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Studio has set Don Payne to write the script.
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The fifth installment of the book series will be published next year.
Seaside Entertainment's Avi Arad, Ari Arad and Steven Paul will produce. Patterson will be executive producer.
After producing such Marvel fare as the "Spider-Man," "X-Men" and "Fantastic Four" films as well as "Iron Man" and "The Incredible Hulk," Arad has hopes that "Maximum Ride" can hatch an original superhero franchise, with the elements of alienation and angst that resonate in those spandex-clad movie heroes.
"The 'Maximum Ride' books use man-made mutation as a metaphor of humans trying to take advantage of human frailty and interfere with nature," Avi Arad told Daily Variety. James Patterson Entertainment's Steve Bowen and Leopoldo Gout will be co-producers.
Arad first worked as producer with Crystal Sky's Paul on "Ghost Rider," and the two formed Seaside with Arad's son, Ari. This project becomes their third, after they made a DreamWorks deal for a 3-D live-action adaptation of the Japanese manga classic "Ghost in the Shell" and then a Warner Bros. deal for a movie adaptation of the Capcom game "Lost Planet," with David Hayter writing the script.
Payne's feature credits include "Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer" and "My Super Ex-Girlfriend."


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Borrowing secured on your home to pay off standard debts is rightly seen as an evil beast yet, as a property owner's loan of last resort, in specific limited circumstances secured loans can be an acceptable solution.
This is a taboo subject, and I've railed against secured loans many times, but they are commonly used, so it's important to ensure it's done the best way.
WARNING: This article is substantially out of date and here for archive only. The secured loan market may have changed substantially since it was written. We do plan to update it � but as other guides are higher priority it may take some time.
In this guide
What is a secured loan?
Simply put, it is a loan only available to property owners (or mortgage holders), where the lender can forcibly sell your house to get its money back if you can't repay. The 'secured' bit means the lender gets 'security' not you, as if there are problems, it can repossess your home.
When we normally talk about personal loans from a bank or building society, these are unsecured, which means there's no automatic link to your home (so non-homeowners can borrow this way too).
Sadly it is becoming more common that for those in financial difficulty even unsecured lenders can get what's called a 'charging order' on your home. This effectively means they have a call on the money from the sale of your house.
This doesn�t automatically mean it can push repossession though, there�s another court stage they�d need to go for and the courts are much more reticient to grant it on charging orders. Yet even with this, it's much more difficult for lenders to take your home if its unsecured.
The important rule of thumb If everything else is equal, an unsecured loan is always preferable to a secured one.
Why would anyone want a secured loan?
Easier to obtain
Unsecured loans are almost always cheaper for those with decent credit scores, but secured loans provide lenders with, well� security, so they're more willing to lend to poor credit scorers.
Big borrowing is possible
The maximum unsecured loan is �35,000 yet secured loans can be �75,000.
Borrowing over a longer period
Secured lenders prefer loans to last longer to help offset hefty set-up costs, usually from five to 20 years. Unsecured lending is usually one to seven years. Borrowing for longer does reduce the monthly repayments, but substantially increases the total interest repaid. This table illustrates this clearly...
�10,000 loan at 10%
|Monthly Repayment
|Total Repayment
|Total Interest Cost
|5 years
|10 years
|20 years
Contrary to glossy TV ads secured loans aren't an easy option for those with heavy debts. A home isn't something to gamble with. These are purely loans of last resort. The only good reason for using them is to cut existing debt costs. Those considering secured loans for new borrowing or purchases should simply not do it.
Checklist before considering a secured loan
Credit card balance transfers
Credit cards are �unsecured' and, used correctly, the cheapest borrowing possible, especially when shifting debt to new Balance Transfer Credit Card offers. Also read Cheap Credit Card Loans.
Unsecured loans
Cheaper and less risky for those who can get them. Full details: Cheap Personal Loans.
Check credit reference files
Those rejected from unsecured lending without an obviously poor credit history should check their information held by the credit reference agencies Equifax, Experian and CallCredit isn't erroneous. Full details: Your Credit Rating.
Use savings
The interest paid on savings is usually far less than interest charged on borrowing, so paying off debts with savings makes sense. Traditional logic does say always have an �emergency cash fund'. I disagree.
After paying off debts, don't cut the credit cards up, lock them away strictly in case of a substantial emergency. If no emergency happens you're quids in, and can then start a cash emergency fund. If it does, use the cards and you're no worse off than when you started, and you've saved substantial interest costs in the meantime. Full details: Pay Off Your Debts With Savings.
Credit card shuffle
It's possible to cut the interest rate on existing debts even without getting new products. Many credit cards allow existing customers to move other debts to them at special rates. Correctly shifting balances and prioritising repaying expensive debts first creates substantial savings. Full details: Credit Card Shuffle.
