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Just as Little Feat has adjusted to the loss, two years ago, of original drummer Richie Hayward with a busy tour schedule and the 2012 release of Rooster Rag, its first new album with original material in nearly a decade, more bad news was revealed just after Christmas. Paul Barrere revealed on the band's website, that he will be taking a leave of absence due to treatment necessary to combat Hepatitis C.
He plans on completing the group's current tour, which runs through March and includes several weeks in the U.S., a handful of dates with Leon Russell, European shows and the group's 11th annual Extravaganza in Jamaica.
I heard the news during my phone interview with founding member Bill Payne, who sounded like a mixed bag of shocked, frustrated and resigned to carry on despite the band going on what could be a year long hiatus as Barrere works to fully regain his health. Last year, Payne played his first solo concerts as well as pursued his non-music interests, which resulted in his photos being exhibited in galleries and his writing published in national magazines. During our conversation he had no firm plans for other than a desire to keep busy and "get some things rolling."
Due in part to his activities outside of the band he ignored writing songs for nearly eight years. An introduction to former Grateful Dead lyricist Robert Hunter blossomed with the two collaborating on four numbers that appear on Rooster Rag and nine additional tunes. Besides, rejuvenating Payne's composing skills, the album's dozen tracks are comprised of originals by Barerre and longtime guitarist/vocalist Fred Tackett. They are bookended by two blues covers by Mississippi John Hurt's "Candyman Blues" and Willie Dixon's "Mellow Down Easy."
As always, the band switches gears from rock to blues, jazz, country, soul and New Orleans funk; often combining multiple styles into one song. That's what caught the attention of fans, which now span several generations, and that's what satisfies Payne who describes his pursuits as a songwriter and musician as being "not a traditionalist in any way shape or form."
JPG: You were on the road for much of the year supporting Rooster Rag, you first album of new material in nine years. It's not like you haven't been busy but why the songwriting gap?
BP: Well, there's a couple reasons. One, we were making a record with Jimmy Buffett. Buffett was involved, and it wasn't his involvement that slowed it down. The guests that we were putting on this one record ( Join the Band ) turned out to be a really…you've got to go through the guests, through the managers, through the labels. So, that took about five years out of the eight year hiatus.
Then, the other, at least two years, Richie Hayward was on the way out. Gabe Ford was learning the ropes with us, he was Richie's drum tech, Robben Ford's nephew, he joined us on drums. We were gonna do a blues record at one point. I thought of that in the middle or maybe even before we started that Little Feat and Friends record. I have a tough time with (slight laugh) what we call these records sometimes. Rooster Rag is easy. I've been seeing roosters everywhere I go. At any rate, we also had a lot of live albums. There were a lot of things that were going on.
What got me back into action was Robert Hunter. Cameron Sears (Little Feat and RatDog manager, former CEO of Grateful Dead Productions and Dead tour manager) introduced Paul Barrere and I to Hunter. Paul wanted to change some lyrics, I believe. That didn't go down too well. (slight laugh) I guess I got a different set of lyrics and I wrote something to it and I got the a-ok and began a process that has continued up until last week. I just turned it my 13th song with Robert. I've got one I'm gonna work on when I get home. So, we're continuing the process. It's not like I can't suggest changes. I certainly can and do, as does he. We work things out. Mainly, if I'm going to change anything lyric-wise I'm gonna say, "Look, I think we really out to lose this section. We have a lot of lyrics here. I don't know that we need that many." He'll usually go, "Yeah."
JPG: Maybe you say it in a way that works better than Paul.
BP: I don't know. (laughs) He's a very interesting guy. Obviously, a great lyricist. I told him, "The music is in the lyrics already." And he said, "Yeah, but it takes a composer to get 'em out." So, we pat each other on the back a little bit.
JPG: I've interviewed a lot of musicians over the years, some of whom have worked with Robert Hunter. I always say that all bands should use him as a lyricist…
BP: (laughs) I agree. He does it with enough people. That's for sure.
JPG: Yeah, over the past decade he's been busy. Besides you, he's worked with Jim Lauderdale and 7 Walkers…
BP: I'm gonna listen to some Lauderdale stuff. I'm always curious but, apparently, not curious enough. (slight laugh) to find out what other people do with his stuff. I can almost guarantee you I've got many many more chords than most of these guys are gonna throw into one of his songs just by virtue of the way I write. I don't know that for a fact so I should check it out sometime. He really gives you a great opportunity, at least in my case, to score his lyrics. Part of it, too, is knowing the territory.
At any rate with Rooster Rag it gave me an opportunity to put four songs on the record. Lose the blues idea although we still have "Candyman Blues" and "Mellow Down Easy" as remnants of that project.
JPG: That brings up a couple things. They both go under theme of one's comfort zone. As far as recording a blues record, I read that you came up with the idea for it while walking around Cleveland. What was it about Cleveland that made you think about the blues?
BP: It was the walk more than Cleveland itself. I was thinking of Sam Clayton in particular. Paul Barrere had a solo record out. I had one out. He had one out with Fred [Tackett]. Shaun Murphy was working on something. And I thought Clayton is the real deal, why don't we have something for him? By the time I got back to the hotel, "Well, this could be a little Feat project. How about Little Feat: A World of Blues ?'" Open the floodgates to influences and write songs. Maybe the influences cover the [Mississippi] Delta, Chicago blues, Kansas City or any number of things that you can borrow from.
I also thought [jazz icon] Charles Mingus would be a good influence as well. It would have been a Little Feat record but centered around the conversation of blues."
JPG: That's interesting. Mingus, because when you think blues you're more likely to think of Mississippi Delta, Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters…not Charles Mingus.
BP: No, one doesn't but I happen to have a playful part of me. There's a song that I'm hoping that we can get on one of these records someday – "Trane's Blues" as in John Coltrane. It's not a blues song but it has elements of it and then you stretch out on it.
I'm not a traditionalist in any way shape or form. It says a lot about my sensibilities when it comes to songwriting and where I borrow from. So, if I've got a song like "Representing the Mambo," and people go, "But, where's the mambo in it?" "It's in the lyrics. It's not a representation of a beat. It's a story." I'm taking artistic license to get people to come out of their box a little bit and allow me to enjoy what I do, which is not being confined by other people's rules.


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It's almost like we're going backwards. What with the escalating price-gouging by mobile networks for wireless data on the move, it still behooves us to use WiFi hotspots whenever possible. Who'd have thought we'd still be using public WiFi in this now 4G-enabled world?
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In this week's All Things Appy column, we take a look at the must-have, free WiFi helper apps for the Apple iOS ecosystem: Some finders, a tool to help you stay safe out there, and an app to help you find hotspots you may not have known you had access to.
About the Platform: Apps are found in the Apple iTunes store. Browse to the store from your device and then search for the app you want to download.
