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Vision: Those supervised by California's Collaborative Justice Court programs have access to needed funds to meet material needs with the help of Local Advisory Boards who raise money and provide grant awards.
Mission: The CCJC Foundation makes it possible for local jurisdictions to access private donor resources while maintaining the integrity of their court programs. CCJC Foundation maintains a commitment to financial accountability, an open grant making process that addresses the changing needs of Collaborative Justice Court Programs and a commitment to working with all donors and local jurisdictions' funds to help them fulfill their charitable objectives.
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Every athlete knows that what's on your feet can mean the difference between a game-ending out and a game-winning run. And it really matters where the rubber hits the road, or in this case, the cleats hit the dirt. For most of the history of bat and ball sports, the cleat pattern on the bottom of softball cleats has remained pretty much the same – at least in the past twenty years. While the cleats or studs have changed materials and shapes, the pattern in which they're applied to the bottom of the shoe has seen little development. So we went to the lab to develop a better pattern to improve the way your feet pivot, helping you in the batter's box, in the basepath and around the field to perform at your best, without your softball cleats holding you back.
After looking at a variety of cleat patterns, it occurred to us that a circular pattern under the ball of the foot would not only create a more agile pair of molded softball cleats, but would also improve the comfort when standing on hard ground for long games and tournaments. We called this first-of-its kind, two circle pattern RING-GRIP and it's now available on all of our molded softball cleats.
As an athlete you've come to appreciate the importance of your first step. Whether it's making your first move in the field as you watch the ball come off the bat, gaining the extra step you need to catch that rocket of a line drive in the gap, or digging in to get a jump on the catcher and steal second, that first step can make a huge difference in any play or the game itself. Where RING-GRIP excels is in those first steps and any situation where you need improved grip at different angles. The double circle pattern adds grip at every angle, unlike classic cleat patterns which may slip more easily when you turn, pivot and push off in another direction. You are constantly working on your footwork to get a better stride or jump, and the ability to have traction when you need it, in any direction, is a game changer on the field.
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Master in Fashion and Luxury Goods Management
The Collège de Paris brings together higher educational centres working in various fields of French excellence. All these schools have three basic values in common:
- Educational excellence
- An international perspective
- Tailor-made student tutoring
The Master's Degree in Fashion and Luxury Goods Management is part of international programs offered by the College of Paris, with a training entirely in English.
Teaching units
- Management
- Financial Management
- Marketing and Communication
- Human Resources
- Financial Management IT
- Law
- Foreign Languages
- Professional training: Fashion and Luxury Goods
Professional environment
- Luxury and Fashion Culture
- The Geopolitics of Luxury and Fashion
- Fashion and Social Trends, Sociology of Fashion
- Luxury Goods Marketing Fundamentals
- Textile Purchasing and Marketing
- Digital Marketing
- Professions in the Field of Luxury and Fashion Professional internship
- Academic level required: 180 ECTS credits or B.A. Level degree
- English level required: IELTS (5.5), TOEFL (70), TOEIC (750)
International students
We also give students from abroad assistance with administrative issues: residence papers, visas, health cover, banking and insurance, as well as helping them with their accommodation, whether in families, in private apartments or in University halls of residence.
This school offers programs in:
- English
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text: HTC Hero gets a leaked Android 2.1 ROM with Sense -- Engadget HTC Hero gets a leaked Android 2.1 ROM with Sense We just saw some leaked shots of a Hero running Android 2.1 with HTC Sense a couple days ago, and now it looks like you can get in on the action yourself, thanks to a leaked ROM now up on XDA-developers and AllDroid. Installation appears to be pretty straightforward, but there are some steps involved, so make sure you backup and set aside some time to get things right can we get this for the droid?? does anyone know how to get it?


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If you are a dance rasika, one destination for the days ahead is the TAG auditorium at the Rajaji Vidyashram campus in Kilpauk.
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan launched its 'season' dance fest on Saturday, Dec.13 with an awards event and a recital by Alarmel Valli.
The fest is on till Christmas evening and is open to all.
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The Primary School provides a continuous, coordinated, and personalized system of supports for each child. This model is not only a set of services and programs but also a trusted, go-to place, both physical and virtual, for parents and children. We believe that by integrating the many services and touchpoints for children—primarily health, education (both early childhood and primary education), and family—in a holistic manner, our children can be primed for success in school and life.
Our approach is built on five key principles:
- EXPAND the boundaries of traditional school. The Primary School begins at age 3 with full-day, full-time early childhood education, provides health care services to address a child's health needs, and creates strong partnerships with parents.
- INTEGRATE services to optimize a child's health and educational outcomes. We recognize the interrelatedness of a child's needs and goals, and ensure the approach to support them is cohesive.
- PERSONALIZE care and support to each child and family's needs and choices. We seek to deeply understand the needs of each child and family, and work with families to devise a customized plan of support that has the greatest chance of success.
- BUILD and LEVERAGE community and social capital. We will leverage the strength of the local community and build new networks of support at The Primary School to create an environment of belonging and growth that allows all children to excel as students and adults.
- EMPOWER families and children. All families want the best for their children and bring tremendous assets to their parenting. We believe our model will be more effective and sustainable if we help activate families, and eventually children, to take charge of their education and health goals.


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All of a sudden there it was, the Northern Light factory. The search is over.
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Sunday, October 30, 2016
Wednesday, October 26, 2016
Milky Way and small church
This is a three shot panorama of the Milky Way and a small church. Each shot is a 20 second exposure at ISO 1600, 14 mm f/2.8 with a Nikon D810A.
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Monday, October 17, 2016
Full moon of October
Full moon of October rises behind the Arctura building in Östersund, Sweden. On top of this building there's an restaurant, I hope they enjoyed the view of the moon.
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Friday, October 7, 2016
Colorful Northern Lights
Last night I had a visit from a Swedish photography magazine (Fotosidan Magasin) doing an article about me and my work. We were lucky to get a clear and dark sky and we even managed to get some colorful Northern Lights. At first we could hardly see the aurora but for a short while it turned into some faint pillars dancing across the sky. To the naked eye we could barley make out any colors, the human eye isn't that good at seeing colors in the dark. Fortunately our cameras doesn't have the same problem, they are very good at seeing colors in low light since they can capture light for a longer period of time.
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£10.00Tummy Ache from Orchard Toys is a fun food lotto game A hilarious game for all the family. Try to put together an edible meal on the place settings, but beware of making yukky combinations that will cause a tummy ache! Educational toys that involve all the family are highly effective - social skills and family fun - this game is yukky and fun! Orchard Toys Tummy Ache is a food based game for 2-4 players age 3-10
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Columbia 300 Juke Bowling Ball Features:
The Juke jives into Columbia 300's Yellow Line collection this summer, joining the Sideswipe and Sideswipe Solid. This ball uses the same Bend-It Pearl coverstock as the Sideswipe, but with a different core design. The Juke uses a modified version of the Smack Down's weight block. This core shape is designed with a slightly higher RG and higher differential than the Sideswipe's core. This ball picks up harder in the middle of the lane, resulting in less length but more total hook than the Sideswipe.


