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In lesson 14, Freebo uses an original song, "How Do I Say Goodbye," to talk about pedaling.
Taught by Freebo in Freebo Artist Series seriesLength: 26:00Difficulty: 2.5 of 5
Freebo, acclaimed bassist, guitar player and songwriter walks you through the craft of writing and playing songs.
Lesson 1
In the first lesson of his artist series, Freebo introduces himself as both a person and musician. He moves on to talk about his guitar, choice of strings and even throws in a bit of philosophy.Length: 31:15 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
Lesson 2
Freebo jumps into his first official lesson on the basics of the guitar. Before anything else, you must learn how to tune your guitar. Walk through the process with Freebo in this lesson.Length: 15:53 Difficulty: 1.0 Members Only
Lesson 3
Freebo touches on some basic theory in this lesson, including the very helpful I-IV-V progression. He uses a keyboard for visual reference.Length: 33:51 Difficulty: 2.0 Members Only
Lesson 4
Freebo starts talking about basic songwriting in this lesson. He uses an original song, "She's My D.O.G." as an example, which is a simple I-IV-V progression in the key of E.Length: 18:30 Difficulty: 2.0 Members Only
Lesson 5
Freebo talks about basic song structure in this lesson, covering the verse, chorus and bridge. He uses his original song, "If Not Now When" as an example.Length: 24:45 Difficulty: 2.5 FREE
Lesson 6
Freebo continues his discussion on songwriting with a lesson on relative minor chords.Length: 17:00 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
Lesson 7
In his newest lesson, Freebo talks about chord inversions.Length: 28:38 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
Lesson 8
Freebo talks all about seventh chords in this lesson.Length: 22:17 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
Lesson 9
In this lesson, Freebo gets bluesy and takes a close look at the pentatonic scale.Length: 24:32 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
Lesson 10
Freebo takes some time to talk about the circle of fifths.Length: 13:18 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
Lesson 11
Freebo uses his original song, "My Personal GPS," to demonstrate concepts such as blues riffs, slash chords, and secondary dominant chords.Length: 24:55 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
Lesson 12
To help explain his songwriting process, Freebo talks about his thoughts and choices behind one of his original songs - "When There's No Place Like Home".Length: 32:46 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
Lesson 13
Freebo talks about some picking techniques using an original song called "To The Light" as an example.Length: 30:35 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
Lesson 14
In lesson 14, Freebo uses an original song, "How Do I Say Goodbye," to talk about pedaling.Length: 26:00 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
Lesson 15
In this lesson, Freebo teaches an original song called "Trouble." This catchy tune provides a great opportunity to practice more right hand technique.Length: 30:02 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
Lesson 16
Freebo takes some time to talk about time signatures in this lesson. He uses two songs as examples and also touches a little more on groove.Length: 39:16 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
Lesson 17
Freebo talks about right hand rhythm and groove using two original songs as examples: "The Beauty Of Life" and "Sometimes It's For Nothin'."Length: 37:43 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
Lesson 18
Freebo takes some time to talk about the "rule of two" and how it can be useful in songwriting. He uses a couple song examples to show how it works, including one of his originals, "We Are All One People."Length: 32:36 Difficulty: 2.0 Members Only
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In this lesson, Freebo talks about drop D tuning using his original song, "A Soldier At War" as an example.Length: 16:42 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
Lesson 20
Freebo continues his discussion on alternate tunings with a lesson on double drop D tuning. He uses an original song called "More Like You" as an example.Length: 18:04 Difficulty: 2.0 Members Only
Lesson 21
Freebo talks about partial capos and shares some cool ideas for using them. He uses his original song, "She Loves My Dog More Than Me" as an example.Length: 32:08 Difficulty: 2.0 Members Only
Lesson 22
Freebo talks about his original song "It Goes By Fast". He uses this song to talk about his songwriting process.Length: 25:56 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
Lesson 23
Freebo continues his partial capo and songwriting discussion using one of his original tunes, "Before the Separation," as an example.Length: 23:08 Difficulty: 2.0 Members Only
Lesson 24
Freebo continues the topic of the partial capo and songwriting by using his tune "Something to Believe" from the album of the same name.Length: 16:17 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
Lesson 25
Freebo continues his discussion on partial capos in relation to songwriting using two of his original songs - "On the Parallel Together" and " That's What Love Is."Length: 22:24 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
Lesson 26
Freebo leaves us with one last lesson in this series; he performs a beautiful song called "Standing Ovation". He also concludes his discussion on songwriting and partial capos, and gives his final thoughts...Length: 26:26 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
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A New York man who spent 16 years in prison for a rape and murder he did not commit is celebrating a new milestone in his life as an exonerated man: a master's degree in criminal justice.
Jeffrey Deskovic received his degree from John Jay College of Criminal Justice on Tuesday.
"I've come so far, between there and now, and the emotions kind of got the better of me," he said.
Deskovic was 16 when he was convicted of raping and murdering a teenage girl in Peekskill, despite the fact that the DNA didn't match. But police got him to confess.
"They wore me down after interrogating me for seven and a half hours," said Deskovic. "I didn't have an attorney present, my parents didn't know where I was, I wasn't given anything to eat."
While in prison, Deskovic fought for his freedom with the help of The Innocence Project, an organization dedicated to exonerating wrongfully convicted people. In 2006, he was freed, but getting used to normal life proved difficult.
So Deskovic decided to return to school, and in addition to getting his master's, he also started the Jeffrey Deskovic Foundation for Justice to help other innocent people get out of prison.
Thanks to the foundation, William Lopez was released from prison in January after serving more than 23 years for a murder he didn't commit.
Lopez now regards Deskovic as an inspiration.
"He was also incarcerated for so many years, and to have achieved this -- it's extraordinary," he said.
Deskovic has received a more than $8 million settlement, some of which was used to establish the foundation. But with a dozen or so active cases, and another 800-plus applications to consider, he's always searching for grants and donations.
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Los Angeles (CNN) -- Michael Jackson often cried after talking to AEG Live executives as he prepared for his comeback concerts, his oldest son testified Wednesday.
"After he got off the phone, he would cry," Prince Jackson testified. "He would say 'They're going to kill me, they're going to kill me.'"
His father told him he was talking about AEG Live CEO Randy Phillips and his ex-manager, Dr. Tohme Tohme, Prince said.
Prince, 16, began his testimony Wednesday morning in his family's wrongful death lawsuit against Jackson's last concert promoter, AEG Live.
His first 30 minutes on the stand were filled with videos and photographs of Jackson with his children, but then the questioning by Jackson lawyer Brian Panish focused on the last weeks of his father's life.
Prince testified that Phillips visited Jackson's rented Los Angeles mansion and spoke aggressively to Dr. Conrad Murray the night before his father's death.
