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|Krzysztof Budny-Godlewski,
MSc. Eng.
PhD student
Warsaw University of Technology
tel: +48 22 234 7315
- K. Budny-Godlewski, D. Kubicki, I. Justyniak, J. Lewiński
A New Look at the Reactivity of TEMPO towards Diethylzinc
Organometallics, 2014, 33, 5093–5096. PDF WWW
- M. Kubisiak, K. Zelga, W. Bury, I. Justyniak, K. Budny-Godlewski, Z. Ochal, J. Lewiński
Development of zinc alkyl/O2 systems as radical initiators for organic reactions
Chemical Science, 2015, 6, 3102–3108. PDF WWW
March 2012- present: PhD Student at Faculty of Chemistry, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland.
2006–2011: M.Sc. Eng., Faculty of Chemistry of Warsaw University of Technology
Specialization: Organic Technology and Catalysis
Thesis: Synthesis, structure and reactivity of 2,2'-di(4-methylpyridyl)amine alkylzinc complexes
2003–2006: Prince Józef Poniatowski Vth High School in Warsaw (V LO im. Ks. J. Poniatowskiego w Warszawie)
Scholarships, Grants & Awards
2012-2015: Scientific ,,Proquality" scholarship for PhD students of Warsaw University of Technology
2012: Scientific scholarship for PhD students of Warsaw University of Technology
2007-2010: Scientific students scholarship of Warsaw University of Technology
2006: Scholarship of the Minister of National Education for outstanding achievements in school year 2005/2006
2006: Bronze medalist of the 48th International Chemistry Olympiad (Gyeongsan, South Korea)
2006: Winner of the 52nd Polish Chemistry Olympiad (Warsaw, Poland); Winner of the 21st Warsaw University of Technology Chemical Competition (Warsaw, Poland)
2005: Finalist of the 51st Polish Chemistry Olympiad; Awarded finalist of the 20th Warsaw University of Technology Chemical Competition (Warsaw, Poland)
Research interests
But examine everything carefully; hold fast to that which is good; abstain from every form of evil.
1 Thessalonians 5:12-25
Other Intrests & Hobbies
60' and 70' rock and folk music, modern board games, board game designing (first game in preparation), Go, history, genealogy, politics, volleyball, football, ultimate frisbee
- 06.2015: Radical organometallic reactions: TEMPO and dialkylzincs – Oral Presentation – EuCheMS (Wrocław, Poland, 28.06-01.07.2015) – International Conference.
- 06.2015: Reactivity of TEMPO towards dialkylzincs – Oral Presentation – Azymut (Warsaw, Poland, 17.06.2015) – National Conference.
- 09.2014: New insights into the reactivity of TEMPO towards selected organozinc reagents – Oral Presentation – Cambridge-Warsaw Young Scientists Meeting (Cambridge, UK) – International Conference.
- 06.2014: Alkylzinc derivatives of 2,2′-dipiridylamine as potential precursors of nano-ZnO: synthesis, structure and reactivity – Poster – NanoFunMat (Pułtusk, Poland) – International Conference
- 04.2014: New insights into the reactivity of TEMPO towards dialkylzinc species – Oral Presentation – XV International Seminar of PhD Students on Organometallic and Coordination Chemistry (Świeradów-Zdrój, Poland, 5-9.04.2014) – International Conference
- 10.2013: New insights into the reactivity of TEMPO towards dialkylzinc species – Oral Presentation – 11th YoungChem 2013 International Congress of Young Chemists (Poznań, Poland, 10.2013) – International Conference
- 09.2013: Kompleksy alkilocynkowe wybranych pochodnych dipirydyloaminy:Synteza, budowa i reaktywność wobec O2 (Alkylzinc complexes of chosen derivatives of dipirydylamine: synthesis, structure and reactivity towards O2) – Poster – ,,From MPD to KNOW" 1st Scientific Conference of PhD Students of Faculty of Chemistry Warsaw University of Technology and Faculty of Chemistry University of Warsaw, (Rawa Mazowiecka, Poland) – National Conference
- 09.2013: Transformation of first time acquired zinc dialkylperoxide (Zn(OOtBu)2 to ZnO nanoparticles – Poster – ISMech 2013: International Symposium on Mechanochemistry in Synthesis and Nanoscience (Warsaw-Ossa, Poland) – International Conference
- 05.2013: Alkylzinc complexes of chosen derivatives of dipirydylamine: synthesis, structure and reactivity towards O2 – Poster – ChemSession'13 – Xth Warsaw Seminar of Chemistry PhD Students (Warsaw, Poland) – National Conference
- 03.2013: Alkylzinc derivatives of 2,2'-dipirydylamine: synthesis, structure and reactivity towards O2 – Poster – 1st Warsaw-Cambridge Young Scientist Meeting "Breaking Boundaries in Chemistry" (Warsaw, Poland) – International Conference
- 06.2011: Creating active systems RZn(N,N)/O2 in selected organic reactions (Modelowanie aktywnych układów RZn(N,N)/O2 w wybranych reakcjach organicznych) – Poster – ChemoFor 2011 – 5th Warsaw Forum of Chemical Sciences Graduates (Warsaw, Poland, 06.2010) – National Conference
- 10.2010: Alkylzinc Benzoates with O2 – The New Initiating System for Reformatsky Reaction – Poster – YoungChem 2010 International Congress of Young Chemists (Gdańsk, Poland, 10.2010) – International Conference
- 09.2010: Regioselective 2,3-epoxyalkan-1-oles ring-opening reaction with R3Al (Regioselektywna reakcja otwarcia pierścienia2,3-epoksyalkan-1-oli z wykorzystaniem R3Al) – Oral Presentation – 1st Workshop of Inorganic Chemistry and Metaloorganic "Chemistry Beyond Borders" (Kazimierz Dolny, Poland, 09.2010) – National Conference


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My word processor underlines the word "onboarding" with those red squiggly lines. That's because it's not really a word — it's a neologism, referring to the practice of welcoming new employees "onboard" their new workplace. You might have also heard it as "Employee Orientation", which is quite more descriptive. But I digress. Whichever term you use for it, onboarding is quite simple in its essence: it' all about helping new hires integrate smoothly within your company, and have them be productive in their new role as soon as possible.
That said, employee onboarding is not meant to replace the traditional meet-and-greet and tour of the premises — it's still better, and far more warm, to have somebody walk these new employees around in person.
What it can replace, though, is all those introductory speeches and basic training about a new hire's responsibilities, the ad hoc answering of questions about the structure and operations of the company, and the traditional lectures on professional ethics, company guidelines, etc.
eFront for employee onboarding
While many companies see employee onboarding as a simple offloading of information to the new hires, a better approach is to see it as a specialized case of employee training or as the beginning of your employee training process.
Such an approach, combined with a powerful LMS, like eFront, will give you the best results while minimizing the expenses and logistics of the whole operation (which, for large enterprises with thousands of new hires every season, can be substantial).
