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Last year one of our Gothic Council contributors, Carmilla Voiez, released an absolutely intense novel of demons, rape and murder called Starblood. It was the sort of thing Clive Barker might have penned if he were a woman, and just reading the thing was like feeling surgery begin just as the anesthetic takes effect. Beautiful, brilliant, bloody piece of work, and damn unnerving.
Now, Voiez is back with the second part of the planned trilogy, Psychonaut. The book is a tremendous departure from Starblood, dealing mostly with an internal journey through the worlds of magic and loss. What it loses in visceral gutshots, though, it gains in enlightenment.
When last we left her world, the young goth magician Satori had finished burying his estranged lover Star, who he had accidentally led into a relationship with the demon queen Lilith. Lilith overpowered both Star and Satori, and used them both to impregnate Star with a three-way child. The act drove Star to kill herself. Having returned home, Satori now faces the suspicions of the police in the murder of Star, as well as a quest through the spiritual planes in order to hopefully retrieve her from beyond death.
Starblood, to be blunt, was in large part a rape analogy. The idea of dominance through sex, of using intercourse as an attack and coupling to manipulate people against their will permeated nearly every page. That was the genius of it that helped Voiez overcome some of her first-novel jitters. No matter how many eye-rollingly modern goth tropes she occasionally overused, at its heart the book grabbed a reader by the throat and forced you to stare at the damage done when sex becomes your weapon of choice.
That was hard even before we here in America got to spend the last year listening to politicians crap through their mouths on the subject of rape. Now, it's almost unbearable.
Psychonaut initially holds onto that brutal style, but shifts quickly into territory that is new and very exciting. The story of Psychonaut is similar to Stephen King and Peter Straub's The Talisman in that the primary progression is our hero traveling through dual worlds at the same time.
Satori resembles Jack Sawyer in many ways. Both are extraordinarily gifted males in search of the key to a woman's salvation. Sawyer seeks a magical artifact to save his mother, who is a queen in the other world, while Satori wants to rescue Star, who is also more than she appears.
Once Satori begins the bulk of his journey, he is in a race against time. He can only travel while in a deep state of meditation...a state that is rapidly causing severe damage to his body. In addition, the police are unconvinced by the combination of truth and lies that Satori tells about Star and Lilith, and they are close to arresting him.
This style accomplishes something I would have said was impossible...It creates a philosophical action story. To reach Star, being tortured in Lilith's realm as she nurses their reptilian child, Satori not only has to cross great expanses, he must overcome tests designed to elevate his own soul. He has to seek the eradication of his own lustful imperfections and cruel nature in order to ascend.
These acts, everything from fights with a cockatrice to caring for the burnt soul of a friend who tried to kill herself in a fire and now lies in a coma in the real world, pull hard at the heartstrings as we watch an incredibly flawed man fight the only fight that really matters. He fights the spiritual infections that led him to unleash a demon on an ex-girlfriend in the first place.
"I'd say Satori is flawed, selfish and weak, but he wants to be better," said Voiez via e-mail. "I think anyone who wants to be better is essentially a good person if such a distinction must be made. He is willing to give his life for the woman he loves."
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Yet, even as he makes headway into his endeavor, he is continuously ripped back unexpectedly into reality by his own failing body or through the interference of the authorities. The pacing of the book is maddeningly addictive; the closer Satori gets, your heart races for his redemption just as much as you would seeing an action hero in a car chase.
Above all things, Psychonaut is a story about forgiveness, but with Voiez's true-crime approach to sex and blood never letting you forget the evil in the world that made forgiveness necessary in the first place. It's a book of mad impulses, inner vision, sadism, escape and belief. You feel uncomfortable reading it, like Alex strapped to the chair in Clockwork Orange being taught to feel sick at atrocity. Rather than leave us crippled by response, though, Psychonaut bears you through the hurt towards the only paradise we can be assured of...a love past fault.
"Fairy tales tell us about the human psyche and that's what Psychonaut is trying to do," said Voiez. "They're fables full of warnings for humankind. It wasn't written with the purpose of being a fairy tale, but perhaps it became one."


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Comfrey Leaf is an Effective Healer
Comfrey has a long history of effectiveness as a healer plant. It has the reputation of being able to knit bones together thus accounting for many of the common names (boneset, nipbone, knitbone, and healing herb).
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In acute bronchitis the most important is to stay calm and relax. Camomille tea and chicken soup are said to be the best remedies. Because sometimes
is mistaken with a simple flu patients try to treat it on their own. Emergen -C style vitamins, Robitussin may help you to cough and expectorate and have a good sleep during the night. You should stay in door and in warm places (in bed) and let your organism to take care of it. Hot baths and plenty of fluids are of great help, when you sleep maintain a half sitting up position so as to cough less.
Comfrey is a contact healer and is best known for tissue healing. In fact, until the early 1800's, it was only used externally as treatment of cuts, burns, skin ulcers, varicose veins, bronchitis, and rheumatism. The leaf has been tea that is gargled or used as a mouthwash to relieve throat infections, hoarseness, and bleeding gums. One reason for its effectiveness is its abundance of calcium and vitamin C and contains carotene (vitamin A), B12, and chlorophyll.
Comfrey leaves are similar to Foxglove leaves, though they have smaller veins not extending into the wings of the leaf-stalk. The leafy stem, 2 to 3 feet high, is stout, angular and hollow, broadly winged at the top and covered with bristly hairs. The lower, radical leaves are very large, up to 10 inches long and covered with rough hairs which make people itch when they touch them. The flowers are either creamy yellow or purple, growing on short stalks. They appear in April or early May.
If you go through this, when you have bronchitis, then it is finally time, to get rid of
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occurs when the lining of your bronchial tract becomes infected, usually developing from a cold or flu or allergies. Then your bronchial tubes become swollen and start producing mucus. The mucus causes difficulty in breathing, wheezing and a nasty cough. If left unattended it could turn into pneumonia. Smokers are more prone to
then non-smokers.
Many claim that comfrey is so safe that anyone can use as much as they want any time. However, a few precautions are in order. Care should be taken when using Comfrey with very deep wounds as its rapid healing power can lead to tissue forming over the wound before it is healed deeper down, possibly leading to abscesses. Make sure that wounds are thoroughly cleaned and protected from infection.
Bronchitis associated with cigarette smoking will only go away after the smoking has stopped. Even though coughing may become uncomfortable at times, keep in mind it is your body's way of trying to heal by ridding itself of the excess mucous in your chest. Being aware of what is causing your cough will allow you to take the proper course of treatment and hopefully shorten the duration of your cough. I have found an effective natural cough remedy that works to fight coughs caused by the common cold, the flu and
If you have trouble breathing in the Emergency Room you may be given an albuterol breathing treatment, an inhaler, and some prednasone. Bronchitis may complicate with pneumonia and that is quite severe, especially in children which are not supervized by parents and they do not treat well or at whole their bronchitis. That's why important to have rest and warm. Sometimes only the rest and the home care won't help so try to visit your doctor and buy your drugs, even more important is to take them. If you notice that your health is not improved in one week than you may suspect a complication, the most probable one is pneumonia. A cough may continue for several more weeks, the progression of chronic bronchitis, on the other hand, may be slowed, but an initial improvement in symptoms may be achieved.
A cough can be considered wet/chesty or dry. Many times a cough starts out as being dry and then progresses to being considered a wet/chesty cough. A dry cough is mostly considered a bothersome nuisance. It has no real purpose in helping to rid the body of anything.
To make sure that your body, will function properly for a long time. Start living healthy as soon as possible. Starting now, will help your body fight off symptoms of many illnesses and diseases. Some factors that can lead to an early onset of bronchitis include a poor diet. Some diseases are hereditary, and you can still be at risk. By keeping healthy, you are helping your body, to be able to control the symptoms when they onset. Don't wait until your bronchitis is completely out of control. Break-free from your debilitating
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For those with chronic disease and very young children preventive measures have a high importance so immunizations are highly recommended. If you are unsure about what type of medications are in over-the-counter cough syrups you should ask the pharmacist for an explanation. If you have these symptoms you are likely to develop acute
: dry, hacking unproductive cough that may change to a loose cough with increased mucus, runny nose, sore throat, back and other muscle pains, chills and low grade fever, headache and general malaise (feeling unwell). Wheezing after coughing is common.
In order to properly treat a cough, one must first determine the root cause of his cough. Most often, a person will experience significant coughing when experiencing the common cold, the flu, or
Comfrey is effective as a healer because it contains Allantoin. This is able to help grow new flesh and bone cells and accelerate the healing process. It also reduces the inflammation of pulled tendons. An extract can be used for acne and athletes foot. It is also used for certain female problems. Comfrey tea and extract has been used as a douche for yeast infections. Poultices applied to sore and caked breasts, helps the tenderness leave very quickly.
A wet cough can be beneficial in aiding the body to expel phlegm from the chest. A wet/ chesty cough can be categorized as being productive or non-productive. Wet coughs are considered to be productive when mucous is being moved from the chest. A cough is considered to be non-productive when mucous is not being expelled from the chest regardless of the coughing.
A modern medicinal tincture, employed by homoeopaths, is made from the root with spirits of wine, and 10 drops in a tablespoonful of water are administered several times a day. Internally, the leaves are taken in the form of an infusion, 1 oz. of the leaves to 1 pint of boiling water.
Internally and externally comfrey is used in the treatment of colitis, varicose veins, assorted pulmonary complaints (pleurisy,
, bronchopneumonia), rheumatism, metritis, diarrhea, and periostitis. It is utilized as a diuretic and bulk laxative and is credited with scar healing. It is also used as a sedative.
A cough which accompanies the common cold, flu or a sinus infection is categorized as an acute cough. An acute cough is a cough which lasts less than two to three weeks. In this instance, the normal cause of a cough has found to be stimulation of the cough reflex by postnasal drip and/or clearing of the throat. A cough is considered chronic when it persists for longer than two to three weeks.
Bronchitis is a condition that exists when an inflammation of the bronchial tubes, which are the main air passages that bring air to the lung tissue, exists. When these passages become aggravated they produce mucous, which in turn stimulates coughing in an effort to clear the passages.
Eating honey is also heplfull because it may soothe the throat. For acute bronchitis you do not need antibiotics so the infection will disappear in one week, if you have fever you may take aspirin, do not smoke. For a secondary bacterial infection antibiotics are prescribed and maybe an inhaler and an expectorant. Theraflu and tea with lemon and honey, hot toddies with bourbon are helpfully. For some people with
hot baths instead of steam are better.
Comfrey leaves and shoots are also used as a vegetable and are often ground up in a blender or some other type of mechanical device to form the basis of "green drinks" which have become increasingly popular among health conscious individuals.
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Technology Student Association
The Technology Student Association is a non-profit national student organization devoted to teaching technology education to young people. TSA's mission is to inspire its student members to prepare for careers in a technology-driven economy and culture. The demand for technological expertise is escalating in American industry. Therefore, TSA's teachers strive to promote technological literacy, leadership, and problem-solving to their student membership.
TSA is the only student organization dedicated exclusively to students enrolled in technology education classes grades K-12. TSA is recognized by the U.S. Dept of Education, many state education agencies, the National Association of Secondary School Principals, the International Technology Education Association and the National Coordinating Council of Career and Technical Student Organizations.
Council on Technology & Engineering Teacher Education (CTETE)
The (CTETE) is the international professional organization focusing on the needs of Technology Teacher Education. The CTTE is affiliated with the International Technology Education Association and the Technology Education Collegiate Association.
North Carolina Technology Engineering and Design Teacher Education Council (TED-TEC)
The (TED-TEC) is the state professional organization focusing on the needs of Technology, Engineering and Design Teacher Education. The NCCTTE Technology Education Journal is a refereed state publication for the council. Below are links to each issue. The documents are in PDF form.
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North Carolina Technology, Engineering and Design Educators Association
The North Carolina Technology Education Association is the professional organization for technology education teachers.
International Technology and Engineering Educators Association
The International Technology and Engineering Educators Association is the largest professional educational association, principal voice, and information clearinghouse devoted to enhancing technology education through technology, innovation, design, and engineering experiences at the K-12 school levels. Its membership encompasses individuals and institutions throughout the world in over 45 countries with the primary membership in North America.
Association for Career and Technical Education
The Association for Career and Technical Education is the largest national education association dedicated to the advancement of education that prepares youth and adults for careers. This area offers information about the history, mission and structure of ACTE, as well as details on our annual awards program and information about how you can participate in the annual observance of Career and Technical Education Week.
Epsilon Pi Tau
Epsilon Pi Tau recognizes the academic excellence of students in fields devoted to the study of technology and the preparation of practitioners for the technology professions. We constantly seek out qualified students in degree and certificate programs in accredited higher education institutions. For information about Appalachian's Epsilon Pi tau chapter please contact Dr. Kevin Howell at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Technology and Engineering Education Collegiate Association
The ASU TECA Chapter meeting bi-weekly in 180 Katherine Harper Hall. ASU TECA is for students interested in teaching technology, design, and engineering at the secondary level. This club is open to all majors. We sponsor service events, provide professional development and leadership opportunities and compete at regional and national STEM-related competitions. ASU TECA competes in regional and national competitions related to technology, design, and engineering. For more information about ASU TECA please contact Dr. Jerianne Taylor at email@example.com.
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North Carolina Association for Career and Technical Education (NCACTE)
The North Carolina Association for Career Technical Education (NCACTE) is the professional organization for North Carolina Educators associated with Career-Technical Education. In this capacity, the organization will serve as a unifying agency for personnel in all types of Career and Technical Education. Further NCACTE will assume and maintain active state leadership in initiating, expanding, improving, and promoting Career and Technical Education.
DECA is organized into two unique student divisions each with programs designed to address the learning styles, interest and focus of its members. The High School Division includes 200,000 members in 3,500 schools. The Collegiate Division includes over 15,000 members in 275 colleges and universities.
Family, Career and Community Leaders of America
Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) is a national Career and Technical Student Organization that provides personal growth, leadership development, and career preparation opportunities for students in Family and Consumer Sciences education.
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FBLA-PBL is national Career and Technical Student Organization that provides personal growth, leadership development, and career preparation opportunities for students in business, finance and information technology education.
Phi Beta Lambda
PBL is the collegiate division of FBLA. It offers activities can complement your academic experience and give you an edge in your future career. During a job interview, you can point to the leadership positions you held for the largest collegiate business student organization in the world. At the same time, you can discuss the academic competitions you entered and how you fared against the very best students in the nation.
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Salary negotiation fundamentals
Best practices that lead to salary negotiation success
Topic: Business
Negotiation is part of life. We regularly bargain with other people to fulfill our needs—monetary or otherwise (something with which parents are no doubt familiar). In a professional context, skillful negotiation is essential, particularly for salary negotiations. However, many people are intimidated by the thought of negotiating for higher compensation, whether for a raise at their existing job or before starting in an entirely new position. Because the stakes are high and the outcome is of intense personal interest to the negotiator, salary negotiation is one of the most difficult to conduct in a strategic, level-headed way.
Join Roy Weissman to learn negotiation best practices and fundamental skills you can use to successfully negotiate a higher salary. You'll minimize or eliminate your fear of negotiation as you explore the most important steps to build confidence in your negotiating abilities and gain hands-on experience with time-tested strategies that provide the maximum leverage to optimize negotiation outcomes. Take the first step in becoming a master salary negotiator, helping ensure better outcomes for you, your company, and your career by more effectively driving positive change in your world.
What you'll learn-and how you can apply it
By the end of this live online course, you'll understand:
- The most critical steps to building a foundation for successful salary negotiations
- The importance of a planned and prepared salary negotiation strategy
And you'll be able to:
- Develop effective strategies for your salary negotiations
- Minimize anxiety and fear while gaining more confidence and comfort in approaching salary negotiations
- Create a strong position-of-strength document to aid you in your negotiations
- Improve the results of your negotiations
This training course is for you because...
- You're a project manager, product manager, developer, or professional who wants to be more effective at negotiating for your compensation.
- You want to be more confident in salary negotiations.
- You believe you can do better in your current negotiations and would like to learn new approaches to increase your success.
Recommended preparation:
- Read "Truth 1. Negotiation: A Natural Gift?" (chapter 1 in The Truth about Negotiations)
- Read "Truth 2. The Magic Bullet: Preparation" (chapter 2 in The Truth about Negotiations)
- Watch How to Seize Everyday Negotiation Opportunities (video, 8 minutes)
- Create a list of recent or upcoming salary negotiations that you believe could have gone better or want to result in optimal outcomes and list your concerns, problems, and issues you faced or expect to face in the negotiations
- If you feel comfortable doing so, please submit your list anonymously to inform the course discussion (useful but not required)
Recommended follow-up:
- Read The Truth About Negotiations, Second Edition (book)
About your instructor
Roy Weissman is a strategic senior leader in business development and sustainable sales growth. Roy teaches courses on negotiation at Northeastern University and consults on business development, sales, and sales enablement for companies in the media and tech industries through his consulting business, Octopus, based in New York City. With more than 15 years of experience driving business expansion and new market penetration for both top-ranking digital media corporations and agile, leading-edge innovative startups, he has a demonstrated track record of realizing significant results in revenue, market, and channel growth by forging lucrative online partnerships and shaping core strategies for ecommerce, branding, and media outreach. As both an employee and entrepreneur, he has worked at companies such as Infoseek.com, Viacom, General Electric, Playboy, and Next New Networks (acquired by Google). In his career in the media and tech industries, Roy has initiated, negotiated, and closed hundreds of deals with companies including Amazon, Comcast, News Corp, AT&T, Verizon, and Time Warner. However, his toughest negotiation to date continues to be with his 2-year-old daughter, who somehow does not always respond to negotiation best practices.
The timeframes are only estimates and may vary according to how the class is progressing
Introduction: Lecture: Setting the Stage for Successful Salary Negotiations (15 minutes)
- What is Negotiation?
- Will my offer be withdrawn if I negotiate?
- Setting Your Real Objective: Don't Leave Home without it
- The most valuable tool for salary negotiations: Alternatives
- The second most valuable tool: Research
- Determining Your Position of Strength and Why You Must Know Your POS
- Understanding How "They" Think
- Interests vs Positions: Importance of Asking Questions
- Motive vs Objective
- What is the other person's motive?
- What are their Interests?
- What is their objective?
- What is their ideal outcome?
- Why should the other party share this information with you?
- What is your ideal outcome?
- Cultural Differences: trust, transparency and communication style.
- Communication: Email vs phone vs in person: does it matter?
- How you say it: importance of confidence, tonality, do you believe it.
Q&A: Answering questions and responding to audience emailed questions (15 minutes)
Lecture: Preparing for a Salary Negotiation for a New Job (20 minutes)
- Determining Your (real) Objective
- What do you want? What do you want to ask for? How to prepare.
- What is your POS? Accomplishments, Strengths and More
- What are Your Alternatives?
- What are the other side's alternatives?
- How to Research the Company, Job and Employees? What to look for?
- How can you use your research as a strength in negotiations?
- Bringing up Salary: What you need to know to maximize your compensation and what not to do. What to say when asked "what is your current compensation?"
- When not negotiating will get you the highest offer
- What compensation can you ask for? What are the limits and the opportunities? How do I find this out?
- How to know the answers before the questions are asked.
- How to avoid negotiating with the wrong person.
- What to do if your potential employer says "we don't negotiate" or "this is our one and only offer"?
- What if the potential employer says no and what this means for you?
Exercise: What is Your Position of Strength? (15 minutes)
- Please download the sheet and create your Position of Strength
- Q&A: Discussion and Questions and Answers:
- Break 1 (10 minutes)
Lecture: Preparing for a Salary Negotiation for a Raise for Your Current Job (20 minutes)
- Determining Your (real) Objective
- What do you want? What do you want to ask for? How to prepare.
- What is your POS? Accomplishments, Strengths and More
- What are Your Alternatives?
- What are your employer's alternatives?
- Should you compare your salary to your peers?
- Why should they give you a raise?
- Difference between annual increase and performance increases?
- What do you research and why? What to look for.
- Why Research is so critical and how, if used incorrectly, it could sabotage you
- How to use your research as a strength in negotiations
- Bringing up Salary: What you need to know to maximize your compensation and what not to do.
- When not negotiating will get you the highest offer
- What compensation can you ask for? What are the limits and the opportunities? How do I find this out?
- How to know the answers before the questions are asked.
- How to avoid negotiating with the wrong person: your manager vs HR.
- What to say and do if you know others got a raise and your manager says no to you.
- What to do if your manager says "we don't negotiate" or "this is our one and only offer"?
- What if your employer says no and what this means for you?
Exercise: Why Should Your Company give you a Raise? (15 minutes)
- Please download the sheet and complete the information
- Q&A: Exercise Discussion and Q&A
- Break 2 (10 minutes)
Lecture: Summarizing Today: The key drivers of Your Success (15 minutes)
- How not to talk yourself out of your raise or new salary
- Collaborative or Adversarial; Why one is great and the other very bad
- What is your objective? Do you know why?
- Importance of Asking Questions and listening to the answers
- Why knowing your POS well is critical
- The importance of Alternatives
- What do they want? What is their objective?
- What are their Interests?
- What is their ideal outcome?
- What is your ideal outcome?
- Cultural Differences: trust, transparency and communication style.
Wrap up and Q & A (15 minutes)
- Feel free to ask about anything we talked about.


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Cybertecture Egg is a new office design set to be built in India. The smart architectural egg is a design based on interactive building designs of the future, a term being referred to as Cybertecture, dubbed by company, Cybertecture International.
When it is complete, The Cybertecture Egg in Mumbai, India will be one of the world's most high tech office buildings. The structure, which appears to be resting on an angle, does not have a rounded tip, but instead the top of the 13th floor on the 32,000 sq m building is flat. In it rests a sky garden that will perform thermolysis.
"PV panels will be installed on top of the building and a wind turbine on the sky gardens will generate electricity," World Architecture News says. "A water filtration system will also be incorporated into the building to recycle grey water for flushing and irrigation purpose."
The building is packed with elements intended to give those working in the building the top in terms of office luxury, including health monitors in bathrooms that are capable of performing on-site testing like weigh-ins and blood pressure checks.
They've estimated the project will be complete by the end of 2010.
Cybertecture Egg
References: worldarchitecturenews


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Review: Mother Night
Mother Night by Kurt Vonnegut
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
I've never been a huge Vonnegut fan, but several friends said that this was the book that would get me. I have to say: They nailed it.
This is a dark, sad fictional memoir of Howard W. Campbell Jr., who moved to Germany just before the beginning of World War II and became the Nazi Party's leading media propagandist. The story begins, and ends as Campbell is awaiting a war crimes trial in Israel. But as Campbell tells the story, the truth of his role becomes much less clear.
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Portlaoise parade prizegiving night
The funniest floats in the Portlaoise St Patrick's Day parade scooped top prizes in the awards ceremony last Friday in the parish centre.
Best Overall prize went to John Styles Fallen Animals, who had cows, horses, a vet, a farmer and a gorilla running riot in the parade. They received €300, a certificate and a plaque from parade organiser Ger Whelan.
Second prize was won by Mick Kerry from Portlaoise, who had carted along his bog woman, 'discovered' while cutting turf in Kyletalisha.
Third went to Tower Vintage Club, who featured a wooden shed as a NAMA affordable home. Both received €50 and a trophy.
Best Entertainers were the Congolese Womens' Awareness group. Best school; Portlaoise weekend Latvian school. Best sporting; Ballyfin athletics club. Best business; Andy's Furniture. Best band; Shanahoe school band, best dancers; Scoil Rince ní Dhuinn, best community group; Knockmay Combined Residents, best vintage; Ballyfin Vintage club. All received certs, while Grandmasters Portlaoise Panthers also got a plaque.


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delve a little deeper....
A guide to making me happy!
I'm not one to be bitchy about other people, well, maybe I am but
I try not to do it too publicly! I wanted to share this following email trail on my adultwork site with you to highlight some of the nonsense I have to put up with and to give you
clients or potential clients an idea of how this thing works and the kind of
thing that frustrates me. I have edited out personal details. My additional comments are in brackets.The awful spelling of his I am not editing...
Him: I live close by Wana get to know you and maybe meet up!
Me: Hi, Thanks for your email, do let me know when you'd like to make a booking then! Or if you have questions feel free to ask.
Him: Sweet well I'm (age) and live in (place) I'm up for a bit of fun if u want I'm available any time really, how much for a few hours? If u want!
Me: (frustrated, so randomly suggests a date)
My rate is £100 an hour so it's up to you how long you book for, I do a maximum of a 3 hour session. How about Saturday at 11am?
Him: Hmmmm 100 quid any student discount :D. Will it be worth 100 quid as I'm really horny and need lots of fun, wer can I meet you?
Me: (Pissed off, but remains polite despite shouting at my laptop 'Read my fucking profile!') No I do not offer any discounts. There are plenty of cheaper girls on here if you don't want to spend so much. We meet at my flat.
Him: Will ur time be worth the money? Wer abouts is ur flat?
Me: (losing will to live, or at least continue with his conversation) Of course I am worth the money! It's in Hounslow.
Him: So wen wer and how do we meet, this is 100% safe and real yes.
Me: OK, the idea is you tell me when you'd like to book and we agree a time/date. You then make a booking through the booking system here and give me a call to confirm, I give you most of my address and then when you are close by you call and i give you my flat number.
Him: Ok, sounds easy but do you Wana see me before I make a booking this is my email address (hisemailaddress.com) we can chat and webcam and if you like me then I can book and meet up with you!
Me: You really don't know how all this works do you? I don't have to like you, you just show up with the money!
Him: Yea I do but just Wana make sure I ain't wasting my time. Are u a married lady or single?
(The flaming nosey cheek! Hell, my marriage status/reationship status takes a week to explain anyway so I ignore this, but our friend is persistent.)
Him: I can't make a booking on the site I need to be a full member, I live quite close to you so how about we meet up without making a booking on this site, you just tell me when you are free and send me an emai to the one I give you and I will come with the money and fuck ur sweet pussy.
Me: (Giving up) I don't think I'm the right person for you if this is how you think I conduct my business. I'm afraid I don't meet people without a proper booking which is paid for, nor do I do msn or webcamming. I think you'll find other women on this site more suited to you. Good luck.
Him: I will defo pay you no need to worry about that I'll give u the money when I get there if you can tell me a date and time then I could come, and meet you your number is on your profile Init.
(Use of 'Init' makes me bang head against wall.)
Have not replied! Funny thing is he had an almost identical
conversation with another escort I know, only she had the sense to terminate it
a lot quicker than me. Maybe I was being mean and maybe he was young and naive to these things but it does make me think do I really want to see this person with this attiude?
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Hi guys,
Starting a project to build a footswitch pedalboard based on Arduino to control TH-U in Reaper. It's my first Arduino project so I am learning everything (Arduino/MIDI) from zero. So far I've managed to send MIDI signals to the PC, now working on Reaper and TH-U to read them.
I am still thinking on how I would like it to work, and one feature that would be amazing is to have leds that will show the status of the effects when a patch is selected, or even change when using automation. Dual-colored leds would be a killer. Off if a footswitch is not assigned, green if assigned but off, red if assigned and on
My newbie question is: is it even possible to 'read' the status of the effcts/parameters on TH-U?


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Love the attire in today's featured wedding. Brown fur wraps for the bridesmaids, while the bride wore all white. Dashing matching blue suits for the gents, which seems to be all the rage in men's wedding style.
Love the attire in today's featured wedding. Brown fur wraps for the bridesmaids, while the bride wore all white. Dashing matching blue suits for the gents, which seems to be all the rage in men's wedding style.
Photographer's Comments: "Let me just tell you about the most perfect wedding ever! Everything flowed smoothly, we weren't rushed on time, and we had the most amazing sunset!
"The day started with Rachel getting ready in the amazing bridal suite at 28 Event Space. This bridal suite has everything. It has beds, showers, beautiful natural light.
"While Rachel was getting ready, I couldn't help but notice all her incredible detail pieces. Her jewelry was all a gorgeous rose gold and her flowers were beyond amazing. But, I have to say her veil was my favorite part. She had this gorgeous long and flowy cathedral style veil. It was difficult for her to walk in, but it made the pictures absolutely amazing. I had too much fun tossing the veil around and capturing its movement.
"Following getting ready, Rachel and Isaac shared an emotional first look. He really couldn't take his eyes off of her. Who could blame him? She was looking beyond gorgeous. They said a prayer and then we loaded the whole wedding party on the 28 Event Space party bus and headed to the West Bottoms.
"We had about two hours for portraits, which made me so happy! I love when couples dedicate so much of their day to pictures. It really makes me happy to be able to take my time and make sure every portrait I take is breathtaking. Portrait time is also a great time for the couple to unwind and just have fun together before the stress of the day. Reason one billion why I always recommend doing a first look.
"After portraits, we headed back to 28 Event Space and took a couple more portraits. I am so in love with the lights at 28 Event Space. Every picture naturally has an incredible background. I love this place sooo much!
"Of course, they had a gorgeous ceremony followed by more gorgeous portraits. I took Isaac and Rachel away to the Liberty Memorial for a couple minutes and we were able to experience an incredible sunset. The entire city seemed to turn a beautiful shade of purple. These two are just so natural in front of the camera. Every picture is just so perfect. I couldn't contain my excitement while photographing them.
"We went back to 28 Event Space to conclude the night with a beautiful reception filled with excitement and dancing.
"Thank you so much Isaac and Rachel for asking me to be part of your incredible day!"
Bridal Q & A
From the bride:
Share your inspiration and the atmosphere you're creating for your wedding.
"We want a romantic atmosphere, but with lots of fun!"
Share how (or why) you chose your wedding venue
"We chose our venue because it's a beautiful space, we love the lighting and they have a great package deal that made it convenient."
What is your most valuable piece of advice you can share with future couples planning their wedding?
"Enjoy the process! It's fun getting to make all of these decisions together and just remember that your wedding is about you and not as much for catering to others."
What was your favorite part of the planning process?
"Food tasting!! And getting to work together to come to decisions on what we want."
Photographer: eGolden Moments Photography
Groomsman Attire: Generation Tux
Apparel: Belle Vogue
Makeup Artist: Dani Jo Bellomy Makeup Artistry
Reception Venue: 28 Event Space
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Luke Daniel - Photographer
Primary Print and Photo recently chatted to photographer Luke Daniel about his career to date, his inspirations and influences. Keep an eye out for his upcoming exhibition.
When and what made you take up a career in photography?
In 2008 I got handed a point-and-shoot camera, and just began to photograph things that were very familiar to me – nights out with friends, landscapes, suburban happenings. I guess that's my first real experience with photography. Eventually I became a bit more focused with my work, completed a diploma course in photography at City Varsity, and apprenticed under a few commercial photographers. I enjoy photographing the world around me – sometimes I get paid to do it. I'm not sure if that's the definition of a 'career in photography', but that's my experience with it.
Is photography your main source of income or a supplement? If the latter, what other skill do you possess to keep yourself sustained?
Photography and owning a photographic studio (South Line Studio) in Diep River serve as my main source of income. But, I'm always doing odd jobs, too. Anything to pay the bills, really. For me, photography has never been about making stacks of money – especially not in documentary work. If I can scrape a living together, just through documentary/reportage photography – I'm happy with that.
What gear do you shoot with?
I keep it pretty simple. I shoot on a Canon 5D MK II – with a few fast lenses, for low light shooting. I've always got a Speedlite with me, too.
Are you a digital or a film man? And why?
I'm a digital man, with film ethic. I shot on film, and developed in the darkroom for years. Film is more manual – every frame deserves more thought, more contemplation. Also, it's expensive to shoot on film – so, you've gotta make every shot count, ya know. Digital has just made photography more accessible to the world – and has made everything more instant, more automatic.
Who inspires you?
I'm inspired most by non-photographic work. Music and writing inspires me. Also, people inspire me – ordinary, extraordinary people. I guess that's why I'm attracted to documentary work. I'm far more interested in psychology and humanism, than I am in photography. Photographically, I'm inspired by renowned documentary photographers - Robert Frank, Mary Ellen Mark, Leonard Freed, Robert Doisneau.
What motivates you to shoot in the style you do?
The fact that we live in a bizarre and beautiful world – which can be cruel and caring all at the same time. I'm just privileged enough to have a tool to capture that dynamic (or at least try).
What's the bazaarest/most exciting shoot you have had?
Documentary work always takes you into some bizarre situations – but that's the point. I did a commercial job for Red Bull earlier this year, where I was flown out to cover an ongoing event, all around the country. Fly out of Cape Town at 5am, shoot all day and rush back to the airport to be back home 8 hours later. A month of that – bizarre and exciting, all at the same time.
What do you look for in locations?
It depends – but usually I'm attracted to locations which are rich in texture and tone. I like gritty, dirty environments. But, I am a sucker for a breath-taking landscape.
What do you hope to achieve with your photography going forward?
I just want to photograph as much as I possibly can. I want to travel more, exhibit more and attempt to be a photographic story teller, more than just a professional photographer. Making a living from that makes me very lucky and very grateful.
Any planned exhibitions? If so, what gallery would you select if you had the choice, and what substrate would you print on?
I do have a section of my work lined up as part of an exhibition later this year. The work is from my 'LANGA' project – details will be revealed soon! I'd love to have my work exhibited in the Stevenson gallery – huge prints on Hahnemühle Alpha Cellulose paper would be a dream come true.
