tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43986983357393477362024-03-17T00:18:55.956-07:00The Quirky GlobeStrange, unusual, lighthearted and humourous news from around the world.The Quirky Globehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14035642172334820494noreply@blogger.comBlogger1570125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4398698335739347736.post-11815013438218712712011-09-08T15:15:00.000-07:002011-09-08T15:15:24.193-07:00Artist creates stunning waxworks so realistic they're treated like real people<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px;"></span><br />
<h1 style="font-size: 3em; font-weight: bolder; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Madame Tussauds take note: Artist creates stunning waxworks so realistic they're treated like real people</h1><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">By <a class="author" href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/search.html?s=&authornamef=Chris+Parsons" rel="nofollow" style="color: #003580; cursor: pointer; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase;">CHRIS PARSONS</a></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Last updated at 6:58 PM on 8th September 2011</div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div><div class="facebookLikeTop" style="float: right; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><fb:like colorscheme="light" height="30" href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2035059/Artist-Carole-Feuerman-creates-stunning-waxworks-realistic-people-think-theyre-treated-like-real-people.html" layout="button_count" ref="LikeButtonTop" show_faces="false" width="90"></fb:like></div><div class="article-icon-links-container" style="clear: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><ul class="article-icon-links cleared" style="font-size: 1.2em; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 25px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 3px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: nowrap;">
</span></ul></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">It's an art form with little margin for error - just ask any celebrity made to stand next to their own waxwork which barely has a passing resemblance.</span></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">But when artists get waxworks right, the results can be so stunning it's near impossible to tell them from real people.</span></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The models created by Carole Feuerman are the latter, as they're so realistic that people sometimes think they're alive.</span></div><div class="clear" style="border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; clear: both; float: none !important; font-size: 0px !important; height: 0px !important; line-height: 0 !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; width: auto;"></div><div class="artSplitter" style="margin-bottom: 4px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; width: 636px;"><img alt="Is she real: Artist Carole takes six painstaking months creating the stunningly lifelike sculptures" class="blkBorder" height="558" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/09/08/article-0-0DC412EC00000578-289_634x558.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: black; border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: black; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: black; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" width="634" /><div class="imageCaption" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(167, 169, 171); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; clear: both; font-size: 1.2em; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px; text-align: left;">Is she real? Artist Carole Feuerman takes six painstaking months to create the stunningly lifelike sculptures</div></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Carole, 50, spends a gruelling six months on the waxworks, with her hyper-realistic sculptures selling for as much as £250,000 each.</span></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The Manhattan-based sculptor's collection includes several female model waxworks in swimming costumes or bikinis.</span></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The grandmother-of-two said her waxworks are seen as so lifelike that viewers of her work often refer to the models as real people.</span></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">She said: 'My studio can take people by surprise, it is always littered with different body parts.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">'As my work is designed to look as realistic as possible, people often get a bit freaked out when they come in.</span></div><div class="clear" style="border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; clear: both; float: none !important; font-size: 0px !important; height: 0px !important; line-height: 0 !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; width: auto;"></div><div class="artSplitter" style="margin-bottom: 4px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; width: 636px;"><img alt="Larger than life: Part of the time consuming nature of creating the models is down to their large size" class="blkBorder" height="472" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/09/08/article-0-0DC4148E00000578-89_634x472.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: black; border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: black; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: black; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" width="634" /><div class="imageCaption" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(167, 169, 171); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; clear: both; font-size: 1.2em; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px; text-align: left;">Larger than life: Part of the time consuming nature of creating the models is down to their large size</div></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">'When I am creating and painting a sculpture people refer to the work as 'it'. </span></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">'But when the piece is finished, people subconsciously start calling them 'him' or 'her' - they speak about my art as if they were real people.</span></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">'Even with people who have worked with me for years, and are used to my art, end up doing it.</span></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">'When designing a piece, I rarely base a sculpture purely on one person - most of my work will use the face of one model, the body of another and the arms and hands of a third.</span></div><div class="clear" style="border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; clear: both; float: none !important; font-size: 0px !important; height: 0px !important; line-height: 0 !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; width: auto;"></div><div class="artSplitter" style="margin-bottom: 4px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; width: 636px;"><img alt="Squint and she's real: Carole's lifelike models sell for up to £250,000 each" class="blkBorder" height="491" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/09/08/article-0-0DC4123400000578-215_634x491.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: black; border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: black; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: black; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" width="634" /><div class="imageCaption" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(167, 169, 171); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; clear: both; font-size: 1.2em; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px; text-align: left;">Squint and she's real: Carole's lifelike models sell for up to £250,000 each</div></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">'I have sculptures that have been made up of body parts of five or six different people.'</span></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Carole creates the amazing works by creating a mould, and making a resin cast out of liquid polyester, before using very fine sandpaper to refine the piece and to give the sculpture its lifelike skin.</span></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">She then spends weeks spraying hundreds of layers of skin-toned paint to the piece, attaching real human hair to finally bring it to life.</span></div><div class="clear" style="border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; clear: both; float: none !important; font-size: 0px !important; height: 0px !important; line-height: 0 !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; width: auto;"></div><div class="artSplitter" style="margin-bottom: 4px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; width: 636px;"><img alt="Sleeping beauty: Carole uses hundreds of layers of skin-toned paint and real hair to create the hyper-realistic models" class="blkBorder" height="472" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/09/08/article-0-0DC4123000000578-150_634x472.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: black; border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: black; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: black; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" width="634" /><div class="imageCaption" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(167, 169, 171); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; clear: both; font-size: 1.2em; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px; text-align: left;">Sleeping beauty: Carole uses hundreds of layers of skin-toned paint and real hair to create the hyper-realistic models</div></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">'It is very time consuming but you can't rush it - the longer it takes, the better it looks.</span></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">'As we know the look of human skin so well it takes time to be able to get the sculpture realistic enough to trick the eye.</span></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">'But the aim of my art is not just to make a realistic looking model - I am not trying to do what Madame Tussauds do and simply recreate life-like representation.</span></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">'My art tells a story and I want the viewer to be involved and really feel the character's emotion.'</span></div>The Quirky Globehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14035642172334820494noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4398698335739347736.post-82453530196245198422011-09-06T12:53:00.000-07:002011-09-06T12:53:40.622-07:00Beached whale returned to its mother after 8-hour rescue<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<h1 style="font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Beached 15-ton baby whale is saved and returned to its mother after gruelling EIGHT-hour rescue</h1><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">By <a class="author" href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/search.html?s=&authornamef=Jessica+Satherley" rel="nofollow" style="color: #003580; cursor: pointer; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase;">JESSICA SATHERLEY</a></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Last updated at 7:17 PM on 6th September 2011</div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div><div class="facebookLikeTop" style="float: right; font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><fb:like class=" fb_edge_widget_with_comment fb_iframe_widget" colorscheme="light" height="30" href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2034404/Beached-15-tonne-baby-whale-saved-returned-mother-gruelling-EIGHT-hour-rescue.html" layout="button_count" ref="LikeButtonTop" show_faces="false" style="display: inline-block; position: relative;" width="90"><span style="position: relative;"><iframe class="fb_ltr" id="f20ab9ed88" name="f3f7a9fc18" scrolling="no" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?api_key=146202712090395&channel_url=https%3A%2F%2Fs-static.ak.fbcdn.net%2Fconnect%2Fxd_proxy.php%3Fversion%3D3%23cb%3Df3e9b20b5%26origin%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.dailymail.co.uk%252Ff3eddabb6c%26relation%3Dparent.parent%26transport%3Dpostmessage&colorscheme=light&href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailymail.co.uk%2Fnews%2Farticle-2034404%2FBeached-15-tonne-baby-whale-saved-returned-mother-gruelling-EIGHT-hour-rescue.html&layout=button_count&locale=en_GB&node_type=link&ref=LikeButtonTop&sdk=joey&show_faces=false&width=90" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; height: 21px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; position: relative; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 90px;" title="Like this content on Facebook."></iframe></span></fb:like></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">A 15-ton Minke whale calf has been successfully saved by rescuers after becoming beached in a shallow doc</span><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">k</span><span style="font-size: 1.2em;"> this morning.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The 30ft mammal became beached in </span><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Immingham Docks, near Grimsby, Lincolnshire</span><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">, after it became startled and lost its mother.</span><span style="font-size: 1.2em;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The distressed whale was spotted by a passing ship, which alerted authorities at 8am this morning and kick started the eight-hour rescue mission.</span></div><div class="clear" style="border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; clear: both; float: none !important; font-size: 0px !important; height: 0px !important; line-height: 0 !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; width: auto;"></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><img alt="Stuck in the mud: The 30ft baby Minke whale became beached in a shallow dock near Grimsby, Lincolnshire, but rescuers managed to save it after an eight-hour mission" class="blkBorder" height="409" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/09/06/article-2034404-0DBD336900000578-773_964x409.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: black; border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: black; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: black; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" width="964" /><div class="imageCaption" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Stuck in the mud: The 30ft baby Minke whale became beached in a shallow dock near Grimsby, Lincolnshire, but rescuers managed to save it after an eight-hour mission</div></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Over 50 emergency personnel descended on Immingham Docks, including the RSPCA, Coastguard, RNLI, fire services and British Marine Rescue, to try and free the trapped marine mammal.</span><span style="font-size: 1.2em;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Rescuers believe it was swimming with its mother when it was startled and went off course - becoming trapped in the shallow dock.</span></div><div class="relatedItems" style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><ul style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></ul></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Fire services desperately dug a trench to help create a path deep enough to secure the whale’s safe passage back to sea once the next high tide came in.</span><span style="font-size: 1.2em;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Meanwhile, the baby whale’s distressed mother was frantically circling the Humber waiting for its return.</span></div><div class="clear" style="border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; clear: both; float: none !important; font-size: 0px !important; height: 0px !important; line-height: 0 !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; width: auto;"></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><img alt="Successful mission: Over 50 emergency personnel descended on Immingham Docks, including the RSPCA, Coastguard, RNLI, fire services and British Marine Rescue" class="blkBorder" height="450" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/09/06/article-2034404-0DBD344600000578-439_964x450.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: black; border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: black; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: black; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" width="964" /><div class="imageCaption" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Successful mission: Over 50 emergency personnel descended on Immingham Docks, including the RSPCA, Coastguard, RNLI, fire services and British Marine Rescue</div></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">But as fears grew that the whale may have had to be put down, the eight-hour</span><span style="font-size: 1.2em;"> rescue attempt came to an end as the distressed creature was finally freed.</span></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">It is now heading back out into the North Sea to be reunited with his mother.</span></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">A spokesman for British Divers Marine Life Rescue: ‘We got a call at 8am this morning to say there was a Minke whale beached at Immingham Docks.</span><span style="font-size: 1.2em;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">'At that moment in time it was facing towards the sea, but we successfully helped rotate it.</span></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">'Fire services began digging a trench to allow water underneath the whale and support it. The concern was that the tide would continue to drop and it would not be able to support its large weight, so we obviously needed to get it back to sea as soon as possible.</span></div><div class="clear" style="border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; clear: both; float: none !important; font-size: 0px !important; height: 0px !important; line-height: 0 !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; width: auto;"></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><img alt="Rescue plan: Fire services dug a trench to help create a path deep enough to secure the whale's safe passage back to sea once the next high tide came in" class="blkBorder" height="396" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/09/06/article-2034404-0DBD319900000578-400_964x396.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: black; border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: black; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: black; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" width="964" /><div class="imageCaption" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Rescue plan: Fire services dug a trench to help create a path deep enough to secure the whale's safe passage back to sea once the next high tide came in</div></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">'Thankfully, Minke whales can survive a bit longer than other whales. With good first aid and animal care the animal can survive for 12 hours.</span></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">'We have had our local co-ordinator there and a team of British Marine Life medics who worked very closely with the RSPCA, vets, Coastguard, fire services and Humber rescue to ensure the safe return of the whale to its mother.</span></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">'We are all just relieved the whale has been successfully reunited with his mother.'</span></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">A spokeswoman for Humber Coastguard said: 'The larger whale has not been seen for a while, so we believe that is also heading back out to sea.'</span></div><span style="font-size: 10px;"><br />
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</ul></div><div class="clear" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div><h1 class="articleHeading" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Appy cyclists</h1><div class="articleinner" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div class="IceArticleImage news_headline" style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><img alt="facebike" class="news_headline" height="225" src="http://web.orange.co.uk/images/ice/quirkies/facebike.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" width="400" /></div><div class="first" style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Swiss manufacturers will this week launch the futurist eJalopy GreenWheel - a bike with a revolutionary electric motor and loaded with sensors, apps, and internet connections.</div><div style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Users can use wi-fi links to their smart phones to find their friends for them and then tap into GPS systems to find the best, quickest or most energy efficient route there.</div><div style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">They can also monitor their own performance, pulse and calories burned up - and send out challenges by SMS from the £3,000 bike to see if anyone can beat their personal bests.</div><div style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">And when the effort gets too much, riders can sit back and let the electric motor - built into the green coloured rear wheel hub - do all the work.</div><div style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">MTB Cycletech designer Butch Gaudy and computer expert Michael Lin said: "We wanted to make a quick, quiet and effortless bike that runs on a simple platform that would allow new functions and apps to be added."</div><div><br />
