tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6090449821068399262024-03-13T10:08:10.832-07:00KENYANITE GLAMOURUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger249125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-609044982106839926.post-26963094796648839442012-10-05T08:23:00.000-07:002012-10-05T08:23:05.707-07:00Kenyan Mau Mau veterans celebrate victory in UK torture damages case<img alt="Mau Mau veterans Muthoni Mara, Wambuga Wa Nyingi and Paulo Muoka Nzili" height="384" src="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2012/10/5/1349449624849/Mau-Mau-veterans-Muthoni--010.jpg" width="640" />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px;">Veterans clap, cheer and dance as news comes through from London of high court ruling that they can claim compensation</span>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">The news from London was relayed from a mobile phone and suddenly the men and women who had been sitting silently in the meagre shade around a sun-scorched garden in Nairobi erupted: hugging, cheering, clapping, dancing and eventually raising their hands to the sky and praying.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">These veterans of Kenya's Mau Mau uprising had been waiting for hours for a ruling that vindicated their right to claim damages for the torture and abuses carried out by British colonial authorities.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">"I am very, very happy," said Wambugu Wa Nyingi, one of three claimants in the case. The UK government "has done justice because it is a just government," he said, speaking in the Kikuyu language and leaning on a wooden stick.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">In his written evidence, Nyingi, 85, said he was arrested in 1952 and detained for about nine years. He was beaten unconscious and still bears the marks from leg manacles, whipping and caning.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">"I just wanted the truth to be out. Even the children of my children should know what happened," he said. "What should happen is that people should be compensated so they can begin to forgive the British government."</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">The three claimants suffered what their lawyers describe as "unspeakable acts of brutality", including castration, beatings and severe sexual assaults.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Jane Muthoni Mara, another claimant, clapped and cheered as the ruling was relayed. She hoped the British government would compensate the veterans.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">"I'm very happy and my heart is clean," she said. Asked what she would tell her four children, she said simply: "I will tell them I won."</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">In her statement to the court, Mara, who is from the Kirinyaga district in central Kenya, said she was 15 when she was detained and beaten with sticks and a gun butt and had her legs stamped on. She was also sexually assaulted.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">"My life was destroyed because I now live in a township and I don't have a farm of my own," she said.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">"I am so proud of these old people," said Atsango Chesoni, the executive director of the Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHRC). "These people are the ones who allowed us to live, to go to school."</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">She said she did not know how many other claimants would come forward.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">"What we would like is a situation where the British just acknowledge that this happened, apologise and provide some form of compensation so that these people can live out their lives in some form of comfort," she said.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">After the ruling was announced, men in suits, straw hats or turbans, many brandishing traditional fly-whisks, and women in headscarves and colourful dresses danced around the garden behind the headquarters of the KHRC.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Professor Henry Stanley Kabeca, a historian, stood watching the celebrations. He said he was a "strong supporter" of the Mau Mau.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">"I feel delighted, completely vindicated. I got a bit demoralised in 1956 when our people surrendered from the forest as a defeated force. We only lost the battle, we won the war, and today is the climax of a long struggle."</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">The ruling also marks a kind of catharsis for Kenya, where the history of the Mau Mau movement has always been controversial. After independence in 1963, the country's first two presidents tried to downplay the group's role in the struggle against the British.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Kenya's most numerous ethnic group, the Kikuyu, was split between those who joined the insurgency, and so-called "loyalists" who sided with the British.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">"It lays the foundation for us to confront the ghosts of the past in a candid way," said George Morara, senior programmes officer at the KHRC.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">"For the veterans, it's been a long journey. Mandela said he took the long walk to freedom for 27 years. These guys have taken 50 years. It's been a much longer walk to freedom. So you can understand the sheer sense of jubilation. It's been a landmark ruling," he said.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Morara said the KHRC was travelling around the country interviewing thousands of people to determine who else might be eligible for eventual compensation. A legal ban on the Mau Mau was only lifted in 2003.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Charles Ngare, a member of the Mau Mau veterans' association, raised his hands above his head as a bearded man with a fly-whisk decorated in the Kenyan colours led a group prayer.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">The veterans "feel born again. They feel so happy in their spirits," he said. "This will make their spirits walk."</span><br />
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of the most memorable days of my daughter and myself life so far. Thriller Thursday at the
Paralympic Games really was a thriller, from beginning to end. We were lucky
enough to get tickets for the athletics and I had absolutely no idea what was scheduled
until I was reading the Evening Standard on the way. Not only did we have the
Jonnie Peacock/Oscar Pistorious head-to-head (which Jonnie thrashed after the
stadium erupted and chanted his name,) but also two more golds in the space of
an hour thanks to David Weir and Hannah Cockcroft. The stadium itself is
breathtaking and I felt completely overwhelmed after watching it on the telly
for weeks. Once you're inside it seems a lot smaller and you have a great view
of everything, wherever you're sitting. Singing the National Anthem three times
in one night and witnessing Paralympic history being made was incredible...
