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The Best Makeup Trends for 2017
The year 2016 has been a year full of new launches from science to fashion to entertainment. When it comes to make up, every year some makeup artist sets the trend that is different and appealing and it becomes so popular that everyone starts following it. The year 2016 has shown the widest gap; from very minimal make up styles to full highlighted ones and a lot of these have become popular trends among the people. So here's a bit from every trend that took to followers in 2016:
1- Say no to make up
This has been a very big hit and so much appreciated. Here the makeup artists kept their brushes aside to appreciate the natural beauty. This make up requires deep cleaning and good moisturization of the skin to bring out its inner glow and beauty. The trend set up minimum make concentrating only on eye liners to highlight the eyes and a nude shade of lip color. This trend was so much appreciated that it was followed on the red carpet by many celebrities.
2- Blush it
The other trend that caught the eyes and interest of many was the use of blush on the cheek bones. This requires good foundation and make up base on the face along with highlighting of the cheek bones using dark bronze blush while using pink or peach blush on the cheeks. The look is completed using natural lip color and fine eye pencil.
3- The retro look
Even this trend of makeup caught the lenses, the retro look of 90's came back on the ramp with high puffed hair styles and dark matte color lip with shimmering eye shades. This make up trend was followed in many movies as well.
4- The pale skin
This pale skin make up inspired from many Hollywood actresses was also liked by many; Giving the skin a pale look using make up base and high tone foundation with matte finish while evening out the skin texture, is how it is meant to be done. To complement the look it is advised to use dark and thick eye liner and dark lip color, like coco and red.
5- Summer is over; the spring look!
The 2016 spring makeup trends bought unity amongst the makeup artist across the globe; the bold red color for the lips became loved by all. Every artist preferred a deep red shade for the lip; it works well when applied with precision.
6- Bold those eyes!
For the spring, artist became so experimental, applying shades of blue to the eye. And yes it became so trendy. Applying shades of blue, for smoky eyes or smudged eyes whenever you want a taste of twist and chaos in life works wonders.
7- False lashes!
For quite some time the false lashes were out of makeup artist essentials, but now they are back, and this time they are more colorful. Use of bold false lashes, not only in black but in shades of blue and brown are also trending.
8- Vampire ombre
This is now a much bigger twist, make up trends 2016 got a break from red hot lips and moved to the ombre shade, much darker; denser and bigger drama; but yet complimenting the spring season.
All these trends no matter how contrasting they seem; were appreciated by all the different classes and masses of people across globe. The makeup trend that you follow should be coherent of the trends that are ruling, or else you might fall out of place. But there are few makeup trends that never fail; like the natural nude or the no makeup, makeup. So if you want to single out, you can use your personal preferences over what's trending and what's not. Remember always wear makeup which you are confident of carrying out, that's the best trick!


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The outrage over luxury corporate travel takes another toll: Bank of America (BofA) is scaling back its fleet.
CNBC: In addition to the jet sales, BofA will sell a helicopter from Merrill Lynch that it acquired in the merger between the two companies. BofA says it never used the aircraft
The same sources say BofA will also divest itself from one of two corporate apartments in New York City. One of those is located at the Time Warner Center.
But here's what we're wondering. Does it really make so much sense to be selling planes, helicopters and apartments in this market? Like, who's actually buying? On the other hand, we'd imagine that with business slower, there's just not as much of a reason to have so many plans on call. Maybe there's a good reason to dump the planes, beyond just populist outrage.

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Ellis Island has their U.S. immigration records online. Since the records were handwritten, it was difficult for the people who transcribed them to avoid frequent spelling mistakes. If you cannot find an ancestor right away, try misspellings. My grandfather did not appear when I searched for "Pelczarski". But when I tried "Pelezarski", there he was! If you come across other possible Pelczarski's as you attempt misspellings, let us know. You may have found someone that someone else is looking for but hasn't yet located.
Ellis Island link to 25 Pelczarski's who arrived between 1895 and 1920
Ellis Island link to 8 "Pelezarski" names, including Grzegorz Pelczarski, my grandfather. Note the misspelling of Długie also. z's, y's, and g's got switched, as did c's and e's.
Here are some snips of the type of information you can find at the Ellis Island website. Besides transcribing the manifests, you can view a scan of the actual manifest itself. It was interesting to see the entire groups arriving together from the villages of my grandparents. Other relatives appeared on the same pages, and other friends who arrived at the same time who later became unofficial "aunts" and "uncles".
It was also interesting to learn the exact dates and points of departure. They even have historical photos of many of the ships, linked directly to the records. You can purchase prints of the manifests and ship photos, which is one of the ways they fund their efforts.


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As a dry skin girl, I've always up to any body moisturizer. So, when my dearest friend that come back from France gifted me this Yves Rocher Energizing Body Lotion – Raspberry Peppermint, I was thrilled because I've always wanted to try their body lotion.
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This is a great 16-week plan designed for a beginner Athlete that is just starting the Ironman Lifestyle.
It has a minimum of 4 hours and a maximum of 12 hours per week. Every 4th week is a recovery week. This 16-week plan is perfect for the athlete who can already swim for 1 hour, run for 1 hour, and bike for 1.5 hours. If you're willing to put in the work, you'll meet or most likely surpass your goals. Stick to this plan and I guarantee you'll cross the finish line on race day!
For this plan, testing will be done on week 4. Testing is an important part of training that will help you readjust heart rate and power zones to promote further improvement. Email me if you need any help with this. This plan uses Joe Friel Heart Rate zones and Andrew Coggen's Power Zones. Although I would recommend it, a power meter is not necessary. I've written the cycling workouts to include both heart rate zones and power zones. Both can be calculated, based on the testing in week 4, within Training Peaks under the settings/zones section within your personal profile.
Throughout this training plan email me email@example.com with questions. Check our website (www.empowertri.com) for more resources or to learn more about my coaching philosophy and training plans.
As an added BONUS, I am offering purchasers of this plan a free Swim Stroke Assessment. Simply email me your swim video .mp4 files and I'll do a free assessment. It is especially important to master your Swim Technique early on so as not to adopt bad habits.
Warm Up: 200 easy swim Drill Set: 4 x 50 Drill Main Set: 12 x 100 Swim Odds at a hard pace or Zone 4 if your using a HR monitor. Easy on the evens. Use about a 10 second rest interval (RI) between these 100s Warm Down: 200 easy swim
Tempo Ride in Zone 3 for most of this workout. Practice riding in aero position during these long rides. If you haven't already, now is a good time to start thinking about your race course. Is it hilly, Is it flat?
