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Pacers lose.
Can someone explain to me how LeDecision putting his hands on the waist of PG24 in the air not count as a foul?
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What the heck is up with George Hill lately?
Frank should have pulled Roy with his 4th foul.
Epic choke job. This team is fragile and soft. You have to finish in a hostile environment to be a champion.
I'm sorry George Hill apologists. It would be nice to have a pg who could get our players open shots and not throw the ball away at the end of the game.
"We've got to be very clear about this. We don't want our players hanging around with murderers," said Larry Bird, Pacers president.
Bron Rules. Its the new old NBA. Used to be Jordan Rules. If you are those guys you can get away with anything.
Seriously, how did we lose that game?
Why is Frank calling such a complicated play when we only need a 2 to win? why give the ball to George Hill knowing that Hill was sucking? so many questions because I'm mad
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Well, that was a disappointing way to lose.
We had our chances to win the game. We just didn't get it done. The team battled hard throughout the game but the Heat crowd managed to elevate their team (much like our crowd does when we play them in Indiana). The Heat came up with big shots and took advantage of Roy's 5 fouls. We didn't match their big shots, unfortunately.
This is our first back-to-back losses of the season. Let's hope that we can rebound from it against the Rockets.
Tonight, all flags must burn, in place of steeples.
Autonomy must return into the hands of the people.
We are the better team. But the NBA is never going to let us win a series against the Miami heat.
Im disgusted beyond belief.
We won't win anything until we get over being soft as could be and stop beating ourselves.
Also, George Hill. My goodness. I have no other words
Stop quoting people I have on ignore!
The Pacers are not fragile and soft. But we did beat ourselves tonight.
Hill will be why we lose to the Heat yet again this postseason.
I'm pissed off because I hate losing to these d-bags, but it took a lot of favorable officiating for Miami to pull this out of their asses.
We're better than them and will prove it in the playoffs.
Don't blame the refs...we lost fair and square.
-In crunch time we were super disappointing. Our guards (usually Hill) just overdribble the hell out of the ball and takes out of any rhythm, forcing a terrible shot to beat the clock.
-In tight situations we HAVE to make a concerted effort to get David West the ball. Plain and simple. Great game from him tonight.
-Paul played what I thought was a very solid game within the offense and crashing the boards like I hoped he would, defensively he was pretty bad in the first half but I thought he improved significantly in the second.
-Lance has very good post defense. Lebron could get nothing going trying to post him up. Good game from Lance all around.
-Sucks that Hibbert couldn't get involved in the game because of fouls, the dropoff is noticeable although I thought Mahinmi played well. The 3rd foul was a complete joke, but the 4th and 5th were warranted. Was not a big fan of Frank's decision to leave him out there after the 4th.
-George Hill... On the second to last possession if that pass were thrown better that's either a layup or two free throws. Not an easy play to make, but he's the starting PG for a reason. Errant pass aside, 7 points on 2-8 shooting along with 1 assist isn't cutting it. How many games in a row has he been terrible against Miami now? CJ wasn't much better unfortunately.
-That was the best game I've seen from Wade in a long time. His low post game is deadly.
All in all we're still 20-5, no shame in a hard fought loss on the road. Hopefully our guys respond
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We obviously must have HCA to beat them in a series. I just don't trust our mental game in close situations in Miami. The mental game is often what decides a playoff series, especially when you're talking about teams that are very even from a talent standpoint. Our offense was just standing around at the end of the game and everyone looked timid.
On the second to last possession (the one that was picked off), I really wish that we would have posted Hibbert up. He could have either abused someone one on one or passed it out of a double team. I know that we wanted to get the ball in PG's hands since he is our best player, but Miami was clearly anticipating it. Plus Roy just has a unique advantage against Miami. I wouldn't have minded going to West either.
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What terrible offensive execution down the stretch.....we were late getting into anything down the stretch a lot of the possessions we didn't get into anything period.....we over dribbled down the stretch.....0 ball movement....just horrible offense in the final 3-4 minutes of the game....even the baskets we scored were hard bad looks (the David West fade away against the clock, Lance's hard layup over Allen fighting the clock).......I'm sorry but as much as I love Paul George he is not MVP caliber yet....when plays needed to be made either for himself or for a teammate they just simply weren't made and when he tried to make them it usually lead to our worst possessions down the stretch where he was over dribbling.
Sigh such a disappointing lose we just did not match their energy down the stretch and most importantly didn't match their execution.
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No, that isn't true. The refs had nothing to do with this loss. The Pacers crumbled.
I'm not concerned much, if the Pacers had gotten blown out I would've been. Also PG seemed to get out his funk as well.
Wade and LeBron were just too much, and too many damn turnovers, would love to get Lance and PG together and tell them to improve the ball handling, silly passes, etc.
I don't trust a game 7 in Miami much official wise, pretty much in the 1st half it was pretty fair or even a bit of benefit to the Pacers, the 2nd half was silly, I knew LeBron was not going to get another foul.
"It's just unfortunate that we've been penalized so much this year and nothing has happened to the Pistons, the Palace or the city of Detroit," he said. "It's almost like it's always our fault. The league knows it. They should be ashamed of themselves to let the security be as lax as it is around here."
----------------- Reggie Miller
And just like that, Miami is only one game behind us in the Eastern Conference without even trying in half of their games.
Hill needs to get relegated to the bench. If we can somehow snag Dragic from the Suns, I would believe in this team more.
Miami needed "Vintage Wade" who shows up once out of every 5 games.
Honestly though, Hill had no business touching that ball in that possession. Put the ball in Lance (who had Ray Allen on him) or George's hands from the get-go.
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Is it shocking to know that we've lost to teams with good point guards? Chalmers always outplays Hill. I am still trying to figure out why Hill has a starting job with this team.
Thought officiating was good and even. Roy has been sloppy with his technique last 2 games. Bringing his arms down and brushing out a bit too much instead of staying vertical. I had no problems with the calls in this game, really.
George Hill's hesitation upon catching the ball remains disappointing. I have no problems with him driving and missing midrange or closerange shots. It's so much better than when he plays hesitantly and overdribbles, turns it over or misses because he takes a shot with confidence.
