According to Google's Consumer Barometer, the internet is a key resource for finding local businesses. 80 per cent of Australians go straight to a search engine to look for a local business, and 55% use a website as their main research tool even if they go on to buy in store. If your business is not online it needs to be! If you are, it's important that your website offers potential customers the best possible introduction to your business. If the site is hard to use, poorly designed or looks outdated, it's time for a redesign. Here are four questions to consider in preparing your business website for a redesign.
Start with a clear vision of what you want to achieve. Once you have this, then working out how to redesign your website is much easier. For example, do you want to use the website to generate awareness, leads or for sales? Is it mainly a corporate brochure with contact details, or an important source of revenue? Do you need to simply refresh your online presence so customers can learn more about your products/services or finding how to contact you. Or, for example, if you are a mortgage broker, your primary focus may be to use the site to generate leads and grow your database.
Undertake your own research on what your competitors are doing online, and also look at websites belonging to brands whose business models you admire. Make a note of the types of sites that appeal to you and are in line with what you'd hope to achieve. Note down what you like about each – such as ease of use, content, design, layout and functionality – and consider how you could apply these elements to your own website.
Start your planning by looking at how things are currently working. Look at your Google Analytics (GA) numbers and document some of the key stats.
If you don't have access to this data, then add GA to your site. You want to understand current benchmarks and later you can compare these to the new site, so you know whether your investment is delivering value.
Links from or to social media.
Using this data you enable you to set new goals for the revamped website, and these goals will help you (or your developer) to prioritise requirements and create the optimal solution. For example, if your number one goal is to increase the $ value of sales on your website, then functionality that cross-sells additional product to customers who are already in buying mode would take priority. If you wanted to increase your social media following, then featuring calls to action to follow you might take priority.
What are the essential functions and features my new website should have?
Top of the list should be mobile responsiveness. This means that your website responds and adapts to size of the type of device it is being viewed on: desktop, laptop, tablet or mobile.
According to the Deloitte's 2015 Mobile Consumer Survey (Australia), 79 per cent of Australians own a smartphone and on average they check them more than 30 times a day. With 65 per cent of respondents saying they have browsed shopping websites on their smartphone, a responsive site is an essential inclusion in your website redesign.
Other website features may depend on the nature of your business. For example, if you want to operate an online store, it would require e-commerce functionality. Or if you run a restaurant and would like the ability to take online reservations, a booking system and calendar would appeal. For a business that uses content as a key part of its marketing strategy, a site with an inbuilt blog may be a priority.
Does my current website need a quick update or a complete overhaul?
Consider your current website, and analyse exactly what isn't working. For example, if your current site delivers the functionality you need, but you just don't like how it looks, you can simply refresh of images, some content, colours and fonts. On the other hand, if your current website isn't mobile responsive or doesn't showcase your business as well as it could, it may require a more comprehensive redesign.
Take a hair salon owner who has added manicures, pedicures and waxing to their service offering. They will need to redesign their website architecture to provide information about these new services, along with updating images. Or a travel agent who has only ever promoted tours and relied on phone bookings – but now wants to be able to take online bookings and deposits for customized small group tours, and allow customers to upload tour photos and articles.
Do I want to undertake the website design myself or hire someone to do it?
Depending on the complexity of the website you'd like to build, your own tech skills and your budget, you may choose to undertake the website redesign yourself. Some popular website builders to explore include WordPress, Weebly, Squarespace, Wix and Weebly. Please don't underestimate how much work is involved in building your own website. You will need to get your head around installing a CMS, finding and re-sizing the right images, writing content that helps your customers and also helps your SEO and much more. The more sophisticated your requirements, the better off you may be using a professional web developer to help you.
Seek out referrals from friends and peers and chat to a freelance web developers about their approach. Once you've written a good set of specs for what you want, it's worth posting your project on sites like freelancer.com.au or approaching a few freelance web developers to get estimates and testimonials you can compare. Finding someone you can work with easily, even if it's always on a remote basis, is very important to getting the results you want.
If you need help funding your website project, talk to Prospa about how a small business loan could help.


