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File a motion in a divorce case by Notice of Motion. This type of motion usually consists of three sets of papers:
the Notice of Motion, which is filed by the moving party (the party making the motion)
the Affirmation in Opposition, which is filed by the opposing party
the Reply, which is filed by the moving party
Include the following information when preparing the Notice of Motion, as a general rule:
the caption or statement of the case, the court where the motion will be made, the date and time of the motion, and what the motion seeks
the filing party's sworn statement (or affidavit) of the facts of why the motion is necessary or required
the attorney's affirmation or statement of the case
exhibits, if any, to support the motion
File a Notice of Motion with at least eight days' notice. Add five days if the motion is served by mail.
Next, the opposing party prepares an Affirmation in Opposition, a set of papers that includes the opposing party's sworn statement or affidavit, the attorney's affirmation, and exhibits, if relevant.
The final step in filing a Notice of Motion is for the moving party to file a reply to the opposing party's affirmation.
Another option for filing a motion in a divorce case is to file a motion by Order to Show Cause. The Notice of Motion and the Order to Show Cause are similar; however, the Order to Show Cause can be presented to the court before it is served to the opposing party.
An Order to Show Cause is used when the filing party wants to speak to the court without the opposing party present. Use an Order to Show Cause when timing is important such as in judgments related to temporary child support or temporary maintenance.
This type of order usually consists of two sets of papers:
- the Order to Show Cause, filed by the moving party
- the Affirmation by the opposing party, filed by the opposing party
Prepare and file an Order to Show Cause motion in a divorce case includes the following:
the Order to Show Cause, and in this motion, the court will set the return date
the filing party's sworn statement (affidavit) providing the facts of why the motion is required
the attorney's affirmation in support of the motion
if relevant, exhibits to support the motion
Wait for a decision. After the papers are filed, either a Notice of Motion or an Order to Show Cause, the court will generally make a decision, and issue an order responding to the motion. Sometimes the court will require oral arguments, but often courts will decide the motion based solely on the papers that are filed.
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Friday's leadership was provided by Oil Services with drillers pacing the way (RIG, DO, ATW...) Some refiners also moved higher (FTO). Watch for this sector to move into its base for a retest of the August highs in the coming days.
Biotechs and healthcare also saw strength on Friday. Testing August highs - needs to consolidate before breaking out.
Semis are a drag on the NASDAQ and the markets in general. Need to see something positive price action in this group soon.
Best trade on Friday was RIG breakout. RIG was HCPG pick which generated three trades for me. The first on Thursday was a target trade to the daily spot following a bullish flag pattern. The second was the planned BO at the daily spot $56.00. The third was a short on the third test of the round $ level $60.00 on 1 minute chart.
CMG flagging on the daily (thanks to Trader Rick for spotting this one). Also flagging are TCK, BVF, BWLD.


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Your baby's ninth month is full of growth and experimentation. Whereas he once needed you to do everything for him, he is now learning to explore places and things on his own. Along with his physical abilities and his sense of curiosity, his diet is also beginning to change.
Baby's Development at 9 Months
At 9 months, your baby's physical development is really starting to blossom. She should be able to support herself while sitting up, and she should also be starting to crawl. She may even be able to pull herself up to stand and cruise around while holding onto furniture. Her motor skills are also beginning to develop, as she can clap her hands and bang toys together. By this point, she should also be able to sleep through the night.
Regular Feedings
Though your baby is growing at a rapid rate, his regular feedings of breastmilk or formula are the staples of his diet. Your baby should still be having 16-24 ounces worth of these feedings, which occur four or five times per day. Since he's sleeping through the night by now, he doesn't need to be woken up for a nighttime feedng.
Solid Foods
If you haven't started your baby on table foods yet, you can do so when she's 9 months old. She's probably used to eating runny cereal and strained fruits and vegetables, so chewing pieces of actual food might not come easily to her. However, she's capable of mastering this technique, even if she doesn't have any teeth yet. Eating table foods will also help her to build up her dexterity, as picking up foods and putting them in her mouth helps her to practice her developing motor skills.
Types of Food
Since most of your baby's nutritional needs are met with his regular feedings of breastmilk and formula, you can experiment with table foods to see what he likes. However, you'll want to stick with basic foods without a lot of seasoning that are soft enough for him to chew. You can give him foods like pasta and lean meats, along with the solid versions of the fruits and vegetables he already loves. These meals can be served with water or diluted fruit juice.
What's Next
Once your baby masters table foods, she's almost done advancing through the baby food stages. All that's left is for her to start on whole milk, which occurs when she's about a year old. When that's done, she's essentially eating the same foods as she will for the rest of her life, albeit in a much smaller and chewier form.


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Aeromodelling as Science
Experiment with Designing and Building of Aircraft Models
For the more enthusiastic and passionate young scientists, they are given opportunities to experiment with designing and building aircraft models in different shapes and engine configurations to validate its flight functions and applications. Students will participate in the Singapore Amazing Flying Machine Competition to demonstrate their understanding on the principle of flight, their creativity in aircraft design and construction, and their skills in flying the aircraft models.
Upcoming science competitions
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We believe passionately that ideas have the power to transform people and the social institutions they belong to. So we are building a library of ideas on various topics of transformation, so that many people from iconoclastic teachers to reclusive practitioners to well known leaders can share their hard earned lessons – in the form of free knowledge – so the world can benefit from it.
The fundamental questions we are asking through this project are:
What if… Transformational teachings were shared as gifts, rather than traded for money?
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What started as a means to bring what we had learnt so far out to the world at large, has since become way larger than us. The project has brought us in contact and collaboration with many people, some well known and some well kept in secret.
This site makes the best talks, conversations and interactions with leading edge thinkers / practitioners in the world of "personal and social transformation" available to the public for free. More than 50 talks have already been made available on out site, and one is being added every week. These audio productions are released under the Creative Commons License, so that they can be freely shared and re-posted, as long as no change has been made to the original material.


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If you�re an �American Idol� fanatic or if you just love some live music, Charlotte�s got a concert for you.
The American Idol Live! Tour comes to the Time Warner Cable Arena at 7:30 p.m. Aug. 8, bringing with it season 12�s top 11 finalists, including winner Candice Glover. The idols will recreate memorable moments from the show as well as perform new numbers.
Tickets from ticketmaster.com start at $45.30. Season 13 starts in January on Fox.
Here are some fun facts about the �Idol� finalists on the tour:
Candice Glover, 23 (season 12 winner)
The best ever?After singing The Cure�s �Love Song,� Glover received a standing ovation and broke down in tears. Judge Randy Jackson said it was one of �Idol�s� best performances ever, maybe even the best on any talent show ever. Her debut album, �Music Speaks,� will be released in October.
Kree Harrison, 23 (runner up)
Welcome to the Opry:Harrison made her debut at the Grand Ole Opry in June, accompanied by �Idol� judge Keith Urban. Her first radio single is "All Cried Out."
Angie Miller, 19 (third place)
Piano woman:Miller performed her own song, "You Set Me Free," on the piano during the season�s final Hollywood round and also played piano on the top 7 episode. Some say she resembles Miley Cyrus. Her first single is �You Set Me Free.�
Amber Holcomb, 19 (fourth place)
Shoe shopper extraordinaire:In a USA Today interview, Holcomb said she spent all of her spare time during �American Idol� shopping for shoes. She had to borrow a suitcase from contestant Kree Harrisonto be able to get those purchases and her many pairs from Idol filming home.
Janelle Arthur, 23 (fifth place)
Third time�s a charm:Arthur made it to the group round of �Idol� auditions in the 10th season, and then to the Las Vegas round in season 11. But this year, she went all the way to the top 5. Arthur thinks of her sound as a mix of Patsy Cline, Dolly Parton and Jewel, she told Billboard.
Lazaro Arbos, 22 (sixth place)
Let�s talk:Arbos speaks with a stutter, which he developed at age 6, but his stutter disappears when he sings. Before "Idol," he worked at Rita�s Italian Ice.
Burnell Taylor, 20 (seventh place)
Biggest loser: Taylor lost 40 pounds while on �Idol.� In a Billboard article, he said he did it through �power and the treadmill. That's the only thing I did. And I just did it, you know, for 90 minutes, two times a day �cause I was very dedicated, determined that I was going to lose it.�
Devin Velez, 19 (eighth place)
From Starbucks to Hollywood:Velez was a high school student working at Starbucks when he made it onto �American Idol.� He had also auditioned for �The Voice� and �The X Factor� but didn�t make the cut.
Paul Jolley, 23 (ninth place)
Talent show pro:Jolley has been the opening act for several country stars, including Tammy Cochran, Roy Clark and Chely Wright, and he has won more than 100 talent contests throughout his life.
Curtis Finch Jr., 24 (10th place)
Star support:When Finch got the boot after singing R. Kelly�s �I Believe I Can Fly,� judge Nicki Minaj was so upset that she threatened to walk off the show. The audience chanted �save, save, save,� but it wasn�t enough to keep the contestant from going home � and Minaj stayed put after all.
Aubrey Cleland, 20 (11th place)
Back by popular demand:Cleland became the 11th finalist when she was brought back through the �Fan Save� vote, which allowed her to join the �Idol� tour.
Sources: AmericanIdol.com, Wikipedia.com, Billboard.com, Rollingstone.com, wetpaint.com


