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When using the K650 sound bar and two R1 Wireless speakers in surround sound mode over wifi with the latest firmware, The quailty of the sound K650 drops, sounds very muddy. As soon as you use the sound bar on it own, the sound bar improves. this is happening for a quite a few users.
can you help.
Only two possibilities for that:
[1] Somehow the BluRay player is transcoding the DTS to Dolby or...
[2] The file you are playing on the USB stick is actually not encoded in DTS... Most Video test clips on the web are encoded as MP4s which is almost always wrapping AAC compressed audio channels in a Dolby configuration in an MP4 multiplex
I can assure you that the HW-K650 cannot process a DTS bitstream - it is clear from the specs in the manual !!!
I have half a dozen DTS blurays and they sound great when bluray player makes surround setup wirelessly. When bluray player creates surround setup, audio settings are greyed out on PCM. If I output audio hdmi bitstream I can select to output between PCM, bitstream reencode dolby digital, bitstream reencode dts or unprocessed bitstream. The dts 5.1 speaker assignment will not work with any of those settings--only creating surround setup with bluray players multiroom link settings plays DTS correctly.
Hi Scott
Then in your configuration the BluRay player must be streaming decoded audio directly to the soundbar bypassing the codec limitations of the TV and soundbar - cunning and glad it works !
Out of interest which model of BluRay player are you using?
Hi Kilo
That depends on whether you like the "faux-surround" - personally (as a film maker) I would always prefer to hear the sound as intended so keep it on the Dolby bitstream setting.
BDU-K8500 UHD bluray player.
Top of the range player - has codecs for Dolby / DTS and DivX - transcodes from one format to another on the fly (p54 in the manual)
Interesting that this unit also received an over-the-air firmware update on June 7th...
@simon_w wrote:
I have also done the TV firmware update and can confirm the surround over WiFi still works fine - phew !!
Just to clear up some confusion from earlier posts:
LPCM vs PCM - In the context of our soundbars these are exactly the same thing. Strictly LPCM stands for Linear Pulse Code Modulation which is the type of PCM used for WAV format audio. (Another type of encoding is Log PCM but that is not used for WAVs)
DTS vs DOLBY 5.1 - The HW-K650 can process Stereo WAV files and Dolby 5.1 Surround files. It cannot process DTS surround, nor can it process Dolby ATMOS 7.1 or other higher channel count formats. But some DVD and BluRay players can be set to recode a DTS output into Dolby for compatibility. The DTS absence in the K650 is simply a cost saving as the DTS technology requires a licence fee payable by the manufacturer and ultimately the end user.
"But I hear surround when I set the TV to PCM" - Yes and No...
The K650 processes true discrete 5.1 channel surround when fed with a Dolby 5.1 bitstream.
When fed with a PCM stereo (2.0) source it synthesises a surround field from the stereo information and presents this on the rears - the same happens if you create a surround group in the multiroom app and play a stereo audio track through the group. The front left and right on the soundbar will exactly reproduce the intended L&R Stereo, the centre channel will be created from the Mono component of the stereo source (mainly dialogue) and the sub channel will pick up the low frequencies from the stereo source. Much of the time this sounds really good but it is not the surround mix as intended by the film producer.
Volume settings - It is likely that when playing Dolby 5.1 sources the volume level will need to be increased as compared with Stereo sources. This reflects the fact that each channel is being fed discretely. But also check that your offset in the TVs wireless speaker manager is not too extreme - if the soundbar is still set low it will exacerbate this. Based on streaming the "Spooks" movie from Netfix last night I was getting excellent surround and clear dialogue with the Soundbar set in the middle position and the rears just two clicks higher.
Thanks for this clear explanation of PCM v DD. This reflects my experience exactly.
Great post Simon, it really summarizes everything about soundbar setup!
scott, your ultrahd player can transcode DTS to dolby on the fly, maybe when you wirelessly connect it to samsung soundbar it knows it and automatically transcodes.
As for lose less formats like DTS HD MA or Dolby THD, the soundbar will play them, because those formats have regular DTS/Dolby tracks hidden inside the stream.
I doubt that the DTS HD-MA audio speaker assignment sound check has a DD audio file hidden inside it.
When I click on information while it is playing it shows it as MVK and DTS.
"As for lose less formats like DTS HD MA or Dolby THD, the soundbar will play them, because those formats have regular DTS/Dolby tracks hidden inside the stream."
I am aware of backwards compatibility built into DD and DTS sound tracks. When I play a DD true hd bluray I am fairly certain that DD plus is what I am hearing. Same thing with DTS HD MA playing as to DTS 5.1.
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Somalia: Govt in 'unofficial' talks with Al Shabaab
The government of Somalia has started talking to the moderate wing of Al Shabaab even as it continues to battle the radical wing. Somalia ambassador to Kenya Ali Noor told The EastAfrican that his government has always been willing to talk to Al Shabaab as long as the militia renounces violence.
"We have opened unofficial channels for talks but serious discussions can only come when Al Shabaab come out openly and declare that they want to be part of the solution for Somalia and not the problem. Otherwise, it will not be possible to negotiate with people who kill innocent people," said Mr Noor.
The ambassador said the government will take the youth — who have been under Al Shabaab for 23 years — to school or train them in skills that will help them generate income.
The government has been in a dilemma over whether to talk to the moderate wing of Al Shabaab or crush them militarily. The dilemma is caused by Somalia's unique inclusion programme, where all the clans must be represented if the country is to achieve a national political settlement after 23 years of civil war.
Al Shabaab ideologue Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys, the former head of the Council of the Islamic Courts Union, who has been on the US list of wanted terrorists since 2001, is in Mogadishu after making peace with the government.
The EastAfrican established that the idea of reaching out to Al Shabaab is not to incorporate them in the government but to find a political settlement and encourage them to participate in the 2016 elections.
However, opinion is divided on whether to wait for a substantive leader to emerge or engage the current leader, Ahmad Umar, who is seen within government circles as a stop-gap measure.
The danger is that waiting for Al Shabaab to get a strong leader could be counterproductive because they may regain their confidence and resume their offensive. Mr Umar succeeded Ahmed Abdi Godane, who was killed in a US air strike last month.
Abdirahman Omar Osman Yarisow, a senior media and strategic communications advisor to the Federal government of Somalia, said that now is the best time to offer Al Shabaab an olive branch so that they can take part in the rebuilding of the nation. The government has given amnesty to those willing to renounce violence.
Mr Yarisow, who is also a former spokesperson for President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, noted that the majority of Al Shabaab members are moderates since some of them were forced to join the group; others were brainwashed into joining; while others are in the group for money. However, the radicals are concentrated in the top and middle leadership.
"While the best option is to incorporate Al Shabaab members into society, there is the danger that some of them may cause harm or terrorise people and that is why we need to carry out public awareness campaigns to counter their narratives of destruction and violence," said Mr Yarisow.
President Mohamud's government is currently at a crucial stage in the history of the country as it has to engage all the Somali people in order to come up with a constitution that is acceptable to all, while also ensuring a strong federal system of government.
The government of Somalia has started talking to the moderate wing of Al Shabaab even as it continues to battle the radical wing. Somalia ambassador to Kenya Ali Noor told The EastAfrican that his government has always been willing to talk to Al Shabaab as long as the militia renounces violence.
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A brief and non-fiction composition that describes and analyzes a particular subject is known as an essay. A student will have to write a lot of essays during his/her academic career from personal experience essay to a complex analysis of a scientific process. The main components of an essay are a thesis statement, introduction, body paragraphs, and conclusion. Usually, an essay includes the personal point of views of a student that describe a particular topic. Here, we will provide a beginners guide to the students for writing a college essay of 1000 words.
1) Understand the world count for the different sections of an essay
There are three sections of an essay. In these three sections, there comes introduction, body, and conclusion. First of all, we try to understand the word count of an introductory section of an essay. The introductory section of an essay consists of 10% weight of the whole essay. In the case of 1000 words essay, the introduction of an essay should consist of 100 words only. The body of 1000 words essay should consist of 800 words. Its reason is that the body of an consists of 80% weight of the whole essay. At last, the conclusion of an essay should also consist of 100 words only. If you are not able to write a 1000 words essay, then you can get help from the essay writing services.
2) Writing the introduction and creating a thesis statement
The basic aim of writing an introduction to an essay is to introduce your topic. An introduction of an essay consists of three important steps. First of all, there comes the opening of an introduction. You can open the introduction of an essay with the help of a short orientation. In the second, you should try to provide the answer to the essay question with the help of a thesis statement. A thesis statement should provide a precise summary of all the main points of the essay. At last, there comes the roadmap or summary of an essay.
