Archive for June, 2008
June 21, 2008 at 6:53 pm · Filed under Web Of Sports
Date of birth - 3rd January 1969
Country - Germany
Team - Ferrari
Michael Schumacher started his racing, as so many others, with karts and was obviously helped by the fact that his parents ran the Kerpen circuit. His karting career was successful and soon he moved into the German Formula Konig series.
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Michael moved up to Formula 3 in 1989 following the success he had in his first season with cars. In his first year he finished runner-up in the German series. He stayed one more season which allowed him to win both The German and the Macau title and this is where the battle between himself and Mika Hakkinen started.
Schumacher and his 1989 rival and fellow countryman Heinz-Harald Frentzen, among others, were chosen to represent the Mercedes Junior Team in the 1990 World Sports Car.
By the way; Heinz-Harald’s girlfriend at that time is now Michael Schumacher’s wife.
Instead of moving to the F3000 series he stayed for a second season of World Sports Cars in 1991. While he was in Japan for this series he decided to have a go at F3000 and so raced in his first ever F3000 race, coming second. This caught the attention of Eddie Jordan who decided to give Schumy a run in Formula One.
He debuted in Belgium in 1991 where he qualified 7th but retired on the first lap. He was promptly bought by Benetton and closed off the season with them. In his first season in the top formula of racing he finished in the points 3 times. He won his first race in 1992 and the rest, as they say, is history.
Finishing third in the 2005 season was pretty poor and he seems to have lost motivation as well as a superior car. With a new partner in Felipe Massa we hope to see him mounting a serious challenge against the new champion Fernando Alonso.
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June 19, 2008 at 1:43 am · Filed under School of Travel
Windsor Castle is assumed to be the largest lived in castles around at this time and the oldest in nonstop occupation (well over 900 years). It is 1 of Queen Elizabeth’s 3 key residences, and is over and over again assumed to be her preferred home. The Royal Standard flutters above the Round Tower of Windsor Castle each and every time Queen Elizabeth 2nd is in palace - at other periods, the Union Jack flag flies as normal.
Samuel Pepys remarked Windsor Castle to be “the solitary most romantic castle around.” That was stated in sixteen sixty six and the same has been said today.
Windsor Castle Captivating History: Windsor Castle UK tickets can be purchased via Enjoy England, The official website for tourism in England.
The start of Windsor can be seen in the 7th century Saxon settlement of Windlesora, where the recent day community of Old Windsor is sited. The town of Windsor is generally known as the “New Windsor” - the phrase “new” being used in a strictly loose way!
Windsor Castle was at first built by the renowned William the Conqueror, due to his raid of England in ten sixty six. The original frame was put up from lumber with mud ramparts. Palace held a noticeable strategic position on a steep hill above the River Thames, & was part of a ring of fortresses in the region the City, with the Tower of London, one day’s journey away, at its core.
The Castle was soon after remodelled in stone, & increased in worth over history. Later on Henry 2nd assembled the Round Tower and the original stone outer wall. Following the English Civil War, the structure’s major role became that of a royal residence. The Castle has remained mainly unchanged ever since the beginning of the 19th century, apart from the refurbishment effort after the fire in 1992.
June 17, 2008 at 10:27 pm · Filed under Web Portal
Think of the people who visit your site as blind dates. When you
open the door, your blind date usually knows whether they are
attracted to you within the first minute. How do they know? Easy.
By how you look, what you say, and how you treat them. If you
open the door wearing the same clothes you wore in 1987, say,
“Wow, from my friend’s description, I thought you would be a lot
better looking,” and sneeze in your dates face, not only will you
never get a second date, your date will run for his/her life.
The same rules apply to your website. When people do a search for
something they want to buy, they usually have many sites to
choose from. If yours does not impress them right off the bat, it
takes about five seconds for them to find another that does show
them what they want to see. There are plenty of other fish in the
sea. You are just one among many.