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"Perfectmatch.com®, a leading online dating and relationship service, is the best approach for adults seeking successful, lasting relationships. It is the only online dating and relationship service to offer the Duet® Total Compatibility System (Duet®), co-developed by renowned relationship expert Dr. Pepper Schwartz (Dr. Schwartz). Based on over 35 years of research, Duet® analyzes the 'whole person', taking into account each member's Personality, Values and Ideals, Life and Lovestyle, Preferences and their Love & Money Assessment to identify and find the person right for them. This unique and proprietary system enables Perfectmatch to provide both the best online capabilities and member experience to those seeking a real love, a relationship or marriage." – Perfectmatch.com (2009)
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If it was not for the RDR rearing its head when it did, it would have been many years since most of us gave any thought to the way in which we learn and retain information. With the average age of advisers currently standing at 58, those that had not actively pursued non-mandatory professional qualifications during their career could have had a gap of around three-and-a-half decades in between exam revision sessions.
Over the past five to 10 years, there has been a real interest in the ways in which people learn and remember information. There are a number of varying theories but the majority of them have the same four learning styles at their core:
- Visual: in which pictures and images would be the most effective way of communicating information.
- Verbal: where words and sounds are the best way to make things stick in the brain.
- Emotional: in that feelings and emotive reactions are the most powerful way in which to express details.
- Physical/kinetic: where a sense of touch and physical expression is the best way to communicate information.
It is rare for someone to only be able to absorb data through one of those styles but people do usually have a dominant preference. If you think back to the last pre-RDR examination you sat, I am sure you will be able to recognise some of these traits in your approach to studying, even if you were unaware of them at the time. Verbal and visual learning are much more common and therefore what I will focus on in this article.
Verbal learners are more likely to benefit from repetition and working with long sections of text. You are likely to see verbal learners pouring over great swathes of text with certain words underlined or highlighted for emphasis. It is probable that mnemonic devices are also going to be more effective for verbal learners than others.
Named after Mnemosyne, the Greek goddess of memory, these devices are most commonly a form of acronym in which easily remembered phrases are used to recall less memorable strings of information: for example, "Richard of York gave battle in vain" to remember the colours of the rainbow (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet).
Visual learners are more likely to use graphs, charts and diagrams to memorise information. They find pictorial information much easier to recall. As a visual learner myself, I often use lists with columns as aide memoires. Given a long sentence or string of words, I will struggle to remember the information exactly. However, if I can picture a number of lists in columns I will find it much easier to recall exactly where each word was on the page and in relation to others to which it is close.
Identifying and catering to your style of learning can be immensely useful, not only in exams you take but also the way in which you undertake the attainment of your structured CPD and even in how you produce reflective statements to make them most valuable to you in the future.
What is more, it can be hugely productive for advisers to understand the way in which your clients take information on board most effectively.
Again leaving aside the physical style of learning (which could be a difficult one to trial with the majority of clients) it should be relatively easy to pick up whether they have a predominantly visual, verbal or emotional brain, simply based on the type of language and behaviour they demonstrate during their interactions with you.
Visual learners will draw you pictures, either literally scribbling down images to explain something to you, with their words or even with their hand gestures and body language. Those with verbal brains are likely to pick up a lot more from conversation, sometimes going back to phrases or terms you used much earlier and the written word. Emotional thinkers may be the easiest of all to spot as they tend to use a lot of emotive language: how they feel, what they believe, and their dreams and aims for the future.
Of course, the way in which we communicate with clients about their financial plans and our recommendations are heavily regulated and templated, which is absolutely the right way in which to ensure there is a consistent level of information given across the industry.
However, when ensuring clients are fully considering all aspects of their financial situation, or understand the decisions they are making and the potential outcomes of those choices, then a firm knowledge of the way in which they are absorbing and processing information can be an invaluable tool.
Tom Hegarty is managing director at New Model Business Academy


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TECH-savvy kids now spend more time online or watching TV than they do at school and should be put on a "media diet'' of two hours a day, paediatricians warned.
Doctors have been advised to start grilling parents about their kids' online habits to prevent obesity, bullying and sexual problems.
Australian paediatricians are backing new guidance issued by the American Academy of Paediatrics, which urges parents to impose a "curfew'' for smartphones, and discourage babies and toddlers from watching any TV.
Australian Medical Association president Steve Hambleton said children were growing obese because they spend too much time sitting in front of screens.
He also warned that kids were watching pornography and violence on smart phones.
"It's disturbing normal sexual development,'' he told News Corp.
"Girls feel they have to act like porn actors and boys think they want to be treated that way.''
Dr Hambleton urged parents to ban TVs and the internet from kids' bedrooms.
The new US guide says the average 8 to 10-year-old spends nearly eight hours a day with media, while teenagers spent up to 11 hours a day online or watching TV.
"Young people now spend more time with media than they do in school,'' it says.
"It is the leading activity for children and teenagers other than sleeping.''
The guide advises GPs to ask parents during kids' health check-ups about how much time their children spend in front of screens, and whether they have a TV, computer, tablet or smart phone in their rooms.
And it suggests kids be placed on a "media diet'' of two hours a day.
The lead author of the American guide, Professor Victor Strasburger, said children should not be allowed to watch the internet alone in their rooms.
He said he could guarantee that if a 14-year-old boy had internet access in his room, "he is looking at pornography''.
"Keep technology out of the bedroom,'' Professor Strasburger told News Corp from New Mexico.
"You cannot control what kids are seeing or how much time they spend online if they are wired in their bedrooms.
"When I was growing up, 'Go to your room' was a punishment but now it's a technological vacation.''
Professor Strasburger said he was concerned about the impact of online porn on teenagers' sexual development.
"Forty years ago the worst thing a 14-year-old could get into was Playboy magazine,'' he said.
"But sex online differs from a magazine, and we do such a poor job of sex education at home and in school that media has filled the gap.''
Professor Strasburger, a US adolescent medicine expert who has worked at the Sydney Children's Hospital, said babies and toddlers exposed to television before the age of two were slower to start speaking.
"They can learn from you as a person, but not from a person on the TV screen,'' he said.
The Paediatric and Child Health Division of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians yesterday backed the new US advice.
Its president-elect, Dr Nicki Murdock, said children were using smart phones to bully other kids, take videos of other children or themselves, and watch pornography.
"Children don't realise they're opening themselves up to regret and threat,'' she said.
"Pornography and inappropriate content is freely available on the internet and some parents are not tech-savvy to block the child's access.
"And when children are using computers or watching TV it means they are not going outside running around and riding their bikes.''
Dr Murdock agreed it would be a "good idea'' for doctors to ask parents about their children's media use during health checks.


