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READ HOW "A Dawson String Cover saved a K Kawai Grand" ON OUR TESTIMONIAL PAGE
We take pride in delivering prompt world-class service & string covers to all of our customers.
Read what some of our satisfied clients have said about us!
Hi Clark,
I'm writing to tell you about how pleased we are with the 30 or so string covers we ordered from you. Delivery was prompt and the workmanship is consistently first-rate. We placed the covers in all our new practice room Steinways and Bostons and the investment has already paid dividends in keeping the instruments clean and protected from minor spills. There is also no sign of any string rust from the occasional condensation we experience here due to students leaving windows open. I would wholeheartedly recommend your covers to anyone wishing to protect the major investment their piano represents.
Warmest regards,
Eric Wolfley, RPT
Director of Piano Services
College-Conservatory of Music
University of Cincinnati
You've got a great business going. Your covers fit. They arrive promptly and the price is more than fair. You've got my business for as long as I continue to work.
Richard Davenport RPT
After 30 years in the piano service business, I found three elements that my clients most respond to. Prompt and courteous service, High quality products, and a professional business relationship.
I have experienced all these attributes in my business relationship with you and your company
The Sample kit and brochures you've supplied have given me the business tools needed in demonstrating to my clients the added value of using your high quality string covers in protecting their investment in a fine quality piano.
Thank you for your prompt response to my order requests along with your immediate turn around in shipping your product. I will continue to offer all my clients the benefits of Dawson String Covers.
David Sposto RPT
I have used them and recommended them for years. There is no single item that protects the piano more. Simple, easy and technicians love them.
Ed Tomlison
Piano Technincan
Califonia Keyboards
Hi Clark,I installed the string cover today and was very pleased with the fit and ease of installing. I like that the battens are already in place and will not move out of location, since the pockets that the wood goes into are sewn in place. The cover also unpacks much easier than the previous product that I have sold.Thanks for your quick response concerning delivery!Stay tuned,
Gary Greek
Gary Greek, RPT
Piano Tuning & Repair
Oakhurst, CA 93644
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Clark- yesterday you mentioned that after you placed an ad, you got lots of orders - good for you and the business. Why do I care? You provide a service at a price and a turn-around time that is superior to any competition that I have seen in this part of the business. I would like nothing more to see your business succeed. Not because you're located 'up the road', because of what I just said about price and especially turn-around time. For example:The order I just placed for the Pearl River- that client will be leaving shortly for the month..they will be back by Jan.6. I told them we will make an appointment on Jan.8 to install the String Cover. I could not make that appointment with the other string cover maker that I use to use because it would not have arrived by then. Making that appointment when they got back assures the client it would be here. You have to admit that's an assurance that can not be measured for customer satisfaction. The client 'assumes' the date would be fine. In the past, if I were to place the order with someone else, there would be no assurance that the cover would be there at that time they returned back..and then you would have to wait for it to arrive and THEN make the appointment to install. This in my opinion is hardly customer satisfaction in their case or MY case.Let me know how I can help your business succeed besides ordering..!!
-- Phil Bondi, RPT Bondi's Piano Service 239.949.3688 www.philbondi.com
Hello Clark – I just wanted to let you know that the string cover arrived, has been placed in the piano, and looks beautiful – as you can see. The color couldn't be better! It matches my whole decore. Thank you so very much. Your quality of work and of the material used is very much appreciated. Sincerely,
Hello Clark, just a note to let you know I received the cover on Saturday. I am impressed with the quality and finishing of this cover and it fits perfectly. Thank you!
Hi Clark
Good to here from you. The string covers I have ordered from you have been excellent. My clients really like them. Thank You. Thanks for your great product…
Ron Kneale RPT California
"Dawson's String Covers fit well and are made of fine materials and sewn beautifully. The turn around time after ordering is amazing as well."Brian Janey Piano TechnicianAllegro Piano ServiceCalifornia
Hi Clark.. Man- you are fast. It is a pleasure to work with you and I think your product is a sound investment and is a nobrainer. I have seen far to many pianos destroyed by moisture.My string cover arrived the other day and I put it in this morning. It fits and looks great! Just in time too since the humidity is picking up and the heat index has been over 100 a day this past week. I will definitely place all my future orders with you. The samples will be a big help- I am going to take pictures of the cover in my Yamaha G2 so customers know what it looks like and how it lays in the piano. My cover looks great and fits like a glove. I am really glad its in the piano because the heat index and r/h has been unusually high for this early in the summer.
Jim Kelly
Fur Elise Piano Service
Pawleys Island, SC
Finally caught up with the customer and got the string cover installed on the C7 Yamaha. Looks great, thank you for the great service. Where have you been all these years?
Kevin Padgett
Jamestown Piano Shop
Hi Clark,
I got the Yamaha C-5 string cover and new swatches thanks, both covers were great! The customers loved them! I was able to use the sales tool kit the other day, the husband was not home " it was his piano" so I talked to his wife and was able to easily show her how the cover worked and I was able to leave her the nice info card. I will follow up with them this week and hopefully be ordering another cover.
Mike Greene Jr
Greene's Piano Service
'Tis the season - to be busy! I would like to order a string cover for a Steinway L - black material, greek key stitch with red thread. I'm amazed at how these things almost sell themselves - I'm not a hard sell kind of guy - I do little more than bring it up, mention a few of the benefits... and there you go.
Jeff Stickney RPT
Missoula, MT
I have been a piano technician in San DIego for about 10 years and highly recommend Dawson String Covers. The string covers they make are excellent and made of the highest quality materials. They always deliver on time and Clark has gone the extra mile to provide that "extra-mile" service.
Their product and integrity are first class and I am very happy to recommend them.
Joe Garrison - piano technician
619: 284.8772
Hi Clark,
The string cover got here two days ago. The color is really nice and it looks good in the piano. I'm so glad the sound of the piano hasn't been affected by the string cover. And I'm glad I can leave the piano open now without having to worry about the DUST!!!
Thanks so much,
Actual recent email from piano tuner/technician Jim Kelly...
