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Sophomore Seminars: Spring 2011
- HCOL 196A Survival Ecology - Ecological Science in Service of Planetary Sustainability
Professor Deane Wang
- HCOL 196B Ecological Approach to Living Well in Place
Professor Walter Poleman
- HCOL 196C Agroecology in Food Systems
Professor Scott Costa
- HCOL 196D Sustainable Water Management
Professor Aleksandra Drizo
- HCOL 196E D2: Disability as Deviance: From American Eugenics and German "Euthanasia" to the Present
Professor Lutz Kaelber
- HCOL 196F Introduction to Museum Studies: Identity & Expression
Professor Jennifer Dickinson
- HCOL 196G Islam and Human Rights
Professor Bogac Ergene
- HCOL 196H D2: Seminar in World Music
Professor Alex Stewart
- HCOL 196I Individualism and Its Dangers
Professor Alex Zakaras
- HCOL 196J The Social Construction of Disability
Professor Holly-Lynn Busier
- HCOL 196K Exercise: Science, Applications and Policy
Professor Brian Reed
- HCOL 196L Mathematics and the Arts
Professor Sheila Weaver
- HCOL 196M Probability & Inference, Risk & Decision
Professor William Jefferys
Course Syllabus (pdf)
Survival Ecology - Ecological Science in Service of Planetary Sustainability
Professor Deane Wang, Rubenstein School of Environmental and Natural Resources
North Complex 034F
Ecology is a science that has made important conceptual and descriptive discoveries that can be of great use to humanity. However, knowing all this ecology is a daunting prospect for anyone (including ecologists). This seminar takes a non-traditional approach to ecology, by starting with some general concepts and then going into specific ecological details. With no hope of covering the broad spectrum of ecological knowledge, the emphasis is on foundations of science as they relate to a complex system science like ecology. The process of learning ecology is emphasized through short lectures, much discussion, and individual and group work, including a service-learning project. In addition to class room experiences, several field journeys to local ecological systems will be taken, including a weekend trip a bit farther afield. Application of ecology to pressing issues and integration of it with society will be considered in the latter part of the course.
Ecological Approach to Living Well in Place
Professor Walter Poleman
South Complex 27
This course is designed for students from all backgrounds and majors to cultivate their and understanding of ecology and the local landscape. Using Chittenden County as a stage, we'll examine the ecology of place, and investigate the unfolding relationship between community and landscape. The main objectives of the course are to explore key ecological principles and their importance in understanding the places we live, cultivate an understanding of our individual and collective impacts on our environment, and encourage reflection on how one's academic discipline can inform our understanding of ecosystem function and contribute to environmental problem solving.
This course will meet once a week for 3 hours. Every third week we will travel to various field sites around Chittenden County with a goal of understanding why the surrounding landscape looks the way it does. We'll utilize an interdisciplinary approach to landscape analysis that stresses not only inventorying the biotic and physical components (pieces), but examining how these pieces are distributed in the landscape (patterns) and what forces drive these patterns (processes). Natural history writing, photography, and sketching are included the course as a tools for focusing observation skills in the field. Course readings and discussions will focus on how we might use emerging principles of ecological design and whole systems thinking as guides to living well in place.
Course Syllabus (pdf)
Agroecology in Food Systems
Professor Scott Costa, Department of Plant and Soil Science
Jeffords 101
The foundation of Food Systems, and ultimately, continued human existence, is the ability to grow the enormous amount of food and fiber needed to feed and clothe the world. Agricultural sustainability profoundly impacts global food security, which translates quickly to individual impacts in the form of hunger. By disassembling and piecing together agricultural ecosystem components, such as those related to soil, plants, and microbes we will explore practical and philosophical changes needed to enhance sustainability of food production. But, to better understand soil, it helps to get your hands dirty; to appreciate insect predators, you need to observe and quantify their feeding. To that end, a variety of in-class and take-home exercises will be used to illustrate key concepts and demonstrate tools for monitoring agroecosystems. We will also analyze cultural, economic, regulatory and environmental components of food systems, and various routes of food from the field to the table.
Course Syllabus (pdf)
Sustainable Water Management
Professor Alexsandra Drizo, Department of Plant and Soil Sciences
North Complex 016
This course will provide an overview of current and novel technologies for water pollution treatment and control. Due to nutrient pollution of freshwaters arising from point and non-point sources and subsequent eutrophication, finding a viable option for nutrient reduction has become one of the most pressing water quality concerns throughout the world. In Vermont, phosphorus pollution entering the Lake Champlain basin leads to frequent algal blooms and deterioration of the lake water quality, posing a serious threat to the environmental and economic vitality of the basin, and as a result, phosphorus reduction has been identified as one of the highest environmental priority issues of Lake Champlain.
The course will discuss global problem of nutrient and pathogen pollution of water courses; phosphorus and sediment enrichment of Lake Champlain; governmental water regulations; the applications of current best management practices (BMPs), accepted agricultural practices (AAPs) , constructed wetlands and innovative filter technologies for sustainable water management. In addition, students will have opportunity to learn basic procedures for laboratory water analyses.
Course Syllabus (pdf)
D2 - Disability as Deviance: From American Eugenics and German "Euthanasia" to the Present
Professor Lutz Kaelber, Department of Sociology
North Complex 016
This course analyzes historical constructions of disability as deviance. Deviance refers to beliefs, behavior, or perceived bodily conditions that violate a cultural norm and bring about a social reaction to control them. Three historical contexts are emphasized: 1) American eugenics; 2) the German National-Socialist sterilization and "Euthanasia" programs as stepping stones toward the Holocaust; and 3) the transformation of American disability politics and policies from "good will" to "human/civil rights," including the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), challenges to this Act, and the recurrence of eugenic ideas and policies in the form of genetic discrimination and "newgenics."
Course Syllabus (pdf)
Introduction to Museum Studies: Identity & Expression
Professor Jennifer Dickinson, Department of Anthropology
Fleming 104
This introduction to Museum Studies offers students the opportunity to become acquainted with the theory and practice of museum work. The course combines three key components: readings in museum theory and history; contact with museum professionals working in a range of museum settings; and hands-on experience curating a class exhibit for the Fleming museum. The theme for our seminar and exhibit will be "Identity and Expression," with an emphasis on museums as vehicles for public and private engagement with objects and ideas. The course is suitable for students from all disciplinary backgrounds and does not require any previous work in Anthropology or Museum Studies. The readings for the course are organized around the theme "Identity and Expression". We begin with a brief introduction to the concept of the museum, with an emphasis on an anthropological approach to museums as culturally-shaped institutions. The remainder of the course focuses on four different facets of identity and expression in museum collections, with a general trend from most intimate to most public, including: the individual collector and his/her collection; expression of identity in different media; the role of exhibits in creating the public, even shared side of museum experiences; and national identity as a motivating force in the formation and management of museums.
Guest speakers from area/state museums will discuss their work with students, introducing them to the various kinds of jobs available in the museum context. These may include: museum director, curator, collections manager, education coordinator, development coordinator, preparator, archivist, conservator, researcher and publicist. The course will include at least one field trip to a local museum, most likely the Shelburne museum, the Sheldon museum, the Maritime museum, or the Fairbanks museum. Utilizing insights from our readings, discussions, and guest speakers, students will take the lead in planning an exhibit based on the theme of the course.
Islam and Human Rights
Professor Bogac Ergene, Department of History
North Complex 016
Are Islam and human rights compatible? Both human rights and Islam raise universal claims that may conflict in some cases. In this course, we will consider various attempts by religious and legal theorists to reconcile these claims through reinterpreting Islam or deriving human rights from Islamic sources. We will explore the practical side of these issues by examining legal documents and legal practices in various Muslim countries, paying special attention to the status of women and non-Muslim minorities. We will also examine tensions arising from Muslims living in Europe and North America, such as recent debates over secularism and religion, and multiculturalism and the scope of tolerance.
Course grades will be based on students' participation in and contribution to seminar discussions and written assignments. At least one of these written assignments will be a research paper.
Course Syllabus (pdf)
Seminar in World Music
Professor Alex Stewart, Department of Music
Southwick 301
Is music a "universal language"? This course seeks to challenge students' thinking and attitudes about music through the study of selected world music cultures. Using classic readings from the ethnomusicological literature, extensive listening, and hands-on experience with percussion instruments, students explore how music communicates in culturally specific contexts, and discover new ways of hearing and understanding music. In individual capstone projects, students design and implement their own small-scale ethnomusicology projects.