Simple: 15 min run. Start off like you got shot out of a cannon then settle into your pace. Zone 3-4
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1 Minute in HR Zone 2 or 56-75% FTP
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One Leg Drills:
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1 x 1 Min Left Leg
1 x 1 Min Right Leg
1 x 1 Min Left Leg
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Push the work intervals up to HR zone 3-4 or 84-105% FTP
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200-400 swim. Usually after 5-10 minutes of dynamic stretching on the deck.
Drill Set
8 x 50 drill
Main Set
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Warm Down
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Total: 2200 yds
Warm up: 6 Minutes
6 minutes of easy running into faster, relaxed pace run ( do not exceed zone 3)
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4 x 800 in zone 4 with equal amounts of rest between each.
e.g. if you run an 800 in 4 minutes you should follow by 4 minutes of rest (walking/jogging).
The goal for these 800s is to keep them fairly consistent withing 5-10 seconds.
This will help with pacing and muscular endurance
Warm down:
1 x 800 jogging and walking
Follow with 10-15 minutes of static stretching.
Warm-up 250 swim. Usually after 5-10 minutes of stretching on the deck. Drill Set 5 x 50 drill Main Sets 250 swim. 50 easy/75 hard/50 easy/75 hard 250 pull. Hypoxic set: swim this 3/5/7 x 25 yd hypoxic. 250 swim. 100 hard. 10 sec rest. 50 easy. 10 sec rest. 100 hard. 250 kick. Kick with board on side. Alternateing every 25 yd. 250 pull. Pull with bouy and hand paddles. Work on DPS. Goal towards <14 strokes per link. 250 swim. Moderate 250 swim. 100 hard. 10 sec rest. 50 easy. 10 sec rest. 100 hard. Warm Down 250 swim Total: 2500 yds


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Miss Loulou in Sinical Magazine
I got published in Sinical Magazine issue 21 with a feature of Miss Loulou! Long wait, but totally worth it. I really love this magazine, it's great. I'm so glad I got published in it. I will have another set of another model published in Sinical in March also!
The picture to the right is Miss Loulou shot by me.
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The open-source development model has played a pivotal role in the steady emergence of machine learning and artificial intelligence into the mainstream. Many libraries and frameworks are available to developers as open source code, and cloud computing giants like Google, Microsoft, and AWS have led the way in providing many of these projects.
One reason for the influx of open source machine learning and AI projects is that it lowers the barriers to entry for developers who can experiment and become proficient with high-quality frameworks, libraries, and applications. Most enterprises are familiar with the exciting use cases for machine learning and AI apps. In fact, 54 percent of executives are already actively investing in AI.
However, there is a huge talent gap that prevents many companies from deploying such apps in production environments. The open-source model helps, in part, to close that talent gap by encouraging developers to experiment and learn. The fact that many of the projects for AI and machine learning have been released by data-science heavyweights like Google and Amazon is important because it ensures developers become familiar with high-quality code from the outset.
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Spree.com Corp. announced a strategic alliance with Wired Digital's HotBot under which Spree.com's movie, electronics and long distance phone service offerings will be promoted on the HotBot Shopping Directory.
Financial details were not disclosed.
In addition, Spree will offer unlimited-sized Web sites on HotBot's search site, and also on Wired's Webmonkey and Web 101 developer resource sites.
Spree said as part of the agreement it is also creating a free gift reminder service for users of HotBot Shopping Directory which is slated to go live this week.
In Spree's affiliate program, Spree Independent Partners (SIPs) earn commissions for each purchase made and lifetime commissions on purchases made by their visitors. Towards this end, SIPs are provided with free marketing promotions and banners and earn commissions on product lines such as movies, books, flowers and coffee. In essence, Spree.com said it runs the virtual store, and SIPs own it.
"There is no better affiliate program around," said Lance Roncalli, Spree.com's vice president of Business Development. "S-I-P pays out the highest commissions and our partners own their referrals for life. No other retailer or affiliate program offers its visitors and members a free Web site with unlimited space."


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General Information Session by Canadian Consular Agent at International Friendship Club
Patrick Courcelles, Canadian Consular Agent / Agent Consulaire of Puerto Vallarta, will present an informative PowerPoint presentation and General Information Session at the IFC Clubhouse on Wednesday February 25 from 10:00 - 11:30 am.
Please note that this will be an informational gathering only, no consular business will be conducted.
The public is welcome and there is no charge to attend.
Please arrive before 10:00 am so we can begin promptly.
The International Friendship Club is a registered charitable organization in Mexico listed as Club Internacional de la Amistad de Puerto Vallarta A.C. It is located at the northeast corner of the Insurgentes Rio Cuale Bridge above the HSBC Bank, Colonia El Centro, Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico, 48300. Phone: 322-222-5466. Email: email@example.com.
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"The Circle of Veterans and Families would like to thank the Bond Insurance Agency for their very generous donation. They found us in the community and wanted to help. Their donation will go directly to the care of our transitional housing program for homeless Veteran residents."
– Tice Ridley, Founder
We want to thank all of our customers, business partners, friends and family members who helped us raise $500 to support the Circle of Veterans! It is truly an honor to support such an outstanding organization that is so devoted to bettering lives in our community. Thank you for the opportunity, Circle of Veterans!
In honoring our commitment to serving the local community, Bond Insurance Agency will be donating $10 in your name to help rebuild a veteran's facility that was damaged during Hurricane Irma.
The Circle of Veterans and Families, Inc. is a non-profit ranch in Florida that provides an educational, relaxing, and rejuvenating space to local veterans in need of support.
Through their therapeutic and educational programs, they work to prevent veteran loss of life and homelessness and also provide temporary housing. Unfortunately, this past fall the ranch experienced over $17,000 worth of devastating damage when Hurricane Irma struck.
"Working near an AirForce Base means that veterans hold a special place in all of our hearts. We are thrilled to be supporting local veterans in need," says Chuck Bond.
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Elizabeth Siematkowski is a founder of ToplessbladingTM, the following is the first-person account of her maiden topless voyage across the Williamsburg bridge:
There's no two ways about it: It's been an abrasively hot NYC summer. So hot, in fact, that I'm tempted to take my shirt off and let it all hang out. Hell, guys do it! Indeed, when I spy a bare-chested man showing off his C-cup at the Brooklyn Flea or pushing his way through Times Square, it's hard not to feel a dash of envy. But, that doesn't need to be the case.