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Square-Enix has already told Switch fans that they'll be waiting a long time for Dragon Quest XI on Switch, but at least we know the game is coming. While details are scarce on the project, we do have confirmation that the Switch version is going to use the PS4 verison as a base. Furthermore, Square-Enix confirmed that the NA/EU release of Dragon Quest XI is not going to be censored from the Japanese version. The localization will include all the Japanese cultural references, as well as any/all content that might be considered risque.
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Uses and Value of Persimmon
Forum Responses
From contributor A:
It must be pretty hard and durable. When golf club heads on drivers and fairway woods used to be wood rather than the metal of today, they were often persimmon.
From contributor T:
Hickory might be a decent parallel. Put lots of weight on it because it likes to twist and warp.
From contributor R:
When I was scavenging through eight acres of pecan that had been bulldozed down to burn, a different tree on the ground caught my eye. The wood was very yellow. I cut about a 4 foot piece off the main trunk and later found someone to tell me what it was because I didn't know – and it was persimmon. "You'd better go back and get some more of that," he said. I certainly did. The tree is about 14 inches in diameter and I now have three logs totaling about 16 feet in all.
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Persimmon is very hard to season because of loggerhead worms, knot-release splitting that can go full length of the bole, discoloration, decay, cupping and warping when dried after milling, and of course, checking. The only way to prevent all of the above is to properly cure the wood in log form.
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Sunday, March 21, 2010
Or maybe not. Perhaps it is 286 days?? Or More??
I have just spoken to Virginia and she seems to think that she will not need my help in the foreseeable future. So the big question???? Do I leave or not? Do I see the project through at work? But.... the process is started to find my replacement. This whole thing is messing with my brain. I will have to find out what the position is at work.
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Should a Maker go to a Hackathon?
We invited Tim Lytle of LV Hack (among other things) to share his argument for why a hardware hacker should join an event that is traditionally for software hackers. They're really interested in having more hardware guys around to bring new ideas and make new things possible. There is some fun to be had! -- Josiah
What's a Hackathon?
First things first: A hackathon is an event - generally a few days on a weekend - that brings people together to build interesting things, all the while learning about new technology and sharing experiences. People may 'hack' on something: take a technology, exsisting product, or open source software, and repurpose it into something else, add features, or explore new uses. Other's may 'hack' something together: take various building blocks, APIs, hardware platforms, and create something completely new and unique.
What's a Hacker, and a Hack?
It's probably safe to say that most makers wouldn't raise an eyebrow at those terms - but in case the definition is a bit fuzzy, a hacker is simply someone really good at solving problems and overcoming limits in ways that may not seem obvious to most. Paul Graham has said that a hacker is "someone who can make a computer do what he wants—whether the computer wants to or not." And a hack is the imaginative, clever, and perhaps crafty output of that hacker. "Whether the result is a quick-and-dirty patchwork job or a carefully crafted work of art, you have to admire the cleverness that went into it" is how the Jargon file distils the meaning.
If you think that sounds a little like the software version of a maker - well, you'd be right.
But hacking is not really limited to software, and making is not really limited to just the things we can physically touch - so I'd venture to say that a hacker and a maker are pretty much the same thing.
But Why a Hackathon?
That's a fair question. Whether you're tinkering on a robot (or laser), working on some software project, or building something with a microcontroller - there's weeknights after work, open hack nights at the makerspace, and every other weekend. What makes a weekend hackathon so different?
It's for all those ideas that you're not working on yet. The ones that would take more than just a few nights to test the potential, or that need another set of eyes, a second pair of hands, or a few more heads to really figure out. And even when it's not your idea, it's a great opportunity to see what's bouncing around in someone else's head, and end up making something that inspires your next idea.
The people you meet at a hackathon can become lifelong friends, partners on projects, and even at times the team that takes a hack of an idea, and turns it into something much bigger.
And while traditionally people think of hackathons as a place for software developers, that distinction is becoming less and less true. From software to embedded devices to mechanical engineering - we've seen a variety of hacks at our hackathons over the past few years. And we expect even more variety this time around, as our venue is the Wilbur Powerhouse with a assortment of printers and prototyping tools.
So yes, a maker should definitely go to a hackathon - and fortunately for you, there's one going on in just a few weeks. See you there?


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Local music celebration VanFest is now in its fourth year of showcasing predominantly Northwest artists. Founder/superhuman Van Wolfe began organizing the fest while still attending Tahoma High School! The fest benefits a different charity every year, and this year's beneficiary is the Maple Valley Food Bank. Chicago folk-blues/soul up-and-comer Willis Earl Beal, who recently moved to Washington, shouldn't be missed by those who enjoy gutsy and rough-hewn songwriting. Another highlight is weirdo-folk local superstar Jason Webley, who never disappoints with his deeply rooted Americana storytelling, most recently illuminating the life of Everett pioneer-woman/poet Margaret Rucker—publishing her found scrapbook and compiling a tribute album inspired by her life. Other must-sees include Eastside indie-rock heroes/born-again emo revivalists Special Explosion and futurist hiphop from OCnotes. Bardo:Basho's minimalist experimental beats should also entrance audiences into an eerie bliss, while Richie Dagger's Crime offers some more variety with his quasi-dub poly-rock. For tickets and the full lineup of 36-plus artists, visit vanfest2014.bpt.me. Royal Arch Park, Maple Valley, noon–9 pm, $12 adv/$15 DOS.
Support your local community DIY radio station—Hollow Earth—and its galactically glamorous mission to acquire two mirrored disco balls to inspire fabulousness at the station. The tiny space/community-arts hub has a certain "grunge" aesthetic—informed even more so by a recent building flood—but this stratospherically billed electronic/disco show can make fabulous transformations possible. Two of Seattle's most excellent dance acts headline the night: Airport is the Seattle disco revivalist, making stellar beats wonky and propulsive enough to realign the cosmos. Vox Mod's utterly groovy astral production separates mind and body with psychotropic rhythm constructions. Elsewhere on the bill, Punishment's genuinely hilarious comedy routine/bizarro synth pop and Marcus Price's sublimely textured electronics should inspire glittering moves. It will also be the first performance for Fantasy A, a hiphop project formed at Garfield High School. Get your platforms on and boogie-oogie! Hollow Earth Radio, 8 pm.


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1: kyle after chocolate spread on toast | cool dude | just so sexy!!! | my sexy little boy
2: kyle and daddy chillin
3: up pub wiv his daddy | me and kyle
4: so cute | kyle at abby park
5: he is soooo cheeky
25: on his bouncy castle | hes a thumb boy lol
26: ah so cute | with nans glasses on lol | eating AGAIN
27: cant u tell im a hairdresser | at abby park
28: billing | at abbey park
29: on ride in western favel | kyle with suki | park in roade with me nan | kyle on clifford
30: park in roade with me nan | park in roade with me nan
31: halloween | halloween | halloween
32: meeting father xmas | with mummy in coalville | look wot i put up!!!! | xmas in coalville | meeting father xmas
46: cheeesssse | bit close love | looks like a angel....... well he is tho | sooooooo sexy a little poser tho lol
47: frowning "stop taking pics mummy" | watching tv | cute as | it wasnt me!!!!
48: again in his liverpool pjs | cheese!!!!!!!!! | kyle in his new liverpool pjs
49: and another one mummy lol | mummy take another one !!!!!!
50: he loves his pic being taken cant u tell lol !!!!!!
51: kyle at abby park xXx
52: kyle at abbey park apparently driving to asda to buy some sauce!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! wot a imagination lol | kyle and daddy on the tractor | do i have something on my chin lol xxx | messy pup xXx | yum yum ice cream xXx
53: kyle wen was little how cute!!!!! | mummy and kyle going asda again lol xxxxxx
54: kyles first halloween bless xxxx
56: me and david and me and mum in pool
57: dad david and my pap | me and mum | dad and david | me and mum
58: me dad and mum | me mum and nan | me and nan | me and mum
59: mum and dad on there anniversary | mum and dad on there anniversary | my nans glasses i think she ie blind lol | me mum and nan
60: us all in the pool | mum was a bit cold lol