Course Syllabus (pdf)
Individualism and Its Dangers
Professor Alex Zakaras, Department of Political Science
North Complex 34F
The politics and culture of the modern West are often described as individualistic in the sense that they celebrate the freedom and independence of the individual above all. In this interdisciplinary course, we study individualism through literature, philosophy, poetry, and film. We study some of the great defenders of modern individualism--such as Ralph Waldo Emerson and Friedrich Nietzsche--but also some of its fiercest critics. Texts include Dostoyevsky's Notes from Underground, John Stuart Mill's On Liberty, and the film "Into the Wild."
Course Syllabus (pdf)
The Social Construction of Disability
Professor Holly-Lynn Busier, College of Education & Social Services
North Complex 016
The focus of this course will be on the theoretical questions of how different cultures understand the construct of disability. Students will examine the historical, biological, social, cultural, political, and economic determinants in the societal creation and/or construction of isability. This course will encourage students to critically reflect upon and deconstruct society's "construct" of those who are deemed disabled.
Course Syllabus (pdf)
Exercise: Science, Applications and Policy
Professor Brian Reed, Department of Rehab and Movement Science
North Complex 016
This course is about exercise - the physiology of exercise; the relationship of exercise to fitness and performance; and personal and public health applications of exercise. By the end of the course students will be able to 1) design, implement and maintain a sound personal fitness program; 2) critically analyze current issues in exercise, fitness and health; and 3) critique and propose policies to promote health through exercise and dietary practices.
The course will be framed around a series of scientific topics that will progress from molecular to macro to applied perspectives. At regular intervals we will analyze current issues and policy at state and national levels regarding exercise as an intervention to promote public health.
There will be a variety of learning experiences including small group and whole-class discussions; hands-on learning laboratories; written assignments; and occasional lectures. In addition, each student will design and implement a personal project to improve one aspect of their physical health or performance by means of exercise and/or diet. Students will keep a weekly blog of their project on the course Blackboard site where they will document insights, progress on goals and questions raised through critical thinking. Grading modes will include objective exams, assignments, the personal project, and several researched position papers.
Course Syllabus (pdf)
Mathematics and the Arts
Professor Sheila Weaver, Department of Mathematics and Statistics
North Complex 016
We tend to think of mathematics and science as rational disciplines, while the arts are those that speak to our senses and emotions. But the ancient Greeks considered math, science, and the arts together - all were reflections of the essential perfection of the universe. This course will explore some of the many connections between mathematics and the arts, and consider how these have changed from ancient times to the present. Some of the ideas well explore: the mathematical ideas of ratio and proportion - how they were fundamental to the creation of the intervals and scales of Western music, and how they have been incorporated in visual art and architecture; the symbolism of number and geometric shape in musical and visual compositions; the use of pattern and symmetry in music, art and design; mathematical perspective in drawing: how to achieve it, and how to recognize other approaches to perspective; the use of systematic and chance mechanisms in contemporary artistic and musical compositions.
A solid high school mathematics background is required for this course (we'll use lots of geometry). Musical and artistic background are desirable, but not required.
Course Syllabus (pdf)
Probability & Inference, Risk & Decision
Professor William Jefferys, Department of Mathematics and Statistics
North Complex 34F
Life is full of situations where we must make decisions even though the available information is incomplete or uncertain, yet the consequences of making the wrong decision may be significant. Examples of such serious decisions include an investor deciding whether to buy a stock, a patient deciding between different treatments for a serious disease, and a juror deciding whether to convict or acquit a defendant.
Probability and decision theories are valuable tools to help us analyze and make informed decisions. They help us decide how our beliefs should depend on old and new information, and how to take into account the consequences of possible actions. The basic principles are very simple, but they can be applied in many different circumstances. In this course we will investigate how probability and decision theory can help us make important decisions in problems that arise in science, business, the law, medicine, and even daily life.
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Featuring 150 images sourced from a major international photography exhibition, humanity: a celebration of friendship, family, love & laughter is everything its subtitle claims.
The subjects and settings of each photo are as diverse as the earth—in age, geography and locale. We're reminded of just how small the world we share truly is, as the underlying theme of humanity connects us all.
'home by novogratz' book signing events
Join us in select CB2 stores to celebrate the arrival of Home by Novogratz—the latest book from Robert and Cortney Novogratz.
Meet Robert and Cortney, get unique design ideas and inspiration for your space, and see the complete Novogratz Collection.
Most events are 6-8pm—Queen West Toronto is 5-7pm—and attendance is limited so RSVP as soon as possible!
CB2 Eastside New York, October 9
CB2 Queen West Toronto, October 11
CB2 Lincoln Park Chicago, October 16
CB2 South Beach Miami, October 17
CB2 Georgetown, October 23
CB2 West Hollywood, October 25
recycled book sale: miami
What: Annual Recycled Book Sale
When: now thru October 2, 2011
Where: Lowe Museum Store, Miami
Take this is opportunity to support the Lowe
Art Museum—you may find an art book you can't live without!
All proceeds benefit the museum. For more information—including donation information—contact the museum store.


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Sacred Duty
Discussing contemporary religion and culture with Ken Chitwood
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Local Author Weighs in on Debate About Mormons, Christianity
"Mormonism is an interesting and fascinating religion," she said, "but people don't know how to talk about, or to, Mormons. I want my book to help people start that conversation." [Read More]
Are All Mormons White and Prosperous?
With Mitt Romney, Jon Huntsman and Harry Reid catching ample press in political news sources and the broadway musical "The Book of Mormon" fetching rave reviews, Mormonism has been at the forefront of many minds recently and the subject of several current articles and blogs. Coverage has been diverse and interesting, from proposing that we […] [Read More]


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Berkshire - Family Heads
People Connected to Berkshire
People connected to Berkshire can be placed in the following groups.
Historical and Political people
These; are accommodated by the project Historic Berkshire which covers the History of Berkshire and historical/political people. Some of these are also listed in the Famous people category.
Famous or Notable People
Some of these connections are a little tenuous - counties like to lay claim to people of renown. Those people of note with connections to the county are to be listed in. Berkshire - Famous People
Berkshire - Monumental Inscriptions and Graveyards
Berkshire - Genealogical Resources
People from Berkshire who went to the "New world" and were early progenitors in those countries. Where the earliest ancestor is known please add them to the list of "Berkshire families on Geni" below if that was their roots, or to the appropriate county project.
Where the earliest known ancestor is the emigrant add them to the list below. In some cases if there is a project that covers them in detail please link the project - there is no point in duplicating the list.
Emigrants from Berkshire
Please add the names of people from Berkshire who settled in the "New World"
South Africa
Families with their roots in Berkshire.
Please add the earliest head of the family to the list of Berkshire Families on Geni below and link their profiles to the project. These should be male! Adding anyone with a Berkshire birthplace to the project would cause the project to be a little cluttered, so please restrict this to the earliest head of family!
Names with Bold links are to Geni profiles. Non-bold links take you to other biographical web pages.
How to add a link is explained in the attached document - Adding links to Geni profiles in projects.
Berkshire Genealogical Resources
- The four visitations of Berkshire made and taken by Thomas Benolte, Clarnceuc, anno 1532; by William Harvey, Clarnceux, anno 1566; by Henry Chiting, Chester herald, and John Philipott, Rouge dragon, for William Camden, Clarenceux, anno 1623; and by Elias Ashmole, Windsor herald, for Sir Edward Bysshe, Clarenceux, anno 1665-66
- The four visitations of Berkshire made and taken by Thomas Benolte, Clarenceux anno 1532


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Frustrated on offense, 15th-ranked Mississippi State also could not muster an answer on defense.
And then came the moment that summarized the Bulldogs' 98-88 loss to Arkansas in their SEC opener at Bud Walton Arena Saturday night: Arnett Moultrie, thinking he had a clean block on a Hunter Mickelson dunk attempt, was called for a foul and then a technical with 12:25 remaining.
Arkansas' lead grew to 19 points and the 12,200 announced in attendance erupted into their loudest cheers of the night. ...


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The Atlanta Falcons just made a big move for wide receiver help in drafting Julio Jones. Now that they have added a dynamic youngster at the position, they might be ready to add a six-time Pro Bowl veteran: Chad Ochocinco.
Sporting News team correspondent D. Orlando Ledbetter reports for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that with the hiring of former Bengals offensive coordinator Bob Bratkowski as Atlanta's quarterbacks coach, the Falcons would be in line to go after Ochocinco if Cincinnati, as expected, decides to trade or release him.
Ochocinco has a great relationship with Bratkowski and has played under him throughout his career. He also told the Journal-Constitution that Bratkowski is the reason he ended up being selected 36th overall by the Bengals in 2001.
