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- Summary
This sharpener quickly and easily restores the edge of all Asian-style knife blades, both single- and double-beveled. Assembled in USA, the sharpener provides a two-stage process for sharpening and stropping.
- Sharpens Japanese and other Asian-style beveled blades, both straight-edge and serrated.
- Two-stage process uses ultrafine diamond abrasives to create an incredibly sharp edge and flexible micron-size abrasives for stropping/polishing.
- Advanced spring technology guides the blade to a precise 15-degree bevel.
- Not recommended for European- or American-style knives.
- Dimensions & More Info
- Plastic construction.
- 10 1/2" x 6 1/2" x 6 1/2" high.
- This product is intended for use in the United States and Canada and is built to United States electrical standards.
- Assembled in USA.
- Use & Care
- Do not use with honing oil or water.
- Use only on clean knives.
- Do not use for scissors or any blades that do not fit freely in the slots.
- Serrated blades should only be used in stage two.
- Wipe exterior with a damp cloth.
- Shipping
Shipping Information
UPS can deliver most in-stock items within 3–5 business days. UPS is unable to deliver to P.O. boxes.
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Orders received by 9:00 p.m. ET Monday through Thursday will arrive the next business day; orders placed Friday through Sunday will arrive on the following Tuesday.
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If within 30 days, you are dissatisfied for any reason, you may return your purchase for a refund of the merchandise value. An original receipt or gift receipt is required for all returns and exchanges. Returns with a gift receipt will be refunded in the form of a Merchandise Credit for the amount indicated on the gift receipt. Returns with original receipt will be refunded in the original form of payment, cash and check refunds over $100 will be issued as a company check (may take 14 business days from time of request).
For all cutlery returns (knife sets, single knives, cutting boards, knife sharpeners and knife storage), please contact us at 888.922.4108 to initiate the return.
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Monday: Nationwide Vigils to Protest Keystone XL
Simply AMAZING. On Monday, February 3, over 10,000 people took to the streets in 283 locations, in 49 states (plus DC and Canada) -- often braving freezing cold and snow -- to call on President Obama to reject the Keystone XL pipeline. Organized in just 72 hours, these vigils were the biggest rapid-response, single-day, on-the-ground protest of President Obama during his time in office.
Check out the incredible photos that have been streaming in from across the country. (Use the blue arrows to update the map with more photos.)
This massive response was made possible by the work of so many groups coming together including CREDO, Rainforest Action Network, the Sierra Club, 350.org, The Other 98%, Center for Biological Diversity, Oil Change International, Bold Nebraska,Energy Action Coalition, Natural Resources Defense Council, The Hip Hop Caucus, Overpass Light Brigade, Environmental Action, League of Conservation Voters, Waterkeeper Alliance, Friends of the Earth, Forest Ethics, Public Citizen, CODEPINK, Climate Parents, Power Past Coal, Forecast the Facts, SumOfUs, MoveOn.org, and plenty of others.
This is an all-hands-on-deck moment to send the message to President Obama that Keystone XL fails his climate test and he must reject it. On the evening of Monday, February 3rd, we'll come together around the country to make our voices heard. RSVP for an event near you or host your own.

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- Anthony Appiah
Professor of Philosophy, Princeton University
Dr. Appiah is the Laurence S. Rockefeller University Professor of Philosophy at the University Center for Human Values at Princeton University. He is also associated with the Center for African American Studies, the Programs in African Studies and Translation Studies, and the Departments of Comparative Literature and Politics. Dr. Appiah has published widely in African and African-American literary and cultural studies and served as president of the PEN American Center.
- David Damrosch
Professor of Comparative Literature, Harvard University
Dr. Damrosch is professor of comparative literature at Harvard University and the author of several books, including What Is World Literature?
- Simon Gikandi
Professor of English, Princeton University
Dr. Gikandi is professor of English at Princeton University. He graduated with a first class degree in literature from the University of Nairobi, was a British Council Scholar at the University of Edinburgh, and got his Ph.D. in English from Northwestern University. His major fields of research and teaching are the anglophone literatures and cultures of Africa, India, the Caribbean, postcolonial Britain, the "Black Atlantic," and the African diaspora.
- Suheir Hammad
Ms. Hammad is a Palestinian-American poet, and has been featured on the television series Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry. She was also an original cast member and writer for the show on Broadway, which later won a Tony Award. She is author of Born Palestinian, Born Black, Drops of This Story and ZaatarDiva. Ms. Hammad won the Before Columbus Foundation's American Book Award in 2009.
- Francesca Harper
Ms. Harper is a choreographer who studied at the School of American Ballet, the Joffrey Ballet School, and The Ailey School. The Francesca Harper Project debuted in August 2005 with the sold-out premiere performance of MODO FUSION at The Ailey Citigroup Theater.
- Chuck Mike
Theater Director and Associate Professor of Theater, University of Richmond
Dr. Mike is associate professor of theater at the University of Richmond in Virginia. He is also a theater director and has worked with British playwright Biyi Bandele. Dr. Mike directed a stage production of Things Fall Apart in London. A disciple of author and playwright Wole Soyinka, he believes that theater can bring about social change.
- Osonye Tess Onwueme
Playwright and Professor of Cultural Diversity and English, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
Dr. Onwueme is professor of cultural diversity and English at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, as well as a playwright and poet focused on themes of social justice. In 1985, she won the Drama Prize from the Association of Nigerian Authors. As a native Nigerian, Dr. Onwueme uses her works for the theater to give voice to African women and give audiences a clearer picture of life in Africa.
- Faith Salie
Cultural Critic
Actress, journalist, commentator for CBS's Sunday Morning, and a regular on the NPR game show, Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!, Ms. Salie is a former radio show host and executive producer of Fair Game with Faith Salie. She is a Harvard graduate and Rhodes Scholar.
- Kurt Thometz
Bookseller and Collector
Mr. Thometz owns Jumel Books in Harlem, and is a collector and aficionado of African literature. He is the author of Life Turns Man Up and Down, an anthology of Onitsha Market Literature, a Nigerian phenomenon of the 1960s. Chinua Achebe, author of Things Fall Apart, has used this work in his own teaching.


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- The playlists here collate the Festive 50's from 1976 to 2016.
- The playlists are counted down from 50 to number one
- The playlists can be found on the left side menu called # FESTIVE 50 PLAYLISTS
- They do not include all the tracks for each year as not all are on Spotify
- Tracks are those available to the UK. Due to licensing issues they may not be available in your country
- Again due to licensing issues tracks are added and removed and I do my best to keep them updated.
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Behind every bank transaction is a proud member of our team working with respect for our legacy and excitement for the future. In branch locations around the world, we're doing critical work that keeps modern commerce moving. We verify bank deposits, prepare cash shipments and connect money from one place to the next. We do it because it makes us proud. Brink's Proud.
As a Cashier-Teller at Brink's, you'll work within our branch locations to account for the cash and valuables we transport to banks and businesses worldwide.
Your Role as a Cashier-Teller
We're the backbone of modern finance, connecting banks and businesses around the world with solutions that keep them moving forward. Our Cashier-Tellers enjoy a casual working environment and high-responsibility work that keeps ATMs filled and businesses running.
Additional responsibilities include.