Employee onboarding is mostly repetitive and same-ish, not just for the same type of jobs (which obviously, get the same orientation material), but also across the board, since whatever their role and unique responsibilities might be, most new hires will also need to be given the same basic information.
With eFront, you can not only automate the whole process, but also provide measurable insight on its progress, simply by leveraging its powerful reporting capabilities.
What goes in an onboarding program
Obviously, any onboarding program will have some courses explaining the new hire's job function — which, in case the latter involves a complex set of new responsibilities, could also require additional, full blown training.
There are, however, certain kinds of information that belong in any kind of onboarding program. An organizational chart, for starters, showing the structure of your organization and the various required job functions, will be immensely helpful in giving new hires a sense of how they fit in the company.
Plus, if you also fill in that org-chart with employee email addresses, phone numbers and office locations, it will give new hires most of the information they need, in order to contact and cooperate with colleagues in their and other departments.
With eFront not only you can make this information available online and 24/7, and easily update it when the need arises, but you can also connect each node of your organizational chart with further documentation (e.g. pertaining to how that specific department, position, etc operates), thereby documenting your whole company's operation.
Another important content that should be in your onboarding course is your company's internal and industry-wide rules and regulations — things that, in large enterprises, can extend to many thousands of printed pages, and include industry, regional and global compliance rules.
You can leverage eFront's easy content re-use and authoring capabilities to make simplified versions of all of these available to new hires, while also giving them the option to consult their full versions whenever they need to. And, of course, you can re-use the same material for your compliance training courses (as we saw in the first post of this series).
Speaking of compliance training, there are also things that, whether legally bound or not, you cannot really afford not to inform your employees about. These include laws and guidelines against racial and sexual discrimination, both great fits for an orientation program.
Last, but not least, don't forget all the sensitive stuff that employees are often afraid to ask about (in fear of sounding lazy, unmotivated, too competitive, greedy, etc). We're talking about things like career advancement paths, days off, holidays, overtime pay, benefits, and bonuses.
Having that information easily available from your online orientation program will really make your employees' lives easier (and, provided that those career opportunities and productivity bonuses are good enough, to begin with, will help you in retaining your talent).
Writing your content
Stuff that's unique to your company's operations, you'll, of course, need to write yourself (or hire somebody for this task).
That said, eFront does make it easy, with its powerful content editing and advanced importing engine, which can turn anything from Word documents to videos, into fully web-compatible course content. Plus, if you want to take it up a notch, eFront now comes with built-in support for rich HTML5 content creation that builds on the powerful H5P framework.
As for onboarding information that's shared across companies and/or industries (e.g. common compliance training material), there are plenty of professionally crafted courses by third-party content creators, ready for you to buy through content marketplaces such as OpenSesame (which eFront offers native integration for) and incorporate into your onboarding courses.
Compared to a CMS and other solutions
Having your onboarding material in your Learning and Talent Development Platform serving as part of your employee training and development plan — as opposed to mere static content to make available somewhere online — gives you a lot of power and flexibility.
For one, it allows you to ensure that your employees have absorbed their orientation content: just have them go through online exams based on the things they need to know. This is something that's dead easy to achieve in eFront, but impossible to get working on a traditional CMS, employee portal system, or something like Confluence.
You can also use those early stage exams as a kind of aptitude tests, to determine where you're going to place new hires, and what kinds of responsibilities might be best for them. It's not just testing either — eFront offers several additional tools to help simplify and automate employee skills management, from skills-gap detection to certificate management.
There's also the fact that a CMS, being first and foremost a static document repository, will never offer you the rich eLearning performance, activity analysis and reporting that you can get from eFront. With simple-to-create and intuitive-to-read reports, you'll be able to understand your employees better than it would be possible with a CMS or a conventional onboarding program.
eFront also has a native integration for social workspace tools, like IBM's industry leading Connect platform. This lets you integrate new hires within the social context of your organization from the very start of the onboarding progress, connecting them with the leaders and experts in your organization, and having the latter share their experience with them.
Oh, and if you're looking intro covering the complex onboarding needs of the extended enterprise, look no further. eFront, through its powerful "Branches" feature, lets you deploy employee orientation material and training courses to any number of privately branded portals, each extremely customizable and corresponding to a unit (department, facility, partner etc.) of your business network.
Employee Onboarding with eFront in a nutshell
Onboarding helps make employees productive quickly, and implementing it through a platform like eFront allows you to take it beyond simple information dumping, by making it part of your overall online corporate training strategy.
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do you live in de poor neighborhood?
16 Answers
- JamesLv 47 months ago
Middle class people who have nice lawns and my lawn is an eyesore and I am working hard to correct it . I use long needle nose plyers and spend hours pulling up crabgrass . I use a handful of those reflective sticks, they use so people or plows don't ride on your lawn , to jab in and out of the dirt to make holes to put grass seed in . I hope it works . I am starting to scare my neighbors with my experiments . When they see me out there jabbing holes and stuff, I tell them I have a bad case of lawn derangement syndrome . I have a support Trump sticker on my car and I am beginning to think that some neighbor who has Trump derangement syndrome might be salting my lawn at night . I have my suspicions of what neighbor is angriest looking all the time. Oh, another thing I do incase you want to copy me . I save all my urine and throw in on my front lawn which is more important than my back yard . I disguise the color with my used toothpaste . Urine is high in nitrogen and not having to flush it and water down the toilet ,saves water and the planet at same time by preventing global warming
If my potion works I intend to disguise it better and market it to other people who have lawns from hell
- Jedi JanLv 77 months ago
No, middle class outer suburban neighbourhood in Australia. Mix of extremely wealthy, working class and pensioner poor; seems quite functional to me.
- Lv 77 months ago
No, in a middle class neighborhood.
- Midnight BluesLv 77 months ago
Relatively speaking I live in a decent neighborhood. The problem is that the city I live in seems to be on a non-stop crime wave. No neighborhood is truly safe anymore.
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- abcame ♂Lv 77 months ago
- ℤⓞєʸ's ℝⓔ𝓥έгⒾεLv 77 months ago
No, not poor but downwardly mobile, I guess you could say.
- Wire and StringLv 77 months ago
i live just outside of it, still close enough to benefit from the arts and culture that areas such as these have in abundance without actually having to live in a run down apartment building.
- Anonymous7 months ago
No. I live in a salubrious neighbourhood in a wealthy part of Southern England.
- Anonymous7 months ago
Yes and I'm white I don't belong in de hood. I'm a walking pale target here.
- FireballLv 77 months ago
no it is a nice neighborhood...


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Community Technology Learning Center of Portage 243 S Prospect Street Ravenna, OH 44266 Phone: (330) 296-8720
General Information About Community Technology Learning Center of Portage
Institutional statistical data was gathered from the U.S. Department of Education - Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, 2009-2010.
