Capital G is pleased to announce its co-sponsorship of the Bermuda 100-Day Challenge, beginning on Wednesday, January 14th, 2009.

The 100-Day Challenge is Bermuda’s island-wide weight loss contest that invites everyone to live healthier lives for 100 days by eating better and exercising regularly.

Capital G will be supporting two of its staff members: Latia Robinson - Assistant Accountant Treasury & Banking and John Gallo – Vice President Technology Infrastructure, Information Technology (pictured), in their weight loss efforts during The Challenge.

The company will also launch its second annual, company-wide 100-day challenge to include workout sessions, training advice, weekly weigh-ins, group walks, health seminars and more. As an incentive, Capital G will donate one dollar for every pound lost by its employees to the Bermuda Diabetes Foundation and the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital’s Cardiac and Dialysis Units.

Capital G staffers Ms. Robinson and Mr. Gallo aim to shed the most body weight and ultimately become healthier people during their 100 days. They are both prepared for The Challenge video crew to record their personal struggles, monthly weigh-ins and boot camp face-offs. Daily video footage during The Challenge can be seen on ZBM TV9 and on Onion TV, Cablevision Channel 75 January 26 through the third week of May.

All challenge participants will be subject to elimination during the second and third weigh-in sessions at the discretion of the appointed trainers and progress will be monitored constantly. Elimination is subject to both attendance and progress.

At the beginning of The Challenge contestants will receive 12 points each. Missing a ‘face off’ earns a four point deduction, missing a ‘boot camp’ will result in a three point deduction, and missing other training sessions due to illness, vacation, an emergency or free time will result in a one point deduction per missed session. If for any reason a participant loses all 12 points they will be eliminated.

The Challenge Commitment
Candidates must be committed to:

1. Lose 30 – 40lbs during the Challenge January 14 through April 23 2009
2. Follow all challenge rules and regulations -
1. Spend 90 minutes four times per week in The Olympic Club and/or The Sea View gym
2. Attend two mandatory evenings with said team and trainer per week
3. Attend weekly Saturday early morning ‘boot camp’ sessions and/or ‘face offs’
4. Attend interview sessions that will be recorded as and where necessary
3. Have a winning desire to not only lose weight but to become a healthier person

This holiday season, shop Sovereign Jewellers at 13 Reid Street and be dazzled. Shop for fabulous holiday gifts at Sovereign Jewellers and enter our Dazzling Holiday Draw. With each purchase, your name will be entered in our draw. The two grand prizes are a pair of diamond earrings created by our own jeweller (a $2500 value) and a Citizen Platinum man's watch (a $3000 value). Prizes are pictured here. The draw will take place on Monday, December 29th, 2008. You do not need to be present to win.

Sovereign's holiday hours are Monday - Saturday 9am until 6pm, Fridays 9am until 8pm and Sunday, December 21, 1pm until 4pm. Holiday hours run through December 24th.

Sovereign would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone in Bermuda a safe and happy holiday.

The people have spoken! Pizza House was voted Best Pizza in Bermuda in the Bermuda Yellow Pages People's Choice Awards. Well done, Pizza House. We had a great response from our site users and there was a lot of passionate support for several different restaurants, but in the end, Pizza House had the top tally.

October was the first month for the online contest and Pizza was the first category. Did you cast your vote? Jeoma Williams did and she's the first winner of a $500 travel voucher from Meyer-Franklin Travel. Ms. Williams is pictured here (left) receiving her prize from Wendy Morris of Bermuda Yellow Pages. Congratulations to Ms. Williams.

During the entire month of November you're invited to cast your vote in two new categories: Barber Shop and Florist. Tell us who you think is the best and your name will be entered in the BYP People's Choice draw for another $500 travel voucher from Meyer-Franklin Travel! Voting is fun, easy and fast. Simply click here to get started. And remember, you can vote every month but you can only cast one vote a month in each category.

The Bermuda Musical and Dramatic Society's 2008 pantomime, Snow White and the Seven Sisters - In the Land of Snow and Ice, runs December 4 through December 13 at City Hall Theatre. It is another original production by the dynamic writing/musical team of Carol Birch and James Burn who've taken the traditional tale of Snow White and given it a Bermudian flair.

In this fun-filled take on the classic, Snow White thinks her prayers have been answered when her father the King of St George's marries the Ice Queen, maybe now she can finally leave home and marry her prince but everything is not what it seems. The Ice Queen is a jealous woman and she plots to kill Snow White and turn the tropical kingdom to snow and ice. The Dwarves have left due to work permit issues leaving the Seven Sisters to work the diamond mine for that elusive Ice diamond. It's the usual fun for all ages..oh yes it is!