•Process, verify and reconcile inbound and outbound currency transactions
•Complete data entry for all currency transactions
•Prepare outbound currency orders and replenishments
•Count, verify and report currency inventory daily
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The Skills You Need
We're looking for professionals who fulfill the promise of our brand. A promise to uphold the integrity of our legacy and embrace our future. A promise to work with authority and confidence. A promise to respect the trust we've earned and pay it forward with the work we do. Our Cash Logistics Processors work independently in our branch locations and have the flexibility to meet the unpredictability of the workday. Additional requirements include:
•At least 21 years of age
•A valid firearms permit OR ability to pass applicable firearms licensing requirements
•A valid guard card OR ability to obtain a guard card or any other required licenses
•Ability to lift at least 50 pounds
The Ideal Candidate
Are you cut from the Brink's cloth? We prefer candidates that have previous banking or professional finance experience. Preference is also given to candidates with a military background.
A Career Worth Building
At Brink's, we value our team members and offer our Cash Logistics Processors a fast-paced work environment and their own workspace. We invest in growth and opportunity by providing world-class training both locally and globally, like Brink's University. We also believe in cross-training our team members in order to ensure diverse skillsets. Other benefits of building your career at Brink's include:
•Insurance, including health, dental and life
•401(k) with company match
•Paid vacation, holiday pay and profit sharing
•A strong, team-oriented culture
•Opportunity to make a difference to our customers
•A fast-paced, ever-changing environment
•The strength and stability of our 150 +year history
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Brink's is the global leader in security and logistics services, trusted by banks, financial institutions and businesses in both public and private sectors. We deliver the currency of the world to businesses in our communities. We do it because we're needed. We do it because we're trusted and valued. We do it because it makes us proud. Brink's Proud.
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Chester Reiten, 89, the founder of Norsk Hostfest and longtime civic leader, died Tuesday in a Minot assisted-living center.
"He did a tremendous amount for the state, but particularly for Minot, and he truly loved Minot and the region," Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D., said Wednesday. "He was always looking at what's next for Minot, what's next for North Dakota."
As governor, Hoeven, a Minot native, had presided over Reiten's induction into the Theodore Roosevelt Rough Rider Hall of Fame, the state's highest honor. Hoeven later presented Reiten for induction into the Scandinavian American Hall of Fame, a recognition that Reiten finally consented to after years of promoting others for the honor.
"He was one of those guys who was bigger than life," Hoeven said. "I think leadership is positive, and he was positive. There was a positive belief that he exuded that made people believe we could do something together."
"Chet was an incredible asset to the state," Gov. Jack Dalrymple said in a prepared statement. "He has left a lasting legacy of service and dedication to Minot, to the state as a whole and to North Dakota's rich Scandinavian heritage."
Reiten served in the Navy during World War II. He went on to become a pioneer in broadcasting in North Dakota. Starting with the purchase of KXMC-TV of Minot in 1959, Reiten's Reiten Broadcasting Co. grew to include television stations in Bismarck, Williston and Dickinson as well as radio stations.
In the community, Reiten served in many capacities, from chairing the Chamber of Commerce to heading the Trinity Medical Center board.
As mayor from 1970 to 1982 and again from 1984 to 1986, Reiten saw Minot through flood fights and construction of a Souris River flood protection system, an effort that spanned nearly 30 years and cost $250 million in federal, state and local tax dollars and in Canadian dollars. It entailed lengthy and complex negotiations with government officials at every level, both in the U.S. and in Canada. It resulted in the construction of two dams in Canada, the restructuring of Lake Darling Dam in North Dakota, river channel improvements and the building of permanent dikes in Minot.
Bob Schempp, a former city manager and city finance director, said Reiten was the right person to lead the flood fights.
"He sort of filled the room with his presence and with his ability to communicate with the people of Minot," he said, noting that Reiten's communication skills later were invaluable in working with state and Canadian officials on flood protection.
Reiten also signed the original agreement through the Garrison Diversion project that led to the Northwest Area Water Supply project. He was instrumental in the creation of Minot Area Development Corp. and construction of the All Seasons Arena.
"He laid the foundation for a lot of the progress we are making right now," Schempp said.
Overlapping his time as mayor, Reiten represented Minot in the North Dakota Senate from 1973 to 1988, serving as Senate pro tempore in 1985.
Sen. David O'Connell, D-Lansford, recalled, as a new senator, having sought advice from his more experienced Republican colleague.
"He wielded a lot of power but he did it in a gentleman's fashion," O'Connell said. "He knew exactly what he wanted and he knew how to go after it."
The trio of Reiten and former representatives Jim Peterson and Brynhild Haugland of Minot gave Minot clout in the Legislature, and the region still holds it own because of the foundation they laid, he said.
O'Connell added that Reiten had a particular ability as a senator to relate to young people, using his stature in a positive way to earn their admiration.
Reiten was mayor of Minot when Carrol Juven of Fargo, regional manager for Sons of Norway, came around and signed him up with the organization. That meeting led to a 40-year friendship and several trips to Norway together through his tour operation.
"I have great admiration and respect for him more than for a father. He was a wonderful man," Juven said. "I always found him to be kind, considerate and a man of integrity a true leader."
When Reiten sought his advice about starting Hostfest, Juven never thought that the festival would develop into a major national event although he says now that he should have known.
"Because he was one whale of a leader. He studied through everything very carefully and made it happen," he said. "He got people with him and had the support of the people."
He remembers Reiten sitting back with his feet up on his desk and saying, "Now tell me, how would this work." Once sold on a plan, he'd lean across the desk and exclaim, "Let's do it."
Juven said he saw the respect for Reiten in watching him interact with Hostfest dignitaries and in observing the reception that Reiten received from Hostfest crowds.
Reiten was awarded the St. Olav Medal, the highest honor given by the King of Norway to a foreigner. Reiten's character was evident when he turned to the audience to give them the credit and thanks, he said.
Chester Reiten, in an interview with The Minot Daily News in 1992, is reported to have said in his trademark loud, clipped, Norwegian-accented voice: "Now if you write I did something, make sure you say in there that I did it with the help of a lot of other people. ... To say that I did it all myself, that isn't true. You have to have others to help you do things."
One of Reiten's greatest gifts was his ability to pick the right people for the job, said Pam Davy, Hosfest executive director.
"He inspired them to think out of the box and to do their best. To a large part, that was responsible for the success of the festival. He was the catalyst for it all," she said. "He was a big man with a bigger personality. We could hear him coming before the doors opened. He had so much energy and he was so full of excitement, and he loved Hostfest from the moment it was conceived."
Norsk Hostfest fielded numerous calls Thursday from people around the state and across the ocean who expressed their sorrow at Reiten's death.
Hostfest entertainer Bjoro Haaland and his wife, Liv, of Kristiansand, Norway, said they enjoyed a precious time with Chester and his wife, Joy, at Hostfest every year since they began coming in 1982.
"Bjoro always loved his powerful speeches, the way he expressed himself. He taught us how important (it is) to take care of heritage," Liv Haaland said. "Chester was such an honest, outspoken, strong man who loved and lived for his family and for Minot.
"We always felt like family," she added. "It will be different to return to Minot in October knowing that Chester will no longer be among us."
Those who knew Reiten said even more important to him than his city and state were his wife and family.
One of his sons, David, said that as much as his father worked to bring success out of whatever he wrapped his arms around, faith and family came first.
"He used his faith and the things that he was brought up with to help make whatever he touched better," David Reiten said.


