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Health & Medicine, The Media

VIEWER SURVEY: VOTE FOR YOUR FAVORITE ICE BUCKET CHALLENGE VIDEO

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San Jose, California (The Adobo Chronicles) – There have been over 2.5 Million videos of the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge uploaded on the Internet and there is little sign that the viral campaign is letting up anytime soon.

We’ve seen the best and the worst; but regardless, close to $80 Million has been raised so far to benefit the ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease) cause.  If you still don’t know what ALS is, you can get information from alsa.org.

The publisher, editors and staff writers of The Adobo Chronicles have put their heads together to come up with the top three best Ice Bucket Challenge videos to date.

Now it’s time for our readers and viewers to pick their top choice from our list.:

  • Patrick Stewart
  • The Old Spice Guy
  • Sarah Palin

After viewing the videos below, you can vote for your top favorite. You can vote as many times as you wish and you can see the results in real time.

 

 

 

Science and Environment, Technology, The Media

BAY AREA’S MAGNITUDE 6.0 EARTHQUAKE ONLY A TEST, TWO TESTS IN FACT

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imageSan Jose, California (The Adobo Chronicles) – Thousands of Bay Area residents were awakened by a 6.0 magnitude earthquake at a little past 3 a.m. today. The quake was centered near American Canyon and was felt all the way from Napa Valley to South San Jose.

It turns out that the quake was a test. Only a test. It was a test of the structural integrity of the new span of the Bay Bridge which, months before it opened, was dodged with controversy and problems with faulty bolts. Many critics had questioned whether the  bridge would survive a strong earthquake. As of press time, it wasn’t clear who initiated the test.

But the other test was obviously initiated by the giant social media company based in Menlo Park – Facebook. It was a test of the new Emergency Facebook System designed to replace the aging Emergency Broadcast System. From all indications, the test was very successful, with Facebook friends alerting each other about the shaker, long before it was reported by radio and television stations.

Facebook is also reportedly working on a new app that would detect and measure the intensity of earthquakes. This may put personnel of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) out of their jobs and they’re shaking and very nervous.

 

 

Health & Medicine, Technology, The Media

A CHALLENGE TO PHILIPPINES’ DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

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Every so often The Adobo Chronicles veers away from the satirical nature of our posts to bring to the attention of our readers and followers items that are serious and important, like ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease. (To learn more about the disease, visit alsa.org)

By now the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge has reached the Philippines and is starting to gain momentum. But alas, we just learned that the Philippines’ Department of Health does NOT have data on ALS in the country, or to what extent this horrible disease is affecting Filipinos and their loved ones.

So here is a different kind of challenge to DOH Secretary Dr. Enrique Ona: