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Ladies Fashion Slipper Glamour girl Clare Rowe has put St George on the fashion map after she won the Fashions on the Field at the AAMI Golden Slipper Day at Randwick Racecourse on April 19.Miss Rowe beat nine other finalists as the best-dressed fashionista on the field.The finalists were judged on style, originality, individuality and attention to detail.And it was all thanks to her original 1940s navy crepe vintage dress, her closed-toe patent leather heels and a felt hat with a touch of sparkle that got her over the line.Miss Rowe also won the Ladies' Day competition at Canterbury Park earlier this month.``I had to wear exactly the same outfit. I couldn't make any alterations,'' she said.``I was a little worried that people had already seen it but at the end of the day everyone loved it, and it took the stress out of coming up with a new one!''She won a total of $16,000 in Myer gift cards, Rutherford jewellery, new luggage and a trip to Hayman Island.Not bad for frocking up for a day at the races.

Betty Jean Belt was born Feb. 16, 1932, in Durant, Okla. She moved to Mountaindale in 1967 and to North Plains in the early 1980s. She was a homemaker and also worked for Tektronix. In 1949, she married Virgil Phillips; they divorced.Survivors include her daughter, Regina Bristol; sons, Darrell, Gary, Michael and Richard; sisters, Lola Mullens, Thelma Dale and Velma Threet; brothers, Virgil Belt, Donald Belt, Ronald Belt and Charles Belt; nine grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. Her companion, Charles E. Williams, died in 2005.Remembrances to Providence St. Vincent Hospice. Arrangements by Westside.

Jeans Button MANILA, Philippines—Here’s a trend alert for all you guys out there: colored jeans are all the rage.They’re tongue-in-cheek, fashionable and exactly what you need to update a basic (read: boring) wardrobe.Considering that most men dress conventionally (you know, button-downs or collared pique polos with khaki slacks or blue jeans), you’re probably thinking that the look is just way too edgy for you. But most anyone can wear colored jeans, really. It simply depends on what you wear them with or how you style them.Now, if you feel that colored jeans is not age-appropriate for you, or you move in a conservative environment, you can still try out the look by choosing jeans in muted tones.A not-so-vibrant indigo or hunter green pair would be perfect in this case. Match them with basic white button-downs or dress them up with a jacket.To dress them down, just pair with a plain T-shirt.The good news is, you won’t be hard-pressed to find a color and cut to suit your style and body type. Stores like Bench, Human, Zara and People R People, to name a few, carry an interesting range of hues and styles.Create different looks by matching your choice of jeans with various garments and footwear.A blinding canary-yellow pair of jeans can look preppy and boy-next-door when matched with a checked polo shirt with a sweater on top and loafers.Bright aqua jeans, on the other hand, can look fresh and resort-like when worn with flip flops and an airy polo shirt.For a cool evening look, red jeans can be gussied up with a vest, jacket and leather shoes.Go ahead, take this chance to experiment and have a bit of fashion fun!

Hooded Tops The Crown Victoria is one of Ford's most respected nameplates, the darling of big-car lovers and police forces everywhere. It began life in 1955, but, although it was a stalwart Ford nameplate, it took a 26-year hiatus from 1957 to '82.The original Crown Victoria debuted in 1955 as the top option of Ford's Fairlane series. Ford's lineup consisted of the Mainline, Customline and Fair-lane, the latter having replaced the Crestline as the premium model. The Fairlane name was inspired by Henry Ford's grand Fair Lane estate in Dearborn, Mich. The top Fairlane model was the Crown Victoria.The Crown Vic, as it soon became known, was further differentiated: It came as the regular Crown Vic --with an all-steel roof -- or the Crown Vic Skyliner, a carryover of the 1954 Crestline Skyliner, in which the front half of the roof was tinted transparent Plexiglas. The regular Crown Vic outsold the Skyliner by more than 15 to one because it was soon discovered that, in an era before air conditioning was popular, the sun cooked those in the Skyliner's front seat.In Canada, the Crown Victoria also came as a Meteor, a Ford clone, which, along with the Monarch -- a Mercury clone -- enabled Ford to have two dealer networks: one for Ford-Lincoln-Mercury and one for Meteor-Monarch.The Crown Victoria was part of Ford's redesigned 1955 models. It got a wraparound windshield and was longer, lower and wider than the '54 model. Ford of Canada also received the overhead-valve V8 that U. S. buyers got in 1954.Crown Vics came as two-door models only. The "Crown" part of the name was inspired by a chromed metal strip running across the roof and down each of the forward slanted B-pillars. The back of this strip had phony vents painted into its trailing edge. It was intended to give the Crown Vic a pillarless hardtop convertible look. Although it resembled a roll bar, it wasn't reinforced to serve as one.The Crown Vic's roof was longer, lower and flatter than those of regular Fords, which gave it a sleeker appearance. A stylish chrome strip started at the tops of the hooded head-lamps, ran along the fender tops and curved down along the doors and back up, creating a V-shaped dip before travelling straight to the tail lamps. Vestigial fins marked Ford's entry into the tailfin age.All in all, the 1955 Crown Victoria was a handsome car, especially with its two-tone paint treatments in shades of white and pastels such as pink and green that were popular at the time.Under the hood was Ford's corporate 272-cubic-inch, 162-horsepower, overhead-valve V8 or an optional 292-cu.-in. V8. For U. S. buyers, the base engine was a 223-cu.-in., 120-hp, overhead-valve in-line six, an engine Canada wouldn't get until 1956.In a somewhat unusual departure for the company that had popularized the V8, Ford began calling its engine a Y8 because the crankcase extended down past the centreline of the crankshaft, not to the centreline as was normal. Ford said the engine resembled a Y rather than a V and claimed it provided a more rigid cylinder block. The Y description soon disappeared.A more significant feature was the three-speed automatic transmission. Under normal driving conditions, the car launched in second gear and automatically shifted to high. But Ford engineered it so drivers wanting quicker acceleration could get a low-gear start by flooring the accelerator. The transmission then went through its normal automatic second and high shifts. The standard transmission was a column-shift three-speed manual with optional overdrive.The Crown Vic was carried over into 1956 with only minor alterations, including a change from round to horizontal parking light/turn signals. The plastic-topped Skyliner was dropped soon after the start of the model year due to poor sales.Nineteen fifty-six was also the year Ford tried to sell safety, including seat belts, padded instrument panels and sun visors, stronger door latches and deep-dish steering wheels. Unfortunately, the public was not yet ready to accept them.Fords were completely redesigned for 1957. They were again longer, lower and wider and sported real tailfins. The Crown Vic was replaced by the Fairlane 500 as the top model.This short-lived but imaginative car in Ford's 1950s history is now a popular collectible. Crown Victoria was too good a name to lose and it was revived in 1982. With its rugged rear-wheel drive and large interior, it became the quintessential police car.

DUBLIN, Ireland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c92568) has announced the addition of “Apparel Retail in Poland” to their offering.Our Apparel Retail in Poland industry profile is an essential resource for top-level data and analysis covering the apparel retail industry. It includes detailed data on market size and segmentation, plus textual and graphical analysis of the key trends and competitive landscape, leading companies and demographic information.Scope * Contains an executive summary and data on value, volume and/or segmentation * Provides textual analysis of the industry’s recent performance and future prospects * Incorporates in-depth five forces competitive environment analysis and scorecards * Includes a five-year forecast of the industry * The leading companies are profiled with supporting key financial metrics * Supported by the key macroeconomic and demographic data affecting the marketHighlights * Detailed information is included on market size, measured by value and/or volume * Five forces scorecards provide an accessible yet in depth view of the market’s competitive landscapeWhy you should buy this report * Spot future trends and developments * Inform your business decisions * Add weight to presentations and marketing materials * Save time carrying out entry-level researchMarket DefinitionThe apparel retail industry consists of the sale of all menswear, womenswear and infantswear. The menswear sector includes all garments made for men and boys. It includes both outer and under garments. The womenswear sector consists of the retail sale of all womens and girls garments including dresses, suits and coats, jackets, tops, shirts, skirts, blouses, sweatshirts, sweaters, underwear etc. The infantswear sector is calculated as sales of garments for children between the ages of 0-2 years. The market value is calculated at retail selling price (RSP), and includes all taxes and levies. All currency conversions used in this report have been calculated at constant 2006 annual average exchange rates.Europe comprises Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russia, Spain, Sweden and the UK.