Do you have 10 fingers and 10 toes?
For now, yes!
Do you hire models or are they mostly volunteers?
99% of the time I work with volunteers or amateur models.
Do you ever mix peanut butter with marmite on toast? If not, why not?
I've never done that – but, now that I think about it…
How can one make contact with you?
Website: http://www.lukedanielphotography.com/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/lukedanielphotography
Facebook (studio): http://www.facebook.com/southlinestudio
Twitter (studio): http://twitter.com/SouthLineStudio
LANGA: http://www.behance.net/gallery/LANGA-a-preview/2567587


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Voice Collectives
Bring your students together to write, rehearse, perform and record their own song – and see them grow in confidence, self-esteem, team work, health and happiness.
This 10-week programme of singing and songwriting is suitable for any class or large group of students from year 6 to year 13.
It's ideal as a transition activity, or part of your music curriculum, to grow students' enjoyment of music and belief in their own abilities.
What does it involve?
Weekly one-hour sessions where Ben O'Sullivan will work with your students to create and rehearse their own song. The shape and style of the song as well as the lyrics will be led by the students.
If the school chooses, the term-long programme can culminate in a recording session away day where students will also feature in their own video, shot on location.
What else do I need to know?
This work can count as one of your two interventions for the GHLL Healthy Schools award, as we will measure the impact the project has on the emotional health and wellbeing of the students involved. This is all done with a light touch, through anonymous evaluation forms. This, along with the Pupil Premium outcome measures, will be of interest to senior leadership teams.
Booking open now:
This service is heavily subsidised with tiered offers starting at just £650 per 10-week block
What does it include?
- 10 one-hour workshops
- Evaluation
- Performance opportunities support – for a school concert for example
- CPD consultation with Head of Music / Music Dept.
- Staff Resources to continue the teaching and learning outside of the sessions
Who's behind this?
This programme is funded by Make Music Gloucestershire, the county's music education hub, as well as Gloucestershire Healthy Living and Learning. We are one of the key partners the Hub, a network of schools, organisations and individuals working together to make sure music education reaches as many children and young people as possible, and makes a difference to their lives and futures.


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Paradox Interactive has announced today that strategy title World War One Gold Edition is available now on PC.
Despite a myriad of war-based videogames, the number of games set in the first world war era is comparatively small. Those that do exist tend to either be flight sims or in-depth strategy – and World War One Gold Edition is firmly in that latter camp.
Paradox has a reputation for publishing hardcore, turn-based strategy games, so don't expect any FPS trench action. Instead, prepare for overhead tactical maps, vital supply lines and actually needing to read a manual to understand what the hell is going on. You can also expect numerous 'Gold Edition' updates such as AI and interface improvements.
World War One Gold Edition will be "available for download at all major digital download portals."


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Dynamic coupling in Cooker's sloshing experiment with baffles.
Turner, MR, Bridges, TJ and Alemi Ardakani, H (2013) Dynamic coupling in Cooker's sloshing experiment with baffles. Phys Fluids, 25, 112102.
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This paper investigates the dynamic coupling between fluid sloshing and the motion of the vessel containing the fluid, for the case when the vessel is partitioned using non-porous baffles. The vessel is modelled using Cooker's sloshing configuration [M. J. Cooker, "Water waves in a suspended container," Wave Motion20, 385–395 (1994)]. Cooker's configuration is extended to include n − 1 non-porous baffles which divide the vessel into n separate fluid compartments each with a characteristic length scale. The problem is analysed for arbitrary fill depth in each compartment, and it is found that a multitude of resonance situations can occur in the system, from 1 : 1 resonances to (n + 1)−fold 1 : 1: ⋯ : 1 resonances, as well as ℓ: m: ⋯ : n for natural numbers ℓ, m, n, depending upon the system parameter values. The conventional wisdom is that the principle role of baffles is to damp the fluid motion. Our results show that in fact without special consideration, the baffles can lead to enhancement of the fluid motion through resonance.
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In the wake of the October 2017 Redwood Complex Fires and the 2018 Mendocino Complex Fires, the Community Foundation has been witness to the challenges our community faces when trying to recover from a natural disaster. By building a more prepared and resilient community before disaster strikes, we increase our ability to recover. The Community Foundation's Board of Directors created this fund with a lead gift of $25,000 and is seeking matching funds to help build a stronger Mendocino County. To learn more about this fund, please click here
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How to Research Business Names
The name of a business is one of its biggest assets. Some names are a direct reflection of the services it offers, while others carry the name of its owner. However your business name is used, it should be as unique as possible. So, before getting attached to a business name, it is ideal to conduct a name search to ensure the name is available. Skipping this step can lead to problems later, especially if a business with a similar or duplicate name holds any ownership.
Check with the secretary of state's office in which the business is located for companies with the same or similar names. Most states' secretary of state offices have a name search feature on their websites. Type the name to be researched into the search engine and review the results. If researching for name availability, if the name is not registered with the secretary of state, it is considered available.
Conduct a name search on the U.S. Patent and Trademark website. Companies that have registered their names for a trademark will be listed. If the name is listed as trademarked but the businesses will be in different industries or sell different goods and services, the name can be used by both businesses.
Search whois.com for a registered domain. If the company has a website, the company name and owner information will be listed.
Check the phone book. If the search is local, check your local yellow pages for a business with the researched name. If the search required a wider reach, use an online phone listing service, such as yellowpages.com. Using this method also allows for a search based on region, industry or category.
- If the business name is trademarked, do not use it if there is a chance that both businesses will sell the same products or services or be in the same industry. This is a violation of trademark and can carry serious legal repercussions.
- Some states, Texas included, charge a fee to search for business names on the secretary of state's website. The fees are generally nominal, but check the website first to determine if there is a research fee.
- When choosing a name for a business, it is best to choose at least three names. If one of the names is not available, you will still have options.
- If the name researched is not available, but is not in the same industry as yours, a variation of the spelling of the name is acceptable. This will allow you to use the business name for marketing and on the Internet in the event the business has a website.
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Once your details have been processed you will receive a FREE Clubmark portfolio pack in the post containing full information you need to get started working towards your award.
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Harri Endersby
Growing up in County Durham and its thriving folk scene, Harri Endersby's music has been heavily influenced by the region's crowd of prestigious folk singers and musicians, her lyrics being firmly rooted in the pastoral and the world of story-telling.
Her new album Homes/Lives presents a transition in style, beginning with acoustic, tripped-back tracks whilst gradually introducing electronic instrumentation and beats as the album progresses. This interweaving of genres has been inspired by Harri's love of Icelandic electro-folk and the likes of Ásgeir and Samaris.
