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Home Base (continued)
The Form and Function of Home
In part one we saw that feelings associated with home base are not necessarily the same feelings we have while in our parents' house(s)—maybe that home feels homey, maybe not. Here we have an incredibly useful tool: the distinction between the form of home and the function home base.
If I live in the Waltons'1 house and every member of my family lovingly bids me "Goodnight, Mark-Boy!" then the form of my home (the house and the family in it) and the function of home base (accepting, sheltering, embracing, and supporting me) are in perfect harmony, even through the leanest times of the Great Depression. If, on the other hand, I live in the workhouse and my request for a second helping of gruel is met with, "Whaaat? MORE?" and I am chased, caught, and caned,2 then the form of my home (the orphanage where I and the other Dickensian waifs live) and the function of home (welcoming, feeding, protecting, and comforting me) are rather different.
The extreme contrast between The Waltons and Oliver Twist is for the sake of clearly illustrating how the relation between form and function can vary widely, and therefore how important it is to distinguish them. However, detecting the distinction is often a far more subtle proposition. This next example is about the form and function of a parent, not home per se, but I hope it will be useful, as feelings concerning home and parents can be strongly correlated.3
I was talking with a young woman who still lived with her parents. She wanted to share difficult news with her mother, and was trying to decide whether it felt safe to do so. I asked the woman how she wished her mother would react to her news. Her first thoughts on this were (paraphrased):
—I don't want her to be judgmental, or to try to manage it or fix me.
After she reeled off a number of familiar, unwanted responses that she had gotten from her mother on past occasions, I prompted her to describe what she did want in this instance.
—I want her to be accepting and supportive. I want her to be calm, because I'm not calm about this, and I need her to be there for me. I want her to be strong and comforting and helpful, and… and…
"Motherly?" I asked.
She stopped and looked up, then smiled ironically. "Yes, motherly."
In that moment the woman realized the distinction between the person of her mother and the experience of being cared for in a motherly way. The form mother and the function mothering do not necessarily coincide, but they can, and in this woman's case the mother was often quite motherly. (It is important to bear in mind that a distinction is not the same as a division.)
Extending the above example, with its flexible relation between form and function, to home, we can notice that though our physical home functions more or less in providing the feelings of home base such as security and support, it is nevertheless those feelings that we crave and that sustain us. We want the function more than the form. Who would choose to live with creepy Mrs. Danvers at Manderley, or with megalomaniacal Charles Foster Kane in Xanadu, when they could live instead with warm and attentive Mr. and Mrs. Beaver in a humble dam?4 And why do we desire these feelings? It isn't merely because they are pleasant (though most often they are), any more than the young woman wanted her mother to be strong, comforting and helpful just to be able to brag about how awesome her mother was. She wanted to feel her mother's stabilizing strength and comfort and assistance because in nature that is what "motherly" actually means. Just so, the feelings of home base inform us that we are indeed secure and supported. We want the feelings of home because we want what home functionally provides, and we know we have it when we feel it.
In other words, the feelings of home are the indications of an experiential reality. In this very important sense, the feeling of home is more real—that is, more self-consistently the "real thing"—than any apartment or house, mansion or lean-to that we call home. Whereas our physical dwelling is variable in evoking the feelings of home to a greater or lesser degree, the feelings of home base themselves tend toward constancy; i.e. homey always feels homey. (When is the last time you felt at home by virtue of feeling unwelcome?) We can rate a place, any place, according to how well it functions in helping us feel accepted, calm, comfortable, and welcome to enter and stay as long as we wish. Like a motherly mother.
In a forthcoming chapter we'll delve into what these constituent feelings of home base are in more detail, so that we can better recognize them and distinguish them from home-in-name-only experiences. In doing so we will discover a deeper connection even than the above analogy suggests between the experience of home base and natural motherliness. Already we've noticed similarities: accepting, calming, comforting, there for me—these are what we want from our home. The reverse would be absurd. Imagine at the end of a busy day returning to a home that functioned to reject, irritate and agitate you, and then sometimes, without warning, relocated itself.5
What's important is that we can now think in terms of the kinds of experiences we want from our home base as distinct from our given circumstances. In this differentiation lies freedom to choose and opportunity to create an environment that nurtures us.
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The Waltons (1971–1981), possibly the most heartwarming TV series ever. ↩
This is the response, as I remember it, in the musical version, Oliver! (1968). In Dickens' original Oliver Twist, Oliver is either threatened with a blow or actually struck ("The master aimed a blow at Oliver's head with the ladle"), violently grabbed, perhaps overhears an adult prophesy that he will someday be hung by the neck, and is then locked in a dark room for a week, after which he is sold for three and a half pounds sterling. ↩
Manderley: the mansion in Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca. Xanadu: the palace of Charles Foster Kane in Orsen Welles' Citizen Kane. Mr. and Mrs. Beaver's dam-house: from C.S. Lewis' The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. ↩
Alas, some unscrupulous landlords have been known to foster such conditions. ↩
No Freedom Without Representation. No Representation Without Reading.
A learner is one who walks the paths to knowledge. Knowledge leads to freedom. Take, for example, Frederick Douglass.1
While still a slave Douglass learned to read and write, which he accomplished by cajoling some white boys to tutor him without knowing that's what they were doing. Now, Douglass had suffered the horrors and indignities of slavery before becoming literate, but it was only after he began reading that he became fully conscious of just how intolerable his condition was, and why it was intolerable. In other words, he knew, before learning to read, that he was a slave, but he only knew it as a matter of fact. When as a child, cowering in a closet, he inadvertently witnessed the whipping of his aunt, he experienced shock and terror, anticipating that the leather would be turned against him in due course. This and multiple other devastating events, left unreflected upon in illiteracy, might very well have made of Douglass's whole life one long, unending trauma. His autobiographical Narrative, however, transformed these horrors into history, into a perspective on human behavior and relations, that continues to serve as a moral touchstone in our civilization.
It was only after learning to read that Douglass was able, while in the midst of experiencing, to represent his experiences to himself, because the very acts of both writing and reading are acts of representation. Writing and reading externalize words from human speech. Words on a page are objective containers of sentences that were originally thought by a subjective author. Printed words stand outside and apart from the subject-writer and the subject-reader. When Douglass learned his letters, then his alphabet, then the sentences of his appropriated composition book, he developed his brain in such a way as to be able to symbolize inner experiences outside of himself. Always before, when illiterate, he'd felt the freezing cold through a whole winter with only a single coarse, knee-length shirt and no pants, shoes, or jacket; his bones felt that. But those winters were not part of any narrative, in the most fundamental sense, until he was able to step outside of his experiences and see himself in them by representing the events of his life to himself in language.
Douglass describes, upon learning to read, how he came to understand the implications of what being a slave meant. Before reading, slavery was the epitome of misery. But it wasn't until after reading that slavery became, in Douglass's mind and heart, repugnant to moral conscience and loathsome in all human feeling. The realization of this exacted a heavy toll. Douglass was now burdened not only by his condition but also by an acute consciousness of his condition. He fell into a depression. After a climactic, revolutionary fistfight with an especially vicious master, Douglass might have continued as a slave, sullen and belligerent as he had become at that point in his life, but he had gained something from reading that would change the course of his reality: concepts.
Slavery was no longer the de facto necessary condition of Frederick Douglass's existence, as it had been when the main thing he knew about himself was that he was owned by someone else. But now he had developed the understanding, reading the Columbian Orator, that slavery was unnecessary, that it was imposed, and that it must be stopped, beginning with his own emancipation. For Douglass, freedom began as a fresh concept. His knowledge of the ideas of slavery and freedom enabled him, first of all, to imagine a different life for himself and for others suffering the same fate. He was then able to judge what was right. And he was empowered thus to act in accordance with his convictions.
Frederick Douglass escaped and became a free citizen. He went on to become an advisor to President Abraham Lincoln, a U.S. marshall, a diplomat, an influential public speaker, a newspaper publisher, and author of three autobiographical accounts of his life. These are all very impressive lines on a resume, but what impresses me most about Douglass's work—apart from his writings, which are of incalculable value to successive generations—were his active support of abolition and of women's rights. The concepts he learned did not—do not—only apply within a single cause. His knowledge transcended the boundaries of his original political affiliations. What was right and worth doing were realms larger than himself, larger than his personal experiences. Learning and knowledge connected Douglass with, and called him to act in, the world beyond the self.
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Douglass's birthday anniversary is February 17th, the occasion of this post. ↩
What Makes a Pen Real and a Falling Tree Make a Sound?
Pick up any ordinary pen and consider what you see. Supposedly your eyes will do their job, which is to represent the physical structure of the pen as a particular configuration of rods and cones. But your mind will not acknowledge the object in your hand as a bunch of rods and cones, nor as a structured mass of molecules (which is what a pen and everything else is made of). Your mind instead understands the object simply as a pen.
There are two stages involved in knowing that what you picked up is a pen. First, your eyes and your fingers communicate sense impressions, or percepts; to your brain. These percepts are in the form of electrochemical stimuli traveling through your nervous system, and they no more resemble a pen than a weather map resembles an actual rain storm. Second, your mind then organizes this raw data into concepts. It is the concept of a pen that the mind grasps, and to prove this, simply put yourself in a room that contains no pens and then reread this paragraph. You still understand what a pen is, even though you're not perceiving one at the moment.
The first of these two stages is really nothing more than passive observation. What is a pen, materially? It's a mass of molecules, which are composed of atoms, which are composed of subatomic particles. Has any human being ever actually seen—as in laid eyes on—those subatomic particles? No. Even the most powerful microscopes can only bump over some thing that physicists have mathematically postulated to be an electron, but no one has ever perceived an electron with his own senses. A pen in its raw state, like every other object in the world, is just a mass of particles.
The second stage, the concepts stage, is where we get our sense of reality; for if we did not organize the constituent particles of matter with our minds, we would forever be confronted with a universe of undifferentiated particle soup. A pen is made of particles; air is made of particles; and the particles in both are fundamentally the same (i.e. protons, neutrons, electrons).1 It is consciousness that differentiates between the two by forming two distinct ideas. The idea of a pen is a coherent representation of the sensory data we receive in the form of percepts. The raw data—the particles themselves, as well as the sensory impulses traveling through our nervous systems—remain unrepresented until our minds make comprehensible forms out of them.
This extra-sensory, reality-forming activity of the mind is what philosopher Owen Barfield calls figuration: After passively perceiving undifferentiated particle structures with the senses, the mind figurates those structures and forms an image of the real world. Barfield calls the process of perception and figuration, taken as a whole, participation.2
Thus, the world, without consciousness to participate3 it, is an abundance of unrepresented phenomena. Such unrepresented phenomena would certainly exist in their own right, but they would not be real in any sense that is useful, because they would have no conscious meaning. In terms of an existential state, unrepresented phenomena do not depend on consciousness for existence (in other words, the particles, the quanta of energy, are there whether consciousness figurates them or not); but in terms of conscious reality, what is unrepresented lingers in the realm of the potentially manifest. Thus the answer to the long-debated question, "If a tree falls in a forest but no one hears it, does it make a sound?" is, No, it doesn't. But it does make something, something as yet unrepresented. Particles of what a participating person would recognize as air would move precipitously. And if a participating person were in the forest, that unrepresented movement of particles would indeed be recognized as sound.
Perhaps the hardest part of participation to swallow is that without consciousness there is no reality. Raw percepts, what I called "particle soup," aren't anything without concepts. But neither have concepts any reality without percepts. As philosopher Georg Kuhlewind noted in The Logos-Structure of the World, the percepts bring the weight of evidence to our perceptions; in other words, the percepts of our sense impressions tell us that something exists, that something is actually there. Concepts structure the something-there into an intelligible, experiential reality. It might be useful to distinguish between what exists and what is real in this way: something which exists potentially may occupy consciousness and join with concepts, whereas something real has already so appeared in the mind and been conceptualized by it. Even for the tree to fall in the forest, a participating consciousness is prerequisite. Otherwise the best anyone can say is that, because he's been in a forest, or experienced artistic renderings of forests (in paintings, for example), he can imagine that in some forest a tree might fall, and if it did fall, he can imagine that it would make a sound. In the absence of a participating consciousness, there is no tree even, and no forest. Something exists, and something is happening in the world of unrepresented energy-particles.
Though it is difficult, using conventional wisdom, to think of a phenomenon as part of existence and yet simultaneously unreal, it is a viable distinction; otherwise, the word real in the philosophical sense could just as well be stricken from the dictionary as redundant, and the distinction between represented and unrepresented phenomena would be impossible to make.
There are many practical implications of the above philosophical excursion, not the least of which is that our collective reality is correlative to our collective concepts. It follows that what we make of the world in fact makes the world. What we do with our minds matters. This is one of the major foundational principles of The Conscious Learner.
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You might argue that the configurations of the subatomic particles make all the difference, but if that's so it must be by a magical process: the mathematical differences between one atom and another do not in any way resemble the qualitative differences between a pen and air. Nor do molecular structures determine that a pen is a pen and not a hippopotamus. A molecular structure is a set of relationships, bonds, between atoms. These bonds are said to determine the substance's physical properties, its conductivity, hardness, soluability, and melting point. But all of the terms being used to describe molecular structure are conceptual. A bond is a particular kind of relationship involving attraction. Conductivity, hardness, soluability, and melting point are all concepts. Thus a molecule's physical properties are the product of consciousness's figuration of percepts. ↩
See the first four chapters of Barfield's Saving the Appearances, which, especially as far as the argument here is concerned, may be read as his magnum opus. ↩
This usage of the verb participate can be found, says Barfield, on nearly every page of Aquinas's writings. E.g. "Suppose we say that air participates the light of the sun, because it does not receive it in that clarity in which it is in the sun." (De Hebdomadibus, chap. 2—quoted in Saving the Appearances, p. 90.) ↩
The shortest and surest way to live with honor in the world is to be in reality what we appear to be.
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Friday, June 1, 2007
Wisdom teeth are Dumb: Part 2
I finally got my Wisdom teeth removed on Wednesday... I told the doctor, 'I have a new quote... Wisdom teeth are dumb.' He just looked at me, with a straight face and continued to tell me the minor risks related to having my wisdom teeth removed.
I have a busy weekend, this weekend, with a Corps Planting Conference to attend... So here's some questions to tie you over:
* What food do they put in those hospital drips? Is it Hungry Jacks?
* Will a woman ever be appointed as a TC and the husband as 'President of Women's Ministries'?
* When will Jesus return?
* Aren't you in fulltime ministry when you become a Christian, not just when you have a ministerial job?
* Are celebrities famous for much nowadays?
* When will the emerging Church become the Church?
* Does anyone hate that filthy 'Nandos' Advertisement on TV at the moment?
* Does everything taste like Chicken?
* When will Social Justice be something the Salvation Army is once again sold out to?
* Will you step into the calling God may have been placing on your life recently?
See you early next week. Keep blogging. Jesus is alive!
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The openssh-askpass dialog never accepts the passphrase the first time.
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CONCERNS have been raised the introduction of another restaurant will be 'one too many' in Southsea.
Senior Tory councillor Linda Symes has spoken out about a bid to redevelop the current home of Southsea Motor Factors, on the corner of Grove Road South and Merton Road.
There are so many eateries in the area now, we are in danger of it being proliferation. Competition is great, but this would one too many.Portsmouth Tory councillor Linda Symes
Should the plans go ahead, the car retailer will have to move, say staff.
A petition has been signed by 61 concerned residents. According to a council report, there are already 50 restaurants in the area, and that is plenty.
There are fears over parking, late-night noise, litter and how close it will be to homes.
Cllr Symes, who will argue her case in front of the council's planning committee at a meeting on Wednesday, said: 'Restaurants outnumber the shops.
'Outside the prominent shopping area, most of the area is typified by day-time eateries.
'This is very close to residential properties, it also concerns me there is nowhere near for delivery lorries to park and unload.
'There are so many eateries in the area now, we are in danger of it being proliferation. Competition is great, but this would be one too many.'
Couple Jane and Allan Smith, who live opposite in Grove Road South, plan to raise their concerns to the committee.
Mrs Smith said: 'We feel this is a totally inappropriate situation.
'We agree with the fact the place is a bit run-down and has gone down a lot in the past two or three years, and it will be nice to see it done up a bit, but we don't see this as the right way of doing so.
'There are always problems with parking and there are a lot of other restaurants in Southsea anyway.'
Martin Critchley Architects has submitted the application on behalf of the property owner. Neither party was available for comment.


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"Our Path to the Freedom"
PASGC Polish School is proud and excited to invite you to the celebration of Polish Independence Day with a school play and an art show on Saturday, November 11th at 2.30 p.m. at OLHSC (Please enter the parking lot from the Montgomery road and follow to the Ave Maria reception room)
Our Lady of the Holly Spirit Center
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Our children will sing for you some of the most cherished Polish patriotic songs, and present their patriotic art work created with help of the master artist Anna Van Matre.
All children from local Polonia that are not registered students of our school are also invited to participate in this art workshop, supplies fees will apply. Workshop will be conducted on Saturday itself before the main event. Please contact us if you have any questions.
Reception will follow after the play. The event is free and open to all PASGC members and friends, we only ask to bring a small dish to share at the reception.
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Every business has to maintain the upkeep of two faces: the public one and the online one. Both faces represent the company's storefronts that must keep up their appeal and relevance to draw customers. However, in this predominantly-digital age, marketing focus has shifted more to the web aspect, particularly on social media sites. The importance of effective online reputation management in Orange County is further stressed by Charlotte Callaghan, writing for Social Media Frontiers.
"It is very important to understand the importance of a positive online reputation in the modern business world. There are tons of ways for your business to be slated online, and not acting appropriately can mean trouble: fast. Managing your online reputation is about maintaining the public's perception of your business. If customers can see that your business is accessible and trustworthy they are more likely to walk away satisfied. So do the right thing, and learn how to keep your online reputation above the water."
So, how can companies harness the social media to manage their online reputation? First, companies can use these sites as a search engine optimizer. For most search engines, social media sites are considered high-authority platforms. This is primarily effective for sales where an effective primary company-associated keyword could show positive results on a search page which could, in turn, earn a following. The more positive profiles there are about your company on all the major social media platforms, the higher the benefits in terms of promotions, and even the likelihood of "viral" marketing.
Still, companies need to be discriminating about the sites on which their profiles are posted. SEO professionals managing Orange County reputation management services for businesses, always consider compatibility. For example, a more corporate-type business can choose sites like LinkedIn, which offers a more professional platform in which to engage their customers. An apparel brand, on the other hand, can use sites that target the more youthful, trendy, easy-breezy sites like Facebook, Pinterest or Instagram, as their platforms.
Next, always spread the positives, while also taking account of the negatives. Spread every nice thing people say about the brand, and professionally respond to the negative queries. To do this effectively, a company has to put up a more human and humane approach towards its customers. Replying to compliments with statements like, "Thank you, we are glad that you enjoyed our food," shows customers that they are being listened to. Never be afraid to ask people for recommendations. People love a patron-responsive company, but are rather turned off by robotic and automated responses to their queries or suggestions.
When you feel that your company is assaulted by bad press or reviews, apart from making redress with your product or service in question, it's best to consult with a reliable online reputation management firm, such as PDG World Marketing, to turn bad reputation on the web, into positive.
(Source: Social Media Tip: How to Control an Online Reputation Crisis, Social Media Frontiers, February 26, 2014)


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It's gross, but true-- not everyone washes their hands after using the toilet. Even though we know restrooms are swarming with bacteria, sometimes we may not feel the need to wash up.
Safeguard is helping to change this prevailing issue by launching a soap dispensing device in the Philippines. It's called the Safeguard Germ Alarm. It's being installed in restrooms at shopping malls, fast food restaurants and schools to help raise awareness and implement better restroom hygiene to prevent the spread of disease-causing germs.
The bright red dispensers act a visual warning sign, reminding people the importance of hand-washing. If the caution-raising color doesn't grab people's attention, the alarm-laced dispenser boldly has the Safeguard logo and "Germ Alarm" upfront, which tells people exactly what the device is about. Instructions for proper hand-washing etiquette is also printed right beside the device.
And while it may rattle the eardrums a bit, the best part about the Safeguard Germ Alarm is that it really is an alarm. As soon as someone steps out of their cubicle, the shrill-sounding siren is triggered, and can only be disarmed when the dispenser button is pressed.
With it's bright colorway and screeching siren, the Safeguard Germ Alarm is a great way to engage with people and spur them to take better precaution with restroom hygiene.
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about everything you do in your daily life—whether it's walking,
driving a car or brushing your teeth—requires balance. For
most people balance is so instinctive they don't think about it—until
dizziness or disorientation signals that something has gone wrong.
And when that happens, UC's Balance Center is one of few comprehensive care facilities in the area available to diagnose and treat the problem.
balance depends on three complex processes, says Julie Honaker,
director of audiology in the UC Department of Otolaryngology–Head and
Neck Surgery: the sensory system's ability to accurately determine the
body's position relative to the environment (standing up, for example),
the brain's ability to process that information, and the coordinating
movement of the muscles and joints.
body's balance sensors include the eyes, the sense of touch, and the
inner ear—where calcium carbonate "otolith particles" and fluid inside
three paired canals stimulate hair cells to generate senses of forward,
backward and vertical motion in the head.
The Balance Center
offers various tests that examine all the balance sensory systems and a
person's ability to execute coordinated movements, both voluntary and
involuntary, to maintain balance.
Already one of the best equipped of its kind, UC's Balance Center
recently updated equipment and added several new tests, all of which
provide a more comprehensive look at the inner ear balance system than
standard technology. They are:
· A rotational chair:
UC is one of the first comprehensive balance centers in the area to
offer this test. Patients are seated in a chair that rotates at
different speeds to measure their eye movements. The chair features
multiple testing options that focus on different aspects of balance
· Platform posturography:
This series of tests measures how well patients can maintain their
balance while the walls and floor of the booth in which they are
standing are gradually moved.
(vestibular evoked myogenetic potential): This technique measures
responses from the saccule, one of the otolith organs in the
inner ear, to sound stimulation, including high-intensity acoustic
stimuli, clicks and low-frequency tones.
many conditions can cause dizziness and disorientation," says Honaker.
"We're like detectives when we evaluate and test people for balance
disorders, because of all the conditions that must be ruled out as the
cause. That's why we're really excited to add this equipment to our
center—it gives us more in-depth options for what's causing a patient's
balance issues."
can develop balance problems because of inner ear conditions, head
injury, stroke or other neurological issues, she explains.
disorders can really disrupt a person's life," adds Ravi Samy, MD,
assistant professor of otolaryngology. "They can cause fatigue, shorten
the attention span, disrupt sleep patterns and increase the risk of
falling, making it difficult to do everyday tasks."
problems also increase with age, and Honaker, currently studying the
risk and fear of falling in the elderly, hopes to establish a program
for at-risk patients.
an aging population, so it's important to offer safety and counseling
tips to help those at risk of falling," she says. "I'm hoping to
develop a multidisciplinary approach, which would include primary care,
geriatric and neurology physicians among others."
For more information on balance disorders, visit www.netwellness.org,
a collaborative health-information Web site staffed by
Ohio physicians, nurses and allied health professionals, or call
(513) 475-8453 to schedule an appointment at the Balance Center.


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Above: Because of the increasing time teenagers spend with peers, social stress becomes particularly important as a threat to their psychological well-being.
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Girls who Start Puberty Early are Less Able to Cope with Stress
Girls who enter puberty early may be less able to cope with being bullied or rejected by other students than their female classmates who mature later, a new University of Florida study finds.
"Although it was expected that early maturing girls would be at greater risk for developing symptoms of depression, anxiety or aggression when they experienced higher levels of peer stress, we also found that they have a tendency to use fewer problem-solving skills, which ultimately increases the likelihood of responding to stress in negative ways," said Julia Graber, a UF psychologist and one of the study's authors.
Because of the increasing time teenagers spend with peers, social stress becomes particularly important as a threat to their psychological well-being, Graber said. Girls are especially vulnerable because they rely heavily on peers for emotional support and intimacy, she said.
The subject is timely as the general trend has been for girls to enter puberty at slightly earlier ages than prior generations, she said.
The study, which actually measured girls' physiological reactions to stress by recording levels of cortisol, a stress hormone, is scheduled to be published in the November edition of the Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology. The participants were 111 girls between fifth- and eighth-grades who, along with their mothers, were recruited from public schools in ethnically diverse working- and middle-class communities in the New York City area in 1995 and 1996 as part of a larger study.
Mothers and daughters completed surveys and participated in a series of tasks. During a home visit, researchers collected saliva samples to determine levels of cortisol while the girls engaged in a series of neutral and stressful experiences such as completing a timed test, said Lisa Sontag, a UF psychology graduate student who led the study.
"Interestingly, the study found that girls who mature early exhibited higher overall cortisol levels compared to other girls, suggesting that early maturers may have a more difficult time regulating stress levels once they begin to experience feelings of physiological arousal such as their heart beating at a faster rate," Sontag said.
These girls may especially fear being teased about gaining weight or looking more adult-like, she said.
The results also showed that girls who entered puberty early used fewer problem-solving strategies than did on-time or late maturers, Sontag said. And because they were less likely to take steps such as going for a walk to calm themselves down or asking for advice, they internalized much of their distress, she said.
These girls would often think about a problem over and over again and how badly it made them feel, Sontag said. They also reported experiencing more physical symptoms such as stomach cramps and racing heart beats, she said.
"Everybody is going to respond at some level to stressful situations with a degree of sweaty palms, heart racing or getting really angry, but most of us have the ability to actively try to control those responses by saying to ourselves 'It's not that big of a deal' or trying to approach it by fixing the problem," Sontag said. "Girls without coping skills have problems because they have a high level of impulsive responses but don't have the strategies in place to control those responses."
Unfortunately, new technology now allows various forms of cyber bullying involving text messaging, MySpace and Facebook, Graber said.
Another trend that has made bullying easier is bigger schools, Graber said. "On one hand it may give students the opportunity to meet more peers, but there also is the potential to be more isolated with fewer people knowing who you are and for peer group behavior to be monitored less closely than it would be in smaller school environments," she said.
University of Illinois psychology professor Karen D. Rudolph said the study is a "fascinating contribution" to understanding how the timing of girls' pubertal development shapes their social and mental health. "Although it has been known for some time that girls who physically mature earlier than their peers are at greater risk for mental health problems, these findings help to explain why this may be the case — early-maturing girls seem to have more difficulty responding effectively to social stress, a form of stress that they are likely to encounter at some point during adolescence," she said.
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North Braddock Council Meeting
June 19 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
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An event every month that begins at 6:30pm on day Third of the month, repeating until June 20, 2018
The North Braddock Council meets the third Tuesday of each month. The agenda meeting begins at 6:30pm and the general meeting at 7pm. All are welcome to attend.


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Importance of Love Marriage in a Couple's Life
Pleasure is one of the important aspects in love marriage unlike arranged marriage where things are uncertain and love should sustain or not will be decided after getting married because you don't know about your partner and family very much. This relationship setup is completely based on mutual understanding of both people since they both are chosen by each other from beginning and consent is given by family. There is very less possibility of compatibility issue, sharing suffices space with each other, heating arguments, possibility of extra marital affairs or anything else because both person know each other for very long and acquainted with behaviour, nature, tendency etc. Both of them consider comfort of each other, care for each other because of the mutual exist in between them. There is no surety or certainty of happiness in arrange marriage because you don't know about your spouse and may be whether love enters or not in your future, which is completely opposite style of getting married to someone whom you are already in love. But getting married to your loved one is not so easy in most of the cases couple has to face and suffer a lot of troubles and resistance for their love marriage and maximum number of time they had to unrequited their marriage plans and get down in front of those problems.
Who is Called Love Marriage Specialist and how he remove all obstacles in Inter caste Love Marriage
There is nothing like which cannot be fixed on this earth, only one need to go through right approach and under right guidance to implement that approach. In case of relationship troubles only Love Marriage Specialist (Astrologer Manoj Sharma) is the right person who can help to fix the problem and make you to get married with the person whom you are fallen in love. Specialist first read the problems you are facing and then cast his/her astrology measures which foretell about the real future. These abilities are acquired only be hard ecstasy of several years, learning of ancient scripts, vedas, doing tap and sadhna will make to learn how to connect with eternal powers and let them to help others which only need certain actions to do for calling them for help.
What the entire obstacles one is facing in the path of love marriage is because it is destined, everything which is pleasant or unpleasant is directly or indirectly destined to human body. A specialist will forecast about the root cause of those sufferings and enable to cure them, change or upgrade things to make it beneficial for user. When their is family obstacle in your marriage with your loved one because of the caste issues, financial or religion or anything it could be. But convince them is getting hard for you then you only need to make call to us.
Being love problem solution specialist we will grant you such an effective and fastest solution that will make all people in your support and give blessings in your marriage enabling your vashikaran on them. The solutions are very simple and easy to implement and given to you after discussion about the problems you are through, on that basis you will get an easy control or influence mind of any person and get them in your support. Now you don't have to bother or suffer anymore and directly get in touch with us and ask for the problems so that immediate cure would be done.


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On Saturday, one of the greatest college football games in recent memory occurred at Ohio State, with the Buckeyes beating the Michigan Wolverines in a dramatic double-overtime thriller.
On Monday, Ohio State became the scene of an entirely different drama, when an 18-year old Somali student named Abdul Razak Ali Artan went on an ISIS-inspired stabbing rampage.
Professor William Clark, one of those wounded by Artan, made sure to point out that despite the terrorist attack, we shouldn't lose track of the bigger picture. In an interview with WHIO-TV, Professor Clark hit the ultimate priority reset.
"We're a great university," he explained. "We still beat Michigan."
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Does Natural Work?
The question we Hear most often is, "Do Natural products work?"
Yes they do work and just as well as pharmaceutical products.
Prior to chemical imitations, we healed ourselves naturally and effectively through the consumption, inhalation, and application of plants and herbs. There was never any doubt as to the effectiveness of white willow tree bark (natural salicyclic acid). If it wasn't effective, the chemical and pharmaceutical company, Bayer, wouldn't have gone to such great lengths to synthesize, patent, and mass produce it. By 1899, just two years after its invention, aspirin (the active ingredient is synthetic salicyclic acid) was the top selling remedy in the world.
As a matter of fact, over 20% of medicinal drugs in the U.S. are synthesized from plants. Synthesizing the beneficial properties of plants and herbs is just that - synthetic. Cheap to produce, chemical imitations of the properties that plants and herbs naturally produce.
But when you think about it, instead of using the cheap, chemical imitation - wouldn't you rather use the pure, unadulterated version produced by nature?
How can Plants Help Humans?
Why Is There So Little Evidence About CAM (Complementary And Alternative Medicine)?
Why are some doctors hesitant about CAM?
One thing to keep in mind is not every product (pharmaceutical or natural) works for everyone as our bodies our unique and metabolize things differently. At Botanical Therapy, we would never recommend that you forgo consultation or treatment from your physician.
Where Can I Find More Information on Natural Products?
For additional information about natural products and aromatherapy please check out the following links:
- US HHS National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health
- US National Center for Biotechnology Information - A Natural History of Botanical Therapeutics
- Mayo Clinic - What Are the Benefits of Aromatherapy?
- US HHS National Cancer Institute - Aromatherapy and Essential Oils
- WebMD - Aromatherapy (Essential Oils Therapy) - Topic Overview
- National Association for Holistic Aromatherapy - Aromatherapy Safety Information
- Consumer Health. (2014, October 18). Mayo Clinic. Retrieved from https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/consumer-health/in-depth/alternative-medicine/art-20045267
- Metabolism. (2008, July); 57(7 Suppl 1): S3–S9. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2981029/


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American Council on Education
Higher education attainment rates for college-aged African-Americans and Hispanics have dropped across the board, according to this report from the American Council on Education.
The report – examining trends between 1988 and 2008 – notes that Hispanics, the fastest growing population in the United States, exhibit the lowest educational attainment levels among all racial and ethnic groups. Hispanic men were less likely to attain a degree than Hispanic women, and the disparity between the two is apparently growing.
Hispanics have made the largest gains in high school completion but still rank last among ethnic groups measured, with only 70 percent of the Hispanic population graduating with a high school degree.
Asian-Americans and whites lead in high school completion, college enrollment and degree attainment. Ninety-one percent of Asian-Americans and 88 percent of whites complete high school, followed by African-Americans at 78 percent and American Indians at 71 percent. Asian-Americans were the most likely to complete a college degree, with persistence rates of 89 percent for four-year colleges and 67 percent for those who started at two-year institutions. This compares with the lowest persistence rate, held by African-Americans, 73 percent of whom will finish a degree at a four-year college and 47 percent at a two-year college.
White students continue to go further in college than do their previous generations, but the report attributes this improvement entirely to women.
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1986 born
currently lives and works in Tel-Aviv
2014 MFA Bezalel Academy for Arts and Design Tel-Aviv, Fine Art Department
2011 BFA Bezalel Academy for Arts and Design Jerusalem, Fine Art Department
2009 BFA Central Saint Martin's College for Art and Design London, Time Based Media Art
2015 KARMA SHE DYSLEXIC EXPERIENCE, CCA - Center for Contemporary Art, Tel-Aviv
2015 Media Active, Digital Art Exhibition, The Midrasha Beit Berl
2014 Helena Nights, Live video Performance, Helena Rubinstein Pavilion - Tel-Aviv Museum of Art
2014 Ason. Ason! Disaster Conference, Petach-Tikva Museum of Art, Petach-Tikva
2013 Mnt. Carmel is Digging Holes, LIght and Sound Festival, Zimmer, Tel-Aviv
2013 Mnt. Carmel - Twork It! Walk of Art, Mazeh 9 Center for Young Culture, Tel-Aviv
2013 Mnt. Carmel, Disco Skull, Cargo Cult, MOBY Bat-Yam Museum of Contemporary Art, Bat-Yam
2012 Faster Pussycat! Its Alive! CCA - Center for Contemporary Art, Tel-Aviv
2011 The Disco Bay, Christine Hasler collaboration , Shift Electronics Arts Festival, Basel
Solo Shows
2014 Shakti Sugar, Bezalel M.F.A Thesis, Tel-Aviv
2013 oO0Oo, Jerusalem Artists House, Jerusalem
2011 Faster Pussycat, Bezalel Graduation Show, Jerusalem
2009 STAB = BATS, Central Saint Martins College Graduation Show, London
Group Shows
2013 Death to Your Mother, Fresh Paint Contemporary Art Fair, Video Greenhouse, Tel-Aviv
2012 The Band of the Family of the Bell,
collaborative project with artists Gilad Ratman and Ronni Bass, Braverman Gallery, Tel-Aviv
2012 Family of the Bell (part one), duo exhibition, Marginal Utility Gallery, Philadelphia
2011 Thunder Kiss, a group exhibition, Shift Electronics Arts Festival, Basel
Grants and Residencies
2013 T.A Scholarship Bezalel Academy of Art and Design
2013 Institute of Investigative Living, Andrea Zittel and James Trainor, A-Z West residency, California
2012 Emergency Grant, Foundation for Contemporary Arts
2011 10X10 Outstanding Achievement Award of Bezalel Academy of Art and Design
2009 First Class Honors Award, Central Saint Martins College


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Martin Laidler
ProGame Sales Manager, UK, Benelux, Scandinavia and Germany, Trocellen
Martin is the Sales Manager responsible for the UK, Benelux, Germany and Scandinavia for Trocellen's ProGame brand of shock pads.
In addition, Martin is Key Account Manager for all of the turf producers located in his regions and therefore follows their contracting partners on a global basis.
Martin has worked for the Trocellen Group since 1999 working as a Sales Manager for a myriad of products and applications in the UK including interior trim parts for the automotive industry to tatami mats for Judo and Karate.
In 2010, Trocellen set-up a BU dedicated to the artificial turf industry whereupon Martin was asked to be the lead Sales Manager.
The ProGame brand was launched in 2013 and is now one of the leading shock pads in the Sport, Play and Landscaping markets with annual sales exceeding 1.5 million m2.
ProGame has been installed in a whole host of stadia pitches and training grounds for Football, Rugby and Hockey. Recent examples include, Falkirk FC, Kilmarnock FC ( main pitch and hosted the first ever International Rugby match ), Arsenal, Watford and Charlton FC, Heriot Watt University, FC Braga, PEC Zwolle, several other Eredivisie and Jupiler League main pitches, 3 Clusters in Belgium ( totaling over 70 pitches ), Canon Rugby Field, Seiryo High School and Keio High School in Japan and Deeside Ramblers Hockey Club.
Trocellen GmbH is Europe's largest producer of cross-linked PE Foams with several production facilities in Europe with its HQ in Troisdorf, Germany and is wholly owned by Furukawa ( Japan ). In addition, Trocellen GmbH has a production facility in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, which also produces the ProGame brand.
In his spare time Martin is an avid Cricket fan and toured Japan with the MCC in 2005. He also plays Golf with a handicap of 4.


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The CCSNE AmeriCorps VISTA Fall Grantee Meeting is a requirement for all current VISTA members and their supervisors to attend together.
The Western Region Grantee Meeting will be held at Goodwin College in East Hartford, CT (tentative) on October 3, 2017 from 9:30 AM-3:00 PM. Supervisors and VISTA members are welcome to attend either the Western region meeting or Eastern region meeting as long as they attend the same meeting together.
Additional event details to follow.
This event is for current AmeriCorps VISTA Members serving with CCSNE and their supervisors. To learn more about joining CCSNE VISTA for our next program year, please visit our Become a VISTA Page.


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This is todays Earthquake maps, at least as they are reported. Introduced into to the shake news, is the potential culmination of the last week of Scalar Operations. This is a preview, a peek at the Evolution of Covert Scalar paradox R&D. Their location over Nevada Proving Grounds between Area 9, Yucca Flat, north through Area 5 near Austin, Nevada, and through, quite literally, Ely, Nevada have substantial history.
Scalar research may well equal or surpass the efforts of idiocy that ionospheric heater research looks to be. The truth is far more malicious. This is directed energy weapons research. It fringes the boarders of this temporal world. In the name of defense, FrequencyEngineering is developing weaponry!
These Nevada Shakes are from deep geologic formations that have seen years of tenderizing. That will be addressed in the completed Scalar Operations Article.
Here is today's Oklahoma Fracking Swarm Map at midday 5th February '15.
Back with the data and its usage regarding the Nevada Testing Grounds.
otterwalks: 6th February 2015


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Short Course description
Crafting Health: Craft and Creative Media explores the application of traditional crafts and contemporary craft practices for healthcare and personal wellbeing. Techniques covered include paper crafting, collage and origami, textile based practices such as quilting, and manual arts such as wood carving and metal work. The short course will focus on how the repetitive or structured processes of craft activities make them ideal for community based and personal health projects and blend creative expression with functional outcomes. The short course includes a range of case studies and hands-on activities designed to introduce you to the key principles of craft practices in clinical and expressive therapies and community health projects.
Dr Eliza Burke is an interdisciplinary researcher and writer with an MFA in Art Theory (University of Tasmania) and a PhD in Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature (Monash University). She is also an independent art curator and has held a variety of project co-ordination and management roles in the arts industry and the tertiary education sector. She teaches and has assisted on many research projects across the disciplines of Sociology and Art Theory, with particular expertise in mental health and gender theory, and contemporary arts practices. She has published her own research in Feminist Media Studies, Australian Feminist Studies and Counselling, Psychotherapy and Health and regularly contributes to the Asia-Pacific arts magazine, Artlink.


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Published on April 15, 2008
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Seachtain na Gaeilge 2017
Peace Proms 2018
The school choir are currently practising and rehearsing for this years Peace Proms in the RDS on Sunday 4th of February at 8pm. Tickets go on general sale from Friday 17th November and are available from www.peaceproms.com
Choir 2017
The St. Corbans school choir is made up of pupils from 4th, 5th and 6th class. The choir practises every Wednesday from 3 - 4p.m. This year the boys will be performing at the Peace Proms in the RDS Dublin on Sunday the 4th of February, the 6th class Ceremony of Light in February, 6th class Confirmation ceremony in March, 6th class Graduation Mass in June and at other school ceremonies and events.
A plethora of effort and creativity went into this beautiful piece of artwork which we are pleased to contribute towards the Naas Tidy Towns Project. Thanks to all who organised and who made this possible.
Medal Presentations 2017
Sports Day 2017
School Tours 2017
Robin hood - A great success
Robin Hood coming to Naas was initially a vision of Ms. McCarvilles, made possible only through the wonderful efforts and hard work of pupils, staff and parents. Well done to all on a great success and well done and thank you to Ms. McCarville for making it all possible.
The Ice-cream van arrives 2017
The sun was shining and the boys were smiling from ear to ear. It was a great surprise for all. Thanks to our hard-working PTA for organising.
School Musical
Robin Hood
This year pupils from 4th, 5th and 6th class will be performing in the school's musical which will be a modern day version of Robin Hood. Acting and dancing auditions took place in January and rehearsals are currently underway.
