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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The Amsterdam Brewhouse

Situated in the neighbourhood of Harbourfront, near Queens Quay, Amsterdam Brewhouse is popular for its infinite variety of beers which you could choose from. From these drinks, you could make a combination and flights. In this place, you could order beverage like 416 lager, raspberry wheat beer or classic pizza.

To add more ambiance and delight, the place has a massive patio where the scenic view of the Lake Ontario could be viewed. Amsterdam Brewhouse has a total of 800 seats over all: 500 seats inside and 300 on the patio. Walking distance within Roger’s Centre and ACC, this place is conveniently perfect for the corporate workers to grab a drink and relieve a long, stressful day.

Sobey’s supermarket

For groceries and fresh seafood, Sobey’s supermarket is the perfect place to satiate this craving. Located at Queen’s Quay West, this high end store is known for its excellent services and commodities. If you happen to be at this place during lunch time, be sure to grab a bite upon their Salad Bar. The prices of the products being offered at Sobey’s are relative to their demand, market values as well as global inflation and trend.

Toronto Island Ferries

For an adventure that will certainly leave a mark in this lifetime, an experience in Toronto Island Ferries should never be missed. This vessel connects Toronto Islands to the mainland of Ontario. It carries a total of 1.2 million passengers a year, in full 365 days. Between and September, during long weekend relaxation, the vessel ships an approximately million passengers.

The island of Toronto is a famous attraction, especially in the season of summer, when the day is crisp and bright.

Pearl Harbourfront

Sounds like the historical movie Pearl Harbour, this restaurant is the venue of Asian foods and classic dim sum. The area is situated near Lake Ontario, thus providing the costumers with the very scenic view Toronto harbour as a bonus.

Excellent reviews had been commanded to Pearl Harbourfront for its exceptionally tasty dim sum.

Harbourfront Centre Festival and Concerts

Of course, life wouldn't’t be complete without this cultural festival that exhibits a wide-array of crafts, songs, arts, cuisines – anything imaginable. The site is packed with all these amusements from Victoria day to Thanksgiving, so be sure to give a drop.

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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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No salary increase for the government workers On 2015

 Amidst the high demand of Filipino workers to increase their salary, Budget Secretary Butch Abad said on Wednesday that government workers will have no salary increase for the year 2015.

Abad confirmed this in  by answering the question of  ACT Teachers Party Representative Antonio Tinio on whether government is planning to increase the  for state workers in the 2015 budget.

Abad explained that the government had appointed a survey in salaries and benefits this year, but did not finish it on time because of the recent calamities that the country is currently experiencing. But he affirmed that the survey will be commissioned in the next 2016 year budget  which is an election year. Thus the department of budget is pointing salary increase on that year.

He  however said that as of this year, that instead of salary increase, the government is giving a performance improvement inducement of at least P5,000 to one-month salary aside from the regular performance-based bonus. Thus, government workers who expects for the salary raise will have to wait until next year.

The government will intend a new round of salary adjustment of 2016 while the last tranche of salary standardization was completed  last 2012.

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Saudia plane Swerved off runway in Manila Airport

MANILA, Philippines: Saudi Arabian Airline has swerved off the run and got stuck in the mud at Manila’ Internation airport Tuesday night. Airport officials said that there are nearly 300 passengers aboard Saudi Airlines Flight 871 were stranded because of the said incident.

Airport spokeswoman Jen Franco said that it could be bad weather which caused the Saudi Airline’s pilot to miscalculate the take off. Fortunately, no one was initially reported hurt among the passengers. However, there at 11 other flights were delayed by the blocked runaway.

The airport authority said workers were struggling to remove the Boeing 747 after the incident.

Flight SV is bound for Riyadh is suppose to take off when the incident occurred. The flight was canceled and the passengers were taken away by bus and put up in a hotel. For the mean time, airport Officials could not yet say at what time the runway would be cleared.

 photo credit: ArabNews

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China Says "We can build what we want in South China Sea"

BEIJING – China has rejected proposals ahead of a key regional meeting to hold any activity that may raise tensions in disputed maritime. On Monday, a senior Chinese official said that China can build whatever they want in South China Sea, as they believe that it is a part of their territory.