So what do people want to see, you ask? There are 3 standards
of website excellence, and they are the same standards you would
use to judge your blind date:
1. How it looks: If I visit two different websites with the
purpose of buying something, and those two websites sold the
exact same product at the exact same price, I would buy from the
site that looked better–the one whose design made me think,
“Wow, these guys must be making good money if they can afford to
hire a good graphic designer.” The more money I think the
business makes, the more I will identify them with value and
professionalism.
The bottom line is, you need to make web design a priority. There
are plenty of people out there who have graphic designer friends
willing to design their website for next to nothing. Those people
have the advantage because, even if they aren’t the superior
business, visitors will perceive them to be superior.
If you don’t have any connections with graphic designers willing
to do you a favor, see if you can find a starving artist willing
to design the layout of your site. If anyone has an eye for
aesthetics and is willing to work cheap, it’s a starving artist.
Once you know what your site should look like, either you or a
web designer can bring the artist’s vision to life.
Take the time to design something that represents your business
or product well. Don’t just throw up a website with gaudy
wallpaper, out of focus pictures and graphics placed at random.
Remember that first moment when you open the door to a blind
date. Remember how much appearances count for in this world.
2. What you say: You want the person who visits your site to know
instantly what you’re selling and why they should buy from you.
Visual representation has a lot to do with this, but you need to
watch what you say as well. You must be clear, concise and
focused. Don’t make the visitor decipher a cryptic headline full
of spelling and grammar errors. Include headlines that shout to
the reader exactly what you want them to hear.
Go over your copy a hundred times if you must, or have a
proofreader edit your copy. You must be sure that a potential
customer won’t get lost in a stream of consciousness narrative
about your product or company, and come out saying, “What was
that all about?”
Above all, think carefully about the colors you use for your
font. Make sure there is plenty of contrast between the
background and the font color. Never put a yellow font on an
orange background. Also, be careful with white fonts on black
backgrounds. If the letters are large, they will be easy enough
to read, but if they are 14 point or smaller, your visitor won’t
even bother with the copy. No matter what colors you use, always
make your font large enough. If people have to squint to read
your copy, it is too small.
3. How you treat them–It is socially acceptable for a woman to
keep her date waiting, letting him know that she doesn’t consider
him a priority. However, it is not acceptable for your site to
keep a visitor waiting. If your site takes too long to load, the
visitor will simply find another site.
Do what you can to ensure that your site will download quickly.
One easy thing to remember is that, if you have too much content
on a page, it’s going to take a long time to load. Also, if you
are on a free server, and you are sharing a port with others,
your loading time will be lengthy. More specifically, if you have
images that are uncompressed, they could be at 70k or 80k, as
opposed to compressed images that look almost identical and load
at a preferable rate of 5k or 10k.
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June 17, 2008 at 10:30 am · Filed under Adventure, School of Travel, Web Of Sports
They flexed their muscles this year all the in name of the Olympic spirit, but it was hardly spirited at all.”
This year French climber Anthony Loeff is reporting the scales for Mount Everest after he reached the top of Kilimanjaro in Tanzania earlier this season.
However, the decision to actualize a long-time personal goal left Andrew Brash with some internal uncertainties, he cited the political actions of China and Nepal as providing the greatest adversity he faced on his journey. His first found him within 218 metres of the peak when his team stopped to help a fellow mountaineer who was left for dead. later, Min Bahadur Sherchan, a University of Calgary alumni, returned to Everest to finish what he had started.
Sherchan just 13 days away from his 77th birthday beat the age record set last year by 71-year-old Japanese teacher Katsusuke Yanagisawa.
“the Mount Everest this year became a political pawn,” he said with some frustration.
Now that Bahadur Sherchan has successfully scaled the tallest mountain in the world, he is once again ready to focus on his family. Bahadur Sherchan returned this week from Nepal after successfully climbing to the summit of Chomolungma. Andrew Brash last attempt resulted in the rescue of Lincoln Hall, an Australian climber who was left by his team in the “death zone.”