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Celebrate the #Dadbod
Commemorating Movember with pix of our favorite #Dadbods
For better or for worse, dads' bodies—with all our love handles, all their blemishes—are the vessels through which we live our busy lives. As much as these bodies have changed over the years, they're still ours, still us. And they still can help us accomplish incredible things, such as raising awareness and money for an important cause.
That's why I developed The #Dadbod Challenge—a fun social media campaign that is part of this year's Movember.
You know Movember—the annual month-long effort to raise awareness of and money for a variety of men's health issues specifically prostate cancer, testicular cancer, mental health and suicide prevention. Well, the #Dadbod Challenge directly supports the Movember Foundation, the only global charity focused solely on men's health.
The #Dadbod Challenge is a campaign in which any dad can participate. Inspired by travel selfies, #Dadbod aims to celebrate the male body in all of its forms—a self-deprecating mash-up between Alicia Keys' campaign to embrace her make-up free self and the Ice Bucket Challenge from 2014.
The rules of engagement are simple.
- Don a Speedo or another outfit that shows off a dad bod
- Snap a pic (it can be a selfie or someone else can take it)
- Share the pic on social media with the #Dadbod hashtag
- Tag other people to accept the #Dadbod Challenge
- Donate to the Movember Foundation
While the pictures themselves will help spread the message, the donation part is the most important step on the #Dadbod list. Since 2003, the Movember community has raised more than $710 million and has funded more than 1,200 men's health projects in 21 countries.
With this in mind, the primary goals of the #Dadbod Challenge are no different from the goal of Movember as a whole: To spark conversations and raise vital funds and awareness for men's health. By sharing pictures of our imperfect selves, dads will broaden those conversations and raising awareness in new (and admittedly sometimes ridiculous) ways. Hopefully they'll also inspire people to give.
Just hours into the campaign, my fellow father colleagues here on the Expedia Viewfinder team had pledged their support with pictures that most certainly are worth 1,000 words.
Chris Staudinger, one half of Captain and Clark, became a dad earlier this year and has embraced the task of fatherhood with aplomb—and, apparently, a tusk.
Rick Griffin, one half of Midlife Road Trip, has been a father for longer than Chris and I combined, which probably explains the ease with which he wields his favorite yard tool/photo prop.
Last but not least, of course, is moi. My wife and I welcomed our third daughter into the world about a year ago this month. Our lives are crazier than ever, but I wouldn't change a thing.
You've seen our #Dadbod best. Now it's your turn to get involved. Take some pics. Share them on social with the hashtag, #Dadbod. Tag five of your best dad friends. And DONATE. Oh, and if you're feeling like maybe you want to shoot your #Dadbod pictures in a fabulous and faraway place, why not book the trip here on Expedia? Just a suggestion.
Consider #Dadbod the ultimate travel selfie. And have fun.
Note: The author's #Dadbod photos were shot by Kim Carroll.
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A German police statement said handwriting found on documents in the case was that of Dr Aribert Heim, accused of killing and performing experiments on inmates of concentration camps during the Second World War.
Analysis of dust showed the briefcase had been in North Africa for a number of years, the statement added.
Earlier this year, Heim's family said he had died in Cairo in 1992, thirty years after going on the run from his home in Baden-Baden when he was about to be arrested. They said he had converted to Islam, changed his name to Tarek Hussein Farid and spent the last decade of his life in the Kasr el Madina Hotel.
"The extensive criminal technical analyses of the documents from the briefcase lead us to the conclusion that it actually came from Aribert Heim," the police statement said.
Heim, who was born in Austria, joined Hitler's Waffen SS and served at the Buchenwald, Sachsenhausen and Mauthausen concentration camps.
He was said to have injected petrol and other liquids into the hearts of prisoners to see which killed them fastest.
He was also accused of the murder of an 18-year-old Jewish man who had been referred for treatment for an infected foot. He was apparently so fascinated by the young man's physical fitness - he was an football player - that he cut out part of his kidney, castrated him and after killing him cut off his head.
He then boiled the head to remove the skin so he could study the man's perfect teeth.
He was not arrested in the immediate aftermath of the war, but went missing after being tipped off he was about to be arrested. Nazi hunters believed they were on the point of discovering his whereabouts in South America last year when reports began to circulate that he had in fact been hiding in Cairo.
The briefcase was found by the family of the hotel's owners. It contained letters, financial and medical records which bore both his original name and that of his alias, and a magazine article about his own escape from justice.
The tests also found traces of a particular form of lime dust found in Egypt.
The findings were welcomed by Dr Heim's son, Rudiger, who told the New York Times, which was originally given the briefcase: "I'm glad that it has been confirmed that my father lived in Egypt and I'm very optimistic that there will be an official confirmation of his death in the near future."
The Simon Wiesenthal Center said there was still no evidence either Heim or the man known as Farid was dead.
"We don't doubt the suitcase belonged to him, or that he was in Egypt," said Efraim Zurrof, its leading Jerusalem-based investigator. "We do not agree there is evidence that he died there. There is no body, no burial place, no proof that he died in Egypt."
Heim's family said he was buried in a common grave after a hospital refused to accede to his final wish that his body would be used for medical research.
The allegations have also sparked an angry reaction from the Egyptian authorities, who are sensitive to charges that a number of suspected war criminals found refuge in Cairo after the War.
"It's nonsense. There was no evidence he was here. It's a fabricated story," the interior ministry spokesman, General Hamdi Abdel Karim, said.
Rudiger Heim last year initially denied knowledge of his father's whereabouts, but later said he had been at his father's bedside when he died of rectal cancer 17 years ago. Lying on behalf of a relative is not an offence under German law.


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Toots and The Maytals
Toots and the Maytals, originally called The Maytals, are one of the best known ska and rock steady vocal groups out of Jamaica. The group was formed in the early 1960s and were seen as key figures in popularising reggae music. Frontman Toots Hibbert's soulful vocal style has been compared to Otis Redding, and led him to be named one of the 100 Greatest Singers by Rolling Stone. In 1968 they released a single called "Do the Reggay. This was the first song to use the word "reggae" and it is said that this lead to the naming of the genre and introducing it to a global audience.
Early Days
Frontman Frederick "Toots" Hibbert, was born in May Pen, Clarendon, Jamaica, in 1945, the youngest of seven children. He grew up singing gospel music in a church choir and moved to Kingston in the late 1950s. In Kingston Hibbert met Henry "Raleigh" Gordon and Nathaniel "Jerry" Mathias in Kingston in 1962 and formed "The Maytals" as a vocal trio, a group whose early recordings were incorrectly attributed to "The Flames" and "The Vikings" in the UK by Island Records.
The first instrumentalist members added to the group included Jackie Jackson, Hux Brown, Rad Bryan and Paul Douglas. The group changed its name from "the Maytals" to "Toots and the Maytals", with "Toots" referring to frontman Hibbert, and "The Maytals" referring to the group's instrumentalists and background vocalists.
"We're all original members of the band. First it was three guys: Toots, Raleigh, and Jerry. …And then they were signed to Island Records, Chris Blackwell. And we were their recording band."
Bring on Success
In 1970 "Monkey Man", became the group's first international hit. By 1971, they signed a recording contract with Island Records, became the biggest act on the island, and had become international stars.
Following the release of Reggae Got Soul, Toots & the Maytals were invited to tour as the opening act for The Who during their 1975-76 North American tour.
Toots and the Maytals' compositions experienced a resurgence of popularity in 1978-80 during the reggae punk and ska revival period in the UK, when The Specials covered "Monkey Man" on their 1979 debut album and The Clash covered the group's hit "Pressure Drop".
Recent Success
In 2004, the group released True Love, an album of re-recorded versions of their earlier hits in collaboration with fellow musicians. The True Love album won the Grammy Award that year for best reggae album.
Toots & the Maytals hold the current record of number one hits in Jamaica, with a total of thirty-one.
In March 2009 it was announced that Toots and the Maytals would be performing alongside Amy Winehouse, for their shared record label Island Records' 50th anniversary. Winehouse had covered the band's "Monkey Man", and the act were supposed to perform with her at the Shepherds Bush Empire in London on 31 May 2009. However, Winehouse's performance was cancelled, and Toots & the Maytals instead played at the more intimate Bush Hall to a sell-out crowd.
Some of their accolades include
- 1981 'Toots Live!' nominated for Grammy Award
- 1989 'Toots in Memphis' nominated for Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album of the Year[26]
- 1998 'SKAFATHER' nominated for Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album of the Year[27]
- 2004 'True Love' won Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album of the Year[28]
- 2010 Toots Hibbert named one of the 100 Greatest Singers by Rolling Stone[1]
- 2013 'Reggae Got Soul: Unplugged On Strawberry Hill' nominated for Grammy Award for Best
- Reggae Album of the Year[29]


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Stereograph Representing a Telescope, anon, c. 1862, from the Getty Collection
On the occasion of the upcoming exhibition, History of the Stereo Card, at Portland's 3D Center of Art and Photography, March 5-May 3, 2009, Oliver Wendell Holmes' classic, "The Stereoscope and the Stereograph:"
(The Daguerreotype) has fixed the most fleeting of our illusions, that which the apostle and the philosopher and the poet have alike used as the type of instability and unreality. The photograph has completed the triumph, by making a sheet of paper reflect images like a mirror and hold them as a picture.
This triumph of human ingenuity is the most audacious, remote, improbable, incredible,—the one that would seem least likely to be regained, if all traces of it were lost, of all the discoveries man has made. It has become such an everyday matter with us, that we forget its miraculous nature, as we forget that of the sun itself, to which we owe the creations of our new art. Yet in all the prophecies of dreaming enthusiasts, in all the random guesses of the future conquests over matter, we do not remember any prediction of such an inconceivable wonder, as our neighbor round the corner, or the proprietor of the small house on wheels, standing on the village common, will furnish any of us for the most painfully slender remuneration. No Century of Inventions includes this among its possibilities. Nothing but the vision of a Laputan, who passed his days in extracting sunbeams out of cucumbers, Could have reached such a height of delirium as to rave about the time when a man should paint his miniature by looking at a blank tablet, and a multitudinous wilderness of forest foliage or an endless Babel of roofs and spires stamp itself, in a moment, so faithfully and so minutely, that one may creep over the surface of the picture with his microscope and find every leaf perfect, or read the letters of distant signs, and see what was the play at the "Variétés" or the "Victoria," on the evening of the day when it was taken, just as he would sweep the real view with a spy-glass to explore all that it contains.
When human art says to each one of us, I will give you ears that can hear a whisper in New Orleans, and legs that can walk six hundred miles in a day, and if, in consequence of any defect of rail or carriage, you should be so injured that your own very insignificant walking members must be taken off, I can make the surgeon's visit a pleasant dream for you, on awaking from which you will ask when he is coming to do that which he has done already,—what is the use of poetical or rhetorical amplification? But this other invention of the mirror with a memory, and especially that application of it which has given us the wonders of the stereoscope, is not so easily, completely, universally recognized in all the immensity of its applications and suggestions. The stereoscope, and the pictures it gives, are, however, common enough to be in the hands of many of our readers; and as many of those who are not acquainted with it must before long become as familiar with it as they are now with friction-matches, we feel sure that a few pages relating to it will not be unacceptable.
Read the complete essay at the Atlantic Monthly, where "The Stereoscope and the Stereograph" was first published 150 years ago this June.
(Less anthologized, but equally lyrical and inspired is Holmes' follow-up essay from 1863, "The Doings of the Sunbeam.")


