Saturday, October 29, 2011

29 OCTOBER 2011, Sat, Cont...

Science


The iPad and an Angry Bird Head to Space

PadGadget - 
By Jillian | October 28, 2011 | No comment yet Everybody's favorite red-feathered Angry Birds celebrity is boldly going where few men and women have gone before.


Santa Rosa to move forward with plans for judicial center

The Northwest Florida Daily News - 
MILTON - Santa Rosa County is moving forward with plans for a new judicial center, possibly on land owned by the county near the jail.

Aurora Borealis Visible In US: Wild Solar Flares Shine Red on Deep South

Christian Post - 
The Aurora Borealis, also known as the "Northern Lights," were seen as far south as Alabama, Louisiana and New Mexico on Oct. 25.

MSU Satellite In Orbit And Communicating With Earth

NBC Montana - 
BOZEMAN, Mont. -- The MSU student-built satellite, Explorer-1 Prime, launched at around 3:45am, Friday morning, on a NASA rocket from Vandenberg Air Force base in California.

Chile: Restive Volcano Creates Ash Cloud

ThirdAge - 
SANTIAGO, Chile--A Chilean volcano has sent out an ash cloud more than 3 miles (5 kilometers) high, and authorities there warn that a major eruption is possible.

UPI NewsTrack Health and Science News

UPI.com - 
GENEVA, Switzerland, Oct. 28 (UPI) -- An experiment in Europe that seemed to suggest some sub-atomic particles were traveling faster than the speed of light will be run again, scientists said.

Naturally Occuring Complex Organic Material Is The By-Product Of Stars

Universe Today - 
We might think of most of the Universe as a vast, cold, uncaring place where elements rule… But we'd be wrong. Astronomers are now reporting that organic compounds of high diversity exist throughout the Cosmos and ...


Technology


Nokia boss Stephen Elop predicts 'new dawn'

BBC News - 
Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia has launched two new smartphones based on Microsoft's Windows Phone 7.5 operating system. The Lumia 800 and the Lumia 710 mark the beginning of Nokia's fightback against Apple's iPhone and rivals using Google's Android ...


Acer redefines 'handheld' with Iconia Smart S300

Philippine Star - 
The Acer Iconia Smart S300 has a wide 4.8-inch screen with a cinematic 21:9 aspect ratio and pixel-perfect 1024 x 480 resolution. MANILA, Philippines - Who knew you can have a whole wide world in your hand?

Attorney says Apple in talks with man whose home was searched for missing iPhone

Appolicious - 
It seems Apple really did lose two prototype iPhones in the span of just about 18 months, now the man whose home Apple employees reportedly searched in order to find the latest missing phone is “in talks” with Apple regarding the search.

Number of Fake Antivirus Attacks Has Decreased Considerably, Researchers Say

PCWorld - 
The frequency of attacks that distribute fake antivirus software, a long-time pillar of the underground economy, has decreased considerably in recent months.

Win 8 Task Manager Now Heat Maps CPU Usage

Hot Hardware - 
One of the aspects of the current Windows Task Manager UI that doesn't scale particularly well, even on existing systems, is the CPU Usage monitor.

RIM hit with consumer lawsuits over BlackBerry outage

Reuters - 
(Reuters) - Consumers in the United States and Canada have sued Research in Motion for a days-long service outage on BlackBerry devices that rippled across the world earlier this month.

Last Word

NPR - 
The Swedish city of Lulea has long, cold winters and summers that barely get hot. So city officials targeted the data storage industry, which requires giant warehouses that are kept cool so all the computer servers inside don't overheat.

Start getting ready for winter driving — now

Toronto Star - 
Wheels contributor Ian Law urges you to choose designated winter tires to make driving easier. Not being ready for winter can turn out to be very expensive or even disastrous.

Samsung reportedly passes Apple in smartphone shipments

Los Angeles Times - 
Samsung has passed Apple as the world's top shipper of smartphones in the third quarter of the year, according to a report from the research firm Strategy Analytics.

Google TV upgrades software as Apple TV rumors spread

San Jose Mercury News - 
Google (GOOG) TV announced a software upgrade for its television sets Friday to make the interface simpler for users and add Android app functionality.

Healthy Irish demand for Apple's iPhone 4S

Irish Times - 
IRISH APPLE fans finally got their hands on the company's latest mobile phone yesterday, two weeks after it first went on sale elsewhere.

