We all remember when we were first starting out in the saddle or at the end of a set of driving reins. Many of us have been doing it our whole lives, but there's a growing community of "re-riders" out there who rode as children, quit for awhile, and are getting back into horses as adults.
The Bit By Bit blog is about one such rider, Laura, who at age 39, has been back into taking lessons for the last three years. Laura said the process is a little tough to take, since you're usually surrounded by younger students or instructors who have as much or more experience. We salute re-riders like Laura, and encourage you to follow her blog, where she anthologizes her horsemanship journey, and offers practical tips. Most recently, we enjoyed her entry on post-fall rituals (a medicinal cheeseburger is a must), and how to treat the bumps and bruises that come along with a tumble.
Your turn: what equine blogs are on your summer reading list?
Summer Reading List: We Heart Halfies!
Here's another item from our reading list: Adventures with Shyloh. Allison documents her journey with her 7-year-old Halflinger mare, Shyloh. It's so cool to watch how a horse's personality expands as their training expands, and Allison has done a fantastic job of illustrating the way their relationship has changed.
Allison and Shyloh recently took one of our halter bridles for a test drive. Allison, Shyloh, and Allison's kids loved the feel of the bridle, and the easy grip of the reins. Shyloh can be difficult to fit, but Allison found that our range of sizing options made it easier to pick a choice that would work for her. Not only did their bridle fit perfectly, Allison is excited to use it when they begin trial riding.
Be sure to add Allison and Shyloh to your summer reading list!
We've found that our products are popular with riders who are out in all types of weather, and who ride over all types of terrain. That's why eventers love beta biothane–it's fade-proof and crack-proof, no matter how many hours it spends in the sun or in the water.
We recently read a product review of one of our bridles and one of our breastcollars by the blogger who writes under the Equine Snob handle over at My Equine Odyssey blog. ES was surprised to find that of the two pieces, her favorite was the breastcollar. Our breastcollars have buckles on both shoulders, in addition to the girth loop, making them totally adjustable. Fancy Pony, ES' mount, is a little narrow-chested and they found it particularly helpful that they could shorten the shoulder pieces to fit. Interestingly, she put a running martingale attachment onto the breastcollar to correct a training issue,and it worked very well for them.
We love following our customers' journeys in the saddle. If you do too, check out My Equine Odyssey.
We love driving our horses, both as a cross-training exercise (it's great lateral training for dressage horses in particular), and as an awesome way to get new people interested in horses.
Recently, we had the chance to go to a convention of carriage horses at a local park and enjoyed the opportunity to practice the finer points of our steering by moving through an obstacle course of cones. The small rubber cones are especially good for this because they can be run over without doing damage to the wheels or the cone itself, and they're easy to move and store.
One of the instructors suggested using frisbees for a DIY course at home–what a great idea! Frisbees are of course, easier to find, just as durable, and simpler to store.
Rebecca tells us that her mare Elby has a reputation for breaking bridles. We understand how that goes–our horses have a tidy pile of busted crossties between them. That's why she was so glad to receive a bridle that not only fit Elby beautifully, but held up to her rigorous field testing.
Love Elby's bridle? Buy it here.
Although we've been trail riding for several years, we still love learning new things about how to prepare a horse to hit the trails. That's the great part about any type of riding–it's really a lifetime of learning.
We were happy to meet Judi of Trail Horse Adventures last week, and this week we came across an article in Equus that outlines seven important skills for a horse who goes on regular trail rides, especially those away from home or in new environments.
One of our favorite tips? Teaching your horse, whether through natural horsemanship or other training, to resist his flight response and wait for your cue when he encounters something new or scary. So, so important in any new situation, but especially on the trails where a deer or fox might go streaking across your path.
Trailer Rider Tested, Trail Rider Approved!
We were excited to read a product review from Judi of the Trail Horse Adventures blog this week. Judi is a trail rider just like us, and takes her Morabs for adventures in the Cleveland Metro Parks. Judi is a trail riding veteran, and has lots of insight and anecdotes to share with fellow riders, especially those who are new to the pasttime. She is also the author of "Trail Training for the Horse and Rider" and "Trail Horse Adventures and Advice," which we absolutely recommend.
Judi ordered our beta biothane English bridle with bling for her horse Cole Train, and we think he looks fantastic in it. She especially liked the feel of the bridle, having worked with alternative materials before and found synthetics a bit stiff. Actually, several other riders at the barn thought the bridle, which is black with pink bling, was leather.
We're proud to announce that Jaymando (known to friends as "Jay") is the winner of our tack giveaway via Behind the Bit Blog (which, incidentally, you should check out if you like reading about dressage, or general horse care).
We learned that Jay is a 14-year-old Tennessee Walking Horse, and has worked with his human Diane since he was a month old. As you may guess, a horse with this much personality was a bit of a handful in his younger years according to Diane, who tells us he was very nippy and even broke someone's arm(!) but thanks to consistent discipline and boundaries he has come a long way. He does still occasionally demonstrate an interest in opening gates–what a smart fellow.
Jay and Diane enjoy trail riding, especially trails that take them over challenging, rugged terrain. They also participate in hunter paces.
Diane told us that Jay has been a healing influence for her. She suffers from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and having a reliable partner in Jay has helped her push through symptoms of the disease so she can still enjoy interacting with her horses. It's amazing what our horses can do for us.
Jay models his brand new turnout halter. The colors look great, don't they?!
If you trail ride or show your horses, it's important to stay on top of contagious disease outbreaks in your geographic region. We received this release from the folks at Merial, informing you of ways you can stay on top of any issues in your area.
As of late April 2014, state authorities had confirmed 11 cases – seven in Minnesota,4 two in Wisconsin5 and one in both Iowa6 and Kansas.7 Horse owners are taking strict precautions – including quarantine – to prevent further spread of the virus. This outbreak of EHV-1 is believed to have first surfaced in barrel horses near the Twin Cities.8 After its initial detection, several equestrian events were canceled or postponed.
The free program tracks confirmed cases of EHV-1, as well as West Nile virus, Eastern equine encephalitis, Western equine encephalitis, equine influenza, Potomac Horse Fever and rabies. Texts and/or e-mail messages are sent to alert horse owners of confirmed cases. Anyone can sign up to receive these alerts and those who travel with their horses can enter multiple ZIP codes in the site's search field to help them stay abreast of disease threats throughout the country.
While current vaccines do not reliably protect horses against the neurologic form of EHV-1,1 horse owners can help defend their horses' health by staying informed with Outbreak Alert. Veterinarians can also benefit from the site, which offers exclusive features, including communication tools that can be used in practices.
1Equine Herpesvirus (EHV-1). University of Minnesota. Center for Animal Health and Food Safety. Available at:http://www.cahfs.umn.edu/prod/groups/cvm/@pub/@cvm/@cahfs/documents/content/cvm_article_419930.pdf. Accessed April 3, 2014.
2Equine Herpes Virus. Pet Health & Nutrition Information & Questions. Available at: http://www.petmd.com/horse/conditions/reproductive/c_hr_equine_herpes_virus. Accessed April 7, 2014.
3California Department of Food and Agriculture. CDFA > AHFSS > AHB > Equine Herpes Virus. Available at:http://www.cdfa.ca.gov/ahfss/animal_health/equine_herpes_virus.html. Accessed April 3, 2014.
4Equine Herpesvirus. Minnesota Board of Animal Health. Available at: http://mn.gov/bah/horses.html. Accessed April 3, 2014.
5Animal Diseases. Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade & Consumer Protection. Available at: http://datcp.wi.gov/Animals/Animal_Diseases/index.aspx. Accessed April 3, 2014.
6Cedar Rapids Weather. KCRG-TV9. Available at:http://www.kcrg.com/news/local/Case-of-EHV-1-Found-in-Eastern-Iowa-253418261.html. Accessed April 4, 2014.
7EHV-1 Case Confirmed in Kansas. Kansas Department of Agriculture. Available at: http://agriculture.ks.gov/news-events/news-releases/2014/04/29/ehv-1-case-confirmed-in-kansas. Accessed May 1, 2014.
8EHV-1 Information. University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine. Available at: http://www.cvm.umn.edu/umec/EHV1info/home.html. Accessed April 8, 2014.


