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The air conditioning at the Firehook Bakery near Farragut Square in Washington is barely keeping up with the 100-degree temperature outside. Pamela O'Leary and Mwende Katwiwa find a private table in back. Katwiwa readies her notebook and pen, while O'Leary sips her coffee. "What are the main differences between Washington, D.C., and other places you've worked?" Katwiwa asks.
"You always have to dress really conservative here," O'Leary responds. "Dressing well, doing your hair properly, wearing makeup. I got called out by my female mentors because of that. I appreciated that, but I don't know that a female supervisor would do that to a male."
O'Leary and Katwiwa are practicing the time-honored networking tradition of the "informational interview." O'Leary specializes in teaching young women the rules—particularly the unwritten ones—of climbing the professional ladder in the nation's capital. She offers feedback to Katwiwa when the interview is over. "You did great. You showed up early. You had lots of great questions.… Always remember to watch the time. These things should go about 20 to 30 minutes. Do you remember what else you are supposed to ask?"
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Katwiwa, a Tulane University student who is interning this summer at the United Nations Population Fund and hopes to find a job in Washington after graduation, dutifully repeats what she has learned. "Is there any other person I can contact? Oh, and remember to send a thank-you note."
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After the mock interview, Katwiwa reflects on the encounter's curious blend of Emily Post etiquette and girlfriend sharing. "I had never heard of an informational interview. It seems like such a D.C. thing. I would never think to ask a person about her life. I would think it would be too personal or improper."
O'Leary has conducted hundreds of these practice sessions with female college students who want to break into the capital's cloistered political class. The mission of the Public Leadership Education Network, where O'Leary is executive director, is to place women in leadership posts in all areas of public policy.
O'Leary tells her charges to lower their voices, shake hands firmly, introduce themselves with their first and last name, and attend cocktail parties where they don't know a soul and come away with at least one contact. She teaches them about 15-second elevator pitches and personal branding. ("Take the drinking photos off your Facebook page. Set up a Google alert of yourself.")
"Washington, D.C.—the government in any form—is the ultimate old boys' network," O'Leary told National Journal. Women "excel in the traditional education system," she said. "We study hard. We get good grades. But that doesn't translate into gender parity."
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At 27, O'Leary is not far removed from the experiences of the women she coaches, and that makes her both accessible and mildly intimidating to them. "It's the whole idea of self-promotion. That's what it comes down to," she said. "That's part of your job. You have to do these things on a regular basis in order to succeed." If you are a natural introvert, she added, "it's not going to feel comfortable."
O'Leary knows that her own success in Washington depends on her willingness to push boundaries without coming across as too aggressive. She leaped at the chance to work in a congressional office, consciously risking the goodwill of her bosses in Los Angeles by turning down a two-year appointment there. "We're all OK now," she said. She changed her name from Pammy to Pamela when she moved east. She is taking golf lessons to improve her networking opportunities.
O'Leary is a younger version of the typical political professional in Washington—highly focused, whip smart, and well aware that those traits alone won't get her ahead. She echoes the feelings of many women in the city when she says that she must work doubly hard because of her gender. The overwhelming prevalence of this "we work harder" idea is surprising, considering that the town's network of lobbyists, political advocates, government-relations officers, congressional aides, and administration officials is teeming with women.
An NJ online survey of 717 women professionals and nearly two dozen interviews with women across the spectrum of policy and politics echoed O'Leary's perspective: This is a tough town, and it's even tougher for women. Almost three-fourths of the women surveyed (73 percent) said that men have more opportunities to get ahead than women. Half said they had personally experienced discrimination at work because of their gender. Older women told NJ that the path is easier now than when they started out. But women still have a long, long way to go.
Sixty percent of the respondents said that it is harder for women than for men to attain positions of leadership. Yet almost the same number of women (65 percent) said they believed they could advance as far as their talents would take them, regardless of gender.
The current cover story in The Atlantic (which is owned by Atlantic Media, National Journal's parent company), "Why Women Still Can't Have It All," captured the dilemmas of professional women in balancing work and family. NJ's research into the status of women in Washington shows that those problems are no less potent in a political town that, in many ways, represents the ultimate professional meritocracy. An Ivy League education is less important than being able to spot a problem in a draft bill and knowing someone on the Hill who can fix it.
"Women are moving up and getting a higher share of the federal jobs." —Heidi Hartmann, Institute for Women's Policy Research
A tour of duty through Congress or the administration is a virtual requirement for high-level policy and lobbying jobs, and that path has an equalizing effect on women's employment in public policy. An added leveling component comes from the political correctness that fuels this town. Women matter as a voting bloc. They need to be represented, at least pictorially, in the power factions of government. "In government, the salaries are capped at the top for men, and women have a chance for reaching that top," said Heidi Hartmann, a George Washington University professor who heads the Institute for Women's Policy Research and studies women in the workplace. "In Congress and the federal government, women are moving up and getting a higher share of the federal jobs," she added. "It's a continuing problem to still get in there on equal footing."
The "but" that lingers in Hartmann's analysis crops up in every conversation or query about the role of women in Washington. Women are indeed muscling their way toward the back rooms where the most important decisions are made. But the door is still closed much of the time. Even President Obama, who arguably is one of the most feminist presidents in U.S. history, is not immune to criticism. "The people he plays basketball and golf with are male. Most of his Cabinet secretaries are men," Hartmann said. "There does still seem to be a sense in which the inner circle is frequently male-dominated."
Washington has always provided opportunities for white-collar professionals. The government serves up a steady stream of jobs that are oriented toward the social sciences. Nowadays, those jobs attract more women, who cluster in social-science or arts-oriented studies and are graduating from college at higher rates than men. The city is home to several major universities, a key factor in upping women's labor participation. Women also tend to have the kinds of attributes—diligence, good manners, smarts—that make them easy hires. "Washington is one of those markets where it's really all about your talent," said Leslie Hortum, who manages the D.C. office of Spencer Stuart, an executive search firm.
The city's professional women are already luckier than a broad swath of the people in the country who didn't have access to higher education. Yet they still face career barriers, and often the biggest one is having a family. The most prestigious jobs tend to be the worst for families. Top lobbyists, congressional aides, and White House staffers cope with long and unpredictable hours, lots of travel, and relentless pressure to influence the legislative or regulatory machine. Several women who mentor younger professionals told National Journal that balancing work and family is one of the foremost concerns in women's minds even before they graduate from college. Men typically don't worry about family as often or in the same way, they observed.
Two schools of thought prevail about how work and family mesh in Washington. One is a traditional feminist notion that workplaces need to adapt to allow women to have both a career and children. And workplaces aren't there yet. "I wouldn't say that Washington, D.C., is a family-friendly town," said Debra Ness, president of the National Partnership for Women and Families, who advocates for gender equity in the workplace. "There are huge disparities in how women with children fare versus men with children. There is a level of discrimination in caregiving roles that affects women's ability to move up the career ladder."