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I've decided to do a slightly different post sort of, ad hoc. I'm sitting here watching the closing of the Olympics of London 2012 (sorry if I'm in breach of copyright for typing the word Olympics, but lets be fair, that's what it is!) and I've honestly found the whole experience so emotional. <br />
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Before this year, I'd never really watched any of the Olympics, just didn't interest me, but this year, I don't know what it was but I made the effort to watch the opening ceremony, and that was it, I was hooked! I've watched all sorts of sports, rowing, archery, judo, basketball, diving, swimming, running, heptathlon, cycling and more - I've watched Britains and others get Gold, Silver and Bronze, and I've been happy for every single one of them. It's been an amazing experience, and I really regret not getting tickets and going to London to see some of it. But there's no point me regretting it, it's all done now :)<br />
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It's been an awesome spectacle of history and achievement, with women from some countries being able to partake in the olympics for the first time, to dozens of world records being broken - wonderful people like Mo Farrah doing our country proud, and seeing pure legends like Bolt - it's been a privilege. and not forgetting my fellow Kenyan men proud of you guys<br />
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One thing the Olympics being here has done, is made me want to get fit - I've been out walking more and I'd like to get closer to my old fitness levels. I've already been losing weight for a while now, so that I want to keep up more than ever :)<br />
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The closing ceremony has been somewhat emotional for me. I'm so sad it's all coming to and end, this great journey we've all been on - and what's been lovely, is that even just watching from home, I've felt like I'm a part of it :) it was fantastic to hear all the music, and see everyone having so much fun and loving it..!!!<br />
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So, thank you London 2012 it's been a pleasure and privilege.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-609044982106839926.post-29033464815034521592012-07-22T04:44:00.000-07:002012-07-22T04:44:14.467-07:00TRIPPLE EM PRESENT THE SUMMER ALL WHITE PARTY 2012see what you missed..<div>
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the gate crushers(not wearing white)</div>
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beautiful ladies n gent</div>
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ladies getting down</div>
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weuweee</div>
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lovely scenery</div>
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the boss</div>
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life is too short</div>
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men at work</div>
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the Djs in the house</div>
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lovely</div>
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beauties</div>
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gorjious shamii</div>
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the godfather</div>
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lovely couple</div>
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the A team</div>
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-609044982106839926.post-18695156978171519192012-07-18T04:23:00.000-07:002012-07-18T04:23:38.733-07:00How to Keep Spiders Away<img height="400" src="http://ts3.mm.bing.net/th?id=I4890473717498474&pid=1.1" width="396" />
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<span style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">I can't even begin to tell you how scared I am of spiders A few of these tactics have helped keep spiders away (I know they get rid of other bugs but my need for sleep is greater than that) for the most part.</span>
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<span style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><b>1.</b></span><span style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> Keep clutter at bay. Put washing and ironing away as soon as possible to stop spiders finding home in folded piles. Give everything a place and put it back in that place.</span><br style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><b style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">2.</span></b><span style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> Make sure all food (both yours and pet) is well covered. These attract flies which in turn attract spiders.</span><br style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><b>3.</b></span><span style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> Keep your garden looking spic and span. Store pots, tins and wood away from your house. Remove cobwebs and then brush paths with hot water, borax and a stiff brush.</span><br style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><b>4.</b></span><span style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> Rub lemon peel around door frames - inside and out. Apparently spiders aren't too fond of this for one reason or another.</span><br style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> </span><br style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><b>5.</b></span><span style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> Make sure your house is well dusted on a regular basis, don't give spiders the time or privacy to set up home. </span><br style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><b>6.</b></span><span style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> Gather conkers and line them around the exterior and interior walls of your house (when doing it inside check them once every couple of weeks just to make sure they don't rot).</span><br style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><b>7.</b></span><span style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> Burn cinnamon oil in an oil burner.</span><br style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><b style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">8.</span></b><span style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> Put one part coconut oil to 2 parts white vinegar into a spray bottle and spray around common spider entry points.</span>
