Ready To Try Some Free-Range Parenting? : 13.7: Cosmos And Culture If you want your young children active and independent outdoors, anthropologist Barbara J. King says free-range parenting may be right for you.
Ready To Try Some Free-Range Parenting?
In a radio interview with WBUR's Tom Ashbrook on March 26 , dinosaur paleontologist Scott Sampson, who's also the author of How to Raise a Wild Child, said that the average child in the U.S. today spends between 4 and 7 minutes outdoors daily — a 90 percent drop from the time spent outside by their parents. For at least 7 waking hours a day, these kids are indoors and sedentary, in front of electronic screens, he said.
If these figures are accurate, they represent a stunning behavioral shift within a single generation.
It's hard to know whether sensational examples like Skenazy's exaggerate the situation. Yet, it seems reasonable enough to posit at least some degree of correlation (even causation?) between Americans' documented — and skewed — fear of "stranger danger" child abduction and American kids staying indoors, super-focused on technology.
Free-range kids of elementary school age are encouraged to take walks in nature, ride public transportation on their own and, generally, to get outside, stay active and acquire independent skills. Realistically, whether this is safe for an individual child depends to some degree on his or her immediate surroundings.
Negative consequences may accrue to parents even when there is no obvious local risk, however. This happened to a couple in Silver Spring, Md., who allowed their 10-year-old son and 6-year-old daughter to walk a mile home alone from a park; after a two-month investigation, they were charged with "unsubstantiated child neglect."
Based, in part, on national publicity from the Silver Spring case this year, the debate about free-range parenting has suddenly exploded: See here and here for two more examples from March.
WebMD describes free-range parenting as "a new, hands-off approach to raising kids." I believe free-range parents would balk at that "hands-off" label, as many, from what I've read, devote serious preparation time to equipping their kids with skills to stay safe. And, as an anthropologist, I can't go along with "new," either.
" 'Free-range parenting' sounds like children are politically correct chickens. Outside the contemporary middle class U.S., typically developing, intelligent, school-age children the world over, living in post-industrial urban environments or small-scale communities, are demonstrably self-reliant in basic life skills, including finding their way home and running errands. In addition, they are expected to care for younger siblings and otherwise help hard-working parents to keep the family and household intact.
"Indeed, these skills were unremarkable in the not-so-distant past in the childhoods of Baby Boomers. What has changed in the U.S. parenting zeitgeist is a shift from what the late historian Tony Judt called 'the politics of social cohesion' (trust in a secure and stable social infrastructure) to 'the politics of fear' (think 'terrorism' on every street corner)."
As I've written about in considering moms who breastfeed their older kids or children (and adults) who identify outside the male-female gender binary, what may strike some of us as unusual in our own communities is often comparatively routine when we expand our view to encompass a cross-cultural, cross-temporal perspective.
On free-range parenting, the bottom line for me is that whatever gets our 21st-century, housebound kids safely outdoors and active for appreciably more than 7 minutes a day is a good thing.


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Q: Custom message with FacesContext.getCurrentInstance().addMessage is not displayed in page (JSF) My page:
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My managedBean:
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       private String text;

       public String getText(){
           FacesContext.getCurrentInstance().
                   addMessage(null,
                      new FacesMessage(FacesMessage.SEVERITY_WARN,
                                       "Warning message...", null));
           return text;
       }

       public void setText(String text){
           this.text = text;
       }
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My problem is that the warning message not is rendered in page. Why?

A: I have two ideas.
First, the message is added in the getText() getter. If h:messages is rendered before h:outputText, then the message might not be there yet when h:messages is rendered.
Second, messages disappear on redirects.

A: FacesMessage is send to <h:messages/> during validation phase of JSF lifecycle. In your case getter is used to derive bean property value and no validation is going on, so the message is empty.
In theory you can use setter validation, but this is a well known antipattern.
You can do "by hand" validation, but in a different way

    <h:messages />
    <h:form>
        <h:outputText value="#{example.text}" />
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and the action method is
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Much cleaner approach would use built-in or custom validator.

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Gifts from the Pirates: "Seriously, Unicorn Haemorrhoids? The glitter gets EVERYWHERE!"
"Seriously, Unicorn Haemorrhoids? The glitter gets EVERYWHERE!"
The video has become a hit around the house and has spurred on many fun quotes over the last week or so. For the first time in a while too the boys have actually asked if we can review one through the blog (So if you are reading this Squatty Potty, We're up for trying it out).
Today while pottering around the house (because it was so cold outside), Opeie requesting possible his must bizarre LEGO building session and asked if we could make a quick Squatty Potty scene. I like to think I'm quite accommodating with the boys ideas so we set to work armed with a lot of bright colours and a unicorn, enjoy.


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Premier League 2021/22 Season Preview: Leicester City
By Viraj Nerurkar
For the last few years, Leicester City have been on the rise now. Ever since their stunning 2015/16 title triumph, they have been furthering their reputation and are now under genuine consideration as one of the top clubs in England. One of the best run clubs, with owners who have poured their heart and soul into it, the Leicester City football club model is an excellent example for other clubs.
Last season, their seventh consecutive season in the top-flight of English football, was a bittersweet one. While they won the FA Cup for the first time in their history and finished 5th, which is their best-ever finish since winning the title, they also crashed out of the Europa League and missed out on Champions League qualification in the last gameweek of the season for a second year running. Having been in the top four for a combined 68 weeks out of 72 in the last two seasons, the Foxes were yet again unlucky. They spent 242 days in the top four in the 2020/21 season, more than any other side, yet failed at the final hurdle and instead helped their rivals gain places.
They started as surprising title contenders last season, but injuries and dip in form meant they dropped down to challenging for the top four places. Their poor home record did not do them any favours and was a major reason as to why they missed out on UCL qualification. However, Brendan Rodgers and his men had a chance to out the league misery behind them and end the season on a high note with a win in the FA Cup final. The Foxes grabbed that opportunity and showed tremendous character to hold on for a win against a much superior Chelsea side and win the FA Cup for the first time ever.
While it was a mixed 2020/21 season, the Leicester fans will have been proud of that result. It has no doubt sowed seeds of excitement among the fans for the new season with a team that is a perfect combination of youth, talent, and experience.
SEASON EXPECTATIONS:
Leicester City narrowly missed out on UCL qualification in the 19/20 season, and lady luck did not have their back in 20/21 season as well. Although there is not much pressure on Brendan Rodgers now, partly due to the FA Cup win and the fact that injuries almost derailed their season, missing out on third season in a row would be seen as a failure. The team have already suffered a blow with the injury of Wesley Fofana in a pre-season game, and they face a test to replace him before the transfer window ends as the defender is set for a lengthy time on the sidelines.
Leicester City will be expected to carry on from last season and challenge for the top 4, while also putting their European woes from last season behind them and looking forward to going as deep as they can into the tournament, and will no doubt be aiming to win it. They have arguably one of the best squads outside of last season's top four, and should aim to finish in it this time around. The Europa League presents them with a wonderful opportunity to play in the UCL next season as well. The Foxes fans will be hoping and expecting for a better showing in the latter end of the season, as Leicester City have trailed off at the end for two seasons in a row.
AREA OF IMPROVEMENT:
The team had a very poor home record last season, and that will be one of the key areas of improvement for the 21/22 Premier League Season. With a miserable record of 9 losses and a draw at home from 19 games, they were one of the worst sides at home in the top half of the table. It was another reason they crashed out of the UEL, as they earned a 0-0 draw away, but lost 2-0 at home against Slavia Prague. This poor record will no doubt be on Rodgers' mind and he will be working to better that record for the upcoming campaign.
Another issue that came to the fore last season was the squad depth, especially in defense, where they suffered injuries. Injuries to starting right back Ricardo Pereira and then to back-up right-back James Justin forced Rodgers to play with 3 at the back. However, it seems they have cracked down upon that issue with the signing of experienced defender Ryan Bertrand, who is a left back but allows Castange to move right, if and when needed.
KEY PERIOD (GAMEWEEK 15 to 20)
The month of December is always tricky for clubs, and the fixture list is doing Leicester no favours, with a very difficult run of games. Starting with Aston Villa away from home, they then have two home games in a row as they host Newcastle United and Tottenham Hotspurs at the King Power Stadium. They are once again on the road in the next game week, with visits to Everton and Manchester City. They then return home to close the run of hectic games with a clash against Liverpool. All teams prove to be very difficult opposition and Rodgers' will have to come up with a plan to avoid injuries while making the most use of the available players.
While this is one of the most crucial periods for the Foxes, the last few gameweeks of the season will also be very important with their tendency to face a dip in form at the end of the season. The top four battles usually carry out till the very last game of the season, and Leicester City will have to maintain their momentum till the end.
KEY PLAYER: Youri Tielemans
His wonder goal was the reason for Leicester City's FA Cup final win against Chelsea, and that moment was more than enough to prove the Belgian's importance at the heart of the club's midfield. He has been a vital cog for the Foxes ever since he arrived at the King Power stadium. Tielemans has formed a formidable partnership alongside Wilfried Ndidi in the Leicester City midfield, which has led many to claim them being one of the best midfield duos in the league.
He is key to the team's build-up play and has a remarkable vision which helps him pick out a run. While his attacking play is crucial to the team, he is very solid defensively as well. His through balls and crosses are a sight to behold and just twenty-four years of age, he looks like a complete player. Tielemans is undoubtedly one of the underrated Leicester stars and will be a key player for next season as well.
REALISTIC LEAGUE GOAL:
While Leicester City have a good squad, this season will be much more competitive than the earlier one. They will have to be consistent if they want to finish in the top four, although it looks unlikely. Their best chance of qualifying for the Champions League is through the Europa League and that will be the Foxes' main aim. With rivals like Aston Villa and Arsenal already investing in new signings to challenge for the top 4 places, they likely finish the season in 5th or lower.
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Q: Python pandas stock basket return optimization I want to create a script that looks for the optimal time to purchase and sell a basket of stocks over the course of a month,  based on the overall return of the basket.
For example, lets say that stock 1 has the highest return of 8% if I buy on day 2 and sell on day 12, stock 2 has the highest return of 4% if I buy on day 9 and sell on day 15 and stock 3 has the highest return of -1% if I buy on day 1 and sell on day 20. My question is how do you write a script that would look at all return possibilities for all three stocks and come up with an output that produces the highest return for the overall basket of stocks if I had to buy all three stocks on the same day and sell on the same day.
For example, the highest return for all three stocks might be buy on day 4 and sell on day 17 where the overall return for a dollar invested across the board is 7% for stock 1, 3.5% for stock 2 and -1.25% for stock 3. This is based on the fact that we would not be able to get the most optimal return for each stock if all three had to be purchased and sold on the same day.