A Dawson String Cover saved a K Kawai Grand:
Hey Clark… I drove to Hilton Head Thursday to inspect the Kawai that got wet from a bathtub leak above it. When I got there the piano had been moved to the side and a guy was on a ladder with his heat through the ceiling tracing the leak. Evidently it is a Jacuzzi tub and leaks can be tough to track down. Anyway the customer told me she heard dripping and looked in and saw a piece of the ceiling on the top of the piano. She keeps the lid down and her Dawson string cover on all the time. When she opened the lid there was a pool of water on top of the blanket in the bottom left corner. There had been enough water that it drained onto the left cheek block and water was dripping from the screw holding the cheek block. I had one heck of a time getting the block out so I could pull out the action. After prying, pulling and just before I was going to my van to gets some M80 blockbusters the block came free. It was damp to the touch so I suspect the locator dowel had swollen in the keybed locator hole. Anyway- amazing- no water on the key bed, key frame, soundboard, keyfelts, key sticks, dampers hammers etc. Nothing underneath indicating water damage. The owner was extremely grateful that she listened to me and bought a cover. I know it saved the piano.
Jim Kelly
Piano Technician
I feel fortunate to have found a maker/supplier as reliable as Dawson String Covers. Your products are of the highest quality and you have gone out of your way to provide our customers with super fast shipping and excellent service. When I place my orders via e-mail, you respond immediately with a confirmation. Compared to the service and prices of other string cover manufactures we have used, Dawson Strings Covers is the best!
Keyboard Concepts (The #1 Yamaha, Bosendorfer and Schimmel dealer in America )
My 1917 "O" Steinway is loving the string cover! I have to tell you it does help maintain a better tuning stability more than I thought it would. As well, my piano in my family room is not far from the kitchen and in a high-traffic area where lots of dust gets kicked up. The strings and soundboard remain dust-free. The dust cover does help maintain tuning stability, especially as humidity levels change inside my home.
Glen R
Piano Tuner/Technician
Denver, Colorado________________________________________
Aloha Clark!
"I wish to take this chance to laud you for the beautiful string covers you are producing. My customers are simply ecstatic after I install them. For years I have either been installing felt covers with no battens that sag on the strings exacerbating the rusting problem or heavy vinyl covers that sag on the strings muffling the tone. Finally I have a string cover to sell that makes sense and is of extremely high quality. Thank you for allowing me the opportunity to add your product to my client offerings.
Lee David Gordon
Piano Technician
Honolulu, HI
Hi Clark,
Hi, I received my string cover today. I am very happy and pleased with the cover my piano technician recommended. It is very nicely done, and delivered very quickly. The stitching is very beautiful as well. Thanks a lot once again!
H. Lin
Larry Lobel, RPT
Clark I Hope all is well with you. My client very much likes the Steinway D string cover you provided. Truly a quality job. Thanks!
Clyde Allen Piano tuning and repair
Silver Spring, MD, 20904
Clark, I was RSVP to your email and then U CALLED…so in conclusion, you guys go the extra effort to provide service, that's all I need to know. Thank you for the expedited effort,
Mike Bingham,The Piano Doctor
Toms River, NJ
PianoDisc Installer
Disklavier Specialist
The string cover arrived today and it fits perfectly. Looks very nice and now I don't have to worry about my strings rusting. Thank you very much to you & my piano tuner for recommending one. You get 5 stars in my book.
Anderson Family
Hi Clark,
The cover is beautiful and very well constructed.
I am very pleased with it!
Thanks to you and your wife
Hi Clark,
My piano string cover is sitting prettily on the soundboard now.
I received it a few days ago. White, with red Greek stitch. And I am pleased! Both with the product and not having to worry about dust on the soundboard.
God bless,
Jan - Singapore
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Who Holds Your Sword?
- by Charlotte Hubbard
As I did this morning's Tarot meditation, a habit I've revived with the new year to regain some balance in my life, I asked the question "How shall I focus myself today?" This strong, positive card came up at the center of my spread.
I love the DruidCraft Tarot deck (and this image is used with permission of artist Will Worthington) for its earthy colors and the fascinating personalities it presents, and this Princess of Swords not only answered my soul's question today–she provided me with the topic for this blog post!
Basically, this Princess was telling me to remember who holds the sword when it comes to prioritizing my time: my exercise time (because a YMCA membership is one of my revived habits, and because I still have a border collie to walk), the time I spend driving my sister to work, cooking, and generally holding this household together–not to mention my writing time.
I started a new Amish book yesterday, the fifth book I contracted in this genre, and while it was a gratifying accomplishment to write and write and write so I have four books coming out this year, this prolific pattern has taken its toll in other areas of my life.
While nothing treacherous or tragic happened because I spent that much time with my butt in a chair, I forfeited a lot of Real Life time doing ordinary, everyday things I enjoy.
Well, enough of that!
I packed on some pounds, I've not joined any new groups or found any running buddies since I've moved here to Minnesota, and I know darn well I felt like I was pulling teeth as I wrote my last book because my creative batteries were running waaaaaay too low.
I had forgotten that the Sword is always in my hand. In the Tarot, Swords are not so much a symbol of weaponry/force as they are of reason and intellect. When you lose track of how you use your sword (or you have misplaced it and then must spend valuable time finding it again) it's a pretty sure sign that you need to get a grip and take your life in hand again.
To remedy that situation, I've started reading for pleasure again–and am now engrossed in Stephen King's huge tale, 11/23/63. I signed on at the Y and am rediscovering the pleasures of Tai Chi and water aerobics. I bought several ebooks for my iPad so I can read in the car at night during an upcoming car trip, not to mention a few new albums for the iTunes playlists I write to.
It's good to have texture and music and somebody else's stories in my life again! The Inner Kid is already getting the roses back in her cheeks.
Today I wish all of you this same sort of reawakening! Who holds your sword this year? Right now? Every moment? Never forget that every decision is yours, and that your days–your life–will turn out exactly as you determine they will because you hold the sword! No excuses–and no need for them!
So now I'm off to work on my new book, WINTER OF WISHES, and then to attend a Tai Chi class. I intend to make it a wonderful day and a productive, playful year, and I hope you will, too!
