tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63630249790096738622024-02-07T20:32:37.399-08:00Critics101Critics101http://www.blogger.com/profile/01169414274713867449noreply@blogger.comBlogger48125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363024979009673862.post-23202101702130719592011-07-11T09:06:00.000-07:002011-07-11T14:44:32.487-07:00Power Tripping (Part 1)<div style="text-align: justify;"> You know what guys, I really hate those people who are fond of "power tripping" to other people, merely because the victim of this unintelligent action from the cloddish mind of the loggerheaded bullies are just new to the company. But hey this victim could definitely in no doubt but can outsmart these nitwitted, lumpen jerky blockheaded trippers. On the other note, I was just thinking they might be doing this to this poor yet very exceptional victim maybe because they are completely insecure to this "power tripping victim". It only shows on their atrocious faces, horrible sense of fashions (the way they carry their uniform or clothes) and pitiable physical appearances. You may better go and be infront of your mirror and try to check once again of your nauseous bull-headed minds and nauseating reflections</div>Critics101http://www.blogger.com/profile/01169414274713867449noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363024979009673862.post-39376561439110297062011-07-09T10:49:00.000-07:002011-07-09T10:52:17.824-07:00Amazing Kid: Kid Dancing To Thriller at Safeco Field<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/pZ9H5XPKi-o?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> I just want to share this amazing video I've watched over Youtube and Yahoo. I was really amazed and enamored on how this kid moved the baseball fans at Safeco field. I have watched it for several times within an hour alone. I hope to see him more on TV. He is another youtube sensation like Charice and Justin Bieber. Enjoy watching.</div>Critics101http://www.blogger.com/profile/01169414274713867449noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363024979009673862.post-69179720456462532942011-07-03T11:49:00.000-07:002011-07-08T11:48:41.898-07:00Mayor Punches Sheriff<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/OxJzSHm30Cc?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div> <br />
<div style="text-align: justify;"> How dirty is the politics in the Philippines today? I remember one day a friend of mine asked us to define politics in one word. One friend of mine who was also asked by this friend of ours answered "DIRTY", others answered "MONEY", and "POWER". The recent incident happened in Davao, a city located at the southern part of the Philippines, last Saturday July 1, 2011 between its city Mayor and the city's court sheriff can be considered as one example of how is POLITICS can be define in one word such as: DIRTY, MONEY and POWER. Mayor Sara Duterte, who happens to be the daughter of the former Mayor and now Davao city Vice Mayor Rodrigo Duterte was caught on camera hitting four punches on the face of Davao Regional Trial Court Sheriff Abbe Andres during a demolition at one of the shanties in the city. According to the news, Duterte found out a riot happening on a demolition while attending to some residents of the recent flasflood victims. She then went to the place and approached the sheriff with four strong punches on the face unremorsed. Poor sheriff, he was surprised with the attack, can not do anything but obtain those punches from the fists of its "beloved" mayor.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> Sara Duterte, a lawyer and the present mayor of Davao city is the first woman to be elected as a Mayor of their town. It's only been a year since she held office as the city Mayor, might also be the first mayor to say an early goodbye and to be ousted from her current position because of ominous and revolting behavior. According to Senate President Enrile, the mayor must be sanctioned because of not respecting the court's order. The Regional Trial Court order the demolition of the shanties at Barangay Kapitan Tomas Monteverde Sr. Suliman, Agdao. She then asked Andres to wait for two hours before serving the demolition on that place. However, the sheriff was just following orders from the court to have the demolition be served, wherein the Mayor was mad about. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> The demolition created riots and violent reactions in that place from the residents. 500 families of the said Barangay were insistent to stay and to block the demolition team.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> Personally, I don't like the action taken by the Mayor to the Sheriff. She only shows the definition of politics which are dirty, money and power. She must be sanctioned and must be taken out of the office. She is abusing her power as the Mayor. The elected officials must always carry the value of respect, initiator of peace and order, and must have the legacy of a good leadership. Mayor Sara Dutertes only provided the citizens of Davao and the entire Philippines the picture of an abused women empowerment and of an abused usage of leadership. This is not a good picture. Remember, the leader must always be in the middle of a two opponent individuals and must always perform a resolution for the problem at hand, however because of the malevolence caused by her own misdeeds she has just shown that she is neither a leader nor a peacemaker.</div>Critics101http://www.blogger.com/profile/01169414274713867449noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363024979009673862.post-4150316597838424252011-06-13T11:25:00.000-07:002011-06-13T11:25:29.545-07:00Guiness' New Record Holder: 2011 Shortest Man In The World<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Junrey Balawing - 18 years old</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;"> Guiness Book of World Records is known to be the home of the longest, shortest, fastest, fattest and anything for an individual and even collective records. It is a reference book published annually, containing a collection of world records, both human achievements and the extremes of the natural world. The book itself holds a world record, as the best-selling copyrighted book series of all time. Now a new record has been officially confirmed by its officials and that is having the new World's Shortest Man record holder. Formerly, shortest man in the world until 2011 by Guiness World Records was Khagendra Thapa Magar from Nepal who measures for about 26.4 inches or 67 cm, now the record is being transferred to an 18 yearl old guy from the Philippines named Junrey Balawing, measuring 23.59 inches or 59.93 cm. He is just 3 inches shorter than the former record holder and 1 year older than Khagendra. The official declaration of the new shortest man alive was awarded to Junrey on the day of his birthday, June 12. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> But Guiness has the record of the World's shortest man ever verified, Gul Mohammed, from India who died in 1997, only measuring 22 inches or 57 cm, just 2 centimeters shorter than Junrey. He was examined in 1990 by the officials from Guiness World Records and declared as the record holder on the same year. He died at the age of 40. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</tbody></table> Below are the list of the previous record holder for the Guiness World Records shortes man:<br />
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<b>1. Khagendra Thapa Magar (Nepal)</b> - Former shortest man in the world until 2011, measuring 26.4 in (67cm ), according ti Guiness World Records. <br />
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2. <b>Younis Edwan (Jordan)</b> - Shortest man claimant, is said to be 26 in (65 cm) but not verified by the Guiness World Records.<br />
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<b>3. István</b><b> Toth (Hungary)</b> - Shortest man claimant, was said to be 26 in (65 cm). Verification by Guiness World Records needs to be checked. István died in May 2011 at the age of 48. (No picture available)<br />
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<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-5"><span></span></sup>4. <b>Lin Yü-Chih (Taiwan)</b> - Former shortest man in the world until 2009.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>5. </b><b>Edward Niño Hernández (Colombia)</b> - Named the shortest man after He Pingping died in March 2010, at 27.64 in (70.21 cm ), but lost the title in October 2010 to Magar.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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<b>6. He Pingping (China) - </b>Once officially verified as shortest living man (mobile) at 29 in (74cm), until death in March 2010.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Source: Guiness World of Records, Wikipedia, Google, Pinoy.net</i></span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> People are fond of watching movies, may it be drama, comedy, sci-fi or animation, as long as the movie that is filmed tickles their eyes to watch those movies in theaters expensive as will it cost them a lot or even on a pirated copy to save some penny and sometimes watching it on a downloadable file on the Internet. I myself with no pretension is enamored of going to theaters and watch a new movie which I think is really enthralling to spend time or shall I say worth a time to amuse myself with. Infact, I sometimes do watched the movie for several times, and <i>Titanic</i> was one of those that I watched repeatedly. I have lots of favorite movies aside from <i>Titanic</i>, not to mention; <i>Avatar, Transformers, 2012, Harry Potter, Sherlock Holmes, The Blind Side, Star Wars, Forrest Gump and Flipper</i>. Recently, while i'm watching on a cable television, an HBO presents movie to watch was <i>2012</i>, I was about to be infront of my computer, but I suddenly shifted and I unequivocally decided to be infront of my tv and watched <i>2012</i> instead with excitement like it was being premiered for the first time. For the record I've watched <i>2012</i> for 4 times inside theaters, twice on a CD and once on the Internet, tho having watched it for numerous times I still find it prepossessing to gander. Because of this, I cogitated on an interesting topic to write about and that is which movie that has been earning the most. Below are the list of Worldwide highest-grossing films:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: blue; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>1</b>. <b>AVATAR </b>- $2,783,165,628</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div>Critics101http://www.blogger.com/profile/01169414274713867449noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363024979009673862.post-91211828592202671692011-06-08T11:31:00.000-07:002011-06-08T11:32:22.207-07:00Something To Know More About Our World<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvtwtb9ztL0VEp7WZvCvHAdvFuhPE0L-qT9imtDoD4RonI3ohJEJfHW2fVFPlIGIt7Ee-1WBaf4GfaJ413KtBzFSBDFmOw8rwm4eVvYWbiilF7Dw4ms3zqRd4mysedWiW9Gi_NbPIDzJs/s1600/RANKING.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="106" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvtwtb9ztL0VEp7WZvCvHAdvFuhPE0L-qT9imtDoD4RonI3ohJEJfHW2fVFPlIGIt7Ee-1WBaf4GfaJ413KtBzFSBDFmOw8rwm4eVvYWbiilF7Dw4ms3zqRd4mysedWiW9Gi_NbPIDzJs/s200/RANKING.jpg" width="200" /></a></div> Today's feature for this blog is a mere exploration of a bubbling mind about our modern world. I found it interesting tho because of the news program that I watched on the cable television which features something that is all about world rankings, who is on the top and who is at the least. I did explore on the Internet and tried to search a topic that caters "world rankings". As eager as I was, I went to <a href="http://www.google.com/"><i>google</i></a> and typed in the search box with the topic that I was thinking, not so long enough I was able to get what I wanted. Below you would see some interesting <i>world rankings </i>(my own jargons) that will help each one to know better about our own world.<br />
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<b>WORLD'S RICHEST COUNTRIES:</b><br />
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<b> TOP 10 BEST AIRPORTS IN THE WORLD:</b><br />
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<b>TOP 8 COUNTRIES TO HAVE WON THE MOST OLYMPIC MEDALS:</b><br />