This week, the Southeast Asian foreign ministers hold security meeting with counterparts, including US, Myanmar and China to settle the rising  tensions over the conflicts in disputed sea. As a part of the three-part plan, the Manila Foreign minister said last week that the Philippines will suggest a freeze on all activity that may raise tension in disputed waters in the South China Sea.

The United States, who is a close ally and former colonial power in the Philippines, has also asked  on all parties to pause activity in the disputed sea to ease tension between the claimants.

Manila has suspected China of carrying out reclamation work on at least three shoals in the Spratly Islands, where lies  most of the overlapping claims  particularly in the area between China and the Philippines.

Yi Xianliang, deputy head of the Chinese Foreign Ministry's Boundary and Ocean Affairs Departments, stated that China had every right to build on its islands to develop its basic living conditions there.

"Why is it that when other countries wantonly build airports, nobody says a word? But China has only this year started small and necessary construction, to raise living conditions on the islands - and so many people raise doubts."

Previously Hong Kong media reported that China plans to build an air base on Fiery Cross Reef, however Yi said he was uninformed of the said plan.

China claims most part of the area which is estimated about 90 percent. It is believed that South China Sea is rich in natural resources such as oil and gas deposits and has rich fishery possessions. Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, Vietnam and Taiwan also lay claim to parts of the sea.

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Hacienda Luisita Farmers Urge Ombudsman to Reopen The Case

MANILA – Hacienda Luisita farmers urge the Office of the Ombudsman to reopen the seven years old Hacienda Luisita murder case against the  Philippine President Benigno Aquino III and his associates including newly installed Armed Forces Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Gregorio Pio Catapang Jr., and some others.

The  farmers and relatives of the victims believe that there was enough evidence to file criminal or administrative cases against those people behind the death of at least  striking farm- workers.

But the Office of the Ombudsman discharged the cases months after the November 16, 2004 incident happened at the sugar estate. . After the bloody dispersal of the assault, 7 persons died and 121 others injured.

The next day after the incident happened, Tarlac Representative Aquino made a privilege speech guarding the spread of workers saying it was “an illegal strike."

Aquino, was a House deputy speaker that time, condemned the violence, but appealed the Armed Forces and the Philippine National Police members who were there were “subjected to sniper fire coming from a neighboring barangay.”

ed his associates from showing fact-finding missions that could “inflame the situation”  and he wanted to cover-up the truth behind what happened to Hacienda Luisita.

Others who were included in the motion were Aquino's newly appointed AFP Chief of Staff, who formerly held the reins at the Northern Luzon Command (NOLCOM). As NOLCOM chief, Catapang was accountable for the organization of the military in his area of control.

The other respondents include Aquino’s uncle, Jose “Peping” Cojuangco Jr., former Labor Secretary Patricia Sto. Tomas, and former Labor Undersecretary Manuel Imson.

Now, the farm-workers hope for justice from the newly appointed Ombudsman, former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court Conchita Carpio-Morales

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Know Your Audience

Make money blogging with your audience. Lots of people, who are very much fond about blogging, don’t know how to use blogging rules in their post. As we all know there are not any serious blogging rules but if people will take care about few things then there blog performance could be increased.

It is very important to know all the basic aspects about the blogging. If you want to build a strong audience for your blog then you have to do some research and analysis about them. People read blogs because they found it very useful and interesting. Despite favorite persons blogs where people go because of the person you have to make a blog that an attract people. The content will always the king of any blogs and a content with full of information, unique article and well formed material will no doubt can attract people. Remember, “make money blogging” ideas is all about the quality of your content.

There are millions of blogs are written daily by people all over the world so it is very important to make genuine blogs with full of information to stay up in the competition. Suppose that you want to write a blog about uses of android phones then firstly you should analyse about what is the android and who use it most. After that write accordance with your targeted audience, here we know that android phones are very popular among the youngsters so write according to the taste of youngsters.

The blog post should be clean and language should be very clear and easy to understand to people. Give some references, show some picture and use some video links as required. It is recommended to allow people comment to your blog so that you know what people think about your blog. If you can research what people want to know around internet then you can easily identify your audience. MAKE MONEY BLOGGING according to your blog’s subject and can build your blog accordance with their taste.

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Top 10 Richest Filipinos In The Philippines; And how they became rich?