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[S-CG63] Dynamics in mobile belts
Mon. May 23, 2016 5:15 PM - 6:30 PM Poster Hall (International Exhibition Hall HALL6)
Convener:*Yukitoshi Fukahata(Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University), Norio Shigematsu(Research Institute of Earthquake and Volcano Geology, Geological Survey of Japan, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology), Aitaro Kato(Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Nagoya University), Hikaru Iwamori(Geochemical Evolution Research Program, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology), Yasutaka Ikeda(Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo), Toru Takeshita(Department of Natural History Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University)
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[SCG63-P35] Characteristics on Postseismic Deformation following the 2003 Tokachi-oki Earthquake and Estimation of the Viscoelastic Structure in Hokkaido, Northern Japan
*Yuji ITOH1, Takuya NISHIMURA2 (1.Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, 2.Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University)
Keywords:The 2003 Tokachi-oki earthquake, Viscoelastic relaxation, Afterslip, Postseismic deformation, GNSS
The 2003 Tokachi-oki earthquake is an interplate earthquake along the Kurile trench and is followed by postseismic deformation. Postseismic deformation is mainly caused by afterslip and viscoelastic relaxation. Previous studies estimated the afterslip in the 1st year but didn't consider viscoelastic relaxation. The viscoelastic structure has never estimated in the region. Estimation of spatiotemporal afterslip distribution is a key to reveal the healing process of the fault strength, however, estimated afterslip can include a systematic error if viscoelastic relaxation is ignored. In this study, we evaluate the both effect in postseismic deformation during the 2nd-7th year and estimate parameters of viscoelastic structure.
2. Data analysis
We use the data observed at 81 stations of the GEONET in Hokkaido and don't use stations in southwest Hokkaido because the signals of postseismic deformation of the 1993 Hokkaido-Nansei-oki earthquake and volcanic activity of Mt. Usu were observed. First, we eliminate linear component and significant displacement due to several earthquakes, such as the 2004 Kushiro-oki, the 2006 Central Kurile, and the 2007, 2008, 2009 Tokachi-oki earthquakes. We estimate the horizontal and vertical velocity by piecewise linear approximation every year and every 2 years, respectively, with considering annual and semi-annual variations.
3. Modeling and Estimation
Displacement U(x,t) at the station x and the time t due to afterslip is modeled by the following equation (1),
U(x,t)=Au(x)ln(1+t/B) (1)
where u(x) is the calculated displacement at x from the afterslip model for the first 4 months, which we estimate with the inversion method of Nishimura [2009]. We assume that spatial distribution of afterslip doesn't change temporally. Because u(x) is calculated from the 4-month model, A and B is constrained by the following equation (2) and B is estimated.
Aln(1+1/3B)=1 (2)
We model viscoelastic relaxation due to the 2003 Tokachi-oki and the 2004 Kushiro-oki earthquakes. We use the Fortran code PSGRN/PSCMP [Wang et al., 2006] to calculate. We use the coseismic model of GSI [2003] and Nishimura [2009], respectively, and assume the 2 layers model, which consists of an elastic layer with thickness H overlying a viscoelastic half-space with viscosity η.
We estimate B, H, η and translation components of the whole network by grid search.
The estimated values of B, H and η are 0.115 year, 50 km and 2.0×1019 Pa s, respectively. The estimated viscoelastic structure is consistent with that in the Tohoku region, northern Japan (e.g. Diao et al., 2014).
Our model explains the horizontal velocity roughly but systematic misfits are distributed locally in all the periods, which is due to afterslip of the 2004 Kushiro-oki, the 2008 and 2009 Tokachi-oki earthquakes. Our model explains the uplift in the Pacific coastal region qualitatively but not quantitatively and large systematic misfits are broadly distributed mainly in the Tokachi Plain area. These misfits suggest that the 4-month distribution of afterslip changes and that afterslip velocity is faster than that calculated from the logarithmic model in the down-dip side of the coseismic source area.
Our study suggests that afterslip plays the dominant role at most stations in the 2nd year and is still sustained near the coseismic source area in the 7th year, and that viscoelastic relaxation is large enough to be detected in the northern area in the 7th year. Deformation due to viscoelastic relaxation of the 2004 Kushiro-oki earthquakes is much smaller than that of the 2003 Tokachi-oki earthquake.
Acknowledgement: We used the GEONET F3 solution provided by the GSI.