Budget & reduce outgoings
Massive money saving is possible on everyday spending by moving to better products. See the Money Makeover and The Money Diet for ideas. Budget effectively to allow quicker and easier debt repayments with the Budget Planner.
Mortgages are simply a special type of secured loan with cheaper rates. Borrowing the money on your existing mortgage, or remortgaging to a new cheaper deal is a valid option, but isn't always correct. Mortgage debts are paid off over a long time, and 5% over 20 years is more expensive than 10% over five years. Plus you may be forced to increase your life assurance and other associated costs if mortgage debts increase.
Those without flexible mortgages (which allow quick repayments) may sometimes be better off with a secured loan. Full details: Find the Best Mortgage, Remortgage Guide.
Debt counselling
For those consistently struggling with debts and meeting repayments, free personal help is invaluable. Do it as quickly as possible, the longer you leave it the worse it gets. Avoid commercial debt management companies.
A number of completely free, charity-based or publicly-funded bodies offer a fantastic service: StepChange, National Debtline, Citizens Advice Bureau and the Community Legal Advice and if you are considering taking out an IVA or any other formal debt resolution scheme, please read my full Debt Solutions first to check if it's right for you.
Getting a secured loan cheaply and safely
How much to borrow?
Get a handle on your existing debts first; list them on a piece of paper. Once you know the secured loan rate, draw a line across the page where this fits in. The secured loan should only be considered to pay off the more expensive debts above the line.
Don't feel all debts should be consolidated into one. This is a common secured loan sales pitch, yet in isolation it serves no real purpose. Remember, if you're repaying a higher rate or for longer, your lender makes more cash, you don't make savings.
You're converting a fixed rate into variable rate debt
While most unsecured loan interest is fixed for the life of the loan, secured loan rates are usually variable and can shift both with UK base rates and for the lenders' own reasons � check the terms.
If you're considering converting fixed rate debt such as a standard personal loan into variable rate debt, always ask �could I afford the repayments if rates increased?�. If not, don't do it. Don't throw surety away. Some secured loans offer rate fixes, but usually only for a limited period; and do always check there are no penalties for paying off your existing debts early, something common with unsecured loans.
Finally, don't borrow more than you need. Disgustingly some lenders tout, �why not borrow a little more for a holiday? You deserve it.� Don't do it. Never treat secured loans lightly, take as little lending as possible.
And most importantly if you think you won't be able to make the repayments, don't even start down this route, it isn't worth it - see the free debt cousellors instead.
How long to borrow for?
Budget to work out the maximum realistic amount you can commit to repaying, use the Budget Planner to help. Don't underestimate or it'll take longer to repay, costing more interest; and don't overestimate or you may overstretch yourself, risking your home. Careful planning is crucial.
How much does it cost?
What the rate depends on
The interest rate offered depends on the loan size, length, your �credit score' and the �free equity' in your home. Lenders assess these factors in different ways. One may be cheapest for good credit scorers with limited equity but uncompetitive for poor credit scorers with high equity.
Your credit score depends on a range of factors, mentioned in the Your Credit Rating article, but the most important are income and outstanding debts, arrears (being behind in repayments), defaults (failing to make repayments), County Court Judgements or CCJs (where repayment failures have been taken to court) or bankruptcy (a legal judgement relieving a person of all past debt commitments).
�Free equity' is the difference between a property's value, and the amount owed on it. The bigger the difference, the better rate you'll be offered. Sadly recent house price falls mean many people can now have low �free equity' in their homes.
Comparing the price
All costs should be paid by the lender and included in the interest rate (APR), including the initial valuation and legal fees.
The exception is Payment Protection Insurance (PPI), which covers repayments in the event of accident, sickness and unemployment (often for a limited time). Lenders' interest rates don't include the cost of the insurance and providers often make a bundle on PPI. Those who want PPI should compare based on the total cost (total monthly repayment times the loan length in months) not the APR.
Finding the best deal
Ask your existing mortgage lender
Many offer special terms for those with good mortgage repayment records. It won't always be cheapest, but it's a good benchmark for comparing others against.
Internet price comparisons
There are a number of free secured loan price comparison websites. Enter loan, credit and home details and they'll publish the cheapest lenders. The easiest to use is MoneySupermarket*. It gets paid a lead fee if you then click through to a lender. Be careful, though, that the quote does not include PPI insurance.
Non-Internet Users
Finding the best deal is a substantial undertaking, which using the web makes easier and quicker. If possible, find someone web-savvy and ask them to access the sites above to get the general prices, then call up the cheapest providers directly. (If you're wondering why I've included �non-net' options here, well you may just be that web-savvy friend helping someone else!)
