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By: Kimberly Killian, RN
Regional Nurse Manager, Capri Communities
Why not take this month to pay attention to your heart's health? Here are six ways to do it.
A big THANK YOU to everyone who joined Team Capri in our fundraising efforts and participated in the Walk to End Alzheimer's last month. Capri's own Jim Tarantino, Principal and Glen Choban, Vice President, co-chaired the walk in Waukesha. Under their leadership Waukesha County saw a record level of support by raising more than $190,000 and having 1,300 participants.
In addition, Capri Communities surpassed its own goal and raised over $28,000 to help fund research and provide care and supportive services for those living with Alzheimer's disease.
A variety of awards were presented to various Capri Communities after the walk. The most creative fundraiser award went to Killarney Kourt and St. Catherine Commons for their "Pie in the Face" fundraisers. Each community had collection jars for each staff member. The person's jar with the most money got a pie in the face! The award for the largest one day event fundraiser went to Hyland Park of Sun Prairie for raising over $1,100 by sponsoring a Madison Mallards baseball game. The award for the most money raised at a Capri Community went to The Gables of Germantown for raising over $5,000 for the Walk to End Alzheimer's.
Our largest award went to the community who raised the most money per unit throughout the year. The winner of this award receives a resident party, a certificate, and the "Capri Fundraising Champion" trophy.
And the winner was... Killarney Kourt! The residents and staff at Killarney Kourt raised $48/unit for the Walk to End Alzheimer's. Great job Team Capri!
(August 26, 2014 - Milwaukee, WI ) Six of our WWII Vets took off on dream flights in a 1940's Boeing Stearman — the airplane used to train military aviators in the late '30s and '40s. Each participant took a 15- to 20-minute flight in an open cockpit plane soaring 1,000 feet above the heads of the participants' friends and family. A special thank you to Direct Supply for sponsoring the flight.
Congrats to our residents!
• William Carroll – St. Catherine Commons
• Edward Maurer – St. Catherine Commons (Pictured above giving a thumbs up!)
• Ken Doran – Hyland Park of Sun Prairie
• Everett Schade – Gables of Germantown
• Anita Zomcheck – Willowbrook Place
By Andy Lange, Director of Assisted Living
Did you know that some of the recent changes in Medicare are allowing you better access to what doctors, therapists, and other clinical providers charge you? For the first time in our healthcare system you have the ability to see costs for a growing number of procedures before service delivery.
The initial data coming out of researchers analyzing our system shows some expected as well as alarming trends. UCLA researchers point out that a growing number of doctors show preference for procedures that coincidentally rank on the upper percentile of Medicare reimbursement rates. Researchers point out that this of course doesn't match the expected prevalence for these services. You can review the data, which is currently reporting on 2012, by visiting data.cms.gov and use the Medicare Physician Look-Up link.
Are you considering a surgery that is covered? The look up tool allows you to check into average costs for a covered service, which will at least provide you a benchmark to gauge how competitive your provider is. You can also look up how often your provider performs the specific routine. It has been reported that surgeons who perform a given procedure over 60 times a year have a marked reduction in errors or complications. This may seem like a pretty easy concept, practice makes perfect as some say. However, considering that many specialty surgeons can perform less than 25 surgeries a year, the information increases in relevance and value to your health. Be wary of physician groups operating out of a clinic as they will often file Medicare claims under a single provider number; be sure to question the specific history of the surgeon you're seeing.
One other distinction to make note of is the difference between average Medicare payment and the average allowable Medicare payment. The difference between these two amounts is the charge you will likely face before any supplemental insurances kick in. By participating in the Medicare program providers are required to accept the payments offered to them. This can, but often doesn't cover the entire cost of the service. In addition, providers are becoming increasingly savvy in capturing more revenue by introducing secondary fees. Be sure to clarify or capture in writing any ancillary charges you will incur such as; facility fees, physician group charges, or an administrative related bill back.
When it comes time to negotiate make sure you know what the average submitted charge is for the procedure you're considering. This essentially represents your doctor's retail price. Money.com tells subscribers that 30-40% markup from Medicare's allowable amount is the current national average range. If you're being asked to pay rates outside of that range, it's time to begin negotiating or put consideration into selecting another provider.
We are proud to announce that Capri Senior Communities was recently named a 2014 Top 10 Business of the Year by the Waukesha County Business Alliance and media partner BizTimes Media LLC!
The annual awards program recognizes companies headquartered in southeastern Wisconsin that have consistent financial growth, and demonstrate a commitment to good business practice through their employee relations, customer-focused commitment, community service and business education partnerships.
For more information click here to visit the Waukesha County Business Alliance's Top 10 webpage.
A sincere thank you to all of our residents and families for taking the time to share your experiences with Capri Senior Communities!
For more information visit seniorhousingnews.com.
There are lots of changes that come in later life, such as retirement, the death of loved ones, increased isolation, and medical problems, that can lead to depression. Depression is a common problem for older adults and symptoms can affect all aspects of your life. Causes and risk factors that contribute to depression in older adults and the elderly include:
Depression in older adults and the elderly is often linked to physical illness. Symptoms of depression can also occur as part of medical problems such as dementia or as a side effect of prescription drugs. Any chronic medical condition, particularly if it is painful, disabling, or life-threatening, can lead to depression or make depression symptoms worse. Furthermore, symptoms of depression are a side effect of many commonly prescribed drugs. While the mood-related side effects of prescription medications can affect anyone, older adults are more sensitive because, as we age, our bodies become less efficient at metabolizing and processing drugs. If you feel depressed after starting a new medication, talk to your doctor. Recognizing depression in the elderly starts with knowing the signs and symptoms. Depression red flags include:
You can learn new skills, try new activities or make lifestyle changes at any age. The human brain never stops changing so older adults are just as capable as younger people of learning new things. Overcoming depression often involves finding new things you enjoy, learning to adapt to change, staying physically and socially active, and feeling connected to your community and loved ones. If you're depressed, you may not want to do anything or see anybody. But isolation and inactivity only make depression worse. The more active you are, the better you'll feel. Try these tips to help you combat and prevent depression:
Source: www.helpguide.org
November, 2013 (Germantown, WI) - Gables of Germantown residents John Konkel and John Pafford went on the Honor Flight to Washington, D.C. in early November. John Pafford was invited on the trip through the Germantown Legion and he asked to have his friend bumped up on the list so the pair could go on the trip together. He suffered an unfortunate accident while training in the Army. He was struck with a bayonet in the back and didn't see active duty. John Konkel served in the Army Air Corps and Air Force in Guam, Japan, and Iceland. He met and married his wife while in Iceland. He enjoyed meeting Senator Dole and his wife on the recent trip.
Both agreed the Honor Flight was an experience that no one should pass up. "It's a day you'll never forget", they said. "It meant an awful lot". The pair sat side by side on the plane and enjoyed all the sites together. They met at the Gables and have enjoyed sharing stories. Their latest flight is one story they can share for years to come!
Thank you to all of our residents and fellow Americans that have served this great country!
ATTENTION FAMILIES! It's time to take a break and enjoy a fun filled day with the whole family!!! Join us for Wilson Commons' Second Annual FAMILY FUN DAY on Saturday, August 24th from 11am to 3pm. Wilson Commons will be transformed into a festival jam packed with fun for everyone! Enjoy delicious food, a live DJ, petting zoo, pony rides, cotton candy, popcorn, snow cones, BINGO, games and prizes!
Wilson Commons is located 2 blocks south of 13th and Howard in Milwaukee. Admission is FREE! If you have questions, please call Sarah at 414-281-2450.
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There is always that one son or daughter who carries the unique assignment of tending to their parents' affairs after they pass. Perhaps because my chosen career has landed me in the healthcare industry and for most of it smack dab in the middle of Senior Living, which often faces the ongoing cycle of life and death, I have been assigned this task. We have an unsaid feeling about this in my family that acknowledges the relentless nature of father time, but embraces living a good life while hoping we're preparing properly for the inevitable. For many the thought of managing executor duties during the passing of a parent can be overwhelming and seem a bit confusing. Here are a few tips I pulled out of an editorial piece I came across on Mary Randolph's book, The Executor's Guide.
