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In January, Leeds's Kirkgate Market was celebrating after being voted the best in the business.
The historic market took the title of Britain's Favourite Market at the Great British Market Awards.
It's worth noting the comments from the time of the Government's High Street Minister Marcus Jones: "Markets are a vital part of Britain's bustling high streets," he said. "They are the test beds for entrepreneurs starting out in the trade and the heartbeat of communities across the country.'
Then, cut to Leeds councillor Richard Lewis, ref the same story: "Kirkgate is a fantastic market and one that many people in Leeds treasure. The market is full of characters that give it charm and atmosphere and I am sure they are all delighted with this well-deserved result".
All wonderful, glowing words. But the reality? Visit the market today, speak to its traders, and a you'll hear entirely different opinions - ones where the words are choicer and, on occasions, bitter and cutting. Traders are frustrated that the council's 20 per cent rent reduction - offered to compensate them for a loss of trade during the mammoth Victoria Gate works - has come to an end.
That was always the deal. In fact the local authority has previously extended the rent reduction scheme.
But is it fair now to reimpose it when business is demonstrably suffering while the development work continues? Perhaps a deal to extend further until Victoria gate is up and running would be fair.
That said, the real issue here is one of market profitability.
This historic venue must be presented and marketed anew to draw in fresh trade when the revamp of this part of the city is trumpeted from the rooftops. It has to be part of the package. Victoria Gate presents a huge opportunity.
For the phrase 'use it or lose it' might be cliched, but it certainly applies here.
Otherwise the words of Marcus Jones MP and our own Councillor Lewis, spoken just a matter of months ago, will start to feel very hollow indeed.


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Photos from meets and photos of groups of cars.
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Pictures that defied being being put in any of the other categories
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All Crosley powered or bodied racers from Dragsters to H-Modified.
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Detail pictures, how too and special tools that may be helpful in a restoration.
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Factory made special bodied Crosleys. It doesn't have to be a big factory. But more than a one off custom.
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collectible extras).
How very exciting. Looking forward to this title. Seventh Star Presd has really good taste in releasing some interesting titles from a broad crop of authors. If it's anything like Thrall by Steven L. Shrewsbury which was just a pleasure to read(between you and me another title that Seventh Star Press came out with) then Poseidon's Children should be just as amazing.


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North Uist, Benbecula, South Uist, Barra & nearby small islands
Benbecula, North and South Uist Over the Sound of Harris are North and South Uist, with Benbecula separating the two. These islands are littered with fresh water lochs which support a surprising range of plants and trees from water lilies to native willow. The highest density of breeding waders are to be found here but they are under threat from foraging hedgehogs, four of which were brought to South Uist in 1974 by a homeowner looking for a solution to pest control in his garden. They bred. A lot. Cue a "you couldn't make it up" story with Scottish Natural Heritage on one side and Uist Hedgehog Relocation on the other. UHR was set up to campaign against the killing of hedgehogs by SNH. In February 2007 SNH agreed to trial relocation of hedgehogs to the mainland instead of culling them. Fly away piggies!
Lochmaddy is North Uist's town and ferry port and Lochboisdale is the main town on South Uist, connected to the mainland by a ferry from Oban. Benbecula supports a military base which in turn supplies St Kilda.
Eriskay, Barra and Mingulay South of South Uist is Eriskay, the infamous Whisky Island where the SS Politician ran aground in 1941 carrying, amongst other things, 264,000 bottles of whisky. The islanders "liberated" this cargo and by the time HM Customs arrived most of it had either been drunk or hidden. A few years later Sir Compton Mackenzie immortalised events in his book "Whisky Galore!", an entertaining tale of events which was made into a film in 1948 on the neighbouring island of Barra.
Castlebay is the picturesque principal town on Barra, an island which is noted for its wildflowers and butterflies. Nearby are small uninhabited islands, some of which you may be able to visit, including Vatersay which is linked to Barra by a causeway and Mingulay with its St Kilda-like stacks and cliffs, the latter being recently purchased by The National Trust for Scotland.
There is a huge variety of wildlife, marine life, birds, flowers and plants which you may see on your trip.


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Based in New York's historic Hudson Valley, Urban Boatworks are wood artisans, having a vast combined knowledge of applications and techniques that span refinishing and restoring historic homes and crafting custom cabinetry, to building sailboats from scratch. They are believers in function first, and that true aesthetic beauty stems from intelligent engineering and high-quality construction. Everything from Dana & Julien's workshop is done with the utmost commitment and love.
In developing their brand look-and-feel, we took inspiration from the Shaker movement, channeling classic simplicity, and heartfelt hand-craftsmanship. With guidance from Dana & Julien, we then articulated UB's mission statement, as well as the tag-line "Woodworking for Home and Sea". Because of the strong sense of tactility in what they do, we wanted them to have truly unique cards. They are twice as large as average business cards when unfolded from their envelope vessels. These envelopes can also be used to enclose color and material samples for their clients. Each piece was hand-letterpressed in a deep marine blue, with a typographic selection that is decidedly modern in arrangement but with a classical bent. The prevalence of the anchor is at once a symbol of sea-faring travel, as well as home and stability.
We are currently designing graphics for their company car, a sea-foam green Cooper mini that will soon be seen zipping up and down along the Hudson : )


