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The rules of the season from Sydney fashion week are easy to capture with the right frames. Whether it's cool man-styling from Ellery or neutral bases with pops of colour in fuscia and lime yellow at Kirrily Johnson, it's all possible to update with the right frames in your wardrobe.
Let's take a look!
First to neutrals with pops of fuscia and lime yellow, as seen above at Kirrily Johnson. You can pull these colours into your outfit with the Birthday Suit frames in opaque gloss nude:
And you can master pops of on-season colour with the Sorbets:
Or Dr. Bernie frames:
Or, if cool, tailored styling is more for you as it was at Ellery this season:
Then perhaps instead you might like to try darker, squarer deeper frames like our serious but fashion frames, the Pearl Knit:
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NYX Lid Lingerie Review and Swatches. Morning Sky and White Lace Romance
NYX Lid Lingerie is a relatively new cream shadow range that came out this past summer. The formula on these is incredibly light and has almost a mousse like texture but still manages to pack a punch in the pigment department. While rich in color, I found the formula to be quite unique, it's a lot easier to work with and blend on the lid and can be a lot more forgiving that most cream shadows. I always found cream shadows intimidating because you need to work fast and can be finicky when it comes to blending or layering, most tend to crack or look and feel heavy the more product you play with but that is not the case with the Lid Lingerie shadows. The light formula is lovely to work with, you can sheer it our or pack on the color as you wish without it looking heavy or getting those dreaded cracks.
The shadow comes packaged in a tube that resembles most of their liquid lipsticks and features a basic doe foot applicator. The two shades I have both feature a a pearl finish to them White Lace Romance is a white with a pearl finish and Morning Sky is a metallic looking teal with gold shimmer. Both shadows are stunning and pack a ton of color and pigment in a single swipe. I`ve used both as all over shadows or, my preferred method, as toppers, especially the White Lace Romance. I found both shadows to be very long wearing, I`ve experienced minimal fading and virtually no transfer each time I`ve sported these shades.
All in all I like these shadows, I like the great punch of pigment they deliver and the formula really makes it fun to play with no matter how inexperienced you might be. I can`t wait to get my hands on more shades. Which ones are your favorites?
Here is a quick look I got with both shades, the eyeliner is NYX Vivid Brights eyeliner in Sapphire which is an insanely beautiful liner but more on that soon.
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We have a LONNNNNNG post for you today, as many patternmakers released their spring patterns in the past month, and that's without any new releases from the Big 4! So, without any further word from me, let's take a look at the new offerings!
Blank Slate – Fairelith Top and Daintree Skirt
In line with the ballet-inspired necklines that we've been seeing recently, the Fairelith Top has an open, scoop neckline with raglan sleeves and two fit options. There's a more fitted version that looks very dance-inspired when tucked in. If snug tees and/or tucking your shirts isn't your thing, though, there's also a swing version that's got a bit of a fit-and-flare shape.
The other new pattern from Blank Slate is the Daintree skirt, a ballet-inspired wrap skirt with three length options. I did not personally test this pattern, but I had some visibility into the testing process, and I'll pass along that making sure that this skirt was wind-proof to wardobe malfunctions was VERY important. I'm not normally much of a wrap skirt person, but I loved the tester photos that I saw for this one–I mean, who can resist a twirly skirt that holds up in windy weather?
If you're large-busted, you've probably repeatedly told that surplice necklines are a "flattering" style, but when either trying on RTW or sewing your own versions, you've probably run into issues with gaping necklines or possibly exposing more cleavage than you'd like. The Cashmerette Dartmouth tackles this issue by offering a faux-wrap-style top with the no-gape neckline that's been so popular among Cashmerette Appleton dress fans. Like all Cashmerette patterns, the Dartmouth offers cup sizes C-H, helping you to avoid figuring out how to do an FBA on a non-darted, wrap-style knit top.
Colette – Curvy Sorbetto (Revised)
The free download Colette Sorbetto woven tank pattern has been a perennially popular pattern among internet-attuned sewists. Unfortunately for some of us, the Sorbetto used the older Colette size range and only went up to a size 18. However, in conjunction with their new plus size block for curvier sewists, Colette recently released a revised Sorbetto, which now goes up to a size 26 and also includes additional options, such as a tunic-length hem and set-in sleeves. I know that many busty sewists had a lot of fit issues with the original Sorbetto; I'll be curious to see if the new version remedies some of those problems.
Deer & Doe – Spring 2017 with expanded sizes for PDF
In huge curvy sewing news, popular French indie pattern maker released their Spring 2017 collection. While the collection is cute (yay!), the even bigger news is that they are finally releasing PDF patterns AND those PDF patterns will have an extended size range up to a European size 52 (45 5/8″ or 116 cm bust and 48″ or 122 cm hip). So, no, it's not a huge bump up in sizes, but the new size range is more in line with what other pattern makers offer and will certainly open up the pattern line to a lot more sewists than before without having to grade up. As of right now, the three new patterns and the popular, free Plantain tee are offered with the new size range for the PDF version.
First up of the new patterns is the Hoya blouse, a faux-wrap style blouse for wovens. I think that the non-curvy version is really cute. I'm not crazy about how this looks on the curvy model, though, it could just be how it's styled. I feel like they tried to disguise the lack of shaping by tucking the blouse into the elastic waist skirt, but I just really don't care for how the blouse is paired with that skirt. I'll be curious to see how this turns out if any of our CSC community members tackle this pattern.
Deer & Doe – Goji Skirt and Shorts
Geez, I really hate that metallic copper fabric used for the curvy sample here. As with the Hoya blouse, I'm having some trouble looking past it. That said, I have a pair of RTW shorts similar to the Goji shorts in a linen blend, and they are hands-down my favorite, most comfortable shorts. I'm kind of tempted here, if only for an easy way to replicate those RTW shorts. The princess seaming through the front and back should also make fitting and grading easier.
Deer & Doe – Luzerne Trench Coat
The Luzerne trench coat is an unlined take on the classic trench coat. It's got the fit-and-flare shape that's very popular with our curvy readers, and in this case, the sample does look great on the curvy model.
HotPatterns -Metropolitan Jermyn Street Shirtdress
Shirtdresses and shirtdress patterns are a perennial favorite in the CSC community. Given how easily many shirtdress patterns can be adapted to curves, and how easy it is to wear shirtdresses, this should come as no surprise. HotPatterns latest pattern is a shirtdress with an actual twist: it has a twist detail at the raised waist for the pattern–a placement that should add waist definition on most sewists. As a shirtdress fan myself, I snapped this one up in the pre-order stage and am looking forward to making it up for spring.
Itch to Stitch – Tierra Woven Joggers and Newport Top
Joggers of various styles have been pretty popular over the past few years. The new Tierra Woven Joggers are (duh) designed for lightweight but strong woven fabrics. A pair of these in a linen or rayon blend would make a nice, comfortable summer pant option.
The Newport Top is a casual knit top with a boat neckline and envelope folds at the shoulders. This top looks like the sort of garment that I gravitate towards when the weather hasn't really warmed up for spring yet, but I'm tired of wearing additional layers over everything.
Indie stalwart Jalie debuted their 2017 collection earlier this month. For those who aren't familiar with Jalie, they typically release a new collection only every 1-2 years, and their collections are usually a mixture of athletic and everyday wear type patterns. Jalie patterns are beloved by many for including a size range starting in toddler sizes (typically 12M or 18M) up into the plus sizes (typically a 50″/127 cm bust), so that you can just trace off whatever sizes you need for multiple family members or clients. This collection was no exception. The 2017 collection included 13 new patterns; I'm highlighting three of them in this post.
