Tuesday, 7 October 2014
Pride of Britain Awards...Red Carpet Photos
Red Carpet Photos from the Pride of Britain awards at The Grosvenor House Hotel on October 6, 2014 in London, England
PHOTOS: Kelly Rowland bares it all for Elle in nude pregnancy photoshoot
Kelly Rowland's stripped-down bump shoot is the most elegant thing we've ever seen: http://on.elle.com/1oJORxn
Monday, 6 October 2014
The horrifying dangers of manicure...from agonizing wounds to amputated fingers!
Anna Cowie's story:
Six months pregnant Anna Cowie got a cut from her nail technician's scalpel when she decided to pamper herself with a pedicure.
That cut resulted in an infection so serious that Anna needed three operations to rectify it, and couldn't walk without crutches for two months.
Anna Cowie
In April, Anna paid £15 for a manicure and pedicure at what she believed to be a reputable salon.
‘I barely ever got my nails done, but wanted to treat myself,’ she says.
‘There was no consultation, I was ushered into a chair and a man set to work on my feet...
‘When he started removing the hard skin with a scalpel, I was worried but assumed he knew what he was doing.’
She describes the cut, on her left heel, as being like a paper cut. ‘It was sharp but not too painful....
‘Our eyes met as he rubbed the wound, but he said nothing. It looked deep, but, with barely any blood, I would have felt stupid complaining.’
Three days later, Anna’s cut started to bleed and became increasingly inflamed and painful over the next three weeks.
After a podiatrist’s attempt to clean the wound failed, Anna visited her GP, who sent her to Chelsea And Westminster Hospital.
‘He was worried the infection could have entered my bone,’ says Anna.
A nurse there told Anna that had she been diabetic, with poor blood circulation, she could have lost her foot.
A surgeon removed the infected tissue, bandaged up her foot to her ankle, and prescribed antibiotics. She was told to return to hospital every three days for her dressings.
The infection went leaving a bumpy pink growth of tissue and blood vessels.
Anna was later referred to the Dermatology And Plastics Department of Chelsea And Westminster Hospital, where she had more surgery to remove the 1 cm growth.
She complained to the salon, which apologised and admitted it was at fault.
They offered to pay for private hospital care.
Anna was on crutches until a week before her son was born in July. Afterwards, she was prescribed a strong steroid cream that she had been unable to use while pregnant because of the harm it could have caused her unborn baby.
Kate Cassidy's story:
53 yr old Kate Cassidy from Windsor, Berkshire, started having acrylic nails in which technicians glue on a false nail tip and paint over that and the nail with an acrylic solution.
The natural nail first needs to be vigorously filed....
‘It was agonising at first, but I thought that was normal,’ says Kate. ‘I used to take paracetamol before having it done,’ says Kate. ‘My nails looked fantastic and remained shiny for weeks.’
The procedure is seen as so damaging that the U.S., Australia and New Zealand have all banned the use of methyl methacrylate — a chemical in acrylic — on the grounds that removing it is too dangerous to the health of the nail.
‘I knew my nails were being whittled away, but once I got into the habit, it was incredibly difficult to stop,’ says Kate.
When her nail technician removed the acrylic nails, she was horrified at what she saw.... ‘All ten of my nails were white from a fungal infection.....
Infections from acrylic nails often occur when the acrylic and natural nail become separated, allowing bacteria and fungus to enter.
They can also be caused by poor hygiene at the nail salon.
‘The manager called to apologise and I told her they had to improve their hygiene standards. Had I taken legal action, I could have shut them down, but they were hard-working girls. I felt sorry for them.’
The next day, Kate’s GP prescribed her six months of anti-fungal drugs. They stopped Kate’s infection spreading, but she had to wait nine months for it to grow out.
‘My nails looked disgusting and made me feel incredibly self-conscious,’ says Kate, who also developed stomach upsets from the anti-fungal medication and has vowed never to have acrylic nails applied again.
Becky Ashton’s story:
Becky Ashton’s right thumb nail is permanently ridged and prone to splitting after an incident six years ago.
‘I’d gone to the same salon for three years, but decided to try a new salon when my manicurist went on maternity leave,’ says Becky, 35, from Bebington, Cheshire.