No. 1: Free WiFi Finder
Free WiFi Finder is rated 2 1/2 stars out of a possible 5 stars for all versions based on 147,207 ratings, and 4 stars out of 5 for the current version based on 891 ratings in the iTunes App Store.
This app from longtime global hotspot directory provider JiWire uses the phone's GPS and other location services to tell you where you can find free and paid WiFi hotspots.
You can filter your search by location type, like "coffee joint"; it also works offline if you download the update while still connected, so you should be able to determine your next hotspot.
No. 2: VPN One Click Professional
VPN One Click Professional is rated 4 stars out of a possible 5 for all versions based on 566 ratings, and 4 1/2 stars out of 5 for the current version based on 373 ratings in the iTunes App Store.
Secure your public WiFi session with this highly rated, powerful Virtual Private Network app. VPNs create an encrypted tunnel through the Internet and network and help alleviate privacy hijacks prevalent in public networks — like when passwords are lifted electronically by snoopers nearby.
While the app is free, you do need to buy some service with it at US$1.99 a month. Some fees are customary for any robust VPN.
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Supplement your hotspot arsenal with a communications app and cut out the mobile carrier altogether. Viber lets you communicate via voice, video and text with fellow Viber users.
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Mobidia's My Data Manager app allows you to monitor your data usage over both WiFi and mobile networks over time. It also lets you see what services — like streaming clients, for example — are using the most data.
Use the app to budget paid data and to plan intensive downloading when off the cell network — like on WiFi.
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U.S. cable Internet providers have banded together to create a little-known but widespread urban cross-ISP roaming network of hotspots called CableWiFi that can be accessed through authentication of a cable subscription. They use street-side cabinets and other existing infrastructure to cheaply value-add your cable service.
Included roaming providers include Cox, Time Warner Cable, Xfinity and others. Some, like this poorly reviewed one from TWC, have iOS apps that will suggest locations. It's a lame implementation of an app, but you're paying for those hotspots in your cable subscription, so use them.
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Dennis is a native of Uganda and works as a tours and visits specialist for Compassion International Uganda. (Did you know that Compassion doesn't send a bunch of Americans over to other countries to minister to the children, but works through natives of that country so they can culturally contextualize the ministry? That's pretty cool.) Anyway, Dennis has been working for two years with Compassion to coordinate and plan visits from sponsors and donors to Uganda. (So, if you visit Uganda, you'll probably get to see that smiling face!) Coordinating all these trips means he's quite an adventurous man.
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The area continues to be a magnet for business and particularly high-tech and small business startups. The list of names with facilities in town could form a NASDAQ high tech stock index. These businesses are located mainly to the east and north. Growth is spreading mainly north, towards Round Rock and Pfluglerville accompanied by plenty of middle-class housing, and large areas of more upscale housing lie to the west among the hills and towards Lake Travis.
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Guest column: Ponds in pots create simple water features
Not only is it possibly the lowest maintenance gardening there is, but it also provides a focal point and you can't over water the plants.
There are several varieties of aquatic plants you can choose from, but you will only need a few.
Three is plenty for an 18-inch or 24-inch tub or pot.
Underwater plants can be used in container water features but aren't essential.
However, they do help in keeping algae at bay.
The pretty Water Violet is a British native plant with white-mauve flowers.
Floaters are also good algae deterrents and can have attractive flowers, although many can't tolerate frost.
Frogbit is also a British native plant, with small round pale green leaves and small white flowers.
It drops down to the container base during winter.
Water lilies have leaves and flowers that float on the top of the water.
There are several dwarf varieties that are perfect for container water gardens.
Hardy water lilies that can tolerate frost tend only to flower in the daytime.
Rubra is a miniature water lily with small rounded leaves and slightly fragrant, cupped flowers that open deep rose- pink and then darken with age to deep red.
Pot ponds don't have to be in full sun but you need remember that water lilies flower better if they get three to five hours of direct sunlight a day.
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Dark pots also absorb more heat which is good for plant growth.
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Every hitter has a hole. Barry Bonds, during spring training, had given an interview with ESPN in which he as much as said, "if you make your pitch, you can get me out." The issue wasn't whether a hitter had a weakness, but where it was. Every pitcher in the big leagues knew that Giambi's hole was waist-high, on the inside corner of the plate. It was about the size of a pint of milk, two baseballs in height and one baseball in width. Which raised an obvious question: why don't the pitchers just aim for the milk pint? — Moneyball, Chapter 7, "Giambi's Hole."
There seem to actually be two points in that paragraph, and they contradict each other. "Every pitcher in the big leagues" was saying that Giambi had a weakness, and that if you could throw him kryptonite it would get him out. But Bonds seemed to be saying something else: "If you make your pitch, you can get me out." Your pitch.
Andrew McCutchen might be the best hitter in the National League right now. Among qualifiers, he leads the league in True Average and OPS+, and his numbers are almost identical to the numbers he put up last year, so we're talking about 1,300 plate appearances at this level. There is a scouting report that teams will go over before every series with Pittsburgh, and it will say something about McCutchen. Maybe it says something generic like "hard in, soft away," or maybe it says "he has a hole, waist-high, on the inside corner of the plate, about the size of a pint of milk."
But a catcher will tell you that, when he's deciding what pitch to call for, the batter's strengths and weaknesses aren't the first question on the decision tree. First is the pitcher's strength. If his curveball is garbage, then you don't call for it just because that's what got McCutchen out twice when an advanced scout saw him two weeks earlier. Then you think about the situation. Then you think about whether the pitcher is commanding a particular pitch well, or commanding to a particular location. The key, more than thinking about the batter's pint of milk, is calling a pitch that the pitcher is going to be able to throw well.
I wanted to see what this looks like with McCutchen. So I picked three pitchers who have different stuff. Not the furthest extremes—no Dickey/Chapman pairing—but a power pitcher, a finesse pitcher, and a guy in the middle. The three all faced McCutchen multiple times this year. They all had plate appearances that, in ball-strike sequence, resembled each other: a first-pitch strike, then two balls, then a strike to even the count. That means that five times they were in the exact same situation against McCutchen. Presumably they had very similar scouting reports on McCutchen, too. So would their approaches to McCutchen resemble each other? That's our question today.
First Pitch
On the left is Felix Hernandez. In the middle is the soft-tosser, Mike Leake. On the right is the pure power pitcher, Jeff Samardzija. All three plate appearances came after the pitchers had seen McCutchen multiple times before this day, and multiple times on this day, so McCutchen has already seen everything they have to throw.
Already, we see a) very different first pitches and b) inside-flap summaries of each pitcher's stuff. Felix puts a low-90s sinker near the bottom of the strike zone, just about splitting the middle of the plate. Leake drops a big curveball over the middle for a stolen strike. (Once I determined I was looking for strike-ball-ball-strike sequences, I had a hard time finding a right-handed soft-tosser for this exercise, because those guys virtually all start McCutchen with something defensive and fall behind in the count.) And Samardzija just throws as hard as he can, almost right down the middle.
