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Reuven Carlyle. Photo courtsy of www.reuvencarlyle.com.
Reuven Carlyle says he can't shop at the Queen Anne Trader Joe's on Saturdays without being accosted by constituents concerned about coal trains.
Make no mistake: Carlyle's against them. The 47-year-old state representative from the 36th District and Queen Anne resident says the proposed project just doesn't pencil out.
"This is inconsistent with every core value around economic strategy, environmental protection, long-term quality of life and public infrastructure," Carlyle said during a sit-down at the Westlake Center Tully's last week. "What I have attempted to do is elevate the dialogue about the true impact and the facts."
Carlyle, also an entrepreneur in the software and clean-energy worlds, is one of many Paul Reveres — in and out of government — sounding the alarm around the Northwest, but those voices aren't coming together to form a cohesive narrative. And it's the potential fragmentation of narrative within the agencies responsible for the looming draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) — led by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the state Department of Ecology and Whatcom County — that concerns Carlyle and others.
Meanwhile, the coal train proponent's mantra is "jobs, jobs, jobs," spun through some of the best public relations firms money can buy — a mantra designed to overpower all other arguments.
"Job production?" Carlyle asked. Citing a potential $2 billion public-infrastructure investment to allow the trains to run on time, "Why not rebuild half the schools in our state? I can find 100 public investments with better ROI (return on investment). I'm fundamentally a business guy. There's not one investor in Seattle who would do this deal."
Getting the facts straight
Demand for coal in this country has fallen off big-time. The Powder River Basin in Montana and Wyoming is this country's largest coal-producing area; coal interests there have looked to China for new markets. Oregon has three potential shipping sites; British Columbia, two; and our state, two: Longview and the Gateway Pacific Terminal Project at Cherry Point near Ferndale.
The Cherry Point project would impact Seattle, bringing a minimum 18 additional, 1.5-mile-long trains to the city and Queen Anne and Magnolia's front door each day, their uncovered cars causing five- to seven-minute delays at each urban crossing.
Alliance for Northwest Jobs, the coalition that ran those pro-coal-train ads a few months back, (the coalition was formed by Edelman, the world's largest public relations firm), says Gateway construction would create more than 4,000 new jobs and leave behind up to 400-plus permanent jobs by 2026.
The Alliance is seeking to limit what factors can be studied in the draft EIS; opponents are trying to force a more comprehensive review.
The draft EIS, which will inform permit decisions, is officially expected in 2014, but sources in Olympia say it could come the first half of this year.
The proposed Longview and Cherry Point ports would likely double the annual freight-rail tonnage in Washington and Oregon — 80 million to 170 million — on an already-congested and weak rail infrastructure. Impacts would radiate to our ports, ferries, property values, our environment and emergency-response times, to say nothing of a Native American village site at Cherry Point.
Not least, there's the coal dust, which raises the specter of environmental pollution and accompanying health risks even before the coal is burned. There are mitigating measures for the dust, but their effectiveness is uncertain, and it's premature to talk mitigation.
To make this a strictly environment issue may increase political liability — Carlyle knows that, just as he knows a dash of Seattle exceptionalism added to the debate won't help the cause in rural areas.
Carlyle can move quickly from the philosophic to the pragmatic: "China is the third-largest producer of coal in the world," he noted. "They have closed plants due to inefficiency; they could reopen them with the flip of a switch. We have a high probability of substantial investment with a substantial probability of a customer's change of mind."
The press, here and there, has done a good job sifting through the issue: Scott Learn's coverage at the Oregonian is Pulitzer-worthy; Floyd MacKay's reporting in Crosscut.com has been thorough and clear, and the Everett Herald's editorial pages refreshingly sane: "Fickle and hidebound suitors," a Herald editorial stated last Nov. 8, "railroads are historically over-promising, vague and indispensable…. The coal export fallout is a slow earthquake: It might never be felt. Or it could be a harbinger of the big one. Better to exhibit leadership, do what we can, be prepared."
Lance Dickie at The Seattle Times opined: "Whatcom County would be well positioned to revisit the 19th century — just add a whaling station and a kerosene distillery."
The on-line website SightlineDaily has called out the putatively "green" PR firms who are, as Joel Connelly at SeattlePI.com termed it, doing "coal's dirty work." That list includes Edelman.
A concerted effort needed
Carlyle is concerned, during the draft EIS process, that responsible agencies aren't connecting the dots.
In a November public statement, Carlyle wrote: "As an export-driven state, we have a fiduciary obligation to study the economic, transportation and environmental 'externalities' and impacts, given that this would effect nearly every aspect of our state's economy for generations."
Here's the crux of his worry: "We need to acknowledge that unless multiple state agencies are instructed to formally work together to thoroughly identify potential impacts, the scope of the EIS is unlikely to include an accurate or sufficient review of economic, transportation and infrastructure issues."
Carlyle said, at one point, he called the state Department of Transportation and asked, "How many trains go through my district each day?"
The answer: It didn't know.
"I'm a Democrat and I believe in the role of government, but this is symbolic of a bureaucracy not looking deeper into an issue," he said.
"We can make a choice," Carlyle added. "There are moral implications here. And this is a pubic expenditure of billions. My job is to ensure the Department of Ecology is intellectually rigorous and courageously objective."
To that end, on Nov. 7, Carlyle, along with six other state representatives, wrote a letter to Gov. Christine Gregoire asking for multi-agency task force to study the larger issues. Gregoire's Dec. 10 memo to the heads of four state agencies, seemed to light a fire. The governor ordered "a coordinated effort…that will allow the state to address all reasonably foreseeable impacts of these proposed projects."