</div></div>The Quirky Globehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14035642172334820494noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4398698335739347736.post-40124727665377323612011-09-03T02:49:00.000-07:002011-09-03T02:49:21.107-07:00Great white shark pictured feet from oblivious surfers...<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<h1 style="font-size: 3em; font-weight: bolder; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Riding their luck: 12ft Great White shark pictured in San Diego wave just feet away from oblivious surfers</h1><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">By <a class="author" href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/search.html?s=&authornamef=Paul+Bentley" rel="nofollow" style="color: #003580; cursor: pointer; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase;">PAUL BENTLEY</a></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Last updated at 6:49 PM on 2nd September 2011</div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div><div class="facebookLikeTop" style="float: right; font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><fb:like colorscheme="light" height="30" href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2032977/Riding-luck-12ft-Great-White-shark-pictured-San-Diego-wave-just-feet-away-oblivious-surfers.html" layout="button_count" ref="LikeButtonTop" show_faces="false" width="90"></fb:like></div><div class="article-icon-links-container" style="clear: none; font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><ul class="article-icon-links cleared" style="font-size: 1.2em; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 25px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 3px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: nowrap;">
</span></ul></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">As Labor Day weekend begins, many will be planning family trips to the beach.</span></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Although, for those in San Diego, this picture might make them think twice.</span></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">A terrifying photograph shows the moment a Great White shark was spotted in a wave in Encinitas, California - just a few feet away from completely oblivious surfers.</span></div><div style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 17px;"><br />
</span></div><div class="clear" style="border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; clear: both; float: none !important; font-size: 0px !important; height: 0px !important; line-height: 0 !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; width: auto;"></div><div class="artSplitter" style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; width: 636px;"><img alt="Lurking: The shark, furthest right, swims through the wave the surfers try to ride" class="blkBorder" height="286" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/09/02/article-2032977-0DAE56F700000578-321_634x286.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: black; border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: black; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: black; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" width="634" /><div class="imageCaption" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(167, 169, 171); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; clear: both; font-size: 1.2em; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px; text-align: left;">Lurking: The shark, furthest right, swims through the wave the surfers try to ride</div></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Gary Elliott, a passer-by who took the picture on Wednesday was convinced he had seen a shark - and the claim has now been backed up by marine experts.</span></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">'It looks pretty clear to me,' Mr Elliott told CBS8. 'It doesn't look like a surfer. It's not the silhouette of a board.'</span></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The claim was initially disregarded by lifeguards at the beach.</span></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Robert Veria said the photograph had, in fact, captured the moment a surfer duck dived into the wave with his or her knees bent.</span></div><div class="clear" style="border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; clear: both; float: none !important; font-size: 0px !important; height: 0px !important; line-height: 0 !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; width: auto;"></div><div class="artSplitter" style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; width: 636px;"><img alt="Lucky escape: The surfer did not even realise the huge shark was beneath him" class="blkBorder" height="286" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/09/02/article-2032977-0DAE577D00000578-561_634x286.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: black; border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: black; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: black; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" width="634" /><div class="imageCaption" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(167, 169, 171); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; clear: both; font-size: 1.2em; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px; text-align: left;">Lucky escape: The surfer did not even realise the huge shark was beneath him</div></div><div class="clear" style="border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; clear: both; float: none !important; font-size: 0px !important; height: 0px !important; line-height: 0 !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; width: auto;"></div><div class="artSplitter" style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; width: 636px;"><img alt="Brave or reckless? Surfers continue to ride the waves in San Diego despite the sighting" class="blkBorder" height="286" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/09/02/article-2032977-0DAE5A0600000578-467_634x286.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: black; border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: black; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: black; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" width="634" /><div class="imageCaption" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(167, 169, 171); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; clear: both; font-size: 1.2em; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px; text-align: left;">Brave or reckless? Surfers continue to ride the waves in San Diego despite the sighting</div></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">But marine experts have since confirmed that the picture is most likely to be of a shark.</span></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Ralph Collier, from the Shark Research Committee, told CBS8: 'In my opinion, we are looking at the tail end of an animal that is... 10 to 12 feet, maybe a little more. </span></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Officials said despite the sighting the beach would remain open for the weekend.</span></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The stunning image was taken as two-mile stretch of coastline in La Jolla was reopened yesterday despite three confirmed sightings in a week along the San Diego coast.</span></div><div class="clear" style="border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; clear: both; float: none !important; font-size: 0px !important; height: 0px !important; line-height: 0 !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; width: auto;"></div><div class="artSplitter" style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; width: 636px;"><img alt="Huge: A surfer, top, catches a big wave in Newport Beach, California, yesterday" class="blkBorder" height="416" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/09/02/article-2032977-0DABC6A400000578-615_634x416.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: black; border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: black; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: black; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" width="634" /><div class="imageCaption" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(167, 169, 171); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; clear: both; font-size: 1.2em; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px; text-align: left;">Huge: A surfer, top, catches a big wave in Newport Beach, California, yesterday</div></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div><div class="clear" style="border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; clear: both; float: none !important; font-size: 0px !important; height: 0px !important; line-height: 0 !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; width: auto;"></div><div class="artSplitter" style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; width: 636px;"><img alt="Dangerous: Fans came out to watch the daredevils ride the massive Californian waves" class="blkBorder" height="436" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/09/02/article-2032977-0DABC9F100000578-579_634x436.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: black; border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: black; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: black; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" width="634" /><div class="imageCaption" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(167, 169, 171); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; clear: both; font-size: 1.2em; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px; text-align: left;">Dangerous: Fans came out to watch the daredevils ride the massive Californian waves</div></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Beaches had been closed after several people spotted a 12 inch shark fin on Wednesday near the Children's Pool.</span></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Fishermen also found a dead baby seal off the Ocean Beach pier with shark bite marks. </span></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Another two mile stretch of beach in the area was closes last week after a lifeguard saw an 18 inch dorsal fin.</span></div><div class="clear" style="border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; clear: both; float: none !important; font-size: 0px !important; height: 0px !important; line-height: 0 !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; width: auto;"></div><div class="artSplitter" style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; width: 636px;"><img alt="Fierce: The waves crashed down with huge force as surfers battled the conditions" class="blkBorder" height="409" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/09/02/article-2032977-0DABE72B00000578-561_634x409.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: black; border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: black; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: black; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" width="634" /><div class="imageCaption" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(167, 169, 171); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; clear: both; font-size: 1.2em; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px; text-align: left;">Fierce: The waves crashed down with huge force as surfers battled the conditions</div></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The picture also comes as other astonishing images were taken of surfers hitting the waves in their droves in California yesterday despite being told to keep out of the water because of dangerous conditions.</span></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Authorities issued warnings about waves pounding the central California coast that left a swimmer missing and caused a marijuana smuggling boat to crash onto a beach.</span></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Lifeguards conducted dozens of rescues and the massive surf also caused some damage to the Ocean Beach and San Clemente piers.</span></div>The Quirky Globehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14035642172334820494noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4398698335739347736.post-87666531602581466302011-09-02T13:48:00.000-07:002011-09-02T13:48:37.179-07:00Pink Panther car to be sold for £100,000...<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<h1 style="font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Fancy a ride on the bright side? Unique Pink Panther car set to be sold for £100,000</h1><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">By <a class="author" href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/search.html?s=&authornamef=Daily+Mail+Reporter" rel="nofollow" style="color: #003580; cursor: pointer; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase;">DAILY MAIL REPORTER</a></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Last updated at 6:16 PM on 2nd September 2011</div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div><div class="facebookLikeTop" style="float: right; font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><fb:like class=" fb_edge_widget_with_comment fb_iframe_widget" colorscheme="light" height="30" href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2033035/Fancy-ride-bright-Unique-Pink-Panther-car-set-sold-100-000.html" layout="button_count" ref="LikeButtonTop" show_faces="false" style="display: inline-block; position: relative;" width="90"><span style="position: relative;"><iframe class="fb_ltr" id="f2370acd78" name="f311641e6c" scrolling="no" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?api_key=146202712090395&channel_url=https%3A%2F%2Fs-static.ak.fbcdn.net%2Fconnect%2Fxd_proxy.php%3Fversion%3D3%23cb%3Df3b38c2a28%26origin%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.dailymail.co.uk%252Ff1b9baf97%26relation%3Dparent.parent%26transport%3Dpostmessage&colorscheme=light&href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailymail.co.uk%2Fnews%2Farticle-2033035%2FFancy-ride-bright-Unique-Pink-Panther-car-set-sold-100-000.html&layout=button_count&locale=en_GB&node_type=link&ref=LikeButtonTop&sdk=joey&show_faces=false&width=90" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; height: 20px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; position: relative; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 90px;" title="Like this content on Facebook."></iframe></span></fb:like></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><br />
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The original Pink Panther car is set to fetch up to £100,000 at auction next month.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The unique vehicle featured in the title credits of the hit children's TV series from 1969 to 1976.</span></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The car was the brainchild of prolific Hollywood vehicle designer Jay Ohrberg, who also made the DeLorean from Back to the Future and KITT from Knight Rider, as well as several Batmobiles.</span></div><div style="font-size: 10px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.4em;">Scroll down for video</span></div><div class="clear" style="border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; clear: both; float: none !important; font-size: 0px !important; height: 0px !important; line-height: 0 !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; width: auto;"></div><div class="artSplitter" style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><img alt="Iconic: The Panthermobile shared top billing in The Pink Panther Show with Inspector Clouseau, left, and the eponymous panther himself" class="blkBorder" height="277" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/09/02/article-2033035-0DAD90C200000578-186_634x277.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: black; border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: black; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: black; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" width="634" /><div class="imageCaption" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Iconic: The Panthermobile shared top billing in The Pink Panther Show with Inspector Clouseau, left, and the eponymous panther himself</div></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">This bright pink model - the 'Panthermobile' - appeared in the opening and closing sequences of The Pink Panther Show, which was inspired by the films starring Peter Sellers as bungling Inspector Clouseau.</span></div><div class="relatedItems" style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><ul style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></ul></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Mr Ohrberg himself owned the car until he sold it for £88,000 at auction in 2007.</span></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Auctioneer Jonathan Kay said: 'The vehicle is in totally original condition, and would benefit from some sympathetic restoration as the car is now 42 years old.</span></div><div class="clear" style="border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; clear: both; float: none !important; font-size: 0px !important; height: 0px !important; line-height: 0 !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; width: auto;"></div><div class="artSplitter" style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><img alt="Stylish: The car is thought to be in full working order - but its new owner is unlikely to risk it on the road" class="blkBorder" height="384" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/09/02/article-2033035-0DAD8DF700000578-747_634x384.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: black; border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: black; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: black; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" width="634" /><div class="imageCaption" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Stylish: The car is thought to be in full working order - but its new owner is unlikely to risk it on the road</div></div><div class="clear" style="border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; clear: both; float: none !important; font-size: 0px !important; height: 0px !important; line-height: 0 !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; width: auto;"></div><div class="artSplitter" style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><img alt="Centre stage: The car featured heavily in the opening credits of The Pink Panther Show until 1976" class="blkBorder" height="449" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/09/02/article-2033035-0DAEB1A800000578-121_634x449.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: black; border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: black; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: black; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" width="634" /><div class="imageCaption" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Centre stage: The car featured heavily in the opening credits of The Pink Panther Show until 1976</div></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">'The engine is not currently running, but it was believed to be working when the vehicle was sold in 2007.'</span></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The Panthermobile is being sold in an online auction run by Manchester-based firm Robson Kay.</span></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">It is expected to fetch between £50,000 and £100,000.</span></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: 1.4em;">Watch the video</span></span><span style="font-size: 1.4em;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span></div><div class="clear" style="border-bottom-width: 0px !important; 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border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: white; display: block; font-size: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 6px; padding-right: 6px; padding-top: 4px; vertical-align: baseline;">Streaker fail: Hurricane, what hurricane (Picture: YouTube)</span></div></div><div class="clrd" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; zoom: 1;"><div class="art-lft" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; float: right; font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 480px;"><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Eric Fisher was explaining to viewers of The Weather Channel how 'speechless' he was at the swarms of people out and about in the treacherous conditions when the disruption happened.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">'I'm pretty much speechless about how many people we've been seeing driving around, people like what you see behind me, which I apologise for,' he said as the pranksters splashed around behind him.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">'It's just setting a bad example and, honestly, it's depressing to watch at the moment.'</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 10px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">VIDEO:</span> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ewb_N5NNU_s&feature=player_embedded" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; cursor: pointer; font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-style: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Watch the streakers interrupt Eric Fisher's report</a></div><object height="340" style="background-attachment: initial; 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</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Meanwhile, as video footage of the blooper began making its way around the web, one Twitter user posted: 'Eric in Virginia Beach is reporting high winds, driving rain and a ten per cent chance of streakers.'</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">In another hurricane-related news-reporting fail, a journo in Maryland ended up covered in what appeared to be raw sewage as he provided live updates for stations around the US.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">As Irene hit the coast and Tucker Barnes was sprayed by what he described as 'sea foam', he said: 'It doesn't taste great... I can tell you first-hand, it doesn't smell great.'</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 10px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">VIDEO:</span> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdFyB8DGVDU&feature=player_embedded" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; cursor: pointer; font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-style: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">See Tucker Barnes hit by sandy-textured 'sea foam'</a></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><object height="340" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="450"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/bdFyB8DGVDU?version=3&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="340" width="450"></object></div></div></div><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br />