Reduce the Paper Chase- Accepting that there are a lot of important documents that impact our ability to manage such affairs is your first step; titles to assets, various investment accounts, company retirement benefits, insurance and health related documentation, funeral arrangements, etc. Make this a bit easier by talking about this stuff now. If possible, it is recommended that executor's go through a discovery process with their loved one and find a safe place to centrally locate such information, a fire/water proof home safe box for example. Identify and update a proper listing of key contacts to various accounts, benefit plans, etc. and don't forget to include account numbers. It is also important not to forget online accounts as without paper documentation these can sometimes serve to be difficult in accessing after someone passes.
Can you be organized and multi-task- An executor is responsible for notifying institutions of the death. If there is a Will involved, you are also responsible for managing any assets until they are properly passed onto the designated heirs. This does include paying bills, continuing to meet prior obligations that may be under contract, and closing up relationships/arrangements that would cease upon death. This process can take up to a year in some situations. Randolph advises that executors should not dismiss the idea of seeking out professional help to keep things organized and legal while honoring the terms of the Will. The fees for such services can and should come directly from the deceased estate. If the opposite is true and you feel you can effectively manage such a process, it is becoming more common that the executor retain a small fee to offset the time and effort committed during this time.
Put on your thick skin- Death is a challenging event for many different reasons. Everyone grieves and deals with loss in different ways. It is common that people become negative and lash out at others during the grieving process, often hoping to assign blame to someone for a misdoing when in reality usually nothing erroneous has really occurred. There are many coping mechanisms that you might face, simply because of the position you've been asked to hold. In addition, the actions you will have to take are more times than not directly a result of the decisions/wishes of the deceased....something you have no control over. There may be no easy way to deal with some of these reactions. Open and clear communication will always give you a head start and at a minimum it will help establish transparency. Second, keep key family members apprised of what is happening as steps unfold; perhaps soliciting involvement, even if that means simply being present. A classic example is the sale of a family home, which can be a devastating event for some. This could be a condition of a Will and must be completed, but involving your siblings in the process would likely reduce resentment toward you. Finally, don't rule out seeking the assistance of professional help or a mediator. Sometimes all it takes to settle the waters is for a non-biased, outside entity to confirm that indeed the proposed plan or actions is exactly what must happen.
As I look at my own future, I know this assignment will bring with it struggles and emotional tests. The experts tell us that the moving parts can be overwhelming. Death is a life event that carries different feelings for each of us. Being the one responsible for both of my parents' after-life affairs, I know their wishes are to have their surviving family celebrate their life and shared memories. Whatever wishes you may be tasked with honoring, hopefully putting some light on this subject early enough to keep others involved and plan properly will help you do just that.
Full Story from our July GROW Newsletter:
Many people plan their whole careers for retirement, but a pattern often happens. As folks get closer to that long awaited and hard earned milestone…they miss some key opportunities to improve their situation. Analysts often note that many key moves can be made as you come down the home stretch, which can make a big difference in the years to come. Consider a few steps that will help set you up for plenty of worry free golden years.
Maximize the time you have…by getting aggressive with late career saving. One example would be to take advantage of the catch-up provisions for workers older than 50, which allow you to contribute an additional $5500 to 401K and $1000 to an IRA. It has been widely reported that less than 15% of those eligible take advantage of this perk. Depending of course on how your investments perform, this strategy can add hundreds of dollars to your monthly income during retirement years.
Get out of the school yard…by this age most over 55 are "empty nesters" or approaching this. It is very common that young parent(s) will use the quality of a school district in their housing search. This is a great practice at that stage, but many owners simply forget that such homes fetch a higher price tag and are in areas that generally command higher property taxes. In many cases the combined affect can raise your monthly expenses well over 20% to comparable homes. Finally, the overall size of a family home will quickly become more than you need or want to manage as you enter retirement. ReMax, a national realtor, shares that Americans have a uniquely strong emotional investment in their family home as compared to other cultures. This single change could net a soon-to-be retiree tens of thousands in savings and hundreds in regular monthly expenses.
Are you in love with Google…a common fault with many long term investors is they forget to readjust their portfolio to minimize risk as they age. We've all heard the tip that as we get closer to retirement we should increase the diversity of our portfolio. Advisors warn that many individuals try to follow this but often retain single stocks that have performed well…a "favorite stock" gets saved. Vanguard states that many investors average over 13% in a single company stock. An investor coasting toward retirement should reduce their risk by never retaining any more than 5% in a single stock.
What to do with some extra monthly income…as your expenses begin to level off late in your career, you might want to consider putting more into your mortgage payment. Inc. Magazine provides an example that involves a standard 15 year $300,000 fixed rate loan of 4.5%. By adding as little as $500 to your monthly loan payment you can net you nearly $20,000 that could be valuable during your retirement years.
Take a step back and regroup on the big picture…if you're over 60 and haven't thought much about retirement, you probably don't have a realistic level of urgency. If you haven't evaluated what annual income you expect to live off of during retirement, you are behind in your planning. Many experts recommend, taking a year or two prior to 60 to "test" your retirement budget. It is generally believed this will leave you with enough time to make modest adjustments to your plan before you retire. Finally, simplify your life and investments; consolidate your accounts, find a an asset firm that has a low set premium for management expenses as opposed to a percentage of your asset base, and finally communicate with your family. Do your loved ones know what you want, what your plans are, and how (if at all) you'd like to have them involved?
"At Capri Senior Communities, we are always looking for ways to improve the quality of life for our residents. Today it's more important than ever. Senior living providers are dealing with changing demographics: the population is aging and older people are entering retirement communities at a later age, but, while demand for these communities is growing, the market is increasingly competitive."
Click here to read more of this compelling article about technology and our residents written by our very own Director of Independent Living, Jennifer Kessel! The article is featured on McKnights.com.
Tuesday, June 11, 2013 (Milwaukee, WI) - The Capri Communities team got the chance to eat up the culinary skills of Chef Henry Piano during an Italian cooking demonstration followed by a tasting at the Italian Community Center in Milwaukee. Jim Tarantino, owner of Capri Senior Communities, won the cooking demonstration package at the live auction at the Alzheimer's Association's Mardi Gras Gala benefit dinner earlier this year. Special guest Bonnie Blair was also in attendance. Henry Piano prepared seven courses of outstanding Italian specialties crafted from his mother's family recipes. Thanks Henry, we all had a fabulous time! Thank you to the Alzheimer's Association for arranging the special outing!
Full Story from our June GROW Newsletter:
There is a growing challenge within our healthcare system that has received little attention or publicity within popular media. Often referred to as the Silent Storm, a severe shortage of primary doctors has the potential to change the face of care as we know it; many argue it has already started.
Exact numbers often vary based on whose pushing what agenda, but it has been reported that we will see a shortage of physicians totaling near 65,000 in 2015, by 2025 experts predict that number will top 125,000. A future problem...something for someone else to worry about...not so fast, the data also shows us this problem has already arrived. Industry think tanks tell us that proper physician coverage would call for around 85 primary doctors for every 100,000 citizens. Current employment numbers reveal that a majority of metropolitan areas are averaging 40 primary doctors with many rural communities as low as 25.
It is clear there are many variables that have contributed to this issue, but few would deny the driving force is an aging population, specifically a segment we all know as the baby boomers. Consider some key points:
Taking a step back to examine the whole picture, it's no surprise the scales have gone beyond tipped. New York Times warned that nothing can be done by the industry or our government to change this scenario, it is simply too late. We as a nation will be forced to adjust how we access our care, the expectations we have related to care delivery, and ultimately how we take care of ourselves. Although they may seem subtle, some of the changes have already begun. The Associated Press reports that major cities are grouping patients together to save time and gain efficiency. In practice, a clinician may see 6 patients with similar disease profiles, spending 10 minutes with each as oppose to 30 minutes. The group is then provided education and follow-up directions collectively by a nurse, dramatically increasing the volume of patients a stretched clinician can cover. This is one example of many efforts that have begun including some in our own backyard. Nationally, many routine or minor services are becoming available in unconventional community based settings by nurses or pharmacists...have you been to your Walgreens Wellness Clinic or Consulted a Pharmacist lately?