St. Corban's Robin Hood is a tale of the dashing, the dastardly and the dumb. Robin Hood must protect the people of Naas from the tyranny of the evil sheriff Simon Cowell, while protecting Maid Marian from the sheriff's advances. Meanwhile the sheriff's two best men, Ant and Dec are carrying out their master's orders with all the efficiency and intelligence of a sloth on strike from the Glass Hammer Store. Will Robin get the girl? Will the Sheriff's evil plans prevail? Will Ant and Dec figure out what comes after 3? Find out in the Moat Theatre on the 31st of May, 1st and 2nd of June 2017.
Tickets for Robin Hood are on sale daily from 11:15am-12:30pm. Adult tickets are 10 euro and child tickets are 5 euro. Tickets for the musical can be bought only through the school. There are currently no tickets left for the Friday performance.
October 2018
Our blog is maintained by members of staff as well as students (under staff supervision). We hope you enjoy our posts!


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Moonrise Kingdom/Skyrim PARTY!!!
Hi everyone! I think I forgot to tell you guys something. I missed a lot of school last year, and that was because I was shooting a movie called Moonrise Kingdom. You can search it on imdb.com and get a full description. I alsoo started a new Youtube account today, so that means I will start doing webshows soon. http://www.youtube.com/user/TheSeamustv
I know it says The Seaus TV, but that's just because someone already took the original Seamus TV name. Also, I am going to do a Skyrim PARTY!!! If you have Pre-ordered Skyrim, AND if you are going to be there at midnight to pick it up, after you start playing, I want you to tell me when you beat the first quest. I will probably have to go to bed, for it comes out on a school night, so you will beat me if you are that hardcore and awake. Let's hear it for Bethedsa, for reating such awesome games as the Elder Scrolls series, and the Fallout series!
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Thread for asking questions that don't deserve their own thread
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People who format Word documents in anything above 14pt type:
What the HELL is wrong with you?
Actually, you know what, make that 12
Just zoom in, you myopic bastards.robluvsnic and cocodaLOL this'd this
Can't say I come across anything higher than 12 point, but can imagine it would be a bewildering sight to behold
Got a document the other day that was in 20
There were about four words on each line. It was pretty much unreadable.
- silkyskillz this'd this
i'm short of time i think, got no sauce to hand.
i had some really good pasta the other day at paradiso. might recreate it tomorrow (garlic, basil and tomato sauce, extra onion, tuna).
no bread in :(
pretty much prevents any sandwich making
You have my condolences.lospolloshermanos this'd this
had two crumpets
without realising i could have made a CRUMPET SANDWICH
grilled cheese sandwich
add whatever other ingredient you have available
i recommmend spinach
No it doesn't
Grilled cheese is what they call a cheese toastie outside the UK.
a grilled cheese sandwich in the US is made in a frying pan
why are you on here after hours?
go play with your kids or something, NEGLECTFUL DAD
I've made cheese toasties in a frying pan before
As have many people I know. It's still a cheese toastie.
Say your work dress code was a shirt and black trousers/skirt
Do you think a pinafore would be acceptable?
Is it acceptable for grown women to wear pinafores at all?
once i thought about wearing a dress but then that would mean i'd have to buy a WORK DRESS
loads of them are doing it at the minute. well, they're in the windows of shops so i'd assume so.
I need a new work skirt anyway
So I could claim the money back from work.
I wore a pinafore in 6th form and it was well good. I might go pinafore shopping on Saturday.
My mum.
I feel like I'm too old to ask her to do this though.
I can't even sew a button back on my shirt ffs.
this deserves its own thread actually
i'll start one tomorrow
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yeah it's in the synopsis
Rexxx, Hollywood's top canine star, gets lost and is adopted into a shabby firehouse. He teams up with a young kid (Hutcherson) to get the station back on its feet. He is killed in the line of duty and receives a hero's burial
I downloaded that film a while ago
but haven't watched it
people do understand I added that last bit in right
mind it's pretty possible the dog will peg it I think
I watched that film over christmas.
I'll be honest, it's not great.
I don't know but here in Norwich the grave of a dog belonging to a paedophile
has been vandalised. Apparently it knew all about its master's depravity and yet failed to tell the authorities.
I'm not sure how I feel about that.
Pasta - how do I cook 'just enough'?
See also: rice
Cook a tiny bit more pasta than you need
Eat a piece every few minutes throughout cooking. Stop when you eat a bit you like.
But - HOW MUCH do I need to cook?
that's the question....
I thought you meant just enough cooking time, not just enough quantity.
Have you tried weighing it?
three large handfuls per person
rice - 2/3 of a standard whiskey glass per person
half a mug seems to work for rice
it's gotta be the right sized mug though
weigh it
i like 100g but i'm chubs
curves in all the right places ;) x
With Rice it is half a mug per adult human.
With Pasta, fill your bowl to the volume of food you'd wish to eat, then take out a adult human fistful.
thank you for specifying human. i was about to get my cat
Cats can't make a fist. Wouldn't work
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my colleague is leaving and someone's buying her a present from our team
how much money should i put in?
no probs
if it's a note people don't think you're a tightwad
See for yourself
the first one fits the bill
the other two are like planes basically
Yeah I agree.
I was bored though and couldn't stop copying and pasting.
How do I stop throwing up
after one pint of cider?
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try taking a few rennies before drinking
and drink cider slowly
How much would it cost to put on a gig?
and is it as complicated as it seems?
Totally clueless at the moment but I'd like to have a go at it.
How long is a piece of string?
Depends on the venue and the bands, doesn't it?
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This is a good palce to start
but the two gig & club nights I put on I made money each time.
But don't do it for the money, bro.
200 capacity is a big venue to me.
It really depends on the venue, the city, and whether the band(s) are travelling from overseas and are on a tour.
I dunno, to fill that size, maybe £200 for the venue (including the soundguy), £500 for a headliner, £250 for one support, and maybe £60-£100 second support. Add in publicity (posters/flyers) at about £60 and you've got a total of c£1070.
Assume a break even at around 70% of capacity (if you've judged the venue size right), and so you're looking at tickets in the region of £8adv/£10 door, I guess.
Any more people in over the 70% you could profit share between yourselves and the bands or venue if they wish.
But as guntrip says,
Never put on a gig unless you can afford to lose all that money yourself.rainmaker this'd this
I've agreed to do a live radio show between 2 and 3am tomorrow
on a 1-10 scale of drunk, how drunk should I be?
on a scale of 1-10 how many people will be listening?
I jest. You best have a few. But try and be angry/awake drunk rather than sleepy drunk.
we're running a big event tomorrow night taking over every part of Edinburgh's main SU building
the radio broadcast is from one of the bars. so there'll be PLENTY (well, some) people in there I can annoy.
I've just remembered it's the bar that makes terrible white russians
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You're gonna want to be about an 8 to start
Concentrating sobers you up and you want to be finishing up at about a 6. Any lower than that and you'll be fed up/asleep by the end. Of course, if you can drink during the show just reverse the numbers and go in as a 6 and leave an 8.
If I want to put my little iPhone sim in a normal phone,
Can I buy a little plastic holder so it will fit or will I have to get a new sim?
go to a network's shop, who ever you are with
and ask them for one. they might give you one for free - that's what i did and they were happy to help.
