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ROMANTASY WAS PLEASED to host about 50 guests at our bi-annual visit by Michael Garrod, owner of True Grace Corset Co. in London, on May 31, 1999! We were joined by 12 models including Isabella's two daughters! Robby helped me to prepare a lavish brunch with English trifle (Michael supervised preparation the night before, of course, and she used real Bird's English Pudding, a newfound treasure for me!), rice pudding, ham, strawberries and sugar and champagne mimosas.
"Corsets and Contraltos . . .
A Morning of Fashion, Food, and Commentary"
The models, including Makaela & Cassandra, in Mom Isabella's children's corsets; guest Michael (in red) watches over all as hatted Robby beams!
Marcia calls for the finale in Sue's Flame corset.
Wanda, our sales manager, looked stunning as both hostess and model, in her new crimson ballgown dress and Sue Nice's new black brocade Victorian corset. Christine, ever an effervescent personality when she works part-time in our boutique, also hostessed along with staff person Elizabeth.
The show was an ecclectic combination of dramatic, humorous, tender and edgy "skits". New corset maker Isabella, her hubby, his sister, and Isabella's two girls played in a wedding scenario, with Michael taking the role of happy father, walking his "bride" (in Isabella's gorgeous button-front bridal corset and ensemble) down our "aisle". We took advantage of the enthusiasm of a new customer, Dante, who had installed a new credit card system the week before. We needed a priest and he was the IT BOY for a moment of tender glory during our wedding skit! I think he really enjoyed the wild and wacky event and his ROMANTASY stage debut!
Robby of course looked stunning in Michael's lace covered longline Lily corset worn with a 50's style custom-coordinated ensemble, and feather hat!
first model . . . Ann!
Playing a different role than normal, I came off the podium as production manager, to model two corsets: my latest favorite from Michael, a gorgeous and glitzy lavendar satin and sequined Lily with ballgown skirt by Sue and bolero jacket by Isabella (hat by me!), and . . . my latest favorite corset by Isabella, the cute pastel print and bottom lace ruffle "Sabrina". As you see, I chose a completely "kooky" look for my last appearance with the fetish girl crowd: Gogi in Sheri's hot pink reptile leather Valentine, Monica in Sue Nice's fuzzy leopard Victorian, and Chelesa in Michael's red rubber Victorian.
Look for most of these lovely models in our third corset catalog, now in the planning stages with a spring production schedule. And look for the appearance of our wonderful corsetmakers as well. We were gratified to have FIVE of our corsetieres attend the fashion show, and we appreciate their support!
Well, spring is over, summer is in full force and quite noticeable in most parts of the USA (heat!), and many changes are in store for ROMANTASY, as you will see below. We thank our many, many boutique customers who have visited us over the nine years we've had a storefront. Remember that you can always call us (415-585-0760) and make a private fitting appointment in San Francisco and for a Trunk Show to see the new style corsets and be measured for your corset!
A happy group of Romantasy corsetmakers welcomes MP Garrod on May 31.
We love you all and look forward, as ever, to hearing from you and sharing your experiences with corseting.
Ladies and gentlemen! I am delighted to be here again in San Francisco, and to meet my many friends here. This is indeed a distinguished gathering of people, some of whom have come hundreds of miles to be here. I am flattered! I would also like to recognize Professor Edelman from Stanford University and The Arts Institute, and I believe that Ms. Esther Herschelle, former founder of The Arts Institute, known as Louise Salinger Fashion Academy is also in the audience. Thank you for attending this fine Sunday morning and sharing it with us at ROMANTASY Exquisite Corsetry.
I was here just over 2 years ago and on that occasion, I talked about the wholesale trade in corsetry in the U.K., and how it declined by 1985 to about 2% of what it had been before the Second World War. All the major manufacturers such as Symingtons and Spirella went out of business, and with that most retail corset shops in the country. I indicated then that the remaining manufacturers of corset components, such as the busk, would more than likely disappear by the year 2000.
From 1985 to 1999 there has been a further decline of corset wearing by the public in general. It has virtually reached the point in the U.K. where your back lacing, front busk corset is no longer available from a shop or even mail order firms. I know of only one company making such items, along with others such as roll ones and girdles, and that is Coopers in Ashbourne. I can see no hope for the future in this particular area as the younger generation would not dream of dressing themselves in such garments. . . . The public has been totally brainwashed by years of adverse comments.
Today we have Coopers, Vollers and Axfords left in England, the only significant wholesale traders. Together they employ probably no more than fifty cutters and machinists. Apart from that I doubt there are more than a dozen individual makers doing made to measure corsets. Compare that with 14,000 in the years before the Second World War!
What are the plans of True Grace? it has been my personal crusade to try, in my own small way, to keep the few remaining component manufacturers and stockists in business. Without them everything goes under. I cannot do this on my own, so I am constantly trying to persuade others to take up corset making. I have been instrumental in three people starting up to date.
Although I have been making corsets now for almost 20 years on a commercial basis, I am still learning the trade! I never went to any form of school of college ot learn about pattern making, cutting and stitching, so have largely taught myself. It is my aim to constantly improve my work, but not to expand the business as such . . . quality, not quantity is my motto!
Thanks to the influence of the lady who models for me, Pandora Gorey, I have now been asked to supply samples of my work for a 3 month exhibition at the Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, in the year 2000. This is alongside work by such people as LaCroix, Mugler, Galliano, McQueen and Westwood! This is indeed a great honour and hope that the choice is justified. The chief curator there is Valerie Steele, who is probably well known to most of you through her famous book Fashion and Eroticism.
Let's be clear about one thing! Corsets have been in existence in some form or another for thousands of years . . . I am certain they will survive!"
THANKS FOR CHECKING OUT OUR SITE! I am glad you share our love of corsetry. Even with a limited budget, there are many ways to approach the topic, and receive better value for the dollars you invest. You may be pleasantly surprised that you can afford a quality, tight-lacing corset sooner than you may think!
As you will now know, ROMANTASY Exquisite Corsetry is reducing our overhead and transforming our business in order to also reduce our prices. Because we take only private fitting and consultation appointments after September 1, we can pass our operational savings on to our customers with lower prices! We start celebrating that process with the introduction of a new tight-lacing style at the best price-point in the world: the "Sheri's Sincher"!
Sheri's Sincher may just fit your present needs so that you do not need to delay gratification. Basically it is a shorter Victorian by Sheri, quite an accomplished costumer, made of black or white satin sides, with fancy fabric front and back (jewel tones of black, burgundy, blue or gold [add gold] brocade, and pastels in pink, peach, lavender, ivory, light blue or light green pastel brocade), lining, and lovely coordinating organza front-laces (and sturdy back laces). It is quite finely finished with black or white trim and sturdy grommets. We won't guarantee the exact pattern of the brocade, but you can specify green, burgundy, black or blue for the brocade.
It will fit standard waist sizes of 23", 25", 28" and 32" (add four inches to those natural waist measurements; thus, our fourth voluptuous size fits a natural waist of 36" to 38"). The first day that Sheri delivered her new style to the boutique, we sold one on the spot to a customer in the store. She was impressed with both the fit and the evident quality (steel boned, tight lacing, brocade front, lined!) and design, plus the "extras" of fancy fabric and beautiful, feminine organza ribbon!
Now for the good news: it is priced at $195 including shipping! This is truly quite unbelievable and I don't think you will find the quality or pricepoint anywhere else in webtime or real time.
If Sheri's Sincher does not seem to live up to your dreams for a fully-custom corset, we encourage you to begin a small savings program, and Xmas is coming up . . . it may be possible to request friends to "chip in" for something you truly desire! Recently, ROMANTASY had a man customer come in with an envelope marked "My Corvest Fund"; he had diligently saved money for six months to purchase that custom item! We applauded his commitment!
Finally, in making your decision, may I invite you to read the June-July newsletter just past, the first letter from a customer in the We Get Letters column, talking about how "pricey" a corset is, which is your concern. I wrote a rather detailed explanation of that issue, which does deserve consideration. It might be helpful to you.
Please stay tuned to our site for more great corset photos and web re-design soon. If you wish to be posted, kindly sign our confidential mailing list (go to home page, scroll to fan that says Mailing List).
We sincerely hope we have been helpful to you with new ideas about how to obtain a quality corset.Thanks for your contact with ROMANTASY, and don't give up your love!
Pandora, Arthur, and Michael Hammond of Axford's.
A PARTY OF SIX PEOPLE, consisting of representatives of True Grace and C&S Constructions, Mrs. Pandora Harrison, Miss Karen Wright and Mr. Arthur Beale, made an official visit to Axfords Corset Works in Brighton, England, last fall.
The "works" consist of an unassuming semi-detached, four floor building in Centurion Road, and gives no indication whatsoever from the outside of the activity within. The owner is currently Mr. Michael Hammond, and he employs six full time workers.
Axfords is one of the few survivors of the catastrophic decline of corset wearing in the seventies and eighties. Companies employing 100 or more were quite incapable of remaining in business, even though desperate attempts were made to diversify and economize. It was left to the smaller fry such as Axfords an Vollers to pick up the pieces, but even they only just managed to survive.
Axfords was established in 1880, and was based in London until about 40 years ago near Victoria station. It was operating then as a shop., selling menswear and a small line in corsetry (hence the well known expression, "Victoria's Dream;" Ed. note: We wonder if there is any connection between the USA major lingerie company and slogan "Victoria's Secret"? ROMANTASY has never felt threatened by this company, because we tell the secret that Victoria is trying to keep--and it's custom corsetry!) It subsequently moved to Brighton 40 years ago.
Michael Hammond took over from his mother, and after realizing that the market for corsets from overseas was untapped, abandoned the shop and switched to all corset production nine years ago. It has thrived ever since.
The company now depends to a large extent on the export market, which is a total reversal on what was happening to companies in general in the UK before the collapse occurred. It was found that "Made to measure" was not a profitable operation and is now entirely "off the peg." Stock normally consists of 3,5000 items, though due to underpricing in the last year or so it has been reduced to 2,000. Having substantial stock means rapid response to incoming orders and is usually achieved within 24 hours. There are some twenty different patterns used for corset construction ranging from waist nippers to strapless basques and corsetlettes. There are two specifically for male wear. They also do suspender belts (garter belts), Victorian underwear, maids wear and wigs.
Colors available are white, pink, red, purple and black. These are mostly in satin, but PVC and leather are held. Lace trim is standard on some items. Suspenders are fitted to most styles, and any number is acceptable; we saw a special order with forty six attached!!
There are five lady machinists and one male operator. One of them has been with the firm for forty years. Mr. Hammond is seeking experienced machinists, having space available for two more. Taking on additional workers clearly requires an increased turnover, but the market would appear to be there.
Expansion, as such, is not currently envisaged by Axfords, even though business is good. Nobody can forecast what the next five years will bring, whether it be an upturn or a down turn, and expansion without a guaranteed increased turnover is too risky.
The visit was a great success and we were all made to feel very welcome. Two of our lady attendees were corsetted, and received admiring glances from the workers who were unaccustomed to seeing corsets worn at the works. Much useful information was exchanged, and one hoped that the temporary disruption of normal activities was felt worthwhile by the management.
I wanted to tell you how much we enjoyed having you at our meeting a few months back. You were one of the best and most popular speakers we ever had.
We thank Michael, Kelly and all our writers for sharing their questions and photos and articles with us. Please send more, as we love to feature you and know what's happening with those who share our love. Bye now, from Ann, Wanda, Christine and Elizabeth . . . see you in cyberspace!