And in a letter from the governor to Carlyle the same day, Gregoire wrote, "I fully expect that the environmental-review process will provide the kind of thorough interdisciplinary and coordinated review asked for in your letter."
However, sources in state government remain concerned about bureaucratic blind spots, about offices not talking to other offices down the hallway.
Jan. 21 is the cut-off date for commenting on the project: To weigh in, do an Internet search for "Gateway Project, Department of Ecology."
Anything less than a thorough, comprehensive review of the Gateway Pacific Terminal Project would be crazy. But that doesn't guarantee it can't happen.
MIKE DILLON is publisher of the Queen Anne/Magnolia News. To comment on this story, write to email@example.com.


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2015 Hillclimb Dates
All current information can be found at www.ccrscca.com
Home of the SCCA CHASING THE DRAGON HILLCLIMB
All current information can be found at www.ccrscca.com
Matt Brandenburg – one of the best videos we have ever seen! Thanks Matt and crew! GREAT JOB!
THIS video made it to Jalopnik! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XCHlZvMWBY
Cory Friedman in the AUTOMETRICS Porsche GT3 RSR – on his Dragonslayer sword winning run!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFsthEOmX0M&feature=youtu.be <- turn up the volume for full sensaround feel.
Allen Skillcorn in the LeGrand DSR. First timer at the Dragon and he was incredibly fast!
Rob Martai and Marcel Ciascai in the Evo rally car… they got a lot going on in there!
Johnny Valencia in his BMW M3 – 2nd weekend at the Dragon Hillclimb. He'll be back!
SCCA's Central Carolina Region hosted another great event in Robbinsville at the 7th Chasing the Dragon Hillclimb presented by TOYO! Although weather played a role in keeping our drivers from records being set, the competition was close in many classes. Over 2400 spectators came to watch the event and enjoy hamburgers, BBQ and funnelcakes while watching cars and drivers compete for trophies and cash on the 2.2 mile course. The range of cars went from rally cars, a vintage MGA, Porsche GT3 RSR , Evo, Ariel Atom, Brunton Staker, FFR Daytonas, chump cars and many street prepped cars. We had great attendance of drivers along with many first timers at our hill. We also welcomed back Cory Friedman, our current overall record holder and the first winner of the Dragonslayer sword at the very first Dragon Hillclimb in 2011.
The event began earlier in the week with Ted Theodore, George Bowland and others that came to prep the hill, cleaning, mowing and weed-eating the worker and spectators areas. Hay bales were wrapped in white plastic and placed along the course. We owe a big thanks to all who came, worked, towed trailers and helped set up and take down the mountain. Rolling out 2 miles of wire from the back of a truck is a lot of work but necessary for timing and scoring. The hardest part is at the end of day Sunday, rolling it all back up! (Thanks Scott Sipler for staying and helping). Friday, registration was held downtown at The Hub before drivers took their places in the paddock and set up for the weekend. First timers on the hill met Friday night at Microtel to go over the course, the danger areas, protocols and event flow with an instructor and mentors.
Saturday morning went smoothly with our Launch tire and dragon in the air and course green. The damp course was a challenge for our drivers and some did get bit by the dragon. The saying "Saturday is for wreckers and Sunday is for checkers" is never more true than at a hillclimb! In spite of the occasional rain, the competition heated up in many classes and put on a great show for our spectators and course workers. We were honored to have Area 12 Director Tere Pulliam running her first hillclimb in a CSP Miata! Thanks to her and her husband Larry for coming and running with us! I suspect we will see them on the hill next year in THEIR car! We were also pleased to have Thach take a run up the mountain again in Elvira. Thach is a NC Highway Patrolman who is well known in the area… and if we can get him a car, whatever class he is in will have a new contender!
The Saturday night dinner at the Huddle House was enjoyed by workers and drivers. Steak night has now become Steak AND Hat night with prizes for best hats.
Sunday was some slight rain on and off during the day and the course never did completely dry out. While this made record setting runs impossible, it created extra challenge in the competition to get the most out of their cars while making safe runs. Our drivers did a fine job and the crowd cheered on our drivers with cowbells. The younger spectators had plenty to do meeting drivers, getting autographs and playing with dragons! One driver who hoped to make this year's hillclimb had started a car build specifically for this event and tracked his progress through a blog. He was unable to chase away all the gremlins and decided to leave his car home and come watch. One of our drivers, Rocco Bocchiccio offered his BMW to allow Perry Boykin to make his dream of a hillclimb run! THIS is the sportsmanship and fun we see all see and enjoy! You can expect Perry and his wife, Jamie will be joining us at Dragon 8 in their own car! Another driver and long time hillclimber, Ray Cockerel from Black Mountain, NC began a build of his F500 well over a year ago. He completed the car and with support from his wife Sheila was able to debut his car at the Dragon! We look forward to having Sheila back running with us next year. Another driver, Roy Erickson, bought a Miata 2 years ago with the dream of building it up specifically for time trial and hillclimb. His car known as Breester was finished a week before the event and he fulfilled his goal of competing. Two other drivers Nate Wimbrow and Bill Hightower were co-driving Nate's Spec Miata and had the differential pop on their first run on Saturday. This was disappointing as Nate brought family down from New Hampshire just to run this event. A few phone calls later, Henry and Joe Bryan Payne with HP Motors in Pelzer, SC offered their ITA Miata on loan to Nate. Nate spent all day Saturday taking his car back to Greenville, picking up the ITA so he could run Sunday! All went well with their Sunday runs and the weekend was not lost. Thanks to Joe Bryan and Henry for their help! Remember that Car accident attorney in Miami, FL can always help you to claim for your car and personal injury damages with aggressive legal representation.