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Australia's new Chief Scientist appointed
Dr Cathy Foley to move across from CSIRO.
By Casey Tonkin on Nov 09 2020 11:56 AM
Dr Cathy Foley has been CSIRO's Chief Scientist for the last two years. Image: CSIRO
Physicist Dr Cathy Foley will become Australia's next Chief Scientist when Dr Alan Finkel steps down from the role in December.
Dr Foley has been the CSIRO's Chief Scientist for the past two years and has made contributions in fields like quantum physics and material sciences with research into semiconductors and high-temperature superconductors.
"This is an extraordinary honour for me," Dr Foley said in a press conference on Monday.
"The thing that's really exciting from my perspective is it's a chance to serve the nation in a way which will allow science and technology to be able to assist the government in addressing the many challenges which we've already seen confronting us right now."
Dr Foley is the second woman to have the title of Australian Chief Scientist since the role was established in 1989.
"I hope I'm going to be in a position to support the government to be able to find the best information, the best knowledge, from across all the science sector in Australia," Dr Foley said about her new appointment.
"And also to see if I can encourage the youth of today to see that science and technology, engineering and maths are really a way forward for them to be able to have careers that are exiting, well paid, and something which will also contribute to society."
Prime Minister Scott Morrison said science and technology was an important aspect of the economic recovery following coronavirus.
"As we recover from COVID-19 and look to rebuild a brighter future, the role of the Chief Scientist has never been more important," Morrison said.
"Dr Foley has a big task ahead to drive collaboration between industry and the science and research community, as we look to create jobs for the COVID-19 recovery and for the future."
We're proud and delighted to celebrate the appointment of our Chief Scientist @DrCathyFoley as Australia's next Chief Scientist.
Prime Minister @ScottMorrisonMP and Minister @karenandrewsmp made the announcement today.
Congratulations Cathy! #TeamCSIRO pic.twitter.com/dAsYn5JfNP
— CSIRO (@CSIRO) November 9, 2020
Minister for Industry, Science and Technology, Karen Andrews, said Dr Foley's skills as a science communicator will help keep science at the forefront in the coming years.
"Dr Foley is highly regarded in the scientific community, has extensive experience working with government, but most importantly understands how to drive collaboration between industry and researchers," Andrews said.
"Like me, Dr Foley is also a strong advocate for women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics and her lived experience will make her an important role model for aspiring young scientists."
Dr Foley will be the country's Chief Scientist for three years beginning next January.
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Q: Find $P(W_1 > 1 \cap W_2 < 1)$ where $W_t$ is a standard Brownian motion. Let $W_t$ be a standard Brownian motion.
Find $P(W_1 > 1 \cap W_2 < 1)$.
I tried to do something on my own, but because I'm new to Brownian motion, I'm stuck at the beginning of the calculations.
My attempt:
Note that $W_2 = W_1 + W_2 - W_1$. Also, note that $W_1$ and $W_2 - W_1$ are independent, and $W_2 - W_1 \sim N(0,1)$.