3) Developing body paragraphs
There are three paragraphs in the body of an essay. You should try to prove one argument of a thesis statement in each paragraph in the body of an essay. In order to develop each paragraph of an essay, you should try to provide the answer to a question in the form of a discussion, try to show the grasp on the material by providing supporting examples and evidence, to offer some expositions in the support of your arguments, and to use some relevant and authentic authoritative quotes.
4) Ending an essay with a conclusion
At last, you should try to finish an essay by writing down the conclusion. In the conclusion of an essay, a student should try to move from specific to general. In the concluding paragraph of an essay, you should try to restate the answer of the essay question, to repeat the main points of an essay in a summarized way, and to provide a broad statement about the future research. There is no need to introduce any new point in the concluding section of an essay. Its reason is that the main aim of an essay is to sum up or round off an essay.


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Martin Instrument and WDS Merge to Form AllTerra Central
Longtime survey equipment providers Martin Instrument and Western Data Systems (WDS) merged on January 17, and are doing business as AllTerra Central, headquartered in Austin, Texas. Martin Instrument co-owners Bobby Hempfling and Mike Minick signed the merger agreement with WDS owners Wendy and Michael Hefer. Read More


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Dull Spotify question
Hi - new to Spotify Premium and I'm trying to work out if syncing tracks to listen offline will count towards my monthly download limit? Confusing me as its not referred to as a 'download'. The Internet hasn't helped clarify this far.
Any help appreciated.
Thought the
Whole point of premium was that there were no limits? I have about 10gb worth on my iPhone and never had any issues.
If you're paying £9.99 there is no limit.
Prob didn't explain it that well - does the 'syncing' count as Mb for my monthly mobile (Orange) mobile limit?
Download limit
Bloody phone
in that case it will. It's no different to downloading a bunch of MP3s, but just in Spotify's format instead. There's a setting where you can specify not to sync over 3G, I try to do all mine over wifi.
I've found since a recent update Offline Spotify has been a bit of an arse - if you don't connect whilst online before going offline it asks you to login, which is useless when you're on the underground.
Yeah I've got the 3G syncing turned off
So if I only use Wifi for syncing is that going to eat into my Orange monthly allowance?
Obviously not
because it's not using their netowork, use your noggin
When you synch it downloads the song, so the only data transferred is when you download the song and if you did that over wifi then you haven't transferred any data over orange.
This is what I assumed but couldn't find it confirmed anywhere. Ta.
Synch it over your wi-fi
then no
if you synch it over a 3g network, then yes (but only once)
True Story
Took my iPhone to the States last month.
Spotify was doing stuff - syncing without me realising (I know I'm an idiot with a lot of playlists). Orange charged me £960 last bill.
Thats the problem with iPhones
they turn everything on by default, just make sure your 3G isn't turned on when Spotify is... then again having said that Spotify flashes a message on boot up saying, do you want to enable syncing over 3G (we do not recommend this as it will use your download limit and to use wi-fi)
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Located on A Raised Golf Course Lot with Cart Path On Opposite Side, This Sun City Grand Jasmine Model Boasts Amazing 7th Fairway Views On Desert Springs Golf Course. Large Windows Enhance Views, Bringing the Beautiful Golf Course Indoors. The Chefs Delight Kitchen Features Gorgeous Granite, Gas Cooktop, Breakfast Bar, Large Island, & A Breakfast Nook with Entry To Patio. French Doors Lead from Den To Front Courtyard. Interior Has Decorator Paint with Accent Walls Throughout, Powder Room for Guests, Plantation Shutters, Bay Window In Master, Two Sinks in Master Bath, Custom Media Wall/Computer Desk In Den and Guest Bedroom With Private Full Bath. Entertain On The Extended Patio, Barbecue On Your Outdoor Kitchen And Make Memories Of The Amazing Arizona Sunsets!
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Transport and logistics company Norbert Dentressangle (ND) has announced a dip in turnover during the opening quarter of the year, down 1 per cent to €949m from €958m in the same period of 2012.
Despite this, the group said that business "held up well", and saw strong sales in the UK market in particular, with the proportion of turnover generated outside of the group's home market of France coming to 58 per cent of total business.
The turnover dip was attributed to a 4.1 per cent drop in turnover for the transport segment, down to €500m from €522m.
However, a positive UK market helped push turnover in the logistics segment up 3.4 per cent year-on-year to €436m, while there was a slight increase in freight forwarding turnover of 1.4 per cent to €33m.
"Norbert Dentressangle maintained a solid activity level in the first quarter of 2013, despite a deteriorating economic environment since the start of 2013, particularly in France," noted Hervé Montjotin, chairman of the executive board. "Against this backdrop, the group has maintained a sharp focus on its operational management and continues to focus on cost control in relation to business volumes handled for its clients, particularly in the Transport business.
"Beyond that, we have confidence in the future benefits of our international development strategy, which is aimed at strengthening transport in central Europe, establishing logistics outside Europe, and expanding our freight forwarding network worldwide," he added.


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The Spiketon Creek Bridge on State Route 162 just south of Buckley has been permanently closed, Washington State Department of Transportation officials announced last week.
The bridge, which forms part of the roadway connecting Buckley with White River High School and serves as a thoroughfare to the towns of Wilkeson and Carbonado, had been temporarily closed Aug. 16 to allow crews to repair the bridge deck.
Newly discovered "pier settlement," which would have required roughly $2 million to reverse, according to a news release, led officials to make the closure permanent.
"This was not a decision we made lightly," John Wynands, the DOT's Olympic Region administrator, said in a statement. "Our goal with the deck repairs was to keep the bridge functional (until scheduled construction of a new bridge). Unfortunately the discovery of the pier settlement changed that."
Adjacent surface streets and state route 410 will comprise the detour indefinitely. The Foothills Trail, which routes under the affected bridge, also known as the Pioneer Way Bridge, remains open.
"It's clear that it's not a good use of public funds to make (a $2 million) investment in an 82-year-old structure," Wynands said. "We've begun discussions on moving forward and will engage the community as we develop solutions to the unanticipated closure of this structure."


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Hesston College will usher in the Christmas season with a performing arts program featuring global traditions. The "Peace on Earth" program will be at 7 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 8, at Hesston Mennonite Church on the Hesston College campus. The program is free and open to the public.
"Peace on Earth is a collaboration between music and theatre students that connects us with our global community," said Dr. Russell Adrian, Hesston College music professor and choir director.
The program will feature carols from diverse cultures by Hesston College choirs and instrumentalists woven together with theatre scenes that connect the story of Jesus' birth to stories of peace and conflict around the world. Theatre professor Carla Lahey will direct the scenes.
Continuing with the theme of global community, a free-will offering will be collected for Mennonite Central Committee hygiene kits. Monetary donations or donations of hygiene kit items are welcome. Following the program, audience members will be invited to help pack the kits.
Hygiene kit items should be new and in original packaging:
• adult-sized toothbrush
• bar of bath soap
• nail clipper
• hand towel (approximately 16" x 26", medium-weight in dark or bright colors)
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Sports Club Masterclass on Capital Grants
September 4, 2018 @ 6:30 pm - September 12, 2018 @ 9:00 pm€100
Sport for Business and 2 Into 3 are hosting a series of Sports Club Masterclasses aimed at helping clubs and organisations from across the sporting spectrum prepare themselves for the 2018 Round of Sports Club Capital Grants.
The details of the next round are due to be announced shortly and there will be a short window of application for clubs to have a chance of accessing the €40 Million likely to be made available.
Previous rounds have seen an investment of over €100 Million into local and regional sporting infrastructure but many clubs have fallen short through not having the expertise to apply correctly or not understanding what they could apply for.
The Sports Club Masterclasses will take place in four locations with two in Dublin, one in Athlone and one in Cork. They will include detailed insight on the application process and a workshop element where clubs will gain expert advice based on their specific circumstances.
2 Into 3 have successfully managed a number of applications for previous rounds and have a strong data which they will share on what has gone into making a winning application.
"With such an amount available, and with the potential to have such a transformative impact on clubs and their communities, this is an opportunity to make sure of getting the application process right, including how to link in with other groups to improve the chance of success," said Sport for Business CEO Rob Hartnett.
"Clubs and those who run them are under pressure on so many fronts to get things right, and rely on volunteer input for virtually all their work."
"This is an opportunity to learn from experts on how to give themselves a best possible chance of securing funding that will turn plans into reality and will make the club a better stronger force for good."
"There will be a very tight turnaround in terms of the application for this latest round, hence the urgency of getting things set up in good time."
Because of the workshop element to each of the four Masterclass events, places are limited and must be booked in advance.
In order to reserve a place on one of the four events, click on the links below:
Sports Club Masterclass and Workshop – Cork City, September 4th
Sports Club Masterclass and Workshop – Athlone, September 5th
Sports Club Masterclass and Workshop – South Dublin, September 11th
Sports Club Masterclass and Workshop – North Dublin, September 12th
Once clubs have registered we will be in touch to gather specific information that will enable the workshop to be as effective as possible.