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High Country News Publisher Ed Marston caught up with former Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt on Jan. 20, his last day in office. What follows are excerpts from that interview, which first appeared in High Country News (www.hcn.org), a bi-weekly newspaper that covers the West's communities and natural resource issues.
Ed Marston: Is it hectic for you today?
Bruce Babbitt: Well, we'd had a lot of things that had been in the pipeline for five, six or seven months, and yeah, actually, we've got a lot to do. I signed documents creating a million acres of new wildlife refuges just last night.
Marston: Looking back on what is now almost a full eight years, was there a high point?
Babbitt: Sure. I think the high point has been the last 12 months. All the hard work of those early years -- the really tough slogging around, working on Habitat Conservation Plans, working to lay the groundwork for these [new national] monuments -- all came together.
Marston: Tell me if there was a low point.
Babbitt: Well, the first two years were pretty bumpy. Certainly the grazing fight in 1993 was not one of our best moments. I came into office that first day to find that the Office of Management and Budget had already penciled the grazing fee and the mining fee increases into the budget. They didn't even bother to consult with us, so we were stuck with opening that battle on a ground not of our choosing. Then, to make matters worse, two or three months later the White House unilaterally -- without talking to us -- pulls the grazing fee off the table.
Marston: And that was what Jay Hair, then head of the National Wildlife Federation, called "date rape."
Babbitt: Environmentalists were furious. I simply had to bite my lip. We moved on through the year and actually got a deal worked in Congress that would have resolved it legislatively. But the word came down from the White House that they had no interest in this. So at the end of that first year, I had to basically carry around knives in my back. That wasn't one of our great moments, [although] we ultimately got the grazing regulations out [administratively] and got them resolved.
Marston: You spent a lot of time during the first couple of years working with public-land ranchers, even though by numbers they're tiny -- 20,000 or so. Should you have just said, "To heck with public-land grazing, I'm going to go on and deal with much more important issues"?
Babbitt: Absolutely not. Grazing issues are enormously important. I would have dealt with them at any scenario because, of the hundreds of millions of acres of public lands, on 90 percent of them the primary activity is grazing. The environmental issues are the ones that count. And leading with the fee issue distorted the important values. The real issue is the condition of the land, and it took us a long time to bring that one back to the forefront and to go through the regulatory process of putting out new regulations.
Marston: Just before he was re-elected in fall 1996, President Clinton declared his first national monument, Grand Staircase-Escalante. Was that important?
Babbitt: The important thing about the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument was not only the declaration of the landscape, but the decision to make it a monument managed by the Bureau of Land Management. In 100 years of use of the [Antiquities] Act, presidents have reflexively used it to declare national monuments and then transfer them over to the National Park Service.
When this one came along, I said to the president, "We ought to do this differently. Because, by continually robbing the BLM of its 'crown jewels,' we're reinforcing this kind of defeatist image that the BLM is nothing but livestock and mining." Of the 20-some-odd monuments that have been declared by the president since then, I think 19 of them have remained in the BLM.
Marston: Why is it that you have a soft spot for the BLM, which is on everyone's list of bad agencies?
Babbitt: The environmentalists have demonized the BLM over the years as a sort of doormat for the mining and grazing industry. If you spend all of your time demonizing an agency, ultimately your predictions will come true.
Marston: But you must have seen something about the BLM the environmentalists didn't see.
Babbitt: Well, sure, I grew up with the BLM on all sides of where we ranched, where I went to school. And what I knew then, and know now, is that the BLM is an agency full of a lot of different kinds of people, and many of them would be happy to perform to higher standards. What they need is some leadership and an opportunity and some incentive.
Marston: Is there a chance that these national monuments will turn out to be meaningless gestures, that Congress in the next administrations could just ignore them, and they'll die?
Babbitt: It depends upon the public. Now, we hear a lot of big, chest-thumping talk from members of Congress [about overturning them]. If history is any guide, it won't be done. The monuments established by presidents -- Republicans and Democrats over the 100 years -- thrived, all of them. I think that public support will translate into an adequate level of attention. And, mark my words, the people who are out there opposing these monuments, 10 years from now will be saying that it was their idea; they'll be claiming credit for it.
Marston: Was that your experience with Grand Staircase-Escalante?
Babbitt: Well, [Grand Staircase-Escalante] is sort of the poster child of controversy, but look what's happened. First of all, I sat down with the governor of Utah and we worked out a deal to exchange all of the inholdings out of that 2 million acres of land. That's something that hasn't even been done yet in most national parks. We got rid of all the coal issues in that monument. The coal companies were claiming they had billions of dollars' worth of minerals there. We settled them out for $10, $20, $30 million. The oil and gas guys were squawking about what a bonanza there was. I was so confident in that case there was nothing there, I just said, "You all go out and drill." I didn't get a degree in geology for nothing. So they went out and did some drilling and relinquished their leases.
Marston: Looking at all the new monuments and the ban on roading in the national forests, were these part of an overall strategy?
Babbitt: Well, it's Clinton-style governance, which means that it would be an overstatement to say that it is tidy, with uniform lines, authority and delegation. That said, I think there are some common strands, certainly in terms of the use of the Antiquities Act.
Marston: You came into office after 12 years of Republican control of Interior. One of your predecessors, James Watt, said he had made changes in Interior that would last for a long time. Did you have to spend years changing what Watt and his successors had done?
Babbitt: People go out saying there are all these hidden decrees, deals, and there are loyalists, moles, all through the administration. In truth, it ain't so. We've got civil servants who are dedicated, hard-working folks. I think most of them believe in the conservation mission of this department. Now, my leaving things that they want to undo -- sure, that's the purpose of our tenure. It's called national monuments, it's called the wild-land fire policy, the restoration program for the Everglades, the Cal-Fed process out in California. There's nothing secret about it.
Marston: So when Gale Norton moves into your office, will she be able to get right to work on her approaches?
Babbitt: There is no question that we have changed the regulatory direction of the department in mining, grazing and timber policy, and, for that matter, in energy extraction as well. And they may have a different agenda. But they will have to use the same process we used -- that is, go through a long and public process of NEPA [National Environmental Policy Act] compliance, of procedural compliance with the environmental statutes. And that will give the public a look at the proposed changes and the chance to measure them and respond. That's the reason that I'm really quite confident that the important changes will endure: because they have public support.
Marston: Could you tell us the difference in the Endangered Species Act between what it was when you came into the office and what it is today?
Babbitt: My predecessors had written off the Endangered Species Act. They had said, "This act won't work. There's no way that we can find a balance between commodity production and protection of endangered species." They said, "We're going to invoke this emergency God Squad," as they called it, and authorize the extinction of the spotted owl.
The act in 1983 was amended to authorize Habitat Conservation Plans, in which you would look across a whole landscape and say, "If we can figure out a way to protect 95 percent of the remaining habitat, you can use the other 5." When we came into office, that provision had been on the books for 10 years, and they had done precisely 14 of these, covering a couple thousand acres. They just hadn't used it. What we've done in the last eight years is, I think, 300 of them covering something like 20 million acres. We said, "This can work." It can't work by having ideological arguments in Congress. What you've gotta do is go out into the coastal plain of Southern California, or into the southern long-leaf pine forests, or into the Sonoran Desert near Tucson, and sit down and get out the maps and get the biologists out and walk the landscape and stare the developers in the eye and say, "You have to do it differently."
Marston: But given the ecological crisis that we face, is there room for these kinds of accommodations?
Babbitt: Well, if you had tried to maintain, as some of the environmentalists have, that, once a species is listed, not one square yard of its habitat can be disturbed, the act would have been repealed. I think some of the environmental groups have never quite, to this day, figured that out.
Marston: What was your relationship with the environmentalists?
Babbitt: I would say it was a love-hate relationship. The environmentalists' job is to move the goalpost. Whenever you get near them [the goal posts], they [the environmentalists] celebrate briefly, and then they say you haven't done enough. It's part of the job. I must say, the one big transformation coming on is [that] the environmental movement is going regional and going local and our great successes have been to get out on the landscape and get working on a particular problem. You don't look to Washington for an environmental group. You look for the environmental groups that are out on the land.
Marston: You often describe the West as a Kabuki drama. What does that mean?
Babbitt: We tend to argue the future by simply adopting the costumes, the masks and the rhetoric of the past, notwithstanding the fact that the West is a very different place, and each decade sort of reinvents itself and heads in new directions.
Marston: And do you think we are caught up in an endless cycle?
Babbitt: Well, it might be a longer cycle than I would have thought when I first went into public life 25 years ago. Basically the Western debate is between the commodity producers, who think of themselves as on a 19th-century commons -- that inexhaustible supply of forage, timber and minerals. And [then] there are a lot of new voices in the West -- the environmental movement, the recreationists, urban areas looking for clean water supplies. And so it will continue.
But public lands really are a unique phenomenon. It is kind of ironic that the United States of America, with our market-based economics, has seen fit to protect this large public-land base, and so it does set up some ideological conflict. You see it all the time from the Cato Institute and all these groups that say "it's an insult" to the No. 1 capitalist economy in the world that we have a public domain.
Marston: Twenty-nine percent of the country.
Babbitt: Yeah, we have lands held in common. The right-wingers are offended by the concept. But the fact is, Americans are pragmatic people, and they know from history that this public-land base is an extraordinary part of our heritage. If you go to Europe -- if you want to go hunting, well, you'd better have a duke or an earl who is a friend, or be very rich, because there's nowhere else for a person to go; the land is all owned, fenced and locked up. Americans have rejected that model, and I think they always will.


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Julia Jackson, daughter of the late Jess Jackson and spokesperson for Jackson Family Wines, spent her childhood immersed in the daily goings of her family's wine business. It's no surprise that she developed an interest in the business early on or that she would become an integral part of Jackson Family Wines.
After receiving her Bachelors Degree at Scripps College, Jackson went on to attend Stanford Summer Institute of General Management. She now works with the international sales team, utilizing her expertise and enthusiasm for the wine business in the promotion and expansion of her family's legacy. At a comparative wine tasting of Vérité, one of company's most exceptional Sonoma County wines, Jackson suggested that, while Sonoma is known for Pinot Noir and Chardonnay, Jackson Family Wines believe that it is the best place for Cabernet. This unique perception proved to be quite valuable when Vérité was preferred over two of Napa's more famous Cabernets.
Julia works with many of her family members, including her mother, Barbara Banke, who is now chairman and proprietor of Jackson Family Wines and who Jackson considers a role-model for herself. Watching her mother thrive in a male-dominated industry may have added to Jackson's motivation to found Cambria Seeds of Empowerment in 2014. Seeds of Empowerment is a grantmaking program that honors women leaders and supports charitable organizations by awarding $100,000 to outstanding non-profit organizations annually. The goal is recognize and encourage not only exceptional women leaders but also those who have overcome adversity and seek to empower others.
Jackson brings both passion and acumen to her work within the wine industry and spreads inspiration through Seeds of Empowerment. She plans to remain in business with her family and carry on the legacy her father began.
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Roster moves and THE MELK/
The White Sox made a lot of actual moves Thursday that will have tangible impact on their roster, but that doesn't do a thing for me compared to the vague rumors.
WOOOO THE MELK MAN. Melky Cabrera has been a contact-oriented plus-hitter for all of the last four years.
Except for that year where he had a tumor in his spine.
And one of those years he got busted for PEDs.
And last year he ended the season on the DL.
AND YET, when it comes to track record of performance, age and utility, Cabrera is undoubtedly the best option for the White Sox. He puts the bat on the ball (12.6% career strikeout rate), his power has flashed average or better when he's not wildly out of shape or gravely ill, and while he hasn't been a centerfielder for a while for good reason, he'll be a breath of fresh air taking over for Dayan Viciedo.
Cabrera would be an ideal signing next offseason. When the Sox know they are ready, know what they are shooting for, and would be seeking maximum output for the first season of the deal. Instead, they have consider Cabrera's worth as a long-term solution, and consider whether they are at the point in their rebuild/retool to be punting away second round draft picks.
I offer Cabrera is young enough and the Sox outfield crop is bare enough, that it's a worthwhile pursuit, but there's a reason for hesitance.
The White Sox actually picked up left-hander Onelki Garcia on Thursday off waivers from the Dodgers. I cannot pretend to have intimate knowledge of the Dodgers farmhand, nor particularly moved by the 25-year-old's performance record that includes being hurt for most of 2014 and being wild otherwise. So, we're taking the qualified words of others as gospel here.
Middle reliever isn't the highest ceiling in the world. It might even be one of the lowest. Dodgers write Mike Petriello typifies Garcia as someone he'd rather the Dodgers not have lost, but won't mourn the loss of. The Sox are desperate for left-handed relievers in the organization, even after signing Duke, so would be more than happy to traipse into a minor win.
Speaking of actual roster stuff
Ronald Belisario--who was actually up for arbitration this whole time!--was DFA'd. Curiosity that he was unlucky last year and could right the ship probably doesn't go beyond the $1 million mark.
Jared Mitchell--Let's not make this entirely necessary and overdue measure any more painful than it already is. Mitchell was outrighted.
Prospects getting protected on the 40-man in turn included throw-in live arm turned hot pitching prospect Francellis Montas (who we may be calling Franke now) was added to the 40-man. Also included was rehabbing utility man Tyler Saladino, single-hitting first baseman Rangel Ravelo, and catcher Kevan Smith, whom I guess the Sox are hoping will be too old for the MLB-level at some point.