A: sort the df by date.
df = df.sort_values(by ='Date', ascending=True)

then sum all stocks, daily
df['total'] = df[['TSLA Price', 'NVDA Price', 'AAPL Price']].sum(axis=1)

then use the following function
def max_profit(li):
    max_profit, purchase_on, sell_on = 0, 0, 0
    for i, buy in enumerate(li):
        for j, sell in enumerate(li[i+1:]):
            if sell-buy > max_profit:
                max_profit, purchase_on, sell_on = sell-buy, i, i+j+1
    return max_profit, purchase_on, sell_on

max_profit, purchase_on, sell_on = max_profit(df['total'].tolist())

Buy/Sell dates will be...
buy_date, sell_date = df['Date'].iloc[purchase_on], df['Date'].iloc[sell_on ]

To weight differently just multiply the stocks with the weights and then do the sum.

A: This looks like a very old post, but I'll jump in with what I have for you.
import pandas as pd
import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import seaborn as sns
import scipy.optimize as sco
import datetime as dt
import math
from datetime import datetime, timedelta
from pandas_datareader import data as wb
from sklearn.cluster import KMeans
np.random.seed(777)

start = '2018-06-30'
end = '2020-06-30'
# N = 90
# start = datetime.now() - timedelta(days=N)
# end = dt.datetime.today()

tickers = ['AXP','AAPL','BA','CAT','CSCO','CVX','XOM','GS','HD','IBM','INTC','JNJ','KO','JPM','MCD','MMM','MRK','MSFT','NKE','PFE','PG','TRV','UNH','RTX','VZ','V','WBA','WMT','DIS','DOW']

thelen = len(tickers)

price_data = []
for ticker in tickers:
    prices = wb.DataReader(ticker, start = start, end = end, data_source='yahoo')[['Adj Close']]
    price_data.append(prices.assign(ticker=ticker)[['ticker', 'Adj Close']])

df = pd.concat(price_data)
df.dtypes
df.head()
df.shape

pd.set_option('display.max_columns', 500)

df = df.reset_index()
df = df.set_index('Date')
table = df.pivot(columns='ticker')
# By specifying col[1] in below list comprehension
# You can select the stock names under multi-level column
table.columns = [col[1] for col in table.columns]
table.head()

def portfolio_annualised_performance(weights, mean_returns, cov_matrix):
    returns = np.sum(mean_returns*weights ) *252
    std = np.sqrt(np.dot(weights.T, np.dot(cov_matrix, weights))) * np.sqrt(252)
    return std, returns

def random_portfolios(num_portfolios, mean_returns, cov_matrix, risk_free_rate):
    results = np.zeros((3,num_portfolios))
    weights_record = []
    for i in range(num_portfolios):
        weights = np.random.random(thelen)
        weights /= np.sum(weights)
        weights_record.append(weights)
        portfolio_std_dev, portfolio_return = portfolio_annualised_performance(weights, mean_returns, cov_matrix)
        results[0,i] = portfolio_std_dev
        results[1,i] = portfolio_return
        results[2,i] = (portfolio_return - risk_free_rate) / portfolio_std_dev
    return results, weights_record

returns = table.pct_change()
mean_returns = returns.mean()
cov_matrix = returns.cov()
num_portfolios = 10000
risk_free_rate = 0.0178

def display_simulated_ef_with_random(mean_returns, cov_matrix, num_portfolios, risk_free_rate):
    results, weights = random_portfolios(num_portfolios,mean_returns, cov_matrix, risk_free_rate)

    max_sharpe_idx = np.argmax(results[2])
    sdp, rp = results[0,max_sharpe_idx], results[1,max_sharpe_idx]
    max_sharpe_allocation = pd.DataFrame(weights[max_sharpe_idx],index=table.columns,columns=['allocation'])
    max_sharpe_allocation.allocation = [round(i*100,2)for i in max_sharpe_allocation.allocation]
    max_sharpe_allocation = max_sharpe_allocation.T

    min_vol_idx = np.argmin(results[0])
    sdp_min, rp_min = results[0,min_vol_idx], results[1,min_vol_idx]
    min_vol_allocation = pd.DataFrame(weights[min_vol_idx],index=table.columns,columns=['allocation'])
    min_vol_allocation.allocation = [round(i*100,2)for i in min_vol_allocation.allocation]
    min_vol_allocation = min_vol_allocation.T

    print("-")
    print("Maximum Sharpe Ratio Portfolio Allocation\n")
    print("Annualised Return:", round(rp,2))
    print("Annualised Volatility:", round(sdp,2))
    print("\n")
    print(max_sharpe_allocation)
    print("-")
    print("Minimum Volatility Portfolio Allocation\n")
    print("Annualised Return:", round(rp_min,2))
    print("Annualised Volatility:", round(sdp_min,2))
    print("\n")
    print(min_vol_allocation)

    plt.figure(figsize=(10, 7))
    plt.scatter(results[0,:],results[1,:],c=results[2,:],cmap='YlGnBu', marker='o', s=10, alpha=0.3)
    plt.colorbar()
    plt.scatter(sdp,rp,marker='*',color='r',s=500, label='Maximum Sharpe ratio')
    plt.scatter(sdp_min,rp_min,marker='*',color='g',s=500, label='Minimum volatility')
    plt.title('Simulated Portfolio Optimization based on Efficient Frontier')
    plt.xlabel('annualised volatility')
    plt.ylabel('annualised returns')
    plt.legend(labelspacing=0.8)

display_simulated_ef_with_random(mean_returns, cov_matrix, num_portfolios, risk_free_rate)

Result:
Maximum Sharpe Ratio Portfolio Allocation

Annualised Return: 0.16
Annualised Volatility: 0.25

            AAPL   AXP    BA   CAT  CSCO   CVX   DIS   DOW    GS    HD   IBM  \
allocation  4.76  1.63  1.03  0.26  1.22  0.05  6.86  0.43  1.02  6.42  0.88