"He went to bat for me," Ochocinco said of Bratkowski. "They weren't going to take me. But from what he saw at the Senior Bowl before the draft is the reason why he stood on the table for me and that's why they drafted me."
Sporting News fans: Ask the NFL your own question about the lockout
The Bengals have already moved on from Bratkowski, hiring Jay Gruden as his replacement, and the drafting of A.J. Green fourth overall in April is further indication they're also ready to replace Ochocinco as their No. 1 receiver.
While the presence of one talented rookie, Green, may push Ochocinco out of his original NFL team, he would fit nicely along with another promising rookie in Jones.
The Falcons want to be more aggressive with their downfield passing game and bringing in Ochocinco to join Jones and three-time Pro Bowler Roddy White would give them quite an arsenal. As a bonus, staying under Bratkowski would help Ochocinco in an abbreviated lockout-affected offseason in which he would need to make a quick transition to offensive coordinator Mike Mularkey's system.
At 33 and coming off only his third sub-1,000-yard receiving season in his 10-year career, Ochocinco likely doesn't have too many years left in which to win a Super Bowl. Although NFL.com reported Seattle and Oakland might also be interested in pursuing Ochocinco if he becomes available, Atlanta would a much better fit than either of those teams. Going to a loaded young team such as the Falcons, who finished with the NFC's best record last season, would give him a good short-term shot at a championship.
With Jones, White, future Hall of Fame tight end Tony Gonzalez and rookie scatback Jacquizz Rodgers already in his quiver, Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan should be feeling good about his offense a day after he turned 26 (May 17). If the team acquires Ochocinco later in the offseason, it would be a nice belated birthday present.


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Gut Check's Week in Tweets
Categories: From the Desk of Gut Check
had to call in sick to Dorm Room @33wine - grrr. on couch, watching football, might order pizza: just like my real dorm-room experience.
6:05 PM Sep 14th
Work network down. Blog by typewriter?
9:48 AM Sep 15th
And we're back online. Which means I need to find something to blog about. Crap.
10:23 AM Sep 15th
paula deen + kate of Jon and Kate Plus 8 = worst. idea. ever. http://bit.ly/D6N8N
5:06 PM Sep 15th
RT @ruhlman: steak frites for dinner tonight. why? because you never know when the inevitable catastrophe of death will smite your sorry ass
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|MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question. [Answers]
|Which of the following is NOT an entity of the Federal Reserve System?
|A) The Federal Open Market Committee
|B) Federal Reserve Banks
|C) The Comptroller of the Currency
|D) The Board of Governors
|Which of the following is an entity of the Federal Reserve System?
|A) The Comptroller of the Currency
|B) The FDIC
|C) The FOMC
|D) The U.S. Treasury Secretary
|Each Federal Reserve bank has nine directors. Of these ________ are appointed by the member banks and ________ are appointed by the Board of Governors.
|A) six; three
|B) four; five
|C) five; four
|D) three; six
|The Federal Reserve Bank of ________ plays a special role in the Federal Reserve System because it houses the open market desk.
|A) Boston
|B) New York
|C) San Francisco
|D) Chicago
|The president from which Federal Reserve Bank always has a vote in the Federal Open Market Committee?
|A) New York
|B) Boston
|C) Philadelphia
|D) San Francisco
|Which of the following functions are not performed by any of the twelve regional Federal Reserve Banks?
|A) Issuing new currency
|B) Check clearing
|C) Setting interest rates payable on time deposits
|D) Conducting economic research
|All ________ are required to be members of the Fed.
|A) nationally chartered banks
|B) state chartered banks
|C) banks with assets less than $100 million
|D) banks with assets less than $500 million
|There are ________ members of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
|Members of the Board of Governors are
|A) chosen by the Federal Reserve Bank presidents.
|B) appointed by the president of the United States and confirmed by the Senate.
|C) never allowed to serve more than 7-year terms.
|D) appointed by the newly elected president of the United States, as are cabinet positions.
|Each governor on the Board of Governors can serve
|A) one full nonrenewable fourteen-year term plus part of another term.
|B) only one nonrenewable eight-year term.
|C) one full nonrenewable eight-year term plus part of another term.
|D) only one nonrenewable fourteen-year term.
|The Chairman of the Board of Governors is chosen from among the seven governors and serves a ________ term.
|A) one-year
|B) two-year
|C) four-year
|D) eight-year
|While the discount rate is "established" by the regional Federal Reserve Banks, in truth, the rate is determined by
|A) the Senate.
|B) the Board of Governors.
|C) the president of the United States.
|D) Congress.
|The Federal Open Market Committee usually meets ________ times a year.
|A) four
|B) six
|C) eight
|D) twelve
|The Federal Reserve entity that makes decisions regarding the conduct of open market operations is the
|A) Board of Governors.
|B) Open Market Advisory Council
|C) chairman of the Board of Governors.
|D) Federal Open Market Committee.
|The Federal Open Market Committee consists of the
|A) seven members of the Board of Governors and seven presidents of the regional Fed banks.
|B) five senior members of the seven-member Board of Governors.
|C) twelve regional Fed bank presidents and the chairman of the Board of Governors.
|D) seven members of the Board of Governors and five presidents of the regional Fed banks.
|Each Fed bank president attends FOMC meetings; although only ________ Fed bank presidents vote on policy, all ________ provide input.
|A) five; twelve
|B) five; ten
|C) three; ten
|D) three; twelve
|Although neither ________ nor the ________ are officially set by the Federal Open Market Committee, decisions concerning these policy tools are effectively made by the committee.
|A) reserve requirements; discount rate
|B) margin requirements; federal funds rate
|C) margin requirements; discount rate
|D) reserve requirements; federal funds rate
|Members of Congress are able to influence monetary policy, albeit indirectly, through their ability to
|A) withhold appropriations from the Federal Open Market Committee.
|B) instruct the General Accounting Office to audit the foreign exchange market functions of the Federal Reserve.
|C) propose legislation that would force the Fed to submit budget requests to Congress, as must other government agencies.
|D) withhold appropriations from the Board of Governors.
|The political business cycle refers to the phenomenon that just before elections, politicians enact _________ policies. After the elections, the bad effects of these policies (for example, ________ ) have to be counteracted with ________ policies.
|A) expansionary; higher unemployment; contractionary
|B) expansionary; a higher inflation rate; contractionary
|C) contractionary; a higher inflation rate; expansionary
|D) contractionary; higher unemployment; expansionary
|The strongest argument for an independent Federal Reserve rests on the view that subjecting the Fed to more political pressures would impart
|A) an inflationary bias to monetary policy.
|B) a countercyclical bias to monetary policy.
|C) a deflationary bias to monetary policy.
|D) a disinflationary bias to monetary policy.
|Critics of the current system of Fed independence contend that
|A) the current system is undemocratic.
|B) the Board of Governors is held responsible for policy missteps.
|C) voters have too much say about monetary policy.
|D) the president has too much control over monetary policy on a day-to-day basis.
|Recent research indicates that inflation performance (low inflation) has been found to be best in countries with
|A) the most independent central banks.
|B) a policy of always keeping interest rates low.
|C) money financing of budget deficits.
|D) political control of monetary policy.


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Auction specialist breaks through the £36 million mark
Posted: November 29, 2012|
T HE area's biggest property auctioneer saw its turnover for 2012 push through the £36 million mark with another successful week.
Butters John Bee's auction on Monday at the Moat House Hotel saw more than £3.14 million of property change hands, giving a conversion rate of 77 per cent on the night and with a few deals being tied up afterwards BJB maintained its average of 80 per cent for the year.
There were some spectacular improvements over guide price on the night with terrace property again popular and developers out in force looking for houses that need some degree of modernisation or renovation.
For example, Lot 69, a two bedroom mid-terrace at 41, Sandon Street, Etruria, was entered with a guide price of £35,000 but eventually stopped the bidding at almost a third more, at £46,000.
Another two bedroom terrace, this one in need of some modernisation, at 59, Chell Street, Birches Head, sailed past its £35,000 guide price to go for £45,000. Lot 60, a three bedroom semi at 57, Stafford Crescent, Clayton, which will need updating beat its guide price of £50,000 by 10 per cent when the hammer came down on the final bid of £55,000.
There were lots of similar sales. There was a pair of two bedroom mid-terrace houses in Tintern Street, Hanley, one at Number 7 and the other Number 19, both of which had a guide of £35,000 but which went for £42,000 and £41,500 respectively. A similar property at 22, Lindley Street, Cobridge, went to a new owner who had to bid £6,500 more than the guide of £25,000 to get it and 155, Knutton Lane, Knutton, a two-bedroom end terrace with off-road parking and a back garden and in need of updating went into the auction at £45,000 but sold for £53,0000.