Bahadur Sherchan and four climbing guides reached the 29,035-foot (8,850-meters) summit of the world’s highest mountain early Sunday, said Ramesh Chretri, an official with Nepal’s ministry of tourism.
Nevertheless, he was all too aware of the potential dangers Chomolungma or Mount Everest could bring. Certain parts of the climb are more dangerous than others and it is important for climbers to remain focused As he planned for the climb, Sherchan told reporters he wanted to inspire fellow senior citizens. He also said many Nepalese have established records on Mt Everest, so it was only fitting that the record for the oldest climber to reach the summit should also belong to a Nepali. With the Chinese preparing for the impending summer Olympic Games, Min Bahadur Sherchan noted that the government’s actions hardly reflected the Olympic spirit. The Chinese were flying their airplanes over Chomolungma and had Chinese officials in Kathmandu. The 76-year-old man from Nepal is now the oldest person to have reached the top of Mt Everest. They basically coerced the Nepali government to not allow any climbers past camp two on the Nepali side. Nepalese man, 74, oldest man to conquer Mount Everest More than 3184 people have climbed to the summit since it was first conquered in 1953 by New Zealander Edmund Hillary, who died in January, and Nepal’s Tenzing Norgay.
Hall was frostbitten and severely disoriented due to altitude sickness. Andrew Brash returned a hero to Calgarians. “The Chinese weren’t allowing anybody on Chomolungma or Mount Everest. They ended up commandeering it for themselves, even though the Mount Everest is shared by two countries.
June 16, 2008 at 2:07 am · Filed under Web Of Sports
The 2005 season marked 30 years of play for the World Team Tennis (WTT) Pro League. With tennis news surrounding the most popular players in the sport, Pro Leaguers are always in high demand with the tennis news media.
The World Team Tennis Pro League is comprised of the Eastern and Western Conference, each of which consists of 6 teams for a total of 12 in competition. It’s regular season annually occurs during three weeks in the summer. The two best teams, one from each conference, will advance to the World Team Tennis Finals.
Each team consists of two mean, two women and one coach. Team competitions feature a total of five events, including one set of men’s singles, women’s singles, men’s doubles, women’s doubles and mixed doubles. The first team to reach five games wins each set. If a set reaches all four, a nin-point tiebreaker is played.
With competitions regularly televised on national tennis news programs, including ESPN2, World Team Tennis is very popular among sports enthusiasts and tennis news in general. The concept was developed in the early 1970s by Larry and Billie Jean King with the WTT Pro League first competing in 1974 with a 5-year contract. After a brief hiatus, the Pro League resumed in 1981 and has been a highlight in tennis news for the 25 years that followed. In 2006, the WTT Pro League will celebrate their 31st season of play.
Since it’s debut, some of the greatest names in tennis news have competed in the league, including Andre Agassi, Any Roddick, Anna Kournikova, Venus & Serena Williams, Monica Seles, John McEnroe, Chris Evert, Martina Navratilova and many others. As it’s popularity grew, and tennis news coverage increased, the World Team Tennis organization welcomed over 150,000 fans in annual attendance. There is a good reason behind the fan craze and that is because WTT is all about the fans and serves up each experience with a side of excitement. Many of the rules governing the World Team Tennis association are designed in order to make the game a fan-friendly sport, which seems to be working with attendance steadily rising each year.
During each WTT event, fans are encouraged to participate by being vocal about a great play. In addition, they are free to enter and exit the stadium during the competition. But, for those who stay, music is often played between games in order to keep the crowd excitement intact. World Team Tennis is regularly covered on tennis news programs, in tennis news publications and on the internet.
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June 14, 2008 at 10:10 pm · Filed under Living Self Improvement
Have you ever felt stuck?
You know the feeling - you’re not happy with a situation, you know it could be better, you’ve even tried to make it better. But all of your best efforts still end with the “same old-same old” feeling - STUCK!
