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Kanye West Tops 54th GRAMMY Nominations
(For a complete list of 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards nominees, please click here.)
Nominations for the 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards were announced tonight by The Recording Academy and reflected an eclectic mix of the best and brightest in music over the past year, as determined by the voting members of The Academy. For the fourth year, nominations for the annual GRAMMY Awards were announced on primetime television as part of "The GRAMMY Nominations Concert Live!! — Countdown To Music's Biggest Night," a one-hour special broadcast live on CBS from Nokia Theatre at L.A. Live.
Kanye West tops the nominations with seven; Adele, Foo Fighters and Bruno Mars each garner six nods; and Lil Wayne and Skrillex each are up for five awards. Drake; producers/songwriters Paul Epworth, Philip Lawrence and Ari Levine; Nicki Minaj; Mumford & Sons; Radiohead; Rihanna; and Justin Vernon (Bon Iver) each receive four nominations.
"Once again, it is most gratifying to see the GRAMMY Awards process produce a broad cross section of diverse and impressive nominees across multiple genres," said Neil Portnow, President/CEO of The Recording Academy. "This year's nominations truly reflect an exceptional and talented creative community that embodies some of the highest levels of excellence and artistry in their respective fields. Coupled with the fourth year of our primetime nominations special, the road to Music's Biggest Night, the 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards in February, is off to an exciting and appropriate start."
Following are the nominations in the General Field categories:
Record Of The Year:
"Rolling In The Deep" — Adele
"Holocene" — Bon Iver
"Grenade" — Bruno Mars
"The Cave" — Mumford & Sons
"Firework" — Katy Perry
Album Of The Year:
21 — Adele
Wasting Light — Foo Fighters
Born This Way — Lady Gaga
Doo-Wops & Hooligans — Bruno Mars
Loud — Rihanna
Song Of The Year:
"All Of The Lights" — Jeff Bhasker, Malik Jones, Warren Trotter & Kanye West, songwriters (Kanye West, Rihanna, Kid Cudi & Fergie)
"The Cave" — Ted Dwane, Ben Lovett, Marcus Mumford & Country Winston, songwriters (Mumford & Sons)
"Grenade" — Brody Brown, Claude Kelly, Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine, Bruno Mars & Andrew Wyatt, songwriters (Bruno Mars)
"Holocene" — Justin Vernon, songwriter (Bon Iver)
"Rolling In The Deep" — Adele Adkins & Paul Epworth, songwriters (Adele)
Best New Artist:
The Band Perry
Bon Iver
J. Cole
Nicki Minaj
Following is a sampling of nominations in the GRAMMY Awards' other 29 Fields:
For Best Pop Solo Performance, the nominees are "Someone Like You" by Adele; "Yoü And I" by Lady Gaga; "Grenade" by Bruno Mars; "Firework" by Katy Perry; and "F***in' Perfect" by Pink.
The nominees for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance are "Body And Soul" by Tony Bennett & Amy Winehouse; "Dearest" by the Black Keys; "Paradise" by Coldplay; "Pumped Up Kicks" by Foster The People; and "Moves Like Jagger" by Maroon 5 & Christina Aguilera.
For Best Dance Recording the nominees are "Raise Your Weapon" by Deadmau5 & Greta Svabo Bech; "Barbra Streisand" by Duck Sauce; "Sunshine" by David Guetta & Avicii; "Call Your Girlfriend" by Robyn; "Scary Monsters And Nice Sprites" by Skrillex; and "Save The World" by Swedish House Mafia.
For Best Alternative Music Album, the nominees are Bon Iver by Bon Iver; Codes And Keys by Death Cab For Cutie; Torches by Foster The People; Circuital by My Morning Jacket; and The King Of Limbs by Radiohead.
The nominees for Best R&B Album are F.A.M.E. by Chris Brown; Second Chance by El DeBarge; Love Letter by R. Kelly; Pieces Of Me by Ledisi; and Kelly by Kelly Price.
For Best Rap/Sung Collaboration, the nominees are "Party" by Beyoncé & André 3000; "I'm On One" by DJ Khaled, Drake, Rick Ross & Lil Wayne; "I Need A Doctor" by Dr. Dre, Eminem & Skylar Grey; "What's My Name?" by Rihanna & Drake; "Motivation" by Kelly Rowland & Lil Wayne; and "All Of The Lights" by Kanye West, Rihanna, Kid Cudi & Fergie.
For Best Country Solo Performance, the nominees are "Dirt Road Anthem" by Jason Aldean; "I'm Gonna Love You Through It" by Martina McBride; "Honey Bee" by Blake Shelton; "Mean" by Taylor Swift; and "Mama's Song" by Carrie Underwood.
The nominees for Best Americana Album are Emotional Jukebox by Linda Chorney; Pull Up Some Dust And Sit Down by Ry Cooder; Hard Bargain by Emmylou Harris; Ramble At The Ryman by Levon Helm; and Blessed by Lucinda Williams.
The nominees for Best Folk Album are Barton Hollow by the Civil Wars; I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive by Steve Earle; Helplessness Blues by Fleet Foxes; Ukulele Songs by Eddie Vedder; and The Harrow & The Harvest by Gillian Welch.
The Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical nominees are Danger Mouse, Paul Epworth, the Smeezingtons (Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine, Bruno Mars), Ryan Tedder, and Butch Vig.
This year's GRAMMY Awards process registered more than 17,500 submissions over a 12-month eligibility period (Oct. 1, 2010 – Sept. 30, 2011). GRAMMY ballots for the final round of voting will be mailed on Dec. 14 to the voting members of The Recording Academy. They are due back to the accounting firm Deloitte by Jan. 11, 2012, when they will be tabulated and the results kept secret until the 54th GRAMMY telecast.
The 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards will be held on Feb. 12, 2012, at Staples Center in Los Angeles and once again will be broadcast live in high-definition TV and 5.1 surround sound on CBS from 8–11:30 p.m. (ET/PT). The 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards are produced by AEG Ehrlich Ventures and John Cossette Productions for The Recording Academy. Ken Ehrlich is executive producer, and Louis J. Horvitz is director.
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San Diego Padres 2013 Preview
Philadelphia, PA – The San Diego Padres never recovered from a slow start last season and when they did play well, it was too late.
Despite a quiet offseason, the Padres are hoping 2013 brings better results.
The Padres will be hard-pressed to find much success playing in a division with the World Series champion San Francisco Giants and the free-spending Los Angeles Dodgers. The Padres may not even give the Arizona Diamondbacks a run for their money and will most likely trade last-place tags with the Colorado Rockies throughout the season.
San Diego, which went 42-33 after the All-Star break last summer, is averaging 78 wins over the last four seasons and went 76-86 in 2012, missing the playoffs for a sixth consecutive year.
The offseason was quite boring for a Padres club that will be relying on some veterans, a handful of young prospects and for a rotation to return healthy after an injury-filled 2012 season.
Clayton Richard, the ace of the staff, agreed to a one-year contract on Feb. 17 and started 33 games for San Diego in 2012, posting a 14-14 record with a 3.99 earned run average and 107 strikeouts over 218 2/3 innings. Edinson Volquez is back for another season with the Friars and went 11-11 with a 4.14 ERA and a team-best 174 K's in 32 starts.
Richard and Volquez were the only hurlers who managed to stay healthy for the majority of the season. Jason Marquis made 15 starts after seven with the Minnesota Twins earlier in the season. Marquis, though, will be fighting for a spot in the rotation, which could have Eric Stults, Tyson Ross, Casey Kelly and Anthony Bass following Richard and Volquez in the rotation. Freddy Garcia is another option for the Padres and signed a minor league deal in the offseason.