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Global forex trading was founded in 1997 and is today one of the world's leading providers when it comes to forex real time trading. Global forex trading offer you the chance to deal in real time online currency trading that is making millions of forex brokers rich each day.
While the currency markets are keeping global commerce from collapsing, global Forex traders take a chance that they can capitalize on the fluctuating exchange rates between the currencies of two countries. Global Forex trading is a process in which a dealer buys and sells currencies with the expectation of profiting if the exchange rates fluctuate favorably.
Dealers may base their buying and selling decisions on a variety of factors, including international business dealings. They usually trade the fluctuations between more common currency pairings, like the US Dollar against the Japanese Yen, or the Euro against the US dollar.
Forex trading is a global market so you can partake in currency trading 24/7. Forex trading has a lot of leverage, much more so than margin accounts for stock. While this makes forex trading riskier, it also greatly increases your profit potential. The Global forex market is the largest in the world. It is estimated that over $1 trillion dollars in trades takes place every day.
Another advantage of forex trading is of course the fact that it is global and there are not restrictions placed on shorting which means that you can enjoy your profit opportunities no matter what the market condition.
Traders who are accustomed to trading stocks based on technical analysis are amazed at the easily recognizable patterns of the global currency market; almost every form of technical analysis is applicable to global Forex trading. Some currency trading patterns will continue for months or even years, depending on the amounts of pressure being applied by political and economic powers around the world.


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Get ready; here come's IPv6 …
Right now, most of the world is using IPv4 (Internet Protocol version 4). The problem is that it does not allow for enough addresses. The world is just too big of a place. Enter IPv6. It provides vastly more addresses (2^128) and is the future of the web. Most users will not notice a difference, but networking personnel will (you can test your IPv6 connectivity here)
An IPv6 address has a few differences from IPv4. The first is that it is in hexadecimal instead of decimal. The second is that it is split up into larger segments and more of them. The third is that it uses colons (:) rather than periods (.) to divide these segments. In the end, one does not resemble the other. This is good because it prevents confusing the two.
Hexadecimal is better than decimal for a few reasons. For one, it takes up less space. The number "255″ is "FF" in hex; that is %50 smaller. Hexadecimal also relates more closely to binary. The number "1111″ is "15″ in decimal but "F" in hex. So "11111111″ is "FF" in hex, which is a much cleaner conversion than "255″ is. The downside is that humans typically think in decimal, so working with hex takes some getting used to.
IPv6 has a much larger address size. It has eight sections to it. IPv4 had half of that. The sections themselves are larger too: each one has four digits. IPv4 could only have three, and that only went to 255 tops. It should be obvious why this new address can afford all the room we have come to need. Hopeful it will for a long time. Here is a sample address.
At this point, you may begin to see the down side to IPv6: it is long and hard to remember. To make them more human readable, there are a few conventions to short address when you have a lot of zeros present. First of all, you can skip leading zeros, so "0001″ becomes "1″ and "02f3″ becomes "2f3″ (IPv4 did this too). Second, groups of all zeros can be abbreviated to "::" (a double colon) once; you put nothing there. That makes ":0000:0000:0000:" reduce to "::" but ":0000:" cannot as it would be ambiguous. You can apply the first rule, making it ":0:" now. Putting all these rules into place gives us the following address.
This address is about as long as an IPv4 number. Notice how the "00FF" shrank to "FF" and the "FF00″ did not. That was done intentionally to show the difference between leading and trailing zeros.
There is one more thing you really need to know if you are working with IPv6. The loop-back address, which was 127.0.0.1 in IPv4, is ::1 now. It works exactly the same way. You will have to use the ping6 command in Windows or Linux, so ping6 ::1 is what you would type into the command line. This will give many XP users an error as IPv6 may not be enabled on your computer. We have guides on how to enable IPv6 in XP, and how to assign IPv6 addresses in Linux.
Some other factoids about IPv6 are that it has is easier to route, more secure, and works better with mobile technology. There are changes to the way the packets of information are sent that makes it more efficient (e.g. better headers). It is more secure because it requires the use of IPSec, which is only optional in IPv4. IPv6 has an address recovery system, so when you change locations, it tries to keep the same address. These are are some of the that US government is switching over to it.
I should note that IPv6 has been found to have vulnerabilities. Maleware tunneling is described in an article (note: a .pdf file) from the us-cert.gov site. It often has to do with how firewalls are configured. Different sources may give different opinions on how secure IPv6 is.
Wondering what happend to IPv5? It did exist. It was developed in the 1970′s to be used in audio and video streaming. It was called the Internet Stream Protocol. It did not get far past the experimental stage and was never adopted. Ideas from it helped to form IPv6.
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There isn't much that's more luxurious than a superfine merino wrap. Whether draped over shoulders to dress up an outfit, or tucked into a carry-on for the ultimate travel companion, it's an invaluable piece in any complete wardrobe...
Margie Moroney – the founder of HOLOS – knows this better than most. Having spent 25 years working with the very best fine-wool processors in Italy, Margie has created a collection that will not only prove to be one of the hardest working pieces in your wardrobe, but also one of the most luxurious.
Creating beautiful pieces that focus on meticulous design, modern shapes and an unwavering attention to detail, their pieces are grown in Australia and made in Italy. From wraps through to T-shirts in the most divine set of colours and also Merino and Merino Silk, HOLOS is making our wardrobes work harder, wherever it is we choose to travel.
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Can you tell us a little bit about yourself and your family?
I grew up in Melbourne, as the youngest in a fun, kind and thoughtful family so I was very lucky. They were all medical for several generations, so I was the black sheep when I studied languages and commerce and went into investment banking. No one really understood what I was doing and I was sometimes lonely around the dining room table!
I moved to Sydney in the 1990s to take up a banking job. There was a whole gang of us "Melbournites" who came up at the same time, and most of us have stayed on. We are still a pretty tight friendship group.
I married a lovely Englishman who I met here (my mother was English so it was a natural thing to do) and we had two daughters. We have had a lot of fun as a little foursome – lots of travel, sport and adventures plus plenty of shared humour fueled by viewing classic British comedies – very bonding.
The girls are now grown up and have moved back south to attend Melbourne Uni which I am so happy about. I love the university-aged kids – they are excellent company, with really interesting ideas and friends. We have great conversations, often fairly strident, and we still get together for adventures, travel, big group meals and movies.
What did your career entail prior to the launch of HOLOS?
I worked as an investment analyst for a large American investment bank and after that in the Mergers and Acquisition area for a UK investment bank. It was the heyday of investment banking in Australia with 16 new banks in the market, and the start of a long period of asset growth. There were exciting deals, good teamwork and lots of fun crunching numbers, but overall I didn't love the environment. It was very "blokey" and I also failed to find a worthwhile purpose in the work.
I was the only female in the Corporate Advisory department, and one day I overheard the Chairman of the British bank refer to me as "an experiment". I also learnt to do "all-nighters" where the overseas Head Office would request an analyst report, just as you were heading home, to be delivered the next morning. Never mind that the report often sat on their desk unopened for days or weeks!
Once you survive that kind of bias and stress you get a quiet confidence (or a protective shell) and learn to be a little brave. Discovering that stamina is all in the mind, and that you can push through big fatigue has been a handy life skill. I was happy to overhear my daughters one day, when we were faced with a horrible deadline, say, "Don't worry Dad, Mum's pretty tough, we'll get it done."
If Social Finance and Impact Investing had existed when I graduated Uni that would have totally been my path. It's a relatively new field where the discipline and financial management of the investment sector is applied in order to address social needs. But it hadn't evolved yet.
Somehow I followed my interests and headed towards Agribusiness as an area where Australia has a competitive advantage – the processing of food and fibre. And that's where the wool thing started, and my knowledge and contacts within the industry.
My big break came when I left banking to work for the largest private agribusiness investor in Australia (at that time) and I pitched him to look at investing in wool processing. He sent me all over Australia, and then around the world, to analyse the pipeline from wool growing right through to fashion labels, and to look at every wool processing asset and branded fashion business that I could. We nearly invested in 50% of Gucci which at that time was a failing business part-owned by a Bahrain-based investment house. Imagine how much fun that would have been!
During this process, I met the northern Italian fine wool processing families and developed a working relationship with the Zegna Baruffa and Botto Poala families with whom I still work to this day. Italian business relations are based on long-term loyalty and many of these families have been processing fine merino wool for 200 or more years! Their passion and expertise is world-leading and inspirational, and I am so privileged to learn from them over the last 25 years.
And that's where the idea for HOLOS eventually came from…
After such a successful career, what sparked the change for you?
