#K Jansen

[braincrabart]

Louiee and K! More of the Jansen Family

[daveysbones]

I don't think I'll ever reach peak like this again, Ayreonblr

[emotionally-charged-arson]

Political Machinations, Source (Ayreon) Edition

Have some headcanons.

Whatever country on Alpha the story takes place in is a presidential democracy. You never really get into specifics, but there’s two “abnormal” points to consider: legislation moves considerably faster than, say, the US system, and immigrants are allowed to run for president so long as they are naturalized citizens having lived in the country for ten years.

About two years pre-‘Frame takeover, the dominant political party was a group of standard pro-industrialization idiots, whose actions had just come back to bite them in the ass what with the pollution and withdrawal of aid from international powers over petty fights and such. The president (not Russell) eventually resigned halfway through his term in total defeat, kickstarting a new election. This is done two years after another abrupt resignation by Simone Simons (Counselor), his personal therapist, who saw how volatile things had become in the political sphere and didn’t want to be involved anymore.

The next most powerful party in government for the last five years had been a group called the Conservationists, environmentalists led by The Opposition Leader, who we’ll just call Tommy, an argumentative political minister with a history of ecoterrorism early in his career. This is where most of the album characters naturally place their loyalties, on account of them being mostly scientists who like the focus on rejection of unnecessary technology and healing of the planet and such. Said characters form a sort of “inner circle,” existing outside of politics but still using influence to push the party’s agenda, sometimes using underhanded tactics:

The Biologist (Floor) is the technical founder of the party, organizing support and pushing Tommy into politics a little over ten years pre-TDTTWD. She continues influencing policy, public image and recruitment.

The Captain (Tobias) is an engineer with billions in inheritance money and influence over the space program he’s happy to drain into the cause, so long as they entertain his ideas of leaving Alpha entirely. They have an odd, careful agreement that they’ll let him go nuts with his exodus spaceship antics, but only if things are REALLY hopeless. He has personal motivation as well, having known Tommy for over almost twenty years.

He’s also unintentionally helpful to public opinion of the party, as he’s native to the country, while the other “bosses” (Tommy and Floor), are both immigrated.

The Historian (James) conducts funded research in environmental history at the capital city university lots of characters are affiliated with. He’s publicly affiliated with the party, leaving him on thin ice with said uni (on account of them desperately accepting funding from shady sources that support “over-evolution” and rejection of natural preservation as a necessity. This leads to to massive bias in research and teaching within the institution, sometimes going as far as outright censorship). But he’s crafted a very odd strategy to support the Conservationists and still keep his position, that is publishing work with wildly opposing viewpoints so the school can’t accuse him of leaning one way or the other. So like, he’ll write a scathing commentary on increasing lack of breathable air in lower city levels and its causes, and before he can be targeted for it he’ll whip out a journal article about how it’s actually totally fine if all the fish are dying because it’s good for the economy. He feigns neutrality through pure confusion while the actual party uses select research of his to promote their cause.

The Astronomer (Hansi) is in a similar predicament. He’s a high level professor with ties to Floor, who abandoned a teaching career herself to join in on Tommy’s politics and tried to take Hansi with her. He refused initially, too attached to his job security to take a risk like that. He did eventually join in, but only after the party came to more substantial power (and when the state of the planet got substantially worse). His situation is a peculiar one, though. He’s still intent on keeping his job, but uses it for the party’s benefit. In short he preaches their ideology in his completely unrelated astronomy classes, in hopes of educating and swaying younger people (often coming from very wealthy backgrounds) to their efforts. Amazingly, he’s been able to do this for years without being suspected on a large scale. Floor is the only one that even knows about his involvement.

The Prophet and The Preacher (Nils and Zaher) are exactly that. Religious figures that run a local, newly popular religion related to the Universal Migrator.

The Migrator’s existence is a relatively new discovery, made at this capital university, and the nature of it caused people to question already established religions on Alpha. It’s an actual answer to the deepest questions in the known universe, and it destabilized faith in other higher powers while spawning a religion of its own, with Zaher being one of its earliest public figures. A few years later, Nils gained his prescience spontaneously, and attributed it to The Migrator which he learned about through his research in theoretical astronomy. In reality Nils’ visions and the Migrator have almost no relation (it’s actually Time Telepathy but that’s a whole other can of worms), but it’s not like HE knows that. He leaves the university, declares his faith and starts working with Zaher to spread it.

