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Contributors

Meet our contributors. From London to LA, through Europe, Asia and Africa. We aim to bring you an international perspective on business, health, money, beauty, fashion and anything else that captivates our attention. Indulge in their tips, tricks, insights and advice on how to squeeze the best out of every minute you have.

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Desire... ... the starting point of all personal achievements, so says Napoleon Hill. Before you can invest faith in that achievement, any achievement, you have to want it first. The game changer is admitting to yourself that this thing, whatever it is, is the very thing you want. Nothing else will do. So; what do you want? When do you want it by? How much of it do you want and what are you prepared to do to get it? Ahhh, there’s the rub; what are you prepared to do to get it? Desire, and what it brings into your life, is clearly not as simple as wishing for a sunny day and then basking the in rays of that sunshine. There are consequences. The actions of greedy bankers, jealous exes and deceitful politicians are rooted in desire and this has, unfortunately, tainted its power a little. Desire is less of an attractive thing when linked to economic turmoil, suppressive policies and sexual violence. It’s also, often, seen as a very selfish emotion. Your desires, even if for the betterment of those around you, belong to you. The choices you make to pursue those desires are yours and if those desires are all consuming those around you could feel a tad neglected. Chalk this down to the ‘sacrifice’… if you must… remember that thing you were prepared to do? In this issue we take a guided tour of desire. We start with an exploration of the word itself (p13) and end with a holistic analysis of whether the way you live your life aligns with your soul’s desire (54). Along the way we take a look at how to turn desire to business (p28), a new career (p44) or the money you’ve always wanted (p46). We even tantalise you with some desirable items for your home (p32). Before the launch of each issue we love to share our lovesand giveaway gifts treats and offers from some of our favourite brands. This issues giveaway came in the shape of the highly desirable The Body Shop, customer top rated set inclusive of the bestselling; Vitamin E moisturising cream, Vitamin E body lotion and White Musk Libertine Body Mist. And if you’re not our lucky winner don’t worry. You can get a delicious 25% off at http://www.thebodyshop. co.uk for all new customer orders using this code; 72MWELCOME Just scan the QR icon, shop, type in our code and enjoy!

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Prince Charles @ Charles_HRH: George Osborne on the phone. Says he’s not quite sure what to wear when announcing the #Budget2013. One’s suggested a balaclava.

Financial Times @ Opinion: Budget 2013: A transfer of wealth from pensioners to small business

KatieCurtis @ KatieCurtis18m: I’ve decided to start drinking 10 pints of beer a week because after today it will only cost me £1560 a year instead of £1565.20 #Budget2013

Geordie Clarke @ GeordieClarke Who needs to listen to the actual budget speech when my Twitter feed is acting as a near wordfor-word transcript?

Edwin Allen @ motifpower: BBC interviewer with 2 people in Plymouth both OK about the budget. She then returns to the studio with “so from Plymouth it’s a thumbs up!”

David Schneider @ davidschneider.@ George_Osborne to cut tweets to 135 characters by 2015 except for people with +200K We don’t want to drive them abroad #budget.

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Sean Hendy MUFC @ seanhendy: After watching today’s Budget I was quite happy. The cost of living has gone down by 1p

The Green Party@ TheGreenParty: Green Party | Budget 2013: Another deceptive and divisive budget for private profit and public pain/ …

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ike most of my interviews the conversation begins with the weather. Normally I would put this down to the Britishness of those I’m talking to but it’s March, England and still snowing!

Justification for a weather related rant, in my humble opinion.

Carly pacifies my usual weather envy by explaining that LA has had its own spell of haphazard cold weather, not UK level, but random enough to make me feel a little bit better. I ask if it’s ever snowed in LA and this triggers an anecdote about London’s insistence on never putting up tents, even when the weather is exceptionally bad. When covering The Dictator premier it started raining and they never put up a tent… at the Baftas they didn’t put up a tent, at the British Film Institute Festival they wouldn’t put up a tent. She describes it as ‘insane’. It could be the British stiff upper lip but for the interviewer no one wants to stop. We laugh about the prospect of Ugg boots under ball gowns as I introduce the concept behind 72M Magazine – that it’s aimed at busy women, balancing business, life, work, ambitions and so forth. Carly’s bio makes her a perfect candidate and I’m not shy about telling her this. I also introduce the fact that she’s normally the interviewer “I’m horrible at interviews. There are some that are hideous and the internet is the worst, especially if they’re video interviews, because it still remains up there forever” She says, and I sympathise. I’ve steered clear of video interviews for this very reason but YouTube and Vimeo aren’t going away any time soon… The first thing that struck me about Carly is her intellect. If you’ve read my interview with Tehmina Sunny you’ll already know that I have a thing for super intelligent women. Whilst it’s impossible to judge a person’s intellect on looks alone a first class Law degree from Durham University, at the age of 19 pretty much seals it for me.

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Carly, by her own admission, is the daughter of very strict, academic parents. Growing up in Scotland she had Stage School dreams but they had education in mind. Neither mathematical nor scientific she felt her academic strengths were likely to be in the field of English, plus she loved watching Perry Mason and Ally McBeal. Self-deprecation is a very British thing and when she brushes off her achievements I have to remind her that we’re talking about Durham University [the 3rd oldest university in England, after Oxford and Cambridge, in the top 5 UK universities and top 100 in the world rankings (2012) and QS world ranking (2012)] and firsts don’t come easy. You’re going to need natural aptitude and a heavy dose of hard work. She continues to describe her frustration at the UK system where applying for Oxford university automatically rules

“There are definitely people who are put into the category of tough interviews and then there are those you just catch on a bad day ” you out for Cambridge, whilst in the US an applicant can target Harvard, Yale and Brown. Nonetheless she did well in school and Law was a natural progression that has taught her about analysing, arguing and interviewing. Then came the gap year; and Vogue. Carly, burned out after graduating at 19, with her 1st (and the only girl to have done so), was told by the Law firm she wanted to work at that she was really quite young and ought to take that gap year before

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seventy2minutes with: carly steel her LPC [which she was going to do at Oxford]. She decided to do it and landed a position at Vogue; ideal for the girl who had long nursed a love for performance and then honed her interviewing skills through Law. However, in Hollywood, it’s rarely about the space between your ears and increasingly about what you’re wearing, where you train… what you’re eating. I’m curious about this dynamic of personal branding that has the world hooked on celebrity and the impact it has on her personal branding. How does she want people to receive her? “That’s still a work in progress!” She responds frankly. She’s starting to discover this more and more, admitting that at first she didn’t have a clue.

“My first interview was with Richard Gere and I just got thrown into it and my sole goal was to just get through it because I was humiliating myself!” Carly adds that she started with pretty low expectations but once she could get through interviewing people without humiliating herself [her words, I swear] she started to work on finessing. Confessing to liking a mix of the fun and the serious, the sporting and the entertaining she wants to be taken seriously [strict and academic upbringing] but not be thought of as boring. Ultimately she is in the entertainment realm. I point out that, essentially, as a reporter, who has acted [e.g. He’s Just Not That into You, Unstoppable] she is the proverbial poacher turned game keeper, turned poacher again and she acknowledges how different these experiences have been. A lot of live hosting at big awards shows; like the Oscars, never allow more than one take. In general, in entertainment reporting, you rarely have more than one take but scripted performances are about perfection therefore you have several takes, Carly explains, so it’s about self-development and there are certainly plenty of similarities between the two. Acting techniques are used by Carly, when hosting, especially when talking to the camera or when talking about subjects that she’s not particularly connected to. She’s also more comfortable with the camera than she is with lots of people and, the way she feels acting is going, there are very few chameleon actors and it has become more about what the individual can bring to the part. I press her about the challenges she has faced and, as I suspected, there are many every day; the juggling act being the biggest. “People don’t realise that the actors don’t just come up to you and give you however long you want with them.

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seventy2minutes with: carly steel You have pressure to get in particular questions whilst making them feel very relaxed and like you have all the time in the world; even though you only have maybe a minute and a half!” Then there’s dealing with their publicist and keeping an eye on whose coming next, whether you’re able to take a break, the tweeting and Facebook… multitasking, she declares, is not a skill she’s naturally endowed with! What of those difficult interviews? She laughs. Diplomatically she explains that it depends on the mood of the person. There are definitely people who are put into the category of tough interviews and then there are those you just catch on a bad day. As we all have bad days she’s reticent to name names especially when she’s not quite sure what category they fall into! Nevertheless she admits that it is hard when you get people with one word answers. Having recently interviewed a well know comedic actor, who everyone thinks is really lovely, that was completely grumpy she’s well aware that public perceptions can make a miserable interview even worse! It can quickly feel like it’s all your fault so you work harder to bring them around. This leads me to the assumption that there must be other reporters out there she admires or aspires to be like, others who deal with these challenges too… Piers Morgan. Controversial, but she loves what he’s doing on CNN. She know he’s very polarising but his British sense of humour and cheeky, witty style appeal to her. Mostly she loves that he just came in and took over that coveted Larry King chair. Then there’s Katie Couric. Carly recently covered the Oscar nominees’ luncheon for TV Guide Network and they were right next to each other [Katie is one of the official Oscar correspondents for ABC]. Carly describes Katie’s skill of being able to ‘really put the knife in whilst it comes out really sweet so you don’t even know she’s done it.’ Apparently she can make everything she’s talking about seem really gentle and sweet, even when it’s not! So where now for Brand Steel? Carly’s interested in all aspects of life and people from different walks of life and different industries. Film is her number 1 love. She would love to have a film show and a more general, broad interview show. Something like a hybrid reality/interview show where the host spends time with the talent and really gets to know them. Oprah has started to do that on OWN with Oprah’s next chapter. She’d also love to interview Johnny Depp. He’s supposed to be a tough interview which makes it all the more appealing to her.

