Barcelona is hosting the third edition of the Wine & Culinary International Forum today, a biennial international conference dedicated to food and wine pairing promoted by Bodegas Torres. Over 250 professionals, including sommeliers, restaurant owners, distributors and journalists from almost 20 different countries, participated in the event. Celebrated in the Palau de Congressos de Catalunya, it provided a forum in which to reflect and discuss the complementary relationship between wine and food under the heading “Wine and World Cuisines.”
The president of Bodegas Torres, Miguel A. Torres, opened the event, which featured talks, tastings and culinary demonstrations by a total of 20 national and international experts who are highly regarded in their fields. Among them, Josep Roca, sommelier at El Celler de Can Roca; the award winning wine-writer and journalist Sarah Jane Evans MW, an expert in Spanish wines as well as the former Chairman of the Institute of Masters of Wine; the prestigious French enologist Pascal Chatonnet, one of the leading researchers into the microbiological factors involved in the interaction between wine and oak; Canadian researcher François Chartier, a pioneer in the aromatic science of molecular food matching since 2004 and author of Taste Buds and Molecules, world’s best innovative food 2010; the renowned French wine critic Michel Bettane; and the endocrinologist Dr. Francisco Tinahones, a researcher at the University of Malaga.
To view the multimedia release go to:
http://www.multivu.com/players/uk/7948051-torres-wine-culinary-international-forum/
To promote the adoption of teenagers from foster care, the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), AdoptUSKids and the Ad Council are unveiling a new series of multimedia public service advertisements (PSAs). Today, more than 33,000 teenagers await adoption from the U.S. foster care system. Nearly 50 percent (14,000) are between the ages of 14 and 16.
These new PSAs are part of the Adoption from Foster Care campaign launched in 2004. Since the launch of the campaign more than 15,000 children have been placed with a permanent family.
To view Multimedia News Release, go to http://www.multivu.com/mnr/58394-ad-council-adoption-psas-raise-awareness-of-teenagers-in-us-foster-care
As wars end, the hardship continues. Servicemen are still stationed overseas, families remain left behind and veterans return to an economy stuck in the doldrums. The Veterans of Foreign Wars Foundation’s Return the Favor campaign supports programs and services that work to ease the burden on America’s active-duty military, veterans and their families.
One key part of the campaign is the Unmet Needs Program. The program assists with basic life needs such as rent, mortgage, utilities, vehicle repair, medical expenses or food/basic assistance. It has helped over 3,000 military families and funds are available to all five branches of the military, as well as members of the National Guard and Reserves. Since 2004, the Unmet Needs Program has provided more than $4 million dollars in financial assistance to deserving military families.
To view Multimedia News Release, go to http://www.multivu.com/mnr/53538-vfw-foundation-return-the-favor-campaign-on-national-tv-series-giving-back
Una terrorista suicida cerca di uccidere dei Sionisti come biglietto di entrata al Paradiso. Reem Riyashi, di Hamas, prima del suo attacco suicida. Sito web di Hamas, 2004 2009
Un tsunami d’une ampleur inégalée frappe cette région du monde très touristique où les hôtels affichent complet à cette période de l’année. Ce séisme a eu la quatrième magnitude la plus puissante jamais enregistrée dans le monde, l’Indonésie, les côtes du Sri-Lanka et du sud de l’Inde, ainsi que le sud de la Thaïlande et l’île touristique de Phuket sont touchés.
Enl’espace de quelques minutes, des dizaines de milliers de personnes sont mortes et des communautés entières ont disparu sous l’eau, la boue et les débris : 226 000 morts et des pertes économiques considérables.
To view the Multimedia News Release, go to http://www.multivu.com/players/fr/7391751-tmc-tsunami-10-ans-apres-ils-racontent/
"Tarabisho" The Talking Chick, On educational program for Palestinian children Palestinian Television (Fatah) Oct 22, 2004 - If a boy comes in front of your house, where a tree is planted, and cuts it down, what would you do? - I have two trees in front of my house. What I'll do to him? I'll fight him and make a big riot, I'll call the whole world and make a riot. I'll bring AK-47's (assault rifle) and the whole world, I'll commit a massacre in front of the house.
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