Ecuador's flower exports keep its economy blooming
Ecuador is the world's third-largest exporter of cut flowers, three quarters of which are roses, and the business keeps itself blooming.
CCTV America's Dan Collyns filed this report from Quito, Ecuador.
Miss International 2013 Question & Answer Bea Rose Santiago Of The Philippines Winner
Miss International 2013 Question And Answer Bea Rose Santiago Of The Philippines
Miss International 2013 is the 53rd edition of the Miss International beauty pageant that took place on December 17, 2013 at the Shinagawa Prince Hotel Hall, Tokyo, Japan. The 2008 titleholder, Alejandra Andreu of Spain, crowned the new winner at the conclusion of the event. Miss International 2012 Ikumi Yoshimatsu of Japan was barred from attending the event due to her involvement in a scandal where a media executive Genichi Taniguchi allegedly harassed and intimidated Ms. Yoshimatsu for not signing on to a talent agency with ties to the Japanese Yakuza or underworld. At the end of the night, Miss Philippines Bea Rose Santiago was crowned Miss International 2013. She is the fifth candidate from her country to win the title.
OFFICIAL RESULTS
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Miss International 2013 - Philippines -- Bea Rose Santiago
1st Runner-up - Netherlands -- Nathalie den Dekker
2nd Runner-up - New Zealand -- Casey Radley
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TOP 5
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Colombia -- Lorena Hermida
Hungary -- Brigitta Ötvős
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TOP 15
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Gibraltar - Jamielee Randall
Brazil - Cristina Alves Da Silva
Puerto Rico - Ashley Beth Pérez
Ecuador - Nathaly Arroba Hurtado
USA - Andrea Neu
Lithuania - Elma Segzdaviciute
Iceland - Sigrún Eva Ármannsdóttir
Russia - Olga Gaidabura
Thailand - Chonticha Tiengtham
Spain - Araceli Carrilero Martínez
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SPECIAL AWARDS
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BEST NATIONAL COSTUME - ARUBA
MISS FRIENDSHIP - NEW ZEALAND
MISS INTERNET - MACAU
MISS PHOTOGENIC - LITHUANIA
Alaska to Argentina by Motorbike, Dom Harris
Full Article By Fergal Browne at: :
Film Locations (in order of appearance)
Alaska: Thompson Pass near Valdez, Brown Bear and cubs-Denali National Park(NP), Denali NP, alpine tundra north of Atigun Pass-Arctic Circle, Prudhoe Bay-Arctic Ocean (most northerly point on trip), Thompson Pass waterfall. Canada: Bison herds-British Columbia, Black Bear and Elk-Jasper/Banff NP. Montana: Glacier NP. Idaho: Clearwater National Forest. Wyoming: Yellowstone NP. Utah: high desert valley near Vernal. Colorado: Black Canyon of the Gunnison, Mesa Verde. Arizona: Petrified Forest NP. New Mexico: New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science-Albuquerque, Rattlesnake Museum-Albuquerque. Texas: Guadalupe Mountains. Mexico: Chihuahua Desert, El Tajin ruins, Edward James' Las Pozas-Xilitla, Campeche City, Comalcalco Mayan ruins, Calakmul Mayan ruins-Spider Monkeys-Biosphere Reserve. Belize: Maya Mountains. Guatemala: Tikal Maya ruins. Honduras: Near Danli. Nicaragua: Beach-Volcan Conception and Madera, Volcan Momotombo. Costa Rica: Cloud forest near Pocora. Panama: Sub-tropical forest near Gualaca, boat ride to catamaran for passage across Caribbean to Cartagena-at Carti Suitupo. Caribbean: San Blas Islands reef. Colombia: Mesa De Los Santos, Barichara, road near Pasto and Ibague. Ecuador: Guard near Catacocha, mountains near Tanicuchi, Amazonias-dirt road and bridge. Peru: Pacific Ocean and desert near Trujillo, road block and protest near Ayaviri, river below Machu Picchu, Machu Picchu. Chile: Pacific coast near Chanaral, Atacama desert riding-bogged, southern Patagonia-Carretera Austral towards O'Higgins, Marble Caves, dirt road near O'Higgins. Argentina: Perito Moreno glacier, south of Rio Gallegos, sea lion colony near Puerto Madryn-Atlantic Ocean, Guanaco herd towards Rio Grande, Tierra Del Fuego National Park (most southerly point on trip), riding into Ushuaia. Credits: Realising guard turned camera on near Catacocha, Ecuador.
