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All you need is some kitchen roll, a water spritzer and one or more pigment powders (Brusho, Ken Oliver Colour Burst, PaperArtsy Infusions etc), along with some card and liquid glue to mount it.
Lay a piece of kitchen roll on your craft mat.
Spritz it with water until it's damp and tap your choice of pigment powders across the paper — I wanted to end up with something that looked like sky so I kept it simple and just used turquoise Brusho.
You can leave it like that if you're happy with it, but if you want a more even colour spread you can ball up the kitchen roll and give it a little squeeze, before spreading it out again.
To help speed up the drying process, sandwich it between two more sheets of kitchen roll and press or brayer it to get rid of some excess water.
As an added bonus, this may give you two more usable patterned sheets, depending on how much pigment and water you used.
You can either leave it to air dry or help it on its way with a heat tool.
Once it's dry, separate the layers of the kitchen roll.
Now you can glue the sheets to card or leave them as is, depending on how you plan to use them.
I used Ranger multi-medium matte to glue it down because that's what I had to hand, but most liquid glues or mediums should work. A brayer comes in handy to press it evenly into the glue.
You can also seal it with a coat of medium over the top if you want, optionally adding some superfine glitter to the still-wet medium if you fancy some shine.
Once the glue is dry, trim off any overhang and you're ready to use it however you want. I mounted one piece on card and kept the other unmounted.
I die cut a panel from the mounted piece for a card that I'll show you tomorrow and cut out a couple of smile sentiments as well.
I wasn't particularly taken with the dark blue and white contrast on the "e" of the second sentiment, so I took my trusty picket fence ink pad and dabbed it all over the die-cut to even out the colour.
You could always use a different colour ink to change the colour of your die-cut. Or you could spritz with glimmer mist for a bit of sparkle. There are lots of ways to add to this, but the basic technique is simple and effective.
What an absolutely fabulous idea! It works unbelievably well. The colour is fabulous and you get added texture from the kitchen towel itself.


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Rapid Urbanization and Urban Development: Implications for Housing in Lagos State
Property & Real Estate	 2598 VIEWS
Sunday, February 21, 2021 / 07:00 AM / By FDC Ltd / Header Image Credit: Businessday
Urbanization has been a key force of economic development throughout Nigeria and the world. Rural-urban migration provides access to employment and business opportunities, good healthcare, education, communication, transportation, and security. Globally, 55.3% of the world's 4.2 billion people lived in urban areas in 2018. By 2050, that percentage is projected to reach 68% according to a United Nations report.1 Nigeria's urban population already makes up over 50% of its +200 million population; it is expected to add 189 million urban dwellers by 2050.
Rural migrants are flocking to urban centers. This is particularly the case in Lagos state, Nigeria's economic and industrial hub. Its urbanization rate is about 5.8% per annum; it was ranked the 18th largest city in the world in 2018. However, the urban planning and development policies driving Lagos's megacity aspirations are disconnected from the livelihood realities of the majority in the state. It is important that Lagos places a higher priority on housing in its overall development plan, as most of its population are poor, rural migrants and slum dwellers.
Lagos State: Case Study
Lagos has grown from a tiny fishing village in the late 15th century to a state of more than 22 million residents today and is the most populous city in Nigeria. It occupies 3,577 km2 making it the smallest state in the country by land mass. 21% of Lagos is wetlands consisting of creeks, lagoons and rivers.4 Its concentration of industry, commerce and administration of capital, labor and technology accounts for over 60% of Nigeria's activities. It has experienced a much faster growth rate than any other urban center in the country.In 1985, it was ranked the 31st largest city in the world, with a population of 5.8 million; in 1990, the population increased to 7.7 million, making it the 22nd largest city in the world.The metro area population of Lagos was roughly 13.5 million as of 2018, making it the 18th largest city in the world.
Lagos has been a powerful generator of national economic growth, contributing over 30% of Nigeria's gross domestic product (GDP). The development goal of the state is to become 'a model African megacity' and a global economic and financial hub that is safe, secure, functional, and productive. However, the urban development policies and regulations driving this megacity aspiration are disconnected from the realities of the majority.
For the most part, people in Lagos are poor, rural migrants who live in informal and slum settlements with high infrastructure costs, habitat fragmentation, water and air pollution and reduction in overall quality of life.8 Urbanization tends to increase land values and subsequently rental costs which poor migrants, the majority of Lagos's population, often cannot afford. These settlements are often targeted for demolition under the cloak of urban development, which in most cases comes with no compensation or alternative living arrangements10, leading to the displacement of the dwellers.
There is already a housing deficit of more than 17 million units.11 Meanwhile, Lagos Affordable Public Housing (LAPH), an ongoing private-public partnership, intends to construct 20,000 affordable housing units within five years (2017-2022). However, the scope of delivery is either not known or masked in a muddle. Given that many of these sub-par residential settlements require significant renewal investment, the shortage of decent affordable housing presents a good opportunity for prospective private sector players to improve the capacity of the construction sector to address these needs. The architectural design should drive affordable solutions and provide economies of scale through which large-scale production could be optimized. In addition, government intervention is needed in Lagos state to provide subsidized credit, cooperative housing and social support programs.
Lessons from Brazil and Egypt
A close examination of Brazil and Egypt provides important insights about urban development process and policy with greater emphasis on housing. Both countries have large populations (approximately 211 million in Brazil and 100 million in Egypt in 2019), and both were long classified as "over-urbanized" countries. Brazil and Egypt had similar challenges with predominantly informal and slum settlements in the urban cores several decades ago. Nevertheless, the two countries have had success in implementing appropriate urban development frameworks, such as community-based and city-wide upgrading programs, private-public partnerships and an elaborate national housing policy.
Brazil, for instance, rebuilt its urban governance policy to accommodate the participation of all urban dwellers in decision-making processes, which played a decisive role in affirming the sociopolitical right to adequate housing. The 'City Statute', a 2001 federal law that governs urban development, explicitly requires the participation of residents in the urban planning process.14 In addition, Brazil's social housing program, Minha Casa, Minha Vida (My House, My Life) launched in 2009, in combination with the Growth Acceleration Program for Slum Upgrading effective from 2007, is a notable example of housing development in the country. These programs primarily target low-income groups and slum dwellers. At the same time, there are curative and preventive measures to develop the prevalent inadequate housing conditions in slums and minimize both the growth of existing ones and the emergence of new ones.15 A robust policy of initial subsidy grants and enhanced housing credits, benefiting from a steady economic growth and a well-focused social agenda for Brazil, culminated in the success of these initiatives.
The low prevalence of slums in Egypt reflects its long-term political commitment to slum upgrading, slum prevention and housing alternatives for the urban poor. The Egyptian government's initiative of slum upgrading, which began in Hai El Salam, Ismailia in 1978, is a pioneer in international best practice. The strategy that was used in this context was to allow the slum dwellers to upgrade their houses incrementally.
In Lagos state, it is worth exploring this instance of self-redevelopment of a slum with minimal government interference, particularly in view of the limited resources available to the government. In Egypt, non-governmental initiatives for slum upgrading were also implemented in the 2000s through influential non-governmental organizations. They introduced valuable pilots for on-site redevelopment of homes for the slum dwellers as an alternative to the predominant approach of local governments resettling slum dwellers in new remote locations. As the region became more developed, the initial poor-quality homes were completely replaced by high-quality, well-designed dwellings over time.
How Lagos can integrate the complex realities of the majority into its development goal
Investment in upgrading programs: Implementing citywide, slum-upgrading programs that can improve the housing conditions and the quality of life in existing slums in Lagos is a first and crucial step for the state government to achieve urban modernity. Just like Egypt, Lagos state government should allow self-redevelopment of slums with financial support where needed and in so doing, offer the slum dwellers the prospect of contributing a significant share of domestic capital formation through self-built housing.
Comprehensive development plans: Secondly, urban development plans need to be modified around citizen participation, which could be adopted by the local government councils. The transparency in the planning process is central for promoting urban development in Lagos. For instance, in approaching affordable housing delivery in a large city like Lagos, multiple housing delivery outlets are required. This will be difficult to implement without the participation of urban dwellers.
Innovations: Everyone in urban centers is affected by the problem of urban slum growth. It, therefore, should be the responsibility of both the public and private sectors to create innovative methods, like mixed use and low-income housing, for decent affordable homes for the residents of the state, especially those within the low-income bracket. Also, policies enabling investment in quality housing, such as a real estate finance support scheme, should be considered by the state government in order to prevent the rise in slums and informal settlements in the future.
Urban areas are considered to have multifaceted roles in nations. They are at the center of a nation's technical advancement and economic growth as seen in Lagos state. That is why populations will continue to move to urban settings. Thus, the Lagos state government and development agencies should focus on adapting to the trend of urbanization.
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Phenyltropanes (PTs) were originally developed to reduce cocaine addiction and dependency. In general these compounds act as inhibitors of the plasmalemmal monoamine reuptake transporters. Although RTI holds a strong position in this field, they are not the only researchers that have prepared these analogues. This research has spanned beyond the last couple decades, and has picked up its pace in recent times, creating numerous phenyltropanes as research into cocaine analogues garners interest to treat addiction.