She paid £25 for French-manicured acrylics in 2008. ‘While my manicurist was filing down the side of my nail, she was gossiping to her colleague and was clearly distracted,’ says Becky.
‘She continued until the side of my thumb where the skin joins the nail was ripped off. I shrieked as blood poured out and my whole thumb throbbed with pain.’
Her manicurist seemed unconcerned. ‘She wrapped cotton wool around it and carried on,’ says Becky. ‘She didn’t say sorry — and I was too polite to make a fuss. She’d already done one hand, so I couldn’t walk out.
‘My skin felt raw, but I still had to have the acrylic nail painted on, which involved putting pressure on my nail. It was agonising.’
Becky’s nail was painful for three weeks. ‘Because there was an acrylic nail covering it, my skin didn’t get the air it needed to heal quickly, and because the acrylic nails were pale, you could see the blood beneath.’
She set up a website, Who Can Cut It? to recommend reputable salons.
‘I want to make sure no other woman goes through what I did,’ says Becky.
‘All too often, they get their hands and nails done without having a clue what they’re letting themselves in for.’
#dailymail
Six months pregnant Anna Cowie got a cut from her nail technician's scalpel when she decided to pamper herself with a pedicure.
That cut resulted in an infection so serious that Anna needed three operations to rectify it, and couldn't walk without crutches for two months.
Anna Cowie
In April, Anna paid £15 for a manicure and pedicure at what she believed to be a reputable salon.
‘I barely ever got my nails done, but wanted to treat myself,’ she says.
‘There was no consultation, I was ushered into a chair and a man set to work on my feet...
‘When he started removing the hard skin with a scalpel, I was worried but assumed he knew what he was doing.’
She describes the cut, on her left heel, as being like a paper cut. ‘It was sharp but not too painful....
‘Our eyes met as he rubbed the wound, but he said nothing. It looked deep, but, with barely any blood, I would have felt stupid complaining.’
Three days later, Anna’s cut started to bleed and became increasingly inflamed and painful over the next three weeks.
After a podiatrist’s attempt to clean the wound failed, Anna visited her GP, who sent her to Chelsea And Westminster Hospital.
‘He was worried the infection could have entered my bone,’ says Anna.
A nurse there told Anna that had she been diabetic, with poor blood circulation, she could have lost her foot.
A surgeon removed the infected tissue, bandaged up her foot to her ankle, and prescribed antibiotics. She was told to return to hospital every three days for her dressings.
The infection went leaving a bumpy pink growth of tissue and blood vessels.
Anna was later referred to the Dermatology And Plastics Department of Chelsea And Westminster Hospital, where she had more surgery to remove the 1 cm growth.
She complained to the salon, which apologised and admitted it was at fault.
They offered to pay for private hospital care.
Anna was on crutches until a week before her son was born in July. Afterwards, she was prescribed a strong steroid cream that she had been unable to use while pregnant because of the harm it could have caused her unborn baby.
Kate Cassidy's story:
53 yr old Kate Cassidy from Windsor, Berkshire, started having acrylic nails in which technicians glue on a false nail tip and paint over that and the nail with an acrylic solution.
The natural nail first needs to be vigorously filed....
‘It was agonising at first, but I thought that was normal,’ says Kate. ‘I used to take paracetamol before having it done,’ says Kate. ‘My nails looked fantastic and remained shiny for weeks.’
The procedure is seen as so damaging that the U.S., Australia and New Zealand have all banned the use of methyl methacrylate — a chemical in acrylic — on the grounds that removing it is too dangerous to the health of the nail.
‘I knew my nails were being whittled away, but once I got into the habit, it was incredibly difficult to stop,’ says Kate.
When her nail technician removed the acrylic nails, she was horrified at what she saw.... ‘All ten of my nails were white from a fungal infection.....
Infections from acrylic nails often occur when the acrylic and natural nail become separated, allowing bacteria and fungus to enter.
They can also be caused by poor hygiene at the nail salon.
‘The manager called to apologise and I told her they had to improve their hygiene standards. Had I taken legal action, I could have shut them down, but they were hard-working girls. I felt sorry for them.’
The next day, Kate’s GP prescribed her six months of anti-fungal drugs. They stopped Kate’s infection spreading, but she had to wait nine months for it to grow out.