You need to prove nothing to anyone but yourself.
cheers
Dom
Miss International 2013 - Crowning Moment - Miss Philippines - Bea Rose Santiago
Miss International 2013 was the 53rd edition of the Miss International Beauty Pageant that took place on December 17, 2013 at the Shinagawa Prince Hotel Hall in Tokyo, Japan. 67 countries participated in this annual pageant. Bea Rose Santiago of the Philippines was crowned as the Winner by Miss International 2008 Alejandra Andreu at the end of the event.
For the first time in history of Miss International, the incumbent Titleholder Miss International 2012 Ikumi Yoshimatsu of Japan was barred from attending the event due to her involvement in a scandal where a media executive Genichi Taniguchi allegedly harassed and intimidated Ms. Yoshimatsu for not signing on to a talent agency with ties to the Japanese Yakuza or underworld.
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OFFICIAL RESULT
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Miss International 2013 - Philippines -- Bea Rose Santiago
1st runner-up - Netherlands -- Nathalie den Dekker
2nd runner-up - New Zealand -- Casey Radley
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TOP 5
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Colombia -- Lorena Hermida
Hungary -- Brigitta Ötvös
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TOP 15
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Brazil -- Cristina Alves Da Silva
Ecuador -- Nathaly Arroba Hurtado
Gibraltar -- Jamielee Randall
Iceland -- Sigrún Eva Ármannsdóttir
Lithuania -- Elma Segzdaviciute
Russia -- Olga Gaidabura
Puerto Rico -- Ashley Beth Pérez
Spain -- Araceli Carrilero Martínez
Thailand -- Chonticha Tiengtham
USA -- Andrea Neu
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SPECIAL AWARDS
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Miss Friendship - New Zealand -- Casey Radley
Miss Internet - Macau -- Adela Ka-Wai Sou
Miss Photogenic - Lithuania -- Elma Segzdaviciute
Best National Costume - Aruba -- Erialda Croes
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Miss Philippines Bea Santiago - Winning Answer/Speech - Miss International 2013
Miss International 2013 was the 53rd edition of the Miss International Beauty Pageant that took place on December 17, 2013 at the Shinagawa Prince Hotel Hall in Tokyo, Japan. 67 countries participated in this yearly event. Bea Rose Santiago of the Philippines was crowned as the Winner by Miss International 2008 Alejandra Andreu at the end of the event.
For the first time in history of Miss International, the incumbent Titleholder Miss International 2012 Ikumi Yoshimatsu of Japan was barred from attending the event due to her involvement in a scandal where a media executive Genichi Taniguchi allegedly harassed and intimidated Ms. Yoshimatsu for not signing on to a talent agency with ties to the Japanese Yakuza or underworld.
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OFFICIAL RESULT
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Miss International 2013 - Philippines -- Bea Rose Santiago
1st runner-up - Netherlands -- Nathalie den Dekker
2nd runner-up - New Zealand -- Casey Radley
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TOP 5
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Colombia -- Lorena Hermida
Hungary -- Brigitta Ötvös
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TOP 15
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Brazil -- Cristina Alves Da Silva
Ecuador -- Nathaly Arroba Hurtado
Gibraltar -- Jamielee Randall
Iceland -- Sigrún Eva Ármannsdóttir
Lithuania -- Elma Segzdaviciute
Russia -- Olga Gaidabura
Puerto Rico -- Ashley Beth Pérez
Spain -- Araceli Carrilero Martínez
Thailand -- Chonticha Tiengtham
USA -- Andrea Neu
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SPECIAL AWARDS
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Miss Friendship - New Zealand -- Casey Radley
Miss Internet - Macau -- Adela Ka-Wai Sou
Miss Photogenic - Lithuania -- Elma Segzdaviciute
Best National Costume - Aruba -- Erialda Croes
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(Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for fair use for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.