Newsflash, ladies: it's legal to go topless in New York State. And exercising that right is quickly gaining popularity as a movement. To strip it down to the bare facts (sorry, couldn't help it), here's what you need to know: Penal law 245.01, which involves public indecency and exposure, was amended by the NY Supreme Court in 1992, ruling it legal for women to be topless in public under the grounds of gender equality (hollaback!). This law was amended six years after seven women were arrested in Rochester, NY for being topless in a public area and the 1992 case People vs. Ramona Santorelli and Mary Lou Schloss thrust the topless revolution into full-blown action. And yet, over a decade later, in 2005, Jill Coccaro, also known as Phoenix Feeley, was arrested on Delancey Street for leaving her shirt at home. After being detained for twelve hours, she later sued the city and was awarded $29,000 for her unwarranted arrest. Since then, advocacy groups like GoTopless have sprung up, launching Go Topless Day, while the Topfree Equal Rights Association was established in 1997, to aid women unlawfully charged for going topless.
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Clearly, though, the topless topic is in contention for more reasons than just the fine-print legalities. My personal vested interest in the topless movement came about when my cousin Rachael Yaeger, (founder of The Working Pair LLC, theworkingpair.com, a site for creative couples), and I decided to start ToplessbladingTM just a few months ago. It came about as I was laying out on my rooftop tanning, talking to Rachael about how rollerblading (my favorite thing to do on earth) isn't socially acceptable any more. Nor was it socially acceptable to be topless, even in the scorching heat. I decided to combine the two. The next day she had created an Instagram account @toplessblading and the movement was born.
We wanted to make it official. So, I decided to kick it off by blading across the Williamsburg bridge — topless — and was serendipitously approached to write about it. Sure, it's been brutally hot all month long, and I knew I was within my rights to do it, but the question of whether going topless was empowering to or degrading of women still weighed heavily on my mind. I sat on the curb at the base of the bridge strapping on my blades pondering, How would my Grandmother have felt about this? What would my dad's reaction be to reading an article about me topless rollerblading over a public bridge? Am I disrespecting my family or myself? What will this mean for me as a young professional? A lot of questions about the larger ramifications of my actions, obviously all bound up in social norms and ideas around nudity, started to surface. As easy as it was to say I was all for this, when it actually came to doing it, I felt some anxiety.
There I was, tightening my last buckle at 6 a.m., with the sun creeping out across the sky, bringing the city into focus. In that moment, my brain cleared, I thought, "Let's go," and threw my top off and rolled out. And I mean I was the bare-boobed, pure-flesh, no-pasties kind of topless. Granted, this may be more comfortable for some of us than others (depending on what we are working with), I myself am a fairly petite blonde with a solid B-cup, but regardless of size, build, or age, and the legalities is a deeper message of acceptance, love, and, of course, a whole lot of lady parts.
At first, all I could think was, "Whoa. Okay, I am actually doing this. There is no turning back now. What if I fall? What if someone says something offensive? What if I derail someone in the bike lane and someone on the J/M/Z records it, and it goes viral with a title like, 'Boobie Trap! Topless Rider Goes Down' or 'Williams-boob Bridge Sees Chest-Out Collision'?" Yikes. But then, after the first few strides and a deep breath, I was able to unselfconsciously take in my surroundings; a distant sailboat floating along the East River, a motor boat or two getting an early start, and I began to forget myself. It started to feel like any other day of rollerblading, my blades pounding the pavement, my arms brushing lightly against my sides, except, of course, I was topless. It was actually an exhilarating, freeing feeling — the kind you get when you slip into the water for the first skinny dip of the season. I felt pure happiness and if my boobs had a voice, they would most likely be saying, "Yes, fresh air" as the wind coated me like the lingering fog on a few distant buildings. The air felt heavy as I breathed, but my body felt light and alive.
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To my absolute bewilderment, the frenzy of attention and judgment that I had anticipated was actually anything but. Apart from two women — one who gave me a high five as she passed on her bike shouting "that's awesome" and the other yelling "I want in" — nobody really even commented. Runner upon biker upon stroller upon driver passed by without so much as a second glance at me. I found myself repeating aloud, "Nobody cares — this is totally natural." The shock value was null. I thought I would get a few sideways glances or a whistle or comments from a guy or two, but nada. The potential objectifying feeling of being bare-chested rollerblading on a public bridge wasn't there. The further I got, the more comfortable I became. I then realized, the more at ease I am with this, the more others will be as well. It was like any sexualized stigma or backlash I feared melted away the closer I got to the other side.
For me, rollerblading is about heart and soul, and doing something you love regardless of social norms, and being topless is about being a human. A spellbinding feeling of triumph and accomplishment swept over me as I bladed the last few strokes to the other side, where Rachael was waiting to see me, all of me, emerge. Her response was, "For some reason, this seems totally normal." From there, I gave her a topless sweaty hug, and said, "Iced coffees?" Then I took my blades off, put my shirt on, and we proceeded to walk across the street to Dunkin' Donuts. This was a small, but personally meaningful testament to the decades of blood, sweat, and boob-embracing advocacy that have gotten us to this point. My half-naked body wasn't something to be judged or belittled or catcalled. I wasn't the target of ridicule or the spectacle I had feared. I felt like just another person crossing the bridge, on another summer day, making my way from one end to the other.
It's not so much about empowerment vs. degradation or right vs. wrong. It's about having the choice to embrace my body the way I choose to. I'm not saying we should be exercising this right every single day, or that we all need to walk around topless in order to prove a certain comfort level when it comes to the female form. I'm just saying that it's a beautiful thing that we can do, if we should choose to. Women are asked to fit into a lot of things ranging from skinny jeans to any number of social norms (and the two are certainly not mutually exclusive). But, when it comes to our bodies, we should have the freedom and strength to decide how we want to move through the world — shirts on or off.
Since her first trip across the bridge, Elizabeth continues to blade topless. She is a founder of ToplessbladingTM (@toplessblading), alongside business partner Rachael Yaeger (The Working Pair, LLC). ToplessbladingTM is a movement that takes the seemingly lost art of rollerblading and reinvents it with a topless twist. Join their 1,068 instagram followers to keep abreast of all the latest news, including a NYC Skate Marathon, 100k rollerblade marathon at the end of September.


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"Equality of Opportunity – can it be achieved without quotas?"
Beverley Nielsen discusses.
Women's progress to the top of business has been remarkably slow despite a battery of equality and human rights legislation and tremendous medical and social advancements over the past 100 years or so.
And that's without even mentioning the incredible talent that's out there.