Well, you are not alone, it’s a very big club.
In fact, when I ask this question in seminars, just about everyone raises their hand. I have a strong suspicion hose who don’t raise their hand are the folks who would never raise their hand in public no matter what I ask.
If so many folks feel this way, then why aren’t more people finding ways to get unstuck. The simple answer is that we are not taught how to solve this problem. There’s isn’t a course that I’m aware of called Getting Unstuck 101.
So we wind up doing the same things, that don’t work, over and over again and expect different results. It’s similar to what we do when we get our car stuck in the sand, mud or snow: if we don’t get out on the first try, we spin our wheels, digging the hole deeper and deeper and we get “stucker and stucker.”
Another good illustration of staying stuck can be found in a story called “What to Do When Your Horse Dies.”
If the horse you’ve been riding has died, then get off the horse!
But instead of getting off, we try:
•buying a stronger whip
•switching riders
•trying a new bit or bridle
•moving the horse to a new location
•saying “this is the way we’ve always ridden this horse”
•form a commission to study the horse
•visit other places where they ride dead horses more efficiently
•blame the horse’s parents
•complain about the state of horses these days.”
Why in the world would we try any of the above solutions with a dead horse? Yet we do it all the time. In our stubbornness, we keep trying to solve a problem with the exact same kind of thinking that created the problem in the first place.
How to Get Un-Stuck
Now for the good stuff - the tools and solutions. Here are just a few suggestions:
Albert Einstein said it much better than I ever could: “You can’t solve a problem with the same level of thinking that created the problem.”
We all can change our thinking by asking better questions.
Change the lame sounding-dead roach-victim whining “why does this always happen to me-it’s not fair-what did I do to deserve this” garbage question to “in how many ways can I creatively get unstuck while benefiting myself and others and enjoy the process?”
Use unusual, creative, silly, never-tried-it-that-way-before solutions. Remember that “every unattempted solution fails.”
Ask for help. I know this idea sounds so un-American-I can do it myself-I can handle it-I don’t need any one-proud and independent blather, but it works, just about every time. Just make sure you ask the right people: instead of asking those that are just as stuck as you, ask those who have been where you are and found their way to the other side.
A word of caution, however. While there is much to gain by getting un-stuck, there are a few things you must be prepared to give up as well. Things like:
•not being responsible/accountable for where you are
•no one expecting anything from you
•the helpless victim role
•the security and safety of the familiar
But if you are ready to give these things up, then let’s get going, it’s time to get unstuck and go live. It’s like the old saying, “a ship is safe in the harbor, but that’s not for what ships are made.”
Happy sailing, and keep the change!
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June 13, 2008 at 9:53 am · Filed under Entrepreneurs
The fact that you’re reading this article says that you probably want to own and operate a business. In all likelihood you also have a good idea of what that business will be. I’ll give you some help to ensure you’ve selected the business that’s right for you.
Your business success will be directly proportional to how much you love what you are doing.
Considering the amount of effort you will need to expend as an entrepreneur to make your venture successful, the business you select should be something you love. There are lots of reasons why people choose to start a new business. At the top of the list is dissatisfaction with their present job. If this is your situation, try to understand why you don’t like your present job. This will help you select a business that will be right for you.
Select a business because you have something to give, because you understand the market and because you know you are going to do a better job than anyone else. Don’t pick one because you want to make a quick buck or because the “deal looks just too good to pass up.” If your heart and soul are in the business, you have a much better chance of being successful.
The business you choose should fit with realistic goals and an honest assessment of yourself. The following checklist will help you decide on a business that can be successful for you. Bruce bought a fast food franchise because the opportunity looked too good to pass up. It might have been, but Bruce knew nothing about the food or restaurant business, and as far as I knew, didn’t even like fast food! Care to guess how successful he was? Or how long it lasted? Care to guess what happened even though “all the details are taken care of for you?”
CHECKLIST: CHOOSING A BUSINESS
• Is this the kind of work I really enjoy?