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Current legal frameworks for data protection have a number of flaws. The notion of informed consent does not work in practice. Legislation only covers personal data, but it doesn't cover data about groups and it doesn't cover conditions on usage of data for certain purposes. Supervision is largely based on self-regulation. Regulatory agencies have little capacity. On the other hand, we observe that many business models are based on data about users. Users 'pay' with their data. Access to data should therefore be seen as a counteroffer in a contract. In this paper we will therefore suggest a different approach to data protection, based on the idea of accountability. In this short paper, we propose a dialogue framework to facilitate such accountability, in the application domain of data protection. The idea is to empower users to negotiate better terms and conditions in their contracts, monitor compliance, and challenge the organization in case of breaches of contract. That means that in addition to the current legal framework for data protection, which is generally based on public law, we suggest to make more use of private law as the legal framework of preference. To enable accountability over data protection, we foresee two kinds of functionality. Tools that may help users negotiate sensible contracts that take data protection aspects into account. An infrastructure that monitors actual usage of data, detects possible breaches of contract and allows users to challenge the organization. In addition, we discuss the necessary elements of a governance structure to enable effective enforcement.
14:00-14.45: How to Approach the Problem of Coming to Responsible Intelligent Systems?
I will give an overview of how over the last three year my thoughts about how to approach the problem of coming to responsible intelligent systems have changed. I will sketch sub-problems and will attempt to match them to relevant theories in computer science, AI and (moral) philosophy.


Here is the Pledge of Allegiance, as written in the Navajo language. Navajo is a Native American language. It was originally composed by Francis Bellamy in 1892. I have no information on who translated the song into the Navajo language. I found the lyrics to this posted at the Chapter House today while attending Veteran's Day ceremonies. This video is being posted in honor of all the veterans who have served and are serving for our Nation. Thank you to all the families who lost loved ones so that I can celebrate freedom. My prayers also go out to those who lost loved ones at Fort Hood, TX. The posting of this oath is not only intended to teach the pledge, but to also help learn the meaning of the words to the pledge. Again, a translation of the Navajo word or words in English is written below each word. This is just but one version of translation in that one Navajo word can mean many different things when translated to English.


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Like so many, we at CNCA have been impacted by the Covid-19 situation. We were working from home until the end of the summer and have, therefore, had to adapt our service and run it in a different way. We returned to the office on 1st September but following the move to tier 2 restrictions and the further lockdown imposed on 5th November, our office is again closed and we are still unable to carry out our befriending home visits.
So many have been more isolated than ever before due to the Covid-19 virus and we have been working closely with the Council and other community organisations to provide befriending support to those most vulnerable people. In partnership with Age UK Croydon and our member groups, we are providing comprehensive befriending support to individuals over 60 across the borough.
Specifically, CNCA's current role is to provide a telephone befriending service for those who are over 65, infirm, isolated and housebound and who have little or no contact with other people. Referrals that do not meet this criteria, are passed on to AGE UK Croydon and our member groups.
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Over the last 8 weeks CNCA have adapted our service. We have been working over a 7 day period, supporting the most vulnerable and isolated over 80's across the borough.
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As part of CNCA's Complex Befriending Service, we provide support to many vulnerable people. One of these is a gentleman who lives on his own. He has been bereaved, losing both of his parents, and has recently become a victim of crime.
The Coronavirus outbreak and the ensuing period of uncertainty has left him feeling incredibly anxious and he has been missing home visits from Margaret, one of our befrienders. As well as regular phone calls, Margaret has worked tirelessly over the past few weeks to set up a Skype call. Eventually, this week, after a lot of persuasion and perseverance, she managed to call him on Skype.
He was over the moon at being able to chat while seeing her face on the screen. The image before Margaret was of a very happy man, with considerably longer hair but a huge smile. It really made his day and helped him deal with the worries that had been building up.
Another call has been scheduled and he feels so much happier having this to look forward to.
F is a young-at-heart lady in her early 80s who suffered a stroke in 2019. She could no longer drive her car, as she suffered from dizziness, confusion and balance problems. F is a fighter and she managed to find practical ways of coping, such as batch-cooking, so she could eat healthy food every day. She is very house-proud and keeps her home in a good state, even though she feels wiped out afterwards.
F found it very hard to come to terms with the loss of her confidence and independence, and she found it even hard to accept help. Over several weeks, prior to lockdown, we visited her and worked hard to reassure her that there are other ways to be independent, using technology, and engaging more with local organisations.
Subsequently, during COVID-19 she is proficiently skyping her relatives and receiving regular calls from the Selsdon Contact Centre. She is determined to walk to the Centre once the Covid-19 situation is over, and get to know more people in her local area.
M is a lady in her 80s who is bed-bound due to medical conditions. She is quite isolated although she has some good friends who she speaks with by phone regularly. She loves a chat and has lots of good memories of Mario Lanza, who she met as a young woman.