Failing that, for a typical 6 year �15,000 loan to a homeowner, in Oct 08 Moneysupermarket is currently listing:
- Good or fair credit profile: Winner: platinumsecuredloans.co.uk at 7.5% then Magic Loans and Ocean Finance
- Poor credit profile : Winner: Igroup at 12.5% then Ocean Finance and Accepted Plan
Those with poor credit scores or little free equity mightn't be able to find a secured loan cheaper than existing debts. If you're struggling, again I'd point towards the free debt counselling services (see above).
Repaying early?
This can be costly. Secured loans are not flexible and overpaying to clear the debt quicker usually isn't allowed, it's why working out affordable payments is key. If you come into some money and can pay off the whole loan, you should only pay interest for the loan up to that date, not the original loan period � lenders present this as a virtue, it isn't, it's a minimum expectation. However, there are early repayment penalties, so if it's a plausible scenario, examine the following carefully:
Redemption penalties:
These are fines if you try and pay off the loan early. This used to be a major problem as these penalties are stringent, and for many with existing secured loans sadly they're still in force.
Yet for new loans of less than �25,000, redemption penalties are legally restricted to only two months' worth of interest. Larger amounts have no maximum limit however, and penalties can be much heftier. Many loans have settlement figures of up to 6 months interest for the first few years, then on a sliding scale after this.
Rule of 78:
For loans of under �25,000 a potential hidden penalty used to come from �rule of 78' interest calculations, a complicated formula which artificially allocates repayments towards interest not capital, leaving more left to repay than you think. Repay very soon after borrowing and it can mean paying back more than you borrowed. Find out more: Rule of 78.
Thankfully people taking out loans these days don't have to worry as the government has banned rule of 78 charges, however most people with loans taken out before that will be caught by this.
The size of the saving
Someone with �15,000 debts averaging 17% and repaying �300 a month would take six years, nine months to repay. Assuming one CCJ, so standard new credit isn't available, just calling any advertised secured lender you could pay 16.9%.
However, using price comparison services, it's possible to find a 9.9% secured loan over six years, reducing the monthly repayments and paying the debt off more quickly, with total interest costing only �4,700, less than half the cost.
�15,000 credit card debit for someone with one CCJ
|Time Taken to Repay
|Total Interest
|Credit Cards
|6 years 9 months
|Expensive Secured Loans (1)
|6 years
|Cheapest Secured Loan (1)
|6 years
|*Assumes rate stays fixed. (1) thirty year old man with a reasonable equity in home
The worst that could happen?
You can lose your home! However, thankfully, it is less profitable for most legit secured loan lenders to repossess homes than have the debt repaid. If you mightn't be able to make a payment, or you get behind with repayments notify the lender immediately. It maybe possible to renegotiate the repayment schedule with them.
Failure to repay has an immediate negative impact on your credit score, plus lenders' letters informing of arrears are often charged for, added to your account with interest, effectively a missed repayment penalty. At this point again consider talking to the free debt counselling agencies.
If all fails, the lender will repossess your house, petitioning the court to demonstrate you've been unreasonable; refused to sign letters or pay your newer repayment schedule. After that it'll empty the property of you, your family and your possessions, sell the property (probably at a low price for a quick sale) take what it's owed and its costs and give you the leftovers (if any).

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Blog: Oya Festival - Day Four
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After three days of teetering on the edge of the giant body of water next to Oya's Enga stage, it's about time someone went for a paddle. Enter Este Haim. "I have a slight feeling I'm gonna end up in the water by the end of the set!" she claims, before her plans are quashed by disapproving looks from her sisters.
After a run of approximately 2000 festival dates this summer, Danielle Haim has lost her voice, and Alana and Este take over on vocals. It means we miss out on a large percentage of Este's patented "bass-face", as she's too busy singing to gurn, but both girls more than hold their own, especially on a stripped-back version of 'Falling'. By the end of the set, Este's dress has been peeled off and discarded on the floor, and Alana is running around the stage playing with her sisters' hair and rolling around on the floor. Sceptics may suggest the girls' on-stage antics were attempts to fill the ambitious hour-long set time, but when they're as entertaining as this, it's hard to care either way.
Strolling past the Sjosiden stage, we stumble upon what sounds like it could be an unannounced second set from Grimes, but turns out to be Norweigan artist Truls. With the face of Action Bronson and the voice of Kate Bush, he turns out to be as confusing as he is wonderful.
It's then on to Unknown Mortal Orchestra, who bring extended guitar wig-outs, drum solos and an effortless swagger to an equal number of tracks from their self-titled debut, and this year's fantastic follow-up "II". Where the records are a fairly laid back affair, each song transforms into its own world in a live setting, leaving the crowd bewitched by Ruben Nielson's wizardry.
Nothing could prepare what followed in The Knife's headline slot, providing you'd somehow avoided the umpteen blogs/thought pieces/rants/tweets about their already infamous "Shaking the Habitual" live show. Rolling up to their set 10 minutes before their allotted start time meant you were greeted by the delightful warm-up act - an androgynous pirate giving an aerobics lesson of sorts to The Rapture's "Get Myself Into It". All very run of the mill...