The bias against women in the workplace isn't as overt as it was in the 1970s and '80s when women were routinely denied employment, Ness says, but it still exists. "It's not as obvious when a woman doesn't get a promotion because she has kids."
The second school of thought, likely to be expressed by conservative and business-oriented women, is more mercenary. You can't be the head of a major lobbying association if you have six children, these women said. You also won't pass the laugh test on a high-level executive search if you look like Grandma. The family and work balance can be managed, as many women in the city have shown, but it requires tough decisions and sacrifices from the whole family.
"How honest are we with each other about our family demands?… We choose, I believe, often not to put in 50 or 60 hours a week to be with our kids, where someone else is willing to do that," said Penny Young Nance, president of Concerned Women for America.
Several of the women on NJ's 25 most influential list credited their husbands for stepping off the career fast track to allow them to advance. Reliable nannies are also essential, others say.
Being a woman can actually be a boon to winning the top nongovernment jobs in Washington, Spencer Stuart's Hortum says. She has placed many women as trade-association presidents and corporate vice presidents. "Most of our clients ask us for a diverse slate of candidates. Some will say, 'It would be great to have a woman,' " she said.
Women who have young children, however, may not be the best fit to lead an association. "I'm really honest. I will say if a job requires an awful lot of travel. It is certainly something that a woman thinks about," Hortum said. Executive-search committees know they cannot ask directly about a candidate's commitment to her family versus her job, but they can make sure she knows what they expect. "You have to be really clear about the requirements of the job," Hortum emphasized. The candidates "make that choice."
Politics thrives on relationships. The most powerful professionals have access to the key administration and congressional aides who can give them vital information that affects their industries. The best lobbyists and politicians have deep networks built on years of trust and friendship, some of it created during off hours sipping martinis or teeing off on the golf course.
Yet the qualities needed to navigate the political scene—empathy, observation, loyalty—are particularly innate to women. "This whole field of politics and public affairs has become increasingly female over the years," said Public Affairs Council President Doug Pinkham, whose group represents public- and government-affairs executives "There is a much stronger move toward an integrated approach to advocacy, not just old buddies sharing a scotch on Capitol Hill."
Women working inside the Beltway already have the same hard-charging drive associated with men, Pinkham observes, but they also have an ability to see the forest through the trees. "It's not this, 'I win, you lose.' It's a much more broad, inclusive, ambiguous approach, where you don't know if you're going to win. It's about building allies. I think that Washington is slowly becoming less of a man's world."
"Women are the best networkers in the whole world," contended Susan Scanlan, who runs the Women's Research and Education Institute. She has observed the trends for Washington women since the 1970s. Thirty years ago, Scanlan says, female professionals "had been conditioned to treat other women as rivals." Now, the swelling ranks of professional women in the city make it easier for them to work in teams and help each other out.
Women in Government Relations is one of many networks that focuses on the needs of professional women in policy and politics. Its members span the policy arena—working in such fields as transportation, education, and health care—but they share common concerns. "We really talk about some of those challenges we face. It still remains a very male-dominated industry," said Patricia Gaitan, the group's executive director. "This is what you need to do in order to ask for a raise. This is what you need to do to make sure your name is in this document. This is the way you get the credit you deserve."
The key to success for women in Washington is turning the unspoken prejudices to their advantage, says Peggy Tighe, who has worked in the city for more than 20 years. Now a partner at the Strategic Health Care lobbying firm, she is a former president of Women in Government Relations and regularly speaks to up-and-coming women about how to make it inside the Beltway.
"Strom Thurmond touched my ass," Tighe said of the late senator from South Carolina, who was notorious for his interactions with women. "You don't scream and yell and be offended. I literally grabbed Strom Thurmond's hand and said, 'Oh, Senator, it's so good to see you,' so he wouldn't touch my ass. Don't assume that everything you were taught in your feminist class is actionable. You've got to be tough to work in this town."
Tighe says she doesn't shy away from acting like a man in her job. She drinks with her male colleagues, curses, and tells dirty jokes. It doesn't pay to be easily offended, she says, but it also helps to have other women to share her experiences with. "There is the old boys' club and the not-so-old girls' club," Tighe said. The girls' club "is about how to handle your infertility and your boyfriend as well as how to ask for a raise."
Employment figures on professional women in Washington are spotty at best. Surveys are akin to several flashlights shining on various parts of an elephant. They offer just enough information to suggest her massive presence but do not illuminate the whole animal. The most basic statistics on the nongovernment political sector are simply missing. We don't know, for example, how many lobbyists are women.
The employment picture for women on Capitol Hill serves as a template, albeit an imperfect one, for how Washington works. The gender inequities are the greatest at the very top—only 17 percent of elected members of Congress are women—and the disparities diminish down the ladder. LegiStorm, which keeps track of congressional staff and their salaries, provided NJ with a salary breakdown of congressional aides by gender.
The number of women and men employed on Capitol Hill is roughly equal, but more than twice as many chiefs of staff are men. The disparity is even starker among Republican members, who employ more than four times as many men than women in their top staff spots. In offices headed by Democrats, the number of male and female chiefs of staff is almost equal in the House, while men still outnumber women 2-to-1 in the Senate.
The paucity of senior women congressional aides is just as pronounced among legislative directors, who generally occupy the No. 2 spot in a member's office. Men outnumber female legislative directors by almost 2-to-1. Down the job ladder, the imbalance doesn't disappear until reaching mid-level legislative-assistant jobs. These positions represent the bulk of the professional jobs on the Hill. Among House members, slightly more women than men hold legislative-assistant posts. Men have a slight edge in the Senate.
The relative gender parity among mid- to lower-level congressional staffers is not surprising. No one disputes that it is far easier for women to get hired in entry-level public-policy jobs, or in mid-career professional slots, than it was even 10 years ago. Legislative-assistant positions are a traditional gateway to more senior lobbying or government roles. These are jobs in which ambitious men and women excel but aren't likely to linger as they head up or out to more lucrative gigs with better hours. Men may hold more of the top spots in congressional offices simply because it takes longer to advance to them. Women are only starting to get to those levels.
The pattern of female workers in the executive branch mirrors that of Capitol Hill. The overall number of male and female federal workers in Washington is about equal, according to the most recent data from the Office of Personnel Management. But there are half again as many men than women at the General Schedule 15 level, where the annual salaries range from $99,000 to $129,000. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission says that women make up 44 percent of the overall federal workforce nationwide, but they are overrepresented at lower levels and underrepresented at senior levels.
Lessons on effective salary negotiation are a common feature of women's networking organizations in D.C. They address a widely held fear among the capital's women that they are at a disadvantage in negotiating pay. Conventional wisdom holds that women are less likely to ask for a raise or a promotion. "They often come across as shrill," said one female executive who has been involved in several high-level political hiring negotiations and who spoke on background for the express purpose of being forthright.
O'Leary, of the Public Leadership Education Network, says that the pay gaps can start in a woman's first job negotiation, particularly if she appears overeager to break in. (Men, everyone agreed, are naturally more aggressive about salary discussions.) "The magic phrase we tell them to use is, 'This number is important to me. What can we do to get me closer to this number?' Then smile and shut up," O'Leary said. "Don't accept the offer immediately."
