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criss103 http://criss103.multiply.com/ TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan North, Philippines - welcome to the HOTTEST PLACE in the Phillippines: 42.2 degrees Celsius highest temperature recorded in the country which occurred in Tuguegarao, Cagayan on May 11, 1969. Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:32:05 -0000 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 12:39:32 -0000 criss103 http://images.criss103.multiply.com/logo http://criss103.multiply.com 100 100 The World's Ugliest Gadgets <a href="http://www.switched.com/"><img class="alignright" src="http://images.criss103.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/SKq@sQoKCC0AAGs6mbM1/uglyhead.jpg?et=22jxrGDs9EzwTcmDL%2C9vLQ&nmid=0" border="0"></a><a href="http://www.switched.com/">SWITCHED</a>: The World's Ugliest Gadgets by Tom Conlon, posted May 24th 2007 at 1:49PM ..."We've found the ugliest gadgets ever made, so you don't have to," the article proclaimed. Only, we here at Switched think there are plenty of criminal acts against good taste that weren't mentioned. So, inspired by CrunchGear, we present our nominees for the tech design hall of shame. <a href="http://www.switched.com/2007/05/24/the-worlds-ugliest-gadgets/">Read the full story></a> http://criss103.multiply.com/journal/item/132/The_Worlds_Ugliest_Gadgets Tue, 19 Aug 2008 12:39:32 -0000 Spiritual Gifts Test Grabbed from Pastor Winston Reyes of Every Nation Leadership Institute (ENLI) This on-line Spiritual Gifts Test (sometimes referred to as a Spiritual Gifts Inventory, Assessment, Survey, Analysis, or Questionnaire) will help you determine what Spiritual Gift(s) God has given you. The test performs an assessment of 28 Spiritual Gifts by presenting you with 140 statements that you are to respond to by clicking on: Always, Often, Seldom, or Never to indicate how well each statement applies to you. http://criss103.multiply.com/links/item/27/Spiritual_Gifts_Test Sat, 16 Aug 2008 22:56:15 -0000 Rotary International PolioPlus Campaign The biggest obstacles to eradicating polio are the underfunding of the global initiative and insufficient political commitment from the remaining polio-affected countries. Rotary International believes the primary source for additional funds can and should be governments of polio-free industrialized countries. Your contribution through Rotary will help ensure that we keep doing our part to get the job http://criss103.multiply.com/video/item/22/Rotary_International_PolioPlus_Campaign Sat, 16 Aug 2008 01:36:57 -0000 YouTube - Rotary International's Videos What Rotarians http://criss103.multiply.com/links/item/26/YouTube_-_Rotary_Internationals_Videos Fri, 15 Aug 2008 13:16:33 -0000 Rotary District 3770 Photo Gallery PHOTO Gallery of Rotary International DISTRICT 3770 http://criss103.multiply.com/links/item/25/Rotary_District_3770_Photo_Gallery Wed, 13 Aug 2008 23:53:56 -0000 Anti-Dengue Campaign <a href="http://criss103.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/SJ0@BQoKCC0AAAyED0c1"></a><img style="width: 228px;height: 171px;" class="alignright" src="http://images.criss103.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/SJ0@BQoKCC0AAAyED0c1/posters.JPG?et=XZ6bh4Dkv%2BDifTf41dVO5g&nmid=0" border="0">Dengue Cases in Cagayan Province Increase TUGUEGARAO CITY – Dengue (hemorrhagic fever) cases increase in Cagayan province. This news flash was repeatedly run on the<a href="http://criss103.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/SJ0@BQoKCC0AAAyED0c1"></a> television over DZMM’s  radio program on TV last August 7, 2008 (as a running banner ad) on the bottom part of the TV screen. True it is, but this is because of the continuous rain battering this part of the country due to the natural phenomena called Typhoon Season, where breeding areas of Dengue mosquitoes are mass produced by the non-stop rains.     