            INTC   JNJ   JPM    KO   MCD   MMM   MRK  MSFT   NKE   PFE    PG  \
allocation  2.56  0.64  4.92  0.27  6.64  4.13  6.99  5.49  4.52  2.35  6.36

            RTX   TRV   UNH    V    VZ   WBA   WMT  XOM
allocation  5.3  1.79  0.39  6.8  7.06  0.67  5.98  2.6
-
Minimum Volatility Portfolio Allocation

Annualised Return: 0.13
Annualised Volatility: 0.24

            AAPL   AXP    BA   CAT  CSCO   CVX   DIS   DOW    GS    HD   IBM  \
allocation  4.43  0.59  0.59  1.01  1.69  0.56  1.04  0.81  0.64  1.44  1.72

            INTC   JNJ  JPM    KO   MCD   MMM   MRK  MSFT  NKE   PFE    PG  \
allocation  3.43  3.47  2.9  5.43  7.61  4.99  7.78  4.72  2.2  7.13  6.72

             RTX   TRV   UNH     V    VZ   WBA   WMT   XOM
allocation  0.47  4.56  2.95  0.47  6.84  7.81  4.76  1.23

Finally:

There are other things you can attempt as well.  Check out the link below for all details.
https://github.com/ASH-WICUS/Notebooks/blob/master/Portfolio%20Optimization.ipynb


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A decline in college mental health counselors
PHOTO BYWOKANDAPIX/WIKICOMMONS
By Jessica Forrester, CONTRIBUTOR
The California Faculty Association has decided to back up the Senate Bill 660, which helps to enforce the mental health counselors requirement on California State University campuses.
The help of a counselor can improve your mental health and increase graduation rate vastly according to the California Faculty Association (CFA), the labor union that represents teachers, lecturers, and counselors.
Senate Bill 660 is being introduced to address the issue of providing accessible mental health services to students. The CFA has been working with Democratic state senator Dr. Richard Pan to bring mental health counselors back on campus to improve care.
The goal of this bill is to require CSU's and community colleges to meet all the requirements when it comes to staffing. This would result in one counselor for every 1,500 students.
The access to counselors has drastically declined in the CSU system. It is easier to access the police than it is to access a counselor once you are in college.
The CFA did research to compare access to mental health counselors and police officers.
There are about 300 police sworn police officers all across the CSU system, not including the higher ups and management. That is an average of about 13 police officers on campus.
Almost all campuses excluding two schools have a ratio of more police officers than counselors. CSUEB is one of those campuses.
On the counselor side, there is about one counselor for every 3,500 students throughout the CSU system according to CFA. This makes it hard and maybe even impossible for one counselor to see every student and help them to their full capacity.
"With the shortage of counselors on CSU campuses, it has become common for students to face long wait times to get appointments, and frankly that is not good enough," said Martha Cuan, the chair of CFA. Cuan is also a counselor at CSU Stanislaus.
An increase of mental health counselors will help students cope with the stress of family, work and school much better, says the CFA.
Having someone to help them navigate through a pivotal point in their lives can increase their graduation rates, attendance and even grades. This is especially important to students of color, LGBTQ students and those with disabilities.
YouTuber Etika's passing exposes America
CSUEB Cracks Down on Commuter Anxiety
Medical professionals discover pain gene
ENDS Use Increase Among Adolescents in the Bay Area
E-Juice ingredient linked to Popcorn Lung
Paralyzing polio-like illness discovered
Tools available on campus to deal with anxiety
Mental health is no joke for CSUEB college students
BART fares set to increase in 2020
Haircuts With Hearts for the homeless


Geometry modeling is usually the first step in the process of setting up a model in HFSS. The two basic methods for getting geometry into the tool are to draw them directly or to import from a 3D Mechanical CAD system. A third option is being released in ANSYS 14 which will provide a much easier modeling flow into and out of HFSS. This webinar session will go over some tips & tricks of geometry modeling and import and introduce the new methodology in version 14.


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Karen Mulder (Vlaardingen, 1 de junho de 1968) é uma ex-modelo neerlandesa.

Biografia
Karen Mulder iniciou a sua carreira aos 17 anos quando alcançou a segunda posição no concurso Look of the Year, organizado pela agência de modelos Elite Model.

No segundo ano de carreira, desfilou para Valentino, Yves Saint Laurent, Lanvin, Versace e Giorgio Armani. Foi capa da revista Vogue e contratada pela Guess em 1991. Durante os anos seguintes tornaria-se uma supermodelo, desfilando ao lado de Kate Moss, Cindy Crawford, Claudia Schiffer e Naomi Campbell.

Karen encerrou sua carreira de modelo no ano 2000.

Ligações externas
 Página não oficial da modelo
 Karen Mulder no Supermodels.nl
 Karen Mulder no AskMen

Modelos dos Países Baixos
Supermodelos
Norte-americanos de ascendência neerlandesa
Victoria's Secret Angels

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Fantasy Camp Talks Misery Club, Being An Artist/Producer, Working With Lil House Phone + More!
Fantasy Camp
I got the chance to connect with artist and producer Fantasy Camp from Misery Club. His unique "cloud" type beats and lyrics has lead him to working with artists like yunggoth, Wicca Phase, Nedarb Nagrom, and more. Fantasy Camp has a lot of new music coming your way very soon so be on the lookout for that too!
You're from Hamburg, PA, right? What was your upbringing like?
I was born in Hamburg and lived there until I went to college in 2014. Hamburg is a really small town near Reading, PA and has nothing much going on for creatives. No music scene at least. It's very old fashioned and rural. People drove tractors to school sometimes. It has endearing qualities too, but it just wasn't the place for me. Since I wasn't into sports or hunting, my upbringing was pretty boring and isolated. I spent a lot of time on the computer which is what lead me to produce. I wanted to make music but had no one to make it with, so I figured out a way to do it alone.
How did you first get into making music?
I was always obsessed with music since before I can remember. There are home videos of me banging on pots and pans and singing songs from the radio that I loved. I learned to play drums and guitar around 9 or 10 and would film myself playing covers and uploading them to YouTube. I tried to make start bands with local people but it never really worked out. I liked a wide variety of music from the jump thanks to my older siblings. Mostly nu-metal, rap, and punk though.
You're a producer as well as an artist. How did you first get into producing? Any big influences on your sound?
The person who made me wanna start producing was Kanye West. The first song I ever performed in front of an audience was "Family Business" from Kanye's "The College Dropout" album, at an open mic night when I was 8. He was always my favorite, but what drew me was to it so much was the production. So, years later I decided to try it myself. At first, I just copied his early formula. Pitched up samples over boom bap drums or sampled loops. I wanted to hear what it would sound like if someone rapped on it so I would download acapellas from other songs and match them to my beats. This went on for like a year before I scrapped the copycat Kanye stuff. Then I found out that someone from one of my favorite bands was beginning to make electronic music, so I sent him a bunch of beats, and that's how I ended up producing the first Wicca Phase tape. The benefits of being an artist and a producer are pretty much what you would assume - if you have an idea for a song that you hear in your head, you can make the whole thing from scratch. You don't need help from anyone, and it leads to more natural songs being created as opposed to someone making a beat and sending it to you.
What made you want to start recording over your beats rather than just being a producer?
I always had ideas for melodies and lyrics over my beats but didn't have the courage (or equipment) to try it. One day, I kept listening to this beat I made for Wicca in the car over and over again. I had these melodies and lyrics that I thought were great, so I decided to try to record it and that became "With or Without U".
So you're a part of the Misery Club. For the people who don't know can you explain what Misery Club is, who's in it? What can we expect from Misery Club in the future?
Misery Club is a boy band that consists of singers Wicca Phase Springs Eternal, Zubin, Jon Simmons, myself, and producers Nedarb and Foxwedding. We essentially just wanted to make some songs together as a group and it ended up being fun so we kept it going. None of us feel any pressure to make more material immediately, so it'll happen when the timing is right, but as of now, we don't have plans. My relationship with the guys is that I love them all. We all talk in the group chat pretty regularly.
Let's talk about "It's Alright" a song you collaborated on with scum featured on "How to Fix Everything" released in 2018. How did you connect with scum? Can you run us through making the beat? What was the process of making this song?
"It's Alright" started with a chord progression from one of my favorite songs, "I Can't Make You Love Me" by Bonnie Raitt. I always play those chords when I pick up a guitar, so I transposed it up a few keys and put some drums on it. It happened pretty naturally. When the beat started coming together, the melody came to me and I started writing the lyrics. At that time, I was constantly on the go and never had time to just sit down and relax. So that's what the song is about. Scum and I were friends online and had talked about doing a track so I sent him the open and he had it back to me in a day. One of the most effortless collabs I've had. It was all through emails and DMs, which most of my collabs are.
You, Lil Zubin, and Lil House Phone from No Jumper did a song together that Nedarb produced, "Anemic". How did you and Zubin end up on a song with House Phone?
Zubin, Nedarb, and I were in London for some recording sessions and House Phone hit Ned up and said he wanted us on the track. I had met House Phone once or twice in LA before, and am a fan so of course, I was down. We recorded our verses and emailed them back in a day and the song came out shortly after that.
Are you focusing more on being a producer or an artist at this point in your career? Or are you focused equally on doing both?
At this point, I enjoy songwriting more than producing so I'm focusing on that.
What's the best way to get your foot in the door as a producer or an artist? Tips, or advice?
Be cool and don't be annoying. Form natural relationships with people instead of trying to force your music onto them. Try to work with artists at a similar career point as you instead of trying to land placements with bigger artists.
What can we expect from Fantasy Camp in 2019 and 2020? Any projects your working on that we should be aware of?
My new EP with Zubin drops this month. My EP with Nedarb and my UNSATISFIED EP drop early next year. More after that.


