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Airtag 2024 Elevating Apple's Personal Tracking Experience

2024-12-03T05:38:00.000-08:00

As the tech world eagerly awaits the next iteration of Apple's innovative Airtag, rumors and speculations have been swirling around the highly anticipated Airtag 2024. This article delves into the various updates and features that are expected to be included in this upcoming tracking device, helping you stay informed and excited about the future of personal item tracking.

Design Refinements and Aesthetics One of the primary areas of focus for the Airtag 2024 is expected to be a refined design. Apple is known for its attention to detail and sleek aesthetics, and the Airtag 2024 is likely to reflect this. Industry insiders suggest that the device may feature a more streamlined and modern appearance, potentially with subtle changes to the size, shape, or material used in its construction.

Enhanced Tracking Capabilities At the heart of the Airtag 2024 will be its tracking capabilities, and industry experts predict that Apple will aim to improve upon the already impressive performance of the original Airtag. Expect to see advancements in the device's range, precision, and overall tracking accuracy, ensuring that users can confidently locate their belongings with greater ease and reliability their belongings with greater ease and reliability.

Improved Connectivity and Compatibility Connectivity and integration with Apple's ecosystem are essential for the Airtag's seamless user experience. The Airtag 2024 is expected to boast enhanced Bluetooth and Ultra-Wideband (UWB) technologies, allowing for faster and more reliable connections with compatible Apple devices. Additionally, there may be improvements to the device's compatibility with a wider range of devices, expanding its usability beyond the Apple ecosystem.

Expanded Functionality and Smart Features As Apple continues to push the boundaries of innovation, the Airtag 2024 is likely to introduce new smart features and functionality. This could include advancements in the device's integration with Apple's Find My app, enhanced location-based alerts, and potentially even the integration of more advanced technologies like Augmented Reality (AR) or precision tracking.

Release Timeline and Pricing While an exact release date for the Airtag 2024 is not yet known, industry analysts suggest that the device is likely to be unveiled in the latter half of 2024, possibly alongside the next generation of Apple's flagship devices. As for pricing, it's expected that the Airtag 2024 will be priced in a similar range as the current Airtag, ensuring that it remains an accessible and attractive option for Apple users.

Conclusion The Airtag 2024 promises to be an exciting addition to Apple's growing ecosystem of personal tracking devices. With anticipated design refinements, enhanced tracking capabilities, improved connectivity, and expanded functionality, this next-generation Airtag is poised to elevate the personal item tracking experience for Apple enthusiasts worldwide. As we approach 2024, stay tuned for more updates and insights into this highly anticipated release.

All about Samsung Galaxy S8

2017-04-17T21:43:00.000-07:00

OK so after so much wait, at last Samsung S8 hits the floor with the banging specs as well as the built quality. People all around the world were waiting for the latest s8 and were expecting somewhat the same features. Yes as expected camera is all fabulous with an extraordinary image result. Even after explosive thing what happened with Samsung note 7, people still are too much curios about buying the s8 and s8 plus as their sales are sky-high. Most of the people are praising of its camera as it snaps like one in a million. Snapdragon 835 is the fastest and as well as the state-of-the-art processor from the Samsung side. The screen is 5.8 inch while itch of the people is not yet cure, people desires for bigger screen and yes Samsung comes with the best PPI of 551 which is more than an excellent thing. Well yes S8 is less with the Home button but not with the volume and power button and the galaxy series is on with the full of power. The rare is camera is still 12MP but with more clear and sharp pixels while the front camera is 8MP and it goes on with more in near future. The speed treats more than the brand name and yes 4GB RAM is quite enough to handle the latest heavy and upgraded apps. Yes the talk of the town is its screen which is border less but not the bother less as it is bothering people with the top dropping phone ever cause of its shining and slippery hand feel. Dazzling people with overall its quality and the built quality is more that an awesome thing and apart from the high tech features yes S8 is equipped with 4G LTE support and with super AMOLED QHD display in QUAD. 64 GB internal memory is enough to install more and more apps, games and other media. One additional feature is its wireless charging. After so many discussions and debates at the end Samsung s8 comers with wireless charging. Global warming is all the way around us but Samsung keeps it away from heating and exploding up as compared to its last note 7 and it is water resistant as well. Overall in rating the critics are giving 8 on 10 and people are buying and paying higher amount of money to get and it is already got highest booking in preorders. So Samsung is grabbing most of it and overcoming its flaw and bad image which they got in their previous note 7 which were exploding. So after creating so much with the drama, Samsung is exhaling the trauma which they got in note 7 and hope this time the S8 would not get the explosive issue but not the mind explosion by its super stupendous features.

Census shows big U.S. cities continue to grow

2016-05-19T07:06:00.001-07:00

Denver saw its population grow by more than 18,500 residents last year. It's now the country's 18th biggest city.

We’ve seen there’s been a decline in the growth level of some cities, but it’s still the case that cities are growing rapidly in this decade compared to last decade,” Frey said. “I’m not ready to write off the decade of the cities.”Denver, with a population of 682,545, moved up two places to become the country’s 19th largest city. The Mile High City saw 2.8% population growth over the last year, a bigger percentage increase than any other large U.S. city. The city has an unemployment rate that is hovering around 3.3%, but also a hot housing market where affordable housing is becoming increasingly difficult to come by."It's like a gold rush in Colorado,

" said Kelly Brough, president and CEO of the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce."People want two things as they make a decision of where to live these days. They want a good job and they want a great quality of life. Back in my day when, you would have been willing to sacrifice quality of life for a good job. Today, I think this generation is saying, "No, I want both."Seattle, which added more than 15,000, residents last year, moved up two spots to make it the nation’s 18th-biggest city.New York City, with a population of more than 8.5 million residents, gained 55,000 people in the year that ended July 1, 2015, the biggest increase in raw population among any city. The bulk of the growth in New York took place in the Queens, Brooklyn and Bronx boroughs.

Houston, the nation’s fourth largest city, added more than 40,000 residents over the last year, while Los Angeles, the second biggest city in the country, added 34,000 people.