Institution Type
- 2-year, Private not-for-profit
Special Learning Opportunities
- None
Student Services
- Placement services for completers
Religious Affiliation
- Not applicable
Federal Aid
- Students cannot receive federal aid (e.g. Pell Grants).
Degrees/Certificates offered
- Less than 1 year certificate
Disability Services Student
- 3% or Less
Admission Total Applicants
Student Demographics Total Enrolled 50 Native American 0.0 Asian 0.0 African American 9.0 Hispanic 0.0 Enrolled FullTime Undergraduates Enrolled FullTime Graduates


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I'm a high-school student and I stumbled across a YouTube video explaining how Rubik's cubes work. A Rubik's cube has 6 colors, one for each side, but I started thinking about ways to $n$-color the cube and other $2n$-polyhedra.
While researching it I came across group theory, which led me to learn about Burnside's lemma (this is a really deep rabbit hole!). As I understand it, the way that it works is that you first find the cycle index for the group you want to consider, which in our case lets us count all the ways you can permute the faces of the polyhedron. Then it's a straightforward substitution with $n$ = the number of colors to consider.
For instance, the cycle index of the cube tells us that if we have n colors, then there are
$\frac{1}{3}n^2 + \frac{1}{2}n^3 + \frac{1}{8}n^4 + \frac{1}{24}n^6$
ways to color the cube. So there are $1, 10, 57, 240, ...$ ways to color a cube with $n = 1, 2, 3, 4, ...$ colors.
I think I understand how to find the cycle index for a few of the 2n-polyhedra, so I know how many ways there are to color all the sides using up to $n$ colors. (I don't know how to find the cycle index for every 2n-polyhedron without considering the graphs one at a time, though; is there a generating function for that?)
However, what I'd like to know is how to tell how many ways there are to color a $2n$-polyhedron using $n$ colors, where each color is used exactly twice.
Any hints? Where I'm at right now is that it seems like the cycle index would still figure prominently, but now some of the enumerations aren't considered -- basically, every time there is a coloring that uses a color in a frequency other than twice, we want to throw it away. But I can't see how to count in which of the cases a color is used in a frequency other than twice.


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Wanted: Evil Lair
Well, I did it.
I found the location of my secret evil lair.
It's in New Mexico.
While barreling down the road at 80 miles an hour, you start to notice that vast expanses of New Mexico are apparently uninhabited. Everything has a rusted, used feel to it, and one wonders, "Did it ever look new?"
But, here are the good things:
- Sparse population means not as many people to ask questions about what I'm doing at the Evil Lair of Dastardly Doings.
- I'm not sure about the structural integrity of these hills are, but they have flat tops, which is perfect for helicopter landings.
- The climate is pretty predictable. If any weird weather stuff is happening, it's probably just me testing my weather machine.
- Uranium mining.
- It's sunny all the time and windy some of the time. Renewable energy can give me a cover story and the ability to go off the grid.
This was all looking very fine and good. When I do finally turn to the dark side, I know where to go after I get that boost from my Kickstarter.
But, I soon found a problem.
A big problem.
There aren't any Starbucks in this whole freaking state.
Okay, that's an exaggeration. There is an indication on the map of Albuquerque that such a thing exists, but, geez, that would be two hours away. Hence the problem with a sparse population. You are denied the comforts of more traditional population centers.
I suppose this is always an option:
What better way to hide your evil empire than behind a popular franchise? Isn't that what everyone assumes anyway? Each minion would be required to work a morning and an evening shift once a week. They'd be able to keep their tips, too. I'm not that evil.
But, then again, maybe it's too much work. I can't bother with trying to please the man while I'm also trying to take over the world.
So the journey continues.
In the meantime, the next time you're driving across New Mexico, remember there aren't any Starbucks. And, if there are, be weary of the minion behind the counter.
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Hey, I don't think I've formally said it yet, but WAY TO DITCH THE SHIRE, madam. Even though the world beyond is vast and strange and decidedly spotty on frappuccino coverage, you are SO cool for venturing forth to seek your fortune.
You know, if we take this metaphor to its logical conclusion, the dragon's name should actually be spelled Smog.
… anyway. To bed for me; to fame, fortune, and the wilds of urban California for you!
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The harder the battle, the sweeter the victory!
And if anyone can attest to this, it's this year's Pic-O-De Crop Monarch Ian iWeb Webster who says the journey to his third calypso title was by far his toughest to date when compared to his previous victories in 2013 and 2014.
On the way to securing the crown, iWeb had to fend off a very strong challenge from veteran entertainer Edwin Yearwood you ended up being his closest rival last Saturday night during the staging of the Pic-O-De-Crop finals at Kensington Oval.
And while still basking in his victory, iWeb praises Edwin for helping him to raise his game.
"The degree of difficulty involved and the thoroughness with which I had to execute my performance that was largely due to the presence of Edwin," he told Bajan Vibes in an interview this week.
"Knowing how he [Edwin] competes in terms of being a fierce competitor and is a fantastic singer. He knows how to perform, he knows how to win. I always compete hard but having him in competition I had to really go the extra mile this toss," he added.
In terms of his actual preparation for the competition, the reigning calypso monarch said he spent two weeks putting together his presentation.
"It was a whole team of people around me that made this production happen. We just tried to think outside the box and do things people wouldn't expect you to do," he said, adding that he was going for "a wow factor".
However, to add to the pressure of competition, iWeb faced some unexpected medical challenges. A week before the big final, he was still struggling to get over an asthma attack that forced him to pull out of the popular Bacchanal Time versus the Best of Crop Over show on August 2 and 3.
"So it was a challenging week for me. I had to fight through and get myself back together, so this one was hard," he told Bajan Vibes.
"I wasn't thinking about competition. I was thinking more about being able to breathe properly. My immediate concern was making sure I could get back to my normal self as quickly as possible, [but] even though I wasn't well I still wanted to be prepared," he added.
This year, iWeb didn't make it to the finals of the Sweet Soca competition and he didn't enter the Party Monarch or Bashment Soca contests, which are three of the annual Crop Over highlights.
In hindsight, he said being out of the other competitions might have been "a blessing in disguise".
"On the week I got sick, it was the Tuesday leading up to Soca Royale. So if I had gotten into the [finals of the Sweet Soca] competition I would not have been able to compete at Bushy Park. But [this year I was able to] just focus on that one competition and the season ended well for me," he added.
After putting down two very solid performances at the Kensington Oval last Saturday, the seasoned performer, amassed 108 points to capture the coveted calypso crown for a third time, dethroning Queen Aziza in the process.
Singing Salesman and Pray For the Souls, iWeb who entered the competition as a crowd favourite had calypso lovers simply eating out of his hands by the end of the night as he not only lifted the prized trophy, but also claimed the keys to a spanking new Nissan X-Trail, valued at $125, 000.
Reflecting on his performances, iWeb said he was thankful that everything went according to plan, especially with Salesman, which simply brought the crowd to its feet.
