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Google Maps Adds a Webcams Layer Google Maps Mania reports that Google Maps has added a new layer to view webcam thumbnails directly on the map. Want to see what NZ looks like in this new style, check it out here .

Image via Wikipedia Recently up high in New Zealand house in London a blind testing for red wine was held. The Telegraph reports We hand in our sheets. Our marks are added together and a collective top six revealed. The first three spots (and fifth) go to Bordeaux and we nod our heads knowingly. Our fourth and sixth favourites though are from New Zealand; a pretty good showing, we all agree. Well done. Ripples of applause all round. But the real jaw dropping moment according to this article is when the makeup of those French placewinners was announced. They cover it well in the report.... Then the bombshell. The wines' identities are revealed and we gasp when we discover who was playing for the Bordeaux team. The three medal positions go to: 2005 Château Lafite-Rothschild (£975 a bottle), 2005 Château Mouton-Rothschild (£675) and 2005 Château Angélus (£295). Just off the podium, in fourth, is 2006 Sacred Hill "Helmsman" at – wait for it – a staggeringly modest

After they brought a complete restaurant earlier this year on the NZ auction site TradeMe for NZD$181 the girls have had some organising to do. With the help of Mike Pero and Cookie Times Michael Mayell the girls are on to what they believe is a winner to raise capital for their new venture. ....with cookies! Read the full story here

Rachel Say it isn't so.......does Fido really need this ...... This hand-crafted one of a kind dog house belongs to the actress/model Rachel Hunter and is designed by La Petit Maison. The other photo is of the interior of the dog house with terra-cotta floors and all, large enough to fit a human. There even weirder ones after the link. Story via eller.g

House Tour: London Green Home Green Home Tour An eco-conscious British architect built his family's dream home, resulting in a subterranean fun house that's self-sustaining through and through. What youngster wouldn't want to live in this home? Full Story here , at CookieMag

Image via Wikipedia Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou, the founder of easyJet, is callin g the bottom of the property market. Should you follow suit? The Telegragh in London reports... Optimists are starting to see green shoot appear amid the scorched earth of Britain's property market. In March, house prices rose by a modest 0.9pc, according to Nationwide Building Society – the first price rise the building society has reported since October 2007. FULL STORY HERE via http://www.telegraph.co.uk/