EgyptAir Flight Missing: What We Know Now

2016-05-19T07:03:00.004-07:00

An EgyptAir flight from Paris to Cairo is believed to have disappeared over the Mediterranean Sea. Here's what we know so far. USA TODAY

An EgyptAir flight from Paris to Cairo lost contact with radar early Thursday morning with 66 passengers and crew on board. Here's what we know.
What happened to Airbus A320 Flight MS804?
The plane disappeared from radar over the Mediterranean Sea early Thursday and crashed, French President Francois Hollande confirmed in a news conference. Hollande said it was too early to determine the cause of the crash. Greek officials said it apparently made two sharp turns then suddenly lost altitude before vanishing from radar. EgyptAir said the Airbus A320 commercial airline jet lost radar contact at 2:45 a.m. local time at 37,000 feet. The aircraft normally travels the 1,993-mile distance in 4 hours and 20 minutes. Egypt’s state news agency quoted Prime Minister Sherif Ismail as saying there was no "distress call."

Who was aboard the plane? The plane was traveling with 10 crew and 56 passengers, including one child and two infants. EgyptAir listed the nationalities of the passengers as: 30 Egyptians, 15 French, two Iraqis and one each from Sudan, Chad, Portugal, Algeria, Canada,Great Britain, Belgium, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia.

HP’s 3D printers pave the way for an interesting future

2016-05-19T06:59:00.000-07:00

HP’s 3D printers pave the way for an interesting future

In the two years since HP announced it was entering the 3D printing space speculation arose regarding what exactly the PC giant would launch? Home 3D printers for the masses? All-in-one manufacturing machines? Amazing teleportation devices? Nope. They launched a big printer for industrial users that prints in full color in a way that is unique in the industry. The bottom line? HP made an inkjet printer for solid objects.

Selena Gomez, Who? Katy Perry & Orlando Bloom ‘Definitely In Love’ While Cozy In Cannes!

2016-05-19T06:55:00.003-07:00

Selena Gomez, Who? Katy Perry & Orlando Bloom ‘Definitely In Love’ While Cozy In Cannes!

Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom are still cozy during Cannes!

Despite pics of the actor snuggling up to Selena Gomez surfacing last week, these two were seen getting in some quality time, aka making out, on a yacht earlier this week.

And it doesn't look like much has changed for them!

All about Euro Cup 2016 information

2016-04-20T00:43:00.001-07:00

Munititions stockpile have needed to wipe out their yearly pre-season competition - the Emirates Cup - this mid year because of the European Championship and the reemerging of their pitch. The competition has been a standard part of the Premier League club's arrangements for the new season subsequent to the inaugural occasion occurred in 2007. Genuine Madrid, Juventus and Paris Saint-German are among the groups to have played in the Emirates Cup since its origin. Be that as it may, the club have chosen not to hold the competition this year; a comparative choice to the one made in 2012 when the London Olympics kept the Gunners from facilitating it. Fundamental pitch recreation works will start instantly after the north London club's last home match against as of late consigned Aston Villa on May 15. The club had officially affirmed their pre-season arrangements, with Arsene Wenger taking his side to the US in July. Weapons store will play the MLS All-Stars in San Jose and Chivas de Guadalajara at the StubHub Center in Los Angeles while different matches in Europe are being considered. In the eighth release of the competition the previous summer, Arsenal won the Emirates glass for a record fourth time in the wake of beating Wolfsburg. Fifa president Gianni Infantino trusts the 2018 World Cup in Russia will be the primary competition where video refs help authorities with "amusement evolving" choices. In March, the International Football Association Board (IFAB) said it would test innovation over a two-year period to help with objectives, red cards, mixed up characters and punishments. That was set to begin no later than the 2017-18 season however Infantino said testing would "begin now and will take two years". The Swiss, who succeeded Sepp Blatter as manager of world football's overseeing body in February, included: "This implies by March 2018 we will check whether it works or not. "I truly trust that the World Cup in Russia will be the main World Cup where video refereeing is utilized to improve refereeing possibly." In the trials, a video colleague ref will have admittance to video replays amid matches and will either audit an episode on solicitation or speak with the arbitrator proactively around an occurrence that may have been missed by the authorities on the field of play. On a visit to Moscow, Infantino additionally said he had gotten certifications from the Russian government that the monetary emergency overwhelming the nation would not influence arrangements for the 2018 competition.

Falcon Eye to be utilized at Euro cup 2016

In the interim, Uefa has chosen British organization Hawk-Eye as the objective line innovation supplier for all matches at Euro 2016. The camera-based framework that is utilized as a part of the Premier League was picked in front of Germany-based Goal Control, which was in operation at the 2014 World Cup. European football's overseeing body Uefa chose to present the innovation in January after occurrences where objectives had not been given in spite of going too far. Co-has Ukraine were denied such an objective against England at Euro 2012. As opposed to the Premier League, Uefa has already selected to utilize extra collaborator arbitrators in its rivalries, including the Champions League, and will keep on using five authorities at Euro 2016 in France. "Objective line innovation and extra collaborator officials supplement each other flawlessly," Uefa's head refereeing officer Pierluigi Collina said. Bird of prey Eye, which utilizes seven cameras for each objective, was picked after a determination process in which every one of the four Fifa-authorized objective line innovation suppliers were welcome to give data and submit business offers. It was the primary organization to get a Fifa objective line innovation permit and, notwithstanding the Premier League, it is now utilized as a part of the Bundesliga and Serie An and also in the 2015 Women's World Cup in Canada.

HR job in Lahore 2016 for MBA

2016-04-13T01:12:00.000-07:00

Lahore HR Jobs for MBA

Afiniti (formerly SATMAP) is looking forward to hire an AM HR for Lahore office jobs. Candidates with 5 years of experience and an MBA degree in HR are eligible to apply. Ideal candidate must have excellent communication skills and should be willing to work on US hours. All interested are advised to share resumes at careers@afiniti.com with "AM HR" as subject line.

Germany: Howling Winds and Rain to Precede Arrival of Coldest Air Since February

2015-11-17T22:44:00.000-08:00

Germany: Howling Winds and Rain to Precede Arrival of Coldest Air Since February

The mild autumn weather that has dominated Germany since late October will be coming to an end later this week as the coldest air since February arrives and also brings the threat for some wintry precipitation with it.

Prior to the arrival of this cold air, a series of fast-moving storm systems will bring rounds of strong winds and rain from Wednesday to Friday.

Locally damaging winds linger across western Germany early Wednesday, with wind gusts over 80 km/h (50 mph). Locations such as Cologne, Dusseldorf, Munster and Hamburg are at risk for these powerful winds. Elsewhere across the country, peak wind gusts over 65 km/h (40 mph) are possible through Wednesday morning.

These winds can result in power outages, travel delays and tree damage across the region.

Following the strong winds of Tuesday night, winds diminish during the day on Wednesday; however, another storm will quickly approach bringing winds of 50-65 km/h (30-40 mph) to all of Germany Wednesday night. The strongest winds will again be across the northern half of the country.