"The idea of the snow cone cart came to me the very last night of tent after semifinals. I was thinking of how to present [Salesman] in a unique way that the people could identify with.
"I was sitting talking to [ten-time calypso monarch Red Plastic] Bag and I told him I had an angle for it. I didn't tell him what it was though," he said, adding that very early on the 2017 Crop Over season he had also determined that if he made it to the finals, he would do something "very celestial" with Pray For The Souls.
"The response to Salesman was overwhelming. For the Souls is not a jump out of your seat tune, it's something to make you sit and think about the fragility of life and being cautious on the roads. I didn't expect people to be jumping out their seats, I expected them to sit and absorb it and that's what they did," he added.
Still, it came down to the decision of judges and though quietly confident at the end of the competition, iWeb retained his composure until the final announcement was made.
"I'm not presumptuous, but I know the energy on ground was saying it's between me and Edwin. Quietly, I was hoping my name would be called, I was quietly confident [and after] hearing Edwin's name called for second place, I was saying there was a pretty good chance I could win," he said with a chuckle.
For the moment, rest and relaxation are at the top of his list after a hectic season for this professional teacher.
"I'm happy and contented. It was a lot of hard work and it's just a matter of enjoying the fruits of my labour now. At the moment I need a vacation, so I'm looking to fly out. I just want to rest for the next two weeks or so and come down [from the current high from winning] with school starting back in September," he said.
As for his new Nissan Xtrail, iWeb, who already owns a Suzuki Grand Vitara, is still weighing his options.
"I think it's a very nice vehicle. And it's a very good prize to win. I'm thankful for it.
I'm going to sit down with my family and we are going to plan exactly what we are going to do," he said.
However, there's another prize he intends to take immediate advantage of. It is the opportunity to pursue a Management Studies degree at Barbados Institute of Management Professionals – BIMAP.
"I'm particularly excited about that so I want to start that as soon as I get back. That's where my head is right now. But I want to get some rest, have some fun, then get back to work," he said.


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Looking for tools that will help you prepare for the 2019 West Virginia permit test? We've got them! In fact, we've got absolutely everything you will need to guarantee that you pass the learner's permit test the first time you take it – the official drivers handbook, a comprehensive list of WV road signs, free drivers ed articles and plenty of free practice permit tests! Here is your first task, a free West Virginia learners permit practice test 2019 on road rules and traffic signs! Don't procrastinate, take your free practice quiz right now!
There is one common mistake made by many first time learners permit applicants and that is starting with a WV learners practice test that has way too many questions. The general rule "the more the better" really doesn't apply here and starting with a grand practice quiz that contains hundreds of different sample questions won't do you much good. Learning is a gradual process and you need to learn the basics before you can proceed to more complex questions. Beginning your lessons on road rules with the help of a WV learners permit practice test with a hundred of different questions would be like doing your first driving lesson on the busiest highway, with traffic swooshing past you at 70 miles an hour. Would a lesson like that teach you much? Well, it would probably demonstrate that driving can be extremely scary and dangerous and that you don't have the skills to cope with the situation yet. Same goes for online WV practice permit tests with hundreds of questions - they will show you that you are far from being prepared for the permit test, but they won't teach you much and are likely to do more damage than good, scaring you into postponing your real learners permit test for quite a while.
We believe that beginners should always start small and gradually work their way up towards larger and more complex practice exams. This is exactly why our free West Virginia learners permit practice test has 20 questions only and those questions can seem quite simple to those who have already taken a practice quiz or two. If you are one of those people - take this practice learners permit test once and if you score 90% or higher, move on the next quiz in line. However, if you are a beginner who is just making his first steps in the world of road rules and road signs, make sure to spend some time working on these questions!
This free learners permit practice test for WV consists of 20 questions on road signs and road rules. All sample questions are multiple choice and each question has four possible answers. You may only select one answer for any given sample question, if it seems that more than one answer is correct, choose the one that fits best. The practice quiz is interactive and will provide you with an immediate response as soon as you make a selection, you don't have to wait until the end of the test to find out what questions you have missed. As soon as you pick an answer, the practice quiz will tell you whether you are right or wrong. Should you make a mistake and answer a sample question incorrectly, the correct answer will be highlighted along with the answer you have selected. But wait, it gets better! Not only will we highlight the right answer for you, we will also provide a detailed justification for the answer and an explanation to the driving rule or road sign that are being discussed in the question. These explanations are based on the official WV drivers manual 2019, the book that is commonly referred to as the West Virginia learners permit book. Can you guess how it's got its name? If your guess is that the real WV DMV learners permit test is based on this booklet, then you are correct! Seriously, there isn't a WV permit test question you can't answer with the help of the manual and it provides incredible value to those preparing for the exam. It's completely free too, so there is really no excuse to not using it!
Keep working on this 2019 West Virginia learners permit practice test until you can answer no less than 18 sample questions every time you take the exam. Don't worry, it does not take that long as the practice quiz will keep on cycling the same 20 questions over and over again. Sure, we will rotate the order and shuffle those learners permit test questions around, just to keep things interesting, but they will essentially be the same set of questions, make sure you learn them! Once you are happy with your grade, simply move on to the next free WV learners permit practice test in line until you work your way up to the West Virginia permit test simulator! Good luck!


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MTSU's Black Student Union opened Black History Month with their first Trap Karaoke Night — officially named "The College Karaoke" after Kanye West's 2004 album, "The College Dropout" — Wednesday night.
"BSU started in 1969 and needed a reboot," says MTSU junior Kelly Richardson about what inspired Trap Karaoke. "We love music. That's what brings us together, so why not?"
Its title leaving much to the imagination, many arrived not knowing exactly what to expect. But Trap Karaoke was a unique, memorable and welcoming experience for black students.
The room was alive with fun and laughter. Nashville native and Mo' Betta rapper Wilx even made an appearance and performed a few songs for the crowd. Students sang, rapped and danced to a curated list of their favorite hip-hop and trap hits. Attendees documented the experience in real time using a custom Snapchat filter. What initially began as a night of karaoke progressively transformed into a massive party.
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We continue to produce unique home decor by reusing the old barn wood, doors, hardware, windows, buttons, faucets, nails, you name it! We have a love for giving new life to vintage materials through the process of rescue and recycling.
My husband generously cuts all the wood for us. We try to preserve as much of the color and shabbiness of the original paint whenever possible. Then with the many old, crazy items we have collected, we let our imaginations go to work.
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Glass Flower
Simple, sweet, and functional. This little "flowery" glass base and an old glass door knob are a perfect combination.
Sing your song for windows restored
We had collected quite a few old windows over the past few years and were waiting for the right "something" to renew them and give them life. When we began our wall graphics division this Fall...
Faucet with wings!
We just finished this custom order for a client. She was thrilled and we were quite happy with it as well. We painted some of our barnwood and added the old hooks and buttons she...
