On the 14th of March, 2009, the screening exercise of the MBGN Beauty Pageant was held at the prestigious Eko Hotels and Suits. Though members of the GoodLife team arrived some minutes behind schedule, due to the preparations for THE AQUASELECT SWIM SUIT PARTY AND MODEL SEARCH, we still had a lot to witness. There were over one hundred and twenty girls looking to convince the judges to select them as a part of the final twelve that will be taken to Imo State where they will be camped, groomed and trained before the grand finale. The event was witnessed by the outgoing Most Beautiful Girl,….. and Nigeria’s representative at the Miss Universe Pageant not forgetting Mr. Ben Bruce and his wife amongst others. The first phase of the screening exercise saw the girls come out one after the other in their bikini costumes to catwalk and answer a few questions. Black indeed is beautiful as was the case when these girls came out one after the other looking stunning in their various wears. The new comers could be easily noticed as some of them fumbled in their catwalks and some were just so visibly nervous. After then came the group and final screening where the girls came out in groups of fifteen girls. They were assessed one last time by the team of experienced judges based on their physical features. While the judges went on to deciding the first twenty girls to make it to the semi finals, the girls were treated to a light lunch and entertainment in the form of a talent exhibition. Some girls came out to dance, recite poems, sing and the person that actually stole the show with her very brief but hilarious joke was contestant seven who was later awarded a #5000 shopping card at Occasions & Events owned by Mrs. Ben Bruce. Then the final moment came when the semi finalists of twenty girls were picked out of the over a hundred and twenty participants and afterwards, the final 12 that will be joining their other finalist from other regions in Owerri, Imo State were selected from the semi finalists. It truly was a case of many being called but a few were finally chosen.

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Temecula vineyards prepare for the busiest winemaking occasion of the year.

It is approaching the season when Temecula vineyards begin their annual grape yield.  In Temecula harvest begins a bit early due to the warm weather.  Production time usually begins in the latter part of August with the white wines and ends by October with the yield of the last of the red wines. 

Vineyard management and winemakers will be keeping a close eye on their vineyards over the next few weeks looking for the optimum level of sugars and flavor to decide when to start picking. Winemakers will spend the last couple of months getting ready for bottling as much as possible of their current stock to free up barrel and tank capacity and to get the chore out of the way before the chaos of gathering and crush (term used by winemakers for the processing of the gathering).  Cellar management will double check to establish their winemaking equipment is in proper order and will begin appointing workers to help harvest the fruit and process the grapes into wine.

There are many different ways a winery may elect to yield and process the grapes.  The proceeding is one example for a red wine with open bin fermentation. When it is time to begin,  harvest crews will gather the fruit either by manually or with mechanical harvesters.  When the grapes arrive to the crushpad (the location on the winery where the grapes are processed) they are loaded into the destemmer. The destemmer looks sort of likea tumble dryer.  The grapes tumble inside the drum and the stems get spit out the side of the drum while the stemless grapes fall straight down into a bin.  Once the grapes are free of stems the winemaker will combine yeast to the bins full of grapes and leave the must (grape juice containing skins and seeds) sitting to ferment.  This series can take anywhere from 3 to 5 days. The extended amount of time the winemaker leaves the grapes to sit with their skins the more the juice can extract color from the skins. During the whole time of fermentation the winemaker will monitor the sugar levels of the wine to check the process and will repeatedly punch down the grape skins that go to the top and create a cap in order to reach good juice to skin connection. Once the fermentation is complete, the winemaker will press the wine to get ride of the skins and seeds and transport the young wine to tanks for secondary fermentation.

During secondary fermentation the wine stays in big tanks until the wine stop bringing about the gasses that form throughout this secondary phase of fermentation.  The wine is then racked (the juice is separated from any sediment that separates from the juice as it sits) and placed into barrels for ageing.

As you can envision this whole procedure is one on the most labor intensive and critical steps in the winemaking procedure.  This is the time of year when winemakers are very busy and look toward to a day of relaxation after harvest is complete.  Many winemaking regions celebrate the closing of harvest with a day of celebration.  Wiens Family Cellars of Temecula will celebrate the finishing of harvest with their yearly Wiensfest on 18 October 2009.  The celebration for wine club members and their guests will feature a grape stomp contest, German goodies, a cultural German Oompah band, costume contest and plenty of Wiens award winning wine and craft beer.