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January 15th, 2012 at 12:34 pm
Great post, Charlotte. Recharging and re-evaluating/prioritizing are my priorities now at the top of the year. I firmly believe in balance and sometimes get out of that. I failed at Tarot, but use Healing with the Fairies and Wisdom of the Hidden Realms oracales pretty much daily. I'm a goal-setter and just met one by returning a bit to painting, which made me feel really good, just to meet that goal. I've also updated my website, etc. A couple of friends and I exchange readings over the phone, plus direction of our projects, etc.
Again, really good post, Charlotte.


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So .. it's perfectly fine for a racists to call a black person a ni__er?? .. without reprisal from some overly sensitive crybabies??
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I think it is more about not be able to say anything about Castro yet Hosni Musbarek was o kay not that long ago. Hilliary even had her picture taken with him.
Bush's "de-Bathification program" eliminated all vestiges of Sunni power in Iraqi society and set the stage for the Sunni insurrection against American occupation and the new Shiite-led government. Bush disbanded the entire Sunni-dominated Iraqi Army and bureaucracy. He didn't change it. He didn't make it more inclusive of Shiites and Kurds. He just disbanded it. It is no accident that two of the top commanders of today's ISIL are former commanders in the Saddam-era Iraqi military.
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This month we will wrap up the final comments and questions on LTC locations and schedules, training opportunities for chapter leaders, the availability of real-time reports, and HFMA's role in CBSC goal setting.
Comment: The Leadership Training Conference (LTC) is a great preparation tool for our leadership responsibilities; however, we are booked solid the whole time we are there. It is almost cruel to send us to these "vacation" locales and to not give us any free time to relax.
Comment: LTC and Fall Presidents Meetings (FPM) meetings are very helpful although both could probably be half a day shorter to save some funds for smaller chapters and save volunteers one day less away from work.
Response: These two different viewpoints above illustrate the dilemma in planning these meetings. We want to provide as much content as possible for our chapter leaders and provide it in an attractive setting, but the availability of chapter funding for training varies greatly. We offer conference rates at the hotels for several days before and after the actual conference for individuals or chapters who would like to spend a little extra time relaxing without forcing chapters with very tight budgets to bear additional costs beyond training. FPM meetings, on the other hand are planned entirely by each region and any changes to the length of the meeting are determined by the leadership in the region. In most instances, at the FPM location, too, conference rates are available for several days before and after. Your regional executive is the best source for FPM location information.
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Comment: As chapter president I had to coordinate the efforts of a large number of volunteers to ensure that we stayed on track to meet Chapter Balanced Scorecard (CBSC) targets. Having the CBSC and DCMS reports updated more timely (or real time) would have been very helpful.
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Comment: National HFMA seems disinterested in feedback from chapter leadership regarding goal setting. There is no partial credit consideration. The education hour goals are too high. The minimum percentage for certified members is 7.9% (comment written in April 2012). If a member is not HFMA certified or a CPA, there is little real motivation to attend education- especially in economically challenging times.
Response: The Regional Executive Council-comprised of 11 elected volunteer leaders (one from each region), and chaired by a volunteer leader from the HFMA Board of Directors-sets the goals for the chapters and for HFMA as an organization. The RE's solicit input from chapters during the Fall Presidents Meetings and during conference calls with chapter presidents throughout the year.
Each year the Council debates each goal, metric, and weight with an eye both on the needs of their chapters and the needs of the Association as a whole. Each member of the Council is required to have served as a chapter president and each member of the Council is elected by the chapters in the region they represent.
The goal for education has been a two-part goal for over five years. It is the lesser of .5% growth over the past year or equivalent to the second highest average hours per member over the past five years. For a chapter that reached 18,000 hours in 2011-12, the 2013-14 goal would translate to 90 additional hours. (Click here for more information on the newly-approved 2013-14 CBSC.)
The certification goal is also a two-part goal. It is the lesser of the HFMA average for 2011-12 or 1 more exam taken. This may be a good time to point out that the Council reviewed this goal and decided to change it for the 2013-14 DCMS year to either the HFMA average or a five percent improvement over the prior year, but a minimum of one exam passed - which is a change from exams taken. (See Introducing the 2013-14 CBSC in this month's issue of Notes from National).
Certification is recognized as an important part of membership because it drives both education and member retention, which the Council cited in making the change.
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1. It's all about the customer: McDonald's (MCD) vs. Burger King (BKC). Barnes & Noble (BKS) vs. Borders (BGP). When it comes to consumer goods, there are plenty of national rivalries fighting for the same dollars.This year, two major retail chains faltered in the face of their better-prepared competition. Linens 'n Things (LIN) went out of business, leaving Bed Bath & Beyond (BBBY) the only major national player in housewares. Electronics chain Circuit City (CC) filed for bankruptcy protection and closed numerous stores. Its main rival, Best Buy (BBY), has done far better weathering the slowdown in consumer spending. What did Bed Bath & Beyond and Best Buy do right? (And, no, the answer doesn't have anything to do with the letter "B"). Both focused relentlessly on what customers wanted and made sure they got it. Linens 'n Things may have stocked more fashion-forward items, but Bed Bath & Beyond attracted a wider customer base by focusing on basics. More importantly, it had a better inventory system, so shoppers could find what they needed. Similarly, Best Buy studied its customers' needs and habits and trained its employees accordingly.
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The Malick comeback express was, however, about to lose two of its primary engineers. A few weeks before production, Malick called Geisler and Roberdeau from Australia and told them it would be best if they stayed away. Instead, George Stevens Jr., who had admitted Malick to AFI, would be on location, supporting line producer Grant Hill. Malick told Geisler and Roberdeau that they had ruffled Fox's feathers by refusing to surrender their above-the-title production credit to Stevens, who settled for exec producer. What Malick neglected to mention was that he'd had a clause inserted in his contract in the fall of '96 barring the producers from the set. (For his part, Medavoy was concerned about Geisler and Roberdeau's history of profligacy.) Around the same time, Geisler says, Malick threatened to stop work on the film unless the producers extended his exclusive right to direct The English-Speaker, a script he'd written, in perpetuity. (They extended it for eight and a half years.) ''Terry is the only guy who can make a circle where the ends don't connect,'' Geisler says.
