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 Men Bomber Jacket out in Seghill around 5.45am. The men stole around ￡7,000 worth of cigarettes after breakinginto the supermarket by using a metal drain cover to smash the doorglass. No-one was hurt during the raid although staff were left shocked. One man, a 40-year-old from the Blyth area, has since been arrestedin connection with the robbery and bailed pending furtherenquiries. The first robber is described as white, approx 5'9" tall, mediumbuild, spoke with a local but not Geordie accent with a youngvoice. He wore black clothing, possibly a bomber style black jacketand a full balaclava and black gloves. The second man is white, approx 5'6" tall, medium build. He didn'tspeak. He wore a brown jacket and a full balaclava and gloves. Anyone with any information should contact Northumbria Police on03456

The continuing appreciation of the RMB has put increased pressure on China's textile & garment industry. The exchange rate for the RMB against the U.S. dollar broke through the 6.94, 6.93, 6.92 and 6.91 barriers triumphantly during eight trading days in June and was fast approaching 6.90 by June 12. In the first five months of this year, China’s total export of textile and apparel reached 66.157 billion U.S. dollars, increasing by 15.4 per cent compared with the same period of last year, in which the export of textile was $26.067 billion, expanding 26.2% and the export of apparel & clothing Annex was $40.09 billion, up by 9.3 per cent year-on-year, which was 9 per cent lower than last year’s growth rate however, and less than the national average as well. Statistically，Tootoo.com analyses, the first five month’s 26.3% growth rate has been higher than the 20.94% average annual increase level, however, the garment export growth has continued to slow down. Apparel exports went up by 8.46 percent in April, the lowest increase of the past five years, refreshed by the 1.08 percent record in May. The sharp slowdown in the garment export increase also dragged the overall textile & garment export growth. Therefore the textile industry has been depressed, looking forward to the Lifeboat Policy. In fact, the textile and garment export has low endure to the appreciation of the RMB. "Research Report on Impact of RMB Appreciation on China's Export Enterprises", published by China Banking Research Center of the Central University of Finance and Economics, indicated that with the rapid appreciation of the RMB and the deteriorating external environment, China's export enterprises will face enormous challenges. Less than 30 percent of the export enterprises can put up with a 4 percent appreciation or more, and moreover, 44.5 percent of Manufacturing industries on textile, apparel, shoes and hats can put up with an appreciation less than 2%，none of whom left when it comes to 6%. Nevertheless, the appreciation of the RMB against the U.S. dollar rate has been more than 4 percent during the first three months this year. The good news is that the relevant ministries are considering introducing a series of favorable policies to support the textile and garment industry in distress, which caused dispute though. The supporters stated that enterprises deserved a buffer period for the adjustment and upgrading, while the opponents were worried that the increased tax rebate rat and other support policies would protect a large number of low-level corporations and lead the industry's painful adjustment, started two years ago, down the drain. Under dispute, the support policy may not necessarily be carried out. What's more, were the support policy to be implemented, it is still unclear how effective it would turn out to be.

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 fashions and apparel(ARA) - Over the ages, people have been trying to find innovativeways to keep cool. Babe Ruth kept cabbage under his cap to keepcool during baseball games. Just being barefoot can keep kids coolall summer long. With the hottest months just around the bend, itis time to pull the summer clothes out from the back of the closet,go swim suit shopping or start thinking about a cabbage soup diet(under the hat just isn't going to cut it). Before you stock up onvegetables, consider the following sizzling summer heat tips. Fabrics that help disperse perspiration are great to beat the heat.You don't want clothing that will stay wet. Breathable fabrics thatpull moisture from your body and evaporate quickly are best. Cottonis a fiber that naturally helps absorb sweat to keep you cool.Advances in textiles allow for synthetic lightweight, wickablefabrics which move moisture from the skin to the outside ofclothing and encourage evaporation. It isn't a coincidence that summer fashions are usually lightercolors. Dark colors absorb heat, making you warmer than you need tobe. Light colors reflect the sun and help to keep you cooler. Whilecolor choices will regulate your temperature, it isn't always ashelpful in protecting you from the sun's UV radiation. The moretranslucent or see-through the fabric is, the less sun protectionthe fabric provides. The apparel industry now offers a wide range of sun protectiveclothing. These lines list an Ultraviolet Protection Factor (UPF)value that tells you how much protection the garment gives you,much like sunscreen. Find a balance between coverage with clothingand sunscreen. Loose, lightweight garments and hats during peak sunhours and shorts, skirts, and dresses once the overhead sun hasgone down are good choices. Hot weather style is for everyone these days. Shorts come in allstyles from cut-offs to Bermudas. Choose a style that works withyour shape and not only will you stay cool, you will look fabulous.The same can be said of swimsuits. Flattering styles, such as thetankini, are made for every body type. Padding for smaller busts orshelf bras for the ample put curves in all the right places. Withstyles like boy shorts, ruffled bottoms, high cut and stringbikinis, the list is "bottomless".