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Young Lockon fic
posted on Nov 14, 2009 by Janine in blog
Time to post this here! I wrote a little Gundam00 fic about Lockon. (I also drew a Lockon + Haro doujin, which will be coming up in my next post :D)
Title: One Chance
Character: Neil Dylandy
Rating: PG for language and insinuated violence
Summary: Speculation on Lockon's recruitment into Celestial Being
This is the moment where everything matters. Where the past few hours of silence and stillness and waiting with your heart in you mouth condense into one single instance.
One discrete point in time.
One chance.
One gunshot.
Concentration hardens into something solid and tangible. Everything around you stops. Even time itself holds its breath, until one second becomes infinite.
The whole world narrows to a cross-hair.
And explodes out again in an instant. Neil can still feel the kick-back from the rifle in his shoulder as he starts to dismantle it and put it away. Speed is of the essence now if he's to avoid getting caught. He dumps his things into a bag, scrabbles to sling it over his shoulder, and steps out of the room.
He checks his pace as he enters the hall, and walks calmly past an old couple consulting a map on the wall, past an open room and a maid's trolley. He keeps his head held high and his hands in his pockets. He's nothing more than a student on his gap year, travelling around Europe and staying in low-budget, piece-of-crap hotels. He's carefree.
And his heart is beating like a stampede of wildebeest in his chest.
He makes his way past the maintenance lift to the back stairs. Neil opens the door, closes it after him, and leaps down the staircase two steps at a time.
He's strolling calmly again by the time he leaves the hotel via the staff exit. No-one's going to pay attention to the young nobody with a beat-up gym bag, who just got off his shift washing dishes in the kitchens.
Except someone does.
Neil's bundled into the passenger seat of a car before he even realises what's happening.
"Neil Dylandy."
Neil freezes, and looks up.
They know his name. Not his codename.
Suddenly he's not just some random kid off the street, getting up to no good. He's not just some punk in a gang, who happens to be a good shot and does it for the cash and the laughs.
Suddenly he's Neil Dylandy: the orphan; the messed-up boy who can't get over something that happened years ago; the guy who shoots people for a living because he can't bear this world anymore, and doesn't care if it's wrong as long as he can pick the bastards off, one-by-one; the desperate fucker who's drowning in his own frustrations, who uses the money he earns to pay his brother through university, so that at least one of them can have the chance of a life without throwing everything to shit; the poor young man who wants to do everything and can't do anything, who can't even bear to admit to himself how much he enjoys it when he pulls the trigger.
Neil Dylandy.
The car pulls out from the kerb and Neil has to grab onto the dashboard to steady himself as it veers round a corner.
The guy driving is middle-aged with greying hair. There's another, younger guy on the back seat.
Chances are they're plain-clothed policemen.
For a split-second, Neil considers trying to take them both out. But the bag containing his rifle's been taken off him, and the only other weapon he has is a small flick-knife; he's no way near stupid enough to try to use that against both of them.
"We've been watching you for a while, Neil Dylandy. You've got quite a talent."
Neil pulls at the handle to the door, but it's locked.
Fuck. Fuck. Fuck.
"Relax." Says the guy driving. "We're not the police. And we're not arresting you."
Neil's not sure if he believes one word of that. He watches the driver warily, and fingers the knife in his pocket.
But the guy just turns and smiles at him. "Neil Dylandy, how would you like to change the world?"
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Continental continues to advance the performance levels of the adventure touring/dual sport market with the release of the new ultra-high performance Trail Attack 2. Designed specifically for touring riders who demand ultra high performance and mileage from their large capacity adventure touring/enduro machines. The Continuous Compound-Technology makes it possible to use a homogeneous grip grading with a single compound thanks to a temperature controlled curing of the tyre during the production process. The traction Skin provides an extremely safe and short tyre break-in. This is possible due to the revolutionary raw tread surface, which is the result of a new mold coating technology which eliminates the need for tyre-release agents.


Tax authorities around the globe are using technology and legislation more aggressively than ever to gather information and curb tax evasion. Rules requiring reporting of international electronic funds transfers (IEFTs) of $10,000 or more have been in place in Canada with respect to anti-money laundering for a number of years. Following on its comments in the 2013 Federal Budget, in a news release dated January 9, 2014, the Department of Finance released draft legislative proposals that will require financial intermediaries to disclose information about IEFTs to the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) for use in the administration of the Income Tax Actand the Excise Tax Act (which includes the GST/HST legislation), as well as other minor tax statutes (the Excise Act, 2001 and the Air Travellers Security Charge Act).


The main theme of today's post will come as no surprise many parent, but may provide some useful insight for newbie parents and anyone who's feeling as if they're drowning in expensive toys that never get played with.
How many times have you heard parents complaining that they gave their beloved child the best, brightest, trendiest toy that money could buy, but to the parent's disappointment the child was more interested in the wrapping paper and the box? How many of us learn from that experience - not many because, myself included, we get sucked into the idea that we are being cheap and somehow under-demonstrating the depths of our love if we fail to buy expensive gifts. Older children may genuinely feel hard done by if they don't receive the same branded goods as their peers, but little ones really don't buy in to that and it's worth making the most of those years. If you have small ones who do pester excessively for particular branded toys it might be worth looking at how much advertising they are being exposed to - we're TV limiters anyway, but completely avoid commercial kids TV because of the saturation of adverts on it. I remember well my own childhood angst at not having the shoes I saw on the telly that came with 'free' plastic jewellery, or deep upset at returning from a trip to the toy store without my own Boglin (a weird rubber gremlin puppet thing if you don't remember them). I was very well provided for in the toy department, but the adverts are extremely clever at making products seem essential. Think how well they work on adults, with our years of hardening against their wiles, and then consider that children are inherently impressionable and have no way of tuning out from the adverts.
Once you fork out for the apparently desperately needed toy, watch just how many times they play with it. Also make a mental note of how they are interacting with it - are they just re-running an episode of the show it was based on? Now give them an empty box and watch them again - one day you'll have a spaceship, another day a boat, or a racing car, or a fire engine, or a castle. The difference is that they will be using their imaginations to a much greater extent, and have a much greater opportunity to develop the toy themselves - help them to paint it, cut it, stick things to it. Part of the reason that boxes and other non-plastic toys appeal so much to children is that they use their senses in different ways to adults. Adults are programmed for the most part to experience the world in a very audio-visual way and will see a plastic toy that flashes and sings as highly interactive. For young children however this is lacking the more important cues of texture, smell, taste and mouth feel. Plastic toys all taste the same and smell the same.
Manipulating a box into an imagined artifact or vehicle is much more stimulating, and will be even ,ore so if there are other children or a parent to share in the game. Often they will need help in creating what their minds can see, especially when they're very young. Ollie decided one morning last week that he wanted to make a giraffe, and a dig through the craft cupboard provided an empty teabag box (for the body), a nearly used-up roll of aluminium foil (the foil was scrunched up for the head and the cardboard tube provided a neck) and a small stack of yellow napkins. Mixing half and half PVA glue and water provided paste for him to stick his torn up napkins on to the basic giraffe shape I had put together for him. After it was dry he drew circles in a felt-tip pen for the pattern and added googly eyes, pompom ears and a wool tail.
The top image was a 'save the day' toy after he got upset that his friend had a toy aeroplane and he didn't (he's going through a phase of comparing what he has with his friends - why is so-and-so's garden bigger, why do we have a blue car and they have a grey car etc...). Driving home from his friend in the pouring rain on a Sunday evening meant buying a toy plane was out of the question, so when we got home we just made one. He went from sobbing his heart out to smiling in the space of five minutes of cutting up an old nappy box and gluing bits on to the basic shape. I did buy him a real one later in the week. No prizes for guessing which one is still being played with while the other sits neglected in the toy box.
The final image is of the 'robot' he wanted to make after seeing a man walking around at our local play in the park day dressed entirely in boxes. A donation of a box and some paints from the kind activity organiser, a couple of minutes with the scissors on my part, and about 30 minutes of concentrated painting on it by Ollie and Toby and the robot was ready. Since we got it home it has so far mainly been a space rocket. Ollie even sat in it to have his lunch, insisting that I pass each item of food to him through the round window that had started off the afternoon being an arm hole. It is currently as flat as a pancake, but is easily resurrected with the help of a roll of parcel tape.