Geisler and Roberdeau had gone into debt putting Malick behind the camera, and up until the last minute, Malick was calling them daily for casting advice. But by the middle of the shoot, their relationship had disintegrated so completely that EW received an unsigned fax on Thin Red Line letterhead calling Geisler and Roberdeau ''imposters [sic] and confidence men who have no connection with Mr. Malick.... Journalists should beware of...these tricksters.'' Only Malick truly knows why he pushed the producers out of his life. ''I wish I could say there was one fight, but there wasn't,'' Roberdeau says. ''I didn't think he was capable of betrayal of this magnitude. From what I've heard about the shoot, maybe Terry just didn't want someone like Bobby on the set, [someone] who had such a true understanding and love of the novel.'' The producers still had the right to thank four individuals on screen. The day filming began, June 23, 1997, they decided that one of them would be Malick's ex-wife Michele.
When Medavoy is asked to characterize the change in Malick's relationship with his producers, he says, ''[The situation is] not exactly the same, but there is no way to sum up the relationship between family members.''
The journey to the location where Malick is making his Apocalypse Now requires a 13-hour flight from L.A. to Sydney and a three-hour flight to Cairns, Australia. From there, it's an hour drive up the coast to Port Douglas and another 45 minutes inland to Dancer mountain. The terrain is so rough that trailers and production trucks can't make it up the hill. A base camp has been set up on low ground, and roads have been carved out of the mountains. Transporting the 250 actors and 200 crew members up the hill takes two hours each morning. ''Logistically, this is more difficult than Titanic,'' says producer Grant Hill, who handled the logistics for James Cameron's Oscar winning epic. ''Every day is a military operation. We have over 500 people who need to be clothed, fed, and moved around. We never have a small day.''
Malick himself was shocked when he saw the scope of his creation. ''He never expected it to be this big thing with loads of men and machines,'' Chaplin says, sitting under an umbrella, holding a cigarette between his thumb and index finger and staring off into nowhere. ''He had written this film about people and nature, and he got here and there was this war going on.''


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The Staff Selection Commission will be making recruitment to the post of SSC CAPF Constable ( GD ) in ITBPF, BSF, CISF, CRPF and SSB and Rifleman ( GD ) in Assam Riles and the recruitment process will consist of Physical Standards Test, Physical Efficiency Test, Written Examination and Medical Examination.
Only candidates qualifying in Physical Standards Tests and Physical Efficiency Test will be called for the SSC Constables 2013 Written Examination, scheduled to be held on 12th May, 2013. Based on performance in the SSC Constable 2013 Written Examination, candidates will be shortlisted for Medical Examination in a ratio as may be decided by the Staff Selection Commission.
State-wise SSC Constables 2013 vacancies are available in each CAPF for candidates domiciled in the state and reservation is also available for candidates domiciled in naxal and militancy affected areas and select border districts.
Pay Scale – Pay Band – I 5200 – 20200 + Grade Pay 2000/-
2. SSC Constables Vacancies & Reservation are as follows :
The State-wise and Category-wise tentative number of SSC vacancies to be filled from the SSC examination 2013 will be as below.
Total No. of CPO Vacancies for Constables / GD – Male : 17,528
Total No. of CPO Vacancies for Constables / GD – Female : 2,608
Total No. of CPO Vacancies for Constables / GD for Male & Females of B.G Districts : 1,870
Note I : Candidates selected for appointment are liable to serve anywhere in India.
Note II : 10% SSC constable 2013 vacancies are reserved for Ex-servicemen category in each category.
Note III : As the vacancies in constables have been allotted to the concerned States / UTs, candidates are required to submit domicile certificates of the states indicated by them in the SSC application at the time of the medical examination.
Note IV : Wards of serving personnel of Central Police Organizations, who are residing with her / him, may apply either from their home state or from the state in which the serving person is posted / deployed at the time of SSC recruitment. To avail this concession, they have to submit photocopy of certificate from the unit commander as per format annexed to this notification ( Annexure IX ). However, they will not be entitled to reservation for Naxal and Militancy affected districts if they are not actually domiciled in such districts.
Note V : The appointment of candidates is subject to SSC training space and vacancy. As such, candidates may be appointed in phases in accordance with availability of SSC Constable 2013 vacancy as well as training space.
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Lyme Hall, a fine Italianate house in Disley, Cheshire, on the edge of the Peak District. Used by the BBC in their adaptation of Jane Austen's 'Pride and Prejudice' - this is where Mr D'Arcy lived. Set in a large park with gardens.
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|Lyme Hall was originally a remote hunting lodge. In Tudor times a house was built there and this was turned into an Italianate palace by the Venetian architect Leoni in the early 18th Century. It stands in a fine park with commanding views of the Cheshire Plains amongst ornate gardens. The house was once a home of the Legh family - later Lords Newton - who also had large estates in mid-Lancashire.
The house is finely furnished and particularly notable for its Mortlake tapestries, wood carvings by Grinling Gibbons and a collection of English clocks. It offers a memorable glimpse of a genteel and extravagant age and has now become even better known since its use as 'Pemberley' in the BBC production of the Jane Austen novel Pride and Prejudice. It is managed by the National Trust with support from Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council.
Lyme Hall is set in impressive gardens and there is a guide leaflet available to help you make the most of this part of the visit. The Dutch Garden as you see it now was laid out in 1860 as an Italian garden with a variety of schemes using summer bedding plants. Four statues represent the elements of Earth, Fire, Air and Water in the form of cherubs. It is probably called the Dutch Garden after its earlier form when it had a cascade modeled upon that at Chatsworth and a canal pond with fountain.
The Orangery contains some of the plants from the time of the first Lord Newton and his intitials can be seen on the floor. The fountain and much of the planting is modern but a 90 year old fig grows on the back wall and another wall has two Camellias which are thought to be about 175 years old and which are both of rare and so far unidentified species.
A walk to the far side of the South Lake reveals a memorable view of the hall itself reflected in the waters. The view was made famous by the BBC production of Pride and Prejudice in 1995. The lake originally provided the source for the cascade which existed from 1703 to about 1818. At a later stage the lake had a more mundane purpose when the pumphouse was built in 1902 to pump water from the lake to the house in the event of fire.
Lyme Hall is set in a large park famous for its herds of red and fallow deer with miles of walks across moorland and through woodlands. A Historic Buildings Trail guides you around the park buildings and The Cage and Paddock Cottage have special opening times. Lyme Cage was built as a hunting lodge and later used as a lockup for poachers. After years of disuse has been recently restored.
The park contains a childrens' play area and a mountain bike area.
Lyme Hall and Park Photo Gallery - click on the images to enlarge- Click Here for a slide show
How to get there
By Road:
Lyme Park lies just off the A6 road between Buxton and Manchester, near the village of Disley. Car park: £3.80 - refunded if you purchase an adult house/gardens ticket.
By Bus: all these buses go past the park entrance: bus 60 from Macclesfield, bus 199 Buxton->Manchester Airport.
By Train: Disley station (on the Buxton-Manchester line), is 0.5 ml from park entrance. On days when the house is open there is a NT courtesy bus.
When is it open?
Lyme Hall is open Friday-Tuesday from 11.00am and 5.00pm between February 25th and October 28th. The garden is open 11.00am - 5.00pm every day between the same dates.
The Park is open all year - between 8.00am to 6.00pm.
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Gift Aid Admission (Standard Admission prices in brackets):
House & Garden - Adult £11.00(£9.90)/ Child £5.50(£4.95)/ Family £25.00(£22.50).
Park Entry - £5 per car.
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Directed by global multidisciplinary cultural organization, Liberatum and presented by Italian coffee company, illy, Inspiring Creativity is a compilation of interviews and thought-provoking questions about creativity.
The film highlights creativity as a way of surviving and also as a core part of our culture and identity. "If I wasn't creative, I don't know who I'd be," says model and singer Karen Elson, in her interview in the film. Earlier in the film, James Franco discusses inspiration while painting during his lunch hour and artist Tracey Emin speaks about creating dollhouses as a child.
A panel discussion lead by Joan Juliet Buck with Richard Saul Wurman, Paul Schrader, Jonas Mekas, and Karim Rashid followed the film premiere.
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Dear Gossips,
This fall I read Sheila Weller's new book The News Sorority about Christiane Amanpour, Diane Sawyer, and Katie Couric. SO good. Empowering and dishy at the same time – like good gossip? A debate for another day. The News Sorority is Weller's follow-up to Girls Like Us, a triple bio of Carole King, Joni Mitchell, and Carly Simon. I was OBSESSED with it. Click here for my review.
Girls Like Us was supposed to be turned into a movie. Two years ago, it was reported that Taylor Swift was in talks to play Joni Mitchell. Click here Read Full Intro
Gaga comes home
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Lady Gaga has been touring all over the world, dressed in a variety of crazy ass outfits for attention because, well, the Gaga hype isn't what it was, is it? After a while, none of it is all that remarkable anymore. The more outlandish the costume, the less I care. So here she is, home in New York today and NOT wearing something stupid. Full Story
Rihanna, Brad Pitt, JayZ, and Grandpa
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Rihanna was in New York yesterday for a meeting with JayZ. She had her grandfather with her. There have been reports for a while now that she's been readying a new album. Some rumours had it dropping before Christmas. So far it's all just speculation but even she has said that it'll be "soon" and giving hints on social media about #R8. Full Story
Dear Gossips,
I love a lot of things about Duana. But one of my favourite things, especially during award season, is that she still calls her Giuliana DePandi. I'm like a kid when she does it, begging her, "Do it again! Do it again!" It's the best.
So. The American Music Awards. I watched them for Taylor Swift. Then I had to endure Ariana Grande TWO TIMES – and her jack rabbit of a brother – to get to JLO's ass. That's three hours that should have been Diana Ross, Beyonce, Taylor, Sam Smith, Skylar Grey, and Wyclef, that's it. Doesn't that cover all the food groups? Instead I had to have nightmares about the Magic guy and his gross hips
We'll get to the AMAs – as much as I can stand to cover – but first…we have some other business to address from the weekend. Read Full Intro
A great ass doesn't make a song
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Jennifer Lopez got all wet-haired and grindy for the final performance of the night with Iggy Azalea at the American Music Awards which came with an advance warning that it was going to be all kinds of raunch. Hardly. Instead, it was a lot of dancing. And a costume change. And yes, JLO looked amazing and she moved energetically but… That wasn't a song. Full Story
Annoying has a brother
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Can you really be called a great vocalist when it's just sounds coming out of your mouth with no words? I don't understand a word of what Ariana Grande is singing because she's too busy doing sh-t with the notes. She also has, like, zero stage presence. That could be an 8 year old at a recital for all I know. Full Story
An angel and the shower
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On the subject of perspective… I've written about it so many times, what heartbreak is like at that age – so singular and isolating, so…narcissistic. You don't think anyone has ever hurt the way you hurt. You think you INVENTED hurt. Despite what she posted on Instagram from backstage at rehearsal, about wanting people to relate, really, this kind of pain is an emotional cave that was created for only one inhabitant at a time. Full Story
Fergie & Iggy at the AMAs
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Perspective. Makes you look like an asshole. And it took Iggy Azalea to make me realise how much I like Fergie. As I've said before re: Iggy Azalea, I am not a believer. I refuse to buy into her star. Madonna was the one who taught us how to pat our pussies, OK? Fergie though… I loved everything about Fergie last night – the wrap shirt over the bodysuit, the gold boots, she was on point with the performance, she sounded great, her legs are sick, and she's as pretty as she's ever been. Full Story
80s steeze and a new friend collected
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Last night was all about Sam Smith's coat. That coat! It took me back. Back to 80s London pop. Before Rick Astley was properly appreciated. Before he became an internet meme. I haven't been Rick-rolled in so long I almost miss it. Sam Smith was like the baby Rick and Boy George always wanted to have together. Full Story
All of Taylor's emotions
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At this point I think she should just change the name of the song to Lonely Starbucks Lovers. Yes, I can read the lyrics. But all I HEAR is "Lonely Starbucks Lovers". And reading your emails and tweets, it seems you are the same. I love that they had to give her a Lifetime Achievement Award just to get her there. Full Story
Beyonce's 7/11
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In advance of the American Music Awards – and the RIDICULOUS fact that Iggy Azalea was nominated for more awards than she was, WTF? – Beyonce dropped her video for 7/11 on Friday. Which is what everyone was talking about for most of the weekend. And she stepped out with Jay wearing a "B" in the front, "BOW DOWN" in the back varsity jacket just in case you don't get the point… As for the video? Oh come on. Full Story
Dear Gossips,
It's been a few days since we've seen Taylor Swift modelling clothes while coming out of her NYC apartment. What's she been up to then?
