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Mariah Carey: Back in Manila for the Second Time Around

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Mariah Carey is set to hold a one-night performance in Manila for the second time as she is scheduled to perform as part of her <i>Me, I am Mariah World Tour</i> which will kick-off in Asia with stops at Singapore, Malaysia, Japan, China, and lastly, the Philippines. The said concert is set here in Manila on October 28, 2014 at SM Mall of Asia Arena.</div>
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Mariah Carey is the best-selling female singer of all time, selling more than 200 million records worldwide as of this time and has eighteen Billboard #1 singles, the most in a female singer. This year, she had released her 14th album entitled <i>Me, I am Mariah...The Elusive Chanteuse</i> (The album that will support the said world tour) which spawned her latest singles <i>#Beautiful, You're Mine, and You Don't Know What to Do</i>.</div>
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Ticket prices are the following, as it is posted on the SM Ticket's website. Ticket selling had started already starting August 15.</div>
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<li><b>Super VIP</b> - <i>(For price, call 374-2222)</i></li>
<li><b>VIP</b> - <i>P15840</i></li>
<li><b>Patron</b> - <i>P12680</i></li>
<li><b>Lower Box A</b> - <i>P10560</i></li>
<li><b>Lower Box B</b> - <i>P8450</i></li>
<li><b>Upper Box</b> - <i>P4230</i></li>
<li><b>General Admission</b> - <i>P1960</i></li>
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Mariah Carey once held a concert here in Manila last November 19, 2003 at Bonifacio Global City Open Fields as part of her Charmbracelet World Tour.</div>
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This event is brought by Wilbros Live.</div>
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Mariah Carey: Back in Manila for the Second Time Around

Mariah Carey is set to hold a one-night performance in Manila for the second time as she is scheduled to perform as part of her Me, I am Ma...

Why People Hate Mondays

<p>Monday, the most hated day of the week. People considered this day as the worst day for decades. It's even prove by some <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/8658968/Monday-mornings-so-depressing-you-wont-crack-a-smile-until-11.16am.html">researchers</a> that Monday are so depressing that, on average, we don't crack our first smile until 11:16 am and more than half of us will spend the day complaining, particularly morning .<br />
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Thanks to the unlimited power of the internet (But still not free), We found the three main reasons why most of us hate this day, and of course! we will share it to you guys.<br />
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<li><b>Everything Start on Monday... Again - </b>It's either you hate your, job, your school or your life, most of our activities, work and weekdays routine start on this day. Waking up realizing that reality is waiting for you. Dealing again with your annoying boss, getting away with bullies or lining up for everything(food, paying bills, trains etc), and you can do nothing about it because Monday will stay, forever.</li>
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<li><b>You hate your job - </b>Your are sitting at your desk waiting for lunch so you can get back at your desk and wait for the end of the day. Nothing is excited on this day but only the fact that the next day will be Tuesday and you got only four more days to go before weekend. If this is you, then you have the right to hate Monday.</li>
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<li><b>Weekend is Over - </b>Have you ever say to say to yourself  the phrase "Back to reality" after a weekend getaway vacation or doing nothing for two days? One of the main reason why most of us hate Monday because it is the day next to Sunday. Waking up after two days doing nothing but only to have fun really will make you hate that day. Especially that someone had better weekend than you. Your office-mate telling stories on how great their weekend was, or your boss showing his photos with some hot chicks in a yacht while you drink beer alone for two days will absolutely make you hate that Monday is still need to come. </li>
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But wait, remember what most people use to say that <i>every problem has a solution</i>. The <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/8658968/Monday-mornings-so-depressing-you-wont-crack-a-smile-until-11.16am.html">study </a> also revealed that there are five ways, not three! to get over that horrible and depressing Monday Blues.</div>
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<li>Watching TV</li>
<li>Having Sex</li>
<li>On-line Shopping</li>
<li>Buying chocolate or make-up</li>
<li>Planning a holiday</li>
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So cheer up, because there are more ways on how to love this day. How about you? how do you get over with Monday Blues? Share it with us by dropping some comment below.</div>
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Why People Hate Mondays

Monday, the most hated day of the week. People considered this day as the worst day for decades. It's even prove by some researchers th...