The curtain goes up on evening performances on 7:30. There will be three matinee performances beginning at 3:00 p.m. on December 6, 7 and 13; there will be no evening performance on December 7.

Tickets are $30 and are on sale weekdays through December 3 at the Daylesford Theatre box office from 5:30 - 7:00 p.m. Tickets can also be purchased online at www.boxoffice.bm and at the City Hall box office one hour before each performance. For more information on the Bermuda Musical and Dramatic Society, visit their website at www.bmds.bm.

The 2008 BIFF Kids Film Festival runs October 17-19 at the Tradewinds Auditorium at the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute. The opening night film will show at the Little Theatre in Hamilton. The Festival will showcase 28 top children's films from around the world and 7 films created by students of the BIFF Film Academy Summer Camps.
Tickets are $12.50 and are available online at www.bdatix.bm, and Monday through Saturday at: Transact on Reid St. in Hamilton and at Picture Perfect in Heron Bay Plaza, Southampton. Tickets will also be avaialble at the Little Theatre on Friday, October 17 from 5:30 - 6:30 and from the BIFF ticket desk in the lobby of the BUEI on October 18 and 19 from 9:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m.
The BIFF Kids Film Festival is presented by the Bermuda International Film Festival in partnership with Butterfield Bank.
Stay on top of all BIFF events by signing up for their monthly e-newsletter. Just visit their website www.biff.bm and click on "Join Our Mailing List".

Tickets are on sale now for the Reel World Weekend, the Bermuda International Film Festival fundraiser featuring three days of music, dance, fine food and wine.

The event kicks off on Friday October 10 with Colours of Tango at the Mid-Ocean Amphitheatre at Fairmont Southampton Hotel featuring the acclaimed Tango Y Mas Dance Company, continues on Saturday October 11 with a South African Jol (Party) at the home of Dame Pamela and Andrew Banks where South African violin virtuoso Mr. Samson Diamond will perform, and wraps up with a Gospel Concert at Fairmont Southampton on Sunday October 12 featuring Odetta and Bermuda’s Hamilton Seventh Day Adventist Mass Choir.

The fundraiser will also feature an auction to raise funds for BIFF’s education programmes. The auction includes film memorabilia, visits to film sets, original artwork, stays in countries such as Argentina, South Africa, Italy, France, the United Kingdom and United States – and much, much more. Auction bidders can make their bids at the weekend events, or online during the week leading up to the weekend.
Tickets may be purchased at www.bdatix.bm. For more information about Reel World Weekend, see www.reelworldweekend.bm.

On October 11th and 12th, the first-ever Bermuda Festival of Sail will bring added fun and family entertainment to the finals weekend of the King Edward VII Gold Cup. The new event is presented by Argo Group and supported by volunteer help from the Big Brothers & Big Sisters of Bermuda and the Bermuda Sailing Association.

The Festival of Sail will be held against the backdrop of Bermuda’s most prestigious international sailing event, the King Edward VII Gold Cup presented by Argo Group. Families and visitors coming to the Hamilton waterfront will be treated to some of the world’s best match race sailing. This is Stage 8 of the World Match Race Tour Championship. The Festival of Sail will take place in Barr’s Park, adjacent to the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club. Admission is Free.

During the entire Gold Cup week and the Festival of Sail, the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club will be open to the general public. RBYC and Argo Group invite the people of Bermuda and visitors to the islands to enjoy the club facilities and the festival and to witness the world’s top match racing Skippers sailing for the Gold Cup.

As a family fun event with a pirate and nautical theme, the Festival of Sail is open for all. Families with children and young adults are invited to take part in activities celebrating boating and the sea. Activities throughout the day include sea shanty performances, nautical photo stations, a fun castle, face painting, boat rides, a boat show, a Bermuda Sailing Association information station, pirate appearances,historical sailors highlights, live music and Gold Cup Match Race commentary for Saturday and Sunday’s competition.

For a special attraction, Spirit of Bermuda will be at RBYC and the Festival of Sail from 1pm-4pm both Saturday and Sunday, sponsored by Bermuda Container Line. Young adults who have trained aboard the sloop will be on board to show guests around and answer questions about their own experiences. The Tall Ships Bermuda 2009 committee will be on board to promote their 2009 event, recruit volunteers sign up young Bermudians who want to take part in any leg of the Vigo-Tenerife-Bermuda-Charleston-Boston-Halifax-Belfast race.

In the 2008 Gold Cup, Frenchman Mathieu Richard will be back in Bermuda to defend his title in the 101st year of sailing for the spectacular golden trophy. In 2007, Richard defeated Bjorn Hansen of Sweden 2-0 in the finals to take the gold. Hansen will also return hoping to unseat the reigning champion. Great Britain’s Ian Williams, winner of the 2006 Gold Cup, will be on hand, too, sailing hard to regain his championship form in the Bermuda classic.