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After the 1905 Revolution, things changed dramatically in Europe, to say the least. After the Russian Empire's catastrophic defeat at the Battle of Tsushima, the Revolution destroyed the Old Empire, breaking Poland and the Baltic States free from Russian rule. By 1906, the catastrophic collapse of Russia left Eastern Europe in tatters, only adding to the drama that culminated in 1914, when Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia, after Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated by Black Hand operative Gavrilo Princep. Without Russia to stop Austria-Hungary, the German Empire attempts to bring the German-speaking parts of Switzerland into the fold, which upsets France and Britain, dragging them into the all-out war rapidly roiling on the European continent, eventually Germany annexes all of Switzerland, and Austria-Hungary annexes all of Serbia, and both Britain and France are fighting on a huge Western Front by 1915. In July of 1915, Germany captures Paris without incident, and the Italian Empire joins on the side of Germany; after a bloody series of battles in France, all of France falls and the French colonies are awarded to Germany and Italy in the Treaty of Munich, signed in 1917, ending the First World War. France becomes a German protectorate, much to the chagrin of the French, and even more so, the British. The Royal Navy boxed in and crushed, Britain surrenders to the Austro-German Entente, and the Empire is partitioned, giving Germany, Italy and Austria-Hungary the largest colonial Empires the world has ever seen. Austria-Hungary declares war on Romania. By 1918, Austria-Hungary crushes Romania and conquers it as a territory of its ever-expanding Empire, but in 1920, the United States calls upon the Council of Salzburg to proclaim a permanent peace, like after Napoleon's war. France is returned to its pre-war borders, minus the colonies, of course, but Germany stays in control of Belgium and the Netherlands. Austria-Hungary and Germany are to unify into one massive "Greater Germania," under the command of the Hohenzollern family. The unification boosts Greater Germania's population to over 220 million people. By 1927, Poland's three "Princess Regents" win power in the newly-independent Polish state, and the three leaders annex Lithuania and the Baltic States, intent on prying power away from the slowly reorganizing Russian state, now ruled under Marxism. By 1931, the Empires are at the peak of their power…but now a new threat appears on the horizon. Britain and France, slighted and deeply resentful of their defeats in WWI, organize themselves into Fascist states, and create a "London Axis," terrifying Sweden, Norway, Turkey, and the smaller countries of Europe, and allowing them to flock around Greater Germania and Italy. By 1939, the USSR, the newly-centralized Communist Russian state, sides with France and Britain. The Second World War has begun, and it rages with twice the ferocity of the First World War. Greater Germania attacks France and Britain, while the Russian Red Army overruns Poland and Finland easily. The war turns in 1942, with Poland, Turkey and Greater Germania smashing the USSR's borders with Sweden recapturing Estonia and Norway, Finland and Denmark becoming German protectorates. By 1943, Sweden destroys Leningrad, Poland marches into Kiev, and Germany advances onto British soil. The Monarchists conquer Moscow, triggering the USSR's surrender in 1944; now all that remained was Britain, which fell in May of 1945. By 1946, Russia becomes a monarchy again, merging with Poland, creating the Empire of Greater Slavia, Hungary breaks off from Greater Germania, creating the Balkan Empire, but leaving the rest of Germany and Austria under Hohenzollern control. By 1950, the French monarchy is restored, as is the British one; Scandinavia unites into one Nordic Empire, and peace is finally restored to Europe under a new Imperial system, one moderated by the U.S. and, increasingly in the early 21st century, China. Now, in 2013, the global system is changing in ways no one ever thought possible, yet those changes might not be for the better.
- The Awkward Feeling…
"All rise for the entrance of the Grand Emperor of the European Council of Monarchs, Emperor Ludwig IV of the Greater German Empire and acting Grand Emperor of Europe!" The anthem "Hail to Thee in Victor's Crown" played loudly as the European Council brass band saluted as the German Kaiser and temporarily-appointed Grand Emperor entered the room in a veritable lightning storm of camera flashes. Grand Emperor Ludwig IV was the youngest Grand Emperor ever to be appointed by the ECM, and he had just succeeded his recently-deceased father Rudolph V, from the House of Hohenzollern. This was to be his first address to the people of Europe and the other two Great Powers, China and the U.S., and as the cameras began to roll, his face appeared on every news channel in Europe, as the huge crowd of parliamentary representatives, nobles and aristocracy watched:
"Greetings, my fellow European brethren, with the departure of my father to the green Earth, it is now time to open your eyes. A new era for European dominance is beginning; the Decolonization Act of 1988 forced the European powers to relinquish their hold on colonies that they possessed since the 17th century, and since then, what have the colonized peoples experienced? War. Terror. Disease. The myriad numbers of problems that have gripped the African and Asian continents since our departure have grown severe enough, that I see only one alternative: we must increase our presence in Africa and Asia again. Why not? Europe has always been the bastion of Western splendor, just as America has been for democracy and China for Eastern tradition. The German Imperial Navy contains 6 supercarriers and 500 other ships, from the Maas to Memel, from Vienna to Berlin, the Greater German Empire must unite and bring peace to this world. There is only one truth, and that is the hope our Fatherland brings. The Nordic Empire, the Slavic Empire, France, Britain, Italy, the Balkan Empire, Spain, Portugal and Germany, as well as the European Council of Monarchs, will make sure that peace is restored to Africa, but only to maintain order. The African people are necessarily inferior to Europeans; they are clearly unable to govern themselves and must always be subservient to other, more powerful and wiser men. All men are NOT created equal. Some are stronger, some are smarter, some are faster, and some are better looking than others. 'Thou shalt not kill.' 'Thou shalt not steal.' 'Thou shalt not commit adultery.' These 'Commandments' are little more than scare tactics written by the ancient Zionist conspirators, conquered by the Egyptians for the same reason that the African Negroes were conquered by the Germans. They were weak, inferior and frail in the face of their masters, which is why the Egyptian kingdom lasted so much longer than the Jewish one. There is only one truth: science and evolution, survival of the fittest and natural selection. Was this not the case, everyone would be equal. Therefore, atheism and science are not wrong; EQUALITY is wrong, unnatural and evil. Europe is headed in a new direction: a direction of order, reason and peace."
The broadcast ended, and in response, the Imperial leaders cheered thunderously. "ALL HAIL EUROPA! ALL HAIL EUROPA!! ALL HAIL EUROPA!!" Not since the days of Communist Russia had Europe had completely atheist leader; most of Europe was extremely secularized as it was, except for one country: the Slavic Empire. With his deep Orthodox traditions, Czar Oleg III was extremely wary of the new Supreme Emperor, appointed to serve a 10-year term before the next monarch was rotated in. Even if he wasn't Supreme Emperor, Ludwig was still the German Kaiser. Germany, China and the United States had the largest economies on Earth in 2013, and, despite Russia's size, Germany was by far the strongest country in Europe, both militarily and economically. Germany's industrial production was second only to China's, and its military prowess stretched from Cuba to New Guinea, with ports, bases and naval stations all over the world. China, being a Marxist state, welcomed Europe's secularization, but in the U.S., it was whole different story…
"I, do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic, that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge these duties; So help me God. Strength through unity, strength through faith, My battle will set me free."