Is taking ownership of your health and personal wellness the answer? A small but persistent message is beginning to resonate and take hold. It promotes that if we take control of our health and proactively manage it; the less dependent we will likely be on our healthcare system. The challenge is often figuring out how to do that. Advocates often promote tips such as; proper sleep, managing the stress, eating a balanced diet and finally making some kind of physical activity a routine part of our lifestyle. Could it be that easy? If I choose the stairs will I contribute to solving the doomsday that is facing our healthcare system...well perhaps there is something to be said for taking the first step!
Friday, March 29, 2013 (Waukesha, WI) - With an astounding 1,113 units of senior living, Capri Senior Communities came in at number 80 on the Assisted Living Federation of America's (ALFA) list of largest senior living providers in the nation.
Capri Senior Communities has 10 properties throughout southeastern Wisconsin and a home office in Waukesha, Wisconsin. Out of the 1,113 total units of senior living, Capri has 269 assisted living apartments and 24 memory care suites.
To view the list of largest senior living providers click here to view the online version of ALFA's magazine Senior Living Executive.
For more information about ALFA visit their website: www.alfa.org
Friday, March 1, 2013 (Waukesha, WI) - As part of Capri's "Going Green" month and National Caffeine Awareness month, all Capri properties will be collecting tabs from aluminum cans to donate to the Ronald McDonald House. We will be recycling, "keeping tabs" on our caffeine intake, and helping others! While you are sipping, keep in mind caffeine has its perks, but it can pose problems too.
Caffeine stimulates the central nervous system, alleviating fatigue, increasing wakefulness, and improving concentration and focus. For most healthy adults, moderate doses of caffeine, about two to four cups of coffee a day, aren't harmful. But, too much can lead to some unpleasant effects such as: insomnia, nervousness, restlessness, irritability, stomach upset, fast heartbeat, and muscle tremors. Cutting back on caffeine can be challenging and an abrupt decrease may cause withdrawal symptoms such as headaches, fatigue, irritability and nervousness. To change your caffeine habit try these tips:
UPDATE: Saturday, May 11, 2013 (Milwaukee, WI) - Capri Communities stepped up this spring collecting more than 52 pounds of can tabs for the Ronald McDonald House Charities! According to the Ronald McDonald House website, 1,267 tabs equals one pound of aluminum. That means Capri collected over 66,000 tabs! All tabs were dropped off at Tab Toss Day in Milwaukee.
Sunday, March 24, 2013 (Kenosha, WI)—Over 300 kids and parents hopped on over to St. Catherine Commons this past Saturday for the 3rd Annual Easter Egg Hunt! With 3,700 eggs stuffed with goodies and a dozen winning prize baskets, this event was surely egg-straordinary for everyone who was able to attend.
The community room was packed with kids, parents and balloons as everyone empty their Easter eggs in hopes to find the "golden ticket" for a large prize basket. Eric Bartel, Manager of St. Catherine Commons says this is his favorite event each year. "We love hosting this event each year for the kids and families in the local community. Our residents enjoy seeing the children take pictures with the Easter bunny and hunt for eggs," Eric said.
For more information about St. Catherine Commons click here.
We Want You to G.R.O.W. with Capri!
You are invited to G.R.O.W. with Capri as we help you Gain and Retain your Overall Wellness!
January 30, 2012 (Waukesha, WI) - Our new Resident Lifestyle Program focuses on all aspects of your well-being. Community activities will begin to center around your cognitive, emotional, spiritual, cultural and physical wellness. Residents may choose to take part in as many or as little of the activities. Each month will have a new theme. January 2013 is Winter Blues month!
More updates on this developing program will be shared throughout the year. Click here to read our first edition of Capri News!
January 20, 2012 (Milwaukee, WI) - Wilson Commons is the first community to make EasyConnect HD available to all residents. EasyConnect HD is a high definition video calling system designed to connect families with their loved ones living in senior communities. The easy one-click video calling is so simplistic - no high-tech savvy skills needed! Wilson Commons is so excited to be able to offer this to residents and families and it's absolutely FREE to residents and families. Travel can be difficult, timely and expensive, but with EasyConnect HD residents and family can be joined together with the click of one button!
EasyConnect HD and Wilson Commons were recently featured in an article in the Journal. Click here to read this article online.
For more information visit: www.easyconnecthd.com
Thursday, October 25, 2012 (Milwaukee, WI) - Capri is very proud to announce that two of our Culinary Managers received awards from the Milwaukee Aging Consortium's Golden Spatula Competition.
Congratulations Toni & Ericka!
Wednesday, July 18, 2012 (Germantown, WI) - Capri Senior Communities is proud to announce their 2011 community Awards!
Outstanding Business Achievement - Gail Skebba - Himmel Haus & Cottages
Outstanding Resident Satisfaction - Mona Schmalz - Three Oaks Circle & Hedwig House
Outstanding Overall Occupancy - Gail Skebba - Himmel Haus & Cottages
Outstanding Occupancy Growth - Andy Lange - Engel Haus
Community of the Year - Gail Skebba - Himmel Haus & Cottage
Kayla Gliszczinski from The Gables of Germantown and Kayci Krucas from Killarney Kourt were nominated for the Milwaukee Aging Consortium's Caregiver of the Year Award! Both Kayla and Kayci have gone above and beyond their duties while demonstrating hard work and a positive attitude. It is reassuring to know how wonderful Kayci and Kayla truly are and how they positively impact the lives of our residents each and every day!
On behalf of Capri Senior Communities, thank you Kayla and Kayci and all of our wonderful team members! Thank you for everything that you do and for just being you!
Kayla Gliszczinski - The Gables of Germantown "...residents know they can count on Kayla for good company and companionship everyday... Kayla sets herself apart with her leadership and striving to help improve our community..."
Kayci Krucas - Killarney Kourt "Kayci can have a demanding task in front of her, but she always smiles and has a 'can-do' attitude..."
April, 2012 (Waukesha, WI) - Join TEAM CAPRI for the Alzheimer's Association's Walk to End Alzheimer's. Capri Senior Communities has participated in the Alzheimer's Walk since 2010 and has raised over $8,000 to the cause. Please join us and help raise awareness and funds to fight Alzheimer's disease. Together, we can advance research to treat and prevent Alzheimer's, and provide programs to improve the lives of millions of affected Americans.
Because Capri Senior Communities has 10 communities throughout southeastern Wisconsin, TEAM CAPRI chooses a different location for the team each year. This year, Capri has an even stronger connection to the Alzheimer's Association as we opened our first Memory Care Community, Casa del Maré in Kenosha. We support the Alzheimer's Association as well as our residents and their families that are affected by this disease.
Track our progress or donate to TEAM CAPRI: http://act.alz.org/goto/TeamCapri
February, 2012 (Kenosha, WI) - The first few residents of Casa del Maré have officially moved in this week! After unpacking their bags and getting settled, residents and their families gathered for the first meal at Casa del Maré on Monday night.
Casa del Maré is an addition to the St. Catherine Commons Senior Living Campus on 7th Avenue on the former site of the old St. Catherine's Hospital. The new 69-unit assisted living and memory care community features a home-like, comfortable environment with many unique amenities including a refreshing lake-view spa, Health & Wellness Suite with a Physical Therapy Center, Media Room, Intergenerational Room, Game Room and Activity spaces.
Casa del Maré also holds a few pieces of Kenosha's history. As you enter the main lobby you will find the original statue of St. Catherine and pillars from the old hospital. Other relics include marble tiles from the hospital floor, large doors, stained glass from the chapel and a cross. Assistant Executive Director, Amy Rohrer knows the significance of the former St. Catherine's site and says, "Many of our residents have a connection to St. Catherine's hospital. They were born here, their children were born here, or they worked at the hospital."
For more information about Casa del Maré click here!
