British Isles made Sweet Eye Candy

This map is a real piece of eye candy - a model of the British Isles made completely from sweets.

Artist Paul Baker turned the UK into Sweet Britain using more than 4,000 sweets in a painstaking model that even includes iconic British landmarks such as Stonehenge and Tower Bridge.

Our sweet nation: A map of Britain made from sweets including Liquorice Allsorts, wine gums and humbugs

The two-metre-long creation, which took two months to make, also features edible miniatures of the Angel of the North, Silverstone racetrack, the Loch Ness monster, Hadrian's Wall and Mount Snowdon.

Food model artist Paul, 49, said the mouth-watering masterpiece took twice as long to make than planned because some of the sweets melted in the sun.

Paul, from London, said: 'It was painstaking to get every sweet accurately placed in each region but the final result does look good enough to eat.

'It didn't help that we had some hot weather in May, which melted the boiled sweets we used.

'The piece should last a long time because sweets are made of sugar, which is a preservative. You just can't keep it in a very hot room.'

Paul's 'Sweet Map of the UK' was made with dozens of different types of treats.

Standing tall: A liquorice Tower Bridge over a tasty Thames

Heavenly: A toffee Angel of the North

In a survey by Taveners Proper Sweets, 1,500 sweet-toothed Brits were asked for their favourite sweet, with the results mapped out according to each region's favourite in Paul's tasty creation.

People in the South East voted liquorice their favourite, Midlanders opted for jelly babies and the South-West and North-West declared wine gums their favourite sweet.

The Angel of the North, the 20m North-East icon in Gateshead, was recreated using toffees and mint humbugs.

Pre-historic Wiltshire monument Stonehenge is scaled down using green jelly babies and wine gums, while the Scottish Loch Ness monster is modelled using dolly mixtures.

Rising high: Mount Snowdon made from liquorice and a sugary Loch Ness monster

Paul even managed to produce tiny versions of Tower Bridge and Silverstone race track with Liquorice Allsorts, complete with jelly baby driver for the legendary British race course.

He said: 'The Angel of the North was the most difficult to create, it was amazing how the sweets worked so well to create it.

'But the Loch Ness monster is my personal favourite as I could be a little bit more creative rather than accurate."

Paul hopes to eventually donate the sugary UK replica to a children's hospital.

Tasty: The two-metre long map was made using the result of a nationwide survey

Tongue splitting

Tongue bifurcation, or tongue splitting, is a type of body modification in which the tongue is cut centrally from its tip part of the way towards its base, forking the end. In addition to being covered under laws prohibiting the unlicensed practice of medicine, tongue splitting is now banned in the U.S. military. Thus, by necessity, it is an underground practice (in the USA). The issue of tongue splitting has also divided bioethicists.




In most cases, the split is created through scalpeling or surgical laser. To achieve a more rounded and natural look, the upper and lower part of the cutting area in both halves are often sutured together with stitches during the healing process. This prevents sharp, unnatural looking edges on the new "tongues" which would otherwise occur.

Before splitting, some have a relatively thick tongue piercing where the base of the split is supposed to be, and wait until this is fully healed before going through the procedure, but the stretched piercing location will usually result in a visually different tissue than the sutured area.

Healing of the tongue takes approximately 1-2 weeks and during this time, the person will be unable to eat or even talk.

Tongue bifurcation is, however, not necessarily a surgical procedure. Self modifiers often choose to achieve a split by gradually tightening nylon bindings inserted through an existing tongue piercing over a long period of time. This method is long, arduous, and requires a high pain tolerance.

Tongue splitting is reversible but the reversal is even more painful than the tongue splitting procedure.

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In 2008, Forbes ranked Zuckerberg as the 321st richest person in the United States, with a net worth of $1.5 billion. He is the youngest person ever to appear on the Forbes 400.In 2009 it was reported that Zuckerberg's fortune had dropped below $1 billion.

Mark Zuckerberg Facebook founderMark Elliot Zuckerberg (born May 14, 1984) is an American computer programmer and entrepreneur. As a Harvard student, he created the online social website Facebook with fellow computer science major students and his roommates Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes. Facebook is a social networking site popular worldwide. Zuckerberg serves as Facebook's CEO.He has been the subject of controversy for the origins of his business and his wealth.



Time Magazine added Zuckerberg as one of The World's Most Influential People of 2008. He fell under the Scientists & Thinkers category for his web phenomenon, Facebook, and ranked 52 out of 101 people.

Early life
Zuckerberg was raised in Dobbs Ferry, New York, by his parents, Edward and Karen Zuckerberg both being Jewish. His father Edward is a dentist in Dobbs Ferry, New York, and his mother is a physician. He started programming when he was in middle school. Early on, Zuckerberg enjoyed developing computer programs, especially communication tools and games. Before attending Phillips Exeter Academy Mark went to school at Ardsley High School. While attending Phillips Exeter Academy, he built a program to help the workers in his father's office communicate; he built a version of the game Risk and a music player named Synapse that used artificial intelligence to learn the user's listening habits. Microsoft and AOL tried to purchase Synapse and recruit Zuckerberg, but he decided to attend Harvard University instead.