Uses

Addiction
The phenyltropane compounds were initially discovered by R. Clarke et al. during research to try and dissociate the stimulant properties of cocaine from its abuse and dependence liability. The first simple phenyltropanes to be made (WIN 35065-2 and WIN 34,428) were shown to be active in behavioral assays only for the ββ-isomers. The activity of the corresponding αβ-isomers was disappointing.

It was later shown that WIN 35065-2 and WIN 34,428 are mostly dopamine selective reuptake inhibitors with some residual actions at the norepinephrine transporter (NET) and serotonin transporter (SERT). The neurotransmitter dopamine is a key candidate for explanation of reinforcing actions drugs. It's unclear to which extent NET is involved in the reinforcing actions of cocaine (an SNDRI). Animal studies show evidence that inhibiting the SERT might reduce cocaine intake.

Animal studies on monkeys and rats have tried to assess the self-administration propensity of phenyltropane analogs alongside cocaine. Frequently the analogs are administered prior to the start of a session to see if they can suppress cocaine lever responding. Most of the analogs behave in ways that might be considered typical for a DRI. In particular, they tend to stimulate locomotor activity, and cause nonselective reductions in cocaine intake relative to food. At the dose that can reduce cocaine intake, most of the analogs require a high DAT occupancy. This would mean that the agonists would need to be behaviorally active at the dose that can bring about reductions in cocaine craving. Most of the analogs will readily substitute for cocaine, although most do not elicit as many lever responses per session because of pharmacokinetic factors. Since these agonists function as reinforcers, there is an obvious concern surrounding their abuse liability.

Nevertheless, a slow onset, long-duration agonist seems like a reasonable approach. Phenyltropanes are widely used in animal studies of drug addiction as they share the stimulant properties and reinforcing effects of cocaine, but with higher potency, less non-specific binding which avoids the cardiotoxicity associated with cocaine.

RTI-336 is an interesting example of a phenyltropane that is being explored in the context of a treatment for cocaine addiction. RTI-336 is a DRI and thus specifically targets the DAT which is responsible for the addictive properties of cocaine. Although there may be a role for NET inhibition and acetylcholinergic actions, clearly it is DA which is the critical neurotransmitter. Dopamine is a biological precursor to noradrenaline. DA is made from tyrosine, which is a non-essential amino acid given that it can be made from phenylalanine.

The more greatly attested habit creating methamphetamine is more serotonergic than the lesser reinforcing amphetamine. Most modern research suggests that 5-HT is negatively correlated with the addiction forming potential of psychostimulants, this is not saying that SRI properties cannot be considered beneficial. In fact, the above was proven by Rothman for releasing agents under the PAL-287 program of related molecules. What was somewhat interesting is that although the reason for the lack of reinforcement of RTI-112 is now well established, closely related RTI-111 was able to behave in ways that might be typical for a nonselective SNDRI such as cocaine. The role of the NET is not completely deleterious. In a recent paper by Rothman on transporter substrates, he establishes that for releasers that are amphetamine-like, discrimination stimulus is more accurately dictated by NE release than DA release. This argument does not mitigate a case against the importance of DA, but is suggestive that catecholamine in general is important. the exact ratio being 50:50 in the case of methylphenidate.

Desipramine and atomoxetine are not reliably self-administered though, whereas most selective DRIs are. SSRIs are not self-administered either. Hence, it should be borne in mind that these neurotransmitters are unlikely to be involved in the addiction forming properties of cocaine and related stimulants. Nevertheless, they are still behaviorally active and will contribute to the effects that such drugs elicit in their users.

Promiscuity among transporters is worth bearing in mind. Monoamine transporters can transport neurotransmitters other than their "native" neurotransmitter.  As an example, in the prefrontal cortex where DATs are lower in number, DA is transported mostly by the NET instead. Hence, selective NRIs such as atomoxetine are able to increase the concentration of supracellular (synaptic) DA in this brain region via NET blockade.

Weeding out SERT and NET affinity is desirable in the context that these molecular targets are less relevant to the goals of the treatment program, which is to reduce cocaine intake. It can be clearly seen that RTI-336 has fewer metabolically labile sites than cocaine, and therefore has a longer duration span.

Binding ligands
These compounds are primarily used in scientific research, as their high binding affinity for monoamine transporters, and the wide range of radiolabelled phenyltropane compounds available with different binding specificities makes them very useful for mapping the distribution of the various monoamine transporters in the brain.

Other uses
Some phenyltropane derivatives have also been researched for medical use in the treatment of conditions such as Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease, depression, and their strong appetite suppressant effects makes them promising candidates for facilitating weight loss in the treatment of obesity.

Structure-activity relationships

Transporter selectivity
Compounds are known with a pronounced selectivity for each MAT – dopamine, noradrenaline and the serotonin transporter.

Phenyltropane-based "SNDRI's" are another possibility.

Isomers study
All of the tables and graphs shown beneath is from an article published by FIC, et al. 2004. In summary the following observations can be made: Troparil,  WIN35428 and RTI-32 are insufficiently potent. This observation is mainly based on the fact that at 100 mg/kg both troparil and WIN35428 produce convulsions. The twist-boat isomers are insufficiently potent in all cases. The trans isomers (alpha,beta) are too weak and might actually be dangerous and cause death. RTI-55, while highly potent, still causes death at a dose of 100 mg/kg. It is advised to consider RTI-229. RTI-31 is the most potent isomers for the DAT and was "safe" (on a relative scale) even in the event of overdose at 100 mg/kg. RTI-51 also looks like a "good" compound, although its synthesis is slightly more difficult than for RTI-31. RTI-51 is less selective for the DAT than RTI-31 and has appreciable SERT affinity also.

MAT binding affinities

LMA, D.D. and G.B.

See also:

Related compounds
Closely related compounds have a varied aryl fragment, like naphthyl, or a varied tropane fragment like with exchanged heteroatom, trop-2-enes, quinuclidines, piperidines.

References

Tropanes
Serotonin–norepinephrine–dopamine reuptake inhibitors
Stimulants
Substance dependence

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package ch.usi.dag.dislserver;

import java.io.Closeable;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
import java.net.SocketAddress;
import java.net.StandardSocketOptions;
import java.nio.channels.ClosedByInterruptException;
import java.nio.channels.ServerSocketChannel;
import java.nio.channels.SocketChannel;
import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;

import ch.usi.dag.disl.util.Logging;
import ch.usi.dag.util.logging.Logger;

public final class DiSLServer {

    private static final Logger __log = Logging.getPackageInstance ();

    //

    private static final String PROP_PORT = "dislserver.port";
    private static final int DEFAULT_PORT = 11217;

    private static final String PROP_CONT = "dislserver.continuous";
    private static final boolean continuous = Boolean.getBoolean(PROP_CONT);

    //

    private static final String __PID_FILE__ = "server.pid.file";
    private static final String __STATUS_FILE__ = "server.status.file";

    //

    private enum ElapsedTime {
        RECEIVE, PROCESS, TRANSMIT;
    }

    //

    private final AtomicInteger __workerCount = new AtomicInteger ();
    private final CounterSet <ElapsedTime> __globalStats = new CounterSet <ElapsedTime> (ElapsedTime.class);

    //

    final class ConnectionHandler implements Runnable {

        private final SocketChannel __clientSocket;
        private final RequestProcessor __requestProcessor;
        private final Thread __serverThread;

        //

        ConnectionHandler (
            final SocketChannel clientSocket,
            final RequestProcessor requestProcessor,
            final Thread serverThread
        ) {
            __clientSocket = clientSocket;
            __requestProcessor = requestProcessor;
            __serverThread = serverThread;
        }