Accompanying these winds will be numerous showers in the northern third of the country while areas farther south will get only brief showers Wednesday night. A prolonged period of steady to at times heavy rain will then spread over the southern half of Germany Thursday night and Friday. Rainfall will total 25-50 mm (1-2 inches).

Northern Germany, including Berlin, will dodge the heavy rain; however, there will be occasional showers on Thursday and Friday.

Behind this storm, the coldest air since February will build over the country this weekend and linger into early next week.

Along with this cold air, showers will be scattered across the entire country on Saturday and Sunday. From Saturday night through Sunday night, these showers can be mixed with snow in the lower elevations with little or no accumulation.

Skin Care Tips You Should Know.

2015-11-17T02:03:00.000-08:00

Skin Care Tips You Should Know.

There are thousands of anti-aging creams, moisturizers, lotions, serums, exfoliators, and cleansers available, and you can spend hundreds of dollars on luxury brands, or just a few dollars at the drugstore. But many inexpensive drugstore brands work just as well as the luxury brands, dermatologists say, because they contain many of the same ingredients.

The secret? Find your glow with the right products for your skin type.

Bar Soap and Liquid Cleansers

Most bar soaps are too harsh to use on your face because they contain ingredients that may irritate and dry the skin. Liquid facial cleansers or foaming products are less harsh. Some even moisturize your face as they clean.

Aesthetic dermatologist Amy Derick, MD, advises women to use a liquid facial cleanser containing ceramides, lipids that help skin retain moisture.

If you insist on bar soap, avoid soaps with sodium lauryl sulfate which can dry skin. Instead, look for moisturizing soaps with ingredients such as glycerin and plant-based oils.

If you have oily skin or acne, use a cleanser containing salicylic acid, which removes dead cells from skin, or benzoyl peroxide, which helps unclog pores. This may prevent further breakouts too.

Anti-Aging Creams

How do retinoids and over-the-counter moisturizers and serums that contain retinoids help diminish signs of aging? Yale dermatologist Jeffrey Dover, MD, says they increase cell turnover and may buildcollagen. Another compound, GABA (gamma-aminobutyric acid), a neurotransmitter, seems to work at the nerve level to relax wrinklestemporarily.

Try creams containing retinyl propionate or retinol, which are found in the skin as vitamin A derivatives.
Read your labels. Ingredients such as peptides and sirtuin, a protein, help smooth uneven texture and improve skin’s elasticity.
Look for the terms PAL KTTS, copper peptides, and palmitoyl oligopeptide on the ingredient list of anti-aging creams.
Moisturizers
The skin on your face is constantly exposed to air and pollutants that rob skin of moisture. Old-fashioned petroleum jelly has been used for decades as an inexpensive moisturizer. It works by sealing in moisture, but it’s greasy and heavy.
Moisturizers with emollients and humectants hydrate the skin without the greasy effect. Humectants help retain moisture while emollients help soften and soothe skin. Together, they can temporarily minimize fine lines around the eye or on the neck.
Many skincare products both moisturize and provide anti-aging benefits, dermatologist Doris Day, MD, says.
- Look for creams that contain glycerin and hyaluronic acid, which plumps the skin temporarily, minimizing the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles.
- Exfoliating Scrubs and Lotions
  Ingredients in moisturizers and serums must get through the the skin’s outermost layer to work effectively. Using an exfoliator twice a week will help slough off dead skin cells, allowing creams to penetrate. It also helps make skin appear smoother and less blotchy. Some all-in-one skin cleansers and exfoliators are gentle enough to be used every day.
  For an effective but gentle exfoliator, look for products containing glycolic acid, lactic acid, salicylic acid, or malic acid.
  Antioxidant Creams
  Many creams contain antioxidants, which help prevent free radicals from damaging cells. Some of the creams claim to diminish wrinkles, sallowness, and other signs of sun damage. But there are very few scientific studies that prove they really work as claimed.
  If you want to try antioxidant face creams, look for products containingniacinamide, which is both an anti-inflammatory and an antioxidant, or the antioxidants coenzyme Q10, coffee berry extract, and soy extract. Dermatologist Robin Ashinoff, MD, says these ingredients may help reduce the signs of sun damage.
  Skin Lightening
  Ashinoff says over-the-counter creams containing licorice extract or kojic acid, a fungal ingredient, may lighten those unsightly “age spots” that crop up on the face and neck. But they won’t get rid of the spots completely. She recommends that women who want to lighten spots on their face look for a cream that contains hydroquinone which has been proven effective in lightening skin.
- Skin Lightening continued...
  The FDA allows over-the-counter skin lightening products to contain up to 2% hydroquinone. In 2006, the FDA proposed banning hydroquinone, but that ban has not gone into effect.
  The FDA also advises consumers not to use any skin lighteners that might contain mercury, a toxic metal. Those products are made abroad and have been sold illegally in the U.S. If you see "mercurous chloride," "calomel," "mercuric," "mercurio," or "mercury" on the label, stop using it immediately, wash your hands and any other parts of your body it's touched, and call a health care professional for advice.
- Sun Protection
  About 80% of visible skin changes attributed to aging are caused by exposure to ultraviolet light. Preventing sun damage is the single most important thing you can do for your face.
  Many facial moisturizers and creams contain broad-spectrum sunscreens that filter out UVA and UVB rays. The American Academy of Dermatology recommends using broad-spectrum protection of at least SPF 30 every day. Limiting your time in the sun, especially between the hours of 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., and wearing protective clothing, such as long-sleeved shirts, pants, and a wide-brimmed hat, can also help protect your skin from sun damage.

Maybe That Veteran Should Be Buying You a Beer

2015-11-11T03:29:00.000-08:00

More than half of college graduates – 54 percent – who are veterans of military service said they are thriving financially, according to a Gallup and Purdue University analysis released Wednesday. Only 43 percent of non-veteran graduates felt the same way, representing the widest margin in the five elements the study used to measure general well-being.

The disparity represents a somewhat startling divide between those who have volunteered to go to war and those who haven’t – one stemming in part from what's known as the Post-9/11 GI Bill, which updated federal benefits that support service members who want to go back to college.

The Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2008 covers most tuition fees and other expenses like books for veterans. It's caused the number of veterans going back to school to soar, and exposed that some universities are ill-prepared to take in these nontraditional students.

