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How the new Silk Road could lead directly to Riyadh
During Zhang's visit, Saudi Arabia and China sealed 11 new deals worth about $20 billion, a joint investment fund of $20 billion and 60 agreements already signed worth a further $70 billion, and Riyadh also granted 11 investment licenses to four Chinese companies.
In this context, it has become clear that Riyadh's strategy toward its top trade partner, China, is moving in three main directions.
First, the aim is to diversify economic relations between China and Saudi Arabia to include areas beyond energy. Today, more than 140 Chinese companies are investing in several sectors of the Saudi economy and there are currently 192 projects involving Chinese companies in the Kingdom. However, from the Saudi perspective, the Chinese companies' economic involvements are below the required level and it is important to increase them significantly.
"Economically, both China and Saudi Arabia are in the critical transition period. For Saudi Arabia, due to the pressure of low oil prices, they are trying to boost their non-oil economy sectors as part of 2030 vision," said Wang Zhen, associate professor and secretary general of the Center for West Asia and North Africa Studies at Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences. "As for China, our country is dealing with the consequences of economic slowdown and is trying to stimulate its economy and to realize the Chinese dream. In this context, both countries have the motives and reasons to strengthen their economy cooperation."
Saudi Arabia is also keen to attract Chinese investment to new industries, such as industrial engineering, defense, manufacturing and tourism, which Riyadh hopes to develop as part of 2030 Vision to diversify the Kingdom's economy.
Saudi companies such as Aramco and Sabic are aggressively looking to expand their activities in China, especially in the refining sector and petrochemicals, to mitigate the risks of growing competition in the Chinese market.
Naser Al-Tamimi
"The new agreements are part of the efforts from both sides to create a win-win situation through connecting China's One Belt One Road Initiative and Saudi Vision 2030," said Ding Long, deputy dean of the School of Foreign Studies at the University of International Business and Economics in Beijing.
Secondly, Saudi companies such as Aramco and Sabic are aggressively looking to expand their activities in China, especially in the refining sector and petrochemicals, to mitigate the risks of growing competition in the Chinese market. Indeed, Aramco is now facing competition for Chinese market share from Russia, Iraq, Iran, Venezuela and even Brazil. Russia last year overtook Saudi Arabia to become China's biggest crude oil supplier for the first time ever. More worryingly, Saudi Arabia has slipped to third place behind Russia and Angola in the first half of this year.
In this context, Aramco is certainly seeking to keep stable supplies to one of its three top buyers in the world, Japan, the US and China. To be sure, Saudi Aramco is expected to sign a final deal with PetroChina, China's second-largest state-run refiner, within six months to invest in its Yunnan refinery. "The goal is that not only will the Kingdom be China's largest crude exporter, but the largest in-market investor," Saudi Arabia's Energy Minister Khalid Al-Falih said.
China also offers important economic advantages to Saudi Arabia's sizeable downstream and petrochemicals sectors. Sabic already holds a stake in a polycarbonate complex in Tianjin with China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation, while Aramco holds a stake in the Fujian Refining & Petrochemical Company. In May, Chinese defense conglomerate China North Industries Group Corp. signed a framework agreement with Aramco to build a refinery and chemicals complex in northeast China.
"The cooperation in the petrochemical industry can secure China's oil supply. Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia can guarantee its oil exports, and enter the downstream oil industry in China. The agreement on joint investment fund will be a platform for facilitating the implementation of One Belt One Road projects in Saudi Arabia," Long said.
Finally, the Saudi Public Investment Fund, which currently has a $111 billion portfolio of Saudi assets and plans to become the world's largest sovereign fund, is also looking for big investment opportunities in China.
• Dr. Naser Al-Tamimi is a UK-based Middle East researcher, political analyst and commentator with interests in energy politics and Gulf-Asia relations. Al-Tamimi is author of the book "China-Saudi Arabia Relations, 1990-2012: Marriage of Convenience or Strategic Alliance?" He can be reached on e-mail: [email protected] Twitter: @nasertamimi
Disclaimer: Views expressed by writers in this section are their own and do not necessarily reflect Arab News' point-of-view

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Historic 1920s motor garage becomes facade for new Arts Hub in Hobart/
University of Tasmania has announced the name for their new performing arts hub – The Hedberg – an acknowledgement that part of the new building's site was once the Hedberg Brothers 1925 purpose built two storey motor showroom and workshop. Only the façade of the Hedberg Garage will remain at the completion of the arts hub construction
The Hedbergs were motor engineers in Hobart in the inter-war years. Of their new 1926 premises the Hobart Mercury noted – "HEDBERG'S GARAGE. Messrs. Hedberg Bros. have removed from Brisbane Street….spacious new premises in Lower Collins Street, where general repairs are being effected and sale of the Moon cars made. There is large garage space on the ground floor, at the rear of which is situated the workshop with a showroom in front. The offices are located on the first floor".
[Motor Notes (1926, January 23). The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), p. 6. Retrieved January 20, 2017 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article29127649
"The former Hedberg Bros. Garage is a relatively rare surviving example of an early commercial garage that retains its ability to demonstrate its use and features. (Pg.4)
…….. The loss of physical fabric with the partial demolition of the former Hedberg Garage does impact upon the significance of the place.
The proposed Academy will however bring with it an opportunity for considerable enhancement of heritage within the precinct."(Pg. 6)
[Hobart City Council. Supporting Assessment Information. Development and Environmental Services Committee Meeting Monday 20 October 2014.
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Ohio University tuition, fees, and room and board would cost another $536 next school year under proposed increases that President Roderick J. McDavis unveiled today.
Currently, OU students from Ohio pay about $18,624 for all of those charges combined; the total would climb to about $19,160.
Ohio University tuition, fees, and room and board would cost another $536 next school year under proposed increases that President Roderick J. McDavis unveiled today.
He is recommending a 3.5 percent increase in tuition and fees, a 2.5 percent hike in room charges and a 2 percent increase for meal plans for undergraduates who are from Ohio. Currently, OU students pay about $18,624 for all of those charges combined; the total would climb to about $19,160.
McDavis also is recommending cutting $13.75 million from the fiscal 2011 budget - a proposal that would preserve most full-time faculty positions and scholarships but cut some staff positions and other services.
Campus trustees will review McDavis' recommendations at their April meeting. They are expected to approve the school's budget in June.
In an e-mail to the campus community, McDavis said the cuts are necessary in order to save the school from future pain when it receives less money from the state.
"The state of Ohio's budget has a dramatic effect on Ohio University's budget," he said. "The Athens campus will sustain a $10.4 million reduction in state funding in (fiscal year) 2011 and must reallocate an additional $3.25 million to fund increasing health-care and utilities costs and key ... strategic priorities."
In order to reach his recommendations, McDavis had department heads submit ways could cut their budgets by 5 percent and 10 percent. The university needs to cut about 7 percent from the $684 million overall budget, but the level of cuts will vary by department.
The average cut under McDavis' plan is 5.4 percent to academic departments and 6.24 percent to support units that don't provide direct student instruction. The range in cuts varies from 2.81 percent to 8.69 percent.
A total of 47 people would be laid off, including 15 administrators, 15 classified staff and 13 professors who either had a one-year contract or held full-time positions that didn't offer benefits.
McDavis' proposal to trustees includes:A 1 percent across-the-board raise pool for all faculty and staff members, with an additional $750,000 merit pool for faculty, contingent on the Athens campus exceeding its enrollment goals for fall 2010. The school's budget-planning council had recommended a 2 percent increase, but McDavis said that would require the elimination of more than 180 class sections and hinder the school's ability to provide aid to students eligible for the Ohio College Opportunity Grant. An additional $1 million investment in "Vision OHIO" strategic priorities, including $400,000 for hiring professors and program development to support the Athens campus' new nursing program; $400,000 to support a general-education improvement project in the College of Arts and Sciences; and $200,000 to aid the school in recruiting students.