The only two members of the pitching staff to exceed 180 innings were Richard and Volquez.
Perhaps manager Bud Black could care less who makes the five-man system since health is a priority after what he suffered through a year ago.
"We've got to pitch better," Black said in February. "Teams that are successful and have good seasons pitch well."
Padres third baseman Chase Headley is the club's returning offensive star and was arguably the MVP of the second half last summer. Headley led the team with a .286 batting average, 31 homers and 115 RBI. Yonder Alonso, Carlos Quentin, Will Venable and Cameron Maybin will provide Black's lineup with pop, while youngster Jedd Gyorko could be a sleeper at second base.
Headley, though, will miss the start of the season with a thumb injury.
The Padres altered the dimensions of what used to be pitcher friendly Petco Park, but are giving their hitters an added advantage at the plate. Imagine what Headley could have achieved had the fenced been brought in a year ago.
Below we take a capsule look at the 2013 edition of the Padres, with a personnel evaluation and prognosis included therein:
2012 FINISH (76-86) - Fourth Place (NL West)
KEY OFFSEASON ADDITIONS: RHP Jason Marquis, RHP Freddy Garcia, RHP Wilfredo Boscan, RHP Tyson Ross, RHP Wilfredo Boscan, INF Cody Ransom
KEY OFFSEASON SUBTRACTIONS: RHP Cory Burns, LHP Josh Spence, LHP Andrew Werner, RHP Ross Ohlendorf
PROJECTED LINEUP: SS Everth Cabrera, 2B Logan Forsythe, 3B Chase Headley, LF Carlos Quentin, 1B Yonder Alonso, RF Will Venable, CF Cameron Maybin, C Nick Hundley
PROJECTED ROTATION: LHP Clayton Richard, RHP Edinson Volquez, RHP Casey Kelly, RHP Jason Marquis, LHP Eric Stults
PROJECTED CLOSER: Huston Street
MANAGER: Bud Black
The Padres' lineup depends on Headley to produce and he will need even more help in the lineup from the likes of Carlos Quentin and Cameron Maybin, as he is expected to miss the first two weeks. of the season
Perhaps infielder Jedd Gyorko, who had 30 homers and 100 RBI in the minor leagues, will have a breakout campaign after his second big league camp to add another device to the lineup. Gyorko will start the season at second, while Logan Forsythe mans the hot corner in Headley's absence.
San Diego agreed to terms with Headley on one-year contract in January and the NL Player of the Month for in both August and September hit 286 with 31 doubles, 31 home runs, 115 runs batted in and 95 runs scored. He showcased his durability (playing in 161 games) and joined Dave Winfield as the only Padres to lead the NL in RBI for an entire campaign. He also captured the first Gold Glove in his career to go along with a Louisville Silver Slugger award.
The Padres' mainstay on the hot corner asked for $10.3 million in arbitration and eventually got $8.575. Headley batted .314 with 19 homers and 61 RBI in August and September combined.
An improved season for Maybin and a more productive campaign from Quentin is what San Diego needs. And so does Headley.
Part of San Diego's rebuilding project is its pitchers.
Starting with the rotation, Richard and Volquez are safe with a spot. Coming over in a trade from Cincinnati, Volquez dazzled at times for the Padres and logged the second-highest inning total in his career (182 2/3). The right- hander rebounded from three straight subpar outings with the Reds to give the Friars a solid 1-2 punch with Richard.
Marquis picked the brain of former Padres closer Trevor Hoffman in hopes of improving his chances as a starter. The gritty righty has hopped around the league the last few years and is excited about the season.
"Things are starting off on a good note. I'm excited about the season. I'm glad to be back here," Marquis said. "It's always nice to be closer to home, especially when you have three kids, but it's also nice to be somewhere I'm wanted and appreciated."
Anthony Bass, Casey Kelly, Tyson Ross, Cory Luebke, Andrew Cashner and Eric Stults are legitimate candidates to round out the rest of the rotation. Freddy Garcia is another option, but he's getting a bit long in the tooth. The Padres could have made a splash in the free agent market and even tried to lure Edwin Jackson to the west coast, but they're stuck with what they have.
Some believe World Series are won in April and May. Some believe after the All-Star break clubs can make a run despite a shaky start.
The Padres went 7-17 in April and 10-18 in May, and they're strong final two months went to the wayside. Black's club must produce better results out of the gates to even have a chance to compete with the Giants and Dodgers. There's usually a common denominator as to why players have a rough start, but all teams go through it.
"Because of how we played (in the second half), we feel that we can do it again," Black said. "And that's the challenge. Instead of doing it for three months, we've got to do it for six.
"That's what all teams that are good and contend do; they're consistent, from start to finish. We had a bad start, but we finished well. Now we have to do it for six months."
Getting off to a hot start without Headley, though, may be difficult.
X-FACTOR: NICK HUNDLEY: Hundley hopes to put a disappointing 2012 campaign behind him and will get the majority of playing time at catcher with Yasmani Grandal suspended for the first 50 games of the season. Hundley played to a .157 batting average and a .245 slugging percentage in 58 games before he was sent to Triple-A Tucson. Hundley, who missed time with a knee injury in April and was shelved after back surgery in August, adjusted his mechanics at the plate in the offseason, lowering his hands and tinkering with his stance. Whether it helps or not remains to be seen, but he'll have at least 50 games to prove he can remain at the big league level. If not, the Padres wouldn't be doing themselves an injustice by putting him on the bench. San Diego has plenty of depth, which will come in handy after the first few months.
The word on the streets is that uncertainty and lack of offensive firepower will keep the Padres out of the playoffs once again. That may be true unless injuries subside, the rotation finds it niche and Headley isn't left carrying the offensive load. The Padres won 90 games back in 2010 and hope to revert back to those days, when pitching and timely hitting came often. Every ballclub has its share of questions, but not every team answers them. The solid core of youth will need some time to jell and perhaps 2014 looks better. A fourth or fifth place finish in the NL West seems realistic.

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Former Buffalo Bills quarterback has never watched the game film from any of his four Super Bowl appearances, he tells "CBS Sunday Morning with Charles Osgood"
Kelly tells Susan Spencer: "If I went back, I would have to repeat that all over my mind. ... I'm at ease now."
Former Buffalo Bills quarterback Jim Kelly led his team to the Super Bowl four consecutive times - a record that will be hard to match for future generations. The Bills, however, lost all four games. Since then, Kelly has never watched highlights of any of those games, he tells "CBS Sunday Morning with Charles Osgood" in an interview to be broadcast Sunday, Feb. 3 (9 a.m.), on CBS.
"Never have seen a game film in any of the Super Bowls, never watched one," Kelly tells Susan Spencer. "If I went back, I would have to repeat that all over in my mind. ... I'm at ease now. I'm at a peace of mind, peace in my heart now knowing what we accomplished, even though we didn't win them. I feel all right with that."
Kelly talks with Spencer for a report on the psychology of winning in sports, in awards and in other areas of life. Spencer also interviews experts on the subject of winning - and losing.
Despite the losses, Kelly knows a lot about winning as a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. His No. 12 football jersey has been retired by the Buffalo Bills, where he played for 11 years and won more than 100 games.
"There's always going to be a major emphasis on winning, because that's just the way society is," Kelly says. "That's just the way our culture is. That you want to be No. 1 at the end. ... If you're No. 2, at times, there's no doubt No. 2 is looked upon as mediocre, as a person that didn't achieve it, sometimes as losers."
CBS Sports broadcasts Super Bowl XLVII on Sunday (6:30 p.m.) live from the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans.
Also on "CBS Sunday Morning with Charles Osgood," country superstar Tim McGraw seemingly has it all - a picture-perfect marriage to Faith Hill and a two-decade run of success - but he tells Tracy Smith he still feels like an underdog.