A predetermined and ostensibly gender-blind government pay scale somewhat narrows the pay gap between Washington's male and female political professionals. If a woman is placed in a certain position in the federal government, she must earn the same as a similarly situated man.
Likewise, almost no difference exists in pay for men and women in comparable congressional jobs, according to the figures compiled by LegiStorm. The slightly higher pay for men on Capitol Hill, at about $30 per day, is attributable to the greater concentration of men in higher-ranking positions.
The pay situation gets far murkier when examining the private-sector employers and nonprofit groups that thrive on Washington politics. The existing data are either proprietary or too generalized to provide any meaningful conclusions. For example, the Census Bureau shows a $9,000 gap between the median earnings of men and women who live in the District of Columbia and work in "public administration." But the figures don't reveal what positions those men and women hold or whether they even work inside the District.
NJ conducted its own salary survey of the heads of more than 500 Washington-based associations, which found a pay gap of 10 to 20 percent between men and women. The difference between the median annual compensation of female and male leaders of trade groups is on the 10 percent side, with women earning about $433,000 and men earning $483,000. Averaging the compensation, however, reveals a gap closer to 20 percent. A few unusually high compensation packages for men in the lobbying community, such as the $11.6 million for Billy Tauzin, former president of Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, helps to skew that figure.
NJ's survey clearly illustrates the scarcity of women in top lobbying and trade-group posts. Four times as many men than women hold these leadership positions. Anecdotally, it is easy to point to the seven prominent female association presidents who make more than $1 million a year. But it is worth noting that the lowest annual compensation in the survey, at $93,757, also belongs to a woman—Margaret Baptiste, formerly of the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association.
Outside of government jobs, the situation for women in political Washington isn't far off the national picture. Full-time working women across the country earn about 82 cents on the dollar compared with men, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Marilyn Mohrman-Gillis started working in D.C. as a litigator in 1979, when few women were lawyers and even fewer were partners. Like every professional in the city, she has war stories. A college professor threatened to flunk her because she was a woman. She had to finish a Supreme Court brief hours after giving birth to her third child. Her struggle to balance work and family (she has four children) peaked during an unpleasant legal dispute over a landfill in Islip, N.Y., which required her to be away every weekend. "At the end of that I said, 'There is more to life than garbage.' "
Washington can offer a rare gift to professionals like Mohrman-Gillis who are coping with family and work conflicts— it gives them the chance to reboot their vocations without losing ground. When litigating became untenable, Mohrman-Gillis took a job at the Federal Communications Commission. "Washington in general is just very wide open in giving opportunities for talented professionals, whether they are men or women, to redirect their careers," she said. "It is unlike other cities where the economy is more based on for-profit companies."
Mohrman-Gillis is now the managing director of public policy and communications for the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, and she has spent the past several years making sure that the financial-planning community has a seat at the regulatory table, especially now, in the wake of the Dodd-Frank financial-reform law. The effort has put the group on the public-policy map.
Decades of life experience separate Mohrman-Gillis and O'Leary of the Public Leadership Education Network, but they and the other professionals who spoke to NJ share the same impression about women in Washington: Although career barriers still exist, they far are less daunting than they once were.
A woman may be alone in a boardroom full of men, but now nobody questions her right to be there or her ability to run the meeting. A hidden expectation of underperformance may still dog women professionals, particularly younger ones. Those biases can be overcome, however.
To succeed, women have to be at the top of their game. To survive, they have to know when to alter their career path to accommodate their rest of their life. The benefits of working in the political class in Washington lie in the rich array of career options it offers. The government will always be here, along with the businesses and interest groups that deal with it. And those organizations will always need women.
Catherine Hollander contributed contributed to this article.
This article appears in the July 14, 2012 edition of National Journal Magazine.
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Brookfield, WI — At least seven people have been shot this morning at the Azana Spa across the street from the Brookfield Square mall.
Other reports say as many as a dozen have been shot by the gunman, who is still at large.
Brookfield is a suburb of about 38,000 people just west of Milwaukee.
Patch has learned the man wanted by police is apparently the estranged husband of one of the hair stylists at the spa.
A spa employee told Patch the hair stylist has been having problems since she left her husband. The man is believed to have slashed car tires in the parking lot of the spa and the business recently put up signs on most of its doors warning employees to keep them locked at all times.
The employee who spoke to Patch said the woman's estranged husband was out of work and his wife was working every day to bring in money to pay the bills. However, she recently decided to leave him, and that's when the problems started.
The two have two daughters, ages 12 and 21, the Azana employee told Patch.
The Brookfield shooting comes approximately 10 weeks after Wade Michael Page opened fire at the Sikh Temple in Oak Creek, killing six people and injuring four more, including Oak Creek police Lt. Brian Murphy on Aug. 5.
The Brookfield Police Department is familiar with mass shooting incidents. In 2005, Terry Ratzmann opened fire during a Living Church of God worship service at the Sheraton Hotel, killing seven before turning the gun on himself.
A bomb squad was called to the scene after 1 p.m. after an explosive device was believed to be in the spa building.
Earlier reports said Brookfield Square Mall was on lockdown following the shooting, however, as of 1:20 p.m. people were allowed to leave the mall. Mall employees told Patch that they have received little information about the incident and have not been told whether to close their businesses.
Newsradio 620 WTMJ's is reporting that authorities are searching for a 6-foot 1-inch, 270 pound with a bald head and brown eyes. He was reportedly driving a black 2003 Mazda. Authorities believe he may be from Brown Deer.
Brookfield police have not provided any details on the incident as of 1:45 p.m. CST.
A spokeswoman for Froedtert Hospital told Patch: "We have been notified that some are coming," but had no information on how many victims there were.
FOX6 News is reporting that four people have been taken to Froedtert with non-life-threatening injuries and that three more are on their way.
Froedtert was put on lockdown at about 1:30 p.m., but there was no official word on the reason for that.
The incident happened about 11 a.m.
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The roads around Brookfield Square have been closed.
On the Brookfield Patch Facebook page, Sally Flaschberger said she showed up at the spa just after the shooting.
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One mall customer, Lisa Taylor of Sussex, told Patch that the mall employees have not been told whether to stay on their jobs or leave the building.
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Good Speaker Too Pricy
By TheBoosh
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Great speaker, Great sound, Great Bluetooth, but a little too pricy for the sound quality.
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Fantastic Speaker!