Sadly, her nearest relative passed away during the Covid-19 period and, obviously, she was unable to attend the funeral. As we are unable to visit her, our team have been working hard to support her through her bereavement by telephoning her more regularly and making sure she always has someone to talk to.
M is a lady who lives alone in a large house in Purley. She has no close relatives but has some good friends and neighbours. During the Covid-19 crisis her neighbours were not able to help her with her shopping as they had in the past, so we made a referral to CVA, who make regular shopping trips for her, with the help of volunteers, who drop off her shopping after she pays for it by phone.
Prior to her first delivery from CVA, our befriending coordinator, Laura, wasn't sure that she would have enough to see her through and so delivered some shopping to her in the meantime.
M is looking forward to the lockdown coming to an end so that we can begin home visits.
K is a gentleman in his mid 90s who has regular calls from one of our volunteers. K has lead a full life and has lots of memories of the war. He is a very young-at-heart, lively person, and he enjoys the mental stimulation of a good chat. Our volunteer has a cheeky sense of humour like K, and he loves it when our volunteer teases him, and they keep each other on their toes. K looks forward to her calls and they they have developed a great rapport.
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C1A0 Brand
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Two orange circles enclosing an eye. It is the sunny and attractive symbol of C1A0.
The creativity is by Gaetano Grizzanti, founder and CEO of Univisual and Brand Identity expert.
C1A0 is an EXPO that promotes and shares one of the themes around which the discussion is most alive at the moment: artificial intelligence. And it does so with a double soul: commercial and pop. If on the one hand it has been conceived as an exhibition to give a tangible space to Italian and international big-companies and start-ups, on the other hand it was born as a cultural showcase that addresses not only specialists, but especially the general public and the media, through conferences, debates, meetings and workshops.
What is the inspiration for the symbol
The symbol, consisting of two intertwined circles that draw the shape of an eye – this last made more evident by a smaller circle in the centre, black, to represent the pupil – is the iconic element of the C1A0 brand.
The two orange circles represent the sun moving in a loop from sunrise to sunset, to evoke emotions of sunshine and provoke feelings of vitality, brightness and clarity. When something is "sunny" it is not only vivid but also clear, as in the expression "as clear as the sun": just as it is evident that artificial intelligence is and will increasingly be an indispensable part of our lives. It is not by chance that the figure of the eye focuses attention on the human component which, undeniably, must guide every form of artificial intelligence at the service of the individual and the well-being of the person. Graphically we have obtained a logo with an intriguing sign impact, with a mood close to that of digital emoticons.
The identity and the name C1A0
The naming – Ci-Uno-A-Zero – is a mixture of verbal and visual expression. Visually you can recognize the Italian "ciao", the informal greeting known and used all over the world. The lettering uses an alphanumeric composition, where the letter "i" is typographically transformed into the number "one" and the letter "O" into the number "zero".
The aim was to defend the values of the "technical-scientific" sphere, evoked by the presence of numbers at the base of the binary code, through a friendly and confidential key. The two vowels in the middle of the word "1A", reading the number 1 as letter i, make up the abbreviation of Artificial Intelligence. It was essential to identify a nominal mechanism that had an emotional component that would also appeal to the general public. The difference of this event, in fact, compared to others, lies in the intention to address not only the business world that uses Artificial Intelligence, but above all the non-experts.
In order to identify a name that was not technical or descriptive of the sector to which this event belongs, in favour of a more evocative expression, we looked for a brand that would be able to interest people.
As a last strategic component, the appeal to the Italian spirit towards the rest of the world, both to mark an excellent representation of our country and to communicate the value of an initiative relevant to the scientific universe and industrial districts.
C1A0 EXPO is a Made in Italy fair but with an absolutely international vision.


Of course, on second glance, I realized it had to be a scam—the value of a 2014 Tesla Performance (85KWh battery with the Performance option) should be at least double the $36K asking price in that advert.
A/C ice cold, All scheduled maintenance, All records, Always garaged, Custom wheels, Excellent condition, Factory GPS system, Fully loaded with all the goodies, Looks & drives great, Mostly highway miles, Must see, Never seen snow, New paint, New tires, No accidents, Non-smoker, One owner, Perfect first car, Satellite radio, Seats like new, Still under factory warranty, Upgraded sound system, Very clean interior, Well maintained, Custom paint/graphics.
I've bought a lot of stuff off Craigslist, but never a car. I wouldn't hesitate to do so, though, as long as I could meet the seller in person to see and drive the car.


