The Winner Of Celebrity Big Brother 2013!

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Celebrity Big Brother is a popular TV show that is broadcasted every year (as well as its companion ‘Big Brother’) on Channel 5. The game starts where a bunch of celebrities enter the Big Brother house. Well, that is what usually happens…

This year on Celebrity Big Brother the first two house mates, Rylan Clark and Frankie Dettori entered the house soon to be called to the dining room for the very first task of the series. Rylan and Frankie’s task was to one by one choose which celebrity would enter the house or go down to the basement, half of them would go up, and half would go down. A first for Big Brother.

The housemates in the house this year were:

1. Claire Richards
2. Frankie Dettori
3. Gillian Taylforth
4. Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt
5. Lacey Banghard
6. Paula Hamilton
7. Razor Ruddock
8. Ryan Moloney
9. Rylan Clark
10.  Sam Robertson
11. Tricia Penrose

There were many new and interesting tasks that were set for this series of Celebrity Big Brother 2013 as you may have seen as you watched each episode. Fun tasks like a mini obstacle course, King Frankie, dance offs and many more exciting games and tasks. There were also many secret tasks, a good example of one was when Speidi had to stage a walk out. Sadly this started many arguments and fall outs within the house. But also there was a lot of drama in the house, perhaps the most we have ever seen in Big Brother history… However there was one celebrity that also seemed to stir things up a bit in the house. Spencer and Heidi, also known as Speidi didn’t seem to take the liking of most house mates in the house.

On Friday the 25^th of January 2013 at 9:00pm, the final of Celebrity Big Brother 2013 aired live on TV for the first time. As the programme progressed the British public voted to save their favourite house mate. Sadly Claire Richards just missed out in the final 3 as she finished in fourth place. So now came the final 3, Ryan Moloney, Rylan Clark and Spencer & Heidi. Next to be voted out was Ryan leaving Speidi and Rylan as the two final house mates. Tension built up as Big Brother paused before announcing the winner of CBB 2013.  

After a long and drooling month in the BB house I can tell you that the winner of Celebrity Big Brother 2013 is a very proud, happy and emotional…. RYLAN CLARK!  Rylan was exposed to a wave of cheers and screaming girls when the Big Brother doors opened for the final time of this series and probably one of the best reactions from the crowd we have ever seen on BB!

Congratulations Rylan, a worthy winner of Celebrity Big Brother 2013!

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Smoking Is Bad For Animals Too...

We all know that smoking is bad for you and for the people around you too. But did you know that some chemicals in the smoke are very harmful for animals too…

Not long ago a recent anti-smoking campaign that has been launched by the Government. A vet surgery in Surrey found out about this and they have since started another small campaign urging all pet owners to just consider and to think about the lethal effects of cigarette smoke can have on your beloved pet. Whether it is a dog, cat, rabbit, chinchilla or whatever pet you may have, they can all be in danger of the deadly chemicals in cigarette smoke, so listen up…

One of the many ways in which the smoke can prove harmful for an animal is when they lick their fur to clean themselves. If somebody has been smoking where an animal lives and that animal licks its fur to clean itself, they can automatically take in more smoke than you first may think! The reason for this is that nicotine and tar collects in a residue on the animals’ fur, so when your pet comes to clean itself, it licks its fur so it then takes in all those harmful chemicals from the smoke into their system.

I’m sure we all know that if you (a human) smokes too much, it can lead to cancer. You may not know this but it is the same for animals too… They can also develop many cancers as well. How could you let your own beloved pet pick up cancer from yourself smoking? It just isn’t right! Don’t you agree!?

Another way is that if you own a pet dog, they tend to chew on things a lot. A cigarette’s butt is full of deadly toxins, so when you discard your cigarette all those toxins can find their way into a dogs system if it was to chew one… These toxins are VERY harmful to many animals. Just stop and think. Could you watch your pet pick up these diseases and infections just because you were too lazy to discard your cigarette properly?