The benefits available to veterans mean many may not have to take out student loans, or at least to the extent of their civilian counterparts. The Gallup study, based on recent surveys, showed 65 percent of service members and veterans borrowed no money for their education, compared with only 52 percent of non-service members who did.

But veterans having to spend less time in the financial aid office is not necessarily the entire reason for the gap.

“High financial well-being is achieved through the careful management of one’s economic life,” the study said. “Those with higher financial well-being have less stress and increased financial security.”

There is, however, still room for improvement: Only 28 percent of service member and veteran graduates strongly agreed that financial education benefits available to those like them are sufficient for attaining a good degree, the study showed. That number was much higher – 55 percent – for those who'd accepted Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits than for those who sought some other form of assistance.

[READ: Where Are the Veterans in the Presidential Race?]

Military graduates' social well-being also exceeded that of civilians, with 56 percent versus 50 percent thriving. Sixty percent of grads with military experience also were thriving in terms of purpose, compared with 53 percent of their civilian counterparts.

“Individuals with high social well-being have supportive relationships in their life, with strong emotional connections to individuals who they can rely upon during difficult times – an important factor for many military service members and veterans returning from service," the study said.

“The strong bonds between service members during and after service may help explain the higher social well-being among these graduates," the report said.The report was based on recent surveys of more than 30,000 respondents with at least a bachelor's degree, including more than 3,700 with military experience. It also exposed some of the differences in how service members view academia.There were smaller differences between veterans and more traditional college graduates in how they perceived both their community and physical well-being – the other two metrics the study analyzed.

Forty percent of those who were still in uniform while attending college believed their school understood their unique needs as a veteran and accommodated them with special facilities, clubs or offices tailored to them. That number dropped to only 25 percent of those who had completed their service before entering college.

“These data suggest colleges and universities have more difficulty demonstrating a strong grasp of the issues that returning veterans face upon enrollment in postsecondary institutions,” the study said.

In many cases, size may have something to do with it. Large universities of more than 10,000 students were less likely than smaller institutions to have veteran graduates who felt their school understood them, according to the study. It also found those who attended private colleges felt a greater sense of understanding there than those at public schools

Prepare to Pay for Law School

2015-11-11T03:18:00.000-08:00

Prepare to Pay for Law School

A law degree is often a costly investment. At private schools, students paid $40,000 on average for tuition and fees in 2012,according to the American Bar Association. Those at public schools in 2012 paid, on average, between $23,000 and slightly more than $36,000.

Below are 10 tips to help aspiring J.D.s make smart choices about how to finance a law degree.

3 Ways to Balance Law School Applications, College Responsibilities

2015-11-11T03:16:00.000-08:00

3 Ways to Balance Law School Applications, College Responsibilities

Frequent readers of this blog know that one of the things I stress the most about applying for law school is that it takes significant time. Preparing for the LSAT on its own should take at least four months of studying 10-15 hours per week.

Similarly, putting together the strongest possible law school application takes weeks of researching schools, brainstorming and introspection, outlining and drafting essays, and preparing several other elements of the application.

For applicants who are still undergraduates, finding time to prepare law school applications is made more difficult by the fact that they are simultaneously focused on performing as well as possible academically. Since undergraduate GPA is so important in law school admissions, it is often difficult for undergraduates to know how to best allocate their time between academics and preparing applications.

In this post, I'll discuss three principles that will help guide undergraduates strike the best balance between the two.

The best way to space things out is to separate the LSAT from academics and application preparation. To make this happen, consider taking the LSAT during your junior year or earlier so that you are not forced to study for the LSAT while applying.1. Start early: If you are in your freshman, sophomore or junior year, you can put together a game plan for addressing all thecomponents of your application in a much more spread-out fashion. Make sure to take advantage of this luxury.

In addition, I recommend that current undergraduates avoid taking the December LSAT. The December exam is generally held in the first week of the month, when most students are facing end-of-semester exams and papers. Instead, consider the February,which take place at the beginning of the semester or during breaks.

[Learn to plan for law school as an undergraduate.]

2. Balance your course load: Even if you take the LSAT during your junior year or before, you should expect the first semester of your senior year to contain a significant amount of work in preparing your applications. You should therefore do your best to lighten your academic load during that semester.

Our admissions counselors recommend that you make sure you have completed any difficult courses required for your major during your junior year or earlier. You should also consider taking a course pass-fail if that option is available to you. Finally, consider taking an introductory-level course that you know will not require too much work.

3. Make a semesterlong plan: In addition to making sure that the courses you take during the first semester of your senior year allow you enough time to devote to applications, you should also make sure to allocate your time within that semester as effectively as possible. To do this, come up with a semesterlong plan.

Your plan will depend on when your academic work will be the heaviest. Courses in the sciences are often evaluated by several exams and lab assignments, which are often spaced throughout the semester. Courses in the humanities, on the other hand, tend to weigh end-of-semester papers and research projects heavily.

[Check out LSAT trends to know for upcoming tests.]

When you get your course syllabuses, figure out when you will need to be least focused on academics and plan to work on your application then.

If you are taking the December LSAT, make sure to get as much work done early in the semester as possible so that you can devote enough time in November to LSAT preparation. You might also consider asking for extensions on papers that are due in early December so that you can work on them after the LSAT is over.

The overarching theme to my advice is to plan ahead and know that you will have to devote a lot of time to preparing applications. Thinking ahead will put you in the best position to prepare the most successful application possible.

How are you balancing your schedule? Let me know in an email me, or tweet me.

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Illinois mom who watched 3 kids drown fights for new family

2015-11-11T02:13:00.000-08:00

Illinois mom who watched 3 kids drown fights for new family

In horrifying detail, prosecutors described how three children, trapped in the back seat of their mother's car, screamed for help before they drowned in 4 1/2 feet of water in an Illinois lake while their mother and her boyfriend escaped unharmed.

Amanda Hamm was convicted of child endangerment and served five years in prison for watching her boyfriend carry out a plot to drown her 6-year-old, 3-year-old and 23-month-old children in 2003 because they interfered with the couple's relationship and his sex-and-drugs lifestyle. He was convicted of first-degree murder and is serving a life sentence.

Now in a bizarre twist, Amanda Ware and her new husband are fighting to gain custody of three children -- ages 5, 3 and 1 1/2 -- she had after leaving prison. They were taken away by child protection authorities last year after a doctor recognized Ware as the former Hamm.

A Cook County judge on Friday will decide whether the children of Amanda and Leo Ware were abused and neglected, even without evidence that they were physically harmed.