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COLUMBIA, S.C. – What doesn't kill you, makes you stronger. At least that's how the saying goes.
The Virginia Commonwealth University women's tennis team will look to that quote after dropping their second straight match, this time a tough 4-3 road decision to 33rd-ranked South Carolina.
"Whenever you're adjusting to playing outside, it's tough," Associate Head Coach Yana Carollo said. "However, that's not an excuse. We need to come together as a team and use the last two matches as learning experience so that we can be a better team at the end of the year."
It started off as a good day for the Black & Gold as junior Alex Bara and senior Kateryna Yergina led the doubles charge for VCU, scoring a 8-4 win over 34th-ranked Dominika Kanakova and Dijana Stojic at the #1 doubles spot .
After the Rams took the doubles point, the Gamecocks would rally for three straight singles wins, but Bara would keep VCU in the match with a straight set, 6-4, 6-2 win at the third singles position. The victory moved her spring record to a perfect 13-0.
South Carolina would secure the win with a hard-fought win at the second singles spot, but freshman Daria Yakavleva finished the day on a positive note with a 6-1, 4-6, 6-4 victory at the sixth singles spot to wrap up the 4-3 decision for the Gamecocks.
VCU wraps up its Spring Break road trip with a 11 a.m. showdown at Furman.
#33 South Carolina 4, #30 VCU 3
1. #41 Anya Morgina, USC, def. Kateryna Yergina, VCU, 6-3, 7-5
2. Dijana Stojic, USC, def. Josefin Hjertquist, VCU, 6-0, 6-7 (8-6), 6-0
3. #125 Alex Bara, VCU, def. Katerina Popova, USC, 6-4, 6-2
4. Madeleine Saari-Byström, USC, def. Ana Bara, VCU, 6-1, 6-2
5. Dominika Kanakova, USC, def. Olga Terteac, VCU, 6-0, 7-6 (7-5)
6. Daria Yakavleva, VCU, def. Adriana Pereira, USC, 6-1, 4-6, 6-4
1. #32 Alex Bara/Yergina, VCU, def. #34 Kanakova/Stojic, USC, 8-4
2. Miljana Jocic/Morgina, USC, def. Ana Bara/Hjertquist, VCU, 8-5
3. Manuela Pietzuch/Yakavleva, VCU, def. Popova/Saari-Bystrom, USC, 9-7
Order of Finish: 1, 2, 3


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Lawmakers pull about-face on food safety 'glove law'
State lawmakers have passed a new food safety law that they wish they hadn't.
Anyone working in a California restaurant or bar who prepares ready-to-eat food - from bagels to sushi to fruit salad to cocktails - has to wear gloves or use deli tissue, spatulas or tongs. But the new rule, which went into effect Jan. 1, has had so much blowback that lawmakers are already trying to repeal it.
"It had unintended consequences," said Assemblyman Richard Pan, D-Sacramento, a physician and chairman of the Assembly's Committee on Health, which carried the bill in the first place. "There was not a specific incident that led to the new rules. The statute was intended to make minor changes to the California Retail Food Code, because food safety is something we have to take very seriously. So we wanted to make sure that the bill was consistent with other food safety regulations, including minimizing bare-hand contact with food."
Unfortunately, Pan said, the legislation failed to take into account that workers might have a good reason to touch food with their bare hands.
The "glove law" was supposed to be a consensus bill, Pan said. It was agreed upon that if aspects of the bill had opposition at any time in the process, those provisions would be removed from the proposal. But there was no resistance, and AB1252 sailed through both houses of the Legislature with unanimous approval in 2013 and was signed by the governor.
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The problem was most small restaurant and bar owners didn't know anything about it.
"Literally not one person I know had heard about it," said Iso Rabins, founder of ForageSF, a local incubator for small food makers.
"The first time I heard about it was in January, when it had already passed," he said.
Rabins spearheaded a petition against the rules and has been instrumental in persuading legislators to try to cancel the legislation.
Food makers, restaurateurs and bartenders argue that the glove law is not only cost prohibitive, wasteful and counterproductive to environmental strides such as plastic bag bans, it is also not particularly valuable to public health.
Under the new provision, food and beverage handlers would have to change gloves every time they change tasks or touch another ready-to-eat food. Even then, they still would be required to wash their hands between glove changes. The concern is that amid multitasking, food and drink handlers might resist or forget to change gloves repeatedly.
"A dirty glove is worse than a clean hand," Pan said. "Gloves don't inherently guarantee safety."
Although the bill became law two months ago, restaurants and bars have until June to comply, but, by then, Pan hopes he will have rolled it back. The repeal attempt has been marked as emergency legislation, needs a two-thirds vote from the Assembly and state Senate, and must be signed by the governor. Pan doesn't expect it to be a problem.
If the law isn't rescinded, Remy Nelson, owner of Mojo Bicycle Cafe in San Francisco, estimates he'll go through 50,000 gloves a year just for bagels.
"It's not that we don't use gloves," he said. "But this means we have to change gloves for every food that's not going to be recooked. We're not Noah's Bagels. We do a really small number, and it takes 20 seconds to get the gloves on and off. People may not want McDonald's, but they want some speed. They have to get their food and get out the door."
Aaron Smith, executive director of the U.S. Bartenders' Guild and co-owner of 15 Romolo, a bar in North Beach, figures he'd lose $80,000 a year in revenue from the cost of gloves and inefficiency.
"The gloves would slow us down by about 8,000 drinks a year," he said. "We would have to accommodate more bartenders to make up the difference."
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That doesn't take into account the dexterity that cooks and bartenders would lose for tasks such as preparing sushi or garnishing a drink with a lemon twist, which they say is nearly impossible when hands aren't bare. In fact, some sushi chefs have argued that part of the skill that goes into raw fish preparation is the temperature of one's hands. And then there's the concern of broken glass.
"Glass breakage is already an occupational hazard," Smith said. "We think wet gloves will make it worse."
It's not that Smith doesn't believe in food safety. He said his business relies on it.
"All our prep is done with public health in mind," he said. "But there is no science that I know of that says food-borne illness is more likely to be spread with bare hands than latex gloves."
Josh Miller, an Alameda cocktail blogger who started a petition against the law and got 11,500 bartender and customer signatures, said this isn't something consumers asked for.
"People definitely have some egg on their faces," Miller said of state legislators. "But at least they're trying to right a wrong."
Stacy Finz is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com Twitter: @sfinz


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Jeff Wickstrom and his '71 Charger/Superbee have seen and done it all—together
"It's an everyday driver that I just never got tired of," is how Jeff Wickstrom from Mesa, Arizona, describes his '71 Superbee. According to him, it's a true daily driver in every sense of the word. With such a great story about how he and his Superbee spent a lifetime together, we'll let Jeff take it from here.
I never thought of it [the car] as special. The 'Bee is just an old friend who I enjoy spending time with. The story of the 'Bee goes back to summer of 1979 when I bought it from a young woman in Annandale, Virginia. I hadn't planned on buying the car, and until then, had never even heard of a '71 Superbee. After reading a newspaper ad, some buddies and I went to look and see what it really was. Here was this stock, original paint, '71Charger-Superbee with a bad transmission and a wrinkled fender parked on the street in a residential neighborhood. It even had the factory decklid spoiler. The woman didn't live there; she had just coasted to a stop and left it after the transmission went bad. She met us at the car and explained that it had to go as neighbors were complaining. She wanted $600, but said if we would take it that day, then $400 would be enough. Being a poor high-school kid, I didn't even have $400, but between me and my buddies, we scraped together all we had (I think less than $300) and towed it home with a rope. At the time I didn't really care for the car as I already had a '70 Road Runner, but we all thought that decklid spoiler was cool.