God, I feel terrible saying this, but David West has to hit that shot he missed at the end. Yeah, this team is NOWHERE without West tonight, and it's odds playing out for hitting some of the more improbable ones he did. But he had a wide open, uncontested 8-footer and missed. Can't do that in crunch time in a game like this.
Long story short, I think Pacers lose this game because Vogel had to ride starters for too long. West, George had stretches where they looked EXHAUSTED, and throw in an ice-cold Hibbert, it isn't too terribly surprising.
They will if we have homecourt. Not saying we automatically win the series if we do, but we have a chance.

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Owned by a group led by London-based Lonrho, Fastjet traces its heritage to Kenya's Fly540, an airline in which the British investment company–then known as Lonrho Africa–took a 49-percent interest in October 2006 and expanded the business with operations in Ghana and Angola in 2011. Last June, the UK's Rubicon Diversified Investments completed a reverse takeover of the aviation division of today's Lonrho for $85.7 million, leaving Lonrho with 73.7 percent of the enlarged company's shares. Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou's easyGroup took 5 percent of the company as a consideration for his consultancy. Fastjet, the new brand to be built on the Fly540 platform, leased its first A319 in October from BBAM, the world's third-largest commercial aircraft lessor.
Fastjet carried almost 7,000 passengers at an average load factor of 85.4 percent during its first week of operation. It sold more than 18,000 tickets from Dar es Salaam to two destinations–Mwanza and Kilimanjaro–and said it had booked flights through March. It said it plans to open its other bases "in the coming months." Once established in East Africa, FastJet plans to open bases in Accra, Ghana, and Luanda, Angola.
Fastjet CEO Ed Winter, the former British Airways chief pilot who oversaw the integration of BA LCC Go into easyJet to eventually become the low-fare carrier's COO, rejects skepticism borne of the fact that the new airline inherited debts of $45 million. "What we saw when we looked at the numbers is that [African] GDP is starting to grow all over the place," he said. "There's a growing middle class."
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A recommendation for the MTI executive director to heed Clemenza's advice
By John Roach
Here's a good idea.
In light of the retirement of Pope Benedict, Madison should demand a similar transition.
Pope John Matthews I, the Vicar of Madison Education, should step down from his throne. Admittedly this suggestion is informed by my participation on the board of the Urban League of Greater Madison and the now-defunct Madison Prep board.
But look, Matthews is still in good health. His $300K per annum package at the helm of Madison Teachers Inc. has placed him among the very one percent many of his followers revile. Like the Pope—and Don Vito Corleone—John has fought too many wars. He now prowls his mansion at night, toying with the local Democratic Party he has purchased, fighting enemies that do not exist, in battles that need not be waged.
No better example of why John's retirement would be good for our New Madison, rich with faces of many colors and voices, than The Manski Debacle. Never have Progressive White Folk appeared so utterly smug and ruthless as when Sarah made her dash.
First, it has to be asked: Why was Manski even running for the Madison School Board? Kids? No. A passion for education? No. So why? Because The John Father wanted it to be so.
So The John Father, like Don Corleone, unleashed his money and powerful networks. The usual list of progressive endorsers fell in line creating a snapshot for Manski whiter than Ronald Reagan's cabinet. The Cap Times played its part, never seeming to understand that "all white progressive" is an oxymoron. Did any of them think for a minute that the sea of white faces for Manski communicated something to minority Madison? This is how tone deaf they have become.
And what of the voices of parents of color and a new generation whose children are failing in our schools? Why did The Tri-Lateral Manski Cabal not include their voices? Here's why. Because in Madison, at this time in history, there is no room on the justice agenda for black and brown people. Scotty Walker has spooked the progressive herd. White folks with college degrees, a 175-page contract, pensions, limited accountability, three months of summer vacation and unassailable job security have bum rushed their way to the head of the Justice Line.
What is worse, they have rewritten the language of productive political discussion. "Support our public schools" has become code for "blind allegiance to John Matthews and MTI." "Privatization of our schools" is Pig Latin for "Do not discuss change, accountability or innovation." And if someone disagrees with a progressive? Just call them a member of a "Republican conspiracy to corporatize public education in America." Whatever that means.
And the result of The Great Manski Exodus? Ananda Mirilli, a young, smart Latina mom and a perfect voice for New Madison, was denied her name on the general ballot. Debate was silenced. And a default win in a city struggling with a racial achievement gap was awarded to a white male blogger and union mouthpiece who confuses activity with achievement, and words with thought.
The blogger got a school board seat the same way Fredo got Vegas.
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As for Madison teachers on the front lines, consider the notion that change could be a good thing. Movie stars and athletes often change agents when things become unproductive or toxic. Younger voices of a new generation can be heard. More effective discussions can be had. Teachers and students both stand to benefit from new models and less discord. Do not fear that Madison will not give you the respect you deserve. After all, everyone loves a great teacher.
As for The John Father? He has fought the battles. He has his scars.
He thought his enemies were Kaleem Caire, Derrell Connor, the Madison Prep gang—or Tattaglia and Barzini.
But it was Manski all along.
So now it is time for The John Father to step away from the battles, to live a happier life for himself, and to let Madison find a new way.
Here's hoping John heeds the immortal words of Clemenza.
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Shane Hmiel will take another step in his amazing and inspirational recovery later this month when he gets out of his wheelchair and back into a racecar.
Hmiel, 32, a former drug addict who was banned for life by NASCAR in 2006, was on path to compete in Indy cars before a devastating accident in October 2010 left him paralyzed. He will participate in the Accessible Racing event Jan. 26 at Rockingham Speedway.
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The event, which features modified cars as part of a program to give a racing experience to disabled veterans and civilians, will be an emotional moment for Hmiel.
"It's pretty awesome, isn't it?" Hmiel said in a phone interview. "This is a huge deal. It's a really big deal.
"I want people to understand that with a lot of work and a lot of trying, you can do things like this (despite injuries). … I was told I wasn't going to breathe on my own. I wasn't going to do anything that I've done and now I'm going to get to drive a racecar. That's another thing I can check off my list that people said I wasn't going to do."
Hmiel has limited use of his arms and continues to see progress through therapy sessions, which include month-long visits to the renowned Shepherd Center in Atlanta, which specializes in brain and spinal cord injuries. It was at Shepherd where they had a car that he has driven once for an hour. He still needs more hours of supervised driving before he can get a drivers license.
