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"The market for feed beans continues to enthusiastically support the available crop, " comments Roger Vickers, Chief Executive of PGRO. "Quality has been a major problem for many who took a late harvest. Even the colour of the very best quality beans will slowly deteriorate in storage, whilst wet beans and beans that had to be extensively dried are likely to oxidise much quicker making their suitability for the Human market more doubtful as the winter progresses. For feed these issues are of little relevance and the market presents are a valuable and welcome home."
Chris Collings, President of BEPA, comments that feed bean prices have slipped a little further in the last month and now sit at around £120-£125/t ex farm. The premium over feed wheat sitting at circa £18/t. Prices have been depressed on the back of a continued adjustment towards other commodity prices, general increased supply and especially increased abundance of feed quality produce following wet and late harvests. The good news is that buyers for the feed sector remain enthusiastic and committed to the crop meaning that the UK crop has a ready local outlet for the stocks.
Growers considering their crops for 2016 may wish to look at their marketing strategies with possibilities to sell forward. With premiums of circa £20 over November wheat futures being available, beans value at circa £148/t.
For Human Consumption Beans, with currency availability slowing exports, crop is being held in storage for a longer period. Only the best produce is going to hold visual quality through the winter. A marketing decision to consider is presented with premiums slipping to around £15-£18/t, those holding on to some crops in the hope of reaching the export market may be foiled by deteriorating skin quality and neither gain the benefit of a rising market nor early movement. On the other hand, top quality beans kept well in store may just make an improved premium if held back.
The overall message is that pricing, market and political issues emphasise the need for growers to focus on maximising yield and quality and retaining the quality in storage.
Turning to combining peas, marrowfat pea values of £275 delivered continue to command interest in exports from the Far East. Supplies appear to be sufficient to present a small carryover as we progress towards crop 2016. Prices will continue to drift towards the new crop values as the season progresses with new crop contracts set at up to £290/t ex. New crop contracts for crop 2016 marrow fats are available.
Large blue peas values continue to weaken for anything other than top quality and the market appears to be in oversupply with significant carry over likely at this early stage. This is reflected in the fact that unusually in the UK, yellow/white peas are currently trading with a £10-£15 premium over feed blues.
Feed quality blue peas are currently discounted by circa £20 to good quality produce at circa £133-£138/t ex-farm.
In International Markets, poor quality beans are a plenty in France and they are is apparently out of the human consumption whole bean market. The question is whether or not in looking for a market, French beans will be dumped at cheap prices into the UK feed sector, which could have a further negative impact on local values. In other parts of the EU, production ex Lithuania is believed to be of good quality and to have been well received. As this and limited Eastern European production leaves the market, its negative influence upon prices will decline too. UK produce is still preferred.
Canadian faba bean production has been increasing in recent years. Although still at a relatively low level it has this year exceeded local demand meaning that there is surplus. Depending upon quality (although it is thought to be good) this may at some point arrive in the Export markets of Egypt and others. Canadian pea production is circa 0.6 million tonnes lower than last year but consumption and exports remain at similar levels. Dry pea production in the USA is forecast to increase again, to exceed 400,000 ha and, potentially, over 800,000t.
In Egypt, currency availability continues as the main complication in bulk export trades. While, in Sudan, demand has been good but the window to this market is closing rapidly as the annual seasonal import restrictions come in to play.
The faba bean harvest in Australia still has some uncertainty in some regions. There have been well reported searing temperatures of late and the impact upon quality and quantity is unclear. Watch this space.


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Then he discuss one more incident about stranger talk too when he going to stranger talk from his posting to remote area and he travel around 10km from his posting to a park and start doing stranger talk. He find two persons was sitting so he think let's start with them. He meet to them and start talking like Hello My name is Arun and I want to talk with you for a minute but they became offensive very early and replied that why you want to talk with us. He said I just want o share some thing related to stammering facts. He replied why you want to share with us about stammering facts whether here in park more 3 dozens group and individual sitting. He said I find you randomly and start talking. They said, they not able to understand why you talking with them as here so many others members too siting. Why you choosing us? In last he has to with joining hands Sorry I choose you to talk. You please continue I find another.
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Air Force's C-17 crews train for night operations.
Traditionally, this dangerous mission has been conducted mainly by MC-130 Combat Talon aircrews of the U.S. Special Operations Command, usually in connection with relatively small, clandestine assignments. They have been supplemented, when necessary, by C-5 Galaxy and C-141 Starlifter crews from the Air Force's Air Mobility Command.
As demands for their services grew, however, Air Force leaders decided to experiment with the movement of much larger numbers of forces and equipment at night. For that mission, the C-17 became the platform of choice. (related story p. 37) The tactic has produced some spectacular successes, officials said.
In November 2001, C-17s landed in the dark on a dirt runway at Camp Rhino in Afghanistan, delivering 481 troops and 970 short tons of equipment over eight days. It was the first-ever C-17 combat dirt landing using night-vision goggles.
In April 2003, in one of the largest airborne operations since Normandy, C-17s dropped more than 1,000 paratroopers at night into Northern Iraq to seize an enemy airfield. Within a few days, a full brigade--the Army's 173rd Airborne Brigade, based in Vincenza, Italy--was on the ground in the Kurdish-controlled region, which had been denied to U.S. forces when neighboring Turkey refused to allow them to pass through its territory.
The eight-hour nighttime flight from Italy's Aviano Air Base was the first time that the Globemaster was used to insert paratroopers during combat. The drop included about 20 airmen who, once they hit the ground, rapidly prepared the airfield to be used by U.S. aircraft. (related story p. 39)
"This is a historic milestone in the evolution of the C-17," said Air Force Gen. John W. Handy, head of the U.S. Transportation Command and the Air Mobility Command, in a published statement.
The C-17 has been used many times in airborne training missions and was instrumental in Afghanistan in humanitarian airdrops of fired rations, but this was the first time the Globemaster was used as a platform to insert paratroopers during combat, officials said.
Aircraft and aircrews from Charleston Air Force Base, S.C.; and McChord Air Force Base, Wash., worked closely with planners from the Tanker Airlift Control Center at Scott Air Force Base, Ill., and the U.S. Central Command to execute the mission.
The airdrop "put 1,000 paratroopers on target, on time, despite the weather," explained Air Force Capt. Matt Meloeny, chief of standardization and evaluation for the 62nd Air Wing's 8th Airlift Squadron, at McChord. The 62nd conducted the drop.
"We needed to be able to see the drop zone," he said. "There were huge sand storms coming from the south. We had a number of different forecasters telling us different things. It wasn't until we were in-flight that the final call [to go in] was made."
The aircraft turned down their lights as much as possible to make it harder for them to be seen by enemy ground forces, Meloeny said. "Of course, that made it more difficult for us to see our leaders," he said."
As it turned out, the crews saw little sign of Iraqi forces. "My co-pilot saw some flares off to the south," Meloeny said. "But we're pretty sure that was coalition fire."