"This is a scary problem for all the people involved ... but most of all for the judge who has to decide whether to send these children home," said Bruce Boyer, director of the Loyola University child law clinic in Chicago, who's not involved in the case. "What's so difficult is that the likelihood of something going wrong may be low, but if does, the consequences are so high."

Under a legal concept called "anticipatory neglect," the court is not required to wait until a child is harmed before intervening if someone has harmed or endangered a child in the past, Boyer said, adding that such findings aren't unusual in child welfare cases. On the other hand, parents cannot be disqualified for custody solely because of their past if they prove that they're a capable parent.

But prosecutors and child protection authorities told Judge Demetrius Kottaras last week that, although none of the three living children has been physically harmed, there is direct evidence of current abuse and neglect. That includes domestic violence by Leo Ware against his wife and others, substance abuse and Amanda Ware's failure to follow treatment for mental illness, which created an injurious environment for the children.

In 2012, Chicago police responded to a domestic abuse call at the Ware's house after Leo Ware struck his wife. The next year, while she was pregnant, Amanda Ware sought an order of protection, saying she feared for herself and her children because Leo Ware was using crack cocaine and might become violent. Two weeks later, she had the order dropped.

Combined with the parents' histories, "this freight train of evidence is bearing down on three current children who must be protected," Assistant State's Attorney Joan Pernecke told the judge, according to transcripts of the hearing.

Attorneys for Amanda, 39, and Leo Ware, 49, said the children showed no signs of abuse and were healthy, even crying and taking off their shoes and socks to try to prevent child protection workers from taking them from their home last year. They also said no problems had ever been reported to the state Department of Children and Family Services until a doctor at a hospital where Ware gave birth recognized her.

Amanda Ware has a long history of depression and abusing drugs and alcohol, and 20 years ago told a mental health worker that she wanted to kill herself by driving into a lake, prosecutors said. During her 2006 trial, witnesses said she was abused and manipulated by boyfriend Maurice LaGrone Jr., who also terrorized her children -- none of them his -- including by putting one child's head in an oven and chasing a child with a knife. While he couldn't keep a job -- and didn't want to watch the children while Ware worked -- she bought him expensive clothes and jewelry, according to testimony.

Prosecutors at that time said she couldn't live without a man so was willing to sacrifice her children. When the couple wanted to move from Clinton, Illinois to St. Louis, Ware asked her mother to take custody of two of the children, but she said she could take only one.

Months later, the couple drove to nearby Clinton Lake, about 150 miles south of Chicago, where on Sept. 2, 2003, LaGrone drove the 1997 Oldsmobile Cutlass down a boat ramp, at some point jumping out with Ware.

Both claimed the deaths were an accident and that they tried but could not get the kids out. Rescuers eventually called by Ware said it took just two minutes to remove the bodies.

Amanda Ware would not discuss the case before Friday's hearing, but last year told the Pantagraph newspaper in Bloomington, Illinois, that she would never get over the deaths, "but I have to try to move forward and having a home, a husband and a family is the biggest part of that."

Leo Ware said in a telephone interview that the couple is being targeted unfairly.

"They want to compare me to Maurice LaGrone, but I take that as an insult; these are MY kids," he said. "We raised my kids for three years before they decided it was a problem."

Leo Ware admits to a criminal past as a gang member and drug dealer, but insists he's put that all behind him. He also said his wife deserves a chance to move on.

"We all make bad decisions in life," he said. "This is about moving on."

Woman trapped in Subway fridge for 8 hours wrote ‘help me’ in tomato sauce

2015-11-11T02:11:00.000-08:00

Woman trapped in Subway fridge for 8 hours wrote ‘help me’ in tomato sauce

A Subway employee who was locked in the store’s fridge for eight hours overnight used tomato sauce to write ‘help me’ on pieces of cardboard hoping her message would be seen by CCTV operators.

Karlee Daubeney hoped her desperate message would be seen but was not freed until 7:30am the next morning when a colleague returned to work. The store is facing court over the incident, which occurred in December last year.

“At first I was in a state of panic and I was looking for anything that could have opened the door,” she told the Gloucester Citizen. “I was trying to write ‘help’ on pieces of cardboard to slide under the door. I think it was with ketchup or mayonnaise.

“It got to the stage I was so cold I didn’t have the energy to bang on the door and I only had leggings and a Subway top on. My muscles became so cold I found it really hard to walk for a few days, I had migraines and dry skin around my nose. When I went to hospital the next day I was told I was close to having hypothermia and I made myself as warm as I could when I got home.”

The 20-year-old Gloucester woman, who recreated the incident in a photo shoot for the local paper, said she still suffered from anxiety over the incident, and becomes nervous if a door to a room shuts behind her.

“I was obviously on shift alone which was scary enough as the windows had been kicked in a few weeks before and I didn’t feel comfortable being there,” she said.

“I didn’t leave the house for a long time afterwards as I was suffering from really bad panic attacks — it has been nearly a year and I still suffer from anxiety.”

The franchisee has been accused of breaching workplace health and safety laws by not ensuring the safety and welfare of its employees. It entered a not guilty plea at the first hearing on October 26.

Philadelphia police hunt gunman in 'crime of passion' murders

2015-11-11T02:08:00.000-08:00

Philadelphia police hunt gunman in 'crime of passion' murders

Police in Philadelphia are searching for a gunman who murdered a couple in an SUV over the weekend in what authorities described as a "crime of passion."

The couple, identified as 25-year-old Shakoor Arline and 32-year-old Lisa Smith, were found shot to death Friday inside a white Toyota Sequoia. Both had been shot multiple times in the head. The Philadelphia Daily News reported that the pair were in the backseat of their SUV and were partially clothed.

Philadelphia Police Capt. James Clark told reporters that Arline and Smith were dating, but also were in relationships with other people. He added that the section of Fairmount Park where their bodies were found is sometimes frequented by "lovers." Clark said that the pair had visited the spot where they were murdered before.

Clark said nothing was taken and the case was not a robbery.

"You've got nine shots fired, all of them head shots to both of the victims, so it appears to be very much a crime of passion," Clark said.

The 22 Worst Carbs in America.

2015-11-11T01:41:00.000-08:00

The 22 Worst Carbs in America.

Carbohydrates. They’re the most important source of energy for the body. Our internal works change carbohydrates into glucose, then use this type of energy for cells, tissues and organs, storing any extra sugar in the liver and muscles for when it’s needed. But here’s the thing: Not all carbs are not created equal, especially when it comes to rapid weight loss. Many, particularly the types of carbs that are added to our food in the form of sweeteners, are likely to get in the way of your noble mission to look and feel your best. Below are 22 of the worst carbohydrates to eat if that’s indeed your goal. Avoid, or at least limit, as many of the below as you can.