        @Override
        public void run () {
            __workerCount.incrementAndGet ();

            try (
                final MessageChannel mc = new MessageChannel (__clientSocket);
            ) {
                //
                // Process requests until a shutdown request is received, a
                // communication error occurs, or an internal error occurs.
                //
                final CounterSet <ElapsedTime> stats = new CounterSet  <ElapsedTime> (ElapsedTime.class);
                final IntervalTimer <ElapsedTime> timer = new IntervalTimer <ElapsedTime> (ElapsedTime.class);

                REQUEST_LOOP: while (true) {
                    timer.reset ();

                    final Message request = mc.recvMessage ();
                    timer.mark (ElapsedTime.RECEIVE);

                    if (request.isShutdown ()) {
                        break REQUEST_LOOP;
                    }

                    //
                    // Process the request and send the response to the client.
                    // Update the timing stats if everything goes well.
                    //
                    try {
                        final Message response = __requestProcessor.process (request);
                        timer.mark (ElapsedTime.PROCESS);

                        mc.sendMessage (response);
                        timer.mark (ElapsedTime.TRANSMIT);

                        stats.update (timer);

                    } catch (final DiSLServerException dse) {
                        //
                        // Error during instrumentation. Report it to the client
                        // and stop receiving requests from this connection.
                        //
                        mc.sendMessage (
                            Message.createErrorResponse (dse.getMessage ())
                        );

                        break REQUEST_LOOP;
                    }
                }

                //
                // Merge thread-local stats with global stats when leaving
                // the request loop.
                //
                __globalStats.update (stats);

            } catch (final IOException ioe) {
                //
                // Communication error -- just log a message here.
                //
                __log.error (
                    "error communicating with client: %s", ioe.getMessage ()
                );
            }

            //
            // If there are no more workers left and we are not operating
            // in continuous mode, shut the server down.
            //
            if (__workerCount.decrementAndGet () == 0) {
                if (!continuous) {
                    __serverThread.interrupt ();
                }
            }
        }

    }

    //

    void run (
        final ServerSocketChannel serverSocket,
        final ExecutorService executor,
        final RequestProcessor requestProcessor
    ) {
        try {
            final Thread serverThread = Thread.currentThread ();

            while (!serverThread.isInterrupted ()) {
                final SocketChannel clientSocket = serverSocket.accept ();
                clientSocket.setOption (StandardSocketOptions.TCP_NODELAY, true);

                __log.debug (
                    "connection from %s", clientSocket.getRemoteAddress ()
                );

                // client socket handed off to connection handler
                executor.submit (new ConnectionHandler (
                    clientSocket, requestProcessor, serverThread
                ));
            }

        } catch (final ClosedByInterruptException cbie) {
            //
            // The server was interrupted, we are shutting down.
            //

        } catch (final IOException ioe) {
            //
            // Communication error -- just log a message here.
            //
            __log.error ("error accepting a connection: %s", ioe.getMessage ());
        }

        //

        __log.debug ("receiving data took %d ms", __stats (ElapsedTime.RECEIVE));
        __log.debug ("processing took %d ms", __stats (ElapsedTime.PROCESS));
        __log.debug ("transmitting data took %d ms", __stats (ElapsedTime.TRANSMIT));
    }

    private long __stats (final ElapsedTime et) {
        return TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS.convert (
            __globalStats.get (et), TimeUnit.NANOSECONDS
        );
    }

    //

    public static void main (final String [] args) {
        __log.debug ("server starting");
        __serverStarting ();

        final InetSocketAddress address = __getListenAddressOrDie ();
        final ServerSocketChannel socket = __getServerSocketOrDie (address);

        __log.debug (
            "listening on %s:%d", address.getHostString (), address.getPort ()
        );

        //

        final RequestProcessor processor = __getRequestProcessorOrDie ();
        final ExecutorService executor = Executors.newCachedThreadPool ();
        final DiSLServer server = new DiSLServer ();

        __log.debug ("server started");
        __serverStarted ();

        server.run (socket, executor, processor);

        __log.debug ("server shutting down");
        executor.shutdown ();
        processor.terminate ();
        __closeSocket (socket);

        __log.debug ("server finished");
        System.exit (0);
    }

    //

    private static void __serverStarting () {
        final File file = __getFileProperty (__PID_FILE__);
        if (file != null) {
            file.deleteOnExit ();
        }
    }

    private static void __serverStarted () {
        final File file = __getFileProperty (__STATUS_FILE__);
        if (file != null) {
            file.delete ();
        }
    }

    private static File __getFileProperty (final String name) {
        final String value = System.getProperty (name, "").trim ();
        return value.isEmpty () ? null : new File (value);
    }

    private static InetSocketAddress __getListenAddressOrDie () {
        try {
            final int port = Integer.getInteger (PROP_PORT, DEFAULT_PORT);
            return new InetSocketAddress (port);

        } catch (final IllegalArgumentException iae) {
            __die (iae, "port must be between 1 and 65535 (inclusive)");
            throw new AssertionError ("unreachable");
        }
    }

    private static ServerSocketChannel __getServerSocketOrDie (final SocketAddress addr) {
        try {
            final ServerSocketChannel ssc = ServerSocketChannel.open ();
            ssc.setOption (StandardSocketOptions.SO_REUSEADDR, true);
            ssc.bind (addr);
            return ssc;

        } catch (final IOException ioe) {
            __die (ioe, "failed to create socket");
            throw new AssertionError ("unreachable");
        }
    }

    private static RequestProcessor __getRequestProcessorOrDie () {
        try {
            return RequestProcessor.newInstance ();

        } catch (final Exception e) {
            __die (e, "failed to initialize request processor");
            throw new AssertionError ("unreachable");
        }
    }

    private static void __closeSocket (final Closeable socket) {
        try {
            socket.close ();

        } catch (final IOException ioe) {
            __log.warn ("failed to close socket: %s", ioe.getMessage ());
        }
    }

    private static void __die (final Exception e, final String message) {
        __logExceptionChain (e, 3);
        __log.error (message);
        System.exit (1);
    }

    private static void __logExceptionChain (final Throwable exception, final int limit) {
        if (exception != null && limit > 0) {
            __logExceptionChain (exception.getCause (), limit - 1);
            __log.error (exception.getMessage ());
        }
    }

}

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Food photography has had a long and apparently insatiable relationship with food itself. Since the dawn of photography, photographers have played fast and loose with the subject, aping fine art, both classical and otherwise, and using studio techniques to change and enhance the way food looks.
For the past couple of decades, however, some photographers have eschewed artifice in favour of a more honest and visceral approach. Over that time food has also been politicised and scrutinised with unprecedented intensity. For many, the food on the plate has become unnecessarily alienated from its provenance and its ingredients.
The work of Tessa Traeger, Simon Wheeler and David Loftus shows that what goes into food is essential, earthy and sometimes bloody, and can be the product of love and respect rather than industrialisation.
See 'Painting with food: Tessa Traegar', 'Focus on the narrative: Simon Wheeler' and 'Shooting fast with Jamie: David Loftus' in Eye 87.
A digital photograph by David Loftus of Jamie Oliver in daylight in New York, 2008, for Jamie's America, Penguin 2010.
Top: photograph by Simon Wheeler, used as a chapter-opening spread in the River Cottage Meat Book by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, Hodder and Stoughton, 2004.
Photograph by Tessa Traeger from her book Voices of the Vivarais, 2010, which is a book, and was an exhibition at the Purdy Hicks Gallery. This long-running project documents the food producers of the Vivarais region in southeast France.