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I recently ran across an article warning that CEOs who write business advice books trend to be heading for a fall. (I have misplaced the link and lack the desire to find it again).
I have also been following the indie/e-publishing versus legacy (Big 5) fights, whereby authors generally get royalties of about the level of sales tax on the product. Also, the average advance is now about $2500, and, due to small print runs, very few authors "make back the advance".
The publishers themselves, though, snack high on the food chain in NYC, and claim huge operating expenses.
What's funny, though, is that they can come up with multi-million dollar advances for political candidates. Only the right ones, of course. Oops, I mean "only the good ones", who are axiomatically Not the right ones but the left ones.
One would be tempted to suspect groupthink, or some kind of systematiic bias. Let's restrict it to the the last three Presidencies: Clinton, G. W. Bush, and Obama.
Bill Clinton book advance: 2001 - $10 million advance
Hillary Clinton , 2000: $8 Million advance
Hillary Clinton 2014 $18 Million advance
George Bush $3 mil
Laura Bush $0.3 mil
Presidential Dog ?
Obama First Autobiography $18n mil
", condensed version $0.5 million
Obama Second Autobiography $16 mil
Michelle O $12 mil
Presidential dog. $3 Mil
So, the Clinton Family gets something like 32 million dollars. The Current President of the United States has received something like $40 million before he even gets the job.
But, you see (ignorant peon), this is payment for value received, not a blatant bribe. So none of them ever make back the advance? Well, we all make mistakes. Cunts. They pay extra for the sttoopid. The Hildabeast's book is already marked down 60%, and it's becoming a bit of a causus something even in Manhattan, where lunches are expensive and judgement is cheap.
Value received by shiny white ass.
So the Bill's and the Hill'z and the current President have sold over $100 million dollars US?
I don't think so
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Among the many similarities between me and 007
The black and white sequence at the start of Casino Royale was shot on Kodak's Double-X film stock. That's the same film stock I shot my first quarter student project on (The 35mm version of Double-X, used in the Bond movie, is Kodak product code 5222, and the 16mm version, which I used, is 7222).
I was after a particular look, especially given that my location, a cafeteria on campus, wasn't exactly the most gorgeous setting. Double-X allowed me to work around the drab colors inside, and the film stock handled hot sunlight with aplomb. Shooting with the Double-X also allowed my makeup artist to achieve a dramatic, almost vampire-like contrast for my actress' face, the pale skin accented by near ebony eye shadow and lipstick.
One movie I had in mind when thinking about how I wanted to shoot my movie was John Cassavetes' Faces, also shot largely on Double-X. I had my DP shoot handheld, and I tried on a smaller scale to have my actress channel the emotional instability of Gena Rowlands in A Woman Under the Influence.
Another way I could have gone, especially if I'd wanted to preserve the option of showing my film in color, would have been to shoot on color stock and drain the color in post production. Some of my classmates shot on Kodak's Vision2 500T color film stock (5218). It's decently fast, simplifying the lighting, and if you're going to release the movie in B&W then you don't have to worry about the blue tint it will acquire when shooting in sunlight (the T after the 500 indicates that the film is designed to be shot under tungsten lights).
Good Night, and Good Luck was shot on 500T. Selling off the rights to a movie in Japan these days requires shooting in color, but that's not why they chose to do so on that movie. A lot of the sets, I've heard, were painted in shades of grey anyhow because Clooney knew he wanted the movie to remain B&W in every format.
Shooting color and and then desaturating in post is what many digital photographers do now. Shoot in color on your digital SLR, then use the channel mixer in Photoshop to create a black and white print. The only problem with that is that it's difficult to achieve the high contrast look and grain of shooting in B&W film in the first place. I find that many photographs shot this way contain too much in the midtones, requiring extra work in Photoshop. There's something ironic about trying to use cutting edge camera hardware and photography software to create the same look you could create with an older film camera and film stock with much less work.
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Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are reportedly looking to expand their family by adopting a child from war-torn Syria.
A business associate of the Hollywood power couple told the UK's Daily Express that Jolie has been emotionally affected by the conflict raging in Syria.
"She has been moved to tears on several occasions over the plight of youngsters orphaned in the Syrian conflict," the unnamed associate, who has reportedly known the couple for a decade, told the paper. "Now she has sorted out her health issues, she and Brad believe the time is right to adopt another orphan from there, most likely a daughter."
A new child would bring the Pitt-Jolie brood to seven; the couple already has 13-year-old Maddox, from Cambodia, 11-year-old Pax, from Vietnam, 10-year-0ld Zahara, from Ethiopia, biological daughter Shiloh, 8, and twins Knox and Vivienne, 6.
Last month, Jolie underwent surgery to have her ovaries and fallopian tubes removed due to her family's history of cancer. Two years ago, the actress underwent a double mastectomy. Jolie's mother, Marcheline Bertrand, died from ovarian cancer in 2007 at age 56.
"This is something that has become very close to their hearts," another unnamed friend of the couple told the Express of the adoption plans. "They would like to accomplish it, if possible, before the end of summer because, even though they are both busy, their diaries are relatively light for most of 2015."
Jolie has visited Syria at least six times, touring refugee camps in her role as UN special envoy for Refugees. In December, the actress revealed she "would consider" pursing a career in politics if she found she could be "useful."