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<h1 style="font-size: 3em; font-weight: bolder; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Trip to the Zhou: Remains of horses and chariots unearthed from tomb dating back to 3,000-year-old Chinese dynasty</h1><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">By <a class="author" href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/search.html?s=&authornamef=Daily+Mail+Reporter" rel="nofollow" style="color: #003580; cursor: pointer; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase;">DAILY MAIL REPORTER</a></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Last updated at 7:52 AM on 2nd September 2011</div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div><div class="facebookLikeTop" style="float: right; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><fb:like colorscheme="light" height="30" href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2032697/Trip-Zhou-Remains-horses-chariots-unearthed-3-000-year-old-Chinese-Dynastys-tomb.html" layout="button_count" ref="LikeButtonTop" show_faces="false" width="90"></fb:like></div><div class="article-icon-links-container" style="clear: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><ul class="article-icon-links cleared" style="font-size: 1.2em; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 25px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 3px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: nowrap;">
</span></ul></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">It could have been as early as 700 years before the birth of Jesus Christ that these horses were moved on to greener pastures - and no-one has laid eyes on them until now.</span></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Archaeologists have painstakingly uncovered the almost-3,000-year-old remains of horses and wooden chariot in a Zhou Dynasty tomb in Luoyang, Henan Province, China.</span></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The completed excavation unearthed four horse-and-chariot pits, dating back to as far as 770BC. </span></div><div class="clear" style="border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; clear: both; float: none !important; font-size: 0px !important; height: 0px !important; line-height: 0 !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; width: auto;"></div><div class="artSplitter" style="margin-bottom: 4px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; width: 636px;"><img alt="Watering the horses: A staff member sprays water to maintain the humidity of an ancient horse and chariot pit unearthed in Luoyang, China. The main pit has a five chariots and 12 horses buring almost 3,000 years ago" class="blkBorder" height="423" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/09/01/article-0-0DAAC20200000578-804_634x423.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: black; border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: black; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: black; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" width="634" /><div class="imageCaption" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(167, 169, 171); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; clear: both; font-size: 1.2em; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px; text-align: left;">Watering the horses: A staff member sprays water to maintain the humidity of an ancient horse and chariot pit unearthed in Luoyang, China. The main pit has a five chariots and 12 horses buring almost 3,000 years ago</div></div><div class="clear" style="border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; clear: both; float: none !important; font-size: 0px !important; height: 0px !important; line-height: 0 !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; width: auto;"></div><div class="artSplitter" style="margin-bottom: 4px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; width: 636px;"><img alt="Exciting find: Archaeologists say this is the most complete find of any tomb of its era. The wooden chariots have completely rotted away, with only the ash residue remaining" class="blkBorder" height="423" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/09/01/article-0-0DAAC21200000578-628_634x423.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: black; border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: black; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: black; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" width="634" /><div class="imageCaption" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(167, 169, 171); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; clear: both; font-size: 1.2em; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px; text-align: left;">Exciting find: Archaeologists say this is the most complete find of any tomb of its era. The wooden chariots have completely rotted away, with only the ash residue remaining</div></div><div class="floatRHS" style="float: right; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; width: 308px;"><img alt="Funeral procession: The main pit contains five chariots and 12 horses. Archaeologists say that the animals were not entombed alive " class="blkBorder" height="477" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/09/01/article-0-0DAAC22900000578-124_306x477.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: black; border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: black; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: black; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" width="306" /><div class="imageCaption" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(167, 169, 171); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; clear: both; font-size: 1.2em; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px; text-align: left;">Funeral procession: The main pit contains five chariots and 12 horses. Archaeologists say that the animals were not entombed alive</div></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The pits have well-preserved evidence of bronzeware and ceramics from the Early Western Zhou dynasty.</span></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;"></span></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Though a far smaller tomb than the famous 'terracotta army' found in 1974 in the Lintong District, this find has been </span><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">undisturbed while buried - not suffering the ravages of grave robbers. </span></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Archaeologists believe that the tomb belongs to an official of some renown during the dynasty - pottery, metal weaponwry and inscriptions are consisted with a man of mid-level importance.</span></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Apart from the artifacts themselves, the tomb is an exciting discovery for historians, as it provides unquestionable insights into the funeral customs in the early Western Zhou dynasty. </span></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The unearthed tomb is a vertical earthen pit tomb, which is very common in that period. </span></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Because of the ancient nature of the site, the traditionally wooden coffin and body within have long-since carbonised.</span></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">But the most valuable discovery by far is the complete set of chariots and horses of all different shapes and sizes.</span></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Animal lovers can at least breathe a small sigh of relief - archaeologists say the side-lying nature of the horse remains show that the animals were slaughtered before burial, and not entombed alive.</span></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">At the time of this official''s death, large-scale irrigation projects were being instituted across China, and the nation's writing system was being further developed.</span></div><span style="font-size: 1.2em;"></span><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">It was also the time of the great Chinese philosophers of antiquity, including Confucius, Mencius, and Zhuangzi.</span></div><span style="font-size: 1.2em;"></span><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Many nearby tombs have fragments of the </span><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Luoyang find, but most have been emptied of </span><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">their funeral relics by thieves.</span></div><div class="clear" style="border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; clear: both; float: none !important; font-size: 0px !important; height: 0px !important; line-height: 0 !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; width: auto;"></div><div class="clear" style="border-bottom-width: 0px !important; 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margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Barely out of nappies, four-year-old Maddy Jackson is already on the road to womanhood.</span></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Sporting fake C cup breasts and padding on her bottom, she is the latest shock contestant on Toddlers and Tiaras, the U.S. reality show revealing the surreal world of beauty pageants.</span></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">In an attempt to mimic her curvaceous icon, country singer Dolly Parton - who is known for her ample cleavage - the toddler is shown sporting </span><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">detachable bust and butt enhancements, before performing live on stage.</span></div><span style="font-size: 1.2em;"></span><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">With the extra padding concealed under her Barbie pink Lycra catsuit, Maddy's tiny frame is transformed into an hourglass silhouette.</span></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Barely able to string a sentence together, many will be shocked by the images of the peroxide blonde trying to emulate the appearance of a woman in her late 20s.</span></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">When questioned on NBC's Today show, her mother Lindsay, who entered her first pageant contest when she was nine months old, defends the enhancements used by her daughter.</span></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">She tells presenter </span><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Savannah Guthrie: 'To some people, it's over the top, to us it's just what happens... It's just normal. When she wears the fake boobs and the fake butt, it's just like extra bonus.' </span></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">But others seems less convinced and Maddy's stylist Michael Booth believes the attire is a step to far.</span></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Interviewed backstage at the competition, where hundreds of young hopefuls battle it out to be crowned beauty queen, Michael said: 'I wasn’t a big fan of the outfit with the boobs in it. She’s very young, but hopefully the judges will perceive it in good taste.'</span></div>The Quirky Globehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14035642172334820494noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4398698335739347736.post-31617715526996111912011-09-01T01:37:00.000-07:002011-09-01T01:37:32.877-07:00Only $99 for a DIY house....<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px;"></span><br />
<h1 style="font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">All this can be yours for just $99! Company makes tiny, 65 sq ft build-it-yourself homes </h1><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">By <a class="author" href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/search.html?s=&authornamef=Rachel+Quigley" rel="nofollow" style="color: #003580; cursor: pointer; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase;">RACHEL QUIGLEY</a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Last updated at 7:49 AM on 1st September 2011</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">For those who are too broke to get on the housing ladder, an American firm is here to help.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Jay Shafer's Tumbleweed Tiny House Company makes cute little homes that start from the bargain price of $99.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The cheapest home is a flat-pack to be built by the owner but, if you're not very handy, there are ready-made versions for $38,997.</span></div><div class="clear" style="border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; clear: both; float: none !important; font-size: 0px !important; height: 0px !important; line-height: 0 !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; width: auto;"></div><div class="artSplitter" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><img alt="Cute: For those who are too broke to get on the housing ladder an American firm Tumbleweed Tiny House Company is here to help with homes that start at the bargain price of $99 " class="blkBorder" height="377" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/08/31/article-0-0DA75D8600000578-299_634x377.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: black; border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: black; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: black; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" width="634" /><div class="imageCaption" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Cute: For those who are too broke to get on the housing ladder an American firm Tumbleweed Tiny House Company is here to help with homes that start at the bargain price of $99</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div><div class="clear" style="border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; clear: both; float: none !important; font-size: 0px !important; height: 0px !important; line-height: 0 !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; width: auto;"></div><div class="artSplitter" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><img alt="Bargain: The cheapest home is a flat-pack to be built by the owner but, if you're not very handy, there are ready-made versions for $38,997" class="blkBorder" height="572" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/08/31/article-0-0DA75D7A00000578-315_634x572.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: black; border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: black; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: black; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" width="634" /><div class="imageCaption" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Bargain: The cheapest home is a flat-pack to be built by the owner but, if you're not very handy, there are ready-made versions for $38,997</div><div class="clear" style="border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; clear: both; float: none !important; font-size: 0px !important; height: 0px !important; line-height: 0 !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; width: auto;"></div><div class="artSplitter" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div class="splitLeft" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/08/31/article-0-0DA75DD700000578-649_306x423.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="Cute: For those who are too broke to get on the housing ladder an American firm Tumbleweed Tiny House Company is here to help with homes that start at the bargain price of $99 " border="0" class="blkBorder" height="423" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/08/31/article-0-0DA75DD700000578-649_306x423.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: black; border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: black; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: black; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" width="306" /></a><img alt="Cute: For those who are too broke to get on the housing ladder an American firm Tumbleweed Tiny House Company is here to help with homes that start at the bargain price of $99 " class="blkBorder" height="423" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/08/31/article-0-0DA75DE200000578-327_306x423.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: black; border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: black; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: black; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" width="306" /></div><div class="splitRight" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div><div class="clear" style="border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; clear: both; float: none !important; font-size: 0px !important; height: 0px !important; line-height: 0 !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; width: auto;"></div><div class="imageCaption" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">All necessities: The homes all have fully functioning kitchens, bathrooms and sleeping areas</div></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The teeny homes, which start at just 65 square feet are kitted out with fully functioning kitchens, bathrooms complete with composting toilets and sleeping areas.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Some models even come on wheels.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">As well as being environmentally friendly the homes are affordable for people on meagre incomes. </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">As the debt problem in the U.S. reaches tipping point Mr Shafer, who lives in one of his houses in Sebastapol, California, says that less can be more. </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">'People are starting to get a clue I think,' he said.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">'People are starting to understand that excess is not necessarily a luxury. It can be a burden, a liability. People are living in 4,000 and 6,000 square foot debtors prisons.'</span></div><div class="clear" style="border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; clear: both; float: none !important; font-size: 0px !important; height: 0px !important; line-height: 0 !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; width: auto;"></div><div class="artSplitter" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div class="splitLeft" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/08/31/article-0-0DA75D7600000578-799_306x423.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="Bargain: The cheapest home is a flat-pack to be built by the owner but, if you're not very handy, there are ready-made versions for $38,997" border="0" class="blkBorder" height="423" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/08/31/article-0-0DA75D7600000578-799_306x423.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: black; border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: black; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: black; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" width="306" /></a><img alt="Bargain: The cheapest home is a flat-pack to be built by the owner but, if you're not very handy, there are ready-made versions for $38,997" class="blkBorder" height="423" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/08/31/article-0-0DA75D8200000578-584_306x423.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: black; border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: black; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: black; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" width="306" /></div><div class="splitRight" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div><div class="clear" style="border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; clear: both; float: none !important; font-size: 0px !important; height: 0px !important; line-height: 0 !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; width: auto;"></div><div class="imageCaption" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Convenient: A lot of the homes have wheels, so you can move any time your heart desires</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div><div class="clear" style="border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; clear: both; float: none !important; font-size: 0px !important; height: 0px !important; line-height: 0 !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; width: auto;"></div><div class="artSplitter" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><img alt="Mobile: The teeny homes, which start at just 65 square feet, are kitted out with fully-functioning kitchens, bathrooms and sleeping areas - some models even come on wheels" class="blkBorder" height="379" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/08/31/article-0-0DA75DEA00000578-593_634x379.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: black; border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: black; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: black; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" width="634" /><div class="imageCaption" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Mobile: The teeny homes, which start at just 65 square feet, are kitted out with fully-functioning kitchens, bathrooms and sleeping areas - some models even come on wheels</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">He said that having less belongings is also a pleasure.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">'People spend 30 years or more paying for all this space and stuff that they don't really need.'</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">But one of the main reasons he likes to live small - less cleaning.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">'I grew up in a 4,000 square foot home,' he said.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">'And my sister and I were in charge of cleaning the house. But my main reason for building such a little home was nothing so grandiose as saving the world, or so pragmatic as saving money.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">'Truth be known, I simply do not have the time or patience for a large home. I’ve found that, like anything else that’s superfluous, extra space merely gets in the way of my contentment, for it requires maintenance and heating and ultimately demands that I exchange a portion of my life for the money to pay for these luxuries. </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">'I wanted a place that would maintain my serene lifestyle, not a place that I would spend the rest of my life maintaining. I find nothing demanding about Tumbleweed. Everything’s within arm’s reach and nothing’s in the way–not even space itself.'