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#social-life

Dad says I can borrow the car."Thanks, Dad!" I say."I won't be gone long."I've been borrowing cars from Dad since I was 17.Back then, going on 50 years ago, I borrowed the car to meet friends after school, or drive to the mall or go out on dates.There were hard-and-fast dad rules for borrowing the car back then, about how many friends could ride along, how fast I could go and, especially with the latter, how late I could stay out with the car on a date.

In his groundbreaking poem The Song of the Banana Man, the writer Evan Jones, who has died aged 95, conceived a new form for Caribbean poetry that merged the cadence and language of Jamaican patois with that of standard English.Written in 1952, broadcast on the BBC's Caribbean Voices radio programme in 1953 and published in Barbados in Bim magazine in 1954, the poem captured the pride of a Jamaican farmer who works the land during a time when the huge sugar estates owned by foreign concerns were being replaced by locally owned smallholdings, and records the stirrings of an agitating workforce that was heading towards self-determination.

A Lewisham East MP has delivered a petition to Southeastern signed by hundreds of people over the company's decision for a new Blackheath to Charing Cross timetable.On November 30, 2022 Janet Daby handed in a petition which has gained much support after Southeastern revealed its decision to cut direct trains through Blackheath to Charing Cross.

Life as an introvert can be, for the lack of a better word, confusing.Don't get me wrong, as an introvert, there are times when I just can't find it in me to socialize with anyone, much less a crowd.Now, add in the complexities and uniqueness of ADHD and you have an introvert living through a challenging experience.

Awe is the feeling we experience when we encounter vast mysteries we cannot understand.We find awe, I report in my new book Awe: The New Science of Everyday Wonder and How it Can Transform Your Life, in eight wonders of life: the moral beauty of others, nature, collective movement, music, visual design, spirituality and religion, big ideas, and the cycle of life and death.

"Without goals, and plans to reach them, you are like a ship that has set sail with no destination."- Fitzhugh Dodson The road to mental health recovery looks too long when you're standing at the starting line, but as you slowly make your way down the road, you meet some interesting challenges and victories.

"There is nothing permanent except change."-Heraclitus Oftentimes, we forget that change is inevitable.We see the people around us growing and evolving but it's as if we forget that they are supposed to do so.They, just like us, are supposed to change, grow, and evolve.Yet, when it comes to change or making transitions in life, we falter.

I am a high school senior who was recently rejected from nearly all the schools I wished to attend this fall.I have been left heartbroken by this turn of events, and I'm not quite sure how to measure my reaction around others.I was accepted into a good state university close to home, from which one of my parents graduated, but I would hesitate to attend, as most of my close friends who have decided to go have been accepted into the honors programs that I was rejected from.

Karate - A Sport with a Purpose.(Erin Andrew, Ursuline High School) (Image: shutterstock) With sport having proved both anecdotally and scientifically to be a helpful way for students to clear their minds after a long day of education, smaller karate clubs have been eager to increase student participation.

Matthew Adinolfi, who has no top teeth and had no love life for over a decade, will be able to get implants so that he can kiss a woman without fear of his dentures falling out.Blanca Coreas, who can't eat anything firmer than mashed potatoes without her gums bleeding, will be able to take a bite of grilled meat.

The mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, says that she is pleased that people are deserting the city.Several of her lieutenants say that they would like to evict the world's most popular fictional Parisienne.Her deputy, Emmanuel Gregoire, wants to place a super-tax on second homes in the French capital to reverse the population drain.

It is common for some people to not enjoy anyone touching them even for a handshake.In fact, in some cultures touching someone as a form of communication is considered rude and is looked down upon.However, tactile communication is common and a handshake or a hug is very common these days.There are some people who don't like being touched and that's completely normal.

Teens are entering the chat around social media.Adults often stress about the anxiety, self-esteem issues and social comparisons that teenagers may encounter on social media, but a new study is asking teens what they are actually experiencing online and how they see it in their lives.One of the things we really want to do with this larger work is bring teens' own voices to the debate, said the report's lead author, Monica Anderson, associate director of research of the Pew Research Center's internet and technology team.

OCD or obsessive-compulsive disorder is more than just repetitive actions, intrusive or obsessive thoughts, and weird compulsions.When I say OCD, I'm sure you must have imagined a neat and organized space with zero chaos and mess, right?Well, OCD is many things, but most of all, it's misunderstood.If I'm a highly organized person, obsessed with details - then you might jokingly call me "OCD" - it might be true and might not be.

Phobias are many, yet some fears sound unreal.Even though it has been confirmed as a real fear, submechanophobia might still feel a little irrational to many.However, for people who struggle with this fear, submechanophobia can be as real as any threat.Submechanophobia or the fear of submerged objects is a rare yet specific phobia that can cause severe anxiety and overwhelming feelings that might affect your daily functioning.