When I had children I found that deal-based investment work did not blend well with little people and their needs! We had no family in Sydney and therefore no support network either. Throw in a hyperactive husband with a 24/7 job and it was all looking rather messy…
I wanted to create some of the family life that I had grown up with, and so I stepped back to piece by piece consulting work and then Zegna Baruffa asked me to become their agent in Australia, selling the world's best knitwear yarns to designers and manufacturers. This was more manageable.
Twice a year I would receive the new collections and I began to notice these spectacular superfine merino yarns that hardly anyone was choosing. It seemed that cashmere and silk had hijacked the concept of luxury and that, as soon as designers wanted to include a high-end product they would jump over these superfine merino wools and choose a cashmere blend instead. But I could see how very special and how wearable these fine wools are. Which got me thinking and day-dreaming…
For years there was this niggle in the back of my head, but I never considered actually starting a luxury brand from scratch! However, I had boxes full of magazines and tear sheets of knitwear colours and styles. In the end, an old friend sat me down and said, "You have been talking about this for 20 years, now you need to either do it or shut up!"
He mapped out a low-risk way for me to trial the concept and told me not to look too far forward and to stop over analysing the opportunity. After that, I just had to get out of my own way, turn off the doubting voices and get started…
What makes the wool you use in HOLOS products so special?
Australian superfine merino is a true gift from nature and one of the most precious materials in the world. It is wool that is as fine as cashmere but much rarer, being only grown in Australia from flocks that are descended from the Spanish merino.
So this special merino wool is very soft, fine and rare. It is incredibly comfortable to wear as the wool has natural stretch which gives the garments a huggable quality and also makes them so versatile – the wraps can double as a blanket or easily be scrunched up to wear as a scarf. Once you have worn this superfine merino it is difficult to reach for anything else!
What are some of your favourite pieces from your collection?
Well, the Travel Wrap is a complete must-have. I get twitchy if I am ever without one, on my person or in my bag. For changeable office temperatures, for the cinema, for flying or any travel, or in case you go out to dinner that night and want to add a bit of glam.
I also live in the very fine "menswear" sweaters which are technically the finest wool knitwear available, knitted on a single machine in Italy which is the only one of its kind in the world. They feel like silk, but with warmth, and once you have worn one next to your skin you won't want to wear anything else. The quality and Italian finish mean that they always look chic and well-groomed which is important to me. So many of the girls are wearing them that we will soon relaunch them in a range called "per tutti" (for everyone).
I recently travelled with two of the Luxo knit Ts – our contemporary take on traditional Italian knitwear, and they were sensational. Both comfortable and super-stylish at once, they took me everywhere – from airline lounges to long museum days, to dinner parties in London, even hiking and then sleeping on the way home. What else do you need?!
How do you like to style HOLOS pieces?
I am fairly spare in my dress range and I tend to wear layers of navy blue in various shapes and combinations. I like to be well-groomed but nimble and in this way, I can get out of the door quickly, while knowing that I look smart and am wearing the colour that suits me best.
I put HOLOS tops and wraps together with well-cut pants, or otherwise white jeans, a good shoe and a belt. For evenings out I will keep the top, change to a silk skirt and kitten heel and add the lustre and lightness of a HOLOS merino silk mix wrap in the soiree (evening) size, maybe even a highlight colour!
I travel quite a bit with my various roles so I buy multiples of the things I love, just to keep it easy. My most frequent destinations are Melbourne, Milan and Arnhem Land – it's a bit crazy – so I keep three different bags half-packed and I can leave fairly quickly, with some crossover!
For the non-HOLOS pieces I always come back to the properly made, family-owned Italian labels – Max Mara for pants and coats and Tod's for shoes, plus a bit of Uniqlo in between for the basics. I was such an Armani girl in my banking days and am still wearing some of those dark navy Italian jackets and coats, that I bought in Lire, before the Euro was even introduced!
I like my clothes to serve as background to experiences and ideas but that doesn't mean the background can't be stylish, attractive and well-made. I completely accord with Dame Vivienne Westwood's directive to "buy less, choose well and, above all, make it last" and HOLOS is based on those principles. We provide a care and repair service that should keep your HOLOS pieces looking chic and elegant for many, many years, and in this way, we stand by the quality of our pieces.
Can you tell us about The Nawarddeken Academy?
The Nawarddeken Academy is a unique little school in a remote indigenous community in western Arnhem Land, providing bilingual and bi-cultural education to the children of traditional owners. This outstation is headquarters for the Warddeken rangers, an Indigenous-owned land management company, managing 1.4 million hectares of indigenous land of global conservation and cultural significance. It has a population of about 50 people, provides meaningful employment to the community as land management rangers, and continues a strong system of passing traditional knowledge between generations.
The school was established at the request of local indigenous elders and landowners, to provide education for the children of the indigenous rangers, who were previously receiving no western education as the Government deemed the settlement too small to warrant schooling.
My family and I helped to support the establishment of the "bush school" as we call it, which has now been operating since 2015. I sit on the Board of the school which is a total privilege – it is a joint board between the indigenous owners and invited external members, I learn more than I can ever put back in.
The Nawarddeken Academy received registration as an Independent school just before Christmas in 2018, which means that it is now financially sustainable, and we can start to look at expanding the schooling into secondary level, and to other nearby outstation communities that are not receiving adequate education.
What inspired your work with the bush school?
I was invited on a visit to this special community by a philanthropist friend. My oldest daughter had gone off to a year of boarding school and my younger Year 9 daughter was ready for a broader world view…and she is a good travel buddy! We were blown away by the spirit and practicality of this little place that was demonstrating how a modern indigenous community can successfully straddle both worlds, can generate real income via the sale of carbon credits from the land management work while keeping their own culture alive and families intact…if only the supporting infrastructure is in place.
It became clear that a local school was a key missing piece to the sustainability of the community, and the best way to support the families of the indigenous rangers, and to keep these clans living "on country".
The establishment of the school has saved at least 20 ranger jobs, has kept the families in a place of a healthy lifestyle and ancient connection and has enabled the establishment of a Women's' Ranger program because the mothers can now go to work while their children are safely in school.
It is the most extraordinary thing and was one of those whispered ideas that started small and just grew and grew… And will continue to expand.
The HOLOS boutique, located in Sydney's Paddington
As a busy entrepreneur with so many balls in the air, how do you make time for you?
For many years I did not manage to make "me-time" and my stress levels grew exponentially. I now understand it to be super important, and I have learnt to take the small pleasures in daily life in order to better manage my stamina. I have always been a list writer to clear the brain but I have recently learnt to focus completely on the one task at hand without letting my mind wander to all those other things that I think I should be doing. I suppose that is called mindfulness, and in this way I get more enjoyment from everything that I do.
I now consciously under-schedule my days where possible (my diary used to be so full it looked like a Missoni towel!) so that there is room for creativity and for family spontaneity, or to walk the dogs together. I also create little patches during the day, often just 10 minutes or so, where I can do something that revives me – either a blast of a favourite song or a quick read of something interesting and inspiring. I read a lot of autobiographies, articles from journals, science writings, whatever can set me off on a new thought path and keep me motivated. Dame Vivienne Westwood recently said "Make time to read. It is the single most concentrated form of experience you can have" and that about sums it up for me. It's like a little energy shot that I can take at any time.
I also love to play tennis and I schedule games and gym sessions like firm appointments – a few mornings per week at 7am, and I can now also play at 7pm which I adore – such a treat and there is no better way to finish the day and to leave the stress of too many tasks behind. I then come home with a clear head instead of an exhausted one, and can do something interesting in the evening rather than just collapsing! So doing something I enjoy has been a time creator…
On a larger scale, my husband and I like to hike in remote places around the world, sometimes with others, and with the girls when we can talk them into joining us – the latest was with ancient sheep herding families in the high mountains of Albania. The purity of that experience, plus the beauty of the natural world, will recharge my batteries for a good few months.
What have been some of the biggest challenges in running your own business?
Undoubtedly the multi-tasking has been the hardest aspect for me – it's not good for anyone, and it certainly doesn't suit me. I like to live with background order and that is just not possible, particularly in the early days. When you start a business you have to build everything at once, the products, the market, the accounting systems, the packaging, the retail outlets, you have to find your fabulous employees and keep it all rolling at the same time. It is inevitable that there will be some chaos in there!
Accepting, and learning to live within, that chaos has been a huge personal challenge. The most useful advice came from a friend who was putting together a global business. I asked him how he managed it all and he replied with his guideline of "moving forward slowly on a broad front". If you can do a bit towards each project each day / each week, and you simply don't stop, then the day will come when things come to fruition and you make significant leaps. And that has turned out to be true. So now I just keep going, day by day…
It's still not perfect – my house is rarely as I would like it in terms of tidiness but, for me, that is the price of an interesting life and I have come to accept it… Sort of!