At the close of the event, we brought our drivers, crews, event staff and many spectators that stayed for the trophy presentation. Tabitha arranged for Miss Black Knight to assist our Dragon (Julius Binninger) with awarding the trophies and money! There were too many outstanding drives : First timer Ned Neuhaus did amazingly well in his Brunton Stalker. Matt Brandenburg and Sebastian Kokoszka in their first run at the Dragon were fearless in their rally cars! Gage Gregory is always fast on the edge in his car… another great run! Another first time, Allen Skillcorn in the LeGrand DSR was 3rd overall in his first event! Cameron Lane with a 4th place was hoping for a better finish but 4th overall is excellent. With some new findings after the event, Cameron may have found a little some extra to show up with at the Dragon 8! George Bowland, Robert Martai and Robert McManus finished in 5th, 6th and 7th with awesome runs especially considering the weather. In the end, no ladies were close to Vicki Lanning Eckerich as she captured ANOTHER Dragonslayer sword for Queen of the Hill. For King of the Hill, it was Heikki Rinta-Koski in his Locost 7 and Cory Friedman in his Porsche GT3 RSR. Both turned in incredibly fast runs on the damp course… with Heikki turning in a 117.510 (just 2.5 seconds slower than his best time ever of 115.091) and Cory running a 116.487. Cory took the King of the Hill honors for the second time and now is the owner of TWO Dragonslayer swords. Heikki still owns four swords and will be back in the Spring, ready to do battle with the Dragon again!
We owe many thanks to our sponsors, TOYO Tires, Appalachian Tire, Greg and The Hub, Brent and Shelly Hyperformance, Grassroots Motorsports, Darryl and Lori of Killboy.com, HeadHeldHigh.com, Tabitha, Steven, Meghan, Jessica and Nikita from Graham County Travel & Tourism. Also thanks to our event staff, Don Drennon and his F&C workers, Rich and his Timing and Scoring Staff (Eric, Nancy, Lea, Julius). Thanks to Mark Wall who sweated away all weekend to be our on course Sasquatch! Rick Mitchell, Lance, Barbara, Robert, our grid/starters and stewards did an awesome job! A Special thanks to Mark Eversoll … excellent job on communications and control. Steve Eckerich in the CCR Board members who all stepped up to help! AND a thanks to all the first time workers like Jaime and Amanda Honeycutt. We appreciate greatly the sponsors and support from Graham County : Tabitha with Travel & Tourism, Terinda and Charlie with US Forest Services, NC. DOT, Juanita at GC Transit, Matt and Amanda at Huddle House and Lary and the Graham County EMS and Rescue Squad. Thank you ALL for your help and support! We will see you again in the Spring when we wake the Dragon for Dragon 8! FULL RESULTS : chasing the dragon 7_fin_ chasing the dragon 7_raw_
Just a quick post for results. Recap will be up in future with pictures.
BIG thanks to Richard Mesick, Nancy Peck for great job in T & S, Don Drennon and ALL of our wonderful volunteer staff and stewards and officials … and our hosts Graham County.
Special thanks to Tabitha at Graham County Travel and Tourism… her whole family did so much. We appreciate you GREATLY!
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THANKS TO ALL DRIVERS for a wonderful weekend! You truly rocked the hill !
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Many of our drivers and fans are going up early to explore the beauty of the Nantahala Forests and do some early recon. We are hearing from locals in Graham County and they are glad to have you! Please remember this is still a national forest and we are under US Forest Services jurisdiction. They do give speeding tickets and do patrol the road! It is easy to think if you drive to the top of the road and back down and see no cars, you have the road to yourself. That is not true. There are several trails that dump out at the top of the road at the Observation Deck and hikers walk down the road to the entrance to Joyce Kikmer. If you round the corner out of your lane, they might hear you and assume they are fine in other lane. Also, if you have a wreck or a break down… cell service can be spotty so you may be there a while! Be careful and take care of our site and our drivers. Be sure to let the locals know you are a hillclimber and how much we appreciate their hospitality. See you on the hill!
We do our best to bring you drivers from all over the world and unique cars at our hillclimbs! This year is no exception.
This September, we will have drivers originating from Finland, Sweden, India, Australia, England, Germany, Italy, Thailand, Poland and right here in the USA.
And the cars…
There are rumors there may be a Miata… or ten.
Grassroots Motorsports has been a sponsor of the Dragon Hillclimb since the very first one in 2011. Last year, they sent a reporter to do an article about our event and it will be in the next issue of Grassroots Motorsports! You'll see action pictures of Mike Breakey, Mike Tablas, Lars Lattstrom, Nate Wimbrow and Heikki Rinta-Koski, our current KING of the Hill! Also, interviews with Kat Karns, Dustin Webb, Marvin Fordham and others. This is a well written article and captures much of the fun of our sport.
On top of that, Grassroots Motorsports is offering of our hillclimbers this issue FREE of charge! You'll see information on our event and how to get started in the sport. For your free issue, click here and fill out the form and the will mail it to your address (inside continental US). FREE ISSUE OFFER
Thanks to Tim & Marjorie Suddard, Nancy Gomez, article by John Webber, pictures by Clark McInnes and Grassroots Motorsports staff for their continued support and kind offer!
Over the last 10 years, I have heard many people asking the question :
What creates the desire to take the risk of running a race car flat out up a wild mountain road? Why take a perfectly good street car and put in a 4 point cage and belts so you can roar through the woods and up those hills? Adrenalin junkies? Death defying daredevils? OR… are these hillclimbers just "a few fries short of a Happy Meal?" I know what drives my passion but what is it for others? I asked and here is what I found."