"I've only drove once," Hmiel said. "This is going to be all new. And it's on a racetrack. The only good thing is there is a wall to keep me in the place so I'm not going to go out of it."
Hmiel is glad he can joke about things like that, considering that many believed that he might not survive the Oct. 9, 2010 accident at The Terre Haute (Ind.) Action Track, where his USAC Silver Crown car flipped and the top of the car—which had a roll cage but no roof—hit the track's concrete wall.
Battling for his life with a bruised spine, a head injury, a broken shoulder and collapsed lungs before suffering pneumonia and other complications, doctors initially gave Hmiel a 10 percent chance to live and didn't anticipate he would be able to walk again.
He now has limited use of his limbs. He was given an award last year as the most improved patient at Shepherd, where he goes to three times a year for one-month visits.
"I don't know if I just got lucky or I've been gaining that much or they gave it to me to make me happy and feel good," Hmiel said. "Either way, I'll take it."
Shepherd will continue to treat Hmiel for as long as doctors and therapists see progress in his attempt to walk.
"I'm gaining a lot of strength," Hmiel said. "I'm not getting sick a lot. My health is really good. I don't have trouble with my blood pressures."
Hmiel hopes to race again one day. He had seven career Sprint Cup starts, 83 career starts in the Nationwide Series and 29 in the NASCAR Truck Series before his NASCAR banishment.
He missed the final eight races of the 2003 season after a positive test for marijuana. He was suspended again in May 2005 after testing positive for marijuana and cocaine and then banned for life in January 2006 after he failed an ensuing test during his recovery period.
When Hmiel was diagnosed as being bipolar, that was the first step toward his overcoming his drug addiction. He returned to racing in 2008 in USAC and was expected to begin a path designed to race in the Indianapolis 500. That all ended with the crash, but he has since started his own USAC Midget team, which has two victories.
NASCAR did allow Hmiel back into the garage last year at Atlanta Motor Speedway, one of the highlights in his recovery.
The event at Rockingham will be another stepping stone. Hmiel said his mother, his business partner Steve Pruett and Accessible Racing founder Brain Hanaford put the program together for him.
"My mom and Brian and Mr. Pruett, it was something they put together—I didn't even know about it," Hmiel said. "I overheard something about it. And I was like, 'What? I'm going to get to drive a racecar?
"It's going to be amazing. Hopefully we can somehow turn it where we can get funding to get other people in it. It's going to be cool the feeling that I get. I want people to get it more than me. I've already been fortunate to race."
But for Hmiel, running laps around the 1.3-mile Rockingham track will be special. He made his second career Nationwide start in 2002 at the track.
"The biggest memory of my life growing up—I'm a local North Carolina racer … when you made your debut in a Busch car at Rockingham, that's where you'd say, 'Well, I made it,' " Hmiel said. "I've played with Matchbox cars in (the infield) in Turn 4 since 1983."
Hmiel, who appears regularly on the racing show Three Wide Life and is often at the track with his USAC Midget team, says he is just grateful for the opportunity to have raced at Rockingham.
"I live my life the best way I can," Hmiel said. "I have a great time doing what I'm getting to do with Three Wide Life. … I have a lot of good joy in my life."


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Honored to have you brother... Let's come alive together and change a broken world!
I will be forwarding you the press release I used as well as the flyer. You can adapt what you want and get rid of what you want. The flyer was done with Dan coming, so you will certainly have to adjust that. Nathan at 48 Days really did the flyer. I can't take any credit for it. I added a couple of things be he is da man!
Saw you picture w/the cubs shirt. I am originally from Chicago and was just back there 2 weeks ago. Went by Wrigley Field because my wife had never seen it. We walked around the whoe park and even got to see a peak from the right field door open. Way cool...GO CUBBIES!!!!!!!
Jeff so great to meet you in Franklin last week, looks like you've got some amazing ideas cooking and just need to finish you your plans.
Can't wait to hear where you land with all this!
Rock those strengths of yours!
Thanks for the Welcome massage and friend request. Hope to get a little more comfortable with this site.
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Joelle at Re-Nest shares this project for creating a (slightly) self-cleaning iPad sleeve from an old sweater and pillow case.
We love our new iPad, and while the device is fun to use it sure does get smudged easily. While looking at an old pillowcase made of super soft material (like our eyeglass cleaning cloth) and part of a sweater we had leftover from when we made a laptop sleeve, we came upon a simple solution. We would use the pillowcase and sweater to make an iPad sleeve. By combining the material from the sweater with that of the pillowcase we would have a sleeve that would not only protect our iPad, but it would also provide an easy way to remove smudges due to the super soft lining made from the pillowcase.
I imagine you could size the pattern down to make a similar case for your iPhone or iTouch as well!


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The Wellhouse Bike Club operate their weekly cycle project from a local sports facility called The Hub, a community education and employment facility offering a wide range of services, activities and support for everyone in the community. The Wellhouse Bike Club is run by two members of the Youth Development Team, John and David, who do so on a Sunday in their own time. The club offers cycle training in an area where the local schools have decided not to enter into the Scottish Cycle Training Scheme.
They work with young people who initially have limited or no cycle experience, teaching them the skills required to cycle safely on the road and then progress onto group bike rides in the area. Wellhouse is in the east end of Glasgow. The area is notorious for the wrong reasons, including incidences of violence. A fear of territorial 'ownership' of certain areas in the east prevents many young people from moving freely around there and the rest of the city. The Wellhouse Bike Club aims to show young people that these territorial boundaries are self imposed and un-necessary. They want to show their young members that the wealth of opportunity and experience available in Glasgow can be achieved by bike!
Their club offers young people a sense of freedom – arguably the best thing about cycling!


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An upswing in cholera in Haiti has prompted health care workers and aid agencies to step up efforts to prevent the water-borne disease from spreading as the rainy season begins. Those most at risk are the 500,000 people who remain in often shabby settlements where thousands took shelter after a January 2010 earthquake devastated Haiti. Catholic Relief Services was among the aid agencies that boosted the distribution of soap, water purification tablets and hygiene information within 24 hours of the initial spike in early April following a period of heavy rain. C.R.S. reported reaching 22,000 families within days; in Port-au-Prince, agency workers installed or repaired sanitation stations in 12 settlements. There was no cholera in Haiti until the arrival of U.N. troops after the earthquake. Investigators traced the outbreak to faulty equipment at a camp of Nepalese soldiers. More than 7,050 people have died, and more than 532,000 people have contracted the disease.