Facebook Founding
Zuckerberg launched Facebook from his Harvard dorm room on February 4, 2004. The idea for Facebook came from his days at Phillips Exeter Academy which, like most colleges and prep schools, had a long-standing tradition of publishing an annual student directory with headshot photos of all students, faculty and staff known as the "Facebook". Once at college, Zuckerberg's Facebook started off as just a "Harvard-Thing", until Zuckerberg then decided to spread Facebook to other schools and enlisted the help of roommate Dustin Moskovitz. They first spread it to Stanford, Dartmouth, Columbia, Cornell and Yale, and then to other schools with social contacts with Harvard.By the beginning of the summer, Zuckerberg and Moskovitz had released Facebook at almost forty-five schools and hundreds of thousands of people were using it.




























































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World's oldest church bells returned home

Historic bells reputed to be the oldest in the world have been returned home to St Lawrence Church, in Ipswich, Suffolk.

John Blatchly looks at the bells from St Lawrence Church in Ipswich Town Centre as they arrive back after restoration.

The five bells of the church, which date back more than 500 years, will soon be heard again after a £100,000 restoration project. It is said that they weren heard regularly by a young Cardinal Wolsey, a former Archbishop of York and adviser to Henry VIII.




But they have not sounded for two decades because of the poor condition of the tower they are housed in. A new steel and cast iron frame was installed eight metres lower than the previous frame in July.

As the restoration project took place the bells were taken to be cleaned at Whitechapel Bell Foundry in east London. The oldest of the bells date back to 1450 and together form what experts claim is the oldest Middle Ages full circle set of their type in the world.

The restoration was funded by cash raised from a public appeal by The Ipswich Historic Churches Trust last year.

John Blatchly, chairman of Ipswich Historic Churches Trust, said: "It certainly is a happy day and we're all delighted to see the bells back. We are very excited to think that these bells are coming back to be installed in a new frame.

"They were previously in part of the tower built in 1883 which was very pretty but flimsy. They will now be moved to a sturdier part dating back to the 15th century. The bells will be rung from a floor visible from the body of the church so everyone going through the doors will be able to see them through a glass screen.

"We estimate that they will be being rung as early as September 10."

Mr Blatchly said the Whitechapel firm was the best they could find and the oldest active firm in London.

"We received enormous help from the borough and the Elizabeth Walter Trust and also the Suffolk Guild of ringers and the public of Ipswich and Suffolk," he said.

Underwater Salon haircut

Underwater Salon hairstylist

It's weird when a friend confides in you her deep, dark secret and it's that she only allows her hairdresser to get cut underwater.

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Melinda French Gates married Bill Gates

Melinda French Gates (born Melinda Ann French on August 15, 1964) is an American philanthropist. She is the co-founder and co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and a former unit manager for several Microsoft products such as Publisher, Microsoft Bob, Encarta, and Expedia. In 1994, she married Bill Gates, founder, chairman, and former chief software architect of Microsoft. They have three children: Jennifer Katharine Gates (born 26 April, 1996), Rory John Gates (b. 23 May, 1999) and Phoebe Adele Gates (b. 14 September, 2002).

Bill gates Wife Melinda French Gates

Melinda Gates was born and raised in Dallas, Texas to Raymond Joseph French, Jr., an engineer, and Elaine Agnes Amerland, a stay-at-home mother. Melinda attended St. Monica Catholic School and was a standout in her class. She was valedictorian of her class at Ursuline Academy of Dallas in 1982. She earned a bachelor degree in computer science and economics from Duke University in 1986 and an MBA from Duke's Fuqua School of Business in 1987, and served as a member of Duke University's board of trustees from 1996 to 2003.She met Bill Gates in 1987 at a Microsoft press event in Manhattan. She is an alumna of the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority. She married Gates on January 1, 1994 in a private ceremony in Lanai, Hawaii.



Today, Gates also attends Bilderberg Group conferences and holds a seat on the board of directors of the Washington Post company.She retired from the board of Drugstore.com in August 2006 to spend more time working for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.The Gates' have donated more than US$24 billion to the Foundation.She is a practicing Roman Catholic.

In December 2005, she and her husband, along with musician Bono, were named by Time as Persons of the Year. The Gates couple received the Spanish Prince of Asturias Award for International Cooperation on May 4 2006 in recognition of their world impact through charitable giving.

She was ranked #40 in Forbes magazine list of the 100 Most Powerful Women in 2008, #24 in 2007,and #12 in 2006.

In November 2006, she and her husband were awarded the Order of the Aztec Eagle for their philanthropic work around the world in the areas of health and education, particularly in Mexico, and specifically in the program "Un país de lectores".

On 12th of June 2009 Melinda and Bill Gates received honorary degrees from the University of Cambridge . Their benefaction of $210 million in 2000 set up the Gates Cambridge Trust, which funds postgraduate scholars from outside the UK to study at the University.