Forbes magazine has released their list of top 10 Richest Filipinos  this year. SM founder Henry Sy and his family are still on top of the list of the richest Filipino in Philippines. With a whooping $11.4 billion, Henry Sy remains on top of Filipino billionaires’ list.

When tracking his success, Henry Sy started his business when he sold rejected and overrun shoes in Tondo, Manila where his family lived after transferring from China. Now, he owns the biggest and the most well-known mall in the country (Shoe Market) with not just shoes in it, but everything that a consumer is looking for is there.

Henry Sy is followed by Lucio Tan's who has an asset of worth $6.1 billion net  as of 2014. His largely business income is from his tobacco company. The tobacco businessperson started as a worker in a tobacco factory, but now his tobacco business expands to  aviation, real estate and liquor, and many more.

Third on the list is Andrew Tan, who is the founder of Alliance Global. His company includes Megaworld, with a net worth of $4.6 billion. Aside from Alliance Globe, he also owns the McDonald’s franchise in the country through Golden Arches Development Corporation.

The youngest on the list made it to the fourth. He  is a casino tycoon Enrique Razon, Jr. with $4.42 billion net.

John Gokongwei, Jr. the founder of JG summit, whose net worth is $3.9 billion, ranks fifth in the list. He is known for his riches-to-rags-to-riches story. He was born to a wealthy Cebu-based family until his father passed away and lost almost all their family wealth. Yet through his hard works, he recovered his family wealth and multiplied it even more.  

With a net worth of $3.3 billion, David Consunji made his brand in the construction industry. George Ty who founded Metrobank when he was 29 with no banking background has a net of  worth $2.3 billion.

Tony Tan,  who is the owner of the countries favorite “Chicken Joy”  a product of Jollibee, has a net worth of $1.7 billion as of today. Tony Tan has only started his business with an ice cream parlor and eventually became the Jollibee.

Ninth on the list is Robert Coyiuto, Jr. with $1.5 billion, while Filinvest founder Andrew Gotianun is tenth with a net worth of $1 billion.

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'Halong' Typhoon moves closer to Luzon

For the latest Philippine typhoon update, a large portion of Luzon will experience heavy rains as the newest typhoon Halong moves west, northwest slowly to enter the Philippine Area of Responsiblity tonight or tomorrow at dawn.

A weather forecast issued by the state-run Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical & Astronomical Services Administration at 5 a.m.  said the southwest monsoon is touching Luzon while "Halong"  which is locally named as “Jose” was located at 1,440 kilometers east of Central Luzon.The typhoon has maximum continual winds of 120 kilometers per hour and gustiness of up to 150 kph and is believed to be one of the strongest “typhoon” this year.

PAGASAD said that places and provinces to experience occasion rains are "Metro Manila, CALABARZON, MIMAROPA, regions of Ilocos, Cordillera and the provinces of Pampanga, Bulacan, Tarlac, Zambales, and Batan. The rest of the country will be partly cloudy to cloudy with isolated rainshowers and thunderstorms.

However, there rest part of the country will have moderate to strong winds blowing from the southwest. Coastline will be moderate to rough though, because of the said TYPHOON.

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Death toll rises to 41, over 100 still missing in landslide in India

MUMBAI: As local media reported on Friday, death  tolls to 41 people and about 100 people still missing in Indian’s landslide which crashed on Wednesday. The landslide happened at a village near Pune in the Indian state of Maharashtra. During June to Septermber, landslides are common in many parts of India.

The landslide hit 40 homes in the village while the people were sleeping on Wednesday while they believed that 100 missing are being trapped under the debris. The landslide only left slush, mud and debris. It was reported that, a portion of the mountain had come down to the village with cause a stronger impact to the ground.

Even though the rescuers are working hard even at night trying to recover the dead bodies and find for the missing victims, yet they are being slowed down by heavy rain and strong winds. Rescuers find it hard to reach the submerged roofing and bricks of the houses in the Main affected area.

National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) commandant Alok Awasthi  said that his team is trying  their best, but with every passing moment the situation is taking a turn for the worse. It is not easy to get off the ground as the soil is very soft due to rain and deforestation.  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday described the situation as “saddening” because of  the loss of lives in a landslide in Pune. He noted that  Home Minister Rajnath Singh would be going to see the spot to take a look at the situation.

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