American Music Awards Sunday night. She'll be performing Blank Space for the first time on stage. Or, as I've started calling it, "Lonely Starbucks Lovers".
Taylor is by far the main event for the AMAs this weekend. They've dedicated an entire page to her on their website. This is understandable. After all, she just became the first woman in history to succeed herself on the Billboard Hot 100 as Blank Space took over from Shake It Off. Read Full Intro
Beyonce's Ring Off
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Two new Beyonce tracks leaked yesterday ahead of her new album release. The first song, 7/11, is Beysus rapping. The second, called Ring Off, is Beyonce gossip. So it's about a woman taking her "ring off" because "it's your time to put your love on top". Oh, Love On Top. Full Story
JLO's AMA Booty
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They made a big f-cking deal out of it all yesterday when reports surfaced that television executives were issuing warnings to Jennifer Lopez and Iggy Azalea about their upcoming American Music Awards performance on Sunday. The two will perform Booty together for the first time. And according to TMZ Full Story


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ok last nights dream was amazing!!! i was at the vagrant show with ryan and my dad was wandering around but he wasnt there with me it was weird its like he liked the music...neways so me and ryan were supposed to be broken up cuz my mom like hated him all of a sudden er something so we had to pretend we didnt know each other in case my dad saw us (even though we were walking side by side) kinda weird but anyway so we sat down to watch alkaline trio...cuz it was like at a like movie theater almost but instead of a screen it was a stage like the one at cooper...so they were on stage and no one was alound to stand so everyone was sitting and this girl like came over and told ryan to get the hell up so he got up and i started cursing the girl out and she got all her friend and i got scared and ran away so then we went and found another seat in the first row. so were sitting there and alkaline trio came on and i was like ahhhhhh so happy and i remember hearing the songs in my dream..like i can even tel you the set list...sorry about that, mr chainsaw, private eye, i lied my face off, and fatally yours and i had a nice ass camera and was taking amazing pictures...so ya neways i was taking all these hot pictures and skiba played drums for fatally yours and heather was singing for them while skiba drummed and dan had lost his voice so he couldnt sing and derek was on 6 string it was weird but after fatally yours they took a break and i saw dan and i asked if i could take a picture of him and he was like 'oo no i look stho bad today' but i convinced him to let me take it...and it was digital so i showed him and he was like awww that kicks ass and i gave him the picture cuz i could like print them and hes like 'aww im gonna give thisth one to my wife' it was so cute and then i went and sat back down and they got back on stage and then i woke up....awesome dream!!!
last nights dream was weird...i dreamed that i livedon this huge ranch house but it was on the beach and evan and riely and nicole and erica was there...i think erica was there...neways so nicole wanted me to dye her hair so i did and it came out yellow/orange and i dyed my hair like this red color and erica wanted me to dye her hair but i didnt cuz she got scared and wanted to keep her hair...so ya then after we dyed our hair i went out back and riely and evan were skateboarding and they were gay together (lmao) and ya then i woke up it was funny....jackie
i had a semi good dream last night like it would have been awesome if it wasnt so weirdiight so i was at camp and i dont go to camp so that was like one reason it was kinda weird...ya so neways ryan was there and my old friend christy from when i was little and angie was there and all these people that i dont like or dont hang out with anymore but in the dream i was friends with them. neways so we were all taking showers but they made us all take showers together so like it was thsis massize orgy in the shower and we were all saying can you imagine if the councelors saw us doing this and then one of them came in and it was like like this beautiful girl with like perfect boobs and like perfect stomach and she like joined in....it was awesome ya but in my dream i didnt like enjoy anthing that was going on...mayeb thats why it wasnt so great...ya but that was my dream.jackie
i didint have any dreams last night that i really remember but i do remember one from like a week ago i never posted...i was graduating highschool and everyone was so happy and i was still going out with ryan and then mimi came up to me like a week before graduation and told me her parents were dying and they only had a week to live and i was the only one she wanted to tell and i was trying to cheer her up and then ryan came over to me and he told me he loved me and i was like :x so excited but then mimi kept calling me and was like jackie im so scared what am i gonna do so i went to her house to help her out and while i was there my mom called me and told me to come home she had to tell me something so i went home and she told me we were moving and i was like omg are you serious....and i asked her if we could stay a week and she was like no we're moving tomorrow and i just cried cuz my best friend's parents are gonna die and my b/f just told me he loved me and i was graduating in a week and i had to move out of state.....it was a terrible dream... but it was only a dream...