To operate at night, the C-17 crews wore binocular-style AN/AVS-9 (F4949 Series) NVGs, produced by ITT Industries Night Vision, of Roanoke, Va. "They definitely helped," he said.
The goggles are used particularly in taking off and landing at night, without any other form of lighting, to minimize the threat from enemy ground fire. "If they can't see you, they can't shoot you down," said Air Force Maj. Reggie Smith, chief of the AMC's Tactical Airlift Branch for C-17s and C-130s.
The AMC formed a team to begin training C-17 crews in night operations in the fall of 2001, just before the beginning of Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan, Smith explained.
"It became evident that we had to rule the night," he said. "The idea was to see if we could introduce NVG operations into the 'slick' (non-special operations airlift) community."
The Night Operations Team started five NVG training programs, Smith said. The first Globemaster crew qualified in 10 days. That time period has since been shortened to five days, he said. For its efforts, the team received a 2003 Air Force Chief of Staff Team Excellence Award.
The standard NVG for Air Force and Navy aircraft is the F4949. The Air Force has bought more than 5,000 of them over the past decade, said ITT Marketing and Communications Manager Laurel Holder.
The F4949 is available in fixed-wing and rotary-wing versions, explained Jim Soderberg, ITT's marketing manager for the Air Force and the Air Force Special Operations Command. The fixed-wing variety features a front-mounted battery pack, which uses four AA alkaline batteries that allow operation for more than 16 hours.
An optional battery-pack adapter enables connection of the fixed-wing F4949 to a rear-mounted battery pack, providing the same operational time as the rotary-wing version when ejection is nor a consideration. An optional clip-on power source enables handheld operation of the binoculars without use of a flight helmet.
Night vision takes the small amount of light that is available after sunset, such as moonlight or starlight, and converts the light energy (photons) into electrical energy (electrons).
The heart of a night-vision product is the image-intensifier tube. It consists of three components--the photocathode, the plate, (MCP) and the phosphor screen. The photocathode senses the smallest amount of light in the night sky, that the human eye may not detect and converts it into electrons.
The electrons enter the MCP--a thin disk the size of a quarter--where they are multiplied thousands of times. The electrons then strike the phosphor screen, releasing photons and creating a characteristic green glow. The image has been greatly intensified to a visible level of brightness. The result, Holder said, is somewhat like watching a television screen.
The F4949 is called a third-generation night-vision system. Rudimentary night-vision equipment--an infrared sniper scope, with a range of less than 100 yards--was developed during World War II. In 1954, the Army Corps of Engineers established an Engineer Research and Development Laboratory, with a Research and Photometric Section to focus on further development of night vision. This section evolved into the Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate.
In the mid-1960s, the directorate, headquartered at Fort Belvoir, Va., fielded the first generation of passive night-vision devices for U.S. troops, including a Small Starlight Scope that could be mounted on a rifle or handheld. The scope was put to use quickly in Vietnam, where U.S. forces fought an enemy that operated at night.
Since then, scientists and engineers have developed a second and a third generation of night-vision gear. In the early 1980s, ITT fielded the AN/AVS-6 Aviators' Night Vision Imaging System, allowing rotary-wing aircrews to operate at night.
The F4949, with rotary and fixed-wing versions, was introduced in 1992. More than 13,000 of them are in service in 34 countries worldwide, Holder said.
The Air Mobility Command, for its part, is planning to expand its night-operations capability, Meloeny said. "We want to move quickly to qualify all of our aircrews for NVG," he said.
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Music at St. Pauls
Music plays an important role in the lives of the members of St. Paul's Church. The Chancel Choir is a hard working and dedicated group. Choir-sponsored events and concert/services are very well supported by the membership of St. Paul 's.
Our choir is very capable of performing difficult and challenging music and often sings a cappella music for morning worship and special services. We are also fortunate to have an Aeolian-Skinner organ, built by one of the premier organ builders in the world, which has been maintained in excellent condition.
The choir has been privileged to perform with accomplished musicians associated with world-renowned organizations such as the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Curtis Institute of Music.
St. Paul's has hosted free community concerts by Chester Children's Chorus, Widener University Chorus and Lincoln University Chorus.
St. Paul's also has two octaves of hand bells for the creation of a Hand Bell Choir which will enhance our anthems and worship.


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Bruichladdich The Classic Laddie Scottish Barley
Bruichladdich The Classic Laddie Scottish Barley, 50% ABV, NCF, NC, 250 Shekels in Israel
This is the new standard expression from Bruichladdich, now 100% under the reigns of Master Distiller, the young Adam Hannett. We are all expecting great things from him, having been trained by the master of master distillers himself, Jim McEwan.
Triple Distillation.
So, this expression is what they call a "Multi Vintage" which is just a fancy way of saying that the single malt is made up of a number of casks from different sources, containing spirit having been matured for varying amounts of years. What all the casks have in common though is that the spirit has all been triple distilled. Triple Distillation is quite common in Ireland but in Scotland, only Auchentoshan, just north of Glasgow, and Springbank in the Campbeltown region, triple distil on a regular basis. Benromach have recently come out with a triple distilled expression but again, this is a one off. So it is interesting that Adam Hannett should dafka choose for his brand's standard expression, a triple distilled single malt whisky.
Triple distilling creates a more refined, cleaner and purer spirit. In theory, this produces a lighter and more delicate spirit whisky similar to having very tall stills or an inclined lyne arm which will produce more reflux (when the spirit runs back into the still to be re-boiled and vaporised again).
I think most distilleries choose not to triple distil because the sprit created is too refined and pure! Some say it is similar to chill-filtering in the sense that it removes a lot of the natural barley oils and reduces the malted barley flavour influences as well as body and weight to the whisky. To me, that doesn't sound like a good thing!
Technically, being a "multi vintage" expression and neglecting to state the age of the youngest cask used in the vatting on the bottle, this is officially a No Age Statement of NAS whisky. However, if you go to the Bruichladdich site and type in your 5-digit Product code, printed on the side of the bottle, you will come to a page where they will list every single cask, cask type, how long the spirit had matured in that cask, what had previously matured in the cask and how many times each cask had been used to mature spirit before! So why not state this on the bottle or include a brochure inside the can with all these details? Because Bruichladdich don't want to get into the same trouble Compass Box did when they stated this detail. The big whisky companies took them to court!
See my previous articles on this topic:
So, on my bottle the product code looks like this:
By the way, if you hadn't realised, "17/208" means Year 2017, Day 208.
Googling "208th day in 2017" you get the result: 27/28th July 2017
The Date below actually says bottled "2017 07 28".
Name Confusion
If you watch the official Bruichladdich distillery YouTube video it is titled "The Classic Laddie -Scottish Barley", yet they show bottles of whisky labelled "The Scottish Barley"
After watching other reviews of this whisky, I have noticed an awful lot of confusion amongst whisky reviewers both in blogs and on YouTube as to exactly what the name of the expression actually is, which they are reviewing.
So, for clarity sake, I will try and clear up the confusion.