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Today Baldwin Boettcher @ Lone Star College North Harris will have two meetings. Spin a Yarn @ 2pm and Word Crafters @ 5:30 pm. They both will take place on the third floor of the library building in the “makerspace” area. Hope you all can join us!
Forecast today is wet and cold so come by Lone Star College – North Harris where Baldwin Boettcher’s Spin-a-Yarn and Word Crafters will be meeting. Spin-a-Yarn will meet at 2 pm on the third floor of the library building in the makerspace area. Word Crafters will meet at 5:30 pm in the same place. Grab your latest project, an umbrella, and come on by. We would love to see you here!
It is cold outside and that makes it a great day to come into the college library and stay warm. Today at Lone Star College – North Harris where Baldwin Boettcher Library is currently calling home, there will have two meetings. Spin-a-Yarn at 2 pm and Word Crafters at 5:30 pm.
They both will meet on the 3rd floor of the library building in the “Makerspace” area. Come on by and check it out. We would love to have you here!
Today is Wednesday, January 31, and we will have both our groups meet at Lone Star College North Harris. Spin-a-Yarn will meet at 2pm and Word Crafters will meet later in the day at 5:30 pm. The location to be for both groups will be on the third floor of the library building in the makerspace area. If you like to spin a yarn, use needle and thread, and write or want to start, then come to both! We would love to see you here!
Today is a busy day at Baldwin Boettcher @ Lone Star College – North Harris. Our Spin-a-Yarn group will meet at 2 pm on the third floor of the library building in the “makerspace” area. At 5:30 pm Word Crafters will meet there as well. If you are crafty or like to, sew, knit, write, and join in on a discussion, then this is the day to come and check out more than just books. Come see for yourself. We would love to have you!
We hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving with their families. This week Baldwin Boettcher Library is back to its normal hours here at Lone Star College – North Harris. Today we will have Spin-A-Yarn at 2 pm, and then our Word Crafters at 5:30 pm. Both will be held on the 3rd floor of the library building in the "Makerspace" area. We would love to see you. So come join us!

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June 2 (Bloomberg) -- Australia's planned 40 percent tax on resource profits will raise more revenue for the government, senior Treasury official David Gruen said, as Prime Minister Kevin Rudd fights to win voter support for the levy.
"If you get rid of the royalties, or rebate the royalties, and introduce a tax which is more efficient in principle and in practice you can generate more revenue as well as reduce the distortions," Gruen, executive director of the Treasury's macroeconomics group, told a senate committee today. "That is the point of the tax."
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"Billions of dollars of investments are already on hold" and "everyone" will be hurt by this tax, according to a Minerals Council of Australia ad running on the country's television networks. Council Chief Executive Officer Mitch Hooke countered Swan's claims it had spent A$100 million, saying the outlay was lower than the government's.
The government says its tax overhaul will give Australians a "fairer share" of the nation's natural resources. The industry is paying one dollar out of seven in tax now, down from one in every three dollars 10 years ago, Rudd said.
"Resources do not belong to the Australian people," billionaire miner Clive Palmer told the National Press Club in Canberra today. "Under our constitution, resources belong to the state governments."
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Western Australia accounts for 62 percent of the nation's mineral production, 73 percent of natural gas and 64 percent of crude oil and condensate.
Mining and petroleum production in the state was worth more than A$70 billion last year, and the state has about A$170 billion of projects in the investment pipeline over the next five years, according to the state government.
"It is constitutional," Assistant Treasurer Nick Sherry told a senate committee in Canberra today. The tax "is supported by the constitution's taxation power as it is a tax on profits made from extracting resources, resources cease to be the property of the state once they are extracted."
The resources industry makes up about 10 percent of the $1.02 trillion economy in Australia, the biggest shipper of coal, iron ore and alumina. Swan last month said the national budget would return to surplus three years earlier than previously forecast with the help of the mining tax.
Treasury Executive Director David Parker, head of the consultation panel in talks with the resource industry, handed his first report to Swan on May 28, completing the initial phase of 18 months of discussions.
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This is one of my favorite dates since there is no telling where you might go, what you might see and what you might do. Best of all, it doesn’t cost a cent to do.
Pick a spot to start that has a lot of people. Take some time looking around and pick somebody out of the crowd. The date for the evening is to follow that person where ever he or she goes. In essence, your date becomes whatever the person you chose happens to be doing that evening.
If it comes to a point where person you’re following has stopped or you can no longer follow them, you can simply pick another person to follow. You’re bound to have loads of laughs as you attempt to stay with your designated guide.
If you decide to do this date, warn your date ahead of time to wear clothing that will be comfortable for walking and dress appropriate for the weather. There’s nothing that will turn the date into a disaster faster than improper shoes for a lot of walking, or clothes that don’t fir the weather conditions.