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A VEGETARIAN diet has been linked to the soaring number of Scots suffering from thyroid problems.
The latest official figures show that NHS Scotland spent £8 million treating thyroid conditions in 2011 compared with just £2.2 million in 2001. Over the same decade, the number of prescriptions for thyroid problems soared from 1.2 million to 2.2 million.
Experts believe a lack of iron from reduced red meat consumption and large amounts of soya in some vegetarian meals has contributed to the increase of more than 300 per cent in Scotland's thyroid drug bill.
The combination can cause the thyroid, which controls metabolism, to malfunction, causing rapid weight gain or loss. It is now estimated that one in five Scots will suffer from a thyroid condition during their lifetime.
• Read the official government statistics behind the findings
Lyn Mynott, chief executive of charity Thyroid UK, said a lack of proper nutrition and a meat-free diet were contributing to a rise in the numbers of people seeking support.
She said: "We know there is an increase in cases of thyroid problems as we have an increasing number of people coming to us. You can also look at prescription cost analysis to see this trend.
"Your thyroid needs iron and a lot of people don't eat meat and are eating a lot more soy."
Mynott added: "When people are put on medication for thyroid conditions, in most cases they will be on it for life. This is certainly a bigger problem than it used to be."
Peter Taylor, senior lecturer in physiology at Dundee University, agreed that a diet with high levels of soya, and low in foods containing iron, can be a cause of thyroid problems.
He said: "If your diet is low in iodide and iron selenium and you have very high levels of soya in your diet then it is possible that this will contribute to thyroid problems. Soya can compete with your body's ability to process iodide."
Dr Damian Dowling, of New Medicine Group, in London, said: "There are things in soya that can limit the body's intake of iron and other important nutrients and minerals. Soya can disrupt the hormone function, particularly in woman, and can disrupt the thyroid directly."
The popularity of soya products is on the rise in Scotland; around two-thirds of all manufactured foods contain soya. Soya can be ingested as whole beans, soya flour, soya sauce or soya oil, and soya flour is widely used in foods including breads, cakes, processed foods, ready meals, burgers and sausages, and baby foods.
But William Shand, chairman of the Scottish Vegetarian Association, said: "The vegetarian diet is far healthier than a meat-based diet and these claims are just another example of scaremongering."
• Read the official government statistics behind the findings


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Because we are constantly working on technical innovations, we recommend regular users of torbo machines but also "refresh" or the training for "advanced". Trained employees are the best advertising of a representative firm.
But not only users should exercise in dealing with the wet sandblasting. Also, service personnel and torbo partner provides training in business Borken determined new knowledge.
Training types
That your employees are able to use the torbo units perfect, we regularly offer various training programs for users and project manager or service staff at our headquarters in Borken. Our trainer, Mr. Michael Töppich, gives the technical basis and answer all technical questions.
Together with our sales managers he reports on experience and helps the trainees to find the right training.
|Target group
|training type
|For users
|Valid for 1 year,
first time torbo use,
tenants of torbo machines
|Valid for 1 year,
works (in the future) regularly with torbo,
service point with torbo machine
| validity depends on the usage,
with expired training period,
as a general refresher
|only gentle cleaning with torbo
e. g. historic preservation
|only powerful cleaning with torbo
z. B. concrete blasting
|For Service
|valid for 1 year,
service for starter or interested
users with little knowledge
|validity depends on cooperation;
primarily affects the torbo Partner
|validity depends on the cooperation
as well as the current series of machines
Interested in training? Then sign up with us!
For more information we are happy to offer personal advise by phone or mail.
The training card
At the end of the training participants will receive a training card similar to a driver's license. The card not only serves as a proof of completed training and validity, but also to prove customers etc. that he is an expert in working with torbo machines.
On the back of the training card the possible training types are listed. Here is what training in the cardholder received and how long the training is valid. Cardholders should also remember to make an appointment on a new training session in time before the deadline.
Contact us for a training registration can be found here.
torbo Softline
torbo M-L
torbo XL
torbo Car AC
torbo special selection
torbo accessoires
torbo used aschines
Consulting & Delivery
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This page deals with the advanced ecommerce module of the Analytics Suite.
Automatically track your online store
In order to help you fasten the tagging process, we have developed a PrestaShop plugin that automatically tracks all the ecommerce events:
- product impressions in lists,
- product page impressions,
- products added to and removed from the carts,
- purchased product.
The plugin is available for download in the AT Internet Market Place, take a look at the module documentation.
PrestaShop versions
This plugin is compatible with PrestaShop 1.6 and 1.7.
Custom Tracking
If you prefer to manually track your online store, you can always refer to the tagging documentation:
What about the other Ecommerce CMS?
PrestaShop is the first plugin we've developed so far. We will now start working on other platforms such as Magento, WooCommerce, Shopify, WiziShop, etc. upon your needs. Please don't hesitate to get back to us to provide us with your needs in order for us to prioritise the developments.
If you don't see the Sales Insights menu entry in Explorer, get in touch with us so we can activate this for you.