Now I’m curious! My curiosity is further aroused by the revelation that he does not enjoy press. He does not like giving interviews. Obviously he’s handsome, she states, charismatic and very fascinating, but she genuinely has so many questions for him and would love to spend a day in the life of Johnny Depp.

Carly...on Desire I have a lot of burning desires, past, present and future! Manifesting things is an interesting topic which I’ve started to explore. There have been a lot of coincidences which I find fascinating. If you really do want something, from the bottom of your heart, you can literally will it into existence. I grew up in the countryside in Scotland, now living in LA, having worked at Vogue, having worked at E!, Network and TV Guide and doing this job… there are a million people who I’m sure can do a lot of these jobs a million times better so I’ve been more introspective and, sort of, figuring out why and how this has all come about. I think you have to work very hard at what you want, really think about what you want, be clear and specific then do everything you can to make it happen. The worst thing about this industry is that for everything I do there’s been a hundred million things that I haven’t done. Every day you get turned down for things that you really, really want. It’s the sliding doors moment that could be life transforming. I’ve had major roles in major movies that I’ve gotten and then another person, who they first offered it to, decides they want it so you’re off it, or you’re in wardrobe fitting and then you’re off it before it starts or the funding falls out and it doesn’t happen. There are so many instance of that, it happens all the time so it’s really hard making it, especially in this job when there’s a project that you’re really excited about, you fall in love with, you think you’re getting it and it gets ripped away from you and it’s awful. If you’re in entertainment you want to be an artist, you want to be creative and retain certain sensitivities. You don’t want to become a hardened, icy person because that’s not going to be engaging or fun for people to watch and relate to. Yet at the same time you can’t be too sensitive and engage in it emotionally because it is very difficult and very heart-breaking so you have to maintain that balance. If I could speak to my younger self at the beginning of this journey that I’m on I would tell her to be more

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seventy2minutes with: carly steel diplomatic and to have more of a filter between what she thinks and what she says. I have no filter. I speak my mind and I’m far too honest. I’ve got into so much trouble because of that and that’s something I continue to work on, having more of a filter. I tend to be ruled by my emotions and I tend to act before thinking so I would say to my younger self “think before you act, when in doubt just don’t say anything!”.

Words to the wise women of the world... … in terms of academics you learn so much. In terms of a discipline it can be applied to anything you want to do in life so that training is excellent and there are qualities you can fall back on. I have a plan A, B, C, D and E for most things that I do and I look for longevity. You only live once, you should go for what you want. You should maximise any connections, friends, and friends of friends who might be able to help you and not be afraid to ask for help from people. You can only be turned down and that certainly has happened to me millions of times! Every time you get turned down, the one time someone says ‘yes’ can change your life. That would definitely be my advice to them. Working for free, getting interns, work placements; all these are really useful to put a foot into it [a career] before you become fully submerged

Seventy2Minutes and 72M are about getting ready for everything life has to throw your way. In Carly’s line of work being prepared is clearly very important so what does she do to get ready for the world she finds herself in? The armour goes on. This job is not for the faint hearted. I think about my questions, I do a lot of research, the more research I do the more prepared I feel, the more prepared I feel the more loose I can be once I get to the shoot. It’s a weird juxtaposition but it works for me. It’s a real mind, body, soul preparation and there is an expectation with your physical brand as well. You have to make sure you’re not getting lazy with that aspect and that you’re constantly working every day to be the best you can be. To sound the best, look the best, be the best, have the best question and to be on top form [personality wise]. It’s very all-encompassing as a job, you cannot let one of these things slip or the whole thing slips Every day is different in this job. Every day is a new film premier, a new film junket, a new awards show so in that respect it is something new every day and that is what I really love about it.

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hen looking for desire, not my own, but what others thought ‘desire’ to be it surprised me that ‘sex’ and ‘chocolate’ were the frequent associations. I could presume that the world is full of lascivious gluttons but decide instead that, maybe, somewhere along the way we’ve managed to lose our understanding of what desire truly is. If we look at desire through the lens of the English Dictionary it means a ‘wish or longing’. Its etymological roots stem from the early 13th century from the French ‘desirrer’ or the Latin ‘desiderare’ and the meanings remain ‘to wish, desire, long for’ and ‘to wish, demand, expect’. Another point of view lies in the phrase ‘de sidere’, or ‘from the stars’. So, pun aside, ‘when you wish on the stars’ what are you expecting in return? Sex and chocolate? Whilst harbouring desires for sex and chocolate is no crime it’s important to grasp the power of these desires. It’s potentially the worst kept Secret in the world that you can will into being the things that you desire the most so it should come as no surprise that sex and chocolate permeate every aspect of our lives, to the degree that we now complain about the over-sexualisation of everything. In monetary terms the sex industry is worth $5000 - $7000 Billion [ISJ.org.uk] and the global chocolate market is predicted to grow from $83.2 Billion to $98.3 Billion by 2016 [MarketsandMarkets.com]. We can interpret this one of two ways. Our desires have fuelled these or these have fuelled our desires. The first suggests responsibility. We want this so it has manifested. The second downplays our involvement and suggests that we only want these things because they are readily available. When listing my own desires sex and chocolate do not feature. I’m not a nun nor am I allergic to cocoa but I have spent a great many years exploring what it means to be me. My date of birth, my name, the position of the planets when I was born, the shape of my face, the lines in the palm of my hands, my position in my family and many more besides. The conclusion results in a brief list of one. My heart’s desire is to live my life according to my own terms. What of your desires? There’s plenty of sex and chocolate to go around, and more if you so wish, but how deep has your search taken you? In numerology, the numerical equation of your name, the vowels in your name are said to reflect your souls vibration; the soul’s urge. The inference is that beneath the face you present to the world, and the surface of all the things you think you want, lays the naked truth of your souls desires. An inclination for adventure, a love of all things beautiful, a hankering for individuality or the insurmountable yearning for peace… your true

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in search of desire desires are soul deep and are thought to be the driving force behind every decision you make; whether you know it or not. In the infamous book ‘Think and Grow Rich’ Napoleon Hill testifies to the success of a collection of his contemporaries and suggests that the beginning of all achievement is desire. Nothing is done without someone having willed it. This places a lot of power in our courts and we all should know, after several franchise reboots, what comes with great power… Then we have popular motivational speakers like the late Zig Ziglar and the effervescent Tony Robbins reinforcing the perception that we can reach the very heights that we dream of if only we stuck at it a little longer… tried a little harder… reached a little higher… dug a little deeper.

There’s plenty of sex and chocolate to go around, and more if you so wish The sceptic in us might rail against the industry that has blossomed on the soil of ‘self-help’ enthusiasm. The ‘selfhelp’ industry has been called everything from a cult [High Season for the self-help industry, The Independent, 2011], to fraud [Is the self-help industry a fraud? Psychology Today, 2011]. It’s easy to see why when you realise that it’s valued at $10 Billion in the USA alone for we, collectively, tend to view with suspicion anything ‘stained’ with big money; although becoming a millionaire seems to be a persisting fantasy of many [The top 50 things people want to do before they die, The Daily Mail, 2013]. This industry has also been criticised for causing disempowerment [Time to turn a critical eye on the self-help industry? The Open University, 2013] as those unable to manifest Ferrari Testarossa’s, holiday homes in the Amalfi and sexy ‘other halves’ are left feeling worthless and wholly disappointed. This brings us back to that fundamental misunderstanding of desire. We have come to view it as satisfaction of the flesh or manifestation of material goods; things that are, in the grand scheme of things, fleeting.

Maybe the search for desire starts with a search for self. “I know what I want because I know what, and who, I am” is a far more powerful position to begin with when trying to connect with that force that lives behind the power of your daily actions.

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in search of desire Imagine what you could achieve if every decision, made every day, moved you in the direction of your soul desire? Achievements are not made of dreams you indulge in when sleeping; they are repeated actions, learned patterns of behaviour, focused decision making, and nothing holds your focus longer than something you really, really, want. The search for desire and self are not new. Everyone, from scientists, philosophers, sports personalities, and self-appointed gurus, has paved the way since the dawn of time, it seems. My search unearthed many quotes and insights of which I fell in love with these; It is hard to contend against one’s heart’s desire; for whatever it wishes to have it buys at the cost of soul. Heraclitus Knowledge of the self is the mother of all knowledge. So it is incumbent on me to know my self, to know it completely, to know its minutiae, its characteristics, its subtleties, and its very atoms. Khalil Gibran …if you know yourself and what you’re capable of, it’s just a matter of opportunity. Bryan Cranston Nothing so succinctly highlighted how dominant your true desire can be, the importance of selfknowledge and the power of connecting the two. Now the million dollar question; who are you and what do you want? In search of your own desire leave aside the New Year’s resolution style ‘I want to be 26lb lighter and 26k richer, and I want a 26 year old lover!’ and in the words of popular personal trainer, Shaun T, ‘Dig Deeper’, what you find there, at the least, might surprise you and at best might change the life you live.

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NAIL IT This spring is all about simple with a twist, think unconventional French manicures, pastels and textures. This season you’ll see matte against glossy and light against dark. For a trendy twist in a French, try painting your nails with a pastel such as mint green and apply a matte top coat, then sweep the tips with your normal glossy top coat. I love “Keep Calm, Paint On” from China Glaze, a mint green with a touch of shimmer. For a long lasting manicure Gelish’s new “Love In Bloom” range has some great spring colours to brighten up your days. From pastel green to fresh peach and red, there’s a colour for anyone.

he barely there make-up look has always been on trend but this spring it’s time to add a little colour! Whether it’s a striking red on the lips or a flash of blue on the eyes it’s all about strong verses subtle. Bring your day look to night by simply applying a red lip stain. NARS have just brought out a new range of Satin Lip Pencils, with a range of colours all long wearing, vitamin enriched and in jumbo form these are lip liners at their best! Throughout fashion week make-up artists were seen using lip liners to fill in

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Midnight’s Secrets A metallic royal blue nail polish, suitably chic for every occasion.