The concept of slow progress has also helped me to calm down and focus on one thing at a time. I used to worry about everything, all at once, which was sometimes paralysing and then I discovered my new mantra of "slow down to get more done". By focusing fully on the task in front of me I get through the endless to-do lists much more easily and quickly – how ironic! I might drop the odd ball but the upside of turning off all that background noise has been huge.
We have now systematised a lot of processes in the business and that frees up time…to hang with my family and our dogs, and to read or play tennis!
What tips do you have for women who are looking to start their own venture?
This might sound hokey but my best advice is to be yourself, and listen to your own instinct. If you are at the point of considering a start-up then you have probably been thinking about it for some time and you already know more than you realise! Instinct is not nothing, I call it "distilled experience" and it reflects all the things you have learnt to date, which you know better than most. You need to trust that bottom voice.
I somehow just "knew" that we could grow a business authentically and as we put it, by selling "one wrap at a time" and to become one of those successful small companies that is not necessarily in the headlines. But to get there I had to block out the white noise of all the business experts telling us to do artificial marketing, to set pre-determined growth rates, to expand our product range et al.
The investment banking boys that I used to hang out with would hound me … "What's your POD?, how many units will you sell by June?, when will you start shifting volume? when will you open in London..? I'd be pacing the house at 2am worrying about all these frantic growth targets until one night I thought "who makes up these rules anyway?" and decided to press on gently, treating our products as special items not as "units" and to treat each customer as you would a friend. And guess what? People love our approach because it's real and it's human… And we are making products that are both useful and desirable.
A couple of practical tips – keep your costs as low as you can and that will give you leeway and independence. Be right across your numbers – either learn about finance yourself or find a very trusted advisor – you will be vulnerable if you don't understand the numbers behind your business and how you are tracking. Many good business ideas have closed down due to the numbers not adding up.
Here's another one – prioritise time on your key success factors and don't waste time trying to meet other people's expectations of you (except for customers and your family of course). It's something we as women tend to do. Once again I was observing those banking boys and I thought "how come they get so much more value out of their day than I do?" So I studied them and I saw this ruthless prioritisation. They don't do all that peripheral stuff that we get drawn into. I haven't managed to be quite as relentless as them but I certainly tightened up my time usage and am much happier for it – learn to say "no thank you", of course in the nicest possible way…
The other helpful tip is to identify that one thing that is just pushing you over the edge in your multiple roles, and see if you can delegate it. For me, it was the weekly food function. I like to provide really healthy food for my family, but I don't enjoy being stuck in the kitchen at the end of the day (or anytime!). So I found a lovely Uni student who would do a weekly shop for me, prepare a few meals, a soup, a curry, fill the salad box and some of those dreaded school lunches and that lightened my load immeasurably!
As you go along the start-up process things will start to jell and become clearer, and more fascinating. You will become more confident in what you know and you will generate lots of new ideas. Enjoy that. A significant American philanthropist gave some advice that I really like, she said, "You had better just be yourself, speak up, and have a good time."
What has the experience been like opening a retail space in such a competitive market?
To tell the truth we have not suffered from the retail cycle as we are offering beautiful garments that did not previously exist in the market, that are extremely wearable, and that give a little daily taste of affordable luxury. There seems to have been plenty of latent desire for such products.
When we started HOLOS, the marketing gurus told me to analyse the consumer market, to identify our target customer niches and then advertise to them. We decided instead to just start selling to our natural networks and to find our customers one by one. It turns out that our ideal customer is someone who appreciates quality and they run across all market niches!
Because we really like our customers (they love the things we love!), it comes naturally to offer exceptional customer service and this is important in a competitive marketplace. Many of our customers interact with us via our website, rather than in person, so accessibility and friendliness is meaningful.
We have many repeat customers and we are frequently the Go-To place for those who need a special gift – for a big birthday, for a mother-in-law or for a colleague who has just had a baby. We have customers who write us love letters and who say "please just keep doing what you are doing."
It's back to my point that to start a business you should be creating a product or service that the world actually needs or wants, and then to trust your instinct…
What legacy are you hoping to create in your work?
With the bush school in Arnhem Land, we are looking to benefit children all across the Arnhem Plateau, the parents who will be able to keep their meaningful jobs, and to support career paths for young people living remotely. We also hope to provide inspiration for other remote Indigenous communities looking for a model to follow.
We would like to shift the dial nationally on what "success" means in indigenous education. That these kids shouldn't have to leave their family, language, land and culture behind in order to access education.
Concerning HOLOS, I believe in the integration of businesses with communal goals and business as a force for change. We can respond to the populace more quickly than politicians seem able to, and we can lead with thoughtful behavior. If you look at the current state of the world, and of the natural environment, it is the culmination of seemingly insignificant actions taken collectively that have led us to this moment. Therefore, we can all contribute daily to a global move towards a happier planet. Paulo Coelho famously said, "The world is changed by your example, not by your opinion."
Our tag line of "fewer, better things" suggests more thoughtful and slower consumption, and choosing pieces that you can wear for a long time. It also makes life easier and more fun – who does not prefer to have less stuff?!
Dame Vivienne Westwood's directive to "buy less, choose well and, above all, make it last" is aligned with HOLOS' principles. We provide a care and repair service that should keep your HOLOS pieces looking chic and elegant for many, many years, and in this way we believe in the vitality of things that are well made.
The HOLOS product is grown by nature, as it has been for at least 12,000 years (the name HOLOS derives from the Holocene anthropological era), it comes from a renewable source and is totally biodegradable. I am studying microbiology on the side and would like us to get involved in regenerative agriculture which has enormous potential to address climate imbalance. Well-managed grazing animals (sheep!) have a part to play in that system.
We have done much work on our packaging – we now send parcels in recycled cardboard sleeves, and we will soon introduce a bio-plastic version of our ziplock bag for each garment. We encourage customers to keep the ziplock bags for off-season storage, and we have reduced our packaging and printed collateral as much as possible – while still keeping the package stylish and attractive of course!
I probably drive my team crazy by insisting that we print all internal documents on reused paper (or don't print!), that no-one uses take-away food containers, and that we go without the air con or heating whenever possible – put on a wrap! I tell the team to take an extra 15 minutes out and sit down at your café to drink that coffee, get some sun on your back, and avoid another disposable cup and lid going into landfill for the next 1,000 years.
We would like the concept of "luxury" to become associated with well-made, sustainable products that last, rather than with masses of showy packaging that quickly ends up in the bin. And at the end of the day, the true luxury will be for us all to live comfortably in a sustainable world and to get on together. We feel that is a worthwhile communal goal for us to contribute to… While being safely swathed in a HOLOS wrap!
What's next for HOLOS?
Ironically I would say more of the same – to keep doing what we do and to do it well. We don't follow the growth-for-growth's sake economic model, which in many cases just leads to overconsumption and waste.
The styles that you come to love and lean into from HOLOS will be here year after year, with slight improvements each season, some new colours, and a few additional shapes whenever we finally perfect one. At the moment we are prototyping what I call "felted capey things" for next winter, we will soon release an expanded colour range in the Luxo knit T and after that perhaps a more highly designed evening top…
I find there is very often a better way to do things once you get into it, so we will continue to make additive improvements. There are so many fabulous garments we can make with these amazing wools, that we will never run out of ideas! Starting my dream business at 52 was unusual but now we have built something good and are growing it out to a bigger audience. I am still fairly restless, so watch this space…
The Tale of Ebony Eagles
By the time you finish this story on Auguste founder Ebony Eagle, you'll want to move to Byron Bay, own a couple of horses and dress exclusively in Auguste. At least, I did. She's the type of woman who spreads positive energy and this energy trickles down to the clothes she designs. Ebony has created a fashion brand for women and children that's driven by sustainability and giving back.