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This article also appeared in print, under the headline "In Haiti, Cholera Crisis," in the May 7, 2012 issue.


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Jason Jones, 32, of North Platte was convicted Monday of second-degree arson and possession of methamphetamine.
Jones, a former convenience store clerk, caused a garage fire Aug. 27.
Police and firefighters were called around 4 a.m. to the 1700 block of West Third. According to Assistant Fire Chief Dennis Thompson, flames were visible inside the garage when they arrived.
Firefighters got the fire knocked down quickly, but the contents, including a car, were destroyed and the garage building was heavily damaged. Investigators said the fire started when electrical wiring was pulled from an air compressor, causing an arc.
A neighbor reported his car stolen and last saw it speeding down the alley away from the fire. The car was later found in the parking lot of Pacific Place Apartments with several tools in it that belonged to the owner of the burned garage. Residents at the apartments confronted Jones and held him for the police when Jones tried to move the car.
On Monday, a pre-sentence investigation was ordered. When that is complete, Jones will return to court for sentencing. He remains in the county jail on a $12,500 bond.
In other district court action Monday:
Ryan Gabel, 24, of North Platte pleaded not guilty to burglary Monday in Lincoln County District Court. Defense attorney Stephen Potter asked for an OR (own recognizance) bond so Gabel could get enter a treatment facility.
Potter said Gabel would be accepted at Valley Hope in Norton, Kan.
Lincoln County Attorney Rebecca Harling objected to any bond change for treatment. Harling said Gabel has a long history of offenses and court hearings, many of them related to alcohol abuse, and he has been to treatment more than once with no good result.
She said sending Gabel to the Norton facility is not really an acceptable rehab platform.
Lincoln County District Judge Richard Birch agreed. Birch told Potter that if his client could get accepted at a Nebraska facility he would consider an OR bond to attend.
Birch then lowered Gabels bond from $100,000 to $50,000. Gabels will be back in district court for a status hearing on Feb. 25.
Gabel and David Terry of North Platte were both arrested June 9 for allegedly burglarizing a womans apartment in the 2300 block of East E.
Gabel has been jailed at least nine times since February 2010.
Johnny Rodriguez, 26, of North Platte pleaded no contest to assault on a police officer. A charge of disturbing the peace was dropped in a plea agreement with the County Attorneys Office.
Rodriguez was sentenced to 120 days in the county jail with credit for 41 days already served.
Rodriguez punched a cop outside of Kelseys Bar on Nov. 8 when they responded to a disturbance. Officers saw Rodriguez outside the bar yelling at a woman in a car and when they tried to calm him and move him away from her he became aggressive and punched an officer in the face.
Rodriguez has a prior record of disturbing the peace, resisting arrest and obstructing a police officer.
Stanley Churchwell, of North Platte, pleaded not guilty to three charges of theft by deception and is scheduled for a status hearing on Jan. 28. His bond was lowered from $12,500 to $10,000.
Churchwell was arrested in late September, when residents of the 700 block of North Bryan called police to report people carting off pickup loads of items from a home and yard there.
Police found Churchwell driving the loaded pickup. At the time, police Lt. Steve Reeves said several pickup loads of stolen items were recovered.
Drew Steier, 19, of Evanston, Wyo. appeared with defense attorney Pat Hays to file a motion to suppress evidence. Lincoln County District Judge Donald Rowlands denied the motion saying the preponderance of evidence did not justify any suppression.
Steier is accused in the attempted robbery of the Farmers State Bank in Wallace.
The case against Steiers co-defendant Tracy Black, also of Evanston, was continued to allow for more depositions to be taken by the defense and prosecutors. Black is set to be back in district court on Jan. 28.
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Iona has signed second-year coach Tim Cluess to a multi-year contract extension through 2017.
Cluess has led the Gaels to an overall record of 17-5 this year and has them tied for the top spot in the Metro Atlantic Conference at 9-2. Last season, Cluess' first at the helm, the team finished 13-5 in the MAAC, second behind regular-season champion Fairfield.
"Coach Cluess not only has a proven track record of success throughout his 21-year coaching career but, more importantly, he is also a man of the highest character and integrity consistent with the vision of Iona College," Iona president Joseph Nyre said in a statement. "I am grateful to our loyal alumni whose support ensures the sustenance and excellence of Iona athletics."
Cluess, 52, was a high school coach from 1991 until 2005. He coached one year at Suffolk Community College and four at Division II C.W. Post in Brookville, N.Y. before getting the Iona job.
"I am thrilled to have the opportunity to continue to build on the development of our program in conjunction with Iona's long-term vision," Cluess said in the statement. "The ability to lead these fine student-athletes as we fight for a MAAC championship and NCAA Tournament bid each year is a challenge that I wholeheartedly look forward to today, and for seasons to come."


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A 94-year-old man has finally retired after 80 years of work.
Tommy Holden started at his last job at Lancashire Saw Company Ltd in Blackburn, at the ripe old age of 67, and has worked his four-hour cleaning shift five days a week ever since.
Tommy, who was born in Blackburn in 1920, was thrown a celebratory party at the Gorse Street factory yesterday, which was also attended by his wife of 58 years, Evelyn, 92, and his two daughters.
An engineer by trade, Tommy, who now lives in Great Harwood, said that his secret was doing 100 press ups a day since he was a teenager and riding his push bike to work.
Despite stopping riding his bike to work, Tommy still attempts to do his 100 press ups a day, a feat that he credits for his longevity.
The grandad of five and great grandad of four first held down a job when he was 14, delivering cinema new reels in Rishton.
He joined the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers in 1942 and spent the Second World War serving in the Middle East as an engineer.
After being demobbed, Tommy went on to work at Mullards and the Royal Ordnance Factory in Blackburn.
He retired aged 65 but joined the Lancashire Saw Mill Ltd less than two years later.