The religion’s popularity skyrockets once Nils gets involved. His visions are, apparently, founded in reality. All at once, the Migrator’s existence and power is proven while also appearing to have more spiritual qualities than its hardcore scientific discovery likes to admit.

More importantly, those visions validate practically everything the Conservationists promote (the end of the world via technology, etc), and at Tommy’s request Nils and Zaher affiliate themselves with him. The party now appeals to a new and LARGE demographic, even if it alienates members of other religions. At this point the Migrator one has become the dominant faith in the country anyways.

Everything is great. We’re influencing politics in a real way. We’re making progress.

Except we’re not doing it fast enough.

So says Russell, some GUY who shows up out of nowhere trying to run for president when Tommy would otherwise have campaigned completely unopposed. His whole shtick, of course, is using the Frame to solve all the world's problems and he presents it in a very hopeful and upbeat tone. He’s recruited the singular competent person from the previous presidential administration, The Diplomat (Mike), who had lots of public favor given that he was the one keeping the shitshow in one piece for years on end. Mike vouches for him and this is very helpful but it’s supplementary to Russell's specific talents.

Against the Conservationists-their endless funding, big name supporters and heaps of evidence and political experience-Russell has something none of them do, even the previous president before him: the ability to pacify the public. Tommy and Floor, two people with insane and unchecked environmental anxiety, are very prone to using scare tactics in their politics. Promises of Alpha's destruction if they don’t heed their warnings combined with Tommy's aggressive rhetoric and tone of voice. The previous president loved deflection and false promises, standard government official behavior. But Russell is a calming, charismatic and genuinely positive person that seems almost docile next to the others, and in that he’s the 'comfortable' option. He makes people feel safe and is offering a fast, even possible solution to their suffering. People LOVE him.

This whips everyone into a panic. The Conservationists supposedly know that the Frame will turn on humanity and out of their fear, that gradually becomes the main focus of their campaign. So much power is turned against Russell that they seem even more aggressive to people than they did before, no matter what they stand for and they start losing credibility. Eventually, obviously, Russell obtains the presidency, a month before TDTTWBD.

As a show of good faith, the losers are invited to Russell's inauguration. Floor, the more reasonable of her group, is hopeful that if they play along for a while then they can corner Russell and talk him out of his Frame plan. All that goes down the drain when Russell lets a snarky comment slip during his speech and Tommy, hopeless and erratic, starts beating his lights out in public. Him and several higher ups on his side are arrested for attempted assassination, setting off a domino effect of trials and investigations (including Hansi and James) over the next few weeks as the party is legally dissolved.

From there, into the main plot, viewpoints of characters begin to unravel. Russell's whole Frame plan existed because he KNEW there was no other option, and soon enough Floor starts understanding that. All of a sudden as the literal apocalypse rages outside, Tobias’ plan has become the most reasonable, the Nils’ visions shift accordingly. Tommy is released from death row on Russell’s orders, and a hinge point of the two’s conflict is wondering if he did that out of actual compassion or because he knew Tommy would have done far more damage as a martyr. Everyone gets to grapple with how little the work they poured their lives into mattered now that Alpha is gone.

Et cetera, et cetera. Sorry I didn’t talk about Chemist, maybe he’ll have his own post. Man is his own mess that doesn’t even become plot relevant until Star of Sirrah.

[mistray-art]

» Chronicle Two » The Aligning of the Ten » Star of Sirrah.

[16 december 2022]

(basically all the designs in these are SUPER provisional, like just for the sake of these pages.)

[aefward]

The 1993 capsule collection by Filippa K

[ay-miphae]

let go, the source will flow

the details took me so long :')

more info and ramble under the cut :D

this takes place at the end of The Source so they've already started to undergo their transition into Forevers, hence the fish-like features

in the center is the Chemist (Tommy Rogers), Historian (James LaBrie) on the left, and Counselor (Simone Simons) on the right, featured most prominently because they have lines in The Source Will Flow

but I also wanted to explore how do the other Forevers adapt to Planet Y? what are they thinking? so we have Astronomer (Hansi Kürsch) (top left), Diplomat (Michael Eriksen) (top right), and Captain (Tobias Sammet) (bottom right), who are excited about their new forever abilities, like in Journey to Forever

in the bottom left is the Opposition Leader (Tommy Karevik) going off on the President (Russell Allen) because of course

under the text "the source will flow" is the Biologist (Floor Jansen), and to the right of the Chemist's hair is the Prophet (Nils K Rue) who are just. doing their Forever stuff idk. was going to draw TH-1 as the 'Frame/Electric Castle but i ran out of room lmao.

since this is going in a public zine where people probably won't be familiar with Ayreon, I intentionally "neutralized" the characters so they'd look a little more universally relatable, if that makes sense?