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MANAGER: See the right things
The manager on recruiting new blood
Manager Graham Kavanagh spoke to us this week about the ongoing work to get things in place ahead of the 2014/15 campaign.
"I've had a week away with the family but, other than that, we've all been working hard," he said. "I've been constantly on the phone to agents and players.
"I've met quite a few players and we're now trying to finalise things and get deals done. It's difficult because everyone is holding on for the best deal. Agents are encouraging players to wait so they can see what is available to them.
"We're making good progress with a few and we're hopeful we'll have news on that front at some point in the next couple of weeks."
"I know it's frustrating for the fans when they don't hear much but I hope they understand it's something we're quite pleased about when that does happen," he told us. "When a player is spotted or found out it can alert other clubs, and we'd rather avoid that.
"You tend to find that players will talk to you and then use what they've heard when they talk to other clubs anyway, so we do want to try to manage things as closely as we can.
"The other thing with it all is that we don't want to rush into anything. I said at the end of last season that I want to get players in who have character and physicality because it's going to be a tough league.
"Sitting across from a player who has a point to prove, and who wants to come here and play, is important to me. That's why I've already met a lot of players face to face. I want to see it in his eyes and see what his approach to the game is.
"If I see the right things then that really encourages me. I've had one or two who are sitting there waiting for the best deal and the most money, and those players don't strike you as being the right type of character."
"I haven't experienced the market like this before, being a new manager, so it's difficult to say whether we're where we wanted to be at this stage or not," he confirmed. "I know we did things early last season and that left us without the financial scope to do much later on in July and early August. That was just the way things worked last year.
"However, you do feel that if the right player comes along, and you're keen on getting him in the building, then you have to do the deal as soon as you get the chance. That will be no different for me this summer."
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Civil Eats Launch
Posted: January 7 2009
We've already shared a post from the blog Civil Eats, but now the site has officially launched! Congrats to all involved - a great resource for foodies, greenhorns, and sustainably-minded folk in general.
Below is the press release about the launch for the site, but click here for an exciting series of posts about Young Farmers! Most recently, Greenhorns friend & ally Gordon Jenkins writes about the greenhorns-guidebook.
CIVILEATS.COM LAUNCHES, PROMOTES CRITICAL THOUGHT
ABOUT SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SYSTEMS
New York, NY- CivilEats.com launched its new Web site today. An offshoot of the highly successful Slow Food Nation blog, CivilEats.com promotes critical thought about sustainable agriculture and food systems as part of building economically and socially just communities. With more than 40 contributors from the good food world, CivilEats.com supports the development of a thought-provoking, innovative dialogue among local and national leaders about the American food system.
SlowFoodNation.org was created in anticipation of Slow Food Nation, the largest celebration of American food in history, which took place in San Francisco over Labor Day weekend 2008. The site received nearly one million page views from its launch in June leading up to the event and the blog received close to 125,000 page views. Since its soft launch in late October, CivilEats.com has received nearly 10,000 hits, and has been linked to Time magazine's Web site, Culinate.com, San Francisco Eater, SFoodie, Ethicurian.com, feministing.com, among other sites.
CivilEats.com will feature writers on the issues facing our food system, including chef Bryant Terry's "Grow. Cook. Grub." series, which aims to help people feed themselves healthfully, simply and cheaply. Youth food movement leader Gordon Jenkins will focus on the need for new farmers in his "Young Farmer Series," a regular column that investigates the barriers new farmers are encountering. In "Roof Gardening for Rookies," managing editor and neophyte gardener Paula Crossfield will document her attempts to create an edible garden, from research to harvest, on her co-op's roof in Manhattan.
The site will cover a wide range of topics, from rebuilding a local food economy, to how-tos on gardening and cooking, food and energy policy news, stories on the environment, our health, life on the farm and the business of food production.
Current contributors include:
Tamar Adler, former editor of Harper's Magazine and chef at Chez Panisse in Berkeley, California;
Paula Crossfield, co-founder and managing editor of Civil Eats and contributing producer at The Leonard Lopate Show on New York Public Radio;
Caroline Cummins, managing editor of Culinate.com;
Curt Ellis, Food and Society Policy Fellow and co-producer of the documentary King Corn;
Debra Eschmeyer, marketing and media manager of the National Farm to School Network and the Center for Food and Justice;
Anya Fernald, former program director of the Slow Food Foundation and Community Alliance with Family Farmers (CAFF), former executive director of Slow Food Nation and co-founder of CivilEats;
Aaron French, ecologist and eco-chef at The Sunny Side Cafe;
Kurt Michael Friese, editor of Edible Iowa River Valley, author of A Cook's Journey: Slow Food in the Heartland, and chef/owner of Devotay restaurant in Iowa City;
Michelle Fuerst, private chef and cooking teacher formerly of Zuni Café and Chez Panisse;
Jennifer Goldstein, doctoral student in cultural geography at University of California, Los Angeles;
Emilie Hardman, sociologist, vegan baker and blogger at consciouskitchen.net;
Rose Hayden-Smith, Food and Society Policy Fellow focused on providing gardening and food systems education to youth, educators and communities;
Katrina Heron, former editor-in-chief of Wired magazine, former senior editor of The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine and Vanity Fair, board member of the Chez Panisse Foundation, former Board President of Slow Food Nation and co-founder of CivilEats;
Gordon Jenkins, former content coordinator of Slow Food Nation and the director of Eat-Ins.org;
Jerusha Klemperer, writer and the program manager for Terra Madre at Slow Food USA and managing editor of the Slow Food USA blog;
Paige Lansing, former development coordinator of Slow Food Nation;
Jessica MacMurray Blaine, a food writer and teacher based in Eugene, Oregon;
Cerise Mayo, program director for the New Amsterdam Market Association;
Annie Myers, Reynolds Scholar at the Gallatin School of NYU concentrating in Agriculture and Regional Food Systems;
Raj Patel, author of Stuffed and Starved: The Hidden Battle for the World Food System;
Sarah Rich, editor at Dwell magazine, former managing editor of the Slow Food Nation blog and co-founder of CivilEats;
Naomi Starkman, food policy media consultant, former director of communications and policy of Slow Food Nation and co-founder of CivilEats;
Bryant Terry, eco-chef, Food and Society Policy Fellow and author of the forthcoming book Vegan Soul Kitchen;
Amber Turpin, food writer and cookie company owner based in Santa Cruz, California;
Kerry Trueman, co-founder of eatingliberally.org and contributor to Huffington Post;
Mark Winne, author of Closing the Food Gap: Resetting the Table in the Land of Plenty;
CivilEats.com welcomes new voices and ideas. If you would like to contribute to the conversation about our food system, please contact managing editor Paula Crossfield at [email protected]


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This paper presents a design of a time-delayed controller for the robust balancing performance of a two-wheel mobile robot (TWMR). The PD control method can balance the TWMR, but it lacks for the robustness due to the disturbance. To reject the disturbance effectively, the time-delayed control method is utilized. For the comparison of the robust balancing performance, the performances of the PD control method and the time-delayed control method are compared. Experimental studies are conducted to demonstrate the performance of the time-delayed controller.


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this will come as no surprise to anyone who knows me, but i'll say it anyway: as far as i am concerned, the greatest holiday tradition of all? the art of sending christmas cards. to some, it seems an antiquated idea in the day and age of instant, electronic message delivery. others can't see any reason to bother. for me and for as long as i can remember, it's always been the most exciting activity of all (aside from santa's visits, of course.) i love every step: the choosing of cards, adornments and postage, the writing of the cards, the stamping and addressing of the envelopes, dumping the lot of them into the mailbox. the only thing more thrilling is finding the floor of the apartment littered with a splash of festive little red and green envelopes full of sentiments and photos, news and best wishes. opening each one as carefully as a beautifully wrapped present then choosing the perfect spot to display it makes the season more enjoyable. i regret that fewer and fewer people are partaking in the tradition, but i have no choice other than to accept it. it's december 2nd and, sadly, a christmas card has yet to cross the threshold of this apartment. either my popularity has dropped severely or the card writing habits of some of my friends and family have dropped off. shame, really.
i've made the declaration in the past and i stick to it wholeheartedly. no circumstance, no philosophy, no reasoning will ever prevent me form sending out holiday cards. my dedication to work this year prevented me from creating as many as i'd liked, but i do have a handful of homemade cards to share with my dearest of friends. (no spoiler photos today since i think all of them read my posts. remind me to post some later in the month.) tonight i will relish the opportunity to sit quiet, pen in hand, carols filling the room and devote a moment to some of the people who have made this year another great one and this life something to celebrate.
I have them sitting here, waiting to be filled out, dropped in the blue mailbox. Alas. Perhaps tomorrow is the day. I've been spending so much time crafting… I've neglected the things I need to do. Now I can only hope yours gets to you BEFORE Christmas Day. We can hope.
I wish I had the time and creativeness like your mom to hand make those babies… as usual, SJ continues to impress beyond belief.


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William Savitt and Ryan A. McLeod are partners at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz. This post is based on a Wachtell Lipton publication by Mr. Savitt and Mr. McLeod, and is part of the Delaware law series; links to other posts in the series are available here.
In a 246-page post-trial opinion issued today [October 1, 2018], the Delaware Court of Chancery ruled that Fresenius Kabi AG, a German pharmaceutical company, properly terminated its agreement to purchase US-based drug maker Akorn, Inc. Akorn, Inc. v. Fresenius Kabi AG, C.A. No. 2018-0300-JTL (Del. Ch. Oct. 1, 2018). Most notable in the sweeping decision is the Court of Chancery's determination that Akorn suffered a material adverse change that supported Fresenius's right to terminate. Until today, common M&A wisdom has been that the Court of Chancery had never recognized a MAC—at least, never one sufficient to provide a buyer the right to walk. That wisdom must be updated in light of today's ruling.
The parties signed the merger agreement in April 2017. But within months, the court found, "Akorn's business performance fell off a cliff," even though "Akorn had reaffirmed its full year guidance" on the "same date the parties signed the Merger Agreement." And while Akorn's management told Fresenius that things would get better, the court found that they only got worse. Fresenius received letters from anonymous whistleblowers accusing Akorn of regulatory breaches and, in the course of follow-up investigations, uncovered what the court found were "serious and pervasive data integrity problems." Akorn's business continued to deteriorate, and Fresenius terminated the agreement. Akorn then brought suit to compel Fresenius to close.
After an expedited trial, the court held that Fresenius validly terminated on multiple grounds, holding that Akorn had breached numerous representations and that Akorn "ha[d] suffered a Material Adverse Effect." The court considered Akorn's claim that Fresenius, stung by "buyer's remorse," failed to use the required best efforts to close the transaction and agreed that, by late 2017, senior Fresenius executives had concluded they did not wish to proceed with the merger as negotiated. But, distinguishing previous decisions in which buyers sought to use MAE clauses to escape deals that turned unattractive post-signing, the court found that Fresenius responded to a company-specific collapse in Akorn's business and complied with its contractual obligations—including the obligation to consult with Akorn—throughout the pendency of the merger.
Today's decision reaffirms the rigorously contractarian character of Delaware's M&A jurisprudence. In doing so, it confirms that all contract provisions—including MAE provisions—will be enforced by their terms upon an appropriate evidentiary record.


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It's not often the term 'Ambient Trance' is ever mentioned in a non-satirical manner these days. Furthermore, putting this particularly outdated style of music into context proves an immense challenge. Evidently with all genres of music you will have a relatively small pool of artists pushing boundaries in a wash of sub-par production with producers who will drop standards & creative freedom in order to appeal to a mass audience. Within this minority lies Psychick Warriors ov Gaia, a Dutch ambient, experimental techno outfit that can face a potentially negative stigma if lumped into the aforementioned 'Ambient-Trance' category. Whilst their prime 'PWOG years' surrounded the early nineties, the groups influences began in the late sixties with the formation of COUM Transmissions & its founder Genesis P-Orridge.
Born Neil Megson (in an effort to "trigger his own 'genius factor'") legally changed his name to Genesis P-Orridge in 1971. He start COUM Transmissions in 1969 with John Shapiro after "hearing voices describing 'COUM'" during a family trip to Wales. Their artistic & musical 'performances' were raw, improvised chaos & anarchy, making the unstructured genius of Japanese experimental band Ongaku look fairly regimented.
The final performance of COUM Transmissions in 1976 was also the debut of Throbbing Gristle, who along with Cabaret Voltaire, are cited as one of the founding bands for the industrial scene.
P-Orridge, along with Cosey Fanni Tutti, Peter Christopherson & Chris Carter who made up Throbbing Gristle, not only picked up where COUM left, but the group escalated their performances & created more controversy amongst conservatives. The band's main focus was challenging the audience, getting them to "think for themselves" & interpret what their performances meant rather than make "attractive music".
Aside from playing various horns, piano, vibraphone & synthesisers, Christopherson used pre-recorded samples, found-sounds & other various noises on tape throughout the shows which laid the ground work for his most notable work with the late John Balance as 'Coil'.
By the beginning of the eighties Throbbing Gristle made their last performance in California after citing a spilt between P-Orridge & Fanni as the reason. Like any classic divorce, the band split in two & formed new projects; more specifically P-Orridge & Christopherson went on to form Pyschic TV with Alex Fergusson. From there, the video-art & music outfit had wave after wave of collaborations with many notable artists in their initial decade long stint, including John Balance, Andrew Weatherall & Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson (of Current 93, Þeyr, + many more).
Thee Temple ov Psychick Youth (T.O.P.Y.) was formed as an organisation at the same time as Psychic TV & was intended to be the philosophical wing of the group, however the outcome was more of a cult-like community for fans & like-minded "philosophers". Many of the teachings were reflective of the poet William S. Burroughs & Brion Gysin, a performance artist who P-Orridge met through Burroughs & later played a huge role in influencing his work, as well as tutoring P-Orridge in the art of magic.
From these teachings, a group of Dutch artists who started out as in Industrial outfit called the Infants in 1985, evolved into Psychick Warriors ov Gaia by the turn of the decade. Like Psychic TV, the artists of PWOG varied with Boris Hiesserer, Joris Hilckmann, Reinier Brekelmans & Tim Freeman making up the core members. They remained relatively anonymous during their career with many of their live shows performed behind a giant screen.
The first release under the PWOG moniker was a two side cassette tape in 1989, which by now is almost impossible to find. The combination of tribal, trance & ritualistic techno is a genuine reflection of the underground electronic scene in Holland during the early nineties.
'Exit 23' closely followed as their second release on Belgian industrial label KK Records. Both parts 'Source' & 'Return' are intended to be played consecutively for the 'ultimate hypnotic state'. The tracks also feature a vocal sample from Timothy Leary, a pro-psychedelic, American psychologist.
Finally, our personal favourite, 'Obsidian' was brought to our attention recently during Ron Morelli's Beats in Space podcast. This twenty minute opus has an amazing palpable aspect to its production, standing the test of time & counters the notion that all 'Ambient-Trance' is should be swept under a rug & forgotten about.


Alex James. You know, Alex James off of The Blur. He hasn't appeared in the Beef Of The Week column for bloody ages. And given that his last appearance way back in 2012 was such a triumph, I thought it was about time for a reprise so that I can spoil that record of fine beefdom.
This week, while giving an interview in his capacity as Ambassador for Lidl's new craft beer range, Alex James told the Daily Express that the spirit of independence has entirely disappeared from music and now exists only in the manufacture of artisan foods. And he would know, because he once put tomato ketchup in some cheese.
"That culture of independent music that I grew up with has disappeared really", he said. "All those bands that I used to see when I went to school, such as Gaye Bykers On Acid, it's really hard to exist like that now. The small ones are definitely disappearing, but if you can make pickled onion in your garage, rather than be a garage band, you're in business, and there's a market for interesting artisan foods. The spirit of independence has been transferred to food".
So, sorry to any independent artists reading this, but I'm saddened to inform you that you don't exist. Not in the way Gaye Bykers On Acid did. A band who signed to Virgin Records two years after forming, had a load of money thrown at them, and then set up their own label when they were dropped another two years after that. Honestly, I'm sure half of you haven't even attempted to get a massive advance from a record label that you can then piss up a wall.
Actually Mr James, if anything, I think the spirit of independence is more alive in music today than it ever was. There are hundreds, no thousands of bands releasing and playing music entirely off their own backs, capitalising on opportunities they would never have had before but which now exist because of the internet.
Sure, for some acts the ultimate aim is to get a big record company on board to help them achieve world stardom. But for many being independent is a badge of pride. Artists like Chris T-T and Laura Kidd (aka She Makes War) work entirely within their own means and regularly advocate for other artists who wish to do the same.
Another independent artist I've followed for many years, MJ Hibbett, wrote a timely blog on this subject just this week. His gripe was that BBC Four's 'The History Of Indie' went from chronicling the history of independent music to detailing the rise of major label-funded Britpop.
"I'd enjoyed the first two episodes as they were about LOONIES and MAVERICKS creating their own bands and labels and distribution, whereas this one seemed to decide that in the 90s that all stopped and everything was handed over to the major labels", he wrote. "The bands featured were ALL the corporate big names of Britpop, with hardly anything mentioned about the massive boom in actual independent acts around the time who had discovered this thing called 'the internet' as a way to reach new people".
He continued: "Strangest of all was the fact that Stuart Murdoch from Belle & Sebastian had been a regular talking head on ALL of the episodes, but his band was not mentioned AT ALL! AT ALL! Belle & Sebastian were THE band of indie in the 90s, they were one of the first bands to have their fanbase create itself online, through fan pages and tape swapping on email lists".
Ironically, I think you could possibly argue that James's band basically killed off old 'indie', but in doing so allowed a rebirth and a massive growth in its wake. Blur made 'indie' just a name for bands with guitars who sounded like Blur, and as a result freed independent music from the shackles of the term. People now make music in all genres entirely independent of the traditional music industry. There are whole scenes you don't know about, made up just of people entertaining other people for the fun of being entertaining.
Classical music! There are people self-releasing classical music now. Saving up money from their day jobs to hire the music industry's most expensive category of session musician. While opposingly, cheaper and more powerful software has allowed people to make ever more sophisticated electronic music in their bedrooms. The new House Of Black Lanterns album, featured in the Approved column last week, is a comment on exactly this.
If it's independent spirit you want, Hibbett saves up all of his holiday every year so that he can go to the Edinburgh Festival to perform a new two man rock opera he's written with his mate Steve. For no reason other than it might be fun.
Equally, another independent artist whose work and spirit I admire endlessly is Matt Farley. As you may know, under various names he has written and released tens of thousands of songs in an effort to take advantage of economies of scale where big budgets for promotion are unavailable. But also, every few years he makes a new low budget movie, because making low budget movies is fun, and someone might want to watch it when he's finished.
You might think that Farley's self-imposed task of attempting to pre-empt every possible random search on Spotify or iTunes is ridiculous (and I realise you almost certainly do). But I'd still urge you to listen to his podcast, where he often has insightful things to say about the plight of the truly independent artist and the disingenuousness of those with major financial backing. Cue regular rants about Tom Petty.
This week's episode is particularly worth a listen, as he ponders the problem that being a totally independent artist also forces you to become a salesperson. He ponders whether it would be smart, or even bearable, to cold call people to ask them to stream his newly completed film, 'Slingshot Cops', when it comes out. Then, noting the increase in the number of podcasts asking for donations and running adverts to keep them going, he examines how wanting to create music (or podcasts) for yourself and the people who might be interested almost inevitably forces you into selling out, if you want to carry on long term.
But that uncomfortable feeling of having to sell your own art doesn't stop you from being an independent artist. Nor from having a spirit of independence. Just because there are more people independently making food now, doesn't mean all that has gone from music. There are people independently creating all kinds of things, from videogames to beer. It's everywhere, and it's brilliant.
What is more likely is that these days Alex James engages more with the food industry than he does the music community. And that while he's giving interviews about beers for a major supermarket chain, he's no closer to independent music than he was at the height of Blur's fame.


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Veterans Aid CEO Dr Hugh Milroy was presented with a Certificate of Appreciation by Deputy Minister Wen-Chung Lee of the Veterans Affairs Council R.O.C. in recognition of his commitment to improving mutual understanding of veterans' affairs.
The ceremony was held at the Taipei Representative Office in the UK and witnessed by Representative David Y.L. Lin and other staff members. Colleagues from Veterans Aid and the VAC delegation also attended the ceremony.
Dr Hugh Milroy, CEO of Veterans Aid, with Ambassador Mr David Lin at the Taipei Representative Office in London. The two men were joined by staff from their respective organisations and visitors from the Taiwanese VAC.
Earlier Minister Lee – joined by Colonel (Ret.) Kai-Heng(Felix)Wang, Senior Inspector & Chief of Foreign Liaison Office at VAC, and Inspector Mr Te-Sheng Ke – attended a briefing at VA's HQ/Operations Centre in Victoria and visited the Charity's flagship residential facility, New Belvedere House. The party included Col James Yuan from Taipei Representative Office in London and Col Wang.
It was the second visit to Veterans Aid by members of the VAC which was established more than 50 years ago to honour and reward those who fought for their country.
Following the Certificate presentation Dr Milroy hosted a luncheon at the RAF Club for his VAC guests.
The following day he accompanied them on private tours of The Guards Museum and The Royal Chelsea Hospital.
The Taiwanese delegates visited a number of significant memorials, museums and institutions during their short visit to the UK which included a briefing at RUSI and a meeting at the Parliament.
There are around 360,000 veterans in Taiwan and more than 2.4 million in the UK, but the issues relating to their care and wellbeing are universal.
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Ambassador Lin and Minister Lee made it clear that they seek a closer working relationship with Veterans Aid and I look forward to taking this forward."
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Col Wang, who first came to Veterans Aid in November 2017, expressed an interest back then in our highly successful Welfare to Wellbeing© model for post-modern veteran care and that is something we revisited with Minister Lee during this latest visit.
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I LOVE this product as my primary SPF! The SPF 30 is non-comedogenic is great for every day protection. I do not find this product moisturizing enough to use on its own, however, I love mixing it with more moisturizing products, such as my La Roche-Posay Lipikar Cream. My skin is personally way too dry to use something so light on it by itself at the beginning of the day, which decreases my rating, however, I do believe that most people do use SPF + moisturizer. I highly recommend this as a mix-in for a person with dry or "acne treatment" skin (dry, sensitive), or with somebody with a normal skin type on its own. I believe it would be too greasy for somebody with an oily skin type.
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35.077 Monochroa hornigi (Staudinger, 1883)
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35.078 Monochroa niphognatha >>
Very local but possibly over-looked due to its retiring habits. A moth of south and south east England which has, in more recent times (1995, 1996 and 2011) been discovered as far north as Yorkshire.
Nationally Scarce A
Photographer: I Barton
Location: Stretham
Persicaria lapathifolia (pale persicaria), see plant distribution map.
In Europe also found on Persicaria hydropiper (water-pepper), Polygonum aviculare (knotgrasses) and may possibly utilise Rumex species.
There are no external signs of feeding damage.
Records have come from a variety of habitats including gardens, parks and a damp roadside ditch, when the adult has been attracted to light. The only occasion on which the larvae have been reared was from a boggy area beside a roadside ditch. The foodplant is found on disturbed ground such as on the edge of cultivated fields, and the open margins of lakes, ponds, streams and rivers, and also on waste ground.
Larva: feeding period probably from September though to April. Likely stems of the foodplant should be noted during the flowering season and revisited from late November onwards. They can be overwintered outside and the larva will vacate the stems in mild conditions in April to pupate elsewhere.
Adult: sweeping in suitable habitat amongst the foodplants may be worthwhile but most records have been at light.
The forewing of Monochroa conspersella can be faintly purplish-tinged, sometimes has a pale oblique mark on the costa at three-quarters and has a sprinkling of paler scales throughout, but is otherwise quite similar to Monochroa hornigi.
M. elongella has white rings on the antenna and an ochreous-yellow base to the abdomen; this area is fuscous in M. hornigi and M. conspersella.
M. moyses has grey forewings with a paler base to the scales and fuscous only towards the apex, has tibial shanks without pale marks and has a wingspan of 8-9mm. In M. hornigi the forewing colour is brownish fuscous, there is a pale band at the tip of the hind tibia and it is larger with a wingspan of 9-11.5mm.
If even slightly worn there could be confusion with other species and dissection is therefore recommended if there is any doubt at all.
Single brooded, from mid-June to mid-August.
Ealiest: 5th June 1997 (VC19)
Latest: 21st August 1995 (VC63)
35.065 (728) Monochroa cytisella
35.066 (735) Monochroa tenebrella
35.067 (739) Monochroa conspersella
35.068 (738) Monochroa tetragonella
35.069 (743) Monochroa elongella
35.070 (742) Monochroa lutulentella
35.071 (736) Monochroa lucidella
35.072 (745) Monochroa divisella
35.073 (737) Monochroa palustrellus
35.074 (744a) Monochroa moyses
35.075 (744) Monochroa arundinetella
35.076 (741) Monochroa suffusella
35.077 (740) Monochroa hornigi
35.078 (740a) Monochroa niphognatha