McGraw tells Smith he needs to feel that way because he's still got a lot left to do. "I don't want myself to feel like I've done everything that I wanted to do and that I've accomplished everything I wanted to accomplish," he says. "It may not be the right philosophy or it may not be a healthy philosophy in the long run ... but I think I need to feel that way."
"I want to feel like I have something to prove," he adds. "I want to feel like I'm in a corner sometimes and need to fight my way out of it."
McGraw attributes his fighting spirit to his days of playing baseball in college and the mindset of a relief pitcher with the outcome of a big game on his shoulders. "You got to come in with the bases are loaded and strike somebody out," he explains.
In a wide-ranging interview, McGraw talks with Smith about his home life in Nashville, his marriage to Faith Hill, his family, and he gives Smith a tour of his classic car collection. He also talks about the impact of learning that former Mets pitcher Tug McGraw was his father, though initially McGraw wanted nothing to do with him when he was a boy.
"I think I got from finding out that Tug was my father and seeing his success - and the things that he did with his life," McGraw says, "I think maybe unintentionally ... it gave me a drive and it gave me a realization that maybe I could do something with my life."


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In the final minutes of practice Monday, the Lakers were playing a pickup game. The rich and gifted athletes were running up and down the gym floor like chaotic children on a playground, gunning and fouling and arguing.
They were playing like a team without a coach or a vision, which was appropriate because, at that moment, they had neither.
Has it really been less than three years? Was it really just June 2010 when they experienced one of the greatest triumphs in franchise history with a Game 7 NBA Finals victory over the Boston Celtics? Have they really fallen this far, this fast?
Less than three years ago, the Lakers were in the discussion of the greatest franchises in the history of American professional sports. Today, they are a drifting, dysfunctional mess.


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Betty Virgina Koepke
April 11, 1920 - May 3, 2008
Betty Virgina Koepke, 88, born Betty Knutson on April 11, 1920, in Newark, N.J., passed away Saturday, May 3, 2008, in Hobe Sound, Fla., due to complications with cancer.
She was a beloved wife, mother and grandmother who lived the majority of her life in Waukesha as a member of the Knutson family. She married to Edgar George Koepke, also of Waukesha, who preceded her departure in November 1993.
Betty was a graduate of Randall Elementary School and Waukesha High School. Her lifelong passion for books and newspapers resulted in her spending indefinite hours at the Waukesha Public Library pursuing new works. She was also a member of St. Luke's Lutheran Church in Waukesha.
She is survived by her daughters, Bonnie Ann Graves of Hobe Sound and Billie Jeanette (Todd) Harrison of Tequesta, Fla.; grandson, Christopher Michael Todd of Miami Beach, Fla.; and her extended family, Victor Gingell and Clancy of Hobe Sound, Fla., as well as many others. Her extended family also includes the Staffeldts of Waukesha and the Zahns of Bruce.
A memorial service will be held at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, May 21, at St. Luke's Lutheran Church, 300 Carroll St., Waukesha, followed by burial at Prairie Home Cemetery next to her husband, Edgar Koepke.
Memorial donations are suggested to the Waukesha Public Library, 321 Wisconsin Ave., Waukesha, WI 53186.
For more information, contact Billie (nee Koepke) at (561) 707-3548.
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Now, you can download a test version of the AirCast app. It will allow you to stream local gallery, Dropbox or Google Drive content to your Chromecast dongle. You can control the media using notification controls or controls in the app itself. It's that easy, and that's why AirCast is awesome: It's simple.
However, keep in mind that it is a test version. There can and will be bugs. A major bug is that some devices don't show the AirCast button in the gallery. One of the devices affected is the HTC One, so keep that in mind. Since it is a test version, it will stop working after two days. By that time, Koush will have probably released another version with less bugs.
If you're feeling adventurous, hit the source link to download the app and start playing with it! It'll make your Chromecast a lot more useful, and you can help with bug reporting for Koush. And don't forget to tell us what you think of the app and how it works!
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Jacob A. Riis
. The Battle with the Slum.
VI. The Mills Houses
by my window the other day, I saw a boy steering across the street for my little lad, who was laying out a base-ball diamond on the lawn. It seems that he knew him from school.
Hey, he said, as he rounded to at the gate, weve got yer dads book to home; yer father was a bum onct.
A Seven-cent Lodging House in the Bowery.
Proof was immediately forthcoming that whatever the father might have been, his son was able to uphold the family pride, and I had my revenge. Some day soon now my boy will read his fathers story
himself, and I hope will not be ashamed. They read it in their way in the other boys house, and got out of it that I was a bum because once I was on the level of the Bowery lodging house. But if he does not stay there, a man need not be that; and for that matter, there are plenty who do whom it would be a gross injury to call by such a name. There are lonely men, who, with no kin of their own, prefer even such society as the cheap lodging house has to offer to the desolation of the tenement; and there are plenty of young lads from the country, who, waiting in the big city for the something that is sure to turn up and open their road to fortune, get stranded there. Beginning, perhaps, at the thirty-cent house, they go down, down, till they strike the fifteen or the ten cent house, with the dirty sheets and the ready club in the watchmans hand. And then some day, when the last penny is gone, and the question where the next meal is going to come from looms larger than the Philippine policy of the nation, a heavy-browed man taps one on the shoulder with an offer of an easy jobeasy and straight enough in the mood the fellow is in just then; for does not the world owe him a living? It is one of the devils most tempting baits to a starving man that makes him feel quite a moral hero in taking that of which his more successful neighbor has deprived him. The heavy-browed fellow is a thief, who is out recruiting his band which the police have broken up in this or some other city. By and by his victim will have time, behind prison bars, to make out the lie that caught him. The world owes no man a living except as the price of honest work. But, wrathful and hungry, he walks easily into the trap.
That was what Inspector Byrnes meant by calling the cheap lodging houses nurseries of crime. I have personally, as a police reporter, helped trace many foul crimes to these houses where they were hatched. They were all robberies to begin with, but three of them ended in murder. Most of my readers will remember at least one of them, the Lyman S. Weeks murder in Brooklyn, a thoroughly characteristic case of the kind I have described. A case they never heard of, because it was nipped in the bud, was typical of another kind. Two young Western fellows had come on, on purpose to hold up New York, and were practising in their lodging, but not, it seems, with much success, for the police pulled them in at their second or third job. When searched, a tintype, evidently of Bowery make, was found in the pocket of one, showing them at rehearsal. They grinned when asked about it. We done a fellow up easy that way, they said, and wed a mind to see how it looked. They were lucky in being caught so soon. A little while, and the gallows would have claimed them, on the road they were travelling.
They had a Mind to see how it looked.
I mention this to show the kind of problem we have in our Bowery lodging houses, with their army of fifteen or sixteen thousand lodgers, hanging on to the ragged edge most of them, and I have only skimmed the surface of it at that. The political boss searches the depths of it about election time when he needs votes; the sanitary policeman in times of epidemic, when small-pox or typhus fever threatens. All other efforts to reach it had proved unavailing when D. O. Mills, the banker, built his two Mills Houses, No. 1 in Bleecker Street for the West Side and No. 2 in Rivington Street for the homeless of the East Side. They did reach it, by a cutcross lots as it were, by putting the whole thing on a neighborly basis. It had been just business before, and, like the keeping of slum tenements, a mighty well-paying one. The men who ran it might well have given more, but they didnt. It was the same thing over again: let the lodgers shift as they could; their landlord lived in style on the avenue. What were they to him except the means of keeping it up?