January, 2012 (West Allis, WI) - After an exciting K-9Unit Demonstration by Deputy Dan Dittberner and his dog Arras and Deputy Joel Stricher and his dog Rico, the residents and staff of The Landmark of West Allis and Carnegie Place wanted to do something in return. In order to show their gratitude to the special four legged friends that courageously put their lives on the line for our everyday, the residents of The Landmark and Carnegie Place pulled together and raised $285.00 for the WI Vest–A-Dog Program.
The goal of the VEST-A-DOG Program is to provide a bullet proof and stab proof vest for every police dog in Wisconsin. The vests are the only protection these K-9 officers have until their human partners arrive on the scene. Sadly, many law enforcement agencies and police departments do not have the funds to purchase body armor that can save the lives of their police dogs. The cost of each vest is $840. In Wisconsin, we have over 235 canine officers. Most of them do not have protection.
If you are interested in learning more about the VEST-A-DOG Program or want to know how you can help, visit www.wivestadog.org or click just here!
October, 2010 (Waukesha, WI) - Summit Woods and Catholic Memorial High have teamed up to raise money for the Freedom Honor Flight Program. On Saturday, October 16 Summit Woods and Catholic Memorial High ran a FREE car wash in efforts to raise money for the Freedom Honor Flight. The Freedom Honor Flight Program is a unique program that raises money in order to fly America's heroes to Washington D.C. to visit their war memorials. This is a special kind of honor for the sacrifices of America's veterans.
Both Summit Woods and Catholic Memorial have a special connection to this uplifting program. There are 12 veterans that call Summit Woods Home; one resident will even be a part of the Honor Flight early next year. Catholic Memorial has been raising money for the Freedom Honor Flight in hopes to send 23 veterans on the special trip in honor of the 23 CMH veterans that lost their lives in World War II.
Catholic Memorial High serviced 47 cars and collected $780 on Saturday. In addition to the $780 in donations, Capri Communities donated $250 to the cause bringing the grand total to $1,030 for the Freedom Honor Flight.
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Michael A. De Leon is a graphic designer by day, but wears many hats in his off time. In 2004, after several years of covering the Spurs, he started Project Spurs, a Spurs team fansite as an outlet to provide content to Spurs fans, while continuing to write for himself and learning the ins and outs of online publishing and web design. He has since built a writing team and started a popular weekly Spurs podcast called the Spurscast.
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by: Jason Price Summer League is the best chance for players to show off their skills for all 30 teams to see. As a player you have to make the most of the opportunity just to give yourself a shot at making a team. Hollis Thompson was that guy from this year's San Antonio Spurs […] [Read More]
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by: Jeff Garcia It was perhaps one of San Antonio Spurs' Tony Parker's best seasons since joining the team. The 12-year pro averaged 20 points, 7.6 assists, 3 rebounds, and shot 52% from the field last season. It was enough for him to garner NBA MVP mentions before going down with an ankle injury during […] [Read More]
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by: Trevor Zickgraf LAS VEGAS — The San Antonio Spurs fell to the Toronto Raptors Sunday night, 82-76. It may not sound like a big deal, because it's one loss after all, it's only Summer League. And while "it's only Summer League" is a well used phrase when grading the merits of a certain player, […] [Read More]
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By Quixem Ramirez, Project Spurs.com Marco Belinelli, shooting guard New contract: two-years, $6 million 2012-13 per game averages: 25.8 minutes, 9.6 points, two assists, 1.9 rebounds, 1.1 3-pointers, 1.1 turnovers, 0.6 steals. Former team: Chicago Bulls Click HERE for the complete article at Project Spurs. [Read More]
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Chad Martin was nice of enough to film this short clip of me hitting a golf shot with Bubba Watson. It was the first hole at TPC Scottsdale, and I actually hit a pretty good ball. As you can see, Bubba was SUPER impressed!
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
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Wednesday, September 22, 2010
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ALBANY, Ga. -- Meeting the candidates, hearing their ideas and questioning them should be on every voter's mind, said Jon Howard, an Albany City commissioner.
To give the public an opportunity to meet candidates in the November election, Howard expanded his monthly "Town Hall" meeting by having it at the Albany Police Department Law Enforcement Center at 10 a.m. Saturday. Candidates who plan to be at the meeting include U.S. Rep. Sanford Bishop, D-Albany, and state Rep. Winfred Dukes, D-Albany.
"When they go to the polls voters need to be knowledgeable about the candidate's plans and ideas," Howard said. "This is an opportunity for voters to hear the candidates, meet and socialize with candidates seeking federal, state and local political offices."
Howard said Bishop's challenger, Mike Keown, R-Coolidge, had a previously scheduled conflicting engagement. Dukes' opponent, Karen Kemp, R-Albany, did not respond to an inquiry as to whether she planned to participate. Bishop "looks forward to attending the meeting Saturday," said Tim Turner, the congressman's campaign communications director. "Meeting people is the way the congressman learns how to vote on legislation for the people in the Second District."
Other candidates who Howard listed as attending were Dougherty County School Board member Milton Griffin and Dougherty County Commissioner John Hayes. Griffin is being challenged by Republican Donnie Smith, while Hayes' faces Smith's husband, Lonnie Smith. Howard did not list the Smiths as having confirmed to attend.
"This is an opportunity," Howard said.
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Azealia Banks Performs At Coachella
"You know who the b-tch becomes when her weave in"
Azealia Banks has arrived.
When a new artist hits the scene and drums up major buzz while getting co-signed by some of the biggest names in the industry, the major question that arises is whether or not the artist can deliver during a live stage show. Azealia Banks took the stage at Coachella over the weekend and delivered.
Donning a long purple ombre weave, a 2-piece striped pants combo and combat boots, she performed over 20 minutes of her recently released material in a packed-out tent. For those watching at home, the show was filled with numerous crotch shots (thanks to the producers of the live youtube stream), but Azealia seemed to hold her own as she paced back and forth across the stage spitting profanity-laced and witty lyrics over electronic, house and hip-hop produced tracks.
'She wanna lick my plum in the evening'
Azealia performed '212', 'F-ck Up The Fun', 'Grand Scam' and 'Barbie Sh-t'. Then, there was a mid-set vogue battle with her dancers over the track 'Bambi'. She even sang an acappella tribute of Amy Winehouse's 'Valerie'. [ The singing was a bit shaky, but it worked nevertheless].
During the show, Azealia said herself, "This is the biggest crowd I've ever performed for," and the crowd left pleased. It will be interesting to see what happens from here for the self pro-claimed Rapunzel.
Watch the entire set below.
A little sidenote: If Azealia's set seemed short, it was due to a mishap on the DJ's part. After the show she tweeted:
"we f-cked up! My DJ skipped two songs by mistake! LMFAOO so when 212 came on I just went with it. #womp"
Here is the complete set list:
"Grand Scam"
"F-ck Up The Fun"
"Barbie Sh-t"
"Fire Starter"
She also tweeted that those were actual tears streaming down her face:
Lol yes I was crying at coachella. Haha
The audience was so receptive. And loud ! It made me happy so I cried all thru my set lol
Another sidenote: She's definitely going to have girls trying to recreate these Mermaidish ombre colored wigs soon…


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Economists have two standard models for analyzing private saving in a macroeconomic context. In one, the so–called overlapping generations, or life–cycle, framework, households save to smooth their lifetime consumption — quintessentially, to maintain their standard of living after their earnings drop during retirement. In the other, the dynastic model, sometimes called the "altruistic model," family lines husband estates to protect the living standards of their descendants. In the first framework, changes in social security, such as funding part of the existing system, as through private accounts, could affect the economy's overall stock of wealth a great deal. According to the other, changes in social security might well have little impact upon the national stock of wealth. The author's prior work seeks to develop a framework combining the two standard models. Calibrations of the combined framework hint at very interesting results for social security policy (and estate tax reform). This project would seek to improve the quality of the calibrations. Specifically, it would seek to incorporate lifetime earnings fluctuations. These may well be important in practice and will lead to precautionary saving which augments life–cycle saving for retirement. This will produce a more realistic calibrated model. The framework's policy implications are potentially sensitive to such changes.