Look to your current interests. Many successful small businesses grow out of hobbies because a hobby is chosen for all the right reasons … you enjoy the task, the challenge, the time spent.
• Do I have the required technical expertise?
Don’t get involved in a business if you know little or nothing about it. The story related above is a true one … and one of many like it. When you have the necessary technical expertise, you can ask the right questions, make good business decisions and assess other “expert” opinions.
• Can I make enough money in this business?
First, your financial goals should be realistic. Then look around at similar businesses to see how they are doing. Talk to the owners. Most will give you enough information for you to decide if it’s right for you financially. This will help you to pick a business that can satisfy your financial goals.
• Can I get the help I will need?
If your business is not going to be a one-person operation, you need to find out if the right kind of help is available in your immediate area. Are there similar businesses in the area? Also check with local employment agencies.
• Do I understand the market?
Will you be able to find customers? Do you have the knowledge required to set prices appropriately? Will you be able to direct a marketing program? (You might not do this yourself, but you may have to manage the effort).
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June 13, 2008 at 12:35 am · Filed under Lady Luck's Lair
Playing short-handed in texas hold’em poker requires different strategies to be effective. Because the number of potential players in any given hand is reduced the starting hand requirements must be adjusted. Also the way to effectively play hole cards against a short-handed table also must be reexamined.
First of all lets explain exactly what short-handed means. Short-handed means a texas hold’em table with 3-6 players seated at it in total. The reason the differentiation is made is that so many of the strategies and tactics that work at a full table don’t work or won’t work as effectively at a short-handed table. This is because both the mathematical and psychological aspects of the game of texas hold’em poker change quite a bit as players are removed.
With fewer players at the table in texas hold’em poker as with any poker game your chances of winning go up. This is obvious, but there are a few less than obvious reasons for it. The obvious reason is that there are less opponents so less players you have to beat; however, also because there are less players starting hand strengths change. The reason is this. Say there are ten players seated at a table playing texas hold’em poker. With 5 cards in the community and 2 hole cards to every player the chances of someone being dealt a good starting hand is pretty high. This is what is reflected in the starting hand strengths. Now as more and more players are removed from the table the chances of someone’s starting hand being one of the typical high starting hand strength hands is much lower. In addition to this first mathematical change then when the community cards are added the probability again is lower of the players remaining in the hand having improved their hand.
Lets examine a few hands that would be played differently at a short-handed texas hold’em poker table as opposed to a full texas hold’em poker table.
Example #1: Your hole cards are a pocket pair of 10’s. A very good starting hand strength at a full table; however, at a short-handed table it is much more powerful. You should play it for a raise of about 3 times the big blind amount. This way any ace, rags can be chased off preflop. If you don’t force the over hands off the hand early you run the risk of one of them hitting. At a full table you couldn’t do this because there is a much higher probability an opponent will have a starting hand strength high enough to warrant a call or even reraise.
Example #2: Your hole cards are ace - 6 of spades. A mediocre at best starting hand strength at a full table; however, at a short-handed table a suited starting hand containing an ace is much stronger. Play it as if it was an ace and another face card off suit preflop. If you miss on the flop look to get out or take down the pot quickly. An ace with a low kicker is easily beaten if it is played to the river. If you hit your six on the flop make a continuation bet and try to continue to apply pressure.
Example #3: Your hole cards are a pocket pair of 4’s. Not a great starting hand strength, but if it connects you make three of a kind and have full house draws if the board was to pair. At a full table pocket fours would be pretty quickly folded or you would attempt to see the flop for as cheap as possible hoping to hit your 4 on the flop. At a short-handed table playing these middle to low pocket pairs is quite different. At a full table if you push with a low to mid pocket pair you are likely to run in to a set of hole cards that can and will push back; however, at a short-handed table pushing with a low to mid pocket pair is a much better play. You are more likely to get someone with a drawing hand to call at a shorthanded table and they will be likely to miss on the flop. A simple continuation bet and you can usually take down the pot.
