…” Deborah Mitchell will be at Charles and Camilla’s Scottish home, Birkhall, this weekend and has been a regular visitor to Clarence House and Highgrove since she first started working with Camilla in 2005. She says her introduction to Camilla and her enduring relationship with the Duchess came as a huge personal boost at a time when she was struggling with low self-esteem after the death of her f…
Apr 22 2012 | Posted in
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Venomous reptiles may provide a good source for new drugs for human diseases, British researchers in Liverpool say. Venom has already been used to create drugs, but the chemicals in it are often too deadly for human consumption. However, a study, published in the journal Nature Communications, has shown snakes and lizards have “reclaimed” some toxins and used them, safely, elsewhere i…
Sep 19 2012 | Posted in
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French scientists say that a painkiller as powerful as morphine, but without most of the side-effects, has been found in the deadly venom of the black mamba. The predator, which uses neurotoxins to paralyze and kill small animals, is one of the fastest and most dangerous snakes in Africa. However, tests on mice, reported in the journal Nature, showed its venom also contained a potent painkiller….
Oct 4 2012 | Posted in
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…get hold of on the other side of the pond. Website Greensations.com sells it to UK customers but expect to pay in dollars. SNAKE VENOM When British beauty brand Rodial launched Glamoxy Snake Serum in 2010, a trend for reptile-based beauty was born – despite the fact that Rodial’s potion doesn’t actually have any venom in it. The same can’t be said for Planet Skincare’…
Dec 18 2012 | Posted in
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…went about his daily business as if nothing had happened. He says he finally agreed to go to hospital after pressure from family, neighbours and police. The incident took place on Tuesday in a village 200 km (125 miles) south-east of Nepal’s capital, Kathmandu. The snake he killed is reported to have been the common cobra. Nepal has a wide variety of snakes, many of which are venomous –…
Aug 23 2012 | Posted in
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…ance if they manage to reach the Florida mainland. The Gambian rat first appeared on Grassy Key in 1999 after eight rats escaped from a local exotic pets breeder. “We thought we had them whipped as of 2009,” Scott Hardin, exotic-species coordinator for the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, told keysnet.com. “In the early part of 2011, a resident e-mailed me and said he saw one of the rats…
Apr 12 2012 | Posted in
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If you are an adrenalin lover, you will go for almost any challenge, but would you accept to try deadly delicacies? It is not about fast-food or so called junk food. We all know about it, but most of us just live on the edge every day eating it. Wherever there are some exotic, original and dangerous delicacies, there are people willing to taste them. The reason is quite obvious: simply be…
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…which is now taking a battering from the cold, wet and windy conditions outside, check out the Body Shop’s BB offering. Their All-in-One BB cream is highly rated, and has sold at the rate of one every 27 seconds since launching in August this year. It contains skin protecting and soothing vitamin E and hydrating community fair trade Marula oil for 24 hour hydration that not only leaves you feeling…
Oct 8 2012 | Posted in
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rage weekly attendance of 20,000. The Southern Baptist pastor authored the Purpose Driven Life, a devotional study book, that was published in 2002 and became a New York Times bestseller, selling over 32 million copies as it exploded as a popular trend among conservative Christians. Rick Warren has taken an active role in promoting social justice and even hosted the Civil Forum on The Presidency,…
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Aurora cinema massacre may have been inspired by a Batman comic book strip, it emerged on Friday. The bloodbath is a chilling copycat of a 1986 Batman comic strip which features a deranged gunman opening fire in a cinema. In the second issue of The Dark Knight Returns, written by Frank Miller – the creative mind behind Sin City and 300 – gunman Arnold Crimp opens fire in a pornographi…
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…returning and quitting again several times. At that time, grunge had replaced metal on the rock charts and the band’s hits stopped coming Eventually he left the band to pursue a solo career. In 2005 Lane joined VH1′s Celebrity Fit Club. He rejoined Warrant in 2008 only to leave it again months later, for good. Jani Lane had a history of alcohol-related issues, and was arrested twice…
Actress Gwyneth Paltrow, cyclist Victoria Pendleton and TV presenter Emma Forbes are all fans of Bee Prepared when it comes to staying fighting fit. Bee Prepared, a daily defence vitamin being dubbed the latest “It Vit”, is an immune support vitamin packed with powerful antioxidants and one key nutrient: bee propolis. The tablets – which come in a pack of 30 and taken daily – are desi…
Apr 12 2013 | Posted in