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After Lizzie shoots Alan, not knowing there were blanks in the gun, Alan fakes a heart attack. Ava decides to work with Michael. Josh tries to find the truth about Reva. Olivia tells Buzz how she killed her own mother.
Buzz comforts Olivia and asks her what that webpage is all about?! She insists she had nothing to do with the webpage. He tells her they'll get past this as he turns to the computer trying to turn it off. He turns around and finds Olivia gone. Buzz chases her into the restaurant and asks her what's going on? Olivia tells him she has to tell him something. Buzz said whatever it is, he'll forgive her. He explains that he ran out 20 years ago on his family, on his pregnant wife. Who could ever do worse?! Olivia replies that she could, she thinks she killed her own mother!
Buzz asks her what happened. She recalls back in time how her mother and her were arguing back and forth! Her mother chiding her, basically calling her a tramp. Olivia responds back telling her she never wants to be like her mother. Her mother collapses in the chair with her head in her hands. Olivia keeps screaming at her until her mother stops responding. Looking at Buzz, she tells him it was a stroke and the last words she said to her mom is that she hated her and it's something she could never take back.
Buzz tries to explain that none of that was her fault. Her mother had a stroke and could have happened at anytime. Olivia replies telling him that she's tried for years to convince herself of that but she knows different. Buzz tells her he loves all of her and sometimes he sees a shadow in her eyes. Now he understands why it's there and he's done running. Olivia tells him that he'll change his mind and he'll fade away out of her life. Buzz laughs telling her how wrong she is!
Lizzie panics, grabs her gun and shoots! She keeps shooting and someone falls to the ground.
Jonathan, Tammy, Cassie & Josh hear her scream. They rush upstairs and Jonathan grabs Lizzie asking her what happened? She cries that ...she killed him...!
She tries to explain that no one was answering her and she panicked and didn't know what to do. Josh looks up and tells them he's still breathing. Jonathan looks at the gun and tells them the bullets are blanks and that's why there's no blood.
Lizzie can't figure out what's happening. She screams at Alan why he didn't answer her, why did he come creeping in the dark!! Alan plays dumb telling her he just wanted to give her this and shows her a check. In walks Beacon security and tells Jonathan to drop the gun. The security guard asks for backup but Alan tells them there's no need for that, no one is hiding anything and all of this was a misunderstanding. But the guard persists, calling on his radio. Alan gets furious, telling the guy that this is his family and to call off the police because if he doesn't, he'll have his job. At that moment, Alan grabs his chest and passes out.
At the hospital, they rush Alan in and get tests going on him. He asks Lillian to find Beth for him and she goes off to phone her.
In the waiting room Tammy and Jonathan try to calm Lizzie down telling her this kind of stress is not good for the baby. Jonathan leaves to get Lizzie some water when his phone rings. It's Billy again updating him that Reva's color is looking a bit better. Jonathan then spills it out to him about Josh and Cassie. Billy doesn't respond and Jonathan tells him he's going to ball them out. Billy tells him he can't do that and besides Reva knows. Jonathan doesn't believe him but promises not to say anything for now.
Josh walks up to Jonathan asking him to spill his guts and besides ...Cassie and I know what we're doing...! Jonathan looks at him replying ...no he doesn't know what he's doing to Reva at all... and storms out.
Back in the waiting room, Beth runs up to Lizzie asking her what happened?! Lizzie tries to explain and the nurse walks up telling them that they're going to keep Alan for observation. Beth asks if she can see Alan and walks into his room telling him she's here. After Beth leaves, Alan jumps out of bed and calls his ...goon... to follow Lizzie after she leaves the hospital.
Lillian comforts Lizzie telling her that when Alan gets better, they're all going to sit down as a family and figure all this out. Lillian continues to say that because they all know Lizzie would never mean to do this on purpose, it wasn't her fault. Lizzie just nods her head without answering.
Ava and Coop come to the restaurant after it's closed to share a drink. In walks Michael and flirts with her, asking her to come work with him, he needs her. She tells him to drop the desperation act! He tells her he's not desperate! She tells him that the Coopers hate him but thanks him for the job offer, however she doesn't want to be the piece of cake on display in order to lure clients in! He tells her she could just keep being a waitress. In walks Coop and tells him she'll take it. Ava asks him why would it be ok for me to take this? Coop tells Michael that he's not the jealous kind but if he crosses the line even once with Ava, he'll come after him!
Mallet tries to talk to Dinah but she refuses. Lizzie admits shooting Alan was on purpose.
Jonathan tells Gus the shooting was an accident.


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Venezuelan strongman Hugo Chavez threatened to nationalize private banks which refuse to obey an official mandate and finance the regime's development projects, sparking more concerns about the future of Venezuela and its ailing economy. The socialist "President" also vowed to step up his failed land confiscation and redistribution schemes.
The Venezuelan ruler has already taken over around a dozen banks and directly controls almost a third of the nation's banking sector. Millions of acres of farmland have also been seized by the regime and redistributed to build collective farms, resulting in a dramatic decrease in agricultural production which has forced the once relatively prosperous nation to import increasing quantities of food.
But Chavez blames the banks. During his weekly talk-show program, the self-styled "revolutionary" leader blasted some of the nation's largest remaining financial institutions. He accused them of failing to comply with a rule purportedly forcing all banks to dedicate at least 10 percent of their lending to the government's projects — mostly state-controlled agricultural initiatives.
"The private banks that do not comply with the constitution and their duty, well, I do not have any problem nationalizing them," Chavez roared. "We must ensure the constitution and laws are complied with!"
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Photo: Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez speaks during incoming Defense Minister Gen. Henry Rangel Silva's swearing-in ceremony at Fort Tiuna military base in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012.


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Another Beale Street business owned by Kane under investigation
Another Beale Street establishment co-owned by Memphis Convention and Visitor's Bureau CEO Kevin Kane is facing possible legal action, this time for allegedly selling liquor without a license.
The state Alcoholic Beverage Commission seized the liquor stock at Johnny G's Creole Kitchen and is investigating whether the restaurant at 156 Beale was illegally selling mixed drinks.
ABC Director Keith Bell confirmed Thursday that liquor was seized but would not comment on the investigation. A letter from Bell released by the city of Memphis later Thursday indicates the action stems from a larger review of business practices on Beale. It's unclear if agents seized liquor at any other establishments. The agency regulates liquor sales by the drink in restaurants and nightclubs.
Johnny G-s co-owner Bud Chittom said he plans to meet with Bell soon to clear up what he describes as a misunderstanding. Chittom said the restaurant has been selling liquor for three years now under an arrangement he believed was legal.
Under that arrangement, Johnny G's used the liquor license of Blues City Café, which is located in the far west corner of the same large, contiguous building on the northeast corner of Beale and Second, though the businesses have different addresses.
"They took the liquor. Gave us a receipt for the liquor. But I have not seen any citation,'' Chittom said.
Chittom said authorities seemed to have no problem with him using Blues City's license in the past.
"Every year I got it renewed. Or I've got an inspection. All we did was call (Johnny G's) the annex,'' he said.
"I could apply for another license. They're not mad at me. You know what I'm saying? It's just they just decided after a period of time it wasn't the way to do it anymore.''
City Atty. Herman Morris released a Sept. 17 letter from ABC director Bell indicating the agency "has reviewed various business practices in the Beale Street historical district to determine whether such practices comply with state laws.'' In part, the letter states that alcohol must be sold "from a location that ... has the same d/b/a (doing business as) name as is listed on the TABC license for the licensed premises.'' Bell says in the letter he is asking each license holder to provide copies of their leases.
Bell's letter also says liquor may be sold from patios, as long as the patio can be entered from within the licensed premises, and also through windows or from outdoor bars if the sale, cash register and employee "are located on the licensed premises.'' The letter also says licensees can't use employees or carts to sell alcohol in common areas such as sidewalks, streets and alleys.
Beale Street manager John Elkington said he complained recently to the ABC about some clubs selling shot glasses of liquor in the street.
"I told the (ABC) guy he was lazy. Not doing his job,'' Elkington said. "And I was going to personally go to the governor.''