Steve Jobs is watching booksellers, and you

Washington Post (blog) - 
That creepy spine-tingly feeling you get when you think you're being watched? Booksellers across America have been feeling it since Oct. 24, the publication date of Walter Isaacson's Steve Jobs biography.

Phanteks PH-TC14PE Premier Twin Tower CPU Cooler

Benchmark Reviews - 
The Phanteks PH-TC14PE Premier CPU Cooler comes to market with some new technologies, complete with acronyms. The Phanteks PH-TC14PE uses all of Phanteks ingenuity and packages it into one (rather large) package.

Google+ opens to Google Apps users

Los Angeles Times - 
Google+ is now open to users of Google Apps, the tech giant's suite of cloud-based business applications that are challenging Microsoft Office for workplace dominance.

Wii U to be shown at E3 2012, Nintendo says

Washington Post - 
After a disappointing earnings report Thursday, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata laid down a little more bad news: Nintendo won't be showing off its Wii U console until E3 2012, the annual video game conference.

Galaxy Nexus release date confirmed; ICS Android flagship sails soon

Computerworld (blog) - 
[Updated: to clarify the Europe/US date dichotomy, correct the resolution specs and SIM-locking details. Updated again to add more specifications, for all you fact-fans.

NASA confirms satellite was hacked

USA Today - 
One of NASA's Earth observation satellites was hacked twice back in 2008, the TPM news website reports. In an e-mail to TPM, NASA public affairs officer Trent Perrotto confirmed two incidents had affected the Terra AM-1 ...

Sony buys out Ericsson for $1.5 billion

Christian Science Monitor - 
A Sony Ericsson Xperia phone is tested at a tech fair in Japan. This week, Sony announced it was taking complete control of Sony Ericsson.

'Battlefield 3' ships 10 million copies

USA Today - 
The fight between first-person shooters Battlefield 3 and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 might just end up a "win-win." During their second quarter earnings call, Electronic Arts revealed they have shipped 10 million copies ...

Facebook stops 600000 suspicious log-ins a day

CNET - 
This section of a larger Facebook security infographic indicates that .06 of approximately 1 billion daily log-ins are blocked, although the use of the word "compromised" has created some ...


Health


The case for HIV treatment as prevention

The Independent (blog) - 
HIV treatment continues to be a lifeline for people living with the condition and it is a subject that continues to interest anyone remotely interested in the issue.


Taking on Type One: Beating Diabetes Early

KCRG - 
(IVANHOE NEWS SERVICE) - Every year, more than 15000 adults and 15000 children receive a life-changing diagnosis. Type-one diabetes means careful monitoring of glucose levels, diet, and activities.

Community health teams to give 4Ps beneficiaries best health service

Philippine Information Agency - 
by Peter A. Balocnit TABUK CITY, Kalinga,Oct. 28(PIA)-- The Center for Health Development (CHD) is organizing community health teams (CHT) to assist families covered under the Pantawid program of the Aquino administration get the best health service ...

Air pollution tied to lung cancer in non-smokers

Reuters - 
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who have never smoked, but who live in areas with higher air pollution levels, are roughly 20 percent more likely to die from lung cancer than people who live with cleaner air, researchers conclude in a ...

Aspirin, Colon Cancer And You

NPR (blog) - 
For some people at especially high risk of developing colon cancer, taking a couple aspirin a day appears to help protect them from the disease.

City workers dress down for Breast Cancer Awareness Month

WFMZ Allentown - 
"This is my sister, a breast cancer survivor; my best friend, another breast cancer survivor," said Betty Denker, executive secretary for the Easton Police Department, as she pulled out a handful of photos.

Baby shower: What sort of world awaits the seven billionth person?

Irish Times - 
On Monday, with a birth most likely in Asia or sub-Saharan Africa, the world's population will reach seven billion. What sort of social, geopolitical and physical environment will that child grow up in, and how many more people can fit on Earth ...

Vaccination our best shot

Toronto Star - 
It's that time of year again - and we don't just mean for trick-or-treating. It's time for a flu shot. Even people who fear the needle should buck up and get immunized.

Halloween candy, recycled into other treats

kypost.com - 
In a few days, many of you likely will be staring at a mountain of Halloween candy gathered by your trick-or-treating witches and pirates.

