Batangas Today: “PAGASA Weather Bagyong Ofel Update: Storm Signal 1 in 20 areas, Storm Signal 2 in 15 areas” plus 6 more |
- PAGASA Weather Bagyong Ofel Update: Storm Signal 1 in 20 areas, Storm Signal 2 in 15 areas
- Farmville creator Zynga cuts jobs by 5%, closing some studios
- Mark Wahlberg Transformers 4 cast rumors not true, director Michael Bay confirms
- Lohan Obama tweet: Lindsay Lohan retweets supporting the president, but later deleted
- Tagg Romney apologized to President Obama after the final presidential debate, over his ‘swing’ remarks
- Trump’s Obama announcement: Clues, Speculations stirs Presidential Elections 2012
- Dancing With The Stars All-Stars Week 5 Performances Part 2: Celebrities dance to Gangnam Style (Video)
| PAGASA Weather Bagyong Ofel Update: Storm Signal 1 in 20 areas, Storm Signal 2 in 15 areas Posted: 24 Oct 2012 06:18 AM PDT Manila, Philippines – The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) released its latest weather update as of 5 p.m. Wednesday, October 24, 2012, noting that Bagyong Ofel (Tropical Storm Ofel) has slightly accelerated and is now crossing Leyte.  PAGASA DOST logo Image Credit: PAGASA DOST Twitter As announced by PAGASA on its official Twitter account, 15 areas are currently under Storm Signal No. 2 while 20 other areas are now under Storm Signal No. 1. Bagyong Ofel has now maximum sustained winds of 65 kph near the center and gustiness of up to 80 kph, while moving west-northwest at 22 kph. Residents living in low lying and mountainous areas under Storm Signal No 1 and 2 are being advised alerted against possible flashfloods and landslides. Those living in coastal areas under Storm Signal No. 2 are being warned of possible storm surges. Fishing boats and other small seacrafts are strongly advised not to travel into the Eastern Seaboard of Southern Luzon, seaboards of Visayas and Mindanao due to the combined effect of Bagyong Ofel and the Northeast Monsoon. PAGASA noted that Tropical Storm Ofel is being expected to be at 70 km Northwest of San Jose, Mindoro on Thursday (October 25) afternoon and will be at 450 km West of Iba, Zambales by Friday (October 26) afternoon. Below is the list of areas with Storm Signal No. 1 and 2. Signal No. 1: * Camarines Sur Signal No. 2: * Masbate      |
| Farmville creator Zynga cuts jobs by 5%, closing some studios Posted: 24 Oct 2012 04:03 AM PDT Zynga, creator of Farmville, Mafia Wars, and Words With Friends, announced on Tuesday, October 23, 2012 that it will be implementing cost reduction measures, including closing studios in UK, Japan, as well as in Boston, Massachusetts, and Austin, Texas, affecting around 5% of their workforce.  Zynga’s Farmville Image Credit: Facebook As noted at Zynga.com company blog that day, Zynga founder and CEO Mark Pincus sent a letter to all employees, informing them about the implementation of the changes in the company structure, along with some details of the company-wide cost reduction projects. “We are sunsetting 13 older games and we’re also significantly reducing our investment in The Ville. We are closing the Zynga Boston studio and proposing closures of the Zynga Japan and UK studios. Additionally, we are reducing staffing levels in our Austin studio.” Mark Pincus was quoted on his letter. “All of these represent terrific entrepreneurial teams, which make this decision so difficult. In addition to these studios, we are also making a small number of partner team reductions. In all, we will unfortunately be parting ways with approximately 5% of our full time workforce.” Pincus added, noting that investment for data hosting, advertising, and outside services will also be affected. According to Guardian, this is first ever Zynga job cuts, noting that the San Francisco-based social game services provider has around 3,200 employees, which means around 160 employees will be losing their jobs. The company also provides about 12% of Facebook‘s total revenue, having 5 of the 10 most popular Facebook games.    |