"He was grabbing his elbow," Prince said. "It looked aggressive to me. He was grabbing by the back of his elbow and they were really close and he was making hand motions."
He couldn't hear what Phillips was saying to Murray, he said.
Michael Jackson was not there because he was at his last rehearsal, Prince said. He called his father from the security guard shack telephone to let him know Phillips was there. His father asked him to offer Phillips food and drink.
Prince said that was his last conversation with his father.
"Sorry kids, your dad's dead"
Prince recounted the day his father died four years ago. He saw his father "hanging halfway off the bed, his eyes were rolled back," when he ran into the bedroom where Dr. Murray was doing CPR in a futile effort to revive him, he said.
Paris followed him up the stairs, "but we kept pulling her down the stair," he said.
"She was screaming the whole time saying she wants her daddy," he said.
At the hospital later, Dr. Murray told them "Sorry kids, your dad's dead," Prince testified.
Prince was 12 when the pop icon died, but he said his father confided in him about whom he trusted and didn't trust and what he feared as he prepared for his comeback concerts.
Michael Jackson's three children -- Prince, Paris and Blanket -- and their grandmother Katherine Jackson are plaintiffs in the lawsuit, which contends AEG Live is liable in Jackson's death because the company hired, retained or supervised Murray, the doctor convicted of involuntary manslaughter.
Murray told investigators he gave Jackson nightly infusions of the surgical anesthetic propofol to treat his insomnia. The coroner ruled the singer died of an overdose of the drug.
AEG Live executives allegedly created a medical conflict of interest that pressured Murray to pursue the dangerous treatments so Jackson would be rested for rehearsals, while ignoring warning signs that his health was failing, Jackson family lawyers argue.
AEG Live lawyers contend that it was Jackson who chose and controlled the doctor and that company executives had no way of knowing what treatments Murray was delivering.
AEG Live lead lawyer Marvin Putnam's cross-examination of Prince lasted just 25 minutes. It centered on trying to discredit his testimony about Phillips' visit to his home and about cash payments that Prince said his father gave Murray at times.
Prince stood by his story about the Phillips and Murray encounter, although he conceded it could have been two nights before his father's death and not the last night.
The toll of losing their father
Prince's testimony gave Jackson lawyers a chance to show jurors the emotional toll suffered by Jackson's children, which they would have to put a dollar figure on if they conclude AEG Live is liable in their father's death.
"I can't sleep at night," Prince said. "I have a hard time sleeping." The death left him "emotionally distant from a lot of people" for a while, he said.
He's missed sharing with his father "the first day of going to school, having the first girlfriend, being able to drive," Prince testified.
While Paris Jackson's suicide attempt and hospitalization was not brought up in court -- and it is unclear if jurors learned about it in the news -- Prince did speak about his sister.
"I think out of all of my siblings she was probably hit the hardest because she was my dad's princess," he said.
Prince said the questioning of Paris by AEG Live lawyers over two days in March was painful for her. "She had some problems before, after and, I assume, during," he said.
"She definitely is dealing with it in her own way," her brother said.
Paris, who was 11 when her father died, is not available to testify in person in court because she is hospitalized for psychiatric treatment.
While he and his sister no longer want to celebrate birthdays because "it's not the same without" their father, Blanket, now 11, does, Prince said.
"Right now, I don't know if Blanket realizes what he lost," he said. "He was so young. He is still growing up just like I am and he doesn't have a father to guide him."
AEG Live attempted to compel Blanket, the youngest child, to testify, but the judge rejected its request after a psychologist said it would harm the boy.
Changing the world?
Jurors watched a home video of Michael Jackson questioning his three children about how they planned "to change the world" when they grow up.
Prince testified that the video was made at Christmas.
"What's Christmas mean?" Jackson is heard asking his children.
"Love," Blanket responded.
"Who's Blanket going to be to change this world?" Jackson asked.
"I don't know," Blanket, who appeared to be about 5 at the time, answered.
"What does Paris want to do? Be honest search your heart," Jackson said.
"Help the poor," she answered. Paris also said she would like to be a gymnast.
Prince told his father he aspired to be a movie director and architect because he liked "making things."
Private details revealed
Prince, who said his grade point average is 3.68 at the private school in Sherman Oaks, California, at the end of his sophomore year. He is a member of the National Honors Society and received artistic awards at school, he said.
His extracurricular activities include martial arts and working as a mechanic in his school's robotics program, he said. He wants to attend the University of Southern California to study film and business, he said.
His father taught him how "the great ones" made movies, including how to "find shots." He gave him a lens that hung on a necklace that showed what a shot would look like, he said.
Prince said while his school requires a certain amount of community service, he's does more than that. He volunteers at Children's Hospital in Los Angeles in a program that delivers books to young patients "to keep their minds off their problems."
His father "always said you should give back to the community and help out as much as you can," Prince said.
The jury was shown video of Jackson and his children at the Neverland Ranch where they lived until moving after Jackson was acquitted in a child molestation trial.
The family moved after the court case "because there were complications," Prince said. "They ruined it for my dad."
One video showed a giraffe and several alpacas in the Neverland Zoo. "I never really went near them because they would spit on us," Prince said.
The video also showed the carnival rides at Neverland. "We only went there and to the zoo on special occasions because my dad wanted us to remain humble," he said.
When shown a photo of his father sitting with him at a piano, Prince said "I can never play an instrument and I definitely can't sing."
The trial is in its ninth week and is expected to last until August.
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NBC News projects Democrat Terry McAuliffe narrowly defeated Republican Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli in the race for governor of Virginia Tuesday, ending a race driven by negative ads, unrelenting accusations of dodgy behavior and a deep rancor between the rival candidates.
With 99 percent of precincts reporting, McAuliffe had 48 percent of the vote to 45 percent for Cuccinelli. Libertarian Robert Sarvis got about 7 percent of the vote.
"Look, I know this has been a hard fought race, and part of that, as you know, is the nature of politics, and part of it was that the attorney general and I had some very big differences on some very important issues," a raspy-throated McAuliffe said in his victory speech.
He thanked Cuccinelli for his service and dedication to Virginia.
McAuliffe, a Democrat, ran strong among unmarried women, voters who made abortion a top issue and those who called the suburbs of Washington, D.C., home, according to preliminary results of an exit poll conducted for The Associated Press and television networks. Cuccinelli, meanwhile, fared well among tea party backers, gun owners and among the state's rural residents -- but there were not enough of them to yield a victory.
"Over the next four years, most Democrats and Republicans in Virginia want to make Virginia a model for pragmatic leadership that is friendly for job creation; a model for strong schools that prepare our students for the jobs of tomorrow; a model for welcoming the best and brightest scientists and innovators no matter your race, gender, religion or who you love; a model for a transportation system that reduces gridlock for our families and our business," McAuliffe said. "All of this is only possible if Virginia is also the model for bipartisan cooperation and that's a view that I share with the next lieutenant governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, Ralph Northam."