All three pitchers want to do the same thing here—get ahead—but they also want to do it without giving up any advantage later in the at-bat. Samardzija has the power to do just that: he aims a four-seamer right down the middle, and gives away none of his secondary pitches or any information on what he might like to do when it gets to two strikes. Felix has to be a bit more exact to get his strike, but he is exact, and he gets it while holding the rest of his pitches in reserve; he would certainly have been happy had McCutchen swung and tried to hit this, too. Leake jumps right into trickery mode. He'll treat almost every pitch to McCutchen like it's 0-2 and the worst thing to do would be to give him something he can actually hit.
0-1 Pitch
Hernandez goes with a changeup, which is nearly as hard as his fastball but gets more sink and is Hernandez's groundball pitch. Leake throws a cutter and tries to shave the edge of the corner. Samardzija throws as hard as he can again, but moves inside with it. All three are working sequences here, and all three are different: Felix throws a pitch that is supposed to look like the fastball he just got a strike with, but that moves out of the zone and can't be hit anywhere but on the ground; it's also a little slower, perhaps trying to make McCutchen's incredible bat speed too fast. Leake is taking advantage of having just thrown a slow curve; this is the best chance he has of making a fastball actually look fast to McCutchen, though he still isn't bold enough to throw his hard fastball, or to throw it in the zone. Samardzija tries to speed up his fastball by moving the location.
None of these sequences resembles each other, though they might all be to some degree responses to McCutchen's bat speed.
1-1 Pitch
Felix throws a second consecutive changeup. Leake throws a changeup, and again stays away. Samardzija goes back outside, this time with a hard cutter.
At this point, Felix has thrown three pitches, all to the same location, and within a small range of velocity and movement. Leake has thrown three pitches, all of them from different families. Most of what he can do to a baseball—in spin and in velocity—has been shown or alluded to. Samardzija's cutter is a wrinkle, but he's basically working a very simple plan: Hard out, hard in, hard out.
Notably, no pitcher has thrown any pitch that was like any other pitcher's pitch, in type or location, with maybe the exception of Leake's changeup. On each individual pitch, the three are doing different things; in sequence, they diverge even further.
2-1 Pitch
There's an Andy Warhol movie that just shows a guy sleeping for five hours. They say that it's so calm and quiet that, when the man does something small like turn over, the viewer gets an adrenaline rush, like it's a major plot twist. Here, Felix throws a fastball that's something like an ambush after the previous three: It's harder than anything McCutchen has seen, it's right in on his hands after everything on the outer half, and it's the first pitch he's seen above his knees. The sequence that precedes it makes you think it turns the 94 into, effectively, something much faster.
Leake, backed into a corner, throws a cutter right down the middle. Samardzija tries to go back to the outside with the cutter, and instead of missing away again, he misses over the middle of the plate. Wherever McCutchen's pint of milk is, it's not right down the middle. Leake and Samardzija are both a little lucky to still be in this at-bat.
2-2 Pitch
And here, with two strikes and one to waste, we finally get to see which strikeout offering each pitcher has been working toward this whole time. Felix, like any good story, echoes the journey's beginning: He repeats the low-90s fastball, in almost the exact same location. It's easy to appreciate why McCutchen was frozen; he has seen Felix twice try to get him to chase at pitches that started in that location and fell out of the zone, and the previous pitch was mid-90s and at his knuckles. It's a sequence that took perfect command to pull off, but Felix had it.
Leake went with the last pitch he had in his pocket, a slider. Location was terrible, and so his fight with McCutchen goes on—he struck him out on a full-count fastball one pitch later. To the very end, Leake's strategy was simplicity masquerading as complexity: Don't throw a fastball, don't come anywhere over the plate (he did, accidentally), don't give in, don't fight on his terms. It wasn't all that impressive and you get the sense that he could have given up three homers in that at-bat, but maybe that's ungenerous. The mediocre curveball on the first pitch worked; McCutchen didn't swing. The mediocre cutter on 2-1 worked; McCutchen didn't swing.
And then there's Samardzija, who gambled that his fastball would be good enough (it was) until he had to put McCutchen away, and then had a pristine slider, never even been out of the box, to startle McCutchen with for a punchout.
You wouldn't know what McCutchen's weakness is from watching these at-bats. You wouldn't even know what teams think his weakness is from watching these at-bats. What you know a great deal about is what these pitchers think about their own strengths, and that's, ultimately, what guides the catchers' decisions.
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George Zimmerman Traffic Stop -- Cop Under Investigation for Sneaky iPhone Pic
Zimmerman Traffic Stop Cop Under Investigation for Sneaky iPhone Pic
It's the most recognizable iPhone sound on the planet -- the camera shutter -- and now it's biting one Texas cop in the ass ... after he apparently snapped a sneaky iPhone photo during the George Zimmerman traffic stop this weekend.
Law enforcement sources tell TMZ, the officer who pulled Zimmerman over for speeding on Sunday is currently under investigation after dash cam footage revealed he took an iPhone picture during the stop ... at least that's the way it sounds.
You can plainly hear the telltale sound in the video -- followed by the "unlock" sound and typing iPhone keys. You'll hear it 29 seconds into the video.
It's unclear what photo the officer snapped -- or if he sent it to anyone -- but if he took a pic of Zimmerman's driver's license for personal use ... he could be in trouble.
We're told the officer in question is off duty today, and investigators are currently trying to get in touch with him.


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"All who know the pure product and use it with understanding come to respect the essential oils. One cannot but admire their ability to operate effectively not only on the cellular, physical level, but in the emotional, intellectual, spiritual, and aesthetic areas of our lives also. If anything in this world is holistic, it is essential oils."
-Valerie Ann Worwood, aromatherapist and author of The Complete Book of Essential Oils and Aromatherapy
Do you know just how incredibly useful and effective and therapeutic essential oils can be? I didn't. I thought they were just used to make things smell good!
Recently, though, I've learned enough about the science of aromatherapy that I'm entirely convinced I now need to be on a mission to spread the truth about this to word to the whole wide world, about just how much essential oils can improve your health and change your life. Now that I've been using them on a daily basis, for a zillion different purposes, I can't believe I ever lived without them!
And I can't wait to share the everyday oils that I use in my home with you.
The Basics
There's 10 essential oils in particular that I have in my stash, which I use at least one of every single day. They are:
- Peppermint
- Lavender
- Lemon
- Frankincense
- Thieves
- Valor
- Purification
- Peace & Calming
- Joy
- PanAway
Some of these are single essential oils, and some are specially-formulated synergistic blends of essential oils, so they contain a variety of pure oils that work together for many different purposes.
All of these oils, plus a home diffuser and lots of other goodies, came in the very first therapeutic essential oils purchase I ever made—the Premium Starter Kit from Young Living essential oils.