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While visiting my family in Spotsylvania, Va I was able to squeeze in Historicon 2014. This year I put on my game on Wednesday for the open gaming night. 2 played the Rebels and 2 played the Loyalist in this adaptation of the Battle of Camdon.
The Kings men plot their strategy
The Rebels stare down the Kings men
The Rebels are assaulted
A view from the Loyalist cavalry
The Loyalist drive the Rebels from the field
Thursday night saw a repeat of the game
A view of the game setup
Jacob was given command of the Rebel Regulars since he commanded the militia the night before.
Jacob stands to move the Regulars forward
The 3 Kings men watch the Rebel moves
The Legion Horse charged into the Militia
The Rebel Militia and State line are driven from the field as the Regulars fight an increasing desperate fight. This would be the Rebels second loss at Historicon.
My camera had a breakdown and no other pictures were available.
For the third game on Friday night Jacob was given command of the Kings Regulars, and for the third time the Rebels were driven from the field. In trying to aid the Rebels I had reduced the Kings forces by taking away a bn of Grenadiers.
Before I compiled this report I found this on the web
Paul Forgette My first game was "A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To Camdon." This was a 40mm scale American War of Independence game. The host was John Murdaugh. I was on the British side and we did well.


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On Saturday, Aug.1, join over 700 runners and walkers for the annual SHOC Walk & Run, always on the first Saturday in August. The event offers a timed 5K and 10K walk or run option, along with an untimed 1-Mile Family Fun Walk.
The course, which begins at Team Latus Motors Harley-Davidson, 870 E Berkeley St., Gladstone, OR 97027, offers a casual stroll or an invigorating run along the peaceful Clackamas River and throughout the town of Gladstone.
The SHOC Walk & Run is an opportunity for families, businesses, survivors and supporters from surrounding communities to come together for a common cause; to raise money and awareness about cervical cancer. Dogs and strollers are welcome. Online registration now open.
The SHOC (Sherie Hildreth Ovarian Cancer) Foundation raises funds for ovarian cancer research at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU). The SHOC Foundation also works to increase public awareness about the disease and connecting survivors with the resources to assist them on their journey.


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Emily Nagel's Team AkzoNobel put in another good showing in the Rolex Fastnet Race, the second stage of the four-part Leg Zero qualification series.
The Dutch entry, which features Bermudian Nagel, finished fourth competing among the seven-boat fleet of identical Volvo Ocean 65 one design yachts after completing the 605-nautical mile course from Cowes on the Isle of Wight and around Ireland's Fastnet Rock on Wednesday morning in two days, 15 hours, 52 mins and 40 seconds.
Team AkzoNobel, led by skipper and two-times America's Cup winner Simeon Tienpont, led its class for much of the race before being passed by China's Dongfeng Race Team just before dawn on Tuesday.
Team AkzoNobel lost further ground on the final leg of the course and were pipped by Dutch rivals Team Brunel for the third and final place on the podium.
Nagel, who worked full-time with SoftBank Team Japan's design team during the America's Cup, has set her sights on competing in the 2017-18 Volvo Ocean Race, which will start on October 22 in Alicante, Spain, and finish at the end of June next year in The Hague, Netherlands.
She is taking part in trials with Tienpont's racing syndicate in the hopes of making the final cut and competing in the prestigious race around the world.
Nagel, who earned a Master's degree in Engineering with Naval Architecture from the University of Southampton, experienced her first taste of offshore sailing in November last year when she sailed from New York to Bermuda in a 46ft foiling catamaran accompanied by Oracle Team USA pair Jimmy Spithill and Rome Kirby.
Team AkzoNobel's crew had just 24 hours to recover after finishing a closely fought Fastnet Race before setting off from Plymouth, England yesterday on the third stage of the Leg Zero qualification series — a 225-nautical mile race in the English Channel finishing in the French port of St Malo.
The course for the race will first take the fleet of seven Volvo Ocean 65s along the English south coast to a turn near the Needles lighthouse at the western end of the Isle of Wight and then across the Channel to St Malo.
Although the course for this latest stage is diminutive compared to the expansive transoceanic legs of the Volvo Ocean Race, the cross-Channel sprint will present plenty of challenges for the fleet of Volvo Ocean 65s. The estimated time of arrival in St Malo is today.
Last week saw Team AkzoNobel finish third in a race around the Isle of Wight, the first stage of the Leg Zero qualification series. The final stage of Leg Zero — from St Malo to Lisbon, Portugal — begins on Sunday.
Leg Zero is comprised of a series of mini races which kick-start an exciting period of pre-race activity for the 2017-18 Volvo Ocean Race fleet.
It has replaced the previous 2,000-mile mandatory qualification voyage which teams had to complete in order to enter the Volvo Ocean race.
Although the mileage is similar, the new format offers more advantages for the teams in terms of crew training, boat-on-boat action and commercial activity.