</span></div><div class="clear" style="border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; clear: both; float: none !important; font-size: 0px !important; height: 0px !important; line-height: 0 !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; width: auto;"></div><div class="artSplitter" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div class="clear" style="border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; clear: both; float: none !important; font-size: 0px !important; height: 0px !important; line-height: 0 !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; width: auto;"></div><div class="clear" style="border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; clear: both; float: none !important; font-size: 0px !important; height: 0px !important; line-height: 0 !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; width: auto;"></div><div class="artSplitter" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><img alt="Deals on wheels: As well as being environmentally friendly the homes are affordable for people on meagre incomes and can be wheeled anywhere" class="blkBorder" height="354" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/08/31/article-0-0DA75DC200000578-924_634x354.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: black; border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: black; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: black; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" width="634" /><div class="imageCaption" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Deals on wheels: As well as being environmentally friendly the homes are affordable for people on meagre incomes and can be wheeled anywhere</div><div class="clear" style="border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; clear: both; float: none !important; font-size: 0px !important; height: 0px !important; line-height: 0 !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; width: auto;"></div><div class="artSplitter" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div class="splitLeft" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/08/31/article-2032402-0DA75DCF00000578-249_306x423.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="Mobile: The teeny homes, which start at just 65 square feet, are kitted out with fully-functioning kitchens, bathrooms and sleeping areas - some models even come on wheels" border="0" class="blkBorder" height="423" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/08/31/article-2032402-0DA75DCF00000578-249_306x423.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: black; border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: black; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: black; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" width="306" /></a><img alt="Mobile: The teeny homes, which start at just 65 square feet, are kitted out with fully-functioning kitchens, bathrooms and sleeping areas - some models even come on wheels" class="blkBorder" height="423" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/08/31/article-2032402-0DA75DF200000578-55_306x423.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: black; border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: black; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: black; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" width="306" /></div><div class="splitRight" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div><div class="clear" style="border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; clear: both; float: none !important; font-size: 0px !important; height: 0px !important; line-height: 0 !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; width: auto;"></div><div class="imageCaption" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Mobile: The teeny homes designed by Jay Shafer, right, which start at just 65 square feet, are kitted out with fully-functioning kitchens, bathrooms and sleeping areas - some models even come on wheels</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div></div></div><span><br />
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<h1 style="font-size: 3em; font-weight: bolder; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Boy of FOUR is threatened with £5,000 fine... for 'playing too loudly' in his garden</h1><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">By <a class="author" href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/search.html?s=&authornamef=Paul+Sims" rel="nofollow" style="color: #003580; cursor: pointer; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase;">PAUL SIMS</a></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Last updated at 11:25 PM on 29th August 2011</div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div><div class="facebookLikeTop" style="float: right; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><fb:like colorscheme="light" height="30" href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2031345/Boy-threatened-5-000-fine-playing-noisily-garden.html" layout="button_count" ref="LikeButtonTop" show_faces="false" width="90"></fb:like></div><div class="article-icon-links-container" style="clear: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><ul class="article-icon-links cleared" style="font-size: 1.2em; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 25px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 3px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: nowrap;">
</span></ul></div><div class="thinFloatRHS" style="float: right; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; width: 235px;"><img alt="Football mad: The parents Alfie Lansdell, pictured, were shocked by the threat of a fine" class="blkBorder" height="672" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/08/29/article-2031345-0D9EEA1A00000578-906_233x672.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: black; border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: black; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: black; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" width="233" /><div class="imageCaption" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(167, 169, 171); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; clear: both; font-size: 1.2em; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px; text-align: left;">Football mad: The parents Alfie Lansdell, pictured, were shocked by the threat of a fine</div></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Like most boys his age, Alfie Lansdell can spend hours playing happily in his garden.</span></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">But playtime could soon be over for the boisterous four-year-old after a neighbour complained to council officials that he was too noisy.</span></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">As a result, his parents have been warned that if he doesn't keep quiet, they will be issued with an abatement order and could face a £5,000 fine.</span></div><div class="thinCenter" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; width: 470px;"><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Last night, they reacted furiously to the letter from Hull City Council. 'We were so shocked when we got the letter, then we just felt angry,' said his father, Simon, a 35-year-old engineer.</span></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">'Alfie is a lovely little boy. He likes to play football and skittles and play in his sandpit.</span></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">'He's like any other four-year-old. All children create a bit of noise when they play, it's natural. </span></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">'Surely a child should be allowed to make a bit of noise when playing in his own garden? It's the summer holidays, for goodness sake. I just can't believe the council took this complaint seriously.'</span></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">He said that they had tried to explain the letter to Alfie and he was now trying to play a little quieter. But he added: 'He's only four. He doesn't realise.'</span></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The couple, who have lived on the street in Hull for five years, are unsure who made the complaint. But their immediate neighbours are standing by them.</span></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Emma Ward, a 26-year-old student nurse, said: 'It is nice to hear children playing out. The council haven't got a leg to stand on.</span></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><img alt="Too noisy: Archie's parents were warned they could be fined if he didn't play quieter" class="blkBorder" height="537" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/08/29/article-0-0D9E4BC700000578-186_468x537.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: black; border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: black; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: black; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" width="468" /></div><div class="imageCaption" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(167, 169, 171); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; clear: both; font-size: 1.2em; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px; text-align: left;">Too noisy: Simon and Pippa Lansdell have been told that their son Alfie must play more quietly in their garden</div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;"></span></div></div><div class="thinCenter" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; width: 470px;"><img alt="Kill joys: Archie, four, loves to play with his dog in his garden but a neighbour has complained he's too loud" class="blkBorder" height="286" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/08/29/article-2031345-0D9E464E00000578-207_468x286.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: black; border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: black; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: black; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" width="468" /><div class="imageCaption" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(167, 169, 171); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; clear: both; font-size: 1.2em; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px; text-align: left;">Killjoy: An unnamed neighbour has complained about Alfie, but others fully support the Lansdells. One said: 'He is lovely. He is just a normal little boy playing'</div></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Mother-of-two Carla Chester said: 'Alfie is no different from the other children who play out. It is disgusting they have been contacted by the council about him.'</span></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Alfie's mother Pippa, 31, said: 'I always watch Alfie when he plays in the garden and he's never that noisy. I don't understand it. The weather's been so bad he's barely had a chance to play outside.' </span></div><div class="thinFloatRHS" style="float: right; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; width: 235px;"><img alt="Summer of fun: Archie is due to start primary school in September" class="blkBorder" height="423" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/08/29/article-2031345-0D9E48CC00000578-528_233x423.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: black; border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: black; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: black; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" width="233" /><div class="imageCaption" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(167, 169, 171); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; clear: both; font-size: 1.2em; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px; text-align: left;">A bit of hush: Alfie is due to start primary school in September</div></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Alfie, who starts primary school next month, has always played in the 8ft by 8ft front garden at the family's end-of-terrace home without a problem until now.</span></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">But the letter from the council's environmental health team claims he is a 'noise nuisance'. </span></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">It states that the complaint relates to a 'child screaming/playing in garden' and asks the parents to consider the impact it could have on their neighbours. </span></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">It then warns them that if the council receives further complaints about the noise, Alfie's behaviour could be monitored with digital recording equipment. </span></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The complainant has also been asked to keep a record of dates and times when Alfie's playing causes a nuisance, it adds. </span></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The letter says that if convicted, the Lansdells could be fined £5,000, as well as £500 daily 'for each day the nuisance continues'. </span></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Mrs Lansdell, a security officer, branded it 'pathetic', adding: 'What am I supposed to do, gag him and put him in his bedroom?' </span></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">A council spokesman said: 'We have to investigate any noise complaints we receive and informed Mr and Mrs Lansdell a complaint had been received.'</span></div><br />
<div class="clear" style="border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; clear: both; float: none !important; font-size: 0px !important; height: 0px !important; line-height: 0 !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; width: auto;"></div>The Quirky Globehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14035642172334820494noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4398698335739347736.post-8836125379395177022011-08-29T02:55:00.000-07:002011-08-29T02:55:42.258-07:00Brother & sister SUE mother over wrong birthday card....<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px;"></span><br />
<h1 style="font-size: 3em; font-weight: bolder; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">The $50,000 tantrum: Brother and sister SUE their mother after she bought the 'wrong' birthday card and refused them toys</h1><ul style="font-size: 1.2em; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 15px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;"><li style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 15px; padding-top: 2px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: 1.4em;">The Illinois lawsuit was filed against </span></span><span style="font-size: 1.4em; font-weight: bold;">Kimberly Garrity</span></li>
<li style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 15px; padding-top: 2px;"><span style="font-size: 1.4em; font-weight: bold;">One of their lawyers was their own father, Steven Miner</span></li>
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</ul><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">By <a class="author" href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/search.html?s=&authornamef=Mark+Duell" rel="nofollow" style="color: #003580; cursor: pointer; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase;">MARK DUELL</a></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Last updated at 10:54 PM on 28th August 2011</div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div><div class="article-icon-links-container" style="clear: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><ul class="article-icon-links cleared" style="font-size: 1.2em; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 25px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 3px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: nowrap;">
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<div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Some children kick up a big tantrum when they’re refused toys or receive the wrong type of birthday card - but it doesn’t usually end up like this.</span></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Kimberly Garrity, who raised Steven II, now 23, and Kathryn, now 20, in a $1.5million home in Illinois, was sued by her own children.</span></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">But the siblings, represented by three lawyers including their father, Steven A. Miner, have failed in their $50,000 lawsuit for ‘bad mothering’.</span></div><div class="clear" style="border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; clear: both; float: none !important; font-size: 0px !important; height: 0px !important; line-height: 0 !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; width: auto;"></div><div class="thinCenter" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; width: 470px;"><img alt="Screaming: Kimberly Garrity, who raised Steven II, now 23, and Kathryn, now 20, has been sued by her own children for 'bad mothering' (file picture)" class="blkBorder" height="347" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/08/28/article-0-0CF4A92000000578-763_468x347.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: black; border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: black; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: black; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" width="468" /><div class="imageCaption" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(167, 169, 171); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; clear: both; font-size: 1.2em; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px; text-align: left;">Screaming: Kimberly Garrity, who raised Steven II, now 23, and Kathryn, now 20, has been sued by her own children for 'bad mothering' (file picture)</div></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">They alleged Garrity failed to take Kathryn to a car show and threatened Steven II with phoning police if he did not buckle his seatbelt.</span></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The children claim she ‘haggled’ over dress prices and called at midnight to tell Kathryn to come home from a party, reported the Chicago Tribune.</span></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">But after two years of battle an appeals court has dismissed the ‘emotional distress’ case, ruling </span><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Garrity's </span><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">conduct was not ‘extreme or outrageous’.</span></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">A positive ruling ‘could potentially open the floodgates to subject family childrearing (to) excessive judicial scrutiny and interference,’ it said.</span></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Mr Miner and Garrity were married for around ten years before she filed for divorce 16 years ago, reported the Chicago Tribune.</span></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The birthday card in question was labelled ‘inappropriate’ by Steven II as it allegedly failed to include any money.</span></div><div class="clear" style="border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; clear: both; float: none !important; font-size: 0px !important; height: 0px !important; line-height: 0 !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; width: auto;"></div><div class="thinCenter" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; width: 470px;"><img alt="Unhappy: The siblings, represented by three lawyers including their father, have failed in their $50,000 lawsuit for 'bad mothering' (file picture)" class="blkBorder" height="476" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/08/28/article-0-008D3EB4000004B0-751_468x476.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: black; border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: black; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: black; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" width="468" /><div class="imageCaption" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(167, 169, 171); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; clear: both; font-size: 1.2em; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px; text-align: left;">Unhappy: The siblings, represented by three lawyers including their father, have failed in their $50,000 lawsuit for 'bad mothering' (file picture)</div></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">It had a picture of indistinguishable tomatoes on a table, apart from one in the centre with googly eyes attached.</span></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The card said: ‘Son I got you this Birthday card because it’s just like you ... different from all the rest!’</span></div><div class="thinFloatRHS" style="float: right; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; width: 235px;"><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.4em;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">'It would be laughable that these children of privilege would sue their mother for emotional distress, if the consequences were not so deadly serious'</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.4em;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Shelley Smith, </span></span><span style="font-size: 1.4em;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><br />
Kimberly Garrity’s lawyer</span></span></div></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Garrity’s attorney Shelley Smith complained of her ex-husband trying to seek ‘ultimate revenge’ of her children, accusing her of ‘being an inadequate mother’.</span></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">‘It would be laughable that these children of privilege would sue their mother for emotional distress, if the consequences were not so deadly serious,’ she wrote in court papers.</span></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Ms Smith wrote Garrity does still love her children but they wanted ‘the benefits afforded by a family relationship, but none of the restraints’.</span></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">‘(The children) do not view their (lawsuit) as an attack on mothering, but rather on accountability,’ the children’s father Mr Miner wrote.</span></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">‘Everyone makes mistakes, but... there must be accountability for actions. Parenting is no different,’ he added, reported the Chicago Tribune.</span></div>The Quirky Globehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14035642172334820494noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4398698335739347736.post-47679704834711571082011-08-28T12:07:00.000-07:002011-08-28T12:07:14.885-07:00Bouncy castle church brings bouncy sermons to congregation-Russia<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px;"></span><br />
