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It’s seems you can’t buy your Apple, and have it!

Apples mind bogglingly greedy and evil license agreement It is at moments like this that I sympathise with the demonization of monopoly. What apple is implying by this declaration is akin to the flour manufacturer telling you that because they manufactured the flour, the cake you’ve baked belongs to them. If you find such reasoning […]

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Ah, the joy of being a woman!

“A woman has the last word in any argument. Anything a man says after that is the beginning of a new argument.” Saw the above on the profile of a male friend recently, and i must say that never was a truer observation made.

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Nutty Rhubarb Pie!

Ok, here’s the thing…I am not usually one for desserts as I don’t have that much of a sweet tooth; but with the advent of spring, there’s been a proliferation of eye-catching fruits and vegetables.  And so, when I caught sight of beautiful lean stalks of rhubarb, and bright-red strawberry while grocery shopping the other […]

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Ah, at last Spring!

and, its joyous, riotous heavenly colours! A dish for the season.

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Prince William and Kate Middleton

And so it begins… Hardly was the announcement of Kate Middleton’s engagement to Prince William out when the nit picking began.  First it was a report about Ms Middleton’s style of dressing – how much skin

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Pumpkin Yam Porridge

Where food and cooking was concerned, I was a child prodigy when I was growing up. Which was lucky for me because I remember taming my mother’s anger once with the dish below – that’s another story in itself, by the way.  For now, just look forward to having the recipe of this rich yellow […]

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You are not unattractive, you are just in the wrong country!

The only constant thing in life, they say, is change.  But if there’s an issue that will never change, it is mankind’s obsession over beauty: with the aid of the cosmetic industry, it is an obsession that’s guaranteed to remain on the agenda of everyone for as long as there’s life on earth. However,

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Words of Life

Dreams may be seedlings; but faith is the water that nurtures the seedlings. while words- yes word, easy to utter, easily forgotten words, are the matured seeds. Plant it and care for it fervently and it will surely bear fruit. It is for that reason that we ought to be mindful of the kinds of […]

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Reforms by Protest!

Are recent events in the Middle East the beginning of the end of the regions preference for the old ways of doing things? ‘We are tired of authoritarian government,’ that seems to be the message coming from the Middle East. In a move that spells doom for totalitarian rule in the Middle East, old-entrenched authoritarian […]

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Today’s Profile: Ann Pettway

Ann Pettway, the North Carolina woman accused of stealing a 19-days old baby from a Harlem Hospital in 1987, has admitted to the kidnapping, but said that she committed the act because she became ‘despondent’ after several rounds of miscarriages.’ If convicted, Ms Pettway faces a mandatory minimum of 20 years, to life, in prison.

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