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the entire lip. Why not let out your inner vamp with Palais Royal; a deep red/plum with a satin finish? With Cobalt blue the colour of the season it’s no surprise that it’s been seen on the clothes and eyes of models on the catwalks. Try MAC Electric Eel and NARS Mad Mad World eye shadow duo to make your peepers pop. Either sweep MAC Electric Eel along your lash line for a hint of blue or use NARS eye shadow duo for a statement smokey eye.

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When our editor revealed the theme of this issue I thought: “Cool, this will be an easy one”. Two months and a blank page staring back at me later, I decided to get some inspirational help from my friends. Over on Facebook I went, with a “fun” word association game about “desire”. Some of the answers I got were “chocolate”, “more chocolate”, (obviously) “sex”, “Lamborghini”, “Prada bag”. My answer would have been: “U2”.

Not a tad wiser I started to seriously ponder what desire -really- meant to me. Surely it means to want, to long for, to crave....but, all Louboutins and Jimmy Choos aside, I realized that desire is actually what makes us get out of bed every single day (you thought it was your boss?): Desire is the fundamental motivation of all human action.

Then the Biologist in me took over (yes, I have a degree): Desire is the trigger of progress. If you look at it that way, desire seems to be an inevitable and elementary part of human evolution. It is the inner spark in us humans that drives us, the sum of all questions seeking for an answer. This desire can neither be explained, nor controlled. All you can do is embrace it and...unleash it.

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Tight clothes and me have never been good friends: when I was younger, I was way too insecure to show off my larger-than-life- Mediterranean curves. Nowadays, with maturity and wisdom (ok, and dieting) bringing a grin of self-enlightenment to my face, well, I just don’t care anymore. Loose-fit is the key word people, clothes that do hug and not suppress or squeeze you, materials that create a cocoon-like environment for your body, mind and soul. Yes, you’ve guessed it: I am a boyfriend-jeans type of girl, an oversized sweaters lady, a I-am-wearingsize-14-though-size-10-fits-perfectly- person. When I stumbled upon the collection of Lithuanian Designers Label LeMuse, over on the Young Republic portal, I almost shouted out: Halleluja! I had just discovered a new brand which represents exactly what I am looking for in fashion;

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Every time a woman would dress in LeMuse, I would notice how different it looked. It adapts to the individuals body and moves with that person in its own unique and beautiful way. Therefore, I encourage you to find your own LeMuse and become a unique Muse in the world

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he Simone Williams fashion label has been up and running since the summer of 2004 and is based in Hoxton, London. Simone Williams past collections have had an urban street wear theme where she used a combination of fabrics such as denim and leather. She also uses leather strips and belts integrated with other fabrics. This has become her signature look. Simone studied fashion design at City and Islington College. Ronke Lawal (Business partner) has been supportive of Simone’s talents since they first met over 2 decades ago. Today Ronke manages the business aspect of Simone William’s label -“I envisage a future so bright and promising that it excites me to be part of this fantastic fashion label” – and continually looks to develop the label in every aspect. Ronke has her own marketing business and studied International Business (Economics) at university.

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The Simone Williams Label is a fashion label that is passionate about creating dresses and garments that all women regardless of shape or size can wear, celebrating femininity in all its forms. The brand is marketed at women who are want to feel elegant and sophisticated with a touch of class that is sometimes lost in modern fashion. When the label started up there was not enough support from the government. Simone felt as though there was about a 10 to 1 chance of actually getting any support that was available. It was hard and still is but working in partnership really helps along the way. There are so many opportunities to raise the profile of the brand through creative means and collaboration. If you are willing to work with others there are so many ways to grow a fashion label organically.

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The lessons we have learned along the way are; you just have to stay focussed and maintain a vision of the label – if you’re able to do that then it’s easier. It’s not possible to really impose a style on anyone; they either like it or they don’t; but it is about making people understand the motivation and inspiration behind the designs. Making people desire one of The Simone Williams’ dresses is crucial. Our current collection is The Life Collection. This poignant collection encapsulates the various stages of life, with each piece capturing the essence of what it is to be truly alive. The Life collection flows effortlessly from sophisticated evening wear to ethereal bridal wear inspired pieces. Simone was inspired by her own journey as a fashion designer and the phases that the label has gone through to become what it is today.

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In addressing the ponderance of this issue’s discourse I very quickly discovered that we have gotten our desires crossed, similar to my long time inexactitude between verbs, adjectives and nouns. It seems that desire can be both noun and verb making it possible to desire desire, much like John Lennon’s appeal to Please please me.

In this tussle we find a strong metaphor when we conceive that everything is but stillness or movement.

We might then liken desire the noun to the champion in a boxing bout, carrying the greatest following into the ring, or energy into our system; charging it with a title, and for the state of champion to persist he must have renewed activity. We’ll call this ‘red desire’. Desire the verb then is our challenger, expressing existence from a state rooted in the infinite potential of the stillness, from the perspective of this earth, from where we can only

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So is it fair to say that desire is the problem? Of the 7 inverted virtues of the soul, this Lust is named outright and the other six can clearly be seen as effects or actions of rampant consumption. Lord Shiva, the destroyer god of the Hindu tradition is quoted as teaching; “Desire caused all the gods to fall from their places… and it is desire that leads all creatures to hell”. This sentiment is echoed by numerous spiritual and philosophical figures from the Buddha, to Socrates, Plato and Aristotle. The need to enjoy pleasure and avoid suffering is a human drive, but excess in any aspect of life can lead to bloatedness, ring rust, sicknesses and depravity.

If we merely copulate and gorge like animals it must be a logical conclusion that our will is herded, our thoughts groomed and we be put to market and sold on the basis of a theoretical biology that seeks to convince us that we are wholly a physical entity, a cloud of chance

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not so far sublimated from the ocean of zoology.

More specifically then, what of ‘desires’, which surely are a multitude, unique to each individual’s cadence and fancy.

Evidently there has become an easy interchange betwixt lust and desire, a misleading subterfuge by a worn way of thinking that in its distended state obscures a narrower path, the path that leads via our blue desire on this earthly plain to a truly heavenly state.

In one sense, certainly, this applies to the most oft named but perhaps most disproportionate variety, our red desire, that which the entourage of modernity has reduced in us to sexual lusts and habitual cravings and which presents a significant facet in the conflict between spiritual aspirations and human temptations The power of sexual energy is overwhelming and undeniable, for just as it forms the seat of mammalian replication, generation on generation, so it is also pirated to sell, market & advertise; incessantly, repeatedly, subliminally and further its physical culmination exploited in ritual magick by unseen factions to darker aims. Media and marketeers find it their business to promote only more champions, more red desire, pumping and priming us at a fundamental level to excess, that by moreish, often unnecessary, consumption our natural propensity to sexual expression can be co-opted feeding the system with this energy in exchange. Completing a fatuous, false, frenzied feedback loop. Results; obesity, diabetes, addiction, debt, depression, avarice, misery, poverty, suicide, war.

Illustration: Expulsion from the Garden of Eden (1828) by Thomas Cole

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Etymologically the very action of desire, the verb, is derived from the Latin desiderare meaning, “await what the stars will bring”, in turn from de sidere or “from the stars”, and where else are the stars but in the heavens. So to be active in our desires would be, for want of a better phrase, more desirable than to be in a sheer state of desire, and to be truly effective a person would be most powerful and in control when balanced and so adept from either stance when the moment necessitates. By such right action and humility and for the success and happiness of others, we might rediscover altruism by disseminating each of our individual joys, talents and goals from the mass, Chastising a little more our excesses, we can first land the jab upon a more sober route and then deliver a knockout punch to knowing a union with divinity, the love that is truly our deepest urge, and in which we can all be the greatest.

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The Deep Desire to Engage is an Attractive Motivator for Businesses Participating in Social Media Shelley Röstlund comes from an operational business background in the fitness, property and franchise industries, but has had a particular interest in online business since 2008 and has specialised in social media since 2010 when she launched Social Intelligence with her business partner Lisa Brice.

Now, small and big businesses are paying more attention to what their audiences want to see and hear from them...by creating engaging and open conversations with them on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and other platforms.

Shelley, born in South Africa, is married to a Swedish software planning consultant and juggles her fulltime business with her young daughter...who is being coached to be a business owner as we speak!

They are learning more about “pull” (inbound) strategies which create more lasting and loyal customers at a lower investment cost...and paying less attention to high-end print, radio and TV advertising.

Email: Shelley@mysocialintelligence.com

Have you noticed how your media behaviour has changed? We’ve become a “second screen” generation where we engage on a multitude of platforms, mediums and gadgets at the same time. We watch TV, browse the net to get our shopping done and have conversations about what we are watching and doing on our social networks (all at the same time). If you have any entrepreneurial spirit in you at all – you will recognise the deep desire to engage as a highly attractive motivator. If you can tap into that as a business owner - you will experience some rewarding dividends by triggering your audiences to talk about you; recommend you to friends; and enhance your reputation as the “go to” person..