August 8th in Home Automation, Mac Software, iPhone & iPad Apps, Gadgets by Jon Smith .
Short video showing how cool home automation can be when you get your iPhone hooked up to Z-wave and Indigo software!
Watch the video below… all done using a Mac mini, Indigo Software Home Automation Software, Z-wave socket and motion detector, plus the FREE Indigo iPhone app.
If you want to know how we set this up, then read the rest of our posts on Home Automation, and watch our YouTube videos. We're constantly posting updates and will take you through set by step how all this – and much more – can be achieved using your favourite Apple gear and a few bits of Z-wave kit.


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Health Day Reports "Just Seeing a Doctor May Boost the Odds of Surviving Melanoma"
Health Day
By: Robert Preidt
"Regular doctor visits may reduce the risk of dying from melanoma skin cancer, according to a new study.
Researchers at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit analyzed the cases of 251 white patients, average age 60, diagnosed with melanoma between 2001 and 2007. All of the patients had health insurance.
The risk of dying from melanoma was 70 percent lower among patients who had at least one visit with their family doctor or a specialist in the five years before they were diagnosed with the disease, the investigators found.
When factors such as age, gender and other health problems were accounted for, the risk of death was 90 percent lower in patients who had seen a specialist. The researchers also found that patients who underwent screening tests such as a colonoscopy or a fasting blood test also had a greatly decreased risk of death.
"This study is important because it's not about having health insurance or having access to care. It's about tapping into that care," lead author and dermatologist Dr. Melody Eide said in a Henry Ford Health System news release." Read More.


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Manchester City – West Ham (Premier League)
Manchester City are back in action at the Etihad Stadium, this time against West Ham on Sunday, for matchday 15th of the Premier League. Manchester City secured another late win to make it 12 successive Premier League victories when they defeated Southampton in midweek. West Ham, on their turn, are getting worse and worse, coming here in the back of a heavy 4-0 defeat against Everton, last Wednesday, and are already 2 points above the safety zone.
Manchester City are league leaders with 40 points, with 13 points and 1 draw, with 44 goals scored and 9 goals conceded. After pulling off a late win at Huddersfield's ground, in the penultimate Premier League round, Manchester City secured another late win on Wednesday, with the Sterling scoring the victory goal in injury time, beating Southampton by 2-1. The Citizens arrive here in phenomenal form with 12 consecutive Premier League wins and a guaranteed presence in the EFL Cup quarter-finals, having also secured their presence in the round of 16 of the Champions League as Group F leaders. At home, the Citizens have won 6 of their 7 matches played in the Premier League, drawing the other one, with 26 goals scored and 7 goals conceded.
This team led by Pep Guardiola has the best attack and the 2nd best defense of the Premier League, with this being a team defensively very well organized and showing a playing style where they privilege the ball possession through short passes, always within the opposition's midfield, and changing the ball around with their players making constant drives to open up spaces in the opposition's defense. In addition to being strong in offensive set pieces, attacking down the wings and in individual challenges, they stand out for being very strong in counter-attacks, with Aguero, Sané and Sterling being very dangerous in this type of offensive transition.
In their last 5 official matches, Manchester City has a record of 5 victories. This sequence of results started with a 3-1 win against Arsenal. This result was followed by a 0-2 win against Leicester City, a 1-0 victory against Feyenoord, for the Champions League, a 1-2 victory against Huddersfield Town, and in their last match, a 2-1 victory against Southampton. Benjamin Mendy and John Stones are out due to injury.
Probable Lineup: Ederson – Walker, Mangala, Otamendi and Delph – Fernandinho, Bruyne and David Silva – Sterling, Jesus and Sané.
West Ham, on their turn, are 18th placed in the league with 10 points, result of 2 victories, 4 draws and 8 defeats, with 12 goals scored and 30 goals conceded. Things are getting worse for West Ham, with the team coming here unable to win any of the last 7 consecutive Premier League games, with their last win being on 30 September, at home against Swansea City. However, they got a shocking victory at Tottenham's home for the EFL Cup, at the end of October, and booked a place in the EFL Cup quarter-finals, where they will face Arsenal.
Away from home, in the Premier League, the Hammers are yet to get their first victory, having drawn 3 and lost 5 of the 8 games played, picking up just three points of an available 24, with 5 goals scored and 19 conceded. The Hammers sit just two points off safety, but have now failed to win in seven top-flight outings, a very bad moment that seems to get worse game by game.
In their last 5 official matches, West Ham has a record of 2 draws and 3 defeats. This sequence of results started with a 2-2 away draw against Crystal Palace. This sequence of results started with a 1-4 victory against Liverpool, a 2-0 defeat against Watford, a 1-1 draw at home against Leicester City, and in their last match, a 4-0 defeat against Everton. Chicharito and José Fonte are out, both injured.
Probable Lineup: Adrián – Zabaleta, Rice, Ogbonna and Cresswell – Kouyaté e Obiang – Antonio, Lanzini and Arnautovic – Sakho.
Manchester City won 5 of their last 8 direct clashes, drawing 1 and losing the remaining 2.
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Victoria Kettlebell Classic 2014
The Victoria Kettlebell Classic is held annually in Victoria, B.C., Canada.
ILWU Canada Young Workers Conference
ILWU Canada held their first annual Young Workers Conference at the Maritime Labour Centre in Vancouver, B.C. September 25-27
Still Life-The art of taxidermy
I made a short video about taxidermists who create new life from the recently deceased. My photos appeared along with a story in The Globe and Mail earlier this year. You can see it here: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/theres-still-life-in-the-business-of-taxidermy/article9939415/
miSong
I surprised my bride with a so-so version of For You Blue, by The Beatles(George Harrison), during our wedding reception.
James and Jessica Wedding
For the first time I only shot video for a wedding. I usually shoot photography and video, mostly photography. So this was nice to do for a change.
LIVING LEGENDS-Bill Nasby
Living Legends are testimonials spoken by you in a biopic film about special moments in your life. A reminiscence of the past and a tribute to the future is captured during a sit-down interview. Living Legends is a gift for your family, friends and grandkids. A unique way to say hello and goodbye.
Chuck, Erica and Fergus
My aunt and her husband added a new baby to their growing family, so I made a video for them. Enjoy.
Living Legends video teaser
My grandfather Bill Nasby recently renewed his pilot's license at the age of 84. In this short clip he shares his passion.
Barb's Retirement
A retirement video i made for an ILWU employee with over 40 years of service. Her friends and family give their best wishes.
ILWU Canada Remembers Don Garcia
The ILWU remembers Don Garcia as told by it's members today. A highly respected union leader for the International Longshore and Warehouse Union in Vancouver, BC and New Westminister,BC.
Veektory
My friend Mike and I went to place bets and shoot some video at Hastings Park horse track in Vancouver in Sept 2010 during his visit from Calgary. I've finally got around to putting it together. I shot it entirely with the Hero camera. Enjoy:)
IWLU Canada Pensioner's Picnic
The annual International Longshore and Warehouse Union's Pensioner's Picnic in New Brighton Park in Vancouver,BC July 21,2011.
Project Keep Straight
I recently worked with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the Vancouver Police Department and the Western Hockey League to create a short piece about life on the streets during one night in East Hastings in downtown Vancouver. Hockey players from the WHL have been visiting the drug-riddled area for 15 years. They will use this short video to use as a tool to help educate kids about the dangers of drugs and alcohol. For a smoother viewing pleasure wait for movie to download before watching.
Boardified(teaser)
I've created a new project for myself from a snowboarding trip with my good friends, and it's been on the back burner for a few months, they might say longer:) This is just a slice of the full timeline I'm putting together. I hope to have it complete soon. Shot entirely with the Hero camera, […]
Pure Fighting Championship
MMA fight fans of all ages were given a night to remember as the first ever Pure Fighting Championship made its debut in Red Deer, Alberta. Host and former UFC middleweight ground specialist Jason MacDonald has said he's always wanted to give something back to the fans because they've given so much to him.
Coping With Blindness
This is a story about Priscilla. She lost the sight from one eye after giving birth to her son Caden six years ago. Eventually she'll have no vision at all. In this piece she talks about her life, her challenges and the bright future she sees with her son.
My First Ad
Ok Tire found my free ad on Craigslist. Although i was never advertising for commercials. They played my 30-sec ad on a very large diamond vision screen, less my logo, during the Vancouver Canadian Baseball regular season and playoff home games. One year usage only with the option of paying for full rights, or per […]
ILWU Supports Rio Tinto Miners
On Friday April 16, International Longshore & Warehouse Union members in Vancouver, BC, Canada gathered on the sidewalks in front of the British Consulate in support of the miners of the Rio Tinto borax mine in Boron, California.
Rio Tinto, the second largest mining company in the world, has locked out nearly 600 of its workers since January 31, 2010 from the I.L.W.U. Local 30 after trying to force a contract ultimatum onto its workers.
I.L.W.U. members in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, Salt Lake City, Boston and Vancouver united as one to let the public know of Rio Tintos' long and disgusting history with respect to their treatment of workers, communities and the environment in North America and around the world.
As the title suggests. This piece I did the day I got my new Canon 5D Mark II HDSLR camera. No fancy tripod, mono pod, gorilla arms, or audio equipment used, very loose and raw but I think for a first time, it suits the piece. I had no idea what I would do with it at the time, but knew that in someway it would be for my mom. Happy Mother's Day Mom!
This was the day my brother graduated from the RCMP Depot in Regina, SK. I wish I had the proper equipment at that time during the event to capture the sounds the way I wanted to, the way I can now, which would have added a better feel to it. Still, I'm proud of my […]
Centrefest
Street performers from around the world gather every year during the summer months to showcase their talents at street festivals like this one called Centrefest in Red Deer, Alberta.
I sequenced over 2,000 images to make this time-lapse of sorts. More like an experiment that I wanted to try. It was tedious to sync up the clips but I did what I set out to do so I'm happy with that. I have other ideas that I want to try, but for a later time.