Because the dynamics of the game change so much at a short-handed table it will be harder to guess your hole cards and harder for you to guess your opponents hole cards. This is because a wider variety of starting hands will be played more aggressively than they normally would be. It is at these times that your skill at reading your opponents is tested. Much more often players will have to bluff there way out of situations simply because of the nature of short-handed play. The key is knowing when your opponent has you caught and to cut your loses, or to push despite a reraise feeling your opponent is trying to bluff you.
In the end all tournaments come down to short-handed play, and throughout the tournament you will occasionally be in short-handed situations. Knowing how to proceed in these situations makes all the difference in the world. Players who can play well in short-handed situations can often win the hands in the key situations when it counts the most.
For a more in depth examination of hold’em poker strategy, starting hand odds, starting hand strengths, and online poker room reviews visit the link below.
Online Poker Player’s Guide
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June 12, 2008 at 3:25 pm · Filed under Entrepreneurs
Often in franchising companies a franchisor will spend 80 percent of their time helping 20 percent of their franchises. The allocation of the franchisor’s labor will be disproportionate and in effect on fair to the superstar performing franchise outlets in the franchising system. There are also times when a franchisee will have needs that our way beyond the call of duty and those requirements of the franchisor in the franchising agreement.
It is for this reason, especially with our international franchises that I decided to add a clause into our franchise agreements, which protected our cash flow and time management all of our consultants, employees and staff. Below is a copy of the clause that I put into our franchising agreements;
4.4 Advisory Services
Franchisor may provide, as and to the extent required in Franchisor’s judgement, a continuing advisory service, which may include consultation on promotional, marketing and advertising techniques and customer relations. Representatives of Franchisor may consult regularly with Franchisee at no cost to the Franchisee. At Franchisee’s request, a representative of Franchisor may visit the Franchised Business at least once each year at a time mutually agreed upon. Field representatives may be available at Franchisee’s request for extraordinary consultation and assistance on a fee basis by appointment only. Franchisor’s current fee for extraordinary assistance is U.S $250 per day, plus all related expenses and may be increased by Franchisor.
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It may be necessary for franchisors to address such issues in their franchising agreements, prior to running up against the problem or potential eventuality. It is recommended therefore that every franchising company contact their franchise attorney and discuss this issue. I hope if you are in franchising you can learn from my school hard knocks. Consider this in 2006.
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June 12, 2008 at 2:54 pm · Filed under Web Of Gender Issues
Women’s swimwear can stretch up to 100% in some cases. Typically 75%, but what this really means is that the material will compress the body mass it encloses as it stretches more and more. If you stretch bikini swimwear material beyond its maximum comfort zone then unsightly bulges can result. What this means for most people is that if your hips are 41″ then do not order a medium bottom. Order a large. A medium will fit but unless you have very good skin and muscle tone, then those unsightly bulges will probably result.
So it is VERY important to get proper measurements. Proper body measurement is key to a successful outcome. We’ll take you through the basic measurements that the clothing industry depends on.
How To Measure: Use a cloth tape measure if possible. Note: Older flexible tape measures can sometimes stretch and distort over time.
The person being measured should be wearing his or her normal undergarments only. Measurements taken over bulky or constricting clothing will not be accurate. If you’re measuring for something that will be worn only with a certain pair of shoes or a certain undergarment, it’s okay to wear them during the measurement process.
Chest: To measure the chest circumference, place the tape around the fullest part of the chest or bust, under the arms. Keep the tape parallel to the floor. For chest width, measure across the widest part of the chest, beginning and ending at the point where the arm touches the body on each side.
Waist: You can find the true waist by taking a string or elastic band and tying it (parallel to the floor; snugly but not too tight) around the trunk of the person being measured. It will naturally fall to the narrowest part of the trunk. If you think the true waist area is too high, measure the circumference where you (or the person you’re measuring) normally likes to wear pants or a skirt.