Tommy said: "I've always enjoyed working and I'm not one to sit at home and do nothing all day.
"I'm looking forward to spending more time with my family now that I've officially retired.
"I tried retirement once before but it didn't suit me and I was desperate to get back to work."
His daughter, Alwyn Hayes, 57, said: "He has always liked the jokes with the lads and talking about football with them."
Company director, Stephen Bentley, said: "He will be missed around the factory.
"He gets on very well with all the lads and he is such a character.
"People are more important to us here than their age and I've been happy to employ him as long as he wanted.
"It has been great to have him around."


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Family History & Fibrograndular densities
I recently had a mammorgram and was called back for a second digital screening as the first shows a fibrograndular densities that measured 12 milimeters. Breast cancer history with my maternal grandmother and several aunts. I have no signs or lumps, are fibrogradular densities normal?
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In hailing the new START treaty signing with Dmitri Medvedev, Obama said that the treaty will help Russia get tougher with the Iranians. Assuming that the Russians start getting tougher with sanctions, how exactly does Obama see that helping in terms of stopping Iran from pursuing nuclear-weapon technology? Obama thinks it will change their "cost benefit analyses" and convince them that it will simply cost too much in international relations:
President Barack Obama said in an interview aired on Friday that there is no guarantee sanctions will change Iran's behavior but he believes steady international pressure could alter Tehran's nuclear calculations over time.
"If the question is, do we have a guarantee as to the sanctions we are able to institute at this stage are automatically going to change Iranian behavior, of course we don't," Obama told ABC's "Good Morning America."
"The history of the Iranian regime, like the North Korean regime is that you know, you apply international pressure on these countries, sometimes they choose to change behavior, sometimes they don't."
True, which is why we do reserve our option to act in pre-emptive defense when nations violate the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, which Iran has done for years and continues to do now. But again, why would increased Russian pressure change the minds of the Iranian mullahs pursuing nukes?
"I think it's an enormous shift and a signal that Russia, like the United States, recognizes that unless we can get all countries to start abiding by certain rules of the road, and right now, our biggest concerns are obviously Iran and North Korea," the U.S. president said.
"If we are consistent and steady in applying international pressure … over time, Iran, which is not a stupid regime, which is very attentive and watching what's happening in the international community, will start making a different set of cost-benefit analyses about whether or not pursuing nuclear weapons makes sense for them," he said.
First, Russia has not been uncooperative simply because we haven't signed a new START treaty. They do a lot of business with Iran, including arms sales as well as equipment for the very plants Iran has built to pursue those weapons. Medvedev and Vladimir Putin are not likely to cut off business ties with Iran, START or no START. Bush tried cozying up to Putin during most of his term and also wound up with only tepid support for economic sanctions against Iran.
Let's also remember that Obama's reversal on missile defense sites in Poland and the Czech Republic were supposed to unlock this same cooperation from Russia. Did that work? Not exactly; shortly afterward, Medvedev publicly sounded a skeptical note about increased sanctions, which have languished since then. Like Charlie Brown and Lucy with the football, Obama's lined up yet another kick.
But let's focus on the "cost-benefit analyses" Obama presumes Tehran to be making. That assumes a rational state of mind focused on economic values. Nothing the Tehran regime has done should force us to presume that mindset among those in power. Instead, their rationale seems to be based on three core principles. First, nuclear weapons (mostly) preclude attack from enemies. Second, it gives Iran a first-strike method of destroying Israel without conducting a conventional war. Third, even if the destruction of Israel does lead to a regional conflagration, their religious belief informs them that their messiah, the Twlefth Imam of Shi'ite apocalypse, will come forth to allow them to rule the world.
Given that, exactly how does having the Russians increase their support on economic sanctions from tepid to somewhat warm impact those cost-benefit analyses? That won't have any impact on the regime. The best we can hope is that a tightening economic noose will encourage a revolt from within, but Obama let the best opportunity for that to pass last summer while offering his "open hand" to the regime that oppressed the democratization movement. And even then, a really tough set of sanctions mean nothing unless China joins it, and the rest of the world adheres to it. As the Oil-for-Food scandal showed, the likelihood of all of those conditions occurring approaches zero.
The truth is that we're dealing with the non-rational, not the rational or irrational, with the mullahcracy of Iran. Cost-benefit analyses have little to do with it.


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Analyzing Google's code revealed a lot of interesting features.
"For example, Google Profiles will add an option that will allow Google to recognize your face in other people's photos."
"Picasa Web's name tags can become global: a new section from your profile titled "photos of you" will list the photos from other people where you're tagged. Google provides an approval mechanism, so you can reject some of the photos. "When a tag is approved, it's linked to your profile, and the photo is added to the 'Photos of you' section."," as discovered by Florian.
Google Profiles will include a new tab for videos, a photo editing feature, you'll be able to group your friends in "circles", chat from Google Profiles and add gadgets. There's also a "camera sync" feature that could automatically upload the photos from the "camera" album of a mobile phone or tablet.
As expected, Google Profiles is the place where Google's social efforts are most visible. Buzz will be a back-end service for activity streams and not a standalone service. Google Profiles could eventually replace iGoogle, since it'll add support for gadgets and it'll include the most interesting items shared by the people you're following.
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Martha's Vineyard hospital opening
John Kneapler Design, New York, Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts, 2010
Project brief: Our client presented us with the challenge of designing for a widespread audience for a very specific event. For the hospital's grand opening, we needed to develop a conceptual invitation that would create a buzz among the entire Martha's Vineyard community.
Approach: From the beginning, we thought that a pop-up design that incorporated the architecture of the new building would be a great solution. This posed a challenge for us because the hospital was still in the early stages of construction. Our client loved the concept of a pop-up invite, so we needed to persevere while still staying within the budget. Working from construction photographs and architectural renderings, we designed the pop-up card to fold from one sheet of paper to save on printing and paper costs. There were many rounds of trial and error to get the structure perfect. We then needed to turn to our printer to make sure the structure could be economically assembled in a large quantity. More changes were then made to fit their specifications. During the approval stages for the final card, however, the hospital's architecture needed to be altered in order to fit within zoning regulations and, as a result, our invitation needed to be changed as well. Working to get an exact replica scale of the building at a minuscule size was a feat in itself. From the signage for the emergency and ambulance entrances on the building to custom postage stamps on the envelopes, no minute details went unrecognized.