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There is an element of truth in the saying that "the more you read, the more you will know and the more places you will go". Reading takes you to a place even when you physically have to stay in the same location. A good book expands your mind, widens your horizon, gives you a sense of purpose and enlarges your world. A good book is a dream you hold in your hand. For those who prefer audio books, you can find access to hundreds of them via this link Try Audible and Get Two Free Audiobooks . I particularly find this very helpful when I drive or work out.
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This book is rooted in the philosophy that you are what you think and that we become what we believe or allow our thoughts to dwell on most of the time. It's message is simple but very profound.
One of the very first books I read on the subject of personal development, and which practically got me energized and provided the impetus to strive for greater sense of purpose and fulfillment in life.
By demonstrating the power of faith, this book will help you achieve a happy, satisfying, and worthwhile life.
I bought a copy of this book two weeks ago while on vacation in Houston and I can easily see why it has got the rave reviews it has. While stressing the power of individuality and personal goals, the author teaches the value of principle-based living in all spheres of life. Ray draws from his own story to share time-tested principles which if applied in our different circumstances will lead to ultimate success.
Another must-read and must-have book for me. In this book, Tony Robbins teaches you how to master four critical aspects of your life to ensure maximum success. These areas include your emotional, financial, mental and physical aspects of your life. With a lot of action exercises, you are guided through proven steps you can take to change your life in any direction.
Lastly, the important part of this is not what you learn from these books, but what you do with them. Don't reinvent the wheels. The keys or principles to the success you desire have been carefully wrapped in books by men and women who have succeeded. Why not get one of these books today and begin to learn what others have done to get to where you want to go. It's the shortest distance to success, because you learn to avoid the same mistakes they made and practise principles they applied. Best of luck in your quest to succeed.
Thank you so much Austin. Books are a fulfilment of the saying that- to see farther than your contemporaries,stand on the shoulder of giants.


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Pasadena, CA, Drafts Mandatory Spay/Neuter Ordinance for Pit Bulls, Is It Racial Profiling?
Denise A Justin
The editor of NoPitBullBans.com, in a November 29 post, questions whether the reason Pasadena and other cities pass mandatory spay/neuter laws for pit bulls is in order to target the owners, or—more specifically—to racially profile owners of the breed.
He writes, "On Monday, Nov. 25, 2013, the Pasadena City Council voted 6-1 in favor of drafting breed-specific legislation (BSL) that would mandate the spaying/neutering of all pit bulls within the city, and certain animal advocates felt that they were, in fact, targeting "so-called pit bulls" and their owners."
The lone 'no' vote, is ascribed to Vice Mayor Jacque Robinson, one of two African-Americans on the council. The writer asks, "I wonder if she knows, like many in the dog lobby who've been fighting BSL for a long time, that breed-specific legislation has a long history of being racist legislation. And yes, even breed-specific mandatory spay/neuter legislation doesn't just target pit bulls, but often their minority owners, typically African-Americans and Latinos."
Nearby Riverside County has a similar racial make-up to Pasadena, he explains--approximately 10% African-American, and 33% Latino--causing the blogger to speculate that, "maybe these MSN ordinances have less to do with pit bulls, and more to do with their minority owners."
"The dog lobby sees this frequently," he writes, "A city has an uptick in crime and…instead of profiling a minority group who is perceived as being responsible for the crime surge…they just pass some pretense legislation, like a breed-specific mandatory spay/neuter law, and use it to profile the dogs' minority owners."
In order to explain how this works, a 2008 incident is cited, when "Chicago tried something similar." The Chicago City Council was likewise considering a breed-specific mandatory spay/neuter law for pit bulls, and Alderman Ed Burke advertised the breed-specific mandatory spay/neuter law this way:
"When you drive down the street and see a gang banger with all kinds of gang regalia walking along with two or three pit bulls, it's pretty simple for the policeman to raise the dog's tail and see whether or not it's spayed or neutered. If it's not, the gang member is in violation," Burke said, noting that street gangs operate dog-fighting rings (Chicago Sun-Times).
"Yes, Chicago certainly did and does need to crack down on gang violence…And since "authorities" have long maintained that so-called pit bulls were for the most-part owned by thugs, drug dealers, and gang bangers, and "those people" in "those neighborhoods," it was perfectly clear just exactly who the targets of the breed-specific mandatory spay/neuter ordinance would be," writes the NoPitBullBans.com editor.
He continues, "the city of Riverside is 49% Latino and 7% African-American. The County of Riverside is comparable to Riverside in demographics…Redlands is approximately 5% African-American and 30% Latino." And asks, " Do these cities really want to tell their constituents there's no racial component in these breed-specific mandatory spay/neuter laws?"
"So yes, it looks like pit bull advocates in Pasadena were half right. Pasadena is profiling pit bulls, and possibly retributively, but I would submit to these advocates that Pasadena is also profiling minorities," the NoPitBullBans.com editor concludes.
This provides interesting insight, but does it make sense that cities would go to the extensive and expensive lengths of spaying and neutering Pit Bulls just to target the race of their owners? And, since spay/neuter tends to encourage better behavior and less aggression in the dog, is that a bad thing—regardless of the race of the owner?
Source: No Pit Bull Ban
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Photographs by Ryan Richardson
Artist's Reception and Open House Dec 3, 2010
You are invited to join us on Friday, December 3, 2010 from 6:30-9:00pm for an artist's reception and open house featuring Ryan Richardson. Flyer
Ryan Richardson is currently the photolab manager at The Evergreen State College in Olympia, WA and adjunct faculty at Centralia College in Centralia, WA. Most of Ryan's current work is outdoor-life and sports photography, but he spent several years doing studio photography for Steelcase, Inc. in Grand Rapids, MI.
When not photographing, Ryan is an avid bike racer, specializing in single-speed cyclocross and road races.