For example at the Birmingham e-Spark Awards on 23rd July at Fazeley Studios sponsored by RBS, NatWest and KPMG we were able to spot some of the emerging women entrepreneurs demonstrating refreshing attitudes and brimming with creativity.Of the £25k total funds awarded to new businesses, Charnel Conway won £6k for ABA Tutorship, Danielle Saunders £4k for Onaris Africa and Chandeep Uppal £1k for The Space.Landmark dates along women's journey to emancipation include 1918 when Countess Constance Markievicz became the first woman elected to parliament but having stood for Sinn Fein she did not take her seat. In 1919 Nancy Viscountess Astor became the first female Conservative MP when her husband vacated his seat having been elevated to the Lords. Margaret Wintringham was elected in 1921 as the first Liberal female MP, and in 1924 Ellen Wilkinson, or 'Red Ellen', was elected as the first MP for the Labour party.
However, in 2013, almost 100 years later women accounted for just 16.6% of board members of large publicly listed companies across the EU.
Whilst 25% of FTSE 100 companies now have women directors, they are primarily in non-executive positions, with many of these doubling up, serving on several boards and the proportion of female executives remains pitifully low at 9.5% in the FTSE 100, 5% in the FTSE 250.
As Management Today, 13 July 2015, says, "Although that's also a record, it's not one to be particularly proud of".
Of the 500 largest corporations in the US, only 23 have a female chief executive officer, or just 4.6%. In the not-for-profit sector women make up 2/3rds of workforce but in the US only 19% of charities have a woman CEO.
Pay and progression inequality persists with age-based discrimination against women increasing in the US by around 50% according to the 2012 report, Women and the Workforce.
In her book, Feminism and Men, Nikki van der Gaag, states – "The cost of women not being engaged in paid work (let alone as top management) is huge: according to one report the economic cost of failing to educate girls to the same standard as boys in 65 low- and middle-income countries was estimated at $92bn a year. And according to the IMF, whole economies are losing out – if women and men had more equality at work, it would increase GDP in the US by 5%, in Japan by 9% and in Egypt by 34%."
And research by management consulting firm McKinsey and others consistently suggests that organisations with diverse boards are on the whole more profitable and doing better than those run only by men.
So how to address this persistent gap?
At our Midlands Insider roundtable discussion in July the women present from banking, law, education, surveying, charitable and business interests cited a number of factors. Lack of top management belief in flexible working as a practical, workable solution for energetic and ambitious women rising through the ranks of middle management was seen as a real barrier to progress. Woman quoted how they had been expected to work all hours and be available 'whenever the client called' if they wanted to get to the top.
Lack of role models, understanding of relevant careers advice and opportunities, too few local networks, a lack of mentors were all mentioned. A 2005 report by Penelope Lockwood, University of Toronto, suggested that women gain comparatively more in workplace settings when they can follow the model of a successful woman who has overcome barriers.
However, the biggest factor cited during our discussion was the prevalence of 'unconscious bias' – a hidden factor persisting throughout society, a kind of cultural iceberg rather than glass ceiling, blocking progress for women in businesses and organisations of all kinds.
Monique Royle, Associate Director, Colliers, introduced us to a gender-career Implicit Attitudes Test (IAT), developed by three scientists from Harvard, University of Washington and University of Virginia aimed at describing characteristics around values, attitudes and beliefs enabling people to develop greater self-understanding and education around hidden biases.
Half of us present managed to complete the test with this throwing up the worrying result that 80% of these women holding senior or top management positions in Birmingham or the wider Midlands had a 'moderate association of male with career and female with family, compared with female with career and male with family.'
Is this because so many women have had in the past to start behaving like men in order to be taken seriously? And in doing so have they adopted their cultural values and beliefs in a far more insidious way than they have been conscious of.
In discussing quotas and targets there was an in-built attitude against quotas. No one wants to be the token woman on a board and concerns were voiced about women needing to be properly prepared for senior roles.
During our roundtable discussion our group reached a compromise agreeing that a 'corporate code' with explicitly stated 'targets' for women in management positions through all levels of organisations would help to move things forward.
In signing up to this I couldn't help wondering if it would be enough to turn around a situation which has persisted for decades as well as wondering for the umpteenth time what is wrong with quotas?
Vicky Pryce, economist and commentator, has stated in her recent book, Why Women Need Quotas- "The truth is that many countries are implementing quotas. The German government will now oblige listed companies to fill 30% of all top posts with women. A glance at countries like Norway that have legislated in favour of quotas makes it abundantly obvious that companies and the economy haven't collapsed under the strain."
In listening to young women working in Norway they are keen to explain how, when looking up the corporate ladder they take heart, knowing they will have a real chance of getting onto the board. This thought is not only motivating but keeps them on board, even when other priorities start to make demands on their time and energy.
We have the legislation but we don't have the action. Perhaps establishing clear targets, or more forcefully, setting quotas is the only way we will achieve sound business sense.
July Midlands Insider Roundtable discussion on Women in Business


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The Calder Valley main line from Manchester via Summit Tunnel and Walsden
to Halifax and Leeds
The line that defined the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway and which formed its backbone was George Stephenson's Manchester and Leeds Railway which penetrated the Pennine watershed through the remarkable Summit Tunnel. Today, we would say the tunnel was 'over-specified' but Stephenson did not have the benefit of computer science and so built with the best materials to hand, and to a high specification. On its completion in 1841, Stephenson honestly described it as 'the greatest work that has yet been done of its kind'.
His work was sorely tested some 143 years later when early on the morning of Thursday 20 December 1984 a fully-loaded train of tanks from the ICI depot Haverton Hill, Teeside to Runcorn in Cheshire derailed in the tunnel. The tanks ruptured and the subsequent fire and explosion was caught on film, and the YouTube clip can be viewed below.
Very close to the Yorkshire mouth of Summit Tunnel was Bottomley Road, which winds down past the railway and crosses the canal. On the other side of the canal was Lane Bottom School, Walsden. As I happen to have a photograph of the school in my collection I have no hesitation in including it here.
The photograph is thought to be taken about 1895 and shows School Mistress Mrs Emily Alexandra Hayes and her daughter on the steps looking towards Todmorden, probably watching a train slogging its way up the gradient towards the tunnel, of which they would have an excellent view, or more prosaically, they could just be looking at the photographer. The school was erected in 1818, originally known as Bottomley Lane Foot. It was situated on the Bottomley side of the canal, just over the bridge at the bottom of the lane, and finally demolished in the 1960s to be replaced by housing. Miss Hays also became a teacher and was teaching in the Vale Council School, Cornholme in 1910.
The reason for its inclusion here - apart from fitting the geographic narrative - is that the ladies are my Great Grandmother and Grandmother.