Now that essential oils are such a big part of my life, I want to share what I've learned by studying and using each of these everyday oils, one by one, by introducing each of them to you. And also, by giving you a chance to win them with a giveaway for each one! (Scroll down a bit if you just want to get to that part.)
Everyday Essential Oils: Lemon
This week's featured oil is light and luscious Lemon! Ohh how I love this oil. Not only does it smell absolutely heavenly—the most perfectly tart and delicate citrus that you can practically taste as soon as you sniff it—but it does amazing things for me therapeutically.
I like to diffuse it with some other of my favorite oils and it really helps to boost my mood and make me feel energized. And I use it around the house all over the place. I have it in my DIY hand soap in the kitchen, I put a few drops in my dishwashing soap to degrease and disinfect, I use it to clean the bathroom and the toilet—and whenever I have any sort of a sticky, gummy mess that needs help cleaning up, lemon takes it right out! Oh, also grease stains on clothes. I can't be without this oil! Here's just a few basic suggested uses.
- Use 1–2 drops to remove gum, oil, grease spots, glue or adhesive, and crayon from most surfaces. (This REALLY works!! Best "goo-gone" ever!)
- Combine 2–3 drops with water in a spray bottle to help cleanse and sanitize surfaces. (Or make an easy hand sanitizer to carry around with you!)
- Place a drop on oily skin or blemishes to help balance oil glands and minimize oil production.
- Add to water or a smoothie for a refreshing pick-me-up. (And you can use it in any sort of lemon-based baking or cooking, too!)
- Diffuse to help replenish your mind, body, and spirit. (Always lifts my mood and helps keep me energized!)
- Place a few drops on a cotton ball and put in the refrigerator or trash can to help eliminate odors.
Lemon has antitumoral, antiseptic, and immune-stimulating properties. It's been used by aromatherapists to improve circulation, cardiac health, and memory, and even to treat urinary tract infections, anxiety, digestive problems, acne, AND… (wait for it) varicose veins! I've heard a number of success stories from people using Young Living lemon oil for this.
My big huge book of essential oils, the Essential Oils Desk Reference, says this about the research on Lemon's incredible healing properties:
[Lemon] promotes clarity of thought and purpose with a fragrance that is invigorating, enhancing, and warming. A Mie University study found that citrus fragrances boosted immunity, induced relaxation, and reduced depression (Komori, et al., 1995)."
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The word out of Japan today is that Voigtländer is introducing a premium, superfast 50mm ƒ/1.1 lens with ultra-high refractive index glass to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Cosina's Bessa series of rangefinder cameras (sorry I don't have a bigger picture of the lens). The 7-element lens in Leica M mount is 69.6mm long by 57.2mm diameter (2.74 x 2.25 in.), takes 58mm filters, and and weighs 428g (15 oz.). (The Google English translation of the Japanese page is a little rough...it says the lens weighs 15 oz. "food included." It should be "hood not included." Also note the charming translation of "bokeh" as "mild dementia"!) Significantly, the announced Japanese price of ¥125,000 is 1/5th the (Japanese) price of the Leica Noctilux ƒ/0.95, and 1/10th that of the "Last 100" Leica Noctilux ƒ/1. (¥125,000 is equivalent to $1,300, £840, and €954 at current exchange rates, although that does not mean those will be the lens's eventual export prices.) The focal length would be 65mm-e on the Leica M8.2. No word yet on whether the lens will be for export or Japan only.
(Thanks to Thien Onn Ming)
A set of test pictures taken by Tom and Tuulikki Abrahamsson with the new lens. (Thanks to Simon Mitternacht for this.)
(Thanks to Amin and chanpei for this.)
Just to be clear, the camera apparently comes with the solid, screw-in hood pictured above; a clip on, ventilated hood is an optional accessory that costs ¥12,000 in Japan.
Featured Comment by Tom Abrahamsson: "I have heard a tentative price in the U.S. of $1149 with the stock hood. The LH7 hood is slightly larger, clamp type.
"I did have a chance to shoot half a dozen rolls with this lens in Japan in March. I am impressed! Not only is it good at ƒ/1.1—but it is also very sharp and has nice contrast at mid- apertures. It is slightly smaller than the Noctilux (58mm filter size) and combined with the performance wide open and at mid apertures, it will make a really attractive all-'round 50mm lens. I don't know what it is like fully stopped down—didn't shoot at ƒ/16—but I suspect it is just as good there."


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Chad Weaver gets the show back on the road despite losing nearly everything in the floods
If anyone saw the pictures I sent in place of last month's column, you know why I wasn't able to write. National media didn't talk about the flooding as much as our local news showed it but I've got to (thankfully) say I've never seen anything like that before. On Saturday May 1st, the streets began to fill up with water. As you may have read about in this month's cover story, one of those streets was Cowan Street, the location of Soundcheck rehearsal hall/gear storage and rental. It's located in downtown Nashville and housed storage lockers for more names in the music business than I have space to write in this column. Since the end of Brad Paisley's American Saturday Night Tour, we had placed all of our road gear there but were due to load out of on May 3rd. Unfortunately, it was about 36 hours too late. When I woke up on the morning of May 2nd, Cowan Street was completely flooded and Soundcheck had about 3 1/2 feet of water inside the building.
After breathing a sigh of relief that Brad's Trainwreck and all of his old Voxs were at home, I immediately started thinking of what I had on the floor of the locker, what was stacked high and wondering how I was going to pull off a brand new tour rehearsal that was set to begin the following morning. I called Brad and told him that I was going to assume a total loss until proven otherwise because we didn't have the time frame to wait and see. The first shows of the tour were in three weeks.
It took us several days to find an alternate location for the rehearsals to begin since the original one was also flooded. By the end of the first week we were in a new building and were headed over to Soundcheck to pull our waterlogged gear out. Everyone had to wear rubber boots, rubber gloves and we were all advised to wear surgical masks so as not to breathe in the moldy air inside the building. This water had about anything imaginable in it. Sewage, gasoline, diesel fuel... you name it. The advice was much appreciated. I can honestly say that's a smell I'll never forget.
We loaded our flooded gear up, took it to the new rehearsal hall, and dumped the truck in the parking lot. My guitar vault rolled down the ramp of the truck with water gushing out of the bottom. When the front of the case came off you could see how all of Brad's guitars had floated and eventually sank in the water. The muddy line on the side of the case showed that the water level was just above the neck joints on all of the guitars. They all had strings popped off of them. Some of the finishes were bubbling up and the hardware had already started rusting. The worst loss of that particular case was Brad's '52 tele that was used in the "Alcohol" video. I wound up spraying that guitar down with bleach water and rinsing it with a water hose. I can't begin to describe what an unnatural act it is to have to do that to an instrument, but if I didn't, the bacteria the wood had absorbed would rot it from the inside out. I took it apart to let the drying out phase start, but two days later it had cracked from the rear strap pin up to the neck pickup. All of the Crook Custom guitars were lost, as was the last prototype Gibson had sent for Brad's signature model.