Legalize Organ Sales - OpEd

Eurasia Review - 
Levy Izhak Rosenbaum faces severe penalties for his involvement in “what experts said was the first ever proven case of black-market organ trafficking in the United States.

Hormone changes during dieting may help pack on pounds: Study

Toronto Sun - 
People who gain back weight after dieting may be able to blame some of the pounds on their hormones, a new Australian study has found.

Snake Blood Could Promote Healthy Heart

Fox News - 
The fatty-acid-rich blood of a just-fed python could unlock secrets to healthy heart growth in humans, a study published Thursday shows.

Croatian doctors remove healthy kidney in hospital mix-up

Times of Oman - 
Doctors in a Croatian hospital removed a perfectly healthy kidney from a 56-year-old woman scheduled to have spinal surgery after a mix-up in the hospital, local dailies reported Wednesday.

It's that time again — Movember — when awareness is the goal

London Free Press - 
Employees at Strik, Baldinelli & Associates Ltd. were among those who sported their mustaches as they participated last year in Movember to raise funds and awareness for prostate cancer.

Study ties in vitro treatment, higher cancer risk

San Francisco Chronicle - 
Women whose ovaries are stimulated to produce extra eggs for in vitro fertilization have an increased risk of ovarian cancer later in life, according to research published in the journal Human Reproduction.

Brain Scans Offer Peek Into People's Dreams

Fox News - 
It's not quite "Inception," but new research has allowed scientists to "read" some people as they dream. Using brain imaging, researchers at the Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry in Germany said they were able to compare the brain ...

Gene Therapy May Improve Some Forms Of Blindness

RedOrbit - 
A UK man is being treated for the progressive genetic disorder, choroideraemia, in an attempt to reverse his blindness. Jonathan Wyatt was able to see normally until about the age of 19 when he began having problems seeing in the dark.

Another Health Benefit Of Yoga: Easing Back Pain

Huffington Post (blog) - 
When a major medical journal such as the Archives of Internal Medicine publishes a clinical trial showing the effects of yoga for low back pain, the yoga community (and increasingly, the medical establishment) sits up and takes notice.


Entertainment


Expert: Jackson likely gave self fatal propofol shot

Vancouver Sun - 
A picture of a propofol bottle found in Michael Jackson's home is projected onto a screen as defense attorney J. Michael Flanagan (L) questions Dr.


Nicholas kindles 'Sparks' with his Filipino fans

Manila Bulletin - 
A lot of Sparks in romance: Nicholas talked about his latest novel, 'Best of Me,' as well as shared insights on writing during his press conference Oct. 27 (Photo by ROWENA JOY A. SANCHEZ) MANILA, Philippines - Renowned romance ...

National artist goes home to Dagupan for the last time

Sun.Star - 
DAGUPAN CITY, Pangasinan -- The remains of the late National Artist Salvador Bernal will arrive Saturday evening at the Dagupan City Museum, where the wake will be held until November 2. City Mayor Benjamin Lim earlier directed all government offices ...

'Breaking Dawn' Stars Gush About Each Other

MTV.com - 
We look back at our favorite Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner quotes before Thursday's 'MTV First.' By Kevin P. Sullivan It's hard to escape what everyone else is saying about the stars of "Breaking Dawn - Part 1" - whether it's ...

'Puss in Boots': Review Revue

Wall Street Journal (blog) - 
By WSJ Staff “Puss in Boots” is a spin-off of the successful film franchise, “Shrek,” with the feline outlaw in the starring role (and voice of Antonio Banderas).

'Rum Diary' an agreeable valentine to Thompson

Baltimore Sun - 
The stench of cheap booze, stale cigarettes, newsprint and pre-air conditioning sweat wafts off the screen in "The Rum Diary," Johnny Depp's second shot at paying tribute to his friend, the late journalist Hunter S. Thompson.

Julian Barnes wins the Man Booker Prize

Manila Bulletin - 
MANILA, Philippines - The novelist Julian Barnes won the Man Booker Prize last Tuesday for “The Sense of an Ending,” a slim and meditative story of mortality, frustration and regret.

Can Adele Win The PB&G This Year?

Village Voice (blog) - 
By Maura Johnston By Nick Murray By Village Voice contributor By Sowmya Krishnamurthy By Nick Murray By Arye Dworken By Maura Johnston By Maura Johnston By Camille Dodero By Chris Molanphy Fri.