The school inspector's reports still survive on microfiche in Halifax Library (early 2015). The 1892 November reads:
Head Teacher ... Mrs Hayes
The scholars are orderly and the elementary work is done well, the written arithmetic deserving special praise for neatness and accuracy. Writing has improved, but still suffers from the bad way in which the pens are held. The teaching would probably be more effectively given if the suggestions made in the instructions to H M inspectors respecting the grouping of standards were more fully adopted. Mrs Hayes will receive her Certificate in due course.
My grandmother also became a teacher in Todmorden, latterly up at Cornholme. After the family moved to Southport, my Grandfather, possibly uniquely, then proceeded to commute from Churchtown on the Southport-Preston line to Todmorden on a daily basis, maintaining an interest in the family business until its closure in 1927.
The entrance to Summit Tunnel is not the obvious portal, but is in fact 41 yards further into the hillside. The true portal is marked by a large ventilation shaft that does not appear on the original plans. In the January 1956 issue of 'Trains Illustrated' K Field suggests reasons for the various lengths of the tunnel quoted. One is that to-day's figure includes the false entrance under the Todmorden - Rochdale road , or alternatively that the east entrance was once nearer the Rochdale road, but that part of the cutting leading to it was later roofed over. This end of the tunnel is very near the surface and for some odd reason there is an air vent only 40 yards from the tunnel mouth.
In the Network Rail list of bridges, Summit Tunnel has three numbers allocated to it: Summit West (89), Summit (90) and Summit East (91). The ventilation shaft next to the Bottomley Road therefore marks the division between Bridges 90 and 91.
At the other end of the tunnel the line emerged from a very splendid portal before entering the short Summit Tunnel West. After which a pair of loops sprang off on both the Up and Down side. Chris Littleworth has kindly provided the signal box diagram for Summit West.


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September 8, 2015 @ 12:01 am
Episode 51: The Truest RHS Show Ever
This show was supposed to be a show entirely about our lives. We had removed the Lifes segment the main show a while back and decided to do an entire episode on it. But it basically just turned into the Perfect RHS show ever. All sorts of rabbit holing going on with no real direction. It was soo fun. Plus Jack hadn't slept in 3 days when we recorded this. Amazing.


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Mrs. Beverly Mitchell, Administrative Assistant
Ms. Royce Flagler, Sexton
Dr. Karen Adderly Clark, Interim Minister of Music/Choirmaster
Mrs. Carolyn Morris, Organist & Pianist
Mr. Ernest "Pete" Boyd, Minister of Music/Choirmaster Emeritus
Ernest 'Pete' Boyd, a devoted servant of God was confirmed in 1957 in The Episcopal Church St. John the Baptist, then located at the corner of Terry and Pine Streets. He has answered the clarion call of God of service in this church — giving freely and generously of his time, his talents and his treasures.
He received his first appointment as Senior Warden in 1969 and was elected for several more terms. As Senior Warden, Pete led the church in obtaining Parish status in 1985 and the building of current sanctuary in 1990. He implemented the plans for us to burn our mortgage in five years.
His love for music directed him to take on the role of Music Director for the Adult Choir. In honor of his many years of service, our new pipe organ was officially dedicated as "The Ernest A. Boyd Memorial Organ," on October 30, 2011. Mr. Boyd retired from the position of Minister of Music in June of 2017 after nearly 40 years of service. A celebration was held in his honor on Sunday, June 18, 2017.
He has served the community and church in numerous committees and organizations including but not limited to the Social Concerns Committee, St. John's Men's Fellowship Group and St. John's Memorial Education Committee. He and his family established the Boyd Family Scholarship Fund and contributed $8,500 to endow it. He is a lifetime member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc, where he has served as Youth Advisor. He is also an active member of The Jones High School Alumni Association, The Bethune-Cookman University Alumni Association and The Jones High School Alumni Band.
Mr. Boyd and his wife Mary Frances are the parents of two daughters, Franchon and Felicia, and the grandparents of one granddaughter, Dariene.


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Neil is traveling for a few days for work. We carpool and when I went to get Ryan from school we go out to the car and soon as I open it "HI DADDY!" and then Ry starts looking around. I tell him its just the two of us for a few days and we will see daddy on the phone tonight.
We get home Ryan goes running inside after I take off his boots "Daddy!!! NNNEEEEIIIILLLLLL!!!!" (Ryan has started to call Neil by his name which he is not pleased with). I had to explain again, daddy is not home but he will be back soon.
Neil facetimes with us a little, its pretty spotty but Ryan was so happy. After his bath he was calling again for Neil. Our routine is I give Ry a bath, Neil preps the milk for bed. I told him again it's just the two of us and to keep being nice to mom. He nods and asks for his milk.
I gave him a bottle of milk and took a shower. I get out of the shower to him crying. I go in and his diaper leaked pee so he is cold. I get him on the change table and I ask him if he would like a new night shirt. "yes mama" we do that...
"ryan would you like some pants for your cold legs?"
"yes mama"
"Okay buddy we can do that. After we get dressed we can say hi to cars."1
I open the blinds in his room and we look out the window and Ryan right away "Mama a bus".
I go over there and say "Lets wave at the people on the bus Ry."
Ryan comes back with "hi people, lots of people on the bus mama, lots."
We do into the livingroom he begs for a box of raisins. As I sit down with my computer to check email he is eating raisins at his table looking out the window.
I say, "Hey Ryan, that is the only box you get today, THATS IT for raisins, yes?"
He looks right at me nodding "thats it mama, thats it."
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I don't know how it is, but I can breathe easily when there are rooms for extreme people.
Extremity is an art, and requires a certain level of intellect. I really enjoy a conversation when there is somebody in the party who has eccentric views on, for example, the second law of thermodynamics, or the collapse of wave function in quantum mechanics.
Most scientists take a mild attitude towards these venerable enigmas, saying that as far as they can calculate things for all practical purposes (FAPP), they don't care. Those conservative people, although they are certainly the main stream in the academics, do not really interest me. Because they don't make the air lighter.
Being an extremist is not easy nowadays, when the society becomes increasingly practical. It is well advised to keep a sensible day job, while you maintain the extremist's activities at night.
It fills me with indescribable joys to think that there are still extremists around.


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08 October 2012
Great place to stay
Joyce Scobie, Auchterarder
Lovely beach, nice shops, fairly good restaurants. Many places close in June - I don't know whether these are permanent or not.
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14 July 2013
lively place with beautiful beach
Magdalena Fras, Niepolomice
very nice place, seems to be a mecca for tourists from netherlands and belgium, but there is also lot of british and irish tourists. the beach is very long and wide and offers lot of amenities. the most important thing for us was sand, and you will get it in lestartit. place is about an hour drive from the girona airport and the taxi will cost aprox 80euro easch way to get here.