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e live in the information age and with that comes a certain amount of content overwhelm for sure. However, women are particularly good with multi-tasking and filtering or drawing on information as and when they need it. We are also good sharers. Social networks have evolved online as people’s hunger and desire for information has increased. (I’m pretty sure that women have helped social networks get to where they have today!) With the personal use of social media so integrated into us as human beings, this has had a natural knock-on effect on how we do business, communicate with our connections...and how we retain relationships with our existing customers. The element I love about the change social media has brought – is the return to “involvement” with audiences and leaving behind the onedirectional broadcasting that had become the norm in advertising, marketing and even, dare I say it, communication. 28

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ocial media has made a profound impact on the way businesses market their products and services. Did you think Facebook and Twitter wouldn’t last when they first came out? Many of us did but boy were we wrong! Social media has taken most of the world by storm and if you own a business you definitely need to incorporate social media marketing in to your business plans. Social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter, blogs and LinkedIn have grown faster than radio or television! Social media has made such a big impact on business more than 70% of companies now have a Facebook page. Social media does take time and work and must be done effectively. Below is a list of ten social media mistakes and what you can do to prevent them from happening.

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Not Being Consistent – You cannot post on your

What You Can Do: Treat your page as if it were a meeting

Facebook page or tweet here and there. You have to draw up a social media plan and schedule your time spent on your social sites.

place for you and your clients. Talk about interesting things, offer special deals and contests, keep things fresh and new. This will make your page live with personality!

media schedule and stick to it. Plan to spend maybe an hour a day working on your social sites. Do not spread yourself too thin. Choose a couple of the best sites and give them the time and attention they need to work their magic. I would recommend Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter.

No Interaction – When people comment or post on your pages, you need to answer them and thank them. If you do not respond to people who visit your page, they will just stop visiting.

What You Can Do: Check your sites at least twice a day to see if anyone has posted or left comments. Take the time to answer them thoroughly – a quick thank you will not always suffice! Then you should go visit their site and reciprocate. This will help keep your pages active.

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Not Adding Personality – You want your social sites to be a fun and friendly place to visit but you also need to keep it professional. Don’t just post a bunch of clone comments with no personality.

Not Linking Accounts – If you have several social sites and a blog you should be connecting them all together so people can find them all.

What You Can Do: Put your social site links on your main blog or site. Use widgets and/or plug-ins that will allow your visitors to easily connect to your social pages. Have your posts go out to all your social sites instead of one at a time.

Not Asking for Likes and Follows – Don’t be afraid to ask people to Like your page or Follow your account. This can greatly increase your social activity.

What You Can Do: Put a request in your email signature, put it on your business card, put it on all your office stationary. Post your links wherever possible and ask for those follows. You have to incorporate your social media into all parts of your marketing.

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No Quality Content – You have to give people a reason to want to visit your social sites. After all, there are millions of pages so you definitely have to offer something of value.

What You Can Do: Post links to helpful articles, offer little tidbits if useful information, post special sales, offer coupons and prizes. Contests are very popular so try holding a fun easy contest each month. Give all those people a reason to keep coming back!

No Call to Action - People are more likely to respond to a sale or service if you give them clear concise calls to action.

What You Can Do: A call to action can be as simple as “Click Here to Subscribe” or “Read the Entire Article”. Use as many as is appropriate to get your visitors to do the desired action. When you post something, you can ask people to retweet or share on their Facebook page. Offer discounts on your products with calls to action like “Click Here to Get $25.00 Off Your First Order” or “Click Button for Special Offer”. The possibilities are endless and effective!

Not Writing Effective Profiles – Your

profile is the first impression that most people will get of you so you want to make it impressive. Just slapping up your name and hometown is not going to get the job done. A complete well-written profile will help build your credibility.

What You Can Do: Finish your profiles completely. Add a professional looking photo of yourself. List your qualifications and why people would benefit from your products or services. Do not leave blank spaces or unfilled information. Read your profile from your visitors’ point of view. Would you visit your page from what you see?

Not Proofreading – Bad grammar and spelling can make a good page go bad.

What You Can Do: Read your post as you are writing it and then when you are finished read it again. It also helps if you have someone else read it as well because they might notice things you have missed. Be sure all your posts, tweets, etc., are written correctly and look professional.

Social media marketing has opened doors with incredible speed and power so if you are not successfully taking advantage of that, you need to start learning and open up those social site accounts.

Getting Too Personal – We’ve all seen them.

The posts and tweets that read something like, I am watching Rambo tonight but it gave me a headache so I am off to bed! Or, went shopping today and bought my baby a new pair of booties. Posts such as these do not belong on business pages so be sure to not get too personal when posting.

What You Can Do: Visit other successful social pages and look over the kinds of things they post. Provide info that would actually help your visitors and benefit them. Getting your hair cut is great but it doesn’t help your potential customers. Although, it probably will annoy them! So, with every post you write, ask yourself, would this help my visitors?

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hat does ‘desire’ mean to you? Lust for an unobtainable fantasy object? The secretary in stockings and suspenders?

The man from the new Diet Coke advert? Fantasies are normally just that, unless you’re the boss of that secretary, unobtainable goals best left that way, but still desirable. But what of the fantasy of obtaining our goals through desire? In this case the desire to make the most of the talents we’ve been given by whoever is running this show upstairs. I don’t think this magazine is the forum for me to reveal my inner most fantasy desires, if my Mum ever gets the hang of e-magazines, she may end up reading this, so instead I’ll focus on the pre-watershed aspects of desire. I support a football team who are not exactly Premier League, they’re not even Premier Inn. They’re called Hereford United and as a family we follow them mainly due to my Dad going to school there, and me being born in the city, and I know I’ll be following them until one of us ceases to exist. Because of our status in the football food chain, the personnel we are able to employ on the pitch are not always of the highest calibre. We pay peanuts and get monkeys as far as the talent goes, often including hand me downs from the bigger fish. Sometimes on loan, sometimes on a permanent basis, there are two types. The ones that think two years as a schoolboy at Manchester United mean they’re God’s gift to football give them a season of having to fend for themselves trawling football’s outposts and often they sink without a trace. Or there are the ones with that desire to bounce back who realise a couple of years at Hereford’s level can be the springboard back to the big time, if they put the effort in. It’s fair to say it’s the latter that we welcome. In fact there’s a third category, the ones happy to be a big fish in a small pool, and one of my favourite players, who I won’t name, probably had more talent with a ball at his feet than any other I’ve seen, but lacked the desire by his

own admission, and therefore never really made the step back up, something I think he probably regrets now. In all walks of life, you have to want it, talent helps, but there are so many talented people out there who don’t make it because they don’t really want it enough. Of late the name of Gareth Bale is being mentioned alongside the footballing gods of Messi and Ronaldo, the lad always had the talent of course, but it’s the extra hours on the training pitch perfecting his skills that now make him such a sought after player. In my own career in radio, if I’m honest I could have got a lot higher, but for a variety of reasons although I worked hard, I didn’t hone the skills as much as I could have done, and now I see others who applied themselves more working at that higher level, and fair play to them. It’s why I’m really trying with my writing, there are many times when it’s a struggle, when you’re faced with 200 pages to edit for the ninth time, but you know you have to do it, you have to have that desire to get yourself probably ninety per cent of the way down the track, before the publishers and agents help you to achieve that lucrative final ten per cent. Many won’t get there, who knows whether I will, but like I say it won’t be for lack of trying. But here’s a question to ponder before I go.

Does a lack of desire make you a lesser person? Or does it just mean that you don’t feel the need to prove yourself, to better yourself, maybe instead of wanting to be lots happier, you’re just happy with your lot? If you’ve had the desire to read my column in the first place, perhaps you can tweet me @andyholmesmedia with your thoughts on that last question? It would be great to hear from you, catch you soon.

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Is it the size? The location? The splashes of hot red in the bedroom? Or is it, quite simply, the welcome that residents and guests, alike, feel when there? A well decorated house is not always a home but a home can certainly be transformed into a den of desire where visitors are cajoled to stay an hour more and the nest is never empty.

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dining ...tables or dining rooms become places to really enjoy socialising with friends and family when the decor is right. Bring that vase to the centre of the table and fill it with wild flowers, or decorative if you have allergies, for a centre peice that can be customised from breakfast, through lunch to that elaborate meal you’ve been planning for weeks.

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o try and encapsulate all that is good about Serbian art, music and food in one short article feels, at best, like an exercise in futility. However, with an optimistic head on, I will attempt to at least scratch the surface sufficiently to give you a curiosity that will, hopefully, drive you to visit here sometime soon and discover for yourself all that Belgrade has to offer. If you, like me, have a desire to discover the authentic face of a city rather than the, sometimes, vaguely fake tourist brochure image then Belgrade can offer a “one stop shop” experience that will go a long way to satisfying your needs. When you arrive in Belgrade, drop off your luggage and head immediately to Skadarlija. It can be found in the Stari Grad (Old Town) municipality and has, for centuries, been considered the true Bohemian quarter of this wonderful city. Here you will find a mix of food, music and art that really gives you a taste of so much of what gives Belgrade its character and Serbians their unique love of life. During the winter months you can enjoy the food and live traditional music in the comfort of one of the many famous taverns such as The Three Hats, The Two Deer and The Two White Doves. However, it is during the summer months that Skadarlija really comes to life with the food, drink and music emerging onto the numerous terraces and pavement cafes playing host to the throngs of locals and tourists alike, all enjoying an atmosphere that is rich in tradition and full of the kind of warm hospitality that Belgrade is rightly famous for. 34

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There’s also great food and a thriving art and fashion scene here too!

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discover Nestling amongst the restaurants and street performers are a number of art galleries displaying the rich mix of artistic styles with influences from the myriad of cultures that have left their mark on Belgrade down the centuries. Skadarlija is truly a great place to enjoy a feast of superb traditional Serbian cuisine or to simply order a Turkish coffee or a beer and sit back and watch the exuberant, colourful world of Belgrade go by. I am constantly amazed at the popularity of the likes of Ronald and the “Coffee Experiences” here in Belgrade. The city has a host of kafanas and street food vendors offering home style pljeskavica (the most delicious burgers you could ever hope to taste) and wonderfully rich, dark coffee that, in my opinion, is immeasurably better than

ks!!! anything the chains have to offer.

