Reporter drops F-bomb on live TV

A local TV news reporter in Anchorage, Alaska quit her job Sunday night in dramatic fashion - delivering the news live on the air and dropping an F-bomb for good measure.

Charlo Greene, a reporter for CBS affiliate KTVA, was doing a report on efforts to legalize marijuana in the state when she abruptly revealed that she was the owner of the Alaskan Cannabis Club, a group that connects medical marijuana patients with suppliers.

"Now everything you heard is why I, the actual owner of the Alaska Cannabis Club, will be dedicating all of my energy toward fighting for freedom and fairness which begins with legalizing marijuana here in Alaska," she said.

"And as for this job, well, not that I have a choice but, f**k it, I quit."

Greene then walked off the set, leaving a startled news anchor struggling to find words at the news desk. "Alright we apologize for that," the anchor said. "We'll... we'll be right back."

The Alaska Cannabis Club had posted a message to Facebook earlier in the evening, tipping its followers - "EVERYONE" - to tune into KTVA for the newscast.

Greene has since raised over $1,000 at the online crowdfunding site Indiegogowhere she says she is "campaigning for marijuana reform in Alaska and the nation."

On the site, she states: "I just quit my news reporting job on live TV to announce that I am redirecting all of my energy toward helping to end a failed drug policy that has ruined the lives of far too many Americans."

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Apple Watch: Things You Need to Know

Apple introduced its latest iPhone model and the brand new iWatch among all hullaballoo. The new products from the house of apple are all set to change the world for better. We bring to you a set of things you need to know about the latest iWatch: 

• It requires an iPhone to make it work at its best. Now you finally now have your reason of buying iPhone.

• The screen glass is a sapphire glass and it is known to be highly resistant to scratch and damages.

• There are other control buttons as well. You can use the other control buttons to control different features of the watch.

• The new watch from Apple allows you to reply to the cute little messages you receive from your dear ones. You can dictate the message or you can use the auto generated response for replying to the messages. The watch also leverages you with the choice to reply to the messages with help of emoticons.

• The sensor equipped watch allows you to calculate the amount of calories you have burned over the span you have spent exercising or in running. The watch also tracks the number of days you have been visiting gyms for. The two apps named as Workout and Fitness is designed to help you in calculating the time and remembering you’re working out a schedule. The watch is smart enough to keep you updated with the latest changes in your working out schedule.

• The watch supports all social networking giants like Twitter, Facebook, Google+, Pin Interest, Instagram and many other innocuous apps but this is not yet. Apple is striving for more and more. 

Apple for sure has launched an eye munching product. The watch is soon to be launched but the crazy is already at heights.

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Galaxy S5 or S6, still confused?

The smart phones have become a major part of everyone’s life and one can’t imagine a life without these modern gadgets. There are lots and lots of models releasing on everyday basis that leads one to get confuse which one to opt for.

    As among the leading companies in the market Samsung has already come up with the Galaxy S5 in the month of April this year but the company is planning to launch the more upgraded version the Galaxy S6 in the coming days. So here the question is which one is the right way to go for. Well the existing one has a lot of compatible features in it like the S5 comes with the 5.1-inch Super AMOLED 1920 x 1080 resolution screen. Also the S5 has a Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 quad-core 2.5GHz Krait 400 processor with an Andreno 330 GPU that comes along with the 2GB of RAM. But on the other hand if go with the sources the S6 is going to have a 5.2 or 5.3 inch QHD display in it. Yet the company still wants to stick with the Super AMOLED touch screen for the S6. Also the S6 will have a UHD display (3840 x 2160) instead of a QHD display (2560 x 1440) with the Snapdragon 808 or 810 chipset. If the Cell phone releases with the QHD displays the Snapdragon 808 would be great but if the S6 uses the UHD display it will going to need more powerful 810. And when it comes to comparison the S6 will also have an upgrade for the graphic capabilities. The S6 also comes with the Adreno 418 GPU that provides an extra 20% power increase then the S5 which is simply great. So the customers are waiting for this more upgraded version and it has already created a buzz in the market. Well the price may be an issue because the current S5 is available for $850 but the company is going to offer the S6 with some extra price. According to the sources the S6 will going to have price around $900 for the customers.