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I am trying to use a non-native schema attribute and it doesn't seem to work how I thought it would. The only reference with substance I can find on the subject is Priscilla Walmsley's book Definitive XML Schema. I am trying to annotate a schema with some custom attributes to validate an idea and have run into some trouble. When I edit an XML Schema using WebSphere Development Studio's (WDS) Schema editor, I get an error "Unknown attribute xxx:yyy". After a lot of trial and error, I downloaded a similar example from the Definitive XML Schema Web site. That example (chapter 6 5/6) fails with the same error (and a missing type). At this point, I have to believe that WDS is unable to work with non-native attributes. Here is the example XML Document and XML Schema: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <xsd:schema xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:doc="http://example.org/doc" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://example.org/doc example0606.xsd"> <xsd:element name="product" type="xsd:string" doc:description="This element represents a product."/> </xsd:schema> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <xsd:schema xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns="http://example.org/doc" targetNamespace="http://example.org/doc"> <xsd:attribute name="description" type="xsd:string"/> </xsd:schema> The next thing I tried was to use a Java program to programatically validate this Schema with the XML Schema Schema. I receive the fillowing "Caused by: org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: cvc-elt.1: Cannot find the declaration of element 'xsd:schema'." I can use this same program to validate conventional XML documents against an XML Schema and it works fine. I am using Xerces 1.6.2 and JDOM 1.0. I have tried using an entity resolver to pick up a local copy of XMLSchema.xsd as well as from the URL: http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema.xsd. Here is some of the code: SAXBuilder builder = new SAXBuilder("org.apache.xerces.parsers.SAXParser", true); builder.setEntityResolver(new SchemaLoader()); builder.setFeature( "http://apache.org/xml/features/validation/schema", true); builder.setProperty( "http://apache.org/xml/properties/schema/external-schemaLocation", "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema.xsd"); Document doc = builder.build(xmlFile); Thanks for your help, David MorrisReceived on Tuesday, 7 December 2004 10:32:03 UTC
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- election lab
- Rev Dr Chris Walker
- Seeking, Searching, Sitting in the Sacred
- Anglican Memes
- Storypath
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- Elenie Poulos
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Ok. First things first..
Are these not the craziest, but coolest things you have ever seen?
Ok. Now onto the review.
I was sent these crazy looking gloves from High Five Naturals to try out in exchange for my honest review.
My first thoughts on trying them on were that they are very much on the bulky side. They don't bend easily which, when you're trying to grab a cookie sheet out of the oven can be a little difficult, but doable.
But you CAN hold said cookie sheet for quite a long time before feeling any kind of heat.
I tried using them to grab a hot handled pot and ended up having to grab a different pot holder, but later when I need to take out a chicken (yes I eat chicken every once and awhile … it was organic) from the rotisserie, it was great having these gloves to be able to just grab the chicken and than slide it off the spit.
All in all, are they greatest kitchen gloves ever, well… no.
But they do come in handy when handling certain items, they are really easy to keep clean, and they are reasonably priced at $17.95 on Amazon.


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Chrissy decides she's going to propose to Jim and comes up with a sexy way to do it. Olivia performs at a important industry showcase. Chrissy has second thoughts about her elaborate proposal.
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Mitsubishi's Wakamaru House Bot not quite there yet
Jul 30, 2007 NEWS
We have reason to smile. While robotics might be all set to take over our jobs, things can go wrong when its technology fails, what say guys? One of the most recent and unfortunate examples of this would be Mitsubishi's Wakamaru House Bot. Cute as a nut, this was expected to go great guns and the company had plans of selling at least about 100 of this $14k+ bots. But as destiny would've had it, far fewer of them got sold. Well, the problem actually was with the limitations of the robot and the fact that even with all the functionalities that were intended, it could not be of much use beyond providing weather forecast and checking email. Moreover, let's not forget that not too many people around the world are yet that tech-savvy. So while it might seem a wee bit affordable, this one's. Read More..
Yaskawa's Motoman DIA10: Scaring the mailboys away
Jul 12, 2007 NEWS
Well, as if robots taking over your doctors and construction workers weren't enough, you might soon be entering DHL and Fedex stores only to be greeted by the plastic grin of a robot sorting your mail. You think that's funny? Well, if Yaskawa has its way, it won't be. The Yaskawa Motoman DIA10 can sort a supposedly impressive 1000 pieces of mail in under one hour. Time effective, huh? They say, it's meant to provide backup for your mail-workers, but think about it, would a company , really care about backup, if it got a robot that could do almost 10 people's work almost 10 times faster? I don't think so. You and I might become the backups for robots some day, coz it looks like they're hell bent on doing anything you and me could. (NiRa) Via RoboStyle.Net


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Assistant Buyer
An exciting opportunity for an Assistant Buyer to work for a young fashion clothing company in Manchester.
Your new company
You will be working for a leading womenswear fashion brand based in Manchester who are stocked on major high street and online retailers. The company are well established with over 30 years' experience in the industry and are now looking for an Assistant Buyer to join the team.
Your new role
This is a blended role which will require working closely with the Brand Buying Manger, Brand Sales Manager, Merchandising and Garment tech teams. You will also need to be highly numerate and analytical. Capable of producing sales reports on weekly basis, monitoring stock levels and reacting to sales. As a brand in a young evolving brand the nature of the responsibilities may adapt with the needs of the business over time, and they require a candidate who is open to change and evolve within the role.
Key responsibilities:
- With guidance develop awareness of product areas and understanding of sales performance and customer profile
- Working through the accounts best sellers, suggest developments or move on's and highlight any areas of OTB
- Attending sign off meetings with Buyer to achieve an understanding of the products we are showing to the accounts.
- Attending supplier meetings and support the Buyer with costing development to ensure margins are achieved and key information is ready for POs to be raised with suppliers.
- Support the Wholesale Product Manager with planning for the monthly account meeting to ensure the showroom is showcasing relevant product and visually appealing to drive sales.
- Support the Garment Tech with any fit queries long with buyer
- Ability to prioritise workflow and ensure challenging deadlines are met, in line with critical path.
- Assuming sole responsibility for the maintenance and day to day running of the CP at all times, chasing submits direct with the factories accordingly.
- Running a weekly meeting with the buyer to feedback at line level status of each style
- Demonstrates strong eye for detail, methodical approach and data accuracy.
- Managing the shipping process with the factories, ensuring the correct bookings are made and chasing for shipping documents.
What you'll need to succeed
You will need to have at least 1 years' experience in wholesale or fashion buying to be considered for this role.
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Sunday, July 23, 2017
Can my pictorial resume give me a job ?
Can my pictorial resume give me a job ?
Here's a calling question I get each day: I'm an imaginative individual and I have had innovative occupations in any case I'm not a prepared architect - can my resume be functional?
As to resumes, I am distinctly old school. I've generally trusted you ought to stay with a more preservationist design since doing the inverse can turn administrators off. Regardless, we might be at a vital event, as objectives like Pinterest get in praise and infographics radiate an impression of being the request of the day.
To test my suppositions, I bantered with various using supervisor and office heads in publicizing, checking and format. While their answers didn't amaze me, there are two or three subtleties I thought I'd offer to give a more adjusted point of view.
Q: If a resume is starting from some person who's not an originator, how responsive would you say you are to shading, pictures, bolster abstract styles, foundation plots and infographics?
A: "Not at all", says Debbie Millman, President, Design at Sterling Brands. "Depictions - particularly not from a producer - look to some degree like gimmickry and narcissism."
"Be that as it may, I in like way would incapacitate originators from utilizing any shading, pictures, bolster content styles, foundation follows or infographics. A honest to goodness representation: My first resume- - made 30 years prior - is envisioned here. As a producer, I tried to haul out the majority of the stops. Moreover, yes, I review on it with miserable loathsomeness."
Sue Karlin, President of Suka Creative, agrees. "Resumes ought to be clear, clean and to the point. I don't trust they ought to associate with, include or fight with the data the quick moving toward business or selection specialist is chasing down. I'm examining for a resume that is clear and simple to check and for me to get data I require. No help printed styles, no wild tints, no foundation follows."
Obviously, Rob Wallace, Managing Partner of Wallace Church, accept that everybody, including non-sketchers, can be innovative with a resume. "For a modeler or designer, or even a brand strategist, a portfolio or site is the place to enable your innovative star to gleam. A resume should be essentially more data driven. In any case, I would express that I start to individuals who stamp themselves and utilize their resume as a place to mirror their center substance. My suggestion? Make a logo, utilize a considered printed style, inquire about an expressive shading palette… however never lose vision of the data."
Bruce Stockler, Global Director of Brand Community at McCann Erickson, says: "You need to consider the particular office to which you are applying. In the occasion that you're applying to our change (new business) or record master divisions, an undeniable resume no doubt won't offer assistance. In the event that you are applying for an occupation in bleeding edge innovative or automated structure, a sharp-looking site, Tumblr or HTML resume would likely be a splendid thought."
Q: Where do you stand firm?
A: "The line is clear", says Millman. "Substance over style is the direct for ALL resumes. Any embellishments will weaken the gravitas and stature of the impression. You expect individuals to focus on your achievements and your triumphs, not the curlicues of a printed style or surprising shades or division of tones.
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Heidi Klum has tweeted video footage of her nude Calvin Klein dress fitting ready for tonight's 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards.
The ceremony is being held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles and so far Kelly Osbourne, Amanda Peet and Sharon Obsbourne have hit the red carpet.
Model Heidi Klum kick started proceedings by posting the video of herself with Women's Creative Director of Calvin Klein Francisco Costa as the two prepared for tonight's awards ceremony.
Fashion house Calvin Klein tweeted: "Go behind the scenes with @HeidiKlum at final fitting for her custom @goldenglobes dress designed by Francisco Costa" as stars began to hit the red carpet.
The nude floor-length dress is a marked difference to last year's 1970's-inspired multi-coloured Marc Jacobs halterneck gown - which was largely panned by fashion critics.
Heidi has added a turquoise beaded statement dress to her outfit and will certainly be a contender for tonight's best dressed list.
See Heidi's video footage HERE.