"It's not about just racing up the hill." – It's selecting a car that fits your style, speed and budget. For many, it begins with a daily driver street car. You begin visualizing how it will look and what it will take to convert it to a competitive car in the class you'd like to run. Ordering the parts and… while shuffling a job, school, family and other responsibilities… finding time to do the build. Finding the resources to do what you can't and doing what you can the way YOU want it done. Enjoying the feel of a car seat, steering wheel, pedal layout… custom built to your body. Painting, striping, numbering and decaling to give the look YOU want. It's building the very personal TOOL for the job of climbing that hill.
"It's about the road." – On a race track, we make endless cycles of the course… learning turn in points, braking zones, squeezing out that tenth here and there. We run the same track 3 to 8 times a year in many cases. For road racers, that perfect line for qualifying is seldom seen in a race due to traffic, passing and yellow flags. On a Hillclimb – you see the road once or twice a year. There are no other cars or obstructions and turns are mostly blind. You can't see through the mountain. Changing surfaces, weather conditions, going from sunlight to tree covered shade patches, driving reactively to what you see in a 2 minute all-out burst… this is a challenge to get the max out of your car, tires and set up… finding the golden line for the fastest time you and the car can make that day.
"It's about the other drivers." – Hillclimb is more social than many other forms of racing. When you climb out of your car at the top, there are 20 other drivers all standing around talking that just experienced the same thing you did. They are friendly, open… willing to help with tools and advice . Many great friendships begin on a hill. On the occasion of a mechanical problem, drivers frequently offer their car to a competitor for some runs. Twice at the Dragon, that driver beat them in their own car. More and more women are competing and the "Danica Patrick" advantage (less weight / less testosterone) is showing in the results. Six of the Dragon Hillclimb class records were set by drivers over 65 years old and four records are held by drivers under 25.
"It's about the crowd." – Spectators come from all over to watch these cars go up the hill and talk to the drivers in the pits. To kids, these drivers are heroes and give them something to aspire to. For adults, they are a source of memories of motorsports events past, of cars they remember and would loved to have driven and a chance to enjoy motorsports competition. The kids seeking autographs and ringing the cowbells to encourage drivers to go faster… they don't want to just watch cars go by at speed. They want to take part in the event, touch the cars, meet the drivers and enjoy the beautiful natural surrounding you find on a mountain. The view from the Observation Deck at the Top of the Dragon Hillclimb is incredible.
"It's about the event staff" – So many people come together to make a Hillclimb happen. All volunteers who donate their time to come be a part of a unique motorsports spectacle. They receive training so they can be there in a time of need when a car goes off… but their joy comes from a ringside seat for a safe event. The Saturday night social/steak dinner is a great time for workers and drivers to talk and tell stories. Many of the greatest moments a driver will experience on a hillclimb are shared only by the driver and a few lucky course workers that were there watching over them.
"It's about the feeling" – You don't have to race a carbon fiber winged monster to enjoy driving a Hillclimb. You don't have to win a trophy or set a record for your class. It's about the feeling of being at the line belted in, feeling the vibration of your engine, looking up at that giant tire arch looming ahead. Watching the starter count down and checking your gauges for last seconds "all systems go." Seeing the view from inside your helmet, inside your car with only the first 50 yards of the asphalt visible and after that…nothing. Remembering where it goes and trusting your memory, your car, your tires, the workers that the course is clean and safe so you can give it all you have and …GO! You don't see signs, you don't see workers, you don't see trees… you see green blur on the sides and a ribbon of gray road as it is revealed to you. In 2 minutes time (that feels like 10), you see the finish line and your heartbeat and breathing begin to return to normal. It's a rush… and you will do it 10 to 16 times over the course of the weekend. Each run, turns begin linking together in your memory and you carry more speed and brake later. If you do it right, the last run is the fastest as it all comes together. If you do it wrong, any run can be your last run of the weekend.
I guess the bottom line is HILLCLIMBERS ARE NOT DRIVERS. Hillclimbers are the drivers, the workers and the spectators who all come to take part in making the event special. They all come together to compete, fellowship and bond with their friends and their cars at the non-denominational church called NATURE.
Yes, some of us hillclimbers might be a few fries short of a Happy Meal…
but we are also some of the happiest people I know.
Article by Ted Theodore – The Southern Driver (7/14) . Thanks to Darryl Cannon for pictures and support from Day 1 to make the Dragon Hillclimb a reality! See more of his work at www.killboy.com
– LODGING : We are already hearing of places filling up fast. There are still rooms at Appalachian Inn (www.appalachianinn.com) , Mountain Manor (www.mountainmanorhotel.com), Dragon's Rest (www.dragonsrestcabins.com), Simple Life Campgrounds (www.thesimplelifecampground.com) and several other places found under the LODGING tab above. These places are mentioned specifically because they are sponsoring our drivers and we DO appreciate them GREATLY! Let them know you are a hillclimber when you call. Some do give discounts for SCCA Hillclimbers! Also, be aware that many of the chalets divided by 2 couples are cheaper than hotels and very nice. Graham County appreciates us and is looking forward to our event!
– DRIVERS : Registration has been open 42 hours and we have 32 already entered. Please remember to sign in on www.myautoevents.com site, download the supps and entry forms found on the EVENT FLYER / ENTRY FORM tab. Fill them out along with your bio and mail in your entry with your check to reserve your spot.
-WORKER PRIZES : Any drivers wishing to donate prizes to our WORKER RAFFLE, please email Ted at firstname.lastname@example.com This is appreciated by staff who work hard to keep the mountain course safe and clear! Thanks! We have already had a working full size TRAFFIC LIGHT donated … that will look great hanging in someone's garage … (or living room if they are single.)