Between 1980 and 1985 it was used as a daily driver while I was in college in Southeastern Ohio. Even though I bought it in Virginia, it had a Remy Chrysler-Plymouth-Dodge sticker from Waverly, Ohio, on the bumper. By 1985 the car was showing its age, so I repainted it the original Green Go shortly before graduation from college in 1986. After college I had no plans…or job, so I took all of the money I had saved up, packed a tent, sleeping bag, my tools, and what little else I owned into the trunk. I said goodbye to family and friends and proceeded to drive around the country for the next nine months trying to figure out what to do with my life. The 'Bee was my home address for all that time, and the road atlas was my "to-do" list. My bank account was an envelope hidden in a slit cut into the carpet under the seat. My only conversation was with the steering wheel or the other social outcasts I met along the highway. There were no cell phones or GPS back then, only common sense and independence. I didn't even have a decent radio, it was the stock AM unit, with a single dash speaker, and an FM converter hung below the ashtray. I camped out in State Parks or off the main road in small towns while trying to conserve my limited finances. That trip lasted just a bit over 10,000 miles and stretched from Ocean City, Maryland, to Northern Iowa, down to Galveston, Texas, up to Silverton, Colorado, Las Vegas, Nevada, back down to Mexico, over to Death Valley and finally we reached San Francisco, California. I could go on and bore you further, but I'll stop here with the comment that it was certainly the experience of a lifetime. Running out of money in Tempe, Arizona, in the spring of 1987, I put down some roots, and I've been in Arizona ever since.
The old 'Bee continued as my primary transportation for quite a few years but eventually the wear and tear took its toll, and it became a shed in the back yard. After a few more years of deterioration, I realized it deserved a better life and felt a proper restoration was in order. Although I liked the original Green Go green paint, I was tired of it, so I decided to change the color. After so many years, I just needed something different. Planning once again that it was to become my daily driver, I chose to add a few other items to my liking. While the original 383 was a great engine, I've always enjoyed the drivability and response of a 440 Six-Pack…or as I call it, a 440 two barrel with a lot of secondaries. Somewhere along the way I had picked up a decent 440+6 motor, so with nothing more than a brush-hone and new bearings/rings/gaskets, I put it back together. I did upgrade to a hydraulic roller cam and roller rockers for efficiency and durability with today's motor oils. I have been using the 833 overdrive transmission and a 3.23 rear gear. Last year I averaged 17.1 mpg on a 4,000 mile journey to the east coast and back. This compares with the prior year's trip (2009 Mexico to Canada) where I only got 14.5 with the non-overdrive transmission. Other minor modifications are that I've added satellite radio, and to help protect the paint I have 3M Clearguard behind all the wheel openings and on the leading edges front bumper and lower valance.
The Mexico to Canada journey was a great trip. One quick memory was offering a ride to two young Hutterites outside of Two Dot, Montana. Hutterites are like the Amish back east. They had never seen a car like this, but soon hopped right in. They were asking all kinds of questions and eventually asked "How fast will it go"? My response was, "Well, let's find out."
It's still a wonderful experience driving an old muscle car on a long road trip. When it's time for paint again, I'm thinking Sand Pebble Beige and no stripes, you know, keep it subtle? To me it's still the same old Superbee, but I guess times have changed and I haven't. So what you see now is an ongoing 30 year bond that was never really intended to be. The odometer is still functional and shows 325,000 miles. I have no idea how many more miles the 'Bee has in it, but I've personally watched it roll over twice. It was at 114,000 when I got it all those years ago. This lifetime of memories has far surpassed any investment potential I could have ever realized.
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'71 Dodge Superbee
Owned by: Jeff Wickstrom; Mesa, Arizona
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- Engine: Originally, Jeff's 'Bee came with a 383 and a four speed transmission. When he rebuilt the car the last time, he added a 440 with a Six Pack, and an overdrive four speed. It's not a race car, it racks up street miles, and the overdrive is great for that. Other than the addition of a Crane hydraulic roller camshaft with .488/.509-inch lift, and 214/222-degrees of duration at .050-inch, it a basic rebuild with a cylinder cleaning, new bearings, rings, and gaskets.
- Transmission: One mileage-aiding 833 overdrive is mounted behind the 440. With 325,000 miles on the car, the overdrive has earned its keep.
- Rear: the 8-3/4 features 3.23 gears, and is bone stock.
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- Suspension: If it came from the factory with it, it's been rebuilt and put back in place.
- Brakes: Manual drums. Apparently after 325,000 miles, they work just fine.
- Wheels/Tires: A very old set of American Racing 200 S wheels measuring 15 x 8-inches on all four corners hold the Goodyear 255/60/15 radials.
High Impact
- Paint/Body: Originally, the 'Bee was a Green Go car, but during its last rebuild, Jeff had a shop in Mesa, paint the car Plum Crazy. The shop is gone, but the paint is still on the car. The deck-lid spoiler is actually the original one for the car. It leaks a little, but only when you open the trunk after a long hard rain. According to Jeff, "I've made a lot of sandwiches on it over the years. It's also a good place to rest beers when standing around BSing with the guys".
- Interior: Jeff has replaced the carpet, headliner, front seat skins, and the top of back seat. Jeff lived in it for 8 months in 1986-87 after graduating from college and driving around the country. Jeff tells us, "It's actually fairly comfortable, and fortunately had a bench seat".


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Is one allowed a little light "fun" (toxic concept) around Christmas time? I think one is. If it is strictly controlled and vaguely relevant to the usual issues dealt with around here. Or can be shoehorned into some apposite theme… I very recently posted about the Delphi Club beach and its 2012 BEAD INVASION I cross-referred to my section called BOOKCOMBING, specifically a selection of book reviews concerning FLOTSAM & JETSAM and general beach debris. One book, well-known by now, is called MOBY DUCK (see what the author did there? Anyone would be pleased to come up with that). It is cumbrously subtitled "The True Story of 28,800 Bath Toys Lost at Sea, and of the Beachcombers, Oceanographers, Environmentalists, and Fools, including the Author, who went in search of Them". They were washed overboard in a container some years back, and have been dispersed by current, tide, wind and storm to all corners of the globe.
No sooner had I "published" the post (a posh way of saying "clicked on the blue button"), than an article appeared in the Guardian newspaper, replete with photos, that made me laugh. Quite immoderately. So here is the gallery of Duckzilla being towed up the River Thames in London past (or under) various iconic landmarks. Is this relevant? Apart from it being an avian-based fatuous yellow duck on saline water, not really. Is it fun? Well, you be the judge, but I bet you a Kalik that you crack at least a small smile…
1. "A team of eight people spent more than 800 hours cutting and welding together parts for a giant duck to ensure it was airtight and didn't sink (could duck tape have helped?)."
2. "The giant duck, towering 50ft high and weighing in at half a tonne, prepares to float up the River Thames from Canary Wharf [business centre] in east London" towards central London.
