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The World Pyro Olympics is postponed due to safety issues of the current firing venue. The Executive Committee decided to stage the event on January 2010. The fireworks companies from participating countries have also agreed to move the event. The event is originally scheduled on November 21, 28, December 5, 12 and 19.

World Pyro Olympics is an annual competition of fireworks companies from all over the world.

Larissa Ramos of Brazil was crowned as Miss Earth 2009 vesting other 80 delegates from various countries and territories for the Miss Earth 2009 title. The coronation night was held at an eco-village in Boracay resort, Philippines. Larissa is 20 years old and a Biology student. She is the 9th Miss Earth winner since the pageant started in 2001.

Miss Brazil - Mis Earth 2009

Below are the finalists:

Miss Air
Sandra Seifert (Philippines)

Miss Water
Jessica Barboza (Venezuela)

Miss Fire
Alejandra Echeverria (Spain)

Finalists
Alejandra Castillo Munera (Colombia)
Pascale Nelide (Martinique)
Izabela Wilczek (Poland)
Rujinan Phanseethum (Thailand)

Miss Earth is an annual beauty pageant with an advocacy to preserve and protect the environment.

Image courtesy of cool-chicks and Starmometer websites.

Fireworks companies from all over the world will once again gather to showcase their artistry and technical skill by shooting dazzling fireworks synchronized with musical scores. The competition will be held at the Bonifacio Global City, Philippines.

World Pyrolympic

Below are the scheduled events:

November 21 -  NICO-Lünig of  Germany
Glorious Entertainment Production of China

November 28 – Pyro Studios of Canada
Explosives Productions of Australia

December 5 –  Marutamaya Ogatsu of Japan
Parente of  Italy

December 12 – Hanwha South Korea
RES of the USA

December 19 – La Mancha of the Philippines

World Pyro Olympics  is the largest and most exciting international fireworks competitions in the world.

World-famous Boracay Island is this year’s host venue of the 9th Miss Earth 2009 beauty pageant. Miss Earth is an annual beauty pageant promoting environmental awareness.

Miss Earth 2009

Boracay is popular for its pristine white sand beaches and crystal-clear seawaters and dubbed as one of the world’s best beach.

The Grand Coronation will be on November 22, 2009 at the Boracay Ecovillage Convention. The convention center can accommodate as much as 3,000 people.
The Miss Earth Foundation has found Boracay Island as the most appropriate location for the pageant night.

Miss Earth is organized by Carousel Productions Inc and will be aired via ABS-CBN and in many countries worldwide through The Filipino Channel (TFC) and other partner TV networks.

There are more than 80 delegates from different countries gather together to vie for the title and help promote environmental projects.

Miss Earth logo courtesy of Miss Earth Official Website

Today, I received an email from a sender using the email  Facebook [update+vhohyyts@facebookmail.com] in my Microsoft Outlook account.  At first glance, it looks like a real email message sent by Facebook as it uses the look and feel of the popular social networking site. But if you try to point your cursor on the hyperlink, it is pointing to www.facebook.com.sazzawk.me.uk which is of course not an official Facebook website. The email is fake and so is the website it is pointing to. This may seems to be a “traditional” phishing attack that tries to steal your Facebook password.

A screenshot of Facebook phishing email

In the area of computer security, the term “phishing” refers to the fraudulent process of attempting to acquire sensitive information such as usernames, passwords, credit card details and more by acting as a legitimate organization in an electronic communication like e-mail.

The e-mail has the following message:
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Dear Facebook user,
In an effort to make your online experience safer and more enjoyable, Facebook will be implementing a new login system that will affect all Facebook users. These changes will offer new features and increased account security.
Before you are able to use the new login system, you will be required to update your account.
Click here to update your account online now.
If you have any questions, reference our New User Guide.
Thanks,
The Facebook Team
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Phishing e-mail messages like the one I received take a number of forms. They might appear to come from your bank or financial institution and asking for your credit card information. Other phishing emails might include links to spoofed Web sites where you are asked to enter personal information like your phone numbers and password.

What to do with Phishing emails?

If you have received phishing emails, simply ignore the message and do not click on any hyperlink on the fraudulent email.  Report the incident to concerned authorities like the US-CERT (United States Computer Emergency readiness Team).

The US-CERT is collecting phishing email messages and web site addresses. You can report phishing incident by sending them an email (phishing-report@us-cert.gov).

There are many web tools that are developed to help web developers in the web development. These web tools are commonly called add-ons or extensions. Firebug is definitely one of the most popular in-browser tools usually used by many web developers especially for Firefox users. Firebug is a Firefox extension that allows you to inspect and diagnose HTML, CSS, Ajax and JavaScript codes.
With Firebug, you can view the results of HTTP connections and visualize your Cascading Style Sheet or CSS to formulate the website layout.

Firebug interface

Firebug is an open source application and comes with a JavaScript console, logging API, and a useful Network Monitor necessary for HTTP connections.

Firebug is also a very helpful tool for AJAX application developers because it is capable of instant edits on the Document Object Model (DOM) to see what happens when you manipulate Web page elements after a user action.

Other common in-browser tools are Web Developer, YSlow and Fiddler Web Debugger.