June 2013 in the United States came like any other high school graduation season, but the Loyalty Oath just recited in unison by every high school student across the U.S. was brand-new. This oath, that was compulsory in order to graduate high school, was just one part of a package called "The Loyalty Acts" directed at Americans, in a dogged effort to revive conservative, Christian traditions in the U.S. Other parts of package included a law that forced all public buildings, that is, those that receive public funding, to display a plaque on their door acknowledging the existence of a Christian God, emphasis on Christian. The laws also made it illegal to not say the Pledge of Allegiance in school every day at exactly 9:00 A.M. in its entirety, even Jews, Muslims and atheists were required to say "Under God" or be arrested and imprisoned for no less than 5 years for treason; 10-year olds were being arrested and dragged out of class for not saying the Pledge properly, and everyone else in the class was ordered to "look away" and "move along" in these cases. Synagogues and mosques, forced to place the "Christ Plaque" on their doors, were being bombed and torched by fanatical Christian patriots, and "Jew-hunts" were common in states like Florida and Texas, where citizens organized raiding parties to hunt and kill Jewish people for sport, as if they were some kind of game animal. In Miami-Dade County, Florida, a spring break celebration turned into a horror show when a group of armed men marched into an upscale neighborhood, carrying a list of every "slimy kike" in Miami. More than 33 Jewish people died in the raid, most of them between the ages of 15-35, before the massacre was ended by police. Though murder of Jews was still illegal, anti-Semitism was far more prevalent than had ever been seen before in America. In addition to the National Defense Authorization Act, and SOPA, the U.S. was beginning to resemble a Fascist dictatorship more and more every day. At this particular high school, the student that would have been the valedictorian was forbidden to graduate and actually expelled because he was atheist and refused to say "So Help Me God" in the Loyalty Oath. America had become less of a democracy and more of a Christian, conservative oligarchy, whose momentum had been building ever since the defeat of Communism at the end of WWII and the return of the European monarchies; even though constitutional, the American people strongly disapproved of a monarchical system in the 21st century. Christianity had always been used as a way to distinguish American virtue from European vice, at least since the 1950s and the creation of the European Council of Monarchs. As the graduation ceremony began, a nationwide message from President John O'Hara, a staunch Republican, began playing on the huge projection screens surrounding the green…just then, however, the screen fizzled a bit, and then, a very different individual appeared on the screen. She was tall, very pretty, had long, black hair, green eyes, a sapphire Celtic cross necklace, diamond earrings, a gold bracelet around her right wrist, and a huge red and black dress. Mozart's "Lachrymose" played in the background, out of the speakers.
"My fellow American scientists, now is the time to open your eyes. In a stunning move that has civil libertarians and the rest of the developed world stuttering with disbelief, the U.S. Senate has just passed a bill that effectively ends the free practice of science in America. The Intellectual Parity Act is being called the most anti-intellectual act ever witnessed in the Senate, and the language of the bill is clearly designed to make you think that it doesn't apply to anything other than government-sponsored research, but towards the end of the bill, it states that the Act can apply to independent research if the government wants it to. The bill declares the U.S. to be a 'safe zone' for all beliefs and creeds, which is not objectionable, but what is objectionable is that federal law now requires teachers to teach religion in science classes and give a separate grade to students based on their religious piety. This grade, called the "God Mark," is given based on a student's current religious beliefs and potential to grow spiritually, but the outrage is that this grade cannot be increased, only decreased, and the God Mark is now looked at with just as much weight as a student's SAT scores or academic grades in college application. The passage of this law is the final nail in the coffin for any atheist aspiration of success in America. As if forcing conservative American dogma on high school students to earn their diploma wasn't Fascist enough, the U.S. Senate wants to prevent anyone who may sneak through the cracks from ever advancing past high school. The passage of this law is no less than an outright declaration of war on American science by the politically, religiously, economically and militarily-connected power elite. As a Christian and a scientist myself, I can say that once this is signed into law, it will shred the remnants of the Bill of Rights and unleash upon America a total Christian dictatorship, complete with religious indoctrination, secret police forces, and no human rights at all. The U.S. government doesn't want me to speak; I suspect that even now the Secret Service will soon be on its way. Why? Because while oppression is used in lieu of scholarly debate, words will always retain their power. Words offer a medium to strike back against an oppressor in a way that no military or police force can stop, and where once you had the freedom to object, to think and speak as you saw fit, you now have priests and government officials telling you that if you do not follow their rules, you will die in a fiery pit of Hell. How did this happen? Who's to blame? Well, there are certainly those more responsible than others, and they will be held accountable, but truth be told, if you're looking for the guilty, you need only look into a mirror. I know why you did it; I know you were afraid…who wouldn't be? War. Terror. Economic ruin. There were myriad problems that served to corrupt your reasoning and rob you of your common sense. Fear got the best of you, and in your panic, you turned to the now President in Command and former Police Commissioner of New York City John O'Hara. He promised you order, he promised you peace, and all he demanded in return was your silent, obedient consent. Now, as the spring turns to summer again, I say that we take the fight right to them in the greatest revolution the world has ever seen, because none of us are as cruel as all of us."
By this point, the police were already on the scene, watching in rage. Who was this idiot, and who was she to suddenly interrupt the President's speech to America's youth?! She was directly quoting a message by the hacker group "Anonymous," which had come to the defense of Internet freedom and freedom in general. Regardless of what the police thought, the message was seen at every high school in America, and like the woman had said, words, once said, couldn't be unsaid. The police immediately had that awkward feeling, one like the kind you get when you know that you're completely fucked. "It's going to be a loooooong day…"
- If I Was Dying of Terminal Cancer, No One Would Care.
"Well, it didn't take us long to figure out who she is…" FBI director James Henry said to the Department of Homeland Security Director Aaron Giles, in regards the hacking case. Henry placed a file on a table and opened it. "Her name's Nathana Pineau, she was a pharmacist who earned $170,000 a year at age 28, had a house in Miami and in New York, and, judging by her appearance, could probably have any man she wanted." "Why would she want to give all that up just to mouth off to a bunch of high school graduates?" "Apparently, she grew weary of what she believes are American 'injustices' and decided to launch her own campaign against us. It's amazing what psychosis can do to someone." "That or being the daughter of a convicted Irish Republican Army operative. Patrick Pineau was arrested and thrown in prison for 10 years for the mere suspicion of conspiring against the British Crown, the European Council of Monarchs viewed him as a threat, and it appears that the family tradition lives on in America. Therefore, she must be viewed as a threat to the O'Hara administration and the American people. That's why we're putting her on the Most Wanted List." Henry said. "Psychotic terrorists that spread messages of hate and disloyalty to our children deserve no mercy. The American way is the only way. That's why the FBI will pull out all stops to see that this criminal is brought to justice." "Do we know where she is?" "Yes. She's in Berlin." "Shit…they'll never extradite her. The German Empire is deeply resentful of the United States, and someone who opposes us will be protected. Keep in mind that this is not some third-world dictator or warlord we're dealing with, this is the German Empire and the entire European Council of Monarchs, not to mention Kaiser Ludwig IV is the acting Supreme Emperor of Europe, and a virulent atheist. China will likely get involved in this as well, but our only real solution here is the Slavic Empire. If the United States can form an alliance with the Slavs, we might be able to turn the ECM against itself. Either way, I've got a bad feeling about this…" "Don't. If they won't turn her over, we'll get her ourselves. President O'Hara is already aware of the situation, and he's got Delta Force troops going into Germany now. We'll hit her where she least expects it."
"In the name of our Lord in Heaven, as God as my Witness, I pronounce you husband and wife, you may now kiss the bride." Nathana and her longtime boyfriend, Daniel Maldonado were married that day in Berlin, just hours after Nathana delivered her address to the students in America. Her bridesmaids, the members of her sorority in college, looked on with adoring eyes, as did the groom's best man. Little did they know what was about to happen…just then, gunshots rang out in the crowd as people began to yell and panic. "They're here!! American Delta Force!!!" The wedding turned into a bloodbath. Nathana's sorority sisters were shot dead in pools of their blood, as was Daniel. As the massacre raged, the wedding photographer snapped a picture of the massacre, with Nathana, wearing her bridal gown, standing in the center of the carnage, screaming, with tears streaming down her face. Moments later, Nathana was shot dead. The Delta Force commandos beat a hasty retreat, and as the German authorities arrived, they found the camera, and the photo of the massacre.
"Horror." "Unspeakable act of terror." "Wedding War." These were the words that appeared on newspapers and news Web pages all over the world the following morning. The picture of Nathana screaming appeared on the covers of the newspapers, and enraged the world.