Julian Peters from the Arthur Lodge Veterinary Group said: “I would urge all owners to keep on top of health checks for pets if they are exposed to smoke inhalations’”.

So just think to yourself for a minute. Could you watch your own pet die from your actions… Smoking doesn’t just harm yourself and people around you, it harms animals as well.

Emma Watson Is Top Film Role Model

The clever student at Hogwarts school picked up almost one in five votes in a survey by a company and kids charity clubs.

Loads of school children have been asked to say what film heroes inspired them.

Emma Watson who played Hermione in the Harry Potter films beat characters  like Matilda and Toy Story's Woody.

Charlie Bucket, the poor boy who wins a golden ticket to visit Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory. He came second in the awards.

He was also followed by one of Roald Dahl's creations: Matilda Wormwood, who was played by Mara Wilson.

Filmclubs Sam Wainstein said " Films can have an influence on the children behave and interact with loads of people around them."

" Characters that kids identify with tend to stay with them and the longest and positive behaviours can be learnt by watching fictional characters handle situation on - screen."

New Born Baby Named 'Hashtag'

In the UK, a woman recently named her New Born Baby Boy… ‘Hashtag’. A hashtag is a very popular phrase used to create a ‘trend’ on social networking site Twitter. On Twitter a hashtag is used to indicate a subject or topic that lots of people are talking about, it looks like this #.

This story made the national news, once the mother announced the birth via Facebook. Soon after, the story soon started trending on Twitter itself, with users slamming the unusual name.

 What do you think about this unique name? Let me know!

Niall's Horror Crash!

The 1D star was left in a spin after his car skidded on the ice, the car went sideways and before crashing onto the crash barrier.

Witnesses said that they saw a shaky Niall ,19, clamber out from the range rovers front passenger seat.

The one direction boys had just arrived back after playing in Japan. The boys were picked up by three vehicles at  Heathrow airport. His band mates Zayn Malik, Harry Styles, Liam Payne and Louis Tomlinson were all in two people carriers when Niall's 4x4 crashed onto the crash barrier. He must have been terrified - the car's wheels literally lifted off of the road.

"We saw Niall climbing out. He looked shaken up but he didn't seem hurt. He got into a people carrier and drove off again. The bad weather had delayed their four hour flight already on Sunday night. Last January three of the band members suffered from a case of whiplash when a car struck their tour bus in Birmingham. And in August Irish born Niall Horan was devastated when Quentin Reilly ,19, died in a crash near his home town Mullingar, Co Westmeath. A second passenger sadly died three days later.

A Library With No Books? Hmm...

What would you think if you walked into your local library and you encountered a modern interior that resembles an Apple store complete with aisles of computers and other electronic gadgets, instead of shelves with all kinds of exciting books? In San Antonio's Bexar County, a new kind of public library is scheduled to open sometime this year.  It is exactly the vision Nelson Wolff has for BiblioTech.

The judge from Texas says that he loves physical books but, he believes that it is time to bring the library system in the direction in which the world is rapidly heading (E-books!) So… The library will have over 10,000 e-titles for patrons to browse through and even download onto their own e-readers, this will take over all of the physical books. For the people who do not yet have access to an e-reading device, such as an iPad or Kindle don’t worry, there will be a total of 150 e-readers available to borrow, 50 of which, will be reserved for kids! The library will also provide 25 tablets, 25 laptops and 50 computer stations for people to enjoy.

One day they hope that the book selection will be a hi-tech version and can be as robust as the one found in a traditional library, therefore the number of books will be added annually, so that one day this might be able to happen. This will not be the first library to go without books. In 2002 Arizona's Tucson-Pima Public Library System was the first to open a small book-less branch, however there were lots of requests from locals saying that the library succumbed and added physical books because it was located in an area where most people did not have access too.

In the city of Newport Beach in California, tried to transform its existing library into a book-less one. But the public did not take it too well and the officials ultimately abandoned the idea in 2011. The one place this type of library seems to be working really well is the University of Texas in Austin, where the students love having a library that contains only e-titles.