Doorway of the Mills House, No. 1
The Mills Houses do not neglect the business end. Indeed, they insist upon it. No patron, said Mr. Mills at the opening, will receive more than he pays for, unless it be my hearty good-will and good wishes. It is true that I have devoted thought, labor, and capital to a very earnest effort to help him, but only by enabling him to help himself. In doing the work on so large a scale, and in securing the utmost economies in purchases and in administration, I hope to give him a larger equivalent for his money than has hitherto been possible. He can, without scruple, permit me to offer him this advantage; but he will think better of himself, and will be a more self-reliant, manly man and a better citizen, if he knows that he is honestly paying for that he gets. That had the right ring to it, and from the beginning so have the houses had. Big, handsome hotels, as fine as any, with wide marble stairs for the dark hole through which one dived into the man-traps of old. Mr. Mills gave to the lodger a mans chance, if he
poor. His room is small, but the bed for which he pays twenty cents is clean and good. Indeed, it is said that the spring in it was made by the man who made the springs for the five-dollar beds in the Waldorf-Astoria, and that it is just the same. However that may be, it is comfortable enough, as comfortable as any need have it in Bleecker Street or on Fifth Avenue. The guest at the Mills House has all the privileges the other has, except to while away the sunlit hours in his bed. Then he is expected to be out hustling. At nine oclock his door is barred against him, and is not again opened until five in the afternoon. But there are smoking and writing rooms, and a library for his use; games if he chooses, baths when he feels like taking one, and a laundry where he may wash his own clothes if he has to save the pennies, as he likely has to. It is a good place to do it, too, for he can sleep comfortably and have two square meals a day for fifty cents all told. There is a restaurant in the basement where his dinner costs him fifteen cents.
I will not say that the dinner is as savory as the one they would serve at Delmonicos, but he comes to it probably with a good deal better appetite, and that is the thing after all. I ate with him once, and here is the bill of fare of that day. I kept it.
One Meat Dish
Two Vegetables
Tea, Coffee or Milk
15 cents
Consommé with Noodles
Purèe of Tomatoes
Roast Turkey, Cranberry Sauce
Roast Beef, Dish Gravy
Fricasseed Spring Lamb with Mushrooms
Boiled Fresh Beef Tongue
Fried Smelts, Tartare Sauce
Boiled Cod, Egg Sauce
Boiled Sweet Potatoes
Mashed Potatoes
Cauliflower, Hollandaise Sauce
Fried Egg Plant
Celery Salad
Plum Pudding, Hard or Lemon Sauce
Pumpkin Pie
Baked Apples
I will own the turkey seemed to me to taste of codfish and the codfish of turkey, as if it were all cooked in one huge dish; but there was enough of it, and it was otherwise good. And the fault may have been with my palate, probably was. It is getting to be quite the thing for clubs with a social inquiry turn to meet and take their dinners at Mills House No.1 in Bleecker Street, so it must be all right. Perhaps I struck the cooks off day.
Evening in One of the Courts in the Mills House, No.1.
No.1 is the largest, with rooms for 1554 guests, and usually there are 1554 there. No.2 in Rivington Street has 600 rooms. Together they are capable of housing about twelve per cent of all who nightly seek the cheap lodging houses, not counting the Raines law hotels, which are chiefly used for purposes of assignation. The Bowery houses have felt the competition, and have been compelled to make concessions that profit the lodger. The greatest gain to him is the chance of getting away from there. At the Mills Houses he is reasonably safe from the hold-up man and the recruiting thief. Though the latter often gives the police the Bleecker Street house as his permanent address on the principle that makes the impecunious seeker of a job conduct his correspondence from the Fifth Avenue Hotel or the Savoy, he is rarely found there, and if found, is not kept long. If he does get in, he is quiet and harmless because he has to be. Crooks in action seek crooked houses kept by crooked men, and they find them along the Bowery more readily than anywhere. There are the shows and the resorts that draw the young lads, who, away from home, are all too easily drawn, to their undoing. The getting them out of their latitude is the greatest gain, and this service the Mills House performs, to a salutary extent. The more readily since its fame has gone abroad, and the Mills House has become a type. There is scarcely a mail now that does not bring me word from some city in the West or East that a Mills House has been started there in the effort to grapple with the problem of the floating population. The fear that their reputation may help increase that problem by drawing greater crowds from the country is rather strained, it seems to me. The objection would lie against free shelters, but hardly against a business concern that simply strives to give the poor lodger his moneys worth. As to him, the everlasting pessimist predicted, when the Mills Houses were opened, that they would have to make bathing compulsory. The lodger has given him the lie; the average has been over 400 bathers per day,one in five,and the record has passed 1000. No doubt soap may be cheap and salvation dear, but on the other hand cleanliness does and must ever begin godliness when fighting the slum, and no one who ever took a look into one of the old-style lodging houses will doubt that we are better off by so much. The Mills houses have paid four, even five, per cent on their owners investment of a million and a half. It follows that the business will attract capital, which means that there will be an end of the old nuisance. Beyond this, they have borne and will bear increasingly a hand in setting with the saloon with which they compete on its strong groundthat of social fellowship. It has no rival in the Bowery house or in the boarding-house back bedroom. Every philanthropic effort to fight it on that ground has drawn renewed courage and hope from Mr. Millss work and success.
Many years ago a rich merchant planned to do for his working women the thing Mr. Mills has done for lonely men. Out on Long Island he built a town for his clerks that was to be their very own. But it came out differently. The Long Island town became a cathedral city and the home of wealth and fashion; his womans boarding house a great public hotel far beyond the reach of those he sought to benefit. The passing years saw his great house, its wealth, its very name, vanish as if they had never been, and even his bones denied by ghoulish thieves rest in the grave. There is no more pathetic page in the history of our city than that which records the eclipse of the house of Alexander T. Stewart, merchant prince. I like to think of the bankers successful philanthropy as a kind of justice to the memory of the dead merchant, more eloquent than marble and brass in the empty crypt. Mills House No.1 stands upon the site of Mr. Stewarts old home, where he dreamed his barren dream of benevolence to his kind.
His work lies undone yet. While I am writing this, they are putting the roof on a great structure in East Twenty-ninth Street that is to be the Womans Hotel of the city and bear the name of Martha Washington. It is intended for business and professional women who can pay from seven or eight dollars a week up to almost anything for their board and lodging, and it is expected to fill so great a need as to be commercially profitable at once. That will be well, and we shall all be glad. But who will build the Mills House for lonely girls and women who cannot pay seven or eight dollars a week, and would not go to the Womans Hotel if they could? The social cleft between Madison Avenue and Bleecker Street is too wide to be bridged by the best intentions of a hotel company. I doubt if they would know where to go in that strange uptown country. When as an immigrant I paid two dollars a day for board that was not worth fifty cents, in a Greenwich Street house, I might have lodged in comfort in a Broadway hotel for less money, had I only known where. There are hosts of half-starved women and girls living in cheerless back rooms,or, rather, they do not live, they exist on weak coffee or tea, laying up an evil day for the generation of which they are to be the mothers,to whom such a house would be home, freedom, and life. Ask any working girls vacation society whence the need of their labor early and late, if not to put a little life and vigor into those ill-nourished bodies. Ask the priest, or any one who knows the temptations of youth, how much that bald and dreary life of theirs counts for in the fight he has on hand. Who will build the working womens hotel somewhere between Stewarts old store and Twenty-third Street, east of Broadway, that shall give them their sadly needed chance? And while about it, let him add a wing, or build a separate house, such as they have in Glasgow, for widows with little children, that shall answer another of our perplexing problems,a house, this latter, with nursery, kindergarten, and laundry, where the mother might know her child safe while she provided for it with her work. Who will be the D. O. Mills of these helpless ones?