The action at Johnny G's comes four months after authorities briefly shuttered another Beale Street establishment co-owned by Chittom and Kane, Club 152. The nightclub, with a long history of violence, was the scene of illegal drug sales by some employees, authorities charged. The action stirred wide discussion about whether Kane, as the CVB's $237,000-a-year director, has a conflict of interest. The taxypayer-funded CVB heavily promotes Beale Street in its efforts to lure tourists and conventions here.
Chittom, Kane and former Ticketmaster partner Charlie Ryan own Beale & Second Inc., the firm that owns Blues City Café, Johnny G's, Club 152 and the Blues City General Store, a souvenir shop. Kane's share is 20 percent. He has described his role as that of a passive investor.
A spokeswoman for Kane said Thursday he was out of town and unavailable for comment.
"Kevin does not speak for Beale and 2nd,'' CVB vice president for marketing and public relations Regena Bearden said in an e-mail. "Please call Bud for a response, Kevin has no knowledge of this.''
In an interview on the Ben Ferguson radio show, Kane defended his financial interests on Beale.
"I don't work there. I don't manage anything. I don't have keys to the front door. I don't have any management control. I'm a minority, passive investor. And as a citizen of this city I'm free to have investments. I should be applauded for having skin in the game in this community,'' Kane said.
" I pay a lot of money in property taxes like other citizens that have homes and buildings and whatever so I'm just doing my part to make Memphis a better place. Both in my day job and with my personal investments."
Kane has said he's been transparent about his side businesses on Beale, noting he disclosed them years ago to his board or directors. Those disclosures were made orally. Under a new policy adopted this summer, CVB employees must disclose outside interests in writing.
CVB chairwoman Cindy Brewer said last month she and her board don't believe Kane has a conflict, a position she reaffirmed Thursday.
"We completely stand by it. The board, like I said, doesn't see a conflict.''
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Soros by Michael T. Kaufman
Soros: The Life and Times of a Messianic Billionaire
by Michael T. Kaufman
Knopf. 344 pp. $27.50
Nobody has ever satisfactorily explained the magical accomplishments of the Hungarian Jews. A persecuted minority in a land whose language is unfathomable to all others, they have been fantastically over-represented among high achievers in almost every field of cultural and scientific endeavor. Émigrés from this small community have included John von Neumann, Leo Szilard, Eugene Wigner, Theodore von Kármán, and Edward Teller, all major players in America's World War II military/ scientific research effort. In his Memoirs, which I reviewed in these pages last December, Teller mentions the mischievous explanation put forward by von Kármán (founder of the Air Force Scientific Advisory Board) that they were really all extraterrestrials. In recent years, the most astounding of them all has been George Soros, the billionaire money-manager, philanthropist, and "stateless statesman."
Soros, now the subject of a workmanlike, readable biography by Michael T. Kaufman—a journalist long based at the New York Times—is like no other billionaire. His bundle ($6.9 billion, according to the most recent Forbes listing) is smaller than that of many other Americans (22 others, according to Forbes). It is nowhere near the $50-odd billion that Microsoft founder Bill Gates is worth. But Soros is unique in his relentless, somewhat obsessive, determination to use his money to change the world.
Soros is a deadly serious person. During his 46 years in the United States, Kaufman tells us, he has apparently never watched a baseball or football game. He is possibly the only private citizen on the planet who could have stated (in 1999): "Yes, I do have a foreign policy, and now I have it more consciously. My goal is to become the conscience of the world." Kaufman assures us that those words "sounded less pompous in conversation than they appear in print," but one can have no doubts as to the speaker's earnestness.
Soros wants not only to change the world, but to persuade the world that he is a deep thinker. He has written several books on assorted global issues, and an endless number of op-eds. He has recurrently shown up at conferences to study, say, the Kyoto Protocol on climate change (which he strongly endorses), or the expansion of NATO (about which he has reservations). Bold as brass, he keeps thrusting himself and his ideas on world statesmen, and has at various times been close to South Africa's Nelson Mandela, the Czech Republic's Václav Havel, Poland's General Wojciech Jaruzelski, and America's Henry Kissinger. (Yes, Kissinger takes him seriously. Or, at least, says he does.) Once, eager to meet a Gorbachev adviser named Tatyana Zaslavskaya, whom he hoped to recruit for one of his world-bettering enterprises, Soros learned that she was visiting the U.S. as part of a 170-member delegation. He unabashedly invited the whole delegation to dinner at his Fifth Avenue apartment and arranged for Zaslavskaya to sit next to him. They had, he later reported, a "wonderful meeting of minds," although she apparently declined to join the board of his Russian foundation.
Designed to implement Soros's vision for change is a worldwide network of national foundations, social initiatives, and miscellaneous grants, not to mention the Soroscreated-and-endowed Central European University in Budapest. I kept looking in Kaufman's book for some kind of total program count, but it is not there, possibly because nobody knows how to count it all. One learns that Aryeh Neier, who took over in 1991 as the manager of all these efforts, needed many months to figure out what it was he was running, and even then kept bumping into surprises, like the $13 million a year Soros was spending to support Yugoslav students abroad. (Neier had previously managed the American Civil Liberties Union, Helsinki Watch, and Human Rights Watch.) If you check in at Soros's website (www.soros.org) and try to make your own tally of all the operations, you will instantly find yourself in trouble.
Whatever the total, the national foundations are intended to sustain "open societies"—in effect, liberal democracies—in countries previously dominated by dogmatism and dictatorship. So what does the Open Society Foundation for Albania do with the $5 million or so per year that Soros bestows on it? It runs advisory centers for college students. It somehow helps the country's Institute of Contemporary Studies contribute "alternatives to government policy debates." It provides training and technical assistance for a theatrical program. It trains librarians, supports programs that resist violence against women, assists government agencies trying to improve local services, assists a networking program that encourages skilled young people to stay in Albania, and has supported a TV campaign addressing "issues of ownership, conflict, and blood vengeance." And a lot more. And that is just Albania.
There appears to be nothing in George Soros's early years to suggest either his future riches or his "messianic" propensities (note the subtitle of Kaufman's book). Like just about everybody else who survived the Nazis and Communists in Central Europe, he has a riveting story to tell about his escape to freedom, although, on Kaufman's rendering, he seems to have viewed his family's survival as a kind of marvelous adventure rather than as a terrifying ordeal.
George's father was a thoroughly assimilated Jew named Tivadar Schwartz. For much of his life, he was a somewhat irresponsible playboy and ladies' man, but he rose to the occasion as the Nazi threat drew closer. In 1936 he changed the family name to Soros. After the German takeover of Hungary in 1944, he contrived to get phony papers establishing all family members as Gentiles. George, who was sixteen at the time, was cast as the godson of an official in the agriculture ministry. In 1946, when the Communists took over, his father again correctly read the handwriting on the wall and arranged for George and his older brother to get out of the country before the borders were closed. George made his way abroad on the strength of an invitation to, of all things, an Esperanto conference in Switzerland. (His father was a lifelong student of this artificial language, the invention not of a Hungarian but of a Polish Jew, and even wrote his memoirs in it.)
Soros spent the decade between 1946 and 1956 in England, where he continued to show no signs of money-making talent, but had an epiphany of sorts while studying at the London School of Economics (LSE). There he fastened on the philosopher Karl Popper, one of the university's academic luminaries. Popper is associated with two large, loosely related ideas. One is that scientific knowledge advances only via "falsifiability": no proposition may be accounted scientific unless there is a possibility of testing it empirically and finding it to be false. The other idea, elaborated in The Open Society and Its Enemies (1945), is that freedom is possible only in those societies that shun dogma and doctrine and assume all public policies to be potentially falsifiable in a manner analogous to scientific propositions.
Soros sparked to these ideas, identified himself as a disciple of Popper, and persuaded his hero to administer a certain amount of what is now called mentoring. He also seems to have showered his mentor with ideas of his own, including a long paper assailing psychoanalysis as unscientific. Long after he had left the LSE and come to America, Soros was still besieging Popper with his own philosophical musings, and also bestowing honors on the philosopher, the source, he said, of his own concern for open societies. What Popper himself made of all this is not exactly clear. There is, however, a pregnant sentence in Kaufman's book: "The fact that [in the 1980's] Popper would admit to having completely forgotten Soros may indicate the deterioration of age, but perhaps he had found Soros's work less than memorable."