Or at least it was made to appear so, in contrast to the absolute lunacy that followed. The Knife brought dancers in abundance, who were at times literally throwing shapes, and sort-of played live, in something that can only be described as Sweden's answer to Stomp, reimagined in the year 3000.
Blog: Oya Festival - Day Three
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Following a late cancellation from Azealia Banks, Parquet Courts get to steal a big share of the crowd for their late afternoon slot. Although scattering four new songs in your opening six is no way to keep them there, thankfully most stay to witness the set's crowning moment of "Master Of My Craft / Borrowed Time" – boasting possibly the best segue that garage rock has ever seen.
I'm happy to admit that I've enjoyed listening to Disclosure's album in the car a couple of times. With the windows down and the wind in your hair, the soulless, hollow beats sort of make sense. Disclosure's role today seems to be getting in my car and pressing play for me whilst I drive, because watching them play "live" is to listen to their song with a large number of other people who probably wish they were in their bil too (that's Norweigan for car, FYI).
The crown jewel in Disclosure's recorded work is the broad range of featured vocalists across the tracks, but with those guests's presence coming in mp3 form today, you're left thinking that Disclosure might as well have stayed at home too.
James Blake returned to the festival circuit this year, and thankfully brought a band with him this time. Seeing him in this setting on his first album tour, with only his keyboard for accompaniment, was almost cringeworthy – as drunk punters talked their way through his more delicate moments, merely waiting for that bit of bass in "Limit To Your Love".The full band James Blake show really beefs things up, with "CMYK" benefitting the most from some carnival-esque drums. Though the slower songs still tests the audiences patience, the Londoner now provides a much more engaging live experience. Bravo.
Back on the Sjosiden stage, a small crowd gather for Beach House's headline slot. Clashing with three dimensions of Kraftwerk was always going to prove problematic for the Baltimore duo, and as the minutes tick by before their arrival on stage, it looks as though the Germans will be stealing their spectators, and their thunder. All is not lost, however, as flocks of people come rushing down from the main stage as each song passes, discarding their 3D glasses in the mud, and swaying along in unison to dream pop hit after dream pop hit.
After the festival site closed for the day, a midnight excursion to the candlelit Oslo Botanical Gardens proves the perfect seeing to see Norweigan songstress Jenny Hval. Playing through tracks from new album 'Innocence Is Kinky', Jenny manages to silence the crowd and induce blushes, muttering "At night I watch people fucking on my computer" with a confidence you wouldn't expect from the softly spoken, cardigan-clad singer songwriter.
Blog: Oya Festival - Day Two
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After an apocalyptically rainy start to Oya day two, it's the task of Local Natives to get the soggy crowd shuffling in their wellies. Starting their set off slowly, with a cluster of tracks from new album Hummingbird, the band struggle to keep the attention of the crowd, who snake off to see Rodriguez mid-way through. Unfortunately for the deserters, the second half of the LA boys set is where their trademark harmonies come to the rescue, and they finish with a triumphant trio of fan favourites in the form of 'World News', 'Who Knows, Who Cares' and 'Sun Hands'.
Next is the turn of Danny Brown, a man who evidently knows how to have fun onstage. However, starting his set with four non-album tracks renders the crowd indifferent. Luckily, a barrage of tracks from 2011's acclaimed "XXX" leaves a thousand Scandinavians putty in his hands, and by the time he joins the crowd for the entirety of "Monopoly", things get a bit feral.
Mr. Brown's belt choice doesn't seem up to the task of holding up his trousers, and the crowd cheer as we get a glimpse of rear end as he hops back onto stage. Fortunately for them though, the polite Norwegian crowd are not exposed to any of his saucier stage acts this afternoon.
Oya's first booking mishap comes in the shape of Canadian Claire Boucher, aka Grimes, whose dual-keyboard set-up doesn't quite match up to the gargantuan space of the Sjosiden stage, the second biggest of the festival. Unfortunately, no amount of stage presence can make up for poor sound and a disinterested crowd, regardless of how much Claire seems to be enjoying herself. She certainly knows how to put on a show, clad in a floor-length velvet cloak and cutting some seriously bizarre shapes throughout, but her energy doesn't rub off on the crowd, and you get the feeling a Grimes show should really be reserved for somewhere much smaller and much, much darker.
A first foray into Oya's smallest stage nearly ended in tears, as the festival's only tent boasted a winding queue to get in, as Iceage arrive with opener "Awake". Fortunately, Elias Bender Rønnenfelt's growl is enough to force out the more casual on-lookers, leaving a tent a free-for-all by the time they launch into second track "Everything Drifts".For all the plumes of smoke lingering in the dingy gazebo, it could be anyone up there, but there's no mistaking that this was the real deal – Denmark's hottest export since Junior Senior.