There is a Travel Retail expression called "The Organic Scottish Barley" which comes in an almost identical packaging to this one. I reviewed this whisky here:
There was also a limited Edition which they released called "The Laddie Classic 01", (notice that the "Classic" and "Laddie" have been swapped round). This was bottled at 46% abv back in 2009 and intended to showcase the classic 'Laddie style'. This also comes in an almost identical bottle and can.
When the expression which we are reviewing here, first came out (with Jim McEwan listed as the Master Distiller), it was titled "The Scottish Barley" in large characters and underneath in tiny letters – "Classic Laddie".
This latest packaging is printed with "The Classic Laddie" in large characters and underneath in tiny letters – "Scottish Barley". However, if I am not mistaken, both bottles are actually the same expression, but now rebranded with Adam Hannett listed as the Master Distiller.
The Ocean Blue colour of this medicine style bottle certainly stands out on the shelf. You can recognise a Bruichladdich from 20 metres away or more. Overall, packaging is very stylish and I appreciate that plastic disc they put inside at the bottom of the tin to stop the bottle rattling about. Nice touch! However, I have the same criticism as the Octomore packaging. These totally opaque bottles mean you cannot see how much whisky is in the bottle, even if you hold the bottle up to the light! It's like buying a million Pound sports car only to find out it has no Fuel gauge in the dash board. When politely enquiring, they condescendingly inform you that "when it runs out, it runs out!"
Opening the Bottle and finding manufacturing faults
Upon opening the bottle, I immediately noticed that there was a problem with the cork. It does happen occasionally. There was black muck around the inside rim of the bottle neck and the cork had holes in it. Upon closer inspection of the cork, bits of cork were crumbling off it. Squeezing the cork, it felt very spongy and dripping with whisky. It was a good thing I save the whisky corks of empty bottles because I happened to have an exact match from an old bottle of the organic Scottish Barley. I wrote to Bruichladdich just to inform them for Quality Control purposes but don't expect a reply until after their holiday season.
When writing such emails, it is a good idea to be as precise as possible as to what the problem is, state the Expression name, the production code (found usually near the bottom of the bottle), and even better, include photos of the bottle, product code and the actual fault.
I once had A "The Glenlivet Nadurra 16" where the cork tour right off in my hand! The strangest thing I ever came across though was once, I bought a Scapa 14 whose box was printed upside down. This was a little dangerous as when I picked it up, the bottle almost fell out and smashed on the ground.
From my experience, they are very appreciative to receive such emails as it helps find quality control problems in the production process. However, don't expect a credit voucher or a free glass, let alone a free bottle. They have never offered me anything!
In general, if the whisky is bad, take it straight back to the shop where you bought it. It is their responsibility to replace it.
So, was my whisky spoilt?
I don't think it has impacted negatively on the whisky. On the contrary. Unlike the Organic which was very feisty, sharp with a lot of spirit heat burn, this Classic Laddie wasn't at all. I wonder if this is its normal character or whether slight air leakage from the cork has actually improved it?
An absolutely gorgeous rich Oaky Chardonnay colour and texture. Being natural colour, it tells you something and that is that they have used high quality casks and almost all of them have been American Ex-Bourbon. (This was confirmed from the online data sheet mentioned above). Swirling the liquid around the glass brings thick streaks of alcohol legs. Frankly, I would not expect anything less from a Bruichladdich!
On the nose:
Sweet honey and Travel Barley sugar drops sweets. Light floral scents of Lilies and juniper berries. Sea salt crystals encrusted rocks. Vanilla creams biscuits. Citrus Acid and juicy Grapefruit juice.
Some reviewers talk about smoky aromas. I am sorry but I could not detect any hint of smoke whatsoever. I have no idea where they get this from. Smoky aromas can come from three possible sources. Either peated malted barley in the spirit, Charred Oak casks or peaty flavours coming from the previous contents of the cask. Each has its own character and with experience it is not difficult to tell them apart. However, in my opinion, this whisky has neither type.
In the mouth
Sweet and waxy (rather than oily) honey mouth fill. Lacking the weight of the Laddie Sixteen or Octomore 7.1 but having a delicate much substantial body.
Adding water and sipping again you get subtle hint of burnt brown sugar. Light coconut oily. There is not much alcohol heat. Unlike the Travel Retail version… It immediately reminds me of a light Gewürztraminer white wine. (Actually, Gewürztraminer is a red or Rose-coloured grape but without skins, it makes a white wine).
As the liquid goes down the throat, things start to get a get weird and confusing. This is young yet well managed whisky with a lot oaky sweetness which you would get from whisky 15 years or older. Where is this coming from? Dominant taste of fresh lychees and glazed coconut, Lychee wine (I've never had this but I can imagine what it might taste like). Throughout the whole experience there is a constant sea salt crystals coastal flavour in the background giving it an outdoor clean texture. At the end, musky sweet wood cocktail cabinets and aniseed balls (which some would say is a slight off note).
Finish is delicate bitter dark Chocolate with a liquid Orange liquor centre, salty beigela sticks with sesame, wood spices and juniper berries.
As I said, there is a lot of wood influence present yet it is at the same time, quite frisky and young spirit like, although always very well behaved. You can really see the influence of the old casks vatted with the new ones. All very consistent with the fact that this is a multi-vatting or as they say, a "multi-vintage".
The question is, is this expression worthy of the name "Classic Laddie"? How does it compare with the most popular and most beloved of all Laddies, "The Laddie Ten"?
Everyone talks of the best "classic" (with a small C) Laddie being the 10. I have always found the Ten a bit under-matured and tasting too much of new make spirit. For me, it has always been the Laddie Sixteen which has summed up the very best of classic Bruichladdich. A perfect harmony of matured vanilla oak and spices, honey and biscuit sweetness, lemon creams, grapefruit and salty spices. The Sixteen was my favourite Bruichladdich, alas, just like its older sister, the 22-Years, is sadly almost gone from even the most specialist whisky shop shelves.
I am enjoying drinking this Classic Laddie/Laddie Classic/Scottish Barley or whatever it's being called at this precise moment but am not entirely convinced by the marketing blurb about this whisky being a "MultiVintage"! It still tastes a bit schizophrenic to me.
Warning! This is not a beginner's whisky. Bruichladdich describe this whisky as "clean". I know what they mean and this clean character very much appeals to me. However, those who are unfamiliar with the classic Bruichladdich style will not be impressed with this. They will politely leave it the glass and look for something a bit more substantial. When I gave it to a friend who likes whisky but hasn't got much experience, he wasn't impressed. It was too light and lacking flavour for him with that aniseed balls off note. He wanted something where the taste was up front, fruity, toffee caramel and bold.
Despite my reservations, I did go and buy another bottle and for the following reasons: It's wonderful to see Bruichladdich finally in Israel and I want to give that decision my support in terms of sales. I also want to have another bottle to hand as I suspect this fist bottle will be drained of its content very soon! I'd call it "The Light Laddie" but not really in my opinion, classic Laddie. It is a Bruichladdich though, through and through.