 Frozen Vegetable Simple saver If your finances are stretched but you want to eat as much organicfood as possible, stick to fruit and veg first and foremost,advises the Beyond Baked Beans which promotes cheap healthy food for those on a budget. And for the best value, only eat fruit and that are in season (iethose that are grown in the UK). If you're hankering after organicstrawberries in winter, you are going to pay through the nose forthem as they are imported from abroad. The cost of flying goods in from far-flung destinations will end upbeing passed on to you, and then there's the "un-green" cost of theextra environmental damage caused by the food being imported. Organic food can cost up to 50% more in the case of early(non-British) summer fruit and vegetables. In the same vein as sticking to seasonal produce, popping into yourneighbourhood store for a few items that are grown in your regionwill keep the lid on transport costs, and therefore the price youpay. In case you were wondering, in the UK we are now reckoned tospend a cool ￡2bn each year on organic food and drink,according to the Soil Association. Sales of organic food have grown14-fold over the past 10 years. 2. Be prudent with prime cuts Prime cuts of organic meat such as chicken breasts (rather thanthighs) carry premium prices. The same goes for ready-made productssuch as organic pasta sauces. Choose shrewdly and, if necessary,devote just part of your diet to organic, and you should be able tostay well in budget. 3. Sign up for an organic vegetable box scheme Some 50,000 UK households now have a vegetable box delivery everyweek. For anything from ￡7 to nearly ￡20, you get a regulardelivery at home (or at a pre-arranged drop-off point) of a boxpacked with fresh local goods, saving you the cost of buying themloose. As a rule, what you get is in the hands of the provider andwill, of course, depend on the season. However, a number do let youbar those vegetables or fruit that you really hate. The cheapest veg-box suppliers are often your most local - yourlocal council may have a list of producers or farms that offer sucha service, or try a nearby farmers' market. If you're on a tight budget, you canusually pick a box-size to suit your wallet, the budgets for vegetable boxes start at ￡7.95 for the"mini-box" - for that you get carrots, mushroom, onions, valorpotatoes, pointed cabbage and bright lights chard. Not surprisingly, supermarkets have also got in on the act:Waitrose, Sainsbury and Tesco are among those to have moved intothis fast-growing area, offering their versions of the localfarmer's organic box (we'll leave you to judge just how local thatis). Waitrose charges ￡13.50 for its "medium" eight differentvegetable goods, while Tesco, which is currently only offeringboxes in certain parts of the country, levies ￡10 for eightvegetables and two fruit types. 4. Monitor the supermarket specials Most of the "big four" chains run organic food promotions or offerloyalty points on organic deals through the year. Aside from buyingperishables, these are ideal for stocking up on sauces, pasta, meatand other goods that can be stored or frozen. Planet saver Cutting down on food waste will make your household greener andcould reduce your organic food bills by a third. You just have to use what you buy more efficiently. By shoppingevery two or three days, you can avoid duplication and excessproduce being stored and rotting away. In the same vein, choosing and buying loose fruit and veg (insteadof pre-packaged) and ignoring "three-for-the-price-of-two" deals onperishable goods can also help eradicate those piles of uneaten anduseless out-of-date food in your cupboards and fridge.