Lodging Room in the Leonard Street Police Station.
Or is there but one Mills? I have heard it said that he has been waiting, asking the same question. Let him wait no longer, then, if he would put the finishing touch to a practical philanthropy that will rank in days to come with the great benefactions to mankind.
Womens Lodging Room in Eldridge Street Police Station.
I have dwelt upon the need of bracing up the home, or finding something to replace it as nearly like it as could be, where that had to be done, because the home is the key to good citizenship. Unhappily for the great cities, there exists in them all a class that has lost the key or thrown it away. For this class, New York, until three years ago, had never made any provision. The police station lodging rooms, of which I have spoken, were not to be dignified by the term. These vile dens, in which the homeless of our great city were herded, without pretence of bed, of bath, of food, on rude planks, were the most pernicious parody on municipal charity, I verily believe, that any civilized community had ever devised. To escape physical and moral contagion in these crowds seemed humanly impossible. Of the innocently homeless lad they made a tramp by the shortest cut. To the old tramp they were indeed ideal provision, for they enabled him to spend for drink every cent he could beg or steal. With the stale beer dive, the free lunch counter, and the police lodging room at hand, his cup of happiness was full. There came an evil day, when the stale beer dive shut its doors and the free lunch disappeared for a season. The beer pump, which drained the kegs dry and robbed the stale beer collector of his ware, drove the dives out of business; the Raines law forbade the free lunch. Just at this time Theodore Roosevelt shut the police lodging rooms, and the tramp was literally left out in the cold, cursing reform and its fruits. It was the climax of a campaign a generation old, during which no one had ever been found to say a word in defence of these lodging rooms; yet nothing had availed to close them.
A Scrub and her Bedthe Plank.
The city took lodgers on an old barge in the East River, that winter (1896), and kept a register of them. We learned something from that. Of nearly 10,000 lodgers, one-half were under thirty years old and in good healthfat, in fact. The doctors reported them well nourished. Among 100 whom I watched taking their compulsory bath, one night, only two were skinny; the others were stout, well-fed men, abundantly able to do a mans work. They all insisted that they were willing, too; but the moment inquiries began with a view of setting such to work as really wanted it, and sending the rest to the island as vagrants, their number fell off most remarkably. From between 400 and 500 who had crowded the barge and the pier sheds, the attendance fell on March 16, the day the investigation began, to 330, on the second day to 294, and on the third day to 171; by March 21 it had been cut down to 121. The problem of the honestly homeless, who were without means to pay for a bed even in a ten-cent lodging house, and who had a claim upon the city by virtue of residence in it, had dwindled to surprisingly small proportions. Of 9386 lodgers, 3622 were shown to have been here less than sixty days, and 968 more not a year. The old mistake, that there is always a given amount of absolutely homeless destitution in a city, and that it is to be measured by the number of those who apply for free lodging, had been reduced to a demonstration. The truth is that the opportunity furnished by the triple alliance of stale beer, free lunch, and free lodging at the police station was the open door to permanent and hopeless vagrancy. Men, a good bishop said, will do what you pay them to do: if to work, they will work; if you make it pay them to beg, they will beg; if to maim helpless children makes begging pay better, they will do that too. See what it is to encourage laziness in man whose salvation is work.
What a Search of the Lodgers brought forth.
A city lodging house was established, with decent beds, baths, and breakfast, and a system of investigation of the lodgers claim that is yet to be developed to useful proportions. The link that is missing is a farm school, for the training of young vagrants to habits of industry and steady work, as the alternative of the workhouse. Efforts to forge this link have failed so far, but in the good time that is coming, when we shall have learned the lesson that the unkindest thing that can be done to a young tramp is to let him go on tramping, and when magistrates shall blush to discharge him on the plea that it is no crime to be poor in this country, they will succeed, and the tramp also we shall then have druv into decency. When I look back now to the time, ten or fifteen years ago, when, night after night, with every police station filled, I found the old tenements in the Bend jammed with a reeking mass of human wrecks that huddled in hall and yard, and slept, crouching in shivering files, all the way up the stairs to the attic, it does seem as if we had come a good way, and as if all the turmoil and the bruises and the fighting had been worth while. New York is no longer, at least when Tammany is out, a tramps town. And that is so much gained, to us and to the tramp.
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The Making of an American.
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Since reading this proof I have been over and verified my diagnosis. The trouble must have been with me. The soup and the mutton and the pie had each its proper savor, and the cook is all right. So is the lunch. There is no fifty-cent lunch in the city that I know of which is better.
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As the U.S., and apparently Canada, moves into being a major supplier of death fuels, some countries are going in a different direction. America doesn't lead anymore, because our government is full of conservative christian dipshits.
The country is headed for 80 percent renewable energy and has complete buy-in from all political parties.
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Wind turbines between Poitiers and Angouleme in France. Nearly 200 nations launched a fresh round of United Nations climate talks in Doha on Monday.
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In the shadows of what was for many another disappointing international climate negotiation at COP 18 in Doha, the German energy transformation or "Energiewende" has all the signs of a modern miracle: A complete shift of the world's fourth largest economy to 80% renewable energy and complete buy-in from all political parties—from the most conservative to most liberal. So, where is the sustainability energy Kool-Aid and how can we get some for the U.S. Congress?
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No matter who one seems to talk to in Germany, whether it's the conservative member of parliament or the kid of the street, they all seem to agree on one thing: climate change needs to be addressed and they're going to do it. Conflict arises, however, when asked HOW to do this and the Energiewende plan of Germany is touted as an inspirational and socially-responsible movement by one of the worlds' leading economies, while others see it as a plan doomed to failure. According to a 2012 Economist critical analysis of the plan, "To many the Energiewende is a lunatic gamble with the country's manufacturing prowess. But if it pays off Germany will have created yet another world-beating industry, say the gamblers."
So, what is this transition plan and is it an energy and climate innovator or, as skeptics claim, a plan made to fail? The targets are impressive. The Energiewende includes phasing out all nuclear power by 2022 and cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 80% from 1990 levels and shifting the nation's energy sources to 80% renewables by 2050. Additionally, the Renewable Energy Act gives priority to renewable energy in the energy grid before dirty forms of energy, securing a place for renewables in the energy marketplace. The plan also includes major expansions of the energy grid, consumer-based incentives, market-based emissions reductions and, all in all, reads as a gigantic climate and renewable energy high five.
In stark contrast, the world is watching closely as the U.S. undergoes a climate-unfortunate "re-industrialization". Our own domestic energy transformation includes the "shale gas miracle"—or curse—of untapped natural shale gas reserves and the increased call for hydraulic fracking—a method of natural gas extraction that has lead to dramatic health and environmental concerns by many communities and a burgeoning anti-fracking movement. Many speak of the "shale gas miracle" as the key to U.S. energy independence. The U.S. Energy Information Administration predicts a 44% increase in U.S. natural gas production from 2011 to 2040. Additionally, according to a November, 2012, L.A. Times article, "The U.S. will become the world's top producer of oil by 2020, a net exporter of oil around 2030 and nearly self-sufficient in energy by 2035, according to a new report from the International Energy Agency." The popular rhetoric of U.S. energy independence seems to be the only climate or energy discussion to have successfully infiltrated U.S. media and crossed party lines—with "energy security" as a close runner-up. However, as we learned as teenagers, all this "independence" comes with a price (think: global climate change) and increased responsibility (is it time to become a global climate player?). Germany, on the other hand, has historically been an energy dependent nation (currently importing 70% of its energy) with longtime dependency of natural gas from Russia and coal and oil imports from a diversity of countries. As the U.S. leads the way in per capita greenhouse gas emissions, our "energy independence" being centered on an INCREASE in fossil fuel extraction is problematic. No matter how you look at it, Germany is phasing out fossil fuels and the U.S. is phasing up fossil fuels.