Don’t be fooled, however, into believing that Belgrade only has the traditional on offer. Dotted along the banks of the River Sava are the splavs (rafts). If turbo folk and European music styles are more to your taste then here you can find more than enough choice to keep you happy for many a long night and early morning. Belgrade in the summer never seems to want to sleep and the multitude of raft

clubs and restaurants stay open into the very early hours to provide the energetic visitor with excellent food and an eclectic mix of live music.

Belgrade Fashion Week. Now, while I profess to know very little about the mysterious cult of fashion, I have it on good authority that Belgrade boasts a growing number of very exciting young designers.

Concert goers are also well catered for in Belgrade with a few large venues playing host to the likes of Madonna, The Rolling Stones, Belgrade Fashion week showcases Jennifer Lopez and Metallica in recent years and Depeche Mode, Mark Knopfler, Dave is an English national living in Belgrade, Rammstein, a CELTA qualified English language teacher, Andrea Bocelli writer, proofreader and language editor. and Pink Floyd all due LINKEDIN/Dave Calcutt to visit here later this year.

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Shakespeare in Serbian anyone? One of my English language students eagerly informed me recently that he had been to see a performance of The Merchant of Venice in Serbian. Just as I was about to congratulate him on his cultural education he then proceeded to tell me that he left the theatre, and his girlfriend!, during the interval in order to catch the second half of the Real Madrid vs Manchester United Champions League game. Manchester United lost so I consider that to be an adequately cultural high point to compensate for missing Shakespeare’s second half Given that this is 72M and there are some who may be interested in the fashion offerings in Belgrade I feel it is apt for me to give, at least, a small mention to the subject. March 28th until April 5th sees the staging of the 33rd

established and emerging young designers as well as shows from students of the Faculty of Applied Arts here in Belgrade. I could try to appear well informed and list some well know designers who are making guest appearances, but I know nothing so will simply include a link to the event here and let you judge for yourselves. http://www.belgradefashionweek. com/english/ However, suffice to say, one designer going by the name of Doggy Style did catch my eye for some reason! Designer knee pads maybe? In keeping with the theme of 72M this time round, I would urge you to give in to your desire to explore and make Belgrade one of your places to visit very soon. I can guarantee you will not go away disappointed.

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The Makato Aida interview

Part 1

hen I was 11, attending school back home in England, all of a sudden, I started looking at girls differently. It’s at this onset of puberty, when our minds change, we start kissing, going on dates, holding hands and becoming more and more attracted to the opposite sex. In Japan the school girl is, in many cases, both a power symbol and powerful. In the culture, older men can pay a young girl in products (bags, clothes, cell phones) to simply spend time with them and although this is supposed to be an innocent affair, in principle, things can develop quickly and few artists focus as much on this innocence and desirability of a school girl, than Aida Makoto. With prostitution, happening bars, soap lands and any manor of random sex related establishment existing, the Japanese art culture has, and is, deeply affected by its sex culture, as with any culture. It’s safe to say Aida Makoto is one of the biggest artists in Japan today and one of the most talented artists in the world. The talent, ability, scale and imagination of this man is second to none and should make many artists step back and see just how much they need to learn. I’ve heard a lot about this man, from being disturbed, a parasite on the image of Japan, a pervert, a master artist and so many others. It’s true, many of his works revolve around shocking imagery of naked female amputees, being lead around by a collar for sexual purposes and it’s true there is a video of him masturbating for some time, which was filmed at an exhibition in NYC and it’s true many of his works are based around sex and young girls. With that said, he’s one of the most controversial and talented artists in the world today and I’d recommend going to his exhibition at the Mori Art Museum, Roppongi, Tokyo.

After seeing Mr Aida’s exhibition, I can’t say I enjoyed the entire experience, as I felt the space was simply too big and he should have done a slightly smaller exhibition. Showing such a large body of work, spanning his entire career, was simply lost on me, as I really wanted to see his best pieces, which I did in the final gallery of the exhibition. But don’t get me wrong, for some, seeing how he developed, is maybe even more fascinating. Aida’s exhibition, gave me a great insight into this controversial Japanese master artist, or so I thought, and therein lies the problem. With so many making assumptions of who an artist is, based on his works, making up any manor of fantastical stories to explain the inner most workings of an artist, in the end we don’t have a clue. I can’t tell you how frustrating it’s been in life, listening to someone’s opinion about art or literature, giving special

I’ve heard a lot about this man, from being disturbed, a parasite on the image of Japan, a pervert, a master artist and so many others. meaning a brush stroke, a verse in a song and unless you directly ask an artist what something means, it will only be your opinion. It will never matter if 100 people have the same opinion, as it will always be an opinion and that’s what I learned once again in meeting Aida Makoto Firstly, he’s not a man who wants to do anything sexual with young girls, no matter what you may assume, from his works. With that said, let’s move on! When we met, I was taken back as to how much I assumed and how little I knew. He’s a charming, intelligent

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man with a nonchalant attitude. With every question I asked, he took his time and answered with honesty, sincerity and without any care for how it might come across, knowing the interview could portray him in any manner of negative light, he was frankly, just honest. We spoke for maybe an hour and a half and in that time and I leaned many things about the man behind the art. He loves young girls, or more accurately he loves the idea of young girls, full of youth and energy, unbroken by the harsh world we live in, still maintaining innocence… and who doesn’t like that in our children?

school girls are revered, where sick days don’t exist, where temples are right beside sky scrapers and S & M dungeons are next to fine dining restaurants, it’s impossible to understand anything about the Japanese culture unless you’ve lived here and Aida Makoto’s work takes all of this into account. He’s an exceptionally gifted artist and as with all art, it’s highly subjective, but I personally find both his art and the man, very interesting. I’m not saying I like all of his art, I don’t, and sometimes I genuinely dislike the art works of some artists I really admire, but when you enter the last Gallery of

Would any of us like to think of youth in any other way? Do you think of your children, broken by the world or full of resentment? With a snappy tongue, forged by years of adult life? He never speaks to young girls as, in his words, “they have nothing to say”, I’m not quoting him exactly, but I believe he feels what could an 11 year old and a man in his 40’s possibly have to discuss? He admires from a distance and I sensed nothing seedy in his words. He’s modest and although he teaches, he will constantly play down his ability. Maybe you feel this is a Japanese trait, but he has genuine modesty and that’s something I appreciate. Having a few drinks with his students, giving me more than the time agreed for the interview, going to new artists’ exhibitions, working on student projects, all seem to be things he genuinely enjoys. He believes an artist should always create something new, change, evolve and create original art. He believes in the traditional way of developing your career, slow and steady or you could end up like “Vanilla Ice”, “Los Del Rio” or “Johann Pachelbel”. Lastly, I’d like to sum up this part of the interview, if you meet the man, you will be surprised to find a man so different to your expectations. He’s a man, who’s grown up in a very different society to anyone in the west and his works might be shocking to us, they might even be shocking to some Japanese, but the sex industry, the culture and general life in Japan is something you can only understand after spending real time here. In the only country to ever be bombed by a nuclear device, where Christianity is not a wide spread religion, where Christian views of sex don’t really apply, where

his exhibitions and you see “Ash colour mountains”, you’ll find it hard to deny the skill of this man. If you can, I’d recommend going to see “Tensai de Gomennasai” or a rough translation would be “Sorry for being a genius” and make sure you read his statement at the end, if nothing else, you’ll be surprised. I’d also like to make sure anyone reading this, understands, I do not have an opinion on what’s right or wrong about Aida Makoto’s, in any moral or political context. All I can say is, he’s very talented and I’m looking forward to see what he produces in the coming years.

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Once upon a time, far up the Pacific Coast Highway, nestled in the forest, was a quaint little town by the sea. A place inspired by European romanticism. Where there were no street lamps, or house numbers. Where the townsfolk picked up their mail from the post office, ate fine foods, made merry and knew everyone’s name. Where Hollywood legends relax and prosper, like Doris Day and former mayor Clint Eastwood. There once was a place called Carmel-by-the-sea, California.