In 1956 Soros got a job offer from a small American financial firm. He was soon at work on Wall Street handling arbitrage (profiting by taking advantage of price discrepancies in different markets) in foreign securities. He was an instant success at the firm and at several others he worked for in the next few years, and soon graduated from arbitrage to wide-ranging searches for undervalued securities. Here, too, he made repeated killings even as—in a hilarious detail—he ignominiously flunked the examination that would have formally qualified him as a financial analyst.
During the 1960's, he increasingly gravitated to money management, and in 1969, while working for a firm called Arnhold & S. Bleichroeder, he began running a hedge fund—essentially, an unregulated partnership that invests in just about anything, anywhere, typically with sizable amounts of borrowed money, which radically increases both risks and potential gains. Hedge funds are now all over the place, but then they were a rather esoteric proposition. After a few years at this, Soros left the firm amicably and offered its investors a chance to move their accounts into his own Soros Fund, later renamed the Quantum Fund.
Soros's single most famous exploit as a money man was earning a fast $1 billion in 1992 by aggressively betting that the British pound would fall while the government of Prime Minister John Major was engaged in futile efforts to prop it up. Investors who stayed with Soros from 1969 to the end of 1997 had $353 million for every $100,000 they put up at the beginning. (The figures were somewhat less dazzling after a nettlesome fall-off in 1998-2000.)
The record is doubly astonishing because right in the middle of this long run, when he was approaching fifty, Soros went through an extraordinary personal crisis. He left his wife and three children, broke up with his longtime partner in running the fund, decided that his business life was hollow at the core, and began looking for someone else to run the investment portfolio. Perhaps strangest of all, he went into psychoanalysis, which—"unscientific" or not—he said helped him a lot.
What Kaufman calls this "midlife transformation" ended after several years, with Soros remarried, this time to a talented woman of twenty-eight, and electing to remain in control of Quantum and other investments. But at the same time, he made it clear that he now wished to be a much more public figure—a do-gooder on a worldwide scale. It was in the 1980's that he launched this extraordinary effort.
What is one to make of Soros's philanthropic accomplishments? Kaufman nowhere squarely addresses this question, but he offers many substantive clues, and more are available in Soros's own writings and on his expansive Internet sites.
My own scorecard rates his earlier efforts far higher than those recently on display. Back in the 1980's, in what turned out to be the last years of European Communism, Soros was a powerful presence in Poland, Hungary, and the Soviet Union, in each case imaginatively using his financial muscle to support the opening of closed societies. Much of what he did in Poland involved funneling resources to the Solidarity movement, including funds that ultimately sustained a vast nationwide network of illicit publishing ventures.
In Hungary, Soros was aided by the desire of the Communist-party boss, Janos Kadar, to cast himself as a reformer sympathetic to private initiative. After long negotiations, Soros concluded a deal to set up a quasi-independent entity called the Hungarian Academy of Science/ George Soros Foundation. Despite a certain amount of hassling by the security forces, the foundation was soon flooding libraries with otherwise banned works on politics, economics, and sociology. Much more important, as it turned out, was Soros's decision to provide hundreds of state-of-the-art Xerox copiers (with three-year service contracts) for educational and other institutions. Previously unknown in Communist societies, the ability to copy anything, from one's own research papers to censored materials, proved highly subversive, and a huge coup for the foundation, now identified as a serious challenger of party rule.
Soros's single biggest venture was the Soviet-American Foundation Cultural Initiative, launched in 1987 and continued in the post-Soviet era. Soros has spent hundreds of millions of dollars in the USSR and Russia. As of 2000, Kaufman tells us, the program had over a thousand employees and offices in 156 Russian cities and towns. In the Gorbachev era, it invested over $100 million to support Soviet scientists when the government was unable to pay them, and another $100 million or so in efforts to free social-science education from the Marxist-Leninist bureaucracies then still in charge. In the post-Soviet years, the foundation has served up tens of thousands of grants for assorted special projects. The largest, on which scores of millions were spent, included aiding elementaryand secondary-school education in Russia, retraining military officers for lives as private entrepreneurs, and combating an especially virulent strain of tuberculosis that has been devastating the country.
Kaufman mentions at several points that Soros believes philanthropy cannot be successfully bureaucratized—that it works best when the donors are themselves involved in selecting the projects. Foundation managers, he believes, tend to be timid and conventional in the causes to which they gravitate. Eyeballing the causes that Soros funds have supported in recent years, I believe that in some measure they have fallen prey to precisely the pitfall he identified.
But a large footnote needs to accompany this thought: it is not entirely clear that bureaucracy is the sole problem. For Soros himself seems to have changed his politics and priorities during these years. Where once he crusaded for free markets and global capitalism, in recent years he has written that laissez-faire capitalism is itself a threat to open societies, and he has argued, in a long 1997 pronouncement in the Atlantic, that a "common interest ought to take precedence over special interests." Not to put too fine a point on it, he has increasingly looked like a rather conventional, politically correct liberal.
Soros-supported programs today call for strict gun control in the U.S. They oppose capital punishment, and also oppose long prison sentences, favoring instead a movement toward "defense-based sentencing" in which convicted criminals do good works in the community. They oppose criminalization of drug sales and instead advocate needle-exchange programs. They look for economic analysis to the Economic Policy Institute, a creature of organized labor.
Soros-backed operations opposed the 1996 welfare-reform bill, deeming it not wholly compatible with open-society principles. They support the rights—and continued presence—of illegal aliens. One relatively small ($30,000) program in 2000 supported "Free Zone, an interactive photodocumentary exhibit by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning youth." A barrage of grants and programs underwrites women's "empowerment" in the U.S. and abroad. Typical is a program operating in several former Soviet republics that "helps high-school teachers integrate gender sensitivity and multiculturalism into their curricula in a participatory and nonhierarchical fashion."
Soros has made it clear that from here on out, his money-management operations will be much less aggressive. The Quantum Fund is now the Quantum Endowment Fund, and its goal is to reduce his investment risks and settle for modest growth. Unfortunately, there is no sign yet that Soros is reining in his efforts to change the world.


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Theatre Reviews
12:30 pm
Wed March 6, 2013
Review - "A Raisin in the Sun"
By Nathan Irwin
Lorraine Hansberry's play "A Raisin in the Sun" tells the story of one African-American family in the early days of the civil rights movement. A production is now on stage at Bradley University. Reviewer Douglas Okey says the play has as much to say today as it did in 1959. He has this review for Peoria Public Radio and the Live Theatre League of Peoria.
Opinions expressed are those of the reviewer, not those of Peoria Public Radio or the Live Theatre League.
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Spring 2015 Study Board
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Psychology is a science. The principles that students learn from textbooks and in psychology courses were derived from scientific research. To enhance the students' understanding of the research process in psychology, the Department of Psychology and the Department of Psychological Sciences offers opportunities for students to engage in psychological research experiences for class credit. Students in PSYS 100 and PSY 100 for the Fall or Spring semesters are required to earn six (6) research credits. Students in PSYS 100 and PSY 100 for the Summer, Winter, May or Bi-term semesters are required to earn two (2) research credits. Other Psychology classes, at the discretion of the instructor, may also offer research credit. Students earn one (1) credit for each half hour (30 min.) of research participation and half (0.5) of a credit for each satisfactory article quiz. Only credits earned through the Study Board will count toward fulfillment of the course requirement.
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Finding uninsured Americans by the numbersBy RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR
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Katina Rapier of Chicago is shown here at Harold Washington College in Chicago, during a signup event for the new federal health care law that was sponsored by Enroll America.WASHINGTON Wanted: Millions of uninsured Americans willing to give President Barack Obamas health care law a chance.
With time running out, it may not be so hard for the administration and its allies to find them. A study for The Associated Press finds that the uninsured arent scattered evenly across the country: half of them live in just 116 of the nations 3,143 counties.