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</div><b> </b> <b>TOP 10 MOST VISITED COUNTRIES:</b><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Source: <a href="http://www.aneki.com/">http://www.aneki.com/</a></i></span>Critics101http://www.blogger.com/profile/01169414274713867449noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363024979009673862.post-47730140334853456012011-05-30T12:35:00.000-07:002011-06-08T10:59:19.137-07:00Thanks Google Earth!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6mrNgFseE6odDrkBstiQv81UawC4OTM0Dlk2SJgwAuYzCx9ZaCLBsfjYVx3BZrxKUxvBmTQsO32MBaORXWjWzpxfbTmW8noezfuWZ-awclvhlsEuMaEGe2TDfyykATW2y2TZuZHpr-9c/s1600/earth2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6mrNgFseE6odDrkBstiQv81UawC4OTM0Dlk2SJgwAuYzCx9ZaCLBsfjYVx3BZrxKUxvBmTQsO32MBaORXWjWzpxfbTmW8noezfuWZ-awclvhlsEuMaEGe2TDfyykATW2y2TZuZHpr-9c/s320/earth2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> High and modern technology nowadays are of greatest help to the people living in this wonderful creations made by the One from above. From research for education, to social networking for modern social acquaintances and even keeping memories and having a glimpse for the past, name it, technology of this century has it all.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> But one thing that I really like most, as one of my favorite on the evolution of this Internet technology is the creation of <i>Google Earth. </i>Ask me why? It is because I am one of those unfortunate people who is unable to go around the world because of lack of financial resources, but still has the chance to go on tour around the world without spending even a penny from my pocket and can even go back anytime I want because of this <i>Google Earth.</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> <i>Google Earth</i> is a virtual globe, map and geographical information program that was originally called EarthViewer 3D, and was created by Keyhole, Inc, a company acquired by Google in 2004. It maps the Earth by the superimposition of images obtained from satellite imagery, aerial photography and GIS 3D globe.Google Earth displays satellite images of varying resolution of the Earth's surface, allowing users to see things like cities and houses looking perpendicularly down or at an oblique angle. The degree of resolution available is based somewhat on the points of interest and popularity, but most land (except for some islands) is covered in at least 15 meters of resolution.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> As a dreamer as I was, I really wanted to go to some countries which I found interesting to visit, perhaps: 1. I am really interested to go to that country or, 2. the place has really interesting places to visit. I have never been out of my country (Philippines), though I already have my passport, still for me it's useless because I can not use it (beacuse of money) to go abroad and have a wonderful vacation anywhere. But I'm still not sad, actually while I was infront of my computer, reading interesting topics of any sort and of anything on wikipedia (I'm just a wide-reader), I caught my own attention on reading places like: Dubai, Singapore, Thailand, Kiribati, Hongkong, New Zealand, USA and of course the Philippines. I was amazed of its story and history , and most definitely I was more amazed of the pictures of different places for each countries which was posted on its page. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> As amazed as I was of it, I immediately pulled-up my <i>Google Earth </i>on my desktop, then I started to go around those places, everything that I read and saw on wikipedia, I immediately visit it through <i>Google Earth</i>. I was really happy, I can't even explain to myself how happy I was when I saw those places even on a software application like this alone. I don't know, but as far as the happiness that I experienced, the only word that I want to say is <i>Thanks Google Earth! </i></div>Critics101http://www.blogger.com/profile/01169414274713867449noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363024979009673862.post-91941163086582794102011-05-23T13:24:00.000-07:002011-05-23T13:24:10.578-07:00People and Faces<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4iSLDS19vPT-xkiRlLKKRRMnFFMm66rrahmMVEGoU-oBfOKDWemHqkpjBqzp1wlrQRzkOHm1rMSHORCI2Mjt96lk4Iu-MVKhz7lf__ktNK10mAHFmptQqWt0bTUEKXmLJjEBhuuDOaU4/s1600/sexy-girls.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4iSLDS19vPT-xkiRlLKKRRMnFFMm66rrahmMVEGoU-oBfOKDWemHqkpjBqzp1wlrQRzkOHm1rMSHORCI2Mjt96lk4Iu-MVKhz7lf__ktNK10mAHFmptQqWt0bTUEKXmLJjEBhuuDOaU4/s320/sexy-girls.jpg" width="177" /></a></div> Today's <i>People and Faces </i>edition of Critics 101 will feature sexiest, prettiest, most influential, most desirable and, most searched women in the world for the year 2010.This will also feature the winners of major beauty pageants internationally. <br />
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<div style="color: red;"><b>The Most Beautiful and Desirable Woman in 2010 - </b><b>Emmanuelle Sophie Anne Chriqui </b><span style="color: blue;">(Source: AskMen.com)</span><b><br />
</b></div><b> </b>She is a Canadian actress of Moroccan descent who has appeared on both television and in cinema. She is perhaps best known for her role on HBO's <i>Entourage</i> as Sloan McQuewick, as well as the love interest of Adam Sandler in the movie <i>You Don't Mess with the Zohan</i>. In May 2010, she topped the <b>AskMen.com</b> Most Desirable Women of 2010 list.Chriqui has joined Showtime's 2011 series, <i>The Borgias</i>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-11"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmanuelle_Chriqui#cite_note-11"><span></span></a></sup> She has also been confirmed as the voice of Cheetara in the upcoming ThunderCats animated series.<br />
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</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: red; text-align: left;"><b> FHM's Sexiest Woman In The World 2010 - Cheryl Cole </b><span style="color: blue;">(Source: FHM 2010)</span><b><br />
</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b> </b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Cole</span><b style="font-family: inherit;"> </b><span style="font-family: inherit;">is an English singer, songwriter, dancer, and model. Cole became a judge on the British televised singing competition </span><i style="font-family: inherit;">The X Factor</i><span style="font-family: inherit;"> in 2008.</span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Cole has become a recognised and photographed style icon</span><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-styletelegraph_5-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheryl_Cole#cite_note-styletelegraph-5"><span></span></a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-glamour_6-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheryl_Cole#cite_note-glamour-6"><span></span></a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-vogue_7-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheryl_Cole#cite_note-vogue-7"><span></span></a></sup><span style="font-family: inherit;"> referred to as a </span>fashionista<span style="font-family: inherit;"> by the press.</span><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-fashionista_8-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><span></span><span></span></sup><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Her picture has been on the covers of </span><i style="font-family: inherit;">British Vogue</i><span style="font-family: inherit;">,</span><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-vogue_7-1" style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheryl_Cole#cite_note-vogue-7"><span></span></a></sup><i style="font-family: inherit;">Elle</i><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-elle_9-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheryl_Cole#cite_note-elle-9"><span></span></a></sup><span style="font-family: inherit;"> and </span><i style="font-family: inherit;">Harper's Bazaar</i><span style="font-family: inherit;">, while also becoming the new face of cosmetic company </span>L'Oréal<span style="font-family: inherit;">.</span>On 5 May 2011, it was confirmed that Cole will appear as a judge on the upcoming American version of <i>The X Factor</i>.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheryl_Cole#cite_note-10" style="font-family: inherit;"><span></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"><br />
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</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: red; text-align: left;"><b>Most Inspirational and Influential Woman In The Wolrd 2010 - Angela Dorothea Merkel </b><span style="color: blue;">(Source: CEO World Magazine)</span><b><br />
</b></div><b> </b>Merkel was born on 17 July 1954, is the current Chancellor of Germany. Merkel, elected to the Bundestag (German Parliament) from Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, has been the chairwoman of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) since 2000, and chairwoman of the CDU-CSU (Christian Social Union) parliamentary coalition from 2002 to 2005.n 2007, Merkel was also President of the European Council and chaired the G8. She played a central role in the negotiation of the Treaty of Lisbon and the Berlin Declaration. In domestic policy, health care reform and problems concerning future energy development have thus far been major issues of her tenure.Merkel is the first female Chancellor of Germany. In 2007 she became the second woman to chair the G8, after Margaret Thatcher.On 15 February 2011, she received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from U.S. President Barack Obama.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-61"><span></span><span></span></sup> The medal is presented to people who have made an especially meritorious contribution to the security or national interests of the United States, world peace, or cultural or other significant public or private endeavors.<br />
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</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <b><span style="color: red;">Most Searched Woman In the World on Google in 2010</span> - <span style="color: red;">Lady Gaga</span> </b><span style="color: blue;">(Source: Google)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta also known by a famous stage name called as Lady Gaga is an American pop singer-songwriter.Gaga came to prominence following the release of her debut studio album <i>The Fame</i> (2008), which was a critical and commercial success and achieved international popularity with the singles "Just Dance" and "Poker Face". The album reached number one on the record charts of six countries, topped the <i>Billboard</i> Dance/Electronic Albums chart while simultaneously peaking at number two on the <i>Billboard</i> 200 chart in the United States and accomplished positions within the top-ten worldwide. Achieving similar worldwide success, <i>The Fame Monster</i> (2009), its follow-up, produced a further two global chart-topping singles "Bad Romance" and "Telephone" and allowed her to embark on a second global headlining concert tour, The Monster Ball Tour, just months after having finished her first, The Fame Ball Tour. Her second studio album <i>Born This Way</i> was released on May 23, 2011<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2"><span></span><span></span></sup> after the arrival of its eponymous lead single "Born This Way", which achieved the number-one spot in countries worldwide and was the fastest-selling single in iTunes history, selling one million copies in five days.<i>The Fame Monster</i> itself was nominated for Album of the Year and won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: red;">World's Woman of the Year 2010 - Mrs. Regine Sixt</span> (</b><span style="color: blue;">Source: World Travel Awards)</span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> The award recognises that Regine Sixt has been pivotal in driving continued growth of her family business, Sixt rent a car, during tough economic times. In her position as Senior Vice President of Marketing and Sales Regine Sixt has been key to developing Sixt as a world famous brand renowned for offering the highest quality rental vehicles coupled with an exceptional service.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: red;">Miss Universe 2010 - Jimena Navarrete (Miss Mexico)</span> </b><span style="color: blue;">(Source: Miss Universe 2010)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> Navarrete was born on February 22, 1988 is a Mexican model and the current holder of the Miss Universe 2010 crown, making her the second Mexican delegate to win the title, after Lupita Jones in 1991. Coincidentally, both were crowned in Las Vegas, Nevada. On February 10, 2011, Ximena Navarrete became the official face of L'Oreal Paris and Old Navy.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: red;">Miss World 2010 - Alexandria Mills (Miss USA)</span> </b><span style="color: blue;">(Source: Miss World 2010)</span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> Alexandria Mills was born in Louisville, Kentucky on February 26, 1992 is a beauty pageant titleholder from the United States who was crowned Miss World 2010<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-world2010_1-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria_Mills#cite_note-world2010-1"><span></span></a></sup> on October 30, 2010 in Sanya, China.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-times_2-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria_Mills#cite_note-times-2"><span></span><span></span></a></sup> Mills is the first woman from her country to win Miss World since Gina Tolleson in 1990 and the 60th Miss World in the history of the pageant. As far during her reign of Miss World, she had traveled to Australia, China, Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Trinidad & Tobago and the USA.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> Ana Elizabeth Mosquera Gómez was bornon March 16, 1991, is a Venezuelan beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss International 2010, becoming the sixth woman from her country to capture the Miss International title. Born in Valera, Trujillo, Mosquera grew up with 3 brothers and one sister<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-family_2-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Mosquera#cite_note-family-2"><span></span></a></sup>. and was studying civil engineering at the University of Zulia in Maracaibo prior to her participation in Miss Venezuela 2009.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b style="color: red;">Miss Earth 2010 - Nicole Faria (Miss India)</b> <span style="color: blue;">(Source: Miss Earth 2010)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> Nicole Estelle Faria is an Indian model from Bangalore who was crowned Miss Earth 2010 on December 4, 2010. Faria is the first woman from India to win Miss Earth.In January 2011, Faria was included in the list of <i>Times' 50 Most Desirable Men and Women of 2010</i>. She was ranked number 10 in the women's category.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</tbody></table><b><span style="color: red;">Ford Supermodel of the World 2010 - </span></b> <b><span style="color: red;">Katrina Karlina Caune</span> </b><span style="color: blue;">(Source: Ford Supermodel of the World)</span><b></b><br />
<b> </b>With girls from 36 countries around the world converging on Brazil (a model loving country if ever there was one) the 2010 Ford Models Supermodel Of The world finals were bound to crackle with excitement and adrenalin. Â 16 year old Karlina from the Baltics swanned away with the top prize.<br />