We see a lot of requests on the CSC Facebook group asking about rashguard patterns. And why not–they offer more beach coverage both from a functional and sun protection standpoint. With a size range from a 2T up to a 50″/127cm bust, the Valerie can be the go-to rashguard pattern for all of the women in your family.
Jalie – Pika Sports Bra and Layered Blouson Tank
Jumping on the activewear trend of layering an open tank over a sports bra, Jalie's new Pika pattern offers the option to sew just the sports bra or make a built-in bra/tank combo. This one also has a size range of a 2T up to a 50″/127cm bust. If you're wondering about cup size, Jalie drafts for a B-cup like many other pattern makers, but they tend to grade the shoulders gradually, so that you don't end up with linebacker shoulders/necks in the larger sizes.
Bomber jackets have been pretty popular for the past few years, so this pattern isn't exactly groundbreaking. BUT what's nice about it is that if you sew for differently-sized women in your family (like me, who sews for my 5T-wearing daughter and my plus sized self), you've got a nice basic jacket here with a size range that includes both of us. I like that this version includes both welt pockets and ribbed trim–those are details that I find lacking in a lot of bomber patterns (especially those that go up to my size).
Liesl & Co – Spring 2017 patterns
Like Jalie, another patternmaker to recently appear after an extended break is Liesl Gibson of Liesl & Co. (and children's pattern line Oliver + S). Liesl took a break from designing new patterns (outside of her Butterick line) while spending a year living in Spain with her family. I actually really like both new patterns.
Are there other classic shirt patterns out there? Sure. (*coughs* Archer.) Does this one still grab me? Yes, because unlike the Archer, the Liesl & Co version includes a bust dart and cup sizes up to a D-cup, plus it's got all of the classic shirt details of the Archer and the Harrison. I love the Harrison for its fit, but sometimes I want a looser fitting shirt, so the Liesl shirt fits the bill for that. The largest size (size 20, D-cup) has a finished garment measurement of 54.5″/138cm, so it's one of the more inclusive button-down patterns available.
Liesl & Co – Soho Shorts and Skirt
The Soho shorts and skirt gives two options–a pleated skirt and a pair of pleated shorts that look like a skirt (yay!) In her blog post introducing the pattern, Liesl explained that she designed this pattern for a friend who wanted to be able to wear shorts to her workplace. I am very onboard with that–in the summer, I'd love to wear shorts to work but would rather not dress quite that casually in the office. These shorts look enough like a skirt that I doubt most people would even notice. Plus, it has pockets!
Named – Playground collection (now includes extended sizing for some patterns)
Previously, the size range for the popular indie pattern company Named Patterns was out of reach for many curvy sewists. However, they have slowly started to expand their size range recently, with this spring's collection including X patterns that to up to a EUR size 50 (45 3/4″ or 116cm bust and a 48 3/4 or 124 cm hip). The patterns with the inclusive size range are the Anneli Double Front Tee and Dress, Mintuu Swing Top, Reeta Midi Shirtdress, Maisa Denim Jacket, and the Ninni Elastic Waist Culottes. Given that there are already a ton of patterns in this post, we'll just look at two of these.
Named Patterns – Reeta Midi Shirtdress
If you skim over this post, you'll see several unique takes on a shirtdress pattern. And personally, I kind of want to buy all of them because outside of a knit skater dress (secret pajamas!), a shirtdress is probably my next-favorite style dress to sew and wear. I'm still a bit outside of Named's expanded size range, but I LOVE this midi shirtdress and am seriously considering buying it and grading up as needed. I love how it has the effortless look of a maxi-dress but is easily appropriate for my casual office.
Named Patterns – Ninni Elastic Waist Culottes
Remember how last spring, every pattern maker was offering a culottes pattern? Admittedly, I love the idea of culottes, even if we're not seeing a ton of them in RTW. And honestly, the ones that I saw around Seattle last summer were typically in drapey/rayon fabric and tended to look more like the new Ninni from Named, rather than some of ones last year that looked more like cropped trousers.
As we do every month, we've got a few new StyleArc patterns, mostly for transitional weather as the Southern Hemisphere heads into autumn and the Northern Hemisphere heads into spring.
Similar to the Itch to Stitch Newport top, the StyleArc Savannah is an easy-fit knit top with an envelope shoulder detail. The big difference here is the hem; the Savannah has sleeve and body hem facings that can be done in a woven for contrast. StyleArc suggests doing at least the sleeve hem facings in a contrasting woven and then wearing those facings turned up for interest. The Savannah is also one of the freebie options for the month, if you order paper patterns directly from StyleArc's website.
Are you looking to sew an interesting new coat? The unlined Lux Coat is somewhere between a cape and an actual coat. Without having the tailoring details of a traditional coat, this will probably be a fairly easy sew by comparison.
One of several shirtdress/shirtdress-esque patterns this month, the Autumn dress will give you that shirtdress look, but without needing to sew the buttonholes and buttons. It's got a collar and an interesting v-neck/placket, but is a pullover style dress. There isn't a lot of shaping here, but it is a pretty fun design for a throw-on-and-go dress.
Victory Patterns – Jackie Dress
The always unique and stylish Victory patterns released their latest offering in early March. The Jackie dress is a high-necked knit dress with princess seams and a fit-and-flare shape. While the basic description sounds like something we've seen many times before, take a look at the line drawings, and you'll see that this dress isn't something that we see in all of the Big 4 catalogues:
Final Thoughts
Wow, we made it! For reference, this post is over 2300 words long…my typical pattern roundup posts are typically ~1200 words. So yeah, that's a lot of new patterns this month. Which were your favorites?


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Futures were sharply lower this morning after the Dow on Wednesday plunged 832 points, or 3.15 percent, in its worst sell-off since February. The S&P 500 suffered similar losses, marking a five-session losing streak, which was the longest in nearly two years. The Nasdaq tanked 4 percent, in its biggest one-day loss since June 2016.Meanwhile, the 10-year Treasury yield, which has soared to seven-year highs in recent days, was backing off those levels this morning. (CNBC)* Wall Street losses rip through global markets (CNBC)* 80% of technology stocks are already in a correction (CNBC)* Cramer: 4 things need to happen for stocks to recover (CNBC)President Donald Trump continued his tirade against the Fed last night, laying into the central bank's policy decisions and suggesting it was to blame for Wednesday's sharp market decline. Trump also said the Fed "is going loco." (CNBC)
Cryptocurrencies plunged today with nearly $13 billion of value being wiped out in a matter of hours. The IMF warned that cryptocurrencies "could create new vulnerabilities in the international financial system." (CNBC)
The article goes on to state the following:
Investors get two economic reports at 8:30 a.m. ET: weekly initial jobless claims and September consumer price index. However, those data may only be a momentary distraction from the broad market sell-off. (CNBC)
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Modi blasts Prime Minister for using poetry as attack
Gujarat CM Narendra Modi today fired a fresh salvo at PM Manmohan Singh, saying his speech in Lok Sabha reminded him of proverb 'empty vessels make the most noise' and an attempt to hide Centre's failures.india Updated: Mar 08, 2013 19:11 IST
Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi on Friday fired a fresh salvo at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, saying his speech in Lok Sabha reminded him of proverb 'empty vessels make the most noise' and his poetry was an attempt to hide Centre's failures.
"I listened to the speech of Prime Minister yesterday (Thursday) and I remembered the saying 'empty vessels make the most noise'," Modi said addressing a function, where Congress leader Vitthal Radadia and his son joined the BJP.
Radadia had hit the headlines last year after he was caught on camera brandishing a gun at a toll-booth and was then condemned by the BJP.
While praising Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj for her reply, Modi said that the Prime Minister's sppech had no road map for development and his reply in Rajya Sabha on Friday showed that "his attacking posture has died within just twenty-four hours".