That means outreach targeted to select areas can pay off big, reaching millions of prospective customers needed to stabilize the laws new insurance markets.
The pattern also holds true for the younger uninsured, the health care overhauls most coveted demographic. The study found that half of uninsured people ages 19-39 live in 108 counties. Their premiums are needed to offset the cost of care for older adults.
With most of the bugs out of the HealthCare.gov website, the Obama administration is using the geography of the uninsured to write a playbook for its closing sign-up campaign.
Enrollment ends March 31 for subsidized private insurance, available to people who dont have coverage at work. But many who could benefit are procrastinating. Some people are confused by the new law. Others dont think they will qualify for help.
Our efforts are aimed at making sure we can raise awareness in areas with the largest concentration of uninsured people, said Julie Bataille, communications director for the rollout at the federal Health and Human Services Department.
The administration has done its own geographical research, drilling down even below the county level. Officials said the pattern coincides with the findings of APs study, which was conducted by the State Health Access Data Assistance Center at the University of Minnesota.
With their own research, federal officials are focusing on 25 key metro areas. The top two are in Texas: Dallas and Houston. Next come Miami and Atlanta. In the Northeast, the northern New Jersey megalopolis and Philadelphia are on the list. Midwest markets include Detroit, Cleveland and Indianapolis. Southern cities also include Nashville, Tenn., and Charlotte, N.C.
The numbers help determine where to send HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to pitch the law. Theyre guiding the placement of television ads aimed at younger people, scheduled to start airing as the Winter Olympics open this week.
Washington is largely steering clear of states that are leading their own sign-up efforts, such as California, New York and Illinois.
The research for the AP by the Minnesota health data center found that just 13 counties account for 20 percent of the uninsured. The top county, Los Angeles, has more than 2 million uninsured people, or about 5 percent of the national total.
Uninsured Americans generally live in major metro areas, but data-driven research can also help in rural states with seemingly low numbers of uninsured people, said Brett Fried, a senior researcher at the center. Census files that provide coverage information at the ZIP code level can be used to tease out concentrations of uninsured. Bataille said the government also has an outreach effort tailored to rural areas.MORE IN National / World BusinessWASHINGTON U.S. Full StoryGroup recognizes Full StoryNEW YORK Stocks ended the day mostly flat on Thursday, recovering from broad losses earlier in... Full Story
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By K.L. VantranAmerican Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20, 2003 Libya's leader, Colonel Moammar al Ghadafi, confirmed his commitment to disclose and dismantle all weapons of mass destruction programs and has agreed to allow inspectors from international organizations to enter his country, President Bush said here Dec. 19.
"These inspectors will render an accounting of all nuclear, chemical and biological weapons programs and will help oversee their elimination," he added. "Colonel Ghadafi's commitment, once it is fulfilled, will make our country more safe and the world more peaceful."
Great Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair called Ghadafi's decision historic and courageous. "It will make the region and world more secure," he said. "It shows that the problems of proliferation can, with good will, be tackled through discussion and engagement, to be followed up by the responsible international agencies."
Talks leading to this announcement began about nine months ago when Bush and Blair were contacted through personal envoys by Ghadafi. Bush said Ghadafi communicated his "willingness to make a decisive change in the policy of his government." Libyan officials have provided American and British officers with documentation on chemical, biological, nuclear and ballistic missile programs and activities, he added.
"Opposing proliferation is one of the highest priorities of the war against terror," said the president. "The attacks of September the 11th, 2001, brought tragedy to the United States and revealed a future threat of even greater magnitude. Terrorists who killed thousands of innocent people would, if they ever gained weapons of mass destruction, kill hundreds of thousands -- without hesitation and without mercy. And this danger is dramatically increased when regimes build or acquire weapons of mass destruction and maintain ties to terrorist groups."
The United States and its allies, said Bush, apply a broad and active strategy to address the challenges of proliferation, through diplomacy and decisive actions sometimes needed. He pointed to several areas where his administration has applied effort.
"We've enhanced our intelligence capabilities in order to trace dangerous weapons activities," Bush noted. "We've organized a proliferation security initiative to interdict dangerous materials and technologies in transit. We've insisted on multilateral approaches like that in North Korea to confront threats. We are supporting the work of the International Atomic Energy Agency to hold the Iranian regime to its treaty obligations. We obtained an additional United Nations Security Council Resolution requiring Saddam Hussein to prove that he had disarmed and when that resolution failed, we led a coalition to enforce it."
These actions by the United States and its allies, said the commander in chief, have sent an unmistakable message to regimes that seek or possess weapons of mass destruction. "Those weapons do not bring influence or prestige," he added. "They bring isolation and otherwise unwelcome consequences."
Bush said there's another message that should be "equally clear." "Leaders who abandon the pursuit of chemical, biological and nuclear weapons and the means to deliver them will find an open path to better relations with the United States and other free nations," he added.
The president said he hopes other leaders will find an example in Libya's announcement. "Our understanding with Libya came about through quiet diplomacy," he said. "It is a result, however, of policies and principles declared to all. Over the last two years, a great coalition of nations has come together to oppose terror and to oppose the spread of weapons of mass destruction.
"We've been clear in our purpose," he continued. "We have shown resolve. In word and in action, we have clarified the choices left to potential adversaries. And when leaders make the wise and responsible choice, when they renounce terror and weapons of mass destruction, as Colonel Ghadafi has now done, they serve the interest of their own people and they add to the security of all nations."


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A liberal group buys a full-page ad in the New York Times and sparks an uproar. Critics say the ad defames a public figure, and the paper is accused of betraying a liberal bias.
It was March 29, 1960, and the controversial ad, titled "Heed Their Rising Voices," described how Martin Luther King Jr. was mistreated by police in Alabama as part of a campaign to destroy his efforts toward ending racial segregation.
The city commissioner of Montgomery, Ala., sued the paper and the four black ministers who'd endorsed the ad, claiming that it defamed him personally. The landmark case, The New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, is one of the key Supreme Court decisions supporting freedom of the press, establishing an extremely high burden of proof for a public figure who claims to have been defamed by the press.
Decades before the Times made headlines for giving MoveOn.org a discount rate to run the recent controversial ad, "General Petraeus or General Betray-Us," the paper was already one of the most visible public platforms for people who wanted to express their opinions.
From disgruntled stockholders to anti-war activists, pro-Israel to anti-Israel groups, environmentalists to defensive polluters, angry restaurateurs to conspiracy theorists, Hollywood liberals to right-wing fanatics, Donald Trump to Yoko Ono, all variety of personalities seeking a soapbox have paid tens of thousands of dollars to buy full-page ads expressing their views in the paper of record.
And in an age of declining newspaper readership (the Times' circulation slipped almost 2 percent from a year earlier) and a growing range of options for ad placement, including cell phones and video billboards, it's even more remarkable that the full-page New York Times ad remains such a coveted slot.
"It's a great platform," said Mike Hoyt, the executive editor of the Columbia Journalism Review. "You can talk about declining circulation, but the Times is still a big deal, the paper that the elites around the world look at."
Placing an ad in the Times gives anyone with enough cash a chance to get the attention of the paper's powerful and connected readers.
"The New York Times has a certain readership that is an audience we wanted to reach," said a New Yorker who recently bought a full-page in the front section of the paper. "Sometimes using a full-page ad affords you the opportunity to get a larger message across than a TV ad. There is a lot more content you can squeeze into that space, and it will last a lot longer than 30 seconds. People might not see it right away, but someone at work might show it to them a few days later."
Hoyt explained that a group trying to get across its message knows that an ad in the Times will make an impression. "It's got a lot of impact," he said. "Any advertiser wants their message to be surrounded by credible serious stuff, and the Times fits the bill."
But just how much impact such ads have is debatable: Amnesty International still hasn't succeeded in getting the Bush administration to close down Guantanamo, the Sea Turtle Restoration Project failed to get Jeb Bush to support its efforts, 1,000 rabbis failed to get Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard's jail sentence commuted, and some police officers failed to get accused cop-killer Mumia Abu-Jamal executed.