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Carly Brown
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Carly Brown
Take us back to your childhood. What was it like and what are some of your most vivid memories?<p>There are so many magical memories, particularly of summers spent at our beach house in Rosebud, Victoria – days that seemed to go on forever in a world that felt so big spent with my brothers and sisters, aunties, grandparents. Lots of sand, sun and banana paddle pops on the beach. We still own this beach house and boat shed and I now take my children there to do the exact same thing. It's so unbelievably nostalgic for all of us. It's the most at ease any of us ever feel. My childhood also wasn't without adversity, but children are incredibly resilient and you learn to deal with the situation you are in as best you can. These things shape who you are. I'm from a big family of four children and we moved around a fair bit so, affectionately, home was always where the chaos was! </p>
What was your career path like prior to starting Auguste?<p>I've worked since the day I turned 13, starting with an after school job at the fruit shop, into weekend jobs at cafes and then when I finished school at 17 I was a nanny for a travelling family and spent two years hopping all over Europe… This was where the fire in my belly grew for travelling and I believe it's where my perspective on more of an entrepreneurial career took shape. When I landed back in Australia at 19 I waitressed for a few years until I got poached for a styling/production job at a studio in Richmond. This is where I learned all about shoot productions, etc, and it was whilst working here that I decided to take the leap and start my own fashion brand at 22. I managed to secure a small loan to start my business while I was working full-time and then resigned to waitress again by night and work on my label by day. I had that brand 'ebonyeve' for ten years before I started Auguste five years ago.<br></p>
Was it always a dream to have your own label, or did that come about organically?<p>Well, my Grandma taught me to sew when I was eight-years-old and I continued sewing my whole life. I've always been a massive vintage and op shop trawler and I'm creative, so the whole design part came quite naturally. The business part I learned on the job!</p>
Carly Brown
Carly Brown
Carly Brown
Carly Brown
Did you have your girls prior to starting Auguste, and if so, what was that transition like?<p>I had Coco when I was 28 and then Frankie when I'd just turned 30 so at that time, I was still running my previous label 'ebonyeve', so yes I had a business. I never stop working and throughout pregnancy and when the girls were young this didn't change… I was living in Bali at the time that the girls were young though so I just worked wearing a few less items of clothing! Work-life balance will be my lesson in this life – it's something I'm still trying to master.</p>
What's been the biggest challenge of motherhood? And the biggest blessing?<p>The thing I find most challenging is the work-life balance juggle and the fact that I have missed out on so many precious moments due to my work commitments. The biggest blessing is all of it! The whole apple, even the seeds. </p>
You've lived in Melbourne, Byron, Bali and Sydney. Do you feel that you're settled now that you've moved back to Byron, or do you crave change? What were some of the challenges and joys of living overseas?<p>Yes, I've moved around a lot in my life. Auguste HQ has always been based in Byron so moving home to here made sense for us and we always wanted to bring our children up here. I'm very settled now. I've travelled enough for ten lives! Honestly, we didn't find living overseas challenging, we adore different cultures and the perspective that they give you. We are so grateful that our girls started their life like that. All four of us loved living abroad right up until the very end but you just know in your core when it's time to come home.</p>
Is there something about Byron that called you back? Has moving to Byron influenced your designs or your process?<p>Auguste HQ has always been based in Byron so coming back here was the natural decision. Growing up here as a teen I was super eager to get out and experience the world but after I had my children, I definitely felt a strong pull to bring them up here, but more so to the hinterland where we now call home. I just love being in nature, surrounded by my children and as many animals as I can fit in! My designs have always naturally thrown together bohemian and vintage inspiration so I suppose, yes, growing up here could have been the beginning of that attraction.</p>
Carly Brown
Carly Brown
Carly Brown
What are your time management tips?<p>Oh god, finish emails in your evening bath? Between the kids, the horses, the business and my embarrassing attempt of a social life, there is very little time to stop and try to time manage anything, so I pretty much fail constantly, no tips here!<br></p>
How would you describe the Auguste aesthetic?<p>Classic, bohemian, feminine, timeless.</p>
Who is your ultimate Auguste muse?<p>That's a tricky one. Stylistically, the ever-influential Jane Birkin has always been a huge creative inspiration and a measuring stick for my designs. Would Jane wear it? Yes? Good, let's do it. Her sense of fashion was just so easy going and feminine, it's everything we make Auguste to be. I've also always felt inspired by Brigitte Bardot and her femininity, she just made it so approachable. My main inspiration though is Jane Gooddall. Her connection to nature, work with animals and bravery in her field, particularly as a young woman, have given me so much courage to create, stay true to myself and use my platform to give back to the planet. </p>
Auguste is such an ethical label, from your fabrics and factories to your ongoing charitable initiatives. Is that something that has always been important to you?<p>Absolutely, I always wanted to get to a point in business where I was able to give back. To have a platform and a voice is a gift and one that I believe should be used wisely and for greater good.</p>
Do you think the fashion industry is becoming more conscious?<p>Absolutely and largely that's being driven by consumer demand, which is just awesome. It won't all happen at once, but the fact that more and more consumers are seeking out eco-friendly fashion alternatives means that more brands will follow suit. They're starting to realise that if you're not thinking about your impact on the planet, you're not being competitive, or responsible really, and that's the only real future for fashion. </p>
Carly Brown
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Carly Brown
You regularly design collections in aid of a charitable cause. Tell us about your latest 'Hero' campaign...<p>As a mum and as a member of the global community, I wanted to unite people in recognising the dangers of bullying and how important it is to use your position to stand up for others. We designed a range of Hero slogan tees as a call to action and donated 100% of the sales to the National Centre Against Bullying and the Cybersmile Foundation to continue their work preventing abuse and giving support to sufferers. I'm incredibly proud that our message of solidarity was shared by thousands around the world and we raised more than $85,000 for our partner charities. </p>
Why is charity work so important to you?<p>It's just part of who I am and what I've always believed in, but when I had children it became a larger priority in my life. If we're not working to leave the planet a better place for our little ones, then what are we doing? How can you see what's happening in the world and not respond? I've worked hard and now I'm fortunate enough to have this platform, so I use it. To me that's just good sense, simple as that! </p>
Little August is your childrenswear line. Tell us about the inspiration behind it?<p>My daughters were my inspiration here. I created little Auguste when my girls were little and loved spinning around in full skirts, it was made for princesses – and even though those two princesses now will only wear ripped denim shorts and Auguste tees I'm so happy that there are so many other little angels out there still spinning in our creations.</p>
What's your parenting philosophy?<p>Shower them with so much love and kindness that they don't realise you often forget to do story time. Also I believe in teaching my girls independence – if they are able to do it themselves then they do. Also have fun with them and keep phones down.</p>
One of your most popular charity campaigns was your 'future woman' tee range. What sort of example do you want to set for your daughters?<p>The 'future women' tees were part of our charity campaign raising money for UN Women and promoting female empowerment, and as a mother of two daughters this meant so much to me. A big lesson I hope my daughters learn from me is to not be passive. Make opportunities, don't wait for them. Offer to help, don't wait for someone else to. Use what's at your fingertips, and then reach for more. </p>
How has COVID-19 changed the way you think about your business?<p>Covid brought a lot of perspective for me. It showed us all that everything can literally stop overnight, so for me it was a reminder to make sure that what I was doing was right for me personally and was to the standard that I wanted. We are doing a lot of work on our ethics and sustainability and really our whole brand identity. It's a time to contract and refocus on not necessarily being big but being great… and I am LOVING that.</p>
What changes will you be making?<p>We made the decision around the beginning of Covid to exit from wholesale entirely and focus on our own vertical channels, making Auguste exclusive to our online store <a href="http://augustethelabel.com/" target="_blank">augustethelabel.com</a> and our Brisbane and Byron Bay boutiques. The exit was a huge decision for me, however I know it was the right one. Being a purely vertical business means we can retract and refocus. There were many factors in this decision however the most important was the ability to continue on our journey to being a more ethical and sustainable business, because that is what it is, a journey – it is not about any one decision, it's every decision you make. Being a vertical business means we have the flexibility to make the decisions we feel are right.</p>
Behaviour Scientist BJ Fogg On How to Create any Habit You Want - Episode 21
The tiny habits that we do everyday have the power to change our lives. Whether it's getting up early, so you have a moment to yourself before the kids wake up or making time to exercise or meditate or something as simple as a cup of tea in silence, these habits have a profound impact on our wellbeing and also our mental health. Yet, with small humans to care for, so many of us find it hard to start a new habit and stick to it. And we find ourselves in a rut which we can't get out of. In his book 'Tiny Habits: The Small Changes That Change Everything', world-renowned behaviour scientist FJ Fogg looks at how we're approaching habits the wrong way.
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Below The Surface of Motherhood
The story we are told of motherhood is one of lightness that leans into the beautiful, the incredible and the magical. However, for all the lightness there is shade, and in the shadows lies a rollercoaster which pushes you to your limits and at times breaks you. Both sides are important for open, real dialogue around motherhood. As a health professional I entered motherhood confident. I had all the resources at my fingers tips as a women's health physiotherapist. Despite this, my journey was far from smooth. Even though I was well informed, it didn't make me immune to the real emotional and physical challenges of motherhood that are still so rarely discussed.