<div class="clrd" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; zoom: 1;"><h1 style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 1em; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Bouncy castle church brings inflatable sermons to remote congregation </h1><h2 class="h2" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 1em; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Roving priest father Krzysztof Kowal, who couldn't tie down a solid place of worship in Russia, has finally begun conducting sermons - using an inflatable church. </h2><div class="art-fd fd-gr1-b clrd" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: url(http://f.metro.co.uk/i/f/fades/fd-spt-sm.png); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px -1593px; background-repeat: repeat no-repeat; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(209, 209, 209); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; min-height: 1px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 9px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 9px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; zoom: 1;"><div class="weird rel-tags" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br />
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border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; clear: both; font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; zoom: 1;"><img alt="inflatable church Russia " height="444" src="http://img.metro.co.uk/i/pix/2011/08/24/article-1314190047191-0D8CC8AB00000578-440879_636x444.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="636" /><span class="img-cap legend" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: black; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: white; display: block; font-size: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 6px; padding-right: 6px; padding-top: 4px; vertical-align: baseline;">Pop-up church: The inflatable parish on display in Poland before its journey to Russia (Picture: REX Features)</span></div></div><div class="clrd" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; zoom: 1;"><div class="art-lft" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; float: right; font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 480px;"><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Father Krzysztof, a Roman Catholic missionary from Poland, has had trouble gaining permission - and cash - to build a permanent place of worship in the Kamchatka peninsula - a 1,250-kilometre stretch located in far eastern Russia.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">But long-time friend Robert Wojcik, who builds inflatable toys for children in Kolobrzeg, Poland, stepped in to help by offering to build a temporary church for the isolated congregation. </div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Money-raising efforts helped to pay for the alternative structure, which will remain open even in extreme conditions. During winter time, temperatures can drop to minus 40 degrees in the Kamchatka region. </div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Father Krzystof - who is a rector of Saint Therese of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face parish - said he was thrilled with the design but did admit some might mistake it for a bouncy castle. </div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Prior to obtaining the church, most sermons were conducted in rented hotel rooms or outside areas close to lakes and rivers.</div></div></div><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br />
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<h1 style="font-size: 3em; font-weight: bolder; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Couple bought 'priceless' Van Gogh portrait for £1,500 at auction</h1><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">By <a class="author" href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/search.html?s=&authornamef=Alanah+Eriksen" rel="nofollow" style="color: #003580; cursor: pointer; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase;">ALANAH ERIKSEN</a></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Last updated at 4:19 PM on 28th August 2011</div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div><div class="facebookLikeTop" style="float: right; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><fb:like colorscheme="light" height="30" href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2031016/Couple-bought-priceless-Van-Gogh-portrait-1-500-auction.html" layout="button_count" ref="LikeButtonTop" show_faces="false" width="90"></fb:like></div><div class="article-icon-links-container" style="clear: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><ul class="article-icon-links cleared" style="font-size: 1.2em; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 25px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 3px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: nowrap;">
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<div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">A British couple may have unearthed a long-lost portrait of Vincent Van Gogh after buying it off the internet for just £1,500.</span></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The pastel drawing is believed to be the only full-length portrait of the genius artist in existence and could be worth millions if authenticated.</span></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">It is thought to have been painted by a female artist who lived next door to him during his time in Paris.</span></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The picture was simply described on an auction website as 'portrait of a man', but after extensive research, </span><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Michael and Mandy Cruickshank</span><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">believe the work - painted in the 1880s - is of the legendary Dutch impressionist.</span></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The </span><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">painting was found in Versailles where it was last seen in public in 1892.</span></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">The <span style="font-size: 1.2em;">couple, from Louth in Lincolnshire, became suspicious by the artist's crumpled hat, similar to one he sketched, and the</span><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">y believed it is the artist in the prime of his artistic career.</span></div><div class="clear" style="border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; clear: both; float: none !important; font-size: 0px !important; height: 0px !important; line-height: 0 !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; width: auto;"></div><div class="thinCenter" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; width: 470px;"><img alt="Mandy Cruickshank pictured with a not-yet authenticated portrait of Van Gogh she purchased on an online auction for just £1,500" class="blkBorder" height="494" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/08/28/article-2031016-0D9B1B1B00000578-330_468x494.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: black; border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: black; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: black; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" width="468" /><div class="imageCaption" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(167, 169, 171); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; clear: both; font-size: 1.2em; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px; text-align: left;">Mandy Cruickshank pictured with a not-yet authenticated portrait of Van Gogh she purchased on an online auction for just £1,500</div></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">And their view is backed up by</span> <span style="font-size: 1.2em;">several art experts.</span></div><span style="font-size: 1.2em;"></span><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">A detailed examination by facial recognition experts at the University of Dundee gave the work a four out of six on the chances of it being Van Gogh.</span></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Caroline Erolin, a lecturer in medical and forensic art, said: 'We have scale for matching up likenesses running from no support to powerful support. We rated the painting as having support which is just below strong support which is second highest.</span></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">'We compared the painting with a well known self portrait, two other portraits and a photo of Van Gogh from the period. We were hampered slightly because it was a pastel drawing which is less clear, but there is a good case for it being Van Gogh.'</span></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">There a number of clues that painting may be of Van Gogh.</span></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">On the wall in the pastel, the words 'L'Incompris', meaning the misunderstood, are scrawled. Van Gogh was famous for writing on his own walls, according to experts.</span></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The artist, Jeanne Donnadieu, wrote her address - </span><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">17 Rue Victor Massi -</span><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">on the back of the original painting, seen in an exhibition in 1892.</span></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The Cruickshanks discovered that the road's name had been changed in 1887.</span></div><div class="clear" style="border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; clear: both; float: none !important; font-size: 0px !important; height: 0px !important; line-height: 0 !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; width: auto;"></div><div class="thinCenter" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; width: 470px;"><img alt="The painting is thought to have been done by French artist Jeanne Donnadieu in the 1880s while she lived next door to the Dutch impressionist during his time in Paris" class="blkBorder" height="606" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/08/28/article-2031016-0D9B1B0300000578-791_468x606.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: black; border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: black; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: black; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" width="468" /><div class="imageCaption" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(167, 169, 171); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; clear: both; font-size: 1.2em; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px; text-align: left;">The painting is thought to have been done by French artist Jeanne Donnadieu in the 1880s while she lived next door to the Dutch impressionist during his time in Paris</div></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">It was previously Rue Laval, where Van Gogh lived with his brother Theo, a well-known art dealer, just four doors away at number 25.</span></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The Cruickshanks, who call themselves 'amateur collectors', believe Donnadieu would almost certainly have known the brothers and it is well documented that Van Gogh was allowing portraits at that time.</span></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Mrs Cruickshank </span><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">said: 'The artist would have known his brother Theo, the famous art dealer - every artist in the city would have known Theo.'</span></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">A<span style="font-size: 1.2em;"> bible with gilded corners in the portrait is the same as one he is known to have inherited from his father, who died shortly before the portrait was drawn.</span></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The Cruickshanks have even been contacted by Louis Van Tilbourgh,</span><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">curator of the Van Gogh Museum in Paris,</span><span style="font-size: 1.2em;"> to discuss whether or not the subject is him.</span></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Mrs Cruickshank </span><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">said: 'We have spent the past year of our lives researching this picture and it has been such an interesting journey.</span></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">'There is no way to prove for certain that the subject is Van Gogh, but the evidence is so strong that we are quite certain it is him.</span></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">'Mr Van Tilbourgh said he was unsure if Van Gogh would sit for a young female artist, but she was not a nobody.</span></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">'She was tutored by Feyen-Perrin, who was admired by Van Gogh which he mentioned in many of his letters.</span></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">'And there is a quill and piles of books on the desks - it is well-documented that Van Gogh was a lover of literature and wrote out quotes from these book.'</span></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">She added: 'When I look at it I get excited to think this was there in Paris at the centre of it all in such a significant period in art's history.</span></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">'We want to share it with the public as it is a little piece of history and a beautiful pastille work. People and galleries from all over the world are interested in displaying it.'</span></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The portrait is currently being displayed in Abbey Walk Gallery, Grimsby until September 3.</span></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Elaine Munson, co-owner of Abbey Walk Gallery, said: 'With programmes such as Fake Or Fortune, there has been a resurgence in art appreciation and the notion of being able to stumble across an original and undiscovered masterpiece.'</span></div><span style="font-size: 1.2em;"></span><div class="clear" style="border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; clear: both; float: none !important; font-size: 0px !important; height: 0px !important; line-height: 0 !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; width: auto;"></div><div class="clear" style="border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; clear: both; float: none !important; font-size: 0px !important; height: 0px !important; line-height: 0 !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; width: auto;"> </div><div class="explore-links" style="margin-bottom: 30px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div>The Quirky Globehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14035642172334820494noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4398698335739347736.post-88107386702884398712011-08-27T22:10:00.001-07:002011-08-27T22:10:58.267-07:00Naked Nigella shocks neighbours...<br />
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</ul></div><div class="clear" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div><h1 class="articleHeading" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Naked Nigella shocks neighbours</h1><div class="articleinner" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div class="IceArticleImage news_headline" style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><img alt="Nigella Lawson /PA" class="news_headline" height="225" src="http://web.orange.co.uk/images/ice/quirkies/nigella_lawson_pa.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" width="400" /></div><div class="first" style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Neighbours of Nigella Lawson have complained that they can see her naked in the bathroom of her multi-million pound London mansion.</div><div style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">The voluptuous television cook has promised to investigate the apparent design flaw, reports the Daily Mail.</div><div style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Ms Lawson and husband Charles Saatchi have spent a fortune transforming the former warehouse into a £12m seven-bedroom mansion.</div><div style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">But it appears the couple have shunned hoi polloi fittings such as frosted glass or, indeed, even a door leaving a 'clear view' into the bathroom.</div><div style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Neighbours have since been left afghast after claiming they can see the 51-year-old visiting the bathroom and have seen her in a state of undress.</div><div style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">The home includes a stylish loggia, a gallery open to the elements on one of the upper floors, with the luxurious bathroom beyond.</div><div style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">This has allowed neighbours in exclusive Chelsea being able to unwittingly catch a glimpse of Nigella 'au naturel'.</div><div style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">"It isn't a case of deliberately looking in, but there is a view into the bathroom and anyone glancing in the direction of the loggia from nearby can glimpse what's going on," one said.</div><div style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">But Ms Lawson reportedly "hooted with laughter" when informed about her neighbours' sightings.</div><div style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">"I had no idea we were overlooked," she said. 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</div></div>The Quirky Globehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14035642172334820494noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4398698335739347736.post-7966881946182253652011-08-27T22:08:00.001-07:002011-08-27T22:08:43.675-07:00Naked rambler jailed again...<br />
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</ul></div><div class="clear" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div><h1 class="articleHeading" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Naked Rambler jailed again</h1><div class="articleinner" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div class="IceArticleImage news_headline" style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><img alt="Naked Rambler Steven Gough /PA" class="news_headline" height="225" src="http://web.orange.co.uk/images/ice/quirkies/naked_rambler_steven_gough_pa.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" width="400" /></div><div class="first" style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">The so-called Naked Rambler is back behind bars after stripping off less than a minute after being released from prison.</div><div style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Stephen Gough, 52, was arrested outside Perth Prison almost immediately after he was released from his previous 21-month sentence.</div><div style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">He has now been jailed for another 21 months after turning up naked for his trial at Perth Sheriff Court, reports the BBC.</div><div style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">The hearing was initially held up while court staff found a sheet of brown paper for him to sit on "for hygiene reasons".</div><div style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Gough appeared naked in the court dock and was found guilty of breaching the peace and being in contempt of court.</div><div style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Sheriff Fletcher told him: "The court expects people to come here in a decent state of dress."</div><div style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Gough earned the title Naked Rambler by walking unclothed from Lands End to John O'Groats after quitting his job as a lorry driver.</div><div style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">The former Royal Marine, from Eastleigh in Hampshire, has been behind bars in Scotland for much of the past decade.</div><div style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">He has been repeatedly arrested in the street outside Perth Prison by police waiting for him to be released at the end of each sentence.</div><div style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">He claims that arresting him for walking around naked is a breach of his human rights and his right to freedom of expression.</div><div style="color: #333333; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div>The Quirky Globehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14035642172334820494noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4398698335739347736.post-66696371531760391092011-08-27T22:03:00.000-07:002011-08-27T22:03:33.284-07:00Signed Beatles 'Please Please Me' record to fetch thousands at auction...<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px;"></span><br />
<h1 style="font-size: 3em; font-weight: bolder; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Signed Beatles 'Please Please Me' record to be auctioned and expected to fetch thousands</h1><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">By <a class="author" href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/search.html?s=&authornamef=Daily+Mail+Reporter" rel="nofollow" style="color: #003580; cursor: pointer; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase;">DAILY MAIL REPORTER</a></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Last updated at 5:22 PM on 27th August 2011</div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div><div class="facebookLikeTop" style="float: right; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><fb:like colorscheme="light" height="30" href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2030817/Signed-Beatles-Please-Please-Me-record-auctioned-expected-fetch-thousands.html" layout="button_count" ref="LikeButtonTop" show_faces="false" width="90"></fb:like></div><div class="article-icon-links-container" style="clear: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><ul class="article-icon-links cleared" style="font-size: 1.2em; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 25px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 3px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: nowrap;">