– HAT NIGHT CONTEST : Back by popular demand, it's Saturday Night HAT NIGHT! $25 prize for two best hats as selected by our wait staff!
– FRIDAY REGISTRATION : Greg and the nice staff at THE HUB have agreed to allow us to hold Registration and Tech at their place again this year. They enjoyed having us and look forward to welcoming our drivers and staff to Robbinsville! See you at THE HUB!


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Student debt is growing faster for seniors than for any other age group, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Bloomberg Businessweek reported.
Lingering student loan debt is part of a broader and, many elder-care lawyers say, devastating accumulation of debt among older Americans. For some, it may be college loans they neglected to pay, or new loans they took out to send their children to college.
Though people aged 50 and older hold only 17 percent of all U.S. student debt, this group has nearly three times as much debt as it did in 2005, according to the New York Fed data. By comparison, student debt for people under 40 is about one and a half times as high it was then.


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Models Tim Schuhmacher and Matthew Bell front the new campaign for Boy De Chanel, showcasing Chanel's the first makeup products for men.
Models Tim Schuhmacher and Matthew Bell front the new campaign for Boy De Chanel, showcasing Chanel's the first makeup products for men.
ADER unveiled the lookbook for its Spring/Summer 2019 "ARROW" collection.
After the FW19 show, LGN Louis-Gabriel Nouchi launched its second campaign.
Versace unveiled its Resort 2019 lookbook, featuring August Alexander, Gabriel Thiam, Igor Kapitanets, and Niccolo Patti, shot by Greg Swales and styled by Giorgio Ammirabile.
Back in January, we got a glimpse of VIBE HARSLØF's second collaboration with Facetasm during Paris Fashion Week Men's AW19 and then caught up with the jewelry designer on her home turf during Copenhagen Fashion Week. In… »
On 29 March, LOEWE will launch the Dumbo capsule collection in selected stores for a limited period only.
Directed by Scott Lazer, the video was inspired by the opening sequence from one of J.l.D's favorite films "The Long Goodbye" (1973).
Soft terry cotton and tracksuits galore, the SS19 collection "100% Success Club" is the only way to success for the season!
The up and coming French artist 7 Jaws recently revealed his new single ShinChan along with the music video directed by Maky Margaridis, known for his work with Belgian and French rappers.
Fascinated by the process of how a caterpillar blossom into a majestic butterfly, the inspiration is found throughout the entire 'Windborne Adaptation' collection.
Gui and Thom at Boom captured by the lens of Elena Ovecina and styled by Martina Amato, in exclusive for Fucking Young! Online.
Shawn Mendes, Noah Centineo, and A$AP Rocky front the Spring/Summer 2019 campaign of Calvin Klein Jeans, shot by Glen Luchford.
Simon and Luca Imbimbo teamed up to create this editorial shot in Naples, for the FW18-19 "NEIGHBORHOOD" issue of Fucking Young! magazine.
Lisbon is constantly evolving and you end up discovering new places and new people that make you fall in love over and over again with the Portuguese capital.
Twelvepieces is the young high fashion streetwear brand created by the Danish designer, Amir Hassan, who merges fashion and powerful political and social messages by creating 12 pieces of each style per collection with strong storytelling behind it.
Riccardo Tisci unveiled his first campaign for Burberry, photographed by Nick Knight and Danko Steiner.
Lately, we've seen the evolution from belt bags to cross-body styles and now smaller pouches like Jacquemus' 'Le Pitchou' that can be comfortably worn around your neck.
Cosimo Dannunzio and Federico Foglia at Elite Milan shot by Giuseppe Morello and styled by Cristian Lorenzoni, in exclusive for Fucking Young! Online.
Ties Koning at Trend Models photographed by Carlos Moreno and styled by Daniel González Elizondo, in exclusive for Fucking Young! Online.
The Pack unveiled its Spring/Summer 2019 lookbook photographed by Dorian Ulises Lopez and styled by Mariangeles Reyadas.
Jordan Djadi at AMCK Models photographed by Mateusz Stefanowski and styled by Karol Młodziński, in exclusive for Fucking Young! Online.
Mexican designer Galo Bertin unveiled his Spring/Summer 2019 campaign, featuring Rafael Sánchez photographed by David Suárez.
Bernhard Willhelm Fall/Winter 2019 is the titled WILLHELMTOWN.
Graham at Named Models shot by Paul Perelka and styled by Natasha Aimee, in exclusive for Fucking Young! Online.
The entire visual spectrum comes to life in a new SS19 selection from CAMPERLAB exclusives. Six identical options for men and women, this selection of models in black and white includes an iridescent material that seems to change color depending on the angle of the one you look at and depending on the light.
Clare Waight Keller – the British designer and artistic director of Givenchy since Spring 2017 – will present the new menswear collection from the brand that is an icon of French elegance with a special event scheduled for June 12th, 2019.
Photographer Marc Medina brings us a selection of looks photographed in the streets of Lisbon during ModaLisboa, in exclusive for Fucking Young!
Take a look at Dino Alves FW19 backstage, shot by Marc Medina during ModaLisboa, for Fucking Young!
Take a look at Ricardo Andrez FW19 backstage, shot by Marc Medina during ModaLisboa, for Fucking Young!
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Take a look at Nuno Gama's FW19 presentation, shot by Marc Medina during ModaLisboa, for Fucking Young!
The SS19 collection from Han Kjøbenhavn is inspired by the time when computer technology entered our daily lives and the changes from being kids playing outside in the fields, to become "indoor kids" spellbound by the electronics.
"The more beautiful the sky, the more hopeless the neighborhood."
