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frequently asked questions

Choosing a school is a big decision, but don’t worry–we’re here to help! Check out our FAQ below, and if you don’t find the answer you’re looking for, contact a school near you and one of our admissions counselors will be happy to help you.

Will I get to learn about other product lines?

We are a Paul Mitchell School, so we focus exclusively on Paul Mitchell products. We do welcome everyone (from any product line or salon) to be a guest artist and build upon your Paul Mitchell education. We welcome visitors, classes, and guest artists from everywhere in the industry.

Will I meet national guest artists?

Yes, salon owners and guest artists love to spend time with our Future Professionals at the school. They also love to hire our graduates and enjoy teaching their specialties in our classes.

Will you help me find a job when I graduate?

You meet so many incredible guest artists, salon owners, and industry professionals at our school that by the time you graduate, most of our graduates know exactly where they’re going. You’ll have a lot of opportunities to network and decide where you’d like to be! We provide placement assistance, but we can not guarantee job placement.

Do you provide housing?

We do not offer formal housing through our schools. We are here to help you in any way that we can with housing. We can provide you with a list of Web sites for housing in the area.

How difficult are the tests and classes?

You will need to take written tests, yet we will also offer you many different ways to learn the information. We teach with hands-on training, demonstrations, visuals, and activities, as well as traditional book materials.

Will you prepare me for the business side of the beauty industry?

We have an entire course program called Professional Development, in which we prepare you for salon success and business and give you successful strategies for your career.

Check out the NACCAS Job Demand Survey from 2007

I struggled in high school. Will I be able to do this?

The thing that we love about this industry is that it's about creativity more than anything else. If you have special concerns about testing, reading, etc., we can speak with our Education Leader to assist you in coming up with a plan to succeed.

May I have a special schedule to attend school?

We really encourage you to follow our schedule through day school or night school. The reason behind this is that we want you to absorb everything you can while you're here. If you had to miss any classes, training, etc., it could have a long-term effect on your career.

If I start attending day school, can I later switch to night school?

We would look at your standing in school, your availability, etc., and we make sure you get an amazing education regardless of whether you attend day or night school.

May I transfer from another school?

We welcome transfer students and we need to make sure that you are currently in good standing, you have resolved financial commitments to your previous schools, and we have availability.

May we work on our family?

Yes, of course! Your family is welcome to come in during our open clinic floor classroom hours. We'd love to meet them!

What cutting system do you teach?

You will learn our Paul Mitchell cutting system through our Core Cutting Program, which we are so proud of. You will learn through a cool, interactive DVD system that you will love and will build your confidence in haircutting.

What do you provide in the student kit?

Our student kit includes the theory textbook; Connecting to My Future: A Learning and Planning Guide for Salon Professionals; the CORE Cutting Student Learning Guide; CORE Cutting Skill and Product Recipe Cards; and CORE Cutting Diagramming System and Pad, our learner's tools featuring the Core Cutting System, with the option of Be Nice (Or Else!), the text of the Be Nice culture. We also offer a skin care kit.

Are you closed during the holidays?

We close only on the major holidays, please check our catalog!

What if I graduate in your state, then move to another state?

Every state has its own requirements for licensing. We will be happy to help you to research what you will need to become licensed anywhere in the world!

What if I need time off?

We have a calendar of days and times when you may miss school. We strongly encourage you to maintain good attendance and really devote yourself to school, so you get the most out of every day!

All of our schools use the same curriculum, culture and systems, training and career paths for Learning Leaders, and marketing. The only difference is in the ownership. The Corporate Schools are owned by a group that includes co-founders John Paul DeJoria and Winn Claybaugh. The Partner Schools are independently owned and operated.

When do I practice on a real person?

You will spend the first six weeks in our Core program, when you will learn and practice on mannequin heads. After the six weeks, we test you to make sure you are ready and then you will begin the Adaptive course, in which you take guests and attend class each day.

Who are the guests?

We have both request and walk-in guests, who require services from your course of study. We encourage you to build a clientele with your family, friends, and return guests. We have a program to help you to learn how to build a clientele.
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St Augustine and logic

By Paulo Coelho

God speaks to us through signs. It is a highly individual language which requires us to have faith and discipline if we are fully to absorb it.
This is how St Augustine was converted. He had spent years searching in various philosophies for an answer to the meaning of life. One evening, in the garden of his house in Milan, he was reflecting on the utter failure of his search when he heard the sing-song voice of a child saying: ‘Pick it up and read it! Pick it up and read it!’
Although he had always been ruled by logic, he decided, on an impulse, to open the first book that came to hand. It was the Bible, and he read part of an epistle by St Paul, which contained all the answers he was looking for.
From then on, Augustine’s logic made room for faith, and he became one of the Church’s greatest theologians.

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Movenbank Might be Forced to Offer Physical Cards

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From Finextra:

US start-up Movenbank, which has positioned itself as a mobile-only, cardless, branchless bank, may be forced to offer companion, plastic cards to customers in order to be compliant with US regulations.