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| A Webped record report of:
Lesnitschewo's Andrej
Link to pedigree
|registration number: DWZ 13130
|Inbreeding co-efficient: 9.4320676%
|birth: 10-3-1975 AKC Studbook date(if appropriate)0-0-0
|color: white mhgy black
total possible ancestors 10 generations: 2048
total possible ancestors 11 generations: 4096
total possible ancestors 12 generations: 8192
the dog itself is generation 0
total ancestors found:7045
Ancestors not found on both sides of the pedigree (Unique ancestors)796
Ancestors common to both sides of the pedigree 433
Record date: 8-30-2000
Rcord creator ID: 920807000
Record source: Record entered prior to tracking of source in DB
|Due to irregularities of the PROCESSING of the database: TITLES and lists of SIBS and OFFSPRING may not be complete or correct. However you should check for parents in the Bio and Pedigrees of the dogs in question. As of summer 2011 we are working on this with a new version of WebPed.
|total number of offspring 0
|sire: Vorenoff Knight Errand [Ped] [Bio]
|dam: Vorenoff Djara [Ped] [Bio]
| Dogs sharing the same Sire
Vorenoff Knight Errand [Ped] [Bio]
| Dogs sharing the same Dam
Vorenoff Djara [Ped] [Bio]
| Full Sibs
| Offspring
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One of the most exciting events for Fiat Chrysler Automobile's at the 2017 Denver Auto Show, was the release of the new Jeep Compass. The Compass has looked a little dated compared to the rest of the lineup for a while now. The new Compass looks take styling cues from the current Jeep Cherokee. In the lineup of Jeeps, the smallest one is the Jeep Renegade, the compass is a step up then there's the Cherokee and Grand Cherokee (and the Wranglers). This new Compass replaces the existing compass and patriot. It will be built in 4 countries with the North American supply coming from Mexico.
FCA are describing the vehicle as "the most capable compact SUV" with "…leading 4×4 capabilities". They also described it as having the best in class most fuel-efficient powertrain with over 16 combinations to choose from. Jeep aimed at a premium design for an affordable price. The Compass will be available in Sport, Latitude, Limited, and Trailhawk trim levels. The 'Sport' trim level will be the base package entry-level model and Trailhawk is the top of the range with Trail Rated off-road capabilities.
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The new Jeep Compass is available in Sport, Latitude, Limited and Trailhawk trim levels. The 'Sport' trim level will be the base package entry-level model. Trailhawk is the top of the range trim package with Trail Rated off-road capabilities.
The engine is a 2.4-liter Tigershark engine with three transmission options. A six-speed on the 4×2, a nine-speed as standard on the 4×4 and a manual. The 2.4-liter 6-speed manual transmission gets best in class 4×4 fuel economy at 31mpg (highway). Other engines including a diesel are available for around the world, depending on markets. Engine stop-start (ESS) is standard on the 2.4-liter automatic to aid in fuel efficiency.
The Trailhawk model has the 'Jeep Active Drive Low' system. The system offers a 20:1 crawl ratio and low range gears for off-road. It also has the five-mode Jeep Selec-Terrain system, Selec-speed control, and Hill-descent control. The five modes included in the Selec-Terrain system are Auto, Snow, Sand/Mud, and Rock.
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Calling all 5 - 6 year old boys and girls!!!
It's time to grab your bats and gloves and join the fun of t-ball. This non-competitive league introduces children to the basics of t-ball through fun and exciting games and practices. Games will be played weekday evenings and are held at local parks through Roseville and Eastpointe. Children receive a jersey and participation award.
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A shirtless and barefoot Gavin Rossdale shoots a scene for his new "For Ever On The Run" music video in Los Angeles on Sunday afternoon (March 8).
The 43-year-old British rocker was seen on set playing games with his son, Kingston, 2.
The day before, the always stylish Gwen Stefani took Kingston and baby Zuma, 5 months, to Carney's Hot Dogs on Ventura Boulevard.
The trio was accompanied by her parents, Dennis and Patti. Kingston was treated to a few boxes of girl scout cookies on sale outside the restaurant.
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Progress (NASDAQ: PRGS) today announced that the Tulane University School of Architecture is using Progress® Rollbase®, the rapid application development core of the Progress Pacific™ platform as a service (PaaS), to deliver more reliable and accessible printing services to its students via the web. By building a modern, easy to use web portal, the New Orleans, LA –based institution enabled students and faculty to save time and improve productivity.
With the adoption of 3D printing, and the need for students to store and print large files for model creation, the Tulane School of Architecture's Digital Output Lab was struggling to accommodate the growing demand for advanced printing and manage the time-sensitive workflow, leading to inefficiency. The system needed to be re-engineered.
Initially, the school was trying to manage files and printing using a barebones web form and communicating job updates manually. However, the software wasn't sufficient and jobs with large file sizes would choke the system. It also lacked flexibility and bandwidth to accommodate multiple users. The Tulane School of Architecture turned to consultant and Progress partner, Configment, to implement a robust and efficient way for students and faculty to share information and route output to the lab's printing workstations. As a result, the school was able to quickly and cost-effectively enhance its advanced printing functionality for students and staff using an application created and managed with Progress Rollbase software.
The strengths of the Progress Pacific platform made it possible to make the solution available in hours instead of weeks, to easily update and expand the site for use by more of the school's 340 students and academic staff, and to seamlessly integrate with other Web resources. Additionally, the decreased trouble shooting and maintenance time has saved the school's staff between one and two hours daily.
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David Armentor, digital imaging specialist at Tulane University's School of Architecture, said, "Architecture students have demanding printing needs that must be met to showcase their work. The Progress Rollbase solution enables us to now work seamlessly with cloud-based services, giving users more control over their files and the ability to schedule print jobs and monitor their status from mobile devices. The Rollbase capabilities ensure that the graphics lab runs efficiently by managing multiple queues and serving the high output demands of the student body."
Ian Ayers, principal at Configment, said, "The Rollbase solution has to be 100-200% faster than working with competing technologies. Because it easily integrates with the rest of the web infrastructure at the school, we've been able to update the application with new modules for generating 3D models."
Matt Robinson, vice president of technology at Progress, said, "The Tulane School of Architecture is a great example of how universities are using cloud application development technology to help students save time and improve productivity. As 3D printing demands continue to increase, having an easy to use application for accessing print resources is important for students and faculty alike. Working together with Configment we're able to deliver an innovative solution that supports the inspiring design work of Tulane's entire architecture school."
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Water ice in the young planetary system - future ocean of the planets?
February 17, 2009
What is the origin of the ocean on the Earth where the life began? Researchers think that the Earth was formed by the aggregation of a huge amount of dust particles in the circumstellar disk around the Sun during its birth. There is a hypothesis that water ice in the dust at that time is the material of the sea on the Earth. The observation from Subaru Telescope shows that there is water ice in the gas and dust disk around a young star HD142527 toward the constellation Lupus. The ice discovered by Subaru may become the sea on a planet revolving around HD142527 in the future.
About 4 billion years ago, the first life was formed in the ocean that covered the surface of the Earth. Ever since, the water is essential for life on the Earth. For example, the primary composition of the human body is water. While the Earth is called "water planet", where does this abundant water come from?
The formation of the planets in the Solar system including the Earth is described by scientists as following; about 4.6 billion years ago, there was a disk consisting of gas and dust around the Sun which had been just formed. In the disk, dust particles collided and stuck with each other, then, these particles aggregated and finally became the planets. At that time, some particles of dust making the Earth had ice, the solid water. In addition, many comets (bodies of dust and ice) bombarded the early Earth.
A hypothesis of the origin of the sea on the Earth goes as the following; ice from the dust particles and the comets heated up and evaporated due to the heat from their collisions. Some portion of the water vapor was trapped in the atmosphere of the early Earth. Then, the vapor cooled down and became the rain, and then, fell down to create the sea. Thus the water ice in the dust particles in the protosolar system could be the source of the sea on the Earth.(Note 1)
State-of-the-art telescopes in the world such as the Hubble Space Telescope and the Subaru Telescope have discovered protoplanetary disks around young stars. Those gas and dust disks are considered to be the formation site of the planets. More than 300 extrasolar planets have been detected since 1995. However, there has been no planets discovered to have oceans like the Earth does.
Protoplanetary disks where planets are now forming should have plenty of dust with ice as the primordial disk in the solar system once did. Indeed, previous observations found some indication of the ice inside and around such disks. However, the location is not resolved where the abundant ice is.(Note 2) This research team had an idea of depicting the light scattered at the surface of the disk after being emitted from the central star. What is the signal of ice imprinted in this light? Molecules of water ice absorb the light at the wavelength of 3.1 micron, in the infrared wavelength longer than that of the visible light. If the light is scattered by the ice on the disk surface, the scattered light at the wavelength of 3.1 micron becomes fainter than that at other wavelengths because of the absorption. On the other hand, there is no such absorption in the light scattered by dust without ice. With this method, they were able to examine whether ice exists in the disk surface or not.(Note 3)
Observations of this research team were performed on 30 June 2005 and 26 July 2007 with the Coronagraphic Imager with Adaptive Optics (CIAO) on the Subaru Telescope. The target is a young star 650 light-year away from the Earth, HD142527, in the Constellation Lupus. The mass and the age of the star are estimated to be about 2 times larger than the Sun and about 2 million years, respectively. Previous observations at Subaru Telescope showed that this star has a protoplanetary disk in which planets may be forming (Press Release in 2006, "Diversity the Norm in Protoplanetary Disks: Astronomers Find Donuts, Spirals and Now Banana Splits"). The research team took images of the disk around the star at the wavelengths of 3.1 micron and 3.8 micron. These images show the distribution of the light from the central star scattered at the surface of the disk. When the observed intensities of the scattered light at 3.1 micron and 3.8 micron were compared with the previous measurements at around 2 micron, the research team found that the scattered light at 3.1 micron was really fainter than that at other wavelengths. Ice does exist on the disk surface!
Water ice was found in the disk surface more than 100 AU (1 AU is the distance between the Sun and the Earth) away from the central star. The planet formation site is probably closer to the central star.The water ice reported in this article may be incorporated into comets in the future rather than to the planets. However, the ice may supply the water on the planets. The ocean on a planet is a big step forward to harbor life forms there.
The observations from Subaru Telescope reported here show that water ice exists in the disk surface relatively far from the central star. How about the region closer to the star where planets are forming? Unfortunately, the inner part of the disk is difficult to study because the light of the central star is too bright to see anything small or faint. Ice in a part near the central star would evaporate because of the heat from the central star. Thus, water stays in solid form at a certain distance away from the central star. The boundary between the solid water and the water vapor is called "snow line". Due to the significance of the snow line in the process of the planet formation, future observations will be targeted to define the location of the snow line.
This research was made by a team of scientists from the Kanagawa University, Osaka Sangyo University, Osaka University, Tokyo Institute of Technology, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Kyoto Sangyo University, Ibaraki University, and Kobe University, and was published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters, vol.690, pp.110-113 (issue published on 10 January 2009).
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Akio Inoue (Osaka Sangyo University)
Motohide Tamura (NAOJ)
Note 1: There are three hypotheses of the origin of water on the Earth: (1) ice (solid water) in dust which made the early Earth, (2) ice in comets which fell on the early Earth just formed, and (3) chemical reaction between hydrogen from the gas of the protopnanetary disk and oxygen in the magma ocean on the early Earth.
Note 2: Malfait et al. reported the detection of emission lines of ice at the wavelengths of 44 micron and 62 micron from the star HD142527, with the Infrared Space Observatory, ISO. However, it was unclear whether the ice exists in the protoplanetary disk around HD142527 or in the gas cloud surrounding the star because the spatial resolution of the ISO was not adequate (Malfait et al. 1999, A&A, 345, 181).
Terada et al. found an absorption of ice at the wavelength of 3.1 micron with spectroscopic observations (i.e. observations to measure intensity at each wavelength) of two protoplanetary disks with the Subaru Telescope. However, it was uncertain where in the disks the ice exists at that time (Terada et al. 2007, ApJ, 667, 303).
Eisner found water vapor in another gaseous disk within 1 AU from the central star with the near-infrared interferometer of the Very Large Telescope (Eisner 2007, Nature, 447, 562). This water vapor is interpreted as a result of the evaporation of ice in the disk heated by the central star.
Note 3: Theoretical prediction by the research team of this article (Inoue et al. 2008, PASJ, 60, 557).
Note 4: Let's compare the scale with the Solar system. The distance from the Sun to the Earth is 1 AU, Jupiter is at 5 AU, Saturn is at 10 AU, and Neptune is at 30 AU. Further than the Neptune, there are dwarf planets like the Pluto and many small icy bodies (called trans-Neptunian objects). Some of them probably travel closer to the Sun and are seen as comets.
Recent observations showed that planets can be formed at a distance of 100AU (for example, a planet around Fohmalhaut, Kalas et al. 2008, Science, 322, 1345). So, it is possible that ices detected around HD142527 can become the ingredients of planets.
Figure1: Scenario of the star and planet formation process. This diagram based on the one in the "Rika Nenpyo" - Chronological Sceintific Tables - shows the cross section of the early solar system.
Reference Figure 2: Star chart around the star HD142527 observed in this article.