They preach but dont practice

Manila Bulletin - 
MANILA, Philippines - Once a bishop was giving a talk about world hunger. “Millions of people in the world are starving. They eat barely once a day.

Raymart and Claudine react to break up controversy

OFW News On Web - 
Raymart Santiago and Claudine Barretto on Friday shot down rumors that their marriage is over. In their joint statement issued by Barretto's talent manager, Shirley Kuan, they said their marriage remains intact.

PH art workshop held for teachers

Sun.Star - 
A TOTAL OF 50 Makabayan in public elementary and high schools in Cebu participated in the two-day workshop on Philippine art dubbed as “Herencia Lectures.

Will Lady Gaga wear a lettuce dress for vegetarians?

Herald Sun - 
Lady Gaga sips from a cup as she attends a press conference at a local hotel in New Delhi, ahead of her performance at the after party for this weekend's Grand Prix.

Steven Tyler: Hotel fall was not a relapse

CBS News - 
(CBS) Steven Tyler is talking about the spill he took in a Paraguay hotel earlier this week, which left him with cuts to his face and two missing teeth.

Bolshoi restored to former glory in Moscow

UPI.com - 
MOSCOW, Oct. 28 (UPI) -- Moscow's Bolshoi Theater was reopened Friday after a painstaking six-year renovation that cost more than $700 million.

Newlyweds Kim Kardashian, Kris Humprhies Are "Not Getting Along at All"

Us Magazine - 
Just two months since their lavish, $10 million wedding, the newlyweds "are not getting along at all," a source tells the new Us Weekly.

Nicole Scherzinger looks down in London town

Mirror.co.uk - 
I DON'T think I've ever seen a less half-hearted smile than the pseudo-grin plastered on Nicole Scherzinger's face. Clearly still feeling blue after her split from F1 ace Lewis Hamilton, Nic, 33, struggled to ...

Music Review: Coldplay - Mylo Xyloto

Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog) - 
Following up the 2009 Grammy award winning and best selling album of 2008, Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends, is no easy feat.

Sponsors, partners ensure best hospitality for stars

Gulf Times - 
The stars attending the Doha Tribeca Film Festival (DTFF) have been getting the full celebrity treatment from the family of sponsors and partners from Qatar and beyond.

The Bard would've applauded Romeo and Juliet as ballet

Philippine Star - 
In typical fashion, Ballet Manila lived up to its standard of excellence in Romeo and Juliet. If Swan Lake was poetry in motion at Aliw Theater, Romeo and Juliet was fiery drama in dance at Star Theater.


MARKET INFORMATION
   Market Closed
   As of FRI OCT 28, 2011 13:00:00 PM
PSE COMPOSITE AND SECTORAL INDICES
VALUECHANGE% CHG 
 PSEi   4,333.72   66.22   1.5517  
 All Shares   3,004.91   29.93   1.0061  
 Financials   972.51   29.13   3.0878  
 Industrial   6,918.33   38.36   0.5576  
 Holding Firms   3,443.69   58.81   1.7374  
 Property   1,514.68   10.24   0.6807  
 Services   1,547.42   9.39   0.6105  
 Mining & Oil   22,941.36   298.10   1.3165  

MARKET ACTIVITY
   Trades20494 
   Volume3,809,731,319 
   Value12,106,757,466 
   Advances90 
   Declines46 
   Unchanged40 