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"Petroleum rules every aspect of American life."
Only because there is money to be made.
No doubt. Capitalism trumps life here.
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London (CNN) -- New figures show that tough trading conditions across Europe are forcing many firms to making even tougher financial decisions -- particularly when it comes to their travel budgets.
Paul Tilstone, the managing director of the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) in Europe, says it's not surprising that companies are slashing spending on business trips.
"What we're seeing are companies putting in place critical-only travel plans and that has a knock on effect," he added.
"It's not about growth now for a lot of companies -- it's about survival. Unless something is considered critical to the running of the business, then it won't be authorized."
With travel expenditure often one of the biggest expenses within a business it becomes fundamental to reduce budgets. So where are the cuts being made?
Hotels that were once perceived as cheap are now viewed as adequate and comfortable. The days of expensive flights are also long gone.
"The standard now, is people travel in economy rather than business class," said Tilstone. "When trips are authorized, companies want more out of them. They want more bang for their buck."
Latest figures from the GBTA show varying levels of growth and decline across five critical markets in Western Europe in 2012: Germany, UK, France, Italy and Spain.
Together they make up nearly 70% of business travel across the continent -- but Germany is the only nation where an increase has been reported. Spending there will have grown by 1.6% by the end of the year.
Elsewhere, the picture isn't as rosy. In the UK spending has flat-lined, while in France it will have dropped by 2.2%. The situation in the south of Europe is worse still, with spending on business travel in Spain and Italy dramatically decreasing.
Overall it means a reduction in spending of 2.2% across Western Europe -- and paints an even bleaker picture than the projections issued by the GBTA during the spring.
"The spring 2012 outlook was formulated in May and since that time conditions in Italy, Spain, Greece, and France, among others, have worsened," said Tilstone.
"The debt crisis may have been moved to the media's and stock market's back burner at the moment, but the crisis is still problematic and has caused economic conditions to worsen."
For some companies, it's obvious that cutbacks are a necessary evil. But what kind of effect do they have on productivity?
"I take dozens of trips a year, and around 30 to 35 of those are international," added Tilstone. "If I had to travel in economy all the time it would take its toll on my well being. It's about finding a balance. You don't want your employees becoming less productive individuals."
Read: Why is the West losing out to the rest
Stewart Harvey says he's not surprised by downgrading of the figures by the GBTA. As the commercial director of British corporate services provider HRG he specializes in ensuring companies make the most of their travel arrangements. He says a growing number of firms are exercising caution around their travel budgets.
"Businesses are not out to stop traveling," he said. "But there's a lack of confidence and they're putting controls on what they are spending.
"They want to record the purpose of the trip. Why are their employees going and who are they going to see? Is it external or internal? Are they going after a customer or extracting more business?
"People are being conservative and cautious because they are thinking about their whole business and they don't know what's ahead."
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Although the GBTA's projections for 2012 are bleak, particularly for southern European countries, its outlook for next year makes for slightly more pleasant reading.
The association predicts a 1.4% bounce back in 2013, which it links to job growth and any likely increase in GDP.
Is this a barometer for the region's wider economy?
"There is coloration," said Tilstone. "There are suggestions that there's a one quarter time lag between growth in business travel and growth in economies.
"But with lingering debt challenges and continued austerity measures, the European economy is likely to continue to be challenged for years to come. The GBTA's fall report therefore remains cautious."
But Harvey isn't convinced the projections for growth next year will come to fruition.
"How on earth would we know that? We don't have a crystal ball with that assurance," he said.
"In our experience, most companies aren't looking that far ahead. Planning for the long term is now viewed as three to four months in advance."


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Following the success of his debut album, Doo-wops and Hooligans, likeable young soul-pop chap Bruno Mars has a lot to live up to. It was a lively, often wildly inventive pop album that sold more than six million copies, and its string of hit singles made him the biggest selling digital artist of 2011. And that soaring tenor of his, part soul superstar with a little bit of rock rawness to it, made Mars an important new voice and musician on the scene.
So when Unorthodox Jukebox's first single, Locked Out of Heaven, came out he was seemingly on track to nail his second coming. Because even though the song is a rip-off of the Police it was yet another catchy and celebratory capsule of pop perfection.
But when you are an ambitious and musically restless tunesmith like Mars, making a whole album palatable is a different story. And, initially at least, for all its impressive genre-hopping and sonic shifts, Unorthodox Jukebox comes across as a little incoherent. Which means Mars, who it has to be said is a smoothie both in voice and style, never fully gets his silky flow on.
And then there's a tendency to lean too heavily on his influences, even though more often than not he pulls it off like on Locked Out of Heaven for example, and the fun and funky Earth Wind and Fire groove of Treasure, a sunny summertime treat.
Be warned though because within this mix of styles there are some weak links, like reggae dub tune Show Me, which has some nice steel pan touches and galactic sonic outbursts, but is otherwise drab and limp. It's the Mars equivalent of New Zealand's barbecue reggae-meets-Sweet Lovers by the Holidaymakers. A song like that is not worthy of a talented chap like him. And the breathless banging of Natalie is, well, a bit brainless.
But give the guy and this album a chance because Gorilla, with beats by production wunderkind Mark Ronson, shows a tougher, bad boy side to Mars where he's off snorting cocaine and wreaking havoc - and it suits him, because before he was just a little too good to be true. It's by far his most interesting song to date too, as it moves between aching and soulful to serenading and grand.
Then there's Money Make Her Smile, a weird mix of progressive soul, 80s synth pop, and yapping house music, with Mars' infatuation with Michael Jackson in full effect; in total contrast, When I Was Your Man is just Mars and his piano, and last track If I Knew is a lovely, gutsy nod to the roots of soul music.
Though Unorthodox Jukebox is not quite the follow-up he needed to capitalise on the promise he showed on Doo-wops, there's no denying his talent.
Stars: 3.5/5
Verdict: Yet to reach his full potential
Click here to buy a copy of Unorthodox Jukebox.
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It is often said that we feed our livestock better than we feed ourselves. Those words may now ring a little truer on many farms across the United States. Alltech, a global leader in animal health and nutrition, recently launched a series of new species solution programs aimed at helping animals reach their full genetic potential.
"Yesterday, when we discussed animal nutrition, we talked about increasing performance through a stress pack," said Dr. Kate Jacques, Alltech's director of nutrition. "Today we are discussing the gene chip and how we can feed our animals to up regulate their genes, improve immune response, advance carcass quality and leave less stress on the environment. It's a whole new ball game."
This shift in industry focus changes the priority from just getting more nutrients into the animal, to understanding the degree to which each nutrient affects animal production at the cell and tissue levels. Alltech utilizes the genechip, a DNA microarray, to measure gene expression and allow for scientists to analyze a very large number of genes at once. With this technology, scientists have found nutrients are "gene switches" that regulate bio-functions.
According to a recent survey conducted by Alltech across the United States, 33 percent of farmers said if they had unlimited resources, the first area of their operation they would seek to improve would be feed costs, followed by another 33 percent stating commodity prices. With these increased prices in mind as well as the additional costs associated with supplements and additives, Alltech's new solution program combines several technologies to synergistically work to enhance performance, improve animal health and increase return on investment all while helping that individual animal reach its full genetic potential.
"When we think of tractors, we think of John Deere and when we think about putting on our jackets for morning chores, we think Carhartt," said Dr. Pearse Lyons, president and founder of Alltech. "This is a very targeted, revolutionary approach that is true to Alltech's ACE principle – safe and beneficial to all three entities – while delivering value and savings to the farmer."