3. "The giant-size quacker passes under Tower Bridge … but only just. The madcap paddle-past was part of the launch for a new £250,000 bursary funding quack ideas aimed at making Britons laugh…" [RH note: thus confirming at one stroke what other nations think about the British, including in Europe. Especially in Europe…]
4. The duck, having ducked under the bridge, continues upriver, still smiling serenely
5. "Duckzilla floats past the Tower of London [dating from 1087] to the amazement of tourists"
6. "All hands on duck! The giant duck passes HMS Belfast – shame it couldn't raise a wing in salute…"Photo credits and blame for the captions (mostly): The Guardian
Gore Vidal, once taken to task by a critic for "meretricious" writing, responded "Meretricious to You , and a Happy New Year". On which literary note I will be taking a break for some quality family-based feasting and entertainment, followed by fasting and a long snooze. I probably won't add any posts until after January 1st (unless a Kirtland's Warbler on Abaco is reported!). Thanks to everyone who kindly called in at Rolling Harbour during 2012 – see you in 2013.
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text: Winter Tires VS All-Season Tires 18 September 2011 TireGuy Tire Tech, Tires This question comes up every fall, and is posed by a great number of our customers, especially living in a relatively mild winter city such as Vancouver. The question is; do they need winter tires? Before I give my opinion, I'll explain the advantages and disadvantages of each. There are some common myths about winter tires. They are now called "winter tires", and not "snow tires" for good reason. They are designed to work in climates based on temperature… Not based on precipitation. The magic number used in the industry is 7*C (or 45*F). Check out our Winter Tire Guide for a visual chart. This is the temperature in which the rubber compound in a winter tire starts to work much better than an all season compound. The compound in the winter tire is engineered to remain soft and supple, even in very cold temperatures. Regardless of weather conditions, all things being equal, a winter tire will provide better grip levels than an all season tire in temperatures under 7*. The all season compound tends to become more stiff and hard in the cold, and therefore does not grip the road as well, even in dry conditions. The colder it gets, the more evident this becomes. The one disadvantage to using these soft rubber compounds in the winter tires, is they should not be used in warm weather, or else the tire wears very quickly. This is why winter tires are only recommended for cold weather use, and why a second set of tires becomes necessary for the summer months. It is important to note there is no safety issue with using a winter tire in the summer, only a premature wear issue. It is much better in my opinion, from a safety standpoint, to use a winter tire in warmer weather than to use a summer or all-season tire in cold weather. If you look at the actual tread of a winter tire and an all–season tire, you will notice the winter tire has many more small "cuts" in it. These little cuts are called "sipes." The sipes make the rubber tread block more flexible, which makes the tire more capable of providing grip in snowy or icy conditions. The sipes give the tire many more biting edges to grip and grab ice or snow. Some winter tires even have zigzag shaped sipes to give as many biting surfaces as possible. An all season tire does not have these sipes, at least not nearly to the extent as a full on winter tire. Really, it is up to the end consumer to decide if winter tires are worth it to them. Of course the initial expense is higher than running an all-season year round, but since you have two sets of tires, they are each going to last twice as long so the end price is very similar. The difference in performance between a winter tire and an all-season tire in winter conditions is very substantial. It's one of those things you don't really believe or understand until you see it for yourself. I recommend to 90% of my customers that winter tires really are a good idea, even for only a moderately cold climate. They provide peace of mind along with simply being the right tool for the job. NathanSales Associate1010Tires.com Notable Winter Tires: Pirelli Winter Carving Edge Tires Rated 4.3/5 (Read Reviews) Falken Eurowinter HS439 Tires Rated 4.1/5 (Read Reviews) Notable All-Season Tires: Bridgestone Potenza RE970AS Pole Position Rated 4.1/5 (Read Reviews) Pirelli P-Zero Nero All Season Tires Rated 4.5/5 (Read Reviews) Falken Ziex ZE-912 Tires Rated 4.5/5 (Read Reviews)


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What is the real relevance of SIC-POVMs (symmetric informationally complete POVMs) to concrete tasks in quantum information theory? A lot of work has been put into giving explicit constructions, and yet it seems that in many concrete applications that at first glance require SIC-POVM-like objects, one can do without them using e.g. suitably chosen set of random projectors. So, my question is - if the problem of constructing SIC-POVMs in arbitrary dimensions was solved one day, would that enable solving problems which can't be solved or approximated using different techniques now?
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Faculty You Should Know: Sarah Montgomery
Teaching students how to have a valuable and lasting impact as teachers is one aspect of teaching that assistant professor of curriculum and instruction Sarah Montgomery concerns herself with most. As a former elementary school teacher and now college professor, Montgomery is making an impact with her students.
Montgomery has a passion for service learning. She coordinated a partnership with an urban elementary school, directed a reading tutoring program and most recently was involved with Books Without Borders.
"Hearing from former students and knowing that I've played a pivotal role in their development as a teacher and subsequently their students' learning brings me great joy."
Montgomery is equally passionate about service learning. According to Montgomery, service learning is the integration of community service with academic content and reflection. It's a teaching strategy that engages students through experiential learning and promotes active citizenship.
Montgomery coordinated a service-learning partnership with an urban elementary school for three years. Later, while working on her master's degree, she directed a reading tutoring program that involved 30 undergraduate and graduate students who tutored students in kindergarten through sixth grade at a local library.
Her most recent project was Books Without Borders. This was a collaboration between Montgomery's class and students at Wartburg College, Cedar Falls High School and Waterloo East High School to write and illustrate bilingual children's books for orphanages in Panama and Haiti. As a result, approximately 300 books were sent to orphanages to support the literacy development of children.
Along with her husband, who is a Spanish professor at Wartburg, Montgomery is raising her 18-month-old son Xavier to be bilingual. This pushes her to become more proficient in Spanish every day. "I want to work to become increasingly culturally competent by participating in diverse life experiences." Montgomery and her husband also enjoy taking Xavier to music and swimming classes on UNI's campus.
With a love for traveling, it's no surprise that Montgomery studied abroad in Strasbourg, France, while getting her bachelor's degree. She pushes her students to have a similar experience by studying or teaching internationally.
Her experiences working in an urban elementary school and early childhood center in France inspired her to do what she does today. "By moving into higher education, I sensed that I could potentially have a larger impact on young learners as a teacher educator and researcher."
Montgomery wants her students to learn that this is a demanding and rewarding profession. "The choices we make about how we teach and interact with students truly matter and can make a lasting impact."


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Voyagers ride 'magnetic bubbles'
Humankind's most distant emissaries are flying through a turbulent sea of magnetism as they seek to break free of our Solar System.
Nasa's Voyager probes, which were launched in 1977, are now approaching the very edge of our Sun's influence, more than 14 billion km from Earth; and they are still returning data.
That information has allowed scientists to build a better picture of what conditions are like in the zone where matter blown out from our star pushes up against interstellar space.
Computer modelling based on the Voyager insights suggests the edge of our Solar System is a froth of activity, like "an agitated jacuzzi", said Eugene Parker from the University of Chicago, US.
Magnetic field lines carried in the "wind" of material coming off our star are breaking and reconnecting.
This process is sculpting the wind into discrete bubbles that are many tens of millions of kilometres wide.
Researchers say this assessment has implications for our understanding of cosmic rays - the storm of high-energy particles that are accelerated in Earth's direction by exploded stars, black holes and other exotic locations in the galaxy.
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It is highly likely the mass of individual magnetic structures actually makes the Solar System more porous to cosmic rays.