I gave up on the rendering and made them translucent instead and they actually look so much better that way lmao

the large background structure in the center is the Starblade, set up as a metropolis on Y, I basically copied the details off the artbook ahaha. to the right is the dream sequencer (also used the blueprints in the artbook bless, also I think it's So cool how Yann Souetre basically took Jef Bertels' art and. reverse engineered it?? such a cool testament to the way artists influence each other). so I also tried to do the same with the structure on the left - it's supposed to be the Alphan iteration of the structure on the 01 cover. except now I'm wondering - is that how the Starblade was designed???

wait no. this is a serious question

anyway! sorry for the text wall (but also not sorry because this has been occupying my mind so longg lol)

oh and this is purely for the silly goofy. but guess who had a timelapse that was deleted halfway through because of how much space it took up (I draw details on the Starblade for multiple hours)

[butterfliesbookshelf]

Welcome to my Bookshelf

I am 24 (June 2000)

Most read genre - Thriller/Mystery

Most Owned Genre- Sci-Fi

Favorite

Sci-fi -

Dark Matter - Blake Crouch

Romance -

Every Word You Never Said- Jordon Greene

Coming of age -

I Wish You the Best - Mason Deaver

Thriller -

The Collective - Alison Gaylin

Non Fiction-

Flying Starships - Ronald B. Morre

Play -

4.48 Psychosis- Sarah Kane

Overall -

Anything but Ordinary- Lara Avery

What got me into reading

As a kid-

Geronimo Stilton and Cam Jansen

As a Middle Schooler -

Anything but Ordinary - Lara Avery

What kickstarted my reading again (2019) -

Suicide Notes by Beautiful Girls - Lynn Weingarten

What got me into Sci-Fi -

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep - Philip K Dicks

Fun Fact

I collect Star Trek Books I have over 200 in my collection 💕

August 30th 2024

YT - Cameron Butterfly

[compneuropapers]

Interesting Papers for Week 35, 2023

Decoding Trans-Saccadic Prediction Error. Barne, L. C., Giordano, J., Collins, T., & Desantis, A. (2023). Journal of Neuroscience, 43(11), 1933–1939.

A cortical zoom-in operation underlies covert shifts of visual spatial attention. Bartsch, M. V., Merkel, C., Strumpf, H., Schoenfeld, M. A., Tsotsos, J. K., & Hopf, J.-M. (2023). Science Advances, 9(10).

Granger causality analysis for calcium transients in neuronal networks, challenges and improvements. Chen, X., Ginoux, F., Carbo-Tano, M., Mora, T., Walczak, A. M., & Wyart, C. (2023). eLife, 12, e81279.

Computational modeling of human multisensory spatial representation by a neural architecture. Domenici, N., Sanguineti, V., Morerio, P., Campus, C., Del Bue, A., Gori, M., & Murino, V. (2023). PLOS ONE, 18(3), e0280987.

Social signal learning of the waggle dance in honey bees. Dong, S., Lin, T., Nieh, J. C., & Tan, K. (2023). Science, 379(6636), 1015–1018.

Inferior temporal cortex leads prefrontal cortex in response to a violation of a learned sequence. Esmailpour, H., Raman, R., & Vogels, R. (2023). Cerebral Cortex, 33(6), 3124–3141.

Neural learning rules for generating flexible predictions and computing the successor representation. Fang, C., Aronov, D., Abbott, L., & Mackevicius, E. L. (2023). eLife, 12, e80680.

Dopamine error signal to actively cope with lack of expected reward. Ishino, S., Kamada, T., Sarpong, G. A., Kitano, J., Tsukasa, R., Mukohira, H., … Ogawa, M. (2023). Science Advances, 9(10).

