June 3, 2010

If you hunger for power, you must stay hungry

Where have all the powerful fatties gone? The City and Westminster used to groan under the weight of excess blubber. From the fleshy first Prime Minister, Sir Robert Walpole, to the most celebrated fat politico, Winston Churchill, portliness has never been a barrier to power — until now

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June 3, 2010

The Unmentionable

In October 1964, on the Friday night after the Thursday general election, Harold Wilson, James Callaghan and George Brown decided that the new Labour Government would not devalue the currency. From that moment on, until the inevitable reversal of the decision, Tony Crosland referered to devaluation as “the unmentionable”

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June 3, 2010

Gaza’s waves will crash on Turkey’s shore

Somewhere, in some coastal briefing room, some Israeli officer must have told his colleagues of his plan for having commandos slide slowly, one at a time, on to the deck of a ship partially peopled — as Israeli sources had already warned — by fanatics who welcomed victory or martyrdom without discrimination. And somehow — intellects suspended — they must have agreed to what the novelist David Grossman, writing in the Israeli newspaper, Haaretz, described as the “insane operation” that left ten flotillistas dead.

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June 2, 2010

Turn America around before it’s too late

A recent letter on how crucial this fall’s elections are to the future of our great nation was perhaps the most informative and accurate letter ever written to your paper. I remember when I was young how much honor and integrity meant and how America was looked up to and respected everywhere. We have come full circle, from the most respected and admired to the most hated, and it wasn’t necessary.

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June 2, 2010

Cupcakes guaranteed to make you smile plus some kids’ cupcake clothing

These adorable smiley face cupcakes below are via the Facebook page of The Cotton Candy Shoppe . They can be reached at cottoncupcake at gmail.com (but they don’t sell cupcakes, I just wanted to share these because I think we could all use a smile)

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June 2, 2010

Pretty and yummy mini cupcakes in NYC

Pretty and yummy mini cupcakes in NYC Originally uploaded by Rachel from Cupcakes Take the Cake I love discovering new cupcake bakers! These mini cupcakes, at Jo Weldon’s book party for The Burlesque Handbook, are by thischickbakes.com (will link when I’m back online) . They’re delicious!

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June 2, 2010

Liza Launches Jewelry LIne

Divas and drag queens, get out your debit cards. Liza Minnelli is debuting her new jewelry and apparel line, The Liza Collection , with HSN on June 30th! Like the ubiquitous stylist, Rachel Zoe, Liza ‘loves herself a sequin’ so you can be sure the line will be littered with big costume jewelry looks, flowy pants and lots of shimmer ( check out Jewelry.com for more details). I saw Liza on the Joy Behar Show the other night, and she was wearing several pieces from “The Liza Collection”.

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June 2, 2010

Can you make a red velvet cupcake without the "red" part?

Over at Week of Menus , Joanne, who is not a fan of the famous red velvet cupcake, has posted a Paula Deen recipe for a “beyond velvet cupcake” that she ate and then adapted herself. What’s that? Well, it’s basically a red velvet cupcake…without the red

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June 2, 2010

Silk’s Pure Almond Iced Cocoa Mocha and a Giveaway

Mr.Healthnut helping himself a glass of mighty almond goodness. A nutritious addition in our diet,velvety smooth ,light and incredibly yum, Silk’s new Pure Almond Milk has taken an honorable space in our refrigerator,since introduced to me by the kind folks at Silk. Topping in the list of Nature’s best foods,almonds are attributed as a nut with most fiber,protein and load of essential anti oxidant(Vitamin E).Naturally low in fat and free of cholesterol,the almonds help in lowering bad cholesterol and raising the good cholesterol.Silk Pure Almond™ almond milk is an excellent way to get more of these healthy almonds into your everyday routine.The calorie smart Silk’s Pure Almond Milk is just 60 calories for a serving of Original flavor, and 90 for a glass of Vanilla.One can enjoy the almond milk in all the recipes were milk is used.I prefer it chilled from fridge,as is or in bowl of cereal or milk shakes

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June 2, 2010

Indianewsblast.com – Latest News, India News, Business, Bollywood …

Titan Industries is targeting a seven-eight percent share of the gold jewellery market by 2015, a top official of the Tata group company said here today. “We are targeting to achieve 7-8 percent market share by 2015. …

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June 2, 2010

Recipe of the Week: Summer Sweetness

This one is refreshing, fast and easy – not to mention tasty! A great thing about this recipe is that any combination of fruit may be used and it still will be delicious. Summer Fruit Parfait You need: A 10-inch prepared angel food cake, cut into 1 inch cubes 1 (32 fluid ounce) container vanilla yogurt 2 cups sliced fresh strawberries 2 cups fresh blueberries Directions: Cover the bottom of a large bowl with 1/3 of the angel food cake cubes Generously cover the cake with 1 1/3 cups of the yogurt Spread 1 1/3 cups of the strawberry slices and blueberries on top of the yogurt Repeat the first three steps two more times Serve immediately or refrigerate until ready to serve Makes 10 servings Looking for more yummy things to do with your summer fruit? Visit the recipe page on our web site