‘My nails looked disgusting and made me feel incredibly self-conscious,’ says Kate, who also developed stomach upsets from the anti-fungal medication and has vowed never to have acrylic nails applied again.
Becky Ashton’s story:
Becky Ashton’s right thumb nail is permanently ridged and prone to splitting after an incident six years ago.
‘I’d gone to the same salon for three years, but decided to try a new salon when my manicurist went on maternity leave,’ says Becky, 35, from Bebington, Cheshire.
She paid £25 for French-manicured acrylics in 2008. ‘While my manicurist was filing down the side of my nail, she was gossiping to her colleague and was clearly distracted,’ says Becky.
‘She continued until the side of my thumb where the skin joins the nail was ripped off. I shrieked as blood poured out and my whole thumb throbbed with pain.’
Her manicurist seemed unconcerned. ‘She wrapped cotton wool around it and carried on,’ says Becky. ‘She didn’t say sorry — and I was too polite to make a fuss. She’d already done one hand, so I couldn’t walk out.
‘My skin felt raw, but I still had to have the acrylic nail painted on, which involved putting pressure on my nail. It was agonising.’
Becky’s nail was painful for three weeks. ‘Because there was an acrylic nail covering it, my skin didn’t get the air it needed to heal quickly, and because the acrylic nails were pale, you could see the blood beneath.’
She set up a website, Who Can Cut It? to recommend reputable salons.
‘I want to make sure no other woman goes through what I did,’ says Becky.
‘All too often, they get their hands and nails done without having a clue what they’re letting themselves in for.’
#dailymail
Sunday, 5 October 2014
77 yr old Bosnian grandmother claims she can cure ailments by licking people's eyeballs
77 year old Grandmother Hava Cebic, from Bosnia says she can cure all manner of eye problems by licking the patient's infected eyeballs.
Mrs Cebic, has been helping her neighbours and friends with their eye problems for 40 years and now claims people from nearby towns and villages are flocking to her, hoping her tongue can help cure their ailments ranging from allergies, dry eyes and conjunctivitis and can even reduce the symptoms of cataracts.
A recent Japanese craze for eyeball licking was said to have resulted in a plague of eye chlamydia, styles and conjunctivitis.
World's most expensive perfume sold in Harrods for £143,000
British perfumer Clive Christian has created a special edition of his No1 perfume to mark the opening of the Salon de Parfum boutique at the London department store.
The fragrance, No1 Passant Guardant, uses the perfume house's signature crystal bottle and is covered in hand-crafted, 24 carat gold lattice-work. It costs a staggering sum of £143,000.
The No1 Passant Guardant
Friday, 3 October 2014
First baby born after successful womb transplant!
The first baby has been born to a woman who has had a womb transplant.
It is thought the birth took place in Sweden. Details of the birth are due to be released in The Lancet medical journal next week.
The woman is said to be a patient of Dr Mats Brannstrom, professor of obstetrics and gynaecology at the Sahlgrenska Academy, Gothenburg, Sweden.
She had an embryo transplanted in January after having IVF.
On Friday night the team refused to confirm that a baby had been born saying: "As soon as there is a scientific peer-reviewed paper, we will comment on this. I will provide you with information as soon as we have some."
However last night an editorial on The Lancet website said:
"Reproductive medicine can boast many fertility milestones in its relatively short history: the arrival of in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) in the late 1970s; the development of intracytoplasmic sperm injection in the early 1990s; the first ovarian transplant a decade ago; and next week we will hear details of the first livebirth after uterine transplantation.
"No-one can be in doubt that reproductive medicine is characterised by remarkable scientific progress on a very fundamental question—the very matter of life itself."
Richard Smith, consultant gynaecological surgeon at Queen Charlotte's Hospital in London said is preparing to do similar operations here next year funded by the charity Womb Transplant UK.
He said: "This is unbelievably exciting, its brilliant. We are submitting applications for ethics approval in the next few weeks with a view to doing human live transplants in the UK next year. ...''
The operation, follow-up and immune-suppressant drugs cost £100,000.
The first womb transplant was done in Saudi Arabia in 2000 but failed shortly afterwards.
In 2011 Derya Sert, 21, received a womb from a dead donor in Turkey. She conceived child but no heartbeate was detected and it was later terminated.