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<span style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> P.S. How do you deal with spiders?</span>
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<span style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Skin feeling a bit winter-y and dull? Knock up this homemade brown sugar body scrub in a short few minutes for mere pence, and your skin will be feeling as good as new in no time.</span>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Homemade Brown Sugar and Vanilla Body Scrub</span></b></div>
<br style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><b>What you will need:</b></span><br style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">400g Light brown sugar</span><br style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">50g granulated sugar</span><br style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">1tbsp good vanilla extract</span><br style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">200ml olive oil</span><br style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><b>Method:</b></span><br style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><b style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">1</b><span style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">. Put all of the ingredients into a big bowl and mix together until well blended. If it is looking overly dry add some more oil and if it seems a bit on the wet side for your liking bung in some more brown sugar.</span><br style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><b style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">2</b><span style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">. Pour into a jar with an air tight lid.</span><br style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><b style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">3</b><span style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">. Use a generous lump on wet skin in circular motions and rinse with warm water.</span><br style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thriftyuk/6916859381/" style="color: #4f4f4f; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" title="Homemade brown sugar & vanilla body scrub by A Thrifty Mrs 1, on Flickr"><img alt="Homemade brown sugar & vanilla body scrub" height="427" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7045/6916859381_73bb6ab8e4_z.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; border-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: relative;" width="640" /></a><br style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><b style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Approx cost:</b><span style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> £1.15 plus jar </span><br style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">It smells delicious and makes for a great small gift or add it to a personalised pamper hamper if someone you know has been under the weather or recently had a baby. </span><br style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-609044982106839926.post-83077976744328662302012-07-13T10:00:00.000-07:002012-07-13T10:00:05.965-07:00Homemade Eye Make Up Remover<img alt="homemade_makeup_remover" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7120/7413092876_e60ff24949_z.jpg" />
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<span style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">It's pretty simple and I've found it works well on even the hardiest of waterproof mascaras.</span><br style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><br />
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HOW TO MAKE EYE MAKE UP REMOVER</h2>
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border-top-width: 0px; border-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: relative;" width="640" /></a><span style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"></span><span style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><b> </b></span><br style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><b>What you will need -</b></span><br style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Olive oil (the cheaper the better)</span><br style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Rose water</span><br style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Water</span><br style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">A kettle</span><br style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Bottle or dispenser of some kind.</span><br style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><i style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Measurements will depend on the size of your vessel. </span></i><br style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><b style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Method -</span></b><br style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><b style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">1.</b><span style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> Boil your water and allow to cool completely.</span><br style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><b style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">2.</b><span style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> Pour 1 part water to 2 parts olive oil into your bottle or dispenser.