And because of this fact and the gifted foresight of our No. 1 City Councilor, Past President Pastor Ross Resuello (RY 2005-2006), the <a href="http://rotarycitadel.multiply.com/">Rotary Club of Tuguegarao-Citadel</a>, led by Charter President Alejandro “Jude” Lingan, launched and conducted an awareness project by pasting/tacking Anti-Dengue Posters in the whole eastern and southwest barangays/villages. An Anti-dengue Awareness campaign/seminar at Ugac Sur Elementary School  and Tuguegar... http://criss103.multiply.com/journal/item/131/Anti-Dengue_Campaign Sat, 9 Aug 2008 06:53:15 -0000 Pavvurulun Festival Trade Fair 2008 @Tuguegarao City Tuguegarao City starts the annual City FIESTA Celebration with the opening of the 9-day Trade Fair. The Hon. Ross Resuello, City Councilor, is the Chairman of this Committee. Different products from the 49 barangays of Tuguegarao City were highlighted among many others. http://criss103.multiply.com/photos/album/75/Pavvurulun_Festival_Trade_Fair_2008_Tuguegarao_City Sat, 9 Aug 2008 06:25:22 -0000 106 mpg air car in US by 2009 According to <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/08/08/air.car/index.html">cnn.com</a> air-powered car technology is now available and the US will put into the street by 2009. These air-car will still require gasoline but will greatly improve its mileage (106 mpg), a very revolutionary way of conserving gas. Among its main features are: (1) The car would be powered by a combination of compressed air and fuel; (2) A New York company is pledging to build the first models in the U.S. in 2010; (3) The mileage claim is "at the edge of possibility," an engineering expert says; (4) India shows interest in the technology; car to compete for the Automotive X Prize (a non-profit prize institute that designs and manages public competitions for the benefit of humanity). <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/08/08/air.car/index.html">Read full story></a> http://criss103.multiply.com/journal/item/130/106_mpg_air_car_in_US_by_2009 Sat, 9 Aug 2008 00:30:35 -0000 The Official Website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Know the schedule of the games and the results; the athletes and their teams, venue of games, etc. Make a link on your website for easy access. http://criss103.multiply.com/links/item/24/The_Official_Website_of_the_Beijing_2008_Olympic_Games Thu, 7 Aug 2008 12:59:43 -0000 Rotary International District 3770 GOVERNOR'S VISIT The District Governor, MIGUELITO "LITO" JOSE, of <a href="http://www.rotarydistrict3770.org/index.html">Rotary International District 3770 (Philippines)</a> was in town on October 5, 2008. The Club meeting with DG Lito was held at Hotel Roma, Tuguegarao City wherein the Club Leadership Plan was extensively discussed. The Club's service projects were also presented to the District Governor. The meeting resulted in the equitable distribution of work for the Club members after the expanded roles of the Rotary Club members were finalized in accordance with Rotary International's new thrust. Top of the lists of priorities is the total eradication of polio from the face of the earth and the reduction of the causes of mortality among children aged 5 years old and below. <a href="http://rotarycitadel.multiply.com/photos/album/34">Please click to view PHOTOS></a> http://criss103.multiply.com/journal/item/129/Rotary_International_District_3770_GOVERNORS_VISIT Tue, 5 Aug 2008 22:40:15 -0000 Bloody Rotarians The ROTARY CLUB OF TUGUEGARAO-CITADEL joined the Metropolitan Tuguegarao Water District in a Blood Drive on October 5, 2008 in morning of the rotary International District Governor's Visit - DG Lito Jose. The event was also participated in by the ROTARACT Club of the University of Saint Louis-Tuguegarao (USLT) and other volunteers. <a href="http://rotaryclubcitadel.multiply.com/photos/album/9/Bloody_Rotarians">Pls click to VIEW PHOTOS> </a> http://criss103.multiply.com/journal/item/128/Bloody_Rotarians Tue, 5 Aug 2008 22:28:34 -0000 Rotary International District 3770 (Philippines)- Official Website! http://criss103.multiply.com/links/item/23/Rotary_International_District_3770_Philippines-_Official_Website Tue, 5 Aug 2008 13:06:27 -0000 The upgraded pan de sal is here! <a href="http://showbizandstyle.inquirer.net/breakingnews/breakingnews/view/20080802-152253/Pan-de-sal-made-of-seaweed-is-rich-in-Iodine">From: www.inq7.net</a> Pan de sal made of seaweed is rich in Iodine goodnewspilipinas.com First Posted 16:25:00 08/02/2008 TUGUEGARAO CITY -- Apart from flour being used in making bread, fisherfolk in a northern Cagayan town have come up with an alternative in producing the Filipinos’ favorite breakfast fare: seaweed pan de sal.This is one of the possible byproducts that experts from the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) are now discovering in partnership with the Rural Improvement Club (RIC), whose members are mostly fisherfolk of Buguey town, some 130 kilometers north of the regional capital, Tuguegarao City.x x x “Soon to be out are seaweed pan de sal, seaweed lychee, and seaweed maja blanca,” she said. <a