</span></ul></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">It's been 50 years since their arrival on the music scene changed the landscape of the industry.</span></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">However, it would seem even now memorabilia from the biggest band in modern history can still command a pretty price among die-hard fans.</span></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">A 'very, very rare' copy of the Beatles hit Please Please Me - their second single - signed on both sides by the Fab Four, is expected to fetch thousands of pounds at auction.</span></div><div class="clear" style="border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; clear: both; float: none !important; font-size: 0px !important; height: 0px !important; line-height: 0 !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; width: auto;"></div><div class="thinCenter" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; width: 470px;"><img alt="'Very, very rare': The seven-inch copy of Please Please Me - signed on both sides by the Fab Four - could fetch between £7,000 and £8,000" class="blkBorder" height="300" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/08/27/article-2030817-0D97005200000578-435_468x300.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: black; border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: black; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: black; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" width="468" /><div class="imageCaption" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(167, 169, 171); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; clear: both; font-size: 1.2em; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px; text-align: left;">'Very, very rare': The seven-inch copy of Please Please Me - signed on both sides by the Fab Four - could fetch between £7,000 and £8,000</div></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The seven-inch copy of Please Please Me, released in 1963, has an estimate of £7,000 to £8,000.</span></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The annual Beatles memorabilia auction also includes items which once belonged to John, Paul, George and Ringo, as well as their manager Brian Epstein.</span></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The auction is taking place in the Beatles' home city of Liverpool.</span></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Other highlights are three rarely seen photographs of the band taken at Newcastle City Hall and the Sunderland Empire as Beatlemania was sweeping the world in November 1963.</span></div><div class="clear" style="border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; clear: both; float: none !important; font-size: 0px !important; height: 0px !important; line-height: 0 !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; width: auto;"></div><div class="thinCenter" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; width: 470px;"><img alt="Award winners: The Beatles with a silver disc to commemorate selling a 250,000 copies of Please Please Me" class="blkBorder" height="342" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/08/27/article-2030817-004132DB00000258-30_468x342.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: black; border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: black; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: black; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" width="468" /><div class="imageCaption" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(167, 169, 171); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; clear: both; font-size: 1.2em; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px; text-align: left;">Award winners: The Beatles with a silver disc to commemorate selling a 250,000 copies of Please Please Me</div></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div><div class="clear" style="border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; clear: both; float: none !important; font-size: 0px !important; height: 0px !important; line-height: 0 !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; width: auto;"></div><div class="thinCenter" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; width: 470px;"><img alt="Collectibles: The annual Beatles memorabilia auction also includes items which once belonged to John, Paul, George and Ringo" class="blkBorder" height="359" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/08/27/article-2030817-00012CCD00000C1D-711_468x359.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: black; border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: black; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: black; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" width="468" /><div class="imageCaption" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(167, 169, 171); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; clear: both; font-size: 1.2em; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px; text-align: left;">Collectibles: The annual Beatles memorabilia auction also includes items which once belonged to John, Paul, George and Ringo</div></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The pictures were taken by freelance photographer Keith Perry and the negatives lay forgotten for 48 years.</span></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Each one is being sold with full, worldwide copyright and they are expected to attract a frenzy of bids.</span></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">A cap belonging to John Lennon is also expected to attract huge interest and carries an estimate of up to £4,000.</span></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Among the more unusual items up for sale is a compulsory purchase order issued for the famous Cavern Club before it was filled in with concrete in the early 1970s.</span></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The order, dated November 17 1970, carries an estimate of up to £5,500.</span></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Other memorabilia collected from the Mathew Street venue include a piece of the stage, which could fetch £1,600 to £1,800.</span></div><div class="clear" style="border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; clear: both; float: none !important; font-size: 0px !important; height: 0px !important; line-height: 0 !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; width: auto;"></div><div class="thinCenter" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; width: 470px;"><div class="thinArtSplitter" style="margin-bottom: 4px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div class="splitLeft" style="float: left; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; width: 226px;"><img alt="Then: People queuing to get into Liverpool's Cavern Club in 1964" class="blkBorder" height="423" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/08/27/article-2030817-0D172662000005DC-840_224x423.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: black; border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: black; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: black; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" width="224" /></div><div class="splitRight" style="float: left; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 18px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; width: 226px;"><img alt="Now: A more modern-looking Cavern Club in 2007" class="blkBorder" height="423" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/08/27/article-2030817-061700510000044D-707_224x423.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: black; border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: black; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: black; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" width="224" /></div><div class="clear" style="border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; clear: both; float: none !important; font-size: 0px !important; height: 0px !important; line-height: 0 !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; width: auto;"></div></div><div class="imageCaption" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(167, 169, 171); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; clear: both; font-size: 1.2em; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px; text-align: left;">Then and now: The Cavern Club - where the Beatles played their first-ever gig - in 1964 and in 2007. A programme for the reopening of the Cavern is among the items to be auctioned</div></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">A programme for the reopening of the Cavern, carried out by then prime minister Harold Wilson in July 1966, has a guide price of £80 to £120.</span></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The auction is also inviting bids for a telegram addressed to 'Mr G Starkex' sent by comedy star Peter Sellers to Ringo Starr and first wife Maureen on August 21 1968.</span></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The message is to let them know that the weather is holding up for Sellers' visit to see them.</span></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The annual sale, part of the Beatles Convention in Liverpool, is attracting huge levels of interest, the organisers said.</span></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Stephen Bailey, manager of the Liverpool Beatles Shop which is staging the sale, said: 'The memorabilia has just kept coming in and there's a lot of excitement building.</span></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">'We have several signed singles this year and they always attract a lot of interest from fans and collectors.</span></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">'But it's always the more unusual items which capture the imagination of the buyers.'</span></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">There are a total of 322 lots being sold in the auction, which will take place in the Paul McCartney Auditorium at Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts.</span></div>The Quirky Globehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14035642172334820494noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4398698335739347736.post-2343106166643798882011-08-26T02:50:00.001-07:002011-08-26T02:50:47.005-07:00Women waste 50 BILLION litres of water shaving legs...<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px;"></span><br />
<h1 style="font-size: 3em; font-weight: bolder; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">How women waste 50 BILLION litres of water a year shaving their legs in the shower</h1><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">By <a class="author" href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/search.html?s=&authornamef=Tamara+Cohen" rel="nofollow" style="color: #003580; cursor: pointer; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase;">TAMARA COHEN</a></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Last updated at 8:18 AM on 26th August 2011</div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div><div class="facebookLikeTop" style="float: right; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><fb:like colorscheme="light" height="30" href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2030223/Oceans-water-wasted-women-shaving-legs.html" layout="button_count" ref="LikeButtonTop" show_faces="false" width="90"></fb:like></div><div class="article-icon-links-container" style="clear: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><ul class="article-icon-links cleared" style="font-size: 1.2em; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 25px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 3px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: nowrap;">
</span></ul></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div><div class="thinFloatRHS" style="float: right; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; width: 235px;"><img alt="Down the drain: Women who leave the shower running while shaving their legs can waste 4,680 litres of water each year" class="blkBorder" height="505" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/08/26/article-0-02345BEB000004B0-92_233x505.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: black; border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: black; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: black; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" width="233" /><div class="imageCaption" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(167, 169, 171); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; clear: both; font-size: 1.2em; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px; text-align: left;">Down the drain: Women who leave the shower running while shaving their legs can waste 4,680 litres of water each year (Posed by model)</div></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">During dry years, many of us have become accustomed to being asked to swap hosepipes for watering cans and baths for showers.</span></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Now one supplier has gone a step further - urging women to stop shaving their legs with the tap on in a bid to save water.</span></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">British women use 50billion litres of water a year shaving, research published today reveals - enough to supply all homes in London for 25 days at a time of low rainfall, according to supplier Thames Water.</span></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The water company has asked women who shave to switch the tap off while they do so. A third of women - ten million - leave the shower running while shaving, using on average ten litres of water per minute.</span></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Assuming it typically takes three minutes to shave both legs and women do so on average three times a week, each is using 4,680 litres of water for shaving per year.</span></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">In a family with three women all shaving, they would use enough water in 12 months to fill a small swimming pool. Another third of the women polled said they switched the water off while they shaved and the remainder said they did not shave their legs. Simon Evans, Thames Water spokesman, said: ‘It is hard to believe that 30 litres of water can be saved simply by turning off the shower each time you shave your legs.</span></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">‘We’re not saying women shouldn’t remove hair from their legs. We’re just asking them to do it in a water- conscious way.’</span></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Customers are being urged to be more aware of water wasted doing everyday tasks such as brushing their teeth and running the dishwasher.</span></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Almost one in four of us leaves the tap running when brushing our teeth, accounting for around 120billion litres of water wasted each year. But it seems most are conscious of the need to control water use.</span></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Nine in ten of those surveyed said they would feel guilty if they were wasting large amounts.</span></div><div class="thinFloatRHS" style="float: right; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; width: 235px;"><img alt="No excuses: Government Minister Richard Benyon " class="blkBorder" height="374" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/08/26/article-2030223-0647344D0000044D-401_233x374.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: black; border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: black; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: black; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" width="233" /><div class="imageCaption" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(167, 169, 171); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; clear: both; font-size: 1.2em; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px; text-align: left;">No excuses: Government Minister Richard Benyon</div></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">And more than eight in ten said they actively tried to save water at home, the survey of 1,800 found.</span></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Richard Aylard, director of sustainability for Thames Water, said: ‘Come rain or shine, water should never be wasted.</span></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">‘It may seem like it’s always raining, but we’ve had below average rainfall across our region for nine of the past 12 months, while drought has been declared in other parts of the UK. Our research proves the majority of people have a “water conscience”. We now need to help our customers use even less of it.’</span></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Richard Benyon, Minister for the Natural Environment and Fisheries, said: ‘The more that people understand about their water usage, the more they can do to help themselves and the environment.’</span></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Thames Water has launched Waterwisely, a website featuring a virtual town where visitors can get tips on how to save water. It is intended to help save customers up to £75 on their annual water and energy bills.</span></div><div class="clear" style="border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; clear: both; float: none !important; font-size: 0px !important; height: 0px !important; line-height: 0 !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; width: auto;"></div><div class="clear" style="border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; clear: both; float: none !important; font-size: 0px !important; height: 0px !important; line-height: 0 !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; width: auto;"></div><div class="thinCenter" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; width: 470px;"><img alt="Flow chart" class="img-no-border" height="435" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/08/26/article-2030223-0D92885F00000578-452_468x435.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: white; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: white; border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: white; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: white; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" width="468" /></div><div style="font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; min-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
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</div>The Quirky Globehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14035642172334820494noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4398698335739347736.post-19296195940805992642011-08-15T08:46:00.000-07:002011-08-15T08:46:22.587-07:00Mass group shower breaks world record....<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px;"></span><br />
<div class="clrd" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; zoom: 1;"><h1 style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 1em; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Mass group shower breaks Guinness World Record in Bournemouth </h1><h2 class="h2" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 1em; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The UK has set a new world record for the most people to shower together at one time.</h2><div class="art-fd fd-gr1-b clrd" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: url(http://f.metro.co.uk/i/f/fades/fd-spt-sm.png); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px -1593px; background-repeat: repeat no-repeat; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(209, 209, 209); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; min-height: 1px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 9px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 9px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; zoom: 1;"></div><div class="img-cnt figure" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; clear: both; font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; zoom: 1;"><img alt="152 people broke Guinness World Record for biggest number of people showering together." height="400" src="http://img.metro.co.uk/i/pix/2011/08/15/article-1313395036532-0D6C902F00000578-78590_636x400.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="636" /><span class="img-cap legend" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: black; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: white; display: block; font-size: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 6px; padding-right: 6px; padding-top: 4px; vertical-align: baseline;">bikini-clad participants cover the front line of the showering platform produced by Lynx (Picture: Ken Lennox)</span></div></div><div class="clrd" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; zoom: 1;"><div class="art-lft" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; float: right; font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 480px;"><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Up to 152 men and women got into their bikinis and swimming trunks to scrub up on Bournemouth beach, bathing their way towards breaking the Guinness World Record.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The participants took part in the event organised by Lynx, showering down to beat the previous record of 145 people that was set in Chicago, Illinois in 2009. </div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">'The people of Bournemouth have to be applauded for getting into the spirit of the day and taking a shower together,' said Anna Orford, the official adjudicator for Guinness World Records. </div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">'Their reward is a new record for the most people showering simultaneously at the same venue. Congratulations to everyone involved.' </div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Lynx has partnered with V Festival to provide the Lynx Shower Gel experience for festival-goers. Those who wish to get clean on the giant platform will be able to try the latest range of Lynx shower gel.</div></div></div><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br />