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10 May 2011
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good shops and supermarkets near to hand nice long beach
The best thing about my stay was ...
the river ter
08 October 2011
A Central Location on the Costa Brava
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We visited L'Estartit during the first week in October, not realising that the season in this part of the world ends in mid-September so many of the restaurants/bars etc were already closed down for the winter. However the ones which were still open were very friendly and welcoming and the resort itself is well placed for touring the northern part of the area.
The best thing about my stay was ...
The Cal Tet Hotel where we stayed!!
17 June 2012
nice family resort
June Gray, Newcastle upon Tyne
Lovelly resort,nice and quiet, no rowdy youngsters. Lots of nice restaurants and bars. Numerous supermarkets,which all have a wonderful bakery. The beach is kept really clean, and the sea is shallow for quite a way out.
The best thing about my stay was ...
The lovelly restaurants
25 September 2011
Joyce Scobie, Blackford
L'Estartit is a lovely little town with a great beach and lots of nice shops and restaurants, although with so many people self catering you would expect the restaurants to be busy at night but this is not the case - at least in September.
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Capcom shocked the gaming industry in September 2001 when it announced that the Resident Evil franchise would be exclusive to GameCube. The most impressive portion of the announcement was the unveiling of the Resident Evil remake, which was barely recognizable from its former PlayStation form with highly detailed visuals. In the midst of all this the status of Resident Evil 0 was completely unknown. With the completion of the Resident Evil remake and the passing of time we know a good deal more about the prequel.
Originally an N64 title, Resident Evil 0 was one of the first announced GameCube titles. Capcom decided to ditch its efforts programming for the flailing N64 userbase when Nintendo had the sleek "Project Dolphin", now officially called GameCube, underway. So it began porting the title to GameCube, but it wasn't long before renowned RE director Shinji Mikami began work on an exclusive remake of the original Resident Evil. He sent his team to work on the system and the results were breathtaking. As we've seen the Resident Evil remake offers up truly eye-popping visuals and unparalleled art design, creating a remarkably believable world by blending pre-rendered backgrounds with real-time characters, particle effects, lighting, and more. When the Resident Evil 0 team saw what Mikami was up to it decided that it had to repeat the same feats if it hoped to impress gamers when it released months after the remake. So, while RE0 has been in development for many years, the team has had to spend a lot of time keeping up with the ever-changing world of technology.
Much of the storyline and gameplay was already in place on the N64, which we experienced hands-on as long ago as the 2000 Electronic Entertainment Expo. Along with the few details that have been released we have a good idea of what kind of gameplay Resident Evil 0 will deliver. The title prequels the story of RE and follows the exploits of characters Rebecca Chambers and newcomer, ex-Navy Seal Billy Cohen, as they adventure through a zombie-infested speeding train and explore the areas surrounding it.
For this much RE0 is as expected, but Capcom has a few tricks up its sleeve. To add a whole new gameplay dynamic, the enables gamers to switch between the two characters at certain points, using their strengths and observing their weaknesses to complete specific puzzles and move forward. Imagine controlling Rebecca on one end of the train, pulling a switch that time-unlocks a room filled with angry zombies, and then having to direct Billy through the fuming masses to pull yet another switch before time runs out and the door closes shut. A purely speculative situation, but you can see some definite room for tense, heart-pounding situations. The first screenshots of the title actually show Rebecca and Billy in the same room. It's likely that when the two are in the same frame one of them will be computer controlled. However, all of these details are being kept behind closed doors.
Another new addition to the series comes in the form of the ability to drop items. This is a significant change from the past Resident Evils, which forced you to store all of your items in a magical chest that could be found at every save point. Now when you need to pick up an item and your pockets and holsters are full, you'll be able to drop the item of your choosing and come back for it later. It's a pleasant thought to be rid of those wicked magical chests, but on that same accord if you drop a case of shotgun ammo in a room full of zombies you'll be wishing it were in the same safe room as the former chests. This of course raises the question about how dropping items will work in combination with character switches. Can you, as Rebecca, drop a loaded shotgun on the floor, take control of Billy, pick up the shotgun and then go attack that pack of zombies knowing you have a better chance of survival because Billy is healthier and/or stronger? We're not sure yet, but any step in that direction will make for an entirely different Resident Evil experience.
We expect RE0 to feature the same digital control that it always has; namely, because the N64 version of it utilized the D-pad and saw no advances in analog control. Don't get us wrong. We'd love to be proven otherwise, but this is one feature that Resident Evil has been stubborn to take advantage of to date. At best, we gather it will support the brand new "Type C" control seen in the remake which has gamers walking and running with the analog R-trigger and steering with the analog stick.
Graphics and Technology
Resident Evil 0 will draw on similar technology to that featured in the GameCube remake of the original Resident Evil. Instead of a fully real-time 3D world it will use the combination of stunning pre-rendered backgrounds, complimented by layers of FMV animations, and real-time visuals including character models, particle effects, lighting, and shadows. The end result is said to be "just as pretty as Resident Evil, if not more so," according to sources who have witnessed the game in action. One scene described to us featured Rebecca Chambers struggling atop a speeding train. The locomotive was an FMV animation, beautifully animated, with a sheet of real-time water raining atop it as it sped by detailed backgrounds. All of this was brought to life with real-time lights and shadows, and of course a group of ugly zombies to boot, allegedly.
First screens of the title, while not high-res and scans from Famitsu magazine, seem to be in line with that statement. While we've yet to see if there are as many full-motion video animations, such numerous layers of trees and mist in Resident Evil, it appears to be spot-on in design. There's real-time lighting that sends Rebecca and Billy's shadows casting dynamically across the train and colorful lighting techniques often used to help set the mood. One scene outside the train demonstrates a downpour of rain in front of a real-time light and you can almost see each individual raindrop glow as it falls in front of the illumination.
With any luck, Resident Evil 0 will indeed be every bit as beautiful as Resident Evil and more. And, we're crossing our fingers for progressive scan HDTV support this time, as Capcom neglected to support the feature for the remake.
Resident Evil 0 promises to be one of the most talked about titles when it releases in Japan later this year and shortly after in the US around October. It's perfect timing for the release because gamers that enjoyed the remake will no doubt be ready with wallets in hand for this all-new prequel. If it stands up to RE in visuals and sound design it may in fact be the better game with the new gameplay dynamics including switching characters and dropping items. Additionally, this setup leaves room for some sort of two-player co-op mode, which woudl greatly up the replay value, but we're not counting on anything.