href="http://showbizandstyle.inquirer.net/breakingnews/breakingnews/view/20080802-152253/Pan-de-sal-made-of-seaweed-is-rich-in-Iodine">Read the story></a> http://criss103.multiply.com/journal/item/127/The_upgraded_pan_de_sal_is_here Mon, 4 Aug 2008 14:12:15 -0000 Every Nation Youth (Tuguegarao) Vision Casting 2008 Held at Cagayan State university Amphitheater on July 24 (Thursday) with a full house attendance. Pastor Jay (of Every Nation -Santiago City, Isabela) delivered the Word: Deut 30:19 This day I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live... The students made a commitment to CHOOSE LIFE, after a prayer lead by Pastor Ross Resuello, Senior Pastor of Every Nation - Tuguegarao City. We had a great time worshiping the Lord. Every Nation Youth Scholars were recognized and received their checks/stipend, and lots of prizes were raffled off. http://criss103.multiply.com/photos/album/74/Every_Nation_Youth_Tuguegarao_Vision_Casting_2008 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:13:13 -0000 2008 Philippine Nursing Licensure Exam Results (Mabuhay mga taga uste! -my alma mater) For my network friends who took and passed the PNL Exam, CONGRATULATIONS and GODBLESS! http://criss103.multiply.com/links/item/22/2008_Philippine_Nursing_Licensure_Exam_Results_Mabuhay_mga_taga_uste_-my_alma_mater Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:40:16 -0000 Invisible Carpet, Anyone? <h1 style="font-weight: bold;" class="headline">Invisible Carpet Idea Close to Actual Invisibility</h1> Eric Bland, Discovery News July 17, 2008 -- Invisibility cloaks are cool, but an invisibility carpet is more practical. That's according to scientists from Imperial College London, who recently published a paper detailing the creation of a material that would be the first to hide objects in visible light, something no cloaking device has ever achieved.x x x The only way to channel light in that fashion is by using structures smaller than the wavelength of light being used to detect an object. In 2006, Duke University scientists cloaked an object from light centimeters long by creating a metamaterial with structures millimeters in size. x x x "It's a lot like a mirage," said Pendry. "The sun heats the air above the desert and creates a temperature gradient, so when light from the sky comes down the graded refraction bends the light and it enters your eye and you see a mirage the looks like water." <a href="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/07/17/invisibility-carpet.html">READ MORE></a> http://criss103.multiply.com/journal/item/126/Invisible_Carpet_Anyone Mon, 21 Jul 2008 08:12:20 -0000 Good News: Philippine economy better off than Zimbabwe's <h1 _extended="">CNN:Zimbabwe introduces $100 billion banknotes</h1>HARARE, Zimbabwe (CNN) -- Zimbabwe's troubled central bank introduced $100 billion banknotes Saturday in a desperate bid to ease the recurrent cash shortages plaguing the inflation-ravaged economy. x x x As high as they are, though, the bills still aren't enough to buy a loaf of bread. They can buy only four oranges. The new note is equal to just one U.S. dollar.x x xOnce-prosperous Zimbabwe has seen an unprecedented economic meltdown since it gained independence in 1980, with the official inflation rate now at 2.2 million percent. <a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/07/19/zimbabwe.banknotes/index.html?iref=mpstoryview">Read FULL STORY></a> Let's WATCH and PRAY, this things DO HAPPEN! http://criss103.multiply.com/journal/item/125/Good_News_Philippine_economy_better_off_than_Zimbabwes Sun, 20 Jul 2008 00:58:29 -0000 What's new: Windshield combines lasers, infrared sensors and a camera I came accross this article at <a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2008/TECH/07/18/windshields.older.drivers.ap/index.html">cnn.com</a> and found this amusing. A good read actually... <h1 _extended="">Futuristic windshield aims to help older drivers</h1> WARREN, Michigan (AP) -- When Coke-bottle glasses just won't cut it for safe driving, a futuristic windshield might do the trick. General Motors Corp. researchers are working on a windshield that combines lasers, infrared sensors and a camera to take what's happening on the road and enhance it, so aging drivers with vision problems are able to see a little more clearly.x x xGM's new windshield won't improve their vision, but it will make objects stand out that could otherwise go unnoticed by an aged eye.x x xFor example, during a foggy drive, a laser projects a blue line onto the windshield that follows the edge of the road. Or if infrared sensors detect