My effects rack looked as though it had been left completely uncovered at the bottom of the Cumberland river. All of my amps and speaker cabinets were soaked and both of my work boxes were destroyed. I lost roughly 30 raw speakers, 12 speaker cabinets, 23 amplifiers, 12 guitars, and the respective road cases. After I had sifted through what could be salvaged, my total "saved" list was this: 3 guitars, 1 amp, 1 tool box, and 1 Pelican case that housed my midi pedals that controlled Brad's effect rack. Every other piece of Brad's personal road gear was gone. At this point I had the large pieces such as the effects rack, cabinets, amps and guitars all on order. Next was the small items, like tubes. 12AX7 and EL84 vacuum tubes can be cleaned by dunking them in bleach water and rising them off. Tubes with large plastic bases on them are much harder to save after water has gotten down in there. After several attempts at cleaning 6V6 tubes, I wound up tossing them all and reordering. It's amazing how many little items in your work boxes that you forget about until you need them. I'll spend another six months replacing all that was lost there.
All of our audio was spared. Sound Image thankfully didn't have any water inside their warehouse. Our lighting was inside the original rehearsal room as the water was coming into the building. The guys fork lifted the truss and lighting cases onto the stage so they were safe. Video and our set carpenters didn't fair as well. They had chest-deep water inside of their warehouses. Most of our video wall and the set were submerged as well.
About six or seven days before we were to play the first show of the tour we started running through the set. I've got Brad using a couple of amps and a few stomp boxes just to get through the rehearsals. The morning before we loaded out of that room the last of my gear came in. Exactly two weeks to the day of pulling flooded gear out of that locker, we played our first full production show of the tour exactly like we wanted to do it. Brad walked toward the microphone at the top of that show and I honestly thought he was going to cry. It meant so much to him that we were able to be show ready and not just able to play a gig.
A huge THANK YOU to Bill Crook, Charlie McVay, Peter Florence, Chris Klein, Brian Nipps, Tony Dudzik, Tommy Rosamond, Mike Zaite, David Friedman, Rick Skillman, Ryan Smith, Tony Bruno, Kelly Vaughn, Tyler Ham, Luke Ziegler, Riley Vasquez, Armi Iglesias, Gregg Hopkins, Matt Ali, Brian Wampler, Robert Keeley, Tim Godwin, Bruno Pirecki, Derek Brooks, Adam Hudson, Mark and Leslie Morell, and Michael Doran. Without the people listed here I'd have never made my deadlines and this tour couldn't have gotten off to such a great start. Thank you all for your time, your efforts and your friendships. I am indebted to you all.


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Some installation photos of Guerrero Gallery's current two solo shows featuring graffiti writers REMIO and Tim Diet.
Vancouver based REMIO started VTS crew (Vandal Team Supreme, Vandal Travel System, Vandalize Till Sunrise, Very Top Secret) in 2002 and is a current member of two other legendary collectives, Twists' DFW/THR and Os Gemeos' VLOK.
Born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, Tim Diet began painting in the 80s, sneaking out of his parents' house at night to "tag" alongside his older brother. The graffiti lifestyle immediately drew him in and influenced not only his craft, but his persona and idea factory as well. Diet has traveled across the US, Europe and Japan, just to paint. His recognizable work can be found on streets across the globe, in numerous books & publications, and now in galleries as his unique style continues to develop. This is Me will be the first exhibition of Tim Diet's full body of work.
The shows run through Feb 25, 2013.


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Energy efficiency is THE core climate solution. It's the biggest low-carbon resource by far. "Efficiency Works" [PDF], a major new report by Bracken Hendricks, Bill Campbell, and Pen Goodale, finds that a straightforward set of policies aimed at upgrading just 40 percent of the residential and commercial building stock in the United States would:
- Create 625,000 sustained full-time jobs over a decade.
- Spark $500 billion in new investments to upgrade 50 million homes and office buildings.
- Generate as much as $64 billion a year in cost savings for U.S. ratepayers, freeing consumers to spend their money in more productive ways.
What follows is a cross-post of the report summary:
The United States is mired in an urgent jobs crisis. Despite some early signs of a sustained economic recovery, in many parts of the country, the debilitating fallout from the Great Recession on employment remains a painful fact of daily life. Few industries have felt the economic downturn harder than the construction industry, which suffered the most from the consequences of a decade of gross mismanagement of our nation's mortgage markets and financial services industries.
The unemployment rate in the construction industry hovers at Depression-era levels, remaining near 25 percent for three straight months by March of this year. Between 2006 and early 2010, total payroll employment in construction fell by 2.1 million jobs, with residential construction declining by 38 percent, meaning that more than one in three construction workers lost their job as a result of this recession. And this collapse in construction cascades across other industries as well. Construction-related retail jobs fell by 14 percent, and manufacturing jobs in wood products by 30 percent over the same period.
Collapsing demand for labor in construction industries is devastating to American families and communities nationwide. To confront this crisis, the U.S. jobs market needs sustained new demand for the skills of construction workers that is grounded in providing real value to the economy through enhanced productivity, greater efficiency, and improved asset value for real estate. For that to happen, we need a sound strategy for investment in our nation's stock of residential and commercial buildings — a strategy that will get banks lending again, put construction crews back on the job, and improve the long-term economic value of buildings for homeowners, businesses, and investors alike.
Such a solution is readily available. Our country needs a national program to retrofit America's homes, offices, and factories for energy efficiency — a program that can provide an important answer to the jobs crisis facing our country. But it will take public policy leadership to mobilize the private sector investment that is needed to grow this emerging market. Fortunately, many states around the country are already demonstrating that with public sector leadership it is possible to jumpstart market demand for energy efficiency retrofits of our homes and businesses.
In the report, the Center for American Progress and Energy Resource Management look at state regulations and incentives for energy efficiency that are working today in leading states to accelerate demand for energy efficiency services, businesses, and ultimately jobs. As this market rapidly grows in coming years, states that have put in place strong policies for energy efficiency will be best positioned to capture these new employment opportunities for construction workers in clean energy. Despite the growing state leadership documented here, however, more must be done to capture the full potential of energy efficiency to serve as a national engine of reinvestment and job creation.
Choices in policy can have a tremendous impact on setting the market conditions that entice private sector investment and put skilled construction workers back on the job. The report identifies 10 policies that are effectively used in states and can have an especially large impact in shaping the market for energy efficiency. Using a state-by-state analysis of existing policies (including both regulations and investment incentives), as well as market conditions (including energy prices and building stock), the Center for American Progress and Energy Resource Management identified the leading states where smart policies are poised to set the stage for clean energy jobs and the homegrown businesses that will serve this new demand.
These leading states can be found in every region of the country, in states with high- and low-cost sources of energy, and in both heating and cooling intensive climates. The key driver of these markets for efficiency is the presence of policies and market prices that allow businesses to profitably recover the cost of their investments in productive, innovative, and cost-effective energy efficiency measures.