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Designer: judel / vrolijk & co
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Hull Shape: Monohull
LOA: 62 ft 4 in
Beam: 17 ft 1 in
LWL: 56 ft 1 in
Maximum Draft: 9 ft 7 in
Displacement: 52318 lbs
Ballast: 19647 lbs
Dry Weight: 52318 lbs
Drive Type: Sail drive
Engine Options
Engine Option 1: 1x 110 HP
Fresh Water Tanks: (217 Gallons)
Fuel Tanks: (190 Gallons)
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High quality marine plywood, mahogany veneer, satin varnish
Option: the optional pricelist shows an alternative wood to our standard
White bulkheads
Wooden door frames
Wood / Sandwich doors
Teak styled floor squares in the saloon, individually to be opened
The optional pricelist shows an alternative floor to our standard teak
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Version B1 Owner cabin with island berth, extensive hanging lockers and drawers including a head and shower unit in owners state room
Separate writing desk with seat
Options according to Hanse Individual Cabin Concept
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Spacious saloon with dining area and comfortable chill out zone, separated galley with stand alone bar counter, several lockers and drawers
Navigation area
Seat with storage
Locker above chart table for instruments and books
Space to mount electronics
230 V / 12 V / 24 V outlet
Storage in the chart table
LED chart light
Utility room
multipurpose storage combination portside aft of main saloon
Aft cabin
Version D1
2 double aft cabins with several lockers
Each cabin with individual head and shower
Options according to Hanse Individual Cabin Concept
Interior Concepts
Different layouts, according to Hanse Individual Cabin Concept for sections A B C D
Head / Shower
Toilet and shower in forward cabin with electrical toilet
Toilet and shower in the aft cabin with manual toilet
CoreanTM solid surface black quarz with stand alone CoreanTM basin in each head
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24 V DC and 230 V 50Hz AC. 12V DC for engine start and marine electronics
Main battery switches
Engine battery 12 V / 80 Ah
Service battery bank: 24 V / 640 Ah batteries
All batteries AGM
Battery charger / Shore power
Battery charger 12 V / 20 Amp.
Battery charger 24 V / 100 Amp.
Isolator switch
2 x 230 V shore supply protected with differential breaker and distribution system
Electric switch panel 230 V
2 differential breakers
Control gauges
Electric switch panel 12 V and 24 V
Switches for all onboard electrics
Voltmeter and battery control
Water / fuel gauges
24 V Electric equipment
Electrical anchor windlass
2 electrical winches, 65 AEST
Navigation lights
Interior lights
Second fridge frontloading
Outlets 230 V
at chart table twin outlet
in fwd. cabin one each
in aft. cabin one each
in galley twin outlet
in saloon twin outlet
in heads one eachM
Interior lighting
Overhead lighting in cabins, saloon, galley and heads
Lighting in engine compartment
Reading lights in saloon and cabins
Night light at companion way
Indirect lighting
Storage room aft
Additional Description
Solid surface, CoreanTM black quartz with integrated double sink
3-burner LPG stove with oven, gimbled
Gas system and self draining LPG bottle storage in anchor locker
Microwave 230V
Extra large fridge of approx 130 l, top and front loader with light
Second fridge, front loader, capacity approx. 80l
Lockers and drawers
Trash can
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Yanmar 4JH4 HTBE, 81 KW / 110HP common rail, diesel engine
Stainless steel propeller shaft
3-bladed folding propeller
1 alternator 12 V / 80 Amp.
1 alternator 24 V / 80 Amp.
Stainless steel fuel tank, capacity approx. 2 x 300 l
Fuel infill on deck
Fuel filter / Water separator
Engine room sound insulated and illuminated
Additional Description
Epoxy built hull with prepreg fibreglass fabrics, vacuum bagged with CorecellTM foam, postcured
Carbon fibre chain plates
Epoxy E-glass strong back with UD reinforcements
White hull with dark grey double water lines
Waterline and cove line laid in the gelcoat
Opening transom with hydraulic, remote control
Options for different hull colours according to Hanse colour selection
Dinghy storage in the aft compartment
Hull windows
Additional Description
Deck prepreg fibreglass fabrics in epoxy, vacuum cured with CorecellTM foam, postcured
Thermal and sound insulated
Deck white
Carbon fibre reinforcements
Deck Equipment
Teak on side decks
Teak on seats and cockpit floor
Teak on coach roof
6 retractable mooring cleats
Self-draining anchor locker with electrical windlass under deck
Flush retractable anchor davit with anchor roller and spring lifting assistance for storage inside the locker
Mooring kit, lines, fenders, anchor 40kg Delta, chain 60m
Two cockpit tables
Self-draining cockpit
Engine control at helm station stb.
Halyard storage boxes in the cockpit
Stainless steel swim ladder
Hot & cold shower on aft deck
Storage for gas bottle
Genoa tracks with pin stop cars
Selftacking jib track, fully integrated in the foredeck
2 x 6 sheave deck organizers
12 deck jammers
Padeyes for gennaker
Opening portholes in cockpit
Stainless steel pushpit with ensign shaft socket
Stainless steel split pulpit
Stainless steel stanchions tapered
Rail gates on both sides
2 electric primary winches 65 AEST (24V),
2 secondary winches 54 AST
Additional Description
Navigation lights
All navigation lights LED Lopolight red and green on pulpit, sternlight on pushpit, steaming light at mast, anchor light at masthead
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3 spreader silver anodised aluminium mast, tapered
Standing rigging in rod
Running backstay Vectran Highload
Mainsail track with sliders and batten cars, Y-split at lower end
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Silver anodised aluminium boom, with 2 reefing lines and outhaul
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Electric jib furler, below deck for maximum luff length
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Booming topping lift (for main)
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Hydraulic boom vang
Split backstay with hydraulic adjuster
Standard composite iron / lead keel, T-shaped
Performance draft: 2.95 m / 9´7
Option: telescope keel, 2.35 - 3.10 m / 7´7 - 10´2
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*dream scenario* You swivel your neck dramatically towards your date and say "Hey babe. I got you something special. It'll be here in dos hours." Two hours later You stroll down Abbot Kinney in your crisp new Van Heusen, park your buns on the beach, casually point up at the absurdly-vibrant, meteorological-Bob-Ross-masterpiece painting of dust and moisture and sunlight and say "Those are some happy little clouds. You're welcome, my little Honey Bunches of Oats." *dream scenario fades out* There's no way. That's some ridiculous, Marvel comic-to-movie screenplay stuff. INCORRECT. You too can now be an oracle of the heavens with the new iOS app, SkyFire. It's a game changer for lazy photographers.
SkyFire is the brainchild of Matthew Kuhns, an award-winning California-based landscape photographer and aerospace engineer. The app is actually a piggy-backed service on The Photographer's Ephemeris app (which I honestly have not played around with, though it looks neat). To build SkyFire Kuhns used science to create spreadsheets and pie graphs and harness the power of the sun. Something like that. The app uses satellite data and weather predictions to form a complex algorithm that produces color-coded, location-based maps to show you the best possible spots to nail the good light. It even has the ability to predict up to four days out, but, just like weather forecasts, for the most accuracy the prediction is best referenced within a couple hours of your expected shoot window.
I was skeptical the first day I tried SkyFire even though it predicted a red patch (the highest likelihood of a vivid sunset) over my house. I sulked in my lair editing only to have the sky burst into fiesta of color outside my window later that evening. I shook a celebratory maraca, rolled some Rs and vowed not to miss out on the next positive prediction.
A couple weeks later I decided to try it out while visiting my folks in southeastern Washington. The second night of my visit SkyFire had another red prediction, which I soon found induces a child-like Christmas Eve-level of excitement. This is the result. The first thing you might notice is that the photo is not that impressive creatively. But you can't deny that it destroys your retinas with pigment. The photo has zero color enhancement, only some exposure changes. That's hella SkyFire, you might say.
Over the following months I used the app a ton while planning for shoots. I even backchecked the predictions on a few shots with Matthew to look for consistency. When referenced within an hour or so of a shoot I've found the app to be accurate probably 95% of the time. Even areas where the prediction is less-than-ideal (cooler color temperatures) the results are often worth going out for.
Really for $10 for 3-months it's sort of a no-brainer for anyone who shoots outdoors. Plus, you can try it for free for 30-days after you buy TPE. So go wow your 11-year-old nephew for two-minutes and frustrate grandma after she's done printing off her e-mails to read. This one is neat.