Besides nutritional applications, Alltech's On-Farm Support program includes workshops and training for the farm employees, nutritional advisory services, fermentation testing, 37+ Mycotoxin analyses, forage quality inspections, quality control checks and many other services to support farmerss.
For more information about the Alltech On-Farm Solutions and Support program, please visit www.alltech.com or call (800)289-8324.
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Founded by Dr. Pearse Lyons, Alltech is a global animal health and nutrition company with 32 years' experience in developing natural products that are scientifically proven to enhance animal health and performance. With 2800 employees in 128 countries, the company has developed a strong regional presence in Europe, North America, Latin America, the Middle-East, Africa and Asia. For further information, visit www.alltech.com.


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In a recent draft performance report by the Michigan Department of Education, the Andrews School of Education's Teacher Preparation program was declared exemplary. The program scored sixty-six points out of a possible seventy, based on evaluation in six areas, including passing rate on the Michigan Test for Teachers Certification (MTTC), teaching success rate, and program completion. Also factored in was the diversity of the student population, as well as diversity of certification areas.
Jim Jeffery, dean of the School of Education, sees the test results as recognition of a solid program. "This rating by the Michigan Department of Education shows the tremendous strength of our undergraduate teacher preparation program, said Jeffery. This performance score allows us to hold our heads high among the other 33 teacher preparation institutions in Michigan.
Jeffery also notes that the MDE classification of institutions will be reported to the USDE in the State Title II report in October. This further enhances our reputation as a premier provider of a quality teacher preparation program, said Jeffery.
Lee Davidson, associate professor of teaching and learning, saw the strong test scores as an indication of a positive future for the Teachers Preparation Program. We will continue to strive for excellence in preparing teachers for both Adventist and public schools," Davidson said.
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Has it been already a year?! 2012 sure went fast! As I did last year, here is a quick recap of what happened in 2012.
I took a leap of faith and moved to Hong Kong, my new home. I started a Master's Degree program at a local university in the discipline of Social Science. 2012 has been a year of learning for me in terms of "Jewishness". I have been traveling, exploring, and meeting various Jews in Asia and will continue to do so throughout 2013.
Some major 2012 highlights:
- Received a VIP tour of Hong Kong's Sephardic style Ohel Leah Synagogue
- Visited Shanghai's old Jewish Ghetto in HongKou
- Traveled to Kaifeng to visit Esther Guo Yan and Kaifeng Jews
- Started Introduction to Judaism class at the United Jewish Congregation of Hong Kong
I have been in full Jewish culture learning mode. In 2013, I plan to do the same and learn as much as I can about Jews' culture and history. As of December 30 2012, I have the following stats.
- Blog – allofasuddenpartJew (52 Posts)
- Facebook – page under the same title (481 Fans)
- Twitter – account under the same title (218 Followers)
**Any mention of Jews and Chinese in this blog solely refers to the cultural and historical aspects of both groups. I am apolitical and agnostic and do not plan to be political nor religious in the future.**


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posted by Thom Holwerda on Mon 16th Jan 2006 12:55 UTC
When Steve Jobs returned to Apple in 1997, Micheal Dell was asked what he would do to fix Apple. Dell replied: "What would I do? I'd shut it down and give the money back to the shareholders." Following Friday's news that Apple had surpassed Dell's value of $71.97 billion, Jobs wrote an email to his staff: "Team, it turned out that Michael Dell wasn't perfect at predicting the future. Based on today's stock market close, Apple is worth more than Dell. Stocks go up and down, and things may be different tomorrow, but I thought it was worth a moment of reflection today." Who said capitalism is humourless?


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Lizzie McGuire has now officially grown up—well, at least for the actress who played her.
Hilary Duff married Edmonton Oilers hockey player Mike Comrie, 29, in Santa Barbara Saturday, confirmed the actress' rep to OK! magazine.
According to the report, Duff, 22, wore a Vera Wang mermaid gown at a ceremony that included 100 family and friends. Her sister, Haylie, herself an actress, was maid of honor.
Both Duff and Comrie first met at an Idaho resort and have dated since 2007, said People magazine. This past February, Comrie proposed to Duff while on vacation in Hawaii, an act that caught the actress "completely surprised," said sister Haylie.
Duff had this say about her now-husband back in 2009: "I've never met anyone who can say a bad word about him. He's generous, caring and sunny. We just laugh our heads off."
Recently Duff won in the 2010 Teen Choice Awards category of "scene stealer" for her stint on "Gossip Girl."


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They feared the worst. Then they were told that a miracle had come. Then the worst happened, after all. Leonard and Cherylann Gengel were forced to absorb an impossible truth. Their teenage daughter was dead, crushed in the wreckage of a hotel in Haiti, in the first shock of the earthquake that devastated the impoverished island nation three years ago
The Gengels chronicle this wrenching emotional upheaval in their new book about Britney, 19, the oldest of their three children, a college student who was volunteering with orphans in the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince, when the earthquake hit on Jan. 12, 2010.
"Heartache and Hope in Haiti: the Britney Gengel Story" is a powerful account of how the Holden couple quickly channeled their grief into building an orphanage for 66 children in Grande Goave, a seaside town about 70 miles from the capital on the country's southeastern peninsula.
The book starts with the earthquake and ends with the orphanage — a sprawling, "B"-shaped concrete edifice built to withstand even powerful earthquakes — near completion.
Britney's tragedy was compounded when school officials originally told the Gengels that she was alive; two days later, however, it was confirmed that she had died in the collapse of the iconic Hotel Montana in Port-au-Prince. Her remains were not found until Feb. 14.
"Our daughter's story is one of unfathomable events, to lose your daughter twice in 48 hours," Mr. Gengel, a Worcester native and well-known builder of upscale homes in Central Massachusetts, said in an interview. "We honored our daughter's legacy by sharing her story during the most difficult time in our lives."
Written with New York Times best-selling nonfiction author Gary Brozek, the book will be out in paperback Jan. 12, three years to the day after Britney died, and in electronic editions on Jan. 19, her birthday.
Demand for the book has already been strong, with more than 800 copies pre-ordered before Christmas. Pre-orders are available on Amazon.com. The book is being published by TriMark Press, a boutique publishing house in South Florida near where Britney was a communications major at Lynn University in Boca Raton.
All book sales proceeds are going to fund an endowment for the orphanage.
The Gengels plan to formally open the building on Jan. 5, with a ceremony in Grande Goave. On hand, along with Haitian friends, will be several dozen Gengel family members, Britney's friends, and family of the three other Lynn students and two faculty members killed in the Jan. 10, 2010, earthquake.
Britney, a Wachusett Regional High School graduate, was with the Lynn group volunteering with orphans in Port-au-Prince for a week with the aid group Food for the Poor.
While Mr. Gengel has sold some of his building companies and vacation rental homes and the Gengels have poured retirement savings and other money into the orphanage project, they are keeping their Holden house. Mr. Gengel plans to keep building one or two houses a year here while the couple spends 10 days a month in Haiti overseeing the orphanage, which will be professionally managed.
The Gengels — in segments alternating between Mrs. Gengel's voice and Mr. Gengel's — tell their daughter's story in taut, intensely personal prose.
The narrative begins just before the earthquake, with a late afternoon telephone conversation between Cherylann and Britney. It was the last time either parent spoke with Britney.
A few hours earlier, Britney had sent a text message that was to inspire the Gengels to start their nonprofit "Be Like Brit" organization, and in less than three years raise about $2 million from small donors and complete the orphanage on a picturesque mountainside overlooking the sea on Haiti's lush southeastern peninsula.
Cherylann writes in the first chapter:
My smile got bigger when I saw the call was coming from Britney, our soon-to-be twenty-year-old daughter.