Movenbank is working with MasterCard on a planned February 2013 launch which will see customers issued with contactless stickers that they can attach to their mobile phones, says founder and CEO Brett King.

However, the start-up is now in discussions with MasterCard about whether their mobile-only business model is in conflict with the Durbin Amendment to the Dodd-Frank Act of 2010 relating to cards and interchange fees.

Although nothing is yet settled, King concedes that Movenbank may be forced to offer a card option to customers in order to be compliant with the regulation but maintains that the firm is still very much “anti-card” and will print ‘Emergency use only – Do not use’ on them, if they are required.

With the explosion of new and different banking models being introduced to consumer, the definition of a bank is sometimes in question, and in a state of flux. In this example, questions emerge about whether, and to what extent, a mobile-only business model works within a banking framework.

Questions also arise about overall customer expectations, and whether they would prefer the use of cards on occasion, and to what extent. These questions, and others as well, will be integral parts of future discussions about banking models and overall banking strategies.

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Muslim zealots jail convert, burn home of another; in Somalia, a mother and daughter raped.

DADAAB, Kenya, December 10 (Compass Direct News) – A Somali Christian put in a refugee camp police cell here for defending his family against Islamic zealots has been released after Christians helped raise the 20,000 Kenya shilling fine (US$266) that a camp “court” demanded for his conversion dishonoring Islam and its prophet, Muhammad.

But for Salat Sekondo Mberwa of Mogadishu, the war-torn capital of Somalia, this was not the highest price he has had to pay for leaving Islam. A few weeks ago Muslim zealots shot Mberwa in the shoulder and left him for dead, and he and other refugees told of hired Muslim gangs in Somalia raping and killing converts, denying them access to water and, in the refugee camp, burning their homes.

“I thank God that I am alive,” a timid and worried Mberwa said.

At about 9 a.m. on Oct. 13, five Muslim youths knocked on Mberwa’s sheet-iron gate in the refugee camp, one of three that is home to 572,000 refugees from Somalia, Ethiopia and Sudan in northeastern Kenya’s Dadaab town.

“I refused to open the gate, and they started cutting the iron sheets,” he said. “They were shouting and calling me names, saying I was the enemy of the Islamic religion, and that I would pay the ultimate price for propagating a different religion. They threatened to kill me if I did not open the door for them.”

With him inside the house was his 22-year-old son, Nur Abdurahman, he said.

“As the assailants forced their way into our room, I whispered to my son to prepare for war,” he said. “While defending ourselves, I hit one of the young men whom I later came to know as Abdul Kadir Haji.”

They soon overpowered the assailants, he said, and the gang ran away, only to return three hours later accompanied by Muslim elders and the police. They arrested Mberwa and detained him at a camp police cell.

After his release, Mberwa said, he was resting inside his house on Nov. 26 at around 6 p.m. when he heard people shouting his name and swearing to “teach him a lesson” for embarrassing them by having left Islam. Once again he decided to lock himself in, and as before the attackers forced their way in.

“I was trying to escape through the window when one of them fired a gun, but the bullet narrowly missed me,” he told Compass. “Then I heard another gun fire, and I felt a sharp pain on my left shoulder. I fell down. Thinking that I was dead, they left.”

Relatives immediately arrived and gave first aid to the bleeding Mberwa. They arranged treatment for him in Mogadishu, after which he was relocated to Dadaab for recovery.

The officer in charge of Dadaab refugee camp, Omar Dadho, told Compass that authorities were doing their best to safeguard freedom of worship.

“We cannot guarantee the security of the minority Christians among a Muslim-dominated population totaling more than 99 percent,” Dadho said. “But we are doing our best to safeguard their freedom of worship. Their leader, Salat, should visit our office so that their matter and complaints can be looked at critically, as well as to try to look for a long-lasting solution.”

A bitter and exhausted Mberwa told Compass he was not about to give in.

“What will these Muslims benefit if they completely wipe away my family?” he said. “My son has just arrived from Bossaso with a serious bullet wound on his left hand. It’s sad. Anyhow we are happy he is alive.”

In November 2005, leaving behind his job at an international relief and development agency in Mogadishu, Mberwa had fled with his family to Dadaab after Muslim extremists murdered a relative, Mariam Mohammed Hassan, allegedly for distributing Bibles. At that time his oldest son, 26-year-old Abdi Salat, had gone to Bossaso, in Somalia’s autonomous Puntland region.

Situated in a hostile environment with high temperatures and little or no vegetation cover, Dadaab refugee camps house refugees from Somalia, Ethiopia and Sudan: 150,000 people in the Dagahaley camp, 152,000 in Ifo and 270,000 in Hagadhera.

Where Mberwa lives as a refugee, Muslim zealots burned a house belonging to his son-in-law, Mohammed Jeylani, also a member of his camp fellowship.

“It was on Oct. 28 when we saw smoke coming out of my house,” said Jeylani. “Some neighbors managed to salvage my two young children who were inside the house. The people managed to put out the fire before the house was razed. I have been contemplating reporting the culprits to the police, but I do fear for my life.”