Mike Hancock, associate director at BJB, says: "We sold 77 per cent of the lots entered on the night and with a few sold after we should hit our 80 per cent that we have averaged for the year. In total £3,144,000 worth of property was sold on Monday taking us to £36,067,600 of property sold by us at auction in 2012.''


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Video:What Is Holy Thursday?with Jacob Taxis
Holy Thursday is the Thursday before Easter and is a day of great importance in Catholicism. This video from About.com will explain the significance of Holy Thursday.See Transcript
Transcript:What Is Holy Thursday?
Hi, I'm Jacob Taxis for About.com. In this video, we will discuss the significance and meaning of Holy Thursday from the viewpoint of Roman Catholicism.
When is Holy Thursday?
Holy Thursday or Maundy Thursday refers to the Thursday before Easter. It is the first of the last three days of Holy Week which are collectively termed the Sacred Triduum. Holy Thursday is followed by the final two days of the Triduum: Good Friday and Holy Saturday.
For Roman Catholics, Holy Thursday commemorates the key interrelated events of the night before the crucifixion of Jesus, each of which is saturated in meaning.
Eucharist Instituted on Holy Thursday
First, Holy Thursday commemorates the evening on which Jesus Christ institutes the Eucharist, also known as Holy Communion. In Luke 22:19-20, Jesus shares a final Passover meal with his disciples the night before he is crucified in Jerusalem.
According to Luke, Jesus takes bread, gives thanks for it, breaks it, and serves it to his disciples, saying "This is my body given for you. Do this in remembrance of me." Jesus then takes the wine, saying, "This cup is the new covenant of my blood, poured out for you."
In the Catholic Eucharist, the bread and wine become the very body and blood of the Lord Jesus. His body and blood are truly present in the appearance of bread and wine. It is this Eucharistic Body and Blood of which Catholics eat and drink at Holy Communion, signifying, among other realities, union with Christ and grateful reception of his grace.
Holy Thursday Commemorates Sacerdotal Priesthood
Second, Holy Thursday commemorates Christ's institution of what Catholics call the sacerdotal priesthood. Jesus Christ offered himself as the Passover Victim and, therefore, every ordained Catholic priest – by the command of Jesus – offers the eternal sacrifice of Christ at the altar for the life of the Church. In this way, the priest presents this on-going offering until Christ returns in glory.
Jesus Washes the Disciples' Feet
Third, Holy Thursday commemorates the night on which Jesus washes his disciples' feet, as is recorded in John 13:5, and gives to his disciples a new command, as is described in John 13:34.
Over the course of the meal, Jesus commands his disciples to love one another. "As I have loved you," Jesus says, "so must you love one another." This love is conveyed in Christ's washing of his disciples' feet and in his eternal sacrifice on the cross on Good Friday.
For this reason, Holy Thursday is also called Maundy Thursday. "Maundy" is derived from the Latin mandatum, meaning "commandment."
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COLUMBIA South Carolina authorities said a 1-day-old infant was legally abandoned at Lexington Medical Center this week.
The Department of Social Services said in a release Friday that it has custody of a healthy, white baby boy left at the hospital Wednesday. The infant was reportedly born at home a day earlier and weighs 7 pounds.
Anyone wishing to assert parental rights of the infant must do so at a hearing set for Oct. 15.
The case falls under Daniels Law.
The states save haven law allows parents to safely abandon infants up to a month old without punishment. The infant must be left in an employees hands at a hospital or other allowed location.
One-day-old infant left at Med Center
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Give Philadelphia credit for consistency. The last time the CVB was here in Washington, D.C., they hosted a lunch at Le Diplomate — a then-new French bistro that just so happens to be owned by a premier Philly restaurateur. This past Wednesday, they were back in D.C. to celebrate the opening of Rural Society, a new Argentinian steakhouse from Jose Garces, probably Philadelphia's best-known chef, with a James Beard Award, an Iron Chef title, and 17 restaurants in seven cities to his name. He's also an amazing cook and a terrifically nice guy, but more on that in just a bit.
Philadelphia did a good job of mixing business and pleasure by rooting its event in the culture and rhythms of the new restaurant— like they'd invited all of us to hang out at this cool place they just discovered, and by the way, here's some information that might interest you. As guests arrived and began to mingle, waitstaff circulated with trays of drinks — the spicy El Diablo, with tequila, pineapple, and habanero, and the tart Macau, with rum, guava, and citrus. Eventually Lorenz Hassenstein — general manager of the Pennsylvania Convention Center, which last fall signed a management contract with SMG — stood at the front of the room. Against the clangs and sizzles of Rural Society's grill-fired kitchen, Hassenstein spoke at length, with a sort of optimistic candor, about SMG's ongoing efforts to resolve the "interesting jurisdictional challenges" involved in working with the six different labor unions that operate in the center. (Read here about a show that just announced its return to Philly specifically because of the convention center's new work rules.)
Then the chef took center stage. Gracious and unassuming, Garces invited people to arrange themselves around a table set with ingredients for two of Rural Society's signature grilled dishes: pamplona de puerco (stuffed pork tenderloin) and mollejas (lamb sweetbreads). As he prepared the dishes, he alternated between discussing the influences on his cooking in general and this menu in particular (the pamplona, for example, was the result of a trip he and his team took to Uruguay) and, like a hospitality pro, talking up his city. A Chicago native whose parents emigrated from Ecuador in the 1960s, Garces called Philadelphia "my adopted hometown." He said: "Attracting convention business is key, and we're happy to be part of that allure just by offering good food."
He wasn't kidding. The pamplona and mollejas were both delicious, seared and smoky, crispy and chewy. Later Garces sat toward the back of the room, chatting and signing copies of his new cookbook, The Latin Road Home. I learned that he still roots for Chicago sports teams but also has a soft spot for the Philadelphia Eagles (my kind of guy — have I mentioned that I'm from Philly?), and we talked about the complicated fan dynamics of raising kids in a different sports town from where we grew up.
Garces moved to Philadelphia and began building his restaurant empire some years after I left, but I've always felt a connection to him because of my hometown, and it was nice to reinforce that in person with some good food and interesting conversation. I guess you could say it was just another successful face-to-face event.


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If you are old enough, you may remember Ralston cereal, which was treated in its day the same way that oatmeal is now. Ralston isn't around much anymore. It was made by creating rolled wheat, the same as rolled oats. I found it much to my surprise, offered by the Vermont Country Store online. I shop there frequently to get vintage products and foods that are hard to find.
If you are familiar with another product known as Cream of Wheat, you would find that Ralston resembles oatmeal much more than the the well-known baby food. Cream of Wheat makes a delicious breakfast cereal, though, just in case you'd like to find something new for your mornings. But Ralston's appearance is indistinguishable from oatmeal, unless it is just a bit more golden-brown.
The first thing I did when my Ralston arrived today was introduce my husband to it. He makes oatmeal frequently, and he liked it right away. But while we were eating it I got to thinking about my Oat Bran Muffins. Wow--how about using Ralston instead and getting a different spin on the flavor?
So I whipped up a batch and sure enough, they had a very rich flavor when I added just a small amount of wheat germ. No other changes are needed to make a new and gorgeous muffin for your mornings.
If you make these muffins in the large-sized muffin tins that make six coffee-shop-sized pieces, you can go ahead and make your coffee at home and have quite a breakfast whenever you get around to it--on the train or driving or at your desk or the employee break room. Be prepared for the fan club that will appear once your friends get a load of these muffins.
From Cafe Margot
Put these ingredients together in a small mixing bowl and let them stand for 20 minutes:
½ cup Ralston whole-wheat cereal
½ cup oat bran
1-1/2 cups warm water
Meanwhile, whisk these ingredients together in a mixing bowl:
1-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 Tablespoon wheat germ
1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder
¼ teaspoon baking soda
¼ teaspoon sea salt
1 Tablespoon powdered milk
After twenty minutes, preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Prepare your muffin tins with paper baking cups or spray them with cooking spray. You can also use the extra-large muffin cups and they will work fine.
Add the flour mixture to the oat mixture and stir them together. Then add:
1 large egg, at room temperature, beaten slightly with a whisk
¼ cup cooking oil (I use walnut oil)
1-1/4 teaspoons vanilla extract
1/3 cup light brown sugar, packed
1/3 cup granulated sugar
1 cup raisins (or other dried fruit such as cranberries or cherries)
1 cup chopped walnuts, optional
Fill the muffin cups and bake the muffins for 15 minutes, or until they are firm on top and lightly golden brown around the edges.