None of these states has put in place the entire suite of policies, and each is only now beginning to develop the potential of energy efficiency to create a robust market for clean energy jobs. But these states have developed important pieces of the puzzle. In the report, we detail how we chose the "Top 10 Energy Efficiency States" and identified an additional "Top 10 High Market Potential States" that also could be poised to assume leadership in building energy efficiency as a new industry and source of increased economic competitiveness.
For other states that do not appear on the lists, policy innovations could rapidly create the structures for energy efficiency as a growth business sector. Our rankings looked specifically at the potential market for energy efficiency, especially for the underserved commercial building market segment. A significant factor in determining the market potential for energy efficiency is energy prices, and it is important to realize that some of the most successful market structure innovations undertaken have been in states that rank relatively far down on our list, or even out of the top 10, because their retail energy prices are below the norm, slowing the recovery of investments in energy-saving measures. For other states that do not appear on this list, following this path of policy innovation could rapidly create the structures for energy efficiency as a growth business sector.
We based our analysis on what we consider the 10 key energy efficiency policies that states are adopting or experimenting with to varying degrees. These policies are:
- Energy efficiency measures in Renewable Portfolio Standards — policies that not only require utility companies to meet a set portion of demand from renewable energy but also include energy efficiency as a qualifying form of clean energy.
- Energy efficiency measures in Renewable Energy Credits — policies that establish markets for tradable clean energy credits and include energy efficiency as a qualifying clean energy resource.
- Energy efficiency specific standards that require utilities to plan for meeting a percentage of future growth in demand through energy efficiency instead of increasing supply. These policy tools include Energy Efficiency Resource Standards and Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standards.
- Unbundled utility structures in which energy transmis
sion and distribution utilities are separate from power generation companies that own power plants, encouraging least costs strategies for meeting energy demand through conservation. - Decoupled utility rate structures, where utilities' rates are adjusted to compensate for changes in the volume of energy sold, removing the structural disincentive to conserve energy.
- Aligning efficiency with utility companies' shareholder benefits, such as bonus rates of return, reimbursing program costs, or other incentives that help transform efficiency from a special program into a core business practice.
- Penalties for noncompliance with energy efficiency standards, to ensure that well-intentioned programs are effectively implemented, monitored, and improved upon over time. Effective policies must have real consequences.
- Regulatory cost-benefit tests that focus on utilities' real costs, in order to isolate the specific value offered by energy efficiency investments.
- Property-assessed financing structures that link the benefits of installed efficiency to a building, rather than the owner of the building, allowing repayment of financed investments to transfer automatically to new owners.
- Service assessment delivery structures, which allow government jurisdictions to directly facilitate financing of upfront capital costs, assuring repayment through municipal or other service assessment mechanisms.
As we will demonstrate in the report, these policies enacted at the state level (in different mixes in different states) are already providing numerous real-world examples of how policy-driven energy efficiency markets can create a new industry to power job creation in the construction sector profitably and sustainably. These same policies help to combat global warming and lower our nation's reliance on foreign fossil fuels — both important national goals. But make no mistake: No state has fully developed the potential of their energy efficiency market to create clean energy jobs, let alone the federal government.
As a country, the United States substantially lags behind our closest economic competitors in the energy efficiency of our economy. We believe the examples presented in this paper can set the stage for a powerful new national energy efficiency strategy, which fixes market barriers to unleash entrepreneurs, investment, and innovation. This is must reading for anyone interested in broad-based job creation and economic prosperity, enhanced national energy security, and a clean, sustainable environment powered by new ideas, new private capital and fresh policy prescriptions for the 21st century.
Energy efficiency retrofits: Fast facts
A national program to retrofit America's homes, offices, and factories for energy efficiency can provide an important answer to the jobs crisis facing our country. The Center for American Progress estimates that retrofitting just 40 percent of the residential and commercial building stock in the United States would:
- Create 625,000 sustained full-time jobs over a decade.
- Spark $500 billion in new investments to upgrade 50 million homes and office buildings.
- Generate as much as $64 billion a year in cost savings for U.S. ratepayers, freeing consumers to spend their money in more productive ways.
Whether we are motivated by economic, national security, or environmental concerns, a national commitment to energy efficiency will create substantial new demand for labor across the economy, and especially in construction and construction-related manufacturing jobs.
Investing in energy efficiency provides economic benefits in other ways as well. Increasingly efficiency means state-of-the-art buildings, enhanced comfort, better health, and improved economic value. Highly efficient "green" buildings use less energy, attract higher rents, spend less time vacant, and command higher prices at the time of sale. Energy cost savings and well-designed financing structures also reduce net building operating costs permanently.
Energy efficiency is driving innovation in business models as well. As entrepreneurs generate value and profit by mining current inefficiency and waste for new economic opportunities, they improve the competitiveness of the broader economy. And increased efficiency makes both homeowners and the economy as a whole less vulnerable to fluctuations in energy prices, while advanced building materials and cutting-edge information technology for better building management represent fast-growing markets for American manufactured products.
Smart policies for energy efficiency can be not only an engine of economic recovery but a catalyst for innovation as well.
Bracken Hendricks is a Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress, Bill Campbell is chair of Energy RM, and Pen Goodale is the Director of Research for Equilibrium Capital Group.


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L'Oréal announced its sales results for the first half of 2013, reflecting a continuation of the company's good growth dynamics. Sales for the time period came in at €11.7 billion, a 6.4% increase excluding currency fluctuations and a 5.4% like-for-like increase (4.7% based on reported figures).
Commenting on the figures, Jean-Paul Agon, chairman and CEO of L'Oréal, said, "Although market growth has been slightly slowing down, L'Oréal continued to demonstrate its good dynamics and recorded a solid first half. Each division and zone is growing and outperforming its market. The consumer products division and L'Oréal Luxe are growing strongly, driven by L'Oréal Paris, Garnier, Lancôme, Giorgio Armani and Kiehl's. The professional products division, still held back by a difficult market, is picking up slightly. The active cosmetics division is performing very well, particularly in Western Europe, while accelerating its international roll-out. "The trends of the group's flagship brands are favorable, and more than ever before, our major product initiatives are really making a difference. They are enabling significant breakthroughs in Western Europe and North America. And in the new markets, the four regions are achieving strong growth and are contributing to improve our positions. In view of these dynamics, we remain confident in our ability to achieve another year of growth in both sales and profits," Agon concluded.
For the company's professional products division, the company recorded growth of 1.4% like-for-like and 0.6% based on reported figures. The mature markets are still proving difficult, particularly in southern Europe, while the division continues to be dynamic in the new markets and is actively pursuing its policy of recruiting new salons. Additionally, the division, which remains strongly exposed to mature markets, did improve its positions in the second quarter. In the new markets excluding Japan, all the zones are continuing to grow strongly, particularly in Russia, Brazil, India, Indonesia and Africa, Middle East.