Just two songs into his headline set, Kendrick Lamar drops "Backseat Freestyle", and the line "she make me come fast, but I never get embarrassed" tucked away in the second verse could not ring truer – Kendrick is in danger of blowing his load too soon by playing probably his most recognisable song after 5 minutes, but him and the crowd are having too much fun to care.
Luckily, he pulls plenty more out of the sleeve of his Frankenstein jumper over the next hour, delving deep into last year's masterpiece "good kid, M.A.A.d city" whilst also dropping in choice cuts from the rest of his catalogue, including a riotous rendition of his part of A$AP Rocky's "Fuckin' Problems".
The crowd is unbelievably bigger than the one Blur managed to draw yesterday, and taking into account the masses at Wu-Tang yesterday, it's clear that Norwegians take their hip-hop very seriously indeed.
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A trip to the Edvard Munch Museum, just a stones throw from the festival site, provides a morning of screams to kick off proceedings. What feels like the opening of the festival is actually the second day, with the first day proper being dedicated to Norwegian acts only. However, on the festival site, the local talents must feel somewhat overshadowed by the juggernauts flown in from Britain and America to headline each day.
If you have £12 in Norweigan Krone to your name, you can do worse than pick up an Illegal Burger for on-site lunch. £9 in Krone will get you a pint of local lager to go with it too. "Festival prices" are a sore subject in the UK, but in Norway they are on another level.
As the majority of punters leisurely basked in the late afternoon sun, Dominic Maker and Kai Campos of Mount Kimbie got down to business. Keeping a hot and bothered afternoon festival crowd entertained for almost an hour was always going to be a stretch, and at times it felt like the heat had sapped all energy from the crowd. However, the final hurrah of of "Made to Stray" followed by "Carbonated" made sure band and crowd alike left the set in a state of sweaty glee.
In comparison to the heaving masses running around the festival site in Tame Impala t-shirts, the turnout for the band's set on the main stage was surprisingly low. Probably owing to a poorly-timed clash with Wu-Tang clan, the band find themselves playing to a crowd barely half the size of their giant Hammersmith Apollo London only a month before. Despite this, the boys play through first and second album tracks in far tighter and more enjoyable manner than their meandering, five-minute long jams that they've been favouring so far this year. The setlist was given a much-needed shake-up too, and finishing with 'Apocalypse Dreams' gathered the biggest cheer of the night from the crowd, small as it may have been.
At the second stage, DJ Mathmatics warmed up the crowd for Wu-Tang's arrival, and was greeted with a sea of W-hand signs from a crowd that eclipsed any others that the day had seen so far. Slowly, the clan began to fill the stage, starting with founder member the RZA, followed by the likes of Ghostface Killah and Rakewon. However, it wasn't until Method Man arrived three songs in that things took a turn from the hedonistic to pure brilliance.
With a presence like no other in hip-hop (as hard as others try) the man born Clifford Smith borders unbelievable arrogance to whip punters into a frenzy. It works though, and Wu-Tang powered through their greatest hits to a rapturous reception, including a tribute to the late Ol' Dirty Bastard.
The evening was leading up to a headline set from Blur, a band that have been back on the festival scene for so long now that it's become increasing difficult to believe they were ever away. A slow start left the band looking slightly miffed, in stark contrast to the 50,000 screaming every word back at them in Hyde Park last year, but it's hard to know how much of Damon's cockney drawl makes it through the language barrier. Thankfully, the horde watching on ballooned with each song, as people joined from across the park to witness a spectacular tail end to the show. Finishing on "Song 2" ensured everyone left the park singing from the same page, regardless of nationality.
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Review: Swim Deep - Where the Heaven Are We
Where the Heaven Are We has been a long time coming. Swim Deep's first souncloud upload, 'Isla Vista' was released to the internet 2 years ago, when they first started appearing on 'ones to watch' lists. Since then, they've released a string of well-received singles, graced the pages of most every music magazine going, and sold out London's village underground, all without an album to their name. Now they're finally releasing their much-discussed and long-awaited debut – is it any good?
In short, yes. The boys original plan was to release the album earlier in the year, with vague suggestions of April and May being thrown about last year. The delay couldn't have worked more in their favour, as Where The Heaven Are We is undoubtedly a summer album. Comprised of singles as well as a few unheard tracks (although definitely not unheard to those who've seen the band live – they've been playing 'Make My Sun Shine' live for over a year) the album is an incredibly easy and pleasant listen
Opening with the slightly misplaced Intro (which definitely would've made more sense followed by She Changes The Weather), the record kicks off as it means to continue, with Austin's floaty, laidback vocals eerily layered over gentle guitars. Unlike their long-time Birmingham pals Peace, the Swim Deep boys have a more distinct style running through their album, which makes for a more cohesive listen than 'In Love'.