So is everyone ready for a book-less library? Only time will tell. If the library goes ahead, the judge will be able to open similar libraries in many more locations in the county. What do you think of this library? Let me know!

National Television Awards: The Results

The National Television Awards (also known as NTA) is a British television awards ceremony, broadcasted by the ITV network. The National Television Awards are the most prominent ceremony for which the results are voted by the general public.

Yesterday (Wednesday the 23rd of January 2013) some of the biggest stars from all around the world were out with victory in their sight as they gathered in the 02 Arena.

If you didn’t have the chance to watch it on TV, then here are the results of the winners of each category:

Comedy Panel Show: QI

Best Daytime Show: This Morning

Best Drama: Downtown Abbey

Drama Performance Female: Miranda Hart (Call The Midwife)

Drama Performance Male: Colin Morgan (Merlin)

Documentary Series: Frozen Planet

Entertainment Programme: I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Here

Entertainment Presenter: Ant and Dec

Factual Entertainment: Paul O’Grady: For The Love Of Dogs

Newcomer: David Witts (EastEnders)

Serial Drama: Coronation Street

Serial Drama Performance: Alan Halsall (Coronation Street)

Situation Comedy: Mrs Brown’s Boys

Talent Show: Strictly Come Dancing

Are YOU an Empath?

1 in 53 people will know what an Empath is. An Empath is someone who has the ability to feel others emotions (emotionally and physically) as though they were your own. Also Empaths can read and understand others as though they were them.

So, how do you know if you are an Empath?

Empaths can often feel something as they see it happen... For example, seeing someone cut their finger. An Empath may sense the pain as it happens.

Distance does not affect what an Empath feels and often may be able to feel or sense something going on with someone at a far distance.

Empaths are sensitive to loud noise.

Empaths are sensitive to various television programs. In particular, television programs that depict emotional drama like the news and police shows as well as movies which depict certain emotional or harsh situations.

Empaths have a hard time understanding cruelty and criminal acts that involves hurting others.

Empaths are super sensitive to suffering in the world and are often idealists who theorise about fixing the worlds problems.

They are often found working as volunteers, with people, animals or the environment.

Empaths are often drawn to areas of music or the arts.

Empaths are often very charismatic and have the ability to draw others to them.

They often find that a complete stranger will tell them their life story while standing in line at the grocery store.

Are great listeners as they generally have an interest in other people and to know more of what they already sense of a person.

They can seem very moody with drastic mood swings. This is mainly due to picking up the emotions of others without realising it and then with those emotions reacting to others.

They also may experience other paranormal experiences such as out of body experiences, De Ja Vu, and just knowing as well as other psychic abilities.

Empaths often have trouble focusing and space out/day dream often.

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Sydney Sees It's Hottest Day On Record!

By Leah Booker

Sydney (a famous Australian state) has recently broken it's own record for it's hottest day!

The previous record for Sydney's hottest day had been recorded in 1939 and now was broken last Friday with temperatures reaching a huge 45.8C. Residents and citizens scaled the beaches yet were advised to drink plenty of water in order to stay hydrated.

However, this hot weather also caused MANY bush fires across the country and firefighters are still now trying to keep them under control.

Waterproof Phones!

By Leah Booker

Recently,(at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, in America) people have shown how to make your phone waterproof!

You may not think it, but it's really true! It works by covering your phone with a special nano layer that is thinner than a single strand of hair. In fact, the nano coating is so amazing it can prevent a tissue from going soggy when dipped in water.

Is this the future of waterproof phones?

Temple Run Has A New Friend!

Temple Run Logo

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Temple Run is an endless action video game developed by the Raleigh-based Imangi Studios. The player takes on the role of an explorer attempting to steal an idol from a temple and being chased by "demonic monkeys". However this fascinating game is only available on iOS and Android systems.