In winning, McAuliffe broke a stubborn streak in state history. During the past nine governor's races, the party that controlled the White House at the time has always lost.
From the outset, the campaign shaped up as a barometer of voters' moods and a test of whether a swing-voting state like Virginia could elect a tea party-style governor. As one of just two races for governor nationwide, political strategists eyed the race for clues about what would work for 2014's midterm elections when control of Congress is up for grabs.
McAuliffe, who once led the Democratic National Committee and is a confidant of former President Bill Clinton and Hillary Rodham Clinton, said he would expand Medicaid to provide health coverage for 400,000 people under the federal health care law. By contrast, Cuccinelli vehemently opposed the law and was the first to challenge it in court. He said that the narrow loss despite being heavily outspent during the campaign is evidence that Virginians don't want the Affordable Care Act.
"We said this race was a referendum on Obamacare, and although I lost, tonight you sent a message to the president of the United States that you believe that Virginia understands that Obamacare is a failure and that you want to be in charge of your healthcare and not the government," said Cuccinelli, also in poor voice. "At the last count that I was aware of, despite being outspent by an unprecedented $15 million, this race came down to the wire because of Obamacare. ... That message will go out across America tonight."
Turnout, however, was low, and both candidates worked through Election Day to reach as many people as possible.
NBC News also projects Democrat Ralph Northam defeated Republican E.W. Jackson in Virginia's controversial lieutenant governor race, which was defined by social issues. The campaign centered on Northam's defense of abortion rights and Jackson's Christian-based anti-abortion platform. Jackson also opposes gay marriage, while Northam supports it.
Throughout the campaign, Jackson was slammed for some controversial remarks, including comparing Planned Parenthood to the KKK. Jackson defended his remarks, telling the Free Lance-Star, "I say the things I say because I'm a Christian. It's not because I hate anybody. But because I have religious values that matter to me."
Northam and Jackson squared off in a lieutenant governor debate last month, tackling health care, how to care for the dangerously mentally ill and women's access to reproductive health services.
Northam becomes the first Democrat to occupy the office since U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine held the seat in 2006.
Jackson sounded anything but a loser as he rallied a downcast crowd at GOP election headquarters in Richmond. Saying he was "unbroken, unbowed," the lawyer-turned-preacher gave a stirring address Tuesday night.
The attorney general's race, however, is too close to call between two candidates with stark differences, and a recount appears likely. Republican Mark Obenshain has a long record as a soldier in the conservative culture wars while Democrat Mark Herring has been a loyal member of the minority in the closely divided Senate, arguing for abortion rights and tighter gun regulations.
While the morning went off without a hitch at most locations, some voters in Loudoun County ran into problems. Officials say 25 of the county's 85 precincts experienced a computer problem with the electronic poll books, which are used to check voters in as they arrive.
"We are working to resolve the networking problems that occurred early this morning with the laptops that we use to check in voters," said Loudoun County General Registrar Judy Brown.
Brown said every impacted precinct had at least one functioning electronic poll book, so residents were still able to vote.
Many went to Spring Hill Elementary School early to vote, News4's Melissa Mollet reported, but with only one electronic voting machine at Spring Hill Elementary, most made their vote count the old-fashioned way -- on paper.
Candidate McAuliffe was one of those voters.
Joined by his wife, Dorothy, and four of their five children, McAuliffe stopped by Spring Hill Elementary at 6:30 a.m.
McAuliffe later stood outside the Vienna/Fairfax-GMU Metro station, greeting commuters. He spent the rest of the day visiting campaign offices across the commonwealth to help sustain his lead in the polling.
Ken Cuccinelli and his wife, Teiro, stood side-by-side as they filled out their ballots a few hours later, at Brentsville High School in Nokesville. The Republican candidate made his own campaign visits throughout the day Tuesday, holding out hope his conservative supporters will fuel a come-from-behind win.
Robert Sarvis voted alongside his wife at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Alexandria at mid-day before heading to Richmond.
Preliminary results of an exit poll found the economy was the top issue for just about half of those going to the polls Tuesday, with health care a distant second, cited by one-quarter of voters. One in five called abortion the top issue. The exit poll included interviews with 1,520 voters from 39 polling places around the state.
The campaign's negative tilt turned many voters off -- "I think every single person in Virginia is glad that the TV ads are now over," McAuliffe joked at the end -- and strategists in both parties predicted the outcome could be decided by just a few thousand votes.
McAuliffe's narrow victory in Virginia rested on a 9-point edge among women, while the two major party candidates split men about evenly, according to exit polls. McAuliffe carried liberals and moderates, Cuccinelli independents and tea party backers.
Libertarian Robert Sarvis spiked to 15 percent support among voters younger than 30, and independents.
Andy Anderson of Alexandria said he cast his vote for Sarvis as a means of "keeping Cuccinelli out of office. I really don't like McAuliffe either.... It'd be fun to shake things up in Virginia just a little bit."
Richard Powell, a 60-year-old retired IT manager who lives in Norfolk, described himself as an independent who frequently votes for members of both parties. He said he cast his ballot for McAuliffe, although not because he's particularly enthusiastic about him. He said he was more determined not to vote for Cuccinelli, who he said overreaches on a variety of medical issues.
Voters were barraged with a series of commercials that tied Cuccinelli to restricting abortions, and while Powell said the negative advertising "got to be sickening," abortion rights played a factor in his vote.
"I'm not in favor of abortion -- let's put it that way -- but I find that restricting abortion causes far more social harm than allowing abortion, so that was an issue for me," he said.
McAuliffe succeeds term-limited Gov. Bob McDonnell, a Republican, for a four-year term starting in January. Obama won the state in 2008 and 2012, but far fewer voters participate in off-year elections and that gives the GOP better odds.
Republicans bet a deeply conservative candidate would be their best shot, passing over a Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling for Cuccinelli, a crusader against the federal health care law. Democrats chose a loyal partisan who once led the Democratic National Committee and recruited the Clintons to raise millions for him and rally the party faithful.
In the weeks leading up to the election, McAuliffe led several polls, with Cuccinelli ranging from just a few points behind to 15 points behind.
Sarvis also attracted a lot of attention, garnering near double-digit poll numbers. Though some pundits said support came from possible Cuccinelli voters, Sarvis said he was a candidate bringing a new option to voters.
"We should all vote when we can, and the decision comes down to the platforms and who I feel will best represent my personal beliefs but also who's best for the country," said voter Joe Devylder of Vienna.
"I think it's a civic duty -- it's, 'Do I feel strongly about one candidate?'; it's 'I feel a duty to come out and express my democratic belief'," said Tim Slattery of Alexandria. "Because hey, if I don't come out and vote. then I can't complain about the next guy that's in office."