"People would have expected that Prime Minister will speak about how he wants to take this country forward, what is the roadmap, what are the programmes, but nothing of this sort was there in the speech," Modi said.
"Instead he recited 'sher-o-shayri', to cover up failures. He felt he is under attack and if he did not speak up, media attention will not be gained. That is the reason he attacked through poetry," Modi said, adding that now the entire media had started speaking the poetical language.
"But he was not aware that BJP leader Sushma Swaraj will give such a beautiful reply to him by using the language of poetry," Modi said.
"The PM spoke in the Rajya Sabha today. His attacking posture had changed and no poetry was recited, knowing that he would get a befitting reply. His attacking posture has died within just twenty-four hours," Modi said.
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Two students last seen "leaving for school" at 7:20 a.m. (but never quite making it) yesterday morning in a gold 1996 Mercedes-Benz still haven't turned up at school, or otherwise.
The Afghani boys, 17-year-old Yousef Akbari and 14-year-old Amin Najib, are enrolled at El Camino Real High School, a high-income, high-performing LAUSD campus that has wormed its way into the news more than any other in 2011. (See: The school police officer who shot himself and lied about it; various gun scares in the paranoid aftermath; and the rich Valley parents who want to leave cruddy LAUSD behind for a charter operator.)
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... identifying the younger boy as wearing a red jacket, white shirt and blue jeans, and the older boy as having a "slim build" and "light complexion." Their mental condition is listed as "good" and the license plate on their Benz is 4PSL470.
Sounds like two restless Woodland Hills teens may have just been craving a little open-road adventure, but you never know.
So, urges the LAPD: "If you have information that can assist in helping safely locate Yousaf Akbari or Amin Najib please call 911 or 818-756-4800."


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Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Current Estimated Jackpot $81 million
This week
What is your money wish?
Now at first glance, it would seem that my wish is somewhat selfish. Maybe outlandish. Crazy, grandiose and definitely a fantasy. What are the odds that this will happen? I'd say NOT just as good as anybody else, but BETTER. Ooooooooooh. Now that is sounding like I am on something.
For many years the Lotto balls never seemed to bounce in my area. It wasn't until Hurricane Charley blew through here that the tides turned. The winds of change had come and the people in my community(and surrounding areas) were on the map in a good way. As soon as the numbers would come in, I started getting calls. They sounded like this:
Hey is there something you'd like to tell me?
We know you are holding back on us.
There was a winner at the Publix down the street from you.
Have you checked your ticket?
We know you are holding back on us.
There was a winner at the Publix down the street from you.
Have you checked your ticket?
You see I believe that I am a winner. My friends believe that I am a winner. For years I have said that I am going to win the Lottery and I am going to win it. It's a done deal.Will it be this week? I do not know. It's a nice chunk of cash don't you think? Now the question is, what will I do with all of that money? Easy answer. Take care of the people I love. That includes my friends and family. Also I will pursue a lifelong dream. There is a man that I truly admired. His name is Percy Ross. He gave away millions of dollars to everyday people like you and me. I would love to revive his "Thanks A million" column and continue his legacy. As most of you know, House By The Side Of The Road(By Sam Walter Foss) is my favorite poem.Being a friend to man is a wonderful thing.Percy Ross was a friend to man.Here is an article about him and giving in general. I hope that you enjoy it .
Now what are you wishes for money my friends?
Now what are you wishes for money my friends?
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Latest Aurora information – this affects ANY electric utility customer with 3-phase rotating electric equipment!
There have been numerous discussions about cyber risk within NERC, the utilities, and ICS equipment suppliers. Aurora is an unresolved risk that could have significant impact on the utilities, suppliers of relay protection devices, and utility customers with 3-phase rotating equipment.
To date, the only information available to most people about the Aurora vulnerability is the 2007 CNN tape showing the diesel generator smoking. There are several other documents floating around, but many are either proprietary or classified. Even the original ICS-CERT report is still classified as For Official Use Only (FOUO).
One of these documents in particular is the July 22, 2011 IEEE paper on Aurora mitigation devices ("Aurora" Vulnerability: Reliability Analysis of Hardware Mitigation Devices") – the "Quanta report". This paper was a summary of the report commissioned by Dominion/Virginia Power. The study concluded that that security is significantly compromised at off-nominal frequencies and that Aurora hardware mitigation devices are prone to mis-operations. This report has done a great deal of damage by implying that the Aurora mitigation devices will cause grid issues. Several utilities have used the Quanta report as a basis for not installing any Aurora mitigation devices. Unfortunately, the report has several very questionable assumptions. They include applying initial conditions that the hardware mitigation was not designed to address such as slower developing faults, or off nominal grid frequencies. Existing protection will address "slower" developing faults and off nominal grid frequencies (<59 Hz or >61 Hz). The Aurora hardware mitigation devices are for the very fast out-of-phase condition faults that are currently gaps in protection (i.e., not protected by any other device) of the grid. The Aurora hardware mitigation devices have been demonstrated in laboratory conditions to not cause undue risk to the electric grid. The DOD Aurora mitigation program is monitoring the performance of the Aurora mitigation devices in actual plant conditions in a monitoring only mode (i.e., not as a part of the plant's protection system) so as not to cause any impacts on grid operation.
Some utilities are starting their own programs to evaluate the Aurora threat, by testing mitigation devices in their labs or installing them in monitoring mode in their power plants and substations, because they realize that there is a gap in protection and want to proactively protect their investments. Very recently, a small Aurora test facility has been constructed to address a number of questions including the erroneous Quanta report and clarify some important facts from the original 2007 INL test. One key point of the demonstration is that Aurora can damage 3 phase AC induction motors, not just generators. This means that ALL utility customers with 3 phase AC motors running pumps, chillers, etc can be at risk from any utility substation that has not implemented the Aurora hardware mitigation devices! Moreover, high magnitude currents flowing as a result of a fault on the secondary side of a transformer have been shown to produce sufficient internal forces in the windings to cause transformer damage. This should be cause for concern for all utilities.
The tape from this testing will be part of an Aurora session at the October ICS cyber security conference (www.icscybersecurityconference.com).
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When I first started this blog, I was sitting in a small cottage on the cliff top above St Ives. Eight weeks previous Mr Mavis and I had sat, wine-fuelled, in our living room in south London and faced up to the inconvenient truth that since we now had an Orange, life had suddenly become a great unknown, that financially we were sinking fast and I had no idea if or when I could return to work. Our dream of moving our family to Cornwall was becoming more and more urgent, but we had no idea how or if we could do it. The only thing we did know is that we couldn't stay in London.
Sitting in St Ives, the previous eight weeks had been a roller-coaster of emergency bathroom renovation, crumbling walls and dehumidifiers, actually painting over cracks (yes, I did this, sorry), somehow selling our little house in the midst of the London riots and, for the first time, being told by a medical professional that there were 'serious concerns' about Orange followed by a whirlwind of tests but no answers. We were preparing to move to Surrey for a bit, as a stop gap, to gather our thoughts on how quickly we could move to Cornwall (a year, ten years?) given all the challenges involved with Orange's health needs, work, finances and what then seemed like insurmountable commitments and difficulties.
It was a confusing, jumbled time of our lives, but through it we were able to gather a momentous window of clarity about where to take our lives. Driving back from St Ives that September, I remember saying to Mr Mavis 'wouldn't it be cool if next September when we holiday in St Ives, we didn't actually have to drive back to the South East'. As if we could somehow swing it that within the space of a year we'd find a new house and be picking up the keys on the way back from holiday. Having dealt with all of the above.