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If you're a fan of Emmy Rossum or meta-comedy, here's some good news: Showtime has renewed Episodes and Shameless for second seasons.
"The viewer loyalty and critical acclaim that has met both [shows] since their January debuts makes it clear that these two brash and sophisticated series are burgeoning hits," said Showtime Entertainment President David Nevins. "We are thrilled with the response to both series and eager to start planning for their second seasons."
Episodes, which is about a British import making a rocky transition to network television stars Matt LeBlanc as "Matt LeBlanc," and has been met with some praise for its goofy premise; Shameless, about an unconventional family facing poverty and addicition (but funny!), features the aforementioned Rossum, who has been prone to cavort nakedly through many an episode. Content aside, you'll likely want to add at least that series to your DVR for season two.
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Why I chose to use "On Becoming Baby Wise"
When I was pregnant, with Benson I wasn't too worried about reading lots of books to prepare, but Jason's boss recommended that we give On Becoming Baby Wise a try. He and his wife had done it with their kids and they highly recommended it. They have four kids so I considered them experts compared to us.
This was seriously the only book I read and I am so glad that I did. It may be a little old school (it talks about letting your baby cry things out), but I'm kind of an old-school parent so it suited me really well.
Also, this is not a sponsored post. I just love this book and want to share it with as many people as I can.
On Becoming Baby Wise is all about making sure that your baby gets enough sleep. The main focus is on helping your baby sleep though the night, take good naps and be an overall happy baby.
When babies are well rested they are much happier. Baby Wise babies have somewhat strict nap times, bed times and wake times. It's important to set these times so that your baby can get used to going down and getting up at those desired times.
Benson gets up every day at 9 a.m. We then feed him and play together or independently and then he goes down for a two-hour nap and we repeat the process until 9 p.m. At 9 p.m. he goes down for the night. When I get him up every morning or after each nap I have the happiest baby. He smiles, coos-well, now he blows raspberries-and is so happy see me. I may have been blessed with a naturally happy boy, but I think a lot of it has to do with him getting enough sleep each day.
The real kicker is when you (and baby) start getting a full nights sleep. As any new mom can tell you, when your baby starts sleeping though the night everything changes. I think Benson started sleeping 12 hours a night by three and a half months and it was magical. I do not miss those late night feedings at all. I'm so baffled when my friends, whose babies are older than Benson, tell me that they are still getting up several times a night to feed.
If all this book helped you do was to get your baby sleeping though the night I would still recommend it highly. Benson is always happy in the morning and I'm much happier when I've been able to get my beauty rest! It's a win-win for all.
Another thing I really enjoyed about this book is that it tells you to not give your baby any sleep aids: i.e. rocking to sleep, having to eat to fall asleep, etc. I know a lot of moms spend a good amount of their time trying to get baby to fall asleep, but Baby Wise moms can simply lay their babies down and baby will fall asleep on his or her own. This doesn't necessarily mean that the second you lay them down they're out. My son usually talks to himself for 10-15 minutes and then falls asleep. The good news is that he's happy, he isn't crying so I don't have to be in there helping him fall asleep and he doesn't need anything in particular to help him sleep.
I work full-time from home and I was so worried when I was pregnant about how I would be able to juggle working and taking care of Benson, but I have a great schedule with Benson that allows him to be up and learn and grow while I can still work. I answer phones so it's important that I'm available whenever the phone rings and I think the Baby Wise method has helped me balance this.
The schedules outlined in On Becoming Baby Wise help you set wake times and sleep times. It's important that at certain ages your baby get a certain length nap. Right now Benson he needs at least an hour to hour and a half long nap. He's on a three hour schedule, so he gets up, eats and plays for an hour and then goes back down for his nap. We're working up to longer wake times, but right now an hour is what works best. I can always tell when it's getting close or when he's been up for a tad longer than he should have because he starts to wind down. He'll stop playing and just lay there, or start sucking his thumb (he's a major thumb sucker).
The most important part of the schedule theory is how you structure each wake time. After each nap you should feed your baby, let them play and then put them down again. The book stresses this a lot because a lot of people feed their babies right before putting them down and they become dependent on eating to fall asleep. With the Baby Wise method they don't associate eating and sleeping together.
This is the section where you may learn why I called this "Confessions by the mom who does it wrong."
According to all the new studies you'll read you shouldn't let your baby "cry it out" because then they'll feel abandoned, or like the one person who is supposed to take care of them doesn't care at all. I, however, feel differently about this.
I think it's OK to let my baby cry some things out. Before you grab your pitch forks, let me explain. I can tell the difference between a "I woke up early and want to play" cry and the "Mom, something's wrong please help me" cry. Occasionally Benson will wake up early and wants to get up because he can hear his dad and he loves his dad. But, it's not quite wake time and I'd prefer if he fell back asleep for a little while, so I let him cry it out for a bit. On the other hand, he's starting rolling over in his crib and does not like being on his tummy (do any babies though?) so he cries, I go in to check on him, see that he's on his tummy, flip him, let him hold my hand to calm down a bit and then I walk away. He falls back asleep and is happy when it's time to get up.
I don't feel like I'm abandoning my son. I don't think he feels abandoned either, so I'm ok with this method. I liked that On Becoming Baby Wise, told me that this was OK and helped me to figure out the clues to know when I need to let Benson cry and when I need to help and comfort him.
No system is 100% perfect, and I realize this with the Baby Wise method.
Benson is so used to being put down in his crib that he has a hard time sleeping in other places. Sundays are always a struggle because we attend church for three hours and there isn't a place for him to nap. When he was smaller he could nap in his carseat, but he's out grown it and won't sleep in it anymore. Because we've trained him to sleep in his bed he doesn't really sleep in our arms.
On Sundays he ends up skipping an entire nap because we can't get him to sleep at church. Because he's still happy and not screaming or crying I'm OK with him missing this one nap, but I wish that there were some sleep aids that we could use to help him sleep better when he can't be laid down.
Take Away
I know this was a ridiculously long post and I hope you didn't mind it. I recommend this book to every single person I meet. I get so many compliments on how I have such a happy baby, and I owe it all to this book.
I started Benson on this method from day one, but you don't have to. If you think this would be a good fit for you I would recommend starting it at any age. There are a million books in this series that can help you with any stage. In fact, I need to get the next book so that I know how to deal with the challenges that are ahead! I'm no expert, but I would be happy to answer any questions you might have on the Baby Wise method to the best of my ability.
Here is one last link to On Becoming Baby Wise on Amazon so that you can check it out for yourself.


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My first lost distillery
So, I'm very excited about this one, my first dram from a lost distillery. Browsing a local liquor store looking for some cheap bottles I came across this older gem from Blackadder. Lochside was a distillery in Montrose Angus. It was open for only 35 years from 1957 to 1992, production was set up in an old brewery for the Sandy Macnab blend. After its closure the distillery was destined to be torn down and its grounds used for redevelopment.
The old 19th century tower building was supposed to be preserved but a fire in 2005 destroyed all the remaining buildings, so I've you go looking today, you'll search in vain to find a trace of the old distillery, lost forever only some old pictures remain and a few bottles that pop-up from time to time.
The bottle, well its a raw cask, which means the bottlers left the pulp from the cask in, or as some experts would say: they added some pulp to the bottle. It's non-chill filtered and no E150 was added.
Nose: wow, there is a lot in here: honey, rosemary, vanilla, ginger, orange pepper and notes of cinnamon it's definitely a full and creamy nose but with hints of peat. Impressive!
Taste: Ok, this blew me right of my feet, so rich and full. When you sip it for a second all flavor disappears but suddenly comes back with an explosion of citrus, it raps itself right around your tongue and caresses all your taste buds. Warm and creamy orange oil, creamy, vanilla, cinnamon, butter. It burns right on the top of the tongue Very different from any contemporary malts that I've tried.
Finish: rather short but powerful, more oranges but spicy, peppery and strips of leather with a whiff of peat and salt.
The Verdict
|From what I get from other reviews of this distillery's products, their quality diminished over time and the whisky they produced for their blends did not live up to the expectations. But bottles like this do prove that in the end they deserved better and maybe someday people will recognize its greatness. The score that I assign to this malt speaks for itself
Score: 97