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BAERD release challenging new single "If All Goes As Planned"
Following the release of "Out Of The" in late 2017, Boston folk collective BAERD have returned with a sonically ambitious new single titled "If All Goes As Planned". BAERD, fronted by singer/guitarist Isaiah Baerd, have a penchant for composing progressive, and often times challenging neo-folk music, evocative of modern new wave folk bands like Fleet Foxes and Sufjan Stevens. "If All Goes As Planned" plays out as more of a score than a song, jumping between mixed meters and instrumental swells accompanying Baerd's whimsical growl. Both "Out Of The" and "If All Goes As Planned" are featured singles from BAERD's forthcoming full length album Crete, due to arrive this Summer. Check out "If All Goes As Planned" below. -Charley Ruddell
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Get lost in the solemn landscape of BAERD's newest single, "Out Of The"
BAERD is a seven piece progressive-folk outfit most known for their expansive arrangements and chilling atmosphere. On their newest single, "Out Of The", the celestial atmosphere of the song hovers gently above the group's traditionally Americana foundation, while utilizing breathy orchestral arrangements reminiscent of Radiohead's In Rainbows. The result is a fresh, transcendent revitalization of new age folk music. Stream the track below. -Charley Ruddell
Out Of The by BAERD


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Berkhamsted's Rectory Lane Cemetery wins Team of the Year award
Last month, the cemetery was awarded a Green Flag Community Award
Monday, 29th November 2021, 11:52 am
The volunteers behind the restoration of the Rectory Lane Cemetery in Berkhamsted are celebrating after being named Team of the Year at the Green Flag Awards 2021.
The award was announced at a virtual ceremony on Tuesday, November 23, recognising 25 years of the Green Flag programme, and the people who do so much to look after the UK's green parks and spaces.
Last month, the cemetery was awarded a Green Flag Community Award, after a huge volunteer-led restoration project.
Berkhamsted's once-neglected cemetery wins Green Flag Community Award
Project Manager Dr James Moir said: "We are delighted to receive this award. Our team came together with a vision to rescue the long-neglected Rectory Lane Cemetery – a detached burial ground under the protection of St Peter's Church.
"Our aim to broaden people's perceptions of cemeteries as 'dead spaces' was always going to be a challenge.
"But through the energy, dedication and creativity of our volunteers and staff we managed to transform this unloved burial ground into a vibrant garden of commemoration that can be accessed and enjoyed by the whole community."
Volunteers tend the grounds at Rectory Lane Cemetery
The project itself has involved some 500 active members of the community in its delivery, and a large volunteer cadre help with monthly working parties, adopting graves, gardening, and bee-keeping, as well as telling the cemetery's stories through researching biographies and leading guided tours.
The restored grounds are also the result of perseverance against the odds – from disastrously wet weather during construction work in 2019 to Covid-19 causing delays to the team's planned community events.
But the pandemic also gave the cemetery a renewed purpose: in the 2021 winter lockdown the cemetery became a natural sanctuary for many in the town, a place to walk and find peace of mind as well as the first signs of spring.
Kate Campbell, ranger and community engagement officer, said: "Our vision for the cemetery continues to expand.
The cemetery is proving to be a beautiful setting for live performances
"It provides a beautiful setting for live performance and activities focused on health and well-being.
"Today we are exploring the cemetery's potential to be an outdoor classroom through a collaboration with a local primary school.
"And we have just launched the 'Life in the Meadow Project' to create a wildflower meadow in the grounds for vital nature conservation and study."
You can watch the Green Flag 2021 virtual awards and the Rectory Lane Cemetery announcement on YouTube.
Rectory Lane Cemetery, winner of a Green Flag Community Award 2021, is a free public space off the High Street, open to all, every day.
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We are moving off the boat early tomorrow morning for a month-long house sit in the City. I am kind of excited about it - we will have a FREEZER there so that means different eats. I can do some baking, too, and not worry about eating it all the same day!
Today I am obsessed with the blackberries we picked yesterday afternoon.
and then tossed a few more on the top with some yogurt.
Mixed greens, onions, mushrooms, tuna, blackberries, with lemon poppyseed dressing.
A very big 'thanks' to Vanessa at Gourmet Runner for trying my Honey-Glazed Peaches and blogging about it... and also linking back to my food blog post. So nice of you to do that and I am thrilled that you liked them. Your pictures are beautiful.
I found peaches and nectarines on sale so will be picking up some tomorrow after we get settled in our new temporary digs.
yum! your eats today look colorful and delicious!
Summer fruit is the best! I cannot keep peaches/nectarines in stock around here cuz the kids eat them so fast...not that I'm complaining. Your blackberries look divine!