"Hey, how's things in Haiti? You doing okay?"
"Things are okay. They're good."
I picked up on something in Brit's voice. She sounded different from how she had the day before when she'd first arrived. Some of the excitement was gone.
Len and I had told Brit to expect some ups and downs. As we sat at the dinner table before she left, we tried to prepare her for what she would see: the extreme poverty and all that went with that. Still, we knew this discussion was in the abstract — she'd have to see and experience this herself.
Only a few hours earlier I'd gotten an ecstatic text message from her saying, "They love us so much and everyone is so happy. They love what they have and they work so hard to get nowhere, yet they are all so appreciative. I want to move here and start an orphanage myself. I already know this is what I want to do with the rest of my life."
I was thrilled to see Len's and my prediction — that this was going to be a life-changing experience for our college sophomore daughter — was coming true …"
In an interview, Mrs. Gengel said she and her husband embarked on the book project just over two years ago primarily to document the period for themselves and for their sons, Bernie, who was 17 when Britney died, and Richie, then 14.
Working with Mr. Brozek from Colorado, they did several hundred hours of recorded telephone interviews and then visited with the writer at his home in Evergreen, Colo. this past summer to do final edits.
"While talking to Gary Brozek, he helped me to put events 'in order' and the more we talked, the more I remembered," Mrs. Gengel said. "He made me really dig deep (which I don't like to do). So it was very painful a lot of the time.
"To me the book is just our story — so many people have their own story," she continued. "This book was never intended to lecture anyone on the grieving process. I would never do that. To me, it's also a very small way to thank the tens of thousands of people who have helped us to build Brit's orphanage."
U.S. Rep. James P. McGovern, wrote the moving preface to the book. A friend and congressional ally of U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the Worcester Democrat used his contacts at the State Department to get Mr. Gengel into Haiti 11 days after the earthquake to recover her body and those of the other Lynn victims.
Mr. McGovern and military escorts accompanied Mr. Gengel on that 24-hour harrowing trip from the Dominican Republic through the Haitian mountains to the devastation of Port-au-Prince, where thousands had died and untold numbers of homes and buildings had collapsed.
"Len and Cherylann have taken this horrible tragedy and turned it into a triumph of the human spirit and hope," Mr. McGovern said in an interview. "I don't know how they got through this terrible ordeal. But they persevered and dealt with their grief by turning it into something beautiful and positive."
When the magnitude 7.0 earthquake hit Haiti at 4:53 p.m. on that January day, the Gengels were still living in Rutland, where Mr. Gengel had established his company, C&S Builders, two decades ago.
In the book, Mr. Gengel describes watching the horror in Port-au-Prince unfold on his television screen in the family's comfortable living room.
"I sat there, my jaw tightening into a clench, rocking back and forth, back and forth in an armchair, barely feeling how precariously balanced I was on those legs, not yet understanding but somehow sensing that the shock waves that had torn into an island sixteen-hundred miles away were bearing down on us, as powerful and as bent on destroying us as it had Haiti," he writes. "As upset as I was, I had already begun marshalling allies and supplies for the long struggle ahead of us."
Reporter Shaun Sutner and photographer Rick Cinclair will be in Grande Goave, Haiti, to chronicle the opening of the orphanage. Coverage in the Telegram & Gazette and on telegram.com begins Jan. 4.


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Technical Communication
Communication = Connection
Rapidly advancing technology increases the need to communicate complex technical information effectively to a variety of audiences and users. Technical communicators use technology to create necessary resources such as user manuals, online help, websites, training materials, and specifications, among many other technical communication products.
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Why Technical Communication at IUPUI?
- Flexible curriculum with face-to-face, hybrid, and online courses
- Curriculum that responds to the needs of STEM employers (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics)
- Transferable credits from many Ivy Tech degrees
- Second major options for many IUPUI degrees
- Applied industry projects and internships
- Experienced faculty with up-to-date information from the field
- Coursework in designing, developing, and editing technical communication products
- Optional tracks that focus on healthcare, usability, or international/intercultural dimensions
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- Technical Writer/Communicator
- Technical Editor
- Usability Specialist
- Web Designer
- Multimedia Content Developer
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Officer Arrests 8-Time Drunken Driver
December 10th, 2012 by milwaukeepolice
On December 5 at 11:54 p.m., District 2 Officer Michael McGrath stopped a speeding car at 1120 S. Layton Blvd. that resulted in the arrest of the driver, Michael P. Kowalik, for Operating an Auto While Intoxicated.
This will be Mr. Kowalik's 8th offense of OAI and all of his arrests have been in the City and County of Milwaukee. Nice job by this officer in making an arrest of a habitual drunken driver. Who knows how many lives Officer McGrath saved?


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Luxury Car Deals: October 2012
With several luxury automakers striving to outsell the competition, several strong incentives are available on new luxury cars in October. We've rounded up some of the best luxury car deals, and we've provided them below for shoppers interested in an upscale new car--whether it's their first-ever luxury car, or their latest lease.
Acura ILX
Acura's newest sedan is available with several incentives in October. According to the luxury brand, qualified buyers interested in financing an ILX can get interest rates as low as 0.9 percent for up to 36 months--a rare deal on a brand new vehicle. For shoppers who would rather lease an ILX, Acura is advertising two separate offers: one requires $1,999 down at signing but boasts a low monthly payment of just $239, while another touts nothing down but a monthly payment of $300. In both cases, the lease deals apply to 36-month terms.
Buick Regal
Remaining 2012 versions of Buick's midsize Regal sedan are available with several special offers in October. According to the automaker, buyers looking to buy the sedan can get up to $1,000 cash back, while shoppers interested in financing can take advantage of interest rates as low as 1.9 percent for up to 60 months. Drivers interested in something larger can get a similar deal on Buick's 2012 LaCrosse, which features the same low interest rate and up to $1,500 cash back. Unfortunately, Buick is offering only minor incentives on 2013 models, including up to $500 cash back for the LaCrosse.
Jaguar XJ
Leftover 2012 Jaguar XJ luxury sedans can be leased from just $799 per month in a new deal from the automaker in October. While that rate requires $4,995 at lease signing, it's one of the best lease offers on a new luxury sedan in October--a fact that will undoubtedly sway some shoppers away from established rivals like the BMW 7 Series and Mercedes S-Class. Jaguar is also offering competitive lease termination cash of up to $3,000 off the XJ for drivers of competitive vehicles whose leases end between now and January 31, 2013.
Lincoln MKS
Several new incentives should help spur sales of Lincoln's full-size MKS sedan in October. According to the automaker, buyers interested in financing a 2013 MKS can get zero percent interest for up to 48 months, 0.9 percent for up to 60 months, or 2.9 percent for 72 months. The automaker is also offering up to $1,000 in cash back for shoppers trading in a competitive model, as well as a 4-year, 50,000-mile complimentary maintenance plan than applies to all 2013 models in the Lincoln lineup.
Mercedes E-Class
Customers interested in leasing will find a great deal on nearly any version of the luxurious Mercedes E-Class this month. The least expensive model is the rear-drive E350, which is available for 36 months with $4,569 due at signing at $579 per month. Just $20 more per month and $300 extra down will lease an E350 4Matic, which features the year-round safety of all-wheel drive. Shoppers looking for a sportier vehicle can get an E350 Coupe for just $629 per month with $4,174 down, while an E350 Cabriolet tops the price range at $709 per month with $5,003 down. Mercedes is also offering a rare low-interest deal on its 2013 E-Class for October, touting rates as low as 2.49 percent for up to 36 months.
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What it means to you: For shoppers interested in luxury car deals, October is a great time to buy as manufacturers continue to try harder to outsell rivals.