Her 5-track EP 'Ivy Crown' released in 2014, rose to number 17 in the iTunes singer-songwriter charts and had tracks played on BBC Newcastle Introducing, The Folk Show on Bishop FM, and Roger William's World of Difference. Her new album Homes/Lives was released on the 25th February 2017.
Support comes from Nel Unlit
Nel Unlit were born out of the Spooker Rekkids attic in the old ladies room of the Westgarth Social Club in Middlesbrough. They have written a concept album, 'Wake for the Dreaming' based on the graphic novel 'World's End' by Neil Gaiman. It will be released in 2019. They released their debut single 'True Things' in August 2017 to praise and comparisons with Bon Iver, Sufjan Stevens, Alt-j and Jarvis Cocker. Their second single "Unhung" is to be released in February 2018.
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Monica White of FoodShare speaks with Sandra Siepak about their unprecedented efforts to feed Ventura County families in need during the pandemic.
Project Understanding: Giving a Hand Up, Not a Handout
Tom Hilton speaks with Sandra Siepak about Project Understanding.
Feeding Ventura County's Needy
FOOD Share is dedicated to feeding, nourishing and educating the hungry of Ventura County, educating the community on those who are hungry and why, and advocating a reduction of the root causes of hunger.
Food Forward: Recovering Fruits and Vegetables for Hunger Relief
Jill Santos speaks with Sandra Siepak about Food Forward.
FOOD Share: Feeding the Hungry in Ventura County
President/Chief Executive Officer of FOOD Share, Bonnie Weigel, speaks with Our Ventura TV host, Sandra Siepak, about the organization's work towards feeding the hungry in Ventura County.
Food Share: Ventura County's Food Bank (PSA)
Bonnie Weigel presents a public service announcement about FOOD Share, Ventura County's food bank.
Food Share – Addressing Hunger in Ventura County
Bonnie Weigel, President and Chief Executive Officer of Ventura County's Food Share is interviewed by "Our Ventura" host, Polly Hoganson. "We can do something about hunger," is a core operating principle at Food Share.


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Were you looking for information about Carpal Tunnel Treatment? Carpel tunnel treatment is a common misspelling of carpal tunnel treatment.
Treatment for carpal tunnel syndrome may include both surgical and nonsurgical methods. Initial treatment generally involves resting the affected hand and wrist, using ice packs, and avoiding activities that may worsen symptoms. There are two different types of carpal tunnel surgery: open release and endoscopic surgery.
Recurrence of carpal tunnel syndrome following treatment is rare. Examples of alternative therapies that may be used to relieve symptoms include acupuncture, chiropractic care, and yoga. While the effectiveness of acupuncture and chiropractic care has not been proven, yoga has been shown to reduce pain and improve grip strength in people with carpal tunnel syndrome.
(Click Carpal Tunnel Treatment for an in-depth look at how this condition is treated, including a detailed description of carpal tunnel surgery. You can also click any of the links in the box to the right for specific information.)
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Wavelength FIFTEEN – Night 1 (feat. Skeletones Four / More Or Les / Lockbox / Hervana / Delta Will / Most People / Art Bergmann / controller.controller)
Sneaky Dee's. Friday, February 13, 2015.
Dividing this year's three festival nights into past, present and future, the opener saw the band returning to Sneaky Dee's, home to the series for the bulk of its lifespan as a weekly series. It's not a venue I find myself at much these days, so there is a faint hint of nostalgia in being there. Upstairs, not much has changed. The paint on the ceiling is peeling a little, adding to the sensation of stepping into a dusty memory. But the drinks are still cheap.
The evening was split into two distinct parts, the first of which was a series of cover sets which saw the sorts of bands you might see at a Wavelength nowadays covering the sorts of bands you might have seen onstage in the series' early times. This turned out to be a great success, with all of the bands pulling it off — some even managed to impart their own spin on the material. And even with three-song mini-sets, quick turnovers managed to keep the momentum up.
Skeletones Four started the night off by paying tribute to WL's Guelph connections, covering the songs of Jim Guthrie (who just happened to be in the crowd). "Evil Thoughts" could have passed as something from the band's own catalogue and the band brought a nice menacing undertone to it; "Virtue" and "So Small" had a bit more lightness to them.
Listen to a song from this set here.
That got things started, but the still-growing crowd was really fired up by More Or Les, who gave a quick history lesson in T.O. hip-hop, pulling out tunes from Saukrates and Kardinal Offishall before calling up some of the all-stars of Hip Hop Karaoke (including Kryptonite, Mr. Mischief, June & Pilaf, Dirty D) to bring Rascalz' posse cut "Northern Touch" to life. The coup de grace here was getting Thrust, who appeared on the original, to join in.
Listen to a song from this set here.
Keyboardist/vocalist Laura Barrett was later heard asking around if anyone could identify what genre Lockbox fell into, a fair question given the range of sounds they had to tackle to play the songs of Owen Pallett. Playing the songs without a violin would give them a different sound, but doing so without the use of Pallet's loop pedal meant having to reconstruct them from the ground up. The recent "Song for Five & Six", with its squiggly Abba-esque synth line required the least re-jigging. "Keep the Dog Quiet" registered as jittery new wave while "Many Lives → 49 MP" (with a Tubular Bells kind of vibe) progged out — "be prepared to dance in a bunch of different time signatures," was the warning at the outset. Barrett, a fine singer, sometimes seemed a little unsure whether to go high or low to match Pallett's vocals, but on the whole the re-constructions came together rather well. This was the début for this new unit (with Sarah Buchanan on drums, Jeff DeButte on bass and Niall Fynes on guit), and hopefully we'll be getting a chance to hear them tackle some original material.
Listen to a song from this set here.
Hervana (who are, as their name implies, an all-female Nirvana cover band) tackled Constantines, a rather different sounding band, theoretically united by the fact that both were briefly on Sub Pop. The fact that the band's re-interpretations felt a bit less "lived in" than some of the other covers could have made them the superficial work of, well, a cover band. But the Cons were at their best when things were fiery-fresh and uncertain, so Hervana's sense of newness worked in their favour. "Soon Enough" felt a bit inert to start, but "Young Lions" and "Shine a Light" had the right sort of raw energy.
Listen to a song from this set here.
Delta Will gave a historical overview of Manitoba/Caribou, leading off with "Hendrix With Ko" from Dan Snaith's artistic breakthrough Up in Flames. The band, this time out a four-piece with Sexy Merlin's Sean Dunal on drums, caught that song's reconstructed psychedelic vibe quite nicely before moving forward to "She's the One" and "Can't Do Without You", each a bit more dance-floor focused than the one before. Frontman Charles Tilden brought a particular sense of detail to matching up some of Snaith's sampled sounds.
Listen to a song from this set here.