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13th July 2020	Internet of Things, News 241 Views
They say knowledge is power. This is especially true when managing security remotely. As an unprecedented number of workers are now remotely accessing industrial production systems — in some cases from their own homes and private computers — security must be prioritised. Reinhard Mayr, head of information security and research operations at COPA-DATA, explains how automation software is vital for protecting the security of previously-isolated systems.
According to Kaspersky Lab, the multinational cybersecurity and anti-virus provider, the company blocked double the amount of Distribution Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks in first three months of 2020 than during the fourth quarter of 2019. The report noted a "significant increase in both the quantity and quality of DDoS attacks", which can be partly attributed to the rise in remote working during this period.
From a security perspective, it is not a good idea to have multiple points of access in a single system — particularly at a time when workers are heavily-reliant on digital resources. Avoiding this is the very concept of security hardening.
Hardening refers to the process of securing a system by reducing its surface of vulnerability. This vulnerability is larger when a system performs more functions, or has multiple remote workers logging in.
Businesses are often aware of the need to secure remote channels and virtual private network (VPNs). But, often, they forget that the power and capabilities — and security — of these access methods must match the machinery at the production facility. Conventional industrial communication protocols (IPs) likely won't cut it when the aim is to secure programmable logic controllers (PLCs) on a production line.
Problems of insecurity, and confusions as to who is controlling what, are exacerbated by the use of standard IPs that may not be configured to company guidelines. The result is a lot of open interfaces to a given application. And, once a hacker has breached a system, it's very difficult to get them out again.
When strengthening remote security, a number of questions should be asked. For instance, what standard user accounts have been created for an application? Are the encryption algorithms up-to-date? And, how can each employee authenticate themselves? If the answers to these concerns are not documented, how can these systems be secured effectively?
Everyone on board
Effective security begins with good processes and procedures. Ideally, workers across the organisation should be aware of security protocols. However, without accurate data in relation to threats and vulnerabilities, it can be difficult for organisations to verify these risks in the first place — let alone lay them down in clear documentation.
The zenon Software Platform by COPA-DATA is developed to highlight these vulnerabilities and allows security managers to take appropriate action. The platform provides one integrated environment to combine data recording, machine operation and business intelligence — all of which can be controlled through a single platform.
Consider this as an example. A pharmaceutical manufacturing plant operator is remotely monitoring its production. The site manufactures batches of customised medication, requiring the operator to input confidential recipe data over the internet. Without a secure system architecture, the system is vulnerable to unauthorised access — which puts recipe data and intellectual property (IP) at risk.
zenon will only allow authorized clients to access the server, to ensure that project files cannot be manipulated maliciously or accidentally. Moreover, its security features can ensure that files entering the server are protected between the editing and runtime phases of production. Using strong encryption, the system ensures that no file manipulation can occur.
The platform also visualizes processes in real-time to give operators a full overview and control over the equipment. The enhanced visibility supports well-founded decisions. As a result, the IT team can pre-empt and better react to — or avoid — problems.
The current trends towards homeworking present many challenges for businesses in relation to security. However, this shift in working environments can also present an opportunity to reassess and strengthen security through the proper use and hardening of software. Data by Kaspersky Lab illustrates that cyber threats are on the increase. With this rise, the security of plants — and knowledge of their employees — needs to increase, too.
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Mannen under trappan är en svensk thrillerserie i fyra avsnitt från 2009 baserad på Marie Hermansons bok med samma namn. Manus av Anders Weidemann och regi av Daniel Lind Lagerlöf. 2010 fick den en Kristallen-nominering för Årets TV-Drama

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Fredrik, spelad av Jonas Karlsson, flyttar tillsammans med sin familj in i ett nytt hus i en idyll. Han märker dock snabbt att något inte är rätt och att de inte verkar vara ensamma i det nya huset. Fredrik upptäcker en natt att de har en mystisk inneboende vid namn Kwådd som verkar bo i ett hålrum under trappan och den stressade situationen tär på jobbet och hans familjeliv.

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Local corporation of Italian high-end chocolate and gelato brand Venchi established in Japan
Mitsui & Co., Ltd. (Mitsui) has partnered with Venchi S.p,A. (Venchi), operator of a high-end chocolate and gelato brand in Italy for more than 100 years, to establish Venchi Japan Co., Ltd. (Venchi Japan).
Venchi was established in Torino, Italy in 1878. Within the chocolate market, where personal consumption and gifts make up the majority of demand, Venchi is unique in that it places a focus on the premium market, where purchases are made for self-reward. The brand has triggered new consumer demand in this space, by offering customers the freedom to select from singular pieces, each made using traditional ingredients and manufacturing methods.
Through Venchi Japan, in which Mitsui holds a 95% stake and Venchi holds a 5% stake, the business will be engaged in the development of Venchi branded stores in Japan, as well as operating a wholesale business. Japan's chocolate market has continued to grow as a result of the expansion of products in the high price range, and it is now a ¥500 billion market. With more than 50 stores across Italy, in recent years Venchi has been accelerating its overseas expansion, now operating more than 50 stores across locations such as London, Hong Kong and China. By promoting the expansion of Venchi into Japan and introducing the Venchi brand into Japan's continuously growing chocolate market, Mitsui hopes to provide new value and new perspectives to consumers.
Mitsui & Co. positions the retail business as an area of growth, and through the expansion of consumer touch points, aims to further develop its product planning, development and marketing functions, and stimulate the creation of new business. Mitsui will leverage this business to continue offering more unique products and services and bring greater prosperity to people's lifestyles.
The Venchi flagship store in Rome, Italy
One of Venchi's top sellers (Pistachio Gelato)
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Many influential voices within evangelicalism are strong proponents/advocates of a patriarchal readings of Scripture. These persons, mostly men, insist that such a reading is the absolute, true, unquestionable, and timeless teaching of the text. Here, I explore the implications of this and how we as Christians should move forward.


It may look like a beach box, but don't believe it. Surprises wait inside and out at FEAT IN THE SAND! 3,300 square feet of bright, cheery, and enormous rooms will have you in full vacation mode before the car is even unloaded. The ground level offers a park-style charcoal grill, outside shower, basketball net (BYO Ball), volleyball court (BYO Ball), and a very private 36 ft. solar heated pool (available 4/27/19 – 10/18/19) and sun deck complete with furnishings. Inside find a den with TV/DVR, a large bath, kitchenette and access to and from the pool area. Up on the second level choose among four colorful bedrooms (two master king bedrooms, and bunk room that shares a full hall bath with queen bedroom), all with easy access to the covered deck with hot tub. On the third level enjoy the mammoth great room with TV/DVR, fully equipped kitchen, and dining space for 25(!) A screened porch is just off the dining area offering majestic views of the ocean. Ascend the spiral staircase to the fifth queen bedroom (loft). Living areas big enough for the whole gang, together with quiet nooks to savor a book or a snooze. Discover why families come back to FEAT IN THE SAND year after year.