The outsize profile of Tuesday's election in Virginia -- one of just two states holding gubernatorial elections this year -- has been on full display as top-tier political figures shuttled into the state Monday to help McAuliffe and Cuccinelli make their closing pitch to voters.
Vice President Joe Biden revved up McAuliffe's volunteers in a backyard in Annandale, while Cuccinelli stopped in Warrenton for a rally with Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida.
But the governor's, lieutenant governor's and attorney general's races were not the only contests voters saw on their ballots.
Republicans turned back several challenges by Democrats as the GOP retained a solid majority in the Virginia House of Delegates. Democrat Jeremy McPike narrowly defeated Republican incumbent Scott Lingamfelter in unofficial returns Tuesday, but several other Republicans survived and the GOP kept 10 seats vacated by Republicans. No Democratic incumbents had lost, and results were still pending for a few of the 55 contested seats in the 100-member House.
Before a series of retirements, Republicans held a 67-32 edge over Democrats, with one independent aligned with the GOP caucus. Independent Lacey Putney retired, and his seat was won by a Republican.
In some municipalities, residents will cast their vote in a number of local elections, including the race for Fairfax County sheriff, which includes a female candidate for the first time.
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It seems like an homage to the old Scandinavian classics from the early 1950's. The Danish manufacturer Erik Jørgensen presented this new highly elegant sofa series, designed by Anne-Mette Bartholin Jensen and Morten Ernst at this year's Stockholm Fair. Each sofa, 'In Duplo High and Low', consists of a wing shaped corpus that holds a composition of cushions. Like in a stone circle where each element is modified and finds its natural bearing.
The legs, made of powder coated aluminium, look like limber bridges under the organic body.


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dreaming of cake and sunshine
Posted by Mackenzie on Tuesday, February 27, 2007
Spring is so far away, and I'm so over winter. It is suicide-watch dreary out today, and I can't even remember what "sunshine" is. I think, I think I know... but I can't be sure. Is it lemon flavored? Help me out here. I can't recall.
Here's something random.
I've lost my will to sauna. I used to sauna almost 4 times a week at the gym after a good workout, and it was heaven. My skin glowed. But now, in the depths of winter, when it gets dark at 2:25 in the afternoon, all I want to do is stay home, hole-up, and eat things. I'm really happy that I'm too busy to grocery shop, because then the eating things would be an issue. However, as it stands, I may feel like eating from 4 pm until bed, but the only sustenance we have around the house is coffee, half & half and Skippy, so I'm safe. It's a horrible combo. What? No! I didn't try it. Shut up.
I like to browse around the internet and look for cake when I have the winter blues. Nothing more cheerful than cake. These are from Sabrina Cake Alchemy, and they remind me that only March stands between me and April. Damn it, March!


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Ashley Tisdale of "High School Musical" is coming to the CW network this fall in a series about life at a big college campus in the South.
Tisdale's character will be the roommate of a girl played by Aly Michalka from the movie "Bandslam" in the Wednesday-night drama that will debut in the fall. The CW has one other new series, "Nikita," about a young woman seeking revenge after being trained as a spy and assassin as a teenager.
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Join Phoebus High School for A Night of the Arts at Phoebus
The Phoebus High School departments of fine arts and career & technical education are sponsoring A Night of the Arts at Phoebus on March 4, 2020, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. at the school, 100 Ireland Street.
The event will include an art gallery from the visual arts and digital media department, musical selections from the band and chorus programs, and hors d'oeuvres provided by the award-winning Phoebus High School culinary arts department.
Student artwork will be on sale and donations are welcome. All proceeds will benefit the fine arts department of PHS. The event is free and open to the public.
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As stated in School Board Policy AC, Hampton City Schools ("HCS") does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender, age, disability or other protected class in its programs, activities and employment practices and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups. HCS also prohibits retaliation under School Board Policy GBAH for the purpose of interfering with a person's rights and/or privileges under federal civil rights laws, which can include: (i) raising concerns with Division personnel about a civil rights violation; (ii) asserting a right or advocating for the rights of a student or employee under federal civil rights laws; or (iii) participating in a complaint investigation or related proceedings.
All individuals are encouraged to promptly report any incident they believe to be discrimination, harassment or retaliation in violation of HCS School Board Policy. All reports should be made to the HCS Compliance Officer, who also serves as the HCS Executive Director of Human Resources. Upon receiving a report of alleged discrimination, harassment or retaliation, the Compliance Officer shall promptly authorize an investigation into the complaint, determine whether the alleged act occurred, and determine whether any action must be taken to end or prevent further harassment, discrimination, or retaliation. For more information about this process, please review School Board Policy GBAB-R.Should you have any questions about these procedures or the contents of this notice, please contact Hampton City Schools Compliance Officer at: One Franklin Street, Hampton, VA 23669 or (757) 727-2300.
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· Adam's ex-lover arrives in town with an agenda that could reveal David's secret.
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LMC Honors its Volunteers
Lexington Medical Center is pleased to honor its hospital volunteers. From delivering flowers to comforting patients, more than 300 volunteers spend more than 65,000 hours each year at Lexington Medical Center. Here are some photos from our annual volunteer luncheon at the Embassy Suites hotel in Columbia.


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I wish I was going somewhere fun for the long weekend. Now that we are only 3 hrs away from the coast we must take a weekend trip to the beach.
In two weeks we are flying to Minneapolis! I can't wait to see my friends and family and especially for Miss E to hang out with her cousins and her special friend Mr. O!!
I dream of Miss E having this closet.
Ugh, the thought of painting is not going to be fun. I plan on doing stripes in our mudroom and painting Miss E's room, along with a wall in our bedroom. I also want to do a moroccan stencil print in our bedroom.
love the stripes on this wall and how this gallery wall looks
This is how I want to organize my mudroom. Since, the wall space is small we might be making our own cubby shelf and bench. Everything I have seen on- line is too big and I can probably save $ if we did it ourselves. After all, decorating on a budget is not so easy as I feel all these bloggers and pins on pinterest make it seem.
Need to get started on our gallery wall. I have wanted to do a gallery wall for years and now I finally have the wall space! I was originally thinking shelves with stacked frames {as seen in the photo below} but, I also like the classic gallery walls with an initial letter, with some framed printable quotes mixed in amongst framed pictures.
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Is It A Mill, A Waterjet Cutter Or Both?
An enclosed waterjet module that installs on a shop's existing knee mill or VMC temporarily transforms that equipment into a waterjet cutter.
If you remove the cutting head and high-pressure pump from a waterjet cutter, then you'd be left with essentially a machine frame and computer numerical control motion. A CNC vertical machining center also possesses both of these things.