    So if it comes to comparison the S6 has a lot of features that are just wow and it will be a great option to go for but the S5 is also good on the other hand. So it depends upon the people to go for a phone which suits them according to their needs. 

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Sanrio Reveals That Hello Kitty Is not a cat

When it was not yet insisted by the company behind the cute icon known as Hello Kitty, everybody actually it is a cat, however, it became trending online that Hello Kitty is not a cat.  But everything people knew about Hello Kitty is about to change.

On Thursday, the creator of Hello Kitty Sanrio revealed and posted on their website that Hello Kitty is not a cat but a human. She is a cheerful little girl,  who is friendly and possess a gold heart.

This statement shocked many people around the world and even got trending in News sites and social media. This  revelation was made clear  when a Hawaii-based academic Christine Yano, who  specializes in the epitome of “Kawaii” (“cute” in Japanese) asked Sanrio to fact-check captions for a presentation she was curating to mark the 40th anniversary of Hello Kitty.

Christine Yano, told the Los Angeles Times that she “was corrected—very firmly” by Sanrio that Kitty was not a cat.

According to Yano, Sanrio corrected her saying “Hello Kitty is not a cat. She’s a cartoon character. She is a little girl. She is a friend. But she is not a cat. She’s never depicted on all fours. She walks and sits like a two-legged creature.”

Perhaps people mistakenly recognized her as a cat instead of a cartoon character because of her whiskers and moon-like shape face.  One of Japan’s most renowned exports confirmed her non-cat identity.

A Sanrio spokesperson told AFP in Tokyo that the her design takes motif of a cat, but nothing in the Hello Kitty’s setting is a portion of a cat. But rather is  is a 100-percent personified character. He also said that her real name is Kitty White, and she was born in southern England on Nov. 1, 1974. She is a Scorpio and her blood type is A.

Actually Hello Kitty has a twin sister whose name is Minny White. On her web profile, it was found out that  Minny lives in an unnamed suburb of London with father George and mother Mary.

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Jackie Chan's son Jaycee Chan detained in Beijing for drug consumption

Jackie Chan’s son Jaycee Chan has been detained in Beijing last Thursday and was charged drug-related cases. According to Beijing police, Jaycee Chan 31 years old, was detained along with another 23 year old Taiwanese movie star Kai KO.

Both celebrity/actors confirmed positive for marijuana while both admitted using the drug. M'Stones International, Jaycee’s management, made a public apology on his behalf for the "social impact" caused, in a report on their website. It said they would "supervise his therapy and help him return to the right path." 

Lately, President Xi Jinping ordered that all illegal drugs should be eradicated and would severely punish those who are exposed to drugs.  Following the order, Jaycee’s detention happened. Police said that, there are around 7,800 people caught in crackdown in Beijing.

Now, the authorities are targeting celebrities because they might have influenced their fans, especially the young people to use drugs. A sequence of celebrities has detained so far. CCTV which is a Chinese state broadcaster aired the actual footage of search and arrest operation of Chan’s home in Beijing where his face was pixilated.

Due to his case, Chan is accused of accommodating drug users and will face a sentence of three years imprisonment while two other people detained in the same case were accused of selling drugs, while Ko is indicted for drug consumption. 

Illegal drug use has been widespread in China in recent decades, but it was nearly eradicated after the 1949 communist revolution. 

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Israel And Hamas accept 72-hour truce to begin early Friday

GAZA CITY:  US Secretary of State John Kerry announced that Israel and Hamas had agreed a 72-hour truce. After 25 days of bloody confrontation, both countries are due  to begin ceasefire at 0500 GMT Friday.