Have you seen how blueberries grow? Wow...they taste magnificent! I wish I could bring them back for all of you to taste!
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"Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way, oh what fun it is to ride in a one horse sleigh" What joy it is when radio stations start playing this type of music. That's when you know Christmas has really landed. During this season, there are three types of Christmas decorators; The ones who can't be bothered and do the bare minimum by putting up those "Ghana decorations", then those who put up a tree with a few other ornaments, then we have those who see RED with the Christmas decorations. EVERYTHING MUST HANG! The Christmas extremists. They over do it with the decorations. This article is to make sure that you "colour in between the lines" and not have your house looking like the gingerbread house from Hansel and Gretel.
First and foremost are the colours. It is a known fact that the Christmas colours are crimson red, forest green, gold. But you go around town and people have all sorts of outlandish colours. In order to fall right in the theme of Christmas, decorations should be red, gold, green, silver and sometimes blue. Any more colours and your house will start looking like a cabana for a Cuban carnival.
Next is where to decorate. My OD friends, I know you want to bring a festive season to every room in your home but please spare the restroom. No one wants a mistletoe hanging over them while they are doing their business. Suitable rooms for decoration include the living room, the dining area and if you want to wake up to Christmas every day, an ornament or two in your bedroom won't hurt. In this part of the world, we seldom decorate the outside of our houses. But a little decoration on that tree can make your house seem festive and inviting. Live in an apartment like The Niiyo? a Christmas ornament on your front door will put any one who comes to visit in high spirits.
Last but not least is the CHRISTMAS TREE! Have you ever seen an overdone Christmas tree? It is one of the most unsightly things. You start to wonder what the poor tree did, to deserve such treatment. Let's start with the basic decorations to put on your tree. Pick a colour scheme to make your tree look cohesive and complete. Since colours have been touched on above, the same guidelines should be followed for the tree. A lot of people make the mistake of putting their ornamentsbefore the Christmas tree lights and that's how they end up spending all of January 8th detangling lights. Lights first then the garlands, for those who are confused about garlands, it's the ribbon like thing that's used to decorate the tree. Then come the ornaments. Hanging spaceship like globes on your tree only makes your tree look bulky and gives less space for other ornaments. If you are confused on what ornaments to use, stick to the coloured balls or the snowflakes. And the cherry on top of the cake, the topper; A few of the popular options are an angel, a bow, a star, a large snowflake.
Using this as guidelines when decorating, your home is sure to look elegantly decorated and make Santa want to leave a few more presents than he should.


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MY ANCESTOR, THE GOVERNOR OF NORTH CAROLINA
As I mentioned in recent blogs, Obedience Motley, my Virginia relative who was born before the Revolutionary War and lived until 1863, the Civil War years, gave birth to a distinguished North Carolina governor, John Motley Morehead. I think she deserves a lot of the credit for ensuring he was broadly educated, became a lawyer and capped his career with the governorship.
Governor John Motley Morehead
The painting I posted above shows he was a handsome man and remained attractive until he died in 1866, only a few years after his beloved mother and after the Civil War. Funny how his hair looks like the latest style! Is there something special in the soil of Pittsylvania County, Virginia? Morehead was born on a farm there on July 4, 1796. Nancy Langhorne Astor was born there in 1879, and I was born there in the 1940s. Morehead became a governor; Nancy married England's Lord Astor, and when he died became the first woman in British Parliament. Interesting connections, although I'm stretching it to compare myself to these illustrious folks, and I have no desire for public office! I'll stick with writing, blogs and editing!
Morehead wasn't the typical farm boy; Obedience used money from the farm produce and animals to send John to study Latin and then to attend the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. After he graduated in 1817, he studied law, and by age 25 was serving in the North Carolina state assembly.
He and his wife Eliza Lindsay were married in 1821, moved to Greensboro, North Carolina and had eight children.
Apparently, he made a good impression on the residents of Raleigh since their newspaper, the Raleigh Register said in 1842 when Morehead became Governor that he was, "A fine orator, a good scholar and is justly considered a man of fine talents. There is something noble in his ordinary appearance; his private conversation is always remarkably interesting, and when speaking, his fine appearance, his manner and gestures are well calculated to make an impression on all present that he is no ordinary man."
A Virginia Historical Marker about Morehead
Because of his enthusiasm for public works, a railroad system in North Carolina, for instance, he was called the "Architect and Builder of Public Works." One statesman in North Carolina called him The Father of Modern North Carolina.
In reading about this fascinating relative, there were a couple of factors that stood out for me: As a North Carolina representative in a conference to avoid the Civil War, in 1860, he did what he could to preserve the Union. People considered him to have a sparkling wit, to be a courteous gentleman, and to have the best control of his temper of anyone they knew.
Wouldn't it be fun to go back in time to meet your relatives?
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DODSONVILLE – The Lynchburg-Clay Mustangs fell to the North Adams Green Devils on Friday, January 11 by a score of 67 to 42.
Lynchburg-Clay played close with the Green Devils in the first, trailing by a score of 17 to 16. The second quarter saw the Green Devils outscore their hosts 17 to 7 to take a 34 to 23 halftime lead.
The third quarter was pivotal as North Adams outscored the Mustangs 18 to 11, and the fourth frame saw the Mustangs outscored 15 to eight.
Damin Pierson led the Mustangs on the evening with nine points, followed by David Giordano with eight.
Tyler Stevens added seven points to the total, while Andrew Cumberland netted six. Noah Miller scored five, while Chase Smaltz added three. Connor Tyree and Patrick Brown each added two points to the total.
For North Adams, they were led in scoring by Elijah Young with 23 points. Austin McCormick added 19 points, while Jayden Hesler tallied nine. Cameron Young and Cody Rothwell each scored five, while Dalton Gardner, Isaac Young, and Cade Meade each score two points.
In JV action, North Adams defeated the Mustangs 41-27. Chase Smaltz led the Mustangs with 13 points, while Zander Blankenship tallied five. Patrick Brown added four points, while Nathan Brown scored three. Connor Tyree rounded out the scoring with two points. For North Adams, Andrew Brand led the way with 17 points.
In freshmen action, North Adams defeated Lynchburg-Clay 31 to 27. Coen Wilkin led the Mustangs with 12 points, while Brayden Eversole scored five. Harrison Burge and Hunter Barnhill scored four, with Quinn Brown rounding out the scoring with two points. Jacob Campbell led North Adams with 13 points.
Submitted by Lynchburg-Clay Head Coach Matt Carson.


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Q: How to deserialise json string in C# using JavascriptSerializer I am trying to get value of label from following string.
I have a string in this format.
var string = "[{\"key\":\"182\",\"label\":\"testinstitution\"}]"

dynamic dict = new JavaScriptSerializer().Deserialize<dynamic>(string);

string inst = dict["label"]; //This is not working

I am getting dict in form of key value pair object but I am not able to get value of label. I cannot use JSON.NET.

A: To retrieve value of label from your string use string inst = dict[0]["label"];.
Explanation
The reason why you need additional [0] is because deserialization returns array of key value pairs. First object from that array will go to index [0], second object from array to index [1] an so on. Your string has array of only one object. Here is an example of when you have two objects, where second object has another object inside of it, in which case you would have to write dict[1]["foo"]["two"] to get to desired value:
var myString = @"
  [
    {
      'one': '1'
    },
    {
      'foo':
      {
        'two': '2'
      }
    }
  ]";
dynamic dict = new JavaScriptSerializer().Deserialize<dynamic>(myString);
string inst = dict[1]["foo"]["two"];

Additional FYI
If you know structure of your data consider using strong types (as suggested in one of the comments). Here is example of how you would do it:
public class Data
{
    public string key { get; set; }
    public string label { get; set; }
}

class Program
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        var myString = @"
                [{
                    'key': 182,
                    'label': 'testinstitution'
                }]";
        List<Data> dict = new JavaScriptSerializer().Deserialize<List<Data>>(myString);
        foreach (var d in dict)
            Console.WriteLine(d.key + " " + d.label);

        Console.ReadKey();
    }
}

Note that properties key and value in your Data object much match names of those in your array of objects exactly.