My Motherhood Journey<p>When I first fell pregnant, I was blissfully happy. I felt I had realistic expectations of what motherhood was going to be like. I was also very aware of the high rates of mental health conditions that come up during the perinatal period and knew what to look out for. I was primed and ready to be the earth mumma I was destined to be.<br></p><p>Then my pregnancy had a slight curve ball, I had placenta previa which meant many unsettling vaginal bleeds, no exercise, and the very real threat of complete bed rest. Thankfully, my placenta lifted around 35 weeks, and I was able to have a vaginal delivery. I was induced, the birth was fast and intense, and I needed a ventouse and an episiotomy. Despite this, I felt very positive about my birth mainly because I was informed, supported and respected through the journey. We had a healthy little girl, and I was in absolute awe. Pure. Magic.</p><p>And then the post-natal period began. I had feeding issues, my baby wasn't gaining weight, she had blood in her stool, and chronic vomiting. Paediatricians prescribed various medications and prescription formula, but the constant crying from my bub and the sleep deprivation for all of us continued. For many years. </p><p>Bit by bit my confidence began to crumble. I was anxious that she wasn't getting enough nourishment, I felt guilt that this was all my fault and I started to doubt myself and believe I was a bad mother. This was not the motherhood I had pictured. But as all 'good' mothers do, I put on a brave face and pushed on. I continued to run my business, treated patients, and carried on with life. Under the surface, I was utterly depleted and hanging on by a thread. </p><p>And then we fell pregnant with our second baby. During this pregnancy my level of exhaustion hit a new low. I was still getting up through the night, working and studying, and I became highly anxious about how I was going to care for another baby.</p>
Maison Balzac's New Collection Un Reve is the Stuff of Dreams
Le Reve is a promise I made to myself, to take our audience into a dream world where everything is calm, warm and amusing
If you've been following us for a while, you'll know that in our dreams, our entire house is filled with the scent of Maison Balzac candles burning, our cupboards are filled with gorgeous glass goblets and carafes in shades of azure, green, mint, pink and blue and our tables are decorated with elegant vases covered in chic spots. Sound dreamy? That's because it is.
Tell us about your lockdown experience - how did your family adjust? What have you taken away from this period of time? Are there any rituals you put in place that helped you?<p>Surprisingly, my husband started a new 'essential' job on the first day of lock down. He had to go to his new office everyday so Loulou and I were home and had a wonderful time together. I didn't take time off when she was a newborn, so it felt like a great opportunity for me to catch up and experience "maternity leave". My favourite things in life are my interior, good food, living slow, not going anywhere and being with my family. So, I was really happy during the entire period, but I knew I was part of the lucky ones (not badly impacted by COVID-19).</p>
As a business, how did you adapt to this time? <p>At first, everything was quiet, unknown, unpredictable and ominous. After a couple of weeks, the demand for our products was unprecedented. We received thousands of requests from around the world, people wanting to bring a touch of happiness or comfort into their homes. We had to adapt to this new, increased flow and we did! My team was incredibly dedicated and solid during the whole process.</p>
Can you tell us about your new collection Un Reve? What are some new pieces you have added? What about the colours?<p>Le Reve is a promise I made to myself, to take our audience into a dream world where everything is calm, warm and amusing. As a reaction to the world's uncertainty, we really wanted to provide an escape! We have added a new, exciting category: tapered and shaped candles. We love exploring different ways to add colours into everyday life... and we love blurring the senses, so we have purposely chosen the same colours for our glassware AND tapered candles. We find it playful to associate a volute candle holder in pink glass with a volute candle in pink...</p>
You've collaborated with Messina on a candle - how did this come about? What did you enjoy most about the collaboration process?<p>We were first drawn together through our like-minded ethos: addiction to quality, playful nostalgia and intuitive design. Honey was the obvious theme of our collaboration, being one of Messina's Creative Department's most cherished natural ingredients and supplied by their local apiary: Rosebery Honey. Also my grandfather was a beekeeper and it's my dad's passion. I grew up with hives in our garden, collecting honey with my dad and dipping my fingers into the frames. I am fascinated by synaesthesia (stimulation of several senses at once) and this collaboration was a chance to translate our new candle fragrances into an edible delight. To celebrate the launch of our collaborative candles, Messina has created a custom gelato flavor: MIEL. It is the first time one of our scents can be eaten!</p>
How do you structure your day - how do you balance work with motherhood?<p>My day echoes the rhythm of primary school: I drop Loulou off at 8.45am, head to our office to start work at 9am. My husband picks her up in the afternoon and we all meet at home at 5pm-ish. I cook dinner every night (sadly I am the only one who knows how to make an edible meal in the household!!!) and I never bring work to our home. So, our evenings are all about relaxing, dining, watching movies or going for a swim near home. Work/life hasn't always been so balanced, so I am very grateful to have reached this stage, eight years into the life of my business.</p>
Running your own business is all-consuming - do you have any non-negotiable self-care rituals you can share?<p>I have zero non-negotiable self-care rituals! I would do anything required to make sure my family and the business are ok. I always come next. This is something I am working on though. I would love to try and prioritise myself sometimes. There is definitely room for improvement!<br></p>
Running your own business, what have been your biggest learning's around developing products, marketing and running a team?<p>Some of the lessons I have learnt are:<br>- There are always people around you who will say NO to your ideas. Ignore the NO and pursue your vision.<br>- Allow 12 months between an idea and a finished product (I used to think that 3 months was enough! No way!).<br>- Surround yourself with people who are better than you in pretty much every field!</p>
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Sophie Harris-Taylor's New Series MILK Captures the Raw Beauty & Heartache of Breastfeeding
Sophie Harris-Taylor captures something we often try so hard to hide: our vulnerability. As mothers, we're supposed to be strong and powerful, yet what is often overlooked is that our transition into becoming a mother is the most vulnerable period of our lives...
"I think we're often afraid to show our vulnerabilities," agrees London-based Harris-Taylor. "Perhaps we think by showing this side people are going to judge and only see weakness. Where actually I think there's something incredibly powerful and strong about being openly vulnerable. I'm in awe of the people I photograph, its often about striking the balance between confidence and vulnerability. I've found my work to be a very therapeutic experience, it took me a while to open up myself, but by doing this it has allowed my subjects to open up and engage in an honest conversation."
You've said: "I think most importantly that looks don't define who you are, and in the end don't really matter." Why do some of us take so long to come to this realisation? And tell me your thoughts on beauty and how it led you to create Epidermis?<p>I think when we're younger we get so caught up on our looks, perhaps before we know where we're headed in life, it can seem like the be-all and end-all. And sometimes it comes from a place where you just want to fit in. And perhaps it just comes from life experience that you start to realise other things matter more.<br> <br>It sounds cliché but beauty is of course so subjective yet in the mainstream media we are often not exposed to this kind of diversity. Epidermis for me was a way of showcasing beautiful women in skins less often seen. Most of my personal projects seem to come from my own life experiences and throughout there is always some element of my own vulnerability – I began to reflect on my own past and feelings towards my skin, I'd suffered from severe acne. Back then, there were no idols, role models and people to look up to who had anything but flawless skin. Which obviously meant I struggled with my own self-image. We've come a long way since then, what with body positivity and generally people speaking out about beauty standards and promoting diversity. However, I still felt that there was a lack in representing skin in an honest and open way. </p>
Your work captures a character's vulnerabilities – why do you think we sometimes hide our vulnerabilities and what have you learnt about being vulnerable through your work?<p>I think we're often afraid to show our vulnerabilities. Perhaps we think by showing this side people are going to judge and only see weakness. Where actually I think there's something incredibly powerful and strong about being openly vulnerable. I'm in awe of the people I photograph, its often about striking the balance between confidence and vulnerability. I've found my work to be a very therapeutic experience, it took me a while to open up myself, but by doing this it has allowed my subjects to open up and engage in an honest conversation.</p>
For your series Sisters, you photographed and interviewed over 70 sets of sisters, of all ages and backgrounds – and have said that it was a way of reflecting on the difficulties of her own relationship with her sister. Can you describe this relationship?<p>At the time I created the work, there wasn't much of a relationship there if I'm honest, we'd not really been able to see past our teenage years and sisterly disputes. Since then we've started to rebuild our relationship as adults. I think I tried to understand a bit more about the complexities of sisterhood and the journeys of this kind of lifelong relationship.</p>
You've described mastitis as more painful than childbirth – tell us about your experience with breastfeeding?<p>Yes looking back I really did! It was very much a love/hate relationship. In some ways I was lucky, my son latched on quickly in the hospital and fed well. But getting mastitis early on meant it became very difficult and painful to feed him at times. I seemed to always be overproducing which led to the ducts becoming completely blocked and then getting infected. The pain combined with sleep deprivation was pretty exhausting. My son used the breast as a comfort a lot so for months I felt like he was completely attached to me, but never that full. I started mixed feeding after about 4 or 5 months.. this helped him sleep through the night. Once he started weening there wasn't much milk left and in one breast my supply had pretty much dried up all together. As soon as I stopped, I missed it.</p>
How would you describe the intimacy or closeness of breastfeeding and how did it make you feel?<p>It's pretty magical. I loved the intimacy, the comfort it gave him which in turn it gave me.</p>
There's sometimes a longing for personal space, as mothers feel they have a baby constantly attached to them. Did you ever feel this?<p>Absolutely I felt constantly clinged too. Being pulled and tugged whilst covered in milk really did make me long for personal space. Then again, I felt this huge guilt, because I'd met so many mums that couldn't for various reasons breastfeed and there I was complaining about it.</p>
You've always had a complicated relationship with your body. Can you tell me about this relationship – and how did breastfeeding change the way you felt about your body?<p>Having had an eating disorder since my early teens, it's been an ongoing battle really. I don't know if breastfeeding really changed the way I felt towards by body but certainly postpartum I was desperate to get back to my old body. And having never had large breasts before, this made me feel pretty uncomfortable, physically and mentally, and it was weirdly unfamiliar.</p>
You felt lost after you gave birth – can you take us back to this period of your life and how you felt?<p>I did, I think because you've got this new identity suddenly as a 'new mum' and your life as what you knew it has completely changed overnight. But you know deep down, you're still you and your identity hasn't really changed at all. Don't get me wrong, I actually loved becoming a mum, but I found the day to day, the monotony of it all at the very beginning pretty boring. My friends were working, and I felt in some ways a bit bored and not that stimulated. When I started to make work again felt like I got a bit more of myself back.</p>
What were some of the most vivid memories you have of shooting MILK?<p>Zenon my son, was there for most of my shoots. This was in some ways really fun and a real bonding experiences between me and the Mum. But looking back a complete nightmare. Logistically. At the beginning when I started shooting, he couldn't even sit up by himself so he'd often be just out of shot, lying on the bed next to the other Mum feeding. Then towards the end, he was running all over the place, pretty much destroying the house..</p>
What messages do you hope women will take away from MILK?<p>It'd be nice for other women, to feel they can relate to the images and experiences of the other mums a bit more, than the typical nursing Madonna-like images we are used to seeing. For a lot of people and not just men, they find it kind of gross. Even though we've all seen a cow being milked, I guess women's breasts have become so sexualised, that actually what they are originally for has almost been forgotten. I think the more we talk about these things and make them more publicly seen, the less taboo they become. At least, that's the hope.</p>
Zoe Hendrix On Anti-Racism, Finding Her Birth Mother & Chasing Her Dreams
"I know that abandoned is a word that has been used in telling that story, but I actually don't want to use that word anymore," Zoe Hendrix tells me, when we go back to the beginning of her life, when she was born amidst the Eritrea-Ethiopia border war...