</span><br style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><b style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">3.</b><span style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> Add a few drops of rose water into the mixture.</span><br style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><b style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">4.</b><span style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> Shake well.</span><br style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">As with most homemade things like this you can adapt it to suit your skin, so if you have oily skin you may want to use less oil and compensate with more water, so on a so forth. </span><br style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Store away from sunlight and shake before each use. I use this with a cotton wool pad in a gentle sweeping motion and have found it both gentle, great at removing those stubborn dried on mascara blobs and really moisturising.</span><br style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Will you give this a go?</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-609044982106839926.post-25861971224504969142012-07-13T09:45:00.000-07:002012-07-13T09:45:07.661-07:00What not to donate to charity shops<span style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">In our current economic climate (wow, that didn't even sound like me) many more people are turning to charity shops as a cheap source of clothing, furniture and homeware. Plus fewer people are choosing, understandably I'd say, to try and sell what they previously would have donated. Charity shops are crying out for donations and many shops have sparse shelves.</span><br style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Whilst donations of goods are great and very much appreciated, there are some things you really shouldn't donate to charity shops. Always remember charities have to spend a considerable amount (thousands of pounds per shop) every year disposing of unsuitable items, so think hard about what you're donating - they are not a dumping ground for your broken crap.</span><br style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">I've recently spoken to two charity shop volunteers who've told me of some of the hideous things people have donated to the shops they work in and it made my skin crawl.</span><br style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span><h2 style="color: #999999; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; position: relative; text-align: center; text-transform: uppercase;">
<u> <span style="background-color: white;">WHAT NOT TO DONATE TO CHARITY SHOPS</span></u></h2>
<br style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><b>Soiled underwear</b></span><br style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Really you'd think it would be common sense but apparently not a day goes by where people dealing with donations don't have to deal with crusted up knickers and flaky, tangled tights. Who does this? Who?</span><br style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><b>Broken toys</b></span><br style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Sometimes it isn't obvious to someone who isn't familiar with a particular toy if parts are missing or broken. If a broken toy could in anyway endanger a child then it is safer not to donate.</span><br style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><b style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Faulty electrical or battery operated goods</span></b><br style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">If they don't work for you how do you expect them to work with someone else? Most charity shops won't be able to sell them anyway. If you do think some clever soul could tinker with them maybe advertise them on eBay but label very clearly as strictly for parts.</span><br style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">EDIT- I have been informed that some charity shops will accept faulty electical goods because they have repair contracts. However please, please check if this is the case before donating because a great many don't and will have to incur charges to dispose of these items. </span><br style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><b>Unwashed clothes</b></span><br style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Please just whizz them around in the washing machine and dry the clothes before you donate them. Yes many charity shops are glad of them even if unwashed, ripped or in bad repair (many sell them onto fabric banks either way) however I'd be thoroughly ashamed to donate dirty clothes (or dirty anything.)</span><br style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">One of the girls I spoke to said her charity shop makes money from selling on fabric items which can't go on to the shop floor. A lot of their time is taken up sorting through these items so if you do intend to donate badly ripped, stained or holey textiles they'll be very grateful of them, but they'd love you even more if you put it in a separate bag and label it 'RAG MAN' - they'll know what to do with it. </span><br style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><b>Sex Toys</b></span><br style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">No, just no. According to both the women I spoke to (who work in different charity shops) they have to deal with used 'goodies' at least once a week. What the actual frick? </span><br style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><b>Car Seats</b></span><br style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">If a car seat (children/baby etc.) has been involved in an accident it should no longer be used as it is no longer safe. Who is to know if a second hand car seat has been involved in an accident or not?</span><br style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="color: #3a312a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><div>
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In yet another horrifying incident of human flesh-eating this week, a student in Maryland allegedly admitted to devouring his roommate's brain and heart.<br />