Now, open the Intego software that you wish to deploy and modify the settings and preferences so that they are configured the way you want the software to be used on all of the Macs in your environment or lab.
Once you have your software configured to your liking, launch the Settings Packer on this master computer by double-clicking the file you downloaded from the link at the top of this article.
In the applications list, check the boxes of the applications for which you need to deploy customized settings and then click on the "Create package…" button.
Settings Packer will ask for an admin password and then it will generate a ".pkg" file (a standard Mac OS X Installer package).


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Why don't we make sexy pants for men?
By Catherine Clavering
Intro; I'm starting the year absolutely NOT as I mean to go on; talking about men.
It's the 6th January, most of the UK is finally back at work properly and going "urgh" and there are about 3 billion really boring things I should be sorting out but Liz asked me to explain why lady-type-lingerie-brands don't just pivot to men's stuff and I realised I might as well explain this once and for all, in public.
Content warning; there's no way for me not to refer to adult activities here. Please, I beg of you, if you are not of age, go look elsewhere. I'll try and use some delicacy but there's no way to discuss this market segment without talking about some of the gender and sexuality issues involved. Inevitably I'll make mistakes on some of that.
I will also upset anyone who thinks businesses aren't about profit, and on this occasion, I'm going to behave very badly and not put in references for my assertions about the market. I'm just going to wave you in the general direction of Underlines, the UK trade mag for underwear. They're big on consumer research.
I am British, so when I say pants I mean underwear, and for reasons unrelated to my nationality, when I say women I mean anyone identifying as a woman, same with men and with non-binary.
I have to confess I know vanishingly little about the NB market; it's been commercially invisible for the whole of the time I've been in the industry and though some of KMD's longest fans are NB we've just been working through measurements and fit issues individually and, in JL's case, with crochet alteration. You can find more info on non-binary issues under the LGBTQ tag on The Lingerie Addict though.
TLDR; broadly speaking men don't spend much on undies and the minority percentage that do have a very diverse array of what they want from them. You can't cater to the full range and picking one segment that works with your existing brand, customer base etc and is profitable is a real challenge. So, I don't bother.
The long answer and an incomplete observational guide to men who want sexy pants based on customer service contacts over a decade.
The starting point.
1) Most of my customers are women
Now, when I say customers, I mean the people that WEAR the product. It doesn't matter who paid for it or placed the order (and even then it's still mostly women when it comes to it); if what I produce doesn't get enjoyed people don't come back, and the reality is that most of the people who wear KMD, and our guest brands, are women.
2) Men who pay for lingerie from us aren't necessarily into the aesthetic for themselves
There's an assumption in most industries that if you're selling someone x you can probably sell them y. In lingerie that doesn't seem to work - it's much easier for me to sell a new type of knicker to existing folks than it is to work out what the men purchasing for women in their lives want. Though, statistically speaking, apparently, the answer is usually "boxer briefs", if you're contemplating starting men's stuff yourself!
3) At the moment, and this may change as gender roles shift and get broken down, a lot of men don't show much interest in their own underwear
It's frankly disappointing - I'm pretty sure I'm not the only woman-dating-men who appreciates some thought put into pants - but the reality is many of them are just buying like 8 packs of boxer briefs from whoever they got stuck on years ago and rarely change. I mean, if you are one of those brands that they get stuck it's great, you don't have to do a lot of work, but it means that for women's brands to start a men's range, there's no inbuilt customer base and getting a new one is crazy hard work as people brought up as men don't generally get very invested in, or enthusiastic about, any sort of clothing. Your best bet is that you convince your current women customers to buy them for the men in their life, which is a bit roundabout for my tastes.
Pause for an Esquire De Lune-in-Undercrackers picture. Undercrackers were one of the few indie men's brands I've run across and they're doing velvet this year, though unfortunately I'm told that like us, they struggle a bit to process returns.
4) So, men with an interest in fancy undies for their own bodies are a niche, and very diverse one at that.
A niche that's nice and consolidated is quite handy for making money - think bralettes for while you're recovering from breast surgery - they're basically all a very similar product and you don't need much range (soft, stretchy, won't stop skin from breathing, maybe change the colour). But a diverse niche - e.g. bras for when you've healed from surgery, which covers enhancement, lifts, reductions, lumpectomies, mastectomies, double mastectomies and if memory serves some other things as well - then you're looking at lots of different needs - many of which conflict. And that is a profitability nightmare (and why you have such limited choices if you had surgery. Sorry folks).
