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I've went over to Marina's floating platform to do some work and, at the same time, watched the rehearsal of this year's National Day Parade, themed "Celebrating the Singapore Spirit".

I think it's a pretty cultural show overall, showcasing ethnic-themed performances, including a merlion dance. Too bad the cheerleaders didn't came!
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"Some girls seemed more upset when they weren't pregnant than when they were," Gloucester High School principal Joseph Sullivan told Time magazine, which broke news of the pact on its Web site.

Some of the girls reacted to the news they were pregnant with high fives and plans for baby showers, Sullivan said.

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Firefox 3 is officially released today, and Mozilla Foundation, the people behind Firefox 3, is trying to enter the Guinness World Record as the "most downloads in 24 hours". Mozilla is trying to achieve a figure of 5 million - more than 3 times the number of Firefox 2 downloads on its launch day.

Get your buddies to download and be part of the world record! Click on the button below to get started.

SEOmoz, a search engine optimisation consultantancy, released its list of 174 best Web 2.0 applications, spanning across 41 categories.

Here's 10 of the winners and honourable mentions:

1. Mango Languages (Education)
   Mango is designed to equip you with conversational abilities from the very start. Whether you're learning how to order a pizza or ask when the game starts, Mango immerses you in real, everyday conversations in 12 different language courses, including Japanese, French and Spanish.
2. G.ho.st (Web Operating System)
   Pitching itself as a "free web-based virtual computer for every human being", G.ho.st attempts to bring all the functionality of a regular computer to online applications. You gotta check this out.
3. ThinkFree (Online Office Suite)
   From content creation to storage and collaboration, Thinkfree brings the functionality and features of a desktop office application to the Internet. Check out an example of their Presentation here.

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