Of course it didn't quite work out like that, but we were only about a month off my fantasy schedule. After a year of hard work figuring out how to make the basics work for Orange down here (How good are the hospitals? Can we get Portage? Are there enough physios? What are the special schools like? Are there even any?), two failed attempts at buying houses from warring divorcees, and a gargantuan heap of family politicking that I really didn't need while contemplating whether or not my youngest might or might not live to see his second birthday, I am sitting now in my new living room, about fifty yards from this…And it is totally amazing.


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Access Control
The Access Control concept is very simple
Electronic Access Control (or Management) is high security and surprisingly affordable!
Tired of re-keying locks – or setting new passwords – every time an employee leaves? Wish you didn't have to wander around manually locking doors throughout your building at closing time? Then it's time to add dependable wireless Access Control. This can be connected to your buzzer, intercom system & even a time clock for your tardy employees.
Eliminate the need for keys, and for changing keys when personnel is added or leaves. With the PIN code features all management has to do is just remove the former employee's code from the system and issue a new code for the new employee or prox card/fob.
Access Control is a great way to have a keyless, high security lock! There are different types of Access Controls and one example of a specific type would be a Stand-Alone Access Control (This means there are no special cards that need to be issued for access).
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Food Arts magazine presents the newest in new for expectant mothers whoin addition to being burdened by babyare burdened with excessive wealth. All you have to do is check in to the Westin Kierland Resort & Spa and request the Bundle of Joy Babymoon Package. Voilà! You'll find yourself pampered 24/7 by a "Cravings Chef" who will do stuff like bring a full-on rib-eye steak breakfast with grilled onions to your room at four in the morning. You'll also pay $759 for the first night, and $399 for each additional night.
In case you can't wait for the Cravings Chef to bring your pile of meat and cheese and whatever else to your room, you're also equipped with an in-room make-your-own-sundae bar so you can just slap together a big pile of sugary crap the second your body demands a sacrifice. W Hotels provide a downscale equivalent: Expectant mothers can order "Womb Service" (har!), which offers ice cream, hamburgers, pickles, nuts, grilled cheese sandwiches, etc. etc. etc. And the practice is on the rise at other hotels, too.
Not having carried a baby to term, it's hard for me to weigh in on the process. But there seems to be something a little condescending about presuming that not only are pregnant women absolute crazy slaves to their bodies' demands for high-fat food, they are also so emotionally unbalanced they can be hornswoggled into paying the equivalent of a serviceable used car for one night of abandon.


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News media is under assault from all sides: From social companies like Twitter and Facebook to the blogging revolution and now mobile. Unlike the other platforms, mobile really brings the promise of social news, location based (highly localized) news and real-time feedback and engagement to every reader with a phone. This also brings incredible revenue opportunities and new business models, one of which is what Scoople is doing.
Alain Mayer is the co-founder and CEO of Scoople – a mobile application that allows all of us to share our opinions about the news in real time – something that we've done inside of their product 150,000 times already. In this episode we shine the light on the future of news distribution, the impact of hyper local, the incredible power of real-time reader engagement and polling plus the sentiment layer and how that may just be the single most important piece of data we can collect.
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Pope Francis today told the world's top oil company executives that the world must not let people's use of energy "destroy civilization."
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The pontiff, a passionate advocate of action to address climate change, spoke to leading oil and finance executives gathered at the Vatican for a two-day conference about transitioning to clean energy.
"Civilization requires energy, but energy use must not destroy civilization," the pope said at the closed-door conference called, "Energy, Transition and Care for our Common Home."
Speaking in Italian in the frescoed 16th century Clementine Hall inside the Apostolic Palace, the pope thanked the "men and women in a position to influence decisions, initiatives and investments in the field of energy" who were present.
He told them it was "a duty that we owe towards millions of our brothers and sisters around the world, poorer countries and generations yet to come" to transition to accessible and clean energy.
But, Pope Francis said, "Our desire to ensure energy for all must not lead to the undesired effect of a spiral of extreme climate changes due to a catastrophic rise in global temperatures, harsher environments and increased levels of poverty."
He said that those responsible for the world's energy supplies should work to provide efficient energy for all people while protecting the planet, especially from climate change.
Coming up with an adequate energy mix is critical to fight pollution and poverty while promoting social equality, he said
An alliance must be formed, he said, to confront what he called the two great fragilities in the world: Poverty and the environment.
Calling for a new form of leadership, he appealed to those in the room, "Let this be seen as the greatest leadership opportunity of all, one that can make a lasting difference for the human family, and one that can appeal to your boldest dreams and ideas."
The conference and the pope's speech recall his major document on the environment and sustainable development, "Laudato Si," published in 2015.
About 50 people participated in the conference, including Claudio Descalzi, head of Italy's Eni, Bob Dudley of BP, Darren Woods, CEO of ExxonMobil, Eldar Saetre, Vicki Hollub of Occidental Petroleum, and investors, including Larry Fink of BlackRock.
The symposium was sponsored by the Vatican's Department for Integral Human Development and the University of Notre Dame in Indiana.
Pope Francis strongly supported the Paris Climate Accord, and has implicitly criticized the United States for withdrawing from the agreement.


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Another reminder for your diaries that the club AGM is on the 30th August at 3pm at SSLSC. Many hands make light work and the club could definitely use some more help to ensure we continue to flourish and grow in the coming season. The nomination forms can be found here.
As usual, here's a summary of the NCTC training sessions for the week. Please refer to the calendar on the club website for more details or follow the links below.
MONDAY 20th JULY
* TRYSTARS SWIMMING: break for school holidays
Trystars swimming will resume on Monday 27th July for 9 weeks in term 3.
TUESDAY 21st JULY
* CLUB RIDE: 6-7.20am, Iluka Loop
Meet at 5:55am at Celebrations drive-thru at Whitfords Shopping Centre ready for 6am ride start. We are still getting good numbers some come along and slot into the group with plenty of people at all levels of ability. More info and links to maps can be found here.
* ARENA SWIMMING, 7pm
50m with Janine Kaye. This session is aimed at working on your swim efficiency, pacing and fitness over the winter months. Please bring your Fins, Pull Buoy, Paddles (we have some club PB and Paddles available). We are in the indoor heated pool but you'll need to rug up for the walk back to the car!
WEDNESDAY 22nd JULY
* CRAIGIE SWIMMING, 6.30pm
Indoor pool with Pippa – This session is technique based and perfect for CT's and those of us looking to develop confidence and stroke. Please bring your Fins, Pull Buoy, Paddles (we have some club PB and Paddles available).
Outdoor pool with Janine – This session is aimed at working on your swim efficiency, pacing and fitness over the winter months! Please bring your Fins, Pull Buoy, Paddles (we have some club PB and Paddles available). It is getting chilly outside so you are welcome to wear your wetsuit for this session (you will need to rinse it out thoroughly to avoid chlorine damage) or remember to bring lots of layers rug up for the walk back to the car!
THURSDAY 23rd JULY
* CLUB RIDE: Hillarys & Sacred Heart Repeats, 6am
Ride maps and route plan is available here
* RUN: INTERVAL TRAINING : Moolanda Park, 6-7pm
Winter run sessions are at Moolanda Park, Moolanda Boulevard, Kingsley. Rob Lees will be away until early September. Pippa Davis will be coaching the sessions in his absence. These fun interval sessions are suitable for all levels and running experience. All welcome to come along and give it a go!
FRIDAY 24th JULY
* CRAIGIE SWIMMING- 10.30am
Outdoor pool with David M. – this session will be a mix of drills and some threshold work. Suitable for all levels. Please bring your Fins, Pull Buoy, Paddles (we have some club PB and Paddles available).
SATURDAY 25th JULY
CT cycling will return on the 1st August for the club Duathlon.