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Read more: <a href="http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/872370-mass-group-shower-breaks-guinness-world-record#ixzz1V73waJZV" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #003399; cursor: pointer; font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-style: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/872370-mass-group-shower-breaks-guinness-world-record#ixzz1V73waJZV</a></span>The Quirky Globehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14035642172334820494noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4398698335739347736.post-77828184072786107842011-08-15T08:17:00.000-07:002011-08-15T08:17:48.415-07:00'Slack line' walker conquers Austria's highest peak...<br />
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<h1 style="font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">'Your breasts go in one direction and your brain goes in another': Great grandmother gets a boob job at 83</h1><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">By <a class="author" href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/search.html?s=&authornamef=Rachel+Quigley" rel="nofollow" style="color: #003580; cursor: pointer; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase;">RACHEL QUIGLEY</a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><br />
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Most 83-year-olds get new hips or new knees - at the very most they might opt for a new hairdo.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Last updated at 12:53 AM on 11th August 2011</div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">But Marie Kolstad decided to get new breasts, and with it a new lease of life.</span></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The California woman has been making national news since getting the breast implants in July.</span></div><div class="clear" style="border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; clear: both; float: none !important; font-size: 0px !important; height: 0px !important; line-height: 0 !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; width: auto;"></div><div class="thinCenter" style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; width: 470px;"><img alt="Defying age: Marie Kolstad, from California, who underwent a three-hour breast lift with implants at age 83, which cost about $8,000" class="blkBorder" height="530" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/08/11/article-0-0D62410600000578-836_468x530.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: black; border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: black; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: black; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" width="468" /><div class="imageCaption" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Defying age: Marie Kolstad, from California, who underwent a three-hour breast lift with implants at age 83, which cost about $8,000</div></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The full-time property manager with a total of 25 grandchildren and great grandchildren said that she wanted to get the boob job not to attract other suitors, but so that her four children would be proud of what she looked like.</span></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">She told the New York Times: 'Your breasts go in one direction and your brain goes in another.</span></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">'Physically, I'm in good health, and I just feel like, why not take advantage of it? I want my children to be proud of what I look like.'</span></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">So she spent $8,000 on the three-hour procedure - specifically a breast lift with implants.</span></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The 83-year-old, who has been widowed for more than a decade said: 'I never gave a thought to meeting someone different. It was more about looking in the mirror and liking who I am.</span></div><div class="relatedItems" style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><ul style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></ul></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">'It's something you dream about. I just wanted nice ones. I didn't want anything outlandish or out of place. Now, they are firmer and rounder.'</span></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">She did originally keep the surgery a secret from her children and grandchildren, fearing they would disapprove but eventually came clean the day before the surgery.</span></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">She said: 'Their biggest fear was the anaesthesia - could there be a blood clot or this or that. They didn't find out until the day before because I knew that there would be an objection and I didn't want to hear about it. I had made my mind up.'</span></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">And it seems Marie Kolstad is not alone in her quest to hold on to her youth at the age of 83.</span></div><div class="thinFloatRHS" style="float: right; font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; width: 235px;"><h2 style="font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">'Your breasts go in one direction and your brain goes in another. I just wanted nice ones, I didn't want anything outlandish or out of place'</h2></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">An increasing number of men and women are said to be turning to palstic surgery in their older years, some even older than Marie.</span></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Plastic surgery is on the rise among baby boomers, but now doctors are also seeing an uptick among septuagenarians and octogenarians. </span></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Those who are over 65 represent about seven to eight per cent of all procedures, according to Dr Norman Rowe, a New York City plastic surgeon. </span></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">He told ABC: 'People say, just because my life age is 84, doesn't mean I have to be happy or content looking 80.</span></div><div class="art-insert news" style="float: right; font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 50px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; width: 235px;"><h3 class="wocc" style="background-color: #00aad2; color: white; font-size: 1.6em; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">RISKS OF BREAST IMPLANTS</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">IN OAPS</span></h3><div class="ins cleared xolcc bdrcc" style="background-color: #e8fbff; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 170, 210); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(0, 170, 210); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 170, 210); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 170, 210); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The most important consideration is a patient's psychological and general health, according to plastic surgeons. </span></span><br style="font-weight: bold;" /><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Underlying medical conditions that could pose a risk are poorly controlled blood pressure or heart disease, diabetes, obesity or other underlying disease, primarily because of the anaesthesia concerns. </span></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Obviously, the health and fitness of the patient is a huge factor as they may not be able to survive the actual surgery.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Other risks include implant ruptures, rippling, numbness, infection, haematoma and displacement.</span></span></div></div></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">'The whole population is getting older. People in their forties and fifties are now in their sixties and seventies getting things done. Americans are ageing and their length of life is increasing.'</span></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Though most of his older patients seek anti-ageing facial work, Dr Rowe does perform breast lift procedures on older women. </span></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">'They don't want larger breasts, they just don't want them hanging by their knees. We can make them perky, but not like a 20-year-old. </span></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">'They look better in a bra and shirt and you don't need a bathing suit with support.'</span></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">In 2010, there were 84,685 surgical procedures among those over 65, according to the American Society for the Aesthetic Plastic Surgery. </span></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Of those, 26,635 were face-lifts; 24,783, cosmetic eyelid operations; 6,469, liposuctions; 5,874, breast reductions; 3,875, forehead lifts; 3,339, breast lifts and 2,414, breast augmentations. </span></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Mrs Kolstad said her late husband, a building contractor, would have been supportive of her choice: 'Any kind of plastic surgery is expensive, but now I am free and don't have as many obligations.</span></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">'I don't know how long I'll live, but it's something I did in my lifetime that was my choice and I am pleased.</span></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; 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At $8,750 a week it’s just as well Mr Demi Moore is reported to be on a possible $20 million for 26 episodes</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div class="clear" style="border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; clear: both; float: none !important; font-size: 0px !important; height: 0px !important; line-height: 0 !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; width: auto;"></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><img alt="'Baby Girl' boasts seven 60in 3D plasma screens, a vast living area, two bathrooms, a kitchen with granite surfaces and a conference space" class="blkBorder" height="419" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/08/11/article-2024864-0D64C85100000578-440_964x419.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: black; 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margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.4em;">Size matters in Hollywood and while Ashton Kutcher might not be able to match the $2 million a show paid to Charlie Sheen, the man he’s replaced on hit TV comedy Two And A Half Men, he has more than made up for it with his trailer. </span></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.4em;">In fact, the two-storey, 53ft long, 30-ton luxury home from home used by Mr Demi Moore isn’t called a trailer – it’s described as a ‘mobile estate’. </span></div><div class="clear" style="border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; 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border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: black; border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: black; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: black; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" width="310" /></a><img alt="Rear entrance" class="blkBorder" height="440" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/08/11/article-2024864-0D64C87200000578-207_310x440.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: black; border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: black; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: black; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" width="310" /></div><div class="third" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div><div class="clear" style="border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; clear: both; float: none !important; font-size: 0px !important; height: 0px !important; line-height: 0 !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; width: auto;"></div></div><div class="clear" style="border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; clear: both; float: none !important; font-size: 0px !important; height: 0px !important; line-height: 0 !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; width: auto;"></div><div class="imageCaption" style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">The exterior of the mobile (left); rear entrance (centre); and stairwell - the door halfway up the stairs leading to the bathroom (right)</div><div class="floatXWHalfRHS" style="float: right; font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; width: 472px;"><img alt="Ashton Kutcher might not be able to match the $2 million a show paid to Charlie Sheen, but he has more than made up for it with his trailer" class="blkBorder" height="423" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/08/11/article-2024864-0D64C8A600000578-178_472x423.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: black; border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: black; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: black; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" width="472" /><div class="imageCaption" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Ashton Kutcher might not be able to match the $2 million a show paid to Charlie Sheen, but he has more than made up for it with his trailer</div></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.4em;">With side sections and a second floor that hydraulically emerge from the main body to offer a total floor space of 1,100 sq ft, the ‘Baby Girl’ boasts seven 60in 3D plasma screens, a vast living area, two bathrooms, a kitchen with granite surfaces and a conference space.</span></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.4em;">After being sacked from Two And A Half Men, Charlie Sheen made a spoof film about trying to ‘rescue’ his beloved trailer from the Warner Brothers lot in Burbank, Los Angeles. Kutcher would be advised not to try anything similar. </span></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.4em;">Designed by Ron Anderson of Anderson Mobile Estates, these mobile behemoths are built to the stars’ specifications. Previous ‘residents’ have included Mariah Carey, Sharon Stone and Vin Diesel.</span></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.4em;">At $8,750 a week it’s just as well Kutcher is reported to be on a possible $20 million for 26 episodes.</span></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.4em;">Cameras mounted on the outside of the trailer offer 360-degree video security and surveillance. When a visitor hits the doorbell, the volume on the stereo system and TV drops inside and the image of the visitor appears on the various screens located throughout. One client insisted on a thumb scanner entry system for the master bedroom.</span></div><div class="clear" style="border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; clear: both; float: none !important; font-size: 0px !important; height: 0px !important; line-height: 0 !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; width: auto;"></div><div class="xwArtSplitter" style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div class="splitLeft" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><img alt="Retractable furniture" class="blkBorder" height="300" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/08/11/article-2024864-0D64C81F00000578-118_470x300.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: black; border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: black; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: black; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" width="470" /></div><div class="splitRight" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/08/11/article-2024864-0D64C83500000578-771_470x300.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="View from the living room to dining area" border="0" class="blkBorder" height="300" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/08/11/article-2024864-0D64C83500000578-771_470x300.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: black; border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: black; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: black; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" width="470" /></a></div><div class="clear" style="border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; clear: both; float: none !important; font-size: 0px !important; height: 0px !important; line-height: 0 !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; width: auto;"></div><div class="imageCaption" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Retractable furniture (left) and the view from the living area to the dining area (right)</div></div><div class="clear" style="border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; clear: both; float: none !important; font-size: 0px !important; height: 0px !important; line-height: 0 !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; width: auto;"></div><div class="clear" style="border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; clear: both; float: none !important; font-size: 0px !important; height: 0px !important; line-height: 0 !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; width: auto;"></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.4em;">The furniture is specially designed to fold or collapse in order to accommodate the retractable top and side sections. U.S. law dictates that the height of the vehicle must be no more than 13ft 6in when on the road; with the second storey fully extended the ‘Baby Girl’ stands at a whopping 15ft 10in. </span></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.4em;">A new model called ‘The Sky Box’ featuring a third storey is due to be unveiled soon.</span></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.4em;">Whilst shooting Men In Black III, Will Smith used a model called ‘The Heat’. It was kitted out with a full recording studio, sound booth for voiceover work complete with glass door that sensors change from clear to opaque, a make-up mirror that doubles as a television (one of five 42in plasmas on board), a play area for his children and even a chess room. </span></div><div class="clear" style="border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; clear: both; float: none !important; font-size: 0px !important; height: 0px !important; line-height: 0 !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; width: auto;"></div><div class="xwArtSplitter" style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div class="splitLeft" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><img alt="Exterior of the mobile estate" class="blkBorder" height="300" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/08/11/article-2024864-0D64C89400000578-112_470x300.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: black; border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: black; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: black; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" width="470" /></div><div class="splitRight" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/08/11/article-2024864-0D64C8A000000578-632_470x300.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="View of the living area at the rear of the vehicle" border="0" class="blkBorder" height="300" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/08/11/article-2024864-0D64C8A000000578-632_470x300.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: black; border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: black; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: black; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" width="470" /></a></div><div class="clear" style="border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; clear: both; float: none !important; font-size: 0px !important; height: 0px !important; line-height: 0 !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; width: auto;"></div><div class="imageCaption" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">View from the living area at the rear of the vehicle (left) and dining area (right)</div></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.4em;">The outside patio area is fitted with wind sensors so the electric awning retracts automatically in gusty conditions. Inside, a wireless touchscreen remote controls heat, air conditioning, brightness and the blinds. </span></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.4em;">In addition to his four rental vehicles – ‘Baby Girl’, ‘The Heat’, ‘Studio One’ and ‘Aspen’ – Anderson has sold nine of the mobile units to people he describes as ‘among the richest on the planet’.</span></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.4em;">The cost? A cool $2 million each.</span></div><div class="clear" style="border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; clear: both; float: none !important; font-size: 0px !important; height: 0px !important; line-height: 0 !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; width: auto;"></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><img alt="The two-storey mobile estate, known as The Heat, is 53ft long. Cameras mounted on the outside offer 360-degree video security and surveillance" class="blkBorder" height="342" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/08/11/article-2024864-0D64C88100000578-795_964x342.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: black; border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: black; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: black; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" width="964" /><div class="imageCaption" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">The two-storey mobile estate, known as The Heat, is 53ft long. 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<h1 style="font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Should YOUR chubby chap be wearing Manx: Male version of Spanx sucks in beer bellies</h1><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">By <a class="author" href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/search.html?s=&authornamef=Daniel+Jones" rel="nofollow" style="color: #003580; cursor: pointer; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase;">DANIEL JONES</a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Last updated at 1:31 AM on 14th August 2011</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div><div class="article-icon-links-container" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><ul class="article-icon-links cleared" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: nowrap;">