By TechCrazy
from Mississippi
I just got this speaker yesterday and have been in love with it. I have various audio equipment in my home including studio monitor speakers and home theater surround etc.. and other pro SONY headphones. So when I opened the thing I was surprised by the heft of the unit. I turned it on and was mesmerized by the sound. Most probably because I was never expecting something like this from such a small portable unit. The richness of the sound, the bass and most importantly the fact that I could hear every instrument in a song clearly. The more you listen the more you are taken in with the clarity of the sound. Then comes the sound modes, switch between the three for News or Talk shows, pulsing beats or classical. Ever since I got this my cell phone has been going non stop listening to Tunein Radio. Great job Sony. I just ordered the BTX 500 and another BTX 300 as a gift for my nephews in college who were quite taken with the quality of this unit and the sound it produces. This is probably the BEST accessory I have ever brought for my Tablet/Cellphone or Laptop. Period! Lasltly the travel case that comes with it. It isn't just another neoprene case. It is padded with memory foam. So it feels nice and soft when held and protects the unit from soft bumps and drops. Nice touch, SONY!
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is the whole body of the Mosaic legislation (1 Kings 2:3; 2 Kings 23:25; Ezra 3:2). It is called by way of eminence simply "the Law" (Heb. Torah, Deut. 1:5; 4:8, 44; 17:18, 19; 27:3, 8). As a written code it is called the "book of the law of Moses" (2 Kings 14:6; Isa. 8:20), the "book of the law of God" (Josh. 24:26). The great leading principle of the Mosaic law is that it is essentially theocratic; i.e., it refers at once to the commandment of God as the foundation of all human duty.


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Two Thursday's ago a party of Beauty Bloggers and I made our way down to the M·A·C Store in Kensington, to attend a preview of the new Venomous Villains collection, a collection created in collaboration with Disney that was inspired by the iconic villains portrayed in some of our all time favourite Disney epics…Cruella De Vil from 101 Dalmations, Snow White's Evil Queen, Sleeping Beauty's Malefecent and my favourite, Dr Facilier, the Voodoo guy from The Princess and The Frog.
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As salaam alaikum, I have done a grave mistake by abusing my mother in law while chatting to my sister on watsapp and my husbannd accidently read. It. He has been very angry and upset since then. Alhamdulillah he has not abused me or raised his hands at me. But he is very angry and refuses to even luk at me. I apologised a hundred tyms and even wrote a sorry note with my blood. Anythg I say or do, he is just not willing to cool down. I realise my mistake and I am deeply sorryy for it. On the other hand my mother in law has abused me several tyms in front of my husband and even distant relatives. My husband has nevrr objected or siown any anger towards her. I just don't understand what shld I do and how shld I apologise. . Its been at a month now. I am vry frustrated and stressed. Plese help. Please
Tell them that they should be kind and they should forgive you becase-Narrated by Aisha(ra), Rasulullah (sawllallahu 'alayhi wa sallam)said "khairukum khairukum liahlihi"(Among you he is the best who is the best to their family).he also said that the husband who tolerates his wife's mistakes will receive reward like Hazrat Aiyub ('alayhi salam).and being kind is an essential quality for mu'mins.tell them that they should forgive you because they might receive reward from Allah if they be kind to you and forgive you.
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JazakAllah my friend...I am very happy with your answer. Thank you soo much.
build better relationship with your mother in law so that he understand / realize that you cares about his mother and repented and ashamed on what you did and try to gain his trust you broken his trust
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MSN (originally The Microsoft Network; stylized as msn) is a collection of Internet websites and services provided by Microsoft. The Microsoft Network debuted as an online service and Internet service provider on August 24, 1995, to coincide with the release of the Windows 95 operating system.[2][unreliable source?]
The range of services offered by MSN has changed since its initial release in 1995. MSN was once a simple online service for Windows 95, an early experiment at interactive multimedia content on the Internet, and one of the most popular dial-up Internet service providers. MSN was primarily a popular Internet portal.
Microsoft used the MSN brand name to promote numerous popular web-based services in the late 1990s, most notably Hotmail and Microsoft Messenger service, before reorganizing many of them in 2005 under another brand name, Windows Live. MSN.com was the 17th most visited domain name on the Internet.
- 1 MSN, the Internet service provider
- 2 MSN, the Internet portal
- 3 Other services known as "MSN"
- 4 International services
- 5 See also
- 6 References
- 7 External links
MSN, the Internet service provider[edit]
MSN Classic[edit]
The concept for MSN was created by the Advanced Technology Group at Microsoft, headed by Nathan Myhrvold. MSN was originally conceived as a dial-up online content provider like America Online, supplying proprietary content through an artificial folder-like interface integrated into Windows 95's Windows Explorer file management program. Categories on MSN appeared like folders in the file system.[3]
Then officially known as 'The Microsoft Network,' the service launched along with Windows 95 on August 24, 1995. MSN was included with Windows 95 installations and promoted through Windows and other Microsoft software released at the time. Product support and discussion was offered through the MSN service, as well as information such as news and weather, basic e-mail capabilities, chat rooms, and message boards similar to newsgroups.
MSN 2.0[edit]
In 1996, in response to the increasing relevancy and rapid growth of the Internet, Microsoft renamed its existing MSN service to 'MSN Classic' and created a new version, called 'MSN 2.0,' which combined access to the Internet with web-based multimedia content in a new program known as the 'MSN Program Viewer.'[4] The service was promoted to existing MSN subscribers beginning October 10, 1996; the general release followed on December 10, 1996.[5][6]
Microsoft promoted MSN 2.0 with a series of advertisements and promotional materials describing the service with the phrase, "Every new universe begins with a big bang." The company offered the initial release of the new MSN 2.0 service on a CD-ROM that it sent to MSN subscribers in the fall of 1996. When inserted, the CD-ROM opened to the ambitious and flashy 'MSN Preview,' an interactive video-based experience that introduced current and prospective subscribers to the new version of MSN and described the features of the MSN 2.0 software.[7]
The MSN Preview was formatted as a guided tour of a mock premiere event for the new MSN. It was hosted by a witty and sarcastic character named 'Michael' who welcomed viewers outside of a theatre and then guided them through the theatre to meet several other characters, each of whom represented one of the channels of MSN 2.0's 'On Stage' area, which was designed as the main platform for interactive multimedia content in MSN 2.0.[7]
A handful of uncredited actors appeared in the MSN Preview, including then-unknown actress Anna Faris,[8][9] who represented 'Channel 5,' which was described as "media, zines, attitude"; it was targeted at college-age members. The preview also included its own jazz and pop music loop that played during the installation process.[10]
Once installed, members accessed MSN content through the MSN Program Viewer, which was essentially an animated, stylized and streamlined interface on top of an Internet Explorer 3.0 web browser. When members signed in, they would be presented with several different 'Channels,' which were essentially categories for the various types of content available on MSN. These channels included new services such as msnbc.com, a news web site that began as a partnership between Microsoft and NBC; and Slate, an online magazine focused on politics and current events; both were available to all Internet users, and both are still active, many years later.[5]