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Everything is set at Regina Margherita theater of Caltanissetta to host the Med Moda which will begin on 25 October 2009 and that, like every autumn, will present new and exciting collections created by designers from around the world.
Born in 1994 as a festival to start young and unknown international designers, the Med style has become over the years a sort of salon where you compare the global fashion and know each other.
Korea, Bolivia, Syria, Iraq and Angola are just some of the nations, over the years, have brought their creations on the catwalk event.
Participation in the Med is free and open to fashion designers from around the world, but who want to participate, must pass the strict selection of the jury that ensures the originality of creations from year to year.
For 2006, for example, the organizers have received nearly 200 applications for participation, among which they selected 12 promising designers.
This year promises to be even more memorable thanks to a cast of artistic exception: it will parade the collections of Indian designers Jatin Varma and Pria Kataria Puri, Ukraine’s Olena Burenina of Croatian Alen K, Albanian Ardi Asllani, the Bolivian Sonia Aviles, Venezuela Guillermo Forero Gomez, of the Georgian Elene Pitskhelauri and Ketevan Darsavelidze, and Italian Koscanyo. Heading up the event will Saba Wesser, Princess of Ethiopian origin, model, presenter and actress, a figure who embodies the spirit of fashion Med.
Among the many designers, Croatian Alen American adoptive K seems to be the designer best known: it has participated in several fashion shows and fashion events in Europe and in America. His creations are both practical and innovative, inspired by his homeland, but also characterized by Hispanic influences.
The Albanian Ardi Asllani is more known in his country had treated some of the costumes for the event “Euro Video – Grand Prix 2006,” a musical event held last year Tirana.kind.
“For this edition,” says the patron of the event Massimo Pastorello, “we were struggling not just to select the finalists rose: we received more than a hundred requests from all continents and spent months to view the collections to reach 10 designers who, I am sure, are an important part of international haute couture.
We are particularly pleased to have two designers from India, a new economic superpower, that even in the fashion industry will tell her in terms of creativity and quality, as we are sure of the reappointment of fashion Ukraine after the success of last year Ludmyla Kyslenko. ”
Important is the presence of countries such as Georgia and Venezuela that will host the overseas edition of the fashion Med.
The future of the festival is in fact, according to organizers, in its transformation into itinerant event, as they tried editions organized in Bolivia, El Alto and La Paz.
Alongside Massimo Pastorello Management there will be Marcello Motta and Renata of btf Falco, who will take care directed fashion, makeup and hairstyles while entrusted to the staff of “CentoXCento” stylists, led by Salvo Fiandaca and Michele Cammarata. To sponsor the fair, the President of the Sicilian Region, the Regional Department for Cultural Heritage and Tourism and Transport, the City and the Province of Caltanissetta Caltanissetta Regional. These entities are added to the Venezuelan government, which will be represented by Ambassador Alejandro Lacava Evangelista, and the Georgian government, represented by Ambassador Gogsadze Zaal, and Claudio Debiasi, contact person for the Med Moda in Georgia and organizer of cultural events.
Who is not in Caltanissetta can also be inspired by the creations that will parade on stage at the Teatro Regina Margherita, following the event live on the Sky platform, the frequencies of Mediterraneo Sat.

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The representative mask of the GB Thermae Hotels stems from 1998 of an idea of the Borile management to promote the venitian area abroad.

Its blue colour reminds us of spa water, the main element of the wellness in the spa.

The spa water is used everywhere at the GB Thermae Hotels: in the 18 thermal swimming pools at different temperatures (from 30 to 35°C), in 3 Kneipp paths and in the 3 pools for rehabilitation in thermal water for the psycho-physical recovery of sportspeople, in the inhalations and aerosols and in the thermal bath post fango.

The big round gown is decorated with the five pictures of the five hotels of the group: the Abano Grand Hotel, the Grand Hotel Trieste e Victoria, the Hotel Due Torri, the Hotel Metropole and the Hotel La Residence.

The costume has travelled in Europe: it took part in the gala dinner of Kaffe Siedler Ball at the Imperial Palace Hofburg of Wien, it was in Luxembourg, Cannes at Palais Stéfanie for a gala organized in partnership with the Syndacat d’Initiatives of Cannes. It has participated to the masquerade parade Maschera d’Argento set up by the major of Abano Terme and is to be seen during the typical venitian buffets organised in the hotels. Moreover, it strolls in Venice during the week of the worldwide famous Carnival.

Abano Terme, known for its natural thermal resource, offers overall well-being for the body and spirit.Located not far from Venice, it greets its guests in the month of February with the magic atmosphere of the world’s most famous Carnival. For the Carnivale 2009 the Abano Grand Hotel and the Hotel La Residence have a dedicated programme that combines party time with excursions and well-being. Candle light dinners, wine tasting, dance evenings, fashion shows and Venetian buffets with Venetian masks, guided excursions to Venice and to the Casino, made to measure wellness programmes at the Thermal Spa, relaxation by the thermal pools at 37°C, fitness room, thermal grotto, water exercise and bicycles available.

The GB Thermae Hotels offer special events for the carnivale and a unique mask for promote its 5 hotels in Abano Terme.

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NABA is proud to announce that its Summer Session has now reached its 6th edition.

NABA 2009 Summer Session is a very special one as, not only is the collaboration with Central Saint Martins London, The University of the Arts, continuing for the 4th consecutive year, but also brand new courses in collaboration with Parsons Paris; Accademia Teatro alla Scala; Forma – International Center of Photography; AMD – Akademie Mode & Design, have been activated for the period June – July 2009.

NABA offers a wide choice of Summer Courses: Introduction, Intermediate (Studio Level) and Advanced Level courses. The Summer Programs propose a wide and updated synthesis of NABA know-how, giving a view of the most significant trends of the market, of industrial creation processes, of artistic and social expression, of Interior and Product Design, Landscape Architecture, Fashion Design, Styling, Accessories, Textiles and Fibres, Fashion Marketing and Merchandising, Graphics, Photography, Communication and Theatre Lighting Design, Costume Decoration and Jewellery Design, together with the opportunity to experiment a topical project theme, under the guidance of renowned professionals and in cooperation with big companies and studios.

Introduction Level Courses are intended for students without academic background on a specific subject area and offer a unique opportunity to explore a new creative environment. These courses will concentrate on practical experimentation within the creative design process.

Intermediate Level Courses meet the needs of students with previous knowledge in that specific subject area who are keen on building upon this through an intensive and specialised training experience. Students will be immersed in a design environment simulating a professional studio, gaining profound insight into the technical components of the design process.

Advanced Level Courses are developed in collaboration with Accademia Teatro alla Scala and are intended for students attending their last years of University in the specific subject areas dealt with in the summer courses and for professionals in those specific fields who want to make a hands-on training experience in Italy.

Selected visits to museums, companies, production sites and design studios during the programs expose students to the creative and cultural environment in Italy.

Further details available at www.design-summer-courses.com

For any further information please contact us at summer@naba.it

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