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J.C. Penney's new CEO Ron Johnson reportedly often spends life far from the company's Plano, Texas, headquarters. It's not just him. Many of the retailer's executives have cross-country commutes, and aren't centrally located in the Lone Star.
Johnson and executive vice presidents Ben Fay and Laurie live in California; Chief Creative Office Michael Fisher and a senior design executive, Nick Wooster, come in from New York and construction executive Bob Laughrea resides in Boston, according to Bloomberg. If only the tally ended there. Bloomberg also reports that human resources chief Dan Walker, vice president Sissie Twiggs and senior vice presidents Amy Leonard and Donna Isralsky also live in California and commute.
J.C. Penney defends these living arrangements, noting fairly that retail executives--especially those involved in a complicated turnaround--spend an enormous amount of time flying all over. The company's argument: Why uproot a family if the J.C. Penney parent will still spend the week at 30,000 feet?
Still, it's more about the message than the logistics. Johnson and his crew are leading what some observers call the most ambitious retail turnaround ever, and it's not working. J.C. Penney shares have been halved since Johnson took over; the company's credit rating reduced to junk and some of the most ambitious parts of the turnaround--no coupons, no promotions--have already been reversed. The company is ceding market share to rivals like Macy's and Kohl's, as well as others like Gap and Target.
Investors are indeed souring on Johnson and his executives--major investor Vornado Realty Trust sold half its stake--and seeming to enjoy the high-altitude lifestyle while the company is in turmoil won't help them change that.
Shares of J.C. Penney fell weren't burdened by this morning's news, though. The stock gained 1.4% to $16.39 in pre-market trading.


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People take selfie-pictures with Zimbabwean Defence Force soldiers during a march in the streets of Harare, on November 18, 2017 to demand to the 93 year-old Zimbabwe's president to step down. Zimbabwe's president clings to office, the military is in power and the much-feared ZANU-PF party still rules -- but Zimbabweans put such issues aside on November 18, 2017 to happily embrace what they hope is a new era for the country.
Because access to the internet has sparked change in multiple countries. Zimbabwe could be next.
Thulani Nenji had stopped his car at a traffic signal in the central business district of Harare on a Tuesday last July, when a Wi-Fi–enabled commuter omnibus pulled up next to his vehicle. Nenji’s mobile data was running low, so he haggled with the bus driver to let him use the Wi-Fi. The driver agreed, and Nenji trailed the bus while he needed the internet.
U.S. President Donald Trump may have referred to African nations as “shitholes” — if reports he has only half-heartedly denied are accurate — but in Zimbabwe, a public Wi-Fi revolution is quietly challenging stereotypes the country and the region have long had to fight. Zimbabwe is grappling with a tense political transition following the soft coup that led to the removal of Robert Mugabe, who was prime minister from 1980 to 1987 and then president until his removal in November 2017. But while the country’s political future may hinge on national elections scheduled for later this year, a technology transition enveloping Zimbabwe isn’t waiting for that outcome.
Econet Zimbabwe, the country’s leading telecom provider, has set up free-access Wi-Fi routers in 240 of the omnibuses — known in Zimbabwe as kombis — that are ubiquitous on the streets of the nation’s cities. Apart from Harare, Wi-Fi in kombis can be found in cities such as Bulawayo, Gweru, Mutare and Masvingo, among others. NetOne, Zimbabwe’s second-largest telecom provider, is offering portable Wi-Fi routers that up to 32 devices can use at a time. And all three major Zimbabwean providers — Econet, NetOne and their emerging competitor, Telecel Zimbabwe — are launching public Wi-Fi zones across the country. Telecel has already set up 70 Wi-Fi zones in Harare, Bulawayo, Mutare, Chitungwiza, Gweru and the town of Victoria Falls.
Schoolgirls take part in a small street carnival along the streets of downtown Harare, Zimbabwe.
“We have plans to roll out even more zones,” says Telecel’s chief executive officer, Angeline Vere.
The spread of public Wi-Fi comes at a time internet penetration is increasing — active internet subscriptions increased by 1.9 percent over the third quarter of 2017, according to the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe — but half the country still doesn’t have regular access to the internet. On the other hand, the number of mobile phones in the country exceeds its population, making public Wi-Fi services that can be accessed on mobile phones a particularly attractive proposition for both consumers and companies looking to expand their base. With millions of people relying on 60,000 kombis, according to 2016 statistics from the Greater Harare Association of Commuter Omnibus Operators, these buses are a natural choice for public Wi-Fi spots.
“With the majority of the Zimbabwean population using commuter minibuses to get from one place to another, it is a brilliant move to add Wi-Fi into the mix,” says Zimbabwe Information and Communication Technologies chairperson Jacob Mutisi.
A commuter omnibus that is part of Harare’s bus transport system, which is adopting the mobile Wi-Fi facility.
But the Wi-Fi on the kombis isn’t free, strictly speaking. Whenever an Econet subscriber buys a data package, they are granted a matching amount of data for Wi-Fi use. So a user cannot get access to the Wi-Fi unless they have bought a data package; the same goes for the straight-up Wi-Fi packages. The other two providers operate similarly: People can buy mobile data from NetOne or Telecel to use the public Wi-Fi spots or just buy Wi-Fi packages. “We look forward to the day where the local authority will provide free Wi-Fi for local residents through their clinics, hospitals, sports facilities, libraries, etc.,” Mutisi says.
None of that is stopping the spread of Wi-Fi use in public spots. Statistics show that commuters use the Wi-Fi in kombis to check Google Maps and emails; chat with family, friends or colleagues and use applications like WhatsApp. Many use it for Instagram and Facebook, and some even stream music or video content for entertainment. And companies like NetOne are working on multiple other initiatives. “There are so many initiatives we seek to undertake to promote internet connectivity,” says NetOne acting chief executive officer Brian Mutandiro.
Zimbabwe’s economy remains in a crisis, suffering from years of arbitrary policies undertaken by Mugabe that have held the country back. The spread of public Wi-Fi won’t change that. But it offers a glimpse of the alternative future Zimbabweans are dreaming of — a dream they are taking steps to realize.