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Still have time for new movies this May. Here are the list of the upcoming movies for this week (May 22- May 31) of May.<br />
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<b>1. Hangover 2</b><br />
<b> </b>After the huge success of its part 1 last 2009, Hangover part 2 is set to move the movie theater once again. The film stars Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis, Justin Bartha and Ken Jeong with Todd Phillips directing a script written by himself, Craig Mazin and Scot Armstrong. The production began in October 2010 and is set to be released this <b>26th of May 2011</b>.<br />
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Get ready for another sick night and more crazy shenanigans: this time around the story is set in Bangkok, Thailand! What happens in Vegas may stay in Vegas, but what happens in Bangkok can’t even be imagined.<br />
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<b>2. Kung Fu Panda 2</b><br />
<b> </b>With a box office success of its part 1 with more than $631 million gross earning domestically and overseas combined, <i>Kung Fu Panda 2</i> is an upcoming computer-animated family film that is a sequel to the 2008 film <i>Kung Fu Panda. </i>The story features a new villain with a mysterious weapon so powerful it threatens the very existence of kung fu, and Po must additionally confront his past. The film is scheduled to be released on <b>May 26, 2011</b>.<b> </b><br />
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It’s time for the next phase of Po’s journey in the world of kung fu!<br />
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<b>3. Tree of Life</b><br />
<b> </b>Another drama/fantasy movie,starring Brad Pitt, Sean Penn, Jessica Chastain, and Tamara Joliane is the <i>Tree of Life</i>, an American film scheduled to be in theaters on <b>May 27, 2011</b>, featuring some surreal and sci-fi elements, written and directed by Terrence Malick.<br />
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Through Malick’s signature imagery, we see how both brute nature and spiritual grace shape not only our lives as individuals and families, but all life.<br />
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<div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> <span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> The song charts below represent the 10 most popular songs for each week of 2011 (May 19) based on the top downloads from online song retailers. This is in reference to top10songs.com</span></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>1. </b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Rolling In The Deep</b> by </span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Adele</span></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Three weeks winning the number one spot for www.top10songs.com weekly chart, and number one on US Billboard as well as the number one greatest airplay and sales gain for the week May 19, 2011. This song is making as the greatest gainer for 3 weeks already and has been atop on the Digital songs chart and number two on the list of all Radio songs. </span>It was released as the lead single on 29 November 2010 in the Netherlands. "<i>Rolling in the Deep</i>'" became Adele's first number-one single and first top five hit in several countries."<i>Rolling in the Deep</i>" became Adele's second single to chart in the United States. Later on, it became her first ever single to top a <i>Billboard</i> chart when it reached number one on the Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks chart in March 2011<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1"></sup>, and became her first number one hit in the country when it topped the <i>Billboard</i> Hot 100 in May 2011.As a result, Adele became the first British singer to have topped both the <i>Billboard</i> Hot 100 and <i>Billboard</i> 200 charts in the same week since Leona Lewis did the same back in 2008. </div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>2. E.T. </b>by Katy Perry Featuring Kanye West</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Three weeks of being number 2 on the chart according to <a href="http://www.top10songs.com/">www.top10songs.com</a> is also on the second position of US Billboard Chart. With "<i>E.T</i>." at number one on the chart of May 12, 2011, Perry became the first artist in history to spend a whole year, 52 consecutive weeks, in the top 10 of Billboard Hot 100.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-billboardhot100perrycelebrates_2-0"></sup>The singer song-writer and actrees will appear in the upcoming 2011 film <i>The Smurfs</i>.</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>3. On The Floor </b>by Jennifer Lopez featuring Pitbull</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Though it's on the number 6 list of Music Billboard chart for this week. it climbed up with one step for this chart on <a href="http://www.top10songs.com/">www.top10songs.com</a>. "<i>On the Floor</i>" is Lopez's first single under her new record contract with Island Records, after fulfilling her contractual obligations with Epic Records (Sony Music Entertainment).</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>4. Give Me everything </b>by <span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Pitbull Featuring Ne-Yo, Afrojack & Nayer</span></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> From top 6 last week, this song is climbing up on the the number 4 chart for this week. This song was Released in March as he second single from his upcoming sixth studio album "<i>Planet Pit</i>". </span>The music video for "Give Me Everything" was directed by David Rousseau and features an appearance by singer Adrienne Bailon</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>5. The Lazy Song </b>by Bruno Mars</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> For two weeks in a row this song has been sitting on the number 5 spot. This was released as the third single from the album <i>Doo-Wops and the Hooligans </i>lat February 2011. This song displays influences of roots reggae and jawaiian music. It went number one music in the United Kingdom, making it as the fourth number one single and still Mar's 100% record number one solo single together with his three solo singles: "Nothin' on You", "Just the Way You Are (Amazing)" and "Grenad" in the country. </div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>7.</b> <b>Part Rock Anthem </b>by <span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">LMFAO Featuring Lauren Bennett & GoonRock</span></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span>It was released as the first single from their second album <i>Sorry for Party Rocking</i> in 2011. The single has gone to number one in 7 countries : Australia, Denmark, Ireland, New Zealand, UK, Canda and Norway. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia" title="Australia"></a><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div>Critics101http://www.blogger.com/profile/01169414274713867449noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363024979009673862.post-67884666033618502192011-05-20T12:00:00.000-07:002011-06-08T11:37:45.559-07:00Dooms Day Rumors- May 21, 2011<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq6VzeFCnWyoZduW9y3zU8hkUyH4H9gPSkInoqRkGfP0e7KKKV_muVkyBw4uqcUqjmVGJa-Y5RNa_ujWdmavJLMxqjgttSeByCrf9hMdXpnyEZdhVDw5AAVuqMXoHn7dpEh8p1IipB7kw/s1600/The-Rapture-Is-Not-Going-To-Happen-On-May-21-2011-And-The-End-Of-The-World-Is-Not-Going-To-Take-Place-On-October-21-2011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq6VzeFCnWyoZduW9y3zU8hkUyH4H9gPSkInoqRkGfP0e7KKKV_muVkyBw4uqcUqjmVGJa-Y5RNa_ujWdmavJLMxqjgttSeByCrf9hMdXpnyEZdhVDw5AAVuqMXoHn7dpEh8p1IipB7kw/s320/The-Rapture-Is-Not-Going-To-Happen-On-May-21-2011-And-The-End-Of-The-World-Is-Not-Going-To-Take-Place-On-October-21-2011.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> The world has been surrounded with the "May 21, 2011 Judgment Day". This is a prediction of an American Christian radio broadcaster<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-AP_0-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Camping#cite_note-AP-0"></a></sup> and president of Family Radio, Mr. Harold Camping. He predicted that the rapture will start today May 21, 2011 at 6:00 P.M. in which the Christmas island in Kiribati, Kiritimati Island, will be the first one to experience the said doomsday with an earthquake. If it is 6:00 P.M. in Kiribati (Kiritimati Island), it is 4 hours ahead of Australia's current time, China is behind 6 hours from Kiribati's current time, 10 hours ahead of Russia and,18 hours ahead of Big Apple's current time. Hence If the other side of the globe is on the day of judgment will it be true that the remaining side of it can still have extra hours to prepare for the judgment?</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> Camping and his followers on Family Radio started to air this rumor about the end of days. Infact, they have been around the world to spread and warn the people. They placed billboards around major cities of each country, made different ways of warning the people and made some noises to broadcast this important news to the entire world. The group actually had a pamphlet distributed around the world to explain the "facts" about this world ending which is today May 21, 2011. For them their theories resulted to two numerological proofs: first is based on Genesis 7:4, when God said to Noah: "Seven days from now I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe from the face of the earth every living creature I have made." It is said that "with God, one day is a thousand years equivalent on earth". So when God referred to seven days, he also meant seven thousand years. Camping studied that the flood during Noah's day occurred in 4,990 B.C. They made some calculations from the day of flood seven thousand years later came out to be the year 2011; second proof was a difference of number of days from the day of crucifixion until the said Camping's ending times predictions May 21, 2011. It resulted to 722,500 days difference between these two dates.722,500 is a significant number because it is composed of the significant numbers 5x10x17x5x10x17. Five signifies redemption; ten signifies completion; and 17 signifies heaven<b>. <span style="font-weight: normal;">The numbers represent the day of redemption (5) and the end of the Christian era (10) and the ascent to heaven (17) and it is doubled for added significance.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-weight: normal;"> If these two points will be carried out intelligently, there are points that this group should explain: first what was their basis of those significant days they're referring to and, second what is this "added significance" all about?</span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br />
</span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-weight: normal;"> According to Christian teachings, the scripture clearly says that " no eyes has seen, no ears has heard...." Neither an angel nor a man knows His second coming for He is the only one who knows when it will happen.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span><br />
</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-weight: normal;"> However, this rumor can create panic for some, but if this is dealt positively this will establish warning for everyone and a time for further recollection. This will only tell everyone to be watchful every single day.</span><br />
</b></div><b></b>Critics101http://www.blogger.com/profile/01169414274713867449noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363024979009673862.post-36264537445708996392011-05-14T09:55:00.000-07:002011-05-14T09:57:30.026-07:00Willie is Back this time with "Wil Time Big Time"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNdQkogLfZZ_tw_4uIARzNSE89me3j2izAFBKh1j0mlqS-XJWsQ0vB5qBt6OFFna4fecoSKL21ZGDZkiQa6V1jmNUCfKj2v7D-Ag6LP0PYA038MreVrCfP9Nrw4AYxmA1mnsPlkjXwPoA/s1600/index.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNdQkogLfZZ_tw_4uIARzNSE89me3j2izAFBKh1j0mlqS-XJWsQ0vB5qBt6OFFna4fecoSKL21ZGDZkiQa6V1jmNUCfKj2v7D-Ag6LP0PYA038MreVrCfP9Nrw4AYxmA1mnsPlkjXwPoA/s1600/index.jpeg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEHTkLxcUuqb-3udwwdfZUBgV7LKrskXlCE6vtBzW5slV0xOQcv2eoYLKxL8TP5k-yxmYED7bevX2IUsYsw-sv40AR0XS3Na56dh_5wL6UbHu4LmbmOQhPRNpY5qjwjbBRlKK_1aeYPW0/s1600/index.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br />
