How to Reinvigorate Your Relationship

Being in a long term relationship has a lot of benefits and can make life a lot easier and more pleasant in many ways. With a long term partner you will never feel lonely and you'll be secure in the knowledge that someone is always going to be there for you. This person will know you incredibly well too, meaning that they'll know how to make you happy and that you'll get to experience the kind of closeness and intimacy that only comes with time.
While there are lots of benefits to a long term relationship though, there are also benefits to a new relationship – those being the excitement and energy that come only from learning about someone new and discovering them for the first time. There's a certain passion at the start of a new relationship, which tends to fade with time as you get used to one another and your foibles.
But it doesn't have to be this way. If you are willing to put a little time and work in, then actually there are many ways you can reignite some of your old passion and make your old relationship zing the way it once did. Here we will look at some tips to help you energise your love life again, even if you're decades into your relationship.
Remember: Make the Effort
I think most guys are probably guilty of wishing their partners would dress up and seduce them a little more often. We get tired of our partners coming home and slipping into their jogging bottoms and we start to think lustful thoughts about Cameron Diaz who always seems to make an effort. But if you're like most men then it's probably also safe to say that this is a somewhat hypocritical stance to take: do you come home and put on a nice shirt and trousers every evening? No, thought not.
Likewise, you might find yourself wishing that you had more chemistry and spark than you do. Whether you're the man or woman in the relationship you might think back fondly to when you were first dating and you got goose bumps speaking to the other person and wondering if they fancied you. There was an air of mystery, of flirtation and excitement – so where's it gone? Again, you might want to check your own behaviour, if you tend to come home and complain about work before scratching your buttocks and announcing you're going to the loo, then you can hardly be surprised if the mystery is gone.
The secret to getting the passion back in your relationship then is first and foremost to put in the effort again. That means trying to dress more attractively and crucially trying to mix up your appearance a little (no matter how attractive you are your partner might not find you as exciting if you've looked the exact same for the past decade). Likewise, it means making an effort with your conduct and your routine, it means taking your partner out on dates occasionally, it means leaving out the toilet talk or the moaning and it means being attentive and interested rather than exhausted and sloth-like.
Improve Yourself
Part of this is simply a matter of improving yourself. If you go on a self-improvement drive by working out, eating healthily and building a more effective daily routine then you will have more energy and focus to turn towards your partner. At the same time, improving yourself will of course make you more attractive to them and it will encourage them to do the same. Often if you have a problem with your relationships the best place to look is inwards...
Bring Back the Flirting
Another thing to remember is to flirt. Flirting is incredibly sexy and a great way to create sexual tension and it doesn't have to stop once you've settled into a relationship. Gently tease your partner and try not to be so 'available' all the time (that particularly goes for men!) so that there's some intrigue and challenge involved again.
Really the point is simple: if you want your relationship to be more like it was at the start, then you should act the way you did back then. That means treating your partner, spoiling them and making an effort, but it also means occasionally flirting, teasing and playing hard to get.