Soyabean In order to boost the domestic supply, state-run trading company PEC Ltd has invited bids to import 24,000 tons of crude degummed soyabean oil to be delivered in June. The bids would close on May 12 and the decision on the tender would be taken on the same day, the company said on its website. The government recently decided to import one million tons of edible oil during 2008-09 fiscal via state trading agencies -- MMTC, PEC, STC and Nafed -- to supply oil to people through the public distribution system. So far, MMTC and STC have floated tenders to buy 44,000 tons and 24,000 tons of edible oil respectively from overseas market. PEC said that it plans to import crude degummed soyabean oil from Argentina and Brazil. "It is importing on behalf of itself, PEC, State Trading Corporation, and National Agricultural Co-operative Marketing Federation (NAFED)," it said. According to the tender, the bidder should deliver 12,000 tons of edible oil at Kandla and Mundra ports, while another 12,000 tons at Kakinada between June 1-30. "Bidders should bid for the entire quantity and they can also quote for additional quantity", the company added.

agriculture stocks Most agricultural-related stocks traded higher in the wake of the Senate's passage of the farm bill by a veto-proof majority. Ethanol-related shares stood out from the pack, with Aventine Renewable Energy wing earnings-induced selling pressure on were a standout, rising nearly 3% following earnings-induced selling pressure on Wednesday. Navistar Internatonal also gained, up more than 1%. Similar gains also were scored by Bunge Ltd. Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan and CF Industries Holdings a supplier of crop nutrients, traded 2% higher.Wednesday.

vegetable packing A happy beast makes a delicious dinner – so how can you be sure your meat is top notch? Nick Nairn spills the beans in our third exclusive extract from his new bookA GREAT piece of beef gets me pretty close to culinary Nirvana. I'm not the only one with this passion – demand for meat has shot up around the world since the 1950s, an appetite influenced by our growing affluence and the ready availability of a product that provides us with a wonderfully flavoursome source of protein. The big issue with all this demand, however, is that it puts pressure on farmers to increase their supply. As they cut costs, so the process becomes intensified, and more animals end up on the conveyor belt of factory farming, producing meat that's certainly cheap, but also tough and, let's face it, pretty tasteless. But there's still top-quality meat to be had, though you'll see that, as with all sectors of the food industry, the market has been split in three. At the top end, the prime motivator of production is quality, and you'll find happy, healthy beasts living a full life, facing a calm slaughter and undergoing a proper hanging and butchering process. In the middle, quality is balanced with cost, and the animals will undergo some sort of intensive process, living shorter lives, eating high-energy feeds and moving more quickly through the slaughter process. At the bottom end, cost is the only motivator, and you get into the dark and disturbing areas of mechanically recovered meat, and imports from countries with potentially dodgy practices. The vast majority of the meat we eat will have come from the middle sector, which can still produce something rather wonderful. But if you're looking for quality, let's concentrate on the best. It's what I would recommend for the roast sirloin (recipe overleaf). Try it with my red-wine gravy and Yorkshire puddings and you'll see what I mean.