Working memory control dynamics follow principles of spatial computing. Lundqvist, M., Brincat, S. L., Rose, J., Warden, M. R., Buschman, T. J., Miller, E. K., & Herman, P. (2023). Nature Communications, 14, 1429.

Variability in training unlocks generalization in visual perceptual learning through invariant representations. Manenti, G. L., Dizaji, A. S., & Schwiedrzik, C. M. (2023). Current Biology, 33(5), 817-826.e3.

Neuronal excitability as a regulator of circuit remodeling. Mayseless, O., Shapira, G., Rachad, E. Y., Fiala, A., & Schuldiner, O. (2023). Current Biology, 33(5), 981-989.e3.

Flexible tool set transport in Goffin’s cockatoos. Osuna-Mascaró, A. J., O’Hara, M., Folkertsma, R., Tebbich, S., Beck, S. R., & Auersperg, A. M. I. (2023). Current Biology, 33(5), 849-857.e4.

Dorsomedial prefrontal hypoexcitability underlies lost empathy in frontotemporal dementia. Phillips, H. L., Dai, H., Choi, S. Y., Jansen-West, K., Zajicek, A. S., Daly, L., … Yao, W.-D. (2023). Neuron, 111(6), 797-806.e6.

Flexible reuse of cortico-hippocampal representations during encoding and recall of naturalistic events. Reagh, Z. M., & Ranganath, C. (2023). Nature Communications, 14, 1279.

Temporal continuity shapes visual responses of macaque face patch neurons. Russ, B. E., Koyano, K. W., Day-Cooney, J., Perwez, N., & Leopold, D. A. (2023). Neuron, 111(6), 903-914.e3.

Dynamic attention signalling in V4: Relation to fast‐spiking/non‐fast‐spiking cell class and population coupling. Sachse, E. M., & Snyder, A. C. (2023). European Journal of Neuroscience, 57(6), 918–939.

A process model account of the role of dopamine in intertemporal choice. Soutschek, A., & Tobler, P. N. (2023). eLife, 12, e83734.

Model-Based Approach Shows ON Pathway Afferents Elicit a Transient Decrease of V1 Responses. St-Amand, D., & Baker, C. L. (2023). Journal of Neuroscience, 43(11), 1920–1932.

The connectome of an insect brain. Winding, M., Pedigo, B. D., Barnes, C. L., Patsolic, H. G., Park, Y., Kazimiers, T., … Zlatic, M. (2023). Science, 379(6636).

Spontaneous recovery of reward memory through active forgetting of extinction memory. Yang, Q., Zhou, J., Wang, L., Hu, W., Zhong, Y., & Li, Q. (2023). Current Biology, 33(5), 838-848.e3.

[readingabookmostofthetimes]

Happy 2024

In 2023 I read the following books:

Monterosso mon amour, by Ilja Leonard Pfeijfer

The Langauge of Thorns, by Leigh Bardugo

Renegades, by Marissa Meyer

Heartstopper, by Alice Oseman

The Lives of Saints, by Leigh Bardugo

Archenemies, by Marissa Meyer

Heartstopper volume 2, by Alice Oseman

Heartstopper volume 3, by Alice Oseman

Heartstopper volume 4, by Alice Oseman

An Italian Girl in Brooklynn, by Santa Montefiore

Volwassen worden is optioneel, by Marloes de Vries

De woestijndief, by Emmelie Arents

The Mitford Vanishing, by Jessica Fellowes

Wat gebeurde er met David, by Henk Hardeman

Queen of Shadows, by Sarah J Maas

Supernova, by Marissa Meyer

Wees Lucie, by Astrid Boonstoppel

Grijs, by Carlie van Tongeren

Zwaar verguld, by Chantal van Gastel

Over straatfiguren en wegpiraten, by Mijke Pelgrim

Anna K Away, by Jenny Lee

Zorro. The Curse of Capistrano, by Johnston Mcculley

De tweede stem, by Elin Meijnen

Mortal Engines, by Philip Reeve

De meesterdief, by Emmelie Arents

Nick and Charlie, by Alice Oseman

Stewardess Hannah in Parijs, by Petra Kruijt

Stewardess Hannah in Rome, by Petra Kruijt

Sintel en As, by Mara Li

Stewardess Hannah op Ibiza, by Petra Kruijt

The Golden Enclaves, by Naomi Novik

Welkom in Smartpark, by Mirjam Mous

Stewardess Hannah in Reykjavik, by Petra Kruijt

The Iron Sword, by Julie Kagawa

Gilded, by Marissa Meyer

The Syndicate, by Shelena Shorts

Stewardess Hannah in Barcelona, by Petra Kruijt

Stewardess Hannah in Amsterdam, by Petra Kruijt

The Pace, by Shelena Shorts

Stewardess Hannah in New York, by Petra Kruijt

One of us is Lying, by Karen M Mcmanus

Predator's Gold, by Philip Reeve

Stewardess Hannah in Praag, by Petra Kruijt

The Broken Lake, by Shelena Shorts

Stewardess Hannah op Curaçao, by Petra Kruijt

One of Us is Next, by Karen M Mcmanus

Stewardess Hannah in Lissabon, by Petra Kruijt

Wind, by Esther Walraven

The Iron Quill, by Shelena Shorts

The Hour of Dreams, by Shelena Shorts

Penthouse, Lotte Boot

Denken wat je wilt, doe wat je droomt, Gijs Jansen

Empire of Storms, by Sarah J Maas

One of Us is Back, by Karen M Mcmanus

Confessions of a Shopaholic, by Sophie Kinsella

To All the Boys I've Loved Before, by Jenny Han

Ivelle, by Laura Diane

PS. I Still Love You, by Jenny Han

Always and Forever, Lara Jean, by Jenny Han

Anders, beter, by Lisa van Campenhout

The Iron Vow, by Julie Kagawa

[melodramaticmelon]

Process + Final of a book cover I was commissioned to do last year (2022). 

The Strength of Water (2022) by Karin K Jansen, chronicle’s Jansen’s mother’s journey as a young immigrant to San Francisco from China. Was super honoured that my friend had thought of me for the cover, I`ve only done book covers for myself so this was something that really made me feel like “oh... i made it (somewhat)” haha

[boricuacherry-blog]

In 2021, over a decade after being in a conservatorship, singer Britney Spears posted a furious rant about her mother Lynne on social media. The singer was born to Lynne, a school teacher and Jamie, an alcoholic building contractor in a small town in Louisiana.

But it wasn't long before she set off on the global road to fame at the age of 11, when she landed a role in Disney's The Mickey Mouse Club, along with fellow future stars Christina Aguilera, Justin Timberlake and Ryan Gosling.

In Britney's recent post, she claims her mother 'thrived on drama' and that she would argue with a 'drunk' Jamie 'every night of my life.'

Jamie's brother, Willie, told an outlet that Jamie would often get drunk and argue with Lynne, and that once he even tried to 'drive off with Britney' during an argument.

Britney says her father Jamie was abusive to both her and brother Bryan.

"My brother was a football player. And my dad was really, really hard on him when he was younger, really abusive," she alleges.

Britney adds that her father 'controlled everything I did' but that she 'had to go along because I knew they could hurt me.'

In 1979, Lynne reportedly filed for divorce and tried to obtain a restraining order against Jamie after an infidelity, but the divorce filing was withdrawn shortly after.

As a child, Britney would often retreat to her aunt's trailer nearby to drown out the noises of her parents fighting.

When they finally divorced in 2002, Britney says she was thrilled, saying, "This is the best thing to happen to our family. I wish it had happened 10 years ago. Even when I was a baby, they argued. They do not get along."

Jamie also got sober in 2004 after years of alcohol abuse. But then in 2007, after a public battle with drug abuse, a divorce, a custody battle and her family fighting for control over her, Britney spiraled quickly and was entered into a conservatorship. Britney says her mother was the mastermind behind it, with her father controlling every aspect of her life.

Although the conservatorship was initially supposed to be temporary, it was extended indefinitely and left Britney under the control of her father for the next 13 years, with him managing everything from her career to her weekly allowance, and requiring her to be on birth control.

In 2021, after learning that Jamie would be abandoning his role as conservator, Britney blasted the conservatorship itself as a 'family business' and thanked Jamie for 'exiting my life and finally allowing me to live mine.'

Following the removal of Jamie as conservator, Lynne made a public statement, saying, "It is clear to me that Jamie P. Spears is incapable of putting my daughter's interests ahead of his own on both a professional and a personal level."