Quite a common experience is performance anxiety if you look at it.Before any important meeting, conference, talk, test, competition, or even an actual performance, we all - at least for a brief period - experience jittery nerves, and butterflies in the stomach, otherwise known as performance anxiety.

Long seen as one of the most popular destinations for English language teachers, Spain offers countless opportunities for those looking to spend a few years abroad sampling the best of what the famed Mediterranean lifestyle offers.But what to expect in terms of living and working in Spain can often be quite different to what budding teachers imagine.

Just over one in five (22%) women across the UK regularly perform exercises to maintain their pelvic floor health, a new poll suggests.Over half (55%) do not currently do, or have never done pelvic floor exercises, while 23% said they do not know how to do them, according to the survey.If a person's pelvic floor muscles are weak, they may suffer incontinence or if the muscles are too tight, people might find it difficult to empty their bladder completely.

I am sure a lot of designers heard about Don Norman as he is an iconic personality in the design world, many considering him the father of UX.His well known book, The Design of Everyday Things is a remarkable book, but not only for designers.No, it's for everyone that has the curiosity of reading about how the human memory works and how 'things' can help extend our abilities exemplified through a lot of real examples (those were my favourite parts).

"Why we gotta be in a rush?My watch is just for decoration," Paramore frontwoman Hayley Williams sings on the third track of the group's new album, .The group premiered the track at an album release kickoff show in their home base of Nashville on Monday, February 6th, telling the audience, "It's really not that deep."

It was said that the people of East Germany, or the German Democratic Republic (GDR), loved to read, from classics like Tolstoy's "War and Peace," Boccaccio's "Decameron" and Hugo's "The Wretched," to science fiction and reports about places that could only be visited in the imagination due to travel restrictions.

It was said that the people of East Germany, or the German Democratic Republic (GDR), loved to read, from classics like Tolstoy's "War and Peace," Boccaccio's "Decameron" and Hugo's "The Wretched," to science fiction and reports about places that could only be visited in the imagination due to travel restrictions.

It was said that the people of East Germany, or the German Democratic Republic (GDR), loved to read, from classics like Tolstoy's "War and Peace," Boccaccio's "Decameron" and Hugo's "The Wretched," to science fiction and reports about places that could only be visited in the imagination due to travel restrictions.

Susan Tilton's husband, Mike, was actually in good health.But after a friend's husband developed terminal cancer, she began to worry that Mike would soon die, too.At night, I'd lie down and start thinking about it, recalled Ms. Tilton, 72, who lives in Clayton, Mo.What would I do?What would I do?The thought of life without her husband they'd married at 17 and 18 left her sleepless and dragging through the next day.

The contradictions of the Brexit era confound comedy.Having publicly extolled the virtues of Northern Ireland's access to the single market on Tuesday, Rishi Sunak was momentarily so engorged by exciting economics he forgot the ideological implications of what he was saying, while Tory advisers chewed off their feet backstage.

Whether or not parlez-vous français, it's time vous parlez Paramore now that the band has shared the new song, "C'est Comme Ça."The title, "C'est Comme Ça," translates to, "It's Like That," and the French phrase gets sprinkled amongst plenty of "La la las" during the chorus.

It started with a photo of cake.In the depths of the pandemic in August 2020, at-home baker Elisa Sunga started an ambitious baking project: tackling 20 different cakes from baker Christina Tosi's cookbooks, Milk and All About Cake.A popcorn cake with sifted popcorn folded into the batter.A banana cake with chocolate hazelnut ganache and banana cream spread between cake layers.

SAN JOSE - San Jose Sharks defenseman Nikolai Knyzhov skated for the first time Tuesday since he tore his right Achilles tendon in August, taking a small but significant step in his months-long recovery from the devastating offseason injury.After the Sharks finished their practice, Knyzhov, getting clearance from his therapist, stepped on the ice for a few minutes to see how his leg felt after his first two-plus months of rehabilitation.

SAN JOSE  San Jose Sharks defenseman Nikolai Knyzhov skated for the first time Tuesday since he tore his right Achilles tendon in August, taking a small but significant step in his months-long recovery from the devastating offseason injury.After the Sharks finished their practice, Knyzhov, getting clearance from his therapist, stepped on the ice for a few minutes to see how his leg felt after his first two-plus months of rehabilitation.

As a 19-year-old gunman walked through the St. Louis high school's hallways with an AR-15-style rifle and over 600 rounds of ammunition, frightened students and teachers locked classroom doors and huddled in corners.Some heard gunshots  and someone trying to open the doors, they recalled.People jumped from windows.