Effectiveness: We considered our project a success because we created a fun and interactive invitation that captured the approachable essence of the hospital. Our invitations had an almost 100-percent response rate and helped foster community and excitement among the Martha's Vineyard residents. We continue to proudly present this invitation as a sample of our company's ingenuity, and people at the hospital still talk about our unique invite.
Juror Notes
Does a great job at getting people excited about a building that doesn't yet exist. Unexpected.
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- John Kneapler Design, New York
- Creative director
- John Kneapler
- Designer
- Nicole Audette
- Printers
- On Demand Printing, Symmetry Lithographers
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- On Demand Printing
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- Martha's Vineyard Hospital


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The Uplifting, Inspirational Yankees
There is, in the American League East this year, an inspirational story worth cheering for. It is a story of underdogs, of overachievers, of a group of players counted out, of a team of men who didn't give up. When everything was against them, these men fought harder. I'm almost choking up over here.
Not the Orioles. Pfft. Bunch of big-shot millionaires. Nope, I'm talking about a truly inspirational roster: The New York Yankees.
I'm serious! Well, I would say that if I were serious, and I would say that if I were being satirical, and I'm honestly not sure which direction this piece will go, so we're safe either way. But here's what I know: when you get past your idea that the Yankees are paid a lot and represent systemic imbalance and should win and can't possibly be an underdog, you can find a lot of reasons to be pretty happy for the Yankees.
Start with Derek Jeter. Ugggggggh you're so sick of Derek Jeter, but Derek Jeter overcame a lot. Derek Jeter's parents were of different races, and Jeter had to deal with racism because of it.
Can you imagine? Growing up in a culture that judges a child because other people don't approve of his parents' love? That seems like the sort of thing you're against!
Jeter isn't not the only one whose parents' marriage made his life complicated. CC Sabathia's
Sabathia's dad was a drug addict who was in and out of his life; he got HIV, and he died of stomach cancer at the age of 47. Sabathia's mom "took a keen interest in her son's baseball career. Margie was so set on C.C. becoming a pitcher that she invested in catching gear for herself." Hey, don't be so cynical. This is touching. Think about all the things your mom did for you. Moms are the best.
Moms are the best. You know what Russell Martin does with his money? He pays his mom's bills so she can retire and focus on artistic pursuits. "Now, she goes into old folks' homes and she sings," Martin said. (Martin's dad, incidentally, used to play saxophone in the subway to pay for Martin's coaching.)
Nick Swisher's parents split up when he was a kid, too. Gah this is sad:
Swisher was so upset by the split that he ended up moving, on his own, to live with his grandparents. "Sports became his release," according to his dad. "He poured everything he was feeling into baseball." Nick Swisher was a kid once, and when he was a kid he got hurt, and that's a terrible thing. Is that why Nick Swisher still feels so much anxiety about being loved?
Bless Nick Swisher's heart, whether you find him annoying or not. Dude is a person, and person is a dude.
Brett Gardner was a walk-on in college, and during his tryout he didn't hit a ball out of the infield. Versions of the story vary, but according to Wikipedia, Gardner didn't bother waiting for the coach to make a decision; he just started showing up and practicing with the team.
A decade later, Gardner did the hit-a-home-run-for-a-kid-with-cancer thing. Well, kid awaiting a heart transplant. Brett Gardner, with 15 career home runs, hit a home run for a kid who needed a heart transplant, on demand. I mean come on.
Ichiro seems happy, but Ichiro wasn't always happy, because Ichiro's dad sounds like he was sort of the worst:
Similarly, Hiroki Kuroda described the abuse his coaches put him through. The headline alone:
Drinking from a toilet, or even thinking about drinking from a toilet, is all it takes to get me to root for a person. Go Hiroki Kuroda!
Robinson Cano's dad, Jose Cano, pitched just six games in the majors and went to Taiwan to try to keep his career alive. This isn't quite the same as if Robinson Cano went to Taiwan to try to keep his career alive before becoming a star, but it's also not totally different. Cano spent part of his teenage years in a Newark neighborhood so tough that his father insisted the family move back to the Dominican Republic. Years later, of course, Cano was offered to the Rangers in the A-Rod trade and rejected by the Rangers in the A-Rod trade. Poor young Robinson Cano, basically told by two teams he was no good.
Rafael Soriano hit .167 as a corner outfielder in rookie ball and was weeks away from washing out of baseball before the Mariners converted him to pitcher. Ivan Nova didn't start pitching until he was 15, so he was way behind in his development. As a result,
Joba Chamberlain's mom was on drugs. He worked in a city maintenance department to pay bills before finally enrolling in a Division II school. Andruw Jones hit .158/.256/.249 in the major leagues as a corner outfielder one year. How is he still here? How did that not end his career? Andruw Jones is somehow a survivor! And Eric Chavez is basically Lew Ford, except a) he disappeared from the majors metaphorically instead of literally, which is not substantively different and b) he's actually really good again. Phil Hughes got injured in the middle of a no-hitter in his second career start. Now he gets booed. What if that injury had waited eight more outs?
Raul Ibanez had just 27 career home runs before his age-30 season. He was a total scrub. A part-timer at best. And then? He's 15th all-time in RBIs from 30 on, and 31st all-time in hits, and 40th all-time in home runs. He's one of the great post-30 hitters in history. That's a wonderfully inspiring turnaround, especially if you're roughly 30 years old right now and not totally thrilled with what you've accomplished in your life.
Mark Teixeira is just apparently a pretty good dude who turns off his cell phone when he enters the locker room so he won't bother his teammates. Uhh Chris Stewart reads a lot of books. That's unusual for a baseball player. He might be reading this. He's just like you!
Poor Boone Logan was put in a position to fail. He was super, super raw—he didn't start pitching until he was a senior in high school—and when he was 21 the White Sox jumped him from the short-season Pioneer League to the majors coming out of Spring Training. He was terrible! Of course he was terrible. He was terrible, then he was terrible, then he was terrible, then he was terrible, and teams kept trading him, and it wasn't until his fifth or sixth season that he finally got to be good instead of bad while the entire world was watching.