Part the second; an incomplete and over-generalised guide to men who talk to us about buying things from lady-type brands for themselves.
5) Men that are a bit bored with conventional menswear are the biggest group.
These guys are these days catered to for by a lot of the fast fashion places, in terms of colours and prints and a bit of variety in the few things you can easily change about men's pants. Sometimes they get fancy with mesh and cut-outs and strappy bits. As you know, gay men have historically had more latitude and reason to express themselves fashion-wise, and there is an overlap for men of any sexual orientation to head towards brands that are actively marketed at what I think of as "gay men's pulling pants" (this technical label brought to you via years of observation at trade shows!)
The bonus to this is that they are fitted for people with hips that are not much different to waist measurements and they have space for a penis and testicles. Please note that when I talk about body differences I'm talking broad averages, which is what we have to use for mass manufacturing. Obviously, there is an enormous amount of individual difference in terms of figures, heights, torso lengths and all sorts of things, plus secondary sexual characteristics vary more than most folks realise.
These pants tend to be very "we are masculine". Seriously, that's practically the slogan for Clever Moda (always used to go and stroke these at trade shows. On the hangers only, obviously!)
This group is the men people assume might buy from women's lingerie brands if we started making "sexy pants for men" but I've yet to see much evidence that this works. I suspect brand aesthetics/values don't translate well between genders (I mean . . . what would femme fatale undies for men involve?!), and it's hard as an established women's brand to get traction in the men's fashion universe.
As an aside, when I steal men's pants to wear in emergencies (boxer briefs make excellent period pants for me) I do not noticeably have huge amounts of spare fabric, so I don't know that it really makes all that difference, but I'm going to need at least 30 men to try on differently gendered pants before I could give a statistically indicative idea of whether men's pants are really necessary if you have that genital arrangement :)
Next aside, two things I miss about trade shows; gossip, and the men's pants models.
6) Men who are so like, SO over menswear and want a return to silk, satin, lace, bows, embroidery and the like.
This has nothing to do with gender or sexuality and is purely about the sensory and visual aesthetic. These things all used to be in menswear too - in fact, fancy seamed stockings were a VERY man thing for quite a while - so this is nothing to do with innate preferences and everything to do with social norms. The problem is currently, for the most part, these things are all fitted for measurements likely to fit women, so they end up too short in the body for men, too big in the bust and hip, and apparently it isn't great to have anatomy hanging out.
For these men, it's all about adapting current women's garments - checking out plus ranges helps, soft flowing styles, that sort of thing. The other options are custom work - Ayten Gasson has a small but significant number of these customers - or possibly Homme Mystere, though I think that brand attempts to straddle a few of these niches.
The KMD Cherie teddy can apparently work for this. Deadpool cosplay not compulsory, and as it happens I learnt about Deadpool through this and not through the comics or films!
7) Men who want to look more like a woman for a period of time.
Broadly speaking, and there's A LOT of debate about this, this is where we start to use the term crossdressing, although some people would use it for the above group too. Crossdressing is sometimes a social thing, sometimes a self-expression thing, sometimes a sexual thing, sometimes a gender thing, sometimes a big interest but sometimes very occasional, sometimes persistent, sometimes a stage . . .
Basically it's hard to say anything for certain except that sometimes, in societies that have very different clothes for women than men, sometimes people will want to swap for a time, for some reason, in a way that makes them look more like the other gender (assuming binary genders here, sorry).
Please note if you, like me, are a straight woman who grew up as a woman, don't use ANY of the T-words (they're associated with hate and attacks), unless someone has identified themselves as transgender to you. Elsewise try to assume nothing. Crossdressing has no direct or predictable relationship to someone's gender or sexuality.
Anyway, terminology and motivations aside, from a lingerie business point of view, this is what I mean about diverse niches often ending up needing conflicting products. If you like satin, frills etc but don't want to look like or be treated as a woman, then women's loungewear in larger sizes may well work for you. If you want to change your shape to look more like a woman as well, then we're into a whole different set of products - because even women's shapewear might not help - it assumes an average set of measurements to start with that likely aren't near to many men's.
For this group, there are specialists, and they overlap with people who provide things that work for men-who-do-drag-queening and also with some of the products for transgender women. If you're a man looking to change your figure like this, I'd look for those places because the practicalities of it mean most standard women's lingerie places just aren't going to do the things that will work.
