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Hola losers! Franklin Park was ditched for Loki mainly because FP never bothered to return my email/respond to my in-person-visit about reserving the space. Big mistake. Huge.
hmmm i just read an interesting article about. GDD (it doesnt actually mention Geographic Disorientation Disorder, but it alludes to the fact that it’s a real disorder!!!
Bad at Directions? Get Out More, Study SuggestsBy LiveScience Staff
Ever enter a strange hallway or an unfamiliar street after being inside and have trouble getting your bearings?
You’re not alone of course. Even in the animal world, such confusion has been routinely observed.
The problem is we depend in part on geometry to get oriented, scientists say, and at least some of that geometry can look awfully familiar in two directions, as with the case of an identical-looking door at each end of a hallway.
But a new study reveals at least one type of bird that can ignore the geometry of its surroundings and focus instead on a single prominent landmark to find its way.
The discovery was made because the scientists used wild birds in their test. Caged birds used in previous studies had the same difficulties as humans, getting confused by similar walls and angles appearing in two opposite directions.
“This has been observed in every species tested, even when landmarks alone could be used, suggesting that animals are predisposed to go by geometry,” said study team member Chris Sturdy, a professor of psychology and member of the Center for Neuroscience at the University of Alberta.
The wild-caught mountain chickadees were taught to follow angular features to reach food. But when allowed to use a landmark — a blue wall — they ignored the rest of the geometry to reach their goal.
The finding suggests that if you experience orientation problems, then perhaps you’ve been cooped up too long.
“This discovery points to the fact that our early experiences influence how we solve such problems and could mean that by varying the environments that we encounter early in life, we could broaden and hone our spatial navigation abilities,” Sturdy’s team writes.
“why did we switch venues from Franklin Park to Loki?”
DH, mainly because size does matter, and also because we got the runaround. Biff kept calling to try to give them the heads up (no homo) that we’re coming (no homo), and to ask about drink discounts, but they never answered the phone. So, Snappy went there in person, and they couldn’t really tell her anything at the bar, but sent her to their other business (a bakery??) around the corner to talk to someone there, who, in turn, told her to send an email to someone else, and, last I heard she had not gotten a response to her email.
Based on the reports from the Noki-Slopey-Benson-jester-Arkady-*rob* impromptu at Loki, Snappy checked it out, space is big enough for us, great outdoor space, and they’re happy to have us.
DH, The Real/Official answer is that Snappy did a little reconnaissance at Franklin park. It’s cool, but she thought that it was a bit small, and that if the weather sucked we wouldn’t be able to use the garden area, and so we’d be too cramped as we are expecting a very good turn-out.
Loki, on the other hand, is roomy and will RESERVE part of the back lounge area for us. And if the turn is even better than we expect, they will give us even MORE room.
The pasadena and bronxville houses are super, polar opposites from eachother and would love to live in either. The aspen house is over the top but the views are probably spectacular!
I need to edumacate you all as to how to get a reallly nice rent boy for far less than what you all are paying. It’ll take some leg work but they are out there!!!!
Hey Ringo! I’ll tell you off the OT. We missed you at the Duplex (no homo), but hope to see you at Loki (almost typed Noki again!!), on April 22nd!! (Count on my whipping you (no homo) to attend between now and then!)
Hola losers! Franklin Park was ditched for Loki mainly because FP never bothered to return my email/respond to my in-person-visit about reserving the space. Big mistake. Huge.
word, chiller.
i thought y’all was chicken bout the people bussin shots lately.
hmmm i just read an interesting article about. GDD (it doesnt actually mention Geographic Disorientation Disorder, but it alludes to the fact that it’s a real disorder!!!
Bad at Directions? Get Out More, Study SuggestsBy LiveScience Staff
Ever enter a strange hallway or an unfamiliar street after being inside and have trouble getting your bearings?
You’re not alone of course. Even in the animal world, such confusion has been routinely observed.
The problem is we depend in part on geometry to get oriented, scientists say, and at least some of that geometry can look awfully familiar in two directions, as with the case of an identical-looking door at each end of a hallway.
But a new study reveals at least one type of bird that can ignore the geometry of its surroundings and focus instead on a single prominent landmark to find its way.
The discovery was made because the scientists used wild birds in their test. Caged birds used in previous studies had the same difficulties as humans, getting confused by similar walls and angles appearing in two opposite directions.
“This has been observed in every species tested, even when landmarks alone could be used, suggesting that animals are predisposed to go by geometry,” said study team member Chris Sturdy, a professor of psychology and member of the Center for Neuroscience at the University of Alberta.
The wild-caught mountain chickadees were taught to follow angular features to reach food. But when allowed to use a landmark — a blue wall — they ignored the rest of the geometry to reach their goal.
The finding suggests that if you experience orientation problems, then perhaps you’ve been cooped up too long.
“This discovery points to the fact that our early experiences influence how we solve such problems and could mean that by varying the environments that we encounter early in life, we could broaden and hone our spatial navigation abilities,” Sturdy’s team writes.
*rob*
“why did we switch venues from Franklin Park to Loki?”
DH, mainly because size does matter, and also because we got the runaround. Biff kept calling to try to give them the heads up (no homo) that we’re coming (no homo), and to ask about drink discounts, but they never answered the phone. So, Snappy went there in person, and they couldn’t really tell her anything at the bar, but sent her to their other business (a bakery??) around the corner to talk to someone there, who, in turn, told her to send an email to someone else, and, last I heard she had not gotten a response to her email.
Based on the reports from the Noki-Slopey-Benson-jester-Arkady-*rob* impromptu at Loki, Snappy checked it out, space is big enough for us, great outdoor space, and they’re happy to have us.
DH, The Real/Official answer is that Snappy did a little reconnaissance at Franklin park. It’s cool, but she thought that it was a bit small, and that if the weather sucked we wouldn’t be able to use the garden area, and so we’d be too cramped as we are expecting a very good turn-out.
Loki, on the other hand, is roomy and will RESERVE part of the back lounge area for us. And if the turn is even better than we expect, they will give us even MORE room.
Fireplace porn:
http://tinyurl.com/y5d3c4h
The pasadena and bronxville houses are super, polar opposites from eachother and would love to live in either. The aspen house is over the top but the views are probably spectacular!
I need to edumacate you all as to how to get a reallly nice rent boy for far less than what you all are paying. It’ll take some leg work but they are out there!!!!
Hey Ringo! I’ll tell you off the OT. We missed you at the Duplex (no homo), but hope to see you at Loki (almost typed Noki again!!), on April 22nd!! (Count on my whipping you (no homo) to attend between now and then!)
“why did we switch venues from Franklin Park to Loki?”
You want the real answer or the official one?