</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> For more than a month since Willie Revillame got off-air on his previous show Willing-Willie, finally the controversial host is back this time on a new program Wil Time Big Time. The new program has set a new face of Philippine variety show because it has the most high technology stage set-up as first seen not just in his own country but first in Asian Television.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> Event though Willie has not been seen on TV for a month, it was still a long time for all of his fans, considering that he is really the "hope" of the unfortunate people living in the Philippines. Willie has changed the viewing habits of most Filipinos specially on evening tv programs but, when he decided to go off-air because of the unfair points-of-view of some, especially his detractors, personally I felt that the evening TV program of most of the channels became boring. That was the time that I truly felt the saying "when boredom strikes". I kept waiting for the come back of his show because I really missed all of the games that was being played on his previous show like: 1-2-3 GO, FAMILY APIR, and THE WILTIME BIGTIME. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> This time Willie is back, together with his co-host Shalani, Sugar, Baby Bisaya and Aimee, and all the staff of his previous show. With his comeback, it was also the comeback of what we called "hopes" of the unfortunate, that they believe he is the only one true Philanthropist, the modern good Samaritan, the Oprah of the Philippines, and the new Pres. Magsaysay of many Filipinos.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> He was involved in a lot of controversies since "Wowowee" days, but he is still there ready to stand because many believes in him that he has a great heart for all masses that needs help. Willie is indeed love by many, he is not just been understood by some but definitely he is love by everyone.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> Congratulations to Willie and to his staff and to his new show "Wil Time Big Time".</div> Critics101http://www.blogger.com/profile/01169414274713867449noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363024979009673862.post-72396300197674884912011-05-13T10:09:00.000-07:002011-05-18T09:10:25.842-07:00Shocking Elimination of James Durbin on American Idol<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv90gxhZEsEjFQsDDz90lUmTjw73Vb6gHTnndpu_mINna7MGjwFDiWw_CbR7oyvspz8_wpUpKX-gWNW8lgyAQjAQWnbiG8x_7w3-PIkec2t8hK0GWpdC2XVCfK8fUuXeUt17VKifjT6kI/s1600/james-durbin.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="175" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv90gxhZEsEjFQsDDz90lUmTjw73Vb6gHTnndpu_mINna7MGjwFDiWw_CbR7oyvspz8_wpUpKX-gWNW8lgyAQjAQWnbiG8x_7w3-PIkec2t8hK0GWpdC2XVCfK8fUuXeUt17VKifjT6kI/s320/james-durbin.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> Last Wednesday the top 4 finalists on AI rendered two songs for the two rounds of their performances. James performed “<b style="font-weight: normal;">Don’t Stop Believin</b>” and Leiber/Stoller’s "Love Potion #9". Steven Styler who is a great rocker and performer applauded James with his two performances saying that the latter is simply incredible. J-Lo on the other hand admittedly that she was wronged of her perspective towards James, because he proved to her that he can sing any song. Randy Jackson who has been on the show judging for 10 years, believe that the singer is surprising everyone with his performances every single week and he even noted that James was there to win it.<br />
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Surprisingly, out of 72 million votes, the total performer was sent home. This was a big shocking result, considering that James has not been in the bottom three ever since until Thursday night show. James is indeed a great singer and a total performer on the show. As James was upset of his departure on AI, so as Jennifer Lopez who was in tears to hear from Ryan, host of the said show, the bad news. Moreover, James is not alone with this frustration because a lot of Americans and other nationalities who are fan of the rocker James Durbin, outnumbering that 72 million votes, are in deep frustration.<br />
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"I worked so damn hard and I was hoping to get there," Durbin said while tears rolled down his cheeks. "But I did so much stuff that's never been done on the show. I did what I came here to do, and that was to give metal a chance."<br />
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If James has not been voted-off, he could have shown more of his talent. He really rocks the stage as he performed every week. He is a total performer to be reckoned with. His journey on the 10th season of American Idol has given the metallic music a chance once again, and because of him the love on Rock n' Roll music has been reborn. Surely, his music, voice and his great performances will be missed by a lot of fan on American Idol stage, but he will be applauded again by many on a bigger stage of America's music industry. No doubt, he can be a new big star, waited by everyone.Critics101http://www.blogger.com/profile/01169414274713867449noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363024979009673862.post-33852839933026018812011-05-10T09:00:00.000-07:002011-05-10T09:00:03.348-07:00Pacquiao-Mosley Fight, An Over-all Frustration<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipylbFcI8B1nzp0Nq0G7TR8opnyGtsH8NKgUC1ltwWK4bAg9aLp1nOG7Le5WbxmgquMEZ0_r_GAmHJM0DmGPn3Cnj7K2vYFYBm9LQv2303iQLgmIlvkA7t-JLIv5LfHjp4caqTXDVTqpg/s1600/1304959407.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipylbFcI8B1nzp0Nq0G7TR8opnyGtsH8NKgUC1ltwWK4bAg9aLp1nOG7Le5WbxmgquMEZ0_r_GAmHJM0DmGPn3Cnj7K2vYFYBm9LQv2303iQLgmIlvkA7t-JLIv5LfHjp4caqTXDVTqpg/s1600/1304959407.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> I just want to share the article that was published by Yahoo about the recent fight of Pacquiao vs. Mosley in Las Vegas. I completely agree with what the writer puts on his article that the fight was indeed a frustration and was a waste of time to watch because Mosley didn't give a genuine fight but instead compete for the sake of earning, because from the start he knew that he will not win the fight at all.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> The fans at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas <b>poured boos down on the ring</b>, expressing a sentiment shared by many pay-per-view customers. Sugar Shane Mosley was running from Manny Pacquiao, <b>making consumer disappointment and anger understandable</b>. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>So too was this emotion: sadness.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> Saturday was another wasted night of Pacquiao’s prime, the competitive circumstances and raw politics of boxing robbing what could’ve been a night of greatness tested. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> Instead, we got another lopsided decision, Pacquiao winning as an overwhelming favorite against a 39-year-old opponent who had no intention of actually fighting. Mosley was once a great champion and remains a likable ambassador for the sport. He never stood a chance against Manny, though. That was something promoter Bob Arum acknowledged at the outset, only to realize he was so out of opponents for the Filipino that he had to make the fight anyway.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> Mosley was the second of Pacquiao’s last three opponents to enter the ring and not even attempt to win. Fourteen months ago Joshua Clottey covered up for 12 rounds. Even after he was shut out on the scorecard, Clottey lifted his arms in triumph and posed for pictures with his team. The goal was to survive, not actually box.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> Before you blame Clottey and Mosley, consider what happened to the last several guys who decided to stand and trade with Manny: Antonio Margarito, pummeled repeatedly, broken orbital bone, sent to hospital, career in jeopardy. Miguel Cotto, pummeled repeatedly, TKO’d, sent to hospital. Ricky Hatton, knocked out cold, sent to hospital, hasn’t fought since. Oscar De La Hoya, pummeled repeatedly, TKO’d, sent to hospital, hasn’t fought since. David Diaz, pummeled repeatedly, TKO’d, sent to hospital. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> We could go on. Manny Pacquiao hasn’t lost a fight in six years.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> And he probably isn’t losing one anytime soon, leaving fans stuck watching an iconic fighter dominate inferior opponents just for the sake of watching said icon.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>Sadness isn’t a new feeling in boxing. It’s just usually reserved for those horrific nights when an aging champion is getting battered by the sport’s inevitable, and swift, circle of life. It’s sad to watch greatness gone. It’s sad to fear the damage done.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> This is completely different – sadness born from frustration. It’s like watching Michael Jordan playing minor league basketball, cheating everyone from years of thrilling moments and memories on the basketball court.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">Critics of boxing are always saying it needs charismatic headliners. Well, what then is Manny Pacquaio? He’s willing to fight exciting fights, test himself against bigger, stronger men. He smiles. He laughs. He’s smart. He has a real life as an elected politician. He sings on late-night talk shows and performs fan concerts after fights. There’s almost nothing like him in sports. And Saturday, Top Rank put on a great show around him, complete with a rare entertaining undercard featuring the return of ex-champ Kelly Pavlik and a dramatic 12th round, come-from-behind-TKO by Jorge Arce of Wilfredo Vazquez, Jr.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> Then the main event bombed, the cold reality of the era ruining everything. Arum talked about a potential November fight between Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez, who earned a draw with Pacman in 2004 and lost a close decision in 2008. Those bouts took place in the featherweight or super featherweight divisions, however. That’s 20 pounds ago for Pacquiao, who fought at 147 on Saturday. Marquez is a warrior, but he struggled to get to 142 pounds when he was outclassed by Floyd Mayweather Jr. in 2009. It was Mayweather’s un-retirement fight and considered a somewhat safe one because Marquez was so small. If he’s too small for Floyd, then he’s of little threat to the 2011 version of Manny. Marquez would also become the fourth recent Pacquiao opponent first “softened up” by Mayweather, joining De La Hoya, Hatton and Mosley.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> The obvious solution is to get Pacquiao and Mayweather in the ring together and stage the richest fight in history. Then do it again in a rematch. That seems less likely now than ever, though. Mayweather hasn’t fought anyone in over 13 months and spent Saturday night, he claims, watching a Lady Gaga concert on cable.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">We should be in the middle of an epic trilogy between these two – their styles seemingly perfectly suited to challenge each other. It’s rare when the two best pound-for-pound fighters of a decade are essentially the same weight. Yet money, pride, politics, bad blood, allegations of doped blood, slander suits, domestic violence charges and all sorts of other nonsense stand in the way.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> We’ve been through the Mayweather-Manny debate before. Right now, it isn’t getting solved. It may never.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b> So we get what we get and the crowd gets upset.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> “What could I do if my opponent doesn’t want to fight toe-to-toe? It’s not my fault,” Pacquiao argued, and really no one was blaming him. “I’m happy, because I know I won the fight. But I said my first concern is the satisfaction of the people. I want the people to be satisfied with my performance and to leave happy.”</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Mosley fight should never have been made. Same with Clottey. And it’ll be the same with Marquez.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">There is virtually no one left for Pacquiao to fight. He’ll still get big numbers at the gate and on pay per view because he’s such an attraction, such a talent, but it increasingly feels like a waste of time. He’s stuck in B-grade bouts. You can’t shine a sneaker.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> Zab Judah is another option, but he’s lost to Clottey, Cotto <i>and</i> Mayweather. Timothy Bradley, the dynamic, unbeaten, 27-year-old Californian, is a potential long-term challenger to Pacquiao. Is he ready to step up as soon as November? He may have to be. For my money, it’s the most intriguing fight. At least Bradley is a fresh face. At least he has a future. At least, we presume, he’ll stand up and actually try to win.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b> These days with Pacquiao that’s all we can hope for; a sad indictment on a sport that is stalling when it should be soaring.</b></div>Critics101http://www.blogger.com/profile/01169414274713867449noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363024979009673862.post-41305137513457566852011-05-07T11:19:00.000-07:002011-05-28T11:15:05.702-07:00My Own Predictions on American Idol Season 10<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8XgOFF4z5brkY5aaZkfr2IjnU7oZU7eexAJNXXBntBqmKB6XHr-Jv6rveZ4N-TmYV2WwKPwmLLA_pvO4Uj38f-Ze7YAxjL8OIzC3sdkLHNsVqh99TFh38RAQgF7_l0in1oRNVjMEek9o/s1600/Watch-American-Idol-Season-10-Online-free.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8XgOFF4z5brkY5aaZkfr2IjnU7oZU7eexAJNXXBntBqmKB6XHr-Jv6rveZ4N-TmYV2WwKPwmLLA_pvO4Uj38f-Ze7YAxjL8OIzC3sdkLHNsVqh99TFh38RAQgF7_l0in1oRNVjMEek9o/s320/Watch-American-Idol-Season-10-Online-free.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> American Idol season 10 is now nearing its final threat for the remaining 4 strongest contenders on knowing who will be the bet of America. As last week Jacob's goodbye (which I predicted based on his performance), AI has finally revealed the strongest of all toughest AI contestant. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> I have been watching this season of AI since its kick-off, from the audition to Hollywood elimination and finally to live performances. Ever since the live performances begun, I have been applauding the performances of James Durbin, Scotty Mccreery, Lauren Alaina, and Haley Reinhart which turnout to be the remaining four contenders to the finale. Aside from them, though I am frustrated because of their early goodbyes from the contest, I like the vocal performances of Stefano Langone, Thia Megia, Pia Toscano, Paul McDonald, and Casey Abrams. Naima Adedapo, Karen Rodriguez and Ashton Jones were doing good indeed but not that great. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> It is hard to really say who would make it this year's AI winner because the remaining contestants are all good singers, in fact all of them are totally great singers. I believe that this season has chosen the best contestants ever in the entire seasons of AI. As early as now, I really could say that the AI judges has done a wonderful job of choosing the best of the bests. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;"> From the four contestants who were left to compete and making their way to the finale, I am voting for James Durbin which I predict he could win this season. He hasn't been in the bottom three, he's been greatly performing week after week. Scotty could also be the winner, I can say that he has the votes of young ladies and young girls because of his look and appeal, no doubt he has a great voice which is very unique from the three. His soothing voice can be a close match to James in terms of votes. Lauren Alaina has not been in the bottom three until last week which made her in the bottom two. The reason why she was in the bottom two its because of her performance last week, she has the instance of pulling-back high notes which viewers noticed it from her. But, undoubtedly she has a great voice, all she needs to do is to surprise everyone and sing and hitting that high notes without pulling-back, in this way she might be winning the show. Haley from the start has been in the bottom three but then she get to improve and getting stronger week after week which made her to stay with the other three contestants. I love her performances last week, especially her singing of "Rising Sun", she really indeed nailed it. Last week performances I have my own ranking, she actually rank second from James.She might be a big threat and a big surprise to win the show.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> Now that AI has the final four, I am getting more excited who will really take the title of American Idol winner. They are all damn good and great singers. Let's cross our fingers until the finale. </div>Critics101http://www.blogger.com/profile/01169414274713867449noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363024979009673862.post-35129681839399793122011-04-25T09:55:00.000-07:002011-05-20T12:46:35.971-07:00Flaws on Captain Barbell TV Series<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyRi7wzABvbUFGN9O0Syekz9HbgiYedE_MSYVoG0dn5SQxNBAKrzmbQUlQx9PZEbTPrD2N6meuVY5SqlMmYnSeJR0GbZ-JqKEbkI7QknFem1t4HEi5iK9n2LgHAX7m9CCFqb3Np7qSX1M/s1600/images.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyRi7wzABvbUFGN9O0Syekz9HbgiYedE_MSYVoG0dn5SQxNBAKrzmbQUlQx9PZEbTPrD2N6meuVY5SqlMmYnSeJR0GbZ-JqKEbkI7QknFem1t4HEi5iK9n2LgHAX7m9CCFqb3Np7qSX1M/s1600/images.jpeg" /></a></div> This is the new tv series of GMA 7, aired nightly from Mondays- Fridays after the news program "24 Oras". It is starred by Richard Guttierez for the second time on the same network, and originally played by Edu Manzano and followed by a remake in a movie with Bong Revilla.<br />
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I actually watch the evening tv program of each network, but this evening it just happened that my attention was caught by this <i>fantaserye </i>"Captain Barbell", not because I was excited to follow and watch this tv series and definitely not because of the story at all, for the main reason which I think it is no longer exciting on my part to watch this. However, as I was watching this <i>fantaserye</i>, I was able to observed a lot of flaws that have made the show so boring and not realistic at all. What I was talking about is the episode wherein Captain Barbell is in a fight scene against his enemies. I can't name who were the characters because I am not into it when I was watching but I was more into looking some flaws of this <i>fantaserye </i>for it is really obvious.<br />
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During the fight scene between Captain Barbell and his enemy at the location of a certain Rural Bank in Sta. Rosa, Laguna, Captain Barbell actually throw his enemy to the roof of the bank and apparently it shows that there was a blast after the immersing attack of Captain Barbell just to show the viewers that how strong this superhero is. As the scene is going on, the camera again was focused on the same building but this time there are no indications of the immersing blast. Did Captain Barbell do some renovation while fighting?Hmm I doubt.<br />
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Another observation is that, as the fight were so intense between this superhero and his enemies, you could obviously see that the people around them and even the place itself is not in anyway frightened as if there is at peace in the area, the people are apathetic, and it seems the surroundings has no care at all. You couldn't even see the emotion of a panic mode in the location. The news reporter even went to the site of intense fight scene, and trying to report with panic-perky feeling, but the odd thing here is that at the background of this reporter, people seems to be ok on a busy street.<br />
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The fight scene itself seems to be lame, luck of energy, lack of variety of physical contact, always using their not so convincing power. I just hope that the overall in-charge of this show would double check the editing so that it will look realistic so that viewers would have an additional urge and excitement to watch this.<br />
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To check what my observation is all about, you can actually watch the episode again of "Captain Barbell" by clicking the following link <b><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPEq7dZdqm4">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPEq7dZdqm4</a> </b>or <b>at <a href="http://wowhaneptv.com/2011/gma-7/captain-barbell-april-25-2011">http://wowhaneptv.com/2011/gma-7/captain-barbell-april-25-2011</a></b>.<b> </b>Critics101http://www.blogger.com/profile/01169414274713867449noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363024979009673862.post-56046213331055074612011-02-26T00:03:00.000-08:002011-02-26T01:17:20.937-08:00World leaders hail People Power anniversary<div class="KonaBody" style="text-align: justify;"> MANILA, Philippines - World leaders have praised Filipinos for the bloodless 1986 <span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit ! important; font-weight: inherit ! important; position: static;"><span class="kLink" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit ! important; font-weight: inherit ! important; position: relative;">People </span><span class="kLink" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit ! important; font-weight: inherit ! important; position: relative;">Power</span></span> revolution, which marked its 25th year yesterday, and which has been seen as inspiration for other peaceful pro-<span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit ! important; font-weight: inherit ! important; position: static;"><span class="kLink" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit ! important; font-weight: inherit ! important; position: relative;">democracy</span></span> revolts across the globe.<br />
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In separate statements, leaders of Germany, South Korea, the Czech Republic and Chile extended their congratulations to Filipinos for fighting to regain their freedom through peaceful means.<br />
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Chinese President Hu Jintao had also conveyed his warm wishes to the Philippines on the 25th anniversary of People Power when Vice President Jejomar Binay went to Beijing to seek a reprieve for three Filipinos on death row last week.<br />
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German President Christian <span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit ! important; font-weight: inherit ! important; position: static;"><span class="kLink" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: 1px solid blue; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit ! important; font-weight: inherit ! important; position: relative;">Wulff</span></span> said the EDSA People Power had been a beacon for Germans’ struggle to unite for peace and freedom. “Only a few months later, the Berlin Wall came down and we Germans were able to make our unified state a reality in peace and freedom,” Wulff said, adding that recent developments in the Arab world “demonstrate that people’s desire for freedom is universal and remains as strong as ever.”<br />
Chilean President Sebastian Piñera Echenique lauded the Filipinos for their solidarity in achieving democracy through peaceful means.<br />
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Czech foreign affairs minister Karel Schwarzenberg said the February 1986 revolution “meant a historical landmark on the road to democracy of your country and inspiration for many others.”<br />
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South Korean President Lee Myung-bak said the people power revolution of 1986 offered hope across Asia that true democracy could be realized despite hardships and adversity. “The revolution will continue to be remembered as an exemplary example for people around the world who crave freedom and democracy,” he added.<br />
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The EDSA revolution was said to have sparked similar uprisings across the world. A year after EDSA, South Koreans challenged strongman former general Chun Doo-hwa which eventually led to <span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit ! important; font-weight: inherit ! important; position: static;"><span class="kLink" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit ! important; font-weight: inherit ! important; position: relative;">democratic</span></span> reforms; Chile’s Augusto Pinochet lost his iron grip on power in 1989.<br />
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Poland’s own people power revolution inspired the Singing Revolutions in Estonia; Latvia and Lithuania in the Baltic States in 1989; as well as the East German <span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit ! important; font-weight: inherit ! important; position: static;"><span class="kLink" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit ! important; font-weight: inherit ! important; position: relative;">democracy </span><span class="kLink" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit ! important; font-weight: inherit ! important; position: relative;">movement</span></span> which ended in the tearing down of the Berlin Wall. The Velvet Revolution on Wenceslas Square contributed to the demise of one of the most powerful anti-democratic states in the world and returned democracy to the Czech Republic.<br />
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Many more nations followed including those in Eastern Europe, spreading to central Europe where democracy lifted the Iron Curtain and swept away the Soviet Union on the heels of glasnost.<br />
<div class="floatleft"><div id="google_ads_div_PStar_Headlines_Medallion_300x250"></div><div id="google_ads_div_PStar_Headlines_Medallion_300x250"> Democracy and People Power inspired by the Filipinos under President Corazon Aquino indeed ended the Cold War, Malacañang said in a press statement.For his part, President Aquino said during a Eucharistic celebration at the Edsa Shrine on Thursday night that it was interesting to note that the celebration of 25 years of People Power in the country “coincides with the wave of democracy now sweeping parts of the Arab world.”<br />
</div><div id="google_ads_div_PStar_Headlines_Medallion_300x250"></div></div> “Even by just watching on TV, the emotion in Egypt and Tunisia was so palpable that it brought back memories of our own experience in 1986. While ours was less violent, the similarities between EDSA and Tahrir Square are uncanny,” Aquino said. “This shows that the human passion and thirst for freedom is so universal that no autocratic regime anywhere in the world could succeed in its attempt to stay in power forever,” Aquino said.<br />
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Tunisians have ousted their president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali from power after violent protests. In Egypt, long-time leader Hosni Mubarak was likewise thrown out through a popular street uprising. The regime of Libyan strongman Muammar Gadhafi is on the brink as thousands of Libyans took to the streets to demand his ouster, despite attacks from loyalist militiamen. Street protests are also strengthening the regimes in Bahrain and Yemen.<br />
