New York: Social media giant Facebook is considering rolling out a feature that may allow users to make money from posts by letting them add a "tip jar".A Facebook's user survey hinted at several ways that users can make money or promote a cause on its website, including a "tip jar", branded content and taking a cut of the ad revenue Facebook earns from posts, The Verge reported on Thursday.The survey also asked users to indicate their interest in a "call to action" button, a way to let followers make donations and a "sponsor marketplace" to match users with advertisers, the report added.However, it is still unclear whether Facebook is rolling out this feature to all users or the company is making it available for only verified users. Currently, only publishers have been allowed to sell advertising inside its "Instant Articles" feature and Facebook recently clarified rules allowing posts sponsored by brands to be shared on verified pages. Facebook is also testing ads within the suggestions that pop up after a user watches a video, sharing money with publishers. "It is still very early, but we are committed to creating sustainable, long-term monetisation models for our partners and we are listening to feedback," a Facebook spokeswoman was quoted as saying.Video streaming website YouTube launched a similar revenue-sharing programme for select users in 2007. Similarly, streaming platform of choice for gamers Twitch lets partners make money through revenue sharing, subscriptions and merchandise sales.
Former WWE women’s champion and reality TV star Chyna, real name Joanie Laurer, has died at the age of 45.A statement on her Twitter page by her team confirmed the news of her passing. “It is with deep sadness to inform you today that we lost a true icon, a real life superhero. She will live forever in the memories of her millions of fans and all of us that loved her,” the statement read.The reason behind her death is not clear.ProWrestlingSheet.com said that Chyna was discovered on Wednesday afternoon at her home in Southern California. After a career in WWE, Chyna took to modelling and bodybuilding. She made a sex tape with her then boyfriend in 2004 that led to a brief career as a pornographic actress, according to the Hollywood Reporter.She also had several stints on reality shows like “The Surreal Life” and “Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew”.
A judge who shot to fame when she recognized an inmate in her courtroom as a former classmate has met the main again, but this time with a hug after he was released from jail.Miami-Dade Judge Mindy Glazer was on hand to greet Arthur Booth Tuesday as he was released from jail after serving 10 months. The pair previously met last year in her courtroom when she recognized Booth as her middle school classmate when he appeared before her to face burglary charges. The video of their emotional meeting has been viewed millions of times around the world. 'Did you go to Nautilus for middle school?' Glazer asked 49-year-old Booth.'Oh my goodness. Oh my goodness. Oh my goodness,' is all the inmate could say as he went from a sporting a smile into a flood of tears. 'I'm sorry to see you and I always wondered what happened to you,' Glazer told Booth. She told the court: 'This was the nicest kid in middle school. He was the best kid in middle school. I used to play football with him. Look what has happened.'The old classmates met once again after Booth was released from jail on a court program. His family and the judge stood by waiting to greet him as he walked out of jail after serving 10 months, CBS Miami reported.Video of the heartwarming moment shows Booth smiling from ear-to-ear as he first hugged his family members, and then moved on to give Glazer a huge hug. 'Take care of your family. Try to get a job. Stay clean,' Glazer told Booth. 'You're going to do something good for somebody else.''You better believe it. You better believe it,' Booth replied. He shared that his old classmate is a huge inspiration to him. 'She's an inspiration and a motivation to me right now. Mindy is incredible,' Booth told CBS Miami. 'Cause I know where I could've been, but I'm not giving up on life. It's just a new lease on life for me right now.''He had a good judge who wanted to give him a chance,' Glazer stated. 'This is a group effort to see you succeed. Don't let us down.''I won't. I promise not to,' he replied.In addition, Booth told CBS Miami that he owes a lot to both his lawyer and the prosecutor as well. Booth was sentenced to 10 years of probation as part of a plea deal, NBC Miami reported. He won't serve any additional jail time as part of his guilty plea, but will have to spend time in a drug treatment program, his attorney told NBC Miami.If he violates probation, Booth could be sent back to prison, since he was given a suspended sentence.Family members revealed to Daily Mail Online that Booth, who was a once promising student who dreamed of becoming a neurosurgeon, had spent most of his entire adult life behind bars. An addiction to crack cocaine and gambling led him into a life of petty crime as he desperately sought out cash for a quick fix.It has meant Booth has been in and out of prison since he was 17, squandering any chance of a normal life or the career that he had once hoped for.'If it had not been for Arthur's addictions to gambling and drugs he would not be where he is,' said his cousin Melissa Miller in an exclusive interview with Daily Mail Online last year. 