Sales in the second half of 2013 for L'Oréal's consumer products division posted growth of 6.3% like-for-like and 5.1% based on reported figures. The division is continuing to gain market share thanks to the substantial progress achieved by its major brands and major product initiatives, and it is well oriented and records particularly significant market share gains in Western Europe, North America, and Latin America.
At the end of June 2013, L'Oréal Luxe sales increased by 6.4% like-for-like and 6.6% based on reported figures. The division is growing significantly faster than the market, thanks to the advances of all its core brands, the success of its recent acquisitions, and a remarkable performance in women's fragrances. In Western Europe, a stagnant market, the division is improving its positions, and in North America it is achieving solid growth. Although the South Korean market remains depressed, dynamic sales trends are continuing in China, Russia, the Middle East and travel retail.
The active cosmetics division continued to build momentum in the first half of 2013, with sales increasing by 7.8% like-for-like (6.6% based on reported figures), driven by the recovery of Vichy and the strong and sustained growth of La Roche-Posay. In Western Europe, the division is growing significantly faster than the market. All the geographic zones are growing, with an outstanding performance in Latin America, driven by Brazil in particular.
Geographically for L'Oréal, while the European market is declining slightly with a negative southern Europe and the rest of Europe remaining more or less stable, the company recorded growth of 1.7% like-for-like, and 1.6% based on reported figures, thanks to substantial market share gains by the consumer products and active cosmetics divisions. Germany, France and the countries of northern Europe are all contributing to growth; Spain and Portugal are gradually recovering.
North America achieved growth of 5.4% like-for-like and 6.7% based on reported figures. Group sales are increasing nearly twice as fast as the market. In an American market that is growing slightly slower than in 2012, the consumer products division is making strategic breakthroughs with L'Oréal Paris Advanced Haircare, Olia hair colourant by Garnier, and the ramp-up of Essie. At L'Oréal Luxe, Urban Decay and Kiehl's are expanding strongly, and the new men's fragrance Red by Ralph Lauren is making a good start. The active cosmetics division is continuing to expand, thanks to the opening of new sales outlets and the continuing success of SkinCeuticals.
In regard to new markets, L'Oréal's Asia Pacific sales recorded growth of 8% like-for-like and 5.1% based on reported figures. If Japan is excluded, like-for-like growth reached 9.2%, and amongst the countries, Indonesia, India and China in particular are contributing to the strong performance in this zone. L'Oréal in Latin America recorded growth of 13.5% like-for-like and 9.6% based on reported figures. Each division is performing well and gaining market shares. Brazil is returning to strong growth, thanks to the solid performance of the consumer products division. For Eastern Europe, the zone recorded growth of 8.4% like-for-like and 6.7% based on reported figures in a market that has slowed down slightly. Growth in this zone is being driven by Russia and Ukraine, while Poland is now recovering. L'Oréal Luxe performed well in Russia thanks to Lancôme and Giorgio Armani, and the trends of all the consumer product division brands are favorable. The Africa, Middle East zone continued its solid growth at 15.1% like-for-like and 12.3% based on reported figures, with strong performances from all the divisions. By country, sales are particularly dynamic in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Turkey. Egypt is posting solid growth despite the difficult context. The acquisition of Interconsumer Products Limited (ICP) is strengthening the Group's presence in the markets of Eastern Africa.
For the first half of 2013, The Body Shop recorded like-for-like growth of 0.5% and -1.4% based on reported figures. Dynamic sales trends are continuing in Southern Asia, the Middle East and Eastern Europe, while Western countries are facing a more difficult environment. In the first half, The Body Shop was impacted by the phasing of launches, which will occur in the second half. The brand is continuing the international roll-out of Pulse, its innovative store concept, and the expansion of its development in e-commerce, now with 21 online sales sites. At June 30, 2013, The Body Shop has a total of 2,840 stores.
And Galderma's sales trends were 0.3% like-for-like, and 3.3% based on reported figures, with strongly contrasting performances in the geographic zones. Growth remains solid in the new markets, particularly in Asia, Pacific, in Latin America and in Russia.
Complete financial results for L'Oréal in the first half of 2013 are available here.


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Haggard Ends Restoration Process with Overseers
Ted Haggard's journey of "spiritual restoration" came to a halt this week at the request of the ousted New Life Church pastor.
A year after Haggard agreed to enter counseling with four ministers after his sex scandal, he asked to end the team's oversight of his recovery program. But New Life Church officials believe the termination of the relationship is premature, according to a statement on Tuesday.
Early last year, just months into his recovery program, the overseers had indicated that the restoration process could take years.
"New Life recognizes the process of restoring Ted Haggard is incomplete and maintains its original stance that he should not return to vocational ministry," read the statement.
Haggard, founder of New Life in Colorado Springs, resigned as president of the National Association of Evangelicals in November 2006 and was fired from New Life Church after a former male prostitute alleged a three-year cash-for-sex relationship. Haggard confessed to undisclosed "sexual immorality" and to buying methamphetamine.
The former megachurch pastor now lives in Phoenix and is a member of Phoenix First Assembly of God. Pastor Tommy Barnett, one of the overseers in the restoration team, said he will maintain an "accountability relationship" with Haggard.
Barnett runs the Phoenix Dream Center, helping the homeless, recovering alcoholics, drug addicts and prostitutes. In August, Haggard had reportedly said he would move in to the Dream Center, saying he could identify with the people there. But Haggard's counseling team denied the report and said he will not be doing any ministry work.
Since early in the recovery process, the overseers have strongly urged Haggard to seek secular employment.
New Life's statement said Haggard's leadership of the church had been extraordinary "for many years" and wished him and his family success in the future."
The church would not make further comment about Haggard's "spiritual restoration," the statement further said.
Haggard was replaced in August by Brady Boyd, former associate senior pastor at Gateway Church in Southlake, Texas. Despite a drop in attendance since the sex scandal, the now 10,000-member New Life congregation has been recovering under new leadership.


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When Frank Harmon, FAIA, talks about his completed projects, the first two things he mentions are the site and the client—not the architecture. "Everything we do is appropriate to the place where it's built and the needs of our client," he says. This sensitivity to local geography, climate, and culture has helped make his Raleigh, N.C.–based company, Frank Harmon Architect, one of the most respected firms in the southeastern U.S. It's won dozens of design awards at state, regional, and national levels, for projects ranging from custom homes to churches to educational facilities. And in 2008, the firm won a competition to design the American Institute of Architects' North Carolina Center for Architecture and Design in downtown Raleigh. The under-construction building will contain a host of green features, such as a vegetated roof and solar panels.