Remove the muffins from the oven and set them on the stove top to cool. After 20 minutes or so, they can be served warm or frozen for individual use.
I use light raisins for this recipe because I dislike the harsh look of dark raisins in cakes and muffins. However, one thing that is particularly good in this recipe is dried cherries. I also love the combination of dried pineapple and pecans.
But seriously, folks, the muffins came out so good, so perfectly formed and risen, that I urge you to try it. Go ahead and order your Ralston if you have to, or check with someplace like Whole Foods or Sprouts in Tucson, who might take special orders. Sprouts got Mintz's Blintzes for me, for which I am forever grateful.


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The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga football team returns to Finley Stadium Saturday for its final home game of the 2013 season on Saturday. The No. 23 Mocs take on No. 15 Wofford at 2 p.m. in a neck-and-neck race fort eh Southern Conference Championship.
Standing at 7-2 for the first time since 1980, UTC also hosts Military Appreciation Day. All active military, veterans and their families receive free admission.
Chattanooga head coach Russ Huesman, senior defensive back Chaz Moore and sophomore quarterback Jacob Huesman all spoke to the local media today about the game. Quotes from each press conference are below, with photos and videos attached to this story.
Chattanooga Head Coach Russ Huesman
Thoughts on the win over Appalachian State
"Appalachian State was a great win for our team and program. The guys played really hard and found a way to make plays when we had to. The team was very excited after the game. I love this team because they are working hard, playing hard and finding ways to win."
Looking ahead to Wofford Saturday
"We have another tough one this week. It just seems like it comes down to Wofford every year. I was looking to see what they had coming back this year, and although they lost six on both sides of the ball, they look the same. They are a well-oiled machine and well coached. Their teams look the same every year. They are playing for something big, just like we are, and it should be a great atmosphere for a great football game."
On why Wofford is such an important game
"This is a big game. There's no question about it. It's a big game for both teams and that's what makes it so important. Both teams are playing for something pretty significant. It's not like we're playing to win against a bad football team. That would be considered a big game for us, but this is a big game for both of us. Wofford will be ready to play."
Jacob Huesman, Quarterback, Sophomore
On how the Mocs are winning close games
"I think we have started to figure out how to win these close games. I think it is a mentality you have to have. Up until a few weeks ago, we might not have had enough confidence to pull it out in the fourth quarter. I think we've figured out how to handle close situations in the fourth quarter."
Thoughts on Saturday's game against Wofford
"It always seems like it is a big game against Wofford. If you look at the schedule, we always have Wofford at the end of the year in a game that has playoff implications. I believe this year is different because we are in the driver's seat. We are in control and it's something we've never really experienced. It's a big game at Finley in a big Southern Conference race. I hope we have a great crowd for it."
Chaz Moore, Defensive Back, Senior
Thoughts on the Mocs senior class
"I came in with the class after this senior class and began playing as a true freshman. I have been playing with these guys ever since and they're all warriors. They love to fight. When you have someone next to you fighting, you're going to win games because it gives you that inspiration to fight for that brother next to you."
On how big the game is Saturday against Wofford
"We just have to go out and treat this like it's a regular game. We have to take it week-by-week. We know it has playoff implications and we really want that Southern Conference championship, but we can't get too far ahead of ourselves. We want that ring, but all we are thinking about right now is Wofford."


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Gaming phone set to be detailed at Mobile World Congress.
The Sony Ericsson Xperia Play, known by pretty much everyone as the PlayStation phone, has been pegged for UK release by O2.
Taking to Twitter, the mobile network said, "Awesome news - the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play is coming to O2. Loving their ad too." The latter refers to the Super Bowl spot which officially introduced the gaming cell to the masses during last Sunday's Super Bowl.
The Xperia Play has been leaked and spied for months, with Sony Ericsson happily previewing the phone on several occasions. It comes loaded with a PlayStation Pocket app for downloading games, a Qualcomm chip for lightning fast performance and Android Gingerbread to boot.
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Transforming the Journey:
Mentoring Lives Through Magic and Myth
Mentoring Environments
Thus far we have considered the nature of the journey, the sequence of events, and the skills and activities associated with mentoring. Now I want to turn for a moment to what I find to be the more interesting question in relation to our topic this morning. What characterizes a mentoring community? This is a particularly appropriate question to ask at a gathering of individuals who have committed themselves to become who they are in the presence of others. As I approach this material I have a feeling that I am moving into territory that is very familiar to all of you. In many ways, the Rule of Benedict that guides you, and the long history and culture that describe what you are called to do, have created already a compelling framework, if not a master template, for mentoring in our society.
Parks reminds us that "Mentoring communities play an essential role in the formation of meaning and purpose throughout adulthood." The mentoring community provides "a context in which a new, more adequate imagination of life and work can be composed, anchored in a sense of we."20 In her recent book Big Questions, Worthy Dreams, she devotes attention to the kind of environment thought to promote and encourage the human meaning-making journey we recognize as the object of mentoring. In her analysis, these are mentoring communities that recognize, support, challenge, and inspire those within them. Her prescriptive criteria offer a helpful guide for evaluating what we do as mentors in settings where the pursuit of meaning making in its broadest dimension and significance might occur. I think about these hallmarks when I consider various policies and practices of graduate education. I invite you to think about them in the context of your own communities. Let me focus briefly on each one.


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Updated at: 04/18/2013 2:16 PM
A Bayfield woman charged after a crash that killed her 2-year-old daughter last summer pleaded not guilty Thursday morning, according to the Bayfield County clerk of courts.
Twenty-four-year-old Chelsea Cadotte is charged with one felony count of second-degree reckless homicide and three felony charges for first-degree reckless injury.
In July of 2012, deputies allege Cadotte was speeding southbound on Highway 13 near Washburn with her three children and 15-year-old sister. Officials allege she was distracted by a child in the backseat which caused her to swerve and roll several times into the ditch.
All four passengers were ejected from the vehicle and police said they were not wearing seat belts.
Cadotte is scheduled to appear in court again on May 28.


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"This is used in place of phyllo dough as it is much easier to make."
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1 1/2 cups
all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon
egg, beaten
1/3 cup
warm milk
2 teaspoons
butter, melted
1/8 teaspoon
2 tablespoons
butter, melted
I used this recipe to make Baklava. I don't know what Baklava looks like, tastes like, and I've never cooked with Phyllo Dough either. My finished product tasted delicious though so 5 stars for the recipe!!! I can never find Phyllo Dough in the grocery store so this recipe helps out alot. ***UPDATE*** I finally cooked with phyllo dough and I must say that this is SO MUCH BETTER! I'm never going to use the packaged stuff ever again.
20/04/2009 I`ve never bought Phyllo dough because I have problems to find it in my country. I used this recipe. I don`t know how Phyllo dough must be, all I can say, this recipe makes very good dough. 5 stars ****Update***Finally I found Phyllo and I have to change the rewiew. I realized this is not a phyllo dough substitution. It is imposible to roll and stretch the dough so thin as phyllo is, so you will get the wrong dough and texture in final dish. When you bake with phyllo you put a few layers together. It is imposible to do with this dough. Even if you are able to stretch this dough very thin without tearing, the layers will stick together, so you will get almost one layer after baking. The texture wasn`t flaky at all. I realized this recipe can't be used for Baklava and other Arabic sweets or Greek recipes with Phyllo. I tried this dough for other recipes without success too.
16 Ratings
Excellent. I put the dough through a noodle maker instead of strechting it by hand. Thank you very much.
This reminds me of the recipe my mom used to use when making her Macedonian cheese burek. She would use old clean sheets specifically saved for this purpose and roll out countless phyllo snakes full of tasty feta/egg mixtures. I remember 3-4 large sized pans baked on Saturday mornings. And the crispy flaky texture was amazing. Puts the store bought stuff to shame and I could never understand why anyone would use store bought. This is more versatile.
Girl! First time to use this and make it for Baklava-it was wonderful! This is also the first time I had not changed the recipe slightly. You have a winner! It is also fun to play with!
I tried this recipe a couple days ago and it worked wonders. I used it for some chicken roll-ups which I fried in oil. I would use this as an equivalent for frying a tortilla for a mexican style dish. It's less greasy that using a tortilla.