Laydeez of dis
How do you stop shirts from gaping across your chest?
I've tried a safety pin but it just puckers and looks weird.
Lubricate your chest
Double sided tape.
You're welcome.
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But maybe not to reply to.
Always remember that.
I'm going to Irene's Sewing Box to get them fixed tonight.
Will Irene laugh if I take a shirt that needs a button replacing too?
Very most probably
At risk f being sexist, do you not know any girls? Girl friends know how to sew buttons on and won't laugh at you and won't charge, probably.
Have you ever dropped a pair of trousers into a toilet?
Because my boss has.
is it ok to steal a mouse from work
if people clubbed round to buy me a bottle of jura and 2 bottles of wine and 9 ales and a subscription to national geographic magazine and a packet of tangfastics and a book about murders in lancashire?
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I remember my GCSE chemistry teacher said that all liquids when heated turn to gas
and I said, 'what about cake mix?' and he looked at me like I was some sort of genius and just said, 'no, that's somehting different' and didn't explain any further...
So how come when whisked eggs are heated they turn into a solid?
i think this might be to do with the difference between a mixture and
a solution or whatever it's called. apparently they are two different things. like that mix is mix and when you pour salt into water it's not a mix, it's something else
well, "cake mix" isn't really a discrete substance
But if you heated them enough then each of the components would turn into a gas. Although in practice if you tried that in air it'd all catch fire long before anything reached its boiling point.
The heat input when you bake a cake is sufficient to promote chemical reactions between the various constituents which then form different, solid chemicals. Whereas heating water to greater than 100 degrees involves changing its state from liquid to gas, but not causing it to chemically react with anything. It's still water molecules.
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Black Friday is now just around the corner, and we are getting excited here at Isy B. as all our favorite stores release teasers for pre-Christmas shoe deals. We know shopping the sales for shoes in big sizes can be a depressing business, but there are some tasty bargains to be had if you look around.
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McKinney Roofing: Article About Choose The Right Roofing Contractor
Whether a homeowner notices water leaks after a heavy rain storm or their roof is starting to show signs of age, choosing the right contractor is an important part of getting their roof back into top condition. It is certainly understandable that homeowners are worried not only with the integrity of the McKinney roofing contractor they choose, but many are also worried about the quality of the workmanship. Whether repairs are needed or it is time for a new roof, the right roofing contractor will have a significant impact on the longevity and overall performance of the roof.
There are several important factors that a homeowner must consider when hiring a roofing contractor. For example, any contractor that offers services must be licensed and insured. A contractor who does not have proper licensing and insurance is showing a disregard for the law as well as their business and their customers. An uninsured contractor has no financial backing to help compensate the homeowner if damages occur. This could be a big problem for a homeowner who is facing an improperly installed roof, missing ceramic tiles or simply poor workmanship on their roof. A homeowner should always insist that the contractor working on their property is backed by liability insurance.
Another important factor to consider is reputation.
A roofing contractor from Fairclaims Roofing and Construction of McKinney TX can answer your questions about gutters or windows.
A contractor's reputation will say a great deal about their level of professionalism and ability to perform quality work. Homeowners should always ask a prospective contractor for a list of previous customers. These references should, ideally, be for recent customers. It is important that homeowners follow up by calling these past customers. They can ask about their overall satisfaction with the job as well as whether there were any problems. With a list of questions, a homeowner will be well prepared to dig a little deeper into the type of experience and results they should be able to expect from the contractor.
The Better Business Bureau also offers an easy way to find out more about a potential contractor. While a complaint with the BBB might not be reason enough to rule out a specific contractor, it might be cause for alarm. A homeowner should evaluate the number of complaints a contractor has received as well as how those complaints were resolved.
Lastly, homeowners should contact the roofing contractor with a list of questions. Pay close attention to things such as whether the office staff seems knowledgeable, whether they are polite and helpful, or if they seem to be evasive and unwilling to answer questions. If the first point of contact seems unprofessional and not committed to customer service, chances are this will be the attitude a homeowner can expect from the roofing crew as well.


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This fall, Square Enix's most epic title returns with Final Fantasy XV, bringing fans of the long-running series into the world of two warring nations: Lucis and Niflheim. The release date for Final Fantasy XV was recently pushed back to give the developers time to refine the game, but now gamers are getting an advance look at the newest heroes, and at least one of the villains.
Square Enix has posted a video that throws the spotlight on Final Fantasy XV's English voice cast, which includes Ray Chase, Robbie Daymond, Amy Shiels, Chris Parson, Adam Croasdell, Jim Pirri, Darin De Paul, and even Critical Role's Matt Mercer. And while all of the featured performers had an opportunity to speak about their roles in this clip, gamers may appreciate the chance to get a better idea about the characters they will encounter in the game.
De Paul seemed to particularly relish playing Āden Izunia, the chancellor of Niflheim, and he was also the only actor in this group to reprise his role from Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV. For the game, Shiels is taking over the role of Lunafreya Nox Fleuret from Kingsglaive's Lena Headey, while Pirri will step in for Sean Bean as King Regis, the ruler of Lucis who reluctantly agrees to terms of peace with Niflheim. But that peace is not going to last.
Chase's Noctis Lucis Caelum got a pretty big part of this video, since he'll be the game's main character. However, the clip also allowed Daymond to flesh out his character, Prompto Argentum. It offered the same opportunity for Parson and Croasdell to expand upon their respective characters, Gladiolus Amicitia and Ignis Scientia. As for Mercer, he'll be portraying Cor Leonis, the former Lord Commander of Lucis' Crownsguard who acts as a mentor to the other heroic characters.
Final Fantasy XV will be released on November 29.
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I am taking the plunge and moving from an iPhone to an Android device. I've been waiting a long time for Android to get to the point that it was fast and responsive enough, with a big enough application warehouse, wide enough support, and a smooth enough experience, to support me. Android is maturing with a consistent, system-wide look-and-feel, almost every major service now has an Android app as the counterpart to its iOS-first experience, and has a bright future with wearables, home automation, and more.
I certainly won't be the first person to change ecosystems entirely. Several have done it before, some looking for change or claim freedom, some aiming to save money, some because someone prompted them, some think they may be conforming by going with the ever-stylish Apple. I am doing it for this reason: for me, Android is now a better platform than iOS.
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Nice reading, Have used Android before but after I bought a BlackBerry z10 I can't go back. I only get mad trying to use my wife's Sony z1 and more trying to do something on a IPhone.
On my phone I just swipe with my finger on the screen, no button click to unlock, close a app or anything.
Swipe up and right you get in to your mail/messages. Only swipe up will show running app. Swipe down will show your other status. If the phones locked you can still read messages if you click on them.. It just works. z10 has no fast hardware but the os make's it fast. Thes days I also can run Android app without converting them (I do need the files thou).
Before 10.2.1 there was a lot of problems and with 10.3 it will even get better
So test a BlackBerry
On my phone I just swipe with my finger on the screen, no button click to unlock, close a app or anything.
Agreed! They really did a nice job with the interface and it's the one feature I wish they had on the iPhone.