Interactive multimedia content was presented in a TV-like format, dubbed MSN shows, as part of the 'On Stage' section. The many shows and sites included an interactive online nightly game show called 'Netwits,' a snarky web site addressing women's issues called 'UnderWire,' and a regular celebrity interview and web-surfing session called 'One Click Away.' These new destinations supplemented web-based MSN services such as CarPoint and Expedia, which were branded as 'Essentials.' An additional 'Communicate' section was based around e-mail, chat rooms, and news groups, while a 'Find' section was dedicated to searching MSN content and the rest of the Internet; it also provided a calendar of upcoming events and new shows on MSN.[5]
The new content made extensive use of multimedia and interactive features, including Visual Basic scripting and early implementations of Macromedia Shockwave Flash (originally called 'FutureSplash') for animations.[11]
While the MSN shows approach was unique and innovative, the content was not easily accessible by members with low-end computers and slower dial-up connections. High-speed Internet access was not widely available at the time, and some users subscribed to monthly dial-up plans that limited the number of hours during which they were allowed to access the service. The MSN 2.0 software was also unstable and would often quit unexpectedly.[10]
In addition to MSN 2.0's speed and stability issues, existing MSN subscribers were concerned the transition to MSN 2.0 would break up communities that were established via the MSN Classic message boards and chat rooms.[12] Their concerns were confirmed when Microsoft announced plans to close the entire MSN Classic service. As a result of all these issues, a web site called 'The Official msNOT Hate Site'[13] originated as a negative response to the new MSN 2.0 software. The site claimed Microsoft patently ignored feedback from concerned members and censored anyone who spoke out against the upgrade; it further charged the company's handling of the transition to MSN 2.0 was "insensitive and ethically questionable."[10] Microsoft denied it attempted to silence those who expressed concern about the upgrade.[14] The site also mocked the music loop that played during the MSN 2.0 installation process because it repeated the phrase "too stupid to stop."[10]
Ultimately, the ambitious use of web-based and interactive multimedia content on the Internet during 1996 and 1997 proved to be ahead of its time, and the MSN 2.0 service was not as successful as Microsoft initially hoped. The company returned to the drawing board for its next MSN release.[4][15][16]
MSN 2.5 through 5.0[edit]
In 1997, after abandoning the interactive multimedia format, the MSN service was again re-focused, this time as a more traditional Internet access service. With the release of MSN 2.5 in late 1997, some exclusive MSN branded content was still offered through the MSN Program Viewer, but the service mainly directed members to normal, text-based web sites that anyone on the Internet could access, instead of interactive shows.[17]
Accompanying the MSN Program Viewer in MSN 2.5 was 'MSN Quick Launch', an icon inside the Windows notification area. Like the MSN Program Viewer in MSN 2.0, the menu in MSN Quick Launch could be dynamically updated to guide members to updated MSN content and services.
With the MSN Internet Access 2.6 release in 1998, the MSN Program Viewer was abandoned entirely in favor of the more familiar Internet Explorer. Another new version of the service, MSN Internet Access 5.0, was released along with Internet Explorer 5.0 in 1999. MSN 5.0 was largely identical to MSN 2.6.
Around this time, MSN began to focus on being an Internet portal to users of other Internet service providers. Building on the success of MSN's web-based e-mail service, Hotmail, which was acquired by Microsoft in December 1997, the 'MSN Messenger Service' (later Microsoft Messenger service) for instant messaging was launched in 1999.
MSN Explorer[edit]
By the release of Windows XP in 2001 (which also brought with it Internet Explorer 6.0), content for MSN Internet Access subscribers was offered through a program called MSN Explorer (MSN 6.0). This program is similar to the MSN Program Viewer in that it provides access to MSN websites, Hotmail, Microsoft Messenger service, and other MSN content through a customized interface on top of Internet Explorer.
The program was rebranded as simply 'MSN' for versions 7, 8, and 9, which were released throughout the next few years. MSN 10 is the current version of the provider's special software for dial-up and premium Internet access.
MSN Dial-up and Premium[edit]
In the United States and Canada, MSN still offers dial-up Internet service under the name 'MSN Dial-up'. MSN remains the second largest dial-up Internet service provider in the United States, behind dial-up leader AOL, which had retained about 10 million subscribers by the end of 2007.[18] MSN bundles its dial-up service with an e-mail account at MSN.com and security software such as firewall and anti-virus programs.[19] MSN subscribers were upgraded to the standard version of Hotmail in 2008, with additional storage capacity compared to free Hotmail users.
For customers with high-speed broadband Internet access, 'MSN Premium' is a subscription service provided by MSN which combines a number of different Internet services into a premium-service version of MSN Explorer. In order to use MSN Premium, users subscribe to the service through get.msn.com or by acquiring DSL through one of MSN's partners, such as Verizon or Qwest in the United States or Bell Internet in Canada. Microsoft also offered premium services with Verizon through the Windows Live brand name beginning in 2006.[20] The included MSN Premium software offers a customized interface similar to the dial-up software. Premium subscribers also receive a firewall and anti-virus software provided by McAfee and Spy Sweeper. On March 1, 2012, MSN Premium provided through Verizon Online was disbanded, and users could no longer use MSN Premium with Verizon.[21]
MSN for Mac OS X[edit]
It was a dial-up client interface to Microsoft's pay-for-access online services for Mac users. It was discontinued in March 2005. The software was, in some respects, comparable to the AOL dial-up client given its channelized interface, built-in chat and instant messaging capabilities, parental controls, and ability to accommodate multiple screen names. It used the Tasman layout engine made for Apple Macintosh edition of Internet Explorer 5.
Upon the client software's discontinuation, Microsoft released this statement: "After May 31, 2005, customers will no longer access MSN service by using the MSN for Mac OS X Internet Software. Instead of accessing MSN services using the MSN for Mac OS X internet software, customers will access MSN services and features with their preferred browser and by setting up a My MSN page as a portal to their favorite online destinations."[22]
Microsoft continues to offer its Microsoft Messenger for Mac software, an instant messaging-only client which, unlike the bulkier MSN for Mac OS X, requires only a free Windows Live account for use. MSN Messenger is comparable to, although not compatible with, AOL Instant Messenger (AIM).
MSN, the Internet portal[edit]
Internet Start[edit]
From 1995 to 1999, the MSN.com domain was used to promote MSN as an Internet service provider. At the time, MSN.com also offered a custom start page and an Internet tutorial, but Microsoft's major Internet portal was known as 'Microsoft Internet Start,' located at home.microsoft.com. It served as the default home page for Internet Explorer and offered basic information such as news, weather, sports, stocks, entertainment reports, links to web sites on the Internet, articles by Microsoft staff members, and software updates. Microsoft's popular news web site, msnbc.com, which launched in 1996, was also tied closely to Microsoft Internet Start.
In 1999, the largely underutilized 'MSN.com' domain name was reinvented as both an Internet portal and as the brand for a family of sites produced inside Microsoft's Interactive Media Group. The new site put MSN in direct competition with sites such as Yahoo! and Go Network. Because the new format opened up MSN's content to the world for free, the Internet service provider and subscription service was renamed 'MSN Internet Access' at that time.[4]
The relaunched MSN.com contained a whole family of sites, including original content, channels that were carried over from web shows that were part of the 'MSN 2.0' experiment (although none of the actual shows remained), and new features that were rapidly added. MSN.com also became a successor to the default Internet Explorer start page, as all of the previous 'Microsoft Internet Start' web site was merged with MSN.com.[4]
In the late 1990s, Microsoft collaborated with many other service providers, as well as other Microsoft departments, to expand the range of MSN's services. Some examples include Microsoft adCenter, MSN Shopping (affiliated with eBay, PriceGrabber and Shopping.com), and the MSN Encarta encyclopedia with various levels of access to information.