I live 4 hours away from Brooklyn, where I used to get the BEST knishes.... Was really craving a good sized NY-style knish, and this is the recipe I used for the dough. I tripled the recipe to produce 5 large-size rounds (about the size of a dinner plate). I had no trouble with it except to say that I added an additional teaspoon of white vinegar even after tripling the normal amt to help let it stretch. (Which if you weren't aware is the reason the dough stretches so well in the first place - you could substitute with the same amt of lemon juice if you were making more of a dessert dish.) FANTASTIC - and it really hit the spot!
i give this 4 stars as it came out great but doesnt have that flakey texture phyllo has. also i had to add about a cup more flour as the 1/3 cup milk turned out to be a bit much
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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Serving Size: 1/8 of a recipe
Servings Per Recipe: 8
Amount Per Serving
Calories: 134
Calories from Fat: 44
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The fundamental philosophy of the James S. Kemper Foundation is that a college-level education in the liberal arts complemented by workplace experiential education represents the ideal preparation for life and work, especially for careers in administration and business. The mission of the Foundation is to promote that philosophy.
Please read on to explore more about the James S. Kemper Foundation.
James S. KemperIn 1942, James Scott Kemper, founder of the Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Company and related Kemper insurance companies, established an independent private foundation. The Kemper companies provided significant financial support to the Foundation's endowment during its first 25 years. That endowment is committed like the Foundation's founder to helping shape the future leaders of American organizations.
Since its inception, the Foundation has concentrated on funding projects related to higher education. A special internship/scholarship initiative operated by the Foundation, the Kemper Scholars Program, has flourished since 1948 and recently celebrated its 60th anniversary year. The Foundation has also expanded its activities to include educational project grants and support for certain educational programs for college students at cultural institutions in Chicago.
In 2004, the Board of Trustees determined that future grants will be made to small, private undergraduate colleges, with a particular emphasis on liberal arts education and its relationship to administration, business, and leadership. The Kemper Scholars Program provides opportunities to college students at sixteen partner institutions, all of them small and private. The Foundation continues to provide support for college student opportunities and internships at Chicago's cultural organizations.
A Brief History of the Kemper Scholars ProgramIn the first decade after its 1948 founding, the Kemper Scholars Program focused primarily on supporting college and university students whose chosen areas of study related to insurance administration as a career. The James S. Kemper Foundation's first scholarship program, however, was in 1947 in the fields of industrial medicine and surgery with research fellowships at the medical schools of Northwestern University and the University of Pittsburgh.
Additional areas of support soon included Fire Protection and Safety Engineering and Actuarial Science. The Foundation's commitment to a broad and diverse impact took the form of ensuring that colleges and universities across the country were included among the Kemper Scholar Institutions.
By 1955, the Foundation was supporting forty-eight Kemper Scholars in eighteen colleges and universities across the country. Graduate fellowships for students in Industrial Hygiene and Highway Traffic had been added. The annual report of that year reported that as the program expanded, "small colleges are sought that afford the best in liberal arts education, can give appropriate attention to the program, and will benefit by having additional scholarships at their disposal for worthy prospective students."
Throughout its history, the Kemper Scholars Program has maintained that earliest commitment. At the turn of the millennium, as the Foundation's Board undertook a program of planning for the future, the same principles remained critical in the selection of Kemper Scholar Institutions.
From its beginnings, the undergraduate Kemper Scholars Program always included scholarship aid for students and summer professional internships. Until the turn of the Millennium, all of those internships were at one or another branch of the Kemper Insurance Companies. It was in the 1956 annual report that the Trustees made explicit mention of the objective of cultivating "broadly educated" liberal arts students "for future leadership." Thus they set forth in writing the Foundation's belief that leadership skills and attitudes can best be developed on the base of liberal arts studies and honed through practical experience in internships during students' college years. Kemper Scholars of the mid-fifties included male and female students from every region of the United States.
The late 1950s saw the addition of Kemper graduate fellowships in Insurance Teaching and a return to Surgical Research. By the annual report of 1959, the Kemper Scholars group included 120 continuing scholars and graduates for that year. Executive Director Hiram L. Kennicott's report for 1959 noted "ever-increasing affirmation" of the Foundation's assertions about the value of liberal arts education and internships as the basis for leadership development.
He quoted from a publication of the Bank of Canada which noted: "The best way to cultivate the bigness of mind needed for success in business is through the liberal studies. They enlarge the understanding and deepen the insight. They develop accuracy in observation, quickness and certainty in seizing upon the main points of a new subject, and discrimination in separating the trivial from the important in great masses of facts. They contribute to mental power in situations that cannot be predicted in detail."
At the turn of the decade into the 1960s, the Foundation expanded its support for health related programs. Grants funded attendance at the Yale University Summer School for Alcoholism Studies for municipal employees. And, in 1960 alone, under a grant from the James S. Kemper Foundation thirteen young surgeons were sent by the American College of Surgeons to present papers at the scientific meeting of the International Federation of Surgical Colleges and Societies in London.
Hiram L. Kennicott, executive director of the James S. Kemper Foundation from its inception, died in 1962. His successor, Charles W. Webster, noted in the 1963 annual report, "In these time of stress and challenge, it is imperative that business be provided with articulate, broadly educated and imaginative leadership." Thus he reflected the longstanding commitment of the Foundation to use its resources for the benefit of the larger community by assisting individual students of promise and assisting colleges committed to a broad liberal arts education.
While the 1960s saw a growing number of women interested in careers in insurance -- and hence a growing number of them were selected as Kemper Scholars studying Insurance Administration, the field was still largely dominated by men.
Nevertheless, the roster of Kemper Scholars achieved greater gender balance in those it supported by the addition of programs supporting students in Hospital Nursing.
J. S. Kemper, Sr. greets Kemper Scholars during their summer program in 1967. Demonstrating the commitment of the Kemper family to the Foundation, the 1965 annual report notes that James S. Kemper was Chairman of the Foundation and James S. Kemper, Jr., was President. Their personal commitment to the principle of a broad education applied to business careers remained the guideline for the Foundation's efforts. The Board noted in that year that they were "intensifying efforts to help scholars understand the relationship of their academic studies to their potential careers."
Perhaps James S. Kemper's clearest and most insightful comments on the matter of liberal arts education and business came in a guest editorial in Insurance Magazine in July, 1965. In his essay, Mr. Kemper challenged his fellow leaders in business to "have sufficient liberality of thought to face the uncomfortable fact that we must hire better men than we are."
Ahead of the times, he recommended that leaders develop what Peter Senge would call a "learning organization" in his acclaimed 1990 book The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization. Mr. Kemper explained "Since liberal arts education must be a continuous process, companies must provide a climate where liberal education can flourish. Company programs must not solely be concerned with training in particular aspects of the business. Training is necessary but not enough. Training makes employees experts in answering questions. Education helps employees to determine what questions should be asked."
During its first quarter century, the James S. Kemper Foundation awarded 462 scholarships through the Kemper Scholars Program. The 25th Anniversary report of the Foundation in 1967 spoke powerfully about the impact of the Kemper Scholars program: "It is most difficult to place a value upon the contribution the Kemper Scholarship has made in the personal development and the life of an individual scholar.
Experience has taught us that the amount of financial assistance is rather quickly forgotten, but the practical knowledge gained through our summer-on-the-job training and the close working relationship with leaders of the Kemper Companies have played an important, constructive and unforgettable part in their lives."
In 1968 when they ceased, contributions from the various entities of The Kemper Insurance Companies to form the endowment corpus of the James S. Kemper Foundation had reached over $5.1 million. By 1988, contributions from members of the Kemper family had reached over $1.25 million, while gifts from other persons, including some Kemper Scholar alumni, brought the total from individual donors to over $1,375,000. James Kemper, Jr., contributed a major gift of stock from Kemper Sports Management in 1998.
Charles W. Webster served as Executive Director of the Kemper Foundation from 1963 until his death in 1977. Webster continued the program's expansion, with the number of scholars exceeding 120 a year. He emphasized and celebrated what he saw as the "uniqueness."
Kemper Scholars alumni David Mathis (now Chairman of the Board of the Kemper Foundation), and Bill Kellow mentor a young Kemper Scholar in the late 1960s at Kemper Insurance.
of the Kemper Scholars program compared to other national scholarship programs. He argued that the program's major differences included its career objective, which involved practical internship opportunities, and the commitment of the Foundation to mentoring the scholars and giving them continuing attention and assistance beyond financial grants. Webster noted that the Kemper Scholar "knows that there is someone who has taken the time and made the effort to sit down and talk with and listen to him not once but on numerous occasions." In addressing the Board on his tenth anniversary as Executive Director, Webster wrote: "As Trustees you are not just giving dollars to students but are directly involved in guiding, directing and shaping the life of a young person."
Webster's successor as Executive Director, Bruce W. Coggin, served in that role for just over two years, resigning to accept a call as Rector of Holy Comforter Episcopal Church in Cleburne, Texas. During his tenure the Kemper Scholars Program added a number of new graduate fellowships including Public Affairs, Insurance Law and Public Health. Several of them were named in honor of leaders in the Kemper Insurance Companies and Foundation, including the Kennicott Fellowship, the Hathaway Kemper Fellowship, and the Kuhn Fellowship.