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Alexander Kinyua, a 21-year-old Morgan State University student, admitted to murdering his roommate Kujoe Bonsafo Agyei-Kodie, who was reported missing last Friday, cops told the Baltimore Sun.<br />
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Kinyua's father called police late Tuesday night when Kinyua's brother reportedly found human remains -- a head and two hands -- in a metal tin in the basement. The brother and father left the room for a short time, but when they came back, the body parts had been moved and Kinyua was washing out the tin, the paper reported.<br />
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Officers searched the house and arrested Kinyua. The man allegedly confessed a shocking revelation: not only had he killed Agyei-Kodie by cutting him up with a knife and then dismembered him, he ingested parts of the victim's brain and all of his heart. He then allegedly dropped most of the remains in a Dumpster behind a church in Joppatowne.<br />
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It's yet unclear what Kinyua's motive may have been, but he was charged with first-degree murder on Wednesday. In another incident on May 20, he was charged with first-degree assault when he allegedly beat a fellow student randomly with a baseball bat and then fled into the woods.<br />
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The gruesome case comes on the heels of a similar attack in Miami on Saturday, in which Rudy Eugene, 31, was killed by cops while in the process of chewing off most of a homeless man's face.<br />
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Ronald Poppo, 65, is alive, but the bizarre flesh-eating attack left doctors with a literal puzzle in how to put his face back together.<br />
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-609044982106839926.post-91893848025303052492012-05-17T18:06:00.000-07:002012-05-17T18:06:22.327-07:00Big Brother 10's Sophia Brown dies, aged 30<img alt="Big Brother 10's Sophia Brown has died (© Channel 4)" src="http://db3.stb.s-msn.com/i/C4/227C4F6972489E3D1AAEF7D7ABE9.jpg" />
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According to reports, Big Brother 10's Sophia Brown has passed away at the age of 30. When she signed on for the reality show, the 4ft 11ins Londoner worked as a banking assistant.<br />
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She was the first official housemate evicted from the 2009 series of Big Brother.<br />
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There is no word as to the cause of death, but Sophia had suffered from Lupus since she was very young.<br />
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During Big Brother 10, Sophia was still living at home with her parents who described her as "hilarious".<br />
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At school, her proudest achievement was gaining an A* in GCSE English. When she was younger, she wanted to be a lawyer, but changed her mind.<br />
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Sophia listed her worst habits as randomly breaking into song, farting all the time and talking to herself. Her greatest attributes, she said, was being "fun, fierce and feisty."<br />
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Model Karly Ashworth, a fellow housemate, posted a tribute on social networking site Twitter: #RIP to Sophia Brown who was also on my series of Big Brother. Such sad news. My thoughts are with her family and friends. X<br />
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Lupus is a disorder of the immune system that most commonly affects women in their 20s and 30s.<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-609044982106839926.post-72143071240512073002012-05-16T02:33:00.002-07:002012-05-16T02:33:26.210-07:00Kula happy videos…..By all means….LYAO (Laugh your ass off!)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A woman has been left a multiple amputee following back-alley cosmetic surgery that went horrifically wrong.<br />
April Brown suffered life threatening infections after having silicone implants injected into her buttocks.<br />
The procedure was carried out by an unlicenced practitioner in Los Angeles, she said, with complications leading to several stints as a hospital inpatient.It was during those hospitalisations that she suffered the agonising infections.‘I got the butt implants eight years ago,’ she told BBC. ‘For five years, I lived in pain. Excruciating pain.’The mother-of-two said that the back-alley procedure was carried out at a ‘pumping party’ by a back-alley doctors. ‘They call it medical grade silicone,’ she said, ‘but a lot of it is industrial grade silicone.’<br />
Last year Brown’s health deteriorated to the point that she was left with no choice but to have all of her limbs removed.<br />
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Family values: April Brown (centre) with her two daughters, whose love she said helped her survive</div>
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<span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">We really don’t know how our friends feel about us, unless we have very expressive friends.’</span><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">In the past year, several cases of illegal butt-injections have come up.</span><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Among the notorious figures was Kimberly Smedley, 45, who pleaded guilty in March to charges she </span><span style="font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 21px;">operated an illegal butt-injection practice out of hotel rooms in Baltimore, Washington, Detroit, Philadelphia and New York.She kept the silicone in a water jug for the procedures – and used ‘super glue with cotton balls to prevent silicone leaking out’ of the women’s flesh. </span></span><span style="font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">Smedley was investigated last year after one woman fell seriously ill from receiving silicone injections.</span><span style="font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">She was arrested at a hotel in Washington D.C. as she was preparing to see customers for treatments .</span><span style="font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">Smedley, who faces five years in prison, will be sentenced in July. </span><span style="font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">Illegal silicone injections, often used by sex workers and those in the transgender community to alter their appearance, are incredibly dangerous and can even be life-threatening.</span></div>