8) Men that just really like wearing stockings (and aren't fussed about anything else)
These people just exist in my life and always have. Not necessarily a sexual thing (listen, folks, if it is a sexual thing for you do me a favour and don't tell us in detail in customer service emails? Thanks)
I find a lot of men new to this are like "but why would anyone want to see my hairy muscly legs!" and to this I say, my grandmother was still making appreciative noises about cyclists thighs in lycra when she was 80. She REALLY liked the invention of lycra.
If you want to try it then check out the big/tall brands available on most hosiery specialists. Happily, this is an area that is relatively well catered for these days, though as you can see lady suspender belts tend to be the wrong shape so go for one of the narrower hipsters ones with a low waist/hip ratio.
I have to confess that I could only find this photo for this one and I'm *pretty* certain that this is a customers partner who was just helping us demo fit and the indestructibility of our opaques, but I could be completely wrong as my memory is getting a bit sieve-like over time!
9) Sissies
Let me be clear. I am not talking playground bullying level "this lad is effeminate let us mock him", or even just men who want to be super, super girly and frilly and pretty for a bit, I am talking about a very particular form of this kink/fetish.
We all know that for some people some lingerie is sexual - and that's fine as long as you don't non-consensually launch into details with any of us, thanks (also if you could perhaps stop informing people of what you find sexy or not all over the net and demanding seksi pics of bobs that would be greatly appreciated, but I only mock about 0.01% of the men that do this because really who has the time).
But the general consensus amongst my colleagues is that if you, a man, are in our inboxes, telling us that being a woman is shameful, terrible, and humiliating, then the fact that you announce that you find that a turn-on and want us to collude in it with you does not in fact alleviate the fact that you've just told us we're basically rubbish.
Especially as frequently this involves no payment and I AM a filthy capitalist piglet, so this is very offensive to me.
You will get ignored. You will not get your customer service query answered. Your ID will be blocked.
I will happily make any amount of pink frilly nonsense if it appeals to me and seems like a good sell, but never, ever will I deal with any group that considers being a woman to be a bad thing.
All that said, there are brands and people that cater to this, and you should go and PAY THEM because nobody should have to put up with that for free.
And all of you who just want to be super-femme are a-ok, stick around. If you out-femme me probably you win a prize.
10) Men who are just super chill and want the deadlies in their life to win the photo prize.
Stay cool, dudes. I should do more photo competitions!
Anyways - I won't be doing sexy pants for men any time soon - but you might have some links to places that do?
I am Male, identify as Male but find typically Male clothing very boring and functional. Hence a near lifelong fascination with non-Male underwear, which just feels and looks so much nicer. I've been delighted to discover Sulis Silks do a range of underwear and nightwear for men – but not been able to buy any yet as they're not the same price as your 3 pack of boxers from the supermarket… one day! I don't work for Sulis Silks… probably a good thing!
https://www.sulis.co.uk/silk/Touch-of-Lace.html
I agree with what you have said, I wear ladies knickers because I like them not sexually or some fetish or because I want to he anything else but me but I like the diversity, the material and to he fair they are more comfortable than mens generally. Just bought your stienman ones and they are great.
What annoys me is that if you do not fit in a mass media box you are wrong and a lot of the village idiots today can only think if the mass media tell them what to think.
I am a man, I identify as a man, what I wear is because I like it (it is only cloth) a d I have no fetishes as far as I am concerned.


Ah, winter in California– where temperatures rise higher than 65 degrees on a sunny day, and rarely drop below 50 on a cold one. Even though that might feel cold to some, we know we've got it good compared to the rest of the country. Unless you're spending the weekend tucked away in the Sierras, you can count on never seeing snow during the winter months. Many appreciate this, but for those who just moved here it can evoke a sense of nostalgia. There is something magical about a winter's first snow, a white Christmas–and even cursing at below freezing temps (we're kidding–sort of). If you recently moved to the Bay Area–or simply miss a cold and snowy holiday season–here are a some holiday activities to help you get your winter fix.
A traditional winter activity that will be sure to bring you back to your childhood days. Fun fact: the outdoor skating rink in the largest in the Bay Area. Located across from the iconic Ferry Building, this ice rink is guaranteed to give NYC's Central Park's rink a run for its money–plus it's not as cold. Grab your friends, kids, or significant other and live out your inner Michelle Kwan. General admission is $11, and only $7 for kids; you also have to pay $5 if you want to rent ice skates. The rink closes on January 8, so hurry up!