"It's more like a membrane that is permeable to the galactic cosmic rays, so we expect the galactic cosmic rays to enter and slowly wander through this sea of magnetic bubbles until they can access field lines that connect back to the Sun and quickly escape," explained Professor Parker.
The observation is of interest not just to physicists but also to astronauts, who must protect themselves from the damaging health effects of cosmic rays, and to spacecraft engineers who have to "harden" the electronic circuitry in satellites against the impacts from high-energy particles.
The modelling results will make no difference to their predicament; but it does say something about why the cosmic ray issue takes on such importance.
Researchers confess to being surprised; they thought the outskirts of our solar neighbourhood would be more sedate - that the Sun's field lines would simply turn around and reconnect with the Sun.
"The findings are significant as we will have to change our view on how the Sun interacts with particles, fields and gases from other stars, and this has consequences that reach down to Earth," commented Arik Posner, Nasa's Voyager programme scientist.
It is a demonstration once again of the extraordinary capabilities of the Voyagers, which continue to excite and intrigue more than three decades on from their launch.
Voyager 1 was put in space on 5 September 1977, and its sister spacecraft, Voyager 2, lifted off on 20 August 1977.
The Nasa probes' initial goal was to survey the outer planets Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune, a task completed in 1989.
They were then despatched towards deep space, in the general direction of the centre of our Milky Way Galaxy.
Sustained by their radioactive power packs, the probes' instruments continue to function well and return data to Earth, although the vast distance between them and controllers in California means a radio message now has a travel time of about 16 hours (in the case of Voyager 1).
The primary task of the spacecraft currently is to define our Sun's limits - to map the extent of its heliosphere, as scientists call it.
Our star blows out huge volumes of excited particles. This wind, laced with a magnetic field, travels out at high speed until it crashes into the interstellar magnetic field, at which point the Sun's outpouring abruptly slows and begins to move sideways.
It is at this boundary - the heliopause - where the Voyagers find themselves today, and where the Sun's magnetic field lines are snapping and reconnecting to produce the structures reported by scientists.
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Bob Mumma enters his seventh season as the head coach at UMBC for the 2018 season after being promoted from the assistant coach job in June 2011.
After a stellar collegiate career at UMBC and two seasons of professional baseball, Mumma returned to his alma mater in the fall of 1996 and served as the Retrievers' assistant baseball coach for the past 16 seasons.
Mumma led the Retrievers to the program's first America East title in 2017, winning three straight games in the tournament to earn their third NCAA Tournament bid. Under the tutelage of Mumma, freshman Christian Torres was named America East Rookie of the Year, the second player in three years to earn the award.
Since taking over the program, the team has seen the best winning percentage increase of any program in the country. Mumma has coached three Freshman All-Americans (Kevin Lachance, Jamie Switalski, Matt Chanin), had the America East Pitcher of the Year in Conrad Wozniak (2015), and Rookie of the Year (Chanin, 2015). Over his four years at the helm, Mumma and his staff have placed seven players on the all-conference first team, with eight on second team and all-rookie team.
"We have an extraordinary staff who focuses a lot on player development," Mumma said. "Our players are driven and have high expectations of themselves."
"I am excited about how far we have come in a short period of time," Mumma said about his four years as head coach. "The goal now is to win a regular season title and earn a spot in the conference tournament every year," He would continue.
This past spring, the Retrievers finished 34-20, the first time over 30 wins since 2002, and the second most wins in a single season. UMBC finished 20-3 at home, including a midweek record of 13-1.
Mumma succeeded John Jancuska, who coached the Retrievers from 1978-2011. Tom Rider (1967-75) and Hal Sparks (1976-77) are the only other coaches to pilot the UMBC baseball team in the program's 46 years of varsity competition.
"I am extremely excited to have this opportunity," Mumma said. "Other than trying to be a Major League player, it was my dream to be a head coach, and once I got into coaching, this was where I wanted to be a head coach.
The Rising Sun, Md., native competed as a catcher at UMBC from 1990-92. In his freshman campaign, Mumma slugged 14 home runs and hit .339, earning a place on the Coppertone Freshman All-America squad. The following season, he hit .395 with 15 round-trippers and 53 RBIs, earning Player of the Year honors from the East Coast Conference. He was also named to the ECAC, All-East Region and East Coast Conference first teams. Mumma capped his collegiate career by hitting .346 with 13 home runs and 53 RBIs in 1992, as the Retrievers earned an at-large bid and competed in their first NCAA Division I tournament.
Mumma earned East Coast Conference First Team honors in 1992 and was also named to the GTE Academic All-America squad.
He was drafted in the 13th round by the Chicago White Sox in June 1992 and signed a professional contract with the club. The backstop completed his economics degree in May 1993 and played for two years in the White Sox system.
Mumma is the Retrievers' all-time leader in home runs (42), is tied for second in RBIs (152) and ranks among the top 10 in six other offensive categories. He was selected to the UMBC Athletics Hall of Fame in 1997 and currently serves on the school's Hall of Fame selection committee.
Prior to becoming a full-time assistant coach in September 2005, Mumma served as an academic counselor in the UMBC Athletics EXCELL program, working with all of the university's student-athletes.
Mumma, who received his MBA from the University of Baltimore in the spring of 2000, resides in Elkridge, Md., with his wife, Kristy Hartman-Mumma, a 1999 UMBC alumnae who served as UMBC's head field hockey coach from 2000-05.


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KSCB News - May 29, 2013 4:07 pm
The SCCC/ATS Nursing program has just received official notification from the Kansas State Board of Nursing (KSBN) of the licensure results for graduates taking the exam for the first time between Jan 1 through December 31 of 2012 Nursing graduates.
For the eighth year in a row, the SCCC/ATS Practical Nursing program pass rate for first time candidates taking the National Council Licensure Examination for Practical Nurse (NCLEX-PN) was 100 percent. The Kansas average pass rate was 91.99 percent and the national average pass rate was 84.23 percent. The SCCC/ATS Practical Nursing program had its first graduating class in 1979 and there have been 19 graduating classes with 100 percent pass rate on the NCLEX-PN exam: 1981, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012.
Of the 25 LPN programs in Kansas, SCCC/ATS was one of only four with 100 percent pass rates.
The SCCC/ATS Associate Degree Nursing (ADN) program pass rate for first time candidates taking the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurse (NCLEX-RN) was 89.66 percent.
The Kansas average pass rate was 87.97 percent and the national average pass rate was 90.34 percent.
"I am extremely proud of our graduates and the hard work it takes on the part of our students to achieve these results," said Veda King, Director of Nursing at SCCC/ATS. "Our nursing faculty are highly dedicated individuals who strive to provide the best learning experience for our students."
Nursing faculty members at SCCC/ATS include Nancy Bansemer, Sandy Brisendine, Diane Miller, Sandy Mead, Dawn Hemphill, Sandy Wolfram and Veda King.
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Teacher resources and professional development across the curriculum
Teacher professional development and classroom resources across the curriculum
All sound is the product of airwaves crashing against our eardrums. The mathematical technique for understanding this and other wave phenomena is called Fourier analysis, which allows the disentangling of a complex wave into basic waves called sinusoids, or sine waves. In this unit we discover how Fourier analysis is used in creating electronic music and even underpins all digital technology.
Waves — lightwaves washing against our eyes creating a vision of the world around us, sound waves crashing against our ears — sometimes jarring and other times, beautiful, cosmic waves bathing the Universe. All of it explained, illuminated, and connected via mathematics.