That's not to say the songs sound the same. Like early demo 'Beach Justice', new track 'Make My Sun Shine' pairs Austin's deceptively androgynous vocal over a breezy, catchy chorus that makes for one of the album's more immediate highlights. Others include 'Stray', a more urgent and percussive take on the Swim Deep sound that's just begging to be a single , and of course their most recent and accomplished effort 'She Changes The Weather.'
Besides a few lyrical hiccups ('Do I want my head in the clouds / if the cloud is raining' is nestled in the otherwise lovely 'Colour Your Ways') Swim Deep are releasing the nostalgic, romantic, irritatingly catchy album they've always been capable of. It may have taken them a little longer than expected to release their debut, but it seems to have been time well spent.
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I forgot to say what happened a day last week, I think it was Friday. It was TRAVEL CHROS (as primitivepeople puts it) at Finchley Central due to a signal failure. There was no trains in the morning and then in the evening when i tried to come home one train after another terminated at East Finchley instead of going on one stop more to Finchley Central. I stood on the platform waiting for ages and every time a train came in, it looked as if it was going to go on, and then it sat there for five minutes and eventually a man came along and said sorry it is not going anywhere so everyone off.
The thing is it was taking long enough just to get to East Finchley, and one man was obviously very upset when he got off as he shrieked out at the top of his voice "YOU ARE FUCKING SHIT, NORTHERN LINE! AND YOU ARE RUINING EVERYBODY'S FUCKING LIVES!"
Poor Northern Line as it is not its fault, by and large it does a great job and what's more it cannot answer back. Still there were some agreeing nods from people as if to say "He's saying what everybody's thinking, only with more swears and flecks of angry spittle."
The next train took me home so perhaps it heard the man and was embarrassed.
Also it is hardly ruining your life if you are half an hour late, except if you are a courier carrying human transplant organs or something. Even then they have ice for that. I do not think they get the Tube though, to be honest that is perhaps taking optimism too far.


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Kings of Leon: WALLS
Nikki and Sabina go track-by-track through Kings of Leon's 7th album release "WALLS", and give you the honest perspective. Tracklist: 1. "Waste A Moment" 2. "Reverend" 3. "Around The World" 4. "Find Me" 5. "Over" 6. "Muchacho" 7. "Conversation Piece" 8. "Eyes On You" 9. "Wild" 10. "WALLS"
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Manitou business opens store in Old Town
A long-time import clothing shop in Manitou Springs has opened a second storefront in Old Colorado City.
Tom and Cyndi Fallon are now operating the Piramide Boutique, 2516 W. Colorado Ave., in addition to the Piramide (pronounced peer-ah-mih-day) Clothing Company they started about a quarter of a century ago in Manitou.
The expansion includes the Fallons' purchase of the 2516 building itself. "We've been looking for years for a place we could purchase," Tom Fallon said. The one- story structure was built in 1935.
A grand opening, including live Irish music, is scheduled Friday, Aug. 22 from 6 to 8 p.m.
The Fallons import particularly from India and Bali and are introducing a line from Bolivia, Fallon said. Often using cottage industries, Piramide follows fair trade rules, which means that the workers in the import countries are treated properly, he noted.
A big reason for a second store was the need for more space. The Manitou site has about 1,300 square feet, the same as Old Colorado City's, but (unlike Manitou) the new Piramide has another 500 square feet of storage and office space.
Fallon doesn't think the two stores will hurt each other, even though they are only a few miles apart. "I felt the retail environment is different enough where they wouldn't really overlap," he said. "We have a lot of customers on the Westside - about 1,500 people on our mailing list are in the 04, 05 and 06 zip codes. And a lot of people have told us they don't come to Manitou Springs in the summertime because of the parking."
He described Old Colorado City as a "good location" with "supportive merchants… It's got good galleries and restaurants - in some ways it's more upscale than Manitou."
Rocky Mountain Embroidery had been in the 2516 building for 28 years. Its owners decided to retire, Fallon said.
The Old Colorado City Piramide is open daily. The phone is 475-8121.
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February 25, 2018
The Overseas Connection, the weekly mature gaming community podcast discusses gaming news, community feedback, new releases and the podcast teams current play lists. Tune-in and listen to this combination U.S. and U.K. video game podcast as they discuss this weeks topics including:
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During the summer Gillett relieved himself of his majority share in the NHL club Montreal Canadiens, a deal which should make this somewhat easier, but the very fact that this debt needed to be restructured is an indicator of the extent to which their time in charge of the club has been a failure. Liverpool Football Club probably remains in the top five football – ugh – "brands" in the world, and their inability to maintain their promise to not load any debt onto the club itself and the death of their planned move from Anfield (at this moment time, I am only slightly less likely to move into a brand new, 60,000 capacity stadium than Liverpool are) says a lot about the lunacy of football financing. One of the top five – ugh, again – "brands" in the world, and they seem unable to be able to turn a profit on it. It's enough to make one wonder why the rest of them are even bothering.