In 2012 it was announced by Dr Brannstrom that nine womb transplants had been carried out and all were successful.
Eight of the recipients suffer from MRKH syndrome, a congenital disorder which affects one in 5,000 women and prevents the womb from developing.
The ninth had her womb removed after suffering cervical cancer.
Until now,the only other options for women born without a womb is adoption or surrogacy if she wants to have a child genetically related to her but this is legally complicated in the UK.
#telegraph
About 10 percent of female University of Oregon students have been raped according to survey
A survey carried out in the University of Oregon showed that 10 percent of the female students surveyed have been raped while attending the school.
According to university researchers, 35 percent of students - and 14 percent of men - had at least one forcible sexual encounter and about 90 percent of students assaulted kept quiet about the violence.
The White House has declared sex crimes to be "epidemic" on U.S. college campuses, with one in five students falling victim to sex assault while still attending school.
The U.S. Department of Education in May released a list of 55 colleges under investigation to determine whether their handling of sex assaults and harassment violated federal laws.
University of Oregon was not on that list but Jennifer Freyd, a psychology professor who led the study, and other school officials are part of a White House effort to develop a nationwide survey that can be conducted on campuses nationwide, she said.
"If you've got a survey that lets you make meaningful comparisons between colleges, then colleges will have a meaningful incentive to reduce the violence that's being measured," Freyd said.
The late-summer Web-based survey included 982 students. Freyd said she was hesitant to draw broader conclusions about the campus from her findings because, for example, her respondents were younger, whiter, and more female than the general school population.
#reuters
Thursday, 2 October 2014
PHOTOS: Weird fish with human teeth caught in Russia!
Russian fisherman Aleks Korobov, caught one of the worlds weirdest animals.....a fish with human set of teeth!
FISHERMAN Aleks Korobov
Aleks has contacted the Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography for their expert opinion.
Expert Gennady Dvorykankin from the Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography said: "We had to do an autopsy and carry out a series of examinations to determine the species and an explanation for the teeth.
"We are convinced it is a member of the Piranha family, and that it is a herbivore piranha, not one of the meat eating ones you see in films.
"It is very unlikely that it made its way from its natural tropical waters to our Arctic and then into the river so we can only assume it was dumped by an owner of exotic fish," he added.
FISHERMAN Aleks Korobov
Aleks has contacted the Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography for their expert opinion.
Expert Gennady Dvorykankin from the Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography said: "We had to do an autopsy and carry out a series of examinations to determine the species and an explanation for the teeth.
"We are convinced it is a member of the Piranha family, and that it is a herbivore piranha, not one of the meat eating ones you see in films.
"It is very unlikely that it made its way from its natural tropical waters to our Arctic and then into the river so we can only assume it was dumped by an owner of exotic fish," he added.
Wednesday, 1 October 2014
United States Secret Service head Julia Pierson resigns following several security breaches involving the White House
Julia Pierson, the first female director of the Secret Service, resigned her post Wednesday after a fence jumper gained access to the White House Sep. 19th and a subsequent congressional inquiry uncovered other security lapses.
Julia Pierson also apologised and described the mistakes as major security failures on multiple fronts.
News of Pierson's resignation came as new information about the fence jumper as well as other security lapses came to light :
Omar Gonzalez, 42, pleaded not guilty to federal and D.C. charges in federal court in Washington on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, the inquiry into how the Army veteran launched over the fence and was able to sprint up to the front door, burst into the White House and run into the ornate East Room continues.
Neither President Obama nor the first family were at home at the time of the incident.
But a Secret Service source tells CNN there is an elaborate closed circuit video system and that video is being dissected to establish new protocols.
When Gonzalez burst through the White House door, he pushed a female officer to the side.
But the source said, ""Gender was not a factor, she got one door secured but was pushed over while trying to get second door shut."
An alarm box had been turned down near the front door, for instance, after complaints by the White House usher's office that it was too loud.
A canine unit was not released to chase Gonzalez, said the source, because there were "too many friendlies around."
Man with 'horns' and '666' tattoo on his face found guilty of first-degree murder
34-year-old Caius Veiovis, a self-proclaimed vampire and Satanist has been found guilty of kidnapping, murdering and dismembering three men in Pittsfield, Mass.