Temple Run has been available to download from the App Store since August 2011. Many people are addicted to this amazing game and some just cannot get enough of it, trying and competing against each other to see who can get the highest score or the most amount of coins. While this game may not appeal to some people it sure does take the interest of most kids nowadays. Now here’s the thing, I bet some of you have to busy starring into your iPhone/iPad/iPod screen that you haven’t even realised that something new has come out into the App Store free for you to download…

The makers of Temple Run have newly released a new game similar to the current ‘Temple Run.’ Some of you Temple Run lovers may already know what the game is and have already set new high scores and unlocked many items and completed various objectives. But for those who have not yet heard of this new game, listen up! So as you know, the makers of Temple Run have released a new game. That new game is… Temple Run 2!

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Temple Run 2, (the sequel of the original game) was released on the 17^th of January 2013 in the App Store for iOS but will also be released onto Android by the end of January 2013. The new Temple Run features the same kind of controls and plot as its predecessor but what makes this Temple Run more unique is that the makers have introduced some new obstacles including things like zip wires, mine tracks, sharper turns and flames of fire that you will experience throughout the game. The game is also set in a new location and the character moves at a faster pace. But also to add to the excitement, the new game features new power ups that will boost and help you along. Finally there is one last change to the game, before there were three monkeys that chased you from behind, however now on Temple Run 2, the three monkeys have been eliminated and have been replaced by a much larger and more ferocious monkey.

Some say that Temple Run 2 is much harder and takes a more skilled hand to keep up with the movements of the game. Personally (as I have experienced the new game) I think that it is slightly harder to play and ups the difficulty of the game. As mentioned before, Temple Run 2 is now available for you to download from the App Store, so why not get the game downloaded to your iPhone/iPod/iPad now and see what you uncover next from this magnificent new game….

Internet Cat

A video of a cat discovering the snow for the very first time has had almost two million hits online.

Albums to look out for in 2013!

With all the albums released last year from artists like One Direction, Emily Sande and Labrinth you probably thought that music couldn't get any better.
Well think again as 2013 is going to be HUGE.

This year we are going to see albums from some of the biggest artists in the world.
So, check your music to all the music that you could be dancing around your bedroom to in the next 12 months.


James Arthur

 

As the X Factor winner has already topped the charts with his first single 'Impossible' this shows that he has a solid fan base behind him. He's also said that he would have ''complete creative control'' over his debut album- so watch this space.

Jessie J



The voice coach had a great 2012 and you can definitely expect to hear more hits from the price tag singer very soon as during the second half of last year writing music for her new album. In October shes also got a headline arena tour planned.

Lady Gaga



Touring with her Born This Way show Lady Gaga hit the road in 2012. But during the stops she has been working on her third album, ARTPOP so all her little monster fans have a lot to look forward to in 2013.

Beyonce



This year Beyonce is set for a comeback and theirs a rumour that her first performance will be at Super Bowl in February. Her fans are also hoping that a new album will follow as well.


Rihanna



This year Rihanna is set off for a great year trying to get back to number 1 hits.
There is a good chance that Rihanna will release a new album this year as every year for 4 years she has released an album. There is also a rumour that she will be going on a huge world tour, so look out for her in a city near you.

Biffy Clyro



This year Biffy Clyro are releasing their 6th album and the fans will be excited to now that there will be 22 songs on their new album. They recorded the new album in LA and it could give them the recognition that they need.


Tinie Tempah



No new material came last year from Tinie Tempah which left fans disappointed. But fear not as we have a feeling that it is just a matter of time before he releases some this year.

BBC Aplogize after Saville Spoof

The BBC have apologised after a Jimmy Saville spoof was shown on the Cbeebies Show, Tweenies where the character Max was dressed as Jimmy Saville. The episode was first broadcasted in 2001 and shown before 9am. The episode featured max in a blonde wig and his trademark tracksuit. It also included Saville`s famous catchphrase, "Now then guys and gals". The BBC said that they will not be repeating the episode and that they are very sorry for any offence caused.