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Convicted: Kimberly Smedley faces five years in prison for running an illegal butt-injection practice</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">U buy panties at Muthurwa market u come to fb & write</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">"I love Victoria Secrets" #GodIsWatchingU.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">U r a married man/woman with 2 kids & on Fb u always claim to be single...dnt 4get</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">#GOD IS WATCHING.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">21yrs old & ur dating a woman/man of 54yrs old,ur update says "Can't wait to see my baby" #Godiswatchingu(Is that ur baby or ur daddy/mummy</span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">?)<br />Ur heading ocha & stranded @ Machakos Country bus n u update "Flight Delayed"<br />#GodIsWatchinU<br />Ur drinking Flying Horse & Yokozuna yet u update Johnny Walker on the rocks<br />#GodIsWatchingU<br />Hakunanga stima kwenu but wen there no lyts in the estate ur the 1st to update,Damn kplc or f*#k kplc#Godiswatching.<br />Ur @ home watching inspekta mwala,u update "@nakumatt galleria watching The Hangover 4"(which has neva bin written)..remember #GodIsWatching.<br />Ur boyfriend has left ur house with a bodaboda & u update "drive carefully boo" #God is watching</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-609044982106839926.post-81223769632692337712012-05-13T15:47:00.000-07:002012-05-13T15:47:31.932-07:00Horror as ‘dead’ man walks home<img src="http://medicalnoise.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/toe-tags-barcode.jpg" />
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The sad news hit the family like a thunderbolt. Their son, George Namwetako, was no more. They thought of the many things they wanted to tell him — if only they had a second chance.<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 1.5em;">They went ahead and prepared for his funeral. They wailed and fellow Sirisia villagers in their Bungoma County came to assist in preparing for the send off. </span>As they went ahead with the ceremony in May last year, some of them wished that the deceased could walk home alive.</span>In what was supposed to be his first anniversary, this dream pleasantly came true as Namwetako, 36, walked home.At first, everyone who saw him took cover, for the last person they know to have resurrected was Jesus Christ.His mother, Judith Nanjala, says: “We wanted to run away because we thought it was a ghost.”Wrong body But a closer look and his voice revealed that, for sure, that was their son. Then, whom did the family burry? “That is when we realised we had buried a wrong body,” said a shocked mother.<span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 1.5em;">Last year, the family was informed that their son had died and was in Vihiga District Hospital mortuary.</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 1.5em;">They confirmed the name of the deceased was similar to their kin’s but it was not easy to identify the badly decomposed body, which had been in the morgue for ten months.</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 1.5em;">To get the body from the mortuary, some 70km away, the family had to raise money to offset a Sh105,000 bill.</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 1.5em;">They held several funds drives and even sold a piece of land and cow to meet the cost.</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 1.5em;">They were finally ready and headed to the mortuary in a convoy of vehicles.</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 1.5em;">“It was an emotional journey. Namwetako’s friends scrambled for space in the few vehicles to join the family for the procession to the mortuary,”</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 1.5em;">Laid to rest. </span><span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 1.5em;">Nanjala says they did all that was required as per the community’s traditions and they laid him to rest in an emotional ceremony in the homestead.</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 1.5em;">Last Friday, the family was faced with another crisis; how to welcome a ‘dead’ man home. The family turned to elders for advice. </span><span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 1.5em;">“In such odd situations some rituals must be done to cleanse him because he is a bad omen,” says Nanjala. Elders say, a black sheep has to be slaughtered for his cleansing.</span>When villagers came to terms with Namwetako’s unexpected return, they shouted and danced with joy.His grandmother Redempta Barasa joined them in welcoming him back into their midst. But this upset his father who, apart from refusing to grant the media an interview, vowed never to allow the ‘dead man’ back into his home.<span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 1.5em;">No handshake </span><span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 1.5em;">However, his father said he would only allow Namwetako back into the family after he is cleansed and refunds the money for the mortuary fee and burial expenses.</span></div>