text: Olympiacos keeps leading the Greek League standings with a perfect 21-0 record, with Panathinaikos right behind at 20-1. Both Greek League giants had to battle hard to register respective wins on Friday. Panathinaikos edged Aris 69-75 in Thessaloniki behind 14 points from Stratos Perperoglou. Dimitris Diamantidis added 13, Romain Sato had 12 while Ian Vougioukas got 10 for the Greens. Kostas Charalampidis led Aris with 16 points. Edin Bavcic added 13 while John Thomas had 10 for the hosts, that trailed 42-61 late in the third quarter. Aris managed to get within 69-70 with a minute left but Diamantidis and Perperoglou sealed the outcome down the stretch. Olympiacos topped Ilissiakos 73-70 at home with 17 points from a recovered Ioannis Bourousis. Vassilis Spanoulis and Rasho Nesterovic each had 10 for the Reds. A dunk by Michalis Pelekanos and a free throw by Kostas Papanikolaou kept Olympiacos out of trouble in crunch time. PAOK edged Panellinios 62-63 on the road on Saturday. Rawle Marshall led the winners with 19 points. Todor Gecevski added 12 while Michalis Giannakidis had 10 for PAOK. Steven Smith and Manolis Papamakarios each had 14 points for Panellinios while Vassilis Xanthopoulos added 12. Giannakis and late free throws by Marshall allowed PAOK to seal the outcome. In other games, AEK defeated Kavala 79-64 while Ikaros edged Peristeri 74-68.


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This story is sponsored by Women in the Money. Learn more about Women in the Money.
Personal financial education is among Utah State Treasurer David Damschen's top priorities. As chair of the Utah Council on Financial and Economic Education, he and his team have been exploring ways to increase the financial capability of Utahns.
Utilizing the input of several important community partners, the treasury team focused on one demographic whose financial education hasn’t always been tended to: the women of Utah.
“Women face some unique financial situations. We live longer than men and are more likely to outlive our assets. We are also more likely to take on important, unpaid caretaker responsibilities, teach our children about money and help elderly or disabled loved ones manage their finances,” Brittany Griffin, public information officer at the Utah Office of State Treasurer, said. “Additionally, women are playing an increasing role in the workforce and market,” Griffin continued.
The upcoming conference tackles a wealth of issues. With sessions like “Discussing Finances as a Couple’” and “Fundamentals of Investing” the event aims to give women at all stages of life and in a range of financial situations more skills and knowledge to improve their personal finances.
“When we approached our speakers and sponsors about organizing a conference focused on womens financial empowerment, they were very enthusiastic about the idea and expressed that this kind of event is very needed and can really benefit the women in our state,” Griffin said.
From grappling with student debt to retirement planning, the “Women in the Money Conference” on April 22 at Salt Lake’s Sheraton Hotel features expert speakers from top enterprises in Utah and provides potentially life changing information.
For both young women entering the workforce and those that have worked for years, understanding how to negotiate fair hourly wages or a salary can make a significant difference in lifetime earnings and financial security.
For perspective, say two similar 22-year-old candidates start at a company and one negotiates a $5,000 higher salary than the other. After a 1% raise each year and a 4% raise every three years, by the time they've reached retirement at 67, the difference between the two candidates’ annual salaries will be over $50,000 — with a total net difference in wealth accumulation a staggering one million dollars, according to calculations by Business Insider.
With women increasingly taking on the role of breadwinner, the ability to negotiate fair salaries and manage their money has a big impact on Utah families in total.
When women ask for what they’re worth in salary negotiations and establish good budgeting habits, the difference in the wealth they accumulate over decades can be staggering.
A known financial issue for millennials is the student debt crisis, but most people don’t know that women are disproportionately affected by student debt of all types.
As of the middle of 2018, women hold nearly two-thirds of the outstanding student debt in the United States — almost $900 billion, according to the American Association of University Women.
But student loan debt isn’t the only debt subject tackled at the conference. One session discusses alternatives to bankruptcy and how to save personal finances after a life crisis.
It’s no secret that money is often the cause of relationship tension and even dissolution, whether the couple is newly-wed or approaching retirement.
Women are also often the primary caregiver of children, so when they learn how to be financially savvy, they are likely to pass that knowledge on to the next generation.
Women often outlive their spouses. The median age women are widowed is just 59 years, according to the US Census Bureau, which leaves many years women need to worry about their finances without their partner’s support.
“Women are less likely to receive a pension than men and those who do receive a pension get only half as much as the average man. Locally, Social Security is the only source of retirement income for 38 percent of retired Utah women,” said Griffin.
With specific workshops on the basics of Social Security and “What you need to have in place before the unspeakable,” the conference teaches about preparing your bank account and retirement accounts for this all-too-common situation.


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Land access is *the* barrier to this project going ahead. The Fremantle Port Authority have decided not to allow us to lease the land, for reasons that have not been transparently communicated. Without land there isn’t a project to be built.
We've created an awesome and enlightening Frequently Asked Questions to answer your questions and concerns. We'd also love to meet you at our next community engagement (like Windy Beers!).
The eight circles of Fremantle Port land we need to lease is state-owned, but controlled by the FPA. We have support from politicians at municipal, state and federal levels. In all three parties. But some of them don't believe we have enough *community* support for this project.
Help prove them wrong: Write, email, question them in public forums (like radio shows) — tell them you support the FCWF, and ask how they'll help us make this dream a reality.
So many have heard of our project, but don't realise how wonderful its outcomes could be, or how simple the barriers are to making it happen. Help us raise awareness of this amazing opportunity at your community event, or local business. Contact us, and consider adding your details to our database of skilled potential helpers!
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Rates on packages are for 2 people, 2 Rm Suite. Ocean Front & 3 Rm. Suite Slightly Higher Rate.
$75 DEPOSIT REQUIRED PER ROOM.
Deposit and payments are not refundable.

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Guess what the yellow is….
So, it’s not exactly dinner table conversation, but having a conversation about it is important because it’s affecting the health of our oceans. What are we talking about? We’re talking about keeping sewage, even treated sewage, out of our oceans.
The NY Times has a great op-ed piece by Rose George, entitled “Yellow Is The New Green” and you can guess what the yellow is…. It’s a great article because it brings up so many things about what to do with sewage, including re-thinking the way we think about. It turns out, it’s not so disgusting after all – in fact, it has a lot of great uses!

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Our story began in Chicago nearly 4 years ago when Hannah Elisabeth Beauty was founded in the hometown of Owner Hannah Elisabeth. With a passion for making women look and feel beautiful, our Chicago team has quickly grown to host The Windy City’s best Makeup Artists & Stylists.
Hannah Elisabeth Beauty’s Chicago Team focuses on bringing simple luxury to our clients, with an expansive list of on location beauty services for Bridal, Lifestyle, Special Occasions & Events. We service the entire Chicagoland area, as well as the Chicago Suburbs. Our team is also available for travel upon request to Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa and Indiana.