In 1980, Coggin was succeeded by John H. Barcroft, whose background was in higher education teaching and administration and in program management for the national Science Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities. In 1981, the Foundation's Board of Trustees and staff mourned the death of founder Ambassador James S. Kemper, while recommitting themselves to carry on his goals and values.
By 1987 Barcroft had accomplished the objective of reducing the number of Kemper Scholars from nearly 150 annually to 60. The group's demographics had become evenly divided between males and females and included 15% minorities. Barcroft noted that this shift in demographic balance, while indeed a goal of the Foundation, had been achieved solely on the basis of the merit of the student applicants rather than any artificial quota system.
Barcroft and the Trustees reduced the number of students supported by the Foundation not for financial reasons but for the purpose of enhancing their experience as Kemper Scholars. With 60 students a year, each could be given more individualized attention by Kemper Foundation staff; and the need for finding fewer internship placements helped ensure better work site experiences.
Further, Foundation staff could give more attention to building close relationships with the colleges and universities which were the providers of students for the program.
The Foundation's assessment of the Kemper Scholars Program focused on the quality of the scholars' performance. In the first five years of the 1980s – a time of less-rampant grade inflation than succeeding decades – 70% of Kemper Scholars maintained grade point averages above 3.25 at some of the most competitive schools in the country. More important, perhaps, was the fact that the scholars' internship supervisors, at a time when all internships were with Kemper Companies, evaluated 50-55% of the scholars as "above the Kemper standard."
In the summer of 1986, 72% of the students were so rated. At the time, less than 20% of full-time permanent Kemper employees achieved an "above the standard" rating.
Beyond these assessment criteria, the Foundation sought to ensure that scholars were developing character as well. In 1987, Barcroft wrote that his conversations with students and a review of their self-evaluations led him to conclude that most scholars "are genuinely trying to develop themselves into substantial businesspeople of real integrity."
He noted that the Foundation had "developed some exceedingly pointed briefing material for the participating institutions and for the scholars on the issues of style and character, and we try to measure improvement from year to year." Indeed, the commitment to ethics and integrity, which came directly from the personal philosophy and style of James S. Kemper himself, has remained a focal point of the Kemper Scholars program and of grantmaking for the Foundation.
James S. Kemper, Jr., and James S. Kemper, Sr.In 1986, James S. Kemper, Jr., retired from Lumbermens and from the Foundation's Board of Trustees after thirty-eight years of service. He remained connected to the Foundation as an honorary Board member and to the Kemper Scholars, often addressing them during their meetings in Chicago.
The 1980s refocusing of the Kemper Scholars Program and the reduction in numbers paid off. Whereas in past years some Kemper Scholars Program Institutions had no students applying for the program for years at a time, applications soared. In one college, over 100 students applied for a single position. Increasing attention was paid to the development of excellent internship placements. In the summer of 1988, more than twice as many internship opportunities than scholars to take them were available. This helped ensure that students could be matched to the most appropriate and challenging opportunities.
The first Kemper Scholars Conference was held in 1989, offering all scholars a chance to gather together to build relationships among the group while gaining information about current critical issues in the world of business and management. The Kemper Scholar's Conference, which has continued to the present, evolved into an opportunity for students to gain the experience of making presentations to a group of their colleagues, as scholars describe and analyze their summer internship experiences.
Following its ongoing commitment to making the Kemper Scholarship genuinely helpful to students financially as well as educationally, in 1989 the Trustees reviewed the issue of growing tuition costs. As a result, they raised the maximum annual grant from $3,500 to $5,000.
The program existed on fourteen campuses, most of which had active selection committees which included Kemper Scholars in the selection process, a practice which continues. In 1990, the maximum number of scholars increased to 70 to permit the possibility of more than one scholar from a campus when two finalist candidates were so outstanding that choosing between them seemed impossible. The increase also allowed the Foundation to add positions for students majoring in computer science, a rapidly growing field for which excellent internship placements could be secured.
John Barcroft resigned as executive director in May, 1991 and was succeeded by Dr. James. R. Connor. Dr. Connor came to the Foundation fresh from his retirement after seventeen years as Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. Since UW-Whitewater had been a Kemper Scholars Institution, Connor was not only familiar with the program but had attended the first Kemper Scholars Conference in 1989.
In a kind of appropriate symmetry, at the annual meeting of fall, 1995, David Mathis, a Kemper Scholar alumnus was elected Chairman of the Foundation's Board of Trustees and its President. Under the Kemper Scholars Program, Mr. Mathis served an internship at the Kemper Insurance Companies' San Francisco office in 1956 and started full-time with Kemper in 1960. In June, 1999, Dr. Thomas Hellie became executive director. Dr. Hellie had extensive experience in working with a group of strong liberal arts colleges as a member of the leadership staff of the Associated Colleges of the Midwest.
In his first annual report to the Board, Dr. Hellie emphasized his intention to continue the steadfast commitment of the James S. Kemper Foundation to "supporting education – especially business education – at American colleges and universities." As had his predecessors, he singled out the Kemper Scholars Program as the flagship enterprise of the Foundation. He noted that "it may have been the first program of its kind, and even now the Kemper Scholars Program is one of the most prestigious and generous in the nation."
Representative Kemper Scholars in 2002.In 2002, the changing financial situation and reorganizations of the Kemper Insurance Companies, which had begun in the late 1990s, caused the Foundation to reduce its direct links to the insurance business and to the internship placements it had relied on for Kemper Scholars. The Board and staff took the opportunity of the change in its relationship to the Kemper Companies and the change of millennium to engage in extensive strategic planning concerning the future of the Foundation's programs, especially the Kemper Scholars Program.
In September, 2003, the James S. Kemper Foundation moved its offices from the Kemper Companies campus in Long Grove, Illinois back to downtown Chicago, into the Civic Opera Building. For decades this had been the Kemper Insurance Building, and for many years it continued to house the office of James Scott Kemper, the Foundation's founder, when the Kemper Companies moved to Long Grove in 1978.
As a result of its planning process, the Board restated, in somewhat broader terms, its longstanding mission: The mission of The James S. Kemper Foundation is to promote liberal arts education as the ideal preparation for life and work, especially in administration and business.
The Board determined that its greatest impact and, therefore, its focus in education should be on assisting small, private liberal arts colleges and their students. This definition prompted a review of the colleges and universities designated as Kemper Scholars Program Institutions and ended the program's relationship with the larger and the public institutions with which it had worked. A group of sixteen institutions, some longstanding partners and some new have been designated as those from which Kemper Scholars would be selected. The Board determined that students of all majors who had an interest in leadership in business or management/administration would be eligible to be Kemper Scholars and internships would be sought in a wide variety of for-profit and non-profit organizations.
Yet the core of the Kemper Scholars Program and the experience of students remained unchanged from its beginnings nearly six decades before: excellent, mature, and committed students pursuing a liberal arts education would be given the opportunity by means of financial support, conscientious mentoring and attention from the Kemper Foundation staff, and placement in carefully-chosen internships to enhance their education with professional, on-the-job experiences.
The members of the first class of the newly-defined Kemper Scholars Program were selected in the spring of 2005, after a one year hiatus in adding new scholars. In the summer of 2006, nineteen scholars between their sophomore and junior years began a variety of internships in leading non-profit organizations in Chicago. In March, 2006, Dr. Thomas Hellie took up the position of President of Linfield College in McMinnville, Oregon. He was succeeded as President and Executive Director by Dr. Ryan LaHurd, who had spent most of his career in higher education at small liberal arts colleges as a professor, academic dean, and president. He joined the Kemper Foundation from the position of President of the Near East Foundation in New York City.


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The CYPHER Sirolimus-eluting Coronary Stent offered by Cordis (a Johnson & Johnson company) was the first drug-eluting stent approved for the U.S. market when it was approved by the FDA in 2003.
In the first six-year follow-up of a pivotal study of any drug-eluting stent, the SIRIUS (Sirolimus-coated BX VELOCITY Balloon-Expandable Stent in Treatment of Patients with De Novo Coronary Artery Lesions) Trial presented at the Cardiovascular Revascularization Therapies conference in March 2009, no differences between the CYPHER and the bare metal stents were found in the safety measures of myocardial infarction, death or stent thrombosis. CYPHER also had significantly lower rates of target vessel failure (TVF), the primary endpoint of the trial, than those who received the BMS (26.1 percent for the CYPHER stent versus 39.9 percent for the BMS).