Hearing loss is one of the most common congenital conditions in the United States. That's why the state of Minnesota requires all newborns to undergo a hearing screening before they leave the hospital. But in rural areas, parents face a challenge if a diagnostic evaluation is required with an audiologist. Essentia Health is tackling that challenge by offering tele-audiology services to families.
"Diagnostic sites available to families are limited in Northern Minnesota. Families need to travel to Duluth, Fargo, St Cloud or the Twin Cities for the testing," says Essentia Audiologist Dr. Betsy Schutte. Travel can be challenging for families as it sometimes can take up most of the day, it's a long drive, and there are costs such as gas, food, and time off from work.
"In addition, testing is most successful when the infant is sleeping which often doesn't happen when the infant has slept during a 2 or 3-hour drive to Duluth," adds Dr. Schutte. Now, patients can travel to Essentia Health-Virginia for a tele-audiology visit.
"Once the infant is ready to be tested, I connect from Duluth via a secure video system so the family, nurse at the site and myself can all see each other and communicate," Dr. Schutte says. "We use earphones in the ears and play tones which we then monitor using electrodes and cables that are placed on the infant's forehead and behind the ears." Dr. Schutte is able to watch the sound as it moves from the ear to the brainstem, as well as movement of the eardrum and the health of the inner ear.
The new service is a hit with families who would otherwise need to make a long, inconvenient trip. "The families who have participated in testing through tele-audiology have appreciated having the testing completed closer to home. They are particularly happy not to have to worry about driving all the way to Duluth with our sometimes-unpredictable winter weather," adds Dr. Schutte.
Scheduling for tele-audiology occurs with a physician referral to the Essentia Health-Duluth Clinic Audiology Department. Tele-audiology is also offered at Essentia Health-Deer River.


Top notch furnishings in this second floor River Strand Veranda. Wow this unit was decorated by an interior designer and they have gone all out with all new furnishing is this unit. Nice preserve wooded view from the back screened lanai. Oh don't forget the Veranda's have two screened lanai areas one in the front and one in the back to enjoy the wonderful Florida weather. This unit does offer a den/office or sleeping area for guest with a queen sleeper sofa. Don't wait, book this unit for your 2020 seasonal winter stay in sunny Florida. This gated golfing complex has so much to offer a tenant from wonderful views and wildlife, to the best tennis program, state of art fitness and sign up for water exercises or take a yoga class to relieve unwanted stress.
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A deal that would've introduced a life-saving capital injection for troubled Indonesian insurer Bumiputera has collapsed, leaving the company in even direr straits.
The plan to rescue Bumiputera, which was saddled by having more liabilities than assets and is under the control of the Financial Services Authority (OJK), involved Evergreen Invesco acquiring a holding company for the insurer.
The Indonesian government is adamant on resolving Bumiputera's troubles without public taxpayer money, stemming from a public scandal that raged over the government's bailout of Bank Century in 2008.
Evergreen was planning to gradually inject capital into the planned holding company for the century-old insurer over a 14 year period, Adhie Massardi, a manager at Bumiputera, told Reuters. However, the insurer wanted to receive the funds immediately.
Bumiputera is a mutual insurer owned by its approximately 6.7 million policyholders, most of which are Indonesian government employees. As of end-2017, its assets are around IDR11 trillion (US$800 million), while liabilities were at IDR28 trillion (US$2.03 billion).
The Indonesian Parliament and OJK will hold a hearing set for next week to discuss Bumiputera's fate.