a person or animal in the driver's path during a night drive, its outline is projected on the windshield to highlight its location. <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://edition.cnn.com/2008/TECH/07/18/windshields.older.drivers.ap/index.html">Read the FULL STORY></a> http://criss103.multiply.com/journal/item/124/Whats_new_Windshield_combines_lasers_infrared_sensors_and_a_camera Sun, 20 Jul 2008 00:48:46 -0000 Water - Gasoline Hybrid Cars You can now convert your conventional cars into a water-gasoline hybrid car for just under US$150.00. More info: <a href="http://www.runyourcarwithwater.com/?hop=holtebook1">http://www.runyourcarwithwater.com/?hop=holtebook1</a> http://criss103.multiply.com/journal/item/123/Water_-_Gasoline_Hybrid_Cars Sun, 13 Jul 2008 08:51:54 -0000 Now available: Honda CFX Hydrogen Car Honda's zero emission car from Japan will be seen in California, USA this 2008. Some of the early customers are celebrity actors and actresses. It is fueled by hydrogen and electricity, emits water as by-product and none of the greenhouse gases. Hydrogen can be obtained from, of course, refilling stations, but is also  obtained  from methane or natrural gas, bio-mass, etc. Honda says soon, people can have their own home hydrogen energy generators that uses natural gas.  READ MORE> <a href="http://world.honda.com/news/2008/4080416FCX-Clarity/">FCX Clarity: Principal Specifications (U.S. Model)</a> <a href="http://money.cnn.com/2008/06/16/autos/honda_zev.ap/index.htm?cnn=yes">http://money.cnn.com/2008/06/16/autos/honda_zev.ap/index.htm?cnn=yes</a> <a href="http://jalopnik.com/cars/news/honda-hydrogen-fcx-coming-in-2008-259716.php">http://jalopnik.com/cars/news/honda-hydrogen-fcx-coming-in-2008-259716.php</a> <a href="http://world.honda.com/news/2008/4080416FCX-Clarity/"></a> http://criss103.multiply.com/journal/item/122/Now_available_Honda_CFX_Hydrogen_Car_ Sat, 5 Jul 2008 20:24:13 -0000 EVEN IF HE DOES NOT . . . . For my new network friends, from Pastor Ariel's blog: EVEN IF HE DOES NOT... Prayer. A topic that can be very elusive or misunderstood many times. Many people think that prayer is just a method of letting God know your thoughts or more importantly your requests. I'm not claiming that I know everything there is about prayer. But i know that it is a means of communicating with God. You talk to Him and He speaks to you in return. Is it really that simple? Maybe or maybe not. There are so many verses in the bible that talk about prayer. And many of them are promises of God's answer, miracles and breakthroughs. x x x If one does not receive a positive answer to his prayer, is it because of a lack of faith? Is the method of prayer wrong? Is it a judgment from God? Did it just fall on deaf ears? <a href="http://arielmarquez.multiply.com/journal/item/1">READ THE ARTICLE> </a> http://criss103.multiply.com/journal/item/121/EVEN_IF_HE_DOES_NOT_._._._. Mon, 30 Jun 2008 23:57:28 -0000 Are you ready for this: Air-powered cars? <h1>The best car for our future: Powered by air? </h1> 06/26/08 from: Inquirer.net blogs Posted under <a href="http://blogs.inquirer.net/notjustforprofit/category/digoy-fernandez/">Digoy Fernandez</a> TREE huggers and those who lament the use or abuse of non-renewable resources, especially in the generation of energy and power, should take a long hard look at the proposed technology that is being touted by Motor Development Inc. founder Guy Negre and his manufacturer of choice, Tata Motors. Yes, the same Tata Motors that has dared to bring forth the $2,500 car — while purchasing high-end Jaguar and Land Rover from a sputtering Ford Motor Company. The car invented by Mr. Negre is powered by compressed air. A full load of compressed air that can presumably be available in many or most gas stations takes only a few minutes to load and will take the prototype car a full 125 miles (200 km). Now one has to take a long hard look at the Indian market and realize just how practical they are about their cars. The Maruti car company manufactures a local version of the Suzuki Alto... http://criss103.multiply.com/journal/item/120/Are_you_ready_for_this_Air-powered_cars Sun, 29 Jun 2008 23:09:30 -0000 Viagra is also performance booster for athletes <h1>Athletes may be using Viagra for competitive edge</h1> LONDON (AP) -- Athletes looking for a performance boost appear to be turning to a little blue pill more usually taken for its off-the-field benefits: Viagra. But experts are divided over whether it actually offers athletes an edge. Some sports authorities say