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The guy who said his food was terrible must be a picky eater - the cheese is the best part! I eat here at least once a week and I don't even normally like sandwiches. The chalupas are best with salsa verde (the rojo is pretty spicy), and the milanesa and pollo cemitas are best in my opinion. The owner gets a little snippy and it's not the nicest looking place but this is truly one of my favorites in Chicago.
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So I decided to come check out this place after seeing it on the Food network channel...According to Guy this was a great place to try out authentic food from puebla... Well I was not pleased with my food...I have to admit the cheese they used was way over powering of my cemita sandwich and the al pastor was not the best I have had...I came out extremely disappointed with the place...It is waaay over price! Not worth the money at all... However the service was wonderful...the owner was extremely welcoming but thats as far as it goes.
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Probably the best Mexican I have ever had. The cemitas are heavenly, and everything is tremendous value. I am trying to hit all the "Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives" restaurants around me and this one is probably tied for the best! The service is just as great as the food; the owner is very helpful. Mouth watering!
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Every firm has them. And partners dutifully show up. Mostly for the free lunch. This month we are serving Tex-Mex. One percenters's loading up on the free food like a Soviet-era pensioner given the keys to the potato warehouse. It can be a gruesome scene.
So what happens at these monthly gatherings of Biglaw's barons and baronesses? Nothing important. (You want important stuff, you need to crash an Executive Committee meeting. Or for the increasingly common Biglaw dictatorships, you need to bug Chairman Mao's office.) At least at the scheduled monthly partner meetings. "Special" partner meetings are a different story. You want those to be boring, like calling for a vote on a group of laterals. "Exciting" special meetings, while good for Lat, are not good news for the average partner usually. Stability is one of the biggest draws of a Biglaw partnership. Stability means no shocking announcements, over which you have no control.
Anyway, here is how the typical monthly partner meeting goes….
Everyone sits in a conference room, speakerphones on the table muted (unless you are unfortunate enough to be in the office where the managing partner is "hosting" — as if it were an episode of Family Feud), and waits. About ten minutes or so past the promised start time, the "host" calls the meeting to order. The meeting takes place over videoconference or teleconference.
If your firm has a Chairman Mao, he or she will surely be leading the call. Occasionally, the "Chairman" will not be able to lead the meeting, with the given excuse that deadly important "firm business" required their immediate attention (otherwise known as a long weekend in Aspen or in-depth research as to the potential viability of a Cayman branch office). So one of their lackeys gets to run the show that month. Give Brutus a taste of Ceaser's power, as if he needed more fuel for his dreams of leading a coup d'etat one day.
Of course, not every firm has such interesting leadership drama on display. Most Biglaw firms still pretend to be partnerships, so for them it is the elected managing partner kicking things off.
Because Biglaw firms are even inwardly shy about their true purpose — to make partners as rich as possible — partner meetings usually start with a "cultural" bent. Maybe introducing a new lateral. Or a congratulations to a rainmaker for closing a big deal or winning at trial. Everyone chews happily during this part of the meeting. Non-dinosaur partners who have finished their lunch fire up their iPads. Everyone is off the clock, so it is a good time to check on your fantasy team, or text the nanny, or check out which unfortunate firm is today's whipping boy on ATL.
Nod to culture aside, the serious business begins. At firms with a Blessed Leader, an important update on the firm's financial performance is usually preceded with some directive about how "things are good but they could be better." Always a passive-aggressive sheen of optimism to Biglaw's chieftains. Otherwise, the managing partner just hands the meeting off to the firm's comptroller, or finance director, for the financial update.
At this point, the iPads get stowed away. It's money discussion time. Look up at the screen, everyone, for a PowerPoint on how we did last month. Collections, budgets, hours, headcount — all neatly charted. Comparisons to last year, or to 1997 (if you need to make the numbers look better), and breakdowns by firm office. Meaningless numbers, all in summary form, with little or no insight or analysis. You are a partner, so you get a financial update. Here it is. Keep praying that your draws get released on time.
By now it is a half-hour or so into the meeting. The heftier partners start looking wistfully at the diminishing options on the dessert tray, debating whether that third eclair is worth the effort of extricating themselves from the plush conference room chair. Financial update over, the iPads and BlackBerrys come back out. (Again, if you are in the same room as the managing partner, or someone who actually gets to report to the managing partner, you are usually screwed. No checking your stock portfolio during this meeting. You are hanging on every word like Candy Crowley waiting to throw Obama another debate lifeline.)
On to an update on "associate issues." Oh wait, it's 2012. No need to give them raises or real bonuses anymore. Everyone is just happy to have a job. Next.
Now it is time for an update from Biglaw Pro Bono Partner. (What a gig. I am jealous, but am skeptical that there is a lot of long-term viability for such positions in the new Biglaw. Luxuries like paying someone $400,000 a year for coordinating pro bono activities seem very 2006.) Pro Bono Partner is happy to announce that last month, firm lawyers successfully fought for the rights of "enemy combatants" to enjoy video-conferencing sessions with family and friends back home at taxpayer expense. Portable video-conference units are being shipped to the desert on the firm's dime as we speak. And a team of three intrepid associates just saved 13 wrongfully convicted (because their lawyer fell asleep during the testimony of the victim's great-aunt) death row inmates from their impending 2037 execution dates. Everyone should be proud and look to get involved.
Because "we know everyone is busy and needs to get back to work," two or three other puff pieces that were on the agenda get skipped. Fast forward to the closing festivities — a report from the managing partner of the Denver office on how great things are going "out here" and how happy the office is to be part of the team. Some plugs for the Denver partners, a mild joke about how the Broncos are doing, and it's back to the boss to wrap things up. "Thanks for the report Denver, I can't wait to see everyone during their reviews," followed by a short ode to cross-selling and we are done.
A tap on the shoulder for the new partners with the disappointed "that's all there is to this partner meeting thing?" look on their face. Yes, that's all you get. That's all most partners will ever get. Enjoy.
And don't forget to grab a can of soda or two for your office on your way out. See you next month — I think the receptionist is ordering Thai food.
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Saudi Arabia will need to win their final Group B match to qualify for the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa™, after being held to a goalless draw in Korea Republic. The South Koreans, who booked their place at a seventh consecutive FIFA World Cup on Saturday, had the better of the opportunities at Seoul World Cup Stadium.
But they could not manage the breakthrough against the visitors, who played the final 11 minutes with ten men following the dismissal of Ahmed Ateef. The Saudis now require victory over Korea DPR in Riyadh next Wednesday.
The first half was largely uneventful but the visitors threatened in the 13th minute, when Nassir Al Shamrani's shot on the turn was well saved by Lee Woon-Jae. The home side went close to breaking the deadlock just before the break, as Saudi goalkeeper Waleed Ali was called into action to keep out a half-volley by Ki Sung-Yung and a low shot by Lee Keun-Ho.
Korea Republic almost took the lead ten minutes after the interval, when Kim Dong-Jin's first-time cross picked out Park Chu-Young, who headed just over.
While the hosts had the upper hand, Saudi Arabia almost opened the scoring on the hour when Mohammed Noor's pass released Al Shamrani, whose shot from just inside the area was turned over by Lee Woon-Jae.
Yasser Al Qahtani then turned Cho Yong-Hyong in box, before firing in a shot that flew just past the far post. Substitute Yang Dong-Hyun came off the bench and almost made an immediate impact in the 74th minute, when he headed a corner straight at the Saudi goalkeeper from close range.
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Does the Noise in My Head Bother You? by Steven Tyler; Ecco, 376 pages, $27.99
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The title of this "rock 'n' roll memoir" by Aerosmith lead singer (and American Idol judge) Steven Tyler seems to promise a fun-house tour of the author's rock-star psyche. Aside from the gonzo "Tylerisms" that pock the narrative, however, it's a fairly standard litany of an unholy trinity: drugs, sex and rock 'n' roll.
The revealing stuff comes early on: Tyler evokes a youth divided between the Bronx and a rustic family retreat in Sunapee, N.H. He spent his teen years as an aspiring drummer, hanging out in Greenwich Village and idolizing Brit invaders like the Rolling Stones and the Yardbirds. "They were the musical G-spot," goes a tamer Tylerism.
Once Aerosmith hits the big time, the memoir rides a merry-go-round of drug abuse, dysfunctional relations with women and bandmates (notably guitarist Joe Perry), and R&R — relapse and rehab. "Like most rock stars," writes Tyler, ringing our doorbell with a cannon, "I suffer from Terminal Adolescence." His fans will rush to climb aboard this carousel; those not yet along for the ride may answer Does the Noise in My Head Bother You? with "Dude, it kinda does."
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