Old door key holder
This one was so fun to create because we were able to keep the original door knob and latch attached. We turned the section of the door upside down, added old drapery rod...
Fun for a little boy's room...When we came across this vintage firetruck, we knew it would create a fun piece. We still have some old wooden letters, so we decided to put them together...
This one was inspired by the old tart tin that screamed "flower". We added an old metal rod and rusty hinge for the stem and leaves, then put our finishing touches with old game tiles and...
One of our favorite mirrors! We placed a mirror in a door panel, framed it with velvet black ribbon and some old buttons, added some old game tiles and reclaimed square knobs. It's now...
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We had fun creating this one! The wood for this key holder is some from my childhood barn. We added some letters from old license plates, screwed on 2 skeleton keys, and...
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Re: World Map Table
I'm in agreement -- I love it! Imperfections are part of the beauty. :)
Re: How to Spruce Up Your Porch
This is so great!!! I esp. love the use of the faucets! Incredibly creative!
Re: Curbside score, now what?
I agree, leave them as they are. They can definitely be used in a corner somewhere as a table/book stand. Chairs like these can "cozy up" a corner almost anywhere with a very simple statement. I also like the plant stand or towel stand ideas. Can't really go wrong.
Re: Hallway hat and coat rack
Once again, great creation! Such fun ideas and functionality to them!
Re: Threshing tray coffeetable
love your work! you have great creations!
Re: Harness ring "valance"
I will need to be on the lookout for these. Great idea and re-use!
Re: Glass Flower
it was actually a little glass base -- probably from an old light fixture of some kind -- so fortunately it came with a hole in it. Too great to pass up when we found it in a box of junk at the ReStore.
Re: Industrial Fan Grate Wreath
This is absolutely gorgeous! You did a fabulous job!
Re: Ready for 3rd Gear?
love this! very well done!
Re: Industrial goes Glam
very fun! love this reuse!
Re: Sing your song for windows restored
Yes, the pink chair is also a redo :) My neighbors were putting it in the trash and I snagged it -- It was suppose to go in our booth at the show, but the color went too perfectly with my cushions on my glider (also, a trash find) HMMMM, seems to be a pattern here. Thanks, everyone!
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You did a superb job with this! It looks great! We love saving barns, too!
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Very cute! Great way to use the lamp framework!
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Beautifully done!
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Love the use of the old mouth pieces! Beautiful and clever!
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This is fabulous! One of my favorites so far!
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Love this new function for him. Seems perfect. Also love to know others personalize their creations and items they find. Adonna and I always find our creations take on a gender or little nickname. :)
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Beautiful job!
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I'm with you -- I love this! Love the color and flowers. Great job giving it new life!
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From the look of the pictures, you will do very well. We have heard of this idea and think it sounds incredibly fun. Wish we lived closer. Best wishes!
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Just found this entry - love it! Very clever.
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Definitely love these!
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Wish I was going to be in the area -- you have beautiful things!
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Very sweet! Love the dress fabric you chose!
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Awesome show clip! I just got around to viewing it and thoroughly loved it! You had a beautiful table setting and sweet ideas. My favorite are the door knob vases!!!
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We have some old tins we've been saving for a good project, might have to try this. Thanks for sharing!
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Can't wait to watch! Hope it inspires many to recycle their "junk" and look for new purposes for old items :)
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I love this!!!
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Love that you kept the hardware on!
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I love this! Love the quote and the horseshoe, too. Nice way to display such a great find!
Re: Vintage Table that Probably still looks like Junk to some!
I really love it, too!
Re: March Floral Arrangement of the Month
Love this use of old mailboxes! Fun!
Re: Door bench
You did an awesome job on this! We love reusing doors, but haven't ventured this far yet. Very inspiring!
Re: Recycled Drawers!!!
Love these! Esp. the handles.
Re: Easy project for a fun planter
Very clever and fun!
Re: Flower Power Garden Stakes
These are so clever -- quite a bit of work in all those as well. Love the beater tulips! Thanks for sharing!
Re: License plates are the key
We actually didn't have to cut the letters ourselves. We bought them at a flea market already cut. We have tried cutting them before and did not have success either, so that is why we grabbed these when we saw them. Maybe someone else has a tip.(?)
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Love the walls! You did a great job. Best of luck!
Re: Pocket Full of Posies
Very clever and sweet!
Re: Do you see what I see?????
Great pile!! Endless possibilities! I agree that the round metal things that look like movie reels could go on the wall just as is! -- or one would be cool as a large clock! Could they also be paired with the spindles and made into small stands or tables? Can't tell how large they are. (They could be great displays, adding height on a mantle, bookshelf, etc) Love the stars just as they are, too, or again one would make a great clock. Great metal baskets -- so many storage options! Look forward to seeing what you do.
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Nice job on the distressing! Now if we could figure out how to make these reusing old clubs. Hmmmm...
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Always fun to see other key holders! They are some of our top sellers because they are so functional and a great way to highlight salvaged items.
Re: Marburger Farm Antique Show and JUNKMARKET Partner with Houston Habitat for Humanity!
Very fun to read about this connection. We love our local ReStore! A great place to find "junk" that is begging to be reused!
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Love this one! Fun idea and I love the wheels!
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I love this idea! I too need better storage in our bathroom. I will search thru our collection and see what I can design - very fun. Thanks for sharing!
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Century has created a new variation of the Prime Time Egos GMT Chronograph destined for men and women who would like to wear a timepiece of exclusive beauty and functionality designed specially for summer time. The 18K red gold case features an eye-pleasing white dial and strap.
The twelve-sided sapphire case of the Century watch measures 42 mm in diameter. The transparent cade-back is framed in 18K red gold allowing to admire the watch movement ticking inside. The watch provides the COSC-certified chronograph and GMT functions. You will find the date aperture at 3 o'clock. The largest sub-dial displays the seconds, while the smaller two feature the hour and the minutes respectively.
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Another Small Poem
I not only play
Crosswords in pen, but also
Write them in red ink.
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Love the combo of the visual with the poem. Very nice.
Thanks, Hunter!
Nice! Is this a haiku? 😀
Thanks! And yes, it is. 🙂
My mother's rule – our crosswords have to be worked in blue ink, lest they be wrong.
Have you ever noticed this link on my blog, the magician and the crossword? You may enjoy it.
Haha Yeah, I made a few mistakes, as you can see in the photo. 😛 C'est la vie, right? I hadn't noticed the link before, but I'm looking at it now — very cool. Thanks!


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Boston, Mass. -- Researchers at Children's Hospital Boston have developed a slow-release anesthetic drug-delivery system that could potentially revolutionize treatment of pain during and after surgery, and may also have a large impact on chronic pain management.
In NIH-funded work, they used specially designed fat-based particles called liposomes to package saxitoxin, a potent anesthetic, and produced long-lasting local anesthesia in rats without apparent toxicity to nerve or muscle cells. The research will be published online on April 13 by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.