Since then, MSN.com has remained a popular destination, launching many new services and content sites. MSN's Hotmail and Microsoft Messenger service were promoted from the MSN.com portal, which provided a central place for all of MSN's content. MSN Search, a dedicated search engine, launched in 1999. The single sign-in service for Microsoft's online services, Microsoft Passport (now Windows Live ID), also launched across all MSN services in 1999. The MSN.com portal and related group of services under the 'MSN' umbrella remained largely the same throughout much of the next decade.
The sports section of the MSN portal was espn.com from 2001 to 2004, and foxsports.com since 2004.[23][24]
On November 3, 2009, MSN released a preview[25] of its new home page and logo. It was originally expected to be widely available to over 100 million U.S. customers by early 2010.[26][27] MSN rolled out its new logo,[28] coupled with a major redesign of the overall site, on December 25, 2009.[29]
Windows Live[edit]
Many of MSN's services were reorganized in 2005 and 2006 under a new brand name, Windows Live. This move was part of Microsoft's strategy to improve its online offerings using the Windows brand name. The company also overhauled its online software and services due to increasing competition from rivals such as Yahoo! and Google. The new name was introduced one service at a time. Windows Live uses 'Web 2.0' technology to offer features and functionality through a web browser that were traditionally only available through dedicated software programs.
Some of the MSN services affected by the rebranding included MSN Hotmail, which became Windows Live Hotmail (now Outlook.com); MSN Messenger, which became Windows Live Messenger (now integrated into Skype); MSN Search, which became Live Search (now known as Bing); MSN Virtual Earth, which became Live Search Maps (now Bing Maps); MSN Spaces, which became Windows Live Spaces; MSN Alerts, which became Windows Live Alerts; and MSN Groups, which became Windows Live Groups. Some other related services, such as MSN Direct, remained a part of the MSN family without transitioning to Windows Live.
Following the launch of Windows Live, the MSN brand took on a different focus. MSN is now primarily an online content provider of news, entertainment, and common interest topics through its Internet portal, MSN.com,[30] while Windows Live now provides most of Microsoft's online software and services.
MSN for Windows 8[edit]
On October 1, 2012, MSN announced on their blog that they would be unveiling a new version of the MSN homepage on October 26, exclusively for Windows 8. They said that the new version would be, "clean, simple, and built for touch".[31] Microsoft said that it would be more app-like due to the speed of Internet Explorer 10. More new features include Flip Ahead, another new feature that allowed users to "flip" from one article to another just by using their finger. The new MSN also had new deals with the AP and Reuters.[32]
Other services known as "MSN"[edit]
In addition to the Internet service provider and the Internet portal, the name "MSN" has been used for a number of related services. The two most popular of these are Hotmail and Messenger. For further information, see List of services by MSN.
Hotmail was a free web-based e-mail service by Microsoft. Originally started as an independent service in 1996, it became part of the MSN family in 1997. Since 2006, it was a part of Microsoft's Windows Live group of online services. Hotmail had over 380 million users worldwide and was available in 35 languages.[33] Hotmail was replaced with Outlook.com on April 3, 2013.
MSN launched an instant messaging service in 1999 to compete with AOL Instant Messenger, which was originally known as 'MSN Messenger Service' and was later shortened to simply 'MSN Messenger'. The underlying technology later became known as '.NET Messenger Service' and then simply the 'Microsoft Messenger service', while Windows Live Messenger is the name of the main program used to access the service. Regardless, the term 'MSN' has come to be synonymous with the service in Internet slang.
International services[edit]
Microsoft extended its MSN services beyond the United States, partnering with local telecommunications companies and broadcast stations to provide service in numerous areas around the world. In Canada, MSN has partnered with Bell Sympatico (the ISP division of Bell Canada) creating "Sympatico / MSN"[34]
In Australia, Microsoft originally partnered with Telstra in 1995 with MSN branded locally as OnAustralia. When Microsoft withdrew from the joint venture the following year, Telstra assumed 100% ownership and rebranded the service as BigPond. Microsoft subsequently partnered with the Nine Network to create "ninemsn". In Mexico, MSN has partenered with Telmex' Prodigy creating "Prodigy / MSN".[35] An affiliation with Xtra, Telecom New Zealand's Internet provider ended in 2006 (see XtraMSN).[36]
MSN has many offices worldwide for national customer support. It utilizes the service of call centers around the world. Among the countries are the Philippines (technical and customer service), El Salvador (technical and customer support for Spanish-speaking customers), and India (customer service). In 2007, Microsoft set up a research and development center for MSN services in China, based in Shanghai's Zizhu Science Park. The center hosts a technical support team for MSN services.[37]
List of MSN affiliates[edit]
- Kenya
- Nigeria
- Maghreb
- South Africa
- Argentina
- Brazil
- Canada (English)
- Canada (French)
- Chile
- Colombia
- Costa Rica
- Latin America
- Mexico
- Peru
- United States (English)
- United States (Spanish)
- Venezuela
- China
- Malaysia
- Hong Kong
- India
- Indonesia
- Japan
- Korea
- Philippines
- Singapore
- Taiwan
- Thailand
- Australia
- New Zealand
Europe & Middle East:
- Arabia
- Austria
- Belgium (Dutch)
- Belgium (French)
- Denmark
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Hungary
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Netherlands
- Norway
- Poland
- Portugal
- Russia
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland (German)
- Switzerland (French)
- Switzerland (Italian)
- Turkey
- United Kingdom
Caribbean: (coming soon; former Netherlands Antilles in italicized text)
- Saint-Martin (French)
- Saint-Martin (English)
- Sint Maarten (Dutch)
- Sint Maarten (English)
- Curacao (Dutch)
- Curacao (Papiamentu)
- Sint Eustatius (Dutch)
- Sint Eustatius (English)
- Saba (Dutch)
- Saba (English)
- Bonaire (Dutch)
- Bonaire (Papiamentu)
- Aruba (Dutch)
- Aruba (Papiamento)
- Saint Barthelemy (French)
- Saint Barthelemy (English)
- Anguilla
- Guadeloupe
- Martinique
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Montserrat
- Puerto Rico (English)
- Puerto Rico (Spanish)
- Puerto Rico (Portuguese)
- Puerto Rico (Papiamentu)
- Puerto Rico (Your Ass)
See also[edit]
- List of services by MSN
- Microsoft
- Microsoft Windows
- Windows 95
- msnbc / msnbc.com
- MSN Explorer
- Hotmail
- Windows Live Messenger
- Bing
- Windows Live
- MSN Chat
- MSN Soapbox
- MSN Video
- Sympatico / MSN Music Store
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— Funeral services for Leslie William "Bill" Pinkham, 60, of Elizabethtown, Ky., will be at 5 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 5, at Highlands Funeral Home, 3331 Taylorsville Road, Louisville. He died Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2012, at U of L Hospital.