Somali Christians cannot openly conduct their fellowship at the relief camps. They meet in their houses and at times at the Dadaab police post among friendly Christian soldiers and public servants.

“They have to be careful since they are constantly being monitored by their fellow Somalis,” said Moses Lokong, an officer at Kenya’s Department of Land Reclamation in neighboring Garissa town.

Death and Agony in Somalia

Somali refugees in Kenya commonly have loved ones in their home country who have suffered from violence. On July 18 a Muslim gang killed a relative of Mberwa, Nur Osman Muhiji, in Anjel village, 30 kilometers from Kismayo, Somalia.

The church in Dadaab had sent Muhiji to the port of Kismayo on June 15 to smuggle out Christians endangered by Muslim extremists there. Word became known of Muhiji’s mission, and on his way back a gang of 10 Muslim extremists stopped his vehicle, dragged him to some bushes and stabbed him to death.

Fearing for their lives, the Christians he was smuggling struggled to remain quiet as Muhiji wailed from the knife attack near Anjel village at about 6:30 p.m.

At the Dadaab refugee camp, Muhiji’s widow, Hussein Mariam Ali, told Compass, “Life without Osman is now meaningless – how will I survive here all alone without him? I wish I had gotten children with him.”

Another refugee in Dadaab, Binti Ali Bilal, recounted an attack in Lower Juba, Somalia. The 40-year-old mother of 10 children was fetching firewood with her 23-year-old daughter, Asha Ibrahim Abdalla, on April 15 in an area called Yontoy when a group from the Muslim insurgent group al Shabaab approached them. Yontoy is 25 kilometers (15 miles) from Kismayo.

For some time the local community had suspected that she and her family were Christians, Bilal told Compass. Neighbors with members from al Shabaab, believed to have links with al Qaeda, confronted them, she said.

“They asked whether we were Christians – it was very difficult for us to deny,” Bilal said. “So we openly said that we were Christians. They began beating us. My son who is 10 years old ran away screaming. My daughter then was six months pregnant. They hit me at the ribs before dragging us into the bush. They raped us repeatedly and held us captive for five days.”

The Muslim extremists left them there to die, she said.

“My daughter began to bleed – thank God my husband [Ibrahim Abdalla Maidula] found us alive after the five days of agony,” she said. “We were taken to Kismayo for treatment before escaping to Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya on May 5. My daughter gave birth to a sickly baby, and she still suffers after-birth related diseases.”

Bilal’s daughter told Compass that she still feels pain in her abdomen and chest. She was weak and worried that she may have contracted HIV, or human immunodeficiency virus.

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Last week, Jane Goodall spoke at the National Geographic store and cafe on Gran Via in Madrid. She began by speaking about her mother’s constant encouragement to follow her dreams – despite the fact that moving to Africa to write about animals was an unusual one, especially for a woman. She also recalled reading Tarzan […]


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Directory of technologies and resources pertaining to generating electricity by the walking or step action of humans.

With all the walking, jogging, treadmilling, climbing that we do as people, it makes sense to strap on some kind of gizmo that can convert some of that energy into electricity to power our portable devices -- as long as it doesn't sapp our power from normal activities where we're not wanting extra exercise.

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Directory:Human-Powered > Directory:Human-Powered by Step Action > New ElliptiGO 3C 'running on air' bike released - The 3C elliptical bike by ElliptiGO is is said to offer users all the benefits of running and cycling in one (strange-looking) machine, without many of the negative aspects, such as back and leg problems or saddle-soreness. The upright position also makes runners/riders more visible in traffic. (News:GizMag May 27, 2011)
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Directory:Human-Powered > Directory:Kinetic Energy Devices > Directory:Human-Powered by Step Action > nPower PEG Charges Your Gadgets as You Walk - The nPower® PEG is the world’s 1st charger for hand-held electronics that captures and stores the kinetic energy you generate while walking, running, or biking. The science behind the technology is based on the Faraday Principle and Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity, receving multiple patents, yet is simple to use. (Inhabitat January 5, 2011)
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‘Motorized Knee’ gives runners a leg up - Designed by researchers at Japan’s Tsukuba University the 'motorized knee' supports the flex of the knee, which enables a runner to use 30 percent less muscle power compared to running unassisted. (GizMag Dec. 17, 2009)

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Powerbocking: jump like a kangaroo, run like a gazelle & stride like a giant - They’re enough to fulfill anyone’s dreams of bionic powers: jump six feet in the air (and over cars, if you’re in the mood), run at 25 miles an hour or more, and stride nine feet at a time. But, instead of costing Six Million Dollars, you can invest in a pair of “powerbocks” for just a couple of hundred. (GizMag July 27, 2009)

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nPower PEG Charges Your Gadgets From The Spring In Your Step - The nPower PEG (Personal Energy Generator) is a device that harvests the kinetic energy of your walking and turns it into electricity, charging most devices up to 80% with just one hour’s worth of walking. (''Oh Gizmo!" Jan. 10, 2009)