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Philippine Stock Exchange  |  PHILIPPINE MUTUAL FUNDS
Company Name
NAV per share (PhP)
One Year Return (%)
Three Year Return (%)
Four Year Return (%)
Year-to-date Return (%)
ATR KimEng Equity Opportunity Fund2.7351-2.75%30.91%8.88%-1.93%
First Metro Save & Learn Equity Fund, Inc.3.63874.99%41.77%16.85%4.31%
Philam Strategic Growth Fund, Inc.376.780.52%34.8%12.93%-0.38%
Philequity Fund, Inc.20.7474.1%40.2%14.74%2.71%
Philequity PSE Index Fund Inc.2.85755.71%35.72%18.25%5.64%
Philippine Stock Index Fund Corp. *461.760.93%35.15%9.38%0.71%
Sun Life Prosperity Phil. Equity Fund, Inc. *2.63151.55%28.22%10.55%0.76%
United Fund, Inc.2.7394-2.13%13.95%8.04%-4.19%
ATR KimEng Asia Plus Recovery Fund, Inc. **$0.9422-15.6%n.a.n.a.-16.53%
ALFM Growth Fund, Inc *181.08-2.35%n.a.n.a.-3.52%
Bahay Pari Solidaritas Fund, Inc.*1.40943.34%n.a.n.a.-0.54%
First Metro Save & Learn Balanced Fund Inc.2.03173.49%33.79%n.a.2.18%
GSIS Mutual Fund, Inc.2.8586-1.08%28.56%12.68%-2.22%
MFCP Kabuhayan Fund1.5757-2.75%21.18%7.36%-1.83%
NCM Mutual Funds of the Phils., Inc.1.4362n.a.n.a.n.a.0.29%
Optima Balanced Fund, Inc.1.25954.67%18.97%5.82%3.97%
Philam Fund, Inc.12.62710.85%29.75%11.97%-0.24%
Sun Life Prosperity Balanced Fund, Inc. *2.64080.56%18.51%8.54%0.39%
Cocolife Dollar Fund Builder, Inc.$0.029339n.a.n.a.n.a.0.48%
PAMI Asia Balanced Fund, Inc.$0.9368n.a.n.a.n.a.-7.36%
Sun Life Prosperity Dollar Advantage Fund, Inc. *$2.6574-3.39%9.59%1.94%-1.13%
ALFM Peso Bond Fund, Inc. *274.84.9%6.34%6.04%3.62%
Cocolife Fixed Income Fund, Inc.2.013512.88%11.12%9.07%6.2%
Ekklesia Mutual Fund Inc. *1.65977.31%6.14%5.04%5.94%
First Metro Save & Learn Fixed Income Fund, Inc.1.56169.07%7.88%6.4%5.75%
Grepalife Bond Fund Corp.1.18272.66%n.a.n.a.3.69%
Philam Bond Fund, Inc.3.26174.52%7.55%5.5%3.91%
Philequity Peso Bond Fund Inc.2.72146.09%7.35%8.74%5.07%
Prudentialife Fixed Income Fund Inc.1.60742.28%5.65%4.18%1.59%
Sun Life Prosperity Bond Fund, Inc. *2.31324.22%6.95%4.98%4.28%
Sun Life Prosperity GS Fund, Inc. *1.34933.32%9.4%5.75%2.27%
ALFM Dollar Bond Fund, Inc. *$358.242.17%6.38%4.61%2.79%
ALFM Euro Bond Fund, Inc. *€177.91-0.59%4.16%2.58%-0.51%
ATR KimEng Total Return Bond Fund, Inc. **$1.0291.76%n.a.n.a.2.36%
Grepalife Dollar Bond Fund Corp.$1.41361.22%17.18%5.7%2.69%
Grepalife Fixed Income Fund Corp.N.S.N.S.N.S.N.S.N.S.
MAA Privilege Dollar Fixed Income Fund, Inc.$1.34276-1.07%7.56%2.6%4.42%
MAA Privilege Euro Fixed Income Fund, Inc.€0.02791n.a.n.a.n.a.-4.09%
PAMI Global Bond Fund, Inc.$1.23520.15%6.44%n.a.4.36%
Philam Dollar Bond Fund, Inc.$1.8584-0.1%14.14%5.91%2.5%
Philequity Dollar Income Fund Inc.$0.04759641.92%8.07%7.6%3.47%
Sun Life Prosperity Dollar Abundance Fund, Inc. *$2.63691.12%13.41%4.89%4.27%
ALFM Money Market Fund, Inc. *105.63.41%n.a.n.a.2.5%
ATR KimEng Money Market Fund, Inc.1.10870.95%0.96%-1%0.61%
First Metro Save & Learn Money Market Fund, Inc.1.04251.95%n.a.n.a.1.38%
Philam Managed Income Fund, Inc.1.11190.88%1.56%1.71%0.58%
Sun Life Prosperity Money Market Fund, Inc. *1.12580.34%0.95%1.42%0.27%
* - NAVPS as of the previous banking day
** - NAVPS as of 2 banking days ago
Source: Investment Company Association of the Philippines (ICAP);

http://www.bworldonline.com/main/figures.php?id=figures10

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