Born in Jeffersonville, he was the President of Pinkham Lincoln Automotive in Elizabethtown. Upon graduating high school, he spent three years playing professional baseball for the Cincinnati Reds, St. Louis Cardinals and Pittsburgh Pirates.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Leslie Wayne Pinkham and Elva Jayne Moore Pinkham Ewigleben.
Bill is survived by his loving wife, Alicia Pinkham; sons, Zack Pinkham, Zeke Pinkham and Bill Pinkham II and wife Becky; daughters, Jana Webb and husband Jonathan, Jill Dewitt and husband Chris and Julie Aulbach and husband Bob; brothers, Brad Pinkham and Steve Pinkham and wife Rhonda; and nine grandchildren.
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True Blood Episode 511
Written By: Angela Robinson
Directed By: Lesli Linka Glatter
Original Airdate: 19 August 2012
In This Episode...
Bill is having visions of a blood-soaked Lilith, telling him that she has chosen him - he will be the one to lead the vampires. However, as the episode progresses, we see that a number of the other chancellors have had the same message from Lilith, including Salome and Kibwe (who Bill delivers the true death to). Jessica is desperate to get in touch with Jason. Bill won't let her use the phone. When she tells him she wants to make Jason a vampire, Bill agrees to let her go back to Bon Temps with a couple guards to make sure she changes Jason.
Jessica tries to give Jason coded messages and meaningful looks, but this is Jason - they go right over his head. She leans in close, whispers for him to trust her, and bites. Her guards work on burying the two of them. After a few shovelfuls of dirt, Jess gives the sign and Jason jumps up, shooting both vamps. He is not real happy with Jess, but has other worries at the moment. Jessica, realizing the trouble she is in, goes to Fangtasia and begs Pam to hide her, in exchange for info on Eric's whereabouts. Things are quiet until Rosalyn strolls in. Elijah was her progeny and she can smell his death at the club. Pam takes the fall for Tara, and she is arrested and led out immediately. On the way out, Rosalyn smells Jessica, realizes she has escaped, and brings her back to the compound. Bill is none too happy with her.
Sookie speaks to the Elder Fairy, a beautiful but crazy young woman whose eons of existence on countless planes has left her a bit ADD. She offers very little by way of information, other than to say that Sookie, Warlow, and the Elder's fates are intertwined, and that Sookie must hold on to her light, for there is a war coming. They are interrupted when Jason - having just left Jessica - comes screaming. The fairies pull him into the club and he tells them that Russell is alive, which causes a panic among the fae. Sookie is determined to fight Russell, knowing that he won't stop coming for her until one of them is dead. The fairies think it is a bad idea, but the Elder agrees with Sookie. They send Jason out to find Russell and Steve and get himself glamoured. He leads the vamps back to the clearing, where Russell can smell the fairies, but can't see them - which drives him crazy. The Elder leaves fairy world and confronts Russell with her magic lightning shots. Russell is impressed with how powerful she is, but he is damned powerful, too - or at least damned fast. The lightning hits Steve and Jason, but Russell dodges every shot. He grabs the Elder and sucks her down until she is nothing but a husk. This is like the equivalent of a vampire 8-ball and he rushes around, manic. The fairies all watch from the confines of fairy world, but with all the fairy juice in his system, Russell can now see - and gain access to - fairy world.
Also: Sam and Luna discover puppy Emma in a kennel, beside other cells holding containing food. The guards catch the two of them and Sam volunteers himself as dinner in order to give Luna some time to plan an escape. Andy and Holly are blissfully happy, until Morella comes to visit and reveals that it is Andy's bun in her oven. Apparently his promising to keep her light safe was like a blood oath. Jess wants to be friends with Tara, and thinks that Tara has a crush on Pam. And a human general comes to the Authority to meet with Roman. The general was their D.C. liaison, keeping things copacetic between vampires and humans. When he discovers that the Authority has been taken over by sanguinistas, he is furious and threatens to rain down genocide on vampires. Eric responds by snapping his neck.
Dig It or Bury It?
Totally dig it. Of course, the problem with True Blood has always been great penultimate episodes, with really disappointing finales. But tonight was filled with intrigue, drama, and a fair amount of true deaths. It also felt a lot less fragmented than other episodes this season. Everything is converging at the Authority.
Biting Humor
It's like a revolving door of Bon Temps denizens at the Authority. Pam, Sam, and Jess all see each other, one at a time, as they are being dragged through the compound.
Ass Factor
Plenty of ass, very little sex. Lilith appears multiple times, wearing only blood. Sam and Luna shift a lot, so they are naked. There is a few seconds of sex between Nora and Eric that was quick and boring.
I am guessing that the season finale will bore me. Prove me wrong, True Blood. Prove me wrong.


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Former Raleigh City Councilman Randy Stagner took to Twitter this week to accuse current council members of corruption after they voted to restore a crossing guard at Douglas Elementary.
"Paying City tax dollars to man a low priority crosswalk=Corruption," Stagner tweeted.
Stagner did not respond to requests to elaborate, but in a separate tweet wrote, "Two Council members want to 'leapfrog' a project to take care of a political supporter."
The motion to recommend the crossing guard was made in a committee meeting by Councilwoman Mary-Ann Baldwin and seconded by Councilman Wayne Maiorano, who defeated Stagner in last year's election.
"I didn't know that addressing a citizen's concerns about school safety and their children was corruption," Baldwin said.
The request came first from Kevin LeCount, a political strategist for the State Employees Association of North Carolina. Before the issue went to council, Maiorano met with the principal, teachers and parents at Douglas, and many also cited safety worries at the intersection. The police department had dropped the guard because of "very low pedestrian activity," according to a report.
Durham candidates endorsed
Incumbent Sheriff Mike Andrews picked up election endorsements from the business-oriented Friends of Durham and the self-described "progressive" Durham Peoples' Alliance over challengers Clarence Birkhead and Ricky Buchanan in the May 4 Democratic primary. No other party has fielded candidates.
Durham's third major PAC, the Committee on the Affairs of Black People, holds its endorsement meeting this weekend.
In the District Attorney race, the Friends endorsed attorney Brian Aus, while the PA chose current Assistant District Attorney Roger Echols. Former Assistant DA Mitchell Garrell is also running in the nonpartisan election.
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June 13, 2013
Beecher House 50% restored
Landmark should be ready for occupancy by November
by Bill Mardis
Commonwealth Journal
Somerset —
Renovation is about 50 percent complete on The Beecher House, one of Somerset's most historically significant landmarks.
Mark T. Wright, president of Oracle Design Group Inc., Louisville, said all 62 apartments in the five-story structure will be ready for occupancy by the first of November. Renovation will continue into February, he said.