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The assassination of Aquino’s father and namesake in August 1983 sparked massive street protests – almost on daily basis – that culminated in a military-backed civilian uprising in February 1986 that ended the Marcos dictatorship.</div>Critics101http://www.blogger.com/profile/01169414274713867449noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363024979009673862.post-48296298627499720072011-02-25T01:55:00.000-08:002011-02-25T01:55:57.956-08:00EDSA at 25: Noy leads people power silver anniversary rites today<div style="text-align: justify;"> MANILA, Philippines – President Aquino will lead various activities celebrating the 25th anniversary of the first EDSA People Power revolution today, acknowledging that much remains to be done because real democracy means freedom from corruption and poverty.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> In his message yesterday at the two-day “People-Powered Development,” a local government unit forum on integrating community-driven development in local governance practice at the Heroes Hall of Malacañang, Aquino said his mother, former President Corazon Aquino had said that the true meaning of people power got a different face –not the millions of Filipinos marching through EDSA nor the placards bearing former senator Benigno Aquino Jr.’s face nor the nuns holding rosaries but rather preparedness –“preparedness to fight corruption and preparedness to fight poverty.”</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> Aquino’s mother was installed president during the EDSA revolution in 1986, which came three years after his father was assassinated in 1983 after long years of fighting the Marcos dictatorship.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">The President said people power should not only happen when pushed against the wall and with no choice but to fight.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> Aquino thanked the local government officials in helping him in building the nation.“We are aware that not one person holds the solution to all our problems,” Aquino said.“This is one manifestation that the spirit of people power is alive in your hearts and minds,” he said. Aquino said instead of bickering, local government officials must lend a hand to one another, stressing that changes would begin at the local level especially in fighting corruption and poverty.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> Aquino said the true spirit of Edsa was people empowerment, which was very much alive in the Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan (linked arms against poverty)-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> The 33 mayors implementing KALAHI-CIDSS projects in their respective municipalities received commendation from the President for their good performance. “Thank you to these leaders. I will not have second thoughts in calling you heroes if you are indeed government’s partner in fighting corruption by not stealing from government coffers and by fighting poverty as well through your pro-poor projects,” said the President, who will attend today a wreath laying at his mother’s monument in Manila, unveil a historical marker at the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration in Ortigas and partake in a boodle fight, among others.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> President Aquino will likewise lead today the unveiling of a marker on a spot at the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration building where his mother addressed the people during the 1986 revolution.</div>Critics101http://www.blogger.com/profile/01169414274713867449noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363024979009673862.post-24806082402967328512011-02-23T15:47:00.000-08:002011-02-23T15:47:32.141-08:00Thursday Headlines: New Zealand earthquake leaves 400 dead, missing<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgySEAO_mqAOLzXLCv9E_6X389FIhlTV6n7KlbHEkVtsgspkbPbiZ15u1f522vA15zU3ZznBJB8vSk2onCFluZ91p4h11Repbx4q2jwvIlJ_0FipGZLXQVUzYNe78hnwLi0mbfsO_nWVGQ/s1600/newzealand.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgySEAO_mqAOLzXLCv9E_6X389FIhlTV6n7KlbHEkVtsgspkbPbiZ15u1f522vA15zU3ZznBJB8vSk2onCFluZ91p4h11Repbx4q2jwvIlJ_0FipGZLXQVUzYNe78hnwLi0mbfsO_nWVGQ/s1600/newzealand.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand: HUNDREDS of rescuers swarmed over twisted and smoking buildings on Wednesday in a frantic search for survivors after New Zealand’s catastrophic earthquake left nearly 400 dead or missing.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> Emergency services cordoned off central Christchurch, which was devastated by Tuesday’s shallow, 6.3-magnitude tremor, to hunt for anyone still alive along with an unknown number of bodies buried in the rubble.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> Prime Minister John Key declared a national emergency as 75 bodies were recovered, while about 30 people were rescued overnight. About 300 people are still missing following New Zealand’s worst natural disaster in 80 years.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> Key said the quake had “wreaked death and destruction on a dreadful scale” in the country’s second biggest city, six months after a 7-magnitude quake shook buildings violently in Christchurch but miraculously caused no deaths.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> The latest tremor toppled many buildings and left central Christchurch strewn with debris. The city’s landmark cathedral lost its spire. Dozens of aftershocks rocked the city, much of which was without power and water.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> Rescuers had to amputate limbs to free some survivors, but abandoned hope for any victims trapped in the flattened CTV building, which housed a school for foreign English-language students.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> Twenty-four Japanese citizens were among the missing, including 11 students who were studying at the King’s Education College inside the six-story CTV building, along with a South Korean brother and sister in their early 20s.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> Police Supt. Russell Gibson warned that the toll was certain to rise as more than 500 emergency workers combed through shattered buildings, listening out for tapping, shouting and other signs of life. Some rescue efforts were frustrated by a two-block exclusion zone around the city’s tallest hotel, the Grand Chancellor, as the 26-story building leaned precariously and looked close to collapse.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> But there was applause when a woman wrapped in blankets emerged from the Pyne Gould Corp. building, some 24 hours after the quake rocked busy lunchtime streets at about 12:50 p.m. on Tuesday. The clock is ticking for those trapped, though, with New Zealand’s emergency management chief John Hamilton saying that rescuers may have just two or three days to pull out anyone still alive.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> The quake was the deadliest to hit New Zealand since 256 people died in a 1931 tremor, and Key’s declaration of a state of emergency will free up national resources to focus on Christchurch. Leading disaster modelling company AIR Worldwide said that the earthquake would cost the insurance industry up to NZ$11.5 billion ($8.6 billion).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> Specialist teams from Australia, Britain, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan and the United States were due to join the rescue operation as an international effort swung into action. New Zealand sits on the “Pacific Ring of Fire,” a vast zone of seismic and volcanic activity stretching from Chile on one side to Japan and Indonesia on the other.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> Seismologists said that despite being smaller, the latest tremor was more destructive than the September quake because it was nearer to Christchurch’s center and much closer to the earth’s surface. </div>Critics101http://www.blogger.com/profile/01169414274713867449noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363024979009673862.post-8297531300053263032011-02-22T16:11:00.000-08:002011-02-22T16:48:09.839-08:00Another Pinay Talent Hits Youtube: Maria Aragon<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="344" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/xG0wi1m-89o?fs=1" width="425"></iframe><br />
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Like Charice Pempenco, another pinay talent is now famous over Youtube. <b>Maria Aragon</b>, 10-year old, who sang Lady Gaga's "<b>Born This Way</b>". Maria posted her video of her own version of the song on Youtube and just for how many days was a totally hit of over 11 million viewers. Just 2 days after she posted her video, Lady Gaga shared her experience of watching the 10-year old girl from Winnipeg on her twitter : "<b><i>Can't stop crying watching this. This is why I make music. She is the future.</i></b>", Lady Gaga tweets. Lady Gaga even shared the link where to watch Maria Aragon's video on Youtube.<br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;"> The young pretty girl new Youtube sensation got the chance to talked to Lady Gaga over the phone during an interview on the radio.The latter even invited her to join her on stage for her coming concert. Maria even got the chance to be invited over a national TV program of Ellen De Generes. </div><br />
Here are some comments from those who watched the video:<br />
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<b>ana112828:</b><br />
wow! amazing voice! and listen when if you keep singing until 16 then please please please addition for<br />
American Idol and I will vote and go to the place if you make and please follow what I said and I really <br />
know that you might be a really good super star:) by the way I am also filipino too hope you get this and<br />
again please follow this!<br />
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<b>janellefilipinogirl:</b><br />
<div class="metadata"> go maria.....i think they're right that you're more talented than justine bieber....<br />
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<b>mariakorin:</b><br />
all i could say is wowowowowo!!!\<br />
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<b> Angela75ify: </b> </div> your amazing. That's all I have to say. Simply amazing.<br />
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She is indeed a Winnipeg's rising superstar and definitely Philippine's pride.Critics101http://www.blogger.com/profile/01169414274713867449noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363024979009673862.post-28885625908297268772011-02-22T15:41:00.000-08:002011-02-22T15:41:53.513-08:00Wednesday Headlines: TAIWAN TO STOP HIRING PINOYS<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="219" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCsbs4WvvdUX6an4Xd2rHpPKhBaQy19N0nxSTBdX8DnX4qNDfu4d0ttTG1a1vN99hdsqp_YSFDl-vKeOyfzToV9AdTbo4b2LTM6TNVHdqOKYaDSHGpzStA_ZDjn0pFlY8p7YO3w_LTuPQ/s320/taiwan.jpg" width="320" /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> TAIPEI - Taiwan expressed anger over the Philippines’ refusal to apologize for deporting 14 Taiwanese to China and threatened to freeze the hiring of Filipino workers.</div><br />
“Taiwan’s government and people are strongly angered,” President Ma Ying-jeou said through an interpreter while meeting in Taipei with Manuel Roxas, an unofficial envoy of President Benigno Aquino.<br />
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Mar reiterated Taiwan’s demand that the Philippines “take responsibility for its mistakes” and apologize, local television footage showed.<br />
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Roxas, who arrived in Taiwan Monday in an attempt to cool the row, has so far only said “we deeply regret” the incident during talks with Ma and Taiwan’s foreign minister Timothy Yang, according to the foreign ministry.<br />
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Roxas returned yesterday afternoon.<br />
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His mission was however complicated by fresh comments made in Manila by Aquino’s spokesman, who insisted that the Philippines would not apologize for deporting the 14 suspected fraudsters to China against Taipei’s wishes.<br />
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“The position of this government is that we have done everything legally and properly... The government acted based on an Interpol alert,” Edwin Lacierda said.<br />
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The incident was now subject of a court case, and Manila would have to wait for the outcome first, Lacierda said without elaborating.<br />
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“So to apologize right now would be implying that we have already committed a mistake,” he said, adding it was up to the courts to determine that.<br />
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Taiwan is mulling a freeze on the hiring of Philippine workers in retaliation, although a final decision is yet to be made, labor minister Wang Ju-hsuan told reporters.<br />
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A labor official told AFP that Taipei is “very likely” to impose the freeze after President Ma expressed fury over the deportations.<br />
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But some analysts warned that such a move would lead to a no-win situation.<br />
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“Taiwan doesn’t necessarily have an upper hand in this matter,” said Liu Bih-rong, an international relations expert in Soochow University.<br />
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“It could backfire, and local factories might react if the government suddenly bars Philippine workers as that would affect their operations.”<br />
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China and Taiwan have been ruled separately since the end of a civil war in 1949, although Beijing claims the island. The Philippines has formal ties with China only but maintains economic and cultural links with Taiwan. <br />
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Taipei has already raised the screening period for Philippine workers to a maximum of four months.<br />
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There are about 70,000 Philippine workers in Taiwan, sending home hundreds of millions of dollars a year.Critics101http://www.blogger.com/profile/01169414274713867449noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363024979009673862.post-6658018384328734572011-02-21T21:10:00.000-08:002011-02-21T22:28:32.888-08:00History: Flashback on February 22<span style="font-size: large;"><b>February 22</b></span> is the 53rd day of the year in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregorian_calendar">Gregorian calendar</a><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Oldest Historical Event:</b></span> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1371">1371</a> – <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_II_of_Scotland" title="Robert II of Scotland">Robert II</a> became King of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotland">Scotland</a>, beginning the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Stuart" title="House of Stuart">Stuart</a> dynasty.<br />