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The mother of a young girl left fighting for her life after a horror crash at Lindisfarne roundabout is urging people to attend the consultation.
Lisa and Chris Bootes' six-year-old daughter Jessica, who was just four at the time, spent 11 days in a coma after a five-car collision on the A194 in Jarrow in March 2014.
Read more: Could this be the answer to traffic hell at blackspot roundabout?
Jessica had to have the left side of her skull removed, suffered paralysis down the right side of her body and the loss of speech after her face smashed into the front passenger seat.
The accident happened after taxi driver Amir Azad had smashed into the back of the Bootes' Volkswagen Polo while they were stopped at traffic lights on the A194 Leam Lane, near the Lindisfarne roundabout.
Azad had his Hackney Carriage and private hire licence revoked by South Tyneside Council after he admitted a careless driving charge at court.
Mum Lisa Bootes, 33, from Harton, South Shields, said: "I would like to see all the proposals put in place as soon as possible. Anything to stop future accidents on this stretch of road, but I understand the council does have budgets to consider and things take time.
"I will be popping along to the consultation to have my say and I hope others do the same.
"You never know, someone might have an even better idea than the council on how to fix this problem, so as many people as possible should go along."


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Red Faction: Armageddon: They Blew It Up!
I'll admit it. I was angry at Volition. I was angry that they had taken Red Faction: Guerrilla, a game that I considered brilliant, if flawed, and they turned it into a generic story driven corridor shooter. You may have been angry at them too, and you know what? That's OK. You can be angry. However, half way in to Red Faction: Armageddon, I realized something that made me feel a lot better: Red Faction: Armageddon is NOT a sequel to Red Faction: Guerrilla.
Oh sure, it takes place in the same universe, on the same planet even, and it follows the events of Red Faction: Guerrilla into the further future. It even features some of the same gameplay elements, such as physics driven destructible environments. Even so, this is not a sequel. Rather, it is another game in the Red Faction franchise. As Red Faction Guerrilla was to Red Faction 1 and 2, so Armageddon is to Guerrilla. As such, I am not going to review this game for what it isn't. Rather, I am going to review it for what it is: a different, if also flawed, direction to take the Red Faction franchise.
First and foremost, let's address the story. You play as Darius Mason, the grandson of the hero of Red Faction: Guerrilla. Ole' Darius is just hanging out on Mars, serving in the Red Faction military, when all of a sudden cultists attack the terraformer. Well, don't you know it, you fuck up, and the entire population of Mars goes underground. But wait, there's more. A few missions later, you fuck up again and release a plague of bug-like aliens on the already bedraggled populous. Darius just can't do anything right.
So there's your set up. Mars, cultists, terraformer, tunnels, aliens, shooting. Not exactly high-brow narrative, but then again this is a Syfy Games production. Frankly, the Syfy branding is appropriate, as the story itself and in particular the dialogue is pretty awful. We are talking obvious, trite and cringe-worthy awful. A Saturday morning cartoon in the early 1990's awful. Case in point: man says to computerized companion "This guy is a real pain in my ass." Computer companion says "I detect no damage in the glutial region." This is what we are dealing with folks.
The story itself goes next to nowhere. Oh sure, Darius himself is propelled all over Mars, but the reasons are never really given much thought, other than his little arm-computer tells him that's where to go next to either save the world, or not die. There is a big bad, but that aspect of the story, like many others, peters out without much explanation, and the game just keeps on going.
Man, does that story keep going. Red Faction: Armageddon has two beginnings, and at least three sequential endings, much like Return of the King, but not at all like Return of the King.
Of course, let's be fair. Red Faction: Guerrilla wasn't exactly winning any awards for it's compelling and thoughtful narrative. What made that game great was it's gameplay. So, how does Armageddon fare?
The answer, dear reader, is "Generally, pretty good." The game retains the high level of environmental destructibility that Red Faction: Guerrilla introduced, and marries it to a much more refined combat system.
Let's be clear about this: the minute to minute gameplay in Red Faction: Armageddon is far superior to Guerrilla. The game controls well, shooting and aiming feel good, everything plays at it should. The game looks great (I played it on PC, so your mileage may vary on PS3 and 360), and not once in the entire 9 hour experience did I find anything broken. There aren't many games these days that I can say that about. While the dialogue is laughably derivative, the voice-overs are well acted, and the music was inoffensive. I am not going to be getting a Red Faction: Armageddon sound track or anything, but I didn't turn the music off either, so I figure it's a net positive.
The general style of the game (both in terms of the look of the thing and the gameplay itself) has changed between Guerrilla and Armageddon. In short, Armageddon feels like the Red Faction team tried to make Dead Space. You travel down dark and moody corridors, a radio buzzing in your ear, and then all of a sudden you are swamped by a variety of horrific aliens, many of whom look like they have knives for arms. You use a variety of weapons, as well as your pseudo-science-meets-magic nano-forge to fight them off. While Armageddon cannot hold a candle to Dead Space in many respects, it distinguishes itself as you would expect a Red Faction game to: in the destructibility.
The destructibility, frankly, is a lot of fun. While Guerilla allowed you to approach broader situations in a variety of ways, Armageddon brings that macro-level strategic thinking down to Mars, and finds good and creative ways to make environmental destruction a strategic part of the combat.
There are problems, however. The game starts off slow. Very slow. You will play through the same sorts of environments, shooting at largely the same sorts of things with the same guns for about the first 3-4 hours of the game. After this point, the game picks up nicely and treats you to a variety of fun vehicle sequences, and generally varies up the gameplay to keep the player engaged. The player will find himself in several mechs, giant robot walkers, and even a Descent-style aircraft. These portions of the game are fun, but a bit too easy. They feel as if the developer wanted to reward the player for playing with a big of god-mode destruction. Mostly you will just point at the thing you want to blow up, and pull a trigger, without much thought of dodging enemy fire or prioritizing. Even so, they are fun, so a lack of difficulty in these vehicle segments is not at all a deal breaker.
However, nothing gold can stay: towards the end, the game largely abandons the entire premise of creative destructibility and just throws hordes of aliens at you. This wouldn't be so bad, if it were not for the aforementioned length of the game. You spend most of the game either in the slow beginning, or the tedious-too long end, and only get about 3 hours of real quality gameplay in between. For a 9 hour game, that's a significant problem.
Also, for a game that trades on the concept of destructibility, the guns just never felt right to me. Even at the highest level, with all the relevant upgrades, it took too many hits to bring down buildings, and FAR too many hits to bring down some of the later-game enemies. The game also introduces you to a variety of new weapons as you play through it, but frankly, most of them are worthless. If you are anything like me, you will end up sticking with your four mainstays for pretty much all of the game.