Situated just south of San Francisco, Carmel’s charm captivates a weekend traveller. Since gastronomy is one of its major draws, begin your day working up an appetite with a walk on the beach or gentle hike through the stunning coastal scenery of Point Lobos State Park. You’ll then be ready for an epic brunch, such as the signature fresh crab Benedict at Grasings restaurant, complemented with bottomless mimosas, or watching the waves crash from the patio at Eastwood-owned Mission Ranch From there, stroll around the square-mile village, taking in the various stores and art galleries, appreciating the architecture, a classy and tasteful storybook recipe of cottages and hidden courtyards. You can browse independent boutiques full of hand-crafted candy, Moroccan lanterns or artisan jewelry, or shop more traditionally at elegant outlets Coach and Tiffany & Co. A lazy stop for tea and cakes, or a light snack at Frenchthemed Bicyclette will set you in good stead for a trip to neighboring Monterey, either for a walk on their yesteryear pier for clam chowder tastings or through

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brit on the boulevard Eden Diodati range caught the eye of Anne Hathaway, and worn the next day at the premiere of Schwarzenegger’s The Last Stand by Twilight actress Judi Shekoni, so watch out for her designs as the next hot thing on the red carpet. No rest for the wicked, the entertainment industry then make their pilgrimage to the mountains of Utah for the annual Sundance film festival, started many years ago by Robert Redford in the quaint ski town of Park City. I chose to road trip through Vegas, taking in a delectable rib-eye dinner in the fun but pumping STK restaurant at the Cosmopolitan Hotel, where we had a stunning suite, and unrivalled views from our private balcony, a feature that most Vegas hotels don’t have. We continued the drive through the mountains in a brand new electric Prius, generously supplied by Toyota Santa Monica, and I swear I spent more on coffee on this trip than I spent on gas - incredibly efficient. Toyota were a sponsor for the event I hosted during Sundance along with Beltran Brito Immigration Attorneys - “A Very British Roast” honoring the nominated British Filmmakers - which also raised awareness for Fuel Freedom Foundation, and featured a fantastic live performance by American Idol finalist Crystal Bowersox The rest of Sundance was a kaleidoscope blur of

stratosphere met with us to offer insight for the Perlan Project, something I am involved with to send a glider sailplane to the edge of space. Aside from being in the company of aviation legends, we gained great advice on finding our partners and sponsors. February was dominated by more awards shows and major events. I attended the Annie’s (animation awards) where the awesome Wreck It Ralph rightly cleaned up. I skipped over SuperBowl (they keep dropping the ball, what is that?), sashayed through Grammy parties, and was wowed at the Wow Creations Oscar Gift Suite, particularly by JetLev Newport Beach, a water-jet pack that basically turns you into a flying superhero, which I can’t wait to try! I chuckled my way through the Toscars, Brits in LA’s alternative awards ceremony where random teams make short parodies of the Oscar-nod films. I watched emerging Irish youth talent in motion at the Cinemagic event along with Samantha Mumba and Ross King, and danced the night away at OK! Magazine’s bash, where I bumped into British actress Camilla Arfwedson who’s set to make a big splash in Hollywood. Oscar weekend was equally glamorous, from the Weinstein event where I schmoozed with Tarantino reminiscing our Cannes shenanigans, and the suave Jamie Foxx wandered over to eloquently introduce himself

parties, films, lounges and fantastically serene skiing that deserves a whole article to itself, so i’ll keep you wondering...

[Which clearly had nothing to do with the couple of gorgeous models in our group]. I watched a private screening of nominated short Buzkashi Boys, for which BOTB supporter Turkish Airlines graciously granted a life-changing experience, by flying over the two teenage stars from Afghanistan to walk the Oscar red carpet, allowing Rally.org’s fundraising to go towards a college career. Oscar Sunday began as it should, predictably, with a nice Brunch; elegantly at an exclusive screening party at the W Hotel; and weirdly awesomely retro-ly with 80’s legend Steve Guttenberg joining us for pizza. Lovely he was, but Johnny Number 5 was nowhere to be seen. I was clearly brushed with his Hollywood success glitter however, as the following week saw me booked as a model for renowned artist Emma Ferrira’s new exhibition at Venice Biennale, and my film Stefano Formaggio being green-lit, so I’m sure I will be abusing my new position as Film Director very soon on the Boulevard.... Watch this space.

Exhausted, we road-tripped back via the Hoover Dam to marvel at the architectural monstrosity, before devouring an gastronomical monstrosity of equal proportion at Hash House A GoGo in Vegas, famous for their oversized portions. I witnessed grown men broken over the sheer magnitude of their dinner. Shut-eye in the legendary (now tired and resembling the night-shift waitress) Flamingo, and I rushed back to 90210 just in time to attend the Raise Your Voice Gala at the Beverly Hills Hotel. Ironically my raspy post-Sundance party voice got be confused for a patient, at this benefit for celebrated vocal surgeon Steven Zeitels, not bad company to be in, when you consider his former patients are Roger Daltry, Christina Perri, Steven Tyler and Lionel Richie, all whom performed intimate classics on the night. Simply legendary. From rock stars to sky stars, I was fortunate enough to attend a private dinner with the Red Bull Stratos team, at the home of Dennis Tito, also known as the first space tourist. The team behind Felix Baumgartner’s record-setting skydive from the

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Slim

ost of us need 7.7 hours of sleep in order for us to function optimally, and it only takes 2-3 days of sleep deprivation (less that 4 hrs a night – listen up mums with small babies) to send our hormones into overdrive. In short sleep is vital to our Muscular recovery and hormonal processes which are linked to fat burn.

Inadequate sleep is something we definitely want to avoid if our goals are to reduce fat but consequently in doing so we also reduce our risk of developing obesity and Diabetes, Great thumbs up for those of us who sleep well....But why, and how, can we check we are doing so? Sleep loss messes with how your body uses glucose (sugar/carbs) by

As the risk of Insulin Resistance increases; our cravings for high carb foods increase. If we give into these cravings then more demand is placed on the pancreas to secrete even more insulin to clean up the sugar, and the circle goes on. Eliminating sugar from your eating plan is one of my big principles when working with a client. In times where lack of sleep is unavoidable (shift workers for example), this helps the organ to remain less stressed, and able to do its role in releasing the right amount of Insulin whilst still supporting the clean up the natural sugars we obtain such as fruit. Between the hours of 10pm and 6am lies your optimal recovery/ sleep window to help cells to repair and bring stress levels down before the daily stresses of life begin the following day! If we miss out on some of these hours or regularly interrupt sleep, we miss out on a crucial recovery period! Sleep deprivation also increases the stress hormone cortisol. In any individual cortisol levels begin to decrease after 2pm in the afternoon and are at their lowest during 10pm and 2am. During these times if you are still working

In the process of raising the blood sugar levels, this catabolic hormone will break down your muscle and undo any inch loss and muscle mass benefits you may have gained previously = catabolic state, hormonal imbalances between cortisol and insulin and also = weight gain. Hopefully you have a better understanding of how vital sleep is to your results.

Did you know...? REM is important for long term memory, but we also burn more calories in the last part of our sleep than in the middle; which is usually the time most of us wake up be it for stress, babies or bathroom trips!

If your results have come to a plateau and your training hard, eating clean then making some simple changes to your sleeping plan for 30 days could be the help your body needs!

“The later past 10pm you fall asleep the less time your body has to recover firstly physiologically and eventually psychologically!” altering its secretions of Insulin and the rate of your metabolic burn. With 2 days or more of less than 4 hours a night sleep, insulin resistance can occur, resulting in the body showing all the signs of diabetes type II. This is when the body (our pancreas) is unable to get rid of sugar/carbs and causes weight gain and Obesity in individuals.

on the computer or are drinking stimulants therefore not winding down for the evening, this hormone is internally stimulated and your body will remain in “flight” mode. Cortisol increases blood sugar levels (so were back to the whole Insulin/ Pancreas thing again) and it can also decrease your defence against illness and lower overall immunity.

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Avoid Caffeine

If you are following any healthy eating plan, replace with herbal teas such as peppermint or Tulsi. Be careful not to drink much fluid an hour before bed so you avoid the wake up for bathroom runs at crucial times. If you have to have caffeine, drink it before 10am & not after! Magnesium is also great for muscle recovery and repair top up with supplements like this of an evening but consult a doctor first if you are unsure it’s right for you!

Exercise Daily

Whether this be stretching, swimming, Fitness camp or weights ensure you give yourself an hour to wind down before you go to bed. I find if you are too wired after a work out a warm soak in the bath or a few chapters of a fictional book works great.!

No long Power Naps Avoid sleeping for more than your 15 – 20min power nap during the day to minimise the desire to stay up late.

Comfort is Key

Nothing is worse than waking up with a crook neck or pins and needles. Ensure you lie on flat pillow in neutral spine alignment and invest in a good quality mattress.

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A Pre-sleep Routine

You will learn to identify this and begin to wind down as you go through it each night. E.g. Tulsi tea 8pm, warm bath 8:30pm, darken bedroom and turn off all stimulants (TV, Laptop, Phone) 9pm, read a fictional book, 9:30pm and practice relaxation breathing to drift off at 10pm.

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for change

esire is described as a noun and a verb so you may have a desire for something (verb) or you may feel a desire for something to happen.

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Do you desire a change in your current career? Take a deep inhalation, maybe even close your eyes and ask this question to yourself quietly. Do you want, I mean really want change?

Years ago I attended a workshop and as I sat listening, the speaker stated that we are often the people who sabotage our own success! How? Why? No!! Yes I can be a dramatist at times and I certainly wondered why one would sabotage their own success. After all, didn’t I want success????? However, on leaving the workshop I thought about the phone calls and texts which I had not returned. The meetings I had arrived at…late! The judgments I had made based on my picture and prejudgments of others who were successful! The sleep I had taken when I needed

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to give additional two or three hours to complete that proposal! Yes, self sabotage was a reality that I had played a hand in! I also thought about the stories of ‘successes’ which I had heard and internalized along my life’s journey. The idea of having two, three or four times my current salary was acceptable to me. However, the possibility of owning millions of pounds was harder to imagine. What would I do with all that money! So, the thought becomes reality and the money goes elsewhere. After all, I have told the universe that I am not deserving of this. I also recalled the many people who had gained much, had lost more! Famous ‘celebrities’, people winning the ‘lottery’ and ‘self made millionaires. Many had no experience of how to manage money and the more they earned, the bigger their expenditure become. Many were bankrupt after their roller coaster spending sprees! I didn’t want to be like them either!!

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health, wealth & wisdom The desire for change was shot down, sometimes by others, but mainly by myself and the gremlins in my head said I wasn’t worthy of what I supposedly desired. How many of you reading this recognizes that self sabotage may have gone on in your own lives? If it has, how can that be turned around to make sure Career desires become real change? First of all, you must decide how badly you want the change to take place? Roles can be so comfortable and, like old dressing gowns and slippers, even though you know that they should be replaced, you feel so good and at home that you just don’t. The comfort in your career may come from the friends you have made, the location and the perks. The career itself has long passed it’s sell by date and you just keep hanging on!