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The entries for people & families with the surname Young are gathered together in this SideTrack.
Young, Mr Ref 456-108
[18??-1???] In the 1870s, he and Mr Nelson ran Larkhill Academy, Brighouse
[18??-1???]
He married Martha
Martha was born in St Peter the Little, York
Jane Wilson Young [b 1841]
Mary [b 1844]
Martha was widowed by 1861.
Martha Hall Young was innkeeper at the Old Cock, Halifax employing 3 men & 3 women [1861].
Jane Wilson Young [b 1841] was innkeeper at the Old Cock, Halifax [1864]
Young, Mr Ref 456-14
[18??-18??] Or Youing / Youings.
Owner and pilot of the Volunteer balloon
Young, Archibald Ref 456-58
[16??-17??] Curate at Cross Stone [1706-1708] and Curate at Sowerby [1708-1710].
thrown out at York by the inhabitants of Sowerby
and became Curate at Haslingden
Young, Arthur Ref 456-129
[1897-1918] Son of Joseph Henry Young.
Born in Halifax [18th August 1897]; baptised at St George's Church, Lee Mount [3rd October 1897].
During World War I, he served as a Private with the 10th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own).
He died in Bradford [1st September 1918] of wounds whilst fighting in France.
He was buried at West Bowling Cemetery, Bradford [K 265]
Young, Barbara Ref 456-2
[1936-] Brighouse-born actress. She was educated at Brighouse Girls' Grammar School. She studied at Bradford Civic Theatre School before moving to London in the 1960s. She worked at Joan Littlewood's Theatre Workshop before moving to Paris.
Her TV rôles include Agrippinilla in the BBC TV serial I, Claudius [1975] which was written by her husband, Jack Pulman [19??-1979], Sadie Hargreaves Lloyd in Family Affairs [1998-2005], Doreen Fenwick in Coronation Street [1981, 2007], and Stella in Last of the Summer Wine [2009, 2010].
She has also done stage work, including the original London cast of Stepping Out.
She has 2 daughters, one of whom, Liza, is also an actress
Young, Charles Ref 456-144
He married (1) Sarah [1755-1780].
Sarah died 11th March 1780 (aged 25).
He married (2) Sally [1763-1830].
Sally [1787-5th January 1794]
Nancy [1785-25th March 1806]
Fanny [October 1816-8th October 1816]
Charles died 26th December 1810 (aged 59).
Sally died 17th December 1830 (aged 67).
Members of the family were buried at Square Independent Chapel, Halifax
Young, Charles Jefferson Ref 456-142
[1856-1921] Landlord of the King's Head, Halifax [1911, 1917, 1921].
He married Joyce.
Charles died in 1921.
Joyce took over at the King's Head [1921, 1932]
Young, Ernest Ref 456-136
[1884-1917] Born in Bramley.
He was employed by Craven, Pearson & Company Limited, Brighouse / a regular soldier with 16 years' service.
In 1904, he married Lilian in Bramley
Phyllis [b 1905]
17 Hill Top, Brookfoot Lane [1911]
1 Crest Place, Hove Edge
During World War I, he re-enlisted with the Brighouse Chums [October 1914], and served as a Corporal with the 1st/4th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He was killed at Bullecourt [3rd May 1917].
He is remembered on the Arras Memorial, France [Grave Ref 6], on Brighouse War Memorial, and on the Memorial at Brighouse Parish Church
Young, Rev Frank Ref 456-6130
[1???-1???] Of Woodleigh, Mytholmroyd.
Recorded in 1932, when his aunt, Agnes Decent Young [1847-1932], was buried at Mytholmroyd Wesleyan Methodist Church
Young, Rev Hamilton Ref 456-90
[1863-1943] BA.
Son of Mary Eliza (née Hewitt) & John Young, Clerk in Holy Orders.
Born in Shanklin, Isle of Wight.
He was educated at Wisbech School and Magdalene College Cambridge / Vicar of Alne, near York / Clerk in Holy Orders at Paddock, Huddersfield [1891].
On 7th October 1891, he married Sarah Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Kershaw at St Matthew's, Lightcliffe.
Marjory Sophia [1893-1961] who married (1) Arthur Bryan Clay [1890-1948] and (2) Douglas Payne and died in Scarborough
Richard Hamilton [b 1895] who emigrated [1922] to Canada
Kershaw bought the advowson of Alne and gave the living to Young.
In July 1899, he brought an action Young vs Kershaw against his father-in-law, Richard Kershaw.
On 16th May 1900 – Young vs Young – he sought a divorce, accusing his wife of adultery.
In 1901, Sarah and the children were living with her widowed father at Crow Nest, Brighouse
He died of myocardial degeneration and gout at Newton Abbot, Devon [3rd September 1943]
Young, Isaac Ref 456-107
[1853-1933] Born in Bonsall, Derbyshire.
He was a builder employing 9 men and 3 boys [in Wakefield 1881] / a dentist (not registered) [1891] / an artificial tooth maker [1901] / a dentist [1902].
In 1902, he had a practice at 30 North Parade, Halifax and he also attended at the premises of Misses Ainley at Sowerby Bridge.
Around 1903, he went into partnership as Young & Burrell.
In 1877, he married Mary Binns [1851-1???] from Wakefield, in Wakefield.
Lilian Evelind [b 1879] who married Mr Burrell
Wakefield [1881]
30 North Parade, Halifax [1891, 1901, 1901]
Tennyson Bungalow, Hipperholme [1911]
Living with them [in 1891] were mother-in-law Sarah Binns [aged 65], and dentists John W. Sharm? [aged 25] and Robert C. Smith [aged 46]
Young, Rev J. Ref 456-100
[18??-19??] Minister at Bethesda Methodist New Connexion Chapel, Elland [1882]
Young, James Ref 456-147
He was a carpet weaver [1901] / a Brussels carpet weaver [1911].
In [Q3] 1894, he married Abigail Booth in Halifax.
Abigail was the daughter of William Booth
Harry [b 1896] who was a joiner's apprentice [1891]
Eric Booth [b 1990]
37 Back Raglan Street, Halifax [1901]
20 Livingstone Street, Lee Mount, Halifax [1911]
James died 19th May 1945 (aged 75).
Abigail died 5th November 1950 (aged 76).
The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 2211] with Abigail's parents
Young, Rev John Ref 456-11
[1846-1915] Born in Pensnett, near Dudley.
He was minister at Oldham [1867] / minister at several northern and midland towns / a member of the Hanover Circuit stationed at Bethesda United Methodist Chapel, Elland [1882] / Minister at Queens Road United Methodist Chapel [1910] / superintendent minister of the Halifax West Circuit of the United Methodist Church / President of the Halifax Sunday School Union [1914].
In [Q2] 1871, he married (1) Emma Beale Meldrum in Oldham.
Emma Beale was the daughter of Rev Samuel Meldrum
daughter who married Mr Horner
daughter who married Mr Swift
Emma died in Bolton [Q1 1894].
In [Q2] 1896, he married (2) Amy Theresa Ozanne in Bolton.
Amy Theresa's were well-known in Bolton & in Guernsey
Milton Place, Halifax [1910]
28 Park View, Halifax [1915]
He died 22nd June 1915 (aged 68).
The Halifax Courier [26th June 1915] reported his death with a photograph.
He was buried at Mount Zion Methodist Chapel, Ogden (Grave Ref: H8).
The members and friends at Queens Road United Methodist Chapel erected an obelisk at Mount Zion Methodist Chapel, Ogden in his memory. A Phillis Ozanne [d 28th May 1915] of Guernsey is also mentioned on the memorial
Young, John Ref 456-98
[1863-1940] Born in Ireland.
He was a brick layer's labourer [1891] / a mason's labourer [1901].
He married Mary [1864-1951].
Mary was born in Ireland
Teresa [1888-25th March 1961] who was a school teacher's candidate [1901] ‡
Winifred [b 1892]
John [1893-15th January 1963] ‡
Michael [b 1897]
William [1904-11th March 1940] ‡
Albert Street, Halifax [1891]
25 Westbrook Terrace, Halifax [1901]
Living with them [in 1901] was John's brother Patrick Young [b 1875] (mason's labourer).
John died in Canada [22nd March 1940] (aged 77).
He was interred in Okotoks, Alberta, Canada, and is remembered on the family grave at Lister Lane Cemetery.
Mary died 9th January 1951 (aged 87).
She & the children ‡ were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 766]
Young, Joseph Henry Ref 456-130
[1873-1???] Born in Leeds
He was a stuff presser [1895].
On 31st March 1895, he married Sarah Elizabeth Hoyle [1873-1924] at St Augustine's Church, Pellon.
Sarah Elizabeth was born in Halifax
The family moved from Halifax to Bradford after son Arthur's birth
Young, Judith Ref 456-114
[19??-] Mayor of Hebden Royd [1977-1978]
Young, Dr M. Ref 456-65
[18??-19??] He was Medical Officer for Rastrick [1891, 1895]
Young, Marcus Cavendish-Bentinck Kershaw Ref 456-8400
[1892-1970] Son of Sarah Elizabeth and Rev Hamilton Young.
Born in Pulford, Cheshire.
He was a Captain in the Duke of Wellington's Regiment / a partner in Young Brothers, motor garage.
On 19th November 1938, he married Nellie Hilda Reeve [1897-1997] in Hampstead, London.
He died at Hove. Probate records show that he left an estate valued at £4,620
Young, Margaret Keith Ref 456-31
[1862-1930] Daughter of Colonel Keith Young, Judge Advocate-General of the Bengal Army and an important figure in the Siege of Delhi.
She married James Argyll Spalding Inglis
Young, Rawdon Morris Ref 456-126
[1893-1916] Son of Kate & Rev E. Morris Young of New Sheldon Vicarage, County Durham.
Born in Bradford.
During World War I, he served as a 2nd Lieutenant with the 13th Battalion Royal Fusiliers.
He died 11th August 1916 (aged 22).
He was buried at Serre Road Cemetery No.2, France [Grave Ref XL G 2].
He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, and on All Saints' War Memorial, Dudwell
Young, Thomas Ref 456-138
[1879-1916] Son of Mary & Isaac Young.
During World War I, he served as a Lance Corporal with the Buffs (East Kent Regiment).
He died 7th October 1916 (aged 37).
He is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial, France [Grave Ref 5D], on Brighouse War Memorial, and on Rastrick War Memorial
Young surname Ref 456-1
There are 24 entries on the Calderdale Companion for people with the surname Young, as discussed in this SideTrack. This count does not include other forms of the surname.
Unattached BMDs for Young
Marriage 1921; Death 1907
Page Ref: MMY151


