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COLORADO SPRINGS – New York Knicks guard Jeremy Lin, whose rise from obscurity to NBA stardom captured the world’s attention, was among 13 young players named on Monday to the USA Select team.

NBA 2012 Rookie of the Year Kyrie Irving of Cleveland was also among those selected by USA Basketball for the squad that will serve as training opponents for the US Olympic team of NBA stars that will compete in the London Olympics.

The Selects will play training games against the American squad at the Olympic training camp July 6-12 at Las Vegas, Nevada.

But in addition to producing top efforts from this year’s collection of NBA Olympians, Lin and his teammates are taking their first steps toward the 2014 US world title defense and the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics.

“The Select team has an excellent collection of talent,” said USA Basketball chairman Jerry Colangelo.

“The group has outstanding speed and versatility, some excellent shooters and some very good size.

“It will be great to have them involved in USA Basketball and in the national team pipeline for our next quadrennium.”

Lin, an Asian-American whose parents are from Taiwan, had been cut by two NBA clubs and was on the Knicks’ bench when injuries to two starters forced the former Harvard University player into the lineup.

Last week I blogged about celebrities who stopped using twitter because they can't anymore stand people bashing them. [ read story here ] Pero unlike Angel Locsin, Sarah Geronimo and Kris Aquino, Sharon Cuneta, on the other hand, is still using twitter even if she always received hate messages through the said social media platform.

Hindi natin masisisi si Sharon kung magpatuloy siya sa pagsagot sa mga bashers niya. Kasi she's only defending herself and siguro hindi niya ma-take na hayaan lang ang mga taong ito na siraan siya at magsabi ng masasamang salita laban sa kanya.

But Sharon should still consider to quit on twitter because wala siyang mapapala sa mga basher niya samantalang ang mga basher niya ay may mapapala sa kanya dahil aminin man natin o hindi... ang sarap ng feeling na nag-rereply (o pumapatol) sa tweet mo ang isang Megastar. Right?

PEP.ph (Philippine Entertainment Portal)

Isa si Direk Jose Javier Reyes sa mga nagpahayag ng reaksiyon hinggil sa latest Twitter issue na kinasasangkutan ng Megastar na si Sharon Cuneta at isang PR-executive ng ABS-CBN.

Ang nasabing tweet ay may kinalaman sa anak ni Sharon na si KC Concepcion, kung saan inihayag ng network PR official, bilang reaksiyon sa isang tagapagtanggol ni KC, ang umano'y nalalaman niyang "baho" ng anak ni Sharon.

Maraming magkakasunod na tweets ni Sharon ang naging "sagot" sa alegasyon ng taga-network.

Ikinalungkot ng direktor na si Joey Reyes ang pangyayaring ito

"Sobrang nalulungkot ako," simula ni Direk Joey na nag-message sa PEP.ph sa pamamagitan ng social networking site na Facebook.

Solar Eclipse is a rare astronomical event and on Sunday, May 20 (Monday in Manila), the sun and moon aligned over the earth that dimmed the skies over parts of Asia and North America creating a blazing “ring of fire” effect.

Solar Eclipses occur almost every year but what happened on Sunday is called the annular solar eclipse wherein the sun and moon create a creepy awesome “ring of fire” effect. This kind of eclipse is rare and the last time that it occurred was wayback in 1994. According to scientists, the next one will occur in 2023 so that’s more than a decade from now.

NASA Space Scientist Jeffrey Newmark said an annular eclipse occurs when the moon’s orbit closer to the sun allowing it to block 90% of the sun rays leaving two orbs slide that makes it look like a “ring of fire.”

I was following this story since the rumors arise about possible buyout of GMA Network by Manny V. Pangilinan, aka MVP. Because I’ am interested on what will happen on the TV industry if the buy-out push through or if the merger happens. 

Will MVP can sustain the hold of GMA-7 on Mega Manila and soon dethrone ABS-CBN on the National level. And Will TV5 can rise from being no.3 TV Network in the Philippines and placed ABS-CBN on third. Or the exact opposite will happen that ABS-CBN will still dominate the National TV Arena and will eventually snatch the lead on Mega Manila from GMA-7?

Well, we can only see what will happen after the grand merger happens on November of this year.

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Twitter (and Facebook) is the way of celebrities to communicate and interact to their fans/followers on the web. This social-media platform made the celebrities reachable by their fans. 

But celebrities like Angel Locsin, Kris Aquino and Sarah Geronimo already quit tweeting. Why?

Best Actress Angel Locsin (@143redangel), who already has 1,866,342 Million followers, last tweet is dated March 21, 2012. Her tweet warned her followers to be careful on her poser (I43redangel). Nasabi ito ni Angel dahil napagkamalan siya ni @aomarget na nagsabi ng masamang salita tungkol kay PBB Ex-Housemate Biggel. Ngunit, hindi napansin  ni @aomarget na ang poser ni Angel na may Twitter Account na @I43redangel ang nag-tweet nun. #careless@aomarget_istheCULPRIT.

Popstar Princess Sarah Geronimo was the first who stopped using twitter. Her last tweet is dated October 2010. She quit using twitter during the controversial news about her, Rayver Cruz and Cristine Reyes. To date, Sarah has 1,165,558 Million followers.

Queen of All Media Kris Aquino, meanwhile, stopped tweeting last March 16, 2012, 5 days before Angel Locsin quits twitter. Her reason is her haters who continually bashing her. Kris has now 1,612,897 Million followers.