The perfect Broken Social Scene cover set would probably involve someone rambling onstage for fifteen minutes about hugs, the power of forgiveness and the existential consequences of feeling fucked up inside while a dozen people milled around behind them tuning endlessly. Instead, Most People focused on the songs, doing a superior job of re-interpreting them in their own voice rather than slavishly copying them. They slid further in that direction over their trio of songs, with "Sweetest Kill" coming off the closest to the original while treating "Lovers Spit" and "7/4 (Shoreline)" more like Most People tunes — instead of finding a Feist fill-in on the latter, Paul McEachern handled the high vocal parts. Closing out the first half of the night, this definitely had a headliner vibe.
Listen to a song from this set here.
Even after half-a-dozen short sets, the night was only halfway over. Celebrating the past in a different way, Can-rock icon Art Bergmann made his Wavelength début. Ever since forming the K-Tels in 1978, Bergmann has been a voice in the wilderness and a cog in the machine, trying to slip his raw testimonials into the prevailing discourse. Fighting health troubles and a depleted muse, Bergmann has been living in Alberta for the past decade, mostly off the radar (save for an occasional special appearance), and it was a pleasant surprise last year to hear of his return with a new EP. The four tunes on Songs For the Underclass are as pointed as the disc's title in their last-chance lamentations for a world gone wrong.
Whether all that would be appreciated by the large segment of the crowd that looked too young to remember his cultural presence looked uncertain. "Yeah, we're covering something named Art," Bergmann off-handedly muttered near the start of his set, picking up on the vibe. That double joke sailed over the audience's heads, and Bergmann seemed a little disappointed at these modern audiences that don't boisterously rise to the occasion, or even heckle more than half-heartedly.
He was definitely not disappointed with his "Toronto band", who were in fine form. Powered by Chris Wardman on guitar, Bergman was soon swapping grins as the band powered through his back catalogue. There's an embarrassment of riches in his songbook, and it was a thrill to hear high-powered versions of "Remember Her Name", "Beatles in Hollywood", "Bound For Vegas", "Contract" and more. "Drones of Democracy", the first track from the new one provided the set's climax, a sweeping song that owes more than a little something to the slow-burning lament of Neil Young's "Cortez The Killer."
Some of that goodness was definitely lost on the crowd, who started to drift away as the set wore on. After the short, sharp bursts of the cover sets, the hour-and-a-quarter here felt a little long in the context of the night, and too much perhaps to engage the casually interested. But I was glad to have seen Bergmann put on an impressive show that maintained its power and focus throughout.1
Listen to a couple songs from this set here.
The crowd was listing a bit and the hour was growing late as the night's last act took the stage. Still, given it was about seven years since controller.controller last played a proper gig, waiting up past one in the morning probably wasn't too much of an extra burden. Precisely of their moment with that mid-aughts hi-hat riding death disco sound, it's probably been long enough for them sound to feel fresh again, and the band hit the stage with a jolt-you-awake groove, launching the slashing dual guitars of signature song "History" into a suddenly-heaving dancefloor.
A couple missed cues and other signs of rustiness couldn't spoil the celebratory vibe, though a bass malfunction after the second song momentarily brought the energy back down. (Ironically, it happened right around when Basnayake was singing "if things can go wrong, they'll only go wrong" during "Silent Seven".)
Once Ronnie Morris secured a replacement (courtesy of Most People), he did his best to bring things back up, mugging expressively, dancing as he played, and eventually taking to the crowd. Meanwhile vocalist Nirmala Basnayake was all smiles as she made the obligatory getting-older jokes and cajoled drummer Jeff Scheven to try and approach the tempos they could tackle in their heyday.
A new twitter account implies this reunion wasn't a one-off and the reaction from the crowd implied that some of the folks that missed them the first time around were taking notice. Stay tuned.
Listen to a song from this set here.
1 After the set, I saw Bergmann popping out of the off-stage area with a cigarette in his hand, which he proceeded to light and take a puff from as he stepped down from the stage. While I was amused at the punkrock disregard for the rules that was more evident in the sixty-two year old singer than in the audience, I didn't realize 'til after the fact that that transgression was enough to get Bergmann bounced from the venue. When's the last time any of the would-be young badasses you saw perform manage to get turfed from their own show?


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Molecular evolution
Evolution, at the molecular level, is observableas nucleotide changes in the DNA and amino acid changes in proteins. Both polymorphism and evolutionary change between species can be explained by the two processes of natural selection and genetic drift.
Two factors controlling the relative importance of neutral drift and natural selection:
1. Population size. If the population is small then neutral drift dominates; whereas natural selection does if the population is large.
2. The selection coefficients of the different genotypes. If the selection coefficients are low then neutral drift dominates, otherwise natural selection is the more important.
In the evolution of modern species, there have been millions of molecular changes. Natural selection and neutral drift could logically have produced any proportions of the changes, but exactly what proportion is an open question among evolutionary biologists. Richard Dawkins offers his own view.


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Having a high self esteem is really a self feeding thing. With a high self esteem you will carry out a lot more of your personal goals and with accomplishments comes an improved self esteem. The problem is when your self esteem is low to begin with, it is hard to really feel a sense or worth. It isn't impossible though, with a few tips I am sure you too can see how to improve your self esteem and see how you are a valuable person.
Set Clear Goals
If your goals are not completely clear then there is nothing to say that you won't notice when you do achieve exactly what you wanted anyways. As an example for something that I did recently. I wanted to write over 100 informational articles such as these within a week. I put this down as me wanting to write 15 a day. While the math adds up my TRUE intention is 100 in a week. You see how if I would have missed a whole day I would have failed with the first goal, but the second and really the goal I wanted to achieve I can still complete it.
You should also push yourself, but still reach for something you can attain. You don't need to disappoint yourself nor pity yourself by setting shallow goals. Go for that middle road there.
Be Proactive
This is actually a talent almost every single successful person has a lot of proactive actions. This means that they take the initiative and are decisive about their actions. They also let people know exactly what they can do to help and aren't afraid to help and be helped by others. The most important in these, in my opinion, is letting others know how they can help you. People are more inclined to help when they know that you need this done and don't need to put forth that much effort on their part.
Develop Good Listening Skills
Nothing helps you have higher self esteem quite like being told good things about you. You shouldn't go fishing for compliments but by simply listening to people you will be liked considerably more. There aren't that many good listeners out there that people feel like they can talk to, if you are one of these people then you can make some good friends and feel a good sense of self worth.
Visualize Your Life
Look at all the changes you have made to yourself and those around you. Think of all the positive. Think of all the opportunity for positive results you could influence. These are your chances to really see your self worth as a person and improve your self esteem. This is your chance to see what you can bring to the table and tell yourself that you are actually going to do it.
This is usually something most people will tell you to do first, however I find it to be the hardest out of all the steps. This is because with a low self esteem it is hard to see your own self worth. If it wasn't then you wouldn't need to improve your self esteem in the first place, right? Well I believe after you get a little bit of self esteem from some of the above tips you can achieve this one, just by seeing what you have and can do.