One of the most fundamental ways that music and math are connected is in the understanding of sound specifically, and wave phenomena in general. Understanding sound as an instance of wave phenomena provides a nice forum for the interaction of ideas from music, physics, and mathematics.
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I am writing an essay about (among other things) Gutenberg's printing press and Project Gutenberg. I want to say something along the lines of "Gutenberg's press was so popular that current things are named after him." I tried the following. Am I using namesake correctly?
As evidenced ahead, Gutenberg's invention was so popular that he is still a popular namesake.
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Label Alignment
One of the new changes in KDE 4.x since KDE 3.x is the alignment of form and widget labels. In KDE 3.x, labels were aligned to the left and widgets were aligned to the left. In KDE 4, form labels are now aligned to the right and widgets are aligned to the left, making a group of form widgets appear to be center aligned. In Qt4, using a QFormLayout handles this correctly for you.
Dialog Alignment
In OSX, a group of widgets is center aligned. In KDE4, a group of widgets is left aligned. This aligns the labels closer to the left edge and makes use of space more efficiently.
The alignment of groups of widgets is independent, and so you may have different sized groups with different "centered" lines. A group of widgets consists of widgets within some type of natural separation such as a group box or separator bar.
The text of a checkbox is on the right of its tick rectangle, which can make it difficult to avoid blank areas on the left side of the form. To keep the layout of the form balanced you can use one of the following approaches:
1. Group checkboxes together in the widget column and add a label describing the group in the label column:
2. Make the checkboxes span the two columns, but keep them at the bottom of the form:
3. If all else fails, add a label describing the checkbox on the left side of the checkbox, then set the text of the checkbox to "Enabled", "On", or similar.
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When options are subordinate to a checkbox or radiobutton (e.g. Audio level can only be set if the Activate Audio option is selected), this relation should be visualized by indenting the sub-options. There are two options to do so:
1. When you are using a left-aligned checkbox or radio button, indent the sub-options by using a horizontal spacer of SizeType "Minimum".
2. When you are using a checkbox that is placed right to its label, indent the sub-options in the same vertical axis as the checkbox.
The contents of this guideline are under discussion. Please request guidance in #kde-usability if you have any questions regardling Form Label Alignment
In some cases it may be useful to visually separate groups of related options within one GroupBox to facilitate scanning of the dialog.
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Friday, November 20, 2009
congrats, Irina!
17 comments:
- kristen said...
I was underwhelmed with this season. There was a recent challenge where they had to design a look that complemented one of their winning looks from before. The winning look from the challenge was a pair of paper bag harem pants, a tank top, and a baggy sweater (the look it was supposed to complement was a pair of paper bag shorts, a tank top, and a blazer). There were never any "wow" moments either, like in previous seasons there were always really innovative things that were just genius, but I didn't get that this season. I don't know if it was the designers or the producers that killed it. I do know it could benefit from having more drag queens, car parts, plants as textiles, female wrestlers, and the like. haha. Their challenges were so tame!
- November 20, 2009 at 4:33 PM
I completely agree with you. Like, what were they doing in LA?! They went back to NY for the Finale, so why don't they stay there? And you're right about the dificulty of the challenges. At s point, I couldn't watch it anymore because it was all about the relationships of the designers and about creating dresses and stuff. I would just go to the site and see the dresses and give the marks to me. I think it was really not fair. But so what, is like they are going to change the program for us? And there were some points where I was totally disappointed with the judges... Did you see Korto at the All-Star Challenge? She was like 'Oh, Daniel [Vosovic] you are so much better than Leanne, blablabla.' I was really happy when she didn't win. Suck it! :P Love you!!!!
- November 21, 2009 at 3:31 AM
- Gorgeous Things said...
Great commentary Leanne!
I think the most unfortunate side effect of the whole season 6 Weinstein legal debacle was that it had the effect of cheapening the Project Runway brand. So much of it was hogtied because of the legal wrangling that it just seems like it was a bit of a throwaway. We felt that in the tents and it was reflected in the continuous pretty-dress challenges. I remember an interview with Tim Gunn where he said they would have challenges picked out that they had to scrub because they were done with affiliates of Lifetime and couldn't be used if the show ended up back on Bravo.
I do wish Irina and all the other designers well. I feel badly that they got a bit of a bums rush thanks to the legal problems, but they did get on the air. That's worth a lot to each of them right there.
- November 21, 2009 at 7:00 AM
- Irene said...
I was equally underwhelmed! I watched every episode, and I really wanted to be excited about it, but it just dragged. I missed the unusual and quirky challenges, and the consistency of how the judges voted -- perhaps it was due to the fact that Michael and Nina couldn't always be there. I often found myself in disagreement.
I fell asleep during the finale. There was no excitement.
- November 21, 2009 at 9:08 AM
- GothamTomato said...
Great hearing your opinion on this. Season 6 is going to become the forgotten season. The designers, after all that, really didn't even get much exposure.
I completely agree, especially about it being set in NYC, and about saying the participants. There is no good reason they shouldn't be paying them, other than greed. I actually wish that AFTRA could eliminate the pay exemptions for reality/competition shows so all participants got union scale (at least). Every designer should be getting union scale & residuals.
- November 21, 2009 at 12:25 PM
- CroqueMonsieur said...
Saw the link on TLo's Facebook Page to your post, I had to read it. I love your suggestions!
- November 22, 2009 at 11:01 AM
- glam.spoon said...
This is the first season I didn't actually care about any of the contestants. I still watched every episode, but it just felt... different. The LA thing didn't bother me that much, but if something works (NYC) why mess with it? But I totally agree with the "design pretty dresses" thing. Maybe that's why it was kind of boring and no one really broke out in front? Here's to season 7 (clink).
- November 22, 2009 at 1:38 PM
- Oh said...
I feel so validated that I was not just a jaded viewer. I had literally so recently posted on my own blog about how disappointing this season was. A friend said well i wont watch lifetime, but that did not seem to justify this season's failure to make an impression me and apparently any of you!
- November 22, 2009 at 3:33 PM
- thebubbreport said...
I used to come home and fire up PR before I even fired up Lost, and that's saying A LOT! This season I would save up about three episodes and suffer through them all at once. They were such yawners. I'm glad to read Gorgeous Things' comment about the challenges being scrapped - that gives me hope for a more creative, NON-L.A. season next year.
About the contestants being paid: I've always wondered how they managed to pay their bills at home while they were on the show. Do you receive zilch during the time you are there? They should at least cover expenses at home. I wonder how many broke designers they are losing out on due to financial constraints. I imagine as far as parents go, especially single parents, they just cannot swing it. Only people like Laura who are already wealthy and have help at home can make it work.
- November 22, 2009 at 7:18 PM
- joyjoy said...
Gorgeous Things, thanks for the clarification of the challenge/affiliate issue. If PR does go back to LA for S8 (I hope not, but that's me) maybe they'll revive those challenges.
Leanne, thanks for your perspective! Loved the Fashion Week video, too.
- November 22, 2009 at 10:34 PM
- jungle dream pagoda said...
I gotta say....many was the time...(yes I geekily blogged about it).....that I said that your season was the best since season 1!!!!!
I think this season was an anomaly...I think there were certainly good designers this season,even if they were not always shown in the best light.
Gosh I certainly hope the brand is not damaged.