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Barbie Miller was very proud of her body. Here she was a sixty years old grandma and looking like a woman half of her age.
There were thousands of ladies in Miami, Florida that were just as beautiful as Barbie. But her body made her something special.
Barbie Miller had Long skinny legs, a small ass, a twenty-inch waist, and an enormous bosom. Forty-eight firm fruity inches with huge pink nipples.
Barbie's bosom was gargantuan and bouncy and did not sag one little bit. Barbie had a more healthier bounce in her bosom than many sexy twenty years old girls had!
Barbie also had a luscious mane of long golden hair and big ocean blue eyes. Her nose was nordic with a maneater mouth filled with sharp white perfect teeth.
Barbie Miller was a widow now and had joined a gym to stay healthy and to keep in shape. All her training paid off as she developed well toned biceps.
On Barbie's sixtieth birthday party at her place her granddaughter, Heaven had given her a spandex pink top that said in black letters across it "Sexy Grandma!".
As soon as Barbie opened up the present she went into the bathroom to try it on.
As soon as Barbie put her new top on she immediately strutted out of the bathroom to show it all off to her family.
Barbie's family gasped, as they watched Barbie come out in her new spandex pink top, along with her pink thong bottoms and fuck me six inch heels, because Barbie's monster chest stretched the spandex top totally out of shape.
The instant Barbie came out, her son in law Frank's cock zoomed straight up so fast it ripped straight through his underwear, throbbing madly with excitement.
Frank watched his sexy, super-stacked mother in law's creamy white legs strut into the bathroom again with her shapely ass swaying and her huge boob' bouncing .
Frank wanted to jump his mother in laws bones right then and there but he knew he could not because he was married to her daughter Grace, and Grace would never tolerate it.
Frank could not believe how beautiful and shapely his mother in law Barbie was, the size of her knockers was incredible!
A few seconds after Barbie went into the bathroom she came out again but this time totally nude with just a huge smile on her face, as she giggled and shimmied her massive knockers at her family.
The instant Frank saw Barbie do this he lost total control and creamed his jeans mightily.
"Now that is what I call a birthday suit!" Frank said excitedly as he and the rest of the family laughed at Barbie's teasing.
Barbie then went inside the bathroom again and came out soon enough wearing a sexy, body hugging red mini-skirt with red mule heels on her feet.
"Well family let's eat. I am starving!" Barbie said to her family flashing that Christie Brinkley like smile of hers as her family followed her out the door to their car.
When they arrived at the fancy restaurant Barbie's daughter Grace looked at her. "You know mother , Daddy has been dead for years now. You should try to find another man for yourself. It is ok with me." She said smiling.
"Oh do not worry about that honey. I am working on that right now!" Barbie smiled at her daughter as she made eye contact with an extremely handsome young man in a blue double breasted business suit.
Barbie motioned her eyes downwards to the man as she uncrossed and opened up her legs real wide to show off her succulent pussy to him.
The handsome man followed Barbie's eyes downwards to see Barbie's exposed juicy pussy, twitching madly with excitement.
Barbie did not have any panties on as she continued to cross and uncross her legs sexily making her pussy wetter and wetter.
The man watched with unscrewing eye-balls Barbie's creamy white sexy long legs with big calf muscles crossing and uncrossing under the table, flashing her succulent, quivering pussy to him.
After a little while of this Barbie opened up her legs really wide and mouthed the words "my pussy aches for you!" to the man.
As soon as Barbie did this she saw the mans cock spring up in his pants. The mans pants looked like somebody had erected a circus tent inside of them, as he then hunched over and groaned obviously creaming himself over the voluptuous Barbie.
Barbie then saw the man get up out of his chair quickly and run to the bathroom as his very jealous plain jane wife looked at Barbie angrily, knowing full well that Barbie had teased her man into a mighty orgasm.
Barbie just did to her husband what the wife could not do, and this made Barbie toss her head back and laugh as she watched the man run past her to the bathroom as her family looked at her wondering what was going on.
Barbie knew full well that she had great power over men and females with her awesome sexuality and she loved it!
Life with Barbie was never dull!
Barbie Miller was quite an exhibitionist at heart and the idea of anyone looking her over turned her on.
That was the reason Barbie loved going to the beach. It was a thrill to see the look's on people's faces when she strutted around on the sand in a teeniest of thong bikini's that barely covered anything.
When Barbie had found out about the new nude beach around her area she had almost creamed her jeans with joy.
Barbie soon tried the nude beach several times and loved it.
Barbie actually loved the nude beach so much that she bought a beach house there.
To maintain her beautiful tan she would go to the beach after her workouts. This amounted to every other day and today was no different.
When Barbie got home from her workout she immediately stripped nude, grabbed her towel and beach bag, and jogged out the back door of her house down the sandy beach.
This nude beach was gorgeous and quite secluded from the neighboring properties which Barbie loved.
When Barbie jogged down the beach many people stared at her in utter amazement. They could not believe how gorgeous and stacked she was.
Barbie giggled when she saw a young woman sitting on her beach towel looking at her in awe as the young woman then looked in surprise at her boyfriend's very erect cock over looking at Barbie as the lady then gave her boyfriend a playful shove and looked back at Barbie in great envy.
Barbie miller had seen more swollen cock's on nude beaches than any female imaginable and she absolutely loved it!
When she found a spot on the beach she liked she set her blanket down and ran out into the water for a swim.
Barbie was in the water for a few minutes when she saw a figure enter the beach from the woods.
A large muscular black man walked down the sand to an area about thirty feet or so from where she had placed her things. He was beautiful she thought as she watched him set his towel down and recline on it.
Slowly Barbie came out of the water hoping this black man would notice her. If he did he did not make it obvious to her by the dark sun glasses he wore.
Barbie was disappointed but shrugged it off as she set herself down on her own towel.
Barbie then looked over at her new neighbor taking in his sensuous form.
She had always had fantasies about making love to a black man. Something about their physical presence in her mind exuded power and sexual strength. This had led to many sexual fantasies.
Barbie could feel that familiar moist sensation between her legs as she looked on. the stranger appeared to be sleeping. From where she sat he looked like he was in his early twenties.
Barbie looking at the man could see that he worked out. His strong chest rose and fell with each relaxing breath.
His arms were huge like a professional bodybuilder's would be. He also had a washboard stomach that Barbie could do her laundry on if she wanted.
Oh my god! Barbie thought as his cock came into view. It was huge. At lease eleven inches from her vantage point and it was still limp.
Barbie Miller bit her lip down in excitement. her late husband Jim's cock was five inches erect and this black mans cock was more than double the size.
Barbie had seen big cock's before but none as huge as this one!
Barbie wanted to frig herself off right there but she would not. They were still things that would embarrass her and having a stranger catch her masturbating was high on that list.
She grabbed her suntan lotion. If she could get herself off she was going to at least work on her tan.
The creamy substance oozed into her hand and she set the bottle back down besides her. She started working it into her legs.
It felt slick and cool but once again her eyes wandered to the black man's cock. Barbie was not masturbating but this felt almost as good.
She put more lotion on her hand's and started working it up her thighs.
This was unbearable, she thought as the sensations she was making across her legs made her tingle.
The soft skin of her inner thigh felt wonderful and she could no longer stop her hand as her finger found her clit.
Her body shuddered as she worked the little nub furiously. All she could think about was that black dick and suddenly she realized it was growing bigger.
Barbie was fascinated. It continued to grow larger and thicker. It started rising up from the man's belly and continued to grow.
To Barbie it looked like a giant redwood rising from the ground. Finally it was fully erect and wow was it gigantic!
Barbie continued rubbing herself, she was too lost in what she was doing to question why it had become erect. But then it occurred to her.
Barbie looked up and realized he was watching her and she had given him quite a show. She was mortified and yet she could not take her eyes off of him.
The man smiled and reached for his cock as he slowly began pumping it up and down.
Barbie's embarrassment waned and was replaced by feelings of lust. She desperately wanted to see him climax.
She laid back on her towel and restarted her little performance for him, intensely watching his cock thrusting in and out through his hand.
The man continued to smile at her and this time she almost smiled back almost in disbelief of what she was doing.
There they were two total stranger's masturbating to each other on the nudebeach.
It was incredible she thought as she reached an earth shattering climax. Her pelvis thrust upwards to meet her hand as waves of pleasure rocked her body.
Barbie let out a little squeal of delight as the sensations subsided and her breathing became regular again. It was one of the most intense orgasms that she had ever had in her life.
She looked back towards the man. He was licking his lips and flashed a big toothy grin.
Barbie's eyes were drawn back down to his monster cock when he released it. He then rose to his feet and made his way towards her across the beach.
Barbie was in shock. It was obvious to her now that he intended to fuck her but no way was that going to happen.
Barbie forced herself up to a sitting position on the blanket as she desperately tried to grab her belongings but her eyes were glued on that cock as it bounced up and down with each of his steps.
It was hypnotic!
Barbie had managed to get to her feet but it was too late as the black man held her tightly against him with his powerful arms.
"Where are you going baby?" he smiled.
"A beautiful, voluptuous lady like you can think that you can work a horny guy like me up like that and then leave?" he continued.
"Please!" Barbie cried as she felt his enormous stiff prick rubbing against her soft belly.
"Sorry baby! I am going to have to fuck you really good because you look dynamite!" he said lustfully.
The black man then spun Barbie around and quickly dropped her back onto her towel. His massive hand fell firmly against her neck, pinning her on her belly. He was going to take her from behind.
Barbie tried to desperately close her legs but the man put his legs between them as they spread easily.
"Please!" she begged but got no response.
The black man then entered Barbie as her butt cheeks flexed involuntarily. she figured he must of found this exciting because he kept kneading them with his hand.
Barbie knew already that this man was deeper inside her than her late husband had ever been and yet he was still going.
Barbie started to wonder if she could put his entire cock inside of her pussy without it tearing her apart.
Each thrust was like a jackhammer drilling it's way deeper and deeper inside her and suddenly she could feel his balls against her clit. He had made it all the way in and she took pride in this.
He started to thrust at a faster rate, sliding in and out of her in smooth deep strokes. She was definitely well lubricated and he was having an easy time of it.
The soreness of his dick caused by the stretching of her pussy eased and was being replaced by twinges of pleasure.
She prayed that this would not happen so at least she could say that she did not enjoy it but her body refused her pleas.
The sensations grew stronger as he fucked her and her body soon gave in. Her ass rose to meet his inward thrusts and realizing this to him released her neck. He knew that she was all his now.
Barbie did too. The waves of pleasure were growing stronger and stronger with each thrust and the only thing she wanted to be was this black man's fuck toy.
Moans were coming from her now with each stroke and she could feel her toes curl into little balls.
This little rape was turning into the best damn fuck of her life. She climaxed again but hard this time. As she did he still held her tightly by the hips to control her convulsions.
When she stopped he once again started thrusting but even faster this time using his grip on her waist for leverage.
Her late husband had never had the energy to thrust this fast and she loved it. The waves of pleasure were building up inside of her once again as she exploded mightily in orgasm.
This time he did not stop his thrusts. He rode out her climax and fucked her even more furiously.
Barbie could not believe it but she was on the verge of another orgasm.
"Ooh fucking god!" she squealed. "I am cumming again!" He then threw his weight on top of her this time and slowed himself down as she climaxed.
Barbie then felt him grab her arm and though still out of sorts from her last orgasms she could feel him flipping her onto her back.
She had never in her life experienced multiple orgasms. Her late husband hardly gave her even one. So she often had to pleasure herself in the bathroom.
The bastard! she thought as the large black man grinned down at her.
"Oh baby! that was sweet...was it not?" Barbie found herself nodding in agreement.
"Don't worry honey. We are nowhere finished yet!" he continued smiling.
Oh god! Barbie thought to herself this beautiful black man is going to fuck me silly. It was more than she could have dreamed and she shuddered as she watched his cock enter her once again.
Barbie could feel it slide deep inside her. He did not take it slow this time. He was going to make her squeal as quickly as possible.
His thrusts into her were fast and steady each one pushing her slightly off the towel they were resting on.
"You like this don't you, you little tease?" he growled, as Barbie just groaned.
"Answer me lady or I am going to stop fucking you now!" he growled.
"Nooo!" Barbie moaned.
"No what bitch?" he replied seriously.
"No please don't stop!" she said.
"Why not?" he laughed.
"Because you fucking me feels so fucking good!"
Barbie moaned as the black man pumped inside of her even faster.
"Are you my sexy white girlfriend?" he asked.
"Yes, I am. Are you my super-hunky black man?" Barbie asked curiously.
"Yes, I am." the black man said as he kept on pumping away.
"Fuck me you big black stud! fuck me!" Barbie wailed as she came over and over again as she quickly passed out from all the great lovemaking.
When she awoke Barbie found herself in the air still impaled on her new lover's cock. He still had not cum. Barbie was amazed as much by that as she was by the way he had been fucking her limp body in the standing position.
The black man was mighty strong that was for sure.
"Lie down." she whispered in his ear.
"Oh are you awake from your nap?" he said faking surprise.
"Lie down!" she said more forcefully as she slid off his body. "I want to ride you."
You will get no argument from me he responded as he dropped to the sand. Barbie stood over his hard, sexy body and grabbed his cock. She then primed it a bit and he let out a little moan.
Then bending at the knees he dropped down on it. It slid easily into her pussy. A perfect fit.
As she dropped to her knees the cock impaled her. She then started to thrust her hips, fucking him at an incredible pace.
Barbie could feel waves of pleasure building up strong inside of her as her well toned ass worked his giant cock over and over again.
Barbie then dropped her body onto his chest and started bucking her hips up and down on his cock. Faster and faster she went until once again she hit mighty orgasm.
"Oh fuck! oh god! I really love your big fat cock! it really fills me all the way up!" she squealed as she rode it out.
Barbie could feel another massive orgasm coming on as she continued fucking up and down up and down on his cock.
"Oohh baby!' Barbie moaned as she came explosively in orgasm.
The black man then got on top of Barbie and began to fuck her that way for awhile.
The black man then saw Barbie stare at him.
"Now I am going to really make you blow your nuts big boy!" she announced as he watched her coat her right finger with saliva as she reached around his waist, found his asshole and slowly slipped her finger inside.
The instant Barbie stuck her finger up the man's ass he came so mightily he thought he would never stop cumming.
The black man semen came into Barbie with such force this triggered her own orgasm as she came mightily too.
The black man was not quite done yet as he made her roll onto her stomach. He parted her legs and began licking the soft flesh of her inner thighs. Then he put his gigantic cock inside of her again as he began to furiously pump away.
Barbie did not think the man could make her cum again , so fast and so soon but she soon felt the incredible mind blowing buildup of a storm waiting to break.
Barbie was just about to tell the black man what a great lover he was but he knew anyway because Barbie told him by climaxing with an earth shattering shudder of pure sensual lust with loud, abandoned piercing screams.
After the great sex Barbie and the man lay exhausted in each other's arms. Barbie knew that she had been fucked better than anybody had ever fucked her in her whole life and she did not want it to stop.
"Hey! want to go to my beach house and fuck me all over my leopard print water bed?" Barbie asked.
"Ok!" the man said as he reached down and picked Barbie up off of her feet and cradled her in his arms like a baby.
Barbie then smiled at the man. "By the way my name is Barbie Miller. what is yours?"
"Ken Johnson!" the black man said.
"Ken and Barbie!" Barbie laughed making them both laugh merrily as they headed for her beach house for some more fucking and fun!
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Moving in! Tips about setting up home in Tokyo?
Hello everybody,
I'm excited about moving with my hubby to the Tokyo metropolis in just a couple of weeks! (Probably to the west of Tokyo/ Fussa area.)
Are there any Japan/ Tokyo specific tips, tricks or rules you can think of that I might have to observe when relocating to this area? With my last intercontinental move (Germany - US) I noticed there were a lot of small things that were just different that I wouldn't even have thought of asking about - and that was between two supposedly very similar Western cultures ;)
I heard at least in the south tattoos are still very stigmatized, and some gaijin wear long sleeves year round to not freak out their neighbors. Being a tattoo artist, nothing short of a burka would cover up my ink ;) Is the Tokyo area a lot more tolerant about tattoos or should I be in hiding whenever a meeting with a potential landlord is scheduled?
What about food safety? Is anybody concerned about relabeled produce from the Fukushima prefecture? Is this a no-no question in Japan?
Thank you for your tips ! I'm glad to have found this community and I'm looking forward to making many new experiences and friends in the coming three years!