It has been confirmed by Egypt recently that Israeli and Palestinian representatives, including from Hamas, but the Israeli forces would remain inside Gaza.Earlier Thursday, Israel swore not to accept any ceasefire that did not permit troops to remain destroying tunnels used by militants to attack Israel.

The announcement came as the Palestinian death toll in Gaza hit 1,442 where two thirds of these are civilians, superior that of a massive three-week Israeli operation over New Year 2009, medics said. This action draws criticism almost every part of the world.

The truce was a joint US-UN initiative and will give civilians “a much needed reprieve,” Kerry said.

“This is a respite, a moment of opportunity — not an end. It’s not a solution,” he warned, saying Israel would still be allowed to carry out “defensive” operations to destroy the tunnels.

The offer was accepted by Hamas and Israel. The announcement came after the UN Security Council stated “grave disappointment” that repeated calls for a ceasefire had not been observed, and needed there to be a sequence of humanitarian interruptions to ease situations for noncombatants trapped in the war-torn area.

Despite the growing international concern over the civilian death toll in Gaza, Washington said it had agreed to refill Israel’s diminishing weaponries supplies.

The declaration came as the White House said there was little doubt that Israeli weaponry was the source of a “totally indefensible” strike on a UN school in northern Gaza that killed 16 people on Wednesday.The school was protecting over 3,000 Palestinians made homeless by the harsh fighting. 

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Prominent doctor dies from Ebola after treating dozen of patients

FREETOWN — A prominent and praiseworthy doctor who has risked his own life to treat dozens of Ebola patients died on Tuesday from the Ebola disease. Dr. Sheik Humarr Khan, who was admired as a national hero for treating the EBola disease in Sierra Leone. He was pronounced dead by health ministry officials of Sierra Leon. Before he passed away, Dr. Khan had been confined in quarantine in Sierra Leone.

Two American health workers are presently hospitalized with Ebola in neighboring Liberia. Ebola virus spreads through  a direct contact of bodily fluids such as sweat, blood, urine and saliva. In hospitals, health workers are more vulnerable to the virus as they are close to the bodily contact with the patients.

The Ebola epidemic is the largest in history with its number of deaths accused on the disease in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Guinea and Nigeria. As of now the disease has the fatality rate of 60 percent. It has still no vaccine and no specific cure.

The chairman of the Liberia Airport Authority board, Binyah Kesselly said police are now dispatched at the airport in Monrovia to impose screening of passengers.

On Tueday, ASKY airline released a statement  that it was temporarily halting flights not only to Monrovia but also to Freetown, Sierra Leone. Flights will resume in the capital of the third major country where people have died out of disease.ASKY is just making sure to keep its passengers and staff safe during this worrying time.

The actions follow the death Friday of a 40-year-old American man of Liberian descent, who had been on several flights on ASKY, initiating widespread fear of an outbreak that shows no signs of reducing in West Africa. The man was named Patrick Sawyer, who worked for the West African nation's Finance Ministry. He  took an ASKY Airlines flight from Liberia to Ghana, then on to Togo and finally to Nigeria where he was directly confined to quarantine until his death.

His sister also died of Ebola though he assured that he had not had a close physical contact with her when she was sick.

Meanwhile, the World Health Organization says the danger of travelers contracting Ebola is considered on its lower level because it requires direct contact with bodily fluids unlike flu as it can be spread through unexpected contact or breathing in the same air.

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"Sadie doesn't want her brother to grow up Video" Goes Viral

MANILA, Philippines – "Sadie doesn't want her brother to grow up Video" is a less than one minute YouTube video that has gone viral after the cute “Charlie Bit My Finger” has surfaced the social media. As of today, the video gained more than seven million views and received more than 7000 comments.

The video contains short video clip of Sadie Miller, a 5-year-old girl from Phoenix Arizona who was completely saddened when she found out that Carson, her cute 3-month-old brother would grow and will never stay little forever. In the video, she kissed his little brother’s head and wailed hysterically, “I don’t want him to grow up! He’s so cute, and I don’t wanna die when I’m a hundred!”