Things to consider for Enhancing Vision

There is no secret that folks who've got eye problems and thus must use eyeglasses or contact lenses are often searching for other options to achieve enhanced eyesight. It has oftentimes been complained that contact lenses are cumbersome and costly. Similar complains have been made about eye glasses as well. The problem is that everyone is programmed by traditional ophthalmology to assume that the only way of improving vision and fixing vision weak spots is to use contact lenses or eye glasses.
It comes as a great surprise to many people when they find out that in reality there are other ways to enhance and rectify eye sight issues than by paying regular visits to the opticians. These additional approaches do not just give more natural means to enhance vision, more importantly, they also supply people who have eyesight issue a great opportunity to step up and assume responsibility for his or her own wellness. This may turn out to be very empowering.
To get started on the road to achieving better eyesight, you should first take a close look at your diet and try to make some appropriate changes. Your diet ought to be adapted to incorporate food items such as citrus fruits, as they are abundant in antioxidants including vitamin C, that are vital for your eye-sight. Leafy green vegetables that are full of lutein should also be part of your diet.
After having taken a close look at your diet and made modifications to it as appropriate, you might want to look into the various eye exercises available which can help you to boost your vision. Two efficient eye exercises which can be done very easily by the majority of people are the Pinhole Glasses Exercise and the Bates Eye Exercise Method. They are both safe, economical, and easy to be conducted, which is a great advantage for many individuals.
Devoting time to undertaking the Bates Exercise Method has been found out to be one of the most effective methods to improving eye-sight.
William Horatio Bates, the American revolutionary Ophthalmologist, was very enthusiastic about figuring out the truth about eyesight correction. He spent many years in the research on many people who had various eye problems only to come to realize that wearing eyeglasses actually worsen people's eye-sight rather than improve.
This was undoubtedly a radical and overturning declaration and it triggered lots of severe criticism mainly from the community of orthodox ophthalmologists. Nonetheless, Bates was also able to gain many faithful patients just because they conducted his exercises routinely and made remarkable eye sight improvement to the extent that a lot of them were basically able to throw their eyeglasses away!
He also stressed the value of diet and said that quite a few eye issues are in fact attributable to diet and vitamin deficiencies. According to this fact, he promoted an appropriate and healthy and balanced diet that is beneficial to eye health.
Rather than depending upon the prescription medications of opticians, Bates exercises offer people a great opportunity to assume responsibilty for their own eye health. Bates exercises consist of several exercise tasks. One task is referred to as the Palming exercise, which involves placing the palms of your hands over your eyes. The second exercise is the Swinging exercise which requires moving your gaze. Bates felt that exposure to the sun was essential for good eye health as it enables the eyes to take in Vitamin A. And this was why an exercise generally known as the Sunning exercise got included in the Bates exercises.
If you are eager to check the progress that you're making then it can be easily self assessed through a Snellen Test Card. The test card can be easily found and downloaded on the net. It is so easy that you could actually make one.

Landfill Childrens Orchestra Makes Music From Trash

Too Many Children In The World Are Born Into Lives With Little Or No Hope.

Landfill Harmonic reveals a mind-boggling, inventive effort to change that - musical instruments made from trash. In the barrios of Paraguay, a humble garbage picker uses his ingenuity to craft instruments out of recycled materials - and a youth orchestra is born. Music arises and children find new dreams.

A film about “The Recycled Orchestra”, a group of children from a Paraguayan slum who play instruments made entirely of garbage. It is a beautiful story about the transformative power of music, which also highlights two vital issues of our times: poverty and waste pollution.

For more information or to pledge your support to Landfill Harmonic, please visit: www.LandfillHarmonicMovie.com

A few years ago, one of the garbage pickers, Cola, an untutored genius of the slum, got together with local musician Favio Chavez to make instruments for the children of the slum. There was no money for real instruments so together they started to make instruments from trash - violins and cellos from oil drums, flutes from water pipes and spoons, guitars from packing crates.

"A violin is worth more than a recycler's house," says Chávez. "We couldn't give a child a formal instrument as it would have put him in a difficult position. The family may have looked to sell or trade it.

With children like Ada and Tania and with the support of many in the slum, Favio slowly put together one of the world’s most unlikely orchestras. It is entirely made of garbage. They call it “The Recycled Orchestra”.

Most of the kids in the orchestra are from Cateura or close by areas. Cateura is a village essentially built on top of a landfill. Garbage collectors browse the trash for sellable goods, where children are often at risk of getting involved with drugs and gangs. The orchestra has offered these kids and teenagers a new alternative to the life their parents had. The film follows the story of several kids and their families.

TOP 10 MOST EXPENSIVE CARS IN THE WORLD 2013. Show her who’s in charge with one of the fine pieces of machinery. The priciest cars in the world are as much fine specimens of automotive engineering as they are moving masterpieces of luxury. These are the most agile, fastest, and innovative machines on the road. Exotic, lightweight materials in the body, dashboards that resemble fighter-jet cockpits, and leather from floor to ceiling are just a few of the standard bells and whistles one can expect when you own one of the 10 most expensive cars in the world.