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Baildon closed the gap on second placed Scholes to 25 points and the top three sides all have six games remaining.
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Oliver Halliday took 3-55 for Yeadon but could not save them from defeat.
Damon Gormley (38no) top scored for Yeadon, while Waqas Maqsood (3-38) was the pick of the Baildon bowlers.
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The night I went to see On the Town, my phone was blowing up with three people asking me, "why are you seeing that show?"
Good question, people. I have no personal interest in the matter; I just have wide standards for theatre (bonus points if I can get a cheap ticket or two). Especially because On the Town is kinda, sorta, mostly an awful show. A book and characters with the depth of a frozen pizza and a Leonard Bernstein score, while nice, that doesn't amount to anything I'd listen to out of context. Why this show keeps getting revived all the time is way beyond me, but then again, Broadway isn't out to appeal to me and I doubt my proposed revival of Merrilly We Roll Along is a real money accumulator.
But credit where it's due: this production of On The Town - playing at the Foxwoods Lyric Theatre - is a top-notch production. Like, the best production of On the Town I've ever seen and I probably ever will see because this show has about another three or six more revivals in my lifetime.
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For me, it was all about the performances that struck the perfect balance of On the Town zaniness and…well, recognizable and relatable people. Gabey, Ozzie and Chip are embued with charm in the bodies of Tony Yazbeck, Clyde Alves and Jay Armstrong Johnson. Bitches can sing AND dance, the latter of which is doubly impressive considering some lazy leading mofos leave that burden for the ensemble.
But it is Elizabeth Stanley and Alysha Umphress, whom as the two suitors that charm Ozzie and Chip respectively, that leave the show in the dust of their fabulosity. Stanley's Claire is basically perfection. She's GORGEOUSLY sung and perfectly dramatic, navigating her "I'm smart and I study homosapiens" prim demeanor with her "DO ME NOW, SAILOR" spontaneity like a pro.
And my girl Ms. Umphress is in a role where she belongs - the brash, hilarious and sexy Hildy. Lady is a BOSS and managed to make her character worth keeping and not some disposable broad that inserts herself into the plot because reasons. I actually believed Chip's affection for her and Jess Goldstein's costuming for Umphress plays up her fantastic frame and features. And when she is singing, all other basic bitches can back the fuck off - her pipes are rhapsodic for eardrums everywhere. The "Come Up to My Place" number was a legitimate laugh-out-loud riot as Hildy gets her "Crazy Taxi" on (and Armstrong's physical contortions and affectations as he gets thrown around the "taxi" are FLAWless) and her "I Can Cook Too" is another highlight.
I was baffled when On the Town was moving into the former Spiderman: TOTD home and still don't know why they didn't opt for a smaller theater that, production cost-wise, would ensure a longer shelf-life. But at least the folks behind the show had a point about its quality when taking that risk. I may not agree - even the best iteration of On the Town is still On the Town - but I can see where they are coming from.
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More than a century of automotive history is represented in the Southwestern Ontario Heritage Village and Transportation Museum. Located in Kingsville, Ont., just outside of Windsor, it is within the Detroit auto making region.
The museum does not have a lot of cars, but they are important cars in the history of the American and the Canadian auto industries. The oldest motor vehicle on display is an 1893 Shamrock. It was built by the first registered car company in Canada, established by the Mimna brothers, two stonemasons from Wardsville, Ont.
Powered by a single-cylinder engine, it will do only 10 mph. But, of course, in 1894, there were no paved roads designed for motor vehicles. The Mimnas made improvements to their vehicle in 1910, including pneumatic tires and a steering wheel. But by this time, across the border, Henry Ford was mass producing his own vehicle.
The Mimnas abandoned their vehicle and went back to stonemasonry. It is believed that this is the only Shamrock in existence. Another Shamrock was built as late as 1914, but it crashed on its first outing.
Richard A. Wright, "Tiny Ontario museum spans century of U.S.-Canadian auto history" Special to The Detroit News. Monday, June 20, 2005.


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The family of Peter Dzioba, age 60 of New Britain, Connecticut, who was killed in a pedicab accident in Seattle in August of 2008, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the pedicab company, Cascadia Cabs, and the pedicab manufacturer, Ningbo Nanyang Corporation of China reports The Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
Dzioba was killed in the Belltown neighborhood of Seattle when the pedicab he and his wife were riding in could not stop at a red light and was hit by a minivan. Dzioba was thrown from the pedicab and he was run over by the minivan. Dzioba's wife Mary and the pedicab driver were also injured in the accident.