Trained at the Architectural Association, Harmon has taught in the School of Design at North Carolina State University since 1981. An engaging writer and speaker, he often publishes articles or gives lectures on topics such as sustainable design and vernacular architecture. But he is first and foremost a practicing architect who currently works with four talented staff members (including his wife, landscape architect Judy Harmon, ASLA). Common threads weaving through his work include an emphasis on sustainability; the use of local, natural materials; a skillful deployment of color; and a strong indoor-outdoor relationship.
What is the most gratifying aspect of residential practice?
Well, the most gratifying thing is to go back and see the house several years later and find that the clients is both transforming it and feeling transformed by the building and the space. You always hope a house gets better over time. It's very satisfying.
What is the most frustrating aspect?
I'm sure I won't be the only one to say this, but any time an architectural review board is involved, it's just very painful for everybody. Whenever review boards come into it, there are preconceived notions of how a house should look. It's architects' responsibility to fight against those corrosive preconceptions. It's frustrating, but a challenge and a responsibility.
What is your mission statement or firm goal?
I want everybody to wake up in their house 10 years later and not be questioning why they did it.
What is the most indispensable tool in your office?
We still think it's building 3D models. We do a lot of SketchUp, too, and other modeling, but we still think the 3D models are the most important.
What software does your firm use?
PowerCAD, SketchUp, and InDesign.
Who is your ideal client?
The best client is someone who wants a particular thing, such as a view out over a forest or a place for their children to play. They clearly want something, and that overcomes almost every obstacle. It gives us a frame of reference.
What is your favorite building?
A series of houses on the Outer Banks of North Carolina, known as the "Unpainted Aristocracy." They were done by a builder named S.J. Twine around 1900 or 1910. I think they're arguably the most accomplished buildings in North Carolina because they're utterly appropriate to the site. They're as good today as when first built. The porches are open to the sea and breeze. They're exquisitely sited. They represent the best way possible to respond to a particular climate and landscape.
If you didn't have the time to design your own house, who would you hire?
Does it have to be someone who's still alive? If not, Harwell Hamilton Harris. He really listened; it was his mission to listen to what people wanted in a house.


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NFL.com has dispatched several writers to report on the 32 training camps. Daniel Jeremiah details his visit with the Philadelphia Eagles. (Click here for the complete archive of Training Camp Reports.)
The Eagles conduct training camp at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pa. Every year, thousands of fans make the hour-and-a-half drive from Philadelphia to catch a first glimpse at their new squad. At last year's training camp, following the Eagles' high-profile free-agent binge, there was almost a rock star atmosphere out on the practice field. This year, the crowd was a bit more subdued, but there were still occasional outbursts from a few vocal folks in the stands.
1. The Eagles conduct a VERY physical training camp. For those who suggest the Philadelphia Eagles are a finesse team, I suggest you pay a visit to their training camp. Head coach Andy Reid puts his team through grueling periods of "live" interaction between the offense and the defense. After suffering a smattering of injuries over the first few days of the week, there were only about six official full-contact plays during Thursday's practice. Still, plenty of hitting took place. The battle between Howard Mudd's offensive line and Jim Washburn's defensive line was intense throughout the day, featuring a brief brawl between offensive guard Danny Watkins and defensive tackle Cedric Thornton.
2. Michael Vick looks increasingly comfortable in Andy Reid's offense. Vick wasn't perfect by any stretch, but he is making very good decisions with the ball and seems to have a firm grasp of what Reid and offensive coordinator Marty Mornhinweg would like from him. He is going deeper into his progressions and doing a much better job of taking the easy completions, instead of forcing the ball into traffic.
3. Danny Watkins looks like a different player. Last season was a year of adjustments for the Eagles' 2011 first-round pick. After playing exclusively left tackle at Baylor, he was moved inside to right guard upon arrival in Philly. That is a tough transition to make for any offensive lineman -- it was made even tougher for Watkins because the lockout robbed him of an offseason. He improved throughout the 2011 season, but never got comfortable enough to dominate like he did in college. During Thursday's practice, he had several impressive drive blocks in the nine-on-seven run-game period and showed a consistent anchor when he was bull-rushed in the one-on-one pass-rush period. LeSean McCoy enjoyed a lot of success running on the perimeter last season, but Watkins is going to help create a lot of room for him to run on the inside in 2012.
4. The Eagles have built an extremely deep roster. Despite several injuries, there was plenty of athletic talent still on the practice field. Take the defensive line for example. All four projected starters (Jason Babin, Trent Cole, Cullen Jenkins and Mike Patterson) were held out of practice, but their replacements were far from "backup"-caliber players. They trotted out a front four consisting of No. 12 overall pick Fletcher Cox and 2010 first-rounder Brandon Graham on one side, and proven NFL defenders Derek Landri and Darryl Tapp on the other. The depth didn't end with those guys. There were several impressive plays made by defensive end Phillip Hunt and defensive tackles Cedric Thornton and Antonio Dixon. No need to rush the starters back into action when you have that kind of quality depth.
Cox: The first-rounder out of Mississippi State is not going to be a good NFL player -- that would be selling his ability short. He is going to be a dominant force at defensive tackle. Cox has rare first-step quickness and his hands are very explosive against both the run and pass. He is going to create a pick-your-poison situation for opposing offensive lines; if they slide help to either of the Eagles' talented defensive ends, Cox will be a very disruptive player on the inside.
DeMeco Ryans: The Eagles acquired Cox in a trade with the Houston Texans to provide a steady veteran presence in the middle of the defense. Ryans will fill that role nicely, but don't expect a lot of "wow" plays from Philly's new middle linebacker. He is very instinctive, but lacks the explosiveness and range of the elite players at his position.
Mychal Kendricks and Brandon Boykin: Both will contribute heavily during their rookie season. Kendricks clearly stands out from the rest of the linebacker group. He has very good instincts, can run sideline to sideline and is an explosive tackler. You can close your eyes and figure out when he's the one making contact with ball carriers -- it just sounds different. Boykin looked very comfortable when he worked in the slot. I would be surprised if he didn't take over the nickel role at some point during the 2012 season. He is also very much in the running to handle the return duties.
While talking to Eagles general manager Howie Roseman during practice, I mentioned how impressed I was with the teams' running back depth. He then brought up the point that McCoy is the oldest runner on the team. He's 24 years old.
- DeSean Jackson looked very explosive and seems more focused this year.
- Demetress Bell isn't as physical or powerful as Jason Peters, but he is very athletic and a more-than-capable starting left tackle.
- The Eagles love to collect cornerbacks, as they proved yesterday by acquiring Kevin Thomas in a trade with the Indianapolis Colts.
Philadelphia will have a very tough road in the NFC East. The New York Giants are the reigning Super Bowl champs, the Dallas Cowboys believe they have solved their secondary issues and the Washington Redskins are ready to unleash Robert Griffin III. Despite all of that, the Eagles are my early pick to win the division. Their roster is loaded with playmakers on both sides of the ball and their defensive front is going to be tough for any NFL team to handle. As long as Vick can avoid missing a large portion of the season, this team is capable of making a very deep postseason run.
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