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June 2, 2010

Flower shop online

Send Flowers with Florist Delivery posted a photo: Send Flowers with Florist Delivery 1300 E Jefferson Street, Phoenix, AZ 85034 877-203-5651 info@sendflowers-onlinefloriststore-delivery.com www.sendflowers-onlinefloriststore-delivery.com Send Flowers with Florist Delivery specialize in flowers and gift baskets delivery for all occasions, including birthday, funeral, sympathy, anniversary, valentine’s day, thank you, romantic, congratulations, it’s a boy, it’s a girl, thanksgiving, Easter, get well and much more. We guarantee delivery of beautiful flowers and quality gifts that your recipient is sure to enjoy. Send Flowers with Florist Delivery is committed to customer satisfaction

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June 2, 2010

Send flowers

Send Flowers with Florist Delivery posted a photo: Send Flowers with Florist Delivery 1300 E Jefferson Street, Phoenix, AZ 85034 877-203-5651 info@sendflowers-onlinefloriststore-delivery.com www.sendflowers-onlinefloriststore-delivery.com Send Flowers with Florist Delivery specialize in flowers and gift baskets delivery for all occasions, including birthday, funeral, sympathy, anniversary, valentine’s day, thank you, romantic, congratulations, it’s a boy, it’s a girl, thanksgiving, Easter, get well and much more. We guarantee delivery of beautiful flowers and quality gifts that your recipient is sure to enjoy. Send Flowers with Florist Delivery is committed to customer satisfaction.

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June 2, 2010

Flower online store

Send Flowers with Florist Delivery posted a photo: Send Flowers with Florist Delivery 1300 E Jefferson Street, Phoenix, AZ 85034 877-203-5651 info@sendflowers-onlinefloriststore-delivery.com www.sendflowers-onlinefloriststore-delivery.com Send Flowers with Florist Delivery specialize in flowers and gift baskets delivery for all occasions, including birthday, funeral, sympathy, anniversary, valentine’s day, thank you, romantic, congratulations, it’s a boy, it’s a girl, thanksgiving, Easter, get well and much more. We guarantee delivery of beautiful flowers and quality gifts that your recipient is sure to enjoy

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June 2, 2010

Sunflower bouquets

Send Flowers with Florist Delivery posted a photo: Send Flowers with Florist Delivery 1300 E Jefferson Street, Phoenix, AZ 85034 877-203-5651 info@sendflowers-onlinefloriststore-delivery.com www.sendflowers-onlinefloriststore-delivery.com Send Flowers with Florist Delivery specialize in flowers and gift baskets delivery for all occasions, including birthday, funeral, sympathy, anniversary, valentine’s day, thank you, romantic, congratulations, it’s a boy, it’s a girl, thanksgiving, Easter, get well and much more. We guarantee delivery of beautiful flowers and quality gifts that your recipient is sure to enjoy.

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June 2, 2010

Flower delivery Phoenix

Send Flowers with Florist Delivery posted a photo: Send Flowers with Florist Delivery 1300 E Jefferson Street, Phoenix, AZ 85034 877-203-5651 info@sendflowers-onlinefloriststore-delivery.com www.sendflowers-onlinefloriststore-delivery.com Send Flowers with Florist Delivery specialize in flowers and gift baskets delivery for all occasions, including birthday, funeral, sympathy, anniversary, valentine’s day, thank you, romantic, congratulations, it’s a boy, it’s a girl, thanksgiving, Easter, get well and much more. We guarantee delivery of beautiful flowers and quality gifts that your recipient is sure to enjoy. Send Flowers with Florist Delivery is committed to customer satisfaction

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June 2, 2010

Send Flowers with Florist Delivery

Send Flowers with Florist Delivery posted a photo: Send Flowers with Florist Delivery 1300 E Jefferson Street, Phoenix, AZ 85034 877-203-5651 info@sendflowers-onlinefloriststore-delivery.com www.sendflowers-onlinefloriststore-delivery.com Send Flowers with Florist Delivery specialize in flowers and gift baskets delivery for all occasions, including birthday, funeral, sympathy, anniversary, valentine’s day, thank you, romantic, congratulations, it’s a boy, it’s a girl, thanksgiving, Easter, get well and much more. We guarantee delivery of beautiful flowers and quality gifts that your recipient is sure to enjoy. Send Flowers with Florist Delivery is committed to customer satisfaction

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June 2, 2010

A Mormon Image: Mormon Helping Hands

About 800 Members of the Sacramento California Stake and their friends donated more than 2,000 man-hours at the City of Sacramento’s William Land Park, which has seen its finding cut by 60 percent in recent years and its maintenance staff trimmed from 22 to seven employees.

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June 2, 2010

Daring Bakers : Chocolate Berry Pièce montée(Croquembouche) with Mango Cream

Never in the deepest dreams did I think of putting together a spectacular French wedding cake.Thanks to daring bakers club for making the seemingly impossible bakes,possible.Every daring bake( 17 so far) has indeed been a challenge,needs lot of planning ahead,thoroughly understanding the recipe before making any changes to it,allotting good amount of time for implementing the task,that could fail at first attempt but striving till succeeding should be the motto of a daring baker.The posting day is sure excitement in anticipation of fellow daring bakers creative takes on the challenge.I for one ,try not to deviate too much from the given original recipe while giving it a healthy make over,which is the best part of these challenges. The May 2010 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Cat of Little Miss Cupcake . Cat challenged everyone to make a piece montée, or croquembouche, based on recipes from Peter Kump’s Baking School in Manhattan and Nick Malgieri

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June 2, 2010

Mobiles back in the frame as bee killers

Actual research this time, just not much of it Strapping a pair of mobile phones to the side of a bee hive can lead to a dramatic decline in honey and bee production, researchers have claimed. Free White Paper – Data quality and cost reduction

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