* CLUB RIDE – OCEAN REEF LOOP/S – SSLSC 7am
This ride can be short (1 lap 38km) or long (2 laps 72km) – your choice, with a group coffee stop at the end of the ride at Orion Cafe outside the northern entrance to Whitfords Shopping centre (next to the NAB bank). More info and maps here. Please arrive 5 minutes early for ride briefing.
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– Mudd Rush- 16th AUGUST, 2015
Volunteers are still being sought to help with the Mudd Rush at Rego, Bag security, course marshals, aid stations, the finish line and recovery. The club will receive a donation for your time.
– RACE AROUND ROTTNEST- 17th October, 2015
Volunteers required for race pack collection, race marshals, aid stations and finish line assistance. Volunteers will be provided with return trip to Rottnest as well as meals. The club will also receive a donation for your time.
Swim cards will be on hand at all sessions. The cards are $90 for 10 sessions (a saving of $10). Show the coach your payment receipt (paper or digital copy) and they can authorise your card! Payment is required either by direct deposit or register now to avoid too much cash handling on pool deck 1. Direct Deposit to the NCTC account using: BSB: 066166 Account: 10018211 Reference: SC Surname 2. Register Now payment using the Swim Card event setup at https://www.registernow.com.au/secure/Register.aspx?E=15483


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About 300 sixth-graders participating in an Orange County science camp in the Big Bear Lake area were locked down about five hours Tuesday as law enforcement officials pursued Christopher Dorner, a man suspected in the killing of three people.
The sixth-graders, who came from an Orange County school district and one in Los Angeles County, were participating in the annual "Inside the Outdoors" camp run by the Orange County Department of Education, said Arthur Cummins, the department's administrator for safe and healthy schools.
Cummins declined to name the participating school districts, citing privacy concerns, but said the 300 students were spread out among three camp sites located in remote areas between Big Bear Lake and Lake Arrowhead.
"We've had no communication with them," said parent Claudia Garcia of Buena Park, whose sixth-grade son left for Big Bear early Tuesday morning. "My son is pretty strong, and I think he's one of the kids who will calm the other kids down. I talked to him beforehand, and he said, 'Mom, this guy wants to kill cops, not random kids.' "
Garcia considered keeping her son home this week but relented at his insistence, she said. Garcia's son attends Buena Park's Raymond Temple Elementary in Buena Park.
"I honestly thought (Dorner) wasn't there anymore, so I thought he was going to be OK," Garcia said.
Cummins said the cabin where Dorner reportedly was holed up is about a 30-minute drive through rugged terrain from the nearest of the three campsites.
Orange County education officials consulted with the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department before deciding to send the sixth-graders to the camps this week, Cummins said.
The campsites went into lockdown around 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, about the same time Bear Valley Unified schools were locked down in response to reports that Dorner had engaged in a gunbattle with law-enforcement officials in Big Bear.
"At this point, there are no plans to take them home prematurely," Cummins said.
About 600 sixth-graders who participated in last week's Orange County science camps also were locked down Thursday afternoon, after Dorner's torched car was found near Big Bear Lake, Cummins said. That earlier group was transported safely home the next day, Cummins said.
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this is from Zarathustra.
I have said book, but found it to be of an arcane language and generally without substance or root at a fundamental level ~ or nonsense generally. I might have it all wrong, but even if Nietzsche was a genius he failed to get that across. Not to mention that his philosophy is basically modern capitalism in a nutshell – which sucks really badly. Maybe I got it wrong, but historical and contemporary examples haven't made a very good case for its missed eloquence, nor et al. I do think Hitler was a Nietzschean, and the jews aren't far behind him, if we consider how they think they are better than everyone else, and are generally ruling the world, and promoting his 'stronger than' philosophy.
A Nietzschean "Creation myth" might be: existence began with an act of divine Destruction.
Given that there was some manner of perfection to begin with, or a oneness, then to make anything from that could be seen as an act of destruction yes. However, that oneness contains its seed, no? Ergo the duality is inherent within the fundamental nature of existence. There is no perfect God or perfection et al, then if everything is imperfect at root then nothing was destroyed.
Dear lord don't you see what this means!? Just like Nietzsche viewed others as degenerate intellectually, you are doing the same, dividing the world into the worthy and the unworthy. Did you create yourself and make yourself more intelligent? No, you make an assumption that others are failing, and I suspect you believe there is a 'divine integer' seed, or 'value' which denotes whether or not some are low and some are high case as you put it. So let me get this right; you think that a divinity or you yourself decided that you or your 'value' is or should be better than others. Then in contrast some people would have shit intellects and shit lives, because they must suck.
I don't get it!? In this fucking shit world where people have to suffer and die, you think a supreme intellect decided to make things worse for some than others. If I got the whole thing wrong please educate me, because as I see it, it is Nietzsche and Nietzschean's who require an education.


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|The mighty Selway River Canyon with the Fog mountains to the North.
Brandi, Katie, Molly and I took a trip to the Selway River Wilderness near Lowell, ID. They did a 3 day out- and-back to Moose Creek Ranger Station and I did day trips from a base camp at the Race Creek trailhead. Temps ranged from hot and humid to cool/drizzly and humid. I saw eagles, bears, snakes and rafters. I ran all day and had every evening to fish and meditate on the looming race season. The running was top notch and a fantastic simulator for Western.
It was great to be able to go from the bottom of the canyons at 1700' to the mountain ridges above at nearly 7000' in one run. I managed a memorable back-to-back effort of 29 miles in the Selway River corridor one day with a steady 9 min pace, then 25 miles the next day with 12.5 mi up to the Indian Hills Lookout (5000+' gain) at high 9 min pace on the climb and an up tempo effort the entire way down (around 6 min pace) for a truly quad-destroying day. This kind of workout will be key for the 15+ mile downhill sections of WS100. I finally feel like my body is responding to the training. In this mode, my body seems to gain from each session. This was the feeling I had before Cascade Crest last year.
|Classic "chicks on the trail" pose.
|The Selway River Trail undulates from on the water, to several hundred feet above the water. Overall, the footing is really solid and soft on the feet (compared to the techy McCall trails).
|Bridge over the Selway (troubled waters) near Three Links Creek.
|Outfitter camp misc. antler pile on the Mink Peak Trail.
|Super cool rafter dudes- Mike, Mike, Kevin and Rick enjoying their lucky draw of a permit to run the Selway. Thanks for the Coors Banquet Beer. A nice pick me up when you are 20 miles into a 30 mile run.
|The Idaho mountains are melting and the rivers are raging.
|Indian Hill Lookout- a 5000+' climb from the bottom of the canyon.
|View from Indian Hill, deep into the Selway Wilderness. When you look out there, you can appreciate that the Selway is a "Capital Dub-Ya" Wilderness. Nothing disturbed by the hands of man for many miles.
|Obligatory Selway Falls shot. Absolutely deadly whitewater.
|Meadow Creek beaver dam. This place really reminded me of Rapid River.
|"Pacific Rain Forest" holds lots of interesting creatures and plants.
|Group photo on the way out at Selway Falls.


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Jonathan Hardy, Head of Schools Development at Cambridge Assessment International Education, shares a case study of their partnership with the British Council, lasting throughout the past 50 years.
Cambridge Assessment International Education offers programmes and qualifications for 5 to 19 year olds, working across 10,000 schools, for students sitting exams in June, March and November each year, in over 160 countries. Cambridge Assessment International Education work with schools to deliver an international curriculum, often as a complement to the school's national curriculum.
What we do in partnership
Through the longstanding global partnership, Cambridge Assessment International Education and the British Council work to:
- grow the network of partner schools in key markets
- provide support for Cambridge Associate Schools
- carry out detailed and accurate administration of examinations
- securely distribute examinations materials
- handle registration through seamless collection of fees in local currency and remittance of board fees in Sterling to the partner.
