It's hard to ignore the fact that the Queen seems to have once flaunted a formidable figure.

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The queen, who can be hard to spot, because Carniolans are so dark, had been marked with a tiny yellow dot.

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Thanks to the "network effects" of these sites -- you join because your friends are already there -- it'll becoming increasingly hard to compete with the new king, or perhaps queen, of social bookmarking.

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In the past year teen queen Lindsay Lohan has gotten more press for her figure, her hard-partying ways and her dysfunctional family than she has for her acting.

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Her CV reveals an eclectic list of roles, ranging from the flaky housewife in comedy Bandits, to elf queen Galadriel in the epic Lord of the Rings trilogy, to hard-hitting Irish journalist in Veronica Guerin.

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It is reported that the queen likes a travel rug round her knees and used to wear a hard hat when watching stallions cover her mares (now she stands on a viewing platform, after health and safety advice).

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Lead researcher Dr Anne Lazenbatt, from the School of Nursing and Midwifery at Queen's University Belfast, said medical staff faced a tough challenge and needed support when making such hard decisions.

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