The lawsuit claims that the brake design on the pedicab was not adequate. The suit also claims that Cascadia did not properly train their drivers on how to drive and stop safely. The lawsuit cites the Washington Product Liability Act, RCW 7.72 which describes the responsibility of a manufacturer for the sale of defective and dangerous products to consumers.
Mary Dzioba filed the suit as the representative of her husband's estate. The wrongful death lawsuit was also filed on behalf of Dzioba's children, Patrick Andrew Dzioba, Colin Thomas Dzioba, Matthew Joseph Dzioba and Kelly Malarkey Dzioba. Washington state has a wrongful death statute which allows the family members of a person killed because of another's wrongful or negligent act recover damages.
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Biologists at UCLA have identified a gene that can slow the aging process throughout the entire body when "activated" remotely in key organ systems.
Scientists activated a gene in fruit flies' intestines called AMPK that is a key sensor that normally is only activated when energy levels are very low in cells. Increasing the amount of AMPK in fruit flies' intestines increased their lifespans by about 30%, and the flies stayed healthier during their lives. Since activating AMPK is already used in treating Type 2 diabetes, there is a good probability this "fountain of youth" treatment will be approved for use in humans in the next few years.
The research, published in the journal Cell Reports on September 4th, could have important implications for delaying aging and disease in humans, said Senior author David Walker, Associate Professor of Integrative Biology and Physiology at UCLA: "We have shown that when we activate the gene in the intestine or the nervous system, we see the aging process is slowed beyond the organ system in which the gene is activated."
Walker said that extending the healthy life of humans would require protecting many of the body's organ systems from the ravages of aging. But delivering anti-aging treatments to the brain or other key organs is technically difficult. His study suggests that activating AMPK in an accessible organ such as the intestine could ultimately slow the aging process throughout the entire body, including the brain.
The anti-aging cellular recycling process called autophagy takes place in organs in the human body. When AMPK is activated in the intestine, it leads to increased autophagy in both the intestine and brain. This "inter-organ" communication has the potential to substantially prolong the healthy lifespan of human beings.
The AMPK is usually not activated at high levels in humans, according to Walker:
"Instead of studying the diseases of aging — Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, cancer, stroke, cardiovascular disease, diabetes — one by one, we believe it may be possible to intervene in the aging process and delay the onset of many of these diseases," said Walker, a member of UCLA's Molecular Biology Institute.
"We are not there yet, and it could, of course, take many years, but that is our goal and we think it is realistic. The ultimate aim of our research is to promote healthy aging in people," he added.
The fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, has been used for decades as a good model for studying humans because scientists have identified all of the fruit fly's genes and know how to switch individual genes on and off. The UCLA biologists studied approximately 100,000 of them over the course of their anti-aging study.
The study focused on the cellular process of autophagy, which enables cells to degrade and discard old, damaged cellular components. Lead author Mathew Ulgherait said that autophagy getting rid of that "cellular garbage" before it can damage other cells protects life against aging. So Ulgherait focused on whether activating AMPK in the fruit flies could lead to autophagy occurring at a greater rate than usual.
"A really interesting finding was, when Matt activated AMPK in the nervous system, he saw evidence of increased levels of autophagy in not only the brain but also in the intestine," said Walker, a faculty member in the UCLA College. "And vice versa: activating AMPK in the intestine produced increased levels of autophagy in the brain — and perhaps elsewhere, too."
Neurodegenerative diseases, including both Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, are often associated with the accumulation of protein aggregates, a type of cellular garbage, in the brain. "Matt moved beyond correlation and established causality," Walker said. "He showed that the activation of autophagy was both necessary to see the anti-aging effects and sufficient; that he could bypass AMPK and directly target autophagy."
Walker added that AMPK activation was already thought to be a key target of the drug metformin, known by its brand names of Fortamet and Glucophage, used to treat Type 2 diabetes.
The fact that AMPK activation studies have already been extensively reviewed by the FDA may shorten the length of time before clinical studies in humans can begin for what may legitimately be the fountain of youth.
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The S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University is providing the facilities, computers, software, support staff and resources for the workshop. Gear is provided by sponsors Canon, Sony and B&H Photo. Additional support came from Think Tank Photo, the Minneapolis Star Tribune and Penn State University. The workshop runs through Saturday, May 20.
"This is our eighth year in Syracuse," said Seth Gitner, NPPA national secretary and co-director of the workshop. "We've had an amazing amount of stories – over 300 stories produced just from participants in the workshop."
Jamie De Pould and Carli Cichocki joined Gitner as co-directors and coordinated this year's event. Both De Pould and Cichocki have spent several years with the workshop as either a coaches or interns, and Cichocki was a participant.
The coaching team is larger than most workshops with 18 coaches from publications such as The Washington Post, The New York Times and the Star Tribune. They've volunteered to work with 36 participants including students from Denmark and Australia. Gitner said it is the ratio of coaches to participants that make the workshop popular – it was sold out this year and there was a wait list.
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