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Directory:Strike-Heel Generation - This directory is dedicated to piezoelectric and heel-strike generation systems for generating power from "good vibrations". (PESWiki June 20, 2008)

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Directory:Piezoelectric / Directory:Human-Powered > Directory:Human-Powered by Step Action > Shoe Generator Harvests Power from Walking - A researcher at Louisiana Tech University designed a shoe that contains a small generator in its sole that generates a piezoelectric charge, which is then converted into electricity for charging batteries or powering small electronics in real time. Kaajakari employed a low-cost, polymer transducer, a soft, flexible material that replaces the shoe’s heel shock absorber without sacrificing user experience. (Science Daily Apr. 27, 2010)
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Freeplay Energy - Self-Sufficient products give you freedom from traditional power sources, combining wind-up and rechargeable power into portable radios, flashlights, lanterns and mobile phone chargers. The FreeCharge Portable Energy Source, powered by human step action, wind, solar or plug power, is able to jump start a vehicle battery or power a variety of accessories.

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Backpack straps harvest energy to power electronics - All that rubbing of your backpack straps on your shoulders may be put to good use, now that researchers have designed a novel type of energy harvesting backpack with straps made of a piezoelectric material that can convert the mechanical strain on the straps into electrical energy. (''PhysOrg' Sept. 13, 2007)

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Generating Power From Revolving Doors - Fluxxlab in New York is developing a "Revolution Door" that is basically a turbine powered by people as they enter or exit a building, using a redesigned central core to efficiently convert the motion of the spinning door into electricity. (Inhabitat Feb. 7, 2008)

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Penn Biologists Invent Power-Generating Backpack - The "Suspended-load Backpack" converts mechanical energy from walking into electricity -- up to 7.4 Watts -- more than enough energy to power portable electronic devices for soldiers, field researchers or disaster relief-workers. (PESN Sept. 8, 2005)

Applied Motion - The SpringWalker body amplifier is a new breed of vehicles with legs and an energy recovery system to enhance the human running gait. Leg force is increased and body weight distributed by means of a leveraged exoskeleton and a single spring is coupled to both legs. It will have you trotting four-minute miles without tiring and scrambling up a mountain like an ATV.

Applied Innovative Technologies - NightStar® LED Magnetic Force Shake Flashlight is the perfect emergency flashlight - waterproof, no batteries, bulbs or maintenance required.

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Phones recharge themselves with physical activity - The YoYo will slowly roll up and down in front of you, generating kinetic energy to repower itself. The U-Turn recovers energy from the opening and closing of the keypad to recharge its batteries. The Runaway can capture the kinetic energy you're creating when moving about. ModeLabs Group (Mobile Magazine December 20, 2006)

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Wilderness Solutions - Using air and the heat of compression, like a diesel engine, this remarkable device creates a burning ember with a single push. The Fire Piston is a primitive fire starting device that reliably lights a campfire without matches, lighter or magnesium.

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Fossil Kinetic Watches: Never Change a Battery Again - Fossil now has a line of watches that are powered by the motion of your arm movement, requiring no winding or replacement of batteries. Carries 11-year warranty, and costs $95 in contrast to the Ventura kinetic watch that costs $2,200. (TreeHugger June 19, 2006)


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Postcards from France

I love getting snail mail. So, you can imagine how wonderful my day started when my uncle handed me these two postcards at breakfast. Bonjour, indeed!

The Paris postcard is from my friend, Shatsy, who spent the last month in the city with her brother and his family. Of course, it has to be one of La Tour as she posed for pictures with it everyday while she was there. Magnifique!

The collage of Bretagne is from my student, Maryse. I love that it’s not of just one scene, but in fact, some of the famous sights there–La pointe des Espagnols, Brest, La Recouvrance, Plougonvelin, Les Tas de Pois, Plougastel-Daoulas, Le Faou, Le Trez-Hir, Landévennec, Le pont d’Iroise, Le Conquet, Logonna-Daoulas, and La pointe Saint-Mathieu. Just lovely, really. I hope to visit these places in the future.

Merci, mes amies, for making this girl very happy today!


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Tough Times call for Preventative Measures…

We have read some truly devastating articles in the past few weeks about pet owners not being able to afford veterinary care for their pets and choosing to skip preventative visits or even put them down. Here are just a couple from the NY Daily News and MSNBC.

It’s a sad day when you have to let your pet go… Especially because of something like money.

Like the saying goes, “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” Now is a great time to start thinking about treating your dogs before they become sick. Just like for us humans, a proper diet and proper dental care are crucial in order to live a healthy life. Adding a meal enhancement like our Super Immunity formula puts whole foods packed with healthy vitamins, anti-oxidants and enzymes into your pet’s immune system.

Our ingredients are the result of years of research about medicinal mushrooms and their effects, they include mushrooms such as: Cordyceps, Agaricus Blazei, Reishi, Lions Mane, Antrodia, Beech, King Trumpet, and Turkey Tail are all mushrooms which have been shown to help fill in nutritional gaps in pets’ immune systems without any toxic side effects, called adatogens. In addition, every ingredient we use is 100% USA grown in a USDA Organic facility so you don’t have to worry about tainted ingredients.