With that in mind, WardJet (Kent, Ohio) recently developed its compact, enclosed M-Series waterjet module that, when installed on a shop's existing knee mill or VMC, temporarily turns that equipment into a waterjet cutter. According to the company, the conversion takes 20 minutes and requires only sources of water and compressed air at the machine for operation. The module can be removed as simply as it installs, turning the mill back into a mill.
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It's easy to imagine the inevitable damage that would occur if a waterjet's abrasive liquid cutting media happened to splash upon vital mill components such as ballscrews. That's why the M-Series provides a self-contained waterjet cutting environment, isolating the entire cutting operation in a sealed "tent" module to keep harmful media from contacting mill components.
The module bolts to a mill's T-slot table as would a fixture or vise. The mill must be capable of supporting the entire waterjet assembly's weight of approximately 600 pounds and provide at least 23 inches of Z-axis clearance to accommodate its height. The base of the module is a shallow tank filled with ball bearings. These dissipate the waterjet stream's cutting energy, which, on a typical cutter, is accomplished by a deep tank of water.
A toolchanger plate in the top of the tent installs in the mill's spindle. The system's waterjet cutting head then attaches to the underside of the plate inside the tent. Once water, air and abrasive lines are connected, then the mill becomes a waterjet cutter.
Two tent versions are available with X-Y work envelopes of 16 by 30 inches and 24 by 48 inches. The larger model allows a standard 4-foot by 8-foot sheet of material to be cut in fourths and loaded into the tent. The workpiece material is supported by grates inside the tent and held in place with a clamping system that accepts workpieces from 0.5 to 4 inches tall.
A 20,000-psi pneumatically powered intensifier pump permits waterjet cutting using existing shop compressed air. This pump, along with an abrasive hopper and electrical box, is mounted on a cart located next to the machine. Larger pumps are also available in 40,000 psi and 60,000 psi versions.
The M-Series is perhaps best suited for shops that currently don't have a waterjet cutter, possibly because of a lack of available floorspace. The package not only works for mills, but it can also be applied to lasers, wood routers, robotic arms, oxy-fuel cutters, plasma cutters—virtually any type of CNC equipment.


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Getting Back to IT BasicsBy Marc J. Schiller
CIO Careers: Zero Budget + Happy Users = Influential IT
What does a CIO need to be successful? We each have our own answers. Some may say that technical excellence and knowledge count most, others might place the emphasis on business awareness, relationships or just hard-core ambition. Certainly, all of these are necessary to reach a certain level in an organization. But to take the final step and be accepted as someone who is truly a member of the C-suite, you need one more thing: influence. This is the fifth in a series of articles on how to position yourself as an influential leader in your organization. The first installment was CIO Career Killer: Lack of Influence; the second was CIO Careers: Why IT Gets No Respect; the third was Winning Over Business Users When You Don't Have a Dime; the fourth was CIO Careers: Measuring Your Credibility.
While you are working on last week's "assignment" and figuring out how much credibility you have within your IT organization, it's time to turn the discussion back to jumping IT budget hurdles.
IT budgets are tight and they are likely going to get tighter as corporate America battens down the hatches for another recession. But, truth be told, this happens to be an unlucky coincidence. You can expect to face tight budgeting environments a number of times over the course of your career as a successful CIO.
Businesses, industries, countries and even whole economies go through cycles. When times are good, IT has the budget to undertake new projects. In lean years (which, for IT is usually half of the time, if not more) projects are scaled back or eliminated, and IT leaders struggle to engage stakeholders. You might as well use today's economic environment to learn the ropes. It's an skill set that will help prepare you to withstand future budgetary drought.
Substituting time for money
When we first looked at the issue of building influence when you haven't got a dime, I proposed a basic approach, i.e., to shift your focus to investing time in place of money. It's essential to regard your time, the time of your key people, as your most precious resource, one which needs to be carefully allocated to your company's most important challenges and opportunities.
I know your next question. I get it all the time. It goes something like this:
"I would love to invest my group's time on the key issues facing our company. But to do that, we need to meet and talk with our business counterparts. And the fact is that when we haven't got a project to discuss with them, it's nearly impossible to get their attention. What are we suppose to talk with them about without a project and budget? How are we supposed to engage the user community when all we have to offer is our time?"
It's a fair question and often a real problem for many IT leaders.
The good news is that there is a solution; one that not only gets you and your team the time and attention of your business colleagues, but will also enhance your influence throughout your enterprise.
Getting Back to IT Basics
Let's agree on a very basic premise to start: Users judge IT systems from the top down. In other words, based on:
The front-end interface, i.e., the look and feel.
Their experience navigating through the system and using it to perform their work WITHOUT any training.
Whether or not the functionality they envisioned automatically appears at just the right time in just the right way.
The data accuracy
The speed and responsiveness of the system.
Whether or not they need to call tech support even though they never attended training.
Everything else that went into building the system and delivering it to them.
In short, it's all about the user's experience with the system.
They don't give a hoot about all the work that went into building the back end of the system--the guts of it all. They couldn't care less about the data model, the special interfaces or the customer de-dupe algorithms your team spent months perfecting. All they care about is their experience as users. And if that experience feels awkward or unintuitive to them, then they will conclude that there is something "wrong" with the system.
Let's put aside for the moment whether or not the way users judge systems is justified and appropriate. (We all know the answer to that anyway.) Let's not jump to a defensive position because of the user communities' unrealistic expectations. Let's, instead, admit that IT doesn't always do the best job when it comes to engineering a crisp and engaging user experience. We don't typically spend enough time understanding how the system fits into the users' workflow. And finally, working within the constraints of time, budget and the software package we often sacrifice user engagement and experience on the alter of "the perfect is the enemy of the good."
In the vast majority of cases there is great room for improvement in the user experience, unrealistic user expectations notwithstanding.That gap between the desired user experience and where things are today is exactly where you and your team have the opportunity to engage with the business community.
The answer is found in the battlefield, not in HQ
Given how important user experience is to your business colleagues, I guarantee you will find an open door and warm welcome when you tell your colleagues that you want to work on improving the user experience of the systems. The first step in the process? To get your people walking in the shoes of the users; to get them to experience firsthand what the users experience. No secondhand relating of problems. No change requests. I'm talking about real-life, side-by-side, user experience evaluations. Send your IT staff out into the workplace as if they were anthropologists sent to document human behavior.
Focus on User Experience
I'm sure you remember those types of experiences from your early days in IT. It's really what our job as IT professionals is all about. Unfortunately, when it comes to large projects, outsourced vendors, complex organizations and so on, it's easy be distanced from the real action, where the rubber meets the road. Here's where your job as the CIO comes in.
It's up to you to make the focus on user experience a priority for your team. It's up to you to create an awareness in your team about the importance of working side-by-side with business colleagues on the system issues that are most important to them.