Cover feat. Jhona Burjack at Next Models shot by Kito Muñoz
"And even if we change neighborhoods, cities or countries, we always carry with us that sense of personal transformation that a piece of land, with its buildings, parks, bars, and people, has given us. We are almost certain to hang on to a sense of gratitude and nostalgia for it."Fall/Winter 2018


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Earnhardt's win right place at right time
The Daytona 500 is a spectacle like none other in the racing world. With turns too steep to walk up and a crowd of a hundred thousand-plus donning legends on its shirts and hats, the February event ranks near the top of all championships in sports entertainment.
But the events that played out on Sunday may never be done again. With gentlemen and gentlewoman starting their engines just after noon on Sunday, the race quickly came to a halt — a 6-hour, 22-minute halt. With rain pouring down and showing no signs of letting up, drivers and fans took shelter until day turned to night.
But thanks to the hard work of devoted NASCAR personnel, the race went on without a hitch.
After the extremely uncharacteristic wait, the 40-plus racers finally hit the 2.5-mile raceway once again, now under the lights at Daytona.
With a long night ahead, the front of the pack had a very familiar name attached — Earnhardt. Dale Junior's No. 88 National Guard car was leading the field in the sports opening race of the year.
With teammate and stellar driver Jimmy Johnson blocking in the two hole, it was like Junior's dad was back from the grave blocking foes from the finish line once again.
It was a clean race until lap 146 when 13 drivers hit the showers early due to a massive pileup. Fourteen laps later eight more found their way to the garage. Finally, after going under another caution with six laps to go, Earnhardt took the checkered flag to victory and was once again Daytona royalty after a 10-year drought.
Not to mention snapping a nearly two-year winless streak overall.
While the win would have still been exciting and emotional for any other racer in the field, for Dale Jr. it was extra special.
Thirteen years after his father died on the final lap of the very track blocking for teammate Michael Waltrip, Junior was back in victory lane.
Full of tears and joy and all but speechless, the worn out Dale Jr. took his victory lap with the net down and the flag flying from the driver's side window as he paid tribute to his father and the fans.
Junior had finished second in three of the last four 500s.
But Sunday's race wasn't just another Daytona 500. It was the first with the No. 3 car burning rubber and Dale Sr. not behind the wheel.
No, it wasn't the famous black with white lettering outlined in red that everyone remembers smashing the wall in turn four, but it was the same No. 3 shining bright around the track.
Car owner Richard Childress' grandson, Austin Dillon, paced the 3 around Daytona. Childress was the owner when Dale Sr. was racing.
With Dale Jr. back at the top of the NASCAR world, racing fans everywhere rejoiced for the sport favorite. Non-NASCAR fans came out of the woodwork to wish him well. Social media was full of status updates and Tweets on the race.
The three-hour-turned-all-day event had taken over the internet and the world.
Though it was for just a few hours, the likes of anything quite like that ever happening again are slim to none.
Dale Jr. was finally champion once again. The heartache was over just that fast. Everything went perfect. Every pit stop. Every caution. EVERYTHING.
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Karl Rove went on Fox News on Thursday to explain why Mitt Romney didn't win.
Yes, that would be the same Karl Rove who, practically right up until the -- for Republicans -- bitter end Tuesday night was predicting a Romney victory.
And the same Karl Rove who founded two "super PACs" that poured millions of dollars into Romney's losing presidential race.
Which, and I'm just spit-balling here, raises the question: Why on Earth would anyone turn to a guy who was dead wrong before the election and ask him to come back and explain that same election?
What, Nate Silver wasn't available?
It's just that I thought -- and again, I'm a liberal, so help me out, you red-state folks -- that in the private sector, results matter. Which means: If I had screwed up in my job as dramatically as Rove did in his, I doubt I'd get the chance to show up the next day to tell anyone why. I would get the chance to show up -- to clean out my desk.


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Nov. 21, 2006
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. -
The UC Santa Barbara baseball team has signed six talented high school seniors and three junior college players to National Letters of Intent, head coach Bob Brontsema announced Tuesday.
The recruiting class includes five right-handed pitchers, two outfielders, an infielder and a catcher. If not drafted, they will all join the Gauchos beginning in the 2008 season. Below is a list of the recruits with information about their baseball careers thus far:
Junior College Recruits
Eric Oliver1BOrange Coast College6-2R/R
Oliver was a Second Team All-Orange Empire selection as a freshman. In his first collegiate year, he hit .322 with 17 doubles, nine homeruns and amassed a slugging percentage of .582.
Recruited by: Long Beach State, UCLA and Kentucky
Quote from Coach Brontsema: "We look for Eric to fill a big void in our lineup left by the graduation of Robbie Blauer. He is a big-time bat with power that should fit very nicely in our park."
Zach SamuelsRHPDe Anza College6-3
Samuels pitched 76 innings in 13 starts while recording a record of 6-7 as a freshman at De Anza. In those innings, the right-hander surrendered 72 hits and 20 walks while striking out 58 and sporting a 2.72 ERA.
Recruited by: Long Beach State and USF
Quote from Coach Brontsema: "Zach is a quality 3-pitch guy that should challenge for a spot in our rotation. Like Jason [Schnitzer], his experience should blend in well with the young arms we have returning."
Jason SchnitzerRHPCypress College6-3
As a freshman, Schnitzer started six games and finished with a 1-0 record. The right-hander pitched a total of 27.2 innings while surrendering 30 hits and 12 walks. Finished his freshman campaign toting an ERA of 4.94 with 20 strikeouts. As a side note, Schnitzer was drafted by the Boston Red Sox after his senior year of high school.
Recruited by: Pepperdine
Quote from Coach Brontsema: "Jason comes from a great junior college program and will have pitched and gained valuable experience by the time he puts on a Gaucho uniform. He should be able to step in right away and provide us with quality innings."