1. “Coffee” drinks

Coffee is great news for your health and weight loss goals: It packs a virtually calorie-free boost to your metabolism, it’s rich in disease-fighting antioxidants and it reduces the risk of Type 2 diabetes, colon cancer, liver cancer, gallstones, cirrhosis of the liver and Parkinson's disease. But those benefits are offset when you dump fatty and caloric additives into this amazing stuff — or worse, order a coffee chain’s drink that has the same calorie and carb profile as a dessert. Some of those can easily reach 400 calories and 60 to 80 grams of carbs per serving. Avoid them, unless you want your coffee habit to increase your girth.

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2. Bagels

According to Manuel Villacorta, RD, author of Eating Free: The Carb Friendly Way to Lose Inches, to be nutritionally worthwhile, eating a bagel must be paired with something else: A two- to three-hour run. See, even before you’ve treated it with butter, cream cheese, or a similar delivery method for empty carbs, a bagel could pack 250 to 300 calories and a whopping 50 grams of carbs. That makes a morning bagel significantly more caloric and carborific than a serving of white-flour pasta.

China says up to Philippines to heal rift over South China Sea case

2015-11-11T01:33:00.000-08:00

China says up to Philippines to heal rift over South China Sea case

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said the Philippines' case against China at an arbitration tribunal over rival claims in the South China Sea had strained relations and that it was up to the Philippines to heal the rift.

"We do not want this knot to become tighter and tighter, so that it even becomes a dead knot," Wang told reporters in Manila. "As for how to loosen or open the knot, (we'll) have to look at the Philippines."The arbitration case against China in the Hague "is a knot that has impeded the improvement and development of Sino-Philippine relations", a statement on the Foreign Ministry's website cited Wang as saying in Manila.

Beijing's claim to almost the entire South China Sea is shown on Chinese maps with a nine-dash line that stretches deep into the maritime heart of Southeast Asia. Vietnam, the Philippines, Taiwan, Malaysia and Brunei also claim parts of the waterway.

The nine-dash line also includes parts of the Indonesian-held Natuna islands and Jakarta could take China to the International Criminal Court if Beijing's claim is not resolved through dialogue, Indonesia's security chief said on Wednesday.

For years, China has insisted that disputes with rival claimants be handled bilaterally.

In a legal setback for Beijing, the arbitration court in the Netherlands ruled late last month that it had jurisdiction to hear some territorial claims the Philippines had filed against China.

The Philippines has welcomed the decision and its Foreign Affairs Department said on Wednesday it would pursue the case "to its logical conclusion".

"China's nine-dash line claim is expansive, excessive and has no basis under international law," said foreign affairs spokesman Charles Jose. "If left unchallenged, we could lose about 80 percent of our EEZ (exclusive economic zone)."

China has boycotted the legal proceedings and rejects the court's authority in the case.

Manila filed the case in 2013 to seek a ruling on its right to exploit the South China Sea waters in its 200-nautical mile EEZ as allowed under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea.

"The person who caused the problem should solve it," Wang said. "We hope that the Philippines can make a more sensible choice."

Next week, Manila hosts the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, an event at which the United States says the South China Sea will likely come up on the sidelines.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said China hoped "sensitive political topics" would not be discussed there.

"We hope all sides can uphold the economic trade essence of the APEC forum," he told reporters in Beijing.

(Reporting by Sui-Lee Wee and Ben Blanchard; Additional reporting by Manuel Mogato in Manila; Editing by Nick Macfie)

NO SURPRISE HERE: ADOBE'S FLASH IS A HACKER'S FAVORITE TARGET

2015-11-11T01:29:00.000-08:00

NO SURPRISE HERE: ADOBE'S FLASH IS A HACKER'S FAVORITE TARGET

It looked at more than 100 exploit kits, which are frameworks planted in Web pages that automatically probe for software vulnerabilities when a user browses to a page.

Those who develop exploit kits are often hired by others to help distribute specific kinds of malware.

Of the top 10 vulnerabilities found in the exploit kits, eight of them were targeted at Adobe's Flash plugin, used on millions of computers to play multimedia content, according to Recorded Future, a cybersecurity intelligence firm based in Somerville, Massachusetts.

To arrive at its conclusions, Recorded Future looked at software vulnerabilities known to be used in popular exploit kits such as Angler, Neutrino and Nuclear Pack as well as in cybercrime forums between January and September.

Echoing the conclusion of many other security experts, Recorded Future said the findings call "into question Flash's place in a secure operating environment."

"While the role of Adobe Flash vulnerabilities as a regular in-road for criminals and malware should come as no surprise to information security professionals, the scale is significant," the report said.

Adobe has been working for years to make Flash more secure through code reviews, but it has proven to be a mighty task for an application that's nearly two Facebook's CSO, Alex Stamos, wrote on Twitter in July that it's "time for Adobe to announce the end-of-life date for Flash and to ask the browsers to set killbits on the same day."Apple founder Steve Jobs famously forbid the iPhone from running Flash. This year, other companies have taken steps to reduce the risk of zero-day Flash flaws.

In September, Google stopped automatically playing some extraneous Flash content on Web pages. The move was aimed at improving performance in the Chrome browser, but it also has security benefits.

Perhaps the most humorous campaign against the application is the "Occupy Flash"movement. The group advocates moving everything to HTML5, the latest specification of the Web's vernacular that has a host of multimedia capabilities.

Occupy Flash's manifesto reads in part: "It's time has passed. It's buggy. It crashes a lot. It's a fossil, left over from the era of closed standards and unilateral corporate control of web technology."