What happens next? If your organization is like most, user experience reviews are going to uncover three types of issues:
Quick-hit wins that can easily be implemented through minor configuration changes or with targeted user training
Long-term issues that require significant budget but which have a real and meaningful payback
Nice-to-have features that aren't valuable to pursue
You know exactly what to do. Go for those quick hits. Work with the business to "find the budget" over time to meet the high impact goals, and manage expectations on the "nice-to-haves"--standard blocking and tackling for IT managers.
The result?
A renewed focus on improving user experience, facilitated by the IT leadership directly, is just the sort of initiative that tells the user community that, even when budgets are tight, you are there to work on the things that are most important to them. This builds influence and credibility like you can't imagine.
About the author
Marc J. Schiller, author of "The 11 Secrets of Highly Influential IT Leaders," is a speaker, strategic facilitator, and an advisor on the implementation of influential analytics. He splits his time between the front lines of client work and evangelizing to IT leaders and professionals about what it takes to achieve influence, respect and career success. Download a free excerpt of his book at http://11secretsforITleaders.com


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I am nearly 100% qualified to opine on political and governmental issues. Ha!
And no, I didn't cheat and Google the answers. If I had, I wouldn't have missed bloody Question #7. Go see if you do better.
This is an interesting little project the ISI's got. Their official survey – the one people can't cheat on – shows that 71% of Americans fail the test. The average score for regular citizens is 49%. For people who held public office, it's 44%. That's just pathetic.
Here's a finding that shows a dramatic confusion about religion in this country:
Seventy-nine percent of those who have been elected to government office do not know the Bill of Rights expressly prohibits establishing an official religion for the U.S.
Only 24% of college graduates know the First Amendment prohibits establishing an official religion for the United States.
I think we need to get to edumicating people.
At least we know without taking the test that we're likely smarter than average:
The civic knowledge gained from engaging in frequent conversations about public affairs, reading about current events and history, and participating in more involved civic activities is greater than the gain from a bachelor's degree alone.
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Evaluation and Research Findings: Communication Study part 2
Over the past year, the evaluation team has been conducting A Study of Communication in the NISE Network (Network Communication Study) to learn about how the Network's primary communication components, NanoDays, face-to-face meetings, the regional hub structure, and the nisenet.org website, are being used by actively involved partners. We'll be highlighting different findings from the study - such as the bulleted points below - over the next few months in our Featured Finding section, and you can also read the whole report at http://www.nisenet.org/ncs.
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The regional hub structure provides a personal, go-to resource for actively involved professionals, acting as a central conduit for disseminating Network updates and responding to partners' needs. The regional hub structure also fosters community at the regional level.
One comment from a NISE Net partner about the regional hubs: "[The regional hub structure offers] encouragement. Partnership. They pair people up. And the third thing is putting them in touch with the right people—they act as a bridge."
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Hello everyone,
I have never heard of a polynomial time running algorithm that finds the generators of elliptic curves efficiently. I do know that Nagell-Lutz theorem is useful in computing the torsion part in $$E(\mathbb{Q})=\mathbb{Z}^{\phi} \oplus E_{\rm{Torsion }}(Q).$$ So what about the count of $\phi$ and the effective generation of points.
I do know 2-descent , that doesn't not work perfectly always. Regarding the 3-descent , only some curves having CM are said to pass through it. But are there any latest advancements in the area of computing the generators of the curve, if so please give some references.
I also read the rank conjecture, for expressing the rank of the underlying abelian group $E(\mathbb{Q})$ in terms of the order of vanishing of the taylor expansion of associated $L$-function. So I again got stuck.
Why do one go for a rank, if one has a point that has infinite order ? .
Rank 1-curves usually mean that they have a point of infinite order on them that can be used to generate all other points by successive chord and tangent methods.
Rank 2- Curves have 2 such points of infinite order that can be used to generate all other points.
So my question is why should one bother about $n$ points ( of infinite order ) if we have one point of infinite order. To express an analogous statement, suppose think that you are given a secret map that will lead you to some treasure. After the hard journey, you at-last said " Eureka" and you have found a " Machine X" . Its written on the Machine X, that it will produce dollar notes, as many as you want. So its limit is infinity. You can extract infinite number of dollar notes from the machine. You took that machine and packed it and again saw the secret-map. There are in fact some other markings on the map that will lead you to a place that contains the same Machine X.
Do you again go to those places searching for another Machine-X if you have a Machine-X that will produce infinite amount of money. I think the analogy is clear. So if we already have a point that produces infinite points why to again bother about other points that give rise to infinite points.
So if I am right, does the task of finding $\phi$ number of generators reduce to the task of finding one generator ? . That will make the above equation look like this $$E(\mathbb{Q})=\mathbb{Z} \oplus E_{\rm{Torsion }}(Q).$$
( Which is nothing but the Rank-1 situation ).
Thank you.


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Posted: Thu Oct 01, 2009 3:58 am
Post subject: Equipment & Gear: Saber Kitchen Knives
As a fairly picky, detail-oriented person, it's not often that I find a product that I like. It's even more difficult for me to be pleased once I've experienced a wide range of products that perform the same task but are of widely varying performance, quality, and feel. This is especially true of knives - so it came as a surprise that I would find myself wholeheartedly recommending a knife set from Saber Knives.
I should start at the beginning of the story of these knives. Inventor and entrepreneur, Richard Menefee decided to
(work without pay in hopes of learning the trade) for six months in the kitchen of
Michael's On Main
in Soquel, California to improve his cooking skills (in much the same way Bill Buford did before writing
). From this experience, Menefee learned a couple hard truths - cooking in a commercial kitchen is some of the hardest and most demanding work around and those who choose to do so are generally not well compensated. Menefee found that most of the cooks and chefs could barely make their rent and afford daily necessities much less saving up for high quality tools of their trade. After his time at the restaurant, Rich decided to thank those he worked alongside of and learned from by doing what he does best. He designed a safe, comfortable, and sturdy knife bag, then manufactured a handful which he gave out as gifts. The bags were such a hit that everyone who got one started to provide feedback on how to make them even better. After several revisions, Menefee felt he had a product that culinary students, chefs and cooks might purchase.
Menefee took his bags to the Culinary Institute of America (CIA) to see if they'd be interested in the bags. The CIA loved them, but told Rich that they get bags for free from the knife makers. The bags supplied by the knife makers weren't nearly as nice, useful, or safe, but it's hard to beat free. It was then that the words: "Richard...you should put the same level of devotion and caring into a set of knives to match your lovely bag" were uttered and Menefee started an 18-month project that resulted in the set he is selling under the brand Saber Knives.