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The Body:
The Details:
Cost – 1399L
Designer – G.Inc
Current Reviewed Version: v10.5 (this body has been completely remade from the initial release version. Current users can get a free update)
Includes – Fitmesh Body include hands and feet (3 types – flat, mid & high), 6 system layer skins with matching appliers
Body Inclusions:
Fitmesh Body – Yes
Mesh Head – No
Hands – Yes (one style)
Feet – Yes (three styles, flat mid and high)
Skins tones included – 6 system layer skins (for your head) and 7 top/bottom skin appliers
Clothing & Layers:
Number of clothing layers: 3 – Tattoo layer, Underwear layer and Clothes layer.
Save Slots for Other Skins – 0 slots
Save Slots for Alpha Cut Combinations – 0 slots
Save Slots for Appliers – 0 slots
Omega – Yes for body/skin/clothing, built in compatibility – See the Omega page for more details about this body
Can I use SLink hands/feet with it? – No
Can I wear SLink Shoes with it? – Yes, included feet will fit flat, mid and high slink shoes but they are fitmesh so you may need to resize your feet.
The HUD:
The best bits:
- Completely Omega compatible, right down to the nails!
- Feet are compatible with Slink shoes, but fair warning, they are fitmesh feet, so you may need to resize your feet in edit appearance to get them to fit.
- (in my opinion) replaces the need for phat azz etc because of the gorgeous leg sculpting/thigh sculpting with wide hips
- It is well priced for a plus size body, and depending on your personal style, it's worth considering if you're looking for one.
- Breasts are large and luscious (a bit too large for me personally, but I like smaller breasts).
The worst bits:
- Some knowledge of editing/windlights/objects required to use the body
- The body's alpha cuts are dramatically improved, however more fine cuts are needed in the breast area
- I kinda wish the HUD had the skins built in rather than using seperate appliers to add them each time. I think as mesh bodies have become more technically advanced the HUDS have too, and would love to see a more streamlined interface on the HUDS with tabs, skin tones and some save spots.
- I find the breasts quite 'blocky', but that's just my personal opinion (I'm more a teardrop shaped breast kinda girl) – having said that though the body does let you have a good sized pair of breasts (and a nice round ass) for a plus size look, which I love.
Best suited to:
Experienced users; users who like the Phat Azz/Perfect Bum look of hips/legs; users who like a curvy figure.


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10 Best // Ways To Avoid People
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Haha I love this. I love avoiding humanity!ReplyDelete
sharknado.. really? I dont know...we'll see.. hahaReplyDelete
Im with Jess on the sharknado bit... I just dont know hahaReplyDelete
am looking at the law degree failsReplyDelete
i haven't seen sharknado 2 yet but it's recorded....that is tonight and i heard it was so awful and by awful, i mean amazing.ReplyDelete
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Love these, I totally fail at the Sharknando fever. Haven't watched either. CLeaning out my social media is on the list but so is reading. ;) I am avoiding people by going to Maine with my bestest friends.ReplyDelete
I have been DIYing like crazy....because I am procrastinated packing. I hate it so bad. I pack a few boxes, do a project. Pack a few boxes, then nap. You are still better at Twitter than me. Maybe that's what I should be doing while procrastinating.ReplyDeleteReplies
haha! I started reading the lawyer blog. I am hooked. Its hilarious. I am passing it on to Abbey who is convinced she wants to be a lawyer. I've tried talking her out of it, but she is a masochist so it makes since I guess.Delete
- AnonymousAugust 1, 2014 at 7:17 AM
So, Sharknado 1 is on Netflix - it's on my "to-watch" list. I know, I know - why haven't I seen this yet?! What is wrong with me?! Since I'm on official R&R this weekend - I will be watching it. :) Also, another way to avoid people: have surgery that puts you on R&R for 3 weeks. :)ReplyDelete
Ahhh those tee shirts are amazing!ReplyDelete
i think i clicked on almost every link you posted. damn you!ReplyDelete
Totally making that Greek chicken :D Thanks for the shoutout love :) If folks aren't a fan yet they need to get on the bandwagon. I've been hearing about that Sharknado - it just sounds AWFUL! I'm staying in this weekend and it'll be a lot of blog work that I've been slacking on and resume polishing plus playing with my DJ decks. Amen to socially withdrawn weekends!!! :) Have a great one Stephanie and thanks again for the love! -IvaReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 1, 2014 at 12:26 PM
I found a DIY entry way organization idea in Better Homes and Gardens I'm going to do. I guess buying all the stuff at different stores and putting it together so it looks nice is DIY right? :)ReplyDelete
Sharknado is HILARIOUS.ReplyDelete
When I'm home this weekend, I'll be cooking, hausfrauing, purging makeup and nail polish, and watching the newest season of The Killing.
HAHA, I love this! I've been in an "avoiding humanity" kind of phase (funk? pahse.) lately. And that GoT link is a rabbit hole that I will surely be falling down this weekend.ReplyDelete
I never got around to watching Sharknado, so I recorded both the other night. Hope to watch the craziness this weekend.ReplyDelete
Ok, I haven't watched Sharknado. What am I missing?ReplyDelete
Also, I have not seen Game of Thrones. Obviously, I suck at life.
Avoiding people is my favorite!
YEEEESSS!!!!!! LOL I like avoiding people-ing hahaReplyDelete
Must hop on the Sharknado bandwagon! Also, I go to extremes to avoid people. I SUCK at small talk, Id rather expend my energy hiding.ReplyDelete
ah I need to watch sharknadoReplyDelete
haha I'm very good at avoiding others! It's a hobby I am very proud of :)ReplyDelete
I hid under my bed sheets and then went to my apartment gym... And the put big shades on when I had to go do errands and put in my ear phones - HELLO ANTI SOCIAL GIGI this weekend ;) ;)ReplyDelete
I need to figure out Twitter too - you aren't alone there!ReplyDelete
Ohhh greek chicken in the slow cooker sounds so good!!ReplyDelete
Lol haha Game of Thrones is AH-mazing!! And don't worry, I don't understand Twitter either. lolReplyDelete
Shopping alone is my favorite. I do it all the time. In fact I shop by myself more than I shop with friends/family.ReplyDelete
Love this. Sometimes you need to just avoid all other human beings ever for a weekend <3ReplyDelete
ahhh going to check out the law website and the game of thrones one. good stuff!ReplyDelete
i am so bad at twitter. i'm ok with it though.ReplyDelete
I've never watched Sharknado. Am I completely missing out?ReplyDelete