TOP 10 MOST EXPENSIVE CARS IN THE WORLD 2013:

Maybach Exelero Supersport $8 million The most expensive cars in the world. Photo courtesy of: http://www.exelerocar.com

Maybach Exelero $8 million – First introduced on 27 July 1939, Dörr & Schreck first announced the completion of the SW 38: “The car is extremely interesting and beautiful. It lies well on the road and the streamlined shape already makes itself felt at 60 km/h. Soon after the car was delivered, WWII broke out and its use became very limited. During the chaos of war the test vehicle disappeared and was never found again. The most expensive car theft ever. It’s whereabouts remain a mystery to this day. Ultra-high performance tires and top products for demanding motorists. This high performance car was the result of intensive tests over many years and millions of kilometers in technical laboratories and under the most extreme road conditions at high speed. Awesome presentation! After in ride in this machine, she’s yours. (lol).
Bugatti Veyron Super Sports $2.6 million - This is by far the most expensive street legal production car available on the market today (the base Veyron costs $1,700,000). Capable of reaching 0-60 mph in 2.5 seconds, the Veyron is the fastest street legal car when tested again on July 10, 2010 with the 2010 Super Sport Version reaching a top speed of 267 mph (430 km/h). When competing against a Bugatti Veyron, you better be prepared!
Lykan Hypersport $3.5 million - Recently revealed at the Qatar Auto Show, the Lykan Hypersport features an enhanced Porsche engine that produced 751 horsepower, which allows the car to sprint from 0-100 km/h in just 2.8 seconds and reach the incredible top speed of 395 km/h. Not that these numbers are not impressive, but does this justify the 3.4 Million USD price tag?  ake a closer look at the W Motors Lykan Hypersport in the above gallery and the below video.
Aston Martin One 77  1,850,000. The name “One-77″ says it all: beauty and power in One, limited to 77 units. With 750 hp, it is able to go from 0 to 60 mph in 3.4 seconds with a maximum speed of 220 mph (354 km/h).
Lamborghini Reventon $1,600,000. The most powerful and the most expensive Lamborghini ever built takes third place on the list. It reaches 60 mph in 3.3 seconds from 0, to go with a top speed of 211 mph (339 km/h). Its rare (limited to 20) and slick design are reasons why it is expensive and costly to own.
Koenigsegg Agera $1,600,000. The Agera R goes from 0-60 mph in 2.8 seconds, reaching a maximum speed of 260 mph (418 km/h). It is capable of reaching 270 mph, but this supercar is electronically limited to 235 mph (378 km/h). You will need to sign a waiver, only then does the company unlock the speed limiter.
Maybach Landaulet $1,380,000. The Landaulet is the most expensive sedan on the market and it can go from 0-60 mph in 5.2 seconds. It is one the most luxurious cars ever made, this comes with a convertible roof that fully opens at the rear. This Maybach is made especially for CEOs and Executives who have their own personal driver.
Hennessey Venom GT Spyder $1,100,000. There is no other convertible in the world today that can match-up with this car. Not to mention that it goes from 0-60 mph in 2.5 seconds.
McLaren F1 $970,000. In 1994, the McLaren F1 was the fastest and most expensive car. Even though it was built more than 15 years ago, it still has an unbelievable top speed of 240 mph (386 km/h) and reaching 60 mph in 3.2 seconds. Even today, the McLaren F1 is still top on the list and outperforms other supercars.
Ferrari Enzo $670,000. The most popular supercar ever built. The Enzo has a top speed of 217 mph (349 km/h) and able to go from 0 to 60 mph in 3.4 seconds. Only 400 were produced and it is currently being sold for over $1,000,000 at auctions.