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As India prepares to assume its rightful position as one of the leading nations of the world, a major threat is emerging silently that might derail much of the progress we have made over the past few decades. Increasing levels of urbanization and higher levels of income have led to an unprecedented increase in the prevalence of the so called "lifestyle diseases", among which diabetes is a major player. If not detected and treated in time, diabetes can lead to major complications including blindness, kidney failure, heart attack, stroke and limb amputation. It is estimated that India has 51 million people living with diabetes as of 2010, and this number is projected to rise to 87 million by the year 2030. It is even more alarming that people are now getting diabetes in their twenties and thirties; this means that many of them will spend the prime of their productive lives grappling with the disease and its complications.
Is there any way we can prevent our youth from falling prey to diabetes? The answer is resounding "YES". The seeds of diabetes are sown in childhood and adolescence. Unhealthy lifestyle choices made during childhood predispose individuals to the development of diabetes later in life. Conversely, healthy habits inculcated in childhood will remain with the individual throughout his or her life and stand him or her in good stead in preventing diabetes. Our youth need to be provided with the right sort of information so that they can be motivated to make healthy lifestyle choices early in life.
For the last two decades, Dr.Mohan's Group of Diabetes Institutions has been at the forefront of the fight against diabetes in India. Our work has thrown light on the magnitude of the problem of diabetes in India and has also helped in increasing public awareness about the disease. To mark the 20th anniversary of our Institutions, we are organizing the first ever "Diabetes Fest" in India from August 2011 onwards. The fest is open to school and college students and consists of exciting events such as painting, fancy dress, dance and quiz, the details of which are given overleaf. The Diabetes Fest 2011 aims at promoting the message of "Diabetes Prevention" through the adoption of healthy diet and lifestyle choices.


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First look at Georgia May Jagger as the face of Madonna and Lourdes' Material Girl fashion line
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Madonna and her daughter Lourdes revealed Material Girl's fall 2012 advertising campaign today featuring Georgia May Jagger as the face of the junior label.
Daughter of Mick Jagger and Jerry Hall, Georgia May's rock parentage made her a perfect candidate to follow Kelly Osbourne for the new collection.
In a statement released by Iconix Brand Group, Madonna and 'Lola' commented: 'We think Georgia May has great style and perfectly captures the energy and free spirit of the Material Girl Fall line'.
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Pop chic: Georgia May Jagger as the new face of Madonna and Lola's clothing line Material Girl
The 'access all areas' theme of the campaign compliments the pop star's current touring schedule, showing the young model, 20, posing as a VIP at an MDNA concert.
Snapped at an actual rehearsal for the show at the Nassau Coliseum, the photographs show her on stage and in the wardrobe room as well as backstage.
Flirty: The photographs were snapped backstage and during a rehearsal for Madonna's MDNA tour
Sizzling: The daughter of Mick Jagger and Jerry Hall is no stranger to the VIP treatment at stadium concerts and had a nostalgic time on the shoot
Say 'rock n roll': The theme for the fall 2012 campaign is 'access all areas', one to which Miss Jagger is no stranger
Though no stranger to the environment,
Georgia May gushed: 'I had so much fun shooting this campaign. I spent a
lot of my childhood backstage hanging out around amps.
The girls: Madonna and her daughter Lourdes feel the model is the perfect face to follow Kelly Osbourne as the face of the brand
'That was where we chilled when we
were younger. So this photo shoot brought back a lot of memories.
'I have
always admired Madonna's music and style; she is constantly reinventing
The clothing is rock chic fun with flirty florals, checks and leather.
Aimed at teens with a punk-pop sensibility, the campaign debuts just before they return to school after the summer.
And the mother and daughter team behind the label are not the only ones to be thrilled by Miss Jagger's agreement to represent the brand.
Martine Reardon, chief marketing officer at Macy's where the young clotheshorse will make a personal appearance to promote the line, stated: 'Georgia May Jagger is the perfect star for the Material Girl fall campaign.
'Macy's customers love the collection's fresh fashion and will be inspired by Georgia's personal style and classic beauty.'
Fans of the Material Girl and indeed the collection will also be able to win tickets through the brand's Facebook page.
A multi-media campaign featuring the young starlet will launch in August issues of fashion glossies and online.
For Miss Jagger the new campaign adds to a resume that already includes H&M, Rimmel and Versace.
Kelly Osborne starred in an earlier Material Girl campaign following Taylor Momsen who appeared in her trademark kohl eye liner.
Video: Behind the scenes on the shoot…


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text: Ever wondered why '70s glam rockers wore super-tight pleather pants all the time' To reduce muscle vibration and fatigue, so they could high-kick, jump, and guitar windmill for hours and hours at a time without getting tired. Salomon designed the Exo Motion Zip Men's T-Shirt with the same principles in mind, except that instead of facilitating knee slides, it helps you run for days with an Exo Sensifit SmartSkin design that supports your muscles and lets you feel stronger longer. Undo the 3/4-length front zipper to blast some glam-god-style skin (or just to cool down), like a certified running rock star.


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Video Edit Master is a video editor which supports a few popular video file formats like AVI, WMV, MPEG and ASF.
This editor is used to make small tweaks like encoding videos with a new resolution, sample rate, cuts, compositions, among other conversion utilities.
This is a very simple tool to make basic edits to your video files without complicated menus, options, etc. Video Edit Master is very easy to use.
This download is licensed as freeware for the Windows (32-bit and 64-bit) operating system on a laptop or desktop PC from audio and video editors without restrictions. Video Edit Master 2.0 is available to all software users as a free download for Windows 10 PCs but also without a hitch on Windows 7 and Windows 8.
Compatibility with this video editor software may vary, but will generally run fine under Microsoft Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 7, Windows Vista and Windows XP on either a 32-bit or 64-bit setup. A separate x64 version of Video Edit Master may be available from Hazem Osman.
We have tested Video Edit Master 2.0 against malware with several different programs. We certify that this program is clean of viruses, malware and trojans.