How the British Council and Cambridge Assessment International Education work together
The British Council is seen as the business development arm, working alongside Cambridge teams to identify and prospect new schools to join the Partner Schools' Global Network.
Being a partner with the British Council means Cambridge Assessment International Education are part of the British Council suite of tools and resources available to schools. When a new school joins the network, the British Council ensures schools have everything they need to deliver Cambridge programmes and qualifications, through access to the high quality online teaching and learning resources offered by Cambridge Assessment International Education.
Cambridge Assessment International Education consider the British Council to be a trusted partner when it comes to the secure distribution and detailed administration of examinations, from leaving Cambridge in the UK, to their secure shipment and delivery to the desks of exams candidates in test centres worldwide, to sharing results and providing certificates to students. The British Council also provides confidence in financial coordination, from candidate, to school and payment back to the partner. The British Council's own standards are reassuring, taking the risk away from partners, to ensure the safe, secure delivery of examinations materials.
This longstanding partnership has been achieved through a partnership agreement which sets out shared business plans and clear service level agreements. Robust relationships, not only centrally, but also between representatives on the ground enable good partnership from the global to the local level.


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This is not a complaint but an enquiry.
Does anyone know why Devere have suspended the UAM Fund?
There seems to be no information and the website www.uam-sarl.com says nothing.
I know that they are now pushing a new fund to clients (as i received their global mail shot) called the Titanium Advisers Private Equity Fund of which there is no information at all on the web bar a cheaply designed web portal that funnily enough has a similar layout and appearance as the UAM site.
Interestingly the UAM fund closed last month and the Titanum Fund is brand new with only back tested results to show for.
Did they dump the UAM fund to open Titanium???
Does anyone have any thoughts or can a Devere employee shed some light on this?
When you look at the lame reporting from IA about the latest deVere Fund to going belly up, we all know the answer... International Advisor is in Nigel Green's pocket.
Now sadly it looks like PC has succumb to his deep pockets.
Hi there,
It was me that posted the original post about the $50M deVere UAM Fund.
I have noticed that its been edited because I lifted the original report from International Advisor where it reports about NG putting the fund in his secretary's name for 3 years (Bev Yoemans).
I think deVere have now gotten into bed with PC, are paying them lots of money etc..
Time to start indi blogging to get the truth out there.
All the blogging on PC must be getting through to deVere clients.
hopefully the blogging is getting through to clients, but if they did choose to pull their money out of one particular UAM fund, that would mean they'd gone from doing zero online reserch and letting salesmen recommend them investments to searching the web and putting their money into/out of specific investment funds. seems a big leap but, hey, anything's possible...
who was the original source of the information that the fund was suspended because of client redemptions? what about the other UAM funds mentioned on the UAM site?
what about the other suspended fund mentioned in the Daily Mail article "Pensioners put £285,000 in woeful 'low-risk' funds", which says "You ended up splitting £285,000 between FOUR different funds. All made losses and two performed so badly that they were suspended, making it hard to say just how much you lost overall, except that it was a major sum."?
its like another post on this site said. devere are now pushing Titanium. The website is the same layout as UAM. UAM was a devere fund regardless of what anyone said. Green owned the fund.
Now Its owned by Frontier as Green sold his stake late last year. Frontier was also suspended for a while and the Frontier Commercial Property Fund still is.
Dig deeper and you will uncover ICL, CSA and Optima amongst other funds that Devere has sold its unsuspecting clients and funds have been lost/suspended or even stolen (ICL).
IA must be on the books of DVP now as their reporting is shoddy at best.
if you have evidence, do people a favor and publish it, or find someone who will. it can't be that hard.
difficult for others who do not have your information to fill in the gaps (or even work out the acronyms... ICL = Imperial College London?? Indian Cricket League???)
though IA does a pretty good job of reporting company activities in the IFA field, Devere's CEO was one of the judges at the International Adviser Life Awards 2012. See his photo along with two other judges on the IA site.
The award winners include Generali, Skandia, Friends Provident (e.g. for Asia, the best regular premium investment product was judged to be Generali Vision)
Have we? Oh dear me... Too much for deVere to take is it? UAM Dund is a deVere Fund, which deVere sales people put their clients money into to make Nigel an extra 7% commission on top of the 8% he gets paid by Skandia. Generali & FPI. Not to mention if he puts it though his own Providence Life Bond they make even more money.
Does the client know that all this is owned by Nigel Green, probably NOT!!
How deVere claim to be independent is truly beyond me... What a scam in itself, let alone all the other stuff going on with dreadful firm.
International Adviser published the following on 20 May:
"A Mauritius domiciled fund, managed by a Swiss investment manager and administered in the Channel Islands, has run into difficulties and has suspended trading.
Shares in the Strategic Growth Fund were suspended on 25 February and this was confirmed to investors in a letter sent on 28 March by Guernsey based fund administrators Fund Corporation. Investors were told that due to "a high level of redemption requests being placed by investors", shares in the fund had been suspended.
The letter gave no explanation as to why there had been a sudden upsurge in the number of redemptions but did say that "unfortunately, as there are a number of illiquid investments in the [fund], settlement of all requested redemptions would have unfairly disadvantaged the remaining investors".
In the same letter, investors were also informed that Swiss-based United Asset Management is to be removed as the fund's investment adviser from 25 May. UAM is also being removed as adviser of The Diversified Emerging Markets Fund, a fund which is also administered by Guernsey based Fund Corporation and domiciled in Mauritius.
The letter did not give a reason for the termination of UAM's contract as investment adviser and a spokesperson for Fund Corporation declined to comment on the matter.
The spokesperson recommended International Adviser contact fund manager Lancelot Management or UAM for comment but did not provide contact details. United Asset Management website does not provide a phone number on its "contact us" page.
Fund performance
The Strategic Growth Fund was first launched with a dollar share class in September 2007, with sterling and euro share classes added in March 2008 and February 2009 respectively.
According to a fund factsheet from 31 January, the fund's objective is to "achieve steady long term capital growth", it adds that "the potential for capital growth may be reduced by the need to provide a slightly higher level of stability".
One of the directors of the fund told IA that he was not comfortable disclosing what assets were held within the portfolio, only that they were a "mixture of liquid and less liquid assets".
According to the factsheet, which names Philip Rose as the manager, "key holdings" included Artemis Income, BlackRock UK Special Situations, GAM UK Diversified, Invesco Perpetual UK and Kwanda Africa Growth Fund.
The same factsheet also provides performance data for each of the fund's currency share classes. In the year the fund was originally launched, 2007, it lost 4.81% and the following year the fund fell a further 21.87%.
In 2009 and 2010 the fund managed to make positive returns, chalking up 18.41% and 1.71% respectively. In 2011 and 2012, performance slumped again, with the fund falling 0.54% and 4.21%. In the first month of this year the fund returned 0.93%."
i see that the suspension of the fund is now mentioned in the IA online magazine. No mention that the fund is or was owned by Nigel Green and Devere though.
Truly shocking.
Too late now greedy pants!!!
Sovereign Trust is involved in Providence Life, an investment provider set up with Devere's help. From "International Adviser", Feb 7 2011: "The deVere Group helped to fund the creation of a new Mauritius-registered life company that is aiming to provide it and other advisory groups with a range of investment products at competitive prices, including portfolio bonds that their clients may access online. DeVere did not reveal the size of its investment in Providence Life, or the extent of its ongoing links with the business. In a statement, Providence said it will be run "as an independent organisation", with the majority of its management board being Mauritian residents, but did not say who its main shareholders were. ... Another product in Providence Life's stable is a Guernsey QROPS, known as the Providence Capital Bond Personal Pension Plan, which was launched in January as a joint venture with Sovereign Trustees Guernsey Ltd, an arm of the Gibraltar-based Sovereign trust company."