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The cosmetics category, which is inclusive of skincare, hair care, make up, toiletries and deodorants, and oral cosmetics, generates $445 billion in sales, according to Forbes. This segment of the market is feeling the impact of trends created by the fluidity of consumer expectations and desires across category lines. Here are a couple notable examples of how this cross-pollination of consumer desires and interests impacts emerging beauty trends in particular.
Beauty on the inside, outside
The line between wellness and cosmetics has been slowly disappearing over time, and the pace of this seems to be accelerating this year. Influenced by consumer trends around wellness rising to the forefront, there's increasing awareness of what you put on your body as being as important as what you put in it.
The recent rise of charcoal is a good example of this. Long heralded for its detoxifying characteristics as a food ingredient, charcoal is finding its way into beauty products as well. This is an example of beauty and wellness coexisting in the mind of the consumer. Wellness experts, and wellness "not-so-experts" (think Gwyneth Palthrow's Goop), have found ways to incorporate the benefits associated with ingesting charcoal into cleansing rituals, marketing it as an ingredient for maintaining and brightening the skin as well. There is a rise in facial sponges, such as the Konjac line from pureSOL, that claim to exfoliate the skin and draw out toxins at the same time, as well as facial masks that promise increased glowing vitality for the skin. The efficacy of charcoal is still under debated, however, the fact that it has crossed the barrier to be viewed as beneficial for both internal and external use is worth noting. It's part of a larger trend we see across categories related to cleanliness.
Beauty consumers want products that are or offer "clean", whether it be limited ingredients, or the effects of the product on the body. The same key themes and words we see in food – safe, healthy, clean, organic – have come to the world of beauty, and it has changed the perception of the role of cosmetics for consumers. This truly is an example of the idea of "beauty on the inside" being adapted and coming to the fore.
Category crossover driving consumer desires
Consumers' passion for health and wellness also means that beauty products' packaging has had to change to stay relevant. The idea of "active beauty" refers to consumers seeking ways to achieve healthy living through a balance of their physical, mental, and emotional health. Beauty brands are acting on this trend by formulating and packaging their products in a way that will aid consumers on their quest for health and fitness. Established brands such as Birchbox introduced Arrow to offer a solution targeting active women, giving them the tools to feel cool and confident from a morning gym visit through a late night in the office. As a response to this trend, there is an influx of brands are are addressing on-the-go beauty practices, adapting the sizes of their products, changing their formulas, and simplifying application. e.l.f. Cosmetics introduced their Active line of sweat-proof products in October, and brands such as Stowaway Cosmetics have emerged, offering "right-sized makeup" for on-the-go and at the gym.
Additionally, much like the crossover in benefits from nutrition to beauty, there is similar crossover in packaging. Beauty packaging has always been about luxury, but what luxury means to the beauty consumer is different, because the beauty consumer has been rapidly changing. Emerging beauty trends show that millennial tastes are driving changes in the way we think about the category; it's less about gold and more about good. Beauty brands are finding ways to tell ingredient stories through their packaging, mirroring many food brands, and they are bringing luxury to the consumer in new ways. Sustainability practices in packaging, such as Burt's Bee's inclusion of recycled materials, is also on the rise. Incorporating recycled materials, or natural elements like glass, in packaging is a trend we see continuing for the long-term.
40 shades of Rihanna
Inclusion has become a hot topic for brands, irrespective of category, and Rihanna's Fenty beauty line does more than play to consumers expectations, but it is the brand's reason for being. It's not capitalizing on a trend in beauty as much as playing a role in addressing the cultural movement toward inclusivity. This is important everywhere, but it's perhaps the most visible due to the nature of this category. Fenty's genesis was Rihanna's own difficulty finding makeup that worked for her particular skin tone and type. She recognized a gap in the industry and filled this void with a wide range of products for skin tones that are traditionally hard to match, and with formulas that work across all skin types. She built a brand around this pain point, but it's a lesson for beauty brands about bringing the voice of the consumer into their product development and innovation space. The industry can expect to see more companies follow Rihanna's lead.
The brands that stand out from the crowd in the cosmetic category are the the brands that get ahead of – instead of responding to – these emerging beauty trends, and other emerging trends in adjacent categories. New start-up brands that are able to nimbly take advantage of opportunities to pivot and disrupt in the marketplace have an edge. The predominance of the pursuit of wellness and active lifestyles, and the need for increased inclusiveness have already had an impact on the direction the cosmetic industry is heading, and it has opened the door to new players as well. These trends are bigger than just beauty. The lines between people, channels, and categories are blurring more every day, and brands must pay close attention to what is happening in both adjacent and seemingly unconnected trends impacting consumers in order to uncover unexpected need states and innovations that meet the needs of consumers early on.


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Cloud Wars – IBM vs Microsoft vs Google vs Amazon IaaS
In my previous blog post I did a short overview of the different cloud vendors, a bit about their focus areas and also a bit about strengths and weaknesses. The blogpost can be found here –>http://bit.ly/2CrBgZA .In this post I want to focus…Read More »
Microsoft Azure and VMware? Not so fast!
In August this year, VMware and Amazon announced that VMware Cloud on AWS was available! (Atleast from Oregon) Which essentially means VMware based infrastructure running on AWS hardware. And this was the highest attending session on VMworld this year, so the interest is…Read More »
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At Citrix Synergy myself and Phillip Jones https://twitter.com/P2Vme has a presentation at the NVIDIA Booth on the first day of the conference where we talked about different deployment scenarioes for NVIDIA GRID both for HCI (Which Phillip covered) and in Cloud which I…Read More »
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text: Tonkon Torp was a sponsor at the February 23 Wintersmash bowling event put on by the Multnomah Bar Association. Molly Honoré organized Tonkon's involvement with the event and attended alongside Claire Brown, 2013 2L Summer Associate Alex Tinker, and their dates. Proceeds from the event benefit Multnomah CourtCare, a free drop-in child care center in the Multnomah County Courthouse.


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This plugin saves you a lot of work and time in managing your club. You can manage data for all your members, manage invoices, and manage your club's competitions and matches.
You can start small by creating members. By enabling the competitions feature, you can create as many competitions for your members as you wish. There are built-in competition formats for leagues, knockout tournaments, and individual scoring (applicable for golf, shooting, trainings statistics, etc.); all for individual competitors and teams. Plan your matches and add scores. Rankings are automatically generated. It's optional to create invoices (e.g. for the annual fee that members pay).
A full set of shortcodes and widgets enables publication on your WordPress site.
This plugin in written with extendability in mind to support any sport and competition format.
Unlike other sports plugins, you not only manage and publish matches and leagues, but everything is centered around the most important people in your club: your members. A member can readily get an overview of his/her personal data (address, e-mail, etc.), of his/her invoices, and of all completed and open competitions.
Main Features
Manage members
- Typical fields are name, address, phone, e-mail, etc.
- Extend pre-defined fields by defining up to 4 custom fields (e.g. for a bank account, membership number of your national organization, etc.)