MATCH REPORT: CHELSEA 3 BASEL 1 (5-2 ON AGG)

SummaryThe Blues secured a second successive European final with a ruthless second-half display which saw us overcome Basel 3-1 on the night and 5-2 on aggregate, ensuring we will contest the Europa League final in Amsterdam on 15 May against Benfica, who overcame Fenerbahce in the other semi-final.
Our progression had looked in the balance when Basel took the lead with virtually the last action of the first half, Mohamed Salah firing past Cech having been denied by the Blues goalkeeper moments earlier.
The outcome of the tie, however, was shaped by a 10-minute spell early in the second half when three Chelsea goals all but booked our passage to the final.
Fernando Torres levelled on the night with his 20^th goal of the season from close-range, before Victor Moses scored in similar fashion to give us the lead.
If the first two goals were defined by their importance, the third will be remembered for its pure quality, as David Luiz - whose free-kick won us the first leg right at the death - curled a magnificent left-footed strike beyond Yann Sommer.
We can now look forward to what will hopefully be another memorable European occasion in just under a fortnight's time, but immediate attention now turns to a huge Barclays Premier League game against Manchester United at Old Trafford on Sunday.
Team newsRafael Benitez made five changes to the team which beat Swansea 2-0 on Sunday. Ryan Bertrand came in for the suspended Ashley Cole at left-back, while in the centre of defence Branislav Ivanovic replaced John Terry. Frank Lampard skippered the team alongside David Luiz in midfield, while Ramires, who limped off at the weekend, pushed further forward. Victor Moses and Fernando Torres were also given the nod, ahead of Juan Mata and the ineligible Demba Ba respectively. John Mikel Obi missed out after picking up a hip injury in training.
First halfThe Blues went into the game looking for an eighth successive home win, but we were fortunate not to fall behind inside the opening minute. A header out from the back by Markus Steinhofer evaded the whole Chelsea backline, and a huge collective sigh of relief was breathed when Basel striker Marco Streller dragged his shot wide of Petr Cech's left-hand post.
The visitors were certainly up for a physical battle, with Bertrand feeling the full force of a nasty lunge by Serey Die early on, although the midfielder somehow managed to escape caution.
It was a frenetic opening to the contest, and as the 10-minute mark approached we should have taken the lead. Ramires and Torres combined to release Lampard, but as the ball failed to come down quick enough he was forced into a snap-shot and was denied what would have been a landmark goal by the post.

After the early warning we began to settle, and Torres was next to threaten, bringing a smart save out of Sommer after exchanging passes with Ramires on the edge of the penalty area.
Scoring goals hadn't been a problem for Basel on their travels in the competition, and while it was Chelsea dominating possession, Murat Yakin's side looked dangerous on the break.
Streller, who had been guilty of profligacy early in the game, almost atoned for his miss in emphatic fashion 25 minutes into the game, arriving at the far post to meet a Fabian Schar cross on the volley. The power in the strike was such that Cech stood no chance, but thankfully it flew inches wide.
Four minutes later another chance went begging at the other end; Moses pulled it across the face of the goal into the path of Ramires, but the Brazilian, who was on the floor and under pressure, struggled to get enough power behind his shot and saw Sommer make the save.
After a dominant Chelsea spell, the visitors sprang into life as half-time approached. A quick, incisive move yielded the best opportunity of the game as Salah was put through on goal, with the attacker only thwarted by the quick thinking of Cech, who raced off his line to make the save.
Basel were appealing for a penalty when Valentin Stocker's shot cannoned against Bertrand as the ball bounced around in the Blues' box from the rebound, and while that particular decision went in our favour, right on half-time the Swiss side took the lead.
Stocker was again involved, this time as the orchestrator, and it was his pass that Salah latched on to, taking time to open his body up and stroking it past Cech, levelling the tie on aggregate.
Second halfWith Basel having gone in at the break with their tails up, a positive Chelsea response was imperative, and it came quicker than anybody would have expected.
Hazard, who had been a peripheral figure for much of the first half, set the tone with a brilliant solo run, and as the Belgian was crowded out Lampard took control and drove at the Basel defence. The midfielder fired towards goal and as Sommer made the save low down to his left, Torres was on hand to fire into the roof of the net and restore our aggregate advantage.
Three minutes later the game was turned well and truly on its head when we took the lead on the night. Buoyed by the equaliser, our movement was proving difficult for the away side to deal with, and as the blue shirts poured forward Torres' strike deflected into the path of Moses. The Nigerian's first effort was blocked, but the rebound fell kindly for him and he rolled the ball into an empty net to spark jubilant scenes.

