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1. Super typhoon Juan makes landfall in Northern Luzon

MANILA, Philippines - A political analyst has given President Benigno Aquino III an overall passing grade for his first 100 days in Malacañang. Using UP's grading scale of 1 to 5 (1 is highest), UP National College of Public Administration and Governance Prof. Prospero de Vera, said during an interview on ABS-CBN's "Umagang Kay Ganda" that he is giving President Arroyo a 1.8 overall grade for his performance during the first 100 days. De Vera said he gave President Aquino the highest grade of 1 for earning an 85% trust rating, which, the analyst said, is the highest that a President has garnered, even higher than former President Corazon Aquino. He gave Aquino another 1 for his United States visit, where investment deals that would create thousands of jobs for Filipinos were concluded. De Vera, meanwhile, gave Aquino the lowest grade of 5 for the botched negotiations during the August 23 Manila hostage crisis, which ended in a bloodbath with 8 Hong Kong tourists killed. He gave the President a grade of 2 for his choices of Cabinet members. "Siguro dos sa pagpili ng Gabinete. May magaling gaya nina De Lima, Ochoa, Butch Abad, pero mayroon din masama ang reputasyon," the UP professor said. The President also received a fair grade of 1.75 for his steps to clean the government-owned and -controlled corporations and for abolishing the Presidential Anti-Smuggling Group (PASG) and the Presidential Anti-Graft Commission.

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For me the 100days of service of P'Noy is "pasang-awa" because we all know that many people react at the August 23, 2010 hostage taking that kill innocent people especially the tourist from the Hongkong and about the k12 curriculum for the basic education.

3. Philippines debates government promotion of contraception

A debate is stirring in the predominantly Roman Catholic country of the Philippines: should the government provide contraceptives to the public? More than 100 members of the House of Representatives have co-authored a bill that would allow government funds to be used to promote artificial contraceptives -- which is now prohibited in the Southeast Asian nation. Some one-third of the country's 90 million people live in poverty. The Asian Development Bank said that problem will persist until the country curbs its birth rate -- one of the highest in the world. The nationwide Pulse Asia Poll found nearly two-thirds of people support the bill. But the Catholic Church is fiercely opposed, and is pressuring lawmakers to vote against it.

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The bill is not about religion. It is not about morality about rights, health and sustainable human development, because the population of the Philippines have been increase every year, so we have to do this to control the birth rate.

4. DepEd plans to add 2 years to basic education

The Department of Education will soon implement what it calls “an enhanced 12-year education program,” adding one year in elementary level and another year in the secondary level. In his first State of the Nation Address (SONA), President Benigno S. Aquino III said there is a need to increase the basic education cycle from ten years to 12 years. Education Secretary Bro. Armin Luisto said that the new program would roll out a simplified and a competency-driven curriculum that would produce professionally competent and skilled high school graduates. He said that “irrelevant subjects” would be taken out of the curriculum while new subjects would be incorporated to develop the technical and vocational skills of the students.

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I'm not favor on that certain curriculum adding 2 more years in basic education because as we all know that our parents do their best to send their children to the school and now adding 2 more years, "No way". Tuition fee have been increase and other basic needs of the students are also increasing.

5. Teachers in Basilan town won’t serve in barangay polls

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Data Center Server that Consume Less Energy
How low can your server power go? Microsoft is investigating that question in a project by its new Cloud Computing Futures (CCF) research unit, which aims to reduce data center costs by “four-fold or greater.” The new group was introduced today at the Microsoft TechFest in Redmond. One of CCF’s initial research projects is testing the viability of a small cloud computing server farm using low-power Intel Atom processors originally designed for use in netbooks and mobile applications.

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Going green is not something that can be obtained from just choosing organic rust removers or any other organic-based products. It can also be obtained through technology. Specifically, green technology.

What are those benefits?
1.First and foremost, green IT is a help to the environment. The use of them reduces the already big pile of e-waste. For instance, a simple move of replacing fluorescent bulbs with energy-efficient lights will lessen the number of burnt bulbs dumped into landfills. How? Well, high-efficiency light bulbs tend to last longer which means they require lesser replacements.