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New Products at Serenata Flowers - It does not just have to be Saint Valentines Day to buy flowers

This weekend we bring you a selection of gorgeous new products at Serenata Flowers. With a product range that is constantly evolving you can be sure to receive the freshest seasonal flowers and the most up to date floral trends - whether you're shouting a statement or whispering a sentiment you can be sure Serenata Flowers will have the gift to match your mood.

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Tropical Paradise

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Orange Deluxe

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Purple Rain

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Egypt yesterday - Tahrir Square Celebrations Cairo / We hope that tourism will return switly to this country to assist the people

MEGATHUNDERFLASH | February 11, 2011 | 1 likes, 0 dislikes

EGYPTIAN REVOLUTION GETS RID OF DICTATOR HOSNI MUBARAK. OMAR SULEIMAN NEXT TO GO. MUBARAK SWISS BANKS ACCOUNTS - SAID TO HOLD MUBARAK ASSETS OF OVER U.S.$ 4O BILLION FROZEN. JUBILATION IN THE STREETS OF CAIRO, ALEXANDRIA AND ALL PARTS OF EGYPT. LIBERATION STRUGGLE AND PROTESTORS HAVE WON THE BATTLE AND NOW BEGIN PLAN B; PREPARING TO WIN THE WAR - FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS, ELECTING A NEW GOVERNMENT, ENSURING AN END OF MARTIAL LAW, AND FREEDOM OF POLITICAL DETAINEES IMPRISONED BY MUBARAK AND HIS HENCHMEN. SAUDIA ARABIA NERVOUS AS WITH ISRAEL, JORDAN AND THE REGION OF THE MIDDLE EAST. MUBARAK HIDING OUT AT HIS EGYPTIAN COASTAL RESIDENCE. HAS NOT APPEARED IN PERSON BEFORE THE EGYPTIAN PEOPLE. Massive protests at Tharir Square, Alexandria and other parts of Egypt as people of Egypt march on Egyptian State TV and Mubarak Presidential Palalce.

The above are the views of the publisher of this video and not that of the editor of this site

English to Arabic translation

يتخلص الثورة المصرية حسني مبارك ديكتاتور. عمر سليمان التالي للانتقال. مبارك حسابات البنوك السويسرية -- قال للاحتفاظ بأصول مبارك الولايات المتحدة أكثر من مليار دولار مجمدة 4O. ابتهاج في شوارع الاسكندرية والقاهرة وجميع أنحاء مصر. وفاز النضال والتحرير المتظاهرين المعركة وتبدأ الآن خطة بديلة، وإعداد نكسب الحرب -- انتخابات حرة ونزيهة وانتخاب حكومة جديدة، وضمان إنهاء الأحكام العرفية ، وحرية المعتقلين السياسيين المسجونين مبارك ورجاله. السعودية العصبي كما مع إسرائيل والأردن ومنطقة الشرق الأوسط. مبارك يختبئون في مقر اقامته الساحلية المصرية. ولم يظهر شخصيا أمام الشعب المصري. احتجاجات ضخمة في ساحة Tharir والاسكندرية وأجزاء أخرى من مصر وشعب مصر على مسيرة الدولة المصري حسني مبارك والتلفزيون Palalce الرئاسي.



أعلاه هي وجهات نظر الناشر في هذا الفيديو، وأنه ليس من محرر هذا الموقع

what am I doing? что я делаю?

Just got back from lunch with my nephew and family. Forgot to take my electric drill for him. Luckily he remembered the software for my Nikon D5000 and just downloading from the interent. Will put it on Lidiya´s Acer laptop just in case she will ever use it and the camera?

I might light a log fire tonight but most certainly I will watch the series "The Killing" 

I am hoping that in our reporting on this site that we can be impartial and make the world a better place to live for as many people as possible

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Только что вернулась с обеда с моим племянником и семьи. Забыли взять мои электродрель для него. К счастью, он вспомнил, программное обеспечение для моей D5000 Nikon и только загрузка с Interent. Поставят ее на ноутбук Acer Лидия просто в случае, если она будет когда-либо использовать его и камеру?