 Peanut Kernel U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Ed Schafertoday announced on June 12 that the USDA has delivered its firstactions implementing the new farm bill. Within three weeks ofcommodity title enactment in the 2008 farm bill, USDA isimplementing marketing assistance loan and loan deficiency payment(LDP) provisions. "We know we can rely on America's farmers and ranchers to grow ourfood, and they can rely on USDA to have the new farm bill ready,"said Schafer. "The Department of Agriculture is putting into actionthe thousands of pages of new farm bill law for crop production,research, marketing, nutrition, conservation, food aid and ruraldevelopment. Expect more follow-on farm bill results from USDA." USDA also announced that county loan rates for 2008 crop of wheat,corn, grain sorghum, barley, oats, soybeans, and other oilseeds(sunflower seed, flaxseed, canola, rapeseed, safflower, mustardseed, crambe, and sesame seed), State loan rates by class for 2008crop of rice, and regional loan rates for 2008 pulse crops (smallchickpeas, dry peas, and lentils) were posted today on the FarmService Agency (FSA) Web sitehttp://www.fsa.usda.gov/FSA/webapp?area=home&subject=prsu&topic=lor With enactment of the Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008,(the 2008 farm bill) national loan rates for the 2008 crops ofwheat, feed grains, oilseeds, rice, and pulses are at the followinglevels: ?Wheat $2.75 per bushel ?Corn $1.95 per bushel ?Grain Sorghum $1.95 per bushel ?Barley $1.85 per bushel ?Oats $1.33 per bushel ?Soybeans $5.00 per bushel ?Other Oilseeds $9.30 per hundredweight for each "other"oilseed ?Rice, long grain $6.50 per hundredweight ?Rice, medium grain $6.50 per hundredweight ?Small Chickpeas $7.43 per hundredweight ?Dry Peas $6.22 per hundredweight ?Lentils $11.72 per hundredweight As required by the 2008 Farm Bill, these national loan rates areestablished at the same levels as those established for the 2007crop, with the exception of rice. Starting with the 2008 crop, the2008 farm bill specifies national loan rates for both long grainrice and medium grain rice. Milled and Rough Rice Loan Rates by Class Updated For rice stored in commercial warehouses, the whole kernel milledrice loan rates for the 2008 crop are $10.00 per hundredweight forlong grain and $9.78 for medium/short grain. The broken kernel loanrate for all classes is $6.67 per hundredweight. National averagerough rice loan rates by class are $6.50 per hundredweight for longgrain and $6.50 for medium/short grain. USDA computes milled andrough rice loan rates by class using average milling yields andproduction percentages to ensure that the production-weightednational average rough rice loan rate equals the $6.50 perhundredweight national loan rate. Regional Pulse Loans Updated The 2008 crop West Region dry pea loan rate is $6.58 perhundredweight; the East Region dry pea loan rate is $6.14 perhundredweight. The West Region lentil loan rate is $14.23 perhundredweight; the East Region lentil loan rate is $10.74 perhundredweight. These rates average to the national rate based onrecent regional production shares. The West Region includes the Palouse (Idaho, Oregon and Washington)and other states west of the Rocky Mountains (Alaska, Arizona,California, Hawaii, Nevada, New Mexico and Utah). The East Regionincludes Montana, North Dakota and all other states not in the WestRegion. USDA determined that insufficient reliable market information isavailable to establish regional loan rates for small chickpeas.Therefore, the national rate of $7.43 per hundredweight applies forall producing regions. Under provisions of the new 2008 farm bill,producers of large chickpeas will not be eligible for marketingassistance loans until the 2009 crop year. Marketing assistance loans provide producers interim financing atharvest time to meet cash flow needs without having to sell theircommodities when market prices are typically at harvest-time lows.A producer who is eligible to obtain a loan, but who agrees toforgo the loan, may obtain a loan deficiency payment if suchpayments are available. Other Provisions and Rates Cotton and peanut loan and LDP provisions and rates will beannounced separately. Wool, mohair and honey were announced in January.

 Protect Bag MANILA, Philippines -- A bill imposing an excise tax of P2.50 forevery plastic bag used in business establishments has been filed atthe House of Representatives. House Bill 4134 filed by Albay Representative Al Francis Bicharaprovides automatic allocation of the revenue generated from thisproposed tax to the annual budget of the Department of Environmentand Natural Resources "to fund efforts to protect the environment." In pushing for the bill, Bichara said these plastic bags, which arenon-biodegradable and are found littered along roadside drains,have caused flooding during heavy rainfall. Plastic bags, likewise, kill one million sea birds, 100,000 seamammals and countless fish every year, he said. "We cannot deny the long list of disadvantages with the use ofplastic bags," Bichara said in a statement on Friday. "A person's use of plastic bags may be counted in minutes but aplastic bag takes between 15 to 1,000 years to be broken down bythe environment," he said. Besides, government in several countries and major cities likeAustralia, China, Ireland, Bangladesh, Paris, Italy, Taiwan, andTanzania have banned plastic bags or taken action to discourage itsuse, he said. "The Philippine government has a duty to protect the nationalenvironment and take an active role in safeguarding the health ofits citizen to combat the pernicious effects of the wantondestruction of our natural resources," the lawmaker said.