| The North Face Spring '07 Kit Scoop
More new kit for the spring / summer season, this time from The North Face. This is all due in the shops in the next month or so, so you won't have long to wait if anything hits the gear spot. G-spot, gear spot, erm... Apex Elixir Jacket - £90 - fast-moving softshell The North Face's range of Apex softshell kit has been around for a while now with frequent updates. The new Apex Elixir is part of the Flight Series, so aimed at fast movers. The fabric's the light, but tough feeling 4-way stretch Apex Aerobic complete with DWR. It's available in both men's and women's versions, like most other items in the range. Highly wind resistant but should still breathe well, plus there are vented pockets, a fleece-lined collar, reflective TNF logos and adjustable hem and cuffs.
New Approach for Treating Aging Skin Combines Minimally Invasive Procedures
When people think of facelifts, images of aging Hollywood stars with their faces pulled as tight as their red carpet gowns might come to mind. Now, a growing trend among dermatologists is to combine minimally invasive procedures to tone, tighten and plump aging skin, creating a more natural, younger look with less risk and recovery time than a traditional surgical facelift. .
Consultations to begin on Green Point Commons plans
The City of Cape Town will complete a public participation process on the much-contested Green Point Commons park reconfiguration process, by the end of June, a city official said on Wednesday.The commons are located in the green space on which the new Green Point Stadium, for the 2010 soccer World Cup is going to be constructed.The Green Point Commons Association last year threatened legal action against the City of Cape Town over the building of the stadium, citing reasons ranging from fear of congestion and the future of the golf course to an increase in their rates.Speaking to Engineering News Online, City of Cape Town spokesperson Pieter Cronje said that a public participation programme to the proposed changes on the Green Point Commons with all stakeholders, was scheduled to “start shortly”.The City of Cape Town would present the proposed plans by July 5, once consultation with stakeholders, including lease holders, users of the Commons and surrounding residents, had shown that the majority accepted the proposed changes.“We already have a proposed plan drawn up showing all the changes and a commitment for the budget from the City, which has promised funding of R120-million,” Cronje said.The reconfiguration process will involve giving the Commons a “facelift” by clustering the facilities, such as the scattered sports fields, golf course and stadium, at the centre of the grounds.“We plan to demolish the old stadium and build a new stadium, which will extend onto the golf course,” he explained.However, the City agreed to extend the golf course in a different direction on the 85ha Green Point Commons.Cronje was confident that stakeholders would agree to the proposed plan, as the cash injection of R2,5-billion would be a catalyst to the revitalisation, facelift and maintenance of the Commons, particularly as some of the facilities were neglected and scattered.“There is quite widespread support from the Green Point Commons Association, who are keen for the Common to be maintained.” Cost conundrum Meanwhile, it was announced this week that an agreement had been reached by the City of Cape Town and the preferred bidder – a joint venture between Murray & Roberts and WBHO, to slash the current stadium budget by a billion rand from the original R3,7-billion to R2,68-billion.However, this still left a R180-million gap.To bring it to affordable limits, the city negotiated with the preferred bidder “to understand the elements of risk (cost) built into the tender price and to either minimise or eliminate it,” Cronje explained.“We looked at an alternative mandate and a structural revision on the columns and roof.
Television: Roland White: Tough on satirists and their causes
There is nothing fresh to say about Tony Blair, but The Trial of Tony Blair (Monday, More4; Thursday, C4) just came out and said it anyway. This satirical drama took an unpopular prime minister, clinging to office and worried about his legacy, and turned him into an unpopular prime minister, clinging to office and worried about his legacy. Ironically, by the time the credits rolled, it proved that Blair need have no worries on the legacy front. His gift to the nation is clear — the death of political satire. You can stick this man in the stocks of ridicule and lob as much rotten fruit as your budget will allow, yet he will emerge unscathed, boasting about the tough decisions he has failed to flinch from. Television cannot invent anything to compete with real life. Alistair Beaton is a gifted comic writer, but cannot write better lines about Blair than he produces himself.
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