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Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki Hears from Amazon; GoFundMe Is Successful
Posted on January 13, 2022 by Mike Glyer
Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki
The GoFundMe launched after Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki reported Amazon KDP shut down his account and took his royalties raised $5,568 in one day. In the meantime, his author page and books have since been restored on Amazon.com.
Jason Sanford, who organized the fundraiser said in an update:
Thanks again to everyone who donated to support Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki! We have wrapped up the fundraising campaign. The science fiction and fantasy genre has some amazing people in our fandom, as proved by this campaign funding in less than 24 hours.
Because the campaign was successful, Ekpeki will soon release both the Kindle edition of the Year's Best African Speculative Fiction anthology and the Bridging Worlds anthology for free download. He'll also be sharing more info on his dealings with Amazon during all this.
As Amazon proved in their horrible dealings with Ekpeki, it is far too easy for companies to cut the access authors, editors and SF/F fans around the world need to fully take part in our genre. No company should have a monopoly on who can be a SF/F lover and fan!
Sanford's comments are also available in a Twitter thread here.
Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki says he received a phone call from someone at Amazon who saw his social media campaign and that this is the explanation he was given about the shutdown:
A short while ago. Very strange right? & I've never tried to call cuz calling from here isn't feasible. They called, my actual phone number. Said they saw my social media campaign and wanted to explain. Something they didn't "want to" all the multiple times I emailed. ? Anyway
— Oghenechovwe Ekpeki's O2 Arena is Nebula eligible (@Penprince_) January 13, 2022
You shut my entire account, banned me from the service for life, and took my entire earnings, to "protect me". You could have told me to correct it. One of all the multiple times I emailed to ask. Isn't this amazing? Cuz seems like it's them I needed protecting from ?
Convenient right? means no way to know for sure if there really are the errors they say there are. Not that it justifies banning for life and witholding royalties to "protect me". Okay Ultron. Cuz that line is giving killer AI that destroys humanity to protect it from itself.
So that's the latest on this rather long and unfortunately fiasco. Special thanks to @tobiasbuckell, @jeffekennedy @MaryRobinette @sfwa, @effjayem @cwcoyle, to everyone who used their office to help, contributed their time, voice, coin or any efforts whatsoever. Thank you.
The world is that much better and when we come together like this as a community to collectively fight misnomers like this because we are all of us marginalized in some way and in the end, humanity's fight is one fight.
I hope that sounds as wise as it did in my head. ? Thanks!
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Pixel Scroll 5/13/21 Sympathy For The Pixel
Posted on May 13, 2021 by Mike Glyer
(1) STRANGE DOINGS AT EBAY. The online sales site eBay has reorganized a large number of categories and reclassified products into them. The new U.S. table is here: US_Category_Changes_May2021_NFT-update.
If you do a search for "comics" on that page, you'll find that eBay has decided to retire the categories for "Superhero," "Platinum Age", "Golden Age", "Silver Age", etc. All listings are being moved into a general Comics & Graphic Novels category.
(2) LEVAR BURTON BOOK CLUB. "LeVar Burton launches a new book club: See first three picks" reports Entertainment Weekly.
The LeVar Burton Book Club launches Tuesday via the "social reading app" Fable, with selections handpicked by the actor. To start off, he's chosen three books that "represent how my identity as a reader has been shaped," he says: James Baldwin's semi-autobiographical novel Go Tell It on the Mountain, Octavia Butler's modern sci-fi classic Parable of the Sower, and the essay and poetry collection The Fire This Time, edited by Jesmyn Ward. (Baldwin's book will serve as the first month's pick, with three new titles being revealed every three months.)
"For me, if I'm going to start a book club, I'm going to begin with who I am and my story as a reader," Burton tells EW. "Obviously, there are hundreds of books that have shaped my identity as a reader, and these three are really representative of an important aspect of that journey for me."
And while all three are by Black authors, Burton takes care to emphasize that to view his book club as an exclusively Black book club "does me and the literature that I promote a great disservice."
"I know I have demonstrated over time that my attitude towards literature is ecumenical," he says. "As it happens, the first three books are by people who look like me, and if one wants to pigeonhole that, then that would be, in my estimation, their shortcoming. It's nothing more than a starting point that reflects who I am."
(3) KENYAN BOOKTUBERS. SFF history is being made! Thread starts here.
SOILA KENYA
Pioneer Kenyan Journalist BookTuber
They are young,smart, inquisitive and most of all-love books! The all-millennial group loves sharing their knowledge on books and have no hang-ups about competition. pic.twitter.com/XEZV2CEZWz
— Binti Stories (@BintiStories) May 12, 2021
These are your Kenyan BookTubers. A group that will be an important cog driving the wheel of Kenyan and African Literature going forward.
Among Kenya's foremost BookTubers is Soila Kenya. @soila_kenya is an award-winning data journalist and fact-checker with an interest in the areas of the environment and climate change. Gender and health reporting are other areas of interest for Soila.
(4) MACHADO Q&A. CBC Radio posted a transcript of their interview with Carmen Maria Machado: "Author fights to keep her queer memoir on a Texas high school reading list — dildo and all".
A couple weeks ago, author Carmen Maria Machado got a message from a friend that a video was circulating online that involved her memoir and an angry mom wielding a pink strap-on dildo.
The clip was from a Feb. 25 school board meeting in Leander, Texas. The woman was upset that Machado's memoir, In The Dream House, was on an approved reading list for high school students.
The book, which chronicles Machado's experience of being in an abusive relationship with another woman, contains a sex scene involving a dildo. The protesting parent read it aloud during the meeting while waving the sex toy around, according to the Austin American Statesman.
That's how Machado learned that her book is one of several that are up for review in Leander because of parents' complaints. They are part of a book club program that allows students to pick and read one book each semester from a list of 15 chosen by their teachers for their grade level.
The school board told KVUE ABC that it has already removed six books from the program and is devising a policy to exclude "inappropriate literature for the assigned students' ages."
Also on the potential chopping block are books by Margaret Atwood, Jodi Picoult and Jacqueline Woodson, who, along with Machado, have penned an open letter with the free expression organization PEN America demanding the books remain available to students.
Machado spoke to As It Happens host Carol Off on Wednesday. Here is part of their conversation….
After this particular meeting, there's a spokesperson for Leander [Independent] School District who said: "Our goal is to explore what the community feels are age-appropriate materials for classroom reading." Is there a valid argument? Do you think that In The Dream House is a book that is age-appropriate for that group?
Professional educators chose the book for their students. This all started because a bunch of teachers were like: We want this book on this list. And that is their job. That is what they're supposed to be doing.
Certainly there are books that are appropriate for certain ages, but I think saying that students at 17 and 18 can't read anything with sex in it, and that there's no value in a book like that for those students when your teachers have said otherwise, the people who you pay to educate your kids, that strikes me as very odd and very disingenuous.
The community is also not a monolith. Like, there are gay teens at that school. There are gay people in Leander, Texas. There gay people in Texas…. And it feels a little, I think, strange that this very conservative religious group can sort of make the agenda for all the other students.
Because the parents who want this, their kids did not have to read the book. They could have chosen a different book. They're trying to remove the book from the list for all the students. So I don't think it's really about age-appropriateness. I mean, there's a reason they they target books with gay content.
(5) SFWA AUCTION. The "Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association Online Silent Auction!" is in progress and will continue through May 17. It has raised $5,060 so far.
In addition to autographed books and manuscripts and other collectibles, the featured items include virtual career coaching and manuscript feedback sessions like these:
Virtual Career Coaching from N. K. Jemisin
A one-on-one 30-minute virtual career session with 2020 MacArthur Fellow N. K. Jemisin, the first writer to ever to win three consecutive Hugo Awards for Best Novel.
Virtual Career Coaching from Catherynne M. Valente
A one-on-one 30-minute virtual career session with Catherynne M. Valente, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of fantasy and science fiction.
Virtual Manuscript Feedback from Mary Robinette Kowal
The winning bidder on this item will enjoy a 30 minute Zoom discussion providing feedback on a story or an excerpt of a longer work, up to 3,000 words. An amazing opportunity to receive personal feedback from Hugo and Nebula Award-winning science fiction and fantasy author Mary Robinette Kowal.
(6) CHAIR-ITABLE CAUSE: [Item by Ben Bird Person.] Colin Howard did much of the cover art for Doctor Who's VHS releases. See his covers here for "The Android Invasion" and "The Green Death". He was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis ten years ago which has affected his mobility. Currently, there's a fundraiser to help him: "Fundraiser by Michelle Howard : Please help me get Colin back outside in nature".
… Colin was diagnosed with Multiple sclerosis 10 years ago, this ridiculously talented artist, nature lover and extrovert.
Progressively as MS does it has taken away his mobility, his confidence and he has become more and more isolated. Unable to get outside with ease, making everything he does exhausting and unenjoyable.
We did buy a manual wheel chair, however it is heavy and he is now unable to use his arms to self propel and it's so cumbersome and there is no pleasure or enthusiasm for him to use it. It's become easier for him to stay home…. not good.
After doing tons of research I stumbled across this amazing wheel chair. For those of you who know Col, you'll know what a huge fan of formula one he is. So you'll know why I've chosen this model of wheel chair…. it has formula one technology… carbon fibre and super light….
(7) MEDIA ANNIVERSARY.
May 13, 1994 — On this day in 1994, The Crow premiered. It was directed by Alex Proyas, written by David J. Schow and John Shirley. It was produced by Jeff Most, Edward R. Pressman and Grant Hill. It starred Brandon Lee in his final film appearance as he was killed in a tragic accident during filming. It's based on James O'Barr's The Crow comic book, and tells the story of Eric Draven (Lee), a rock musician who is revived to avenge the rape and murder of his fiancée, as well as his own death. Critics in general loved it, it did well at the box office and audience reviewers at Rotten Tomatoes currently give it a ninety percent rating.
(8) TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS.
[Compiled by Cat Eldridge and John Hertz.]
Born May 13, 1907 – Daphne du Maurier. Two novels, a score of shorter stories for us; a dozen other novels, three dozen other shorter stories, three plays, nonfiction e.g. The Winding Stair about Francis Bacon, memoirs. "There are few strains more intolerable in life than waiting for the arrival of unwelcome guests," The House on the Strand ch.13 (1969) – quoted as a reader's favorite line on her Website. (Died 1989) [JH]
Born May 13, 1937 — Roger Zelazny. Where do I start? The first half of The Amber Chronicles are a favorite as is The Isle of The Dead, Eye Of The Cat, Home is The Hangman, To Die in Italbar, and well, there's very there's very little by him that I can't pick him and enjoy for a night's reading. There's to my knowledge only one thing he recorded reading and that's a book he said was one of his favorite works, A Night in the Lonesome October. (Died 1995.) (CE)
Born May 13, 1940 – Rachel Ingalls. One novel, ten shorter stories for us. British Authors' Club Award. British Book Marketing Council named one of those ten, the novella "Mrs. Caliban", among the twenty greatest from America since World War II. (Died 2019) [JH]
Born May 13, 1945 – Maria Tatar, Ph.D., age 76. Loeb Professor of Germanic Languages & Literatures, and Chair of the Committee on Degrees in Folklore & Mythology, at Harvard. Among her publications, The Hard Facts of the Grimms' Fairy Tales, The Annotated Hans Christian Andersen, The Annotated African American Folktales (with Henry Gates). "Alice [notice I don't have to identify it any further – JH] is the world's greatest book. It's one of the deepest books." [JH]
Born May 13, 1946 — Marv Wolfman, 75. He worked for Marvel Comics on The Tomb of Dracula series for which he and artist Gene Colan created Blade, and the Crisis on Infinite Earths series in which he very temporarily untangled DC's complicated history with George Pérez. And He worked with Pérez on the direct-to-DVD movie adaptation of the popular "Judas Contract" storyline from their tenure on Teen Titans. (I'm not going to list his IMDB credits here. Hell he even wrote a Reboot episode!) (CE)
Born May 13, 1949 — Zoë Wanamaker, 72. She's been Elle in amazing Raggedy Rawney which was a far better fantasy than Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone ever waswhere she was Madame Hooch. And she was Cassandra in two Ninth Doctor stories, "The End of the World" and "New Earth". (CE)
Born May 13, 1951 — Gregory Frost, 70. His retelling of The Tain is marvelous. Pair it with Ciaran Carson and China Miéville's takes on the same legend taking an existing legend and making it fresh it through modern fiction writing is amazing. Fitcher's Brides, his Bluebeard retelling is an fantastic novel though quite horrific. (CE)