text: Hi there! I have noticed that since last night I have not been able to sync apps or anything else from my iTunes (recently updated to 9.0.3) to my jailbroken iPhone (jailbreak done with blackra1n). Funny thing is that I don't remember changing any settings on the iphone or itunes, the only change I can recall is that I did the iTunes update to 9.0.3, can that be the source of the problem? It looks like the iTunes is sort of ignoring my request to sync apps, my apps are all on my iTunes page, iTunes recognize my iPhone normally when I plug it in but it just does not sync and no error message is displayed at all It reads syncing but it takes less that 6 seconds and it just stops as if the task was finished but it actually did not sync anything... Any help? Thomas


text: Jonathan Sanders is an actor and musician who grew up in the San Fernando Valley. His background in improvisation started with Comedy Sportz The High School League where he met and began working with LAWV CHILLERS, a Los Angeles-based production company. He can be seen in the independent feature films, "Camouflage", "The Day the Earth Stopped" and "The Land that Time Forgot." Sanders is also the lead singer of "The Young Rapscallions", a Los Angeles-based garage rock band.


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We are proud to be your one stop shop for water, sewer and stormwater services. New Service connections are scheduled for the next business day. When you apply for new service, a work order is then processed to connect your service on the next business day. It will take 1-3 business days to process any New Service Agreements that are faxed to Customer Service. New Service connections are not available on weekends or holidays. Please note that New Service Deposits paid in person must be paid using cash, check or money order. Debit and credit cards are accepted over the telephone using our third party payment processor Western Union Speedpay by contacting Customer Service.
The following documents are required, along with the appropriate deposit, when applying for new service:
New Service Deposits paid in person must be paid using cash, check or money order. If you are setting up new service remotely (via fax or email), you may use a debit or credit card. Our third party payment processor Speedpay will charge $1.25 for using a debit or credit card. As of September 2, 2015, the deposit for Residential Accounts (single family houses, townhouses, duplexes or quadraplexes) are based on a customer's credit rating. Credit history is checked using Online Utility Exchange (OUE), which is also used to validate customer's social security number as a part of compliance with the Red Flag Rules required by the Federal Trade Commission. OUE performs a "soft credit check" comparing the customer payment history with other utilities on record.
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For new Clayton County Water Authority customers with two names on their lease or settlement statement, both social security numbers will be required for new service. International customers will need to provide a valid ITIN, plus two other forms of documentation (such as a valid passport, valid international driver's license or valid work visa).
If you have a question about the Red Flag Rule, contact the Federal Trade Commission at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Residential or Commercial customers must agree to the terms and conditions of the service agreement with the Clayton County Water Authority prior to the establishment of water service. Anyone setting up new service remotely (via fax, email or telephone), may pay the deposit using a debit or credit card. Our third party payment processor Speedpay will charge $1.25 for using a debit or credit card.
If you need to have temporary service for a home inspection, this service is designed for you. This agreement allows temporary activation of service for up to seven (7) consecutive days and the use of up to 2,000 gallons. There is a $60 non-refundable fee for water only accounts. There is a $70 non-refundable fee for water/sewer accounts. The fee must be paid using cash, check or money order when applying for temporary service in person. Just complete the agreement below and bring it to one of our Customer Service locations.
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Butternut Squash and Apple Soup
served with Parmesan Crusted Baguette
2 T butter
1 large onion, chopped
1 large potato, peeled and cubed
2-3 cups cubed butternut squash
½ cup diced carrots
1 apple, peeled, cored and chopped (I used honey crisp)
1 rib celery, chopped
1 quart chicken stock
¼ cup dry white wine
1/3 cup cream
¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
Salt and pepper to taste
Couple sprinkles of allspice
2 T chopped chives
- Melt butter in a large pot over medium heat. Stir in onions, and cook until the onion softens and turns translucent, about 5 minutes. Add potato, squash, carrots, apple, celery and chicken stock. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until the vegetables are soft, about 20 minutes.
- Puree the soup in batches in a blender, or use a stick blender to puree the soup right in the pot. Once the soup has been pureed, return it to the pot and stir in wine and cream. Season with nutmeg, allspice, salt, and pepper; simmer gently for 5 minutes. Ladle into bowls and garnish with chopped chives.


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In the Southwest, enchiladas are usually covered with chili gravy. Mexican cooks are more likely to take a healthful approach, using a fresh salsa and vegetable topping.
How to Make It
Preheat oven to 375°.
To prepare sauce, discard husks and stems from tomatillos. Bring 2 quarts water to a boil in a large Dutch oven. Add tomatillos; cook 2 minutes. Drain. Place tomatillos, avocado, and next 5 ingredients (avocado through garlic) in a blender; process until smooth. Strain mixture through a sieve into a medium bowl; discard solids.
To prepare enchiladas, combine the cheese, 1/4 teaspoon salt, and crab. Warm tortillas according to package directions. Spoon about 1/2 cup crab mixture down center of each tortilla; roll up. Place, seam-side down, in an 11 x 7-inch baking dish coated with cooking spray. Cover and bake at 375° for 12 minutes or until thoroughly heated.
To prepare topping, combine lettuce and remaining ingredients. Serve enchiladas with sauce and topping.


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I'm slightly (read: very) addicted to Starbucks; but unfortunately I can't feed it to my iPhone, to which I am also slightly (read: extremely) addicted. And while those coffee beans power me through the day, my poor phone is sucked of energy by 9pm at night.
Especially when I'm traveling. Of which I'm doing a lot of for work. And now for the wedding, which is taking place on Long Island. And I'm based in DC. So you can imagine, between airplane delays, down time on the Amtrak trains, waiting for the metro and sitting in cabs... I have to find ways to keep myself (and my antsy fingers) occupied. Great for my twitter feed, not so great for my phone's battery.
I thought I would have to monitor my iPhone activities, limiting the amount of time I spent on the apps so as not to totally drain the life out of the device. But then my fabulous, former boss sent me the Energizer AP1500.
This accessory has changed my life. Oh. My. God. It is so incredible. I just plug my battery-depleted iPhone into the USB-equipped, lightweight case and let it go to town. Soon, I'm back to tweeting, texting, typing and scrolling without worrying about a battery death. (Blackberry users - they have one for you too!)
My former boss has been elevated to saint status.And my iPhone app obsession remains happily intact.