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I have been surprisingly tired the last week, and I don't like that. I have always had problems sleeping, but now, I am going to bed early as hell, falling asleep hours later. Maybe I should follow my brother Tim, starting using biphasic sleep.
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Interpretive Projects - 2012
Historic Falmouth (Stafford County, Virginia) Interpretive Master Plan. JVA in partnership with Lynn Knight of Management Analysis, Inc. (Virginia) were award the contract to develop the Interpretive Master Plan and Heritage Tourism Analysis/Potential for the historic community of Falmouth, Virginia. Many of Falmouth's early buildings remain standing, including the Cotton Warehouse; Duff Green Warehouse; Cambridge Inn, Temperance Tavern; Barnes House; Magistrate's Office (right photo); Counting House; Basil Gordon House; Moncure Conway House (boyhood home of the South's most prominent abolitionist- middle photo); and Shelton Cottage. For more information about the history of Falmouth (and Stafford County) click on this link: http://www.staffordcountyhistoricalsociety.org/places. This project began in 2012 and would be completed in 2013.
Snowdonia National Park Training Center, Wales, UK. JV had the pleasure of teaching a 4-day Interpretive Master Planning Course at the training center - June, 2012. Besides participants from the UK, we were pleased to welcome participants from Italy, Romania, Spain, and Sweden. Pictures from the course are posted at my Pintrest site: http://pinterest.com/jvainterp. (you may have to cut and paste this link). Our group photo is provided below. Also a pic from our field trip to the Welsh National Slate Museum. Our next courses will be in May 2014 and September 2014.
US Army Corps of Engineers Interpretive Services Course, June, 2012, Huntsville, Alabama. The course covered the basics of interpretive services theory, planning and practice. Participants developed draft interpretive panels and exhibits, as well as having to plan and present a live interpretive program, of their choice, illustrating the use of interpretation as a management tool, and based on a theme, objectives, and Tilden's principles. One of the group programs, on Mayfly emergence issues at parks, was really good and luckily I could video it. The YouTube link is provided. Pictures from the course are posted at my Pintrest site: http://pinterest.com/jvainterp. (You may have to cut and paste this link).
The COE June 2012 Class (left) and a photo from the Mayfly program: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v66l2RiFb3Y&feature=youtu.be
Old Baldy Foundation, Old Baldy Lighthouse Interpretive Master Plan/Exhibit Concept Design Plan. JVA with Kaser Design, was awarded the contract to develop the Interpretive Master Plan and new museum exhibit concept designs for the Old Baldy Lighthouse, located on Bald Head Island, North Carolina. The project will run thru 2014. You can visit this site at: http://www.oldbaldy.org/HOME/tabid/36/Default.aspx.
US Army Corps of Engineers and MWH Americas, Inc. Atchafalaya Basin Project - Basin Floodway Interpretive Master Plan. JVA subcontracted to MWH Americas, Inc., to develop the Interpretive Master Plan for the COE Atchafalaya Basin Project, in New Orleans, LA. The Basin is one of the nation's last great river swamps. You can see the site brochure at http://www.mvn.usace.army.mil/pao/bro/AtchafalayaBasinProject.pdf. This project began in January, 2011 and run through September 2012 Here are some general photos from this incredible resource. See if you can spot the alligator!
US Army Corps of Engineers, Bonnet Carre Spillway (St. Charles Parish, Louisiana), Interpretive Plan Implementation. JVA, subcontracting with Gulf South Research Company, and working in association with MWH Americas, Inc., will be continuing our work on the interpretive services and media development as recommended in the Interpretive Master Plan developed by JVA last year. The interpretive plan implementation project will include: design and fabrication of numerous interpretive panels, interpretive kiosks, several interpretive exhibits for the Project Office, development of the recommended self-guiding auto tour with guide booklet, and a self-guiding birding trail brochure with recommenced watchable wildlife stops and blinds. Also included is cell-phone interpretation set-up for the total site. This project began in late October 2009 and was completed in early 2012. You can visit this site at: http://www.mvn.usace.army.mil/recreation/rec_bonnetcarre.asp
US Army Corps of Engineers - Interpretive Training. JVA was awarded a new 5-year interpretive services training contract for teaching two 3-day "Interpretive Services" courses each year for the COE at their Huntsville, AL training center. Our 2012 courses are set for January and June, 2012. JVA has been providing this interpretive training course for the Corps of Engineers for the past 20 years, and is pleased to be able to continue providing this valuable training for the COE.
Participants in the January 2011 Interpretive Services course - one team (on right) working on the design for a draft interpretive panel - another team (left) working on an interpretive trail planning exercise at our field trip site - Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge. We had 25 participants for the January2010 course from Army Corps of Engineer Project sites from around the US.
Hayward Shoreline Interpretive Center, Hayward Area Recreation and Park District, Hayward, California. JVA assisted the interpretive staff in developing an interpretive exhibit plan for new Interpretive Center Exhibits, and exhibit development recommendations for exterior interpretive signage. You can visit this site at: www.haywardrec.org. Site photo below.


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Aviva Investors, Schroders and Co-operative Investments, all top 20 investors in the insurer, have told Prudential they cannot approve its remuneration report because of concerns over incentives offered to two of its new executives.
The investors are known to have concerns about so-called "golden hello" deals handed to Nic Nicandrou, finance director, and Rob Devey, head of Prudential's UK business, who both joined the company last year.
Mr Nicandrou, who has been criticised for his role in the company's failed $35.5bn (£24.5bn) takeover of AIG's Asian business, AIA, was handed a package including a base salary of £550,00 and bonuses worth close to £2m when he joined the company from Aviva last year.
Mr Devey, a former banking and insurance executive at HBOS, which is now part of the Lloyds Banking Group, has been awarded a near-identical package.
A spokesman for the Co-operative told The Sunday Telegraph: "We are happy to approve directors' remuneration when there is a direct link to company performance.
"However, we will not tolerate awards that undermine the nature of long-term performance awards – golden hello payments are an example of this."
The news will intensify pressure on Prudential's board, which was forced to scrap its deal for AIA last week after failing to renegotiate the price. Shareholders had warned they would not back the deal at its original value.
The pressure was compounded by a warning from Richard Buxton, head of Equities at Schroders, who has warned that Tidjane Thiam, Prudential's chief executive, is in the firing
line for the "disastrous" and "expensive" attempt to buy AIA, refuting the insurer's claim that dissatisfaction is limited to small investors.
It is understood that Harvey McGrath, Prudential's chairman, will meet with Mr Buxcton this week in a move to address his concerns.
James Chappell, financial sector strategist at broker Olivetree Securities, said these developments were examples of renewed shareholder activism across the square mile.
"A lot of shareholders learnt their lesson because of Royal Bank of Scotland and ABN Amro. That was voted through by a 94pc majority with 64pc attendance. They have to justify these decisions," he said.
Last month, shareholders branded HSBC's decision to increase the salaries of some of its most senior managers as "unacceptable". In a sign of the anger created by the move, 13pc of HSBC shareholders voted against the bank's latest remuneration report, with 77pc voting in favour once abstentions were taken into account.
However, a spokesman for Prudential insisted the packages for both Mr Nicandrou and Mr Devey were in line with hareholder interests.
"The award of these restricted shares, made on joining last year, was to compensate these individuals for the loss of outstanding deferred share awards at their previous employers.
"This is in line with FTSE 100 best practice. Our directors remuneration policy is linked to the long-term performance of the company and ensures directors' interests are aligned with those of our shareholders," he added.


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I make my soap in small batches in my kitchen. If the weather is anyway reasonable and there's a bit of sun about, I'm out in the patio either weighing out the ingredients and/or mixing them and blending together or I could be cutting the soap or, as I was today, labelling the finished bars. That's one of my favourite parts of the whole process: the labelling and putting away in storage boxes. But my absolute favourite is the selling of the soaps at markets or fairs.
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Handmade natural soaps
These last 8 of our range are palm free, I'm delighted to say. Although I must say, palm oil makes a hard bar, long lasting to the end. But we've added a lot of coconut to these 8 which also makes a hard bar. Trouble with coconut is your can't use so much of it as it can be drying to the skin. You have to get the balance right and I think we might have achieved that with these one, having added lots of olive oil, sweet almond oil and shea butter too. Although not to be eaten, some of them have a foody thing going on!!!
Heartworks 2017 soaps are on the way!!
All handmade by Monica, using only natural ingredients, leaving out all those nasty ugly things such as artificial fragrances and colourings. No parabens either!
We're about 2 days away from having the new labels printed and then Monica will have to busy herself, putting on the labels on the soaps; those soaps that are ready and waiting to be dressed up and then paraded and shown off in local markets, Bloom, RDS, Tullamore Show, Ploughing Championship, to mention but a few. They can't wait to be strutting their stuff, their all natural stuff and in their finery (the labels). And this year, we've decided that the soap comes without any cellophane on them. Yes, Siree, not unless you ask for it. So we leave it up to you to do your bit for the environment. Don't want it wrapped in cellophane? Well good for you! We'll oblige.
We've 8 new one this year and they're all Palm Free. Of course we'll continue with the others that do have palm oil in them. Again we give the choice to the punter. Don't want palm oil in your soap? Well we have 8 soaps and 3 shampoo bars without it so don't worry!!! Roll on the next 2 days so that Monica can start with the labels. Happy Days!!!
Really really natural handmade soaps and shampoo bars from Heartworks.
Here at Heartworks we keep quite busy, buzzing around the kitchen, carrying pots of oil around, weighing out exact measurements of shea butter, sweet almond oil, coconut oil, jojoba and kukui nut oils and blending them together with various aromas all coming from essential oils such as lavender, ylang ylang, clove bud, to mention but a few, adding in foodstuffs such as oatmeal, cornmeal, poppy seeds etc for effect. All these ingredients coming together make up our soaps and shampoo bars which when they have gelled together for over 24 hours get cut with our very special cutting machine (courtesy of that man of mine, Mauricio) then after a month period in our poor little hall and anywhere else we can find to put them, they get labelled and packed away until some lucky person out there reaps the benefit of their therapeutic qualities, their sensuous aroma, their lovely lather, and their long lasting endurance.