Again, our kindest regards for the pet owners who have had to let go of their beloved pet because of financial reasons; that is a heart wrenching thing to go through. Just recently, a friend had to go through a similar situation when she was confronted with $5,000 chemotherapy bills for her lab; so I can definitely empathize with your grief and I wish the best for other pet owners struggling with this same decision today.

This whole situation is one of the reasons why we started Organic Pet Superfood – to make a difference and provide pet owners with a healthier, natural and holistic choice for their pets so that they may live longer, happier lives. Soon, I will post much more detailed information on each one of our mushrooms so that you can know how each of them works.

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Hevea Natural Bath Toy | Kawan Mini

$ 15.00

Kawan Mini is Hevea’s smallest addition to the best selling Kawan range of toys. Mini is the cute baby brother, painted exclusively with natural colours, and it’s shape and design encourages the baby’s sensation of touch and stimulates the development of baby’s vision.

  • 100% natural rubber, free from phthalates, PVC and BPA
  • handpainted with natural plant pigments
  • soft, malleable and easy for tiny hands to grasp.
  • patterned texture on beak and feet, which is ideal for soothing and massaging irritated gums and
  • The elasticity of the rubber makes it perfect to chew on
  • The colour contrast stimulates and encourages the development of baby vision
  • floats on water
  • The one-piece design it has no cracks or joints for bacteria to hide in = very hygienic
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• November 20, 2017 6:30 pmPickens County Water Authority Board
  • November 30, 2017 8:00 amPickens County Development Authority
  • December 7, 2017 10:00 amBOC Work Session
  • December 12, 2017 6:30 pmPickens County Joint Comprehensive Plan Stakeholders Meeting

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1266 E. Church Street
Jasper, Georgia 30143
Phone: 706-253-8809

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Phillip Dean – Director of Utilities

Pickens County Water Department
1266 East Church Street
Suite 117
Jasper, Georgia 30143
Phone: 706-253-8718
Fax: 706-253-8720
E-mail: mmullinax@pickenscountyga.gov
Hours: 8:00 to 5:00
Pickens County Water & Sewer Authority was established in 1969 by the House Bill 978. Since that time, Pickens County Water and Sewer Authority has been serving the residents of Pickens County with the highest quality of water possible. Everyone is welcome to attend the  monthly meetings.

Meeting Schedule: Third Monday of each month
County Administrative Building, 1226 East Church Street, Jasper, GA..

For Emergency after Hours Please Call:

1. 770-827-3269
2. 678-294-1825
3. 706-502-2168

2016 Pickens County Consumer Confidence Report available (PDF)

Online Bill Pay for Pickens County Water & Sewer

Contact Pickens County Water and Sewer Authority at 706-253-8718 for more information.

Notification from Pickens County Water and Sewer Authority

Pickens County at Non-Drought Response Level on September 7, 2017

The Georgia Environmental Protection Division (EPD) is easing outdoor water use restrictions in 55 counties including Pickens County, but reminds Georgians that state law requires some statewide outdoor watering limits year-round.  Georgians must still follow the non-drought outdoor water use schedule required in the Water Stewardship Act of 2010. This law allows all types of outdoor water use, but landscape watering only before 10 a.m. and after 4 p.m. daily. This is done to limit evaporation during the warmest part of the day.

More water conservation information is available at http://epd.georgia.gov/water-conservation

waterLike most of North Georgia, there are no major rivers or lakes in Pickens County to serve as a local water supply. The county jurisdiction has recently been interlaced with an infrastructure of conduit and storage facilities, using both natural wells and water purchased from surrounding areas, to supply participating residents throughout the county.

The quality of our water is monitored carefully. The 2016 Pickens County Consumer Confidence Report can be found here.

Water Conservation

As much as 60% of all household water use in the summer months is used outdoors for landscape purposes. Water conservation is the beneficial reduction in water use, waste and loss.. Water Conservation is proven to be the most economical and environmentally protective means of meeting the challenges of water supply management. For more information on Conserving Georgia’s Water you may check out http://www.watersmart.com or  http://www.gaepd.org or call Georgia Environmental Protection Division at 888-373-5947 or 404-656-4713.

Connecting to the County Water System

Please be advised that it is necessary for you to come by the office before connecting to the water system.

¾ inch meter …… $36.00 Minimum per thousand up to 1,000 gallons .

1 inch meter……  $51.00 Minimum per thousand up to 1,000 gallons

2 inch meter……$66.00 Minimum per thousand up to 1,000 gallons

3 inch meter……$76.00 Minimum per thousand up to 1,000 gallons

4 inch meter……$81.00 Minimum per thousand up to 1,000 gallons

6 inch meter…. $111.00 Minimum per thousand up to 1,000 gallons

                                           $5.00 per thousand above 1,000 up to 3,000 gallons

                                           $6.00 per thousand above 3,000 up to 5,000 gallons

                                           $7.00 per thousand above 5,000 gallons and above

FH meter…. $36.00 Minimum per thousand up to 1,000 gallons
                                           $4.25 per thousand above 1,000 gallons

$100.00…Service Charge – Due when applying for Service and is Non-refundable.