6 months compared to 7 weeks huh?
- November 25, 2009 at 5:34 PM
Ditto, I kept watching & hoping but to no avail. I got so tired of the whining high school drama amongst the designers. The model thing was a little extra drama I could have done without also. There were definite reasons why this season was flat & disappointing. I hope the next, which begins soon, will bring back some of the creative fire from previous seasons.
Hope life is treating you well. Thanks for your blog...it's great to be able to keep up with you & your work.
- November 26, 2009 at 12:54 AM
- Provider said...
Damn... I live in europe and we are a few weeks behind. We just had the inspired on former creation chalenge. I didn't think of a spolier here! (totally my own fault)Oh well it will still be fun to watch
- November 26, 2009 at 1:30 PM
- Leanne said...
Oh! So sorry for the spoiler, Provider! I'll keep that in mind next time.
And Bubbreport, you're totally right. I had to borrow money from everyone (bf, best friends, and my parents) just to be able to cover my rent and bills for the time I was taking off to do the show. I returned home from filming with about $50 left in my bank account.
- November 28, 2009 at 12:23 PM
- ediot said...
I loved every finalists collection. But irinas was the most chic one i think. do you stay in touch with anyone from the show? do you know if anybody are selling their things on etsy?
really thankful for answers. take care xx ediot
- November 29, 2009 at 11:39 AM
- Komichi said...
Glad to hear your take on it, it's always interesting hearing from former contestants who have a better perspective of what the show is actually like.
Not much to add except that I agree and I was horribly bored by this season.
- November 30, 2009 at 1:04 AM
- G said...
Amen sister..
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Washington (CNN) -- A magazine designed for and by gay military members may soon be displayed at military installations worldwide, an advocacy group announced Monday.
"Our first objective with the magazine is to let all the gay, lesbian, bi, and trans members currently serving know that they are not alone," an active-duty officer who goes by the pseudonym JD Smith said in a statement.
Smith, along with co-director Ty Walrod lead the organization known as OutServe, the group describes themselves as an underground network of actively serving military members of the United States Armed Services who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender.
"Visibility is key," Smith said, who added that OutServe hopes to have its next version available in print at "some larger military bases".
The magazine can currently be downloaded from the internet, the statement said.
"We are not about highlighting our differences." Smith said the goal of the publication is to demonstrate "how LGBT troops are proud soldiers, sailors, airmen, Coasties, and Marines just like everyone else.
The magazine will contain features about "Don't Ask Don't Tell" repeal implementation and OutServe chapters, as well as other information of interest to currently-serving LGBT military members, the statement said.
"We also want to communicate to all troops that there are capable gay military members serving honorably, and that accepting that and moving on will make our military stronger," said Smith.
On December 22, President Barack Obama signed the DADT bill repealing the 17-year-old law.
The repeal "will strengthen our national security and uphold (America's) ideals," Obama said. "No longer will tens of thousands of Americans in uniform be asked to live a lie."
"Don't ask-don't tell" became law in 1993, after opposition ballooned to then newly elected President Bill Clinton's plan to lift the military's complete ban on gay service members.
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Adults with ADHD need structure and accountability
Q. I am a man in my 20s and was just diagnosed with ADHD. Is it possible to be successful with this condition?
A. My colleagues Dr. Craig Surman and Dr. Timothy Bilkey, with Karen Weintraub, have just written a wonderful new book on this topic. It's called "Fast Minds: How to Thrive if You Have ADHD (or Think You Might)."
They point out that ADHD -- attention deficit hyperactivity disorder -- afflicts not just children. Plenty of adults, like you, have it. And you absolutely can build a successful life. The key to success is to find -- or create -- an environment that complements your strengths and challenges. The advice they give for people like you falls into several different categories:
• Create structure: Many people with ADHD thrive in environments where their time and tasks are highly regimented. For others with ADHD, being a member of a team, in which each member is responsible for certain accomplishments and regularly accountable for those accomplishments to other team members, allows them to function better than if they were in more independent and solitary roles.
• Reward yourself often: Everyone needs to feel rewarded for a job well done or a task completed. With ADHD, you may need these rewards more often.
• Install accountability: Asking colleagues to regularly remind you about your deadlines is a more powerful stimulus than just a reminder on your calendar. Also, keep reminding yourself about why the work you're doing will be important to others: It helps you to meet your deadlines and to do a good job.
• Make a new path: I had a patient who was good about following certain routines and bad about following others. He brushed his teeth twice a day without fail. But his wife complained that he kept letting the mail pile up. The default path for someone with ADHD is often the path of least resistance, such as opening the mail later. Recognize your default path. Then, create a way to work around it.
For example, a lot of my patient's mail -- as with most people -- was advertising from various organizations. He and his wife sat down and decided what organizations didn't interest them. Whenever a piece of mail arrived from one of those organizations, they just chucked it without opening it. That left a smaller pile of mail to open and attend to. Simple, perhaps -- but such simple routines can help someone with ADHD function better.
• Use peripheral brains: This is something outside yourself that can help you with everyday functioning. Set an alarm reminder, put a note on your calendar, make a to-do list. For anyone, but particularly for anyone with ADHD, going to the grocery store without a to-do list is a bad idea.
• Remind yourself what is meaningful to you: Keeping a larger goal in mind can make a dramatic difference in your motivation, patience and determination.
• Dr. Komaroff is a physician and professor at Harvard Medical School. To send questions, go to AskDoctorK.com.


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Welcome to Watch List, where we identify five things on TV to watch at home while you compile your year-end best ofs lists. As with years before, my favorite TV show of 2010 was "The Robin Byrd Show." And my favorite movie was Lethal Weapon 5. "You're supposed to be… a noble people!" LET'S GO!
WRECK CHASERS – 8:00PM (TLC) This new TLC show takes a look at competing tow truck companies in Philly as they jockey to be the first responders to all manner of horrible, gruesome auto accidents. If you've ever waited nine years for a tow truck to show up, you know these companies can't possibly be all that competitive. No matter. TLC is going full-bore with a marathon of this show all night long. You know how you get caught in a gawker's block on the freeway and swear you'll never slow down traffic by rubbernecking at an accident, then you pass the accident and you do it anyway? It's like three hours of that. NICE! ANTICIPATION: TWISTED STEEL AND CURB APPEAL!
HOLIDAY BOWL – 10:00PM (ESPN)Nebraska plays Washington in the lower tier bowl game tonight, and I point that out only because the Holiday Bowl has an inexplicable history of being wildly entertaining. Someone always scores more than 30 points, usually by halftime. ANTICIPATION: HOLIDAY! CELEBRATE!
ZODIAC – 10:00PM (FX) Man, there is nothing on tonight. Why not sit back and relax and watch the movie I consider the best film of the previous decade? Sure, you'll spend the rest of the night cowering under your bed with a rifle in your hand, but it's worth it! ANTICIPATION: TERRIFYING!
BACK TO THE FUTURE 2 – 8:30PM (AMC) See the movie that trained a whole generation of young men to fully expect a future world filled with hoverboards and sports almanacs that predict the future and can reap untold sums in gambling money. I'm still waiting, Earth. ANTICIPATION: HOVERBOARD!
THE SMOKING GUN PRESENTS: WORLD'S DUMBEST CRIMINALS – 9:00PM (TruTV) Pretty sure "Dumbest Criminal" is a redundant term. ANTICIPATION: DUMB!