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Your daily dose of style, interiors, food and life in Copenhagen - for you and your kids!!
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So sweet, yes here time will come. Before you know she will be 14 years. Enjoy!ReplyDelete
Sweet greet Martine.Replies
Yes Martine you are so right - time flies by :)Delete
Beautiful photos, I´m always fond of pics that tells a story even if you don´t see the face - and I try to take such pics when I get the chance. :-)ReplyDelete
- Anonymous16 January 2013 at 07:58
Elsker dem!ReplyDelete
i love everything in this beautiful story...ReplyDelete
She looks adorable and your little story with it is so lovely... xoReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks Carole, I thought it went together rather well :-)Delete
wow! these photos are amazing!ReplyDelete
Gorgeous photos! xReplyDelete
Beautiful photos!ReplyDelete
So sweet, precious girl! Her time will come indeed :) xoReplyDelete
Yndigt er hvad et er :-)ReplyDelete
Aw, how sweet. And sad. And wonderful. Beautiful images and sentiments.ReplyDelete
Anya, that's too cute! HaHaHa I use to do the same thing when I was little. LOLReplyDelete
Precious. I love these pictures. Priceless. The hair, the balet outfit, the leg warmers. All of it. It's so perfect. Love,ReplyDelete
Shauna xoReplies
Thanks Shauna, she is ever so proud when she wears her pretty outfit:)Delete
Ah...she is adorable! How well I remember the pink tights, leotard and leg warmers from when my daughter took ballet. It was the best thing I could have done for her. She was a bit shy and lacking in confidence and ballet not only gave her grace but confidence in herself as well.ReplyDelete
Such a sweet photo one I'm sure you will look back on in years to come with love,Replies
Thanks Kris - You know these images were far more interesting than the other girls dancing /(don't get me wrong, I took loads of my other daughter dancing too :) But the story behind these ones were perfect I thought.Delete
Ballet is great - they love it too,
I'm so happy she's dancing... and waiting.ReplyDelete
What extraordinary being she will be.
There's lots of waiting in Art and not all is age related. It does her well to be able to watch, learn and (Aunt Teresa brags) be Better ahahah
Thank you for sharing THAT perfect moment!Replies
Thanks Teresa- you are absolutely right - her time will come indeed:)Delete
Oh, she is so sweet :), her day will come.ReplyDelete
So precious. Great pictures!ReplyDelete
I completely adore it and would buy a print of this... it is such a perfect moment. A moment that we only cherish as adults... her time will come.ReplyDelete
On a separate not, I saw the most incredible film last night: The Sessions... check it out! Utterly breathtaking xxx
These pictures are beautifully taken. Like one of the above commenter, I would buy these prints in a heartbeat. You have captured a lovely moment of your daugther. Good job, Anya!ReplyDelete