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John 3:16 – God so Loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son Jesus, that whosoever believes in Him will not perish, but have eternal life.
It was Christmas Eve and I was nine years old. A seasoned veteran at opening gifts and I couldn't wait to demonstrate my skill set again in front of the family. This year, I got a really big gift from my Aunt and I was ecstatic. I opened the box and reached for what appeared to be a handle. Cautiously, I pulled it out of the box. It was oddly similar to a frying pan. All my family bursted out in laughter, cheering, and I recall my mom shouting "...and I needed a new frying pan too!"
Christmas is so much bigger than a disappointing gift. Fortunately, we celebrate Christmas for a superior gift that God gave to us!
The Bible says that God so LOVED the world, that He GAVE His only Son. John 10:10 says" I came to give life and life more abundantly!" A life that enjoys the fullness of His blessing and favor when you walk with Him and is about conquering sin and death!
So is eternal life the meaning of Christmas? Well, it's not just the gift we are excited about, but also the One who gave the gift.
Isaiah the prophet prophesied, "Therefore the Lord will give you a sign: Behold, the Virgin shall be with child and shall bear a son, and they shall call him Emanuel which translates means "God is with us." God could pick any name for Jesus but he picked Emanuel - God is with us. Why? Because it reveals that God's desire is to have a mutual relationship with you. Out of this whole thing, Jesus becoming flesh, touched by our infirmities and weakness as a man, dying on the cross for our sins, He gets only one thing out of it: You! Mutuality of relationship with you!
His extravagant love for us is unparalleled and the invitation to live and experience that with God is made available to us, starting with the birth of Jesus Christ. So when people asked me what Christmas is to me, I start by telling them, "Christmas is the about the greatest love story ever."
Merry Christmas,
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text: Wasn't sure which forum was right for this, but anyhow. . . My Roadster is in for annual service, and it may take a while with several minor issues being addressed. Thus, I have a Model S on loan for the weekend, and perhaps a day or two longer. Despite my many years of Tesla fanboy-ism, I'd never actually driven a Model S before. This has been a fun weekend, and educational for me. The car I got is a red P85. It's beautiful inside and out. (People griping about the interior boggle me.) It's smooth. It's quiet. It's comfortable. It's convenient. It has enormous cargo space, front and rear. The huge touch screen is brilliant. It seemed alien and intimidating at first, but after about five minutes of poking around I'd mastered it -- without any instructions. By comparison, my Jeep Grand Cherokee still sometimes befuddles me after owning it for a year. This is a large car. It's not as big as grandpa's old 1972 Lincoln Continental (aptly named!), but by today's standards it's very much a full-sized car. Squeezing it into the garage space normally inhabited by my Roadster proved not to be a viable option. I ended up stringing the charge cable under the garage door and simply backing the S up to it. The ride height, smoothness and quietness of this car deny any sense of speed. If I don't keep an eye on the speed-o-meter, I can be doing 100 MPH in a few seconds and not even realize it. This is very contrary to the Roadster experience. And although the S is responsive enough, it never feels as nimble as the Roadster. Because it's not. It's a muscle car, not a sports car. And what muscle! This car has a serious traction problem. The motor just keeps writing checks that the rear tires can't cash! I find it common -- and a bit disconcerting -- to pull onto the highway, or pull away from a light, and feel the car lurch as the traction control catches it. Switching off the traction control results in a wild ride. With the Roadster I find that losing traction just doesn't happen by accident, at least not on good, clean pavement. It stays glued. Which car is "better"? I could come up with a long list of ways that the Model S is a better car than the Roadster. It really is as amazing as so many people have told me. But. . . They are very different categories of vehicles, suited for different purposes, and the Model S is not a better Roadster than the Roadster. So. . . I'm quite enjoying my few days with this beauty, but I'll be pleased to get my own precious little Roadster back.


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So, I am working on Book 3 right now. And a new character introduced himself to me.
His name is Wolf and um…he doesn't believe in wearing a shirt.
Thank goodness!
He is so hot!
He wants the readers to know 3 things:
1-Don't ask him to wear a shirt
2-Don't ask him about his past
3-Don't ask him to stop gazing at you; he won't.
I know Wolf is my new Angel crush. But how about you? Are you a Rio girl?
Marcus? Jay? Or could it be your heart belongs to Reese?


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Holm, Preben
Preben Holm (1947 - 1989) has set some marks in pipe history. Just before his 16th birthday in 1963 he sold pipes to the legendary Pipe-Dan shop and at the age of only 22 he headed 45 employees. He was among the first Danish artisans who made "Danish pipe design" famous in the USA in the 1960's. More than that he was one of the very first carvers who exceeded this moderate Danish design which based on the classical shapes. "Chaising the grain" they turned out wild and dramatic fancy pipes. Combining smooth with blasted surfaces, showing big areas of the original bark at the top of the bowl and at the end of the stem, these pipes were quite shocking to many elder and more conservative pipesmokers.
When he started to sell his pipes to Lane Ltd. under the Ben Wade label, he caused a hype fairly beyond comparison. Especially in the U.S., as most of his pipes were sold there.
1983-84 Preben Holm wrote an autobiographic article which was published frequentely online and in print media (e.g. T.P.S.E. in 1994; see Book II page 670-673). This is a most interesting piece of history and, furthermore, one of the rare authentic documents.
The Story of my Firm
by Preben Holm
Already at an early age I became interested in pipes and in pipesmoking. After school I worked as an errand-boy in my father's shop which was a provision shop with 3 departments, one dealing with pipes and tobacco, one dealing with wine, and another one selling magazines and cigarettes etc. When starting as an errand-boy I was 12-13 years old, and it did not last any length of time before the pipe department roused my curiosity, and it was there I spent my time when there were no goods to be delivered. My father was somewhat mean, and he only paid me a sixth of what I could earn somewhere else, but this, I think, was very sound. On the other hand I earned a lot of good tips, and this money I saved carefully and deposited it in the bank. Though at that time I did not know what I should save the money for it proved to be very important later on, because this became my "initial capital" in the pipetrade.
My father was altogether a very wise man, and one of the things he did, and which I appreciate to-day, was to prohibit the smoking of cigarettes, but on the other hand he did not mind my smoking the pipe already at the age of 13 - 14. When I was 14 years old I got tired of going to school, very much to everybody's amazement, as it was considered a matter of course that I should study in order to acquire a superior education. However, I was very tired of school, and therefore I asked my father to be allowed to leave the school. No doubt he was rather disappointed, but he did not want to force me into anything, and we agreed that I should begin a commercial training in his business. It was, especially to begin with, a mixed job as some hours each day I still worked as an errand-boy at the same time receiving a good training within the retail trade. Part of that education was that I had to go to a commercial school where I, no doubt, learned things by which I benefited later on.