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I may have posted this before...I don't know. It's isn't even good enough to post about twice (or even once?), but I'll go for it anyway.
That was the year of 2004 or 2005 - when my friend called me Kurr, and it didn't occur to me to mind. That was before Obama got elected, before Amy Winehouse came, when I couldn't wait to join the Society of Technical Communication, and I thought I'd never find a girl as great as Lindsay Blair. That was the year I lived in Cobble Creek.
Oh man, did anyone catch that redo of the first lines of Dirty Dancing? If not, you and I have a problem.
Anyway, the first time I watched Garden State was my sophomore year at USU with my friend Lindsay Blair. I also call her Blurr. Or Blair. Or Guuuuuuurl. I laughed soooooo hard when I saw the scene where the guy shoots a flaming arrow straight up in the air and Zach Braff and Natalie Portman shuffle around while trying to get out of the way.
Please tell me you did that while catching a pop fly. If not, that probably means you're a good outfielder. Or really bad. I dunno...I always stuck to being the catcher, where people threw straight right at me. They called me Pudge. (How many of you get that joke? Stacy...Mom...no one else...)


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- Monday 10th November 2014
- Supported by: Yashin
The Blackout are proud to announce a UK headline tour this Autumn with support from Chiodos and When We Were Wolves.
The tour will see them put an end to a turbulent 18 months in camp Blackout including their album tour being postponed due to a sudden and shocking neurological issue with singer Gavin Butler and will be supported by a self-released EP 'Wolves' due out 27th October. 'Wolves' was made by raising proceeds through Kickstarter and the band reached target in just 3 hours.
'Wolves' was "born from the previous, frustrating year" says Gavin Butler. "It took a lot of determination and sacrifice to pick ourselves up and carry on with The Blackout. The main reason this happened was our vision for 'Wolves'. Writing these songs not only gave us a way to vent our frustrations but gave us a fresh fervor for making music and the much needed awakening to the fact that we all love being a band. So we thought, lets just take back control."
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Jackie Dancy has been to the Albertsons supermarket near her Baldwin Hills home many times, but she couldn't care less that the store is closing permanently.
The retired accountant now does most of her grocery shopping at a nearby Target, which she likes for its convenience and low prices.
"It's much cleaner and well stocked," Dancy said. "They always have what you need."
Supermarkets are a staple of most neighborhoods, but their community status and financial well-being are under intense assault from rivals of all sizes that have steadily siphoned off the grocers' customers.
The supermarket industry's latest travails came Wednesday when Albertsons' parent company, Supervalu Inc., announced that it would close 26 stores this year, including 18 in Southern California, as it grapples with steep losses. Including other chains it operates, Supervalu is shutting about 60 stores nationwide.


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Freitag, 29. Mai 2009
Experiences with the Car Scraping Bonus
Talked to various car salesmen, and also asked them if they are happy about the smashing success of the Abwrackprämie (the 2,500 € car scraping bonus). Contrary to my expectation (surely at least the car dealers should be happy about it, right?), their answers varied between lukewarm and very negative.
In particular, they all seemed convinced that this year's new business bonanza will equal next year's shortfall.
And they were complaining about the bureaucratic hassles involved. One guy told me that two of his customers had problems with their application being turned down for incorrect reasons (the bureaucrats claimed that the applications contained incomplete documents, even though the copies kept by the car dealer showed that the complete set had been submitted), and nearly all of them are still waiting to receive the money (apparently, the processing delays may take more than six months).
In any case, the bonus scheme led me to ditch my car a year or so earlier than I otherwise would have done. As a consequence, British and Turkish car workers have a slightly lower risk of being laid off (that's where the Toyota I am buying was produced according to the car dealer, though he was quick to emphasize that a few of the components were supplied by Bosch and other German suppliers).
But I still think it's a waste to scrap a perfectly good car with a used car value of roughly 1,000 €: Some guy in Romania or Lebanon would have been perfectly happy to drive my car for a few more years...
- taurus29. Mai 2009 um 18:17
I've been pondering about the Abwrackprämie upon reading your post "The Economic Effects of a Car Bail-Out". I believe that from an ecologic perspective, it's probably not as bad as it may seem at first glance: Fuel consumption of contemporary cars is generally lower than it was more than 9 years ago, and because the old cars are scraped, the amount of cars in circulation stays constant. Thus, both German oil demand and carbon emissions should decrease.AntwortenLöschen
Of course, a lot of energy is still wasted for the production of the new cars. That's the price we pay to smoothen the transition to reduced production capacities.
Also, it is extremely egoistic towards developing countries. ARD had this soul-stirring story in January:
My car (a small Daimler) is more than 10 years old, but I definitely won't take advantage of the Abwrackprämie. My car is still worth a lot more than 2500 EUR, and I just like it so much. I hope to be replacing it in two years or so with a fuel-cell powered car.
Just out of curiosity, are you buying a hybrid Toyota?
It's practically impossible to build a car *without* parts from Bosch or Conti/Schaeffler.
Regarding the effect of the car scraping bonus on overall energy use, I think I'll write another post a little later.AntwortenLöschen
As for our new car: No, it's a regular one (similar category as VW Golf), not a hybrid. I thought about getting a Prius, but it's much more expensive. We are Munich city dwellers and mostly use public transport, so it's not worth it to pay so much more. Actually, it's probably not rational for us to buy a car at all, considering the expenses involved and the low frequency of car usage.