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Я мог бы свет камин сегодня, но, безусловно, я буду смотреть серии "Убийство"

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Я надеюсь, что в нашей отчетности на этом сайте, что мы можем быть беспристрастными и сделать мир лучшим местом для жизни столько людей, сколько возможно

Libya today - Benghazi Libya-lawyer Abdul Salam speaks cuneiform / Benghazi Libya-المحامي عبد السلام المسماري يتحدث

aplus81 | February 18, 2011 | 2 likes, 0 dislikes

تقرير: عمر الكدي-إذاعة هولندا العالمية/ تواصلت الاحتجاجات اليوم في أكثر من مدينة في ليبيا، وقد جوبهت بقمع شديد من قبل السلطات، التي هددت بـ "رد صاعق" على من وصفتهم بـ "المغامرين". وأدانت منظمة هيومان رايتس ووتش في بيان شديد اللهجة ما اسمته "الاعتداءات الهمجية لأجهزة الأمن على المتظاهرين السلميين". ونقلت المنظمة الدولية عن شهود عيان أن 24 قتيلاً قد سقطوا في أنحاء مختلفة من البلاد.


في بنغازي، ثاني كبرى المدن الليبية، اعتصم عشرة آلاف شخص أمام محكمة شمال بنغازي، يقودهم القضاة والمحامون أعضاء نقابة المحامين بالمدينة، وقرروا البقاء في الميدان الذي سيتحول إلى ميدان "تحرير بنغازي"، حيث أقاموا صلاة الجمعة، وصلاة الجنازة على أربعة عشر قتيلا سقطوا يوم أمس، معظمهم في شارع شارع جمال عبد الناصر خلال اشتباكات بين المتظاهرين وقوات الأمن الليلة الماضية، كما بلغ عدد الجرحى 48 جريحا.

الاستعانة بالمرتزقة
وفي حديث مع إذاعتنا أكد المحامي عبد السلام المسماري من ساحة المعتصمين، أن الأهالي في مدينتي درنة والبيضاء سيطروا على المدينتين، وطردوا الكتائب الأمنية والمرتزقة منهما. وكانت قوات الدعم المركزي في مدينة البيضاء قد انحازت للأهالي في مدينة البيضاء، عندما لاحظوا وجود مرتزقة أفارقة مما مكن الأهالي من إحكام سيطرتهم على المدينة. وتفيد أخبار لم نتأكد بعد من صحتها، بأن أهالي البيضاء بدعم من أهالي مدينة شحات وسوسة، تمكنوا من احتلال مطار الأبرق، وتدمير مهابط المطار.

كامل اللقاء
http://www.rnw.nl/arabic/article/304433

Benghazi Libya-lawyer Abdul Salam speaks cuneiform

Report: Omar Alkdi - Radio Netherlands Worldwide / Protests continued today in more than a city in Libya, ...

by aplus81 | 5 hours ago | 301 views

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Barclays (LSE: BARC.L) paid out just £113m in corporation tax in 2009, despite making a pre-tax profit of £11.6bn, according to chief executive Bob Diamond.

We are putting things into perspective as to who gets what - We think that shareholders and tax payers will not be impressed

Pre-tax profit of £11.6bn,

Corporation tax £113,000.000

Shareholders dividend  £285,000,000 

2010 - It said it was paying £3.4 billion in staff bonuses, down 7% compared with 2009. Pre-tax profit was also up a third in 2010 to £6 billion. (note - this does not tally with the figure above)

http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0215/barclays-business.html
Video below - Bob Diamond on Regulatory Reform at Chatham House

http://www.express.co.uk/money/view/228795/Barclays-to-double-its-dividend-payouts

Sunday February 13,2011
By Geoff Ho Have your say(0)

"BARCLAYS is poised to double its full-year dividend payouts to more than £570 million in a move that will bring some relief to hard-pressed pension funds and private investors.