The wine department I found very exciting, and I began to read thick books about wine, especially red wine, however, it was still the pipe department in which I was most interested. I was myself a very active pipesmoker, and both the pipes and the tobacco interested me very much, and it was not long before I practically was in charge of the pipe-department. I found that very exciting, and already at the age of 14 I managed the purchase of pipes and tobacco. Most likely I was not always popular with the sellers of pipes who considered me too critical, but I thought that necessary in order to live up to the confidence our customers of pipes gradually placed in me.
I remember that my father considered me to be a bit crazy when I began to buy tobacco for myself that was three times the price of the common Danish made quality, but I really thought that it was worth the money. Before long I also made my father accept the idea to include a very large selection of the better tobaccos, most of them made in England, into our assortment, and it did not take a long time before we had one of the largest selections in Copenhagen.
It is not allowed in Denmark to sell tobacco by weight, but I had the idea that the customers should have a chance to see what they were buying. Therefore I wrote a big book describing in it each single brand, attaching a small plastic bag of the tobacco. It was a great success. There also belonged a small repair shop to the pipe department, and very soon I took over the repairs.
In the meantime I had grown 15 years old, and my interest in pipes increases more and more. During some time an elderly gentleman, who himself made hand-carved pipes, had visited the shop and wanted to sell the pipes. Of course I was very fascinated by him. After I had talked with him a few times he asked me whether I had any money. I had after all my saved tips-money in total 1.400,00kr., and he said that this would be sufficient to buy the necessary machinery so that I could start making my own pipes. He was very helpful with he purchase of machines, and he made also the special tools that were required. I was allowed to mount the machines in a small room in my father's cellar.
The room was only 1/2 m2 (13 1/2 square feet), and conditions were thus rather limited. The first Bruyere-blocks I bought from that nice gentleman, and I was now ready to start my own experiments. That was done after working-hours in my father's shop, and I experimented in my small work-shop until 11:30 p.m. Then I had to finish, because I had to get up and open my father's shop the next morning. On June 5th, 1963 11 days before my 16th birthday, the moment had come when I sold the first pipes to my father for sale in his shop. I then approached the big pipe shop Pipe-Dan that is situated in the city of Copenhagen, and that sells a lot to the tourists.
Pipe-Dan believed in a chance for the pipes I made, and he was prepared to buy 20 - 30 pipes each week. He was to judge the pipes and fix the prices. Now I became very busy and got some friends to come and help me in the evenings for a reasonable payment. I then taught them the more rough work so I myself got more time to occupy myself with the molding and finishing. In that way a couple of years went by, and one fine day I had finished my commercial education. I was now able to devote myself to the manufacture of pipes all day long as well as during the evenings and weekends. 18 years old I employed my first journeyman, and we made gradually 50 - 60 pipes a week which I continued mainly to sell to Pipe-Dan.
Then came the time when I had to serve my time as a soldier. I kept my journeyman who in the meantime had become quite skilful, and for the rest I went the long way home from the barracks every time there was an opportunity. I had now got a larger and better work-shop, but that did cost money and, as already mentioned, Pipe-Dan fixed the prices of the pipes, and the tendency was, I suppose, the more pipes we made the lower the prices. One day during my military service I realized that I was unable to keep my journeyman, and therefore had to sack him. That was not very pleasant.
One day while making the rather traditional hand-carved pipes as we had to in order to come by some money, I took a fancy to make something completely untraditional at that time. From the very beginning I had only worked with the finest Bruyere that could be provided, and on the whole it all had very pretty grain patterns, and that gave me the idea to try something novel. Contrary to what was done so far I started to form some of the pipes according to the grain pattern, and out of this I got some quite particular models. Thus having experimented a little while I had a very smart specimen, at least I thought so. At that time I received about 30,00kr. for a pipe from Pipe-Dan, and I remember that I first went and showed my father this special pipe. He was very impressed, but when I told him that I wanted to go to Pipe-Dan and ask 500,00 kr. for it he seemed not really to believe me. Anyway, I did it. Pipe-Dan studied the pipe and said. "By Jove, it is nice to see something novel". He paid the 500,00 kr. and told me that I was welcome to make some more of them. However, there was naturally a limited market for pipes at such a price, and it was not long before he could not buy any more of them. Anyway, I continued to make them in addition to the ordinary hand-carved ones. I began also to let the raw bark-top be part of the design.
When I was called up for military service I had 18 pieces of these pipes which I was unable to sell. Therefore I left them in my father's shop. One day when I returned home there was big news. An American, called Lon Schwartz had been calling. Lon Schwartz was making a purchase trip for his retail shop in St. Thomas, the Virgin Islands, USA. When he saw the 18 pipes he was very enthusiastic about them and bought them on the spot, placing at the same time orders for everything I could make against being entrusted with the monopoly in the entire U.S.A. When my military service came to an end there was a lot to do. I could now afford to engage a journeyman, and very soon another one, and gradually we established quite a nice production.
I then got the idea that it would be fun to see where all the pipes were sold, and therefore I decided to travel to St. Thomas. St.Thomas is indeed a tourist island, visited by tourists from all over America, and it was these tourists who bought my pipes in Lon Schwartz' shop. During my first visit I stayed in the shop for 2-3 weeks and had ample opportunities of talking with pipe-smokers from everywhere in America. That really gave me a lot of impulse. Then I returned home and continued working with the new inspiration. That was repeated 3 times within the first year's cooperation with Lon. I could simply not have had any better starting point, because the taste changes quite a lot from one place in the U.S.A. to another, but here came, as mentioned, pipe-smokers from all the States. It was wonderful to feel how something one oneself enjoyed making really was accepted.
Lon Schwartz still wanted to buy all the pipes I could make, and new markets began to be added. Japan was the next one. People there seemed to be more interested in the design and the quality of the Bruyere than in the price. Due to my always being very careful with the purchase of raw material and only accepting the very best, no matter what is the price, we very quickly acquired a very good market in Japan. Very soon new markets turned up, among others most countries in Europe showed great interest, and we once more increased the production.
In earnest it now began to demand much time of me, because I soon learned that it was not easy just to increase the production as by no means I wanted to compromise regarding the quality, but little by little I managed. My small workshop on the 4th floor in the city of Copenhagen wa snow too small. I was by now 21 years old and had six journeyman. Therefore I decided to move to a much bigger place in the outskirts of Copenhagen. However there now arose problems with the U.S.A. Lon Schwartz still bought as much as we could spare him, but it had slowly become too much for his shop in St.Thomas, and he could not really make up his mind whether he should renounce with the monopoly in the U.S.A. or whether he should establish a wholesale business that covered the American market. Finally he decided to stay in St. Thomas, and to renounce with the monopoly the rest of the rest of the U.S.A.