NVIDIA PACKS MACHINE LEARNING FOR WEB VIDEO IN NEW GPUS

2015-11-11T01:11:00.000-08:00

NVIDIA PACKS MACHINE LEARNING FOR WEB VIDEO IN NEW GPUS

Tagging online videos with information about colors, surroundings and even emotions in order to enhance search could soon become easier with Nvidia's new machine-learning graphics processors.
Nvidia's Tesla M40, and its little brother, the M4, both announced Tuesday, are server-based graphics processors designed to process and provide more context for videos, said Ian Buck, vice president of the accelerated computing at Nvidia.
The GPUs will sit in servers where videos are stored and then served to computing devices over the Internet. Software models, analytics and algorithms assist the machine-learning GPUs in classifying, tagging and resizing images.
Known for graphics processors, Nvidia already has a reputation for improving the gaming experience on PCs and mobile devices. The company's graphics products also help drive research on the world's fastest supercomputers. The Tesla M40 and M4 are Nvidia's first GPUs specifically for hyperscale servers, which primarily are used for Web hosting and serving.
Nvidia has also been involved in developing "deep learning" models, most notably for vehicles. The company has said its Tegra X1 mobile chip could help build self-driving cars, which could recognize objects, signs, images, lanes and other things
The importance of adding context to videos and images is also growing, Buck said. Machine learning to help add information attached to videos could improve the accuracy of search results. Machine-learning processors could also power software models designed to analyze videos and images, Buck said.
Billions of videos are being served every day through sites like Youtube and livecast services like Periscope. The videos will look better and shake less with help from the new GPUs, Buck said.
A batch of eight M40 GPUs can be used on high-performance servers where videos and images could pass through algorithms and analytics tools. Video could then be served through hyperscale servers with Tesla M4 GPUs, where post-processing could help enhance color, resize and stabilize videos.
The Tesla M40 has 3072 cores, offers a peak performance of 7 teraflops, has 5GB of GDDR5 memory and draws 250 watts of power.
The smaller M4 is designed for servers based on OpenCompute Project specifications, which are mainly designed for hyperscale environments. The M4 delivers 2.2 teraflops of performance, draws just 50 to 75 watts of power and has 4GB of GDDR5 memory.
The GPUs will be loaded by server makers into products, and won't be available directly through stores.
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NVIDIA POWERS UP DRONES, ROBOTS WITH JETSON TX1 BOARD

2015-11-11T01:07:00.000-08:00

NVIDIA POWERS UP DRONES, ROBOTS WITH JETSON TX1 BOARD

Nvidia hopes to equip drones and robots with high-performance computing capabilities with its new Jetson TX1 developer kit announced on Tuesday.

The kit includes an uncased board with all major components on it. It's the size of a credit card, but with 1 teraflop of horsepower delivers more performance than other developer boards available today.

Robots and drones require autonomous and smoother navigation capabilities, and the TX1 will help enable such capabilities, said Jesse Clayton, product manager at Nvidia.

Robots and drones will be able to recognize objects and avoid collisions using "deep-learning" algorithms and image processing engines on the board, Clayton said. The TX1 has 256 graphics cores to process images.

Nvidia is providing a software development kit for theTX1, including a debugger, compiler, libraries and other tools. The SDK will help programmers load applications that allow robots and drones to be truly autonomous, Clayton said.

The SDK is based on Nvidia's CUDA parallel programming framework, and taps into technologies such as OpenCV, OpenVX and Nvidia's VisionWorks for image recognition. The board also supports OpenGL and OpenGL ES graphics standards.

The board could also connect to more powerful cloud services for post-processing of images, Clayton said.

Nvidia -- known for its graphics chips -- has already done work that helps self-driving cars recognize objects, signs, images and lanes. The company is bringing similar deep-learning capabilities to TX1.

The TX1 is more than three times faster than last year's original Jetson board, which delivered 300 gigaflops of horsepower. The TX1 has a Tegra X1 chip -- which is also used in cars and tablets -- with 64-bit ARM CPUs. Additional specifications include 4GB of DDR4 memory, 16GB of storage, Ethernet, 802.11ac Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. Connectors on the board allow GPS, camera and other modules to be plugged in.

The board supports the Linux For Tegra and popular ROS (Robot Operating System), which is widely used in robots. With support for Linux, it's possible to use the board as a Linux gaming PC, like the predecessor board. The TX1 does not support Android.

The developer board will be available starting on Nov. 16 for US$599 through online retailers like Amazon and Newegg. It will initially ship in the U.S. and then worldwide next year.

A stripped down version of the board without major components and connectors will be available next year for $299, in volumes of 1,000 units.

If you thought children were immune to weird lawsuits

2015-11-11T00:03:00.000-08:00

If you thought children were immune to weird lawsuits, you would be wrong. A New York woman proved that both kiddies and kin aren’t off limits when she sued her 8-year-old nephew for $127,000 after she said he injured her during a hug. It only took a six member jury 20 minutes to rule that the lawsuit was ridiculous and the boy wasn’t liable for the injury. But what would possess a woman to sue her nephew over a little “exuberant” affection in the first place?

Apparently Jennifer Connell, 54, decided to sue her nephew Sean Tarala, 12, after the heartfelt hug he gave her during his eighth birthday party four years ago caused her to fall and break her wrist, according to the Connecticut Post. The lawsuit had hoped to prove that “the injuries, losses and harms to the plaintiff were caused by the negligence and carelessness of the minor defendant in that a reasonable eight year old under those circumstances would know or should have known that a forceful greeting such as the one delivered by the defendant to the plaintiff could cause the harms and losses suffered by the plaintiff.”

Connell testified that the boy was riding a new two-wheeler that he had received for his birthday when he saw Connell. That’s when she says the 50-pound boy dropped the bike on the ground and pounced on her. Connell described the event saying,

All of a sudden he was there in the air, I had to catch him, and we tumbled onto the ground. I remember him shouting, ‘Auntie Jen I love you,’ and there he was flying at me.

She told the jury that she was hurt by the fall, but didn’t complain because she didn’t want to “upset him on his birthday.” It appears that she wasn’t still worried about upsetting him four years later when she decided to file the civil suit against him alleging that the broken wrist created too heavy of a burden on her childless single existence. Connell said,

I live in Manhattan in a third-floor walkup so it has been very difficult. And we all know how crowded it is in Manhattan.

But that was nothing compared to the effect it had on her social life. Connell added,

I was at a party recently, and it was difficult to hold my hors d’oeuvres plate.”

Oh the horror! I couldn’t possible imagine trying to sip a martini and hold a plate of escargot simultaneously with such a life-altering injury.

Horrific injuries of dad left fighting for life after attack by two brothers

2015-11-11T00:01:00.000-08:00

Horrific injuries of dad left fighting for life after attack by two brothers

A dad was left fighting for life after being brutally attacked by two brothers in front of his teenage son.

James Martin, 38, suffered horrific injuries when he was set upon by Grant and Graham Murray.

Mr Martin's wife Laurette, 38, posted the shocking images of her husband's injuries on Facebook after the attack in a bid to help catch the thugs, the Daily Record reported.

Grant Murray, 20, was found guilty of attempted murder after repeatedly kicking Mr Martin and stamping on him as he lay motionless on the ground.