The $4.5 million project to completely redo the historic building began last September. Wright said the current 24 residents of The Beecher House have been relocated inside the building while work is under way. Eighteen of the renovated apartments were complete as of Tuesday and four more were scheduled to be finished this week.
"We're trying to finish one floor a month," said Wright. The building has five floors.
Wright's dream for The Beecher House is " ... to preserve the magnificence of the entire building and provide an energy efficient, clean and safe place for people to live."
The facility at 203 South Main Street will remain Section 8 housing for elderly and disabled under a federal program authorizing payment of rental housing assistance to private landlords on behalf of low-income households.
Name of the building will continue to be The Beecher House. Wright said the structure recently was relisted on the National Register of Historical Places. It was originally placed on the national registry as The Hotel Beecher on August 14, 1984.
"We've put on a new roof ...installed new insulation, heating and air conditioning, electrical wiring, new elevators, and storm windows," said Wright. The facade of the building is being restored to its origi-nal appearance.
Wright and his wife, Caryn Winter, were asked by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in Lou-isville to come to Somerset and cons-ider The Beecher House renovation project. They came and eventually pur-chased the property from Bill Denney and Sons. It is one of several renovation projects Wright and Winter currently have under way in Kentucky.
About the pre-renovation state of The Beecher House, Wright said the building was coming apart. Bricks were falling off the outside ... the roofing, heating, air conditioning and plumbing all were in a bad state of repair.
"Honestly, I don't think the building would have stood another year," Wright said.
Named for the late Beecher Smith, a Somerset entrepreneur, the Hotel Beecher opened in April 1930. It immediately developed a reputation of the finest hotel between Lexington and Knoxville.
The Crystal Ballroom, lighted with magnificent chandeliers, was the heartbeat of Somerset, hosting all meetings and social functions of the time.
The former Crystal Ballroom is currently being recreated about 75 percent of its original size, sans the chandeliers.
"Replacing those chandeliers would cost as much as renovating the entire space," Wright commented. "It simply won't work in this budget."
"It is my hope (the new Crystal Ballroom) will become a popular public meeting place," said Wright. The original entrance to the former ballroom is being preserved.
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Teen Mom star Farrah Abraham admits she has given up custody of her daughter Sophia. Sophia is now in the custody of Farrah's mother in Council Bluffs, Iowa.
According to a report from Life & Style Weekly, Farrah gave up custody of Sophia so she can attend school in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Might there not have been a better way for this Teen Mom to go back to school? Aren't there any schools within a reasonable proximity to her mom's home?
When these Teen Mom stars make the decision to have and keep their babies, they really need to understand that things aren't always going to be easy. And if that means going to school in Iowa as opposed to going in the sun and fun in Fort Lauderdale, then so be it. Why should a child miss her mother simply because Mommy wants to go and play?
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"I'm tugged in many different ways daily—but I don't want to limit myself or Sophia," she says.
Sophia won't be limited by a mother who works hard and cares for her daughter. She will be limited, however, if Farrah Abraham chooses to pursue her career away from her child. Sophia could grow up forever feeling a sense of abandonment.
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BECK, HARVEY E. JR., 82, of Bloomsburg. Visitation from 1 to 2 p.m. today at Allen Funeral Home, Inc., 745 Market at Eighth Street, Bloomsburg, followed by funeral at 2. Burial in Creveling Cemetery, Espy.
BRUINING, ANNA, 87, of Beavertown. Visitation from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Friday at Pheasant Funeral Home, 316 W. Market St., Beavertown, followed by funeral at 7:30. Burial at 2 p.m. Saturday in Kettle Creek Cemetery, Brick, N.J.
HAUCK, BARBARA I., 58, of Mifflinburg. Visitation from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Friday at Emmanuel United Church of Christ, 326 Market St., New Berlin, followed by funeral at 11. Burial in New Berlin Cemetery. Cronrath-Grenoble Funeral Home, Lewisburg.
HENDERSON, ETHEL L., 81, of Millheim. Memorial service at 11 a.m. Friday in St. John's Lutheran Church, Millheim. Burial in Fairview Cemetery, Millheim.
HOFFMAN, DENNIS L., 67, of McClure. Memorial service at 4 p.m. Sunday at First United Methodist Church, McClure. Pheasant Funeral Home, Beavertown.
MASSER, JUNE M., 85, of Klingerstown. Visitation from 9:30 to 11 a.m. today at Christ Evangelical and Reformed Church, Leck Kill, followed by funeral at 11. Burial in Jacob's Cemetery, Pitman. Stephen R. Rothermel Funeral Home, Klingerstown.
MORRISON, R. RICHARD, 79, of Milton. Visitation from 10 to 11 a.m. Friday at Winfield Baptist Church, 330 Route 304, Winfield, followed by funeral at 11. Burial in Upper West Chillisquaque Cemetery, Milton. Shaw Funeral Home, Milton.
MOWERY, LARRY G., 60, of Beaver Springs. Visitation from 1 to 2 p.m. today at Hummel Funeral Home, 574 Hill St., Middleburg, followed by funeral at 2. Burial in Mountain View Cemetery, Penns Creek.
SCHOLL, BONITA, 66, of Lewisburg. Vicitation from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday at John H. Shaw III Funeral Home, Market and Eighth streets, Lewisburg, followed by a memorial service at 11:30. Burial in Dreisbach Church Cemetery.
SHANNON, PEARL MARTZ, 83, of Harrisburg. Visitation from 10 to 11 a.m. today at Colonial Park United Church of Christ, 5000 Devonshire Road, Harrisburg, followed by memorial service at 11.
STROUP, REUBEN, 86, of Stonington. Visitation from 6 to 7 p.m. today at Jerre Wirt Blank Funeral Home, 395 State St., Sunbury, followed by a memorial service at 7.
WILSON, JOHN C. JR., 58, of Selinsgrove. Visitation from 10 to 11 a.m. today at V.L. Seebold Funeral Home, 601 N. High St., Selinsgrove, followed by funeral at 11. Burial in Pomfret Manor Cemetery, Sunbury.
WOLFE, EMMA R., 88, of Northumberland. Visitation from 10 to 11 a.m. Friday at James A. Reed Funeral Home, Pillow, followed by funeral at 11. Burial in Herndon Cemetery, Herndon.
ZERBE, PAUL C., 85, of Milton. Funeral at 11 a.m. today at St. Andrews United Methodist Church, 102 Lower Market St., Milton. Burial in Harmony Cemetery, Milton. Shaw Funeral Home Inc., Milton.
ZIMMERMAN, ADIN N., 77, of Millmont. Visitation from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday, with a funeral service at 9 a.m. Monday at the residence of Allen W. and Lovina Zimmerman, 209 Rand Road, Mifflinburg. Funeral service at 9:30 a.m. Monday at Mountain View Old Order Mennonite Church, Kaiser Run Road, Millmont. Burial in church cemetery. Dominick T. Adamo Funeral Home, Mifflinburg.