'That has been his downfall. He is not a violent person and has not hurt anyone but to feed his addictions he always needed money and it was easier to steal.'He has been the architect of his own downfall and made a lot of mistakes.'Everyone in the family now hopes that appearing before his old classmate and the shame he felt will be the wake up call. We just hope that he can move on from this and start his life over.'Booth was being held at the Metro-West Detention center in Miami on charges of burglary and fleeing from police.He had only been out of prison for seven months when he was arrested on the latest charges last year.More than 35 years ago prison wasn't on the horizon when Booth was handpicked to attend Nautilus Middle School after achieving outstanding grades at the William J. Bryant elementary school.His mother Hilda and step-father Fresswell were delighted their son, the eldest of three children, had been picked to go what in the late 1970s was considered one of the best schools in Miami.Family members said Arthur had self taught himself Spanish and excelled at math and science.'We always knew Arthur was something special as he was born with six fingers on his right hand,' said his aunt Betty Knight.'He was such a lovely boy. So tenacious and always wanting to learn. He really was very bright and his parents were thrilled when he was chosen to go to Nautilus.'Arthur would take a 30-minute bus trip to the school in Miami Beach from his home in North Miami and according to family members achieved outstanding grades. An honor roll student he seemed destined for college and a successful career. It was at Nautilus that Booth first met Mindy Glazer, who lived with her parents and her brother, Stephen, in Biscayne BayShe too was bright and ambitious, at first wanting to be a veterinarian, then - after she visited her married cousin and her husband in New York, where he was a defense attorney.Court records show that at the age 18 he was jailed for grand theft. In the 1980s, out of prison and out of work, he became addicted to crack cocaine. 'It just took over his life. He didn't have a job so the only way to get money was to steal. He would break into warehouses or empty homes. He was never violent to anyone. He just needed money quick and that was how he got it.'While many US cities were blighted by the cocaine epidemic Miami, as the gateway for the drug from the South American drug cartels, was awash with the white powder.Booth was in the grip of the drug and spent months in prison after being arrested at least three times for possession. 'Arthur didn't want to help himself and turned away from those who loved him the most,' said a family member who asked not to be named.'People tried to get him help but it was a downward spiral. He needed money to pay for drugs and he could only get that from dealing or stealing.'Nothing anyone said to him made a difference. It was a desperate time back in the 1980s when so many people were on crack.'In 1988, at the age of 22 Booth was jailed for 20 years on burglary and theft charges. According to his cousin Melissa he spent 10 years behind bars before being released on parole.That year Glazer passed her own personal milestone: she graduated from the University of Miami with a BA in Arts.She then studied law at St Thomas University School of Law, graduating J.D., specializing in tax law, in 1991, when she was admitted to the Florida Bar and started her own practice.At first, she said in a profile of her judicial career in Daily Business Review, 'I wanted to do criminal tax litigation. But I really liked estate planning,'She went back to law school and got a master's degree in estate planning. Aged 32, Booth was released and tried to find work, but as a convicted felon, found it hard. The one upside of prison was that he was able to kick his drug addiction but his weakness for gambling remained.Within a year he was arrested on burglary charge and returned to prison to serve out the remainder of his sentence.In 1997, at the age of 31, he was on work release duty with other inmates helping to clean trash from the roads around Miami.Despite nearing the end of his sentence Booth fled from the work details and went on the run.Family members hid him and he remained free for almost two months until he was caught while attending a Miami Heat basketball game.Around the same time - the year 2000 - Glazer became a judge. Over the last 15 years Booth has been in and out of prison. He was last released in December 2014 and found work with a construction company before being arrested in July of 2015.