Correction: 3rd sentence should read "Valais Investment Management underwent the same change".
A change was made to entry for United Asset Management in the Swiss Federal Commercial Registry in October last year. The name of Nigel Green, a partner in UAM, was replaced with the name of a Gibraltar company called Frontier Holdings Limited, likewise a partner in UAM.
"Valais Invesetment Management", which underwent the same change. Green's name has disappeared from the UAM entry, but his past connection with the company can be found by Googling: "nigel green" "united asset" site:ch. Is Nigel Green connected to Frontier Holdings Limited? Impossible to say, since Frontier Holdings is based in Gibraltar.
Coincidentally, the contact page of the Titanium Advisers website also gives a Gibraltar address: Titanium Advisers Ltd, Suite 2b, 143 Main Street, Gibraltar.
Googling that address shows that it is the address of Sovereign Trust. Put Sovereign Trust's name into the Swiss Federal Commercial Register and compare the entry with the entry for Devere Group GmbH: they share a manager.
Interesting Colin. I do know that Nigel Green/Devere has a connection with Frontier Holdings.
He/Devere bought the Frontier Fund.
The Frontier Commercial Property Fund was not bought by him/devere and has been suspended for over 4 years now.
Nigel Green is also one of the owners of the Valais range of funds.
Devere also run Providence Life. Austin Blair, ex Devere manager in Dubai heads up the operation.


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District Director (DD): Shane Cooper DTM
Responsible for upholding the policies and bylaws of Toastmasters International.
- Directs the business of the district to enable all members to achieve their personal goals.
- Ultimate advisor and counsellor of clubs.
- Link between our members and the International Board of Directors.
Email the District Director for information on any procedural or policy problem which cannot be answered through the District delegation of Division or District Officers.
Program Quality Director (PQD): Alana Beale DTM
- Responsible for all aspects of education and training within the district including quality programming at club level.
- Officer responsible for all educational sessions and contests at Area, Division and District Conferences.
- Chief Judge at the District Speech Contests.
- Responsible for TLI.
- Reports to the District Director.
Email the PQD for information on district training programs, contest judges, rulings on contest requirements, such as eligibility, any question relating to Toastmasters' educational systems and awards.
Club Growth Director (CGD): Barbara Nielsen DTM
- Responsible for all aspects of marketing and club building and retention efforts within the district.
- Develops and presents a marketing plan, works with the New Club Coordinator to build new clubs, works with the District Chief Coach to assist struggling clubs, supports the District Mentor Officer.
- Responsible for Long Service Badges and Club Anniversaries.
- Reports to the District Director.
Email the CGD for information on appointing a club coach, all information relating to creating a new club and ideas for membership building and membership retention.
Immediate Past District Director: Benjamin McCormick DTM PDD
- Responsible for providing guidance and counsel to the incoming district officers.
- Allows for a smooth transition to the new district team.
- Is the Chairman of the District Nominating Team.
- Responsible for the correct conduct of district campaigns.
- Reports to the District Director.
Contact for any information on eligibility for district office and nomination forms and criteria.
Public Relations Manager (PRM): Simon Cornwill DTM
- Responsible for public relations within the district.
- Maintains communications between the media and Toastmasters to increase the awareness of the benefits of Toastmasters to the wider community.
- Resource officer for club, area, division and district with advice and suggestions on publicity projects.
- Coordinates the district activities for Seniors Week, Adult Learners, Toastmasters Week.
- Chairs the judging panel for the District Newsletter contests.
- Directly supports the work of the CGD and reports to the District Director.
Email the PRM for information on publicity matters. For suggestions for activities to promote membership building and membership retention. Advice on newsletters, flyers.
District Administration Manager (DAM): Sue Pinker DTM
- Responsible for ensuring that accurate and timely records are maintained of the district's activities.
- Ensures that all necessary correspondence is forwarded to Toastmasters International.
- Ensures that all members receive information relevant to the district.
- Reports to the District Director.
Email the Administration Manager for information on format of formal minutes, requirements and cut off dates for all reports and any query on record keeping.
District Finance Manager (DFM): Hugh McVean CC, CL
- Responsible for implementing the district budget and for the complete maintenance of district finances.
- Maintains travel and insurance payments.
- Responsible for bookings of required air travel for district officers.
- Reports to the District Director.
Email the Finance Manager for information on budget information, travel and insurance queries and appropriate expense claims.
Logistics Manager: Ian McLaren DTM
- Responsible for organizing venues, catering and accommodation for all district meetings and training activities.
- To forward travel requests to the Treasurer for district officers for training activities.
- For arranging pick ups from the airport.
- Is the Sgt for district functions.
- Responsible for district Assets and the updating of them.
- Reports to the District Director.
Contact the Logistics Manager for queries of venues, catering, accommodation, pick ups for training activities.
Parliamentarian: Pam Holley
- Provides advice and support to the District Director during council meetings.
- Reports on quorums of meetings and rules on all issues relating to policy, bylaws and procedures.
- Responsible for organizing the credentials desk.
- Reports to the District Director.
Contact for advice on parliamentary procedure, quorums for area and division council meetings.
Division Directors
(Listed in alphabetical order by Division)
Brisbane Division Director: Jenny Bostock
Central Division Director: Marietta Wetzig DTM
Eastern Division Director: Kate Norris ACG, ALB
Moreton Division Director: Rod Luck DTM
Northern Division Director: Heather Bruce ACS, ALB
Papua New Guinea Division Director: Jayaprasad Ramakrishna
Southern Division Director: Yvonne Selleck
Western Division Director: Carolyn Becker
Executive Support Team
(Listed in alphabetical order by function title)
Area Director Mentor:
Contact if you are a current Area Director and your Division Director is unavailable to answer an administrative query.
Auditor: Don Crombie DTM
- Responsible for auditing all District's accounts and reporting to TI.
- Reports to the District Director.
Contact for information on how to prepare Division books ready for auditing, and for suggestions about how clubs can arrange for financial handovers between treasurers.
Badge Orders: Barrie Richardson DTM
- Responsible for supplying TI approved badges and trophies to the District.
- Can supply a variety of trophies for conferences.
- Reports to the District Director.
Contact for ordering of member's badges and for quotes for trophies. Badge order form can be downloaded from website.
Chief Coach: Ian Pinker DTM PDG
- Responsible for making clubs with 12 or fewer members aware of eligibility criteria for having a coach appointed.
- Once appointed follow up with support on how to coach and accountability through 3 monthly reports.
- Reports to the CGD.
Contact if your club is struggling with low active membership, may need a coach appointed, or you want help to build membership numbers or experienced member to assist.
Corporate Clubs Chairman: Richard Dudaniec DTM
- Maintains the database of corporate clubs.
- Supports and assists in the chartering and formation of corporate clubs.
- Advises on steps needed to create a new corporate club and chartering requirements.
- Reports to the CGD.
Area or Division Directors contact about how to start a new corporate club through to charter. Contact with information on clubs in formation.
Directory Editor: Clare Murphy DTM PID
- Responsible for issuing new Directories via email every three months.
- Maintains correct details for all clubs and Club officers.
- Reports to the District Director.
Contact to advise of changes to club information and club officers.
District Annual Conference Club Banner Parade: Simon Cornwill DTM
Contact to enter the Club Challenge for the District 69 Annual Conference, with your club's photo featuring your club banner.
District Annual Conference Convenor
- Responsible for organising the District Conference's budget, venue, program, registration, accommodation, and promotions, under the guidance of the District Director.
Contact to register, or with questions about the District 69 Annual Conference.
District Annual Conference Treasurer
Contact to pay for registration to the District 69 Annual Conference.
Division Director Mentor:
Contact if you are a current Division Director with an administrative query.