Analysts expect Barclays, which will kick off the UK banks’ results reporting season on Tuesday, to announce a dividend of 5p a share for 2010.

In 2009, Barclays paid out a total of £289 million to investors, including pension funds. This was equivalent to 2.5p a share.

Aside from doubling its full-year dividend, Barclays is expected to announce pre-tax profits of £5.8 billion according to consensus forecasts. That is down from the £11.6 billion profit it made in 2009, which saw it sell its investment funds arm for £6.3 billion.

Full-year dividends from Britain’s big listed banks combined are expected to rise 13 per cent to £5.6 billion and it will be the first increase in payouts from the sector since the credit crunch hit in 2007.

It also comes despite the fact that both Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds Banking Group are barred from paying dividends to their investors, under the terms of their respective government bailouts.

Aside from the dividend increases, the banks are poised to announce that they have collectively made an estimated £24 billion in pre-tax profits, more than double the amount they made in 2009.

The highest dividend payout will come from HSBC, which is expected to pay more than £4 billion to shareholders, an increase of 7 per cent.

HSBC has paid a total of £13.3 billion in dividends to investors since the global financial crisis started.

Analysts predict that HSBC will produce a pre-tax profit of £12.6 billion for 2010, a 163 per cent increase on the previous year, which was blighted by continued losses at Household, the US sub-prime business which is being wound down.

Standard Chartered, HSBC’s arch rival in Asia, is forecast to increase its total dividend payout by up to 10 per cent to £936.3 million. It is expected to post a pre-tax profit of £3.8 billion, which would be its eighth consecutive record full-year profit.

Semi-nationalised lenders Lloyds and RBS are expected to report profits of £1.2 billion and £651 million respectively, after two years of heavy losses.

Last week the banks and the Government finally reached a deal that will see lending to businesses increased and bankers’ bonuses slashed.

The Project Merlin deal will see banks reduce the size of their bonus pools and increase lending to businesses by £190 billion.

In return, the Government has promised that ministers will no longer attack the banks and allow them to rebuild the industry’s tarnished reputation."

#F1 testing at Circuito de Catalunya Barcelona 19 February 2011 - Sebastian Vettel fastest

siliconchip | February 19, 2011 | 0 likes, 0 dislikes

Formula One Test Days @ Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona - 19th February 2011

Formula 1 test en Circuito de Cataluña 19 de febrero de 2011

Pos.     Piloto                 Equipo     Tiempo       Vueltas
1.      Sebastian Vettel    Red Bull    01:23.315    104
2.      Jaime Alguersuari    Scuderia Toro Rosso    01:23.519    96
3.      Fernando Alonso    Ferrari    01:23.978    90
4.      Rubens Barrichello    Williams    01:24.008    117
5.      Nick Heidfeld    Renault    01:24.242    41
6.      Kamui Kobayashi    Sauber    01:24.243    125
7.      Nico Rosberg    Mercedes Grand Prix    01:24.730    131
8.      Jenson Button    McLaren    01:24.923    54
9.      Paul di Resta    Force India F1    01:25.194    80
10.    Heikki Kovalainen    Lotus F1    01:26.421    58
11.    Vitaly Petrov    Renault    01:26.884    61
12.    Vitantonio Liuzzi    HRT F1 Team    01:27.044    70
13.    Timo Glock    Virgin Racing    01:27.242    66
14.    Ricardo Teixeira    Lotus F1    01:31.584    26


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Calendars 2011
NASCAR : Formula 1 : GP2 : MotorGP : European F3 Open : World Series by Renault

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Bahrain Protest - Saturday 19th February 2011 Protest outside the Bahrain Embassy

ahlulbaytTV | February 18, 2011 | 5 likes, 0 dislikes

Stop the massacre killing in Bahrain

Protest outside the Bahrain Embassy
Saturday 19th February 2011
2PM

The Kingdom of Bahrain Embassy
30 Belgrave Square
London
SW1X 8QB

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