the drug is now finding a following among athletes. It isn't clear how many might be taking it in hopes of improving athletic performance. It also has attracted the attention of the World Anti-Doping Agency. The agency is studying Viagra's effects in athletes, but hasn't yet banned it. Viagra is not on the International Olympic Committee's list of prohibited drugs, so athletes can take it at the Beijing Olympics. Viagra, also known as sildenafil, is manufactured by Pfizer Inc. It originally was developed as a heart drug; its use as a treatment for erectile dysfunction was accidentally discovered. The drug works by increasing the effects of nitric oxide, which makes blood... http://criss103.multiply.com/journal/item/119/Viagra_is_also_performance_booster_for_athletes Sat, 28 Jun 2008 14:29:39 -0000 Post CARP Scenario: Prepare for massive dissent in the countryside! Arroyo’s ‘failed leadership’ may kill CARP--professor By TJ Burgonio <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view/20080616-143033/Arroyos-failed-leadership-may-kill-CARP--professor">Philippine Daily Inquirer</a> First Posted 19:51:00 06/16/2008 MANILA, Philippines -- President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and Speaker Prospero Nograles should be blamed for Congress' failure to pass a bill extending a key component of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP), University of the Philippines professor Walden Bello said on Monday. Bello said the House of Representatives could have passed the bill had Arroyo and Nograles vigorously lobbied lawmakers to vote for its approval. "If the President had moved to aggressively line up people for CARP, and if the Speaker had done the same thing -- more energetic leadership, it would have passed,'' he said in an interview. "My sense is there's a failure of leadership here,'' he said in an interview. Both the House and the Senate adjourned last week without passing their versions of the proposed law extending the la... http://criss103.multiply.com/journal/item/118/Post_CARP_Scenario_Prepare_for_massive_dissent_in_the_countryside Sat, 28 Jun 2008 14:02:55 -0000 TIME-CNN: 17 High School Girls in Pregnancy Pact Pregnancy Boom at Gloucester High By KATHLEEN KINGSBURY As summer vacation begins, 17 girls at Gloucester High School are expecting babies—more than four times the number of pregnancies the 1,200-student school had last year. Some adults dismissed the statistic as a blip. Others blamed hit movies like Juno and Knocked Up for glamorizing young unwed mothers. But principal Joseph Sullivan knows at least part of the reason there's been such a spike in teen pregnancies in this Massachusetts fishing town. School officials started looking into the matter as early as October after an unusual number of girls began filing into the school clinic to find out if they were pregnant. By May, several students had returned multiple times to get pregnancy tests, and on hearing the results, "some girls seemed more upset when they weren't pregnant than when they were," Sullivan says. All it took was a few simple questions before nearly half the expecting students, none older than 16, confe... http://criss103.multiply.com/journal/item/115/TIME-CNN_17_High_School_Girls_in_Pregnancy_Pact Wed, 25 Jun 2008 01:01:42 -0000 BRAIN DAMAGING HABITS (from Nelfa) <a rel="bookmark" href="http://enjeeb.multiply.com/journal/item/105/BRAIN_DAMAGING_HABITS">BRAIN DAMAGING HABITS</a>From <a href="http://enjeeb.multiply.com/">Nelfa</a>, for my online buddies- 1.  NO BREAKFAST. People who do not take breakfast are going to have a lower blodd sugar level.  This leads to an insufficient supply of nutrients to the brain causing brain degeneration. 2.  OVEREATING. It causes hardening of the brain arteries, leading to a decrease in mental power. 3.  SMOKING. It causes multiple brain shrinkage and may lead to Alzheimer's disease. 4.  HIGH SUGAR CONSUMPTION. Too much sugar will interrupt the absorption of proteins and nutrients causing malnutrition and may interfere with brain development. 5..AIR POLLUTION. The brain is the largest oxygen consumer in our body.  Inhaling polluted air decreases the supply of oxygen to the brain, bringing about a decrease in brain efficiency. 6.  SLEEP DEPRIVATION. Sleep allows our brain to rest.  Long term deprivation from sleep will accelerate the death of brain cells. 7.  HEAD COVERED WHILE SLEEPING. Sleeping w... http://criss103.multiply.com/journal/item/114/BRAIN_DAMAGING_HABITS_from_Nelfa Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:44:24 -0000