Three German Students Surprise A Homeless Guy

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A young man from Germany ask a homeless guy if he can borrow his bucket, confuse and don't have really any idea, He agreed. The next scene will surprise you.</div>
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According their YouTube channel, <a href="http://be%20japy%20e.v./">be japy e.V</a>, they been doing the act with more songs without a camera and decided to turn it to a video to send a message to others to encourage them to do the same.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 17px;">We could not believe how much of you have analyzed this video in the last view days. There was a lot of praise, but also a lot of critical voices making a particular sore point.</span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 17px;" /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 17px;">In May of this year, we performed like this with more songs and WITHOUT a camera. We liked the massage of what we were doing so we decided to turn it into a video in order to encourage others to possibly do the same.</span></span> </blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 17px;">Before filming we asked ourselves the following question: Can we simply film a person in distress and put it up on the internet, without asking them or knowing their history? Our answer is quite clearly no, which is why we have hired an actor to take on this role.</span></span> </blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 17px;">Please look at our video statement (Statement & Hintergründe: Three German students surprise a homeless guy), where we explain our rationale in more detail. If we have hurt or disappointed anyone, we are very sorry. Of course that was not our intention</span></span> </blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 17px;">We are very serious about our non profit organisation and we have been collecting for some weeks now. - </span></span> <a href="http://be%20japy%20e.v./">be japy e.V</a></blockquote>
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Three German Students Surprise A Homeless Guy

A young man from Germany ask a homeless guy if he can borrow his bucket, confuse and don't have really any idea, He agreed. The next sc...

UPDATE: Celine Dion Live in Manila, CANCELLED

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The best-selling Canadian singer and award winning pop superstar Celine Dion that is expected to have a mini tour here in Asia, scheduled in October and November of this year had cancelled all of the scheduled dates of her tour, including the November 29 performance at SM Mall of Asia Arena.<br />
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According to the official website of the Canadian singer, she had cancelled all the schedules of her Asian tour to give time to take care of her husband, Rene Angelil, who had been removed of a cancerous tumor last December 2013. Official statement of Celine Dion says:</div>
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I want to devote every ounce of my strength and energy to my husband’s healing, and to do so, it’s important for me to dedicate this time to him and to our children.</blockquote>
<span style="text-align: justify;">Celine Dion was scheduled to take on a one night concert here in Manila as part of her Asian mini tour on November 29, 2014 at SM Mall of Asia Arena. Refunds for those who already bought tickets for the said event are now conducted by SM Tickets starting August 18, 2014. Refer to their site for more information.</span></div>
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Celine Dion is widely known for her chart-topping singles My Heart Will Go On (Which is the official theme song of the infamous movie <i>Titanic</i>), Power of Love, and Because You Love Me.</div>
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UPDATE: Celine Dion Live in Manila, CANCELLED

The best-selling Canadian singer and award winning pop superstar Celine Dion that is expected to have a mini tour here in Asia, scheduled i...

Sabina Altynbekova: The New Internet Dream Girl

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Volleyball is a sport that is mostly known to us being played by women and men alike. We always see it being played on local and international tournaments, as well as to some inter-collegiate competitions. This story will cover about a teenage girl who plays for the U19 Kazakhstan national volleyball team named Sabina Altynbekova.</div>
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Somewhat, volleyball fans who watched the 17th Asian Women's U-19 Volleyball Championship in Taipei would have an idea of her. People all over the internet would say that she is a "player on fire" for the Kazakhstan volleyball team but it gives out the reason that it was her "looks" and not her playing skills.</div>
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Critics say Sabina Altynbekova, 17, is so beautiful that it's a distraction to the sport. Even the athlete's own coach says his team is increasingly about one player, at least as far as the fans are concerned.</div>
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<i>"It is impossible to work like this, the crowd behaves like there is only one player at the championship." -<b> Nurlan Sadikov, Kazakhstan Women's U19 volleyball team coach.</b></i></blockquote>
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Their team's participation in the recent tournament in Taiwan had sparked an online sensation especially to Altynbekova. Taiwanese fans were spotted watching the games holding Kazakhstan flags and even went early before the match just to get a glimpse of her. It was like that Altynbekova just gets the eyes and the attention of fans and players, teammate or opponents alike.<br />
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She became an online sensation just because of her looks. Videos of her on YouTube just doing some simple workouts before the volleyball game receives thousands of views. Numerous Facebook pages and Twitter accounts had spawned claiming connection to her but she confirmed to her fans and followers that she is only limited to social networking sites, citing her Instagram and VK accounts. VK is a popular social networking site in Europe, as well as to the former Soviet Union countries, including her native Kazakhstan.</div>
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<span style="text-align: justify;">It is told by her mother, Nuripa Amrievna, that the volleyball sensation had attended a school for gifted children and is recently enrolled at Kazakh University for Humanities and Law.</span></div>
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<i>"I wanted her to be admitted to the law (school), but she chose sports." - <span style="text-align: justify;"><b>Nuripa Amrievna, Altynbekova's mother.</b></span></i></blockquote>
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Sabina Altynbekova: The New Internet Dream Girl

Volleyball is a sport that is mostly known to us being played by women and men alike. We always see it being played on local and internatio...