As is true of all products, there's a target audience. The MAC knives I use and the Global knives that my wife uses are expensive and aimed at people with disposable income, executive chefs, and the cognoscenti. They are sharp, hold an edge supremely well, and not only look beautiful, but feel wonderful when using them. They are also around $100 each. The most popular German knives are in the same ballpark - $80 to $100 per knife, but are designed differently. Generally, they are heavier and less delicate. The thicker blade isn't suitable for holding an edge with an angle as narrow as the Japanese blades, but the heft of the knife helps cut through when razor sharpness cannot. Again, for students and cooks, it's a high price to ask for a quality tool. (Just a few months ago, I met a fishmonger at the headquarter Whole Foods in Austin who saved up for a year to buy his Shun knife - waiting until he felt like he had matured enough to take care of a knife as expensive and beautiful as a Shun.) There is a place for expensive tools - sometimes you have to pay for quality - but what if you can't afford it? Are you stuck with inferior products (like Chef's Mate from the grocery store or J.A. Henckels International that is sold as an affordable alternative to the overpriced world-famous Zwilling J.A. Henckels lines)? For years, I've been telling people that there are high-performance kitchen knives available for the masses with the
Forschner Chef's Knife
as one of my favorites. It is this market segment - affordable but high quality - that Saber Knives is trying to satisfy.
Over the last couple months, I've had the opportunity to test Menefee's hot dropped and fully forged Saber Knives, and I'm happy to say that here is another affordable knife that performs like its more expensive counterparts. I ran it through the same battery of tests that I performed in our
Equipment & Gear: Chef's Knives Rated
article and found it to be around the same cutting performance as Wusthof. There are some differences though. Each of the Saber Knives has a granton edge (divots are cut into the side of the blade to reduce the surface area that food like potatoes and cucumbers could stick to). That's every single knife (except the bread knife) - even the paring and utility knives. Why? I suppose it was a matter of "why not". The granton edge does work in reducing sticking, and it certainly doesn't hurt on the smaller knives. The santoku is a little larger than most santokus we've tested, but it's the first one that Tina has liked in terms of curvature and how it moves in her hand as she cuts. That's saying a lot given that we've tried a half a dozen santokus - some as expensive as $350.}?>
The bag that the set comes with is really a magnificent knife bag. I've been using a $40 Dexter-Russell bag for the last couple years and the design lets blades slide around during transportation. There's a strip of Velcro that's supposed to do something, but I'm not sure it works except at being annoying. I've resorted to buying knife blade protectors ($2-$5 each depending on material and size) for each of the knives I carry in the bag so I don't end up cutting myself. My bag is also soft and flexible which means I have to lie it down flat or risk having the knives slip out of their sleeves and pool at the bottom of the bag (knocking against each other as I pick up the bag again). It's ridiculous, but there was nothing better... until I opened up Menefee's bag. His bag is compact (but holds twelve knives, a cleaver, honing steel, and a pouch for other small tools), made of durable nylon (reinforced by stiff paper board), stores blades snugly and safely, has a heavy-duty zipper, and comfortable hand grip (as well as a detachable shoulder strap that doesn't need to be unclipped to open the bag unlike my Dexter-Russell bag).
The Saber knife bag works differently than most other knife bags - the blades are inserted into tight fitting sleeves (instead of the handles dropped into pockets), so much of the blade is covered and the rest of the edge is held snugly against the side of the bag. Additionally, nearly undetectable magnets embedded under the blade sleeves help keep the knives in place under normal transportation conditions. When I received the bag with knife samples, it had traveled halfway across the country via UPS. The box arrived beaten up and dirty (I'm living in a rural area right now and stuff seems to always come having tumbled in some dirt and dust). When I opened it, only a couple knives had slipped out of their sheaths, but the bag was still perfectly safe due to the protected cloth covers (which Velcro down snugly). Under normal use, I've not experienced any slipping or sliding of the blades.
Saber Knives are made of a blend of German steels and manufactured in China (the blades are completely hot drop forged - no welding of forged or stamped components or other funny stuff). A lot of stuff made in China is low quality, but there is a lot of stuff that is high quality (often coming out of the same factory). In the end, it depends on how much you want to pay for your manufactured good - the Chinese are happy to accommodate. Although the knives are more expensive to manufacture than many others made in China, Menefee feels that he can keep total cost down by keeping his staff lean (he doesn't have a secretary and writes his own letters), producing only two product lines (a set with the bag for professionals and a set with a block for home chefs - keeping down inventory and packaging costs), and sacrificing a bit of his profits. In the e-mail interviews that I've had with Menefee, he struck me as a man with a mission - focused from his time in the restaurant kitchen working alongside people less financially fortunate. In our conversations he keeps coming back to the need for affordable but quality tools. His current target? A street price around $300 for either set.
At $300, his home chef set will have a unique wood block (designed so you can see which blade you are about to draw), kitchen shears, honing steel, and the knives. As of my last correspondence, a variety of vendors will be carrying this set as production ramps up in the coming months. As vendor commits and details become available, I'll either update this article or post a comment with the information.
The Saber knife set is a deal and perfect for anyone starting out on a culinary career, getting into their first apartment, just learning to cook, or avid cooks who never got around to getting a set of high quality blades. The set costs half as much as similar quality knives (the only thing you don't get are bragging rights about the recognizable German company name and where they are manufactured), which makes them perfect for the individual who is more concerned about performance, practicality, and cost over prestige and status.
The set for the home will most likely include:
Wood block
Two 3.5-in. paring knives
4.5-in. paring knife
5-in. French boning knife
5-in. tomato knife
6-in. utility knife
8-in. serrated bread knife
7-in. santoku
8-in. chef's knife
The professional/student set will most likely include:
Knife bag
3.5-in. paring
4.5-in. paring
5-in. French boning
6-in. utility
7-in. santoku
8-in. chef's knife
8-in. serrated bread
8-in. slicer
10-in. ham slicer
10-in. chef's knife
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Location: San Marcos, CA
Posted: Thu Oct 01, 2009 4:58 am
Post subject: Saber knives
I'm drooling over that case. And the block is ingenious. Love that it's open, especially at the bottom. I get kind of weirded out every time I think about what's inside the closed holes of my current knife block.
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Posted: Thu Oct 01, 2009 5:32 pm
Post subject: available
Any idea when these will be available?
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Posted: Fri Oct 02, 2009 2:29 pm
Post subject: price change
In your
Orthogonal Thought post
the 10-piece set would only be $200. Now they're $300? I'm disappointed, man.
(Just kidding. I'm drooling.)
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Michael Chu
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Location: Austin, TX (USA)
Posted: Fri Oct 02, 2009 5:13 pm
Post subject: Re: price change
Guest wrote:
In your
Orthogonal Thought post
the 10-piece set would only be $200. Now they're $300? I'm disappointed, man.
(Just kidding. I'm drooling.)