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As a company with a premium listing on the London Stock Exchange, we are required by the UK Listing Authority to disclose our compliance with the UK Corporate Governance Code (the Code). We must also explain any non-compliance.
Our Board believes that the Company was compliant with the 2016 Code throughout the 2018 financial year, with the exception of the interim change in status for Sir Adrian Montague from Non-Executive Chairman to Executive Chairman from 9 October until the appointment of Maurice Tulloch as our new Group Chief Executive Officer (Group CEO) on 4 March 2019. As a result, the Company was non-compliant with Provision A.2.1 of the 2016 Code for this interim period. Details of our compliance with the Code, during the preceding year, are set out in the Corporate Governance section of our Annual Report and Accounts.
Making sure our company is appropriately managed and we achieve our objectives.
Making sure we have an appropriate system of governance throughout our company.
Some matters fall outside our Board of Directors’ scope. Unless they are reserved for shareholder approval in a general meeting, the Board delegates them to our Group Chief Executive Officer, who then delegates responsibility for specific operations to members of the Group Executive.
We comply with the Code requirement that at least half of our Board, excluding the Chairman, should be Independent Non-executive Directors. At present, all six of our Non-Executive Directors are independent.
You can read our Board of Directors' profiles here.
We make appointments to our Board on the recommendation of the Nomination Committee, following a search undertaken by an executive selection agency and a series of interviews.
If we make an appointment to our Board between Annual General Meetings (AGMs), we will put the new director forward for election by the shareholders at our next AGM.
We put all our directors forward for re-election at our AGM, in compliance with the Code.
Our Board is committed to having a diverse and inclusive leadership team. We understand the richness that diversity brings in providing the range of perspectives, insights and challenge needed to support good decision making.
Our Board’s Diversity and Inclusion statement (PDF 71.8KB) supports our diverse and inclusive culture. It also supports the Nomination Committee in its approach to succession planning. The statement is in line with our overall values and Group Diversity and Inclusion strategy.
Our Remuneration Committee considers alignment between the Group’s strategy and the remuneration of its Senior Executives, including Executive Directors, to be critical.
We believe that Senior Executives should be appropriately rewarded on a market competitive basis for the delivery of stretching goals and should receive reduced rewards when the business performs poorly.
For more details please read our Remuneration report.
Sessions with senior management throughout the business over a number of months.
Presentations and discussions with our key members of senior management.
Visits to our Group's main operating businesses.
Meetings with the external auditor and our corporate brokers.
Directors also commit to continue their personal development through attending relevant courses, seminars, workshops and lectures.
Relevant policies, procedures and governance materials.
We undertake a rigorous evaluation of our Board, its committees, the directors and the Chairman every year, to assess their performance. The Chairman usually leads this process, supported by the Group Company Secretary.
At least once every three years, we ask an independent consultancy to carry out our evaluation. They interview each Board member.
We also review the effectiveness of our Board committees every year. You can read about our latest effectiveness review in the Directors' and Corporate Governance Report (Board Evaluation) in our 2018 Annual Report and Accounts.
Our Board has five standing committees. Each has clear terms of reference, to ensure oversight of important policy issues outside the main Board meetings.
The committees are Audit, Governance, Nomination, Risk and Remuneration.
You can find out about our committees’ duties and activities, their composition and terms of reference on the Board committees section of the website.
Communicating with our shareholders on a wide range of issues is important to us.
Our Executive Directors meet with our major institutional shareholders regularly. They discuss a wide range of issues including strategy, performance, management and governance - within the constraints of the information already known to the market.
When it’s appropriate, we seek the views of our major investors, particularly on remuneration issues. We do this directly and through consultation with the Association of British Insurers.
the attendance of committee chairmen.
We send out notice of our AGM at least 20 business days before the meeting, to ensure that our shareholders have enough time to consider the items of business.
Our annual report presents a clear and balanced view of our Group's activities and prospects. The Chairman's statement, Group Chief Executive's review and business operating and financial reviews give an assessment of our affairs and position, supported by presentations at the AGM.