Rumours were churning out stories about Ajay Devgn being roped in for a film written by Baahubali and Bajrangi Bhaijaan fame Vijayendra Prasad. Now, as per the latest reports, the project is based on Babri Masjid’s demolition. It seems that Devgn has ended up being a part of yet another controversial movie after Singham and Son of Sardaar.The movie has been titled ‘Kabir’. According to a source to DNA, “It is not a pro-government film. Kabir takes a look at the turmoil that our country faced after the Babri Masjid was demolished and one man’s heroic attempt to stand up to the violence that followed”.The source further said that the script has been narrated to the Drishyam star and he has also given his nod for the same. Vijayendra Prasad is looking forward to helm the project himself. Reportedly, censor board chief Pahlaj Nihalani will produce the movie.
Uttarakhand High Court on Thursday quashed the President's Rule in the state. The Court said "Centre acted in 'blatant falsehood' and also accused Uttarakhand Speaker of "double standards'."It also added that Art 356 was imposed in Uttarakhand contrary to law laid down by Supreme Court. The Uttarakhand High Court also ordered floor test in the Assembly on April 29.The court rejected the Centre’s plea for stay. “We won’t stay our own judgement. You can go to Supreme Court and get it stayed.The nine dissident Congress MLAs have to pay the price of committing “Constitutional sin” of defection by being disqualified, the court added.It further said that "Status quo as on date of proclamation of President’s rule be restored. The Harish Rawat-government will revive."The High Court concluded that the fate of nine Congress MLAs was entirely irrelevant and extraneous to imposition of President’s rule in the State.Earlier, the Nainital High Court, on Thursday, said that it was "pained" by the Centre's actions in the case on imposition of President's Rule in Uttarakhand where the Centre was acting like a "private party".Uttarakhand Chief Justice K M Joseph said that the Central government, which should be impartial, was acting like a "private party".The reaction of the Court came after Harish Rawat's counsel presented his apprehension that the Centre might revoke President's Rule in Uttarakhand and try and get the BJP to form a government here before the Court's final verdict.He also said that the Court was "pained" by the Centre's behaviour. "We are pained that the Central government can behave like this. How can you think of playing with the Court?" He said.In an application filed by former Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat on April 7 it was apprehended that the Centre might revoke Article 356 from Uttarakhand and make attempts to get the BJP in Uttarakhand to form government.The Centre had then assured the Bench that the Court would be informed about the Centre's decision but the assurance was only until April 17.Presenting their apprehensions over the possibility that the Centre might revoke President's Rule before Court's final verdict and shall try and get the BJP to rule the State, Harish Rawat's counsel, on Thursday, requested the Bench comprising Chief Justice K M Joseph and Justice V K Bisht to pass an interim order.Questioning the Centre over planning to attempt revoking President's Rule before court's final verdict, Chief Justice Joseph slammed the Centre for making such attempts. The Chief Justice said, "If they [the Centre] revoke Article 356 and try and form a government... What is it but a travesty of justice?"
India ranks abysmally low at 133 among 180 countries in the latest annual World Press Freedom Index, which says Prime Minister Narendra Modi seems “indifferent” to the threats against journalists.The 2016 ‘World Press Freedom Index’ released by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is led by Finland, which retained its top spot for the sixth consecutive year, followed by Netherlands and Norway.India jumped three spots from the 136th position it had in 2015.“Journalists and bloggers are attacked and anathematised by various religious groups that are quick to take offense,” the report said.At the same time, it is hard for journalists to cover regions such as Kashmir that are regarded as sensitive by the government, it said.“Prime Minister Narendra Modi seems indifferent to these threats and problems, and there is no mechanism for protecting journalists,” the report said.“Instead, in a desire to increase control of media coverage, Modi envisages opening a journalism university run by former propaganda ministry officials,” it alleged, without substantiating what it refers to.Among India’s neighbouring countries, Pakistan ranks 147, Sri Lanka (141), Afghanistan (120), Bangladesh (144), Nepal (105) and Bhutan (94). China is ranked 176.The United States is ranked 44th and Russia is placed at the 148th place.The report shows that there has been a deep and disturbing decline in respect for media freedom at both the global and regional levels.