Malaysia Airlines MH17 incident: A Flashback to Previous Commercial Airliners Shot Down

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The world is surely shocked after hearing the news of another passenger civilian airliner being shot down by possibly military(?) or rebel(?) personnels, in form of the incident which involved the Malaysia Airlines 17 which is bound to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia coming from Amsterdam, Netherlands. These type of shot-down incidents is not new in aviation history. Here, we take a look back to previous related incidents before the shot down of Malaysia Airlines 17.</div>
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<li><b>Siberian Airlines 1812 (October 4, 2001)</b><br />The flight is bound from Tel Aviv, Israel to Novosibirsk, Russia on October 4, 2001. The aircraft, which is a Tupolev Tu-154 was reportedly shot down by a Ukranian surface-to-air missile, leaving all 78 passengers, composed of 66 passengers and 12 flight crew on-board, dead. Ukraine paid an amount of $15 million to the surviving family members of those who died on the incident.</li>
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<span style="text-align: left;">The September 21 incident involved a Tupolev  Tu-134 aircraft belonging to Transair Georgia bound from Sochi to Abkhazia. As it was going on approach to Sukhumi-Babusheri Airport in Abkhazia, it was reported to be hit by a rebel surface-to-air missile and crashed immediately at Black Sea, killing all the 5 crew members and 22 passengers. The September 22 incident involved a Tupolev Tu-154 aircraft belonging to the same airline company (Also, it was reported that it carried Georgian soldiers on-board) bound from Tbilisi to Abkhazia. As it approaches the Sukhumi-Babusheri Airport, it was shot down once again by rebels and crashed immediately on the airport's runway, killing 108 of 132 passengers and crew on-board.</span></div>
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This incident involves an Airbus A300 passenger aircraft owned by Iran Air and is bound from Tehran to Dubai and was shot down by the United States Navy cruiser USS Vincennes on July 3, 1988. According to the investigation, it was shot down by the cruiser for mistaking that it is an Iranian F-14 Tomcat fighter aircraft. The incident left 290 fatalities composed of 290 passengers and 16 flight crew. This incident is considered to be the seventh deadliest aviation disaster in aviation history (Excluding the 9/11 attacks).</li>
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<li><b>Korean Airlines 007 (September 1, 1983)</b><br />This incident is probably one of the most notorious in the Cold War time between the USSR and the United States. The incident involves a Boeing 747 owned by Korean Airlines bound from New York City to Seoul, with a stop over in Anchorage, Alaska. As the aircraft is approaching near the Soviet airspace, it was shot down by a Soviet Su-15 fighter aircraft, leaving 269 passengers and crew on-board dead, including Lawrence McDonald which was the congressman of the state of Georgia at that time. The USSR denied the involvement at the incident at first but later admitted to shot down the plane, believing it was carrying American spies. This incident had sparked the usage of GPS to civilian use and especially, to passenger aviation.</li>
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<li><b>Air Rhodesia 825 and 827 (September 3, 1978 and February 12, 1979)</b><br />The incident involves two different aircraft from Air Rhodesia in which both are shot down by the Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (ZIPRA) during the Rhodesian Bush War. The Flight 825 incident, which happened on September 3, 1978 involves a Vickers Viscount aircraft bound from Victoria Falls to Salisbury, both cities are from Rhodesia. The ZIPRA shot down the aircraft using a surface-to-air missile crashing it immediately leaving 48 of 56 people on-board dead. Investigations however, said that 38 died immediately in the crash and the 10 were massacred by ZIPRA immediately after the crash.<br />Five months later on February 12, 1979, Another Air Rhodesia flight was shot down by the ZIPRA once again. The incident involved again a Vickers Viscount aircraft, bound from Kariba to Salisbury, Rhodesia, was shot down by ZIPRA using a shoulder-launched anti-aircraft missile which crashed the aircraft immediately. The second incident left all 59 people on-board dead.</li>
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<li><b>Libyan Arab Airlines 114 (February 21, 1973)</b><br />This incident in February 21, 1973 involved a Boeing 727 aircraft, bound from Tripoli, Libya to Cairo, Egypt via Benghazi, Libya. The aircraft got lost contact because of the combined bad weather conditions and equipment failure over the northern areas of Egypt. The aircraft entered the Sinai Peninsula (Which is a part of Israeli airspace) without communication and was intercepted by two Israeli Air Force F-4 Phantoms. After the fighter pilots had thoughts that the civilian aircraft's pilot refuse to cooperate with their commands, they shot the aircraft, crashing it and leaving 105 of 113 people on-board dead. Due to the error of the incident, Israel paid compensations to the families' victims.</li>
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<li><b>Cathay Pacific C-54 (July 23, 1954)</b><br />This incident happened on July 23, 1954 which involved a Cathay Pacific C-54 Skymaster aircraft bound from Bangkok, Thailand to Hong Kong. The plane was shot down by China's PLAAF LA-11 fighter planes, causing it to crash to the sea, killing 10 of 19 passengers on board. China then claimed responsibility to the crash and made compensation to Cathay Pacific and to the survivors. It is rumored as well that the Chinese government had executed the pilots who shot down the said aircraft.</li>
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