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To add to the experience, the Pro Shot GPS on each golf cart provides measurements to the front, center and back of the greens, along with yardages to and over the many fairway bunkers that line the course. Taylor Made rentals are available in the pro shop, and lessons from PGA professionals are available.
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Truth #23: At any age, a full face of foundation is not beautifying.
Applying foundation all over the face, whether it's liquid, cream or powder, is a pretty common mistake I see primarily in women in their early 20s (who typically have enviable skin) and women over 40 (who could do without accentuating the wrinkles).
Note that foundation is not the same as a tinted moisturizer, which I'm in full support of using for most skin types and ages. When we talk about foundation, this refers to a heavily pigmented base designed to do more than just lightly even out skin tone; rather, it provides coverage and an opaque canvas... kind of like a paint primer for walls.
The issues with using anything more than sheer foundation on the entire face are numerous. Here are a few of the most important points:
1. Unless the color is an exact match to the skin on your face, neck and chest, it's going to look fake.
2. Foundation doesn't allow the natural skin to show through, which can create a mask-like effect.
3. As the day wears on, the mask will crack. Some combination of oiliness, dryness, sweating, touching or rubbing will break down the pigments and create rather unflattering results where the makeup has slid or crusted.
4. Depending on the formula, certain foundations can aggravate acne, rosacea, psoriasis, etc. because skin needs to breath in order to function in a healthy way, and it might not be able to through all that gunk.
5. If the foundation contains what I consider to be "toxic" chemicals, you may also be absorbing some rather nasty things into your bloodstream through the living, breathing organ that is your skin.
In very rare cases, is it necessary to apply a coat of foundation all over the face.
One of them is not for sun protection. Over and over you will see and hear makeup experts tell you that using your foundation with SPF as your method of sun protection is a bad idea. With makeup it's much harder to guarantee consistent coverage over the face. As a sunblock, you'd have to apply so much makeup to ensure proper coverage that you'd look like a Kabuki performer.
The only two exceptions that would justify wearing a full coating of coverage would be:
1. For severe discoloration visible on most of the face
2. If you are having professional photos taken or appearing in a video, in which case you would also need to put foundation all the way from the neck down, wherever skin is exposed.
Instead of piling on the makeup, focus on making your skin look amazing through a nutritious, healthy diet and an awesome skincare routine. That way you'll only have to even out skin with a light sweep of tinted moisturizer or mineral powder and conceal only where there is visible discoloration to keep you looking fresh and radiant.
Watch Kristen Arnett's video about how to choose the right foundation color for your skin tone.
The right way to use foundation
Truth #23: At any age, a full face of foundation is not beautifying.
ITA with Sandy. Also, I've found that spot-applied foundation looks, well, spot-applied. The shade may be a perfect match, but the skin texture is different, and it's noticeable.
I'm having great results with D&G's creamy foundation, which isn't a cream at all, but a liquid. Good coverage, great texture, looks great almost all day.
This is an enlightening article for me. I simply never considered not using foundation on every exposed surface. I tried it for the first time and find I like avoiding the creasy areas. As a result, the makeup does not end up accumulating in the creases and I look better. Bravo for the advice.
Kristen, do you have some "how to" suggestions?
I'm so embarrassed to admit that I've been making that mistake! I think my foundation, which is fairly light-weight, matches quite closely, but it would be great to have tips on the *right* way to wear any foundation (match-right or otherwise).
This article should be titled "how not to wear foundation". It says nothing about how you should wear it. Also, there are lots of foundations that provide coverage without creating a mask like effect.
Kristen- Great article! and I so agree. I am one of the lucky ones that has found an absolute perfect match in my (loose) mineral foundation by Sterling Minerals thereby allowing me to puff it where needed and avoiding my wrinkles entirely and you simply can't tell where the foundation begins and ends on my face. Within an hour if I look closely I can't even tell if I'm wearing it- meaning I can't "see" it laying on my skin. Yet I can see the smoothing effect it has compared to days when I go without. As much as I dislike putting it on, it really does make a difference. ~jk
I love tinted moisturizers for their sheer, flattering effect. Mixing Vapour Atmosphere foundation with some moisturizer or Devita SPF works really well for me.


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"Odd Thomas" star Addison Timlin is joining the amazing cast of Lionsgate action-comedy "Stand Up Guys", according to Variety. Oscar winners and screen legends Al Pacino, Christopher Walken and Alan Arkin star in the film that was working under the title "Old Timers."
Fisher Stevens will direct the film written by Noah Haidle, about two aging former hitmen who "decide to spend one last night of debauchery together before one has to kill the other." Timlin has landed one of two pivotal female roles as Walken's granddaugher. Filming is set to begin next month in Los Angeles.
Timlin, adept at balancing both TV and movie roles, beat out the likes of Emma Roberts and Kat Dennings for the female lead in Stephen Sommers' adaptation of Dean Koontz's "Odd Thomas" opposite Anton Yelchin and received much critical acclaim for her role as David Duchovny's love interest on the last season of Showtime series "Californiacation." She also completed a supporting role opposite Justin Long in indie comedy "Lumpy" and has landed the lead role in ABC pilot "Zero Hour."
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Tips and Tricks to Better DSLR Video
In the past few years, I have shot everything from weddings to television commercials to a full length movie on a DSLR camera. I love the versatility and reliability of the DSLR. This list of tips are things that I have learned over the years and have helped me tremendously. I tried to vary the tips for all experience levels. I am traditionally a Canon man, but I believe most of these tips will translate to other brands as well.
1. If at all possible, always shoot with a manual exposure setting because exposures will change as you pan the camera.
2. When investing in a memory card, make sure it has a high data transfer rate of at least 400x. Slower speed card can error and lose it's content.
3. Use the Neutral color profile as much as possible. This will allow the most information in the footage for color correction in post.
4. Invest in some good stabilizing equipment. A good shoulder rig or slider is worth its weight in gold, but be careful with fast movements as the CMOS sensor chip does produce some 'jello' effects.
5. Utilize one of a DSLR's greatest strength. A shallow depth of field can add a professional look to what ever you are shooting. This can be accomplished by opening the Iris as much as possible. This can lead to overexposure so make sure to adjust the ISO or the shutter speed. My general rule is the Shutter should be kept at twice the frame rate you are shooting (e.g. 30p --> shutter at 1/60th, 24/25p --> shutter at 1/50th as 1/48th is not supported)
6. For the clearest image, stick to ISO's that are native to the camera. DSLR's work in intervals of 160.
7. Use the digital zoom as a focus assist. Focus often!
8. Never use the internal mic. Always record audio on a secondary audio system such as a H4N zoom recorder.
9. To avoid aliasing, lower you f-stop when shooting small patterns (in clothing or fabrics) or use an ND Filter.
10. Your camera is only as good as the lens you shoot with. Invest in some high quality glass.
11. I service my cameras after every 30 hours of use. This will keep your sensor in good condition and the resale values high.
12. In post production you should always convert your footage to a NLE friendly format. In Final Cut Pro, I convert my footage to Apple Prores 422.
13. For a picture based HDR time lapse, invest in an interval trigger.
14. If you shoot for long periods of time. Get a good battery grip. This doubles your battery life as well as adds weight to the camera.
15. Use your shoulder strap to pan or stabilize your shots. Wrap the shoulder strap around the back of your shoulder and below your armpit. Push the camera out and create a tension.
16. Especially for long shoots, invest in a good vest or bag, always have lens cleaners, batteries, ND Filters, and extra memory cards.
17. Lens caps get lost, buy cheap ones.
18. DSLR's have a recording limit of 12 minutes at a time. Plan around this for long takes.
19. Natural light is great when shooting on a DSLR, but always over plan for light. I always take a LED light panel that can attach to my cameras cold shoe mount.
20. 3rd party firmware updates can be dangerous to your camera. Make sure when using one that it is from a safe source and you know how to revert back to old settings.
21. Magic Lantern has some great firmware updates and extras. Scopes, audio monitors, color profiles and focus assists will make your life easier.
22. DSLR's arnt the best at capturing clean audio effectivly. If you do record audio from a secondary source, make sure your DSLR is recording referance audio. You can match the audio by hand, or use software such as Pluraleyes to help sync your secondary audio to your video.
23. On hot days shooting outside, keep your camera in the shade as much as possible. DSLR's can overheat. If your camera has a blinking thermometer on the display, turn it off and get it out of the sun to cool it down.
24. Invest in a good bag. You can never have too much protection when transporting your lenses and camera.
25. Try new things. One of the greatest things about DSLR is that it's new, it's innovative, and it can be used in new and exciting ways all the time. The possibilities are endless!