Jamie then fired back in response, "In stark contrast, it appears that Lynne is the one incapable of putting her daughter's interests ahead of her own," going on to accuse her of being an absent mother.

Britney then said, "My dad may have started the conservatorship, but what people don't know is that my mom is the one who gave him the idea," adding that her father 'was not smart enough' to have come up with the idea on his own.

Britney then added, "She [Lynne] secretly ruined my life. And yes, I will call her and Lou Taylor [former manager] out on it. So take your whole 'I have no idea what's going on' attitude and go f**k yourself!"

Britney later said in an uploaded audio clip, "I heard when reporters would call her [Lynne] at the time and ask questions of what was going on, she would innocently hide in the house and she wouldn't speak up. It was always like, 'I don't know what to say. I just don't want to say the wrong thing. We're praying for her.' My mother could have gotten me a lawyer in two seconds if she really wanted to help me."

She continued, "My friend [Jansen Fitzgerald] helped me get one in the end, but every time I made contact with a firm, my phone was tapped, and my phone would get taken away from me."

[daddyscore]

SRH vs MI - when and where to watch, full squad details, venue, most likely playing XIs, Pitch Report

Both Sunrisers Hyderabad and Mumbai Indians have sort of similar journeys in the IPL season 2023 as each of them have won two matches. The sunrisers Hyderabad who were liked by many as the early season favorite have hit their strides a lot late with the Harry Brook and Aiden Markram impressing with the bat.

Whereas the Mumbai Indians batting unit has been playing brilliant in the last few matches with Ishan Kishan and Rohit Sharma leading the way. Although they have a decent team but they will stay as underdogs because of their depleted bowling attacks.

Check all the details given below regarding the match:- IPL Match 2023 Teams: Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Mumbai indians

Captains:  Aiden Markram is going to lead Sunrisers Hyderabad

Rohit Sharma will lead Mumbai Indians

When: April 18th, 2023 Match is going to start at 7:30 p.m. IST

Venue: Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad

Head to head of these two teams from IPL: Both the teams have met each other on 19 occasions where Sunrisers Hyderabad has won 9 matches whereas Mumbai Indians have won 10 matches.

Likely playing XI

Sunrisers Hyderabad: Mayank Agarwal, Harry Brook, Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram (c), Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Washington Sundar, Marco Jansen, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umran Malik and T Natarajan.

On Bench:    Washington Sundar, Glenn Phillips, AU Rashid, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Abdul Samad, UD Yadav, Vivrant Sharma, MJ Dagar, K Nitish Kumar Reddy, SB Vyas, Anmolpreet Singh, Sanvir Singh, AJ Hosein, Kartik Tyagi

Mumbai Indians: Ishan Kishan (wk), Rohit Sharma (c), Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Cameron Green, Tim David, Hrithik Shokeen, Piyush Chawla, Jason Behrendorff/Duan Jansen, Arjun Tendulkar/Arshad Khan and Riley Meredith.

On Bench:   T Stubbs, JP Behrendorff, Arshad Khan, K Kartikeya, Ramandeep Singh, S Sandeep Warrier, Vishnu Vinod, Dewald Brevis, Raghav Goyal, Jofra Archer, SZ Mulani, D Jansen, Akash Mandwaal, JA Richardson

 New rules Impact player: Both captains of  SRH and MI will have a list of four substitute and one of them can be called in as the impact player to bat and bowl Name playing XI after the toss: Both captains will be allowed to pick playing 11 they have pre decided depending upon the outcome of the toss. 

Pitch report

The pitch of the Rajiv Gandhi International stadium is decent for batting with the average score being 176 runs. Although Punjab kings scored 143 runs in the last game but SRH chased the target down with ease. In the previous games spinners took around half of the wickets. Chasing will be a good option as dew will play its role.

Most probable best performers in SRH vs MI

Probable best batsman: Harry Brook

Probable best bowler: Mayank Markande

Weather forecast for today in Hyderabad

Maximum temperature: 39°C Minimum temperature: 25°C Wind speed: 10km/h Chances of rain: 0% Capacity of stadium: 55,000 Prediction to win: Mumbai Indians is most likely to win the match

Where to Watch Live Streaming: Download The Our App For Fastest Live Score 

@backyardcricketer

[zoocoup]

2024 Favorites with Notes

2024 Favorite LPs & EPs https://www.zoocoup.org/2024/music/lps.html

2024 Favorite Singles https://www.zoocoup.org/2024/music/singles.html

2024 Stats:

Albums purchased: 174

EPs purchased: 30

Singles purchased: 157

This is the first year ever that I purchased more records as digital releases than as physical releases on CD. This was not done with intent, just how it worked out based on formats available for purchase.