It had been an electric start to the second half by Rafael Benitez's side, and one which would get even better just before the hour.
Lampard rolled the ball into the path of David Luiz, and the Brazilian curled an absolutely exquisite strike into the top corner with his left foot.
The defender has developed a penchant for spectacular goals of late, and this was another to add to his collection.
Perhaps more importantly, it was a goal which put us 5-2 ahead on aggregate and firmly in the ascendancy.

The game itself was developing into a thrilling encounter, and Basel deserved credit for the manner in which they attempted to play their way back into the game.
Our two-goal advantage on the night was almost reduced when Fabian Frei crashed a powerful effort against the bar, while Cech then saved well from Die.
Hazard, meanwhile, tried his luck with a delicate chip that Sommer managed to hold on to, and it was his last involvement as shortly after he was replaced by Juan Mata. Our first substitution had seen Ramires withdrawn for Oscar.
Nine minutes from time Nathan Ake was given his first taste of the big occasion when he replaced David Luiz, with the Brazilian receiving a wonderful ovation from the Stamford Bridge faithful as he departed.
The damage had been done by the three goals and we were able to see the game out in comfortable fashion, although Torres forced a save from Sommer on the break in the closing stages.
Chelsea (4-2-3-1): Cech; Azpilicueta, Cahill, Ivanovic, Bertrand; David Luiz (Ake 81), Lampard (c); Ramires (Oscar 66), Hazard (Mata 74), Moses; Torres.
Unused substitutes: Turnbull, Ferreira, Terry, Benayoun.
Scorers Torres 49, Moses 51, David Luiz 58
Booked Azpilicueta 55
Basel (4-2-3-1): Sommer; Steinhofer, Schar, Sauro, Voser; Elneny, F Frei (Diaz 74); Serey Die, Salah, Stocker (D Degen 61); Streller (c) (Zoua 61).
Unused substitutes: Vailati, Ajeti , Park Joo Ho, Cabral.
Scorer Salah 45
Booked Schar 66, Steinhofer 68, Serey Die 88
Referee Jonas Eriksson from Sweden
Crowd 39,403

Victoria’s Secret “Bright Young Things” Line Targets Teens

Swimwear from PINK is modeled at the Raleigh Hotel in Miami Beach, Florida. (Rodrigo Varela/WireImage)

Editor's Note: This story was updated after publication with a statement from Victoria's Secret.

Victoria’s Secret has hit a new low. Following the expansion of its teen brand, PINK, the lingerie retailer has rolled out a new campaign, “Bright Young Things,” reportedly geared toward an even younger tween demographic.

The new collection of beachwear, billed as “Spring Break Must-Haves,” includes lace bandeaus, triangle halter-top bikinis, and towels emblazoned with flirty phrases like “Call Me” and “Kiss Me.” The models for the new range are noticeably younger than those of the regular Victoria’s Secret brand.

Up until now, the company has made no secret of its interest in targeting a younger audience.

“When somebody's 15 or 16 years old, what do they want to be?" Victoria’s Secret CFO Stuart Burgdoerfer said at a conference in January, according to Business Insider. “They want to be older, and they want to be cool like the girl in college, and that's part of the magic of what we do at PINK.”

While a line for tweens may seem like a natural step for the brand, “Bright Young Things” has already been received as the latest example of teenagers being sexualized in the fashion industry. Readers have taken to Victoria’s Secret’s Facebook page to express their disapproval. Cali T. Rossen, an ambassador at Save the Children of Tibet, wrote, “Please do not create sexually suggestive underwear for teens or even college girls!!! It’s just not appropiriate [sic]. Would you want your daughters to wear them???" Debbie Lowre McFarland, a jewelry consultant, pled for the brand to stop targeting young children: “You make it very difficult to raise wholesome children when porn is on your television ads and the promotional materials that come in the mail,” she wrote. “I implore you to not take things even further and make things even more difficult for us parents who want to allow our children to be children. I beg of you, please do not come after our children with your alluring, sexy ads with the new line for middle school children.” There’s even an online petition circulating that urges Victoria’s Secret CEO Lori Greeley to halt production of the line.