i woke up crying this morning cuz i had a really shitty dream, me and ryan were at the mall except the mall was an out doors mall but it was still pembroke lakes mall...so ya weirdness...neways so were walking and hes like hey we gotta talk, ya know ive been thinking and i think we shud break up. and i remember in my dream i just blew it off in front of him and acted like it was no big deal but then i turned around and mimi was there and i just cried for what seemed like forever...and then mimi told me to look behind me so i turn around and ryans making out with emily and then i woke up....why are all my dreams bad lately?!?!?! this is gay
dream2. it was the frist day of school and cooper had turned into an all indoor school and it looked like a school out of like the 60's cuz everything was old. so i didnt have my scheduel and everyone else did so i had to go ask the office and they sed i had mass media first hour and creative writing 2nd and math then science. so i go to where my first hour is and its in like the auditorium except it wasnt our auditorium it was alot bigger and i didnt know anyone in the clas and there were like 75 people i that one class...so the bell rang and i had like a/b lunch and it was really weird cuz wen id walk around i knew people but i didnt talk to them and wen i did talk to people i knew nobody had my lunch or any of my classes and so i went to lunch...and then i woke up
hello all...i have recovered my old blurty and made it my dream journal, all these entries thus far wil be about my dreams...the mood is what the dream made me feel like and uhhh if your one of those dream analysist :s/p?: then please comment...dream 1. i was at mimis house and she lived in this huge mansion and it was all old victorian style and stuff. and mimi was dressed all gothicwith matt ross in the upstairs balcony over looking the pool. and her and matt were up there and i was down stairs by the pool and she told me to go upstairs in the attic, so i go upstairs and the attic is all old wooden floors and netting for the walls and it was really dark and so i turn the corner and way back at the end of the hallway is this thing in the corner so i go closer and it turns around and its this really creepy looking thing and it just looks and me and then it grabbed me and started pulling out my finger nails and cutting me open and i was tryin to beat the shit out of him so i kicked him really hard and it let me go and i started running and it started chasing me so it almost grabbed me again but i got to the door and slammed it in his face and of coars creatures cant open doors so i was safe...so i went back outside and mimi and matt were still in their balcony and mimi had blood coming down from her eyes and matt had eyeliner running down from his eyes and i looked at her and im like why the fuck did u tell me to go up there. i almost got killed and mimi was like what do u mean and i told her what happened and shes like omg thats the devil and im like what and shes like ya this is the hosue of the devil and since we're very religious we can controll him...and she was like ya you go tempted by the devil but thank god you didnt give in to him and i was like wtf are you talking about and i asked 'so i was tempted by the devil' and her mom heard me say that ::cuz mimis mom was there cept it wasnt miomis mom it just sounded like her:: and mimis mom started yelling at me cuz i was upstairs with the devil and she told me that if i wanted i could go back up there and i was like o no thank you and left....
sorry blurty friends but im now a livejournal member soo if u wanna see my new journal its www.livejournal.com/users/skibaful :) i love you-jax
mimi and carlee are here.....i wish erica was too..man erica turn that frown upside down!!!!!!!!!!!i love you erica! mmm neways we just got back from regal. i had fun :) scottie was there :) i luff ya man! and i saw ash and tomorrow we're goin to mimi's!!!!!!!!!! weeeeeeeee happy 4th man.. :) weeee iight im out i luv ya guys!-j-a-x-i-
hi guys! wats shakin...mmm today was boring i watched my sister...scottie called me at like 2 and we talked for like an hour and then he sed hed call me back in 5 minutes and he never did :( but i guess he'll call me later...ya then my mom was tormenting me with putting her nasty ass feet on my bed....ew i hate feet...mmm ya and then i watched the video of broadway musicals for my moms school...each 5th grade class did one and it was prity good...concidering they were 10..ya uhh then me and carlee decided to go to regal tonight with air to see legally blonde and then car is sleeping over! yay...and now nobody is home and im sitting here listening to my emo mix i made! woooo and reading me carlee and ericas old notebook...kern you've had a thing for kellan a long time...the 3 page of the 1st notebook is about him...shheesh neways im off to go surf the web man..haha im jk! ::the mike-a-tator went surf-in-atin:: haha ash that was a great day! bye i la you-jackie jackie jackie
hey guys...i just got back from the movies with scott :) im so happy we're together..i like him alot :-D ya well we saw kellan and kenny and uhh some other people there and it was prity much empty....o ya and i saw ericas brother there..i sed hi to him he was with danny...mmm ya...neways scottie came over today and my mom made us dinner...he was so uncomfortable..i felt bad but thats just cuz my dads a red neck.... ya today was great! cept fer the dentist part....that sucks! i luff ya guys!-jaxi
hey guys! i went to the dentist today! tons of fun! lemme tell you. they told me when i left that i had no cavities so i was like woop woop ::happy dance:: but then like an hour after being home they called me and told me i had to get a filling! dumbass' i hate them. neways scottie told me hes comin over yay! im so happy! woooooo ok ya and then i stepped on glass and it bled like mad! but its ok now! i think neways uhh ya so me and ash have concluded that i am the most accident prone person we know! who agrees?! mmm ya well im about to get kicked off so i g2g muah! love you all like monkeys! er something! ......o ya and me and air are having a scavenger hunt like we did last time at sawgrass so if u wanna do it with all of us lemme know! its a shit load of fun by the way! :)-jackie
hi goiys! wats shakin! just got back from the mall and dinner at on the border...mmm it was soo good and i got to see scottie! :) ahh hes the cutest little gummi :ya thats right scottie a gummi!:: hehe ih ad fun...we didnt have enuf money for all the food cuz the guy kept chargin mimi for all the extra stuff she ordered and it added up but have to fear paul was here :dumb rich kid: hehe ya we he pulled out a 20 and it was all good :) yaaa neways then we walked to the mall and me and scottie sat in the bean bag things and talked and the guy kept lookin at me and scottie got mad so we moved :) i luff ya man! ya then everyone left :( and paul took me home...but we didnt get to listen to enya! man thats the best part about pauls car his mom always has on enya but no not today :( thats gay maybe next time... :) wooooooo iight well that was all the goings on tonight! peashce man!-jaxi