When she was five years old, she went to live at an Ethiopian orphanage with her twin brother. In her own words, "It sounds like you abandon an old tire on the road or something, and to me, it's more that she surrendered us because she was very unwell. I only learned this recently as well, so that's why I want to correct the wording I have used previously." Hendrix and her brother were later adopted by a Tasmanian couple and moved to Australia. Fast forward to 2015, and the country watched Zoe marry Alex Garner on the very first season of Married at First Sight. The couple went onto have a beautiful daughter Harper-Rose, but have since separated.


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Universitas Pahlawan Assigns MoU Signing with Hubei University of Technology, China
Universitaspahlawan.ac.id, UP – The Universitas Pahlawan Tuanku Tambusai (UP) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with China's Hubei University of Technology, in a collaboration meeting attended by the Chancellor UP Prof. Dr. Amir Lutfi, Monday (11/03) 2019.
"Five Universities from China were present at the University of Muhammadiyah Jakarta (UMJ) in the Collaborative meeting. In this event, Universitas Pahlawan had the same opportunity with 24 other leading universities in Indonesia to attend and succeed in realizing cooperation with Hubei University of Technology, from China "said Ns. Nila Kusumawati, MPH As the leader of the International Relations Office (IRO) at Universitas Pahlawan.
The event was attended by the chairman of the Idaho Consumer-Owned Utilities Association (ICUA) Prof. Dr. Gunawan Suryoputro and Chancellor of the University of Muhammadiyah Jakarta (UMJ) Prof. Dr. Syaiful Bakhri, SH., MH.
The important points of the MoU that are valid for the next seven years include, will strive to strengthen, promote and develop academic and research cooperation based on equality and mutual benefit.
In addition, both parties will benefit from the development of joint courses in education programs, credit exchanges, graduate and graduate student exchanges for study and research, exchange of professors and researchers for research, lectures and discussions, information exchange including library materials and research publications, joint conferences, seminars, and conferences, student activities, joint summer programs.


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Couple of days off and taking advantage of the good weather. Cut the hedge yesterday which had not been done for years. Looks a lot better and people can now walk past the house without getting attacked by a hedge. Now have to dispose of the cuttings. Highlight of the day is that our new shed has arrived. Friend is coming round this afternoon so hope to get it up by this evening.
We can now use the gate and hopefully the box turns into a shed.
Hello and welcome to my Blog, my name is Chris, a bus driver for First Mendip based in Wells, Somerset. Married to Fiona, we live in Midsomer Norton near Bath, with Boots the cat. My main hobby is Amateur Radio and I hold the call sign G4KVI. I am the repeater keeper for GB3UB and MB7UB. I have a fascination for the weather and all things to do with nature and science. I am a biker and currently ride a Honda CBfF600. As a Christian I worship, when shifts allow at St. Nicholas Church in Radstock. These are my observations on my life, both at work and at home.
29 May 2009
20 May 2009
Road closure
Frome back last few days and last night approached Hungerford to be confronted with the A4 closed. No problem I thought just follow the diversion and drop the passenger off. One problem, the diversion was cars only! I followed the HGV diversion which took me back to the M4 and no way to get back to Hungerford. Luckily the passenger arranged to get his friend to pick him up from Marlborough so saved the cost of a taxi. However it would have been a lot better if this had been correctly signposted.
Terms and conditions (again)
For those of you who do not travel by National Express you will not be aware of Funfares. These are cheap tickets. They are available on certain services and from specific stops only. The problem comes when people try and use them to go to an airport. They think that as we stop there then they can get off. However these are not valid for travel to or from an airport. This is also very unfair on passengers who have followed the rules and paid the correct fare to travel to an airport. So if you travel with a Funfare note.
- You can get off at an airport but the driver does not need to open the locker to get your luggage
- If the coach is full it may well not stop at the airport. (you miss your flight)
- You will proberly not travel at all as you will be told to buy another ticket.
12 May 2009
Renewal time
Well age has finally caught up with me. For those of you who do not know holders of PSV and HGV licences have to renew them when they reach 45 and then every five years after that. I have reached the first milestone. Today was my medical which went OK.
However, I have to send my licence off to the DVLA and having seen BBC Watchdog
I was a little concerned as I do not want to loose my bike entitlement so I have :
However, I have to send my licence off to the DVLA and having seen BBC Watchdog
I was a little concerned as I do not want to loose my bike entitlement so I have :
- Sent a letter to my MP. He has been very helpful and contacted DVLA for me
- Kept copies of my licence
- Taken a trip to DVLA in Bristol. They were very helpful. They checked my application, stamped my copy with a DVLA stamp, and even sent it off without me buying a stamp. They also gave me a receipt which at least ,means if I get stopped I do have prove I have a licence.
5 May 2009
A Bit of overtime
Rest day working today. Long day 'Frome up' so 10 hours 'in the bag'. Though now I wish I hadn't done it. Feeling a bit knackered! Did have a strange one though. Just passed a stop and about 100m on a lady was waving. I do not stop unless someone is at the stop so carried on. Arrived at the next stop and the lady plus man appeared. She was not happy and gave me the I was at the stop etc. etc. Anyway there was nobody booked at the stop, further check of the ticket showed it was yesterday!! Apology accepted! Was planning to go out tonight but the wind is over 30mph so don't fancy a trip through the lanes in the dark.
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Yet again, I place my notion that I really could make money online aside. It kept nagging me though, so I went to the library to read some publications on ways to make money on the internet. These books got me extremely excited as well, almost to the point of taking actions. But it still wasn't enough!


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I believe that making the perfect cake is about creating cakes that are as special as the occasion you are celebrating, that not only look amazing, but taste incredibly delicious too!
From realistic novelty cakes to elegant wedding cakes and anything in between, I am passionate about creating unique cakes that are not 'just a cake' but an important part of your celebration that you will remember for years to come!
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guessText.SetTextSize(ComplexUnitType.Px, metrics.HeightPixels * 2 / 3); // the size is very large, >100px
then I reset the Text property several time,
guessText.Text = guessString; // the value will change every time
And BOOOM, the app crash on the phisical machine with the error in IDE:
F/libc (30311): Fatal signal 11 (SIGSEGV) at 0xf2e3204c (code=1), thread 30311
I guess there is a limit about the TextSize, **anyone know about this?
How to walkaround? **I need render very large Text on the screen.
BTW, The phisical machine run Android 4.4.4


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