His victim’s jaw was split in two by the force of the blows, a court heard.

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Convicted: Graham Murray was found guilty of assault

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The vicious thug’s brother Graham, 30, was convicted of assaulting James by punching him on the head and causing him to fall to the ground.

The sickening attack happened on February 1 as Mr Martin and his son Jordan walked home in Newarthill, Lanarkshire.

Jordan, 18, told the High Court in Glasgow he had gone to collect his dad from a pub, where the Rangers fan had been watching his team lose to Celtic in the first Old Firm game for three years.

On the way there, he bought crisps and dips at a local shop.

As the pair walked down a lane off High Street at around 10.30pm, Grant Murray approached them and asked Mr Martin for a cigarette.

When he gave him one, Graham Murray came over and said, “Don’t touch him”, and punched Mr Martin to the ground.

His brother then carried out the assault as the dad lay unresponsive on the ground.

Jordan told the court: “My dad was seriously hurt. He was lying on the ground. He wasn’t moving.”

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The teenager called 999 and then flagged down a passing car. It happened to be his aunt Pamela Hughes, who gave Mr Martin first aid until an ambulance arrived.

As Ms Hughes tended her brother, Grant Murray shouted at her: “It was me, it was me. What are you going to do?”

The violent assault was captured on CCTV and the footage was shown to the jury.

Guilty: Grant Murray was convicted of attempted murder

But throughout the trial, Grant Murray denied attempting to murder Mr Martin and denied that he had stamped on his head – although he admitted stamping on his back and kicking him.

In evidence, he told the court he deserved to be punished, adding: “My actions were reckless and uncalled for.”

He was also found guilty of assaulting Jordan by punching him on the head and body and pursuing him.

The brothers claimed the assaults were sparked by Jordan hitting them with a shopping bag containing crisps and dips, but the teenager denied this.

Judge Johanna Johnston QC deferred sentence on the pair until next month.

She told Grant Murray: “At the forefront of my mind is a significant custodial sentence.”

X Factor BEATS Strictly Come Dancing in ratings war in shock revised viewing figures

2015-11-10T23:59:00.000-08:00

X Factor BEATS Strictly Come Dancing in ratings war in shock revised viewing figures

According to new figures, Simon Cowell's talent show came out on top after it went head-to-head with its BBC rival in its first ratings clash.

On Sunday October 4. it pulled in a combined average audience of 8.94 million viewers, beating the 8.63 million who tuned in for Strictly.

Initial overnight ratings had given Strictly a lead of around 700,000. However, the revised figures, published by Barb, are based on the total number of people who watched the programmes in the 28 days after broadcast.

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Simon will be pleased with the news

They also include those who watched The X Factor on ITV+1 and ITV HD - channels that are excluded from the main overnight numbers.

The two programmes had clashed previously on Saturday September 5 - but this was for the launch show of Strictly Come Dancing, which aired several weeks before the start of the main series.

On that occasion, figures showed the BBC triumphed with 10.05 million viewers, while ITV's X Factor claimed 9.13 million.

The data suggests millions of people are not bothering to watch The X Factor and Strictly Come Dancing at the time of their transmission, preferring instead to record the shows and catch up later.

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Strictly was previously the ratings champion

Overnight ratings for the October 4 edition of Strictly Come Dancing were 7.83 million. The revised figure from Barb is 8.63 million: a jump of 800,000.

The X Factor's overnight rating of 7.12 million soars by almost two million to 8.94 million when additional viewers are added, however.

Almost a quarter (24%) of that number watched the show on ITV's +1 and HD channels.
The number of people watching Strictly Come Dancing on the BBC iPlayer is not known, and it could be that this figure, if added to Strictly's existing total, would push the programme back in front of its rival.

The two shows have a tradition of being pitted against each other in the autumn TV schedules.

Simon recently had to defend the X Factor's viewing figures

X Factor boss Simon Cowell has defended the show's recent performance in the ratings, saying it would be "pointless" to take it off air.

Speaking to the Press Association this week while being honoured at the Music Industry Trusts Award in London, he said: "You never take a show off that's getting 10 million viewers. It would be pointless.

"You've got to understand, the way we watch TV now is so different. We had 6.5 million a week ago - rounded up, it's nearly 10 million.

"That's how many people watch the show every week."

BBC

Fans are not bothering to watch The X Factor and Strictly Come Dancing at the time of their transmission, preferring instead to record the shows

The BBC recently announced that the next series of its own TV talent show The Voice will be the last, after the corporation refused to get into a bidding war to keep it.

Mark Linsey, acting director of BBC Television, said The Voice had been "poached" by another broadcaster.

He said: "The BBC is incredibly proud of The Voice, but the fifth series which starts in January will be our last.

"We always said we wouldn't get into a bidding war or pay inflated prices to keep the show, and it's testament to how the BBC has built the programme up - and established it into a mainstay of the Saturday night schedule - that another broadcaster has poached it."

Natasha Hamilton reveals why her Celebrity Big Brother pals won't be invited to her wedding

2015-11-10T23:57:00.000-08:00

Natasha Hamilton reveals why her Celebrity Big Brother pals won't be invited to her wedding

upcoming wedding.

The Atomic Kitten got engaged to 5ive hunk Ritchie Neville shortly after leaving the house six weeks ago.

But despite forming some solid friendships with the likes of Gail Porter and Bobby Davro on the Channel 5 reality show, she doesn't want any of them there on her big day,

During an exclusive chat with Mirror Online, she explained: "Even though I made some good friends in the house, none of them are lifelong friends.

The CBB stars are not on Natasha's guest list

"Me and Ritchie want an intimate wedding so I doubt I'll be inviting any of them to be honest. I've not really heard from any of them since the show finished - especially not Farrah [Abraham] and Jenna [Jameson].

"I'd be very surprised if I ever saw either of them again. Farrah and I will never be friends, Mind you, I doubt there is anyone who'd want to be her friend that lived in that house. And that's not me being a b***h. She's just not my type of person."

Natasha and Ritchie are planning to get hitched in 2017. Although they ignited their romance while appearing on The Big Reunion, they wouldn't consider any reality TV projects surrounding their wedding.

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Natasha and Ritchie Neville got engaged shortly after CBB wrapped

"Absolutely no way," the gorgeous red-head added. "Planning a wedding is stressful enough. We wouldn't want that extra stress. We just want our wedding and all the planning to be ours.

"I think we'd consider a newlyweds style reality show. We lead very normal lives but our house is pretty chaotic because we have so many people living under one roof!"

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