Born May 13, 1951 – A.J. Austin, age 70. Two novels (with Ben Bova), nine shorter stories. Interviewed Forry Ackerman and Mike Resnick for Thrust. Ten years hosting a midday call-in radio program in Connecticut. [JH]
Born May 13, 1957 — Frances Barber, 64. Madame Kovarian, a prime antagonist during the time of The Eleventh Doctor showing up in seven episodes in totality. Fittingly she played Lady Macbeth in Macbeth at the Royal Exchange in Manchester. I've got her doing one-offs on Space Precinct, Red Dwarf and The IT Crowd. (CE)
Born May 13, 1981 – Kieran Yanner, age 40. A dozen covers, half a dozen interiors; games; Magic: the Gathering cards; concept art. Here is Before They Were Giants. Here is Demon in White. Here is Ghen, Arcanum Weaver. [JH]
Born May 13, 1983 – Nate Ball, age 38. Mechanical engineer, pole vaulter, beatboxer. Eight Alien in My Pocket science-adventure chapter books for kids. Here is Blast Off! Here is Ohm vs. Amp. [JH]
(9) COMICS SECTION.
Frank and Ernest meet an athletic dinosaur.
(10) BBC VS. FANFIC? iNews says "Doctor Who fans feel 'demonised' by BBC crackdown on fan fiction".
But recently a number of fanfic creators have received worrying demands from the BBC to remove their work from the public domain, arguing that they are infringing on copyright. Under the question "Can I create Doctor Who fan fiction?" on the show's online FAQ page, the BBC advises that while anyone is "welcome to write Doctor Who fiction for your own enjoyment, but we should remind you that it is not permitted for you to publish this work either in print or online."
The rules – which were published in 2014 – were unknown to the majority of creators but were widely shared on Twitter this week in response to the BBC's demands. In response, 21-year-old student Jamie Cowan has started a petition calling for the BBC Studios, the production company behind Doctor Who to offer the fans a seat at the table in these decisions.
Cowan's petition is at Change.org: "Petition of concern about BBC Studios approach to Doctor Who fan content". His reference to video clips suggests the BBC's issue is about more than written Who stories. The petition only has 166 signatures as of this moment.
… The current experience of BBC Studios staff contacting fanfiction and fan audioplays about the own original non-profit ventures – is concerning.
The manual targeting of those who use clips of the show for review purposes or for 'Top 10' videos that strongly promote the episodes that they are discussing – is concerning.
We, of the Doctor Who fandom – both creators and the viewers of said creators – call upon you to make a strong reconsideration of the actions you are taking against passionate fans who are doing no damage to the sales or marketability of the brand….
(11) DISNEY RIDES UPDATE HITS A BUMP. "Disney takes 'woke' steps toward inclusivity, but sparks a conservative backlash" finds Yahoo! Entertainment.
…The "wench auction" was among the first to go in the exodus of classic-but-problematic Disney scenes. In 2018, the popular Pirates of the Caribbean ride got an overhaul when a redhead who had once been sold as a bride became a pirate instead.
Two years later, the theme park giant announced it was overhauling the Splash Mountain flume ride to lose its story line inspired by "Song of the South" — an outdated Disney film that the company no longer makes available to view because of its rosy view of post-Civil War plantation life. More recently, the company announced updates to the classic Jungle Cruise ride to remove "negative depictions of 'natives'" and add new elements, just in time for a new movie out this summer….
But these changes aren't taking place without pushback. Fans created a petition to "save" Splash Mountain from the new theme. Disney-focused sites are full of users who decry what they see as a progressive agenda in the parks, and announcements about updates are typically greeted with threats of a boycott. People who vocally advocate for revisions are often subjected to abusive messages….
The updates in the parks follow a shift in the company's films over the past several decades. Anne Zimmermann, a lecturer in the Rollins College English department in Winter Park, Florida, said Disney's princesses started becoming more inclusive, assertive and even feminist over the past couple of decades.
"Today's generation, they are kind of expecting this of Disney, and they will tell you it's long overdue," said Zimmermann, who uses Disney stories in her classes.
At the same time, Disney has recognized that some of its older films include outdated and racist cultural stereotypes and has added warnings on its streaming platform or removed those movies from children's profiles.
"They're moving not just toward not being racist, but anti-racist," Zimmermann said. "Changing the parks continues their own narrative of change."
Her students visit Disney parks for field research — or, more recently, explore rides online — and flag those that strike them as problematic.
For now, there's a laundry list of other nominees for eventual updates: the Peter Pan ride for stereotypical depictions of Indigenous people; a ride in Epcot's Mexico area that includes broad stereotypes; Dumbo, which is based on a movie that includes racist tropes. Fan sites circulate longer lists of what rides might be under the microscope next, occasionally with outraged remarks: It's a Small World, Hall of Presidents, Country Bear Jamboree.
Disney isn't saying what is next, but the company has dedicated a team to making sure that updates are done right.
"You create experiences that will make people feel welcome, seen and heard and to let them know that their stories are just as important," Carmen Smith, creative development and inclusion strategies executive for Walt Disney Imagineering, said in a video. "And so my responsibility is to look at what do we have now and does it resonate with our guest in making them more reflective of the world we live in."
(12) TOXIC AVOIDER. Alan Yu interviews Amy Ratcliffe about her book A Kid's Guide to Fandom at NPR: "How Kids Can Avoid Toxic Fandoms".
…So how do fans navigate these communities, to find the good parts while being aware of the bad? It's about teaching kids that there are … many other people who like the same things that they do in the same enthusiastic ways and hopefully, helping kids feel more comfortable and confident.
Amy Ratcliffe, managing editor for the pop culture site Nerdist, addresses this as part of her new book, A Kid's Guide to Fandom. She says it's the book that she wishes she could have had when she was a young fan looking for others like her. Ratcliffe remembers growing up as a fan of the Wheel of Time series, using her family's dial-up internet to visit online forums.
She says her objective is for kids to be aware of fandom, "that other people like the same things that you like … even if it's one other person, like you're not alone."
"I still hear stories about young girls being bullied because they like Star Wars; they think they're the only kid," she says. "It's about teaching kids that there are … many other people who like the same things that they do in the same enthusiastic ways and hopefully, helping kids feel more comfortable and confident."
No one gets to decide who is a "real" fan
Ratcliffe explains in her book that some fans can become gatekeepers, people who want to decide who is or is not a "real fan." Fans, she says, should never have to prove themselves.Ratcliffe herself has run into gatekeepers; once, at a Star Wars convention, a man saw her Rebel Alliance tattoo, "looked at the tattoo, looked at my then-boyfriend who was with me, and was like … completely serious by the way, no sarcasm, like, 'oh that was really nice of you to get that tattoo for your boyfriend.'"
Her advice for younger fans who want to find communities is to start with groups or places that they know: a local library, or a game shop they go to with their family; to trust their instincts when they feel something is off; and to get an older sibling, a parent, or guardian involved….
(13) HE FINALLY GOT TO SPACE. In Heritage Auctions' May 21 – 22 Space Exploration Signature Auction one of the items up for bid is this Apollo-Soyuz Test Project Flown Silver Robbins Medallion with a lot of history behind it:
Apollo-Soyuz Test Project Flown Silver Robbins Medallion, Serial Number 43F, Personally Presented by Deke Slayton to and Directly from the Estate of NASA Legend Chris Kraft, with Slayton's Signed COA and Handwritten Letter of Appreciation. This 35mm sterling silver medal is one of only ninety-three flown (of 285 minted) aboard the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, the first international manned space effort, July 17-19, 1975, with U.S. crewmembers Thomas Stafford, Vance Brand, & Deke Slayton and Soviet crewmembers Alexei Leonov & Valery Kubasov. The obverse features the mission insignia depicting the docking maneuver above the Earth and the names of the mission and crewmembers. The reverse features the title "First Joint U.S.-U.S.S.R. Space Flight" and the engraved dates. The serial number is on the rim along with the sterling and Robbins hallmarks. This mission effectively ended the "Space Race" between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. We seldom are able to offer flown examples of this mission's medal and this one is likely the nicest we have ever handled. A great candidate for grading and encapsulation.
If this were just a Robbins medal with astronaut or even crewmember-provenance, it would be desirable and valuable. When the history behind it is revealed, it becomes a very special item indeed. Deke Slayton was one of the original "Mercury Seven" but was the only one who never flew into space due to being grounded in 1962 with an atrial fibrillation. Ten years later, he was cleared to fly on Apollo-Soyuz with Dr. Kraft's blessings. On December 1, 1975, Slayton met with Kraft and presented this medal to him loose in an envelope hand-addressed " Dr. Chris Kraft/ Personal". Additionally, inside was a December 1st-dated typed letter signed on NASA letterhead that reads: "I hereby certify that Apollo-Soyuz medallion, serial number 43F, was flown in space aboard the Apollo Command Module from July 15, 1975, through July 17, 1975, and that this medallion was presented to Dr. Christopher C. Kraft, Jr., on December 1, 1975. [signed] D. K. Slayton".
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Michiana Forty under 40 shines the spotlight on 40 of the region's most talented and dedicated young executives, professionals and leaders who demonstrate career success and community engagement, all before the age of 40. The 2019 class will see its 500th honoree and more! 2019 marks the program's 13th year. This program is an annual collaborative effort between the South Bend Regional Chamber, Young Professionals Network South Bend as well as other partners and chambers in the Michiana region.
Nominations are closed for the 2019 class.
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'Flea market' abortions booming as Texas senate vote nears on wide-ranging pregnancy termination restrictions
By Post Staff Report
July 12, 2013 | 2:45pm
Cheered on by Carol McDonald from Planned Parenthood Federation of America, women rally on Capitol Hill in Washington to oppose legislation that would limit legal abortion. AP
Pregnant women in parts of Texas are turning to 'Flea Market' abortions due to hefty medical fees and an impending shutdown of clinics across the state.
According to a new Bloomberg report, open-air markets outside McAllen, Texas, 200 miles south of San Antonio are turning into booming black markets for illegal pills to terminate pregnancies. The pills are sold alongside usual flea market fare, but pose a potentially deadly risk to the young women taking them.
Drugs including Cytotec – or their generic equivalent – are regularly smuggled across the border from Mexico, where they are readily available without a prescription. Intended to prevent stomach ulcers, Cytotec, can also terminate a pregnancy but is easily misused causing excessive bleeding and other health issues. Four pills can run you $40 at the market while a pharmaceutical abortion at a clinic can cost upwards of $500.
"You'd be amazed at how many people, young people, are taking those pills," Erlinda Dasquez, a 29-year-old mother who has taken the pills herself, told Bloomberg.
"I probably know 12 to 20 people who have done this. My cousin just went to the flea market a few months ago."
And the illegal trade will likely increase as the Texas senate votes today to enact tough new abortion restrictions, which will likely shut most clinics across America's second-most-populated state.
The Texas bill would require doctors to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals, allow abortions only in surgical centers, limit where and when women may take abortion-inducing pills, and ban abortions after 20 weeks. Only five out of 42 existing abortion clinics in Texas meet the requirements to be a surgical center, and clinic owners say they can't afford to upgrade or relocate their facilities.
Doctors in the Lower Rio Grande Valley are seeing still-pregnant patients who have taken the pills come in and been bleeding for at least a month. Two clinics nearby will likely close under the new restrictions, closing off the option in an area where more than a third of the population lives in poverty.
A Pfizer spokesman said the company is working with law enforcement to prevent the illegal sale of Cytotec.
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A loan of $50,000 is to be repaid with a series of 15 annual payments beginning two years after the date of the loan. The first five payments (X each) are half as much as the second five payments which are half as much as the final five payments. Interest is calculated at an effective annual rate of 7% for the first six years, and at an effective annual rate of 4% for the last ten years of the loan. Determine X.
I don't get it, how do you do this?
Do you know how to do this problem?
You should post FM questions in the FM forum. As thread creator, you can move this one there.
This is best asked in the FM section if you want an explanation of how to do it. Is that what you are asking, or do you have a different question?
Then get the PV of a 5 year annuity at payment X, at a rate of 7%.
Then you have a 5 year annuity at payment 2X with a rate of 4% discounted 5 years at 4% and 5 years at 7%.
and set them equal to the 53,500. Do algebra and X = 2562 ish.
But don't forget to advance the 50k one year at 7% and do the math with payments at the end of each year.
Idk I'm too dumb for this.
Not a serious reply to your question.


