approach to design and layout
Notification Center could've offered more functionality
No widgets
Underused lockscreen
Limited themes and personalization options

iPhone 5 - Key Features and Main Disadvantages

2012-09-29T04:37:00.000-07:00

Key features

Quad-band GSM and quad-band 3G support with 14.4 Mbps HSDPA and 5.76 Mbps HSUPA
LTE support where carriers support it and CDMA support when sold by CDMA carriers
4" 16M-color LED-backlit IPS TFT capacitive touchscreen of 640 x 1136px resolution
Scratch-resistant screen glass, fingerprint-resistant coating
1.2GHz dual-core custom-designed CPU, PowerVR SGX543MP3 GPU, 1GB of RAM, Apple A6 SoC
iOS 6 and iCloud integration
8 MP autofocus camera with LED flash and touch focus
1080p video recording at 30fps
1.2MP secondary front-facing camera
Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotpsot
GPS with A-GPS connectivity; digital compass
16/32/64GB storage options
Accelerometer, proximity sensor and a three-axis gyro sensor
Active noise cancellation with a dedicated secondary microphone
Standard 3.5 mm audio jack, stereo Bluetooth v4.0
Excellent audio output quality (though worse than 4S)
Apple Maps with free voice-guided navigation in 56 countries
Voice recognition, Siri virtual assistant
FaceTime video calls over Wi-Fi and cellular
Impressively slim and light
Great battery life

Main disadvantages

Aluminum body looks cool but is easy to scratch
Proprietary connector, incompatible with previous-gen accessories (needs adapter)
The new display is not proportionally bigger, but only taller
Unadapted apps run letterboxed due to the unusual resolution
nano-SIM support only
Apple Maps app not up to scratch
No USB Mass Storage mode
No FM radio
No stereo speakers
No microSD card slot
No NFC connectivity (though that may be nitpicking)
Stuck with iTunes for loading content
Mono audio recording in videos

Philippine Weather Update - Typhoon Lawin - September 29, 2012

2012-09-29T04:21:00.000-07:00

At 4:00 a.m. today, 29 September 2012, the eye of Typhoon "LAWIN" was located based on satellite and surface data at 610 km Northeast of Itbayat, Batanes (25.5°N,126.3°E).

The regions of Metro Manila, Ilocos, Cordillera,
Central Luzon, MIMAROPA, CALABARZON and the whole of Mindanao will be cloudy with occasional light to moderate rains and thunderstorms. The rest of the country will be partly cloudy with brief rainshowers or thunderstorms.

Moderate to strong winds blowing from the Northeast to East will prevail over Ilocos Norte, Apayao, Cagayan, Abra, Kalinga and Isabela and coming from the Southwest to West if the rest of Luzon and the coastal water along these areas will be moderate to rough. Elsewhere, winds will be light to moderate coming from the Southwest tot West with slight to moderate seas.

Source: PAGASA

Sony Xperia T - Key Features and Main Disadvantages

2012-09-26T02:24:00.002-07:00

Key features

Quad-band GSM /GPRS/EDGE support
3G with 42.2 Mbps HSDPA and 5.76 Mbps HSUPA
4.55" 16M-color capacitive LED-backlit LCD touchscreen of 720p resolution (720 x 1280 pixels) with Sony Mobile BRAVIA engine; Scratch-resistant glass
Android OS v4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich
Dual-core 1.5 GHz Krait CPU, 1 GB RAM, Adreno 225 GPU, Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM8260A chipset
13 MP autofocus camera with LED flash and geotagging, Multi Angle shot
1080p video recording @ 30fps with continuous autofocus and stereo sound
1.3 MP front-facing camera, 720p video recording
Wi-Fi b/g/n and DLNA
GPS with A-GPS, GLONASS
16GB of built-in storage, microSD card slot
microUSB port with MHL and USB-host support
Stereo Bluetooth v3.1
Standard 3.5 mm audio jack
Stereo FM radio with RDS
Voice dialing
Deep Facebook integration
PlayStation Certified, access to the PS Store
Accelerometer and proximity sensor
NFC connectivity

Main disadvantages

Display has sub-par viewing angles for a flagship
Slightly thicker than main rivals
Relatively modest battery
JellyBean update not available at launch
Poor loudspeaker performance
Video recording could be better

Philippine Weather Update - Typhoon Lawin - September 26, 2012

2012-09-26T01:28:00.001-07:00

At 4:00 am today, Typhoon "LAWIN" (JELAWAT) was located based on satellite and surface data at 465 km East of Tuguegarao City (17.3°N, 126.6°E) with maximum sustained winds of 205 kph near the center and gustiness of up to 240 kph. It is forecast to move Northwest at 11 kph.

Cagayan, Calayan, Babuyan and Batanes Group of Islands will experience stormy weather with rough to very rough seas. Ilocos Norte, Kalinga, Apayao and Isabela will have rains and gusty winds. MIMAROPA, Bicol Region and Visayas will experience cloudy skies with occasional moderate to heavy rains which may trigger flashfloods and landslides. Metro Manila, Calabarzon, Mindanao and the rest of Luzon will have occasional light to moderate rains and thunderstorms.

Moderate to strong winds blowing from the Northeast to Northwest will prevail over Central Luzon, Nueva Vizcaya and Quirino and coming from the Southwest over Southern Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao. The coastal waters throughout the archipelago will be moderate to rough.

Source: PAGASA