Final Thoughts: So, at the end of the day, what are we left with? Red Faction: Armageddon is a structurally competent shooter with a few neat gameplay hooks and some significant problems. As such, it makes it difficult to recommend the game to the general gaming public. If you don't mind a bad story, aren't expecting the "physics playground for terrorists" that was Red Faction: Guerrilla, and just want to mindlessly blast bugs and blow up platforms for nine hours, then Armageddon may be just the game for you. If this accurately describes your tastes, may I also suggest the new Transformers movie? You go ahead and enjoy that. I'll just be here silently hoping for a Red Faction Guerrilla 2.


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Hedge funds of funds are back, but this time with a few twists
Consultants and money managers are seeing a resurgence in interest for hedge fund-of-funds allocations across continental Europe and North America, but with a repositioning or enhancement of relationships.
Unlike previous surges of interest, sources said there are new motivations for searches, new demands from clients and different structures in place.
"They've been declared dead many times," said Toby Goodworth, London-based managing director, head of risk and diversifying strategies at consultant bfinance. "I started out in hedge funds in 2004 and I've seen it evolve quite significantly over that time."
Mr. Goodworth said over the past 12 months, there has been a "very substantial increase" in hedge fund-of-funds searches through Europe and North America, vs. the previous year. He declined to release exact numbers but said searches are more than 50% higher.
Consolidation and turnover in the market is a big driver, he said. "The fund-of-hedge-funds landscape has changed markedly the last few years with the closure of some smaller firms and mergers of smaller and midsized firms. Investors respond to that and in some cases may decide to re-tender."
Assets under management in commingled and customized fund-of-funds were largely flat at $414 billion as of June 30, 2017, vs. $416 billion a year earlier, according to Pensions & Investments' 2017 survey. Further, 61% of the managers reported growth in assets for the year ended June 30, 2017, with 29% reporting a decline. However, the number of hedge fund-of-funds managers that responded to the survey fell to 31 from 44 the year before.
Michael Turner, CEO at London-based Man FRM, said of the current period: "I would go so far to say (it is) maybe the busiest I can remember."
Mr. Turner said the firm, which had $17.5 billion in assets under management as of March 31 — up 20% year-on-year — is seeing less demand for the traditional commingled-type strategies of a decade ago, but there is "increasing demand for bespoke solutions for clients."
Requests range from tailoring an allocation to a specific requirement to building a managed account platform for an investor, he said. "We see a growing demand for our services, and it really is very much more focused on how can we help clients as opposed to taking something off the shelf."
Mr. Turner added that this surge in interest is global.
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One new angle to searches is the incorporation of alternative risk premiums, bfinance's Mr. Goodworth said.
Man FRM also is seeing demand for the incorporation of risk premiums, with a number of allocations mixing the approach with more traditional funds-of-funds investments. Executives started doing so in 2013, with a view that the risk utilization of portfolios could be increased without attracting higher fees or damaging liquidity. Executives initially made use of sister unit Man AHL's macro quantitative research capabilities to help build strategies, and after the 2014 acquisition by Man Group of quantitative firm Numeric Holdings LLC, now Man Numeric, built out equity quant strategies too.
"We have been allocating to in-house risk premia strategies since January 2014 … and we are seeing clients want and like what risk premia brings, and also (want the) alpha of traditional hedge funds. We have a number of mandates in progress on that front," Mr. Turner added.
Diversification also is a draw for investors looking at hedge funds of funds. "In general I would say we have always continued to see demand for fund of funds," said Patrick Ghali, managing partner, co-founder at Sussex Partners in London.
"What has changed is that investors have become more discerning," he added. "For more plain-vanilla strategies, many have decided to go the single-manager route instead. But for niche strategies or geographically focused investments, investors are often still interested in using a FoF to get a more diversified exposure as it often makes sense to minimize risks" such as operational or strategy-specific risks. "Where a (fund of funds) is offering no discernible differentiation and middling returns, demand has fallen away sharply. But where a clear value-add can be shown, interest continues to be robust," Mr. Ghali said.
Jeffrey A. Levi, principal at Casey Quirk, a practice of Deloitte Consulting, in Darien, Conn., sees another change among hedge fund-of-funds firms and their relationships with clients.
He said hedge fund-of-funds returns have been strong over recent years, but flows had been largely moderate to negative. "We have seen a slowdown in outflows — I wouldn't say we are seeing a big resurgence in that category, but a tempering of redemptions."
But what he has seen is a repositioning of offerings from hedge funds of funds and also private equity funds of funds.
"Managers are increasing the amount of advice they are delivering on a product, so more of a consultative delivery, with more bespoke offerings for the larger clients and more customer tailoring," he said. "Increasingly a lot of these fund of funds are competing directly with the consultancies, which has been an interesting conversation."
There has also been increased focus on fees, with hedge fund-of-funds structures largely viewed by investors as simply adding another layer of cost.
However, pressure has brought fees down — a study by bfinance published in May 2017 showed quoted hedge fund-of-funds fees for a €25 million ($29.4 million) allocation fell 20% globally for the period January 2015 to March 2017, vs. the period January 2010 to December 2014. The median quoted fee fell to 80 basis points from 100 basis points over that period.
In Europe, "where investors fell out of love with the sector more severely than their counterparts elsewhere," bfinance said in the study, the average quoted fee was down about 30% to 69 basis points for the period.
Borne out of that focus on fees is another type of relationship.
"There has been a shift over the last seven years (from commingled products) toward more managed accounts, fund of ones, and increasingly more advice. Some of that has led to things like multimanager subadvised relationships and efforts to create new, scalable offers, all of which has continued to place downward pressure on fees," Mr. Levi said.
More attractive
Mr. Goodworth of bfinance agreed. "The multimanager hedge funds have made themselves more attractive — we have seen the emergence of funds of subadvisers, so rather than the classic fund-of-hedge-funds setup where one allocates directly to external underlying funds, a subadvisory relationship sees the constituent managers allocated a sleeve of the capital directly," he said.
That means performance fees are netted-off, and in some cases there is also no fund-of-funds fee. "The economics are split between the fund-of-hedge-funds manager and the underlying manager of each of the (allocations). We have seen them making themselves more attractive from an economics point of view and from the ability to accommodate smaller ticket sizes," Mr. Goodworth said.


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Thursday 15 February 2018
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He added that some were cashing in on water selling 5 liters for R20.
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Operation SA's Yaseen Theba announced that in partnership with AWQAF SA, "we are in the final stages of planning to drill 30 boreholes. We are looking at schools, clinics, hospitals and community centres."
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