I did, didn't I? I think that's still a goal for Menefee over time - to be able to produce a set that retails around $200, but I suppose it's not easy to convince retail stores to carry your product if profit for them is going to be to small. If this first batch sells well, he should be able to order a much larger batch of knives to be forged which should bring the cost down. At $300 it's a good deal especially if you consider that an equivalent bag or block is probably $75-$100. Well, there isn't an equivalent bag or block on the market, so I just made those numbers up - the bag really is better than anything else I've tried and the block is both unique and genius.
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Posted: Sat Oct 03, 2009 5:41 pm
Post subject: I want both!
I hope they sell those blocks and bags separately from the full knife set, cause I want both! That's hands-down the best knife block design I've ever seen, and the bag looks terrific too, even though I don't often transport knives.
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Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 6:15 pm
Post subject: When are they coming?
Any idea when these knives will be on the market? I've just gotten my first real apartment and I'm tired of using my roommates shoddy, blunt knives. These look perfect, and just in my budget.
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Michael Chu
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Posts: 1654
Location: Austin, TX (USA)
Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 11:42 pm
Post subject: Availability
Received an update on when the knives will become available. It looks like it'll be on Amazon.com first and may be available as early at Wednesday October 7, 2009. Saber Knives told me the first batch has already been shipped and is en route to Amazon.com.
Here's where you'll find it on Amazon.com:
click to go to Amazon.com's listing of Saber Knives
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Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2009 4:19 pm
Post subject: not sure this is such a deal...
I don't know that I'm as convinced this is such a "deal". Full disclosure: I haven't used the Saber knives, so what I'm saying below is based on general thoughts about purchasing knives, as well as Michael's description of the Saber knives.
Getting a large set of knives is almost always a bad idea for a beginner, and frankly even for more advanced cooks. Typical advice would be to start with a chef's knife, a paring knife, and a bread knife that can double as a slicer. For a similar amount of money, one could buy a Tojiro DP chef's knife, a Misono or Shun paring knife, and a Forschner bread knife -- and still have a good chunk of change left over. Bottom line is that it's a myth that you have to spend huge amounts of money to get good quality Japanese knives.
The Saber knives look heavy, and with a full bolster will be a PITA to sharpen. Granton edges are less functional than most people would like you to believe (compare this to Glestain knives, where stick resistance is seriously reduced...other than that Granton edges are typically not worth it). By contrast, the chef and paring knives in the starter set above will deliver much higher performance to the average home chef.
Just a note to prospective purchasers of such a thing: find a way to get your hands on Chad Ward's An Edge in the Kitchen (if you can't afford the book then take a look at your library), or spend a little bit of time on Knifeforums.com "In The Kitchen" forum, before plunking down $300. You may well find that you are able to both save your hard earned cash and come out with a high performance solution.
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Michael Chu
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Location: Austin, TX (USA)
Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2009 4:59 pm
Post subject:
Truth be told, I did struggle a bit with this part - the massive set. I wrote a paragraph on it several times while preparing this review and in the end axed it because I couldn't get the right message across. It occurs to me that in the various revisions of the review, I lost the crux of it - so here's my executive summary:
Saber Knives performs on par or better than famous brand named German knives. Saber Knives do not perform as well as the Japanese knives that I prefer. The bag and/or block that comes with Saber Knives are unique. The bag is the best designed knife bag I've ever seen or used to date.
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Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2009 7:18 pm
Post subject:
I have a small issue with the block design.
it is neat - it is unique - it is clever. in theory I like it....
my problem is the vertical withdraw motion needed. on a counter top with overhead cabinets, a slanted withdraw angle avoids the knuckle banging on the over head cabinet bottom.
if one has a "clear" space - obviously not a problem. but in working up a custom design block for my collection I am concerned with having an angle that permits an easy withdraw motion. my cooktop has a hood - and overhead cabinets left and right - so a "vertical" withdraw of an 8 inch or ten inch knife just would not work without pulling the whole block out to the front of the counter.
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Rich Menefee
Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2009 5:35 am
Post subject: Saber Knives responds
Hello all, this is Rich Menefee, founder and creator of Saber Knives.
I wanted to take this opportunity to address something that " Dilbert " mentioned in his constructive criticism of my block.
Dilbert, you are absolutely correct on your observations on the limitation of my block. I know this because I discovered it early on in the prototype stages.
There are hundreds of block designs currently on the market. In my humble opinion they are all roughly the same. Slightly different shapes, colors, materials...but basically a sloped / slotted hunk of wood that prevents you from seeing the desired blade, holes that fill up with all manner of debris, and are stationary.
I felt there were ample options for consumers who wanted a block that was traditional and common.
My goal was to do something completely different.
Is it for everyone? Obviously not.
I have one of these blocks on my counter top, ( I'm not just the founder, I'm a customer ) and I have cabinets that hang down and prevent me full access to the block.
This is what I have done. I have placed one side of the base against the side of my stove top. I have then moved it just far enough away from the tile back splash so it rotates freely on its lazy Susan base.
It is high enough off the counter so it clears my stove top, and I simply rotate the device towards the stove top where there is ample room for me to pull the biggest knife out without interference under the range hood.
This process is very simple as I can not only see what blade I wish to pull, but can easily rotate into position.
I look forward to answering any questions you might have about my product and encourage any of you who have ideas on how to improve upon any of my products to please contact me.
Nothing would make me happier then to listen to the people who buy these things on how to make them better.
You have my word on it.
Rich Menefee
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Location: Austin, TX (USA)
Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2009 7:03 am
Post subject:
It looks like Amazon.com has a seller pricing the set at $350. I've received a couple emails asking me if I really do recommend these knives at $300 (and I guess, now at $350) and to be honest, I didn't know the price would rise so high. When I started testing the knives I thought the set would have a street price of around $200-$250, but since then (apparently due to market forces and economics of the retail world) the price has jumped 50%. I still think these are a great alternative to Henckels and Wusthof, but I'd probably opt for a set of Forschner or a few Japanese knives now that we're talking $350. I know that day in and day out, I use an 8-in chef's and a paring and that's pretty much it. In my block, those are the two that are "expensive" and the rest (bread knife, boning, etc.) are fine quality, but low cost (nothing over $20). However, if you are new to cooking and want to have a full set so you can experiment with what knives feel best for different tasks or you like to have a set of high quality matching knives, then purchasing a set isn't a bad idea - and this is a good quality full set that is still a really good price. Unfortunately, at $350, I can't recommend the set to everyone. (At $200, it was easy to make that recommendation - at $300 when I published the article it was a harder - at $350, I felt it was necessary to write this comment.)
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Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 2:50 am
Post subject:
Will the knife bag be available for purchase separately?
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Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 7:17 am
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Anonymous wrote:
Will the knife bag be available for purchase separately?
At first, I think it will not - but it is my understanding that it will eventually be available. I don't know how much it will be or when they will be available, but if I find out, I'll let you guys know.
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