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Linebacker Kendell Beckwith will not be able to play this season, coach Dirk Koetter announced (Twitter link via Greg Auman of The Athletic). Beckwith suffered a broken ankle in a car accident in the spring and he did not recover as quickly as the team hoped.
The former LSU star could have provided depth in the wake of injuries to Kwon Alexander and Lavonte David, but they’ll have to get by without him. This week, the Bucs will be forced to move him from the non-football injury (NFI) list to another reserve list.
With David out for the year, the Bucs are moving forward with Devante Bond, Adarius Taylor, and David as their starters. But, if David continues to miss time, Riley Bullough will run with the first-string unit.
Despite Jimmy Garoppolo entering his 49ers training camp, he’s not expected to receive an abnormal workload this preseason. Even though Kyle Shanahan has cited the time it takes for quarterbacks to become sufficiently assimilated in his system, Matt Barrows of The Athletic notes (subscription required) backup C.J. Beathard is likely to receive most of the reps during preseason games. The 49ers figure to have an ulterior motive by doing this, with Barrows writing San Francisco will want to trade Beathard for draft compensation at some point before his rookie contract expires. They will be intent on showcasing the 2017 third-rounder as much as possible as a result. The Iowa product completed 54.9 percent of his passes, with four TDs and six INTs, as a rookie before Garoppolo supplanted him as the Niners’ starter.
Connor Barwin will be counted on to be one of Olivier Vernon‘s sidekicks this season, but his Giants agreement is not merely a one-year pact. Barwin agreed to a two-year deal worth up to $5MM, Ian Rapoport of NFL.com reports (on Twitter). This will be Barwin’s fourth NFL team, with the Giants following the Texans, Eagles and Rams. A Pro Bowler with the 2014 Eagles, Barwin’s done his best work in 3-4 defenses — which the Giants will now use. Both of Barwin’s double-digit sack seasons (2011 and 2014) came in this set.
Kendell Beckwith will not, however, avoid the Buccaneers‘ PUP (Twitter link, via Scott Smith of Buccaneers.com). The young linebacker fractured an ankle in a car accident in April and underwent surgery. The immediate timetable tabbed Beckwith as unclear for Week 1, while a summer update indicated he might be ready in time for camp. Beckwith won’t meet that goal, it appears, but it’s not certain if he’s going to miss all of Tampa Bay’s camp.
Despite being a newcomer and coming off an ACL tear, Cameron Meredith looks like the frontrunner to claim the Saints‘ No. 2 wide receiver job, Josh Katzenstein of NOLA.com notes. Playing with quarterbacks who aren’t in Drew Brees‘ stratosphere, Meredith caught 66 passes for 888 yards and four TDs in 2016. Third-round rookie Tre’Quan Smith may also be a threat to diminish Ted Ginn and Brandon Coleman‘s playing time as well, per Katzenstein, though it’s hard to envision Ginn (53 receptions, 787 receiving yards last season) being squeezed out of a significant role. He’s owed $4.5MM this season.
Randall Cobb and Clay Matthews are two of the longest tenured members of the Packers, but their time in Green Bay could be coming to an end. There’s been a drop in production for both in recent years and both are heading into the final year of their contracts. Both have non-guaranteed salaries for 2018, and could be cap-casualties this summer.
When asked which big names could be on the chopping block this summer, Jason Fitzgerald of Overthecap.com listed both Cobb and Matthews (Twitter link). Cobb has been held to less than 700 receiving yards in back to back seasons and was recently spotted in a walking boot. If the Packers do decide to move on from either player, it would be the end of a very successful era for the fan favorites.
Buccaneers linebacker and 2017 third round pick Kendell Beckwith was in a car accident back in April that broke his ankle, but there was “optimism” within the organization that there is no “significant” ligament damage, according to Greg Auman of the Tampa Bay Times (Twitter link). It appears Beckwith, who started 11 games for the Bucs in 2017, could be ready for training camp.
The Jets have always been high on 2016 sixth-rounder Elijah McGuire, but his roster spot is not guaranteed, according to Andy Vasquez of NorthJersey.com. The Jets’ running backs coach recently compared McGuire to LaDainian Tomlinson, but due to the acquisitions of Isaiah Crowell and Thomas Rawls this offseason, McGuire will “need a strong training camp and preseason” to make the Jets, writes Vasquez.
In case you missed it, our Zach Links took a look at a possible contract extension for the Eagles’ Brandon Graham.
Buccaneers strongside linebacker Kendell Beckwith was involved in a car accident last week in Louisiana, Bucs GM Jason Licht told reporters (Twitter link via Jenna Laine of ESPN.com). Beckwith suffered a fractured ankle in the crash and had to undergo surgery. He will miss a significant portion of the offseason as a result and it’s not clear whether he’ll be ready to go in Week 1.
Beckwith, a third round pick in the 2017 draft, fell to the Bucs after suffering a torn ACL. It’s presently unknown whether his broken ankle is on the same leg.
Last year, the Bucs used Beckwith at all three linebacker spots as he appeared in all 16 games with eleven starts. The 23-year-old had 73 total tackles on the year, including a huge 14-tackle game against the Patriots in the first month of the season. Beckwith wasn’t originally ticketed for a starting role, but he wound up playing on 847 snaps as a rookie.
Beckwith’s injury could prompt the Bucs to take a closer look at linebackers in the later rounds of next week’s draft. The team may also lean more heavily on linebacker Adarius Glanton, though he is recovering from an injury of his own after breaking a leg in December (a side note – Glanton recently took on his father’s surname, so he will take the field as Adarius Taylor in the fall).
The Bears played it close to the vest before making their Mitch Trubisky trade from No. 3 to No. 2, one that headlined the draft and one that may have the team’s power structure at odds. Chicago’s brass tried to throw teams off the scent early in the process by sending an armada of personnel to Deshaun Watson‘s pro day while orchestrating a secret dinner meeting with Trubisky, per Jeff Dickerson of ESPN.com. The Bears also “begged” Trubisky’s camp not to leak news of that summit, and that part of the operation succeeded. Ryan Pace followed Dave Caldwell‘s secretive playbook when he made the Blake Bortles pick few expected.
Here’s more from around the league as rookie minicamp sessions are upon us.
John Lynch and Kyle Shanahan were split on one of the 49ers’ eventual draft picks, and the coach won out. Lynch had Utah running back Joe Williams off his draft board, but Shanahan convinced the new GM to give the go-ahead for a fourth-round selection, Eric Branch of the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Shanahan, who was tied to the 49ers midway through the GM hunt and thus received an opportunity for additional control, helped sway Lynch to trade a fifth-round pick to move up in the fourth round and select Williams. The Utes runner’s questionable off-the-field past had Lynch skeptical, but Shanahan saw some promise in the back who ran the Combine’s second-fastest 40 time at 4.41 seconds. With Carlos Hyde entering a contract year, Williams could be a key component of the 49ers’ future.
Both Kendell Beckwith and Buccaneers management expect the linebacker to be ready to return by training camp, Rick Stroud of the Tampa Bay Times reports. Beckwith tore his ACL late during his senior season at LSU last fall. Stroud expects Beckwith to be a possible early-season starter on the strong side, with the writer believing primary 2016 starter Daryl Smith — PFR’s No. 4 UFA off-ball linebacker — is closing in on retirement rather than returning for a 14th NFL season.
Bucs running back Jeremy McNichols underwent surgery shortly after the Combine to repair a torn labrum, per Jenna Laine of ESPN.com. Laine reports McNichols’ timeline hovers at around four months, noting the Boise State-developed back hopes to be ready for camp. McNichols arrived via fifth-round pick for a Bucs team that has questions about Doug Martin‘s future. The team still employs Jacquizz Rodgers, Charles Sims and Peyton Barber on the roster. McNichols caught 103 passes at Boise State in three seasons, but Jason Licht views him as a possible three-down back as opposed to a passing-game specialist.
The Buccaneers have acquired the final selection of the draft’s second day, No. 107 overall, from the Jets. Tampa Bay gave up the 125th and 204th picks to land the 107th choice, and has taken LSU linebacker Kendell Beckwith.
The 252-pound Beckwith broke out in earnest in 2014, when he accumulated 77 tackles – 7.5 for loss – and two sacks. He then combined for 175 tackles, 16 of which were for loss, and 4.5 sacks over his final two seasons at LSU. Unfortunately, Beckwith tore his ACL late last season, which could further limit a player who already had speed issues before the injury, notes Pro Football Focus.
Assuming he’s healthy, Beckwith should serve as much-needed middle linebacker depth for the Buccaneers as a rookie. The club entered the draft in need of bodies behind starter Kwon Alexander.