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Joe Walsh is an American conservative talk radio host and politician. He served one term in the United States House of Representatives for Illinois' 8th congressional district. He served from January 2011 through January 2013, after defeating three-term incumbent Democratic Representative Melissa Bean by a margin of just 291 votes in a surprising upset. Walsh is now a national syndicated radio host and the founder the vibrant grassroots activism group, WALSH FREEDOM.
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The owner of a rare Simmonds Spartan II 1930s biplane wants to sell his aircraft, and ideally he'd like to see it return to the Isle of Wight, where it was built.
The Spartan 3-seater was built at Cowes in June 1932, after Simmonds aeroplane production was moved from Southampton. Alliot Verdon Roe of Saunders-Roe had taken over Simmonds Aircraft.
Given the registration number of G-ABYN, serial number 102, it is the last surviving plane of its type and engine, anywhere in the world.
During its lifetime it has passed through several owners and was based for a while at Heston, then Hedon, before being sold to R. A. Clark in 1938. Its home from then on became Tipperary, Ireland and it was re-registered as EI-ABU.
With the outbreak of war in 1939, Clark stored the Spartan in a sawmill. There it languished until 1992, when it was moved back to England.
Then it was sold to New Zealand. In 1994 current owner Rod Hall-Jones registered it as ZK-ARH. It needed complete restoration. This was finished in 2004. Rod insists the aircraft is not a replica. Most parts of her were reused. Date stamps and original placards are visible. The Cirrus Hermes IV engine has been stripped down, is in good condition and refitted.
Rod is a helicopter pilot. In a long and varied career, he spent seven years working as a team member of the world famous oceanic film making Jacques Cousteau Society. Rod's job was to fly the helicopter for filming of Cousteau's equally famous boat Calypso. Rod has spent a lot of money restoring the Spartan to its former glory, as these stunning photos of ZK-ARH airborne in New Zealand testify. He has enjoyed owning 'the old girl', as he affectionately calls her. But he says it is now time to move her on to new owners. Rod would prefer that she became G-ABYN again by finding a buyer in England. By choice, he'd like the Spartan to come back to the Isle of Wight.
Speaking to Solent Aviatrix, Rod said, "It is my great wish that she be returned to the place that she was built as she is the only example of her type left. There is a Spartan Arrow G-ABWP owned by Richard Blain and I have a lovely photo taken at a Spartan open day in 1932 where my 'Old Girl' is in front and Richard's is further down the line. Both these aircraft were built within months of each other."
Rod has supplied this wonderful historic photograph of G-ABYN at Somerton Airfield, Cowes open day. The 'old girl' is lined up with two more Spartan Three-Seaters and Spartan Arrow G-ABWP.
Both of these aircraft types were made famous by the now legendary 1930's aviatrix duo Pauline Gower and Dorothy Spicer.
With the revival this year of the Dorothy Spicer Memorial Award, in the new guise of a student award, by IW Studio School and their aviation sponsors, interest in this long ignored area of Island history has been re-awakened.
Rod is looking for a new owner who will look after her and ideally he'd like his Spartan to go to a museum or a serious collector, who will be her dedicated guardian in the future. Rod says he has done the frustrating and expensive restoration. "It is a great investment as she is the last one of her kind."
Is there anyone, individual, or business consortium who can fund this, perhaps under a charitable status, on the Isle of Wight ready to step forward to preserve this unique piece of Island history? Surely this Spartan is a perfect candidate for Heritage Lottery Funding?
With pension pots about to be unlocked, is this an opportunity to invest in an iconic Island aircraft that will appreciate in value?
Rod continues, "To date there is a gentleman from the Hampshire area who has been out to New Zealand to look at 'The Old Girl' and he is very interested. He at present is trying to selling his business and has contacted me to inform me that he will be able to increase his offer if all goes well, so I am hopeful of it's return to England. There is also an Irishman who would like to return her to Ireland but to date has not been able to come out to look at her, due to work commitments."
Rod will consider any reasonable offer.
The Island proudly hosts the steam railway museum, classic boat museum, military vehicle museum and bus museum. An annual Classic Car Rally is staged. The one form of transport history missing from the landscape is the Island's rich history in aircraft manufacture.Valiant efforts are made by local history groups to display photographic exhibitions of IW aircraft manufacturers and airports. So there is no lack of aviation memorabilia. But what are missing, are a few exhibits of the actual, physical aircraft.
With Bob Wealthy and his enthusiastic group of volunteers, the Britten-Norman Aircraft Preservation Society, currently restoring B-N Islander G-AVCN, and Rod Hall-Jones wanting his Spartan G-ABYN to return to the Island, surely the time is right to start an IW Aircraft Museum.
Word has now reached Ottawa, Canada about the dream of an Aero Museum for the Isle of Wight. Read here about a centenarian who sends his support!
Rod can be contacted at firstname.lastname@example.com
Website: Simmonds Spartan For Sale


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October 11, 2013
JAMES KERR is a man after my own heart; he has the secret Imo's pizza cheese blend recipe. If you've ever spent any time whatsoever in St. Louis, you would know how delicious this is. James is a foodie who loves to cook and grill, much to the delight of his son, and he's one amazing creative to boot. To that end, he's the new Creative Services Director of Peoria's WMBD and WYZZ, Nexstar's CBS and FOX affils. James is an Illinois guy who hails from Morton and got his degree from Southern Illinois University Carbondale. His first job was at WHOI, ABC in Peoria, where he became Creative Director and then Regional Promotion Manager and Supervisor for Barrington's operations, ie KHQA/Hannibal, KTVO/Ottumwa, KRCG/Columbia, KGBT/Harlington, KVII/Amarillo, WLUC/Marquette, and WNWO/Toledo. Whew! He sounds like he's going to have a blast. Well Dunne! James.
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Julian Koster (Neutral Milk Hotel) and Night Vale Presents invite you into the world of popular new podcast The Orbiting Human Circus (of the Air) with this enchanting live immersive evening of songs, stories, games, magic, and more by The Music Tapes (Elephant 6 Collective/Merge Records).
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A Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you all
On the last day of term our students took part in the Text Santa Christmas Jumper Day; it was a fun way to end a busy term. Our latest newsletter showing all the other events which have taken place this term can be found here.
Ark William Parker Academy would like to wish you all a very happy holiday.


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The Children's National Medical Center in Washington DC may have recently suffered data breach as few of its document where available on the internet. The incident may have occurred in February. According to the reports, due to Ascend Healthcare Systems mistake, a former business associate of the healthcare system, data related to 4,107 patients of Children's National Medical Center was accessible via the Internet.
"Due to changes and upgrades to systems, a system that is secure today could become vulnerable with the next change – thus the need to repeat the vulnerability scan periodically," says Mark Dill, former longtime CISO at the Cleveland Clinic who is now a principal consultant at tw-Security.
PHI could have been found using a search engine, like Google. Affected information includes names, dates of births, medications lists, and physicians' notes on diagnosis and treatment. The incident occurred as the File Transfer Protocol site was misconfigured. Facility mentioned that the site was a standard network for storing and transferring files.
According to the Children's National Medical Center, Ascend Healthcare Systems violated its contract who was required to delete all patient information as per the separation agreement. After the incident, Ascend is advised by the Children's Hospital Medical Center's to delete transcription documents from its servers and secure the site.
Medical center didn't receive any reports about inappropriate access or misuse of patient information. It has sent notification letters to affected individuals. Also, a dedicated call center was created to answer queries. Children's National regrets any concern this incident may cause.
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Children's National Health System, based in Washington, DC, has been serving the nation's children since 1870. Children's National is a Leapfrog Group Top Hospital, Magnet® designated, and was ranked among the top 10 pediatric hospitals by U.S. News & World Report 2015-16. Home to the Children's Research Institute and the Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation, Children's National is one of the nation's top NIH-funded pediatric institutions. With a community-based pediatric network, seven regional outpatient centers, an ambulatory surgery center, two emergency rooms, an acute care hospital, and collaborations throughout the region, Children's National is recognized for its expertise and innovation in pediatric care and as an advocate for all children.
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Charmed Lives
75pp | 9781906613525Price: £9.95
Or buy this book from Inpress
Charmed Lives: charmed as in surviving, as in getting away with it, as in possessed, as in fortunate. The lives and moments in these poems are about being vulnerable, getting by and sometimes being at one with the world. This visually evocative and grounded writing is able to cross and re-cross the divide between the familiar and the strange.
'Mike Barlow's poems all grapple in the end with the question of 'real life' – what it is, and what lies outside it.' — Sarah Crown, The Guardian
'There is something slightly breathtaking about a lot of Barlow's work' — Alan Dent, Penniless Press
'He takes a slice of life and stares hard at the layers. And this is no mean feat – there are some enviable moments of bravura descriptive writing...' — Clive Allen, Exultations and Difficulties.
'Instead of relying on surface effects, Barlow's work catches the attention firstly through skilful choice of apt yet surprising words and images and secondly because of his knack of finding subject matter which can engage, intrigue and startle his readers. He sometimes writes movingly and with a fresh eye about quite ordinary situations; but elsewhere he draws us into imagined worlds which are not so far from the real one and yet where no point of reference can truly be relied upon.' — Thomas Ovans, London Grip
Mike Barlow's first collection, Living on the Difference, won the 2003 Book & Pamphlet Competition, judged by Gillian Clarke, and was shortlisted for the Jerwood Aldeburgh Prize. His poems have also won the National Poetry Competition and the Ledbury and Amnesty International competitions. Mike is a visual artist as well as a poet, making drawings, paintings and assemblages of found materials.
He lives near Lancaster.