- Use member categories to partition your members into groups
- Import members from a csv-file
- Export member data to a csv-file
- Option to exclude privicy related data from publishing
- Content for the member can be entered like done for a normal post
- Members can have a featured image
Manage competitions
- Adding competitions is included, but optional
- Create competitions
- Built-in formats: league, knockout tournament, and individual scoring
- Matches and competitor data is automatically generated at competition creation
- Types of competitors: individual member, team (of members), external competitor (by name)
- Knockout tournament forwards the winner of a match to the next match automatically
- Individual scoring supports a user-configurable number of rounds (example: choose 9 rounds for a golf competition over 9 holes)
- Ranking is computed automatically
- League Ranking supports several scoring systems, like Win-Draw-Loose equals 2-1-0 or 3-1-0, or 'points won'
- Individual Scoring Ranking supports a number of scoring systems, like sum of rounds, sum of multiple rounds, average sum of multiple rounds
- Competitions that belong together can be grouped
- Export competition and match data to a csv-file
- Content can be entered for competitions, matches, and competitors (e.g. a team)
- Competitions, matches, and competitors (e.g. a team) can have a featured image
Manage invoices
- Adding invoices is included, but optional
- Typical fields are service, invoice date, due date, etc.
- Extend pre-defined fields by defining up to 2 custom fields
- Create an invoice for a single member
- Keep track of payment status
- Create invoices for all member in a specific member category ("bulk import")
- Export invoice data to a csv-file
Shortcodes (see documentation for a complete overview)
- Publish member data
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- Display member birthdays (within a date window relative to today)
- Display current matches (within a date window relative to today)
Generic features
- Need admin role to modify general settings and options
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Planned Features
- New competition formats
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The plugin's documentation includes a user manual, shortcode definitions
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Burgers and fries, fish and chips, meat and potatoes. Sometimes there are foods that just naturally go together. In the world of the favorite fried food, there is one more variation on that angle, maybe one of the lesser known, but there it is - moules frites, or mussels and fries, and that's what we're talking about this Food Network Friday.
A recent episode of "Throwdown with Bobby Flay" explored the topic a bit and spotlighted one of the best places to get this Belgian specialty, Granville Moore's in Washington DC, from Executive Chef Teddy Folkman.
The crux of each episode is that Bobby Flay attempts to beat a traditional favorite of an established restaurant and chef with his own new recipe. The results are usually mixed. Bobby usually wins, but here I will invoke the superhero fight rule - whoever's title the fight takes place in is the winner - that's why Bobby wins. When he does. In my opinion.
Here's the recipe Bobby put up against Granville Moore's: Steamed Mussels with Coconut-Green Chile Broth and Black Pepper French Fries with Smoked Red Pepper Aioli. Yeah, wow, what a mouthful. See the recipe here.
Teddy's moules frites won, on the show at least, kicking the superhero fight rule to the curb. Going on the fries alone, because I don't think mussels would be in my wheelhouse, I think I would choose Teddy's as well. Mmmm... fries...
Friday, October 08, 2010
French Fry Diary 153: Moules Frites
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Material relating to newsreel story "Robert Kennedy Assassinated" - 68/47.
Short Summary
Selected originals (offcuts, selected scenes, out-takes, rushes) for story "Robert Kennedy Assassinated" - 68/47.
Colour item.
M/S Ambassador Hotel. Various shots hotel sign. M/S of the hotel. M/S buildings in Los Angeles. M/S the Hospital of the Good Samaritan. L/S policemen in hospital entrance. L/S crowds waiting. C/U newspaper "Kennedy Near Death". C/U black man. M/S woman with sign, "Pray For Bobby". C/U girl in crowd.
Pan car arriving with Jacqueline (Jackie) Kennedy in the back. M/S of the hospital. C/U windows. L/S hospital entrance. C/U policeman. L/S crowd. C/U black man listening to radio. C/U white man listening to radio. C/U group of black women. C/U man watching. M/S Frank Mankowitz, (Kennedy's Press Agent), in centre of group of three walking along. M/S as they walk away. C/U people with their heads in their hands, could be praying.
Cataloguer's note: this appears to be a colour copy of part of the original story.
- Film ID:
- 2231.04
- Media URN:
- 57541
- Group:
- Selected originals
- Archive:
- British Pathé
- Issue Date:
- 1969
- Sound:
- Mute
- HD Format:
- Available on request
- Stock:
- Colour
- Duration:
- 00:01:08:00
- Time in/Out:
- 01:06:36:00 / 01:07:44:00
- Canister:
- 68/47 A (Selected Originals)


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We are living in the fast pace world. We have to deal with a lot of things in one day. We might need to take care of few tasks at the same time. For instance, I am an property investor with a day job to take care. Day job will took up most of my brain cell and time. Anything related to the property problems or routine is after the evening time.
Once you have 2 or more rental properties in your portfolio, you will have the following routines tasks to remember:
- Check/Collect rental
- Send reminder to tenant if not bank in
- Pay Maintenance on time
- Pay monthly installment on time
- Pay others fees like Insurance, assessment fees etc on time
- Which Tenancy agreement will due for renewal?
- and many more
How can I remember all these event effectively without forgetting? There are two ways:
- a) Use your smart phone calendar as reminder
- b) Use google calendar to setup Free SMS reminder
Option 1: Use your smart phone calendar as reminder
For those who owned smart phone, this features will be easy to setup and able to link to either Google Calendar, Hotmail Calendar or anything that works fine for you. I do not use this option as not effective for me.
Option 2: Use Google calendar to setup Free SMS reminder
I have been using this option for the past 4 years till now. I find it is very effective for me as Reminder. Basically for this Option, Google will send SMS to your phone as Reminder.
Note that Google Calendar is a FREE product and Google doesn't charge you to receive notifications. Please keep in mind that if you're in the US or Canada, your mobile service provider's standard rate for receiving text messages may apply. If you have any questions about the rate, please contact your service provider for more information.
Check your mobile Carrier List here!
You may follow the following step to Register your mobile phone. To register your mobile phone with Google Calendar, you'll need a verification code.
- Open Google Calendar.
- Click the settings gear in the top right .
- Select Settings.
- Open the Mobile Setup tab at the top.
- Add your country and phone number.
- Click the Send Verification Code button.
- Once you get the text message, enter the code you received in the Verification code field and click the Finish setup button.
- Click Save.
It's possible to register the same mobile phone number for multiple Google Accounts. You can receive all notifications, including SMS, for any calendar in each of your Google Accounts.
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Journalist John Stossel explains how Thanksgiving would have been (and nearly was) "Starvation Day," but for a change in policy from communal planting to...private property. [4 min/ Anti-socialism, Econ 101] Reason tells the the true story of how the introduction of property rights by Governor Bradford saved the Pilgrims. [3 min/ Anti-socialism, Econ 101] The … [Read more...]