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mean travelling for longer hours, rearranging childcare and making new friends. Are you ready for this?”

Career change may mean travelling for longer hours, rearranging childcare and making new friends. Are you ready for this? Career change may mean taking the initiative to do new and challenging training courses. These may affect your social life and take you out of your comfort zone. Are you ready for this? The desire has to be strong enough to move you! To sit in your comfortable position and desire change is one thing. To take the action! To do what needs to be done! To follow up on the networking and to research the current skills needed, so that you can take the relevant training course. To do all of these would certainly mean that your desire can become real.

“ ” I had initially written that your desire is real! However, I changed that as the desire will always be real for we want what we want! It is when we want it badly enough that we ‘act’ and ‘move’. That is when desire becomes real change. Would you like to move your desires into reality? I am now offering skype coaching sessions and can coach you into making real and lasting changes.

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ave you ever fantasised about winning the lottery, the big one and what you would do? Spending those millions…? How about the new salary, spent it in your head before you even bagged the job? It’s okay you are not alone. It is pretty normal and fun to do this. Yet what is it about money that makes everyone a little secretive? It’s almost like the dirty little secret that you have had a money fantasy where you let yourself get carried away with desire. Don’t worry your secret is safe with me, well it is for now!

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Money is not a subject that most people like to talk about. The closest we get to it with our friends is; ‘I am skint…’ Occasionally, a clandestine conversation in private, where your best friend whispers to you about the phenomenal bonus she got at her last performance review. But shush don’t tell anyone. You smile and let her know it’s great, it’s fantastic and try and hope your face doesn’t reveal the shade of green you may be feeling. Not because you don’t think she deserves it but because you wonder when you will get a chance to see your money desire realised. You know you are worth it but it seems others don’t, well not yet anyway! It is not surprising money is such an intimate subject. It is the energy of love manifest into matter after all.

Mon£y Matter$ Sarupa Shah is an award winning entrepreneur, mentor, spiritual guru and founder of The Soul Agency. working with entrepreneurs and leaders across the globe who want to put soul and spirit back to where it matters and put consciousness back on the agenda. www.sarupashah.com

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I am not giving a guarantee that money will fall into your lap immediately but what I am going to promise is that sooner than you can imagine the universe will fulfil your desire, as only it can, matching what you are prepared to own and claim for yourself. © Andresr Shuttershock images

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Love and sex are things we like to keep private mostly even from those we love on occasion. Those who break this cardinal rule are often judged, talked about behind their back and labelled in varying degrees of unkindness. If we share about our money desires we fear the same.

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Truth is if you fancied someone and never told them and waited for them to notice and want you, it would be a long wait. Playing the flirting game, being coy, pretending you aren’t interested in the hope they take that as the signal you are, while actually deliberately chucking water on the desire seems counterintuitive to me. Of course it is; it’s foolish to

make it so hard for yourself. Keeping your desires hidden isn’t really a good course of action and is simply delaying your passions being fulfilled even if that ends up being elsewhere. Research suggests women in particular don’t like talking about money or asking for their dues. If you don’t voice your desire with passion and confidence then you can’t cry into your pillow when it doesn’t materialise. You have been playing ‘hokey cokey’ with what you want. Whether it is a pay rise, case for a bonus or raising your prices because (a) you are worth it and (b) it matches the secret desire you have had for money, the wait and see if it happens by magic, is fizzling out your money desire into something that will always be out of reach. Fizzled out means you let your boss fob you off again. You accept that maybe next year your bonus will reflect what amazing work you have done. You accept your friend can’t pay you back the money you lent her, yet

she is having another spa weekend. You don’t want to say anything or make a stand as money is crass and talking about it and maybe even reading about it is makes you crass and let’s not forget uncomfortable. When it comes to money we have to accept things, there is no doubt to that in all areas of life. It is what it is. The confusion however in accepting is it isn’t the same as surrendering. Surrendering is such a load of poppycock when it comes to having the best life. The opposite of surrender is not fight either; it simply is to not give up. If your money desire is not being met then go get it satisfied elsewhere. Don’t give up. Stop pretending you don’t have a money desire. This ‘I don’t need money’ malarkey or money is wrong and the root of all evil is a cover for the fact that you are struggling to meet your desire. It is also the reason why your money desires remain unfulfilled.

Claim your desire and voice it

Make your desire reality

‘No’, is empowering

Write in a journal what it is you want more of from money. Write about how different life would be and what more you would do. It is not an ‘if only’ type of energy that you are tapping into, that takes you back into fantasy land! Write practically and unleash your desire into the world. Anchor it, ground it, and own it. You don’t have to share it unless you want to but stop it being a secret, something you are ashamed of, embarrassed or in denial about!

If you desire something you have to make it happen as otherwise it slips back into fantasy or at best it’s always out of reach, right? Start looking for new jobs; start to make a strong case for a pay rise or great bonus. Start to look at your spending patterns. Believing in the energy of extravagant treats as a fix to counteract the truth that money, desiring it and changing how you live with it feels near impossible. The approach gives an immediate sense of gratification, the high…but then comes the low. It isn’t responsible and it keeps adding to your woe that having a money desire is a bad thing. It makes you believe your desire will not be achieved. Start living your money dream now rather than later

A no from a boss, a job, a client, or a bank loan means you can be clearer on what you want, and what your next action is going to be, to make your money desire a reality. A no seen as a closed door or a ‘never’ will just become that for you; instead see it as an open door to limitless opportunity to get what you want elsewhere in another way.

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Money, love, passion desire they are all born of the same energy, bring them together and you have the ingredients for a very abundant and prosperous life!

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Lamya Abedin Words for the women of the world Pursue your dream and just go for it, if you think twice, you’ll never have the chance to achieve it. All women are talented and gifted in their own way, when you find it within, share it with the world! Dreams are definitely achievable with persistence and perseverance, go for your dream however small or big you may see it.

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worldwisewoman Lamya Abedin opportunities We are blessed in our region with the possibilities to pursue our dreams, therefore opportunities are wide, diverse and attainable.

travel I have been traveling ever since I was born, I’ve lived in many different continents, visited many countries, and enjoyed many cultures. However, I am still hungry for more, because there are so many interesting places I still have on my list to visit and experience.

women about I am a proud Emarati from Dubai, UAE (United Arab Emirates). I am a mother, a wife, and a fashion designer :)

culture Countries from all around the globe are promoted in Dubai, you can see it for a fact in it’s diversified cosmopolitan city every single day.

fun For fun: I love playing with my kids whenever I get the opportunity..

living Mecca, it brings me peace like no other city does, and of course beautiful Paris, the city of fashion!

men I think local men here in Dubai are ambitious, intellectually open minded and family orientated..

In general, American women are fun, Europeans are intellectual, African women are outgoing, Australian women are organized, Asian women are loyal and friendly. To be more specific for this region, UAE women are hospitable, Bahraini women are friendly, Saudi women are tasteful, Kuwaiti women are fashionable, Qatari women are kind, and Omani women have a lovely sense of humor.

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www The Internet has become a life style, we use it daily without fail as part of our lives. I personally use it for my daily research, it’s the best one hub information source i can count on all the time.

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curator The Food Curator (AKA Michael Robinson) is a bon viveur and aficionado of all things food based in London. He has a passion for cooking, dining and American muscle cars.

The main ingredient is of course the lobster. Now you could buy a fresh live one, cook it and leave it to cool. If you do this then follow the cooking instructions as no two lobsters are the same. A good “cheat” is getting a cooked frozen lobster as they are so convenient and defrost well. Bear in mind defrosting time can be overnight or longer. Here is the hard bit but it is well worth the reward! Remove all the meat from the lobster tail and claws and chop into chunks about the same size as the top half of you thumb. Put the meat to one side. In a bowl add the mayonnaise, parsley, a little squeeze of lemon juice, salt and pepper. Mix thoroughly, now taste. The lemon should just cut through the creaminess of the mayo.

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Now add the lobster and mix round once more so that the meat is covered. Leave in the fridge for 30 minutes to an hour, just enough time to let the flavours meld.

Food fashion throws up lots of new concepts, but none recently could be as easy or cool as the lobster roll.

There has been a lot of fuss made over this delicious, luxury sandwich since it broke out of the North Eastern US and made it onto the global foodie stage.

A few restaurants in London are now serving this as a “feature” dish and I’m going to show you how to make this perfect deluxe lunch! Ingredients

1 x Lobster (average size will make 2 rolls) 2 x White bread rolls 4 x Tbsp Mayonnaise 1 x Tsp finely chopped parsley 1 x Squeeze lemon juice Shredded lettuce for garnish Butter Pinch of salt Pinch of pepper Cayenne pepper to finish

Prepare the lettuce and slice thinly. I usually do this a little in advance of building the sandwich to let the lettuce dry after washing.

The original US version of this uses soft hotdog rolls. I have “Europeanised” mine by using a nice crusty French bread roll. I think the crisp bread is a great partner for the soft, saucy filling. Slice the bread lengthways and lightly butter the face on both pieces. Put face down in a frying pan on a medium heat and gently toast the faces of the bread until golden.

Now build you roll! When the lobster mix goes on, dust a very small amount of cayenne pepper over it, you can use paprika but you will get a more “smoky” flavour rather than a little kick of spicy heat.

Finish by topping with the lettuce.

There you have it!