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Things to Do in Asheville This Weekend -- November 2-4, 2018
By Jason Tarr
As fall color continues in Asheville and along the Blue Ridge Parkway, this weekend marks the beginning of the transition to the "Falliday" season. In other words, it's a uniquely special time to be in Asheville because you have the rare opportunity to experience fall color and holiday festivities at the same time.
Check our weekly fall color report (published Thursday afternoon) before heading out for information on where to go to find autumn color and to see real-time photos from the mountains.
Asheville's longest-standing holiday tradition, Christmas at Biltmore, gets underway this weekend with grand decorations. It's the first holiday celebration of many that will soon begin in Asheville. See our guide to the best places to see holiday lights this season and the best ways to enjoy the holiday season in Asheville.
It's also a great weekend to enjoy Asheville's neighboring communities such as Weaverville (pictured above), which is hosting a self-guided art safari that'll take you through beautiful countryside.
As you plan your fall getaway, use our easy-to-use search feature to check room availability and rates at Asheville area accommodations. And, you can check events for any date by using our online events calendar search.
Here's a look at what you can enjoy this weekend in and around Asheville:
Christmas at Biltmore
November 3, 2018-January 6, 2019
Biltmore, Asheville
It's a holiday tradition that dates back more than 120 years. During the two-month-long Christmas at Biltmore celebration, the estate transforms with elegant and stunning decorations that include more than 100 hand-decorated Christmas trees. Among the most beautiful trees is the 35-foot Fraser Fir laden with ornaments and wrapped packages that serves as the centerpiece in the grand Banquet Hall. The Conservatory in the Walled Garden is filled with fresh poinsettias. And, 7,000 globe-shaped ornaments hang from the ceiling of Biltmore Winery, America's most visited winery. A daytime visit to Christmas at Biltmore is included in your admission.
In the evenings, Biltmore glows during Candlelight Christmas Evenings with thousands of twinkling lights and dozens of roaring fireplaces. Step back in time and experience the estate much like the Vanderbilts did during their first Christmas Eve spent at Biltmore in 1895. As you stroll into the estate past luminaries that line the walkway, stop to see the 55-foot Norway spruce sparkling on the front lawn. Candlelight Christmas Evenings do require a reservation and separate admission.
For more information on the daytime and evening celebrations, see our guide to Christmas at Biltmore.
Weaverville Art Safari
Saturday and Sunday (Nov. 3-4), 10 a.m. to 5 pm.
The Weaverville Art Safari is one of the original studio tours in the area. The town of Weaverville is just 15 minutes from downtown Asheville. This self-guided, free event offers a unique look at the artists' work in their working environment! The artists' specialties include handmade pottery, glass, photography, sculpture, jewelry, furniture, painting, drawing, fiber art and wood art. Get a sneak peek of all the artists' work together during the Preview Party on Friday, Nov. 2, from 6 to 8 p.m. The party features a silent auction and raffle with the artists' work as prizes. Also enjoy beer, wine and snacks.
First Friday Downtown Asheville Art Walk
Friday, 5-8 p.m.
Visit more than 20 galleries within a half-mile radius of Asheville's city center. Discover the art scene that contributes to Asheville's reputation as "The Paris of the South." Among those galleries, you'll find unparalleled diversity including fine studio crafts, glass, photography, folk, contemporary painting, metalwork, textiles and jewelry.
Exhibition openings include a Veterans Juried Exhibition at the Refinery Creator Space. November is Veterans' Month. The exhibition will highlight the artwork of veterans. Much of the work featured will be by veterans in the Asheville Area Arts Council's Arts and Wellness program. The opening is Friday from 5-8 p.m. The exhibition runs through November 30.
And, the Asheville Gallery of Art hosts the opening of its November exhibition, "Celebration," which will help mark the gallery's 30th anniversary. The opening reception is from 5-8 p.m. The exhibition runs through November 30.
Burnpile Harvest Fest
Saturday (Nov. 3), 2-8 p.m.
Burial Beer Co., Asheville
Celebrate the fall harvest season with seasonally-inspired beers from more than 20 breweries at Burnpile Harvest Fest. Burial Beer Co. hosts the festival in its taproom. Many of the beers available will be brewed just for this event. The festival also features a strong lineup of musical performances throughout the day. No matter the ticket you purchase (general admission or VIP), you will receive a unique event glass and tokens for the first two drinks.
OPEN! Street Tweaks
Sunday (Nov. 4), 12-3 p.m.
Coxe Avenue (South Slope), Asheville
It's one-part "car-free block party" and one-part "invitation to try out the new and improved Coxe Avenue." The Street Tweaks Team has reimagined four city blocks to be more inviting and safer for pedestrians, cyclists and car traffic. This open-streets-style debut celebration will give you the chance to explore the improvements, as the street will be closed to vehicles. Bike parking will be available in front of Urban Orchard on Buxton Ave.
Asheville Flea For Y'All Fall Bonanza
Sunday (Nov. 4), 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Pisgah Brewing Company, Black Mountain
Amazing antiques, art, handmade pieces are what you'll find at this 2nd annual Bonanza event. In addition to the sale, hear live music from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Beer and mimosas will be served throughout the event beginning at 10 a.m. To reach the large parking area, put in your GPS: 2948 US Highway 70, Black Mountain.
Performance Arts and Theater
Blindside, Friday (Nov. 2) at 8 p.m., Diana Wortham Theatre – The one-eyed storytelling champion who was recently awarded Most Outstanding Production at the London Fringe Festival, Stephanie Morin-Robert recounts her life as a feisty 7-year-old cancer survivor. She tells about wielding her glass eye as a superpower, a story that has left audiences in side-splitting laughter.
The God Game, Oct. 19- Nov. 4, Black Mountain Center for the Arts – This play by Suzanne Bradbeer follows Tom, an attractive junior Republican Senator from Virginia who is lately questioning his beliefs. When his long-time best friend Matt, an openly gay conservative, approaches Tom with the opportunity of a lifetime, Tom faces a crisis of conviction while his marriage hangs precariously in the balance.
Frost Nixon, Oct. 25- Nov. 2, North Carolina Stage Company – British talk-show host David Frost risks everything to save his career by launching a series of in-depth interviews in order to extract an apology from Richard Nixon. Nixon, however, is equally bent on redeeming himself in the nation's eyes.
Venardos Circus
Now through November 11
Asheville Outlets
Experience a unique, Broadway-style circus! The circus was created by former Ringling Bros. ringmaster Kevin Venardos and the show is animal-free. You'll see an amazing assortment of aerialists, acrobats, juggling, balancing, comedy, daredevilry, magic, and musical production. The circus has its own custom-made big-top, a classic red-and-white striped tent, with an intimate feel. The big top will be set up in the parking lot of Asheville Outlets. General Admission Tickets are $25 for adults and $15 for youth under 12 years of age.
Seven Sisters Peak Hike
Saturday (Nov. 3), 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The Seven Sisters are a prominent series of mountain peaks visible from the town of Black Mountain, especially Lake Tomahawk. The Swannanoa Valley Museum and History Center will lead a strenuous, 9.5-mile hike designed for experienced hikers. Along the way, hike leaders will share historical anecdotes about the peaks' nomenclature, social history, geography and ecology. Please contact the Museum (828-669-9566) before registering. Admission is $30 for members, $45 for non-members.
SOAR's Eagle Run 5K
Saturday (Nov. 3), 10 a.m.
Carrier Park, Asheville
Take part in a 5K run at Carrier Park in Asheville. The race is designed to help bring awareness to ADHD. All proceeds from the race go to SOAR's scholarship fund, and directly to the youth and young adults served. Day-of registration is Saturday at 9 a.m. Admission is $30.
Nearby Asheville
WNC Fermenting Festival, Saturday (Nov. 3) from 12-6 p.m., Marshall – Celebrate fermentation, food preservation, farming and food resiliency. All the proceeds from the festival go to the Beacon of Hope Food Bank. There will be free demonstrations on food preservation and fermentation, music, family-friendly activities and crafting vendors.
Tryon Beer Fest, Saturday (Nov. 3) from 12-6 p.m., Tryon – Enjoy local and regional craft beers, oysters, authentic Bavarian food and live music at this 7th annual festival.
Jason Tarr
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Yulu CEO Amit Gupta On The Company's Bikes, Its Expansion Plans, And Why He Thinks Electric Is The Future
August 21, 2019 August 21, 2019 OfficeChai Team
If you travel around Bangalore, it's hard to miss the little blue bikes that are now scattered across the city. The bikes are run by shared-mobility company Yulu, which was founded in 2017, and has raised $7 million so far. We spoke with Amit Gupta, the CEO and co-founder of Yulu about the company and its prospects. Gupta has some serious startup chops to his name — he was the cofounder of InMobi, which was the first Indian unicorn to turn profitable. He now opens up about his new ride with Yulu.
OfficeChai: How's Yulu's business doing? How many rides are you doing per day?
Amit Gupta: We started our journey with our bicycles product, Yulu Move, back in 2018. Those bicycles were doing 2 km-long trips on average. We wanted to do trips as long as 5-7 kms, so we looked at other solutions. We looked at petrol driven scooters, but found that they were not future ready. That decision was good in retrospect. Then we worked on our electric mobility product, took an unconventional approach, and built something that was tailor-made for shared mobility. We took a calculated risk, and the electric product is working really well for us. We now have five months of operational experience in running Electric Vehicles. We have 2000 Yulu Miracles (the electric bikes) on the road, and 8000 bicycles. We're doing around 35,000 rides per day.
OfficeChai: What was your experience like with petrol-driven scooters? Why did you find them to be not future ready?
Amit Gupta: Petrol scooters are not ideal for shared mobility. As many as 35-40% need to be refuelled during a ride. Also, the amount of petrol they consume is not fixed — it's hard to exactly predict how much petrol a scooter will need for driving, say, 10 kilometers. The amount consumed depends on the traffic and road conditions. With electric vehicles, we know with a much greater degree of certainty how many kilometers a scooter can do with a certain amount of charge. Moreover, carrying petrol is risky. It's being carried in polythene bags and cans, which I think it's not legal. Also, the operating margins which we are able to bring with electric vehicles are four times higher than if we are using petrol-driven vehicles. Also, the Govt is pushing electric vehicles, so why waste our time and energy on something which is not future -ready.
OfficeChai: Yulu's Electric Bikes look very interesting. Where do these bikes come from? Where are they manufactured? What's their upfront cost?
Amit Gupta: A new Activa costs around Rs. 70,000. Our vehicles cost almost half of that. We currently design them, but get them built or manufactured in China. Then they are assembled in India. We have a partner for that.
OfficeChai: What is the consumer response been like to EVs? How are people taking to these vehicles compared to traditional scooters?
Amit Gupta: We hear very positive feedback. People are saying, wow, the bike looks futuristic, it's very easy to ride, and it's very convenient. People have been taking pictures with their bikes and sharing them on Twitter and Instagram. The bikes are turning out to be quite the aspirational product.
OfficeChai: So Yulu bikes are parked at designated Yulu zones. How do you decide where to have these zones? Some people complain there aren't enough zones close to where they work or live.
Amit Gupta: We have followed a principle of transportation, which we call 3A mobility: Acceptability, Affordability and Availability. So, unless you get all the three things right you cannot become a preferred mode of commute for regular commuters.
We have 2000 bikes in a city which has 5 million two-wheelers, which is not even a drop in the ocean. So how do you solve this without having a huge supply? We choose our area. We're present in Indiranagar, Whitefield, Koramangla and so on. We're currently present in perhaps 25 percent of the geography, and even there we've created Yulu zones. We currently have 1000 Yulu zones in Bangalore, and typically the distance between two Yulu zones is 250 metres.
We created these Yulu zones by going to corporates who gave us parking spots, we went to citizens who gave us space in their apartment complexes, and we went to the city authorities, which gave us spots near bus stations and metro stations and on certain footpaths. We have a permit and we pay a permit fee per year.
OfficeChai: How do you plan to expand in Bangalore? How do you go about creating more Yulu zones?
Amit Gupta: We appoint cluster managers, who look after the operations in a particular area. As we raise more money, we can buy more vehicles, we can hire more people, and create more of these clusters. Over the next 12-18 months, we should be able to cover 70-80 percent of Bangalore.
OfficeChai: How do you manage your logistics operations? How do you make sure your bikes are charged on the go?
Amit Gupta: Generally in the electric vehicles space, there's no standardization — there are no fixed battery sizes, and there are no fixed battery types. So we decided to go with a vertically integrated approach. We've designed our battery pack and we've got our own charging stations. Just as we've created our Yulu zones, we've also built a network of charging stations. Our charging station is the size of a refrigerator. It needs a 15 Ampere plug, and that's it. Mom and pop stores are very happy to keep it in their shops, and we pay them a nominal fee per month for doing so.
These charging stations are smart too, so we know which charging station has a charged battery ready. Each battery takes four hours to charge, and can power our bikes for 60-65 kilometers. The operator who's responsbile for an area has an app, and he can go to the charging station, scan the QR code and open the lock. He then takes out the battery and takes it to a parked scooter whose battery is below a certain critical threshold.
Our bikes send us their location and battery percentage every 5 minutes. The moment the charge goes below 15 percent, an operations executive takes a battery from a charging station, goes to the bike, and replaces its battery. At any point, 7-10 percent of our bikes have their batteries ready to be swapped. We try to swap batteries between 2-3 hours.
OfficeChai: How's your traditional bicycles business doing? Some other companies haven't fared quite as well in that area — Ofo came to India and bowed out, and Zoomcar's Pedl was discontinued. What's your experience been like?
Amit Gupta: For us, bicycles have done well too. Ofo was facing problems the world over, and Zoomcar and Ola had other businesses to run. At Yulu, we were focused on the micromobility problem. For us, certain use-cases work perfectly for bicycles, such as traveling distances of 1-2 kilometers. We have lots of tie ups, we're in Infosys, we're in ITPL, and several other campuses for their intra-campus commute. Today we have two products, we'll keep introducing more as and when needed.
OfficeChai: Which new products do you have in the pipeline?
Amit Gupta: Yes, we have the Yulu Magic product, which is an e-cycle, where half the energy comes from the human body and half comes from the battery. We also have a product similar to what you see in the west, a scooter, which some corporate campuses are interested in. For usage in cities, we believe Yulu Miracle is our strongest product, keeping in mind the parking space required, the ease of use and the regulations — as it runs below 25 kmph, it doesn't need a license.
OfficeChai: What's your experience been like working for the government? In the past, companies like Zipgo have been at loggerheads with the authorities, and Ola and Uber bikes too were not allowed to operate. What's Yulu's experience been like?
Amit Gupta: So we have been blessed to have an outstanding relationship with the city authorities. We're a pro-public transportation company — we are a feeder to buses and metros, and we're taking cars off the roads, and we're making the air cleaner. This aligns well with what the authorities want, so we've been getting all the support we need from them. Companies like Zipgo were seen as competition by the BMTC. For us, BMTC buses and Zipgo are the first and last mile companions, not competitors.
OfficeChai: What are your expansion plans like?
Amit Gupta: We want to be in all megapolises where the population is more than 10 million. Currently we're serving only there cities — Bangalore, Pune and Greater Mumbai. We're planning to move into a bunch other cities. But we have latent demand in our existing cities — it's about choosing to enter, say, Manyata Tech Park in Bangalore, versus expanding into a new city. We're looking at city-level partnerships with large cities. Depending on wherever we get permissions and interest, we'll start operations.
OfficeChai: You had co-founded InMobi before this, and saw it become a unicorn. Now you're starting off again with Yulu. What's the transition been like for you personally?
Amit Gupta: After InMobi, I wanted to have a social impact. With InMobi, the impact was more with the company — we among the first few companies to start the startup wave, and I'm very proud of building that company out of India. But ultimately, we were making advertisements beautiful. That's impactful, sure, but with Yulu, the impact is around whether we can make our cities and our country beautiful. That was my motivation to devote myself to this cause.
And there are lots of similarities between the spaces, strategically. Back when we'd started InMobi, phones were stand-alone devices, and they became connected into the internet ecosystem. The same thing is happening with mobility — owning a single vehicle will soon have no meaning, and what'll matter is the ecosystem of vehicles around you. We want Yulu to be at the forefront of that.
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Q: easy jQuery - php communication i'm working on an php-application, and now i have to build an interface to communicate between jquery and php. i already have a working controller/action. what is the best way to communicate with jQuery, if i need to send an array to php in the request.
example:
data that is needed to fulfill the request:
$request_data = array
(
  'key1' => 'value1',
  'list1' => array
  (
    'listkey1' => 'listvalue1',