Gradually the American wholesalers had commenced to talk about us, and we received a number of applications, among others from messrs.Snug Harbour in New York. They wanted to sell our pipes all over America, and in March, 1969, we determined to enter into cooperation with that firm. In the meantime we had made an effort to rationalize the production in order to be able to offer the market some more "consumer friendly" prices, and the success on the American market achieved. Snug Harbour now began to press me in order to make me manufacture series produces pipes. After some time I considered this to be a new challenge and invested quite a lot of money in this new project. Among other things I bought a decided pipe factory. I did not, however, take possession of the building, but moved all machinery and most of the people to my factory at that time.
Personally that was a great mistake. Before I realized what was happening I employed at the age of 22 forty five people, partly with the hand-carved pipes and now also with the series produced pipes. It soon dawned on me that neither the serial production nor the by far much widened administration interest me. It was simply impossible to maintain a quality which I could enjoy and be satisfied with. I have never been really content if I was not allowed to produce carefully, and I am fully convinced that in the long run one profits more by producing real quality even though, of course, one has to ask the price for it. Therefore I think after all that the following events suited me quite well.
After a while, when delivering Snug Harbour both hand-carved and serial produced pipes problems occurred. The sale was a great success, but that, of course, caused a bigger need of capital which Snug Harbour could not supply. One day when three invoices that were fallen due were not paid we had another large shipment ready for the, and therefore I phoned the manager and was told that there was no more money on the account. I have had a presentiment that it was going this way, and fortunately we had such great success on the market that several of the most important firms in the U.S.A. had shown interest in cooperating with us. After many calls and discussions of the situation with some of the friends I gradually had got in America I deduced to pay messrs. Lane Limited a visit.
Lane Ltd. were known to be by far the best firm to represent a pipe factory. They were especially known for three reasons which appealed very much to me: Their sense of quality, honesty and efficiency. Of course, it was very nerve-wrecking, because I still had my 45 employees and something that looked like a very considerable loss, which also appeared to be the result, because Snug Harbour never paid. However, I went to New York and met Mr.Herman G. Lane, president of Lane Ltd., for the first time. It was in February, 1971.
Lane Ltd. owned themselves several pipe factories in Europe, and thus they were not interested in my series produced pipes but in the hand-carved ones. My meeting with Mr. Lane resulted in an agreement to start a cooperation. I then went back home, partly in order to make new samples for that cooperation, partly in order to sack half of my staff where upon we closed down the production of the serial produced pipes. In the middle of all this hectic activity that certainly was a great relief for me. The export to other countries was still good, and with that new cooperation with the U.S.A. thing began again to improve.
The cooperation with Lane Ltd. proved later to be one of the most important incidents that have happened to me. Not only as regards business but certainly also the personal friendship. One of the great problems that first had to be solved was the question whether Lane Ltd. could offer our pipes for sale under the name of Preben Holm, because what would happen to the stock of Preben Holm pipes in the possession of Snug harbour. Most likely they might sell the pipes at very low prices so that they would bring in money, and how should Lane Ltd. then be able to sell the pipes at a very much higher price under the same name. We therefore determined to call the pipes Ben Wade and to alter the finish, and I also discussed the qualities within each price-group very carefully with Mr. Lane.
Mr. Lane insisted that we should improve the quality considerably, and in return he would then be able to sell essentially larger quantities. The name Ben Wade belongs to Lane Ltd., and Mr. Lane was prepared to use considerable amounts of money for advertising in the big magazines. Among other things we used a picture of our very exclusive Seven Day's Set for these whole-page advertisements. We had certainly been taken in hand as the quality, and Mr. Lane himself took care that we did not get slack anywhere. But neither failed the result to appear. Within a very short time we sold Ben Wade pipes in by far much larger quantities that we had ever dreamed of. Snug Harbour sold their stock of Preben Holm pipes at very low prices, but fortunately what we had feared did not happen, that the retailers would sell the pipes cheap. Instead it occurred that when it was rumored that no more Preben Holm pipes would be sent to America the Preben Holm pipes in many places were sold as collectors; objects at high prices.
The problem of the preben Holm name has now long ago been overcome, and Lane Ltd. are selling Preben Holm pipes as well as Ben Wade pipes. Our cooperation with Lane Ltd. has as well as Ben Wade pipes. Our cooperation with Lane Ltd. has lasted so far 12 - 13 years, and for me that has been a great experience. Commercially it has been a eminent success for both parts, and that exceedingly is due among other things to the very close and cordial cooperation between us. Often our negotiations are very severe, but no matter how it goes we are always friend afterwards. That means immensely much to me, and makes me really take a pleasure in living up to their expectations though it often can be something of a person problem. We are on the top, and we should like to stay there, and for that reason the demands are very high.
It can be difficult year after year to fulfil the expectations with regard to offer nearly constantly novelties, but so far we have succeeded. At least once a year I visit one of the big fairs in America, and there I have ample opportunities to talk with the retailers from all over the U.S.A., and I return home with a lot of new ideas.
This is our twentieth anniversary, and looking back there is not much I would have like to be without. It has not always been equally easy, but in spite of that one has learned an incredible lot, and it is nice today to confirm that the philosophy I followed from the very beginning-was, quality above quantity was right. Of course, I would not have succeeded if I had not employed some good assistants, especially my head assistant whom I engaged 16 years ago when he was 16 years old. I trained him from when he was a big boy, and from experience I certainly find that in this way you get the best assistants. (That boy was actually 17 years old, named Poul Winslow and soon became Holm's foreman.)
Today we are a well established factory, and I think we have found the right form with a staff of 20, and even though we easily could sell more pipes I do not feel like extend the production but I prefer constantly to improve the quality. This year we have made a small series of pipes which we call Diamond Collection, but it is not due to the golden ring and the diamond that they are sold at 50.000,00 kr. the piece.
Last year I engaged an export seller so that I do not need travelling so much but can devote myself to the production, which really needs much time, and in which by the way I also take the greatest interest. The quality of Bruyere which we use is very expensive, and I examine myself each block. From these I pick the very best ones which are about 5 percent. These 5 p.c. I work up myself like 20 years ago, using some of my best people to do the rougher work while I myself do the molding and the finish. During the work at least half of the lot is taken away because of various faults in the wood while the rest ends as Preben Holm private collection. Those approximately 2 p.c. of our total production I put my signature on with a good conscience.
Steve Laug of Rebornpipes.com states, "I don't know when I learned that the Rungsted line of pipes was another line that Preben Holm carved. But I learned that he made several lines outside the Ben Wade contract pipes he was producing for Snug Harbor/Lane."
However, the U.S. market for Preben Holm's pipes dropped dramatically and thus he had to dismiss most of his employees by the end of 1985. He himself became seriously ill, so in early 1986 he had to close down his factory completely. He made an attempt to re-enter pipemaking in the same year, but his state of health stopped that. In 1989 he died only 42 years old.
Poul Winslow about Preben Holm: "Preben was a genius. Maybe a bit wild, always flying from idea to idea and impatient for results. But could he turn a pipe! Some of the most extreme free-hands came out of our workshop in the '70s, and whatever his critics say, they sold like crazy, mostly in America. And when it came to finishing, he was the best in the business."