Tank Man: Short Film About Tiananmen Square Hero
On June 4th and 5th, 1989, the Chinese government violently put down the pro-liberty Tiananmen Square student protest. One man stood alone against a column of tanks, and for his extraordinary heroism became known as "Tank Man," though nothing more is known about his identity. Some say he was arrested and killed, others that he is still in prison in China, and still others that … [Read more...]
Work & Happiness: The Human Cost Of Welfare | Film Review
An examination of the US welfare system reveals that whatever good it does in terms of providing subsistence, it does so at a terrible cost in human happiness. [ Work & Happiness: The Human Cost of Welfare credits: Dir: Erin Mae Miller/ Narrator: Johan Norberg/ 60 min/ Documentary/ Anti-Socialism/ 2017] The US spends about a trillion dollars a year on its … [Read more...]
Bitter Harvest | Film Review
A young Ukrainian fights for his freedom, and to survive, as occupying Soviet troops deliberately starve his country into submission during the infamous Holodomor holocaust. [ Bitter Harvest credits: Dir: George Mendeluk/ Max Irons, Samantha Barks, Terence Stamp/ 103 min/ Drama, Romance, History/ Democide, Anti-socialism/ 2017] "The land belongs to the State. You, your … [Read more...]
Trailblazers: The New Zealand Story (2017)
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The Death of Stalin (2017)
When socialist dictator Joseph Stalin dies unexpectedly, a chaotic power struggle between surviving Soviet officials ensues. [ The Death of Stalin credits: Dir: Armando Iannucci/ Jason Isaacs, Andrea Riseborough, Olga Kurylenko/ 106 min/ Comedy, Drama/ Anti-socialism/ 2017] External Reviews "This delightfully silly movie is an intelligent, hilarious circus crammed full of … [Read more...]
Good Bye Lenin (2003)
A young man in newly liberated East Germany tries to hide the fall of communism from his enthusiastically socialist mother because doctors say the shock would kill her. [ Good Bye Lenin credits: Dir: Wolfgang Becker/ 121 min/ Comedy, Foreign/ Anti-socialism] This German-made comedy captures, in its own ironic way, the fall of communism far better than any straightforward … [Read more...]
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Organ harvesting of political prisoners by the Chinese government is exposed in this PBS-aired documentary. [ Hard to Believe credits: Dir: Ken Stone, Irene Silber/ 56 min/ Documentary/ Democide, Anti-socialism, Government as torturer] External Reviews "This documentary is extremely important for those involved in organ donation and transplantation, human rights, … [Read more...]
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There are many sights to see in the Philippines and travel is relatively easy with plenty of buses and Vans taking you there.Although depending on where you are in the Philippines you may have to take a boat or flight. Taking a boat is a lot cheaper so for example if you took a bus and boat from manila to go see the McArthur monument in Tacloban city ( I hope its still standing after the typhoon there and if your do travel there please check with your embassy to see if its safe to travel there as the last information I had was crime was rampant). So to get there it would cost you around 2,000 peso (£28.57 or $45.45US Dollars) but keep in mind the Journey time is more than 24 hours or you can take a flight from manila and including the waiting time for you flight it should take no more than a few hours. The actual flight is only half an hour long but the cost can be 4 or 5,000 peso or even more depending on what airline you take. I took Cebu Pacific Airlines.
Hears some of the sights you can see in the Philippines.
Rice Terraces
The Banaue Rice Terraces are Carved from the mountain thousands of years ago by the local Ifugao tribe, these amazing rice terraces allow the locals to plant rice and vegetables. it really is an amazing sight to behold.The Batad Rice Terraces are located in Barangay Batad in Banaue at the following address:Nueva Vizcaya – Ifugao – Mountain Province Rd, Banaue, Philippines.
Chocolate hills
The Chocolate hills are almost symmetrical and the biggest is almost 165 feet high. They are covered in grass and it is this grass that turns brown in the dry season to give them the appearance of chocolate. This makes them one of the top tourist attractions in the Philippines. They are an unusual geological formation that comprise more than a thousand individual mounds. They are made of limes stone covered with clay and can be found in Bohol province of the Philippines at the following address: Loay Interior Rd, Carmen, Philippines.
San Agustin Church, Manila
The San Augustin Church is a Roman catholic church and was built in 1589, is made of stone and is one of the oldest churches in the Philippines having survived earthquakes and fires. Geovanni Dibella an Cesar Alberoni are the Italian artists who painted the amazing ceiling. its interior is of Mexican design with beautiful carvings on the door.its located in Manila and can be found at the following address:Gen. Luna St, Maynila, Philippines.
Mayon Volcano
The best place to look at the volcano is from Cagsawa ruins. The volcano stands at more than 8,000 feet above sea level and is one of the most active volcanoes in the Philippines, having erupted many time in the past 400 years. you can go camping, climbing, hiking and bird watching as part of your visit. It is located on the eastern side of Luzon near the Philippines Trench. The location or address is :Mayon Mayon Volcano National Park, Malilipot, Philippines
Puerto Galera
Puerto Galera has the best beaches and diving spots with a diversity of marine life. If you visit this place make sure to go snorkelling and diving amongst the coral reefs and ship wrecks, it truly is amazing and an experience you will not forget. White Beach and Sabang Beach are among the more popular beaches and offer dining, shopping, nightlife and hotel accommodation. located across from Batangas, you can take a bus from Manila to Batangas and it should cost you 155 peso per person (£2.21 or $ 3.52US Dollars) and from there its a boat ride.
Puerto Princesa Underground River
Located within the national park this river has the worlds longest navigatable underground river known as the Princesa Subtarranean River. Puerto Princesa has a great variety of wild life and is a truly amazing place to visit. Location is on the northern coast of Palawan. Address: Western Visayas, Philippines
This is the place to see the whale sharks. Dosol is a fishing village and is located in the province of Sorogon, with amazing beaches and waterfalls. you can also visit the caves nearby. The whale sharks can be seen for 7 months between November and June, with the most sightings between February and May. At night you can see an amazing lights display when the fire flies are out on a clear night. located at the south of Luzon island
This has to be one of the most amazing if not the most amazing place to visit. I stayed hear on my last visit at Villa Dioro. I had a room with a balcony where you can sit and look at the beach. This is a high tourist area and I met a lot of people form all different nationalities, Russians, Chinese, Korean, American, British ect. theres a variety of food so you wont go hungry no matter what your taste. There's many activities from Para gliding to scuba diving. I went scuba diving and on an RTV up the mountain. For all activities never accept the first offer you get and always negotiate it down. I was offered scuba diving at 3500 peso but ended up paying 1,000 peso for a group dive. There are people offering full certification courses for 30,000 peso but I got certified for 200 peso. It is truly one of the most amazing places I have been to. a meal at the true India restaurant during the day was really amazing with views over the beach. located at Boracay Island Malay, Philippines. I got a flight out of terminal 3 in manila for 4,500 peso return to Kalibo and from there you take a van for 55 peso to Caticlan with a half hour boat ride to Boracay. Remember to keep a few hundred peso with you for terminal fees ect.