High School Recruits
Greg DavisRHPEdison High School6-4
Davis is a former Gaucho camper that has blossomed onto the scene. Totes an 88-90 MPH fastball with a sharp slider. Played Connie Mack Baseball for the Trombley Braves.
Quote from Coach Brontsema: "Greg, like Jesse [Meaux], pitched in our camp and we loved what we saw. He showed great poise along with a 90 MPH fastball and a sharp slider. He, like all our athletes, is a great student."
Chris LoPiccolloOFMonterey High School6-2R/R
LoPiccollo was rated the 37th best prospect in California by Perfect Game. Was also a four-year varsity letterman at Monterey.
Recruited by:UC Irvine and UC Davis
Quote from Coach Brontsema: "Chris is rated the 37th best prospect in California according to Perfect Game and should challenge our returning outfielders for significant playing time."
Jesse MeauxRHPGlendale High School6-4
In his junior year, Meaux tallied 49 innings pitched with 38 strikeouts and an ERA of 2.14. In those innings, Meaux walked only 14 batters en route to All-League, All-Area and All-CIF First Team honors. The right-hander was also a member of the Angels Elite and Cardinals Scout Teams.
Recruited by:Cal State Fullerton and University of San Diego
Quote from Coach Brontsema: "Jesse is an up and coming power arm with great potential. As he gains more experience, he could develop into a 'Friday night' type guy."
Lance RoenickeOFChino Hills High School6-1R/R
Roenicke is a talented outfielder that was a member of the 2006 Angels Elite Scout Team.
Recruited by:Santa Clara and UNLV
Quote from Coach Brontsema: "Lance is a talented athlete who has split his time between football and baseball. We feel that with him concentrating solely on baseball skills, he will develop into an outstanding player for us."
Bryce TafelskiCSanta Ynez High School6-1R/R
Tafelski was voted co-MVP of the Los Padres League as a sophomore. Hit .395 as a sophomore with five stolen bases. As a junior, the backstop was selected First Team All-Los Padres League and All-Santa Barbara County. Hit .380 with nine homeruns and 21 stolen bases as a junior. Tafelski was a member of the St. Louis Cardinals' and Cleveland Indians' Scout Teams.
Recruited by:UCLA and Cal Poly
Quote from Coach Brontsema: "Bryce is a strong athletic player. Although he is a highly touted catcher, I could see us using his athleticism at other positions."
Jared WagnerRHPDe La Salle High School6-3
Tossed 16.2 innings and tallied thirteen strikeouts and an ERA of 0.84 while walking only three batters as a junior. Wagner pitched the championship game of the 2006 Phil Nevin Classic and was the winner versus Esperanza. Was a member of Team California in the Sun Belt Classic in Oklahoma. Wagner was rated the number 52 prospect by Perfect Game and was selected as the Top Prospect at the Perfect Game National in Jupiter, Fla.
Recruited by:Pepperdine, Cal Poly and UC Irvine
Quote from Coach Brontsema:"Jared is a highly rated freshman prospect that we hope can help fill the void left by the graduation of six senior arms. He has the stuff to compete for us as a freshman and we look for him to do just that."
Quote on the entire recruiting class from Coach Brontsema:
"Once again, Coach Myers has done a great job coordinating another outstanding group of talented student-athletes. Not only are these quality young men that can play baseball, but also they represent what UCSB looks for in all their students. We are extremely happy that we were able to fill the voids that will be left from our graduating seniors. It was important for us to back up last year's recruiting class with another group of quality student-athletes."


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Daniel13 necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 741 diseños de 143 diseñadores freelance.
We're from Stuttgart, Germany, the name is Parklifetools and we're focussing our business to one single product: the Conceptboard.
We did lots of software development in the past, and often had the problem of having visual and textual artifacts in different media (e.g. you have a design in PDF and multiple email comments referring to it). So we decided to build the ConceptPEN (German only) to solve this problem - it's kind of a whiteboard with focus on commenting. Many people liked it, so now we're starting an international version of this tool, with additional project features especially for web agencies and companies.
Conceptboard will be the website's and the company's name. And those multi-user whiteboards, where you can share your visual artifacts/post comments and tasks/invite people (...) are called conceptboards, too. Therefor it would be nice, to have a more or less abstract "Conceptboard" icon (or something alike) in the logo itself. The design should be simple and clean. The website will be light - white/grey/blue, something similar to what http://www.conceptpen.com is now, but based on your logo and much prettier ;)
Ok, hope you have fun designing this brand. We're very curious about your ideas!
The market is
1. creative people who use Photoshop, Basecamp and some fancy web tools
2. those business folks who use Webex or Lotus Notes
We would like to primarily address designers and web/print agencies (see 1). But the logo should work with architects and software developers, too (see 2). Company size is small to medium.
Conceptboard is a project tool around "multi-user web whiteboards".
Those "whiteboards" will be called "conceptboards", so perhaps it would be nice to have a more or less abstract "Conceptboard" as an icon in the logo.
The logo should fit in a clean/light website design (something like http://www.conceptpen.com - but prettier ;)
Conceptboard will be a completely new brand, so you are free to have fun.
Please see "Tell us about yourself" and "Target Audience" for further details.
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After looking at some log reports, posters on the EJ forums realized that Languish is working like Ignite as expected, but the damage currently has a 75% resist rate. The theory they came up with was that Languish's Spell rank was so low that it received the maximum resist rate against Raid Level bosses. This theory was confirmed by Ghostcrawler in a post on the official forums.
The spell level of Languish (the tier piece proc) is too low, causing an unintended high level of resists. We can hotfix this.
