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Traditional Christmas Cake You are never too young or too old to learn. Every year I make a bunch of resolutions for the Xmas period including making a traditional cake. Only this year has that resolution come to fruition (cheesy grin) and it was such a hit with friends and family that I decided to share this "easy to prepare" recipe with others in the hopes that they too could go out and impress the elf socks off everyone, enjoy and remember...dont forget to have fun. Christmas Cake Recipe What you need Ingredients 250g fruit cake mix 50g mixed citrus...

What is rubber? First, let's learn a little about rubber - the main material in rubber rain boots. Rubber is a natural product obtained from the sap of rubber trees. These trees are grown all over the world and grow well in humid climates. Vast plantations of rubber trees are grown in South America and Asia and many people work in these plantations. The sap is extracted from the trees and processed to produce vulcanised rubber, which has been specially treated to ensure that it does not bio-degrade as fast as it would normally do.  Since rubber is natural and is not...

Window mannequins are used to create attractive storefronts and gain the attention of passers-by. Used in conjunction with store product lines and display discount signs, window mannequins improve sales and in-store foot traffic by being front-line customer acquisition tools. One of the key principles of store management is having a successful visual merchandising strategy. Window mannequins form part of the foundation of almost any store's arsenal of sales techniques. No matter what type of store you run, whether it's a coffee shop or a hair-dressing salon, window mannequins are an important part of new customer acquisition. Window Mannequin Styles  There are many styles of...

Author: Karen Henry, Chief Designer, Bootkidz Ltd London, UK Email: karen@bootkidz.co.uk Google+ Facebook Twitter BHMADECO BHMADECO is an interior design and decoration magazine based in Greece.  The Boot Kidz featured in an article published in BHMADECO in November 2009. Joe and Chloe feature in the photograph. You can see the scan of the page from BHMADECO below.  Article Text (Greek) Title: Κολλάτε μαζί τους Joe & Chloe Καλόγεροι με φαντασία Ας συστηθούμε. Ο Joe και η σκερτσόζα Chloe είναι δημιουργήματα της αγγλίδας ντιζάινερ Karen Henry, διαθέτουν μεταλλικό σώμα και στέκονται σε μια σταθερή βάση από MDF. Οι πρωτότυποι αυτοί καλόγεροι, μάλιστα, έχουν φιγουράρει στη βιτρίνα της Gap,...

The First Wellington The earliest reference to the surname in genealogy website records is Peter Wellington, born in 1563 in Torrington, Devon, England. Ref: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/genealogy/records/peter-wellington_24343950 Origin of the Word Wellington The origin of Wellington is most likely from the town of Wellington in Somerset, England. It was originally known as Weolingtun in the Anglo-Saxon period and was recorded by the name of "Walintone" in the Domesday Book of 1086. Old English 'Weolingtun'  Earlier it was recorded that Edward the Elder gave land known as Weolingtun to Bishop Asser in exchange for the monastery of Plympton in Devon. Weolingtun meant "Wealthy Estate" in Old...