A few notes:

I don't own any other Shannon and the Clams records, but this one, surprisingly, really got to me.

Looking forward to more dueling title releases from Cosey Mueller and Moses Sumney in the future

The Sick Day EP almost made the top of the overall list. The title track was the 2024 song I played the most last year

So happy to have new Melt-Banana music in the world

Also happy there's finally a julie full length in existence

Glad to have St Vincent making St Vincent music again

Dwight Yoakam continues to be pretty damn amazing

The Judy and the Jerks record is life affirming

Unfortunately, the Scrunchies record might be one of the last things recorded by Steve Albini that ever joins my record collection

I like these dear francis singles, but I sincerely hope this doesn't mean the Clavin sisters have broken up Bleached

Sick Day, Slippers, Desiree Cannon, Den Der Hale, Objections, Crumbs, Artificial Go, Interlay, Hannah Frances, Robber Robber, Seven Davis Jr, Bad Breeding, Fleur, NØ MAN, SHADOW SHOW and ira glass were all new to me this year

Releases that came close to making one of the lists:

“After the First Kiss” / Faye Webster

astrel k / The Foreign Department

“Being” / Fucked Up

yaya bey / Ten Fold

Jessica Boudreaux / The Faster I Run

Broadcast / Spell Blanket

Charlie Butler / Wild Fictions

Bill Callahan / Resuscitate!

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds / Wild God

“Comeback” / ITCHY & THE NITS

Common & Pete Rock / The Auditorium Vol 1

Corridor / Mimi

“Crystal Breath” / Kim Deal

“Do Sumn” / Mother Nature

Drahla / Angeltape

Eels / EELS TIME!

“Ein Gedicht” / Daniel Decker

EXO / DEMO

“Fastalee” / MINISKIRT

“Fountain” / Kulk

Daniel Romano's Outfit / Too Hot To Sleep

Andrew Gabbard / Ramble & Rave On!

Grande Eugène / Les vacames d'été

Habibi / dreammachine

Sahra Halgan / HIDDO DHAWR

Shawn Hess / Wild Onion

“I-90 Bridge” / Chastity Belt

“I've Never Known Alice” / Damien Jurado

“Imminent Demise” / The Shouts

IRKED / EP

The Jansen / Durja Bersahaja

“Jelsy” / bar italia

Johnny Blue Skies / Passage du Desir

Kyle Kinane / Dirt Nap

“LAST NIGHT I SAW MY LOVE” / JULIE DOIRON

“Lovin' You Ain't Easy” / The Foreign Correspondents

Mint Field / Aprender A Ser: Extended

Mourning [A] BLKstar / Ancient/Future

My Brightest Diamond / Fight the Real Terror

Naked Family / La Vuelta

neutrals / New Town Dream

“No Gimmicks” / The Chisel

“Ohio All The Time” / Momma

Oneida / Expensive Air

Oranssi Pazuzu / Muuntautuja

Oruā / PASSE

“Other Means” / Batu

Parsnip / Behold

Peel Dream Magazine / Rose Main Reading Room

Pernice Brothers / Who Will You Believe

Pile / Hot Air Balloon

Pom Poko / Champion

“Say Come Hither (Long Version)” / Deep Cricket Night

SPECTRAL WOUND / Songs of Blood and Mire

The Waeve / City Lights

“Tree” / Itches

Daniel Van Kirk / Rose Gold

Winged Wheel / Big Hotel

Jack White / No Name

X / Smoke & Fiction

Nilüfer Yanya / My Method Actod

“Yung Hearts Bleed Free” / of Montreal

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Notre Dame Academy (Famicos Notre Dame Apartments)

1325 Ansel Rd.

Cleveland, OH

The former Notre Dame Academy is located at 1325 Ansel Road in Cleveland, Ohio. Built in 1914-1915, it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Notre Dame Academy opened on Sept. 10, 1877. It was founded by the Sisters of Notre Dame who began an educational tradition which continues to the present. The first classes began in temporary facilities while permanent quarters were being erected at E. 18th St. and Superior Ave. The new building opened May 1, 1878. The downtown facility became overcrowded, and in 1912 the Sisters purchased the Joseph K. Bole estate on Ansel Rd. at Superior Ave. for a new headquarters building and academy. This second home opened Jan. 11, 1915.