| Mark Wahlberg Transformers 4 cast rumors not true, director Michael Bay confirms Posted: 24 Oct 2012 01:27 AM PDT Hollywood film director Michael Bay announced on Tuesday, October 23, 2012 that the ‘Mark Wahlberg Transformers 4 cast’ rumors are not true, adding that both of them consider working on another movie. Wahlberg recently starred at ‘Pain and Gain‘, opposite Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, directed by Bay.  Mark Wahlberg Image Credit: Getty Images “The Mark Wahlberg T4 rumor is just a rumor. Mark and I are talking about another film project.” Michael Bay wrote on his official website MichaelBay.com that day. This is in response to spreading reports that the 40-year old ‘Broken City’ actor may be included in the cast of the upcoming Transformer film. According to Twitch also on Tuesday, they learned that Michael Bay is now having early conversations with Mark Wahlberg to appear his upcoming directorial film, Transformers 4, noting that the two have already established a good working relationship when they did ‘Pain and Gain‘, which will be released on April 26, 2013. As announced last February, Transformers 4 is being set for release on June 27, 2014, which is a sequel to ‘Transformers: Dark of the Moon,’ released in June 2011. The filming of the fourth Transformer movie is being expected to start in London next year, with Ehren Kruger doing the script. Among the actors who reportedly will reprise their roles include Peter Cullen, who voiced Optimus Prime and Glenn Morshower, who played as General Morshower, while Tyrese Gibson was said to be in talks to reprise his role as Robert Epps. Michael Bay earlier told E! News last Transformers 4 will have new designs of robots.    |
| Lohan Obama tweet: Lindsay Lohan retweets supporting the president, but later deleted Posted: 23 Oct 2012 11:39 PM PDT Hollywood actress Lindsay Lohan reportedly retweeted a support for US President Barack Obama, during the third and final presidential debate on Monday, October 22, 2012. However, the said Lohan Obama tweet was later deleted.  Lindsay Lohan Image Credit: Valerie Macon/Getty Images “RT @BarackObama: RT if you’re #ProudOfObama as our commander in chief.” Lindsay Lohan (@lindsaylohan) tweeted on Monday, while the Obama-Romney debate is going on, as noted by Fox News on Tuesday, October 23, 2012. This tweet does not appear on her Twitter account anymore. “@VanityFair I think that we should be focusing on @BarackObama and @MittRomney‘s policies rather than their personal cliff-hangers w/women.” Lohan also tweeted, but was also deleted. This was her reply to Vanity Fair‘s tweet on why Mitt Romney did not finish his story about Appleton, Wisconsin. “OMG it is happening!!!!!!!! The Final Debate!!!!! I’m so nervous!” The 26-year old controversial star also tweeted that day. It is not known why Lindsay removed her Obama tweet support, which apparently created controversy and confusion to some observers. “Nice work to both @BarackObama and @mittromney…I’m so relieved that its over. Maybe more than both of you…severe anxiety-God Bless” Lohan tweeted later, right after the debate. She was known earlier to be supporting Republican presidential candidate, Mitt Romney. “I think unemployment is very important for now, so as of now I think (my vote) is Mitt Romney,” LiLo was quoted telling to a group of journalists, including E! News, during a Mr. Pink Ginseng launch party at the Regent Beverly Wilshire last October.    |
| Posted: 23 Oct 2012 09:52 PM PDT Tagg Romney has reportedly apologized to US President Barack Obama on Monday, October 22, 2012, right after the third and final presidential debate between the president and his father, Mitt Romney, held in Boca Raton, Florida. This is after Tagg, Romney‘s eldest son, made a ‘swing’ remarks to Obama last week.  President Obama, whispering to Tagg Romney after the third and final presidential debate, as US First Lady Michelle Obama looks on Image Credit: Getty Images According to ABC News on Tuesday, October 23, 2012, sources told them that Tagg Romney apologized to President Obama while they were both on stage on Monday, and that the president has accepted his apology. The two were seen whispering to each other after the last debate, with CNN also reporting that two Obama aides have confirmed their conversation. As noted in the report, a source close to the Romney campaign revealed that reports that Josh, 37, Mitt Romney‘s third son, has also taken punches from Tagg, adding that the president should not be worried. Mitt and his wife Ann Davies Romney have three other sons, Matthew, 41, Benjamin, 34, and Craig, 31. Tagg (whose complete first name is Taggart), 42, was interviewed in North Carolina radio station on Wednesday, October 17, and was asked about his comments on President Obama‘s accusations on his father during the second presidential debate, held the day before, at Hofstra University, in Hempstead, New York. “Jump out of your seat and you want to rush down to the stage and take a swing at him. But you know you can’t do that because, well, first because there’s a lot of Secret Service between you and him, but also because that’s the nature of the process.” Tagg was quoted by Buzz Feed during the recorded radio interview. “They’re gonna try to do everything they can do to try to make my dad into someone he’s not. We signed up for it, we’ve gotta try to kind of sit there and take our punches, and then send them right back the other way.” Tagg added, who was laughing when he made his ‘swing’ remarks. Recorded radio interview with Tagg Romney, when he made his ‘swing’ remarks to President Obama Video Credit: Andrew Kaczynski/YouTube    |