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If there were a spectrum of the state of matter, icebergs would be about halfway between sky and stone. With a lot of the structure and scale of rock with the ephemeralness of water. These absolutely stunning images come from Nuremberg-based photographer Jan Erik Waider.
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Bluboo Edge presale offer at TomTop + 4% off (coupon)
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About a week ago we learned about two new devices coming from Bluboo. Bluboo Edge was one of them and now it's time for its presale period. The device features an MT6737 1.3GHz quad core SoC with 2GB RAM and 16GB of internal storage. The battery capacity is 2.600mAh, an average capacity for today's standards. But if we look at the display, the battery performance is probably above average after all.
The display is a standard 5.5″ HD panel from AU Optronics with a durable, dual-layer touch panel that is usable even with wet hands or gloves. On the camera department, we have an 8MP (13MP interpolated) Sony IMX219 sensor for the rear camera with LED Flash. The front is a 5MP camera (8MP via interpolation). Of course, it is dual-SIM with LTE support and you can add up to 256GB more to the storage via microSD.
As for the presale, it is already running since November 10 and it will end on November 25. The price for this period is $129.99 and with the coupon TOMTOPES4 from TomTop, you get an extra 4% off. This means that the price goes down to $124.79.
Lastly, you can find the device by visiting the product page at TomTop. Just visit the link below!


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That relief didn't come easy. In Taipei, DPP candidate Frank Hsieh lost the mayoral race to Kuomintang (KMT) candidate Hau Lung-bin by about 13%. But Taipei, a KMT stronghold, was a race the DPP was expected to lose. In Kaohsiung, on the other hand, the DPP has held the mayoral seat for the past eight years. DPP candidate Chen Chu, an ex-labor minister and former political prisoner, won by 1,114 votes, just .14% of the total 767,868 ballots cast. She had trailed in opinion polls in the weeks before the election and acknowledged that the corruption allegations involving the President were an obstacle. KMT candidate Huang Jun-ying, a former university official, made corruption a key issue. But he was stung by election eve accusations of vote-buying by his campaign. Huang denied the allegations and demanded a recount; on Sunday a Kaohsiung court approved the request, meaning it could be months before the final outcome is known. Meanwhile, the political tension will likely continue. "The margin was very narrow," says Andrew Yang, secretary general of the Taipei-based Chinese Council of Advanced Policy Studies. "The recount has created uncertainty and the opportunity for political confrontation."
For now, the biggest winner is Chen Shui-bian. On Nov. 3, when First Lady Wu Shu-chen and three former presidential aides were indicted on charges of forgery and embezzling $450,000, it looked like the President was all but finished politically. (Prosecutors said they also have enough evidence to charge Chen, although he is protected by presidential immunity while in office.) But in subsequent weeks Chen's supporters rallied to his side, defeating a recall motion in the legislature that would have triggered a national referendum on his ouster. They also shone the spotlight on his biggest rival, outgoing Taipei Mayor and KMT chairman Ma Ying-jeou, a likely 2008 presidential candidate. Following demands for an investigation by DPP lawmakers, Ma was forced to admit to bookkeeping problems regarding his mayoral expense account, and was questioned by prosecutors about official funds that DPP lawmakers accuse him of keeping for himself. While he denies any wrongdoing, Ma's woes have helped solidify the DPP faithful's support of the President. And with a win in Kaohsiung, the party can also salvage some momentum for legislative elections next year and the presidential race in 2008, when Chen can't seek another term. "It basically means that 2008 is up for grabs," says Sheng. "I think before this election most people felt Ma Ying-jeou and the KMT had the upper hand." Now it seems, the future is wide open.


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KAMLOOPS - White Buffalo Aboriginal and Métis Health Society will be hosting its second annual fundraiser event "Honouring Our Life Givers" Night at the Drum: Alive with the Fiddle at 7 p.m. on Mother's Day, Sunday, May 8, 2016, at Sagebrush Theatre.
Featured performances include those by Nathan Cunningham, Rene Therrien, Raynie Gervais, Cvetozar Vutev, Fara Palmer and the Sisterclan, Lii Michif Kamloops Dance Troupe, The Margit Sky Project, Shalni Prowse School of Highland Dance, B.C. Metis Federation Jiggers, Kamloops Old Time Fiddlers and Friends, and Good Heart Drum. This year, funds raised at Alive with the Fiddle event will be used to expand and continue White Buffalo's Reaching Out Project, a targeted outreach response to domestic violence in Kamloops and surrounding rural communities.
In 2015, the 1st annual Night at the Drum event resulted in proceeds of $3,852 which benefited Interior Community Services (ICS) in creating an emergency Youth Safe Suite for youth experiencing homelessness while building positive relationships and linkages to support services. This year, funds raised at Alive with the Fiddle will ensure the continued success of White Buffalo's own Reaching Out Project (funded through Status of Women Canada), which will positively impact the community by educating and building momentum for community action against domestic violence.
The intent of Alive with the Fiddle is to honour women, provide education, and share traditions and knowledge. This event will be an experience and an opportunity to learn the history of the violin starting from the era of the 1500s to the 1800s when the violin was developed to mimic the physical shape of a woman and sound of a woman. We wish to invite members of the community to come together to honour our life givers of the world and to celebrate this through our Alive with the Fiddle event. All women who attend will be entered to win a variety of door prizes.
"Honouring Our Life Givers" Night at the Drum: Alive with the Fiddle tickets can be purchased for $25 through Kamloops Live! Box Office – kamloopslive.ca – 250-374-5483 – or at the door (doors open at 6:30).


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September 29, 2013
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