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374-year-old clam

FTA:

According to the Guinness Book of Records, the longest-lived animal was an Arctica clam found in 1982 aged 220.

Unofficially, another clam - found in an Icelandic museum - was discovered to be 374-years-old, Bangor University said, making their clam at least 31 years older.

I guess the little ones really know how to adapt to the changing ‘clam-ates’ and avoid any ‘clam-ities’!

Check out the full story here.

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  • Black Rose Day

    Black rose

    November 17, 2007 is black rose day.

    Fine. I’m insensitive, I’m a jerk, I do things on impulse, I’m pushy, and I have mood swings. So I’m not perfect. But that’s me.

    Do you know what it feels like loving someone that’s in a rush to throw you away.
    Do you know what it feels like to be the last one to know the lock on the door has changed.

    – Enrique Iglesias

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    I just signed up for “The Best Web Hosting Offer Ever”, and to me it just sounds too good to be true:

    With 95 USD you get professional web hosting for life. No other costs, you’ll never have to pay for upgrades, there are no catches (well maybe just one: we will not give away more than 1000 Rudolfs).

    • 250 GB disk space – that’s huge!
    • 3000 GB speed - that’s insanely fast! (guys, if 3000 GB refers to the monthly bandwidth allocation, then it has absolutely NOTHING to do with speed — Dennison)
    • 1 Free domain registration !
    • Host as many domains as you like,
    • create as many subdomains!
    • Unlimited MySQL and much more!

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    Those who frequent this site may have noticed that I did a little cleanup in the categories list. I had some difficulty searching for a tool to merge categories. Entering “Wordpress merge category” did not give me the results I was looking for, and for a while I contemplated writing my own. Halfway through studying how to do this I decided to give it one more shot and luckily landed on this website, containing the Extended Categories Manager plugin for WordPress. I was saved.

    Extended Categories Manager plugin for WordPress

    Installing went without a snitch. Dropped the file into the plugins folder and I was ready to go. I only needed the Merge Categories feature, so I did not fiddle with the “Quick Edit Category” area. I assume this allows you to rename and change the alias of a category.

    If you’re looking a tool to merge categories in WordPress, this tool is all you’ll ever need.

    Click here to go to the plugin homepage.

    PayPal Killed My Business

    As a Philippine resident I eagerly awaited the launching of Paypal in the country. Finally, I can make all the online transactions I want with the least amount of hassle. So I immediately went out and got myself a UnionBank EON Visa Electron debit card and got myself a Premier Paypal account.

    PayPal profile

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    Evolution Graffiti

    Coolest. Graffiti. Ever.

    Evolution graffiti

    Click on the thumbnail to view full size image.

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  • Czech who bounced into English

    FTA:

    A speedway rider from the Czech Republic woke after being knocked out in a crash to discover he could speak perfect English.

    Matej Kus, who barely knew the language beforehand, came around in an ambulance after the smash and began speaking English fluently.

    According to article, the ability to speak a language without having learned it is known as xenoglossy.

    View the full article here.

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  • Pinoy Big Briber Photos and Videos

    MAKATI CITY, Philippines–INQUIRER.net multimedia reporter Erika Tapalla interviews rallyists Mary and Rose and takes video clips of the preparations for the Black & White Movement march to the Makati Post office. Video taken along Ayala Avenue on Nov. 9, 2007.


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    White Roses / Pei Hua (poem)

    White Roses - Pei Hua

    Return to basics,
    Holding no expectations,
    Nothing in return,

    A new beginning.
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  • Filed under: Poetry, Inspiration, Love, Me
  • Pinoy Big Briber - Political Satire On The Philippine Government

    You may deceive all the people part of the time,
    and part of the people all the time,
    but not all the people all the time.
    – Abraham Lincoln, 16th president of US (1809 - 1865)

    I couldn’t help but laugh at this site, which has recently risen amidst all the scandals and issues currently being tied to the Philippine government.

    The link to the site came to me attached with a forwarded e-mail, which you can read below:
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