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May 7, 2010

We don’t need Big Brother to work out council taxes

I don’t know whether to be flattered or offended that officials at the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) are studying aerial photographs of my garden. Maybe they would like to come round next time the village has an “open gardens” day. I would love to show them the wild meadow effect I am creating beneath the cherry trees and the explosion of spring flowers on what used to be the concrete patio

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May 4, 2010

Cheryl Burke Unwraps Countless Birthday Gifts from Chad Ochocinco …

The very lucky birthday girl won’t be going home empty handed. Partner Chad Ochocinco kept the gifts flowing all day long. Cheryl said she was “showered with diamonds” in the form of a necklace, which Chad says “symbolizes the heart.” …

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May 4, 2010

Sending birthday presents using packing boxes – A difficult choice

Anyone that is left with the difficult decision of what to buy their friend for their birthday would be well advised to take a look on the internet for some advice and tips. Websites that provide information regarding various gifts on …

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May 4, 2010

My 2010 Birthday Gifts! :D

Please NO rude comments! :) PS this was one of the best birthdays I’ve ever had ! :D But I’m pretty sure that next year it will be beaten! :D BTW here’s starsnow10 aka Nina’s link: www.youtube.com

http://www.youtube.com/v/frzf3Ttm6K8?f=videos&app=youtube_gdata

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May 4, 2010

Critics, change your tune – opera should be entertaining

I will never be accused of making the world a little more dull, a little more safe, a little more frigid; the boring qualities that human beings tend to gravitate towards, especially in the world of classical-music criticism. Don’t get me wrong, I deeply appreciate the scrutiny that Prima Donna, my new opera about a faded singer who longs for a triumphant return, has received

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May 4, 2010

Nights in Prestatyn, never reaching the end

The main text of an election is written in public speeches, debates, polls and gaffes. Beneath these lie the unreported footnotes, the tangential asides, the below-stairs gossip, the small but revealing digressions and details that constitute a parallel campaign universe.

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Nights in Prestatyn, never reaching the end

 

May 4, 2010

That Brit doesn’t know how to binge-drink

Strange, those unexpected stirrings of indignant patriotism. I had one yesterday, reading a news story about a wedding in Las Vegas. It wasn’t in a proper newspaper, like this one

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That Brit doesn’t know how to binge-drink

 

May 4, 2010

Impartiality is over: Cameron gets my vote

During my thirty-odd years of senior editorial responsibility for impartial broadcast journalism I never once revealed my voting habits, not even to my family.

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May 4, 2010

Off with their heads! Soon the cuts will begin

They would like us to think that their inspiration is Barack Obama’s The Audacity of Hope. But in fact, as the country prepares to go to the polls, the political parties seem to have been more influenced by Hunter S. Thompson’s Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail.

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May 3, 2010

Chambers hurricane expo had valuable information

Hurricane preparedness should be a topic of interest to all of us because we live in a low-lying coastal area. I attended the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton Chamber of Commerce’s Hurricane Expo, and I want to congratulate Bill Miles and his staff for a job well done.

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May 3, 2010

Balancing budget really not so hard to do

After spending more than a trillion taxpayer dollars in his first 15 months, President Barack Obama has appointed a debt commission to advise him on how to reduce the deficit and balance the budget. Any American family that has to live with a budget could tell him that spending more money than you take in will eventually lead our country into bankruptcy. Here are my recommendations:

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May 3, 2010

Birthday Gifts: Find Some Exquisite Birthday Gifts to Amuse Your …

A birthday gift can mean a lot than expectation. The birthday gifts signify love, affection, giver’s caring nature and also how special the recipient is. In the market there is wide range of exquisite and fabulous gift items

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May 3, 2010

Embrace your eccentricity this Bank Holiday

Seen anything daft yet? The May Day Bank Holiday weekend is the time of year when every eccentric in the land first comes out to play. But it is far more significant and telling than that about who we are and what we really believe in, particularly with just days to go to the election

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May 3, 2010

I want The West Wing, not The Office politics

As just about the only game show that Britain had not previously imported from America, the TV leaders’ debates made a lot of people uncomfortable. They seemed to reduce the election campaign to a popularity contest between three guys — and their choice of tie.

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May 3, 2010

Sanctions on Iran have failed. The US must target its oil

When Mahmoud Ahmadinejad walks up to the podium today in New York to deliver another blast of venom, the only proper response is for the US to hit Iran’s economy with much tougher sanctions than anyone has yet tried. That means targeting its oil industry, not just its leaders and its banks.

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May 3, 2010

Cleggmania could change the world’s elections

It used to be the case that UK campaigns were thought to follow the US lead closely: Clinton’s War Room in 1992 became Blair’s Millbank in 1997; Bush’s Compassionate Conservatism in 2000 became Hague’s in 2001.

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May 3, 2010

Once upon a time there were three leaders . . .

Fortuitously, as Greece struggles in financial meltdown, its satirists are this year’s stars of the Cartoon Festival exhibition in Shrewsbury. They are funnier than I had (naively) expected, but what struck me most was the glee with which these modern Greek cartoonists plunge into their heritage of myth for inspiration in their fiscal crisis.

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May 2, 2010

Tany et La Mode: Presentes de Aniversário – Birthday Gifts

These are some of the gifts received from friends and family, hope you like them. My Birthday was on the 24th of April but since I had to attend to a certification course last week (I’ll take the written exam on Monday so wish me luck), …

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May 2, 2010

The best tip for women wanting to have it all is: don’t bother

A wave of sympathy broke over the media sisterhood last week when the writer Allison Pearson confessed in her Daily Mail column that she was suffering from depression and was therefore no longer able to carry on; she said goodbye to her readers. The Guardian was quick to respond with dramatic headlines: “Women on the verge”, “Why do so many women have depression?” and “All too much”.

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May 2, 2010

It’s not just the Greeks – beware of all the siesta states

A new maxim for a new age: beware of Greeks bearing hastily written promissory notes. Or, actually, just beware of Greeks, full stop. It’s not looking good for them, is it?

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