The San Francisco Symphony offers an array of events during the holiday season. If you're hoping to get more in the Christmas spirit, payin a visit to the symphony is a must-do activity. On December 11, these talented musicians will be putting on a show around the theme "Holiday Brass." They'll sing all of your favorite holiday tunes from "The Twelve Days of Christmas" to "Greensleeves." Snag your tickets here.
Do you have a history of singing your favorite Christmas carols on your neighbor's porch? Or have you ever dreamed of it? Going door to door in San Francisco may not be the best idea–especially because of the hills–but joining a holiday sing-along should satisfy your fix. On December 15, gather around a piano with friends and strangers to sing your most-beloved holiday songs. More details here.
On December 10, Wood Thumb is hosting a DIY giftmaking party. For $40, you'll have the option to create a wood slab cutting board, magnetic vase, succulent planter, magnetic bottle opener, or wine bottle opener. Guests will also be wined and dined with free holiday treats, beverages, and live music. There's truly no better way to get in the holiday and winter spirit than making gifts for your loved ones.
The Treehouse Space is hosting a pop-up shop to support local nonprofits and businesses. Do last-minute shopping while sipping on holiday flavored drinks and indulging in local music. Vendors include local jewelers, aromatherapy experts and local artists. You can learn more about the event here. There you have it. Despite the absence of snow, there are many ways to warm your heart and get in the winter spirit with these fun Bay Area holiday activities. Have fun!


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Sharjah Children's Reading Festival to organise first school Car Carnival
Sharjah, UAE: The Sharjah Children's Reading Festival, a subsidiary of Sharjah Book Authority, SBA, has announced the organising of its first Car Parade Carnival, which will see school cars and buses decorated by children portraying Sharjah's landmarks and monuments.
The Carnival will be held during the festival's 7th edition under the theme, "Discover My City", taking place from April 22nd to May 2nd at Expo Centre Sharjah.
The Car Carnival will be organised in collaboration with the Sharjah Educational Zone to create an interactive channel of communication among school students to achieve the festival's goals of supporting the learning process and nurturing student's creativity, thus contributing to the development of children's personalities.
The school cars and busses will take a daily tour of Al Majaz Waterfront during first two days of the festival. A judging panel will select the three most beautiful cars or buses, which will receive valuable cash prizes. The first winning school will receive a cash prize of AED20,000, while the second one will receive AED15,000, and the third prize is valued at AED10,000.
Hind Abdullah Lenaid, Senior Manager of Exhibitions and Festivals at Sharjah Book Authority, SBA, said, "Participation in the Car Carnival is open to Sharjah's public and private schools after obtaining approval from the Ministry of Education, or from the Sharjah Educational Zone. The Parade will feature school cars and buses decorated with illustrations of Sharjah's landmarks that portray the city's aesthetics through pictures reflecting children's innovation and their imagination." Lenaid pointed out that each school is entitled to one entry of a decorated car or bus, provided that the illustrations are created by outstanding students capable of creative expression, characterised by the spirit of innovation and competitiveness.
The Carnival will give schools the opportunity to compete in the areas of artistic creativity, which will help in enhancing collective work through the engagement of a group of children in creating innovative artworks under the supervision of one or more specialists. It also supports innovation and creative ideas and provides a real motivating atmosphere among school students to know each other through great collective event.
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Candace Wohl is a freelance digital marketer, an award-winning blogger, writer, public speaker, and infertility advocate. Writing for multiple websites, non-profit organizations and online magazines covering topics such as woman's health, parenting, relationships, fertility treatments, new advances in reproductive medicine, adoption and surrogacy. She is passionate about supporting the infertility community, publically speaking about awareness and advocacy on national TV and many other public media forums.
Candace and her husband were also featured on MTV's True Life, "I'm Desperate to Have a Baby," a documentary on couples struggling with infertility. She can be found anywhere from Cosmopolitan magazine to Huffington Post.
On her personal time, she has severed as the Co-Chair for Marketing and Recruitment for Advocacy Day for 2015 and 2016 and the Chair for Advocacy day 2017 and 2018 in Washington, DC. As an active volunteer for RESOLVE: The National Infertility Association, apart from her advocacy work, she also leads a RESOLVE local support group, helping couples who are struggling with infertility and miscarriage.
Prepare for some awkward moments, a whole lot of TMI, and things no one mentioned about the getting-her-pregnant part surrogacy.


Has there been something on the show that we would be surprised to learn is visual effects?
Ahh, crash pads removed! I didn't know that happened.
Hi Nile! Congrats on the new album. I hope I get to see you play in person someday.
Any plans to collaborate with Adam Lambert in the future?