$ 50.00…Reconnection Fee – Due when applying for Service at address that was previously in customer’s name. Non-refundable.

$ 25.00…Late Fee – Applicable when customer payment is not received in our office by 5:00pm on the 15th of each month. (exceptions for holidays and weekends).

$ 25.00…Disconnect Reconnection Fee – Customers paying after the last day of the month will be cut off for non-payment.
Anyone reconnecting their service must pay a $25.00 Reconnection Fee plus any outstanding balance and late fee.
Payments must be received in our office by 5:00pm.”

$ 50.00…After Hours Reconnection Fee – Any Customer choosing to reconnect after 5:00pm; must pay a $50.00 after hours fee, plus outstanding balance, late fee and disconnect reconnection fee

$300.00…Fire Hydrant Meter Fee – Fee is due when applying for Service and is Non-refundable.

METER FEES are as follows:
6″ – $35,000.00
4″ – $20,000.00
3″ – $12,500
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For more information on our Water Services visit the Pickens County Government web site at: www.pickenscountyga.gov .

For more information on the current drought response rules and other conservation information please visit our office where materials on how to conserve water are available, or you may visit one of the available websites @ www.watersmart.comwww.dca.state.ga.us, or www.gaepd.org . .


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Saturday, August 16, 2014

Actress Olivia Wilde

Wilde about Olivia? :-)

Olivia Wilde became a breakout sensation on American television when starred in the hit medical drama "House."  She played Dr. Remy Hadley, a member of the diagnostics team of Dr. Gregory House (played by Hugh Laurie) at a New Jersey teaching hospital.  She joined the series in 2007 and stayed for the final five of the show's eight seasons.

Though she's done a few movies, television remains the medium she's associated most with.  She played a bisexual character, Alex Kelly, on the second season of the Orange County, California-based drama "The O.C.," and she played Jenny Reilly in the short-lived series "The Black Donnellys," about Irish-American gangsters.

Oh, and I understand that she did a very interesting photo shoot for Glamour!

Fun fact: Olivia Wilde's real last name is Cockburn. She got her celebrated surname from writer Oscar Wilde.

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Daily Archives: January 11, 2010

Music Monday – Grizzly Bear

2009 was an excellent year for music. Whether it was up and coming indi groups or seasoned and heritage artists, the melodic vibes were most pleasing. Music is a constant in my little bubble and I always want more. I’ve decided to play host to Music Mondays, for a while anyway. Who knows, I may even slip one in on a Thursday, cause that’s just how I roll! I figure maybe I can expose a random reader to something new and they can do the same.

Grizzly Bear is an American indi rock band from Brooklyn who released their 3rd studio album, Veckatimest, in May of 09. Two Weeks is the second track on the album.

On another musical note, I am very excited for Vampire Weekend’s sophomore album, Contra. It is slated for release tomorrow, but thanks to XPN, my local NPR station, I’ve been listening to it in it’s entirety for days! Go HERE to check it out!

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A NICE decision

Rachel Thomas

A NICE decision

If you, or someone you love, have advanced breast cancer, you might consider any price worth paying for an extra six months of life. So it is understandable that patients and their families are disappointed by the draft guidance released this week recommending that a promising new drug is not made available under the NHS.

The drug trastuzmab emtansine (sold under the brand name Kadcyla) could potentially extend a patient's life by nearly six months when compared to the currently available treatments. But the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) have decided that it does not work well enough to justify the high price the NHS is being asked to pay for the drug: estimated to be £90,000 per patient.

To make this decision NICE didn't consider simply the amount of extra time patients may gain from the drug, they instead measured the benefit to patients in quality adjusted life years, or QALYs. One QALY is equivalent to one year of life lived in perfect health. If your quality of life is reduced, say your mobility is affected or you are in pain or discomfort, one year of life would be equivalent to less than one QALY. (You can read more about how quality of life is measured in the article The economics of health.)

Patients receiving Kadcyla in the trials of the drug had, on average, 1.21 years before the disease progressed further, during which time their quality of life was assessed at 78%. They then had a further 1.95 years with a quality of life of 50% due to the worsening of the effects of the disease. Together, these give 1.21 x 0.78 + 1.95 x 0.5 = 1.92 QALYs for patients receiving this new treatment. This is around 0.49 QALYs higher than for patients on existing treatments offered by the NHS.

Money and pills

Is the treatment worth the extra cost?

Clearly this drug would benefit these breast cancer patients. But the NHS has to manage under a finite budget and approving the use of expensive treatments for some patients may come at the expense of others. "We are very aware of the importance that people place on life-extending cancer drugs and a decision not to recommend a cancer treatment for routine NHS funding is never taken lightly," says Sir Andrew Dillon, Chief Executive of NICE. "We apply as much flexibility as we can in approving new treatments, but the reality is that given its price and what it offers to patients, it will displace more health benefit which the NHS could achieve in other ways, than it will offer to patients with breast cancer."