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Perfect for fans of John Grisham, Jeffrey Archer and Ruth Rendell
Twenty grand has vanished from Shaun Halloran's casino, and so has gorgeous blonde croupier Kat White. Once he's tracked her down, he'll shoot first and ask questions later.
Amy Satterthwaite's just learned Kat stole her ID for a sham marriage. Desperate to clear her name and save her friend from Shaun, she swallows her pride and turns to arrogant Ross Pritchard for help. But can they find Kat in time?
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On December 16, 2015, the Regulation setting out Implementing Technical Standards for currencies with constraints on the availability of liquid assets under the CRR was published in the Official Journal of the European Union. The CRR sets out a Liquidity Coverage Requirement which requires firms to hold liquid assets to maintain adequate levels of liquidity buffers to face any possible imbalances between liquidity inflows and outflows. The CRR allows firms to apply derogations where justified needs for liquid assets exist owing to the Liquidity Coverage Requirement, which exceed the availability of those liquid assets in certain currencies. The Regulation identifies the Norwegian Krone as a currency with constraints on the availability of liquid assets.
The Regulation enters into force on January 5, 2016. The Regulation is available at: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legalcontent/EN/TXT/?uri=uriserv:OJ.L_.2015.330.01.0026.01.ENG&toc=OJ:L:2015:330:TOC.


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Garmin StreetPilot 2720
With its extraordinarily comprehensive feature set and a list price of $1,099, the new StreetPilot 2720 assumes the top spot among Garmin's GPS automotive offerings in more ways than one. Not only is it the top of Garmin's line, but we are awarding it our Editors' Choice for high-end in-car GPS navigation systems as well. We still think the Lowrance iWAY 500c is the best product in the midrange price category, with the TomTom GO 300 close on its heels (a review of this product is coming soon). The Garmin 2720, however, has even more configuration and setting options, an impressive text-to-speech ability (not found in the other two products), and add-on options that raise the bar (and the price).
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I've been working my way through the functions in the <math.h> library in C or if you like the the <cmath> library in C++.
The C++11 standard has: ceil, floor, round, trunk, nearbyint and rint. The first two are from previous standards and work in Visual C++. The remaining functions were added with C++11. They don't work in VC++, at least not with the math library. I'm not certain when the next version of Visual C++ will be released and even if these new standards will be implemented with it.
The ceil and floor functions are not rounding functions from an accounting point of view. They return the nearest integer to the argument passed. The ceil function rounds up while the floor function rounds down. Not what I want in a round function.
The question is: how do I round a floating point number in C or C++?
In business there's a few common rounding conventions: round to the nearest 2 decimals, nearest dollar or nearest thousand or millions of dollars.
Take this number: 123,456,456.789.
Round to nearest 2 decimals: 123,456,456.79
To the nearest dollar: 123,456,457
To the nearest thousands: 132,456,000 (sometimes shown as 123,456)
The ROUND(num, decimals) function in Excel can handle these situations with ease. The decimal parameter can be negative, zero or positive.
In Visual Basic 6, the round function worked in a similar fashion except it didn't allow for a negative decimal argument. If you wanted to round numbers, to say, the nearest thousand, you'd have to write code to do that.
What about C and C++? How do you round numbers?
There is no round function currently implemented in the <cmath> library. At least, not in VC++. The C Standard for <math.h> includes a round function but then why it's it included in C++? It should. I can't find an answer to that question.
The fact the C++11 standard added a round function means it was missing. It also means, if you want to round numbers based on the above conventions, you have to write some code to do it or pull in a user-created library with such a function.
In VC++ it's possible to tap into the Math class in .NET and use its Round method except that sounds like bloat.
To Do. Write a C & C++ function that rounds a floating point number in the same manner as Excel. That's for another day.


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Euronext merger 'could produce LSE rival'
A brand new London market could be opened as a result of a merger between the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and Euronext, according to the chief executive of the NYSE.
It was confirmed in May that the NYSE would buy Euronext in a deal reported to be worth $20 billion.
Speaking to the Financial Times, John Thain said that the new exchange could be set up as a rival to the London Stock Exchange (LSE).
Instead of buying the LSE, as the NYSE had planned to do, Mr Thain suggested that the New York exchange would now look to "set up our own exchange in London".
The NYSE has been ousted by the Nasdaq which looks set to buy the LSE.
The Enron scandal and the rules and regulations imposed upon the NYSE thereafter have detracted overseas listing and it is hoped that a merged exchange would serve to reverse this negative trend.