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<b>Robert II</b> (early 1316 – 19 April 1390) became King of Scots in 1371 as the first monarch of the <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Stewart" title="House of Stewart">House of Stewart</a>. He was the son of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Stewart,_6th_High_Steward_of_Scotland" title="Walter Stewart, 6th High Steward of Scotland">Walter Stewart</a>, hereditary <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Steward_of_Scotland">High Steward of Scotland</a> and of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marjorie_Bruce">Marjorie Bruce</a>, daughter of <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_I_of_Scotland" title="Robert I of Scotland">Robert I</a> and of his first wife <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabella_of_Mar">Isabella of Mar</a>. (The marriage of princess Marjorie took place in 1315, making Robert's probable birth date early in 1316.)<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Recent Historical Event: </span></b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006">2006</a> – At least six men stage <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Britain" title="Great Britain">Britain</a>'s <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Securitas_depot_robbery" title="Securitas depot robbery">biggest robbery ever</a>, stealing £53m (about $92.5 million or 78€ million) from a Securitas depot in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonbridge">Tonbridge</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent">Kent</a>.<br />
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The <b>Securitas depot robbery</b> was the largest cash <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robbery">robbery</a> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">British</a> history, that took place on the evening of 21 February 2006 from 18:30 <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UTC" title="UTC">UTC</a> until the early hours of 22 February. Several men abducted and threatened the family of the manager, tied up fourteen staff members and stole <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pound_Sterling" title="Pound Sterling">£</a>53,116,760<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Securitas_depot_robbery#cite_note-0"></a></sup> (about <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US$" title="US$">US$</a>92.5 million at the time of the robbery) in <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_note" title="Bank note">bank notes</a> from a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Securitas_AB" title="Securitas AB">Securitas Cash Management Ltd</a> depot in Vale Road, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonbridge">Tonbridge</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent">Kent</a>.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Oldest Recorded Birth: </b></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1040">1040</a> – <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rashi">Rashi</a>, French rabbi (d. 1105).<br />
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<b> Shlomo Yitzhaki</b> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew_language" title="Hebrew language">Hebrew</a>: <span dir="rtl" lang="he">רבי שלמה יצחקי</span>) (February 22, 1040 – July 13, 1105), better known by the acronym <b>Rashi</b> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew_language" title="Hebrew language">Hebrew</a>: <span dir="rtl" lang="he">רש"י</span>, <b>RA</b>bbi <b>SH</b>lomo <b>I</b>tzhaki), was a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France_in_the_Middle_Ages" title="France in the Middle Ages">medieval French</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbi">rabbi</a> famed as the author of the first comprehensive commentary on the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talmud">Talmud</a>, as well as a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_commentaries_on_the_Bible" title="Jewish commentaries on the Bible">comprehensive commentary on the <i>Tanakh</i> (Hebrew Bible)</a>. He is considered the "father" of all commentaries that followed on the Talmud (i.e., the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tosafot" title="Tosafot">Baalei Tosafot</a>) and the Tanakh (i.e., <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nahmanides" title="Nahmanides">Ramban</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_ibn_Ezra" title="Abraham ibn Ezra">Ibn Ezra</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaim_ibn_Attar" title="Chaim ibn Attar">Ohr HaChaim</a>, et al.).<br />
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<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-0"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Recent Recorded Birth: </b></span></sup><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1990">1990</a> – <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luca_Profeta">Luca Profeta</a>, Italian footballer.<br />
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Born in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milan">Milan</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lombardy">Lombardy</a>, Profeta spent his youth career at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F.C._Internazionale_Milano" title="F.C. Internazionale Milano">Internazionale</a>, as first as a midfielder. He played from <i>Giovanissimi Regionali B Team</i> to <i>Allievi Nazionali Team</i> (2006–07 season). In January 2008, he was loaned to <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A.C._Pro_Sesto" title="A.C. Pro Sesto">Pro Sesto</a> along with Fabio Perissinotto, rejoining Inter team-mate <a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Andrea_Bavena&action=edit&redlink=1" title="Andrea Bavena (page does not exist)">Andrea Bavena</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cristiano_Biraghi">Cristiano Biraghi</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuele_Beretta">Samuele Beretta</a>, Marco Buonanno, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicol%C3%B2_De_Cesare">Nicolò De Cesare</a>, Mattia Dell'Aera, Domenico Maiese, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marco_Puntoriere">Marco Puntoriere</a> and Davide Tremolada. He then spent 2 seasons with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serie_D">Serie D</a> club <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S.C._Colognese" title="U.S.C. Colognese">Colognese</a>. In 2009–10 season he played 27 times.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Oldest Recorded Death: </b></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/965">965</a> – <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto,_Duke_of_Burgundy">Otto, Duke of Burgundy</a> (b. 944)<br />
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<b> Otto of Paris</b> (944 – February 22, 965) was <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_of_Burgundy" title="Duke of Burgundy">duke of Burgundy</a> from 956 to his death. Otto was son of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_the_Great" title="Hugh the Great">Hugh the Great, count of Paris</a> by his wife Hedwige of Saxony, sister of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_I,_Holy_Roman_Emperor" title="Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor">Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor</a>, and was brother of king <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_I_of_France" title="Hugh I of France">Hugh I of France</a>. He became duke through his wife <a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Liutgarde_of_Chalon&action=edit&redlink=1" title="Liutgarde of Chalon (page does not exist)">Liutgarde of Chalon</a>, heiress of Burgundy. He had no known descendants.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Recent Recorded Death: </b></span>2007 – <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Jellicoe,_2nd_Earl_Jellicoe" title="George Jellicoe, 2nd Earl Jellicoe">George Jellicoe</a>, Lord Privy Seal and Leader of the House of Lords & <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Boat_Service">Special Boat Service</a> veteran<br />
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<b> George Patrick John Rushworth Jellicoe, 2nd Earl Jellicoe</b>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_the_British_Empire" title="Order of the British Empire">KBE</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distinguished_Service_Order" title="Distinguished Service Order">DSO</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_Cross" title="Military Cross">MC</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Privy_Council_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Privy Council of the United Kingdom">PC</a>, <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fellow_of_the_Royal_Society" title="Fellow of the Royal Society">FRS</a> (4 April 1918 – 22 February 2007) was a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">British</a> politician and statesman, diplomat and businessman. Jellicoe was the only son but sixth and youngest child of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">First World War</a> naval commander, commander at the Battle of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Jutland" title="Battle of Jutland">Jutland</a>, Admiral of the Fleet Sir <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Jellicoe,_1st_Earl_Jellicoe">John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe</a> by his wife Florence Gwendoline (died 1964), second daughter of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Charles_Cayzer,_1st_Baronet">Sir Charles Cayzer, 1st Baronet</a> of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gartmore">Gartmore</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perthshire">Perthshire</a>. George Jellicoe was one of the longest-serving parliamentarians in the world, being a member of the House of Lords for 68 years (1939–2007).<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Holidays and Observances: </b></span><br />
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<b> <span style="font-size: small;">Celebrity Day (Church of Scientology):</span></b><b><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></b>The <b>Church of Scientology</b> is an organization devoted to the practice and the promotion of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientology">Scientology</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientology_beliefs_and_practices" title="Scientology beliefs and practices">belief system</a>. The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_Scientology_International">Church of Scientology International</a> is the Church of Scientology's parent organization, and is responsible for the overall ecclesiastical management, dissemination and propagation of Scientology.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_Scientology#cite_note-1"></a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-3"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_Scientology#cite_note-3"></a></sup> Every Church of Scientology is separately incorporated and has its own local board of directors and executives responsible for its own activities and well-being, both corporate and ecclesiastical.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-6"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_Scientology#cite_note-6"></a></sup> The first Scientology church was incorporated in December 1953 in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camden,_New_Jersey">Camden, New Jersey</a>, by American <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_fiction">science fiction</a> author<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Blue_Sky_7-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_Scientology#cite_note-Blue_Sky-7"></a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Pulpateer_8-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_Scientology#cite_note-Pulpateer-8"></a></sup> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L._Ron_Hubbard">L. Ron Hubbard</a>. The church has been the subject of much <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientology_controversy" title="Scientology controversy">controversy</a>. The church's world headquarters are located in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_Base">Gold Base</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unincorporated_area" title="Unincorporated area">unincorporated</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riverside_County,_California">Riverside County, California</a>.<br />
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<b>Washington's Birthday: </b>Titled <i>Washington's Birthday,</i> a federal h honoring <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington">George Washington</a> was originally implemented by an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Act_of_Congress">Act of Congress</a> in 1880 for government offices in the <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_of_Columbia" title="District of Columbia">District of Columbia</a> (20 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Statutes_at_Large" title="United States Statutes at Large">Stat.</a> <a class="external text" href="http://books.google.com/books?id=CTA3AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA277" rel="nofollow">277</a>) and expanded in 1885 to include all federal offices (23 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Statutes_at_Large" title="United States Statutes at Large">Stat.</a> <a class="external text" href="http://books.google.com/books?id=ZDI3AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA516" rel="nofollow">516</a>). As the first federal holiday to honor an American citizen, the holiday was celebrated on Washington's actual birthday, February 22.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington%27s_Birthday#cite_note-0"></a></sup> On January 1, 1971, the federal holiday was shifted to the third Monday in February by the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniform_Monday_Holiday_Act">Uniform Monday Holiday Act</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-unifmonday_1-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington%27s_Birthday#cite_note-unifmonday-1"></a></sup> This date places it between February 15 and 21, which makes the name "Washington's Birthday" in some sense a misnomer, since it never lands on Washington's actual birthday, February 22.<br />