NICE's job is to make sure the NHS makes the best use of their limited budget. When considering a new treatment they calculate the cost per QALY gained for patients when compared to existing treatments. Kadcyla costs £80,971 more than existing treatments, so the incremental cost-effectiveness ratio or ICER of this new drug compared to existing treatments is:

(difference in cost) / (difference in QALYs gained) = 80,971 / 0.49

or around £166,000 pounds per QALY gained. And after this figure is refined further, such as including additional costs for managing the side effects of the patients illness and treatment, the ICER rises to £185,000 compared to existing treatments. This is far above the threshold of £30,000 per QALY gained that NICE normally uses to approve new treatments.

The decision isn't quite final. NICE have released their draft guidance for consultation until 19 May. "We had hoped that Roche [the drug manufacturer] would have recognised the challenge the NHS faces in managing the adoption of expensive new treatments by reducing the cost of Kadcyla to the NHS," says Dillon. "We hope the manufacturer will act in the best interests of patients and use this consultation period to look again at their evidence and consider if there is more they can do." Patients will have to wait until the end of May to find out if Roche, or NICE, change their minds.

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Higgs Force traces the history of the human quest for understanding how the Universe works, starting from the atomic ideas of the ancient Greeks and finishing with the launch of the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. It is a remarkable fact that the author was able to present it as a continuous story, tracing the analogies between the earliest ideas of elements (fire-air-water-earth) and the accepted current theory of elementary particles.

Reading this book feels a bit like putting on a CD of a virtuoso pianist to help inspire my own amateur playing . It does not, and does not try to, give a real taste of what it is like to be a professional mathematician. But the book gives a good picture of a selection of the topics that mathematicians study and have studied, how those topics have developed over the last two thousand years, and how they have profoundly influenced the world around us.

Richard Elwes' Maths handbook is a lucid presentation of basic mathematics facts. It is intended for those who "were never any good at mathematics", for grown-ups who wish they remembered more of the maths they studied as children, or those who are intimidated by the subject. It is the latter point the author is most passionate about. This book serves as a proof that mathematics is a very natural way of thinking, and there is a reason for everything in it.

We don't normally review childrens' books on Plus, but when this colourful volume landed on our desk we couldn't resist. It appeared to do exactly what we try to do all the time: reveal the beauty and fun side of maths and show how it comes up everywhere, as a natural language in which to talk about the world. So we passed it on to two expert representatives of the book's target audience, which is 7 to 11-year olds.

Have you ever wanted to explore the symmetries of the cube and octahedron through an old Japanese art form? Or to investigate fractals using tatting and string art? Or to study the helix by knitting bed socks? If so, or if you are at least open to the idea, then this book would be a good place to start.

Dana Mackenzie's book is a display of modern mathematical developments, which have brought about the solutions of several old and important questions in number theory, topology and the theory of dynamical systems. More recent areas, related to finance and computer science, have also witnessed a lot of attention-grabbing events — some good and some bad. For those with a mathematical background this book makes a fascinating read.

This is a fascinating book on the application of game theory to situations in philosophy, politics, law, history, literature and even the Bible. The author shows that real insight can be obtained into optimal strategies for dealing with some famous dilemmas.

Clearly and interestingly written, humorous and varied, requiring only a minimal familiarity with math, The hidden mathematics of sport is a pure pleasure to read. It contains an impressive array of mathematical topics, much broader and more unusual than standard findings about the statistics of sports or the equations governing the motion of projectiles.


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Podtrash’s 2017 Drama Bowl, WTF happened?

Podtrash's resident not doctorsI admit I wasn’t very motivated to write up this article about the events that transpired during Podtrash's 2017 Drama Bowl, because this one would require a lot of post-listening. We missed most of the live content because of a Super Bowl party, but thanks to Chucksteak's elegant and inspiring tweet before this article's first words hit 'paper’, I figured maybe an in depth look at what went down might be worth it. After all, if the events elicit drunken anger then there has to be some juicy bits somewhere.

First off, this latest Booney, Wush and Chad drama that aired on Super Bowl Sunday night, was way too complicated in how it played out for just a simple explination. These interpersonal conflicts (meaning Booney & Chad’s issues with Wush & his against them) were covered in 3 separate broadcasts! That’s like 3 separate arguments aired independently. None of those inconsiderate bastards showed respect for conciseness when it came PT's 2017 Drama Bowl. So yeah, thanks a lot for that you sons of bitches.

So for the First Half of Drama Bowl Sunday, it went down on Booney’s ‘I’m drawing Chad’s head again’ Twitch broadcast. I think that was Part 4 of that series, but I digress. So what did we learn from this broadcast? Well, Chad absolutely does not care for Wush as a person, and he thinks he’s an insane asshole, and Wush absolutely thinks Chad’s a disingenuous condescending know-it-all that can’t take criticism and is a pathological liar. So yeah, the meat of Drama Bowl 2017 was in this first broadcast.