</span></ul></div><div class="floatRHS" style="float: right; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; width: 308px;"><img alt="Beating the Bulge: The £10 underpants promise to flatten lovehandles" class="blkBorder" height="720" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/08/13/article-0-0D6BC9FB00000578-359_306x720.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: black; border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: black; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: black; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" width="306" /><div class="imageCaption" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Beating the Bulge: The £10 underpants promise to flatten lovehandles</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">These are the ‘diet’ boxer shorts chubby chaps have been waiting for – the male version of Bridget Jones’s magic knickers.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The £10 Bodysculpt Trunks from Asda have been dubbed Manx, after the trimming female underwear brand Spanx.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Described as the ‘boxer short diet’, the pants claim to lift and firm flabby backsides, suck in beer bellies and smooth away love handles.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Control underwear is a wardrobe essential for many women, and was famously worn by Renée Zellweger in the film Bridget Jones’s Diary.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Male underpants have come a long way from the traditional Y-front, though wearing the latest creation, which is pulled up over the ribcage, may not prove practical for many.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">They are likely to inspire curious looks in the locker room and many women will find them something of a passion-killer.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Asda spent a year developing the high-waisted trunk, which has hidden ‘control areas’ to create a streamlined silhouette.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The supermarket says the technology is split into three main areas, and makes use of fabric – comprised of 85 per cent polyamide (a type of nylon) and 15 per cent elastane (the generic non-brand name for Lycra) – that compresses flabby areas.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">A double-knitted panel around the waist flattens and shapes stomachs, and also provides lumbar support.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">There is a side panel running from the waist down the thigh to compress love-handles and shape thighs. The panel also lifts and smooths the backside.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Together this gives the pants the ability to squeeze and cup men’s wobbly areas into place, creating a firmer body shape. They also have an anti-microbial application – making them ‘pong proof’ – and ventilated panels to help the wearer keep cool.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The trunks are claimed to support the lower back, with nine out of ten men who tested them in agreement.Asda label George first gave men a taste for figure-hugging underwear in 2009 with the launch of its Bodysculpt Vest, popularly known as the moob tube. </span></div><div class="relatedItems" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><ul style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></ul></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Heather Moreton, men’s clothes manager for Asda, said: ‘The success of the George moob tube opened British men’s eyes to the world of body-shaping underwear.</span></div><br />
<div class="clear" style="border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; clear: both; float: none !important; font-size: 0px !important; height: 0px !important; line-height: 0 !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; width: auto;"></div><div class="artSplitter" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div class="first third" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><img alt="BEFORE" class="blkBorder" height="290" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/08/14/article-0-0D6BC9FF00000578-272_196x290.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: black; 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border-right-color: black; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: black; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" width="198" /><div class="imageCaption" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">AFTER</div></div><div class="third" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div class="imageCaption" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">BEFORE</div></div><div class="clear" style="border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; clear: both; float: none !important; font-size: 0px !important; height: 0px !important; line-height: 0 !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; width: auto;"></div></div><div class="clear" style="border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; clear: both; float: none !important; font-size: 0px !important; height: 0px !important; line-height: 0 !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; width: auto;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">‘We know some guys worry about unmanageable body wobbles just as much as women do, so why not offer them a little helping hand to look their best too?</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">‘We’re delighted to answer the demand. The Manx will help men look and feel great.’</span></div><div class="floatThirdRHS" style="float: right; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; width: 198px;"><img alt="In control: Spanx are already popular with women" class="blkBorder" height="440" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/08/14/article-0-0D6BC9F300000578-263_196x440.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: black; border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: black; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: black; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" width="196" /><div class="imageCaption" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">In control: Spanx are already popular with women</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Dom Roycroft, 37, from Ipswich, who took part in trials of the underwear, said: ‘I know I carry a few more pounds than I should and these trunks are a cheat to a better body. </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">They are ideal if I want to wear a tight T-shirt and jeans or look good in a suit for work or a wedding. </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The best thing about them is no one has to know you’re wearing them.’</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Research by the supermarket found that 60 per cent of female shoppers said their husband or boyfriend carried excess weight around the stomach area.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Of these, half said they would like their partner to take action to change their bodies.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Clothing that controls the body shape first appeared in the US, becoming popular with the Spanx pants launched in 2000. </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">It has since spread to the UK.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">One in ten British women have worn ‘shapewear’ to improve their figure or physique, according to market researchers Mintel.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The market for men is still relatively new, although early sales suggest there is high demand.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">When Asda launched its Bodysculpt Vest the initial batch sold out in just four minutes.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Marks & Spencer has a similar vest to flatten ‘man boobs’. </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The store last year also launched a £15 pair of backside-lift pants.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Unlike the pants by Asda, the M&S product didn’t also squeeze in stomachs and thighs.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Asda’s Bodysculpt trunks, in white, are available on George.com for £10 a pair. </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">A black version will be available from next month.</span></div><span><br />
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<h1 style="font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Up and away! Oops... Crew escape unscathed as balloon crashes into house</h1><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">By <a class="author" href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/search.html?s=&authornamef=Martin+Delgado" rel="nofollow" style="color: #003580; cursor: pointer; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase;">MARTIN DELGADO</a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Last updated at 12:18 AM on 14th August 2011</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">This is the moment a hot-air balloon crashed into a family home after hitting telephone lines and clipping two other houses.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Incredibly, the two-man crew escaped unscathed.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The blue-and-yellow balloon – which was taking part in Bristol’s International Balloon Fiesta – had lost height after the father-and-son crew swapped over the gas cylinders that power the burner and hit a chimney pot.</span></div><div class="clear" style="border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; clear: both; float: none !important; font-size: 0px !important; height: 0px !important; line-height: 0 !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; width: auto;"></div><div class="artSplitter" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><img alt="Collision: The out-of-control balloon crashes into home of sleeping family" class="blkBorder" height="513" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/08/13/article-2025795-0D6BCB7B00000578-5_634x513.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: black; border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: black; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: black; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" width="634" /><div class="imageCaption" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Collision: The out-of-control balloon crashes into home of sleeping family</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div><div class="clear" style="border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; clear: both; float: none !important; font-size: 0px !important; height: 0px !important; line-height: 0 !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; width: auto;"></div><div class="artSplitter" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><img alt="Running out of air: The hot-air balloon lost height after the father-and-son crew swapped over the gas cylinders and hit a chimney pot" class="blkBorder" height="516" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/08/13/article-2025795-0D6BCB9300000578-978_634x516.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: black; border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: black; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: black; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" width="634" /><div class="imageCaption" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Running out of air: The hot-air balloon lost height after the father-and-son crew swapped over the gas cylinders and hit a chimney pot</div></div><div class="clear" style="border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; clear: both; float: none !important; font-size: 0px !important; height: 0px !important; line-height: 0 !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; width: auto;"></div><div class="artSplitter" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><img alt="'It sounded like a bomb raid': Residents were woken at about 8.40am on Friday by the falling balloon when it crashed on to rooftops" class="blkBorder" height="483" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/08/14/article-2025795-0D6BCB4700000578-65_634x483.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: black; border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: black; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: black; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" width="634" /><div class="imageCaption" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">'It sounded like a bomb raid': Residents were woken at about 8.40am on Friday by the falling balloon when it crashed on to rooftops</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Homeowner Leanne Scott, who lives in Bristol’s Victoria Park, was woken around 8.40am on Friday when the balloon collided with her chimney, about an hour after the Fleur de Lis balloon took off. She said: ‘It woke me up. It sounded like a bomb raid.’</span></div><div class="relatedItems" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><ul style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></ul></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The basket then smashed into a chimney on the house next door before hitting the home of Bernadine Nolan and her son Paul in nearby Alsop Street.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Paul said: ‘The bang woke me and I saw the flame-thrower outside the window before it flew off.’ His mother, Bernadine, added: ‘I saw it hitting the telephone lines and then the roof. I thought it was going to come through the bedroom window.’ More than 30 tiles were torn from her roof by the impact.</span></div><div class="clear" style="border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; clear: both; float: none !important; font-size: 0px !important; height: 0px !important; line-height: 0 !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; width: auto;"></div><div class="artSplitter" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><img alt="Uplifting: The annual Bristol International Balloon Fiesta got under way on Friday, August 12" class="blkBorder" height="428" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/08/14/article-2025795-0D67682600000578-338_634x428.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: black; border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: black; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: black; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" width="634" /><div class="imageCaption" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Uplifting: The annual Bristol International Balloon Fiesta got under way on Friday, August 12</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div><div class="clear" style="border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; clear: both; float: none !important; font-size: 0px !important; height: 0px !important; line-height: 0 !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; width: auto;"></div><div class="artSplitter" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><img alt="Uprising: More than 60 balloons were launched in the Somerset city. The event attracts 500,000 people" class="blkBorder" height="415" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/08/14/article-2025795-0D67674700000578-736_634x415.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: black; border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: black; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: black; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" width="634" /><div class="imageCaption" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Uprising: More than 60 balloons were launched in the Somerset city. The event attracts 500,000 people</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Pilot Martin Read managed to steer the balloon away and landed around five miles away at Goose Green in the city.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">An experienced pilot, Mr Read was flying with his stepson Terry Wetters. He said: ‘Once you make contact with a structure it becomes more of a problem and chances are you will hit something else.’</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The Civil Aviation Authority will carry out an investigation into the incident.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The damage is expected to be covered by insurance.</span></div><div class="clear" style="border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; clear: both; float: none !important; font-size: 0px !important; height: 0px !important; line-height: 0 !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; width: auto;"></div><div class="artSplitter" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><img alt="Taking off: The international four-day event first started in 1978 and now attracts balloon teams from as far as the United States" class="blkBorder" height="417" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/08/14/article-2025795-0D67673B00000578-122_634x417.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: black; border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: black; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: black; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" width="634" /><div class="imageCaption" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Taking off: The international four-day event first started in 1978 and now attracts balloon teams from as far as the United States</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div><div class="clear" style="border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; clear: both; float: none !important; font-size: 0px !important; height: 0px !important; line-height: 0 !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; width: auto;"></div><span><br />
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<h1 style="font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Is that a baa-cket on your head? Bungling sheep tries to get every last grain from its food container</h1><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">By <a class="author" href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/search.html?s=&authornamef=Daily+Mail+Reporter" rel="nofollow" style="color: #003580; cursor: pointer; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase;">DAILY MAIL REPORTER</a></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Last updated at 12:42 AM on 13th August 2011</div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div><div class="article-icon-links-container" style="clear: both; font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><ul class="article-icon-links cleared" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: nowrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; white-space: normal;">
This woolly wally probably felt rather sheepish... after getting a feed bucket stuck on his head.</span></span></ul></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The bungling animal ended up in the sticky situation as he tried to gobble up every last grain of food left in the container.</span><span style="font-size: 1.2em;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">As he tilted the bucket up, the handle came down behind his head, wedging it firmly in place.</span></div><div class="clear" style="border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; clear: both; float: none !important; font-size: 0px !important; height: 0px !important; line-height: 0 !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; width: auto;"></div><div class="artSplitter" style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><img alt="Feeling a bit sheepish: This woolly headed sheep got his head stuck in its feed bucket in a field near Berwick Upon Tweed, Scotland" class="blkBorder" height="493" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/08/12/article-2025247-0D66F7BC00000578-184_634x493.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: black; border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: black; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: black; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" width="634" /><div class="imageCaption" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Feeling a bit sheepish: This woolly headed sheep got his head stuck in its feed bucket in a field near Berwick Upon Tweed, Scotland</div></div><div class="clear" style="border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; clear: both; float: none !important; font-size: 0px !important; height: 0px !important; line-height: 0 !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; width: auto;"></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Photographer Phil McLean took the amusing snap as he passed this field near Berwick Upon Tweed, Scotland.</span><span style="font-size: 1.2em;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The 55-year-old, from Chirnside, said: ‘I had been looking for wildlife to photograph from my car when I spotted this sheep.</span></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">‘I can only assume that, in its eagerness to get the last drop of food, it tilted the bucket too much and the handle got stuck behind its head.</span></div><div class="relatedItems" style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><ul style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></ul></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">‘I watched it for a little while and it didn't seem too bothered.</span><span style="font-size: 1.2em;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">‘There was a farmer on a quad bike in the field so I'm sure he would have come to the rescue.’ </span><span style="font-size: 1.2em;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">He added: ‘I thought this scene was a little different and would probably raise a smile on people's faces.’</span></div><span style="font-size: 10px;"><br />
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