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It’s not all Yin and Yang

It’s all about

Thought to be over 4000 years old Chinese astrology is rooted in astronomy and accords to the Chinese calendar year. Like the Feng Shui explored in Issue 3 it brings together the concepts of Yin and Yang, heaven and earth energy, Confucian wisdom and the 5 elements (Fire, Earth, Metal, Water, and Wood). Like western Astrology the inner meanderings of Chinese astrology can become very complex. The base understanding, however, remains the same. Your destiny can be determined by your date and time of birth, the position of the planets and comets, and the position of the Sun and Moon. As with any ‘ology’ there are numerous online tools that you can use to help unravel who you are, according to the Chinese zodiac, but the belief in what you find is yours alone.

ome believe that knowing yourself is the key to health, wealth and happiness but the path to self-discovery rarely runneth smooth. Are you affected by the waxing of the moon? Do your hands hold the secret to your past? Is your name the reason why you love being the centre of attention?

Rat Corresponding Years:

We’ve done our bit and teased out the easy stuff for you Chinese astrology is based on the Lunisolar calendar. Unlike the Western year the Chinese year does not begin on January 1st. The Chinese year begins on the 2nd new moon after the winter solstice so the approximate start is a moving feast but, generally, we’re looking at late January or early February. This then means that Chinese zodiac signs do not fit with the Gregorian (Western) calendar and those born in late January/early February often belong to the previous Chinese year. The Chinese zodiac has 12 Animal signs that are thought of to represent 12 different personality types. An accurate reflection of your Chinese Zodiac will need the year, month, day and hour of your birth as the animal signs represent each of these to give a broader view of what the fates have in store for you. The animal signs are also either Yin or Yang (masculine or feminine energy) and further accompanied with one of the 5 elements.

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Yin or Yang

Tiger

Rabbit

02/18/1912 - 02/05/1913

02/06/1913 - 01/25/1914

01/26/1914 - 02/13/1915

02/14/1915 - 02/02/1916

02/05/1924 - 01/23/1925

01/24/1925 - 02/12/1926

02/13/1926 - 02/01/1927

02/02/1927 - 01/22/1928

01/24/1936 - 02/10/1937

02/11/1937 - 01/30/1938

01/31/1938 - 02/18/1939

02/19/1939 - 02/08/1940

02/10/1948 - 01/28/1949

01/29/1949 - 02/16/1950

02/17/1950 - 02/05/1951

02/06/1951 - 01/26/1952

01/28/1960 - 02/14/1961

02/15/1961 - 02/04/1962

02/05/1962 - 01/24/1963

01/25/1963 - 02/12/1964

02/15/1972 - 02/02/1973

02/03/1973 - 01/22/1974

01/23/1974 - 02/10/1975

02/11/1975 - 01/30/1976

02/02/1984 - 02/19/1985

02/20/1985 - 02/08/1986 02/09/1986 - 01/28/1987

01/29/1987 - 02/16/1988

02/19/1996 - 02/06/1997

02/07/1997 - 01/27/1998

01/28/1998 - 02/15/1999

02/16/1999 - 02/04/2000

02/06/2008 - 01/25/2009 01/26/2009 - 02/13/2010

02/14/2010 - 02/02/2011

02/03/2011 - 01/22/2012

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Spring

Fixed Element

Water

Wood

Famous people born in these years

Charlotte Bronte

Napoleon Bonaparte

Emily Bronte

Pope Benedict XVI

Prince Charles

Charlie Chaplin

Tom Cruise

Angelina Jolie

Scarlett Johansson

George Clooney

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Brad Pitt

William Shakespeare

Richard Nixon

Marilyn Monroe

Johnny Depp

Leo Tolstoy

Barack Obama

Beatrix Potter

Tiger Woods

George Washington

Vincent Van Gogh

Queen Elizabeth II

Whitney Houston

2013 is the year of the water snake, starting from February 10th 2013 through to January 30th 2014. The general thinking is that this is a good year for many of the signs in the Chinese zodiac as a period of spiritual awareness beckons. Use the chart above to find your chinese sign then read a quick summary of what 2013 has in store for you!

THE RAT: A good year to take exams, obtain a license, opportunities to increase your income. THE OX: Time for some rest. Communication, fun and social fun. THE TIGER: Introspection and a slower pace. Concentrate on your own path to increase your chances of success.

YOU-ology issues we’ll take a closer look at everything from stichomancy to rumpology. We promise to keep an open mind (honest) and let you judge for yourself.

your birth to determine your personality, the influence of the position of the planets, comets, Sun and Moon, and what this all means to your life.

This issue we look at Chinese Astrology and the impact it has on your earthly fate! Similar to Western Astrology it uses the year, month, day and hour of

In it’s truest discipline Chinese Astrology is deeply complex so tread carefully!

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seventy2minutes.com editor revealed! Born in the year of the Sheep (Ram and often referred to as Goat). ‘Sheep’ people are the most liked, apparently, as they are thought of as kind, polite and tender. They are also attracted to Art and beauty. Negative aspects of the Sheep personality are; timidity, risk averseness and

inclined to be overly religious! Hmmmmm....

Dragon

Snake

02/03/1916 - 01/22/1917

01/23/1917 - 02/10/1918

01/23/1928 - 02/09/1929

02/10/1929 - 01/29/1930

02/09/1940 - 01/26/1941

Horse

Sheep/Goat/Ram

Monkey

Rooster

Dog

Pig

02/11/1918 - 01/31/1919

02/01/1919 - 02/19/1920

02/20/1920 - 02/07/1921

02/08/1921 - 01/27/1922

01/28/1922 - 02/15/1923

02/16/1923 - 02/04/1924

01/30/1930 - 02/16/1931

02/17/1931 - 02/05/1932

02/06/1932 - 01/25/1933

01/26/1933 - 02/13/1934

02/14/1934 - 02/03/1935

02/04/1935 - 01/23/1936

01/27/1941 - 02/14/1942

02/15/1942 - 02/04/1943

02/05/1943 - 01/24/1944

01/25/1944 - 02/12/1945

02/13/1945 - 02/01/1946

02/02/1946 - 01/21/1947

01/22/1947 - 02/09/1948

01/27/1952 - 02/13/1953

02/14/1953 - 02/02/1954

02/03/1954 - 01/23/1955

01/24/1955 - 02/11/1956

02/12/1956 - 01/30/1957

01/31/1957 - 02/17/1958

02/18/1958 - 02/07/1959

02/08/1959 - 01/27/1960

02/13/1964 - 02/01/1965

02/02/1965 - 01/20/1966

01/21/1966 - 02/08/1967

02/09/1967 - 01/29/1968

01/30/1968 - 02/16/1969

02/17/1969 - 02/05/1970

02/06/1970 - 01/26/1971

01/27/1971 - 02/24/1972

01/31/1976 - 02/17/1977

02/18/1977 - 02/06/1978

02/07/1978 - 01/27/1979

01/28/1979 - 02/15/1980

02/16/1980 - 02/04/1981

02/05/1981 - 01/24/1982

01/25/1982 - 02/12/1983

02/13/1983 - 02/01/1984

02/17/1988 - 02/05/1989

02/06/1989 - 01/26/1990

01/27/1990 - 02/14/1991

02/15/1991 - 02/03/1992

02/04/1992 - 01/22/1993

01/23/1993 - 02/09/1994

02/10/1994 - 01/30/1995

01/31/1995 - 02/18/1996

02/05/2000 - 01/23/2001 01/24/2001 - 02/11/2002

02/12/2002 - 01/31/2003

02/01/2003 - 01/21/2004

01/22/2004 - 02/08/2005 02/09/2005 - 01/28/2006 01/29/2006 - 02/17/2007

02/18/2007 - 02/06/2008

01/23/2012 - 02/09/2013

02/10/2013 - 01/30/2014

01/31/2014 - 02/18/2015

02/19/2015 - 02/07/2016

02/08/2016 - 01/27/2017

01/28/2017 - 02/15/2018

02/16/2018 - 02/04/2019

02/05/2019 - 01/24/2020

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Yin

Yang

Yin

Yang

Yin

Yang

Yin

Spring

Summer

Autumn

Winter

Wood

Fire

Metal

Water

Joan of Arc

Bob Dylan

James Dean

Jane Austen

Julius Caesar

Jessica Alba

Mariah Carey

Lucille Ball

Florence Nightingale

John F. Kennedy

Clint Eastwood

Boris Becker

Daniel Craig

Catherine the Great

Winston Churchill

Humphrey Bogart

Sigmund Freud

James Joyce

Ella Fitzgerald

King George VI

Eleanor Roosevelt

Amelia Earhart

Bill Clinton

Thomas Jefferson

John Lennon

Pablo Picasso

Aretha Franklin

Michelangelo

Will Smith

Paris Hilton

Benjamin Franklin

Alfred Hitchcock

Bruce Lee

Martha Stewart

Janet Jackson

Rudolph Valentino

Leonardo da Vinci

Rudyard Kipling

Herbert Hoover

David Letterman

Sandra Bullock

Oprah Winfrey

Teddy Roosevelt

Bruce Willis

Alice Walker

Britney Spears

Madonna

Arnold Schwarzenegger

THE RABBIT: travel, career change, creativity; handle these stoically and make time for loved ones for a smooth transition THE DRAGON: A year of passion and romance and energy to move or make changes in your life/career/business THE SNAKE: Highs and lows in love, Patience in your endeavours is key

THE HORSE: Promotion, an exciting love affair, and some complications that might sap your energy

THE ROOSTER: Modelling, photography, family/ marital difficulties. Handle relationships with tact.

THE SHEEP/GOAT/RAM: Travel for business and make important contacts that are profitable for your business

THE DOG: Time for spirituality and philosophising. Spend some quality time with loved ones.

THE MONKEY: Success and influence, laughter, friends and family. Expect spiritual growth.

THE PIG: Career success but a stormy year for romance. Invest or start a business

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