  )
)

should i send this in different as "normal" post-request, or is it easier to send one post-var with the array encoded in json? ($post_json="{key: value....})
the focus is on easy integration in jquery
edit: it is not about passing the data to the client, it is about passing the array from the client to the php-script

A: use phps json_encode() to generate the response, and read it with jquery on client?
$.getJSON('youpage.php', function(data) {
  $.each(data, function(key, value) {
    alert(key + '=>' + value);
  });
}

http://php.net/manual/en/function.json-encode.php
UPDATE
in regards to communication the other way, from the client to php. It all depends on the task at hand really. If the data in the drop down purely depend on the entries on the form, and they are otherwise stateless. Then,the best route will depends on your backend code, you could do a ajax post, with the individual variables, or concatenate them into one variable before sending, and then splitting them up on the backend. Or, as you say, you could create a json string and then use json_decode on the backend.
Which route is fit for purpose depends on many factors, and I dont think there is a right or wrong error.
Personally, I would generate a AJAX post request (im not a php coder though) to the backend, and then process the request object directly.  You still would need to process a data structure, so why add the overhead/extra-step of deserializing json from the request.

A: You can use jquery post
$.post('url', data, function(data) {
  console.log(data);
});

YOu can access the data in php
echo $_POST['key1'];
echo $_POST['key2'];


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Combine tomato paste, water, and oil. Add garlic, basil, and oregano, mixing thoroughly. Add salt and pepper to taste. A quart mason jar works perfectly; ingredients can be added and shaken to mix. For best results place in refrigerator overnight or allow the mixture to rest before using. Makes 1/2 quart.
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