Historian: Barrie Fuller DTM, PRA
- Maintains the district's historical records.
- Advises on charter dates.
- Advise on available history of Toastmasters' clubs in D69.
- Reports to the District Director.
Contact to gain information about club's history or to advise of new club's charter membership and committee detail.
Info Line Coordinator:
- Responsible for keeping list of calls to 1300 30 40 69.
- Advises suitable club details and emails for Club, Area and Division.
- Keeps list of new members.
- Reports to the District Director.
Contact to advise contact details of venues, names, numbers of clubs in formation and their details.
Long Service Badges Coordinator
Contact if you or a member of your club is due a long service badge.
Past District Directors Committee Chairman: Christine Lennon DTM PDD
- Meets and works in support of the district and its officers, under the direction of the District Director, and may only work on tasks assigned by the District Director.
Contact through the District Director with possible projects for discussion.
Realignment Committee Chairman: TBA
Leads the committee responsible for annual District realignment proposals.
Speechcraft Coordinator: Christine Lennon DTM
- Responsible for assisting clubs with suggestions on how to run courses.
- Advises enquiries of available Speechcraft Courses in their locality.
- Maintains list of courses currently running and completed.
- Checks on success of courses.
- Reports to TLI.
Contact to ask for advice on running a speechcraft course, for questions about where courses are happening, and to inform that you are running a course.
TLI Chairman: Carolyn Shaw
- Chairs the Toastmasters Leadership Team of TLI Coordinators, Distance Education, Youth, Speechcraft and Educational Resources Officer.
- Responsible for all Club Officer and Member Training.
- Coordinates training for presenters.
- Reports to the PQD.
Contact for information on recruiting presenters. For particular Club Officer Training sessions, see that particular coordinator.
Webmaster: Simon Cornwill DTM
- Maintains the district website, with the assistance of web champions.
- Continues to improve our site.
- Has web champion or himself upload information within 48 hours.
- Reports to the District Director.
Contact with information to be submitted.
Youth Leadership Chairman: Christine Lennon DTM
- Responsible for assisting clubs to run Youth Leadership courses with suggestions on the process.
- Maintains a list of courses being run.
- Responsible for keeping a data base of Blue Cards.
- Promotes Youth Leadership to the general public with PRM.
- Passes enquiries of courses to those closest geographically.
- Reports to the District Director.
Contact to inform of courses being run by your club, Area, Division. For queries about blue cards. For questions about how to organize courses.


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2015 Infiniti Q5O Honored With Ritvo Design & Elegance Award By NEMPABlog Jun 5th, 2018
Named for the late Gene Ritvo, a veteran concours photographer and member of the New England Motor Press Association (NEMPA), the Ritvo Design & Elegance award recognizes the very best in automotive design. The recipient of the award is nominated with input from the Larz Anderson Auto Museum and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
"Our friend Gene Ritvo would have been proud to see the Infiniti Q50 take home an award bearing his name," said Craig Fitzgerald, NEMPA president. "In its thoughtful design, it conveys the class and the sophistication, of which Gene was a pure devotee. NEMPA couldn't agree more with the expressed views of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and the Larz Anderson Auto Museum that selected the Infiniti Q50 this year."
Since its introduction in 2013, the Q50 has been recognized with a number of awards for styling, performance and technology leadership. When it was first launched, the Q50 introduced with it a new design language—which would later be incorporated into the rest of the brand's vehicles—giving the car a decidedly aggressive, athletic look underscoring its on-road performance.
Emanating from the sedan's signature "double arch" grille is a character line that flows over the front fenders and tightly around the side of the car, culminating on the rear deck lid, giving the vehicle an element of both elegance and strength. Other characteristic design features include its crescent cut c-pillar and distinctive, almost-human like LED headlights and taillights.
The Q50 also introduced a number of world's first technologies, including Direct Adaptive Steering (DAS), an innovative steer-by-wire system that allows drivers the option of customizing steering sensitivity and feel, while simultaneously helping to isolate road vibrations. Working in conjunction with Infiniti's own lane-keeping technology, DAS—like each of the brand's safety and performance technologies—is designed to complement the driving experience, not replace it.


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Singer-songwriter Loudon Wainwright III brings his solo show to Minneapolis for one night only, July 29
presented by U.S. Bank
On Friday, July 29, at 8 p.m., Grammy Award-winning artist Loudon Wainwright III will present his touring one-man show at Orchestra Hall. Wainwright came to fame when his song Dead Skunk became a Top 20 hit in 1972. He has performed and recorded prolifically as a singer-songwriter ever since, as well as on film and on Broadway. In this performance, Wainwright will entertain Minneapolis audiences with his skills as a solo singer, songwriter, guitarist and storyteller. Please note: the Minnesota Orchestra does not perform on this program.
The concert will be held at Orchestra Hall in downtown Minneapolis on Friday, July 29, 2016, at 8 p.m., with tickets priced from $30 to $40. Tickets are available at minnesotaorchestra.org and by phone at 612-371-5656. For further purchasing details, refer to the information section at the conclusion of this press release.
Loudon Wainwright III
Loudon Wainwright III studied acting at Carnegie Mellon University, but dropped out to partake in the "Summer of Love" in San Francisco, and wrote his first song, Edgar, in 1968. His songs have since been recorded by Bonnie Raitt, Johnny Cash, Earl Scruggs, Kate and Anna McGarrigle, Mose Allison and his son Rufus Wainwright, among others. His most recent recording, Haven't Got the Blues (Yet), is the 26th album in his impressive recording career. Among other notable projects in recent years, he co-wrote music for Judd Apatow's hit movie Knocked Up in collaboration with songwriter and producer Joe Henry, wrote music for the British theatrical adaptation of the Carl Hiaasen novel Lucky You, and composed topical songs for NPR's Morning Edition and All Things Considered, as well as ABC's Nightline.
An accomplished actor, he has appeared in films directed by Martin Scorsese, Hal Ashby, Christopher Guest, Tim Burton, Cameron Crowe, Judd Apatow and Steven Soderbergh. Wainwright has also starred on TV in M.A.S.H. and Undeclared, and on Broadway in Pump Boys and Dinettes. Most recently, he appeared in Soderbergh's film Mosaic, and he has been performing a one-man theatrical show, Surviving Twin, which combines his songs and the writings of his late father. For more information, visit lw3.com.
Live at Orchestra Hall
Friday, July 29, 2016, 8 p.m. / Orchestra Hall
Tickets: $30-$40
Tickets can be purchased online at minnesotaorchestra.org, or by calling 612-371-5656 or 800-292-4141. Tickets can be purchased in person at the Orchestra Hall Box Office, 1111 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis (open Monday to Friday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., and beginning two hours before all ticketed performances); and at the Minnesota Orchestra Administrative Office, International Centre, 5th floor, 920 Second Avenue South, Minneapolis (open Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.). For more information, call 612-371-5656, or visit minnesotaorchestra.org. For groups of 10 or more, call 612-371-5662.
Published prices include a non-discountable facility fee of $5 per ticket. For single ticket purchases, there are no service charges for in-person transactions. There is a $6 service charge per transaction for all phone, fax or mail orders. Save $1 by purchasing tickets online or by having the Orchestra e-mail your tickets. (This charge is waived for subscribers and group purchasers ordering by phone, mail or in person.) No refunds. Some fees and restrictions may apply to ticket exchanges. All sales are final.
All programs, artists, dates, times and prices subject to change.
Sommerfest is presented by U.S. Bank.
The Star Tribune is the Minnesota Orchestra's media partner for the 2015-16 season.
This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support grant,
thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.
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Gwen Pappas, Director of Public Relations
Emma Plehal, Public Relations Writer and Coordinator