 And when her innocent cute little brother turned his head on her and giggled while amazingly watched her crying, she completely lost it again and cried "Oh, you are so cute. I love your cute little smiles.”

This 5-year-old girl just showed us that some despairs are simply rooted in the pure and innocent way of loving her younger brother as we can seldom see in today’s generation that kids would really care of their sibling’s development.

This video shows a kind of love that we have rarely seen in the actual life.  The scary fact is we all grow up and we do not stay young forever and so Sadie and Carson. But the video that they have upload is worth watching until forever.

Here is the link to that Cute Video.

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Palestine Seeks 24-Hour Cease-fire In Gaza

Israel intensified its military campaign against Hamas on Tuesday, striking symbols of the group's control in Gaza and shooting tank shells that made to shut down the strip's only power plant in the fullest bombardment in the fighting so far.

With this situation in  Gaza,  a senior PLO official has called for a 24-hour caring cease-fire in the Gaza war, saying he is also speaking in the name of Hamas. But Mark Regev, who is the government spokesman of Israel that they will not take the call seriously until they will hear it from Hamas directly.

However, Yasser Abed Rabbo, secretary general of the Palestine Liberation Organization, said on Tuesday that Israel must bear the penalties if it rejects this call.

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Melissa Ricks Is Pregnant

MANILA, Philippines – Philippine actress Melissa Ricks is now pregnant with a non-showbiz boyfriend’s child. This was confirmed by ABS-CBN's talent management arm Star Magic Thess Gubi confirmed,  saying it is true that Melissa Ricks is pregnant. 

In a text message sent to Philstar.com on Monday,  July 28, Thess Gubi, said “Yes it's true. She's pregnant.”

Earlier  the news was published in ABS-CBN, there was a gossip blog published a report last week claiming the 24-year-old actress is pregnant.

Melissa, entered showbiz on the 2004 reality talent show “Star Circle Quest,” was formerly passionately linked to Jake Cuenca and, most recently, Paul Jake Castillo but just last year, she admitted her break up with Paul Jake. 

  

Melissa lately appeared in an episode of the ABS-CBN legal drama “Ipaglaban Mo.” She also appeared in  the 2013 soap opera “Honesto” and the 2012 drama “Walang Hanggan.”

In an interview  with ABS-CBN, Meslissad said she was happy  and she is enjoying what she has now. She wants to keep things private for the meantime as she learned from her past. As of now, all she knows is she is happy. 

She also said at the time that she doesn't see herself getting married soon. "I’m just enjoying being young, enjoying life,” she said.

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TV5 releases statement on alleged Paolo Bediones SEX VIDEO

MANILA, Philippines – Paolo Bediones names went viral and became a top trending keyword on Twitter on Sunday. This is because of his alleged 6-minute sex video clip circulated the internet.

Many Filipino netizens voiced surprise that the respected host could be involved in such a controversy while many believe that is was really  the actor in the said video. Some of the netizens joking ask for the link of the said “sex video” clip while some criticize that people are getting interested to watch such a malicious clip.

It was cited from a  blogger who said the host “Paolo Bediones” confessed  that he once had a sex video with a female sexy star but that the video had been removed later on.

However, INQUIRER.net tried to get for a comment from Bediones but our calls and text messages went unanswered. Paolo has not yet issued any statement on this matter.

Meanwhile, TV5 management released  a statement to news organization expressing their support for Bediones.

They said that the present issue involving their anchor PAOLO BEDIONES on social media specially in Twitter is purely personal and private matter. It has no direct involvement or desire to intrude.

“We accord our employees and talents all respects that are due them for their privacy and personal action or decision. We disapprove strongly the malicious and wanton publication of the video, an act that clearly violates pertinent cybercrime laws. We firmly express our support for our anchor Paolo Bediones in the face of a controversy that represents nothing more than an attempt to smear his reputation,” TV5 added.

Source: Inquirer

Image Source: Rappler.com

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