| Trump’s Obama announcement: Clues, Speculations stirs Presidential Elections 2012 Posted: 23 Oct 2012 09:42 PM PDT  Donal Trump Image Credit: Wikipedia Donald Trump‘s reported US President Barack Obama announcement is now adding the heat to the tightly contested 2012 US Presidential election. Trump‘s Obama announcement will be revealed by the American business magnate on Wednesday, October 24, 2012, two days after the third and final US Presidential debate. Reports say that Trump‘s Obama announcement promises to “change the course of the election.” As of posting, several presidential polls indicates that US President Obama leads Republican candidate Mitt Romney for the White House seat. Only Gallup presidential polls showed Romney getting the upper hand on Obama. On Monday, Obama‘s camp reportedly provided a clue on Trump’s announcement. The campaign of the US President suggests that Trump will be raising again the Obama birth certificate issue. With several US news channel talking about Trump‘s Obama announcement on Tuesday, October 23, the attention has shifted from the recently concluded presidential debate to Wednesday’s promised bomb shell.    |
| Posted: 23 Oct 2012 08:18 PM PDT The Part 2 of the Dancing With The Stars All-Stars Week 5 performance night was aired on Tuesday, October 23, 2012. Videos of their performances are available below. This two-part DWTS All-Stars series was made to give way for the Obama-Romney final presidential debate.  DWTS All-Stars, dancing to Gangnam Style Image Credit: ABC video The performances for first four celebrity contestants and the Team Call Me Maybe were aired on Monday, the night when judge Carrie Ann fell from her chair. The remaining four DWTS All-Stars dancing pairs and Team Gangnam Style performed on Monday, but were aired at ABC on Tuesday night. Last Monday, the Team Call Me Maybe and pair of Gilles Marini and Peta Murgatroyd had the highest score, 29.5/30. The lowest scorer that night was pair Kelly Monaco and Val Chmerkovskiy, who received a score of 24.5/30. This Tuesday, Sabrina Bryan and Louis Van Amstel scored 29/30 and the rest were tied at 27/30. Meanwhile, the Team Gangnam Style, composed of Gilles Marini, Emmitt Smith, Kirstie Alley, and Kelly Monaco, performed the Psy dance music hit and drew laughter from the audience and the judges as well. Each of the three judges gave them 9 points, which will be added to the scores of their individual dance routines. Below is the list of the names of the DWTS All-Stars contestants, according to the sequence of their performances aired on Tuesday; along with their individual and total scores from the three judges, Carrie Ann Inaba, Len Goodman, and Bruno Tonioli. There will be no elimination night this week, and one contestant will be eliminated next week. * Melissa Rycroft and Tony Dovolani (Tango): 9, 9, 9 (27/30) * Shawn Johnson and Derek Hough (Rumba): 9, 8, 10 (27/30) * Apolo Anton Ohno and Karina Smirnoff (Samba): 8.5, 9.5, 9 (27/30) * Sabrina Bryan and Louis Van Amstel (Waltz): 10, 9.5, 9.5 (29/30) * Team Gangnam Style: 9, 9, 9 (27/30) Related Post: Dancing With The Stars All-Stars Week 5 Performances Part 1: 4 DWTS All-Stars pairs perform (Video) Melissa Rycroft and Tony Dovolani on Dancing With The Stars 2012 Week 5 performance night Video Credit: AwesomeArtistsLive/YouTube/ABC Shawn Johnson and Derek Hough on Dancing With The Stars 2012 Week 5 performance night Video Credit: AwesomeArtistsLive/YouTube/ABC Apolo Anton Ohno and Karina Smirnoff on Dancing With The Stars 2012 Week 5 performance night Video Credit: AwesomeArtistsLive/YouTube/ABC Sabrina Bryan and Louis Van Amstel on Dancing With The Stars 2012 Week 5 performance night Video Credit: AwesomeArtistsLive/YouTube/ABC Team Gangnam Style on Dancing With The Stars 2012 Week 5 performance night Video Credit: AwesomeArtistsLive/YouTube/ABC    |
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