Hips: Measure around the body keeping tape around the largest part of the hips.
A few other tips on measuring:
If you’re rounding off your results (which is advisable), round them up to the nearest quarter-inch or half-centimeter
Try to get someone to take the measurements for you - your posture will be more relaxed and natural. The measurements should be more accurate.
Stand up straight and breathe normally
Don’t measure over the top of clothing
Wear the bra you feel most comfortable in
Another consideration is, “What kind of swimsuit looks best on me? What do I wear that will put emphasis on my positive features and distract from my not-so-flattering areas?”
First of all, we don’t put swimsuits on our bodies to make the suit look good - suits are worn to make our bodies look good - so choose one that brings out the best of YOU. Find a suit that accentuates the positives about YOUR body. How do you do that? Check out the body features and body types below and decide which best describes you. Then read which swimsuit styles flatter YOUR figure.
It’s not about body size - it’s about what makes YOU look and feel good about YOU. It’s about making the body you have look its best. It’s not about size either - don’t be alarmed if your swimsuit is a size larger than your clothing size - that’s usually the case for everyone.
FULL BOTTOM: (Hips & thighs are larger than the bust)
BEST STYLE: Skirted suits and strapless styles. Eye-catching tops draw attention upward.
FULL BUSTED: (Broad or large in bust area)
BEST STYLE: Higher neckline or built-in bra for support. Tankinis are ideal. Halters also work well; they support, hold up bust & flatter your figure.
FULL CENTER: (Round figure, not much definition to the figure)
BEST STYLE: Bottoms should have high cut legs; will make you look longer, leaner. Enhancing bust with underwire or padded top will make your waist look smaller giving the illusion of more of an hour glass. Vertical lines or shapes that angel up or down also “lengthen” the body.
HOUR GLASS: (Shapely, small waist, larger hips & bust)
BEST STYLE: You are one of the few fortunate ones. You have a
variety of choices. Most anything looks good on you.
LONG & SLENDER: (Curveless)
BEST STYLE: Florals, prints and stripes give the illusion of curves.
SMALL BUST: Petite or muscular chests
BEST STYLE: Tops with underwire & padding offer a “Cleavage” look. Sweetheart, V-neck or scoop necklines enhance the bust line also.
LARGE STOMACH: Rounded or protruding upper and/or lower abdomen
BEST STYLE: Camouflage it with floral prints or vertical stripes. If you’re small busted also, wear an underwire or padded top to enhance your bust and make your figure appear more evened out. Higher cut legs also give you the appearance of looking longer and leaner. Higher waist bottoms or full bottoms with higher cut legs are great; they give the illusion of a flatter stomach. Tankini tops are a good way to cover the stomach area.
THICK THIGHS: Extra muscular or very large upper legs
BEST STYLE: No boy-leg bottoms; they make your legs look stocky. Instead, try a bottom with a high waist and high cut legs to make the legs appear longer and leaner.
ATHLETIC BODY: Broad shoulders & small bust, muscular arms & legs
BEST STYLE: Padded top gives appearance of cleavage. Asymmetrical necklines & midriff cutaways distract attention from broad shoulders & long torso.
OTHER TIPS:
- Large prints can make you look bigger
- More Lycra slims
- It’s important to wear a swimsuit that FITS. If your suit is too big, it may appear to be “hanging” on you. A suit that’s too small may cause bulging. Neither is attractive.
Again, it’s about what makes YOU look and feel good about YOU and making the body you have look fabulous!
For more information on size, fit, styles and options, go to http://www.newyoustyle.com
Sonja Girouard is the owner and creator of Newyoustyle.com which is an on-line retailer of moderately priced apparel, including bikini swimwear, women’s lingerie and plus size lingerie, cover-ups and accessories. We strive to provide high quality products at low to middle-class spending limits. We strive to provide quality service with exceptional customer support. Come visit us at http://www.newyoustyle.com
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