Well I hope this was informative. I have tried to provide information where I could but if you would like more detail then please contact me or if you would like to contribute to the post then please email me a post,I will add it hear and credit you. Please like, subscribe and comment.


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This husband and wife team has joined forces to create a truly one-of-a-kind dining experiences around…clean, delicious food, prepared from scratch, in a fun, rustic and comfortable atmosphere.
About Joey C
About Joey C Joe Catalano (aka Joey C) is a born and bred native New Yorker from Queens. He also lived in Italy for five years, which is where he began developing a life-long passion for good food. As an adult, Joey knew exactly what he wanted to do in life- cook. He graduated from the prestigious Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, New York in 1989 and the culinary adventure began. After years of working the circuit from California to Manhattan as a chef at gourmet restaurants, hotels and exclusive private clubs, Joey was ready for a change - comfort food . . . with a twist. The Roadhouse reflects Joey's love of BBQand Mexican cuisine.
About Ania C
About Ania C Ania Catalano has been a natural foods chef, teacher, caterer, and consultant for over 20 years. In 1989, after attending The Natural Gourmet Institute for Health and Culinary Arts in NYC, she opened Sprouts- a natural foods market and café in Trumbull Ct, which grew into two larger locations in Fairfield, Ct. In 2008 Ania published her first book, "Baking with Agave Nectar," a compilation of healthy dessert recipes entirely devoted to the low glycemic wholefoods sweetener agave nectar from Mexico, that is used in many items at the restaurant. She has contributed a number of delicious, healthy eating selections to the menu to insure there is something for everyone at Joey C's.


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Beauty Wishes for 2010
So, here's my list of things that I WISH someone would invent – please do add in your own inventions!
1. Wash-Off Nail Dye: so all you need post-dying in the colour of your choice is a slick of clear polish to make it shine and keep it from fading:
2. Magic Mascara: I'm sure this one is on its way, but I'd love to see a mascara that makes your lashes grow.
3. Wash Away Bath Oil: A proper, proper bath oil that doesn't stick to the sides of the bath but melts away with the water leaving the bath clean.
4. Make Up Spaghetti Reducer: You know those annoying little 'strands' that appear after you've applied foundation over moisturiser or applied body cream? I'd like a little potion that stops them from every happening.
5. Proper Patent Mascara: Not the rubbishy, pretend patent mascara, but one that really does shine black on the lashes…just can't think of anything more gorgeous. I'd even accept patent false lashes if they are nicely done.
I'm dying to hear what you've invented in your heads…you never know, some beauty boffin might be listening!
*all products are sent to me as samples from brands and agencies unless otherwise stated. Affiliate links may be used. Posts are not affiliate driven.
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Photosop foundation: you put it on and look perfectly airbrushed without needing concealer, corrector or powder. And of course it doesn't move a bit until you remove it, even when you blow your nose.
Someone needs to invent wax that contains a topical anaesthetic.
Should anyone follow this up, royalties will be gratefully received.
I'd love a proper, proper lipstain that stains your lips as well as cheap lollies stain your tongue!
And a hair colour altering pill. I'd love my hair to magically grow in my unnatural red shade, and I'd love to be able to wear while t-shirts again!
Self-cleaning make-up brushes? Or perfume that refreshes itself throughout the day without needing to re-spritz.
– an anti-mosquito body wash: great for summer!!
– eye-colour changing drops (non permanent: 12 hours would do)
– no-chip nail polish that perfectly adheres to your nails but magically lifts from the cuticles in case of misapplication.
leo – just wash with marmite and no mosquito will touch you
greatsheelephant – here in Italy we don't have marmite… I must still decide whether it's a blessing or a curse! 😉


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The key to handling a corporate merger
Merger is a fancy term that is used to refer to the consolidation of companies or assets. To put it simpler, merger implies the combination of two companies to form a new one. Once the merger is realized, the acquired company ceases to exist and becomes part of the acquiring company. Form a business point of view, merging companies in the same sector is a no brainer, especially if you get advice. For acquisition advisory service, visit bhpcorporatefinance.co.uk. About 70 percent of mergers fail due to the cultural challenges that the process implies. Mergers as well as acquisitions create winners and losers at the corporate and individual staff levels. Therefore, successful management necessitates successful management of the people that are involved.
M&As play a significant role
In the course of survival and vitalization of a corporation, mergers and acquisitions play a major role. They continue to be a good strategy for innovation, profitability and market share. While companies often view mergers as being a strategical end-game, they are rather a main event. According to general opinion, nearly all industry research confirm that when mergers do work, the integration process seems to be fluid and well executed. Nonetheless, there are some issues that hinder the success of the merger and acquisition.
What you need to know
The merger will take longer that you expect. The truth is that you cannot put your competitors together and expect them to get along from the very first day. Until this stage, they were used to viewing each other as being the enemy, so you will have to carefully manage reporting lines and watch out for signs of tension. You should not assume that managers who say that they are dedicated to the new company rules will truly be. Loyalty is not easy to come by and you will see that people will jump sides as soon as a better offer is presented to them. Competitors will not be the only ones that will try to strike you when you are down. Customers might also try to obtain better deals from you and threaten to bolt to the competition. This is why it is necessary to engage with them form an early stage.
Post-merger consolidation
You should take as much time as it is necessary to spend with your financial analysts and spend it with your employees. Since people care about where they work, you should transform them into a strategic partner. What you should do is get people from the merging company and the company that is being absorbed from the very beginning. Discuss together the issue that were perceived as the potential benefits openly and make sure that people listen to what each other has to say. You yourself will need to be honest with people.
In the end, you should remember that a company is only as strong as the team is. When you are merging two companies, employees will be biased toward the people and the products of the original company. This is why you should pay attention to the human factor as well.


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Q&A: Irish Republic bail-out
What went wrong in the Irish Republic
- The 1990s were good for the Irish Republic's economy, with low unemployment, high economic growth and strong exports creating the Celtic Tiger economy. Lots of multi-national companies set up in the Republic to take advantage of low tax rates.
- At the beginning of 1999, Ireland adopted the euro as its currency, which meant its interest rates were set by the European Central Bank and suddenly borrowing money became much cheaper.
- Cheap and easy lending and rising immigration fuelled a construction and house price boom. The government began to rely more on property-related taxes while the banks borrowed from abroad to fund the housing boom.
- All this left Ireland ill-equipped to deal with the credit crunch. The construction sector was hit hard, house prices collapsed, the banks had a desperate funding crisis and the government was receiving much too little tax revenue.
- The economy has shrunk and the government has bailed out the banks. A series of cost-cutting budgets have cut spending, benefits and public sector wages and raised taxes. But there are still doubts about future government funding.
- The main concern for the Republic's economy is its banks, most of which are now controlled by the government. They have had to borrow at least 83bn euros (£71bn) from the European Central Bank because other banks will not lend to them.
The Republic of Ireland and the EU have agreed an 85bn euro rescue package to help tackle a huge hole in the government's finances.
As part of the package, the Irish government has drawn up an austerity programme detailing four years of tax rises and spending cuts.