Courtesy of International Culture Association, Miss International Organization & All others. Thank You Very Much!)
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Venice Art for All 2014 (english subtitles)
TEXT OF THE VIDEO
Venice, world heritage site; Venice, a special tourist destination which, with its 453 bridges, everyone imagines to be an enormous barrier to mobility, making visits difficult.
To debunk this common myth, the City of Venice for many years has adopted various strategies which have made the city much easier to visit than could be imagined.
One component of this successful programme is “A Venezia le barriere si superano di corsa”(Running through barriers in Venice), which takes advantage of the temporary ramps used for the Venice marathon to guarantee more than three months of access for everyone over an area of almost three kilometres.
Interview with Alessandro Maggioni, director of Public Works: It's an ongoing task, an important job within the Plan for the Removal of architectural barriers, which the Administration considers to be a flagship element of our activities. A task that continues over time: we have done the same in previous years in an area which is densely packed with cultural sites. Today we continue to reaffirm the need for Venice to be increasingly accessible. And we are doing this alongside major cultural institutions and other businesses.
The second edition of Venice Art for All enhances this event further, with a project that ensures that the ramps will remain in place until 15th June on the Catecumeni, Calcina and Incurabili bridges in the Dorsoduro sestiere.
The idea originally arose from a desire to meet the mobility needs of Tito and Matilde, two young people with disabilities; it was endorsed by the municipal administration and every year since has found new supporters to promote the concept of the city of art open to all.
New for 2014 is Dress Code Venice Ramp”, an urban project of creative decoration which involves students and teachers from the European Design Schools (IED) in Florence and Venice in workshops with the aim of finding solutions for improving the aesthetics of the ramps, which are currently mounted on a system of prefabricated jointed tubing.
Interview with Professor Matteo Fioravanti: The idea is a collaborative workshop with students from IED Florence and IED Venice. In practice there are three workshop sessions. The first was in Florence, when we presented the outlines of the project. The second is being held at the moment in Venice, where the young participants
are coming into contact with the various interested parties to discuss their preliminary design ideas and solutions. The third session will take place in just over a month's time, again in Venice, when the young people will plan and design their concepts for a new look for the ramps. We will see them at work: they will physically build the ramps themselves.
While we wait to learn about the projects designed by the IED students, which will be created in April, anyone wishing to visit the museums and art galleries in the Dorsoduro area can do so with total accessibility; there is an itinerary which covers two different routes connected by public transport.
A trail that begins at the “Accademia” vaporetto stop, from where it is possible to visit the Gallerie dell’Accademia, one of Italy's most important museums. Following the route, after passing the Calcina bridge it is easy to reach the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, one of the most accomplished collections of eighteenth-century Italian, European and American art.
Alternatively visitors can follow the Giudecca canal along the Fondamenta delle Zattere, reaching the former Ospedale degli Incurabili, now home to the Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia, a prestigious higher education institute for the high culture and art sector.
From the “Salute” public transport stop you can reach Punta della Dogana, now a centre of contemporary art, which with Palazzo Grassi makes up the Francois Pinault Foundation centre, hosting major exhibitions of contemporary art. Continuing towards Rio Terà ai Saloni via the ramp over the Catecumeni bridge, takes you to the Fondazione Emilio e Annabianca Vedova, dedicated to the Venetian painter.
With the Dress Code Venice Ramp project, the various individuals involved set themselves the objective, through an act of collective intelligence, of drawing up a code of guidelines to define an appropriate look for the temporary ramps, a design that combines utility, accessibility and aesthetics.
Mama Cass - California Dreaming , Monday Monday (Live)
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