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By Brenda Tremblay ~ Posted Thu, 08/21/2008 - 4:16pm
Here's a sign you don't see every day. It signals the entrance to the Alice Busch Opera Theater, where Glimmerglass stages operas every July and August. The theater near Cooperstown is a world-class destination about 3 hours east of Rochester and 4 hours north of New York City. Writer Alex Ross reviews Glimmerglass in the latest New Yorker, and some of his impressions of Wagner's "Das Liebersverbot" match my own.
Click here to see Ryan MacPherson as Luzio in the American fully-staged premiere of Wagner's "Das Liebesverbot" at Glimmerglass. For fun, try watching the Youtube clip without sound first, then turn the sound up and watch it again (it's only about a minute long.) Whad'ya think?
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UK Civil Aviation Authority sets out future foam policy
Published: 15 November, 2013
Proposed idea for a Qualified Product List is dropped in favour of a recommendation around fluorine-free foams.
At the recent UK Aviation Fire Service Managers Seminar the UK Civil Aviation Authority set out its future approach to guidance for the rescue and fire fighting service (RFFS) regarding fire fighting foam.
Following its consultation on a proposed Qualified Product List (QPL) the CAA reviewed the comments received and undertook further consultation with the UK Environment Agency (EA) which led to them modifying their approach and dropping the original QPL proposal in favour of a more straightforward recommendation around fluorine-free foams.
Their review was informed by recent international work on the effects of fire fighting foam on the environment and the recommendation of the EA.
In future for RFFS purchasers the quality assurance of foam in terms of its effect on the environment and fire fighting performance is set by two criteria:
1. Fire and rescue services are encouraged to consider the use of fluorine-free products where they can satisfy themselves that the fire performance meets their needs, and:
2. The foam should pass the new ICAO test and be witnessed by an independent third party testing authority.
Fire Service Managers Seminar
The seminar was organised by the Edinburgh Airport Fire Training Centre and took place at the Hilton Hotel, Manchester Airport in early November. The two-day seminar included many topical subjects including:
· The setting up of the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service;
· The impact of runway incursions;
· The Vauxhall helicopter incident;
· Aviation bio-fuels;
· Compressed Air Foams Systems (CAFS);
· The Heathrow 737 and 787 incidents;
· Post-traumatic stress;
· Major incident management;
· The Joint Emergency Services Interoperability Programme;
· Aircraft recovery.
The CAA also updated the seminar delegates on future European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) rules and the transition project being undertaken to move from national to European regulations.
The seminar was attended by over 100 aviation fire officers and included stands from a number of services, equipment and vehicle suppliers.


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Graduating from college with a degree in Metalsmithing has led to many delightful adventures where I learned from the best jewelry and lapidary teachers in the country. Studying and apprenticing under several master jewelers, I have learned that having a great teacher makes all the difference. My passion, fascination and addiction to gemstones, moving metal and playing with fire is apparent in the variety of techniques I use in my jewelry studio.
I learned to love working with my hands from my father, a pilot, who was also an accomplished mechanic and woodworker. I was introduced to welding as a teenager by the aircraft mechanics at the local airport. Initially, I welded to build and repair cars, but quickly became enamored with the amazing strength and beauty of welded metal structures and started welding for the sheer joy of the creative process.
Artist Name| Liberty Arts | Durham, NC
Growing up in Durham was an adventure. There was a quality to it that you could not find in any other city. It had a starving artist charm that drew you in and kept you here, no matter how hard the lifestyle could be. This place challenged me to become an artist and represent the growing culture that Durham is quickly creating for itself. After leaving Durham for a few years to attend East Carolina University and acquire my BFA in sculpture it wasn't hard to make the decision to return to my hometown.
Kara Garrett is an artist living and working in Durham, NC. She began her art degree in 1989 in the BFA program at Arizona State University before taking a 17-year hiatus from her education to raise her two sons. Kara now holds a BA in Studio Art with a focus in printmaking from the University of North Carolina Wilmington (2014). She has had her prints featured in a solo show at the Ann Flack Boseman Gallery in Wilmington, NC, as well as several group shows. She works mostly in screen printing and relief but also prints using varied intaglio processes.
I am a native of Durham NC and a graduate of North Carolina Central University, and I have been creating Art and Pottery in Durham since 2012. I am self taught and have been working as a full time potter since 2013. My work has been featured at The Nasher, Claymakers, The Chapel Hill Art Gallery, The Carrboro ArtsCenter, GreenHill, Burlington Arts Center, and The North Carolina Pottery Center in Seagrove North Carolina.
David S. Huber has been working as a full-time freelance artist since 2007. Since 2012, he has making fine artisan pipes made of Mediterranean briar. David's work has been the feature of an eight-page spread in Pipes & Tobaccos magazine, and has been interviewed as an industry expert guest on both radio and print. His work has drawn the attention of many highly revered pipe artisans and collectors in the world.
I am still trying to define the word 'artist' or even to accept the title for myself. In my work I just try to give a different meaning and function to objects that I find. I work mainly with recycled metal and wood. I also experiment with a medium that I call photographic sculpture, which challenges the boundaries of 2D photography.
I was an artist at the age of five, when I started copying the Sunday Comics in my hometown of Holly Springs, North Carolina. I followed my passion for art through school and completed an art degree at East Carolina University. A simple soapstone carving made me fall in love with the ability to shape one of the hardest materials on Earth with my own hands; I knew I would be a sculptor.
Artist Name| Liberty Arts | Durham, NC
My love for the natural beauty of nature stems from growing up in the rolling hills of North Carolina. I've spent my life enjoying the great outdoors and all it has had to offer from being a youth in scouting through my adulthood as an avid camper, hiker, backpacker. I walk through the woods looking for the unusual features of trees wondering how they might look as an art object, bowl, platter, of even a walking stick.
The first time I saw a letterpress shop, I knew I was doomed. Luckily for me, a fascination that began when I was 19 has turned into a career as a printer.
I love working on machines that have their own histories that I feel only add to what I can do with them. I love the smell of the ink and the feel of working with type or polymer and the tactile process and result of feeding paper into a press.
I have worked with found objects and wood since childhood and find it hard to resist. The drive may have to do with a wish to communicate visually, a desire to preserve the beauty in carefully crafted but discarded objects, or perhaps simply from the reaffirming smell of freshly cut wood.