This Gothic Revival-style building was designed by William Jansen to house the Notre Dame Academy, a Catholic Elementary and High School founded in 1877, which variously provided education to only girls, and to both girls and boys over its history, eventually transitioning in this building from a co-ed school to one that served only girls in all grades, and eventually into a High School without an Elementary program. The building features an E-shaped footprint, brown brick facade with stone trim, three-over-three and two-over-two double-hung windows, gabled wall dormers, gable parapets, buttresses, a central tower at the front entrance with octagonal corner pillars that feature crenellated parapets, stepped parapets with decorative stone trim around brick panels and quatrefoil windows, a tower at the north side of the building with a single octagonal chimney and a belfry, entrance doors with gothic arched transoms, gabled roofs, and gothic arched windows on the rear wing, which feature tracery. The building housed the Notre Dame Academy until 1963.

In May 1963 the Sisters decided to relocate the academy to the suburb of Chardon, Ohio, in Geauga County. They sold the "Castle on Ansel" to the Cleveland Board of Education, which operated a junior high known as Lulu Diehl Junior High School there for several years during the 1960s, after which it stood vacant for thirty years. The building was listed with the National Register of Historic Places on May 26, 1988. In 1999, the Famicos Foundation, advocates for affordable housing, acquired the building and rehabilitated it for adaptive reuse as an apartment building serving low-income senior citizens known as Famicos Notre Dame Apartments, a function the building continues to serve today.

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Perseverance Pays Off for Student Challenge Winners - NASA Science

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Perseverance Pays Off for Student Challenge Winners - NASA Science

The competition for kindergarten through 12th grade students focuses on the enabling power of radioisotopes. Students were challenged to learn how NASA has powered some of its most famous science missions and to dream up how their personal “superpower” would energize their own radioisotope-powered science mission.

Judges narrowed down over a seventeen hundred creative essays to 45 semi-finalists, who received prize packs, nine finalists, who participated in a videoconference with NASA experts, and three winners, who were awarded with a visit to NASA Glenn.

“I’m so impressed by the work of these talented young students,” said Dr. Wanda Peters, acting deputy center director at NASA Glenn. “It’s wonderful to see their interest, innovation, and creativity at this stage in their lives. Our future is bright!”

“I’m so impressed by the work of these talented young students. It’s wonderful to see their interest, innovation, and creativity at this stage in their lives. Our future is bright!

The next day students and their families traveled to GLSC, which houses NASA Glenn’s Visitor Center. Accompanied by members of NASA’s Radioisotope Power Systems (RPS) team, the group toured the visitor center and explored the many interactive displays.

“It was our pleasure to host the three student winners of The Power to Explore Challenge, and I hope that this visit will further inspire and motivate them to pursue their interests in science and exploration,” said Carl Sandifer, manager for NASA’s RPS Program. “We are so impressed by the ideas and quality of the essays submitted this year and we can’t wait to what new ideas student come up with for next year’s challenge!”

The Power to Explore Challenge asked students to learn about the RPS, one of NASA’s “nuclear batteries” it uses to explore some of the most extreme destinations in our solar system and beyond. Students then wrote about their own power to achieve goals in 250 words or less.

ABOUT THE CHALLENGE:

Power to Explore is a national essay challenge that asks students in grades K-12 to learn about Radioisotope Power Systems (RPS), a type of “nuclear battery” that NASA uses to explore some of the most extreme destinations in our solar system and beyond, and then write about, in 250 words or less, an RPS-powered space mission that would energize their space exploration dreams.

ABOUT FUTURE ENGINEERS:

Future Engineers hosts online contests and challenges for K-12 students. Previous challenges have helped produce historic achievements – from naming NASA’s Perseverance rover to manufacturing the first student-designed 3D print in space. All challenges are offered free for student and classroom participation. For more information, visit futureengineers.org. Follow Future Engineers on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.

Media Contact: Kristin Jansen Public Affairs Specialist Office of Communications NASA RPS Program

Phone: 216-296-2203 Email: kristin.m.jansen@nasa.gov