hey!!!omg im so hyper- last night i stayed on the phone with scottie for 4 1/2 hours. i was up wayyyy past my bed time i didnt go to sleep until like 4 30 er so but thats ok i got to talk to scottie :))) mm ya and my grandparents left today at 8!!! i get my room back!! wooooo yay. oo ya and anyone whod like to come over and put fuckin kazaa on my computer please do b/c it just doesnt wanna download for me...but thats just cuz computers like to piss me off...as do video camers... -_-..heh neways today i was hoping that everyone could like go to the mall and then on the border but fuckin ashlie going bike riding? how gay is that... PRITY DAMN GAY ASHLIE...faggot ass! :) mm jk i still love you but i really wish that youd come with me... mm ya well mimis not at home so i cant get in touch with her and erica is away and carlee is prolly sleeping still and scotties still asleep so im friend-less right now!!!!!!!!!!! ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...woooooooooooo. ya ya ya. so how is everybody doing? nobody ever reads this anymore i dont know why i update...fags...well since nobodys on its a waste to waste my time online...so im off to never never land kay bye-j a c k i e
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hoi goiuys! wats shakin...mm just got back from dinner my sister called me fat so i pushed her and she hit her head on the wood but instead of crying like a little bitch like she always does she started laughing so i kept doin it and now shes asleep i think i knocked her out haha little cunt! wooo neways my brilliant move of the day! : im in the shower singin and washin my hairr and i started shavin :) and somehow beyond my knowledge my razor took a chunck of my pinky nail off and started bleeding like mad and now it hurts but ya that was my o so cool move...neways today i went to work with my dad and made 50$ and umm scottie called like 4 times and i feel bad cuz i didnt call him back but im talkin to him now so its gravy baby :) i hope we last a long time!!!!!!! wooooo iiight ya well thats my looong day im out muah!-jaxi
i found this on some persons journal and im bored sooo ya i decided to fill this bitch out and uhh if you read this b4 u talk to me scottie call my cell muah!Choose a band and answer only in song titles by that band: Alkaline TrioHow do some people feel about you: Stupid KidHow do you feel about yourself: Another Innocent GirlDescribe your ex girlfriend/boyfriend: CringeDescribe your current girlfriend/boyfriend: Fatally YoursDescribe what you want to be: Queen of PainDescribe how you live: Bloodied UpDescribe how you love: Nose Over TailShare a few words of wisdom: Take Lots With Alcohol-jax
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Whatever you hear from the
water, remember,
it wants you to carry
the sound of its truth on your lips.
David Whyte, "All My Vows"
The last few months I've done many projects about the natural world and our place in it. I've created a blog site for WolfSong Sanctuary, a refuge for wolves and wolf hybrids. I've written web content about algae, frilled lizards and whether there are quakes on Uranus. I've found out that yes, there is sodium on the Moon and that there is a vast black hole at the center of our Milky Way. In the course of all of this, I've watched NASA scientists speak reassuringly (in videos the real audience will never watch) about the reasons why Planet X would have been discovered by now, and the real meaning of the Mayan "long calendar." And I've read some truly awful writing about these topics and many others on the Web.
In the course of all of these assignments one thing has become quite clear: too many people know too little about the workings of our planet, the lifeforms on it, and the rest of the universe around us. And because they don't know, and don't really care to know, global warming engulfs the planet, and most of us carry around enough heavy metals in our bloodstream to build a small-block Chevy. (All right, that's an exaggeration, but maybe not by much.)
There's a deceptively simple cure for all of this: mindfulness. Artists and writers know it, and so do some spiritual seekers. It's not possible to know something for itself unless you step out of your assumptions and see it, as if for the first time. That kind of seeing without preconceptions allows writers to create vivid descriptions, and artists to render subjects in exquisite detail. And, as Henri Cartier-Bresson and others have written, seeing in photography creates vivid, unique images which show a viewer what they might never have otherwise seen.
Gretel Ehrlich is a multifaceted writer/documentarian whose writings on the natural world I've come to admire. Her works on the cold places of the world, This Cold Heaven: Seven Seasons in Greenland (2001), The Future of Ice: A Journey Into Cold (2004) and In the Empire of Ice: Encounters in a Changing Landscape (2010) blend personal narrative with scientific information in a way that can engage and enlighten anyone, even my intermediate writing students. In discussing her work, she says, "allowing the life of other beings to enter yours is an important and valuable skill for a writer and for all humans...to express something well you need to have observed the details of it so closely that the boundary between its life and yours becomes blurred."
Ehrlich's point is echoed in the world of photography. Cartier-Bresson speaks of the moment in which photographer and subject become one, united in the camera lens. Numerous writers, reflecting on their craft, mention the importance of seeing a thing clearly before it can be described for the reader. And artists such as Frederick Franck raise the same idea in speaking of drawing realistically.
You don't have to be a pro to use art as a tool for seeing mindfully and appreciating the lives we share the planet with. All it takes is looking with a new eye. Take a sketchbook with you on a walk and draw a leaf, a tree, a bird. It doesn't have to be a masterpiece, but the act will make you look carefully. Turn off the television and go outside of a spring night. Look up at the sky. Really look. Grab your camera and photograph a bug. Up close. Or keep a journal of the natural things you encounter in a morning.
The act of seeing opens eyes. And if that creates connection, allowing those other beings to enter our lives, maybe, just maybe, we'll live more gently with them on the only planet we have.
I'll be devoting more work time to these ideas in the future. See my other blog, The Natural West, for more.


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Science is finally studying what happens after sex--sleep or cuddling. It's not that men sleep and women cuddle, it's more subtle than that. A recent study shows that the tendency to fall asleep first after sex is associated with a greater in your partner for bonding and affection (so try to stay awake and cuddle for awhile).
"The more one's partner was likely to fall asleep after sex, the stronger the desire for bonding." 456 participants completed anonymous online surveys assessing experiences and desires with one's partner after sex. Participants then indicated "who falls asleep after sex?" and "who falls asleep first when going to bed not after sex?" Participants whose partners nodded off immediately after sex had stronger desires for post-coital cuddling and chatting.
Psychologist Susan Hughes says, "Falling asleep before one's partner may be a non-conscious way to foreclose on any commitment conversation after sex."
The study also looked at who were more likely--men or women--to fall asleep first. Despite the common stereotype, the researchers did not find it more common for men to fall asleep first after sex. Women, however, were more likely to fall asleep first when sex hadn't taken place.
Perhaps men stay awake longer due to "mate guarding"--making sure the woman doesn't leave them for another partner," says Hughes. "Men may also stay awake longer in an attempt to entice their partner into having (more) sex."
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