How did the country get into this mess?
Hailed as the "Celtic Tiger" for the rapid growth of its economy, in the space of three years the Irish Republic has gone from boom to almost bust.
Much of its growth was built around the property market. But, since 2008, this has suffered a dramatic collapse, with house values falling by 50-60%.
Bad debts have almost wrecked the country's banks, forcing the government to bail them out.
This opened a huge hole in the Irish government's finances - which will see it run a budget deficit equivalent to 32% of GDP this year.
Excluding the cost of bailing out the banks, the government's spending gap is still a substantial (and unsustainable) 12% of GDP.
A deep and painful recession has caused a sharp deterioration in tax revenues and a rise in unemployment benefit claims.
What's more, there are fears that the government's austerity measures could plunge it back into the recession it has started to climb out of.
Hadn't the Irish government been insisting it didn't need bailing out?
Yes, until 18 November, Dublin said it was fully funded until at least the middle of next year, meaning it could cover its outgoings without going to the markets to borrow more money.
They do this by issuing more bonds, which are effectively IOUs to investors.
So why did the Irish Republic ask for a bail-out?
The government gave the Irish banks a blanket guarantee at the height of the 2008 financial crisis.
But this put Dublin on the hook for all the banks' debts, which are worth several times the annual output of the entire Irish economy.
As losses mounted at the banks, foreign investors began to question the Irish government's ability to meet the guarantee, so they withdrew more and more money from the banks.
This left the banks massively dependent on the European Central Bank for emergency funding - something that made the central bank and other European governments very uncomfortable.
Also, many of the banks' lenders - who benefit from the guarantee - are the major banks of other European countries, including the UK.
So, ultimately, it was the other European governments that pushed Ireland to accept a bail-out.
Already 10bn euros of the bail-out cash is being put into the capital reserves of its state-backed banks, with another 25bn in reserve, earmarked for their use.
The remaining 50bn will cover budget financing.
Where is the 85bn euros coming from?
The money will come from:
- the Irish Republic itself will contribute 17.5bn euros to the overall fund from its cash reserves and, controversially, the National Pension Reserve Fund
- 22.5bn euros from the International Monetary Fund (IMF)
- a similar amount from the European Union's European Finance Stability Mechanism
- 17.5bn from the European Financial Stability Facility, which is funded by eurozone governments
- bilateral loans from the UK, Sweden and Denmark.
What are the potential impacts for the UK?
The UK has offered to make a direct bilateral loan to the Irish Republic. Its total contribution is expected to be about 8bn euros.
The UK is to initially contribute an estimated 3.8bn euros in a direct loan for the banks.
The rest will come from its contributions to the IMF and the European Union's Financial Stability Mechanism.
Chancellor George Osborne said: "It is in Britain's national interest. It is money we fully expect to get back, and we think it will help Ireland get on a fully stable path back to growth."
Tough times in the Irish Republic would mean less demand for UK goods and services from one of the UK's largest trading partners.
According to UK government figures, trade with the country exceeds total UK trade with Brazil, Russia, India and China.
Also, many of the UK's banks have large exposures to the Irish economy.
What is Dublin doing to sort out its finances?
The Irish government had already announced spending cuts and tax rises to the tune of 15bn euros since the 2008 financial crisis.
On top of that, the latest four-year austerity plan will cut another 15bn euros over four years.
This includes 6bn euros in 2011 alone.
The government had aimed to have its budget deficit down to about 3% of GDP by 2014, from 12% currently. As part of the EU bail-out they now have until 2015 to achieve this.
The government also plans to buy more shares in the banks, increasing their capital - the buffer against future losses - from 8% to 12% of their assets.
Will this plan actually get implemented?
The Taoiseach, Brian Cowen, gave in to demands from his junior coalition partner to hold elections in January, after the 2011 budget is passed. But there are fears the government may not even last that long.
All of the Republic's parties support the cuts in principle, but opposition parties disagree over the details of where the axe should fall.
Why is the situation in the Irish Republic a worry to other countries?
Other financially weaker members of the eurozone such as Spain and Portugal are concerned about the risk of financial contagion.
Having pushed Ireland into the arms of the IMF, panicky investors may also lose confidence in their public finances.
Yields on Spanish and Portuguese long-term debts - a measure of how much the market would charge to lend their governments money - are trading near their highest levels since joining the eurozone in 1999.
Like Ireland, Portugal has severely stretched public finances and a weak government.
Spain's government is in a stronger position. But its economy experienced a property boom and bust almost as bad as Ireland's, and there are big concerns about the health of some of its banks.
They will welcome the Republic taking an EU bail-out in the hope it will take some of the heat off them.
But so far that has not happened.


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English version of the Andalusian and Spanish Law on Transparency
The Council is the independent control authority in matters of Transparency and Data Protection in Andalusia, created by the Law 1/2014, of 24 June, on Public Transparency of Andalusia, as an entity with functional independence and full autonomy.
Its objective focuses, on the one hand, on ensuring compliance with public transparency regulations, both in terms of active dissemination obligations and defense and safeguarding the right of access to public information and, on the other, controlling the Andalusian public sector's compliance with the personal data protection regulations.
Act 1/2014, of 24 June, on Public Transparency of Andalusia
Act 19/2013, of 9 December, on Transparency, Access to Public Information, and Good Governance


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nutrition for rheumatoid arthritis
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Glucosamine and Chondroitin are naturally present in the human body and contribute to the formation of proteoglycans, essential in normal cartilage. In osteoarthritis and joint damage caused by everyday wear and tear, articular cartilage degenerates and thins, reducing its ability to resist the forces of everyday activity. Research has shown that oral supplementation of proteoglycan precursors leads to articular cartilage repair. This results in significant reductions in pain and stiffness, better than or equal to ibuprofen (NSAID). There is also evidence that Glucosamine maintains an individual's joint space increasing function and flexibility.
Glucosamine has been popular in Europe for years, but it's only recently that its popularity has grown in the U.S. If Glucosamine really works so well, people sometimes ask, why is it only now that Americans are finding out about it? If it's "for real" why didn't we hear sooner?
Glucosamine is a natural substance, so it cannot be patented. But the medical community in the United States has traditionally been very skeptical of "nutriceuticals" - nutritional products that are used for medicinal purposes. While many natural substances have been in wide use in Europe for a long time - Ginko Biloba is another example - the U.S. medical community has held back from recommending them. To a great degree this is because we have a very different type of medical system, a private system in which the drug companies have a great deal of influence over the information that doctors see. They spend billions of dollars each year promoting their drugs, and as products such as Glucosamine are of no use to them - they can't make money from them - then the voices promoting these nutriceuticals are drowned out by drug-company advertising and promotions.
The national-health systems of Europe afford the drug companies less influence, and also have a greater emphasis on cost reduction. Thus an affordable, effective natural treatment is more likely to gain a foothold in Europe.
Sure, America has only recently learned of the benefits of glucosamine. But the scientific studies show that those benefits are real.
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