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A Few Minutes with Andy Rooney ends its weekly appearances on CBS’ 60 Minutes. On Sunday, October 2, the veteran radio and television writer, Andy Rooney, is expected to make his last regular attendance, he discusses the decision on his 1,097th signature essay. The 60 minutes‘ curmudgeon told TVNewser in June 2010 he wanted to work on the show until he “dropped dead̶…
…were found in the hotel room where he died, but police officials said there was no indication that Jani Lane had intentionally taken his own life. A cause of death similarly in limbo is that of 27-year-old singer Amy Winehouse, found dead July 23, whose autopsy yielded no clear answers. In that case, Amy Winehouse’s family reportedly believes sudden withdrawal from alcohol will be rev…
…ometimes pretends that he can’t hear what people are saying and just tells them “what?” – just to “keep them on the ball”. As a Navy pilot George Bush was shot down over the Pacific on September 2nd 1944 but survived and grabbed his “second shot at life” with both hands. Reflecting on his career he said: “I’m sure I could have done a lot of things better. “It’s been a fulfi…
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Kris Jenner develops a morbid obsession with her family’s unfinished funeral arrangements this week after spending time with her ageing mother. What starts off as a time for planning the happy arrival of a new life, Kourtney Kardashian and Scott Disick’s at-the-time unborn daughter Penelope, quickly turns into a week spent in cemeteries and funeral homes to the horror of the Kardashia…
Aug 20 2012 | Posted in
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…population growth and slash-and-burn agriculture. Caecilians are very hard to spot as they live either underground or under leaf litter that lies on the soil. The new discovery was the result of about 250 soil-digging expeditions over five years that covered every northeast Indian state. “Caecilians are the most cryptic group of animals, and it’s not possible to identify whether itR…
Sony Pictures has confirmed that The Amazing Spider-Man is the first film in a new trilogy for the franchise. A sequel to the reboot, starring British actor Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker, has already been given the go-ahead for release in May 2014. Sony revealed news of a third new installment on the film’s Facebook page earlier this week. The Amazing Spider-Man, directed by Marc Webb, wa…
Jul 6 2012 | Posted in
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…nagement team, which is conducting a sweep of the property to ensure there is no additional rattlesnake activity.” Another customer, Maria Geffre, told Reuters news agency the snake was at least 1 ft (30 cm) long with four rattles. Mica Craig said the serpent attacked as he reached down to brush away what he thought was a stick from a bag of mulch. The purchase was intended for his marijuana…
May 15 2012 | Posted in
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…touching vignette that reveals how the barrier of fame can be broken down with a few small words. Ellen is in fact Ellen Grossman, a successful Brooklyn-based artist herself. The episode is part of a 24-minute documentary about the opening of Brooklyn’s new Barclays Center, posted by Jay-Z’s culture website Life+Times. The video takes viewers behind the scenes of his string of gigs at…
Dec 5 2012 | Posted in
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being opened? “We thought so. If that smell was a perfume, what would it be called?” Pizza Hut Canada has launched a fragrance after receiving an enthusiastic response to a Facebook post It sparked 271 comments – both positive and negative, as well as 160 likes and 109 shares. Among the varied suggestions were “Grease Lightening”, “Eau Ver Weight” and “Heaven Scent”, as well as several no…
Dec 5 2012 | Posted in
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dwarda O’Bara passed away on Wednesday. As a popular 16-year-old, Edwarda O’Bara had a bright future ahead of her but then she became ill with a severe bout of pneumonia. In the early hours of January 3 in 1970, Edwarda O’Bara “woke up shaking and in great pain because the oral form of insulin she had been taking wasn’t reaching her blood stream”, according to her family. She was rushed to h…
Nov 24 2012 | Posted in
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eir communities for retaining the Christian faith, regarded by some as an imposition by European colonizers. Kateri Tekakwitha, who is sometimes known today as Lily Of The Mohawks, died at the age of 24 Kateri Tekakwitha, who is sometimes known today as Lily Of The Mohawks, died at the age of 24. The other figures who became saints on Sunday are: • German-born Franciscan nun Maria Anna Cope who i…
urther violence could erupt in what has become Venezuela’s closest fought election in over a decade. Hugo Chavez, who has been in power since 1999, was diagnosed with cancer last year. More than 30 opposition parties have backed Henrique Capriles as a single candidate to challenge the leftist president….
…he CIA workforce, David Petraeus said that he met with Barack Obama at the White House on Thursday and asked “to be allowed, for personal reasons, to resign from my position”. “After being married for 37 years, I showed extremely poor judgment by engaging in an extramarital affair,” David Petraeus wrote. “Such behavior is unacceptable, both as a husband and as the leader of an organization such as…
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