On Tuesday, Victoria's Secret released a statement responding to the criticism, saying, "Despite recent rumors, we have no plans to introduce a collection for younger women. “Bright Young Things” was a slogan used in conjunction with the college spring break tradition.” Also as of Tuesday, a page on the Victoria's Secret website that had featured the "Bright Young Things" merchandise appeared to have been removed.

This isn't the first time the younger set has been the subject of a fashion scandal. Marc Jacobs raised eyebrows in 2011 when a perfume ad for the brand featured then-17-year-old Dakota Fanning with a flower between her legs, and, this past fall, Chanel made headlines when Karl Lagerfeld cast 15-year-old Ondria Hardin as the new face of the brand’s spring campaign. And who could forget Thylane Loubry Blondeau, the 10-year-old model who struck some very suggestive poses in French Vogue?

Victoria's Secret may not be the only industry giant inflicting maturity on prepubescent girls, but it is certainly perpetuating the problem.

U.S. Government Puts Pressure On Carlos Slim, Mexico's Telecom Sector To Open Up To Competition

In an unusually direct report,  the U.S. government said that “enhancing competition in Mexico’s telecommunications sector continues to be a challenge.” The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative’s new 2013 National Trade Estimate Report on Foreign Trade Barriers points out that telecom tycoon Carlos Slim’s America Movil (NYSE:AMX), the parent company of wireless carrier Telcel and wireline carrier Telmex, “dominates both the fixed and mobile segments of the Mexican telecommunications market .”
Released April 1^st, the report states that a combination of weak regulatory oversight and an “inefficient court process” in Mexico has meant that disputes involving America Movil  with respect to the terms of competition in the market  “have lingered for years.”  It also notes that a 2012 decision by Mexico’s Supreme Court making it more difficult to stay regulatory decisions on interconnection was “a major step forward, however, and should result in smoother implementation of such orders in the future.”
The report does not address directly the new anti-monopoly telecom reform bill that seeks to end Slims’ dominance of Mexico’s  phone market (it only covers 2012 developments) , but observes that as of 2012, Telcel had approximately 70 % of Mexico’s mobile subscribers, while Telmex accounted for approximately 80 % of Mexico’s fixed line users.  According to the report Telcel’s closest competitor is Movistar, which claims 20 % of mobile subscribers, while Axtel trails Telmex with only 6 % of fixed line users.

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The document favors greater foreign investment in the phone industry. It says  that although there have been several recent legislative attempts to open the Mexican fixed line telecom sector to increased foreign investment, which could increase opportunities for the emergence of additional competitive providers, “prospects for legislation are unclear.” Currently, Mexico’s Foreign Investment Law limits foreign ownership in the wireline segment to 49 %.  “The restriction deprives new entrants of capital that a foreign entity could provide and hinders the development of the Mexican telecommunications network.”
The report also addresses Mexico’s TV “duopoly” –billionaires’ Emilio Azcarraga’s Televisa and Ricardo Salinas Pliego’s TV Azteca– and calls for greater participation from others .  It observes that in Mexico, pay television, which is the primary outlet for foreign programmers, is subject to significantly more stringent advertising restrictions than free-to-air broadcast television, which is supplied by domestic operators. “The two national broadcasters, Televisa and TV Azteca, control about 90 % of the national broadcast television market.”  It points out that in  2012, after a decade in which pay TV programmers were allocated up to 12 minutes per hour for advertising (without exceeding 144 minutes per day), and with no official change in law or regulation, Mexico’s Radio, Television and Film General Administration, known as RTC, notified certain cable channels that the programmers were now limited to six minutes per hour of advertising. On the other hand, free-to-air broadcasters may allot their permitted 259 minutes per day of advertising with no hourly limits.  Mexican authorities have indicated, it notes, that they are working on new regulations’ “to establish a clear legal framework” for pay TV advertising.
Aimed at addressing unwarranted or overly burdensome standards that make it difficult for American manufacturers to sell their products abroad,  the yearly report was sent to Congress for its review.