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Within the last few years, I can really feel the gravity of time and the wrong choices I have made in my life. Choices that seemed right intellectually, but were perhaps not a great fit for me personally.
I feel anxiety about my lack of productivity.
I am going to work on producing something (ANYTHING) that is a finished creation on a weekly basis. I’ve just come back from vacation so I don’t have much. I’m posting a video that I did a few weeks ago, that I didn’t really say much about. Basically I entered the NPR Tiny Desk contest.
I have anxiety about my limitations.
I have anxiety about not having expensive enough equipment for my creative endeavours.
I feel like I’m stuck in quicksand and not progressing fast enough. Not moving fast enough. Not schmoozing near enough.
Anyway here’s a video of a song that I wrote and that I sang on video.
I’ve playing ukulele a lot and rediscovering my old songs. Rewriting old lyrics. Dusting off the cobwebs. Examining this historical record of my secret past thoughts and dreams.
Some songs never felt complete.
Some never felt quite right.
Some are just fun to play on the uke.
It’s funny how so many years can fly by, but I still feel the exact same way.
Could you, would you, in a box?
Sometimes I worry that it might be confusing to the people who like my photography that I also do other things.
Photography is readily accessible and it only takes about a half a second for someone to glance at one of the photographs that I have taken. And I am glad that people like my work. It’s great that people will sometimes say nice things like, “Ooh, your pictures are pretty!”. However, it is really only a small part of the art that I like to create.
I’m also a painter. I tend to paint weird things, like Japanese rock stars looking at baby polar bears. I’m usually telling a strange story, which is perhaps less accessible than pretty wedding photographs or portraits. But it’s fun.
I guess more importantly, I am all of these things and I am none of these things. People ask what my day job is and I tell them (grudgingly) as I do not feel as it accurately reflects who I am as a person. I am also of average height and Asian-American in case anyone is asking or somehow thinks it is relevant.
Some people LOVE boxes and categorization. Being in a box is more accessible and familiar than not being easily categorized. But I was born into a shade of grey. Conforming was never really a great option, but I tried for awhile. I don’t recommend it, unless that’s your thing.
So it may be time to ask yourself… are you conforming to someone else’s expectations? Conforming to some absurd expectation our society/culture places on us? Conforming to some ideal that you will never attain? How did you get there? How will you leave? Will you stay…? Will you leave…?
Sometimes (a lot lately) I wonder, WHY?
Why didn’t I do these things that I should have done ten years ago?
It’s easy to look back and see so clearly the path you should have taken. It’s easy to want to travel back in a time machine and change the past.
“Listen, this is now, this is here, this is me. This is what I wanted you to see. That was then. That was that. That is gone. That is past.” – So Fast, So Numb/R.E.M.
And then you can always find a rationale.
Oh, it was because I fell in love! Oh, it was because I went to college. Oh, it was because I got distracted BLAH BLAH BLAH.
Fear of Success. Fear of Failure. Fear of putting yourself out there, out for critique/criticism?
Not knowing what you really want from life? Or not admitting it to yourself?
I think… that I need to be braver.
I think… that I need to become more honest.
Dreams are meant to be big and scary. They are meant to be on the far edge of what is possible and mostly improbable. I can’t let my love for logic and reason and stability stomp all over who I am, what I want to be, and what I love in life.
Why pretend for other people? Is it really so great to spend your life worrying about what everyone thinks?
Why not do what you love? Even if it’s just in your spare time?
Why not create art and music? Even if no one will ever see it or hear it?
Is it for them or is it for you?
It’s easy to see the success of others, but not their struggle.
It feels like summer, but I’m still posting about SPRING.
Here’s a great song by one of my favorite bands, GLAY.
The ability to turn light into dark.
Creating something out of nothing.
A view of the world through my eyes.
As a musician and artist, these things have remained constant in my life.
The only way I know how to deal with the darkness thrown at me is to convert it into light.
Using my voice and songs to create power out of my powerlessness.
Using my lens to show the beauty in others that they cannot see in themselves.
It doesn’t matter whether anyone else can hear it.
It doesn’t matter whether anyone else can see it.
When you CREATE, you have the power.
Check out this submission in Counting Crows – Cover Song Contest on Indaba Music.
So I just recorded and uploaded a cover of Counting Crows “Round Here” for this contest.
I don’t expect to win [AT ALL], but I am a fan and I’ve wanted to record a cover of this song for awhile, and now it is done!
It’s a little rough, but it’s just me playing live in a cozy, yet echoe-y part of the house.
If I could even record 1 song a week, I’d be happy. I’ve been playing piano a lot lately, but there is something clicky about the E Flat key and it’s kind of LOUD.
If people are interested in these songs, then I’ll definitely release a CD/vinyl/something. If not, then I won’t! At least I’ll have these songs out of my system and will have room in my head for new creations.
This song is about the cold and the ocean. It’s an acoustic song. It features a female vocalist (me). You might like this song if you like Adele or R.E.M. or Tori Amos… or maybe if you just hate the cold.
This photograph goes with this song that I wrote when I was fifteen or sixteen. Both the song and photograph were created in a very different time period in my life… a time that feels very close to my heart… in the autumn.
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Well, at least I have a pretty sweet EPK now!
So, I’ve been listening to a lot of internet radio lately, and the best site that I have found so far is Pandora, as far as a station that will play what you want to hear and that is good at predicting what you like to hear.
I think the only problem that I have noticed is that because they are breaking down songs into parts (i.e., “dynamic female vocal”), a person has to listen and categorize all of these songs, so they are missing a lot of very good songs. And of course, there are things mislabeled. When you type in Cocco (as in the Okinawan J-pop artist) you get some band that is really called Coco and is totally unrelated.
Another huge flaw is that Pandora does not have my favorite J-Rock group, GLAY, aka “The Japanese Beatles”.
They do have a fairly good selection of music from around the world, so I will give them kudos for that.
Last.fm is fun because it “scrobbles” your music, and tracks everything that you listen to, so that you can share compatibility with your friends. I was also able to easily upload my music to Last.fm, where Pandora does not currently have an option for that.
The issue that I have with Last.fm is that it seems to categorize artists by popularity (major label vs. not) when you want to listen to a specific genre. And if you listen to a genre station for more than an hour, it will literally start playing the exact same songs over again. Probably the worst thing is that if you want to listen to Ben Folds, for example, and you type his name in the search box, it will play music that they think sounds like Ben Folds, but will NEVER actually play a Ben Folds song. Which is really frustrating.
But I found out a weird thing the other day. I guess people started tagging artists… according to how Asian they are!?
I will say I don’t think that this tag is entirely accurate; I’m sure some of the women (and it is all women on this page for some reason) are entirely Asian.
So join me and other music lovers across the country by going into your local record store this Saturday and supporting them. I am excited about stopping in some of the places I used to frequent as a teenager with a lot of spending money, and although I don’t have that kind of cash to throw around now, I wish I did.
If you are looking for some places to go in Metro Detroit, three locations right off of Gratiot are Record Time, Hot Hits and Melodies and Memories. Those shops are located in the Roseville/Eastpointe area. There’s also Rockabilly’s, which is off of Hall Road near downtown Utica. Royal Oak used to have an awesome record store that also had great posters and rare recordings, but they’ve been gone for years. I think they may have been shut down for selling bootlegs… but I’m not sure. Anyway, I haven’t been to Royal Oak in awhile so I don’t know if there are any good stores there. If anyone knows of any other record stores in the area, let me know!
This rather shocked me today.
Anyway, some people may think of their music as the kitschy “If I had $1,000,000” or “Another Postcard” or “One Week”, but true fans likely think of the band through songs that carry more depth and darkness like “What a Good Boy” or “When I Fall” or “I’ll Be That Girl”.
I went to their NYE show in 1997, I met them on the day Stunt came out by standing in a very long line in Farmington Hills for the whole day, I got tickets when they were headliners at the HORDE festival and saw them two days in a row (sneaking down to better seats the second day by “recycling” my ticket from the first day).
But eventually they got to a height of popularity where it was difficult to acquire even decent seats to their shows so I gave up on going to their concerts. The last one I went to was after “Everything to Everyone” came out, when Shelly got tickets for us. It was at the State Theater in Detroit.
The new stuff Steven Page is working on sounds great, and I do have his solo album, “The Vanity Project”, which I also love. But thinking of BNL without him is scary. Ed is a great singer and songwriter, but a large part of the charm of BNL was due to the live interaction between Ed and Steve onstage. There is also the fact that as vocalists they sounded amazing together.

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Journey through the beautiful Arizona landscapes on this small-group trip from the Phoenix-Scottsdale area! Visit the Grand Canyon and explore Route 66 on an exciting full-day tour. After departing the Phoenix metro area, your tour travels through the expansive Sonoran Desert filled with the native saguaro cactus. The scenery begins to change as we increase in elevation and views of the cactus fade into pine trees. As you continue further into Northern Arizona, travel the outskirts of the Route 66 town of Flagstaff and from the highway, see the San Francisco Peaks among the seemingly endless Ponderosa Pine Forest, the largest contiguous forest of ponderosa pines in the world.Williams will be your first stop along the tour for a chance to experience Route 66, the iconic American highway steeped in rich tradition. While in Williams, guests will have the opportunity to “get their kicks on Route 66” with walks along the original route, explore the local shops and capture souvenir photos highlighting a bygone era in classic American history. Also known as the Will Rodgers Highway, Route 66 is the most recognizable road in the United States and stretched 2,448 miles from Chicago to California upon completion. While you are enjoying Route 66, your guide will pick up your box lunch made fresh that morning. (Jan. 1, 2019 lunch is not included. Box Lunch will be an option.) Once at the Grand Canyon South Rim, board a state-of-the-art helicopter for a 45-minute flight over the Grand Canyon. You’ll fly towards the eastern end of the canyon, following the Colorado River, over the picturesque Kaibab National Forest and through the Dragon Corridor, the widest and deepest part of the Grand Canyon. You will be picked back up by your guide and continue on to explore the Grand Canyon National Park. You can take in the natural beauty of the site by walking along the rim trail at one of the lookout points. Also, at the canyon you'll have time to shop and capture incredible pictures of the canyon. You will then head back on a scenic drive back to Phoenix/Scottsdale area.