The jury deliberated for 37 hours in six days before delivering the verdict last week. And as jurors left the courtroom, he shouted: “I’ll see you all in hell, remember that, every f—— one of you. I’ll see you all in hell.”
He was sentenced to three consecutive terms of life in prison
In 2011, the dismembered bodies of David Glasser, 44, Edward Frampton, 58, and Robert Chadwell, 47, were found buried outside of Pittsfield 10 days after they went missing.
According to prosecutors, Veiovis helped two other men — 37-year-old Adam Lee Hall and 47-year-old David Chalue — kidnap and shoot the victims to death.
Glasser was set to testify against Hall, a 'Hells Angels' member, in an assault case. Prosecutors said the two other men were murdered to eliminate witnesses to Glasser’s killing.
#washingtonpost
5 family members die mysteriously in their home
Investigators are trying to determine how five family members died in a Utah home over the weekend.
There were no signs of trauma, no clues of any violence or foul play and no indication of carbon monoxide.
Officials identified the deceased relatives as father Benjamin Strack, 37; mother Kristi Strack, 36; son Benson Strack,14; daughter Emery Strack, 12; and son Zion Strack, 11.
Another son of the couple found the bodies in an apartment room on Saturday night, the Springville Department of Public Safety said.
"The Medical Examiner has indicated that the next step is to continue the investigation through analysis of blood samples to determine what may have caused the deaths."
Norway best country for older people
Norway is the best place to grow old, according to an index of the quality of 'later life' in 96 countries.
The index measures income security, health, personal capability and whether the person lives in an "enabling environment".
After Norway comes Sweden, closely followed by Switzerland, Canada and Germany.
Fat Burning Foods: Belly Fat Diet
There is no doubt that exercise is one of the best things one can do to stay healthy especially when it comes to losing excess fat, most of which a lot of us carry around our waist line. However, according to a research done by hellofood.com, belly fats can also be eliminated by consuming certain foods.
Whole Eggs – Consuming Whole eggs help burn belly fats and not just the whites but the egg yolks as well. Egg yolks contain a lot of nutrients and all the fat soluble vitamins which help control appetite and balance fat-burning hormones too. But since eggs have high cholesterol levels, it is best to moderate your daily intake of them.
Avocado – Avocados are full of vitamins, minerals, fiber and antioxidants which helps maintain levels of hormones that aid fat loss and muscle building. Eating avocados help to reduce the appetite because it is an extremely satiating food.
Tomatoes -Tomato is the best source of lycopene, which is great for building haemoglobin in the body. So, tomatoes are good for those who are suffering from anaemia. It also contains fat burning properties and boosts your body's metabolism. Also, a tomato is mostly composed of water (90%), so you do not have to worry about putting on any weight.
Nuts – Though a fatty food, consumption of nuts help control blood sugar levels and lose fat. Nuts are high in fiber/protein. Nuts also help to suppress your appetite and cravings; eating a handful of nuts about 20 to 30 minutes before having a meal essentially cuts down your meal consumption by 30 percent.
Banana - Banana is one of the most filling fruits. Scientists believe that bananas contain certain enzymes that help speed up digestion, and elimination, causing rapid weight loss. Also, the sweetness in banana will take care of craving for sugar.
#www.hellofood.com
Tuesday, 30 September 2014
Newcastle midfielder Cheick Tiote marries second wife
Cheick Tiote's agent Jean Musampa has confirmed the Newcastle midfielder married a second woman while still living with his first wife and their two children in Newcastle.
Premier League footballer Tiote, who earns £45,000 a week, married Laeticia Doukrou in a traditional ceremony in Ivory Coast this month.
His Zimbabwean mistress, Nkosiphile Mpofu, also lives nearby where she is raising his son, Rafael, although Tiote's three year relationship with her is said to have ended recently.
His agent explained "this is nothing unusual" for a Muslim.
Meanwhile, Cheick doesn't see anything wrong his actions, according to a source close to him, who is quoted in the Sun:
"He doesn’t see a problem with having two wives.
"It’s perfectly acceptable in his culture. He doesn’t see he has done anything wrong and doesn’t know what the fuss is all about."
George Clooney and Amal's wedding photos
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