Pakistan Appeal

British public pledges £5m to Pakistan appeal

Donations to emergency Pakistan appeal fund match coalition government aid in only 48 hours as floods leave millions homeless

Food is handed out by aid workers to those in the flooded areas (Bilawal Arbab) The British public has donated £5 million in less than three days towards helping millions of people caught up in Pakistan’s worst floods in living memory.

The Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) said today there had been a “fantastic” response to a television appeal on Thursday.

The money raised, in addition to the £5m pledged by the British government, will go towards helping more than 12 million people affected by the worst floods to hit Pakistan in 80 years.

It is estimated that 1,500 people have died as a result of the heavy monsoon rains which arrived in the region last weekend.
Continuing rain claims more lives and the number of afffected people is reported to be over twelve million.

Bloomers - Summer Bouquet

Simple video demonstration about preparing a summer bouquet of flowers



What flowers would you choose to create an impressive bouquet?

Most would agree that having flowers delivered is the easiest way to send a bouquet but of course you could try to pick common wildflowers but they are mostly short stemmed and of little use other than to create a posy

On the subject of flowers check out the carpet of flowers as shown on wide open space

Dirty Coffee

The amounts of nasty chemicals in two cups of coffee exceed the quantity of nasty man-made chemicals than in a years' daily consumption of five fruit and vegetables.

So if the coffee does not harm us why are we irrationally concerned about man-made pesticide residues?

Women's Underwear -Get it off your chest

There are now so many pretty bras available for full-busted women that it surprises me when a someone who is only a 34DD complains that she can't find anything.

It also surprises me when full-busted women complain about price. I knew there was more engineering involved in large cup bras and other women's underwear, but your article helped me understand it better. One thing your article also reveals, although you don't write much about it, is how imprecise the term "full-figured" is.

Those of us who are designing clothes for women with narrow torsos and large cup sizes are using the term "full-busted" or "full-breasted" to distinguish our sub-category of fit. Now that we can find the right bras, it's time to find the right clothing to wear above them - especially in warm weather when tee shirts and summer dresses reveal more of what should be hidden beneath. I write about the challenge that this can be on my blog, BUSTED - In search of the Biggest Bras