David Robertson's hometown was crushed last year by "the largest single-system tornado outbreak ever recorded." Forty-three dead, 1,000 injured. He said: "My entire family and most of my friends still live there. It's where I first fell in love with the game, playing Little League. It's where I played college ball. It's where I proposed to Erin. It was home and always would be." The other thing about David Robertson that makes him easy to root for is that this little thing is totally in love with him and wants him to win. You can't root against this little thing, can you?
For that matter, how can you root against David Phelps, who made his major-league debut this year while his two-week-old daughter was in the stands? You can't. You want that little girl to think her daddy is a winner, don't you?
It's not like Andy Pettitte wanted to be a bad guy. The pressure this game puts on you, that life puts on you. None of us is as strong as we think we are. The temptation came when Andy Pettitte was weak, and now Andy Pettitte's obituary will mention that he cheated. People will think he was a bad guy.
Curtis Granderson wrote a children's book a few years back and admitted in it that "I wore glasses in school -- ugly glasses! And in my school, kids made fun of people who wore glasses. They called you 'four eyes' or said you needed a seeing-eye dog, all kinds of mean stuff." He also said, in an interview promoting the book, "I'm not much different from you. All the different issues you had to deal with, I had to deal with, that led me getting to this point." All the different issues you had to deal with. Whatever has made you sad. Whatever has held you back. Whatever gland you have that stopped working and now you have to take supplements every day and it makes you feel so old. He dealt with all of them.
Cody Eppley. Poor Cody Eppley doesn't even get an anecdote in this piece. Jayson Nix doesn't even get his own paragraph. And that other guy, I forget that he's on this team and he's not even going to get named.
Derek Lowe on second thought let's avoid this one.
Joe Girardi's father, according to Gay Talese's profile of Girardi in The New Yorker, "held three jobs (bricklaying on weekends, bartending at a Howard Johnson's at night, and on weekdays hawking gypsum products as a travelling salesman). His mother stayed up late working toward a master's degree in clinical psychology." Angela Girardi was diagnosed with cervical cancer when Girardi was a teenager. She died when he was in college. "He was there when she opened her eyes, looked around, and whispered, 'Don't forget me.'"
Even Alex Rodriguez. What could possibly be likeable about A-Rod? What could he have possibly overcome? I once found this newspaper story from 1993:
Dude was maybe 15 or 16 or 17 at the time, and he already had to be the heel. He already had people who didn't know him booing him, expecting him to be a jerk because they just didn't like something about him. Dentists, you know, dentists have a job that makes them very unpopular, and (presumably) because of this dentists have a very high suicide rate. It's hard to be not liked. You maybe tell yourself, nah, it's cool, I'm the villain, I have a power, they hate me but they respect me. But no. It's hard. It's hard to be Alex Rodriguez, because people don't like him, and people don't like him because he
So I guess I'm still not sure whether I wrote this seriously or not seriously, but I think mostly I wrote it seriously. Obviously, you're going to cheer for the Orioles this month, unless you're a Yankees fan. You'll probably cheer for the A's. We like underdogs, and we don't like the guy who, as the saying goes, was born on third and thinks he hit a triple. That might apply to the Yankees as a team. But it doesn't apply to the Yankees as players. Life is hard, really hard, and nobody makes it through without being challenged and without being tested. Not a single player in this month's playoffs, on any team, is perfect. But not a single one is irredeemable, either.
Sam Miller is an author of Baseball Prospectus. Follow @SamMillerBB
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It's not where they come from that makes us hate the Yankees. It's why the Yankees get to have them - because the team has enough money to buy championships and their fans have grown to expect championships as their birth right. The unearned personal arrogance of many Yankee fans, who've done nothing to contribute to the century-long success of the Yankees, makes me relish every time the team loses. I'll have respect for the individual players, for their ability to overcome these personal challenges, but not the organization or it's fans.
Oct 01, 2012 08:15 AM
It's true. Yankees fans are the only annoying fans in the world. The only fans who brag or feel personal satisfaction from our team's accomplishments. Little known fact is that New Yorkers are the only people ever to chant "We're Number One! We're Number One!" Outside of NY, the chant is always sung "That loose conglomerate of highly-paid skilled athletes that compete under the guise of representing the city which I happen to live in is NUMBER ONE! That loose conglomerate of highly-paid skilled athletes that compete under the guise of representing the city which I happen to live in is NUMBER ONE!"
Oct 01, 2012 11:49 AM
Brock Dahlke
That wasn't at all what he was saying, but way to blow it up randolph
Oct 02, 2012 00:28 AM
It isn't? What was he saying?
Oct 02, 2012 08:10 AM
Brock Dahlke
he's saying all of those things are worse or more obvious with Yankee fans than other teams fans. And thats hard to argue with.
Oct 02, 2012 14:33 PM
I think that is unfair (and I'm not sure I agree with your interpretation of Navarred's comment). I've lived in NY/NJ, Boston and Chicago and at different times I've found Yankee, Mets, Red Sox, Cubs and White Sox fans all to be utterly unbearable. Nothing in my experience has lead me to believe that Yankees fans deserve more scorn than any other. And I certainly don't see why a team's fans should necessarily prevent some one for rooting for some good guys to succeed.
Oct 02, 2012 15:59 PM
Ben Lindbergh
BP staff
I swear I was already listening to Twice Removed when I came across this comment, and I'm about two weeks away from hearing the whole thing live. Please leave a relevant Sloan lyric in a comment at the end of every future article published at BP. Thank you.
Oct 02, 2012 16:17 PM
Sloan ref on B-Pro? And "Coax Me" at that? Nice. They're one of my top 5 favorite bands of all time ... and I'm not even Canadian! Go figure.
Oct 03, 2012 15:37 PM
Actually, he is exactly correct. It is worse or more obvious with Yankees fans. Yes, Mets fans are annoying and Phillies fans are bound to start a fight (amongst themselves if no opposing fans are available) but none of them have 25 World Series championships and the arrogance that somehow attaches itself to so many Yankees fans.
May 08, 2013 20:59 PM
John Carter
In my fantasies as a sportswriter - this is exactly what I would aim for - bringing players to life in ways well beyond their baseball skills and stats - with facts not bull, and with the charm of Sam Miller.