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New Mexican Festival Burgers Come to McDonalds Japan
McDonald's Japan recently rolled out a trio of new salsa burgers as part of a "Mexican Fiesta" promotion that runs until the end of August. Each of the three burgers (double beef, fried chicken, and fried shrimp) are topped with a chunky tomato, pepper, and onion salsa and spicy jalapeño cheese sauce. Prices vary by region, but the beef and shrimp burgers will set you back between ¥330 to ¥370 (approximately $3.66-$3.77 USD). The chicken version retails for a bit less: ¥320 to ¥360 ($3.26-$3.67 USD).
While it's hard to confirm from publicity photos alone, the salsa looks tomato-heavy and fairly tame, but the jalapeño cheese sauce sounds promising. Want a better look? The TV spot features some extreme close-ups of the burger coming together.
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I've been with my partner for 38 years. Now a days, not too many people can boast about that. Longevity in relationships is rare. Most people divorce. Why did we stick together? Well, I think it had a lot to do with the 60s and the 70s. We were the product of the sexual revolution and we were ready to challenge what our parents had been doing. When we first met, relationships were being tested. Monogamy or non-monogamy. When I was in my 20's and meeting up with my partner, I didn't even know what that word meant. Monogamy meaning the practice of being with one person versus non-monogamy meaning the practice of being with more than one person. The book of the day was, "Open Marriage." It was on the best seller list for 40 weeks in 1972. The authors were Nena O'Neill and George O'Neill. Many say that this book fostered the sexual revolution of the 70s. My partner was older than me by 8 years and when he said that he wanted a non-monogamous relationship, I started reading this book. I needed to have a guidebook about what I was about to venture into. There were many aspects of the book to take in. Trust, communication, flexibility. I thought of myself as a trusting and flexible person who was able to communicate well with others. I wanted to be living in that "let's live it day by day" thought. I was thinking as a committed person in this relationship with my partner. I was also pregnant with his child. I read more and more of this book. The words I read made sense to me until the reality set in. I was living in a cabin in Eastern Washington. My partner had cabin fever and traveled to Seattle for a Mardi Gras Party. While he was gone and being pregnant and all, I wanted to talk to him. I went walking down the road to ask a neighbor if I could use their phone very early in the morning. When I called the number of where he was going to be at, his friend said that he was at another woman's place. I called that number and when she answered and gave him the phone, there was "Hello" and much silence. I walked back up to my cabin in the woods and read more of the book. I was feeling pain. Jealousy. But I wanted this man and I wanted to see if I could have a love without jealousy. The book talked about rules. I liked rules. If I could live with these rules, then I could try this non-monogamy relationship. So I did. Rule #1: You can't sleep overnight with the person. Rule #2: You can never do the deed in our personal bed. Rule#3: You have to tell the other person ahead that you are going to be sleeping with someone else. Also I needed my partner to say to me that I was the primary person in our relationship. When my partner returned, I was prepared for a discussion. We sat in my cabin by a warm fire in the pot belly stove and he stated that I was his primary person and that he would follow all the rules. In that moment, everything was resolved. But we all know that rules are meant to be broken. I know it was hard for him to follow Rule #3. Not so hard for me. The day that I had a relationship with someone else, I followed all the rules. Even for my partner, the jealousy was painful. When you read a book about this subject and you try out all the many relationships that you could have, the bottom line is that emotions are there. They explode out of you and then you need a therapist to help both of you work out what you really want in a relationship.
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Gender and equality
Today on Headline News, there were University women selling cookies. 77 cents for women and $1.00 for men. They were raising awareness for gender equality. One of the women spoke about how women are conditioned to be more submissive. Through many years as a voice teacher/actress, I have noticed that when women speak, we tend to speak in a higher, softer range. That pitch difference makes our voices more pleasing to men. We are perceived as being assertive or aggressive or a "bitch." Training women to speak or sing more in their lower range can get that reaction from men. But to many of us when we do speak or sing from that lower chest tone, we have more power. we are more grounded. Owning that voice with stillness can be a force to be reckon with. Women deserve equality in pay and positions. Women should never be afraid to speak or sing their truth.
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Happy Friday! This week's guest is lyric apted. Thanks, lyric.
To know more about lyric apted, you'll have to actually find her at some conference selling books in the Dreamspinner booth, being as she has no online presence despite (or maybe because of) the fact that she's been working on, in and around the internet for almost as long as it's existed. Her ongoing triumph is working as the Review Coordinator and a production assistant for Dreamspinner Press, DSP Publications and Harmony Ink Press.
1) If you could design your own Lego set, what would you want?
Something huge and elaborate, like Disneyland in legos.
2) Flower garden or vegetable garden?
Both, but only if someone else cares for them. I'm rubbish with plants of any kind.
3) Broadway show: tight drama or rollicking musical?
Musical. Absolutely.
4) What is your favorite word?
5) You have developed the ability to talk to animals but only one species. Which?
I want to say something horribly interesting, but in fact I'd have to say house cats. I live alone with my beloved Isabella and it would be nice if we could have an actual conversation. Though I fear it would consist a lot of her asking why I wasn't feeding her Right Now and me apologizing.
lyric apted is the Review Coordinator and a production assistant for Dreamspinner Press and its two imprints, DSP Publications and Harmony Ink Press. She has been with Dreamspinner since 2012 and doesn't plan on ever leaving. Though she has lived most of her life in the Pacific Northwest, she spent seven years as a Kiwi and has a NZ passport to prove it. She believes there is nothing more important than love and a good story.


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how timely-i am currently researching hyperacusis and tinnitus these past couple of days. i wonder if listening to pink noise would help?ReplyDelete
Just rescued your comment from spam, not sure why it got filtered. I have never heard the term "pink noise"! Will Google.ReplyDelete
What a nasty affliction, especially for a poet. I'm sure there are some good metaphors in it somewhere. There are so many variables. Do you take a lot of ibuprofen or aspirin? Did it begin when you hit your head? Anaemic? Have you been to the doctor about it? Have you reviewed your medication? High anxiety levels? How's your hearing? Does it interfere with your sleep? Obviously I don't intend for you to answer these questions here. If you haven't been to a doctor you should go. If there's "nothing wrong with you" try cutting out caffeine, using something other than aspirin or ibuprofen, and the pink - or white noise machine mentioned above. A doctor first, though.ReplyDelete
It's actually my boyfriend's tinnitus, not mine. It's been an intermittent problem for years and yes, he has seen doctors, but they haven't been very helpful and we haven't been able to determine a cause. Lately it's been so bad it interferes with his ability to work. To make matters worse, his health insurance is crappy. It's a conundrum.ReplyDelete
try Niacin capsules, preferably Niacinamide; look at a Niacin complex tablet called Nutri Chol-less—ReplyDelete
and also try Ginko Biloba capsules. . .
(add vitamin C which seems to help)
if they don't work, try Lipo-Flavonoid Plus (brand name)
... I've had it for years, and the compounds listed above have been effective in my case—
Oh wow, thank you.ReplyDelete
Did you hear the NPR story about it a month or two ago? It was about a kind of noise therapy that has brought some people relief. Exterior noise/interior noise. Sounds strange, but....ReplyDelete
My friend Kathy just mentioned that to me, but I didn't hear it. I've heard there are special noise-cancelling hearing aids you can get. I was looking specifically for "homegrown" solutions due to cost limitations and a need for immediate relief ...ReplyDelete
I'll try to find the NPR thing online, thanks!