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She has claimed that money is so tight she would 'go anywhere for a hot meal'. Now Princess Michael of Kent might be able to afford to have one made at home. She is to benefit from a £2.1million windfall after her husband, the Queen's cousin, had great success selling off the family silver.  

Health officials say a Tamiflu-resistant strain of swine flu has spread between hospital patients. Five patients on a unit treating people with severe underlying health conditions at the University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, were infected. Three appear to have acquired the infection in hospital.  

Anyone with half a brain can paste a song onto Twitter by pasting in the URL for a song. For some, that isn't enough — they figured out how to paste entire songs into the 140-character Twitter window. A free, open source program called SuperCollider (simplified instructions below) turns the short strings of code into music.  

Forward announcements of non-profit local events for Community Update to the Oakville Beaver, 467 Speers Rd., Oakville, ON, L6K 3S4; e-mail ablackburn@oakvillebeaver.com or call 905-337-5560. Free. Halton Multicultural Council Craft activity for Older Adults, 11:30 a. m.-1 p. m., Iroquois Ridge Older Adult Centre, 1051 Glenashton Dr., 905-842-2486, ext. 241. Halton Multicultural Council English Conversation Circle for Older Adults, 10-11:30 a. m., Iroquois Ridge Older Adult Centre, 1051 Glenashton Dr.  

"Why, no I haven't, sir. I've always assumed it was very difficult." "Nonsense! It's terribly easy. Step right this way and let me show you." Scene fades to black and we assume the mark got fleeced.  

Agents will be able to visit three new ships during the Association of Cruise Experts' (ACE) Cruise Convention next year. The event is being held in the QEII cruise terminal in Southampton from June 24-26, and will include business seminars, the main conference, a cruise trade fair and ship visits. There will be four ships in port over the two days - Cunard's Queen Mary 2 and three new vessels: Norwegian Cruise Line's Norwegian Epic , fresh out of the shipyard in France, and Celebrity Cruises' Celebri  

Cumbrian bed manufacturer Sealy has clinched a multi-million pound deal to produce beds for one of the world's most prestigious cruise liners. The company's Aspatria factory will manufacture 2,300 beds for Cunard's Queen Elizabeth, being built in Italy. The luxurious £365m vessel is due to sail for the first time next October.

This is a fantastic contract to win and is testament to the skills and dedication of our workforce in Aspatria.   -Steve Freeman

 

A community in Papua New Guinea that suffered a major epidemic of a CJD-like fatal brain disease called kuru has developed strong genetic resistance to the disease, according to new research by Medical Research Council (MRC) scientists. Kuru is a fatal prion disease, similar to CJD in humans and BSE in animals, and is geographically unique to an area in Papua New Guinea. In the mid 20th Century, an epidemic of kuru devastated a population in the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea.  

Here's a look at some of the events happening around Southern California this weekend. 5:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m. This district-wide open house party meanders its way from store to store, covering 16 blocks. The seasonal celebration is a feast for the senses with scores of in-store events, free gifts, treats, and street caroling on every block.  

Ok last comment I left I told you to listen to American Idiot. Yet you post all the comments that fellate yourself. Green Day - American Idiot is not Dookie.

we're gonna be the band that writes the song/That makes Israel and Palestine get along/We're gonna write a song as universal as "Happy Birthday"/That makes sure everybody knows/That everything is going to be okay/We're going to take that song/And we're going to play it/Eight weeks in a row on Top of the Pops!   -Eddie Argos