This is one of the few occasions where we should be thankful for a bug. The only reason we found this now was because a couple of players took advantage of a bug that allowed you to reset your Raid ID by transferring servers. This allowed them to run ICC multiple times in the early weeks of 3.3 and they were able to get the badges necessary to complete the set. Hopefully this hotfix will be in before the set bonus becomes available to many moonkin next week.
WoW.com Columnist
I want to take a moment and say congratulations to Murmurs for becoming the new druid blogger at WoW.com. For those of you that might be wondering, I did apply for the position also. However, I thought my chances at being chosen were a long shot at best. I was sure that my fairly narrow focus (Moonkin PvE) and loose relationship with grammar would exclude me from the job. Finding out that Murmurs is the one that was chosen makes me even less surprised.
His posts won't start for another few weeks, but I am sure they will be as insightful and math as some of his forum posts are. Just make sure to comment and call him an idiot who knows nothing about Moonkin. It's the only right thing to do when commenting at WoW.com.


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Hair loss is experienced by all of us at one or the other time. To know the causes of hair fall, it is very essential to know the structure of hair and its normal growth cycle.
Structure of hair:
The hair on our scalp can be divided into two parts, the root and shaft. The root part of hair is in the skin (epidermis) of scalp. The hair root is surrounded by a pouch like structure called follicle. The base of hair root is in the shape of a bulb. This bulb is indented by capillaries and nerve fibers. The cells in the center of bulb divide. The newly divided hair cells push the previous cells up. The cells which move upwards die slowly forming hard hair shaft.
The hair shaft has three layers the cuticle, medulla and cortex.
Cuticle is the outer layers and protects the inner layers. It is transparent. Healthy cuticle gives a shiny appearance for hair and unhealthy cuticle gives lifeless look
Medulla is the innermost layer composed of large cells.
Cortex is the layer between cuticle and medulla. This contains pigment and keratin. Cortex determines the bulk and strength of hair.
The hair follicle contains oil secreting glands which make the hair shiny .Stress and illness diminish secretion of oil and pigments causing graying of hair.
According to Ayurveda the hair is considered as a tissue which uses the same nutrients of bone and considered as a tissue which is formed as bi-product of bone tissue.
Normal cycle of hair growth:
About 10 % of the hair on the scalp is in a resting phase at any given time. The resting hair falls after 2 to 3 months and new hair starts growing in its place. The growing phase continues for 2.25 to 6 yrs. During this phase each hair grows approximately 1 cm per month. At any given time about 90% of the hair on scalp will be in growing phase.
Few strands of hair fall as the part of normal hair growth cycle. But some people may experience excessive hair fall which is more than normal cycle. Excessive hair loss can affect men, women and children.
Causes of hair loss
According to ayurveda the causes of hair loss are described as follows
Due to these causes the tridoshas get vitiated and cause hair loss. The vitiated doshas affect the scalp skin and cause hair loss. Medicated oil with the herbs Bhringaraja ( Eclipta Alba ), Amalaki ( Embelica officinalis ), Haritaki ( Terminalia chebula ) and Vibhitaki ( Terminalia bellirica ) is a best remedy for hair fall.
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A tough situation..
I have a db instance just created and was up and running.
oracle 8i, no archive log and no backup yet..
one of the QA guys accidentally ran a create database script..
and i guess messed up a few things..
after doing a shutdown abort, i cant even bring the databse to mount stage.. Is the db a big trash already?? Any chances..
ORA-00205: error in identifying controlfile, check alert log for more info...
What can be done..Any clues??


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I am usually not one to read stuff about celebrities but since Religions of the Stars by Richard Abanes had information about the different religions that are gaining a foot in Hollywood and movies today, I wanted to give it a chance. I received this book through the blogger review program through Bethany House Publishing. This book was a very informative and fast read, which I was happy with, educational and fast – what more could a busy mom want when reading a book?
From the Bethany House website: "You've probably heard that Tom Cruise is a Scientologist and Madonna follows the teachings of the Kabbalah. And you know that Oprah Winfrey is very spiritual. But what does it all mean? And more important, how does it affect you?
- Why is Scientology such a controversial religion?
- What does the Kabbalah teach?
- Which faiths are embraced by Richard Gere, Marie Osmond, Ashton Kutcher, and many other celebrities?
- How does Christianity line up with the popular religions of Hollywood?
Inside this book you'll find the answers to these questions and more. You'll also discover how today's Hollywood spirituality affects the movies and television programs you see, as well as how your children might be influenced by the way these religions are portrayed in the media. Richard Abanes–former Broadway performer and television/film actor–blends his knowledge of the entertainment industry and his expertise in the area of world religions and pop culture in this intriguing examination of the religious beliefs embraced by various Hollywood stars."
The glossy cover sort of makes the reader feel as if they have stepped into the glitz that is considered Hollywood and Richard Abanes being a former actor knows all about that. Mr. Abanes really did some great researching in writing this book. The information is well documented but yet put forth in a Christian way, in a way that lets you know the information is true and opens the reader to the Truth. Richard Abanes discusses Oprah's New Age religion, Scientology, Buddhism, Kabbalah and several others, pointing out what they believe and weighing it against God's True Word.
Presented in an easy, conversational manner makes this book enjoyable to read without burdening the reader with too much unnecessary information. Many Scriptures are given so that the reader can look up the verses on their own and make their own decisions about what Mr. Abanes writes about the religions discussed. Again, he does not judge or condemn any actors or actresses for their beliefs, he simply wants them and his readers to be educated about what those working in the entertainment business believes. He wants Christians to read this book and reach out to those in love and Truth and do what we've been commanded to do – reach the world with the Gospel of Christ.