The Royal Bermuda Yacht Club Commodore Ralph Richardson notes that, “the goal of the Bermuda Festival of Sail is to introduce the joy of sailing to the youth of Bermuda and to their parents as well.

For further detail on the Festival of Sail or King Edward VII Gold Cup, contact:

Festival of Sail- Starla Williams, Mobile +1 441-335-4351 • Direct +1 441-292-9741
King Edward VII Gold Cup- Talbot Wilson, Mobile +1 850-217-7138 • Direct +1 850-432-8170
Argo Group - Wendy Davis-Johnson, Mobile +1 441-300-3719 • Direct +1 441-278-3719

Looking for countertop? Take advantage of the sale on now at BBS Enterprises. In-stock Zodiaq quartz® countertop is on sale through the end of August. Quantities are limited so shop early to avoid disappointment. Zodiaq quartz, a DuPont product, combines the strength and beauty of natural quartz with advanced technology for a product that is as durable as it is dramatic.

In addition to Zodiaq quartz®, BBS can also supply and install Corian® and granite countertops. BBS is currently located within the Southside Industrial Park in St. David’s but are scheduled to move to Unit # 28A Wallers Point Road, Southside on September 1st. Visit them before the move and take advantage of the sale, or visit their new location for all of your countertop needs.

If you’re not familiar with Southside and require more detailed directions, please give BBS a call at 292-3022.

Award of Excellence

• Clothing & Accessories

Category Gold Awards

• Best Kitchenware
• Best Lingerie
• Best Business Attire
• Best Men’s Underwear
• Best Cosmetics – MAC Cosmetics

As appeared in the Bermudian Magazine July issue:

Some say that constant change lies at the heart of successful retailing. Certainly Gibbons Company, the last true department store in Bermuda, appears to have embraced that belief with continual renovations, progressive marketing and exciting merchandise, and those efforts have helped Gibbons Company earn the Award of Excellence this year in Clothing & Accessories.

In department after department, the store is brimming with the latest fashions, homewares and accessories to suit all seasons, sizes and styles. From sexy lingerie to men’s underwear, from ties to women’s business attire, from kitchenware to cosmetics – Gibbons Company carries all of this year’s award-winning styles.

What began as the Woman’s Shop in 1923 and became Gibbons Company in 1987, has evolved into the biggest department store on the island. With CEO and Merchandising Manager Paula Clarke leading the way, the store offers three floors – about 33,000 square feet from Reid Street to Church Street – of everything your household might need and a few things you might just want. Of course there are also the NINE WEST, Twenty 5 Reid, MAC Cosmetics stores and The Perfume Shop in Dockyard that make up the Gibbons fashion and accessories group.

This fall, all departments at Gibbons Company will offer complete online shopping – a first for Bermuda. Perfumes and Gift Cards are already available at www.gibbons.bm. This innovative department store consistently endeavours to provide their customers with the best of everything, from the essential to the distinctive – a point not missed by our judges.

Capital G Bank is pleased to announce its “No ATM Fee” initiative. Holders of the Capital G debit card can withdraw cash at any ATM in Bermuda, or anywhere in the world, without paying a fee. No other debit card issued in Bermuda offers this benefit.

The account holder’s debit card and related account will not be charged a fee for any withdrawals, deposits or transfers. Typically, consumers are charged anywhere from $2.50 - $3.50 when using their debit card at another bank’s ATM. In Capital G’s case, any fee charged will be reimbursed by the 2nd business day of the following month. So no matter who owns the ATM, Capital G Debit Card holders can use it free of charge.

John Kephart, President and CEO of Capital G Bank said, “The No ATM Fee initiative will be beneficial to customers who like and need to withdraw cash, but don’t want the extra fees. This programme also allows our customers to access an expanded ATM network. They can swipe their debit cards at any ATM and Capital G will not charge a fee on their account.”

Customers should note that Foreign Exchange Rates and Foreign Currency Purchase Tax (F.C.P.T.) apply when using the Capital G Debit Card internationally, including foreign Internet-based companies. The F.C.P.T. is not included as part of the “No ATM Fee” programme and related credits to customer accounts.

In February, Capital G also launched its first ATM location outside of Hamilton at the Raynor’s Shell Service Station in Southampton. This ATM will also offer Capital G Bank customers fee-free deposits and withdrawals without having to travel into Hamilton.

Capital G Bank is a full service bank providing integrated wealth management services in banking, investments and trusts. Capital G Bank is located at 19 Reid Street in Hamilton. For more information, call 296-6969 or visit capital-g.com.