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Aside from being one of my favourite bloggers, I wanted to share this beautiful photograph of Hanna + her daughter Violet, that she posted this week over on her blog, Violet Lulu. The accompanying photos are just as beautiful, and look as though they're from Frankie magazine.
Monday, April 30, 2012
Fancy Folk
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Beautiful photo!ReplyDelete
i never put it together but you are so right! i love the dreamy 'frankie'-esque quality of her blog.ReplyDelete
This is a beautiful picture!! I love how it looks like she's not even holding her daughter up, almost like she's floating. So pretty and neat!ReplyDelete
i love reading about mothers and their babies esp if they can take ethereal photos like these! awesome! the other mother-children pair i can think of is Bleubird VintageReplyDelete
This photo is stunning! I've never heard of Hanna's blog but I'm definitely headed to check it out.ReplyDelete
That is a beautiful shot. And Violet is such a cutie ;)ReplyDelete
thank you ladies, you're all lovely. and lauren is such a dream boat xxReplyDelete
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Polar Pioneer Cruise Ship
Polar Pioneer is one of the most popular style of vessels currently used in Antarctica and the Arctic. Originally built as an ice-strengthened research vessel in Finland in 1982, she was refurbished in 2000 and converted into a passenger ship for expeditions to the polar regions. Polar Pioneer's excellent reputation for polar expedition cruising is due to her strength, maneuverability and size. She is small and nimble, which means she can sail up close to landing sites and venture where other, larger ships can't. Carrying just 54 passengers, she allows us to offer you a far more personal and intimate experience of the destination we are visiting.
Ship Features
- Ice-strengthened hull
- Triple, twin & suite cabins
- Spacious viewing platforms & decks
- Fleet of inflatable Zodiacs
- Lounge bar & two dining rooms
- Dedicated presentation room
- Sauna
- Basic medical clinic
- English-speaking doctor
- Daily cabin cleaning service
- Satellite phone & email access
- Gumboots provided for landings
- Laundry service available
Ship Specifications
- Passengers: 54
- Staff: 10-12
- Crew: 23
- Cabins: 26
- Decks: 6
- Refurbished: 2000
- Length: 71.6m
- Beam: 12.8 metres
- Draft: 4.5m
- Cruising Speed: 10 knots
- Gross tonnage: 1753
- Registry: Russian
- Voltage: 220v. European round, two pin plug
On board you will find a range of accommodation types, including triple and twin cabins as well as larger suites, all featuring outside facing portholes or windows and ample storage space for your gear. Cabins have either shared or private bathroom facilities, whilst suites offer en-suite bathrooms and lounge areas. See below for detailed cabin information and deck plan.
Captain's SuitePrivate Bathroom
Polar Pioneer's most deluxe cabin, the Captain's Suite features a separate sleeping area and lounge room, a private en-suite and large windows for optimal viewing opportunities from your own cabin. Only one cabin available, so be sure to enquire early.
Mini SuitePrivate Bathroom
Only two Mini Suites offer a more spacious cabin with a separate sleeping and sitting area as well as a private en-suite and large windows to enjoy the views from the comfort of your own cabin. Perfect if you're after a bit more space and comfort.
Twin Private CabinPrivate Bathroom
Twin Cabins with private bathrooms are located across two deck levels, both with easy access to outside decks. Each cabin accommodates two people and offers the convenience of private bathroom facilities.
Twin Private Economy CabinPrivate Bathroom
NEW to 2018/19, Twin Private Economy Cabins offer a budget-conscious option, with a lower and upper bunk option, and easy access to the main decks. Each cabin accommodates two people and offers the convenience of private bathroom facilities. Only two available!
Twin Public CabinShared Bathroom
Twin Cabins with shared bathrooms are all located on Deck 3. Each cabin comfortably sleeps two people and are only a short distance from the ship's public bathroom facilities. Outside decks are accessible from this deck.
Triple CabinShared Bathroom
Polar Pioneer features only two Triple Cabins with shared bathrooms. Perfect for friends or families, or for solo travellers who are happy to share their space with fellow passengers. Bathrooms are located close by on the same deck.
Deck PlanClick to Enlarge Deckplan
Ship Life
Our professional chefs present three healthy, delicious meals daily, with morning and afternoon tea available in the dining rooms in between. All of our produce is sourced locally, with fresh fruit and vegetables, and freshly baked bread and pastries, served wherever possible. We are able to cater for a range of special meal requests, including vegetarian, vegan, gluten free, lactose-free and other allergy specific requirements – please ensure you list this on your personal details form.
Observation Decks
Our spacious observation decks provide a congenial place to watch for wildlife or follow the ship's progress on nautical charts. Rug up for unparalleled scenery from the outer decks or flying bridge, where our naturalists help you identify wildlife.
Learning and Lectures
At sea, join our polar specialists as they entertain and inform us with illustrated talks, and prepare us for making shore visits with mandatory safety and environmental briefings.
Captain and Crew
Our highly experienced Russian captain and crew are among the best ice navigators in the world. Our efficient stewardesses attend to rooms and serve our meals, whilst the crew work mainly behind-the-scenes to help our expedition leader get the ship to where we want to go.
Getting Ashore
Polar Pioneer boasts a fleet of Zodiacs that transport us ashore to penguin rookeries, scientific stations and historic sites, and provide us with a platform for photography. Our small excursion crafts take us beyond the reach of giant cruisers, and our philosophy of "getting out amongst it" is put to practice.
Medical Clinic
A basic medical clinic is managed by our English-speaking Ship's Doctor, who is available at all times to assist with bouts of seasickness and other unexpected emergencies.
Onboard Entertainment
From socialising in our fully-stocked lounge bar to enjoying Captain's drinks, trivia nights and charity auctions, or escaping to the sauna for some R&R; our small ship offers some fun entertainment options for when we're not out and about.
Technology and Connectivity
Polar Pioneer has communication services that are available for an additional fee. These include satellite telephone, email and fax. Please note that these services are basic and not suitable for continuous use. Internet access is available on board for an additional cost. Please note that due to the remote nature of our expeditions, the connection cannot always be guaranteed.
There are no upcoming expeditions at this time.
There are no upcoming expeditions at this time.
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Final countdown to Longford Summer Festival
There is a sense of friendly industrialism in Connolly Barracks today as preparations for the Longford Summer Festival reach their climax.
Instead of the usual clammy anxiety before an event, an atmosphere of camaraderie and goodwill prevails.
This stems from the festival's intention to support the people of Longford.
Each worker on the site comes from local businesses – the bright yellow JCBs of Kiernan Steel trundle around assembling the marquees and stalls. Local men in hi-vis jackets chat and laugh as they work.
Everyone, though occupied, is proud and willing to discuss their efforts and revel in the excitement of this task.
"If we create a positive vibe by hosting this event, things will improve for Longford†opines Joe Flaherty, one of the festival's organisers. "It's been 15 years since we last held a festival in Connolly Barracks. If this weekend is a success, we hope to make it a regular occurrence in the future.â€
The optimism in the barracks today is infectious. The towering shell of the central marquee is flanked by rows of tents which will house stalls by local retail outlets. Considering the sore blow that has hit Longford's retailers over the past few years, this festival is a welcome opportunity for businesses to engage with the public and regain their support.
"We expect 10,000 people to attend the festival over the course of the weekend,†Mr Flaherty continues. "Considering that the Bloom festival in Dublin attracted 12,000 people in all, this will be a massive feat for our little town.â€
In addition to food, fashion and home outlets, the Longford Festival will boast cooking demonstrations, nightly concerts with well-known musicians including Nathan Carter, Frances Black and Sharon Shannon, fashion shows, a children's park and other entertainment.
Over 120 volunteers and €120,000 have gone into ensuring the success of this event, the proceeds of which will go to St. Christopher's Services and The Attic House Project. The Longford Summer Festival will doubtlessly be an unforgettable occasion and a testament to Longford's generous spirit.