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Racetrack performance; lightweight construction; agility combined with pure driving pleasure; a seamless blend of function and design
The mid-engine, rear-wheel-drive Porsche Boxster is powered by a 255-horspower, 2.9L horizontally-opposed 6-cylinder engine for 2009, while the S model gets a stronger 3.4L flat-six with 310 horsepower. A 6-speed manual transmission is standard, giving the 2009 Boxster the ability to accelerate from 0 to 62 in 5.9 seconds. A new 7-speed automatic transmission is optional.
Standard equipment includes automatic climate control, cruise control, an alarm system, a CD sound system, leather-trimmed upholstery, heated power mirrors and heated washer nozzles. Standard safety features include ABS, traction control, antiskid system and side airbags. A power-folding soft top is also standard on the Boxster, as is a rear spoiler that automatically deploys at speed for stability. It will re-stow itself automatically upon return to lower speeds.
The Boxster has a long list of optional equipment, and includes special interior trims, accessories, adaptive sport seats, a Bose surround sound audio system and park assist. The Sport Package adds to the base Boxster the 6-speed gearbox, along with Porsche Active Suspension Management, which lets the car ride a half-inch lower and enables more firmness during hard cornering. Porsche's optional Sport Chrono Package includes a sport button, which modifies throttle, traction, and suspension settings to suit high-performance driving.
When fitted with PDK transmission and Launch Control (featured in the optional Sports Chrono Package Plus), acceleration goes from 0 to 62mph in just 5.0 seconds. For the first time in 2009, the Boxster is available with a Lights Package, featuring bi-xenon headlights, dynamic cornering lights and LED day-time driving lights. Replacing the fog lamps, these units combine four LED lights positioned next to one another.
The new Porsche Communication Management (PCM) 3.0 option package comes with hard disk navigation and provides a central control unit for all audio, communication and navigation features. PCM 3.0 is easier to use in 2009, boasting a larger 6.5-inch monitor, voice control, USB port, iPod and Bluetooth connectivity.
The 2009 model year for the Boxster is seen as the second generation of the 987-series platform that Porsche introduced in 2005. The base Boxster now features a 2.9L direct-injection flat-6 engine that makes 255 horsepower, up 10 horses from 2008. The Boxster S trim now utilizes a 3.4L direct-injection flat-6 engine producing 310 horsepower, up 15 horses from 2008.
New exterior refinements include halogen headlights with integrated direction indicators, as well as new LED body lights that taper to the outside and are integrated into the restyled bodywork. The rod-shaped side lights are accented by the rectangular fog lamps, now standard. Along with a new wheel design, the front bumper utilizes wider side air intakes while the rear bumper is more curvaceous.
The wheels are half-inch wider on the Boxster S trim in order to accommodate the larger braking system, which is now fitted on the front axle. The base Boxster and Boxster S feature the latest generation of Porsche Stability Management (PSM), now offering two new functions: Brake Pre-Loading and the Brake Assistant. This combination improves brake response significantly and shortens stopping distances. In conjunction with 18- and 19-inch wheels, the new trims are also available with a limited-slip differential on the rear axle.
The biggest news is the availability of Porsche's double-clutch gearbox, which provides better fuel economy and quicker acceleration than the 6-speed manual transmission. Two wet clutches are used in radial arrangement, controlled hydraulically, and use oil for both cooling and lubrication. It replaces the former Tiptronic S torque-converter automatic-transmission and offers seven forward gears. It is an ideal combination of a torque converter-equipped automatic-transmission and the manual gearshift functionality of a sequential racing gearbox.
For 2009, only 50 limited-edition Boxster S Design Edition 2 cars, a follow-up to the all-black design Edition 1, will be available in North America. Available only in white, this Boxster comes with a freer-flowing exhaust, 19-inch wheels, a black and gray interior with white gauges, light gray stripes on the front fascia, hood and side, taillights in monochrome red and a dashboard plaque detailing its production number.
Named after the car's 'boxer' engine design -- the Porsche Boxster shares its basic design with the Porsche Cayman. The base Boxster starts around $46,000, which makes it a tempting value proposition relative to other roadsters that are both road- and track-ready.
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With Republicans Backing Away From TPP, Does It Still Have Any Chance?
from the what-a-weird-year dept
Historically, the way political support for trade deals in the US works breaks down as follows: Republicans support the deals strongly, with a simplistic mantra of "free trade is good, any free trade agreement must be good." They don't care much about the details (other than if a big company in their region wants some protectionist nugget in the agreement). Meanwhile, the majority of Democrats oppose the agreements, but again, often for simplistic and protectionist reasons. But, there are always a few "moderate" Democrats (i.e., Democrats who recognize free trade is actually a good thing overall) who support free trade and that's enough to get the deals passed. That's mostly how the TPP situation played out for the past few years.
Then the insanity of the 2016 Presidential election hit and everything went sideways.
On the Republican side, you've got Donald Trump, who is opposed to the TPP, but mainly because he doesn't understand international trade at all, and ridiculously seems to believe that everything is a zero sum game, and any trade agreement that helps other countries means we're "losing." The TPP is bad, but not for the reasons Trump thinks. And then you have Hillary Clinton, who had always been in the Democratic clump that supported free trade agreements, and who has always supported the TPP, despite now pretending not to. That's because Bernie Sanders was very much against it (also for mostly the wrong reasons!) and feeling pressure from the success of his campaign, she felt the need to come out against the TPP to avoid losing to Bernie.
So, you have both candidates claiming to be against TPP, but for weird reasons, and no one believing the Dem candidate, while no one quite understanding the GOP candidate. Meanwhile, the sitting President continues to push for the TPP even as the only two people likely to have his job in a few months insist they won't support it.
Now, throw into this mix the fact that Trump's railing against the TPP (again, for dumb reasons) is suddenly getting Republican voters to hate the TPP, and down ticket Republicans who have long supported the TPP are suddenly changing their tune. Senator Pat Toomey, a long time supporter of the TPP has now announced it's a bad deal and he's opposed to it. Of course, he actually spends most of his opinion piece (correctly!) lauding the benefits of free trade, but then says he's opposing it for a few reasons. His reasons are silly, though. It's mainly because the pharma industry has convinced him that the IP provisions in the TPP are too lax. Pharma pushed heavily for more ability to basically lock up their data and discoveries for a very long time, and thanks to Australia pushing back, there was a compromise here. So Toomey insists that's why he's now opposing:
About 46,000 Pennsylvanians have jobs in the life science and pharmaceutical sector, making it one of our state's largest industries. TPP will make it too easy for other countries to steal innovations that we create in Pennsylvania and take the jobs tied to those innovations.That's not true at all. What the TPP will do is actually mean that pharma will have an exclusive monopoly on certain things for not quite as long as they'd like. It won't make "stealing innovations" any easier.
Of course, the real reason for Toomey's about-face may have more to do with his re-election campaign:
Toomey's remarks arrive as public polls show him falling behind Democratic challenger Katie McGinty in one of the country's most crucial Senate races. They also come after months of rage against international trade fueled support for Trump and Bernie Sanders, and forced Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton to reverse course on the pending deal. McGinty has opposed the TPP and blasted Toomey over his stand on it.So, this topsy turvy election year, it's becoming increasingly clear that the TPP might not actually have the support it needs to get ratified in the US. If Republicans are bailing on it (and the top of the ticket screaming about how horrible it is), it's difficult to see how it can gain enough support. There is the popular theory that no matter what happens, in the lame duck session after the election, everyone will revert to their earlier positions and push the damn thing through, but if trade continues to be an issue in the election, doing so will create a huge amount of public anger.
"Pat Toomey has spent his entire career pushing bad trade deals and policies that ship Americans jobs overseas, so nobody is buying this ridiculous flip flop," McGinty said in a statement.
So, in the end, there are a lot of reasons why the TPP may die on the vine... even if all of the reasons for it doing so will be pretty bad.