Oct 01, 2012 11:54 AM
My goodness... what is that strange tingly feeling? Is that what sympathy for the Yankees feels like? A great burden has been lifted. I am free.
Oct 01, 2012 11:37 AM
Kris Ericson
I will mow your lawn for further team installments like this. Or do your dishes. Or clean your bathroom. This was TERRIFIC Sam, just awesome.
Oct 01, 2012 18:06 PM
This is such a jackass story. Very good work. You kick Gay Talese's ass!
Oct 02, 2012 15:04 PM
I have despised the Yankees since 1955 - for many reasons. As a Montrealer of that era, we were a Brooklyn Dodger farm club - so I preferred Brooklyn. Then the Yankees were just TOO powerful and TOO rich and I despised them. You have done something I would never have thought possible. I may still despise the "YANKEES" (frankly they rate only ahead of the Marlins and Jeffery Losia on my hated TEAM list) - but I REALLY like the players - even Jeter and A-Rod after this article. Thank you. I do not think I have ever enjoyed an article more than this one. Coincidentally I just lost a friend to a disease which claimed 2 Yankee HOF's - Gehrig and Catfish
Oct 12, 2012 10:54 AM
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Diego Mundo
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
My name is Diego Mundo. I am from Puerto Rico. My entire life I have been interested in learning how things work, how objects interact, and why the universe behaves as it does. Physics has the best answers to my questions, and it fuels my curiosity. I intend to pursue my interests as I start my college years at MIT. Other things I enjoy include over-thinking everything, playing music, and being outdoors often.


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Some Jews prefer their challah sweet, with golden raisins and flaky crust. Others swear by the doughier variety, the kind that has a little stretch in it as you pull it apart.
Too run of the mill? There's always the naturally fermented with whole-wheat flour and Celtic sea salt.
At Four Worlds Bakery in West Philadelphia, owner Michael "Challahman" Dolich churns out dense, flavorful sourdough (i.e., naturally fermented) challah made with wild yeast, sea salt and no white sugar.
His whole-wheat version doesn't use any eggs; the egg challah is infused with olive oil.
"I was after a certain flavor in my bread," Dolich says. "Now I'm so used to it that when I eat normal bread it tastes like cardboard. But people either love it or they don't."
Dolich isn't the only one enticing Jews and non-Jews alike with a modern twist on traditional baked goods. From vegan challah to online ordering, bakeries are keeping customers by keeping current .
Just how long has this been going on? Challah has a longstanding tradition, according to Joan Nathan's The Jewish Holiday Baker:
"The prayers and customs that accompany the mitzvah of making a special bread for the Sabbath are the same the world over," she wrote. "They link the present to the time of the Book of Leviticus, when God instructed Moses to place two rows of six challot each on before the Lord in the tent of meeting.
"For more than 4,000 years since, Jews have been making or buying some form of challah every Sabbath."
Dolich's first career was as a trial lawyer. Losing interest in his chosen profession, he headed to Israel to study at a yeshiva. Next came a summer at a Jewish retreat center in the Catskills, where he started experimenting with bread baking (the name of his bakery, Four Worlds, refers to a kabbalistic concept that the world was achieved in four stages).
Back in Philly, Dolich slowly turned his hobby into a full-time business. At first, working out of his home and selling only wholesale, Dolich made other breads — plus bagels and croissants — during the week, and challah on Thursdays and Fridays.
Then he opened his store (which doesn't have a hechsher) at 46th St. and Woodland Ave. "I realized people wanted challah all week. The neighborhood is diverse," he says, "and it's definitely not just Jews eating challah."
A Learning Curve
"There's sort of a learning curve for liking my bread, whoever you are. But I sell a lot."
Roz Bratt of Homemade Goodies by Roz, a kosher bakery at Fifth and Lombard streets in Society Hill, describes her egg-less challah in a similar way. "People just absolutely love it — or they don't," she says.
Bratt herself is, of course, a big fan: "It's completely different from egg challah, but it's out of this world."
There is egg in the egg wash that coats the bread, but that can be left off to make the challah vegan. Bratt also makes cakes that cater to vegans and, because the bakery is dairy-free, attracts lactose-intolerant customers, too.
Bratt, formerly a bank teller in Old City (she's from Northeast Philly), opened Homemade Goodies in 1997. Ten years later, with a push from a local rabbi, she decided to go kosher.
"I didn't want to do it at first. I didn't want to close on Saturdays. But it worked," she says.
A few neighborhoods over, Swiss Haus Bakery, near Rittenhouse Square in Center City, went kosher this past summer. "A lot of my friends keep kosher. So I figured why not expand my customer base, and do something for the community at the same time," says owner Jim Hausman, who opened the bakery in early 2008.
Hausman was on the board of the Chevra, a social networking group for Jews in their 20s and 30s. While the Chevra was in the process of raising money to renovate the site on South 19th St. and turn it into a Jewish cultural center, Hausman decided to rent space for a bakery.
The organization eventually decided to go with another building, but Hausman stuck around.
"I went into it doing a mitzvah for the Chevra, paying them rent while they were trying to make money, and ended up with a business out of it," he says.
Business has increased since Swiss Haus became kosher; challah is made only Friday mornings.
Lipkin's Bakery, on the other hand, like Four Worlds, sells challah all week. "Growing up, we always had fresh challah on the table. No matter what my mother burned, challah would make it taste better," owner Mitch Lipkin says.
Located in the Rhawnhurst section, Lipkin's is an old Northeast Philly staple for the kosher set, open since 1975. But as the neighborhood has changed, so has the business model.
"We used to be all parve, but now we have some dairy. The area is changing — it's not as densely populated with Jewish people — so we're changing, too," Lipkin says.
A year ago, he opened an online store to cater to farther-flung Jews. So far, relying only on word-of-mouth advertising, online ordering makes up about 5 percent to 10 percent of the business, attracting customers from the Main Line to the West Coast.
A portion of the clients are snowbirds from the area, Lipkin says, who stock up on his rye bread and knishes — and challah — before heading for warmer weather.
"It is a little different when we ship it, because here the oven is only 30 feet from the store, so customers get a lot of hot stuff," he says.
"Of course, sometimes they complain it's too hot."