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<b>World Thinking Day: </b><b>World Thinking Day</b>, or just <b>Thinking Day</b>, is celebrated annually on February 22 by all Girl Guides and Girl Scouts around the world. It is a day when Girl Guides and Girl Scouts think about the meaning of Guiding and Scouting, its global impact and most importanly, about all of their "sisters" in all the countries of the world. Each year the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts sets a theme - an important international issue, as well as focus countries. The troops use it as an opportunity to study and appreciate other countries and cultures, and equally increase awareness and sensitivity on global concerns. Donations are collected for the Thinking Day Fund which supports projects to help Guides and Scouts around the world. February 22 was chosen as it was the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birthday">birthday</a> of Scouting founder <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Baden-Powell,_1st_Baron_Baden-Powell" title="Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell">Robert Baden-Powell</a> and of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olave_Baden-Powell">Olave Baden-Powell</a>, his wife and World Chief Guide.<br />
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<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-0"> </sup><b>Independence Day:</b> Representative government came about in 1924 (with universal <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suffrage">suffrage</a> from 1953). From 1958 to 1962 the island was a member of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Indies_Federation" title="West Indies Federation">Federation of the West Indies</a>. Finally, on February 22, 1979, <b>Saint Lucia</b> became an independent state of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Nations">Commonwealth of Nations</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-GovC_2-1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Lucia#cite_note-GovC-2"></a></sup> The island nation celebrates this every year with a public holiday. It is also a member of <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Francophonie" title="La Francophonie">La Francophonie</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-3"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Lucia#cite_note-3"></a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-0"><br />
</sup>Critics101http://www.blogger.com/profile/01169414274713867449noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363024979009673862.post-83448453401215897942011-02-21T18:52:00.000-08:002011-02-21T18:55:03.060-08:00News Flash: Deadly quake strikes New Zealand A 6.3-magnitude earthquake ripped through Christchurch, New Zealand, on Tuesday afternoon, causing multiple fatalities as it toppled buildings onto buses, buckled streets and damaged cathedrals, authorities said.<br />
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New Zealand Police announced a large-scale evacuation of the central city was under way on the agency's website. According to the news release, the earthquake killed an undetermined number of people at various locations around the city, including passengers on two buses crushed by buildings that had fallen on them.<br />
Laura Campbell told CNN she was at work at the bottom of a six-story building when the earthquake struck. She described seeing "windows blowing out, bricks falling down, people screaming, the whole nine yards."<br />
"It was bloody serious," said Campbell, who was trying to walk home. "I'm worried about what I'm going to find down the road."<br />
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The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake struck just before 1 p.m. Tuesday (7 p.m. Monday ET), and a 5.6-magnitude aftershock struck about 15 minutes later.<br />
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<div class="cnn_strylftcntnt cnn_strylftcexpbx" id="expand15"><div class="cnn_strylceclbtn" style="display: none;"><img alt="" border="0" height="23" src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/3.0/mosaic/bttn_close.gif" width="58" /></div><div class="parentMediaContainer" id="videoContainerexpand15" style="display: none;"><div class="mediaContainer" id="videoContainerexpand15Media"><img alt="" height="360" src="http://edition.cnn.com/video/world/2011/02/21/nz.quake.beeper.cnn.640x360.jpg" width="640" /></div></div></div> The New Zealand Herald reported that phone lines in the area were out, roads were cracked -- in some cases lifted as much as a meter (1 yard) -- and water mains had burst, flooding several streets.<br />
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New Zealand's transit authority told TVNZ that it had been unable to reach its staff in Christchurch and at the Lyttleton Tunnel, which is near the epicenter.<br />
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Christchurch police told TVNZ that the city's 106-year-old Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament was badly damaged, and a Herald reporter said that half the building had collapsed.TVNZ reported that the 147-year-old Christchurch Cathedral's spire had toppled, Christchurch Hospital was being evacuated and the airport was closed.<br />
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"The airport is currently closed until further notice," an airport employee told CNN.All planes headed for the airport were being diverted, and no planes are allowed to take off. No one was injured at the airport, he said. The employee did not give his name and wanted to clear the phone line to continue emergency work.<br />
The quake caused significant damage to several older buildings, the Herald reporter said.<br />
New Zealand Prime Minister John Key said he would attend an emergency Cabinet meeting in Wellington and then fly to Christchurch if conditions allow.<br />
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Christchurch Mayor Bob Parker told Radio New Zealand that the rumbling tossed him across the room, that he knew of injuries in the city council building and has heard unconfirmed reports of serious injuries.<br />
"That was, in the city central anyway, as violent as the one that happened on the 4th of September," he said.<br />
Parker added that streets were jammed as people tried to get out of the city, and he urged people to avoid the water supply.<br />
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"We've been through this before this once, we now need to think what we did at that time," he said.<br />
Southern New Zealand has been plagued by a series of quakes since September, when the area was shaken by a 7.1-magnitude temblor that New Zealand authorities said was the most damaging quake to hit the region since 1931. The earthquake struck in the predawn hours of September 4. Authorities said the deserted streets at that time likely kept injuries to a minimum.<br />
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There were no deaths from that earthquake.<br />
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Both the Roman Catholic Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament and the Anglican Christchurch Cathedral were undergoing repairs after being badly damaged by the September quake.The quake struck in the "worst possible location," Kevin Fenaughty, data center manager for GNS Science, told the Herald.<br />
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"It's a nightmare," he said. "A lot of people were just getting back on their feet after the original quake."<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> MANILA, Philippines - Malacañang clarified yesterday that no concessions were given to China for the latter’s grant of a reprieve to three overseas Filipino workers facing execution for drug trafficking.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> Presidential spokesman Edwin Lacierda said Vice President Jejomar Binay had categorically denied offering concessions to China after securing postponement of the execution of Ramon Credo, 42; Sally Ordinario-Villanueva, 32; and Elizabeth Batain, 38. The three were scheduled for execution this week.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">Binay announced the development Friday after meeting with Dai Bongguo, state councilor; Wang Shengjun, president of the Supreme People’s Court; and Zhang Zhijun, executive vice minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Esteban Conejos, who was with Binay on his Beijing trip, said the meeting was not behind closed doors and no concession could have been given without the public getting the information. “We gave no concessions to them. It was a gesture of goodwill and friendship as also enunciated by their diplomatic officials here,” Lacierda said. For its part, the Chinese embassy in Manila said China only “gave consideration” to the Philippines’ request. “China received the request and as friendly neighbor the Chinese side gave consideration,” said Sun Yi, political officer and spokesman of the Chinese embassy.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">Lacierda also downplayed concerns over the possibility of the Philippines becoming hostage to China as a result of the issue.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> “We have, again, stated that no concessions were made. In fact, that was a request from this government and based on the joint statement, they postponed the execution within the scope of Chinese laws. That is something that they would have to define, we are not familiar with Chinese laws. But definitely, again, we are saying categorically that no concessions were given to the Chinese government. It was a gesture of friendship,” Lacierda said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> Lacierda also said the fact that the Philippines was able to secure a postponement of the execution should belie claims that the government was weak.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> “Since the Flor Contemplacion case, our policy has been to protect our overseas contract workers – that’s the policy that we have here in the Philippines and that’s a good policy because we have plenty of overseas contract workers who we are required to protect. Now, the diplomatic intervention can only come in once the sentence is issued. Before that, you cannot interfere in the judicial proceedings – that’s the same thing that happened in China,” Lacierda said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> Contemplacion was a Filipina domestic helper executed in Singapore in 1995 for murder. Her execution strained relations between Singapore and the Philippines. The Ramos government also faced severe criticisms for failing to stop the execution.</div>Critics101http://www.blogger.com/profile/01169414274713867449noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363024979009673862.post-76365992327082917512011-02-20T18:35:00.000-08:002011-02-20T22:57:06.292-08:00Dia De Zamboanga 2011 Celebration<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx2sNw_85pYvWvAKIIcoISzyhRz1RrA4X2SgsXZGoKleoAKh5ZuoEnB1sVY3zmh-w9vuKSsbdz7Um00lOnZsZMw39kkOWXr0B2B9DMWJVZHctZ_JbqoMYzoT2HqPL4s2kiK4QI3oYThUo/s1600/zambo.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx2sNw_85pYvWvAKIIcoISzyhRz1RrA4X2SgsXZGoKleoAKh5ZuoEnB1sVY3zmh-w9vuKSsbdz7Um00lOnZsZMw39kkOWXr0B2B9DMWJVZHctZ_JbqoMYzoT2HqPL4s2kiK4QI3oYThUo/s320/zambo.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> ZAMBOANGA City will be bustling with activities this week as it gears up for the 74th Dia de Zamboanga (Charter Day) on Saturday.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> Dia de Zamboanga marks the day when the newly-appointed officials of the city, headed by Mayor Nicasio Valderroza, took their oath following the declaration of Zamboanga as a chartered city on October 12, 1937.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> The series of activities starts Monday with the open cheer dance competition at the City Coliseum. Public and private colleges and universities have enlisted for the competition, organized by the City Government through the City Tourism Division.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> The Sineng Pambansa: Zamboanga Film Festival 2011 will also be staged at the Mindpro Cinema from Wednesday until Friday. It will showcase the screening of 10 independent Filipino films.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> The Dia de Zamboanga celebration will kick off with the grand parade from N.S. Valderroza Street to Don Joaquin Enriquez Memorial Sports Complex.\</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> Other activities:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">* Red Carpet Night at the National Museum Courtyard</div><div style="text-align: justify;">* Search for the Señorito/Señorita de Salud</div><div style="text-align: justify;">* Book launching dubbed as Peace Warriors: On Trial with Filipino soldiers, Wednesday</div><div style="text-align: justify;">* Recognition Night at the La Vista del Mar, Thursday</div><div style="text-align: justify;">* The Achievers' Night, Friday</div><div style="text-align: justify;">* Fishing competition, Saturday</div><div style="text-align: justify;">* 14th Celso Lobregat Cup Open Dart Tournament, Friday-Saturday</div><div style="text-align: justify;">* Zamboanga Freedom Run</div><div style="text-align: justify;">* Karate tournament</div><div style="text-align: justify;">* Search for the Zamboanga Pop Idol <b>(Bong Garcia)</b></div>Critics101http://www.blogger.com/profile/01169414274713867449noreply@blogger.com0