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32 Bedlam Oct 13, 2015 N/A N/A (N/A/54%) 100,000 .. 200,000 0% 00:00 (00:00)
33 Blades of Time Apr 20, 2012 $9.99 N/A (N/A/63%) 200,000 .. 500,000 0% 00:00 (00:00)
34 Gun Metal Sep 23, 2003 $2.99 N/A (N/A) 200,000 .. 500,000 0% 00:00 (00:00)
35 Apotheon Feb 3, 2015 $14.99 N/A (N/A/78%) 200,000 .. 500,000 0% 00:00 (00:00)
36 Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Mirror of Fate HD Mar 27, 2014 $14.99 N/A (N/A) 100,000 .. 200,000 0% 00:00 (00:00)
37 Zeno Clash 2 Apr 30, 2013 $14.99 N/A (N/A) 200,000 .. 500,000 0% 00:00 (00:00)
38 Solarix Apr 30, 2015 $19.99 N/A (N/A/47%) 100,000 .. 200,000 0% 00:00 (00:00)
39 Mercenary Kings: Reloaded Edition Mar 25, 2014 $19.99 N/A (N/A/76%) 200,000 .. 500,000 0% 00:00 (00:00)
40 The Longest Journey May 1, 2007 $9.99 N/A (N/A/91%) 200,000 .. 500,000 0% 00:00 (00:00)
41 Homefront: The Revolution May 17, 2016 $19.99 N/A (N/A/54%) 500,000 .. 1,000,000 0% 00:00 (00:00)
42 Zeno Clash Apr 21, 2009 $9.99 N/A (N/A/77%) 200,000 .. 500,000 0% 00:00 (00:00)
43 Full Mojo Rampage May 8, 2014 $12.99 N/A (N/A) 200,000 .. 500,000 0% 00:00 (00:00)
44 Hunted: The Demon's Forge May 30, 2011 $4.99 N/A (N/A/61%) 100,000 .. 200,000 0% 00:00 (00:00)
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46 Alien Shooter 2: Reloaded Mar 14, 2009 $4.99 N/A (N/A) 200,000 .. 500,000 0% 00:00 (00:00)
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