BigPunGoogleWush’s first main point was that Chad acts like he doesn’t care about views and stuff, but is actually a struggling attention whore in denial. Wush also claimed Chad can’t take advice on anything without getting salty, and Chad claimed Wush was insane. That whole conversation was in reference to another earlier stream where Wush’s gave a suggestion to Chad about increasing his stream views, and Chad’s reaction to that, which was to state that views were not important to him, is what Wush claimed highlighted his constant disingenuousness attitude about not caring about public attention while constantly clamoring for it.

After that exchange, Chad stated that he was not going to "troll" any Podtrash stuff anymore and will not self-promote on Podtrash again, with Booney making the same type of statement later in the broadcast. Chad also stated to Wush, “I genuinely think you are an asshole and don’t like you as a person”. Wush immediately broke down into tears and stated, “I know you are but what am I.” Okay, I'm joking about that Wush part, but he did tell Chad to “keep growing into that computer chair, thinking you’re a doctor”. Wush also stated that Chad had dropped out of classes two years ago, and spends all of his time trolling the Stern show or other internet activities. We’re not sure where Wush’s claims of Chad ‘dropping out’ of school came from, and Chad didn’t address or deny it. This point in the broadcast was the only common ground between Wush & Booney, with Booney agreeing with Wush on his time related point about Chad spending copious amounts of time either on-air or trying to get on air, as it relates to his doctor studies, while stating it was “an interesting anomaly”. Chad eventually responded to that by directing people to check his student and grant status on-line, because it’s public record. In Chat, and previous to Drama Bowl, Chad did post a link to a college website student page with a photo from 2008, but he never addressed how he has so much free time in graduate school or any type of curriculum he participates in, besides his occasional teaching assignments that is a requirement for the program he’s in, which he stated was sponsored by NIH. We know about Chad’s teaching assignments because he always announces it on Podtrash, like he did on a recent Eh Team show by letting everyone know he was instructing a physics class in the morning.

When pushed further by Wush about how Chad could have all this time to dedicate to non-academics during 'doctor training', Chad stated Wush was insane and basically Wush was alone in that assesment. Chad went on to claim that no one else questions that, and Wush only does so because he’s an insane weirdo. To be fair we should correct the record on that, because Podgash was there. Chad has been asked on numerous occasions and on numerous shows by both podcasters and callers alike, how he can possibly spend so much time on non-academics considering his claims of being a doctor in training. As with previous inquiries, the question was not answered directly but instead Chad stated, “Google Bug Pun Donahue” or look at the student website where he’s listed as a student. He also referred to a paper he published under his advisor in July 2016 which is on that student page. It’s not understood by the PT community why Chad doesn't directly address his curriculum or time spent on academics (or lack of) as it relates to the time he spends on-air or attempting to be on-air, but the validity of the question is clear when considering the acedemic claims that have been made. When one toots their own horn often enough, people eventually want to see the horn. So for clarity puposes we did Google Chad’s self-imposed nick name as he suggested, and the result can be seen in the search illustration we included. Maybe he has a point?

Dr. Who knowsAnyway, Booney later alluded to the fact that Wush was a major contributor of his alcohol problems saying, “You are a big part of my alcoholism, working with you for 100 episodes has tripled my alcoholism”. Triple alcoholism is nothing to laugh at folks, but we need to stay on topic. Booney shortly followed that remark by claiming to Wush, “You can’t stand that I’m always right, it plagues your life”. Yeah, the drama was getting pretty deep towards the end.

The second half of Drama Bowl 2017, or broadcast number 2, played out on the Chad Show which replaced Sunday’s normally scheduled Chuck's Take show. Chad began by claiming Wush was being bizarre and weird, which was in response to Wush pointing out that Chad does nothing but constantly criticizes him or the network. Basically Wush’s point was that Chad dishes it out, but can’t take it. There were several issues discussed with most of them being touched on previously to include the whole time question as it relates to Chad’s academic claims. Chad did get defensive this time about that question, sarcastically asking Wush what he thought he should spend his time on instead of how he spends it now, with those remarks ending with a “...then Fuck You”.

Pink Elephant AwardDrama Bowl 2017 Overtime, or broadcast number 3, was a Wush after show type of broadcast and admittedly we didn’t catch all of that one, just a small part where Wush provided an on-air summary of events. So what did everyone learn from all of these Drama Bowl shows? Well nothing much really, but the 2-on-1 theme that played out for a majority of this drama is similar in a lot of ways to the last W&B drama we previously covered HERE, but instead of Booney taking the lead while being prodded by Chad, Chad was more the aggressor on this one with Booney interjecting with his cattle prod where he could. So to summarize, if Chad is to be believed, Wush is a bizarre insane asshole weirdo, and if Wush is to believed, Chad’s a disingenuous condescending know-it-all and a pathological liar. Whatever one’s opinion might be, it’s safe to say to conclude that none of these individuals are close to being a doctor.