New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | yesterday
Little Maia Friedlander has just realised she has a twin, thanks to a revolutionary medical procedure that has turned her life around. The Epsom 5-year-old was born with a form of cerebral palsy which injured her brain and affected...
Bellaonline.com (Free subscription) | 12/01/2008
... of essential oils.SALTS: Some people prefer to use Dead Sea salt rather than regular sea salt. Epsom salt is also a favorite among people who make their own products. Rock salt can also be used in some recipes. You can find and of these salts at regular grocery stores or the super mart stores. If salt is to be used as a scrub, get salts that do not have big, coarse granules. Medium sized...
Kiwiblog (Free subscription) | 11/30/2008
... to 79.6%. One can also look at the split voting in each electorate . A few interesting ones: In Epsom, Rodney Hide got 89% of the ACT voters, 16% of the Greens, 21% of Progressives, 16% of Labour, 33% of Maori Party and 70% of National - over 15,000 National Party voters voted for Rodney. In Mangere 73% of Labour voters voted Sua, and 15% Field. In Nelson Nick Smith got 95% of the National...
Daily Mail (Free subscription) | 11/28/2008
... parakeet colonies thrive around south west London, including Richmond Park, New Malden and around Epsom.Parakeets were first reported in South East England in small numbers in 1969 and are thought to have become established because of persistent escapes or releases of pets which continue, illegally, today. Frustrated farmers may blame Humphrey Bogart or Jimi Hendrix. Legend has it the birds...
Times Online - Camilla Cavendish (Free subscription) | 11/28/2008
Why aren't banks lending more? There seem to be four reasons, First, the near-death experience has made them cautious. There is no upside for a branch manager in Epsom agreeing to roll over a loan that might later go sour. Secondly, the bleak economic outlook makes many businesses and households riskier than a year ago. Banks have to keep capital to finance bad debts. Thirdly, they are desperate...
The Debatable Land (Free subscription) | 11/25/2008
... stud. Among the famous racehorses he examined before they were purchased or put out to stud were Epsom Derby winners such as Galileo and Benny the Dip. When the 2002 Kentucky Derby winner War Emblem showed a lack of interest in the opposite sex, Mills made several journeys to Japan (where the horse was standing) and drew on his research with the Cambridge University veterinary school. This...