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At least four manors have stood on this site, one of which was designed by Alfred Waterhouse. For much of its history the the manor house was the centre of either a farm or an important shooting estate. The grounds of the present Manor have lost all traces of the earlier formality but a Victorian Fernery remains which is a remarkable example of Pulhamite rockwork and may be unique in Hampshire.
In 1877 the estate was sold to Mr Henry Harris, a wealthy businessman who commissioned the construction of a massive new brick and stone mansion in the grounds. The architect was Alfred Waterhouse who was renowned for his large country houses built in the new French-gothic style. The Tudor farmhouse, with its attractive creeper-clad flint walls was retained as a feature in the pleasure grounds of the new mansion but was converted into stabling. The Victorian house stood until 1932 when, now owned by the Onslow-Fane family, it was severely damaged by fire and, with the exception of one wing and a service block, it was demolished and the fourth Steventon Manor was constructed around the old Tudor house.
Steventon village is about six miles west of Basingstoke and Steventon Manor lies to the south-east of the village close to the church of St. Nicholas. The present house is positioned on higher ground above the village which lies in a valley; the soil is chalk and flint with clay caps.
The most significant feature of the modern garden is a Victorian fernery which is undergoing restoration in 2008. Nineteenth-century maps show that a glasshouse occupied the spot from 1895 (OS1872 and 1895) so it is likely that it was a glass-roofed fern house in the first instance. At some stage the glass was removed and it became an open fernery with large moss-covered stone boulders, a grotto and a rocky water-feature in the centre. Much of the rockwork is almost certainly Pulhamite but it is not known who was responsible for its design. A Tudor fire surround, probably removed from the Elizabethan house, is inserted in one corner with another arch inside it.(Author photos, 2008) . The fernery is recorded on the Hampshire Archaeological and Historic Buildings Record. The pleasure grounds of Steventon Manor have lost much of their historic significance since the break-up of the estate in 1987 and the fracture of the West Wood (a SINC) and the walled garden from the Manor. The views of the house from the village are now lost as are the vistas from the house. The larger site is of great local importance because of the complexity of remains of earlier manors and the close liaison which has existed between the Manor and the village.
Dr Sarah Whitingham, advisor on Victorian Ferneries: emails to VJ July 2008.
The author is grateful to previous owners of Steventon Manor for their assistance and provision of photographs and memories, especially Mr David Stride, Mr Roger Hopkins, Mr Charles Bromfield and Mr and Mrs Peter MacLean.
There have been four previous houses on various parts of the site which has led to a confusing history but much of it has been unravelled by Deirdre Le Faye in her book Jane Austen's Steventon, 2007. The first manor was Norman, built around 1185. When this house was replaced by a new Tudor farmhouse, the original site became the farmyard; this site is now a clearing in the woods. The Tudor house was built in 1560 by a member of the Brocas family of Beaurepaire, but from 1648 the manor was occupied by tenant farmers who managed the estate. The farmhouse was occupied from the end of the eighteenth century by the Digweed family who feature in the correspondence of Jane Austen as they were friends of the Austen family (Le Faye, 1996). From 1794 the Steventon Estate was owned by Jane Austen's brother Edward who had acquired the estate through inheritance. In 1854 the estate was sold to the second Duke of Wellington who sold it again in 1877 to Mr Henry Harris. He was a wealthy businessman who commissioned the construction of a massive new brick and stone mansion in the grounds but closer to the church. The architect was Alfred Waterhouse who was renowned for his large country houses built in the new French-gothic style. The Tudor farmhouse, with its attractive creeper-clad flint walls was retained as a feature in the pleasure grounds of the new mansion but was converted into stabling (HRO sales 1908 and OS 25'' maps 1872, 1895).
The Victorian house stood until 1932 when, now owned by the Onslow-Fane family, it was severely damaged by fire and, with the exception of one wing and a service block, it was demolished and the fourth Steventon Manor was constructed around the old Tudor house (HRO sales, 1926; The Times,1932). Meanwhile the remains of the Victorian house were converted into one service unit and this is the core of the Steventon Manor which is seen today. The 1933 Onslow-Fane manor was large and set in immaculate grounds; the estate was famed for the quality of its farm stock and its shooting but was sold again in 1936 (The Times, 1936). During the Second World War the house and grounds were requisitioned by the Civil Defence Force (House, 2008) In the post-war years the property changed hands again but eventually became derelict. In 1969 the entire mansion was demolished (HRO, press cuttings,1970) but the stable block with the squash court was retained and used for agricultural purposes. In 1980 this block with five acres of land was sold off separately from the estate and permission was given for it to be converted into a domestic dwelling (Lane Fox, sales details, 1980). By 1987 the estate surrounding Steventon Manor was divided and sold into multiple ownership; the stable block was purchased by Mr Roger Hopkins who restored the Waterhouse wing and remodelled the rest of the block in a sympathetic style to create the modern family house which is today known as Steventon Manor (NMRC, sales 1987 and John D Wood sales 1993).
In 1887 Steventon Park had extended to 1600 acres and included several farms and most of the cottages in the village; it was a flourishing arable estate with important shooting rights and an enviable reputation. Although Henry Harris built a sizeable house, the grounds were unpretentious. Lawns surrounded the mansion and paths led towards the old Tudor house behind which were the formal flower gardens laid out with bedding plants in geometrically placed flowerbeds. Overlooking the formal garden were glasshouses for camellias, tomatoes and a cleverly constructed fernery. The gardens were bordered with clipped yew hedges and a sinuous walk led from here through the orchard to a new walled kitchen garden in the woods beyond. Newly popular rhododendrons were planted in the shrubberies and some conifers were placed in front of the church. The house commanded a fine vista north towards the North Hampshire Downs (Mabbett and Edge, sales details 1908). In 1932-1933 the Onslow-Fanes positioned their new house to make best use of the old Tudor manor and the views over the formal Victorian garden. Photographs show that yew hedges and topiary were kept tightly clipped, the fernery was a central feature of the garden and rockeries surrounded the pool lawn; facilities for tennis and swimming were provided but at a distance from the house (Photos, 1936). The walled garden, orchard and vegetable gardens were productive and well-maintained (HRO, letters,1947). The gardens survived the war but fell into neglect in the following twenty years. The demolition of both the Harris and the Fane houses led to the destruction of the lawns but these were finally cleared and levelled in the 1987 reconstruction. The site of the formal garden had now become part of the neighbouring property together with the walled garden and the wood (NMRC, 1987). The yew walks had become lines of mature trees although remnants of the topiary frames are still to be found embedded in the branches; the fernery became lost in the undergrowth. The garden in 2008 is much as it had been created in 1987: expansive lawns for easy maintenance; a swimming pool and hard tennis court hidden from view behind yew hedges; shrubberies and a few rhododendron bushes; a terrace surrounding the house. The vista to the north is now totally lost as the land immediately beyond the boundary has been allowed to revert to nature and tall birch and sycamore impede the view.


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According to police, an 18-year-old was checked into the boards during the game, and his mother, a 47-year-old woman from Coraopolis, Penn., checked on him during the second intermission. Both were in a restricted area near the referees' locker room.
As the referees left the room and went on the ice, one of the referees, a 57-year-old man from Beverly Hills, told the mom she needed to leave. An argument between the two ensued and then the mother walked out on the ice.
Police say there are different accounts as to what happened next, but all three were involved in a fight. Several players intervened and helped break up the fight.
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This keeps coming up, and Gillan is right once again with everything he says.
Happy to have witnessed Deep Purple MKII in 1973....and the reunion era ('85 and '87).
Very proud of the current Deep Purple...no need looking backward.
Poor old Blackie--literally treated like the bitter psycho ex-wife who crashed the wedding to the new bride.
Banned from Purple's Hall of Fame night, and now this.