Salted Vegetables ote: You can have your butcher cut the chicken into 8 pieces (excluding the wings, which you can reserve for another use, such as making stock). 1 whole chicken, about 4 pounds 2 teaspoons kosher salt 2 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper 2 tablespoons good-quality olive oil 2 medium leeks, white part only, halved lengthwise and cut crosswise into 1/4 -inch slices (about 1 cup) 1 medium fennel bulb, cut crosswise into 1/4 -inch slices 3 cloves green garlic, thinly sliced 1 large sprig fresh rosemary 8 small spring onions, whole with about 2 inches of greens 8 baby carrots (assorted colors), scrubbed and halved lengthwise 1 cup fava beans, shelled 1 cup sugar snap or English peas, shelled 1/4 cup fresh flat-leaf parsley, minced 1/2 cup plain Greek yogurt 1. Quarter the chicken, removing the wings and the back (you can reserve these for making stock) and keeping the bones intact. Cut the thighs from the legs and cut the breasts in half through the ribs; you will have eight pieces. Pat the chicken dry, then season with salt and pepper. 2. Heat the oil in a 6-quart heavy-bottom lidded casserole and brown the chicken pieces over medium-high heat, turning them over so that they brown evenly, about 15 minutes. 3. Remove and reserve the chicken. Pour off all but about 1 tablespoon of excess oil from the pan. Add the leeks, fennel, garlic, rosemary and spring onions and sauté over medium heat for about 2 minutes. 4. Return the chicken to the pan, along with any accumulated juices, and add 2 1/2 cups of water. Bring to a boil, then reduce to a simmer and cover and cook until the chicken is done, about 20 minutes. Stir in the carrots during the last 15 minutes of cooking. 5. Meanwhile, bring a pot of salted water to a boil. Blanch the favas for 1 minute then cool in an ice bath. Drain and then peel. Set aside. 6. When the chicken is cooked, remove the pieces and keep warm. Discard the rosemary. Add the peas and simmer uncovered for about a minute over medium-low heat. 7. To finish, add the favas, half of the parsley and yogurt to the pan of vegetables and broth, stirring to combine. Check for seasoning. To serve, spoon two pieces of chicken into the middle of each soup plate, then ladle the vegetables and broth around the chicken. Top with the remaining fresh parsley. Each serving: 640 calories; 60 grams protein; 25 grams carbohydrates; 7 grams fiber; 33 grams fat; 10 grams saturated fat; 213 mg. cholesterol; 800 mg. sodium.
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Harvester Parts Last year's much talked about move to full-mechanisation agriculture in both China and India could soon be trumped by the sleeping giant markets of Russia and its immediate central European neighbours. The implications for Australia producers are significant because these new boys on the sales block could siphon-off much needed broadacre equipment that otherwise would have been heading our way. Nowhere is the demand greater than in the newly-emerged coalition of the Commonwealth of Independent States where the untapped scale of their rural enterprises is quickly being realised. This blossoming of the Russia farm equipment market was recently acknowledged by Claas executive, Cathrina Claas, when visiting Melbourne where she told of the "huge demand" within the old Soviet Union, starting in the late 1990s and accelerating rapidly since 2000. "The numbers have increased annually by double-digit figures and they have tripled in the last three years," Ms Claas said. "The acreages are enormous and there's been a wave of investment." All this means that Australian farmers must address the issue of forward ordering of new equipment much more seriously than has previously been the case. Only recently, Case IH signalled an "outstanding" 2007 trading year in Ukraine, noting that 165 of its machines had been earmarked for delivery in January of this year. Meanwhile, Deere & Co has signed an agreement with the Russian government and local authorities to invest approximately $US80m in a central operations centre which includes a distribution, replacement parts and training facility in the Kaluga region, 38 miles southwest of Moscow. "We believe this is one of the largest single investment projects of a non-Russian farm and forestry equipment manufacturer in Russia," Deere & Co chairman and chief executive officer, Robert lane said. Interestingly, the action is not all internal, as evidenced by the country's biggest combine harvester manufacturer, Rostselmash, which recently took over the former high horsepower Canadian tractor maker, Buhler.