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Namwetako explained that he had left home in 2008 to look for a job and was employed as a farmhand in Bondo where he had been staying all the while.As they ponder over the latest happenings in their lives, the family is waiting for police to come and exhume the wrong body.</div>
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If Kim Kardashian thought she would become BFF’s with Jay-Z and Beyonce because of her romance with Kanye West then the brunette is going to be bitterly disappointed as the couple have reportedly banned her from their inner circle.<br />
In an embarrassing development it seems the A List couple have no intention of ever socialising with the reality TV star and have warned Kanye West that she is not welcome.<br />
“[Beyonce] wasted no time in banning Kim from being invited into their inner circle, which is exclusive to say the least,” an insider told Heat Magazine.<br />
“Beyoncé is used to hanging out with Chris Martin and Gwyneth Paltrow- she’s in a totally different league.” They added.<br />
It seems the ‘Love On Top’ star is unimpressed by Kim’s rise to fame and exploitation of her personal life, something Beyoncé has kept strictly private.<br />
“Beyoncé doesn’t want to bring that reality show infamy and drama into a personal life.” Another source told HollywoodLife.com.<br />
“The Beyoncé the world knows and the Beyoncé/Jay-Z that her close friends know are completely different and she wants to keep it that way.”<br />
It isn’t just Kim's love of the camera that seems to have rubbed the mega-star up the wrong way, The new mum reportedly thinks Kim is “tacky” as well.<br />
While the birth of baby Blue saw the couple shell out thousands to ensure privacy, Kim made millions from putting her wedding day on TV something the ‘Countdown’ star would never do.<br />
“Bey thought Kim’s TV wedding was really tacky,” the source told Heat Magazine.<br />
No double date then?!<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-609044982106839926.post-7299088530705738692012-05-08T06:33:00.001-07:002012-05-08T06:33:20.648-07:00proud to be kenyan<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Kim Kardashian not only got a pair of KW earrings to rep her new man Kanye West, she also got to push his luxury whip! Things must actually be serious between these two, if 'Ye is letting Kimmie handle his machinery.<br />
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Lana Del Rey paired dark lips with a custom Joseph Altuzarra ensemble for the 2012 Met Gala.<br />
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Rihanna arrives at the 2012 "Schiaparelli And Prada: Impossible Conversations" MET Gala red carpet in Tom Ford.<br />
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Solange arrives at the 2012 Met Gala alongside designer Rachel Roy.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-609044982106839926.post-59875249036814380892012-05-03T14:07:00.000-07:002012-05-03T14:07:23.877-07:00Testicle Squeezing In Street Fight Causes Man's Death<img alt="Testicle Squeezing Death" height="292" src="http://i.huffpost.com/gen/584773/thumbs/s-TESTICLE-SQUEEZING-DEATH-large.jpg" width="400" />
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There are worse ways to die, but you probably don't want to think about them, especially if you're a guy.<br />
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A Chinese man was reportedly killed last week when a woman squeezed his testicles until he collapsed during a fight over a parking space.<br />
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An unidentified 41-year-old woman in China's Haiku City in the Hainan Province rode into town on her scooter to pick her child up from school. The woman tried to park in front of a local store, but the store owner, the 42-year-old victim, refused to allow it, China News 24 reported.<br />
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The resulting fight escalated, leading the woman to call her husband and brother, who in turn got into a more violent fist fight with the shopkeeper, according to the website. At some point in the fracas, the woman grabbed the man's testicles and squeezed them until he collapsed. He was taken to a hospital for treatment and later died.<br />
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Parking disputes can get ugly just about anywhere. On March 26, Louisiana resident Shawntay Brown, 19, was arrested for biting a 15-year-old's breast during a brawl in Monroe.<br />
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An affidavit in the case included a police officer's statement that the 15 year old "showed me the bite mark."<br />
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A video is said to show Brown running after the younger girl and biting her on a tender spot, the Smoking Gun reported.<br />
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Brown contends that the other girl bit her first.<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-609044982106839926.post-39051297067223145922012-04-29T06:03:00.002-07:002012-04-29T06:03:35.862-07:00beauty of the day<br />
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Miss Jestina George..looking all Lush<br />
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Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon have made it tradition to renew their vows every year and they up the ante with romantic locations and they definitely hit the nail on the head this year.</div>
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The couple was spotted doing some baby shopping earlier in the day but once the sun went down the lovebirds ditched their day clothes and put on their best to celebrate their 4th anniversary.</div>
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Mariah wore an off white mermaid gown while her hubby rocked a white suit and black tie. Nick even got on his knee and proposed once more with what else in the background? The gorgeous Eiffel Tower of course.</div>
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How romantic!</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0